The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1897, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1897 WORK EXPECTED 10 START TO-DAY At Least Fifty Men Will Commence on the Boulevard. Lists of the Men Engaged Will Be Day to Day. Unemployed Appoint a Committee to Consider Articles of Incor- poration. A consignment of picks, shovels and barrows, with a load of lumber, was de- livered upon the line of the Seventh- avenue boulevard yesterday afternoon. Superintendent Thomas Eagen and his as- sistant were on the ground making prepa- rations to start with about thirty men this morning, Work will be commenced ata point on Corbest road, at the southwest corner of the Almshouse tract, and will be con- | tinued southwest toward the Ingleside road. The section between that point and the park will not be touched for the present. This line of operation is deemed advis- able in consequence of there being a road- way between those two points, whereas on the stretch over which the new road is about to extend, there is no opening at present. By to-morrow morning it is expected that as many as a hundred men will find employment. This is but a fraction of the number who have registered asin need of work, some 1350 having placed their names on the committee’s books. A list of those required to report for tickets admitting them to work on the boulevard will be published in morn- ing papers from aay to day, and it is ex- pected that the fortunate onmes whose nemes so appear will lose no time in mak- ing application at the bureau on Leides- dorff street. I'ne committee is more than ever deter- ined to exclade the unworthy from par- tion in the boulevard work, and Dpiication is being carefully inves- tigated by the Salvation Army, the As- sociated Charities and the police. As a result of this over a hundred names have been rejecied. Some of the applicants gave false names and addresses; claimed to have wives and families, which on inquiry proved to exist nowhege save in the fevered imagination of the app cant, and probably bot even there; oliers again were altogether too well known to the police. The applicants, whose names are ap- pended, will be put to work to-morrow on procuring tickets from the bareau to- day Thomas Lyous, Pat Moore, H. Wood, weeney, Joseph eston, Schlifga, W. H. Fazan, W. Magill, John Hughes, George N C. P. 8. Gage, John O’Keily, William Ramsey, Joseph Adelsdorier, Jawes , James H. Garratt, John O. Welter, Charles Ander- M. O'Brien, J. Hamiiton, W. L. Leonard, J. O'Day, Pat Aibert Walion, J. Corcoran, John Dineen, Micuael Foley, Alex Lumsden, Patrick Byrne, George McMort, J. Richard, Hepry Huttman, Willlam A. Biood, Wil Rull, James Feeney, Charles Hurst, H. Van Buren, Daniel Bresnahau, Patrick Danneroy Thomas Fogarty, J. McCarthy, T. T. O'sulli: van, Joun Carr, . Reilly, Charies H. Page, F. Johnston, Alfred Colin, George Uniak, E. F. Eliwenger, John Sullivan, - Henry Cresswel uis Jacobs, Fred Finck, Lucian Millot, Alex McSorley, Alfred Schil- linger, J. Schopplein, Henry Deussen, John Adams, Joseph _Fairbanks, William Ryaa, George Sweeney, Willism Bird, Arnott Claud Snapp, William Fitzgerald, George Hoff, Edgar Hutchinson, Joseph Berrett, Louis scneek. Nelson Stivés, H. Lang. Thomas Coupe, L. Nel- #on, John Dowling, Pansc F. Edwards, Franeis O'Reilly, Chasles Frederickson, Jacob Pollice, Thomas Daver, Daniel Murphy, Bernard Mc: Cabe, Josepk: Schnoebel. At last night's meeting of the unem- ployed at the armory a draft of the hrti- cles of incorporation prepared by 7. Rogers was presented and discussed and a committee selected to examine it more fully and repori thereon this evening. The general sentiment of the meeting seemed decidediy in favor of the pro- posal. A member of the organization named Oliver was elected vice-chairman in place of Davies, resigned. In response to a call for a speech he ex- pregsed himsel! as i favor of the proposed scheme of incorporation, and of anything that would tend to a more complete con- solidation of the forces of the unemployed. He urged that the idle masses, not only here, but all over the United Slates, should present a brave front and demand their rights. In San Francisco more par- ticularly he advised his colleagues to in- vade the fashionable quarters and bring home the extent and depth of the present destitution to the minds of the wealthy. | Published Frem | others | ed by Chairman Leffingwell. Thisshowed a sum of about $40 unaccounted for. The | holders of these tickets were appealed to | for an explanation and_in some instances confessed that ‘*‘potations pottle deep’’ were responsible for the shortage and another ingenious gentleman informed the meeting that the money had slipped through a hole in his pocket. The organ- | ization forebore to increase the.embar- rassment of the culprits and generously exonerated them from blame. Chairman Leffingwell stated that owing to the absence of the manager of the mines, with whom he is negotiating to obtain employment for a large number of men, nothing further could be done at the moment. The funds in the treasury now amount to $242, Six dollars was given to the fund by the teachers of the Columbia Grammar School of this City. ! from the Auditorium benefit was present- TMirs. Hagan Sick. | Mrs. Mollie Hagan, who stabbed her hus- band, John Hagan, recently, and has been in the City Prison since the stabbing, was taken to the Receiving Hospital last night, suffering from congestion of the lungs. Dr. Fitzeibbon says she is in a high fever and is in the first stage of pneumonia. (WILL CHRISTEN THE SHIP | Miss Lucie Brows, a Wheeling B:lle, Comes to Name a New Gunboat. | AN-wspaper Correspondent Suggested the Name ‘ Wheeling ” and Is Here to Report. | TR | Miss Brown, Miss Lucie S. Brown and | Miss Marton Brown, young society women of Wheeling, W. Va., who have been visit- ing in Southern California for several months past, arrived at the Palace Hotel yesterday and will participate on Thurs- day noon in the launching at the Union lron Works of the United States war vessel Wheeling. Miss Lucie 8. Brown will christen the vessel by breaking the customary cham- pagne bottle over her bow as she glides into the bay at high tide. The Mayor of W heeling -elected the young lady for the pleasant duty and notified her by tele- graph. g 2 Upon the same occasion the Marietta, named after Marietta, Ohi will be launched at the Union Iron Woi Necley, who wlil beone of the representatives of the city of Wheeling at the launching of the two gunuoats, Wheeling and Marietta, has arrived here from Wash D, C., and is staying at the Ocei- i1l report the Iaunching for the ng Eveniug News, of which he is the reprosentaiive at the Nitjoual capital. He has come to San Francisto to attend the launching, not only for his paper and for the city, but because he has a_peculiar interest in the occasion waich will mark the advent of the vessel as o partof the United States navy. It was due principally to the efforts of Mr. McNeely that the gunbost was named aiter Wheeling, the metropoiis of the State of West Virginia. He siarted the movement in his Washington correspondence and it was through his writ- ugs that various |West Virginians of promi- nence became interesied in the matter. He se- | cured the co-operation of the City Council and other official bodies in Wheeling and tnus ob- tained aid and support for the movement which ne undertook alone. He also soiicited the help oi West Virginia Senators and mem- bers of Congress and had them each file a strong_indorsement of the request that the name Wheeling be selected. Hon. William L. Wilson, late Postmaster-General, 1s & disti guished West Virginian and he became inter- | ested in the proposition through the work of | The young newspaper correspondent, and al- | thougn there were as many as two dozen cides | asking for the honor itis seid that Wheeling | Tmade the strongest snowing of them all. This | 18 the first time & newspaper correspondent at | | Washington has been successful in having a Unitea States war vessel named. When seen by a representative of THE CALL Mr. McNeely sai “The peopie of Wheelingare very much elated over the success they have achieved and al- though it 1s now over four months since the vessel was named their enthusiasm bas not been abated one whit. They ail regret that it is not possible for them to be present, as this launching is an event in which they are much interested. But they intend to send a committee of ten Councilmen ‘o San Francisco ‘whenever the boat is ready for commissioning and at that ime they wiil turn over to the ship’s officers the testimonial the city has prepared. This wil! be composed of punch bowl and & set of glass and china ware nade in the Wheeling factories and modeleu fier the latest design. In 1880 the popula- tlon of Wheeling was 30,737 and in 1890 it was 34,522. Since the last census there has been s proportionate increase. Wheeling is one of the chief cities of the Obio Valley. “Itis known for its manufacturing Industries long ago earned the sobriguet of the il City’ s & result of its undixputed claim 10 be the possessor of the most extensive nail- shops in the world. The eity is also celebrated for 1ts pottery, its china and glassware, but these are the chief and not the only industries it maintains. It has extensive iron and steel rolling-mills and a number of large toacco factories. Another important manufacture which is rapidly being extended {s the making of sueet metal ceiling and roofing. This fancy-designed, fireproof ceiling which is so popular to-day had its first growth within the gates of Wheeling, and in that city it is recog- nized a8 certain to gain in importance. Many other smaller but none the iess valuable ma ufactures are engaged in to an extent that makes the Nail City & decided rival of Pitts- burg and other cities on the Ohio River.” ————————— Baggage Transferred to Trains and Steamers. . Also moved in the City. MORTON SPECIAL DELIVERY, Earlier in the evening & general report | 408 Taylor atreet and 650 Market street, * \ = > 3 e Where the Unemployed Will Begin Work on the New : Boulevard. ET—— YOUNG CADETS AT CAMP DUBOCE The Students of the Lowell High School Trying Military Life. Finding Out by Personal Experi- ence What It Is to B2 Real Soldiers. An Attack by Pinole Indians acd a Repulse—There Will Be a Shim Battle To-Morrow. “Camp Duboce” is the name over the entrance to a pretty little spot in Niles Canyon, Alameda County, on the north bank of the San Lorenzo, on which the Lowell High School cadets, attached to the First Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade, have been in camp since last Sat- urday and where the corps will remain until Thursday or Friday next. The camp isin a most delightful loca- tion, environed by some of nature’s grandest scenery and well shaded by old oak trees. The tents, twenty-five in number, are pitched in two parallel lines that front on a street that has been named Lowell, after the school in which the cadets are pupils. A color line has been established and at the western end are the quarters of the corporal of the guard, while at the other end are the commis- sary’s quarters. Facing the western end of Lowell street is the tent assigned to First Lieutenant Marcus 8. Harloe of the regimental staff, battalion adjutant of the first battalion, wo 1s acting as instructor and advisory officer in pluce of Major H. T. Sime, who was prevented from at- tending to the funotions assigned him by reason of illness in his family. Company orders are that on crossing the color line all persons must salute the flags, civilians as well as members of the corps, and if civiliams neglect to do so after be- ing notified by the sentry they will be escorted off the gronnds by the corporal’s guard. Captain L. E. Edwards, who is in com- mand and is an enthuseiast in all matters appertaining to the National Guard, ex- pressed a determination before going into camp that the members of his company should have a week of strict military life, not one of pleasure merely, but a week in which they would learp some of the stern realities of a soldier's life. With that idea in view he is following the rules laia down by United States officers for the government of military camps. In the tents there are comfortable bedding of first-class hay, warm blankets and all that is requisite for camp life, but no luxuries or jimcracks, such as have been seen in the ients of adult members of the guard at other camps. There is a military routine daily. Yes- terday there was the following 6 A. ., reveille; 6:15, rolleall; 6:30, inspec- tion of tents; 6:45, mess; 7:45, dri! , recall and guard mount; 12 M., mess; 4:30 dress ; 6, mess; 7, retreat; 9:30, att00: 10, The officers of the camp are Caprain L. E. Edwards, commander; Lieutenant George 8. Lipman, ofticer of the day; First Sergeant Evans, adjutant, and Sergeant Cowley, sergeant-major. There will also be extended order drills, skirmish drills, and all that is calculated 10 impress on the minds of the cadets what soldiers must know. The young men have shown a willingness to perform all their duties with military exactitude, and up to 4 o'clock yesterdav there had not been a violation thct called for punishment by detention in the guardhouse. On Saturday the cadets went by boat and train as far as Haywards and from there marched to the camp site, distant about eleven miles by the road. They started at 10:40 A, M. and reached their destination at 3 in the afternoon, resting on the way 45 minutes for lunch, and tak- ing two other rests of 15 minutes each. ‘They covered the distance at the rate of four miles an hour, route step, which is haif a mile better than the time of regu- lars. Lieutenant Harloe, who accom- panied them, said that he expected to see several of the cadets drop by the wayside, but they grittily stuck it out and when they caught sight of camp they tried to give three cheers, but it was oniy a feeble effort, they were too tired. Atter a few hours’ rest and a good, plain, substantial dinner they felt “as good as new.”’ On Sunday nearly all the cadets went to Niies to attend church service, ard in the afternoon they -were visited by nearly everybody in Niles. The Postmaster of that place and others, who are members of a football team there, suggested a game of football. The cadets, who averaged 130 pounds each, made up a team which con- tested with the Nileites, who averaged 185 pounds each. Although there was no touchdown, the ball at the close of the game was twenty feet on the cadets’ terri- tory. After the game the belles of Niles and the young boys in bine had a dance in the picnic pavilion, music being furnished by three harmonicas. During the evening the camp was visited by a band of Indians from Pinoie, and the cadets feared that they had come to carry away the contents of the com- missary tent. Consequently a call was made for volunteer guards, and every member of the compeny answered “Ready!” to defend—their rations. The Indians came within the color line, and tie cadets, taking them for the enemy, charged on them and drove them down the road. While this was being done three cadets, wishing to test how much sand their companions had, nid them- selves in the brush and suddenly gave an Indian yell. All of the guard stood man- fully at their posts on t..e defensive ex- cept one, who, when he heard the yells, | dropped his musket and commenced to cry. When asked if he was afraid he answered that he was not, but that he had eaten a green apple and it had given him a colic. His fellow-cadets take no stock in the apple story and insist that he was suffering from Indian scare. Henry Auerbach, whois known as the comedian of the company, tried to go by the guard on Sunday night, but it wasa signal failure, and now he shows a bayo- net hole in one of his pantaloon legs to substantiate his assertion that the guard was attending strictly to business. During the afternoon of Sunday the camp was visited by Lieutenant-Colonel Duboce, who has taken a great deal of interest in the cadet company. He made a number of suggestions about camp life and work which will be ol beneiit to the young soldiers. The cadets have been provided with 500 | rounds of blank cartridges and to-morrow they will have a sham battle, and as camp | will be open to visitors they expect to have many at Camp Duboce to see them maneuver and present field movements. THEY WERE NOT ENJOINED Gibbs and Groom Still Retain the Lease to Mechanics’ Pavilion. Cycle Race Meet Will Be Held D:- spite Velodrome Management Protestations. Sporting men, club men and racing men who went to the City Hall yesterday morning to witness the battleatlaw sched- uled to take place between the Velodrome management and the BSan Francisco Amusement Association met with disap- pointment. It was reported that the Vel- odrome Company, through its attofney, Thomas D. Riordan, would file three suits against Gibbs and Groom of the San Fran- cisco Amusement Association. The first was to be for an injunction against R. M. Welch of-the League of American Wheelmen to enjoin him from issuing to the San Francisco Association sanction to hold an indoor cycle meet. The second was to enjoin the Mechanics’ Institute from leasing the Pavilion to the company, and the third was to be directed against Gibbs and Groom. No suits were filed, however, or at least Gibbs and Groom are unaware of any if any have been filed and are confident that the wrath that consumes the Velodrome people will never be cooled by judicial wisdom, The Velodrome people allege that Gibbs and Groom, who are stockholders in the Velodrome, are guilty of fraud in securing the lease of the pavilion and the sanction to open the meet. They claim Gibbs and Groom were acting as agents for the Velodrome management and are much incensed at the alleged treachery. They say they will ask the court to ap- point a receiver to take charge of the business and see that the emoluments are placed where they properly belong. D. G. Snafer, who is managing the coming meet for Gibbs and Groom, who constitate the San Francisco Amuse- ment Aesociation, says that the admirers of cycling can rest assured that, notwith- standing reports to the contrary, the in- door meet will open on the 20th inst., and under the management of the San Fran- cisco Amusement Association. “The Velodrome management is simply throwing mud, spreading wet blankels and endeavoring 10 throw the San Fran- cisco Amusement Company into disfavor for a purpose,” said Mr. Shafer last even- ing. F‘Tho Velodrome Company had a chance at one time to secure the Pavilion for an indoor moet, but failure in a similar en- terprisejsome time ago dampened their ar- dor, and not being composed of nervy sports the company was notanxious to again take a risk. ‘Gibbs and Groom, accompanied by W. B. Fawcett, who was managing the pre- liminaries for the meet prior to my ar- rival in this City, leased the Pavilion in good faith for the San Francisco Amuse- ment Association. - “They were not acting as agents for any party or firm, and Mr. Fawcett, who is now with the Velodrome people, is aware of that fact, and was at the time the lease was made. ‘Regarding the statement that the Velodrome has made a contract with one Eiwell, who is accredited with being the on'y man on the coast who possesses the knowledge requisite to build a track at the Pavilion, I can say that although the proposition of a contract may be correct, the following statement is a fallacy. “We have procured the services of botn a civil engineer and a competent builder to erect a track for uy, and I am confident that when it is finished it will surpass the track at the Velodrome, ““The statement that the cycling men will ride il they are assured that the purses offered wiil be paid, no matter who has the management of the meet, was also false. The Velodrome people have been unable to secure a crack rider for over two months. “Such men as Ziegler, McFarland, Loughead, Stevens, Morris, Bovee, Davis, Wells and the Terrill brothers will refuse to ride under Velodrome management. They are opposed to W. B. Fawcett and his antagonizing ways.” 2 Mayor Phelan Jast evening consented to fire the shot starting the first ruce on the 20th inst. That shot will open the gie: est racing meet ever heid on this conti- nent... It wiil continue three weeks, and during that period the cracks of the world :ng meet and scorch for money and repu- ation. i —. e The cries of sea birds, especially sea- lls, are very valuable as fog signals. he birds cluster on the ciiffs and coast, and their cries warn boatmen that they are near the land. A NEW GAME FOR THE POLITICIANS 1ney Are All Eagerly Studying the Stratton Primary Law. It Revolutionizes the Ways of Practical Politics and Conventions. The Democratic “Outs” See in It a Hope of Downing the Kingly Sam Rain:y. Stratton’s primary election law has been signed by Governor Budd and it is now in full effect throughout the State, revo- lutionizing practical politics and chang- ing greatly the prospectsand probabilities attendant on a crowd of political am- bitions. Primary elegtions in this State are now hedged about with all the protection of law and all the sacredness which guard general elections, Although Kentucky has a law regulating primary elections it is not nearly so stringent as our new one, which becomes a notable political experi- ment which will be widely watched and studied. The new law is supposed to be a mighty blow at boss rule and machine power and something that will sweeten with rightecusness that foundation of the American political system, that fountain of political power, that sink of political iniquity, the primaries. Only the trial of the law can tell how the thing will work. In 8an Francisco the esgecinl practical interest in the new law is being shown in the Democratic camp in which Sam Rainey’s swelling form is perched, the king, and in which the regular and 1n- evitable row is brewing with the inson one side and the ‘“reformers” on the other. Perhaps the new primary election law will smash the fat boss’ machine, and perhaps it wont. It ought to be able to do so. The big central jewel in.the law was in- tended to be the opportunity it gives for any citizen to safely vote at a primary with a surety that his vote will be counted. The result is expected to be the drawing into primary politics of the body of the electors. The Stratton law is the re-enactment of the primary law passed two years ago and overturned by the Supreme Court, but with important modificatios and simpli- fication. The last primary law was framed for a general law, but the interior legis- lators objected to their counties being burdened with a great additional expense with no great need for the law, and so it was made applicable to only San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles. Upon this ground it was knockea out. The expense is now greatly lessened, mainly by combining precincts and by not paying election officers, and it has been passed as a yeneral law mandatory throughout the ate. The Republican State Central Committee has been the especial backer of the bill, and to Chair- man McLaughlin and Secretary Step- pacher,,who have labored hard for it at Sacramento, the result is largely due. Political calculations are made farahead, and with the signing of the bill the plans of the polticians have at once begun to take shape according to the new condi- tions. The next election seems far off, but the play for nominations and for con* trol of organizations has begun. Nine months hence the names of thousands of primary election officers will be regis- tered. Hereafter primary elections will be con- ducted by sworn officers, under the gen- eral control of the Election Commission- ers or similar officers, and any act which is an offense at a general election will be an offense, with similar penalty, at a pri- mary election. Primary elections will be general, and all parties will hold their primaries at the same time and place and uader the con- trol of one set of officers. No candidate can get on the official bal- lot for the general election who is not nominated by a convention created ac- cording to law and at the general primary except he go on by petition ag an ‘“inde- pendent” candidate. Thus no organiza- tion has any discretion as to operating under the law, anG ‘“‘appointed” conven- tions are of,the past. There is now but one path to the convention hall. Political conventions become legal enti- ties, and are classified as ‘“‘State,” ‘‘dis- trict” and ‘Jocal” One of the things that will revolutionize conventions is that no one may hold more than one proxy in a convention. This and the fact that each delegate will bear a legal certificate of election with a red seal on it is enough to make many a veteran pale. No candidate who is nominated by a convention and certified to by the Election Commissioners can get on the official bal- lot to be voted for until he has sworn that he has not, from first to last, directly or indirectly, before or at primary or conven- tion, spent in his own or his paity’s inter- est more than a specitied small percent- age of the salary of the office he wants. The law in this regard is, in letter, as stringent as the purity of elections law regulating the expenditures of candidates after nomination, and he must file an itemized account of all expenditures re at- ing to his party affairs or his own political interests. . Another drastic and bighly revolution- ary feature is a section providing that no one em:ployed by the Government, State, county or town within ninety days of the primary shall be eligible s a delegate to any convention, and the penalty for so acting is a fine of from $50 to $30 orim- prisonment for_from_twenty-five to 150 days or botb. Some doubt ihe legality of this, but it n interesting effort at the purification and freedom of political con- ventions and the cracking in advance of slates. Other important details of the new law are as follows: In Presidential years a general primary election for delezates to all party State conventions to choose delegates to Na- tional conventions, nominate electors, etc., shull be ueld on the last Tuesday in March. A primary election leading up to State conventions for State affairs shail be heid ;Vfry four years on the second Tussday in uly. Primaries for local conventions shall be called at proper times by the Election Commissioners or the county officers who perform similar duties. All parties or organizations desiring to hold conventions must at least twenty cays bafore the primary election file with the Election Commissioners a notification of the fact with proper trimmings. Auy new party or organization not hav- ing polled 3 per cent of the total vote at the preceding election may be recognized as a party entitled to the privileges and protection of the law by filing a petition signed by the required 3 per cent, It thus Tequires a respectable number of electors to et up a political convention now. The duties of the Election Commission- ers bexin in January of each year durin, which a_general election is to be heid, During that month they shall select from the precinct registers the uames of fifteen eleciors, divided as to party, put each e ————————————————————— The facsimile signature of uonmemppc _of CASTORIA. name on a folded slip and seal the slips in an envelope, one envelope for each pre- cinct, The envelopes are boxed and sealed, and all the names put on a public record. Twenty days before elections five names shall be drawn from: each precinct. The first shall be the inspector and his pol tics will be a gamble. The two judg and two clerks shall be of contrary politi- cal faith, ¢ The names of these election officers shall be published with the notice of election, ete. The election officers must serve if not excused or be punished. Their only pay will be a certificate of service giving ex- emption from jury duty for one year. The political orgzanizations shall appor- tion delegates, but there must be one con- vention delegate to each 200 voters. No ballots except those prescribed and approved may be used. Each party mus: provide and print its ballots, but each party must use a separate distinctive color ordered by the Election Commissioners. The size and style are regulated. _The Election Commissioners must fur- nish a separate old-style ballot-box for each party at each poliing place. Hach box must be labeled wi.h its party name and all shall be in a row in plain sight and soon. The polls shall be open from 7 A. M. tosunset. The Election Commis- sioners locate polling-piaces but noc in saloons, and must furnish precinct regis- ters. To' vote an elector's name must be in the precinct register used at the last gen- eral election. If he has moved he may be transferred, and if heis just of age he may get on the register. The test of a voter's right to vote any party ticket shail be his bona-fide present intention to vote for the party nominees, which he may declare on oath and then vote. An official challenger for each party shall be appointed and sworn. There are many other regulations re- garding the voting and counting and wrongdoing on the part of voter or officer is a felony as at a general eiection. The Secretary of State is required to print for distribution 20.000 covies of the 1aw within thirty days of passage. Itis provided that three election pre- cincts may be combined at the primary at the discretion of the Election Commission- ers. This ana the provision that election officers shall not be paid confines the pub- ic expense to ballot-boxes, polling-place , advertising, a listle stationery, tally sheets and postage. In this City the ex- pense will be but a few thonsand dollars. Registrar Hinton regards the law as prac- ticable. Copies of the law are in keen demand among the local politicians and naturally so. It will be readily scen how greatly | changed are the conditions under which the future_party central committees will be created and controlled. It will be quickly seen how different will be the probable membership of the conventions that will nominate State and county offi- cers next year and as a consequence how different will likely be the tickets that will go before the people. There is a different game to be played against and tactics must change. OROOKERY BREAKAGE. Ordinarily Five-Per Cent; Likely to Be More When Dropped. Importers of crockery usually figure on breakage at 5 per cent. Not very much stuff is broken after it has been actually received. Men become expert in handling samples and stock, and they don’t very often drop things. The bulk of the break- age is in transportation. Crockery is shipped chiefly in crates, casks'and cases. The familiar crockery crate1s a package peculiar to England and the United States. Crockery from Continental Europe comes mostly in casks and cases, though a littie of it comes in slatted boxes something like crates. The crockery crates used in England and this country make a very heavy pack- age, running from 700 to 1500 pounds, ac- cording to’' the goods packed in them; hollow ware that cannot be nested, such as toilet sets weighing the least, and such things as plates, that can be packed closely together with only the straw intervening between the pieces, weighing the most. Whoever has seen a crockery crate handled must have ob- served that it 18 vielding; it sways and gives more or less in the handling. It might be supposed that crockery shipped in a package like this, that does not always preserve its form, would be more likely to be broken, but it is said that this yielding is to some extent a protection to the goods; it takes up shock that might break things in unyielding packages. At any event, the breskage in crates and in rigid packages, such as casks, is about the same. Obviously a crockery package cannot be dropped for any considerable distance without danger oi at least cracking some of the things contained therein. There was once being hoisted up to an upper loft in the establishment of a New Nork crockery importer a crate containing a handred dozen seven-inch plates. In some way this crate got loose and fell from the height of the third story to the sub-basement. When this crate was ovened it was found that every one of the §m plates had been broken.—New York un. A Scheme That Worked. “Then you absolutely refuse to allow your daughter to marry me?"’ “I positively do!” roared the father. “Um! Iexpected as much,” murmured the young man, as he edged toward the door. *“I merely wentthrough the formal- ity of asking you in order to avoid the possibility of a suit for breach of prom- ise. Philadelphia North American. LONELY OLD PEOPLE. How the Sunset of Life May Be Made Most Charming. There are many elderly ladies, whose strength is feeble, whose digestion is poor and for whom life has no pleasure. There are others who are the very picture of health. Do you know why? Itis not difficult to answer. The truth is that healthy old people are those who possess {he most vitality and whose digestions are good. Women who are weak in advanced years lack this vitality. 1f they would be strong, thev must gently stimulate the system. Thousands of elderly people hava discovered a way of doing this. and some are giving others the benefit of their experience. 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