The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. [ONDAY, JUNE @28 1897 ment has sigued a contract for a 6 per ceat Joun of §8,000,000 to meet the expenses of the Pailippine war. It will be guaranteed by the Philippine customs. NEW YORK'S FRUIT AilflKET. California Shigments m Reducsd Quantity but Improved Quality Bfing Higker Pr.ces. NEW YORK, N.Y., Juné 27.—Thirty carloads of Califormia fruit were sold at public auction in this city last week, arainst forty-four the preceding week and | twenty-seven the corresponding week of lastyear. On accountof the reduced re- ceipts improved condition of the fruit compsred with that received the | previous week the market was stronger and somewhat nigher prices prevailed. | Royal Anne cherries especially arrived | in excellent order and readily sold at from | $115 to $135 a box, while sound Black Tartarians commanded $1 to $1 10 a box. Royal apricots were of larger size than those previously received and were in 2ood demand at $1 1o $1 20 a crate. | The receipts of peaches were larger than the previous week, but sound alex anders of desirable size easily sold at 90 cents 1o $1 15 per box. Clyman plums were in good demand at from $1 20 to §1 . ) 1oad of California oranges of the Valencia variety sold at an average price of $3 9 per bo: Mediterranean oranges and were in supply. Roais were dis- posed of 50 to $3 50 per box, and | Sorrentos at $1 57 to §2 50 box. Lemons were in aciive demand on ac count of the inte ¥ hot weather in the About 50,000 boxes sound fruit of de- from $ 0 $4 2 West and Southwe: wer. the price of 1a ng box. | There are now on the way from Mediter- ranean ports 25,000 boxes of oranges and | 150,000 boxes of lemons destined for this city, and 11 of lemons for New | Or 1as, pineapples and limes were in increased demand and prices firm. srida LeConte pearsiwere in good sup- at$lto§120 a crate and $3 10§84 25 a pl varre! 2 limited supply, crate. Suipments rected to arrive cheap. Orders from out-of-town dealers began for various kinds of fruit for July trade and many are ex- s week, in which, with favor- ther, an active business and a arket is anticipated. AFTER THE WABASH WRECK. Several L ves Lost, but Only Two of the In- m a Serious Condition—A Jured Farmer's Usseen S gndl. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 26.—Several lives were lost in the Missouri City wreek on the Wabash Cope Railroad lastnigat. G. C. ictor, was seriously in- a chance for recover: ired are in a dangerous except Conductor Copeland. Of passenzers the most seriously injured W. H.Wilkinson of Kansas City- small bones of her left hand | were fractured and her tnigh lacerated. ©. M. Smith, & clerk in charge of the mailcar, which was torn intwo splinters against the abutments of the bridge, ex- | pected to leave the mail service in a few weeks, and told a friend oniy a few hours before his death that he expected to re- ceive an appointment in the St. Lous postoflice. Of the many injured it seems almost miraculous that only two are seriously e others being only siightly Coroner Powe!l at Missouri City did not deem an inquest necessary and a special train leit Missouri City at noon for 8t. Lo A wagon bridge above the railroad brid-e had floated down and lodged againstitand this with other drift had | held the water and caused great pressure | . the con ha; the was Mrs. Two of the against the railroad bridge. 1t was a wooden s’ y feet lonz with its ends resting on stone abutments and two | ro viling in the center. A farmer bad just walked across and seeinz if un- safe he rau 200 yards and waved his hatto | the engineer, but it is supposed the signal | wes not seen, as the seed of the train was not checked. o i WOMAN ARRESTED FOR FORGERY. | Indicied for Fclsifying Returns While a| Judge of Eiection in a Denver | Precinct. ] | LANSING, Mrcw., June 27.—Miss Ger- trude Allen, better known as Mrs. Gertie | Whittaker, was arresied here on a fugi- | tive warrant last nigit and gave bail for her appearance upon the arrival of an officer from Denver. Miss Allen has been indicted by the Grand Jury of Denver for | neglect of duty and forgery in connection with the frauds at the eiection last A pril. She wasa judge of election in one of the precincts, and it is charged that she cer- tified to a return giving John N. Doyle, | Republican candidate for Alderman, 104 | votes,whereas a recount gave him only 77. | Her cefense is ihat she simply kept a | tally sheet while the two oiher judges | read the names from the ballots, and as | her sheet azreed with the other one kept | at the same time she certified to it. She denies any wrongdoing, and has waived | requisition or other process and tele- sraphed her willingness to return to Denver at her own expense 10 face the | charges. heis an ordinance clerk in the ity Clerk’s ofiice at Denver, and isin Michigan on a visit to her parents, her father, Captain E. M. Allen of Portland, being onecf the best-known and most highly estesmed business men and Republican politicians in Michigan. e W1iH GUNPOWDER, BOYS FLAY Four Litile Fellows Kadly Burned, One Probably Elinded. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 27.—Four Brooklyn boys found a bag of gunpowder in a vzcant lot to-day and decided to have an Indian fire-dance. After diggine a hole and placing the powder in it the boys joined hands and davced around. Then, while his comrades leaned over him, Joseph Marino knelt down, struck a match and threw it upon the powder. There was a terrific flash, and when the smoke cleared away the four boys were rolling about in agony. Therr screams drew a great crowd. Ambulance SBurgeon Geis found thatall four were badly burned. Marino will probably be permanently blind. — o Arvested in Oklahoma. PERRY, O. T., June 27.—Hiram M. Duke, a noted Georgia politician, was ar- rested in the wilds of Western Oklahoma vesterday ond charged with embezzling postoffice funds while Postmaster at Pen- dergruss, Go. He is an intimate friend of Hoke Smith. X | Buliard, Mr. and M | Cheetam, | Miss Mary A. Fitcn, Arthur 8. Fitch, J. A. | Arthur L. Foster, Miss E. A. Flage, Rev. E. Hoffman, Josiah Hayward, Mrs. E. F. A. Haggerty, Mrs. Samuel Juckson, Miss Ruby A. Johnson, Mr. ana Mrs. N. M. Lathrop, Mr. and Mrs. Walter C.| Lewis, Miss Susan Munroe, Miss Esther | Mitchell, Miss Ida Mitchell, Miss C. H. | Murdock, Charles W. Morse, E. T. MclIn- tyre, Mr. and Mra. C. K. Morrison. Miss | | Ray, | L. A. Titeomb, Miss Georgie | 1ee of the Superior Court made a new di- | srowing to wonderful dimensions. COMING 1N TWC SPECIAL TRAINS New England Endeavor- ers Leave Boston This Afternoon. Delegates Intend to Enjoy the Trip to the Golden West. During the Westward Journey They ‘Will Stop Two Days in Colorado and One Day at €alt Lake. 7. BOSTON, Mass, June 27.—The New England delegates to the Christian En- deavor Convention will leave Boston at 2| o’clock to-morrow afternoon. There will | be two special trains, each with eight Puilmans. The Endeavorers will stop en route two days in Colorado and one day in Salt Lake, arriving in San Francisco Tuesday week. There will be 520 delegates start from Boston. The foliowing will act as chaplains to the party: Rev. Lawrence Perry, Rev. F. W. Everson, J. N. Dam- mer, George W. Coleman, Rev. James L. Hill, D.D., J. Ferreire, Sidney R. Porter, Rev. George W. Andrews, Henry T. Avbe, Selah Merrill, LL. D., A. V. Gilman, Robert A. Bogle, Rev. A. W. Jefferson, Rev. W. F. Rowley, Rev. J. P. Cushman, Rev. E. L. House. The following is a complete list of the Bostonians going: Miss Elvira Austin, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Abdy. Miss Cynthia A. Adams, H. T. Avbe, Miss Julia Baxter, Stephen A. Bryant, Mrs. A. B. Brown, Miss Arna L. Beale, Mrs. Joseph F. Barnes, Charles S. Biown, Miss Mary A. . G. D. Brown, A. L Brown, Mrs. M. C. Crosby, Miss Chan-| nell, M:ss Addie L. Crosby. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Coleman, Mrs. Ralph M. Cole, Miss Imogene Chick, Miss Georzie A. Capen, Mrs. Z. L. Capen, Mrs. F. H. Miss H. E. Cushing, Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Clark, F. W. Dickerman, J. | Perry Diblee, Mrs. Sarah J, Davidson, Mrs, W. H. Duncan, Miss M. H. Dyer, Mrs. A. A. Doak, Rev. C. A. Dickinson, E. W. Evans, | Miss Ella Emerson, Miss Ada §. Emerson, Floyd, Charles H. Fox, George J. Ferreira, H. B. Grose, Mrs. J. Porter Waite, Miss G. E. White, Miss Helen Willard, Dr. Nelson | M. Wood, Mrs. A. H. Wilson, George A. Whitney, Miss C. E. Matts, Mrs. C. L | Whiting, Miss E. B. Webster, Mrs. Annie F. Whitmore and son, Mrs. J. W. West, Mrs. Elmer E. Gallagher, Mrs. M. Green, Miss Ida M. Hall, Miss Lena M. Harvey, L Wallace Hall, Ciifton 8. Hall, Mre, H. Ida Melntyre, Miss Blanche McIntyre, John G. McIntyre, Miss H. M. McLeod John W. Macy, Miss Clara M. Nichols, | Mrs. C. M. Nelson, W. E. Noyes, John L. Norrls, Edward L. Prescotr, Miss Alice W. Palmer, Mrs. C. A. Pierce, J. A. Pierce, Miss Rutledge, George F. F. Rob- erts, Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson, P. P. . Irving Richardson, R. L. Richard- | son, L. E. Shannon, Miss Mabel Smith, Miss Henrietta L. Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Shaw, Miss L. M. Stevens, Miss Sallie B. Tripp, Miss 8. M. Thacher, Miss Aubie B. Taylor, B. H. Thompson, Miss Thomp- | son, Mrs. Nelson M. Wood, Ezra T. Mc- Intyre. CLEAKED IHE CALENDAR, 4n Indiana Judge Makes a Record in Disposing of Dirorce Cases. MARION, Ixp., June 27.—Judge Brown- vorce record yvesterday. He had an- nounced a determination to get the di- vorce cases off the docket. He called all the cases yesterday. The docket showed thirty cases. The courtroom was full of litigants. It took until 10 o'clock last night, but when the court adjourned the divorce list had been disposed of. In twenty cases divorces were granted. The other ten were either aismissed or taken under advisement. The shortest trial was twelve minutes and the longest an hour. e KOKEA'S LUOYAL FUNERAL. No Less Than 3337 Men Engaged as Lantern- Carriers. YOKOHAMA, jarax, June 9.—Another sum of $20,000 has been appropriated toward the expenses of the roval funeral in Korea, and the funeral board has en- | gaged 3337 men as lantern-carriers during the ceremony. These roval obscquies are The | “manes” of the un.ortunate Queen ought to be appeased. Officers in tne Korean army appear to be a curiously ill-conducted set of men. Every mail brings news of brawls in the sireets of Seoul or cases of drunkenness and insubordination in which officers are the chief actors. What is stranger still is that a week’s imprisonment seems to be considered quite an appropriate punish- ment for a lieutenant, What a farce must an army be that is thus officered. INDEPENDENCE DAY ‘_PABADE. Preparations for the Big Demonstra- tion Nearing Completion. Preparations for 1he Independence day parade, which will be held on July 5, are nearing completion. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association yesterday ap- pointed a committee to call on the various members of the association and consult with them regarding the placing of floats emblematic of California industries in the parade. The Native Daughters are now busily encaged appointing committees to ar- range for the construction of a fioat repre- senting the seal of California. The Native Sons have been requested by the Independence-day committees to ar- range for a float represen ing Caiifornia supplying the world with products grown in the Golden State. The Naiive Sons look favorably on the proposition, and will in all probability carry out the sug gestion. The brewers will hold a meeting to-day d arrange for suitable floats represen i- ing their industry. A great cable manu- factured by the Washburn & Moen Manu- tacturing_Company for tue California- street railway, hauled by fity horses, four abreast, will be another striking fea- ture of the parade. The Independeént Rifles informed the committee having the parade in charge last evening that the ciub would appear in the parade in full dress. . The Inde- pendent Rifles is one of the most gor- geously unitormed clubs in the City and { by a score of wiil add greatly to the spectacular effect of the parade. Guests of the invitation and reception committees have been invited by the man- agement of the Palace Hotel to assemble in the court of the biz Lostelry on parade day. The hotel court will be beautifully decorated for the occasion and badges will be furnished to all who care to accept the invitation. THE NEWTOWN SHOALS, State Engineers Are Sounding to Ascer- tain Whether the Obstruction Is Sand or Rock. J. 8. Price of Sacramento, one of the Engineers of the Roads and Highways Commi-sion and consulting engineer to the Commission of Public Works, arrived in the City last evening and registered at the Grand Hotel. The Legislature at its last session appropriated $300,000 to nd rectify the channels of the juin and Sacramento rivers. Mr. e, in speaking of the proposed work, last evening that Engineers Nourse and Randail were making tests at New- town shoals, where the Sacramento River empties into Suisun Bay, to ascertain the substance of the shoals and determine whether the material is sand or rock. The observations formerly made varied so much on that point that the board deemed it best that an examination should be made. The engineers have sounded to a depth of eighteen or twenty feet below low water and encountered only sand. One report is to the effect that hard pan was struck under the sand. This is supposed to be packed or cemented sand Mr.” Price believes that thie substance, whatever it mav be, should be removed in order to stimulate the current of the river. He holds that dynamite would readily loosen the packed sand and the current would do the rest of the work TICTORIODS RELIANCE Defeated Bakersfield Ball-Play- | ers by a Score of 20 to 10. Close Game Played at the Presidio Between the Marhattans and Columbias. Athletic Club baseball e Bakersfie/d nine yes- n at Central Park by a The Reliance team defeated 1 terday aftersio score of 20 to 10. honors wers about even, but after that Reliance fc i ahead. Nine runs to Re- liance's credit in the last inning account for the big score. The batting of the Oakl/anders won them the game. “Sixteen to Ons.” The California Markets beat the Vallejo Wizaras yesterday morning at Central Park to the campaign tune of 16 to 1" | The Vallejos’ fourteen errors to the Cali- for Markets’ 1 tell the tale. The Wizards had only three base hits to their credit at the close of the game. At the Presidio Grounds. The Manhattans defeatea the Columbias in the ng by a narrow margin the close of the game the score stood Manbhattans, 18; Columbias, 17. In the afiernoon tha S. N. Woods met defeat at the hands of the United States Regulars, Score: S to 4. ‘“Stars” Glory Dimmed. Clark’s O. N. 1.’s defeated the Florida Stars yvesterday by a <core of 9 to 7. D). McNeal’s huting was the feature of the game. orn Alta Plazas Victorious. The Alta Plazas defeated the Ruinarts at the park recreation 10 o The pretty catch and the home ran by Robert Dykes were the features of the zeme. L'bsrtys Lose. The Oletas vanquished the Libertys yes- terday by a score of 10 to 1. The winners would like to meet any team uader 16 years of age. Challenges should be ad- dressed to J. H. Gudsil, 2911 Harrison street. Gelng to the Country. The Nationzl Stars will be away for the nexttwo or three weeks in the countr: They will piay a series of games with country teams before they return. it i SEPHOR TORAH CEREMONIES. Interesting xercises by the Congrega- tion Beth Menachim Streisand on Minna Street. Services of an interesting and impressive character were heid yesterday afternoon by the Congregation Beth Menachim Streisand at the synagogue, 335 and 337 Minna atreet. The ceremony was inci- dent to the dedication of Sephor Torah, or sacred scroll. The courch, which is large enough to accommodate 700 wor- shipers, was densely crowded. Addresses were made by Dr. J. Nieto, Rev. Dr. M. S. Levy and Rev. Dr. M. Linczer. The following order of exercises was observed : Preiude, Anspacher Band of P. 1. 0. A.; Ma Tobu, Cantor H. Samuelson and choir; ad dress; Boruen Elohenu Shebroonu Lichovod. Cantor H. Samueison and choir; addres music, Anspacher Band of P. H. 0. A.; “Open- ing of the Ark,”” Cantor H. Samuelson and choir; finishing the writing of the Sephor Toran, participated in by the congregation mu-ic, Anspacher Band of P. H. 0. A.: Adog Olam; final, Ansprcher Bana of P. . O. A. The followin -named officers of the congregation _constituted the recention comimitte J. Baer, president; A. M. Jacobs, vics-president; S. J. Levy, secre- tary; 8. Giaser, treasurer, and Trustees J. Simon, J. Davis, S. Cieg 8. Axelrod, D. Cohen, J. Rittigstein and M. Abrahams, ntor H. Samuelson and a choir of six boys, assisted by the band of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, rendered excel ent music appropriate to the impressive ceremonies. The Congregation Beth Manachim Streisand owns the house of worship on Minna street. The church was bult twenty years agi The society is in a prosperous condition and out of debt. —————— A Sportsmen’s Pienie. The Sportsmen’s Protective Association, organized to protect tha fish and rame laws, held their second annual picnic at Schuetzen Park. near San Rafael, yester- day. About 400 guests and members were vresent and the day was passed in various sports. The officers of the sociely are: Presi- dent, W.J. Abern; vice-president, F. A. Siaples; - secretary, C. L. Fitzsimmon; treasurer, M: J- Batth. The following committee of arrange- ments had charge of the affair: H. Battu, M. F. Burgess, W. J. Ahern. Floor committee—J. Sauter, L. Kaiser, C. F. Fiizsimmon, H.. Battu, Julius Bu- bershiner. George I. Hinde acted as floor manager. ————— Drowned Himself in the Bay. The body of an unknown man was found floating in the bay off Beale street yesterday afternoon by two young fishermen, Louis Backstein and C.” Holden. Tne body was towed to tne wharf and removed to tne Morgue. Several rocks were found in the dead man’s pockets and it is presumed that be commitied suicide. The body is thatof a man apparentiy of middie age and was attired in u dark suit of clothes. When it was exam- ined at the Morgue what at first appearcd to be & deep cus across the throat was found. 1t was later demonstirated, however, that de- composition was responiible for the apparent cut. No papers or money were iound ou the body, and it is presumed that poverty was the cause wnich prompted the unknown to fill his pockets with rocks and leap {ro; wharito his death. P {rom some Up to the sixth inning | At| grounds yesterday | THE TRUSTS MAY OVERLOOKED Senators Not Eager to Legislate Against Them. A Tariff Bill With No Anti- Combine Provision Is Probable. e to Stir Up Discussion and Delavy the Passage of the Measure. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27.—It bezins to appear that unless specifica- s are issued by a caucus of Republican Senators no anti-trust provision will be ncluded in the tariff bill as it passes the Senate. When the subject was discussed in caucns a week ago so great a diversity of opinion was expressed that it was re- ferred to the Republican members of the Committee on Judiciary, who were to pre- pare an amendment which should meet all exigencies. One meeting of the Republicans was had, at which the basis for a proposed amend- ment was agreed to, and it was turned over to Thurston to be put into shape for final adontion. Since then no meeting of the Judiciary Committee members has been held, and the caucus adjourned last Thursday night without touching the subject. A member said to-day that the Finance Committee was giving the matter no at- tention. Some Senators think that the legislation on the statute books now, in- cluding the anti-trust provisions of the present tariff bill, is sufficiently compre- hensive, and that the introduction of any- thing additional would not only add rothing to 1ts effectiveness, but would also cause discussion, with no otber prac- tical result than to delay the passage of the bill. The R publican members of the Fi- | nance Committee bold nightly sessious, frying to settle several unsettled points. The paragraphs that have been passed over are enough to keep the Senate busy before the time expires for a final vote without entering upon any new fields. The section relating to reciprocity alone promises to be generally discussed and its form is not vet finally determined. ‘THIRD LIN OF DEFENSE Thet Is What the Small Mili- | tary Post on Angel Island | Practically Is. Placing the Twelve-Inch Breech- Loaders in Position—Next Military Muster gnd Inspection. On Angel Island, in the bay of San Francis- co, there is a three-battery post at which, it the work that has been done there for several months past is continued, will make it the most delightful post that 1s under the juris- diction of Uncle Sam. tion to the other fortifications in the harbor maxes it the thira line.of defense, the first being the fortifications at Fort Point, and the sccond the guns that frown from the battle- | ments of Alcatraz. The battery that is mounted on Angel Island, and which could be without difficulty iucreased 1f occasion re- | auired, commands a wide sweep of territory and waterway, including the Golden Gate. 1f perchance, in the event of war, the vessel of an enemy should pass the fortificstions of Fort Winfield Scott and those on theisiand named for the pelican it would still have to | contend with the guns which couid be brought 10 bear upon it from Angel Isiand. The island has upon it beside the battery al- ready alluded to a lighthouse, & quarry, the | quarantine station and the military post. The last named is located in a wide ravine on the westérn end of the island. From the shore line there is a gradual rise of theland up toa point eastward where there is located the res- idence of the commander of the post. In the | early days of the war a post was established at this point and it was named “Camp Rey- lds.”" Since then it has been gradually trausiormed into & most delightful spot. At this time a jorce of men are boilding a wall along the western shore at the point where the United States transport General Mcbowell | makes fast on her trips around the military | posts daiiy. In the center of the ravine is the parade ground, not a very large one it is true, but large enough for the number of men who have to use it. Facing on this parade ground and on the grass slope above It are a number of buildings thet are used as offices connected with the post and ez« the quarters of the officers and | the men. The home of Captain James O'Hara of Baitery H, post commander, is located on tiie enstern end of the slope and overlooks the euiire ravine. In front of it thereis a wide verandah, which is covered with elimbing roses and otlier plants, and the exterior pre- sents to the eye an ideal bower, while the in- terior is a model of comfort. Since the present commander of the post has been in charge the old-time ciay walks have been replaced by artificial stoiie ones, wnica _have been luid by the men at the post. In addition to the com- fort these walks euhance the beauty of the ace and are auother illustration of the fact . ari often adds to the attractiveness of nature. There !s one thirg to the credit of this post, and that is the remarkable neatness, not only of the buildings and surroundings, but of the men; every one, whether on or oft duty, is as neat in his attire as if he, to use a common phrase, had “just come outof a bandbox.” On the island there is a church, and there is Also & school thatis in chargs of Post Chaplain Jonu H. Macomber. Cireiing the i-land is a good rond that measures five miles by which the quarantine station on the nortn may be reached, and which leads to the auarry near Point Blunt, on the east. A walk along the 1oad is a most delightful one, as those who pass over it have an_opportunity of seeing much picturesque scenery, not only on the island itseif, but on_the Marin Coanty shore across Raccoon strajts and on theAlameda and Contra Costa shores iu tae eastern distance. There are on the isiand atthis time First Lieutenant Charles T. Menoher, adjutant and recruit officer; F.rst Lieutenant Charles G. Woodward, quartermaster, commissary and police ofi Battery D—Captain Charles nge officer; First Lieu- tenant Charles A. Bennett, Second Licutenant Ge: rze Le R. Irwin; Battery H—Captain James O’Hara, range oflicer, commanding the post; Second Lieutenant Edward P. O'Herne, ord- nance oflicer and treasurer; Additional Setona Lieutenant Lioyd England, signal officer; Ba- tery J—Captain Henry Danes, First Lieu- tenant Charles W. Foster, Major Benjamin F. Pope, surgeon; John H. Macomber, post chap- lain.’ Toe other officers who belong to the bat- terics named are sbsent on special duty. Colonel Marcus P. Miller is under orders to join the post. Under ihe provisions of special orders of the War Department the Presidio is designated as the stution of Lieutenani-Colonel William H. Bisbee, First Infantrs. This officer was lately promoted i rom major of the Eighth Infantry, He eatered socated at Fort Russell, Wyomin ihe army in 1861, Revellion, and since then nas seen much ser- vice in the country wherein dwell the turbu- ient Inaians. The 12-inch rifles recently received are be- ing placed in position at Fort Point under direction of L entenant Randoiph. The next montbly muster and inspection will be heid on the large parade ground at the Presidio on Wednesday next at 9 A, x. Sergeant Frederick Mayer, ordnance detach- ment, Benicia arsenal, has been placed on the retired list. i First Lie ‘tenant Elmer W. Hubbard, Third The position that this post occupies in rela- | | Artillery, has been ordered to report to the University of Nevaaa at Reno, having been detailed us professor ef miliiary science and tactics, vice Lieutenant Hamilton, Fiith Ar- tillery, relieved at his own request. During the past week a squad of men from Troop B, Fourth Cavalry, stationed at the Pre- §idio, appeared in «Shonendoah” at the Co- lumbia Theater and made a fine appearance. Appearing on the stage was quite & change from the monotony of ihe parade-ground drill, and the boys were quite proud of the part they took i the play. The new ranges at the Presidio will be ready this morning at 6 o'elock, and as soon as or- ders are 1ssued the men Wil have a chance to engage in target practice. A copy of the new firing regulations which were recently adopted for the army were received yesterday at de- partmient headquarters, and it is probable thata full suppiy will be received early this week. Under the new rules the old-style tar- gets ere abolished, and the men will be re- quired 1o aim at life-size silhouettes at various gistances. The figures are in various atti- tudes, and it is claimed that they will give tne sharpshooters a betier idea of “an enemy” than the old-style targets did. Of the officers who are connected with the companies stationed at _the Presidio Captain James Parker of Troop B has been absent on duty at the military ncademy at West Poiat since August 13. 1894; S:cond Lieutenant William R. Smedberg Jr., fame troop, absent on duty at the military academy since August 20, 1896; Capiain James B. Burbank, Battery G. Third'Artillery, on_Guty with the National Guard at New York; Second Lieutenant Henry D. Todd Jr., same battery, absent on duty at the military academy; First Lieutenant John K. Cree, Batiery K. Third Artillery, absent on duty at Fortress Monroe, Va.; First Lieutenant er A. Bethel, same battéry. absent on duty at the military academy; Second Lieutenant Jacques de L. Lafite, Company' E, First In. faniry, absent on duty with the National Guard'at Louisiana; First Lieutenant George A. Detchmendy, Company F, First Infantry, absent on leave till September 1, 189 Nat P. Phister, Compony G, First Infantry, absent on duty at cavalry and infantry school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., since ) vember 20, 1894; of the officers of Company I, First Iufantry (skeleton company), Capain Frank de L. Carrington, absent on duty with the Nat:onal Guard of Californin since Sep- tember 30, 1895; First Lieutenant Cnarles B. Vogdes, absent on duty at the State Univer- sity of Iowa (to be relieved July 1. 1897 ond Lieutenuut William M. Croiton, absent on duty at infantrr ana cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth since October 22, 1895; of Com- pany K, First Infantry (skeleton company), Captain Frank H. Eamunds has been absent on duty atSt. John's College, New York City, since S:ptember 19, 1895; First Lieutenant Samson L. Faison has been on dutv at military academy since October 22, 1896 ond Licutenant Harry A. Smith, absent on duty with the National Guard of Kansas since March 19, 159 First Licutenant Everett E. Benjamin, Com- pas First Infantry. is now regimental and post adjutant and recruiting officer at the Pre- sidio. First Lieutenant John D. Miley, Fifth Artil- lery, aid-de-camp 10 Brigadier-General Shatter, hes been announced as acting engineer officer of the Department of Californis, vice First Lieutenant J. F. Reynolds Landis, First Cav- airy, relieved, aud who will go to Fort Ril Kabs., to his company. Leutenant Landi having passed a successful examination for promotion recentls, will soon be promoted captain. Private Nichols of Battery A, Third Artil- lery, at Alcatrsz Island, has qualified as ex- pert in ‘the 220-yard run and the 12 urdle. Corporal Grass of Battery E,Third Artillery, Fort Mason, has qual-fied as expert athlete in the 100-yard run, and Private Diu- benspeck of the same battcry has qualified as expert and post champion athleie iu the 120-yard hurdle. Atlorney-General McKenna, in answer to a quesiton submitted by the Secretary of War, namely, Is a man who hes deserted, but has recelved a pardon from the President, a d - serter within the meauing of the statute? say thathe1s not. The Revised Statutes declare that no deserter from the service of the United States snall be enlisted into 'hat service. The Attorney-General holds that the act of pardon makes the deserter a new man, and gives him anew credit and capacity. Under the new rules for the examination of commissary sergeants they must undergo a close examination similar to an examinaiion under the civil service ru AMONG THE SUMMERERS, Concerts and Hops at the Various Fashionable Springs. The guests of Harbin Springs had a grand concert and bail on Friday evening, June 23, which was largely attended by both the guests and people from the vicinity. The musical portion of the programme was under the su- pervision of Mrs. 5. Goldstein, assisted by John aude Jr. The programme consisted of: Piano solo, F.M. Stiva; song, J. Staude Jr.; recitation, Miss Nellie Hays; piano soio, Na- than Goldstein; recitation, Lillian Posuer; song, Willie Miller; recitations, Eddie Hays, Mrs. E. Chase, Miss L. K. Chase, E. Fair- weather, Miss Ida Fisher, L. M. Williams, E. P. Bengard. Among the latest arrivals at Paraiso are: Mrs. B. Genereaux, Miss L. Genereaux, Mrs. D, Becher, 8. E. Davis, W. IH. Shipman, Robert M. L Carter, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Reck, R. W. Reck, James Coughliu, W. Basil Hirst, Dr. W. K. Dunn and wife, George Nolan, H. Timmer- man, Charles Cristine, Miss C. Cristine, 0. H. Hickie and wife, H. Hickie, H. Schinkel, L. J. Asbert, wife and child, C. Jessen, George F. Reter, Mrs. J. P. Knudsen, Ed O'Neili and sray, Peter J. Finley, C. T. Romie, . Smitn and wife, 8. B. Rothenberg, famiiy and nurse, C. I Havens snd wife, Miss Mabe. Havens, Charles Havens, Miss Grace Garoutte, James C. Duuphy, Jonn Delaney, I. Perrault, M D.. Herbert A. P. Nee, Charl uller, Miss Hart, Pail O’'Donuell, Mr. and Mrs. H. Oisen, Mrs. Aaron Crocker, Miss Blancne S, Fisher, N. D. Chamberlain, Eman- ual El. Miss Ada Martin. The arrivais at Saratoga Springs, Lake Couuty, the past week were as follows: K. A. Hoffman, W. Durbrow, Abe Levi and wife, Sac- ramenio; G. Woodruff, E. Nagle. V. Hud- dleston, Upper Lake; 'Mr. Franklin, Mrs. Brown, A. Jacksoo, M. J. Burke, Charles Catheart, San Francisco; E. Barbieri, L. 8. FEaton, Fresno; Frank Haskell, Alameda; H. £ 'Bonestet, San Francisco; 8. Conmor, C. Mastick, L. Cohn, Oakland; A. J. Burke, L's Angeles; Frank A. Busse and wife, James B. Kline, Miss M. Mehiwitz, Miss Kate Dugan, San Francisco; Miss L. Cunningham, Alameda. Among the latest arrivals a: Hoitt's Bur lingsme sre Professor John L. Deahl, Mrs. Washington Ayer, Miss Mabel Ayer, Emery W Elijott, Alfred Friederich, Miss Giestiug Les. ter Roth, Mr. and Mrs. Charies Rice, San Francisco; David Castillo, Professor F. M. Lafayette, New York; Warren W. Smith, Tsles ton; Miss ton, F. W. Lougee, Franklin Bangs, San Francisco. J. W. Henderson and Miss Irene E. Alien will be married at the bride’s home, 1108 Fell street, this City, Weduesday, June 30, at high noon. Mr. Henderson is the general agent of the West Coast Lawbook Publishing Com- pany and Miss Allen is the eldest daughter o V. W. Allen Sr., of the law firm of Allen & Allen Miss Emily Houghton is spending a month in San Luis Obispo, Cul. Miss Louisa Seiler and Miss Adelaide Haingue have returned aiter o (hree wee visit 1o the Yosemite Valley end the Big Tre ‘The Misses Mattie and Sophie Athearn are visiting Portland and Astoria, Or. Miss Agnes J. Conolly will leave to-morrow for an extended visit to Lake Tahoe. Miss Nora Whaley returned to her home in Sausalito Monday from Yreka, where she has been visiting Mrs. H. C. De Witt since March. Mrs, De Witt and baby are in Sausalito now to remun for the summer. Colonel W. R. Rich and family, Mzs. Belli- moth and danghter, Miss L B. Harrigan, Miss Annte M. Harrigan, Dr. G. McConnell and sis- ter left Saiurday for an exte Northern trip through Oregon and Washington. Dr. T. F. Brennen reiurned from Yosemite Vailey last week. Mrs. D. Bernstein of 1530 O'Farrell street will discontinue her day-at-nome for the sum- mer months. Mrs. J. Goldberg s taking a vacation at her country residencesat Pine Crest, Angwin, St. Helena. Tne engagement of Joseph Norden of San Francisco to Miss Hattie Appleton of San Jose is announced. cesats ol The Conductor's Keen Senses. ‘Raiiroad conductors train themselves up to a fine point,”” said a traveling man. “The other night I was on Conductor Stovall’s train, on the Southern, going up to Washington. We were somewhera i the neighborkood of Charlotte, N. C. knew, but to be exact I asked Captain Stovell, who was sitting just bebind me, where we were. He waited about half a minute and replied: *We are about nine- teen miles from Charlotte.” ‘How can you tell?’ Tasked him. ‘Easy enough,’ he re- piied. ‘Just feel the motion of the train, and Ican tell. Ican tell every curve on the road nearly and I never hava to look out to find where we are.’ Just at that moment there was a blast from the loco- motive. ‘That's Stanley’s crossing,’ said the conductor. And that was from a man who has a run of about 300 miles." —At- lanta Constitution. —_————— The Jardin des Plantesat Paris monrns the death of the favorite female hippopota- mus at the carly ace of 43, « present to France in 1855 from Halym Pasba, a brother of the Khedive of Egypt, rd | JAPAN AWAITING HAWAIIS REPLY Minister Shimamura Is Impatient and Angry. President Dole Says That an Answer Will Shortly Be Given. Minister Sewall’s Cordial Recep- tlon—Interesting News of the Islands. HONOLULU, Hawar, June 20.—There 15 nothing bew in the Japanese affair, although it is eighteen days since a mail left for San Francisco. Nothing wa learned of the condition of affairs until vesterday, when the Japanese Minister lost his temper over the publication of some rumors to the effect that Jupan bad withdrawn its request for an explanation from Hawaii and that the Naniwa was going home. An Advertiser reporter souzht out the fiery little Minister and found him in a very excitable frame of mind over the rumors, and 1n reply to questions he sai You may say that the rumor that Javan has withdrawn its request from the Hawailan Government for an explanation of the reasons for rejecting the Japauese immigrants is un- | qualifiedly ‘false. There has been no corre- | spondence between tois legation and the Mine ister of Foreign Affairs since June 4. Atthat | time I addressed a letter fo the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as vet, though it seems a very long time, 1 have received no reply. On June 4 I wrote again, and for two weeks the letter remains unanswered. I am waiting for & communication 1o arrive, have been waiting for several days, ond I think now that it must come to-day OF to-mOIrow. After the publication of the above in- terview yesterday morning President Dole, in’ the absence of Minister Cooper, was seen by THE CALL’s representative in regard to the seeming complaint made by the Japanese Minister concerning the ab- sence of replies to the communications sent by him to Minister Cooper. Presi- dent Dole said: The Government has given some attention to these letters, but, owing to their diffuse- ness of matter and treatment, as well as to the nece:sity of giving attention to other im- | portant public business, the letters have not yet been answered. There has been no inten- tion whatever on the part of this Government to ignore the communications of the Japanese | Minister. Minister Sewall presented his creden- | tiats to President Dole on Monday, June | 7, anc was very cordially received. Coionel A. E. Buck, the new United States Minister to Japan, passed through here on the Peru. He and bis party were entertained and driven about the city by Minister Cooper, leaving for Japan on the same night. Messrs. Tokudomi, Fukai and Ishikaws, Japanese editors, who have been studying the situation here, left for home on the Peru. Mr. lshikawa returns to Japan filled with enthusiasm for a Pacific cable, the importance of which be will urge upon the Government and oapitalists of Lis country. As aresult of a recent court-martial on tue United States steamer Philadeiphia, Benjamin Ritchie, a fireman on the United Staies steamer Marion, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at San Quentin, Cal, his crime being an offense ugainst nature. Since the court-martial he has been confined in the Marion's brig ‘in irons, aud was supposed to have been carefully guarded until about ten days ago, when he was found wmissinz. At 11 o’clock the night before he was last seen by the master-at-arms, who examined his bandeuffs, and thefe is not a man on tne ship whoknows what became of him after- { ward. | Since Ritchie’s escape the court-martial gun has been fired almost daily, there being several more of the Marion’s crew implicated in similar offenses. Oscar J. Jensen, ordinary seaman of the Ph:lacelphis, has also been court-mar- tialed for disobeying the lawful orders of his superior officer and using threatening language. T..e facts are that, while at the boat landing after shore drill, and before the order to break ranks had been given, Jensen procured a bottle of soda water from a stand and drank it. Lieutenant Brown saw him 1o the act and knocked the bottle out of his hand with bis sword. Jensen’s hand was badly cut either by the sword or broken giass. The threatening language used was: *‘It is well for you that you have that uniform on.” At'the conrt-martial Jensen’s shipmates raised a purse and employed a local firm of attorneys to defend him. He was found not guilty of insubordination, but guilty of using threatening language, ana sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Admiral Beardslee promptly commuted the sentence to six months, but the case is to be appealed to the Secretary of the Navy and if necessary to the President. Itis also understoo | that charges are to be filed against Lieutenant Brown for striking the man witn his sword. Admiral Brardslee gave a magnificent reception to Minister and Mrs. Sewall on board the Philadelphia. A Japanese was drowned off Diamona Head while fishing a tew nights since. A companion would have met the same fate but for assistance rendered by a powerful native swimmer. A Japanese woman committed suicide by drowning in the harbur two nghts before. Mrs. McLaughlin, residing at the Molokai leper settlement, attzmpted suicide last Wednesday week by drinking a bottle of choral. The physician was summoned in time, and by using a stomach-pump and some powerful restor- atives succeeded in saving the woman’s life. Asit was the would-be suicide was unconscious for over twelve hours. This is the second time that Mrs. McLaughlin has attempted suicide. Three Chinese at Hanalei, Kauai, were the victims of a powder explosion. It 1s supposed they went into the out ouse, where the powder was kept, to smoke opium. Hickey and Chalmers, two brutal over- seers at the Hakalau sugar plantation, are underarrest for manslaughter. They are charged with beating and kicking to death a Chinese contract laborer. Admiral Beardsles was thrown out of a carriage near the summit of Mount Tan- talus last Thursday. The accident was caused by the horses backing the carriage over a high bank. Allan Herbert, the other occupant, was badly bruised in the arm and shoulder. Both had a narrow escape, the carriage being completely wrecked. Honolulu has been suffering from an epidemic of robveries during the last three weeks, which causes people to think that a gang of coast crooks are operating —————————————————— Change Accomplished Blood Purified and Strength Re- newed by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. ‘I was troubled with pimples on my face, but after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I found that it bad accomplished a Rreat change. My mother had that tired feel- ing, but after using Hood's Sarsaparilla she could work all day witheut =etting tired.” —MYrTLE BRANDON, Hanford, Cal. Hood'’s Sars2; parilla 18 the Best—in fact, the One True Blood Purifier 1 Hood's Pills cure ail Liver Ills. 25 cents. here. Hotels and lodging-houses are en- tered at night and the rooms robb-d. Some stores have been entered, but no jobs of any magnitude are yet reported. Captain Drew of the bark Andrew Welch, mourns over the loss of a gold watch ang chain for which he paid $128, and man| otbers have had their pockets rifled v.-m; asleep. This is easy to_be dome bere, &\ many people leave their doors and wins dows wide open while asleep. The American ship Aryan_has arrived here in seventeen days from Yokohamain ballast—the quickest trip on record. R. W. Meyer, for thirty years past su- perintendent of the Molokai leper settles ment, is dead at the age o 72. Heleaves ten children and twentv wrandcnildren and thesnug sum of $75,000 in cash, be- sides valuable real estate and homesteuds on Molokai., He was & native of. Ham- burg, came to ths isianc il’l 1843 and “has or served uniaterrup edly thirty-four years as postmaster. CHILDRER A Radical Change in the Mode of In- struction Demanded We teach our children science and matbematics and history and language and morals and manpers, savs a writer in the Overland Mon:hly. We are ad- monished again and again, and we realize between times, that our course of ‘study is overcrowded. We have been trying fo “co-ordinate” and concentrate and calcu- late until our heads have grown dizzy, though our hearts have not becoms faint. Yet, with it all, have we not been losing sight of one Mmportant thing? Now, don’t go off to other Statesand other countries to find a textbook which we huve not been using. Don’t ask the university or the high school to prescribe another requiremen:. We co not mean any such thing. What, then? We have cultivaied the inteliectnal fac- ulties for centuries; and for awhile in certain localities (and elsewhere spas- modically) we have to some exient culti- vated the physical. But with it all have we not neglected the finer and eves more elevating impulses of the soul—the sym- pathetic, humane and loving heeri? We teach the classification, structure, habits, utility and inutility of animals. But d we teach our children to treat those same animals humanely and kindly. Some do, and our adverse criticism does not apnly 10 such. Yet there are those who do not. How much culture is derived from that study by which the bov is enabled to re- peat the memorized distinguisaing char- acteristics of the cat, if tie same and other teaching does not lead him to treat that same cat with even more kindness than bas been his woni? That boy who is more pleased with the dog's yelp than with the wag of his tail, be he ever so well versed in zoology, is ignorant of the most beautiful lesson to be derived from the fascinaiing and de- lichful stady of natwural history. That boy who can give in the phrascolozy of the scientist the history of the horse from the most antignated represen:ative of the vartebrate to Naucy Hanks, and yet who will treat that horse with any sort of cruelty, deserves fewer and less emphatic compiiments than does the untutored lad who properly feeds, waters and shelters bis horse and drives him wita modera- tion. All lessons in morals and manners should lead children to respect and treat rightfully the people of & community; as the study of history and civics sh uld teach the student to respect the rignts of other nations while maintaining its own, so the study of natural history, however superficial or prefound it may be, shou'd lead the student to regard with much more cousideration and kindness the many subjects of his study, especialiy those which condnce so mueh to his com- fort and enjoyment. Morality, refinement, politeness and obedience are the natural resuit of such treatment. In those communities of England and France where such -instruc- tion is compulsory the moral tone and standard are very high in comparison with that of other communities where the same is not taught. In such communities crime not only decreases, but almost dis- appears; and as a result criminal trialsare less frequent and expenses are much less. Such instruction need -not necessarily be made a special order of exercise. It may be incorporated with and should be- come an element of the regular instruc- tion and that too without involving any greater responsibility so far as text and classwork are concerned. Letit not be omited. Letit be done. Lat all of our instruction be so important as to calti- vate in the mind of every ch Id such traits of character as will. cause bim to deal humanely and kindly with the animals over which he holds dominion, and justly anga fraternally with peop'e whom he should respect as he would be respected. it e = Statues of Glass. A companv of glass-workers have re- cently discovered that ordinary plates glass will make a more durable monu- ment than the hardest marbie or granite, for glass is practically indestructible. Wind, rain, heat or cold will eventually crumbole the hardest rock, and cne can seldom_read the inseription on a grave- stone fifty years old, but a glass monu- ment will look as fresh after the lapse of centuries as on the day of its erection, and the inscription can be made in- effaceable. The thick plate-glass used to glaze the portholes of steamers will resist the stormiest sea, and is practically une breakable. —— e WEAK BACK CONSTIPATION EMISSIONS LOST MANHOOD TWITCHING NERVES Cured by the Hudyan Rem= edy Treatment. You know when you are cured because you feel as young and as joy- ful as in the days of your early youth. Why don’t you get strong and b'g? Consult the Hudson doctors free, ‘'or write for Circulars and Testimonials. HUDSON MEDICAL T3STITUTE, Stockton, Ellis and Market Sts. 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