The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1895. el R s e R T | T CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, tor and Proprietor. Telephone sslon st open EDITORIAL ROO 517 Clay S 1. | Telephone Matn—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: | r omery street, corner Clay; open until | € | < street; open until 9:30 o'clock. | i | 1il 9 o'cloc OAKLAND OFFICI 908 Broady EASTERN OFF| POLTZ, Sy DECEMBER EALI. SPEAKS FOR ALL. he isn’t lost. ee with the Sultan. a new railroad, w hotel. t of h; As a rest Stockton will we also a n: Christmas weather makes oss the furriers’ counters. t Exhibit closes you can't see the rn that Hunt- knows the people are sues, David B. Hill t Comiort and Misfortune Old d colts Kaiser William has on his ck worse than th te with iate much revival Con- r public a to keep fect of keep- may be right in saying e worth a cent,” for as fact he does nothing worth a annel are be- is time for the ter further ke there cialists in fun, but was the assemblin him a duck fit. s are it | eave | at gave | wind t blows good to no- | ent he Germanic post- 'sarrival in this country to s if they the pec hotel ocrats it coming tk While n is out of seems to be instru- for all are takin 1 to task for call- n somebody,” it d seem that dignitary prefers to be 1 as an urcertain nobc wthat leading horsemen with of their best norses are coming from everybody ¢ rd for the City I some he ‘We are now promised that work- on our new postot building will begin in the i naps by that time we will be able to swallow another promise. ct movement urkey of ave had any definite informa- tion is that of Said Pasha, who went away from bome one day and then went back acain. As Barbara Aub’s third story contradicts her second one and doesn’t confirm the she had better quit running her con- ory and write a on as a continued sto volume of memoi The new Korean Minister expected in this country is only 19 years old, but he is one of the rare youths who rise rapidly, for he distinguished himself early in life by being born as the second son of the King. It is pleasing to note the incorporation of the Camp Roache School of Husbandry in the Santa Cruz Mountains, as the ses- sion last summer was sufficiently success- - ful to justify the promoters in making it a permanent institution. While Goat Island might be put to bet- ter uses than that of a training station for naval apprentices, it will bs bette; for that than to leave it idle, an fore, the eff direction w * the peopl , there- orts of Senator Perkins in that 1 be cordially snpporied by There is no doubt Senator Allen is cor: rect in saying the Populiste are as earnestly in favor of enforcing the Monroe doctrine as the Republicans and the Democrats. In fact, no one in this country is opposed to it except the Cuckoos and the Mug- wumps. Science by means of an autopsy has dis- covered that Haywards, the Minneapolis murderer, was a degenerate, but the jury discovered that much without an autop: and what the world expects of science some means of discovering degenerates be- fore they commit theirsmurders. As a result of the mining craze at Crip- ple Creek it is said Jarge amounts of Brit- ish capitul are being sent there for invest- ment. From this it will be seen that while booms have many defects they have at least the advantage of attracting atten- tion to distant localities and are that far | thongh the | neces: | e beneficial in developing their resources. SUSPICIONS OF BOODLE. It is the simplest of all propositions that if public othcers of high character should be elected there would be no reasonable or ¢ credited charges or suspicions 1t they had accepted or could be induced .ept bribes. Conversely, men of evil cal associations and without high i e presumed to be in for s experience has own amply that such suspicions are gen- correct. It follows that whether { the officers of this kind actuaily do or do not accept bribes, their presence in oflice is practically as damaging to the City as were guilty This is the most serious phase of the case. The Solid Eight of the Board of | Supervisors have acted in such a manner as to invite a general distrust. As a re- sult every person of easy morals who has dealings” with the City deems bribery ary, and honest men who would at road to success are kept at a Necessarily the influences af- the Ci become thoroughly ev beliefs and suspicions are prevelent multiplies the chances of their becoming tangible. This is just the condition of affairs that corrupt bosses work to produce, Their le aim is to make money by corrupt means, and their whole plan is to create an atmosphere of corruption and suspicion about the men whom they thrust into oflice. An extraordinary phase of the subject is the willingness now and then of a decent man to accept the sup- port of such bosses and secure election at their hands and so serve as a tool in hood- winking the voters and increasing the power of the bosses. Some very important matters may soon be brought before the public. 1t may just as well be realized at the start that itis impossible for legislation alone to produce good governm A new charter, what- er may be the safegrards which it creates st official rascality, will be inefficient if its administration is permitted to re- main in the bands of corrupt manipula- tors. Human ingenuity is not able to devise Jaws which will compel officers to be honest. Even the defective charter which we have might be made exceedingly useful in securing good to the City if hon- est and intelligent men were charzed with its enforcement. This iment intended to show merely that the most important work for the people to do first is to secure decent politics, and this can be done only by crushing the power of the corrupt influ- ences which dominate it. After that is done we may properly turn to the con- sideration of measures which clean and responsible office-holders may carry out for the public goo; WHAT IS ORGANIZATION? scorn t government the very fact that these One the commonest results of the efforts of respectable citizens to organize for the correction of public evils is the development of dissensions and the break- ingup of a powerinl force into antagonistic factions. A recent instance of this has been furnished by some of the good women of Francisco, who, while endeavoring to organize for most laudable purposes, find dissenting views prevailing in their ranks and threatening to cripple their efforts. This is as common among men among women. It was just such a vision that prevented the great move- ment begun by Dr. Parkhurst in New York from enjoying fruition and that re- stored Tammany to power and pillage. There are several reasons for this, The most_important is the unwillingness of e to work under any method except that of their own devising. Dr. Park- hurst, while announcing that he did not as | like all the features of the reform Republi- can movement organized against Tam- many, said that it could accomplish good, announced his adbesion and urged all good citizens to take that course. Havi less political sense than he they refused, and Tammany was victorious. He knew, as all must know who are very much in earnest and are wise, that organization necessarily means a sinking of individual preferences and opinions in a general scheme which represents the wishes of the majority. Another drawback 1s often the ahsence of an able leader who, by superior charac- ter, wisdom, tact and patience, can induce harmony by persuasion cr argument. All would-be leaders in reform movements Ir ght learn a valuable lesson from the f the methods of political bosses. Invariably these men are found to have re- markable personal power. They are un- failingly polite, tactful, patient and per- suasive. It is true that their power is greatl, engthened by their ability toap- peal to the cupidity and vanity of their followers, and that these elements must be lacking to & degree from purely reform movements; but that merely requires that the reform leader should have power of a strictly personal kind to make up for the lack. Until leaders in reforms have fully mas- tered th two propositions it is useless for them to expect success or complain be- cause some of their followers withdraw and start rival movements. At the same time this does not excuse the dissatisfied ones, who. by their unwillingness to sacrifice something for the general good, proclaim themselves as incapable of appreciating the trust which they have assumed. MIXED RAILROAD MATTERS. The sale by order of court of the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad places this great property under entirely new management and in the hands of a syndi- cate of wealthy men having large ana va- ried business interests. A new broom sweepsclean. However conservative these owners may be in their other affairs or may become in the handling of this railroad, it is more than likely that the new sensation of its possession will induce them to un- dertake important enterprises. Besidesthe advantage which their wealth brings the owners bavea very valuzble one in the friendship of the people whom the road serves. ‘By the pursuit of a generous policy in the past it has been the most important of all the factors which con- tributed to the development and pros- perity of Southern Californie. It was never hated as the Southern Pacific. is, and no forward movement that it may make will be hampered by popular oppo- ion. It will not have to work in the and through dummies to secure rights of way, and its appeals for the co-opera- tion. of the new regiens which it may decide to penetrate will not be greeted with jeers. It does not enjoy the reputa- tion of bribing legisiatures, judges and juries, nor of evading the laws and shirk- ing its taxes. It starts with a clean record and everything in its favor. Even its compact with the Southern Pa- cific to keep out of Northern California has not been laid up against it. . The only enmity that it bas is found at San Diego, whose people think that it broke faith with them when, after they had surren- dered their water front to it, the condi- tions of the transfer were never performed. Probably this, as well as the arrangement with the Southern Pacific, was made neces- sary by lack of means. Tbat drawback has now disappeared. It seems significant that the Southern Pacific is pushing its lines toward 8an Diego, and indicates that this company, foreseeing what would be- come of the Santa Fe, is preparing against the invasion of the San Francisco territory by the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe has a through line from California to Chicago, which gives 1t 4 great advantaze over the Southern Pacific, for the Sonthern Pacific’s through line to New York by way of New Orleans and steamships thence is too long and slow to compete with the Santa Ke for the most profitabie traflic. An excellent plan for the Santa Fe, and one that doubtless it has under considera- tion, would be the purchase of the Central Pacific if the Government should put it up for sale on foreclosure of its mortgage. The road, until another as short and di- rect is built, must always remain the best route from San Francisco to the East. It is concervable that Mr. Huntington’s des- perate opposition to foreclosure is mspired by a fear which the reorganization of the Santa Fe arouses. With the Central Pa- cific in the hands of the Santa Fe, Mr. Huntington would be effectively bottled. Of course he would have an equal chance with the Santa Fe in bidding for the road, but by so doing be would be paying the debt which he owes the Government and which he is moving heaven and earth to escape paying. Altogether, the advent of this new management of the Santa Fe puts a peculiar phase on the railroad situ- ation and strengthens the reasons of California why it should opvose any fund- ing measure and force the foreclosure of the Government mortgage. ALLEN G. THURMAN. The death of Allen G. Thurman will not strike the American people as it would have done had he passed away while still helding a foremost place among our statesmen. He has been so long in retirement and his later years have been so inactive that his death can hardly be called a loss to the Nation. Nevertheless it will be sincerely mouvrned, for all will feel that a great historic figure has passed away and that we have one less illustrious American living among us than we had yesterday. The character of the dead statesman is well embodied in the honorable title of ‘‘the old Roman,’’ given him years ago by his friends and adopted by the peo- ple generally, It was a title well deserved and worthily borne. He was so0 true to the standard of what an American Senator should be that his countrymen rightly saw in him a real- 1zation of that ideal viriue, honesty and patriotism in statecraft which 1s supposed in modern times to have characterized the members of that mighty Senate that made Rome the mistress of the world. While the bent of his nature and his early education made him a Democrat of the stalwart kind, he was never, in any sense of the word, a narrow partisan, and members of all parties in the country recognized his sterling worth, both as a man and as a politician. His personal influence, founded upon a noble character, enabled him to win his way to the Senate irom a State so strongly Republican as Ohio, and in times when Democracy was weak in all sections of the North. This fact itself attests the high qualities of the man, and if further proof were needed it could be found inevery action by which he served his State and Nation in the Senate. Much might be said of his services, but tittle is needed. Though he has been long in retirement from public life the people have not forgotten his battles fought in their behalf against the grasping corpora- tions, railroads, trusts and money powers of the land. In this regard it may be said of him that ‘‘he being dead, yet speaketh,” for what he begun will yet be accom: plished end his truest monument will be the vietory thus achieved for the weifare of the Union for all time to come. M'DONALD AQQUITTED, The acquittal of Richard H. McDonald Jr. is in accord with the expectations of all who have given an intelligent study to the circumstances of the remarkable case in which he has had the misfortune to be involved. The verdict of the jury isun- donbtedly just, and saves an innocent man from being punished for the guilt of others. It is beyond question that the wrecking of the Pacific Bank and the People’s Home Savings Bank was brought about by the grossest rascality and by deliberate frauds carried to the extent of downright rob- bery. Itisclear from the evidence, how- ever, that Richard McDonald Jr. wae not the man on whom the guilty responsibility for these crimes can be placed. He was surrounded by a clique of corrupt men whose wills were stronger than his, and in whose dishonest practices his ruin as well asthat of the banks were involved. He is fortunate to have found a jury sufficiently intelligent and clear-sighted todo him jus- tice despite the stigma upon him caused by the evil associates who dominated him in business, The case should not be allowed to drop at this point. As it is certain the banks were wrecked by frauds, some person or persons must have committed them. The law vindicated by the acquittal of the in- nocent demands now the punishment of the guilty. The offenses are so great the Grand Jury cannot afford to overlook them. A scrutinizing investigation of the closest character should be made into the matter, The gang of rascals who com- mitted the crimes should be indicted whether they are in the State or not. If they are beyond our borders it is probable they can be brought back if demanded by our justice. At any rate such robbery of the savings of honest people should not be condoned, and since Richard MeDonald Jr. is innocent, the next duty is to dis- cover the guilty. KEEPING PUBLIC MONEY. In its recent editorial on the decision rendered by Judge Dougherty of Santa Rosa, THe CaLL was misled by the incom- pleteness of the telegram announcing the decision. In the editorial Judge Dough- erty was praised for deciding that it is the duty of the County Treasurer to produce the money when it is de- manded by the officers charged with the duty of counting it. It now seems that Judge Dougherty rendered no such de- cision and that the praise which THE CaLy gave him was misplaced. He decided in effect that as the law permits the Treas- urer to make a special deposit under cer- tain contingencies, it is proper for him to produce the hank’s certificate for it and have it counted as cash. It was possibly a fear that the courts would establish such & dangerous prece- dent that has indunced the State Bank Commissioners to make an order directing banks to refuse to accept State, county and city money except as special deposits, and even then the money shail not be touched by the banks, but shall be kept separate and subject to instant delivery on demand. A special deposit held by the Treasurer is by no means the same as cash, as it still permits the bank to use the money. Under these circumstances if the bank should fail the county would have no rights above those of other depositors. If it should be legally prohibited from using the money its use would be embezzlement, and would lay the banker liable to criminal prosecution. Such a decision as Judge Dougherty’s would make possible the danger which the Bank Commissioners have de- termined to prevent. They bhave dis- covered that in many cases banks have not the money on hand to pay immediate demands by public treasurers for money placed on special deposit. The banks are solvent, but besides the fact that the city or county has the right to demand its money and may have immediate use for it is the danger that from one cause or an- otber the bank may become insolvent. In addition to all that is the manifest error of a policy which permits any one to specu- late with public funds or handle them for any purpose other than public use. It is fortunate that treasurers are now indirectly compelled, through a regulation affecting barks, to be ready at all times to produce the actual cash with whose cus- tody they are charged, and it is fortunate for the State that un instrumentality ex- ists for requiring this wise plan to be fol- -lowed, the courts having failed to do so. PERSONAL. Faton Nivens of Petaluma is in the City. Charles L. Fair and wife are in New York. C. A. Pinkham, the lumberman of Chico, is here. Dr. L. E. Cross of Stockton arrived here last night. General C. C. Powning of Reno reached here yesterday. W. G. Peyton of Santa Cruz registered here yesterday. 0. J. Wagner, a business man of Bakersfield, isin town. Dr. R. R. Michael of Ferndale isa recent ar- rival here. Dr. J. Goodman Thompson of Oakdale arrived here last night. De Wolf Hopper is back at the Palace, accom- panied by his wife. % J. R. Ryland of Los Gatos is here, accompa- niea by his family. George S Gould, a general merchant of Hins. dale, is at the Ru: J. D. Bancroft, the mine-owner, of Inyo County, is at the Grand. G. G. Holliday, a business man of Vallejo, was in the City yesterday. C. G. Piatt, a carriage manufacturer of Healdsburg, is at the Russ. John J.. Snyder, owner of gold properties at San Andreas, is at the Grand. Dr. G. Wellace Kellogg of New Jersey is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. John T. Sullivan, proprietor of the Sea Beach Hotel, Santa Cruz, is at the California. General J. W. Montgomery of Chico, who has been here for some days, left for home yester- day. Colonel McNasser, formerly proprietor of the Golden Eagle Hotel, Sacramento, is at the Russ. Sheriff James Quirk of Storey County, Nevada, whose residence is at Virginia City, is at the Russ. Senator . Allison of Uteb, after spending several days here with bis friends, left for home last evening. Thomas Murphy of Olema and C. H. Hussey of Point Reyes, dairymen and creamery-owners, are at the Russ. E.F. Harris, formerly of this City, now of Portland, where he is engaged in business, is here for the holidays. Among the arrivals from Chicago yesterday were Henry W. Lemon and C. E. Stubbs, who will probably remain many days. Jake Marks, Register of the Unitea States Land Office at Pheenix, Ariz., is paying this City & visit and is registered at the Palace. A.T. Eastland has been made a director in the Stockton Ges Company, taking the place of his brother, the late Joseph G, Eastland. C. 8. Xnight, general manager of the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, is at the Palace, He is looking aiter the agencies of his corpora- tion. Sheriff A. J. Bogard of Tehama, whose brother, then Sheriff, was some time since mur- dered by & train-robber, arrived here yesterday and is at the Russ. H. J. Small, superintendent of motive power for the Southern Pacific, returned to Sacra- mento yesterday without eoming to & conclu- sion with the engineers in regard to & read- justment of wages. C. D. Boyd, superintendent of the Pacific Beach and La Jolla Raiiroad, is here to make contracts for the’ extension of his road. Itis now merely & local road to San Diego. be built fifty miles further. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y,, Dec. 12.—Among recent arrivals are: W. P. Hammatt, Marlborough; J.S. Camp, Plaza; E. H. Forst, St. Denis; F. A. Lastreh, Ashiand. PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. Columbus (Ohio) Express. Benjamin Harrison is again down in New York on “purely private business.” There are also a large number of Presidential candidates and boss politicians down there on the same errand. If the New York artist who is paint- ing Mr. Harrison’s picture could catch the ex- pression of his face at the moment he read Sherman’s “Recollections’” of him, the artist’s fortune would be made. Cincinnati Enquirer. There is one possibility for a unitea delega- tion from Ohio, and that would be for the friends of McKinley to unite with their opponents to make the delegation solid for Joseph Benson Foraker for President, If this should succeed and Foraker be elected Mc- Kinley could enter the field for the vacancy in | the Senate thus created. President Foraker might be more willing to help McKinley to the Senate than Senator Foraker would be to help McKinley into the White House. Cincinnati Enqnirer. Of course, when Speaker Reed mowed down his mustache he did not think of the coinci- dence; but that change, counled with his re- turn to the speakership, has been the cause of a new crop of newspaper pictures of him, They will make an interesting and versatile scrap- book; but they can give the subject no idea 8s to what he really looks like. Any resemblance can be found in the full set, from the Apostle Paul to Captain Kidd. — RETURN OF THE BUSTLE. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT IT WILL BE WORN LATER IN THE SEASON. New York World. Women who study fashions in a farsighted way have prophesied for some time that the days of the bustle were ebout to return. They have said that organ-plaited backs presaged the advent of the bustle. and that widely flar- ing skirts lined with stiffening would inevita bly lead to the readoption of that clumsy article of attire which womengaveso up gladly a few years ago. The lingerie department in the shops frould seem to bear out this prophecy. The bustle has made its reappearance there, tentatively so far, but #till with the air of having come to stay. It is not the monstrous article which was ban- ished when clinging skirts became fashion- able. It is rather smalland is made of hair- cloth, sometimes black, sometimes gray and sometimes white. It consists of three vertical puffs which look like the abbreviated lining to an orgau-plait skirt, and it is finished by a frill of haircloth. Its main object is to give the skirt 8 start in the right direction. A well- lined skirt will flare at the bottom with the aid of & very small bustle. Of course, this slight reappearance of the bustle may be followed by & bustle revival on a large scale which will make camel-like humps once more the siyle. Doctors will object violently to the reintroduction of the bustle on the ground of heaith, and artists will declaim against ts use on the score of beauty, but the medical and esthetic world may grow hoarse with anathemas against it before 1t will be discontinued if fashion once says suthorita- tively that it must be worn. Louis Seize and Marle Antoinette styles both require more or less, Eoldd.ing about the hips. The paniers of uis Seize coats and the stiff skirts of the Marie Antoinette period demand some bouf- fancy, and this is obtained only by padding or by & bustle, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. ! “Forty Minutes With & King"” is an expres- sive caption for some of the eventful experi- ence which J.F. Fugazi has recently had in Italy. Mr. Fugazi left here for the land of his birth several months ago as a representative of the Italian colony of this City, to the great festival held in Rome on September 20 in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the unity of Italy. He was in Italy three months and twelve deys, and got back yesterday. It would take a good while to tell all that Mr. Fugazi saw as he has, in his enthusiastic way, recounted it, but it is worth listening to. He had a great time at the festival, as had the several other delegates from San Francisco. In the procession on carnival day the Califor- nians were given the chosen place of honor, being, in fact, just ahead of the old veterans under the great Garioaldi. That procession started at 1:30 P. 3. in Rome on that eventful day and it took till 7 2. M. for tion of the law which reduces the mileage allowed talesmen may serve either to give & monoply to_the *professional jurymen” who hang around courthouses or impose real pri- vation upon the men summoned from the country. Honmest jurymen do not receive any too much remuneration with all their per diem and all their mileage allowed. VARIOUS VIEWS OF CONGRESS. Chattanooga Times. The Republican Congress may easily force another issue of bonds or prevent such an issue by making it unnecessary, but this Con- gress wiil not be able to saddle any McKinley- ism on the country under the pretext that it must be done to raise revenue. As a revenue- raiser McKinleyism petered out in & two years’ trial. Itis a fraud forever. The way to raise what money the treasury may need is to raise the beer tax to $2 a barrel and put a 20 per cent duty on tea and coffee. We would get out of the three nearly & hundred millions a yea! Butif you try, gentlemen, the scheme of ta ing the people’s clothing and other necessa- GREAT FESTIV. J, F. FUGAZI, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ITALIAN COLONY TO THE AL IN ROME. it to entirely pass & given point by marching | continually. The Californians carried & mag- nificent banner in it, on which was the word “Eureka” and the arms of California, com- bined with the ccat of arms of Italy. Over 10,000 banners were displayed in all, but the banner of the Californians received more ap- plause, Mr. Fugazi says, than any other. It | was continually cheered. On the evening of that day, too, the Cali- fornians were entertained by the mumcipality of Rome at & banguet. Over 200 persons were | present, comprising many dukes, chevaliers, | counts and what not of the uobility of the kingdom. At this, too, the Californians were given the post of honor. Mr. Fugazi sat at the feast opposite the Mayor of Rome. There were many speeches, and the claims of the Golden State for consid- eration, with the hopes and successes of the Italian colony here,were told by the delegates. At the last the Mayor of Pome presented Mr. Fugazi with a bronze medal suitably inscribel by the municipality for being pressut to repre- sent the colony. But this was not all. A day or two later King Humbert sent word that he wonld like to see Mr. Fugazi. The invitation came signed in the name of the grand master of ceremonies and was an imposing-looking document, bear- ing the great seal of the empire. When Mr. Fugazi tore open the strange and unlooked tor document it was found to read as follow RoME, 23d of September, 1895. OFFICE OF THE GRAND MASTER OF CRREXONIES. His Majesty, the King, will receiv row, the 24th 6f Sepiember, at 1 e representative of the Italian colony of San Francisco, Cal., delegated for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 20th of September. Ttisto | With the utmost consideration, the grand : master of ceremonies of his Majesty : GraxorrT, : Mo the Tllustrious Sir. G. F. Fugazi. represen ing the Italian colony of San Franclsco, {0 the 20th of September. Rome. (Beforenoon dress.) There was surprise indeed at this, for the honor had not been expected. But Mr. Fugazi and his friends prepared to make the call. “I made arrangements for the finest private conveyance I could get in Rome,” he said. “I told the proprietor I did not care how much it cost so I could getit. On the day in question we drove up to the palace in a magnificent open carriage drawn by a pair of the noblest looking bleck horses I have ever seen. The gold of the harness shone in a resplendent way, and in our morning dress and tall silk hats I presume we appeared as magnificent in every way as any embassy who ever called on the King. “We were treated, too, with all the courtesy and dignity accorded an embassy. The ser- geant-at-arms met us with & courtly salutation and the grand master of ceremonies, who received us at the door, conducted usinto the immediate presence ot the King. «A more cordial greeting it would be impos- sible to receive. “The King, who is 52 years old, was clad in morning dress. His head was uncovered, and he rose and extended his hand in the heartiest way. *“We sat down and talked for forty minutes. I tried to go several times, fearing the King might be wearied, but he would not_permit it. He put his arm around my neck and asked all about Ban Francisco and California anda the Italian people here. ] charge you,’ be said, ‘that you convey my best wishes and kindest regards to the colonies of Italians in San Francisco and elsewhere in California, and say to them thatIamin full sympathy with them in a1l tneir efforts. Say also that I am proud to get such good news of them.” “King Humbert also asked all about Cali- fornia, its productions and present condition. It was a great meeting. It seemed more like meeting & brother than the King of an empire, s0 cordial was the reception. I can never for- get any part of it. “I sent to Genoa and gota wreath for the monument of Victor Emmanuel at the Pan- theon. It was inseribed by a banner as being from the California delegates, and for over three weeks it remained there. Honors were heaped on California everywhere. ' “I visited different parts of Italy. It is more prosperous than it has been for years. One cause of this is that the once dense population heas been decreased by migrations to Argen- tine and Brazil. I saw a single contract for no less than 30,000 people to go to the latter country. So great has been the exodus that whole cantonments have almost been de- populated. Only a few old people were leit, “The South American countries transport the Italians free and even pay 60 cents each for having them registered. They also give them free board and also provide them with agricultural implements and seeds. “I went 8000 miles to attend the festival and again see Rome, but I was well repaid for it. Never will the many interesting’ things of the visit fade from my mind. The other dele- gates besides myself were A.Vatmone of San Jose, L. Bocardo of Sante Cruz and I. Devoto, the Italian editor,of this City. Two other Celifornians in Italy accompaniedus on our Tounds. Compensation of Jurymen. Los Angeles Times. It is difficult enough now to get good men to serve on juries, and too strictan interpreta- ries you will have registered a multitudinous kick of 10,000 horsepower at the next election against you, and' you will be sent sprawling upon the cold, hard earth. Baltimore American. Congress, shortly after it orgenizes, ought to find out, if possible, what amount of the Government's obligations overdue remains un- paid. There is a deficiency to be provided for, and a heavy one, as shown by the treasury figures, but 1t is geuerally believed that the actual deficiency is much larger. * * * Con- gress should press this investigation, and learn | the facts before it undertakes to legislate for the rel f of the treasury. The Republican majorit; ould give no handle to the admin- istration by which to plead the baby act fifteen months from now. Ithesblamed every blunder it has made upon a previous Republican ad- ministration. The public should now have the actual facts, so thet there can be no excuse hereafter for misrepresentation. Philadelphia Telegraph. If Congress should again refuse to authorize the issue of a gold bond and insist upon a coin bond, the Government will be compelled to secure the placing of bonds upon the best terms attainable, unless the administration should submit to prompt tariff revision, where- by the revenue may be increased. Cincinnati Enquirer. In the diseussion of the pressing financial issues the people want to see patriotism bear- ing some part in Congress; they have had all the partisan financiering that they can stand. PIONEERS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK. N. ,» Dee. 7.—Thirty surviv- ing members of the “Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California” celebrated their twenty-second annual dinner a few evenings ago in this city, Rear-Admiral Rich- ard W. Meade, U. S. N,, presiding. The elabo- rate menu included a filet a 1a Cliff House and & roti & la Golden Gate to remind these makers of California history of the ‘““days of gold, the days of ’49.” The members present and the year of arrival in California were as follows: 1847—FranclsD. Clark (secretary); 1849—Cap- tain William F. Blanck, Captain Samuel L. Clapp, Gardner Q. Colton, James C. Caywood, Hon. Stephen B. French, Joha Gault, Gen- eral H." G. Gibson, U. 8. A, A. T. Goodell, Cornelius Lydecker, William A. Hedenberg, Joseph P. Manton, Rear Admiral R. W. Meade, U. 8. N, James J. McCloskey, Richard J. Paullson, Joseph. M. Pray, H. B. Seharmann, John D. Townsend, William M. Welton, Henry Wilson and Byron Whitcombp; 1850—Hon. Mark D. Wilber and Charles W. Schumann: 1852 W._Colyer; Sons of Pioneers—Dr. W. T. Van Vredenburgh, G. W. Van Vredenburgh and William M. Sweeney. The invited guests were: Alex B. Ludlow, T. G, Palmer, John H. Comer, O. E. Carpenter, D. W. Kieinhause and Miles I’ Ansen, who went 1o California in 1856. The literary exercises which succeeded the dinner_were as follows: Address by the presi- dent, Rear Admiral Meade; speeches by P. Tecumseh Sherman, son of General W. T. Sher- man, Mark D. Wilber, Rev. Newall Maynard, James J. McCloskey, Dr. Gardner Q. Colton, F. D. Clark, O. E. Carpenter, John D. Townsend, H. B. Scharmann, Miles I’Ansen and Byron Whitcomp. Many of the speeches were remin- iscent of crossing the plains and other features of pioneer hardship. REID MILLER. LADY'S 1830 WAIST. The 1830 style is somewhat modified in the models of to-day. The full sleeve is furnished with & cap at the top which does not fit too close to be uncomfortable, and yet makes the long shoulder seam effect. The pattern shown here has & yoke top from which & box pleat and s few gathers fall loosely in front to meake a blouse effect. The back is gathered below the yoke and at_the waist line. A dark-blue crepon bad a yoke, sleeve caps and the loose-fitted sieeves of embroidered batiste over paie-green silk. Dresden ribbons formed a rondeaux all around the loose edge of the {oke and sleeve caps, and across the seam joining caps to yoke. A figured silk of brown, with yoke and caps of batiste over blue, is charming. Plain blue, striped brown and blue, or Dnlsen ribbons for belt, collar and trimming, makes a stylish finish. —_— f Pacific Coast Exports. Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman Review. Construction of transcontinental railroads, the establishment of steamer lines between the West coast and the Orient and Aus- tralasia, and the discovery of the South African goldfield have provided an almost universal market for the surplus food products ofthe Pacific Coast. As yet We have seen but It is the history of ages that fertile lands contiguous to the open sea, by brave and progressive races, Then peopled by betce 1o the remotest paTty of civilization, and with their ships whiten the vast expanse of ocean. ANSWERS TO—_—‘ CORRESPONDENTS. Noox-MArks—W, J. 8., City. Four different noon-marks are made in a year—December 24, Avril 15, July 14 and geptember 1. Owing to the earth’s axis and its unequll_ movement in its orpit, solar days vAry indlhe‘lr lle:eglth‘:m"rll;a erage solar day corresponds to t enty- ?ovunfourn of onr . clocks, which keep wiat is called mean time. If a clock were socon. structed as to give the real solar time forall periods of the yeer, it would be observed that sometimes when the solar clock pointed at noon the ordinary clock, keeping mesp time, would be pointing between 11:45 and 12, or at other times between 12 and 12:15. Four times each year, however, upon the days mentioned, the two clocks would coincide, and the sha ow of a dial, or noon-mark, would point due south at noon by the clock. FIFTH AND BLU F. McQ., City. At the office of the City and County Surveyor the four corners of Fifth and Biuxome »trceti! are 1:1;*,- scribed as northwesterly, southwesterly, north- easterly, southeasterly.’ In ordinary conver- sation these are designated ss the nort 'i south, east and west corners. Streets east o Eleventh and south of Market street, h‘le Third, run_northwest and southeast, while those like Howard street run northeast and southwest. ALUMINUM—H. L., City. Aluminum is ome of the metals which sre never found native, that is, free from combination with other ele- ments. It 1s found combined with one hun- ared and ninety-five other minerals, and therefore constitutes a large part of the solid crustof the earth. Still, while so plentiful and possessing qualities that render it must valuable, the difficulty of obtaining it in & free state has made it expensive. the flush of dawn. ‘WAITER—Truckee Hotel, City. An answer to the question submitted depends upon the understanding at the time the proprietor en- gaged the waiter, that is, whether he said “I Will hire you for one month and pay you $30,” or “I will hire you at the rate of £30 & month.” Answers to Correspondents *‘does not recom- mend a lawyer who would take such a case on commission.” Miss CLEVELAND—F. D. M., City. In your communication you do not designate which Miss Cleveland you wish to know the age of, but presuming that it is the first daughter of the President, the answer is that she was born in the City of New York on the 2d of October, 1891. KERRY HEAD—M. H. P., Oakland, Cal. Kerry Head is & lofty promontory of Ireland in Mun- ster, County Kerry, south of thé entrance to the River Shannon, and between that stream and Ballyheige Bay. There is a lighthouse on the head and a life-saving station very close to it. No MiNerAL—F. B., San Jose. The specimens of rock submitted do not contain any mineral. Where rock of that character is found spo- radic_ deposits of cinnabar are sometimes found, but never in & quantity to pay. MiNING CLAD—If & mining claim was located in January, 1895, the $100 worth of assessment work must be done within the year siter loca- tion, and atter that esch year within the cal- endsr year. GOLD AND MERCURY—H. L., City. One cubic foot of pure gold, cast, weighs 1102 pounds avoirdupois; one cubic foot of pure mercury (quicksilver) weighs 875 pounds. VicToRIA WoopnULL—E. C. G., City. Victoria C. Woodhull and her sister, Tennie C. Clafitn, were in this City in 1874. They arrived here on the 20th of May. There'll Be “Only a Few of Us Left.” =L0s Alamos Central. How rapidly the great writers of the cen- tury are passing away. Before many more decades shall have rolled around upon the wheel of time there will be but few of us left to push the heavy literary quill. ’Tis sad! but'such is the work of providence. CHRIsTMAS Candy Toys at Townsend’s, * —————————— ‘WrITE Roberts, 220 Sutter st., about card plates for Christmas gifts. bd ——— e SPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * Swisub it Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. The exhibition will close on Saturdsy even- ing, when 40 paintings will be distributed to the members of the association. Murillo’s famous old masters will be removed on Monday. e e The late Edward A. Hunter of Philadelphia left about $500,000 to be used, aiter the death of his wife and daughter, for tne free treat- ment of surgical cases in the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. PURIFY your blood, build up your merves, re- store your strength, renew the appetite, and in fact cure catarrh, rheumatism or malaria by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. ———— CHICAGO LIMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A pew train throughout begins October 23, Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclining- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Annex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St. Louis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than the quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has been put in fine physical condition and is now the bess transcontinental railway. e e * Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, al- Iays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Besureand ask tor Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrap. 250 bottle. ————— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is pertectly dry, soft and mild, and is entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay 2 50 perday. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Franeisco. ——————— The compulsory education law of Pennsyl- vania requires the attendance of all children between the agesof eight and thirteen at s school in which the common English branches are taught at least sixteen weeks in each year. NEW TO-DAY. 50 TEAS EXTRA QUALITY With each pound is given a Lovely Dish Newest Shapes Prettiest Decorations arieties to Choose From ARE GEMS SEE THEM Great American Tparting Tea Co. New store 1344 Muarket st., Bet. Tth and 8th 140 Sixth st. 965 Market st. 333 Hayes s 1419 Polk 1 521 Montg’y ave. 2008 Fillmore 3006 Sixteenth st. 2510 Mission st. 218 Third st. 104 Second st. 617 Kearny st. 146 Ninth st. 3239 Mission st. 1033 Washington 917 Broadway. 131 San Pabloav. 616 E. Twelfth st ;Pnrl st. and Alameda 100 THE City Stores, Oakland. Alameda Headquarters—52 Market St., §. AT We Operate 100 Stores and Agencies. Write for Price List,