The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1898. @hc SATURDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e A 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 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers in this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.............One year, by mall, §1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE... +eess+.H08 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...............Riggs House €. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.... ....Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. .MAY 14, 1808 BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 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 until 9:30 o'clock. i4l Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission strcet, open untll 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 untll 9 o'clock. —_— AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—+In Old Japan.’ Columbia—“Monbars * California— Alcazar—Niobe Morosco's—"The Prisoner of Algiers.” Tivoli—Ship Ahoy: Orpheum— Vaudeville. Mech ion—Masonic Festival. Sherman, Cla; 11—Paloma Schramm, this afternoon. Sherman, Clay Hall—Kneisel Quartet, Monday, May 16. Metropolitan_Temple—Testimonial to Fritz Scheel, Sunday sftern oon, May 15, The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville. and “Visions of Art."” Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialiles. Central Park—Dog and Pony Show. Sutro Baths—Swimming, Coursing—I ide Coursing Park. Recreation Park—Baseball to-day. Ei Campo—Musie. dancing, boating, fishing, every Sunday. California JockeyCiub, Oakland—Races to-day.| AUCTION SALES. nk W. Butterfield—This day, May 14 Grocary and Filbert street, at 11 o'clock. Also, Furniture, at 1:08 at 2 o'clock. pear & Co —Mond:y, May 16. Furniture, at 2103 at 11 o clock. THE FORTUNE OF WAR. ] HILE the voices of the people were still »\/ sounding with glad acclamations over the gallant feat of the Winslow on Monday in at- | tacking single-handed three Spanish gunboats and driving them to seek shelter under the guns of the forts of Cardenas Bay, came the news of yesterday{ announcing another daring feat of the same boat. | another victory for our flag, but gained at a fearful | cost to the vessel and her crew. The Winslow, badly wrecked, lies in port awaiting repairs, and the greater | number of the brave men who so couragecusly won | fame for her are dead or wounded. The service on which the Winslow was sent that | led to her destruction was of so venturesome a na- | ture that at first reading it will seem to the country that some one must have blundered. A careful study | of the situation, however, shows that such was not | he case. In sea fights as well as in land fights peril | is not to be avoided. There are times when a few men must perform deeds of seeming recklessness in order that some great benefit or advantage may be gained for the army or the fleet which they serve. Such an emergency occurred in the contest at Car- | denas Ba; It is clearly wise on the part of our commanders to destroy as many as possible of the Spanish war ves- sels now in West Indian waters before the main fleet | of Spain can unite with them. Several of these Span- | ish gunboats were in the bay at Cardenas. They con- stituted to our blockade and our operations in'those waters a menace which it was necessary to remove. It was known that the principal entrances to the bay | were mined and that for our ships to steam boldly | in would be to invite the destruction of the entire | squadron. Another entrance had to be sought out, and as a matter of course the vessel that led the way had to be of comparatively small draught lest she should strand upon the shoals. | The little Winslow was chosen to lead the way. | She found a passage deep enough for the tug Wilson and the gunboat Hamilton, but the larger ships of the squadron could not follow. The three boats held | on their course, found the Spanish boats at anchor under the guns of the land batteries and at once at- tacked them. The feat was on a lesser scale but not less daring than that of Dewey at Manila. The men of the Winslow died not recklessly, but gloriously. The occasion is one over which patriotism may exult | for the valor shown as well as mourn for the heroic | dead. This is the fortune of war. The American seaman drawing his inspiration from a long Iine of heroes from the days of Paul Jones to those of Farragut, and roused to emulation by the marvelous victory achieved at Manila, cannot turn his back on any fée however strong he may appear when the path of duty leads straight forward. It is inevitable that at times disasters befall the brave. Were it otherwise it would not require bravery to face the chances of war. This first blow given to our arms in the struggle with Spain warns us that it is not a holiday task our sol- diers and seamen have entered upon, but it will also remind us that no duty it imposes will be too perilous for our heroes to meet and overcome. Somebody was certainly at fault when the volun- teers from Oregon were not met at the station and given military escort. They were a gallant looking lot; they have become soldiers for love of country, and though they come from beyond the State line they are all our boys just the same. There are more of them to come, and the rest should not be slighted. A correspondent sends to a New York paper the story of the San Juan battle in which he speaks of the women fleeing in yellow fear. Had he been showing the unfortunate ladies a copy of the paper for which he writes details of things which never have hap- pened? e The man who sues for divorce alleging that his wife took but one bath in five months should remem- ber that the water company has earnestly requested citizens to be as sparing as possible of water. Certain of the powers are said still to be deter- mined that the United States shall not hold the Phil- ippines. Spain can be counted among the number. . STy e It cannot be denied that the volunteers sent up a sigh of relief when they learned that it was another THE FUN OF FUSION. HE first real political fusion of the year has been Tcfl'fl:ted at Fresno. In that county the Demo- crats, Silver Republicans and Populists have struck palms and agreed to make a joint fight on a common platform. The first knowledge gained by the outside world of this Fresno compact is in the re- port made to the Populist State Committee by Mr. Dore, who seems to have been its principal nego- tiator. In the first place the Democratsagree not to haveany Democratic platform. This is an abstention that must cost many a pang, for if there is any privilege dear to the Democratic heart it is that of passing resolutions and making State, county, township and precinct plat- forms. The Democrats agree to eat their tag, which is a genuine hardship. The Silver Republicans never had any platform or principles except a declaration that the tail is bigger than the dog and should wag him whenever it is fed. These two members of the political happy family of Fresno agree to fuse with the Populists on the Oregon platform, and, having no other, to cleave unto that until death does them part. Now the Oregon platform is the Populist platiorm. The Democrats of Oregon fused with the Populists once and lost their identity. The Populists went to the front, and in the so-called fusion now in operation | ally in dealing with the issue. The importance of the in that State they said to the few and scattering bands of Democrats who had strayed so far from their own reservation that they couldn’t find the way back that they could take a seat inside the Populist lion by sub- scribing to the regular platform. As they had no re- course, they accepted the conditions. On this plat- form the Fresno fusion is made. It is the full Popu- list programme. It demands “a national money, safe and sound, issued by the General Government only, without the intervention of banks of issue, to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private; also a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution di- rect to the people through the lawful disbursements of the Government, and that the volume of circulating medium be speedily increased to an amount suffi- cient to meet the demands of business and population of this country, and to restore the just level of prices; and such legislation as will prevent, in the future, de- monetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract.” The platform also demands the initiative and referendum and the submission of “all important national questions for an advisory vote of the people.” , The Populists were not content with the adminis- tration of this dose to the Fresno Democrats. Mr. Dore reported to the State Committee that after the | Democrats and Silver Republicans had agreed to the | platform “a fair division of the offices was arrived at, the Populists, however, stipulating for control of the Board of Supervisors and of the offices governing‘ the levying of taxes and the expenditure of public | moneys.” The humor of this is exquisite. The Democrats seem not to have seen it. Though they took their platform medicine the Populists deemed it wise not to trust them with money, and so stipulated for | control of the purse. But, after all, this is wise poli- tics. If the Populists hang on to the bait-can, the other parties to this funny compact must wig when they wag. THE DISMISSED GRAND JURY. HE Grand Jury dismissed by Judge Belcher Tyesterday for incompetency is not likely to get much sympathy from the public. The distress | of its members is of an eminently lachrymose char- | acter. If a few of the desperate resolves with which they are now acquainting the public had been exe- cuted while the jury were investigating the ferry | “interviews” which all knew to be fictitious. depot scandal, the School Department thefts and the | street paving frauds the disgraceful ending which has overtaken them might have been prevented. Several of the jurors say they were on the point of doing | something. It is a significant fact, however, that they | never were on this point until Judge Belcher an-| nounced his intention of dismissing them. It is childish for the jurors to charge District At- torney Barnes and his assistants with responsibility for their failure to do their duty. Had they been de- termined, for instance, to indict the thieving contract- ors who robbed the State in constructing the ferry depot—proof of whose criminality was ‘presented in abundance—neither the District Attorney nor his as- sistants could have averted the result. Had they been intent on bringing the School Department rascals to | justice no power on earth could have stopped them. Moreover,nobody would have attempted to stop them. The bravest District Attorney or Superior Judge who ever served the tax eaters would not have dared to | stand between an honest Grand Jury and the political | thieves of the Harbor Commission and School. De- partment. The people of this city will not be apt to credit what is now being said concerning the desperate inten- tions of the jurors. Josh Biilings said he never wagered a cent on a man who told what he would have done had he been there. Nor will the public lay any money on Grand Jurors who tell what they would have done had Judge Belcher let them alone a while longer. The fact of the matter is the dismissed Grand Jury, although in session for six months, did nothing. If its inactivity had been due to a lack of material to work on, there would have been no occasion to de- mand its dismissal. But political thieves have been unusually abundant for a long time. A finer oppor- tunity for the display of civic virtue was never pre- sented to a Grand Jury than has been presented to this one. Yet its members completely failed to do their duty. What the disgraced jurors should do is to retire from public view quietly. Anything they may now say can only vex the public ear. They had a chance to purify the political atmosphere and they neglected it. . What they might have done, what they were going to do, why they did not do it, and who was to blame for the internecine difficulties, are no longer of public interest. The historical fact is, they quarreled when they should have attended to business. The “pull” of the predatory politicians was too much for them. It is well that they are dead and buried. THE SACRAMENTO WATER SUPPLY. — TEPS taken by the citizens of Sacramento and S by the State officials to procure a purer water supply for Sacramento are a striking illustration of-the benefits accruing to a community from a prompt publication of existing evils and an insistent urging of the adoption of an immediate remedy. When The Call first exposed the dangerous condi- tion of the water supply at Sacramento the exposure was met by the charge that it was an attempt to in- jure the city. Certain of our contemporaries started the charge and tried hard to raise it to the degree of a prolonged howl. It takes more than two coyotes, however, to make noise enough to distract attention Otis. The Spanish fleet now in search of Sampson will be sorry when it shall find him, x5 from the clear voice of The Call, and the people of Sacramento were not for a moment deceived. They and that the object of The Call in publishing them COLLECTED IN was not to injure Sacramento, but te save her peo- ple from danger of disease. % The first result of the publication was the awaken- ing of popular interest in the subject. This led to discussion, and discussion brought about investiga- tion. All the statements made by The Call were found to be true. The next step was to devise a remedy. Men of intelligence and energy took up the work, and as soon as they began to move it was found they would have ample co-operation from the State officials in checking the evil so far as it is due to the contamination of the water by the sewage from Fol- som prison. It was gratifying to note by the reports from Sac- ramento yesterday ‘that the movement for a better water supply has now so far progressed that a victory for Sacramento is virtually assured. It is regarded as certain that the Prison Directors at their next meet- ing will provide some way by which the sewage of Folsom can be cared for without draining it into American River. This will be a gain not for Sacra- mento only, but for all the region along the rivers be- low the prison, and may serve as a means for pro- moting sewage improvement in many other locali- ties. Sacramento is to be congratulated upon the energy of her Chamber of Commerce and her citizens gener- work to be undertaken cannot be overrated. An im- pure water supply is a menace to every household in the city. It is one of the most fruitful causes of dis- ease among men, and if the present impurb supply were continued there is no telling what a fearful cost it might have entailed upon the people of Sacra- mento in the coming summer. Fortunately the evil is to be no longer ignored. The remedy has been devised and agreed upon. Sacramento will soon be as healthful as nature made that locality before man contaminated the pure waters of the rivers. COUNSEL TO THE ERRING. HERE is no longer need for considering the Examiner setiously. From a newspaper it has degenerated into a serial freak, to whose opinion not the slightest importance attaches and whose “news” no reader regards as indicative of anything that has happened or is likely to happen. But a | freak becomes tiresome; the side-show and the voice of the spieler pall. Would it not be well for the Ex- aminer when it has published as truth statements having not the coloring of fact to refrain from boasting? The public is ready to assume that the verbose liars who represent yellow journalism abroad will keep up their regular lick, especially as the present affords no end of opportunity. Récently a man named Creelman—as a correspond- ent utterly unreliable—sent word that he had broken through the Spanish censorship and began to forward Then he announced that the fleet which Sampson had ex- pected to meet had returned to Cadiz. He let the public know that he had given the United States the benefit of this knowledge, and that Uncle Sam was duly grateful. The location of the fleet was named definitely, not as a rumor, a possibility, but as a matter settled and certain. Yet it was an absolute lie, wrong in itself and doubly wrong that some official might have credited it and been led to disastrous course. Happily the lie was discovered in time to destroyany power for ill. But when news came to all the papers showing the real character of the Creelman fake the Examiner printed such of it as limited facilities per- mitted it to obtain, and at the same time bragged of the achievement the real news stamped as a stupid and malign fabrication. - Such is the manner of it. Its errors are not of ignorance wholly. The same ambition which surges in the breast of a gold-brick sharp every time he spies a greenhorn stirs the great heart of the Examiner when a nickel is in sight. There is no need to waste sympathy on the owner of the nickel who permits it thus to be wooed away. There is no use to advise the sheet to reform, but if it were to cease by displays of red fire and blare of horn to call attention to its own frailties it would abate a nuisance and confer a considerable boon. A GUN ASSEMBLING PLANT. PETITION has been addressed to the Senators fl and Representatives of California in Congress requesting them to use their best efforts to bring about the establishment of a gun-assembling plant for the Pacific Coast at Benicia. The petition has been signed not only by leading citizens of Benicia, but by such representative organizations as the State Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants’ Association and the Manufacturers’ Association. It is therefore one that will compel at- tention by reason of the influential men who support it, and our delegation in Congress can be safely counted on to do what they can to obtain a favor- able consideration of it by the Government. The petition, however, has a strength of its own over and above that given it by the eminence of the men and organizations who have signed it. The rea- sons why a gun-assembling plant should be estab- lished on this coast are many and all are strong. The Pacific Coast frontage of the republic has ceased to be the back door of the nation. The whole trend of events of recent years is toward the extension of wealth, commerce and industry along these shores. It is reasonably certain that within a comparatively short time the principal energies of the nations will be exerted on the Pacific. Our country must prepare a strong front here where it will'have to meet the ex- panding commerce and naval and military energies of Russia, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. This coast, equally with that of the Atlantic, will have to be defended, and for defensive purposes there will be required every form of plant known to modern war. When it comes to the selection of a site for the lo- cation of a gun-assembling plant the claims of Benicia cannot be overlooked. That point is ideally situated for such an establishment. It holds a cen- tral position along the coast, is so landlocked as to be safe from the attack of an enemy, and at the same time is so directly connected with the ocean as to make it a place where either the navy or coast defense troops can promptly resort for guns when needed. Further arguments for the establishment of the pro- posed plant at Benicia are to be found in the fact that the Government has already there a suitable site for the purpose. The reservation at Benicia includes 350 acres bordering on the waters of Carquinez Straits at a point where the waters are of sufficient depth at low tide to afford ample facilities for the docking or anchorage of the largest war vessels. On this site the Government has now extensive barracks and shops. It is within five miles of the navy yard at Mare Island and possesses every advantage which could be desired. The petition should be strongly pushed. It is one on which all Californians can unite. We need a gun- assembling plant on this coast, and Benicia is the place for it. Moreover, it should be established at knew that the articles on the water supply were true, | once. The Government should act without delay. i THE CORRIDORS Dr. P. N. Russel and John 8. Dore of Fresno are at the Lick. E J. C. Ruddock, the Ukiah attorney, is registered at the Grand. John McMullin, a well-known banker of Fresno, is at the Occidental. Benjamin P. Barker, a wine merchant of Livermore, is at the Baldwin. Albert E. Carroll and his sister, Ma- belle E. Carroll, ars guests at the Palace. A. J. Marcus, a capitalist from Menlo Park, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. ‘W. B. Nutter, a lawyer of Stockton, and E. W. Biddle, the banker, of Healdsburg, are at the Lick. E. T. Blackmer of San Diego, grand pre- late of the Royal Arch Masons of this State, is at the California. Dr. J. W. Oakley of Toronto, Canada, and Sheriff W. B. Johnson of Riverside are among the guests at the Grand. E. H. Offley, connected with the quar- termaster's department of the United gltates army, 1s registered at the Califor- a. Bishop Graves, who is at the head of the northern diocese of the Hpiscopal church in the California jurisdiction, i{s at the Occidental. Edouard Remenyl, the distinguished violinist, is registered at the Baldwin, and came here from St. Louls to fill an en- gagement at one of the local theaters. Hugh Craig, president of the Chamber of Commerce, is now State agent for the Home Insurance Company of New York, having resigned from the New Zealand, with which he has been associated for many years. Richard McCreery of Burlingame met with a painful accident while horseback riding in Lake County yesterday morn- ing. He came to this city and immediate- ly went to his rooms at the Palace. Dr. H. B. de Marville, who was calied in, said that Mr. McCreery had sustained quite a severe fracture of the knee, that would confine him to his bed for a week or two, but no serious results are anticipated. 0Oo00OO0O0COOOOCO The household o o0 of a certaln Mr. o NAMED olzunhun of z&x- city was made o THE :BARY " 8.5 0 Tl o DEWEY. O time ago by the o © arrival of a little 0 0000O0O0O0O0O stranger in the person of a healthy, bouncing boy, and | when the baby was christened the father, who felt a true American pride in the brilliant achievement of Admiral Dewey over the Bpanish fleet, to evince his pa- triotic spirit had the youngster named Dewey, in honor of the illustrious de- fender of our nation’s honor. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Dunham had occasion to go to the Occidental Hotel on business, when he was agreeably sur- prised to meet an old friend who had just arrived from the East. After mutual greetings, he was on the point of inform- ing him of the new addition to his family when the other commenced to speak in glowing terms of the splendid American victory in the Philippines, Admiral Dewey especially coming in for a large share of his admiration. Both gentiemen being of an equally patriotic nature, the conversa- tion naturally became very animated, and it was some time before Mr. Dunham was able to venture the remark, “Well, we've got a new boy up at our house.” Con- gratulations were immediately extended. “Yes,” continued the proud father, at the thought of the pleasant event, ‘‘Dewey Dunham,” meaning, of course, to convey to his friend the name of the lad and his own patriotic action in naming the baby. | The other individual, whose thoughts had by that time again reverted to their orig- inal conversation en the chastisement ad- ministered to the Spaniards, replied: “You are right, my boy, dead right, even If you are a little ungrammatical. You know, it would be more proper to say, ‘Dewey did ’em.’ ” THE CALL TO BATTLE. 1 From height to height Columbla calls, She eends from surging sea to sea, To_cabin and to mansion halls, Her mighty summonse to the free; She bids her true, undaunted sons Stand to their guns—stand to thelr guns! 1L Hark! how the West her answer glves— The South—how proudly now she speaks! The spirit of Columbia lives And thunders from our Northern peaks! For when our Mother speaks the word Bhe shall be heard! she shall be heard! 455 T e Nor halt we now to nicely weigh And nicely measure and adjust— She speaks, and we, her sons, obey, For she hath all cur love and trust: Her word shail be our guiding star From paths of peace to paths of war! V. Spenk, then, in thunder, O ye ships! Let your flerce voices swell and roar Til, at the summons of your lips, Peéace reigns again from shore to shore— Till Morro's grim, beleaguersd walls Shall know your tones and heed your calls! v. Oh, may our God the Father keep Our dear ones through the fev'rous glade! Oh, may he watch upon the deep His satlor sons whom he hath made— And, when the battle-tempests blow, Thy' mercy, Lord, on friend and foe! —New_York Press. WITH THE HUMORISTS. When a married woman begins to fuggle dumbbells it is about time for her hus- band to cultivate the acquaintance of a divorce lawyer.—Chicago News. “That botany professor has lost his mind."” “War excitement?"” “No; he couldn't classify more than fifty of ¥ flowers on his wife's spring hat.”—Chicago Record. “What has become of Bliggins?"” “He's lald up; a victim of the war." “I didn't know he had even enlisted.” “He hasn’t. He sprained his larynx telling how things ought to be done.”’— Washington Star. “Anyway, the pedestrian has the law on his side.” “Oh, of course; but he has the wheel- man on his neck.”Indianapolls Journal. “They tell me that the Prince has very democratic manners."” “Democratic? Why they are absolutely Populist!” “But how could you have the heart to hang' a man for stealing a $10 horse?” asked the tourist. “Fer two reasons,” Rubberneck Bill ex- plained. “Théy wasn't nuthin' else to hang him fer, an’ they wasn't nobody else handy to hang.” “Shockingly unprincipled lot, those bar- tenders. One of them passed a bad quar- ter on me a week ago, confound him, and 1 have not been able to get rid of it yet.” “There is no doubt that Dr. Fourthly is a powerful preacher. Have you: ever heard him?" “No, I have never had an opportunity to do so as yet.” - “You ought to come around some time, by all means. I know you'd be impressed. Why, upon several occasions I have even noticed the members of the chofr listening to him.”—Chicago News. —_—————— NAMING THE BICYCLE. Both the velocipede and bleycle have given the French a lot of trouble to sat- isfactorily christen either machine. Be- ginning with the celerifere and velosifere, there has been a progressi in the direction of “bicycle, “veloce” and *velo.” is also known under the name of “be- cane.” In Spain it is the velocifers, v; ““for- sa- AR cl " . In the same country it is also called "tzu tzun,” or “carriage-that-goes- without-horse.”” With respect to names, however, the Flemings distapce all the — PARAGRAPHS @BOUT PEOPrE Sir Henry Hawkins, the famous English judge, thus explains his refusal to write his memoirs: *“If you begin by saying what a splendid fellow you are they call you egotistical, and as for saying any- thing against myself, I'll be hanged is I will. Would you?"* The son of the Sultan of Zanzibar, who is In England, will remain in that coun- try fot some time, and when he returns home will try to introduce the ideas of English civilization among his country- men. The Prince of Wales has been reinstated as grand master of the English Free Masons. There are in the House of Commons two wooden boxes on which are numerous indentations made by the rings on Mr. Gladstone’s hand when that statesman became more than usually excited. | Although 79 years of age, Rosa Bon- heur, the great painter of animals, ap- pears as active as ever, so far as her work is concerned. She spends about five | hours a day perched on a ladder in her | studlo. The Rev. Dr. Temple, Boston, is credited with a will- ingness to run for Governor of Massachu- setts on the Prohibition ticket if the churches of the State will stand by him. In one of his books Mark Twain ob- serves that the reason there is compara- | tively little arable land in Spain is be- | cause the great majority of the Spanish | people are in the habit of squandering it | on thelr persons, and when they die it is | buried with them. A would-be playwright recently took one,of his productions to Richard Mans- fleld and asked for a verdict. When the actor undertook to render an honest de- cision of the play the tyro waxed wroth. “Do you know that play eost me a year's hard labor?’ he asked. *My dear man,” sald Mansfleld, “you are fortunate. A | more just judge would have made it ten years. He really would.” —_———— THE JEWS AS PATRIOTS. i Three thousand Jewish residents of Chi- | cage on Saturday last gathered together and took part in one of the most unique demonstrations of patriotism in the Btates since the war with Spaln began. | In the Hebrew language, and according | to the forms of Moses, prayers were of- fered in the Jewish Tabernacle for the protection and guidance of President Mc- | Kinley, for the success of our arms in the warfare with Spain, and for the con- | tinued welfare and prospeérity of " the| Urrited States Government. The exercises | were conducted by Rev. Israel Kupfer, | rabbi of the congregation, but the prin- Lorimer of Tremont | sary, the manager said, “Oh, it is purely a business arrangement. By placing this aotice in the works each man knows who is the visitor being conducted around, and - nni; ing the bicycle | does not need to ask his mates, Time is the ‘‘sne Wlel""‘urby"vcoaeli‘wlil." they have | thus saved.” Mr. Wilson also cbserved developed the name into the mon-|that the men were allowed to sit at their strous ‘4 {elsnelrijuoétrappeudneusdre- | work. The manager said that was also ki stel.” Those contemprann a bicy- | a business matter. “We find that the men cle tour in Europe had better skip Flan- | can do 15 per cent more work seated than ders or else ride around the country. standing. —_—————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. STANFORD UNIVERSITY—G. R., City. For information about entrance to the Stanford University address the recorder at that institution. DARKNESS UNDER THE EYE-J. A. L., City. The dark ring sometimes seen under the human eve is causea by con- gestion of the blood. FORT HANCOCK—N. J. 'T., Yreka, Cal. Fort Hancock is located in El Paso County, Texas, on the line of the A. T. and S.’F. R. R., a short distance from Galveston. i FOR THE WAR—Subscriber, City. About seven hundred men left the Pre- sidio reservation for the front. About seventeen thousand men of the regular army have been mobilized around Chick- amauga Park. RANK-J. A. B., Point Reyes Station, Cal. If two officers of the United States Army should be promoted to the rank of | Major General on the same day and with- in the same hour, the one whose com- mission is signed first ranks the other. THE VAMPIRE—Y. N., Saratoga, Cal., and T. D., City. “The Vampire,” by Kip- ling, can be found in Vol. 27 of the Critic, May 8, 1867; in the June number of the Eclectic Magazine, 1897, and in Public Opinion of June 17, 1897. Cannot furnish | vou the date of the publication of this poem in the paper named in your com- munication. A WIFE'S PROPERTY—C. W., City. The separate property of a wife, accord- ing to the law of this State, is not liable for the debts of her husband, but is lia- ble for her own debts contracted before or after marriage. As the husband is the head of the family, whatever necessaries of life are procured for the family are in law procured by him, and he is responsi- ble for the payment ‘thereof. BARBERRY—G. G. S., Pescadero, Cal. The barberry common. on this coast is known by the botanical name Barberideae Aquofolium, and is also known as Oregon Grape. The bark, roots and wood are used for dyeing vellow. It produces u bitter tonic, astringent; in large doses is a cathartic. It is used locally in con- junctivus and internally in, malarial and typhold fever. This department is unable to state what effect its constant use would have on the human system. MINING LICENSE—H. C., City. Can- adian mining license authorizes mining within the territorial limits of the Domin- ion of Canada, whch is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, Labrador, Davis Strait and Baffins Bay; on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska; on the north by the Arctic Ocean and Alas- ka, on the south, southeast and south- west by the United States. THE MEDICAL CORPS—H, H., City. The enlisted men in the medical or sani- tary corps of the National Guard, when called out for duty by the commander in chief to do dutg with the National Guard, are paid $2 per day; if they are cipal address was by William Zoloktkoff. He declared that it was a peculiar and providential happening that in a land of liberty the Jews assembled as respected citizens of a great nation to pray for the | sticcess of the arms of a nation that had | persecuted their ancestors. “The persecution of the Jew,” he said, | «was the beginning of the decline of | Spain. To-day Spain is tottering to ex- tinction, while the people she sought to | destroy ‘are hopeful and strong. The Jew who enjoys the freédom of this country is willing to give his life to extend that freedom to the possessions of Spain in this hemisphere, and he will rejoice in the downfall of the nation that drove his people from her shores.” | Such demonstration as this will go far toward setting at naught the absurd | assertion so often heard that ‘“the Jews | are a nation without a country.” It is | very hard for some people to understand that Judaism in this day is a reli nothing more, nothing less. The Jews are not a separate nation. The Jews of Amefica are as essentially American | citizens and are quite as patriotic and | devoted to the interests of the country as the adherents of any other religion.— Richmond (Va.) Star. —_———— INVENTIONS BY NAVAL OFFICERS. Under the prevailing custom.in regard to the use by the Government of inven- tions by naval officers, the Secretary of the Navy has hitherto allowed compen- satlon in such cases, the amount being fixed pursuant to recommendations of ex- pert naval officials. The clause of the navai apropriation bill which the House has refused to accept provided that naval officers holding patents on any discovery or invention used by the Government might go into the Court of Claims and sue for compensation. The orderly and gen- erally satisfactory adjustment of such claims by the chief of the Navy Depart- ment would thus give place to a series of actions in court, with the Government practically in the position of defendant | and one of its employes, nurtured and educated at the public expense, as plain- | t i | It is clear that the greater proportion of inventions and discoveries useful in naval practice must be the output of men spe- clally trained and adapted for naval duty. Being thoroughly familiar with the con- ditions of the problems presented they have been enabled frequently to work out | gatisfactory solutions where the most featned of Jandubbers would have groped vainly in the dark. In regard to the right of compensation for inventions by naval officers of de- vices and improvements advantageous to the service the rule of the department has always deen that when officers have been specially assigned to experimental duty, with special facilitles afforded to them Uy ‘he department, the product of | their investigations and experiments is the property of the Government. But if an invention for the naval ser- vice be devised by an officer as a result of ,independent effort and personal enter- prise, he is entitled to fuli ownership of the fruits of his labors, secured to him by letters patent. The Government must ay royalty for the use of such an inven- fon, although in all probability the only customer for it. ¥ 1t naval officers are to be paid for Im- provements In naval construction, arma- ment and equipment, due provision might be easily made for such payment with- out resorting to the courts or to the duress of a rider upon an appropriation bill.—Philadelphia Record. —————— BOMBARDMENT RULES. Under the rules of war which have been approved by all clvilized nations, there are certain things which a belligerent cannot do without laying himself liable to the charge of barbarism. There are certain rules which must be followed in the bombardment of cities. According to Theodore S. Wolsey, a rec- ognized authority on international law, great consideration for persons and prop- erty -must be displayed in a bombard- ment. -All pillage is unlawful, however grolonzed the resistance; unmnecessary estruction © of property is forbidden; quarter must be given, and be_stop! as soon as resistance ceases. Churches, hospitals, establishments de- voted to charity, the arts or to scientific | use should be marked by nafis and spared | as much as practicable. otice that a bombardment is intended is usually given, that non-combatants may be sheltered | from its effects. Moreover, it is only fortified places that can be shelled. For a hostile fleet to bombard a city that was undefended would be an atrocious viola- tion of the laws of war. s ‘While Spain would not hesitate to resort to atrocities, it is not likely that she would violate the rules of war in such a | way as to make herself an outlaw among | nations. For that reason, even if our fleet should not intercept the Spanish men-of-war that are believed to be headed this way, there is little danger of the bembardment of any unprotected city on our coast.—From the Cleveland Leader. —_— AMERICAN ECONOMY OF TIME. ‘When visiting the United States, Have- lock Wilson was particularly impressed with the labor-saving machires in opera- tion in tho different factories as well as with the order and method with which the works are conducted. In making a tour around o‘r: factory in , he w kS machipe a 2 b0s words, Fihe Ho . the Hon. from - notice was neces- once | killing must | called to serve as volunteers in the Unit- ed States army_ they will be paid $18 a month for the first and second years of enlistment; then the pay is increasea to $19_the third year, $20 the fourth year and $21 the fifth year. On a second en- | listment for five years the pay is $23 & month. FINDinwu MONEY—A Subscriver, Iger- na, Siskiyou County, Cal. Under the laws of the State of california a person who finus lost money or other property must make affidavit of the fact before a Justice | of the Peace, whose duty it becomes 1o post the fact at the courthouse and other | public places, and, if the property or | money is less ‘than $20, then it reverts to | the finder if not claimed with.n_thirty | days. If of greater value than $20 the | property must be advertised in a news- | paper, and if not claimed witiun a year n, | it reverts to the finder. TWO LOTS—Subscriber, City. The lot upon which the Claus Spreckels building at the corner of Market and Third streets stands is 756 feet square. The lot upon which the Chronicle building stands is an irregularly shaped one. It has a frontaga of 46 feet on Kearny street, a frontage of 58:11 on Geary and a frontage of 98 feet | on Market. From the eastern end of the | Market-street front it runs back §0 feet | from east to northeast, thence 325 feet from. northeast to southeast, thence 14 | feet from southeast to northwest, thence | 22 feet south, thence to the northern end of the Kearny-street front. POLLTAX COZLECTIONS—M., City. | There is mo law that entities corpora- | tions or firms to a percentage for collect- | ing politax from, their employes. The | law of this State authorizes an employer | to pay the politax of an employe who | has refused to pay the same on demand | by a deputy of the Assessor, and it says | further that “‘every person who pays the polltax of another may deduct the same from any indebtednéss to such other person”; but the law does not say that any employer shall forcibly collect poll- tax from: his employe. The Assessor is aligwed 15 per cent for collecting politax. EX-OFFICIO—R. O. T. C., City. Unless there is something in the by-laws of an organization which expressly declares that an ex-officio member of a commit- tee shall not have a vote he is entitled to all the privileges of the other members of the committee, but he should not, if he is chairman of the organization, and is ex-officio member of committees, be made chairman of any such committee, as it would be rather a peculiar proceed- ing for him as chairman of the commit- tee to report to himself as chairman of the organization, for it is proper for a committee to report to ‘“the chairman and members."” 2 ——— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib aL Townsend's.® —_——— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1642 —_———— REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Every man loses his dearest ideals sev- eral times before he finds them. To live, a woman has first to love; to love, a man has first to have lived. Religion offers no consolation to a man when he is putting in the stair rods. House-cleaning with the women Is prob- ably more of a mental condition than any- thing else. About this time of the year you hear a lot of the liar who boasts that he always wears the same kind of underclothes all the year 'round. Love isn’t lawless; it only makes its own laws. A girl is always ready to look as if she was in love with any man who will take her to the theater. When a girl really feels distressed she ets afraid to do anything suddenly for ear her clothes won't set right. ‘When you devil a woman she will al- ‘ways smile like she enjoyed it till you get near enough to reach. A cat acts the samé way. Every woman thinks she can make a man happy, and every man thinks he can fix the drawer in the kitchen table so it won’t stick. ‘When a girl can’t buy a piece of ribbon without wondering whether a certain man will lfke it it 4s time for her to begin to wear the things she knows he hates.—New York Press. —_—— Excursion to the Yeliowstone Park. A personally conducted exsursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park, via the “Shasta Route’” and Northern Pacific Rall- way. Tourists will be accommodated in first- class Pullman cars, and tickets will be sold, including berths, meals and trip through the Park. Send for dircular giving rate and itinerary to T. K. STATELER, General Agent Northern Pacific Railway, 633 Market street, Han Francisco. —_—— Luxuriant halr with its youthful color as sured by using PARKER’S HAXR BALSAX. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC the bes: cough cura —_—— THE best appetizer and regulator of the diges- tive organs is ANGOSTURA BITTERS, prepared by DR. T. G. B. SIBGERT & SONS. —————— NO SAPER OR MORE EFpiCACIOUS REMEDY can be had for Coughs, or any trouble of the throat, ‘roahes.”” : | than ,'Brown’s Bronchial 2