The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1897, Page 6

THE “SAN FRANCISCO CALL, CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. ¥ CALL, oue year, by mail. #nd Sundey CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 ‘ALi, three mouths by mail 1. v &nd Sunday CALT, one month, by mail. .65 tunday CaLy, one year, by mail. . 1.80 \ EXELY CALL, 0ne year, by mail. 150 BUSIN OFFICE: 710 Market Street, g San Francisco, Califernia. Telephone............. s ...Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Sireet. Telephane... ... Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 27 Montgomery ecreet, corner Clay; open umtll 0 o'clock. Hayes street: open until 9:30 o'clock. Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. £W. corner Sixteench and Mission streets; opes | sutil 9 o'clock. 8 Mission street OAKLAND OFFICB: { 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: £1 snd 32, 34 Park Row, New York Clity DAVID M. FOLTZ, Ess:ern Manager. Work on the boulevard has begun, and now the next thing is to get work started on the Federal building. The reason why Russia objects to any further partition of the Turkish empire is now apparent. She wants the whole of it. v all the so-called scandals of this lature when investigated have turned out to be no more than gossip on the side- waiks. The Ways and Means Committee de- | sires the mew tariff to gointo effect on May 1. Now then we shall sce what Tom Reed can do to rash things. e report that Great Britain has ob- B ns and mapsof our fortifications It is time we for most of the : not seare anybody uuilt new ones anywa; oid are of little use. be compelled to abandon but she will not abandon it to the Her courage has already won half ory, and the accomplishment of the rest cannot be far o (Gireece may caa be no question of the excel- of our theats l amusements just the various theaters there is to it almost all moods of s, and suit them well, y mail clerks are within our Gates, and are enjoying the e. They ought to be able st some good words to the rdeaverers soon to be welcomed to frank reported that Cievelana’s trip on t's yacht iccludesa visit to ; 1 Weyler will then | ty to show him the| ¢ him as other Americans | It seems tl the combination of vngilism and the Ezaminer may prove disastrous to the attendance at Carson to- Is the distrust born of a former ode in which the Ezaminer and Wyatt josed ordinamce against high is hardly necessary at this shion has tsken a_hand in the contest and will be more effective In puiling the hat down =nd putting feathers in 1ts place than forty ordinances. The show of spring dress goods in the shop windows doesn’t look much like bard times. It appears, in facr, as if we are to have the femininity oi the world made over in a new style and with new attraciions to gladden the new era. An Indiana legislator wears the laurel wreath of reform this year, having won it by aavocating a bill to mzke it a misde- meancr for any restaurant or hotel in the State to use French words for dishes on the bill of fare. It would of course bea felony almost to call it a menu. juncuure. When the after-talk and wrangling of the prize-fight is over we shail probably have & long rest from pueilism. There seem to be no other big fighters on the horizon to challenge the winner, and the pugilistic public will be compelled to turn its attention once more to the elevation of the stage. . It is to be regretted that the new tariff does not place a duty of 2} cents a pound on Zante currants as well as on other raisins, but the proposed duty of 13 cents will do until we can educate the Hastern people o the subject and convince them that the so-cailed “Zante currant’’ doesn’t come from Zante and isn’t a currant. e reciprocity features of the new even than those of the McKinley bill, under which Secretary Blaine was able to do so much to advance the commerce of the country, and Secre- tary Sherman will therefors have an op- portunity to develop the policy of his great predecessor and make it 8 perma- nent part of our commercial system. Mr. Dingley was able to accompany the report of his tariff bill to Congress with the announcement that as a whole it has the unznimous support of all Kepublican members of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, The statement rives enconrage- ment to the hope that it will find an equal favor with all Republicans in Con- gress and that we shall have the bill enacted and put into force without un- necessary delay. The statement of the Governor that 1 494 was twice sent to him in correct form justly raises a suspicion of foul play to defeat the measure, and the estigation should not stop until the ies nave been found and evi- dence obtaired to convict them. Krrors, of course, are inevitable in any sort of business, but when errorsoccur twice in the same way in the same bill it is clear there is bad business somewhere. John Hay, the newiy appointe¢ Embas- sador to Great Britain, was for a short time a lawyer, a soldier, a_journalist and an Assistant Szcretary of State. He won distinction first as private secretary to President Lincoln and afterward as a literary man. He has, in fact, many telents of many kinds. He wrote “Little Breeches.” 1t remains to bs seen 1f he| can resist the blandishments of a dinner party and the smile of royalty. He hasa brilliant chance to distinguish himself as an offset to Bayard, and perhaps he will know enough to make his hay while the sun shines. The Supreme Court has heard the defense which Andrew Lawrence and L. L. Levings of the Eraminer had to make for their refusal 10 eive evidence concerning the truth of thewr charge that members of the Senate were bribed to vote for Assembly bill 273, and having heard it has remanded the culprits to jaii. ramento County. solute and without gualification. tors and Assemblymen. bribery by others. Lawrence and L:vings sent to jail. ‘From serious! deiense to make. Court. Their only force is malice. The decision of the court was not unexpected. so vicious, and the contempt of the Senate on the part of the men who were responsi- ble for the publication of the charge of *bribery in aid of thievery" was so impudent, that their attorneys could make no defense for them. The Justices of the Supreme Court required bardly five hundred words in which to state the facts of the case, re- fute the plea put forward by the culprits and order their return to the Sheriff of Sac- The public is familiar with the whole story. serted that bribery had been used to pass Assembly bill 273. It made the charge ab- It stated the amounts that had been pzid to Sena- The managers and the Sacramento correspondents of the Ezaminer were called upon by a committee of the Senate to give evidence.of the facts on which the charge was made. They testified that they knew nothing of the truth of what the Ezaminer had published, but claimed that they had been informed of the ‘When asked the names of the informants they refused to give them. ‘Thus, these men who had made public a grave charge against members of the State Legislature—a charge which had every aspect of a malicious slander—undertook to defy the Senate and to put off the investigation with effrontery and impudence. The Senate, acting in defense of its dignity as the highest legistative council of the State, and for the purpose of obtaining evidence which would either éxpose bribe- takers or clear the honor of innocent men from the stain of a fou! slander, ordered lower and the Supreme Court have sustained the Senate. decision of the Supreme Court, “It cannot be successfully contended, and has not been vy argued, that the witnesses were justified in refusing to give these names upon the ground that the communication was privileged.” Thus by the Senate, by the Superior Court of Sacramento County and by the Su- | preme Court of California the Examiner, through its representatives, Lawrence and | Levings, stands convicted of publishing a ma'iclous lie for which it has no particle ‘ot The only refuge to the slander-mongers is to assail the Supreme Their only weapons are lies. By these were they browght into disrepute, and by them will they endeavor to smirch the reputation of the men who have judged them and condemned them. To Senator Morehouse, who has led the battle in defense of the honor of the Senate and the good repute of the State, and. to all who have aided him in his contest with the slanderers, the thanks of the people are due. guilt is condemned, and evety honest man in the Siate is benefited by the decision which remands Long Green Lawrence to jail. ‘Lhe offense of the Ezaminer was The Ezaminer in express terms as- that order an appeal was taken. Both the As was said in the Innocence is honored when THE BOULEVARD. The beginning of work on the boulevard is & gratifying accomplishment. Taking all things into consideration, the work may weil be acconnted as one of more then ordinary importance. Itisan evi- dence, in the iirst place, that the peopie of San Franclsco are responsive to the needs of their fellow-citizens who are out of em- ployment, and are willing to co-operate together to provide work for those who need it. Itis, moreover, a proof that we bhave now attained a public spirit capable of undertaking large enterprises for the public good. Both of these things are gratitying in themselves and have in them, moreover, the promise of greater things to come. ‘fhe boulevard when completed will be one of the finest driveways in America. It will be & notable addition to the attrac- tions of San Francisco. It will open up for residences one of the most picturesque portions of the peninsaia, and will thereby add materially to the wealth ot the com- munity. While in process ot construction it will afford employment to a large num- ber of men at fair wages, and will there- fore be a means of providing comfort to many a home which has been made deso- late by the depression of hard times. When the work thus undertaken has cifco will have an object lesson in the value of co-operative effort. They will see before them a monument to public-spir- ited enterprise. They will have a contin- ual reminder of what can be accomplished for the cemeral good when any consider- able number of citizens work tozether in harmony and unity. The resuit can hardly fail to be the developmentof a deeper and broader civic patriotism than we have yet known, and out of the zood thus accomplished there will flow forth results tos great to be easily calculated. ‘We have started work on the boulevard. Now let us get the Government to start work on the Federal building. THE DINGLEY TARIFE In introducing the tariff bill prepared by the Ways and Means Committee Mr. | Dingley said: The bill as a whole has the unanimous support of tae Republicen members of the Ways and Means Committee, and will, boped, receive the support not i R ans but of others who nue shouid be at least equal to expenditures, with & small surplus saded, end who are patriotic enough to enter- | tain the conviction that in adjusting duttes to | secure such revenue it is wise policy to en- courage home production and manufactures snd thus provide employment at good wages for the laborers of our people, upon Whose purchesing power depends the ma:ket for our productions. That statement is abont all the argu- ment needed for the new bill. The tariff is devised for the purpose of raising addi- tional revenues for the Government and of encouraging and promoting the indus- tries of the people of the United States. It isclearly, therefore, a measure which appeals 1o the patriotism as well as to the economic sentiments of the people. It has received as a whole the unanimous support of the Republican members-of the Ways and Means Committee, and ‘there can be little question that it will obtain from all Republicans a support almost equally harmonious. In thedraft of the bill, as reported, the time when the new tariff is to go into effect is fixed for May 1. This is an earlier date than was expected. The country would be fairly well satisfied to see the bitl 1n operation by the beginning of the new fiscal year on the st of July. The mors promptly the bill can be enacted, however, the better the peopie will be pleased, and there will be no sittle gratifi- cation if the House and the Senate act with sufficient promptness to put itinto effect at the time desired by the Ways and Means Committee, That there are minor defects in the measure goes Without saying. A tariff bill designed to achieve the double pur- pose of proviaing a revenue as well as pro- tecting industry must at times subordi- nate one of these aims to the other. Be- cause of the necessity of raising a revenune absolute protection is not given to all in- dustries, and because of the uecessity of giving some protection where it is needed the revenue to be raised by duties on imrorts will not be as great as it might have been. Looked at from either of these poinis of view separately, the bill is sub- ject to criticism, but taken altogether it is a measure which merits the support of the people and will undoubtedly be ac- cepted as fairly satisfactory. The measure as a whole being in this way sufficient to the present needs of the people, the only object now to be de- sired is its speedy passage and enactment into law. Ail commercial and industrial bodies should unite in urging Congress, and particularly the BSenate, to adopt the bill without unnecessary delay. We have waited a long time to see American mills and industry once more in operation. The unemployed call for work and wages. The country needs the new measure at once. been completed the peopie of San Fran- | | THE OUBAN MASS-MEETING The meeting of the Cuban League at California iiall on Monaay evening, cailed for the purpose of receiving from the la- dies’ auxiliary a banner of the Cuban Re- public, was a fitting preliminary to the great mass-meeting of cltizens which wili be held on Saturday evening at Metropol- itan Tewmnple. It served to call public at- tention to the movement now under way in this City and will bave its effect in pro- moting the enthusiasm of the veople. The object of the Cuban League is to advance the cause of the Cuban patriots and the establishment of the independ- ence of the island as a free and sovereign | republic. With that object the great mass of the American pecp’e are in fuil sympa- | thy, and if there were no other cause at stake there would still be a hearty re- sponse to a muss-meeting called to give | encouragement and support to the league. At the mass-meeting, however, there will be another cause as well as that of free Cuba to be taken into consideration. It is the cause of American citizens impris- oned without just cause. It is time the American people and the American Gov- ernment began to act with more vigor for the protection of American residents abroad, It is disgraceful that this great Republic should be less carefnl of the rights of her people in foreign lands than is Great Bntain. when the simple assertion, American citi “I am an zen,” should be as complete a protection in every foreign land as was the saying in the ancient world, “Iam a | Roman.” The mass-meeting to be held on Satur- | day evening w erve the double purpose | of expressing popular sentiment in favor oiiree Cubaand the popular resolve that America shall protect her citizens abroad, Tle time is most opportune for declaring | the will of the people on these subjects. A new administration has come into pow- er, on which the people can rely for the adoption and enforcement of & true Ameri- can poliey. Itis timely, therefore, for the | people to declare what they regard as trae | Americanism, in order that Congress and ‘I the administration may be made conscious | that they will be supported by tue whole | veople if they put a summary end to the | Spanish atrocities in Cuba. { THE ARBITRATION TREATY. | T | Unless sometning occurs to interfere with the prearranged programme the Sen- ate while waiting for the tariff bill to be udxlea by the House will employ its tif#® in discussing the propo<ed arbitra- tion trealy with Great Britain, This treaty is now in the hands of tire Commit- tee on Foreign Relations and will proba- v be reported as soon as the new Senate is organized. | 1tislikely that the terms of the treaty | as reported from-the committee will be materially different from those which were arranged by Secretary Olney. The amendments will ba in the direction of securing a greater freedom of action for the United States than was permitied under the Oiney arrangement, and to that extent will tend to make the measure more popular with the peovle even if they do not make it altogether satisfactory. Among the proposed amendments is one providing that every case or question in- tended to be submritted to- arbitration under the treaty shall first be submitted to the Senate for its ratification. This change is in the highest degree important. It will be remembered that the chief objection made to the Olney treaty by Senator Morgan was that it would place all our dealings with Great Britain wholly in the bands of the President, who under the treaty could submit whatever question he chose to arbitration without consulting the Benate at all. JIf the President so chose he might sab- mit even such vital issues s those arising under the Monroe doctrine or the control of the Nicaragua canal to arbitrators with- out consulting the Senate. This would have been subversive of the intent of the constitution to give the Senate equally with the President control of our foreign affairs and would have been a dangerous power to intrust to a single man no matter how excellent he might be. Another amendment proposes to change the treaty so far as it requires Judges of the United States Supreme Court to. serve as the representatives of this country on the board of arbitration. It has been poirted out that these Judges would probably have to pass upon cases arising under the treaty, aud if they haa served as arbitrators tbey would inevitably be vrejudiced and bound to render decisions as Justices of the Supreme Court in ac- cordance with the arrangements they had made a8 men:bers of the board of arbitra- tion. The argument against this clause of the treaty is so weighty that it can hardly fail to determine the Senate to adopt the proposed change, Taken altogether it is probable that the treaty, if adopted by the Senate, will be radically different from that arranged by Secretary Olney. It will be by no means 80 complete a surrender of freedom of action on the part of the United States. It will make the Senate equally with the The time has come | WEDNESDAY, MARCH' 17, 1897. President a party to all issues submitted to the proposed arbitration. It will be, therefore, a much better measure than the one which now gives so much dissat- isfaction to the people. In the mean+ time it should be remembered itis aiso quite possible that despite the proposed amendmenty the Senate may reject the treaty altogether. FER ONAL. Dr. J. B. Murphy of Chicego is in'tne City. J. F. Congdon'of Verdi, Nev., are intown. George P. Pollard of New York Is iu the City John h'l\r of Prescott, Ariz., is on a visit here. . Chester Thorne of Tacoms is & late srrival here. S. K. Thompson of Greeley, Cold., 13 at the Russ. . D. A. Russell, & mine-owner of Iowa Hill, is in town. 3 Charles F. Krum of Spokans is here for a brief stay. Tt W. E. Gerber, & banker of Sacramento, is at the Grand, . Blackmar of New York 1s at the Cosmo- politan Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Leffingwell of New York are in the Oity. 8. 7. Kistler, a general store owner of Eagle- ville, is at the Lick. 1 John A. McIntyre, & mining man of Sdcra- mento, is at the Grand. Dr. aud Mrs. J. Underwood Hall of San Jose arrived here yesterday. Charles Steinmann, a wealthy business men of Dallas, s in the City. Mrs. M. Anhone and child of Portland are‘at the Cosmopoiitan Hotel. H. Parry and G. Albin of Santa Rosa are -at the Cosmopolitan Hotel A. Strughers, & business man of Pasadens, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Tom T. Lane, superintendent of the Utica mine at Angels, is in town. James C. Kimberly, & wealthy resident ot Nemah, Wis,, is at the Palace. John Q Hewlings, a business man of Vic- toria, B. C., arrived here yesterdsy. . Mr. and Mrs. John M. Butler and Alpheus H. Snow of Indianapolis is at the Palace. Colonel Buchanan, a heavy wool-grower and buyer of Australia, is at the California. Richard 8. Miner of Bodie, ex-Diatrict Attor- ney ot Mono and Inyo counties, is at the Oc- cidental. D. R. Cody, a mining man of Guanajnati, a thousand miles below El Paso, in Mexico, is at the Russ. R. B. Canfield, attorney for the Sants Bar- bara Water Company sud formerly Superior Judge, arrived here yesterday. Walter A. Hawley, & dealer {n farming im- plements and conveyances at Santa Barbara, is in town on a short visit with relatives of his name. Dr. C. F. Nichols of Portland, one of the three surgeons who performed the operation on Fred C. Hinckley, is among the arrivals at the Palace. Colonel P. N. Peyton, the leading owner in the Le Roi mine at Rossland, B. C., is among the arrivals at the Palace. He is on his way to his winter home at Santa Barbara. Colonel Peyton has anotner residence at Spokane. E. E. Loose, manager of the Grand Central Mining Company, Tintic District, Utah, and bis brother, W. A. R. Loose, a mining man of Boule and former owner of the noted race mare Beautiful Bells, are among the arrivals at the Palace. The latter says the concentra- tion works built some time since st Bodie are doing a great deal for that camp. HEARST’S PAPER CAST OUT. Excluded From the Reading Rooms of the Harvard and Other Leading Clubs. : New York Sun. The house commiitce of the New York Yacht Ciub met on Tpesday nisht in the club- rooms at 67 Madison avenue and decided fo remove the World and Journal :roin the elub’s reading-room. At n meeting of the house committee o the Haryard Club on Tuesday a motion to excluda the World and Jour: al irom the reading-room was upanimously adopted. In accordance with this decision both morning and after- noon eaitions of the two papers were discon tinued yesterday. Following the example of the Harlem branch of the Y. M. C. A., which exeluded the World and Journal from its reading-room on Monday night, the Twenty-third street brancia of the orgamzation has adopted & similar course, The Twenty-third street branch {s the largest and most important branch of the Y. M. C. A, in the city. The Montauk Club of Brooklyn has ceased to keep the World on file in its clubhouse, Ata meeting of the house committee, held on Tuesday night, it was unanimously resoived to have the file of the World removed from the reading-room and to drop the paper from the club’s list. - NEW HAVEN, Coxx., March 10.—At Yale the World bas been taken from the reading- rooms of Dwight Hall, the Y. M. C. £ building of the university. Tne Journal was never al. lowed there. This movement was made by the directors some time ago. WATERTOWN, N, Y., March 10,—The Young Men’s Christian Association of this city has decided to exclude the New York World from its reading-room. » DEGRADAIION OF THE “NEW JOURNALISM.” Cleveland Leader. Elbridge T. Gerry, the superintendent ot the New York Society for the Provention of Cruelty to Children, has just dealt the “new journai- ism” a severe blow in a report on the iucrease of crime among the youth of New York. Mr. Gerry finds there are many causes for juventle criminality, but the most fruftful of all causes are the sensational newspapers which are published in that cliy—papers which seek to make vice attractive to the young and ignorant by going into all the details of every crime committed, and by picturing criminals more or less in the light of heroes. Hesays he is not mistaken, tor he has questioned many juvenile offendersand nas discoverea that they obtained most of their id from the sensa- tional newspapers, and he regards them as much worse than the dime novels and other flash literature. Alr. Gerry could bave had ohly two news- papers in mind, and those are the w0 expo- nens of “new journalism’® which are striving for supremacy 1n their particular field. Their Sundey editions are a disgrace to the journai istic profession, filied as they are with horri ble pictures of every deseription, and it is a serious question when the 1imit of indecency will be reaches h WAL be reached. by these unscrupulous pub- ADVICE TO (F#iCh->EEKERS St. Louis Star. “‘Go home and wait,” says President McKin- ley to the office-seekers. Certainly this is good advice. Nothing is to be gained by hanging around Washington. It you have any claims on the administration President McKinley has announced that he will consider all applications in due time, and Wil try togive the offices to those who' are most entitled to them. ‘And furthermore, he states that the offices to be filled wiil be filled by Republicans. There are & whole lot of men in Washington to-day who seem to_think that they are espe- cially entitled to Federal positions beca some accident has brought them into tempo- rary prominence. These aré the most impor- tunate ot all office-seekers and make life a bur- den uot only to the President, but to the mem- bers of his official family. It is provakje much to get rid of this classas for any othe reason that President McKiuley gave the ad- vice he did, 4 Outside ot some of the importAnt appoint- ments President McKinley has stated that he willdo littie before May—and May is & lon; way off. It would seem, therefore, that .\'1 this office-seeking outfit would see the w! of following the President’s advice. LAST LAY OF T.E MINSTREL New York Pres. 'Twas midnight. In his guarded tent the Turk lay sleeping like & wlp- He know which- avr:r way it went he wouldn's be the one to P, 4 “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.” Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. * Pawnbrokers’ Charges. To the Edilor of the Ca'l—S1R: Among the bills it is expected to rush through the Legislature during the closing days of the present session is one designed to repeal that section of "llfl Penal Code which prohibits pawnbrokers from charging more than 2 per cent per monih interest. The business of pawnbroking has always been kept more or less under State surveillance, and from the very nature of the case it is eminently proper that such should be the fact. It has been 50 in California from the earliest times. In the so-calied “flush” period these people were allowed to charge but 4 per cent per month, which rate was afterward reduced to the present figure, 2 per cent. Even under the present law the unfortunate pledgors, ignorant of its beneficial provisions, are in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred forced to pay from 10 to 30 per cent a month. Sui- fice it to say that a provision that has been found necessary through all the prosperous years of California’s hislory to safeguard the unfortunate debtor, aud the equivalent of which is found in the code of every civitized State, should not now. be ‘brushed aside in the obscure hurry of the elosing days of the session. We do not believe that such a bill could pass in the face of a full and fair discussion. Ii any measure ever deserved exposure and dele}l this biil clamors for such disposition. A Fruit Restaurant, To the Editor of the San Francisc> Call—SIR: May I suggest, through your influential col- umns, 1o any enterprising capitalist who is looking around for a new investment thata fruit. arian restaurant might prove a profitable venture in a central city location this coming sum- mer. There are numbers of people nowadays who have found that the ordinary diet of bread, meat and vegstables washed down with beer, wine or coffee, is one that ca: be agree- ably and beneficially varied by an occasiotal change on fruitarian lines; while not a few have been convinced botii by the logic of the fruit ence that a constant resort to, and dependent of, and guarantee far that abounding health an rian school, and their own r friend’s experi- n “Natural Food” is the surest preservative vigor which every man and woman, if they only knew what it meaat 1o themseives, would place before every other ambition. Should this proposition not appeal with sufficient force to.the ordinary commercial-minded capitalist, pe!hnks a co-cperative joint-stock company might be formed 1o carry it out, com- vosed of those who woul ronage. Iam, etc., guarantee thelr SUPPOrt 1o such an enterprise by their regular pat- WILLIAM MITCHELL. ANSWERS TO (OERE:PONDENTS. H1s GraNDSON—F. M., City. Dick's father being Tom’s son Dick is Tom’s grandson, AN OrograpHIc WnL—E. P. 0., Oakland, Cal. An olographic will may, but need not be, witnessed. A Diue oF 1835—J. F. P., Santa Rosa, So- nome Couuty. A dime of 1835 does not com- mand a premium. : POPULATION OF HUNGARY—W. C. F., Jackson, Amador County, Cal. The population of Hun- gary 18 17,463,788. Les MISERABLES—Constant Reader, City. ““Les Miserables,” by Vietor Hugo, is one con- tinuous story, divided into five parts. POPCORN AND PEANUTS—R. C., City.. Popcorn and peanuts are on salo in England. Such may be purchas:d in the siores in London and other large ciues. BotH CORRECT—B. F., City. Each of the fol- lowing expressions is correct: “You try to persuade me that this is silk” and “You try to persuade me to think that this is silk.” CHOYNSKI—G. A., Niles, Alameas County, Cal. Bob Fitzsimmons was born in Elston, C , England, June 4, 1862. Joe Choynski was born in San Francisco, November 8, 1868. Fitzsimmons’ ancestry is Eunglish and Choynski’s German. FITZSIMMONS AN To Avopr A Boy—H., Watsonville, Cal. There is & number of places in San Francisco that will take children and hold them until some one calls to adopt one or more. Communicate with the San Francisco Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children, Maze building, | for particuiars. EXEMPT FROM EXECUTI Subseriber, Blocks- burg, Humboldt County, Cal. What property is exempt . irom execution is mentioned in | section 690 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Californin. There are fourteen sections and they would occupy too much space 10 print in this department. T UNITED ETATES SUPREME COURT—G. S., San Jose, Cal. The Supreme Cour: of the United States is composed of nine members, a Chief Justice and eight l!xuclll‘l§ namely: Melvilie W. Fuller, Chief dustice; Stephen J. Fieid, John M. Haflau, Horsce Gray, David J. Brewer, Henry B. Brown, George ras Jr., Edward D. Whiie and Rufus W. Peckbam, As- sociate Justices. 3 MILLIONATRES—Frisco, C.ty. Probably the six | richesi men in the United Staies are: -Jobn | D. Rockefeller, §125,000,000; William Waldort | tor, § ), 000, 3J. Goul. (estate of), £100,- 00,500 PieAa er, $50/000.000; Vender bit, $60,000,000; Wiilism Rockeselier, $60,- 000,000, These figures are approximates of the weaith of the parties nemed. HougsteaD ENTRY—C. §, City. A person making an entry upon United States public jands must be the head of a family, twenty- | oue years of age, and a citizen of the United | States or one who has declared intention to | become such. The party must not be the | owner of more than 160 scres of land in any Stnte or territory. A single woman 21 years of age may make an entry, and so maya wifo afvorced or aeserted by her husband and de- pendent apon her own resources for supyort. Suvsequent marriage does not forfeit the rignt if residence upon the land is continued. The application must be made at toe land office of | the district. Within six months after filing papers the pre-empior must establish actual residence in a home on the land. Must then | improve and cultivate 1t continuously for five years. CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION Lorenzo, Alameda County, B. J. B, S There is & Cal precedent for curtailing holding of cffice under civil service principles. In the eariy days of the Republic eppointed officiais held during good behavior, but Jackson broke the rute and carried into full force and effect tho spolls system. The present adminisiration was elected on a platform which has the fol- lowing plank: ‘The civil service law was placed on th book by the Kepublican parzy. which b sustained It, and we renew our repeated 1Al tions that It 1al be thoroughly and honestly en- forced wherever practicable. Under the circumstances it is not likely that the President. will interfere with the act of last year extending ihe rule to a large number of departments. NAVAL CADET—C. C., City. A naval cadet in the United States navy is ranked by the rear- admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant-commander, licutenant, ensign. Those below the rank of cadet are mate, me: 1cal aud pay-director and medical and pay-in- spector and chief engineer having the seme rank at sea, fleet surgeon, fleet paymaster, er, passed-assisiant surgeon, \stant paymaster. passed-assistant ssistant surgeon, assistant paymas- ter, assistant engineer, naval construcior, as- sistant naval constructor, chaplain, professor of mathematics, professpr of civil engineer- ing, boatswain, gunner, carpenter, sailmaker, secretary, clerk, clerk to paymaster. Gener- ally a naval cadet has charge of the forecastle watch, but he is subject to the orders of the officer oi the deck and may be assigned to other duty. ITHE GRIP AND A PARADOX ‘When your bones all ache like blazes an’ you can’t see out of your eyes, Anyour lega go wobbly' like a scuttled ships No usé (o g0 t0 doctors with & lot o’ whats an’ whys— *Tisa dollar to a cent you've got the grip. An’ when your think-tank’s rusty an’ the cog- wheels will not work, An’ your intellectual nippers fai : Whien you feol lews lice & Christian than 6/d Abdul Ham, the Turk. You needn't wonder why—'tis just plain grip. Then’s the time for disappearing from the streas of worldly strife, For if you'li tuke a friendly tip, Though it may be paradoxical, 30 point of lite ‘Where the best thing vou can dois 10se your grip! EXPERIMENTING WITH e reached a THE SUGAR BEET. Washington Post. Secretary Wilson has directed that the num- ber of five farmers be named ia every county of Missour: who are willing to plant sugar Dbeet seeds furnished by the Agricultural De- partment and at the end of the season forward & portion of their crop to Washington for chemical analysis and tests of saccharine quals ity. Secretary Wiison has contracted for 6000 tons of sugar beet seed since he has been in the department, and will make experiments similar to that proposed for Missouri in_ever; county of fourteen States where the soil an climate ar suitable, Five inrmers in every county will be asked to grow the stock and the experiment stations in the several States will be used as hendquarters for direeting the work and making the chemical analysis. Humorist’s wife—You must not trouble your papa just now, dear—~Ia his present mood he is not to be trifled with. Humorist's child—What is he doing, ma? Humorisvs wife—He is writing things to make people laugh,—Tit-Bits, j WITH YOUR COFFEE. Mr.. Newman—You're a nice Ittle boy, Tommy. Tommy—That's what they all say when they first meet sister.—Tit-Bits, “Do you think, Harry, you could induce one OF two boys to come 1o Sunday-schooi?” I could bring one,” he replied. ‘‘De ndder fellers in our aliey kin lick me.”—Dublin World. Fond Mother—Oh! Peter, Peter, I thought I told you not to play with your soldiers on Sunday. Peter—But I call them the Salvation Army on Sunday.—Pick-Me-Up. “Do you see any:hing coming our way?” ked the morning star of a companion. Not yet,” was the reply; “but I see a ser- vant below there who is about to light her kitchen fire with kerosene.”—Yonkers States- man. Mamma—Here is the baby’s picture. Doesn’t he look sweet? Papa—Yes, indeed! photographer at once. Mamma—What tor? Papa—I want to find out how he got baby to look that way.—Puck. I must go see that “You better flit; here comes Borer!"” “Well, he isn’t dangerous, is he?” *‘He thinks he's got a new story.” “Come along, then!” ““Oh, I'm all right. I’'m inoeulated—I told it to him.”—Chicago Journal. Teacher—Tommy, if you give your little brother nine sticks of candy and then took away seven, what wouid that make? Tommy—It would make him yell.—Harper's Bazar. “Nupkins is an eloquent fellow. I heard him bring down the house last evening. “How was that?” *He succeeded in persuading the landlord to reduce the rert.”—Boston Traveler. MR C(LEVELANV'S DUCKING TRIP. At present Grover is “chasin’ de duck.” and maybe it isn't & joke at that!—Phiiadel- phia Press. Grover Cleyeland was first in averting war (at any cost), first in shooting ducks in time of peace, and first in the hearts of his bond- selling countrymen.—Philadelphia Cail, : Beparated by many leagues from his wife, Mr. Cleveland telegraphs back to her that he is better and ‘'very happy.”’ Not every hus. band, even with the rheumatics, would da 10 be 50 boid.—Boston Globe. The Government boat on which Cleveland is traveling is officlally stated to be on a tour of inspection of buoys and lighthouses in the Nortn Carolina sounds. Because the ex-Presi- dent hapoens to be a passenger is no reason why so much ado should be made about noth- ine.—Buffalo Enquirer. If Mr. Cleveland extends his present vac tion trip to Cuba, as he may do, the chances are that he will come back a vociferous jingo. A few days spent in and around Havana would probably convince him (hat the Cuban poliey of the late aaministration was cruelly and inexcusably wrong.—New York Mail and express. Mr. Cleveland has always been a strong- witled man, apparently caring very little for the opinion of his fellow-citizens Now he shows his coutempt of the people by meking use of Government vessels. Yet we must ad- mire the man, aiter all, for he has done what no other private citizen can+do. Where is there another mau in the United States out- side of official life who can pack up his guns and safl down the Potomac upon & Governs ment boat and order it around at will?—Phila- delphia Inquirer. MEN AN WCMEN. Of the twelve bridesmaids who attended Queen Victoria on the day of her marriage only three now survive. Queen Victoria’s saloon in her private rail- way coach was furnished at a cost of $30,000. The carpet cost $750 and each door-handle a like amount. Friends of Francis Murphy claim that he closed his recent two months’ temperance campaign in Boston with & record of 13,000 total abstinence pledges. Mile. Reichenberg, having grown: tired of her eternal youth, has sent in her resignation to the Comedie Francaise. She has acted the ingenue parts for thirty years. By a special decree of President Faure the cross of the Legion of Honor hasbeen con- ferred uvon Dr. Arthur de Roaldes of New Orleans for bravery on the battle-field and for services rendered to the republic of France during the Franco-Prussian war. Mr. Gladstone fs now very deaf, but in spite of increasing decrepitude he dresses as jaunt- 1lv s of yore, is never secn withont a flower NEW TO-DAY. Not everyone can go South for March, but almost every- body can spend a dollar or two for Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil. If you have got a lingering cough or are rundown; are weak and ex- hausted by reason of the Grippe, ask your doctor if Scott’s Emulsion isn’t just what you need in the emer- gency. The combined vir- tues of the Cod-liver Ojl, the Hypophosphites and Glycer- ine as prepared in Scott’s Emulsion will give you flesh and strength rapidly and help you back to health. 6 M REMANDED TO JAIL. in his coat and can hurl defiance at the “great assassin’ as forcefully as i he was forty years younger. A woman who saw the right honor- able gentleman as he was depasting nxh nes not_many weeks ago writes that minded her of an aucient oak tree with a pink blossoming on its hoery trunk. When Cornelius C. Parmalee of Bethlehem, Conn., was a roung man he vowed tnat he would never touch a razor to his faceif Fre. mont should be defeated, This vow he has re- liglous kept, going unshaven since the election of James Buchanan in 1856. George Lowis, 88 years old. of Whitefield, Me., is as able, physically and mentelly, as when in his prime, and he hes just cut and wed up the necessary timber to make a olacksmith-shop, and alone hauled the logs out of the woods with an ox team. Frau Boehme, alias Mother Sedan, the Ger- man camp-follower who distinguished herself by giving birth to & son on (he battle-fleld while the fight was going on, has died at Go- erlitz. Her boy was christened in the trenclies around is, Crown Prince Frederick stand- ing godiather. The bright sun of Nansen completely eclipses the lesser star of Hansen, his lieutenant, who got just as far north as he did. Attention has Leen celled to the latter individual of late in the English newspapers. Hansen it appears is & hali-Britisher, having been born in Leith, his mother being an English woman hailing from Manchester, , It is untrue,as has been announced, that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt hes consented to lend herself to the investigations of Dr. Toulouse, whose inquiry into the relations between genius and mental and nervous disease has aroused so much attention. On the other hand it is a fact that ome of the doctors “pa- tienty” at the present moment is Mme. Jane Hading. PRIVATE JuEN ALLEN'S SMART KID. “Down in the vieinity of Tupelo,” said Pri- vate John Allen to a Washington Post man, “some time during the summer of 1896 a traveler on horseback espied a tow-headed, Dare-legged country youth of about 14, driving a pair of billy-goats to a wagon of home archi- tecture, on which rested n barrel of water. A rsation ensued and the stranger ascer- ‘l::i‘:x‘;ed‘:hll the Jad hauled the fluid from a river hard by his home to the paternal cabin for use on washdays. He was further enlight- ened that the pay was sometimes as good as 15 cents a day. *-Would you sell your goats, bub? asked the traveler. “] guess I would, mister, if somebody would give me $2 for 'em,’ replied the boy. “‘Hold on down there,’ shouted a native who had just come up in time to hear the con- versation. ‘Don’ttake $2 for them theregoats. Ef Bryan is elected they’ll be worth $5.” “‘Yes,’ said the owner of the goats, ‘and it Ihed tnis barrel of water in — I could gei $1000 for it.”"” EPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery.* Ex-Congressman {James Wilson, the new Secretary of Agriculture, is father of the posi- tion, having first introduced the bill creating the office. Toursts—California glace fruit, 50¢ pound, in elegant fire-etched boxes. Just what you want for Eastern friends. Townsend’s, Palace. ———————— George Frederick Watts, R. A., is building a church near Guilford, Eng., in which he will paint frescoes himself, while his wife will de- sign the terra cotta decorations. “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap” Has been used over fitty yoars by millions of mothers for their chidren whiie Teething with per- fact success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain. cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and’is the best remedy for Disrrhceas, whetherans- ing from tee.hing or other causes. kor sale by drug gisia In every part of the worid. Ba sure and ask 1or Mrs. Wingiow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & botcle. ComoxADO.—Atmosphere 18 pertactly dry, son &nd mild, being entirely free from the mista com- mon further north. - Round-trip t.ckets. by steam. ship, including fifteen duys’ board a: the kotei Jal Coronado, $65: longer stay $2 50 per day. APpS 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. ———————— THE charm of beauty is beautiful hair. Secure it with PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns, 15 cts. - Ir your hair 18 harsh, dr; and wiry, you will find Ayer's Halr Vigor of essontial service in re dering It soft, pliant and glosss. ot L Professor Simon Newcomb, who has had charge of the Nautical Almansc for more than twenty years, will be 62 years oid on March 12 and will ba retired then, according to law, unless Congress by & special act should extend his term NEW TO-DAT. Put a spoonful of yourbaking pow- der in a glass with some hot water. When the “siz- zling” is over the should be clear—or else the water baking powder is not pure. Try this with Jrophy 3 Tillmatn & Bendel, Mfrs *- 3 x * PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Of Cholce ana Kare Oriental Rugs, Eto., Etc., Htc., Now on Exhibition at 317 Powell St., ciomertis, Opposite Union Square, TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION! —¢§ommencing— MONDAY. March 15th, Continuing EVERY DAY to March 20th, AT 2 AND 7:30 P. M. KACH DAY. This rich and excellent collec- tion is brought over by an Ar- menian family, and "includes many rare and historic speci- mens. They have instructed us to dispose of their entire stock at unreserved auction. Ap unparalieled opportunity for the buyers and connoisseurs of choice rugs. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CoO., Augctioneers. x 4 A b