The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1897, Page 6

] i H THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SATIT”DAY. MAV 29 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. RATES—Postage Free: and Sunday CALY, one week, by carrier..$0.18 end Sunday CALL, one year,by mail.... 6.00 #nd Sunday CAL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 snd Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Sunday CALL, one month, by mall. .65 Sunday CaLy, one year, by mall. 1.50 W REKLY CALL, One year, by mall, 1.50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, Fan Francisco, Californta. Selephone...... Maln—-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Streew Telephone ... .Matn—1874 | BRANCH OFFICES: | 527 Montgomery sireet, corger Clay: open untl ©:80 o'clock: 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. £W. corner Sixteentn and Mission streets, open until § o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untfl 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kentueky open L1l § o'clock re OAKLAND OFFICB: 9U8 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row. New York Citye DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. (— THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the conntry ona vacatlon ? If ¥0, it 1§ 1O trouble for s 10 forward THE CALL to raddress. Do not let it miss you for you will Orders given to the carrier or left &t Office will receive prompt attention. & ¢ Cuba is within sight. The Senate vote represents the country. Jingoism means America for Americans and peace throughout the continent. Senator Hale said *‘It means war,” but the Senator didn’t mean what he said. Times go by turns, and just now if you do not go to the dogs you are not in the swim. Spain will not put the Morgan resolu- tion into a pipe and smoke it, but she may try it as a cigareite. The Republican policy toward Cuba is to secure peace with independence, and McKinley will carry it out. The disposal of the Cuban question in the Senate cives a wide open right of way to the tariff, and it needs it You will wish good reading for your day of leisure, and the way to get it is to leave orders to-day for THE SUNDAY CALL. If all Western men do not stand to- gether during the tariff fight the it rests of all will go gally west as sure as shoot- ing. The best thing for the Spanish Govern- ment to do now is to make a polite bow to the inevitable, and leave Cuba with some- thing of Castilian grace and dignity. Thoe Speaker disposed of Bailey’s claims {obe a parliamentary champion in one round on Thursday by delivering the cleanest and completest knockout on rec- ord. Justice Field is kept busy in these days contradicting reports that he is going to retire, and for a man of retiring disposi- tion the publicity this gives him is un- pieasant. The Turks have granted to Greece an armistice of seventeen days, and if the concert cannot finish talking and arrive at an agreement by the end of that time the war band will strike up again and begin to play on. Great Britain ought to be able to give Spain some very good advice about the best way to get out of a quarrel with her American colonies, for she has been through the experience herself and knows what the situation is and how to accept it. All the details of the visit of Fitzsim- mons to Washington have been duly her- alded, and we learn that he was shy in the presence of John Sherman, and did not challenge the President for an office or anything else, so another crisis has passed harmlessly away. The wonderful istand in Moro Bay, al- leged to have been erupted by an earth- quake that started out to reconstruct the continent, turns out to be simply a mud- bank caused by the tides, and thus an- other remarkable yarn proves to be a fake and unravels into nothingness. The Government can well afford to ex- pend as much on San Pedro harbor as it expended at Galveston, and the statement of the Secretary of War that he has not begun the work because the appropria- tion is not large enough to complete both the proposed breakwater and construeta good harbor of commerce sounds much less like a reason than an excuse. 1t is announced that the Sultan desires to leave the arrangement of peace to & commission composed of the foreign mili- tary attaches who attended the twoarmies during the war. If looks as if this would count General Miles out, but he may get in on the diplomatic plea that he intended to be there, but having been absent is in a position 1o act as an impartial arbitrator, surveying parties in Tejon Pass continue fo attract attention and excite curiosity as to what road they are work- ing for, and in the absence of any definite information it may be safely surmised that if they are notemployed by the Santa PEACE WITH INDEPENDENCE, The developments in the Cuban situation on Thursday were so favorable to the independence of the isiand as to give reasons for the most sanguine expectations of its sveedy attainment. The vote in the Senate in favor of the Morgan resolution was carried by a majority so large as to preciude any doubt that it repres'nts the senti- ments of the American people, while the debate in the House on Bailey’s motion clearly points to the conclusion that Congressman Hittdefined the policy of the ad- ministration when he said, independence.” The purpose of the Republicans is to secure peace with The reports published on Wednesday of the speech made in Madrid by Bagasts, who virtually declared the Spanish Goverament would no longer receive the support of the oprosition party in continuing the war, adds to the effect nroduced by the pro- ceedings in Congress. It made clear the fact that the Spanish people, or at least a large and influential portion of t: em, are no longer willing to pay taxes to continuo a wasteful and useless stiuggle. Ithasbeen learned at Madrid, as well as at Wash- ington, that the conquest of Cuba is impossible to Spain, and the wiser element of the Spanish people is opposed to a further waste of blood and. treasure for the mere sake of gratifying pride or a spirit of revenge. The opposition to the war in Spain is not s mere political movement. il A consld- erable number of wealthy Spaniards own property in Cuba and have been well nigh ruined by the war. They preler peace and prosperity, with Cuban independence, rather than to incur further losses in the forlorn hope of crushing the patriots. In addition to these there is a considerable number of merchants who have large busi- ness connections with Cuba and they also desire a return of peace in order bave 8 return of their former profits. The business sentiments of the country are, therefors, on the side of the conservative taxpayers, and the two together constitute a force. which will go far towerd inchining the Spanish Government to aceede to any reasona- ble terms for the evacuation of the islarid and the recognition of 1its independence. Congressman Hitt, who, it is well known, will be chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations when the House committees are appointeu, and who, therefore, is a recognized authority, stated in the House he had reason to believe the President is taking active and effective steps to secure the independence of Cuba. | “Tuat fact T am convinced has reached Spanish headquarters, for the news reaches | us to-day that the Spanish Minister who will probably be in power in about thirty He added: days has said the Cuban war is ntterly hopeless.” This statement ought to put at rest any doubts which may have existed concern- ing the attitude of the administration toward Cuba. Peace can be brought about much more speedily by the exercise of tact on the part of our Government than it could by any hasty or inconsiderate action. We can safely trust to the President to carry out the wishes of the people in this regard, and may reasonably hope to see the speedy accomplishment of *‘peace with independence.” G00D WORK WhLL DONE. The report of the directors of the Mer- chants’ Associ tted at the third annual meeting, was one of the most ex- couraging documents which has been read to a San Francisco audience for many a vear. It was eloguent in the concise statement of things done. future by narrating the accomplishments of the past, and gave Assurance of con- tinued usefulness by the record of present services. The increase in membership of the as- sociation is in itself a striking illustration of the value of the organization and a proof that when any body of men really achieve much for public benefit it will not lack for support, but will draw into its membership many progressive citizens who hesitated to join at first. The asso- ciation began its career three years ago with but 47 members; two years ago the roll numbered 406; to-day 867 bu: ness firms are enrolied as regular mem- bers. Every industry in the City is repre- sented, and the strength of the organiza- tion is now sufficiently great to enter upon undertakings which, in the beginning, it would have rezarded as almost beyond 1ts power to accomplish. The record of what has been done for the municipality during the three years of the life of the association is one of which it may be justly proud. It hasnotat- tained all that it aimed at, but it hasdone much. The streets and sidewalks have been made cleaner, the pavements better, street sprinkling has been improved, the cobbles which have long disfizured many of the principal streets are disappearing, the aavantages of better lighting slong the business thoroughfares have been demonstrated by experiments voluntarily borne by merchants and in many other ways the energies of the association have achieved results which tend greatly to improve the business comfort and the Lealth of the community. All that has been achicved so far is re- garded by the association &s but the earnest of things yet to be done. The re- port clearly sets forth sdetermination not only to continue the efforts for better street pavements, street cleaning and street lighting, but to undertake other tasks not le:s importaut. Among these pointed out in the report are the improve- of a more liberal policy in the construc- tion of street pavements, the establish- ment of a more economical system of municipal government and the advance- ment of the movement for obtaining & new charter. All of these undertakings so di- rectly concern the welfare of every citizen that all may be rightly counted on tv co- operate Wwith the association in carrying them to a successful conclusion. San Francisco is to be congratulated on having such a body of men among her citizens. The work done by the Mer- chants’ Association is a sufficient proof that we arenot lacking in civic patriotism, and that we have citizens among us who are capable not only of outlining a pro- gressive policy, but of conducting it with ability and efficiency. With such a record the association can rightly sppeal to the public generally for support in all work that it undertakes hereafter, and every citizen ought to feel that he will honor himself by becomIng a member of the as- sociation or aliying himself with itasa supporter of its eaterprise. THE WESTERN CONGRERS The Tral Mississippi Congress which is to convene in Salt Lake City on July 14| will afford California an opportunity to take her richtful position as the leader of the great West. These congresses in the past have not been so beneficial to us as they should have been. The chief resuit accomplished by them bas been the im- provement of the harbor at Galveston, and while that is something which has well repaic the trouble of asserting West- ern sentiment it is time to direct the at- tention of Congress to needs further West than the seacoast of Texas. California at this time has several pro. jects to advance for the welfare, not of Fe they are at any rate working in the in- | ber peovle only, but of the whole country. terests of that company, and will show connections with it as soon as the rails ere laid. Weary of waiting for the State or Con- gress to do something for the improve- ment of Alviso harbor the people of Santa Clara County are talking of undertaking the beginning of the work themselv and on the old principle that self-help is the best help this is about the speediest way of getting the thing done. Moreover, Coneress will probably be inclined to help thrse who help themselves, just to show that it has some divinity in it. Thursday was a field day for Cuba in Congress. The Senate passed the Morgan resolutions and the House passed the bill providing for the relief of Americans who are destitute on the island. These things were good, but better still was the decla- ration of Congressman Hiti: “I have reason to believe the President is taking as active and as effective steps as he can to secure the independence of Cuba, and that Among these are the establishment of a National department of mines and min- ing, the promotion of the enactment of a National pure-food law, the opening of facilities for trade with Mexico and South America, the improvement of arid lands and legislation which will prevent the use of convict-made goods in competition with manufacturers employing free labor. None of these things are in any sense local. Bome of them affect the whole Union and all of them concern every State in the West. They can be called Californian oniy because this Btate has taken the lead in the movement to obtain them and because by reason of its greater wealth and larger population it has more power than any other Western State to support them in Congress. To achieve any good work at the pro- posed gathering in Salt Lake City for any of these movements 1t will be necessary for us to send there a delegation of men who can not only talk earnestly and con- vineingly, but can also act with vigor and fact Iam convinced has reached Spanish headquariers.” effect combinations end organizations which will be strong enongh to exert an It cheered the | | | bor influence at Washington. Such a delega- tion cannot be gathered at haphazard. The selection of the men who are to rep- resent us must be made with careful con- sideration, and it is time we were de- voting some attention to the subject. ALVISO HARBOR. The action of Goyernor Budd in vetoing the appropriation made by the Legisla- ture for the improvement of Alviso har- bor so far from dampening t'. ardor of the people cf Santa Clara County in that enterprise has bad the effect of stimu- lating their energies and rousing them to new effort. As was announced in THE CaLr yesterday the Board of Trade of San Jcse is working energetically on the pro- ject and it is provable that within the next two months some definite plan of action will be adopted and important steps taken to carry it out. For more than eight years now the people of Santa Clara County have been directing a Iarge part of their progressive energy toward the accomplishment of im- provements at Alviso which would make that port a commodious barbor for ship- ping. As was natural they :ought first to obtain an appropriation for the work from the General Government, for it comes rightly within the scope of river and har- improvements. While, however, something was gained in that way by the persistent efforts of Congressman Loud not enough was done to keep up to the in- creasing requirements of the expanding trade of the port. Efforts were therefore made to get assistance from the State. These also were baffled by reason of the Governor’s veto. The county is now con- { cidering the advisability of undertaking the preliminary work of improvement at her own expense, on the principle that self-help is the best nelp. The most casual study of a map of Cali- fornia will show the value that a good barbor at Alviso would be to the State. It would open up deep-water com- munication h one of the largest and most extensive oi our v=llevs and provide transportation facilities for an indastrions population, whose numbers and whose in- dustries are rapidly advancing. The amount of business done at the port, even under present adverse conditions, is large, and there can be no question it wouid in- ment of the arainage system, the adoption | crease rapidly as soon as proper facilities were provided for it. There are no serious difficulties in- volved in the problems of the proposed improvement. Nothing is to be done ex- cept the removal of soil washed down by the streams, which has filled up the southern end of the bay and formed the extensive marshes along its borders. By dredging out the desircd channel it would pe pussible at the same tims to furnish e material for embankments, which would reclaim a considerable district of the surrounding country, and thus render useful some ot the richest lands in the State. All the advantages to flow from the pro- posed enterprise are well understood by the progressive people of Santa Clara, and it is not surprising they have determined to put their own hands to the plow and to do some work for themselves while wait- ing for the fulfiliment of their rightful ex. pectations of assistance from the General Government. The San Jose Board of Trade, which is directing tae movement, isin the hands of able and energetic men, and there is every prospect that with the cordial co-operation of the people of the county they will devise a means of begin- ning the work and carry it so far that there will be no longer any hesitation on the part of Congress to grant the appro- priation, which should long ago have been made. WIIH YOUR CCFFEE. “I'm mighty glad my wife coated me into getiing her s wheel,” said tho lean passenger. “Makes her happy, eh?” said the {at passen- Rer. *‘She’s so stuck on riding that she ain’t going to clean house this year.”—Indiauapolis Journal. Mr. Hiland—What are you making so much fuss about, Halkei? Have you had s tooth pulied? Mr. Halket—No, worse than that, Hiland. “What 2" A man came in avd paulled my log.”—Pitts- burg Chronicle-Telegraph. “You are destined to marry riches,” the sereess sald, “but—" “But what?” “Death will cisim you two years before the event.””—Town Topics. She—How are you getting on With your bieyele, Captain Vert? He (s beginner)—Oh ! splendidly; getting on about every two minutes.—Fun. “Have you read Rudyard Kipling’s iatest besutisul poem 2’ “No; what's it about ? “I don’t know."’—Chicago Record. Augustus—The pnotographer ssked me if I wishea fer the shiny or the dull finisn, you know; which do you think is the best, Miss Maud? Maud—I should imagine the dull finish ‘would be the most appropriate.—Twinkles. Wister—They say the boy 1s father of the That's right. Ycu know that Griggs never opens his mouth but ha puts his 100t in it Well, hundreds of times when he wi thing.—Boston Transeript. Billy—Sls quit her job tn Gonnybroker's. All her teeth wuz decayin’. Jimmy—What's that gotter do with her jb? Billy—8he tended th’ candy connter.—Judge. “Father,” said a thoughtful little boy, “how many feet has a dog, if we call his tail a foot 2 “Why, five leet, my son.” *No, father, that isn’t right.” “How 50, my son?” “Why, he would have only four feet. You see, calling his tall a foot aoesn’t make it & fo0t."—Modes and Fabrics. COOKING AC.ORDING TO SCIENCE. Glve me a spoon of olec, ma, And the sodium alkali, For I'm golug to tace a ple, mamms, 1'm goi .g to bake a ple. For John wili b+ hungry and tired, ma, And his sues will decompos+: 8o give me a gramme of phosphate And tue carbon and celinlose Now give me a chunk of cas*ine, ma, To short.n the thermic fat: And hand me the oxygen bottle, ma, And 100k at the th And if the electric ove X Just turn it on half an vhm, Tor I want to havs supper 1eady As 3000 as Jobn comes b.me. Now pass me the neutral dope, memm, And rotate the mix nz machine, But giva me the sterilized water first, And the ol omargarine: And the phosphate, 100, for now I think, ‘The new iypewriter s qait, And John will need more phosphate food Tohelp his brain a bit. —New kngland Magazige. PERSONAL. J. A. Sargent of Sargents is in the Cily. Dr. M. F, Toggart of Naps s in the City. Peter Etiems of Pasadena is at the Grand. Dr. M. N. Wykoff of Toklo, Japan, is in town. Charles Legrand of Parisisa recont srrival here. Dr. Thomas Flint of San Jusn is st the Grand. L. Jennings, a mining man of Leadvllle, s at the Palace. T. W. Barry and wife of Japan are st the Occidental. J. W, Bailey, & wealthy mining man of Mon- tana, is in town. Dr. W. M. Baldwin of Sacramento hasarrived here on a short visit. Mrs. Fleming and Miss Finn of Merced are at the Cosmopolitan. The Rev. and Mrs. F. Dillon of England are at the Oceidental. Lieutenant John Irwin of the United States navy isat the Palace. L F. Newcomb, a business man of Sedalia, Mo., s on a visit here. Lieutenant Sidney Webb of Washington, D. C., is at the Palace. Mrs. Johnston and daughter of Pescadero are at the Cosmopolitan. Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Lawson, misslonaries of Indis, are at the Occidental. W. A. Kelly, & mining superintendent of Butte, Mout., is a late arrival bere. Edward C. Atkinson, president of Sacra- mento Business Colloge, is in town. M. D. Burlinghame, & mining engineer of Los Angeles, arrived here on Thursdsy. The Rev. W. B, Hamilton ana wile, mission- aries of Peking, arrived here yesterday. Joseph Murray, a well-to-do business man of | Fort Collins, Colo,, is at the Occidental. D. E. Knight, the banker, manufscturer and land-holder of Marysville, is at the Lick. Ex-Superior Judge R. J. Hudson of Lakeport fson a visit to thisCity. He is at the Grand. Alexander Melrose, a barrister of Adelside, Sonth Australia, is nere on his way to London. Joseph Craig, manager of the large hotel and cottages at Highland Springs, is &t the Grand. Senator E. C. Voorheis of Sutter Creek has | returned to the Palace from & visit to the mines. John Layton and Miss Layton of London arrived on the steamer from the Orient yes. terday. The Baron Bradsky of Russis arrived hereon the Belgic from Hongkong yesterdsy and is at the Palace. The Rev. Dr. B. C. Atterbury and Mrs. Atter- bury, missionaries of China, were among yes- terday’s arrivals, John Gray and W. H, Lee, accompanied by three Japanese, came from Yokohama yester- day and are at the Lick. R. F. Bertram of Scuth Africa, who has been on.a tour of the world, was among the arrivals on the Belgic yesterday. Fred D. Smith of Port Kenyon, Humboldt County, who is at the head of a leading dairy- | ing company, 1s at the Grand. Ed Kellher of Merced, accompanied by his wife, who is down for her health, are among the guests at the Cosmopolitan. Professor Earl Barnes and Mrs. Barnes, of Stanford, are at the Grand. They will soon leave for a year’s absence in Europe. Granville Sharpe, & millionaire merchant of Hougkong, and widely known in the Orient asa litterateur, came on the Belgic yesterday. Fred Erickson of Erickson Brothers,contract- ors for the construction of the Sierra Railroad from Oakdale by way of Stockton to Sonora, isin the City, W. G. Curtis, engineer of the maintenance of way department of tne Southern Pacific Company, returned here yesterday after an absence of over two weeks. Walter Raymond of Raymond & Whitcomb, the Boston excursion agents, arrived here on tbe Belgic yesterday, aiter a tour of the giobe. Mrs. Raymond was along. A. Burlingame Johnson of Colorado, the new United States Consul to Amoy, sailed with his famlly to his post on the steamer China. He expects to return to Colorado two vears hence, in time to assist in the campaign for electing members of the Legislature who will choose & successor to United S:ates Senator E. 0. Woi- cott. He expectsto be present also when the fight for Senator is made. It is almost need- less to add that Mr. Johnson is a stanch friend of Wolcott and will do all he can to re-clect him.. The post which Mr.Johuson has ob- teined pays §3500 salary & year, besides fees of probably $1500, and in addition to this tere is & $1000 salary that according to custom g0es o3 a perquisite with the office. Al these things, with transportation and etceteras, make the place not & bid pickup. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., May 21.—At the St. Cloud, P. C. Maffitt; Vendome, P. Repfoch; Murray Hill, Mrs, Booth, Mrs. J. E. Dunn, W. H. Payne; Holland, P. Priet; Marlborough, C. Catherwood; Hoffman, A. G. Fisk; Grand Union, M. Mason; New Amsterdam, J, H. L. Tuck. MEN AND WOMEN. Arthur Gould, the renowned footballer, Was presented with a house, vaiue £700, by his Welsh admirers, despite the opposition of the International Board. Emile Zola intenas to make & visit to 8t. Petersburg in order to deliver there three lectures on the more recent tendencies in life and literature, Richard Olnes told & crowd of lawyers the other evening that the studv snd practieo of the law “inevitably engendered the sltraistic habitof mind.” Webster defines altrutsm as Tegard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness—oppased to egolsm or selfishness. Chief Justice Stuart and Attorney-General Childs, of Minnesota, have rendered the opin- ion that Inaians in that State bave no right to hunt at will outside of their reservations. The issue was raised over the application of District Attorney Stringer before the Boarc of Pardons for the release of two Indians arrested at Wyoming lor violating the game law: Professor Lawrence Brumer of the Univer- sity of Michigan has just sailed for the Argen- tine Republic, where he will investigate and Teport upon the best methods to be employed there in order to exterminate the grasshop- Ppers, which have become a serious pest to the agriculturists of the republic. He is well equipped for the work, as he is a thorough entomoiogist, and during the plaue of grass- hoppers in this country from 1875 10 1878 he Wwas prominently conneoted with the work of their extermination. & baby I've seen nim dolng tne same | casually let fal > BurrAL0 Btk 10 NawYerR. cellent detalls and historic {llustrations will goto form a valuable article on this sabject in to-morrow’s CALL. The skylines of San Francisco are something novel in conception, They show San Fran- eisco topographically silhouetted szainst ihe sky in 1849, 1887 and 1897—three very differ- ent phases of the City’s constructive appear- ance. They will appear in THE SUNDAY CALL. There is a “great desert” fn San Franciseo. Hardly any one has penetrated to it, but a CALL writer has done 50 with a camera, as the issue of to-morrow will graphically attest. Gertrude Atherton explains her position toward Callfornia in the same paper. Other features will includs “The Private at the Pre- sidio,” “The Double Falls of Napa Coanty,” “Food and Literature,” being a dissertation on tie woful apathy displayed toward food Dby our modern writers; *Nodding Popples,” an original musical contribution by a local composer; “Maxine Klifott’s Views on Dress,” accompanied by illustrations taken expressly for THE CaLL; “Buffalo Bill in New York"; ““The Balancing Rock of Arizona”; a page for the children as profusely fllustrated aud brightly written a3 ever, a page of society gleanings with a group of preity buds, a page of aramatic melange, the fraternal world ard all the usual features, with several other T UNDAY CALL. Some weeks ac one of the professors t the Lick Observatory, while on a visit fo this (:lty. s 1emark 18t Professor W. W, Camptell, also of that telescopic institution, nNad eutered upon a work which would absorb his attention exclusively during the next five or six years. That this work was to be one of extraordi- nare fmportance and magnitude was made obviousatonce by the amezinez estimate of time required to complete it. One of the most strikiog contributions to astronomical lilers- ture, and one which also wou:d partake strongly of & popular interest, was imme- diately scented in this chance statement, and the newspaper man who heard it proceeded forthwith to produce the “story.” Miss Rose O’Ha'loran was seiected by THE CALL to o the producing. She was detailed o Mount Hawmilton three weeks ago, and has been working on the story ever siuce. Ounly Toursday of this Week she hanaed in the re- suitof that painstaking and accurate investi- gation, based on fnterviews witn Professor Campbell, observations and exhaustive read- ing. This great contribution will appear in THE CALL to-morrow. John Cabot’s discovery of America is being celebrated in England atthis time. Some ex- specialties. An uncommonly rich issue of THE SUNDAY CALL. Editor of the San Francisco Call—STR: for pure thought. men.” President Jordan affirms that it is the duty food for sale, and in this he is right. fierce co: and sto] the policeman, the Judge and the jail. leave only our State’s prisons and our jails. duty of the State, and I tnink it does him_no sure I can show that he is consistent, too. But the average reader is prepared to belleve. of the common people? And w cently instead of tne Tllinojs State University? tions the: ter, and of the common people. 855 Market street, May 20, 1897. To the Editor of the San Francfsco Call—SIR: attributed to the Re field, late rector of not, the 'same age, and both from San Jose. Ban Francisco, May 21, 1897. “THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.” Letters From Our Readers on Topics of Current Interest. President Jcrdan and the State. In the remarks of President Jordan of the Stanford University before the Pure Food Congress, as reported in the newspapers, there is much food Indeed, he is & thought-provoking teacher. thinker on the greatest problem which conironts civilization at the end of the nineteenth cen_ tury after Christ. “Every working cltizen,” says Governor Adams of Colorado, is a valusbl asset in the inventory of a State’s wealtn: every unempioyed workman is & liability.” that thought. But President Jordan savs: ““The enterprise of finding work is what makeg Men In quest of work earn no bread; they are a Liability. And yet he is & reactionary 11 of the State to punish by fines and imprison. ment the miscreants who adulterate ana poison our food tothe end that we may have pure But adulteration, as we etition—the awful struggle of the dav to do business at a profit. We all knovw, too, that this competition rules all branches of production as well as trade, and, aided by ma- chinery, it has thrown men out of work in vast numbers. families do? Work is not to be found for them. Shall the State step in and force competition 1o keep the food pure while it lels the men beg for it or starve? “It is not a wise charity to fird work for the unemployed,” fonction or duty of the Staie 1s to punish offenders against society by fines and imprisonment there, as I nnderstand President Josdan. This is a very old view of the duyrof the State, & limitation of {ts function which was repudiated by Aristotle, when he said, *‘It duty of the State to reach every worthy end.” The Jordan view of the State limi's it'to the law, 1f this be the true view, we must abolish the public schools, the Siate University, the State and all public libraries, all our asylums, also, and This is & fair deduction from his definition of the 11 know, is the result of aur What shail these men and their ys President Jordan. The is the injustice, for he is u logical thinker and I am there is more in what I am about to say than How many readers of THB CALL have thought much, or even 1aised the qusstion, as to why Mr. Stanford founded a rival university to that of the State, located In Berkeley, only a few miles away irom Palo Alto? Why did he not munificently endow the State’s greatschool— ihe people’s university —already founded for the education of the aspiriag sons and daughiers v did Mr. Rockeleller endow the Chi cago University so munifi- 1f _the reader will think a bit over these que: will not scem querulous or irrefevant. I am trying to go to the bottom of this mat- am writing for the “average reader,” who seldom thinks of these things, and forced brevitiy may obscure where amplification and details would make all clear. Few seem to know that a deep and subtle theory is at_work in society as to the function or duty of the State, and the influence of that theory is already far-reaching and much more dis- Aastrous to tne liberties of the common people than the average reader has ever learned to sus- pect I have only room in this brief ‘letter” to make a single suggestion, and to sav that step y step I am coming to the duty of the State with reference to the unemployed. My sugges- tion is this: Our State University is the natural and logical outgrowth of our system of gor: ernment; it is, in fact, a distinctively American institution, and is justly the pride and x| ory It is.for that very reason & thorn in'the side of onr new aristocracy, but its wholesome American influence is checked and almost entirely States by the appolntment of wealthy aristocratic regents who select teachers and professors who will incuicaie the “‘conservative” idess of these regents. Our Stanfora University, on the other hand, is just as distinctively alien to our form of government, and its influence, if I may i:mn 1t by the teachingol its president, is not in any true sen<e—-certainly notin tne Abra ineoin sense—an American influence. = But I must abruptly close here. . erverted in some JO3EPH ASBURY JOMNSON, An Advocate of the Franchise for Women. In your issue of this morning eiving some ac- count of the proceedings of the Episcopal Convention on Thursdsy, your reporter has fallen into an error in regard to the personality of the speaker who addressed the convention in be- half of the propriety of admitting the womer of the Eptscopal church to the right of franchise in voting fora vestrs. The remarks thich were made upon that subject, and which con- tributed (o the larze and decfsive vote favorable 1o woman suffrage in the church, which were J. B. Wakefield, D.D.. of San Jose, were made by the Rev. L. Delos Mans- hrist Church, Mission'of San Jose; and whatever responsibility attaches to the advocacy of the equal rights of the women of the church with the men in the choice of its officers must be given to Mr. Mansfieid and not to Dr. Wakefield. The error in names was erhaps, unnasural. as they closely ressmb'e each otherand both gentlemen are of nearly But Dr. Wakefield's views on the subject are not known and could not have been expressed on Thursday :norning, as he tion at the time of the discussion of the question, but had been summoned to San Jose 10 & tend the funeral of one of his parishioners. Will THE CALL please publish tais correction in justice to both gentlemen named and in the interest of historical accuracy ? not present in the conves A MEMBER OF THE C ENTION. The Doings of the Knights of the Mac- cabees—An Open Meeting by Mission Tent. Mission Tent held an open meeting on last Tuesday evening &t its hall, 2117 Mission street. A large number was present. A good programme was presented, aiter which lemon- ade, sand wiches, cake and coffee were served. San Francisco Tent will give a smoker on the 28th in its hall, Alcazar building. It is an assured fact that more than fifty applica- tions will be presented on that evening. A good programme, plenty of refreshments and a general good time are fully arranged for. At the mecting of Golaen West Tent on last Wednesday evening a committee from the various tents of the clty met and decided upon plans for prcp.rl‘ celebrating the sixteenth ;nnlv‘elrury of the order, which occurs on une 11, Alameda Tent has just purchased a regalla for $250. It is said io be & very fine ore ana will be used for the first time on May 2! EKnights and Ladles of Honor. Assessment No. 456 has been levied for the ‘month of June. Grand Protector Mrs. Belle W. Conrad left last Monday for a two months’ visit to her old home, Sonora. Last Tuesday there was a meeting of a com- mittee from each of the local lodges for the purpose of making arrangements for the pro- posed reception to Grand Protector Mrs, Con- rad. After some discussion it waa decided to postpone the matter until next September, when the reception will be held in conjunc- tion with the celebration of an anniversary. The grand protector has appointed the fol- lowing named as deputies of the several dis- teicts: wistrict 1—Aurora No. 203, Bay City No. 619, Pacific No. 815, Empire No. 839, Mrs. Smma Grant of 815, District 3—Golden Rule No. 680, West End No, 1102, Mrs, Doris J. Kaplan of 1102, Districe 8—Magnolia No. 1248, *Excelsior No. 1252, Mra. & R. 0’ Donneil of 883 District 4—Martha No. 241, Palmetto No. 1888 Alameday, “eal Rock No' ‘1880 (Alamedn) erkeley No. 1941 (Berkoley), W. B. dreenbaun o Digtrict —Laurel No. 833 (Healdsburg), I. 8. Hall of $52. District 6—Nakland No. 985 (Oskland), Mrs. Mary Bishop of 1941 District 7—Harmony No, 899, Equity No, 1218 (Sacrament ), ~ilas Orr of 1219, Disirict 8-Marvaville No. 774 (Marysville), Johin Learmont of 744 District 9~Star No. 861 (Sonora), Miss Loul; A, Keoffe of 861. District 10—3iistietos No. 1838 (San Jose), J. M. Kicketts of 1586, District 11— Angle Clity No. 1433 (Los Angeles), D. M. True of 14! District 12—Yerba Buena No. 1685 (San Jose), Mrs. Mary A. Ward of 1660, Order of Pendo. Daring the past thirty days, in addition to the applications received from the existing councils, new councils were instituted as fol FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. | e s eiahy Connets So s s bt ; Alexander Council No. Kansas City Council No.65 at Kantas City, Mo.; Pomona Council No. Pomon, Cal.] and’ Pacific Counctl No. 67 at San Francisco, Quite & number ‘of new councils in ious parts of the United States are in pro- cess of formation. The order, aside from the curreut sick, acci- dent and funeral benefits, is now paying seven pension claims to the beneticiaries of deceased members, A Nea: Programme. The dance programme that was used at the celebration of Royal Arcanum day in Native Sons' Hall, last Thursday night, was a very neat one from & design furnished by M. 8. de Roco, secretary of Argonaut Council, who, in that line, has developed considerable artistic taste. Within scrolls on the front page there is described the event in exceedingly neat letierinig, while in the upper right-hand corner there is a finely executed picture of an argo- naut, and in the lower left-hand corner there is a picture of Fort Winfield Ecott in the fore- ground and the sun settingin the Golden Gate, The Fijis. The Fijl Club, composed exclusively of mem. bers of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, will give its second seleet dance in Laurel Hall, Foresters' building, on the even. ing of next Thursday. The commitiee of ar rangements has arranged s select programme of dances. —_— ANSWERS TO ORRESPONDENTS. FIVE CENTs PREMIUN—G. W. L., San Jose, Cal_ Dealers in coin off+r for a haif doll 1807 a premium of 5 cent G at Belt, Mont. ; No PREMIUM—~A. D., Petaluma, Cal, —No remium is offered on a half doll; Bmmfl States of the mintage of 18201.“ e CRIBBAGE—J. J. M., City. Cribbage-players who are considered authority on such matters sy that if a player holds four sevens and ace turns up in cribbage i twenty-four, . . FisE e A CHURCE WEDDING—B. B., City. At a church wedding the groom furnishes the mu- sic unless the bride has money to burn and {n- sists upon having s special choirand payli for it out of her nrlv.‘:: purse. A T B SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIBS—., Livermore, Cal. The best information aboutthe condi- tion of the South American countries may be obtained from the United States consular re- 0 the department at Wasaington, D. C. may bs seen in any of the libraries. D1voRcE—A Reader, City. In no State in the Union will a divorce by collusion or con- nivance of the husband and wife be granted; that ls, it the court knows it. This depart- ment does not know where ‘“a divorce can be had easiest and quickestand how?” Itlsnot in that line of business. DIVORCE LAWS—A. T. K., Columbls, Cal. The i Cednw ve UFEKui uile U4 Wil uires n residence of one year in the fore a divorce can be obiaired. This dep ment has not been abic to discover any proy sion of the 1aw fn efther State that preven Qivorced person from mArryitg weain witni # Mhited time after having secured divorce, Broveuss 10 EVROPE—G. W. L. Suisun, Cal 1f a traveler goes on & visit 10 Europs and takes & bicyc'e with him for personal use, ho will not be required to pav duty upi | There is no law Gpon the subject. but tuat ha been the rule for several years. FaMILY NAMES—O. N. C., City. The family name of Queen Victoria of Great Britsiy Geulf, according to the Almanach de G whictl s considered suihority on cuci. s ts. According to the same autho; Ly Aoune of Emperor Wilhelm of G is Ascanie. Dress SuiT—H. B. R., Oat Hill, Cal. Ttis etiquet:e for & gentleman fo atiire himse's iy full evening dressat home unless he expe company, still there is nothing to prevent from so doing if be likes that style of dr The wearing of such dress would notb: proper. Itis aila matter of taste. ARoUND THE WoRLD—W. J. H., Sacramer Cal. The postal anthorities will not carr, Jetter from place to plece for the purpo determining by the postmarks howlong it w take to go around the world. The only w in which you can send a loiter around world is to have a correspondent nt cv point at which it would have to go to in o to make ihe transit and request such cor spondent to remail the letter. CoMMUNITY PrOPERTY—E. W., Napa, Cal view of the fact that the law of this State that the husband has {he management control of the community property, wit like power of disposition (other than meuntary) as he has of his own separate | erty. he has a right to dispose of such pr 1t s been held that he can sell such proj without the signature of the wife to the de. but a cautious buyer will not accept a d without the signaiure of husband and wit MARRIAGE AT SEA—A. T. K., Columbia, Ca 1f a couple are so romantic that they desire goon the high seasto get, married there nothing to prevent them from so doing. b there is 8 good deal of doubt as to th of such a marriage If performed by ¢ ofa vessel. Inthis State a marrieg issued in any county is not valid outside of county limiis, therefore if a couple obtained a Iicense in San Francisco, then took a minister with them and went in « vessel outside of tho three-mile limit the license obtained wou have as much value as a piece of blank par Marriage is a serious tning, and those w ‘want to marry shouid do so within the law A SAILOR'S RIGHTS—R., Honolulu, H. L 1 satlor who has deciared his intention of be coming a citizen of the United Siates America dees not by reason of being engage in navigation lose residence in tho State in which he intends to become & citizen. 1f while on a yoyage, through no fault of his, n sailor is paid off irom an American ship in’ & foreizn port and he is unable lor several months ¢ return to the American port fro: which he sailed, that will not affect his resi- dence in the State he left. A person who takes up a residence in a joreign country is one who leaves the place in which he has resided to go into another country wilh the intention of not returning. CREAM mixed candies 25¢ Ib. Townsend's. * -~ Burr Churchill Miller, the son of Warner Mil- ler, bas had abust of his wife, jormerly Miss Helen Reynolds of Wilkesbarre, Pa., accepted for this year’s salon. The fact that the sculp- tors received only half the customary space makes this all the greater honor. —_———— FPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Prast Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ——————— “STRANGERS,” call and see our display of California Glace Fruits; 50: pound; in elegaut fire-etched boxes. “A choice present for East- ern friends.” Townsend's,627 Market, Palace.® — In a recent lecture Judge Daniel Bedinger Lucas of West Virginia suggesied that a monu- ment be erected on the Potomac at Shepherds- town by ths Virginias and Maryland to the memory of James Rumsey of Maryiand, who, it 15 said, had launched st that point the first boat propelled by steam. In the early days of the State of Maryland, aiter the revolutionary war, Rumsey and Fitch were applicants for in developing their invention, and their p tlons were referred from session to session. Excursion o the Eust and Yellowstone Park. A party s now being formed to make the tour of the Yellowstone Park, leaving here tho 29th of May. Ttwill be in charze of Dr.J.C. Branner of Stanford Universiy Rates will be very reasonable and acccmmodations first class. The Yellowstone Park can justiy 1ng more natural wonders and c ery within its bounds than any other spot in tha world, and a trip there is one that will never be forgotten. 1t you would like to join the parcy communieate . McDowell, Stan- ford Universit ateler, geeral agent Northern Pacitic Rallway, 635 Market st, 8. ¥. ——————— The Swiftest Train in the West— 334 Days to Chicago or St. Louls— 4}{ Days to New York. The Santa Fe Limited has dining-car, bnftes smoking-car and Pullman palace drawing-room sleeping-cars. Leaving San Francisco at 6 r. . Mondays and Thursdays, connection is mads ac Berstow with this handsome train. Throngh cars to Chicago, both Pullman palace drawing-room and modern vpholstered tourist sleepers, run dally. Tickets also sold via Portland, Ogden, Los Angeles, Deming or EI Paso 1o ail points In the United States, Canada, Mexico or Europe. Ses time table in advertising column. Ssn Francisco ticket office 844 Market streei, Chronicle build- ing. Telephone Main 168l Oakland, 1118 Broadway. — e Railroad Tickets to the East via Rle Grande Western and Denver and Rio Grande Railways, At lowast possible rates, with through Pullmag buffet and tourist sleeping car service every day. Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permisting stop-over at Salt Lake City on all classes of tickaus Detalled Information and tickets furaished 4. L4 Montgomery street, or 814 California sirees e S o = SLERPLESSNESS, Indigestion and Pain are hore Tors that PARKER'S GINGER TONIC Wil abate. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM alds the hair growth, e s CHRONIC constipation is & troublesome and dangerous disorder. The surest and safest remedy is Ayer's Catharuc Pills. T et Here is a mew story about Queen Victoria: It was suggested to her the other day that Queen Anne’s statue, opposits St. Paul's, should be removed for the jubilee thanksgiv- ing service, in order that the view might not be obstructed. But her Mejesty refused to sanction the proposal. “I am unwilling to allow the statue to be displaced,” the Queen is 8aid to have remarked. “If I permit it some one may consider 1t a justification for re- moving my statue some day on a similar oc- casion.” The Royal—White and Pure as the Driven Snow. Absolutely Puro ROVAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK, GROVE L. JOHNSON AS REMOVED HIS LAW OFFICKS FROM Sacramento (0 San Francisco and formed a Dartnership with Walter H. Linfoth and Georso E. Whitaker, with oflices at 810 Pluo s