The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1895, Page 6

CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Vditor and Proprietor. Portage Free: 0.16 600 500 100 BSCRIPTION RATES ATLLL, 016 WK, b s and # and Hntidny ¥ Tl Paily Vinily Dally and wundny wunday WHKKLY CALl, 01 nths st by And HUDORY CALL, ¥t wnd Bundiy Cary, Ui miall ‘ Lo, one month, by mail ) 1.50 1.60 onr, by mall BUSINESS OFFICE » Markot in treet, Californin Main Han ¥r Telephone 1H08 ROOMS ; et EDITORIAL BT Clay Teleghione Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICE mery street, cormor Clay PO Mont open until 10 o' clock 10 o' clock X Inyon troet ) wireot |« ixteenth and Alission stre open Wt B eclock S61K Misslon atreet 116 Ninth street apen wntl B o'clock open Nt B o' OAKLAND OFFICH ¢ orrice ftow W York City Kpectal Agent PASTERN 2, 4 Vark o117 41 and DAVID M FULADAY DECEMBER 17, 1895 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR AL PR ——————— Maunley thinks Dayard but then Bayard isn't Manley. Stormy weather i coming. Christmag gilts out of the wot. The man who writes it Xmas should get but a crossmark from Santa should resig Got your nothing Claun. Carlisle’s figures may have been as wax fn hia hands, but they show a wane in the tro highway improvement a good drive for In wo the ovelers are mak king prosperity. I'ho glow of your Christmas joy should aend some of its radiance into the homes of the poor. City people talk of riin wonthoer, but country folks regard it stormy as o as providence amiling spotted Cleveland lold pan Congress has ns it game, but will until after Christman back the roun ! time of it now, to weo T'ncoma s having a daz but it daylight ahe, great requires no s 1t of aro merely parts of n ad From the standpo the Kurds the Armenian massacr a theological discu wnd s ko a sport ust a plair In hu something tatecraft he i w Cleveland s | polities ana 1 real and to alittle longer be from the stroet Chieago s ready to free Ireland but will fore trying to froe herself free Cub: wait ratlroad combine | A | ompers returns to the presideney of the Federation of Labor after just enough xporienco on the outside to know what | the insiders ought to | 1t is, perhaps, nothing more than vro- | fossionnl habit that tmpels the Pire Do- | partment to throw colid water on the blaze | the Grand Jury has started, | % | o Christmas holiday is not far off, o it arvives we will hear t our | ident hax overworked himself after his | hunting trip and needs a rest, | It was thought that Kaiser \\|llulu|[ would be the great war-maker of Europe, but be seoms to be the power that is keep the peace at Constantinople, | The fmprovement of San Francisco harbor should inelude the vemoval of re- | strictive eharges at the dooks, ns well as the impediments of the channel In regawvd to the exclusion from Ger many of Ameriean food products and | n insurance compantes, Congress say but one word: Retaliation, i Harvey’s movement to start a Patriot League to promote the cause of bimetallism is another evidence of the prevailing weakness of sliver leaders ey atter too mue Send the Wirkiy Oant as s holiday gift to your Kastern friends, and they will see | new reasons every week of the Year why they should come to California and make their homes near you. out New York the threatened strike of the streetear n Phitadelphia may be good ways of petting holidays, but they are poor prep arations for a merry Christmas, her history bas | California had so much at stake asin the fight inst the b and 1 does not win she will hanlly have e left to make a stake in another fight, The tailors’ 1 in men In no single 1ssue ol she 1t is avident this Congress does not in- | tend to put any of the bigissues of the | day in the background, for it has already | wd speeches on the oh- | ment of Bayard and the si The Burean of Highways is tulfi roverb about the new broom, and is deing | bod work; but it will never be able to ke a clean sweep of bad roads without | p from the people who live along them, | i g the | | w ¥ ner It Boa their mueh of s to ix asing to learn that Congressman and Editor Hearsoy without pistols. Duel a lottery for even Louisiana ves on when their lives | may are The last Legislature of Rhode Tsla passed a law requiring the State to co struct & hall mile of good rvad in any township that would petition for it and PAY & quarter of the and up to date fifteen have taken advantage of the propo- sition. Speaker Reed 1s reported to have quieted the andor and stilled the eagerness of a new member who wished 0 be put on the River and Harbor Committee by saying to him: “If you are on the committee and don’t secure as large an appropriation as you desire you will be held responsible, where vou might escape with less censure if you were off it.” i A Pennsylvania Judge has fustlaid down ! the law t a wink s not necessarily a | eriminal act, A new trial was asked for in | a larceny case, the appeal being based on | the ground that one of the jury had winked at the Prosecuting Attomey, The Judge held that the winking was not a criminal | offense, but might be due to nervousness, After this any tremor of the eyelid ata! sodaswater fountain will be charitahly \\m-l alrued. SKUNKE AT BAY. The blackguards who form the corrupt wang keown as the Solid Kight of the Board of Bupervisors have at last given a clear evidence that they fesl the sting of the lash we have laid upon their shonlders. Under the blistering #trokes they have begun to hiss and spit venom. ‘The vile- ness of the utter depravity of their hearts in vented now from their own mouths, and the people ean no longer have a doubt what manner of scoundrely they are, Theso jous rascals have believed they can overcome truth by lies and save themselves from shame by slande othiers, It has seemed to their low brains that they might weaken the fores of the Inshing laid on them by defaming the hand that Jashed them. They Lave hoped to escape like skunks from punishment by defiling those who were bhunting thom on their thievish raids. They have thought this, they have hoped this, bat cowards as they are they have not had the courage to try the plan boldly, but have crawled like reptiles to hiss and splutter their lies and slanders throngh insinuations mean, contemptible and most foully dirty. The resolutions passed by the gang last night ealling upon the Grand Jury to in- vestigate the alleged publication of dis reputable or erlminal advertisements in Tuw Carr and the Eraminer show to what depths ignorance and corruption ean sink when they seck to excape public scorn in the abysses of their own depravity., The charges which the gang did not dare as- sert, but bind the impudence to insinuate, are both false and foul. Every suggestion in them shows the lying spirit of the cow- ards, while the fact that they were made by insinuation reveals the cowardice of the liary, The conrse blackguardism of these chinrges would bo much better ignored than noticed if it had come from any but anoflicial source. The positien of the men is such, howe they not be oyer- looked, even when they are most offensive. They misropresent the City in office, but none the less thoy are in office and their insulting offensiveness must bo denounced as 4 wrong (o the public hardly less shame- ful than those other practices that have brousht them under the shadow of indiot- ments, We can assure the people that the lies of these wretches will bo as impotent as their malice. Wo shall not hesitate to hunt out their schemes and expose them ay vigorously ay herctofore, despite this venomous display of their offensive moeans of defense, We have in the past given much space to the nes of the pang, we have published unts of many of their practices, and perhaps this may be called the advertising of disreputables and criminals, 1f so we have no apologies to offer. We intond to keep it up. We intend tuat to such men a4 these public office shall be a public pillory and the lash shall be laid on until the rascals’ terms are out and they escape to their native obscurity. MR. HOBART'S EXAMPLE. throwing vouth, enthusiasm, wealtn and intelligence into the destinies of the Pacific Coast Jockey Crub, which owns the Ingleside racetrack, Walter Hobart a worthy example to every rich young mau in the State. No largo proportion of the sons of California millionaires have displayed anything iike the character, ability and bhrains of their fathers, and many of them bave proved worse than noneutities. It is therefore particularly pleasing to see one, especially one so young as Mr. Hobart, turn his wealth and energies to good account for | the benefit of the Sta By inve largely in the shaves of the institution and becoming a member of the directorate, Mr. Hobart's love of fine horse- flesh will promote one of the most valu- able industiies which have added to the wealth and fame of the State. It is more than likely that he will receive a hand- some prolit from his investment, but the pleasing feature of it all is that he has en aged in an enterprise which bears direct relation to a vital public interest, It is not as though he were satistied to sit idle and draw interest on loans, or be the owner of many lots bearing shabby ime provements, His position now is very different from that of a capitalist willing to fatten on the industry of others. e lias become a factor in the progress of the cand that gives him a special value as a citizer It is g pity that the rich young men of th ate aure not generally more useful than they are, One of the bright- est opportunities inviting them is politioes. Although possessing an enormous power to erush the evil mtluences which retard the progress of the State and City they cently submit to being robbed by 1 bosses and their tools and to see islation and administration that ren- der development difticult or impossible. 1t not unlikely that Mr. Hobart's association henceforth with men of re- sponsibility and character such as A, B, Spreckels, Henry J. Crocker and others will open his eyes still wider to the possibilities which e within the grasp of youny men, and that in good time he will come to realize that one of the highest expressions of a sense of civie responsi- lies in infusing intelligence and clean methods into political affairs. The I honors which await such men buld be a suflicient inspiration to their patriotism, pride and ambition In & town as small as Vallejo it is not possible for a man to live bevond his - come in the open pursuit of pleasure and Keep the fact secret fram a large number of persons. Yet we are informed that the Postmaster of Vallejo, who was in an ex- cellent position to know what his clerk was doing about town, and whose business it was to have sueh information, permitted that breesy young man to organize clubs and secret orders, give oysier suppers and | spend money freely without seeming to reflect that something was wrong. As a consequence the social light has disap- veared, having for comvany all the cash which the postottice was able to yield, and leaving it to be discovered by a postoftice inspector that a svstematic plan of pilfes ing bad been carried on for some time. An examination of the accounts shows that besides the few hundreds of dollars stolen from the safe in the hour of Hight, it hiad been the practice of the clerk to for ward only part of the amounts given to he office for transmission. The petty an- noyances and hardships to which these | Stealings have given rise must be wide- spread, for that office transacted all the business for the Mare Island Navy-yard, The men there assembled came from all parts of the world and depended on the in- tegrity of our Guvernment to transmit with safety the money intrusted to it for that purpose. They have been deceived. It is incredible not only that the Post- master shoutd not have discovered the fact that his clerk was leading an expen- sive life, but also that he never interested himsell in seeing that the accounts were corpectly kepty Had be discharged either of these two wimple and binding duties the scandal would not have occurred. The inspecting machinery attached to the Post- office Department is one of its very expen- sive fentnres, and it is maintained solely to correct and hold in check the errors which arise from the appointment of in- competent or unscrupulous postmasters, This is absurd, [f the right kind of men were put in office these costly and annoy- ihg evils would not exist. Ttis all a result of a low order of local volitics and the re- warding of incompetent “workers,” in the ubgence of better men, who, if they would take an interest in local politics, would be able to secure the appointment of worthy persons. CARLISLE'S REPORT. The long-expected report of Secretary Carlisle on the condition of the treasnry way sent to Congress yesterday, and is given to the public this morning. Like the Presidential message, iv will prove a disappointment to those who expected an outline of a definite policy to be pursued in dealing with the deficit, and also like the same message it offers no remedy for the export of pgold save the retirement of greenbacks, The report shows that the revenues from all sources for the last fiscal year were $300,373,208 and the expenditures $433,178,- 826, leaving a deficit for the year of $42,80¢ 22 lstimates for the current fiscal year caleulate revenues under the existing laws at § 17,407 and the ex $448,007 107, leaving a deficit at the end of June, 1896, of about $17,000,000. This cal- culation fixes the coming delicit at con- siderably less than has been generally estimated, and implies that the monthly deficiency will be much less for the re- mainder of the year than it has been during the six months that have already elapsed. Iven upon the Secretary’s own figures it would seem that some change should be made in our revenue laws, A deficiency of $17,000,000 will not be as bad as the one of last year, but there ought to be no deficiency at all. The Secretary, how- ever, recommends no change in the law He argues that the revival of pros- perity will inerease the revenues under the existing duties, and that by reducing the expenditures of the Government there will be a surplus of income for the treasury by the close of the fiscal year ending with June, 1807, He would bhave the country give the vresent tariff until that time to prove its value as a revenue-producer, and in the meantime would let the Government struggle along with a deficit and enforced economy as best it can, On the currency question the Secretary contents himself with an indorsement of the President’s recommendation for the retirement of greenbacks. He says: I am thoroughly convinced this (the pres- ent) policy onght not to be continued, but that the United States and treasury notes should be retired from circulation at the rliest practicable day and that the Gov- ernment should be relieved of the re- spousibility of providing a credit currency for the people With this report we may be said to have had the last word of the Cleveland ad- ministration on the greater issues of the day. Practieally 1t is a plea for more bonds. The Secretary would have bonds 10 raise money to tide over the deficit for thisand the coming year, and bonds to retire greenbacks., These are the issues which Cleveland forces upon the attention of Congr 1tis not at all likely that the recommendations will be followed, but they will certainly give rise to great de- bates and to long political agitations. Inthe respect, therefore, that they have raised a far reaching issue in our polities the mes sage of the President and the report of the Secretary are among the most noteworthy ever laid before Congress, but fortunately their influence is much less than their notability. The actual solution of the questions raised by the deficit and the gold export will be furnished by the Republican party in accordance with the great policies of protection and bimetallism, PHILADELPHIA'S DANGER. The people of Philadelphia are in dreéad that the streetear lines of the city will be tied up by a strike, A disagreement has avisen between the managers of the lines and their thousands of operatives, As usual, the former are supercilious and re- fuse to recognize a labor organization in proposals to arbitrate the differences, and the workmen are an and determined. All this is an old stor The merits of the controversy require no discussion here. Theve are graver consid- erations, which both the managers and the operatives refuse to take into account. These affect the general interests of the ¢ity. The unfailing disregard by both capitalists and laborers to recognize the fact that they rest under a serious obliga- tion to the public offends the popular sense of right and brings both sides of the controversy into contempt. Herein do we find & reason both for a growing hatred of capitalists and for a lax support of the rights and privileges of the laboring classes, he Brooklyn streetcar strikes brought vier losses to private interests in that v thAn did the recent terrible blizzard in Chicago. The suspension of streetear traf- fic paralyzes business without easing its expenses, and by grievous personal annoy- ances ates a bitter feeling among the people. The whole trouble is that it bas never been the policy of any branch of our governmental em, National, State, vounty or municipal, to compel transporta- tien companies and all interested in their operation to sustain the industrial condi- tions which they bave created. On the contrary, they are permitted to assume an obligation without being required to per- form it. Ilence it is that they at will par- | alyze business, destroy property valuesand inflict serious personal injury and incon- venience in the settlement of disputes amoug themselves, The whole situation is preposterous, It seems strange that some labor leaders refuse to indorse the idea of “compulsory arbitration.” Of course there can be no such thing as “compulsory arbitration," for the reason that arbitration means the willing submission of two disagreeing parties to the judgment of a thind. What is meant by the term is the creation of legal machinery for forcibly taking charge of the situation and adjusting the differ ences on a legal basis. Thatis merely a trial by court and bas no elements of arbi tration. Why do laber leaders object t it? Are they afraid that the “arbitrators will be controlled by the capitalists? If $0, they have a voting strength sufficient to put just men into office. Something will have to be done to cor- rect this prevalent and menacing ewvil. It is sublimely ridiculous to permit a smal fraction of the community to exer cise the power to destroy public business and wealth, Ballons’s Blasted Boowm. Los Angeles Times Sowe of the rommnants are deing removed from $allona, where hundreds of thousands of dollars were squandered in boom times inan effort to create a harhor and seaport town, A large t for treating ng With creosote was established there, and 1t is the machinery therefrom that is beiug shi; 10 San Fran- cizeo after Iving idie, & vicum of the saltsea Air, 107 WARY yeams, —— 30 CALL, TUESDAY," DECEMBER 17, 1895 AROUND THE CORRIDORS. The people at the Baldwin Hotel were per- turbed with interest bordering on excitement yesterday when it became known that Miss Van Zandt had arri and was registe there, A story was soon siarted that she w Miss Nina Van Zandt of Chicago, who mar- ried Apies, the anarchist, and who, after he | was hanged, went npon the stage, deserting for a time her millionaire father, who had tried in vain to curb her fractious whims. But the Miss Van Zandt was not, it soon de- veloped, the eccentric Nina alluded to, but Miss Marguerite Van Zandi, who had the drawn battle with Mrs. James Erown-Potter and Kyrie Beliew out in Caleutta not long ago. The trouble originated, so Miss Van Zandt gold yesterday, over the fact that Mrs. Potter wanted Miss Marguerite Van Zandt, Who Had Strange Experiences in India With the Bellew-Potter Company. (From @ photograph.j her, besides playing the part of second lady to her ladyship in the different repertoires, to stand in the grouputthe back of the stage when not otherwise engaged. “I thought it was rather infra digo to do this,” said Miss Van Zandt, “so I engaged & woman out of my own salary, but Mrs. Potter thought she had the whip hand, was still dissatisfied, and one day we had some trouble about it. Mr. Bellew came to Mrs. Potter's rescue, and struck me on the arm, hurting it so seriously that for three weeks I had to carry it in a sling. I have a suit now for $1000 for salary against them, 1ot to speak of the damnges sustained. So that's how I left the Potter- Bellew Com- pany. “But I liked India immensely. It is a conn- try that reminds you all the time of the ‘Arib- bian Nights. The people, customs and foli- age are so strauge, and so interesting withal. You forget that there is any such country a America. Yet I was glad to get back, too. “I didn’t go clephant hunting, nor did I tackle the lair of the tigers, while in India, but 1 had some other experiences that were thrill- ing enough. These were with the reptiles. “The worst snake in India is the cobra. If you are bitten by one you'll die in five minutes, und no power on earth can save you. Well, they have no regular baths in that country, such as we have here. You step out on a stone floor by the receptacle containing the water, and you dip it up and dash it on yourself. “Well, you have to keep youreyeall the time on the hole when the water runs away to see that & cobra don’t pop up. That is just the likeliest place ot all for them. “I saw any number of the cobras and a great many little green vegetable sankes. The cobras get under the rugs, so you have to lift and shake them three or four times a day. “When you wake up from your sleep you will see any number of little green lizards scrambling up and down the walls. Oh, it's a likely place for thihgs of that Sort. I traveled pretty well over India. We played the ‘Iron- master,’ the ‘Merchant of Venice' and a great many other picces, having a large reper- toire. The trouble I had finally with Mrs. Pot- ter and Kyrle Bellew was while we were play- ing ‘Hamiet. " Miss Van Zandt is the lady, as will be re- membered, who first played “‘Gringoire” in America. She says she will stay some time on the Pacific Const and that she thinksof find- ing some California talent and organizing a company. THE UNCLE SAM KITE. A Philadelphia man hes made a kite that is deserving of notice. It consists of a colossal figure of Uncle Sam, arrayed instriped trousers and ster-spangled coat, red, white and blue being the colors used. The helght is 6 feet 7 inches: breadth of shoulders, 18 inches; elbows, 52 inches; hips, 15 inches, and feet, 10 inches. The backbone of the figure is of white pine and the cross-sticks of the same. Charcosl and red and blue chalk were used in making the face and the clothes, As it would not have comported with the dignity of Uncle Sam to have & “tail” hanging from his feet the maker of the kite devised & “fin,” which projects fif- teen inches behind the feet and serves as & sort of rudder to steady the kite when fiying. A MODERN ARIEL. T Alert and feet A-down the street My sweethear: flies, A vision sweet With dainty feet And danclng eyes. n Her wheel obers Her least dehest— Hor slightest whim. What wonds of praise Can picture best Those ankies trim? I, The sea gull's fight Has not more grace, Her wheel is light, And swift her pace. A gleam of sun— A flash of hight— The vision's gone, She's out of sight. FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. The True Spirit of Progress. 1nyo Index. When we begin to study how best to improve and push forward the town and county, sad Dot sit back and wait for some one else 1o do :{‘menuvmheonlhthuhmflm Sucoess. Ve can do this by sd ressive ideas, taking a lvely inI ™ 18108 10 dur material weliare; ?\nl. “&T unity of ey Puiling in one iine instead ITING Ul improv: onr‘l:uhlld farms; doll 4 these things in & business way. 11 1s now hig! time 1 move along this line, Let's be atit A Newly Married Editor Offended. St Helena Sentivel. The Sentinel must protest against the chari- vari being carried so far as to pass beyond ail bounds of decency. While any one &t all fond of :musle must de delighted with ke harmo, nious blending of a glutted ofl-can, a dry-goods box being sawed into by a rail and the tooting of a battered and wheezing horn, yet there are cople who are not so munlclll{ inclined as Tey ‘are inclined to sleep. It is quite pre- SUIDtUOUS And argues the Hoodlnm 10 attempt & serenade of those who have been already warried for a considerable time, The Gold Boom in the Silver State. Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. Gold discoveries have been so numerous of late that it is hard to keep track of them. If all turn out to be as good as it is boped they will Nevada may expect to see producing camps in localities where a few weeks nfo there was little or no thought that gold would be founa. It will not take long to get an idea of the valne of these discoveries, for prospect holes will be sunk in all of them during the course of the next few weeks. Far Below the Gambler Bukersfield Californian. Some shell game thieves were arrested tn San Luis Obispo the other day and one of the papers spoke of them asgamblers, To this the thieves strenuously objected. They are right. They are not gamblers, and it is an insult to call them so—that is, an insult to the gam- blers. A genuine gambler is a gentleman by comparison. The shell me operator is meaner than a sneakthief; is the meanest thing that walks on two le Level. What Course Shall We Pursue ? Portland Oregonfan. | Our attitude toward England in the Vene- | zuein matter is much what it was concerning the Oregon guestion, when Senator Cass said we had but three courses to consider—to dra back, to stand still, and to go forward. cided, nfter very little hesitation, 10 ward.”” And Oregon is in the Union. What Wwill the administration and Congress decide to do now—to draw back, to stand still, or to g0 forward ? The Proposition Wins Applause. Alameda Telegram. A proposition is on foot to have the great thoroughfare of San Franeisco, Market street, paved with some material that will give a smooth or even rondwu{ surface. Let all the people of the State applaud and urge on the scheme. If there is & nerve-trying, soul-har- rowing. animal destroying and mercilessly cruel thing on earth it is the San Francisco Market street of to-day. Correct Name of La Pucelle. Seattle Times. Tn very learned Boston a gentleman has been lecturing on Joan of Arc. This is a funny mis- take for Baston to make. There never was any Joan of Arc. There was a Joan Darc, which later French writers converted into Jean ' Arc and English writer translated into Joan of Are. There is not now and there never was in ¥rance any such place as Are. A New Era Dawns in Tombstone. Phanix (Ariz.) Republican. Tombstone hasn’t had a case before her Justice's courts for & month., How her peo- ple must mourn for the ratiling days of the Earp brothers and Johnny Behan, PERSONAL. €. T. Bliss of Nevada is here. Andrew Boyd of Denver is at the Lick. Dr. C. B. Harrell of Merced is visiting here. Dr. C. F. Demsey of Ventura is at the Grand. Dr. Freeman of Los Gatos is here on a brief trip. J. Ross, & merchant of Antioch, is at the Grand. L. J. Felix, a livestock-grower of Nevada, is in town. S. Rummelsburg, & merchant of Colusa, is in the City. State Senator E. C. Voorheis of Sutter Creek is in town, Simon Bray, an old resident of Austin, Nev., is in the City. F. C. Lusk, the attorney, of Chico, arrived | here last night. rhomas G.Gerdine of Washington, D. C., has arrived here, Dr. J.W. Robinson of Jacksonville, Or., is here for a holiday visit. J. B, Garibaldi, a merchant ot Merced, is | here on a business trip. M. E. Collins, & business man of Pheenix, Ariz, visiting the City. 8. Reinbart of the Hotel Arcadia, Santa Monica, is at the Baldwin. P. Kerwin, the Virginia City mining super- intendent, is at the Palace. A. C. Billicke, a hotel proprietor of Los An- geles, 1s at the Occidental, Johin N. Besse, an extensive land-owner of King City, is at the Grand. Tom D. Lane, the superintendent of the Utica mine at Angels, is in the City. J. 0. Forbes Jr., a mining man of Mountana, is among sesterday’sarrivals at the Grand. August Bann and M. D. Scribuer, well-known mining men of Tombstone, are at the Russ. District Attorney E. A. Forbes of Yuba Coun- ty is among recent arrivals from Marysville. Robert M. Henningsen, & woolenware manu- faeturer of Tacoma, is among recent arrivais. L. F. Moulton, the great grain-grower and prominent ofticial of the Farmers’ Alliance, is at the Grand. John D. Bicknell, attorney of the Southern Pacific at Los Angeies, and formerly law part- ner of Senator White, isin the City. Mr. Bick- nell owns a large orange ranch near Los An- | geles. He says the prospects are better in Southern California for oranges than ever be- | fore. C. C. Eckert, owner of the Gettysburg and In- dependence miniug propertiesat Wallace,Ceeur d'Alene mining country, Idaho, is at the Lick. He says all the millsin the Ceeur d’Alene coun- try are now runuing, the labor troubles hav- ing been amicably adjusted, and that the out- look is most prosperous. The last day Mr. Eckert was at home snow fell to the depthof seventeen inches. Edward G. Sprowl of New York, general agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the biggest in the country, is at the Palace. He has come out for a pleasure trip. # Captain J. Bainbridge, who has recently sold the celebrated W Eagle gold mine, Trail Creek, B. C., is in the City. Captain Bain- | bridge took hold of this property when it was | & mere prospect, and its development made | Trail Creek. Although a new mine it hasal | ready paid $162,000 in dividends. It has now been purchased by John M. Finch and D. C. Corbin of Spokane and Patsy Clark of Butte. The Wsr Esgle brought & big figure, but the exact amount is not stated. Captain Bain- bridge is now enjoying some of the money irom bis bonanza in California. i CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 16.—Among recent arrivalsare: Mr.and Mrs. J. I Greer, Cole-| man: S J. Whitney, A. S. Whitney, Mrs. A. S | Whitney, Imperial: N. Watts, Plaza; W. R. | Curran, Park Avenue: W. Emerson, Sturte-| vaut; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McElroy, Mr. nd | Mrs. P, W. MeElroy, St. James; S.D. Meini Hoffman: L. C. Russell, Broadway Central; Nr.and Mrs. T. J. Smith, Grand Union; W. J. Scrutton, Brunswick; Miss Griffin; Miss Mur- ray, Plaza. | A TALE oF TEREE crries. There has been & dissolution of the political and perhaps the commercial partnership so long existing between Chicago and the Pacific Slope. San Francisco has been the side-part- ner of Chicago in many enterprises, and San Francisco, as the entrepot and metropolis of theslope States, has dominated the action of that section. Chicago, as the midcontinent terminus of most of the transcontinental lines, has occupied & close relation towand all of the Pacific region, and she has utilised her sdvantage 10 the Rimost in taking all and giv ‘“SM':!“:{ factors in Congrosstomal ne e o the ooation of the aetion Coluwbdian of Pactito tories wan by Ch I{nrf committees in 1 X were due | for | ey T oot n&nufl\nfim&l‘ g N ur formal Were taken hy Na tional npa\\luu Lommitee i \“‘ \h‘q oext Republican Convestion RTINS equAl I pPosstBLY 1o loonte \s‘\ { DUt the fact wax ' out the dalloring that O 1o which San A ve Been foun, of LR attachment of Chicago. How fatuons it was in this instance, however, is seen in the fact that, on the next ballot San Francisco answered the amazing proposition by throwinz six of her votes, and the convention, to St. Louis. No part of the diplomacy practiced by the St. Louis maungers is worthy of more admira- tion than thet shown in their cultivation of close and friendly relations with San Fran- cisco. The coming and early development of great commercial activities in Asia will make of San Francisco a seaport not second in com- mereial fmportance to New York. - The making of new harbors along the Pacific Coast will £row out of this sitnation, and in one such en- lerlprise 8t. Louisans are alresdy interested, as well as in great terminal facilities for ap- proaching the proposed site. Another trans- continental route, traversing the new State of Utah and with St. Louis for a midcontinent terminus, can be made s sure outgrowth of these enterprises, which are filled with possi- bilities of commercial potentiality for both San Francisco and St. Louis. That there has been a dissolution of the long- standing partnership between Chicago and San Fraucisco may certainly be hoped. It will be profitable to St. Louis to continue and ex- tend the friendly relations with the coast now s0 auspiciously begun.—St. Louis Republic. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. Savannah (Ga.) News. Tom Reed has shaved off his mustache, and the politicians are trying to figure out what the sacrifice signifies. It woyld probably tesafe tosay thatit has no political signifi- cance whatever. Mr. Reed was merely getting ready for Thanksgiving turkey and &mmpkm pie. " He cannot get turkey gravy and mashed pumpkin in his whiskers. New York Sun. While there is mot the slightest desire to embarrass the Governor, many Republicans from other States, especially those who do not cotton to McKinley or Harrison, believe that Goyernor Morton should tell his friends here in New York State just what hisintentionsere. 4 tlie; 12,000 Albanians could :s:i;‘unn!(efiq:p;nh.fir%% % ru lz“sil‘" afigfln‘cbg k a1 2, e e 7 Sho ot additional troopd during the progress of the war. DESERTING A WIFE—Logos; City. /If man ”“1 wife separate and neither hears jrom the other for a period of seven years, each in the mean- time having made endeavors to ascertain the whereabouts of the ‘other, the presumption is that death has intervened, and if either was living and married again, the party so n;lnn)e_- ing could set upus a_defense against & Cl ‘:rg of bigamy that a diligent search had been made and no trace of the other party had been discovered, and there was every reason to be- lieve that party dead. In the case you cite it would be impossible to give an answer ““hl?:l; Knowing whether the party who deserted made efforts to ascertain if the other party was living or not. Porirics oF PresipENTS—W. F. M., Napa, Cal. Washington was & Federalist; John Adams, Federalist; Thomas Jefferson, Republical Madison, Republican; Monroe, Republican; John Quiney Adams, Republican: Jacksonm, Democrat; Van Buren, Democrat; W. H. Har- rison, Whig; Polk, Democrat; Taylor, Whig; Pierce, Democrat; Buchanan, Democrat; Lin- coln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Republicafe; Cleveland, Democrat; Benjamin Harrison, Re- ublican. ' Of the Vice-Presidents who became gresidents to fill unexpired terms Tyler was a Whig; Fillmore, Whig; Johnson, Republican, and Arthur, Republican. - LANGUAGES ASD DraLEcTs— ‘416, City. There are about 900 languages and about 5000 dialects. The English language is spoken by . 110,000,000 eople; German, 69,000,000 Russian, 67,000,000, French, 48,000,000 Spanish, 41,000,000; Italian, 30,000,000 and Portuguse 13,000,000. In the United King- dom_the Celtic is spoken as follows: Irish Gaelic by_ 867,600; Scotch Gaelle, 309,250; Manx, 12,500, &nd Welsh by 1,006,000. POSTOFFICES—J. A. A., Greenwood, Cal. The nuinber of first-class postoffices in the United Toledo Blade. It is safe to remark tnat all the time Thomas B. Reed is engaged in making up his commit- tees he gives an occasional thought as to how these committees will dovetail with the Reed boom when it reaches the National Convention next year. New York World. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio says that Mr. Cleveland is not a eandidate for re-election to the Presidency. The President seems to have a host of friends who kuow a great many things they can’t prove. Chicago Record. If various indications in Ohio are not mis- leading, Mr. McKinley is trying to fix things 0 that he need not go to market with all his eggs in the tariff basket. Inter Ocea: Governor MecKinley has a good deal of ad- vantage over Mr. Reed in the Presidential race. He can talk tariff without being obliged to face the issue of action. St. Louls Post-Dispatch. The wheelmen have nominated a bicycle ticket at Plainfield, N. J. The Presidential candidates would do well to see the bikers as well as the bosses. New York Mercury. Senator Hill told his admirers at Minneap- olis that Grover Cleveland is not the Demo- cratic party, The Senator stated an obvious truth. " Chicago Record. Tom Reed and President Cleveland have about an equal showing on the same platiorm when the platform is that of & hay scales. SOMETHING LIKE JUSTICE. London Puncn. [Very Much Abroad—Scene: A foreign land: accused in dock: Judge on bench; usual acces- sories. ] Judge—We say you are guilty, and there is no use in denying it. Accused—Bnt I declare on my honor that I am innocent. udge—Your honor! villain's honor? Accused—I am no villain. 1 swear it—yes, by my mother’s grave. [Sensation.] Judge—So wicked a criminal deserves no mother. Accused—Oh, this is monstrous! You may insult me, but you have no right to asperse the memory of my mother. Judge—Your mother would weeg see you now. She would be bowe. ground with shame. Aceused—Why with shame? ForI am inno- cent. Judge—You are gnilty, I repeat. And the jury shall share with me in my opinion. Iam your judge, and I assert it. Accused—Then this trial is a farce! Judge—No, sir; take my word for it, yon will find it a tragedy! [Trial concludes in the eus- tomary fashion.] [Quite st home. Scene—An English court. cused in dock. Judge on bench. sories. | Judge—1I really must request you to be silent, in your own interest. Accused—But 1 plead guilty. Judge—I do not think yon know what you are doing. By saying that you committed the erime of which you are scéused, you deprive yourself of the chance of acquittal. Accused—I cannot help that. I did commit the crime—I avow it. Judge—You are going out of your way to as- sume unnecessary responsibility. It is for the gentlemen of the jury to decide. Accused—Surely I can judge for myself. I have only followed the family tradition. We ara all villains, Judge—You have no right to say so. We have to deal with you, not with tions. Now, please, plead “Not guiliy Accused—Anything for a quiet life! guilty.” Judge—I am infinitely obliged to you. Thank you much. Now, what might have commenced s a tragedy may end as a farce. [Trial concludes in the customary fashion.[ Who ever heard of a were she to down to the ] Ac- Usual acces- “Not LADY'S JACEKET WITH REEFER FRONT. Jackets this season are nniformly short, ex- tending only eight to twelve inches below the waist. French reefer fronts are much liked, and are faced with the cloth, so they may be turned back and worn open. Some of the most stylish show only one row of buttons, though 1wo rows are still used. The jacket shown hore is made with the naual orms in the daok: the fronts are seamless Very fine whipoonds in fan are much liked for yoang ladies, wnd wre made quite dressy By the wve of White Sloth for revers and coliar, * White pear] Dattons ase Shown 08 these Jaokets. Light Browh covert QIO makes & wsetal :.\rnn&f TOF WoATiRg With oher colors, The wodel s an Lent awe f\':r vn‘a‘l‘:‘u saiw :&w‘ o ‘w show DIat and stiffened only A . “M\w. Riasd NRRAY Al wround tre A weil (R R ON B yands e e w\&\m A M\:*‘:g L WOTAL WeAE AR ARy 1o ound, CROVIDIE ATE MUCA Roed ot AR bat ¢ THA PR IBRee T 0 Yavket, WITH ki ot \m\m: o "&«“’ o 5 ANEWERE 19 CORRESPONDENTS TURORGES Wik 3 & Giy, A OF Uhe deetarheien of the !\m&swn;:\:w‘v“:: JRTEAR TArkar hed hOHh ot the Matan ARRARR e, AR EONTR OF h Featan SO0, SRy wraesey \\mfln AL Baekey Wi W AN % B3N BT e SRR 1) IR AL ORI, AL AR SRR r\g LU A N AT Al u\\ A o AT AN IR U LY ) WA Wy e v SR b The ek | States is 149, of which number five are in Cali- fornia. The number of Presidential offices is 3490 and includes offices of the first, second and third class. JaMES G. FAIR—Subscriber, Nevada City, Cal. James G. Fair Sr. died December 29, 1894; James G. Fair Jr. died February 14,1892, CoroNeL E. D. Baxer—Subscriber, City. Colonel E. D. 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