The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1896. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, E‘Ilo:ni Prw:hur. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail Dally and Sunday CALI, six months, by m: Daily and Sunday Caii, three months by mal Daily snd Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. Bunday CALL, one year, by mail. WEEKLY CALL, One year, by mi THE SUMMER MONTHS. . Are you going to the country ona vacation ? If #0, 15 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 to the carrier or left at Business Office will recelve prompt attention. NO EXTEA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market .‘uru't. San ¥r: isco, Californisa. Telephone .Maln-1868 EDITORIAL 517 Cl ROOMS: Street. ceeens Maln—-1874. Telephone... BRANCH OFFICES: 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until $:30 o’clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. EW. corner Sixteenth snd Mission streets; open until § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 34 Park Row, New York City. AVID M. FOLTZ, Special A THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. ¥OR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Oblo FOR VICF-PRESIDENT~ : GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey FELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1896. SN — Keep woman's suffrage to the front. Bryan's oratory doesn’t improve on ac- guainiance. The silence of Grover Cleveland is be- coming painfully audible, Don’t be a laggard in your duties as a citizen. Get your name on the register at once. There is more promise of disturbance than of prosverity in the Democratic plat- form. ‘Women as well as men are interested in prosperity and should have a right to vote for it. By the way, was that a *‘cornfield shake” Silver Dick got at Chicago or just a plain shake? It will not be overlooked that the ini- tials of W. J. Bryan are also the initials of the wild jay bird. There is no need for the Eastern Demo- crats to put up a third ticket. McKinley will save the country. The election of Bryan would certainly be dangerous, but fortunately there is no danger of his election. Sewall, the bank president, standing on a platform denouncing banks is one of the humors of the situation. The Democratic band wagon will have to be drawn by colts this year, for all the wheel horses are kicking. You are attending to the welfare of your own business when you are working for the election of McKinley. Henry Watterson demands a good Demo- cratic ticket, just as if the politics of this country could achieve the impossibie, The election of McKinley will restore confidence and put money into circulation, while the election of Bryan would mean another panic. No intelligent bimetallist will intrust the remonetization of silver to the man- agement of such a fly-up-the-creek as the boy orator of the Piatte. That stanch Democratic organ, the Philadelphia Record, says the party is *“puz- zlificated,” and while that is not the right word it will do to start with. Genuine bimetallists will not intrust their cause to bands of pretty rhetoricians, It is & business principle and must be left o the management of business men. Theé rapidity with which the Republi- cans of the State are organizing is a good sign of the earnestness of the rank and file. They mean business and intend to win. It was hardly necessary for the United Press to tell the world that Bryan wearsa light, soft hat. His newly swelled hesd cannot bear anything of weight or stabil- ity on it at present. The Republican party in California has twice pledged itself to the cause of woman’s suffrage, and in this campaign merits the support of all who are willing to do justice to womanhood. The campaign ought to be a pleasant walkover for protection and prosperity, but Republicans can easily make it a straightforward, hard-fightine knock- down campaign if Democrats insist on it. The New York Zribune figures it out that in the Republican snd the Democratic National Conventions taken together there were 1140 gold men to 700 silver men and estimates thatisabout the way the country will vote. TE Rk PR Bryan may be a good orator when he has a chance 10 deliver a prepared oration, but his short speeches from the train on his way home are far below the level of any ever spoken by any other Presidential candidate in our history. One of the big railways centering in Chieago is trying the experiment of a five- cent fare to any point within twenty miles of the depot in that city. This is the sys- tem which bas proven so successful on the Austrian railways, even when applitéd on a larger scale, and may be the beginning of a general adoption of the plan in this country. ——— The New York 7imes in commenting on the defeat of Senator Hill for temporary chairman of the Chicago convention said: “Now that the silver men have given th measure of their recklessness, the best out- come of the convention would be the nom- ination of the worst possible te by the roughest methods and on the rottenest platform.” Tne Times should be satisfied, For the convention did that very thing. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. ‘Whatever may be the excitements in this campaign arising out of the tariff and the money issues the Republicans of Cali- fornia must not be led by them to forget or neglect the cause of woman’s suffrage. The Republican party of the State has twice pledged itself to uphold the canse of womanhood. Thatdouble pledge it should keep this year with the strictest fidelity, and lend its aid in the campaign to the noble women who are now so bravely and ably carrying on the struggle for the rights of their sex. It is most appropriate that the party which is now making a campaien for American industry and the welfare of the American home should also make a cam- paign for the women who keep the home. No class of people are more interested in work and wages, in the promotion of pros- perity and in the maintenance of the American standard of living than are the women of the country, on whom the bur- dens of the home fall and by whose virtue, thrift, economy and industry the home is made the comfort of man and the train- ing-place of the youth of the Republic. There are a thousand arguments why women should be allowed to vote and not one good reason against it. They are cer- | tainly as much concerned in the welfare of the Republic as are men, and they are equally fitted by intelligence to have a voice in determining the policies which the Government should pursue to promote that welfare. Many of them are property- owners, and even of those who have none in their own names many are interested in the property of their husbands. It is as anfair to deprive them of a vote in electing the officials who are to tax their property as it would be to deprive men ir the same position of that rnight. It is useless, kowever, to enter upon elaborate arguments of the question. It has been argued enough during the last twenty-five years. Every intelligent cuti- zen now understands the issue as well as he will ever be able to understand it. The only thing left to do is to overcome the inertia of the community and arouse men to the duty of voting as they think, The only thing that stands in the way of the adoption of a coustitutional amendment providing for woman’s suffrage is a falsely called conservatism which makes men hes- itate to venture upon a change of any kind. The Republican party has always been the party not merely of progressive ideas, but of progress in action. In many States it has fought the battle of woman’s rights and widened the bounds of liberty for them in every respect. The Repubiicans of California cannot afford to lag behind their party elsewhere. They have put the cause of woman’s suffrage on their ban- ners, and should see to it that it is carried to victory this fall. BEGIN THE WORK. The evil of the times is idle money. While it lies hoarded in vaults industry languishes, labor is without employment, enterprise is paralyzed, trade isdull, the home suffers and every class of citizens from highest to lowest undergoes the de- pression of hard times and is compelled to deprive itseif of accustomed comforts in order to avoid debt, bankruptcy and the threatening probability in some cases of absolute destitution. So long as the Democratic party is in a posiiion to menace every trade and eyery industry by advocating free trade and re- pudiation, it is hardly right to demand of private capital that it should undertake the risks and ventures of engaging in new enterprises. This is all the more reason why public money available for public works should be put into circulation dur- ing the summer, so that workingmen can find employment until the campaign is over and ‘industry revives with Republican success. At the present time a large sum of pub- lic money is available for use in San Francisco. The National Government has appropriated $2,000,000 for the new Post- office building. The State has set aside $600,000 for the ferries depot and $250,000 for the buildings of the affiliated colleges. The City zovernment has $300,000 fora municipal building. This makes a total of $3,150,000 for public work, and every citizen knows the work should begin at once. It is perhaps too much to expect any- thing from the National Government so long as the deficit tariff js ir operation and Cleveland isat the head of affairs. About the only nse of she appropnation is to point to S8an Francisco workingmen the result of voting for a free-trade party and a free-trade candidate. The State and the municipal money, however, we may hope to see put into circulation by the imme- diate beginning of the proposed work if the proper representations are made in the right quarters. To this end agitation should be directed at once. Let us get the money out of the vauits. When it is no longer idle the number of idle men will be decreased and there will be better business for everybody. OUR IDLE MONEY. Mr. McKinley hit the nail on the head the other dey when he toid a delegation from one of the interior towns of Ohio that “‘the employment of our idle money— the idle money that we already have—in gainful pursunits will put every idle man in the country at work.” Mr. McKinley did not intend to be understood as mean- ing that the present volume of gold, silver and paper is the limit of the country’s monetary requirements now and forever, but that if the money now in existence could be got out of its hiding-place and given employment in the active business world it would be found to be plenty to start every idle mill and workshop in the lana. As is well known, soon after the inaug- uration of Cleveland people began to draw in their capital. There were fears, which subsequent events proved to be well founded, that an alarming shrinkage of values would follow the policy of the new administration, and hundreds of millions of money was retired from business pur- suits and placed in banks and safe deposit vaults. Tt is said that never in the history of the country was there as much unem- ployed capital as at this time, or rather during the last three years. It is as Mr, McKinley says. If this idle money would come out of its hiding and seek employ- ment in gainful pursuits there would not be an idle man in the country, except those who prefer idleness, ‘While every sensible man will admit that Mr. McKinley will be elected there is besitation on the part of capital to ven- ture out’ because of the one chance in a thousand that Altgeldism wiil prevail at the November election. If all' persons who are opposed to the revolutionary pur- pose of Bryan would take occasion to em- phasize their purpose to work and vote sgainst that sort of thing no doubt the mitiions of money now in idleness would not wait until McKinley's election is officially announced. The importance, therefore, of a continuous demonstra- tion of disapproval of the Bryan theory of finance, industry and commerce is apparent. A sound industrial is sure to keep capital at work, and the country may feel assured that when Mr. Kinley is President there will be a volume of money fully equal to all legitimate de- mands, and that one dollar will be as good as another, whether it be of paper, silver or gold. Five years ago we had about the same volume of money as now, but confidence prevailed and money was always obtainable. “Five years ago,” says an lowa farmer to the.Des Moines Regis- ter, “we had big crops. I sold my oats then for from 20 to 25 cents a bushel. Bar- ley brought 55 cents and hogs §4 75. To- dey oats are being delivered at 7 cents a bushel and barley for 12 and 13 cents, while hogs are worth only $275. The sitnation is desperate for many. If we only had the prices of five years ago we would be not only satisfied but happy. Oh, for the good old times!” BRYAN'S “COMMON PEOPLE.” The candidate of the alleged Democratic party for President, W. J. Bryan, has cut loose from his moorings to talk to the ‘‘common people,”” as he puts it. Between Chicago and Salem, Iil., he made several speeches, or rather he delivered himself of parts of the one old speech. At Cham- paign a flatear had Leen placed on e side- track and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were escorted thither, where she was introduced to the gathering as *‘Mr. Bryan’s most excellent wife.”” Then Mr. Bryan told the people that before the campaign is over the discussién would turnon tne question, ‘Is this Nation great enough to legislate for itself?”” No doubt the people won- dered how such a sentimentas the question implies could be made the subject for dis- cussion, for the impression prevails pretty generally that our Nation has been able to do its own law-making for 120 years, and that there does not appear to be any rea- son why it should not continue to legis- late for itself. Then Mr. Bryan told his hearers that every economic question is a great moral question, and that when it comes to be settled it can only be done by the great ‘‘common people.” He did not say which classes of the country’s population he wishes to be understood as including in his select class of ‘“‘common people,’” but perbaps he will be more explicit later on, when every one of the 70,000,000 in this country shall know exactly where he and she belongs. He also informed his aud- ience that this is the greatest Nation on earth, but it would be a reflection upon the 1000 men, women and children of Champaign who went out to greet him to say he informed them of something about which they were in total ignorance before he mounted the flatcar. From the same flatcar Mr. Bryan flung this deep mystery at his hearers: *The politicians have tried to settle the money question; the people have tried to settle the money question; but it will not be set- tled until the people bave a chance to ex- press their opinions.” This is toodeep for the ordinary mortal to fathom. By the ordinary course of reasoning one would come to the conclusion that if the politi- cians have failed and the people have failed to settle the money question it can- not be settled; but, on the other hand, he says when the people have a chance the question will be settled in a hurry. Per- haps tbe flatcar had something to do with tangling his thoughts; but, anyway, if Mr. Bryan's statesmanship is to be meas- ured by such twaddle the more he travels about and makes speeches the better it will be for the country. The people would then be forewarned, which is the same thing as being forearmed. . I3 SEWALL A CONSPIRATOR? Mr. Arthur Sewall, the gentleman who graces the fail end of the Democratic ticket, is a pronounced contradiction. The platform upon which he is supposed to be standing demands that ‘“the power to issue notes to circulate as money be taken from the National banks and that all paper money shall beissued directly by the Treasury Department.” Mr. Sewall is a National bank president, and as such heis sworn to guard and protect the stock- holders, as well as the depositors. The presumption is that he regards the Na- tional system as about the right thing, and that in issuing notes a bank not only puts its stockholders in the line of making good profits, but materially benefits the community in which it is located by in- creasing its volume of circulating medium. It is reasonable to suppose that the stock- holders of the National bank of which Mr. Sewall is president had faith in his loyalty 1o them ana believed he was a friend of the National bank system when he was placed atthe head of the concern. The question is then, How is he going to ex- cuse his acceptance of an office on a plat- form that declares his bank to be a mone- tary tyrant and should be wiped out? As candidate for Vice-President, Mr. Sewall advertises his bank as an institu- tion that is at war with the principles of our Government, and & constant threat against the best interests of the people. As president of the bank he indorses the National bank system and gives the lie to the platform upon which be is running for the high office of Vice-President of the Unitea States. It woula seem that Mr, Sewall is either in a conspiracy sgainst the bank’s stockholders or against Bryan and the new Democratic party outfit, It is very clear that he is secretly knifing the one or the other. Prior to his nom- ination Mr. Sewall bad the confidence of his party and of the stockbolders of his bank, and no doubt deservedly so, but what can be thought of a man who delib- erately assumes the role of an assassin? To be honest he should make haste to quit the bank or quit the party. Hitherto the National bank system of the United States has been considered the world over as the safest and - best system for issuing paper money that could be devised by man. National bank notes are secured by the bonds of the Nation, and in turn the bonds are secured by the moral sense, business integrity and wealth of the people. All this Mr. Sewall affirms as president of a National bank, but as candidate for Vice-President of the United States he affirms that the National banks are organized bands of robbers who live and grow fat by plundering the public. It is important that Mr. Sewall should ex- plain himself. The people want to know whether he is in a conspiracy to break np the country’s banking system or to sell out the Democratic party. In any event, he owes it to the stockholders of his bank to tell them frankly whether or not he is in & scheme to close the bank’s doors. The Brooklyn Eagle, a Democratic bird, shougs the goldbug scream of defiance in these words: ‘‘Better the West were swept by Populism and the South raided and ridden by Republicanism until grass grow in the streets of her cities and salt was sown in the capitals of her States than to bave the fact and the fame, the sin and the shame, of free siiver and of re- pudiation fastened on the National De- mocracy by any concurrence of Northern Democrats.” The treasury deficit of $26,042,244 for the fiscal year just ended is one of the things which Democrats are trying to dodge while carrying the banner for PERSONAL. C. Ruegg, & Ukiah merchant, has & room st the Baldwin, J. M. Canty of Grayson registered at the Bald- win last night. Jules Cain, a young traveler from Paris, is at the Baldwin. e . Dr. T. M. Todd, a physician of Auburn, is staying at the Lick. Dr. C. H. Bulsen and wife of Stockton are guests at the Grand. J- R. Castro of San Jose {s making s short stay at the Baldwin, W. Marchbank of New Orleans is registered &t the Cosmopolitan, Wil W. Adams of Montana is one of the arrivals at the Palace. G. Wharton James, g journalist of Pasadena, is a guest at the Grand. G. W. Smith, a wealthy miner of Coluss,isa guest at the Cosmopolitan. N. J. Cornwall, a merchant of Cornwall, Or., is at the Russ with his wife. M. Reinhart, a merchant of Winnemuces, Nev., is registered at the Lick. T. W. Mathes, the Napa merchant, is at the California for a few days’ visit. F. A. Lyon, a merchant of Sacramento, is one of the arrivals at the Baldwin. W. R. Johnson, a farmer of Stockton, is among the late arrivals st the Grand. E. E. R. Tratman of New York is st the Palace with Mrs. Tratman of London. George A. Smith, who has a fruit ranch near Portland, Or., is visiting at the Grand. Captain W. H. MeMinn of Mission San Jose arrived at the Lick yesterday for short v isit. N. J. Steinhart, a merchant of Stockton, reg- u{gnd &t the California yesterday with his wite. George N. Goldstein, & mining man of Grass Valley, is among those registered at the Palace. T. M. Hateh, who is interested in the fruit business at San Jose, is & late arrival at the Palace. i JacobSchram, who makes wine at St. Helena, is among those that arrived at the California yesterday. John R. Manchester and Frank P. Man. chester of Omaha are registered at the Baldwin. J. K. Choate, presidentof & large woolen- mills at Denver, Oolo., arrived at the Palace yesterday. George T. Myers, who is interested in a sal- mon canuery at Portland, Or., has a room at the grand. W. T. Knox, a contractor and lumberman of Sacramento, is making & visit at the Grand with Miss Knox, Frank T. Barnes, city editor of the San Diego Vidette, arrived from the south last night and went to the Grand. Congressman Charles T. Joy of St. Louis, Mo., WAas a passenger on ], night’s overland train. He is a guest at the Palace. F. G. Hume, who owns a large ‘prune ranch at Los Getos, arrived at the Palace yesterday and registered with his wife. James A. Louttit, the ex-Congressman, took apartments at the Lick yesterday with his wife end registered from Stockton. J. Stmmes, who has interests in Alaska and in Washington, isat the Russ with his wife. They are registered from Seattle. Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli- tan are: O. O. Cone, 8. Weipert and E. W. Baker, business men of Portland, Or. E. T. Earl, who is extensively engaged in the fruit-shipping business at Sacramento, is among those registered at the Palace, H. Ward Wright, president of the Union Sav- ings Bank of San Jose and & 1leading business ;nln of that city, was in San Francisco yester- =0 Among the arrivals vesterday =t the Bald- win were Lieutenant John D. McDonald of the United States navy and Lieutenant C. P. Burt, & naval officer from Georgia. C. F. McGlashan of Truckee, lawyer, ex-jour- , ex-manager of the ice carnival, and a man high in the offices of the Knights of Pythias of this State, 1s making & brief visit at the Russ. George C. Fitsche of Batte, Mont., is a guest atthe Baldwin. Hesays that the silver ques- tion is keeping Montana back somewhat, but that Butte's copper mines are the great source of prosperity. There are greater possibilities undeveloped, he believes, than the very pro- ductive Anaconda copper mine. T. L. Reed of Reedley, Fresno County, is at the Grand. The town is named after Mr. Reed, who owns & good deal of real estate there- abouts. Itisasmall place, and for some time has been known to fame as one of the scenes associated with the mystery of the death of “Uncle Billy”” Wootton, the little old English- man who lived alone on his ranch in the neighboring hills and who was never seen after “Professor’’ Sanders—now languishing in the Fresno jail—had with two mythical inves- tors “purchased” the ranch. Levi Rackliffe, the State Treasurer, stopped at the Grand yesterday on his way to Bartlets Springs, whither he was going for recreation. Mr. Rackliffe says that tnere is $5,000,000 in the treasury now, & larger sum than has been there for a long while. There will be enough money to pay all warrants and have a good balance, a very different state of affairs from that of last year, when the payment of warrants with the general fund was stopped for want of money. Mr. Rackliffe says there is only one way to vote this year, and that is for McK inley. M. P. Stein, who has a large grain warehouse ‘busine t Stockton, arrived at the Baldwin yesterday, He complains tbat the trausporta. tion companies carrying grain down to Port Costa and San Franeisco are discriminating against Stockton. The Valley road, he says, has recently published its freight tariff, show- ing that by an arrangement with the water transportation company grain brought from- points along the railroed may be earried on to Port Costa or to San Francisco for an ad- ditional charge of 50 cents a ton. But the same transportation company charges 60 cents & ton for grain shippea from Stockton to Port Costa, though that port is nearer to Stockton by forty miles than is San Francisco. Commodore Howison, commander at Mare Island Navy-yard, has been making the Occi- dental his headquarters duving the last few days while he has been superintending the preparations aboard the Oregon, on which he will hoist nis flag this forenoon at 11 o’clock and read the commanding officer’s address, containing the stereotyped orders from the Secretary of the Navy. The great battle-ship will remain here for some time recelving finishing touches and her complete crew, which will consist of 437 enlisted men, 30 to 35 officers and 8 naval cadets. So far the Orcgon has no sailing orders and has not been assigned to any squadrom, but there is ample time for that, as it requires many weeks to fit up a big 10,000-ton vessel, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 14.—J. W, Bacon, H. B. Bompas and Augustus Love sail on the American liner St. Louis for England. At the Bartholdi—Mrs. Walker; St. Denis—F. W. Hol- den; Broadway Central—8. Lowenthal; Cali- fornia—Everett, C. H. Frind. Mr. and Mrs, W, L. Dodge left the Plaza to sail for Europe; also Miss Ruth Clarke, PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Garfield’s income is $21,000—-$16,000 from the fund raised by Cyrus W.Field and $5000 from Congress. Physieally Mr. Austin is the smallest poet laureate Great Britain has ever had. He is ouly & listle over four feet tall. Beven colleges have conferred the degree of LL.D. on General Francis A. Walker, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first house built 1n Southeastern Indiana ‘and now the oldest house in the State is still standing at Greensburg. It is the log cabin that was built by Thomas Hendricks, uncle of the late Vice-President Hendricks, in 1811. It is computed by a statistician of the curi- ous that Queen Victoria’s hend, which is said to be a bandsome one, has signed more import- ant state papers and been kissed by more im- portant men than the hand of any other Queen that ever lived. . Ex-Empress Carlotta of Mexico 18 56 years of ege and has been out of her head mow for — twenty-nine years. On her birthday, at the beglnning of June, she was visited by her brother, the King of the Belgians, the Queen 2nd Princess Clementine. A fine portrait by Romney was sold in Lon- don last month for the remarkable price of 10,500 guiness. The subject is a group of the sisters Caroline, Viscountess Clifden, and Lady Elizabeth Spencer, typifying “Music” &nd “Paintipg.” One lady is playing the harp and the other is making a crayonsketch. The buyer was Charles Wertheimer. Francis Joseph of Austria is one of two Eu- ‘Topean sovereigns whose presumptive heirs are their nephews. The other is the King of Roumania. The Emperorof Russia and the King of the Belgians have presumptive heirs in their brothers. The King of Spain’s pre- sumptive heir is his sister, and the Queen ot the Netherlands her aunt. All other European sovereigns have sons. It will be in a '‘glass coach” that Princess Maud ana her bridegroom wiil make the wed- ding journey from Marlborough House to Buckinghsm Pelace and back. This will not only give the crowds of well-wishers a chance tosee some of the royal bridsl-finery, but will also delight the hearts ot the snapshot- The new Shah of Persia announced that henceforth public posts, dignities and military titles, as well as decorations, will be granted solely on the merits of the candidates, that no money consideration will be allowed weight in the matter and that he himself will decline all pecuniary presents. THE STEERSMAN. The fore shrouds bar the moonlit scad, The port rail laps the sea— Aloft all taut, where the wind clouds skim, Alow to the cutwater snug and trim, And the man avthe wheel sings 10w; sings he— 0B, sea room and lee room. And a gale 10 run afore, From the Golden Gate to Sunda Strait, But my heart lies snug ashore.” Her hull rolls high, her nose dips low, The rollers fiash alee— Wallow and dip, and the uptossed screw . Sends heart throbs quivering through and through, And the man at the wheel sings low; sings he— +Oh, sea room and lee room And a gale to run afore, u’east by south and a bone in her mouth, = ug ashore.” The belmsman’s arms are brown and hard, Anad pricked In his forearms be A ship, an anchor, a love knot true, A heart of red and an arrow of blue, And the man st the wheel sings low; sings he— “Oh, sea rovm and lee room gale to run afore, The 8hip to her chart, but Jack to his heart— And my heart lies shug ashore.” ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS in the Bookman, GIRL'S DRESS, WITH LONG FRENCH WAIST. Exquisite little evening gowns may be made after this model—taffetas, challies, organdies, mulls and numberless other materials being employed. The walst has a semi-fitted lining, over which the material is gathered. The skirt is simply {llhered and sewed to the waist. A pink China silk seen had frills of white mull and yellow Valenciennes lace over the shoulders. A white taffeta, with blue stripes, had blue ribbon ruffied around the top of thie waisr, with bows on the shouiders of the same ribbon. This eame pattern can be used for day dresses of wool, silk or cotton, to be worn with guimpes. Natural colored linen will be found a very serviceable material for general house wear, and may be worn with guimpes of white lawn or of linen to match the dress. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Little Boy (who has been chased out of the farmyard by s turkey)—All right! ‘Just you wait till Christmas and I'll knock the stuffing out of youl—Pick-Me-Up. “‘Papa, dear! Is Queen Victoria still living?” “Certainly, my boy; why ask silly ques- tions?”—Brooklyn Lite. Circassian Girl—How is the courting coming on between the ossified man and the trick- ‘wheel woman? . Living Skeleton—Badly. He gave her the marble heart and she returned him the bicycle face.—Buffalo Times. Te you a Daughter of the Revolution?” he “Ithink I " she answered, feelingly; “I ride a wheel.""—Detroit Free Press. I don't see what good chaperons are! Young Dareell kissed Kittie Sweet right before her chaperon!” “Ah, yes, but he kissed the chaperon first.”— Free Press. Luxurious—Dickey, they tell me you are living on the fat of theland at your new board- ing place.” Weefers — Yes, oleomargarine snd filled cheese.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There are some men who can only be de- scribed in this way: If the wind blows their fence down, it stays down forever.—Atchison Globe. Blobbs—I was at a spiritualistic seance last night and had & talk with my dead wife, Slobbs—Weren’t you skeptical? Blobbs—Iwas at first, but when she asked me if her halo was on straight I was fully con- vinced.—Philadelphia Record. The Minister—When you grow up, Johnny, what would you like to be? Johnny—A preacher. The Minister—Ah, I am glad to hear you say that, my little man. Now tell me why you think you would like to be a preacher ? Johnny—'Cause then the folks would always git out the best things they had in the house to eat when they seen me comin’.—Cleveland Leader. “Mammsa, why is the ocean so angry look- ing?” “Because 1t hes been crossed so otten, Wil- lie.”—Washington Times, Druggist (awakened at 2 A.x.)—~What d'ye want? Customer—If you'll let me look in your direc- tory to see how to address this letter I'll buy a stamp from you.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele- Rraph. Sl Speaking of hog cholera, Miss Blunt re- marked the other day, as she hung to the strap, “What a pity it wouldu’t break out in our streetcars.”—Boston Transcript. It isn’t because you said I was curt, ‘When you shot from your “bike” like a dart And carlea up in all too promiscuous dirt, . ‘Tnat for ever and ever we part. It issimply and solely—why secrets disclose? But, another time, do not bave holes in your hose. —Punch. GREAT NATIONAL UNION, Federal Employes Throughout the Country Will Come Together for Protection. Dave Supple Will Represent Local Postal Clerks at the Forthcoming Denver Convention. Government employes throughout the country are making preparations to form a National organization, to be known as the United States Civil Service Associa- tion. The object of the proposed union is to protect men holding Federal positions under civil service, and to see to it that they are not removed without cause. Already many of the larger cities have local associations, and if the plan as now outlined is perfected the union promises to be one of the strongest in America. It is proposed to hold a convention in New York in September next. Delegates from all parts of the country will be present. The local Federal employes met yester- day to take such steps as were deemed necessary to furtner the formation of the association, It was decided to send five representatives to the convention, the same to be selected later. The first civil service association was formed in New Orleaus a little over twelve months ago. Other parts quickly followed the action of that city, San Francisco falling into line four months later. In the local union are included all departments of the cus- toms service, the membership now reach- ing about 250, In New York 2000 men bave joined the association, and in other parts of the East there are unions varying in membership from 200 to 500. The proposed association will in no way affect the National Order of Postoffice Clerks. The annual convention of this last-named institution will be held in Den- ver during the month of September. The exact date hus not yet been selected. The local clerks will mage a strong fight to have the next annual convention meet in San Francisco. Many of the delegates have aiready pledged their support to this City. Dave Supple, superintendent of Station D, has been selected to represent the local union at Denver. OPPOSE THE CHARTER. ‘Women’s Liberal League States What It Finds to Criticize in the Document. The American Women’s Liberal League has adopted the following resolutions, which they have submited for publica- tion: WHEREAS, The efforts of the American Women’s League have heretofore been given mainly to emphasizing our disapproval of the unprogressive, unjust and un-American clause which would forbid the employment of teach- ers in the primary and grammar classes of our public schools who had not bren educated in the public schools of this State; and, whereas, the American Women’s Liberal League is an organization which recognizes no creed in re- ligion and no code in politics, is Iargely com- posed of ladies who are natives of California, who have received their education in the pub- lie school udvnem of this State, many of them being graduates of the High and Normal schools, the evidence of whose proficiency, effi- ciency and patriotism has been demonstrated bf the creditable manner in which they have filled 'Positions in the public schools; and, ‘whereas, a_so-called united councils commit- tee of the Women’s American Protective Asso- ciation has seen fit to adont resolutions favor- ing the new charter, and especially the clause desling with the engmuuLo{ teachers to po- sitionsin the }:ublm schools; and, whereas, the phraseology of the said resolutions shows that the members of the united councils committee of the W.A. P. A. have never been made familiar with any curriculum outside the narrow con- fines of the ‘“little red schoolhouse”; and, ‘whereas, the principles of the W. A. P. A. show that the members thereof are saturated with bigotry, steeped in prejudice and sodden with ignorance; therefore be it Resgolved, That we congratulate J.'Richara Freud and the Merchants’ Association on the new and appropriate allies they have received in their warfare on equal rights; and be it further Resolved, That we ask the members of the Merchants’ Association if they are with knowl- edge lending themselves and their organizs- tion to the schemes of & set of women whose society advocates the prineciples of the noto- rious Mrs. Slattery. Fesolved, That we mgrut that the members of the W. A. P. A. should attend at least one term of some school where the proper use of the English languege is taught and save the public from the ridiculous and indecent as- saults on our mother tongue which charac- l;rued their recent ebullition; and be it fur- ther Resolved, That the prejudice, narrowness, hizmr‘y and ignorance dhpll{‘ed by the W, A, P. A. form the only dangers which menace ou }:o::ectnhn system of education; and be it urther Resolved, That we commend to the intelli- gent and discriminating &nbL\c the conelusive proof furnished by the W. A. P. A. resolution toour assertion that the new charter was an A. P. A. scheme, and be it further Resolved, That we_request the W. A. P. A. to secure the Rev. B. Hudelson, the Rev. Donald Ross and other exponents of purity in life and honesty in politics to dilate upon the benefits of living under the rule of an A. P. A. charter. Resolved, That we &lso condemn in the new charter the un-Americsn disposition to make the Mayor an autocrat, by placing in his hands almost the absolute government of the City, particularly the power given him to remove any officor or deputy upon the sworn state- ment of any person in writing (Article IV, ,8ec. 6). This suthorty is not quali. fled by any proviso entitling the accused to a by Civil Service Commissioners or oth- erwise. And we further note that sny person -gl removed cannot become a candidate for office. . Resolved, That we object to the provision re- quiring nine of the twelve votes of the Super- visors instead of a two-thirds yote as hereto- Ere 1o pass an ordinance over the veto of the ayor. Resolved, That we object to the aushority under Article I by which the municipal cor- poration is empowered to sell, convey or mort- gage or dis] of the City’s real or personal property. ‘e submit that this rightshould only be given with the same restrictions Which surround its acquisition, namely, by the approval of the voters at & special mcet- ing held for the purpose and according to the terms dec! by th y them. Resolved, That we pelieve that the interests of the City would be better subserved by electing Supervisors from their respective wards rather thanat large as provided in the new charter. esolved, That at our next meeting we con- tinue to act upon the lng estion of J. Richard Freud, made to us n letier of June 27, and still further delve into this labyrinth of a charter in_order that we may be able to stand shoulder to shoulder and side by side with our fathers, husbands, brothers and sons in maintaining the prerogatives accorded them by the constitution of these United States, STATE DEVELOPMENT. Preparing Plans for a Large Permanent Exhibit at Chicago. The San Francisco branch of the State Development Committee met yesterday and discussed the preparation of establish- ing a large permanent exhibit of California products at Chicago. .The plans sub- mitted for such an exhibit were approved. Wendell Easton and David Rich were appointed as delegates to the Merchants’ Association’s new charter convention. The San‘ Francisco branch decided to subscribe $500 for 10,000 topographical maps, now being issued by the general committee, The following committees were ap. pointed to canvass the City for the sale of these maps, each committee to visit per- sonally or send representatives to those of the class assigned toit: Banks—David Rich and W. hotels—M. J. Coleman and Alf ance — Homer Craig upervisors—N, B, 3 O ete.—William M. Bubker: 3 &u lic bodies—Wendell Easton and . Bunker; mu&?mfion com- panies—M. J. Coleman and D. M. Carman; real estate agents — David Rich and Wendell P. Buckingham; Bouvier; 'lnlnr- tions, ' States, — MEYER ROSENTHAL'S WILL. He Bequeathed Most of His Property to His Daugher. The will of Meyer Rosenthal, senior partner of the firm of Rosenthal Bros. & Co., was yesterday filed for probate. The testator leaves §1000 to each of seven sisters in Germany, $1000 to the children of a deceased sister, $15,000 and a $10,000 life insurance policy to hig wife. The wife's share of the m;nmunl_zy roperty is, howe;er, deducted from the i Bg AR 15T$° 1?1’::;‘%! the estate is wilied to Jeanette Ruth Rosenthal, daughter of the deceased, to be hela in trust, howhev:r, by Jsaae L. Rosenthal, brother of the testa. tor, until the daughter attains the age of 25 years. 5 5 a0 and will was made February 3, 1894, an it’fsherovided that in case any tt:hxld‘;m shonld be born to the testator lhterJ at date they share "equally wit! s ean- ette Ruth Rosenflm.r ms the estate, and he same conditions. m}fl:: :sme is worth probably. $60,000. = Isaac L. Rosenthal, Daniel Max an Julius Oppenteimer are named as execu- L e STATE BOARD OF TRADE. Will Exhibit at the Boston Pure-Food Exposition. s lar meeting of the California St{t:.Br:f:i of Trede was held yesterday and Manager J. A. Filcher reported that the Santa Barbara Supervisors had de- cided to send a fine collection of the prod- ucts of the county. . After an informal discussion of the sub- ject of irrigation Mr. Filcher sugge‘sled that the Board of Trade send a smallex- hibit of California’s dried and preserved fruits to the pure-food expogition “Pl‘:h will De held in Boston for six weeks or two montns beginning October 5. He called attention to the fact that in this State there is no concerted effort to intro- duce the excellent products of orchard and farm. He said that a man with a patent con- densed milk or the manufacturer of a special kind of oatmeal will do more ad- vertising, and increase his business in consequence, than the whole State of Cali- fornia does with its unlimited resources. The board decided to leave the entire matter in the hands of Mr. Filcher for him to see if the project is practical. brothers and SCANDINAVIAN REPUBLICANS. Permanent Organization Effected and Committees Appointed Last Night. The Scandinavian Republican Club met last night at 33 Eddy street and effected a permanent organization. The club had | been temporarily organized on July 2, mainly through the efforts of C. Larsen and V. Konig. The following officers were elected last evening: F. Claussen, president; Alfred Olsen, vice-president; P. E. Lemar, recording secretary; John Peterson, treasurer; D. Magnussen, sergeant-at-arms. A%m fifteen new members signed the roll last night, makmng a total enrollment of something over 100 names. O. Olsen, V. Konig anc¢ C. J. Peterson were ap- pointed a committee on constitution and by-laws and C. B. Johnson, M. Larsen and . Thiss were named for the finance com- mittee. The next meeting will probably be held two weeks from last night, on the 28th, at the same hall, 33 Eddy street. & To Open a Post Here. The Volunteersof America, who have already three posts open in the State—San Jose, Stock- ton and Fresno—will open their first San Fran- cisco post on Friday, July 17. Major Blackhurst, who is now in Los Angeles opening the work there, will present the col- nd 1nstall officers. Staff Captain Gardner, assisted by Captain Mills, will have charge for the present, while permanent headquarters and armory are undergoing extensive altera- tions to meet the requirements of the new or- anization. Meetings will be held in Mozart all, 1358 Market street, beginning Sunday with the opening, after which there will be meetings held on Wedesdays, Thursdays, Fri- days and Sundays of each week. —_—————— Balling Not Guilty. Frederick Boiling, alias Frederick Balling, charged with burglarizing the store of Jeffery Bros., at 1019 Haves street, was yesterday ac- quitted in Judge Wallace's court. ————— An Insolvent Butcher. Andrew Weber, & butcher doing busifiess at 20 Hayes street, has filed a petition in in- solvency. He owes $2659 05 and has no avail- able assets. , —_—————— CALIFORNIA glace frults, 50c Ib. Townsend’s,* ———————— EPECIAL iniormation dafly to manufactursre, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomary. * St “Awful accident at Jones’ yesterday.’” “S0? I dian’thear of it.” “Jones hit his thumb with the hammer and immediately exploded With rage, while his wife burst into tears.”—Indianapolis Journal, Are You Going East? The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad—Santa Fe route—is the coolest and most comfortable sum- mer line, owing to its elevation and absence ot sikali dust. Particularly adapted for the trans- portation of families because of its palace draw- ing-room and moaern uppistered tourist sleeping- cars, which run dally through from Oakland to Chicago, leaving at a seasonable hour and in charge of attentive conductors and porters. Tick- etoffice, 644 Market streer, Chronicle butlding. Telephone, Main 1531. ——————— Excursion to the Yellowstone Park. Swell excursion will leave San Francisco next Sunday evening. Rates cut way down. Every- thing first class; meals in dining-cars. The finest sight In the world is the hot water geysers, fonnd noplace but in the Yellowstone. Just the place for your vacation trip. T. K. Stateler, 638 Market street, San Francisco. . gy “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’ FHas been used over 50 years by millions of mothery for their children whiie Teething with perfect sac- Ces3. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Paln, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and Isthe best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Drug- glsts In every part of the world. Be sure and asc for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & boula, ———— CORONADO.—Atmosphere 13 perfectly, dry, sofs and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon farther north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days' board at ths Hotel dat Coronado, $60; longer stay $250 perday., APpi? éNew Monigomery st.. SanFrancisco. ——————— “WOULDN T be without it for worlds!"’ wag the emphatic declaration of & lady in reference to Ayer's Hair Vigor. ———e———— N\ “I say, captain,” said a young Englishman on board an American clipper, “that flag of yours has not floated in every breeze and over every sea for a thousand years, has it “No, it hasn’t, * replied the captain, “but it haslicked one that has.”—Youth' Companion. on Fruit Jars 45¢c PER DOZ. PINTS 55c PER DOZ. QUARTS 75¢ PER DOZ. HALF GALLONS 30c PER DOZ. JELLY GLASSES DERER CUT PRICES Crockery, Chinaware and Glassware, Come and Get Posted. {eat American [mpartng Tea (4 MONEY SAVING STORES: 1344 Market st. Ninth 2510 Mission st. m‘s Third :‘_ Sixth st. 2008 Fillmore st. 6i7 Kearny st. 965 Market st. us Polk st. 3006 _Sixteenth gt, 33 Hayesst © o NESM S Fashbogton st SOE T o i ban Pabis aver” iy iy oY 1355 Park st., X