The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1898, Page 6

] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1898. Che. “SATURDAY ......JUNE 4, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. . Address All Communications to W, S, LEAKE, Ma 4 PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS .2I7 to 221 Stevensen Street Telephone Main 1874 ©“THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 45 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.............One yeer, by mall. $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE ..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...............RIggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE Marquette Buildin, C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertieing Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | optn until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, spen until | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30‘ o'clock. . 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'ciock. 2291 Market | streel. corner Sixteenth, open wntil 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open until .9 -o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, opcn ‘until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until '9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ano Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'cleck. e — AMUSEMENTS. . Columb; “ The New Domiion " i Hopkins Trans-Oceante Star Spectalty Co. i “The eremontes. . the Sea | 700, Vandeville and * Departure of the Peking.” \—Corner Macon dnd Eddy streets, Specialties. ', Yonting, fishing, every Sunday, to-day. i side Coursing Park. | on: Coursing Park. | Piente o-day. huetzen Park. near San Rafael—Pienic to-morrow. AUCTION SALES. ! By Basch Auction Co.—Monday, June 6, Bar Fixtures, etc., | 32 at 11 o'cloc] er street, RECIPROCITY TREATIES. T 1 ROTESTS which our wine men have sent to | pCongress against the new reciprocity treaty with France are in the nature of efforts toward locking the stable door after the horse is stolen. They will arrive too late to be of much use. The question of | law raised by them with regard to the construction of | the clause authorizing the President to reduce duties on wines is ‘one which can be settled only by the courts, or possibly-by an opinion from the Attorney- General. Congress certainly has nothing to do with it, nor is ‘the President likely to. interfere now | and ‘denounce the treaty within-a week after he has | made it. While the protests are likely to be unavailing in this | case, it is not too late to attempt to prevent further damage by future treaties. . Our Government is at this | time. negotiating for reciprocity with Germany and Ttaly, both .of which countries are large exporters. of Unless strong protests are sent to. Washington probable arrangements will be made with them those made with France. In that case our | wine men will have to compete with all the wine | countries ‘of Europe, and not with one of them alone, | as at present. | It is to be regretted that our wine producers have | been so-dilatory in presenting their case. At the time the Dingley- bill was under. consideration The Call repeatedly. directed attention to the fact that the ar- ticles on which the President was autherized to reduce duties were almost all of them of California produc- tion and that we therefore would have to stand the burden of such treaties for the benefit of the rest of the country. No action, however, was taken at that time. The section was adopted without protest, and pow the President has no option but to-act under it. It is to be hoped the legal question raised in the | protest may be decided in our favor. An opinion of Attorney-General McKenna set aside a clause of the tariff which weighed heavily upon New England, and possibly we may have the present issue terminated in cur interests. It is to be borne in mind, however, foreign treaties made in accordance with the con- ion are the supreme law of the land, and there- chance of getting one of them materially | altered is by no means promising. ; The best solution of the matter would be to have ! section 3 of the tariff materially amended so as to per- | mit the. President. to negotiate reciprocity treaties by concessions ‘on other articles besides wine lees, wines, Lrandies and works .of art, or else abolish it -alto- gether. There is ample scope for reciprocity treaties under section 4, which authorizes the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to grant reduc- | tions on any and all articles in return for equal con- | cessions.. .Such ‘treaties ‘can-be made to bear impar- | tially on all parts of the Union, and therefore would bé fairer than those ‘provided for in section 3. The protests sent on by our wine men will have the cffect ‘of calling.attention to the ‘unfairness of the present law. To that extent they will do good. The Senate may-not have power to revise¢ the treaty just arranged with France, but it can interfere to prevent further treaties-of the kind, and as further treaties are now-in process of negotiation such efforts are well | worth the making. o e e Herz is still seeking the protection of the United | States, but there are understood to be secure and | tolerably comfortable jails abroad, in one of which he ought to find.all the protection necessary. Having served his_sentence, he coild go into the dime museum ling as'a phenomenon of cheek. wine. it s fore Tt'is said a feeling prevails in naval circle- that the battle of Santiago will virtually end the war. Itis a nice, comfartable feeling, and the sanguine, sunny natures.capable of accepting it are advised to get all “the. joy .they can out of it while it lasts. s The State. of California is proud of the work done . by the ladies of the Red Cross; it is proud of the “ladies, too: Their devotion to the noble work they | voluntarily undertook has from the first been beau- | tiful and inspiring. { Fighting Bob Evans accords the Spanish credit for ability to hit the -ocean. The war seems to be con- . ducted on the principle of giving the devil his due. | Among the other casualties reported from the | Klondike must be reckoned the circumstance that | 3 Soh_py Smith has not yet been lynched. s —— - Quay has clear title to political Pennsylvania, and Wanamaker would have saved himself much trouble b_\'-_rcmgnizin'g' the fact in advance. I s ‘In regard to rumors from the front an excellent plan’is to view the unpleasant ones with doubt so long as possible. There are évidences that the pang to be created - were Alger to resign would not be unanimously shared 2 | of Hawaii on the ground that its selfish interests will | the emergency expenses of the army ?nd navy brought T AN APPEAL TO PREJUDICE. HE Post pushes Hawaiian annexation, attacks TSenator White for his opposition and declares that only the sugar trust is trying to defeat the absorption of the islands into our body poli This is an appeal to prejudice and not to reason. The sugar trust is represented as fighting for its life, which it will lose if Hawaii be annexed. In this way it is expected to array all the prejudice against trusts on the side of annexation in the expectation that wh.en it is accomplished the sugar trust will cease to exist and other trusts will get a mortal blow. The sugar trust is merely an association of com- panies and individuals engaged in refining sugar, which issues a common stock. This association of people engaged in the same business may be good pr bad; that feature does not enter into the present QN- cussion. It is represented as opposing the annexation so suffer thereby that it will not be able to exist. Will our contemporary explain why annexation will injure the manufacturers of sugar? They buy raw sugar and refine it. The Hawaiian raw sugar comes in now duty free, under the reciprocity treaty, is bought, refined and sold by the sugar manufacturers associated in the sugar trust. If the islands are an- nexed their raw sugar will continue to come in duty | free, will be bought, refined and marketed by the man- ufacturers in the sugar trust? What difference will this unchanged situation make to them? How are the members of this association to be helped or hurt by annexation? If it will dissolve the trust, why will it do so? These are questions that have never been answered, though the appeal to prejudice which prompts them has been made from the beginning. Yet no one has ever explained how annexation would so unfavorably affect the refiners of sugar as to drive them into a life and death struggle to prevent it. In the alignment of Senators on annexation there is no evidence of the appearance of the allied sugar re- | finers. If the very papers which make this charge told the truth, while the tariff bill was pending certain Sen- ators were friendly to the sugar trust and aided it in fixing the differential between raw and refined sugar. If it is true, as was then charged, that these | Senators belonged to the sugar trust and were legis- lating in its interest and under its control, surely in a battle for its life, which it is represented to be making against annexation, these Senators should be with it. That they are not is notorious. Quite to the contrary, annexation is opposed by Senators who were praised by these same papers for not belonging to the sugar trust. A year ago Senator White, for illustration, was held up to public admiration for opposing the sugar dif- ferential which it was alleged the trust desired. To- | i day he is held up to public displeasure because he opposes annexation and is condemned as a tool of the : sugar trust.. Important changes in public policy and permanent abandonment of our scheme of govern- | ment should not be the fruit of appeals to passion and | prejudice, but should issue from calm and most de- | liberate judgment. HARD TO SATISFY. ATRIOTISM was sufficiently strong among pmember: of all parties in the House of Repre- sentatives to procure the passage of the urgency deficiency bill on Thursday by a unanimous vote. The desire to talk and protest, however, was too re- calcitrant in many of them to be overcome even by g patriotic instincts. Accordingly there was a debate, brief but lively, which brought to the front several classes of war critics and showed how impossible it is to please everybody even when everybody wishes to be pleased. The object of the deficiency bill is to provide for about by the war. The measure naturally gave ris:‘ to a consideration of the provisions which have been | made to carry on the struggle. The first outbreak of | the debate was made by a member from Massa- | troops at Camp Alger. This precipitated a discus- sion concérning the conditions that prevail in the camp. Many objected to the provisions that have been made as inadequate, but old campaigners of the Civil War like Grosvenor of Ohio and Li\'ingstonel of Georgia declared the volunteers of to-day are much | better provided for than were those of 1861, and, | moreover, they asserted it is well to put the young | recruits through a process of hardening in camp so | as to fit them for the greater hardships sure to come when they go to the front. Next came a cry that the Government has not used due vigor in prosecuting the war. These critics com- plained that the administration is wasting time and | money in pursuing a dilatory policy. The war is costing over $1,000,000 a day. In fact Mr. Cannon es- timated that if it lasts a year it will cost $600,000,000, or nearly $2,000,000 a day. Here, then, is an economic basis for the cry, “On to Havana.” The shouters for an immediate advance demanded to know the reason why “nothing is being done.” Scarcely had this set of critics closed their mouths when up rose a representative from Tennessee who criticizéd the Government for acting too hastily in equipping the army. He vigorously denounced the War Department for allowing but seven days for re- ceiving bids for supplies. Such a short time, he al- leged, did a grave injustice to persons who would like to be bidders, but who could not get their bids ready in a time so brief as that. After such a debate it is not to be wondered that Mr. Cannon, who had charge of the bill, was some- what in doubt what to say. He could do no more than point out the absurd and whimsical inconsis- tencies of the critics. “Some gentlemen,” he said, “come here and cry out and complain because in a twinkling an army fully equipped with tents, uni- forms, provisions, guns and everything for comfort is not ready now, and now here comes thé cyclone from Tennessee and says, ‘My God, you don't give us but seven days to bid.’” DEMOCRATIC OBSEQUIES. HE morning organ of the Phelan reform “push” confesses that its faction is afraid to hold an open primary. To this fear, it explains, may. be at- tributed the interference of the State’ Committee in local politics and the appointment of a committee to make nominating conventions and State delegations for the Democrats of this city. Had not the corpora- tions knocked out the primary election law, the or- gan says, the Democrats of its faction would not be afraid to hold a primary, but since the reformers will now have to meet Sam Rainey at the polls they pre- fer to take their chances on appointed conventions. It is quite true that Democratic politics is none of our business, and perhaps a proper regard for the amenities of social life dictates that we should not interfere with the quarrels of the reform “push.” But we have some interest in logic, and when the organ states in one breath that it is afraid to hold a primary because Sam Rainey will capture the party, and in the | teacher’s position for his daughter. e chusetts,who demanded that cooks be provided for the | rule the Democratic party of San Francisco, why should the organ be afraid to hold a primary lest these 2000 will capture the organization ? Of course this is all bosh. The Democratic reform “push” does not fear an open primary on Sam Rainey’s account. What it fears is that the Demo- cratic party of San Francisco will capture the organi- zation. Mayor Phelan now considers himself master of the situation. All he thinks he needs is to get ‘the nomination of a rump Democratic convention, the indorsement of the Non-Partisans and the approval of Colonels Sullivan and Murphy. So he encourages the State Committee to resort to autocratic measures and ap- plauds its unDemocratic procedure. He thinks he is invincible, and his newspaper organ rejoices in the thought that under the new charter, with his assist- ance, it will get a chance either at the treasury or the corporations. But we question whether all this will go down with the Democratic people of this city. An open primary is so distinctly an unterrified institution, the privilege for scrapping for delegates is so necessary to the proper sustenance and development of good Demo- cratic politics, that we doubt whether the party will survive Phelan and the State Committee. The bosses of the latter, McNab, Gould and Alford, are assum- ing a grave responsibility. Before they go muchfurther they had better consult a political undertaker. There is bound to be a general Democratic funeral here- abouts this year. SELLING PUBLIC POSITIONS. —~HE prompt acquittal of School Director Waller of the charge of soliciting $500 as a consideration for his influence in securing a teacher’s berth in the School Department for the daughter of Eli T. Sheppard does not by any means dispose of the pop- ular notion that positions in the department are regu- larly sold for coin. Mr. Waller may be entirely in- nocent of wrongdoing, but it will take more than the verdict of a jury upon such evidence as was given in Supcrior Judge Cook's court on Thursday to convince the public that School Directors do not traffic in appointments. The difficulty of proving such a charge as was pre- ferred by Mr. Sheppard is manifold. There is no character more despised by the predatory politicians than that of an informer, and nothing can be done in such cases as Waller's without an informer and a prosecution which believes in and supports informers, Informers are difficult to discover, but they sometimes appear. But a prosecution disposed to rely upon them and credit their testimony is never found. Besides, it is always easy to discredit charges such as were preferred by Mr. Sheppard on the theory that the motive is revenge. Mr. Sheppard wanted a He applied Waller for his influence, evidently expecting to get it. Failing, it was not unnatural that in his anger he should turn on the official and attempt to ruin him. This, of course, is improbable. Even if per- sons exist capable of such exploits, Mr. Sheppard is not one of them. But the mere statement of the theory illustrates the ease with which the best of mo- tives and the highest sense of public duty may be discredited before a jury from which politicians are careful to exclude all hostile critics. The root of this species of corruption, therefore, lies deeper than the impulse of corrupt politicians to make money out of their offices. It betrays a moral degradation on the part of seekers after municipal favors which is eminently discouraging. No wonder courts and juries fail to discover evidence in such cases as Waller's when so many persons are found willing to pay for places under the municipal govern- ment without any idea that they are guilty of moral turpitude in making their bargains. OUR CHEESE EXPORTS. ONSULAR Reports for May contains a report from Consul Dickenson at Nottingham, Eng- land, on the cheese imports of Great Britain which contains an extract from a recent review of the | subject by the London Times to the effect that in 1893 the United States and Canada together furnished that country with 80 per cent of the imported cheese, and | | in 1897 over 82 per cent; but whereas in 1893 Canada sent a little over 50 per cent and the United States something more than 29 per cent, in 1897 the Canadian trade had risen to more than 58 per cent and that of the United States had fallen to but little over 24 per cent. The Consul accompanied the report with a state- ment that he had been advised by dealer: in Great Britain that the discrepancy between the increased percentage of Canadian cheese imports into England and the decrease in the imports from the United States “has been wholly brought about by American shippers, who persisted in sending to this market a product known as ‘filled cheese.’ American cheese to a very considerable extent is therefore under a ban in this country.” The report was sent from the State Department to | the dairy division of the Bureau of Animal Industry with a request for an explanation of the alleged ex- ports of filled cheese, and in return a reply was re- ceived to the effect that the evil of filled cheese be- came so great a few years ago that in 1896 Congress enacted a law regulating the manufacture and sale of the article. This act is now well enforced, and the Dairy Bureau reports “the filled cheese frauds have been practically terminated and the reputation of American cheese has been improving.” As an il- lustration of the effect of the law, statistics are given of the total exports of American cheese to all coun- tries, showing that while in 1896 these amounted to but 36,777,291 pounds, they increased under the new regulations to 50,044,617 pounds in 1897. These reports show in a striking manner the evils of adulterated food exports and the benefits of en- forcing stringent laws to prevent such adulterations. While the practice of sending abréad filled cheese was permitted the whole cheese trade of the country suf- fered. Our dairy products were being driven out of the best market in the world by Canadian products, and that simply because of the dishonesty of a few exporters. The Government interfered and at once our trade began to revive. The cost of inspection has been more than counterbalanced by the increased trade and higher prices, and the future promises even better results. ‘With this showing of the result of an experiment on a large scale with pure food laws there ought to be no further questioning of the advisability of such laws. What has been done for the dairymen ought to be done for all producers of genuine goods. This is particularly true of the producers of fruit, wine and oil products. In no other trade is there so much adul- teration, and in none are the adulterations so difficult to be discovered by the consumer. A comprehensive law on the subject should be enacted by Congress and it should be made to apply to the home market as well as to that of foreign countries. Business re- quires it and honesty and justice demand it. next that Sam does not control over 2000 votes, we confess to a demoralized feeling of mental obfusca- tion. The proposition is as clear as a pool of Potrero mud. If 2000 Raineyites should not be allowed to This is a big country. It can conduct a foreign war and a great exposition at the same time and make successes of both. & to | AN AUSTRALIAN The first important engagement of the Spanish-American war has been a naval conflict. This much was expceted, though it was naturally supposed that the West Indies and not the Bast would be the scene of the encounter. Of the two flects which fought at Manila, it has always been recognized that the American, though far inferior in numbers, was the more effective squadron. It had at least two heavily armed modern steel-built cruisers. The Spanish vessels were mostly wooden and antiquated, and the two Els- wick vessels which were engaged—the Isle de Cuba and the Isle de Luzon—were lit- tle more than gunboats. The elght-inch guns carried by the American vessels, for ‘Which the Spaniards had no equivalent ‘whatever, will probably be found to have played a great part in the action. But apart from this, the triumph of America at sea is expected because of the faith put in the British stock. The best race will employ the best vessels and the best guns, but the battle is ultimately won by the brains in the conning tower and by the determination and discipline of the men when stripped at quarters. From Paul Jones to Farragut, the Americans have produced great commanders whenever the occasion offered, and there is no reason to supflose that there will be any lack of dash and daring to-day. In this last instance, the Pacific squad- ron flying the stars and stripes followed the true British tradition when it sought the enemy in its harbor, forced the entry to the port, fought the foe under cover of —— LAUREL WREATH.| his batterles and gave apparently a good [ account of one and all. There were no | fronclads engaged on either side, so that as a naval engagement the affair has not | the importance of the Yalu fight, in which the Chinese had two magnificent line of | battleships in action—ships which steamed back after the destruction of their con- | sorts, shaking off the victorfous foe. Tt Spanish account, that the American lo has been too heavy for the advantage to be followed up, may be correct. But, after making all deductions, the American ex- ploit remains a splendid instance of the | dash and courage of the race. The flect encountered a force superior in numbers, | covered by guns and possibly protected by mines, and it fought far away from | succor, and where, in the absence of de- pots and of coal, defeat meant destruc- tion. The incident will test the morale of the Spaniards, and their friends will hope | that their Cuban fleet will fight its en- gagement before the catastrophe is heard | of. On the other hand, it must further | assure the confidence of the Americans | that they share with Great Britain the | command of the main. The spirited verses in “Orfel” the other day may be quoted as poetic prophecy: | “Up spake the voice of Hawkins bold from his couch in the ocean bed, | Off coast from Porto Rico fair, and these | are the words he said: { ‘Now, Francis Drake, be of right good | cheer, for the men who to-day fight Spain Are the selfsame breed as thou and I—| 80 turn to thy rest again.’” —Melbourne Argus. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. Fred Dodd of Fresno is at the Baldwin, ! F. Tobin and wife of Seattle are at the Baldwin. V. G. Frost, an attorney of Merced, is registered at the Lick. H. J. Guimarals, a rancher of Auburn, is registered at the Palace. Thomas Cullen and wife of New York | City are guests at the California. Bishop W. F. Nichols of San Mateo is one of the arrivals at the Occidental. H. E. Barber, a prominent capitalist of Santa Barbara, is staying at the Grand. H. A. Higgins, a well-known merchant of Chicago, is at the Palace in company with his wife. 1. Bird Jr., a business man of Merced, | | and E. Belleroche of London and Brus- | sels are at the Lick. Colonel Babbitt, accompanied by his | wife, came down from Benicia and regis- tered at the Occidental yesterday. Lieutenant A. F. Fechteler, U. 8. N., and wife and F. B. Biestmann and wife | of Winslow, Ariz., are among the arrivals at the California. Alfred Hasbrouch Jr.,, U. S. A, 8. D. Sturgis, U. 8. A., Jullus 8. Wile, U. 8. N, and Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Churchill of Napa | are guests at the Palace. /0000000000 Louise Royce, | o O who has just ar- |o WHATCOULD o rived in this city 0o THEPOOR o to play a local engagement, was ."o) GIRL DO? g standing on the | corner of Market 0000000000 gngPowelistreets | yesterday afternoon In company with her aunt, when Edwin Stevens, Tommy | Leary and George Lask came down Eddy | street after a rehearsal at the Tivoll, and, | | on seeing the vivacious Louise, they de- | | termined then and there to play a prac- | tical joke upon her. The little plot was hatched in the twinkling of an eye, and | then the following scene was enacted for | | the edification of the passers-by: Stevens advanced briskly toward the | unsuspecting lady and, grasping her by the hand, he proceeded to shake that member so vigorously that Louise was almost dragged off her feet. He left her before she could say a word, and there- upon she was confronted by Leary, who, | without a word, clasped the fair dame | around the waist with his good right arm and with a “Pardon me, miss, may I have | the pleasure of this dance with you?”’ he | began to waltz with the now thoroughly | surprised lady, and dia not desist until she was exhausted by the revolutions. The agony was not yet over, for, while | Louise was gazing on the rapidly disap- | pearing Leary, George Lask came up and, | catching the countenance of Louise in | both hands, he administered a kiss on her ruby lips that could be heard two | blocks away. He vanished before the ob- ject of his attentions could smite himwith her delicate fist, and not knowing what might happen next Loulse sald to her aunt, “This is too warm a corner for me; let us move up the street,” which they did forthwith. They had 'not walked far | when the trio of practical jokers rushed | up and innocently said in chorus, “Why, | Louise, we are delighted to see you; when | did you come to town?” When Louise re- | counted the adventure to some of her | friends she remarked, “Now, what could a poor girl do?” E. L. Heller, well known In_business circles in New York City, is at the Palace | with his family, and will make an extend- | ed visit throughout the State. S. Migliavacea, the wine producer of Napa, Jules Cain of Newman in the San Joaquin Valley and E. N. Altland of Los Angeles are at the Baldwin. E. B. Rodgers, U. 8. A., Chauncey R. Burr, U. S. N, F. J. Adams, U. 8. A, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Kidder and Mrs. T. ‘W. Ferry of Coulterville are staying at the Occldental. At the Grand are registered C. H. Fink, | a merchant of Crows Landing; C. B. Shaver, the manager of the Fresno Flume Lumber Company, and H. C. Whiting, M.D., a physician of Santa Cruz. C. M. Hartley, the fruit-grower of Vacaville, 8. N, Lachman, a merchant and rancher of Moss Landing, Monterey Bay, and A. C. Rosedale, the “Pacific Grove merchant, are registered at the Grand. ‘Willlam H. Hudson, professor of Eng- lisn at the Stanford University, who has been at the California, leaves to-day for England and the Continent. He will study the methods of the best foreign universities and will be gone a year. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 3.—Dr. W. B. Haines of San Francisco is at the Empire; G. R. ‘Worthington of San Francisco is at the Grand; L. Dinkelspiel of San Francisco is at the Holland; M. F. Loewenstein of Castle Bros., San Franclsco, who has been visiting the Eastern markets the past three weeks, left for home last night; D. Zeile of San Francisco has gone to Paris. HERE DEY COME, FELLERS., At the age of ten or 'leve That's when folks has fun. Ain’t so much expected of ’em, All their work gets done Early 'nough to give 'em leisure. They kin seek the shade An’' put in the precious moments ‘Waltin’ fur the p'rade. Glitterin' gold an' shinin’ silver! How they ketch the eve! ‘Wouldn't think them meén was workin’ That goes prancin’ by. Wonder ef in life’s procession There ain't some who'd trade Places weth the careless fellers ‘Waitin’ fur the p'rade. & Vashington Star. THE USE OF CAVALRY In the old days troops were safe when held in reserve 500 yards back of the fight- ing line. Now for 2500 yards behind this line the ground is torn by bullets. Con- sequently troops are held 3000 yards back, and even at this distance there will be oc- casional casualties. To take part in an | tions, | supplanted galleons bearing ingots of goid | at the treasure,” | treasure was’taken to London escorted by. line. Cavalry can cover the distance in six minutes. The rapidity with which thefr range alters makes them a difficult target, and the moral effect of their thun- dering and swift advan 5 gres It is estimated that the cavalry in a charge should not exceed one-third of the infantry loss. American milita meq of | the more advanced kind expect servicé of the highest value in heavy engagements from the splendidly composed and equip- | ped volunteer cavalry that has gone to| the front. Of their worth in scouting, | reconnoissance and as media of communi- cation there can be no question.—Chicago | Times-Herald. —————— PRIZE MONEY TO SEAMEN. | | | It is a debatable question whether pnzc" money to officers and crew of nation vessels should cease to be paid and that our soldiers at sea should be placed on the same footing as land soldiers who fight either for patriotism, for the lust of fighting or for $13 a month and ra- Willlam H. Hunt, Secretiry of the| Navy, recommended in a letter to Con- | gress in 1882, that prize money in the | navy be abolished “as a relic of the loose | and barbarous customs of the old buc- caneers.” He suggested that the eutire proceeds of all captures should go to the navy pension fund, instead of the half as heretofore. The House Committee on | Naval Affairs recommended the passage | of a bill to the above effect, but it failed | to pass, and Jack at sea has still the| incentive of prospective prize money enter the na®y. £ st In a war like the present one, prizes will | not be very plentiful, as Spain’s merchart | | marine, small as it is as a whole, has by this’ time practically disappeared from the seas in which our ships-of-war are to be found, there are no more galleon ing the passage from Manila to A. nor silver fleets and treasure ship: Peru, Mexico and Havana to be inter- | ¢epted before reaching ports in Spain, and | this highly lucrative spe of warfare | has passed into history with the bucca neers. Instead of spice-laden -sailing | ships there are now only foul smelling | cattle steamers and colliers, while lum- | ber droghers and iron ore carriers have and silver and priceless pea Although thestories of ric the good old days, before ste graph were inven'ted or utiliz 1 many instances been greatly e: gerated there are authentic cases of fabulously | rich prizes as based on the value of money 100 vears ago. 1 n_the last days of October, 1799, British frigates, the Ethalion, Nu,rltzl?lr Alcmene and Triton, while on a ‘cruise in the Bay of Biscay, discovered and chased two Spanish frigates, one of which, the Thetis, was captured by the Ethalion, and | found to have 1,411,236 piec of-eigh (Spanish dollars) and & quantity of cocoa | on board, The other, named the Santa Brigida, had on board 1,400,000 pieces-of- eight and a cargo valued at a like amount, and was captured the following day the other three frigates, the total loss to the British being one 'killed and ten wounded, and the Spanish three killed and seventeen wounded. A Spanish squadron | came out of Vigo Bay while the Santa | Brigida was being captured, but retreated before the inferior force. | Two days later the frigates arrived at | Plymouth with their prizes, and an im- | promptu procession was formed to con- | vey the treasure taken in the two Span-| ish ships to the vaults of the citadel. It | took sixty-three artillery wagons to trans- port the treasure. As the procession passed through the market-place, during | a temporary halt, a_ gentleman’ pushed | forward rn]sre how the Spanish dolla | were pack he sailor in charge ing the British ensign over the | asked: If his honor wished to smell to which the repl that: ‘““He would much rather e it. The sailor immediately putting his fingers | in his mouth pulled out a small Spanish gold coin and a quid, and putting both in the gentleman’s hand, said: “In my coun- try we find tasting better than smelling, and feeling is the naked truth, so your honor 1s welcome.” In the latter part of November . the seamen and Surrey Dragoons. It was met | by a band of music, battalions of the guards and grenadiers and passed along Piccadilly, St. James street, Pall Mail, Strand, Fleet street and Cheapside to the | Bank. ' The Lord Mayor and other high | dignitaries reviewed the procession and | treated the sailors. 3 The result of thése captures netted to | the British Government a fine new frigate, | as the Thetis was on her- first -v | -voyage when captured, and the prize moriey was | distributed as follows: Captains, each. ,654 50 Lieutenants, each 25,456 81 Warrant officers, each . 12,342 69 ¢ Midshipmen, each.... . 3,98 Tolg Seamen and marines, each.. 2 1914 An occasional capture like those related | brought more sailors into the navy than | all the press gangs combined;.and Jack | of to-day who has heard or read of oid- time wars hopes for similar luck. : —_——— MORE FUN THAN FOLLY. ““Are you a native of this town?" asked a traveler of & resident of a sleepy little Southern hamlet. “Am 1 what?” : ““Are you a native of the town?” “1 asked if you were a native of this place?” At that moment his wife, tall and sal- low and gaunt, appeared at the open door of the cabin, and, taking her pipe | from between her teeth, said, acridly: | “ ‘Ain’t ye got no sense, Jim? He| means wuz ye livin’ here when you was | born, or wuz_ye born before livin’ here. Now answer him. Bazar. t Saucee—I saw a man in a window making faces to-day. Symple—What was he doing that for?| Saucee—For a couple of clocks. He is | a jeweler.—Tit-Bits. Rev. Dr. Fourthly—How do you mman- age to get your salary paid up in full every year? Rev. Dr. Fifthly—I give the people to understand without it I shall be unable to take my usual vacation.—Truth. “The Spaniards expected to get Dewey in a pocket at Manila, didn't they?” “Yes, and they might have succeeded ey hadn't’ filled the pocket full of | Imaginary Dangers—Nervous Old Lady | (to deckhand)—Mr. Steamboatman, is| there any fear of danger? Deckhand (carelessly)—Plenty of fear, x’:u;’am, but not a bit of danger.—Harlem ife. —_——— OUR SPLENDID TROOPS. ‘When a European nation starts in to re- arm its soldiers, two or three years are iven to the work. To a nation that has een at peace for thirty vears the arming and equipment of 125, soldiers is not three months. As a rule we do things faster- than they do them in Europe, but it is too much to expect that we can call into existence a large army and put mod- engagement the reserve force must be moved through this wide and dangerous zone. Infantry cannot do it in less than twenty-five minutes, and another ten min- utes will be used in getting them into ern rifles in the hands of the men in a few days. A prominent British statesman is on record as saying that, if a sudden call came upon England to mobilize her lrm& not more than 40,000 effective men wi { Nell 5 | uary, 1862, the | business houses and b | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 fi _pleasant herb. full train could be put in the. field within' two weeks. The l"nl(ed States has, - in three weeks, concentrated: her r_egu'lat army, and has put into camp 100,060 . unteers, An English corresponden! ing from Tampa to the London says that the troops in camp at. Tanipa and Chickamauga, regulars and-. volun- teers, “are splendid fellows, lithe, active, soldierly in every movement. They much resemble our Australian troops, but hava The light caval- more professional style. ry are especially impressive. well-horsed, and sit like centaurs. Englishman declares that we have mada stonishing progress. He probably more about such things than the per strategists who have not been 00 miles of Tampa.—Chicago Inter ST within Ocean. ——————— | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ,A BACK DATE—E. 8. B., Pescadero, Cal. The first of January, 1863, fell on a Thursday. REMENYI-M. G.'J., City. The nama of Remenyi, the violinist is pronotnced as if written Ray-men-yee. OREGON AND IOWA—J. P..J., City. The displacement tonnage of the Oregon is 10,25 tons and that of the Iowa 11,410. Oakland, ~Cal. SCHLEY—W. A. Commodore W. 8. Schley is a native -of he was born in 1839, Maryland, -whe MELBA'S BIRTHPLACE—A. K., City. Mme. Nellie Melba (stage name of Mrs, Armstrong) was born in Australia May 19, 1 ON THE REPUBLICAN . TICKET_J, D., City. John D. Siebe was the rominee on’ the regu Republican -ticket at the | election held Novemiber 4, 1890 REAR ADMIRAL DEWEY-E.. L. B., Belmont, Cal. Rear Admiral Dewey is a native of Vermont.and .is -descended from New England stock. JOHN L. SULLIVAN—Subseriber, City. John L. Sullivan refurned.to- Sdn- Fran- cisco from Australia October 3; ‘1891: - Ha appeared at the Columbia Theater ‘about two years.ago. DEMPSEY AND CAMPBELL-S., City. The fight between Jack Dempseyand . Dave Campbell in shington Territory took. | place Novi 555, L DEMPSEY AND:- BURKE-M.,, :City. Jack Démpsey -and Jack Burke fought in the Mechanics’ Payilion for gate money, ten round November- 12,. 1886, and the contest w declared a draw. PRECIPITATION—Reader, . Napa, Cal. The greatest precipitation of which there is any rec in California’ was in the season of 1 62. It was 40.27. . In Jan- cipitation was 24.36. City., W. T. Wal- perior Court of San >olice Judge of San There never has been a Police Judge in this city by the name of Wal- lace. CALIFORNTA’'S POPULATION—E. B., City, The State’s population according to latest official census, which i the one of 1890, is 1,128,179, According to_ estimates furnished by the Governor at the close of last year the population is 1,508,130, DEBATES—Young. Debater, . Alameda, Cal. Go to a library and consult *‘Poole's Index’” and-the index of periodical liter- ature, Under the head of railroads you will find a list of articles for-and against ownership_of - railroads and data as to where such' articles can be found. A DIVORCEE—F. A. S, City. A woman divorced. from her husband has no right to resume. her maiden name without au- thority of the court that granted the ‘di- vorce. If, after obtalning a divorce, with- out having had permission to resume her maiden name, she should declare, under oath, on application for a.marriage li- that her name was’ (giving - her name) she could be punished for preé. WALLACE—H. B. maiden perjury. NAVAL STRENGTH-J. G. 8., City. France.is not the leading naval nation of the world. - Great Britain has 938 vessels of all- kinds, 4475 guns, 2243 officers, 58,918 seamer, 746 officers of ‘marines, 17,842 ma- rines, making a total active list of 79,947, with a reserve of 83,000, a total of 162,947 men. France has 584 ships of all kinds, 2340 guns, 2220 officers, 49,300 -seamen, 1640 officers of marines, 27,800 marines, making a total active 1fst of £0,920, ‘with a reserve of 84,350, -a. grand total of 162,270 men. POSTOFFICE SERVICE-M. K., City. Persons desiring employment in classified postoffices should write to the Secretary of the Board of Exaniiners at the post- office In which they wish employment for an application blank and information. All free delivery postoffices are classified. There is but one examination for posi- tions in classified postoffices, namely, the clerk-carrier examination. Applicants are required to indicate whether they wish employment as clerk or carrier. The age limitation. for carriers is 21 to 40 years for clerks, and for all other positions the minimum age "limitation is 18 years, There is no maximum age limitation for these positions. Finest eyeglasses, 15c, at 65 Fourth st. ® —————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.® —l e Special information supplied dafly to public men the ont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. - ¢ “Columbia” and *Old Glory” ries, “Flag” writing paper,- “Flag velopes, “Flag” -tally cards, “Flag” place cards and “Flag” stationery of all kinds for private use and patriotic occasions. Wholesale -and retail. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market str . — e . Kisbet—People who.remain at home can have 1o idea of the dangers our soldlers encounter amid the rain of shot and shell. Tottin—No, and - ths soldiers who go to the war will probably never consider the Papete- " en= . danigers the stay-at-nomers run dodging Boston Transeript. 3 CErmoaeas s Excursién to -the. Yellowstone Park. A personally conducted excursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park, via bicycles. - the “Shasta Route. and: Northern Pacific Rall- way, Tourists will he. accommodated in’ first- class Pullman cars tickets -will-be sold, fn- cluding - berths, meals and ‘trip. through ths Park, Send for circular glving rate and- itiner- ary to T. K. 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