The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAflL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Fafly snd Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier.§0.15 Paily snd Sunday CALT, one year, by mall... 6.00 Taily and Sunday CALL, six monhs, by m snd Sunday CALL, three months, by mail 1.50 Psily and Sunday CALL, one month, by m: funday CALL, one vear, by mail. W EEKLY CALL, one year, by mail BUS OFFICE : ket Street. Main—1868 Telephone.... EDIT! 517 Clay Street. Felephome. ......orcvnvens BRANCH OFFICES: 0 Montgomery sireet, corner Clay; open until .. Maln—1874 open until SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: €08 Broadway. Rhinelander w York City. Pecific States Adve ose and I THE CALL SPEAK. S FOR ALL. It was a great d Sacramento lived up to her colors. State patriotism was everywhere in evi- dence. Help to make the home market now for California goods. The City tax-levy is high enough to be regarded as sour grapes. The world watches this morning to see the Defender do it again. here is no State like ours, and the ives have a right to rejoice they were born in1t r the bloomers come the knicker- bockers, and it won't be long before they catch up and catch on. Keep your eye on the Valley road and see it grow. The cars are on the way and will soon be on the track, After the rest of Sunday and the holiday of vesterday, Lusiness ought to have some- hing of a snap to it to-day. Tt is a good sign of the coming of better times that we have begun to find hope even in the Railroad Comm include a Trilby hat, it i the Trilby he fall styles is evident the rea P foot has reached the other ex Perhaps the tax-levy is so high a per- simmon that the veto pole cannot reach it, but the Mayor ht try it for luck. It is becoming more generally recognized every day that to fit ourselves for the work of the new era we must get a new charter., Nothing seems to be going on in Ger- many except soldiers and socialists and it is not yet clear which way they are going. Putting the Affiliated Colleges on the Sutro site is the surest way of locating them so that they will grow up with the City. The Grand Army in the reunion at Lo e finds in the South a reception as in hospitality as it was once in hos- tility. If the Britishers had only the nerve to bet on the Valkyrie the stream of gold ht be turned this way in time to save the country from another bond issue. It is perhaps worth while to remind Commissioner Clark once more that he was elected by the Republican party to serve the State, and not the railroads. The people would not have so much ob- jection to the high tax-levy if they had any reason to believe the Supervisors intend to give them a square deal on the outlay. The Defender had eleven accidents dur- ing her trial trips and people who believe in luck are doubtful whether she will get through the races without having an- other. While the Southern Pacific is hunting for people to protest against a reduction in freight rates, it should give Mr. Hunt- ington’s private prince a chance to speak a little piece. The opinion of the Attorney-General on the unconstitutionality of discrima- in freight ra o farreaching and that it hits about every- thing in sight. The impression is growing that our yachting victo: over the British are due not so much to the fact that we have bet- ter boats as to the superior skill of the sea- men who handle them. At last there is some real show of activity in the Cleveland Cabinet, for BSecretary Herbert, having come to the conclusion that navy improvement is a good thing, has begun to push it along. Y Chicago is so proud of her municipal civil service that she is bragging it will spread over the country as rapidiy as the Australian ballot and be known every- where as the Chicago system. With the Affiliated Colleges and the Sutro library superbly located on spacious grounds as a nucleus to start with, San Francisco will soon become a university town, all the same as Chicago. The victory of the Defender over the Valkyrie was not more marked than the victory of The United Press over the Asso- ciated Press in reporting it. Take TmE Cary and get the news straight, In a certain sense the French have as much right to rejoice over the battle of Sedan as the Germans, for if the Germans gained national unity, the French gained republican institutions and the best Gov- ernment they ever had. San Jose has another bright periodical in the Valley Forge, the publication of which has just been begun by A. B. Mec- Neil, one of the progressive men of the city, an original thinker and vivacious writer, who in the first number gives promise of making the weekly a live one in every respect. The cotton-planters of the South have been decidedly out of huck this year, for, according to the report of President Lane of the Cotton-growers’ Association, the crop bas suffered from drought, rust, boll- worms, rain at the wrong time and shed- ding. The crop, moreover, is three weeks late, and there is danger that frost may catch it. -Colleges, the members A REVOLUTION IN SCHEDULE- MAKING. Attorney-General Fitzgerald has filed an opinion before tne Railroad Commission which, if its construction of the meaning and effect of the State constitution be the right one, will work a revolution in the making of freight schedules for this State. The opinion was called forth by a ques- tion submitted by the Railroad Commis- sion to the Attorney-General as to whether a railroad company could lawfully charge a lower rate for transporting the same class of freight from a given point to a cer- tain destination than was charged by it from another and nearer point on the same line te the same destination. The Attorney-General decides that it cannot, and this regardless of the fact that there may be water competition between the more distant point and the place of the freight’s destination. It will be discov- ered by a glance at the existing freight schedules of the Southern Pacific Company that there are a number of points along its various lines of roads from which to Port Costa the grain rates are lower than they are from nearer points to said destination upon the sar e line of road. In its elaborate defense of its present grain schedules, the. railroad company justified these discriminations by showing that between the more distant points and the place of destination there existed water competition, which did not affect nearer stations from which higher rates were charged. The opinion of Attorney- General Fitzgerald puts to flight this de- fense, and if its dictum is adopted by the commission and sustained by the courts will compel a reformation of the freight schedules of the Southern Pacific Com- pany and their adjustment upon lines which shall eliminate the influence of water competition. The language of the State constitution upon which the Attorney-General bases his opinion is thefollowing: “No discrim- ination in charges or facilities for trans- portation shall be made by any railroad or other transportation company between places or persons, or in the facilities for the transportation of the same classes of freight or passengersin this State.” * * * It will be seen that the terms of this section of the constitution are very broad and may receive an application even larger in its effect than the Attorney- General finds it necessary to give in his opinion. In its broadest sense it seems to declare that equidistant points from the same destination shall be entitled to equal rates upon the same classes of freight. If this be true, then water com- petition becomes practically a false quan- tity in schedule-making, and as a conse- quence of this the freight schedules of the Southern Pacific Company must be revised and reformed upon an entirely different principle than that which has been hereto- fore adopted in their creation. The Railroad Commission have already had their attention directed to certain dis- criminations between equidistant places along the leased linesof the Southern Pa- cific Company, in the formation of its freight schedules now in force. There are instances of such discriminations which the commission itself has suggested dur- ing the present inquiry, and therg are many more which a closer comparative ex- amination of schedules will discover. The Railroad Commission should study care- fully the opinion of the Attorney-General upon this important point and bear its principles in mind in whatever action it may resolve to take in the adjustment of freight schedules on Thursday next. THE SUTRO SITE. When the Board of Regents meet to-day to decide upon a site for the Affihated should bear in mind that the task imposed upon them is a most important one, as their choice will affect the welfare of the colleges for gen- erations to come. When once located the colleges cannet be removed except at a great sacrifice. In making the choice, therefore, the regents must consider the future as well as the present and select a site where there is room for the colleges to grow and where there is room also for the City to develop around it all those indus- tries that form accessories to university life. Of the sites offered to the choice of the regents, there is no question in the public mind that the one known as the Sutro site is best. In itself the site is desirable by reason of the spacious size and com- manding position. Buildings erected there will be beautiful by location, and there will be ample room to add to them. The accessories to the site are also advanta- tageous. It is near the park. It isin the line of the progress of the City. Itiscon- venient of access now and will be more so every year. Final it adjoins the tract where the Sutro library will stand, and the colleges will, therefore, have the benefit of the best equipped library for the use of scholars that is to be found west of Chi- cago. It is not needful to dweil upon these arzuments. They bave been made familiar to the public in our local reports, and the great mass of the people have been con- vinced of their soundness. of the colleges and many of the alumni, having inspected the sites offered, have been almost unanimous in favor of the tract offered by Mayor Sutro. The regents should to-day ratify the choice already made by the public. They should give to the Affiliated Colleges a location which, being excellent under present conditions, will grow in value with the years and prove a place where the colleges may stand, expand and increase for all time to come. OITY AGAINST OOUNTRY. An extract from Magee’s Real Estate Circular, published in yesterday’s CaLr, contains so many valuable hints to coun- try borrowers on real estate that they need to be emphasized and studied. Mr. Magee is an authority on the subject, but aside from that fact his observations are evi- dently wise. After denying the frequent assertion that the City banks unjustly discriminate against the country in making loans, and showing that loans by City banks on coun- try property are large, he gives some sug- gestive reasons why the banks might prefer to lend on City property. These may be summarized as follows: First, the large showing of bank loans on City property is partially the result of the fact that City bor- rowers generally prefer to deal with banks rather than with private lenders, while the reverse is generally the fact in the coun- try; second, City real estate values are more easily determined,for various reasons, than country values; third, the causes de- termining the value of property are gener- ally more fixed in a city than in the coun- try, and as a consequence lenders feel safer in making loans on a certain percentage of value; fourth, City borrowers have fixed salaries or other incomes and hence are surer with their interest payments; fifth, City borrowers, understanding business rules and principles better than country borrowers, rarely contest foreclosure, while the opposite is the rule with regard to country borrowers; sixth, City property which falls into the hands of the banks by foreclosure or otherwise is more easily sold The faculties | than country property; seventh, it iseasier to ascertain the character of a City bor- rower than one in the country, with refer- ence to his industry and thrift. In spite of all these facts, however, the banks lend far more on country property than the public is generally aware. The inferences from these disclosures are numerous. In the first place, it seems clear that no sentiment governs the action of the banks, but that they are influenced solely by sound business principles, and that if the country can offer as good in- ducements for loans as the City, it might get all the money it wants. In the second place, the farmers, when compared as to business understanding with City men, are often found wanting. This is a serious matter. The leading rural pursuits of Cali- fornia require for their successful prosecu- tion a much higher business understand- ing than is exacted of farmers in any other part of the country. There are abundant evidences that our farmers are learn- ing that fact,and that to the extent of their mastery of it they are winning pros- perity. This refers to the handling of the soil and the marketing of the products. The next step will be the learning of financial principles. This is asimportant as either of the others, It seems evident that the uncertainty on the score of country values might be abol- ished. This can be done by mastering all the problems related to farming. Not the least of these, in addition to those already enumerated, is a reasonable control of transportation facilities. Doubtless the absence of this quantity in California has had as much as anything else to do with the uncertainty which exists. It is not difficult to imagine, for instance, the great difference which will be produced in the San Joaquin Valley by the construction of an opposition line. 1t will insure a profit from farming, and hence will not only en- hance, but also fix, the value of land and remove the salient objection on the part of City banks to the lending of money on property in that section. BURYING THE PAST. © A very remarkable thing 15 going on in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. The Na- tional encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic has opened at Lonisville, the Sons of Veterans are assembling for their annual encampment at Knoxville, the Army of the Tennessee is gathering at Cincinnati for its annual muster, and the dedication of the National Military Park of Chattanooga and Chickamauga will occur on the 19th, 20th and 21st inst. Thus all of the great gatherings in commemoration of the Civil War are being held south of Mason and Dixon’s line except the one in Ohio. This is the first time that sucha thing has occurred since the war. A feature more significant than the fact that these reunions are held on the soil of the old enemy is the hearty co-operation and fellowship of the old contending forces. From every quarter of the South, Con- federate veterans are assembling as visitors to the Grand Army encampment at Louis- ville, and elaborate preparations for their reception and entertainment have been made, both by the citizens of Louisville and by the members of the Grand Army. The old enemies are to meet on terms of friendship warmer than have ever existed before. We can imagine the stories that will be told, and the notes of famous bat- ties that will be compared by the men who took part in them on opposine sides. Even this manifestation of a fraternal spirit is eclipsed in importance by the cir- cumstances attending the formation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The Grand Army of the Republic, from the very nature of its or- ganization, cannot admit Confederate vet- erans to membership, and hence there cannot be that firm knitting of friendship between the two sides which would pro- duce a perfect healing of the old sores. The younger association, however, the Sous of Veterans, whatever may be the re- strictions which its constitution imposes at present, has the opportunity to bring together the sons of the old soldiers on both sides. : It is the through facts attending the insti- tution of the National Military Park that a perfect equality between the blue and the gray has been accomplished. The formal dedication of this reservation will be con- ducted by the Government itself, and hence there will be nothing sectional in the affair. More than that, the old sol- diers on both sides of the conflict worked together for the establishment of the park and for the determination of the various localities where occurred the more import- ant events of these bloody battles. Where a brave leader fell, on whatever side he fought, there a monument has been erected. In the imposing ceremonies of dedication the South as well as the North will participate. These ceremonies will constitute the most imposing public spec- tacle ever conducted by the Government ot this country. All these circumstances show that the old men who fought each other so bravely when young have returned to the natural affection of a common blood and a com- mon interest that was so rudely severed thirty-five years ago. A remarkable feature of the Civil War was the absence of personal rancor between belligerents. Not a single trace of that savage hatred which may exist between naturally antagonistic races when at war was observable in the great American conflict. The stories of sentries on opposite sides hobnobbing and exchanging the news when they were certain of not being dis- covered are endless. SOOIALISM IN GERMANY. The incidents growing out of the cele- bration of the victory of Sedan have. given an unexpected impetus and dignity to socialism in Germany. At first the re- fusal of the socialists to participate in the celebrations, and their open denanciation of the idea, particularly in the Reichstag, brought down popular indignation on their heads. They were charged with a lack of patriotism. They might have re- mained under this cloud had not the Em- peror, apparently with a great lack of wis- dom, laid the heavy hand of censorship on the socialistic press. For the greater part, the section of the socialistic press thus treated was rabid and offensive, and did not truly represent the socialistic senti- ment as it appears in the Reichstag, but the fact that the freedom of the press was so rudely assailed gave the higher social- ists their opportunity, and they have em- ployed it to bring about a surprising reac- tion in favor of their doctrines. The Emperor went even further than to muzzle the socialistic press. He is charged in that connection with having declared that the “socialists were a band of persons unwilling to bear the name of Germans.” This gave the Vorwaerts, a dignified social- ist newspaper, which is being prosecuted for seditious utterances, an excuse for de- claring that in assailing the patriotism of the socialists he had gone too far. But two socialist leaders, Auer and Vollmar, have been most effective in producing the reaction. They are declaring that the rea- sons for a refusal to participate in the Sedan commemorative exercises was 2 de- sire not to irritate the French, and that if ever the safety of the German nation should be threatened by war the socialists would be as eager as any other citizens to take up arms in defense of the fatherland. Itis impossible to combat such senti- ments as these. Itis givinga turn to so- cialism that represents whatever sentiment of republicanism there may exist in Ger- many. The republican idea is always, and necessarily, the highest expression of patriotism. Itis the intelligent and de- liberate action of the whole people, on their own motion and without the leadership of a king, to defend their country and their homes and to institute for ihemselves the form of government which their judgment leads them to desire. Had those Germans who are dissatisfied with a monarchical government adopted republicanism instead of socialism as their battle-cry for indi- vidual liberty—or rather, had all the dis- contented elements concentrated their efforts on republicanism as & beginning toward the ultimate adoption of socialism —they doubtless would have made far more headway than their record shows as it stands. Between a monarchy and so- cialism there is too vast a gulf. PERSONALS. Dr. A. J. Shores of Los Angeles is at the Occi- dental. 8. Myerstein, & merchant of Ventura, is at the Lick. Dr. D. W. Rulison of Reno, Nev., is a guest at the Palace. P. Kerwin, a leading miner of the Comstock, is at the Palace. L. B. Porter, a merchant of Salinas, is staying at the Occidental. J. F. Colby, a mining man of Trinity County, is at the California. A.C. Snyder, a merchant of Santa Cruz, is staying at the Lick. 8. Casper, a merchant of Truckee, registered at the Lick yesterday. Mrs. Henry Brune and children have re- turned from the country. W. B. Bayley of the navy was one of yester- duy’s arrivals at the Palace. W. H. Perry, a lumberman of Los Angeles, and Mrs, Perry are at the Lick. R. Gracey, an attorney of Merced, was one ot yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. Ex-Senator G. 8. Berry came in from Lindsay yesterday and registered at the Lick. Senator J. M. Gleaves of Redding came down yesterday and is staying at the Grand. F. M. Miller, an attorney of Fresno, came to town yesterday and put up at the Lick, Charles E. Sherman, a mining man of Bakers- field, registered at the Palace yesterday. O. B. Stanton of the Southern Hotel of Ba- kersfield and his family are staying at the Pal- ace. W. A. Delano, superintendent of the Wash- ington mine, Shasta County, is at the Occi- | dental. G. W. Phelps of Guatemala was one of yester- | day’s arrivals by the City of Sydney and is staying at the Lick. H. C. Wallace, a banker of Tacoma and a member of the Democratic National Commit- tee, is a guest at the Palace. Ex-Judge W. P. Gardner, a leading attorney of Los Angeles, and his family came in yester- day and registered at the Occidental. M. A. Melendez and T. A. Gonzales, coffee- planters of Salvador, arrived by the City of Sydney yesterday and put up at the Palace. J.T. Hawley and F.D. Duran of Guatemala were among the arrivals by vesterday’s steamer from the south. They are at the Occidental. Charles Crane, who was one of the candidates for the gubernatorial nomination before the late Republican Convention of Utah, arrived here yesterday. Rev. D. B. Wallace will be in the City to-day en route from Los Angeles to Portland. He will be invited to assist in the Congregational rally to-morrow. Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the engagement of Ernest C. Stock as a mem- ber of THE CALL'S corps of writers. In that time Mr. Stock, the dean ot THE CALL'S staff, has seen quite & number of newspapers and news- paper men come and go, but he ‘‘goes on for- ever,” as Tennyson would remark. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, , Sept. 9.—Californians registered at hotels: San Francisco—F. M. Mc- Lachlan, Hoffmann; M. Burnham, Grand; S. J. Clark, H. A. Craig, C. Plache, Grand Union; W. 1. Dutton, Murray Hill; Z.8. Spalding, E. Jaquite, A.L. Piper, G. Daly, Holland; J. P. Frazer, Imperial; J. D. Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Franks, Gilsey; C.Hodgson, Broadway Central; V.V. Blodgett, Westminster. Los An- geles—T. W. Cowan, Coleman. Nilee—E. L. Hamilton, E. F. Worden, Broadway Central. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9.—To-day's ar- rivals were: J. H. Call, Los Angeles; E. C, Kickman, San Diego; Mr. and Mrs, A. J. Gro- mado, San Francisco. CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH. SALT LAKE, Uran, Sept. 9.—At the Knuts- ford—Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Woodward, San Diego; Mrs. C.B. Baker, Pasadena: Mr. and Mrs. Normans, 8, Bridge, Los Angeles; Arthur E. E. King, San Francisco. At the Templeton— Mr. and Mrs. John Chanslor, Los Augeles; J. J. Agard, Oakland; Mr.and Mrs, M. J. Hawley, San Franeisco. ANSWERS TO CORRESFONDENTS. N STATEMENTS—Comstock, Virginia City, Nev. The law of this State in regard to, the filing of weekly statementsin the offices of mining companies is s follows: It shail be the duty of the superintendent to file with the sccretary & weekly state- ment, under oath, showing the number of men ‘employed under him and for what pur- Pose and the rate of wages paid to each one. He shall attach to such account a full and complete report. under oah, of the work done in the mine, the amount of ore extracted. from which part of the mine taken, the amount sent to mill for reduc- tion, its assay value, the amount of bulkion reccived the amount of bullion shipped to the ofiice of the company or elsewhere, and the amount, if any, re- tained by the superintendent. It shall also be his duty to forward to the office of the company s fall report, under oath, of all discoveries of ore or mineral-bearing quartz made In the mine, whether by boring, drifting, sinking or otherwise, together With the assay thereof. All accounts. reporis and correspondence from the superintendent shall be kept in some conapicuous place in the office of the gompany and be open to the {nspection of all stock- olders. PENNY NATLS—W. W., City. The term ‘“penny” as used in connection with nails means “pound.” If 1000 nails weighed six pounds they were known as six-pound nails, 1f 1000 weighed eight pounds they were known as eight-penny nails, and so on. The alof “six-pound nails” and ‘‘eight-pound into ~ “six-pun ete,, was converted nails” and “eight-pun nails,” and so on, and atlast egain corrupted into “six-penny nails’ and “eight-penny nails” and 50 on, and this, being agreeable to dealer and purchaser alike, has since been retained CONTRACT MARRIAGE—G. 8., City. As the Legislature cannot pass ex post facto laws, the Act declaring contract marriages unlawful ap- lies only to such as may be contracted after he passage of the new law and cannot apply to those that were recognized prior thereto. GuILT PRESUMED—G. W. R., City. This de- partment does not know of any country in which a person accused of crime is legally pre- sumed to be guilty until he establishes his innocence. & NATURALIZATION—], P., City. No fee is charged in the State courts for naturalization paners, but & fee is charged for such in the nited States District and Circuit courts. THE SHOULDERS—L. A. M., Golden Gate, Ala- meda County, Cal, No amount of exercise will broaden the shoulders more than nature in- tends they shall be in the individual. DAVE EGAN—J. C. M., City. Dave Egan never held the championship of this coast as a 100- yard sprinter. He never gave Bchifferstein g:‘ );ll;(; 1n100. There is no record of Egan’s THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL.—P. R., City. The au- thor of “Why Should the Spiritof Mortal Be Proud,” the poem that_Lincoln was so fond of reciting, was William Knox, who lived from 1789 to 1825. SKYE TERRIER—J, W. C., City. Thejterm skye terrier is applied to a certain breed of flo'k because those animals were once chiefly raises on the Isie of Skye, one of the Hebrides. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Clifford Halle, son of Sir Charles Halle, one of England’s most famous musicians (who, by the way, was knighted by the Queen about six yeers ago for what he had done in the world of harmony), s in the City, at the Occidental Hotel. Mr. Halle has traveled all over India, Africa, Europe and France. During his ramblings he has encountered many amusing incidents, and has a happy way of recounting them without showing any particular mercy to himself. “Irecollect a funny thing that occurred in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, when I was tray- eling through that country as a barytone singer. The town is rather provincial, and the Poundmaster never considers that he has any duties to perform. The hall where I sang was in a portion of the village where donkeys, goats and other domestic animals held consid- " erable of the available space. The night was warm and the main entrance was leit open for the purpose of permitting fresh air to enter. “I had already sung two or three numbers and was announced to render a ballad well known in that part of the world entitled, ‘Thou Art Passing Hence, My Brother.’ It is fuil of sympathy and feeling, and as the audi- ence seemed to be alive to my work I did my very best. The orchestra was reasonably good and I had the audience pretty well under con- trgl. The conclusion of the song contains the words, ‘Brother, brother,’ and just as I reached “THE DONKEY STUCK HIS HEAD IN THE DOOR,” SAID MR. HALLE. them and my voice was dying away and every- body seemed spellbound a full-grown donkey stuck his head in the door and brayed, ‘Ye- haw-w-w! yehaw-w-w!' seemingly in answer to my words. “The audience went into convulsions, and the applause I anticipated was turned into howls of mirth. We had to stop right there and conclude the programme, The violinist was all broken up over the incident, and walk- mg up to me with his bow in his hand said: ‘Say, Halle, if you expect to make a success of this South Afrfcan tour you have got to keep your relatives awey from the front door.” “On another occasion I sang for the King of Swaziland, old Umbandine, and had for an audience his 600 wives. Young Shepstone,son of the famous Theopholis Shepstone, the man who plunged England into the Zulu war, was with me, and our orchestra consisted of two banjos. We sang light music, and in conclud- ing I gave them the trill. The old King jumped down from his throne, rushed up to me and wanted to examine my throat. fdiditforhim several times, and he finally concluded that he could do it himself. The result was a sound that reminded one of a broken snare drum being played by a small boy. He tackled it for two or three days, d gave itup on the ground that his throat wasn’t built right. He tried to teach it to several of his family, but without success. It was about the only thing I did that seemed to please him, and from that time on until I left I indulged in nothing but songs. that had a trill in them. Healways made a close examinzation after each piece, and finally stated that there was something the matter with me.” “I remember very well the day the news was received of Califorma’'s admission to the Union,” said George K. Fitch, the veteran newspaper editor, yesterday. “I was in Sacra- mento at the time, helping to edit the Trans- script. It was ten minntes to two o’clock in the morning when & young fellow rushed into the office and shouted that California had been admitted to the Union, and, almost as quickly, he rushed out egain, slamming the door aiter him, and leaving us in a state of excitement. “That was the first time that I ever saw Mar- cus D, Boruck, and that action was character- istic of the man. Of course the announcement that California had been admitted aid not exactly come as a surprise, though we were all overjoyed when the actual fact was made known. “Boruck came up on the steamer with the rest of the folks from San Francisco, but man- aged to jump off at the wharf ahead of all the rest of the crowd, and rushed through the streets announcing the important news, every. where at the same time, apparently, and he played the role of & harbinger of joyful tidings to perfection. “Everything had been prepared for a celebra- tion. A platform had been built for the speak- ers, the ordinance against firing off guns in the public streets had been repealed by the City Council, and the whole community was set on a hair-trigger ready to start the ball going at a moment's notice, “Boruck got an inkling of the programme and rushed to the platform that had becn erected on the street. In a moment he had 1000 men in fropt of him, and he, an absolute stranger, actually took possession of the meet- ing and carried on the proceedings as if he had been the original founder of the city. He moved that Thomas J. Henley be elected president, and as that was according to thecut anda dried programme, of course it went through. Then he nominated the other officers, apparently of his own volition, but really carrying out the plan that had been agreed upon. “It was a marvelous piece of work and nobody but Marcus D. Boruck could have carried it through. Nobody went to bed that night and the city of Sacramento was given over to jubilation. All over the State the same spirit of rejoicing was manifested. We had hoped for statehood so long that when the realization came our rejoicing knew no bounds. At the head and front of it all, so far as Sacramento was concerned, Mar- cusD. Boruck stood. He was the bearer of the joyful tidings, and as such was the acknowl- edged leader for the occasion.” THE COGGSWELL FOUNTAIN. AN OPINION THAT IT SHOULD BE REMODELED OR REMOVED. To the Editor of The Call—SIR: At the foot of California street stands an ancient drinking fountain, on which is inscribed, “To the City of S8an Francisco, from Dr. Coggswell, pioneer of'49,” which I have no doubt was quite an attractive structure in its younger days, but is to-day & disgrace to & city which at the present time is so progressive as ours, It is my opinion that it should either be torn down or remodeled. Being so close to the depot it is one of the'first objects, intended for decoration, that meets the gaze of our visitors, and Iam sure that it can hnrdl¥ make an agreeable impression. Were a fountain or monument of the proper style erected on that stand I believe it would do much toward re- lieving one after gazing at the tumble-down buildings that disgrace the water front. If this is published I nope it may meet with the consideration of those whose duty it is to at- tend to it. W. H. M. San Francisco, Sept. 8, 1895. e ] OPINIONS OF WESTERN EDITORS. Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due: custom to whom custom: fear (o whom fear; Bonor to whom hoar. Romans xiii:7, The laborer in all the avenues of life is worthy of his hire and should be paid his just due. If the principles of protection to home industry are carried out, every man will Te- ceive his just reward. We should honor those who are entitled to that distinction from a political sense, but should not fail to recog- nize the labors of all, Our factories must be opened and our people given employment. It is just that we patronize home people first. Home stores, home papers, home laborers and home manuiacturers should receive our first attentions. Utah will become a great and prosperous State when these ideas are carried out meerly. If true republicanism fs prac- ticed by all then there will be no need of Eflpers touching on these subjects as often as done to-day.—Manti (Utah) Messenger. We think we see distinct evidence of an up- lifting of the journalistic profession in San Francisco. The idea that a newspaper man must be a bohemian, reckless and devil-may- care, achieving impossible feats in news- gathering to-day and off on 8 terrific jamboree to-morrow, has largely obtained, and with some joundation. But we do not see why he cannot redeem his cult in the eyes of the not over-critical public, and convince it that he is a cultured gentleman, jealousof the reputation of his profession and realixin% fully its re- sponsibilities and proprieties, 1f,in times past, tue profession has not been & reproach, it has not commanded the respect that it ought, and that we hope it will now begin to do.—Alemeda Argus. Those are very pretty figures that the State Board of Equalization hasjust furnished as the property valuation of California. The total is $1,182,712,674. The last official estimate of the State’s population was 1,350, , January 1,1894. On that basis the total valuation is equivalent to nearly $840 for every man, woman and child, or $4200 for every family, on the usual estimate of five persons to a fam- ily. A thrifty showing for a State that reached its forty-fifth anniversary on Monday.—Los Angeles Herald. Society is divisible into two classes—first, the people who get into the newspapers straight and, secondly, those who getinina different way. The former class prospers and their ways are ways of pleasantness and peace, while of the second class it can only be said that it is to be hoped they go to a good place in another world, for they get in thisone all the tophet which any one could deserve.—Oakland Enquirer. In England one person in every 11,000 goes tolaw. In 1823 it was one person in every 8000. We shall go to law less in this country as we grow older and learn to avoid and dis- courage litigation. In no State probably is the abuse of going to law more general than in Oregon. It causes a large part of the public taxes, and in most cases yields the complain- ants no benefits.—Portland Oregonian. This State greatly needs to increase and di- versify her manufactures, not only from a money point of view, but to give employment to our young people, thousands of whom are idle for the want of opportunity to labor, and our people should patronize home industries for that reason if for no other.—Healasburg Enterprise. Itis a good rule not to send abroad for what you can get at home. Usually nothing is gained by it, and in the natural order of things the money 5o sent awny does mot return soon if it ever comes back. Your home merchant must use much of the money paid him in the town where he dods business.—Palermo Prog- Tess. The wily politician or the astute financier can twist a thousand ways for a reason for hard times, and if he ignores silver’s demon- etization as a probable cause he goes wide of his mark,—Wheatland Four Corners. When the coast road comes through, the road to Alviso is built and the Alyiso harbor im- proved, Santa_Clara County will progress at s rate that will astonish even itself.—San Jose Mereury. THOUGHTS OF EASTERN EDITORS. Newport Etiquette. One must be very circumspect at Newport. Etiquette requires of men that they marry the daughter of a host or hostess whenever an in- vitation is accepted to dine at & house where there is & marrisgeable heiress. At the East- ern waterin gplaces it is claimed that the Duke of Marlborough would not have dared to be- come the guest of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt had he not been seized with matrimonial de- s\ggus upon Consuelo Vanderbilt.—Chicago News. The Convention Habit, The Knights Templar who are assembling in Boston this week by the ten thousand illus- trate a characteristic American habit—the con- vention habit. No other people has ever de- veloped it as it is developed in America. No record has been kept of the number of conven- tions heid annually or of the numbers attend- ing them, but everybody knows that there are always conventions in session somewhere and that somebody is always either starting to them or coming back from them. Chicago Newspapers. One of the Chicago daily papers assumes that readers are interested in shorthand, and pub- lishes lessons in that art; another thinks that the interest of the public Is greater in *‘the long arm,” and gets up competitions among writers of detective stories. Some of these days some Chicago editor, anxious to spring a nov- elty, may conceive the idea of bending all the energies of his paper to the work of collecting and printing the news.—Milwaukee Wisconsin, They Will Learn. The annual reportof the superintendent of the Yellowstone Park shows a marked decrease in the number of visitors. This will not last, however. Americans are going to Europe in %feany increasing numbers every year, and in their intercourse with intelligent Europeans they are likely to learn a great deal about the beauties of America.—New York World. Not Going Wrong. A hundred good deeds in every community every day go unheralded, while an evil deed speeds away on the wings of lightning.. No wonder that the thoughtless and the grumbler believe the whole world is going to the bad and all good & Wreck, The world is steadily growiny wiser and better.—Chicago Inter cean. A Chicago Bargain. In making arrangements to have antitoxine furnished to the Department of Health at #1 50 a phial instead of at $9 Commissioner Kerr drove a very fair bargain. Notwith- standing the rndlcn{ reduction it is estimated that the drugeist wil) still be comforted with a profit of $1 49.—Chicago News. The Big Mills. The “jaw mill” over the Corbett-Fitzsimmons mill in Texas drowns the noise made by *the sawmills”” which are said to be “running night and day to furnish lumber for the great amphi- theater.”—Chieago Inter Ocean. L 3 What It Neods. It is not currency reform which the treasury needs, but a thorough revision of the tariff on protective lines which will increase the Goy- ernment’s income by at least $50,000,000 a year.—New York Commercial Advertiser. —_— T THE FPEOPLE'S LAMPS. Professor Frank Parsons in an article in the Arena gives 8 table in regard to street lighting in several cities, which he says shows the cost per lamp per year before and after publie wnership, the ‘‘after” service being the same as, or better, than the service it replaced: Before. After. Bangor, Me., L8150 848 Lewiston, Me 182 55 Peabody, Mass. 185 62 Bay City, Mich. 110 58 Huntington, In 148 50 Goshen, Ind 158 77 111 51 250 96 268 43 328 70 378 70 Marshalliowr, Towa., 135 27 Jacksonville, Fla. 24 5 The figures here qnote‘d are represented to be from oflicial reports and returns of municipal officers. EOYAH ¢ Powder PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. Emperor William is in the habit of fre- quently going about his capital if disguise, and mixing incognito with all classes ot his subjects. This stfange ¢aste, while it is doubt- less the means of enabling him o acquire various experiences with which royalty is not usually familiar, brings him into queer com- pany sometimes, says the New York Vanity. The Emperor was recently beset by several enemies of the Jewish race, who urged him to a more severe execution of the anti-Semitic laws. A few days afterward, disguised as & Jewish peddler, he visited the haunts of the Jewsin Berlin, and conversed with some of the more intelligent members of the race about their business and their mode of life. On an- other occasion, in the disguise of a sailor, he passed a day and e night in visiting the sa- loons frequented by sailors and common soldiers, discussing with the men whom he met the hardships and difficulties of their lot. He listened attentively to their stories and asked numbers of question. He did not close his investigation until, late at night inalow saloon, he found himself amonga company of drunken sailors who insisted on his dancing with them. His Majesty drew the line at this and abruptly quitted the place, followed by & couple of men who, until that moment, had appeared to be his hali-intoxicated compan- fons. Captain Thomas C. Willlams of Oakland, Cal., is now said to be the oldest living Odd Fellow. The captain is 89 years old, and was admitted to Odd Fellowship in December, 1824, when he was a youth of 18. He went to California in 1849 with some companions, among whom was Senator Jones. He joined the first California lodge of Odd Fellows imme- diately after its establishment, and has been & member ever since then. Isabella and Sallie Broadbent, two Florida girls who gave valuable assistance in rescuing the crew of the wrecked Norwegian ship Cath- rine last August, have received silver lockets and chains from King Oscar of Norway in recognition. The lockets are inscribed with the crown and monogram of the King and the words, “For a noble deed.” Sculptor Schafer'’s measurements of Bis- marck’s skull show its cubic dimensions to be 1965 kilometers, nearly 500 kilometers greater than the average German skull. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “They only met last summer, and nobody knew they were engaged, so I suppose her an- nouncement that she will be married soon will surprise everybody, don’t you?” “Yes, I know it will be a real shock to her fiance.”—Truth. “You know that, although & wealthy man, I never drink, smoke, gamble or swear—that I am perfectly exemplary. Then why do you re- fuse me?” “You certainly couldn’t ask me to become the manager of a freak!”—farper’s Bazar. Mattie—I understand that Queen Victoria doesn’t look with favor upon the new woman. Jack—And I understand that her eldest son doesn’t look with favor upon the old woman.— New York Sun. Estheticism has invaded Oklanoma, and the man who hasn’t a pistol-pocket in his night- shirt, embroidered in old-gold thread upon a ground ecru, can't expect to be considered in the social swim.—New York Recorder. Nell—When is marriage a failure? Bell—When nobody sends presents.—Phila- delphia Record. She—Why did you ask me to marry you when you know I was engaged? He—I'm making s record for refusals; there 15 less risk then in acceptances.—Detroit Free Press. Mrs, Fashion—I've picked out & husband for you, daughter. Miss Fashion—Very well; but I want to say right here, mother, when it comes to buying the wedding dress I'm going to select the ma- terial myself.—Truth, Christian Endeavorers and Their Prospeots. Some one has wisely said, that * Christian union is much like silence; it is apt to be broken when you begin to talk about it.” The Christian Endeavorers do not say very much about Christian unfon. They do not expect organic unity, or the destruction of denomina- tions, for they understand that denominations stand for the emphasis of great ideas, and they know that there is a great difference be- tween denominationalism and sectarianism. Christian Enaeavor is an inveterate foe to sectarianism, but is a friend of a broad- minded, warm-hearted denominationalism. The denominational rallies at the conventions aremeetings of great power and interest, and are entirely in harmony with the interdenom- inational character of the gathering, which draws its chief inspiration from this demon- stration of the practical oneness of Christians of every name. Never were the prospects for the triumph of this interdenominational fellowship so bright as at present. Though strenuonsly opposed in some quarters, and much misrepresented in others, it is constantly winning its way. The fellowship is enlarging by hundreds of thou- sands every vear. Every month sees four times ten thousand earnest youth joining this fraternity, which stands for loyalty as well as fellowship, for fidelity as well as for fraternity. Never did the young people before so hear the call which summons them to duty for their country, for their community, for their church, for their God. 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