The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1897, Page 6

5 — THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 13 1897 ——— PRIL 18, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CaLL, one week, by carrier..$0.18 4nd Sunday CALL, one year, by mal..... 6.00 #nd Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.: $.00 and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily snd punday CALL, oue month, by mail.. .65 ay Caix, one yoar, by mall.... . 150 W XEKLY CALL, one year, by mall, . 1350 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephont 3 Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: b Clay Street. Telephont . Maln-1874 BRANCH OFFICE! 527 Montgomery street, corner C pen uatil 8:30 o'clock. | 39 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. €15 Larkin street, open until §:30 o'clock. £W. corner Sixteenth and Mission sireeis, open untl 9 o'clock. 518 Mission street, open untl] 8 0’clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o’clock. 1505 Polk street: open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kemtucky sireets; open till 9 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 9.8 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICH Rooms 31 and 52, 34 Park Row. Yorx City. DAVID Fastern Manager. = THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Between the Greeks the Tarks and the Eervians Macedonia may well pray for somebody to let her alone. community has its own duty to perform, and ours is to give work to the unemployed and complete Balboa bouie- vard. [i Bryan doesn’t look out the Carter Harrison youth of Chicago will set up an | opposition side show as a Presidential | candidate. It will take money as well as & protec- tive tariff to start the miils of the country, and theretore Congress should tackle the money question at once. A TUnited States police to patrol the Alaskan gold-mining districts will be a good way of meeting the Canadian bluff #nd caving it down the bank. The Mississippi floods are subsiding, but { the troubles of the people in that region | are notover. There will be an awful lot | of ess and disease in the mud flats | thi. ing. The Cubans fignt just as wejl withont Maceo and Rivera as when they had their leadership. It seems to be on the patriot side a soldiers’ war and generalship is | hardly necessar It is believed the Senate amendments to the tariff will make it even more favor- able to Western interests than it is at present, so we stand a chance to get a bona in the bill. The best thing the Kentucky Legisia- e can dois to give up the attempt to ect a Senator and go bome. The people can settle the Senatorial deadlock when they elect a new Legi There is danger that the Nashville Expo- while giving a show to American labor, will also give a large number of Chinese a show to get into the country, and the two shows won't work well in combination. *'Baby” Bailey acquired some notoriety | by his selection to be the leader of the Democratic party in the House, but when he refused to go to a dinner party because he did not like to wear a dress coat he achieved fame. The Chicago Inter Ocean announces that the Government is ready to start on the new postoffice huilding in that city, and it is, therefore, pertinent to inquire once more when it will be ready to start on the building in San Franeisco. The Civic Federation of Chicago, which started out some years ago to reform the town, evidently tacklei a job too big for its energies, as at a recent meeting it was announced that one of its committees is in a hole for lack of $240, and cannot raise it. King George of Greece hasvery clearl y expressed the truth of the situation in the Levant by saving: *If the powers really desire peace they neea only stop trying to thrust npon Cretans a regime they would die rather than accept and allow them to decide their own fate.” The Washington Post savs: “Those white metal gains in Michigan will doubt- less induce the administration to do some- thing for silver.” As a matter of fact the administration should do something for bimetallism without special reference to Michigan. The whole country expects it. The Pennsylvania people who claim to be descenasnts of Sir Francis Drake, and have organized an association to conduect a lawsuit to recover an estate of about 200,000,000 in England, have evidently made & mistake in their lineage It was not a Drake but a gander that sired them. So long as the House of Representatives meets only twice a week and remains in ses- sion only an hour or o at each session the California delegation will have ample time to call on the supervising architect and explsin to him why he should con- stroct our Federal building without fur- ther delay. It seems the Greek soldiers who crossed the Macedonian border and attacked the Tarks were not regulars, and, therefore, the conflict was a fight and not a battl while the offense was a raid and not a war. By this ingenuity of language the diplomatists are abie to assert that the peace of Europe remains unbroken. The abandonment of the plan to hold a carnival in this City will deprive us of a great pleasure. It was the intention of Southern California under the leadership of Los Angeles to make a grand display in it by way of manifesting a sense of Cali- fornia unity, and showing a willingness to stand in with San Francisco as San Frans cisco stands in with the rest of the Btate. It is 2 vity to lose this evidence of State patriotism, but it is a consolation to know that it exists and can be counted on. How tedious and siale the tariff discus- sion is to Congress is made evident by a story told of Congressman Cannon. Hav- ing been congratulatod on his recent speech on the Dingley bill, he replied “‘You surprise me. If you had been here two years ago you would have heard me make the same speech, and if you had been here four years, six years or eight years ago you would also have heard me make exactly the same speech, and the Lord only knows how many men used | of the world rests. | other State test in Oregon was even worse, if there | THE CURRENCY QUESTION. According to dispatches from Washington an intimation was given on Sunday that Speaker Reed will not wait until Congress reassemhles in December to name the stanaing committees of the House, but will do so as soon as the tariff bill is out of the way. It is added that the Speaker also intimated that the Committee on Banking and Currency may be authorized st this session 10 sit during the récess in order to prepare a bill providing for reform in the banking and currency system. This is good enough as far as it goes, but it does not go by any means as far as the popular desire. resume business without waiting for the Senate to finish with the tariff bill. It is the unmistakable wish of the people that the House should It is also the desire of the people that the subject of international bimetallism should be considered at the same time as questions of reform in banking and currency. two issues are so closely allied they cannot should be coincident and closely related to To postpone the appointment of committees in the Houss untj has acted on the tariff is a very indefinite postponement indeed. The well be separated, and action on the one action on the other. after the Benate here 13 much busi- ness before the Senate. It is now engaged in considering three appropriation bills, a bankruptey bill, the arbitration treaty with Great Britain and the tariff. It will be many weeks and possibly several months before the Senate disposes of the tariff, and it certainly is not good policy from either the standpoint of statesmanship or of party politics for the House to rematn idle all of that time. With the present prospect of expensive and costly wars in the near fature, the European powe: already heavily overloaded with debts, will be ‘more inclined than ever to favor some proposition for broadening the base on which the monetary system national conference for the remonetization to permit it to pa: This, therefore, is & most oprortune time for summoning an inter- of silyer, and it will be a grievous mistake without taking sdvantage of it. That there isa widespread popular discontent with the insction of the adminis- tration on the money question is shown by ths uneasimess and uncertainty which exists not only among genuine bimetallists, bat in the opposing camp of the gold standard. A circular was issued last week by leaders of the gold-money party urging that pressure snouid be brought to bear upon Congress to proceed at once to carry out the plans of the Indianapolis conference for detinitely establishing our mouetary system upon the single gold basis. This shows that even the go!d men are not satistied with the existing condition of things, and it is not improbable that the Democratic success in many of the recent city elections may have been due to the fact that dissatisfaction with the delay of the administration in dealing with the money question catised many Republican voters to stay at home and permit the elections to go by defauit. To sum it all up, the money question administration before the Congressional elections of 1898, must be dealt with by Congress and the There is none too much time before that campaign begins,for the accomplishment of the work, even if the beginning is made now. It is therefore a matter of urzent necessity, from the stand- point of party politics, as well as from the standpoint of business and statesmanship, for Congress to enter at once upon a consideration of the proble. THE KENTUCKY SENATORSHIP The Senatorial election in Kentucky has ceased to be interesting to the people. It has reached the point where it no longer amuses as a farce and it fatigues indigna- tion when considered seriously. It has passed through a dozen different stages, each succeeding one of which has been more disgraceful than its predecessor, and a point has now been reached where the best thing that can be done would be for | the present Legislature to abandon the at- tempt to elect a Senator and leave the question to be decided by the people when a new set of legislators are chosen. Bad as the condition of affairs is in Kentucky, it is not worse than in some Indeed, the Senatorial con- can be any degree of badness in such cases. The Kentucky Legislature has managed to transact some business, even though it cannot elect a Senator, while | the Oregon Legislature did not even suc- | ceed in organizing itself, and transacted no business whatever. It has become evident that in many parts of the Union the existing ma- chinery for the election of Senators has broken down. It has been several years since there was a full Senate. At each succeeding election one or more States has failed to elect a Senator, and bas there- fore had but a partial representation 1 that body. This condition of affairs is by no means confined to the West. Dela- ware, in the East, has been as bad as Ore- gon or Kentucky, and the means by which her legislators managed to break the deadlock is by no means creditable, either to them or to the man whom they elected. The one consoling feature of these evils is that they tend to emphasize the need of a revision of the counstitution so farasit affects the election of Senators. I: bas long been & subject of complaint that the Benate has ceased to be representative of the people. It is a matter of common scanda! that Senatorial elections have been largely determined either by bribery or by systems of log-rolling which are hardly better. of affairs, there will be comparatively little regret over the evidences given that the present system of electing Senators is as ineffective as it is sometimes vicions. At the time when the constitution was adopted, the election of Senators by State legislatures was founded upon good and sufficient reasons based uvon conditions then existing. Those conditions have long since passed away, and there is, therefore, no longer any reason why Senators should not now be chosen by the votes of the people. The present dead- locks will add strength to the movement for bringing about thisreform, and to that extent the conflict in Kentucky with all its accompanying scandals may be ac- counted on the whole as a public benefit. AN ALASKAN POLICE. It is reported from Chicago that the United Btates Government will organize in Alaska this summer a police force for the purpose of protecting American inter- ests and American miners in the gold regions oi that country. The report is said to te based upon information given by men who ares closely related to Secre- tary Gage, and may, therefore, be re- garded as resting upon reliable authority. It is certainly time tbat the United States Government should establish a police force in the Alaskan gold district. The Canadians have long had such a force on their side of the line, with the result that all lawless and desperate characters have been run out of the Canaaian min- ing districts and now constitute a serious menace to Americans. It is, moreover, asserted by American miners that the Canadian authorities have exceeded their jurisdiction and have not infrequently imposed onerous burdens on Americans. It will be remembered that last fall American residents of Alaska petitioned Congressfor permission to electa Delegate from Alaska to the House of Representa- tives. The petition stated that Territory has many inferests of which Congress is ignorant or to which the members are in- different, and therefore the Territory urgently needs a Representative in the Government at Washington. That this petition was well founded is beyond question, and it is to be hoped that the present Congress will giva it favorable consideration. With a Representative in Congress and with an efficient United States police to protect the interests of American miners and merchants Alaska would rapidly ad- vance, both in wealth and population. It isnow well known that the Territory is by no means so barren and worthless as wasatone time supposed. It has many natural resources, and has the possibilities of becoming an important section of the Union. It certainly merits every assist- ance which the Government can give. The establishment of an adequate police will be a long step in the right direction, and it is gratifying to learn that the Ne- Kinley administration intends to take #&at apeech before I did." [ that step with commendable promptness Land vigor, : This being the condition | ENGLAND AND GERMANY, The announcement that there has been organized in England an association | known as the British Anti-German League is another evidence of the growing antag- onism of the people of the two countries. | This antagonism is not merely one of s timent. It isthe outcome of rivalries in business and colonial expansion in South | Africa, and does not lack for cause to ir- ritate it and acgravate it into a serious | menace to the continuance of peace be- | tween the two empires. The tone of the German press toward | England bas long been bitterly hostile, and the remarkable letter which Kaiser | William sent to President Kruger at the | time of the Transvaal raid shows that the | German newspavers reflect presty clearly the sentiment of the governing powers. | Ever since the .publication of that letter | there has been more or less indignation among the English people, and ample ev- idence has been given of a willingness to fight Germany on the slightest provoca- | tion. The development of a German colony in South Africa is a thorn in the flesh of the British people, who have been seeking to build up & new empire in that continent. They haveseen in the German settlement | the most formidable obstacle in the way | of the realization of the dream of a South African colony hardly inferior in wealth and population to the haty colonies of Austraiia and Canada. Germany in South Africa allied with the Transvaal is an enemy whom even Great Britain hesitates to attack, and this colony, therefore, as much as the Emperor’s letter to President Kruger, is a source of incessant irritation. Another cause of rivalry is the rapid ex- | pansion of German commerce in countries where Britain had once aimost a monop- oly. German trade in South America and the Orient is rapidly increasing, while that of Great Britain remains compara- tively stationary. A thorough protective system has built up 8 manufacturing in- (dustry in Germany superior to that of England in many tkings and haraly in- | terior in any, while a system of liberal subsidies on exported goods has enablea her merchants and producers to drive the | English out of many of the world’s mar- | kets. This condition of affairs rasps the Eng- lish in their tenderest spot. It affects their trade, their industry, all along the line, and taken in connection with the resentment aroused by the Emperors speech and the hostility ot the German press affords an easy explanation of the organization of the Anti-German League, WIIH YOUR COFFEE. “The man who brought this in,” remarked the editor's assistant, as he unrolled half a yard of manuscript, “told me confidentially that he needed the money for it.” “Yes,” was the melancholy suswer strange fact that the longest poems seem almost invariably to be written by the shortest poets.”—Washington Star. it's & “I've got something nobody else has got,” said the wealthy New Yorker, who has bee experimenting with raising fancy fowls oyes in New Jersry. What is it?” “I bought & $175 incubator, put $25 worth of eggs in it, and hatched out a bluebottle fly. T've got the only $200 biuebottie fiy in this or any other country.”—Texas Siftings. Kind 01d Lady—To what do you attribute your uncontroliable appetite for strong drink? Is it hereditary? Weary Walker—No, mumj; it's thirst.—Phila- delphia Rocerd, Willie—TI told her my love was so great that my brain was on fire. Charlie—What did she say to that? Willie—Told me 1 had better blow it out.— Yele Record. Becker—I see by the posters that Footlights, the tragedian, .travels under his wife's man- agement. Decker—So do most men, only they don’t ad- vertise it.—London Tit-Bits. Cynicus—There is something familiar about that concert of the European powers. Witticus—Yes, their wrangling reminds one of a Wagnerian opera.—Omaha World-Herald. Mother—What is the matter, my dear? Why are you erying ? Harry (between sobs)—I left my taffy on that chair, and the minister’s a-sittin’ on 1t.— Boston Traveler, *My hens are all layiug for Easter,” said the farmer’s wife who was visiting her sister, the milliner. ¢ “So am 1,” came the response in a chuckle.— Free Press. A KING'S CiGARS. Chicago Record. At the dinner which he gave to the Cabinet last week the President brought out & box of cigars that were fully efght inches long and sn inch and s half in diameter. Several of the guests who are tough old smokers, like Mr. Gage and Mr. Bliss, Mr. Hanna and Colonel Herrick of Cleveland, undertook to smoke them, and say that their fiavor was very fine, the finest they had ever tasted in a cigar, but one would last a whole evening, and_thes did not have time to smoke more than half way up belore they were called to rejoin the ladies. These cigars were received last week by the President from & manufacturer in Havana and were & part of an invoice made to order for A the Emperor of Austris, who likes his cigars long, fat and strong, end pays §20 for a box containing only ten cigars, or $2 per Cigar. The tobacco is of the finest quality to bs ob- tained in Cuba. Tne cigars sre made with un- usual care, and there is jost as much tobacco in ten of them as in a box containing 100 or- dinary sized cigars. . The President received these through a friend who happsned to have been visiting in Cuba, and was asked by the manufacturer to bring them to him. FERSONAL. Bishop Nichols is at the Occldental. P. M. Conklin of Fresno is at the Grand. H. A. Pratt of Fresno is at tne Occidental. F. M. Bell of Roanoke, Va., is at the Palace. Herman de Lagus of Stockton is in the city. E. A. Moody, & mining man of Gold Run,is in town. Frenk Cole, an attorney of Los Angeles,is at the Russ, Dr. M. M. Shearer of Santa Rosa arrived here yesterda; Miss M. Dolson of Modesto is at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. J, Bernstein and Mrs. Bernsiein, of Seattle, are 1n the City. Z.T. Smytne, a general goods dealer of Vaca- ville, is fn the City. C. W. Chapman of Denver, Colo;, is at the Cosmopoli‘an Hotel. . S. 3. Forbes, a business man of Snohomish, Wash., is on a visit here. D. Peckinpeeh of Port Townsend, Wash., is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Dr. W. 8. Noblett of the Nes Percez Indian Reservation is at the Grand. A. P. Bunvell, a business man of Seattle, is among the late arrivals here. Frank H. Buck, one of the leading fruit- growers of Vacaville, s in town. G. H. R.Smith, & mining man of Rossland, B.C, isamong those at the Russ. George 8. Siack and Mrs. Slack, of Liverpool, England, tourists, are at the Russ. Ray Fowler and H. Fowler of Port Townsend, Wash., are at the Cosmopoiitan Hotel. Among the arrivals here is P. H. Lanman, business manager of the Salt Lake Tribune. H. J. Ostrander, a business man of Modesto and inventor of the Osirander gun, is on a visit here. Nearly three pages of Raymond & Whit- comb tourists were registered at the Palace yesterday. B The French Opera Company left for Mexico last night, where tney will give twenty per- formances. Police Commissioner Gunst son his way to Europe and will be sbsent six months. He left Saturday. Alexander McDonald, owner of large stores at Walla Walla and other places In the North- west, is in town. A party of prominent people, consisting of C. Eddy and Miss Mira Hershey, of Muscatine, Tows, and Mrs. M. H. H. Spahr and Herbert Spahr, of York, Pa., are at the Palace. Attorney-General Fitzgerald and Deputy At- torney-General Carter left for Los Angeles yes- terday on business before the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Beatty and the other Judges left for that city Saturday. Mr.and Mrs. W. L. Rideout of Lakeport are in the City en route to Los Angeles to attend the “Fiesta.” Mr. Rideout is chairman ot the promotion committee of the Clear Lake Carni- val, and reports everything iavorable for a huge success. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. N ‘W YORK, N. Y., April 12.—At the St. Cloud—G. Heideger; Hollana—A. Bachman, the Misses Hopkius, E. A. Phelps; Imperial—R. Dickson, A. C. Schweinfurth; Broadway Cen- tral—J. . Marker, V. J. P. Fewman; Vendome—Miss L. Royce, F. L. Olmsted, Mrs. R. A. Sing; Grand Union—Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Starr; Sturtevant— M. A. Wheston, Miss G. Wheaton; Windsor—C. K. Field, H. K. Field. Mrs. Davis is here buying. Mrs. Anna J. Goldsmith arrived on the Havel from Bremen. Max Marcus arrived on the Konigin Luise irom Bremen. W.F.Chase of Sen Diego arrived on the Havel from Bremen. A FA.R POKER PLAYER £he has three decks at ber commands, Yet always hol self- ame hands ¥rom siart until finish. Although she is as much at sea . ‘s anybody weil could be, Her stacks do not aim!oish. She’s almost alwavs full on Jacks, To hold a straight she never lacks: No luck could be divine: But when she runs agalast & binft She goes up like & pinch of snuff, Forshe’s an ocean liner. —New York Tribune. MEN 2No WOMEN income is over £200,000 a Lord Rosebery’ year. Richard Olney, ex-Secretary of State, is at his desk in his Boston law office attending to business. He is-in good health and spurits. Mr. Olney evades the reporters. The woman’s movement is making headway in Prussia. Recently Miss Marie Hassenstein received & principal's certificate as teacher, the first ever given to & woman in that coun. try. She purposes to establish a school for girls at Charlottenburg. The Pope has setaside a sum of néarly $100,- 000, the interest on which will be employed in constituting prizes for the best Catholic his- torical works which may be published in Italy orabroad. With this object his Holiness has appointed an official commission in order to examine the works, and has himself sketched out the programme of the competition. The late Judge Asa Pucker, belleved thata rich man oughi to be in debt, because it helped him maintain his credit. “Were 1" said he, “‘to wipe out my indebtedness, and at some future time see an opportunity to make a large sum of money and attempt to borrow, everybody wounld marvel and say Judge Packer is borrowing money. As it is, I can borrow aimost any amount and no questions are asked nor comments made.” “Itis understood that Cecil Rhodes will, as s00n as he is relleved from attendance at the South African committee, start on an ex- tended yachiing tour. This intention is doubtless due,” says the St. James Gazette, “to the probabllity that the right honorable gentleman will be recalled as & witnessat a later stage to give evidence on the second partof the inquiry relating to the adminis. tration of the chartered company's terri- torie James Dowell, the oldest actor in England, ifnot in the world, has just celebrated his ninety-tnird birthday. He is living in Ply- mouth, and has & vitality which shows that the stage Is not necessarily destructive to the constitution. He played First Gravedigger to Edmund Kean's Hamlet, First Witch to Macready’s Macbeth, Fathom in “The Hunch- back” with Sheridan Kuowies, Peter in “The Stranger” with Miss Cushman, and Jaques to ¥anny Kemble's Juliana. PASRION WEEK BERVIOES. A New Mission to Be Opened by Rev. Oliver C. Miller. Rev. Oliver C. Miller, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, will hold services each evening this week as- sisted by the following ministers: Rev. H. A. Ketchum, D.D., of Berkeley, who will preach on Tuesday evening; Rev. C. C. Herriott, who will officiate on Wednes- day; Rev. E. G. Mathena, who will occupy the pulpit on Thursday night, and Rev. H. N. Bevier, who will deliver the sermon on Gooa Friday evening. The holy com- munion will be administered at the Easter services. A new mission is also to be opened un- der the management of the above church in an entirely unchurched and densely populated part of the Uity centering at the corner of Leavenworih and Pacific streets. A Bunday-school service will be opened there in American Hall on Sunday at 2:30 B, M. As the work develops a sew- ing-school, mothers’ meetings and preach- ing services will be added. This will be known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Pentecost and will be under the pastoral care of Rev. Oliver C. Miller. THO KEW LAWS 10 AID THE CITY A Free Markst on the Water Front, and Paid Firemsn. Harbor Commissioners Will Be Petitioned to Build on Lom- bard Street. M:ny N:w Firemen Will Probably Be Hired "After the First of July. There is considerable interest in politi- cal and commercial circles as to two laws passed by the last Legislature: the act re- lating t¢ fire departments and providing for increasing their efficiency, and the act authorizing the Board of Harbor Com- missioners to establish a free public mar- ket on the water front. There is & great deal of speculation as to the outcome of the free public market proposition because commission mer- chants in general will oppose it, and they may even try to enjoin the Commission- ers from carrying out the law. Aside from this fact the Commissioners them- selves feel that they have their hands full already with the construction of the new ferry deport, and Commissioner Chad- bourne isinclined to took upon the new law as a vexation and annoyance likely to re- sult in unpleasant legal entanglements. “In the first place,” szid he yesterday, “‘there is no adequate place for what is de- manded, and in the second place Iam almost sure we would be enjoined by the commission merchants from trying to carry out the provisions of the law. Again, we' are very busy, and it seems im- possible to think of doing anything in the line indicated just now.” Enginoer Howard C. Holmes of the commission has not yet been instructed to do anything in the matter, though he has heard that there is talk of surveying in the vicinity of seawall 4, aajacent to Lombard street. All this, however, Is still “in the clouds,” as the old phrase runs. Thbe vrovisions of the law are very broad, however, and of a_character to appeal to the grangers. The bill provides that there shall be set aside a sufficient num- ber of piers for the reception of perishable products, pouitry, game and dairy products, which owners may sell there without paying any ee whatever. Property-owners in the vicinity of Lom- bard street are much interested in having thie Commissioners take steps in the line mapped out by the law, and it is probable that there will soon be an organization to agitate the building of such a market. The luw seems to be mandatory, the word “must” occurring in one place and “shall” in another, with reference to the duties of the Commissioners. Equally interesting {s the new law au- thorizing the Board of Supervisorsand Fire Commissioners to make the Fire De- partment a fully paid one and up to date in every detail. San Francisco is the only city west of Chicago that has nota fully paid depart- ment, and most of its buildings are made of wood. [he new law gives the City authorities wide scope, and those who are well informed say that great ment may be looked for after July 1. example, engine-house 2 will have about ten fully paid men in lieu of three, as at present, and so on throughout the City. These changes are not likely to occur before July, because there are now no funds with which to meet tne increased expenses. The new bill provides that the Supervisors, “in order to provide the nec- essary funds, may make all necessary and supplemental appropriations, allowances and payments in addition to those now or bereafter authorized by law.” No bills passed in recent yearsare likely to be more far-reaching than the two fore- going. The outcome of both wiil be watched with great inlevest by thousands of people. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Notes of the Improved Order of Red Men—Tribes Take Stock in a New Hall. Great Chief of Records Burgman and F. J. Fuller, P. 8, paid a visit to Althomas Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men recently and witnessed the ceremouy of the adoption degree presented in excelient form. They also witnessed the giving of the adoption degree by Arapshoe Tribe in a creditable man- ner. Thereis quite a rivalry in the tribes at this tim 10 which can do the work in the most acceptable manner, and this bas resulted in the zivln%o! more attention to the ritual of the order. Op the occasion of the last named visit there were many visitors, and long and short talks were made by Past Sechems M. J. Fairfield, J. Fowzer, Jordan, Fuller, Sachem T. H. Seliers and the great chief of records. Past Pocahontas Mrs. Louisa Bean of Kawanita Councilof Stockton paid a visit last Monday to Pocahontas Council of this City. The degree team of Pocahontas will shortly visit the council at Stockton. Pohonachee Tribe conferred the chief's de- gree on last Monday and adopted ore paleface. Sotoyome Tribe conferred the hunters’ de- gree iast Thursday and also worked in the adoption degree. This tribe has subscribed to fifty shares of the stock of the hall association of Comanche Tribe ot Elmhurst. Modoc Tribe at its !ast held meeting con- ferr d the adontion degree on one paleface captive and also conterred the warrior degree on one candidate. This tribe has subscribed to fifty shares of the stock of the Comanche Hall Association, ana in addition individual members subscribed for forty shares. The new building for Comanche Tribe will cost about $5000, and will be ready or occupancy by the 1stof July. * Comanche Tribe recently adopted two pale- faces, received six applicatious, snd wiil adopt three candidates at its next meeting. Winnemucea Tribe is making arrangements with other tribes (o properiy celebrate Tam- many day, May 12. The counciis of the degree of Pocahontasare making arrangements for the recention of the grand sachem on the evéning of the 29th inst. The great chiefs will visit Oneida Tribe at Dutch Flat Monday night, Tahoe Tribe Truckee on Thursday and Samoset Tribe at Vaiiejo on the following Monday. Sons of Hermann, At its last-held meeting Lodge No. 3, Sons of Hermann, eiected and insialled the follow- ing cfficers for the ensuing term: President, Charles Mevins; vice-president, J. Hohn; re- cording secrotary, R. A. Hohl; finaucial sec- retary, Willlam Zoll; treasurer, G. Guenther; guide,’ F. Heppeimann; inside watchman, H. Hepport; outside watchman, J. Mamcher; surgeon,’ Dr. ¥. F. Lord; finance committee— l;:fll(p Tothermel, 1. Antz and J. F. Strom- T8; delegates 10 the Grand Lodge—J. F. Stromber; Guenther, Philip Rothermel, A. Stier and V. Acke! B Golden State Parlor, N. D, G. W. At the last meeting held by Golden State Parior, N. D. G. W., District Deputy Grand President Mrs. Annie Simpson installed Miss Gertie Peterson as outside sentinel. Among many visitors who witnessed the ceremony were: Mrs. French and Mrs. Perkins of Alia Parlor, Miss Aunie Donaldson of Minerva Par- lor and Mrs. Lena B. Mills of Orinda Parlor. Two candidates were initiated and eight ap- Pplications were received for membership into this up-to-date parlor. Mrs. Leland Stanford Division, G. L A, to B. of L. E At the regular meeting held lastweek by Mrs. Leland Stanford Division No. 106, Grand Interpational Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the following named were installed as officers for the en- uing term: Mus P, W, Hickie, presigent (re- changes for the betterment of the depart- | For | ] | ! JE elected); Mrs. F. Myers, vice-president; Mrs. C. Resing, secretary; Mrs, W. Purinion, treas- urer; Mrs. T. Miner, chaplain; Mrs! O. E. Alger, guide; ‘Mrs. T. Hacler, sentinel. After ihe tstallation ceremonies, Mrs. F. S. Bowley, the instnliing officer, on belialf of the division, Ppresented to the president a very handsome pin emblematic of the order in appreciation Of her work as president during the pasi year. There were presentations to other officers who reired. Tho meeting then adjourved to the banquet hall, where the new officers served 1ea 10 all present. There were present many Visitors from San Francisco Division No. 161 and Oakland Division No. 156. Chief Engi- Deer Grey, who represented Leiand Stanford Division' No. 286, entertained the attendance by 8 p.easing address. There were aiso short addresses by others. On retiring ench lady was allowed to retain ber cup and saucer as & souvenir of the occasion, and each gentleman Teceived u souvenir in (He shape of & badge of polished California wood, each bearing upon it the number cf the divisio Enterprise Circle, C. of F. Enterprise Circle, Companions of the For- est, of wnich Mrs, Lorentzen 1s chief compan- ion, gave & pleasant social in Foresters’ build- ing last Saturday evening. There was a good attendance, and a splendid evenings eator: tainment was furnished under tne direction of Mrs Sarah Crawford, chairman of the c mittee on entertainment, assisted by Mre, Fin- ney, Mrs. Jennie Schnabel, Mrs. Maria Kiaus and'Mrs, Williams. Acme Circle, C. of F. (F. 0. A.) There was a most enjoyable time last Satur- day night in Social Hall of the Alcazar build- ing on the occasion of the soclal and auction given by Acme Circle of the Companignsof the Forest (F. of A.). Under the Girection of Mrs. A.F. Horn (chairman), Mrs. Rose Mulcreavy, Mrs. E, Flemiug, Mrs. Laura_Wilson, Mrs. M. Miller, Mrs. A. Empey. Mrs. Dora Go'ch, Mrs. Cristand Mrs. A. Cardin, the committee of ar- rang-ments, a fine programme of dances was presented. ' Mrs. Mulcreavy acted as floor manager and performed her part well. Dur- ing the evening there was lively bidding atan anction gotten up to dispose of & number of fancy articles presented 1o the circie. John J. Cordy, who acted as auctioneer, was 5o e/aied with Liis success that he 1s thinking of going iuto the auction line as a regular business. Ladies of the Golden Eagle. The members of Alpha Temple had a pleas- ant “At Home” in Acadie Hall, Union Square building, last Friday night. The affair wasa social function tendered to the members of California and Golden Gate Castles. There Was a.great deal of enjoyment for all who danced. On the evening of the 234 inst. the members of Alpha Temple will givea graud party in Union Square builing.' The Chosen Friends. Last Tuesday night Supreme Representative Savage and Grand Councilor Boehm paid a visit to America Council, when addresses were made by the visitors. The council received one application. On Wednesday night the grand representative and the grand councilor paid a visit to Germania Council, which had four initiations and received four app!lications. After the close of the council there wasan open meeting, when & programme was offered end refreshments were served to all. On Wednesday evening the grand councilor paid a visit to Phenix Council. Last Thursday, after Evans Council had witnessed the work performed by the drill team aud had transacted routine business, there was offered an impromptu programme under the direction of Walter N. Brunt. Among those present were Grand Councilor Boebm, Past Grand Councilor T. H. O'Brien, Grand Recorder Waliis, Grand Treasurer Miss Clara McDonald, Supreme Representative W, H. Savage, J. D. 0. Brown, treasurer of Traver- tine Council of Bridgeport and Treasurer of Mono County, and L. A. Murphy of the same council, Order B’ne B'rith. Grand President Stein, who recently was thrown from a buggy in Stockton, 1s improv- ing rapidly, and itis expected that he will be able to attend a meeting this week to be held 1or the purpose of arranging for a number of official visita. Presigent Tausky of the intellectual Im- provement commitice, having returned from the East, a meeting will be held this evening for the purpose of arranging for public enter. 1ainments to be given under the auspices of the committee. Ancient Order of Foresters. R. D. Brown, chief ranger of Court Lookout; R. E. Leventon of the same court; P. Dolan, sub-chief ranger of Court Fort Bragg, and A. A. Killen of Court Sequoia of Humboldt were visitors at the office of the permanent s:cre- tary last week. The Picnic Association will give a perty in Social Hall, in the Foresters’ building, on the evening of the 17th inst. Court Apollo will give a reception and ban- 3\1!! 88 an anniversary celebration on the 30th inst. Juvenile Court Star of the West will give a party on the evening of the 24th inst., in the Foresters’ building. ANSWERS 10 CORRE>PONDENTS. | A DECEMBER DATE—A. O. 8, City. The 17th of December, 1866, fell on a Monday. A DEMI-FRANC—S. D, City. A demi-franc of the reign of Louis Philippe, 1847, is not ona of the coins for which a premium i offered. Tus FIGHTERS AT THE CHUTES—H. 8., City. The actual number of people who saw Fitz- simmons at the Chutes after the fight in Ca: son was 2305. The nimber who saw Corbett the week aiter was 8600. WESLEY LEWIS CASE—D. P., Santa Rosa, Cal. The case of Wesley Lewis, who is charged with haying assaulted a young girl, is still pending in the Superior Court of this City and County, It was set for trial on the st of las: March, but was postponed. AMEN—Subscriber, City. Amen is & Hebrew word, signifying true, verily, or more com- monly perhaps, 50 be it. Itis of frequent oc- curreuce in the scriptures. Like alleluia or hoshannah, it has been used in the service of the church'from remote times. DECKING A HAND—P., City. When & player in a game of poker “decks” his hand he loses his right to any interest in the pot. In the case cited in the communication A would be entitled to the money, notwithstanding the fact that he did not play a fully square game. LEGAL TENDER—H. oL, City. In the United States gold aud silver standard dollers are legal tender for any amount, but as to silver dollars, only when not otherwise expressed in the contract, coins of silver of less value than one dollar afe legal tender to the amount of ten dollars, and five-cent, three-cent and one- cent pleces are legal fender only to the amount of twenty-five cents. EGo—Reader, City. Ego is said to come from the Latn. It is the “I,” that which feels, acts and thinks; any person’s “‘self”’ considered as essentially the same in all persons. This use of the word was introduced by Descaries, a celebrated French philosopher who lived from 1596 to 1650, the founder of Cartersianism and of modern philosophy in general. It hasg long been of general use in literature. STORIES POR MAGAZINES—A. P. §,, Berkeley, Magazines and newspapers that accept stories prefer manuscript that is type-writien either on commercial note or letter-size paper. The number of words should appes on the npper lefthand corner of the frat page. There 1sno fixed price for such mat. ter, the different magazines and papers being guided by merit and value to the periodical. BLACK ANTS—W. 8, City. It is said thata few leaves of green wormwood, scattered among the haunts of black ants will drive them awa) Another remedy is: tty of cracked walnuts on plates in places ‘where the ants congregate. The ants will col- lectin myriads. Turn the nuts and ants into the fire and put fresh nuts on the plates. Then powder ct_‘\_‘: hfl’ ‘nnd ut in the holes and crevi s last works well with and is 381d 10 be good 88 to biack ants - "0 8AN FRANCISCO POLICE—J. H, W., Baden, San Mateo County, Cal. To be appointed on the police force of San Francisco the applicant must present a petition signed by twelve free- holders and quaiified voters of the City and County, and he must come within the follow- iug ctandard required by the Commiseioners: Age,mot under 5 or over 35 veurs: height, notless than 5 feet 8 inches (in stockings); that his chest exceeds 31 inches; that he his the free use of all his limbs; that his hearing, vision and speech are. per- fect; that he no tumors, or uicerated or excessively cicairized legs, or_rupiure or cutaneous affection. Question—Has he had the smallpox, or been vaccinated? That he has received no contusion or wound of the head ihat may impair his faculties. That he is not & drunkard. That he is not subject to fits or convulsions, and has no infection or disorder that wouid unfit him for the duites of A soldier in the Uniled States army. Report in respect to applicant’s condition as to heart and lungs, and state under this head, if the applicant has any predisposition, bereditar. or acquired, to any constitutional malady, phthisis, scrofula or rheumaiism, or other dis- ease that might unfit him for position of policeman. That the app'icant shall writ st:t: Band snd possess & falr English educ COL. IRISH WANTS MORE MOKEY’ Not for Himself, but for the Industrious Farmer. Money Is Congested in the Very Large Centers of Com- merce. A Reform in the National Banking Liws Demanded for tie G-od of the People. Naval Officer Colonel John P. Irish has returned from a trip to the East, whither he went as a delegate to the monetary convention at Indianapolis. Colonel Irisa arrived here in good health and spirits, and more in love with California than ever. He left the East last Tuesday and found bleak winter from north ana west of Baltimore until he ar- rived in California. While away he paid a good deal of attention to the firancial problem, and gathered many interes and important data. Business men of the East say that the revival of business prospecis must be based upon reform in the banking and other laws. The monetary conference asked that Congres:, by joint resolution or bill, authorize the President to appoint a monetary commission, consisting of eleven ci s, to investigate the currency and banking legislation of the countr which has been mostly emergency le, lation since 1862, and which has resulted in an inadequate banking system. “Business men have concluded that it is their duty to take up the matter and secure legisiation that will give usa more suitable banking sysiem that will do equal vnd exact justice to every part of tr country and to every class of busines: added Colonel Irish. *‘Our present ay tem is a failure as an instrument for dis- triouting surplus capital so thatit may be in reach of all business men in alil parts of the country. Equity requires th all business men in all parts of the cou try skall have equal convenience and ac- cess to the use of their credit in their business. ¢It is the lack of this access that has given rise to the prevailing error that there is a dearth of money in the coun- wry. There is no scarcity of money, but it is congested in the big centers, where the merchants and manufacturers have cheap and convenient use of their credit, while business men who are far away have not. Tnere should be no reason why monev should be pientiful at 134 per cent in New York and scarce at 10 per cent in Texas, where there is a striciure in distribution. The committee has every assuranca that Congress before the adjournment of the session will give to the President the authority to appoint such a commissior consisting of experts—men of such char- acter and experience that their conclu- sions will impress the country and win tue favor of Congress. The work of this commission will have behind it the entire force of the business men of the country. ‘‘Statistics show that the advance by the retail dealers in the selling price of their goods when they give credit is 25 per cent. This tke farmer is obliged 10 pay, and oftentimes in crder to do it he has 10 fand his debt in the shape of a mortgage upon his land at 10 per cent. “The National banking system should bemade the instrument for maintaining the currency in circulation instead of tak- ing it out of circulation, es in the case now. The numoer of small banks shouid be increased, and thes should be given a chance to live.” FPECTAL information daily to manufacture business houses and public men by t Clipping Buresu (Allen’ Dox'r buy an. seen Townsend's Doztors” and “Little Devi cream,vegetable coloring, - The United Empire Loyalists who settled in the province of Ontario continue quite an ac- uve organization. A writer of considerable ability, Edwara Harris of Toronto, is devoting much attention 1o the history of the men and women who fled to Canada ai the close of the War of the Revolution. Faster Time on the Santa Fe Route, Three and One-half Di.ys to Chicago or St. Louis—Four and One-half Davs to New York. Leaving San Francisco Mondays and Thursdays, at 5 P. X, connection is made at Barstow with the famous Nanta Fe limited train. Dinlog-car, buffet smoking-car, vestibuled Pullman, patace drawi. T0om, sleepers. ‘I be handsomest train on earth— equipment and appointments faaltiess. Daily through sleeping-cars, both palace and tourlst, Uakland pier to Chicago. Tickets also s0:d via Ogden. Portland, Mojave, Los Angeles, Deming or El Paso, to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico or Europe. Ticket office 634 Market street, Chronicle Suilding. Telephone Main 1631, - Railroad Tickets to the East via Rio Grande Western and Denver and Rio Grande Railways, At lowest possible rates, wiih throngh Pullman byftet and tourist sleeping ear service every day. Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permliting stop-over at Salt Lake City on all classes of tickets Detalled Information and tickets furnished ac 14 Montgomery street, or 314 California stre. Clowns,” “Littie ,” made of Frenc ceach. Pal. Hotel.* AND IRRITTATON OF THE THROAT. nchial Troches™ ace wondertuily effective. Avoid Imita; To soothe and strengthen the vocal organs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral bas long been the fayorite preparation with public speakers. s e FOR ALLAYIN Ruskin and Emerson met at Oxford about twenty-five years ago and their first fmpres- sions of each other were not complimentary. “I found Emerson's mind a total blank,” said Ruskin (0 a friend, “in matters of art” *I found myself wholiy out of sympathy with Ruskin’s views,” said Emer “I wonder such & genius can be possessed of such a POWDER Absclutely Pure. Celebrated for it great leavening st Bealthfuiness, Assures the tood aiay s tkeh and Zorms of adulterat.on €Omm o s ; al Zors 0110 the cheap HO¥AL BAKING POWDEB Co. Now Yora /'§ 3 4