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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, CHARLES Editor and Proprietor. and Supday CALL, one week, by carrier..$0.15 and Sunday CALL, one year, by mal.... 6.00 aily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail.. .00 and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.60 ¥ und Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .85 day CALL, one year, by mal 1.50 / EEKLY CALL, One year, BUSINESS OFFICE: 0 Market Street, Fan Franci California. Telephone .. riveeeen. Maln—~1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone .. Maln—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery s:reet, coraer Cla, :30 o'clock. open mntil 9 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'lock. Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. corper Sixteenth and Mission sireets, open 8 Mission street, open until 9 o’clock. Ninth street, open untfl 8 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twe second and Kentucky treeis; open till § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadways EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms $1 snd 32, 34 Park Row, New York CIty DAVID M. FOL astern Manager. 'lfli:AC!;l:l. SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTH! Are you going to the country on a_vacation * ¥0, it is no trouble for us to forward THE your address. Do not let it miss you for you will Imiss it.~ Orders given 10 lhe carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt attention. NO EXTKA CHARGE. Fifiy cents per monuth for summer monthe Snow in the Chilkoot. Let the other fellows try the pass. Charter-making is becoming interesting. Wiil.McKinle, vitation? accept our gilt-edged in- Foster and Elliott should get a private | room and argue it out under seal. The trail to the Klondvke will soon be | putin the Jist of main-traveled roads. Now that the mints and the mills both are running everybody ought to be satis- tied. Before we figure out the best solution of the problem of the unemployed there may be no unemployed. It will be a good time in San Francisco when we get a new charter and get rid of some of the old taxes. There are placers in Alaska, there are placers in Peru, but those in California are-by far the best for you. The first-thing for the ad ministration to do Is to organize Alaska and get ready for the rush of the coming year. 1f the strike movement amozg the coal- miners can avoid running up against the law it may go through all right, When the beautiful Danube gets on the rempage it can make itself jusi as dis- agreeable as the muddy Mississippi. About the only place in Cuba on which the Spaniards have any hold is Havana, and the grip on that is becoming shaky. Some of the contracts for the new Federal building have been let and the work will soon be moving along in good rhape. The Klondyke spirit may not be pulling the wool over the eyes of the public, but it | has certainly raised the price ot all sorts of woolen goods. It now appears we are not to have rest and serenity in this country until it is de- cided whether Maher or Sharkey is the beiter man with his mauleys. Having failed to prevent the enactment of & protective tariff the free-traders are now declaring it will not yield a revenue, and are raising a calamity howl about that. General Blood’s column has relieved Fort Chakdara, and the next news from India may announce the departure of a couple of regiments to relieve General Blood. Morgan is reported to know more about Hawaii.than any other man in the Senate, and he is now going to the islands to see how much of his knowledge 1s worth baving. Salishury” recently told the House of | Lords that the life of a workingman is of more value than the property of a million- aire, and now ha is accused of beinga| socialist. 1f the charter committee had the nerve to do exactly as it wishes every member would prepare a charter of his own and submit it to the people as an alternative proposition. Two girl babies have been born to the Vanderbilt family within a week, and the harvest for British noblemen of the next generation will be better even than that of the present. There are many things to be said about the action of the Canadian Government in policing the Klondyke, but the most im- portant is that our Government should imitate the example. It'will be noted that Senator Morgan speaks much more kindly of McKinley than he ever did of Cleveland. When 1t comes to dealing with Presidents the Sen- ator is a non-partisan, ‘The terms of peace arranged between Tuarkey and Greece by the powers were excellent in every way except that they were not tcceptable to the Greeks or the Turks, The powers will try again. The latest sea serpent reported from the Atlantic coast is said 10 bave been heard bayving the moon like a dog, and great is the astonishment thereat. On this coast, however, a bark on the sea is a common thing, _— Joaquin Miller digging gold with a dia- moend ring on his finger will give to the scene on the Klondyke all the realistic effect of a melodrama where the heroine plays the part of a starving girl with silk stockings and jewelea earrings. plEbha sy The miners’ strike in the East has con- tinued much longer than any one ex- pected and still there seems to be no lack of coal. Evidently the supply on hand was larger than was believed, and the 1| CALLto | REVENUE UNDER have no rest from tariff agitation. in its operation, the tariff will yield not only protection to the Republic. revenue. | their assertions. revenues of not less than §185,000,000. For from imports at §: | American industry. expansion of industry. THE NEW TARIFF. 1f the free-trade league and its supporters can have their way the country will Although the new law has not yet be=n tried and tested, the opponents of protection are busy atiacking it. They declare at one time that it will impose a heavy inerease of taxation upon the people, and at another that it will not yield a revenue sufficient for the needs of the Government. Thecry of increased taxation has little effect upon the people. ample experience of the difference between a high tariff accompanied by high wages and a low tariff under which thousands of workingmen obtained no wages at all. The people are well aware from this experience that it is better to have high prices and good times than low vrices and stagnation. They are not averse to paying whatever | customs duties are necessary for the protection of ourindustries and the maintenance of the Government, with liberal appropriations for internal improvements. It 18 the second point of attack, therefore, that the free-traders are most vigor- 1.50 | ously assailing. They iterate and reiterate the charge that the new tariff will not | vield {he revenue needed and are doing all in their power to weaken public confidence They are enabled to do this with some effect inasmuch as the | tariff has not yet been tried and has not shown by experience what it will accomplish. It is worth while, therefore, to note that the charge of a probable deficit is wholly without reason, and that all the evidences of the time point to the conclusion that ‘We have now had our industries but a sufficient income for The bill was drawn up by men who have had large experience in making tariffs. It is devised scientifically for the attainment of the double result of protection and The statesmen who had it in charce wers well aware of the evils which bave resulted from a deficit tariff, and fully realized the importance of enactinga measure which would provide ample revenues. a basis for the presumption that the revenue features of the bill have been adequately arranged, aud those who maintain the contrary must show some reason to justify These things in themselves afford Mr. Dingley estimates that notwithstanding the heavy importations made during the spring un ler the old tariff the new law will yield during the current ficcal year future years he calculates annual revenues 000,600, a gain of $75,000,00) a year over the present tariff. These estimates, it must be remembered, are made by the best tariff expert now in Con- gress, and they cannot be refuted by idle declamation. The welfare of the country demands a cessation of {ariff disturbances. Business and industry have been rendered uncertain and insecure for ten years by political agitations on this subject. From all these disturbances nothing has been gained | except the Jesson taught by disastrous experience that protection is necessary to We have now re-establishel protection, and it is time the country should have a rcst. Experience will decide whether or no the present tariff yields an ample revenue, and it is just as well to wait for that experience before we enter upon new agitations that will ‘once more harass commerce and check the SLAVES IN CHINATOWN. | certain Chinese in this City from ob- | taining possession of a young gir! de- | tained on board the China pending an in- vestigation have had the effect of recall- | ing public attention to the practice of im- porting Chinese women for immoral pur- | poses. It has also served to make piain the fact that theimporters of these women have been paying blackmail to the high- binders for protection. We are thus con- fronted once more with this double evil | of slavery ana murder carried on in San | Francisco as a business among the Chi. nese. ' ’ The slave-dealers import women for im- | moral purposesand hold them as slaves de- | spite American law to the contrary. The : highbinders, knowing that the slave-deal- ersare engaged in illegal traffic, levy unon | them what they call *'blood money” and | in return guarantee them protection. At the present time the slave-dealers, finding themselves partially exposea in nefarious trade, have called on their | highbinders and these murderers have | promptly served notice upon the Chinese | who are assisting in the maintenance of law that doom has been pronounced upon them and that their dying day is at hand. Itis the claim of the slaveholders that | those who are now msking the contest for the maintenance of American law are seeking to extort bribes, This is the im- pudent charge made against the Chinese Bociety of English Education and its sup- porters in the good cause of human liberty and American justice. It is a charge which requires no refutation. Its false- ness is evident on its face. The slave- | holders would willingly pay bribes, if | bribes were asked, since they have been in the habit of paying them to the highbind- ers for many years. It will take something more than lying insolence to turn aside public indignation against the cruelties which have been ex- posed by Tue CaLL. The slave girl burned with hot irons is one evidence of the fiendish cruelty of the Chinese brotbel- keepers, The proclamations denouncing death which have been publicly posted by the highbinders is another. These are | sufficient to make known the infamy of the traffic against which San Francisco is called upon to fight, and it is bizh lime the police were intrusted with powers suf- ficient to grapple with the evil and destroy it utterly. ORGANIZING ALASKA, The telegram from Seattle that two offi- cers of the United States army—Captain H. P. Ray and Lieutenant W. P. Richard- | son—will leave for Circle Uity, Alaska, by | the steamer Cleveland, which leaves on | the Gth, will relieve some ot the disap- pointment caused by the recent counter- manding by the War Department of the order to send a company of troops to the Yukon mining 1egion. The decision to establish a military post in that region was such a wise one that the calling of the order was most sur- prising. It is reasonable to suppose that the plan was postponed instead of abandoned. The engagement of passage for the army officers will reassure those who wish to see the Government take such tion of the country, so that law and order new country. If it is true, as guessed at Seattle, that the War Department is awaiting legisla- tion authorizing the establishment of posts and assignment of troops to the Yukon, Congress should passthe neces- sary measures prompily upan reassem- bling. The outposts of civilization are among the most important points for the location of the soldiers. Even if there is nevera call for their active services their presencé on the Yukon will give confi- dence that law and order will be re- spected, and thus will be attracted to the distant region a class of people steadier | and more likely to bring about a perma- nent development than would go if there were much risk of lawlessness. £ Although there are said to be 5000 peo- ple living around Circle City it is neces- sary to go to far-away Bitka to attend court. This isnota proper condition of government to promote a rapid progress in transforming that vast northwest wilderness into a populous and civilized country. A Federal courtshould be es- tablished at Circle City and a military posi should be there or near there, so as to make the authority of law too imposing for the reckless to risk any trifling with it, and so assuring as to make law- abiding citizens feel safe in sseking their fortunes in so remote a district. These establishments at Circle City should be promptly followed by others at conven- ient distances as fast as settlers go into new sections in large numbers to work. Canada is preparing to develop her Norihwest Territory across the border | line of Alaska, and the enterprise oi Uncie Sam should not be behind her i1n organiz- strike has thus far had no other effect than that of affording an opportunity to ing a great and prosperous new country. Back up the pioneers with protection in ihe mine-owners to unload their old | their enterprise and large results will stock, follow. The efforts now being made to prevent | their | prompt steps as will insure the organiza- | will reign over the rush to develep the | | THE UNEMPLOYED. The progress of the ways and means | committee on the pioposed coloni- zation plan for the unemployed a3 | as reported at their last meeting is | most encouraging. Only about $.0,000 is | required now to see the colony fairly | started, and when a beginning is once made there will vea rapid extension of the good work. The first colony will grow and others modeled like it will be estab- lished. The great need is to get one set- tlement fairly under way to nrove the practicability of the method. Once passed beycnd the experimental stage the plan will develop to proportions that will largely solve the ‘“‘problem of the unem- ployed’’ in this State at least. The promise of the needed land by Claus Spreckels at cost price gives a good found- ation for the enterprise, and the energy with which he is developing the beet- sugar industry of the State will supply, as nothing else could, use for the labor by which the colonies can make a good liv- |ing on a few acres. An idea of the ex- tent to which he continues to forward this development is given by the fact that last Monday he paia into the Custom- house over §$39,000 on sugar machinery imported from Antwerp. This machinery cost $86,000, making a total outlay of $125,- 000. It will be shipped to the plantin | Salinas, and will represent a large in- crease in the profiis of farmers in the sur- | rounding country. | The excellent opportunity the develop- | ment of this beet-sugar industry will give to men unable to command more than a few acres is half the battle for the coloni- | zation scheme. With this for a money | crop, and with a cow, pigs, chickens and a vegelable garden, those families who have suffered tue misfortune of being un- | employed will feel themselves well off, and the attractions of the country will be such as to prevent the overcrowding of our cities. The men who have labored for so many weeks to bring this benevolent enterprise into practice should certainly have the gratitude both of the unfortunate families for whom they have given up so much of | theiv time and attention and from the | whole community which has felt so help- less through the winter about the big { army of unemployed. Their hands should | be held up by financial assistance tiil vic- tory on their long effort is assured them. | The $10,000 tney need to plant thelr | colony shoula be cheerfully given. ALTERNATIVE PROPOSITIONS, The suggestion offered that the people should be given an opportunity to vote on alternative propositionsin adopting a new charter seems a wise one. The belief expressed that charters previously re- jected by the people had been turned down mmerely because one-tenth of each was objectionable, if not absolutely cor- rect, is cetainly quite possible, and such possibility should be guarded against in new attempts to frame an acceptable plan of City government. ‘The committee has decided to draft a complete new charter, and if this were so | submitted as to enable the people to ex- press their will not only on the whole, but on each item of policy at all likely to meet with strong opposition, then the labor of preparation would be likely to meet with success. Otherwise a single feature dislikea by the majority may be the means of defeating a dozen excellent reforms. Aside from the purpose of insuring practical results, there are good reasons for granting a vote on alternative propo- sitions on every point where there is a likelibood of wide difference of opinion. The same principles ot self-government by the majority which make it correct for the people to vote on the charter as a whole are reasons why they should vote on each separate proposition that is of much importance to their welfare. If it be granted that it is quite probable a draft of a charter can be so drawn as to be ac- cepted by voting upon it as a whole, it would still remain also quite probable that some one or two features would be injected into it which would be distaste- ful to the majority of the voters. They might not be so intensely opposed to these items as to be willing to throw away the chance of a new charter altogether in order todefeat them, and yet they might have a very strong and just dislike to having such things placed in their funda- mental laws. 1t is probably true that to arrange for such alternative voting would involve much more trouble than the simpler plan of accepting or refusing the charter as a whole; but even if there be serious practi- cal difficulties in the way of getting such avots as would prove the thorough satis- faction of the people as to every import- ant proposition the principle of justice involved is 52 clear that ways and means should be studied out to obtain a charter completeiy pleasing to the majority. It is of vastly more moment that the will of the people be fully complied with in this case than in ordinances which cau be =0 easily changed at short intervals, The l more permanent a work is expected to be the more perfect it should be. —_— PERSONAL. Jo Graves of Los Angeles is in the City. Dr. F. L. Atklnson of Sacramento is a visitor here. Dr. and Mrs. Wakefield of San Jose are at the Occidental, John 8. Crowley of Gold Hull, Nebr., is & late arrival here. George C. Bushnell of Nashville, Tenn., is at the Baldwin, W. T. Cape, & hardware-dealer of Santa Cruz, is at the Palace. Andrew Myers, a mining man of Fort Jones, arrived here last night. Frank Coombs of Napa, ex-Minister to Japan, is in the City on a short stay. L. 8. Alexander, a general merchant of Wat- sonville, is at the Occidental, Erik Stenholm of Stockholm, Sweden, was among the arrivals yesterday. W. P. McVey and Mrs. McVey of Foochow, China, arrived here on yesterday. F. A. Wickersham, the wealthy banker, of Petaluma, is on a visit to this City. George E. Faw, a young business man of Balinas, is one of the late arrivals here. B. D. Tarlton, a business man of Fort Worth, is among the recent arrivals in the City. D. D, Whitbeck, the wealthy banker, of Sac- ramento, came down to the City yesterday. H. C. Fryman, manager of the Echo Moun- tain House, at Echo Mountain, isamong the arrivals here. J, T, McJunkin, a prosperous business man of Hanford, isat the Grand. He will be In the City several days. J. F. Fairbanks, the milllonaire banker, of Petaluma, is among the arrivals here, He has come to see his son off to the Klondyke mines. Hon. Micnael Meagher, late Democraticcan- aidate for State Controlier, is spending a sixty days’ vacation at Adams Springs, Lake County, H, W. Lake, assistant manager of the Bald- win Hotel, will leave on Sunday for & vacation of two weeks at Los Angeles and vicinity., His brother will take his piace during his absence. A party, consisting of Mrs. J. O. Broadhead of 8t. Louts, Miss F. B. Barbour of Louisville, Ky., Miss A. Porter of Hannibal, Mo., and Miss A. B. Darcey ot Stocktor, are st the Lick House. Dr. Albert Roeting ana Mrs. Roeling arrived here from the East yesterday. The doctor is connected with the United States Marine Hos- pital service and 1s on his way to the Orient to take a position there. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. , Aug. 3.—At the St. Cloud—L. Lippman ; Savoy—G. Loewenberger; Everett—M. Cohen; Sturtevant—Mrs. Oliver; Imperial—A. T. Thedy; St. Denis—L. Buffan- deau, H. Smith; Continental —C. Meyers; Grapd—A. H. Ste!l; Manhattan—W. B. Peck; Metropole—G. Uhl Jr.; Gilsey—J. Touhey. Mr. and Mrs. Ricnard Specter left the St. Cloud and sailed on the Havel for Bremen. Miss A, Ahlf, Miss Annfe Brucher and Iferman Denicke also sailed for Germany. V. R.Uliman is here buying. —_— UNTIL THE DAYBREAK. o the night, mysterious door, resistiess might, A buman soul went forth Shutung behind it death’s And shaking off, with s'rang The dust that once it wore 0 swift its flight, so su idenly it sped— As when by skillful hand a bow is bent The arrow flies—thoss watching round the bed Marked no: the way it weut. Heavy with griet, thelr aching, tear-dimmed eyes Saw by the shadow fall, and knew uot when, Or in what fair or unfamiliar gulse, 1t left the world of men. 1t broke from sickness. that with iron bands Had bound it fast for many a grievous day; And love ltself with Its restraining banas Might not its course delay. Space could not hold It back with fettering bars, +ime lost fts powers and ceased at last to be; 1t swep. beyond the boundary of the stars And touched Eteraity. Out of the house of mourning faintly 1it, It passed from its journey ail alone; S0 far not even Though: could foliow {5 Into those realms unknown. Throngh the clear silence of the mooniess dark, Lea.ing 10 footprint of the road i trod, S:raight as an arrow cleaving to its mark, ‘The Soul went home to God. “Alas!’ they cried. “he neves saw the morn, But tell asieep outwearied from the strite'— Nay, rather, be aro<e and met the Dawn Of Everlasiing Life. CHRISTIAN BURKE. PROSPERITY FOR ALL. New York Sun. From“all the great sgricuitural States come reports of tremendous crops. From tne same States come reports of an improving financial condition and of large amounts of indebted- ness discharged. The farmers of the United States will have money to spend next fall,and consequéntly trade and menufactures of all kinds will be stimulated. The country mer- chants will be able to make large purchases, and the city merchants wiil be able to dispose of large stceks. Not only are the big crops in sight, but the work of transporting them nas already begun. The railroads are beginning or ina tew days will begin to make mouey. Business knows under what conditions it must proceed und 1t will proceed confidently, in harmony with the encouraging facis and prospects all over the country. Frosperity for all is here, not & prosper!t mere paper and hope, but actual, tangible, 1esting on the indisputable and convincing fact of agricultural prosperity, without whicn general prosperity in this country cannot to- day exist. The days of croaking are Jmll. There 18 Work to do and money to be made by everybody who is not a loafer or an incompe- tent. The people of the United States are go- ing to work and to make money. The prophets of disaster will find their occupation gone. The politics of disaster will be made ;;;flle by this perfod of good times which has gun, EXTRAORDINARY POWERS. New York World. The Mayor of the Greater New York will have power to appoint practically all the offi- rvants of the city except the Comp- il the heads of department directly and all their subordinates indirectly. His patronage in salaries alone will amount to considerably more than half a million dollars s year. He will select the Corporation Coun- sel, the Chamberlain, the President of the Board of Public Improvements, the Commis- sioners of Water, hway, Street-cleaning, Sewers, Public Buildings, Health, Charities, Correction, Docks, Police, Fire, Taxes and As. sessment, Accounts, Parks, Statistics and all the rest. In brief, he will govern New York. ‘The whole of its vast machinery and its enor- mous business will be in his hands. not ubject to restraint even from the fact that most of the officers subject to his ap- rvlntmenl have six-year terms fixed by law, or during the first six months of his own term he is empowered to remove any or all heads of department by his simple fiat, with- outgiving a n or an account to anybody, and he may appoint whomsoever he pleases ;g::k:;nur places without asking anybody's ¢! GOOD-BY, SHODDY. New York Press. Again we bid farewell to that only certain blessing of a “free raw material” tariff— shoddy, and its dirty brethren, “‘mungo, nofls and waste.” The 30 per cent duty of the Me- Kinley law brought its imports down in one year (1890-91) from $2,037,731 to $8440. The iree list of the Wilson law, which was to have banished it from American backs, sent the imports u{ from $3657 to $262,956. It reached $2,500,000 by 1896, and this year wili rise to $7,000,000. The 25-cent duty of the Dingley iaw being as effectually prohibit- ive as the 30 cents of the McKinley will send it back 10 ihe point where, as in the MeKinley yoars, it seems to have been imported only by fond iree-traders for keepsakes. e NOT THE FOUNDATION. of Boston Post. The precious metals are not the foundation of the riches of a country. It is the homely, substantiai, neceasary products that have the truly precious quality. It is these that give empioyment to indusiry snd gain to many thousands of others than those who first pro- duce them. FOR ANY CONTINGENCY. Philadeiphia Press. Germany is sending officers to China to teach them how to fight. The United States is sending instructors to teach them how to farm. Li Hung Chang is evidenily preparing for any contingency thal may anse. 1897. A handsome bust of President McKinley arrived in New York from Naples a fow days ago. The bust is executed in pure white marble from the Carrara quarries of 8. A. McFarland. The bust has been shipped to Columbus, Ohio, where it will be placed in the State Capitol,as a | gift from the friends of the President in that commonwealth. presented to Mrs. McKinley by Ohio women. The bust is said to be an unusually fine speci® men of sculpture, and is the work of an Italian artist. A FINE BUST OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY. A duplicate of the bust will be LAMENTABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS San Francisco Wood and Iron. The great State of California presents more opportunities for the investmentof capitaland labor than any other State in the Union. Her touched by the plow, and her cities present ample fields for the location of all kinds of manufectories. But there seems to be a deter- mination upon the part of some of her people located here to hamper every effort made by men of brains and capital to enhance the glory of the State. location for themselves and an opportunity to invest their money are met by a gang of har- pies who at orce set upon them and in the language of the world sttempt to bleed them. Provided a growing city is selected as a proper place a gang of selfish, cold-biooded city offi- | cinls are met, who, with a heavy taxroll in one nand and hampering ordinances in an- otner, set upon the capitalist and seek his henrt’s blood. Weak newspapers jump upon the investor and demand their quota of the investment, and if denied, atonce denounce the investor as a bloaled capitalist, whose only aim is to rule the people. Our neighboring city of Oakland was once offered a large manufactur- ing establishment whose buildings alone cost nearly $100 000, but its projectors dare not locate there for fear of the large crowd of smull blackmailers who at that time infected that city. That same factory is now located iu San Francisco and gives employment to | hundreds of employes. In San Francisco there is no one man who has done more for the City and the State than Claus Spreckels. He has mode immense sums of money here and he has spent thousands aud thousands of dollars here. His name has stood for years as one among ten thousand. He has made money honestly and he has expended it 50 as to benefit not only himself, but tne City and State that he has chosen as h.s home. This man is beloved by those who know him best, and the hundreds of men whom he employs have every reason to call bim blessed. Yet this man, this successful merchant and manu- facturer, this public benefactor, is set upon and openly denounced by a newspaper of this City, & paper that has douve more harm to Callforala and her people than any other dozen instruments. It i3 a shame that such astate of affairs should exist. Personality we do not know Claus Spreckels, but we judge him by his works, and we feel that the day wili come when the righteous indignation of an out- | raged people will find the proper expression, and those who by Llackmail and other de- vices seek to throw obstacles in the path of progress of our City and our State will be wlgan out of existence, desp sed of men and abhored by all. Ii California .would prosper, if her broad acres should be made to bear fruit and grain, if her cities and smaller towns shouid be mede hives of industry where honest labor should tnrive and prosper, the resent state of affairs mustbe changed. Every nducement should be hela out to cause both capital and labor to locate here, and instead of abuse and robbery a helping hand should be extended and the path of the new-comer b2 made pleasant. BRYAN’S DIMINISHING DOLLAR. New York Press. It is now & 40-cent silver dollar instead of a 50-cent dollar. Of course, if Mr. Bryan could make a 50-cent dollar as good as a 100-cent dollar he could do the same with a 40-cent dollar. And if he could do 1t with a 40-cent dollar why not with a 20-cent uollar? And why not with & 10-cent dollar and a 1l-cent dol! Then why have any value atall in a ?un.u Why not make a dollar out of noth- ug? And the deuce of it is for Mr. William J. Bryan that wheat keeps on going up while silver goes down. Tough on him, but the country can stand it. = 2 PLACE OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Minneapolis Journal Prospectors compiain that the name of Taku Inlet s too suggestive of some kind of & summer resort in Aluska. MEN AND WOMEN. Denman Thompson {s living on his farm in New Hampshire, and he says he has no notlon of acting any more. Daniel Webster was extraordinarily fond of oxen, and all those on his farm knew him by sight and would follow him like dogs. George Eliot wrote for eight years with the same pen, and when she lost it bewailed her misfortune as almost too hard to bear. Patti has a weakness for Mexican terriers, and wherever she' goes carries two or more with her, usually wrapped up in silk shawls. The Hon. Winston Churchill, eldest son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, will stand for Parliament in the Conservative irterest at the next opportunity. Lord Randolph’s younger ton, John Henry Churchill, now 17 years of age, will study for the bar. Ex-Dean Allen, who has just died in his ninety-fifth year, was the oldest clergyman of thechnrch in Wales. He restored St. David’s Cathedral. He was graduated at Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge, no less than seventy-two years ago, and ten years later was ordained priest. John Bacon of Easton, Pa., has in his posses- sion a copy of the Weekly Museum of March 4, 1797, in which is related the following anecdote: “*At the conelusion of the war Dr. Franklin, the English Embessador and the Freuch Minister, Vergenis, dining together at Versailles, a toast from each was called for and agreed to. The British Minister began with: *George III, who, like the sun in its meridian, spreads a luster throughout and en- lightens the world." The French Minister fol- lowed with: ‘Tne illustrious Louis XVI, who, like the moon, sheds mild and benignant rays on and influences the globe.’” Our American Franklin thea gave: ‘George Washington, commander of the armies, who, like Joshua of old, commanded the sun and moon to stand | o0 & number of occasions | still and they obeyed bim.’ thousands of scres of land &re as yet un- | Men of capital seeking a | WHEAT AND SILVER. Ohio State Journal. To-day the price of wheat is booming, with | every prospect that it will reach the dollar { nark very soon, as it has done within the past | ear. And this in the face of the largest crop that has probably ever been harvested in this country. Where is silver? One year ago wheat sold in the New York market at 6334 cents per bushel, when silver sold in the same market at 69){ cents per ounce. It is now worth 863 cents per bushel and silver but 59 | cents per ounce. Silyer never before, except- | | ing on the 23d of Junuary, 1895, when the | price was the present ruling figure, reached so lok a price. The law of supply and demand regulates the | price_of both commodities. There is no de- mand for silver. Every civilized nation on | the globe 1s on the gold basis. Japan and Russia are seeking to establish it. The out- | put ot the silver mines was never so great, reaching 800,000,000 ounces during the last | year. How 1¢" it with farm producis? Last year there were nearly $600 000, worth exported, which brought a corresponding credit iu gold to us. The decreased harvest in other lands has also added to the demand for | American wheat. With renewed business ac- tivity it may fairly be expectea that the home ! consumption of farm products will be largely | enhanced., Silver is harmless to help or aid the farming community. The Bryanite demagogues must study up some other subterfuge to iool the agriculturists, We shall hear nothing about the price of silver regulating ihe price of wheat in Ohio this 1all. The voice of the false prophet is silenced. TREMENDOUS POWER. Buftalo Sunday News. President McKinley has brought good luck to the Nation. First, there are the extraordi- nary harvests of golden grain; second, the wonderful development of the gold diggings in Colorado and Alaska. The increasing de- mand in foreign countries for our surplus grain is not the least of the lucky events that challenge the astonishment of the people. RATIO OF TWO TO THREE. Chicago News. ‘Whether the brewers organize a beer trust or not makes little difference to the consumer, who imagines he is getting relief from hot weather when he drinks 2 cents’ worth of beer through 3 cents’ worth of froth. WITH YOUR COFFEE. Though other days may rain or shine, “Queen’s weather” alw; as been fine; And if she lives the Prince, 'tis plain, Wil hardly have & day of reign. Plok-Me-Up. Mre. Giltoyle—Mrs. Baregain Hunter is thoroughly consistent woman. Mrs. Kidnff—1s she? Mrs. Gilfoyle—Yes, she is. She has marked her 5 o’clock tea down to 4:57.—Puck. Rackett—I hear that you have lost your standing in the church? Tremlow—Yes, but I'm all right so far as my standing in the strecicar is concerned.— Judge. He—I understand that Miss Derwent is quite a composer, She—Yes. She composes the greater part of what you see of her every morning.—Cleve- 1and Leader. “Have you seen Maud’s rainy-day costume ? 1's too sweet for any use.” “Why doesn't she wear it to-day?” “1t looks s0 much like rain.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The great trouble with acquiring knowlege is toat the things a man longs most to know are none of his business.—Atchison Globe. M. Calino—Listen! Here is a very good pro- posal for our danghter—a young man, rich, honest, unselfish, good-looking; only—there 1s an oniy—he is & foundling—withouta name. Mme. Calino (with a start)—Withouta name! Then 1shall have a son-in-law who will write only anonymous letters? Never in the world! —Le Monde Comique. “Widowhood makes & woman unselfish.” “Why s0?"” “Becruse she ceases to look out for Number One end begins to look out for Number Two.” Brooklyn Life. “I wonder why women like cats?” “Because cats hate mice?” “Oh, mammas,” the beautiful girl exclaimea, “he adores me so and he is so noble and handsome and—" es, my child?”’ *And he brings such lovely references from his last wife.” Mother and daughter mingled their tears of joy. Presently they grew somewhat calmer and were able to speak of trousseaus and things.—Detroit Journal. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. OLp Cors—L. V. R., Byron, Cal. There sno premium on a United States quarter of a dol- i-r coined in 1843, nor on a dime coined in NATIVE SoNs—M. H., City. There are 153 natives of California and 187 natives of other States of the Union on the San Francisco police foree. | A FIvE-DOLLAR PIECE—N. N, City. A §5 gold piece of 1837 is worth its face value and no more, B0 iar as coin collectors are con- cerned. AR o A A TYPOGRAPHICAL ErrOR—J. E. C., City. In the item referred 10 by you in your communi- cepted.” ¢ PROBLEMS—J. C,, City. This department has nnounced that it being & problem pure and simple it cannot under the rule be answered. WacEs—C. W., Ono, Cal. An action for the recovery of wages or salary must be com- menced in California witnin four years if the contract was in writing or within'1wo years if the contract was not in writing. MuepErER RoE—C. J., City. Roe, the mur- derer of Mrs. Greenwood, was hanged at Napa, because the crime was committed prior to the passage of the law providing that the centence of death shall be carried out within the walis of a penitentiary in California. NEWSPAPER ARTISTS — Subseriber, City. A person who has talent as a newspaper artist wishing advice and information as to possi- bilities should visit the head of the art de-, partment of a newspaper and submit some of his work. He will soon be given the informa- tion he Qesires. PaviNe Ewrroves—E. F. H., Haydenhlll, Lassen County, Cal. A law passed by the Legislature at its last held session provides that all corporations shall pay empioyes oncs amonth, and a failure to comply Wwith the provisious of the law carries with 1t wnully of not less than $50 nor more than $1 PactFic Coast ETaTes—C. H. F, City. Geo- graphically, California, Oregon and Washing- ton are the Pacific Coast States; generally the following-named States are classed in the Pa- cific Coast division: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montans, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wash- ington and Wyoming. The Territories of Arizona and New Mexico are also included in the Pacific Coast div! ST. GoTHARD TUNNEL—N., Los Gatcs, Cal Heury Frith, in “The Romance of Engineer- ing,” has the following in regard to the work in St. Gothard tunnel: “So accurate had Leen the suryeys and levels, only a difference of two inches were shown in the leveis and ol thirteen inches in the direction of the head- ingin the whole nine miles of tunnel.” The workmen from opposite directions met and broke through the wall thatseparated them on the 29th of February, 1880. FREE COINAGE—H., City. The act of Con- gress of April, 1792, established the first monetary system of the United States. The bases of the system were: The gold dol- lar, or unit, containing 24.75 grains of pure gold and stamped in pieces of $10, $5 and: $2 50, denominated respectively eagle, half- eagle and quarter-eagle; the silyer doliar, or unit, contalning 371.25 grains of pure silver. A mint was established. The coinage was un- limited, and there was no miut charge. Under what is known as free coinage any person can take bullion to a mintand have it con- verted into coin. STREET OBSTRUCTION—A Taxpsyer, City. It an individual occuples any portion of a pub- lic street or sidewalk with any material that is not a temporary obstruction, such as would be used in the construction of a house or the repair of a street or sidewslk, you should, as a taxpayer, instead of sending an_anonymous communication to & newspaper, make a com- | plaint ai the office of fhe Superintendent of Streets or the police headquarters. | FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. The Past Masters’ Association of the A. 0. U. W. Gives a Jingo Entertainment. Last Monday night the Past Masters’ Asso- ciation of the Ancient Order of United Work- men gave an entertainment in their hall in Shiels building for members and a few spe- cially invited members of the order. The cards of invitation styled it a *“jingo enter- tainment,” and it turned out to bs an evening at whist and cribbage, vocaiization by some who have good voices, and musical selections. There were about fifty present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Mr. Plerce of Excelsior entertained with selections on the piano, and Mr. Hilton of Spartan Lodge favored with vocal selections, and so much was the rendition appreciaied that he was encored several times. Past Supreme Master W. H. Jordan was requested 1o tell some of the - storfes that he can tell in a style that is inim- itable, but he excused himse { on the ground that he was not in a story-telling mood. A number of games of cards were played just to demonstrate the skill of the players, and all, were iurnished exceilent cigars. The affair was managed by C. 8. Curtis, district deputy of district No. 7; Walter Molloy of Golden Gate Lodge, and J. Abrehamson of Unity Lodge. Knights of Honor. In sccordance with the provision made by the Supreme Lodge, says the Knights of Honor Reporter, the first special assessment will be due and payable during the current month. | Financial reporters will be required to coilect from each member who became prior to Octo- ber 1, 1896, one assessment at the rate he was | paying at that time. For instance, {f a mem- | ber was paying $1 an assessment prior to Octo- | ber 1 of last year, during the current month | the financial reporter of the lodge will collect | from. him one assessment according to the present table or rates, and $1 additional. If any member desires to pay the eight special assessments at one time, the financial reporter should receive the money and forward it to the proper supreme officer. Those who became members since October 1, 1896, are not re- quired to pay these special assessments. The Supreme Lodee squelched the proposi tion that the beuneficiaries of a member who dies within three mouth< a ter initiation shall receive only one-quurter of the benefit; that the beueficiaries of one who dies within six months shall receive only half, and so on. The committee to whom the matter was re- ferred reported that it could not discover any “reason why such a policy should be adopted. Fraternity knows -no distinction from length of membership. When one becomes a mem- ber he should be entitled to all the privileges - of membership.” The report of the supreme reporter, B. F. Nelson, shows that on the 1st of last July the - | membership was 94,140, The following named are the new supreme officers for the cuirsnt term: J. Warner | Goheen, supreme dictator, Philadelphia, Pa.; John P.8hannon, supreme vice-dictator, Elber- ton, Ga.; Douglas §. Biggs, supreme 2ss.stant | dictator, Boston, Mrss.; Joun Mulligan, past supreme diciator, Yonkers. N. Y.; B. F. Nel- son, supreme reporter, St, Louis, Mo.; Joseph W. Branch, supreme treasurer, St. Louls, Mo.; Rev. H. M. Hope, supreme chaplain; Peters burg, Va.; John Hancock, supreme guide, Louisville, Ky.; J. R. Cole, supreme guardian, Sherman, Tex.; Frank B. Siiger, supreme sn- tinel, Helena, Ark.; S. B. Riggs *upreme trus- tee, Emvoria. Kans.; D. 7. Weill, supreme trustee, New Orleans, La.; William J. Robiu- son, supreme trustee, Erie, Pa. CALIFORNIA glace fruits. 50¢ Ib. 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