The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1898, Page 6

THE SA N FRANCIS O CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1898 .APRIL 26, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868 ‘EDITORIAL ROOMS..... ....-2I7 to 22| Stevenson Street 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 mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE..... NEW YORK OFFICE DAVID ALLEN, Advert WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. Rigge House €. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE --Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROG S, Advertising Representative. One year, by mail, $1.50 ++eee.-..908 Broadway Room 188, World Building ng Representative. BRANCH OFFICES 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street. open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street. open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—"The Purser.” Columbia—+The Nancy Hanks " California—" Trilby.” Alcazar—"The Gay Parisians * Morosco's—The Wicklow Postman." Tivoli—*"Sinbad the Saflor.” Orphenm— Vaudeville, Sherman, Clay Hall—Paloma Schramm, to-night, The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville, and “African Lion Hunt" Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Spectalties. Sutro Baths—Swim El Campo—Music. dancing boating, fishing, every Sunday, Pacific Coast Jockey Cluo, Ingleside—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By N. E. Clark—This day, April 2, Turkish Rugs, at 106 Graut avenue at 2 o'clock. By Von Rhein & Co.—Thursday, April 2, Real Estate, at 63 Market street 12 0'c PROMPT WAR BULLETINS. HE plague of fake extras which for some days has tormented San Francisco will soon be over. That scheme of working the unwary for nickels and increasing a show of circulation cannct be oper- ated successfully in the face of the enterprise of The Call in issuing bulletins of the events of the war as rapidly as the dispatches are received and posting them at The Call office, at all the agencies of The “all throughout the city and at other notable points the people are This bulletin service is far superior to anything the fakers can accomplish by their extras. The dispatches one another as fast as events of note occur. ted on a special press set aside for that purpose The Call ried bicycles to the places where they are to be posted and there displayed for all to read, they constitute a con- rd of the war. By this service the people are informed at once of every new phase of the situa- tion. They are saved from the petty deceptions of the fake extras, which have been so common for some ti service threatened to continue as long as the war itself. customed to assemble, follow Pri by and by messenger tinuous rec Moreover, our bulletin service is not only prompt but accurate. (The Call, in alliance with the New York Herald, long ago made preparations for report- ing the war in case it broke A host of corre- out. spondents located at points scattered all over the West Indies are-at work gathering news. Additional correspondents are with the army and the nav: Every detail of the situation is covered. The Call thereiore does not have to publish fakes and rumors | for the e of making a show of war news. the news itsclf and gets it promptly. e news service it now makes free to all San Francisco and to a hun- dred other points in California, Nevada and Arizona. The issuing of extras is an out of date scheme. It is behind the times. It has been left to the fakers Legitimate journalism in the progress of enterpris has gone forward and bulletins the news at once for all to read free of charge. It gets This accurate and comprehens; Announcement is made that the vacations of many This is truly to be regretted, and adds much to the horrors of the situation. However, the New Yorkers are in a measure to blame. In the rush of events the coun- try overlooked the prospective vacations until too late. Had attention been called to it in time the United States could have sent an apology to Spain and not spoiled the fun. But there is nothing to hin- der the New Yorker from having an outing yet. Many as good a man will shoulder a rifle and exploit Cuba. If the New Yorker happens to be of th: other sex a little Red Cross work might cause her to forget how cruelly fate has flouted her. One of the news-gathering fleet of the Call-Herald Is the ocean-going steamer Tyr, flying the Danish flag. Under these colors she will be free from moles- tation by any of the ships engaged in fighting either for this country or for Spain. of which Call readers will have the benefit. Intima- tions are already strong that the flock of boats which put out from American ports after the squadrons of Sampson and Schley will be chased away. From such treatment as this the Tyr will be exempt. Without desiring to hurt the feelings of the Euro- pean editors it may be remarked that the “tone” they may assume is not regarded here as a matter of im- portance. They may shriek or growl, but the little fight now on concerns mostly people who do not send abroad for their advice. Why, there is more advice right at home than can be utilized. New Yorkers have been upset by the war. Statements concerning the movements of the Span- ish fleet from Cape Verde Islands may be boiled down to two unassailable propositions. Any geo- graphy will show that there are such islands, and some place or other there is a fleet. To be more specific than this is to court the possibility of error. | Let there be a hope that Captain Sigsbee will de- cline to fight the Spaniard who has challenged him. But if the captain get near enough the fellow to ad- minister a kick and neglect the opportunity he must expect the high regard in which he is now held to be somewhat impaired. E AR Although there has now been a formal declaration of war keen observers had already noted a lack of vigor about the entente cordiale between the United States and Spain. If Mr. McKinley wants any more volunteers all he has to do is to ask for them. Congressman Maguire has said little lately, but even at this he has said too much. boys on | past and which before the appearance of this | This is an advantage | WAR AND COMMERCE. | Y royal decree the Spanish Government has B given notice to the world that during the | course of the war with the United States Spain will observe the declarations of the treaty of Paris that neutral flags cover an enemy’s merchandise ex- cept contraband of war, and that neutral merchandise, | except contraband of war, is not seizable under an ‘ enemy's flag; that the Spanish Government will as- | sert and exercise the right of search of vessels on the high seas to determine whether they carry contraband goods, and finally that Spain, while maintaining the | right to issue letters of marque to privateers, will 1 for the present at any rate confine herself to organiz- } ing out of her mercantile marine a force of auxiliary | cruisers to co-operate with the navy in carrying on | the war. The course taken by the United States will not be cssentially different from that promulgated by Spain. | The announcement made some time ago that the United States would not issue letters of marque was | effectually refuted in the Senate last week by the statement of Senator Davis, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, that he had heard of no such declaration on the part of the administration. matter of fact the question is one which Congress must decide upon, for the authority to grant letters | of marque lies with that body and not with the Presi- | dent. In addition to the ancertain attitude of both com- | batants toward the problem of privateering there is | a further confusion for commercial interests in the | fact that differences of international law exist as to | what will constitute contraband of war. Each Gov- | ernment will determine for itself what articles it shall | treat as contraband. Goods that an American ship { might pass over may be made subject to seizure by Spain, and on the other hand our ships may con- demn articles the Spanish would pass. All of these things will complicate the risks of com- | merce while war lasts, and if it be prolonged to an | extent that embitters both parties, it may lead to ex- | treme acts of search and capture on the seas that will : be regarded by neutral nations as violations of their | rights. In this there lies a danger that some other — | nation may be drawn into the conflict, just as Great Britain was very nearly drawn into our Civil War by the capture of Slidell and Mason. Fortunately the probability of such an outcome is slight. The great nations of Europe have too many antagonisms among themselves to enter lightly upon a war with the United States. Moreover, the war may | be short. Commercialism is a very powerful factor in the world, and, while it was not able to prevent | the outbreak of hostilities, it may prove sufficiently potent to force the Spanish Government after a short conflict to retire the Spanish flag from this hemis- | phere and put an end to a struggle that wastes her | treasures and brings her nearer and nearer to inevit- able bankruptcy and the ruin of her creditors. CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS. Tnny portion of it is unconstitutional will prob- ably not greatly interest the general reader. But it m; nevertheless, answer a useful purpose to call the attention of the lawyers who lately served the people as Freeholders to a few “points” in that The time for defending the charter is | rapidly approaching. The burden of this defense is | upon the lawyers who framed it. If they cannot | demonstrate that the instrument will stand the test of the Supreme Court they ought not to ask people to vote for it. Among the constitutional amendments of 1896 there was one which changed section 6 of article 11 by providing that “all charters framed or adopted by authority of this constitution, except in municipal affairs, shall be subject to and controlled by general laws.” The question is, what are general laws and what are municipal affairs. In the case of Morton vs. Broderick, Auditor, decided ir. October last, the Supreme Court held that the statute of 1897 requiring | the Mayor's signature to a tax levy is unconstitu- | tional because it interfered with a “municipal affair.” | This was equivalent to deciding that passing a tax | levy in a city is peculiarly a municipal function. This is as far as the court has gone in defining the words | “municipal affairs.” The charter sets up a new method for levying and | collecting taxes in which it authorizes the Board of | Supervisors to impose penalties for delinquency. It | furthermore revives the personal property collection | system abolished four years ago, and repeals the provisions of the Political Code on that subject. Is this constitutional? Can the charter provide its own system of levying and collecting taxes in defiance of | the State law? In other words, are the revenue laws of the State such general laws as are not covered by | the amendment of 1896 concerning municipal affairs? | The proposed charter also provides a system of | granting street railway franchises which is in conflict with the statute of 1897 on the sume subject. The | question here again recurs, is the act of selling fran- chises a “municipal affair” upon which the city may | legislate for itself? If not, the provisions of sections | 6 and 7 of chapter 2, article 2, are unconstitutional. i Section 8 of the same chapter and article limits | the time within which actions for damages may be | brought against the city to six months. Section 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure fixes the time for | commencing actions for damages caused by mob or | riot at one year. Here is another conflict. Are gene- | ral statutes of limitation “municipal affairs” within the meaning of the constitutional amendment? There are-other portions of the charter which con- flict with the general laws, but these illustrations are sufficient to make our point clear. What are we asked to do in this matter? If the charter is unconstitutional it certainly should not be adopted. It will cost thou- sands of dollars to litigate its provisions, and the people are not anxious at the present time to in- crease their court expenses. We should like to read an argument on the constitutional question from a lawyer of repute, preferably an ex-Freeholder. If the charter is adopted and merely results in giving us a crop of lawsuits a number of legal reputations will be shattered. It is quite evident that the points we have made have not been considered HE question whether the proposed charter or connection. The Santa Clara groom who resented the friendly shower of rice by drawing a pistol and threatening to shoot must have a sweet and sunny disposition. He is to be congratulated that some well-wisher did not hurl an old shoe, in which case nothing less than a Gatling gun could have made fitting response. The troops of the First were only wrecked twice on the way south; yet the journey is a long one, and by the exercise of its usual care the Southern Pacific might easily have sent them into the ditch at least three times. Naturally Blanco is excited at this time, but he has evidently heightened his emotion by taking some- | thing which went to his head. As a | NOVELTIES IN POLICY. "[“HE Continental nations are showing much feel- i ing against the United States. Whether this will rise to the height of a Spanish alliance remains to be seen. The war in which we have engaged is denounced in every Continental capital, and its cause, which is novel, is declared to be insufficient. A procession of empires has passed across the stage of history, and the science of government and the rights and powers of man in and through govern- | ment have undesgone a slow evolution. That process has been accelerated since this republic appeared. When Tom Paine expanded the rights of a colonial people by first of all men uttering the deglaration, “These colonies are, and of right 6uight to be, free and independent states,” the novelty appalled even his own countrymen, who had addressed themselves | to pleading at the foot of the throne for a redress ! of grievances. When Ben Franklin declared in the French court that the purpose of the revolution was the founding of a government based on the will of the majority | { his French friends flinched and some jeered at him. | In badinage they would daily ask, “M. Franklin, votre revolution comment va t'il?” and he would an- swer “Ca ira.” One day at court he engaged in an argument to prove that a majority government was right. The courtiers proposed to submit the question to a count, and those in favor of such government were to stand and be counted on one side of the room; those opposed upon the other. Franklin stood and was counted alone. When the demonstra- tion over his defeat closed the philosopher said, “Not so fast, my friends. You contend that the minority is right. I am the minority, and by your own argument 1 am proved right.” Many similar incidents illustrated the apparent | hopelessness of our novel position, but in our per- !slstcnce it won, and this republic issued from the victory. Our second war with Great Britain was to vindi- cate the right of asylum and deny to a foreign power the right of search’ and seizure on the high seas under pretense of the right to impress its subjects wherever | found. While the treaty of Ghent, which ended that struggle, did not especially include this point, its vic- | tory as a fact has never been denied. We next met all Europe in diplomatic hostility in denial of the monarchial doctrine, “Once a subject always a subject,” and stoed for the right of man to ; expatriate himself, forfeit and forswear his allegiance | | and transfer it according to the dictates of his own welfare. Nation after nation mpitdlaml to this novelty, and that right of man has not been denied nor contested since we took Martin Koszta from Austria in the harbor of Smyrna. This republic was a novelty in its beginning, and its growing strength and influence in the world have been used, not to increase the rights of government over the rights of man, but to expand the rights of man in government. At no point in the line of precedents ye have es- | | tablished has there been willing assent to our position by the other nations of the earth. Yet we have won | and established them all, either in the face of hostile | armies or against hestile diplomacy. Now we are embarked suddenly, unexpectedly, but | unitedly in another novel enterprise, which, like a]lj, that preceded it, is in vindication of the rights of man. | We take our stand upon the declaration that while| we put in practice the theory that our Government | derives its just powers from the consent of the gov- erned, even a monarchy bas a right to govern only while it governs well, and aligns its policy with the: Fappiness of its people. We do not say that all peo- ple are qualified for self-government, but we declare | that all people arc entitled to good government. We do not deny that a monarchy may be conformable to | the genius of some nations, but we appeal to the con- science of mankind upon the thesis that every Gov- ernment must hold its title and muniments in the contentment of its people. B ] THE WASTE OF THE SCHOOL FUND. DISCLOSURES made by Th- Call on Saturday | of the result of the investigation by the Grand Jury into the manner and extent to which the | school funds have been wasted are followed this morning by further disclosures brought to light b; the examination of yesterday. In the repair work of every school building thus far inspected there have | been found evidences of the grossest frauds, and hardly any doubt cin be felt that as the inspection proceeds similar results will be obtained. The investigation has covered only the six months constituting the first half of the present fiscal year; that is, from June 30 to December 31, 1897. Within that comparatively short time and by an inspection which is as yet far from complete, there have heen discovered practices by which the city has been rob- bed of many thousands of dollars. The frauds are of so gross a nature it is hardly credible that the members of the Buildings Committee and Finance Committee of the School Board could have been ignorant of them. In fact, it appears the practice of this kind of boodling must have been carried on with impunity for a considerable period, since the oper- ators would hardly have ventured upon such open frauds unless long success had emboldened them to throw aside discretion altogether. The whole story must be read in our local columns to obtain a full comprehension of the extent of the frauds, but an understanding of their nature and the audacity of the operators can be inferred from a single illustration. The «disclosures made in connec- tion with the work done on Spring Valley Grammar School will serve as an example. For that building there was charged against the city 51,220 feet of two- inch planking at $7 74 per thousand, while theamount delivered was about 20,000 feet; 19,500 feet of 4x4 redwood was charged, and but 6100 feet delivered; 14,000 shingles were charged and but 8000 delivered. The frauds, moreover, were not confined to the practice of making charges for amounts of material in excess of what was delivered. They were com- mitted in respect to quality as well as quantity. Specifications calling for No. 1 lumber were filled with lumber of lower grades. Where fancy shingles were called for common shingles were delivered. In this way a double rake-off was accomplished. The city not only paid for more than it received, but it | paid for a higher quality of material than was given, * The scandal brought to light by this investigation is one of the gravest in our annals. Official corruption is at its worst when it invades the School Board and wastes the funds which the people have voted to de- fray the cost of public education. With men who prac- tice corruption at the expense of the schools there can be but one course to pursue. The Grand Jury has started right. Now let it keep to the motto of Grant, “Let no guilty man escape.” Spanish craft will keep a sharp lookout for the yachts of American millionaires, but it may be sup- posed the millionaires will do the same thing. The lyachts are not equipped for a fight, but in the matter of running away they have the proper lines. < HE capture of Spanish vessels by United States cruisers will no doubt give an impetus to navy enlistments. The prospect of prize money is alike enticing to officers and men, and many of the former, or their families, have small fortunes in prize money made dur- ing the war of 1861-65. The prize law of the United States Is very simple in its application. In the casewhere a ship-of-war capturesanother of superior or equal force the entire net | proceeds is decreed to the captor; when | the capture s of inferior force one-half of the proceeds goes to the United States, | where it s covered into the naval pen-| sion fund, and the other half goes to the | captors, and Is distributed as follow. the commander of the fleet,one-twentieth | part; to the fleet captain, one-hundredth | part; to the commander of the vessel making the capture, one-tenta part; the remainder is divided among all others do- ing duty on board the captor in propor- tion to their respective rates of pay. All prizes are adjudicated by a prize court, Wwhich orders the sale of the vessel and its cargo by public auction, and the pro- ceeds, less the court expenses, are dis- posed of as above stated. The captures made by our navy during the war of 1861-65, of Confederate war- ships, merchant vessels and blockade runners numbered 1149 of all descriptions, valued at $24,500,000, besides 3535 destroyed. The Confederate States crulsers captured or destroyed 239 vessels, of which the Alabama took 69, the Florida 37, Shenan- | doah 36, Tallahassee 29, Sumter 18, Tac- ony 15, and thirteen other cruisers took fifty-five vessels. The damage which these nineteen armed vessels inflicted was nearly as great as that of our crufs- | in their capture and confiscation of | 1504 vessels, valued at $31,500,000, over one- third of which was British property. | The first capture of the Civil War was the schooner Cambria, laden with coal, | by the United States frigate Cumberland on April 23, 1861, eleven days after Fort | Sumter had been fired upon, The vessel | was released after taking out her 118 tons of coal. After the Southern ports had | been declared closed blockade running became quite profitable. when succecc- ful, but many of the 267 steamers cap- | tured proved rich prizes to United States vessels. The most notable and exceeding $200,000-In value were as follows: UNION PRIZES DURIN TPrize. Amount.( Priz Memphis ... Vi Lady Sterling. Grevhound . Kate Dale . Atlanta, Mimic Princess| Annle Circass| The values indi for distribution after costs and expenses | had been paid for the adjudication of the | prizes. | The largest sum pald to any one for a | single capture was to Acting Volunteer | $666000 00 | I | Bt any o' the PR RORORONRORY RO R CRORORCR Y POOPOP O OO When the vengeance wakes, when the battle breaks, And the ships sweep out to sea; When the foe is neared; when the decks are cleared, And the colors floating free; When the squadrons meet, when it's fleet to fleet, And front to front with Spain; From ship to ship, from lip to lip Pass on the quick refrain, “Remember, remember the Maine!" When the flag shall sign, Train ships on an even keel”, When the guns shall flash and the shot crash And bound on the ringing steel; When the rattling blasts from the armored masts And hurling their deadliest rain, Let thelr voices loud, through the blinding cioud, Cry, ever, the fierce refrain, “‘Remember, remember the Maine!"’ Advance in line, shall God's sky and sea in that storm shall be Fate's chaos of smoke and flame, But across that hell every shot shall tell, Not a gun can miss its aim; Not a blow shall fall on the crumbling 1-ail, And the waves that engulf the slain Shall sweep the decks of the blackened wrecks, With the ‘thundering, dread refrain, “Remember remember the Maine!' —Robert Burns Wilson in N. Y. {Torld. THE WARSHIP DIXIE. They've named a crulser “‘Dixie”’—that's what the papers say— An’ I hear they're goin’ to man her with the boys In gra t Good_ne orter thrills me an' makes me_want ter be ban’ is playin’ *Dixie,” an’ the Whar the “Dixie” put ter sea! They've named a cruiser “Dixte.”” An’, fellers, T'll be boun’ goin' to see some fightin’ ie swings eroun’! Spanish ships shall strike her, You' when the East or V est, Just let the ban’ play “Dixle,” an’ the boys Il do the rest! I want ter see that Dixte—I want ter take my_stan On the deck of her, an' holler: ‘“Threc cheers fer Dixle lan' " She means we're all united—the wir hurts ed away, An' “Way Down South in Dixie” is national to-day! I bet you she's a good 'un! T'll stake my last eutena > 2 3 Villia dd as red cent ;‘:;“2;‘:“‘;?]:“3? ‘l':;’x; “n”rl i l::‘[‘ rmer | Thar aln't no hetter timber in the whole blame e g % | settlement! Memphis, for which he pocketed $38,318. | An' all thelr shiny battle-ships beside that The capture and destruction of the Albe- marle by Lieutenant Cushing and his | crew of volunteeers netted $16,100 to Cush- ing and $1943 to each of the crew. Up to 1576 only about $9,500,000 in prize | money had been paid out by the Fourth | Auditor, and nearly $5,000,000 still re- | mained unadjudicated. Of the amount paid, $1,412,613 had been distributed among re- officers, of which the following had celved sums exceeding $20,000: Rank. Rear Admiral. Rear Admiral. Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Lieut.-Commander. Acting Master. The foreign commerce of Spain is In- considerable, vet it may offer induce- | ments to seafaring men of all nationali- tles to ship under the American flag to figat for prize money and incldentally for glory. BEAGLES FLYING HOME TO ROOST. In the last month nearly $0,000,000 in gold have been shipped from Europe and Australia to the United States, and the movement still continwes. It is a case of the cagles flying home to roost, and (h(‘l flock is a big one. Mr. Ingalls made the foolish statement in the Senate on a cer- tain occasion that gold was a craven; that it at once hid away on the approach of war. But the present war scare has certainly had quite the contrary effect on gold. Instead of running away to hide until the war is over, it is coming back home to take an important part in the proceedings. The steadily increasing gold reserve in the United States treasury, which now exceeds $173,000,000, and the rapidly accumulating stock of gold in the banks’ constitute the strongest kind of a backing for the United States for the suc- cessful prosecution of a war.—Kansas City Star. ————————— LAST DAYS OF GLADSTONE. How many lives of Gladstone are there in type, awalting the death of Gladstone? —Boston Globe. The world may well pause in its warlike quarrels and gaze regretfully at the bed- side of the expiring Gladstone.—Philadel- phia North American. England lost no interest or influence un- der Mr. Gladstone's guldance and gained vast territorles. Mr? Gladstone was boundless in his sympathy, and the| world’s sympathy will go to him in his last days.—Baltimore American. Mr. Gladstone is now 88 years old. The news of his approaching demise will sad- den many hearts in England, in America and in Ireland, for which he made the most remarkable parliamentary struggle of his life.—Buffalo Commercial. The domestic life of this rare public man has been a model for people in every walk of life, and the helpmeet of his/| struggling and triumphant years is tot- tering beside him toward the grave. ‘When he does finally pass into the great beyond liberty will have lost a bold champion and the world a great and noble man.—Peoria Journal. Now that ‘‘the grand old man” lies on tHe bed of death, the world is not asking about his official success, but is paying the tribute of admiration and sympathy to one whose life covered almost the span of a century, but was never touched by the stain of personal dishonor. Pathos surrounds the eddyh'tg hours of Gladstone and the civilized world is a mourner at his bedside.—Detroit Tribune. —_————— — Newcomer—Oh, I don’t know. If T get hold of a file I'll probably try a few bars, —Judga ship are tame, when it comes to Dixie, thing In a name! Fer, thar's some- Here's three cheers and a tiger—as hearty as kin be; An’ let the ban’ play “Dixie” when the Dixie puts ter sea! She'll_ make her way_an’ win the day from shinin’ East ter West— Just let the ban' play o the rest! an’ the boys'll —Atlanta Constitution. OVER MORRO CASTLE. There's a flag afloat to-day, Over Morro Castle, That hasn’t long to stay Over Morro Castle, Keep a lookout for the flash There is going to be a smash, Something_hot's about to crash Into Morro Castle, There are remnants of the Maine Down near Morro Castle; We will pick a bone with Spain Down with Morro Castle! When we've ended this affair, When the smoke clears from the air You may see Old Glory there, Over Morro Castle! —Cleveland Leader. | COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Mearns of Arizona are at the Lick. W. E. Gurber, the Sacramento banker, is at the Grand. W. D. Duke, a mining man of Arizona, is at the California. Dr. G. C. Welss of Fargo, N. D., Is a guest at the Palace. F. W. Wilmans of the Star mine in So- nora is a guest at the Lick. J. Martin Barney, a mining man of Dutch Flat, is at the Palace. W. W. Middlecoff, an attorney of Stock- ton, is registered at the Grand. R. S. Sanpe, a railroad man of Los An- geles, is staying at the Occidental. J. G. Anddrson, a wealthy merchant of Salt Lake, is a guest at the Occidental. T. D. Livingston and wife have come up from San Jose and are at the Bald- win. Ili. Is.l Rindo‘ph has come over from An- gel Island and is staying at t < i he Ocet. A. B. Smith, a well known merchant of Fresno, is one of the late arrivals at the Grand. Among yesterday’s arrivals at the Pal- ace were Mr. and Mrs. A oy rthur Hill of 0000000000 “ Montmorency o O McNamara, bat- o AN EPISODE o tery,” called out o OF o the clerk of the 9 Police Court yes- g YESTERDAY. g terday,and inan- swer to the name 0000000000 a rather short gentleman with an ingrowing face cov- ered with pockmarked parchment and fringed by a rather moth-eaten beard of the color of the leaves in autumn, arose in the dock and stood facing the Judge. At the same time a young attor- ney appeared and announced that he had been retained to prosecute the defendant. “McNamara,” said the Judge, “‘you are here charged with battery. Do you plead guilty or not guilty?” *“If yer hanner will tell me th' raison OI'm called a bathery OV'll tell yer how it happened an’ ye can fix th’ charrage ter suit yerself,” replied the prisoner. “You are charged with battery because Yyou met a Greek fisherman on East street yesterday and beat him so badly that he 1s now in the Recelving Hospital," replied the Judge. “Thot’s thrue enough,” sald the pris- oner, “an’ Of'll tell ye all about It. oy wuz a-sittin’ an th’ ind ave Washingto sthreet wharf yisterday, whin alang ¢ a couple of Dagos. ‘Gud marnin,’ sez they. sez Oi. m ‘Gud marnin,’ sez 0j. T hope yer well “We are, sez they. ‘D'ver < sez Of, pintin’ t' th’ sthars a-floatin’ over a ship an th’ bay Are ye goin’ t'foight fur it?" sez O ‘N'ter hell ““ld ity they. Well, yer hanner. Oi aint as g an me feet as Of wanst wuz, S0 wan thim got away. Oi caught th’ uther ar whin th’ cops pulled me aff ave him they sine me ter soak an’ him ter th’ haspit’l.” : “You seem to take a good deal of inter- estr in the aid the Judge, whe the prisoner had finished. ‘*Are you a na- - of this country?” Yo, yer hanner; Oi wuz born in Kerry an’ cum over here in '61. Of wint South at wanst an a little picnic wid a party ave byes callin’ thimselves th' 69th ave Noo York an’ Oi niver got back fur five rs. Thin Of wint wid a gintleman be 8 2 th’ name ave Custer ter look at some In- juns, an’ if Of hadent a bin in th’ has- Pit'l wid a little throuble Oi got at th stone wall at Fredricksburg Of wud ave bin wid So, ve see, Judge, Of him yet. zet me papers, but 1 toime ter th’ same. the chargi r, you may go. said the Judge. L. L. Meyers of the North Bloomfield mine is staying at the Grand, where he arrived last night. H. J. Small, superintendent of the Southern Pacific shops at Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand. James F. Farraher of Yreka is at the Palace, where he arrived yesterday, ac- companied by his wife. W. E. Dargie. proprietor of the Oak- land Tribune, has taken rooms at the Grand for a short stay. George N. Nagle and wife of Cheyenne, Wyo., are among those who registered at the Palace yesterday: George T. Coffey has come up to the city from his home in San Juan and is registered at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Wilson of Cincinnati are staying at the Palace while in .the city on a visit of pleasure. M. W. Topper, a prominent wealthy business man of Pittsbursg, registered at the Occidental. W. C. Parker, one of the largest ranch- ers in the vicinity of Kenwood, arrived at the Grand yesterday afternoon. Fred Knox, the well-known and popular Sacramento lumber merchart, is in the for a few days on a short business and is s Butterworth are two at the California. from Morristown, p. Theron and M of the late arrivals They are registered N, Mr. and Mrs. James Lee, accompa- nied by their daughter, are among the gue who arrived at the Occidental on e overland last ni —_— o CALIFORNIANS IN D} YORK. W YORK, April 25.—Henry Kuhn of at the Hotel Imperial. e of San Francisco is at the Albemarie Hotel. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. -WAR—W. GUNS ON MAN-O Los angeles modern type have ! decks, but on those where there : the guns can be depressed the depression or elevation dep the height of the porthole and gun. AN OILER-T.D. C is not absolut It e that an indi- ice ameda, Cal. oiler on a ste previaus expe ing such a po; tion ‘should file & of application with the company he woulc like to work for. If the applicant has any recommendations ul_lvl‘[t P I \\()_vlh be proper to flle such with the applica- tion. ABOLITIONIST—J. 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