The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1896, Page 6

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Telephone.. +...Maln=1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; opeh until 9:30 o'clock. 330 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street: open until 9:50 o'clock. &W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until § o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 118 Ninih street; open until § 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Brondway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Speclal Agent. SATURDAY MAY 28, 1896 .;IHII CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. S ———————-—Y Republican clubs are increasing. The spell of Democracy has turned its own pie into pi. e . Whoever wins at St. Louis will be the people’s favorite. 7 However costly street-sprinkling may be, it is never so uneconomical as dust. 1f you want good reading to-morrow leave orders for Tue Suxpay CaLL to-day. With the Market-street Railway Com- pany extortion is not a concealea weapon. The Democratic swim is all hot water and the party is getting a much-needed wash. L LN All Democrats are eager to dodge the tariff, but they canuot agree on what dodge to try. The country is full of converts to the cause of patriotism, protection and pros- perity. The Senate bas the adjournment of Con- gress in its hands, but apparently not in its head. Republican enthusiasm rises with the thermometer, and we are going to have a glorious summer. Eight cyclones ysis the Okla- homa record, and Kansas has blown her- self to pieces in vain. No man in this country has legs supple enough to straddle the money question and make a good race at the same time. Care must be taken that the proposed fiesta doesn’t degenerate into something like the Midwinter Fair of bad memory. The Czar need not be so very proud over his coronation. He was only making a show of himself for the American tourist. Extorting double fares from street rail- way passengers cannot be called highway robbery in disguise, because it isn't dis- guised. The Republican State Executive Com- mittee has now been thoroughly organized and everything is reaay for the campaign to begin. 1t our Ponulist friends will consider the matter they will see that the best tariff wibunal possible will be a Republican Congress. Dallas, Tex., claims to have 5000 bicycles in operation, and we notice that none of the cyclones in that section have managed to overtake it yet. Judging from reports that come to us it wounld seem the split in Texas Democracy is almost deep enough to make a fracture in the State itself. Free trade can never win in this country again under the name of Democracy and Democracy can never win again on a plat- form of free trade. The very fact that silver Democrats are going to the Chicago convention with a boom excites a fear that they will come out of it with a bust or a bolt. The tendency among Republicans and Populists just now is toward clubs, but Democrats seem content tolet every man provide himself with a brickbat. All Democratic organs sre vehemently denouncing McKinley just now, but the New York Sun is the worst. It says he has a striking resemblance to Cleveland. TUntil the unpledged delegates to St. Louis meet in convention they can be counted for almost anybody, and that is why prediction bureaus have such an easy time of it. It is not Mr. Vining but the Market- street Railway Company that is responsi- ble for the maintenance of the public nuisance known as the transfer swindle and the people should not forget the fact. It is estimated 200,000 tons of wool will be clipred in Argentina thisyear and as the Democratic tariff allows it free entrance into the United States the fellows who voted for free trade will be more ashamed than ever to look an American sheepin the {ace this fall. There is a demand in the Fast that the Government distribution of seed shounld be placed in charge of un agent selected under the civil service laws, which is the first intimation to this side of the continent that there has ever been any offensive partisanship in garden sass. According to the figures of Manager Vining, the transfer nuisance enables the Market-street Company to fleece the public to the extent of about $27,000 a year. It is clear, therefore, that the company could easily afford to abate the nuisance some- what by miving a better and prompter ser- vioce where the transfers are made. ———————— 1f Congress can find nothing better to do than to consider a bill to weaken the in- terstate commerce law by striking out the section which provides a penalty of im- prisonment for those who violate it, the time has come when an immediate ad- journment would be as beneficial to Con- gressmen themselves as totheir constit- uents. SPEAKS FOR ALL. Those who wish all the news—full, fair and accurate—who wish to read the pro- ceedings of all parties impartially re- vorted, who desire to know the truth of all events of the day and all actions of the people, will find each and all of these things in Te CALL, Tue CavL speaks for all. Not for a class, a party or a faction does it employ its en- ergies in gathering the news from all quarters of the globe and publishing it for all who wish to read. Its editorials are broad, fair and liberal, upholding the prin- ciples of a true Republicanism that secks the welfare of the Nation and all its citizens. Its columns are open to letters from the people whether rich or poor, in order that all may have the privilege of a public expression of their thoughts on great affairs. Its re- ports give both sides in every contest, and do full justice to every contestant. No man who reads it can doubt the honesty of its purpose or the ment of its wide, sweeping policy of representing the whole people. It is with the high aim of making a newspaper on which all can rely, in which all can have confidence, and through which all can be heard, that it is pub- lished. To this aim it will hold stead- fastly. TuEr CaLu speaks for all, THE LAW VINDICATED. The conviction of the slayers of Jack Littlefield may be expected to resultin the breaking up and dispersion of that gang of desperadoes that for so long a time carried everything with a high hand in Round Valley and was a terror to law- abiding and peaceabla people throughout the whole of thatregion. The effect of the vindication of the law is sure to be wide- reaching and its benefictal results will be felt in the community for years to come. The case is one which chows in a striking manner the value of a free, fearless, truth- speaking press to the people who support it. Justice owes tls triumph as much to the press as to the officers of the law. It was almost as much as a man’s life was worth to utter any word in Round Valley denouncing or even criticizing the actions of the desperado gang when Tuxr CALL be- gan an exposure of their deeds. The correspondent, S. W. Wall, who was sent from this office to the scene of the Littlefield murder to seek out and write all the circumstances concerning it, found himself on arriving there confronted by a condition of affairs that has hardly its parallel in any civilized country. It was not without peril he dared to write the full truth. He dia it, however, with cour- age and skill, developing out of the death of Littlefield a chain of evidence that dragged to lighta host of cther crimes as well. The tale published by Tre CarL was so strange and so terrible that for a time people hesitated to believe it. Day after day, however, as our correspondent added new details of wrong, oppression and crime committed in that beantiful valley, it became more an! more apparent that the time for resolute action to suppress them had come, The Republican-Press of Ukiah assisted TuE CaLL in the task of making the full trath known to the law- abiding people of that region. Public sen- timent was aroused. Action was taken. The machinery of the law was set in motion, and now two of the principal offenders siand under the condemnation of justice and others live in dread of an equal penalty. The accomplishment of a task of this kind in the interests of law and for the protection of life goes far to vindicate the press in the minds of intelligent men from the charge of giving too much attention to murder cases. Had Tue Carn not made this exposure lawlessness would still be tri- umphant in Round Vailey. Honest, hard- working, peaceable men would still be in danger of violent death at the haads of the reckless gangs, and homes now happy might ere this have been darkened with tragedies of murder and assassination. The gang is broken. Justice is done. Jack Littlefield has not died in vain, and the region once terror stricken will now become as safe as any in California. THE EXEQUTIVE OOMMITTEE. The organization of the executive com- mittee of the Republican State Central Committee was harmoniously effected yes- terday, and the party is now virtually ready to enter upon the active work of the campaign. The gentlemen chosen as offi- cers of the committee can be relied upon to work zealously for success. They are men of known ability as organizers, and as they will have the cordial support of all loyal Republicans there can be no doubt the canvass will be conducted with a degree of energy that will assure victory. Whatever differences may have existed in the party ranks over issues arising out of the work of organization should now be laid aside. From this time on the watch- words will be “‘Close up and keep step.” It is time to act harmony as well as talk- ing of it, for what has been done is the re- sult of earnest efforts toward allayingall traces of factional dissensions and remov- ing any causes for them that may have existed. Certainly it would be difficult for even the most factious to find now any reason for further antagonism to the manage- ment and leadership which has thus successfully bro=ght harmony out of the discords which prevailed when the work of preparing for the campaign began. It is a good omen of a coming victory that every step thus far taken by the lead- ers of the party has been in the direction of establishing unity in the ranks, whereas under the old boss system divi sions which began with the campaign aug- mented as it went on and well-nigh split the party before election day. In the new order of things all loyal Republicans will rejoice, and the only rivairy hereafter will be that of seeing which can do most for Ppatriotism, protection and prosperity. THE NEW TRANSFER SYSTEM. It is no doubt true, as General Manager Vining says, that among 350,000 peovle there a Iways some who are dishonest, but is that any reason why the remaining 349.900 should be sorely inconvenienced or made to pay double fare by Mr. Vining's street railway ? Mr. Vining says that the new check or retransfer ticket system attwo of theabout sixty transfer points has already increased the daily revenue of the road $75, which means that there has been an average of 1500 dishonest people detected and their rascally business broken up at the two points alone. That is something of a re- flection upon the business integrity of the patrons of the Market-street Company, the more so because their swindling transac- tions never amount to more than 5 cents per transaction. No doubt, in time the public will come to understand the new complex and ag- gravauing system of transfer, but mean- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1896. while the road will gather in fares that its charter denies its right to collect; and when the public becomes familiar with the present system, who will guarantee that another device will not be adopted ? In this matter Mr. Vining is simply obeying the orders of his employers, and is, therefore, not the responsible cause of the inconvenience that the public is being subjected to, but all the same the new sys- tem 1s exasperating in the extreme. WAGE-EARNERS DEMAND IT. ‘Wagemen of the United States expect as a matter of course that the next National administration, which no sane man thinks will be other than Republican, will imme- diately legislate for their protection against the unjust, unreasonable and ruin- ous competition of foreign wage-earners, It would not bea Republican admistration if itdid not do that. - Ample but not alto- gether prohibitive tariff legislation is the chief stone of the corner of the principles ot the Republican party, and bgcause it is the industrial class is found in its ranks, nor does any one, friend or enemy, believe that the party will fail in any particular to fortify the country at every point where foreign mill, factory or farm products are likely to enter and destroy the rightful op- portunity of our own people to employ therr skill, brawn and brain. But protection against hurtful indusirial invasion is not the only mission of the Republican party. The question of money to meet the requirements of our protected people is aiso an 1mportant one. It would be impossible to secure the full measure of the benefits coutemplated by protective legislation were the volume of money of redemption inadequate. It needs no argument to demonstrate that proposition, for it is not only in itself a self-evident fact, but experience in recent years is overflowing with evidence that the demonetization of silver only serves to cripple and curtail commercial transac- tions. This being true it would seem that the sincere advocate of protection should include in his proposition such means and measures as would cause the greatest pos- sible good to accrue to the people by the operation of protective legislation, Gold itself demonstrates its nability to meet the redemption money needs of the business interests of tue people, and be- cause the demand for it is greater than its ability to supply, it exacts a premium for its use, which finally comes out of the pockets of the great wage class. Itis a natural law of economics that the indus- trial or wage-earning class shall be the first to feel the effect of a money strin- gency and the last to recover from it, and yet it is this class of the country's popula- tion who make possible the mill, the fac- tory, the farm, the store, the bank, the railway, and, indeed, the Government it- self. Surely, then, this class have rights and should have great influence in deter- mining what legislation is best for them. Our wage-earners are in perfect accord with the principle of industrial protection, for they know very well bow imporiant protective Jaws are to tueir well being, but they are no less determined that with pro- tection shall come provisions for a volume of redemption money that shall be large enough at all tinfes to supply their de- mand forit at its coin value, and not at values that shift about at the bidding of money speculators. Hence it is that per- bapsall of 90 per cent of the real pro- ducers of this country demand that t volume of the Nation’s redemption money shall be increased in an amount equal to that which the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 would make; that the mints be kept open to the reception of both metals, and that their parity be maintained asa sucred duty the Govern- ment owes to the brain and the brawn of the people who are the Nation’s life and hope. It has come to this, then: Shall the great industrial class, which really in- cludes alt whose business interests do not lead to Wall street, continue to be de- prived of asufficient volume of redemption money to supply their requirements, or shall they be taken out of the clutches of money-brokers, interest fiends, Wali-street sharks and gold-bond syndicates by re- instating silver to its legitimate and time- honored place in the monetary system of the country, which 1s its free and un- limited coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1? “THE SUNDAY OALL." To-morrow’s edition of Tus CaLv promises to be particularly interesting. There are novei features in it, and nothing has been spared that could be done to make it both attractive to the general reander and vaivable to the thoughtiul literary person. One of the many iilustrated features isa sketchy description of the vice of telephon- ing, the new telephone code for lovers, and the tribulations of the *‘crossed-wire fiena.” ight Scenes on Sixth Street” is the title of a characteristic piece of writing that is superbly illustrated. Professor Loomis, the noted ornitholo- gist, gives some valuable and novel infor- mation concerning the migrations of marine fow! on the Pacific Coast. This article is accompanied by views drawn from instantaneous photographs. There is anotber article descriptive of a verv picturesque North Beach character who is famous as the man who never gets angry, no matter how great the provoca- tion. Young athletes will be interested in Baird's Sound Aavice to Bprinters, and Miss Russell, in her usunally graphie style, gives good hints to those who wish to buy horses. There are several bright and new things to surprise the children, and in art, litera- ture and sclence there is even more than the usual array of new and interesting f tures. And all this is but the briefest kind of summary of Tug Suspay Cavy, the brighy and entertaining features of which are by far too numerous to mention. The conviction of the slayers of Jack Littlefield is the direct result of the ex- posure by THE CaLL of the deeds of the desperate and reckless gang which for so long a time was a terror to the peaceable people in and near Round Valley, and it affords, therefore, a striking illustration of the valuc of a free, fearless and truth- speaking press to the cause of justice and the punishment of crime. It is reported that a number of leading goldbugs in New York have arracged to make a slump in stocks on Wall street as soon as the St. Louis platform is reported it it declares for bim-tallism, the object being to frighten the convention into adopting & gold plank. The scheme doesn’t sound reasonable, but it may be as well to look out for it If after the statement of the Chief Jus- tice of England that Mrs. Maybrick is innocent she is kept in prnison simply in accordance with a prejudice of the Queen, there is very sure to be a popular outburst on the subject. The British people are not so loyal to royality as all that comes to. e By this time even the Bourbon Demo- crats are ready to admit that as soon as the free-trade theory became a conaition it busted. PERSONAL. Bruoe O'Bryon of New Almaden, is in town. Senator J. H. Gleaves of Redding is in the City. 8. H. Rice, an attorney of Ukiah, is at the Grand. Professor and Mrs, Lukamtand of Bremen are at the Russ. 0. K. Lewis, a mining man of Butte, Mont,, is at the Lick. W. W. Cuthbert of Sacramento is in the City for & brief visit, Willlam Floyd, owner of & general storeat nor: J. G. Thoma will leave this morning for Paso Robles Hot Springs. P.Fahey,who is interested in southern mines, is at the Cosmopolitan. William B, Chapman, macager of the Taylor mine, is at the Occidental. Captain R. H. Pratt of the United States army, Carlisle, Pa., is at the Palace. Howard A, Preston, & mining man of James- town, Tuolumne County, is In the City. Johannes F. Eckart, superintendent of the Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, is in town. John Buckinghem of the United States Revenue Department, Ukiah, is at the Grand. Dr. Madimesschumay of Paris, who has been here for some days past, left for home yester- day. J. B. Overman, snperintendent of the Vir- ginia and Gold Hill Water Works, is at the Russ. Postmaster J. P, Cox of Folsom, is spending a few daysin the City, and is registered at the Grand. =Samuel Carr and H. G. Nichols of Boston, officers of the Union Pacific Railroad, are in the City. J. H. Coleman, editor of the Virginia City (Nev.) Chronicle, was among yesterday’s ar- rivals here. United States Judge W. B. Gilbert of Oregon WAS among yesterday's arrivals. He isat the Occidental. L. H. Daniel, a wealthy rancher of Woodland, with his family, is among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopolitan, J. P. Mallerville of France, who represents a French syndicate owniLg mines at Grass Val- ley, is at the Grand. Edmund Allen, a wealthy resident of Phila- deiphia, is in the City accompanied by the Misses Laura and Ells Allen. General Von Thiemen of the Germsan army, who has beenon a visit to Monterey, has re- turned here and is at the Palace. General Walter Turnbull, president of the Gold Mining Exchange, will leave with an en- gineer for San Andreas to-morrow morning. Dr. Joaquin Yela, the Guatemalan Consul- Generdl at New York, has arrived here aftet a brief visit to his home in Guatemala and is at the Miramor. . Sir Henry Deriug, British Minister to Mexico, Lady Dering and their son, will arrive here on Monday next, accompanied by Don Sebastian Comachi, Mayor of Mexico City, and his wife. Mrs. C. A. Brown, who owns large cocoanut and cane plantations in Hawail and who is of royal blood, is at the Occidental accompanied by Der two sons. She will be here for some weeks, Mrs. Edward Teuny of Honolulu, whose hus- band s at the head of the house of Castle & Couk, has arrived here accompanied by her two daughters and sister, M Noonan. They are to remain five or six months. L. F. J. Wrinkel, for many years a prominent mining and mechanical engineer on the Com- stock Lode and afterward superintendent of the Owens Lake Soda Works, is in the Clty. Mr. Wrinkelexpects to make his home in San Francisco. Samuel Jacobs of Soda 8prings, thirteen miles south of Summit station,on the Central Pa- cific, in the heart of the Sierras, is at the Russ. He says there is large amount of small game, particulary quail, there, with some deer, lots of cinnamon bear and a few grizzlies. Timothy Hopkins has a cabin there, built by old Mark Hopkins, and he is to go up and occupy itin a fow days. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. ay 22.—At the Grand, Mre. V. D. Hubbard, J. C. Simonds; Cosmopol- itan, R. Hoppe; St Denis, E. P.Siosson; Hol- land, W. H. Allen; Hoffman, G. W. Williams; Gilsey, Mrs. M. A.Burdell; Park-avenue, Miss O'suilivan. Sailed per steamer Werria for Genoa vie Gibraltar, Mrs, J. Beckman. A GROSVENOR POEM. Hurrah for McKinley, McKintey: Hurrah for MeKiniey, McKinle Hurrab for McKinley, McKinley Hurrah for McKinley, McKinle: got it, he's ot 1t s got | ot & He’s got it, he's got it, he's got It; He's got it, he's got it, he's got it. Hurrah for McK/nley, he's got t: Hurrat for McKinley, he's got i Hurrab for MoKinley, he's got it: Hurrah for McKiniey, he's go. it Horrah for Mo—got—it, h Mc—rah for HurKiniey b Got—rah for McKinley, McKinley for hurrab, Kinley: ne's got it: he's hur—it; g0t he's it ew York Sun. ALONG THE SKIRMISH LINE. When the sound-money Democrat ealls to see the golden-haired honest-money belle, the old man has the bulldog chained, and meets the chevalier at the door with u smile; but the silverite finds old Towser st tne gate. hungry for pants, and the old man on the porch wear- ing No. 10 boots that look ilke battering- rams.—Dallas News, The Missouri de legation which has come to get the Tennessee convention to boost Silver Dick Bland for the Presidency should not be disappointed. If the Democracy is 10 Dbe rushed to defeat for the benefit of the silver mine owners, no man would suit better as a leader than Mr. Bland.—Nashville Banner. Perhaps if McKinley were in the White House New York easy bosses might be allowed to stick their noses through the White House fence and sniff from afar off the odor of the fatted calf barbecued for other returning prodigals. But even that is doubtful.—New York World. There are McKinley shoes, McKinlay cravats, McKinley hats.—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Cravats, perhaps, and hats it well may be; but shoes, rever. A sh has got to ha either & toe or a heel. And its got to go either forward, backward or sidewise.—New York Sun. Even 1f it needed them the Republican party couldn’t afford to hunt electorat votes in the Rocky Mountains this year at the risk of losing the electoral votes of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and other sound-money States.—Hartford Courant. ITtis inconcelvable that the editors of the mugwump press of the country cannot discern the manifest impropriety of & specific declara- tion by Major McKinley on the currency ques- tion at this time.—~Cnicago Times-Herald. If McKinley is such a howling gold man, is it not about time to dissolve the McKinley silver cornet band that has been on such an ex- tensive tour through the West?—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Brigadier-General Alger of Michigan can tell & band-wagon us far as he can hear it, and as s00n As it gels in sight he is ready to climb right up ou the firont seat.—Minneapolis Tribune. It begins to look as if Mr. Cleveland in taking in those 80,000 offices under the civil service had likewise “taken in" ome W. F. Harrity.—Chicago Press. Sound mouney will be the slogan of the Reed forces at St. Louis, and whoever the nominee of the convention may be, sound money will win.—Banger News. LEGITIMA {E JOURNALISM. New York Newspaper Maker. The Newspaper Maker is in entire accord with the San Francisco CALL'S view that a newspaper should sell news and not books, bieycles or baby carriages. It shoald aim to give its readers the vaiue of their moneyin fallness of its reports of trade, politics, society and au the abounding setivities of life. If it cannot give news enough to justify the charge it makes it should cease to cali iisell & news- paper and solicit subscriptions only for fts coupons .bx;d their ciances, sk e subject, however, has another that is t0o often overlooked. The press stands in almost a confidential relation business. The newspaper and the merchant are allies. They are of mutual helpfulness when each is conducted i1 legitimate channels. When the newspaper, however, combines its press with & junkshop and proceeds to issue oonrom by which people can geta cheap sort of books, bicycles or baby carriages at prices far'below what good articles can be sold for by men who have a reputation as honest mer- ¢hants to maintain, then the press instead of bzing‘ the aily beeomes the of the mer- chant. Instead of building up trade it tends to de- moralize it, and not infrequently seriously in- jures business by introducing into a com- munity an overstock of cheap articles of one kind or another that prevents the sales of the merchant. NO PROXY WANTED. Boston Post. The number of Republicans who vouch for the soundness of Candidate McKinley's views on the money question increases every day. Governor Alger of Michigan, it is now an- nounced, is coming East to add his testimony to that of the rest. But what the business interests of the East wantto know is not what Candidate McKin- ley’s iriends have to say on this important matter, but what McKinley has to say for him- self. This is not an affair that can be ducted by proxy. The principal must s ug‘“ he expects the public to listen. he distrust of Candidate McKinley is well founded. It is based upon his record and his recent expressions, inciuding the non-commit- tal Ohio platform. Itcan be dil{elled only by :ellxl'snk. opén and square aeclaration by him. The people have the right to demand that :Il:i man who aspires Lo the candidacy for their T ages shall tell them what he really be- lieves. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. THE COMING CARNIVAL. Some Sugegestions Which if Followed ‘Will Make It a Great Success. To the Editor of the San Francisco Cail—SIR: The invitation extended to societies and organizations by the *‘Carnival of the Golden Gate"” committee was discussed by an associa- tion of whichIam a member, and no sction was taken toward sending a representative of the associdtion toact in concert with that com- mittee. Iwill briefly state the reason for not appointing such representative. While the purpose of the carnival met with unanimous approval and we considered that under proper auspices it would be a grand celebration and reflect credit upon our City yet, to fully carry out the object of its tlel’l‘((:‘ a dfflerent method of initiating it must be adonted. We have only to look back to the Midwinter Fair. With a generosity unbounded and & unanim- ity seldom cgnn]ed the people of this City con- tributed and sustained that institution. On the surface and to all appearances it wasa great success. But to those who kept track of the financial affairs of the exposition, the way in which the prizes were handled, the questionable status of some of the people high in the management, & dark shadow ever presents itself and the idea of irresponsibie unofficial management is al- ways suggested. Our experience with the Midwinter Fair will forever bob up when cele- brations of thiskind are entertained. Now, letus have the carnival. Itwill bea grand thing for our City and in barmony with the celebrations held "in different towns through- out California of late years. But letit be of such a characier that every one can take part and make it & thorough and complete success. Let it haveoflicial or semi-officia’ indorsement. Why not the Mayor in conjunction with the Board of Supervisors take this matter in hand? Let these officials appoint a committee; thon let that committee extend invitations to the different societies and organizations and in that way start the carnival. If this method is pursued we can_have a grand celebration—a celebration worthy of our City;one wherein all willlend a helping hand; one that when the carnival is over and a final accounting called for, that every doilar contributed by the people will be shown to have been put to L\mner use and the aftermath will not put a 1ot upon what would otherwise be a credit to Calilornians. Iwrite this with & hope that these suggestions may result in the forming of & committee built upon the basis herein out- lined. Thankiug you for the courtesy ex- tended in publishing these few lines, I remain respectiully yours LETTER CARRIER. NOT A SISTER OF LINCOLN. Who the Recently Retired Postmis- tress of Elizabethtown, Ky., Is. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: ‘The report from Washington concerning Mrs. Helm, the recontly retired postmisiress of Elizabethtown, Ky., is erroneous. Mrs. Helm is not a sister of Abraham Liucoln, but is a ais- ter of Abraham Lincoln's wiie. Todd, and later the wife of Ben Hardin Helm, commander ot the famous “Orghln Brigade'’ of the Confederate army, and w 1 think, at the battle of Chickamauga, Helm was first appointed postmistress of Eiiza- bethtown, Ky., lieve, by President Arthur, and has held the place until recently. Yours truly, J. B. QuE! Mrs. EN, PARAGRAPHS ABOUI PEOPLE. The Duchess of Portland is the tallest Duchess in the world. Signor Paolo Tosti has written nearly five hundred songs. The visiting card used by the German Em. peror is four times the size of an ordinary one. Verdi is a horse-breeder as well as a musi- cian. His paddocks on his country estate, unear Genoa, are among the finest in Italy. Verdi has little music at home, and seldom vis- its the opera. Sir William Morris, the poet, rejoices in the possession of & prodigious memory. Given a fuir start on any sentence in Dickens’ work he will complete that sentence with very little de- viation from textual accuracy. Tt is said that Swinburne has a memory al most as wide-reaching as Macaulay had. Burne-Jones says that upon one occasion the poet recited verbatim several pages of Milton's prose, which he had read butonee, and that twenty years before. One of the most popular members of the dip- lomatic corps of Berlin is Viscount Siuzo Aoki, the Japanese Minister to Germany, and now also to England. He went first to Berlin in 1873 as a secretary, and while there won the hand of the Baroness Elizabeth von Rahden, the daughter of an old and noble house. — e BOY'S BLOUSE. Made of cotton duck, cheviot, galatea cloth, brown hoilands or the various heavy linens. The above blouse is a garment much appreci- ated by the boys for its coolness and comfort. Tt is made wp with ertber kilt skirts, long or short trousers of the same fabric, or to be worn - with cloth skirt or trousers. Made of flannel in dark colors it serves for spring wear. For little boys, sults of brown hollands or of White: ars Tade ap with white pigect collirs w! are up with white piquet wnd shield. . oy e Plain brown holland are blue or brown de- nim are enlivened by anchors or stars worked in white at the corners of collar and in the ol tar mart Bave o whio Gerd ibe ‘et s ive & white e that shown in the illustration. She was a Miss | 0 was killed, | A NOTED CHICAGO DIVINE, Lectures Before the Young Peo- ple’s Presbyterian Asso- ciation. Greeted By an Appreciat ve Audience at the First Presbyterian Church. An appreciative audience filled th lecture-room of the First Presbyterian Church last evening to listen to an ad- dress by Rev. Alexander Patterson of Chicago upon “The Testimony of Christ to the Scriptures.” The lecture was the concluding one of & series of lectures on Biblical history and church doctrine held under the auspices of the Young People’s Presbyterian _Also~ ciation, which is composed of the Christian Endeavor and missionary societies of the various Presbyterian churches of the City, Dr. Patterson, the guest of the evening, 1s one of the leading Presbyterian divines of Chicago. He has been traveling throughout the country engaged in evan- gelistic work and took a prominent part in the Christian Endeavor convention re- cently held at San Jose. The doctor was introduced by Rev. Mr. Bevier, president of the Presbyterian As- sociation, who, before presenting the speaker, created considerable merriment among the audience by calling for a "Pn:gyurim composite,” the representa- tives of the different Presbyterltn_ churches shouting together the name of his or her church. Dr. Patterson is an excellent speaker. His disunct articulation and eloquent simplicity of speech cannot fail to impress his hearers. }’n his address Dr. Patterson took up three great questions that bave been raised in regard to the Bible: Isit autbentic? Isittrue? Isitinspired? In a simple but masterly manner the doctor answered these three questions. In the course of his remarks Dr. Patterson said: ‘‘The reason why 1 believe in the inspiration of the Bible is because Jesus himself declared that it was inspired. What 1s commonly spoken of now as liberalism in regard to the acceptance of the Bible, agnosticism as it is generally known, is but the expression of the igno- ramus, the know-nothing. ‘‘Acnostics argue that because certain histcrical facts or the Bible are unreliable its ethical and moral teachings are there- fore not valid. We do not accept such ar- uments as this. What is good in the ible we accept; waat isdoubtful we pass over.” In addition to the address by Dr. Patter- son the following programme was excel- lently rendered, each piece being gener- ously encored : Recitation, Miss Hartley; bass solo, Henr: A. Melvin ; alto solo, Miss Alice Partri: ecie tation, John McCullough; soprano solo, Mrs. Susie Hert Mark. = ‘The appreciation with which the course of lectures just concluded has been re- ceived, bas ‘encouraged its promoters to give another course, somewhat similar during the coming winter. This course will deal with questions of science, and especially with the question of the origin of man. ANSWERS 1T0 CORRESPONDENTS. ONE OF 1834—C. C., Rio Vista, Cal. A hali- doilar of 1834 is worth 50 cents, and no more. TO GUATEMALA—G. H. C., City. The steamer fare from San Francisco to Guatemala is$75. You can obtain a passport by applying to the “Department of State, Washington, D. C., Pass- port Division.”” The fee for a passport is $1. SULLIVAN AND CORBETT—A. 8., City. Sullivan and Corbett fought twenty-one rounds in one hour and twenty-three minutes at New Orleans September 7, 1892, for the largest amount of money that ever depended on a_prize-fight, £45,000 (purse $25,000 and stake $20,000). ‘=SUSAN B. ANTHONY—H. D.J., City. Susan B. Anthony was At one time the publisher of a paper called “The Revolution,” an advocate of the rights of women and suffrage for both sexes, and it was edited by the publisher and Parker Pillsbury, It afterward passed into other bands and ‘out of existence. That was the only paper Miss Anthouy published. NORMAL SCHOOL CERTIFICATES—W. A. Grove, Sonoma County, Cal. The trustees of the Normal School in California may issue m{pupils who worthily complete the full course of study and training s diploma of graduation which shall entitle the holaer to 8 grammar-grade certificate from any city, city and county or county Board of Education in the State. MoON AND WEATHER—A, C. F., City. The in- fluence of the moon in e g tides has long Dbeen known, and there is some reason for sup- posing thatshe produces a similar effect on the atmosphere, combining with other causes in the generation of winds. These winde, which prevail about the time of the new and full moon and at the vernal and autumnel equi- noxes, are practically ascribed to her influence. BaTTLE-SHIPS—R. G. F., Santa Cruz, Cal. The statistics given of foreign navies are up to De- cember, 1895. At that time England had 19 first-class battle-ships, 5 second and 3 third class; France 16 first, 10 second and 4 third class; German Emfln 5 first class, 5 second and 4 third class; Italy 6 first and 4 second class, and Russia 13 first class and 1 third class. The battie-ships of the United States are all first-class vessels, and are the Ing ana, Iowa, Maine,Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas. BoxDs—P. §,, City. Section 3700 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States provides that the Secretary of the United States Treas- ury may purchase coin with any of the bouds oithe United States, nuthorized by law, uch rates and upon such terms as Le may deem most advantageous to the public interest when &n emergency exists, The President of the United States does not issue bonds, but Con- gress has given authority 10 the Sécretary of the Treasury to borro Nonda. ry W money and issue TuG-oF-WaR—F. J. H., City. There were two tugs-of-war in the Mechanics’ Pavilion iu this City. The following is the official declaration of the result of the last one, which closed N vember 2, 1891: = = 8. G., City. There are 453 churchesin the city of New York, di- vided as follows: Baptist 52, Congregational 12, Disciple of Christ 8, Evangelical 4, Friends 32, Jewish 57, Lutheran 25, Methodist Episco- pal 62, sethodist Episcopal (African; Pres- brterian 63, Srotestang xxl.-efapn 88, kéforme Church in America 29, formed Church in the United States 4, Reformed Episcopal 1, Dnitarian §: Trlied Presbraoan Salolic s n'S, Un res an 5, Uni . lists 8, other dummhuuo{u 486, LA THE Fast Puayo—F. B, City. Who is the one entitled to the honor of baving invented the first piano is a matter of uncertaiaty, for the idea was conceived by three persons in dif- ferent parts of Europe These were Scroeter, & fus, a French harpischord-maker, lomeo Christofoli, a harpischord-maker of Padus. A piano by the last named was known toexist in 1820, and one made by the same artisan in 1726 isin Kraus’ Museum in Flor~ &llno was invented by an Saioal thet m:eoek. & manufacturer Boxps—W. A. J., City. If by the question, “Has the United States borrowed money within the past three or four years from England? wnnn borr:-nd money from the English vernment, the answer is no. On the Sth day of Febru 1893, John G. cnu;x:?s«m tary of ury, purchased through il August Belmout & Co. 0f New York on Lehali o fi; Rothseaiid & Sons ’:f"l:rngo:. §n;‘.. mselves, and thros . P. Morgan & S inarie aile LS & 3 @ m o o £old, for which bonds were iss THE PoPPY—‘‘Opium,” City. The poppy from Wwhich the opium of commerce is extracted is the papver somniferum, sometimes calied the common poppy and sometimes called the white Poppy. The plant is a native of some of the warmer parts of Asia, though it is now com- mon in cultivated and waste Pronnd. through- out all Southern and Middle Europe and is found occasionally in England. The cultiva- tion of maaso‘pndv\1 for opium is carried on in ANy parts ndia, though the chief district is a large tracton the Ganges. The poppy is also extensively cultivated for opium in'the éfllfiu province of Turkey, in Exypt and in ersia. HER GOLDEN HAIR—An Actress, City. “Her Golden Hair Was Hauging Down Her Back” was sung 1n “Aladdin Jr.,” produced by the Henderson Company. No one was forbidden to siug the song. but it was suggested that the play would be just as good without it, and the suggestion was acted upon by the manage- ment. MipsuMMER—R. F., City. Inthe United States the warmest months of the year, also in Can. ada, are June, July and August, and are called the summer months. In Great Britain the summer months are May, June and July. Gen- erally speaking summer in the United States commences on the 1stof June and in Great Britain on the 1st of May. Midsummer is the eriod of the summer solstice—the 21st of une—which astronomically is the beginning of snmmer, Specifically midsummer is on thy 24th of June, the feast of the Nativity of St, John the Baptist. On midsummer's eve, or the eveof St. John the Baptist's day, it was the custom in former times to kindle fires, called St. John’s fires, upon hills in celebration of summer solstice. “On midsummer’s day next,” the damsel sald, “Which is June the 2éth.” = —Child’s Ballads. CURRENT HUMOR. Fanny Peterby—Mamma, Tommy can stand on his head so nice. May I stand on my head? Mrs. Peterby—It is mot nice for a little girl to stand on her head. Fanny (with a sigh)—Then I suppose I'll have to wait until I'm a big girl.—Texas Sifter, Teacher—Are there many cities in Russia? Bright Pupil—Well, there used to be. In Napoleon’s time they had cities to burn.— Truth. “Your wife seems anxious to be up to date, Tugby.” “Up to date? She's 'way ahead; she’sgota lot of trouble borrowed for year after next.”— Chicago Record. When & man gets to talking about how far he can ride on & bicycle he lies as easily as the man who tells how cold it was the winter he lived in Wisconsin.—Atchison Globe. Teacher—How many weeks in the year, Tommy Timkins? Tommy—Only fifty this year. g Teacher—You know very well that there are fifty-two. Tommy—No'm; not this year. Pa says he's going to take two weeks off. —Roxbury Gazette, Cumso—I'd like to see a photographofa cloud made with the cathodic ray. Cawker—Why? Cumso—I'm suspicious about the silver lin. ing.—Detroit Free Press. “I notice,” observed Uncle Allen Sparks, “that Edison has protured 711 patentsin the last twenty-five years, d still thereisn’ta corn cure worth having.'’—Chicago Tribune. READ THE STAR. 5 cents. s ——————— BEST peanut tafly in the world. Townsend’s.* ————— SOFT baby cream, 15¢ pound, Townsend’s. * e BOFT chewing molasscs candy. Townsend’ R FRESH buttercups, 25¢ 8 pound. Townsend’s.* SR —ce g gty Thirty years ego 8 lad named Edwards started out from his home in Winchester, Ky., to go fishing. The other week he came back with the same fishpole over his shoulder that ne started out witn, but without any fish. He had never been seen by his friends during the interval. ———— GENUINE eyeglasses, 15¢, 8734 Fourthst., near barber, Sundays, 738 Market (Kast shoe store)* s g SPECTAL information daily to manufacturars, business houses and publie men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery. * ————— RED-HOT A. P. A. ARTICLE. To-day's Star. * ——————— No OVER-CROWDED boats and trains by noisy Sunday picnics on the N. P.C. R. R. via Sau- salito ferry, it being reserved for families and private parties. . S — STRANGERS, take home Townsend’s California Glace Fruits, 50¢ 1b. 627 Market, Palace Hotel, ==l o FEARLESS AND FREE. The Star, 5 cents, * et e S A Read Barry’s “Star.’” It tells the truth. Is fearless and just. In to-day’s edition BURKE FLAYS THE BANKS, SIEBL'S INDICTMENT IS DEMANDED. Archbishop Ireland's views of war strongly opposed. The A. P. A. bigots roasted. Heroic measures against Czar Vining. A court to shield crime. McKinley’s bad position, etc, * ———————— During Queen Victoria's absence from Wind. sor an elaborate system of private telephones ‘was installed at the castle, connecting it with the postoffice, railway s on, Marlborough House, Buckingham Palace, etc., and this system is being extended to the Government offices, Balmoral Castle and Osborne House. “THE OVERLAND LIMITED” Via Union Pacific. = 814 DAYS TO CHICAGO-3 osty i DAYS 10 SEW SORR Ay, Pullman double drawing-room sleepers and din- ing-cars, San Francisco to Chicago, daily withous change. Composite buffet smoking and library cars between Sait Lake City, Ogden and Chicago, Upholstered Pullman tourist sieepers, San Fran- cisco to Chicago, daily without chauge, and per- sonalty conducted tourist excursions to St. Paul and Chicago evers Friday. For tickets and slieeping-car reservations apply to general office, 1 Montgomery sireet. Steamship tickets on sale to and from all parts of Earope. D. W. HITCHCOCK, General agent. ————— Stanford Excursion. Join our Stanford Excursion, which lesves San Francisco at 7 p. 3. Thursday, the 28th inst, via Northern Pacific kallroad. Special cars, stopping at the Yellowstone Park. T. K. Stateler, General Agent, 638 Market street, Saa Franeisco. T TS No SAFER OB MORE EFFICACIOUS REXEDY caa be had for Coughs, or any trouble of the throat than “ Brown’s Bronchiak Troches.” e Ta=R fashionable ladies’ corrective tomie is Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the renowned South American Invigoraior. NEW TO-DAY) REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Mages & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circalae” 4 Montgomery Street, UXION TRUST BUILDING, CORYER MARKET. NEW FPROPERTY. Permanent water front of 975 feet; Berry st.: 3 corners: 340X27; easr terms. Sansome si., near Marke:: large 1ot and brick batiding: rent £350: low price. Tost st,, N, ‘near Leavenworth; large 1ot and Improvements: 89350 Stockton and Clay: corner; 55x88:9; rents $105; $3500: Brrant st., N. side, bet. Second and R Sursntaes 0 3 . N. side: unobstra : u‘m‘;fi Tosuat; 3R RRoN frseha ave. a wide sireet: loc 2 : : Bear Fuiton and MeAllister st cars ¢ $1000% mm:. and o;::r Investments. ifornia st.: best wholesal: 3 : large Tot and briok bullding: rence $385, S04 000 Downtowa brick Duliding, rented to one tanaat :t_lwnuu&;lsfi ocks N. of Marke: rents $330; fine invesiment. onty 830000, 10! st., near Davis: brick 3 3 oo hron : ouly 'ua,u:anw‘ e i price 000: 44 feet fromt: Sansome: large lot dnd building. invesiment: rems sieady : $80,000: 0n & progressive strees N. of Mar corner; paying $500 a m A Gramt ave.: 23 feet onth. troat; rents Y-8t corner; 28 feet front; s 3123; near Tavlor st.; reduoed to $18.000. | | oot Bush-sh investment; large 1ot and brick build- tnvestm, g MatEETSRmNt on Geay st 80 make ofer.