The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1897. HORDES OF COOLIE CAMPED IN HAWAI WAITING TO COME With the Annexation of the Islands They Would Be Free to Enter the Ports of the United States. There Is No Power Under the Law That Could Keep These Yelow Slaves From Traveling To and Fro, Nor From Competing With Free White Laborers in America. HERE can be no question in the mind of any intel- | ligent person, in the light of local nistory, that the | annexation of the Hawaiian Islands would bring into California, und to the other States of the Union, a | horde of coolies, many thousands in number, to compete with the American luborer. Such being the fact, the stion is worthy of careful study from the standpoint of | experience, i. e., of history. The annais of the last fifteen | years have conclusively demonstrated that no law can be made 0 tight as to be proof against the attempts of Chinese coolies to evade its provisions. They Lave also made patent the fact that no agreement or | treaty or regulation promulgated by the Treasury Department of | the United States has been a sufficient barrier to keep out the ellow men,” even from ine Pacific Coast of the Unite! Sta where public sentiment has long been decidedly in favor of the exciusion of the Mongolians. Where there Las not been so much open cpposition the Chinese have made *‘ducks and drakes’’ of American law enacted for their control. Detrolt, Buffalo, and otber American towns on the north, have been open doors, through which the coolies have streamed, a yel- iow, dancerous flood, as disastrous in effect upon American labor as an overtlow of a great Chinese river has ever been to the hordes of yellow-skinned men having their homes along its banks. These facts are so notorions and of such common under- standing, that it would not possibly be necessary to call atten- tion to them if no part of the country except the Pacific Coast But American latorers from Maine to Cali- | ind from the northern boundary of the United Sta: to | 1f of Mexico, are menaced by the Mongolians. East o he Rocky Mountains lies a great field for the Chinese to appro- te to their own use. nsands of workshops. mills and ctories are there now affording work sufficient 10 support a ! vast population numbering miliions Across the Pacific Ocean are 400,000,000 of Chinese, living for the most part in comparative poveriy, to whom the prospect f ning even one American dollar per day is alluring. The on with them 1s ‘how 1o get into the United Siates.’ way station would assist them immensely, and annexa- would unquestionably make of Honolulu a half-way uon station for coolies. The Eastern laboring man and artisan may not understand the facts and their bearing, but be is entitled to all the know! t the people of thiscoast, who have bzen aught in cal school of + xperience can give to bim. Cheerfully | is the task of eniightenment undertaken by THE CaLL. Ten y ago Uhinese were not to be found in many East- ern cities. Now they are an integral part of the permanent population of nearly all large American towns, and all cities. This last named circumsiance, phenomenal in its nature, con- sidering all the facts, ought to invite the earnest atiention of all wno are concerned in maintaining the price to be received | for labor and having a patriotic desire to see our own citizens enjoy their birthright, a fair chance to earn a living at home, and free from labor brought into this country to impoverish it. For there have been restriction laws in existence for a period continuously, and an exciusion law of the most rigorons character for a considerable period of years. Yetit isafact that there are not noticeably a less number of Asiatics on the Pacific Coast than there were tzn years ago. There are les- Chinese in Caliiornia, but a grenter number in the United States. There are many more Japanese on the Pacific Coast than there were len vears ago, and they have crowded out the | Chinese to some extent, and #re stiil crowding them out by cut- ting under them in the price for lubor. The Japanese pha-e of the annexation qu-stion is very important, and will be treated | but first the Chinese will be considered. It is notorious that a vast sum uf money is represented by the toials expended by the Chinese to break their way into the American labor market. 1t is equally clear and easv to per- | ceive that any wholesale scheme 10 send into the United States thousands of Chinese in the future holds out lure of atiractive and dazziing size 1o those Who may assi-t in pro- moting it. It is credibly reported that ihe price for running a Chinese person into the United States via the port of San Fruncisco has been, in tue past, $200, all going to the ring con- cerned in that busine:s. There are 20,000 of Cninese in t:e Hawatian who, at the rate of $200 per head, cou'd be mede t 1] Ting, or poo!, made up at Honolulu, at least | §4,000,000. Probabiy not all of the Chinese at the Hawaiiun Islands wou d come here, but that a like number and even a | greater number might be forwarded from Honolulu in a very few years to the Stutes is not only probable, tut almost as cer- tain as that there are orher greszt pickings possible in con- uection with the patriotic [?] scheme to annex the islands, Ii there were any question imngering in the minds of the public on this point, a significan: official utierance made pub- lic within the past few days sbould be sufficient 1o dispel any doubt. The speaker is nota Cali any portion of the Pacific Coast. On the contrary he is an astern man, and he bas resigned a lucrative Government posi- tion ihat he has occupica several vears simply because he was | disgus ed witn the frauds practiced, with the conunivanceor | participation of white men, in connection with the immizra- | tion of Chinese to the United States. Citizens should not for- | get in this connection that the exclusion act is at this time sup- | vosed to be in active force, and actually is where there are officials whbo honestly are trying to see tuat its provisions shall | be observed. Colonel Thomas J. Scharff has been the Chinese Inspector employed by the Government fer the Southern District of New York during the last four years. His posit.on and an inquir- | ingiurn of mind bave placed him in possession of a great amount « f valuable information concerning the effectiveness or lack of effectiveness of the measures adopted to combat the 1 efforts of the man-smuggling ring. | “Chinese,”” said Colonel Scharff in an interview, “who Lave | no right to come are admitted all along the Canacian vorder, at the port of New York, at Seattle and at other points on the Pacific Coast. Men in the empioyment of the Government are making $15,000 per year eacl irom the iilegal imporiation of Cuinese. I have never been able to bring about the d:smissal of anv of the mer who are engaged in smuggiing Chiness in, aided by their offic:al positions.” Colonel Scha ff :esigned because he was convinced that he could not accomplish anvihing 10 shut out the Chinese who are making their way unlawfully into this country, and he did not | wish, having reached ihis conciusion, to longer participate in a farce. Colonel Scharff is an ex-cfficer in tue Confederate army. These facts shouid be taken inio careful consideration, for they are of the greatest significance when any plan isin view that tends to open new facilities for the coming of coolies t» compete with the white labor of the United States. Very !ikely the fact that there are millions in sight for a Chinese- mporting ring, certain 10 fall into the hands of a ring, has not been lost sicht of by these patriotic [?] individuals, who are ready to dispossess the native Hawailans of their country; but the fact has not before been mentioned, and the patriots [?] at Honoiulu will not thank 1uE CaLL for making it public at ihis time, when they fancy their plans are ripening. For it is their purpose to make the public believe they are | as fsr removed from purely sordid conditions as it is possible for bigh minds and loity patriots to be. To suggest that an- nexation may give them a bonanza richer than the wildest dreams of avarice could suggest under any ordinary set of conditions may be unkind, but the virtue of patriotism is not, | and luckily, monopolized by the Honolu'u coterie of self- glected promoters and defenders of the interests of the United States. _ There are unquestionably millions of the people of the United States, who can show as good reason 2s anv of the Honolulu schemers for pelief in their personal patriotism, who will not be able 10 see-any difference between men who are willing to sell out their country and men who are ready and equally willing to sell out their countrymen. The difference is only a verbal fiction. The trick of assurhing the mask of patriotism for the better purpose o! feathering a nest isas old as the art of demagogy. Therefore, the Honolulu schemers must be ready and coupe- tent to show that their litle rests on someihing more than a brand of yatriotism “blown in the boitle.’’ There were and are white men in San Francisco ready to ussist the Chinese to enter the United Staies, who will also c.aim to be patriots, and theirclaim is justas weli isunded as is the claim of the followers of Dole who are arranging 10 move | E : | ornian nor a resident or native of | | moment o! credence with the Dole Guy:rnment. | Hawaiian Isiands into the U | other |of China and Japan there are indications point.ng to the 1n- | the Hawaiian Islands and of the great countries of China an: aiong the path blazed out by the same class of patriots, who were not compelled togo abroad, and seize from a friendly and confiding peopie the controi ot their native land to show that v were 1mbued with ali the cardinal virtues of S:mon-pare ots, all wooland a yard wide. 0 come to a bill of particu s: A vast sum of money can e by the Dole peop.e by exporting the willing Chiness to be m the Unitea States. ¢ y per-ons to certify whether a Chinese person isen- er the United States from Honoiulu will be some per<on at Honolulu, the evidence being subjct only to revision at this end of the line. This avplies, of course, only to Chinese versons arriving directly from Honolulu at some port of the | United Siates. But ihis means little if any degree of protection against either the Chirese now resiling on the Hawaiian Islands or against those who may elect in the future to make of Honolulu a balf-wav station. The favorite way for the Chinese to sneak throush the open door, through the States, bu: the safer back-door route of into th:s country is not ports of the United Canada s pr Let it th il ferred. be conceded, and conceded it must be, as a mat- | ter ca w n the understanaing of even such patriots as may prefer convenient blindness to the enjoyment ol normal vision, tnat Honolulu is nearer to the United Statesthan is i that pa-sage money is less for a sieerage pass- Hongkong or Yokohama; that t e time needed | age from Honolulu is comparatively br; that | immediately bordering on the United S.atesis Britis oium- there can be no effective provision in a treaiy between } iovernment and the Government of the United States | that can operate to regulate the immigration of Chinese to | British Columbia or Mexico; that from both British Columbia H and Mex Ve received thousands of Chinese as a part of the population cf the United States; that if the Un ted States | can keep nese from Honolulu, at its yports, it can- | not keep out from entering by the countries to the th to the south of our own territory; that therefore the promise held out by the Dole Guvernment that ese spall come into the United States from the Hawaiian islands is a sham, and is recognized in Honolulu utelligent men 1o be a sham, consisting only of promise t. can have no practical effect upon i1mmigration United States. 0 one wiil contend that the United States will havs | y more inclination to retuse to clear a vessel at Hono- | lulu for Victo, B. C, or any port in the territory of the | republic of Mexico, than to meke demur for clear- | Honckong, or any other friendly port. Who will be | | able to say that the ring of speculators will not be able to ship Chinese 1n large numbers to Victor parent that no one but a guileless el ? The sham is so trans- d will believs 1t has one Four miilions | in sight if they can get the present Cninese population of the | ited States through a back door! millions when annexation has made their pathwav even easier! Profiv and patriotisia (?) pleasantly combinad ! How can the Cainese be kept out of the priviiege of enter- ing directly the yorts of the United States if they wish to come directly ana try out the question of their rights aiter annexa- tion shall have become an accomplished fact? Will not the Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands occupy just the same posi- tion, in rega:d to the right to travel from one part of the terri- | tory of the Unitea States to another part, as the Indians now | ? Would any court in the United States prevent a Chi- un in Alaska from journeying to tue Indian Terrizory ? is there 10 annex a couniry without annexing the people who are in now that exiermination has been aban. | doned as a method of ng to the conguerors exclusive pos- session of the c.veted and suvjugatea territory ? What part | would the consiitutional amendment, prcvidad for the freedmen | of the South, ana which in its application has proved to be | wide-reaching and elastic, play in determining whetter a Chi- | nese person, whose future had been roffled off by white ad. | turers, who had seized upon a Government, could have equal rights with other persons who have happened to be in 1he limits of s tory already annexed, like Louisiana, | y These all ajpear to be pertinent ques- | tions, and 10 have an important bearing at once upon the prac- | tical question of immigration, and no less upon the sm(emv\ of th Dole Governmert in promi-ing not to let the Chinese | 9 | come into the United Sta es if on.y this country will give them | The spectacle | they have been desperately scheming for. y of more than pa--ing notice. nsiderations are worih a chapter by them- seives. If the Chine iil stili be uble to enter the United State by the back-door route o Canada or Mex:ico, or if they | ove, throuzh the agency of the courts of the | at once annexed to the United States along | with the country they may iairly Isy claim to and be found | legally entitled to enioy the possession of as many rights of | c nship as an Indian living in Oklahoma, or the indian | itory, or Nevada. then anv claim made by the Dole Gov- ernment that the Ciinese could beshutoutof the States be- | cause they, the Dole followers, had signed a paper fuil of false preienses, is speedily seen by the most obtu'e to be a trans- parent sham. | The coolness, also, wilh - which Dole ct al. assume that the | Government of China will cilm'y assent to baving their sub- Jjects dealt with in this way is so perfecta thing of its kind that assumption and “nerve” can no iurther go. For, if it shall appear, as it surely does appear, in the light of the fore- going considerations, that the annexation of the Hawaiian Isiands implies the inevitable coming of all the Chinese in the slands to the S:ates, and the Government of this ceuntry, fucine the wrath likely 1o be aisplayed at the polls, and likely to be fatal to any party responsible for the impending menace to American labor, shoud iry 1o placate the people by im- posing onerous snd new conditions upon the Chinese at the islands—some new form of registration, for iu-tance—the men;uuip of the Chinese Government would be surely severely taxed. No diplomatic representations could smooth sway the ugly facts as they would appear to the astute Chinese. Tne Govern- ment of the United States may not reslize th- position between Scy:a end Cuarybdis which the Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands can be instrumental in producing. Bot, as the argu- ment principaily urged io persuade ihe people of the United Siates thai they need to annex the Hawaiian Isiands is that we can only assure ourselves of that trade by annexation, another side of the trade proposition may and must be considered. A3 a matter of fact trade in China and Japan promises a much larger fie.d for Awerican enterprise than the Hawaiian Islands will ever be abie to afford, and siready we have endan- gerea the chance of the goodwill of both China and Japan in this matter. Every traveler points out that among the people evitable conclusion that the Asiatics will in the near futare be- come lar e purchasers of the wares and manufactures of the Uniced States or of Europe; that the time is nearly ripe for an enormous development of railway lines, electrical plants and manufaciuring enierprises. The relative va ue of the trade of Japan would be more fully considered if the pretense that the trade of the islands would be lost to us in the failure of annexa- tion were not such a transparens sham. How can the Chinese be kept out of the Hawaiian Islands if tney are annexed? This is asked as a practical quesiion, and a’prectical and conciusive answer, based on facts, will be needed to show the people that it will be possible. The islands will be an integral part of the United Staies. Any Chinese person who can make it appear that he was ever en- titled io0 enter the Uni‘ed States, as a prior resident or by any vlea, wiil be at literty to make proof of that fact at Honolulu atier unnéxation. Here will e more pickings for a white ring, who can manufacture evidence and fill their own pockets while they are fillling the country with Chinese, with »s much ease as ever the trick was done in the ports of San Francisco, Ta- coma, Seatile or other port now in the territory of the United Stutes. The port of Honoluiu will be on the same stand- ing as any otuer port in the United States. If a Chinese can trick willing dupes mw the lier, for a cash considera- tion, that be is entitled to enter this country, Honolulu will not beab e to shut its doors, and no assurance that the Dole Gov- ernment can furnish can make it appear to the contrary as a fact. There are several ways in which Chinese may now enter the United States. Tney are recapitulated here, that the ques- tion may be fully understood by tue counrry av large. These are: A showing of prior residence on the partof those who succeed in muking it appear that they are other than laborers, Axdip.oma ic or consular officers and missionaries. As mercuants, who prove tleir status by iwo witnesses other than white. | fo.lows with the saying. g 0 | as well as their own As native-born citizens. As returning Iaborers under the trealy negotia:ed by Gresham in 1894, Here are four ways heid open for the Chinese to select 10 get into the United States via Honoluiu. The port of San Francisco is reasonably guarded azainst the admission of Chinese upon frandu.ent offers of proo. [?] The ports of the coun- try to the noriu. on the Pacific coast line, muy also be watched carefuily fo deiect rau s—that is, the ports of the United States on the Pucific seaboard. But just here a turiher quo-ation from the remarks of Cclonel Scharff is pertinent: “Corruption in connection in with the Chinese frauds girdles the continent. Chi- nese who have no right 1o come here are admiited all alonz_the Canadian border, at tue port of New York, at Seattle aud at other poin s aleng the Pacific Coast.” It ought 1o be easy, with at least four ways in which to do it, to commit fraud where fraud may reasonabdly be _Expat".led 10 meet with a favorable recepiion. r;I;e Dole 1eople, in setting up a manifestly insecure plea about the Chinese, natural- ly invite suspicion to attach itself to them, and, as reasonable men, under- sianding the facts as they raust under- stand them, they will have no reason to | complain if suspicion remains until they can make a better showing than they have so far made. The Hawaiian Island planters can use Chinese labor to advantage. Natural conditions have led Chinese 10 go (0 the Hawaiian Islands. The same natural conditions will continue. Chinese labor will be welcomed as iong asit can be used there. This is a cousideration which should not be lost sight of, whils the fact that there be money in smuggling in Cuinese from Honolulu even more con- spicuously looms up. Oace in the Ha- waiian Islands the Chinese will already be in the United States, under annexa- tion. That cannot be too clearly under- stood. The ease with which a Chinese person could prove at Honolulu that he was born at Saco, Me., for instance, or at any otuer distant pomnt in our commoa country, will easily suggest itself to thousands of Chinese. To the eyes of the average person the faces of Chinese are as much alike as cot- tontail raboits. Any c:tizen catied upon to swear that he never saw any particular Cuinaman before might be pardoned for hesitution, especially in view of the fact that nalf a duzen persons—and there has never been a lack of such persons—are willing to positively identify the Chinese person for whose Janding money is forth- coming. Of wbout the same heizht, of the same coinplexion, with the same co.or of bair, and eyes much alike—the remainder it happened, in the city of San Francisco, after a re- striction act had been in supposed force for two years, that thousaads of Cninese, relying on the inabiity of white men to detectasham of the Chinese sort, swarmed into the port, masquerading as merchants, gaudily atiired in borrowed silks, and having it in mind to smuggle in the silks versons, and, as evi- dence of their siatus th.y presented cer- s | tain pieces of paper purporling to be cer- tificates of the Chinese Government. ‘Ihese so-called certificates were proved to be fraudulent, and were repudiated by the Chinese Government. The Co'iector of the Port of San Francisco stopped the “Canton certificate” frauds as soon as norsible. He refused to accept the cer- tilicates as prima facie evidence, and so forced the Chiness to either remain on the ships that brougnt them and re- turn to China, or to sue out writs of habeas corpus and try their luck in the Federal courts. This procedure taught the peo- vle of the Pacitic Coast, and particularly of California, some tricks that they had never dreamed of. A transcript of the proceedings of the United States courts in the city of San Franecisco, for one day only, would te a valuable contribution to this attempt to show just what mav be expected, nay, what will occur at Honolulu, in the eveut of the annexation of the Hawaiian Ts- lands. Day and night the Judges of the muny Federal courts, for a period cuvering months, listened 1o wholesale perjury. The Canton certiticate episode, which was the first organizsd aitempt to break through the thin barrier of the first opera- tive restriction act, led to two general conclusions. The first was the enactment | of a second law, aiso aiming to keep the Chines- out of the conntry who were not entitled to enter; the second was the es- tablishment of & vasis upon which, in a perioa of a few years, 20,000 Cainese, by the pract.ce of unparalleled frauds, man- ed to make their way into the port of San Francisco, by the use of the writ of haveas corpus. Tuat stream would stiil be flowing, un- abated, bad not there been an honest United States commissioner on the bencn, to whom all the cases were relferred afier the pressure upon the couris became so great that they could mno longer hear them, aifd whoso thoroughly investigated the cases before nim that ihe habeas corpls was no longer a favorite instru- mentin the bands of the Cuninese with which to get surreptitiously into the labor market of the United States by way of San Francisco. But before this phase of the Chinese quesiion had been reached the Cuinese | had learned the lesson which they nave availed themselves of ever since. Even fure, becaus of two laws being ineifect- uil to stop frauds, it wasn: cessary io pass a third, the last named bring the exclu- sion act, the tide of Chinese began todrift | more sirongly to the north of San Fran- cisco. First Chinese went there ostensibly “in transit,” but really te break into the country over the northern border. At first tuey were few. Tnen they were many. Now Coloncl Scha:ft finds the frauds of uch startling proportions in the north thut he resigns to escape be:ng connecie.t with a tarce, as he says. In the period wben habeas corpus was daiiy invoked, and many times daily, tue possibilities for crooked customs officials 10 make larze amounts of money by ad- mitting Chinese on marked certificates, the certiticates having been marked by confederates in Cnina; by being parties to the sending abroad of large blccks ot certificates waich would entitle the Chi- nese posses-ors to enter the United States upon presentation of the same; by land- ing Cuinese by stealth, by b.ackmail and by many crooked devices, were iully de- veloped. A golden rain fell upon certain white men, some 0 whom have since acknowi- edged that they often made hundreds of deiiarsin a day. Twice was tne Feieral Grand Jury in possescion of a great array of -facts pointing uvmistakably at great trauds. Twice did the Grand Jury act. Finaliy tue Chinese learned a lesson wh.ch will be of the greatest value to them ii the Hawanan Isiands are aun- nexed, and ot e correspondingly gr-at disadvantage to American labor (Lrough- out the United States, when brought inio competition with fresh hordes of Asiatics. ‘Ihat fresh hordes wiil come, that they will compete to the best of their ablity, and that the Dole people at Honoluiu are iully aware of these and many other perti- nent facts bearing on this most impori- ant issue to the American people, there can be no sbhadow of doubt. One ship some years ago brought to San Francisco over 600 Chinese persons who were found by the Coliector of the Pori not to be en- titled to enter the country. But the Ch nese, persisient as they always are, em- ployed ail the availabie machinery to get landed, and « e resnit was that they, in common with other thousands who pre- cede. or foilowed them, ail came in. According 1o reliable estimates the vast sum ol $120,000 was expended toland ihat single cargo of Chinese coolies. There 1s truly a glittering prospect in easy view ol the speculators i Honelulu. Whether they bad the :oresignt to see that zolden rain would come thieir way from the Chi- nes land when they first schemed to rob the native Hawaiians ol tbe.r country and government does not appear; but in view Oi the imposing extent of this possible bonanza and the care which bas been taken to throw ihe American people off the track in regard to it, the supposition is reasonable that it was all in view, in per- speclive, on the horizon of the golden dreams that were doied out by faitering imaginations of power and peif in no nig- gurdly fashion. - SALISBURY 10 RETIRE ERY SOON Duke of Devonshire in the Race for the Premiership. BALFOUR ALSO AF- TER THE PLACE. And Secretary of the Colonies Chamberlain Will Work for Him. POLITICAL CHANGES ARE TO FOLLOW. England Increasing Her Naval Strength and Eighty-Seven New Warships Are Being Bullt. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL. LONDOY, Oct. 23.—In spite of the offi- cial denial of the Marquis of Salisbury’s approaching resignation of the Premier- ship, belief in its truth is very s'rong in political circles, where it is considered that his retirement is inevitable within a few months. This view of the undercur- rent was confirmed by a Cabinet Minister on Monday, who privately remarked that the Duke of Devonshire had declared that be means to have the Premiership when the Marquis of Salisbury resigns. The Minister quoted added “This means that the candiaates will be the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Bal- four, the latter being aided by Mr. Cham- berlain. The Duke of Devoashire long ago wanted to merge the Liberal-Uaion- ists into the Conservaties, and was only prevented by Mr. Chamberlain, who knew that if it was doue he wouid sink into comparative insignificance. Ther e is not much love lost between the Duke of Dev- onshire and Mr. Chamberlain, and the succession to Lord Salisbury will be a test between them. If the Duke of Devon- shire does not succeed, he will lose con- siderable, as it will} raise Mr. Chamberlain more distinctly to the leadership. Mr. Chamberlain, therefore, will support Mr. Balfour in the velief that should Mr. Bal- four, as Premier, make mistakes, the re- version of the Premiership would go to him, Mr. Chamberiain. The announcement of the coming retire- ment of the Marquis of ESalisbury has gven an opportunity to the press, and even to the Conservative newspapers, to rake the Premier over the coals for failing to smooth the widespreading disaffection in the party ranks. It is pointed out with mors and more force that a leader never permitted things to reach such a pointas when-the Marquis of Londonderry and the General Conserva- tive Asscciation proclaimed their distrust and disiike of the Government’s policy, nor would any previous Ministry have ai- lowed Mr. Chamberlain to carry legisla- tion alienating the great employers from the country, or stiil less permitted his “bi- metallist colieagues to zo unmuzzled and frighten capital out of its wits.” Tuoe appointment of the Right Hon. Nathaniel Lindley as Master of the Ro! in succession to Viscount Esher, while not popular, is a pparently indirectly due to the speech o Sir Edward Clarke early in the year, criticiz ng Great Britain's position in tie Venezuelan case. It is generully understood that Sir Richard Webster, the Aitorney-General, m.ght have had the mastership, but in that case Sir Edward Clarke would have been appointed Attorney-General, and a.ter his remarks upon tne Venezusian case the Government could not weil have intrusied the British case to him. How- ever, if the bar rumors are true Sir Rich- ard Webster will not suffer, for, according to the story, Lord Halsbury, the Lord High Chancellor, will vacit- the woolsack just before the close of the present Parlia- ment and Sir Ricoard w.1l take his p ace. This means a premature pension of £5000 sterling for Lord Halsbury, but the Con- servatives co not mind increasing the taxes when itis a question of providing sumething for a favorite. The special commission to Germany by the corporation ot Manchester, in order to discover the cause of Englina’s industriai decadence, found exiraordinary deveiop- ments of technical education abroad. Alierman Crosstield. a member of the committee, sa:d: “The English workers are half savages when compared with tue intelligent artisans of Germany."’ Councilor Pythian, a member of the Amalgamated Society of Eagineers, re- marked: “The enzines and dynamos made in Germanv put to shame most of the work 1n the English works.”” These are but types of the impression coloring the whole report of the Manches- ter committee, the tenor of which is am- piy confirmed by the multiplying signs of the iliusionary cuaracter of the British pretensions to industrial supremacy. Though the diplomats regurd tue situa- tion in the Lagos hinierland as compii cated and .ifficult to settle the Sccretary of State for the Colonies, Chamberiain, i~ pursuing a forward policy whicn threat- ens international peace.” Tue Marquis of Salisbury was content to negotiate a set- tiement of the ques:ion in Paris; but Mr. Chambertain formed a plan to effectively occupy the territory in dispute while the diplomats were arguing and applied for sixty British cfficers to organize a big torce of Hussars for this service. The American line steamer St. Louis which sailed for New York from South- ampton to-day had on board Pierre Loril- lard, the nor-eman. After spending two years in Europe he deciares he will pass most of 1is time in future on this side of the Atlantic. He will winter 1n a house- boat in Florida,for afier two winterson the Riviera be nas concluded that Fiorida is more heaithy as a winter refort. Mr, Lorillerd wok a gloomy view of the condi- tions prevailing in thie United States, and said to a correspundeat: “Eurcpsan capitalists have :o utterly lost contideuce int e United States that not even Mc- Kinley’s eleciion resssures them. The Eunglish, French and German investor- cannot be persuaded 10 put a cent in United Siates raiiroads or other business wn the United Btates, and have withdrawn their investments except from such in- dustries as breweries. If it were not for the socialist forces the United States would command millions of money now idle in Europe. I do not sece how our rolitics could ve much worse. In New York the Republicans, by keeping two tickets in the field, will return Tammany to nower. "I s Tl Marsha ield o icago sails for N, York on Wednesday nexxfC o The general disposition to increase naval armament can be gauged from the & NEW TO-DAY —DRY GOCODS retretasfastantastastastastastactedelasiacts THE MAZE fratantselaetanteataets ns e O cember 31, as we posi UR LEASE EXPIRES DECEM AVIN to pay rent, and being unable to sell tl!e stoch, fix- tures and lease, we will continue until then. entire stock, fixtures and belongings must go before De- ely refused to renew the lease or continue longer in business in San Francisco. you to come out and see what we have left. save from 25 to 50 per cent on what you purchase of us we will not ask you to call again. less than they can be bought at wholesale. can’t save money at «“THE MAZE.” BER 3!, AND HAVING Our i dosiodts It will pay If you cannot 0 We are selling goods for See if you Fancy Ribbons 8'c, Were 15c. Plaid Effects. $1.50 La Mazeno Kid Gloves 50c. These are Suede Mousquetaires, in sizes 5l and 6. Wuen we carried a e they were never sold under $1.50. Glace Kid Gloves, same sizes, 75¢. Gloves worth from ¥1.00 to $1.7 nis com- prises our entire Kid Glove stock. $3.50 Tapestry Curtains $1.75. They are 52 inches wide, 108 inches long, and in beautifvl Koman Striped Combinations, on aisplay in _ our front show window. A dealer offered is sensational curtain selling. and $7 ment at 25c on the $1.00 of what it Embroideries 2'4c, 3c, 5¢, 7’c, 7%c 10c, 12 If rou are not surprised at the value off:red in these lois you had better ko to a doctor and have your nerves ex- amined, forsomething is surely wrong. Coque Plume Collarettes, 35c, 50c, 69c, 98c. Some grand Neck Coverings for 25¢ on the $1.00 of their worth. Pocket-books 25¢, everywhere 65¢. Veilings 19¢ and 25¢, everywaere 25¢ and 50c. % Sterling Silver Belt Pins 10¢c, worth 25c. Sterling Silver Hat Pins 15¢, worth up o Ster ing 50c. Fancy Silk_Frilled Garters, oxidized buckels 25¢, worth 75¢. Hair Pins, plaid box cabinet, styles, 3c » box, worth 10c. silver Cuff Buttons 25c, worth $1.00 of Cost. Six Men’s White Lawn_Dress Bows, silk elastic ends, 253¢c. Can’t buy them for 75c. Lewis’ Knitted Underwesr, the finest made in this country, in silk or wool, swiss Ribbed worth $1.50. Gray or Whits Wool Ribbed Vests 50c, worth $1.00. or Cotton Hosiery 25¢, worth 50c and 7o¢. These are just as they are represented. srsfrsirsirafesiaciashrsloniaciasirstenirsianiasirahrafesiasiratrchrsiasraeniashrefrafrstrhrsfrsiasiastrsesiasiastrfasirsrsfasirsieastrshesiasirshrsiasirsteciasiasiratociets s Our Millinery Stock at 10c on the | cost up. Some beautiful things left. | assorted | 8L 25¢ on the S1.00 of cost. Gar- | ments from 82.50 to $12.00 0Odds and ends 1n Corsets atan old price, 334 inches wide, No. 50, Romaa Striped | We o | | | | | | | | | us $2.25 for every pair we had. This | £5.00 | 50 Satin Derby Curtains $2.95. | Closing out our Trimming Depart- | | \ | ! Closing Out Dress Goods. (0 ffer a line of 42-inch Tailor Su tings 29¢. If they are worth anything ) for them. Our Dress Goods 50c¢ is ches out hali price of what it me beautiful and was, and there are sh dresses le Cloaks and Suits. This is a beehive of bargains. We can save you lots of mor oun any suit or garmént, and they are Tight up-to-date. We converted our stock of cloths into 26-inch Jackets, in the latest styles, and if aiter you have looked around come to us, and i we can’t sell you we'il give you carfare to go to any other store and complete vour pur- case. That's the confidence We have in our stuff and prices Fur Collars, 9to 11 inches deep, $1.95, anywhere $3.50. B) 2 ) = % Umbrellas, Dresden Handles, anywhere $1.25. Embroidered and Beaded Plush Capes 0, anywhere . 00 The world-beater in Embroidered and Beaded Plush Capes, %5.00, as good s we sold for $10.00. Come and see G @y;‘ e this value whether you purchese or & not. It’sa corker. Black or Ten Caves .50, worth $10 00. 2 Black or Tan J s $5.50, worin 3 $10.00. —T We mean every word of it, and yowll find it out on inspection. These Jakets 33 | aresilk faced. 3 Jackets $7,50, $10, $12.50, $15. = These are Roman Striped and Fancy Sk 33 atural Wool Vesis 95c, | ¥ I THE HAMBURGER GO0, MARKET ST., CORNER TAYiOR ST. AYD GOLDEN GATE AVE, Lined, and y Jucket is worth and cannot be bought under one- third more in the cheapest store in Frisco. All we want is a chance toconvince you. Plush Capes $7.50, $9, $12.50 and SI5. We only want you to see the grand vallie for tue price. That's all we have to e ts to-morrow only You can value tnem at what Onlty one dozen for a flver. Bargains Downstairs. Domestic | They Are Unmatichable in the Dry Goods World. Flannelettes, best quality. 84 . every- d pink, , plaids e 10c and m, in che , stripes, “vard wide Dress Cambries, s s 3¢ >¢ quality, yard wide Percales 2 s Ginghams 25¢, worth 40c. 3 in Table Damask, Tow- 1d Napkins you ever saw or heard tell of. i oo oo o K% ® b o fact that eighty-seven warships are build- ing in Great Britain alone. They aggre- rate a displacement of 318,612 tons. Of these eighty-seven warships thirty-four g0 to foreign Governments. RUMORS OF A MUTINY, The Crew on the United States Flag- ship Baltimore Are at Present Dissatisfied. There is dissension on the United States | flagship Baltimore. The men who were transferred from the ship Independence | to the Baltimore and slated to leave for Honolulu as soon as the ship could be coaled, are dissatisfied, as they have not as yet received shore leave since returning onthe Independence. Many of them have families in this city, and it now looks as though they would have to leave before they are allowed to visit them. Tue men have been on an eleven months’ cruise, and seem tot ink they are entitled to a few days on dry land. The Baliimore is now taking on 830 tons of coal, and at the rate it is being stored away the officers are of the opinion that a week will pass before the contract is finished, The meu work slowly and with- out spirit, and rather bope that their -low work will draw the attention of the officers in command to their wants. Thke Bal more isnow in commission and will leave 4s soon as coaled. It is rumorea that the men are thinking of taking leave without authority, but it 1s boped they will realize the responsibility of such a move and stay with the ship, EAT IS S o UNION LEAGUE JINKS, Music and Song While Away Time Fleasantly, Whenever the Union League Club an- nounces a ‘“jinks” or a social meeting, it is safe to say that the function will be well attended. That was the case last night when the club heid a stag social in its rooms in the Palace Hotel. The Union Leaguers are good fellows, and the affair last night emphasized the iact, for it was more able. The entertainment provided for the gu sts was a splendid one, for besides the feast prepared lfor the nourishment of the inner man, thers was a musical pro- gramme which did not fail to delight ail present. There were songs Ly the Press Club quartet and funny gags and comi: di ties vy the black-faced arti ts, Ro-vorough, Taylor, Vail and Spear. The funny men cracked jokes at the expense and to the amusement of the m-mbersof the club with the facility and avandon of veterans of the burnt-cork Brolf‘essmn. To say that . P. Taylor's song, “She’s My Baby,” was excellently ,:endend *“ain’t no iie,” for thta was proven by the encore. Arthur Spear was guilty of perpetrating some brand-new g-gs, Will Hallett sang a seatimental solo, Sum Tucker rendered a bass song and provoked an encore and there were songs by Mr. Rosborough and Frank Coffin. The second part consisted of songs and recitations, in which the following-named { participaied: Will Hallet, A. Ros- borougu, C. L Dillon, Juliis Kabn, I, Myrtle and some Orpheum talent, The audience was an sppreciative one, and was not sparin: with ihe a »plause, The best of fellowship prevailed lll out the evening. — ———— Will Leave for the Fast, The Rev. Dr. Julius Fuendeling. pas! the St. Marcus German Church, owlsg :firr‘: peated invitations from the irustees of the St John's German Church of Whecling, Va. where the pastor formerly }r-ached, has qe ciced to pay his old conzregation a visit and wiil leave tais city in time o reach W heelin, by the 31st inst.” He has chosen for the lu; ject of hus sermon “Tho Fiftieth Jubilee.” 1o will be gone sbout 1wo weeks, than usually enjoy- | | | { rough- | AT MACKAY’S, $ 3.85 Parlor Tables like the above in Quartered Oak and Mahogany finish-— highly polished — shaped top—French legs—a really handsome piece of furni- ture, $7.25 For a Solid Oak Chiffonier, 2= large size. They go well with our Solid Oak Chbamber Suit.. $22:00 Our KELIM RUGS are a great success. LARGE SIZES. 6x9—89.50 7:6x10—813.50. 9x12—817.50. The rainy season is here. 25¢ ek good Door Mat. 4 I5c For Felt Shades, 3x7. Some special drives in CA. this week, See them. REETS ALEX. MACKAY & SON, 715 Market Street. 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