The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 4, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1%95. ——————— e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. RATES—Postage Fre rrier. .§0.15 SUBSCRIPTION ail L1, 0ne week, ALL, onie year, by ALz, six months, by iree months by mail 1 ALL, “alifornia. ....Main—1868 t: open u enth and 3 OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN CFFICE: 34 Park Row, New York Cil FOI VID M Thf; CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. 1as had his say, and now he must ge is mud. Can you wade The Eight are not so selid but what the 7 can rattie them. not get off the lecture platiorm pped from under him. Tell your girl there will be beauty in the Hor: n she gets there. until it Long 2 succeed in telling a hes to return to the Arctic ave the habit frozen on Unless you work hard for a good muni- rnment you must pay high for a Cleveland’s verbosity bears about the )n to his ideas as his corporosity Now that Dana has made a speech in favor of free Cuba Cleveland may as well be counted on the side of Spain. The anti-poolroom ordinance hangs fire, but all the same the fakers will find things getting hot for them before long. The Repu n Congress cannot rid the country of Cleveland, but it may be ex- pected to put an end to his deficit. ion of Crisp for the speak- ompliment so idle it was not a pastime. It is one of the parodoxes of this world t thi the more mu ony there isin a commu- ic there the air. lifornia, but essmen can raise them ler the present administration of irsand then think whatit would be if we hada Buckley combination added to it. Not in vain the prom shall be reforms galore, when the Ash- worths are worth ashes and the Buckleys buck no more. e If Cleveland intended his words to con- ceal his thought it was hardly necessary to pile up such a heavy haystack to hide such a pointless needle. It will help the public health if the Grand Jury can get up some indictments that will stick like porous plasters and ap- ply them in the right places. It is asserted that Indiana Populists wish to nominate Debs for Governor, but Debs is too well pleased with liberty just now to crawl into a hole like that. Although the cold season has barely begun Eastern experts estimate that more of the United States is now covered with snow than at any time last winter. Nothing shows the weakness of local Democracy more conclusively than .the fact that it cannot shake off such an old back number barnacle boss as Buckley. In the present state of public opinion the attack on the rascals who are trying to hold the fort in the City government will be not a forlorn hope but a storming party. The bright particular stars of football in the East this season are Thorne of Yale and Brooke of Pennsylvania, and next to Tom Reed they seem to be the biggest men on the Eastern horizon. The announcem hat Yaleand Prince- ton each received $i4,000 from the proceeds of their recent football game ought to put an end to the old theory that college train- ing doesn’t fit a man for money-making. 1t seems there are some Supervisors who cannot distinguish between the legitimate sports at Ingleside Park and the frauds of the fake poolrooms downtown, but per- haps they are only trying to fool the people. No taxpayer should fail to read the evi- dence now comingto light in regard to the way the street work has been done. The facts are interesting in themselyes and moreover to the taxpayers they mean business. With the funding bili before Congress, the Railroad Commission in the courts, the Solid Eight before the Grand Jury and the Btreet Superintendent on tenterhooks, we have fights enough on hand to enable usto dispense with gloves for some time to come. If the Jewelers' Review i3 correet in esti- mating that during the last twenty-five years over ten tons of diamonds have been added to the world’s supply they must be 80 common now that no fastidious woman- will ‘expect her husband to get her any this winter. A New York firm is trying to get a con- tract to supply the policemen of that city with pocket stoves to keep their hands warm during the winter; and thus we learn there are some people who believe a policeman has to carry hot stuff in his pocket instead of striking the first saloon on his beat. CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE. The best summary which can be given of the President’s message is that which Hamlet gave of the book he was reading when questioned Poloniu It contains ! “words, words, words.” Faithful support- { ers of Cleveland may believe that in this haystack of verbidge there is some needle of sense, but few will venture to go through the dreary m: in search of it, and those who do will hardly have more than their trouble for their pains. The message leaves the general affairs of the country to be learned from the reports | of the various Cabinet officers and directs attention mainly to our foreign relations and questions of finance. As these are de- cidedly the most important of our political issues, and engage the greater part of public interest in National affairs, it was right enough in the President to give them this prominence in his formal address to Congress. When he had thus limited him- in matter, however, he should also have limited himself in words, and fur- { nished the country with such a review cf these subjects as could have been read by ge man without neglecting his As 1t is, instead of a statement of existing conditions we have a volumin- ous document containing few facts, and which will ‘in no wise serve to give the people a comprehensive idea of the affairs of the Government. Those who read the document will learn that under the Cleveland foreign adminis- tration our relations with South America, China and Japan are pleasant. We are hayving trouble with Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Spain, Ha- ii and Turkey. Some of these troubles w ‘lhe exclusion of American farm prod- ucts from German markets, and" with ance over the imprisonment of Consul Waller. much and the usual statement se Cleveland He makes hat diplomatic neg nowhere any actorily, but we find p “vigorous trace of that foreign polic even of words. Turning to the dent writes an elaborate treatise on our monetary hi . varied now and then with disqu It is well known that no two people have ever yet agreed on any money theory, and it is not likely that Cleveland’s theories will break the record. His recommend- new nor different ations contain nothing from the policy which he has been advo- ¢ g all along, He urges the retirement | of greenbacks, oppo silver, and advises the issue of bonds as a means of withdrawing all forms of Govern- ment notes and prepari issue of bank notes. All that Cleveland bas said in this lor tedions m ge could have been more effectually said in one-fourth the space. Presidential messages are intended to give the people an understanding of the aff of the Nation. If they do t serve th sose they are of no use. Cleveland” 2inly does not serve that purpose, and bave no other effect than t vthin, PARTY GOVERNMENT. While the Civic Fede on is preparing respectiully ask if it is doir power to assist the Grand Jury in unearth- ing the rascalit; lieved to be ment. The appeal f of strength which a knowledge of right | conduct and -a love of decent government impart, have gone before the jury and given important c How many more such citizens are there? Would the Civic rampant in the City gov irand Jury has made a publi istance from all. good citi- composed entirely We do not observe t of the b with shady histories or any of their hench- men are offering assistance to the Grand Jury. It is noticeable, however, that some men of wealth, ability and character are. How many of these are members of the Civic Federation? It is individual worth and strength that count. The Civic Federation cannot over- | look that fact in its plan to secure good vernment. In organizing a party and naming candidates for office it cannot ex- pect that its indorsem ill have any greater weight with intelligent persons than that of any other political party. good men are nominated and elected by any party we shall have good government, and not otherwise. The same good in- fluences which worthy men might exercise in an independent party can be exercised in established parties. As itis impossible for rascality to thrive in any party whose individual members do their duty, so it is or independent, to keep down rascality un- less the members do their duty. If the Civic Federation contains a Iarger percentage of strong and worthy members reason for its purpose and strengthen its cause by proving the fact. If it has they will be as diligent and' fearless as the strong and clean men in the Republican ranks are showing themselves to be in the assistance which they are lending the Grand Jury. Itis men that count, and a man must accepted on the ngth of his professions. ANOTHER BOULEVARD. The rousing of a popular sentiment in favor of good streets is quite naturally taking the form of measures for the con- struction of a system of boulevards which shall make the more picturesque features of the City enjoyvable. The latest devel- ovment of the idea is the formation ofa club which has for its purpose a combina- tion of mtility and picturesqueness. The plan is to pave Montgomery street, Mont- gomery avenue and the necessary connect- ing streets to the Presidio in the best man- ner, thus making a pleasant driveway through the heart of the downtown region. A number of the largest hotels in the City would be upon or very near to the pro- posed boulevard, and hence it wonld be a great convenience to strangers visiting the City. The Market-street Railway Company will undoubtedly replace the wretched horse-car line in. Montgomery street with an electric road, and the form of paving should be aecided on before that change is made. The abolition of basalt blocks and a substitution of bituminous rock in Kear- ny street have transformed that thor- oughfare into one of the most popular highways in town, and Montgomery street, with its miserable pavement, has been made to suffer by the contrast. There is at present no pleasant way of reaching the bonlevard system centering in Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues from the big hotels of the City. Long stretches of rough basalt pavements inter- vene. This forces an enormous amount of traflic upon the-streetcar. lines, The crea- l are slight, but others are of consider- : A ) sble importance. The most serious | 024 franchise, supposedly in Buckley's are the disputes with Englana over | iDterest. It was intended to sell this to the seal fisheries, Venezuela and the | CePitalists at a heavy figure. A man Alaska boundary, with Germany over ex- , there is no vigor ancial issues the Presi- ns on the theory of money. | the free coinage of | N | a basis for the | | that of | 1g how fat-headed a man he is | to organize an independent party we would | fi all in its | Some of these, fearless in that sense | Federation have us think that it is not | 1f equally impossible for any party, regular than the Republican party it can show a prove himself by his acts before he will be tion of good driveways from the business part of town to the boulevard system would naturally lead to better pavements throughout all the business section, as the immediate result of making one or two good streets would be their engorgement with traffic and the impairment of their usefulness for driving purposes. These matters are managed with better wisdom in some European cities. Certain main thotoughfares are reserved for driv- ing and business traffic is not permitted on them till after midnight. For that matter in some cities no draying is per- mitted at all in the crowded part of the day. It will be a long time before San Francisco advances to these lengths, but it is cheering to observe that it is determined to have good streets and that the work has already begun in earnest. So far, apart from the splendid work of the Merchants’ Association, the leadership of these move- ments has been in the hands of enterpris- ing clubs. Itistime-that all the business organizations lend a hand and syscematize the effort. | WHY BRIBERY SUCCEEDS. Tt seems almost providential that while a dying convict at Los Angeles is disclo: ing some of the infamies of past years in volitical corruption at San Francisco the Grand Jury is seeking to uncover similar crimes of recent perpetration. The whole story is a romance of crime. Told in brief, connected form 1t is this: Just before the Wallace Grand Jury a few years ago brought ‘in' indictments against Christopher Buckley for corrupt dealings with the Solid Nine , of the Board of Supervisors as then constituted, the board granted an omnibus street-rail- named Mayne, one of Buckley's agents, thinking that he had not received a fair share of the plunder from this and other transactions, went before the Wallace Grand Jury and told the whole story. Buckley fled to Canada, The Wallace Grand Jury was declared by the Supreme | Court to be an illegally constituted bod Buckley returned. The documentary evi- dence which Mayne produced ought still | to be in the hands of some member of that jury or some member ought to know what became of it. It would be exceed- ingly useful now, and the one who knows where it is will announce the fact to the | present Grand Jury if he is a good citizen. According to Mayne's story, it was | Buekley who instigated the receni crim- {inal charge against him of abusing two | g on, and who Q his } conviction. vne declares that he is the | innocent victim of Buckley’s revenge. | But Mayne reiterates the old story of his | | corrupt dealin s between Buckley and the | Solid Nine of the Board of Supervisor: As Mayne must necessarily be a criminal, his declarations before the Wallace Grand | | Tury deserved no more consideration than that of a criminal telling the secrets of hi fellow-criminals who had swindled him. But it seems that in addition to his own testimony he presented documentary ey | dence of a strong kind. More, he is dvin now, and in the article of death is reiterat- ing h | pecul Meanw enes had shifted. The | Board of Supervisors contaming the Solid | ine became extinet. A new board, with a Solid Eight, is now in charge, and an- | other Grand Jury is seeking to ascertain | the meaning for acts of this body which | | seem to indicate corruption and ascertain the ground for the common belief that corruption is rampant. It hasalready dis- covered that the affairs of the Street De: partment are managed in the most d graceful manner. It is alarmed lest the | enormous tax levy made by the board | means a fund to be plundered. It sees the | | Solid Eight, despite the energetic remon- strances of the majority, refusing to pass an ordinance abolishing a ruinous gam- bling poolroom industry which is robbing and aebauching boys and clerks, and hears | the current rumor that the gamblers are | paying the Solid Eight $1000 a month not | to pass the ordinance. This law was framed by the Grand Jury and urged upon the board. The majority refuse to pass it, and in the desperate hope of ealisting re- spectable support threaten to incorporate a clause prohibiting pool-selling at the Ingleside racetrack. This move is taken as a virtual confession of a desire to sup- port the downtown gambling poolrooms. The difiiculties in securing evidence of cial bribery are great. 1t is only when thieves fall out that honest men get their dues, and as yet there has been no such falling out as which led to Mayne’s charges. Itisvery difficult to secure evi- dence of bribery, except from criminal par- ticipants in it, and so long as plunder is abundant they are not likely to disagree and disclose the truth. The Grand Jury may not secure evidence suflicient to con- vict, but already sufficient is known to alarm the City and place good men on their guard. Throughall this mass of corrup- | tion the hand of- the degraded political | boss is discernible, and it is yet possible that this instrument of evil will be exposed. A PUBLIC RESPONRIBILITY. In dealing with street work—the qnality of material used and the cneracter of the | workmanship employed—courts, lawyers | | and writers seem to overlook a principle of | vital importance to San Francisco. Tax- | payers will not lose sight of the main proposition that work once accepted by the City must be kept in repair by the | City, although it is primarily done at the | expense of the property-owners within the assessment district. Therefore the law wisely provides that the Street Depart- ment must supervise private as well as public contracts. The acceptance of infe- rior work means an immediate outlay for expens Again the question of responsibility comes up. Some officer must be respon- sible. There should be an intelligent in- spector of the work as it progresses and an honest survey of the job previous to its acceptance. The law places this responsi- bility on the Superintendent of Streets. When he saccepts the office he accepts a public trust. The taxpayers have a right to hold the Street Department responsible for the wosk of street improvement. Whatever may be the judgment of the court or the verdict of the jury, the tax- payers will not accept a plea of ignorance. They have a right to demand an intelli- gent as well as an honest survey of all work which they are bound to keep in order. CALIFORNIA'S SUCCESS. San Diegao Union. California has scored a magnificent success. et the Atlanta exposition. This is not alone evidenced by the medals that have been so liberally bestowed upon the State’s exhibitors, over seventy awards having been made thus far. The splendor of her display has become the theme of newspaper comment in East and South. The result will be seen in two ways— in fact it is already noticeable—and these are an increase of immigration to this State an larger demand for its products. All California will to some extent be benefited by what has been accomplished at the exposition, but the best results will be obtained by places that were sufficiently alive to their own interests to spend & little money in making creditable in- «dividual displays. | dental, accompanied by his wif AROUND THE CORRIDORS. D. W. Mackenzie, who owns mining proper- ties near Coulterville, Mariposa County, is at the Grand. He says that owing to the in- creased interest in gold mining Coulterville has grown quite rapidly lately. He thinks it will be a big camp. “‘The big Montana company, headed by Thomas Couck, is employing, I suppose, some- where between 500 and 600 men,” said Mr. Mackenzie, “and has three bigger plants than any company this side of Butte—bigger than any at Virginia City. “The plants are hoisting works, with 500- horsepower engines. Three shaits are going down steadily, each having three compart- ments. No attempt is being made to get out ore, with the exception of a little from one of the shaits. They are preparing merely for handling the great bodies of ore below. This aevelopment work will continue till they have spent close to $1,000,000, when they will begin to reap the results by getting out the quertz in immense quantities.” Thomas Mootry, the California pioneer, who died at St. Luke's Hospital Sunday morning, was the owner of the Idaho gold mine, situ- ated fifty miles from Boise. In early times Mr. Mootry used to run a dray in this City. He took care of h's money end finally went to 1daho und developed the proverty, which ever siuce had received a gréat dealof attention from him. He lived at the mine in summer and at the Grand Hotel in this City in winter. In going baek ahd forsh to the mine for many years he was forced to run the gauntlet of Indianbul- lets. . He staged it from Reno through the In- dian country the long distance to Boise, and many a time he and other passcngers were compelled to sit guns in hand while going through the narrow defiles. Several times the stage taken-by Mootry was attacked, with different passengers wounded. Once the driver was shot aead and fell out ot the stage. The driverless horses, the;lines hay- ing fallen, 1an away with the stage and occu- pants. Mootry made n great deal of money and had big bank accounts. Lately hehad been investing in Sen Francisco property. He had 1o reiatives nearer than New York, and it is believed none of them are closely con- nected. Mr. Mootry was inclined to be reticent about his business affeirs. He was close in his deal- ings, and though very rich and with noone dependant on him wore $15 suits of ready- made clothes, and declared they were good enough for anybody. He liked to tell the story of his rough and dangerous experiences oa the border, and he often said that though he was over 70 years old he felt as sound as a dollar. It was only lately that the old man began to complain of not feeling altogether well. When he went to St. Luke’s everybody, asweilas himself, thought he would soon be out. At the Grand and elsewhere where the old drayman was well known the announcement of his death came as a surpri PERSONAL, Dr. . H. Clark of Santa Cruz arrived yester- day. r. Palac W. Wehrlich, a business man of Selinas, is at the Ru Dr. 8. 8. Boyle of Monterey is registered at : Palace. H. F. Hyde, a business man of Marysville, is at the Russ, Henry Eichkoff, an attorney of San Rafael, is at the Lick. Thomas B. Everett, a prosperous mine-owner of Colorado, is at the Grand. The Rev. W. Robbins among recent arrivals here. George E. Goodman, is spending a few day Dr. J. B. Wakefield of San Jo accompanied by his daught J.C. Beninger, the noted viticulturist of St. Helena, arrived here last night. W. W. Douglas of Sacramento, Deputy State Controller, reached here last night. G. G. Kimball, the merchant, land-owner and banker of Rec Bluff; is at the Palace. J. W. Conant, one of the owners of the Young Awerica mine, near Redding, is at the Lick. George E. Hyde and A. H. Eylvester of the United States Geological Survey are at the Oc- cidental. Vg E. Jacobs, the Visalia banker, large land- owner and general goods dealer, arrived here yesterday. = G. F. Loudon, one of the old-time engineers of the Southein Pacific in the Tucson division, is at the Russ. : Colonel Eyra of Menlo Park, once secretary for O'Brien, the bonanza king, is at the Falace with his family. A. H. Odell, a mine-owner of Montana, who has recently been purchasing real estate in Los Angeles, is in the City. E. N. Baxter of Wawona, near the Yosemite big trees, came down from the mountains yes- terday on a brief business trip. Frank M. Howe, & wealthy contractor of Kanses City, who is building a palace there for one of the Armours, is in the City, accom- panied by his daughter. Captain J. J. Brice of the navy, nephew of Senator Calvin Brice of Ohio, is the Occi- Mrs. Brice will leave to visit friends at Washington by the Sunset route on Saturday. G. M. Smith of Los Angeles, formerly senior in the firm of Smith & Wessen, is at the Grand. He has become lergely interested in the oil product of Southern California, and is one of the leading men in the oil exchange to be opened here. Charles F. Law has arrived in this City to visit the horse show and is a guest at the Occi- dental. Mr. Law, who was Commissioner for British Columbia at the World's Columbian Ex- position at Gnicago, is a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, of which the Prince of Wales is president. At present he represents an English mining syndicate in British Co- lumbia. Louis Webb, formerly of this City, but for several years past engaged as & mineral land surveyor and engineer in Siskiyou County, is here on his way to South Africa. His brother, Harry H. Webb, went out to Africa some months ago at the instance of John Hayes Hammond, who is now Sir Cecil Rhodes’ prin- cipal manager. The experience in Africa has Deen so satisfactory for Mr. Webb that he has requested his brother to come on there. He will leave to-night. D. West of Helifax, N. S,, is at the of Roseville benker, of Napa, is in the City, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., 3.—James Flamant arrived on the steamer Keiser Wilhelm IT from Bremen. Among other arrivals are: C. L. Fair, Holland; S. B. Gordon, Broadway Cen- tral; L. O. Peck, Brunswick; W P.Scott, Hol- land; H. 0. Wood, Plaza; E. P. Critcher and | wife, Union Square; R. Forsyth, Holland; F. P. Gray, Broadway Central. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 3.—Mrs. M. J. Leach, San Francisco, Arlington Hotel; Miss Frances T. Cox, San Francisco, Riggs House, TYPE SET BY HAND. Santa Maria Graphic. The San Francisco CALL is at any rate a friend to the poor printer. While its contem- poraries have gone ahead and purchased the latest in type-setting machines, thereby throw- ing hundreds of men out of. employment, THE CaLshas made arrangements with the Typo- graphical Union to continue its type-setting by hand for a year and a halt, giving those so em- ployed ample time to seek other positions., We admire this style of doing things. WILL BENEFIT THE CITY. Corning Observer. ¢ 2 THE CaLL of San Francisco is working hard for a free entry port and a free market. THE CALL keeps on working for things that will benefit the City and country growers and al- 1ows the cther papers to publish all the filth and murder cases that corrupt good morals. A city that contains o many Chinese and newly arrived foreigners’ must necessarily contain many sinks of iniquity. TIRED OF DURRANT. Oakland Enquirer. It would be a glad thing if the San Francisco paperscould makeup their minds that Theodore Durrant, having been convicted of murder, might be safely retired to obscurity till s time comes to mount the scaffold. Of course we do not expect one newspaper acting alone to risk the loss of all its subscribers by neglect- ing to follow up the sayings and doings of Dur- rant, but they might get up & combination—& sort of conspiracy in the interest of public de- cency—whereby they would all agree to ignore the murderer for, say, six months.” Then, if this did not bankrupt them, at the end of that time they might vote to continue the quaran- tine. Anything to save the reading public irom daily contact with moral carrion. i —————y XSSUEg BEFORE CONGRESS. New York Times. I1f men like Mr. Reed and Mr. Allison really determine to treat the financial situation from the statesman’s point of view they can easily come to an understanding, not only as to reve- nue, but as to the relief of the pressure on the treasury, by funding a part of the legal tender demand notes. As we have heretofore pointed out, it is not necessary now to touch the green- backs, as to which the sentiment of the Repub- lican ‘party is strong. The treasury notes of 1890 are & fair subject for the application of the principle of permanent withdrawal, and such withdrawal woul! be of immense benefit. Westrongly hope that Mr. Reed will use his great influence in the direction of a conserva- Tive, manly and broad policy, which would re- store prosperity—an end that the great mass of both parties earnestly wish. New York Sun. During five weeks poachers slaughtered 40,000 seels, of which &t least 30,000 were fe- males, and the results of this recklessand ruin- ous greed are now seen on the shores of the Pribyloffs, where the bodies of 27,000 pups have actually been counted, little beings starved to useless death because their mothers had been kilied. All this means the speedy extinction of the Alaska fur seal—an outrage on this Government's property rights in the animal and a loss to the whole civilized world. There is but one thing to do, and that should be done as soon as Congress meets. The Ding- ley bill, providing for closing out the whoie business, should be introduced at once and passed without delay. That is the only argu- ment which the wolves at Victoria and the foxes at Ottawa and the sloths in London will respect. Brooklyn Eagle. The necessity of providing an adequate reve- nue is the main b ess that Congress has on hand, and if the Republicans think they will be meeting public expectation by waiting for suggestions from the administration 1n order to tear them to pieces in an effort to manufac- ture party cepital they will be seriously mis- taken. The Kepublican mejority in the House is 140. A majority of that size ought to be ca- able of formulating and carrying out a finan- programme, and itis a paitry spirit that would prompt any other course. New York Tribune. Congress cannot shirk its obligation to raise ate revenue. If Republicans should fail in this duty they would gratuitously take full share of any ! night result from ‘a continu- ance of Democratic laws i The outgo of gold, the decline in stocks, the decrease of the treasury reserve, all admonish them that the first and most urgent necessity is to pro- vide a surplus revenue instead of & deficir. New York World. There is a pleasant prospect that this coun- try will have to deal not only with the gua canal question, but with the whole gua question, at the approaching se Congress. The dispatches from Menagua and . from London indicate that the American com- which holds the present concession, is ng the dangerous experiment of a “biuf” he Government of the United States. This is not only unpatriotic, but injudicious. WESTERN EDITORIAL UTTERANCES. Sericulture in Utah. rovo (Utah) Enquirer. The women of Utah went before the last Legislature and strongly petitioned fora bounty onsilk. It was shown how sericulture if en- couraged until the industry could be started would give employment to many voung girls who now have to hire out as domestic helps at A mere pittance. It would open up an avenue for ladies against whom so many are now closed. The Republican Legislature heeded the petition and a Democratic Governor vetoed the bounty bill thetbut needed his signature 1o become un fiet. This year the women will scopably renew. their. petition, and if so a bounty will surely he granted them. The silk |‘indusiry ought to fiourish in Utah. Location of tite Real «“Far West.” Redlands Citrograph. An Indiana editor speaks of the return of a citizen from Nebraska, and then says that the to the “Far West.” That's good. The .’ according to this Hoosier editor, ebout the centerof the United States, and there is room for a couple of empires be- en that State and the Pacific Ocean. But Hoosier editor must be forgiven. He did have the pleasure of visiting the real ““Far " when the National Editorial Association out. Had he done so Nebraska wouid pear *“fer west” to him. We want the National nominating convention held in this State so that the members may know where the real “Far West” is. Europe’s Game of Politics. and Enquirer. That there are whee thin wheels in Euro- | pesn diplomacy ‘' was never made more mani- fest than by the announcement that Russia has joined with Germany and France to prevent the dismemberment of Turkey, and that the Czar is sianding behind the Sultan. This is one of the discoveries that upsets all the edi- tors. »What is the game anyhow ? Good Stout Hemp Will Settle It Right. Los Angeles Times. The questions now are: Does a man murder another when he accidentally kills him in mis- take for andther man? And what sort of pun- ishment ought to be visited on a ‘dead man who embezzied the death-dealing dose in- trusted to his care? Put Spurs to Coast Enterprise. Seattle (Wash.) Times. One of these days some one will experiment in the South American market for salt fish and then every one will wonder why this promis- ing ficld of enterprise has so long remained unemployed. If our people are not on the alert Japan will capture that market. 5 st aduates in Stern Experience. ‘Whatcom (Wash.) Blade. The education of stern experience in worldly affnirs for the past four years has armed Puget Sound for the conflict of succeeding years of wholesome prosperity. We are graduetes— bound to win fortune in so fair a field. Grover and a Third Term. Portland Oregonian. Cleveland is not a candidate in the sense that Blaine and Hill were candidates. Yet he is not the man to decline the nomination once is made. Such men are very few indeed, if there are any. GOVERNOR BUDD'S POSTER. Ukiah Press. Posters announcing Governor Budd’'s $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the as- sassins of Charles Felton have been torndown. It is difficult to account for this act of vandal- ism. Itinay be attributed either to a jealousy of foreign intervention or from an innate de- THE ACHWOND DSTRCT, John Kinney’s Handsome Resi- dence Completely Destroyed by Fire. A Fire-Alarm System Needed—Com- plaints Against the Spring Valley. Since the burning of John Kinney's resi- dence, Sunday night, the residents of Richmond have awakened to the need of a fire-alarm system in that neighborhood. It was midnight Sunday when the Kin- ney home, which was located on Twenty- sixth avenue and Point Lobes, took fire. The inmates berely escaped Wwith their lives. All were sleeping at the time. When Mr. Kinney awoke the house was full of smoke. He immediately aroused his wife and children. They escaped from the burning building in scanty attire, and an hour later their home was in ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. There was no insurance on the building or con- tents. The loss is over $3000, quite a severe one on Mr. Kinney and his family. John Kinney is an old resident of the Richmond district. He has a large family and was quite comfortable in his home. There is an engine-house on Sixth ave- nue, but the district being without a fire- alarm system it was impossible to summon the firemen until the house had been con- sumed by the flames. % Eight new cottages were started in the district since last Thursday, and the music of industry is heard on every hand. The Sutro Schoo! building has been moved from the old site, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth avenues, on Point Lobos, to the new location bounded by Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, and Clement street and California south. “'A great many complaints have reached this office during the past week about the water furnished Richmond by tge Spring Valley Water Company,” says the Banner. “Residents along Clement street and Point Lobos avenue aver that it is the worst they were ever asked to pour down their throats. The conditions that evolve such a state of affairs were ventilated in the Banner last week, but this does not excuse the water company for jeopardizing the health of our citizens and spreading sickness among us. We have been asked to suggest a remedy in the premises. We say thers 1s no rem- edy under existing circumstances. The City should own and operate the plant to furnish water for the City; then, perhaps, matters would be different.”” - 'NORTHERN GOLD MINES. Product of the Trail Creek Properties Marked by a Steady Increase. A. E. Glashen of Spokane, an owner in the gold mines of Trail Creek, and who has examined considerably into the silver- lead properties of the Slocan and Boundary countries, is in the City. Mr. Glashen says there is a great deal of interest in mining in those sections, as well as in California. The general belief is, he says, that much | more attention will bereafter be given to the silver and gold interests. ‘Lhe change sentiment has been caused by the hard NEW TO-DAY, CLOAK DEPARTMENT, We are showing a very handsome line of $8.00 TAN COVERT CLOTH JACKETS, Dox front at. -<5o oo o LIGHT TAN KERSEY CLOTH (TTTEPARI times, which necessitated the development of the new regions. Mr. Glashen says there has been a heavy wheat crop throughout Eastern Washing- ton, especially in the Palousa country, but that prices have been rather fow. Alto- gether though, prosperity is increasing. The people are of a more cheerful mind, and the outlook is favorable. “From Trail Creek,” said he, “regular shipments of mineral are now being made. There are two or three big mines there that are outputting a large amount of rich goid ore. A couple of other properties there are being developed by large forces of men. the object being when the ore properly blocked out, to ship it in large quantities.” The gentleman is on a business trip. He will remain several days - Mrs. Edwards’ Alimony. Judge Slack has oraered William Edwards, the stockbroker, to pay bis divorced wife #50 & month alimony. Adivorce was granted Mrs. Edwards some time ago on the ground of ex- treme cruelty, but the property rights of the parties were 50 entangled that it needed a s ond suit to straighten them out. By Judge Slack’s decree this is done. Sildis o PICTURE cards. Roberts, 220 Sutter. Easie . BAcoN Printing Com )3 Clay straet.® BROKEN, mi Townsend's.* e s ion daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by thePress Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * EPECIAL informat iy R ey 1se Personation. : instituted by the Southern Pa- cific Railrosd v against Richard A. Collier, i itor, for ialsely per- sonating another by means of a “scalped” ticket, was again called in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday morning, but by consent was continued for another week. e *S In the ears, sometimes a roar = zing, sound. are caused atarrh. Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood j , successfully cures catarrh by purify ¥ The test case at rifier, < the blood. LIMITED. ROUTE. A mew train througho: Pullman’s fi chair cars and beging October 29, 3, vestibule reclining- Los Angeles to Chi- cago, via Kans without change. Anmex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St. Lous. Twenty-sev quicker than the quickest compe put in fine vhysi transcontinental rz e Santa Fe has been condition and is now the best “Mrs. Winslow's Has been nsed over fifty ers for their children w 1t soothes the ch : 4. sottens the sums, al Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the B and i3 ‘the best remedy for Diarrhc arising irom teething or other causes. Druggists iv every part of the worl Ee sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrip. 25¢ + botile. ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is pertectly dry, soft and mild, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. ship, including fi Coronado, 860; long 4 New Mont, trip tickets, by steam- ! board at the Hotel del 50 per day. Apply an Francisco. NEW TO-DAY. HOLAN BROS. SHOE (0. Our Life-Saving Shoes Are All the Rage. They Have Saved Many a Life During This Damp Weather. These Shoes are made with Welted Sewed Soles, thick, but flexible, and you don’t need to wear rubbers with DOY'T BE NISLED By any unprincinled dealer who hangs out @ sign that he has them. We have a patent for making these shoes, so that 1O other house can have them. PRIGES FOR LIFE-SAVING SHOES : Ladles’ Sizss 2 to 8, $8.00, LADIES' TRA QUALITY FR seamless foxed— Sizes 2 to 8, $4.00. Misses' Sizes 11 to 2, $2.50. We have the Life-Saving Shoes in all the latest style toes. Widths AA, A, B, C, D, E and EE. CH KID, JACKETY, box front, valvet collar, rippled back, at. . $140 BLACK BOUCLE JACKETS, box fromts, at $12.60, SLb0ando o CLOTH AND TWEED CAPES, assorted colors, at $6.60, $7.50 and. $25.0 100 A¥ ATTRACTIVE LINE OF VELYET CAPES, embroi- dered with jet, from. ... $250 UPWARD VERY FINE LINE OF FUR CAPES! FULL SWEEP sire for self-protection. The solution is re- spectfully referred to George E. White's local mouthpiece. THE FRONT RANK. Ukiah Herald. While the - Examiner and Chronicle are wrangling among themselves about their sub- scription list the San Francisco CALL is moving steadily to the front rank. We predict that by this time next year THE CALL will have the largest circulation of any paper in the City, London’s new Lord Mayor, 8ir Walter Wilkin, AT ALL PRICES. SE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & CO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. made his fortune by the sale of a German yeast. In view of Sir Walter’s probable elevation to a baronetey at the expiration of his term of office, a political antagonist remarked: * ‘We Have Risen’ would make a fine family motto for the Wilkins.” VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES. limbs, use an BEAR IN MIND—Not one of tions is as good as the genuin If you want a sure relief for ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Allcock’s Porous Plaster the host of counterfeits and imita- The following at Factory Prices THIS WEEK: “Ladies' Extra Fine Paris Kid Button, pointed OF new style narrow squaro toes, patent- leather tips, widihs B, C S and E " .. .....Price $1 50 per pair “Qur Own Make” Ladies’ Extra Fine French Kid Button, cloth or kid tops, silk finished, latest style pointed needle toe Or narrow Yale square toe, dimmond patent-leather {1 -Price $2 50 per pair HAND-TURY SOLES. Ladies' Fine French Kid Button, cloth or kid tops, hand-turn soles, latest’ style toes, patent-leather tips Price §3 00 per pair Ladies” Storm Rubbers, 4oc a Pair. MISSES' AXD CHILDREN'S Heavy Pebble Goat Button Shoes, solid soles, standard screwed, cannot rip, sole-leather tips, spring heels: Children’s sizes 5 to 7. Children’s sizes 8 to 1035 Misses' sizes 11t0 2. Widths C, D, K and EE. MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S, ‘Widths B, C, D, E and EE. Fine Kid Button, cloth or kid tops, square toe, “patent-leather tips, spring heels. Children’s sizes 5 to 8.. .80 B v Children's sizes 834 to 11 Misses' sizes 11% 10 2., DON'T BE MISLED. ‘We Have No Branch Stores on Mar- ket Street. ‘We have the Largest Store and by far the Largest 588 | Stock of THE LATEST STYLE SHOES at the Loweést Prices to select from. Don’t forget to send your address for a Catalogue. d Mail orders will receiv tention. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. 812814 MARKET STREET 9 and 11 O'Farrell St PHELAN BUILDING. 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