The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1898, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898. The THURSDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. | MARCH 10, 1898 Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. | Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS......... 2T to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. One year, by mall, SI.SOt OAKLAND OFFICE... . +.....908 Broadway | Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE. -Room 188, World Building | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Riggs House | C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. | BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street, open until | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 | o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission™ street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—* Robin Hood " | Columbia—Primrose and West's Minstrels. California—* Town Topics,” Sunday night. Alcazar—"A Gilaed Fool." Morosco’s—“The Woman in Black" Tivoli—"The Gels| i Tivoli—Concert this afternoon. { Orpheum—Vaudeville. ! Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Auditorium. Mason and Ellis streets—Violin Recital Saturday | afternoon, March 12. Metropolitan Temple—Lecture on Phrenology. Monday night. ‘Ihe Chutes—Chiquita and Vaudeville. stalechanics’ Pavilion—Masquerads Ball, Saturday evening, arch 12 STATUS OF THE CAT. California Jockey Club, Oakland—Races to-day. UDGE CAMPBELL declares that the domestic | d cat is a wild animal. The important feature of | this is not the feeling of the cat at being thus aspersed, but the circumstance that none may now claim ownership of a cat. Title to property will not rest in the cat. It becomes a vagrant on the face of the earth, the target of every brickbat. Whoso de- sires may slay it. This may be law, but it is not | sense, and it does not give the cat a fair deal. | If the domestic cat is a wild animal science should | change the title of the creature. As a matter of fact it is no more a wild animal than is the dog, the horse, | the patient-eyed kine. At some time in the dim and distant past all these roamed unrestrained. All of | them, if given an opportunity, would relapse into an untamed state, and all of them have first or second cousins who cavort over plain and through jungle un- | subjugated. If the hearthstone cat is a wild animal | because the lion and hyena are wild, then the dog is in a similar fix because the wolf, the coyote and the fox for the most part refuse to become civilized. The prowling cat who howls 1n the alley in the night time, driving away sleep, promoting profanity, is a nuisance and should be abated. To do the abat- | ing would be to perform a public service. But this } noisy and nomadic feline, an appetite and a desire, | has nothing in common with the cultivated pussy who | sleeps on the rug and is welcome there. In many | families the cat is held in regard little less than an | actual affection. To condemn such a cat to become | the prey of the rabble, to stamp it as an outcast | against whom every man may safely turn his hand, | is as rankly unjust as to sentence the canary to have | its neck wrung because its ancestors once twittered free in the forest. | The domestic cat has a distinct grievance against Judge Campbell. It can in justice to itself do noth- ing less than call a nocturnal convention under his window and make the air quiver to a chorus of pro- i test. EXPOSITION WORK FOR CALIFORNIA. N many respects the most important step taken nll l the meeting of the State Board of Trade on | Wednesday was the adoption of a resolution | which, after declaring that the board favors and ad- | vises a comprehensive exhibit of the products of the State at Paris in 1900, announced that the board will request the next Legislature to make an appropria- tion of $50,000 for the purpose of such an exhibit. By this action of the board the question of pro- viding for an adequate representation of the indus- tries of California at the world’s great exposition is | brought before the public for serious consideration. | TE fioe Decninnder dinconion inls menier o 0| less vague ever since the French Government de- cided to undertake the enterprise of gathering an exhibit of the industries of all nations to show the | results achieved at the end of the century, but no | definite plan of action has been advanced until now. The resolution of the Board of Trade puts the issue | before the people in a way to compel attention. It will no doubt be thoroughly debated in all sections | of the State, and public opinion will be decidedly formed upon it long before the Legislature meets. The movement for the proposed exhibit at Paris will in no wise antagonize the plan for holding a grand exposition in San Francisco in celebration of the admission of California to the Union. The pur- poses of the two enterprises are so diverse that they do not conflict in any degree. The ex- hibit at Paris will make our products-known abroad, and will thereby increase our foreign trade by in- creasing the demand for our goods. The San Fran- cisco exposition would make California itself known and would tend to increase the amount of our products by leading to the settlement of more people in the State and the investment ot more capital in our industries. There is no reason why the advocates 'of either of: Both | the two movements should oppose the other. spring from a desire to advance the welfare of Cali- fornia and both are well calculated to do so. The work of carrying out the one would be in a large measure co-operative in carrying out the other. Cali- fornia cannot do too much either for her foreign commerce or for her home industry, and can well | afford to be liberal in making appropriations for both the exposition at Paris and that which is to be held within the State itself. B e — It would be unwise for the whole world to get to fighting at once. Somebody is needed to attend to the prosaic details of seedtime and harvest. Europe ought to discourage the bursting of its war cloud | have smoothed | until this country and Spain shall some of the wrinkles out of their grim visages. The leader of the “Army of Jesus Christ” and the leader of “God’s Regular Army” are still in jail, where there is every reason for supposing they be- jong. Of course they are supported by the public as | sensation. | with consequences serious to the Government. | the treachery of the common enemy. cumspect. | out waiting for war to break out before we enter | | upon expenditures for the purpose. THE CHURCH MILITANT. HE Cardinal Cascajares, Cardinal Archbishop Tof Valladolid, was an artillery officer before he took orders, and, like Loyola, has not forgotten his military training by exchanging the helmet for the beretta. He has issued a pastoral that is in the nature of a After declaring that Spain’s finances are wrecked, her policy vacillating, her commerce in ruins, her industry expiring and her agriculture anaemic, while her blood is spent in useless battle, the fiery prelate says: “A nation calling herself our friend allows her press, and, what is more serious, her Congress, to insult us daily. That same nation favors treasonably the Cuban rebels, giving them arms and ammunition and declaring that most of the prisonerstaken by Spanishtroops are her citizenseven if they are guilty of incendiarism and dynamiting of trains. That same nation crowns her hypocrisy with a Judas kiss by sending her warships to blockade Cuba under cover of an undesirable and vexing courtesy. Spain sees that nation as the chief ob- stacle to establishing peace in Cuba, and, despite such fact, that nation dares fix upon us terms for | ending the war and menaces us with armed interven- tion. And yet our Government suffers all these im- positions, these exigencies and this churlishness be- cause it pretends that we have no money and no ships. Soon we will have no shame.” Tt is stated in the London press that it is feared other prelates may follow the Cardinal's example The language of the pastoral is interesting because it is the echo of clerical utterances in this country. Rev. Minot J. Savage put on his armor early in a speech in New York, and now comes Rev. Mr. Glover, an Episcopal rector in Minnesota, in an ad- dress to G. A. R. men, saying: “Our hearts are mutually burning, I suppose, over I have not yet offered myself formally for my country’s service to any Governor, but I thought of writing to those patriots of Indiana to say that my services in lead- ing a regiment will be always at their command, and that I will do all in my power with them to make Spanish the prevailing language of hell.” Verily these followers of the Prince of Peace are “hot stuff.” Senator Mason and the warlike poli- ticians both countries are not near the band wagon at all in comparison. in Officers of the army and navy are cool and cir- President and Prime Minister proceed along the formal and polite lines of diplomacy. Even the people plant and sow and delve and dig as usual and wait in grim patience for the long roll of the war drums. But these of the clergy, meantime, are standing on the picket line exchanging challenges and avowing a gory thirst that seems hardly in keep- ing with their cloth. WE HAVE THE MONEY. ONGRESSMAN CANNON in moving Sthe | C passage of his bill appropriating $30,000,000 | for national defense stated to the House that the money is in the treasury, that the bill calls neither for an issue of bonds nor for increased tax- ation. We can appropriate this sum, said Mr. Can- non, from funds already on hand without borrowing and without laying heavier burdens upon the people, a thing which could be done by no other nation on the face of the globe. Of course the fact that the $50,000,000 is already in the treasury had nothing to do with the passage of the bill. When national defense calls for arms or wealth the American people will be always prompt to respond no matter what may be the condition of the treasury at the time. Nevertheless the statement | was a timely one for it presented in a striking wayf the financial strength of the nation and made it clcar: to all that we can afford to provide for defense with- | In another respect also the statement is interest- ing and notable. It illustrates the vast difference | between the condition of the national treasury undex the present administration and the condition under Mr. Cleveland. The Democratic tariff of deficit and | fiasco compelled Cleveland to borrow money to maintain the credit of the Government even in time of peace, but now we can afford a sudden and unex- pected expenditure of $50,000,000 without having to borrow a penny of it. The national treasury is, in fact, in good shape. There is no longer a drain on the gold reserves. There is no financial stringency in sight anywhere. The New York banks have recently been paying gold instead of bills on checks for the reason that the treasury no longer needs or desires gold and the banks have had to find a new outlet for it. For the first time in many years gold is being used as a part of the circulating medium in the East. Prosperity is doing its work and doing it well. Our statesmen can face the prospect of a war with as much confi- dence as Disracli did and repeat his famous phrase, “We have the ships, we have the men, and we have the money.” It is strange and annoying that the truth cannot be ascertained concerning the reign of spinal fever along the Klondike trail. That people in Skaguay were dying of this malady came from sources apparently authentic. That there has been no trace of the disease there, that the town is healthy, comes from sources apparently as authentic. That somebody has been lying is plain, the difficulty being to determine who the wretch is. The man who would try to create a bogus scare and the one who would seek to conceal a real danger, in the point of rascality may be con- | sidered about a tie. A San Francisco has always taken pride in the cir- cumstance that here unprotected ladies are free from insult and tacitly under the protection of every man. Therefore the exceptional instances in which this rule is broken excite great indignation. Two men broke it in the park the other day and they will stay in jail for a month and six months respectively. These sentences will go far toward placating the community, and it is not impossible will do the offenders good. The necessity for buying ready-made ships from foreign countries will be an object lesson. If the | work on the new navy had been rushed the millions which may go abroad would have been kept at home. There is a great economic difference between paging $3.000,000 to foreign workmen and expending the same amount in this country. LA Distressing reports that an ex-resident of this city had had his legs frozen off up north will get back to that gentleman as a surprise. He will perhaps do himself the justice to kick the correspondent who made and sent the news. LEoie There is reason to fear that when Cramp protests against the purchase of ships abroad he does not usual, but not to have the opportunity to pass the hat ust strike them as a hardship. bring to consideration of the subject a calm and un- . biased mind. Aarrival of the Vizcaya. BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. WIFT as was the House in passing the bill S appropriating $30,000,000 for national defense, the Senate was swifter still. It took the Senate just twenty-six minutes to hear the bill read, have the roll called and pass the measure by unanimous vote. The body, usually so slow going in its pro- cedure that it has been regarded as an obstruction to legislation, has proven its ability to move as rapidly as any legislative body on earth when the occasion calls for swiftness, and the people wiil note the fact with universal approval. This is the first time in our history, and perhaps the first time in the history of the world, that two legislative bodies have passed a measure of such im- portance as this without a single dissenting vote. Fifty millions of dollars is no slight sum to place at the disposal of a President to use according to his discretion, no matter how great may be the confi- dence of Congress in his ability and his patriotism. It is therefore a striking evidence of the loyalty of American people that at this crisis the representa- tives of all parties voted unanimously to place that huge sum in the hands of the administration with no other condition placed upon it than that it shall be used for national defense. The prompt response of both houses of Congress to the need of the time and the unanimous vote by which the bill was passed ought to make a deep im- pression upon the public mind and be long remem- bered. Party spirit is so manifest among our people, and we so seldom have in politics a demonstration of anything else, that there are times when even the most optimistic of citizens are moved by a fear that with us party passion may override patriotism, and that the interest of the republic might be sacrificed at some critical moment for the sake of winning an advantage for one party or the other. This fear has been dispelled by the vote on the bill for national defense. Americans may be divided almost to the verge of civil war at home, but when an issue arises with a foreign power “their swords are a thousand, but their bosoms are one.” The lesson of the vote will not be lost either at home or abroad. It will have its effect in every European capital, and not in Madrid alone. It will be a warning to all powers that while the United States is less likely to provoke a war than any other on earth, it will be more united in case of war and more ready to meet it with all the force of an ar- dent and patriotic people. s e THE VICTORY IN YOLO. signed HAT promises to be a complete victory for honesty and the law has been accomplished in Yolo by the adoption of an ordinance de- to effectually prevent bookmakers driven from Sacramento plying their gambling trade in Yolo County. The adoption of the ordinance is the last step taken in a long fight for the enforcement " of law against gambling carried on under circumstances which made it not merely an illicit practice, but an open scandal. Upward of a year ago the bookmak- cry, having been driven out of Sacramento, went across the river and established themselves in the little town of Washington, from which point of van- tage they deemed themselves able to ply their trade with impunity and do as profitable a business almost as they had formerly done in Sacramento. There was an ordinance in Yolo against book- making, which in its terms was about as strong as that in Sacramento, but for some reason, easy to guess at, the ordinance was not enforced. From this condition of affairs rose the scandal which seriously afiected the reputation of Yolo and proved a con- stant ofiense to the better class of its people. For some time, however, no effectual steps were taken to uppress the evil, and it looked as if the gamblers | had madc themselves secure and would be able to go on indefiritely with their trade unpunished and un- checked. It was uader these circumstances The Call began an investigation ci the scandal and directed publis attention to the causes of it. The exposure made by The Call was complete and startling. It aroused he people ¢f Yolo to a true sense of the situation and stimulated them to action. The result is the adoption of the new ordinance and the annousced determination of the officials to enforce it. This. thercfore, is one of the victories which The Call has helped to win for good government in Caliibrnia, a1d its accomp’ishment encourages the hope of equal success in struggles now being made for th: same cause elsewhere. The people of Yolo, however, must not content themselves with having procured the adoptisn of the ordinance and the promise of its enforcement Evils in a community, like weeds in a garden, reuire con- tinuous attention. The influences whick brought about the scandal in the first place will be at work again to renew the trade of the bookmaters as soon as the storm blows over. The victory tow achieved can be made permanent only by maintdning among the people and their officials the same esolute deter- mination to enforce the law which enabled them to win it. The Call will give help in tle future as in the past whenever it is needed. | Kansas City has an ordinance prscribing that street car patrons forced to stand sh:fl pay no fare. The result is that the companies protide more cars and nobody has to stand. The Soithern Pacific would not overlook the nickels if thee were legisla- tion of this sort here. Probably onefifth of all the fares it collects now are taken from jassengers who are obliged to stand. i —_— Hitting a man in the neck is not l‘ways the best way of arousing him to a sense of efor. Yet in the affray in the office of the County Trdsurer at Sacra- mentc this method is believed to ¥ave been effec- tive and proper. ;' If the Spanish authorities really §Xpect to secure reliable information as to the wreck Jf the Maine they will have to depend upon Americih divers. But a suspicion grows that it is not refable information they are after. The woman who pleaded in an Oakland court for the husband who had beaten her mérely demonstrated that he had not beaten her hard gnough. Probably he will endeavor in the future to atone for the over- sight. 1i the Cubans should find themselves fighting under the stars and stripes they wonld probably display more zeal than has marked their course up to the present, and they have not seemed exactly lukewarm, either. considerable favor simple process of Dupuy de Lome could confer upon at least two nations by t! keeping his mouth shut. From all accounts the Montgomery was not wel- | comed at Havana with the accldim which marked the M The Oratorio Socfety of this city has a j his coolness. its | were seen ascending from the stage dur-| singular theological problem on hands. The problem fs this: Should Christlan young men profane their lps by singing a hymn to the Philistine god Dagon? The soclety has given a num- ber of old and tried oratorios with suc- cess, “Elijah” being the piece de re- | sistance. Strange to say, no church mem- Ler ever objected to the mighty *“Hear, O Baal"choruses in this Mendelssohn work, but when James Hamilton Howe, the | conductor, suggested the production of Saint-Saens’ “Samson and Delilah,” trouble came of it. Not at first, though, | for every one was delighted with the Saint-Saens music, and the deeper the singers penetrated Into the work the | more they admired it, until the unlucky chorus “We praise thee, O Dagon,” was reached, and then Rev. E. L. Snowdon of Sausalito and a contingent of tenors USIC AND MUS | { [CIANS. A few wreaths of smoke ing the performance of an excerpt from | “Siegfried.”” The audience at once pre-| pared to rush out, but Colonne, in a few | reassuring words, requested every one to | remain seated. His presence of mind had | the desired effect and the smoke was socon 1 suppressed. Fire has an especial horror | to the Parisians, as the disaster of (he[ charity bazaar is still fresh in every one's‘ mind. | | The other day Albert Carre, the new director of the Opera Comique, had a lyric comedy in four acts submitted to him, entitled “Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien” (Much Ado About Nothing). Need- | less to say that Edouard Blau, the | librettist, had found his Inspiration in | Shakespeare’s delightful comedy. Paul Puget had written the music, and Carre | SIBYL SANDERSON as Delilah in “Samson and Delilah.” arose and withdrew. When interviewed | they gave as their reason that their con- | sclences would not permit them to ad- | dress hymns to Dagon. A number of | overtures were made to the retiring tenors, for every one knov's the priceless value of a good tenor to a chorus. Mr. Snowdon and his friends were firm, how- ever, and the other singers and the con- ductor were equally firm in refusing to suppress the most showy chorus In the work. A compromise has now been reached by which the Snowdon con- tingent retires into the corridor while a | piece pralsing good, red wine Is being sung, and they make their final bow be- fore the Dagon choru “Samson and Delilah” was written as an opera and was one of Sibyl Sander- son’s most brilllant successes. It still holds its place in the French repertoire, and during the month of January last netted more than any other opera played in Parls. There is some talk of the Ora- torio Society producing the work in toga- Itke garments. The management of La Monnale, Brus- sels, with a keen eye to business has re- vived the Bruneau-Zola opera “Mes- sidor.” It was hoped that the publicity the imprisoned novelist has been receiv- ing lately would be the cause of attract- ing crowds to the opera house. These hopes were to a certain extent realized, for great public interest was centered on the first performance. Toward the end of the first act some one hissed and there was an immediate burstof publicindigna- tion. The hisser was promptly turned out, and after that people seemed afraid of attempting any manifestation. One man alone had the courage to cry “Vive Zola!” but no one took any notice of him. The opera was given a fairly good pre- sentation on its first production, but Brus- sels has not reversed the decision of Paris that Zola's libretto, which is prose without a line of jingle or rhythm, is not sulted to music. Cesare Ponsicehi of the Royal Musical Institute, Florence, has just published an interesting pamphlet entitled, “Ii Primo Pianoforte Verticale” (the first upright piano). He gives the honor of inventing upright pianose to Domenico del Mela, master of the Gagliano school in 1739, and to another Italian, Frederici de Gera, he gives the honor of making a much more perfect instrument in 1745. The pamphlet | throws considerable light on the history of plano-making, which is for the most part buried in obscurity. It is interesting to trace the evolution of the instrument from its humble beginning to the superb planos that we possess to-day. Charpentier, the French tone-poet, has written an opera, ‘“Louise,” which re- quires such an uncommon register of voice for the prima donna that no one has been found fit to sing it. The work was to have been presented next month at the Opera Comique, but in vain did Carre, the director, propose one lyric celebrity after another. Charpentier re- fused to consider any of them. It was sald that a young vocalist at Nice might fit the role and Carre proposed that he and Charpentier should go together and hear her, but the tone-poet refused. He now gives as his reason that he intends to reserve “Louise” for another opera- house. Emilio Pancani, formerly one of the most famous tenors on the Italian stage, has just died at Hamburg, at the age of nearly 70. He was gifted by nature with a powerful voice of remarkable compass. The works in which he especially tri- umphed were “Otello,” *“Norma” and “Poliuto.” He was born in Florenge of wvery humble parents, but he taught him- self singing and tried to form his man- ners after those practiced in the best so- clety. So successful was this self-educa- tlon that he not only became a great singer, but also acquired the manners and bearing of an aristocrat. found it so delightful that he immedi- ately accepted the opera, which will be played next season in the magnificent new home of the Opera Comique. Another operatic “William Radclift” is to be heard from. This time the com- poser is the young Frenchman Xavier Leroux. The Opera Comique has ac- cepted the work for next season, though one can hardly imagine anything very “comic” being extracted from the work, which, of course, is inspired by Heine. It is to be hoped that the new opera will prove more popular than Mascagni's “Radcliff” has done. Mascagni's work, by the way, is generally spelled “Rat- clif.” At Carlsrube a new opera by Thille has just been produced under the direction of Felix Mottl. The work, which is entitled “‘Lobetanz,” had a much more sponta- neous success than the same composer’s “Theuerdank,” which won the prize at Munich last year, and was played at the Theatre Royal of that town. Baron Albert Franchetti, the million- alre composer of “Asrael,” “Cristofero Colombo,” etc., is hard at work on a new opera. The libretto, which is by Luigl Illica, bears the title “Germany.” The story describes an incident of the war of 1506, just after Napoleon's victory at Jena. Feminine composers seem to get their works to the front in Italy more than in any other country, except perhaps in France. The latest opera announced from a woman's pen is ‘“Max,” by Sig- nora Nissim-Rosselli. The Pagliano Theater, Florence, has accepted it, and the work will shortly be produced. A Cincinnatli amateur has offered a prize of $1000 for the best cantata, with solos and choruses, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of choral societies in this country. The competi- tion is open to composers of all nationali- | ties. News comes from Berlin that Wein- gartner insists on resigning from the leadership of the Royal Opera orchestra, but that he will probably accept the con- ductorship of the Opera symphony con- certs. Felix Mottl has accepted the posi- tion left vacant by Weingartner. Rubinstein's opera. “Nero,” has never had the reputation of being very popuiar with the masses, but in Barcelona, Spain, it is now carrying all before it. Much of the enthusiasm, however, is due to the fine singing of the tenor, De Marchi. FAR AWAY. THE BAN T've a letter [n my band from a chum of olden times, From a Sunday youth, & We were Christian laddies, then, loved the church bell's ringing chimes, And were models of the Washingtonian truth. But we drifted far apart, each his own direc- tion went. And T thought my chummy dead until to-day. When this faded letter came couched in words 1 dare not print, From the banks of the Yukon far away. In & cabin built of Ice chinked with never- melting snow He was sitting when he took his pen in hand, And n every line I see frightful language that I know Will contest his entrance to the Promised and. He a plous life had led In the chosen Christlan fold, S OF THE YUKON, school companion of my obey. Every moral endeavored to obey. Yy moral rule e e Until led by Satan’'s hand on chase for gold To the banks of the Yukon far away. E'en the whiskers, once his pride, had been frozen from his face, And the buttons frozen off his canvas clothes, Both his ears were wilted down by the frost from rim to base, And he but retained a fragment of his nose. Every breath which from him oozed fell in frost upon the floor, And in piles of sparkling fewels it would lay To be trampled under foot or be shoveled out the door, On the banks of the Ydkon far away. All unbidden fell my tears as he spoke about the past When for heaven we were striving side by side, How we used to sit and talk of our rapture when at last v stemmed the force of death's dark ng tide, sked in tender way if I did not think From.the banks of the Yukon far away. —Denver Post. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. COUNTY LICENSESubscriber, San Rafael, Cal. In counties where, in tha State of California, there is a county as well as city and town governments, those who engage in business must pay a coun- ty licensé as well as a city or town li- cense. FREDERICIA, DENMARK—E. McC., Angel Island, Cal. In the old portion of the fortified town of Fredericia, Denmark, the streets run at right angels, but in the additions that have been made in recent vears the rectangular lines have not been followed. SiAt ANTHONY BURNS—McB., City. An- thony Burns, a colored man, was taken from the city of Boston by Watson Free- a United States Marshal, on tre h of May, 1854. At that time the arrcst created a great excitement and it was generally declared that it was a case of kidnaping. ENLISTED MEN—F. F. L., City. An enlisted man in the army who desires to retire from the service before the expira- tion of his term of enlistment can do so by paying a certain amount to the Gov- ernment. The captain of his company will furnish all the desired information as to the mode of procedure. NATIONAL RECORDER—A. I, City. This department cannot furnish any in- formation about the scheme that was or- iginated by the National Recorder of Washington, D. C. You had better ad- dress a communication to the Commis- sloners of the Capital City, 464 Louisiana avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., and your complaint will be placed in the hands of the proper officers for investigation. NAVAL STRENGTH—G. P. Z., Mendo- cino City, Cal. The following figures.show the naval strength of the several nations named, and In the list of vessels is in- cluded battle-ships, sea going coast de- fense, non-sea going coast defense, ar- mored cruisers, protected and partly pro- tected cruisers, unprotected.cruisers, gun- boats, torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. United States 9, Great Brit- aln 59, France 437, Germany 254, Russia 337, Spain 118 and Portugal 63. In addition these nations have the call on subsiaized vessels as follow. United States 4, Great Britain 28, France 12, Germany 10, Russia 36 and Spain 14. There is in addition to the credit of each nation a number of hulks and stationary vessels, obsolete (s called) vessels, dispatch, training, trans N/ ports, repair vessels, tugs and miscelia- neous vessels manned by officers and men. The total active list of the several nations named, including officers, seamen and marine is: United States 12,582, Great Britain 79,947, France 80,920, Germany 21,- 513, Russia 40,532, Spain 24,649, Portugal 5089. The reserve is United States 2500, Great Britain £3.000, France 84350, Ger- many 37,000, Russia 45,000, Spain 25,000 and Portugal 14.000. —_————— A choice present for Eastern friends, Townsend's Cal. glace fruits50c 1b,in bkts —_——— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —— NO ALLIES IN AMERICA. The talk of an alllance of Mexico with Spain in case of a war between the latter and the United States is the veriest non- sense. Such a combination would not only indicate that the Mexican republic had repudiated the cause to which it committed itself when it threw off the Spanish yoke and_ established a republi- can form of government, but that it had lost the sense of gratitude as well for the part which the United States played in rescuing the republic from the grip of a foreign despotism in the downfall of Maximllian.—Chicago Tribune. e FOR RELIEVING THROAT DISEASES, COUGHS AND HOARSENESS, use * Brown's Bronehial Troches” 501d only In boxes. Avold imitations. ————— T ‘THE most efficacions stimulant to sharpen the appetite is DR. SIEGERT'S ANGOSTURA BITTERS. Don't aceept an imitation. —_—— ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. A relief expedition fn search of Andrea under the direction of Professor Nathorst will leave Sweden early in May. 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