The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1898. Address All Communica PUBLICATION OFFICE ........Market and Third Sts. S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS........ 217 to 221 Stevenson stree Telephone Main 1874 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.. OAKLAND OFFICE Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON (D. C. OFFICE veeeeoo... Riggs House €. C. CARLTON, Correspopdent. - One year, by mail, $1.50 BRANCH OFFICES--527 Montgomery street, cornar Clay: open until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes strest; open untll 9:30 o'clock. 62! MoAllister street: open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Misslon streets; open until 9o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. 143 Ninth street: open until9 o'clock, 1505 P open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets; open until 9 o'clock. o] AMUSEMENTS. other Goose. AUCTION SALES. By Killip & Co. Ness avenue, —Monday, Jannary 10, Horses, at corner Van CK. HE YEAR just closed is an admirable illustra- THE CLOSE OF THE BUSINESS YEAR. I tion of the benefits resulting from a wisely framed protective tariff. The first half was dull and profitless, and there was a growing cry that the Republican pa failed to keep its promises of good times; during the latter hali business was larger than ever before in the nation’s history. The exports greatly exceeded the imports, showing that the country sold more than it bought. Mills started up on all , the wages of operators were increased in many localities, railroad earnings showed a pronounced increase over the preceding year, and the leading industries, such as woolen goods, iron y had 908 Broadway ! K strest; | and steel, boots and shoes, etc., enjoyed a demand | never equaled in previous years. As for the wheat trade, it was phenomenal, the exports being enor- mous and the price very profitable. The shipments of merchandise to foreign ports during the first eleven months of the year exceeded those for the same period in 1896 by $86,000,000, and for 1895 by $242,- 000,000. This showing ought to satisfy any reasona- ble man of the benefits of a wise tariff. But apparently the zenith has not yet been reached. Shrewd observers predict a still larger trade in 1808 All indications point in that direction. Dealers in many lines say that stocks in jobbing and retail hands are small and buyers are even now nibbling at the markets in 2 way that presages activity after the new year gets well going. There has been no pro- nounced decline in prices, and most commodities are more than holding their own in this respect. Wheat keeps up, which means a good deal, not only to the farmer, but to the whole country; and, in fact, al- most the entire line of farm products are selling at remunerative figures. While it is thus seen that trade throughout the country is on a satisfactory basis a glance at the state of business on this coast will show that it is not behind the rest of the nation. The wheat crop . was large in this State, but in Oregon and Washing- ' ton it was phenomenal; and in all three States the prices were so good that the wheat growers found themselves in clover again. Many of them not only paid up old liabilities, but carried over a surplus, something they have not done for some years back. Hay, which is so closely allied to wheat that it fol- lows that cereal up and down, has been selling better than for a number of seasons and bids fair to sell well this year. The demand for farming and min- ing implements has been exceptionally good, and from present indications will continue so. The lum- ber trade, too, which was in the dumps a long time, has recently become more active at an advance in prices, which, while not sharp enough to inconveni- ence the consumer, meant a good deal to the pro- ducer, and owner of timber land. Ship-building, particularly the construction of small craft, has re- ceived a remarkable stimulus, in which the demand for tonnage for the Alaskan tradé has been no incon- siderable factor. The tremendous business in wool last spring and summer is still so fresh in the minds of all that it needs no comment beyond that, that when buyers are so eager for wool that they buy it on_the sheep’s back they want it pretty badly. Yet millions of pounds were purchased in this manner. The cattle raiser, too, came in for his share of the profit in the rise in beef and the advance in hides and leather. During the latter part of the summer the provision trade was so active that the packers were put to their trumps to fill their orders, and the wholesalers reported that they never had seen such a business before, not even in the palmy old days which the forty-niners talk about. And so it has gone, all down the list. Everybody has done well. The farmer has emerged from his long eclipse and has money to spend once more. The merchant again feels the satisfaction of the tradesman when goods go out of his store about as fast as they come in. The capitalist has no fear that with the exercise of ordinary caution in putting out his funds his interest will not be forthcoming in due season. The wage-worker has lessdifficulty in find- ing employment, and when he gets it it is more per- manent. When times are brisk more men are needed, and here is where the workingman is benefited by a healthy state of trade, to say nothing of the better wages he is likely to receive. One of the best signs of prosperity at the moment is the fine condition of the savings banks of the State. Fhere are fifty-six of these banks and their resources on November 30 were in round numbers $148,100,000, against $142,400,000 on the same date In 1896. This shows a gain for last year of $35,700,000. Taken all in all 1897 was not a bad year, but 1898 bids fair to make an even better record. John Wanamaker says his daughter is not to marry the brother of the Khedive. As the Wanan®ker family is not only civilized, but decent, his word will be accepted without question. If Durrant refuses to receive clergymen who de- cline to express belief in his innocence, there is a probability that little of his remaintag time will be deyoted to receiving spiritual advice, FLOURISHING CALIFORNIA. OLDEN, bountiful and splendid was the show- G ing made for California in the annual review of the State published by the Chronicle yesterday. The statistics of the net results of our productive and commercial industries are of a nature to confirm the optimist in his hopes and confound the pessimist in his despondency. They effectually attest the vigor of the business energies of the commonwealth and prove that even under existing conditions Califor- riane are rapidly carrying their State to the foremost place in the Union. The fact that so'much has been accomplished when each man works for himself alone and when discords prevail in the ranks of almost every trade and pro- fession is the surest proof of what can be achieved when the people work together, and the energies of the city and the interior are combined for the general good. The success attained in the construction of the Valley Road and the benefits flowing from it are icct lessons in the value of co-operation. That lesson has been learned. The intelligent people of the city are now ready to unite for the upbuilding of 1e State, and when our contemporary publishes its wal next year, it will have an even better array atistics to show the progress of the State. The review of the year made by the Chronicle serves to emphasize the importance of a fuller and more elaborate treatment of our mining and allied industries. This will be done in the grand Golden Jubilee edition The Call is now preparing. In that cdition will be given the most complete and thorough account of the mines and mining industry of this section of the Union that has ever been published. it is to appear January 23, and will be an attractive 2nd interesting feature of the Jubilee and the mining exposition. It will thus complete what may be called the holiday journalism of the year, and in the wide field it is designed to occupy will be by far the most notable production of the season. C nent and gratifying contribution to the sub- jects of New Year congratulations by pointing cut in a clear and impressive manner the gratifying tesults obtained from the revenue features of the new tariff. The monthly treasury reports have K made known in a general way the increasing returns from custom duties, but we arc indebted to Mr. Dingley for the most authoritative and definite statement of the conclusions to be drawn from them. In the first place it is noted that the revenues de- rived from the tariff have increased with each month of its operation. The revenue was only $10,000,000 In August ($7,- ©00,000 from customs, in consequence of the large importations between March 1 and July 24 in antici- pation of the new tariff). © It rose to $20,000,000 in September ($8,000,000 from customs), to $24,000,000 in October ($0,750,000 from customs), to $25,- 000,000 ($9,750,000 from customs) in the short month of November, and now rises to nearly $28,- 000,000 in December ($11,500,000 from customs). Another important feature of the statement is the 1ecord showing the increase of revenues for Decem- ber over those of the corresponding period of the vears of the Democratic tariff. The receipts this ar o INCREASING REVENUES. ONGRESSMAN DINGLEY makes a perti- vear, excluding the amount received from the rail- road sale, were $26,105:000, leaving a surplus to the Government of over $1,736,000. The receipts for December, 1894, were $22,000,000. Those for De- cember, 1895, were only about $20,000,000, while in December, 1896, they were even less. Good as have been the results of the operation of the “tariff in the past there is every assurance that those of the future will be better. The large impor- tation of foreign goods under the Democratic low tariff early in the spring forestalled the coming of the protective tariff, and as a consequence it has not yet been fairly tested. As these goods are consumed new importations will be required and there wiil be a corresponding increase of revenues. Taking all things into consideration, Mr. Dingley cstimates that the revenue derived under the new tariff from this time until the close of the fiscal year will exceed the expenditures. In other words, we liave reached the end of the period of deficit. From this time on the income of the Government will be equal to its needs. There is even an assurance of a surplus sufficient to pay off the Democratic deficit and wipe that blot from the books of the mational treasury. THE POSTAL REFORM BILL. HE persons and corporations profiting by the T abuses of the existing postal regulations are showing no little activity in mustering an op- position to the proposed reform urged by Congress- man Loud. Their organs in various parts of the Union are incessantly misrepresenting the reform bill, and where they do not openly denounce it they endeavor to excite objection to it by innuendo. Among the strongest opponents of reform are the publishers of trashy novels and books more worth- less or more vicious still, and the publishers of so- called newspapers who circulate thousands of copies of advertising circulars under the pretense that they are sample copies of legitimate newspapers. Both of these classes of publishers are injurious to legitimate trade. There is no reason why the pub- lisher of a book on “The Fistic Prowess of Pompa- dour Tom,” or a treatise on “How to Be a Pirate or a Yellow Journalist in Three Easy Lessons,” should have the privilege of circulating them at the expense of the Government while the publisher of a standard work by a reputable author has to pay heavy postage. Nor is there any reason why any person or corpora- tion should be permitted to circulate advertisements at less than cost. It is truc, The Call will lose something by the adop- tion of the proposed amendment prornibiling the sending of sample copies as second-class mail mat- ter. The Call has recently issued a grand edition of 350,000 copies and is soon to issue another large special edition. It is an advantage to have these papers admitted to the mails at second-class rates. Nevertheless The Cail recognizes the justice of the objection to such practices and heartily advocates the reform. The Call does not seck its profit at the expense of the taxpayers, nor does it admit the right of any other corporation, institution or person to do so. The Loud bill is honest, it is economical, it is just. It is imperatively needed to put our postal affairs on a basis that gives equal rights to all and special privi- leges to none. The measure should be enacted at this session of Congress, and the friends of the people should be resolute in urging it upon their Representa- tives in that body. S Had the public been consulted in the matter, it would have suggested several additions to local ferry service more necessary than “rigid economy.” In this particular department of transit the lack of econ- omy had not been noted. \ NOW FOR WORK. v 'HE HOLIDAYS are over. The compliments T of the season have been passed to and fro, and all the frolics duly enjoyed. Now we return to business. To-day we begin in earnest the work of the new year. The opportunities for improving our conditions are many. It depends upon ourselves how we will profit by them. First and foremost we must make preparations for the Golden Jubilee and the mining exposition. What is to be done for these enterprises must be done at once. The shortness of the time allowed for the work does not admit of delay. Contributions for the Jubilee parade should be made liberally and made this week. As the parade is to serve as an intro- duction to the exposition all citizens should take a pride in contributing what they can to make it a pageant truly representative of the triumph accom- plished by California in the first fifty ycars following the discovery of her golden treasures. Along with the work performed for the Jubilee and the exposition must be that carried on for the pur- pose of bringing to San Francisco the Alaskan out- fitting trade. This work has been well begun, and is well advanced, but should be pushed forward. The trade resulting from the rush for the Yukon gold fields is to be the most important commercial boom known to the Pacific Coast for many years, and it will be our own fault if we do not reap a rich and perma- rent profit from it The conditions of the State are of a nature to encourage enterprise and business activity among its people. The record of the fiity years-since the dis- covery of gold has been one of the industrial won- ders of the age. Though one of the youngest of the sisterhood of States, Califdrnia is already first in the production of gold, raisins, prunes, borax, beans, oranges, wine and fruits. It is second in the pro- duction of nuts, wheat, lumber, barley, hops and honey. Its soil is the’most prolific and its climate the most agreeable in the Union. All the achievements of the past, however, have hardly more than prospected the resources of the State. Despite the number of articles of necessity or luxury in the production of which we lead the Union, California is virtually an undeveloped coun- try. There remain in every section of the com- monwealth as good opportunities for capital and labor as any that have yielded fortunes to energy and thrift in 1he years gone by. To exploit these as far as possible is the duty of the time. Let us begin the work with seli-confidence and mutual harmony. The year begins as a season of promise and will end as one of glorious realization if we make the right use of our advantages and opportunities. THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. USSIA’'S steadfast advance to a position R of dominant power on the Asiatic coast of the Pacific is rapidly bringing her face to face with the United States. The two nations whose develop- ment has been the most formidable factor of inter- | national politics for the past century and whose friendship has been one of the remarkable features of the age, are at last to confront one another on a scene where there is likely to be a conflict of interest, for both desire trade with China, and the probable outcome of the situation is one that will be sure to engage the thoughts of statesmen in every part of the world. The old prophecy attributed to Napoleon that in the coming century the world would be either Repub- lican or Cossack has been often recalled. All the cir- cumstances attending the history and progress of the two nations tend to increase the impressiveness of the prediction, and to encourage belief in a fulfiliment almost literal. The reorganization of Russia by Peter the Great in the early part of the eighteenth century was in the latter part followed by the erection of the American colonies of England as an independent nation. Thus the two powers began their political career almost at the same time. Their remoteness did not long keep them from exerting great influence on European affairs. Both took an important part in the deter- mination of events during the Napoleonic wars, and since that periol.‘l both have grown so great they have almost passed beyond rivalry on the part of any other nation. In the course of progressive development the re- public outstripped the empire. We reached the Pa- cific coast while Russia was still confined to the wild steppes of Central Asia. We constructed our trans- continental railway before she even dreamed of one. Slowly but surely, however, the giant despotism toiled after the swift democracy, and now Russia has not énly a strong position on the Pacific, but is con- structing a railway which will connect it so closely with other portions of the country as to make it one of the most important features of the empire. The present crisis may not produce a war, and probably will not. When this is settled, however, another crisis will come. The national life of China seems_exhausted, but the commercial and industrial life of the Chinese people has such wonderful possi- bilities that all the progressive nations of the earth are eager to gain advantages there for their trade. In such a condition of affairs one crisis will be set- tled only to make way for another. Sooner or later the law of the survival of the fittest will do its work and the strongest will win. Who can doubt that the strongest will be Russia? -When the period of Russian supremacy in China comes we will have to negotiate our interests in the Orient with the Russians. Then will come the test of our friendship with that country. Then will it be de- cided whether the republic and despotism can agree to divide the world between them on amicable terms, or whether they will grapple in an irrepressible con- fiiet and fulfill the Napoleonic prediction that the world of the future shall belong to one of them alone. e ———— So many curious things happen at San Quentin that the mere circumstance of a convict’s sending out a prescription calling for a quart of alcohol might not attract much attention. Doubtless, however, there are penal institutions in which a prisoner is not ex- pected to diagnose his own ailments, nor write the prescription therefor. The odd feature of this case is that the paper should have been written in Greek characters. Naturally the prison officials could not read it, and their child-like trustfulness in letting it pass adds an interest to the incident. Many a habitue of Barbary Coast will learn with pain that 200 kegs of American beer were recently dumped into the harbor at Honolulu. There is a degree of wastefulness shocking even to the Weary Willies. A policeman who staggers along his beat under a burden of whisky is more in need of retirement than is the sober policeman who walks straight despite a burden of years. Blanco could save much trouble by packing his autonomy scheme in a handsatchel and taking him- self and it back to Spain. IT WOULD MEAN THE @ in California, and since then the by joint resolution. if “organized labor” in his district INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS. BY A MODEST CRITIC. This being the season of the year when | men are prone to open their hearts for a moment or two I will open mine. The Examiner Is the direct beneficlary—the public the incidental. The paper referred to has been good enough to offer unasked time and agaln advice as to how & news- paper, in order to succeed, should be con- ducted. The advice has usually been di- rected to the editorial management, and most of it has been but a cover for per- sonal spleen. If the Examiner will watch this paper for a year or two I promise it that it will be taught all it has attempted to teach, but this being Yuletide I will save it at least for a few months of the pain caused by inattention to the neces- sity of correct behavior. Having seen the evolution of a successful newspaper or two I have had one lesson clearly taught me. This: In order to win and keep the respect of its readers every | journal must be sincere in comment. The Examiner is rarely that. To aver black to be white one day and to insist that it is of sable hue the next is inconsistent as well as being insincere. What follows is from the editorial columns of that pa- per on Wednesday last: ‘““The integrity of the Monroe doctrine, with the maintenance of our vantage point of consistency on that issue, is worth a good deal more to this country than its interest in China’'s trade. The | Monroe doctrine is something that by implication works both ways, and the United States cannot afford to surrender any part of it by dipping into Europe's embroilment over the affairs of the far East.” The Examiner has advocated day in and day out interference with the Gov- | ernment of the Hawalian people by the Hawallan people, seeing in that policy no deletion of the Monroe doctrine, but in intervention in a squabble over China and her affairs it discerns the complete obliteration of this, our national policy. A doctrine that is held by the nation must be firmly held, no matter whether it applies to affairs 3000 miles away or 10,000 When it is asserted that it will destroy the Monroe doctrine to engage in the Chinese embroilment, and that this Stygian project will not be accomplished if we assume the right to control Ha- ‘wallan affairs, either insincerity or alack of reasoning power is shown. In the Examiner’s case it smacks of both. It has been asserted by a prominent controversialist that education for the masses is a breeder of discontent. I dif- fer. This time is chosen for the expres- sion of the difference of opinion because educators have, during the week past, occupied a deal of public attention. Ed- ucation is almost entirely the training of mind—cultivation of brain power. It imparts knowledge, too,doubtless,but the increasing of the power to reason is actually its chief value. The educated man (all other faculties being equal) will accomplish more in any given time than can the uneducated. This applies to bak- ers and to fakers,as well as to tallorsand to sailors; in truth to the world. No schemes yet devised, except actual war- fare with another nation, have proved more prejudicial to the interests of na- tions than have strikes and labor riots, and strikes and kindred follies are caused principally by lack of education. ‘The average laborer is easily led astray by the “walking delegate” (whose only mission is to produce discontent), by an assurance that “the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer every day.” The inaccuracy of this statement he would readily see were his mind well trained. But he sees it not, 80 he is induced to strike, and not only does he suffer for his folly but the whole community is compelled to. Is it not wise then to do what we can to prevent suffering and waste of natural resources? These are the two fruits of strikes and labor riots invariably. An able collaborator suggests the hanging of attorneys who attempt to prevent the prompt execution of justice. If he will include Inciters to “labor troubles,” when he next stings some peo- ple “like a white hot brand,” he will find one more mark on the credit side of his account when he faces the record- ing angel. But I happen to think hang- ing far too good for attorneys who act in this way. If the Bar Assoclation would see that they are denled the right to practice they would probably starve, and might perhaps find a living death. Then the punistment would fit the crime. It is scarcely to be expected that W. ‘W. Foote would so promptly verify the statement that it was good for California that he was not permitted by the Legis- lature to go to the Senate. Some time ago it was stated that he had retired permanently from his cheerful habit of defending criminals, but now I am pained to note that he makes his appear- ance in the most disgusting case ever presented to any court. That Durrant could permit his mother's and his sister's decency to be impugned in an attempt to save his precious neck is evidence enough that he is unfit to live, and that Mr. Foote could appear for him in such an action—for that is what he virtually did—must be shocking to each acquaint- ance of his who knows what honor is. " General Ballaine of Washington has, . we are told by London dispatches, writ- ten to a prominent journal of that city voicing his annoyance at W. T. Stead’s book, “Satan’'s Invisible World.” This warrior's letter is described as extraor- dinary, and it must be, for he avers that the ‘real American of the West hates New York as much as he hates London.” The “real American of the West” hates no one without cause, and we have no reason to hate the people of New York. We joy occaslonally because the part of the Union in which we happen to live has advantages which other States have not, but that breeds not hate 'mongst sensible men. Does this “general” wish to divide the country longitudinally? An attempt was once made to divide it laterally and a repetition of that horror no sane man desires. ‘Why any one on this continent should care an atom as to what Mr. W. T. Stead chooses to say of it passeth comprehen- sion. He is not a litterateur, nor is he a competent critic. Failing, when editing the Pall Mall Gazette, to command and hold general attention by the excellence of his legitimate work, he descended to sensation. and he has never got out of DMISSION OF A New York Post. g It is very significant that the labor organizations of the country are throwing their influence against the annexation of Hawaii. An eamnest protest against the scheme was recently made by this element shown that workingmen throughout the land sympathize in this respect with those on the Pacific Coast. The federation adopted a resolution disapproving of annexation, on the ground that it “would be tanta- mount to the admission of a slave State, the representatives of which would necessarily work and vote for the enslavement of labor in gen- eral”; urging the Senate to reject the treaty, and take such other steps as may be necessary to maintain amicable relations with Hawaii, and providing that the executive council shall present these views to Con- gress, and, if necessary, to the President. from such a source will have much weight with politicians who have no pronounced @onvictions on the subject, especially with the members of the House, if the treaty shall fail and the scheme shall be pushed A representative who sees no particular reason for annexing Hawaii, anyway, will easily be persuaded to oppose the project who favors the creation of what it considers likely to be “a slave State.” RROROROROCROMCRORBORCRECRY SLAVE STATE. American Federation of Labor has Such a pronunciamento is ready to fight a Congressman that gutter since. It was pointed out to him when he first began his downward course that if he had information fit for police ears he should take it to the po- lice. What he alleged he had discovered Wwas no news. And he knew it too. Mr. W. T. Stead is neither a keen ob- server, a clear thinker nor an able writer, and each of these a competent | critic must be. His opinions when talk- | ing of America and her institutions are worth as much consideration as would be a volume by his satanic Majesty on heaven. It is of record that the Prince of Darkness was cast out of Paradise and it is a fact that this Stead per- son has been shown that he has not got brains enough to make his living in America. That Is true, and it is because he is “neither fish, nor flesh nor good red herring” that he is despised. THE COAST PRESS. John H. Delahanty, one of the old-time Journalists of Oakland, has put on the harness once again, and is scintillating through the columns of the Saturday Press, in the ownership of which he re- places John Bell. The Randsburg Miner affords striking | evidence of the increasing prosperity of | that camp by enlarging from four to six | pages, in order to accommodate a rapidly growing patronage and at the same time do justice to passing events in the | rich Mojave gold flelds. “The develop- ment of our mineral resources,” says the Miner, *“is being pushed forward, and it | is our intention to keep pace with the | onward march in this district.” Myron Angell, ploneer newspaper man | and historian of San Luis Obispo County, is the author of a twelve-page pamphlet entitied “The Climate and Wealth of San Luls Obispo County, California.” It con- tains statistical and descriptive matter | showing forth the advantages of that sec- | tion, and is illustrated with views of | Port Harford, the old San Luls mission | and the most prominent county schools. It is designed for Eastern readers, and should prove of much benefit to the fa- vored region in question. ‘With the first of the year the Calaveras Citizen changed hands, L. F. Jones, form- erly of Paso Robles, succeeding H. W. H. Penniman as editor and publisher. The retiring editor remarks, in his farewell address, that the conviction had been | forced upon him that ‘“‘one man cannot act as real estate agent, photographer, assayer and surveyor and run a news- paper at one and the same time,” hence his relinquishment of the Citizen, which has certainly improved under his man- agement. The special edition of the Redlands Facts is an admirable number in evel way. It is called “Illustrated Redlands, and contains a hundred pages, book pa- | per, {llustrated profusely with photo- gravures. An idea of the scope of the work may be obtained from the fact that the illustrations embrace the portraits of nearly 200 prominent citizens of the city and vicinity, over 150 views of residences and business blocks and some forty mis- cellaneous pictures. It is unquestionably one of the finest editions of the kind ever | produced in California, and is a superb | advertisement for Redlands. The thirty-six page edition of the Seattle Press-Times, issued December 18, is a number highly creditable to that en- terprising publication. It glves a large amount of valuable information concern- | ing the State of Washington, and will be of service to Seattle in making known abroad her advantages as a commercial city. 'A special object of the paper is to attract thither as much as possible of the Klondike trade. It is interesting and pleasing to note the Press-Times' decla- ration to the effect that its circulation has increased 100 per cent under its present management and that the paper s to-day paying satisfactory dividends and enjoy- | ing a degree of prosperity unexampled in its career hitherto. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. Six gunboats are to be built by the Roumanian Government. A floating dock, recently built in England, will be located at Galatz and the gunboats will be built in this dock. oS The naval expenditures of the principal naval powers for the fiscal year 159 wero as follows: England, $106,321,8%; France, $64,386,395; United States, $30,900,660; Japan, $20,729,59%; Russla, $29,175.250; Germany, | $21,860,340, and Italy, $20,649,920. Captive balloons have been proposed in the Itallan navy. It is urged that ob- | servers from such balloons would be en- abled to detect hostile ships at a great distance and that the protection of ar- mor-clads against attacks from torpedo- boats would be materially assisted. | The Majestic and Magnificent, bLattle- sh!ps in the British navy, attached to tre ' Channel squadron, had recertly a trial of the dispatch with which coaling could be accomplished at sea. The Mnjestic took on board from a collier 67 tons in four hours and thirty-five minutes, and the Magnificent received 775 tons in four hours and fifty minutes. | The number of officers on the active list in the Japanese navy were on December 1last year: Admiral, 1; vice-admirals, 7; rear-admirals, 8; captains, 98; post cap- tains, 166; commanders, 170; lieutenants, 1‘ 427; second lieutenants, 198; third lieuten. ants, 105; midshipmen, 111; making a total | of 1291 officers of the line, besides 1% on the reserve and retired lists, ringing total to 1481 ey e Contracts for the engines of the Queen of England’s yacht have been gwarded to Humphreys, Tennant & Co. of London. It will have two engines, each of 5500 horsepower, which at 140 revolutions are expected to give a speed of twenty knots. There will be eighteen Belleville boilers, with a grate surface of 340 square feet and a heating surface of 26,000 squarc feet. The yacht will be wood sheatl.ed. Two new vessels in the British navy met with accidents on the same day last month, which, although not very serious, indicate that mishaps are not confined to the United States navy alone. The Arro- gant, while about to leave the dock basin at Devonport to start for her thirty hours® coal-consumption trial, was driven by the high wind against the dock en- | younger brother, tfance and damaged her propeller. The cruiser Bonaventure, while in the chan- nel on her steam trial, broke down through a mishap to her machinery and had to return to port for repairs. The battle-ship Yashima arrived at Yokosuka November 30, having left England September 15. She was built by the Armstrong Company at Elswick. Work was begun in December, 18%4; launched February 28, 1896, and completed September 9, 1867. The cstflm:\tfl‘l r_‘ost of $5,000,000 was exceeded by $155.45% 28, owing to the rise in prices of certain articles, and the cost of bringing the ship out to Japan involved an expenditure of over $100,000, which is included in the total cost. The Fuji, a sister ship, is shortly expected to arrive from England. The Indiana, built by Cramps, was boz}m May 7, 1891, went into commission No- vember 20, 1865, and was completed Jan- uary 10, 1896, making a period of construc- tion of fifty-six months, against the Yashima’s thirty-three months. The de- lay in the Indiana was chiefly due to the fallure to furnish the armor and guns at the expected tim PERSO! J. B. Hull of Eldridge is at the Cosmo- politan. Tom C. Gorrie, a mining man of Placer- vile, is at the Lick. Guy W. Brown and L. M. Garrett, U. | 8. N, are at the Palace. J. J. White, a Deputy Sherift’ ot Fresno, is at the Grand. P. A. Buell, 2 lumber Stockton, is at the Grand. C. R. Downs, a mining man from Sutter Creck, is at the Occidental. D. Nelson and wife of Snelling are staying at the Cosmopolitan. W. P. Thompson, a Fresno lawyer, 18 among the guests at the Grand. Jesse D. Carr, the Salinas capitalist, is a late arrival at the Occidental. Miles allace of Yosemite Valley 18 making a short visit at the Grand. merchant of s a late arrival at the Palace. S. N. Griffith, a lawyer of Fresno, ar- rived at the Occidental yesterday. 8. W. Rice, a Ukiah lawyer, accompa~ nied by Mrs. Rice, is at the Grand. E. C. Voorhels of Sutter Creek, late | State Senator, is a guest at the Palace. William S. Biddle Jr., United States army, and Mrs. Biddle, are guests at the Occidental. A. McMillan, 2 mining man and mer- chant of Knoxville, Napa County, is at the Lick, with Mrs. McMillan. Judge McD. R. Venable, who presides over the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County, is staying at the Lick. Pierre Humbert Jr., 2 mining man from Boston, who is interested in several mines in California, is registered at the Occl- dental. W. C. Peyton, the powder-maker of Santa Cruz, who has perfected Some new compound for powerful explosives, is registered at the Palace. E. W. Burke, second clerk at the Occi- dental for the past eight vears, resumed his position yesterday behind the desk, after a three months’ vacation. John J. Donovan, a member of the fac- ulty of Santa Clara College, is at the Lick, on his way back to Santa Clara from Marysville, where he spent the holidays. Thomas G. Crothers, for several years past one of the executors of the Fair es- tate, has, with the opening of the new year, entered into partnership with his George E. Crothers, president of the Stanford Alumni Asso- clation of San Francisco, of which both are members. CALIFORNIANS IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—At the Great North- ern—Mrs. Sidney I. Sproat, Sidney Sproat, A. J. 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