The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1898, Page 6

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1898. MAY 3, 1808 TUESDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telep! Main 1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS .....217 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 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 €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE. 908 Broadway INEW YORK OFFICE.. -Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON_(D. C.) OFFICE............ ..-Rigge House €. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE. Marquctte Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 287 Hayes street, spen 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 until 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 ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. e e e e e AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—“The Purser.” Coiumbia Cal Orpheum Sherman, Clay Hali—Paloma Schramm, Friday night. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville. and “African Lion Hunt” Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Central Park—Dog and Pony Show. Sutro Baths—Swimming. El Campo—Music. dancing boating, fishing, every Sunday, California Jockey C.ub, Oakland—Races. $ on AUCTION SALES. , May 9, Real Estate. at 14 | By G. H. Umbsen & Co.—Monday Montgomery street, at 12 o' clock. CORRUPTED BY THE RACES. HE prospect that several deputies in the Coun- | Tty Clerk’s office will be arrested for the hypothe- | cation of their salary warrants to more than one 1 broker is' but another indication of the corrupt in- | fluence of the races. Chief Deputy Piper, who is | supposed to be the principal offender, is charged with | having transferred his warrant for one month’s pay; to four separate brokers, naturally leaving at least | three to lament. Others have offended almost as | grossly. The immediate result is that men receiving i comfortable salaries face the possibility of disgrace, | that their probity as officials comes naturally into question, and that upon the money they earn, and that which they secure in dishonorable ways, the “bookies” are fattening. There is hardly a day when announcement is not made that some man, usually a young man, has gone wrong, has betrayed a trust, has been actually steal- ing, and in a great majority of cases the races are The delusion that one may be- is a common directly the cause. by betting on track events and falla¢ious one. Pursued systematically by a per- son of moderate income it is virtually certain to lead to crime. It took Figel to jail and into the shadow | of the gallows, it sent Welburn into exile, his cashier | to a suicide’s grave, it has led Widber to the gates of | the penitentiary, and now Piper and his associates are | under a cloud for the same reason. It is natural to | suppose that there are many yet who tremble in hourly fear of exposure, that there are tales of pecu lation still to be told, and all because the races month after month hold out a vain promise, offer fictitious gain, show an y path to affluence, a path that none | has trod but ¥ 1 ever stretches away to beguile the feet of the unwary. Will the Supervisors ever check this evil? Do they care that criminals are being made by the mock races they permit to be maintained that there may be a chance to bet? Races as run in San Francisco now are merely a form of crime, a confidence game in which the “dupe,” forced to desperation, often has to steal the stake he plays and generally loses. o e ——————— According to Mr. Huntington, speaking under oath, he never made a cent out of a Western railroad, and the original builders of the Pacific lines all lost money. All of which is important as showing the devoted self-sacrifice which constructs and maintains -ailways for the mere pleasure of benefiting the coun- try, and sinking at last to a degree of poverty such as marks the declining years of Huntington himself. The list of fatalities among the Spanish in the Manila fight has been given from Madrid as eleven. Considering the source, this is a surprisingly liberal figure. Probably to multiply it by only fifty would be an undeserved compliment to the diplomatists of Madrid. They have in all likelihood told a bigger lie about it than this. come ri There is difficulty in understanding the Panama’s surrender to the Mangrove. There seems no ap- parent reason why the captain instead of striking his colors should not have pulled the Mangrove aboard with a boathook and gone on his way with the value of his cargo enhanced. = ——— When the Spanish Minister of Marine first heard of ‘the little affair off Manila he told his colleagues that he was experiencing great difficulty in suppress- ing his joyful emotions. Tf this is true the gentleman is a poor analyst of emotions. What he was torn by lacked much of being joy. C. P. Huntington has not yet developed a tendency to tell the Railroad Commissioners all he knows about the Southern Pacific. He has, however, not haggled the least as to telling them a lot of things already as familiar to them as to him. The Kansas editor who spoke of the national flag as a painted rag was chased into the next county, and would have been hanged had the people caught him. Such an episode is almost disgraceful. The people ought to run better. Cubans who are arming and enlisting under Blanco would probably rather do this than starve. After they have had a few square meals they can skip over to the other side and make good use of the weapons they are getting. Rev. J. K. McLean states publicly that the present war is without justification, but it is cheering to note that even among ministers he is part of a small ; minority. Ci Rt g The only regret that will be felt in this country over the westward journey of the Spanish fleet is that Wey- ler is not .coming along to take chances with it. When Spain admits a defeat it is safe to say that the licking administered has been complete, W 1 man named Schley or of a certain Sampson. FOREIGN : INTERVENTION. | ROM the time when first itbecameapparentthat l::the United States would put an end to Spanish | atrocities in Cuba, even at the expense of war, there has been more or less talk of possible Euro- | pean intervention. As events have followed one an- other the talk has increased, until now it is suggested | in more than one quarter that some combination of European powers may intervene at any time to save threatens it. tion rest is that afforded by the application of the Queen Regent of Spain to various courts to use their good offices to prevent the war. This basis, however, is not sufficient to sustain a belief that intervention will be seriously attempted. The statesmen of Europe know very well that the United States would not sub- | mit to their interference, and they are also aware that intervention against our will would mean a war which would threaten more monarchies than that of Spain. In the present condition of international affairs anything like an agreement among the powers of Europe on an issue of such magnitude as that of in- ment of the war with Spain would be concert of action in a case of this kind. That, how- ever, is not the main point in the matter. Even if all Europe were agreed intervention would hardly be undertaken, for the simple reason that it could not | be successfully carried out. During our Civil War three of the great nations of | Europe entered into an agreement to offer their joint services to bring about a termination of the war. The Ministers of those powers at Washington ar- ranged among themselves for a presentation of the offer to Secretary Seward. The Secretary learned beforehand what was to be done, and when the three Ministers called in a body he excused himself from receiving them at that time, and then notified them | | separately that the United States would refuse to lis- ten to any proposition of the kind they designed to make. That ended the incident. | A short time ago the European Embassadors at | Washington went in a solemn ceremonial body to | offer to President McKinley the offices of their Gov- | ernments to assist in maintaining peace with Spain. It will be remembered that none of them suggested intervention. Their representation was no more than a perfunctory formality. The President replied to it with fitting words, that offended no one, but at the same time gave all the world to understand that the United States would not consent to the interference of Europe in the controversy in any manner what- ever. All the precedents of our history are opposed to the interference of Europe in any way with the policy of the United States. We have no alliance with any European nation, no voice in any European concert, no concern in any European affair. We have pre- served inviolate the right of freedom of action, and that right we will maintain. We will do in this war whatever necessity compels us to do in defense of our cause, and when the war is over it will be settled on whatever terms we believe the exigencies of the occa- sion call for in order to do justice to ourselves and to the Cuban people. In no respect will European in- tervention be tolerated. Any offer to intervene would be met with a rebuff, any attempt to force it would mean war. AS TO PIRACY. AR is war. Congress has declared it and the President is directing the conflict. For the first time in our history the scene of the war is in America, Europe and Asia. are in the Atlantic, the Pacific and the China sea. They are contradicting the stories that our Jack tars | had staled in peace and that the viking spirit of slf- reliance had died in the hearts of their commanders. When a nation takes up the sword it must smite and be smitten. It must give and take. ment; commerce is the calm health of nations, and war strikes it like a pestilence. For this reason all nations at war strike at commerce. Our first blow, therefore, fell not upon fortified cities, but upon the merchant marine of Spain, as hers was aimed at ours. That we got the ad- vantage was not to our discredit. That she failed was her misfortune. ocean commerce of the other, with exactly the same motives, as an act of war. It is a subject of sincere regret that while no Span- jard so far has characterized this advantage of ours as piracy, a Californian has been guilty of that indis- cretion. Judge Maguire, representing San Francisco in Congress, after voting with the extreme war and | recognition wing of the House, flinches at the first blow of the combat he invoked and is quoted as say- ing, in effect, that the men of our navy are pirates, because they took prizes at sea. IHe should have known that they were justified by our own articles of war and by the international military code. What would he have? Does he think that war consists of a joint resolution and a speech by Bailey? It is a new thing in politics for a member of Con- gress to vote for war and then attack the President and the navy for carrying it on successfully,. Would he have our navy lie at Key West roasting in the sun while the merchant fleet of Spain revictualed Havana and recruited the war chest and arsenal of Blanco? The President is a soldier, and, like all soldiers, accepted war as a last resort. While he was hoping for the best and preparing the country for the worst Judge Maguire and the majority of his party in Con- gress were daily nagging him with abuse. Now that he wins in every action from the beginning and that his orders and his strategy are bringing victory from the Antilles to the Philippines the Judge denounces his war policy as piracy! By parity of reasoning, when a collision between the land forces kills Span- iards the Judge should denounce Shafter as a mur- derer. Maguire will soon find his proper companion- ship with that Kansas editor who denounced the stars and stripes as “a painted rag,” and had to walk out of town to avoid the patriotic attentions of the people. America has a President who can sit in the White House and direct the movements of our navy in the Caribbean Sea and on the coast of Asia, the march of our armies in the tropics and the triumph of our arms simultaneously near our coast and at the anti- podes. He is not a pirate chief, but the elect of the American people, who propose to stand by him to the end. | struggle. e ———— i The whereabouts of the Oregon and of the Spanish fleet seem to constitute two of the great problems of the war. But the final whereabouts of the latter will probably be as definite as the location of the Maine shortly after it shall get into the vicinity of a gentle- the Spanish monarchy from the overthrow which | The only basis on which these rumors of interven- | tervening between the United States and the settle- | impossible. | There are too many antagonisms in Europe for any | Our far-scattered fleets | The shortest road to peace is over the ruin of what | peace has wrought. Commerce is its greatest achieve- | Property is less than | life, and its destruction saves life by shortening the | Each nation aimed a blow at the | CALIFORNIA TO THE FRONT. | ALIFORNIANS have a right to indulge more C than o{dinary State pride in the record the | commonwealth has established for itself in the present crisis. It has been noted at Washington that the response of California to the call for volun- teers has been prompter and more unquestioning in | its loyalty and ardor than that of any other State in the Union. | Adjutant-General Corbin in a recent interview spoke highly of the swiftness of California in filling her quota of troops, and said: “California is the only State from which no complaint about quota or dis- tribution has come. Other States have been heard | from by letter or wire, and all of them have made this or that objection to what was required of them. Cali- fornia on the other hand has gone nobly on organ- izing and getting into shape without delay or inter- ruption.” Praise of this kind from army headquarters in an emergency like that which confronts us is of the highest value to a patriotic people. It is no slight | thing to have achieved distinction for willing and prompt action in a sisterhood of States, all of whose | people are so devoted to the Union and so ready to respond to every call to follow the flag. The men of the National Guard and the officers in command who have superintended the work of or- ganization of the State’s quota deserve the highest credit for winning for the commonwealth this new and honorable prestige. They have responded to the call of the nation with the alacrity of those patriots whom our revolutionary fathers called “minute men.” They have not questioned, they have not found fault, they have responded to the call of duty with the promptness of veterans responding to the demands | of discipline. There is much gratification in knowing that the praise given has been well merited. The response from every section of the State with but one excep- tion has been of the kind noted by the adjutant-gene- ral, and even in the exceptional case the National Guard was not to blame. The dissension there was | caused by small jealousies of certain local politicians. Fortunately this one exception was of 2 character too | slight to affect the State as a whole. California has made her record of honor in the orgaidization of the volunteer army, and, when the time comes, we can rely on the men who represent her to make an equally good record on the battlefield. RESULTS OF THE VICTORY. | EWEY'’S splendid victory in the harbor of | D Manila will have important consequences not | only in hastening the end of the war, but in | determining the course of hostilities while the war | lasts. It was not a victory achieved in a battle fought | merely for the sake of fighting. It had a definite purpose in view, and that purpose has been accom- plished. The existence of a Spanish fleet with a good base of supplies at Manila constituted a menace to our shipping in the Pacific Ocean and mor: or less of a danger to all our Pacific Coast cities. The object of Dewey in going to Manila was to destroy that fleet or at least blockade it and so prevent it from doing harm to our commerce in any part of the Pacific. Had he been a cautious and hesitating leader he would probably have contented himself with a block- ade, but being the brave, gallant seaman that he is, he struck at once, and not only put an end to the Spanish fleet but made himseli master of Manila, | thus gaining for us that base of supplies which was | so menacing in the hands of the enemy. | The victory virtually relieves the Pacific Coast | | States of all danger of attack during the war. Pos- | sibly if the conflict be prolonged some Spanish pri- vateers may cruise along the coast, but this is not likely, and even if it occurred the danger would not be great. With the Spanish fleet in the Pacific de- stroyed and Manila in our hands the whole of this part of the world is practically safe from molestation by any form of Spanish attack. In addition to these direct effects the victory will no doubt have further effects by its influence upon | both ourselves and the Spaniards. There can be no | doubt that Dewey’s splendid feat will rouse the emu- | lation of the officers and scamen of the fleet in the Atlantic, and they will be eager to rival it by as bril- liant a deed in the capture of Havana. For this pur- pose, however, the impatient men in the fleet along the Cuban coast will have to wait the coming of the Spanish fleet that is now supposed to be on its way across the Atlantic. Tt is impossible to fight a fleet until it has been found and brought into range. | Dewey was fortunate in finding the Spaniards of the Orient in a position where they could not get away. On this side of the globe we must perforce wait a while. ‘Whether considered in regard to its daring tactics or with respect to its results the victory at Manila will rank among the greatest in the annals of naval warfare. It has shown that our seamen have the courage to fight warships and land batteries and forts combined, that they have the coolness to maneuver their ponderous ironclads under fire, that the aim of their gunners is as true in battle as at target prac- tice; and in addition it has freed one-half the seas of the globe from the menace of Spain. All this was a glorious achievement and fitly celebrated the May- day of war. The blockade of both Havana and Manila at the same time will have the effect of demonstrating to smokers that there is such a thing as getting Manila and Havana cigars from Connecticut without se- riously altering the established tobacco industry of that State. i Weyler has been trying to justify his rule in Cuba, but it may fairly be said he has not done so. If Weyler is sincere in his professed beliefs he is so “COMMENCE FIRING.” for United States Warshlps at Opening of Battle. Signal OMMANDER DEWEY, whose name and praise are on every American lip to-day, won applause from naval chieftains in the Civil War, and Ad- miral Porter, in referring to the conduct of Captain Smith and Lieutenant Dewey in connection with the destruction of the Mississippi, remarked: *It is in such try- ing moments that men show of what metal they are made, and in this instance the metal was of the very best.” The Mississippi, with Dewey second in com- mand, served at the passage of the forts below New Orleans and in the destruction of the Confederate ram Manassas. In March, 1863, while attempting to pass the batteries at Fort Hudson, the Mississippi grounded in twenty-three feet of water and heeled to port. In spite of every effort of her officers and érew, she could not be moved. The enemy got the range and were hulling her at every shot. At last the order was given to fire the ship. When the flames had obtained sufficlent headway the ship was abandoned under a most heavy fire, and Captain Smith and Lieutenant Dewey, who had made the vessel so efficient, were the last to leave the burning wreck. The action was ap- proved by Admiral Farragut and the Navy Department. The Mississippi, by the way, had borne Perry’s broad pennant at the opening of Japan to the world, and was a splendid vessel,but her destruc- tion was unavoidable. The fine qualities of Dewey as an officer were brought forth then in a marked degree. Thirty-five years have passed since the Mississippi epi- sode, and now Rear-Admiral Dewey has proved his title clear to a place in his country’s temple of fame alongside of the Joneses, the Decaturs, the Perrys, the “ushings, the Wordens and the Farraguts. A brief sketch of Rear-Admiral Dewey's life appeared in yesterday’'s Call. There is also a general interest in the brave captains and commanders who served un- der him at the great battle of Manila Bay. Captain Joseph Bullock Coghlan of the Raleigh is a Kentuckian by birth, but California claims him as an adopted son. HEROES OF THE BATTLE OF MANILA Sketches of the Commanders Who Assisted Rear Admiral Dewey to Win the Great Victory for the Flag. He is a graduate of Annapolis, having been appointed from Illinois in 1860. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1866, lleu~ tenant-commander two years later and commander in 1882. He is well known on this coast, having been stationed at Mare Island during 1886-88, and having com- displayed, there will be less difficulty in securing the number of volunteers called for by the President’s proclamation than in pacifving those who must be rejected. The whole country is ablaze with the w fever, and fighting material is coming for- ward In abundance.—Philadelphia Ledger, ———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BILL NYE—W A. C., Grass Valley, Cal. Bill Nye, the humorist, was born in Shirley, Me. He settled in Laramie, ‘Wyo., in 1875. A DESERTER-J. F., City. A man who deserted from the army of the United States and was subsequently pardoned | has no claim on back pay or allowances by reason of the fact t.at he was par- woned. manded vessels at different times In these waters. He Is one of the most popular of | officers, and fairly idolized by his crew. | No one who knows him ever doubted that | he would make a record when opportun- | 1ty offered. His initial war service was in | the battle of Manila Bay. His present command was assumed March 23, 1897. Captain Charles Vernon Gridley of the Olympia is a Hoosler by birth, and was appointed to the United States Naval| Academy from Michigan in 1860, graduat- | ing three years later. He was in the bat- | tle of Mobile Bay in 1864, and knew what | fighting was before he assisted in teach- | ing the Spaniards the costly lesson of | April 30. Along with Captain Dyer and | other naval chiefs of to-day, he ran the Mobile gauntlets with Farragut and saw with his own eyes victory come to a com- mander who salled his fleet up to a line of | torpedoes, and then, seeing them, said, | “Damn the torpedoes,” and sailed on over | them without slacking speed. He was | well fitted in every way for the service | demanded of him in the early hours of Saturday morning, when the American | fleet forced the passage into the harbor | of the capital of the Philippines. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1867; lieuten- ant commander a year later, and com- | mander in 1882. He was appointed to the command of the Olympia last July. | Captain N. Mayo Dyer of the Baltimore entered the volunteer navy in 1861 as a master’'s mate, and served in the gulf| squadron until he was promoted to acting | ensign for gallant and meritorious ser- | vice. He gave up a leave of absence to | be with Farragut at Mobile Bay. He won | much distinction in the civil war, and his hazardous exploits would make a large- sized volume. While cruising off the Mexican coast, in command of the Ossi- pee, in 1870, the vessel encountered a hur- ricane, and one of the sailors was swept | into the sea. Commander Dyer, who was | taking an observation on the poop-deck, | immediately turned a bowline in the end | of a boat fall, jumped into the sea and | saved the man from sharks or drowning. | For this act he received a medal and was | publicly thanked. He was promoted | commander in 1883, and to the captaincy of the Baltimore last August. His bro- ther commanders envy his splendid sail- ership. Commander Benjamin Peffer Lamber- ton of the Boston was appointed to the | United States Naval Academy from | Pennsylvania, his native State, in 1861, | graduating in 1864. He received a lieu-| tenant’s commission in 1867; was ap- pointed lieutenant commander in 1868, and commander in 1885. He has served as lighthouse inspector and member of the bureau of yards and docks, is a well- liked, efficient officer, and has seen four: teen years of actual sea service. Like Captain Coghlan, his first war service was in the Philippines. Commander Asa Walker of the Con- cord was appointed from New Hamp- shire, November 21, 1862; made ensign 1868, and master a year later. In 1884 he was appointed lieutenant commander, and in 1894 commander. He assumed com- mand of the Concord on the Aslatic sta- tion May 22, 1897. He is a thorough-going American, and an able and sagacious officer, Commander Edward P. Wood, a native of the Buckeye State, entered the navy as midshipman In 1363; was promoted to ensign in 1868; master in 1870, and lieu- tenant a year later. In 1880 he was made lieutenant commander, and on July 13, 1897, commander. He has been in com- mand of the Petrel since December, 189, on the Asiatic station. In his naval career of thirty-five years, Commander Wood has been unemployed but thirteen months, and is esteemed for his excellent qualities both as a man and a sailor. Commander Albon C. Hogdgson is one D!‘ the younger officers of the squadron, hav- | ing been appointed from Georgia in 1871 | He became midshipman in 1875; ensign in | the centennial year; lieutenant In 1888. He had been on duty at the naval academy a short while, when he was sent a few months ago to the Asiatic station, and assigned to the MeCullough. SAILING WITH SAMPSON. Oh, it must be royal sport to sail with Samp- son o'er the main, As he swoops upon the ships that owe alle- giance to Spain, And what a thrill must animate the boys, tvhen, far away, A streak of smoke betrays the course of some unlucky prey! Oh, for a day with Sampson, as his flagship cuts the main In search of anything that files the hated flag of Spain; O, for the chase that follows when the look- out first esples A smoke-streak ‘m the offing, and the cry goes up: “A prize! —Cleveland Leader. COLLECTED IN W. B. Gilbert, a prominent and wealthy merchant of Portland, Ore., is a guest at the Occidental. Mrs. Gilbert accom- panies her husband. T. E. Preston of Los Angeles {s regis- tered at the Lick. He is visiting the city on his bridal tour. A. B. Jackson, a big rancher of Salinas, is staying at the Grand. A. A. Grant, a large contractor of Al- buquerque, who is doing a good deal of work for the Valley road, is at the Palace. 0000000000 Owing to the © number of appli- o ASPECIAL ¢ cations that have recently been ) PEESS © made at the win- o NOTICE. O Gow of the box o O office of the Cal- 0000000000 jfornia Theater by those who were present at the time of the fire, the management have con- cluded to do all they can to give satis- faction to those who consider they did not curious a pervert that in the interests of science a post-mortem should be performed on him. Efforts to break the news gently to Madrid did not have the effect of soothing the savage breasts that are numerous thereabouts. The gentleman to whom fell the difficult and delicate office should have employed a long-distance telephone. From the present outlook the war will probably not be much more than a prolonged target practice and exercise in prize chasing. 5 —_— There is no doubt but a feeling of confidence would be inspired by the presence in this harbor of a fleet of torpedo.boats. —_— The opportunity to go up in a balloon just now would be a strong temptation to a member of the Sagasta Cabinet. get their money’'s worth. At the customary hours there wiil be in attendance at the theater entrance a nice young gentleman who will be more than pleased to answer all questions put to him and will, without evincing the slight- est annoyance, explain to any one who appears armed with the proper creden- tials the reason why no money will be refunded, and will attempt, to the best of his ability, to send the applicants away in a good humor by telling him (ladies barred) one of George Bowles' funny stories. It is thought that this plan will serve the double purpose of more than satis- fying the seeker after flithy lucre and cause the present annoyance to cease by rapidly thinning out the crowd. P. Ruhlman, a large fruit buyer of New York, is one of the late arrivals at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Lewis of Butte, Mont., are guests at the Occidental. Frank P. Payson, a wealthy stock broker of New York, is at the Palace. Word has not been received as to how many mules were killed in Manila, but in all likelihood there were at least two. The Spanish had evidently been misled by the ease | with which they achieved victory over the Maine. J. ‘M. Fulton, a Reno cattle man, is at the €alifornia. W. B. Davis is registered at the Palace from Denver. A. T. Ross, the Sacramento capitalist, is a guest at the Palace. Sherift 8. D. Ballou of San Luls Obispo =5 County is in the city on a short business trip. He is registered at the Grand. 0000000000 On the win- o o dows of some of o WHY THE o the stores in this S INTERRRETER iy S Hiitese 8e © RESIGNED. O 4 tne glass that o O serve to inform 0000000000 the inquisitive stranger who drifts in from across the seas that other languages besides English are spoken within. In fact, that the en- terprising proprietor, looking toward the greater accommodation of his customers, has specially engaged certain men who will attend to wants expressed in the ver- nacular of the intending purchaser whether he be English, Dutch, Spanish or French. The other day a sallor, somewhat the worse for the amount of liquid ballast he had taken aboard, came beating his way up Post street when he noticed, dead abeam, one of the before mentioned order of signs that said one could listen to Spanish by asking for it within. He at once stood In, and staggering up against the nearest counter demanded to see the fellow that spoke Spanish. The proprie- tor, thinking he wished to transact some business that made the services of an in- terpreter necessary, called that individ- ual to the front of the store. When he arrived the sailor gazed at him for a ma- ment and then said ‘Are you the fellow that speaks Spanish “‘Si, Senor,” an- swered the Mexican. “Then, A— you, take that,”” and the sailor’s right fist shot out and stretched the descendant of An- daluslan warriors flat on his back. Owing to the resignation of the inter- preter the sign has disappeared from the window, and now only English speaking customers can get satisfactorily served. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Jury of San Jose are registered at the Palace, as is also Thomas J. Underwood of Springfield, I11. J. F. Condon, a business man of Verdi, and Fred Sharp, the bandmaster of Cor- onado Beach, are among the late arrivals at the Grand. — EXPERT OPINION OF THE SPAN- IARDS. Here is a passage from Macaulay, which American commanders and soldiers should remember, for it will apply to Cuba, under Spanish rule, as well as to Spain: ‘There is no country in Europe which it is so easy to overrun as Spain; there is no country in Europe which it is more difil- cult to conquer. Nothing can be more con- temptible than the regular military re- sistance which Spain offers to an invader; nothing more formidable than the energy which she puts forward when her regular military resistance has been broken down. Her armies nave long borie 106 1uice i« semblance to mobs, but her mobs ha had in an unusual degree the spirit of les. * * * Castile, Leon, Andalusia, tremadura rose at once; every peasant procured a firelock or a pike; the allies ‘were masters only of the ground on which they trod. No soldier could wander a hundred yards from the main body of the invading army without imminent risk of being poniarded.”—Philadelphia Ledger. —_—— RESPONSE TO TI;: CALL FOR COUN- Y. Judging by the enthusiasm everywhere | clares that the count m THE MAFIA TROUBLE—C. D., Tur- lock, Cal. Eleven men charged with be- longing to the Mafia, that ordered the murder of Chief of Police Hennessey in New Orleans were killed by a mob who broke into the jail and shot them like rats in their cells. The Government of the United States paid an indemnity of $25,000 to the Italian Government for ti benefit of the dependents of the men wi were hanged. KNOW NOTHINGS-P. F., Napa, Cal. In 1852 in the city of New York thers sprang into public notice an organization that was known as “The Sons of '76"; also as the “Order of the Star-spangled panner.” It had many lodges in various States and all its transactions were se- cret. Whenever an individual supposed to belong to a lodge was asked about the order the invariable reply was, “I don't know,” and from that answer arose the name ‘“Know Nothings CASINO—W. W., City. The number of ,points in the game is not stated, but it is presumed that it was thirty-ohe points If that is the e, if, when the last hand was played, A had twenty-eight points and made big ino 4nd _ace, and B had_twenty-four points and made cards, spades, little casino and three aces, he would win according to the rule which d st be in the fol- . spades, big casino, lowing order: Car little casino and ace. SLAVERY ABOLISHED — Subscriber, City. In 1833 Barl Grey carried a motion for the complete abolition of slavery in the British colonies. It received the royal assent August 28, 1833. A very large sum of money was voted as compensation to the planters who were slave-holders, and a system of apprenticeship for seven years was established as a transitorial preparation for liberty. All children un- der ¢ years of age were declared free. Subsequently the transitory period was reduced to a shorter one, and all _the slaves were freed in August, 1538. This, of course, included the slaves in the Brit- ish West Indies. BUILDING IN CASINO—San Jose Sub- scriber, San Jose, Cal. In the game of casino a player may have more than one : build on the table at one time; rule 8 says: “Should a player build up & card to a certain denomination, and his opponent decline to build it up higher, he, the first player, may not alter his bulld, but must take it with a card of the same denomi- nation; he is, however, at liberty to make another build, either of the same or of any other denomination, or he may pair or combine any of the other cards, before taking his first build, but he must comply With one of the above conditior before playing a card that will do either. R — POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Love and potatoes both spring from the eves. When a man weds an heiress heér face is _his fortune. Some women worry themselves gray trying to look young. Friends and umbrellas are seldom at hand when needed 1t is al VS a when spring come: A man of ripe experience is too wise to monkey with green fruit. Faith without words is about as useless as a watch without wheels. An ounce of flattery goes further with some women than a pound of pity. Nature causes water to expand in freez- ing—but the iceman causes the prick to expand. Some people have more appetite than dinner and others have more dinner than appetite. It easler to point than to plod. That the world is full of human guide- at re-leaf to the trees post One song sung amid a storm is of more benefit to mankind than a whole concert when the sun is shining.—Chicago News. ey A STROKE OF STATESMANSHIP. The United States may have lost some diplamatic points in previous negotiations, | but it scored an important victory in vol- untarily relinquishing the right to engage in privateering, thus compelling Spain to choose between following her example and antagonizing maritime Europe. 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