The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 6, 1896, Page 6

i /. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1896. FRIDAY. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprictor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, One year, by mail, 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 3.00 Paily and Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Dally and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. .65 Sunday CALL, one year, by mail 1.50 W EEXLY CaLL, one year, by mail 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephone. Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone. Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireer, corner Clay: open untll 9:30 o'clock. 239 Hafes street; open until o'clock. 713 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. £W . corner Sixieenth and Mission streets; opes “antil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 116 Minth sireet; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: §08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Reoms 31 and 82, 84 Park Row, New York Clty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. Eee— THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Bryan concedes it. Chairman Jones gives it up. By the way, what has become of the Populists? McKinley breaks the record with a mil- lion majority. Now that we have downed the dema- gogues Jet us keep them down. Cleveland and Hill are together at lat Jike two men on a raft in a wide, wide sea. California’s share of the feast of victory ought to be nothing less than Cabinet pudding. Bryan’s congratulation to McKinley was a little bit late, but it will serve all purposes. Money will soon be circulating so fast that silurians will have to hustle to keep up with it. Woman suffrage was defeated at the polls, but the campaign of education keeps right along. The fellows who talked about coercion are the fellows who are dving the least talking now. There is a chance for a joint debate be- tween Bryan and Altgeld as to which hoo- dooed the other. Secretaries Olney, Morton and Carlisle did not vote, but they were not missed in the summing up. It may still be pertinent to inquire where that much-talked-of ccercion took place last Tuesday. Considering the odds against them loyal Republicans have good reason to be satis- fied with the result. The next mystery story will be a re- auest for ypu to guess at the composition of McKinley’s Cabinet. In spite of the fusion opposition, in spite of traitors in the party, we have carried the City and carried the State. The Thanksgiving proclamation came out in time to sound like Cleveland’s ex- pression of relief at the overthrow of Bry- anism, It must be a source of great regret to the free-traders that they did not improve the navigation of Salt River while they had the power. The first thing for returning prosperity to look fer in the home market is home goods and it ought not to stop until it finds them. Mr. Laumeister may eventually crawl out of the hole he aug for himself, but his hopes of political preferment are buried there forever. The ablest spell-binder in the country is but a small potato now when compared with the fellow who has a place on the football teams. The McKinley administration will re- store prosperity, and it is safe to say we have seen the last tidal wave election of this generation. Altgeld’s shriex of wrath sounds more like anarchy than ever, but it comes from the deep pit of vpolitical defeat and is no longer listened to. There may be no such thing as perpet- ual youth, but all the same it is an- nounced that Gladstone is learning how to ride the bicycle. There will never be another party in this generation that will wage a campaign 1o establish the right to take an appeal from the Supreme Court to a‘mob, The Populist party in this State has been 5o badly lost in the shuffle it can hardly be expected to turn up, no matter what sort of a deal is made next time, The Bering Sea question and the Vene- zuelan question will probably be among those which Cleveland will leave for the McKinley administration to solve and settle. RIS Now is the time to preach the doctrine of unity of effort in industrial enterprises. Let us all work together for the advance- ment of California and the welfare of its people. The conservative Democrat knows not where he is, but the intelligent among them will have sense enough to stay where they are until the situation clears up. It is a good thing for the Democratic tiger that it managed to swallow the Populists at the beginning of the cam- paign, for it will have but slim rations for the next four yea: b The State Legislature is to be over- whelmingly Republican and now is the time for the party to show what it can do for the advancement of the State and the promotion of legislative reforms. It has no doubt been noticed by our readers that during the campaign we gave full reports from both sides with an im- partial accuracy in accordance with our motto, *THE CALL speaks for all,” It was said during the canvass that no Presidential candidaie ever made such a campaign as Bryan, and now that the re- known it may be added thatno candidate hereafter will ever attempt it “THE OALL" IN THE OAHILAIGN. The result of the Nationa! and local election is sufficiently ascertained to jus- tify THE CALL's indulgence in some self- congratulation upon the part-which it has taken in the campaign. For the past two years this newspaper has been constantly and consistently Republican, and with both reason and faith bas advocated the return of the Republican party to popular favor and to power. At the commencement of the campaign THE CALL took its place openly and proudly among the elements and the agencies which represented and supported the reg- ularity of the party organization in both State and National politics, and this posi- tion it bhas steadfastly maintained. From first to last it reiterated the idea that this was a campaign which called for party loyalty of the most unselfish kind, and insisted that no considerations of personal ambition or petty local dissensions gshould be permitted to divide the party or weaken the force of itseffort for National and local success. For this devation to the interests of the Republican party THE Cavry finds in its victory the most satisiying reward. The battle in California was by no meansan easy one to win. The combined strength of the Democratic and Populist parties, according to the vote of two years ago, would have given over the State to the Bryanites by about 10,&0 majority. This was the outlook at the beginning of the campaign, It required a daily renewal of hope and inkpiration to overcome the ef- fect of fusion and to win back the allegi- ance of the people of California to the Republican party. p It was upon THE CaLn that this duty mainly devolved. It was the only San Francisco daily newspaper which remained sabsolutely loyal to the Re- publican party and which supported loyally and unselfishly 1ts regular organ- iaztions in their struggle ior success. Against it have been arrayed the com- bined strength not only of its business competitors and political enemies, but also of those who should have been its friends and allies in the campaign. The battle of THE CALL has therefore been of necessity a two-handed one, and while en- gaged in aggressive conflict in the fore- front of its party, it has also been com- pelled to rebuke and quell disloyalty and treason within the party lines. To this dual duty THE CALL has devoted its untiring effort during the entire course of the campaign, and it has every reason to felicitate itself upon the outcome, and upon the part which it has taken in the resnlt. The National ticket has been borne to asubstantial victory in California. The majority of the Congressional nomi- nees have also achieved success in their respective districts. The legisiative ticket has won out by a very comfortable majority. A gcodly number of the local offices will be filled by Republicans during the next two years. In the success of ail who have been successful, Tue Carn will find no difficulty in being accorded its proper meea of praise for having contributed largely to the victory. And from those who made a gallant but a losing fight as the regular nominees of the Republican party Tue CArLr can be given no just criticism for disloyalty to their cause. Even from those of its political enemies who are honest, and from the can- didates of other parties who, whether successful or otherwise, are just, THE Carr will be accorded the credit of having conducted a clean, honorable and in every way decent campaien. It has indulged in none of the discreditable methods to which newspapers are oft- times tempted during the heat of an elec- tion. It has published no word and printed no picture of which it has reason to be ashamed. It has reported fairly and justly the meetings and proceedings of opposing parties, and in the truest sense of fair und honorable journalism it has spoken for all. The campaign is over. The election has come and gone. The result is established beyond further denial or dispute. The Republican party has won. The organ- izers, the party leaders, the brilliant ora- tors and the faithful laborers whose com- bined effort has achieved this splendid victory deserveall commendation. Among the band of faithful laborers in the cause of Republicanism and in the 1anks of the party, THE CALL is proud to count itself as one and to believe itself entitled to its proper share of praise. LAUMEISTER'S HARI-KARL Charles 8. Laumeister has committed political hari-kari. He has retired him- self from politics and crawled into the hole which is the grave of his political fortune. He has done this deliberately and apparently from no motive save that of assisting the Chronicle, Martin Kelly and a few other soreheads to gratify their personal spite against the organized Re- publican party of San Francisco. Mr. Leumeister is a man who owed much to the Republicans of this City. They have honored him repeatedly by election to office and in other ways. They had reason to expect from him a loyal support of the party in all ‘its battles, even when the odds against it were great. They have, therefore, weighty reasons {o condemn him for party treason at a time when a complete Republican victory could have been won bad he refused to make himself the tool of party traitors. Two Republicans of eminence had re- fused the thankless and dishonorable task which Mr. Laumeister undertook to per- form, Horace Davis and H. P. Sonntag, who had been chosen by the party traitors to lead them in the fight against organizea Republicanism, had positively declined to do so. Mr. Laumeister accepted the work rejected by these honorable gentlemen and thus put himself in shameful contrast with their party loyalty and civic patriot- ism. Atthe time Mr. Laumeister consented to lead the conspirators in their efforts to divide the Republican vote, it was clear he could not by any possibility be elected. All that he could expect to accomplish would be to defeat Colonel Taylor and prevent a clean and sweeping Republican victory in the City. This much he hoped to do, and backed by the Chronicle and the Kelly gang he has succeeded in doing it. It is easy to see from the vote cast what has been the result of this party treason. The vote of the City was given by a small majority for McKinley and Hobart. The vote given for Republican Presidential electors would have been given for the Re- publican candidate for Mayor had not the dissensions in the party stirred up by Laumeister, the Chronicle, Kelly and others of the gang discomfited and discouraged Republicans in the municipal campaign. These dissensions led them to despair of success, and many of them and their con- strvative Democratic allies, who would otherwise have voted for Colonel Taylor, cast their votes for opposing candidates. Had it not been for Laumeister and the Chronicle the Repubiican vote in this City would have been so large as to have car- ried California for McKinley and Hobart by a majority of which the party could have been proud. ‘As it is the victory has been far from an overwhelming defeat of the fusion forces and leaves them hope of success hereafter. It is hard, therefore, to overrate the evil which has been caused to the Republican party and tne injury done to the great cause of protection, sound money and conservative govern- ment by these party traitors. The one benefit to be drawn from the result is that loyal Republicans will make a note of the traitors, study the effect of their treason and be pre- pared to guard sagainst it in future. Mr. Lauifeister has committed political suicide, and the Chronicle will no longer be regarded as a representative of the Re- .publican party in California. MAYOR-ELEOT PHELAN. While THE CALL regrets the defeat of Colonel Taylor, it feels some satisfaction in the fact that his successful opponent has been James D. Phelan. The Mayor- elect has not had the experience in public life of Mr. Taylor, but his antecedents and his environments are such as to zive rea- son to the general hope that he will aa- minister the affairs of the City with good jud gment, fidelity and unquestioned hon- esty. The power of a Mayor in fan Francisco isnot great. Nevertheless the man who holds it represents the people and the City, and a community is largely judged by his personal character. His influence, alxo, if he js a man capable of exerting an inflnence‘rgely compensates for the lack of official power. It is therefore fortunate that 1n this election we bave secured as Mayor of the City a man who represents the better element of its people and who has shown an interest In public matters which attests his earnest desire to pro- mote . administrative reform, municipal economy and civic progress. The people will not demand much of Mr. Phelan in his new office, but they will reasonably expect him to exert his official and personal influence on the side of good rovernment. It isto be hoped that these expectations will not be disappointed. 1t depends upon bimself whether he is to be regarded as Mayor Phelaun, oras the agent of Demorratic bosses. For ourselves we have no fear of the re- sult. Mr. Phelan is a man of large prop- erty and has been trained in the manage- ment of business affairs. He bas been an earnest worker in the promotion of many reforms and of many enterprises in the City. o far as his efforts can control the course of municipal administration we may reasonably expect that it will be car- ried on in the direction of good govern- ment, for the welfare of the City and the interests of the people. TEE PASSING OF ALTGELD. One-of the best features of this cam- paign has been the utter defeat of Altgeld and the forces back of him in Ilinois. This man bas represented the worst ele- ment in American politics. He has not only represented it, he has been its leader, its agitator and its champion. The oppo- sition to him has sprung from no ordinary party feeling. The American people have refused to recognize in him a normal political foe. They have learned from his speeches and from his actions that he is the enemy of law and of civil society, the pardoner of anarchists and the advocate of riot. To the powerof this dangerous man was due all the most pernicious features of the Chicago platform. It was hisdomina- tion that caused the Democratic conyen- tion to adopt resolutions denouncing the enforcement of the law by the General Government, condemning the Sapreme Court and threatening a campaign which would have involvea had it succeedad a2 strife between labor and capital and the excitement of mobs and riots in every city of the Union, The people of Illinois did mot under- stand Altgeld when they elected him Governor of their State. They soon learned to know him however from the course he pursued as soon as he became the chief executive. He showed himself from the start tc be the friend of crimi- nals, and so many convicts and con- demned murderers did he pardon that bad men ceased to fear the law and good men no longer trusted to it with confi- dence. It will be remembered that not long ago the men who took part in lynching a criminal in one of the rural districts of Iilinois excused their action on the ground that Governor Aligeld had pardoned so many murderers that they were not will- ing to trust the enforcement of the law into his hands any longer. Thus the favor shown to criminals by the Governor led to lawless violeace among the people. It is in this way that one bad action leads to another, and the law is assailed from both sides. The experience with Altgeld’s gove ernorship has converied the people of Il- Inois from any tendency they may have had to support of radical reformers. He has given them an object-lesson which even the dullest could understand. He has made it clear that, whatever other re- formers may aim at, le is aiming at revo- lution and anarchy. He personifies ali the hates, envies and jealousies of the lowest ciass in the community, ana is more dangerous than his followers, be- cause he has been gifted with more brains, more energy and a more dominant will. It is a source of gratification to the whole country that be has been defeated. ‘With his overthrow the people have put a condemnation upon all for which he stands, The Democratic party may be relied upon to return hereafter to the paths marked out by its great conserva- tive leaders, and no future campaign will show any strong following of the discred- ited anarchist. FOR THANKSGIVING. The President's proclamation,s setting apari a day for Thanksgiving, follows so close upon the defeat of Bryan that it will seem to many people like an expression of gratitude for that event. This impres- sion will be augmented by the fact that among the things which the President calls upon us to give thanks for is ‘‘our preservation as a Nation and our deliver- ance from threatened danger.” The American people, however, will bardly construe the proclamation asan expression of Mr. Cleveland’s delight st the result of the election. Certainly, if it shonlid be eo construed there would be a universal condemnation of the President. Thanksgiving day bas become to us so truly a National petriotic observance that no man likes to associate it with partisan triumph. No matter how great or how important may have been the issues in- volved in party contests we look upon the day of thanksgiving as a day of rejoicing in what has been bestowed upon us by Providence rather than by what has been won by the people at the polls. This country has certainly been favorea aboye all the nations of the earth during the past year. We are rejoicing in abun. dant harvests at a time when famine threatens other lands, and when the rising price of wheat, which signifies prosperity to us, means the distress of tbe poor in other parts of the world. We have also abundapnt evidence that our people have been endowed with that wise common- sense which enables them to bear adver- sity with fortitude, and prosperity with discretion. In material things, in meatal strength, and in moral excellence, there- fore, we have been blessed sufficiently to make our homes secure and to confirm the prospects of coming prosperity. Men of all parties'Will unite in givinga cordial welcome to the proclamation. Those who voted for Bryan will observe the great day with as much thankfulness and 1ejoicing as those who voted for Me- Kinley. The heats of the eampaign are past, political antagonisms are ended, and once more we feel the sentiment of a com- mon patriotism. Once more we meet our friends and neighbors without disputes over differences of opinion and unite in laying plans for the prosperity which is to come. The publication of the proclama- tion for Thanksgiving will stimulate the return of these beiter feelings, and will revive in the hearts of the people the thoughts of all those things for which they owe gratitnde and thanks to the Giver of all good. PERSONAL. E.J. Dubois of Paris is at the Palace, Dr. H. Freud of Boston 1s at the Occidental. gn.c. Moxley of Brisbane, Australis, is in to J. Buswell F. Lee of Virginia is on s visit here. Captain H. E. Boyes of Lonogay is at the Grand. A.J. Racine, a business man of Delano, is in the City. John Haskins of Sandusky, Ohio, is at the Commercial. Hon. J. M. Tillotson of New York is at the Occidental. The Rev. A. L. Mitchell of Balinas City 1s at the Occidental. J. Healey, a mining man of Circle City, Alaska, is in the city. H. D. Stetlar, & business man of Kalamazoo, Mich., is at the Palace. James F. McLowden of Victoris, B. C., is among the arrivals here. Dr. Stambach of Santa Barbara was among yesterday’s arrivals in the City. L L. Delano, who is interested in the large quarries at Rocklin, 1s at the Lick. D. N. Caldwell, & prominent resident of Chi- cago, s in the City, asccompanied by Mrs. Cald- well. John A. Thompson and George Steller, well- to-do residents of Juneau, Alasks, are at the Russ. R. C. Miner, the attorney of Stockton who came near being elected Superior Judge, is among the arrivals at the Russ. F. D. Frazier and George P. Cornell, owner of gold-mining property at Happy Camp, in Siskiyou County, are at the Russ. Edgar S. Wallace, who is engaged in gola- mining at Yuba, is among the arrivals at the Palace. He formerly resided at Tacoma. W. H. Clary Jr. of Stockton, who is superin- tendent of gold mines belonging to him- selt and an Australian syndicate, is at the Lick. E. Green, the old-time and wealthy resident of Sacramento, who was at one time Alderman and at another Superintendent of Streets there, is at the Russ. N. H. Barton of San Bernardino was in the City yesterdey. Mr. Barton is one of three veterans residing in -California who served throughout the war in the celebrated Fourth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Mrs. Ellen M, Haig of Hyde Park, Ontario, has arrived here and will spend the winterat the home of her brother, Donald Ross, of Ross & Hewlett. Crossing the Rocky Mountains, Mrs. Haig was for some hours snowbound. Chester A. Arthur of New York, son of the late President, C. A, Arthur, who has been in California for over a weekin company with his sister, returned from & trip to suburban places yesterday. They are both at the Palace, C. 8. Young, the agent of the Valley raflroad, who has been here for over a week past, will probably leave to-day for Fresno in the inter- est of the road. Right-of-way men are work- ing south of Fresno for Mr. Young and he will join them to work for and aid in the exten- sion of the popular line, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 5.—At the St. Cioud—J. M. Walker; Grand Union—A. Bar- ney, J. M. Chase, E. P. Foster; Metropole -B. Bradley; Imperial—O. O. Howard Jr.; Albe- marle—J. B. MacDonough; Grand—F. M. Tay- lor, Mrs. F. M. Taylor; St. Denis—Mrs, O. 8. Stewart; Broadway Central—M. Fewden, C. H. Hittell: Brett—F. L. O'Neil, J. E. Rice; Astor— Mrs. J. B. Norris. AN ATTRACTIVE COSTUME. This attractive gown consists of ekirt having a circular front and three back gores. Inall four vpieces. The waist is of the round type with a charming bolero effect in front of pleated ribbon or silk. A dress of fancy silk in somewhat gay color- ing was toned down by black velvet ribbon wn(cg ‘l'x“ used for the bolero and was worn 28 a belt. A Leavy woolen fabric in black wove with a very open mesh was made yp over green and blue silk. Bolero was of silk. A brown camels’ heir gown with bolero of yeilow ribbon overlaid with black lace was very chic. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY.® ‘“Seems to me this is a pretty steep charge for a few hours’ work.” “‘Oh, we ain’t chargin’ you fer th’ work; a-chargin’ fer them six days we stayed away after we come and sized up the job.”” Hoax—Has Wigwag’'s new place much grounds around it? Joax—Grounds! Ishould say 80. Whya cup of boarding-house coffee isn’t in it with Wigwag’s place. No, Maude, dear, we do not know how long girls should be engaged before getting mar- ried, Probably the same as short ones. Blobbs—Poor Brown! He literally worked himself to death; always in a hurry. Slobbs— Yes, they say he was out of breath when he died. ““Higby is going to lecture on ‘The Finances of Other Countries.’ ” “What's that for?” ‘““Because the finances of this country are too much for him.”—Chicago Record. % Shivering Passenger—Why don’t you have a. fire in these cars, conductor? Conductor (with frigad dignity)—We expect the heat of the campaign to warm these cars, sir.—Chicago Tribune. ““What shall I order for dinner to-dag, love?” ..k]]::".' s she absently plucked a green ap] » “‘Oh, any old thing,” retorted Adam, wearily, “lh.lfll“l it isn’t sparerib. 1'm sick of spare- ribs.” He savagely swatted & rock at & garter- snake.—New York Press. , “'Since the crime of 1878,” said the argu- ‘mentative boarder, ““there has been no money in wheat.”” ‘Really,” said the Cheerful Idiot, “I thought lots of fellows were making dough out of it right along.”’—Indianapolis Journal. AN INFAMOUS CARTOON. New York Sun. Against the ordinary expioits of the new journalism the individual citizen has protec- tion to this extent, at least, that he can keep its hideous emanations out of his own house, and can likewise avoid them, in his aaily movements around town, even as he avoids other forms of filth. But against one method of attack known to these unreienting enemies of good government and public morals, the citizen is powerless; his home, his family, his Property, are alike defenseless. On Monday last the New York Journal printed and circulated among the ignorant and dangerous elements of the community a picture which may well inspire sober reflec- tion on the part of patriots and right-minded people. Under the heading *‘An Ideal Cabinet for a Plutocratic President” there.straggles over a whole page of the Journal a serfes of caricatures of well-known persons assigned re- spectively to what young Mr. Hearst’s humor selects as the appropriate post. Brutal, coarse and offensive in the extreme, there is nothing to distinguish these burlesque presentments from the general run of the new journalism’s achievements in the field of political satire, except in the particular case to which we are referring. The cartoon in question exhibits Major-Gen- eral Nelson A. Miles, now commanding the army of the United States, as young Mr. Hearst’s facetious choice for Secreiary of War in the Cabinet of a plutocratic President. General Miles sits before a mirror and is pre- tending to contemplate his own face and neck- tie;buthe is really supervising, thus indirectly, the performance of a detachment of United States troops engaged behina his back in shooting down railroad rioters. Two corpses lie on the ground, another lies limp across the top ot a boxcar, while a fourth rioter is falling before the volley of General Miles’ wl{g_ . placard describes this incident as *“The Chi- cago Campaign.” The general has just let fall 8 roll representing a legisiative bill or act, marked in these words: ‘Increase the army to kill off ourselves.” The intention of this picture is as obvious as it is infamous. It represents a high-minded soldier, who knows no politics where his duty is concerned, as the willing ageat of an of ressive plutocracy ia the murder of his fel- ow-cltizens. I makes martyrs of rioters killed in opea and defiant resistance of the laws. Itinculcates in the minds of the ignor- ant and discontented the idea that the men in blue who carry the flag of the Union are thelr enemies, bent on their destruction. It reverses the real relation between the army and the people ; glorifying the rioter and pro- Yyoking the vicious and disorderly to bitter hat of the United States uniform and of the men who command our troops. All this is in perfect keeping with the tone of the Bryan canvass in the last desperate Stages; butwe are not aware that the true character of the final appeal of Bryanism to the forces of revolution and anarchy has been conveyed by anybody with more reckless frankness. Does young Mr. Hearst understand what be is doing? Does he know that when he teaches hatred of the uniform and the flag he is instigating riot and threatening the in- stitutions on which our common security rests? This is not freedom oi the press; it is the license of sedition. Sedition reaches its extreme point in young Mr. Heart's latest pic- torial enterprise.” Therein we see clearly the tendencies of the mew journalism when en- listed in tbe cause of anarchy. Rediscovery of the Companion of Birius at the Lick Observatory. The bright star Sirius has a small companion which was discovered by Al Clark Jr. In 1882. Itisespecially interesting because its existence was predicted in 1844 by Bessel, from a consideration of the irregular motion of the larger star. The small star moves about Sirius in an orbit whose circuit is completed in about fifty years. The massof the small star is about one-half the mass of Sirfus, though it has only one ten-thousandth part of its light. The massof the companion is sub- stantially the same as the Bun’s mass. It was last observed by Professor Burnham, Lick Observatory, in 1890 in angle 359 de- grees, distance 4 seconds. It then approached 8o close to Sirius as to be lost in its rays. Its reappearance was looked for with interest. Professor Hussey examined the system care- fully during February and March of the pres- ent year, and the companion was not o be seen. It was still too close. It should have appeared in angle 190 degrees, approximately. n August 31st Dr. See reporied that the star had been rediscovered at the Lowell Observa- tory, Flagstaff, Arizona, and later published measures by himself, Dr. Douglass and Mr. Cogshall, whicn placed the star in angle 220 degrees, at a distance of 5 seconds. Mr. Lowell and Mr. Drew also reported that they saw Dr. See's companion. It was remarked on several sides to be a strange thing that this discovery was made at the Lowell Observatory, and not at the Lick Observatory. It was, howeyer, not possible for the observers at Mount Hamilton to reportany object which they had not seen. Recent observations at Mount Hamilton by Professor Aitken, on October 24th, 29th and 31st, and by Professor Schaeberie, on October 291h and 31st, show conclusively that there is no object in the place reported bv the astrono- mers of the Lowell Observatory, and that Clark’s companion to Sirius is in its predicted iace—namely, in angle 189 degrees, distant g%ucondn. The observations in rull will be printed in the astronomical journals. The Ppresent note is written to announce the redis- covery at the Lick Obntrvntm; of the object first found by Mr. Clark in 1862. EDWARD S. HOLDEN. Lick Observatory, Oct. 31, 1896. NOT THE ONLY TURILE IN THE TANK. From the Jacksonville(Fla.) Times-Union. When you think the world’s your oyster, snd felicitate yourself On your standing and your balance In the bank, Just Femember there are others as respectable as you. You're not the only turtle in the tank. The colonel of miiitia is a very mighty man, His epaulets will tell you of his rank, But there's captains, and there's sergeants, and corporals besides. He's not the only turtle in the tank, Don't think because yon have views on politics nnd su That the man who differs with you is a “crank.” It’s within the bounds of reason yon may make mistakes You are not Ul The lh.lll-m‘lda man’s a wonder, he will tell you so maelf, Ana there’s no one but himself to really thank, But when he dles there’s some one who can All the gap he leaves, He’s not the only turdle in the tank. rself, only turtle in the tank. Sotake your honors easy and be juat like the rest, For whether you're a prize or are a blaak, ‘The world can do without you, can forget you in s day, For you're not the only tartle in the tank. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Laboucnere is by no means an epicure His favorite dish is beans and bacon. Lord Kelyin, president of the Royal Soclety; and beyond doubt one of the greatest of living scientists, was born in Belfast in 1824. John W. Mackay will puild a magnificent mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooke lyn, over the grave of his son. It will cost about $100,000. 8ir Joseph Lister, this yeu’j president of the British Assoclation, is surgedn-extraordinary 1o the Queen, and is certainly/one of the most distinguished men'in his profession. President Kruger, who Isa most prodigious smoker, has suffered lately from deafness, and consequently is endeavoring, though not with marked success, to eschew tobacco alogether. Dr. Nansen is a lover of bright colors. His ship, the Fram, was painted green, gray, scarlet and white, picked out with gold—a bright dash of color among the everlasting white of the Arctic seas. A party of eighty persons can sit down com- fortably in the dining-room of the Czars yacht. There isa library, also a musie-room and a billiard-room, and all the kitchen ar- rangements are most elaborate and complete. Philip Gilbert Hamerton, at tke time of his death, had completed his autobiography up to his twenty-fifth year, when he was married The narrative has been continued from that time by his widow, and will be published soon. Just now Miss Ella Russell, s Cleveland soprano who won marked success in Germany, Italy and Russia in grand opera, and last year at Covent Garden, is singing in great English music festivals prior to her departure for the United States. Professor Morris, who occupies the chair of modern languages in the University oi Mel. bourne, has aunounced his intention of pub- lishing a “Dictionary of Austzslasian Eng- lish,” or, in other words, & collection of the new words added to the English language our Australian cousins, = t the| BLUE-GUM BLOCKS FOR PAVEMENTS Merchants’ Association Con- sidering the Use of Wood. Daniel V. Kelly Elected Director, Vice R. F. Osborn, De- ceased. MORE STREET LIGHTS WANTED An Effort Will Be Made to Put Arc Lamps on Many More Thor- oughfares. The re&un meeting of the Merchants’ Association was held yesjerday. Resolutions of respect to the memory of the late director, Robert F. Osborn, were passed. Ernest McCullough, engineer of the association, presented the following report on the use of blue-gum blocks for street pavement: Regarding the use of e\lc-liptl‘ll as & paving material 1 have to report that the pamphlet prepared by Consul Bell of Syduey seems con- clusive, and other documents received show that his claims are well borne out, as the material has given excellent satisfaction in Australia. It has not been tried here, but afier considerable correspondence and exam- ination I believe we have enough material here to use experimentally and ample to sup- ply the demand for some time to come. Our blue gum and red gum are, I believe, the tame varieties of euca.yptus known un- der similar names in Australia, and of those two varieties Caltfornia has considerable forest area. .The samples of wood furnished to this association by Messrs. Hill and Scott from streets in Sidney are of the eucalyptus pilularis, But as Consul Bell stated in his pamphlet, several varieties of eacalyptus are used in Australia, and the comparative merits are still a matter of controversy,local favor- itism making claims for each variety. 1 have been surprised to find the literature of eucalypti so extensive, and that from Australia is most rellable. Nearly all the matter published n California is newspaper and magazine work, which is not always ex- act and often contradictory. I have endeavored to find out what the cost will be of eucalypti pavements and have been unable to get any lower figures than 25 cents per square foot for the material laid on the street in blocks from six to eight inches long, three or four inches thick and six inches deep. To this must be added the cost of foundation and laying, which will make the pavement cost double what our ordinary pavements cost. This question of cost will settle the matter unless some experience in furnishirg the material will result in lower- ing the price. Consul Bell believes it possible to ship the wood from Australia and lay it in the streets here ior & price which will not exceed that of asphalt pavements. If this can really be done our local millmen should be able to furnish the wood at lower rates than 25 cents per square foot. Mr. Gillespie of San_ Jose has given the eucalyptus a better and more thorough trial than any one eise I have talked with. Heis quite enthusiastic over it, and his experience demonstrates that the wood is capable of a great use if only our people can be brought to believe it to be of any better use than the manufacture of flea-powder and catarrh cures. He says that for wagon-making it is superior to second-growth hickory and ash, which have heretofore. been considered the best materials for wagons. It is good for all work which requires a tough, lasting wood, and is one of the best woods for piling, as the teredo does not attack it readily. The tree is fit to use for paving after about seven or eight years's growth. A number of property-owners down- town have already requested the board to make efforts for securing the lighting of the streets by electricity. The subject will be at once considered by the commut- | tee on public affairs and a report made at the next meeting of the board. Resolutions promising support to the Guatemalan Exposition that is to'be held next year were passed. The following were elected as regular members of the Merchants’ Association: Richard T. Baceus, Alexander Badlam, J. B. Butterworth, W. W. Chase Company, Charlies F.Doe & Co., Dolbeer and Carsom, Arnold Entzmann, Gas Consumers’ Association, The Gutta Percha ana Rubber Manufacturing Company, G. O. Heine & Co., Milton Heyne- msnn, Franklin Heywood, Henry Hollman, John Loefler, M. J. Lyon, Charles Meier, P. Monaco, Frank 0. Prindle & Co., A. Ottinger, George Rosella, Adolph Schoenfeld, South Park Malt House,sJ. S. Swan, Edmund Taylor. ANSWERS TO C(ORRESPONDENTS. THAT FROG—A. 0. T.8,, City. The five-legged frog that was described in THE CALL a few dayssince is a freak thatsome one wishing to be possessed of might pay 8 good price for. There is no fixed valuation for such curious freaks of nature. BoY ON 4 Sure—S. A. W., Santa Ross, Cal. If you wish to place & boy on board of a mer- chant vepsel you should make application to the master of a vessel that is outward bound from this port. If you wish to place him in the navy of the United States address a com- mUhication to the commander of the receiy- ing-ship Independence, at Mare Island. LARGEsT CITIES—H. 8., City. The five citles having the largest population in the world are the following: London, 4,231,431; Paris, 2,447,957; New York, 1,108,739; Canton (es- timated), 1,600,000; and Herlin, 1,579,244, 1f we take Greater New York, in the sense of ‘tance ""’rfifi. one eity, it is now the second City of the world sagmg & population of, it is estimated, 3,000, SvccesstoN—C. F. B., Santa Koss, Cal. The property, both real and personal, of one who in this State dies without disposing of it by will, passes to the heirs of the intestate, sub- ject to the control of the Probate Court, and to the possession ot any administrator by that court for the’ purposes. of adminioies tion. The manner I which the property asses is to be found in section 1386 of the ivil Code of this State. The seCtion is a very long one and the want of space preven: - pmfincmm inthis dsplrlnl:cnl‘ ) Slex THE FELL-STREET SEWER—M. L. O'L, City. In the case of srs. E. Bolton against the con- tractors who built the Fell-street sewer And others, an action to clear title to property she owned, it was decided by Judge Levy that the lien that had been placed on her property by the contractors by reason of the non-payment of the smount assessed to her for the construc- tion of the _sewer was illegal, and that deci- sion was affirmed by the Supreme Court. A motion for a rehearing was denied. A num. ber of owners who did not pay the amount as- .g‘::gr:xt‘(g]‘:h‘m: a::u have a lien on their Elon to eylal.r title. FRCiaaq oniy by an; o SILVER-PRODUCING COUNTRIES — W, F. M. Napa, Cal. According to the report of tne Di. rector of the Mint the following named are the silver-producing countries of the world: United States, Australasis, Mexico, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Spain, Greace, Turkey, France, Great Britain, Dominion of Cansd Argentine Re. Bnbflc, Columbia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, gru; Sentral American States and’ Japan. The following ten amounts show the yvalue. of the production of silve: 1 - mencing with 8 ”“7)&.‘500"'.'000“?"&{‘;3:. 500,000, 0,600.000, g)m.flfll,ow. 140, 706,000, $155,427,700, £163,032, . 8177, 852,300, $197,740,700, $209,165. 3 892,200, $226.,000.000" 205000 S8, LicuTHOUSES—E. K., City. The lights at the Mendocino and Pigeon Polntllsh‘mouu on the coast of California are of equal power, each being a first-class light. The most dan- Rerous of the two points named is Mendocino, Probably the most dangerous coast of North America is thatof Cape Hatteras and the most dangercus in the world is said to be the coast of the west side of Ireland and the west coast of France. The nfnt at Hatteras is a first. class light. These lights may be seen at a dis. from fifteen to twen ty-four 10 the altitude at which the , and the condition of the miles, acco: light is place weather. It is said that the lighthouse, or more properly lighthouses, at one point fur- nishing the most powerfal light in the world | &re those at South Foreland, a promontory on the east coast of Kent, Engiand. There are w0 fixed lights, respectly 80 and 275 feet &bove the sea, visible twenty-five and twenty- twe miles. Each light is equal to 180,000 candle-power. The greatest recorded distance at which a 1 ght from a lighthouse has been visible is that of the holophotal light of Alle- pey, at Trayancore, which has been seen from an elevated situation at a distance of forty-five miles, The holophotal revolving light at Bac- calieu, Newfoundland, is seen every night in rf-}nis;\r weather at Cape Spear, forty pautical es. s POSTOFFICE EXPENSES.—E. S. F., City. The revenue and expensas of the United States Post- office Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1891, 1892, were as foliows} ot oo 1894 and 1895 T | Revenue. { Expenses. 66,981,786 | 871,662, 70,9; 463 SIX PRESIDENTS—Philomath, Philo, Mendo- cino County, Cal. The President of the United States who had attained the greatest number } of years at the time he was inaugurated was William Henry Harrison, who had reached the age of 68. He was born in Berkeley, Nor- folk County, Va., on Tuesdey, February 9, 1773; Franklin Pierce was born Thursday, November 22, 1804, at Hillsboro, Hillsboro County, N. H., and wss 1nsugurated at the age of 49; Abraham Lincoln was born in Elizabethtown, Larue County, Ky., Sunday, 2, 1809, and was {neugurated at the age of 52; U. 8. Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Cleremont County, O., Saturday, Apil 27, 1822, and he was inaugurated at the age of 47; James A. Garfield was born Satur- day, November 19, 1831, at Western Reserve (Orange), Cuyahoga County, O., and was inau- urated at the age of 49 ; Grover Cleveland was %Ol‘nfilluxd.y, March 18, 1837, at Caldwell, . ugurated first and was i Essex County, N. J. term at 48 years of STAR RoUTE FRrAUDS—A. C. K., Auburn, Placer County, Cal. ‘‘Star routes” is the name applied to postal routes over which the mails cannot be carried by railroad or steam- boat. In 1881 Second Assistant Postmaster Thomas J. srady snd others, inciuding Sena- tor 8. W. Dorsey. of Arkansas, were accused of combining with certain mail contractors to defraud the Government. The combination had originally 134 routes, upon which the com- pensation for service under the contract amounted to $143,169. By increasing the number of trips per week ‘and shortening the contract time and allowing for each trip, the compensation was raised to $622,808. Dorsey was brought to_ trial in 1882. He made a complete denial of all the charges, and the jury iailed to agree. On the second trial he was acquitted. M. C. Rerdell, a clerk for Dorsey, d John R.Miner, who had made the bids tor the contracts, were convicted, but all the others were acquifted. Kwasixp — H. W., Sebastopol, Sonoma County, Cal. According to Indian tradition Kwasind was the strongest man that ever lived, the Hercules of the American Indians. Itis said of nim that he could pull up pine trees and cedars by the roots and hurl large Dbowlders about like a child would pebbles. His wondrous strength was seated in his crown and there of course lay his polnt of weakness. Tne only weapon that could injure him was the blue cone of the fir tree, but this was a secret known only to the ig- mies. These lttle foiks determined to kiil the strong man, 50 one day when he was asleep in his boat they pelted him with fir cones till he died. When the tempest rages through the forest and the branches of the trees creak and groan and split it s said that Kwasind is gathering firewood. Longfellow in Hiawatha says: Dear, too, unto Hiawatha Was the yery strong man Kwasind; He the strongest of all mortals. CALIFORNIA glace frut pudding. Townsend’s.* ——————— SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * e e F. M. Bennett, passed assistant engineer, United States navy, has completed the manu- seript of a volume shortly to be published, en- titled ““The Steam Navy of the United States,’ which is, in fact, a history of the Americ'n navy, and is the only book extant which treats exclusively ot steam vessels of war. Through Sleeping Cars to Chicags. The Atlantic and Pacific Rallroad, Santa ms route, will continue to run aally through from Oaklana to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room, also vpholstered tourist sleeping-cars, leaving every afternoon, Lowest through rates to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexicooc Europe. Excursions through to Boston leavs every week. San Francisco ticke: office, 844 Mar ket street, Chronicle building. Telephone main, 1631; Uakland, 1118 Broadway. —_— Phillips’ Rock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rip Grande snd Rock Island Raflways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicagoand Boston. 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