The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1897, Page 6

:THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1897. i’ e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daly and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .§0.15 Daily and § €.00 8.00 50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 one year, by matl.. six months, by ma nday CAL Bunday CLL, one year, by mal . 150 W ELKLY CaLL, one year, by mall. . 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Street, Fan ¥rancisco, Callfornia. Telephone .. SR -Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Streer. Telephone .Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, coraer Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until :30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth aud Mission streeis, open until § o'clock. 18 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 1 nth street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open unil 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kentucky streots; open i1l § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB 98 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York CIty. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. T1HE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Leave orders to-day for THE SUNDAY CaLL. ‘While the Senate is debating the tariff the House should be at work on the money issue. It is high time for McKinley to call an international conference on the silver question. Californians will have to watch the tariff bill or their interests may be lost 1n tne Senatorial shuffle. 1f you wish to know what the Easter girl will wear and how she swings the style read Tug SUNDAY CALL. We have started the boulevard o well it would be folly to dropit now. Sub- scribe to the fund and help the gdod work. Crete may not have succeeied in com- pleting her revolution, but all the same she has managed to give all Enrope a turn round. The Porto Rico rebellion raised its head just high enough to get it hit hard, and then the Government got in an uppercut and knocked it out. The European concert seems to have reached a harmonic key at last and all | the trombones are piaying a retreat from Crete for Turks and Greeks alike. The accident to Brvan at St. Augustine recalls several similar accidents auring the campaign last fall. In fact Brvan has had bad luck with every platform con- structed for him. The area of country flooded by the Mississippi this year is estimated to be nearly as large as the State of Maine, and the waters are still spreading. It isa g00d year for ducks and catfish. . The Canadian Government proposes to enact a tariff which will promote trade with England instead of this country, and if the Canadians can stand it tuey are welcome to it. We have no kick coming. In violating the ordinance sgainst spit- ting in streetcars Mr. Bradley has fur- nistied us with a new use for millionaires. They are good subjects to try lucal ordi- nances on to see whether they are valid or not. The aaministration is pledeed to pro- mote t'e establishment of international bimetallism as well as to enacta pro- tective tariff, ana the people exvect both | pledges to be fulfilled as promptly as possible. The appointment of Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy will give the country an opportunity to se how he plays bis hand in assisting. In former games he has always insisted on going it alone. There sre very few districts in the wide- tpread West in which there are not mining excitements of some kind in these days. Even in Kansas they have quit talking of Populism and fiat money and gone to gold hunting for a change. Balfour's assertion of a possibie alli- ance between England and America in case of a war with France and Russia is 80 peculiar it can hardly be explained ex- cept on the supposition that Balfour has become intoxicated with some of Bayard’s speeches. The scheme of Fresident Hill of the Great Northern to open a market in China for Pacific Coast wheat iz good, provided we do not have to pay 100 high a price tor it by opening the Pacific Coast market to the cheap manufactures of China and Ja It is said to be the intention of the Sen- ate Committee on Finance to report the tariff bil to the Senate on May 1, but if obstacles are interposed the report may not be made until June 1. In the meMi- time the House will bave to ask itself what it would rather do or go fishing. Senator Morgan’s resolutions in favor of Catan independence do not seem to have much effect on the Senate, but they keep 8pain informed of the fact that Cuba has friends in this country whe are watching the course of the struggle on the island, and to that extent they serve a good pur- pose and save the patriots from many an outrage. The executive committee appointed by the Indianapolis monetary conference has begun an agitation to induce Congress to take up the reforms proposed by the con- ference and proceed to carry them out, ‘This movement is' not unexpected. The currency question cannot be sidetracked, and the sooner the administration gets up steam and goes ahead on it the better the people will be satistied. 1t is gratifying to learn that the experi- ment with freo rural postal delivery at Campbell district 1n Santa Clara County has proven satisfactory after two months’ trial. The volume of business of tne cffice steadily increases and the people show an appreciation of the convenience afforded them. The Campbell district, being made up of small orchards, is ex~ ceptionally well fitted for such a service, but there can be little question that the tystem may be vprofitably extended to many other districis in the Blate, and since the result of the first experiment is 80 good the extension may be looked for at an early date, - THE SILVER QUESTION., The prompt action taken by the House in eaacting a tariff bi!l designed to pro- vide revenues for the Government and protection to the inaustries of the American people gives encouragement to Republicans, and confirms them in the belief that the administration will be prompt to fulfill every pledge made to the country during the campaign. I\ will be well for the administration, however, not to rest content with what has teen accompiished, but to go forward with other things. The tariff was not the only issue in the campaign—protection is not the only pledge that was made to the people. T ere was an emphatic promise made that the McKinley aaministration would take immediate steps to bring about an international agreement for the remonetization of silver. faithfully fulfilled. The House has vassed the tariff bill, and is now doing nothing. The people await with impatience for some signs that this pledge also is to be It has therefore opportunity to begin at once the work of preparing the way for financial legislation. Itis not expected that the Senate Finance Committee will report the tariff before May 1. 1f obstacles intervene the bill may not be reported before June 1. At least a month will be required after the report is made before the slow-moving Senate can be expected to take the final vote on the measure. What will the House be doing during all that time? Can it afford to meet only to adjourn, and be idle while any pledze of the party remains unfaldlled? Itisnot good politics—it is not wise statesmanship—for the administration to ignore, or even postpone, the money question. That issue was the most important n the last campaign. It overshadowed even the question of protection. scussed on every stump and in every newspaper throughout the land. It was The Republican party won its victory because its platform, its candidates for office, its speakers on the stump and its representatives among the newspapers emphati- caliy pledged it to take immediate and resolute action toward the establishment of international bimetallism. The party could not have won otherwise. were thinking of money, they were talking of money. The people Throughout the country the main issue was whether we should have the remonetization of silver by the United States alone, as promised by the Bry ites, or the remonetization of silver by inter- national agreement, as promised by the Republican party. On that issue the great battle was won, and by what it does on that issue will the McKinley sdministration be judged when its work is submitted to the people for approval or condemnation in the Congressional elections of 1838. President McKinley owes it to his party and to the country to call to the attention of Congress the importance of taking action at once on this issue as well as on that of the tariff, If the question is postponed until the meeting of the regular session in December 1t will be late in the winter, or perhaps even in the spring, before 80 much as the preliminary steps can be taken toward the solution of the problem. The time will then be near at hand for the Congressional cam gn, and the Republican party will go into the field hampered by the fact that it has apparently neglected the paramount issue of the time. Delay on this issue wou'd be a political blunder of the first magnitude. The administration should not make it, Congress should be set to work. The call foran international conference to bring about the remonetization of silver should be made immediately. THE FEDERAL BUILDING ‘While the Senate is engaged in revising the tariff the House of Representatives meets once in three days and then pro- ceeds to adjourn for another three a that being the longest time for which it can adjourn without the consent of the Senate. The members of the House, therefors, have ample time to go fishing. or to attend to the business of their con- stituents. The California members ought not to go fishing. They ought io camp around the office of the Treasury Department and that of the supervisicz architect and continu- ally remind those officials that there is in San Francisco a good site for a new Fed- eral building and in the treasary at Wash- | ington money to pay for it. They can further inform them that many indus- trious men are out of employment in San Francisco, that the business of the N. tional Government requires the new offices which would be afforded by the building, and that the need for an early beginning of the work ot construction is therefore doubly urgent. All this will be an old story to the Gov- ernment officials, even as it is an old story to the people of San Francisco. Nev-r- theless itis astory which must be iter- ated and reiterated until action is taken and the work of construction begun. Agitation must be insistent and persistent on this topic. We have tried the experi- ment of waiting in silence for many years, &na for our pains in the practice of that policy we have gained nothing except the good which comes from the exercize of patience. In order to capture Richmond Lincoln advised General Grant “to keep peggine | away at it.”” A similar policy 1s the one which we must adopt in our contest for the new Federal building, and now that our members of the House of Representa- tives have nothing elfe to do it 1s a good time for them to keep pegging away at the Treasury Department until it surren- ders. We must have the building. We ought to see work begun on it this summer. WHEAT FOR THE ORIENT. The letter of James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, pointing out the possitility of developing a large | grain trade between the Pacitic Coast and the Orient, is one which will be read with no little interest by the people of Califor- nia. It promises benefits both to the mer- cantile and to the farming industries of the coast and opens up a field of enter- prise well worthy the most serious consia- eration that can be given to it. According to Mr. Hill, it is possible for the wheat producers of the Pacific Coast to find a market for their products in the Orient not only sufficiently large to sonsume all of the carrent output of | wheat, but to furnish a demand for it which wou!d enable us to largely increase the supply without any diminution of price. In the province of Amoy, China, there are 80,000,000 of people, and if these consume an average of twenty pounds of flour per capita yearly, they would make a market for 40,000,000 bushels of wheat in that province alone. Other districts of China near the sea and accessible to ships would make additional markets for an equally large amount. It seems, more- over, that we have only to supply the wheat at reasonable rates in order to In- crease the Chinese use of it, and therefore the outlook for an abundant market for our wheat felds is most excellent. In the past year we have shipped a good deal of wheat to China and Japan, and the resu!t bas been to reduce the amount going to Europe, so that there has beén a rise in the price. Mr. Hill states that the price of wheat this year as compared with last is from 20 to 25 cents higher, and he thinks that from 15 to 18 cents of this rise is clearly due to withdrawals of Pacific wheat from the European markets. The necessary conclusion is, therefore, that i we could find in the Orient a market for all our wheat, there would be better prices, not only for the Pacific Coast croj but for those of the East, and the whole farm- ing population of America would be bene- fited. To ‘accomplish the opening of this enormous market for our wheat products 1t is certainly worth while paying a good price. In bis letter Mr. Hill suggests that the new tariff should be arranged in such & manner &s to promota the Oriental trade. 1f this means that we are to open the Pacific Coast markets {o the cheaply manufactured goods of China and Japan it might be found within u fow years that we are paying too hizh a price for the new wheat marxet. In the present con- dition of our industrial development we need more factories rather than more wheat fields, and it would not benefit us mach to sell wheat to the Orient if we had to sacrifice our manufacturing industries todoit. Mr. Hill’s proposition is worth considering, but is not to be adopted too bastily. | | Iilinois ARMOR PLATE. The bids for supplying the Government with 8000 ions of armor plate nnder the law stipulating that the average cost should not be more than $300 a ton have reduced the problem to the simple one of a Government plant for the construc- tion of armor plate or the payment by the Government of excessively large sums to private parties, The cost of armor plate was thoroughly investigated by a commission which re- ported 10 Congress that it would be profitable to the manufacturers to furnish plate to tne Government for a cost not exceeding $300 a ton. The manufacturers, however, have evideatly determined not to furnish it for that amount. Oniy one of them made any bid at all on the plate now required for the battle-ships Ala- bama, 1llincis and Wisconsin, and this iune while making two vropositions did not couform in either of them to the re- quirements of the law. One proposition made by the bidder, the Iilinois Steel Company, was an offer | to furnish plates at $240 a ton, on condi- tion that Congress would award it tue contract for all the armor-plate that woald be wanted by the United States Govern- ment for twenty years, provided that it should not be required to manufacture less than 6000 tons nor more than 12,000 tons annuaily. The other proposition was that the Government should erect an armor-plate plant and lease it to the Steel Company at a nominal figure for ninety-nine years, on which terms the compazy would agree to manu- facture the armor-plate at a reasonable cost. 1t is conceded that the construction of a plant for the manufactare of armor-plate | is costly and entails a very heavy ex- penditure of money. As the demand for stch material is limited the profits on | what is made must be very large in order to pay interest on the capital invested, These facts were taken into consideration by the commission which reported that the plate cou!d be made in this country at & cost not exceeding $300 a ton. bince none of the manufacturers are willing to make it for that price the Government should erect two plants of its own, one on the Atlantic and the other on the Pacific coast. It would then be independent of the steel companies and could certainly manufaciure its plate as cheaply as it has been offered by private biadersatany time since the construction of the new navy began. LOVE'S INVOCATION. Biue sky, bend above her Brightly day by day: Lilles lean and jove ber— Violets. deck her way! For her smile s like the light that makes the ‘morning And ber eyés are like the biue that makes the sky: Ana ber iips are I1ke a crimson rose adorning The gardens when the springiime | asses by | Earth, grow green beneath her, (31nd her grace to greet: AL your roses wreath her— ‘Thornless, fadeless, swe For her smile is like the light that mekes the ures the angels from the sky: J4 8 Qeatniess rose adoruing y 1 MEN George I of England never learned the Eng- A#ND WOMEN. lish language. Dr. Nensen has asked permission to name the Siberian peninsuls discovered by him after King Oscar of Sweden. The King and the Russian authorities nave given their con- sent. Miss Ellen Hinsdale, daughter of Professor Hinsdale of Michican University, has received the degree of Ph. D. from the Goettingen University, the first woman to recsive the de- eree In philology at that institution. “If we had to describe Marie Corelli in terms of literary geograph,” says a writer in the Bookman, “we should say that she is bounded on the north by Ouids, on the south by Laura Jean Libbey, on the esst by Florence Warden and on the west by Archibald Claver- 13g Gunter.” Ouida has more fads and fancies than even a fin-de-siecle college girl. The scent she uses is made especially for her by a celebrated Venetian perfumer and costs $40 an ounce. She cannot bear starched muslin; the touch of velvet makes her feel creepy, and xhe faints at the smell of honey. Mrs. Bradley Martin is the owner of the most complete and valuable collection of watches in this country. Among the gems is a watch pendant which at one time belonged to Queen Anne. Another unique timepiece in the col- lection is set in the heart of an apricot made of onyx, and the works of which are of solid gold. BOURKE’S LIiiLE BULL Atlanta Journal. Bourke Cockran exercised his birthrightas Irishman & few days ago when he said: ““Those who are remembered for & year are:not many; and the man who fs remembered for 3000 years does not exist.” CROSSING TO EUROPE BY TROLLEY. There is really no foreseeing what we are coming to, in view of the resistless progress ol tovention and the stil stronger fight of {magination, which is the egg out of which inves. ton is hatched. Note the amasing proposition which Professor Close has conceived. It will be set forth in THE CALL to-morrow. It is a well-defined scheme to cross the Atlantic a troiley strung to the bed of the ocean. Not much will be made public abvut the Easter Girl until a week hence, but a special writer on THE CALL has found one of those charming creatures all decked out 8 week in advance and waiting for the eventful day in complete readiness and with corresponding impatience, and she has pictured her in all her splendor in to-morrow’s CALL It Is & unique bit of character skeiching, as well asa timely hit on Easter fashions. George W. Miller, now of Belvedere, is & survivor of the famous Kogue River massacre in Oregon forty 0dd years ago. He states that the cause of the Indfans' uprising was the fact thatcertain of the whites were uufeellngly desecrating the Indian graves for the purpose ofgetting the boards which the coffins were made of. This horrible outrage led to a long and bloody series which Mr. Miller authentically makes public through a CALL writer iz to-morrow’s great fliustrated supplement. In the East the daugerous fad o! indulging in what are called “chlo rotorm sprees” has been followed to some extent, sufiiziently at least to induce a San Francisco young woman to try the experiment. There is considerablo humor and a great big moral in the story which she relates of her thrilling fight with the drug. The story, illustrated, will appear in THE SUNDAY CALL. A kcen observer, who has been contributing 10 THE CALL some pertinent strictures on in- ternational affairs over the nom de plume of “Ex-Attache,”” has written for (o-morrow’s issue an excellent eriticism of the custom of sending abroad as diplomats men who have become by foreign association @ivorced from Ppluin and true Americanism. One may easily imagine the amusing dilemma of a man oa an Easter-bonnet shop- PIDg tour in San Francisco. A CALL writer anda CALL artist went this week on such tour, and (he results of their observations and experiences will appesr in this paper to-mor row. Clark Russell’s story, “The Lost Entr: reaches & happy conclusion in the same paper, comprehensively illustrated. Adelino Knapp talks of the birds; Van Dyck Brown writes of Alfred Parsons, the artfst author; Marcella’s wits are paricularly alive 10 the fashions of the season; social and the- atrical affairs are given an illustrated page each; the book page deals with Nansen and his celebrated book, giving the iatess portrait of the eminent explorer; the page devoted to the children, by Mary W. Richards, sparkles with an aliuring variety of prose and verse sketches, punctuated by illustrations; the whist department leads the local whisters as usual; the mining {udex is illustrated and varied in new and original style by a special writer, and & score more articles, special and detail work, fill up the number. " EQ For & high-class end withal readabie Sunday pap r that your children may read as safely a8 yourself take THE EUNDAY CALL. 1t is live, carefully edited, testefully illustrated, clesn and free from fakes. Order to-day. PERSONAL. A. C. Irwin of Marysville is in the City. E. B. Carr, & merchant of Ferndale, is in town. Charles R. Thorburn of Chicago is at the Grand. N. Clark of Spokane was one of yesterday’s arrivals. Mrs. M. Rose of Angels Camp is at the Cos- mopolitan. G. H. Coffin, s mining man of Pasadens, is on a visit here. Isadore Bissinger, a business man of Port- land, is in town. B. F. Reeser, a business man of Ashland, Or., is at the Rass. Thomas B. Bond, the capitalist of Lakeport, isa late arrival here. B.T. Bush,s mimng msn of Roslyn, B. C., is a recent arrival here. Mr. and Mrs. Schwabacher of Berlin, Ger- many, are at the Palace. F. H. Raiz and family of Angels Camp are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Daniel Dy and son of Dedham, Iowa, are st the Cosmopolitan Hotel. District Attorney Carl E. Lindsay of Santa Cruz is here on & brief trip. The Rey. C. K. Guthrie ot Red Bluff ana Mrs. Guthrie are at the Palace. J. Craig, proprietor of the hotel at Highland Springs, Lake County, fs in this City. John Lake and Mes. Lake, of Rockford, IlL., were among yesterday’s arrivals here. Dr. McFarland of Ormond College, Mel- bourne, Australia, is at the Qccldental. F.Goldstone, & general store owner of Cot- tonwood, idabo, is registered at the Grand. C. W. Jones, a business man of Ryde, Sacra- menté County, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Jesse D. Carr, the milifonsire land-owner and banker of Saiinas, arrived here yesterday. W. R. Foreman, a hotel proprietor of An- tioch, arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. M. L. Ellicott of Salisbury, South Africa, I among the arrivals here. He Is accompanied by Crichton R. Scorth of Scarborough, Eng- innd. A. W. Butts, a mining man of Spokane, who has for some time been developing properties in Amador and Trinity counties, is at the Occidental. Colonel Henry G, Shaw, representing the Stockton Art Pottery Company, is here on & business trip and will leave in aday or two for Los Angeles. Colonel Shaw was for some years awell-known newspaper man of Nevada, and afterward of California. He was the or- ganizer and secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and made speeches throughout the State for MeKinley during the iast campaign CALIFORN.ANS IN NEwW YORK NEW YORK, N.Y., April 9.—At the Plaza, J. B. Ryan, Jonn Brown; Stuart, P.N. Aron- son; Murray Hill, A. W. Corbus, Mrs. C. D. Farquharson, J. D. Johnson; Astor, L. D, Jacks; Imperial, J. Curtis; Manhattan, J. Curtis. WITH YOUR (OFFEE He (costatically)—Miss de Peyster promised last night to marry me, She (caimly)—I congratulate you. He—You dou’t seem to be surprised. Sie—No, I can’t say that Tam. Iheard her say yesterday that she had made up her mind to have & husband before the year was out, and that almost any old thing would do.— Somerville Journal, “The days are getting longer,” remarked Mr. Vivvles, whose habits have developed a vein of sarcasm in his wife. “Yes. The sun rises much earlier. really sorry, for your sake.” “Idon’t see why.” “It compels you to hurry so to get home be- fore daylight."—Washington Star. And 'm Proprietor — Does the new elerk seem to know anything about bookkeeping? Head Bookkeeper—Nothing at all, sir; but, then, you must remember he has never done anything before but teach double-entry in a business college,—Judge. He—Miss Bellacour claims to belong to & very old family. She— Well, she’s justified. There are six of those girls, and the youngest of them must be atleast 35, —Cleveland Leader. Jewley—What makes you think Stimson is getting wealthy? Beaker—He never 1ooks flattered and apolo- getic any more when Iask him for a loan.— New York Press, “Have you anything to ssy?’ obligingly asked the leader of the vigilance committee a3 he seized the end of the rope. “Nothing, except that you can’t koep & good man down,” responded Weakly Tenplunks the humorist, further attempts to conceal his identity being useless.—Detroit News. he sneered, “they say that the American public wants novelty!” “Heve you reason for a different opinion?"* *‘Certainly. Iwrote a play in which there Was not a phrase nor an incident nor a cos- tume calculated to bring a blush to any cheek, Nobody went to see it.”—Washington Star. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS RECEIVING A PACKAGE—M. A. E. B,, City. It a package is delivered at a house properly ad- dressed to name and number the presumption is that itis intended for the individual 0 ad- dressed, althought the party receiving it may not know from whom it came. . G. F. B.,[City. THE CHRONICLE CLOCK— The clock in the Chronicle building tower has 8 double dial. The one that marks the time by day has a diameter of 1615 feet, while the one that marks the time by nighthas a di- ameter of 11} feet. The minute-hand is 8 feet long and the hour-hand 513 feet long. The weight of the minnte-hand is about 40 pounds, JURISDICTION: , Gridley, Cal. The rivers in the of California are under the jurisdiction of the State. The Code says: The soverelgnty and jurisdiction of :his State extends to all places within its boundaries as estabiished by the constitution: but the extent of such jurisdiction over places that have been or may be ceded to, purchused or condemned by the Unitel Scaces, Is quaified by the terms of such cessfon, or the laws under wiilch such purchase or condemna:ion bas been or may be made. THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS—J. C., City. There 18 no regular time for examina- tions in the various departments under the civil service rules. When a department re- celves notice that there is to be an examina- tion the fact is postea in a prominent part of the department. That notice gives all the in- formation as to iime, piace and the character of the examination. Those who wish (o un- dergo an exsmination shouid select the de. partment iu which ihey wish to enter, and theu apply at that depiriment for the clerk of the eivil ‘service branch, who will give il in- formetion and furnish e nation blanks. TERRITORTAL JURISDICTION ville, Santa Cruz County. The following sec- tion of the Political Code defines the jurisdice tion in the matter of crime on ground ceded by it: The Legislature consents to the purchase or con- demuation by the Ullted States of any tract of 1ana within this State for the purpose of erec ing forts, magezines, arsendls, dockyards And other Dneedul buildings upon the express condition that all clvil process as may iesue under the authority of thisState, and such criminal process as may issue under the author.ty of ibis State, against any person coareed ith crime ma. be served and ex- ecuted th-reon in :he same mode and manner and by the same officers as if tue purchase or condem- nation had no. been made. This, of course, applies to crimes “‘against the peace aud dignity of the people of the State of California."” FREEZING MIXTURES—J. B. P., San Jose, Cal. The following is & list of freezing mixtures in which snow is not a part: =23 | =2 Ezs | 82 nE 2 INGREDIENTS. : ’5 51 P18 | 5% ieb | 52 P2 | ES H ke 12 Three parts sodium phosph: LWO| part. ammonium niteate, parts mixed acids ... ..|34t0 50| 16 Five parts sodium phosphate, three | puarts ammonium niirate, four | parts dilnte nitric acid . ....| Uto34| 34 One part ammonium nitrate, one 1 At water. N - 40t 4 36 Five parts ammonium caioride, | five parts potassium nitrate, eighi parts todium suiphate, sixten parts water . N .. |50 to 4 46 Same as abo m sulphate. 501010| 40 Five parts sodium suiphate. four parts diluted sulphuric acid...... (5010 8 | 47 One part ammonium nitraie, one pari sodium carbonate, one part water. 50 to 7 43 Appomatiox Post G. A. R, Appomattox Post No. 50, G. A. R., gave an anniversary entertainment last Thursday night in Syndicate Hall, Oskland, and the invitation toattend was responded to by a large number of peopie. There were among the number General Department Commander T. C. Masteller, Junior Vice Department Com- nder F. W. Cushing, post senior vice de- pariment commander and Colonel Lyoas. The entertainment was opened by & few remarks by Post Commander S. Knight, the audience sang “:Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” ' W. R. Davis responded (o “Our Honored Guest,” Mnayor W. Tnomas. Rev. E. R. Dille of Lincoln Post told in a most inter- esting style of the surrender at Appomattax. Mrs, Fiora Wincoell Andres gave a vocal se- lection and_the remainder of ihe programmo was as fotlows: “The Grand Army of the Re. ublic, Department Commander T, C. Mastei- er; “The Women's Relief Corps,” Captain . R.’ Thomas; ‘“Patriotism in ' the Pablic 8choois,” Miss Mollie Conners; song, selected, male quariet; “The W. K. C. Home,” Depart- resident Mrs. Laura A. Robinson. Country’s Flag,” G.W. Asbuckle; “Our Chi Members,"” Mrs. M. E. Parritt; “America.” the sudience. The various numbers wero very much appreciated and the patriotic speeches were vociferously applauded. —_————— Progressive Endowment Guild. San Francisco chapter of the Progressive Endowment Guild held an enthusiastic meet- ing on Wednesday night, initiated one candi- date and accepted one application. The committee on arrangements for the high jinks to be given on the 2lst inst, in St. George’ s Hall, reported having secured talent for that evening and that it will present a fine vrogramme. There will be plenty of 4instru. mental music, good sineing, dislect specia tes, i specialties, ' {unny stories, wrestiing match and a three- round friendly bout by two prominent mem- bers of the chapier. Tne number of inyi- tations has been limited to 150. The following named have been added to the committee, that will meet on next Wodnes. day evening in Dr. Lefevre's office: F. Felter, . 0. Daggett, H. W. Bowman, J. . McCrodan, Allen Eckert. A. F. Haraszthy'and J. . Becker. ‘cornet solo, “The Holy Cit; MRS, CRAVEN WINS HER MAIN POINT Will Obtain a Trial on the 19th of This Month. It Is Not Thought Probable That Further De ay Can Be Secured. D. M. D:lmas Presented a Strong Array of Authorities Against Miss Fair's Iatervention. Mrs. Nettie R. Craven’s desire for a speedy trial of the case brought zgainst her by the managers of the Fair estate was again made manifest in Judge Slack’s court yesterday. D. M. Delmas, of the law firm of Delmas & Shortridge, representing Mrs. Craven, reiterated his strenuous objections to any modification of the record that might permit or give excuse for further delay. With this aim in view he took up the argument on the demurrer tc the com- plaint in intervention recently filed by Miss Virginia Fair, daughter of the late James G. Fa: n the litigation instituted by J. 8. Angus and other legal representa- tives of the Fair estate against Mrs. Craven. Mrs. Crav ’'s wish, as expressed by Mr. Delmas, is for an ear'y hearing and aetermination of the allegation of forgery made by the other side in regard to her deeds to certain real estate. She protests that they are genuine and regular in every respect, and for a long time she has been clamoring for a trial on that issue, announcing that she 1s eager to have her documents put to the test and solemnly asserting that by these she is willing to stand or fall. Just as she supposed that she was about to regch a trial of the case and the jurors tor determining the question were aciually in attendunce and answered to their names for that purpose an attempt was made by the opposition to change th siatus of the proceedings in such a w. that the case would be changed to pro- ceedings in chancery, and she would be deprived of her constitutional right of a trial by jury. Axainst this modification of the record, with its attendant dénial of his client's legal rights, Mr. Delmas presented an elaborate array of suthorities in support of his v.iew of the case. Mr. Deimas insisted that under the law Judge Slack, sitting as Chancellor, may not enteriain this equitable defense as it is presente. by Miss Iair. The foundation of an action in chan- cery lies in the allegation of the orator that there exists no speedy or adequate remedy at law. The moment the Cuan- cellor learns that an action atlaw is pend- ing, wherein the same facts are set un, the Chancellor says to the person: “Your al gation in regard to an equitable delense is untrue and, therefore, my jurisdiction in chancery vanishes.’’ Mr. Delinas insisted that under the original condition of the pleadings the representatives of the Fair estate had am- ple opportunity for relief; that all they had to do was to prove the deeds forgeries and the jury wouid give a verdict for the otuer side, and that would end the case forever. Judgment on :hat verdict wonld give the other claimanis as absolute relief as if the deed~ had been ordered delivered up and consumed to ashes. “Why then this appexl to chancery?’ asked the speaker, and he replied that there was nothing in it; that ““you cannot appeal to chancery; vou cannot transfer the former; you cannot deprive the litigant of his right of trial by jury when the sction at law will be just as efficacious as in chan- cery.” In “conclusion Mr. Delmas said that until a case can be found or a deci- sion can be cited to the contrary he would respectfully submit that his argument hes not been answered. Judge Slack remarked thet he had noth- ing to add to his former decision. He overrule! the demurrers interposed by Delmas & Shortridge and ailowed one day in which to answer. Mr. Delmas replied that the answer would be filed within an hour, in order that the proceedings might not be de- layed. It had been remarked in some quarters that be and his associates had sought for delay. This was untrue. In reply to the court’s suggestion thatan appeal might be taken from the present ruling Mr. Deimas said that such appeals might indefinitely putoff the trial. He recalled the fate of the Blythe case that was begun in 1884 and is now just reach- ing the threshoid of the United States Su- vreme Court. He did not like the pros- pect. It was agreed that on the 12th inst. ar- gument shall be heard in regard to calling a jury to assist the Chancellor as to sge- cial findings of fact, and that the trial of the case shall begin on the 19th inst, FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT, Morse Lodge of the Order of Odd Fel- lows Will Celebrate Its Twontieth Anniversary Next Month. Morse Lodge No. 257, I. 0. 0. F., of which Dr. Carlson is noble grand, has appointed a com- mittee of arrangements to prepare for the cele- bration of the twentieth anniversary of the lodge, which falls on Wednesday, the 5th of next May. The committee is J. J. Richards, chairman; J. Sampson, P. G.; C. Brind, P. G, Vice-Grand Stevens, and J. M. Wilson, P. G. The committee has decided to give an enter- talnment, at which will be presented a care- fully arrarged programme of music and spe- cialties. Tue {01l0Wing numbers have aireacy been arranged: Kennith McLeod and Edward Burroughs in’ scenes from the legitimaie; Messrs. Taison and Hathwell in their famous “Musical Tramps” skeich; Massen, the wo derful imitator, will give an exhibition of hi skill; Mr. Adolph, the old-time favorite, wiil make his appearaice; Robert Schafft will give & vocal selection; Proiessor Welche, & mando- 1in solo; Master George Richards wili periorm on the violin, ax'd Master Tnomas Riley will sing sentimental songs. Between numbers (he Golden Gate orchestra will discourse swoet mustc. La Estrella’s Tea and Conoert. The enese tea, concert and entertain- ment given last evening in the banquet hall of the Native Sons’ bnilding was one ot the most charming functions yet given by that pro- gressive parior, La Estrella, Native Dsughters of the Golden West. The nall was decorated in accordance with the most artistic ideas of the land of the Mikado. There were lanterns, flags and bunt- ing of the colors most prevalent in the Orient, Iho stage was set in accordance with the of peach blussoms that entwined a motto in Japanese, which one of the young ladies said sead “The Star,” which i3 the nearest that the Japanese language can express Estrella. But ome of ihe most charmiug features was the foliowing-namea young ladies, who wers fitired in the most exquisite robes that conid be Procured fiom the land where the sun Miss Helen Krase, Miss Stephani Cha- Minnle K eversahi, Miss May Santry, Jliss Edith Maunder, Miss Julia Varselin, Miss Tile Schemanski, Miss Birdie Hartman, Miss Tillie Rothman and Miss Laura Chamipion. The most exquisite of the costumes was worn Dby Miss Kruse, a 1all brunetie. 1t was rose- colored silk with light biue sash, the whole crranged in that style that makes the cos- tumes of Japanese ladies attractive. There was presented a very attractive pro- gramme. .There was & piano duet by the AMisses Noble; vocal solo, Miss T. Schemanski; M. Greenan; vo- 1s0lo, Mamie Gianeiti, aged § year Guet, Mrs. Middleton and Mes. Foulke; seice tionson the mandolin by H. Fatton snd K Dolph: vocal solo, Mr. Quarric. This was foi. lowed by *“I'hé Greatest Plague io Life,” a one. sct farce, in which Miss Rose Howard, Edith Maundef, Alice Maunder, Emma Fenstes macher, Mrs. A. Beunett. Miss Effie Urquhbar] Miss Tottie Poillips and Mrs. Lilian Carth took part. The last named assumed the char. acter, played her part well, and was the liviig image of toe pictures of ihe colored dam: seen on the deadwalls of the Cit;. The ente tainment closed with & dance. During i evening tea was servel in tiny cups by tn young ladi-s in costume. This most success. ful affair will be repeated to-night. « Social Council, Chosen Friends. On Thursday evening Social Council No. 46 of the Order of Chosen Friends held an ¢ meeting for the benefit of friends and ac quaintanees in Weshington Hall, Red Meu's building. The hall was comfortably filled with an sudience that was treated 10 & v pleasing programme arranged by Mrs. Kat A. Adams (chairman) and Mrs. Gabrina, Baggas and Mesers. baker, White and Go. of the comm!ttee on entertainment. Th r was & whistling solo by Miss Edna Bauls voeal duet by Miss e nd cal, vocal solo by Miss McCorr dance by Tillie Erb, vocal solo_ by ) Shutller, and then a comedieits, “Fast Frlends,” in which Miss Dai avpeared as Laura Latimer Thompson as kdith Hamilion. 1 a dance until midnight. During the e the couucil wes visited by soehm, Grand Recorder §. C. lis, & Representative Savaze aid several memt of Evans Council. Short addresses were m Dy the grand councilor and the supreme rey sentative, = Laurel Lodge, Knights of Pyth Laurel Lodge No. s its meeting he.d last Monday elected the fol- ‘owing named representatives to the Gr Lodee, which 1s to meet in Hanford: Geo H. Wulfe and John De | E Ulman as aiterna e BUNDOIN MOVES PO Federal Supreme Court. A Motion to Dismiss the Merritt Heirs’ Appeal Will B2 Argued in May. There is a big legal battle on over the BowdoinColleze case,wherein the nephews of the late Millionaire Merritt of Qakland are struggling hard to get a good share of the property. The contest has been on for some years in the United States Circuit Court, and is now on appeai to the United States Cir- cuit Court of Appesls. Attorneys and stenographers are busy preparing the record, which is voluminous already. Colonel Costigan, clerk of the Circuit Court, took an inventory of the data in the crse yesterday and found they made wheelbarrow loads. Stenographers are still busy, and by the time the recoris are complete Janitor T. B. Morton of the Appraisers’ bui'ding wiil have a task in Temoving them to the precincts presided over by Clerk Moncton of the Court of Apreal: “We have been served with a mnotice that an attempt will be made to have our appeal dismissed on technical grounds,’ said Attorney Horace Philbrook yester- day. The entire matter will be argued before | the Supreme Court of the United Stateson My 3. The contention is that Judge Mc- | Kenna did not sign the certiticate of ap- peal within. the time prescribed by law, |and that the omission is of so grave a character as to nullify all the procee {ings. If the Supreme Court takes the position assumed by Attorney Hayne the case will remain as it has already been decided. — . TOWNSEND'S glace fruits are grown and pre pared in Californis. Try them. Palace Hotel. * —————— Noemi Saumon, & middle-aged woman ar- rested for shopiiiting in Paris, went off in a fit | when she arrived at the station and an in- spector tried to Tevive her by applying smell- ing salts to her nose. The woman remained | in a state of coma and showed no signs of re- turning to conseiousness. Then the inspector tweaked her by the nose, and to his horror that organ came off In his hands, being made of papier mache. == 5 5 - EPECTAL information deily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. = —_——— “T'dlike to know how you can figure out that the Nevada prize-fight bill 1s unconstitu- tional. “Eaty enough, speech.”— It tends to abbreviate free cinnati Enquir Faster Time on the Santa Fe Route. Three and One-half D.ys to Chicago or St Lounis—Four and One-half Davs to New York. Leaving San Francisco Mondays and Thursdays, at5 = 3, connection Is made at Barstow with the famous Santa Fe limited train. Diulng-car, buftes smoking-car, vestibuled Pullman, palace drawing- room, sleepers. ‘The handsomest traln on earth— equipment and appointments faultless. Daiiy through sleeping-cars, both palace and tourlst, Oakland pier to Chicago. Tickets algo so'd via Ogden. 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