The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRA SCU CALL ONDAY OVEMBER 15, 1897 NOVEMBER 15 1807 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. .Market and Third sireats, San Francisco Telephone Main 1863. i’l BLICATION Vl)Fl-:ICE ITORIAL RCOMS 517 Clay street Main 1874, SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by ers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. per vear; ver Telephoy THE THE W/ EKLY CALL.. ...One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE. 908 Broadway Fastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE. -...Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC S omuee C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. ....Riggs House BRANCH OFFIC| 9:34 Larkin stre Montgomery streat, corner Clay; 39 llayes street; open until open until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corne ; open untii 9 o'clock. 2518 Missio nth street; open until 9 oelcek. NW. corner Twenty open until THE EARLY WINTER LULL. HAT the business ot the country is quieting down, as usual at the close of the year, is shown by the bank clear- ings, which are steadily shrinking. The gain for the wkole country last week was only 13 per cent, against 22 per cent for the preceding two weeks. This, however, is not an unfavorable indication, as it merely exhibits the invariable decline in the movement of merchandise toward the holidays. The East has thus far this fall fered more or less from continued warm wecther, which has affected all iines depend- enton the usual winter demand. The woolen trade has felt the influence of this unseasonabie weather more than any other line, and the sales of woolen goods have fallen off ma- teriully in consequence. Stoves, fuel, certain lines of pro- visions, etc., have also suffered. But within the past few days the weather has become colder and mercantile circles look fo a better call for merchandise from now on as the result. I deed, this reaction is already manifest in liberal orders from the Northwest, where the aistribution 10 consumers has greatly exceeded expectations. abead of last year, tratlic, The railroad earnings keep a little h shows a satisfactory condition of The consumption of iron is greater than ever before, but new orders are smaller and fewer. In spite of the falling e mills all over the coun- try have orders for three months ahead and are not seeking further engagements. about cu the owing to the recent warm weather, and some lines of cotton goods have declined. Faitures have increased somewhat, country last week being 273, and 258 for th wh off in the demand for woolen goods, The cotton milis, however, are talking tailing production, those for the whole against same week last year. 3 the preceding w xports from Atlantic por and corn, continue heavy, especially of The wool trade continueson a good basis, the sales at Boston thus far this year being 142 0C0 year. This increase issimj The raceipts show au increase of 463,000 pounds. In California the condiiions are sympathetic with those of she East, as we are largely dependent on that part of the country. Thus, ali products which are bought there are quiet, notably woo!, hops, canne! goods, wine, dried fruit, etc. The latter staple continues ve dall as tar as carload lots are con- Dried as the mastern apple t this year, and they are drawing on us liberally The lumber market is in better condition, as the combine which has been in process of formation for some time isnow ssid to be yractically completed, which enables the mills and retailers to obtain advanced rat Hides and leather rale dull, and prices for the former are unsettled, as they have been for some time. whe; pounds in excess of the same time las enormous. cerned, though there is a fair jobbing trade all the time. apples are the firmest thing on the li. crop is deficie for supplies. Wheat has been declining of late and closed the week lower | and d The decline in this cereal naturally affects the other | grains, which are dull and generally low The other farm staples have shown no change of importance during the past week. The financial market is unchanged. supply at the usnal rates of interest. C Money is in good ilections are fair. Warden Hale’s declarat.on that while in the East he ob- served no prison in which discipline was better than in tne institution over which he presides is a surprise. will take issue with the Warden. He has been seeing, and he probably knows what he saw. However, the information that in Eastern penitent aries also the ccnvicts are armed with knives is more than a surprise. With advanced Jdeas prevail- ing there they ought to have guns by this time. Yet nobody Governor Budd is inclined to be an optimist. For some reason not ciear to people in general he seems to think that after a while Durrant will be banged. Itis worth while noting that Durrant not only does not share this belief, but has lawyers and courts at command to sustain any view he may take of the case. %4 jv‘ is a pnrase dear to the hearts of the American peo- ple. It comes down to us from the brave days of the revolution, when we were comparatively weak among the nations of the earth, but not less determined than now to un- hold the honor and rights of our newly founded repubic. In these days “millions for defense’ issomething more than a battle-cry. MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE. ILLIONS for defense, but not one cent for tribute,” 1t has come to have an economic significa- tion. It means business and taxes. This has grown 10 bea very larze nation. it cannot be fortified cheaply. Neither, when once fortified, can its forts and batteries be maintained with a small expenditure oi money. It we are to haye an ade- quate system of defense kept u) at ail times in a propsr state of efficiency we must provide the mililons. Congress, with the approval of all parties in the nation, bas entered upon the work of fortifying the coast cities and Las equipped many forts with heavy guns. This equipment though still incomplete, has already become too vast for our artillerymen to handle. We are now in need of more troops. The sums expended for fortification entailed the expenditure of further sums for armaments, and these in turn requiie further experditures for men. In a letter on the subject to Mayor Phelan, published in Tre CAvr ou Saturday, Lientenant Miley of the Fifth Artillery said To render the armament installed under the present system eff. ¢ ive it will require about 30,600 artillerymen. The artillery force at pre-ent consists of about 3000, but this will probably be increased to 5000 or 6000 during the sessions of the next Congress. This, however, will be only suflicient to care for the guns and their carriazes and keep them in a good state of pres rvation. In =actual service many more men will be needed.” The lieutenant suggests that in the large coast cities a con. siderable percentage of the National Guard should be heavy artiillerymen, and the suggestion to present the besy way to meet the emerzency. Something, of course, must cer- tainly be done. Having constructed the foris and jurnished them with guns it would be folly to omit the work of providing a force capable of handliag them in cuse a war should break out. seems Probably tte story that Huntington is to come out here to live arises from the s mple fact that hie does not intend to do anything of the kind. Huntington regards Culifornia simpiy as his country place. Gold is said to have been found at Purgatory, but some of the Klondike me1al is currently believed to bave come from a NOW FOR THE RESCUE. RATIFYING in every respect have been the results thus G far of the efforts of THE CALL to p-ovide re.ief for the sailors of the whaling fleet imprisoned in the ice of the Arctic Ocean. The Government has responded promptly to the request that a relief expedition be dispatched at once, the offer of THE CALL to provide furs and clothing for the crew of the Bear and for the whalers when rescued has been accepted by Captain Tuttle, and everything is being rapidly made ready for the cruise. The efforis of THE CALL will not end with what has been accomplished. It will be represented on the Bzar by Li-utenant Berry, who will act as correspondent, and First Assistant Engineer H. M. Wood, who will act as photographer. officers will furnish news and'photographs exclusively for THE | CALL and its ally, the New York Herald, and through them THE CALL will be kept in close touch with the expedition at every stage of its proceedings. In this way THE CALL will be able 1o give its readers the earliest and most reliable news of the voyage of the relief ship and make known to them the heroic story of the rescus of the whalers from the icy desola- tions that surround them. From the moment the first reports were made of the per- ilous position of the saiiors of the whaling fleet off Point Barrow THE CALL determined to save them if it was humanly possible. It did not undertake the work as a means of self- advertising. It started no foolish scheme of taking up private subscriptions, nor did it make the silly bluff of offering to con- tribute $2500 and to get $2500 more from a charity baseball game for the relief work, provided other pzople would put up #50,c00. THE CALL went atout the task of providing for the res- cue in the only way in waich it could be accomplished. It presented to the officials at Washington a full and exact state- ment of the conditions of the whaling fleet and pointed out how the crews could be saved. When the Secretaryof the Navy replied that he could seni a relisf ship, tut had no means of furnishing it with supplies without an appropriation from Congress, THE CALL met the emergency by offering to fur- nish the supplies itself. The offer did not m=an that THE CALL would pass around the hat and take up a subscription, nor did it mzan THE CALL would start a bas=ball fak=and run a Sunday gam: for the kind of charity thatis as sounding brass. It meant exactly what it said—if the Government could not promptly provide supplies for the relief of the destitute sailors in the Arctic THE b2 put on board as soon as the Government coull get ready the ship to take them All these preliminary diffi-ultiss have now been overcome. The Bear is being made ready for the voyage with the utmost expedition. W comfort of the brave crew of the Bear and of the whalers who may be rescued from starvation and cold. The best part of the story, however, is that which will be told later when from our corrspondent, Lizutenant Berry, and from our photographer, Engzineer Wood, we heroic work performed. Because the Duke of Teck is in the condition technically known as being haird upa scheme is under way for paying him a large pension. Qi course, this matter is one concerning the English people, and if they desire to clothe a pauper in purple and fine linen no outsider can reasonably object. However, there can be no harm in throwing in the remark that better cumstances, have gone to work. Driving a streetcir or shovel- ing sand are both honorable employments, and the Duke ought | tobe able to recure influence to get a trial ac one or the other. At present he is merely a beggar, without even the excuses that successful mendicants must have. “THE CALL” AND CALIFORNIA. ROSPERITY in Californie, illustrated by pon and pencil, will bethe theme of the “'new era edition” Tue CALL is to issue in December in celebration of the completion of its magnificent home and the revival of trads and industry througnout the State. It is right and fitting the two events should be commemorated together, for THE CALL isin a special sense the champion of the industries and enterprises of Cali- foroia and seeks prosperity for itsell only by serving the in- terests of the commonwealth. The architectural superiority of THE CaLr building over every other ed fice of the kind is recogniz:a not only in San Francisco, where it stands visible belore tLe eyes of all ob_ servers, but in the Easz, where it has been stud ed by & repro- duction of the pians and drawings of the architect. The buiid~ ing, therefore, is one in which the city as weil as THE CALL can take pride, sinc: itis an evidence of the triumphs which our local builders can achieve when they nave an opportunity to show their skill in a work of dignity and magnitude. manifestation of the resolve of the new management to make Tue Carwn the foremost newspaper of the Pacific Coast. That resolve will show itaelf in the continuous improvement of the paper even more effectively thgn in the magnificent home in whien the paper will be housed. Once completed the building will stand virtualiy unchanged from year to year, but THE CALL will go forward from good to better with each succeeding sea™ Its pro:ress will be steadily upward and onward in the service of the pacple of the city, the State and the nation. Since Tue CaLw passed into the contro! of the present man- agement it has given many illustrations of the im vemen ts it intends to make for the benefit of its readers. The news service Las been increased, the ty pographical appearancs made more attractive and a spirit of vigor infused into all depart- These are but the earnest of improvewents vet to be made, for as long as science and industrial art continue to devise better processes for gathering and disseminating infor- mation so long will THe CALL continue to increase in “useful- ness to its readers and to the public welfare. The new cra edition, designed to be the best work of the kind ever issued by a daily newspaper, will serve as a mark of the point of departure of Tue CALL in the new epoch of its cereer. Trom that point the course will be forward without ceasing. There is a wonderful fature before California, and THE CALL wiil share in it, for the proprietor has no interests antagonistic or even alien to the State. To advance the welfare of the commonwealth, to extend its commerce on the seas, to increase its railroads, to develop its resources, to expand its industries, to provide work for its workers at good wages, 10 encourage every legitimate enter- prise of its people, whether public, corporate or private; to gaiber news from all the world and make it known to ali the people more promptly and more accurately than they can ob- tein it elsewhere—that is the mission of THE CALL. 1t is largely to promote the reviving movement of trade and to increase it both in extent and in intensity that the new era edition is to be published. The grand edition is not to be a celebration of the prosperity of Tue CaLL only. All California will be a sharer in it. Every voter will have a copy of it. Al! portions of the East will see it and thousands will read it. It will make known the prosperity of our Golden State, and by attracting to us the attention of home-seekers help to make it more prosperous still. —_— son. ments. One would read with more concera about the illness of Gladstone and Bismarck except for the recollection that such reports have been circulated before, and that the reeson seemed to be to give opyporiunity for spreading a denial. When these two o!d men arc rumored (o be 1n a low state there are grounds for supposing that they feel particularly robust. One “king of dudes’” has shot another making pretensions in the same direction. There are grounds for fearing that the shots will not be fatal, and regrets bccause the shooting was not a mutual affar are freely expressed. Taking the most vlace more distant than that and haider to get out of, bopelul view possible there is still one dude with a wiaole skin. These | CALL would do s at its own expense and have them ready to | To the supplies provided by the Goverment there | Il be added those waich THE CALL will give to increase the | eceive the reports and ths ohotographs | which will show how the rescue was accomplished and the | men than the Duke, uvon finding t! emselves in reduced cir- | The great Lu'lding, however, wiil be only the outward | THE COsST PRE S. Lakeport wants & water-works system and electric iights, and the Bec of that owun is agi- tating both propositions vigorously. It calls upon Lakeport to rise from her present dor- mant condition and put herself in line with Pprogressive communities. A special edition of the Fresno Fzpesitor 's due this week. It is proposed to inform the world, In an intere-ting and attractive way, what Fresno and her progressive merchants and manufscturers are doing. Ten thousand copies will be sent over the nation. On the eighth anniversary of the incorpora- tion of the city of Redlands the Daiy Facts will issue an illustrated souvenir edition of cighty-four pages. A gem of art is promised, and Rediands is assured of & most excell-nt advert'sement from this commendab.e news- paper enterprise. The fiftfeth anniversery of James . Mar- shall’s gold discovery at Coloms, El Dorado County, will be ceiebrated on January 28 vy special edition of the Placerviile Democrat. Outs de of the historieal portions its pag-s wiil be devoted toadescription of the resources of El Dorado County and the inducemeuts which it offers io enternrise and capital. The Juneau Miner announcesa special edi- tion for the 1st of January next. It boasts that“it wiil be an Alaskan newspaper, pub- lished in Aiaska, presenting factsabout Alazka impossible to obtsin elsewhere. Facts hith- erto unknown will be forc.biy prese.ted. As atpresent arranged the edition will contain ten pages or six y columns. The editorial pages will be devoted to Alaska exclusiveiy, aud our needs wiil be stated and remedies suggested with no uncertain sonud.” The Tacoma Ledger issued a Jarge illus- trated jubilee vumber on the eighth auni- versary of the admission of Washington Terri- tory as one of the States of the Federal Union. The paper presents a comprehensive sumary of the growth and material advancemeat of Washington during the past eight years. It san edition of which every citizen of the Evergreen State may be proud, and it will un- doubtedly prove of much benefit to Washing- ton and particuiariy to the “City of Dustiny.” The Lodi Review- Budget declares that if the present pians of prominent citizens of that place do not miscarry a beet-sugar factory will be located there within two years. The farmers have been asked to plant 1000 acres | of beets, “This is a matter which the farm- | ersalore can decide,” says the Review-Budget | “They have the land. Tae price of wheat | may remain high, but that is doubtful. | Torouga all the hLard times the beet-growers | e.sewbere, who gave up wheat for beets, made | big money. Cannot the farmers of Northern | 8an Joaquin grasp an establisned certainty? | It remains with them to reach or fail.” The editor of the Noranoff (Ventura County) Ojai is certeinly a philosopner. His paper is amodel in its way, and 18 successful, as it de- serves to be. He registers nocomplaint against those who may borrow the Ojai instend of subscribing for it, ana here is what he says on the subj:ct: “Most conniry papTs svout & great deal stout the wrong done by such We do not feel that way about it | atall. We would rather heve them as sub- scribing readers than os borrowing readers, ot course, but are glad to know the paper 1s in- teresting enough to chase aiter over to ihe neighbor's. Iu a liletime of newspaper work | we have leurned that the borrower of to-day becomes the subscriber ¢f to-morrow.” The Ojai has just entered on itsseventh year. | borrowers. According to the Ukinh Democrat the great success attained in propagating troutat the local batchery has encouraged the superin- tendent, Cotonel La Motte, to greatly increase his «forts in that direction. *During the past season he has been carefully looking over the surrounding country for a suitable place | to erect wiers and hurdles with a view 10 se- curing more eggs for hatching durirg the coming season. He hes at len:th secared what he believes to be a gocd location; thie is on Outiet Creek, near the mouth of Litile Lake, and he will proceed ut once to erect hur- dles, wiers and an eyeing-house, and here, in company with his assisiant, Harry Mohn, he will take up his residence auring the winter. As s00n As the eggs are eyed they wiil be sent 10 tne hatchery at Ukiah for hatching and the capacity of the hatchery will be doubled for nexi season’s work,” Since its baptism of fire in the early part of the yeer Georgetown has made remarkable advance. The Gazete informs us tbaf, in addition to the rebuilding of ths burnt busi- | ness block, a half-dozen or more subs:antial | dwellings have been erected. “Add to ail of thisyear's improvements the several fine | | dwellings and other builaings which were erected last year, it must be admitted that Georgetown has made a wonderful growth. | Our hotel accommodations are now equel to the best to be enjoyed in any of our large | mountain towns. This growth indicates that | we are surroundea with splend'd resources. and the greates' of these is minin The Gozette urges the local merchants to make strong eftorts in harmony to the end that trade may by kept at home &s much as pos- sible; and it admonishes ths community that i it would prosper coutinuously it ‘‘must cease 1o gruvitate in the mire of petty jei ousies end prejudices, and all pull togetner for u greater Geoorgetown.” NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The engines for the French battie-ship Jena have just been ordered aud will cost #696,000. The three engines will have a col.ective horse- power of 15500, making & cost of $45 per norsepower, which is practically the contract price paid in our navy. The Russian cruiser Rurik arrived last month at Yokohama. in sixty-two hours from | Viadivostock. Although the weather was un- favorabie for fast stenming the cruiser made | the distance of 980 miles at an average speed ol 15.8 knots an hour. The cru'ser to be presented by Spanish resi- dents in the Argentine to Spain is to be built at Havre. She will be oi 1775 tons displece- ment, 250 feet in length, 36 feet beam, and | With 7100 horsepower 1s expecied 1o make & | speed oi twenty knots, The armament will be | ra:her 1i | guns. The Hai-Yung, & cruiser just launched at Stettln tor the Chinese navy, has a displace- ment of 2050 to1s, engines of 7500 horse- power and a speed of niieteen knots. The battery is composed of three 6-inch aud eight 4-tnch quick-firing guns, and a secondary bat- tery of six 1.4-inch Hotenkiss and six macnine guns. The Vickers Company tested a newly de- signed six-inch quick-firing gun October 21, with satisfactory results. The projectile, weighing 100 pounds, started with & muzz e velocity of 2784 teet per second and executed & vower, according to ruling formulas, of penetrating 11}5 inches ot H.rveyized steel armor. Swan & Hunter, at Walisend, builders of the dock for Havana, now on its way from Eng- Iand, havs received orders from the Vuican Shipbuilding Compauy, Stettin, for & similar tloating dock. Itistdbe 510 ieet in lengih, 82 feet wide, 24 lect draught over sill and capable of lifung 11,000 tons. Its coutrset cost is £500,000 and itis to be completed by July next year. The Tartar, third class cruiser ot 1770 tons,has been ordered Lome for refit ing {rom the West India station aiter a continuous commission Of 81X years. She isone of eight of one cla-s Dbuilt in 18¥8, ail of which, except the Serpent, lost iu the Buy of Biscay-about five years ago, have proved very eflicient vessels in the Brit- ish navy. The Yorktown, Concord and Ben- nington in our navy are aimost identical with the Tartar type. The United States Irizate Prestdent, captured by the British in 1812, is still doing service in H. B. M. uavy. Sae s serving es dri Iship jor the royal naval reserve and lies at West India docks, London. The ship al80 serves ns qu.r- ters for neacly sixiy officers ottached 10 vari- ous services The figurehead, representing Johit Adams, is kept tii.hily gilded ana last year $2420 was expended in rapairs on the oid hulk, A correspondent to the Lozdon Times calls attention to a singular but pardonable over- sight made by the book revicwer for the Times in areview of “Roving Commissions.’ An incident is relatd of Nelson, to tne effect that while in chase of Villeneuve's fiees | ght and composed of small clhher} THE MONUMENT HE eyes of her neerest neighbors, Engla airected with somewhat uneasy concern & making toward regaining the proud posit T car and soutbeastern Asia, and by & wise and co jects of the people she 1s ruling. She welcomed of international esteem and gooa feeling. as sho s:gned by their rulers and niliznces abroad, France has not for & m more important work among her own people, love of glory and their pride in the achievemen the part of the Government of aiding and enco not the first, of the nations in power and iuflue herself as one person with s udied and systematic care. To | g thaltedies enues and popu’ations of Alsace and Lorraine she isenlarging her borders in g and meaning “vivais,” and returned his visit in the per of mere torm and ceremony, yet accompanied with such ¢ was written on the hearts of the people of tue two countrics as well But this is not all she has done. While stren dling the hopes of the future by inspiring confidence in t the fires of patriotism uatil in their inspiriting glow the g the events of 1870-71 are driven from every Frenchman’s breast To thisend numerous and extended reviews and ma ¢uy-rs o naval -qundrons in various varts of the country, and the tours made b republic and his Ministers through the different s:ctions coming 1 touch with the peop'e, have contributed not & little. The most potent and the most direct and pointed agency, however, has been the policy on AT GHATEAUDON. nd Germany, huve for some time past been oward the rapid progress th it France has been jon she formerly occupicd s one ot the first, if nc:. To this work France has given To muake up for the lost territory, rev- Mudagas- neillatory policy muking friends and loyal suo- he visiting Cz.r of al. the Russias with hearty son of her President with such nbse ce oraial and mug ificent demonstrations ween the two countries as on the parchment d a wed hattheall'ance pet gthening herself by acquisition of territory oment allowe ! herself to ve diverted from a hat of reawakening their martial ardor aud tx of ner warri rs in the past as well as rekin- he nation and (ts ruers, and fan.ing loom and depression enta:led by ¢ the several army corps and the President of the clos: an | sympathetic uraging the erection of siatues to ind viduat S e SR -~ “THE DEF NSE O ¥ CHATEAUDON.” i heroes or m-numents commemorative of some he war of 1870-71. This year has seen the inauguration of many tioned these to the Dac d’Aumale, General M with the grand monument at Nantes, “Aux Mor defe In his inauguratory address Admi-al Basnar Faure, who has brea present eitner in person o significance: “‘All honor to you, citizens of Chateaudon, | they expect the reawakening of national sentiment refny goratea by the misfortunes of & ¢ uniry conquered but not despairing. This title, ‘The Deiense of Chateaudon,’” was well worthy of 1nspiring the chisel of the grand artist “It speaks to the eves and above all to Chateandon in ruins, overwhelmed with her mi wild, but dreaming only of struggle and veng. and dying. of Chateaudon in 1870, dedicated on October 18. This megnific:nt group, which is here copied from *Le Monde Iilustre,” is of pure white marble, the work of tae eminent seulptor, M. Mercie. ince in the presenca of & young so dier siricken It says that the struggle continues and mature ege does not despair of victory. is & grand evocation of the spirit of sacrifics and of love of couatry.” notable evidence of valor and patriotismo- | such testimonials, among which may be men- Mirihe!, Marshal Canrobert and Sadi Carnots ts pour la Patrie,”” and the latest, that of the d, Minister of Marine, representing President | r Dy proxy at all these events, said with lively who here show to your fellow-countrymen that t to whom we owe this baautiful monument. the heart. Itsays, and witn what expresion, sfortuue, her garments 1n tatters, her lock It he was informed of the enemy heaving in signt, at which, it was said, Nelwon | evinced the highest satisfection and gleefully | rubbed his hands. The incident referre! 1o occurred in 1805, and eight years prior the Admirs] had lost his right arm, consequently | it woula be impossibie, as the correspondent | poi 1ts out, for Nelson to rub his hands. Marquis Taigo, Minister of the Japanese | Navy Department, has issued notices naming the six new vesselsin course of construction | athome and abroad. The battle-shipof 15,000 | tons, buflding in Eugland, wili be named Asakl; two first-c'ass cruisers, each of 9800 tons, building in Germany and France, are named Yakuma and Adzuma; wwo first-class | crusers of 9855 fons eacn, building in Eng- | land, will be known as Asama and Tokiwa, and a torpedo gunboat of 1200 tous, building at Yokosuka, is called Chihaya. Four second-class cruisers, named Arrogant, | Furious, Gladiator and Vindiciive, are in va- rious stages of completion at British doci virds. They present quite a new departure in naval desigi ana appear to be chiefly in- tended es rams. They are each of 5750 tous | displacement and 320 feet in length, but th: | foreloot has been cut uway for a distance of | 50 feet, while aft the cutaway is 53 feet, mak- ing the length of keel only 230 feet. Tiials show the typs to be very handy and able to turn in a circle of their own length as di- ameters. Thoir great speed of twenty knots will enable them to deliver an irresistible blow in ramming, and the hulls have beea buiit and strengthened with this particular object in view. At & speed of twenty kuots | the force of the blow wouid amount to80,- 357 foot tons, in comparison to wh eh the projectile of the 110-ton gun at 2000 yards, | amounting to 20,000 to 25,000 tous, appears | insignificant. PERs3 NAL. W. H. Thomas, & mining man from Nevada, is at the Palace. | R. Gracey, a bank director and lawyer of | Merced, is at the Grand. George McLemon of S:attle, ing at the Cosmopoiitan. J.R Partain and wife of Chicago are regis- tered at the Cosmopolitan. W. H. Wiendfeck of Red Bluft, a merchant and jeweler, is at the Grand. Judge John F. Davis of Jackson, Amador County, is & guest at the Palace. J. E. Murphy, a merchant of Stockion, is among the late arrivals at the Grand. Fred Erickson, & railroad contractor, resid- ing in Jumestown, is reg.siered at the Grand. Mrs. Tohomas Flint, wife of Dr. Thomas } Flint of San Juan, arrived at the Grand yester- day. Senator William M. Stewart of Carson, Nev., arrived here yesterdsy and is staying at the Palace. W. H. Hollenback and C. E. Travers of Fresno are among the recent arrivals at the Cosmopolitan. M. Bisgs Jr. of Oroville, late State Senator and the owner of several ranches and some mining property in Butte County,is & guest at the Grand. A. E. Morgan and H. B. Bradley, members of ash., is stay- [ Ina m: | just been married. | Judge. tucky,”” are guests of the Occidental, regis- | tered from Greater New Yor, ICAGO. CHICAGO, Nov. 14 —Atthe Great Northern— Joseph Martin, John Haglen, J. E. Henry and George H. Eberhard, S«n Francisco. Welling- ton—Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Shapard, San Fran- ¢'sco. Leland—A. P. Halinill, Los Angeles. Auditorium Annex—Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Brown, Miss Florence Brown, Oskland; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Perse, Mrs. A. T. Cram and child, San Francis-o. THE WIND AND CALIFORN.ANS IN C TnE LEAVES The wind is fate, The leaves are men— They are b.own along for a littie space, At then A few emerge and tumble ale: Over uni over aud over again, deniny :ace And here and there One loiges and clin s1n a 'onesome place, Tntil, at last. buz a single leaf Whir.s ouward in:o the f.r Somewbere. And the many tea’-men that are left behind Gather in c.usters here and there Ana are whiiled about by the willful wind,* And, at lust. when the great white quilt is sprerd, And alisover and done i hey stieutlv ie and slowly ro’, Eaca on the barren iittle spot Where 1t troubles were begun. K1ser in C FLASHEs OF rUN. Young Bride fon the train)- I do hope that the passengers wou't fina out that we have He—I can fix that. I'll go into the smoke Wreen we near a tunnel Harlem Life. 1 kissd her on the peachy cheek; She frowned, us I cou d see; * Ch. maiden.” said I, “prithee, speak And 54y you pacdon me!” £ha turned her pretty face away And bit her i ger tips, Ani then I heard her sweetly say: “ What's the ma.ter with my .ips 2" —Chicago News. Weary Willie—DId dat foreign nobleman dat commitied suicide shoot himself troo de head? Dusty Doormat—It don’t say. Simply says he commitied suicide by shooting himself in his bitatub. Weary Wil ie—Well, dat means In his stum- mick, in course, Foolish, ioolish fellow|— She looked him straignt In the eyes, “What are you thisuking of 2’ he ked ten. deriy. “Lwas thinking,” she replied, of infintty. AsIgazed into yeur countenance I was re. minded of the far-off depths of space.” “Really?” “Yes. Space, you know, is such an immense vacency !”—Washinton Star. “Kind sir,” faltered the begear, “won’t you give a hungry feliow $10,000?" *“No," answered tue mun, brucquely. “I daresay you wouid at once spend i for a glass of cheap beer.” In the Kiondike, as elsewhere, charity was kind and endured much, and all that, but 1t | NOTES AtOUI NOTAELE In arecent lecture Pro.essor Bergmann of Berlin stated that in fif iy cises of perforating the skull for epilepsy he knew of only one permanent cure. A Darmstadt paper anpeals toall Hessian women (0 contribute towsrd a monument to be erected (o the late Grand Duchess 1 Hessod the Princess Aiice, who was the dau hter 0 the Queen of E giund aud a fayoriie with | Eaglish peopie. * Colone' John P. Thomus, the new State His- torian of South Carolina, is cerryine on the work begun by his predecessor, the late era. Forle , of preparing for pubiication the roster of a1 (e soldie nhe PuimettoBiate who served in the Conied -rate erm Miss Estelle Peel has been successful as Su- | perintendent of Pubiie Instruction in Wy | ming. She hascnarge of the leasing and sell- ing of ali the school lands, aud under her administrat on the income of th from this source has grown from $100 16 $1000 a week. 2 Dr Buchner, the A rican trav broke rom the highest poiat on Mouut Kilmand- jaro, one of the miglhtiest mountains jn Airic a piece of ruck, which he prusented to German Emperor. The Emperor now us mo! n sumimnit &s & paper weight on Wrftingideska 0 bida s ANSWERS TO CUKRE « ONDENTS. er, Har be prescrvea by simply allowing it to dry. PICTURE—S., City. The paper inquired about is “Picture and Art Trade,” published in Ch cago, 1L Dire.t your commuuication to that pRper. W., Vallejo, Cal. look over the files of ke )y for severai mouths past you will formation you szek xbuut Hawaii. Hawan—T. K. and W., City. Thomas d’Arey MeGee, Who was an h journalist in Gre! pii.ain, the United States and Canads, W Kkined €t Ottawa, Canada, April 7, 1863. MCGEE PHRYNE'S PROTEST—Can any reader of this depar ment el woere may be found a poem entitled “Phryne’s Proiest,” pubiished 1a a San Francisco paper several years ago? THAT DIME AGaIN.—J. K, San Rafael, Cal. This deparimeut has a number of times nounced that there isno premium on a dime 01 1894, uniess it is one that was coined in San Fraueisco in that yesr. NEW YORK PaP C M., Oakland, Cal. For the in.ormation about the New York pa- pers mentioned you should apn y to some of the newspaper agencies in the Merchants’ Ex- change building in this ¢ty 3 B. H., Monterey, Cal. If your mure is uffected with a swelliug on the breast vou ought to call in the servicesof a veter- inary. This department cannot advise you of the nature of tiie swelling or what produced 1t A. THE RELIEF EXPEDITION. Pinole Times. Without being st all sensational in concep- tion the splendid work of the San Francisco CALL in stirring the Navy Department to ac- tion toward the relief of the ice-bound whal. ing fleet in tae Arclic S-a rauks with the greatest feats of newspaver accomplishment, Aside from THE CALL's liberal guaraniee of the expenses o the expedition .the magnifi- cent energy exerted in_rousiug pubiic senti- ment to utility as an effeciive ieverage upon tue Cubinet stands monuwmentsl to the influ- enceof & hum directed press. At its word the Gordian knot o: ofticial red tupe has been cut and succor put praciically on the way for 300 herdy American sailors whose lives in the direst jeopardy. Every hu- mane breast in this country w.il beat with the hope that ihe effort will too late. FOR SOUND, not be already EALTHY MINDS, Oakland Enquirer. The San Francisco CALL is to be congratu- lated on the way in which it hss haudied the Durrant case. While the Chronicle was giving the wa:med-over DUTrantsensation two paces a day and the Examiner was giving four pages THE CALL was avle to iell the stiry in hull puge, n .d 01 an ius de page ut ihat. liere are people who would rad four pages of Dur- rant stuff; they are pzopie abnormai minds, and there 1S D0 Teason Why & newspa- per shouid be run for the benefit of irenks whi.e there are so mauy other people of sound and healthy m nds. IN TRE FRONT RANK. Placer Republican, THE CALL has just ¢ mpieted ar whereby 1t is to iucrea-e its news s iving hereniter the full dispatcbes of the New Yo k Herald. T:is comoination wil p.ace THE CALL in the front rank of newspapers. gements ice by CALIFORNIA glace fruits,50c 1b. Townsend's.* T EPECIAL INOTmALION ALY lo manufacturars, busiess houses and public men by the Prosy Ciipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Morntgomery. e “They are claiming that these chainless wheels will run essier the more they are rid- den.” Yes. That's why I mean to buy one. I'll ride it for a year, see? And then sell it for more than it cost me.”’—Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup®” Has been used over fiity years by millions of moth ers for their children whilo ith perfecs success. 1t roothes the child, softens the gums, i lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels end is the best remedy for Diarrheeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Lruggisis in eve rt of the world. Be sure anl 8tk 10r Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25caboitia ———— CornxADO.—Atmosphere fs perfectly dry. o and mild, beinz entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Hound-trip tickats, by steam- ship, iuciuding fifteen days board at the Hotel i3 Coronado, $60: longer stay §2 50 perday. Apiy 4 Dew Monigomery s'reet. San Francisco, or A, ‘W. Bailey, manager Hotel del Coronado, late of Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Verdi hates hand organs, and at Monicalieri, where he summers, he gets rd of the instru- ments of torture by hiring all in the district and storing them for the season in his home. The ninety-five which he suppressed last sum- mer cost him $300. y NEW TO-DAY. If your children are well but not robust, they need Scott’s Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil. We are constantly in re- ceipt of reports from par- ents who give their children the emulsion every fall fora month or two. Itkeepsthem well and strong all winter. It prevents their taking cold. Your docto- will confirm this. The oil combined with the hypophosphitesisa splen- did food tonic. soc. and §1.00, all druggists. BCOTT & BOWNE Chemists, New York. [ e Bl el &, '~ (7 4/& had to be carefu..—Detroit Journal. e ——— the theat:icul company that opens u season at the Columbia to-night with “In Old Kern. : i Lows_ _hure:.uuuu cougu syrup cures bronehitis, price 10c, 417 Sunsome st * | Rad 5 way's Ready Moscieare2y Reltet for Sprains, Brutses mps, Burns, ~unburn, Back .:., !yl.'.'dnlfif" Toot hache, knu.;:,.nufi.?wu migin. Lo-wbaco. Internally for ail howel paisa nrrhsa, dysentery,” chelera morous, sed Vickness nauses, etc. Al ruggiste