The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1896. WEDNESDAY... _NOVEMBER 18, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.18 Dally and Sunday CALL, one year, by mall..... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, &ix months, by mail. 3.00 Dally and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.:: Dally and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. Bunday CALL, one year, by mail. WxExLy CaLL, one year, by mall. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. .Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS 517 Clay Street. .Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES 527 Montgomery etreet, corner Clay: open until 9:30 o'clock. 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 713 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o’clock. EW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open Bntil 9 o'clock. 2618 Mission street; open untfl 9 o'clock. 116 Minth street; open until § 0'clock. & Market street, open tll § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. = Irrigation is all right. 1t looks like prosperity all round. The arid districts are in the swim. 1t is pretty safe to prophesy a wet win- ter. All things seem to be coming our way at once. The San Jose poultry show ought to boom the industry. The Supreme Court knows common sense as weil as law. They are talking of nothing in the East but chrysanthemums, horses and football, The German crisis crawled into a gimlet- hole, but Bismarck is still on the outside. In some parts of the East there is snow a foot deep and still it is not winter time yet. As a cabinet-maker McKinley has sense enoungh to attend to his own job and he is doing it. We call it a storm out here, but in the East it would have passed for a brisk wind and a good show The Dingley revenue bill must be passed this winter. A billion-dollar country needs 8 billion-dollar tariff. Prosperity and good wages are surely coming, but, all the same, don’t spend your money until you get it. The only way to bring about the appoint- ment of a Secretary of Mines and Mining is to keep up the fight for it. 1f the Assessors’ convention does’ its work well we may look for tax reform from the Legislature this winter. The announcement that we are really to have a competitive telephone system will incline everybody to exclaim, “Hello!"” The Puget Sound country is the place where it never rains but 1t pours, and they don’t think anything of being in the swim. ‘While the work of charter-making is 1o go slowly it should 2lso go steadfastly. If there is to be no hurry there should be also no negligence. The funding bill fight might as well come up this winter as at any other time. California is as well prepared to fight it ncw as she will ever be. There is one thing to be said to the credit of David Bennett Hili: His silence is setting an example which every Demo- crat would do well to follow. ‘We are in favor of no booms on the Pa- cific Coast this time. Legitimate business can employ all our money, all our energy, and it pays best in the long run. Bryan’s talk in the campaign showed he had no experience in business, and from the way business is talking now it seems clear that it wanted no experience with him. Boston has not yet positively refused the Dancing Bacchante. She is ai present considering whether the freedom of the art is not atoned for by the freedom of the gift. Maryland thinks she ought to have a place in McKinley’s Cabinet, but at tnis distance it seems she ought to be suf- ficiently proud of hsving got a place in the McKinley column. The decision of the Supreme Court main- taining the validity of the Wright act is of great benefit to California and may be counted among the events of the season that tend to prosperity. Now that Weyler has begun to force the fighting in Cuba it seems clear the end cannot be far off, and if the Cubans can only hold out during the winter their in- dependence will surely come in the spring. Some loyal natives in Bengal decided to erect a statue to Victoria and the British public was delighted. The statue has re- cently been unveiled, disclosing a ring in each nostril of the Queen, and the British public is disgusted. Alexander H. Clay, the unknown who has just been'elected to the United States Senate from Georgia, is said to be Hoke Smith’s man, which is perhaps the poorest introduction to the American people he could possibly have. e The revival of industry following the election of McKinley enables us to fore- cast what will result from the adoption of a new protective tariff and justifies the belief that the era of prosperity now open- ing will surpass any we have ever known. Ohio is discussing the best means of re- modeling and enlarging her State Capitol and California, from experience with the cost of repairs at Sacramento, can give her the advice of an expert. The best way to geta good job is to tear the old build- ing down and put up a new one. In an address at the W. C. T. U. conven- tion at St. Louis Mrs. Katherine L. Stey- enson paid an eloguent tribute to the power of the press and gave a just recog- nition to the services ot the majority of American newspapers in promoting the cause of morality and social improvement. The source from which this praise comes augments its value and it will be duly ap. preciated by every journal that deserves to share in it. KEEP UP THE FIGHT. The movement started by the Miners’ Association to bring about the appoint- ment of a Secretary of Mines and Mining should not be allowed to lag. The direc- tors of the association sheuld at once com- municate with mining men in other sec- tions of the Union anda organize for the purpose of promoting their desire at the coming session of Congress. Interviews published by TaE CALL show that the sentiment of leading men in this State is on the side of the miners. It is not unreasonable to assume that the sen- timent in other States of the West is the same. So long, however, as that senti- ment does not tend to action it will have no effect. The only way to make it opera- tive is for the leaders in the movement to organize for action and then call upon all who sympathize with them to give a hearty co-operation in the work. The request of the miners is areasonable one. On a full consideration of the sub- ject, the weight of argument will be found on their side. They have, therefore, noth- ing to fear from discussion. On the con- trary the fullest debate of the subject would be for them a campaign of educa- tion. It would make known to Congress and to the people at large the claims of this great industry upon the Nationai Government and its right to have those claims supported by a representative in the Cabinet. If anything is to be done during the winter session of Congress, now is the time to organize for the contest. This work must of course be done by the Miners’ Association acting in combination with similar associations of other States. Upon them, therefore, devolves the taking of the first step in the periormance of the task. There ought to be no hesitation on the part of the Miners’ Association of Cali- fornia in taking the lead. They have just met in convention, and have adopted a resolution tersely declaring their desire. The directors of the association bave, therefore, a right to count uvon the full support of their fellow-members if they go forward. The leadership of California will be followed by the whole of the greater West, and the movement will scon haye sufficient force to compel the atten- tion of Congress. It is to be hoped that this work will be done as soon as possible. There is but one way to win, and that is to keap up the fight and wage it aggres- sively from this time on. THE IRRIGATION LAW. There was joy over a wide region of California yesterday when it was made known that the Supreme Court had sus- tained the validity of the Wright irriga- tion act. To many sections of the State the general welfare was almost dependent upon that law, and had it been declared unconslitutional their prospects for ad- vancement would have been serioasly overclouded. The prediction is made by all who are acquainted with the sitnation in the semi- arid districts of the State that the de- cision marks the beginning of anew era of prosperity. These districts include some of the portions of California which, under irrigation, will become centers of its greatest wealth. 1t would have been a loss to the whole State had the law been declared 1nvalid. As it is, the whole State will benefit and the rejoicing in the districts directly affected will be shared by the people at large. The benefits of the cecision will be felt at on‘ce. This is made evident by reports published yesterday from various counties in the State. In Colusa it is expected that the great canal on which so much money has been expended will now be completea. In various portions of San Diego County important works which have been suspended while the validity of the act was in doubt will be immediately resumed. Othercounties hardly less inter- ested than Colusa and S8an Diego share the general hopefulness. It seems cer- tain, therefore, the decision will givean impetus to work and the employment of labor in localities where it is greatly needed. It 3s not too much to say that the law which authorizes extensive irrigation and makes it possible in this State will also aid materially in advancing other indus- tries. In many localities water which is used for irrigation can be used also where it descends from the foothills for operat- ing electrical machinery, and there will thus be given a stimulus to the establish- ment of manufacturing plants in places where otherwise they would be unprofit- able. In this way the decision will bave an in- direct effect upon the industries of the State, hardly less beneficial than its direct result upon the cultivation of the soil. Taken altogether, the people of the State have good reason to rejoice in the decision, and when its results begin to be realized it cannot be doubted that the satisfaction will be almost universal. AMERIOAN ' SHIPPING. It is announced that the Commissioner of Navigation in his annual report to Con- gress will call attention to the urgent need of increasing the shipping under the American flag for the purpose of carrying on American commerce, and that in doing 80 he will lay speciai stress upon the con- dition of the trade of the Pacific Ocean. There be no question that this is a subject to which the attention of Congress should beimmediately and forcibly called. Our trade on that great ocean is threat- ened not only by the development of Brit- ish steamship lines from Canada and Ausiralia, but also by the promotion of steamships from Japan. It would be a most absurd result if this country should see the commerce of the western ocean pass from its bands to that of countries so much inferior in wealth, population and energy. It1s to be regretted that the Commis- sioner of Navigation, who seems to under- stand so clearly the needs of our com- merce, should be one of those extreme free-traders who can see o better way of remedying the evil than that ef suggest- ing a bill providing for free ships. Such a biil would have the inevitable result of causing a large proportion of American shipping to be constructed in England. The gain of our merchants, therefore, would be the loss of our shipbuilders, and what might be profitable in time of peace would be disastrous in war. The United States needs an increase of her ship-building industry as well as an expansion of her commerce. We certainly desire to see San Francisco become the metropolis of the Pacific Ocean trade. We desire to see that trade carried on under the American flag, but we desire also that every ship which flies that flag shall have been constructed in America, by American capital, out of American material and by the payment of American wages to Amer- ican labor. The Commissioner of Navigation ob- jects to Senator Frye's bill now before Con- gress imposing discriminating duties on all cargoes brought into the United States by foreign vessels. He argues that if we discriminate against foreign shipping other nations may discriminate against There may be some validity in this ion, but, hawever great it may be, discriminating dutles would not be half as cbjectionable as free ships, Fortunately, the task of dealing with the problem will not devolve upon free- traders. The present Commissioner of Navigation will go out of office with Mr. Cleveland and a protectionist will take his place. We can thank him for his zeal in calling attention to the urzent needs of Pacific Coast commerce. What he says will direct the attention of Congress to the matter and we can count on the in- coming Republican administration to de- Vise a means of promoting our shipping industry on thesea without injuring that of the shipbuilders on land. THE OUBAN ORISIS. It seems that the war in Cuba has reached a crisis at last. Whether General Weyler's forward movement has been made of his own motion or whether he is acting under orders from Spain it is clear that the full force of the Spaniards in the island 'is now being exerted to crush out the rebeilion at one blow. Along with the reports of the activity on the part of the Spanish forces there have come many of an ex'raordinary hostility on the part of the Spanish Government against the United, States. It is even said that the Spanish Minister at Washington has declared that a war between Spain and tkis country is not an impossibility. These reports are undoubtealy exagger- ated, but none the less they serve to'show the mood in which Spain is now approach- ing the crisis in her relations to Cuba. ‘The Spaniards as a razeé are among the proudest on earth. They are the least likely to surrender when there is any pos- sibility of attaining success. This trait of their character has been manifest all through their history. It revealed itself during the middle ages in the centuries of war with the Moors, and it startled all Europe at the beginning of this century by strengthening the Spaniards to resist the aggressions of Napoleon. The same trait appears to-day in the war with Cuba. s Spaniards will not relinquish that island as long as it is possible for them to garrison a single fogtress or keep a single warship off the coast. It would be to them an extreme humiliation to sur- render to “Maceo. No Spanish Mimstry could hold power for a moment if it con- sented to the abandonment of the island, except under the pressure of absolute ne- cessity. It is this trait of the Spanish character rather than anything in the circumstances of the sitnation which renders it possible for a war to occur between Spain and the United States. A Spanish ministry might be willing to provoke a war with usasa means of getting out of the Cuban quarrel without a loss of popular favor for them- selves, or of national prestize for their country. Therefore while waris improba- ble it is not impossible, and the American people ought to be on their guvard against any contingenc: THE DINGLEY BILL. It is to be regretted that there is any doubt of the passage of the Dingley tariff bill at the coming session of Congress. Every man knows that the deficit in the National revenue is a serious evil, and every man therefore who holds a seat in Congress ought to be willing to vote for a measure that'will put an end to it. ‘We can understand why there should be opposition to a protective tariff system from men who conscientiously believe that the welfare of the country wounld be promoted by iree trade. This bill, how- ever, does not devise comprehensive pro- tection. It is simply a measure of expe- diency. Its only object is to provide a revenue for the Government. It is not in- tended to be permanent. No man ought to have aseat in Congress who allows a mere partisan antagonism toimpel him to vote against a measure of such a character. Differences of opinion between protec- tionists and free-traders are radical, but in one thing both must agree. The country must have arevenue, and as it is a billion- dollar country, it needs a billion-dollar revenue. We cannot reduce expenditures to the narrowlimits of the Wilson-Gorman tariff. Weneed more money and we must bave it. The country expects this Con- gress to provide a revenue. The battle over the enactment of a thoroughly com- prehensive protective system can be post- poned until the next Congress meets. For the present the Dingley revenue bill will suffice, but that much we must have. A SAMPLE OF CONFIDENCE. A few months ago one of the largest cities of New York found it impossible to place its bonds on fair terms. Since last week New York City was offered ten times the $16,000,- 000 of bonds 1t called for, at & preminm which reduced its rate of 3)4 10 about 3 per cent.—In- dianapolis Journal, One of the most encouraging signs of the present business situation is that American capital 1s taking hold ot American invest- ments. This was demonstrated both by the bids for the recent issue of New York City bonds end by the course of dealings on the Stock Exchange.—New York World. Money seems to be coming out of hiding since election. Brooklyn has already made a successiul sale of bonds, and yesterdsy $180,- 000,000 sought investment in $16,000,000 worth of bonds in New York. Both prineipal and interest of these bonds are to be paid in gold, the interest at the rate of 314 per cent.— Brooklyn Eagle. Before election an issue of New York bonds went begging tor bidders. The bonds didn’t improve any by keeping, but the public confi- dence did as soon as McKinley was elected, and the bonds that nobody wanted at any price when there was & possibility of Bryan's election were bid for many times over, and at a premium, when it was definitely known that this danger was past.—Philadelphia Times. Now that the election is over and the cause of honest money has triumphed, New York has a loan of 16,000,000 subscribed for three or four times over, and the weslth of the coun- try stands ready to take good municipal bonds ‘wherever they are offered. This state of affairs shows the difference between confidence and want of confidesce, between an honest money system and a proposed dishonest one.—Chicago Times- Heral NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Mother—Why did you accept Charley from among ell the young men who have pald you attention? Daughter—Because he was the only one that had the good taste to propose.—Detroit Free Press. “‘Do you think he really wants to marry me for my money?"” *‘Idon’t suppose he really wants to. Rather say, he thinks in order to get the money he'll have to."—Indianapolis Journal. Her {riend—And when are you to be mar- ried? She—In three years. Charles, you know, 1s 50 impatient!—Puck. Gray—There goes Scorcher on his bicycle. He appears to have the wheel on the brain. Green—I wouldn’t like to goso far as that; but{will say that he gets his brain as near the wheel as possible.—Boston Transeript. Esthetic wife (sobbing)—Dearest, I'll see that your grave is kept green, but not vne of those horrid bright greens. A nice olive-gray green, with an old brown tombstone, will look too awiully lovely for anything.—London Tit-Bits. Letters From the People.l OUR CITY POPULISTS. ‘Were They ‘Wrecked’’ by Intri in the Recent Election? Editor San Francisco Cell—S1R: 1 quite agree with Senator Rutler of North Caroiina, chair- man of the National Committee of the People’s Pparty, in his address after the election “to the people of the United States,” in which he reaches the coaclusion that “the People's party will be the nucleus around which patri- otic hosts must and will gather” in future contests, notwithstanding the stubborn fact that Humboldt County, which went Populist two years ago, did give McKiniey 500 major- ity, and that Alameda County, which was nearly Populist two years 8go, as it then ap- peared, is now the banner county of the Re- publican party, and the further fact ihat San Francisco, which had a Populist vote of more than 6000 two years ago, now has less than haif that number, according to the vote of November 3. Many “explanations’” have been offered, some claiming that the Populists refused to ““fuse,” and others that the Democrats were to blame. My own judgment is that both are right. But I cannot agree with the view taken by John M. Reynolds in a recant “ex sition’ 'in THE CALL, that the City Populists were ‘‘wrecked” by intrigue, though I grant that every man must judve according to his light and his range of vision. y chief reason for distrusting the judg- ment of Mr. Reynolds is the fact that he was one of the most conapicuous and most strenu- ous advocates of a strict *‘middle-of-the-road” voiicy for the City Populists, aud yet he re- ceived but 1382 votes, according to the re- turns, less than haif the accredited Populist vote. He at least should have received the full vote of two years ago, about 6000, for he as & Presidential candidate was Wiliiam R. Morrison of Illinois. McKinley enlisted as & n of the Twenty-third Ohio Regiment. of which General Rosecrans was colonel. R. B. Hayes, who afterward became President, and_Stanley Matthews, who died as Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, were field oflicers. MecKinley rose to the rank of captain during the war, aud retired with the brevet of major ::)l' irclll zallantry at Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek. %flvn\e in the ranks Itisan eloquent commentary on the bene- ficence of the greatest of free Governments that a private soldier in the ranks of the army can win bis way to the highest civil trustof the world, and by the largest majority ever given to a Presidential candidate. MOST POPULAR WOMAN IN MEXICO. Mme. de Diaz, the wife of the Presidentof Mexico, is not only the first iady of the coun- try, but is the most popular woman in the re- public, a writer in the St. James Budget. Senora Dona Carmen Romero Rubio de Diaz is known among her people, from the man- sions of the rich in the brilliant capital to the humblest hut on.the frontier,as Carmeliia, meaning “our little Carmen.” Her popularity ever increases, for each year sees a larger number of good works dispensed by this gen- erous woman, who uses her pewer to improve the lot of a long-oppressed and unhappy peo- notonly wesa *‘consistent” advocate of pure politics, but & man well known throughout the City as an_advocate of municipal ownership. His zeal for pure politics was not well re- warded. “The heaviest blow struck” against *fusion,” accordiug to Mr. Reynolds, “was the nomina- tion of young Potter, a clean, square but humble proprietor of a machine-shop,” whose “open, frank and honest face and square build won him the nomination’ over ‘‘the treasurer of the telephone company,” Mr. Eaton, by ust three votes in a convention of 104. As r. Potter was “brought out” by Mr. Rey- nolds as a ““true Populist,” but wasunknown to the ola and active Populists of the City, while Mr. Eaton was an old citizen and ha served the City as Superyisor twenty vears be- fore, when he worked hard to sécure City ownership of the Spring Valley Waler Works and had a clean record as a Supervisor and a business man, while Mr. Potter Lad resided in the City but’three years and not well known, it was thought that Mr. Eaton, who had fully indorsed the platform adopted by toe City Populists, would be & stronger candi- date than Mr. Potter and that there could be 10 hope of electing either of them if both re- meined as candidates in the Sixth Ward. In view of these facts I took the responsi- bility upon myself of inviting Mr. Potter and Mr, Eaton to appear before the campaign com- mittee, which is also the executive committee of the People’s party, composed of twenty-one members, all of them old members of the county committee, but only three of the com- mittee were favorable to Mr. Eaton. They apveared before the committee, both being present at the same time. Mr, Eaton was first inierrogated as to his views and his standing and “voting llrenglh" as & candidate, nearly every member of the committee taking part in the examination, which lasted about an hour. He was then excused and left the hall, when Mr. Potter had the same chance 1o state his views and avaliability as a candidate and was Tequested to remain in joining room to ewait the action of the committee. I[mme- diately on his retirement & motion was made to invite Mr. Potter to place his resignation in the hands of the committee, and it was puf without debate and adopted by & full an, unanimous vote. All this is a matter of record, 3 This is what Mr. Reynolds says in regard to Mr. Potter’s resignation: “These men who hypnotized Buckley and others who attend to the Spring Valley’s business, and others who were playing for Buckiey’s iavor, directed a series of annoyauces, intimidations and mis- representations against Potier’s eandidacy after the convention adjourned and made the matter so bothersome to him that the young man resigned.” The eutire campaign com- mittee knows how utterly false and misleadin, is this statement made by Mr. Reynolds an addressed “to the fifty thousand Populists of California.” And who is John M. Reynolds? Is he com- petent 10 speak for the Populists of San Fran- cisco? Mr, Reyuolds is the “business man- ager” of the Socialist newspaper, publishe in this City, and uot been connected with the People’s party here within the past six years, 5o far as I have ever known, until a few days before the municipal convention met. He then joined a club and came in as a delegate to the convention. His occupation is that of “merchant,” dealing in hardwood finishing and writing his views on public questions for pubdcation In the Dewspapers, more especially on municipal ownership, in most of which Populisis agree with him; but he does not seem to be quite fair in dealing with Populists, and may be sus- ted of trying to m: it appear that they e been “wrecked.” 0 the Populists of California I desire to say that they need not feel worried over the “reve- lations’ made by Mr. Re‘nulds, for they are all of a piece with the Potter matter, over which he is s0 much exercised. They will readily see that he has not much !llndlns with the City Populists as thelr self-appointe champion, if we may judge by the size of his vote of 1332, and make any allowance for his *‘personal following” outside of the People's party. At first I thought no reply to Mr. Rey- nolds need be made. but as he is a skiliful manufacturer and made a plausible story which mighs mislead Populists outside of San Francisco, I have written this reply to him, JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex street, Nov. 16, 189 A SONG OF HOPE. Mme. Diaz Jr., the Most Popular Woman in Mexico. ple. Mme. Diaz is often appealed to on behali of some one or other sentenced to long impris- onment or death. Official pardon is a delicate power for any one 10 hold, and the President’s wife is naturally careful for the justice of her case before she goes to her lord to plead for executive clemency. But the President him- selis o1 a forgiving nature and not inire- uently the pardon is granted. Neither the %rcllden! nor his wife attends the brilliant but brutal bullfights, and in every way they use their influence against the degrading spec- tacles. It iscertain that he will entirely pro- hibit them as soon as public sentiment gives any hope of upholdinghis wishes, “Carmelita” is the second wife of General Porfirio Diaz, and is in her thirty-third year. She stands as a type of advanced Spanish- American womanhood, and among other ac- complishments speeks English and French with almost equal flyency. She is remarkably well informed on current eveunts, and her ad- vice is often sought by ber husband. Tac President is 60 years old, and is very proud of his fair young wite. When their marriage took place, in 1884, they took their weddiag tour through the United States. Her girlish grace and simplicity of manner well mateh her beauty, Her ancestry uates far back into the nobilily of old Castile, and the evidences of long culture are'easily marked. It is plainly apparent tuat a considerable part of the popu- larity of the President of the republic ol Mex- ico and the desire of the peopie to keep him in office are due to the general esteem for his lovely wife. PERSONAL. sl | D. M. Otis of Mendocino County is in the City. G. W. Martin, & merchant of Voita, is at the Lick. J. E. Farley ol Watsonville arrived here yes- terday. A. N. Williamson of Spoka: dental. General Denling of Los Angeles is at the Palace. Judge 8. F. Gell of Salinas is among recent arrivals. J. A. Mackenzie, 8 merchant of Modesto, is in the City. J. M. Brownlee of the Imperial Hotel, Port- land, is in town. Ex-Attorney-General R. M. Clarke of Carson, Nev., is in the- City. F. E. Geiser, & business man of Baker City, Or., has arrived here. J.T. Rountree, & mining man of Denver, is among recent arrivals here. Lieutenant-Governor Jeter came up from Santa Cruz and is at the Palace. J. L. Bailor, & business man of Onxeudnle,( 2t the Ocel- Back of the gloom— The bloom ! Back of the strife— Sweet life, And flowering meadows that glow and gleam Where the winds sing joy and the daisies dream, And the sunbeams color the quickening elod, 4And faith In the future and trust ia God. Back of the gloom— The bloom ! Fronting the night— The night ! Unaer the snows— The rose! And thé vales sing joy to the misty hill ‘And the wild winds ripple it down the And the far stars answer the song that swells With all the music of all the beils! Fronting the night— The light! FraNk L STANTON. LADY'S WAIST WITd BOLERO. The bolero in all its forms is the particular fad of feshion at present. Here itisshownin combination with & new sleeve, which is wrinkled below the puff and is known as the mousquetaire. 2 A dress of black canvas cloth with lining of green and violet taffetas had jacket frontsof th, the canvas being cut an inch smaller to :‘llowl t;ze -ukd wl:“dul,n l:xho'w. Both‘ were mply hemme, A Dealest man- ner possible. 'rn-, waist front was of black mousseline de soie. The belt and collar were of the silk, FROM PRIVATE T0 PRESIDENT. Philadelphia Times. McKinley is the only private soldier who has befn elected to the Presidency,or seriously thougnt of for that position. The only other man who served as & private in the ranks of the army who has been prominently discussed Wash.,, is here, accompanied by his wife, Chief Engineer F. P. Schumann of the Guate- mala Railroad, Guatemala, is at the Paluce. G. W, Scott, the extensive land-owner, wheat- grower and sheep-raiser of Madison, is at the Grand. W. R. Crothers, the wealthy business manof Santa Rosa, is among the arrivals here. He is at the Lick. A. Brown, a merchant of Kernville and pro- jector of a flourmill in that place, is here on a business trip. E. H. Nye, an old resident of Ogaen, Utah, isin the City on business and at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. John Munde:f and wite of Sonora are taking in the sights of the City and stopping at the Cosmopoiitan Hotel. H. H. Hill and wife of Chicago, IlL., are vis- iting the Pacific slope and domiciled at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. M. Greenburg, one of the owners of the big asphaltum mine, San Luis Obispo, is in the city, accompanied by his wife. James E.Mills, who owns important mining interests near Quiney, in Plumas County, is at the Occidertal, after several months spent in the mines of Mexico. Judge Murphy of the San Francisco Superior Court is sbsent in Napa County presiding over the trial of Moore, charged with the mur- der of Mrs. Greenwood. General J. Ruling of the Nicaraguan army, who has been in the City and vicinity for some months while receiying treatment for wounds, will sail for Nicaragua to-day. Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel is R. I. Vincent of New York, en old California pioneer, who returns tothe State after an absence of twenty-three years. Attorney Patrick Reddy, who owns an inter- est in the rch Randsburg gold mines on the desert, will leave for the mines this evening. During the last few weeks an immense body of ore has been reached in these mines. Hugh Dyer. cavtain and second baseman of the Stanford Varsity nine in 1894, arrived here yesterday from Agua Duice, Lower Cali- fornia, where he has been superintending a mine for some time. He says & number of the Mexican miners rebelled and went on strike recently; that be discharged ail of them and was for several days in imminent peril of be- ing lynched. Assoon as heconveniently could he resigned his position and started for civili- zation. He is nowon his way to Cleveland, Ohio, to superintend some construction for the Kilby Iron Works there. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—Among re- cent arrivals are: L. E. Harmer, San Francisco, Riges use; Frederick Lipscomb, Los An- geles, Wllard’s Hotel; P.: C. Storms, Sacra. mento, The Shoreham. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YOREK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 17.—At the Manhat- tan, L Aiden, W. T. Berry; Imperial, J. W. Doyan and wife; Gilsey, C. H. Holt; B Foster; Astor, L D. Jacks aud wife, Dr, Wil bur Swett, D. Swett and Master Wilbur A, Swett left the Manhattan to sail on the steam- ship New York for Eagiand. e PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE During the last ten years the average earn- ings of Mme. Patti have reached the magnifi- cent sun of §200,000 per annum. ueen Victoria now rules 367,000,000 peo- plg. & greater number than ever before acknowledged the sovereignty of eiihera King, Queen or Emperor. Lon- On unveiling the bust of himself at the don Guildhall lately, the Duke of Cambridge, after looking at it, said sadly: *It will remain after I have gone.” ; o Queen Wilhelmina of Holland having a tainea her sixieenth year, has just made her confession of faith as & member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and has been confirmed. ry Irving is one of the best swords- mil:: lnnellilnzlnnd. ® Ho liaa practiced scientific swordsmanship for many years. One of his fencing mesters was Professor McLaren, now of Olympis. General Thomas L. Vincent, assistant to Ad- jutant General Ruggled in Washington, will retire from setive service on Noveraber 15. He has always been popular in the capital, where he has spent & great part of his life. At the time of the death of Professor Serbes of the Jarain des Piantes, Paris, in 1878, he was the owner of a collection of 920 dried human heads, the whole representing every known race of people on the globe. Queen Annes County, Maryland, is the only county in the State which gave Bryan a ma- jority, & fact which has led anumber of its citizens, according to the Balumore American, to invite Mr. Bryan to live in the county. Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop has been very i1l in Boston of pneumonisa, the result of over- work and exposure in her labors among the poor, which many & day last from 5 o’clock in the morning till11 o'clock atnight. It isa ques- tion whether her slight snd delicate frame can endure this life, which she has under- taken with the spirit of & devotee, but she is now recovering. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. F. X. SCROONMAKER—Miss G. M. C., Stockton, Cal. F. X. schoonmaker does not at this time write for any periodical. He has for some time been connected with the United Press. Hicu ScHooLs—J. H., Clty. The architect of the Girle' High School, corner of Scott and O'Farrell streets, San Francisco, was T. J. Welch, and the architect of the High School in Oakland was Louis S. Stone. CorNs—A. R., Vacaville, Cal. None of the half-aimes named in your communication command any premium, for the resson that dealers are well supplied with them. The selling price ranges from 15 to 85 cents. ScoTL.AND—J. 8. and A. S., City. There are no statistics obtainabte in this City that will show the number of murders committed in otland “on an average for a number of years, and particularly for two years past.’’ Mex1co—C. & D., Washington, Nevada Coun- ty, Cal. The United States Consul in the City of Mexico is Thomas W. Crittenden. By ad- dressing L. P. Fisher & Co., Merhants’ Ex- chunge, this City, you can procure the papers you desire. GOVERNORSHIP OF Iowa—F. C. R., City. It was in 1877 that John P. Irish was the Demo- cratic candidate for the office of Governor of Jows. His opponents were: J. H. Grear, Re- publican; D. P. Stubbs, Greenback; Elias Jes- sup, Prohibition. The vote stood: Grear 121,546, Irish 79,353, Stubbs 34,228, Jessup 10,639. Grear’s plurality over Irish was 42,- 193, To CIRCLE CITY—Z. D., City. Mails leave San Francisco daily for Circle City, Alaska, that is they are forwarded daily to Seattle, from there to Sitka and then to Juneau, from which point they are sent once a month to Circle City. The departure from Junean is not on fixed date, but varies on account of the mode of transportation not always making close connection. s LIGHTNING CALCULATORS — Mathematician, City. Those who are able to ada figures at sight and sre known as “lightning calcula- tors” have, as & rule, & natural gift and. en aptitude for figures which they themselves cannot explain. There are others who by very close application learn to give a rapid answer to certain questions. Dealers in books can furnish you what are known as “lightning calculator’s methods.”” HoNoR AND SHAME—J. A. K., Stockton, Cal. The quototion is not, “honor and fame from no condition rise,” but Honor and shame from no condition rise; ‘Act well your part—there all honor lies. The quotation is from “The Essay on Man,” by Pope, Epistle IV., lines 193 and 194. A PURCHASED DISCHARGE—M. N., City. When & soldier of the army of the United- States purchases his discharge he is given a certifi- cate which sets forth all the facts. Anen- listed man can obtain his discharge from the army at the close of enlistment, by purchas- ing after a certain length of service, by reason of physicel disability and by dishonorabie conduct. In each case a certificate of fact is given the individual. NEWSPAPER ARTIST—A. R., Sacramento, Cal. To become & newspaper sketch artist the indi- viduat must have the ability to draw, and to draw well; he must have the talent of being ableto skéteh in haste,and to sketch from life, must have a good ides.of lights and shades and understand how 10 finish pictures in Indis ink. If he has a xnowledge of ail this he can master the minor details in & short time, and woud bave no difficulty in obta ing work, after demonstrating by s few da; trial bis ability. BUMBLE BEE AND CLover—E. F., City. A friend of Answers to Correspondents furnishes the following in regard to the bumble bee and clover: “The Scientific American of February 6, 1892, says: ‘The introduction of the bumble bee 1nto New Zealana a few years ago to secure the fertiiization of red clover, and the remark- able success, are matters of record.” The bum- ole bees are needed with red clover because their proboscides are long enough to gather the pollen from the red clover blossoms and pollenize them, while those of other bees and flying insects are not. 8o far as I know this is not true of all clover, but of red clover.” THE RETURNS—Counts Precinet, Mendocino County, Cal. Invoting at an election under the Australian ballot system, as adopted in this State, the voter mast place & eross oppo- site the name of every man he wishes to vote for and in no greater number than that indi- cated over the title of the office. For{nstance, “Presidential and Vice-Presidéntial electors, vote for nine.” That means tnat the voter may vote for nine candidates for the office. He must stamp & cross in the space to the right handa of the name of the candidate he ex- presses & preference for. If he sho. cross at the right_hand of the plr‘:lyda‘:laml- tion it would not be counted, as the voters are not called nfon to vote for party but for in- dividuals. If he should vote for less than nine the officers would have to record not more that the number having a desj nating cross. A voter has the right 10 vote for elec- tors of one Y-n;lnd for electors of another party providing he does not vote for more than nine in the nureguw. In such a case the vote for electors would not be rejected, but would to the credit of the individual voted for. The law does not i words say that a bn.\lo?. h m"g folded otherwise than that it shall be in such a way that its contents shall not be ex- g:lofl, and that the numoer on it, which is to torn off, shall be exposed; but the law ought to preseribe uniformity in folding to prevent any one from ascertaining whose par- teular ballot was put in the box. The main- taining of & rail in election booths is 1o pre. vent the election officers irom being crowded upon during the discharge of their official du- ties., The rail does not prevent the bystander irom overiooking the work of counting the votes. During the count each party is gener- ally allowed 10 have a watcher to see that all is conducted fairly. To aliow the bystanders to come within the rail during the count Would lead to no end of difficulties, THORNS OR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC La Rue Busy Weaving Them Into a Crown for the Railroad, . Will Ask the Governor to Aid Him in the Pleasant Task. Legislation Necessary to Punish for Infractions of the State Con- stitution. Stimulated by the opposition of thne Southern Pacific Compeany and its attacks on the powers and very existence of the Railroad Commission of this State, Chair- man La Rue of that body has been mak- ing a careful and close study of tle con- stitution and legislative acts defining the powers of the commission, and some of the results of his researches will be dis- played in the report of the commission to be submitted to the Governor, and whicn is now being prepared. Some of the proposed legislation which will be suggested in this document has already been described in THE Cavry, but Mr. La Rue has since been indefatigably at work to see wherein the hands of the commission can be further strengthenec. 1n article X1I of the constitution, defin- illegal, but for which offenses no penal- ties are attached. These sections read as follows: Sec. 19. No railroad or other transportation company shell grant free passes, Or passes or tickets at & discount, to any person holding any office of honor, trust or profit in this State; and the acceptance of any such pass or ticket by a member of the Legislature or any public officer other than Raiiroad Commis- sioner shall work a forfeiture of his office. Sec. 20. No railroad company or other com- mon carrier shall combine or make any con- tract with the owners of any vessel that leaves port or makes port in this State, or with any common carrier, by which combination or coniract the earnings of one doing the carry= ing are to be shared by the other notdoing the carrying. And whenever a railroad cor- poration’ shall, for the purpose of compet- ing with any 'other common carrier,, lower its rates for transportation of passengers or freight from one point to another, such re- duced rates shall not be again raised or in- creased from such standard without the con- sent of the governmental authority in which shall be vested the power to regulate fares and freights. Sec. 21. No discrimination in charges or facilities for transportation shall be'made by any railroad or other transportation company beiween places or persons, or in_the facilities for the transportation of the same classes of freight or passengers within this State, or coming from or going to any other State. Persons and property transported over any railroad, or by any other transportation com- pany or_individual, shall be delivered at any station, landing, or port, at charges notex- ceeding the charees for {he transportation of persons and property of the same class, in the same direction, to_any more distant station, port or landing. Excursion and commutation tickets may be issued at special rates. Referring to section 19 Mr. La Rue said: «Here we havea clause prescribing for- feiture of office for a certain offense in which the briber is equally culpable with the bribed, yet no penalty is fixed for the punishment of the latter. This should be remedied by a legislative act imposing a fine on any railroad that is guilty of bringing about an infraction of this section. *In sections 20 and 21 we find certain proscriptions, but no penalties fixed for an infraction of them. Here, too, the Legislature should come to the aid of the commission and of the people of the Siate. “The Governor's attention will, in all probability, be calied to these matters in the forthcoming report of the commis- sion. “It is certainly a most remarkable thing to me that during the seventeen years of the commission’s existence the Legisla- ture has passed but two acts to assist the board in carrying out its work, not- withstanding that tnere is great need of such aid, and it is to remedy this state of affairs that recommendations will be made to the Governor."” CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend'a®* pibiibeh it *‘How do you find it possible to act that role of the persecuted wife so naturally?” asked the reporter. “It isn’t very difficult,” replied the great actress. “The vilain is my real husband.”— Philndelph,ll North American. ———————— SPECIAL information dally to manufscturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_————————— Mr. Poorly—This 'ere wall’ll fall down ef ye don’t fix it; th’ cracks are enormous. Landlord—All right. I'll have it papered at once.—Atlanta Constitutio: Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Atlantic and Pacific Rafiroad, Sants my youte, will continue to run ecaily through from Oaklana to Chicago Pullman palace drawing-room, also vpholstered tourist sleeping-cars, leaving every siternogn. Lowest (hrough rates to il poluts in the United States, Canada, Mexicoos Europe. Excursions ihrough Boston leava every week. San Francisco ticke: office. 644 Mac- ket streel, Chronicle building, 1vicphone iiauy 1631; Uakland. 1118 Broadway. ———————— Phillips’ Rock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every \Wednesday, via Ris Grande and Rock Isiand Eailways. Throuza tourist sleeping-cars 1o Chivago and Boston. Maa- ager and porters accompany these excursions v» Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car acconimodationy and forther Information address Clinion Jones, Genmeral Agent Rock lstand Rallway o Mous gomery street, San Francisco S e ——— #Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fif:y years by millions of mothers for their children whiie Teething with per- fect success. 1t soothesthe child, softensihegums. allays Paln, cures Wind Colic, rezulates the Bowely and is the best remedy for Diarrh@as, whether aris- ing irom tee.hing or other capses. For sale by drug gists in every part of the worid. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrep. 23¢ & bou.y, —_— g — Atmosphere is, perfactly dry, soft .-?;‘.’:’Z,"S.‘fi... entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by :u-dm; ship, including fifteen days’ board at the ho:l ‘.y Coronado, $65; longer stay $2 50 per day. Appi 4 New Moutgomery st., San Francisco. —————— ing that TmE first gray hair should be'a warning the .cll:"ulc:u he srengthening epplications of Ayer’s Hair Vigor. Don'tdelay. et Lanks—What kind of & chicken is this, Mrs, Hungerford ? Lanalady—A the markes, .1 What is the difference, if any, between this and the common fling variety?— Puneh. : Plymouth Rock, I was told at Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov't Report oYal Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE K Y