The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1896, Page 6

‘ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1896. : ] e o e R e R T e s SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: end Sunday CALY, one week, by carrler..§0.15 Dally apd 6.00 Dall THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the couniry ona_vacation ? #0, it {8 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to vour address. Do not let it miss you for you will 1 Orders given to the carrier or left at ess will recelve prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, co, California. +eveer. Maln—1868 iss it. Telephone. Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untll 30 o’clock. ission streets; opea OAKLAND OFFICE : €08 Broadway. ERN OFFICE: = Park Row, New York City. Eastern Manager. DAVID M. Patriotism, Protection and Prosperity. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Obio YOR VICF-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey Election November 3, 1896, Fresno is ali right. The San Joaguin has the life of trade. It takes a competing road to do business for the people. Above all other local issues is the issue of Republican barmony. He is an enemy of Republicanism who seeks to divide the party. McKinley talks business every time and business men listen to him. The hog that was roasted at the Fresno feast was the S. P. monopoly. One question of the campaign, What does Bryan propose to do for working- men? remains unanswered. By and by Ban Francisco, like the San Joaquin, will have a competing road, and then we will have a banquet. Is there no candidate in the Democratic camp tor United States Senators? Is Cator all in all and without a rival? ‘Whatever is done against Colonel Tay- lor is done in the interest of Buckley and Rainey, and don’t you forget it. There are not many workingmen who wish to be paid In a fifty-cent dollar and Bryanism is at a discount in labor circles. Democrats may appeal their party squabbles to the courts, but the Repub- lican party should be a seclf-governing body. Bryan may think he is stumping the country, but we take notice that every time anybody asks him a question he is stumped. No matter what figurehead may be put on a factional Republican ticket it will be the bands of the Democratic bosses that push it along. One faction of local Democracy has gone off to the Populists, the other has gone to the Non-Partisans, and the old campground is deserted. Perbaps the reason why we are hearing nothing about “the poor man’s dinner pail”’ in this campaign is because there is no longer anything in it. As wheat is rising without waiting for free silver coinage the farmers can see they do not have to vote for Bryan in | by electing enough silyer Senators to hold | the balance of power and prevent the| order to promote prosperity. Bince Bryan has taken the stump in Tennesse: we may put that State in the doubtful column. Even bourbonism can- not stand Bryanism at short range. Buckley has loaded himself with Popu- Jism and Rainey has loaded up with Non- Partisanism, so now is the time to fire them. Both loads are highly explosive. Loyal Republicans will support the local ticket indorsed by the State Central Committee. To do anything else will weaken the party and help the Democrats. The feliow that started the report that Mr. Hanna concedes the electivn of Bryan js certainly the wildest braying donkey in ,the Democratic camp. He merits the medal. According to Bradstreet the business of the country was seven billion dollars less in 1895 than in 1892. That is the differ- ence between Democratic and Republican conditions. e f i Party government by State Central Com- mittee is universal throughout the United States. Why should Republicans of San Francisco make themselves an exception to the rule? ‘Where is Bill English and where is Bill Foote? Where are all the spell-binders and shouters? Why have they deserted the whoop-her-up camp and gone off to the camp of the doubters? If San Francisco does not cast a Repub- lican majority that will carry the State for McKinley it will be the fault of those dis- loyal members of the party who think more of petty squaobles than of great principles. Charles L. Taylor has been tried in office and found able and faithful in the per- formance of every duty. Why should any Republican oppose his promotion to the office of Mayor? Why should not all good citizens vote for him? Republicans represented by Colonel Tay- lor are giving a loyal support to Mr. Spear for elector and Mr. O'Brien for Congress in the Fourth District. Why should not these men and their friends give an equally cordial support to Colonel Taylor and his ticket? SAN FRANCISCO'S OPPORTUNITY. Never have the people of San Francisco had a better opportunity to provide a good municipal administration than in this campsaign. The division of the Demo cratic perty, the fusion of the Buckley wing with the Populists and of the Rainey wing with the Non-Partisans, opens a way for the election of Colonel Taylor if only the Republican party unites in his sup- port and receives the votes which it may reasonably expect from the better element of our citizens. ¥ Colonel Taylor's official record is known to every citizen who reads the newspapers and has paid any attention to the con- duct of City affairs. On every issue aris- ing bafore the Board of Supervisors in- volving the welfare of tbe people and the interests of the City, he has acted uni- formiy for the public good. Of this there can be no dispute. The record was made openly. Itisto be found in the public accounts of the proceedings of the Super- visors, and no man can point to a single objectionable feature in it. ‘While Colonel Taylor in this way repre- sents the best interests of the City and the highest honesty in official service, it is known that those who are opposing him are toa greater or less extent representa- tives of all that is meant by Buckleyism and Raineyism in municipal politics. To vote against Colonel Taylor is to cast 2 vote on the :side of those personal influ- ences which have been so corrupting in times past and which, it is hardly neces- sary to say, will be equally corrupting in the future. This being so, there ought to be a most cordial support given to Colonel Taylor by every Republican in the City and by all members of other parties who are willing to unite with Republicans for good government, clean politics ana an honest, municipal affair-. Free silver coinage and a revenue tariff are not the only mischiefs of the Demacratic platform. Perhaps they are not the chiefest. | The repudiation of our obligations, the pros- titution of the courts to the will of a tem- porary majority, and the curtailment of the power of the Erecutive are of the gravest im- port.—-Hon. W. S. Knox. TO YOUNG VOTERS. The address of McKinley to the young men of Canton who are to cast their first Presidential ballot at this election should be read and studied by every young man in the United States. 1t was warm with | the fervor of a true patriotism and laia down pripciples for the guidance of young men not only in this campaign but for all campaigns to come. The Republican party, as McKinley pointed out, represents the best hopes and aspirations of the American people. It embraces within its doctrines and pur- poses the honor of the Nation and tie greatest prosperity of the Republic. No party ever had a grander history or ever did more for liberty and equality. It has an especial claim upon the youth of the land, since it represents what is best in the past and gives promise of what will be best 1n the future. As in 1860 the Republican party stood for the maintenance of the Union so it now stands for the maintenance of the credit of the Nation and the promotion of the welfare of the people. No party, as McKinley said, appeals so much *‘to the intelligence, pride and patriotism of young men.” They can read in its his- tory the glorious records of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and Blaine and gather { from the lives and words of these immor- tal leaders inspirations which will direct them in the paths of political wisdom and the truest patriotism. Young Americans should vote for American principles and maintain Ameri- can industry aganst all the world. If they do this they will find their proper place in the Republican party and have a part in the great work of upbuiiding the Nation and making its glory more glori- ous still. chinery in gperation and there will not be an able to work; there will not be an American home where hunger and want wili not disap- pear at once, and there will not be a_farmer improved home markets and by the better and steadger prices for his products.—McKinley. FIGHTING FOR SENATORS. A bulletin issued by the Republican National managers declares that from now on the Democratic National Committee will in effect abandon the attempt to elect Bryan and devote the rest of the campaign to the election of Legislatures in States where United States Senators are to be chosen. Their plan is to try to re- tain the free silver control in the Senate passage of a tariff bill, One of the States in which it is the hope of the fusion to bring about the election fornia. To achieve that result the fusion managers have set aside the ablestand worthiest leaders of the Democratic party, and will combine with the Populists to bring about the election of Mr. Cator. It behooves the people of California to be on their guard against this trick of the enemies of the industries of the State. California is already misrepresented by one free-trader in the Umted States Sen- ate, and we cannot afford to run the risk of another. required than to call the attention of the peovle to this danger. The fight from now on will be for Congressmen and members of the Legisiature. Bryan himself is virtually defeated. His party is abso- iutely demoralized. Not one single man of eminence 1s supporting him in the campaign, The issue is to secure the con- trol of Congress. Fusion in this fight can be defeated as easily as fusion in the Presidential fight. Let the people be on their gnard. No man should be elected to Congr-ss who is not in favor of protection, and no man should be elected to the State Legislature who will not vote for a stanch, stalwart Republican for the United States Senate. Industry must come first. Labor precedes all else. It is the foundation of wealth; it 1s the ereator of all weaith. Its active employ- ment puts money in circulation and sends it coursing through every artery of trade. The mints don’t distribute it in that way. Start the jactories in full blast and the money will flow from bank and vault. The lender will seek the borrower, not as now, the borrower the lender.—McKinley. AS TO TOM WATSON. Whatever slse may be said of Tom Wat- son, it cannot be said that he is stupid. ‘When Watson announced that he was op- posed to fusion with the Democracy ugon any kind of a basis that contemplated the transfer of Populist votes to the Demo- cratic candidates he showed that he had a good deal of political sense. He reasoned along logical lines when be declared that a Populist could not consistently vote for » Sewall elector any more than he could business-like administration of | Start the factories and put American ma- | idle man in the country who is willing and | who will not be cheered and benefited by his | of a Senator opposed to protection is Cali- [* It is not likely that any more will be | vote for & Hobart elector. In fact, Wat- son’s position with reference to the true status of the Populist ticket before the country has been right all the time. ‘Watson very properly holds that the St. Louis convention was a legally consti- tuted Populist convention, and that no provisions were made for the nomination of any but Populists for President and Vice-President. It follows, therefore, Watson contends, that Bryan was nom- inated because the convention not only believed him to be a Populist, but the most available member of the Populist party for Presidential candidate, as Wat- son was for Vice-Presidential candidate; that no one has the right to undo the work of the convention by substituting another for either one of the nominees, and that fusion or combination that con- templates making the National ticket read “‘Bryan and Sewall,” “Bryanand Hobart” or Bryan and any one other than Watson would be an illegal proceeding. In that, however, the Georgian is playing bluff, for electors aré not bound except by their honor to vote for any particular man for President. McKinley electors could vote for Bryan if they wanted to, just as Bryan electors could vote for Palmer or McKin- ley, or for some one whose name had never been mentioned in connection with | the Presidency. | But Watson is clearly right when he says the Populist party kas uno official knowledge of such a ticket as “Bryan and Sewall,” and therefore no Populist could vote for such candidates. Watson admits that the Bryan' and Watson ticket could combine with the Bryan and Sewall ticket and with the McKinley and Hobart ticket for mutual advantage in local affairs, but says no combination could be made by which the standing and rights of a Presi- { dential or Vice-Presidential candidate would be jeopardized, for that would be an- nulling the work of the nominating con- vention, which could not be done except | by the party in convention. ‘While admitting the right of the Demo- cratic party to nominate Bryan and Sewall electors, Watson 1nsists that it is an act of false pretenses to call such a ticket the Populist ticket, and that it is equally dishonorable to combine on Bryan and divide on Sewall and Watson iu nominating electors. Of course Wat- son could say nothing that would change the programme, for the bosses have already determined what their course shall be, but he has the satisfaction of | showing the country that he is not the chump the Bryanites have been taking him for. It is said that silver is the poor man’s money. It is no more the poor man’s money than it is the rich man’s money. It is the money of small transactions, and, the tran- sactions of the poorer ciass of people being generally small, it is the money almost ez- clusive y used by them, and therefore I want it to be as geod as the dollar that is used by | the rich man.— Wiltiam D. Bynum. ABSURD ON THE FACE OF IT. The report that Mr. Hanna despairs of the election oi McKinley was effectuslly refuted by the vote in Connecticut on the day it was made public. How can any man who is at all well informea be doubt- ful of Republican success in a year when every election shows Republican guins? There was an increase of the Republican vote even in Arkansas last month, and now the town elections in Connecticut prove that the great Republican majorities | of two years ago are to be exceeded in that | State in November. Mr. Hanna when asked about the re- port said: *Itis absurd on the face of it. I have never at any .time <aid anything | capable of such construction. I have | never conceded the election of Mr. Bryan and I certainly cannot concede it now { when the tide is flowingso strongly and | unmistakably in the direction of Repub- lican success.”” [t hardly needed this de- nial to confirm the public judgment on the report which was flashed up so con- spicuously by the Ezaminer yesterday. | As Mr. Hanna says, absurdity was “‘on the face of it,”” and in no possible form could that absurdity have been made more | prominent and protuberant t:an in the | particular shape the Ezaminer gave it. The report in itself was a matter of but { little importance. It derives interest only | from the fact that it is another evidence | of the foolish, ridiculous and almost silly way in which the campaign is beinz con- ducted by the Popocrat managers and organs. No story is too evidently false for the managers to set afloat or for the organs to publish with display headlines. The leaders of the Democratic party who have scorned the Bryan platform seem to bave taken all the brains of the party with them. The managers or misman- | agers in charge of the fusion are making a | campaign which is nothing more than a political farce. The whole programme is “absurd on the face of it.” | PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Lord Windsor is running a model public house on his English estate. The Countess of Bectrie has a vast and cer- tainly unique collection of thimbles. Mr. Gladstone has been presented with a prayer-book and has promised to use it regu- larly. Lord Londonderry advises agriculturists to improve the quality of their products, and so their value. “Ian Maclaren” says that the Sermon on the Mount “‘was Christ’s manifesto and the consti- tution of Christianity. Mary Marks, colored, who resides in Bren- bam, Tex., was born in the West Inaies in 1776, and is therefore 120 years old. | Miss Mary Taylor, who is said to have been the heroine of the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” died recently at Somerville, Mass, President Kruger of late has been getting very deaf. The malady is,in the opinion of his medicsal advisers, due to excessive smoking. It js said that Rev. C. H. Woolston, pastor of the East Baptist Church of Philadeiphia, has asked the trustees of the church to agree to pay his salary in gold if Mr. Bryan is elected and that they have agreed to do so. Several candidates for appointment on the New York police force were asked toname four of the New England States. One bright fellow, in a boid hand, wrote this answer: “Englan, Irelan, Scotling and Wales.” Alton Grant, & Lewiston (Me.) confectioner, has applied for a patent on & process by whnich pasteboard boxes may be so treated that ice- cream packed in them will remain solidly {rozen for twenty-four hours. A committee of notabilities from all parts of Holland has been appointed to consider a National gift to the Queen Regent in 1898, in recognition of the manner in which she has carried on the Government ot the State during the minority of the Queen. The death is announced of the Rev.D.K. Guthrie, senior minister of Liberton Free Church, near Edinburgh, the eldest son of the famous Dr. Guthrie, whose name is still & household word in Scotland &s one of the “heroes of the disruption.” Among the Episcopal clergymen mentioned in connection with the bishopric of Western New York to succeed the late Bishop Coxe are the Rev. Drs. Chauncey B. Brewster of Brook- lyn, James S. Stone of Chicago, George W. Douglas of New Haven, Conn., James Rank- line of Geneves, N. Y., and John 8, Lindsey of Bosten, = THE SCHEME EXPOSED. What Is Said of Mr. Hearst’s Position on the Financial Question. Contemporaries Unite in Denoun- cing the Silver - Mine Owners’ Conspiracy. The editors of California continue to speak out plainly regarding Mr. Hearst's attitude on the financial question. A few extracts are appended : STIRRED UP A HORNETS' NEST. Wood!and Mail The Examiner siirred up & hornets’ nest when it attacked THE CALL and the manner in which the latter is getting back at the Fakaminer s highly amusing. 2 T THE REASON. San Bernardino Sun. THE CALL has iound a reason for the open championship of free silver by the Examiner anad the Journel. Itliesin the fact that some- thing like $8,000,000 of the Hearst esiate con- sists in silver-ming properties. It’'s a good ;znugn, 100, but tne public likes to know, you oW. S ONE RATHER WE.GHTY REASON. Napa Register. THE CALL says the Examiner has substantial reasons for advocating free coinage; that the “uniimited” system of finance would mean for Mr. Hearst £400,000 & year; that the out- E!uz of the Ontario silyer mine, in which Mr. . 18 largely interest-d, would alone leap S to $75,000 & month. Sl groieey FOR REVENUE ONLY. Redding Free Press. The San Francisco CALL has been drawing the deadly parallelon the Examiner, much to the latter’s discomfiture. THE CALL charges that the present utterances of the Examiner on the silver question are in direct antagonism to its published ideas one year ago, when it denounced free silver at ihe ratio of 16 to 1. The Hearst estate is interested in eight silver mines, and has ‘‘substantial” reasons for ad- vocating iree silyer at this time. Tne proprie- tor of the Examiner appears to be in the silver combine for revenue only, which explains the silver editorials and artic.es now published in that paper. Free silver would undoubtedly be a good thing—for the Examiner. ol et GRAND WORK, Amador Republican. Mainly throngh the efforts of the San Fran- cisco CALL the people of this Coast have had their eyes opened to the real enormity of the monumental and colossal silyer mine owners’ conspiracy to gat control of this Government. Itisso enormous that it almost staggers be- lief, but the truth seems to be well established by THE CALL, ana all that the people can do is to shudder and thank God that it is no worse, and that it has been exposed in time to pre- vent this nation from falling into & trap. The work the CALL has done in unearthing and exposing this gigantic combination is simply grand, and should be and will be appreciated at its true value by the people of the whole country, and especially of the West, saving and excepting always those interested in the scheme and their friends. AN AUTUMN RuYME The autnmn winds they speed along, But aatumn stars are fiue, And antumn fires sing a song. (Some sugar, pleas:, in mine!) from $1 The fleecy fieids wlll keep ns warm: ‘Around the board we'll meet Safe-sheltered from the winter's storm. (Ihat cider 's sharp and sweet!) What care we for the poor “last rose”? it scarcely wins a glance, Behold! the roaring chimney glows. (Miss Sally, will you danc —Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Codstitution. PER ONAL. Charles 8. Miller of S8alem, Or., is at the Lick. Dr. G. W. Ogden of Sacramento is st the Grand. George H. Crafts of Bakersfleld isatthe Ocei- dental. John T. Johnson of Santa Barbara is at the Grand. J. W. Snyder of Richmond, Va., arrived here yesterday. G. A. Andrews, a druggist of Los Angeles, is in this City. F. C. Lusk, the attorney of Chico, arrived here yesterday. E. W. Hughes, a lumberman of Oregon, isat the Cosmopolitan. Lieutenant and Mrs. F. H. Lefavor of Mare Island are in town. George H. Capen, a business man of Los An- geles, is at the Palace. J. H. Neal, a wealthy resident of New Haven, Conn., is at the Occidental. M. B. Smith, & real estate man of Tacoms, Wash., is at the Cosmopolitan. Joseph Enright, an extensive lumber manu- facturer of Redding, is in the City. 8. Carnaph-Mainwaring of Whitemore Hall Staffordshire, England, is at the Occidental. Colonel E. F. Preston and Mrs. Preston have returned from Woodside and are at the Palace. J. G. Scoit, superintendent of the Lick paper- ‘mills, Santa Clara County, is at the Occidental. T. H. B. Anderson, & capitalist of Sacra- mento, came here yesterday and is at the Grand. Richard alexander, a business man of Van- couver, Britlsh Columbis, is here for & few days’ stay. M. 8. Kohlberg of the firm of Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohman returned yesterday from New York, Mrs. Martin Winch, whose husband is one of the old and wealthy residents of Portland, is at the Palace. P. Selling, the wealthy pioneer merchant, of Portiand, is here on & business trip accom- panied by Mrs, Selling. D. Samuels, the widely known merchant, is expected to return from New York in a day or two, where he has been on & business trip. J. F. Arabi Nago aud Francisco Ortez, coffee- growers and business men of Central America, ‘were among last night’s arrivals at the Grand. Hugo and C. H. Hucke!l, of Vienna, Austria, errived here yesterday. They are on a tour of pieasure and may be in California for some time. J. A. Muir of Los Angeles, division superin- tendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, is here on a business trip and is quartered at the Palace. W. R. Townsend) the special agent to Japan to introduce California goods, will sail on the Belgic on October 17, nhile W. B, Curtis, who is to goon & similar mission, will sail to-mor- row on the China. J. Z. Davis, the capitalist, of this City, is in Chicago on his way to the East, where he will visit his nieces, Mrs. John M. Curtis and Miss Lizzie Minor. Mr. Davis will also visit Boston, New York and other cities for recreation. He ‘will be absent several weeks. ‘William and J. R. Magovern, of the Magovern & Thomson Bros. Company of New York, are in this City. They are on a visit to Max Kalish, the weil-known shipping and com- mission merchant, but will only remain in the State a few days. Yesterday they were shown over the City by Mr. Kalish and visitea the Produce Exchange when it was in session and also the Merchants’ Exchange during the busy hours of the day. Their opinion of the Queen City of the Pacific has wonderfully changed. and they are now prepared to sing her praises on their return to New York. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—At the Plaza, Hoftman F. Chadbourne, D. M. Seston; Marl- borough, M. Weil; Holland, W. Macdonough; Netherland, J. Borland. Park Avenue, L. D. Jacks. Major Charles P. Eagsn, U. 8. A., Mrs. Eagan ana C. E. Eagan left the Plaza to sail on the steamer St. Paul for England. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Mrs. J. Chamberlain of Eureka, Humboldt County, is in the City, on her way to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Good Tem- plars at Vallejo, which opens to-day. The lady has been a delegate to the annual meetings of the lodge now for the eighth time. She is also a leading member of several other lodges and societies. Mrs. Chamberlain has lived for many years at Eureka, where she is interested considerably Mrs. J. Chamberlin, Who Is In- terested in Many Things at Eureka. in town property, and also in some valuable timber claims. She has always been public spirited, and on severa! occasions has particl- pated in campaign work. 8be says that Eureka, including the country generally about Humboldt Bay, isquiet. There is almost no outside demand, comparatively speaking, for lumber, so many of the mills are not running. Of those that are, some are with small forces of men. Mrs. Chamberlzin has been at the Grand for several days. She will remain at Vallejo through the sessinn of the Grand Lodge. CAMPAIGN ECHOES. Good times and bad money cannot exist at the same time.—Greensburg (Ind.) Standard. The swallows will be smoked out of factory chimneys after the election of McKinley.— Connersville (Ind.) News. If there are those who really believe that Mexico is & better lana for the wage-earner why do they tarry here?—Indianapolis Journai Rivers—Well, what do you think of the Boy Orator? Brooks—He seems to be about three parts boy and one part orator.—Chicago Tribune. The advice given by Mr. Bryan to sound- money Democrats, however, is not bad. He tells them to give their votes full weight by casting them for McKinley.—Kansas City Journal. Mr. Bryan seems to imagine that he is run- ning for President against Grover Cleveland judging from lhe frequency of his attacks upon the present National administration.—Cleve- land Leader. 4 Auditor (after the aadress)—Do you believe everything you say? Boy Orator-Of course I do. Auditor—What wonderful credulity!—Som- erville Journal. Bourke Cockran is the kind of sound-money Democrat who sensibly proposes to make his vote count in a practical way by casting it dtrectly for McKinley, instead of putting it to the same use in a roundabout fashion.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The American people are not fools. Trae, they were mistaken four years ago as to the effeot of free trade; which is the most potent reason why they will not be bunkoed by the very same crowd with the naked hook of free silver.—Vevay (Ind.) Reveille. Mr. Bryan admits that in 1892 he voted for ‘Weaver, the Populist candidate for the Presi dency. As he was against Democracy in 1892 it would only be the proper settlement of an old score if Democracy should be against him in 1896.—Philadelphia Record (D.). Senator Gorman’s scheme to put & stop to Mr. Bryan's stump speaking is a base attempt to deprive the Nebraska orator of his chief pleasure in life. It is based upon the wholly unwarranted assumption that Mr. Bryan could live without talking.—New York Mail and Express. “Mr. Bryan is wearing himself out,” say some of the newspapers. Oh, no. He is wear- ing the people out, both listeners and readers. The newspapers keep on printing his speeches in the hope that he will say something new, but the hope has thus far been quite vain. In Bryan's case the brain pressure islight and only the jaw pressure is heavy.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Guest—This is really a magnificent piece of stilton, Mrs. De Smythe; it's a relish you should keep for your own use. I shoulan’t bring a splendid piece of cheese like this out for any old fool who may drop in to see yon. Hostess—No, I don’t, as a rule; but I madea mistake this time.—Punch’s Annual. “Can any of you tell me why Lazarus wasa beggar?’ asked the female teacher ina West- side Sunday school. “Why was Lazarus a beg- gar?” she repeated sternly. “Please, ma’am,” replied a small boy, whose father was a merchant, *‘because he didn’t ad- vertise.”—Buffalo Time: “Good morning, lieutenant, I hear you are engaged to Miss Rosenburg. Where is she now?’ Lieutenant—Oh, she’s at home congratu- lating herself.—Fliegende Blaetter. “Well, Johnnie,” said the visitor, ‘I sup. pose you'll begin going to school again very soon?” “Yes.” “Do you like going to school?” “Yes; it's staying there after I get there that I don't like.” “Oh, Mr. Smyth, your newspaper jokes are so funny that I always read them twice.” And after Smyth had departed with his bump of self-esteem considerably extended, she told the other girls that she had todoso in order to see the point.—Texas Siitings. “What a peculiar nose that haughty Miss Miggs has.” “Yes, that's a Nansen nose.”” ““A Nansen nose?” “Yes, it reaches the extreme altitude in the highest circies.”—Detroit Tribune. “Ma sent me over to borrow one of your pocket handkerchiefs.” “What does she want it for?"” “She said she wanted somethin’ coarse to strain ber currant juice through.”’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wagney—That joke you had in the Evening Gossiper isn’t original. Jagney—Isn’t it? Well, it would have been if somebody else badn’t thought of it before.— Roxbury Gazette. Judge—What excuse bave you to offer for not desiring to serve on the panel? Talesman—Your Honor, I think—" Judge—Your excuse is quite satisfactory, You can go.—Boston Transcript. “Hubly, what in the deuce did you mean by letting that note Iindorsed for you go to protest?” “‘Why, man, there was no other way unless I paid the thing."=Detroit Free Press. TWO GERMAN CONCERTS Active Preparations for Inter- esting Events in the Payilion. The Proceeds Wiil Bz Devoted to Charitable Work—The General Committee. The German General Benevolent Society and the German Ladies’ General Benevo- lent Soclety are preparing for two grand promenade and garden concerts to be held in the Mechanics’ Pavilion on Saturday and Bunday evenings, October 17 and 18. The net receipts of the two concerts will £0 to the two organizations to be used for charitable purposes. The ladies’ society has been orgamized since 1870, and it now has & membership 0f225. The amount of good work it has performed in relieving distress is not known to the general public. The gentle- men’s organization was formed over forty years ago and since that time it has spent over $2,250,000 for the German Hospital and charitable work. It has a member- ship of about 3300, The affair now being arranged is under the direction of Gustav Hinrichs. The festival will not be of the nature of a fair, but will be arranged s an unpre- tentious, enjoyable reunion of all German- American associations, and of all the friends of those societies with a view to fostering and encouraging their laudable efforts under the banner of benevolerce anda humanity. The annual charity ball of the German Ladies’ Society will not take place this vear; the ladies count, however, upon the success of these enter- tainments to meet the demands upon charity. The affair is under the management of the following honorary committee: Censul A. Rosenthal, Vice-Consul O. Lohan, Mayor Adoliph Butro, Claus Spreckels, Charles Ackermann, N. Ahrens, H. Ahrens, H. Althof, George Alpers, C. Altschul, John H. Ankele, A. Anspacher, L. Arnstein, Dr. Aronstein, Joseph von Arx. Baack, C. H. Bach, A. Bachman, Simon C. Bachmann, A. Banz, Dr. A. Barkan, Mrs. J. A. Bauer, Dr. R. Baum, Dr.G. C. Beck, B. A. Becker, Charles Beniow, Miss Minna Becker, Dr. Hermann H. Behr, H. Bendel, C. E. Ben- jamin, N. Van Bergen, Max Bergheim, F. eringer, C. Bertheau, Mrs. H, Besthorn, W. Bogen, J.S. Bowmann, Henry Brandenstein, Joscpn Brandenstein, Max J, Brandenstein, H. Braunschweiger, E. Brugge, Dr. William A Bryant, Rev. J. Buehler, H. Buerhans, Charles Bundschu. . R. Capelle, William Ciaus, Walter H. Cramer. Mrs. Dankward, Herman Daseking, F. Del- ger, E. A. Denicke, G. Dering, Charles Descher, Josepn Dimond, Lazarus Dinkeispiel, Mrs. Duisenberg, F. Dohrmann, Dr. W. Dohrmann, Captain B. Dohrmann, A. Dreiman, Dr. Gustay Dresel, Christ. Dunker. M. Eberhards, Dr. Eckel, Peter Eckhoff, Meyer Ehrmann, H. Eckhoff, H. Eloesser, Leo Eloesser, Captain C. Emmerich, Captain Engel- hard, A.’Entzmann, H. Epstein. Jac. Fabri, D. B. Factor, Dr. Fluegel, J. A. Foler, Henry F. Fortmann, William Frank, A. Francke, W. A. Frederich, Joseph Fredericks, Captain A. C. Freese, J. H. Fritsche, Henry Frochmann, Jacob Frowenfeidt, Rev.J. Fuen- eling. w. gefllch, L. Gerstle, Pius Gfell, M. Glauch, P. A. Gianini, M. Greenblatt, M. Grinbaum, 8ig. Greenebaum, L. Guggenheim, Sol Gump, Leo Guntz, Dr. G. Gutsch, L Gutte. W. Haas, Fritz Habenicht, Willlam Hatte- roth, Colonel M. H. Hecht, Mrs, C. Heiden, A. C. Heinecken, Emanuel Heiler, H. Hellman, L Heilman, H. Hencke, G. Henricks, Professor Ad Hertz, C. Herrmann, Jumes Herrmann, R. Herold Jr., Frederick Hess, W. C. Hildebrandt, Louis Hinck, A. C. Hinz, Alphonse Hirseb, J. K. C. Hobbs, A. Hochstein, A. Hofman, Dr. von Hoffmann, C. Hohwiesner, F. Honwiesner, H. Horstmann, A. Huber, Frank Huber, Ernst Hueter, F. Huischmidt, Ch, Hug, E. C. Hughes, . Huud. Jac. Jacobi, Franz Jacoby, Philo Jacoby, R. Jentz, R Jordan, H. Juergens. ; F. Hammer, D. Keil, H. Kenitzer, Dr. A. Kern, F. Kern, Joseph King, C. A. Kinkelen, Theo' Kirchhoff, Leopold Kiau, Mrs. 0. K.op genburs, Dr. Julius Koebig, John L. Koesier, . Koalberg, Mrs. Charies Koehler, Haus Kohler, Harry Koh'er, Franz Korbel, F.Kray- ewski, Dr. H. Krentzmann, E4 Kruse Sr., John Kummerlaender. G. C. Landis, Charles S, Laumeister, Carl Leichter, Martin Lemcke, S. W, Levy, A. Lewis, Gustay Liebolt, Emil Liess, Ernsi R. Lilien- thal, P. N. Lilienthal, Mrs. P. N. Lilienthal, Professor L. Lisser, A, H. Lochbaum, Mrs. Luedemaun, Charles E. Lueigen. F. H. Maass, Dr. Max Magnus, H, Mangels, Mrs. Emma Mangels, G. Marcus, L. Markus, Dr. William A. Martin, Charles Mayer Sr., Charies Mayer Jr.,, A. Mayrisch, G. Mayrisch, R. May- risch, Mrs. McLaughlin, F. Mettmann, John Meussdoffer, K. Meussdoffer, Cnarles Meyer, Daniel Meyer, Emil Meyer, Albert Meyer, L. Meyer, Mathias Meyer, Anton Michalitschke, Joseph Michalitschke, E. H. Michels, Albert Miller, C. Miller, P. Mondt, Dr. D, W. Mont- gomery, A. W. Morgenstern,’ Dr. J. C. Morse, August'H. Mueller, Otto Mueser, Mrs. Otio %uesker, Mrs. K. Muller, Dr. F. P. Muffe, R. unk. J. G. Neubauer, D. N aedter, J. Neu- staedter, Dr. Leopold Neumann, H. Newmann, W.J. Newmann, Dr. L. Newmark, Gustave Nie- baum, George Noll, Otto Norman, N. Ohianat, J. G. Oldelenr, M. Ordensteln, Captain van Oterendorp, D. Otten. Mrs. B. Paulsen, J. J. Phister, Dr. Caspar Pischl, H. Pichoir, Mis. Plagemann, H. Plage- mann, J. F. Plagemann, H. Plans, Joe Poheim, E. Poliiz, J. Popert, E. C. Priber, N. Prost, Pro- fessor A. Putzker. Ferd Raetjens, C. Rahsskopff, Dr. M. Regens- burger, F. H. Reimers, Mrs. H. Reiter, W.Reuter, Dr Eiax Richter, H . L. O, Rodgers, Louis Roesch, L. 8. Rose, Albert Rosenbaum, F. H. Rosenbaum, Emil Rohte, Dr. Rosenstirn, 8. W. Rosenstock, H, Rdthschiid, F. Ruether, C. Rusinger, A. G. Russ, Fred Russ, H. B. Russ, W.Saalburg, E. Sacnau, Lip. Sachs, Samuel Sachs, Dr. Max Salomon, K. Samson, H. Sattler, L Sctlsrenberg, . soniliing, Ciaus Schilling, L Schilling, Anton Schlagel, A. E. Schiaet, C. Schlesinger, H. F. Schlichting, C.Schnell, A. H. R. Schmidt, Max Schmidt, E. E. Schmiiz, Captain_L. Schineider, W. Schaeider, O. Schoe- mann, F. B. Schoenstein, A.Schohay, Baron von Schroeder, C. Schroth, T. Schuessler, H. Schuessler, Mrs. A. Schule, John G. W. Schulte, J. Schuaacher, Bernb. Schweiizer, M. Schweit- zer, Protessor D. H. Senger, S. Sheeline, Dr. M. Sichel, Captain Siebe, John D. Siebe, John H. Sievers, Charles J. Stmon, H. L. Simon, Lonis Simon, L. Sloss 8r., L. Sioss Jr., H.Sohst, C. Sperling, Walter Speyer, Adolf Spreckels, J. D. Spreckels, Arnold Stahl, William Stapff, L Steinhart, A. Stier, Henry St. Goar, H. Siover, Levy Strauss, Mrs. Helene Strybing, Mrs, H. F., Subr, 8. Sussmann, Charles Sutro, G. Sutro. Mrs. J. Teply, J. Tiedemann, 1. Thode, F. Tilimann Jr., George Tourney, Jesse Triest, Aug. Trifer, G, A. Trost. Albert Van der Naillen, Dr. Paolo de Vecehi, Albert Victors, Aug. Voegtlin, Charies M. Voikmann, George F. Volkmann, C. Vollberg, Rev. J. Voorsanger, C. C. Vorrath, F. G, Voss. D.N. Walter, J. Walter, S. Waneenheim, H. Waterman, A. C. Weber, Lorenz Weber, B, C. Weber, C. Wegerle, L. P. Weil, Dr. Gonrad gel{v m-.f mam;:l.wm W?nlsdlowwc. Werner, . Westerfeld, esterfeldt, W. W. Mrs. W. Westhoff, P W mann, P. =) 8. Wormser Jr., C. Wrede, Mrs. C. Wrede, G. Wucherer, Mrs. Wulzen, W. Wanch, Charles A. Zinkand, Herm. Zweig. 3 e ——————— LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. THE GENERAL POSTOFFICE. A CORRESPONDENT's EFFORTS TO LOCATE THAT INSTITUTION. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: At the present time the public are in & quan- dary as to the exact location of the San Fran- cisco main Postoflice.. Some three weeks 8go all the carriers and the majority of the clerks ‘were ostensibly transierred from the old main Postoffice, at the corner of Washington and Battery streets, to the newly erccted red 108 cabin situated at the foot of Market streel, now known as “Station D’ Postcffice. After meking several “fool’s errand” trips on Sun- days to the old office the regular Sunday callers were finglly impressed with the fact that herea:ter they would be obliged to call at “Station D” for their mail on Sundays and hoiidays, as all business pertaining to the City aistribution, as weil as to the outside dis- patches, would be transacted only at that office, and that only the money-order, stamp, general delivery and registry divisions would do business at the old stand. Callers whose mail was formerly delf d from the oid main office, after calling at “Sta- tion D'’ on Sunday and Monday last (Labor day), were informed that their mail wouid be deiivered to them at the old office again, 8s it | was found necessary to move the carriers | back on the day before. It is very annoying to the public to be kept runuing around in this manner aiter their letters, first to one office and then to another, without any appar- ent ceriainty as to where they should really iy. wXu}vance announcements should be made by the Postoffice officials before any new move is made for the guidance of the public, and this mysterious shifting of the carrier division from one place to another is not at all in keep- ing with the working of that branch of the Government service. b'f\vnolhel matter which I would like to draw your attention to .is the fact thaton Sundays, hoidays and weekdays, aiter 5 o'clock in the afternoon. it is impossibie to purchase stamps or postal-cards in_the vicin- ity of the main office. Yesterday, Labor day, 1 stepped into a stationery-store neer the old Postoffice and asked to be accommodated With a small quantity of postage-stamps, but the clerk poutely informed me tnatwithmns couple of nours in the forenoon he Lad sold nearly $20 worth of stamps ana did not have one left. He said that siuce the carriers’ de- partment of the old main office had moved no stamps could be purchased cutside of the regular wnxda; stamp-office hours. The pub- lic support the Postoffice Department, and why should pot the public be served in a proper manner, Pro BoNO PUBLICO. San Francisco, Oct. 6. THE DE LACEY ESTATE. The Steward of the Gaelic Supposed to Have Left Valuable Property. Public Administraior Freese yesterday obtained special letters of administration on the estate of John de Lacey, who was steward of the Pacific Mail steamship Gae- lic and who recently died on board that vessel as she lay in the harbor of Yoko- hama. De Lacey is said to have left a large estate in this City, but who are his heirs or relatives is unknown. Judge Coffey yesterday addressed a let- ter to Attorney H. E. Highton acquaint- ing him with the facts in the case. In conciuding bis letter his Honor said: “It may be no more than an interesting inquiry or inguisition of the effects and kinship of the decedent * * * if you care to un- dertake the possibly onerous duty of pro- tecting the heirs, absent, minor or un- known.” ELECTION-HOUSES. Cards and Advertisements Thereon to Be Torn Down. Chief Crowley received the following letter yesterday, and immediately issued instructions that the request conlained therein should be carried out: Hon. P. Crowley, Chicf of Police—DEAR STR: You are requested by resolution of the Board of Election Commissiouers to cause to be torn down all political cards or other advertise- ments placed upon the election-houses, aud to rigidly enforce the provisions of order No. 1587 (section 10, subdivision 4), of the Board of Supervisors. Respectiully, ‘W. M. HINTON, Registrar. FRESH buttercups, 25¢ a pound. Townsend's® » B SpEcrAL information daily to manufssturass, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomaery. * . e James Clinton, formerly weil known socially in Baltimore, has done & somewhat unusual thing. Several years ago he enlisted as a pri- vate in the United States army, and, solely through his personal merits, he has risen to the grade of second lieutenant. Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Ausatic and Pacific Rallroad, Santa Fe route, will continue to run aally through from Oskland to Chicago Pullman pelace drawing-room, also uphoistered tourist sieeping-cars, leaving every afternoon. Lowest through rates to ail polnts in the United Siates, Canads, Mexico or Eurove. Excursions through to Boston leave every week. San Francisco ticke: office, 844 Mar. ket street, Chronicle building, Telephone main, 1581; Oaxland, 1118 Broadway. prdteota bl SR Phillips’ Rock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande snd Rock Island Raflways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicagoand Boston. Man- ager and porters accompany these excursions to Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and forther information address Clinton Jones, General Agent Rock Island Rallway, 30 Monte gomery street, San Francisco. ——— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrnp’™ Fas been used over50 years by millions of mothery fortheir children while Teething with perfect sa> cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allayy Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels aa1 isthe best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether arising irom teething or other causes. Forsale by Draz. gists In every part of the world. Be sure and asg sor Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 29C 4 00ida. —_——— CORONADO.—Atmosphere is perfactly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotal del Coronado, $85: longer stay 82 50 perday. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. [ — As an emergency medicine in croup, bronchitls, sore throat and kindred diseases, Ayer's Cherry / Pectoral 1s unsurpassed. s Professor S. Sattianadham of Indis, who is visiting in this country, is a pure Hindoo 1n race, and fills tae chair of logic and morai phi- losophy in the Presidency College of Madras. He is a graduate of the University of Cam- bridge, England, and has taken two post-grad- Robert Wienecke, J. Wies- | uate courses in that institution. Both he and H. Will, Charles Winters, W. Wolf, | his wife are earnest Christians, o NEW TO-DAY. H. SaraFriaN & Co., WHOLESALERS, . 611 BROADWAY, N. Y. AND CLEVELAND, OHIO. REFER TO The State Bank of New York. Park National Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. First National Bank. San Franclsco, Cal. OoF Old Art Association Rooms, 424 PINE STREET. UNRESERVED AUGTION SALE OVER 2000 PIECES Rare and Antique Oriental Rugs, CGarpets and J‘Iangii\gs EXHIBITION OPEN EVERY DAY AND EVENING. SALE WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY, OCT, 10, AT 2:30 AND And Continue Untii Every Plece Is Disposed H. SaraFian & Co, 424 Pine Street. ) 7:30 P, M., of. Old Art A“ocla‘tln‘n Rool ]