The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprictor. VSL’JBSC’RIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.15 one year, by mai 6.00 Sunday CAx WEEKLY CALL, One year, b BUSINESS OFFICE : 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. ... . .ueevaseees Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone...... .. BRANCH OFFICES : 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay D o'clock. 9 Haves street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 717 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. ¢ Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o’clock. ion street; open until 9 o'clock. inth street; open until 8 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE Rooms 31 and § Park R DAVID M. FOL ..Main—-1874 open until 16 THURSDAY 7TP1E CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Perhaps Bayard would lige to stay in England and begin life over again. In the opinion of the Turk there is more than one country in Europe needs reform- ing. In street sweeping the people will be satisfied as long as the surface indications are good. If Dunraven really comes back again would it mot be as well to have him re- measured ? The merchants are doing their share to get clean streets and other citizens should help in the work. By the way, what has become of C*rb*tt and F*tzs‘mm*ns? They have not been heard from for a week. States whose legislatures are to meet this winter are showing a tendency to hedge a little on Thanksgiving. Strangely enough the only State in the Union that has a Democratic candidate for the Presidency is Massachusetts, and she has three. Ever since the elections each faction of Democracy insists that the other faction was killed and wants to sit on it and hold an inquest. gh so much remains to be done ancisco we are Teally doing as | ipal work as any other big v in the Union Althou An expert declares the gowns worn by the ladies at the New York horse show on any ev were worth more than all the s on exhibition. hor: The New York method of riling Chicago now is to remark that if the National Con- vention is held in New York the police won’t interfere with it. We are rid of the gazoos, garoos and googoos, and the cuckoos and mugwumnps are going, but there are signs the blather- skites intend to stay with us. Although woman suffrage was defeated in Massachusetts fty-seven townships gave majorities for it, and every one of them is now bragging on itself. There are no Demccrats particularly eager for a Presidential nomination, but the country is full of eager aspirants for the vacancy on the Supreme bench. Tt bas been over a quarter of a century since Sherman had a Republican colleague in the Senate from Ohio, but now the good old times are coming back again, and he will bave one in the next Congress. Mrs. Lease told her husband that a cer- tain law unconstitutional, and there- fore Mr. Lease mocked at it. Mr. Lease is now in prison and Mrs. Lease is still at liberty giving advice gratis to all who wish it. European nobles have not taken all the money away from the New York Four | Hundred, for the subscription sales of opera-boxes this season amounted to $190,000, or $50,000 more than was realized last year. Campbell of Ohio says 75,000 Democrats abandoned the party in that Statein the last campaign and voted with the Popu- lists, but what are we to think of the leaders who have demoralized their party to that extent? Some political experts in Washington declare that ‘Cleveland will try to put for- ward something in the way of a vigorous foreign policy in bhis next message for the purpose of giving Olney a boom as a Presi- dential candidate. ‘When Europe settles the Turkish ques- tion the name of the empire may be changed so that all who wish to get in the joke about slicing Turkey had better use it this Thanksgiving as they may not have a chance next time. Of all Englishmen now living the one best fitted for the office of Foreign Minis- ter is Lord Dunraven. The ability of that nobleman to take British ships out of American waters promptly and without a struggle is unquestioned. The European powers now in alliance to force reforms upon Turkey have fore sol- diers upnder arms than there are able- bodied men in the Turkish Empire, and yet they hesitate and Turkey hesitates, and instead of a solution we have a muddle. g The excessive heat in Europe during the present summer and fall has been felt even in the high Alps, and it is reported that snow has been melted far above the line where it was ever known to melt be- fore, leaving several of the noted glaciers bare, and entirely drying up some of the higher lakes. John Gilmer Speed says potatoes cause dyspepsia, Dr. Cyrus Edson says they should never be eaten by voung children, but Mrs. 8. T. Roser asserts they are all right if served with highly nitrogenous food such as roast beef, and that isthe sum and substance of the whole potato contro- versy up to date. The recently published report of the finance commissioners of the Paris Expo- sition estimates the cost of preparation at $20,000,000, and it is believed before the end is reached the big expenditures of Chicago will be surpassed, and the closing fete of the century will be altogether the most magnificent éver seen. THE TAX-LEVY DECISION. There is no great surprise that the Su- preme Court has upheld the tax levy made by the Board of Supervisors of San Fran- cisco, but it will be none the less interest- ing to read the opinion which the court bas half promised to hand down in sup- port of the decision. It will be interesting to learn, among other things, upon what ground of public policy it is deemed wise to uphold a statute which provides a uniform system of tax-levying by bodies so differently constituted that it seems diffi- cult to imagine how uniformity of pro- cedure can be properly secured.- It is assumed that the Supreme Court has rendered its decision on the basis of the act passed by the last Legislature pro- viding that the power to levy taxes shall reside wholly with county boards of super- visors, including those of - consolidated cities and counties. - Of course this was meant to include San Francisco, and in its decision the court seems to have followed the strict letter of the statute. The ques- ticn of public policy seems not to have been considered at all. 1f the court did take a literal constrnc- tion of the law as the basis for its decision it upheld a strangely incongruous state of things. With the exception of San Fran- cisco each county of the State has a board of svpe:rvisors composed of five members, The board selects one of its members as presiding officer. He bas no duties whatever apart from those of a supervisor; he is not elected as a distinct and separate officer of the county; in the board he can vote as any other member, but he has no power of veto, and in no sense is a greater check upon the acts of the board than any other member; his duties are not of a municipal character; his position and authority are in no sense analogous to those of a mayor. On the contrary, in these counties are incorporated cities and towns having each a mayor and a board of trustees or coun- cilmen. In such cases the mayor hes the veto power, which the chairman of a board of supervisors has not; and the mayor may exercise this power in vetoing a tax levy made by the board. All this makes a safe and harmonious scheme, and uniformity of procedure is essential among like kinds of local subdivisionsof the State government. The so-called Board of Supervisors of San Francisco is not really a board of supervisors, but is a board of councilmen. If 1t were really a board of supervisors it would not have exclusive charge of munici- pal affairs, but there would be a board of councilmen to pgrform that duty. Being a board of councilmen it is subject to the ordinary and universal conditions attach. ing to such boards. Asa board of counci men it has a mayor to preside over it and exercise a check upon its acts by means of the veto. To abolish this function of the Mayor by statute or otherwise isto destroy an excellent reason for his oftice. If this function is abolished in the case of San Francisco it must be abolished also in the case of every othercity of the State, else the statute abolishing it is special legisla- tion, not uniform in its operation and therefore unconstitutional. [t must lack uniformity of operation whether viewed from the standpoint of its effect on boards of supervisors or thatof itseffect on boards of councilmen. For these reasons the public will expect the Supreme Court to give it much-needed enlightenment. An immediate effect of the decision will be to hasten the work of adopting a new charter. It seems strange that in all that has been said so far regard- ing the neea of such an instrument it is assumed: First, that an honest mayor is needed to serve as acheck on the super- visors; second, that we are more likely to elect an honest mayor than an hdnest board of superyisors. This presents about as amusing a situation as the ordinary mind can conceive. TREES AND CLIMATE. The Santa Rosa Democrat says: “We have some very interesting facts from C. W. Hunt of Two Rock Valley in regard to the great change made in that section by the planting of trees, especially the euca- lyptus and cypress varieties. This country lies quite low and is open to the sea, and there is no high range intervening. It was quite bare of trees 1n its originai condition, and the wind swept over it every afternoon, and for a portion of the day was very disagreeatle. The soil was always rich, fertile and productive. Since its settle: ment great numbers of trees have been planted, and there are now many rows and groves of eucalyptus and cypress trees, which Mr. Hunt thinks have greatly modified the climate. The winds are not nearly so much felt as they were and the face of the country has been changed and beautified. The original growth of oaks, what there was of them, was rather stunted and they were bent over from the wind, sometimes almost touching the ground. What is remarkable about the eucalyptus tree is that it grows straight in spite of the wind, which the more sturdy oaks did not do.” The additional information is given that the presence of eucalyptus trees in one place has so reduced the level of the water that the wells have had to be sunk twenty feet deeper than they were. Itis thus that a finger is placed on the fatal defect of this tree. Not only is it avid for water, and therefore unfit for use in a region where water is needed, but when planted in the vicinity of underground drains its roots will find their way into them and destroy their usefulness. There is no doubt that trees will effect local modification of climate such as the Democrat indicates, but why plant ever- green trees, and, above all, why select the eucalyptus? We can imagine this tree to be of great value in swampy regions, but it has no place in districts where water is valuable. Land-owners in the valleys of California will learn more and more the very great value of shade trees, but they should know that deciduous trees are as useful in a climatological sense as evergreens and vastly better in all other ways. Wal- nut trees, for instance, grow rapidly and produce both nuts and wood that are very valuable. Many other kinds of deciduous trees have their special ad- vantages. It would be wise on the part of those contemplating the planting of trees to seek the advice of Professor Hilgard of the State University or some equally com- petent authority before planting them. THE WORLD BEVIEWED. The telegraphic service of T CALL is something new and distinet on this coast, and has a character quite differ- ent from the mnews supply employed by other papers. All great news- gathering agencies aim to cover the important happenings of the day in every part of the world, but it is the differ- ence in the manner of gathering and presenting the news that constitutes a vital difference in its fhar-cter, Had the methods of the " old-established agencies been in accord with the more modern ané scientific plan of great news- papers the four leading journals of New York would not have organized the | United Press. THE CaLn, deeming itself entitled to the enjoymentof a news service which the great papers of New York re- garded as necessary to them, secured the United Press service and swung into line with the leading metropolitan papers of the East. Beingz a new association and having to fight its way the United Press has de- veloped amazing energy and care in the gathering, sifting, selection and prepara- tion of news. As it covers the world with minuter pains than has been ever known before, aiming to give a complete his- tory of the day rather than devote the bulk of its space to unprofit- able “‘sensations,” it performs a service of the greatest value, however more trou bleseme and éxpensive its method may be. Its advantages which induced TrE CALL to adopt its service are this thoroughness and an admirable dignity, conservatism and reliability. Thus it happens that however many newspapers a reader may take he cannot get all the news and get it in this particu- lar form unless he also takes TaE CALL. CHANDLER ON BIMETALLISM. In a letter to the Republican State League of Colorado, Senator Chandler out- lines a policy in regard to the silver ques- tion which may be regarded as an author- itative expression of the- sentiments of Eastern Republican bimetallists, and is therefore of great value in estimating the course which the National Republican party will probably pursue in regard to this important issue in 1896. Senator Chandler begins by saying that all advocates of the remonetization of sil- ver should act uniformly with the Repub- lican party, as that “‘is the true way to de- feat the single gold standard and secure the establishment of bimetallism.” The Republican party, as he points out, is pledged to bimetallism by the declaration in the platform of 1888, “the Republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money and condemns the policy of the Democratic party in its ef- forts to demonetize silver’”; and also by the declaration of 1892, “the American people from tradition and interest favor bimetallism, and the Republican party de- mands the use of both gold and silver as standard money.” Having thus made clear the firm stand of the Republican party on the general issue, Senator Chandler enters upon the more interesting discussion of how that policy is to be carried out as a matter of practical politics. On that point he says, “The free coinage of silver by the United States alone at this time cannot be brought about,” for the reason that our mints could not be opened at once to the free coinage of silver with- out immediately sending gold to a pre- mium and making this a silver mono- metallic country. Practical bimetallism therefore will demand only that *‘the de- cline in silver bultion shall be stopped by a decision that it shall be made to become as soon as possible a part of the standard money of the world equal at an agreed ratio in gold; that it shall be made to rise in value and that its restoration to full equality shall be achieved within a period somewhat shorter than the twenty years during which demonetization has been making its deadly progress.” The programme thus outlined will not be pleasing to extreme silver men who demand immediate free coinage, but it will be ac- ceptable, we believe, to the great body of bi- metallistsin the Westas well as in the East. When it was decided after the close of the war to resume specie payment, no one ad- vocated an attempt at resumption within thirty days or one year. On the contrary, many years were allowed to pass while successive Republican administrations pre- pared the way by which, under President Hayes, resumption was finally accom- plished without a shock to the finances, the business or the industries of the coun- try. It is only reasonable that a similar policy should be followed in remonetizing silver, and if the Eastern men accept Chandler’s plan there ought not to be any opposition from the West. Certainly nothing can be gained for bi- metallism by organizing a silver party in opposition to the Republican party. It is as certain as anything in the future can be that the Republican party will control the affairs of the country for many years to come. Its policies have always been broadly National, and no great interest of the country hasever been overlooked by it. The cause of bimetallism is safe in its hands, and on the lines laid down by Senator Chandler it would seem that the veople of all sections of the Union can agree and work for it as harmoniously as for protection, reciprocity and a foreign policy commensurate with the dignity of the Nation. B PERSONAL. Judge J. W. Davis of Tulare is in town, Dr. W. A. Gordon of San Jose is visiting the City. George H. Talbert of Washington, D. C.,1sat the Russ. She:iff George S. McKenzie of Napa County is at the Grand. B. F. Terry of the Hotel Capitola is spending a few days here. Senator B. F. Langford of San Joaquin County is at the Palace. '3 Francis Carr, an attorney of Redding, 1s reg- istered at the Russ. Editor H. A. McCraney of the Lakeport Ava- lanche is in the City. Dr. William E. Gibbons of Stockton came down to the City last night. 1. 3. Field, the old-time resident and pioneer banker of Monterey, is in town. P. A. Buell, the Stockton manufacturer, is among the recent arrivals in the City. R. C. Rathbone, & wealthy New Yorker, is at the Palace, accompanied by his family. State Controller C. M. Colgan came down from Sacramento yesterday and is at the Lick. Police Commissioner Moses Gunst has gone to Los Angeles, but will return early next week. Ex-Speaker J. C. Lynch, the statesman, of Cucumonga, is among the recent arrivals at the Baldwin. R. G. Hart, the widely known merchant and mine-owner of Hart, Shasta County, is in town. He has recently sofd & large mining property in Shasta. Ex-District Attorney H. B. Gillis of Yreka, who has been in the City for the past two weeks, left for his home last night. Mr. Gillis is one of the best known men in that partof the State, A. B. Bowers, the wealthy inventor of the Bowers dredger, has returned heraafter several weeks’ absence in different parts of the coun- try. He says he has visited thirty-four sep- arate States during his absence, and that in bis opinion the business outlook is as good in Cali- fornia as in any other part of the Union. Solomon Hirsch of Oregon, who has held dif- ferent offices of trust in the Webfoot State, in- cluding a senatorship, and who was United States Minister to Turkey during Harrisos administration, is at the Occidental. He was at one time a formidable candidate for the United States Senate from Oregon. Hisson, Sanford Hirsch, accompanies him. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—A. Baumgarten of San Francisco isat the Holland, Mrs. F. G Sanborn and Miss J. L. Stone of San Franeisco are at the Westminster, and G. H. Russell ana wife of San Francisco sre at the Windsor, on their bridal tour. J. A. Johnson and wife, W. F.x Knox and T. Scott of Sacramento are at the lsey. ¢ 1, 1895. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. James F. Wardner, at one tirae owner of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan silver mines, Coeur d’Alene, of the Blue Canyon coal mines in the Cascade Mountains, and of a number of silver- lead properties in the Slocan country, is at the ‘Lick. The town ot Wardner, Idaho, was named {or this intrepid miner. Ho has heen a banker, a speculator, builder of different towns and projector of many other enterprises, while all the time owning and de- veloping mining properties of different kinds. A year or so ago he went to South Africa, where he remained some time. When he came back he began shipping mining timber from Puget Sound for use in the mines of Pieter- maritzburg. Some of it was landed ap the Cape and thence transierred over 1000 miles distant by rail to the mines of the Barnato brothers and Sir Cecil Rhodes. ILately Mr. Wardner has been mining at Kennedy, Nev., and inferesting himself in the ores of the mother lode in California. ) “I think I shall return to Africain a few weeks,” said Mr. Wardner yesterdsy. ‘““When I was there before I one day met President Kruger of the Dutch Republic. He had & pa- per in his hand and he said he had just been reading that Baron Rothschild said the Ameri- cans were the most reckless money-spenders on earth. I said I didn’tknow about the state- ment in 1ts general application, but applied to me 1ndividually, I thought it wasabout true. Idon’t know what to think about the wild speculation in the mines, but I am afrald such an excitement in stocks cannot last. I notice that already there has been a terribleslump in South African stozks. “Ishall not again return to the dark conti- nent till I have completed some details of de- velopment at Kennedy and also on the mother lode.” E. W. Schubert, some time since a hotel proprietor of Denver snd Colorado Springs, and who was formerly connected with the Russ House, has returned here and resumed his position with the latter hostelry. For a brief time before leaving Colorado he was at Cripple Creek, the new gold district of the Centennial State. T could have done well there,” he said, but life was too short to stay. It was too for- bidding and two wild end rough for the ordinary man. Iwasglad to get out. As for Colorado, generally speaking, however, the outlook is good. The people are cheerful and hopeful, and believe that the near future will see things in a highly prosperous condition.” FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS, The Secret of Los Angeles’ Prosperity. Los Angeles Times. -~ * The people of Los Angeles have not come here merely as adventurers, but they have been attracted hither by a large faith in the future of this seefion. The immigation that has been drawn to us embraces a large propor- tion of brains and culture, of wealth, and that indomitable energy which is characteristic of progressive Americanism. Added tothis those Who hayve come to us have brought with them high ideals which they hope to see realized under conditions of life which exist here. They dream of realizing here the best that American civilization has to offer, where they have less of battling with the elements to do, fewer natural hardships to contend with and fewer obstacles to overcome than in the old home. Life is pleasant here, and need not be purely practical, but it may be beautiful as well. The best civilization of to-day has its representatives among us, energizing our progress and directing it into the newest and most desirable channels, Men bring with them the leaven of experience, and come here, a large majority of them, to build homes and re- alize the most that life has to offer. Why Protection Is Demanded. Portland Oregonian. ‘Why does not the revival revive? Why does not business improve as everybody hoped and ezpected? Because foreigners are doing our manufacturing for us. Instead of making goods we are buying them abroad. Our fac- tories are not doing half what they could do, and our workmen are not receiving half the work they could do or the wage fund they could earn. Therefore it is that they buy less and every line of storekeeping and trades em- ployment is kept down l»e[nwglu capacity. Arizona Will Emulate Utah’s Example. ‘Tucson (Ariz) Clilzen. Under the protective policy of the Republi- can party the business centers of the East and North were prosperous, and when they are prosperous they give us their money to de- velop our Western conntry. Wheu Democratic policy and legislation prevail no section suffers so much as the new and struggling West, Utah was awake to this fact, and ?ell in line at the last election, and will send two Republican Senators to Washington. Arizona must emulate her example. We think she will. Democratic Complucency. Tulare Register. There is nothing a Democrat needs to culti- vate so assiduously these days as complacency in defeat. Ttstood those who had it in good stead last year, it was invaluable to them this year, and hext year they will not be able to get on twithout it. Complacency becometh a Democrat in these trying times as the quality of mercy becomes the autocrat possessor of four aces in & game of draw poker. Huntington’s Scheme. Seattle Posi-Intelligencer. C. P. Huntington will probably do all he can this winter to prevent the passage of the Nicaragua canal bill. In fact, what time he does not devote to staving off the payment of the Pacific Railroad money filched from the Government he will give to anti-canal work. Fortunately, Huntington will soon reach the age when it will be necessary for him to retire from high-toned jimmy work. Alameda’s Henlth Board Commended. San Diego Sun. Alameda, this State, is the first city to place consumption on the list of contagioas diseases, and to require all cases of itto be reported to the local Board of Health. W2 commend its action for imitation throughout our State to safeguard the public health. In caring for the ailing the well should be protected. BRITISH AGGRESSIONS, Philadelphia Ledger. Great Britain engages in more boundary dis- ‘putes than any other country—partly because her passessions touch so many other countries: chiefly because it has been the settled custom of Great Britain for many years to grab any- thing of value, the title to which is in the least degree obscure. She is thus engged in tr{ing to add a part of Venezuela to British Guiana solely because it is likely to be of great com- mercial value, not merely because of its gold deposits. but because it commands the mouth of the Orinoco. Fort Worth Gazette. The investiture of Coflnto and the sefzure of the Custom-houses of that port with a view to the collection of Nicaraguan revenues, justifies the claim that England by hier own action has abrogated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the right of the United States to complete and equip the Nicaraguan canal without reference to Great Britain, is assured. The construction of the canal is imperatively demanded by the public, and it would be a_source of glory and prosperity to the United States. Utica Observer. Ex-Senator Edmunds of Vermont delivered an address in Philadelphia before the Union League Club, in which he called attention to the way British claims in Honduras had grown {from almost nothing to 7000 square miles. In British Guiana, in 1851, their claims included only a few towns with no bonndary at all, ven on the border toward Venezuela. In 870 this small claim had grown to 76,000 mfl‘in“ miles, and in 1892 to 109,000 square miles. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The salient point in the controversy is that Great Britain has admitted that no boundary has rightfully been established. This dispute is one which Great Britain has recognized as a -proper subject ofarbitration and mutual lfren- ment. Her attempt to seize disputed territory without regard to Venezuelan rights or pro- tests is a case of bold sggression and a in infringement of the Monroe doctrine. Chicago [nter Ocean. The English and American people have too much in common to quarrel over trifles. After free and fnir discussion of questions at issue the two governments will probably adjust dif- ferences without even hinting at war. Cer- tainly a statesman like Salisbury knows that a people like the Americans cannot be driven :gul;l':mr or threats to abandon any policy or St. Louis Globe-Democrat. England’s present international quandary is due to the fact that she has been reaching out for the earth with a ulation of her own of only about 40,000,000, he hes seized more than she can nd yet is unwilling to drop anything. The idea of transferring any part :51 t":v‘o rbkluden to Uncle S8am’s shoulders ‘will [ LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE A REASONABLE PROTEST. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 19,1895, 7o the Editor of the San Francisco Call—S1R: A certain evening paper, fn publishing the ac- count of the scandals connected with Lane, Meyer and Ratz, under arrest for gross im- moral conduct, made a statement that “many of the girls are Portuguese, and if the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children are not mistaken some of the mothers have voluntarily taken their girls to the place and accepted pay for their degradation (with- out reference to any other nationality).” The Portuguese citizens of San Francisco having investigated the matter and finding that not one of the children are Portuguese re- sent the statement as a libel upon them and their good name and weli-known reputation as law-abiding and decent citizens. In justice to the Portuguese citizens of San Francisco and California, who have felt much aggrieved by this statement and publication, we, the undersigned, in the name of the Portu- guese colony of California, beg you through the columns of your paper to make this state- ment, which is true in fact, that none of the f' rls in question are Portuguese. Very respect- ully yours, the committee. M. N. FREITAS. JORE BAPTISTA. MAXNUEL F. M. TRIGUEIRO. FRANK L. FREITAS. FELIX A. TRIGUEIRO. H. H. LARMENTO. BETTENCOURT DA CAMARA. FATHER LINDSEY'S CASE. OAKLAND, Cal., November 18, 1895. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIr: In this morning’s CaLr, under the caption of “Father Lindsey,"” you make a number of statements that, in justice to the First Metho- dist Episcopal Church here, and of which Father Lindsey was a member, need correction. Brother Lindsey was moved first to the Re- ceiving Hospital, and then to the County Hos- pital, at his own earnest and sincere solicita- tion. He did not protest nor “‘shed tears,” but went because he himself thought it was the best. He was kindly and tenderly cared for in his sickness by Mrs. Pattison, in whose house he lay sick and by members of the First Church. Brother Lindsey has been visited in his present home; he is happy. contented, sweet-spirited and rapidly recovering. This church is remarkable for its large and constant beneficences. It recently purchased a brace for & poor cr:\p}fled child at a cost of $30; it pays the rent for and wholly maintains several amilies; it feeds the hungry and clothes the naked systematically and constantly; it makes up boxes for the poor in the mountains; it takes a collection once a month_for the poor, besides numberless private beneficences. You will pardon these references, for the “right hand must not know what the left hand doeth,” but the lp{pnreut slur upon this church, in the article reietred to, makes these state- ments necessary. _Sincerely yours, ALFRED KUMMER. PASTOR PALMER INDORSED. STOCKTON, Cal., Nov. 18, 1895. To the Edior of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In view of the fact that reports have appeared in the daily papers of your City misrepresent- ing the relations existing between pastor and members of the First Baptist Church of this city, you would do us a favor by publishing the following, which was unanimously adopted last Sunday morning: ““WHEREAS, Our beloved pastor, the Rev. Ray Palmer, has felt it necessary, on accouxt of de- clining health, to sever the pleasant relations which have existed for the past six years be- tween pastor and people: ““We teke this occasion to declare our sincere regret that we shall no longer enjoy his minis- trations, and to assure him that we deeply ap- preciate his labors while in our midst; that we recoguize in him a man called of God, and one who has never lacked the courage or ebility to declare the whole counsel of God; a man whose boldness and energy in proclaim- ing the whole gospel has endeared him to the members of this church; and in leaving us he carries our unanimous well wishes.” WATKINS Davies, Church Clerk. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MoOUNTAINS—S. C. 8., City. There is a general impression that an elevation of land must be at least 2000 feet in order to become a moun- tain. Professor George Davidson, for thirty years connected with the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and who has had a great deal todo with the measurement of mountains, does not agree with thatidea, and he holds that there is no fixed limit to distinguish a mountain from a hill. The latest definition of a moun- tain is that “it is an elevation of land of con- siderable dimensions rising more or less abruptly above the surrounding or adjacent region. Ordinarily no elevation is called a mountain which does not form a conspicuous figure in the landscape, hence what is a mountain in one region might be regarded as simply a hill in another. A region may have & great elevation above the sea level but mnot be recognized as a mountain. Thus the plains, or the region be- tween the Missouri and the Rockies, have an elevation on the western edges as great as that of the Appalachian range. Elevated regions not mountsins are cailed plateaus. Elevations of considerable height, if quite isolated or precipitous, are often called rocks, as the rock of Gibraltar. Teak is occasionally used in the same way, as Pikes Peak, the peak of Teneriffe, and in the United States in regions formerly occupied or explored by the French the word butte is employed, with the same or somewhat similar meauing.” A hill is a conspicuous natural elevation of the earth’s suriace, a nat- ural eminence of indefinite height. The term is applied generally to an elevation smaller than & mountain and higher than a mound, but the terms are merely relative, elevations of the same height being hills in one region and mountains in another, according to the more or less mountainous character of the re- jon. Twin Peaks are either mountains or ills, justas the speakers choose to designate them. QUEEN VICTORIA—B. W. S., City. Several at- tempts on the life of Queen Victoria have been made during her reign. The first was on Con- stitution Hill, June 10, 1840, soon ater her marriage, the assailant being a potboy named Edward Oxford; May 30, 1842, John Francis fired at her while she was on Constitution Hill and when he was but a few feet away from her carriage; the same year a boy named Bean Jeveled & pistol at her Majesty as she was driv- ing along from Buckingham Castle to the Chapel Royal, St. James, but the weapon missed fire; in’ May, 1850, Robert Pate, an ex- lieutenant of the hussars, struck the Queen with a stlek as she was driving through the gate of the home of the Duke of Cambridge, the blow leaving & mark on her cheek an smashing her bonnet; Arthur O’Connor on the 10th of February, 1872, leveled a pistol at her as she was leaving Buckingham Palace, and March 2, Roderick Maclean deliberately fired at the Queen ag she was driving from Windsor station to the castl PRECEDENCY — Inquirer, City. The new Duchess of Marlborough takes the lead in the order of precedency at court. According to English court etiquette, women take the same rank as their husbands or brothers. The order of precedency is as follows down to dukes: The Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, the Queen’s younger sons, grandsons of the Sov- ereign, Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor, Archbishop of York, Lord President of the Council, the great Lord Cham- berlain, the Earl Marshal. The last four named rank above all peers of their own degree; dnkes according to their patent of creation (1, dukes of England; 2, of Scotland; 3, of Great Britain; 4, of Ireland). The following is the date of creation of twelve of the twenty-two dukes: Marlborough, 1702; Brandon, 1711: Portland, 1716; Manchester, 1719; Newcastle, 1756; Northumberland, 1766; Cumberland, 1799; Wellington, 1814: Sutherland, 1833; }Vg%szlminsn!l. 1874; Fiie, 1889, and Argyle, SUPREME COURT-RATLROAD MEN—U. 8, G. M., Pixley, Tulare County, Cal. The names of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States were published in this column on Satur- day, the 9th inst. The names of the five lena- ing railroad-men were published on the 13th. This correspondent, as well as others, should know thay answers cannot appear within a day or two after a letter of inquiry is recelved, )r the reason that they are prepared as soon as possible and then filed according to date of answer and printed in regular order. DANCING CONTEST—A. 0. 8., City. On the 19th of August, 1893, Robert McClellan, harness- maker, and Frank Perry, horseshoer, com- sfleted & waltzing contest in the city of S8an ose which lasted nincteen hours, beating the revious world's record of sixteen hours, made \)' Professor Carter in Tammany Hall, New ork, Arrll 16-17, 1878. The two men who broke the record were paid $20 each by Pro- fessor Kenny, dancing-teacher and inaugurator of the contest. PoLrTiCAL COMPLEXION—U. §.G. M., Pixley, Tulare County, Cal. The political complexion of the nlz{-fl;unh Congress that will meet s next Marel Senate—Demovrats, 39; Re- ublicans, 42; Independent, 5. House of resentatives—Democrats, 104; Republi- caus, 244; Independent or Populist, £ Oon joint ballot: Democrats, 143; Re LSG nd Independent or Populists, {\al:zllcnnu. CIGARETTE CRUSADE—J. R., City. The analy- sis made of the tobacco of two kinds of cigd ettes during the crusade made in tm: 8:«‘;‘::: eral years ago failed to disclose any opium, MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Brass-pand contests, which &re so enor- mously popular in the north of England, par- ticularly in Lancashire and Yorkshire, have been introduced into London in con- nection with the Musical Trades Exhi bition. The contests have taken the fancy of the Londoners, and it is now settled that they will see at least ome annually. Next to his bull terrier the typieal Yorkshireman seems to Jove his euphonium or his trombone, while in Lancashire & brass-band contest is greata draw as an intercounty cricket match. For weeks before the day of the contest the par- tisans of the leading eompetitors go about canvassing the chances of the struggle and telling all who will listen that thelr own par- ticular petscan't be beaten. The followers of the Wyke band will declare that although their men “are nobbut colliers” they intend giving an excellent account of themselves. The equally famous “Besseso’ th’ Barn’’ de- clare that the Besses can win hands down, and should a well-known band, Black Dyke ot Kingston, fail to enter for one of the larger events you will find their rivals going about triumphantly and truculently demanding “Wheer’s Kingston, sh wonder? There’s summat wrong somewheer, ah’'m thinking.” Enthusiasm of this kind demands its own journalistic organs, and there are several papers devoted to chronicling the stable news, so to speak,of every band in training. An adjudicator, naturally enough, is not always a popular personage, for feeling occasionally runs high. Someétimes the disgust of defeated competitors takes the form of letters to the papers. Sometimes, as in the Derby district recently, & more active manifestation of re- sentment is made, and the judge has to be protected by the police, while a number of new instruments have to be subsequently pur- chased to take the places of those damaged in the scrimmage—and yet there are people who say that music exercises & refining influence on the masses. A recent correspondence addressed from St. Petersburg to the Neue Freie Presse gives some details with regard to the late Anton Rubin- stein, not generally known to the public. The correspondence presents him in his character as director of the Royal Conservatory of St. Petersburg. His activity was something in- credible and the reforms which he executed were nothine to those which fie wasprojecting. Small and great benefited equally from his solicitude, but he applied himself particularly to leveling the exterior barriers which the dif- ferences of fortune reised between the pupils. With that end .in view, he mntroduced a rule commanding that the toilette of the girls should consist of a simple brown dress without any kind of ornfment, his object being to pre- vent the daughters of the ricn from wounding the sensibilities of the poor pupils by & dis- play of luxury. He also ordered thatthe doors of the girls’ classrooms should be of glass. In his mind this aid not imply suspicion of the professors, but a necessary precaution against the possibility of idle gossip or scandal. Before Rubinstein’s time, teachers were in the habit of arriving late or sometimes of not arriving at all. The master soon changed all that; a cele- brated pianist, a professor in the establish- ment, came late several times. She was taken to task sharply and made to understand that her artistic caprices must never interfere with her duties as a teacher. Rubinstein daily lis- tened to the puplils’ lessons and toward the end, in spite of failing health, he underwent the most trying fatigues in following the de- velopment of the pupils in all tlie branches taught at the Royal Conservatory. It would be premature to say that & greater virtuoso than Paderewski has arisen in Emil Sauer, but the new pianist is proving a very satisfactory consolation to European audi- ences for the absence of the Polish pianist, who is fulfilling his American engagerents. Sauer first achieved some popularity in Berlin in1885. Lastspring he went almost unher- alded to London and announced & series of re- EMIL SAVER, PADEREWSKI'S RIVAL. citals. The first performance was very poorly attended; some of the eritics withheld their judgment of the pianist, but others pros- trated themselves before what they vehe- mently declared was a star of extraordinary magnitude. At the end of the third recital Sauer had conquered London, a marvelous feat to perform in the season when long-haired mu- sical celebrities are as thick as locusts in the land. He maintained the position he then won, and has even gone on to fresh triumphs, though twelve years ago when he visited the British capital he was forced to give lessons foraliving. His fame was first made in Ger- many, Austria and Russia. Saueris 34 years of age and was pupil of Liszt. In a recent interview he said: ‘‘I think there is danger in an artist being too perfect, in a technical sense, for if too much attention be paid to the mechanical work of the fingers the artist may fail to put his soul into his music. When I am at the piano I try to give my last drop of blood, ;o tlo speak, in the endeavor to express whatI feel.” Paderewski has reappeared in New York and has been placed on a higher pedestal than ever before. The Herald says: ‘‘It was quickly de- tected by the deep-sighted that the frail blonde young Pole had put his time to excellent use and had developed prodigiously, both as & pianist and as a composer. After the Liszt concerto—the one in E flat—a storm of enthusi- asm broke forth, the like of which has rarely, if ever, been heard within the walls of any con- cert hall. The scene reminded you of Heine's delightful account of the Liszt craze in Paris years and years ago. Rubinstein being dead and Saint-Saens playing rarely, if ever, in pub- lie, it may be said that of all piano virtuosi Paderewski is now undoubtedly the most gifted composer. I doubt whether other artists will ever take kindly to his ‘Polish Fantasy.’ Paderewski himself plays it entrancingly, but the piano part is certainly the score’s most un- interesting feature. Ouly a little longer and the Polish pianist will devote his energies ex- clusively to the art of composition. He will, I am inclined to believe, achieve his fame as a composer of orchestral works.” The latest, and by no means the least signifi- caut commentary on the confident declaration of a writer in the “Nineteenth Centary, few years ago that the “Waguer Bubble” was burst, comes from Paris. It 1s siated in the mostauthoritative way that Charles Lamoureux the famous conductor and Wagnerian propa- gandist, is about to build & new theater on the model of that at Bayreuth, The plaus are all decided upon, and it is expected that the theater will be opened in 1808 with a performs ance of the “Ring” to be given without “cuts.”’. Certainly the conquest of France by Wagner, if somewhat tardy, is now complete. No more conspicious proof of the dominati force of his genius could be found than in such avictory, when the aggressive patriotism of France and the aggressive Teutonism ot Wag- ner are taken into account. Verdi has just beon passing & few days in Milan, where he has been inspecting work on his home for aged artists, whieh ho is building near the Porta Magents, the architect being Camille Roito, brother of the composer of “Mefistotele,”” The cost of the building is esti- mated at 300,000 francs, and (he aged maestro intends to donate a capital of 2,000,000 irancs to its support, This amount will not be too much as the howe is intended to afford shelter for the humble members of the profession, e those who do not gain in two years what g Tamagno or & Masini exact for one evening, . ks A young Russian violinist, Alexandre Petch. nikoff, has just won an enormous success at Berlin, where he was playing forthe first time, He is the son of apoor soldier, and {t was by chance that Princess Ourousoff discovered his talent and made him enter the couservatory of St. Petersburg, where he soon took the leading place among all the puplls. His patrons made him a present of the violin used by the ceje- brated violinist Laub, of whom it is said he is the worthy successor. Correspondents who are sent abroad to re- port musical events armed with an imperfect knowledge of the language are apt to make startling mistakes sometimes. The corre. spondent of Le Menestrel, at the recent Leens festival, alluded to Mr. Somervell's “Forsakep Merman as “Mr. Loverwell's ‘Forsaken Alder. man,’” and subsequently, when the corre. spondent got the name of the composer righ¢ the title of his cantata was translated . “The Abandoned Pecheur Abandommn ah- erman).” Considerable argument and prejudice have raged around the decision of the directors of the Manzoni Opera-house in Verona to engage Signora Espanina Rieschias chef d'orchestro, The town of the Montagues and the Capulets has now got its lady conductor, and her debut with Rossini’s ‘‘Barber of Seville” has proveq conclusively that she can wield the batou to the entire satistaction of Verona. L’Echo Musical of Brusselssays: ‘‘We learn that M. Gevaert has just been named by Leo the thirteenth knight of the order of 8t. Gregory the Great. We are happy to announce this well-merited distinction, by means of which the Pope has rendered a just tribute to the eminent author of “Antique Melope in the Latin Church.” a book which has thrown the nLou v,ivld light yet shown upon liturgical chant.” The death of Sir Charles Halle deprives Eng- land of a man who has done more to advance her musical interests than any one duriug the last quatter of a century, Like Handel, finlh ‘was & German by birth. — e AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER. Chico Chronicle-Racord. Chico ean rightly claim to be the educa~ tional center of Northern California. One of the State Normal Schools, a high school, & thorough public school system, including kindergarten and a business coflege and pri vate academy, are sufficient to watrant her in her claims. These imw\n ions tend to strengthen the popularity ef.education and in- cite an eagerness on the part of the mmi to know something and be somebody. Vi dences of the strength of influence of Chico’'s educational institutions upon the young peo- ple areé apparent at the various debating soe cleties where the students take a maryelous interest. Every resident of Chico should en- courage this work and make known as far a§ possible abroad the excellent educational ade vantages Chico offers. TowNSEND'S Famous Broken tandy, 10¢ 1b. ® by N bt BAcoX Printing Company,508 Clay street.® - Brst printing, best prices. Roberts Ptg. Co.* e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_— - THE Argonaut Whisky has been on the mare ket & great many years in bulk, but it is only recently that it has been bottled. It isoneof the brands of Kentucky Bourbon which are famous for purity. Another staple whisky is the J. F. Cutter brand of Kentucky Bourbon, which has maintained an enviable popularity for a quarter of a century. For both E. Martin . 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