The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1897, Page 6

B THE SAN ¥FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1897 o e R CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Frea: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..§0.18 ALY, Oue year, by mal.... 6.00 3 . six months, by mail.. 3.00 pd Supday CarL, three months by mail 1.50 5d Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. 68 ne year, by mail.... . 150 W 23Xy CaLL, Obe year, by madl. . 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. g 5 Main—1868 'T'elephome.. BRANCH OFFICES: smery sieet, corner Clay; open umtll 527 Mont; +8:30 o'cloc] 359 Hayes street: open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. - SW. cormer Sixteench and Mission street nty 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 187 Ninth strect; open 9 o'cloek. 1305 Polk street: open until 8:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and 33, Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Enstera Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. FEBRUARY 27, 1897 During the week ending Sat- tirday last THE CALL published 4300 of advertisements, which is 4O inches more than was published by any other San Francisco newspaper during the same time. inches Get the Federal building started. San’ Francisco must work for her appro- priation. Make a strong puil all together and it awon't ‘nave to be a long pull. Cleveland threw us in the hole, but we can count on McKinley to help us oat. Work on our new building shonld begin with the work of the new administration. : will wish THE SUNDAY CALL to-mor- o you had better leave orders for it March 4 there will be first an im- mense sizh of relief and then a tumultn- ous; universal cheer. On The best way to get the incoming Secre- tary of the Treasury to satisfy our wants is to'inform him what they are. I debate on the Cuban very mear being a war in had better look out. The Senatori question came dance, and 8 Bt Cleveland was half baked when he entered office what is bis condition now sfter-all the roasting he has undergone? San Francisco has taken a back seat so far as Government work is concerned for a Igng time. Let us now move up to the front, It-looks now asif our Golden Gate Carni- val would be something to be proud of. It already shines on the horizon likea bright Jignt. Thére is to be no investigation by the State Senate of the coyote-scalp claims. 1t seems there are too many of them, and the.quor is not enticing. *.-We bez to remind the legislators that in addition to the people of the State whé Wwish aporopriations there are others, and the others sre taxpayers. The’ Turkish Government has been vir- tually. eliminated from the politics of Europe, but the Turk himself remains and may make trouble yet. The appropriations proposed by the Lgislature are in full accord with gen- but they could be pruned with an ithont hurting justice any. The fact that the Senate shoved an ap- propriation bill aside in order to discuss the Cuban question shows that this is not suck an economic age after all assome people think it is. The volicy of Salisbury to grant eu- tonamy to Crete, but compel her to re- main a part of tbe Turkish empire, is clearly designed to throw the patient into fits in order to cure her later on. As King George replies to the demands of the powers that he will not recall his troops from Crete, but having taken the sword will stay with it, it is evident he has either a secret backing or a very visi- blé backbone. Secretary Morton has found a friend at -last. The Florists’ Erchange approves his opposition to the free distribution of seed, The approval, however, seems to come not 80 much from a sympathetic spirit as from - a trade feeling. “I am opposed to wrong, violence and tyranny wherever they are exercised, and when tney are inflicted on an Ametican citizen Lwill stand up for him even if 1 have-to stand alone.” So spoke Senator Sherman in the Senate on Thursday, and so will act Secretary Skerman when he enters the State office. The suggestion of Mr. Irish that our delegation in Congress should work for an increase of the appropriation ‘avail- able for the beginning of the construction of the Federal building in this City is good one. As Mr. Irish says, the money has to come some time, and nothing is gained by issuing it in comparatively small sums. A number of experts have been exam- ined by a legislative committee in Massa- chusetts with regard to preventing danger from the use of water gas, and one and ali of them declared the best means would be to turn the gas off at the place where it_is made, and keep it turned off. The remedy, it is admitted, would be efficient, but somehow it is not regarded as satis- factory. Some of the leading papers in the East assert that the investigation of trusts now going on before the New York Legislature is not being made with any intention to et the facts, or to remedy the evil of such combinations, but to make a grand- stand play before the people and at the same time give the trusts a chance to make public a mass of testimony in their favor. That is the kind of treatment a reformer gets in the worid. Whoever makes a fight is always accused of mak- ing itin the wrong way. PUSHING THE WORK. * The movement undertaken by THE CALL to bring about a speedy beginning of the work of constructing the new Federal building 1n this City goes forward with com- mendable vigor. It has been promptly supported by the commercial and industrial assuciations of the City and has found favor with the people generally. Itisreason- able, therefore, to expect good resuiis. We may yet see the ground broken'and the work begun before the coming spring gives way to summer. One of the encouraging features of the situation is that there is no apparent obstacle of any magnitude in the way of success. From all thatcan be learned, it seems the delay in the construction of the building has been due solely to a deter- mination on the part of the present administration not to undertake it. This opinion, clearly stated by Congressman Maguire, is shared by every member of the California delegation at Washington. if this is so the obstacle which bas interposed in the Plst will be removed on March 4. We shall then have a new administration and a new method of doing public business. We have been balked by Cleveland, but we will be helped by McKinley. 1t will not do for us, however, to trust everything to the incoming administration. It must be borne in mind the newly appointed officials will'have a thousand things to claim their attention and in the rush of the new work they have undertaken the claims of San Francisco will in all probability be overlooked if tney are not persist- ently urgea by our Representatives in Congress. ‘We must, therefore, be diligent our- selves if we hope to attain an early beginning of the work on the new building. If we are indifferent others will be indifferent. There will be no decided movement in Washington until there has been aroused here a sufficient energy to set it going. 1In an interview published in Tge CALn yesterday, John P. Irish made a suzges- tion of prime importance to the issue in saying. The first thing that is necessary to the construction of the new building is for Congress to pass an act increasing the available approprintion. possible. As Mr. Irish says: 1t would be well to have this suggestion acted on as far as *Itis not a wise policy to start work on a building which is to cost several millions of do!lars with only a comparatively small sum of available money.” It it is possible for us to obtain the proposed appropriation, it would certainly be expedient to do so, and at any rate the advantage which would be derived from such an increased appropriation is worth working for, even if the effort to obtain it should be something of a forlorn hope. While we strive for the appropriation suggested by Mr. Irish, we should not, how- ever, overlook the fact that the chief point ati-sue is to get the work started. It is known that the new administration will be inclined to do everything in its power to promote an immediate revival of industrial activity in all parts of the country. Every official will be predisposed to a prompt beginning of every work of pablic im- provement for which there is any availabie money in the treasury. This fact will' be of great help to us in our efforts to attain the beginning of the work before spring is over. We ought to profit by this friendly disposition on the part of the incoming Government and urge our claims in such a way that they will be speedily attended to. The earnestness with which the commercial and inaustrial associations of this City bave entered into the movement to obtain the much-desired construction of the proposed building is in the highest degree commendable. potent aid to our delegation in Congress in achieving success. whole people of San Francisco, and do something more than speax. ‘Their activity will be a They speak for the They give actual aid and help to the movement and will be among the strongest influences in bringing about the result for which the people have so long waited. ‘With an administration favorable to our claims, with a Congressional delegation roused to new activity in urging them, with the commercial and industrial assoc tions of the City combined to work for them and with the whole people awakened to a new resolve to succeed, we may fairly look forward to a successful accomplishment of our desires. Let the agitation be ¥ept up and it will go hard with us if we do not see the ground broken and the work on the new building begun and fairly under way in a comparatively short time. " THE FARR ESTATE. It is about time that the was| ing of the dirty linen of the late James G. Fair should be completed and the soiled remnznt ot his estate removed from public view. From the time of the demise of that hard-headed and bard-banded member of the famous coterie of Bonanza millionaires until the present his wills, his heirs, his attorneys gnd the claimants of specific portions of his estate have engrossed the attention and clogged the calendars of the civil and criminal courts of San Francisco with a series of gy= mind. ons which have increasingly bewildered the public For more than two vears this absorption of our judiciaj system has continued and in the interest of less wealthy but more scrupulous litigants it should be allowed to continue no longer. The public have some rights in the premises which the squabbling claimants to the estate should be compelled to respect. It was spparently not enough that the Probate Court should have been made dur- ing the past two years the scene of a comic opera performance over the sue as to which really was the last will and testament of the dead millionaire, in the progress of which neither dramatic similies nor legal consistencies were observed by his attor- neys and heirs, and throughout which they were on this side and that of the question as their interests seemed to frem time to time be. the civil branch of to determine the the Superior issue as to the It was not enough that Court should have been invoked vaiidity of the Craven deeds. It was not even enough that month after month should pass in skirmishes prepara- tory to the civil trial, which when finally reached would apparently settle every one of the controversies which have arisen over the wills and deeds of Senator Fair. After all this exhausting of the time and patience of the civil tribunals and of the | public, whose business they should dispatch, and after the respective litigants with their numerous counsel have been drawn up in battle array, our criminal courts and processes are suddenly and strangely drawn into the controversy and in their turn become the clothes-line for the Fair estate, The Police Department of San Francisco, which for neariy two yea stood by the ringside an inactive witness of a variety of most peculiar legal antics on the part of the princ:pal aspirants for a parti- tion of the Fair miflions, was all at once aroused to the urgent necessity of its participa- tion therein. For the past several months its chief detective bureau has been devoted in the most active—not to say obsequious—service of the moneyed side of the litigation The recent indications are that not only the criminal department of the Superior Court but even the Grand Jury itself is to be involved in ‘inguiries which ought to have been t1ied and determined in the civil courts a year or mo: ago. t would seem to be uearly time for public patience to protest in this matter against the wastetul and unreasouable appropriation of its judicial system by the Fair estate. Itis now quite well understood that the civil case which directly puts in issue the genuineness of the Craven deeds and incidentally the pencil will is ready for trial, and it appears that the claimant and her counsel are only too anxious to proceed.. and Why not dispose of it concentrate there? the Way from its other and in fact more iinportant public busines whele drag case in a single court the Grand Jury away to the assislance of either side of the civil controversy? Why involve the detective service of 8an Francisco in this matter when it could be so much more proritably engaged (at least from a public voint of view) in seeking out the uncaught criminals of our City? Why clog the aiready congested calendars of our criminal courts with this or that phase of this matter when every phase of it is ready for trial in the civil departments? Why is it tbat the Fair estate and those expedients for delaying the very c affecting the ownership of property, while who which would speedily determine every issue represent it are outdoing Fabius in they are openly invoiving almost every other department of the local judicial system in issues which can only embarrass and prolong the litigation? The general public who have business with our courts and who pay taxes for their maintenance have some rights in the premises and are entitled to demand that a speedy end be put of their appropriation to tne seltish and tortuous purposes of those who are interested in the Fair estate. STATE AFPROPRIATIONS. The detai'ed report given in Tur CALL yesterday of the various amounts the Leg- islature may be called upon to appropri- ate for all purposes at this session serves to direct public attention once more to the danger of an excessive taxation for the next two fiscal yesrs. Accordingto this review the summary of proposed appro- priations is as follows: General appropriation bill 4,815,776 School fund.... 4,629,926 State University. . 480,000 Orphans ana haif orphans. Interest and sinking fund. 5 Deficiency claims ~favorably re- . 675,000 282,870 ported.. . ... 1,961,222 Reappropriated for Affilisted Col- leges. 125,000 Reappropriated " 1or impounding mining devris . 250,000 Coyote ciaims bill, in hands of\ Fi- nance Committee. .. 287,000 Bilis to be ndversely reported upon (estimated). ., Es'imated increase to propriation bill..... % Sacramento River dredger bili. 2,000,000 general ‘ap- Total... $16,006,794 As there is about $750,000 remaining in the treasury there wonld have to be raised by taxation if all these appropriations are adopted a sum in excess of §15,250,000. As the total assessed valnation of the vroperty of the State is estimated at $1,200,000,000 such appropriations would' entail an an- nual tax levy of 65 cents on the $100. This sum, it goes without saying, is larger than the peovle are willing to pay. It behooves the Legislature, therefore, to make active use of the pruning kuife on the provosed appropriation bilis and reduce them con- siderably below the figures given. There is every reason to believe the leaders of botn houses thoroughly under- stand the importance of economy at this time and will see to it that the desired re- ductions are made. It is said the tax levy bill will be the last measure acted upon by the Legislature and that members of tne Finance Committees are of the opinion appropriations may be so arranged that it will not be necessary to call for more than a50-cent levy. This report is encouraging, but the people snould not trust wholly to it. From every section of the State there should go up protests against the heavy appropriations proposed and & demand for strict economy. THE CAUSE OF OUBA. The committee appointed by Mayor Phelan to co-operate with similar com- mittees in other cities 1o advance the cause of Cuban independence is now fully organized and ready 1o begin its work, It is the intention of the committee to call a mass-meeting at an early date, in order to give expression to the sentiments of the people aud to muke manifest the iact that San Franeisco stands in this issue along- side her sister cities in supporting a cause which is truly American not only in geog- raphy but in principle. At the meeting of the committee last night there was displayed a spirit of earn- est devotion to the work. All who were Ppresent signified a willingness to actively aid the movement, and to give it every assistance in their power. There can be no doubt that a similar spirit exists among the people at large. San Francisco will not fall behina. the front rank of American communities in a movement of this kind, The voice of her people will be as clear as any that is uttered in any portion of the Union, and their help will be as vigorous and as promptly given. There can be no question of the timeli- ness of this movement. Events now oc- curring in Cuba direcily affect the people of the United States. The Senate finds the issue the most importantand the most urgent that confronts it. Party lines are obliterated. Republicans and Democrats vie with one another in devising means to compel the aaministration to take steps to protect Americans in Cuva from Spanish violence, and everything tends to show that thecrisis is one in which there should be a thorough unanimity among the people. ; Itis unnecessary to go over the situ Every citizen who takes an intelli- gent interest in the affairs of his gountry is aware of it. American citizens in Cuba have been 1insulted, plundered, impris- oned and in some cases murdered. An avathetic administration sits sullenly idle and permits these wrongs to go' unpun- ished and almost unrebuked. The Senate has called upon the executive in vain. As if to show his contempt of Congress and of the people the President refuses to take any action whatever to protect either the lives of his fellow-citizens in the hands of the Spaniards or to maintaiu the pres- tige of the Nation. It is time the voice of the people should make itself heard. It is time that elo- quent orators should come forth to ex- press the sentiments shared by all true Americans. It is tithe that in every city in the Union there should be mass-meet- ings. It is time that organized efforts should be put forward to uphold the right and crash the wrong. Tue cause of Cuba is the cause of Americs. No citizen should hesitate to supportit. No patriot should delay to uphold it. PERSONAL. C. H. Jorden of Pasadena is at the Lick. F. H. Robertson of Seattle is a late arrival here. §. Cleaver of Victorla, B. C,, isa late arrival here. Robert T. Devlin of Sacramento is at the Grand. Ex-Speaker Lynch of Cuco-Muugo, is & vis- itor here. George M. Noble, an attorney of Fresno, is at the Lick. Sheriff S. D, Ballou of San Luis Obispo1s at the Grand. H. F. Daugberg, & business man of Carson, is at the Russ. T. A. Bennett, & mining engineer of London, is in the City. W. F. Preston and Mrs. Preston of Sacra- mento are in town. W. E. Dunean J ville, s in the City Dr. C. W. Dunlop of Bellevue Hospital, New York, is at the Palace. Preston Davis, ex-Surveyor of Couuty, is at the Russ. A. A. Lawson, a mining man of Gold Hil, arrived here yesterday. A.W. Mason, s furniture manufscturer of Chicago, is at the Grand. H. Cartan, who is interested in smelting at Omahs, is at the Occidental, R. A. Thompson, editor of the Santa Rosa Democrat, is at the Occidental. Richard Witson of Wellace, Idaho, is at the Oceidental, accompanied by his wile. business man of Sacramento, is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. G. F. Hochstader of New York, accompanied by his wife and daughter, is in the City. William McJohn, who is connected with the Tribune of San Luis Obisvo, is at the Grand. Professor E. E. Holden;of the Lick Observa- tory was among the arrivals here yesterday. Captain and Mrs. Howe of Port Townsend arrived here yesterday, and ‘are at the Russ. P. L. F.anigen, a general-stdre owner and sheep-grower of Reno, Nev.; isat the Grand. Mrs. Wilson, wife of & prominent merchant of Los Angeles, is at the Cosmopolftan ‘Hotel. Miss Patterson, a wealthy lady of New York, is at the Palace, accompanied by a party of trienay 0. F. Spencer, who owns important mining interests at Iowa Hill, is on a visit here, and is at the Rass. Count Axel Wachmeister, son of Countess Wechmeister, will shortly seave for his former home in Stockholim. A. Wideman of Gonzales, one of the Super- visors of Monterey County, owner of a com- mercial business and a large amount of land, is at the Russ, E. B. Eason of Gazelle, owner of a store, hotel aud mining and cattle interests in part- nership with his brothers, is in the City. He 18 said to be one of the wealthiest men in that partof the country. J. A. Finch of Spokane, who was till recently one of the owners of the War Eagle Mine, Trail Creek District, British Columbis, who has recently sold his intetest, is at the Palace, accompanied by nis wife, C. B. Seeley, & millionaire of New York, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife: Recently on the eve of his marriage he was given a dinner by his brother Herbert Seeley, which has caused wide attention. One hundred and twenty Raymond and Whitcomb excursionists will arrive here to- dsy from various parts of New England and take quarters at the Palace Hotel. They will be in the City and vicinity about a week. This is the first excursion of the kind this year. , & mining man of Oro- Sonoma CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 26.—At the Wind- sor—F. L. Mann. Barret—L H. Ackerman. Murray Hili-A. H. Coyne. Grand.Union— D. Sanford. Cosmopolitan—F. A. Cornell. Ashisnd—J. F. Vaientine, THE DYING DAY. The trees stand brown against the gray, The shivering gray of field an i sxy: Tne mists wrapt round the dying duy The shroud poor days we ar s they die: Yoor day, die 80om, who lived in Who conid not biing my Love again Down in the garden breezs co'd Dead rasuing stuiks blow chill between. Only. above the sodden mold, ‘The wallflower wears his hearil=ss green As though suill reignid the rose-crowned year, And summer aud my Love were here. ‘The mists creep close ubout the house, mpty house, all & ili and chiil; The desolate ani tremb.ing boughs ratch at the dripping window-sili; Pcor day lies drowued in floods of rain, And ghosts knock at the window pane. —Pall Mall Gazette. REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR New ¥ ork Press. A love that gives everything gets a ot less back. A girl that can’t sing and will sing onght to be made not to sing. The fact that & man has no hairanud o teeth doesn’t necessarily prove that he knows as much s & buby. The world would be better off if women talked lss about their ows: husbands end more about other women’s. The smuddier men’s hat is after he has chased {* down the sireet belore & 1ot of peo- ple, the more ho tries to 100k annsed. A woman can get without money only when she's got brains; & man can got along without breins only waen he's got money. HYPNOT.ZING A GOVERNOR St. Panl Ploneer Pross. Two Detroit physicians have asserted posi- tively, £t a meeting of members of thelr pro- fession, that hypnotic influence was used upon Governor Rich of Michigan to preveat his signing a bili aftectiug medical practice two years ago. Atleastitisclaimed & noted hyp- notist went to Lansing, got his work in on the Governor and so the 1 failed to receive the executive nature. Here’s a hint for lobby- ists. A Lypuotist might be reiied upon To ot elbout muE el T e and the executive office simply by the power ©f suggestion. Tim Hussey, who discovered in the Cripple Creek distriet mines worth $1,000,000, died Dpeniless in the hospital of'the great gold camp last week, . NOW FOR A HOLIDAY TREAT. F. M. Close will delight the readers of THE SUNDAY CALL with another of his astronomical stories, and another m’su.a somewhat analogous to that of Dr. Close Will be the contribution of A. H. Babcock, By mr way, Dr. Close will have & word t0 say to certsin of his critics in the field of astron- omy. All this is very interesting. 3 J The Naturalist of Large and O'ive Heyden, each in her own peculiar way, will lead you into the country for a while, one 1o show you the beauties of California birds, the other the characteristics of tne miner and his brethren. You can learn all that is worth knowing about the latest inventions in locomotion lr:id power, both at home and abroad, and will be able to form an opinion as to tho relative ad- vantages of owning either an auto-car or 8 motor-bike by reading TIE SUNDAY CALL. = The discovery and deveiopment of brain power in the fingertips of the blind will be dilaje on by John Bonner. Marcella is on hand with modish instances and fashions up to date, and msny matters of significance to all concerned. A particularly pleasant story in THE SUNDAY CALL Will be the romance of two friends who parted at the close of orie of the great events of the war and met for the first time since ata dinnér given recently in San Francisco. Not the feast fnportant item in ourbill next Sunday will be an argument against femi- nine decadence, and which’ goes to prove ‘that nobility, refinement and heroiem are still iresh and strong in the women of the day: The children’s.page-and C. R.C. will be astrong feature of Txs SUNDAY CALL. A San Francisco story ot the late Iamented Eugene Field wiil be thoroughly enjoyed by every reader. . It is an entirely new picture of the favorite poet. The book page will contain a brilliant resume ot the literary successes of the aa; “The Bandit of the California Hilis” is a story that will be of particular interest to those who know anything about the “monkish-cowied” coyote. 1f you want the most reliable telegraphic and local news, the best editorial comment thereon and the best stories of science, art, literature, etc., then get THE SUNDAY CALL. OUR VICE-PRESIDENTS. Much is said about the coming inangura- tion of President McKinley, but very little about the inauguration of his associate on the presidential ticket, Garret A, Hobart, writes Major Handy in the Chicago Times-Herald. That is the luck of Vice-Presidents. It takesa man of real foree and ability to maintain him- self in the Vice-Presidency, and a man of Mr. Hobart's modesty is very apt io be lost in the shuffle even before the deal begins. Garret A. Hobart will be the twenty-fourth Vice-President of the United States. The list of is predecessors embraces more men of dis- tinction than the man who does not carry his American history in his head is apt to think. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Asron Burr, John C. Calhoun, Martin 'Van Buren, John C. Breckinridee, Chester A. Arthur aud Levi P. Morton were among best. Eight. or one-third of the whole number, haiied from New York. Messachu- setts has contributed three, Adans, Gerry and Wilson; Virginia two, Jefferson and Tyler; | Kentucky two, Johnson and Breckinridge; In- diana two, and South Carolina, Pennsyivan Alabama, ‘Maine, Tennessee and Iilinois one each. The New Yorkers besides Burr, Van Buren, Arthur and Morton, were Clinton, Fill- more, Thompkins and Wheeler. There have been sixty-three presidents pro tempore of the Senate, and it is a remarkuble fact that the grade of men who have filled this position in the last quarter of a century is even higher than it was in the earlier years of the Repub- lic. Wade, Carpenter, Thurman, Bayard, Davis, Edmunds, Sherman and Ingalls take rank in ability higher than aimostany of their predecessors. In many respects the most capable and ver- satile of Vice-Presidents was oue who after- ward fell from his high estate and is known to the public of the present day chitfly as a traitor, 1 mean, of course, Aaron Burr. When he last took the vicepresidential chair he had but recently incurred opprobrivm and was a fugitive from justice as the slayer of Alexander Hamilton. “The few months imme- diately before he took hii seat were pussed in higing, dodging a irial for murder. But he presided with 5o much grace, dignity and im- partiaiity that he commanded the admiration of the Senate, When he 100k his leave hs made a speech which Will ever live as a model, He moved his hearers 1o tears and was the recipient of a resolution of thanks, which was anything but perfunctory. It was said of him that he presided with the impariiaiity of an angel and tho rigor of dovil, Perhaps he might have regained his popularity before the peo- ple if he had after his retirement not entered iuto the Blennerhas-ett conspiracy, which was believed and pertly proved 1o bave in- volvea & plan for disunion and certuinly meant foreign couquest at the expense of the peace and good name of the United States. Thenceforward he was a_man without a coun- iry, and there is no story more pathetic than thet of his wanderings in Europe, making oceasional social conguests, but oitener cool- ing his heels in the ante.chambers of Toyalty, dogged by the police and subsisting on food that in other days he would have been ashamed to give his ‘negro servants, to whom he wasa model muster. X Calhoun was another great Vice-President, bt by no means the equal of Burr in fitness far that particular position.- He resigned the office to take a senatarship. He never nified the Vice-Presidentinl office, and with all nbis pride and mien seemed (o consider the Vice-President ss the representative of the Federal authority ot less importance than the individual Senator who was the accredited representative of a sovereign State. When on the floor ax Senator he never addressed the presiding officer, but the Senators themselves. His form of address was “*Senators,”” instead of the customary “Mr. President”; bis manner in the chair was a perfect combination of dig- nity and deference. John C. Breckinridge was an interesting figure in the chair. He was the personifica- son,of courtesy. Chesier A. ATthur was a man of very much the same pattern, and his 100 short occupancy of the chair prepared the country for'the courty dignity which char- acterized him in the White Hous:, The best parlinmentarian ever in the Vice-Presidential cuair was Schuyicr Colfax. Most of the V ce-Presidents have been troubled throughout their terms by the buz- zing of the Presidential bee, and there is alweys a disposition among opponents of the administration to flatter & Vice-President by ministering to his ambition. The Fresidents have too often yielded to the weakness of treating thie officer as an heir-apparent whose very exisience is an unweicome reminder of tne” possibilities of succession. There was none of this feelimg beiween Hrrrison and Morton, but there has been a good deal be- tween Cleveland and Hendricks and Cleveland and Stevenson. One or two Presidents have invited the Vice-President to sit with them in Cabinet conucll, but, exceptin the case o Van Buren, the praciice was not attended with any pleasant or beneficial result the NEWSPAPER PL .ASANTRY “Talk about unreasonable people,” said the real estate agent, “that man wants me to rent bis farm to somebody who has had experi- ence.” s ““What's unreasonable about that?” “The idea of anybody who has had experi- ence with a farm wanting to live on one.”— Washington Star. Millie—Dicky Doolittle seems such an empty fellow. Wiltie—You wouldn’t have thought o if you had seen him last night.—Pick-Me-Up. “That was & queer story about a man in Minnesota being treed by wolves while on lus way to be married,” said tne shoe clerk boarder. % “Most remarkable exhibition of animalin- telligence I know of,” said the cheerful idio:. ‘Anfmal intelligence?" “Yes; they must have realized how tender he would be at that time.”—Iadianapolis Journal. Visitor—I'm grieved to learn of your mis- tress’ liness. Nothing serious—no great cause for alarm, I trust? The New French Maid—No, monsieur, noz- zing beeg, nozzing grande. Something what you call leetle, petite. What zey eall ze leetle —small—small—smallpox.—Tit-Bits. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Swan of Scranton, the only woman in Pennsylvania who has ever served as a mem- ber of & poor board, has resigned from the lo- cal board. She was knowu as “‘the best man on the board.” The Mayor of Beltimore, tu vetoing a high- hat ordinance, savs & City Council has as muca right to require women to wear bloom- ers or baid-headed men o Wear Wigs as 10 in- terfere with big hats. At the head of Germany’slanded aristocracy stands Prince Witigenstein. He owns 3,000,- 000 gcres. Fourteen other titled landiords own between them 6,000,000 acres. One of the fourteen, Prince Talley:and-fagas, is & eitizen of France. The Quesn of Portugel perseveres in her medical vocation. She goes regularly to the Qispensary for children that she founded. On arriving she dons a nurse's uniform and pro- ceeds to work. The managers are the Daugh- ters of St. Catherine of Siena. General “Jo” Shelby left a most interesting collection of relics of the Confederacy. Oue of his prized possessions was a daguerrcotype of three boys-Shelby himself, Frauk Blair and B. Gratz Brown. 1t is recalled that Shelby's mother was both rich and generous, and when she sent her son to school in Philadelphia she sent the other boys, who were poor, along with him. i FRATERNAL NEWS. What Has Been Dous by the Membors ¢ of the National Unjon—The Woodmen. The following named have been installed as officers of San Francisco Council by J. E. Field, president of the cabinet: President, D. J. Curran; ex-president, E. A. Holmes; vice- president, W. B. Bowen; speaker, R. F. Mc- Ginniss; secretary, C. H. brodenstein; finan- cial secretary and treasurer, C. H. Blinn; chaplain, George Humphrey; usher, E. H. Hill; sergeant-at-arms, J. E. Pomeroy; door- xeeper, E. Murphy; trustees—E. H. Hills, Dr. A. H. Millbery and J. C. Kerr. Dr. A. H. Millberry, E. H. Hills and D. J. Curran_were chosen as delegates to the cab- inet. During the evening the council re- ceived a visit from officers of the cabinet and listened to instructive addresses by the visitors ana the new president. Last Tuesday night Goiden Gate Councll re- ceived one appiication, aund after routine business there was an_informal smoker, short addresses and music by the organist. Pacific Council expects a arge attendance at its next meeting, as on that vccasion will be discussed & proposition to make dues payable monthly instead of quarteriy. ‘Woodmen of the World. At its meeting on last Monday Golden Gate Camp No. 64 received five spplications and initiated one candidate into the mysteries of Woodcrait. There wasa large attendance and afier the business of the camp was over an houror g0 was spent in listening to music, song and recitation. Next Monday night this camp will gives log-rolling and eutertainment in the Native Sons’ building on which occasion Head Consul F. A. Falkenverg will pay an oflicial visitand deiiver an interesting adaress on the subject of “Wooderait.” Toe head consul is a most entertaining talker on fraternal matters. An excelleat programme nas beeo prepured and the prospects for an evening of instructive pleasure “arc of the best. There have been issued 2000 invitatlons 10 aitend this event. For thai ev:ning a special dispensation has been granted to enable the éamp 10 Teceive ap- lications for admission at reduced rates, und tis expected that this will prove an induce- ment to many to joi Improved Order of Red Men. Under the auspices of the Improved Order of Red Men Professor Thomss J. Polley of Stan- ford University will, on the evening of March 24, deliver & lecture'in Metropolitan Hall on the “Aborigines of the American Continent.” The proceeds of the lecture will be donated to the boulevara fund for tne relief of the unem- ployed. The Oid Friends. The next reunion of the Society of Ola Friends will be held at the Chutes on March 14. The commitiee of arrangements 1s prepar- ing a first-class programme of enfertainment, and one of the features of the day will be & barbecue. More than 4000 invitations will be seat out by the commitiee on invitation. PRESS CLUB SMOKER, Valuable Pictures and Rare Papers and Books Among the Curlosities of the +o0oms. One of the semi-occasional smokers which have usually proved so entertaining at the Press Club to all who have at- tended is to be given to-night. The in tation which has been sent to the mem- bers is brief and is as follows: “An informal smoker will be held at the clubrooms on the evening of Saturday, February 27. You are cordially invited to attend. Pipes, tobacco, music and a good time.” This will be the first entertainment since the Yuletide jinks, which was at- tended by almost a packed throng, and which was enjoyed by everybody. Un- like the jinks, however, there will be no programme. - Things will work out only as they happen. The club continues to be very popular. A number of works of art have lately been added to the rooms. W. A. Coulter, the widely known artist, who greatly ex- cels in marine work, has contributed a large and handsome picture in pen and ink representing a jury-rigged huik, tossed hither and thither in the desolate ocean. The picture is called *“The Last Watch.” It is considered a very fine thing. An- other picture by George E. Lynn is a pen and ink sketch of Julia Marlowe Tabor, the noted actress. It likewlise is consid- ered one of Lynu’s best. Besides these James M. Hamilton has contributed a pen and ink picture of himseif in Scotch High- :_n;u‘b costume by Joe Strong. It is well iked. Besides these there are some curiosities in journalism. One isa copy of tbe first issue of the Bo-ton Transcriptof July 4, 1830. It was handsomely framed aad pre- sented to the ctub by Cnarles F. Hanlon Another rare thing is a copy of the Lon. don Times of June 22, 1815, containing the account of the defeat of Napoleon by Wellington. It was contributed by Colonel H. Trevellyan of Fresno, one of the heroes who fought in the famous charge at Balaklava. Quite a number of valuable books nave also been recently added to the rooms. The smoker, it is be- lieved, will be well attended. ————— THE LABOR COUNOIL It Roundly Denounces the Recent La- bor Law Convention. The regular meeting of the San Fran- cisco Labor Council was held last evening, and Secretary Rosenberg, who was one of the committee of arrangements of the Cal ifornia Labor Law Convention, explained why he had withdrawn from the commit- tee. He said that he could not indorse the resolutions prepared to bs presented to the meeting that was held recently in Metropolitan Hall. He said that they were misleading and did not state the facts relating to the labor law legislation at Sacramento. Rather than place the council in a ridiculous position vy appar- ently indorsing the same by passively let- ting them go through he withdrew. Delegate McArthur was another repre- sentative of the council who withdrew from the convention for the same reason. He said that the convention wasa “howl- ing suceess,” o taras noise was con- cerned, but ‘he wounld not speak on that platform advertised, knowing as he did in advance what the chairman of the convention was going to say, He de- clared thiat the chairman (J. W. Rose), by his assertions, put the laboring classes in 8 most ridiculous position by making many statements that were wholly fals These statements referred to strikes, lock- outs, etc., as failures, and labor unions also as ures. The action of the com- mitteemen in drawing out of tue conven- tion was indorsed. A resolution—mentioned elsewhere in these columns—was pessed urging the eariy commencement of work on the new Postoffice. The delegates from the Theatrical Em- loyes’ and Musicians' unions complzined Piar it management of the Bush-street Theat ris aboul to open with non-union emploves, The matter was referred to the executive commitcee of the council with power to a TO RENEW PLEDGES. The League of the Cross to Gather in the Cathedral To- Morrow. There was an important meeting of the executive committee of the League of the Cros« last evening at the headquarters, 1327 Market street. Tue object of the meeting was to per- fect arrangements for the celebration which the leagne will hold to-morrow. This will be the annual renewal of pledges for all the members, It will take place in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Van Ness avenue, at o'clock. 2 It is expected that there will be 7000 members present on the oceasion. Every boy who has joined the league is expected to'bs present to renew his pledges. The various branches will assemble and march to the cathedral in a body, escorted by the cadet company of each parish. The ceremonies in the cathearal will be special prayers and the singing of hymns by the audience. Archbishop Riordan will deliver the sermon and administer the pledge of temperance. After the church ceiebration the regiment of the League of the Cross Cadets will passin review on Van Ness avenue. i 5 The executive commiltee last night is- sued the following orders relative to the hours of assembly for each branch: The suvordinate branches of the League of the Cross will leave their re- spective headquarters at ths hours men- tioned below, s0 as to arrive at St. Mary’s Cathedral in due time for the exercises: St. Peter's Branch and Company I, L. C. C., 1 o'clock; St. Paul's senor and junior branciics ana Company K, L. C. C., 12:50 o’clock; St. James Branch and Company E, L. C. ( o'eloe! Mission Dolores Branch and C pany L. L.C. C.. 1 o’clock; St. Charles Branch and Compan: L.C.C., 1 o'clock; Youths’ Directory Branch, ; St Joseph's Branch, 1:15 o'clock; All Hallows' Branch 1 o'clock; St Teresa’s Branc! k St. Rose’s Branch, 1 o’'clock; St dan’s Branch and 'Company H. L.C, o’clock; St. Patrick’s Branch, 1: Mary's ' (Paulists), 1:15_o’cloc] Branch and Compauy M, L. C. 8. Brigid’s Branch and Companv G. 1:30 o'¢lock; Holy Cross Branch, Sacred Heart Branch and Company D, L. C. C., 1:15 o'clock; St. Mary’s Cathedral Branch and Company A, L. C. C., 1:30 o'clock. The branches located outside of San Francisco are instructed to leave in suf- ficlent time to arrive at the catbedral at 2 o’clock. . LAKE TAHOE RAILOAD. Inception of u Lino ¥From Truckes to the Mountain Lake. Articles of incorporation of the Truckee and Lake Tanoe Railroad Company have been filed in the office of County Clerk Curry. The incorporators are well-known capi- talists, who for years have been :dentified with the material interests of the Lake Tahoe region. They are: D. L. Bliss, W. D. Tobey, M. L. Requa, W. S. Bliss, W. 8. Wood and I. L. Requa. The purpose of the company is to con- struct a standard-gauge railroad froni Truck e, in this State, toa point on the northern shore of Lake Tahoe, at or near the place called Tahoe City. The esti- mated lengtn of the proposed road is sey- enteen miles, The capital stock is fixad at $200,000. of which amount $20,000 has been actually subscribed. -~ Improvement of Sixth Street. In accordance with the request of the Sixth- street Improvement Club to have the Mer- chents’ Association lend its assistance in securing better railway facilities on that thorou ghiare, President Dohrmann, Vice President Baldwin and Secretary Freud of the association joined a committee of the club in & ‘conforence upon the subject at Manager Vining’s office yesterday morning. The mem- bers of the committee from the Sixth-street Improvement Club consisted of Messrs. Merle, Elsback, Farrell, Israel and Wolr. The entire question was fully aiscussed, and it was de- cided that another conference would be held shortly, when some definite plan will be sub- mitted 'and considered for the improvement of the railway service upon that street. Al ey CALIFORNTA glace fruit 50c a pound, in fire- etched boxes. Towusend’s, Palace Hotel bldg.* chdeiniiie sl EPECIAL information daily 1o manufsctursry, business houses and public men by the Pras Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * prbomeih b e Mrs. Mary Snreve Goodlos Ransom, Ken- tucky’s millonaire woman, has rented a store- room in Louisville, where she will open a souphouse for the benefit of the poor. Mrs. Ransom had many bets on the recent eiec- tious, botn National and State, and was for- tunate enough to win them all, netting her several thousand dollars. This money, it was announced when the bets were made, was to be used for charitable purposes. Excursion Eates to Washington. For the beneflt of ihose desiring i0 witness the Inauguration of ihe next President of the United States the Eaittmore and Ohio Kailrosd will sell excursion tickets at ove fare for the round trip from ail points on its lnes in Obio, Indisns and Ilinols. Tickets will be sola March 1, 2 and 3, valid for return until March 8 Similar tickets via B. and O. R. R. wil be sold by all the railroads throughout the West. In addition to being the shortest and most direct line to Washington the B. and O, passes through a region of greater scenic. magnificence and historic interest than any in all America. Passengers also have the option of cr: eing via Akron and Pittsburg or via Bellaire and Grafton either going or returzing. The through trains of the B. and O. are vestibuled throughout, equipped with Pullman sleepers and the dining- car service is unsurpassed. Information in detail will be checrfully furaished upon application by L. S Alien, assistant general passenser ageut, B, and O, R, R,, Grand Central stazion, Chicago. e “The Overland Limited'’—Only Three and a Half Days to Chicago. ‘The Union Pascific is the only line rucning Puil- man dontle drawing-room and tourist sleepers and dining-cars, €an Francisco to Chicago daily without change. Buffet, smoxing and library cars. Ogden to Chicazo. Tickets and sieeping-car reaer vations at 1 Montgomery st. D. W. Hiicheoos, General Agent, San Francisco. Sme Fomr relieving THEOAT DISEASES, COUGHS AND HOARSENESS, use “Brown's Bronchial Troches,” Soldonly in boxes. Avoid imitations. — . THERE can bs no doubt that a timely use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral would prevent many serions throat and lung troubles. ———— Nansen's long-awaited ‘‘Farthest North” was set down for publication in London on Febru- ary 9. It is dedicated to his wife in these terms: “To her who christened the ship and had courage to wait.” The sauthor is said to De s0 good at driving a bargain that the jest- mg name Fi-Nansen has been invented for m. NEW TO-DAY. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavenin, 8t healthfulness. Assures the 1o0d agalnet e ong all forms of adulieration common 1o the cheap ands. ‘BOYAL BAKING POWDES Co. New Yotk