The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1897, Page 6

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OAKLAND OFFICB: | 908 Broadway. | EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 sna 2, ¥4 Park Row. New York Cltye DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. 1 CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. | THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyou poing to the co ona vacaton? 1t €0, 1t is no tronble 1o forward THE CALL to your address. Do not I 1 for you will miss it. Orders giv carrier or left at Bustness O will receive pre attenti NO EXTKA CHARGY for summer mon Fifiy cenis per month riff bill has had smooth sailing =0 far, but there are snazs ahead. While the concert band plays on Ture tinues to hold the fort. co 1f General Weyler were wise he would imitate the example of Premier Canovas and qait. Theodore Roosevelt is right; a good navy isa bett an arbitratio zuarantee of peace than treaty The offers of Spain to reform Cuba would be made with greater grace if she would first reform herself. Steer clear of lotteries, and if you havea few dollars to spare put them in a savings bank and come out a sure winner. wild colts of the House Speaker Reed manages ut and keep his whip | Though the rage and bu to hold the reins hand free. that Prince Con- | not attend the Queen’s jubi- rising, as no one supposed bim to be in a jubilee mood just now. tine wi s not sur Now that Philadelphia bas opened her Commercial Museum she will once more challenge New York show eviden some equal e or shut up. The Democrats are convinced they couid carry Ohio if they could get together without fighiing but up to date they have no conviction of accomplish that feat. When the Duke of Tetuan slapped the face of Senator ( he struck a good biow for Cuba, for he brought on a crisis in the Cortes 1 ever being able to mas hat may result in turning the Spanish war party out of office. Napa Valley grape-growers have knocked out the phylioxera by means of the resistant vine, and are joyous over the vailey’s rrospects of regainingits old-time glory a< the leading wine-producing sec- tion of the State. € there is any four dation for the renort of an intended outbreak amoag the con- | victs at Folsom it would be a good thing 10 send them a missionary from San Quen- tin to explain to them the folly of running up agsinst a hosepioe. If the Sultan were haif as smart as Kaiser William he would at once get into a new uniform, go forth and make a epeech declaring that he and his army will maintain the existing conditions and preserve the peace of Europe. From Matabeleland come the dread tid- | ings of a native uprising wherein the insurgents have already surrounded the town of Ballyhooiy. The name of the town will prepare us for a dispatch to the effect that its peopls have beaten the ras- cals off with blackthorns. The Government will soon advertise for bids for constructing the new Federal building, the beginning of the work will not be long delayed, and we shall then | have the satisfaction of ng to those who denied that agitation would do any good, “We told you so.” e Democrats have succeeded in ham- mering down the tariff duties on anvils, but foriunately the anvily can stand it. When the next election comes, however, the ironworkers may drop an anvil on the Democratic toe, und then we shall see how the thing works on that footing. McKinley’s speech at the opening of the Commercial Museum in Philadelphia is another evidence of his ability to express great thoughts with clearness and brevity. Few of even our foremost orators have @qualed him in this respect, and none of our Presidents in recent years except Harrison. The merchants from Central and South America who attended the ceremony at | the opening of the Commercial Museum at Philadelphia will now visit all the principal Eastern cities to see what they | can do to promote trade between their countries and the United States, but we have heard of no arrangement to bring them West, and yet the Pacitic Coast is a partof the United States and has a good deal of interest in building up a trade with our southern neighbors. It Eugene Debs has any political saga- | city he wou!d make his £ght to establish a co-operative commonwealth in an East- ern instead of a Western State. The Wes has been built up by men of marked indi- viduality. They delight in independence and find a jov in the struggle for pre- eminence. They have not learned to co- operate. It isd fferent in the East. The men cf that section have been torce to combine for the accomplishment of many tnings, and by the combinations have Jearned how to act together for mutual benefit. There is more co-operation in Germany then in England, more in Eng- land than in Massachusetts, more in Massachusotts tnan in California. Go E:st, Mr. Debs, or keep moving westward until you get to China, | untii the new one is tinished. | exists and where men must be always pre- | cept it unless accompanied by justice and PATRIOTIC UTTERANOCES. President McKinley delivered two nota- ble addresses in Philadelphia on Wednes- In the first one to members of the \ternational Commercial Congress he set forth in language clear and eloquent the advantages of the Philadelphia Museum | of Commerce, the object of which is the extension of trade, to be followed by wider and better ficlds of employment and easier conditions tor the masses. In the other, at a banquet given in his honor by the gathered commercial leaders of the Western hemisphere, he delivered a noble message to the whole American people. Nor did he fail to pay a glowing tribute to the memory of that glorious genius, that beloved man and statesman, who seven years ago “‘brought the Governments of this continent together and tsught the docirine that general reciprocity iu trade required reciprocity of information.” The time was most appropriate for such recog: nition, representatives of all the New World republics being there within sound of the speaker’s voice; for, to repeat the felicitons words of the Fresident, he first preat convention of these republics was organizea by the matchless diplo- macy of that sjlendid American, James G. Blaine,”” The President is always impressive, his diction is aimost classic, and bis words, rich in wi-dom, bear the immorial truth rizht home to the popular bem:t. The plain reople believe in tim, and his every official act has been earnest of pur- pose to fuliili bis promise to the mitiions who erred not when they hailed the ope ing of his administration as the forerun- ner of prosperity. To the country at large, patiently wait- ing for the boon which Congress before many weeks will have awarded it through a measuie of ample protection to labor and industry, President McKinley speaks as one having authority, and bis utter- ances serve as additional proof of the ripeness of his wisdom and the grandeur of bhis character as a staunch and true American. His speech at tnat banquet in the City of Brotherly Love would have been remarkable and worthy of universal applause had he spoken no other words than these “Let me tell you, my countrymen, re- suscitation will not be promoted by re- crimination. The distrust of the present will not be removea by distrust of the future. The patriot makes a better ci:i- zen than the pessimist, and we have got to be patient. Much as we may want to move out of the old house we cannot do it | A tariff law | half made is of no practical use except to indicate that in a little while the whole law will be done. Itis making progress. It is reaching the end, and when the ena comes we will have business confidence and indust:ial activity. Let us keep stout hearts and steady heads. American en- ergy has not been destroyed by the storms of the past. It will now triumph through wise and beneficent legis!ation.” A GUARANTEE OF PEACE The address of Theodore Roosevelt, A sistant Secretary of the Navy, at the open- ing of the Naval War College at Newport on Wednesday was designed for the coun- | try at large ratber thar for the compara- tively small assembly that heardit. It was a clear declaration of the policy the new official heads of the Naval Depart- ment will follow, accompanied by an ar- gument to the people setting forth the reasons why that policy should receive from Congre:s the support needed to carry it out. The theme of the discourse is embodied in the saying of Washington, “To ba pre- pared for war is the most effectual means | to promote peace.” This phrase, often quoted, is deserving, as the speuker said, of something more than *lip loyaity.” It isa profound maxim of staiecraft, and it | velicoves us to put our practice into ac- cordance with its wisdom instead of rely- ing, as we do now, upon d plomacy or the | absence of antagonisms to maintain peace. There is no danger that a thorough preparation for war would lead us to un- dertake aggressions against our neighbors, but there is danger that a lack of prepa- | tion on our part may lead some nation to | attack us. As Mr. Roosevelt said: | | | | Preparation for war is the surest guarantee for peace. Arbiiration is an excellent thing, but ultimately those who wish to see this country at peace with foreign nations will be wiss if they placs reliance upon a firsi-class fleet of first-class battle-ships rather than on | any arbitration treaty which the wit of man | can devise. Nelson said that the British fleet was the best negotiator in Kurope, and there wes much truth in the saying. Moreover, while we ere sincere and earnest fn our ad- vocacy of peace, we must not forget that an | ignoble peace is worse than any war. A really | great people, proud a'd high-spirited, would | face all the disasiers of war rather than pur- | chase that base prosperity which is bought at the price of national honor. There is no danger of the invasion of our country. We are exposed only to at- | tacks by sea. It is therefore for naval wars we must be prepared. We cannot afford to wait until war comes before we pegin to provide for it, for it will than be too late. No battle-ship can be built in- side of two years, cruisers would take ai- most as leng and even torpedo-boats could not be put into first-class form under ninety days. The enemy would not wait for us to make preparations, and long be fore we could bave constructed the needed navy he would have inflicted upon us heavy disasters. There 1s nothing of a “jingo” tone in this speech. It is only an elaboration of the words of Washington. Moreover, it i a8 most timely addre-s to the American | people. We are giving these days too easy a credence to the soft words of senti- | mentalists who desire peace because it spares the call for cou-age and sacrifice, an ! of the lovers of wealth whose commer- cial instinets prompt them to peace on any terms rather than to venture upon war that wonid interfere with trade ana business. We must recognize the truth that we are living in a world where evil pared to meet it and conquer it. America | desires peace, but she cannot afford to ac- honor. TETUAN'S BLOW. The slap in the face which the Duke of | Tetuan gave to Senator Comas may turn out to be the blow which frees Cuba. it had the effect of making the Liberal party in the Cortes fighting mad, ani as a re- sult the Ministry of Canovas del Castillo has been foreed to resign. This in turn opens an avenue for the return to power of Bagasta, who it is well assured would begin his administration by recalling Weyler and offering terms of peacs to the Cuban patriois. These terms of cours are not likely to include indevendence at the first offer, but they may lead to an armistice, and after that it is not atall probable that the war wounld be resumed. It is asserted tha: Sagasta is confident he can pacily Cuba by a policy of reform which Lie proposes to inirust 1o General Campos. It is therefore gratifying to know that he has a chance of meking the attempt. If be fails 1t will be a proof the Cubans will accept nothing less than in- dependence, and that fact well estab- | comes the inte | Knights of | Mieh., 18 at the P lished will go far toward convincing the Spanish of the adwisability of granting it. When ler nor the milder tactics ot Campecs can subdue the Cubans nor weaken their reso- lution to be free, then Spain wiil surely see the folly of continuing the hostilities which devastate Cuba without in any way benefiting hersell. Under ordinary circumstances a s!ap given by one dignitary to another bardly bas any more effect than to create 8 scandal or lead to a duel. There are criti- cal moments, however, in the history of pations when very little things are needed to turn the wavering balance one way or another. Tetuan's blow was given under those conditions. It has knocked his party out of office, and in the end it may kncek the Spaniards out of Cuba. INTERNATIONAL B/METALLISM. To advocates of international bimetal- lism throughout this country the declara- tion made by the British Bimetallic League, now in session at Manchester, England, is full of hope and encon ment. While the necessity for national bimetaliism was never greater than at present, according to the league report, it is confidently aftirmed that prospects have never been so bright since 1875 The friends of monetary reform are called upon o redouble their efforts o the end that a settlement on an international basis may be finally secured. Particularly gratifving to the league was the re ult of the late election in this cuuntry, which demonstrated the popular favor foran international double standard. The Monetary Commission recently ap- pointed by President McKinley for the purpose of holding a conference with the special represeniatives of the European powers on the question of a common timetallic standard has more promising ground to work upon than was the case with the Commissioners who attended the last international monetary for since that time financiers have learned much by experience, and the cause of bimetalism has everywhere advanced. In England, the very strongho!d of the gold standard, many prominentstatesmen and thinkers who were formerlv most earnest advocates of the gold standard have been converted to the bimetaliic creed, which is daily increasing its num- ber of aherents. The same degree of suc- cess has attende! its discussion through- out Kurore. commission will along NEW POSTOFFICE BUILDING. Following the information, published exclusively in Tie CArr some weeks ago, that work on the San Francisco Postoffice would soon be commenced, comes the help the good work it haa been snown | tnat neither the savage methods of Wey- conference, | President McKinley's strong | | welcome news that the supervising archi- | tect at Washington will be ready to adver- tise for bidson June 15, THE CALL has some reason to te proud In the premises, as this paper has stood alone for months in the fizht for the early inauguration of work on the public building, while other publications seem to have despaired ot any action with reference to the Postoflice during the current year. Together with this pleasant bit of news igence that Congressm Loud is likely to succeed in geiting an assurance from the department that Cali- fornia stone shall be used. The granite found in this S:ate is admitted to be of excellent quality and no other part of the continent furnishes better marble than that taken from the quarriesof California. If it is given to this State to supply the material the benefits accruing from the building of the Postoflice will be all the greater; but, in any event, the employ- ment of hundreds of our workingmen in its construction will be a bl for which hearts will be grateful a home. Thue site for the new Postoffice, at SBev- enth and Mission streets, will soon be cleared of its old buildings, the contract for the purchase and removal oif which is about to be awarded in Washington, If all signs do not fail us thera will times on that site before the summer ends. P<RSUNAL L. & Rutherford of New Zealand is in town, J3.C. Davenport of Spokane, Wash,, is in town. Ex-Senator D. W. P. Mathews of Sacramento is in the City. W. D. Nobl here yesterday. J. C. Steele, the wealthy dairyman of Pesca- dero, is at the Russ. A.J. Wilson of Svdney, N. 8. W.,arrived on yesterday's steamer. George W. Collins, & business man of Port- land, is at the Palace. Captain H. E. Boyes of Agus Rica Hot &prings is at the Lick. W. D. and E. L. Godbe busine Lake, are at the Palace. Ex-Mayor L. R. Eilert has gone to Bartlett Springs for a shortstay. Francls Doud, the rick banker of Monterey, and Miss Doud are in the city. N. F. Hall of Brisbane, Australis, is here on his way to attend the Queen's Jubilee. James Kunignt, an extensive livestock raiser of Christchureh, , is in the City. W. Cleg Brown, a weaithy busin n attorney of Fresno, arrived men of Salt s man of | Victoria, Australia, is here on his way to Eogland. G. L.and T. M. Carnagie of Pittsburg, rel be busy | | the ““Father of West Virginis, | | tives of the great iron king, are among the ar- | rivals here. M. Herrick of Portland, a prosperous salmon packer of the Columbia River, is among the arriv at the Russ, P.T. Colgrove, supreme chancellor of the Pythias, who lives st Hastings, ce. Henry Cox of London, Fellow of the Royal Geological Society, is at the Occidental, accom- panied by his wife and daughter. Colonel Leckie of the Eritish army in Indi accompanied by several friends, arrived here on the stesmer from the Orient yesterday. A. C. Collins, who has been engaged in min- ing in Johannesburg, but who has been on a visit to New Zealand, is at the Occidental. Edward Radboue, for many years a business man of Oxford, England, and who has acquired large wea!th, is here on a tour of the world. A. Grothe, a mettalurgist of London, who has been examiving into the mineral resources of Australia and parts of the Orient, is at the Occ.dental. Colonel L. Messaurier of the Roval Engineers, Loudon, England, and one of the British Girectors in gold mines in New Zealand, 1s in the City, after visit 10 the mines. Heisa re- tired army officer. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., June 3.—At the Plaza, 8. Henderson; Bartholdi, G. Browne; Gilse Mr. and Mrs. R. R Haskell; Murray Hill, Mr. and Mrs. M. Higginewon; Mauhattan, W. S Joues; Ashlang, A. P. Bacon; Astor, E. Strong; St. Deais, T. M. McGariand; Grand Unton, E. Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Welton Stan- ford left the Plaza and sailed on the Friearich der Grosse for Bremen. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Muser and Miss Maria Lentz also salled for Germany. —_— COST OF FUTURE WARS. Chicago Record. The cost will soon be eliminated as a factor in war. About the nextone that comes elong the newspaers wil pay expenses if the ge erals willact as correspondents and the Gov- ernmens can have the kinetoscope earnings s clear money, HOW SENATOR HANNA WAS SHOCKED. Mr. Hanna received a shock the other day from which it will take him s long time to recover, writes the Washington correspondent | quarters of the Republican National Commit! of the Chicago Record. tee, in the G He occuples the head- ver building, and there receives the muititude of office-seekers who come to solicit his indersement. Many of them are not content with an interview tnere, but they sta where he lives, basiege the door to the dining can. nd around the corridors of the Arlington Hotel, oom, and break into his rooms whenever they Mr. Hanua cannot pass through the cffica of the hotel atany time of the day or nient | without running amuck of a throng of people who seek his assistance. While he is good- natured with those who cai: at his office, he does not like to have people come to his rooms, “My dear sir, is that all you want?” said the Senator. and hates stiil worse to be h For several days Mr. Hanna was pursu streets by a harmiess-looking old gentiema 10 speak 1o him old gentleman did_get the ndvantsge he talk to you here. You must 10 hear what you have to say. But the old man pleaded for “just one mome quest to make.” Mr. Hauna is famfifar with “justa moment’s conversation, in persunding the old gentle Alter waiting a couple of vate room, and you can appreciate his astonis was a few garden secds to send to his daughte and has lear n 10 g0 (0 the G 1d up in the halls. Glover building at certain hours, and will be giad to d at the but Mr. Hanna was suspicious and usualt t100d him off,”" say. we to my office at the Glover bu hours the patient applicant was He tells everybody that he will be st the hem there, but they won't go. ate chamber, at the hotel and on the ho would wa:t for hours ats time for a chance managed to elude him. When the ng: “My good man, I cannot ding and then I will be glad U's conversation,” he had “justone little re- “litile requesis,”” and with people who want ned to doage them. But he finally succeeded lover bujiaing and take his turn with the rest. dmitted to Mr. Hanna's pri- sment when he discovered that all he wanted Who lives out in Onio. The paper which he had been 50 long trying to versuade Mr. Hanna to read was simply a memorandum contain- ing her address and & The Sens “My dear sir, is that ail you want ? to ve district atiorney or mar- leave me this war ? eign missions and Cabinet portfol:os and con: ! somewhere i Ihave had people up here e ist of the seeds that she would prefer. £ grasped the old geutleman by both hands and exclaimed : Can't I do something more for you ? Don’t you want You are not going to run off and rsince the 4th of March asking for ror. sulates and judgesnips, and_every other offic n tire South ? you can conc:ive of, but you are the first man to ask for_garden seeds, and I will give you an T on the Secretary of Agriculture for ail I have go; Hanna dictated a note 10 the secretary, gav to the old gentleman, shook hands with him cordially, and asked him to come again— to come often. MEN AND WOMEN. Henry B. Cheatham, the colored man who hes been appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbis, is & large property-owner in the district. x-Senator Dawes, although 80 years of age, is delivering & course of historical lectures in Dartmouth College. Mrs. J. H. French has bequeathed a 'arge sum to Beloit Colleze on condition that vivi section shall never b2 practiced in any depar ment. If the condition is violated the mouey is 10 go 10 the American Humane Education Soctety. Mrs. Josiah M. Fiske has given Barnard Col- lege $40,000 to complete & Wwing of the new college building on Morningside Heights. The man who was most largely responsible for the passage of the act in the lowa Legisla- ture making the wild rose the State flower Msjor S. H. Byers, the author of ‘‘Sher- man's March (o the Ser Mgr. Merry del Val, the papal delegate in Canads, visited Toronto the other day and made a very favorable impression. In an ad- dress he declared that true science and Cath- olic dogma could never disagree, because they are both from God. Francis I Plerpont. who was Governor of Virglnia during the war,and who is called 15 living at his home in Fairmount, Marion County, W. Va. He is 83 years old. and though he is feeble his health is good and his mind is clear. The gift of the Rothschilds 1o the Charity Bezasr fund is approximately $200,000; that cf Emperor William $2000. Nothing is re- ported from her Majesty Queen Victoria, but her court g. s into mourning eleven ays for the Duchesse d’Alencon, one of the victims, and perhavs that ought to have the moral effect of a contribution. The universities of Goettingen and Jena are 1n close competition for the doubtful honor ot being the center of German student dueling In Goettingen not a day passes that a duel is not fought. Not long since twelve duels with more or less serfous results were fought there within twenty-four hours; the record at Jena is tweniy-one within the same length of time. John Fox Potter of Milwnukee, who wasa Congressman from 1857 to 1863, celebrated his eightieth birthday on Tuesday. *Con- gressman Potter,” says the Milwaukee Wis- cousin, “was & stalwart Republican, ana was one of the first Northern Congressmen to stand up against the insolence and bratality of the siaveholders in that body, who had banded together to suppress by intimidation the utterance of Northern views regarding slavery in the halls of Congress. His accept- ance of & challenge ‘rom Roger A. Pryor to fight a duel in which he nameda bowle-knives as his choice of weapous, csusing Pryor to back out, made him famous everywhere as “Bowie-knife Potter. WELEELS! LEBLS! e woman took to writinz books She followed man's dizecti She didn't think of gowns and [00Ks, Nor talk of “gex subjectio’,” B tha , 00 Know. w8 long ago, When man was for-ed (0 (1l &:d 80w, And woman, (rampl-d undec heel, Tolled 0n beiore the plowing wheel, One day she rose and left the sofl, And bade b r terant tend it And yet she didn’t ceas: to toll, Nor, es for money, spend She sat her down snd ae! A cov. ring for her Lusband-man. She lov. d the simpl - rock and reel, Ana worked behind her spinning-wheel. Bat tim, ck ! have changed since tgen, For uow 't1s hard to sectle Which men are malds. which maids are men; The rose app ars nettle: For woma . kicks at reels and rocks, And calmly st/le man's knickerbocks, And naught can quench their mannish zeal— They’ve mounted on the whirling wheei. And yet. I wonder what "twill be, The cause of evoiution® Perbaps tiie Amazonic She Will change the constitution: Or forcune’. whee! way lower the proud, And she who one das calm y plowed, Then «ame 10 monnt the tire and steel, May fall *aeath foitune’s fickie wheel. —New York Critie. SUGGESTION O BICY.LISTS A Chicogo paper says that not more than ome in fifty bicyclists is a scorcher. That may be true, but the average is still much too high.—Cleveland Leader. Let's see, who was that Judge of the old Biblical days who said, “Lt your light so shine beiore men” to a bicyele scorcher brought up before him?—Cincinuati Commer- cinl-Tribune. Bicyclists, with a modesty characteristic of their class, demand that, if taxed by city ordi- nance in the interest of pub ic saiety, the ac- cruing fund be turned over for their profes- tional and exclusive use and benefit. Now let owners of dogs insist that the tax levied upon these animals be set aside for the parchase of | collars and a weekis ratton of meat for the | dogs.—Portland Oregonian. The selfish and reckiess wheelmen who make the bicycle in city streets a hateful ob- ! Ject to a multitude of naturally amiable citi- | zens constitute a nuisance which ought to be | abated, and which will be abated in one way | or another betore long.—New York Tribune. | Man may well take warning. Popular as the | bicycle is, and valuable as it may be &s a mo | ern convenience, the sentiment that demands care in its use,aregard for the rights and | safety of the people who still continue to go i afoot, 13 100 §rong to be ignored or resisted.— | Kansas City S There are a few principles of bicyele eti- | auette which we woula suggest be observed by } Wheelmen in this city. If you are about to | pass a streetcar that has stopped to let off pas- engers and cunnot restrain your wild speed, | ride on the side opposite which the passengers | are alighticg. If you run over a woman and | knock her down and break her leg, stop and ask if she is hurt. If you ride on asidewalk and ere about o overiake a pedestrian, ring your beil and call him to get out of your way. These small attentions cost very little troublo | and will be apprectated by the aged and help- less.—Indianapolis Sentinel. WITH YOUR COFFEE | “Ican’thear a suit that isn’t pending,” said a Judge toayoung lawyer who was seeking | | advice. ““I know it isn’t pending,” rephed the young man, in some con‘usion, “but itis about to pend.”"—The Green Bag. In New York & man or men may purchase a | “growler” of beer and drink it in broad day- light on the street, while in Harrisburg such a thing would resuit in the immediate arrest of the offenders. No wonder rents ure so high in New York.—Harrisburg Patriot. All the world may once have been A stage, us Shakespeer- says, Where men and women simply made Their exits and their entrances. Bot all the wor d, to-day, Is just A way that’s broad and fair. And ali the men and women ride Upon their cycies there, idn’t you say that the former Miss Dash- was defeated in her campaigm for Mayor? 1 did."” “Then, how do you figure out that she rules | the town?” Se married her successtul opponent.”— Philadeiphia North American. Agent—Here is & book, sir, every gentleman ought to have—"Hints on Architecture.” Mr. Smallpurse—I have no use for it. “But, sir, it teaches you how to bulld a beau- tiful villa, reguiar little pelace, for only £5000."" *I naven’t $5000. I haven'tover$5 to my name.” the book is only $1.”"—New York STORY OF A REFOK 1ORIAL CLASSIC. Charles A. Dana once said that the descrip- tion of the chariot race in *'Ben Hur" was the finest specimen of reportorial work in the English language. 1t would be more difficult 10 pick out the finest specimen of reportorial | work in modern journalism, o1 course, but | competent judges nave agreed that the de- | seription of the ‘gashouse iurder,” printed | several years ago in the Cincinnati Enquirer, | desecves to live as the best instauce of repor- torial work that ever graced a modern news- paper. The circumstances under waich that wouderful story was written are interesting. 1t was a red-hot night for uews, says a writer in the Chicago Times-Herald. Oue after an- other ail the star members of the staff had been sent out on assignments until the city room was practically vacent. A rough, un- couth, queer-looking tramp sauntered in and kea for & job. The city editor told him there was nothing for him, and turned to answer the telephone. Over the wire came the in- fermation that evidences of a murder had been discovered at the city gus works. The caller wes just shufling out of the room when the city edifor hung up the receiver and called out: “Waitaminute! Go out to the eity gas works and see what's the matter there. Come back as §00n s you can.” The stranger was back again within an hour. “Ii's a murder,” he said, and went into the re- porter's room.” A half hour later, when the city editor entered the room, he found the | new reporter iying fuil length upon the top of a (0ng (able, while the b.ank paver was held close 10 his face because of an affection of the eyes which prefented the eyeoalls from turn- iugin their sockets. Picking up a few pages of the manuscript, which was beautifully writ- ten and had the fineness of copper-plate, the editor read it carefully and then 'aid hi gently upon the writer's head. This insta: elicited a suarl like that of a wild veast. all right,” remarked the edlior. “Keep your mper.’ You may give us all of that stuff you can write.” The stranger coutinued to write until Jong | after midnight, aud bis matier filled three col umns. It gave ail the details of one of the most horrible murders in the history of modern crime—the kiliing of an official of the gus compauy by an employe, woo disme bered his victi's body ana cremated the iragments in a coke furnace. The description of this crime had all the fascination of Edgar Allan Poe's grewsome tales, und the story of ‘‘the gashouse murder’ became a reportorial classic. The unknown who wrote it had never been heard of before | that time, although bis name afterwa:d be- | came well known to lovers of American liter- atuse. It was the initial appearance in news- Paper work of Laicadio Hearn. PICTURES ON 1HE LOLLAR. A correspondent, who signs J. F. S, sends the following to the New York Sun: Twenty years ago I was present while the designer of the silver dollar wes cutting the dle, and the design was explaioed to me by George W. Casilear, then chief of the Bureau of Engraving at Washington. On the obverse, | turned upside down, directly under the date, | you will see the profie of George 111 a litile to tbe left, the head and mane of the British | lion just to the right of the profiie of Disr which makes the fullness of thecap of liberty: in the cap is the thistle of Scotland, the sham- rock of Ircland, and two sprouts of the wheat of Americs, and il surrounded by stars repre- | senting tbe thir n original State: ——— \ FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT, | G olden Era Circle, C. 0. F. Golden Era Cirele No. 103 of the Companions of the Forest has selected the following-named officers for the ensumng term: Chief compan- fon, Mrs. E. Michaels; sub chief companion, Mrs. Mabsteadt; finavcial secretary, P. Asch, recoraing secretary, Miss S. Cohn; (reasurer | | E. Kahn: r.gn Mrs. Seabury; left guide, Mrs. E. J. St. Clair; inside guard, Mrs. E. Mor- ris; outside guard, Mrs. R. Baton; organist. | Miss C. Wooif; trustecs—Miss B.' Cohn, H. Marks and Miss C. Wiggins; phy. , Dr- | George Adams. Alier the election the mem, | bers and a number of invited guocsts were served with an apye.izing collation in the banquet hall. | Canton Oakland No, 11, I. O. O. F. Last Friday night General H. 0. Brower, as- | sisted Dy General E. 1. Black and Lieutenant- Colonel W. S. Potter, 1nstalled the foliowing | officers of Canton No. 11, Patriarchs Militant: Charles Kever, captain; James Fi lieu- | tenant; Edward Par:sh, Ensign; John McVey, | clerk; Wil iam Chalmers, accountant. After the installation a grand banguet was served 10 | the instaliing officers and their escort, and & pleasant hour or more was spent. There were present General J. F. Crosett, Grand Repre- sentative Downs, Colonel H. Appiegate, Judge Ogden and many other prominent 0dd Fel- lows. The Native Sons. At1 o’clock this afternoon a meeting of the | visiting board of the Native Sons of the Golden | West will be held in the office of the grand secretary. { In view of the fact that there will be a num- ber of the grand officers In this City to-day, and that many of these wish to take the Argo- | naut degree, Caiifornia Camp No. 4 of the Argonauts will hold a special session this ening in Shasta Hall in the Native Sons' building for the purpose of conferring the de- grees on them and on a number of members of the order who are anxious to iearn the myste. ries of this novel and interesting branch ol the parent order. To attract the grestest number to take the degree President Jamison has announced, No dues, no assessmen Metamora Stamun No. 4, U. 0. R, M. | Metamora Branch No. 4, Daughters of Poca- hontas, of the Independent Order of Red Men (the German order), will give its annual ball n Saratoga Hall on the evening of next Sun- day. The committee having charze of the affalr has made arrangemeuts to make this event the equal of the previous pleasant sc clals that nave been given by this organiza tion, well known in the German colony. San Francisco Alliance. The picnic committee of the San Francisco Aliilance is making arrangements for the pienic o be given ne: nday at Agricultural Park under the auspices of the alliance. Among the features there will be two horse races, one trotting and one running, fifty gate prizes and thirty valuable prizes for games and races. The committee having charge of the affair is composed of the following named: J. 3. Jordan (chairman), J. F. Blake (president oi ailiance), T. Suanahan (secretary), John Condon, D.Cuiinan, J. J. Lyons, J. £. Bran- nao, Marun Farrell T. J. McGowan, James McGowan, M. J. Vaughn. - = CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townsend's.* prate vt £PECTAL Information daily 1o manufactura: siness houses and public men by the Prou Clipping Burcau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ————— “Bobby asked me what a continuous per formance was.” “Whatdid you tell him?” “Isaid that the tarff diccussion was as nesr as I come 10 it."—Chicago Record, The Great Santa Fe System 5P 36 Through o Iman palace, drawing-room es dally at s 10 Chicago, d modern | upholstered tourist sleepers now daily. Tickets aiso sold V.a Portiand, Ogden, Los An- geles, Deming or Kl Pasoto all points in the Unlted States, Canada, Mexico, and s:eamship tickets to all points in Europe. See tume-table n adver. | g column. San Francisco ticket office, 641 | Market street. Chronicle buliding, teleptone Main | 1531; Oakland, 1118 Broadway. e K Greatly Reduced Kates to Helena, Butte and St Tickets Loth first and secon above-mentloned polnts at a great red These rates may on v be in effect for_alimi 101, 30 buy YOUr Licke.s ¢ once. Now Spokane, Paul | timeto g0 o he Kootenal mining distr these low rates. Call on or address T. K. Stateler, | general agent Northe Pacific Halway, 6 AMarket street, San Francisco, before buylug your | ticket any where else. | Sees e *3Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup* Has been used over ity years by milions ot mothers for their children whiie Teething with per fect success. Jt £ooihesthe child, softens hegums, | allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, resulates he Bowels | and 18 the best remedy for Diarri s, whether aris. | ing from tee.hing or other causes. £ or sale by drug 1818 10 every part of the worid. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup. 45¢ & botda .——— CoRONADO.—Atmosphere is perfectly dry. sof and mild. being entirely free from the misis com- | mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by s:eam. | ship, including fifteen days board a: the Hoteldel | Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 perday. Appiy | 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. | —————— | A backing cough Is & weariness to the but Ayer's Cherr; Pectoral is a cure that never fails. ——————— That was a rather neat comment of & woman about a certain club, that “it was very inclu- sivy \ Herald, NEW TO-DAY. Welcome to | genuine im- provements! A warm wel- come to Baking Powder. And to Tillmann's Spices and Flavoring Extracts. Tillmans & Bendel, Mfrs. = . Worn Out Tired, nervous and unstrung, ex- hausted by over.work, the strains of life or exposure. People “\ find themselves in this condition obtain speedy relief from using Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Which soothes and feeds the wasted nerve tissues, giv stimulative nourishment to the jaded system and imparts new strength to every | part of the body. For overco form, thi weak ness in any stimulant is unequaled. and appetizer its eff diate and lasting. Tell your grocer or druggi will have only Duffy’s. Philadelphia Shoe Co. No. 10 Thio 1. ects are STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT AN UNDENIABLE FACT! That we sell a better quality shos for a lower price than can be obtained elsewhers. We bave 10 do li—the Sprackels fence and the Examiner building would seriously interfers with our bu ness if we did not. This week we are sell some of our leaders excertionally low 1adles’ OX-b'ood Oxford ‘Ties, medium coin toes and tips and band-turned soles, reduced to $1 Ladley Finest Tan| Ladies' B ack Vici Kid Viii Kid _Cloih Top Cioth Top Oxiord Ties Southern Ties, narrow pointe medium coin or NATTOW € s toes and paten t0es and tips r ar turned soies. Our reg i vamps an lar $250 line—will be Keduced 3 sold this week for $1 8. this week S1L.25-BUTTON OR LACE-$51.25 R Anexceptionaily cneap sho-. Every pair war | Chi'dren’s and Misses rante Tan Goat Lace Shoes Children’s and Misses'|w-th brown cloth tops Tan Goat Button Shoes, |and new coin toes and with brown c'oth topi, tips and spriog heeis. square oes and tips. wni (A special bargal sprinz heels, at reduced prices Sizes 810 1044, $1 25 Sizes 810 10 Szes 11 10 % $180 Sizes 11 to 2, 2T Country orders solicitat. Send for New Illusirazel Catalogas. adaress B. KATCHINSKI, FHILADELPHIA SHOE CoO. 10 Third § Franelso Estate of Alex Mackay. NOTICE. For the purpose of reducing stock and adjusting the affair: |#n the above estate : The stock of ALEX. MACKAY & SON, consisting of entire and enormous Furniture, Carpets, Upholstery, Lace Curtains, will be placed on sale without reserve. Complete stocks in every department. Store will be closed Friday, June 4, in orderto prepare stock \and prices for sale, beginning Saturday, June 5, at 9 A. M., to continue until adjustment is completed. ALEX. MACKAY & SON, 715 Market Street. ©0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0000 AN EXCELLENT THE GRILL ROOM OF THR Decidedly the PALACE Properly prepared ana Most Popular Dining Apart- ment in town. NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY + UBLIC, 638 haRE T R orr Filacs Bo Aephons e ; sireet. ‘lLelephone 'Chhl‘cha‘l;’l e