The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.15 Dalj by mall..... 6.00 * Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. .00 Daily and Sunday CaLi, three months by mail 1.50 | Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. 65 | Sunday CaLL, one year, by mail. 150 | WXEELY CALL, one year, by mal BUSINESS OFFICE: 10 Market Street, San Francisco, Californ! Telephone..... : EDITORIAL ROOMS: | 517 O reet. Telephone.. BRANCH OFFICES: 627 Montromers sireet, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 839 Hayes street: open until 9:80 o'clock. 616 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteench and Mission streets; open | snttl 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission stregt: open until 9 o'elock, 167 Ninth strect; open until 9 o'clock. 1305 Polk + open until 9:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Down the cinch bills, Give us honest legislation. Popular rights are never subserved by blackmailers. Blackmail is but a poor armor against the sbafts of truth. Millions for business and not one cent for blackmailers is the motto for Califor- | nia business men. Doing the Long-green act for money and the Li Yung Yuen fake for news no longer Dasses for enterprise. Since when did Willie Hearst begin to take an interest in the welfare of the peo- ple of San Erancisco? Private welfare is dependent upon pub- lic justice. Cinch bills injure the people | as well us corporations, | Scrofulous journalism may try to keep | itself alive by thie gold cure, but it must | not try to get the gold by blackmail. Willie Hearst is’ wasteful, but Long Green 1sn’t. What goes from the purse of the one lines the pogkets of the other. The subsidy extorted from the Southern Pacific was done in the name of Hearst, but probably he didn’t get the money. The blackmail journalist and the cinch- bill legislator are-two of a kind and they naturally aid ana succor one another. 1 Sen | It has become 5o in San Francisco that | it is impossible to throw a stone at a dog without hitiing somebody on the Erame iner. The Eraminer couldn’t worry Senator Perkins into selling a ship, but 1t is deter- mined to force somebody to sell some- thing. 1f Butler was to be tried for his life in San Francisco instead of Australia his arrest would be only an episode in his | career. If a yard of Eraminer pups is given for | al5-cent adverfisement what a litter must | nave been given to the railroad for $1000 a month. The Ezaminer can well afford to give a “yard of pups’-for a 15-cent advertise- ment. It has plenty of pups, but money is scarce. o One advantage of the Bradler-Martin | ball is that it has given the New Yorkers | something richer to talk about than the | Seeley dicner. George K. Fitch has been vindicated. | His libelers on the Ezaminer have been | compelled at last 1o acknowledze him an | honorable man. | e | There are some honorable men who | cannot be defamed even by the laudations of the defiling- Ezaminer, and George K. Fitch is one of them. The blackmailer whines of his devotion to the dear people, but the people re- mewmber the railroad subsidy and know what the whine is worth. As Embassador to England Channcey Depew would be as much of an after-din- ner talker as Bayard, but then Chauncey’s jokes wouldn’t have to be labeled. Mr. Butler of Australia will hardly re- | gard his reception in this City as warm, but he will get one hot enough for him when he gets back wheie he came from. The extermination of cinch bills should | engage the attention of every newspaper in the State. Letthe press unite to expose | these infamies and they will soon cease to | be dangerous. There may be some people who think the Eiaminer is devoted to the principles of the Democratic party, but the leaders of the party are not among them. They have had experience. The gown Mrs. McKinley is to wear at | the inaugural ball is to be of American manufacture and, thanks to the system of protection in past years, it will be as good as can be obtained anywhere in the world. “If the Examiner,” so Bierce once wrote, “Has from the railroad taken a single note 1'll write no more for that blackmailing sheet.” ‘That pay was taken proof was given complete, But Bierce scrawis on to earn his weekly hire, And every Sunday writes himself a liar. Notwithstanding the 1immense Republi- can tidal wave of last year only three members of the Kansas Legislature voted for John James Ingalls for Senator. Kan- sas and her man seem to be divorced alto- gether. If the present managers of Tue CaLy had done nothing else they would at least have rendered thé public & service by com- pelling the lampooners and libelers of the* Ezaminer to do a tardy justice to the character of that upright and honorable man, George K. Fitch. After having worked for years to blacken the reputation of Mr. Fitch and break down his business, after havinz hired Bierce to lampoon him and sneaks to be- tray him, after having pursued bim with all the malice which mean minds feel for worthy men, the managers of the Erami- ner now come forth and acknowledge that Mr. Fitch is an honorable man. This may be bypocrisy, but even if it is it shows that once more yice has been forced to pay a tribute to virtue, | of the twin offe l ke Cabinet be as well selected, it is clear GEORGE K. FITCH VINDICATED. It Tux C a1z bad done nothing else to merit public favor, it would at least deserve | eredit for having conipelled the managers of the Ezaminer to do justice to Lhe char- ‘acter of George K. Fitch. The malignant managers of that journal, who for years 1897 | pursued Mr. Fitch both in public and in private life with all the malice which mean minds feel for genuine worth, have been forced to acknowledge his merit, and on | Monday in a double leaded and double column editorial they spoke of him as an | “honorable man It is possible that this tribute to Mr. Fitch from his vicious enemies was only hypocrisy. written that “hypocris; Even if so, bowever, it is none the less worthy of note. is the tribute which vice pays to Vittue,” and even under the It has been supposition that the words written of Mr. Fitch were of insincere meaning and hypocritical pretense their publication is none the less an evidence that vice has had to the character of an honest man, | to bow down to the vigor with which THE CALL has attacked it and render this tribute The significande of the confession on the part of the Eraminer can be fully under- | stood only. by recalling the extent and degree to which it reviled, maligned, calum- | niated, vilified, siandered, Jampooned and belied Mr. Fitch through all the years of its hatrea of him as the honest manager and proprietor of an honest newspaper. In the days when George K. Fitch stobd in the forefront of honorable journalism in California enjoying high repute among the people, based uvon long services in the cause of truth and of the State, the managers of the Eraminer turned loose upon him 2]l the multitude of pups in their litter. ducted both publicly and secretly. They business. They spared no expense. They villainy in their efforts to accomplish their They hired Ambrose Bierce to lampoon Their attacks were incessant and were con- aimed to rain Mr. Fitch in reputation and hesitated at no fraud. They balked at no purposes against him. him, and that rascal of the sorrel hair and chestnut brain made his talents a burr unto Mr. Fitch, sharp and thorny, for weeks and for months and for years. Bierce found the task of reviling and defaming this honorable man a most congenial one. He dubbed Mr. Fitch “Deacon,” thus giving him & title which denotes dignity, rectitude and good repute, and thereby provided himself a target at which he could shoot every shalt of malice and satire which he could invent or find by reading the books in which the masters of such invectives have recorded their wit. He mocked at the dignity of Mr. Fitch, deaied his rectitude and reviled his repute, and by the ardor of his service in this mean work earhed double the stipend he was paid. The managers of the Eraminer did not stop at lampooning. They hired aids for Bierce. They set rascals to work to undermine the business of Mr. Fitch. They bribed his newsboys. They employed spies to track him. They engoged sneaks to win his confidence and betray him. They pursued him in private and in public. every trick they could devise they injured his reputation. as eagerly as his character, selves or elge to destroy the journal which By They assailea his purse Their desire was to force him to pay blackmail to them- was everywhera recognized as the repre- sentative of the honesty and integrity of the people of California and therefore the natural enemy of the Ezaminer. Wken the assaults of this foul gang began Mr. Fitch was already an old man He had been one of the pioneer editors of the State and the force and vigor of his youth were gone. He w the malignant rascals who attacked him. mailers, spies and sneaks to fight his battles for him. The business of THE achieved a partial victory. , moreover, by nature, training and principle unfitted to deal with He could not hire lampooners, black- As a consequence the Ezaminer 'ALL was largeiy ruined and Mr. Fitch in his old age was forced to retire from the profession which he had adorned and surrender the control of a paper which he had'built up by industry based’ upon honor, integrity and fair dealing with all men. When Mr. Fitch retired from TuE CALL the managers of the Eraminer were jubi- lant. Tbey thought they had ruined him, both in businessand in reputation, and that he would sink into obscarity while they lived in the sunshine of public favor. Tue Car, however, did not die. It passed into the hands of younger, more vigorous and more aggressive men. The new management took up the fight against cinch bills and blackmail exactly where Mr. Fitch had leftit. It has prosecuted that fight and exposed the Eraminer as « taker of subsidies from the railroad while posing as thé pretended triend of the people. and pubii It has now forced the Eraminer to come forth v acknowledce that Mr. Fitch ranks among honorable men, and that its lampooning Bierces, its blackmailing Lawrences, its spies, sneaks and betrayers were but liars and thieves when they assailed him, The present management of Tue CALn hasno little satisfaction in the accom- | plishment of this vindication of Mi. Fitch. It confidently looks forward to the time when other men who bave been as bitterly assailed by the gang of blackmailers whom Mr. Hearst retains will be a honest man will lead to doing justice to completely exonerated. Justice done to one others. The lampooners and the black- mailers will soon tind themselves exvosed thoroughly. What has been done thus far by THE CALL s but the beginning. gratification in the fact that we have forced Every good citizen therefore can find cause for the Ezaminer to recant its words and pay a tribute even if tardy and hypoeritical to the character of so honorable a manas George K. Fiiwch. OINCH BILLS ; There are asbundant evidences that | among the measures introduced into the | present Legislature there are a number of the character which the popular voice has long since named *‘cinch bills.” These | are designed not to promote the welfare | of the people, but to enable the authors | and their friends among disreputable | journalists to extort money from the | wealthy corporations of the State. Such | bills have become too common in Cali fornia. Itistime to putan end to them, | and this Tie CALL iniends to do 8o far as | it can by exposing them and denouncing them. Our exposure of the Eraminer Las noth- iny in itof personal antagonism. We at- | tack it simply because it is the champior: | s of blackmail jour- nalism and cinch-bill lepislation. ~Our war extends far beyond the Ezaminer of- | fice. Itreaches toall who are engaged in | the nefarious practice of extorting money | from men who are too timid to fight pow- | erful rascals, or else in their corruption feel it necessary to feed an equal corrup- | tion in others. . 1t is clear to every intellizent mind that | we can never have good goyernment in California either for the State or for municipalities until thess horse-leeches which feed upoi corruption are exter- | minated. So long as corporations are compelled to pay large sums of money to blackmailing journalists and cinch-bill legislators, so long will they feel them- | selves at liberty to recover what they have paid to rascals by increased charges upon | the public. 1t cannot be doubted that | many a rich corporation would retire from politics and devote iiself to legiti- mate business if it dared todoso. The {fear of blackmail and cinch bills prevents it. The first step, therefore, toward a bet- ter condition of things is to send these vicious agents to the penitentiary, or at least to so expose them as to' render them as impotent as they are impudent. To the work of exposing the schemes of these rascals THE CALL is now devoting its most earnest efforts. We have struck the greatest and strongest among the blagk- wmailers rirst. We will follow by attacking the lesser rascals as soon as their ras- cality is made evident. We propose to carry on the good fight begun by TE CA1L in the old days of the management of George K. Fitch, and to” edd to it all the force, vigor and aggressiveness of youth. We confidently appeal to all honest men to support us in the contest. What we are doing can injure no legiti- mate business, and the man who is hurt is only the rascal wno is either engaged in direct knavery himself or is seeking to grow rich on the knavery of others, MKINLEY'S OABINET. The selections thus far made for the Csbinet of the incoming administration give assurance that it will be one of the most notable and vigorous in our history. President-elect MeKinley had an abun- dance of good men from whom to select his advisers, and he has chosen from the best among them. The eountry can read the list with more than ordinary satisfaction and find therein » promise that the next administration will conduct the affairs of the Republic with efficiency and success. To {nspire confidence in the coming ad- ministration nothing -more is necessary than to read over the names of the men seiected for Cabinet positions. They in- clude Sherman of Onio, Gage of illinois, Alger of M:chigan, Long of Massachu- setts, McKenna of California and Wilson of Iowa. If the remaining members of t | ple. that the incoming administration will ba strong in every department and that no portion of the affairs of the Government will be in weak or incompetent hands. Pebple of California in particular have good reason to be pleased with the make- up of the Cabiner. Our State will obtain in it at last the recoguition which it has long deserved. 1f, asnow seems cerfain, Judge McKenna is the man chosen to rep- resent California in the administration, his selection will be cordially approved even by those to whom the successful aspirant was not first choice. There is no question in this State as to the fitness of Jadge McKenna for the office of Secretary of the Interior or of Attorney-Genetal, nor is there any question of his ab’lity to ably and worthily represent California. He is a strong man in every respect and we can well be proud of him as our first represen- | tative in the Cabinet of the Nation. The Cleveland Cabinet has been so com- | pletely a “dehciency administration’ that the incoming Cabinet will shine with added luster by contrast. It will not, however, need this contrast to add to its vrestige. It will have such merit of its own that it will compare worthily and creditably with the best of its predecessors. The President-elect has chosen each man | for the particular office which he is best firted to fill, and the result cannot fail to be beneticial both to his administration and to the welfsre of the Republic. RURAL MAILS, The first experimental free mail-delivery | route in the rural districts of California bas begun under favorabie conditions. The district in which the test is to be made is that surrounding the postoffice at Campbell, in Santa Clara County, and none more propitions for the success of the experiment can be found in the United States. It seems well sssured the experiment there wiil be successful if the people of the district take the least interest in it and endeavor to promote it. For miles around Campbell the land is divided into small orchards, averaging hardly more than twenty acres, so that a considerable population is closely clustered around the central office. The residents of the dis- trict, moreover, are highly cultured peo- They are the class of men and women who make large use of the mails, They receive many newspapers and maga- zines and carry on an extensive corre- spondence. They have it in their power, therefore, to make such use of the home delivery of letters and papers as to justity the National Government in making the delivery a permanent one after the experi- ment is over. It goes without saying that the people around Campbell shouid do all in their power to make the experiment suecessful. Something more than their own interest is at stake. The welfare of other rural districts in this respect will be largely affected by the result which 1s obtained there. If the first test shows the value of a rural mail delivery the system will be extended to other localities. All of Santa Clara County and large districts in other sections of California may reasonably ex- pect to obtain the same advantage if only %00d resvits are shown in this first experi- ment. The test, therefore, will be watcned with interest in many sections of ihe State, and the people of Campbeil shounld consider themselves subject to trial as well as the system. e It is reported that two iron-masters in Ohio bave devised an improved method of making steel which is not only cheaper than the Bessemer process, but has the further advantage of producing a steel which will take as fine a polish as_nickel and will bend before breaking. The re- ported invention has naturaily caused a great deal of interest in the steel industry, for if it is all that is claimed for it many of the big plants for making steel by the present process will be rendered almost valueless. The peovle around Campbell, in Santa Clara County, should do all in their power to make successful the experiment with free rural mail delivery. If the system works well there other sections of the State wili have a chance to get the same advantage. PERSONAL W. . Boynton of Colusa is in town. J. F. Dunne of San Felipe is on a visit here, Dr. M. L. Snelling of Parkenta is in the City. Pearson Haddeck of New York is in the City. V. R. Black of Salinas is among the arrivals here. 0. A. Knott of Sactamento is a late arrival here. J.R. Thomas, an _attorney of Ukish, is In town. Regnald Petrie of Baltimore, Md., is at the Palace. Shelby Tuttle of Salt Lake arrived here yes- terday. 5 senator A. F. Jones of Oroville is at the Palece. Nicol as Copen of Galatz, Roumanis, is at the Palac D. W. Watkins, an attorney of Maders, is at the Lick. Or. T. M. Cook of Mungen, Ohio, is at the Oc- cidental. A. Carlile of Washington, D. C., arrived here last night. M. C. Coutelle and family of Belgium is at the Palace. 0. R. Runyan, a mine-owner of Courtland, is at the Lick. Dr.J. P. Heints of Monterey is among the arrivals here. John F. Moody, the lumberman, of Truckee, is at the Grand. The Rev. W. A. Brewer of San Mateo isona visit to the City. F. K. Prescott of Fresno is a late visitor here. He s at the Grand. J. B. Meloche, owner of iceworks at Stock- ton, is at the Grand. H. A. Eames of New York is & late visitor here. He is at the Palace. a general storekeeper of New- man, is a late arrival here. H. Altken. » young business man of Nan- imo, B. C., 15 at the Grand. C. A. Rudorft, E. C. Rudorff and J. E. Wilson of Sonora are guests at the Cosmopolitan. . P. Lynch of Oroville, Assessor of Butte County. is among the arrivals at the Russ, J. Whiteman, & prominent rancher of Wat- sonville, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. D. A. Bender of Carson, superintendent of the Carson and Truckee Railroad, is at the Palace. J. H.Forney, & well-to-do resident of Mos- cow, Idao, is among those registered at the Occidental, R. W. Skinner, the extensive fruit-grower, buyer, canner and shipper of Marysville, is at the Grand. Eugene Hoefer, . ‘ealthy resident of South Africa, isa late arrival here. He is accom- panied by bis wife. General J. H. Beyant, an extensive coal- dealer of New York, who is interested in coal lands, is quartered at the Palace. ~P. B. Mills, a wealthy cattleman of Boulder, Mont., who has been on & visit to Los Angeles, isat the Russ. He is one of the early residents of Boulder. T. J. Sherwood, editor and part owner of the Marysville Daily Democrat. is among the ar- rivals at the Occidental. He is in the City on w short business trip. Thomas Ayrey, wealtby resident of Law- rence, Kans.. is at the Russ, accompanied by Minnie E. Ayrey sad Hennsh E. Horne, the latter of Somerset, N. H. George K. Fitch, the veteran jourmalst, for- merly one of the owners of the Bulletin, has gone to Ashford, C., to visita dying sister. Mrs. Fitch and their daughter are with him. On their return they will stop iu Washington, D. C., for a time. Among the arrivals at the Palace yesterday was J. W. Smith, a leading mining superin- tendent of Leadvilie, and W. F. Brady of Den- ver, who has been interested in mines in the Gunnison country for some time past. They are here in reference tosome investments in California gold properties. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 2.—At the Cloud—W. A. Graham; Hoffman—G. L. Nort Mauhattan—Mrs. A. Schwabache: B. Sheedman; Astor—A. Crookshank; Gilsey— . Follis; Stuart—J. Wells. J. Flanagan and L E. Goody are here buying for J. J. O'Brien & Co. William 8. and Mrs. Edwards of Alameda ieft the St. Cloud to sail on the steamship St. Paul. t AN OPINION. Ef they’s auythin’ thet meets my disapprovai, it's the plan Of atandin’ back an’ waitin' fur the place ter seek the ma Of loiterin’ an’ lookin’ wi'h supercillious eves, A-ibInKin’ that ye're belter than the one tnet get the prize. 1t's bad enough ef ye don't earn successes thet ye meet. But bein’ proud of fatlure is a pititul Gecelt. Ye'll never show thet ye're atall sUDErior to the rest By hancin' roind and waitin’ ter be coaxed todo yer best. Suppose you are a genius thet could make the others pale: A willln’ robin’s better than a sulky nightingale. There Is often some rewara furthem ez tries ter do an’ don't, And ye'll find there's never any for the folks thet Kin an’ won’t. The man thet Las the grit ter go ahead an’ show 1S ki By that act hez demonstrated thet he'll, mebbe, £l the bill. So, I'll_file my application an’ support it with & rest, a An’ not hang rouRd a-waitin’ ter be coaxed to do my best. ngton Star. PROFI:S OF :ANDLOTISM. 8. F. Eveniog Post. That the profits of sandlotism are not insig- nificant is amply proved by a recent trial which took place at Paris, France. The action was a sult for an accounting brought by a journalist namea Vaugnan sgainst Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intransigeant, the leading sanalot organ of the republic. It ap- pears that when Rochefort went to Belgium in 1889 with Boulanger he left Vaughan in charge of his paper, agreeing to pay him for his services a proportion of the profits. The arrangement continued during & period of seven years, or until 1896. Then Vaughan and Rochefort quarreled and the former sued for the value of his services, which inyolved complete exposure of the business of the per. It appeared from the reportof the counting officers that during the seven years Rochefort receive lary of $20,000 & vear, ouniing n ail 1o $200.- one correspondent puts it, an income of 50,000 & year. The figures are \pteresting as showing how luxuriously & man may live who makes a business of roast- ing corporations and abusing capitalists. A professional reformer on a saisry of $50,000 & year is certainly & sight fit for the goas. But France is not the only country in which the business of fighting a *corrupt” and *de- graded” condition of society is made ex- tremely profitabie. A man could hardly throw astone anywhere in any Amerienn city with- out striking a newspaper engaged in the same occupation, or an ‘individual ‘whoe hopes to in & iat’ office by fulminating against cor- ations with soap-chewing vehgmence. Th Femarksble feature of ail ihest® cnses I8 tha the pubiic seems to be continually taken in by the “reformers.” The rapidity with which some of the sandiotters acquire wealth never ems to strike it as curious or worthy of reflection. DEATH PENAL1Y FOR TRAIN ROB. BERY, Indfanapolls Journal. The bill which is before Congress providing that the penalty of train robbery shall be death has merit, in view of the fact that dur- ing the past six years there have been 183 stoppings of trains for criminal purposes, as the resuit of which seventy-five persons were killed and fifty-eight wounded by shots. iz AROUND THE CORRIDORS. ““Cupid” Denforth is one of the best known men in San Francisco. In everyday life he signs himselt as Fred R. Danforth, but nobody about the new City Hall knows him by that name, You might wander about the corridors of that labyrinthine temple of municipel juris- prudence for & week and not meet's single verson who could tell you where to find Fred R. Danforth, but just ask for “Cupid” Dan- forth and instantly the, reply would be, “Ob, ves; I know him. YoWil find him in the marriage license department of the County Clerk’s office.’ Mr. Danforth hes had many years of experience in this branch of the clerk’s Dusiness under successive County Clerks, sad has seaied the fates of thousands who desired | 10 enter the holy state of matrimony. He has the right under the law to_exercise his discretion in regard to the issuance of marriage licenses, and with gentle firmness he construes the law touching. this important matter. by aturally’s man is somewhat flurried and even years ago for the benefit of eloping cou- Ples from Virginia. He has officiated in_tho marrisge of 615 eloping couples from Virginia and West Virginia, and has made upward of $2000 out of this business. Mthea Briggs-Stryker, who is coming | w0 'balonkod npon'ln Kansas 8s Mrs. Leasc's | most formidable rival, is 8 quiet but persistent woman of 40, with s soft voice and a pleasing presence. She is the wife of the State Superintendent of Education, but was & prominent Populist long before her husben: Ws publicly known. e MRS. CLEVELAND AND THE WHEEL- MAN Washington Capltal. It was Christmus week and a young man on a bike was confidently riding up F sireet. 4 heavy carriage drawn by two prancing bays | came spinning up the street at the same time. The young man was {airly run into the gutter by the turnout, and tosave himself from being crushed he jumped off his wheel. The bays FREDSR. DANFORTH, Deputy County Clerk, Nicknamed “Cupid.” generally he is in a hurry when he applies for a marrisge license, but before he gets through with his interview with “Cupid” Dauforth all the ardor of heste has evaporated and he Tealizes that even the preliminaries of marriage are solemn observances, not to be ligntly or inconsiderately treated by the can- didats for merital happiness. Sometimes Mr. Danforth is compelled to re- fuse to issu & license because of the tender age of the would-be bride. In such u case all his generous &d chivalric nature is aroused, and he couches his denial of the coveted docu- ment in language so courteous that even the disappointed applicants are loth 1o complain. In such cases, however, he has need of ail his sirength of character, for bright eyes, gachant- ing smiles and pouting lips plead mightily for the young suitors. But he is adamant, never- theless, and nothing less than the sworn con- sent of the little lady’s parents will gain her the document that will set the marriage bells a-ringing. Divorced pscple have o answer all.the questions provided for by the statute. If they say they were divorced in San Francisco Mr. Danforth wiil go with them to the’court ree- ord and look up the facts for them. If all is satisfactory and the decree has been granted they get the papsr. if not, they must wait until all legal defects are mended, or go to | some other ‘county where the cfficers of the law are less rigid in the performance of a duty of tne highest importance 1o the beople of the commouwesltn. Sometimes the divorced applicants are an- gry and sometimes they are, grateful. One of the latter eame from Portiand to marry the lady of his matured affsctions. er married before?” asked “Cupid” Dan- by the code required. * was the reply. dend?” “Divorced?" “Yes." “When?” “In San Francisco. The summons wasserved on me in Portland, and I let the case go by de- fault. 1 heard from my wife that the divorce was granted.” . “Well, let’s 100k up the recom.” A friend of the applicant who was present here interposed. and insisted that it was only taking time, and hinted that only a crank would doubt the word of the gentlemau from Oregon, who. happened to be firm locking ana ou are sll right on the record it won't do you any harm to look,” insisted Mr. Dan- forth, S0 to the record they went, and found it to read, “Service of summons scknowledged,” and it stopped right there. ““Well, I'll be blowed!” sald the Webfoot swain. “That first wife of mine wanted to get me into trouble. 1f I had married my present choice Xantippe would Lave had me arrested for perjury and bigamy. Give me your hand, Mr. Danforth; I owe you a debt of gratitude that I'Il never forget.” So the rich man from the Willamette Val- ley remained here long enough to gain a resi- dence, proved that his first wife was un- worthy of bearing nis name, got & divorce, married his new-found love and went home BPPY. It frequently happens that Mr. Danforth in the dischiarge of his duty 1s compelled to re- fuse licenses for the marriage of Japanese men to white women. He has been threatened with suits, but maintains that he 1s right nnder the dzcisions of the United States courts, which classify Japs as Mongolians. ’PARAGRAPHS ABOUTPEOPLE W. S. Witham of Atlanta is yresident ot twenty-seven Georgia banks, located in the small towns of that Senator Peffer, according (o statisticians, has made & great record in his years as Senator. His speeches are reported as 441. Zola hes z0 poor & memory. that often he does not recognizes passages from his own early writings when they are quoted to him. The Russian Academy of Science has elected Professor Simon Newcomt, the distinguished tronomer of Washington, an honorary mem- ber. Harvard University is to place in St. Saviour’s Chaurch, London, three memorial windows in honor of John Harvard, who was baptized in the churen nearly 300 years ago. “Ian Maclaren” says that although he spoke 117_times during his American tour, not counting after-dinner speeches, he never was unwell during the whole of his time. The first Gladstone who engaged in mercan- tile life was a malstter, and the family owned. large slave estates 1n the West Indies. William E. began his political iife as an extreme Tory. Louis Liard, the successor cf juies Simon in the Academy of oraland Political Sciences, 1%, 1ike nis predecessor, a philosopher and the author of philosophical works that have given nim high rank. Cornwall Parish, Va., has issued an appeal to the country for money to build a church at Smithville, Charlotte County, in memory ot Patrick Henrv, near where his last utterances were made, Patrick Henry was a devout mem. ber of the Epistopal church. Rev. A. H. Burrougns, commonly known as “Parson Burroughs,’’ who keeps the Nickels House, just across the State line in Bristol, Tenn., established & matrimonial r there were drawn up to the curb in great style and the ladv occupant of the carriage stepped out to go intoastore. She instantly 1ok in the catastrophe. The whe-l was almost & wreck and the rder was looking around for his hat. She stepped right up to him and inquired if he was hurt. Being assured thathe was not she took outa card and wrote a few lines on it and gave it to him, saying: “Have your wheel repaired and send the bill to Mr. Thurber with this card. Iam very glad you were not hurt.’” .S The signature ou the card was *Frances Folsom Cleveland.” DESTRUCTIVE 10 EYESIGHT Philadelphia Press. “Ibuilt my house on dotied veils,” said a well-known oculist, referring to the fact that his practice was made lucrative by women patients whose eyes were injured by wearing the fashionable gauzes, And yet, although they are warned, women still keep up tue | practice and manufaciurers and modistes still make and prescribe vei:s that mean perma- nent Injury to the eye. As iu_the ease of the theater hat in this matter the women seem above reason snd common-sense. But for- tunately the veil injures the woman alone, while the theater hat annoys every one within | its sphere of action. The Qotted veils snould g0. Hereis o work for the Women's Health | Protective Association. How many of them, while growing eloguént over garbage, do it with a dotted veil tied about their bounets? IN FRATERNAL BONDS. The Rank of Page to Be Conforred To- Night by Alemania Lodge of the Enights of Pythias. Alemania Lodge No. 8, Kuights of Pythias, will at its meeting to-night coner the rank of page on & novitiate. This lodge. which is noted for its liberality at its entertainments, | had at its previous meeting at leas 100 guests, the majority non-members, who werc present 10 witness the installation of the officers, the ceremony being a public one, and to enjoy tho feast that followed. Grand Chancellor McGlashan, Knights of Pythias, has announced the foliowing visi- tations for tlhie current week: February 4, Nipomo Lodge at Nipomo: February 5, a specia 1 visit 10 Arroyo Grande Lodwe at Arroyo Grande; February 6, Beatric: lodze of San Lucas and San Ardo Lod:e of San Ardo at Lucas, aud February 8, Salinas Lodge of & The repor.s of Bav Li.v Lodse of this Uity show that curing the six monthe’ term ending with the ciose of the year the Bet gain in memb-rship was two, the awountof money on hand and Invested was_$2903 79 and the amount receiv sources during tbe term was 844 7 penditures were: For sick benefits, #: of members. §'41: burlal of members’ wives, §i general expenditures, rent, etc.,, $410. The lodge h as on deposit In bank, 82918 The oflicers of the lodge are: N. Nchessinger, C. C.: Willlam Meusor, V. C.; Jacob Marks, £: C. C. Morris. K. of K.and 8 A. Lewis, M. of E.; L. Schelb, M. of F. Martha Washington Council, 0. of L, Martha Washington Counell, Daughters of Lib- erty, held an open meeting in Ruby Hall, Red Men's bullding. on last Monday night, which was well attended. The bail was tastefully decoated with the emblem of the order, the American flag, and preseuted & patriotic appearance. The mem- bers and Invited guests were treated 1o a neat pro- gramme of numbers. There was an interesting sddress by ‘Mrs. F. £. Bowley, the conncilor: vooal soio, Mr. Flerson; recitation, Miss . Wright: fancy dance by six young misses: guitur solo, Fred Preston: vocal 8olo, Miss Rose Har- wooll, sud a recitation by Miss Smith. This council, which numbers 170 members, wili take part in the celebration in akland on the inst., and i expects to make a good nu showine. The councll has appointed a comm ittee 10 make arrangements for & grand entertuinment tobegiven on tne Z6th of March in one of large halis in celebration of the sccond anniversaty of the institution of the council. * Knights and Ludles of Honor, The lodges are now elcctiag reprosentatives to the Grand Lodge, which is 10 meet on the 20(n of Apit. Grand Protector Lauder has outlined the foliow- Ing officlal visitations: San Jose, Maryavilie, C ak. | 1204 and Alameda. Misuetoe Lodge of San Jose has changed its meeting nighis to the second and fourth Friday: Grand_Vice-Protector Mrs. Belle W. Conrad, Grand Secretary 8. B. Carleton and Grand Chap. Inin Mrs. Annie Thom pson, were among the vi tors to uakland Lodse inat Toesday. e officers of Golden Rale Lodge wers | Thursday by Deputy Mrs b, . Kapian se sted by Grand Secretary 8. B, Carieton. The united enterzainment committee will meet this evening In the hall of Aurora Connell for 11y purpose of perfecting arran, Biruoes of e g gements for the next ‘Woodmen of the World. The dew camp recently institutea at Mt. Eden 1s doing well and R. C. Voss of San Lorenzo feels proud of the fact that it was through his individ- ual efforts that the camp was organiz-d. Special Organizer Ross wiil soon organfze a strong camp in Auburn, The camp of this City and Oskland are making arrangements toentertain in a befitting manner Head Consyl Fa/kenburg of Colorado, who is ex- pected here on the 10th inst. He will "be accom- led by 2.15. Fatkenburs, who will lispect the thtic ure & number in the State. olden Gate Camp at its last held me>ting initi- ated ten candidates ana installed 1ts officers. Alameda County is the banner connty for wocd- crait. Ii hus at thi v \de-swak, Droesorons samey, I8 tme twoive w e, Sequoia Camp ot Bacramento reports a steady EXOWLh, with plenty of available timber in sight. JHead Manager Boak of Uakiaud has goue to Denver, Colo, to attend the seml-annual meeting ©of head managers, which meets iext Wednesday. Nord Deutscher Verein. The following named were installed as officers of the Nord Deutseher Vereln on lasi Tuesday 10T the ensuing term: August F. Meyer, P.; Heors Stelling, V. P.; Curis J. Sobroder, K. Willlam Mucller, . 5. Oto Shinkel, T.; ErvestF. Ba- Tuth. Henry Miesner aod Ludwig Sieber. finaoce commiitee, and George Stelliug, doorkeeper. This Organization, benefielary one, has & member- ® of the Weodmeu Cirele, of which | ship of nearly 400. Theduesare 81 per month. In case of sickness & member receives a weekly. a lowance of 10 50: in case of deatb the sum of | $400 is paid to the family of the deceased. and in case of death of the wife Of & member he is al- lowed $100 for ‘funeral expenses. the treasurer shows that the verein had Lo its | credic at the close of last year $25,000. The iu- terest of this is used to pay slck #nd deaty bene- fits. No assessments are levied on members usi- less the general fund In the hands of the treasurer falis below $1600. During the y+ar of 1896 there were seven aea ns. which were paid from the gen- eral fund, which has in it the sum of $3000, ex- | elusive of What there s in bank. | Knights of Honor.' X The officers of Tancred Loage were installed by Deputies R. A. Summers and Scotv Elder, Grand Dictator Archibald performing the fanctions of past grand aiciator and Charles A. Gar:horne those of grani gulde. Dr. Lee O. Rodgers and Grand Reporter Johusione who were present ad- dressed the lodge. were insislied Iast Monday by the grand ofhcers. One application was received that n were present delegations from Golden Ivanhoe lodges of Oakland, Garden City Lodge of Alameda und VIsitors froi Other parts. Afier the ceremonlea the Visiturs were invited to & ban- quet prepared for them and the members Among the notable guests were P. L Archibaid, G. D.; W ‘Morison, G. V. D.; W. J. Thomsou, G. i. D, T. Johnstone, G. R.; C. A. Garthorne, P. D., i Scott Eider, D. G.'D. The assembiage dressel by B. F. Hovart, F. K.and William i Wwood of Clinton Lodge and Dr. W. M. Brown o Golden State hodge. Oraer of Pendo. During January 115 appiications wera received and three councils were organized, oue &t Poris- mouth, Va., another at Basin, Mont., aod the third at Pasadena, Cal. Last Monday three candidates were received in Golden Gate Council and several appiications were presented. Supreme Chaplain G. W. Jackson is ln Stockton, organizing & new council. The fo.lowing arethe committees of the Supreme Council: State of the order—T. B. Moore, G. M. d K. E. Bunker; appeals and grie —W. G. Shaukey, D. S. Staniey and W. T. egislative—G. . Jackson, A. J. Colby_and re: finance—A. J. Colby, W. B. Kirke Jones; secret, work—G. W. Jackson, T. Arthur Fortier. This committee Is B. Moore 10 present a new ritual at the next meeting of the supreme body. Young Men’s Institute. Columbia Council has presented to its retiring president a beautiful emblematic charm. This council is meking arrangements for an open meei- ing to be heid In Metropolitan Hall some time in Margh, when Judge W. W. Morrow will deliver an fllustrated lecture on A Day in Washington.” Borromeau Council will give an enterialnme: in Mission Opera Hall on the 17th lost, On the evening of the 10th inst. Golden Gate Council will give Its anniversary ball in Nativs Sons’ Hali. There will be & meeting of the lecture bureau th e\‘fll;g, 10 consider future lectures. ‘The boakd qf grand directors mot consultatign with Grand President Gal Das just réturned from & tour of Y ‘American Council has elected dent, Wiliisu McCarthy, secreta nolly, D. McCarthv and W. Hennessey as the executive commi tee. Paul B. Hay lectured o council in San Ratacl on the 21st. Rev. J. P. Furgeson will lecture before Leo Councl at Port Costa on the 7tn ihst. Mexico” before the t NEWSPAPER FPLEASANIRY. Guest—Why do you print your bil: of fare in French? Fashionable Restaurateur—Because I want my patrous to think that I think they can read it.—Tid Bits. *“That woman over there looks as if she wera painted—" | r, that is my wife.” | “Ihad notfinished my sentence. She looks | afif she were painted by Raphael and had just stepped out of the frame.’’—Chips. Effie (after witnessing her first christening) —Mummie, do they water them to make them grow?—London Pick-Me-Up. othing,” says Scribbler, “is more dis- heartening to & man then the discovery that he bas married & woman who loves to keep his writing-table in order.” —London Tit-Bits, “Pshaw, you don’t know nuthin’,” said lite tle Tommy Tooalemacker scornfully. “There never was a man witha blue beard. | “Well,” sald Susie Heffslfinger, “mv papa knows aman with lilac whiskers—so now!” — Washington Star. Hé—So youhave She—Yes, decidedly imporiant problem. . “Well, you just study out how to bring up a family on $15 a week aud we’ll get married.— Life. | “And you didn’t eat the eaptive? Now, I'll engage crvilization was responsible for that.”” The savage sighed. “Yes,” he answered; “it was the cook’s day —Truth. It was rather surprising to hear one of his age asking a question about women instead of making an assertion, but the youngest neo- pbyte inquired: “Why is it a beautiful woman is never intel lectual ?” “In all probability,” replied the Cummins- ville sage, *'she is, but when a man gets in the presence of a beautiful woman he never has sense enough left to know whether she ig intellectual or not.” —Cincinnati Enquirer. nt to solve soms MocHA, pistache & camelia cake. 905 Larkin.* il Sy BEST peanut tafly in the world. Townsend's.* | sprcrar intormation daily to manutacturers, business houses and public men by. the Fress Ciipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * Loie bl e Stranger—You bave cul my chin & second | time! If you can’t shave better than that you will lose all your customers pretty quick. Barber's apprentice—Not at all, sir. Tam not allowed to shave the regular customers yet. 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Your doctor will tell you this is true and we state it without wishing to make any false claims or false promises. Free book tells more on the subject, SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York, "Phe feport of The cfficers of Clinion Lodge, East Oakland,” i A