The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1897 MAY 28, 17 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free nd Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier...$0.15 d Sunday CALL, one year.by mail..... 6.00 and Sunday CALL, six months, by megy 5.00 Daily #nd Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily snd Sunday CALL, obe month, by mall. .65 Bunday CALL, ove year, by mal 1.50 W BEKLY CALL, Ot year, by mall 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: © Market Street, £an ¥rancisco, Californta. Telephone.. Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Streer. Telephone... ..Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery 50 o'clock. 389 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenta and Mission sireeis, open Entil 9 o'clock. 2618 Mission street, open until § o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open unsil 9:80 o'clock. 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Wall street has tempered the wind to Broker Chapman while in jail, for busi- ness is dull and he is not losing any trade by his enforced absence from the street. It may be true that Ingalls met with a frost on his recent visit to the Senate chamber, bat if he had been permitted to make a speech he would very soon have taken tbe chill off. Judging by the promptness with which Democrats in the Senate vote for protec- tion which affects tueir local interests, it appears that the Hancock wing of the party is in the saddle. The European situation is more like a series of dissolving views than anything else. It is hardly possible to size up one scene and get the bearings of the nat in it before another 1s presented. The Woodland Democrat finds it diffi- | cult to understand “why the Eram ner and New York Journal sent fiction writers to Greece with the expectation that they would write facts.”” The Demo- crat has simply misconstruea Mr. Hearst's | motive., 1t is proposed in London to start a school for the training of novelists, but it has not been stated wno are to be set up as mast- ersof the art. Wnen that step has been taken there will be a row which will give the thing enough free advertising to make it boom. The first vote on the tariff shows thata £00d, strong majority of the Senators will support the protective as well as the rev- enue features of the bill, and the outlook for our industries is, therefore, much better than has been represented in some quarters. The Salinas Oul concludes that because the law forbid us to expectorate on side- walks, eet uninspected meats or drink untested milk, the world is becoming *'too particular for a white person to live in it.”’ Not atall—it is simply becoming particu- lar enough. The Lompoc Record gloomily preaicts that the pork crop in-that section will this year be a complete failure. *“They can’t raise even & squeal,”’ i3 our contem- vorary’s final conclusion. this last misfortune will be offset by their reising a howl. The Los Angeles Ezpress somewhat sternly requests its contenders in the field of controversy to desist from ‘lying about silver.” The practice does seem rather superfluous in view of the fact that there isn’t much silver lying about them— or any one else. Itis that during the last six years New Jersey has done less talking and more work jor goo1 roads than any other State in the Union, and while this gives her the first place in the movement we can claim the second place on the score of having done more talking and less work than any other State. According to Mr. Havemeyers lawyer, the distinguished magnate did not refuse to answer the questions of the menate committee by reason of fear of incriminat- ing himself or any of his friends, but because to have answered them would have encouraged impertinence. Mr. Havemeyer believes in good manners and desires to refine everything in the coun- try, from sugar to Senators. William C. Whitney, who has bsen in obscurity ever since the Chicago conven- tion, has emerged again into the light of politics, and recently informed the Demo- crats of New York that they could elect the next Mayor if they nominate the right candidate. *‘The man,” he says, *‘must be big enough for the office,”” and now there is & general belief that he regards the position as just about his size, The offer of prizes by a Redlands capital- ist to the local residents whose front yards shall be the more greatly improved within a given pariod of time has attracted con- siderable attention througbout the State. Several interior papers are advocating the extension of the plan to their own respec- tive towns, and are invoking the needful co-operation of philanthropie capitalists to farther the same. But why stop at this point? The scheme seems to us to be only in its infancy as yel. A citizen who would remove the weeds from his prem- 1ses simply to secure & prize, and for no other reason, might be encouraged by a little larzer offer to further improve things by removing himself, But possibly | | | 1 i double object. | alarming length of time; but, neverthe- | less, there was a general belief he would PROTECTION AND REVENUE. The tariff measure Introduced into the House of Representatives by the Ways and Means Committee is defined in its title, “‘A bill to provide revenues for the Govern- ment and to encourage the industries of the United States.” It has, therbfore, a Itisto bea Tevenue measure and also a protective measure. These objects are of equal importance and the bill will be a failure if either is sacrificed to the other. The first thing to be considered in the American industry. proposed tariff is to provide protection for If the duties estabiished for this purpose do not yield a revenue | sufficient for the needs of the Government it will then be time to consider what fur- | ther duties on imports or internal taxes are necessary to make up the deficienc; In no case should duties required to give adequate protection to any interest of any sec- tion of tue country be lowered for the sake of encouraging imports and increasing revenues. The differences between a protecttve ta: cal. the Democratic party. riff and one designed for revenue are radi- They constitute the whole economic contention between the Republiean and It we are to have a tariff solely for revenue we¢ must en- courage imports, for only upon imports do we collect customs duties. If we are to bave a tariff for protection it is not essential to have imports at all, uch a tariff will serve its purpose by building up American industry and revenues can be derived from other sources. The statement of these general principles is pertinent to the present discussion because much criticism has been directed against the Dingley bill on the ground that it would not yleld a sufficient revenue to the Government. It has not been disputed that it would encourage industry, promote parts of the country and provide work for point of a free-irader, therefore, that the enterprises, deveiop latent resources in all all who seek it. It is only from the stand- bill can be attacked, and such attacks are not likely to have much effect on public opinion since the disastrous experience with the tariff for revenue only. It is impossible to foresee what amoun tof revenue will be derived from any par- ticular tariff, since that depends upon the fluctustion of trade and commerce. When imports are large there is a large revenue, small. and when they are smail the revenue is A deficiency in the revenue can be easily made up at any time by the impo- | sition of a duty on some article of import which is not produced in this country. | Tt is not =0 easy to make up a deficiency of industry when some great American | interest is sacrificed to European competition. A lack of income on the part of the Government for a short time is a small evil when compared with a lack of work and wages among thousands of people. In considering the tariff, therefore, the us revive industry and provide work for th revenues. that industry. From this vote we may judge what is vote for protection to their local interes! for protection to ail sections and to all ind principle of protection comes first. Let e workers and then we can easily provide | It is gratifying to note that the first test vote on the subject taken in the | Senate shows that it is upon thes: lines the tariff is to be framed. The motion | of Senator Vest to reduce the duty on borax was defeated by the solid Republican | vote and that of Democratic and Populist Senators whose States are interested in to come. Democrats and Populists will ts and the Republicans will vote sohidly ustries. We are to have a proective tariff, and it will be our own fault if the protection given to California industries is not as adequate as that bestowed on the industries of any other section of the Union. THE HAVEMEYER OASE. The sudden collapse of the prosecution of President Havemeyer of the sugar trust for contempt in refusing to answer ques- tions put to him by an investigating com- mittee of the United States Senate will be to most people a complete surprise. No one expected Mr. Havemeyer would ever purge himself of coatempt by answering the questions put to him, nor did any one think be would be sent.to jail for any bave something like a real trial and that be would escape by some professional | cleverness w iich would increase our ad- miration lor the law without lowering our | respect for the dignity of the Senate. Mr. Havemeyer, however, was di charzed from custody simply because the stenographic notes of the evidence | of his refusal to answer the ques- tions put to him were lost, or at any rate, were not produced in court. It seems that no other evidence than that contained in the missing notes was per- missible. The facts of the refusal could have been proven by the Senators who LINCOLN DAY. In the elaborate preparations which have been made for the proper celebration of Lincoln day and the enthusiasm shown in support of the laudable project to build in Golden Gate Park a monument to the memory of the martyr Presidenta most gratifying spirit of patriotism iz displayed. In our National history the character oi Abraham Lincoln stands pre-eminent in its ruggea grandeur. The world’s high estimate of him, formed at the moment of his death, has been increased as his participation in the great events of his time has been more thoroaghly studied and understood. The story of his life cannot fail to be an inspiration to the American youth, no maiter how humble | his birth ‘or circumstunces. It demon- strates to what possibilities a poor boy may attain in this country if he will but emulate the example of Lincoln as a 1ad and make the best of his limited oppor- tunities. A backwoods schooling was all that Lincoln could boast of, but he profited by what he learned, and pursued his studies long after his schooldays had ended. He asked the questions, by the reportof the | was distinct vely a self-made man, and committee to the Senate that the witness | would not answer, and by the testimony of persons who were present when the [n- vestigation took place. All such evidence. however, was of no use to the court. The notes were the thing ard the notes were not there. The decision will give a powerfual | ulus to the industry of removing court | notes and legal aocuments to piacss where | they will do no harm to accused persons. i Whether this industry will be beneficial | to the public may be questioned without | exciting general indignation. Mr. Have- meyer we note has said *the verdict is | satisfactory to me and to every decent man in the community.” On that also there will be d:fferences of opinion. On one point, Lowever, there will be a con- sensus: Mr. Havemeyer 1s a citizen of such refining influences that he can not only refine sugar but bring about a refine- ment of the law that is beyond the reach of the polarizcope. NATURE'S WONDERLAND, W. Atlee Burpee, the great Philadelphia im- | seedsman, is reported in a Los Angeles paper as declarinz that California is grow- ing seeds for the world and surpassing all other countries in the caltivation of rare flowers. According to nearly all the lettuce, onion and celery seed used in the United States comes from this State, which is, moreover, beginning to produce ciul flower seed quite equal to that of Denmark and Holland, which has hitherio supplied the world. Mr. Burpee is particularly desirous of uring floricultaral novelties. He asserts | bow well he wrought, overcoming all ob- stacles, on the way from the log cabin in the Kentucky wilds to the most exalted station in the Western hemisphere and to glorious immortality, is one of the most cherished parts of the history of our in- separable union of States. The memory of that gentle, firm, power- ful, merciful, just and wise man, who seemed to be specially fitted by Provi- dence to be the sgent of the Nation's salvation, is one of the dearest heritages of this Republic, and we trost that the exercises to-day will be attended by every success in their commendable object of wholesome instructiol THE EXPERT WITNESS. The analyst who subdivided the genus liar into three degrees, of which the ex- pert witness was the superlative, had evi- dently read deeply and well the lessons of experience to be found in the administra- tion of our laws. In every recent case af- feciing large properties and involving matiers of proof resting upon opinion there have come to the fore on each side an array of expert witnesses to testify this way or that according to their contract of hiring. The fact that the experts have been paid to this authority | testify for the party producing them seems a trivial circumstance, and tke farther fact that their right to the title and stand- ing of experts may rest upon their own discredited evidence in a score or a hun- dreda other cases seems equally immaterial, The courts o gravely along accepting this sort of purchasable and hence utterly un- reliable testimony, and giving it weight in that hybridizing in Europe and the East is | the adjudication of important issues of the work of man, changes in soil and climate seem to co- operate with nature in producing sston- ishing resuits, quite unknown in the East and Europe. There are large profits in the production of floricultural freaks by hybridizing and cross-fertilizing. Sweet pea novelties from the SBanta Clara Valley have been awarded certiticates in Paris and London. Mr. Burpee states that ke paid C. C. Morse of Santa Clara $1500 for 1060 s2eds of the Pink Cupid sweet pea and §500 to Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa for a new rose creation. It may be observed in this connection that the East is coming to admit that California is in reality the wonderland of nature. There can be no possible excep- tion to the asseveration that we lead in floriculture, while our vegetables are prize-winners wherever they appesar in a contest for size or quality. That California is the best country on earth for seed- raising is not merely an opinion, but an established tiuth. A majority of the big Eastern seedtouses obtain their chief supplies from this State, and the dweller by the Balboa Sea, in purchasing seeds in a packsge bearing the trademark of an Atlantic Coast firm, may be buying an article raised withina few miles of his own door. But the time may not befar distant when Western enterprise will call a turn in this matter ana bring to Cglifornia the profits of packing and wholesaling Cali- fornia -eed, which is now shipped away in carlo. 1iots to return in packages con- taining les. than a spoonful each. Neverthe. ‘ss, it is p'easing to know that this good Eastern authority is apprecia« tive of the virtues of our soil, and that when he makes use of superlatives in regard to our great natural advantages he speaks the truth. Persons who are interesied in specula~ tions concerning the probable candidate to make the race for Democracy in 1900 had better keep their eyes on Olney. He is learning to rice the bicycle. le in California the | personal honor and proverty rights, There is a judicial farce enacted on every occasion when an expert witness is sworn. The object of administering the oath to witnesses is to subject them to the pains and penalties of perjury in case their testimony upon a material issue shall be found to be false. From these dangers, however, the expert witness is entirely exempt, for the reavon that be only testifies to his opinion of the fact and not to the fact itself. It fullows that if experts are to be allowed at all in courts of justice they should speak nn- sworn, in order that the expert liar may | derive no undue credence in the eye of the superatitious from the solemnity of the oath. A NOTEWORTHY BENEFACTIORN. The colonization scheme set on foot by Major Winchell of the Salvation Army bids fair to reach a merited fruition now that Claus Spreckels with characteristic generosity has volunteered to locate the { colonists on terms that are most advan- tageous (o them on his sugar-beet lands in the fertile Salinas Valley. There is now substantial ground for the projectors to work upon, and it is confidently ex- pected that the pionéer colony will be on the land in time to break ground for the coming spring, T> afford hundreds of poor families the opportunity to become independent and self - suprorting, to own homes and farms, providing they exhibit a vroper degreé of industry, is certainly to confer a most praiseworthy benefaction on those who have been compelled to suf« fer through eaforced ialeness. Mr. Spreckels has virtually put life into the scheme, bringing it to the standard of a plain business proposition, ot such a nature that those who join the colony may be esteemed very fortunaie. Thus the ranks of the unempioved will be materially reduced, and, with the ap- ‘proach of the good times that will follow the enactment into law of the relief measures now before Congress, we may expect in the near future to hear no more of armies of idle workingmen. The noise of their tread will have given place to the welcome hum of ali the wheels of in- dustry, g PERSONAL Dr. A. 8. Taylor of Livermore is in town. J. A Graves, an attorney of Los Angeles, 18 in the City. The Rev. B. 0'Hagan of Newry, Ireland, is at the Paiace. Isaac Copeland, a mining man of Vallecito, is at the Lick. C. A. Cook, is at the Russ. J. H. Berry, a mining man of Prescott, Aris., i at the Russ. George H. Crafts of Bakersfield was among yesterday's arrivals. Sheriff Sam I Allen of Santa Ross Is among the arrivals here. J. W. Lyon, mansger of the Rock Island ex cursions, isat the Grand, Garroll Hutchins, the cxcursion manager, of Boston, has arrived here. The Rev. William A. Holliday of Brooklyn, N. Y., i3 at the Occidental. J.J. Barrett of Wesington, D a: the Cosmopolitan Hotel. State Controller E. P. Colgan arrived here from Sacramento yesterday. 2. W. Hotchkiss, fruit-grower and cannery- owaner of Healdsburg, is in the City. G. R. Wysung, who is engaged in mercantile business at Indianapolis, is at the Occidental. J. B. Overton, manager of the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Works, is here on business and pleasure. Mrs. 8. M. Newcomb and daughter of Stent, Tuolumne Couaty, are regisiered at the Cos- movolitan Hotel. M. Kobatsake, a tes merchant of New York City, who ison his way to Tokio, Japan, is at the Cosmopolitan. About thirty Raymond & Whitcomb tourists, who have been seeing vlaces near San Fran- clsco, are at the Palace. E. B. Willis, editor of the Sacramento Rec- ord-Union, and Mrs. Willis came down to the City yesterday, and are at the Russ. C. Coppenath, for fiftecn years s general merchant of Tahiti, arrived here last night from Paris, where he Las been for a year. He is at the Palace. L. H. Griffith, who used to run a banking, brokerage and real estate business at Seattle in the wild days of the hoom, and who has since bien growing coffee in Guatemala, is in town. The Baron Wiltiam F. von Falkenberg, for- merly menager of Senator James G. Fair's ranch of some 20,000 acres, on the Sacramento River, hasreturned here after a year's stay in the East and Europe. Sam Jackson, an attorney of Fresno, and C 8. Young, right-of-way agent of the San Frai ciscoand San Josquin Raflroad, who makes his headquarters ia the aforesaid city, are visiting Sun Francisco. CALIFOR~1AN, N NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y. May 27.—At the St Cloud, W. Netherell; Marlborough, A. Nerson; Grand Union, S Peiser, J. W. Williams, D. Hughes, Miss Lofting, J. A. Baxter, C. Coot Imperial, H.E. Hare, B. Blenenfeid; Cosmo- politan, P. Butt; Vendome, B. Bienenfeld; Everett, C. H. Cattwood; Astor, D. D. Shat- tuck; Sturtevant, R. D. Girard; Windsor, W. C. Martin; St. Dents, L.J. Meaney; Manhat. tan, H. 8. King; Broadway Central, J. N. Luy- dam; Murray Hill, W. A, Todd. THE FACk OF IHE DAY. The face of the sun wai asnen gray, But It opened it eves after while, And a 8oft faint flush, Lixe the dream of a biush Roused the earth from its rest with a smile. ‘business man of Watsonviile, , is staying It laugned at itself in the sea, X never a word did it say; And time marched along To a sigh and & song, But liever amoment would stay. Then 1t shaded its face with Its hands, i0 shut out the setting sun's ligat, And & wee zephyr sigh Beew a cioud o'er the sky Asthe face siowly faded from sight. —Western Coliege Magazine. WORLD'S GREAL(EST MONOPOLY Chicago Chronicle. Standard Oil stock sold this week at 3133 almost the highest figure recorded for the stock of this remarkable monopoly. This represents a doubling in value since the panic of 1892. In the latter part of that year, when ali oiber values were on the down grade and depression lowered everything on the list, Standard Oil securities began to rise and tne upward movement continued, until to-day the capital stock of £97,000,000 is worth the enormous sum o $300,000,000. And now it is said that, in order 10 consummate the pur- chase of certain European oil propertles, this capital stock will be doubled. In 1896 the shareholders of the organiza- tion received dividends of 31 percent, and wiready in this year 20 per cent has been dis- tributed. The iotet amount of dividends dis- tributed in the years from 1893 to 1897, in- clusive, is $104.225,000. This orgamzation controlling ofl fields, pipe lines, coal, iron, gold, copper, zinc, silver and lead mines and raiiways. is in the hanas of nine men, one of them, John D. Rockefeller, owning 51 per cent of the capital stock. i, 'as contemplated, it secures control of the Russian and other o1l property, it will then have a real monopoly, perhaps the only one in the worid. A SUPER-11 10US MONARCH. The Czar of Russia 1s said to be very super- stitious and to have great confidence in relics, He wearsaring in which he believes is em- bedded a plece of the true cross. It was orig- inally one of the treasures of the Vatican, and was presented to an ancestor of the Czar for diplomatic reasons. The value which the Czar sets upon the ring, with its embedded relic, i8 shown by the following fact: Some jears ngo the Czar was traveling from St. ‘etersburg to Moscow. He suddenly discov- ered that he had forgotten the ring. The train was stopped immediately and a special mes- senger sent flying back on an express engine for it. Nor would the zar allow the train to move until, several hours afterward, the mes- senger returned with the ring. ELLEN TERRY aNu ABBE LISZT. A very amusing little scene is described by Mise Eilen Terry in conneciion with her in- ability to speak German: ‘“You cannot imagine how sorry Iam I cannot talk German fluently, and never have I regretted it more than the evening Abbe Liszt came to us to sup- per. I sat next to the dear old gentleman without being able to talk to him. Yes, but I remember, 1 did talk German that evening— just five Iittle words, which, however, seemed 10 please the Abbe present. He had been present at tne representation of ‘Faust,’ and teased me about being a Margaret who could notspeak German. Ithoughtof how I might meet his railiery, and said, after a while, ‘Lieber Liszt, icn liebe dieh’ (‘Dear Lisat, I love thee’). MEN &NuU WOMEN- Contord, Ky., has two female paper-hangers who are doing a big business. The Archbishop of Canterbury is patron of 191 livings, the Prince of Wales of 21. Mme. Krejewska, the first female physician in Doina-Tuzl said in & recent lecture that she has in course of three years treated nearly 20,000 patients, mostly Moham- medans. A young man in Portland, Me., knowing that he will be totally blind within a few months, has invested all of his available means 1n & loom and is learning o weave carpetasa ‘means of support. The woman’s movement is making nead way in Prussia. Recently Miss Marie Hassenstein recelved a principal’s certificate as teacher, the first ever given 10 & woman in that coun- try. She purposes to esiablish & school for girls at Charlottenburg. It is said that the present department-store system originated about forty years ago with the great dry goods firm of Todd, Burns & Co. of Dublin. When A, T. Stewart revisited Ire- 1and, about 1861, he examined the innovstion closely and bey features in his New York store. to introduce some of the | der, H. Dehnken; FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Golden State Parlor of the Native Daughters Colebrates Its Seventh Anniversary. Last Saturday evening Golden State Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, cele- brated its seventh anniversary by a banquet in their hall in Native Sons' building. The hall was prettily decorated for the occasion and around the fostive bo.rd were the follow- ig-named: Miss A. Akmann, Miss G. Schade, Mrs. K. Burg, Mrs. B. Denahey, Mrs. D. de Lano, Miss L. Ducker, Miss T. Ducker, Miss L. Fahrenkrug, Mrs, M. Fay, Miss C. effernan, Miss A. Candage, Mrs. B. King, Miss L. Konrad, Miss K. Kenuedy, Miss C. Heilbron, Miss L. Lercary, Miss L. Huyessen, Miss A. Noliing, Mrs. M. Pessano, Miss E. Clarelot, Miss J. St. Deais, Miss M. Schumacher, Miss L “Schumacher, Miss A. Ta if, Mrs. J. Sicbe, Miss A. McMullin, Mrs.' M. Rade- boid.” The tollowing past presidents were pres- ent: Miss L. Meyer, Miss E.Schwartz, Miss J. , Miss G. Peterson, Mrs. R. Day, Miss M. Mrs. N. Rodifer, Miss L. Unlig, Miss ta Siaden, Miss M. Ducker and Miss M. tjen. The mascot of the parlor, Master Clarence de Lano, not yet a year old, sat in a high chair at the table, an_honored guest. As tne mem- bers were about to be seated President Miss L. Hayessen made a short address, and after the menu had been discussed Miss Johanna Meyer, the secretary, who was the toasi- masier, proposed toasts that were respondea 10 as follows: “The Ploneers,” Miss M. Tiet- jen; “Grand Parlor,” Miss R.Day; tive Sons,”” Miss F. von Staden bers,” Miss L. Meyer; “Our Order and Founder,” Miss G. Peterson. The ménu included the following: Easstern oysters, salads, chicken & la mayounaise, snrimps an believue, potatoes a la maderne, olives, pickles, sardines, iresh butter small rolis. * Hot eutrees — Clilcken saute wiith mushrooms; green peas. Roast— Young turkey, cranberry sauc spring_chicken, au cresson; spring tame duck, served with apple eauce; Dupee ham, aspic, smoked beef and tongue. Entremets—Vienna torten, aimond torten, cream torten, ladies' fingers, macaroons, small tancy cakes, fruits of all kinas of the season, icecream, 3 Afier the banquet tne members listened to the following programme: Vocal solo, Miss C. Hellbron; guitar solo, Miss M. Ducker; re- citation, Miss J. Meyer; zither solo, Miss L. Fahrenkrug. The remainder of the eve was spent 1n conversation and all expressed themselves as well p The High Chief Ranger at Mayfield. G. A. McEifresh, Lign chiet ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, was tendered a reception by Courts Stanford, Mayfield and Mountain View at Mayfioid last Monday night. The members of the several courts turned out to the number of 150, visited the high chief ranger ai nis_hotel and then formed a proces- ion, and with brass band and fireworks escorted him from the hotel t the hali, where & meeting was hel). After an address the high chief ranger initisted ten candidates. and then the Ortental degree was conferred on ten novitiates and a grand banguet followed. 1t was stated the affair was the greatest, in a fraternal sense, that was ever seen in May- field. It was well planned und well carried out. Seven Pines Circle. Last Wednesday evening Seven Pines Circle, ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, held its memorial service in its hall in the tive Sons’ bLuilding. The hall was taste- fully decorated with flowers snd evergreens, and three vacaut chairs, representing the number of members who had passed away since the last held service, were decked with beautiful wreaths of flowers. Addresses ap- propriate 10 the occasiou were delivered by Past Department President Bailes, Mrs. Byrnes of Santa Cruz (wife of Senator Byrnes) and Mr. Buiiey. J. H. Whiteside sang “The Vacant Chair”; Mrs. A.J. Budd recited atd several members of the circle contributed selections. This circle will, on Sunday, prepsre the flowers for George H. Thomas and other posts of the Grand Army for use on Memorial day. The ladies of the circle will be_in Ruby Hall of the Red Men’s building, on Post street, and those who may wish to contribute flowers with which to decorate the graves ot dead heroes may send their contributions there, or may leave word there where such contribu- tions can be called for. Independent Order of Good Templars. The Independent Order of Good Templars of this State is in a prosperous condition, end members are being added to the order rapidly. Grand Secretary W. P. Netherton has offered asetof officers’ regalia to the lodge muking the largest gain fu membership for the quar- ter ending April 30, such gain exceeding twenty-five, and it was the means of exciting & keen but friendly contest smong the iodges, the result of which is & net gain to the order of 160 members, 5o far as heard from. The rand secretary has renewed the offer for the quarter ending July 31. Grand Chier Templar Webb is actively. at work in the fieid, and is very successiul in as- sisting weak lodges. On the 15th inst. he at- tended a meeting of the Sonoma County Lodge at_Sebastopol, delivered a public ad- dress in the evening and preached a temper- ance and Good Templar sermon in Santa Kosa the following morning. He is now visiting aud assisting lodges in Sacramento and San Joaquin counties, and will attend the sessions | of thie district Jodges in these counties. Santa Cruz County Lodge met at Boulder Creek saturday, the 15th iist. A large num- ber of delegates were present and the meeting was an_enihusiastic one. Luuch was spread by Boulder Creek Lodge on & table ‘neath a shady grove. at which 100 people were seated. In the evening a pub.ic mecting was held atthe Presbyterinn Church. An interest- ing literary and musical programme was ren- dered and addresses were_delivered by Rev. C. V. Anthony, who was the first Chief Tem- plar of the first lodge ever organized on the Pucitic Coast, having been elected to that po- sition on the'evening of February 22, 1855, in the city of Santa Cruz. W. P. Netherton, grand secretary, also delivered an address, San_Frapcisco District Lodge will meet Eaturdar. the 29th inst,and it is expected that both the grand chief templar, Kev. J. W. Webb of Fresno, and Grand Secretary W. P. Netherton of Santa Cruz will be present. Sherwood Circle, C. O, F. sherwood Circle No, 129, Companions of the Forest, tendered & recoption Jast Monday to Supreme Grand Chief Companion Mrs. Sarah Beversen. The hall was beautifully decorated, and over the station of the worthy chief wers the words, “Welcome to Our Chiel.” There was a lerge attendunce, & pleasant time, and during the evening light reireshments were served. ttarr King Council, Junfor Order. Starr King Council No. 6, Junior Order United American Mechanics, had . smoker at 115 new hall, on Seventeenth street, last Tues- day evening. The hall was filled to its utmost acity. Myron G. McClenton, chairman of the entertaiument committee, presiaed. Profegsor I. F. Wolf p.ayed w number of ac- cordeon solos and concluded by various imiia- tions, including tne bagpipes, the lightning expresy, etc. Mr. Darling of Grant_Council gave a uumber of vocal selections. Professor F. 8, Norman presided at the piano with great credit to himself and the couuncil of which he is the organist. B. 0.Cameron, the renownea story-teller, favored the council with & num- ber of anecdotes. The cak:walk was nexi in order and was participated in by ten couples, the officers of the American ing as judges. The cake wi t Counciior M. G. McClinton ana Dr. W. D, Clark, who, upon the presentation of the cake, mad address. ‘The pipes and tobacco, cigars, lemonade and claret punch were in abundance. Councilors Lord and Milier of U. 8. Grant ana. Alexander Hamilton councils were in attend- ance and participated in the fesiivities. The evening’s entertainment was concluded with & mock trial, B. 0. Cameron being charged with murder. Councilor W. A. Lord acted as judge, AL G. McClinton as prosecutor, and Counciior E. W. Close as attorney for the defendant. A number of witnesses were ex- amined and the judge charged the jury to bring in a verdict of gullty, which was ex- cepted (0 by the attarney for the defense. The verdict, however. was guilty. The smoker will undoubtediy be a great aid to Starr King Council. A number of applica- tions were recelved. The festivities continued until a late hour, when the visitors departed. It was the unanimous verdict that Starr King Council had added another laurel to its repu- 1ation for hospitality. On Bunday next Councilor E. W. Close will go to Cypress Lawn cemetery, Vice-Councilor Stuppell to 0dd Fellows' cemetery and B, 0, Cameron to Laurel Hill cemetery, io decorate es of the deceasea members of the lso the grave of the Californ.a sol- atesman, Colonel E.D. Baker. Beauti- " wiih white satin streamers, with nd number of c.uncil, will be placed on each grave, besides garlands 6t flowers aud evergreeus. Nomination for officers will open next Tues day evening. Horace W. Philbrook will de- liver a lecture beiore this council next Tues- day evening on the lile of the continental patriof, Samuel Adams. On Tuesdny evoning June 8, Councilor W. A. Lord of U. 8. Grant_Council will deliver a lecture on Peru and the Audes. Select Knights of America. Fenrless Legion No. 2 of the Select Knights of America has elected the foilowing named officers for the ensuing term: Past comman- commander, Dr. W. A. Park; vice commaader, A. Candall; licuten- ant-commander, L. Paviso; captain, William Irelan; recorder, L. Johnsen; recorder-treas- urer, J. B. Knudsou; freasurer, C.Schwerin; staudard-bearer, W lI(Aaal‘ kzglll'x‘l, J. Relle; I examiner, W. M. , M. This legion pays weekiy sick benefits in ad- dition to the beneficiary amount which s goy- erned by the Grand Legion of this State. This is fiom 8500 to £2,000, based on the graduated plan. Tue order1s increasing and it is rep- resented as having a_bright future before it. During the mouth of April thirty candidates were initiated by the several legions in tnis City. During the past eighteen months there have been but two d=aths in the order. One of the features is the drill team. 01d Friends’ Officers. The Soclety of Old Friends has elected the following officers: President, Thomas Sawyer: first vice-president, > second vice-president, Judge third vice-president, C 6. hut- financial secretary, arles Metzle sta dard-vemier. sergeant-al-arms, Marc Etuing: Norcross: chaplain, J. J._ Coftey; direc, 0s; assistant direc George H. Bah Alfred Perrier; master of ceremonies, W. Judge R. H. Taylor: attorne: torof amusements, Louis Imi tor of amusemen s, Harry Nieman: commissary- P.H. Hink: assistant commissary. Artour McGur, ren: orgaoist, Professor W. V. Plise; | ixnist, Prof. R. L Yanke: medical examiner, D. B. H. Baumeis- ter; druggist. D. P. Kossi: undertaker, Horma . Metz- ler: gravedigger Aron Meyer: p oiogr:pher, Wil- Jiam' Shew; grand prelate, Major Edwin Lewis: banumustsr, Canrles Alpers: cook at bullshead breakfasts, B B. Chatimau;: baker at clambakes, Charles Lexter: carver at bullshead breakfasts, Dr. J. 8. Knowlton; printer, F. W. Croudace._col- lactor, Rod P. Lewis. Executivecommiit:e John Diemer. hrnest Heymans, J. H. Riley, Peter Harder, Captain J. Soelder, James Pucaer, k. F. Lorquit. Past_presidents—Governor James A. Johnson, Judge J. C. Pennle, Charies H. Gough, Thomas Sawyer, Judge Robert Charles H. Borneman, P. H. Hink, Theodore G. Judge A. Craig, W. A. Ss.dmore, G. H. Hopper, A. Barbier, Aumiral A. Walker, Judge Alexander Latdlaw, r. J. 8. McCue, J. Whitebead, Captain W. Windsor, . Robinson, JudgeT. J. Bowers. LINCULN UN .ABOR. CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR'S DAY. To the Edilor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: President Lincoln made a most significant reference to laboring men in his first inaugu- ral address, which I commend to the consid- eration of David Starr Jordan, president of the Stanford University, and the men for whom he spesks. Let me give tivo or three sentences which refer to what Lincold calls “the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not sbove, Igbor in the structure of the Gov- ernment.” He said these words as he entered upon his duties as President thirty-six years ago: “‘It is assumed that iabor is available only in connection with capital; that nobody labors unless somebody else owning capital some- how by the use of it induces him o labor.” *Capital is only the fruit of Jator and could never have existed if labor had not first ex- isted. Labor is the superior of capital and de- serves much the highest co sideration.” “L:t them (those who labor) beware of surrender- inga political power which they slready pos- sess,and which 1f surrendered will surely close the door of advancemant against such as they ana fix mew disapilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost.”” There are those among us who think we have come to that pass now, and they might €eam to be notfar from the truth if some one will tell us how men get a chance o work now. How isitin San Francisco? Do not & few men owning more or less capital hire all who are at work to-day? This wasnot true when Lincoln spoke these words to warn us & third of a century since. Then there was land, free land, for all poor men, who had a right o “take up” 160 acres of it and earn the means topay $1 25 an acre for it by their work on the land. All such land is gone now, and no man can “get back to tne land” till he can make terms with those who had the means (capital) to buy it up cheap that they might sell it dearin | small lots and thus get great gain il the poor man cin make the means to pay the price. And all trades are in much the same fix as the land. Can the man who makes shoes sit down in his shop and with his own hands make his way against organized capital and improved machiners? When Artemus Ward obj:cted to being drafted as & soldier during the lete war, on the ground that he was iiot willing to flght for his third-rate boarding-house, the jest, like many another, expressed the profoundest philos phy. Imperiai Rome perished because her laboring people hisd nothing left (o fuspire patriotism. Capital was as indifferent then as now to the condition of the common peop A century since a more appropriste illustr: tion of the foliy of ignoring the welfare of the luboring people occarred in the French revo- lution which capiral ana monopoly would do weil 10 consider. Out of 4000 millionaires in this country I only know one, our townsman, Claus Spreckels, Who is wise in his genera- tion. Claus Spreckels is reported as proposing to place unemployed men and their families on 6600 acres of land (o raise sugar beets for his factories and 10 provide shelter for them, giv- ing them a chance to buy the Innd in fmall allotments and pay for them in ten-year install- ments. This is certainly a beneficent work, aiveit it is a modified form of feudalism, But why is it a noble philantnropy worthy of unstinted praise for a man of wealth tc do this thing and reap the profits and gain the praise, but not wise or well for the State todo alike thing and finish the work begun by Mr, Spreckeis? “Unemployed men are a liability” which the State must face, as Goveraor Adams has aptiy said. We can make them “vatunbie asse1s” by setiing them 10 work for the State on land provided and made available for them and their families in the form of colonies by the State, the homes to be in the center ol the tract of Iand, where siores, shops and schoo.s will Be(r]lced. witn the farms on the outside, | the land to remain the property of the S.ate, from which a small “singie tax” would be paid to the State with a sinking fund to repay the outlay made on behalf of the colony to run for a term of years. 1n this way the State, too, can doa beneficent work aud reap the Drofits and gain the praise. o CSEPI AspunY Jomssox. i San Francisco, 26, 1897. BEAU1IFYING THE CITY A CORRESPONDENT SUGGESTS THE CREATION OF A PARK NEAR THE OLD MISSION. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Sir;l am in full accord with my neighbors who are making an effort to obtain a zoologicel collec- tion to be located south of the Mission and be- lieve that it is the bounden duty-of every citi- zen to exert himsclfto make his immediate surroundings and his City us beautiful as pos- sible; butIam satisfied there is rightin the immediate vicinity something tnat is fully as important and much more urgent than a zoo- logical collection and park in the vicinity of L ke Merced. That is for the City to acquire the two ceme- tery blocks for park purposes, while the zoo- loeical collection and Lake Merced vroposi- tion will keep until the City obtains a uew charter and i3 in & Dosition to_issue bonds for the purchase of the whole Spring Valley plant including Lake Merced, the two cemetery blocks may at any time bs sold and divided up into bmilding lots. An opportunity presents itself jnst now ttat | wili never return. Those two blocks are ideal for park purposes; the sun shines warmer and lingers longer on them than on any other two blocks on the peninsuia, and there- fore 1t is the most suitable spot to’ establish a tropical park. Gently sloving toward the east, the full warmth of (he morning sun is obtained, while the hills that arise in the west sheiter them from our summer winas, and there is less fog than in any other portion of the City. The site fronts on Dolores street, one of the broadestand, on accountof its different grades, one of the mos: beautiful avenues of the City. 1f the property-owners do their duty as good ¢itizens, before the thuroughfare is’ bitumin- ized they will plant a strip ten feet wide in the center with various palms and do likewise on each side of the street. If thisis done & neigh- Dborhood will be improved that is susceptible of being made the show Pplace of the City, A modern, up-to-date High School easting its shadow Over dear oid bhistorical Dojores Church, and_Dolores street improved s roughiy outlined above, the palm (rees once under way, will, with the climatic condition of the Mission, that was appreciated cver 100 years ago by the missionary fathers, make the Mission the most attractive partof the City and enhance property values. Thereiore, my neighbors, look at tnis Proposition from any pointof view. It will be a profitablo inyest. ment for the City to enhance the value of its real estate by making it beautiful and atirace tive o visitors and Prospective nhome-seeke: San Francisco, May 26, 1895 " " ALC0%- e THE VICTOR.A JUBILEE COIN There has just been issued a coin which for & few thousand years to come will be consid- ered one of the most prized of Queen Victoria’s silver currency. It isa crown piece bearing the head of her Majesty, as used for a few years past, with the ordinary inscriptio :, but carry- ing on the rim “Anno Regni LX. Decus et Tutamen,” the first time that sucn A&n inscrip- tion hes appeared upon any British coin, Faoblbl! upon any coin whatsoever, for the lew monarchs of former times who attained their sixtieth year upon the throne did not Tecord it upon their coins. For some un- known resson the jubiiee crowns issued ter years ago have only a miiled edge and notning Upon them to show for what particular pur. they were struck. There is the date, P87, " of ‘cousee, bat 1t 11 norov y one who can connect it with Teally rocords, he interesting eventit $0,000,000. The addition of ‘‘1’” to the above row of ciphers makes. them repre- sent $10,000,000—ten million dol- lars ! Just one figure transforms nothing into something. Weak, worn out men and women need only one thing to make them healthy and vigorous—that is strength. When the system is run down from any cause nothing so quickly restores lost strength as Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. It takes away tired, languid feel- ings, overcomes exhaustion and cures debility. It makes rich, pure blood, quickens the circulation and soothes irritable nerves. It creases the power to assimilate food, prevents indigestion and nour- ishes the whole body. Its effects are speedily shown in improved i looks and better health. Tell your druggist or grocer you will have onlv Duffy’s MILLION.DOLLAR MONUMENT FOR THE PRIVATE Ea'timors Amerlcan. There are many beautiful and costly monu- ments which have been erected to generals and other officers, and also so-callea soldiers’ monuments, but not one monument dis tinctly erected and dedicated to the enlisted men of the army and navy of the character of the monument now proposed to be'erected in Washington. Grand Army place was so named from being the site of the Nationalencampment of t | Grand Army of tne Republic, hield in Wash- ington four years ago, aud the ides of the erec- tion of the monumcnt there then took shape. The site is what was formerly known as { White House lot, and lies to the south of the White House, in the neighborhood of the Washington monume.t. The incorporators of the association named include thirty well- known veterans of the war. The change the admiaistration—the election of President Cieveland—caused & bait in the proposel pian, it being thought that Mr. Cleveland might be inimical to extending Government aid toward the erection of the monument. Several days ago the directors heid a meetin and it is now proposed to go ahesd with t plan, whica, in the first insiance, coute plates the raising of $1.000,000, and, so fnr us may be. by popular subscription, not only among Grand_Army posis, Women's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans, Daugnters of America, but from tae public at le CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50: Ib. Townssnd's. Dot e GENUINE eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ to 40¢; Sun- days 740 Market, Kast shoestore; weekdays 35 Fourth street, niext bakery . — . FPECIAL Information dauly to manufactnrary business houses and public men by the Pros Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. Sl HUSBAND'S Calcined Magnesia—Four first- premium medals awarded ; more agreeable (o the tastc and smaller dose than other mag- { nesta. For sale in bottles with registered trade- mark label. - Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Last week of spring exhibition. Last con- cert Thursday evening. Open Sunday. * S LEQ ‘=M ALONE. Moblle Regis:er. What are we to do with our inherited great men? Should not some provision be made for putting them in a safe place? It is not their fault that they occupy a prominent position before ihe public. Their parents did some- thing remarkable, and tne eyes of the people fall upon them as the living monuments of others’ greatness. As there is nothing great 11 their composition, their efforts to live up to the names tuey bear are often ridiculous, orten pitiab.e. Excursion to the Eust and Yellowstone Park, A party s now being formed to make the toar of the Yellowstone Park, leaving here the 29th of May. Itwili be in charge of Dr.J.C. Branner of Stanford University. Rates will b ver; reasouable and eccommodations first class The Yellowstone Park can justiy Jay claim to hav- ng more natural wouders and meguificent scen- 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 Jke to join the party communicate a: once with J. E. McDowell, Stan- ford University, or T. K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pecitic Railway, 638 Market st, 3. k. ——— The Great Santa Fe System Leaves dally at 5 ». ». Throuzh cars to Chicago, with Puliman palace, drawing-room and modern upholstered tourist sleepers now daily. Tickets aiso $old v a Portland, Ogden, Los An- geles, Deming or EI Pasoto all points in the Unlted States, Canads, Mexico, and s eamship tickets to all points in Europe. See time-table in adver- tising column. San Francisco ticket ofhice, 644 Market street. Chronicle bullding, telephone Main 1581; Oakland, 1118 Broadway. R e s #Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup™ Has been used over fity years by mliilions ot mothers for their chiidren whi e Teething with pere fect success. Jt soothesthe chiid, softens hegums, allays Pain. cares Wind Colic, rezulates :he Bowely and, is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whetheraris- Ing irom tee.hing or other cavses. }or sale by drug 1818 In every part of the worid. Bs sure and as< for Mre. Winslow’s Eoothiing Syrup. 265G & botua. ——— CORONADO.—Atmosphere i3 perfectly dry. soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by sieam- ship, iucluding fifteen days board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay 82 50 perday. Apply 4 New Montgomery s'reet, San Francisco. —————————— PAROXYSMS 0f whoopinz cough sometimes cause the rupiure of a biood vessel Ayer's Cherry Peo- toral gives Instant relief. e R Echellhars’ store—Goods are b-ing sacrific d. Chas Wollper:, Trostee. Stores must be v e Master—Who can tell me what useful article we get from the whale? Johnny—Whalebone. Maste—Right. Now, whatlittle boy or girf knows what we get from the seal? Tommy—Sealing wax.—London Tit-bits. NEW TO-DAY. If you are a poor cook, buy a cook book, follow directions closely, see the result. Fail- ure six in ten times. How long would you keep 2 cook who failed -half the time? That’s just the point. We tell your doctor or your drug- gist precisely the ingredients of Scott’s Emulsion. To make it they follow our for- mula. But they can’t make it; they haven’t our precise knack ; don’t know each step perfectly. When you can get the best, the result of 25 years’ experience, why exper- iment with substitutes? GROVE L. JOHNSON AS REMOVED HIS LAW OFFICES FROM Sacramento 0 San Fiancisco and formed & ‘Dartnership with Walter H. Linforth and George E. Whitaker, with oflices at 310 Pine s