The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one vear, by mail.... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 8.00 Daily and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday Cav, one month, by matl.. .65 Bunday CaLL, one year, by mal 1.50 WERKLY CALL, one year, by mail 1.50 THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the couniry ona vacation * If #0, 1t is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given o the carrier or left ai Business Office will Tecelve prompt attention. NO EXTEA CHARGE. BUSINE’S_S OFFICE : 710 Market Stre ia. ..Maln—186% San Francisco, Californ! DO phone; i S e EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone........ Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 8:30 o'clock. SW . corper Sixteenth and llission streets; open wntil 9 ccl 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Minil street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. Row, New York City. Special Agent. DAVID M. FOLTZ, BATURDAY ... MAY 16, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. [ ————————— M. Scott—he’s all right. Asfor Irving To the Union Iron Works we point with pride. It is time to be making ready for the glorious Fourt The Oregon’s record will stand supreme until we build a Californ Under the Junta Democratic harmony seems to be a tinkling cymbal and sound- ing brass. 1t is weli understood now that patriotism means protection and prOKCCliOfl means prosperity. Seehi As there iz a Secretary of the Inrterior in the Cabinet why not a Secretary of the Pacific Coast? em will be a vanity so fer nuisance remains a Our streetea long 2s the tr: vexation of spirit. The stream of prospernty will never flow easily in this country until we get rid of the Democratic debris. Wherever you hear sounds of enthusi asm in thes» deys vou know that Republi- going to be some prediction bureaus sold cheap enough for firewood. Now that we have the Oregon afloat per- haps we can induce those Eastern fellows to quit calling us a mining camp. Tire Prohibitionists have made their platform bigger, but it Dy NO mesns cer- tain they will get more people on it. We may now expect Eastern ship- buiiders to assert a belief that the Oregon’s course was measured by a California yarn, If theappropriation bill proves to be big enough to provoke a Cleveland veto and then override it the country will be pleased. 1f tbe Populists succeed in swallowing anything as long as the Omaha platform they might as well teke a giraffe for a party emblem. The only thing the peovle have to fear in the proposal to renominate Cleveland is that the old humbug may be too cun- ning to accept it. The lack of a late reference to the Mec- Kinley cabinet affords presumptive evi- dence that the Democratic lyre broke a string on the first strain. If you wish to preach protection elo- quently in this campaign begin to practice it now by helving to make San Francisco & market for home products. It is about as easy to get through the eye of an needlie as to transfer at Market and Powell streets, but the bosses ride in carriages and they don’t care. The whole Nation may be prond of the Oregon, but it should not be allowed to forget that «he was built by Pacific Coast MORTON'S ADDRESS. The address delivered by Secretary Mor- ton at the Board of Trade rooms on Thurs- day emphasized one of the important fea- tures of the present condition of the fruit industry of the State. The amount of fruit grown in the United States is so large that much of it under prevailing condi- tions must seek a foreign market. Inthose markets the best fruit will bring the best prices and in the end the poorer fruit will be driven out altogether. It isthereforea matter of concern to our orchardists that the fruit sent abroad should be of the best quality, well picked and well packed. Without care in this regard the excellence of our fruit may go for nothing, while with care we may become the purveyorsof the luxuries of the world. ‘While there can be no dispute as to the value of the counsel given by the Secre- tary it will not escape the notice of intel- ligent men that he has regarded the sub- ject from the standpoint of a free-trader. To him the foreign market is everything. He has not stopped to consider that under better conditions the home market of the United States could readily consume all the fruit products of California at prices much above those which prevail in Eu- rope. The bias ot the Secretary is clearly shown in a letter to the Eraminer, pub- lished yesterday, in which hesaid: “Those periods during which prices are high have been generally cal'ed good times, but the economic millennium will be when all hu- manity is oftenest fed and best clothed at tue smallest possible cost to each indi- vidual.” There is something enticing in the sug- gestion of & millennium when fooa and clothing can be had at the least possible cost, but that millennimin prevails in the tropic islands at this time. The resultis the people of those islands are satisfied with bananas and a breech clout. They do no work, They make no progress. That is not the social condition Ameri- cans aspire to. We prefer a living that is not so cheap. High prices, good wages, work, enterprise and progress are our ideals. That is the political economy this country proposes to practice after having experienced the disasters which even a comparatively slight step in the other direction bas brought upon all the indus- tries and horres of the country. It is undoubtedly well for us to follow the Secretary’s advice in sending well- | packed fruit to the foreign market, but that is not the most important step to be | taken in the development of our fruit industry. What is most needed in Cali- fornia at this time is a completer manu- facture of the finished products of fruit and a completer control not only of the home, but even of the local market. While we are importing glace fruits and fine conserves from France, jams, jellies and preserves from Eng- land and marmalades from Scotland, the possession of th2 foreign market for raw fruit is of less concern to usthan the estab- lishment of fruit-preserving factories at home. Under a thorough system of protection that would revive industry, employ labor, raise wages, stimulate enterprise and jus- tify the increase of manufactured goods, the California fruit-grower would bave a better market at home than he can hope for in Europe. High wages, high prices and the fuil manufacture of our raw mate- rial are the things to be sought. It sounds well to speak of California as the purveyor of luxuries to the world, but we woutd prefer to send those luxuries forth in a tinished form rather than send them abroad as raw fruit at 5 cents a pound and have 10 buy them back as delicaciesat ffty times that sum. THE OREGON. The performance of the battie-ship Ore- gon on her trial trip proves that the United | States leads the world in war-vessel build- | ing, and that in San Francisco is located | the Jeadin: shipyard of the Nation. An average speed of 16,78 and a maximum of 17.08 knots an hour reveals the fact to | naval “officers evervwhere that America’s | great battle-ship yard is not only in Cali- fornia, but that the science of war-vessel construction is known and understood here better than anywhere else. In these days of heavyarmament and steam-propelling power speed is the second Limportant element in a naval conflict. Guns are, of course, the death-dealing agoncy, but when a ship’s epeed enables it to maneuver rapidly its power of attack and defense is greatly strengthened. It is in this that the Oreson excels. Its ability to outsail an enemy is an advantage which a naval officer can appreciate more than any one else. But it is the patriotic and the moral effect of the Oregon’s unrivaled record that is most valuable, it almost annibilates the obstructions of time and distance, and, theoretically, locates San Francisco upon all the coasts of the country, for the whole country must feel stronger and safer now that it has been demonstrated by practical tests that the Pacific Coast is fully equipped energy and Pacific Coast skill. Secretary Morton was right in saying much of our fruit must seek a foreign mar- ket, but all the same we must make the home market safe by a good protective teriff. Many Democratic State conventions have been held this spring, but none of them bave given Cleveland a chance to announce that he is not a candidate for renomination. THE SUNDAY CALL of to-morrow will furnish the best family reading that can be had anywhere for the price, but to make sure of getting it you must leaye orders to-day. The proposed festival may or may not oceur, but the Fourth of Julyis sure to come and we should arrange for a celebra- tion of it that will be worthy of the City and the occasion. Indiana Democrats might as well quit shouting for Claude Matthews and save their breath for somebody else. No man named Claude will ever be elected Presi- dent of the United States in these anti- dude days. According to the way some people figure the Republican candidates for President and well gualified to respond to the de- mands of the Nation should the country be involved in war, And, too, Californians have the right to glory in the enviable reputation which the State’s metropolis has acquired in this great achievement, not only because San Fruncisco’s shipbuilders bave the facilities, the skill and the determination to secure them first place, bui because the yard from which the magnificentOregon sailed away fo beat the world’s record is wholly and altogether a California industrial institu- tion. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. The river and harbor bill, which kas passed the Senate, provides for the ex- penditure of over $4,500,000 in improving the waterways and harbors of California. This may be considered a very generous appropriation, for some of it is for pre- limivary work and would seem to mean further appropriations, equal to the re- quirements of the several localities. It is especially pleasing to see that the bill sets apart the sum of $250,000 to be used in pro- tecting the Sacramento and Feather rivers by the construction of restraining barriers, This work will be in a large measure under the direction of the California Debris Com- mussion, and those interested in hydraulic mining will have no reason to complain, it and Vice-President both wili be nominated before the 8t. Louis convention meets, in which case there will be a svlendid oppor- tunity to turn it into the largest ratifica- tion meeting this country every dreamed of. AT There were 238 failures in the United Btates for the week ending May 9, as against 227 for the corresponding week of last year, being an increase of 11, while in Canada, for the same periods. there was 8 decrease of 10, but then the Canadians are not operating under a Democratic tariff. S ey According to Admiral Walker if we should put every ship-building factory in the country to working at full blast in the construction of warships it would take the United States seven years to get a navy equal to that of Great Britain, and it would seem time, therefore, for us to set about making the thing a little more even. is safe to say, about the way the money is expended. While the bill does not provide for all therivers and harbors whose improvement would be 'advantageous to California’s commercial interests, it is, on the whole, a good bill and one for which the people of California have a Republican Congress to thank. Internalimprovements are looked upon as essential to the good of the coun- try by the Republican party, and when the entire administration of the affairs of the Nation shall pass to that party Cali- fornia will have no occasion to complain because of neglect or indifference on the part of the Washington Government. In this connection it is well to call the attention of the people of California to the fact that they will have to look to the Re- publican party for whatever they may want in the way of public improvements, It is not now nor has it ever been the policy of the Democratic party to under- take great enterprises for the betterment of the facilities of commercial operations, and there is no reason whatever to believe that were that party to be returned to power it yould permit a dollar to be ex- pended in river, harbor or any ot.l_ler im- provements for the accommodation or protection of the people’s trade and indus- trial interests. California wants facilities for trade expaasion, and it is of the utmost importance to every line of busi- ness and industry that they be secured without unnecessary delay. “THE SUNDAY CALL. Some old-timers hereabouts will be in- terested and amused to read a hitherto unpublished chapter of Mark Twain’s career in the mines, as it will appear in to-morrow’s CALL. There will be a great many other good things in to-morrow’s issue, all prepared specially for THe CALL and properly illus- trated. For instance, George Francis Train’s companion in his trip around the world will present another sparkling paper on the subject, this one dealing with an odd occurrence in Japan. “Miss Russell’” will have a number of new and instructive things to say con- cerning the treatment of horses’ ailments. Another chapter in the serieson “The Young Athlete” will be found full of valu- able hints from a writer thoroughly in- formed on the subject. Artists and others will be interested in an exhaustive paper on the “Spring Exhi- bition in New York.” “The King of the Pearl-Fishers” will tell some of the strange secrets of his craft. W. C. Morrow will have a story entitled “The Kidnaping of Master John,” peing a strong study in pathos. A daring plan devised for navigating the Green and Colorado rivers will be set forth in detail. An idea of how houses were shipped around the Horn in early days will be furnished in an article describing one of the most interesting of the old houses in the State. An extraordinary case of arrested de- velopment now existing in San Francisco will be set forth. Those are a few of the special features. The departments will be equally attrac- tive. The excellence of the children’s | page under the management of Mary W. | Richards has already attracted the atten- tiou of the public. Music, the drama, society, the fashions, arts and sciences, ana all the rest will be found full of in- terest. Eastern people who want to learn some- thing abont California are slways de- lighted to receive THE SuxpAY CALL from their friends. BIMETALLISM. Bimetallists advocate a monetary svstem that shall employ both gold and silver as the standard money of the country be- cause there is not enough gold to meet the business operations of the world, and for that and for no other reason do they de- mand the remonetization of silver. Gold itself proves every day that it is inade- quate by widening trade balances, which is but another way of saying that in ratio to the inability of gold money to supply the needs of commerce are the commodi- ties of commerce depreciated in their market value. Every seller of commodi- ties knows this to be true by experience. Goid monometallists are trving very | bard to convince the people that the main- tenance of the parity of the two metals, with equal purchasing and redemption power, would be 2 commercial and finan- cial impossibility, but the people will not be so convinced. The history of the coun- try prior to 1873 and their own good common-sense tells them that the reason- ing of the gold stand®rdites is that of the money-lender, the mortgage-broker and the bond-owner. Perbapsthe most deeply rooted of the politicai tenets of the real wealth-makers of this country is their un- qualified belief in a monetary system that shall make gold and silver the standard of value without discrimination against either metal. Since the slaughter of silver, political economists and statisticians tell us, the average depreciation in the value of those things which the great wage and farming class produce, inciuding wages, has been about 45 per cent. But land-rents, dwell- ing-house rents, cost of travel, strestcar fares, interest on money ana the thousand and one other things that are controlled by corporations, money-lenders and rent- gatherers have suftered no such loss; and why have they not? The answer is found in the restricted volume of standard money which is the natural as well as the intended consequence of driving the silver dollar out of its legitimate piace as gold’s companion in the country’s monetary system. The goldites tell us that the Government has coined more silver dollars since 1873 than ip the whole previous iifetime of the country, which is true, but they omit to say that by the act of demonetizing silver provisions were made to make the silver dollar a token dollar, redeemable in gold, thus forcing gold monometallism upon an unsuspecting people. But for the fact that gold is pledged to redeem our silver dollars they would not pass for more than about 50 cents. They were boldly, un- ceremoniously and surreptitiously reduced to their bullion value when the right was conferred upon them to be full dollars just 8o long as it snits the conspirators to re- deem them in gold money, but not a min- ute longer. In order to keep silver wholly dependent upon gold for recognition as money Sec- retary Carlisle grants the exclusive right of option to the Government's creditors. That is to say, the creditor of the Govern- ment is given the right to designate the kind of money he wants kLis claim paid in, and naturally he takes gold, because the Government itself recognizes only gold as the ultimate redemvtion money of the country, thus belittling all other kinds. Now, all that is required to make both silver and gold the standard money of the Nation is for the Government to reserve the right to pay claims agamnst it in which- ever metal, goid or silver, it may elect to pay in. That would be the Government's admission that it held one kind in just as high esteem as the otherand that it would not be forced to discriminate agaiust either by any creditor. Then open the mints to both metals without discrimina- tion or favoritism. That would give the country bimetallism pure, simple and honest. The Illinois statute against bucket-shop wheat brokers has been knocked to pieces by Juage Horton of Chicago, on the ground that bucket-shops do the same business as the Board of Trade, and that the law can- not forbid the one while allowing the other. He addeqd: “While I believe per. sonally that itis all nothing but gambling, the law allows it and the courts are power- less.” = A tariff that will shut out the products of pauper labor and an immigration law that will shut out the pauper laborer him- self is what the Republican party proposes to enact for the protection of the American home, but what does Democracy promise? AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Alexander P. Brown, a wealthy, retired manufacturer of Philadelphia and for a long time conspicuous in the Republican party in the Quaker City, is at the Occidental, having just returned from a visit to the grave of Bishop Heber. He is an experienced traveler, and on pre- vious trips to Europe and other parts of the world has written much for the American papers that has attracted attention. Mr. Brown spent the winter in India, and also put in several weeks on the island of Cevlon. Thence he went to China and Japan, where he put in several mouths more. “In India, where there are 300,000,000 peo- ple,’" he said, “the average price of labor is only 5 or 6 cents a day. In Japan tne best by the Supreme Court in favor of this city, has been several times referred to mistakenly as the “drummer’s” license case by some of the Ban Francisco newspapers, but the very pro- vision under which Haskell was successfully prosecuted specifically excepts in terms ail persons from its operation who transact busi- ness with merchants or sell to the trade. The ordinence provides for a license from itinerant merchants or peddlers doing business with the consumers of the articles they vend, but excepts from its operation all classes of business transacted with the merchants, and in no manner or form includes or refers to any class of commercial travelers, or “drummers,” selling by sample or otherwise to the mer- chants of Chico. On the contrary, every en- couragement is and has always been extended to this class of business people, both by the ordinances of the city and the accepted policy of business in Chico.” The authorities and the business people of the city have alwaysand &till do recognize the fact that it ischeaper and Alexander P. Brown, Who Has Just Returned From a Visit to the Grave of the Immortal Bishop Heber. [Sketched from life by a “Call” staff artist.] skilled labor is but from 12 to 15 cents a day. “I eaw in Ceyion, in the city of Camda, the native brick-layers working all day for helf a rupee, or about 13 or 14 cents. “Ilooked ut the walls and they were of the same width and laid as well s in Phila- delphia, where I paid recently §5 a day for | each 714 hours’ work. “I could not see any difference in the brick- laying, yet the difference between 13 to 14 cents for a day’s work of twelve hours and $5 for 7}3 bours’ work is enormous. I don’t know t to think of the matter of labor. “From whatI saw in Japan I became con- vinced that the talk about invasions of cheap Japanese gocds was largely & bugbear, yet it looked to me as though such contrasts in the prices of labor could not endure, It seems to me that certain kinds of American labor must come down. “Speaking of Ceylon it may not be generally known tbatthe body of Bishop Herber lies buried there. Heber, who was the author of the immortal hymn beginning ‘Blow soft on Ceylon’s isle, wes a missionary there over years ago and died there. visited his grave at Camda and shall never forget the place. The isle of Ceylun, by the way, is ideal. It is a most charming place, and the breezes that blow are soft and en- trancing, and altogether the island is a sort ot heaven upon earth.” All day long, with sj Toll I for her sake: She is where the roses throng— L where thunders break ess cily’s marts But a ruinbow’s round my heart! For I sing: *The day will die— Toil wiil s00n be past Lead me home at last ! Home, beneath the tranguil skies, Where she waits with wistful eyes. “Home! where Jove i5 kindest—best, Where the hearth is bright: Home! where sweetly on my breast Fall her curls of light ! Home! from all the world beguiled By the kiss of a child " FRANK L. BTANTON. LADY'S BELTED BLOUSE. The belted blouse is one of the season’s nov- elties. Itis made for spring wear of any ma- tericl of wool, from cheviot to mohair. The latter fabric being the most popular of any, is a sensible choice, for itis moderately cool and thus serves for the summer as well. These waists are designed for street wear without ajacket. One of blue mobair with skirt to match had gidt butlons set on the top of each hox pleat and was worn witha gilt belt. A collar of while and yeliow striped rib- bon finished the neck. A brown chevint serge was neatl with turnover collar and cuff of batiste. Separate waists of slik after this model make 8 dressy costume with a kirt of mohair or silk. Handsome buttons of mock gems are used to adorn the pleats, and spangled or gem-studded belts are worn. The weist may be varied by leaving off the skirt portion, which is cut separate, and may be put on & separate band and worn at will. Waists of homespun, linen and brown Hol- lands, with skirts of the same, make an all- aroung useful ccstume for summer. The waist hooks under the center pleatin front, the lining being fastened separate at the same place. The lining back is fitted with the 80ods in one piece, The peplnm or skirt por- ton is cut separate and sewn to the waistor on a band, LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. NO DRUMMERS' LICENSE REQUIRED Chico Merchants Wwill Extend a Hearty Welcome to Commer- cial Travelers, To the Editor of the San Francisco Cail—SIR: For the information of commercial men doing business with the merchants of the towns and cities of Northern Californis, I desire to that there is not now and never has been a license required of commercial men. doing business with the merchants of Chico. The prosecution of one Haskell for violating the license ordinance of Chico, recently decided trimmed lax-colored more convenient to have the wholesale busi- nesses of the principal trade centers brought to their places of business at home than to take numerous business trips to San Franciseo whenever anything is needed in stock. No commercial traveler has ever been asked to pay a license of any kina or class in Chico, no such license has ever been paid, and there has never been an ordinance of the city provid- ing for suct. a license. F. C. WILLIAMS, President of the Board of Trustees, Chico, May 14, 1896. NOT A SILVER DEMOCRAT. John P.Irish Says That He Has Always Antagonized Every Froposition Looking to Free Silver. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In your notice of a pamphlet recently issued to show past standing of various Democrats on the silver question, it is stated that I wasa delegate to the Fresno convention of 1892 and supported the free-silver plank in the plat- form. I was not a delegate to that convention. It is true that I appeared briefly on a proxy from Placer County for a certain specific pur- pose relating to the unit rule for the control of the delegation to the National Convention. 1 sent to Congress 8 protest against the first Bland act for free silver in 1878, and have con- sistently antagonized every proposition look- ing to free silver, 8 change in_our standard money and the debasement of our currency ever since. I have not hesitated to oppose the local plat- form of my party on that subject as I opposed its protective tariff plank in 1886. The propo- sition of the silver men is npfiud to every principle of Democrecy and snubs every tradi- tion of the party. It cannot be made a Demo- cratic principle by the declaration of a con- vention. Principles make parties; parties do not make principles. Very truly, JoHX P. IRISH. San Francisco, May 15, 1896. THE BEST TWO. From Charles Gloeckner, Healdsburg, Cal. 1 will do all I can for the Rural Press—clean, nice, best paper, THE WEEKLY CALL excepted —the best two papers I ever took. Wishing you luck and prosperity as you deserve. CURRENT HUMOR. A young man took his watch to a jeweler and asked the reason of its stopping. “Well,”” said the jeweler, “there is a bedbug init.” “Why, how could a bedbug get in 8 watch?'’ “Easily enough,” said the jeweler. “It went in between the ticks.”—Hennessy (O. T.) Press- Democrat, Mr. Henvec—Do you see anything wrong with this hat? His Friend—No. Why? Mr. Henpec—Well, when I wear that hat my wie is always kicking at it. His Friend--Well, it's plain she wants you to get her a position in the ballet.—Puck. The poster girls have scarlet eyes And yellow cheeks and purple hair, ‘With brownish ears and greenish lips, In tints outre beyond compare. ‘The poster girls are gaunt and queer, With ghostlike wais:s and ghoulish feet— Such ghastly hands and arms—oh, dear, What do the poster maidens eat? —Chicago Record. The o0ld family eat awoke from a nap before the fire and stretched himself in & manner common to cats, Margie looked at him with distended eyes. “My doodness!” she exclaimed. *I dessze tat’s doin’t boil over.”—Judge. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Queen Natalie of Servi: the most beau- tiful teeth of any royal personage in the world. Count Tolstoi receives letters in four or five languages, and always replies in that in which be is addressed. General Sir Michael Anthony Shrapnel Bid- dulph, the new gentleman usher of the Black Rod, forgot his official speech in Parliament the other day, Mrs. George Gould’s tiara, which she has Just received from & London maker, cost $80,- 000, and is said to be oneof the finest speci- mens of the jeweler’s art in America. Zola's enemies are preparing an anthology of the objectionable words and phrases in his works, to be presented to the French Academy Wwhen he next offers himself as a candidate. The daughter of General Hippolyte, the lately deceased President of the Haytian Re- public, is at present in Paris for the purpose of perfecting herself in the French language. The Empress Frederick of Germany will spend & large part of the next two years in England. Bhe will become, it is said, the tenant of Ditton Park, the late Duke of Bueccleugh's beautiful old place near Windsor, now belonging .o Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, commander-in- chief of the British army, expresses the opinion that “the man who believes that the time is coming when there will be no wars is a dan- gerous dreamer—especially dangerous if he happens to hold a public position.” Ernest T. Hargrove, the newly elected presi. dent of the Theosophical Society, belongs toan old English famiiy. One of his ancestors was General Hargrove, once Governor of Gibraltar, and his mother wi descendant of Sir Martin Frobisher, the famous nayigator. Miss Lydia Bradley of Peoria, 1ll., who has already given that city a hospital, a home for aged women, & church, and a park of 145 acres, has delared her intention of immediately erecting & polytechuic institute, which, with its endowments and appurtenances, will rep- resent a cost of $1,000,000. PERSONAL. C. 0. Alkine of Riverside reached here yes- terda; C. H. Benedict, 8 mining man of Denver, is in the City. Dr.P. Frank of North Yakima, Wash.,isa visitor here. C. F. Bassett leaves to-day fora trip to Cen- tral Nevada. C. W. Shryock of Spokane is stopping at the Cosmopolitan. ‘W. E. Robinson, a business man of Missouls, Mont., is at the Palace. J. L. Mand of the State Bureau of Highways, Sacramento, is in the City. W. M. Gray and family of Portland, Or., are registered at the Cosmopolitun. N. Schinsicheld of Aix la Chapelle, Germany, isarecent arrival at the Palace. Lieutenant C. A. Clarke of the United States steamer Thetis is at the Baldwin. Henry Avilla, ticket agent at the Fresno depot, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan. Robert F. Pennell, superintendent of the Btate Normal School at Chico, is at the Grand, J. A. Nangle of Guaymas, manager of the So- nora Railroad, is here on a brief business and pleasure trip. Charles Gallagher and wife are guests at the Cosmopolitan. Mr. Gallagher isan extensive cattle-raiser of Texas. W. R. Sebine, a business man of Caldwell, Idaho, on the Oregon Short Line near Boise, is among recent arrivals. Dr. C. W. Aby of Los Angeles, formerly man. ager of Mrs, Langtry’s ranch in Lake County, was among yesterday’s arrivals. l Ex-Governor J. H. Kinkead of Nevada, who has been at one of the nearby resorts for a few days past, is again in the City and is registered at the Palace. H. Button and family of Portland, Or., are stopping at the Cosmopolitan. Mr. Button is alife-insurance man and expects to locate per- manently in California. The Rev. William H. Scudder, who formerly preached in this City, but who for the last four years has been in the East, has returned here &nd will preach in Oakland to-morrow. Jares Clark, who is interested in opal and sapphire mines in Queensiand, is here en route to Eurcpe. He says his mines promise great things and he shows every confidence in them. He has brought specimens of both sapphires and ovals with him. The Baron Curio of Italy, a red-mustached, fierce-visaged nobleman, who came here via the Orient & few days 8go, accompanied by Mario Rocca, a gifted suthor, took his de- parture yesterday. The Baron has gone to see Chicago and like places. Among the visiting passenger agents niow here is A. D. Charlton of Portland, general | Western passenger agent of the Northern Pa- cific Railroad, who is at the Palace. He says thouch it is generally admitted to pe very dull in Oregon and Washington his road is do- ll:g 100 per cent more business this year than st Bishop D. L. Nidler of the Dunkard Chureh, | the most eloquent orator and prolific writer in the Dunkara organization, has been in the City for the past few days. He has just com- | pleted a tour of the world in the interest of | his church. The Bishop has been about a year | abroad and is now on his way to New York. He left last night for Los Angeles, where he will mak a short stay. The Rev. P. J. Jeram, formerly of Eden Col- ony, Meudocino County, August Erz and F. S. Potis have been for a few days in the San Joa- quin Valley looking over lands for & large Ger- man colony. They want at least 30,000 acres. | They have examined lands at Fresno and also 45,000 acres in Kings County. C.S. Young, right-of-way agent of the Valley road, is with them. N, H.Lang of this City met them last night at Lathrop to show them certain lands in the Sacramento Valley. Miss Rehan arrived here last night on a special train, accompanied by the followng members of Mr. Daly’s company from Daly’s Theater: James Lewis, Edwin Stevens, Edwin Varrey, Robert Bosworth, Frederick Truesdell, George Clark, Hobart Gresham, Willism Sampson, Henry Gunson, Sidney Herbert, Charles Richman, John Craig, William Hazel- tine, George Wharnock, Robert Shepard, Mrs. G. M. Gilbert, Miss Maude Winter, Miss Sybil Carlisle, Miss Marie St. John, Miss Helina Nel- son, Miss May Young. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.—At the Hoff- man, S. P. Ely; Holland, Miss Rose, Miss Crockett. Sailed per steamship Saale for Bremen, via Southampton, N. Diers, Miss Rosa Fuller, Mrs. Colombie Brustie. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. FAIR'S YACHT—F. M., San Pedro, Cal. The g{)lsce of the gasoline yacht buiit for Fair was JEWISH MESSENGER—G. D. S., Forbestown, Butte County, Cal. The Jewish Messenger is published iu the city of New Yerk, =THE VICE-PRESIDENT—A. §., Christine, Men- docino County, Cal. The mame of the Vice- President of the United States is Adlai E. Stevenson. NEW YORK ScHOoLs—H. C,, City. In the city of New York there are 48 primary schools, 102 grammar schools. 4 evening high schools, 16 eveningschools for males, 11 evening schools for females and 1 normal college, THE TRAINING SCHOOL—E. A. 8., Sacramento, Cal. Up to this time nothing has been done in the matter of establishing the training school on Goat Island. As soon as anything is done it will be noticed in THE CaLr. Two Smips—A. 8., City, The ship Roanoke was built at Bath, Me., in 1892. Haer gross tonnage is 8539, net 3400, length 811.2, breadth 49.2, depth 20.2. The May Flint (ex- Persian Monarch) was built at Dumbarton, Scotland. Her gross tonnage is 3428, net 3288, length 350.8, breadth 42.8, depth 27.9. FEBRY To CLIFF—S,, City. The distance trom the ferry landing at the foot of Market street to the Cliff House in an air line is 31,680 feet, and along Market street from the ferry to Geary, out Geary to Point Lobos avenue and out the avenue, the most direct route, the dis- gage 1: 3‘;5.5.8110 Teet. Btyh x“::e air line it is six S An out one-third, and by t designated six miles and about lav:n:ieg‘l‘ft‘lllf EMERALD IsLE— M. O'C., City. The term “Emeraid Isle” was first applied to Ireland by Dr. William Drenna, who lived from 1753 to 1820. He was the author of “Erin Grendal- foch,” in which he used that name. ‘When Erin first arose from t! ‘God blessed the 1SIanG. ho said s way bn, 100 The emerald of Kurope, it sparkled, it shone In the ring of the world, the most precious stone, Arm of Erin, prove strong, b And, upiified tu strike, Enu"é."r'i.‘i}'"t': Let no feeling of vengeance presume ‘The cause or the men of the Emerl'f:m THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION—A. J. 8,, City, and others. Accounts of the assassination of Abraham Lingoln and information relative to Mrs. Surratt may be found in the following: “Assassination of Lincoln,” by R. §. Collum, United Service Magazine, vol. 1, page 157; ““Assassinatlon of Lincoln,” by J. Speed, North American Review, 147, page 314; “New Facts About Mrs. Surratt,” by J. Speed and J. Hall, North American Review, 14’ '+ page 83; “Trial of Mrs. Surratt,” by 1. W. &m itt, North Americn Revie: 131, age 223: Assassination of Lincoin’ and Trial of the Conspirators.” by Pittman, 1865; “Behind the fi“fi‘:{: ull\'e c‘:uzin ;_)‘( the Conspiracy,”” by L. , Nor merican {sso. ican Review, vol. 148, THE JURY SYsteM—H.J, City. In January of each year the Judges of the Superior Court of San Francisco each prepare a list of names of citizens who during the year shall be called upon to serve as grand and trial jurors. These names are taken from those assessed as appears from the last preceding assessment roll of the City and County and who are not exempt from serving, not infirm or decrepit, who are in possession of their full faculties, Wwho are of approved integrity, and who have sound judgment. In case, during a trial of a s the names are ail drawn from the box fore the panel is filled the court makes an order that a certain number of jurors be drawn from the body of the City and County atlarge. When the jurorsare so drawn any nne is liable to be summoned to appear. 1f a person so summoned has an excuse for not serving he can offer it. The fact that 8 man’s name does not appear on the assessment roll does not disquality him from serying, but if he is challenged on” that ground he must be excused. LeAP YEAR—N. H,, City. The real reason for the name *““leap year” is unknown, but it prob- ably arose from the fact that any date in such & year after the added day, February 29, leaps over the day of the week on which it would have fallen in ordinary years; thus, if May 10 in the ordinary year fell on Monday, it would the next year, if also an ordinary year, fall on Tuesday, but if the vear happened to be a leap year it leaps over one day and falls on Wednes- day, instead of Tuesday. Who it was that des- ignated leap year as the one in which ladies should have the right to pop the question is uncertain, but it 1s said that it dates back to the time of St. Patrick in Ireland; that he was appealed to to fix one year in seven when the girls might ask the dilatory swains to become benedicts; that he replied that they might pop the question when there were twenty-nine Qays in February, and that if the man asked refused he should forfeit a silk gown to the proposer. The 29tnh of the month is usually selected by tne ladies because it is the one that being added to February is the one that grants 1lhem what is now known as the ‘“‘ladies’ privi- lege.” EpucatroN—J. B., City. An act approved March 27, 1874, in regard to the enforcement of the educational rights of children, is as fol- lows: Every parent, guardian or other person in the State of California having control and charge of child or children between the ages of 8 and 14 years shall be required to send such child or children to a public school for a period of at least two-thirds of Lhe time uuring whicn a public school shall be taught in such city, city or county, or sehool district, in each school year commencing on the first day of July, 1874, al least twelve weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless such child or children are excused from such attendance by the Board of Education oftie city or city and county or of the trustees of the schoel district in which such parents, guardians or other persons reside, npon it | being shown to their satistaction that his or her bodi'y and mental condition has been such as to prevent at.endance at school or sapplication to study for the period required, or that the parents or guardians are extremely poor or sick, o that such child or children are taught in & private school or at home in such brauches as are usually taught in the primary schools of this State, or have aiready acquired & good knowledge of such branches; provided public schools shall be tanght for three months duriog the year within one mile, by the nearest traveled road, of the residence of any person within the school district, he shall not be lisble within the provisions of this act. A violation of this law is & misdemeanor punishable by fine. P 5 - ‘THE STAR Toasts rozues. cents. ——————— STRANGERS, take home Townsend’s California Glace Fruits, 50c Ib. 627 Market, Palace Hotel, i READ THESTAR. It is fearless, frank and free.* —————— THE STAR to-day roasts the daily press. * e SOFT chewing molasses candy. Townsend’s.* o FRESH buttercups, 25¢ & pound. Townsend's.* e e SOFT baby cream, 15¢ pound, Townsend's. * BEsT peanut taffy in the world. Townsend’s.* e e THE STAR to-day on Father Yorke and the A. P. A., Rabbi Levy’s patriotic sentiments. * — - SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ——— MARK FOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART—Organ re- citals Sunday afternoon. Otto Fleissner organ- ist, Miss Caroline Boyan voealist. o e THE N. P. C. R. R. via Sausalito ferry is the only railroad company running out of San Francisco that does not cater to Sunday pic- nics, thus giving families and private parties &an opportunity to enjoy the country without the annoyance of overcrowded boats and trains by boisterous crowds. i3 ——————— Independent Journalism. The San Francisco Star to-morrow will pay ts respects to the daily press and the A. P. A.; Judge Wallace’s heartiess tyranny; Rebbi Levy’s patriotic sentiments; Father Yorke's courageous words; Vining’s microbs policy; | Cator’s supporters; conventions, etc. = ————— President Steyn of the Orange Free State, now prominently béfore the public, received a considerable portion of his education in Eng. land, and studied law at Lincoln’s Inn, where he served several terms, Take the Northern Pacific to All Points East. 1f you are going Fast call at 638 Market street, San Francisco, and get our figures. Finest service in the Northwest. ~All trains vestibuled and equipped with dining-cars, upholstered touriat cars and elegant Pullman sleepers. Through sieepers once a week. T. K. Stateler, agent. —————— For COUGHS, ASTHMA AND THROAT D1SORDERS use “Brown’s Bronchial Troches. Sold only in boxes. Avold imitations. Dr. SreeERT’s_Angostura Bitters, a pure vege- taale tonic, makes health and health makes bright, rosy cheeks and happiness. NEW TO-DAY. REAL ESTATE FOR SBALE BY Thos. Mages & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular” 4 Montgomery Street, UNION TRUST BULLDIYG, CORNER MARKET. WESTEEN ADDITION HOUSES AND LOTS. Reduced to§7000; California st., north side, near bster; 25x182:6, and good 2-story in first-class bet. Broadwsy and Vallejo; 25x ory in good order, 8 rooms, bath, : 6000; casy terms. Bush st., near Filimore: 27x187:6, and fine 2- story and basement house. 10 rooms aud bath, in first-class order; very sunny; $6500. Northwest corner Fillmore and Filbert; 24x100, and cottage; $5000. $5350; very fine house and lot, 25x100: Mc- Allister, near Baker; very easy terms; only $1500 cash required. Residence just finished: Presidio Heights; Jack- son st., near Centrsl ave. and the cars: magnifi- cent marine view, not to be shut oft; all modern conveniences; house finished in matural wood; iniaid floors: $12,500. Wash ngtou-st. residence, near Central ave.: 8ux105: north side; fine residence, 12 rooms. finished basement, attic, all moderr: convenjences; excellent _interior finish; owner selling to leave town: §12,500. Eddy and Van Ness: elegant corner residence: g-story and finely finished basement; suitable for doctor’s offices or billiard room; 14 rooms and all conveniences; solid brick bulkhead, etc.; lot 30x 109; $24,000. California-street residence, west of Laguna: lot 27:6x187:6 and fine residence; ncariy $3000 lately gpenton it; fine view trom rear windows; only 95 Clay st., bet. Scott and Devisadero; flats well built and cost $2000; rents $57 50; and lot 36x 120: $6500; fine neighboraood. Clay st., north side, bet. Filimore and Steiner: 3§ X102 and good 3-story; 7 rooms and modern con- eniences; Y SH0eFalion orth side, bet. Gough and Octavia; 4 blocks of new City Hall; 26x137:6 and 2-story dwelling; sireet in good order, $7000—3 left: new houses, just finished ; 9 rooms and all modern convenieuces: fine view of bay; only $500 cash and terms as rent if desired: Bu- chanan st., near Green: 3 short blocks from Pacific avenue; 1 block from Umnion-sireet cars, and 2 blocks from new line on Fillmore st. WESTERN ADDITION COENER LOTS, Reduced to $4100—Grove and Lyon corner; $7:8x100: for business or residence. Corner Geary and Wood sts.; 20:8x100: reduced 2000; cheap. O iorant 10t oF tuvestment: 118x126: SE. cor. Polk and Green; both sireets in order; chesp; only & 500. otner, 35:6x100; $3100; cor. Fillmore and Fil- bert; stone blocks ou Fillmore and Flibert st sewered: a very desirable cheap corner. Sk cor. Waller and De Long; 30x100; bet. Ma- sonicand Ashbu 250, % Very cheap: NE. cor. Webster and Hermann; $7:6x87:6: $2800; easy tern;s, Pine and Buchanan, NW. corner: 55x81:8; both streets sewered and Pine bituminized; $10,000: make offer. MISSION CORNER LOTS. Corner reduced to $3000—50x114: Castro and Fourteenth sts.: strects sewered and macadame ized. $3300~114x80; NW, cor. Sanchez and Duncan, Cheap: $25C0: SW, cor. Castro and Sixteenih; Bl);lhfl. fine view. Castro; 00,-oF corner, 68:6390, or 58:6x188;