The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1897, Page 6

THE AN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESD NOVEMBER 2 1897 OVEMBER 2, 1897 JOHN Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. DisPRE'CKELSPmmi:tar. PUBLICATION OFFICE o 710 Market street, S8an Francisco Telephone Matn 1863. EDITORIAL RCOMS 517 Clay street lephone M THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this city and sur:ounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE 908 Broadway EASTERN REPRE NTATIVE, DAVID ALLEN, Rm. 188, Wor!d Bldg. Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 339 Hayes str: open unul 9:30 o'clock. 613 open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and 518 Mission street; open open until 9 o'cleck. 1303 NW. corner Twenty-second Polk stre an n 1o, A REFORM SUGGESTION. HE difficulties in the local Democratic party, which have culminated in the abpointment of a new campaign com- mittee by Colonel W. P. Sullivan, chairman of the general county committee, gives us another opportunily to mora ize upon the impropriety of resorting, even 1n making Democratic poliitics, to the Central American method of government. Of course, & quarrel in the ranks of the unterritied is none of our b Our interference in any such matter may justly be resented on the ground that whatever the event we canm, as a respectable Republican newspaper, have no interest whatever in ness, But we remember not long ago that Mayor Phelan dis, missed the Board of Supervisors very much as Colonei Sullivan As from has now dismissed the Democratic campaign committee. Mayor Phelan and Colonel Sullivan imbibe Democracy the same fount—that is to say, as Colonel Sullivan is Mayor Pnelan’s secretary, and as they comprise one soul with but a ¥ single thought—it is interesting to inquire whether or not the law of the local Democracy sustains Colonel Sullivan in his at- tempt to Mexicanize his party as completely as the statute law sustained Mayor Phelan in his attempt 1o Mexicanize the city. Evidently Colonel Sullivan and Mayor Phelan think alike on this subject. Taeir idea of reforming governments and parties is to seize them by force. If the law stands in their way it is merely bad for the law, but it makes no difference to them. The supreme court to which Colonel Sullivan’s action must finaily be submitted will be the Democratic General Com- wittee. This body meets on Wednesday or Thursday evening of this week. Itissaid that the colonel is no more anxious to face the issue before this conrt than was Mayor Phelan in tie case of the Board of Supervirors to face 1t before the State Su- preme Court. Having the “‘works'’ he is perfectly contented to let the deposed statesmen howl on the outside, satisfied that his appointees will reform the party and put all of Boss Rainey’s men to flight. On the other hand, in imitation of the *Solid Eigh:,” Mr. Rainey is said to be yearning for a hearing before the General Committee. He thinks the law is on kis side and be wants it vindicated at once. ‘The on!y point of public interest in all this, aside from the fact to which we have §ready referred, that the hearts of Mayor Phelan and Co'onel Sullivan beat as one on most subjects, is that there is a considerable number of political gentlemen in this city who bel eve 1n revolution as a means of achieving re- form. How many there are addicted to this thought we do not know. Where they get their idea is also problematical. So far as we are aware none of them were members of the *Vigilance Committee of 1856. Mayor Pbelan and Colonel Sullivan, at any rate, were too young to have'participated in the delibera- tions at Fort Gunnyba:s, But, bowever this theory may have originated, it 1s our opinion that it should be eradicated before it has completely taken possession of the youth of San Francisco. The Mexican- izing process leads 10 anarchy, and any kind of government is preferab.e to a chaotic government. We do not exactly hope that Boss Rainey will beat Colonel Sullivan in this matter; we bave Leard that the boss is a very bad man, and that in his bands the Democratic party will give us an even worse government than it gives us when under the control of the reformers. But we note with pain that whenever it becomes neces ary to vindicate and uphold the law the duty either falls upon a political boss or a “solid”’ Board of Supervisors. Would itnot be a gcod idea for the Democratic reformers to occasion- ally aprear before tlhie public in the Fole of law-abiding citi- zens? It might help them in politics, Apparently yellow journalism is not pleased with the expla- nation of the Union Yacific matter made by McKenna, which is something not to be wondered at. Theexplanation explains. Not only this, but it makes the yellow fellows so ridiculous that they caneven realize it themselves, and they squeai and squirm like prowling pigscaughtunder a gate. Theonly faultto be found with Mr. McKenna is that he went tothe trouble to tell these traducers anything about it, knowing that in anything he might say they would find material for fresh abuse. Without desiring to interfere with the affairs of Santa Rosa iz may be remarked as evident that the town is infested by some miscreant who 1mpresses the casual observer of events as being much in need of being hanged. This thing of trying to abduct girls quickly becomes monotonous beyond the point of endurance. The man who dived eighty-five feet into the surf at the Cliff House Sunday showed corsiderable of the quality known as nerve. As adisplay of intelligence, however, any such feat must be rated as an absolute failure. Rev. C. 0. Brown’s hint that he may becomea newspaper reporter shows that he overestimates Lis ability, He might geta jobin yellow journalism, but this is different. CHARLES FRANKLIN SMURR. B\' the deatn of Charles Franklin Smurr the Southern Pucific Company loses another of those earnest and faith- ful workers to whom it owes so much of its success during the period when it was built up from what was regarded as a spreulation to be one of the greatest and most important prop- eriies in the world. Though comparativelv a young man (he was but 48 years of age at his death) Mr. Smurr was in the service of the South- ern Pacific for twenty years and belonged to the group of strong men Senator Btanford gathered around him to administer th~ complex affairs of the great business of the company. Despite his comparative youth, therefore, he was associated with the generation of Southern Pacific managers that is now so rapidly passing away, and in bis special line. of work was not inferior to any among them. The story of his life is the simple one of success attained and afair fortune achieved by the practice of the rule of fideiity to duty, of doing well all that was given him to do, and of mastering the details and the governing principles of the work in which he was engaged. During the time he was in the €ervice of the Southern Pacinic he filled, in the course of his ad- vancing career, almost every position in the offices of the com- pany, {from that of clerk to the high and responsible position of freight traffic manager, which he held when he aied. The record of thislife contains better lessons for the youth of the land than can be found in the lives of many who were more brilliant and more widely known. The path by which he attained bonor end esteem in the community is one which can be followed by every young man who has a_clear brain and honest heart and the will to make the best use of them. He was never aided by good luck. Chance brought him nothing. What he won was gained by honest work honestly done. He rendered service to the community as well as to the corporation with which he was identified, and California has much to. re- gret in the death that has carried him away in what shonld Lave been the prime of his life. [LABOR’S PROTEST AGAINST COOLIES. OS ANGELES workingmen have been notonly among the first but among the clearest and most forcible in ex- pressing the opposition of American labor to the scheme for annexing Hawaii with its hordes of coolies. These men have seen in California the ¢ffect of Chinese competition upon the welfare of wageworkers of ths white race, and are not willing to rob the Hawaiians of their country for the sake of opening a way for the Chinese to enter our country. In & letter to THE CALL, published yesterday, M. M. McGlynn, a member of the organizing committee of the Council of Labor in Los Angeles, points out that there is not a single cogent argument for annexaticn that does not smack of robbery, actual or premeditated, and declares: ‘‘From the viewpoint of a wageworker on the Pacific Coast, Ican but protest against the addition to our already overcrowded labor markets of some €o,0co or 70,000 cheap wageworkers. And no one can or dare deny that this would be one of the first re- sults of annexation.” Captain F. B. Colver, editor of the Labor World, Los Angeles, who has given to this sutject much study and careful thought, declares in a communication to THE CALL : It should be the settled policy of this Government not only to carefully watch at the Golden Gate, but at Hell Gate, so that the pauper labor of Europe and Asia is not dumped upon our shores. Why annex a territory in which no American workingman can successfully compete with three- fourths of the population of an island so far from our shores, and who have no sympathy with American ideas and customs, and who are illiterate and dangerous? | say, emphatic- ally, no! It would be folly to suppose that these expressions repre- sent the sentiments of labor in California only. The interests of all American wageworkers are the same on thisissue. The menace of coolie lator is better understood on this coast than in the East, but wherever it is understood the voice of the wageworker is against annexation. Captain Colveris fully justified in asserting the opinion that *the 1,4c0,000 men in the ranks of organized labor throughout the United States would be a unit in opposition to annexation if they but knew the facts of the case.” As the time approaches for the meeting of Congress the workingmen of the country will become more active in oppos- ing this scheme of grab and cheap labor, which is being cun- ningly exploited under the guise of a patriotic movement for the extension of territory. Workingmen can be deceived some of the time, but not all the time. This question has now been before the . country long enough for the people to see clearly all that is involved in it, and as a result popular oppo- sition has become so manifest that the promoters of the pro- ject would never dare to submit it to a vote of the people as a whole. We cannot impose our Government upon the Hawaiians against their consent without violating the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the spirit of our political in- stitutions. We cannot make this aggression against a weak peopls without diminishing for all time to come the force of our protest against similar acts of oppression by other nations, We cannot do this wrong without inflicting upon ourselves the wrong of exposing our workingmen to the competition of the coolies in Hawaii and subjecting the growing industry of sugar production in California to that in the islands. Is it any won- of their country and devoted to the welfare of American labor, should protest against a scheme which threatens injury to all ? There are several peculiar things in connection with the “expose’* of the Union Pacific plot. In the first place the | exposing was all done by the New York World. Alone, unas- sisted and tireless, it attended to the whole business, and it is not ashamed to say so, either. Strangely enough the Journal did the same thing, and it, too, modestly proclaims its prowess asan exposer. Just how the two accomplished so remarkable a feat is far from clear; indeed little short of miraculous. To make the matter the more a mystery the fact is plain that there was no plot, that there has been no exposure save that of yellow ignorance, and that the papersin question have had on the adjudication of the affair precisely the influence that a pair of flies, alignt on the wheel of a locomotive, might have on the speed of a train. A CHANCE FOR PRISON REFORM. IT will be a misfortune for the State if the di-cussion of priscn reform begun by Tue CALL in its review of conditions at San Quentin, and augmented and intensified by the con- troversy over the reform schools at Whittier and Ione, should be allowed to pass withont leading the public mind to some definite conclusions in regard to prison improvement in Cali- fornia. From the old maxim, “In time of peace prepare for war,” it is an easy iuference that the time to prepare for good legislation is in the peaceful off years, when no party politics disturbs and no Lezislature is in session to require watching. 1f we are to have prison reform at any time in the near future the campaign of education on the subject cannot be entered upon too early nor carried on too vigorously, There is no nzed in this discussion to raise personal issues nor to blame this man or that for existing evils. According to the consent of ail who have studied the question with impartial minds the system is wrong. The personal equation is, of course, an important factor in this as in everything. Under one man almost any system will be mede to work good results, while under another even the best system will prove ineffect- ive. Itisnot, however, the personal management that is most defective in any of our prisons, and there can be little question bat what most of the sins of omission and commission in prison management of which the people rightly complain are traceable directly to the rules and regulation under which the management is carried on. According to Chief of Polica Lees a considerable part of the failure of the prisons to either reform or repress criminals is aue to causes that lie even farther back than the prison regula- tions and the prison system. He sttributes much of the evil to the inequality of the sentences imposed by Judges upoun con- victea offenders and suggests the establishment of a board to equalize sentences in much the saine way that taxes are equal- ized, so that the criminal will be punished in proportion to his crimne and not at haphazard as at present. In a multitude of counsel there is wisdom. The more thoroughly the subject is discussed from all points of view the nearer we will be to the attainment of some definite conclusion of practical value. Itis clear that California is bel:ind the age inthe science, or, at least, the practice, of penolozy. Some- thing ought to bedone in the interest of all parties. Our present system is a complete failure either for punishment or reform. It will be no difficult task to devise improvements on the con- dition at present, and it should not take us long to do so. —_— In the name of charity yellow journalism has turned many a thriity trick, but seldom one quite so palpably fraudu- lent as its baseball tournament. People were a little slow to realize the real charac.er of the scheme, but they know all’ about it now. Yellow charity is.aptnot only to begin at home, but together with the proceeds, to stay right there. It would seem that the Chinese 2xclusion law is regarded by some people in authority as having been contrived for the purpose of promotiug the -influx of Chinese. Just how they tigure this out is of course beyond the comprehension of a layman, who stiil clings, 1n his ignorance, to an ancient idea that a law means what it says. The Police Juage upon whom falls the duty of sentencing a man, so called, who, alter chsining a horse, beat the animal nearly to death with a hoe, should bear in mind that this sort of aman cannot be outside of jail without the fact causinga ieeling of nneasiness in the community. There would be genuine camfort in hearing somebody say that any one of ti.e State'’s rglorm institutions was being run 1n the interest.of someb>dy pesides the ones ruaning it. der that intell'gent workingmen, proud of the high traditions | | cious metal. | caught in the riffis of sluices, but thousands PERSONAL. C. R. Tillson, a jewelsr of Modésto, is at the Lick. State Senator J. H. Seawell of Ukiah is at the Grand. C. E. Roberts of Suisun is at the Cosmo- rolitan, Dr. Wakefield of Sun Jose is visiting at the Occidental. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Flintof Sen Juan are at the Grand. State Senator H. V. Morehouse of San Jose 18 at the Lick. Dr. W. H. Davis of Detroit arrivea at the Grand yesterday. Dr. W. M. Johnson of Santa Cruz is regis- tered at the Russ. F. 8. Winsinger, a dairyman of Freestone, is at the Occidental. J. Sweeney and F. Kelly of Tacoma, Wash.,, are at the Cosmopolitan. Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Spohn of Corpus Christi, Tex., are guests at the Palace. C. W. Clough, the well-known journalist of Salinas, is at the Cosmopolitan. H. R. Wright, a commercial travaler of Port” land, Or., is at the Cosmopolitan. A. F. McPhail of Lompoc, formerly a livery- mau of Santa Barbara, is at the Grand. A. M. Rickert, a miuing man from Rossland, isin town and has a room at the Grand. Martin Winch of Portland, Or., a breeder of thoroughbred horses, s a guest at the Lick. illlam Niles, a rancher from Los Angeles, isstaying at the Occicental with Mrs. Niles. R. M. Hurd, formerly of New York and now of Seattle, arrived at the Baldwin yesterday. R. Mainwaring and A. F. de Rutzen of Lon- Eug., are among the latest arrivals at the e. V. F. Hateh of New Bedford, Mass., isamong the guests that arrived at the Occilental yes- terday. * George E. Dilvisen, one of the biggest mer- chants of Sacramsnto, is a lawe arrival at the California. Dr. W. J. Nelson of Boston, wno is interested insome California miues, is a late arrival at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Eyre, Miss Eyre and Rob- bie Eyre have leit their Menlo Park home and taken apartments at the Palace for the winter. Ex-Sena‘or and Mrs. A. P. Williams returned last night from a tour of the large Eastern cities and have taken apartments at the Palace. L N. McQueston, “Father of the Yukon,” who has been here since his return from Alaska, left last night on a business trip to New York. Mr. and Mrs, H. Morgan Hill and Miss Diane Morgan Hlll returned here last night from Paris, where they spent the past two years. They are on their way to their old home in Santa Clara. Mr. Hill and his name are well known in Santa Clara County. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gray arrived here yes- terday after completing their bridal trip and will reside in this city. They were married in Victoria, B. C., on October 25. The bride, who was Miss Hilda McLaughlin, is the daughter of J. H. McLaughlin, assistant receiver-general at Victoria. The groom is a native of San Francisco. Both were students together for several years at Stanford Universit, from which the bride was graduated in 1896. J. B. Donner, the recently appoinied super- intendent of telegraph of all the liunes of the Soutnern Pacific Company, arrived here yes- teraay from New Orieaus to assume charge of his new duties, with S8an Francisco as his bheadquarters. He will pass on tbe quaiifica. t10ns of operators, and will conduct ali cor- respondeuce with the Western Union Tele- graph Company. Mr. Donneris a self-made mau and has since boyhood risen step by step in the profession he represents. He has been with the Southern Pacific since 1880, when he was a car-checker. In 1892 he had risen to superin ¢ dent ot telegraph of the Atlantic system, with headquarte's in New Orleans, where, according to newspaper accounts, he was very popular and will be greatly missed. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—At the Imperial- T. M. Crane, C. E. Hayes, Miss A. Neilson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ottinger, E. S Churchill; St Dents—L. McMullin; Astor—H. L. Perrine, J. Rutherford; Gilsey—F. L. Orcutt; Metropole— A. Wunch, H. Robinson; Holland—O. T. Sewall; Hoffman—H. Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Easterbrook arrived on the Fulda from Genoa, Mrs. Hasiinger and Mrs. Schmidt ar- rived on the H. H. Meier from Brem~n. Hiida Brown, Johann Jachens, Sistar Pia, F. C. Siebe, Sister Seraphina, Mrs. Louise Schiller and also Miss Anna Guldee of Sacramento ar- rived on the Saale trom Bremen. A. E. Loesser is here buying. THE LET.ER. dy wrote to me— Ana u tangie of j:syamine vines! O the letter my lady wrote to me— Lsit in my room &nd see ‘The salls on the ships. and ber red, sweetlips, In the letter she wrote to me! O the letter my lady wrote to me— Here s the word she missed ! And here Is the word that was never heard On the lipe ier 1ips have kissed! And the letter my Iady wrote to me Cloae to my heart shall by Tiil the judgment day—when I drift awsy— Lite ot my life, from thee! —Atlanta Constitution, A PROBLEM OF THE PLACERS. Washingion Post. ‘A great problem ip placer mining,” said W. A. Salter of Californis, “*has been to fina a method of saving the finer particles of the pre- The coarser ones are easily of dollars of fi1e gold go to waste in the sand and gravel *‘One of our Western men Is the inventor of & machine that will no doubt solve this prob- lem and put an end to the loss. Itisin the shape of & cylinder and ojerates on the prin- ciple ot centrifugal force, with a heavy iron shalt extending through the cylinder. On tne shaft are three copper bowls, and facing the shafton the interior surface of the cylinder are many cmaller bowls covered with mercury. In the tiree large bow's is pliced the gold- bearing gravel, and the revolutions of the ma- chine throw tie finer gold against the small bowls, where it comes in contact with the mer- forming #n amaigam. “Itis estimaied 'natone of these machines will save from $200 to $300 a aay, but if it does only one-quarter as well itis a splendid invention and wiil add immensely to tne world’s stock of gold.” A BIG BIT OF CHALK. A sheet of chalk more than 1000 feet in thickness underlies all that portion of Eng- land which is situated to the southeastof a line crossing the island uiagoually from the North Sea at riamborough tead 1o the coast of the English Channel in Dorset. This mas- sive sheetof chalk appesrs again in France and Iar east as the Crimea, and evenin Central Asin beyond tne Seaof Aral. There can be little quesiion that all these now isolated patches were once connecied in a continuous sheet, which must, theretore, have occupied a superficial nrea of mbout 3000 miles long by nearly 1000 broad. And to think that these enormous deposits are made up of the microscopic remains of minute sea animals. GOOD IDEA LONG IN COMING. New York Sun. Until witiin & few years spirit-levels were made with perfectly smooth sides, and there was more or less danger of dropoing them in carrying them about. Half a dozen years ago somebody thought of cutting a groove or chaunel in the wood on each side of the level, 10 make a handhola. It may seem strange that noboly haa thought of this sim- ple device before. but apparentiy nobody had- The man that did think of it got it patented, and now levels are made with this {mprove: ment. —_— iINCREASE OF POPULATIONS. During the last sixty-five years the increase of population has beeu: In France, 18 per percent; Austria, 45; Italy, 48; United King- om, 63; Germany, 75; Rus<ia, 92; British colonies, 510: United Siates, 626. —_— THE SPIRl OF ’'76. Itdianapolis Journal. Foreign Governments will find that the United States is more ly cosxed than co- ] erced. They had bet it et don.’ better try reciprocity than CAMPBELL V The door is open. No, 1 dare not stete positive'y that the door is open, but the door was open When last I | ERSUS BARNETT; Or, IS THE DOOR OPEN OR CLOSED?| sawit. It's remaining open depends upon the weather, which is!} changeable, and upon the masculine temper, which is also change- able, and upon the bodily condition of two men, which is changesb.e as well, Iam assured that the door shall remain open. Iam also assured that the door shall be closed. Iam bound to believe both statements, for they were made to me with all the force thatsincerity and determination lend. Mr. Camp- bell’s vigorous young body straightened portentously as, looking to- ANSWERS TO CORRESFONDENTS. TrE BROOKLYN BRIDGE—H. M., Oakland, Cal. The Brooklyn (N. Y.) bridge was commenced Jaonuary 2, 1870, and was formally opened May 24, 1888, ELEVATED RArLwAay—H. M., Oakland, C_Bl, The New York elevated railway, of which the Ninth-nvenue rosd is a part, was com menced in 1867, and the road was opencd in "’ 1878. i AN AccroENT oF LoNG AGo—F.S. B, City. Thomas Burns was run over bv a (ru:l;‘%!;:eedr v P : Co., » n }"’néii'.'.’,a Eu'l‘t’elfl l‘)‘u ’fgé'm;rgx‘.jvg ‘ot tne 25ih of Mareh, 1884. s FLEA BITES—G. G. F., Pacheco, Contra Costa County, Cal. Moistened Licarbonate of soda ward the open door, he said: ; “IU’s open now, and it shall stay open.” ously quiet voice: “It shall be closed ; I'll see that it's closed.” And Mr. Barnett took his hands from his pockets and desieted from leaning against the side of the house, while he said in a daager- So, with the Lest and most credulous intentions, I find myrelf in a state of uncertainty as to the end of the momentous affair. open and closed. Try as I may, I am unable to imagine the door as both If 1 decide that Mr. Campbell has prophesied correctly as to¢he unfolding of the future, my ear reminds me of the dread solemnity with which Mr. Barnett piayed the Sybil. If, in my mind’s eye, I see the door closed, memory bids me not forget the gleam in Mr. Campbeli’s keen gray eyes as triumphantly he looked at the open door—the token of his triumph. The result is a mental veriscope of swiitly opening and slarmingly closing of that same famous door. The question is, wiil the door survive till the end of the month, when Mr. Barnett shall move and leave Mr. Campbell in undisputed possession of his ofice—and the door? It may be that you are not iamiliar with the history of the door. It was told—that is, the account of the skirmishes and batties of the first great campaign was given in Judge Joachimsen’s court last week. But the decisive action, the final siruggle, the Waterloo of Campbell or Barnett—Campbell thinks he knows, Barnett thinks he knows. The other tenants in Campbell’s office, the typewriter, the bookkeeper, the clerks, the messengers, and even the occasional visitor—all know the end and are williug to bet on it. But the odds vary so distress- ingly trom opening-door time to closing-door time that Iam not pre- pared (o advise anybody as how to place his money. My own—but that’s quite a different story. “IVs just this way,” explained Charles J. Campbell, real-estate agentof 224 Montgomery street. “Iam the sole lessee of the entire premises, and I sublet a portion of my office to other parties, among them Barnett, editor of the Commercial Bulletin. you see.” Mr. Campbell waved a hand in explanation. that door open. #He wants that door closed. And it shall stay open,” he said in determined parenthesis. There is but one door, as I want “It is my door; the place is mine, and Barnett, nor any other sub-lenant bas the right to assume control over it.” ““There was trouble, then, I conclude?” “Yes. Ifound the door closed. Iopened it. He closed it and Iopened it. Iwant that| further consideration.” Now, I call this unfai Now, who is in the ri to prevent a Judge from “He,"” sald Mr. Barn festly, itisn’t kind to further tefog one whose mind is a chaos of opening and closing doors by the addition of yet auother unsettled problem. “And how was the case decided "’ I asked Mr. Barnett. “The Judge fined Campbell $10,” he answered, with a sweet, slow note of triumph. fine Rear? Or is it possible that he did botn ? Ifa door can be both closed and open, what is door open 8o that the air shall be fresh back here”—Mr. Campbell’s office is in the rear—“and for business purposes, too. People are mcre likely to come in when the door is open than when it is closed.” Iliistened sympathetically to this fresh-air fiend, with his young, athletic body, his clear eye and his fair mustache. I decided inwardly, then, that the door was likely to remain open. “He came for me, and—and I claim—there’s some dispute about who struck first—but I say he kicked me, and then I promptty knocxed him down. But the question of who struck first hasn’t anything to do with it. Is my place, my door, and I want it open.” “What was ihe end of the story ?’ Oh, 1 was arrested for battery.” And—and is the case dectded?” “Yes. The Judge dismissed the case—sald it wasn’t worth any ir ot Mr. Campbell—or of Mr. Barnett, as the case may be. For, mani- ght—the Front or the Rear? Did the Judge dismiss the case or did he deciding a case in two opposite ways? ett with & nod to the rear, where sat his landlord, “he’s an athlete; applied to a flea bite has in many cases re- ll?:}\)‘ed an individual of the pain following a puncture of the flesh by one of the b.ters. SAN FRANCISCO's]POPULATION—F. J. B., City. The population of San Francisco is estimated atthis time at 335,000, and according IF) the estimate of other cities of the United States it ranksas tenth in population. According 1o the census of 1890 it ranked as eighth. THE DaRoTAS—C. O. K., City. The principal cities in North Dakota ar Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Bismarek, Grafton, Wahpe- nd Valley City. The prineipsl ton, Pierre, Aberdeen, Huron, Waterton, Lead City, Deadwood, Mitcnell and Rapid City. A MINERAL VEIN—Mining, Carters, Cal If the land inio which a vein is formed runs into ground that lad previous to the discoy- ery of the vein been deeded by the Govern- ment to the holder, the discoverer of the vein on adjacent tegritory wouid not z:(.;eu[lulenggm» 3 piivate prope - Hividual To whom ihe land Eud been deeded. That is the generai rule, but as the case {s not clearly stated in the letter of inquiry the mat- ter ought to be referred o the nearest land oftice. CALIFORNIA CrTIES—C. O. K., City. The popu- lation of cities in tne State of California at this time is very uncertain, for the reason that there has mot been a late censustaken. It mey be stated, however, that the cities, ten in number, having the largest population rank as follows: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ouk- Jand, Sacramento, San Jose, San Diego, Stock- ton, Alameds, Fresno and Grass Valley. Drvorce—H. A. 8, Cit, In an action for aivorce in the State of California if a defend- ant is out of the State service by publication must be for at least two months, and notless than once a week. 1f the residence of the defendant is known a copy of the summons must be mailea to his address. If there is no answer a judgment by default may be asked for, but that cannot be done until a reasonable time has clapsed. Tue time is determined by the court. Crrizexsuip — J. D. B., City, This corre- spondent writes: “The father 1s English, the mother French, and while sailing from France to the United States on a French vessel a child was born to them, thatis before reaching United States terriiory. It was the intention at the time of the parents to become citizens of the United States. Was that child a French citi- zen?” Thechild was a native of France ana was a French ciuzen, remaining such uniil the father became a’ citizen of the United Stutes, for the naturaiizaion of the father car- ries with it the natu.alization of the minor children if lLiving in the country at the time. Section 2172 of the Revised Statules of the United States says: *‘Tne children of persous I'macripple. Ihaven't used my right arm since I was a child, My office, as you see, is right in front, and when it’s cold or raining or windy I want that door closed. AsIsit here and write all day and am right in frout I feel the cold more than he" — Front nodded his head toward Rear—'does. I want that door shut when it's cold. When it's warm or pleasant I don’t mind. But when its cold”’ (he caught my eye straying toward the open door and added with quiet emphasis)—*that door ehall be closed.” 1listened sympathetically to this member of the guild of scribes, Although he’s sn older man than the real-estate agent; although Front has wrinkles while Rear has none; although Front leaned back while talking and Rear sat np straight and aggressive, yet there was something convincing in those quiet, deliberate words. I deeided inwardly then that the door was likely to be ciosed. “He,” wenton Front, with a contemptuous avoidance of names, came here that we shou!d have a s'ove in the office when it was cold.” “Rut who Is to blame for the fight ?”” I asked. ‘he promised when I before: down here after me.” to the good of others. ena financially to the ju “He goes to the Olymbie Club. gle took place up here by my office. Tne words seemed straugely familiar, He’s a fighter. You can see who is to blame, for the strug- He came for me clear from down there,” Onh, yes, it was Rear’s voice that had said a moment “The struggle took place right hers in frontof my counter. You car see that he came “Now, I want that door closed,” went on Mr. Barnett, “and it shall be closed—but I'm not the only one that wants it closed. The other tenants object to its be« ing open, and I'ik see that they shall have it closed.” Iso’t that beautiful unselfishness ? Butno more beantiful than the kin1 forethought of Rear, ever anxlous to minister to the comfort of his tenants. “The other tenants object to having tne door closed. They want and I'll see that they have it,” said Mr. Campbell. €o, really, when one comes to analyze the situation, it is not petty, ill-tempered struggle between a stubborn man and an obstinate one. I mustconfessthat I bad a mistaken idea when I went down to sce these two men about their Puny War. I thought to find two peo- ple who hed not Jearned the great lesson of civilization—compromise. air, Instead I found two men, seeming prosaic, business-l1ike men; but in | the small erea of an office, to reach which one must descend a few l steps below the pavement, there 1s the heroic spectacie ol brave men devoted to principle and Do you suppose Front really cares that the door be closed exceot from an unselfish desire 10 make others comfortable ? Do you iancy for a moment that Rear insists upon the door’s being open for his own sake ? One might as well believe these two grown men willing 10 sacrifice ihemselves physically ggernaut, “Having His Own Way.”’ One might as justly attribute to them the qualities which make a passionate, headstrong child rush blindiy on to punishment and a balky horse endure agony rather than oney. A holy stillness reigns in the offics at 224 Montgomery street, fastid iously careful not to leave the door open behind them it it was closed; not to close it if it was open. The casval visitor or those who enter on business, all unaware of the significance attacned to that drend door, are watched narrowly, so that not the smallest evidence of partisanship shall go undetected. It would not surptise me if Reer, in his determination to conquer, removes the door from its hinges. I should not be st all amazed if Frontis reported to have nalled that door closed. The greatest generals have resorted to strategy. In the meantime the door serves as a barometer for the rest of the business men in that partof town. It marks not only the atmos- pheric pressure, but it foretells and is evidence of storms, material and mental. As the stock market is rather dull at present those business pugilists, the bulls and bears, have iaken to watching the opening and closing of the door. now of Rearstock, now of Fron'. outcome, but upon the aspect it may present from time to time. Clerks pass in and out, Fortunes will be made and lost, as in the old days when the Comstock was in its glory. Shares will be sold short, and bulls will inflate the values, Messenger-boys will ve kept busy running up to 224 Mon gomery to report the present status of affairs, and bets will be made not only upon the finai | At last accouats the sohd business men of Montgomery street, as well as the more enterprising ones, were discussing the advisability of connecting tne seatof war with the restof the world by means of a special telegraph station, and in the near futurs it is probsb’e that voolrooms for the sccommodation The door is still open. Later—The door is closed. Latest—The door is open. of the wagering public will be opened in every large city of the Union. i MIRIAM MIGHELSON. FLASHES OF FUN. I pever shall love again,” he cried; “Ab, yes you will,”” said she; “A year from now you will wonder how You cou'd ever have worshiped me.” He went his way—when a vear had passed He nad learned to loveagaln, And it made the the girl who had senthim hence “As mad as a se:iin’ hen.” —Chicago News, “So she jilted you?” ““Yes, and then married my son, who is de- pending on me for everything.”"—Judy. “One touch of nature, you know, old man—" “0f course, of course ; but you're notnature, and censequently I refuse to be touched.” Thus the promptness with whica he saw the point saved him.—Chicago Post. “I see,” said the shoe clerk boarder, ‘‘that there is a king in Africa who has been drunk for fifteen years.” “That,” said the Cheerful Idiot, “is what might be called a soaking reign.” —Indianapo- lis Journal. Love Is a grand sweet song, E'en in the case of ner Who can’t love (o the tune of any thing less Than $10,000 per. —Detroit Journal. “Why is it that Chumpley s!ways buys an- uther new gun at the opening of the game season?” “‘Becanse the one he had the year before mnever killed anything.”—Detroit Free Press. Figg—But what possible objection cou!d the order have had to electing Colonel Jones as ancient patriarch? Fogg—Oh, the majority of the members thought the duties of the place demanded a younger man.—Judge. MONEY IN ABUNDANCE. Indianapolis Journal, The fact that the Government of France pro- wvoses to reduce the interest on its vast volume of bonds from 3 to 2}4 per cent pro that mon‘a‘y ‘Was never so pientiful at the pres- ent time. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. | Rey. Thomas Ewing Sherman, the priest son of General Willlam Tecumseh Sherman, says that his duties have compelled him to travel over 100.000 miles in the last two years, When Goethe was first in love he went into the forest, selected a beautiful tree, engraved thereon two hearts united by a scroll, and re- ceived jrom the forester therefor a sound thrashing. Within one week Peris shelterea thres mon- archs—King Alexandria of Bervia, King Leo- pold II of the Belgians and King Chulalong- | korn of Siam. All three maintained the strict- estncognito, i Hon. James G. Bailey, whom the Republi- cans of Kentucky nominated2ior Clerk of the Court of Appeals—the solitary gencral officer to be chosen at the coming election—is only 29 years of age. Judge Davis, a cold-blooded iconoclast and antiquarian of Plymouth, Mass., actually says that he does not think the Mayflower brought over a single armchair, for it was a iittle craft of only 180 tons and carried 101 passengers besiaes the crew. Dr. Pea y8 London Knowledge, has eom- pleted the process of grinding and polishing a gigantic disc of glass over sixty-one inches in diameter, on which he has been engaged more than two years, By the aid of this mirrora hair can be seen at a distance of 1,000 feet, and the reflection of the moon at the focal point would be absolutely blinding. The proposal to crect & memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson in Edinburgh, his native city, has led to the formation of a committee, headed by Lord Roseberry. Among the other membersare Messrs. Sydney Colyin, George Meredith ‘and J. M. Barrie, An American bra:ch committee has been formed aud s cir- cular issuel appealing for subscriptions.” The memorial is to. take the shape of a ‘“'statue, bust or medallion, with such architectural or sculpturesque accompaniment as may be de- strable.”” who have been duly naturalized uunder any law of the United States * * * being under the age of 21 years at the time of the natural- ization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof.” CHEAP AND SILLY. Pittsburg D spatch. While the alien ownership of farms isnota satisfactory feature, the fact is that it does not include 2 per cent of the arible lands in the United States, while, except in the Sou:h- ern Stetes, where the relics of the slave-nold- ing era are still found in tne land systems, over 80 per cent of tne farms—and practically all thuse producing wheat—are ctltivated by the owners. The assertion that foreign laud- hoiders get the benefit of the Wheat r se is, therefore, the product of & cheap and siily im- agination. BIG FIGURES. Baltimore American. There are over 450,000 miles of railway in | operation in the world, and, aceording to | Robert P. Porter, the ceatury will close with | over 500,000 Of the present number, just | about onc-alf are in this country. The cost | of railronds ail over the world, thus far, has | been §36,685,000,000, and it is estimated that | the stieet ruiiways cost $2.500 000,000. The a1lroads employ almost 5,000,000 of pevple. hese are big figures, but the ruiiroads repre- | sent a vast interest in the worid’s wealth. | CONVICTION MAKES CONVERTS, New York Times. No man can carry another away by the torce of an enthustasm which he himseif does not feel. You may counterfeit emotion and make people weep real tears at the sight of your sham ones, but you caunot produce the kind of conviction that makes couverts, either in { politics or religion, unless you have first con- vinced yoursell that whai you say is true. A MICHIGAN INNOVATION. Kansas City Star. Now that the potato crop is harvested Goy- ernor Pingree has tackled the railroads, and will force them to comply with the new law in Michigan which compels them to seli mileage tickets for $20 good for two yeurs and without the 1uss and feathers which formerly made them valueless to the purchaser. THE £AME OLL EXCUSE, Cleveland Leader. The Queen Regent of Spain smokes an aver- age of thirty cigarettes a day. We understand that she does this only because the King has a great fondness for the pictures that come in the packages. e — SHADES OF T JEFFERSON. €L Paul Pioneer Press. 1f Thomas Jefferson is keeping tab on all the different kinds of Democracy that refer them- selves to him in these days, he must wonder what sort of chaff got mixed with the secd he planted. —_— CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ ib. Townsend's.* S el e st i) EPECIAL Information daiiy to manufacturars, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. * s e NEW frames, new moldings, new lamps, new tabies, new leather goods, new pictures and. new stationery. kEverybody cordially invited lo see the new hings. Sanborn, Vail & Co. 741 Marke t street. b ———————— Thomas F. Pendel, & quiet, unobtrusive man, now visititig Boston, is the sole surying mem- ber of the bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln. 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