The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: - and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.18 #nd Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 Bunday CALL, ODe year, by mail. WxskLy CALL, one year, by mall BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. felephone. . EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Felephone... ...Maln—-1874 BRANCH O 850 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untfl : open nntil 9:30 o'clock. treet; open until 8:30 0'clock. £W . corper Sixteenth and Missiou streets; opes entil § o'cloc 9518 Mission street: open untll 9 o'clock. 116 Minth street; open until 9 o'clock. QAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York Oity. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. FRIDAY.. -APRIL 10, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. To the monopoly this is not a festival | spring by any mean: Utah has taken a bold stand for free sil- will stand with her, wver, and Ca iforn can get on C facts. By and by the Junta fellows will have to call in the ang to give them a harmoric tone. The Italians r in Africa, but a grav ve intended a colony ave started nothing ard. It seems clear w toat the Bradley boom in Kentucky has been busted in the inflation. San Francisco never goes a'together to sleep, and owlecars are necessary for the work of her peop! Can the Railroad Commu. streetcar fares they do it is ano one question, and will ation ir service to t burbs will soon primari o vote for straight poli- htmen. mines shonld have the e of the Government as much ndushe ve subsid:es for American expect to meet Ei amoas would only mocratic factions they 1 to be the only ¥ d attack two an and Lodge doesn't pitude. and ey the monopo; has got to give way. the only effect of the concurrent ns so far has been to give the Cu- te a fresh start on a new tack. If the Briti o expedite itself in a hurry. ot yet have succeeded seem to be uble to swing ronnd the circle at ease. ish feeling is becoming too suitry 1s in Madrid and it is liable to e unhealthful for the Spaniards x of local politics that to increase his prestige among th actions of Democracy by getu Wi "Ilu» Bering Sea controversy will proba- ttled this summer as it was last mer by being allowed to go over until 1mmer. next ““Free harbor or no harbor’ is a logical cry in Los Angeles, for if the harbor is not free it will be virtually no harbor for any but the monop The interests of the whole Pacific Coast are as one on the subject of silver-mining, and all Pacific Coast men should work to- gether in maintaining them. The Southern Pacificof Kentucky would have fewer enemies in California politics if it did not show itself every day to be the enemy of Caiifornia business. While we are talking about the Nica- ragua canal the French are working at Panama, and while our route is best their way is likely to get there first. Missionary Knapp of Armenia has been arrested by the Turks on a charge of sedi- tion, and it is probable he has been preach- ing about liberty or praying for justice. As Senator Teller and Senator Hoar have for once agreed on a measure of financial legislation it is evident the proposition must be either very good or something borrid. Legislation that will rev: Nevada will revive business in San Francisco. The attachment between Cali- fornia and her more than a sentiment. genty of the univer- sity bave decided not to reflect discredit on the Government by starting the build- ings for the Affiliated Colleges before the Postoffice gets a move on. ve silver-mining The amicable settlement of the strike on the Parrott building 1s a marter of general congratulation, and now let us hope the whole ike can be settled in {he same way, and industry begin again. If a homesteader does not fulfill the re- quirements of the National homestead law, he is promptly turned out of his holding, and if a railroad boss does not fulfill the law of his obligations to the | Government, be should be turned out just the same as an ordinary citizen. 1.60 | ners reduce | for & better and cheaper | gland on | idate for the Pres- | 1tion, but they | State is sometaing i I CALIFORNIA FOR SILVER. The action of the Republican State Con- vention in Utah in firmly taking an ad- vanced stand on behaif of the silver inter- ests of the West will no doubt awaken a responsive movement throughout the Pa- | eific Coast. Certainly California will re- spond to it and will give all the aid of her | influence and her power in assisting her | sister States to defend an interest common | to them all. Of that much there can be no question. It will, in fact, be a strange de- velopment in our politics if the whole of | the Greater West does not stand as a united force to maintain the cause of silver whenever and wherever it may be assailea, It is well that California should speak out clearly and forcibly at this time, for in some quarters an attempt has been made to represent the people of this State as | being lukewarm in the contest. Because | this is the land of go!d, because we have no | large siiver mines within our borders, it has been supposed that seif-interest would im- pel us to take sides with the monometal- lists and support the single gold standard, | careless of what might be the consequence to the silver-mining States. This suppos tion must be refuted. The people of Cali- fornia are in favor of free coinage of silver. The gold-miners themselves are in favor of it. There is no interestin this State op- posed to the interests of our sister States. Every intelligent man who has had any long experience in California knows Low | closely the weifare of our people is allied to that of the people of all the mining States and Territories. When silver-min- ing flourished San Francisco flourished. California flourished. Our merchants, our farmers, our manufacturers did a business with the silver-mining towns and camps that yielded a profit to ali forms of our in- dustry. Some of the stut st buildings in this City were erected by v calth brought from silver mines, and from the same source came the money that has estab- | lished many a fine farm, a fruitful orchard or a comfortable home in the valleys and towns of the interior. There cannot be a great and prosperous city without a great and prosperous coun- try to sustain it. To make San Francisco all that it should be we must build up not only California but the Greater West. energies of California as soon as the silver | mines are reopened in Nevada, Arizona | and New Mexico. Our gold mines will not be injured by this competition. On the contrary they will to some extent be bene- | fited, for the work in the silver mines will cause such an additional demand for mining machinery that it will be made in | larger quantities and consequently at a cheaper proportional cost. Our experience of what has happened in San Francisco and in California generally nce the shutting down of the silver | mines is all the proof that intelligent men | can require of the benefits we derived from | those mines when they were in profitable operation. In common with the rest of | the world we have suffered from the fall {in prices, the depression in trade, the | weakening of industry and the difficult { of debt-paying caused by the demonetiza- tion of silver, but our loss has been greater | than that of oiher regions, for in addition | to these indirect cons |uences we have output of the mines themseives. i our interes It is to , in short, to have all the mines of the Great West profitably working. | thousands of persons attended the meet- This is indeed the gold-producing State, | ing, among them being many of the high- Iver-producing | est patriotism. It is admitted, however, inseparably | that many of those in attendance came bound by every tie of business and in- | from SBanta Monica and other places con- but it is a part of a great region to whose interests it dustry. PAVING PROBLEMS. The familiar fact that one improvement leads to others is illustrated in the case of the Corbett road and Market street. The | provement of San Pedro and to forward work of widening and macadamizing the former picturesque highway was no sooner put under way than the bicycle-dealers organized and are now moving earnestly fora better pavement in Market street. Ex- | 5, Mayor Pond has pointed out a serious difficulty which he encountered when he ||, tried to secure a good pavement for that street. The City offered to bear half the | finitely expense if the property-owners would as- | South He made a canvass and | g sume the rest. secured the assent of three-fourths of the property frontage, but because a fourth held out the improvement could not be made. A similar difficulty may be expected in all such undertakings. Not until there is a general spirit of progress, such as has | made Chicago one of the wonders of the | | age, will there be that intelligent co- i operaticn from which good results come. | The people of San Francisco have as good pavements as they deserve. The City can | occupy no higher a commercial position than its inhabitants create through an understanding of the benefits resulting from enterprise. The great question is to devise some scheme which shall measur- ably compensate for the indifference of the people. Alaw to meet such a difficulty as that encountered by Mr. Pond is clearly needed. It could compel the backward to do their share where they are in a reasonably small minority. Under the present system one- fourth of the property-owners on Market street can prevent not only their own prop- erty but also that of the majority from enhancing greatly in value as the result of a good pavement. The rule of the ma- | jority prevails in this country, and might | well be enforced in such a case as this. | The right of a few unprogressive citizens | to block the whole City should not be rec- | ognized. | Asthe street has been accepted, it can- | not be repaved under the present law ex- cept by the City or the voluntary con- tributions of the fronting property-owners, | The City bas the power under certain con- | tingencies to assist private owners who want to assist themselves. If they do not choose to do this the whole City must suf- | fer. A law might be passed requiring the backward minority to do their share. That is one thing to b2 considered. | Another is the issuance of municipal | bonds. This can be done for special or | general purposes. Market street is con- spicuously the thoroughfare of all the peo- vle. Any benefit to it is a benefit to every property-owper in town. Its disgraceful condition under these circumstances is the | most eloquent evidence that the people | need regeneration before they can expect San Francisco to occupy the position to which its superb natural advantages en- title it. i | | | | { | | TELLER'S BANK BILL. Senator Teller of Colorado has thrown a bombshell into the national bank system of the country by introducing a bill requir- ing such banks to keep their reserve at home instead of sending it to New York and other reserve centers, there to be lent to stock speculators. New York is the greatbencficiary of the plan now in vogue, as Mr. Teller asserts that in September last the banks of that city held $200,000,000 of reserve required to be kept by outlying national banks. Of course asmall interest is paid by the New York banks for the money. Mr. Teller's idea is that the country banks should be required to keep at least a large proportion of their reserves at Al | new impulse will be felt reviving all the | home, so as to prevent the accumu- lation of money in the reserve cities. The suggestion is interesting. ‘These banksare scattered all over the country, and by reason of the special grace which they en- joy at the hands of the Government are in a sense a proper engine of the Government {or promoting the development of the na- tion. New York’s domination in finan- cial matters has always been felt as a bur- den, and Wall street is a byword from ocean to ocean. That the stock manipu- lators there enjoy the extraordinary ad- vantage of being able to use the national | bank reserve from all parts of the country is a surprising condition of things and ex- plains much of the hardship suffered by the people at large. | A large proportion of the internal deve!l- | opment of the United States comes from European capital. The investment means a steady drain on the country in the shape of interest and diviaends. The nationai- bank money kept on deposit in New York of course cannot be placed in permanent improvements and hence is withdrawn from the vossibility of use in that way. So long es the profits of manufacture and production in the United States were large the drain to Kurope was not seri- ously felt, but now that margins have been reduced it has become a burden. A free- | trade tariff has aided materially in bring- ing about that condition of affairs, but | under any circumstances the unwisdom of depending on Europe for developing capital and using our own money for speculation is evident. 4 The national banks would probably find some good use at home for their reserve. The laws governing them may require considerable modification in order that the banks may not be unjustly restrained of | their liberty, but that need not be a diffi- cult task. The greatest need of this coun- try is an intelligent use of its own capital, to the end that we may become measur- ably free from the domination of Euro- pean financial interest, now so clearly ap- parent as a force affecting our financial policy. Mr. Teller’s bill will likely create 4 sensation, and good may come from at least a full discussion of the subject. THE LOS ANGELES CONTEST. A calm analysis of the two meetings held at Los Angeles Wednesday evening, one favoring an appropriation for San Pedro harbor to the exclusion of Santa Monica, and the other declaring for ap- propriations for both harbors, will show the following facts: First, that the im- provement of Santa Monica would be the creation of a monopoly for the Southern Pacitic in the absence of the improvemeant | of San Pedro also; second, that the im- provement of San Pedro wonld permit of ccmpetition without reference to any im- provement of Santa Monica; third, that there can be no possibie hope that Con- gress for a long time to come can be in- duced to make both appropriations, for the | | | suffered a direct injury in the loss of the | | | 4 { | | | | needs a harbor in Southern California. reason that it would be an unfair distribu- tion of public funds in view of the numer- ous purposes for which appropriations are needed in California. Itis charged that the meeting held in favor of both appropriations was ‘‘drummed up” by the Southern Pacific Company in order to show a difference of opinion at Los Angeles and thus assist the movement for the defeat of the San Pedro proposition. This is a serious charge, as | tiguous to the harbor. Their animus is evident, and heqce their action cannot be hoped to carry great weight. No one will deny that the effect of the so-called oppo- sition meeting, whatever may have been its intention, will be to obstruct the im- the purposes of the Southern Pacific. Through all this wretched and damag- ing confusion one proposition is clearly discernible. It is that the desire of either of the meetings should be given undue consideration. Neither of these arbors exists for the people of Los Angeles alone. The principles involved reach in- beyond their local interests. ern California has progressed won- erfully in recent years, and back of it lies a splendid empire east of the Colorado River that is rapidly developing and that Still beyond all this lies the consideration that the whole of the rich territory stretch- ing from Los Angeles to New Orleans and from the Rio Grande to Salt Lake needs such a harbor and would be greatly bene- fited by it. 1f the Southern Pacific Company should succeed in creating such a division among the people of that city that they cannot work unitedly for a free harbor, Los An- geles will have committed its first mis- take in the glowing history which it has written. It will tie its bands against the possibility of receiving the one thing needed to complete its greatness. Here- tofore that city has been the exemplar of California, and it should remain true to its record in this crisis. CONTEMPORARIES’ KIND WORDS. Forging Ahead. Lancaster Gazette. The San Francisco CALL is forging ahead as the leading newspaper of the cosst. Short- ridge knows news waen he sees it. Leads in Circulation. Auburn Argus. | The DAILY CALL is fast gaining ground all | over the ecast. Itleadsin circulation now in | imost all important cities. Every business man in Auburn reads THE CALL. | cmetenpnds | For Clean Journalism. Quincy Independent. The San Francisco CaLL, through its efforts in the line of cleanly journalism, has wrung unwillinizr{buu from its contemporaries by forcing them to observe an approximate de- gree of decency. It came none too soon and still has a large loaf to leaven. Gaining Ground. Alameda Argus. THE CALL is gaining ground all over the coast. It is very perceptibly making headway in Alameda. Its tone is good and its Cali- fornian spirit is worthy of commendation. THE CALL is not deterred from mentioning })uhllc enterprises and their projectors through ear that it may thereby give them a free ad. dWe are glad to chronicle its march up- ward. " A Marvelous Growth. Ellensbarg (Wash.) Capital. In noting the growth of great papers in this country, the San Francisco CALL should not be lost sight of. Under its present manage- ment it has sprung into wonderiul popularity, and deservedly, too, for in its marvelous sro“ th it has maintained a dignity and free- om from sensationalism that commends it to those who want all the news in reliable shape. This THE CALL gives them, and to-day it stands at the head of California newspapers. Gaining Friends Every Day. Woodland Saturday Night. The San Francisco CALL is gaining new friends every day. Itis making a gallant and persistent fight against the funding bill and the people appreciate the fact. Another reason why it is gaining in favor is that it is the only one of San Francisco’s great dailies that sets its type by hand—all the others use machines. The laboring classes honor THE CALL, for it thus provides bread for hundreds of mouths that would otherwise go hungry. In His Way. Summertand Advance. It looks very much as if Huntington would make his funding scheme stick. In spite of his age, Collis is still a pretty good men—in his way. | away trom where I live, so there isnota very | great interest in them. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. A white-haired and white-bearded man, arrayed in & light-colored suit of clothes, and with an Indian hat on his head, arrived at the Occidental yesterday from far over the seas, after an absence of no less than forty-eight years. It was plain tosee that he had come from some mild clime, probably half around the globe. Among the scores of persons in the hotel office he attracted attention. The visitor was James Henley of Vietoria, Australia, and be has a strange history. So queer is it to him that he has come back to try and get his bearings again. He used to Work in the California gold mines, and he wants to breathe the same reireshing air once more. When a youth, he came from England to | Pennsylvania with his father’s family. They | settled near Pittsburg. He remained there | eight years, till 1848, till he caught the gold | tions on the Pacific Coast, In fine weather a ship in distress can help herself, but in bad weather when 1n need of assistance she is out- siae of the line of breakers and lifeboats are inside on shore where they must wait till the Wweather and sea abate before they can go to her assistance; only a practical man knows the impossibility of launching such & boat through the breakers even under ordinary circumstances. A harbor of refuge should be ina place where it could be easily approachable by & sailing vessel of any vessel in distress. Iishould be in a place where a saip could have a chance to recover herseli and get to sea if she should fail to make her port by reason of thick fogs and baffling winds and calm. It should be in a place where s ship would not run a greater risk in approaching it then she is really in. It seems to me that San Pedro is already, by nature, pertially a harbor of refuge, the depih of water, nature of the bottom and reef pro- jeeting from Point Firmin beine important factors in its favor. Santa Catalina and San Clemente islands lie in such a position that Y ,’ r’rh}"‘;/:;’ fl/{//%' v‘! . /v 0 {i ¥ James Henley, a Miner of South Yuba in Absence of Nearly Fifty Years. [Sketched from life by a “Call’* artist.] , 1848, Who Has Returned Here After an fever and came on to Oregon. He stayed there a short time and then came to California. *I mined on the Yuba—the south fork of the Yuba,” said the gentleman, “ana stuck to it for one summer. It was a pleasant place to try for gola, and I did well, getting & good deal of it. “I was pretty well contented till I heard of excitement over in Victoria, Australia. It was another gold furor, and as speedily as I could Igot what few things I bad together and went over there. 1didn’t know whether I would ever get back or not, or what would become of me. “But I did well there, too, and eventually I got into other things. Iengaged in thesheep | and hop business, and succeeded pretty well. 1 also kept mining a little. Inave flourished 50 well that I am satistied. “Prices for all kindsof products have been rather low in Australia, but they are better now. I notice hops are worth only from 5 to 7 cents here, which, it appears to me, isn't | half the cost of raising them. We pay 7 cents | tor picking alone. We employ Chinese and | European labor. i “Politically and industrially Australia is flourishing pretty well. We are through with booms, at least so we hope,as we are thor- oughly convinced they are damaging to the country. The Coolgardie mines are 2000 miles “We raise a great many sheep in my part of Australia. The wool is now worth from 7 pence to & shilling a pound, or, in the money of the United States, from 14 to 24 cents. “‘Now that I am back in California, after an absence of so long & time, I shall see all 1 can ofit, renew my youth and cnjoy myself as much as possible.” GRANDPAP'S OPINION ON MASCOTS. 1 never was much for snoozling Or gushing "bout kids at ail, An’ a thing that sets me crazy 15 jest to hear one of 'em squall. 1 aini go: no use for po'try, Like 1018 of these fellers do— Slush about “Siumberland’’ and the like, An’ “Mother’'s Own G ley Goo!" But I've got oue superstition That 'm never goin’ to chuck, An' tnat’s my firm an’ full beliet That a baby briags good luck! #What's Home Without & Mother?” You see that framed on the wall; Lots o folks got that motter An’ don’t know the meanin’ at all. It means them cold. cheerless housés That chills yer blood right away. AN’ pains yer to see 50 quiet an’ clean, Because there’s no kids in the wi 1t’s llome where children are romping An’ keeping things all in & muck— Rile yer sometimes by the noise they make— But still they brings yer luck! H 've noticed it carefully all of my days, An’ I always found it true, ‘That hard times left when a baby come An’ stayed away when there was two. ‘Think a minute of people you know ‘Who bad things touh at the first, But with the first kid things brightened up Just when they was at the worst. It may be it makes folks kinder all round; It may be it gives yer pluck; But yer picks up heart and the skies get bright, Fer a baby brings good luck! —Puck. HOKE SMITH AND SPEAKER CRISP. That Georgia financial debate starts out as if it is to be for points only.—Washington Post. The Hoke Smith and Speaker Crisp joint de- bate is setting the woods on fire.—Baltimore Herald. 1t is doubtful if ex-Speaker Crisp will be able to change Hoke Smith’s mind again as long as Hoke Smith holds his present job.—New York Press. The Smith-Crisp mouetary debate in Georgia lacks only & brass band and & few more fakirs to turn it into a splendid oue-ring circus,— Philadelphia North American. Don't worry about tornadoes in Georgia. They won’t come this way. It i3 merely the Hoke Smith and ex-Speaker Crisp debate on free silver which is now raising the wind.—Phila- delphia Press. To find the winner in the currency debate between Secretary Hoke Smith and ex-Speaker Crisp, first choose your side of the question. Your side will win, as there is to be no official decision.—Boston Journal. Ex-Speaker Crisp opens his cyclonic free- silver campaign in Georgia with the paralyzing but irrelevant statement that *there is no in- ternational money.” Considering that nobody has ever said that there was any such thing, the force of Mr. Crisp’s observation is not alto- gether clear.—New York Mail and Express. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. SAN PEDRO HARBOR. A MiSTER MARINER Has SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE BANTA MONICA SCHEME. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: I have read with much interest the accounts in your paper of the proposed harbor of refuge for the port of Los Angeles. As & mariner having for twenty yesrs navigated the North Pacific coastwise, I hope s few prac- tical points may be of some benefit to the public. If we are going to have a harbor of refuge let us have it and not one like our life-saving sta- | they | and in piace no one conid te! while they do mot directly shelter San Pedro portially break up the heavy wesierly swell before it reaches San Pedro Harbor. As for Santa Monica Bay or any other bay with bottom and beach of a quicksand nature, it seems to me they are out of the question 8§ place, it is too & harbor of refuge. In the first close in shore for a vessel toap) & breakwater run out in any simply form a peninsula in time, as no tide runs in any straight direction with any foree, and_the by the coust winds would bank up the sand on’ both sides and 6ill up the harbor. When there is quicksand faciug the ground swell of the ocean and no ebb and flow of the tide from any straight direction to kEeF the harbor open 1 what turn the prevailing currents caused 5 the paper-hanger in the mext block ? Have they been trading houses?’ [“Not exactly. They did a lot of work for each other and each bad to take the other’s house for pay.”’—Chi- cago Tribune. PERSONAL. George W. Brome of Mexicois at the Grand. A. C. Bell of the Scots Guards, London, is in the City. W. H. Hatton, the attorney, of Modesto, is at the Lick. Dr. R. W. Prather of Adams Springsis ona visit here. Dr. A. B. Carter of Easton, Pa.,arrived here yesterday. | Mark L. McDonald, the capitalist, of Santa | Rosa, is here. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Spinney of New York are at the Palace. A. Doolittle, 8 mine-owner of Happy Camp, | isin the City. E. L. McKellep, s business man of Carlin, | Nev., is at the Palace. R. B. Canfield, the Santa Barbara capitalist, arrived here yesterday. > C. C. Foster of Cambridge, Mass., {s among | the recent arrivals here. J. L. Hayes, proprietor of Harbin Springs, Lake County, is in town. Dr. J. H. Tebbetts of Hollister was among yesterday's arrival here. Colonel J. J. Nunan of Stockton was among yesterday’s arrivals here. Tyler Beach, proprietor of the St. James | Hotel, San Jose, is at the Russ. Walter M. Taylor of Williamsport, Pa., registered at the Cosmopolitan. J. R. Gage, a merchant of Humboldt County, | is staying at the Cosmopolitan. Dr. F. Cox of Engiand arrived here yester- day on the Mariposa from Australia. | P. H. McDermott, a prominent mining man of Carlisle, New Mex., is at the Rus s. A. G. Campbell, & merchant of Vernon, British Columbia, is & guest at th e Cosmopoli- tan. P. H. Ahrens, agent of the Oceanic Steam- ship Company &t Apia, Samoa, reached here yesteraay. A party of Salt Lake gentlemen, consisting of W. 8. McCormick, C.J. Steedman and W. H. Thomas, are at the Palace. T. P. Payson and W. R. Rosenbone, promi- nent railway men of New York, who have been on an extended tour at the Antipodes, are at the Palace. Thomas Finegan, an old-time resident of San Francisco, & California pioneer, but for sev- erel years past a resident of Honolulu, is at the Cosmopolitan. Julius Hoting, of the firm of F. A. Schaefer & Co., one of the oldest in Honoluly, is at the Occidental en route to Germany. He is accom- panied by his wife and child. . Hon. F. S, 0'Grady, an English gentlemen, who has been for some time at Auckland and who has fallen heir to a large estate in Great Britain, is at the Palace. He came on the Mariposa and is going to claim hjs patrimony. B. R. Sherman, one of the prosperous men of White Sulphur Springs, Mont., isat the Russ. Heownsa large area of land andis exten- sively engaged in raising horses, cattle and sheep. Heis also interested in mining. Mr. Sherman is here largely for pleasure. John Murray Dowie of South Australia was among the passengers here yesterday on the Mariposa and is atthe Palace. He ison his way to Chicago to join hisson, Dr. Dowie, a faith-cure physician, who held some exciting meetings at the old Y. M. C. A. Hall here a few years ago. The elder Dowie is an ardent tem- perance advocate. Passengers by the Mariposa, from Honolulu yesterday, reported that United States Minister Albert 8. Willis h#fl had an auction of a large portion of his household effects a few days before the Mariposa sailed. Also they stated that the suction and the general seiling out ‘was preparatory to the Minister's leaving Hon- sands would take and what the result would be. Inmy opinion, in a short time the harbor and the breakwater would close up and form into one peninsula. C. F.8wax, Master of bark Theobald. San Francisco, April 8, 1896. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. Only a few years ago Rhode Island was reck- oned a doubtful State. Just think of it!—New York Tribune. The increase in the National debt for the month of March was over §5,000,000. And there are eleven months more of Grover.—New York Press, Mr. Reed’s esteemed contemporaries are very generous in offering him the choice between the Vice-Presidency and & New York law prac- tice.—Washington Post. New Hampshire is keown as the “Granite State,” but Speaker Reed never expected it to give him what the slang of the day calls the *‘marble heart.”—Cleveland News and Herald, Reciprocity, subsidies to steamships and a g00d navy are three prerequisites to American control of the markets of the world. Let's have them all as soon 8s possible.—New York Recorder. We can but wish that Republicans would be less uproarious in their conventions. They disturb the Democrats in their solemn de- liberation and doleful meditations.—Syrecuse Standard. The Chicago convention will have no trouble with contesting delegations. On the contrary, the difficulty will be to get cnough there for the doleful aurpose of muking a quorum.—St. Lonis Globe-Democrat. The hardest part of the work for the Ohio statesman has just begun. And this is equally true of all the otner aspirants. A National convention cen’t be controlied or hand:ed before it is held.—New York Advertiser. Governor Morton might have been President if he had lived in Ohio, or somwhere else out- side of the jurisdiction of Messrs. Platt and Reines. As it is,he can continue to be the most amiable statesman of the country and the maker of the best Jersey butter sold in the New York market.—New York World. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio will retire from politics and build a big skating rink in Cincinnati, according to an Ohio paper. XMore than likely he is fitting up & cold storage plant for the the use of his party after the next ,election. Nothing else will keep it until another campaign.—Minneapolis Tribune. The McKinley managers seem to have started their horse at too high a rate of speed, for he is not keeping up the pace now. He shows signs of weariness. The gap between him and his rivals is not as great as it was. They started out less brashly, but may turn out to have more bottom.—Chicago Tribune. Governor Bradley received .the indorsement of the Lancaster (Ky.) Republicans in his Pres- idential aspirations. The Governoris a good man, with & backbone capable of enduring a heavy strain, and if he can get thirty ot forty States other than Kentucky to indorse his ¢can- didacy he can win with both hands down.— Philadelphia Inquirer. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Swellington (at the soiree)—I wonder if that plain woman over there is really trying to flirt with me? Coaler (politely)—I can easily find out, sir, by asking her. She’s my wife.—London Tit- Bits. Tom—Father, what did you say to mother ‘when you proposed ? Mr. Atherton—I'm blest if I know, Tom. All Iremember of that conversation is the “Yes"” that your mother said.—Somerville Journal. “What's the difference between apoetand a poet laureate?® “The poet laureate gets paid for his poetry.”—Chicago Record. Mother —Come, Fritzel, why are you so naughty to-day, just when auntie is paying us 8 visit? Fritz—'Cause auntie told me thatif I wasa good boy she would sing for us this evening.— Humoristische Blztter. “Do you believe in reincarnation?” “‘Not much.” “Well, 1do. Isaw a horse shy at ababy carriage this morning, and I'll bet he was Bill Jones. Bill had fourteen when he died.”— Exchange. “What's this I hear about the plumber and olulu at an early date, on Lis permanent re- turn to the United States. John Henry, ex-Treasurer of Tasmania, isat the Occidental, accompanied by a few friends. He is en route tothe East and England. Mr. Henry is quite wealthy. He has been many years in Tasmania and is identified with mining, livestock growing and other industries, He has slso occupied & number of positions under the Government and is said to have been one of the most efficient of the members of the Tasmania Cabinet. M. H. Van Bereh, formerly of Rochester, N, Y. rived here yesterday on the M ariposa, aftecfifteen years’absence in Australia. He went out to Melbourne originally &s the agent of a hop bitters manufactory, but became inter- ested eventually in many other things. He is prominent in racing and was a member of the committee of the Victorian Club, which is the largest betting tribunal in the country and controls the betting of all Australasia. Hels new on his way to his old home. For three or four years he has been out of active business. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 9.—Among the Tecent arrivalsare: At the Murray Hill, K. Kel- logg, D. A. Goodsell; Imperial, A. M. Meinrath, C.K. Page; Broadway Central, J. F. L. Rod- gers; St. Cloud, J. C. Adams. THE FASHIONABLE SLEEVES. Our group shows a tight sleeve with draped puffs and a leg-o'-mutton tight and wrinkled | below the elbow. Smaller sleeves are no longer a mere rumor; they have materialized in some of the spring gowns, and though they are stylish, pretty and becoming, they will not completely rout the larger shapes till the fall, for the full sleeve is too comfortable for summer wear to be dis- carded at this season. But the women who wishes to keep abreast, or ahead, rather, of the fashions will have at least one pair in her best gown, probably. & The close-ntted sleeve, with full but short draped puff, is the finest model. It is made of one or two fabries. One scen was of green and blue Dresden silk, with the puff of blue canvas cloth matching the waist and skirt. Ancther was entirely of the silk of which the gown was make. Eleeves with a close linin, fabric is wrinkied below th ite style for the sprin fabrics look best lmlus taffetas and the thinner made after this model. leg-o’-mutton shape. —_— PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. The German Emperor has bought two enormous bronze gates, which formed part of the exhibit in the German building at the Chicago World’s Fair. & over which the e elbow are a favor- and summer. Thin in this manner, but woolen fabrics are The lining is a small | inches. the South. She will sail for England the latter part of April, to be present at the annual meet- ing of the British Woman’s Temperance Asso- ciation. She will then yisit Norway. —_— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CosT OF THE PALACE—C. C. L., City. The cost of the Palace Hotelin this City was$3,250,000. THE Lick House—N. H., Santa B’rblfl, Cal. The Lick House was opened in 1862 by Tubbs & Patten. PARNELL'S DEATH: . P., Menlo Park, Cal. Charles Stewart Parnell died at Brighton on the 6th of October, 1891. LouBARD-STREET WHARF—J. C., City. If you mean the Lombard-street wharf that was built in early days, that was builtin 1854. Drxey-IpEAL WonMaN—J. H., City. The h;i;zh: f He: E. Dixey, the actor, is given as 5 feet 3m’3n§§f that o(yme ideal woman is 5 feet 6 ARMOR PraTes—J. J. K., City. The United States can furnish all the armor pl“e; nefded for her war vessels, but there may be times when they cannot pe furnished es rapldly as contractors wou!d like to have them. THE CoLoNIES—461, Oakland, Cal. The I:h\g. lish colonies bear their own expenses. When the revenue is under the expenses the home | Government makes a loan to the colony need- ing funds. THE INcoME-TAX Bii—C. C. L, City. The income-tax bill, which was declared uncon- stitutional, became & law on the 28th of Au- gust, 1894, without the signature of President Cleveland. THE SEIGNTORAGE BrLi—C. C. L., City. The seigniorage bill was vetoed by President Cleve- land March 30, 1894: on the 4th of April it failed to pass over his veto by a vote of 144 ayes to 114 noes, lacking the two-thirds ma- | jority vote required by 28 votes. IMBECILES—A. S., City. The law of this State says that no case of idiocy, imbecility or simple feeble-mindeaness shall be maintained in any of the asylums for the insane in this State. There is a home for feeble-minded children at Eldridge, Sonoms County. Write to Dr. Osborne, superintendent at that place, for information about the home. There are private institutions where imbeciles are taken care of, but this department cannot advertise these. CALIFORNTA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's.* o GENUINE eyeglasses, specs, 15 to 40c., at 813§ Fourth (note number). Sundays open 9 to12.* —————————— EPECIAL informaiion daily to mgun:n}w-x; business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. ——————— Woman of the Revolution—And then we opened some wine. Woman of the Reaction (reproachfully)— How could you ? Woman of the Revolution—Oh, we pushed the corks into the bottles. «I mAVE fourd Hoods Pills unequaled. I always keep them fn the house and recommend themto my friends.” Mrs. Vernon Upton, 733 Pine st., San Francisco, Cal. —————————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’’ Has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their children white Teething with perfect suc- cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Boweis and is the best remedy for Diarrhaas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Drug- gists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winsiow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. — > o NORTHERN PACIFIC WEEKLY OVERLAND EX- CURSIONS leave San Francisco and Sacramente every Tuesday evening. Take the Northern Pas cific to all points East. Lowest rates to Minne- sotaand Dakota points. Upholstered tourist-cars, Pullman paiace sud dining cars on all trains. Two fast through traios daily; time to Chicago short~ ened six hours. For tickets and information call onT. K. Stateler, 638 Market street, San Francisco. B CoBONADO.—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 $250 perday. Apply 4 New Moulgomery st an Francisco. T e e «I write for future generations,” saia Quil. pen. *Very well, then,” replied the publisher, “let fature generations pay for what they get.”—Boston Transcript. NEW TO-DAY. ONEY SAVING PRICES Money-Saving Dishes. S MONEY SAVERS. Lunch Buckets, Coffee Pots, Cream Pitchers, Oatmeal Bowls, Custara Cups, Spooners, FPlates, Dairy Pans, Hand Basins, oc esch or 6 1or 25¢. 1 OcC MONEY SAVERS. Berry Dishes, Milk Pails, Meat Dish, Dish Pans, Mustard Pots, Vegetable Dish, Salad Dish, 10c each or 3 for 25¢c. TEA SETS. Pieces complete for 12 Persons Pure White, Delicate Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decorations. 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