The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1898, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1898. p i i feat. She ION UG TRUST. | hopeless, sullen struggle against certain de! e S RopTHE SUBAR TR possesses, however, just the kind of people whc.o are B 3 HE Post says that “the sugar trust desires cheap | likely to make that kind O_f a struggle. _RCCOng‘“g ——— I raw sugar. * * Place the Hawaiian Islands | that her colonial possessions are irretylcvably lost, THURSDAY in the same relation to the United States as |and that the chances of every battle will be against JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propretor. e e e Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager, PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868 ROOMS... .27 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, THE €AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL..... cesenand One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE...... 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE... €. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ..-Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. EDITORIAL BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'cleck. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street. open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o’clock. AMUSEMENTS. Columbia—* The New Domtion " Baldwin—Every afternoon and evening, “The Master ot Ceremonies. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Recreation Park—Baseball this afternoon. Sutro Baths—Swimming, El Campo—Music. dancing, boating, fishing, every Sunday. Press Clnb—Sale of sketches for the benefit of the Red Cross Society, Saturday, June 1l. from 2to5and 8 to 11 P. M. AUCTION SALES. By H. H Reed—This day, Juned, Oriental Rugs, at 106 Grant avenue, at 3 o'clock. By Frank W. Butterfield—Friday, June 9, Furniture, at GIVING THE NEWS. Octavia street, near Sutter, at 11 o'clock. N its career as a newspaper The Call has avoided l(he habit of boasting. Sometimes there has arisen a necessity for exposing the idle claims of some so-called rival, but ordinarily this paper prefers to go on its way, letting the people judge it by its merits. Now it feels that in all modesty and justice it may direct attention to itself. Yesterday morning the papers of this city appeared with accounts of the battle of Manila. These ac- counts were not new. nesses, but weeks ago The Call had published a story by an ey of the Olympia with Dewey, had taken notes during the hottest of the fighting, and when the clouds of smoke lifted snapshots at the shifting scenes. The story had then been beautifully and artistically set forth, cabled to The Call, and was the first authentic account of the triumph of Dewey’s fleet. The ac- count was printed, and appreciated. So decisive a journalistic victory was it that a yellow contemporary, rather than have nothing to balance it, printed a fake story made up from the vagrant notes of a man who was there as the correspondent of a Chicago daily, and on a non-combatant ship. Three men arrive in this port Two of them have a story to sell, the same old story, less well told than The Call had already told it. They open negotiations, and one of them is asked if during the fight he had observed a correspondent named Stickn, “Did I ot ve him?” he answers. man in the engagement. “Well,” he is informed, “Stickney was there for The Call.” “Oh,” he replies, “if you have Stickney’s story there is nothing more we can tell you.” So the other papers bought the peddled yarns, not having had the truth before, and The Call kept on about its business of presenting news. One of its anxious contemporaries devoted a page to a voyage to Honolulu—a voyage neither more exciting nor un- usual than a trip to Oakland—while to the old, familiar tale of Manila it gave two pages. Yet neither of them published the important news that there had been a fight between the Spanish and the insurgents at the Philippine capital, and that about the gates of the city the bodies of the dead were strewn. Why did they overlook this ? The answer is easy. They were ready to print such matter as might be brought to them, regardless of its Note the sequel. fresh from Manila. “The coolest age. They were not willing to reach out after real news. They did not have a correspondent “on the | spot.” They were content to print stale information and try to make the public think it new. This is only one of many instances in which The Call has had to blaze the way for its slower contem- poraries. It does so willingly. Tt does not begrudge them the honor of following a good example. But when they follow it so far in the rear, and with a blare of trumpets announce themselves at the head of the procession, conscience compels us to file a demurrer. They are at one end of the procession, but it is not the head. Spain has been congratulating herself upon the achievements at Santiago in the same warm fashion whichsheadopted after the splendid victoryshe did not get at Manila. She has the glorious optimismof the in- dividual who, in describing a scrimmage in which he had participated, said of his antagonist: “I was too much for him. I got my hair in his hands and my nose between his teeth, and the fight had to end.” Spain has granted “unlimited” powers to the bom- bastic Governor of the Philippines, a circumstance showing unwarranted confidence both in the Gov- ernor and her own ability. The time when Spain had authority to set any limits expired more than a month ago. If the American troops find the insurgent'leadcr established as dictator in the Philippines General Merritt will have a problem to deal with of which the Government does not seem to have taken account. When the daughter of General Grant is to marry a Confederate soldier the necessity for remarking that the war is over has vanished so completely that not even a campaign orator will have the nerve to use it. R T, When Spain shall have lost Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines there is no reason to doubt that it will continue to make a show of rejoicing over its tri- umphs. Spain seems to need a keeper. Sampson, Schley and Dewey are all alike in respect of having no time to waste on words. They are about as reticent a trio as ever had control of the business end of a cable. The murderer of Lieutenant Burke declares him- self dissatisfied with a penalty of life imprisonment. Others feel the same way. What are the gallows for, anyhow? : ..-Riggs Heuee | True, they were by eye-wit- | witness, a man who had stood on the bridge | other foreign countries and the raw sugar product of the islands would contribute to cheapen the raw material, but by reason of the $39 per ton protection would not endanger the domestic price of the refined article. For this reason the sugar trust opposes an- nexation of the islands.” This is in answer to our request for a statement of any reason for the repeated declaration that the sugar trust opposes annexation. Hawaiian raw sugar now comes to this country free of duty, under the reciprocity treaty. If the islands were placed in the same relation to us as other coun- tries, then raw sugar would pay a duty of $19 per ton. Perhaps the Post can tell how this increase in its cost would make it cheaper to the sugar trust. That association of refiners gets it now free of duty. If the islands are annexed it will still be free of duty. If the reciprocity treaty is abrogated it will cost $19 | a ton more than now. It is true that annexation of | the islands would abolish the $39 per ton differential | duty on refined sugar, which would mean only the | transfer by the sugar trust of the business of refining to the islands, provided the much cheaper labor there | would offset increased cost of fuel and other inci- | dents of the refining business. | It will be seen that the sugar trust, then, has no | interest against annexation, and would probably be more helped than hurt by it. The Post’s article is really an argument against the differential duty on sugar. It is intended to show that the duty of $19+per ton on raw sugar is not* enough protection to American raw cane and beet sugars, while $39 per ton on refined sugar is too much | protection. That is a legitimate and proper subject of discussion. The Democratic Wilson tariff of 1804 gave a differential of 40 per cent ad valorem and one-eighth of a cent a pound in favor of refined sugar. The real sum of the differential was the difference be- tween that and the 40 per cent ad valorem placed on | raw sugar. The differential in the Wilson bill may | have been too low and that in the Dingley bill may be too high, but that has nothing to do with the an- nexation of Hawaii. There is involved a large sugar interest, but it is represented by the island planters, who fear the impermanence of the reciprocity treaty and who seek therefore to secure the benefit of $19 a ton protection on their raw sugar by annexation. | The interest antagonistic to them is represented by | the American producers of raw cane and beet sugars, | who have to pay their labor the white scale of wages, | while the Hawaiian planters pay the yellow scale of { wages. To the Hawaiian planter, with cheap labor, protection of $19 a ton means $38, because his labor cost of production is only half the cost to the Ameri- | can planter. The sweetening in the annexation issue is exclu- ively at the Hawaiian end of and the attempt is made to lure American planters and American labor by an appeal to prejudice against the American sugar | trust. Ton the part of the people and the politicians as to the time for taking effect of the new charter. The idea which prevails is that the Mayor to be elected in November will in some way or another | turn out as the potentate created by the instrument. Great preparations are being made for the ensuing mayoralty campaign in consequence, and in all di cussions which cover municipal politics the question who is or who is not to be a candidate”for Mayor this year is uppermost. As a matter of fact, however, the new charter Mayor will not appear upon the scene until December, 1899. The instrument will come before the Legislature in January next for ratification, and if ratified it will go into effect for all purposes, except as to the Mayor’s appointments, immediately. A municipal election in 1809 is provided for. In that year the Board of Elec- tion Commissioners elected in November next will carry on registration and do all the things which they | are now authorized to do by law. At the election in November, 1899, all the officials to be chosen by the people under the new charter will then be chosen, | but for the purpose of making the appointments con- ferred upon the Mayor by the instrument, and as to the qualifications of the persons so appointed, the : charter does not go into operation until the st day | of December, 18g9. | The effect of this is to postpone the creation of a Lord Mayor until the second election. In other | words, the Mayor elected in November this year will serve under the consolidation act but one year, and the terms of all the officers chosen this year will be | shortened—the four year officers by three years, and the two year officers by one year. The Mayor chosen | in 1808 will have nothing whatever to do under the | new charter, The Mayor chosen in 1899, however, will make his appointments in December of that | year and with the officials so appointed enter upon | the administration of the government on the 1st of | January, 1900. Except as a stepping-stone to greater powers, there- fore, the election of a Mayor this year will be insig- nificant. Perhaps the individual chosen may do something during his short term to improve his chances for the more important office, but otherwise he will be simply Mayor under the consolidation act | for one year. | | | cheps its own counsel. It does not issue bulle- tins announcing what it intends to do. It is there- fore not possible to declare positively what will be | the course of action during the present week, but all | signs point to the conclusion that our army will make | the descent upon Cuba in force and that the trap | which has long been prepared for the Spaniards on the island will be sprung and the prey seized. With Cervera blocked in the bay at Santiago, and | the much talked of Cadiz fleet still on the other side | of the ocean, there is no apparent reason why the army assembled at Tampa and other Gulf ports should | not go forward at once. We may reasonably look for |a forward movement along the whole line. The | week therefore will probably be an exciting one, and | possibly the most critical of the war. | Itis no longer questionable that we can at any time | our military authorities deem advisable take posses- sion of Porto Rico and so closely invest Havana as to render Cuba virtually ours. Cervera can do noth- ing to help Blanco and Blanco can do as little to as- sist Cervera. They are effectually separated and shut off from each other. Our forces can assail them in detail if they choose or attack both at the same time, for we are strong enough to make the double assault with safety and success. If we were in conflict with any other nation than Spain this situation of the checkerboard of war would imply a speedy close to the contest. We are masters of all the strategic points and have over- whelming forces in every place where thure is'a pos- Lsibility of battle. Spain can do nothing but make a | | | THE COMING CZAR MAYOR. HERE scems to be a general misapprehension SPRINGING THE TRAP. HE War Department as a matter of course her, she is still capable of fighting for the mere gratifi- cation of hatred until we send a fleet to her coasts and possibly until we land an army on her soil. If the descent upon the islands is made in force it is safe to say that from that time forward the war will be carried on with swift aggressiveness. The rainy season has begun in the West Indies and the hot summer is at hand. It would never do to leave our soldiers lingering at this season either in Cuba or in Porto Rico for any length of time. It would be an economy of life to make the fighting short and sharp and to assail the enemy in his lines as rapidly as we could come at them. It is this condition of affairs that makes the week critical and gives a thrilling interest to every item of news from the front. We are evidently on the eve of battles, and the decisive action of the war may occur at any time. B S — THE POLICE AND THE POOLROOMS T the meeting of the directors of the Merchants’ f\ Association on Tuesday there was read a com- munication from Chief of Police Lees inclos- ing reports from Captains Wittman and Spillane to the effect that no poolrooms selling pools on horse-racing exist in this city, they being now situated at Oceanside, San Mateo County, and Sausalits, Marin County, where they have licenses and are sell- ing pools on Eastern races. The statements of the communication are gratify- ing. When The Call began its crusade against the poolrooms it was met by the assertion that the law the evil. When The Call by insistent urging induced the police to make an effort to suppress the rooms it was found that even where law was good enough | @ second objection presented itself. The juries would not convict. On that ground the police again ceased to act, and once more the crusade had to be under- taken and fought from the start. Each of the objections assigned by the police authorities for their failure to put an end to the traffic of the illicit poolrooms was to a certain extent valid. The law is so complex in its provisions that it is diffi- cult to obtain convictions under it. Also several ac- cused partes charged with violating the law were ac- quitted under circumstances which justified the fear that Police Court juries were prejudiced against it and would not bring in verdicts of conviction. | Against all these obstacles, however, The Call was | sanguine that victory could be obtained if the fight | was kept up with vigor and tireless persistence. It be- | gan anew the crusadeand published the facts about the poolrooms. It exposed the temptations the managers in such rooms put in the way of boys and of women. The full extent of the scandal and the shame of the trade were made known. Then the Merchants’ Association joined with The Call and | gave its potent help in the fight for law against the corrupt forces that defiantly violated it without even a pretense at concealment. From the reports inclosed in the communication of the Chief of Police to the Merchants’ Association it appears that victory has been accomplished at last. The law has been enforced and for the present at any | rate it seems there are no poolrooms run openly in }his city. The illicit pool-sellers have removed to other counties, and it is for the authorities of those | Tocalities to deal with them. Ndw it remains to be seen how long we can keep the city free from the evil it has taken such a long fight to suppress. The Merchants’ Association should not lose sight | of the subject now that it has helped to build up that | resolute public opinion which has so effectively aided | the police in maintaining the law. The pool-sellers | will come back as soon as they think the storm has | blown over. Vigilance on the part of the police and the | Merchants” Association, as well as_on the part of The | Call, is needed from this time on. We have cleaned | the city of the nefarious traffic. Let us keep it clean. e ey SAN FRANCISCO AND THE WAR. N response to a telegram from Senator Perkins lsuggesting that the Chamber of Commerce in this city protest against the dispatch of the Monterey, the Monadnock and all other armored vessels from this coast, the chamber, through its president, Hugh | Craig, sent back this ringing reply: “We protested | on the 12th of April. In the meantime Dewey has | acquired for California a new outlet for our ener- gies, employment for our shipping, business for our | merchants, and opened a colonizing future for Amer- icans beyond our most ardent expectations, and we of San Francisco will hold nothing back which may be of service to the administration, even to our | jeopardy.” | All San Francisco and all California will indorse that reply. It gives clear and emphatic utterance to the fervent patriotism of the people. Even if the dispatch of the warships should leave us in greater danger than we are likely to be, the great mass of our people would still bid the ships godspeed in their going to the front. California is fighting in this war. She expects to stand her share of the danger as well as to have her share of the glory. Her people give a prompt and unquestioning support to the military and naval authorities in the conduct of the war. Let the call be for ships, men or money, the city and the State will respond at once. The Eastern States have to some extent hampered the conduct of the campaign in the West Indies by demanding that a portion of our fleet in the Atlantic should be left to guard the coast of New England and Middle Atlantic States. Fortunately our navy is sufficiently superior to that of Spain to permit leaving one or two ships off the northern coast without weak- ening too much the fleet that is to do the fighting in the West Indies. Had this not been so the protests of Boston and New York against the massing of the whole navy at the point of danger might have com- promised our chances of success in battle, Even as it is the course taken in those cities has not been one to which they point with pride, and it is gratify- ing that San Francisco has not followed the example. In times of war every citizen is more or less of a combatant and owes something of a soldier’s unques- tioning loyalty and obedience to orders. What the Government directs to be done should be done with- out protest. The nation would be weak as a rope of sand if in times of danger every State should look out for itself and insist on keeping troeps and war- shipg to protect its own borders instead of sending them to meet the common foe at the point the com- mander-in-chief selects. That course was followed by New England in 1812, and the result was disastrous along our whole northern border. The Chamber of Commerce is right: “San Francisco will hold nothing back which may be of service to the administration, even to our jeopardy.” e ——— That the charter of the Centennial has been can- celed is cheering news. When the Government can- not get seaworthy craft to c: its soldiers th, would better be left at home. s 5 —_— Naval promotions are being criticized adversely by the officers who have not received them was defective and that the police could not suppress | OLDIERS have a special mail serv- ice privilege. When they mail a let- ter without postage, the postage will not be rated up, as is usually done, be forwarded with 5 but the letter will postage due at single rate only, to be col- lected on delivery. The section of the pos- tal laws and regulations relating to this matter says: ‘“‘Letter written by officers, commission- ed or non-commissioned, and privates in the military, naval or marine service of the United States, to be transmitted un- paid, must be plainly marked ‘Soldier's letter,” ‘Sailor’s letter’ or ‘Marine’s letter,’ as the case may be, and signed thereun- RRRR R R AR AR R R AR R R AR AR AR E) : 3 §HOW THE »SOLDIERS’ MAIL LOOKS. § R R R R I R LR R R L T R I 717 /4, e iz~ i sl der with his name and officlal designation by a field or staff officer, post or detach- ment commander to whose command the soldier belongs, or by a surgeon or chap- lain at 2 hospital where he may be; and In the navy and marine service by the officer in command of the vessel, or sur- geon on board, or officer commanding naval hospital or detachment on shore. “Letters so certified will be forwarded charged with postage due at single rates only, to be collected on delivery.” As yet comparatively few of the men | alrs y in the flield have availed them- | selves of this privilege, possibly because | they have taken postage stamps with | them, but many of them know little about | the postal regulations. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. W. R. Clarkeswf Stockton is at the Bald- win. H. Thorpe of Sacramento Is at the Grand. H. L. La Rue of Sacramento is at the Occidental. Judge John M. Fulweiler of Auburn is at the Lick. Samuel Rooker of S8an Jose is stopping | at the Palace. Senator B. F. Langford of Stockton is at the Palace. A. W. Butts of Angels is stopping at the Occidental. Ben Stelnman, ex-Mayor of Sacramento, is at the Palace. 0000000000 The insignia of o O rank and the ) THE o esoteric signifi- O TITLE THAT o ¢ance ofepaulette adornments are S i FAILEDSS 520 sdneoty e att have received 90:010 019/0-0.0.9 much’ study’ ‘on the part of the lalty since the advent of the war and the mobilization of troops in this city for the Philippine expedition. The meaning of bars, leaves, eagles and stars seems now to be a matter of gen- eral knowledge. But the other day Gen- eral Crittenden, whose military fame dates from the Mexican war, in which he attained the rank of captain, and who afterward reached the rank of brigadier general In the war of the rebellion, came in contact with an epaulette which even he could not decipher. The general, formerly noted for his strict enforcement of discipline and all the forms that per- tain to war, whether it be a matter of military dress or ceremonious conduct, was sitting in his office discussing with Judge Thornton the momentous questions of the day when a member of the Army of Christ walked in with a bundle of ‘War Cries under his arm. Patronage was solicited, and the general was about to purchase a batch of papers, when his eyes fell on the shoulder straps of the peace- ful warrior and he saw three stars on a | ground of red. Following out the military formula for such things the general de- | ciphered the epaulettes to mean the rank | of lieutenant general of artillery, an im- possible thing. The peace dealing disciple of the Army of Christ was questioned as to the signficance of his straps, and he replied that he was a lieutenant general of artillery. That settled his business prospects in a moment, as far as General Crittenden was concerned. Both parties were ready to make the exchange. The hero of two wars had the money in his hand and the saver of souls the papers ready for transference, but the bargain came to a sudden end. The general re- fused to patronize a man that could com- mit such a breach of military correctnes It was with a sad face that the lieuten- ant general of artillery walked out of the office, and he was heard to murmur some- thing about the flintiness of the human heart. General Crittenden said'some sweet things about high-titled commanders, and then began to explain to Judge Thorn- tén why Dewey was a great man. A. C. Snyder and family are stopping at the Lick House. C. W. Underwood, the well-known mail contractor, Is at the Grand. Charles King, a cattleman from Han- ford, is a guest at the Lick. ‘Willlam Niles of Los Angeles will re- main at the Palace while in the city. James McCudden and Miss McCudden of Vallejo are guests at the Baldwin. M. Lohman and K. Oltmann, globe-trot- ters and journalists, are visiting this city. Claude Rutter, Assistant United States Fish Commissloner, is at the Grand Hotel. Jarrett T. Richards, a well-known at- torney of Santa Barbara, arrived at the Palace yesterday. —_———— STUMPY GREAT MEN, Socrates was stumpy, also St. Paul and Alexander the Great, great only as a warrior. In stature both he and his far more in- tellectual father, Philip of Macedon, scarce reached middle height. In this re- gard we may rank them with the famous Spartan general, Agesilaus; with Attila, the “scourge of God"—bmad-ahouldered, thickset, sinewy, short; with Theodore I, King of the Goths, of whom Cassio- dorus writes: “He is rather short than tall, somewhat stout, with shapely limbs aliKe lithe and strong.’”” Actius, too, commander-in-chief of the, Roman troops and prop of the tottering| Roman empire in the days of Valentin- ian, was a man of low stature, therein resembling Timour the Tartar, self-de- scribed as a "i)uny. lame, decrepit little wight, though lord of Asia and terrér of ".ll]:;o!ld" ;tl.ls; the g're&t Ctme and his y contempora ars| s gour‘. nicknamed 'r’;fia Little'” b}}‘ utxhe:a who admired him for making Louls XIV , who, l‘a’y the by, less his high-heeled shoes and towering wig, dwindles to about five feet six inches. 5" But even thus pared down to the inches Eave him. ka wwa a slant came. l pared with Sir Francls Drake and with Admiral Keppel—'Little Keppel,” as ev- | ery sailor in the fleet fondly dubbed him the name of the class humbly apologize its behavior. mlfle received the apology, thanked the committee, and from that time on never spoke to a melmbfit odt the class, until he d at its head. grfi‘:“;‘:fl endured their silence for two years and determined that he would to the end. at and brave deeds upon sud- fletgegcgnos ons, but it is the staying qual- ity of true courage that days and months and years can not weaken, that counts in theena. n prevail against a na- What power ca m}n thalt, has such men as Hobson and his_seven nssocucatle }’mtoes to defend it and fight its bal tesw o = —_———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TO VALPARAISO—O. S., Oakland, Cal. The distance from San Francisco to Val- paraiso according to the steamer track chart is 5140 miles. A DlME! OF 1834—Subscriber, Berkeley, Cal. A dime of 1834 is not one that is called for by collectors of coins. They, however, charge for such from 25 to 40 cents. PORTUGUESE PAPER—F. W., Eado- ria, Wash. There is a Portuguese paper published in San Francisco. is a week‘: ly and is called * Uniao Portugueza. The office is at 525 Front street. COPRA—D. J., San Jose, Cal. the dried kernel of the cocoanut. nesia the full-grown kernel is cut into slices, drfed in the sun and sold as copra, from which much of the palm oil of com- merce is extracted. SADOWA—M. R. and others, City. At the battle of Koniggratz, called the battle of Sadowa, the Prussians had about 230,000 men and guns; the Austrians had about 185,000 and the same number of guns. The Prussian loss was about 10,000 men, while the Austrian loss was 40,000 20,000 prisoners and the loss of 147 Copra is In Poly- GETTYSBURG—M. R. and others, City. The total number engaged in the battle of Gettysburg was: Union army, 101,697; Confederate, not less than 70,000. The Union loss was: Killed, 3072; wounded, 14,467; captured or missing, 5434; tot: 23008] Confederates: K.iled, 2592; woun ed, 12,709; captured or missing, 5150; total, 20,451 HOTTEST AND COLDEST-H. A, Napa, Cal. The question, “In what years did we, in California, have the hottest and the coldest summer?’ is one that cannot be answered in a general way, as the temperature is not the same the State over. If you will name some particular point about which you desire information it will be furnished. The same applies as to winter. PASSPORTS—M. R., City. A citizen of the United States who desires to travel through BEurope should be provided with a passport; that document will save a great deal of trouble to the traveler. Such are obtained from the Department of State at Washington, D. C., and are is- sued only tg citizens by birth or by natu- ralization. The application for such must be on a form furnished by the department to persons who apply for passports either in person or by lefter. The apnlication from pure love and admiration. | When Keppel—a commodore at 24—wnsi sent to demand an apology from the Dey | of Algiers for an insult to the British | flag, he took so high a tone that the Dey | exclaimed against the insolence of the Eritish king for charging a ‘‘beardless boy” with such a messagé to him. Re- plied the heartless boy: “Were my mas- | ter wont to take length of beard for a test of wisdom he’d have sent your Dey- | ship a he-goat.” Oliver Cromwell, Claverhouse and Me- hemet Ali must be content to take it out | In brains, for they all lacked inches. | of these great names naturally suggest that of another famous soldier and usur- | per, Napoleon BunaTam. “Le Petit Cap- joral,” as his men lovingly called him, | stood about 5 feet (French) in his stock- ings, say i feet 1% inches (English). In stature the Iron Duke beat him about six inches, while the 5 feet 4 inches of Nelson places him midway or thereabouts between the victor and the vietim of Waterloo.—London Spare Moments. —_— DISLIKED THE GUITAR. He stood beneath her window and he twanged his gay guitar; Oh, it was a plaintive ditty that he sang; He referred unto the maiden as his ra- diant gulding star, And the sash at length was opened with a bang. The maiden stuck her head out and sur- veyed the scene below; Her face was dark with ‘anger and her 2 lips curled in a sneer; ‘Get out,” she madly shouted; '‘take _ your old guitar and go! ‘We want no Spanish monkey business here!”—Chicago News. GRATEFUL NEBRASKA WOMEN. Editor San Francisco Call: Will you kindly grant space in the columns of your paper to the members of C. C. Washburn Relief Corps No. 9 to express ever so faintly some of the gratitude we feel for the women of our sister State, to the Red Cross Society, the King’s Daughters, the Woman's Relfef Corps and whoever else it was that gave our boys, the First Reg- iment of Nebraska Volunteers, such a glorious welcome? Especially are we in- terested in Company M, for they are our boys, and when they left us heartbroken and in tears we felt desolate. But soon the loyal loving noble women of SanFran- cisco showed us the boys belonged not only to us, but to their country as well, and gave them their welcome as the de- fenders of our national honor. And such they are. Proudly they marched away at their country’s call. Nobly will they de- fend its honor and will return to make it more holy because blood has been shed in | a righteous cause and in defense of its | dear old flag. But ever in their hearts and ours that feeling of gratitude and love will remain because of the many deeds of loving kindness shown them by you. Accept the heartfelt thanks of our relief corps offered you in the spirit of fraternity, charity and loyalty, and may God'’s best blessing rest on you and yours. RS. CALISTA GRANT, Press Correspondent. Broken Bow, Neb., June 2, 1898. ————————— SUGGESTED TO THE BANDS. Editor San Francisco Call: Could you not suggest through the columns of your widely circulated paper that the many, bands in camp with our troops at Camp’ Merritt give us a little music? They have some very good bands and we all enjoy music, and it seems to me that no more fitting return could be made for the many courtesies the troops have received, for the bands to join together and play alter- nately every evening between § and 9 o'clock. It would enliven the camp and afford enjoyment to the many nightly viislu)rs. A\ am presuming, of course, that th ged in by Ted tape Ofi bands are not hed strictly military rules. J. B. ST. San Francisco, June 3, iso8 T ORD- it fei e ool HOBSON AT ANNAPOLIS, Remarkable Incident in the Career of the Hero of Santiago. San Diego Sun. The exploit of Lieutenant Hobson and his associates at Santiago de Cuba is to-day the talk of the world, and in con- nection therewith allow me to relate an incldent of his life while he was a cadet at the naval academy at Annapolis, which shows the stuff he is made of. It was, I believe, during the first year he was there that some discreditable act was committed by some one of his class. He was accused of it, and although deny- i,l"lg it, the class believed him guilty, and sent him to.Coventry,” which means that no one of the class would speak to him or in any manner recognize him farther than rules compelled. And S0 for two long years the ban lasted. For two years no one of his class spoke to him. Only those who are famillar with the life at Annapolis academy can realize the full significance of being consigned to Coventry.” For two years he drilled and l Two | P must set forth if the applicant is native born or naturalized or claims citizenship by birth or by virtue of the naturalization of father or husband. CALIFORNTA'S GOVERNORS—S. A. M., City. The following is a list of the Governors of the State of California, t gether with the date of election of each: Peter H. Burnett, November 13, 1849; John Bigler, September 1851; J. Neely John- son, September John B. Weller, September 2, 1857; Milton 8. Latham, Sep- | tember 7, 1859; Leland Stanford, September | 4. 1861; Frederick F. Low, September 2, | 1863; Henry H. Haight, September 4, 1867; Newton Booth, September 6, 1871; William Irwin, September 1 5: George C. Per- kins, September 3, 187 orge Stoneman, November 7, 188: ‘Washington Bartlett, November 2, 1886, H. Markham, | November 6, 18%0; and James H. Budd, November 6, 189. There were also the following Governors who were elected as Vice-Goyvernors: John McDougal, inaug- urated January 9, 1851, vice Burnett, re- signed; John G. Downey, January 14, 1860, vice Latham, elected United States Sen- ator; Romualdo Pacheco, February 27, 1875, vice Newton Booth, elected United States Benator; R. W. Waterman, Jan- uary 8, 1887, vice Bartlett, deceased. —_————————— Finest eyeglasses, 15c, at 66 Fourth st. * ———————— 10 per cent discount to soldlers in uni- form. Send your absent friends a basket or fire-etch box of Townsend’'s California Glace Fruits, 50c lb. 627 Palace Hotel bld.* e — Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ Red Cross. Parties having old papers of any de- scription will confer a favor by leavin :l(":l;:?x at Red Cross headquarters, No. I Post street. . —————— TH.: FIRST PENSION. The first application for a pension on dccount of the Spanish war emanates from Oshkosh, Wis. The applicant {s Mrs. ‘William H. Hook, widow of a private who died of stomach trouble at Camp Harvey. Mrs. Hook is entitied to a pension of $§12 a month under the act of July 14, 1862, which awards that amount to childless widows whose husbands die in the service of the United States, after having been duly enrolled. The record, as furnished by Adjutant General Boardman, shows that Hook was mustered into Company F, Second Regiment, on Friday, was taken sick on Saturday and died on Sunday, May 15. ———— Lxcursion to the Yellowstone Park. A personally conducted excursion will leave this city July 12 for the Yellowstone Park, via the “Shasta Route” and Northern Pacific Rafl- way. Tourists will be accommodated in first- class Pullman cars; tickets will be sold, in- cluding berths, meals and trip through the Park. Send for circular giving rate and itiner- ary to T. K. STATELER. General Agent Northern Pacific Rafiway, 635 Market st., S, F. —_——— In the Cuban swamps a hottle of Dr. Slegert's Angostura. Bitters will do wonders to keep your digestive organs in order, —_————— . HOLMES AND THE POEM. Edward Everett Hale met Oliver Wen- dell Holmes at Harvard, They were both members of the Phi Beta Kappa, a society that existed, as the speaker humorously asserted, for the sake of having a dinner once a year. Upon one of these occasions Dr. Hale wrote to Dr. Holmes, urging him to be present. Dr. Holmes wrote back that he would not come. Dr. Hale re- lied: D“My dear Holmes, who sald anything about a poem? We don’t want your poems, but the boys would all be ve v glad to see you, so I hope you will come.! Dr. Holmes retorted: “My dear Hale, the idea of my appearing at a Phi Beta Kappa dinner without a poem is ridicu- lous. Besides, 1 have one already half written, and shall be much disappointed if you won't let me read it. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Royal is the highest grade baking powder known. Actual tests show it goes one- third further than any other brand. recited with his class, was Intimately as- sociated with his feflows, and vet was alone, ostracized. fter two years his class discovered that he was not guilty, that at any time during those awful two years he could have restored himself by betraying the g;l!l;y! and that he did not do so ‘When th highest sense of honor. e known_to Fond et memiers vors mordned - on. a] a com- mittes to call on Cadet Hobson &od in