The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1897 L - e o TN RSNOIB00 OATE sWEDNESDAYS B e A R a0, A e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: | ¥ ud Sunday CALL,one week, by carrier. $0.18 | day CALL, one year, by ma 00 | WATER RATES. The Board of Supervisors will meet this morning as a committee of the whole to consider the problem of fixing water rates for the fiscal yesr. The president and " |secretary of the Spring Valley Water Company have been invited to be present to UARY 10,1897 | furnish the Supervisors with information they may need in order to enable them more accurately to perform the duty required of them. The meeting will be one of more than ordinary interest as well as importance, and it is to be reasonably expected that the proceedings will lay a foundation for the establishment of a fair rate which will be just both to the company and to the people. A report of the Water Committee submitted to the Board of Supervisors on Mon- day gives promise that the popular expectation of having water rates fixed fairly and ¥ L nths, by 3.00 | s 3 . 3 % 5 Car thrce sioncis vy amail 3.60 | justly will not be disappointed. In the course of its report the committee said: ¥ Ca: o b, by mail. .65 | Bunday CALL, one year. by malh.-orr-sers 160 | The City and County is called upon to aliow fair and reasonable water rates to be paid by W XiKLY CaLL, One year, by mail. + 380 | the City and County and its inhabitants, and certainly it should be informed, clearly and | convincingly. of the details of the expenditures of the company in order to act as fair SIN 5 s | and just arbitrators between the company and its customers. The company owes it fo iiself San ¥Francisce, California. | and to its customers to make such a statement in detail of all its operations, and especially of Telephoe............. AMatn—1868 | s expenditures, in order to demonstrate its business-policy and justify the board in the EDITORIAL ROOMS | estabiishment of water rates as the board may deem just, thatare warranted by the condi- 517 Ciay Street. Maln—1876 | tions and requirements of their water supply. Your committee feel that unjust eriticism of . % | the action of the board should be avo!ded.in the matter of fixing rates, as until informa- BRANCH OFFICES: | tion is obtained more definite than presented nothing can be done to accomplish the ob- T A ont o ' + open ML | 50045 of the tnquiry. 20 ocloc i reet; open 3'3")0'““‘; There can be no question as to the justice of the position taken by the water com- 15 L 1a sireet: open u 9:30 o'cloc] 2 2 s =83 : S0, cormer Sixtesnn and Mission sireets; open | Mmittee in this statement. It is the duty of the water company to furnish the Super- open u 11 9 o'clock, | 9 o'ciock. 1 9:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : £08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: 28 32, 34 Park Row, New York Clty. M. FO Fastern Manager. Tooms 31 DAV SPEAKS FOR ALL. —THE FARKE— The Eramine: top of § THE EXAMINER PURLISHED 249,757 Inches Of Ads During 1896, 5964 More Than were published by any other San Francisco newspaper. several days at the fase: ts title th 2 of this fake the Eraminer acareful record was amount in inches of its quence it could be —THE FACT— THE EXAMINER FUBLISHED 236,528 Inches Of Ads During 18%. That is one fact and here is an- others THE CALL PUBLISHED 239,551 Inches Of Ads During 1896, 3,023 More Inches were published in THE CALL than in the Examiner during 1896. It is ely 800 inches of ents, of waich THE CALL ubitsn one, the fakers has doubtless suc- of inches of adver- by @ 1d deceiv- however, a ruie have not been misled by iis ses. boasts that its books are open to but we suggest that it inspect its own before it ventures upon the publication of ratulate the public on the fact that the of this fake ted the Eraminer 10 drop 1. In this the Eraminer was discreet, 1tis wise it will make no more such bold allempis to ve the public. Honest water rates are what the people demand. The water rate investigation is the town topic to-day. The blackmailer tries to evade the issue, but does not succeed. Before the coyote scalp scandal is over there may be other scal Cleveland’s of days and rm is now merely a matter tey are flying, The Board of Trade prophesies a year of plenty, and the board ought to know. A war between Greece and Turkey would soon get all the Eurovean fat in the fire. 1t Jooks as if the payroll scandal in- tended to stay with the Legislature to the The Senators seem to regard a Presiden- tial veto as a footstool on which to set both feet. Cuba asks for arms and ammunition and she continues to receive speeches and sympathy. Crete is small but in these later years it has made more history than many a big- ger country. If the coming fight in Nevada is con- Qucted wisely it may yet be referred to as a sage brush. ‘The Supervisors have acted right so far in the work of fixing water rates and shou!d stick to it. Public indignation doesn’t have to use its hands to stop the blackmailers. An eye on them is enough. There seem to be zs many coyote: clerks on the State payroll, but then the clerks were not scalped, It is very fortunate that neither the Texas nor the Indiana was in the Atlantic squadron when the hurricane struck it. Now that McKinley has about finished serving the Cabinet puddirg, there is a wild demand for him to begin cytting the ple. The Cubans will not accept small re- forms from Spain when they have only to persevere in order to make bigger and bet- ter ones of their own. It the water and the gas companies cease to pay subsidies to blackmailers, ihey will be able to furnish cheaper water end cheaper gas to the people. In describing the work of getting up its fake petition the Ezaminer said yesterday, “more are signing by the hundreds.” Are we to understand then that many people ere induced to sign a hundred signatures &t a time? . | mercial bodies in other portions of lhe[ from the facts toat the | visors with all the information necessary to enable the board to appraise the rates justly, and if the company fails to do so the stockholders will have none but the | directors to blame if the Supervisors, being compelled to act in the dark, should give | the public the benefit of every doubt which may be raised by reason of any failure on the part of the company to give the information which under the law they are | required to do. The-people will heartily approve that section of the report which declares *‘that | unjust criticism of the acticn of the board should be avoided in the matter of fixing | rates, as until information is obtained more definite than presented, nothing can be done to accomplish the object of the inquiry.” The great majority of the people of Ssn Francisco are honest, ana desire to see no injustice done either to the Supervisors | or to the water company. They desire only what is rightand fair, and will uphold | both the company and the board against any attempt of blackmailers to extort sub- sidies by means of slander or any other methods known to that class of boodlers. A ful, fair, thorough, comprehensive investigation of the whole subject is the first step to be taken. It is the duty of the Supervisors to demand explicit information | concerning the business of the water company, and it is the duty of the officers of the company to give that information without evasion or concealment. When the facts of the business have been made known it will then be possible for the Supervis- | ors toact with discernment in fixing the rates, and it will also be possible for the | people to judge accurately whether the rates so fixed are equitable or not. The desire of the people of San Francisco to obtain cheaper water and gas than | they have had in the past is both natural ana praiseworthy. It is nothing more than honest economy on the part of individuals and on the partof the municipality to | obtain the best and most abundant water supply possible for a given expenditure. | There is a wdespread belief that the water supply of the City might be furnished | much more cheaply boih to the City and to private parties, and there is a general desire to obtain the cheaper rates if they can be given without any injustice being done 1o those who have invested their capital and employed their energies in the work of furnishing the City its water supply. | There is a suspicion that one of the reasons why the water company has been unsble to supply water more cheaply in the past is because-it bas paid out to disnonest men large subsidies extorted from it by a species of blackmail. If such | subsidies have been paid they should be suppressed in the fature, There is no reason | why the water company should not take the people of S8an Francisco into its con- | fidence. If it exposes the boodlers who have been preying upon it as the Eraminer | was exposed by the Southern Pacific Company, it will be safe from all attacks by | such blackmailers in the future, and will be able to save money for itself' and for | the public. It is certainly time that the evil of extorting subsidies from rich corpora. | tions was crushed out in San Francisco, and this is the best time to take resolute steps | in that direction. WORDS OF OHEER. : | The general review of busiaess condi-| The hurricane through which the | tions given by President Watkins at the | squadron of Admiral Bunce had to fight | annual meeting of the Board of Tradeon | its way from below Hatteras to Charles- Monday is full of encouragement forthose | ton afforded a test of the sea'going worth who look forward to the coming of better | of our warshipe, the skill of our naval times before the present year closes. His | officers and the discipline of our seamen. address confirms the general expectation | All of them bore the test well and tri- of the public and is in harmony with | umphantly. Every ship in the squadron | statements from men representing com- | reached Charlesion in safety and so far as they are concerned there will be no country. It was, therefore, an address of | longer any doubt ia the public mind of | zood cheer which will have an influence | their ability to meet and overcome the lin bringing about the prosperity it pre- | battle and the gale. | dicts. Great, however, as is the popular grati- President Watkins quoted with approval | fication in the vroof thus given of the the recent statement of Andrew Carnegie: | strength and seaworthiness of our war- Unless come surprise is sprung upon the | snips and the skill displayed by their country nothing can hold it back from a | officers, it was not the shipbuilders n.r period of genuine prosperity.” Thisstate- | the naval commanders who won the high- | mentexpresses briefly the prevailingsenti- | est honors in the contest with the storm. | ment in business and industrial circles. | Those who distinguished themselves most The sentiment moreover is weli fountied. | and highest were the brave seamen whose As President Watkins himself said: “Or | heroic actions in attempting to rescue every band are evidences of improving | their comrades from the fury of winds times. The conditions are all favorable | and waves attests once more that there is for a prosperous year. There isno infla- | no beight of human courage to which the | tion in anything. Prices areall low and | American satlor does not attain in the | business as a whoie is upon a sound foun- | hour of danger and tr | dation.” Even in the bare record of the deeds These words of encouragement mustnot | as told in the telegraphic dispatches of | be misunderstood, nor their import exag- | yesteraay there was enough to stir the | gerated. It is not expected by anybody | blood of landsmen. On board the Maine, | weil versed in commerce or industry that | Prentice Kozel was struck by a terrible wave and swept outto s a. As he was be. | we are to have a suaden revival of pros- perity blossoming throughout the country | ing carried away two of nis messmates, John Brown and Alexander Nelson, with the rapidity of the flowers of spring. After the long depression through which | sprang forward to save him and they also were caught in the rush of waters and we have gone it will require some time be- | fore the confidence of investors and pur- | borne overboard. Ihen William J. Creel- chasers is restored and the stream of busi- | man standing on the poop deck saw the ness flows again with its old-time freedom | body of Kozel floating by and dived from and force. Moreover, we need a change | the stern to give him help, | in the tariff of the country befors ourin- | I the meantime another man, Charles | dustries will have the protection essential | Hassell, had been washed from the deck to their welfare, and it is haraly safeto ex- | by tne sea and was struggling in the pect any great improvement in industries | waves, Life-broys were thrown over and until after the new tariff bill has been | Hassell got one of them. Being thus par- enacted and protection is once more ac- | (igl)y gecure he at once set out to help corded to the industriesand enterprises of | Greelman and succeedea in doing so. A the people. lifeboat sent out under command of Naval According to the latest reports from | Cadet Walter R.Gherardi, son of Rear- Washington, men who are in a position tc | Admiral Gherardi, to pick up the strug- know assert that we shall probably have | giers, was overturned and seven more of protection by July 1 The Republican | the gallant crew were in the midst of the members of the Ways and Means Com- | pjack waters. By the use of life lines mittee sre rapidly putting the finishing [ these men were saved, as were Hassell touches on the new tariff bill, and will | 4nd Creelman, but the others were lost have it ready to report as soon as an extra | by death as heroic as any that man ever session of Congresscan be assembled. The | gjed. extra session will not be called for pur- |~ On board the other ships of the squad- poses of idle debate or the discussion of | yon dangers as great were faced and deeds theories, but for business. Ample time|gimost as heroic were performed. At will be ziven for legitimate consideration | every moment on every ship the seamen | of all the schedules of the new measure, | confronted the storm with & discipline but nothing will be allowed to obstructive | and a valor superior to its power and its | tactics. This being 0, the measure will | torrors. Not once during the whole long speedily pass the House and Le sent to | conflict did these gallant bluejackets show the Senate. That budy, 80 long consid- | any of that spirit which makes man ap- ered doubtlul, is now regarded as being | pearas a pygmy in contest with over. sure to give the bill a prompt passage. | nowering elements. On the contrary they The Senators have heard the voize of the | sserted and demonstrated the superiority country demanding & restoration of busi- | of the human soul over all the forces of ness, and are at last willing to yield toit. | wind and wave raging at their fercest in the darkness of night, and once more gave the Republic reason to be proud of the men who wear her uniforms and de- fend her banner on the stormy seas. HILL ON DEMOCRAQY, In the February number of the Forum there is a paper from David B. Hill called “The Future of the Democratic Organiza- tion,” which would have been more ap- propriately placed under the caption *The Past of the Democratic Organization. It deals throughout almost its entire length with fatal mistakes of that party in the iast campaign, and there is a conspicuous lack of any statementof a well-defined policy for Democracy to fight for in the future, Senator Hill's recapitulation of the recent maa blunders of his party may be said to be a masterly statement of the case, but that is an old story. The ques- tion now is what is Democracy going to do, and to answer merely that past errors are to he avoided is scarcely adequate. If the party is to keep itself before the public eye as a live thing some issues should Le HEROIO SEAMER. Senator Lodge gave a good reason for insisting that consideration of the arbi- iration treaty should be held in secret session when he said that if the debate were public all the long-winded orators of the BSenate would make buncombe speeches and it would be impossible to reach a vote before the adjournment of Congress. The hurricane that overtook the squad- ron of warships on their way to Charles- ton gave the seamen an opportunity to show not only their discipline in the face of danger, but their individual heroism, and most nobly did they exhibit all the qualities which the Nation honors in its heroes and defenders. The contemptuous way in which the Benators rejected the anti-scalping bill is encouraging. It is evident the railroads haven’t half the power in Congress they are supposed to have, Cleveland has acted upon the politics of the country like a mad bult and when he goes out we shall have peace, made clear cut enough to challenge atten- tive study and justify the costly appeal to the decision of the wisdom of the majority of the Nation. The intense conservatism of Hill's article is somewhat as if a general were planning a war in which he expected to stay entirely within his fortress walls ana no field movements needed to be con- templated. This would be more reason- able if the Democrats were in power, but, being out, an aggressive campaign in the open field wouid seem a necessity, unless they intend to be content to stay out. The nearest thing to an energetic move proposed by Hill is for “'a more vigorous advocacy of the growing issue of personal liberty.” This sounds well enough, but in order to make it constitute an issue he will bave to show that the party in power is opposed to any lecitimate amount of | personal liberty. He also says the Demo- crats must strenuously oppose agrarian- ism and other forms of socialism, but here again ne raises no clear-cut issue with the Repuhlican hosts, with whom his main contention must be. On financial matters he is practically at one with the Republicans. He suggestsa revival of the perennial dispute over the tariff, but he admits that the country was dissatisfied with the Wilson tariif because it did not yield adequate revenue, and | therefore as the Republican leaders have not proposed protection beyond the point necessary to American industry and Na- tional revenue Hill may be said to base bis proposed issue upon the improbable supposition that the American people will be again willing to trust tariff legis- iation to the party of debt and deficit. Taken altogether the Senator bas made but a weak and futile plea for his party or his leadership. If this paper is the best that conservative Democracy can do Bryan need have no fear of any rival to contest his supremacy PeaSuNz L L. M. Turner of Seattle is a late arrival here. A. B. Johnson of Arizona is at the New West- ern. M. R. Doyle of Red Bluft is a latearrival here. Theodore Stover of Topeks, Kans,, is at the | Russ. S C. Freels, a business man of Hollister, is in town, John Grall, 8 business man of Juneau, is in the City. William Winters of Butte, Mont., is at the Balawin. Willism Virgins, a business man of Tacoms, is in town. J. McMillen, & business man of Carson, Nev., is in town. v W. W. Middlecoff, an attorney of Salinas, is at the Grand. M. Grunwaldt, a business man of Cologne, is at the Palace. J.Newton, a capitalist of London, arrived here last night. Dr. J. C. Bryan of the United States Navy, is st the Occidental. Thomas Fiizgerald, s resident of Los An- geles. is in the City. J. Rattan, a cattleman of Miles City, Mont., to arrival here. Jemes F. Peck, an sttorney of Merced, ar- rived here yesterday. J. J. Trabucco, a mine-owner of Mariposa County, is at the Lic Ex-Sheriff W. P. Harkey, the ploneer, of Yuba City, 13 on & visit here. R.C. Terry, the prominent vine-grower of Clayton, is in the City. R. P. Bentley, a iruit grower and packer of Sacramento, s in town. G. Makrgawa of Tokio, Japan, arrivea last night and is at the Palace. A. Bettens, manager of the Byron Hot Springs, Is at the Baldwin. E. D. Snider of Chicago is among recent ar- rivals at the Cosmopolitan. Mrs. Ethelbert Ta:bot and Miss Talbot, of Wroming, are at tae Palace. L. G. Moulton, the great grain grower of Coiusa, reached here last nigut. C. E. Sherman, e prominent citizen of Santa Barbara, is Lere for a brief siay. Harry Postlethwaite, who owns extensive ranches near San Jese, is in the City. H. B. Hobson, = mining and trading man of Quesnelle, B. C., 1s at the Commerclal. Dr. J. H. Montgomery of Portland arrived bere yesterday and is at the Occtdental. J. F. McEnerney, a basiness man of Buffalo, N. Y., 1s registered at the Cosmopolitan. George A.Smith of Courtland, the ranch manager and business man, s at the Grand, Professor A. L. Colton of the Lick Obser. tory, Mount Hamilton, is here for a short visit, Miss Emma L. Lamb of Econowy, Ind,, e missionary on her way to the Orient, is at the Oceidental. B. H. Upnam, a business man and vineyard. ist of Martinez, arrived here last night. He is at the Lick. A. P. Halfnill, one of the owners of the Cali- fornia Fish-packing Company, Los Angeles, is & visitor here. R. T. Root, & mine-owner, whose headquar- ters are at Denver, ishere on & business trip and is at the Palace. A. J.Lachman and family, who are prepar- ing for & trip to Europe of some considerable lengih, are at the Lick. Oscer Tolle, who has been ill for several days, is again sble to perform his duties as clerk of Judge Cook’s court. T. B. Blessing of Prairie City, Towa, who has been on & visit to Southern Galifornia and who is accompanted by his wile, is at the Russ. Lieutenant John H. Whalley of the navy, for along time past connected with the Atlantic station but now transferred here, is at the Oc- cldental. H. R. Hell of Hall Bros., ship-builders of Port Blakeley, Wash., is in the C He is an old ship-builder, and from his yards on Puget Sound have been turned out & large number of vessels during the past few years. George F. Parker, the owner of aa extensive ranch in Colusa County, and who is one of the large growers of grain and fruit there, is here on & business trip and is at the Russ. He s sa1d to have fully $200,000 invested in ranches and other property. —_— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. N. Y., Feb. 9.—At the St. Cloud—A. G. Read. Imperl . G. Clark, W. Barns. Astor—B. Meiler. Broadway—J. B. Morgahan. Gilsey—E. Richard, F. H. Kerryan, R. M. Welch. George Rupp left the St. Cloud to eail on the Aller for Bremen. A CONGSESSMAN'S BIG WORD. ‘Washington Post. Mr. De Armond’s recent speech in the House of Representatives, in which he paid his re. spects 10 Secretary Morton, was a remarkable effort in meny ways. Oneof these exhibited the suthor in his capecity as word builder, with the result that he has added to our vocab- ulary a word longer than any other which meets common acceptance. The longest words to be found in Worcester, Webster, or the Century dictionaries are believed to be “palatopharingeolaryrgeal” and “trans. subsiantiationalists,” mere fragments of twenty-four and twenty-five letters. Mr. De Armond’s fancy and constructive ability were satisfied, however, with nothing less than “iriangularificationableness,” & veritable Titan of words comprising twenty-seVen let- ters, and complete in every regard. Of course, there are to be found purely technical term ¥rom the *‘Examiner,” Saturday Morning, March 21, 1896. BIERCE TO HUNTINGTON. The Writer Offers to Retire and Take the Hand of the Magnate if He Tells the Truth. WasgINGTON, March 20. The Washington Star to-night printed the following statement: AMBROSE BIERCE TO C. P. HUNTINGTON. 3 To the Editor of the Evening Star: On Friday of last week _immedmely after the House Committee on Pacific Railroads had concluded its session C. P. Huntington was asked by Representativs Johnson of California to confirm the statement made to him (Mr. Johnson) viz.; that on becoming president of the Somhern'P-mfic Company he had cut off the company’s annual payment of $12,000 to the Ezaminer. In the pres- ence and hearing of three members of the committee Huntington said that it was true. The statement appears to have teen made in explanation of the Ezaminer's hostility to him and his scheme for funding the debts of the Pacific railroads. I have reason to think that Huntington will be given an opportunity to prove in court his accusation that the Ezaminer was once on the payroll of his company. In the meantime if he wiil prove it to the satisfaction of three gentlemen, one to be named by him, one by me and one by the two others, I hereby pledge myself to retire permanently from the service of the Erzaminer. As he hu‘ frequentiy si nified h_ls earnest disapproval of my work on that paper he should thirk my retirement desir- able and advantageous. ] I promise, moreover, thatif he makes his accusation good I will take him by the hand, which recently I have twice refused when he offered it, once in the presence of three members of the press in the corndor of the Capitol, and again in the room of the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads in the presence of the committee and such as ‘“methylbenzomeihoxyethyltetraly- dropyridinecarboxylate,” but they don’tcount in a purely literary contest. A SIGN CF HIS TALENT. Chicago Times-Hersld. *‘He's no musician.” “No? “No. He doesn’t know & bar from an ap- pogiatura.” ‘““Doesn’t he, indeed? Well, you bet he never chases around to find an appogisturs ‘when be wants & driok.” many gentlemen attending one of its meetings. Mr. Huntington is not to object to my gloves. one condition. respectfully yours, Hotel Pace, March 20, 1896. As to this latter promise I exact but Iam, Mr. Editor, very AXBROSE BIERCE. [The “Examiner’” confessed it was upon the payroll of the Southern Pacific Company for twenty-two months, recelving $1000 a month. Notwithstanding this confession Ambrose Bierce continues on the payroll of the “Examiner.’’ Has he also taken the hand of Huntington? NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Bostwick—Miss Flipjacks is & very capable society journalist, I believe ? Hendershot—Yes, indeed. She can get the word *function” half & dozen times into & short paragraph.—Puck Amy—Yes, he is very persistent. He says he would go to the ends of the earth for me. Alice—Why not send him ? It would take him some time to get back.—Judge. “T've discovered why the Greeks were such a happy people.” “Why was it?" They didn’t have their clothes made to fit”'—Chicago Record. Well, what do you waat, my good man?” asked the Governor. “Dey's makin’ so much fuss’bout de fishin’ in de State, Gov'nah, dat I wants fo’ to see ef we can’t hab some law fo’ de bettah protection ©ob de 'possum.’’—Detroit Free Press. Scribbler—Does your wife laugh at your jokes in the paper? Punster—Yes, but oniy on payday. mercial Advertiser. Mrs. Warmheart—My good man, why do you let your children go barefoot? Pat 0'Hoolihan—For de raison, ma’am, dat T have in my fam'ly more feet than shoes.— Harper’s Round Ta Com- “Whata small mind Mrs. Veniynne has!” “Naturely.. She has given her husband so many pieces of it.”’—London Tit-Bits., 1HE WEATH:ER IN THE EAST Z1p! Snap! Biog! Doesn't oid Jack Frost sting? And color the noses 1he red bue of roses, And various flowers of spring! Bing! Snap! Zip! Get on to the mercury skip! 1i is down out of sight, Like a thief in tbe night, ‘Who's giving » copper the siip Zip! Bing! Spap! Jce frappe punches on tap! *i1s as frizid In town As & Eoston girl’s frown— And that’s down 10 zero—kerslap! ew York Evening Sun, ANSWERS T0 OxRE PONDENTS THE SHORTEST DAY—M., City. The shortest day of the year does not always fall on a fixed date. It may be the 20th, 215t or 22d of De- cember. REVENUE STAMPS—B. C.IC., City. The de- scription given of the revenue stamps you have is not sufficiently clear toenable one to determine if they have any special vaiue. Correspondents who ask for this class of in. formation should give the demomination of the stamp, its color, shape, if the edges are perforated or cut, the figure on ‘the iace of it aud the printing ihere may be on the face. POPULATION—S,, Gasquet, Del Norte County, Cal. According to the estimates of population in the cities named the figures given were fur- | nished by the respective Mayors at the close of | the year 1896 Chicago, 1 : York City, 1,957,284 (based on reports from the Heaitn” Department) s, 1,400,000, Tne figures of Brooklyn include Fiatbush, Flatlands, New Utrecht and Gravesend. Thé | ares ot Chicrgo is 189 square miles, New York City 61 2-> square miles. EXTRADITION—A. O. &, City. The treaty be- tween the United States and Great Britain which was ratified August 9, 1842, provides for the extradition of individuals who are ac- cused ot murder, attempt to commit murder, piracy, arson, robery, forgery and the utter- ance of forged paper. If it should tarn out on | the examination that Butler or Ashe s an American he will be turned over by the Unlted States to the English officers, if it appears that the crime of murder was committed sud that there is reasonable cause to believe that the accused s the party who committed the crime. Tui MINT AND CIVIL SERVICE—R. C. J. A., Camp Whitlocks, Mariposa County, Cal. Now, positions in the United States Mint are subject 10 competitive examination. On application to the Civil Service Commissioners in this City personaliy or by letter, blanks can be had that will give all the information as to the sub- jects embraced in an examinetien for the Mint or any department inquired about. The com- missioners will also give information es to time when examinations are set and all that an applicant may desire to know, Honorably discoarged United States soldiers or satlors have an advantage in examination, In this that not so high & percentage is required. MARRIAGE—Marine Engineer, City. The law of thisSiate says that a marriage may be sol- emnized by “either a Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Peace, priest or minister of the gospel of sny denomination.” The law further declares that the one who solemnizss a marriage must record the same within thirty days afser the marriage st the office of the County Recorder. In regard to a marriage that has not been re- corded the law says: It no record ot the solemnization of s marriage. heretofore contracted be known to e: the par-— ties may join in a written deciaration of such mar- riage substantialiy showing tne names residence of the parties, the fact of marriage that no record Is known to exist. Such decl tion must be subscribed by the parties and a.test by at least three wi nesses. Marriage must be icensed, solemnized, authen- ticated and recorded; but Don-compiiance with the provisions of this articie by other than the parties Lo a marriage does not Invalidate that mar- riage. This is the law and you may apply it to the conditions of the case alluded 10 in your communieation. MONTEREY, MEXI1CO—D. & L., City. The ecity of Mouterey, in the northern part of Mexico, is the capital of the State of Neuvo Leop. Itis situated on the Santa Catalina River, a tribu- tary of the Rio Grande, 175 miles west of the city of Matamorss, 75 miles east by porth ot &altillo and 700 miles {rom the City of Mexico. It 1s beautifully situated at the head of a large lley at an aititude of 1626 fect above tne sea. Railroads run into the city. Itls quitea mercantile communmity. In toe immediate vicinity there are lead mines, milis for the reduction of ore, & woolen factory for the man. ufacture of woolens and underwear, a large brewery, and tne vicinity of the city is noted for its products of oleaginous seeds. It has & cathedral, colleges and seminaries, Catholic churckes, a Presbyterian church. well-paved streets and many houses of stone in the Moor- ish style ot architecture. The populatien is about 37, and the climate is said to be Meal'hy. It was first settied by the Spaniards in 1569 and was declared a metropolitan city in 1596. 1t is the entrepot for the transporta- tion of American goods from the Rio Grande 1o the inland States of Durango and Zacatecas. A number of Americans have established themselves in business in the city. PARAGRAPHS AEOUT PEOPLE. A boy born to Mr. and Mrs, Prescott during the ringing of the curfew at Topeka, Kau., the other evening, has been named Charles Curfew Prescott. Governor-elect Robert L. Taylor of Tennes- see is going to take the lecture platform again and give his musically interspersed lecture, “The Fool's Paradise.” Ruskin has spent in good deeds a fortune of more than $750,000, and his present income depends slmost wholly on the royalties of a recent popular edition of his works. More than thirty members of the Chicago bar are negroes. The first negro to be ad- mitted to the bar in the State of Illinois was Lioyd G. Wheeler, who was admitted in 1869. Kaiser Wilhelm is extending his idea of artistic collaboration. He is now said to be at work on e historical drama, which & young poet cf Wiesbaden will put into German verse for him, There are ten newspaper editors in the House of Commons, six_printers, four tailors, three stationers, two butchers, three hotel- keepers, six tenant farmers, one coal mer- ehant and one cab proprietor. Senator John Sherman once said of the news- psper reporter: “He is the grestest enigma of the nineteenth century. Iam interested in him always, respect him generally, and fear him sometimes. But I never cease to wonder at his resourcefulness in searching for news.” FRATERNITY’S BONDS. The Next Social by Precita Parlor—In- stullation of Native Daughters. Precita Parlor No. 87, Native Sons of the Solden West, will give a social in Mission Par- lor Hall on the evening of the 25th fnst. This parior is noted for its social functions, and this event will no doubt be the equal of any previ- ously given. Yosemite Parlor No. 24, Native Sons of the Golden West, and Veriias Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, were jointly installed in Pythian Castle, Merced, receutly. The newly electea officers of the Daughters were first installed by Miss Ryan, district deputy, assisted by Mrs. G. W. Powell, aciing &s graud marshal. The new officers are: Mrs. Stone, past_president; Miss Ma.aie A. Ryan, resident; Miss Carrie Atwood, Mi Tude Goidmen ‘and Mrs. Meenan, presidents; Miss Ursulla Ryan, recording secretary; Mis: Vinnie Philips, financial secretary; Mrs. A. Zisker, marshal; Miss Stelia Jacobs, Miss Mary Lugomarsino aud Mrs. Werfield, trustees; Miss Josie Lagomarsino, inside seutinel, and Miss Mary Garibaldi, outside sentinel. The Sons’ «flicers were installed by A. T. Hyde, who was assisted by John Tatham as | grand marsha. The officcrs are: W. H. Cook, past, president: D. G. B president; L H. Hoar, J. J. Grifiin Griffin, vice- presidents; George L. Crocke: ording sec- retary; F. Frankenberg, marsnal; T. F. Car- rigan, 'Josenh Goldman and Roy Vanden Huevel, trustees; Will Griffin, inside sentinel, and George Farrar,outside sentinel, The ceremonies were conducted in the pres- ence of & large number of the friends of both parlors, and afier the installations there were snort addresses and dancing and a banquet. Companions of the Forest. Loyal Circie No. 179, Companions of the Forest, branch of the A. O, F. Friendly Society, held an opea meeting last Monday evening in thelr hall in Foresters’ building. There were present a large number of tne iriends of tie members and all present enjoyed the pro- gramme that was presented. There was a piano recital by Mrs. Hocking, tambourine dance by Miss May Flower Biakiston, club. swinging, Miss Reta Maylott; recitation, Miss Clara' Hunter: flag_dance, Miss Teyphina Pritchard and Miss Mabel Dfiefer; violin soio, Miss Pheba Gibson, Miss Shur, accompsnist: skirt dance, Miss Dottle Baxter; vocal duet by the Monr brothers and s dialogue by Miss Tryphina Pritchard and Miss Mabol Pfieter, After the programme the hall was cleared of chairs and there was dancing unti) midnight. To-nixht a new circle, to be known as Lib. erty Circle, will be instituted by the grand oflicers, assisted by the staff ot Loyal Circle, in the Maccabee Temple on Mission sireet. Court Star ot the West. Court Star of the West, Ancient Order of Foresters, has appointed the following-named as & commitiee to arrange for & musical and Iterary entertainment and ball, to be given on Saturday, the 20th, in B. B. Hall, in cele: bration of the fourteenth anniversary of the institution of the court: George Nisbet, chain: man; F. J. Maguire, E: Stroameier, P, f1, Say. age, Dr.E'J. Evans, J. Treaminnick and & Crow. : The 0dd Fellows. Unity Encampment had a well attended meeting last night to watch the work in the patriarchal degree. To-morrow night Wildey Encampment will meet for the purpose of working in the patri- archal degree. The committee from Loyal Rebekah Lodge has completed 1is arrangements for the enter. lainment to be given on the evening of the 22d fust. One of the features of the- eyeniny ill bo “The Bogus Devil” in shadow panto- mime. Next Saturday eveming California Rebek Lodge will assemble in* Welcome Hali - oan Feliows' building, and give an old clothes fociel As the lodge has o largs circls of nd acquainiances, it is ox there will be a large attondaneg. Pooied that Sunset Council, Chosen Friends. The members of Sunset Council will not allow the anniversary of the birth of the Father Of his Country to pess without taking notice ofit. On the'evening of the 22d they will five aMartha Wasuington party in the Alcazar uilding. The committes of srrangements afl:xm‘:hfoml:;er(lhnhh.ud (;u'hunmc time, and make this one of t i iiesvecis e ne of the social events ———————— OLD SCORES WI H ALBION. York Daily. Without the assistance of France we should not have achieved our independence, and bui for the threatened intervention of Russia in 1861 England would have recognized the in. depence of the Southern Confederacy and #ided her with her army and navy in disrupt- ing the Unton. As it was, Great Britain, In furnishing and herboring the Confederste privateers, sue- ceeded in driving our very extensive copa. Bave nover even” approctanis Mok WO my Bering Sea, and robbed us whenever she wac afforded ‘an_opportunity. We have many scores to settle with her before we get ever. and it is only after equality has boon attained that we should consent to a treaty of arbi. tralon. Eetributive justice first, last end ali “QUR STATE MUST BE VNDICATED” Victoria’'s Message Paing the State Board of Trade. The Legislature to Be Asked to Puncture Colonization Schemes. Cemmittee Appointed to Wait on the Governor—President Filcher Indignant. The California State Boara of Trade i3 on its mettle, and Queen Victoria of the British Isles is the disturbing factor that entered into its deliberations and caused the whole trouble. Not that the Queen was regarded in an unworthy light, but some of her words put the great Goiden State in an uneny able position and strictly on the deien sive. Gentlemen with colonizing schemes to fleece tho unwary are the direct causes of the whole affair. The board met in regular session yester- day afternoon. President J. A. Filcher was there with a mind sadly troubled The words of England’s potentate bore beavily on him, and be intended to relieve the mental tension before that meeting adjourned. The first question of importance to come up was the consideration of a California exhibit at the Hamburg Exposition. 1t was decided that the board do all in its power to secure for this State a creditable exhibit. Then PresiGent Filcher rose to the occa- sion and made a speech. He was indig- nant and his words showed it. “Gentlemen,” he said, ‘“you will re- member that some time 'ago an English writer wrote a letter home warning his countrymen against the wildcat lana- grabbing and colonization schemes by which so many foreigners were duped in tbis State. ““Well, the matter was regarded ro seri- ously in England that the Queen took it up and referred to it in her last message 10 Partiament. This is something unpre- cedented in international affairs.” It can- not fail to injure the reputation of our State and prevent the investment of capi- tal with us. 3 “We might as well handle the thing without gloves. Itisa burning disgrace that such a condition of affairs exists, “Take the Holland colonization schems near Merced for example, After those men came here they had to blast the ground in order to plant anything. *‘The colonists were ruined. Their capi- tal went for naught, while twenty miles irom them was the fairest agricultural country on earth. “‘Some even committed suicide in their despair, and on that patch of desolate ter- ritory stand beautiful houses going to rack and ruin which will be sold for kind- ling wood—melancholy monuments to the perfidy of the unworthy schemers who sold alkali land to a class of desirable immigrants at high rates. “We must do something to clear the Stateof the taintattached 1o ber garments, Millions of dollars in_aavertising woald not induce any more Hollanders to come here and invest their capital. If (hings are permitted 1o run on none but the less desirable class of immigrants will come here at all.” The matter was discussed with spirit by all the directors and ended in a committee of five being_nppointed to wait upon the Governor. The commiitee is comnosed of W. H. Mills, J. S. Emery, J. A. F Icher, Colonel Craigie Sharpe and Mrs. E. Shields. 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