The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Y 12, 1897 | CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: weelk, by carrier..§0.16 ne year, by mail.. . six months, by mail. 3. three months by mail 1.50 unday EUSINESS OFFICE: 730 Marke: Street, £an ¥Fruncisco, California. Telephene..... Maln—1 EDITORIAL ROOMS: B17 Clay Street .. Maln—187! BRANCH OFFICES: k. reet; open until 9:30 o'clock. 2 street, open until 9:30 o'clock. teentl and Diission sreeis, open | street, open until 9 o'clock. vet, open nntil 9 o'clock. 1505 Poli sir 19:80 0'clock. XW. cor ity-second and Kemtuoky stroets; open tiil o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: | 208 Broadwas. EASTERN OFFICE Booms 81 and 52, 54 Park Row, New York Citys DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMME Are you £oing 1o the co uble for us 1 MONTHS. ona vacaton?® If | rward THE CALL to you for you will rrier or left at | prompt attention. The Federal building will soon be in | | sight. tan has won the fight, but the still in dounbt. lent weather for picnics, but er the it of it won’t be The stakes a This is excel there is d good. Cuba will be pacified when Gomez takes Havana, and he is drawing nearer to it every day. Little by little the depression lightens up, and every week brings us nearer to easier conditions and better times. The Greeks are convinced they would | e won if their generals bad not madea | ake, a0d some day they may try it e are lots of improvement clubs in , and all of them are doing good | o that munic prozress is going on much faster than some folks suppose. | The powers could not agree on a policy | g ar in the Levant, and may bs as heipless as ever in trying to devise one which will establish pesce. The school census shows an increase | sufficiently large to enable us to jpin the chorus of cities boasting of the growth of population and shout as loud as any of them. The Nashville exposition seems to be a complete success so far as exhibits are concerned, but more visitors are needed | to keep it moving lively and make a good | show of it. | With two Mayors and a double set of | municipal officers all the way through, | Omaha bas opened up her much adver- tised exposition with a freak show a little | ahead of time. Californians should mnite in an| effort to get the work at San Pedro sterted | as speedily as possible. There should be | uo long delay there as there was over our Federal building. All United effort and persisient agitation | have won the fight for the Federal build- | ing in this City, and now let us get in and help Los Angeles make her contest for a speedy beginming of the work at San | Pedro. It is to be regretted that so much splut- ter was made about the intention of Gen- eral Miles to attend the operations of the war in Greece. Ithas given the impres- sion that American dignitaries sometimes get le Pians for tne proposed zoological garden | are becoming numerous and it is evident | that pablic interest in the project is in- | creasing. It meansa new attraction for the City, and that is something with which ail can sympathize. The officials at Washington promise us | that we may see the first,and possibly the second, story of the new Federal building erected before Christmas. So it seems to | be the intention to keep the work moving | rapidly as soon as the beginning is made. Secretary Sherman celebrated his sev- | nty-fourth birthday on Monday, and was | recipient of more floral offerings than | average queen of a floral fete. The at- | tentions of men in Washington are paid | just as devotedly to statesmen in office as | to the belles of the season. There is & good chance to test some of | our new warships by sending them to | Honduras to protect American interests | while the revolution is going round. We | might as well let the lawless elements of the Central American states understand | t once what we conld do if we felt like doing it. In order to secure a proper place in the | jubilee celebrations to his wife, the daugh- | ter of the Queen, the Marquis of Lorne is | to be raised to a ducal station without | g for the death of his father, the | Duke of Argyle. It will be for him there- | fore a realiy joyful occasion, and he will money. A bill has been introduced into Congress | providing for the appointment of a tariff commission to consist of seven persons to serve for twenty-one years with salaries of 500 each, whose business it shall pe to report annually what changes sre needed in the customs duties and internal reve- nues. Theobject is to take the tariff issue out of politics, but the only thing it would be iikely to accomplish would be the cre: tion of new offices for politicians 10 wran- gle over. | | | | The decision of the Supreme Court on the telephone case gives a long extension to the monopoly and disappoints many expectations of the public. There is, of course, no use protesting against the de- cision, but some law should be enacted which will prevent monopolies from play- ing the same game again. The scheme of filing a claim for a patent in 1877 and not taking it out until 1891 so as to hold a monopoly until 1908 is one that ought not to be allowed to operate more than once successfully among an intsliigent people. | until 1891 | to convince | of the folly of continuing the struggle. | march not been made. AROUSED Reports from our special correspondent at Weshington show that the officials | have been aroused to tne importancs of beginning the work on the new Federal | building in this City and that their present intention is to start as soon as possible and push the construction rapidly forward. In an interview with our correspondent that by June 10 the entire plans and specifications for the foundation and first story | of the building will have been completed, and that advertisements for bids for the | It is expected that contracts for the work will be let early in July. Itis the intention to have as much of the work done as possible before the rainy season sets in, and Mr. Aiken expressed the belief tbat by Christmas the foun- dation, the first story and probably the second story of the bullding will have been work will then be made. constructed. The promise o rapid work contained in these statements i3 as gratifying as the promise of an early beginning. We have had so long a delay in getting started on tse building that there would be a great deal of impatience if the work dragged after it once began. To prepare the foundations of the vast structure, and to construct | one or two stories before winter, will require the labor of a large number of men and will go far toward solving the problem of the unemployed. The outlook is distinctly o | encouraging, and we have good reason to be satistied with our efforts to bring it about. While we have every reason to be satisfied with the prospect of Federal work in Montgomery sireet, corcer Ciay; 0pen Ml | s oiye our mister city of Los Angeles is by no means =0 well assured of the work ay | which is due there. The attention of Californians sbould now be directed toward | getting the work on San Pedro harbor begun promptly. There should be no longer any divisions or aissensions between the supporters of San Pedro and those of Santa The issue between the two has been settied by an impartial commission, Monica. and from this time on all parties shou!d work in harmony started. Cali’ornia has had ample experience in the past of the folly of local dissensions s of National importance. to be heeded at Washington it must be the voice of a virtually united people, swift success attained by the agitalion for immediate work on the Federal building in s City shows what we can accomplish when we pull together. sroused the officials at Washington, and that success should arouse new energies at We are on the right path now and are working in tke right way, and have only to keep up the movement to accomplish much good for every portion of the over matters ol detail in aff: th home. commonwealth. AT LAST. published yesterday, Mr. Aiken stated to get the enterprise If the voice of the State is The We have at last THE TELEPRONE OASE. | The decision of the Supreme Court in | favor of the Bell Telephone Company in | the Berliner patent case, while sound | in law and founded on plain principles of | justice, is, nevertheless, objectionable inas- much as it not only continues a monopoly | which isadverse to public interests, but offers large inducements for frauds in the | Patent Offics and tends to encourage the | commission of them. | The Berliner invention, which covers an | important part of the commercial tele- | phone, was originally filed in the Patent | Office in 1877, after which it passed into | the possession of the Bell Company. For | some reason the patent was not issued | A clsim was made by a rival | company that this patent should run from | the time the application was originally made and not from the date when the | patent was issued. The Bell Company, | however, claimed a right to the monopoly for the full term allowed by law from the | date of the issuing of the patent. | The Supreme Court in deciding the case declared there was no evidence of any corruption or undue influence used by Patent Office officials or employes to delay | consideration of the Berliner application; second, that there was no testimony to show that the delay complained of was at | i the instance of the telephone company, | | in meking these good brands known to and third, that since what delay did occur | was caused by the Patent Oftice and the | officers of the telephone company were in no wise responsible the patentee couid | not be made to suffer in any of his rights | by reason of the delay. The decision seems just inasmuch as an inventor ought not to be made lose anything by the delay of Government | officials, but at the same time it will be | seen that if patents of great importance can be held for vears, thus securing a | monopoly for nearly double the period which Congress intended to allow, there | will be considerable pressure brought on‘ Patent Office officials hereafter to make these same delays in other important | cases. This isa danger Congress should | provide against at once and there ought | to be no great difficalty in doing it. i | THE MARCH OF GOMEZ | ‘ \ The news from Cuba continues favor- able to the sauguine hope that this year will see the close of the long war and the establishment of the independence of the | island. The march of Gomez toward Ha- | vana has been almost unchecked, and | within a comparatively short time he may be virtually in control of all parts of the island, except the few cities and fortresses where the Spaniards have collected their | troops. This would completely expose the falseness of Weyler’s claim to have paci- | fied several provinces, and would go far the Government at Madrid | The march of Gomez, in fact, hasa po- litical as well as a military significance, | and at the present juncture of affairs the political meaning is the more important of the two. It matters very little just| now whether the Cubans can take Havana or not, but it matters a greatdeal whether they can muster an army strong enough | to march up and down the western | provinces and compel the Spaniards to | retire from the field to the protection of | | breastworks. By adisplay of strength they may make it certain they are not ready to yield, and the Spaniards cannot torce them to do so without a much larger army than Spain bas at presentin the island. | This being demonstrated, the Government at Madrid will be more inclined to make peace than it would have been Lad the | The situation which confronts Spain is | a bankrupt treasury at home, a demor- | | alized army shut up in garrisons, a hos- | tile public opinion thronghout the civ-{ ilized world and a foe resolute, confident | and aggressive. Nelther her generals nor | | her statesmen can hope for a speedy end- ing of the war by a victory over the | patriots. They must either be prepared to spend millions of money for an indefinite | continuance of hostilities or they must ar- | rango to make terms for abandoaing the | island. The march of Gomez will lulp1 them to make up their minds on that point, and therefore as a piece of political strategy it is likely to accomplish much, | et someibing out of the show for his | even il it has no great successes from a | House of Representaiives on the bill to erect military point of view. - | When the tariff comes up for discussion in the Senate this time there will be missed many a Democrat who made Rome howl during the last tariff debate in that body. Voorhees is dead; Hill, Blackburn, Palmer, Pugh and Vilas are in retirement, George is sick, Call is seeking a re-election in Florida, and about the only men who can be exnected to make much noise are Gorman, Vest, Morgan, Miils and Turpie. It is probable, moreover, that some of | these will sing low and show they have profited by the warning of the fate of those who raade the most noise before. In his address at the celebration of the anniversary of the treaty of peace of 1871 Prince Bismarck said one advantage of growing old is that a man with increasing years becomes less sensitive to hatred and | calumny and develops more and more a capacity for love and good will. The doc- trine is & cheerful one, and let us hope the | | of the extent of the adulterations. n,{ | | diminish from now until the exhibition is | and the deep sea,” though very expre: old diplomatist was not using words to conceal ideas when he uttered it. A PURE-FOOD FAIR 1t is announced that the next exhibit of the Mechanics’ Institute, which is to be he!d from August 17 to September 18, will be largely devoted to exhibits of pure focd. This will be gratifying to the gen- eral public, for at the present time much interest is taken in the subject of food products, and there can be no question that great benetits will be derived both for consumers and producers of standard arti- cles by such an exhibition. There is no State in the Unlon which can make a better exhibition of pure-food articles than California. Certainly none has equal resources in the way of raw ma- terial for making such exhibits. Our State produces almost everything, from the necessaries to the luxuries of life, and we have sufficient skill and capital to work them up in the most finished forms. If we have not done so in the past it has been largely due to the sale of adulterated goods, with which the manufacturers of pure foods could not compete, The sale of these base articies has been due mainly to the fact that consumers were ignorant therefore, we can make known what brands of food are pure, there will be a beiter demand for them and larger in- ducements for their manufacture. The proposed exhibit will materially aid the people. It is certain they will attract large attention from the public, inasmuch as popular interesc has been aroused on | the subject and will increase rather than heid. The decision of the Mechanics’ In- stitute therefore to devote a larze space at | the next fair to such an exposition isa | commendable one, and good results may be expected from it. NON-COMMITTAL. Jim’s a cur'us sort o' feller: Scolds a ter'ble heap; Been a-worryln’ 'bout the tarift oIl he cod.dn’s sleep. Waen I asked him how the taxes Takes eff-ct on him, Then bis eloquence collapses— dunno. " says Jim. Talks about the war In Europe, And of tyrant foes: Says ~Hurrah” fur 10ts o people net nobo.ly know When 1 agk him whu Fur his warlike trim— Whut's the actual cause fur fightin’'— “I dunno,” says Jim. the reason That’s the kind of occupation Seems .0 suit Lim bes Frets 'bout things thet don’t concern him; ever takes o rest. When T ask bim if his income Wouldn't be less siim Ef he'd stick ter his own troubles— “I dunno,” says Jim. —Washington Star. WITH YOUR COFFEE “Did you read that magazine article on ‘The Working of a Bank?” “No. Is it by an ex-bank president or an ex- burglar?’—Cincinnati Enquirer. +Well, you’ve been married for about six months now, haven’t you? Doyou think as much of your wife as ever?” “More than ever, my boy, more than ever. She has not once suggested that it would be & good 1dea for her to carry the pocketbook.”— Cleveland Leader. “The Turks seem to havea mighty poor opinion of the Greeks.” “Yes; that accounts for their running’em down.”—Cleveland Plain Desler. “It’s queer how some men seem to remember all the stories they have ever heard.’” “Yes; and others seem to remember all th stories that auditors have ever heard.”’—Chi. cago Journal. Wilkins—Such idioms as ““Between the devil ive, are not exactly up to date. Simpson—They're not? Well, how wouid you improve on the one you quoted, for fu- stance? Wilkins—Well, I think a more modern plan would be to say “Between tne trolley-car and the scorcher.”—Puck. “What brought you to this place, my good friend?” inquired a visitor at the prisonof a convict. *A mere matter of opinion got me here, sir.” “‘Impossible ! “No, sir. My lawyer declared that I was 1 nocent and the jury declared I wasn't. I1vs hard world, sir.”’—Tii-Bits. MEN AND WOMEN. In the discussion in the Massachusetts statue to the Inte Major-General Banks he was spoken of as *'the Massachusetts Henry of Na- varre.” A nephew of the Kiugof Siam is a military cadet st Woolwich, England, and oneol his sons, who is preparing to enter the British navy at Gree nwich, has won his way to the heart of the English by his skill as a football player. There will be no war between Reuss Grelz and Prussia over the respect due to the late Emperor William. The reigning Prince of Reuss has dismissed one official who obeyed orders in not observing the recent anniver- sary and has himselfdrunk the present Em- peror's heslth in public. Oue of the goat carts in which children drive in the Champs Elyseos is now labeled “Gift of ibhe President.” The owner's goat was killed some months ago by one of M. Faure’s dogs, and to make up for the loss Mme. Faure gave the woman her littie grandson’s goat and cart. Next to Carmen £yiva, the Queen of Rou- manie, Queen Olga of Greeco is considered one of the most unconventionsl of reigning queens. She walks about a-great deal alone, and hasclimbed to thetop of Mount Lyea- €L10s Without & compsnion. One of her most WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 1897. intimate frlends is an American, Mme. Bak- maetieff, wife of the first secretary of the Rus- sisn Legation, formerly Miss Beale of Wash- ington. PERSONAL. Altred Todhunter of San Carlos ia in the City. Senator L. A. Whitehurst of Gilroy is at the Lick. John W. Caum of Harrisburg, Pe., isin the City. Judge J. E. Prewitt of Auburn 1s s visitor to the City. Mrs. 1 Pope of Stockton is at the Cos- mopolitan, C. A.Sinsler, an attorney of Placerville, is at the Grand. Mrs. Morton of Pacific Grove is st the Cos- ‘movpolitan. Dr. Thomas J. McCann of Philadelphia is at the Palace. J. Dodge and Mrs. Dodge of Yokohama are in the City, T.N. Selvage, an attorney of Eureks,isat the Baldwin. Ex-Senalor Judson Brusie of Sacramento is at the Grand. G. H. Toesel of Kai Cosmopolitan. Dr. C. L. McCracken of Pescadero arrived here yesterday. M. Connolly, a druggist of Sonoms, is here on a business trip. 0. C. Tiffany of the United States ship Mon- terey is in the City. William C. Heilborn, a capitalist of Los An- geles, is in the City. C. B. Smith, an extensive land-owner of Stockton, 15 1n town. George F. Harrls, a business man of Port- 1and, Or., is at the Paiace. Professor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford Univer- sity 18 a visitor in the City. F. X. Blanchet and Louis Metexyer of Al- bany, Or., are at the Palace. H. A. Justro, & banker of Bakersfield, is among the late arrivals here. Asemblyman Arnerich ot Santa Clara s visiting this City on business. D. Webster Dow of Boston was among the arrivals by yesterday’s overland. Samuel Langsbaugh, an extensive lumber- man of Carson, Nev., is at the Russ. William M. Harrington of Sonors is in the City and is registered at the Cosmopolitan. B. Cussick of Chico, manager of the Sierra Mill and Lumber Company, is at the Grand. W. H. Alfred, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, is at the California. D. H. Mclntyre, a leaaing residentof Helens, Mont., is among those registered at the Palace. W. C. Priest, a stago line owner of Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne County, arrived here yester- day. Superior Judge John Caldwell of Nevada City is here for a few days’ stay, and is at tho Lick. S. T. Black of Sacramento, S*ate Euperin- tendent of Public Instruction, is ona visit here. Ex - Assemblyman H. W. Laugenour, pro- prietor of Allen Springs, is smong the late ar- s City, Mo., is at the | rivals here. R. A. Boggess of the Abbottmines arrived hers yesterdsy for a short stay. He isatthe Ocetdental Tremnor Coffin of Csrson, a well-known attorney of Nevals, who is counsel for the Bullion Bank, is at the Grand A. B. Strong, & leading mining man of Trail Creek, B. C., is here for & few weeks' stay, and is at the Grand. He arrived yesterd Senator Chadbourne of El Dorado County s spending a few days {n town. The Senator re- ports mining as lively fn his part of the country. Dr. Jobn Henry Barrows, ex-president of the World’s Parltament of Religions, left for his home in Chicago last evening, accompanted by Mrs. Barrows. F. M. Chamberlain, special agent of the United States Fish Commission, Washington, D. C., arrived here yesterday to join the Alba- tross. He 18 at the Baldwin. Dr. Irmer, Governor of some of Germany's islana possessions in the Pacific, was one of the arrivals by the steamer China. He makes his headquariers in the Marshall group. The Governor is on his way 1o Germany, Dr. G. W. Wood, for some time past medical Qirector in the United States navy, with head- quarters here, has been instructed to go to New York, there to rematn, and will probably leave to-dsy. He is at the California. George F. Beveridge, son ot ex-Governor Beveridge ot Illinois, who has been mining in Mexico for a number of years, is at the Palace. He is with ex-Governor John L. Daggett and ex-Railway Commissioner A. Abboit, owner of the Santa Rosalio mine of Sonors, a property which ix 83id to have recently developed great riches. i CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 1l.—At the St. Cloud, A. Scheir; lmperial, Mrs. M. F. L'Hote, Miss D, L'Hote; Grand Union, E. L. Al- len; Continental, M. Bennmett; Gerlach, Mr. and Mr. J. Haupth: St. Dents, G. Marsily. Dr. and Mrs. Hund and Miss Edith Hund left the St. Cloud nd satled on the Havel for Bremen. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Disse, J. F. Humburg, Mrs, Kliese and child, S. Pfeiffer, Mrs. E. Suhr, chilaren and maid, Mrs. Marie Wagner of San Diego also sailed for Bremen. CaL glace fruit 50¢ per Ib., at Townsend's. * ————————— £PECTAL Information daily to manufacturers, business housos and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e ———— NARCOTIZED afr, the latest scientific discov- ery for the painless extraction of teeth. A set of teeth £10, the best that can_be made. My former price, $15 and $20. Extractions 50 cents, aud all other work in proportion. Dr. T.HMorrls, dentist, Phelan bullding, fooms 28 to 3 - ——————— Mark Hopkins Tnstitute of Art. The spring exhibition i now opea daily irom 9 A. M. 10 5 P. M. and grand concert every Thursday evening. Open Sundays. = ————— “Come, liitie boy, ” iils grandma sald, “Upon this chatr you'll sit, And hold the worsted In your hands And elp your grandma knit.” 0D, yes,” the little boy replied, And smlled a lictle bit; “There's no:hing I like more todo Than help my grandma—nit.” —Harper's Round Table. —_— The Swiftest Train in the West— 3} Days to Chicago or St. Louls 4} Days to New York. The Santa Fe Limited has dinlng-car, buffe smoking-car nd Pollman palace drawing-room sleeping-cars. Leaving San Francisco at 6 P. a. Mondays and Thursdsys, connection is mads at Berstow with this handsome train. Through cara to Chicago, both Pullman palace drawing-room and modera upholstered tourist sleepers, run dally. Tickets also sold via Portiand, Ogde, Los Angeles, Deming or EI Paso to all polnts in the United States, Canads, Mexico or Europe. Ses time table in advertising column. San Francisco ticket office 644 Market street, Chronicle bulld- ing. Telephone Mam 1531. Oakland, 1118 Broadway. ————————— Raflroad Tickets to the East via Rio Grande Western and Denver and Rio Grande Rallways, At _lowest possible rates, with through Pullmat buffetand tourist sleeping car service every day. Personally conducted excarsions leaving Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. Osly line permisting stop-over at Salt Lake City on all classes of tickeis Detatled information and tickets furnished ui Li Monigomery street, or 314 California stres —————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over ity yéars by millions ot thers for their children whiie Teething with per foct success. It soothes the child, softens ihe gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates he Bowely #0d 18 the best remedy for Diarrhcsas, whether atis- 1bg _from tesshing or other causes. For sale by drug #ista in every pari of the worid. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup 25¢ & boitle pritdweiansts i CORONADO.—Atmosphere s perfectly dry, soft and mild, being entirely tree from the mista com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam- ship, iucluding fifteen days board at the Hoteldel Coronado, 860; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. e o ———— ALL who use Ayer's Halr Vigor pronounce it the best halr-dressing n the market. Certalnly, 10 other I in such constant demands UNCLE MKINLEY'S VAST PETITION It Resistlessly Grows to Be the Biggest This City Ever Got Up. Twenty-Five Thousand Have Al- ready Asked the President to Name Him. The Postmastership and Sym Backus Seem Disposed Of by a Bea.fl- cent Fate. Twenty-two thousand and odl citizens of Ban Francisco have asked President McKinley to make his uncle, Benjamin McKinley, Postmaster at San Francisco. That seeins the foreshadow of a baneficent fate. But that petition for this avancular ap- pointmentis going to be lots bigger than that. It is expected that when ths time for naming the Postmaster that Frank McCoppin is just now preceding reaches the President he will find before him a petition from this City bearing 40,000 names asking for the promotion of tie present efficient superintendent of Station F Postoffice in the Western Addition. Benjamin McKinley’s campaign is a quiet but a speedy one. When THE CALL first announced his ambition a few days 220 the petitions had received 6000 names. So many and so active are the friends who cordially enlisted in his behalf that the 180 petitions in circulation have since then received 14,000 more signatures. The prophecy is probably a true one that this petition will be the largest one ever sent to Washington from this City and the second largest ever got up in the State, the record being held by one against the railroad funding bill. Uncle McKin- ley’s friends are finding a very general vopular willinzness to see him thus pro- moted in the service in which he has spent so many years, and as yet no pro- tests haye started audible vibrations. Though Mr. McKinley has led the quiet life of good-citizanslip on the common level, he has become widely acquainted during the many years of his life here, and men of all parties readily sizn the pe- tition, especially when his friends explain that his appoiniment would not be an arbitrary piece of plain, ordinary nepot- ism, because he is familiar with the local service and iis needs, aspired to the office before his nephew wus talked of for Presi- dent, and has the McKinley worth, char- acter and ability fitted for the responsi- bilit, Trere are many local names that sound big and ramiliar on the petition, but Mr. McKinley's ir ends prefer not to meation nawes. Four of the members of the Cali- fornia_delegation to the National Repub- lican Convention have signed. The only members of the California Congressional delegation who have any right to make their own business of the matter are Sena- tor Perkins and Congressman Loud, or perhaps in this case it should be Con- gressman Loud and Senator Perkins. It is not known what they will do about it, but many people think that they will agree to the proprisiy and fitness of the appointment when they think the matter over. All this is worriment to Samuel W. Backus, who is the only other aspirant out 1n the open. Senator Perkins is sup- posed 10 be Backug' Washington cham- pion, and it is also supposed that maybe Backus doesn’t know just what he wants, and that it might possibly be something else. That was the case with Mr. Cham- berlain cf the old Dirigo Club when he wanted the Postoffice at the same tim e that Backus did in Harrison times. He found out that what he really wanted was a United States Bank commpissionership. However, Mr. Backus is quietly circu- Iating a_petition, 100, they say—mainly among Grand Army men. The McKin- leyites learned of this, and have captured some G. A. R. names themselyes. The appointment is far off, though, for Mr, McCoppin’sterm lasts for another year,and there is plenty of time for politics and other developments in the matter. In a week or two the McKinley petition, with about 25,000 names, will_be sent to the Preazident and copies to Senator Perkins and Congressman Loud. The getting of names will continue, and a supplementary petition will b filed later. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT, The Grand Entertainment and Dance That Was Given Last Monday by Loyal Rebekah Lodge. It s mot often that those who are fn the habit of attending the entertainments that are given by the fraternal organizations of this City have had the pleasure of witnessing & more interesting and entertaining one than thatgiven last Monday night by Loyal Lodge No. 215, 1. 0. 0. ¥., Datghters of Rebekah, It was given in the asserobly hall of the 0dd Fellows' building, and as the place had been arranged for the meeting of the Grand Lodge, which commenced its session yesterdsy morn- 1ng, the decorations were purely of the Oda Fellow order, and were very attractive. The orchestra furnished excellent music, there was singing that was very meritorious, and the living pictures were as fine arrengements and groupings of human figures as ever were presented in San Francisco. “The Odd Fellow that we all kuow,” which was given as one of the pictures, was & bustof George T. Sbaw, the grand secretary of the order, who wds seated within & pedestal, which was so arranged with drapery that it seemed asif a life-like bust had beon placed on_the pedestal. The several numbers were exceedingly well received, and there was not one that was not encored.’ 1he several pictures wero: Queen of the Fairies, Black and White (an artist’s term), A Post August, The Wooing, On 8 Strike, Listening t0 the Faifies, The Orphan Musician, A Poster, Music, Song and Dance, A Portrait of a Well' known 0dd Fellow, Rebekah at the Weil, The Initials. i The other features were a barytons solo by Professor 8. J. Sandy: violin duo, Miss Annie L Benson and Miss Minerva Van Doren, Mrs. D. A. Hodghead accompanist; recitation, Miss Richardson; vocalselections, the Knicker: bocker quartet; vocal solo, “Romany L: Dr. D. A. Hodghead; recitation, “Charge of the Light Brigade,” Professor Knowlton; se- lections by the Viole: Mandolin Club. Man- dolins—Miss M. Schagel, Miss L. Doherty, Metsra. George Krenkel, Benjamin ‘Jonas an William_Straub; guitars—Miss L. Kutcher, Miss E. Jonas and Fred Krueckel. Dancing followed the entertainment, The whole affair was most creditably managed by the following named: Reception committee— Alyira J. Simp;on, Augusta B, Warren, Mollle E. McCollister, Lillian B. O'Neil, Eugenie Herron, Ids E. fquires, F. W. Warren, Dr. D. A. Hodghead, E. H. Hills, C. Smith ; floor director, Dr. A, N. Copsey; assistant floor director, Dr. 8. R. Jacobs: floor committee—Margaret J. Bell, Minerva A. Van Doren, Lillian B. Me- Farland, Florence D. Linehan, Winnie Gib- bons, A. W. Turpin, J. N. Terkelson, C. F. O'Nell, G. A. Walcom, S. F. Higgins. Amity Rebekah Lodge. Eureka Hall, in the 0dd Feliows’ building, on last Saturday evening, contained as many persons as it would comfortable hold, the occasion of the great number sssembling there being ap entertainment given by Amity Rebekah Lodge to its friends. The programme was got up under the direction of the com- mittee of arrangements, consisting of Mrs. J. Newell, V. G.; Miss Maggie Jessen, Mrs. Min Dobbins, Dr. Charles Zeigler, M. P. Forbes and L. F. Feun, and the numbers pre- sented were well received and each performer was required to give an_encore. There wass vocal auet by Messrs. Hefferman and Clark; recitation, Miss Liilie Horue; vocal solo, Mr. | Blake; selections by Professor Giaber's man: dolin, guitar and banjo club; fancy dance, Flossie Levy; stories in Scandinavian diaiect, Peter Hansen, and comic reeitation by Daniel Coleman. L. F. Feun, who was master of cere- monies, then assumed the duties of floor man- ager, aud there was dancing until midnight. The minuet was one of the favorite dances of the evening and was called for several times by those who were on the floor. The Royal Arcanum. Argonaut Council No. 597 held & very en- joyable meeting last Monday night. There Was present a iarge delegation from Golden West Council. The joint committee on the celebration of the twentieth anaiversary of Atcanum day, which falis on the 20th inst, reported that all arrangements had been com- Dleted for tho proper observance of the das. o Sons’ Hall has been secured for the occasion. J. J. Tobin will deliver an oration, and after that there will be presented a g0od programme and & dance will follow. Two thousand tickets have been issued, and itis expected that there will be & full house. The membersnip of this order is still increas- ing, and it is expected that by next month the 200,000 mark will have been reached. trella’s Flag Presentation. This evening there will be a great event in the main hall of the Native Sons’ building, it beiag the presentation to La Estrells Parlor ofone of the handsomest American flags ever made for & parior of the Native Daughters. The affair is strictly invitational, and as tho Iadies of this parior hre among the brightest iu the order they have prepared for a dance to follow the presentation tnat will be a most enjoyable one. There wiil be presented during the evening a beautitul souvenir programme of the occasion, the first anniversary of the in- stitation of the parlor that has excited the enyy of many. Independent Foresters. High Chief Ranger MoElfresh left his home in Los Angeles last Monday to pay official visits to twenty-eight courtsin the northern part of the State. Last Tuesday ho was ten- dered a reception by Court Circle City, at Corons. On the Thursday preceding he, with the assistance of other high conrt officers, dedicated a new hall for Court Centrai Ave- nue in Los Angeles. The event was witnessed by all of 300 persons, and at the close ofa very interesting ceremony and programme tie high chief presented sixteen young men, whom he had made Foresters at sight. Under the auspices of Court Los Angeles there will bean excursion to Mount Lowe on Sunday next. On the 26th inst. Los Angeles Council of the Grand Order of the Orient will confer the de- grees on a large class of candidates. The Native Sons. The revorts presented at the Grand Parlor meeting contain some matter of which the following will be read with interest: Fifty-cight members were called to the Grand Parlor on high during the year 1896. Among those deceased are s number who have SALwith us in the years gome by in the de- liberations of the Grand Parlor, the best known of whom was genial Thad McFarland, whose towering form was & familiar sight 10 the delegates of the Grand Parlors at San Jose, Woodland, Nevada City, Fresno and Chico. E. D, Tesreau of Sacramento Parlor No. 3 was & delegate to the Grand Parlor at Eureks, V. G. Hannaford of Rincon Parlor No. 72 was also a delegate to the Grand Parlor at Eureks, and George Baker of Piedmont Parior No. 120 was a m: mber of our 1ast Grand Parlor at San Luis Obispo. Numerically the order has made the greatest genuine progress for years past. Tne number of initiations indicates that the march of pro- gression goes steadily on. Outside of the pariors whose membership is 10st to this re- port by reason of ihe resolution dissolving them, Dassed by the last Grand Parlor, the order shows an increase of 527 members. In aadition to this, Rio Vista Parlor No. 109 has been added, with twenty-six members, and many of the parlors in which there is an active rivairy for delegates have adaed many members 1o their roll, which canuot be in- cluded in this report, inasmuch as it proclaims our condition on January 1, 1897. ANSWERS 10 (ORRESFONDENTS. Burss—J. H. R, City. The name “Burns” is Scotch. ADATEIN MAY. The first Sundsy in May, 1891, fell on the third of the month. THE TENOR PART—A. §,, San Jose, Cal. The tenor part in & quarter, for women's voices only, is written on the’ staff, not an octave below it. TERRITORY—School Girl, Lower Lake, Lake County, Cal. There 18 no limit to the popula- tion of 'a Territory asking to be admitted to Sta.ehood. AuTHORS' CLUB — Bubscriber, City. D. G. Thompson is the secretary of the Authors’ Club of New York City. Address, seventh avenue, corner of West Fiity-sixth street. CHmMISTRY - ELECTRICITY —J. C. H., City. Chemistry and the principles of electricity are taught 1n the high achools of this City. On app.ication to the principals of such schools yon can learn all about the requisites tor admissian. ApsENCE FROM THE STATE—T. M., City. The bill passed by the Legislature amending the section of the code in relation to the absence of oficials from the State provides that no officer of the State or & municipality of the State shall Lbsent himself from the State for more than six'y days, except on official busi- ness, provided that in cases of sickness or ur- gent necessity, then upon & proper showing of such sickness or urgent necessity the authori- ties naving the power to grant leave of ab- sei.ce shall extend such absence. The bill was signed by the Governor. THE CRETAN TROUBLES—F. J. S. and M. E. M., City. The present insurrection in Crete is the ninth since the island came into the po: session of the Turks, in 1669. The many troubles on the island led in 1868 to the pro- mulgation of an organic law which made liberal concessions to the Cretans, but it was never put into practice. The Cretaus appealed to_the Berlin Congress through the Greek delegates for an amelioration of their condi- A result of that appeal was the adoption following, whicn was signed by the rep- Tesentatives of Turkey: The Subi ly scrupu. onsly to the island of Crete the organiclaw of 1868, while Introducing nto 1t t ificutions which may be considered advisabi The Turks, however, did not trouble them- selves about the organic law sud conducted the affaizs on the island with such a high nsnd that in 1878 there was another insurrec- tlon, which was followed by another agree- men't with the Chriftian delegates. By that treaty the Turks were to allow the Cretans to have a Christian Governor and s limited au- tonomy was granted. Thatarrangement would Dhave worked well but the Turks did not carry out theircompact. A Mussulman Governor was sent to the fsland, and then followed the in- sutrection of 1889, when the Sultan abolished all priviiegos. The latest revolt commenced on July 3, 1896, and it has been followed by toe sisughter of Christians, as has been an- nounced from time to time through the press. On the 5th of last July the Cretans estab- lished a Provisional Government, and on the 24th of August Turkey announced its will:ng- Tess 10 make & settloment and allow a Chris- tian_Governor, the establishment of Cretan financial sutonomy and, the payment of a tribute to the Suitan. The Cretans waited until February 1, but nothing being done by the Turks as promised, and greater hardships end indignities being heaped upon them, they struck for liberty, and Greece responded; The Cretans do not want independence, but t to be annexed to Greece, In short, the of the trouble is the failtre of the Turks P their promises 10 the Creta: NEW TO-DAY. You think it is because your child is “growing too fast” that he fails to put on flesh. More often it is due to a gradual and general weakening of all the forces of the body. The child may have no pain, may have a fair appetite and yet lose flesh. Perhaps the happiest effects of Scott’s Emulsion are in such cases as these. It gives the body a fat which is easily taken up; alters unhealthy action and sup- plies the best blood-making food known to medical science. ANNIE BESANT “Plain Living and High Thinking” Her Ideals. The Struggle for Riches Is Sure to Cause a Groveling Posterity. Hor Views Fu'ly Ventilated in Yes. terday’s Lecture on “The Law of Karma Mrs. Annie Besant delivered one of her most interesting lectures at Native Sons’ Hall yesterday afternoon. Though ker subject was the metaphysical treatment of theosophy unaer the title of *Karma,” the speaker talked vigorously sgainst the dominant spirit of money in American life. She held that the invisible law of Karma is made by thought, desire, and the effects of conduct on others. Coming to the practical phases of the subject, Mrs. Besant said: “The thoughts in this life make the tendencies of our lives on our reappearance here. If we are of good dispositions here aud if we cultivate noble impulses now it will be easier to do good when we reappear. “The vice of National life in this coun- try to-day is money - making, to the ex- clusion of all eise. The money - making faculty is one of the lowest and com- monest of all, and if we go on with money as the ideal the future race will be low snd vulgar. “Itis a frightful condition when wealth alone brings respect. The real duty of people is plain living and noble thinking. Our ideals ought to be thoughtful rather It would be agrand con- dition if these things were brought about in their fuliness.” JUDGE CONLAN IN HARNESS On Again Taking His Seat, He Com- pliments Justice Kerrigan. Judge Conlan after several weeks of sickness took his seat on the bench Mon- day morning in good health. He 100k occasion to thank Justice of the Peace Kerrigan, who has presided during his absence, on the able and efficient manner on which he hed conducted the affairs ot the court and the court officials for their assistance to the acting judge. At no time in the history of the court were there so few cases pending. The Judge also announced that in future all bonds wou'd be experted by himself, a8 he was determined that no_more ‘'straw’’ oonds would be traced to his court. e e City Front Free Market. The State Board of Trade met yesterdsy and elected Hon. John Boggs of Colusa as a mem- Der of the executive board. On May 1 Colusa County will place a fine exhibit in the board’s roomsat 16 Post sireer. A committee consiste ing of B. Rowley, Craigie Sharp and Mark L. McDonaid wes appoinied to ascertain why the Board of Harbor Commissioners is so backe ward in establishing a free market on the water front. e Rich in Litigation, Alfred J. Rich has been sued by several plaintiffs for different sums of money said to be due on account of the estate of E.D. Ken- nedy, deceased. The amounts claimed are as follows: Edna V. Kennedy, $1237 50; Frede erick E. Kennedy, $24 7. ith A. Chappell, $618 75; R. McCoigan, 618 75, Rich was a surety o the bond of J. J. O'Farrell, who was some time ago found to be delinquent in the management of certain trust iunds. o White Gloves for Clerk Curry. Last Mondsy there was not a single suit for divoree filed in the cflice of the County Clerk, and in consonance with an ancient common law practice touching criminal affairs the attaches of the office are to present a pair of white gloves to County Clerk Curry. NEW TO-DAY: If “any old thing” will do, no use paying the price of Srophy Baking Powder or of P Spices and Flav- oring Extracts. 120 Tillmann & Bendel, Mfrs. 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