The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1897 CHARLES M. Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRI v and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.15 v CALY, One year, by mail IPTION RATES—Postage Free Daily Daily and Sund: SS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone.... vveoseuesnneesess MAIN=1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone..... 2 BRANCH OFFICES: . 527 Montsomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:80 o'clock. 539 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. pen until 9:30 o'clock. and Mission streets; open ntfl 9 o'clock. 19 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: New York City. Politics is everywhere. Sacramento feels as big as Washineton. Clearance sales keep the money moving. Republican harmony is the watchword. There will be good legislation this ses- sion. Give us a Senator who will illustrate young California. The lull in trade will soon make way for the spring re Speaker Coombs can be counted on for business and economy. to be the Legis- The people e3 lature of a tho! The East 1s wrestling with blizzards while we are talking of festivals. The legislators will not take snap judg- ment in the choict a Seuator. The funding-bill fight opens in Congress this week, but the end is a long way off. Not much is expected of this session of Congress, but it may be a surprise party. 1shball is one of the novelties of che season which will find plenty of people to push it along. Truckee is getting her ice palace ready, and the fun wili soon be moving on the toboggan slide. Mayor Phelan’s address was good, and now letus hope he can get the Supervisors 10 help him live up to it. Cleveland is getting ready to move out and McKinley to move in, and both move- ments are pleasing to the people. California should be represented in the TUnited States Senate by a man who can speak for her interests and speak convinc- ingly. Tne Republicans should and umie the It is announced that McKinley will not make up his Cabinet until March 1, so there will be a good deai of time yet to continue the guessing contest. General Weyler has once more returned to Havana, and, as he will not explain why he did so, it 1s probable he only de- sired to take a little exercise for his health. The man whom the leaders of all fac- tions of the Republican party support for the Senate is the man wn should be elected by the Republicans of the Legisla- ture. The triumph of the moderate Republi- cans and the defeat of the Radicals in the French elections is another evidence of the conservatism of the age. The agita- tor is listened to when he talks, but he g8ins no votes. From the eagerness with which the Fz- aminer is taking part in the Sematorial contest among Republicans it would seem to have a desire to become a Repub- lican organ, but the chances are it is only another fi The Merchants’ Association promises to direct its attention to further street im- provement, and the promise is the more welcome ause the accomplishments of the association in the past give a guar- antee of the future, Wild weather has been raging from Kansas to Minnesota. In some places there have been floods, in others cyclones, and in others snowstorms that have damaged property and impeded travel. And still there are people of a fair degree of intelli- gence who live in that country when they might come to California. It is reported from New York that a nine-year-old son of Mike Donovan of is desirous of making a match ish fight with the son of Bob Fitz- simmons, aad wiale the challenge seems somewhat premature both the babies may be full grown men before the preliminary ta'k is over, if such things continue as at present. New Orleans has been visited with a kind of weather which gave the sky an ap- pearance as if the earth were on fire, and Chicago has had the sortof weather which made the earth look as if the sky were an ocean of water. It seems to be only on this side of the mountains that both earth and sky look lovely. and natural all the time. Stephen Crane, the novelist who was on board the 1ll-fated Commodore, has a good subject for a romance ready made to his hands. It seems the ship was scuttled by trattors on board, thus affording the con- trast of villainy with neroism, and the romancer will have to invent only a love story and one or two fights in order to make a sea yarn worth spinning. The Ban Francisco Vindicator issued a handsome new-year number fast Saturday which reflects the highest credit on the editors. The edition was well written and well 1llustrated, and, being printed on a fine quality of paper, presented a very at- tractive appearance. As the Vindicator is the recognized organ of the colored people of California, the whole of that race may take a just pride in the success it has at- tained and in the degree of enterprise “~hown by its managers. OUR NEXT SENATOR. The election of a United States Senator is the most important duty which the State Legisiature during the first fortnight of its session will be called upon to perform. This duty will devolve upon the Republicans, whose aggregate of sev- enty-four members constitutes the majority of both houses of the Legislature. The next Senator, therefore, wiil be a Republican. ‘Who shall it be? Itis high time that the great State of California should give serious considera- tion to the subject of its Senators and should approach their selection witha proper degree of vride. men have declined nomination in the TUnited Btate Senate older commonwealths have set In the earlier histors of the Republic it is recorded that for the Presidency, esteeming their seat to be California The the more exalted office. an apt example the in quality of men whom they select as Senators, and proudly point to the statesmen whose illustrious careers in the Senate have reflected glory upon their respective States. Why may not California make an epoch in its history by choosing from among its sons a Senator who, 1n the possession of those qualities which the office peculiariy requires, shall be worthy to take an equal place among the orators and the statesmen of wvhom her sister commonwealths are so justly proud? While Iowa sends an Allison, Ohio a Foraker, Nebraska a Thurston, Massachusetts a Lodge and New York a Choate, why may not California furnish to the United States Senate a man who in character, in ambition and in ability is worthy to be their peer? ‘What are the qualifications which the Legislature of California should require in every candidate for the Senate as essential to his selection? Character? That, of course; and character of that high quality which holds itself superior to sordid and selfish interests and free from those entanglements of business which have so often interfered with a Senator’s impartial and unselrish service to the peoble of his State. In addition to the first essential of character there should be ability of that nature which the office of Senator peculiarly requires. There should be learning in the broad sense of the term—a knowledge of the history of the ages, of the rise and fall of nations, of the structure of society, of the growth of human liberty, of the laws and institutions of peoples and states; an intimate a:quaintance with the social and political movements of the present time, and lastly, an exact under- standing of the resources, the rights, the needs and the demands of his own State. As a complement to this learning there should be the facuity to make it po- tential, or, in other words, the power which lies in speech. The next Senator from Culifornia should be an orator; not merely a phrase-maker, nor an elocu- tionist repeating essays and set speeches, but a man of that kind of eloquence which attracts the minds, controls the reason and compels the will of other men; a man who can fitly represent the State of California by speaking out grandly and bravely and convincingly for its rights as a State among States, and for its interests as a commonwealth among nations; who can voice the ambitions, the aims, the impulses, the moving spirit of its sons and daughters, and who can upon occasion National importance and of world-wide influence. to her interests and to her genius, should most justice to herself, to her past, plsce in the Senate as her take high grounds of honor and of principle upon issues of Such an orator California, in potent agent, and her Legislature cannot do their State a greater honor nor a more needed service than the present selection of such a Senator. Again, the Senator who shall be chosen should have the united and un- reserved support of able to unify all factions; cords and disputes. the Republican party of California. He should be to put an end to all internal disruptions, dis- He should have deserved his party’s loyalty by his own un- swerving loyalty to it and by a long term of unselfish and distinguished service in all its times of need. ture should require their indorsement as a prerequi His party leaders should be his sponsors, and the Legisla- to his election. No ite man has the right to be Serator who has been arrogant enough to esteem himself above his party or selfish enough to sacrifice its interests or chances of success in vreference to his own. The time has arrived in Republican politics when party wounds should be healed and party dissensions ended. The man who sufficiently possesses the faith, the friendship and the confidence of leaders and of factions to bring about thie result should be our next Senator in order that there may bs wielaed that influence with the incoming administration at Washington which will secure for California the recognition which she so richly and fully deserves. Lastly, the next Senator from Calitornia should possess the esteem and confi- dence of the people of the entire State without respect to party or pursnit or creed or class. They should know him to be & fearless friend of justice and cham- pion of liberty; a fellow-laborer like the majority of themselves, who by reason of having worked his own way up to eminence is in sympathy with honest men in their every effort and aspiration for the general good. The Legislature has presented to it an opportunity to select a man who meas- ures up to all of these requirements for our next Senator in the person of Samuel M. Shortridge of San Francisco. In character, in learning, in eloquence; in knowl- edge of the rights and needs of Catifornia; in ability to unify the Republican party through the confidence and support of its leaders; in the possession of the esteem and respect of the people of the entire State, Samuel M. Shortridge is the candi- date before the Legislature whose claim to their favor is founded upon his eminent fitness for the place. REPUBLICAN UNITY. To the Republican party the peovle of California have intrusted the management of their political affairs. A1l the oppor- Republicans of the Legislature cannot fuil to note the significance of the fact. 1t is well known to every student of our politics that the favor shown to Mr. Short- ridge by the leaders of all divisions of the tunities of the time for advancing the | Republican party is not undeserved. He welfare of the State by legisiative action | bas been faithful to Republican traditions are in the hands of the Republican major- ity in the Legisiature. Upon those repre- sentatives of the party rests the responsi- bility of so administering the trust that the people will be satisfied and the hold of the party upon popular favor be strength- ened and confirmed. s In considering the best means of ad- vancing the welfare of the State by party government the Republicans of the Legis- lature cannot fail to see that it is of prime importance to put an end to those tactions within the party which disturbed it during the past campaign and to re-establish in the ranks and among the leaders that barmony which is essential to the best and most vigorous action. Every step taken by the Republicans of the Legislature should tend 10 party unity and harmony. The counsel and advice of the leaders of all sections of the party should be listened to and due deference given to those who are manifestly seeking to allay past differences and to arrange for a leadership which will truly and fully represent the policies and aspirations of California Republicanism. If the guii- ance of such men is followed the future ot the Republican party in this State will be secure, and California hereafter will be counted as surely in the Republican column as her great sister States, Penn- sylvania and Ohio. In the nature of things the first step in the direction of restored party harmony must be taken in the election of 2 United States Senator. Thatissue arises first and must be settled first. Republicans siould give their votes to that candidate who has been most loyal to the party organization at all times, who has labored most earn- estly for the success of its regular tickets, whose influence has tended most to har- mony and whose election would be most Jikely to wive satisfaction to the rank and file of the party in all sections of the State. 1f any Republican member of the Legis- lature is in doubt as to which candidate pest fulfills these conditions he wiil have his doubts removed by even the most casual study of the situation at Sacra- mento. He will find that the leaders of the sections of the party most divided dur- ing the campaign are now unitedly work- ing for the election of Samuel M. Short- ridge. These men have united in support of Mr. Shortridge because they know that his election will not only assure California an able, eloquent, patriotic and influential representative in the Senate, but that it would put an end to party dissensions at home and unite all loyal Republicans under that new leadersbip which is neces- sary to the new era in our political his- tory. The fact that the leaders of opposing factions who a short time ago counid seem- ingly agree upon nothing are now work- ing in harmony for Mr. Shortridge is convincing evidence that he has the power and influence to bring men iato agree- ment with one another upon those high platforms of party and public policy which are above personal rivalries and an- tagonisms.. Men of all :ections of the party and of the State recognize in bim a man whom they are glad to support for the high honor to which he aspires, ana and Republican discipline in season and out of season. He has served the party @3 2 whole and not to promote factions. He has been at all times a trne representa- tive of its patriotism and an advocate of its principles. He is known to every leader of the partyin this State and to many of the rank and file in every connty. All who know him trust him. In his can- didacy all factions cease. Opposing lead- ers lay aside their differences and rally to his support. He stands as the candidate of those who seek to make a united Re- publican party, and therefore with justice asks the vote of every loyal Republican in the Legislature. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. The session of Congress which opens this morning has the possibility of becom- ing the most important short session in our annals for many years past. It has before it the important duty of taking steps to determine the grave constitu- tional question whether the recognition of an 1ndependent state is the prerogative of the President or a partof the duty of Congress. It has to settle the Pacific roads question and it has an opportunity to pass the Nicaragua canal bill, These constitute the salient opportuni- ties of the session, but there are, of course, many other measures hardly less impor- tant which will come before Congress be- fore it concludes its labors, The possibili- ties of action are, therefore, great, but at the same time the constitution of the Sen- ate is such as to render it doubtful whether even with the vast opportunities before it the work of this session will be materially different from that of other short sessions which have preceded it. The question of most interest to Califor- nia is, of course, that of the settlement of the debts of the Pacific roads. The fund- ing bill is to he taken up on Thursday by the House and according to the arranged programme the vote wiil be taken on Mon- day. This allows but small opportunity for debates and none for dilatory tactics. The issue is, therefore, already virtually made up, and so far as the fight in the House is concerned we can do no more than has aiready been done to defeat the bill and assure the relief of the people of California from the cinch of the mo- nopoly. ‘While the advocates of the bill have been loud in their boasts that it would easily pass the House it is by no means certain that they feel as sanguine as they talk. A minority of the committee hav- ing charge of the subject has reported a bill favoring the foreclosure of the Gov- ernment claim on the road, and atthe present outlook there is as much prob bility of the passage of the minority bill as of that of the majority. Even if the fight is lost to the people in the House there is still a chance before the Senate, and the debate in that body will be long enough to allow the voice of California to be heard before the vote is taken. The Cuban question is one which affects this country hardiy less than Cuba itself. The controversy which has now arisen brings up for final solution the issue whether the President has the right to exercise an almost ,exclusive con- trol of onr dealings with foreign ma- tions. It is to be “hoped this question will be determined before Mr. Cleveland £0es out of office, for as President Mc- Kinley, when he enters upon his admin- istration, will undoubtedly act in accord- ance with the views of Congress there would be no issue raised by which the question could be settled. Congress there- fore should act promptly on the recogni- tion of Cuba, in order to put to a test the claim which Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Olney make of the right of the President to ignore the action of Congress on such mat- ters whenever he sees fit to do so. THE ICE OARNIVAL People of Truckee are busily engaged in preparing for the ice carnival which is soon toopen in that city. The weather has been propitious for the work and fur- nished all the material of ice and snow which is needed for the construction of the palace and the arrangements of the toboggan slides. The prospects are that the festival this winter will far exceed that of the previous yearand that Truckee will begin our midwinter fetes with a genuine triumph. The day for the opening of the festival has not Leen fixed, as 1t is designed to postpone it until everything is in com- plete readiness for the reception of visitors, At the rate at which the work is progress- ing, however, it is the hope of the man- agers to be able to inaugurate the festival before the close of this week. If this hope should be realized it will be a true New Year's celebration and will find the people ready to enjoy it with all the brightness and animation which mark the public mind &t the beginning of a new year. ‘When the ice carnival closes at Truckee and, perhaps, even before it has ceased to attract visitors and afford joyous frolics of tobogganning, skating, sleigh-riding and all the gayeties whicn the winter king offers to his votaries there will be opened in other partsof the State citrus fairs or rose festivals which will employ the ener- gies of amusement-seekers and give them a new variely of entertainment to delight their faculties. We are, in fact, at the beginning of our season of festivals. In this we afford a striking contrast to the East, where the people are now snowbound, shivering in blizzards and thinking of aimost anything else than out-of-door gayeties and amuse- ments. These features of California win- ter life will sooner or later be widely noted in the Ezstand will be among our greatest attractions to tourists. No other State in the Union can entertain its visitors with ice palaces or floral pavilions at their choice, and no other, therefore, is so at- tractive to pleasure-seekers of all kinds. MAKES A LIFFERENCE. T'dlaugh at the snow When the chill winds blow, A’ I'd sing when the frost comes a-prowlin’, A’ I'd turn up my eye With a wink at the sky Ter show [ don’t care fur its scowlin', Deflince I'd cast In the teeth o’ the blast, An’ 1d joke 'bout tne coa! in the cellar, A’ the way thet it shrinks When the mercury sinks— Ef 1 wus the otner feller. It's easy enough ‘When a friend’s road is rough, Ter tell "im ter irudge along ca’mly; But it’s aifferen , some, ‘When the grievinces come AN’ lodge in the midst o’ yer fam'ly. When the fire’s gettin’ dim And the credit is siim, 1 don't say in tones mi d an’ meller, ‘Thet 1Us all fur our good, Lz Vs likely I would, Ef I wus the other feller. —Washington Star. PARAGRAFHS ABOUr PEOPLE Harry A. Garfield, son of the late President, is beiug boomed for Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Herbert L. Mathews ot Kansas City, Mo., who died recently, was regarded as one of the grestest authorities on old books in the West. Kaiser Wilhelm is extending his idea of ar- tistic coliaboration. He is now said to be at work on a historical drama, which a youag poet of Wiesbaden will put into German verse for him. While Du Maurier's estate was larger than thatof any otherartiston Punch, it amounted to less than was cxpected, being about £250,- 000. Most of it was the result of “Trilby” and advance payments on “The Martian.” With his wealth came death. The late Miss Mildred Beresford Hope gave evidence of her love for dogs by leaving a friend “a locket containing the hair of her dog Quiz” and bequeathing £100 to her brotheyfip keep the dog’s grave green. Miss Hope wis & niece of the Marquis of Salisbury. Catherine Cushenberry died lately at Chilli- cothe, Ohio, at the age of 116 years. It might be difficult to be assured of her age, but records in Virginia show her sale in 1792, at the ege of 12 years. In 1862 her son pur- chased her freedom and took her to Chillicothe. Queen Victorie's coronation ring is never out of her sight end is worn by her every evening. It is a bandof gold containing a cross in rubies, surrounded by white bril- lants. A coronation ring is supposed to sym- bolize the wedding of the sovereign with the nation. s The Maiquis Arconati-Visconti has pre- sented to the Comedie Francaise a curious drawing by the pen of George Sand, who be- lieved herself to be an artist. Tne drawing is a portrait of Thiron, the comedian. At the same time Jules Claretie received for the foyer of the Comedie a very interesting portraitj of Mile. Nathalie at the age of 18 years, by E. Deveria. NEWSPAP:R PLEASANTRY. “Dow't you think there is a great deal of in- tellectual exercise in euchre?” asked Mrs. Snaggs as her husband shuffied the cards. |7« can’t say thatIdo,” replied Mr. Snaggs. “Do you find it so?” “You know that one has to remember what 1s trumps.”—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Helen—Oh, yes; he always thought the world of me. Befors we were married he used to say that he was willing to dle for me. Nellie—But he didn’t. Helen—Oi course not. He was so thought- ful, you know. He said that he did not dare 10 do it, lest I should be unable to replace the loss.—Loudon Household Words. “I want to buy a make-up box,” sald the young married man. “A make-up box?” the confectioner echoed. “We don’t keep theatrical supplies.”” “I mean & box of candy to take home to my wife. T promised io be home three hours 8go.”—Spare Moments. Alice—Well, Maud, I hear you are engaged to Jack. Maud—Yes, Alice—Well, I congratulate you. He was about the nicest fiance I ever had.—Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle. “Willie, why do you behaveso to your little sister? Yowve been bossing her around all a We're only playing, ma,” pleaded Jennle in her brother's behalf. ‘He's pa and I'm you.”—Harper's Baz: Fuady—There’s that Miss Rixter over there, is very cold to the men she meets. Duddy—But what could you expect froma young woman with a cool bundred thousand in her own right?—Boston Transeript. Bobby—TIs oxygen what the oxen breathe allday? Fapa—Of course; gnd what everything else breathes. o Bobby—And is nitrogen what every one breathes at night?—New York World. “Keeping up your bicycle riding this cold ‘weather?"” “Nup. Justkeeping up the payments; that | 13 a1l.”—Indianapolis Journal. Sne's is rather good-looking, but they say she | PERSONAL. James Pray oi Australia is here. Dan Brown Jr. of Petaluma is at the Lick. R. Kletting of Sait Lake City is at the Palace. H. L. Bushnell of Chicago is on a visit here. Thomas R. Minturn of Minturn is In the City. W. H. Hatton of Modesto is a late arrival here. A. Hurlbut of Lincoln, Nebr., reached here yesterday. F. 8 Wansinger of Tombstone is a recent ar- rival here. Judge 8 K. Dougherty of Santa Rosa is at the Grand. 8heriff J. W. Cummings of Modoc County is in the City. W. M. Gniffin, a business man of Merced, is at the Grand. A. T. Biiss, a business man of Portiand, Or., is at the Lick. A. Robertson, a wealthy resident of New York, is at the Palaca. J. T. Bogue, a well-to-do fruit-grower of Merysville, is in town. Licutenant H. A. McCully of the United States navy is in the City. Lieutenant C. A. St. Burnell of the United States navy isat the Grand. Sidney Le Grange, a lumber dealer of Eu- reka, is at the Cosmoporitan. E. W. Runyon, the wealthy resident of Red Bluff, is here on a business trip. George Wentworth of Por:land arrived here last evening and is at the Grand. Philip Gibson. a wealthy mining operator of Montana, arrived here yesterday. T. L. Sawaga, a resident of Northport, Wa: and his wife, are at the Occidental. Clay W. Taylor, tbe attorney, of Redding, is among those registered at the Palace, W. E. Parsons, & business man of Butte, is in town. Mrs. Parsons accompanied him. Albert Benjamin, & tobacco merchant of Louisville, Ky., is at the Cosmopoiitan. A. I, Hart of Cheeney Brothers, New York, the prominent silk manufacturers, is at the Palace. C.W. Clough, a newspaper man of Chico, with his wife and family, are guests at the Cosmopolitan. Dr. Robert F. Gray has been appointed resi- dent physician at St. Luke's Hospital, succeed- ing Dr. Robert B. Day. Among the arrivals at the Occldental 15 C. P. Bratnober of Waterloo, Iowa, Who is accompa- nied by Mrs. Bratnober. Dr. Fred Clarke of the State Asylum for the Insane at Stocklon is in town, accompanfed by J. M. Anderson of Stockton. John A. Melntyre of Sacramento, who is engaged in different mining enterprises, is in the City for a few days’ stay. Launcelot 8. Cooper, with his wife and family, of Pheenix. Ariz, arrived in the City last Fri- day, and are stopping at the Cosmopolitan. Police Judge Campbell has gone to Sacra- mento for a few days, and in his absence Jus- tice of the Peace Groezinger will take his place. P. N. Blunt, 87 years old, a pioneer and a deacon of the First Baptist Church for many years, is seriously ill at his home, 714 Larkin street. David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, wko has been in the East for some time past, was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. J. M. Dyer, a miner and coffee-grower, who has for several years been in Honduras, isa recent arrival here. He is at the Grana and is accompanied by his wife. W. R. Prisk, the well-known newspaper ed- iter and owner of Grass Valley, s among the recent arrivals in the City. Heis to leave for Sacramento in & day or two. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 4.—At the Wind- sor—G. K. Crawford, L. Maloney, W. K. Kim- ball. Holland—Miss Crocker, L. L. Cunning- ham, H. T. Scott and family. Grand—J. T. Thompson, W. M. Meyer and wife, H. MacDon- nell. Netherland—Miss Dlan. Jmperial—T. T. Williams. = Metropolitan—H. B. Callender, Grand Union—A. I Weiler. Bartholdi—R. Fitzsimmons and wife. Cosmopolitan—Mrs. M. Neil. Broadway—I. Page. Manhattan—E. S. Pilisbury. St Denis—T. H. Speddy. F. Schultz and A. C. Hintz are on a buying trip. The steamship Ailer brought back from Germany Julius Hansmeister and Charles A. Valentine of Los Angeles. NEW METHOD OF EXERCISE. Chicago Times-Herald. M. Quad, the Detroit humorist, several years ago fitted up a small platform in hff residence and took regular exercise by dancing jigs tc the accompaniment of a piano played by an- other member of the household. He said that dancing not only gave him the physical ex- ercise he required but aiso furnished much- needed meutal rest. * Walking would do equally well,” he sald, “so far as exercise is concerned, but whenever I waik I am busily thinking about my work and making plans for the morrow. No one can do that while dancing vigorousiy.” A prominent Chicago lawyer several months 2go hit upon a scheme for exercice that is equally unusual. He changed his_office from the third floor of & skyscraper to the twelfth, “My friends use the elevator,” he explains, “but I always walk, both coming up and going down. It beats any gymuasiumvin creation. 1 was led {nto this by my physician reportinj that my heart was weak and advising hill- climbiug to sirengthen the organ. A Chicago gmdce building is better tnan any hill I could nan ONLY FOR FR.VA1E CIRCULATION. New York Commercial Advertiser. An excliange asks: *Have the Democrats of New York no wotd for David B. Hill 7’ Oh, yes; they have several words for him, but none of them would iook well in print. RED AND WHITE LIGHTS Powell Street to Have a Feature In Its Display. Before the end of the present week Pow- ell street will be adorned with a most unique display of electric lights. There will be an originality about the affair which has not so far been introduced into any other illuminated street in the City. It will consist of six white lightson each side of the str-et between Edly and Eilis, and overhead, in the cente: of the street, four red lamps. Those will throw a blending ray down on the stronger light nearer the ground, giving, as it is contem- plated, a prismatic radiance to the scene. Itis the intention of tue subscribers to this additional feature to make Powell street the most attractive of any of the recently i'luminated streets by having the red lights burn during the entire night, while the white lamp will be extinguished at 12 o’clock. Tue novelty of the lights, as also the se- curing of the funds with which to carry out the design, has been the constant thought and labor of Sam H. Friedlander of the Columbia Theater, who was the prime mover in the matter. His ideas, however, were heartily co- o}muted in by the principal business peo- ple on the block, who ungrudgingly sub- scribed to tho enterprise with the object of making this portion of Powell street the most attractive of angin the City. R Missionary Toples. The topics for '97 were given out at the monthly meeting of the Woman's Occidental Board yesterday. Instead of different coun- s has been the case in the past, the top- ics for '97 embrace a variety of subjects. Jan- uary will be “The Bible and For- Original eign_Missio “Evangelistic Mi~sionary Work”; March, ‘Missionary inistration” ; Native Christians’: July, “M; “itne Keflex Tnfiuence of For Missionary School October, *'Medical Missions”; November, “In- fluence of Christianity on the Social Lifé and Civie Institutions of Heathen Lands'; Decem- The Home Church and Foreign Mis- e RN A ‘Tilden’s Will Probated. Judge Coffey yesterday made an order admit- ting to probate the will of the late M. C. Til- den, whereby the son by his second wife is deciared disinherited. There was no contest. but a motion to revoke the admission of the will to probate may be presented at any time within & year. BILLS T0 BENEFIT STATE PRODUCTS Proposed Laws Before the Council of Associated Industries. Demands for the Appropriation of Money for Californian Exhibits. A State Food Commissioner Whose Duty Sbhall Be to Prosecute Those Guilty of Adulteration. A meeting of the Council of Associated Industries was held yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the Manufacturers and Producers’ Association, Julian Sonntag, president, in the chair. A letter was read from J. Richard Freud declining the office of secretary of the council on the ground that other du- ties prevented him from accepting the position, | A communication was received from the secretary of the Guatemala Exhibition calling attention to the fact that one-fifth | of the part of the floor space 1 the exhibi- tion buiiding devoted to the United States had been set apart for California and urging that the people of California make a creditable exhibit. Charles Bundschu drew attention to the fact that individual efforts do not suffice to make suc: an exhibit as the State ought to make and asked the council to use its influence in securing an appropri- ation of, say, $5000 to make a display such as should be made. Mr, Jacobs wished to know whether a bill had been drawn to that effect to pre- sent to the Legislature. Mr. Bundschu said that none had yet been prepared. He then stated that there is a need of atleast $10,000; that about had been raised, and that if the sum of $10,000 is secured the Pacific Mail Steamship Company would contribute $1000. Oa motion of K. F. Adams the matter was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Jacobs, iealy and Eggles with instruction 10 report next Saturday. ‘The council met for the consideration of a number of bills which it is proposed to submit to the Legislature. The first read was one which provides that all pub- lic institutions shall give preference in the matter ot goods to those of home manu- facture, all things being equal. There was quite a discussion on the question of submitting all bills that it is proposed to present to the Legislature to one committee of the couucil or to sep- arate committees, and fivally 1t was de- cided, on motion of Mr. Kerr, that ali bilis | offered 10 the council shall be passed upon by the council in full. A bill was offered to appropriate $70,000 for buildings and maintaining a Califor- nia building at the trans‘Mississippi ex hibit at Omaha in 1898 and the appoint- ment of three commissioners. J. A. Filcher explained the proposed bill, which, he szid, emanated from the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, that several States west of the Mississippi have already made large appropriations and that California shou!d make as good a showing as any other Siate. Action on the bill was deferred for ten days. 1 The next draft of a bill read was that for the appomntment of a State food commis- sioner, three assistants and an expert to | examine food offered for sale, the commis- | sioner to be paid $3000, his assistants $1200 and the expert to be paid two-thirds of the amount usually paid experts. Mr. Jacobs, of the Fruit Exchange, said the purpose of the bill was to take the place of the various laws now in existence to punish the adulteration of food. He said the expense will not exceed $15,000 a year. Colonel Denicke was of the opinion | that the Board of Health has the power to | attend to this matter and that there is no need of a commissioner, He said that the Governer, he thought, would veto the measure because of his opposition to com- | missions. i Mr. Jacobs said that the local Board of Health has indorsed the bill and that the | State Board of Health is not charged with the matter of food. ~Prosecutions at this | time are almost useless, us there seems to be no power able to make the officers do their duty. The bill was referred to a committee of three, Messrs. Riley, Healy and Jacobs. The next bifl was one relating to uni- form licenses, which was indorsed. Another bill was from the State Devel- | opment Associaiion, providing for the | establishment by the Frison Directors of | an experimental station for the growth of | fiber under a superintendent of fibercul- ture at a salary of $200 a month and ex- ‘penses not o exceed $50 a month. It also provides for experiments with the prod- ucts of fiberculture—flax, hemp and ramie. Colonel Denicke wanted to know what the University of California was doing at the experimental stations, five in numuver. He thought if the appropriation was to be made it suould be turned over to the uni- versity for the purpose named in the pro- posed law. The matter was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Adams, Denicke and Palmer. The next bill presented was to the effect that all goods manufactured in prisons bear the announcement 1n plain lettering that such goods were made by convicts. The council will consider more bills at a meeting to be held to-morrow afternoon. ANSWERS TO CO<KESPONDENTS. MANSLAUGHTER—W. J. A,, City. The extreme | }Jennlty or manslaughter in the State of Cali- ornia is ten years. HYPATIA—S., Berkeloy, Cal, The novel enti- tled “Hypatia, or New Foes With an O1d Face” | was written by Rev. Charies Kingsley. i ! ErecrroN Bets—N. N., City. This depart- ment will not decide election bets. The resuit | of the election in California speak: and those who' made bets will have 1a guided by the figures, | ts will have to be | IN THE SECOND DEGREE—W. J. A., City. Ada Woerner who killed her husband at the corner | of California and Polk streets in this City was convicted of murder of the second degree and was sentenced to imprisonment for Jife. INTERNAL REVENUE EXAMINATION—C. Y., Liv- | ermore, Alameda County, Cal. For informa- tlon concerning the examinations for the | Custom-house and the Internal Revanue De- | partment address the Civil o paruaant add vil Service Commis- FILLED CHEESE—Mercado, Oakland, Cal. “‘Filled cheese” is the name app.ied to all sub- s'ances made of milk or skimmed milk with the admixture of butter, animal ofls or fats, vegetable or any other oils, or compounds fop elgn to milk and made in imitation of chees THE PRESIDENCY—W. L. M., Cloverdale, So- ' noma County, Cal. The constitution of the United States says that no one shall be elig. ble to the office of President of the United | gknl'e‘:.;h:‘:glsenn;‘hlu attainea the age of within the United States oo © et denE 1 va:x‘\'zu.l' ABSENCE—S. M. act that & man has been abseat from h; for a period of seven years,and that ;.Il:l;t: that time she has not heard from him, directly or indirectly, and bas no knowledge of hig whereabouts or that he 1s either dead or aliv Qoes not “grant hera legal divorce.” Such a City. The divoree can pe granted only by a court of com- petent jurisdiction. Butif a wife so deserte should marry again the fact that she had not heard from her husband for that space of time, directly or indirectly, wonld be a plea she could offer in defense if charged with bigamy. FooDS FOR DIsEASE—D. . F., City. It 1s said that celery is beueficial for rheumatism and nervousness; lettuce for insomnia; peanuts for indigestion and disbetes of the corpulent; onions for neurasthe; pinach for gra carrots for asthma; ripe {ruit for the purifica tion of the blood; watermelon for epiizpsy and tomatoes for ‘the gout. All or some of none of these may be beneficial. ENUE STAMPS—J. R., San Diego, Cal. This thas not the space to publish “a ue of revenue stamps from 50 as there are hundredsof them. cents to 5, 1f you wiil send & description of any stamps you may nave, giving denomination, color, figure printed ‘on the face and the wording we Will furnish the price demanded for such. Tiere wero revenne stamps of the value of $500, $200, £50, §25, $20, £10, §5, and from thatdowu 10 1 ceut. CIVIL SERVICE—S., Vallejo, Cal. By the order of May 6, 1896, issued by President Cleveland, the provisions of the civil service law were ex- tended to 29,399 Government employes, in- creasing the number of places on the classified lists irom 55,736 10 85,135, Thus with minor exceptious the entire service betwe those officia.s whose confirmation by tne Sen- ate is constitutionally re and mere Jaborers and workingmen, is inciuded under the civil service rules. By the terms *abor- ers” and *‘workingmen" in the order, is under stood to be meant ordinary laborers ‘and men who may be called upon to do an oceasional odd job in some of tiie departments. TrE TrocHA—M. B. W., City. The trochs, which has heen often mentioned in connec- tion with the war in Cuba, is a line across ter ritory aud it divides one army from the other. A writer for an Eastern paper, in alluding to the trocha now in Cuba, says: “The line ex- tends from Havana to the southerm ¢o ot the island, and its Original purpose was o divide the insurgent forces, partof which were in the wesiern portion of the island under Maceo and the rest in the eastern portion under Gomez and Garcis. It coneislgl princie pally of a barbed wire fence 3 feet 6 inches high, with sentinel detachments immediately behind it. About forty yards back of thisis a trench 3 feet wide and 4 feet deep, with a breastwork of palmetto logs, and fifty yards farther back are log houses in_which the troops are quartered. - The number of soldiess required to guard the whole line is about 15,000. ILis construetion cost much labor on 1hé part of the Spanish troops in the heat of & torrid sun and under other trying conditions, and hundreds of them died before it was fin- ished. The trocha is General Weyler's idea of comprehensive and eflective strategy.” “A WONDERFUL WORKSHOR" First of a Series of Practical Talks to Boys. The first of a series of six practical talks to boys between 12 and 17 was held at the Mission Y. M. C. A. yesterday atfter- noon, when Rev. Dr. Beard of Grace M. E. Church spoke to eighty-six boys on “A Wonderful Workshop,” He said that the brain was the center of the nervous sys- tem and controlled all the aciions of the body. The automatic muscles were con- trolled by the iittle brain, and these actions occurred because the muscles had got into the habit of doing one particular thing. The speaker impressed on the boys the importance of forming good habits in youth, warning the boys especially against intemperance and impurity. These meetings are to be continued every day this week at 4 o’clock. The subjects for the week are “The Feet,” “The Hands,’ *‘The Head,” “The Heart,” “The New Life,”” and will be handled by Rev. George Gibson, Robert Lynch, Rev. William Rader, Dr. H. C. French and Rev. Robert Liddell. —_— Lecture on Pompeli. This evening, at 8 o’clock, Professor Cross, Dean of the University of the Pacific, will give the first 1n the series of university extension course lectures at the Young Men's Christian Association auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets. Admission free to all members, S i & i STRONG hoarhound candy, 15¢c. Townsend’s.* —— SPECTAL information daily to manufecturers, business houses and public_men by the Pre.s Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery — A primary teacher in & Watervilet Sunday- sehool took for & subject, “The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.” She inquired if any ons knew what it meant, when & little four-year old boy said: *Miss L—, I know what that means.” “Well, George Edwin, what is 112" “It means give a whole lot and don’t ery over it.”"—Troy Times, e Phillips’ Kock Island Lxcarsions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rig Grande and Rock Island Kailways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago ana Boston. Man. sger and poriers accompavy thess excursions ta Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodationy #nd further Information, address Ciinton Jones, General Agent Hock Island Raliway, 30 Mons §omery street, san Franciseo S ete i WHEN the hair is thin and gray PARKER'S HATr BALSAM renews the growth and color. NGER TONIC the best cough cure. ———— THE GENUINE “BROWN' ALTROCHES' are sold only in boxes. They are wonderfully eftective for Coughs and Throat Troubles. P S O e WITH & bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral (the unrivaled cough cure) and Ayer's Almanac (the best calendar), we wish you & happy New Year. ———— Cardinal Jean Pierre Boyer, Archbishop of Rourges, France, dled a few days ago. He was 67 years of age. Monsignor Boyer was born at Paray-le-Monial in 1820. He was doctor of theology and professor of dogma to the faculty of theology at Aix, of which institution he be. came the Dean in 1870. He was Bishop ot Clermont in 1879, and was decorated by the Pope with the pallium in 1882. NEW TO-DAY. ‘The “purity” of many_well-known baking powders “won’t wash.” Pour some hot water on a spoonful in a glass and see the starch settle to the bottom. Starch has no leavening strength— what takes its place? Know what you get—get what you pay for. Use Jrophy Tillmann & Bendel, Mfra,