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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1897 SATURDA MARCH 27, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrler..0.18 Dally spd Sunday CALL, oue year, by mail.... 6.00 Daily and Surday CALL, six months, by mall.. Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mall. Sunday CaLy, one year, by mail.. WAEELY CaLy, one year, by mail. ESS OFFICE: 0 Market Street, BU. Ban Francisco, Califernia. ..Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.. Telephone.. ..Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montromery sireet, corner Clay: open antll 9:50 o'clock. 839 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. €15 Larkin et : open until 9:30 o'clock. EW. corner Stxteenth and Mission streets; opes ancll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o’clock. 187 Ninth strect; open until 9 o’clock. 1305 Polk street; open until 8:30 o'clocks. OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: fiooms 81 and 83, 34 Park Row, New York Clty DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. c THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. — The quickest work that can be done on the tariff bill will be the best work. 1f you wish good reading for to-morrow leave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL to-day. The men who cry “peace, peace,’® when there is no peace are regarded in Europe as great diplomatists The Federal building movement has got as far as the beginning of another test and that makes work for somehody. Ay The drawback to having & plantation on the Mississippi is that there is no telling when the Mississippi may be on the plan- tation. As Canada will aiso undertake a revision of her tariff the thing seems to be con- tagious, but possibly it may prove as healthy for her as for us. The Senate seems to regard the arbitra- tion treaty with sufficient favor atany Tate to hold on to it with a grip that ap- pears determined never to let go. Befors long the storm center between Greece and Turkey may be shifted from Crete to Thessaly and then the war cloud will be driven forward by a cyclone. Considering his fondness for posing as the arbiter of the destinies of Europe Keser William is playine & very small second tiddle in the grand concert at Crete. As the keynotes of the year so far have been pitched at Canton, Carson, Crete, Cuba and Constantinople, it seems as if the whole world has a desire to get the high C tone to its concert. As there has been no declaration of war in Crete all the fighting has been illegal and some Justice of the Peacein the isl- apd ought to get out a warrant and arrest the whole shooting match. 1t is encouraging to note the public in- terest in the boulevard displayed by the increasing list of subscrintions to the con- struction fund. The work is going to be one in which many a good citizen can sa: “I did my share.”” The proposed boulevard along the shores of Lake Michigan to connect Chi- cago and Milwaukes is making rapid prozress and will be the finest driveway in the United States until we construct one round the southern end of the bay. The manner in which King George of Greece has hela his position in Crete against the protests of the great powers shows that he has brain as well as back- bone. He is evidently a King that knows his business and understands his situ- ation. The landing of 500 Highlanders at Crete neariy roused the Moslems to madness, and if they wore the regulation kilts the rage of the populace is not to be wondered at. The garv is fitted only to excite a fizht or a frolic and the Turk is not frolic- some just now. It would be right endhigh to give mer- chants a chance to get rid of adulterated foods which they may have on hand, pro- vided they getrid of them by returning them to the wholesalers or manufacturers, but they should not be permitted to un- Ioad them on unsuspecting consumers. Among the Congressmen from the Eouth who have spoken during the tariff debate there have heen almost as many in favor of protection as againstit. It will be seen, therefore,” that protection is rapidly becoming a National sentiment as well as a National policy and free trade is fading out of sight. Champ Clark of Missouri proposes to re- ducé the expenditures of the country to the revenues of the Wilson tarift by cut- ting the army down one-half and abolish- ing the diplomatic corps. The scheme is at any rate consistent from a Democratic standpoint, It we are to have a deficit tanff why not have a deficit Nation? The duty levied on imported sugar by the Dingley bill will be a tax upon the people only so long as we import the article. As fast as we advance in making sugar for ourselves the tax will be light- ened and in the ‘end it will be no tax at all. In the meantime, moreover, it will encourage American industry and give our workingmen wages with which to pay taxes. Lord Salisbury has gone to France ostensibly to attend the Queen, who is re- siding at Cimiez, but as he is to stop at Paris it is probable his real object is to a; range a definite agreement with the French Government as to joint action in the Levant. The force of circumstances is compelling the British and French to act together whether they like it or not, and on the other hand the much-ialked-of Franco-Russian alliance seems to be ob- scured by the war cloud like sunshine by a thunderstorm. C——— A new weekly has made its appearance bearing the title The Yellow Dog, and isa long way better than the titie implies, for 1t shows no snarling, nor any disposi- tion to be vicious. The tone of the whole is humorous and gives promise of avoid- ing that coarse satire which is the last refuge to decadent wit. The managers of the new venture, N. J. Bowden and Joseph Carll, have taken a path which Jeads them into rivalry with no other weekly in the City, and may possibly con- duct them to fortune. SOUTHERN PROTEOTIONISTS. A conspicuous feature of the fariff de- bate in Congress has been the cour: taken by many Southern Democrats in criticizing the bill, not because it is a protective measure, but because it does not give as much protection as they de- sire. Some of the most im portant speeches in the debate thus far have been of this character, and they are sufliciently numer- ous to merit more than ordinary atten- tion. In the debate on Tuesday, McLaurin of South Carolina, a Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee, devoted his speech on the bill almost exclusively to a plea for protection for cotton-planters. In the debate on Wednesday, Maddox of Georgia asked for protection for alumi- num clay, which has been found in large quantities in Georgia and Alabama. In Teply to a question as to Wwhether he was a protectionist, Maadox replied that he Wwas opposed to free raw material. It is known that several of the ablest Democrats from the South are strongly in favor of protective duties not only upon the articles stated by McLaurin and Mad- dox, but also upon iron, sugar, rice and all other products of the Southern States. The 1ntelligence of the South has at last discerned the advantage cf protection to industry, and while her leaders continue to act with the Democratic party, they do not permit their party discipline to goso far as to compel them to support a free- trade policy which has proven as disas- trous to the South as it has to the rest of the country. S0 long as no cotton was imported into this country the cotton-planters were free- traders. At the present time, however, the importations of Egyptian cotton are rapidly increasing and constitute a serious menace to the product of the Southern States in the American market. This fact has taught the lesson of protection against ail the arguments of the free- traders, and the Southern cotton-planter as well as the Southern manufacturer has now joined the army of protection and will assist in maintaining the protective system as a permanent part of our indus- trial and commercial policy. It is gratifying to note that the requests of these Southern Democrats for protec- tion to Southern industries were well re- ceived by the Republicans of the House. When Maddox objected to the Dingley bill because the production of aluminum clay was not protected Dalzell of Pennayl- vania said: ““The gentleman from Georg; should not be so certain there will not be aduty on that product. I favor it, and we may yet place a duty on it.” This statement was greeted with applause from tue Republican side of the House. The incident clearly showed the intent of the Republican party to provide protection | for all American industries, without re- zard to section or to party. Southern Democrats will find as cordial a welcome 1n the temple of protection as will men of any other party or of any other :ection. A QUEEN'S AMBITION. It is brave news that Santa Cruz has authorized THE CALL's correspondent to flash before the gaze of the world. In a two-column dispatch from there which Tug CauL published yesterday morning the claim is valiantiy asserted that the people down that way are not content with mereiy having one of the most de- lightfal pleasure resorts in the world. The fact that nature has endowed their little dale by the sea with advantages which nothing within the power ol the world conld dupiicate or equal is duly ap- preciated by them, but it does not prove to be a couch sufficiently soft to tempt Ambition to lie down upon it and rest. Past it, with merely a lingering glance ot satisfaction, it goes, and ultimately re- solves into a conviction that Santa Cruz 1s fitted to be even more than nature has fashioned her, notwithstanding that na- ture has adorned her so far above the average of her sister cities. Santa Cruz asseris that she canbe a self- reliant commercial factor as well as a pleasure resort. Mani‘estly the office of pleasure resort is by far superior to that of commercial center. Certainly it is rarer, more attractive and withal more bene- ficial to the higher elements of humanity. Yet, bolding a position which nearly every other community in the world might envy, this energetic Santa Cruz confidently assures us thata queen may become a saleslady and still retain the royal heritage and perquisites of her birth ! Ii is a redoubtable declaration. It is very rarely that one sees a particularly favored spot for recreation made into a successful commercial mart. Nor does it often happen that the inhabitants of a particular!y favored pleasura resort desire to exploit in other directions, whereon they commonly look down witn lofty superiority and complacent security. Whether one is wise in doing so remains for Santa Cruz to determine. One thing alone is clear to us less fortunate burgs: if Providence had only been as kind to us as it has been to Santa Cruz we should | hesitate to desire anything further, es- pecially anything less valuable than the things which we already possessed. For selfish reasons alone caution is nec- essary for our versatile little sister city to observe. Will society, which now in- cludes Santa Cruz as oneof its summer pets and makes much of it every year, continne to smile upon it if commerce, in tho shape of hurrying drays, tram cars, vegetable wagons and cattle trains, in- trudes upon the sylvaa repose which now prevails? Will commerce harmonize with the beautiful cliff drive, the beach, the quiet, pretty streets? Santa Cruz, you see, is all in a bunch, so to speak—is right up next to the ocean, whence es- cape is rendered impossible by the encir- cling hills crowding up to the rear of it. ‘I'he area is too small to accommodate con- flicting pursuits. What the town is in one place it is in ali places, or all over. And it is all over au ideal spot to drilt into for enjoyment. It some friendly advice be permissible, we would venture to suggest that Santa Cruz give not too much thought to com- mercial development. Rather expend her surplus energies in adorning, with such touches as man may add to nature’s won- derwork, the rare features which make her 80 attractive and so celebrated within the pleasure-seeker’s ken. Inthat lies her province, and where could a more glorious province be realized ? WAR IN GREEQE. After the Servian war the Greek army was increased and now is about the size of our own., Universal liability to service exists, though the regular army is re. craited by lot. By the law of 1887 the regular army of Greece has a toral of 24,076 officers and men, comprising 16,136 infantry, 4877 cavalry and 8063 artillery and engineers. The total length of service is twelve years, of which three are passed in the line, three in the first reserve and six in the second, On a war footing the regular army could be raised to 100,000 men. The first reserve would give 104,500 men and the second reserve, or territorial army. about 146,000 more, making a grand total of 350,000 men. . In considering the military situation of Greece, her varied topography must be taken into full account. The country is much broken and divided by mountains into a number of independent posts. Such a country is, like Switzerland, bestadapted: for a defensive warfare. History.teems with successful defenses of states so situ- ated. To become master of such a coun- try each separate post must be conquered independently, so that a prolonged de- fense is easily made. Though the country is fairly provided with highways, the absence of any but short local lines of railway will make the vroblem of invasion a difficult one. Ade- vate railway facilities are absolutely ential to the supply and moving of large modern armies. This alone must limit the forces which can be brought against her. If Greece is forced to defend herself we may confidently anticipate that she will make a brave fizht, with the chances in her favor. The strong local patriotism and love of conatry, so marked a characteristic of ancient Greece, she still possesses. Sne is to-day the most democratic country in Europe. 2 Great battles require an adequate thea- ter of operations, for the battle itself is but the culminating point of a long series of operations. Such a theater is lacking in .Greece. 1f war comes we may look there for a partisan and localized series of conflicts rather.than those grand overations which are possible only in a comparatively o country uaving ample communications. SAN FRANOIS00'S RAPID OROWDS A leisurely person with an observant eye and a mind given over to rumination may station himself on any one of San Francisco’s prominent thoroughfares and be led into tome interesting retlections by simply marking the speed with which the passing throngs go by him. | There is a great deal in this speed. It means more thau rapid traveling up and down the street. And the significar:ce of it is confined to San Francisco no more than is the habit of speed itself, which is a pedestrianic characieristic of the entire country, if not of the entire civilized world. One must at first experience mild won- der at tbe haste which his sisters and brothers display in going by him as he stands under the protection of a doorway and gazes out upon them. Everybody ap- pears to be in a most important hurry. Every face indicates a consuming deter- mination to ‘“‘get there” in the shortest possible space of time. So rigid are the countenances set in this unalterable pur- | pose, that even ths manners of their own- | ers generally fail to assert themselves when the exigencies of personal encoun- ters or collisions occur to warrant it; none | of the conventions of the drawing-room prevail to divert our pedestrians from the one inveterate aim of annihilating space. Jostling and crowding, albeit spiced with smothered profanity or inaudible thoughts which ill become brother travelers, are the rule. But after a moment’s reflaction one per- ceives that in this regardless expense of speed lies the causs of the Nation’s, or mayhap of the human race’s, progress.’ As moves the individual in his intention to accomplish his certain little plan or bit of business, so moves the composite man, | the community, the practical world. The individual is always characteristic of the multitude—his ways, in the average, are ! always synonymous with the definite re- sults of his community’s ways, as evi- denced in all the perfections and achieve- ments of what we cail modern inventions, or modern improvements. And in this respect of speedy traveling along the streets, the individual man’s relation to the age of progressin which he pursues his way is strikingly brought out. One might demand a reason for so much haste, and deny that it is essentially char- acteristic of the Nation’s advancement, on the ground that a man might start earlier for his plac# of business and walk siower. Indeed he might. He might spend fewer moments over his morning pipe, or cut short his leisure time with baby in the back parlor, or he might in a bundred logical and convenient ways get started in good time, instead of always late, to his. office. And so, indeed, might the ducks | out in Golden Gate Park walk about on the lawn all the while and never go into the water. . Our San Francisco crowds are human, and it is patural for a human individuai 10 set the pace for the progress of his race. Hese'sit by walking fast, and his race ccrresponds with rapia strides in modern advancement. Wherefore let no man swear at the “madding crowds.” They verily are mad in their flights, but so is civilization in its flight of invention, pene- tration and achievement. LET IT BE COMMENCED. The fact that the Feaeral authorities have again suffered their attention to be directed to San Francisco’s postoffice site is cheering, inasmuch as it foreshadows a possible utilization thereof in the future, and that would be a tolerably fair thing to happen to it. THE CaLn arrived at this coaclusion some time ago, only a few days after the general putlic had assured itself that it had been mistaken in supposing that the site was meant to haye a building put up on it, and our conviction found expression in these columns several days since. The result is that the authorities aforesaid are again testing the famous ground, with an encouraging signiticance. Congressman Loud opines that work on the new postoffice will be commenced dur- ing the coming summer. The money necessary for an effective beginning has been duly appropriated and now lies in the treasury awaiting the contractor's call. Congress will appropriate adequate sums as the work progresses, as provided for in the original resolution. Only let us get started, and that site will assume a more real aspect in the eyes of & hitherto baffled community. PARAGRAPuS aBOU! PEOPLE James Whitcomb Riley says that he has left the lecture platform for good. Boehm’s characteristic statue of Carlyle on the Thames embankment at Chelses is to heve its replica in Edinburgh, which has deen somewhat slow in Lonoring the groat cot. The ex-Empress Eugenie has arrived at Nice and taken up her residence at her Villa Cyruos at Cap Martin. The Empress Eliza- beth of Austria is also spending the win‘er months at the same rcsort, Representative Bellamy 8. Sutton has in- troduced & bill in tha Indiana Legislature compeliing the hotel-keepers of toat State to print their bills of fare in English. I object,” he sald inaspeech supporting the biil, “to having the only name down o the hotel bill for goose 1ivers 1o b2 patty day for grasssy.” The school children of New Orleans are ratsing & fund of $6000 to ‘erect a monument to John MeDonough, who bequeathed more than $1,000,000 to New Orleans for educa- tional purposes. The gift has resulted in the erection of more than thirty public scho bulldings, in which 18,000 children are present.eurolled. THE SUNDAY PAPER FOR THE FAMILY CIRCLE, Do you love to read sbout the wild glacial mountains of the north, whose rugged beauty and icy splendors have placed them among the wonders of the world? Would you like to have & chat With onie who has explored the glassy heights of Alaska andwho now dwells, a rugged mountaineer, among the glories of the Yosemite? Of course you would, and because you would,you will buy a copy. of to-morrow’s fesue of THE SUNDAY CALL and read the chat that ome of the bright contributors of this model Sunday papet has with John Muir, the legitimate successor of Thoreau, through the / merit of his own achlevement. A striking portrait of the sclenilst, explorer dnd discov- erer will be published with the article. While the stories, tnelcgends and traditions of the California poppy, with beautiful filus- trations, will ornament the page which THE EUNDAY CALL serves to delight the little ones, the exploltation of this gorgeous golden flower that now decks all the sunuy hilisides will b> of equal interest to “chiliren of older growth.” A new electriomoter “bike” has been invented, and 1t promises to cause a revolu- tion in the cycling world. THE SUNDAY CALL will tell you all about ft. There isa ratlroad on the Pacifie Coast in whose operation not & single cat s used. And yet it pays dividends! This seems improbable; but the mystery will be explained in to-morrow’s issue of THE SUNDAY CALL. A most futeresting contribution concerning the spirlt of progress that prevailsat the Uni- versity of California, whose prospects for the future are as bright as those of any other edu- cational institutions in this country, will be & feature of the paper. A story of the stars, by Rose O’Hallora: will be one of the striking srticles of this edition of THE SUNDAY CALL This California astronomer hes discovered many new things concerning the heavenly bodies, and she tel 8 of her discoveries most charmingly in the narrative she has written. The next installment of Clark Russell's story of the ses, “The Tast Edtry,” will enciain the interest of thie reader from its beginning unto its end. It will make no diffarence if you haven't read the first installments of the tale, as a complete synopsis of the preceding chapters will be given with those publisned to-morrow. The tallest bird that was ever hatched has been discovered snd THE SUNDAY CALL will tell you all about it. Then there will bo an_exploitation ofa new use found for electricity; beautiful stories of the flelds and the woods by Adeline Knapp, and the mining department full of matter of lively Import to those interested in mines, and the fashion page equally as interesting to those who care for fashions. The book psge will delight those who are fond of literature. Thero will be many highly entertaining articles. Im fact, the paper will b brimful ot good things, and it will bea paper that will delight every member of the family and one that can be safely taken into the home. Place your order for THE SUNDAY CALL with your newsdealer to-day. “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR AL W2 Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. Chauncey M. Depew on Trusts. Editor San Francisco Call—S1R: Probably there is no eminent American who has so uni versally impressed his geniaiity upon his countrymen as Chauncey M. Depew, For many years I have admired his phenomenal versatility, his mastery of speech, his ever-ready wit, his gyrating fancy, his shrewd penetration and his prodigious attainments. I rate him among the ablest men of our times, and the position he has held over thirty years as counsel and president of the Vanderbilt system of railroads, and as counsel and attorney for the Vander- bilts, lends confirmation to my estimate. We may well listen when he speaks. In arecent interview with the New York Herald on wealth, inventions, trusts, and the duties of wealthy men, he answered the question, *‘What is the danger of trisis?’ I ask readers of THE CALL to consider his words. Ho said: “Undoubtedly the combinations of capital in what are commonly called trusts, 50 far as they crush_out compstition and enable & few men to fix the price of the necessaries of life, require the most careiul supervision by the Government and the Siate, and the most rigid jegisiation for their control; but the dangers suticipated from the universal combination of every kind of busingss into trusts are greatly exaggerated.” When he speaks of “the universal combination of every kind of business into trusts,” he points to & condition soon to berealized and regards it with complacency. 'AS & remedy for any possib e evils of a universal system of trusts which will “enable a few men 10 fix the prics of the necessaries of life,” Mr. Depew proposes “‘rigid legislation for their control.” Let the reader rest easy on this plan and indulge in no misgivings as to *rigid leg- islation,” for Mr. Depew assures us that “legisiators grow better all the while.” *In other woras, the world is improving all the time,” and “weaith has infinitely less influence in legis- 1ation, and a healthy public opinion and publicity have practically destroyed corruption.” This will be gra liying information for most readers, certalniy, siuce the impression seems to prevail among all elnbses of poople that weaith has great infdence over legisiation and that ‘icorruption” is not “practically destroyed.” While reading these views of Mr. Depew last evening I sat smoking my cigar by & cozy open fire and indnlged in some reflections, which I thought it worth while to offer 1o the renders of THE CALL, but I have coanged my purpose. On reading one of the morning news- papers to-day 1 was confronted in large headiines with the announcement of “Harrison’s Voice Agains: Corporations,” and further examination disclosed the information that ‘‘on Tuesday, March 23, ex-President Hnrrison delivered before the Ann Arbor University, Michigan. & remarkable address,” in which he declares exactly opposite views from those held by Mr. Depew, couched, it'fs trus, in Very gusrded phreseology, but neverdhelews decided and emphatic. Fin the third paracraph hesays: “I take these two subjects—corporation and tax law reform—as illustrations of the inefliciency of the legislative methods. Corporations have multipiied greatly. We now have them eigaged in conducting no: only raiiroads and banks, but almost every form of manufacturing or mercantile adventure. The investors, managers and employes interested are found everswhere. They are individnals of more than the average influence, especiaily when stirred into activity by & larce personal interest. This influence will clearly be thrown against any upjust or destructiae legisiation,and very muchof it against anyirestrictive legislation. In fighting unjust legislation they will heve many ailies who are aisinterested.” On finding ex-President Harrison thus opposed to the roseate views of Mr. Depew I shall let him speak for me. Referring to Mr. Depew's own State General arrison avers that *‘ac- cording to the Iast annual report of Controller Roberts in the State of New York the equalized taxnble value of real estate in 1895 was nearly$4,000.000,000; that of personal property iess than halfa billion. And yet itis well known that the personal property in New York State 1s equal to if not greaier than the amount of real estate.”” krom this siate of things Iam led to infer that wealth still has considerabie influence and that “‘corruption” is mot yet “practically de- stroyed” in New Yor! T would seem that General Harrison has reached the same conclusion, for ho fmmediately asserts that “a way must be devised to_place corporations under proper restraint and to bring to the taxroll the vast aggregate of untaxed personal property. The executiveand judicial forees of the Government act quickly and directly. The legisiative forces, hampered by the conditions surrounding them and the graater complications of the questious before them, seem to be inadequate.” If “the legisiative forces seem to be inadequate to place corporations under prover restraint,” and 1 agree with General Harrison that they are inadequate, then I fear that “the rigid legislation for their control” proposed by Dr.Depew may be oue of his okes after all JoK e foed, Goneral Harrison himselt despairs of “tho leglslattve forces” and proposes s resort toa new method of procedure, which he states thu s 10 me that the great reform laws must be {ramed by commis«ions composed of the hrightest minds in the States. They must have time to study thoroughly the subject. Opportunity must be given to the interests t0 be aff-cted and to the public to present suggestions and objections. There shouid b3 no a tempt to bring in the millennium on the morrow. It would be too sudden,” When the com- missions have framed the laws it is presumed that they will be presented to the Legisiature for enactment, and thus in the end we must deal with “the legislative forces,” for | do not sus- ect General Harrison of the Populistic heresy of referring tnem diractly to those who are to Bezoverned by th the whole body of electors. If the new method proposed by the ox-President is little better than the present method—is in fact ouly traveling in a “viclous circle”—ne hes given a sufficient answer, at all events, to our genial optimist, Dr. Depew. 1 fear that both General Harrison and Dr. Depew are unwittingly giving testimony fo the wisdom of the Fopulist contention thiat trusts Lave no rignt to exist and fix prices for & slugle day. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. 855 Market street, March 25, 1897. ANSWERS T0 CORRESPONDENTS THE DALY CosT—E. G. C., Cottonwood, Shasta County, Cal. The cost of running the municipal government of San Francisco is about $148,000 a da; WITH YOUR COFFEE. «“What success did Senator Lexow have with bis investigation of the trusts in New York?” asked Equildig. “Well,” replied McSwilligen, “'he fatled to pulverize the sugar trust, he found the lead trust too heavy to handle and he did not suc- coed in erasing the rubber tiust.’’—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. It was careless,” mused the advertising manager, “to put that prima donna’s indorse- ment of our cure for & cold on the same page with the announcement that she hasasore throat and cannot sing.”’—Washington Star. “0ld Skinfiint is bebind the times.” «Is that s0? Well, I'm glad to know who has been responsible for them of late.”—Cin- cinnati Commercial Tribune. Hubby—Yes, dear, you look nice in that dress, but it cost me a heap of money. Wife—Freddie, dear, what do I care for money when it is & question o pleasing you? Tit-Bits. “Do any of these new-fanglea substitutes for coffee resemble the resl article?" «Can’t tell. Ilive at s restaurant.”—Chicago Journa! “Now,"” said the lecturer on natural science before s Kentucky audience, “we will sup- pose & reégion in which nothing existed but water.” +No, no,” replied & dozen indignant voie at once, “we will not suppose anything of the kind.”—Atlanta Constitution. Country Parson—Do you take this woman for better or worse? Rube Bridegroom—Wa-al, I swow, parso now you've got me. Her folks think I'm tak- in’ her for better, an’ my folks think I'm takin’ her for worse—Puck, “Iam afraid it is all up between Jones ana the rich widow.” “‘Made one of his ridiculous breaks,I pre- sume ‘es. He asked her if he was the only man r loved.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. THE DELI A& wAITER. He defily placed a heavy chalr bebind me as 1 sat: He handed me the carte, with kind advice on this and t] He genily placed s wuowy servietis upon my nee, His swifiness and his silence were wonderful 0 me. Heseomed 1o read my wishes, which be sratined with care. DIa 1 wish for any viaud? Lo, that viand it was Last, of sllver and of china he brought two dainty rots. Oue of thee contained my coftee. and one, forzet- menots 7 00 Cblongo Record. SULLIVAN-MITcHELL—J. E. F., Armons, Kings County, Cal. John L. Sullivan and Charlie Mitchell met in New York City May 14, 1883, in lnldour\-rn\'l\lfl contest. Sullivan won in three rounds. EMITH-CARROLL—W. H., Seatile, Wash. Tne fight between Anstralian Billy Smith and Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll was fought in San Fraucisco, April 23, 1890. before the Califor- nis Club. Carro!l knocked Smith out in four- teen rounds. Cows—Subscriber, Michigan Bluff, Placer County, Cal. The disesse you ailude to as affecting your cows is ome that canno: be sed upon except by some one after an ex- amination of the animals. Your cows ought to be examined by a veterinary. PuGILISTIC WEIGHTS—S., City. According to the sporting fraternity rules, the pugllistic g Bautams, 105 pounds; feather, 105 t0 118 pounds; light, 118 to 133 pounds: welter, 135 t0 154; middle, 140 to 160 pounas, usually 150 pounds; heavy, over 154 pounds; and catch is weight'as discretion. GAS YOB BaLLooNs—Subscriber, City. The gas that fs used for inflating toy balloons is hydrogen, which may be obtsined by pouring slightly diluted muriatic acid ubonan equal welght of zine in a covered vessel having & small tap of stopcock 1n the top for Alling the balldon. The vessel is made of lesd to prevent corrosion. POLITICAL COMPLEXION — G. R. L., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, Cal. The present Congress, the fifty-fitth, is composed of Sena- tors: Republicans 44; Democrats 34, Populists 7, Silyer Republicans 1, Silver Fusionists 1; i the House there are: Republicans 204, Democrats 122, Fusionists 15, Populists 12, Silver party 3. ‘MORTGAGE—F( om street, City. A man who e on his real estate does not need to record the same, but the one who loans the money usualiy does for his own pro- tection. The: Civil Code says: ‘Mortgages of real property may be acknowledged or rrove: and recorded in like manner and with like effect as a grant th A LAPEL BUTTON—A correspondent is anxious t0_know what organizaticn a lapel button he is possessed of represents. It isabout the size of & nickel. The face is 1el, has upon it a white four-pointed star, and ‘on top of this there i8 a blue four-pointed star, the points of the Iatter between the points of the white one, Outside of the red there is a rim of white, in this rim at each point of the blue star is an Inltiairepresenting the points of the com- pass—N. E. W. Withiu the polntsof the white star are the initials, ia gilt, N. A. D. C. Can any of the readers of this department tell what the button represents THE POPULAR Vorx—B. E. H.,City. A can- didste for the office of Presidentof the United States muy receive the highest ular vou', yetnot secure the office. _Presidents are not Ziected by popular vote, Hayes and Harrison, with the exception of John Quincy Adams, Who was choseu by the House of Represeniac lives, were the only Presidents ever elected Wwho 4id not have s majority over their prin- cipal competitors, Tilden and Clevelan: .ltho only defeated candidates, who. had s major! l’_ over the President-elect. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONs—B. G. W., Angels Camp, Calaveras Count ,Cal. If the United States should recogniz> the belligerency of Cuba it would not necessarily change interna- tional re:ations with Spain sny more than it did between theUnited States and Great Britain when the laiter recognized the be:ligerency o theSonthern Conlederacy. By Such recogni- tion both the parent state snd the belligerel would scquire certain righs. For benefiis, see the answer ‘‘Belligerent Rights” in this issue. Newsparens—H. C. M., City. Tn enterprise and the presentation of news the newspapers of the United State: a rule, are far in ad- vance of those of European countries. 1: tlll:t; make-up and typographical appearanc laldlnlpncwlp-pe‘: are infinitely anpenar"lo the forelgn oues; and as to size and quantity of matter, the leading newspapers of the United States, to use =n ordinary expression, “beat the world.” As to literary merit, the papers of the United States have asgood writ- ers, us a rule, as any to be found in foreign countries. THe DEVIL AND THE DEep SEA—W. H. City. The origin of tne phrase “Beuween the devil and the deep sea” is not certain. It has been traced back to 1637 in a work printed in Lon- don bearing the title “Expedition With Mac- kay’s Regiment.” Thatregiment was with the army of Gustav Adoipb, snd e .gaged in_bat- {le with the Austrfans. " The Swedish gunners failed 10 elevate their guns properiy, shot fell into the ranksof their alifes. The Scotch regiment, with the enemy on ore side nd the b.undering gunners on the other, says the writer of the ook, ‘were belween the devil and the deep sea.” the expression had been used before that time. BELLIGERENT R1GHTS—C. C., Ross Valley, Ma- rin County, Cal. England did rec:gnize tho Southern Confederacy as a belligerent with ‘equal rights to supplies and hospitality guar- snteed by such recognition. That gave to the Confederate States 1acilities and opportunities Which were energeticaliy used. The question of recognizing & body of people at war with another is settled by a proclamation which recognizes the belligerency of the peopie claiming belligerent rights. This was the case when England recognized the Southern Con- federscv. Queen Viotoria issued the procia mation. “The expediency of such an act must be governed by the seriousness of the sirug- 1e. The tesi is whether an absolute state of ostility exists—not tr:fl.ng or localize serious enough (o affect the interests of ihe other States. It becimes to a certain extent & question of probability, while the recoguition of independence involves purely 8 quesiion of isci—whetber the attempt of the parent siate 10 coerce its Tebeilious member. has ceaseq. “The recognition of beliigerency,” rays Theodore Woolsey, & well-known writer on international law, *is by no means one- sided in its operation.” It gives Tights (0 both combatants. To the insurgent it gives the right of belligerents, the recognition of its flug, arignt to raise loans, » quasi poliucal stutus witbout dipiomatic standing. Oa the other hand the parent state can no longer be held responsible for the rebellious acts of itsre- bellious subjects. It can empioy the rights of biockade, of capture for earrying contraband, of search against its enemies, Lhus affecting neutral commerce. In fact, all parties recog- nize as & fact thata war exists between two combatants, the question of independenc: be- ing yet in aveyance. Judged' by these tests the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by Grest Britain and France in 1861 was proper and necessary, but the recognition of its independence was at no time justifiable.” England did not recognize tué independ- ence oi the Southern Confed: racy. Unless England had recognized the independence of the States she could not have sent ‘‘vessels loaded with ammunition to the Southern Con- federacy.” Her prociamation of the belliger- ency gave the Uulied Stutes the right to blockade Southern ports and to search neu. tral vessels. There were a number of Eoglish vesseis not under authority of the Euglish Government that carricd arms and suppiies to the Soutnern ports, and a number of them were captured for carrying contrabands of war. The Confederate Government passed a iaw Qirecting ali_English vessels entering its JOris 10 bring arms and supplies, else they would not be sdmitted. This deoartment is unable to discover how many British steam- ers tried to or made a landing at Southern ports during the wa; PERSONAL. B. H. Upham of Martinez is at the Lick. J. F. Hickson of Fresno is at the Grand. Charles M. Maonon of Ukish isin the City. James Bray, s merchant of Sonors, is in the city. W. G. Dorsch, a mine-owner of Quincy, is in town. Henry Eichoft, an attorney of San Rafael, is in town. G. T. Sparks, & mining man of Sonors, is at the Ru: Senator J. C. Holloway of Cloverdale isona visit here. The Rev, C. Ben Hamof Naps is a late ar- rival here. . The Rev. Dr. Wakeflold of San Jose is at the Occidental. Louis Janin, the mining expert, is st the Occidental. N. E. Dawson of Washington, D. C., arrived here yesterday. W. B. Collins, s merchantof Sacramento, is on a visit here. Thomas B. Kay, s business man of Salem, or., is at the Lick. W. D. Tobey, & business man of Carson, rived here yesterday. George T. Keyser, owner of a stage line Sisson, is in tne City. Assemblyman T. W. H. Shanahan of Shasta County is at the Grand. ©. I Hills of New York arrived here last night and is at the Palace. F. F. Roby of Colorado Springs, is in town, accompanied by Mrs. Roby. Doane Merrill, a mining man of Jemul, Ariz,, arrived here yesterday. Leo Moore of the Fourth Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers, Ireland, is at the Palace. Phil Turner and wife, of New York, are registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Mrs. H. C. Stockwell and family of Los Angeles are at tne Cosmopolitan Hotel. B. T. McCullough, a livestock-grower of Crows Landing, is one of the visitors here. Warner Brucher, a mining man of Wardner, Idaho, 1s at the Russ, accompanied by his wife. Colonel J. W. Pender, a mining man of, Randsburg, is on a visitto this City. He ar- rived last might. E. M. Wingate and Fred W. Wilson, business men of 1he Dalier, Or., have returned here after a visit to Honolulu, The Hon. R. J. M. Dawson of London was smong yesterday’s arrivals here. He Wil probably remain for some weeks. W. H. Kingsley, one of the owners of the widely known Continental Hotel, Phila- delphis, is hers on a pleasure trip. Mrs. L. Inch and child, of Sotiors, Tuolumne County, are down on a visit to the City and are staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Joseph Joseph, an extensive mining man of Sonors, Tuolumne County, is in this Caty and is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Police Commissioner M. A, Gunst wiil In about two weeks leave with his family for a visit of several months’ duration to Europa. Major J. H. Whittock, owner of mining in- terests aud s general store at Quincy, Plumas County, is at the Russ, accompanied by his dsughter. Henry Windt, & son ot Morris Windt, the tanner, will be & passenger on the Coptic for Japan, where he will introduce California tanned leather into the Mikado's realm. Charles Block, Van Olden and J. Gevers, of Huave, Holland, are in the City, on their way 10 Java to take official positions, to which they have been appolnted by the Holland Govern- ment. 5 — CALIFORNIANS .N NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., March 26.—At the Plaza, E. S. Wheeler; Metropolitan, D, M. Seaton, A. L Wisner; Tmpertal, T. H. Rysn: Broadway Central, P. Thomson. : - | CALIFORNiANS IN w sSHINGTON WASKINGTON, D. C., March 26.—George A. Knight, San Francisco; Henr; e i £y A Lawler, Loa It is thought that | Protest of LABOR COURCL A4S G000 HEWS Winning Ils Battles and Fighting the Work- man’s Enemies. Unionism Finds New Champions and Pushes Its Cause With Vigor. Breweries Come Into the Fold and Musicians Will Fight for Their Principles. At a meeting of the Labor Council last night at 1159 Mission street a number of important communications were read and some interesting facts came to light. A letter from Congressman Jesse Over- street, Washington, D. C., stated that he had filed with President McKinley the the Typographical Union against the appointment of Colonel H. G. Otis of Los Angeles to any office, and that the President had stated that no appoint- ments of the character at issue would bs made until the most thorough examina- tion possible. The credentials of F. Fluhr, as the new delegate for the bookbinders, were p sénted. R A letter from Worden’s attorney! showed 5064 signaiures to the petition for pardon, besides 10,512 previously reported. A report from itie I'ypographical Union howed great encouragement because of the new ordinance requiring all City printing to be done by union printers. ‘Cne Musicians' Union reported that the following places will be lought vigor- ously because they hire non-union mu- sicians: Spreckeis Market, the Culifornia Market, the Creamerie, 725 Market street, and the Royal Butter Company, 753 Mar- ket street. James Wood of New York made a vigor- ous speech 1n behialf of the International Cigar-makers’ Union and their attempt to educate the pubiic to the point of re- pudiating tenement-made goods. It was reporied that both the Columbia and the North Star breweries have decided to use union labels, for which reason the brewers are feeling greatly encouraged. AFFILIATED COLLEGES. The Cornerstone to Be Laid To-Day With Appropriate Ceremonies. The cornerstone of the Affiliated Colleges will be laid to-day with appropriate ceremonies. The programme Wil com- prise: Music; prayer, Right Reverend William F. Nichols, D.D.; iniroductory remarks, Martin Kellogg, LL.D., president of the universiiy; aying of the cornerstone, Grand Lodge of Fres nd Accepted Masons of California; music; ddress, Hon. James H. Budd, Governor of the State, president Board of = Regents; song University Glee Ciub; address, Hon. James D. Phelan, Mayor of the City and County of San Franeisco; music; addrese, Hon. Adolph Sutro; song, University Glee Club; address, Arthur Rodgers Esq.; music: benediction, Rev. Ldward B. Church, A.M, grand chaplain of the Grand Lodg S0UTHERN gELEVARD. Railroad Avenue W 1l Soon Be Opaved to the Five-Mile House. The southern side of the City is not go- ing to let the park section have the only boulevard in S8an Francisco. The work on Railroad avenue,from Eighteenth to Twen- ty-fourth street, is being carried on from Twenty-fourth to the San Bruao road, a distance of one mile. This section will be finished in about three months, and when done will afford a superior boulevara di- rect from the foot of Fourth street to the Five-mile House, or the county line south. 1n addition to the men employed in this work the Potrero Land Improvement Company has resumed operations on Blue- rock Hill with forty men who are engaged in removing the ugly hump. ————— TouRIsTS—California glace fruit, 50¢ Ib., In el- egant fire-etched bxs. Justwhat you want for Eastern friends. Towusend’s, Palace Hotel B'd™ e In every 1000 men in the British army only eighteen are over six feet in height. —————— FPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ————————— The Des Moines Reglster believes that Miss Hayward of Nebra.ka, ome of that Siate's delegetes to the National Woman Suffrage Association Convention, should be given the most prom'nent and influential position in that organization on the strength of the statement that she condacts the only millinery store on earth in which birds’ wings aad bodies are not sold. Santa Fe Limited From San Franoisco. Three and a Half Days to Chicago Via fanta Fe Route. To accommodate our Northern California pa- trons, on April 2 and esch succeeding Monday and Friday the first-class Pullman sieeping-car leav- ing San Fiancisco at 6 P. . wiil connect st Bar- stow with the Fe vestibule train, carryi dining-car. buffet, smoking-car =nd Pulmsn pal- ace drawing-room sleeping-cars for both St. Louis and Chicago vis Kaasas Cliy. This shortens the running time tweive hours. Send for literaure Cescriptive of our route. San Francisco tick office, 641 Market street, Chronicie bufldinz; Lei phove main 1531 Oakland, 1118 Broadway. ‘ cloa oo d THROAT DisEAsEs commence with a Cough. Cold or Sore Throat. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches” give immediate and sure relief, o THE agreeable flavor of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral ‘makes it easy to administer to childres. Iisgreas meri:s confirm its popuiarity. —_———— The English governess of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, is responsible for this story about her royal charge: His Majesty evinced one day et luncheon adecided preference for fingers 1n piace of forks. After he had offended several times in this way his governess re- monstrated gently, “Sire, Kings do not eat with their fingers.” “This King does!” came the gleeful reply. ——— e NEW TO-DATY. Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for it greut leave: trenzth and healthfulness. Assures the f0od azainst alum and }-u forms of adulterat.on cOWmOu to (he cheap "BOYAL BAKING POWDEE Co. New Yors