The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1898, Page 6

The SATURDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e e Address £l Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ICAT!ON OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. e Telephone Main 1868, 1AL, ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson Street i e Telephone Main 1§74 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents THE WEEKLY CALL.. “One year, by matl, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE.. 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE -Room 188, World Bullding DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represontative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Rigas Honse C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertieing Representativo. BRANCH OFFICES-—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open unti! 9:30 o'clock. 287 Hayes street, vpen until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 6!5 Larkin street, epen untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market . corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, epen until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. —— AMUSEMENTS. 014 Japan.” The Face in the Moonlight " oths ™ oung Mrs. Winthrop " ‘The Corner Grocery-" Ahoy.” . 6 O'Farrell sireet—Aeolian Recital, this after- Kneisel Quartet, this atternoon, at3. —Dog Show, The Chutes—Zoo, Vauceville, aud “Visions of Art."" Olympla—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Sutro Baths—Swimm: California Jock b, Oakland—Races this day. Recreation Park—Baseball to-day. Coursing—Ingleside Coursing Park. Coursing—At Union Coursing Park, E! Campo—Musie. dancing, boating, fishing, every Sundav. AUCTION SALES. By D. 4. Curtin—Monday, May 23, Restaurant, at 100 Third street, at s o'clock. @ FITTING FAREWELL TO THE BOYS. l are coming. The heart goes to these boys in blue. The people feel for them more than respect. The sol- diers share the love a patriot nation holds for the flag above it. They are the visible tokens of the right of the flag to wave in honor. They have made oath that | to sustain the stars and stripes they will, if need be, lay down their lives and give themselves to nameless i graves on a distant and alien shore. Let it not be forgotten that most of these boys are 1 already far from their homes. Many of them come | ftom quiet farms in Kansas and Nebraska, from the mines and ranges of Colorado, and the journey to this city has seemed long to them, has carried them far from all they love, has set them down among strangers; friends to the last man and woman, to | the last wee school child, willing friends, but still | N this city now are thousands who have taken up arms at the call of their country. Other thousands strangers. | It would be an excellent plan to attest in some pub- | lic manner the regard which thrills San Francisco | when the troops go marching by, or when a glimpse | is had of the tented fields in which they live. This could not be better done than appointing a day when there shall be a grand review at which civilians shall meet the soldiers, speak to them face to face, carry | flowers, and listen to a farewell speech and a god- speed to them from the lips of a civilian orator, some man who is crowned with the dignity of years, whose | soul is responsive to the impulses of patriotism, who perhaps has known the baptism of fire. When the ships start for the dreary voyage Manila they should not pass unattended toward the Golden Gate. Every yacht in the harbor, every tug, every launch, should be alongside, a voluntary guard of honor. From each mast fluttering the stars and stripes, rigging gay with the national colors, decks | crowded with Americans shouting their farewells to the soldiers, waving their handkerchiefs, cheering— it would be a convoy which would be remembered under a tropic sun and lend streagth to the young arm in the hour of peril to come. The tribute would drive away the deadly yearning for home, and it would give San Francisco a chance to voice the emotion of patriotism. Probably these soldiers, save the Californians, will not return. It is more likely that they will reach Washington by Eastern waters for the glad day of mustering out. Let them be cared for while here as best we may. Let their last recollection of San Fran- cisco recall to them always a vision of flowers and friendly faces and clasping hands, the sound of music | to | and of kindly words. They come from every direction. people. They are all our boys. P But we are one Oh, calm and immutable cheek of the “special com- missioner” of Fakedom! Now that driveling dotard cables as follows: “The Prince of Wales has sent me word,” etc. All the while the Prince probably does not know of his existence, and probably would not under any provocation send anything in his direction but a lackey with orders to kick the fellow out and then fumigate the royal premises. One thing having a tendency to prejudice teachers against the proposed charter is that it injures their in- terests at every point where it touches them. It les- sens the sum set apart for their salaries and it cuts off pay during the vacations to which teachers are now entitled. Before accepting the news of Spanish successes in West Indian waters it is well to recall that the news is sent over wires under the control of Spain. And Spanish diplomacy is only another name for lying. E R staay, To term the Philippine contingent a “relief expedi- tion” for Admiral Dewey is hardly a proper use of the term. Dewey does not need relief half so badly as do some of the people he has met. Admiral Cervera seems to be a man of nerve. Ad- dressing his men recently he said: “You are Span- iards, and that is sufficient in war.” And the admiral had heard from Manila, too. Of course the news that the Oregon is safe is cheer- ing, but out this way there has all along been an idea that the Oregon was constructed with a view to tak- ing care of herself. e There are reasons for hoping that Spain may not rush more troops to the Philippines. Dewey has no facilities for taking care of prisoners. Americans are not ready to believe that Sampson has shot all his unmunition.lway without hurting somebody, E : WAR FINANCIERING. 'HE breaking of the blockade by the Spanish fleet Tis a revelation of the very serious nature of the military task in which we are engaged. There has never been a war that did not exceed first esti- mates in time and cost, and this promises to be no exception. When the people of the temperate zone have made war in the torrid zone they have always found it to cost them dearly, as England and Holland and France can testify. We are about to add our ex- perience to theirs, and probably at higher cost. All of this outlook is an admonition to wisdom in our financial scheme in the beginning, so that it will serve without change to the end and be the promoter of economy instead of extravagance.. The fiatists in the Senate are willing to take advantage of the coun- try’s necessities for the purpose of exploiting their theories. The war revenue bill prepared in and passed by the House is on the right lines. It imposes war taxes which have served the purpose of every civilized nation in martial emergencies, and provides a popular war loan at a low rate of interest to raise $500,000,000. Senator Jones of Arkansas and others of the fiat side have antagonized this bill in the Sen- ate. They propose to strike out the bond provision and, as one of them puts it, “strike out of the bill taxes on congumption and put them on property.” This is to be one of the campaign cries, alternating with that against bondholders. Consumption is the use of property. Any tax on any kind of property is a tax on the use of that property. Stamp taxes on mort- gages, checks, notes, drafts and bills of exchange are taxes on the use of property. Senator Jones objects to an increased tax on beer, but is silent about a tax on wine. They are both imposed upon property, but Jones has an idea that the large German vote of the country will resent a higher tax on beer, and will vote the Democratic ticket if it is imposed by the Repub- licans. This is about as high as any of the fiat reason- ing on the war revenue bill, and is a low and grovel- ing estimate of the intelligence and patriotism of our people of German blood. The people were but re- cently represented by the fiat party in Congress as hot for war. There is no sorcery by which the cost of the war can be evaded. It is contemptible in any man in Congress to vote for war and then attempt to make political capital with the people by misrepresen- tation of the financial measures necessary to carry it on. It is evident that the war is to exceed in cost all estimates heretofore made. By and by there will ap- pear a proposition to recoup the .country by holding captured territory, either for ransom or to collect its public revenues until our treasury is made whole, but that is in the distance and does no present good. The emergencies of to-day must be faced and those of to-morrow estimated. The fiatists propose to do this | by adding $150,000,000 to the greenback issue. They demand this without making any preparation for the | redemption of such issue. Added to the greenbacks | now outstanding this will make that form of our pub- lic ‘debt $496,000,000, with no provision for canceling | or funding or paying it. If this fiat plan be adopted other issues of the same kind will follow, and there is no power on earth that can prevent the fall of these greenbacks below par. What then will be done to sus- tain their par? ‘When this discount happened during the Civil War the only feasible plan in sight was adopted by provid- ing for funding the greenbacks in interest-bearing bonds, as the treasury had no money in which to re- deem them. This expedient probably kept the green- backs from going to a discount of go per cent, but it did not prevent them falling 66 2-3 per cent. At the latter rate of discount they were converted into inter- est-bearing-bonds to prevent a further fall, but no more ruinous and burdensome financiering was ever | undertaken. Yet if the fiatists have their way we will go all over that hard road again. It is highly prob- able that an issue of $500,000,000 in greenbacks will fall to 50 per cent. The Government will be able to pay with them only $250,000,000 of the cost of the war. Then they will have to be funded to prevent further discount. An issue of $500,000,000 of bonds in a popular loan at 3 per cent to run twenty years would be taken at a premium of at least 4 per cent. It would produce $520,000,000 in gold. The interest for twenty years less the premium would be $280,000,- 000, and the whole burden would amount at maturity to $780,000,000. An equal issue of greenbacks, finally funded, would pay only $250,000,000 of the cost of | the war, and, adding discount to interest, would at | twenty years’ maturity produce a burden amounting’ to $1,050,000,000, or just $270,000,000 more than if the money were secured by a bond issue in the first in- stance. That the discount on greenbacks will appear is certain. That it will be limited to 50 per cent is not certain: but to whatever percentage it appear, se much will be added to the final burden as compared with the plan proposed in the House bill. “PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE.” lday evening Mayor Phelan scouted the idea that there i§ any occasion to fear the Czar-Mayor created by the proposed new charter. “The powers of the Mayor,” he is reported as having said, “form the main poinf of the attack of the opposition to the charter. He can be neither a Czar nor an autocrat, no matter how willing he might be. His duties will be purely administrative, but instead of being a figure- head he will have power to stop corruption and cor- rect abuses.” Nothing could be more specious or misleading than this. Mayor Phelan knows very well that the duties of the Mayor under the proposed charter will not be “purely administrative.” He knows also that the official will have power not only to “stop corruption” and “correct abuses,” but to promote corruption and create abuses. Prubably all the Mayors elected by the people of this city have had power to promote corruption and create abuses; but all of them have been restrained to some extent by the law. The Mayor of the new charter is invested with no restraints whatever. He is given absofute control of 80 per cent of the patronage of the municipality; he is authorized to appoint and remove at pleasure and is even empowered to suspend elected officials; through the Civil Service Commission, which he ap- points, he may’ control the patronage of the elective heads of departments; through the Board of Public Works, the Fire and Police commissions, the mem- bers of which he appoints and removes at pleasure, he may direct the political destiny of the municipality; through the Election Commission, which he also ap- points and removes at pleasure, he may canvass the votes of the people and declare the result of ballot- box contests. These are not all his functions, but they are some of those which are not “purely administrative.” While the proposed chartér sets up a rule of action for every official elected under it, no rule is prescribed for the Mayor. That potentate is simply elected and turned loose with unprecedented political powers, ‘unchecked by legal restraints of any kind or character. It is N the course of an address at the Mission on Thurs- A can, therefore, conceive of no reason for his support ot the proposed charter except that he desires to fasten upon us a government which will enable the politicians, by combining for the election of a Mayor, to loot the city. RESENTING A WANTON ASSAULT. HURSDAY the Evening Bulletin made a Tstra.nge and vicious assault upon the integrity of the work turned out by the Union Iron Works. The assault was strange because the natural impulse of a local paper would be to sustain the repu- tation of an industry at once a credit and a profit to San Francisco; vicious because entirely without grounds, wanton, ridiculous. Yesterday the Bulletin apologized in a weak and inadequate way. The apology was as devoid of the semblance of sincerity as one of the confessions of Rev. Mr. Brown. It had been forced from the even- ing paper by the employes of the Union Iron Works, men of brain and muscle who take pride in the high character of the ships they build, and - who have never constructed for the Government a single ves- sel which has not been above the grade of excellence named in the specified requirements, a strength and an ornament to the navy. To people who follow the fortunes of the navy the superior quality of the ships built here is familiar. The list can speak for itself. It includes the Charles- ton, San Francisco, Monterey, Olympia, Oregon, Wheeling and Marietta. The Charleston was the first. It has cruised in all waters, has done every ser- vice required of it, and, though launched in 1887, it is fit to represent the dignity of the navy, to respond to the call of a Dewey, or to fight. The San Fran- cisco was long the pride of the navy. It is as good as ever. It was selected to be the flagship of the Euro- pean squadron, and it never visited a foreign port without exciting open admiration, particularly from naval men. The Monterey is in our harbor. It is ton for ton as formidable a fighting machine as ever rode the waves. Who does not know the glorious record of the Olympia, flying our colors under com- mand of Dewey through the greatest naval fight between armored ships? Who has not watched the progress of the Oregon, that giant, as powerful a battle-ship as floats, and the Marietta, called to im- portant duty in the time of need? No wonder the men who made these ships felt in- dignant at the slur cast upon their handiwork. No wonder they forced the Bulletin to retract, even if it did so half-heartedly. THE WEST INDIAN CAMPAIGN. DMIRAL DEWEY'’S swift and glorious vic- tory at Manila, while rousing and stimulating the people, has had two effects upon the popu- lar mind which are not altogether beneficial. In the first place it has given the public too much contempt for Spanish prowess and an exaggerated idea of our cwn superiority. In the second place it has caused a popular impatience with the comparatively slow pro- ceedings in the West Indies. By reason of this con- tempt for the Spaniard and this impatience with our own authorities there has risen among a certain class of ne¥spapers a tone of fault-finding criticism against the administration and the board of strategy. That the Spaniards are inferior to the men who compose our armies and man our fleets is true. They are not, however, a contemptible foe, neither are they either so weak or so cowardly that we can afford to prosecute the war against them with inconsiderate rashness. Over confidence has led many a gallant army to its ruin, and our own history is not without striking illustrations of the folly of such a course even when fighting against undisciplined and almost unarmed Indians. The strategy of the campaign in the West Indies i3 essentially the same as that employed by Dewey at Manila. Its object is the destruction of the Spanish fleet. Differences in the conditions, however, compel the adoption of different tactics in the West Indian waters from those which were so successful in _the Philippines. Dewey managed to find the Spanish fleet in the Orient at a place where it could not escape him. He had only to go forward and strike. Samp- son has yet to find the Spaniards against whom his force is directed, but when he has maneuvered them within striking distance we can count on the complishment by his force of a victory not less bril- liant and not less effective in its results than that with which Dewey opened the war and destroyed Spanish power in the Pacific. Certain of the yellow journals, and in. particular the extreme examples of that kind of journalism—the New York World and Journal—have been waiting impatiently for an opportunity to attack the President so as to make party capital for the Democrats and the Populists this fall. It has seemed to them that some- thing can be done in that way by denouncing the de- lay in the invasion of Cuba, and accordingly they are declaring it an evidence of unfitness for command either through cowardice or lethargy on the part of the President and his war council. With that ‘motive they have begun to clamor for an immediate advance on Havana. Having no responsibility they assume in their comments on the course of the campaign all the ardor and genius of Napoleons. They would take Havana in three days and blow the Spanish fleet off the seas without waiting to come up with it. The unwary among the people may be fooled by such criticism, but the intelligent comprehend very clearly the difficulties in the way of Commander Sampson. They have confidence that in due season he will drive the Spanish from the West Indies and that in doing so he will not by any folly of rashness lose the life of a single sailor more than is necessary to win the victory over a fleet equal to his own in strength and manned by crews who are capable of fighting with a fury born of hate and desperation. S Hope has arisen in the savage breast of an Oakland‘ murderer that he will escape punishment because some official has mislaid a paper, the contents of which is known and of which a copy exists. An es- cape on such grounds would be an insult to justice and a fairly good pretext for the substitution of lynch law for the present statute, Lynch law at least has the merit of not permitting idle technicalities to hamper it. ac- Better have still more delay than that the transport ships should sail without having been properly equipped. The soldier -boys are our friends and the public would not patiently receive information that they were to go to Manila in quarters worse than that given to Chinese. Let not the boys from Nebraska and Kansas, where no flea abides, be worried by the attentions of the California variety. It is annoying at times, but it diverts the mind, stimulates the circulation and makes possible the luxury of scratching. It was at Santiago de Cuba that the men of the Virginius were murdered years ago. In all human probability enough Spanish blood will be shed there soon to remind that nation that vengeance, while not true that Mayor Phelan will not exercise the powers of this Czar until he has been twice re-elected. - We & always swift, is tolffibl! sure, . - s THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1898, PROPOSED TAX ON NEWSPAPERS. The Call's Reply to a Request Which Was Not Dictated by Patriotism. The following self-explanatory dispatch was received by The Call last night: CHICAGO, May 20.—To Newspaper Publishers: The war tax bill now pending in the Senate contains a provision putting a tax of one cent on every package forwarded by express, including bundles of newspapers. If prompt action Is taken by newspgper publishers telegraphing Senators it will be prac- ticable to secure an exemption of newspaper packages, or at least of all pack- ages contalning less than 100 copies. It is suggested that publishers take the matter up promptly and energetically. £ i = CHARLES W. KNAPP, President American Newspaper Publishing Association. Compliments to Mr. Knapp, and what sort of an American paper does l'xe suppose The Call to be? While there was a prospect of war che papers did much to promote it. Now for them to endeavor to sneak out of paying a share of the expense would be cowardly and unpatriotic. They are quaged in printing the news of the war and in selling the accounts to the gublm They are even assuming the right to direct the Government. Yet her'e is more than an intimation that the publishers of newspapers are so detestibly selfish, so lacking in the elements of good citizenship and honor that they would evade a responsibility when the evasion would savor of treason. : When the country is sending its men to battle, when every nerve is strained to provide the means of equipment, when the plain duty of every man is to do his part willingly, and the natural impulse is to do it eagerly, the suppo- sition that publishers of daily papers are a class apart, a set of thrifty vampires drawing substance from a country they are too mean to defend and too low to live .in, comes with a shock. If Mr. Knapp thinks he is dealing with a lot of knaves, to undeceive him is a pleasure. He is dealing with men, and men who are proud of being Americans. Any citizen who is capable now of acting as Knapp is counseling could do the country no better service than to leave it. He is a traitor. He might feel at home in Spain. £ The Call is willing to pay any tax the Government may impose. It will pay a cent a bundle or 10 cents. It will leave to legislation the settling of the limit and make no protest. It will be glad to know that it can contribute. Any paper tHat objects to sharing the common burden is unworthy the sup- port of citizens, untrre to the flag, and the sooner it shall cease publication the better for the patriotism of the land. THE WAR AND THE CANAL. Among the many lessons this war is teaching the American people is that of the strategic necessity of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans either at Panama or by the Nicaragua route, Dealing with a stxth-rate power like Spain, we have been able to get along without the battle-ship Oregon during her long passage around Cape Horn; but it is easily conceivable that we might have needed her—needed her very much, indeed. Suppose the fruits of Dewey’s great victory in Manila Bay were threatened, with a canal across the isthmus through which a few strong ships could be sent it would be possible to make all safe in a short time compared with the delay incidental to the voyage around the entire continent. And when our fleets are dependent on coaling stations and practically all the world has proclaimed neu- trality, this means a great deal. That there must, at no distant day, be a_ship canal between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and that the United States must absolutely con- trol this canal, has been clearly shown.to the satisfaction of the American people.—Boston Post. AN IMPRESSIVE OBJECT LESSON. The war teaches an impressive object lesson of the necessity to us of the Nicaragua canal. If the canal had been dug the Oregon would now be in Ad- miral Sampson’s fleet and the Navy Department would not be distracted over the question whether to send the fleet to meet her or let her take her chances. The plight of a great nation with no direct water communication between one- half of its sea coast and the other half is liable to become serious in time of war.—New York Commercial Advertiser. A DEMONSTRATED NECESSITY. The war with Spain has demonstrated the necessity for a canal across Cen- tral America. Had the Nicaragua canal been completed, when the Oregon, lying at San Francisco, was ordered to join Admiral SBampson’s fleet in the West Indies she would have carried out the order in at most one-sixth of the time. As it is, the Oregon, though she left San Francisco nearly two months ago and has steamed over 10,000 miles, is still almost as far from her destination as she would be were she still at San Francisco with the Nicaragua canal open. In addition to this the nation has been in ‘a constant worry for weeks for fear that during her lonely cruise she might be attacked by a superior force of the enemy. ‘Without a Nicaragua canal the United States is in need of two navies to give her proper protection. It Is to be hoped that one of the results of our war with Spain will be an Jsthmian canal.—Sacramento Bee. GIVE AMERICANS A CHANCE. Will those well-meaning but terribly misgulded people who have been oppos- ing the construction of the Nicaragua canal please be kind enough to hold their yawp and give genuine Americans a chance? With that canal completed it is but a matter of days between New York and San Francisco, instead of weeks, as it is now. The Nicaragua canal is a measure that ought to have been pushed to completion years ago, and would have been had it not been for sham econ- omists and pseudo Americans.—Citrograph. VALIJE MADE OBVIOUS. The present war makes obvious the necessity for a canal across the Isthmus of Papama, and will undoubtedly result in its being built. With such a canal the Oregon would long ago have joined Sampson’s fleet, and in case the coast was threatened by an enemy a strong fleet from the Atlantic could soon reach our Western shores. This necessity has been fully understood by naval men, but its importance has not been grasped by the multitude, partly, no doubt, by reason-of the fact that they have not considered war as a probability. They understand the strategic importance now, however, and it is safe to predict that the canal will be built very soon. It should be built; but let us be careful that we avoid the errors of the past. The Government should not pay for the work and give the canal to private parties.—Oroville Mercury. EMPHASIZED BY WAR. The necessity for the speedy building of the Nicaragua canal is. being strongly emphasized by war events. For instance, the long vovage of the Oregon to Atlantic waters, ‘which should have been accomplished in a fraction of the time through the canal and the battleship have been with her sister ships of the North Atlantic squadron. The United States should lose no time in the CohnS[ruic"un of the canal, and then should control it for all time.—Chino Valley Champlon. WILL HASTEN THE CANAL. There is little doubt that the war with Spain will hasten the building of the Nicaragua canal. The necessity of that waterway has been so clearly demon- strated of late that opposition to this great undertaking appears to have melted away. It would not be at all surprising if Congress, before the present session closes, were to take the necessary steps for having the canal built and controlled by the United States.—San Diego Union. OUTCOME OF WAR. The outcome of the present war with Spain will undoubtedly be the speedy construction of the Nicaragua canal, which will be of great benefit to the United States, not only in time of war, but in time of peace also. If this coast should be in danger at any time from fleets on the Asiatic Coast, where Japan, Russia, England, France and Germany have large forces, we could gain no help except by sending vessels around Cape Horn, with more liability of capture, and no chance of coaling under recent regulations of neutrality.—Yreka Journal. A STRANGE SPECTACLE The war with Spain will serve to teach this nation several valuable lessons. Among them the necessity of a water way connecting the waters of the Carib- bean Sea with the Pacific. The spectacle of the Oregon rushing to the assist- ance of the Atlantic squadron by way of the uttermost parts of the earth, on forced draft and followed by the anxious thoughts of every American pafriot to find When safely around the Horn, and nearing Cuban waters, that she Is needed now on_the other side, is one to move the wily Spanfard to Machiavellan mirth.—Reno (Ney.) Evening Gazette. torneys respectively of Monterey and San Jose, will be at the Grand for a few days. Thomas Fox, postmaster of Sacra- mento, is at the Lick In company with his wife, and will be there for several days. 0000000000 COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS Major T. H. Barry, U. S. A, is a guest at the Occidental. Fred Willlams, who is here from Lon- don, s at the Palace. W. H. Hartley and wife of Merced are An old resident of this city, who -] o o WOODEN SHIPS o many years ago registered at the Baldwin. -] AND © Was a naval offi- J. A. Whitmore of the Redlands Daily |6, |RON MEN. © CS°F In the ser- Record is a guest at the Grand. 1o ~ N vice of the Brit-| B8 666606 og ish Government, ‘Was engaged in conversation with a party of military men at the Occidental last night, the topic under discussion, of course, being the present difficulty between our nation ana Spain. One of the party made reference to the large number of armored war ves- sels which the American Government pos- sesses at the present time and the fight. ing quallties of our naval heroes. At this the British ex-officer became remin- iscent and said: “I remember the time, and it was many years ago, when the United tes were not so well equipped in the matter of armored ships as they are now. At the time of which I speak the majority of your war vessels were of the anclent wooden type. The British Government had already procured quite a number of iron battle-ships, but your Government was a little slow in follow- ing the good example. At that period, which, by the way, was a time of peace, there were gathered at a foreign port three or four of our iron vessels and sev. eral of your wooden ones. One night & minstrel show was given on one of the H. A. Preston, a prominent citizen of Jamestown, Is staying at the Lick. B. H. Upham, proprietor of the Glor- ifana vineyard, is registered at the Lick. Oscar K. Davls, special correspondent of the New York Sun, is staying at the Grand. S. P. Porter, the proprietor of the Baliol mine, is registered at the Occl- S breeder of fancy live Niles, & er of fan -t?;gl.ni:! among the arrivals at ®he Oc- cidental. Mrs. B. U. Steinman, with her son and daughter, registered.at the Palace from Sacramento. Benjamin P. Barker, who is engaged in the wine industry in Livermore, is at the Baldwin. W. E. Dunn, City Attorney of Los An- geles, and a prominent politiclan of that place, 1s in the city. W. P. Hull of Company I, Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, is temporar- ily located at the Palace. Assistant Adjutant General R. L. Peeler of Sacramento signed his name on the | American ships, and I along with some register at the California last night. brother officers were invited to the per~ R. H. Wdlley and D. W. Burchard, at-! formance, an invitation we gladly ac- nence short Mr. ralysi: City. chant. of sa City. | dist ¢! City ence would cost, boxes. Press prices. A cepted. fornia. Towel “Rememt and music of the latest patriotic song in next Sunday’s Call. e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, PARESIS-R. R., City. Paresis is the medical term for a slight attack of pa- | ‘f COLONIAL ship in at Mare gomery stree Flemish and old Dutch oaks with ivory ornaments, Japanese gray, Persian green and English oaks, ebony, mat gllts are exac in picture frames. have them all at the most reasonabls cluding berths, fore retirin you will sleep awake in the morning. It supplies food for blood while you sleep, produces a el in Chico, where he will weeks. L. R. and R. J. Prince of Boston, L. Dargin of New York and A. V. Love of Portsmouth, Ohio, are among the arrivals at the Baldwin. B. Merriam, an extensive blanket man- ufacturer of Framingham, Mass., is reg- istered at the Palace, and is accompa- nied by his wife. Among the arrivals at the Grand are Dr. and Mrs. W. Diego, E. Iy. and Mrs. and asked, ‘what w The comedian replied: ships and iron men and the other has iron ships and wooden men.” and my associates did not entirely agree with all the fine points involved in the conundrum, we gracefllly joined in the hearty laugh which greeted this sally, and it is pleasant to note that in | present day, though you have changed the material entering into the copstruction of your vessels, the material ©f your men has not changed one particle, for they are still ‘iron’ men and always will be.” be George W. There was considerable talent among the participants and, needless to state, the affair was a huge success from | first to last. “The hit of the evening was made by an endman, who propounded the ques- tion, ‘What's the difference between the American navy and the British navy?” The interlocutor, of course, did not know the difference, etc?” “One has wooden Wh Lick H ile T the Dr. N. Watts, a physician of promi- is at the ouse, located for several B. Woodward of San on the Lick House were Superior Judge Stanton L. Carter of Fresno, George F. Buck, an attorney of Stockton, and Thomas B. Kay, who operates a woolen mill in Salem, Oregon. E. F. Brown, president of the Soldiers” Home, of Dayton, Ohio, is at the Calis He has been studying the sys- tem of running the soldiers’ homes in t State, having come from Santa Monica yesterday, and he will go to Yountvills . Smith, real estate dealer of Eugene, Oregon, and A. G. Campbell, a mining man of Fortuna, Cal. Among those who signed their names register yesterday Mr. Petersburg. States Minister to Vienna. will safl June 20 from Vancouver, B. C., for Japan, China and India, arriving im Rome early in the winter, where they have had & home for many years. Wurts have arrived at the Palace after touring Mex- ico, California and Alaska. has been twenty-nine years in the dip- lomatic service at Madrid, Turin, Flor= ence, Rome and St. Wurts is the sister of Hon. Charles Magna of Philadelphia, Wurts Mrs. present United s. The. couple Maine,” words CONVICT LABOR—W. E. A., City. Con- vict labor_is leased in Alabama, Georgia, Loulsiana, Nebraska and Ten- nessee. UNIT OF THE ARMY—S. H. J., City. The unit of the United States army is tha composition of the United States army in time of peace. MERCHANT-VON BUSKIRK—A. §., lorida, The decision In the contest between me. MARRIAGE — Bubscriber, marriages contracted without the State | of California which would be valid by the | laws of the country in which the same | were contracted are valid in California. MAP OF THE UNITED STATES-V. P. H., Santa Barbara, Cal. to the United States Geological Survey you can obtain information of the best map of the United States, also the cost City. | Chris Merchant and Von Buskirk before the Olympic Club was in favor of Mer- All By writing TELEGRAPH SYSTEM—E., City. From computations made for the World's Al- | manac it appears that the length of the world's telegraph system in 1897 was 4.908.- | 823 miles, of which more than half was in America. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES—A. S., Religion does not enter into the hurch. E. qualifications of persons who aspire to | become President of the United States. President McKinley attends the Metho- GAS DEPOSIT—C. H., City. The State | Legislature has not passed a bill prohib- | iting gas companies from demanding a deposit, but Justice of the Peace Barry has held that the demand of such a de- posit is without warrant of law. CONGRESS—B. H., In Jameson’s Dictionary of United supply etc., addre: Island. S8 "W States History, to be found in the Ref- erence Room of the San Francisco Free Public Library, is a condensed account of why the Congresses of the Colonies were called into existence. TRAINING SHIP—C. A., Berkeley, Cal. 1If you wis® to place a boy on a training s State you should file an ap- plication at the naval rendezvous, 10 Cal- ifornia street, this city, or with manding officer of the U. S. S. Independ- From either place you will obtain a circular of information. RIFLES—S., Hueneme, Cal. The new 30-caliber rifles are being manufactured for the United States ar; tion as to whether the the com- For informa- r Department such for a compaay of sharp shooters to be organized, and the a communication to e — Townsend's peanut taff; Delicious cream caramels. est In wo) Townsen: st s s il S Soft baby cream, 15¢'1b. Townsend's. —r———————— the Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C. rid.e d's.* Treat your friends to Townsend's Cali- fornia Glace Fruits; 50c Ib., in fire-etched 627 Market st., Palace Hotel bldg.* - Clipping natural chi erry, seal browns, Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men bfi Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Telephone Main 1042, the ont~ . bone mahogany and fina tly suited to good taste Sanborn, Vail ‘& Co. —_————— Northern Pacific Railway. Tut rates to all points East. Stateler, General Agent, 633 Market st., 8. F. —_— at night, how N ‘beautiful compl , and and sick headache. At No macy, Joyously you ear cures const - Percentage —_——e——————— William Dean Howells advises you how to succeed as an author in next Sunday’s Call. Mark Twain, like Mr. Barrie and one | or two other novelists, has determined to go in for writing for the stage, but un- | like Mr. Basrie, it is not his own work he ! {ntends to adapt for theatrical represen- tation, but that of other writers. ———e————— Excursion to the Yellowstone Park. personally conducted excursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park, via the “‘Shasta Route” and Northern Paclfic Rall- way. Tourists will be accommodated in first- class Pullman cars; tickets will be sold, in- meals and trip through the Park. Send for circular giving rate and itiner- ary to T. K. STATELER, General Agent Northern Pacific Railway, 638 Market st., S. F. —_————— Call on T. K. TuEcharm of beauty is besutifal hair. Secure 1t with PARKER'S HATR BALSAM. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC cures inward paln. e—— DR. SIEGERT'S ANGOSTURA BITTERS is in- dorsed by physiclans and chemists for purity Don't be defranded by aceepting o substitute. DRINK A STEEPING OF MOKI TEA BE- d see how soundl Wil T the and fon