The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1897, Page 22

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EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and 83, 34 Park Row, New York Clth DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. We are all for free Cuba. It was a glorious mass-meeting. The voice of San Francisco is eloquent. Take a drive to-day boulevard. nd see the new Democrats in Congress have begun bark- | ing at the new tariff, but perhaps they | won't bite. We are now about ready to give atten- tion to carnivals and festivals and be joy- ous all round. Jeter’s vote on_the coyote bill is a very good thing on which to give the Supreme Court a chance to render a decision. There is a good prospect of getting a higher duty on Zante currants and one more California industry brightens up. The trouble with the European concert is that the diplomatists made the mistake of organizing it exclusively of prima don- nas. The odor of a coyote scalp comes very near being a perfame in comparison with that of the scandal that bas been raised in connection with it. By giving a right of way for the new boulevard ex-Mayor Sutro has conferred another benefit upon San Francisco and made the people proud to claim him asa fetlow-citizen. When the farmers have succeeded in getting the insect pests out of their fields and orchards they will have to whirl in and run the adulteratea food pests out of their home markets. San Francisco stands with her sister cities of the Union and shares with them a desire for Cuban independence and a resolve that American citizens shall be protected both at home and abroad. A correspondent says ‘‘McKinley has been in office only two weeks and yet we are shipping Hay to England and Porter to France. Now what can the free-traders and Democrats say sgainst our export business?”’ The members of the bost clubs in the East have begun to exclude decadent journals from their club reading-rooms as well as from their homes and the crusade for decency and legitimate journalism goes bravely ou. The experience of New York with a non- partisan police board is a convincing proof that such a board is liable to have so many cross-grained splinters in it that no one can sit on it with any comfort and hardly with any dignity. The selec'ion of good after-dinner speakers for Embassadors to France and to Encland is fairly satisfactory, but when it comes to selectinga Minister to Spain we must have a man who can talk well before dinner. It looks now as if there would evolve out of the Greek crisis an alliance of Eng- land, France and Italy agains' Germany, Russia and Austria. That would make a good fight, with the odds in favor of Greece and freedom. According to Congressman Loud there is a good prospect of getting the new Fed- eral building started early in the summer if we work together in this City. It is to that end, therelore, we must direct our efforts. To have prosperity we must have harmony. All Americans agree with the Republi- can National platform: e watch with deep and abiding interest the heroc bat- 1le of the Cuban patriots agains: cruslty and oppression, and our best hoves go out for the full success of their determined contest for liberty.” Asa New York woman has obtained judgment for $50,000 damages against another woman for stealing her husbana’s affections it is eviaent the courts of that State know ahout what the average man is worth to his wife and do not intend to icle. underrate the a Itis an era of peace. Iiis true theroare wars in Cuba, Crete, Armenia, the Puilip- pine and the Carolme islands, while the British sre slaughtering negroes in South Africa and the Russians are slaying the wild tribes of Central Asia; but still it an era of peace. The dinlomatists say so. Although a majority of the Texans voled against the party of protection and prosperity they are laying plans to enjoy the benefits of the new era, and asa means to that end it is proposed to submit to the people a constitutional amend- ment exempting many kinds of manu- factories from taxation for ten years. 1t is reported that since the bezinning of the present year the orders sent to the mills for steel rails exceed by over 400,000 tons the total output of rails during the whole twelve months of last year. This evidence of returning prosperity should convince even the most persistent doubt- ers that better times are coming. Some recent tests made with com- pressed-air cars on one of te street rail- way lines in New York showed that waen running at the rate of twenty miles an hour the car could be stopped withoat a jar withia little more than its own length, It was also shown the cars could run ten miles with but one charge of air. Itis possible, therefore, that the age of elec- tricity may some day give way to the age of compressed air. military tyranny. ized the world. words: European domination. of their determined contest for liberty. domination. mittees in other cities. T THE C(UBAN MASS-MEETING. The Cuban mass-meeting at Metropolitan Temple last evening was thoroughly representative of the people of San Francisco, the fact that in this City, as in all other cities of the Union where similar mass- _meetings have been held, the sentiments of the people are strongly in favor of the Cuban patriots and are resolved upon protection to American cl'izens wherever in foreign lands they may be exposed to the wrongs of despotic Governments or It bore unmistakable tesiimony to Ii anything had been needed to awaken the interest of the people in the canse of Cuba, or to arouse that interest to a true entausmasm, it would have been turnished by the elognent words of the orators of the evening. accord with the audience and the occasion, and most clearly and forcibly did they set forth the earnestness of the people of S8an Francisco in the great issue which now confronts us in dealing with the Cuban problem. On this issue there are no party lines among the people of the United States. As in Congress Senator Lodge, who represents the Republicans of Massachusetts, acts in accord with Senator Morgan, who represents the Democrats of Alabsma, so is it among the people at large. Democrats and Republicans, men of the North and South and West are in harmony as one united nation, resolved to uphold the cause of an American island struggling for freedom from the domination of a European power and for the establishment of those rights of self-government inherent in humaiity for which our ancestors under Washington fought that glorious war which revolution- The speakers were in fall The platform adopted by the Republican National Convention at St. Louis declared what is unquestionably the prevailing sentiment of the American people in these From the hour of achieving their own independence the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other American peoples to free themselves from We watch with deep and abiding interest the heroic battle of the Cuban patriots agminst cruelty &nd oppression, and our best hopes go out for the full success The sympathies and the hopes thus expressed are those of the great mass of the American people without respect to party. therefore, that we have at the head of our Government men who were elected on that platform and who can be relied upon to enforce it. That much was made evident by the mass-meetinz last evening, and none can doubt the strength of those sympathies and the fervor of those hopes who listened to the ringing words of the orators and heard the responsive cheers which applauded them. San Francisco has now taken her place alongside her sister cities of the Union. She has spoken as they have done for the Cuban patriots and for the American citi- zens who have suifered like the Cubans from Spanish despotism and military 1t now remains for her people to cordially co-operate with the committee which has been appointed here to act in combination witn similar com- co-operation can surely be counted on. Cuba is the cause of America. It is the cause of humanity. United States by every instinct of patriotism and by every tradition of their histoty are bound to give to that cause an unflinching, unwavering and unhesitating support. It is a source of general gratification, The cause of The people of the THE FEDERAL BUILDING. The letier from Congressman Loud to the committee appointed to request him to urge upon the officials at Washington an immediate beginning of the work of constructing the new Federal building is in every respect encouraging. It holds out to the people fair assurances that the work will speedily begin if only harmony and co-operation prevail here. Mr. Loud points out that the delay in the construction of the work in the past has been largeiy due to antagonisms in tnis City. He says. Francisco papers are kept on file here, and almost every effort that has been made by the delegation has been counteracted by our own people.”” That these statements are accurate is well known, and it remains with the people of San Francisco to de- ciae whether they will give any encour- agement to those who antagonize the new building or will %o forward, cordially co- operating with TEE CALL in its efforts to bring about the construction of the work without further delay. The outlook for the enterprise is thus stated by Mr. Loud: *Sufficient money augurate the work. Two years ago the building was placed under what we cal! the continuous contract system—that is, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury toenter into a contract for the completion of the building. Now, if we can amicably settle with some of our people the maiter of plans for the building I think we shall have no difficulty in getting it started during t e early summer.” It will be seen from this that the work is largely in our own hands. To accom- plish that which we desire it is only reces- sary that we should act together in that harmony with which the new agitation nas thus far been conducted. The City needs the building and her workingmen require the employment its comstruction will give. These two needs emphasize the importance of cordial co-operation at this juncture. Let us act wisely, therefore, so that when the summer comes we shall see the building under way and our workmen employed. A CURRENCY PLAN. J. Brisben Walker in the March number of the Cosmopolitan proposes a plan of currency reform which he thinks would compass the much-desired features of automatically expanding and contract- ing the currency in saccord with commercial and industrial needs. He claims to have given twenty - five years study to the subject of the safest and best way of supplying a me- diam of exchange, and that plans similar to his bav- been indorsed by such noted financiers as Joln Sherman and ex-Secre- tary Windom. His idea is toreplace the National bonds with a new issue, which would be made eagerly sought after by the enactment of a law that they could be held by the banks in lieu of their required reserve fund. These bonds he would make inter- convertible with United States legal tender notes at the will of the hoider, and he thinks the bonds could now be sold with an int-rest as low as 2 per cent. The results he counts upon are that disastrous panics from scarcity of cash would be avoided, and the remote sections of the South and West wherever they had good security would have equal finangial facili- ties with the East. By his system the author says whenever an unusual amount of money was needed to move a crop, or whenever a scarcity of currency threatened a disastrous financial crash, the 2 per cent bonds could readily be obtained by merchants offering their Gor 8 per cent notes, These honds they could take to any larze postoffice and con- vert them into currency notes. Just as soon as the pressing urgency for money ‘was over these notes could be reconverted into bonds, which would bs always avail- able at a fixed price, in order to save the 2 per cent yather than let the currency lie idle. Thus automatically the volume of money woul expand in exact proportion to the naeds of trade, and quickly con- tract again to the normal amount when the necessity of the extra issue passed away. Since President McKinley has recom- mended the appointment of a commission to devise a carrency plan for submission to Congress it is probable we shall have many theories on thesubjact to consider be- fore the provlem is solved. Thatof Mr. Walker offers many advantages, and some of its features might well dopted when rearranging our monetary system and revising our banking laws, The Heouse made quick work of the de- ficiency and appropristion bills which Cleveland pocketed at the close of the last session, and if ths Senate will be halt as speedy McKinley will have an oppor- tunity to get the business of the country moving along all right before Cleveland gets back frow his shooting trip, tias been appropriated by Congress to in- | THE NEW BOULEVARD. The work which is now under full head- way on the new boulevard is one of the thirgs most deserving of public attention at the present time in the City. Itisnot only a great benevolence—it is a great bargain. To furnish employment to men who are in want thouzh willinz to work isa praiseworthy deed. It takes away a reproach that would lie against apy so- ciety that leaves labor unemployed where there were surplus dollars and Clippinesof the San | Presumably brains enough to devise ways and means of preventing human energy from going to waste. San Francisco has made a great record in the past in this way by expendine $93,000 to banish want, among the un- employed while creating at the same time the beauties of the Golden Gate Park, and in the work on the boulevard just started she is preparing to sustain her reputation. No one who hes studied the reports about the unemployed can doubt that thisisa gr at benevolence, and no one who will drive out and look at what the men are doing can doubt that it is a great bargain. The economy with which this new addi- tion to Ban Francisco's attractions will be ucquired if the enterprise so auspiciously begun is cordially sustained by the public is consideration enough to bring forth the nerdful funds even if there were no force in the argument that the method pursued was the wisest form of charity. Not on'y are the men doing a hard day’s work for a small wage, but the City gets the benefit | of skilled supervision absolutely without cost. The plan pursued is for every dollar of the fund to go into the pockets of the deserving men who have failed to find em- | ployment elsewhere, Both the chairman of the general com- mittee and the chairman of the construc- tion committee are giving their personal attention to the work, and they are men of wide experience and special fitness for the task. Their supervision is a guaran- | tee that not only will every dollar go to the right place in a charitable sense, but that every dollar will be made to accom- plish in a strictly business sense so much work that it will be like placing it in some permanent and safe investment. The boulevard 15 to be a hundred feet in wdth; it will start from the Golden | Gate Parkat Seventh avenue; it will curve around among picturesque hills and val- levs and ravines; it will take the pleasure- seeker by the beautiful Trocadero and the racetrack at In leside; it will lead into the Ingleside road, which is to be widened, *moothed and perfected, and down this fine avenue of tall trees the people in their happy outings cad spin behind their spanking teams to the broad and breezy driveway that lies along the ocean beach. from there they can pass to the main driveway of Golden Gate Park, and through those winding ways back to their homes in the City, after having circled throuch a combination of lovely scenery, scarcely equaled on auy other drivoway of the worla. While we rejoice in the undertaking of this new enterprise and felicitate ourselves on the addition it will make to the attrac- tions of the City. let us not forget thase 1o whom the credit is due. To ex-Mayor Butro, who gave the right of way, 1o the promoters of the plan, to those who are directing the construction and to those who are assisting to pay for it all honor shouid be given. The public spirit dis- played by ihese men is as creditable to San Francisco as the boulevard itself. OASTING THEM OUT. The people of the East have begun reso- lutely a crusade against decadent journ; ism and are taking active steps to cast those journals out of their homes, their cubs ands their libraries. Aimost every day reports come of seme new ncts of ex- clusion of the kind and the time cannot be far distant when the slum journals will be compelled to find support in the siums or perish there for lack of it. A partial list of the institutions which have exciuded the decadent journals will show the extent to which the new move- ment has progressed. The New York World and Mr. Hearst’s Journal, which fs made of the same pattern as his Ezaminer in this City, bave now been shut out frem the Newark Public Library, Princeton Theological Library, the New York Yacht Club, the Harvard Club of New York, the Harlem Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, the Montauk Club of Brooklyn, the Dwight Hall Library and Young Men's Christian Association of Yale, the Young Men’s Christian Association of Water- town, N. Y., the Centary Club, the Public Library of Hartford, Conn., the Public Library of South Norwalk, Conn., the Public Library of Bridgenort, Conn., the library of the New York City Mission and Tract Boc ety, the Ansonia Public Library and the New York Ctub. 0 Following the exclusion of the decadent journaly from clubs: and libraries is the loss of their advertising patronage. Deal- ers see that as these journals are not read in the homes of intelligent people they are not good mediums for advertising ticles which are used 1n American homes and, consequently, withdraw :heir patron- age. Asthe New York Times says: “T:ey begin to see clearly that the newspapers that have and hold the attention of intel- ligent and respectable men an! women Ppossess the highest value for the adver- tiser.” In this way the crusade in the East goes on and society protects itself from the evils of gutter journalism. The move- ment has now so far progressed in New York that the result can be easily fore- seen. There has been, first, the moral revolt in the home against unclean sensa- tional newspapers. This revolt extended to the libraries and the clubs and has now affected the advertisers, The decadent journals have lost the patronage which Ppays and will soon die for lack of support. The slums to which they pander cannot sustain them, and when they have per- ished in New York it cannot be long be- fore they will die out in all other parts of the country. As the New York Sun say: The American people, as these ‘“‘new jour- nals” know, are s long-suffering people. They will stand abuse and vulgarity almost to the breaking point, but once their antipathy and their detestation are aroused their sense of antagonism and disgust is as acute as their sense of patience. It is this relentless antag- onism which the new journalism must face, aud the result can as readily be foreseen as was the handwriting on the wall in other days. SPAIN'S ».L..AcY FOWER. The prodigious efforts which Spaln is put- ting forth {n Cuba and the Philippines have astonished those who hava been led to belleve that the nation was on the verge of bank- ruptey. What with serious disaffeciion at home and open rebellion in ber colonies, it i3 & question how long Spain can keep up adrain which many nations usually accounted more poweriul would fiud a most serious burden. The figures tell their own story. In Cuba, ineluding the re-enforcements ot the Eleventh Expeditionary Corps, but not counting volun- teers, there are 107 battalions of infantry, 6 guerrilla companies, 3 of the guardia civil, 1 disciplinary brigade, 4 squadrons of cavalry, 2 regiments of mountain and 2 battalions of field artillery, also 2 battalions of sappers, be- sides battalions of telcgraphers, railroad troops, etc., numbering in all some 200,000 officers and men. Tge force in Porto Rico s about 6000, and in the Philippines, according 1o the Revista Tecnics, is about 36,760, of whom 14,000 are national infantry. there are with the colors 64,190 14,346 cavalry, 11,774 artillery, 5204 engineers, 2400 army service establ:sh- ment, 14,679 guaraia civil and 14,186 genaar- merie, making a fotal of nearly 129,000 offi- cerssnd men. Thus Spain is now keeping on a war footing at home and abroad an army of more than 871,000 men. Ths significance of these fignres is apparent when we compare them with the strength of the German army, which {s 557,000 men. Considering the pop lation and resources of the two countries givesa clearer idea of the enormous efforts which Spain is now putting forth, By alaw of the last Congress the National Guard will soon be uniformly armed with the Springfi=1d rifle, cal. 45, These arms will be 1¢- sued by the Secretary of War {n return for those now held by the guard. This very important step willresuit in giving the forces of the dif- ferent States a most excellent weapon, and, besides, will give uniformity in ammunition, a pointof great importance whenever troops of different States are brought together for a common purpose. The Springfleld has stood the test of time and use, and the absence of the magazine principle is not such & draw- back as at first sight wou.d appear. Even with magazine arms the magazine will not be used exceptin timesof great extremity, and then only fora very limited period of time. For every other purpose the Springfield gives a fire which 1s quite rapid enough for accurate work. Being a single-loader there will be less excuse for wasting ammunition and a conse- quent simplification of its supply service. Up to the present time the French army cyciists have b2en employed to transmit orders and carry messages, but it is now pro- posed to form s corps-of Lrue bicyclist com- batants—a sort of mounted infantry. An ex- porimental company uses s folding wheel which will enable its rider to transport it easily on his shoulders whenever any great obstacie is encountered. Each man is armed with the Lebel rife and carries 120 rounds. Two cycle smiths are attached to the company to make the ordinary repsirs. The company was tested at thelastautumn maneuvers, near Laon, where it was utilized for reconnoitering, scouting ana outpost duties. For occupying advanced positions, such as bridges and heights, such & company will prove most use- ful, owing to its rapidity of movement. Ger- many fs also tralning a corps of cyclists for simflar purposes. AT THs P E C(OUNTER. And every gaunt, hungry man but oneof the great horde that rushed up to be fed tound his pie iabeled in platn letters: “Not to becutuntil & tariff bill is passed.”’—Chicago News. The politician who is not lined up at the ple counter nowadays deserves rightly to ba classed w'th the fat v oman, the ta tooed man and the sonkecharmer as a freak.—Phila- delphia Press. Major McKinley would do well to borrow General Weyler's trocha. It doesn’t seem to be of much use to Weyler, and it would enable MeKinley to ward off some of those office- seckers.—Chicago Record. Many worthy citizens, who for some months past have been studying the Government pub- lication knawn as the Blue Book, will gon- clude pefore many days that it is s very mis- leading work.—Indianapolis Journal President McKinley is besieged by so many office-seekera that naturally he must assume a cold demeanor, but it was not expected that athis fir-t reception he wou'd “give the grip to thousinds of his fellow-citizens,” as re- ported.—Chicago Tribune. The Ohio man is all right, but he should curb his ambltion, and not let his desire for office get the betterof bis judgment. President McKin.ey wil probably do his pest to remem- ber his friends, but he cannot give ailthe oftices to Ohioans,—Cleveland Laader. The old story 15 being repeated in Mashing- ton. The new President is overwhelmed with & flood of office-seekers, professing confidence in the welfare of the couatry under his guid- ance, but trring to meks bim understand that but fof the special efforts of persons who for the moment have his ear another man might have fiiied the Presidential position, and PLEASED WilH iHE DRIVIN‘G Bos:on Herald. Apropos of the arrest of & young woman in New York for having run over & man on Fifth avenue, the writer of this paragraph vividiy recalls his experience in the same city and on the ‘ame avenue some time ago. 1t was on & wintry day in February, and the sleighing was good. A bargs drawn by four rited horses and filled with a merry sleigh- ing party came gliding down the avénue, the horses In fuil gailop. Atone of the crossings the leaders struck the young man from Boston, who was thrown flat on his back, tle four horses passing over him on the run. Bafore the horses could be stopped the barze had partly passed over the prostrate body of the youug man, and he was pulled out from be- tween the fore and aft runners. There were screaming and fxinting among the crowd wno witnessed tne spectacle, but luckily the youug man had 1o cause to join in the shrieking or swooning. He had goue through his frightful experlence without incurring a seratch or a bruise, On regaining bis feet & policeman rushed up and shouted: “This is an outrage, sir. ShallI arrest the reckless driver?” “No,” said_the young man from Boston. “Any man who can drive four horses and a barge over me without injuring me deserv medal, not reproof. Let him gol’* And the barge moved on, «THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.” Letters From ' Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. Some of Our Socialistic Ways. Editor San Francisco Call—SIR: ployed and the struggle made In thinkine over the public sttitude toward the unem- 10 raise money to set them at work on the new boulevard, I have [ our Dbeen led to wonder why we are so reluctant to make emergency work of this kind a pari o munieipal providence, and this has brought into review the somewhat astonishing extent to which our ways are and always have been purely socialistic. \arge number of men to grade and pave our streets, These men are employed and paid by the City with We now employ a them and keep them imperfectly clea: and then to repair money raised by regular or special taxation. But the levyiug and colleciivg of the iex, the nd the payment of their w Bepersls so e whole do Fiolves a6 8 whoie the street work of the City the people as a whole do for the! need of the public for the peoj whole. We have almshouses and hospitals, asylum: homes for the more unfortunate of our peapl f these bumane institutions and counts them a credit to our eivilization. B 10 ehforead 14 1eness through no fault of his own, but throu. h inie wer of control and is utterly unable to change, deration as our hopelessly dependent clusses? lic disgrace, but no city ever set apart land for laws over which he has no pot worthy of public sulicitude and humane cons: A city without a public park would be & publ a park, 1aid it out and made it thing of Det are acts of pure socialism; that is, 4 common nd schools for feeble-minded children, public nd every man above the grade of a miser feels But is not operaiion of social as much an object ty and public joy forever, that did not commit itself to that extent to the establishment of socia ism pure and simle. A city without a public 1ibrary 1S not to be classed as civilized, ment of honor to socialism and & or communi y without a public sc! and yet every public ubl ¢ demonstri 0ol would be a lingering example of the dark agi brary in the world is a monu- om and beneficence. A ciry and it 1on of its w to perpetuate our {:rm of government by abolishing the public schools, it T oG B0 dowa L despair and §iv6 place 1o despotism, and yet the public school 1s one of the Dest examples of pure socialism. But ime wouid fail me were I to_attempt to enumerat and discuss even the more notable les of socialism, and I must depend upon the intelligence of the reader to see. a5 500m as T heslis 1o Fedloct. [hat even our fork of Bovernmen{—municipal,county, State and National— is based absolutely on socialism. In regard to saiari s, 83 & matter of course the same law obtains. From the country school- her o the president of the State University, from the country Justice of the Peace to the Ehiet Justico of the Supreme Court of the Nation, from the Mayor of the smallest city to the President of the United States, every salary paid a public official is a socia!isticsalary beyond the possibility of & quibble. Boards or Health, milk and food inspectors and all such public fonaries are exampies of the socialistic system applied to the several services designated. et Tbre we look {nto the matter the more absurd 1t seems that we have been 80 slow to recognize the justice and common sense of providing public employment for the unemployed. 855 Marke: street, March 18, 1897. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. FERSONAL. W. C. Davis of Pescadero is here. J. Davis of México is at the Balawin. J. C. Ruddock of Ukiah is at the Grand, J. Morris of New Whatcom is {n the City. 8. Rish of Tokio is at the Occidental Hotel. W. W. Allen of Pueblo, Colo.,is in the City. Dr. Nat Green of Watsonville is in the City. J. E. Dufty of Albany, N. Y., is at the Palace. T.N. Hinch of Gallup, N. M., is at the Bald- win. C. B. Seely, an attorney of Naps, is at the Lick. George W. Kemp of Middletown is fn the city. Z. B. Patrick of Ferndale is here on a briel visit. J. M. Healy of Salt Lake City arrived here yesterday. F. W. Coady, the Russ. 8. R. White of Eureka is among the arrivals at the Russ. Edward Brown, a cattle-grower of Nevada, is at the Russ. T. 8. Dickinson of St. Paul is one of the late arrivals here, Professor 0. P. Jenkins of Stanford University is in the City. J. W. Zeiley of Washington, D, C., arrived here last night. William Heath of Manchester, England, is at the Occldent . Weinstein, a business man of Everett, ., 18 in town. Thomas R. Whelan of Nevada is among the arrivals in the City. Professor A. L. Colton of Mount Hamilton 1s registered at the Lick. J.H. Le Neen of the Evening Express, Los Angeles, is at the Grand. L. L. Savage of Northport is at the Occiden- tal, accompanied by Mrs. Savage. Dr. J. Nichols of Jackson, Amador County, is & visitor here. He is at the Grand. C. E. Frankie and family, of Biggs, Cal, are staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Levy M. Taylor of Washington, D. C. here yesterday and is at the Occident Colonel E. C. Culp of Chicago, who s inter- ested in California mines, is at the Grand. Robert H. Wright, a mining men of Haw- thorne, Esmeralda Couaty, Nev., is in town. Henry Levy, owner of & general store at Halfmoon Bay, is in town on a business trip. Fred J. Bulkley, a leading resident of Den- ver, is at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs, Bulkley. C. M. Howlet and wife, of Cleveland, Ohfo, are in the City and registered at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. Colonel H. C. Kessler, a wealthy mining man of Butte, Mont., and Mrs. Kessler are among the late arrivals here. Edward McGettigan, the contractor and poli- tician, of Vallejo, is at the Russ. He is one of the Supervisors at Vallejo. A. G. Campbell, a business man of Fortuna, who is interested in Alaska mining proper- tles, and who recently was in Alasks, arrived here yesterday. Ex-Assemblyman George H. Kittredge of Seattie, Wash., is among the arrivals here. He bas for a long time been engaged in the real estate and brokerage business. J. M. Brown, who is interested in the man- agement of mining property at Leadville, is in the City. He has come to Caltforuia to have a look around and may examine some of the mines here. Special Agent Leslio Cullom of the United States Treasury Department, whose headquar- ters is at Tacoma, is here in conneciion with custom-house matters. Heis a cousin of United States Senator Cullom of Illinots. J. J. Eakins, sporting editor of the New York World, J. Boden Jr., sportine editor of the New York Press, W. L. Bloomer of the Cincin- nati Post, E. A. Roth of the New York Evening World, Jack Tayior of the Boston Giobe, Nelse Innes of the Bos.on Herald and Mr. Giles of the United Press, Chicago, who have been at- tending the Carson knockout, are in the City. CALIFORN Ax iN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., March' 20. — At the Manhattan—J. H. Boriand, Miss Nichols, Miss G. Nichols. Plaza—J. Isaacs, Warwick—Miss Wade. Bartholdi—R. A. Rose. AGREED wI HIM, " he sald, with flaming eyes and mock- her ffc mien, When reading of the gallant knights that former days nad scea, «“That 1’d been of that sturdy stock that forth to fight did go. In the malled ranks of chivairy some centuries druggist of Garberville, is at W arrived She vawned and glrnced at the mantol clock that tire‘ess ticked away The afier-midnight minutes and proclaimed a new- born day, Then answered him in tone of volce half non- chal.nt, hait sad, ¢1'm sure I wish vou had, youne man, 'm sure I wish you h d. —Beston Courler. WI.H YOUR (OFFEE “I stood there in the silent night” said Willle Wishington, “wrapped in thought.” “Desr me!’ murmured Miss Cayenne. “How chilly you must have been."—Washing- ton Star. “Paps,” said the growiing youth, “how many classes are priz» fighters divided tnto?” “Five,” he answered, without looking up— “heavy, middle, welter, light and feather weights.” «What class do Corbett and Fitzsimmons be. long to?” “Idon’tknow,” was the dreamy response— «“paper weights, I belleve,” and his gaze re- turned to the interview in which each said he'd sonk the otber with a punch.—St. Paul Dispateh. “Yes,” it said, and a teardrop fell to the ground. “It is only tao true. But it seems hard that I should be suspended from this church for being a mere eavesdropper.” But then no one has any compassion for a poor icic.e.—Philadelphia Bulletin, “How fast you are growing, Tommie.” “Yes. Too fast, I think, They waier me too much. Wny, I have to take & bath every morning.''—Harper's Round Tab . “Things are looking up.’ “How so?" “Some fellow has invented a cash register inoer lll;l-’l!.fl men’s trousers pockets.”—Chicago cor ANSWERS TO (ORRESPONDENTS. A Note 1y Texas—Vina, Tehama County, Cal.The life of a promissery note in the State of Texas is four years. BAck Dates—C. C. L, City. The 27th of Ayprii, 1857, fell on a Monday and the 21st of Junuary, 1861, also fell on a Monday. Nor RETROACTIVE—A Citizen, Vallejo, Cal. Noamendment to the constiiution of the State that would be retroaciive would be constitu- tional. No legislative body can pass retroac- tive laws. CABINET OFFICERS—T. F. H., Sierra City, Cal. ‘The Revised Staiutes of the United States fail to show that an official bond is required of any member of the Cabinet of the President of the United States. A LIEUTENANT- G. C., City. In case of war, if a company of the National Guard of a State i ordered into the fieid a lieutenant of the company ranks the same as & lieutenant of the same grade who has graduated from West Point. ATITLE—F. 0. B., City. If you buy reales- tate on the installment plan you will receive your title when you make the last payment. If you want to be sure about the title to the land you desire to purchase have a reliabie searcher overhaul the records for you. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS—N. G. C., City. The Knights of Pythias, that is, the branch known as the “Uniformed Rank,” is recognized by the War Department of the United States to this extent as a military body: It is registered 2 ono o tho availsble bodies In case of neces- sity. HIGRWAY AND ScHooL Districr—L. L. Hay- wards, Alameda County, Cal. If 8 community in one of the counties of the State should desire advice on the subject of opening a high- ‘way or a school district that aavice would be given by the District Attorney of the county upon application. PRIVATE HOSPITALS—N. R., City. This de- partment cannot advertise the rates charged by the several private hospitals named in your communication. Write to the resident physi- cian of each and you will, if you inclose & self- addressed and stamped envelope for reply, re- ceiveail the information yov desire. PupLICATIONS—H. C. M., City. In the United Kingdom there are published about 1400 newspapers; in the United States about 30,- 000. The question: “How do the papers of the United Staies c ‘mpare with those of the entire clvilized wor!d?’ is too broad & question to admit of “‘a short answer.” If the correspond- ent will be more specific an answer Wil be given. NAME AND ADDRESS—N. G. C., City. News- papers require that correspondents should sign communications and give address, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. In the department of Answers to.Correspondents of THE CALL the names of correspondents are never published nor ever disclosed. Tt is often necessary to write to a correspondent in order to obtain a clearer iden of what is wanted than is given in the ABOUT PUBLIC LANDS—G. V., City. Any of the public land offices of the Unitea States where there is Government land that has not yet been taken up has a plat of such unclatmed land. and will furnish a copy of such plat for $1. That will show tne location of the land in the distiict under the jurisdiction of the particular land office. The value of land is fixed by the Government. Tnere is minimum- priced land $1 25 per scre and double-mini- mum lands rated at $2 50 per scre. The iand offices in California outside of_ San Francisco are located at Humboldt, Inde- pendence, Los Angeles, Marysville, Redding, Sacramento, Stockton, Snsanviile and Visslia. Those in Oregon are at L Grande, Lakeview, Oregon City, Burns, Roseburg and Tue Dalles. Those in Washingthn are at North Yakima, Olympia, S-attle, Srokane Fails, Vsncouyer, Walla Walla and Wnterville. An intending settler ought mot to make a selection without personally viewing the premises, as that is the on! fe way to determine the character of the laud and the surroundings. DistricT OF CoLUMBIA—Subscriber, Menlo Park, C«l. The rea-ou that the residents ol the District of Columbia do not vote is be- cause the district is under the exclufive legis- lation of Congress. The Government of the District of Columbia is vested by act of Congress. approved July 11, 1878, in three Commissioners, two of whom are ap- polnted by the President from citizens of the dis- irit having had three vears' residence therein !mm diately prig-diog that appoin ment. and conurined by the S-nate. The other ( ommis loner is de:alled by the President of the United St tas from the Corps of Kngineers of the United ~tates army and must have lineal rank aenior Lo cap a n. orb= a capian who has cerv.d at lesst fi:ven vears in the Corps of Engineers of the army. The Commissioners sppoint the suvordinate officinl service of said goveriment. The secretary is Wiil am Tindall. ‘The offices of the C mmission- ery ure 464 Loulsiana aven e, N.W., ' ashington, vasbingt n hiad a municipal governmsnt from 1802 to 1871, when Cougress pro. ided a terri- 10 1al form of governm nt for the entire Districi of Col mbla witha Goveraor and othier executiv: officers, a house of de! gates and a dele ate in L on- gre-selected oy the p-ople, and a_counctl ap- poinied by che President ot the United States, his form of government was not was +bolisbed June 20, 1874. and & tem The government by ommissi ners was o satls. factory that the preseit forn o' government three Commissionars was InGorpo Atod by acc ot Juiy 11, 1878, Congress maxes all iaw- fo. the isirict, b t ias intrust-d to the Commi.sloners authorliy (0 make police regu atous, builling regulations, piumbing reculntious and - Tadions of a muuicipal nature. " "o OUher TR RANK IN THE NAWY—C. C., City. The follow- ing is the ranx of officers in the United States Nay. Rank, Captain . Lieutenani-Comm equipment and con; Lieutenant.. General Duties. Commanding officer kxacy ive oflicer, .. ..... Medical flicer -Assistant {0 medioa oftice- Py ofticer Assistant engineers Naval cadets (engineer Capiain mariu «.. Comum: Sccond eutenant marin e £ Junior biiciy of marine ghard Assistant .0 executive officer Assisiant 10 ordnance officer Assisi 10 ordnance oftic. r Assstant (0 Da. m «5.e asier At Arime. secund clss: i r-al 'ms, gecond class; masier-at-arms. third class: chief bostswain's mate: boa awalu's ma es, first cla 8 boatswa b's m:f.fl“ cnmkflltln chief ganner’s a0, firs Cinss; ner's mates. ST T T, s e ; quartermasters, tuird ordinary seumen, apprentices, Artificers’ branch—Chief carpeuter’s mat, pe STttty o s : carpeuters mates, third © ass: shi Welkhis blackamithe, pIambers mad Aners Sab % § B s sy e , blacksmiths, c miths, machin 8L, seconq ‘Ofter-. firemen. first class: firemen, secony Coal passer . Kprcinl branch—Apo hecaries; eomen—equj, mei:, engineers, pa : yeomen, first C nus; v men, second ciass: bugiers, of apprenti cs for baymen. 5 Messmen branch—Cabin warrant Sofficer’s COOK, , first c.ass ship's co H GH SCHOOL FIELD DiY, P.iytecinic Boys Lower R cords at the O ymp:c Club Grounds, Nathan Throws the Hammr Ons Hundred and One Feet Four Inches With Ease. The second annual field day contests of the Polytechnic High Ec ool were held yesterday afternoon at the Olympic Club grounds in the presence of a fair gather. ing of spectators. Several records were broken, notably by Nathan ’98 in the hammer-throwing contest, his score being 101 feet 4 inches, as against E. Duden's best previous record of 90 feet 9 inc .es. Mauin the high jump cleared 5 feet 414 incnes, the best previous record being 5 feet 1 inch by D. J. Grant in 1896, and Dosr won the 220-yard hurdle race in30 4-3 seconds, ns against Mau’s record of 31 sec- onds in 189. Tne complete resalts were as follows: 100-yard dash (triai)—First heat, C. Say first, R. Dykes second; time, 11 4-5 seconds. Second héat, Riccorri first, Westover second; time, 12 seconds. Final, Riccorn first, Say second, Dykes tnird; time, 11 4-5 second. 120-yard hurdie—a. B. Pope first, H, Foldy secoud, Dorr third. *Time, 20 1-5 seconds. 444-yard run—Westover first, Morton ond. Time, 60 seconds. X Mile run—B. Townsend first, Sexton second. Time, 5:53. 220-yard dasb—Westover first, Say second, Riccorr: third. Time, 26 seconds. 220-yard hurdle—Darr first, Riceorri second, Naithen third. Time, 30 4-5 feconds. 880-yard run—B. Townsend first, Murphy second. Time,2:42. High jump—Mau first, Dorr second, Foley third; distance 5 ieet 43{ inches. Shot-putting—H. Nathun first, Pope second, Mau third; distan ce 37 feet, lowering previons record of 31 feet 6 inches, also established by Nathan. Broad jump—E. Mau first. B. Pope second, H. Nathan thira: distance 20 feet 3 inches. Pole vault—Meu first; distance 9 feet 4 inches, lowering his own’ previous record of 9 fer ammer throw—Nathan first, Foley second; distance 101 fect 4 inches. The mile relay race was won by the middle class men, captained by R. Dykes, in 4:393-5. Yesterday's offictals were as follows: Referee, Waller. Suarter, C. Westover. Timers—Mr. Harris, Hon, R. H. Webster, J. Pitchford. Field judges—F. Gardmer. A. Cooke, H. Hauser. Judges of fiaish—S. Pope, C. Ham, G Gless. Marshal, 8 Haber. Clerk of course, Henry F. Pernau. Scorers—H. Ree'l, L. White, H. Cahalan. Announcer, C. Murphy. The Lowell High School will hold its competition for points on the same grounds next Saturday. S i S RICHMOND SCHOOL NEEDS. The Present Crowded Condition of Grammar Classes Makes Now Ac- commodations Necessary. The matter of a new schoolhouse for the Richmond District was discussed before the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Edneation yesterday. Richmond has grown so fast of late that tbe school facilities are not sufficient o accommodate the pupils and a deputation of residents of the section was invited to explain to the commitiee their needs in the matter. Superintendent Fletcher of Oda Fellows® Cemetery addressed the committee, stat- ing that many pupils had to attend down- towu grammar schools because there were no classes to sccommodate them uear their homes. He said that if the board would stand by the Richmond people and make provision for a school the citizens there would doall in their power to per- suade the Board of Supervisors to grant an appropriation for the purpose. He stated the cit zens would content themselves with additional classrooms to the present schools in the locality it a new building could not be obtained and provided the extra rooms would care for the pupils. The Buildings and Grounds Committee will discuss the matter and report to the board &t an early daie. ——————— “THE HUMP” IS GOING. Cutting Through the North End of Polk Street in Progre: The work of cutting through “the hump” on the north end of Polk street, which the Polk-street Improvement Club has for some time past bean seeking to have removed, is now being prosecuted. There are a number of men and teams working for Warren & Malley, who bave commenced at the southern end of the 0b- struction, and they will continue until the work is completed. This will con- tinue for about two months, unless heavy rains interfere to prevent progress. The club went pefore the Legislature and had a bill introduced to admit of a change of grades that wiil be affected by ihe cuz, but yet no definite action has been taken. To-morrow afternoon the executive com- mittee of the Polk-street Club and repre- sentatives from the other .mpruvemei e clubs will meet in the ciub headquariefs to take initial steps to have the City (agi thorities assume the lighting of streets /of the City by electriciy. ——————— Park Music To-Day. Following is the programme prepared for to- day’s open air concert at Golden Gate Park March—*¥ arcean Over ure—“Zampa Bailet music irom «Fausi” Wilt—Mariposss” . .. Seleetion—1 wartiri Overture—La Gazza La “S hlummer Arie aus Die Stumme v Poricl Solo for French | jcurd kant sia “Pinafore Pacrol,” par Commercia! Travelers Disincorporate. Application has been made for the dissoiu- tion of the corporation known as the San Franoisco Travelers' Association. The petition Tecites that eighty-tive members out of & total membership of 116 were present at a meeting of the soclety and “hat w.l who were present voted for disiucorvoration. —_—————— E. H. BLACK, panter, 120 Eddy street. e e CAL glace fruit 50¢ per 1b. at Townsend’s. * e ALWAYS closed sunday. Townsend’s Pala Hotel bing. Buy Cal. giace fruit to-morrow ————————— SiTs cleaned and pressed §1; repairing and dyeing. 131 Montgomery street or 112 Va- lencia. S £PECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the m.& Clipping Bureau (Allew’s), 510 Montgomery. ——————— “Are all these tens of thousands of men yO\ talk avout looking for work, Wiseiy?" ot by & loug shot. They're after political appointments.”—Deirott Free Press. herry Pectorsl Tis grost THE agreeabie flavor of Ayer maxes it easy to admiulster to childrea. merl.s co (Tm its popuiarity. Ir affiicted with sore e; use D-. Isaac Thomp~ son's Eye Water. Drugglsis seil it ab 25 cents —