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

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1898. The Tall ] 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.. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 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 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE +ereeee..908 Broadway WNEW YORK OFFICE.. ...Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE --Rigge House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE.. Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 62| McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin strcet, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 29291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 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—*A Secret Warrant.” A Texas Steer." say Parisians. he Chutes—Z0o, Vaudevil 1 ‘orner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Park—Dog and Pony Show. hs—Swimming. —Muste. dancing boating, fishing, every Sunday, roia Jockey Ciub, Oakland—Races. AUCTION SALES. By Frank W. Butterfield 865 Golden Gate avenue, at 11 0' By G. H. Umbsen & Co.—) s day, May &, Furniture, at onday, May 9, Real Estate. at 14 IS HE A LORD MAYOR? Montgomery street, at 12 o'cloc! R. J. H. STALLARD, M. B, Lond, in a D recent communication to The Call, declared that the Mayor of the proposed new charter | will be a “veritable Czar.” The doctor apparently | repudiates the notion that this official is properly de- scribed when the term “Lord Mayor” is applied to He says the Lord M of Birmingham, Dublin and Belfast are serfs compared to him—mere creatures of the government without special author- ity to influence legislation or control finance. On the other hand, the proposed Mayor of San Fran- cisco is an uncrowned king. Dr. Stallard says: “He is authorized to initiate new policies and to veto legislation, to cut down appropriations, to re- | fuse the ratification of contracts, to reject items of | account, and besides his legislative functions he will | have discretionary power to appoint and remove the | officials who constitute the real government. More- | over, he is authorized to suspend the very elected of | the people. He appoints and will control the elec- tion officers and is practically responsible for an honest counting of the votes. He and his ministers | will have charge of all the city property, parks, schools and public buildings. They will control 83 | per cent of the entire expenditures of the city govern- | ment. Of 1 form of patronage with a certain future increase, es- pecially in the Department of Public Works. He is also given power to influence appointments.in the lower ranks. The Commissioners of Civil Service him yors s two millions and a half will have the are servants either for good or Is or is not this in accordance with the facts? We have already called attention to the subject without ting a reply from any of the ex-Freeholders or other friends of proposed charter. Is it under- stood that nothing is going to be said concerning the powers of the extraordinary official described by Dr. | Stallard? Ts it assumed that a “Czar” is the kind of | Mayor we need, and that there is no occasion to dis- cuss the question whether or not it is a good idea to set up such a political despot in our midst? We think the ex-Freeholders are in duty bound to point out to the people the precedents upon which they have relied in the creation of this Mayor. ‘Whence have they taken his model? Let us know all the facts before the vote is had. We assume that the ex-Freeholders are interested in the future of the city and that they are as loath as anybody to estab- lish in it a political monarchy. Why, then, do they not come forward and refute Dr. Stallard’s asser- tions? It has now been over a week since his com- munication was published. NEED FOR A FARALLON CABLE. T!ime of peace would not have given the sub- ject a thought. If there is the slightest danger of a hostile vessel's approaching this coast the fact that its coming could be detected from the islands long before it could from the lookout points about Golden Gate is too important to be ignored. But there are other reasons for having a cable. There is much difficulty in forecasting the weather here. Of what air currents may be on the way from the west over the Pacific the signal officer knows nothing. He is handicapped by a chronic lack of data. In 2 measure his forecast must be a guess. The moun- tains of fog which drift in also serve to make his task more uncertain. With a cable to the Farallones the State would be benefited by more complete and accurate prognostications. This would be a distinct gain to farming, shippinz and general commercial in- terests. The islands are far enough away to be out- side the fog belt, and fairly subject to such climatic conditions as would afford the signal service a basis from which to work. It is to be hoped the present plan for securing the cable will not lag. Compared to the advantages to be reaped, the cost is too trifling a matter to be con- sidered. The plan is one appealing particularly to the organizations having for their purpose the bet- terment of trade. An appeal from the Chamber of Commerce would have great weight with the author- ities at Washington. To formulate such an appeal without delay would be a wise measure. And as there is always some delay owing to necessary official for- malities even after a decision has been reached, the desirability of prompt action on the part of San Fran- cisco is apparent. eli HE necessity for cable connection with the Farallon Islands will impress many now who in There is little reason for terming Weyler a “Span- ish Boulanger.” He does not even possess the proper brand of whiskers. It is a melancholy coincidence that of the two Gov- ernors, one burned in effigy and the other hanged, both are Populists. | seizing and confiscating a few merchant ships | “ nothing more than piracy”’; he denies THE EXPLANATORY MAGUIRE. UDGE MAGUIRE is a2 member of Congress. It is true that he is a candidate for the governor- ship also, and in this dual character, holding on to one office and reaching for another, he affects to believe that critisism of him as a member of Con- gress is caused by his candidacy for the governor- ship. He attributes all such criticism to “the rail- road” and presents himself as a martyr to the oc- topus. Now, we are not concerned about Maguire’s can- didacy for the governorship, and we will admit that as an anti-railroad person he is fully up to the stan- dard of his daily organ, the Examiner. concern us is his expression and conduct as a mem- ber of Congress from California and a citizen of the United States. Adfter the Spanish Minister demanded his passports and left.the country under instructions from his Gov- ernment, and after the American Minister at Madrid had been handed his and he had been hooted and | stoned across the Spanish frontier, our navy, with Key West as a base, seized as prizes Spanish mer- chant ships, some of them on their way to Havana and others bound to other ports. In ap idle moment Judge Maguire said that taking these prizes was piracy, and therefore our naval offi- cers became pirates, though they may have been pre- venting the victualing and arming of Havana. It was easy for the Judge to say this, but hard for him to see it in print. When he said it his weekly organ here, the Star, which is the ever faithful mir- ror that reflects him jn all his phases, said: “Repre- sentative Maguire regards the seizure of the Buena Ventura and some five or six other Spanish vessels prior to the declaration of war on April 25 as an act of piracy, as to which he is probably correct.” Maguire’s readiness to criticize his own Govern- ment, even to the extent of classing our naval offi- cers with pirates, met ready and approving response, | therefore, from his leading supporter here. The only interest in his opinion arises from the fact that he is a member of Congress, and as such voted for the most, extreme war propositions, including recognition of the Cuban insurgent government and validation of its bonds and blanket mortgage on the Under such circumstances his denunciation of prize taking as piracy was sure to attract attention, and | when it did he forwarded to his daily organ, the | Examiner, what he intended as a denial of the ex- | pression which his weekly organ had indorsed. It being charged that he said the seizure of Span- f ish merchantmen prior to April 25 was piracy, he re- plies in the Examiner to this effect: “My attention has been called to an alleged state. ment by me concerning the seizure of the Spanish merchant ship Buena Ventura by our navy as fol- | ‘I comsider this act and the other seigures up P lows: to this time nothing more than piracy. Observe now that “up to this time” was up to | April 25. The explanation continues: i “I" made no speech on the subject at all, and I | made no such statement, either publicly or privately, | and entertained no such opmion. 1 passed no criti- | cism whatever upon the action of the naval authori- ties or the administration in seizing and detaining Spanish merchant ships.” That is a positive denial. He says: “I made no such statement and entertained no such opinion.” Then follows his own version of what he did say and of the opinion he did entertain: “Believing that as our Government is not bound | by international law) exceptian 56 as as st choosca ol observe it, and the retroactive clause in the act in | question would put our Government in the position | | | | of passing a law for the purpose of confiscating ships | and their cargoes, I said that such an act would | lower the moral plane of humanity and liberty on | which we were conducting the war and would place | our country before the world in the position of | under | conditions condemned by the treaty of Paris as no better than piracy.” We submit that the most rabid “railroad” paper | in California could not place him in any worse po- | sition than he puts himself in. He was accused of saying that the seizures were saying ‘“‘any such thing” and admits that he said they were ‘‘no better than piracy.” It is hardly the difference be- tween “How are you, Gallagher?” and “Gallagher, how are you?”’ Judge Maguire is either ignorant of the force of | language or thinks others are or he would not play such an obvious fluke. Let it be put so plainly that the most obtuse can see it—he denies saying the | seizures were “nothing more than” piracy, and ad- | mits saying that they were “no better than” piracy. In the denied form our naval officers would be “nothing more than” pirates; in the admitted form they would be “no better than” pirates. These are Red Cross days, and perhaps in a spirit of mercy we should leave Judge Maguire to the oblivion into which he has talked himself. But may we not suggest that he is not always aware of the force and meaning of terms? In his speech at the Henry George memorial serv- ices in this city last year he said: “Great problems affecting mankind had remained unsolved before the | coming of Henry George. Before his day professors, philosophers and publicists had proposed to cut the Gordian knot with pools of blood.” The habit of expression which can cut things with pools of blood, and probably whet them first on a bar of soft soap, is all that can be pleaded for his latest performance. It is important merely as the unconscious betrayal of a mood of mind inimical to the purposes of his country. Three police officers are to explain to the commis- sion the particulars of a disgraceful fight in which they were recently engaged. This calls to mind the fact that four police officers have yet to explain a disgraceful flight in which they were recently en- gaged. Chief Lees may have forgotten the incident, but the public has not. Chaska, the Indian gentleman who has just com- mitted suicide, would have saved himself much trouble if he had performed this thoughtful act be- fore he married Cora Belle Fellows. His sorrows began right then. The Eclair says that commercial Europe could not tolerate the capture of Las Palmas. Perhaps this is a serious matter, but there is no general understand- ing that commercial Europe has been asked to toler- ate anything. It is to be hoped that the tendency of spies to get aboard our warships will be discouraged. At least their treatment should be such as to make them rate as very poor insurance risks. General Blanco is rash to be wearing his most gaudy uniform just now. When a Folsom convict is forced to put on a scarlet shirt it is so be can be utilized as a target. What does | island. | RACE TRACK GAMBLING. CCORDING to the evidence so far adduced the scandal in the County Clerk’s office ap- pears to be an insignificant affair. None of the public money has been stolen. It is alleged that one of the clerks has sold his warrant for a single month | to four different brokers, thus defrauding three of | them. The suit brought by Mayor Phelan by which the salaries of the Deputy County Clerks were | stopped enabled him to do this. He took advantage of the situation to defraud the warrant shavers—a | class of financiers who are the constant prey of the | tax eaters. Probably the public, seeing that it loses nothing, will not take much interest in the scandal. But the moral which it points should receive more attention than is likely to be given to it. Deputy County Clerk Piper hypothecated his salary warrant four times in order to procure money with which to “play the races.” Had there been no races to fire his ambition to get rich by gambling he would never have de- frauded the warrant brokers. Internal Revenue Col- lector Welburn and his deputy, Norton, embezzled the funds placed in their hands for the same reason. They wanted money to bet on the races. Theodore Figel was also animated by a desire to acquire wealth by the easy and exciting process of putting it on the right horse. Behind the scrape from which he extricated himself only after a des- perate struggle in the courts there stalked the specter of a horse race. Much of the money embezzled by Treasurer Widber went the same way. He used the accumulations of the taxpayers to buy fast horses, and had he been let alone a while longer no doubt the city would have finally found itself the owner of | a promising stable. It might ultimately have suc- ceeded Widber as manager of the “string,” and, with | Mayor Phelan as manipulator, have gone regularly | into the business of “promoting” the development of thoroughbreds. The Mayor, being a “hefter,” would make an ideal handicapper. The question which seems to us to be uppermost at the present time is, Have not the people of San | Francisco had a sufficiency of race track gambling? The number of fools who think they can get rich at it seems to be limitless. Pools are sold to them out- | side the race track without hindrance. There ap- pears to be no way of protecting them other than the suppression of horse racing, except for brief pe- riods at agricultural fairs or under the auspices of private individuals. The incorporation of race track gambling and its prosecution as a busindss bids fair to make out of the young men of the city a com- munity of gamblers, embezzlers and defaulters. it not about time that a stop were put to it? | TOURISTS COMING WEST. ETTERS received by the manager of the State L Board of Trade from Eastern correspondents asking information concerning the various sum- mer resorts of California are reported to be suffi- ciently numerous to justify the conclusion that a much larger number of tourists will visit the State this sea- son than ever before. It promises to be, in fact, a boom year for the tourist hotels and for all places in the State having attractions for holiday visitors. The cause of the increased interest in California on the part of the Easterners is of course due to the war. A large proportion of the Eastern pleasure- seekers who generally go to Europe during the sum- mer will prefer this year to come West and see some- thing of their own country rather than take the risk of such dangers or incogvenicnc.es at least as the men- ace of war imposes on'all Americans who cross the ocean. This conclusion drawn from the conditions of the situation is confirmed by letters from many of the correspondents, who frankly state that the in- tentjon to take their holiday in the West this year is due to a fear of the existing war and the possibility of its spreading. Is | | If the increase in the tourist travel to the State is | anything as large as is expected from the present out- look it may be-classed among the benefits the nation will gain from the war. The annual exodus of Amer- | ican pleasure-seckers to Europe is an evil of no slight magnitude. It not only carries abroad vast sums of money, but it leads an increasing number of Ameri- cans to look to Europe for the gratification of their intellectual and esthetic tastes rather than to their own country, and in that way, while building up for- eign pleasure resorts and promoting foreign art and manufactures of articles of luxury, it diminishes to a corresponding extent the growth and development { of our own. | Tourist travel is mainly a matter of fashion. The great mass of pleasure-seekers follow a route that has been marked out for them by those who have gone before. The tourist track has been almost literally established across Europe like a highway, and the traveler can as readily distinguish when he is in it or out of it as one can determine in any particular lo- cality whiether he is on the main thoroughfare or a byway. This being so, the importance of once turning American tourist travel Westward can be readily seen. Descriptions of the wonders and the climatic charms of California given by Eastern tourists to their friends on their return home will incline many of those friends to come West themselves next year. Thus the gain from the increased travel caused by the war may prove to be a permanent benefit to the country in many ways. If the money now expended by Amer- icans every summer in Europe for pleasure and for art should be in any considerable measure expended on the Pacific Coast our advance in the production of means for all forms of esthetic enjoyment would be rapid, and with that would come also an advance in wealth and general prosperity. — While awaiting news from Dewey some of the yel- low journalshave been publishingaccountsof the fear- ful slaughter of the men aboard his ships. There could be no excuse for this act of cruelty. If a correspon- dent must lie, let him lie cheeringly. It is just as easy, and probably the truth will be somber enough. Sreag el Still the Railroad Commissioners have not asked Mr. Huntington about the money his company has paid to the Examiner. Aside from the duty of fur- nishing the public with information to which it has a right, the witness might remember that the Exafiner is not exerting itself to protect him. ¢ There seems to be a disposition to regard the ac- tion of a public official in hypothecating his salary warrant to four different brokers as a private mat- ter concerning him and them. If this is true the Grand Jury ought to be abolished as a piece of un- warrantable impertinence. If coast troops are to be sent to Manila the Red Cross people will find the additional necessity of fit- ting out a sanitary ship among their duties. Weyler is a traitor, and that his own country does not execute him shows that “laxness of discipline” prevails to a certain extent in Spain. | jackets to victory. | second the battle of the Yalu. SPECIAL FERTURES IN NEXT SUN g A MODEL PAPER, FULL OF INTEREST AND UP TO DATE. Do you know that our splendid bat- tle-ship Oregon recently passed through a very novel experience? Of course you don’t unless you have seen a let- ter that one of the officers recently sent to his son. The letter was written since the vessel left this port a few weeks ago on her way to join the At- lantic squadron, and has just been de- livered. Of course the information in the letter has not yet been given to the Government officers, but it will be in a few days. This letter tells how the big battle-ship was actually heid up at sea by Neptune and his wife, Amphi- trite. His jolly followers attended on aboard and after securing the captain compelled the crew to do their bid- ding. However, all survived to tell the tale of their wonderful experience, and if you want to know just what happened on the battle-ship READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. The complete letter from the officer will be printed then. As these are war times you are surely interested in American battle cries. A large number of these have come into existence since our boys stormed Morro Castle considerably over a hundred years ago. ‘Don’t give up the ship” is a cry that has often urged our blue But there have been dozens of others used on different occasions with spirit-stirring effect. If you want to know just what they are READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. Everybody has heard of the White- head torpedo and knows that it is one of the most terrible engines of destruc- tion ever invented. But everybody doesn’t know how it was invented, how it 18 made, how it is launched from the torpedo-boat and how it is steered through the water until it strikes the object that it is destined to destroy. IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL There will be a full description of this terrible piece of mechanism. Since the battle of Manila Bay has become a matter of history it is only natural that great interest should be taken in the engagements of ironclads. The Manila fight is the third one in history. The first was the battle of | Lissa, some thirty years ago, and the This fight taught naval experts more than they had ever learned before. It solved a good many puzzles and also pro- pounded a good many. But it was a glorious fight and the Chinese and Jap- anese made things very hot for one| another. If you want to know alr about it READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. Most people who contemplate a trip | from this city to the Klondike look upon it as a biz journey. But how would a trip of 20,000 miles in search of‘ gold strike them? And vet that is the | distance that an adventurous party of seven have just traveled for the sake of hunting for nuggets along the banks of the Yukon. And they traveled the entire distance in a cockle-shell of a| boat that consumed over six months to cover the distance. Talk about ad- ventures. This crowd had at least one a day. And they were thrilling ones. Some of them hair raising. But you will have to READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL If you want to know all about travel- ing 20,000 miles in search of gold. There will also be an article describ- | ing -the latest wonders of electrlclty.i The electric light and the telephone are simply play toys compared to some of the things that are being done nowa- days. All the latest wonders will be‘ fully described. | Miss Jessie Ackerman is a woman who has traveled all over the world | in the interest of temperance. She is a lecturer for the W. C. T. U. and has | had some strange experiences. All of these will be fully described in NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL. | In the way of music. the Sunday Call reproduce W. J. Scanlan’s greatest song. It is a good one, and words and notes will all be there. Over in Oakland a number of good ladies are working to improve the minds of the children and put them in a positicn to help themselves through | this workaday world. For this pur- | Francisco now passing DAY'S CALL pose a most unique school has been es- tablished and is doing remarkably well. In NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL There will be a full description of it and some pictures of the boys and girls at work. Dr. Shrady is a great physician, and he doesn’t mind telling how he became one, so that others may follow his e ample. In next Sunday's Call there will be an article giving timely advice to young men ambitious to succeed in medicine. ‘While many of our brave naval offi- cers are at their posts of duty their wives are anxiously awaiting news of them. This requires as great courage and fortitude as giving battle to an enemy, and in some ways even more. Who are the women of San through this ordeal? Many of them are California girls, and if you want to know just who they are READ NEXT SUNDAY’'S CALL. Besides the good things just me tioned there will be lots of other spe- cial features. There will also be the usual departments — books, soci fashions, theaters, the boys’ and gir page—and all the latest news of the day, as well as the BEST AND FULL- EST REPORTS FROM THE CALL'S OWN CORRESPONDENTS DIR FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. READ NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. S o o o o o o The gallant action of Commodore George Dewey with the Spanish fleet and shore batteries at Manila has prompted Representative Grosvenor of Ohio introduce a resolution in Congress for a vote of thanks to the brave commander- in-chief. A vote of thanks by Congress stowed upon an American citizen. Cross” in Germany. Since the year 1800 Congress has recognized gallant services in about fifty instances, but only eighteen have been in the formal vote of thanks, the others were by presentation of gold medals, swords, money and promotion. Commodore Edward Preble, and through and marines, received the thanks of Congress for gallantry off Tripoli in 1804 In 1814 Captain Macdonough and O. H. Perry were similarly rewarded for their gallant fights on Lake Champlain and Lake Erie. At the close of the Mexican war, August 7, 1848, marines of the navy received a vote of thanks, which, however, was of no in- dividual benefit, except as a compliment The civil war of 1861-65 was naturally more prolific In substantial Congres- sional gratitude, and the following officers were thus honored Dupont, -once; Foote, Worden and Farragut twice; Goldsborough, Davis and Rowan, once; Porter, three times; Stringham, Dahlgren, Rodgers, Ringgold, named: ‘Winslow and Cushing, once. Dahlgren guished services in connection with gun making, and Ringgold for saving lives; all the others were for bravery and skill in battle. i in every instance advancement in rank and increased pay followed. gut rose from captain to rear admiral July 16, 1862; to vice-admiral 31, 1864; to admiral July 26, 1866. Porter was raised from a commander to rear admiral July 4, 1863; to vice-admiral July 25, 1866, and succeeded Farragut as admiral at the death of the latter, August 15, admiral July 25, 1866, and succeeded Porter as vice-admiral August 15, 1870. There has been only two admirals and one vice-admiral in our navy. rank was created expressly for Farragut, Porter and Rowan, and ceased with The retiring age of naval officers is 62, but the the deaths of these officers. vote of thanks retained these officers many years after the ordinary Farragut died at the age of 69; Porter at 73, and Rowan at 82 years of age, and they remained on the active list until death closed their career, excepting Rowan, who voluntarily retired one year prior to Of rear admirals, Rodgers and Worden retained thelr places on the active list many years beyond the retiring age. A vote of thanks to Commodore Dewey, therefore, means that he will be promoted to the rank of rear admiral; that his salary will be increased from $5000 to $6000, and that his retirement will be deferred to such a time as he may choose, which otherwise would occur next year. a vacancy in the grade of commodore, for officers thus promoted are carried in addition to the regular number. There has been several efforts to re-establish the grades of admiral and vice-admiral, and if opportunities offer there are a number of officers that will make records entitling them to become something higher than rear admiral. Farragut reached that rank when he was Porter only 5. All of which tends to indicate that mere age, old or young, is no criterion of a naval officer’s usefulness. ©0000000000000000000000000000000O00 THE THANKS OF CONGRESS. 000000000000 0000000000000000000000 Besides its intrinsic value it carrles, also, advancement in rank to the navy or army officer, increased pay and a right to remain upon the active list if he chooses until his life closes. In the recognition of distinguished services Congress has always been very chary, hence the honor is justly looked upon as being as great and deserved as is the bestowal of the *Victoria Cross" (] ] o o to is the highest honor that can be be- in Great Britain and the “Iron In 1805 him, his officers, petty officers, seamen the officers, sailors and in the order received the vote of thanks for distin- Farra- December 1870. Rowan became a rear The Hmit. his demise. His promotion would not create past 62 years of age, Rowan was 5, and THE AMERICAN SONG. What song shall America sing, Young heir of the elder world, Whose knee ne'er bent to tyrant king, ‘Whose banner defeat ne'er furled A_song for the brave and the free, No echo of antique rhyme, But a shout of hope for the day to be, The light of the coming time. From the dark lowlands of the past, loud o'er the victim's cries, as phrom the faroff years are heard: t the n of kings is man's despalr, And ttie hope of the world deferred. *Tis the song of the free we sing; Of the good time mot yet % Where each man of himself is kiug, Of a day whose gladsome morn Shall see the earth beneath our feet, And a fair sky overhead: When those now sad shali find life sweet, And none shall hunger for bread. then our American song! ‘WAR AND WITS. “This proposition to tax chewing gum,” said Rivers, “may be all right as a war measure, but it is bound to lead to a good deal of jawing.”—Chicago Tribune. Hicks—Nobbins seems to be holding up his head of late. Wicks—Yes; it probably comes of reading newspaper bulletins.— Boston Transeript. She—Which would you rather be—rich or famous? He—Rich. Then I could give a yacht to the Government and get fa- mous, too.—Chicago News. ; Captain Cutt—Who is that drunken non- | family have come out from Philadelphia man_staggering dowa the loned o Lieu- ‘commissi street with our orderly sergeant? tenant Slash—That's our disorderly ser- geant.—Philadelphia North Ameflcflzl. % Something is wrong with either the gun- boats or the artists. All the gunboats in the papers have their guns pointing to- ward heaven. Do they expect to find the Spanish there?—Atchison Globe. ‘“‘George, dear, there is one thing you mustn’t forget.” ‘““What is that, sweet- heart?” *“You mustn’t let the band play ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me' when you start away.” “And why not, sweet- heart?”’ ‘‘Because everybody will think it means m —Clevzf:md Plain Dealer. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS E. C. Rutherford of Sacramento is at the California. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jarboe of San Mateo are at the Palace. T. 8. Phelps Jr. of the United States navy is at the Palace. H. J. McDougal and wife of Toronto are registered at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark of Seattle are guests at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Christie of Paterson, N. J., are at the California. L. N. Breed arrived from Los Angeles and registered at the Occidental. James A. Lacey, a mining man from Alaska, is registered at the Grand. W. H. B. Beaver, a prominent merchant of Victoria, registered at the Palace yes- terday. S. H. Rice, who is well known In real estate dealings at Ukiah, is stopping at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Higbee and to visit and are ping at e Pt Az 8top '0 CORRESPONDENTS. F., W ne ANSWERS T CORBETT AND SULLIVAN—-W. City. Corbett defeated Sullivan at M Orleans September 7, 1892, in twenty rounds. THE MINT—N City. For informa- tion about the civil service examination to be held at the United States branch mint in this city make application at the mint. GOVERNMENT SEWING—N. N., City. If, by the question about government sewing, is meant sewing done for the government the application should be made to the contracto SOLDIERS’ HOMES—G. H. 8., City. The Soldiers’ Homes that are east of the east line of the State of Nebraska are located at Dayton, O.; Milwaukee, Wis.; ’Il‘i)ézus, Me.; Hampton, Va., and Marion, nd. P — Cal. glace fruit §0c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_————————— Spectal information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * Special Notice. Those troubled with dandruff and itch- ing scalp mail this to Smith Bros. for free sample of Smifhs’ Dandruff Pomade. For sale by all druggists. . LET BUSINESS PROCEED. Invasion of the country is not threat- ened and the task the United States has undertaken entails no great tax on its strength. Looking at the question from whatever point of view one may, confi- dence should be stimulated and war per- mitted to be only an episode in na‘ional activity, without menace to the material advancement of the nation.—Chicago Rec- ord. —_— #Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It Soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and is the bdést remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether. arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. ‘Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 2ic a bottle. CORONADO—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists common further north. Round trip tick- ets, by steamship, including fifteen days' board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65; longer stay, $2 50 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., S. F.. or A. W. Bailey, mgr. Hotel del Corona- do, late of Htl Colorado, Glenwood Spgs, Colo. —_————— Jessie Ackerman relates some of her most wonderful experiences in dotting the great globe with W. C. T. U. missions in next Sunday’s Cail. ———————————————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. NEST when they tampered with the Malne, and now Spain is sorr- she did it. If you go monkeying around unrelia-~ ble laundry it will be a iource of con- tinual annoyance. Brin- your linen where —ou know it will be handled properly and gi. you nulne satis- faction every time, and that Is at the United States Laundry, office 1004 Mar< ket street. Telephone South 420