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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1898 ' TUESDAY... JI-}t\;E 14 ,1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. Address All Communications to W. $, LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1888, EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Strest Telephone Main 1574 THE SAN 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...... .......One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE.......... araeens vesssesess. 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. Room 188, World Buildin, DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE...... C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE. .-Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 287 Hayes street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 62| McAllister street, open uptil 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second anc Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Columbta—* Number Nine Baldwin—* The Passion Play.’ Alcazar- Celebrated Case Morosco's—"Under the Polar Star.” American Hero.” audevilie Pavilion—Reception to Mechanics’ the First liunesota Regiment, Fr night The C} 200, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialues. Sutro Baths—Swimming, El Campo—Music, ing, boating, fishing, every Sunday. Excursion to Los Gatos—Friday, June 7. AUCTION SALES. By H. H. Reed—This day, Juue 14, Oriental Rugs, at 106 Grant avenue, &t 3 o'clock. By J. A. Muuro—This day, June 14 Drug Store, at 1520 Wekb- ster street, Alameda, at 11 0'c100k. By Sullivan & Doyle—Thursday, June 16, Horees, etc. Vllfi!}(}-; street, at 11 o’clock. AID FOR THE RED CROSS. T is evident, from what has already been needed at the hands of the Red Cross Society, that the future draft, before this war is all over and permanent garrisons are sent afar and larger navies manned, will be immense. No mathematics can measure what has been already accomplished here. It is apparent that we have been much more in evidence than the people East. Perhaps this is because the troops from many interior States have been concentrated upon San Francisco, while those moved from the interior toward the Gulf and the Atlantic have been rendez- voused in many far-scattered camps, and there has been no concentration to excite interest and stimulate sympathy. This has been the means of affording a contrast very favorable and flattering to California. The same family may be getting letters from members in camp here and at Tampa. The letters from Cali- fornia will tell of towns in committee of the whole from the State line to the Golden Gate to receive the tired recruits with every manifestation of fellowship and brotherly good will. They will tell of the food and flowers that awaited them on landing in San Francisco and the kindness in camp that warded homesickness away, while the letters from the other camps will have only the perfunctory attentions re- quired by the regulations to tell about, and there will be but little to say of such cheer and comfort and homelike touches as have been lavished here. What has been well begun must be well done to the end. With larger calls there must be more extensive preparations. The treasury of the Red Cross must be filled and kept full. To this end the means so suc- cessfully resorted to during the Civil War should be put in action here. As 8an Francisco i the metro- volitan ceater, the peopla of this city sheuld institute &nd casry to success a great Red Cross fair. It could be made a historic and art exhibition. In the his- toric section the history of this State could be illus- trated by whatever tells the story of thetwosovereign- ties whose jurisdiction of this soil preceded ours. The history of our occupation would be grouped in such a way as to show the rise of every civil subdivision, of counties, of towns and cities. Another historical phase would begin with whatever sets forth the re- ligious history of California; objects from the ‘old missions; the early history of the great religious bodies; their pioneer churches; the first synagogue and the first rabbi who read in it the scroll of the Pentateuch; all this would bring together for the first time and crystallize into form an interesting feature of our life. The art section could borrow from the very rich private galleries of this and other cities. It is prob- able that there is more money invested in California in works of art in proportion to our population than in any other State in the Union. These treasures can be exhibited with good effect upon the taste of our people, which will be refined and advanced by the lesson. In addition to these features there may be interest- ing outdoor affairs, of which more may be said here- after. In this way the Red Cross Soclety may be per- manently equipped for anycall to be made uponit. The great and patriotic public will prefer to do it this way and be relieved of many and repeated appeals for morey in counting rooris, stores, shops, churches, lodges and public offices. Men will give once for all at such an exhibition more than the aggregate of do- nations made under circumstances of personal solici- tation. The relief, then, will be two-sided—that to be extended by the Red Cross and that to the public in the manner of the giving. Let this be seriously considered. B R — Unless flags are flying from every available pole this morning, houses and stores decorated with the national colors, San Francisco will not be paying proper attention to the fact that it is flag day, and that the stars and stripes have reached the dignity of 12r years. To be sure many flags have been flying for daysjand people have been busy about patriotic em- ployments, but there is room for more flags and an excuse for livelier demonstration. There is no particular reason for thinking that with Manila in the hands of the insurgents there will be nothing for American soldiers to do but loll around camp smoking cheroots. The insurgents themselves are not people in whose constancy one may entertain a sweet and abiding faith Admiral Camara is doomed. He can come over here and take his medicine or stay at home and wait for it to be carried to him, but the dose is being pre- pared, and it will be fatal. —r - President Patton of Princeton is patriotic. The cir- cumstance is rare and pleasing as the announcement of it is alliterative. ADMIRAL DEWEY’'S REPORT. DMIRAL DEWEY'S official report to the fl Navy Department on the action at Manila Bay confirms in every respect the story of the vic- tory as told by The Call. It contains but one new | item of information, and public interest in it will be | due mainlyto the fact that every loyal American will de- sire to read the account given of the great achieve- ment by the heroic commander himself. It will be noted that the admiral is most just and generous in the commendation and praise given to his men and the officers who under his leadership directed them during the action. “I beg to state to the de- partment,” says the admiral, “that I doubt if any | commander-in-chief was ever served by more loyal, efficient and gallant captains than those of the squad- ron now under my command.” In the list of those whom the admiral selected for the honor of direct mention by name iv J. L. Stick- ney, the correspondent of the Herald and The Call. | Of him the admiral said: “He volunteered as my aid and rendered valuable service.” Thus it will be seen our representative at the battle not only watched the combat closely as a war correspondent charged with the duty of giving the first report of it to the public, but he found time also to assist in the victory as aid to the commander-in-chief, thus performing double service during the whole of the eventful day. In his letter describing the battle Mr. Stickney said nothing of his own service as aid to the admiral That, therefore, is the one feature of news in the re- port. This it will be noted is quite different from the course pursued by the correspondents of yellow jour- nals when by any chance they are within the hearing of the guns of battle. In the Manila fight it happens there were no yellow correspondents at all. It is safe to say it will be a long time before any of the Ex- aminer fakers ever receive honorable mention in an official report. It is doubly gratifying to The Call to be able to fol- low up the story of the victory as given by Mr. Stick- ney with that of Admiral Dewey, in which Mr. Stick- ney himself received due honor for his own patriotic and courageous service during the action. | | | | THE GEARY-STREET FRANCHISE. HE petition of the Geary-street Cable Company Tfor a renewal of its franchise is a source of great | anxiety to a boodle morning contemporary. Not | only.does this authority produce a daily “argument” | to show that the Supervisors have no power at this " time to advertise the franchise for sale, but it quotes | copiously from the law to prove that if they attempt to do so they will be guilty of malfeasance in office. The interest thus manifested is more than pathetic; it is calculated to move the heart of a stone dog, which is about the most immovable thing on earth. The franchise of the Geary-street company will ex- : pire in 1903. The act of 1897, providing for the sale | of railway franchises, forbids the renewal of any now | being exercised until one year next preceding their | expiration. If this law is complied with the franchise | of the Geary-street line cannot be advertised for sale | | until 1902, unless in the meantime the company now holding it abandons it, which it may, of course, easily do. 1If the sale of this valuable property can be post- | poned until 1902 it will come under the provisions of the new charter and may be so weighted down with | restrictions as to make its purchase undesirable. The | effort of the Market-street company, which has suc- | ceeded to the rights of the Geary-street company, to effect a sale at this time may thus be readily under- stood. Whether a renewal of the franchise and the construction of an electric line to be managed by the Market-street company would be in the interest of | the public and residents of Geary street we do not | know. It is apparent that it would not be in the in- | terest of The, Boodler. That is sufficiently attested by its present anxiety. | If The Boodler were as friendly with the “Solid Eight” in the Board of Supervisors as it was prior to the Spring Valley cinch of last year probably it would not so vigorously oppose the renewal of the Geary- street franchise. But ever since the “eight” declined | its assistance in holding up the water company a feel- | ing of hostility has existed which has been greatly | augmented by the attempt of Mayor Phelan, The Boodler's especial protege, to oust the Supervisors. | There is no chance to make money out of the Geary- | street franchise. Even if the Southern Pacific were | disposed to restore The Boodler to its payroll at | $1000 a month it would not do so on account of any | opposition it might make to the renewal of this fran- | chise. All the corporation need do in the premises is ‘ to pave the way legally and the Supervisors will do | the rest, irrespective of what The Boodler says or thinks. Hence The Boodler may as well cease from trou- | bling. There is nothing in the Geary-street franchise for it. That privilege belongs to the “Solid Eight,” and that aggregation of statesmen will not divide. | If the Market-street company wants the franchise | it can abandon its present privilege and ask for an- | other. Being the owner of a track, roadbed and cars | it can bid more than any other corporation at the | sale. The Railroad Commission is not a very fruitful | field for the exercise of its talents, but if The Boodler | desires to be restored to the payroll it should confine its efforts to that locality. There is no chance to break in via Geary street. Why the Spanish statesmen continue to talk like fools is one of the great mysteries of war. Their nerve in rebuking the United States Government for “in- stigating rebellion” among a population capable “of pillaging, devastating, violating and torturing” sur- passes all human understanding. In these terms the Spanish exactly describe their own methods of war- fare. They have set the example, been the instiga- tors, and yet blither nonsense about being horrified at the muss they have stirred up. Perhaps the Span- ish are trying to pave the way for a plea of insanity. If so they can have all of Spain for an asylum, but it would never do for armed lunatics to be permitted on the high seas. 7 —_— An English correspondent writes to his home paper commending the American soldier, but expressing distaste for the uniform. If the uniform is comfort- able its appearance is a matter of secondary import- ance. The man inside of it will do the fighting. —_— Young Leiter will get no sympathy over his fail- ure. A Providence, which still seems to have benign streaks in it, naturally throws obstacles in the way of any man's scheme for possessing all the wheat on earth. Spain says it can continue the war in Cuba two years. But it can’t. Long before the expiration of this time it will have nothing to say about affairs in the island save to pass regretful remarks. —_— Germany manifests anxiety to know what this Gow ernemnt intends doing with the Philippines. An ex- cellent plan would be for Germany to wait and see. .. It is to be hoped that the owners of the Centennial will refrain from suing Uncle Sam. He is too busy now to attend to civil business. | but they seem powerless to prevent it.” r | industries are handicapped by the lack of American | | Oriental market ought therefore to prove a strong | chant marine. THE WOES OF W. F. HARRITY. OST men and women living outside of Penn- /\/\ sylvania have probably forgotten they ever heard of William F. Harrity, and are oblivious of the fact that his personal fortunes were once mat- ters of national interest. They will receive it as news, therefore, that he has risen again above the horizon, and his woes are once more the subject of high de- bate and mad language in the great circles of poli- tics. Mr. Harrity first achieved fame as the conductor of the Democratic campaign which resulted in the elec- tion of Cleveland for the second term. He was the national committeeman from Pennsylvania when the campaign of 1896 was going on, but, being a gold man, he was turned down by the Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania last year and a silver man chosen in his place. From this action of the State convention Mr. Harrity appealed, on the ground that the convention had no authority to remove him. The issue raised an interesting point in the practice of politics and for a time the discussion over it waged long and loud. The chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, Senator Jones, is a man who believes in the healing power of time. He holds to the belief that any fire will die out after a while if you let it alone, and that it is therefore foolish to risk burning your hands in trying to extinguish it. He let the Harrity controversy alone for a year. It was never settled. Now it has burst out again with as much fury as ever, and it appears the new flaming forth is due to the pernicious activity of Colonel William J. Bryan. According to the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Times Chairman Jones, having been stirred up on the issue after the lapse of a year, sub- mitted the question by letter to the various members. of the national committee. Of the first replies re- ceived a large majority were favorable to Harrity, and | it appeared he would be retained in his place. Then | Bryan interfered, and by letters and otherwise took an active part in the fight against the gold man, with the result that the aspect of the situation has changed and the woes of Mr. Harrity are more woeful than ever. Reviewing the controversy from the Washington | standpoint the Times correspondent says: “Mr. Har- rity’s friends here gave up hope of his retention in the ! committee after Mr. Bryan entered actively into the | contest and expressed his willingness to accept the ‘responsibility for Mr. Harrity’s removal. The con- servative leaders of the party do not hesitate to de- clare that a mischievous practice will be established, The interest which the general public has in the de- | feat of Harrity lies in the light it throws upon the con- dition prevailing in the national Democratic counci For some time past Gorman and Hill and other emi- nent Democrats have been assiduously working to | drag their party out of the slough of free silver and | Bryanism in time to enable it to take the field in the Congressional elections this fall with a fair chance of succ The defeat of Harrity shows that these ef- forts have been unavailing. The Bryanit= leaders are | in the saddle and the Democratic donkey is not able | | win, | to dismount them. Colonel Bryan may go to war, but he will still show enough activity in politics to keep his opponents in the party out of and out of authority. RA|LROADS IN THE ORIENT. ROM recently published statements concerning the export of American locomotives to foreign | countries it appears the Orient is the largest | purchaser in the market and that railroad extension | in that portion of the world is going forward at con- siderable speed. They also show that our locomotives | are in good demand and that we have a chance for an increasing trade in railway material of all kinds | with the newly awakened people of both China and | Japan. A representative of the Baldwin Locomotive Works is quoted as saying his Somprny within the last two months has received orders for 107 locomotives, 83 of these for railroads in Eastern China, 10 for New Zea- land, six, curiously enough, for Spaia, two far Argen- | tina, one for Mexico and five for Egypt. The ! Schenectady Locomotive Works report an order of thirty-eight engines for Japan, the Brooks Locomo- tive Works five for Japan and the Richmond Loco- | motive Works seventeen for the Finland-Russian | state railway. | Thus of the 167 locomotives for which foreign or- ders have been given to the various works named no | less than 126 are for the Orient. An order from a | single company for eighty-three locomotives for China is in itself significant of the rapidity with which ndustrial changes are going on in that old empire. It | is clear that our trade interests with the Chinese are | expanding rapidly and that it will be folly if we do | not take steps to promote and foster them by every means in our power. In making these inroads into foreign markets our its councils shipping. Our manufacturers and our farmers would | compete with their rivals for the rich trade of the | Orient on better terms if they had equal advan- | tages in shipping. This marked development of the | incentive to Congress to hasten the enactment of legislation favorable to the upbuilding of our mer- A one-sided growth is never healthy nor durable. If we are to promote our industries at home and make the United States the manufacturing | center of the world we must also promote our indus- | tries on the sea and make our shipping equal to the demands of our commerce. It would seem that at this time a man educated, fed and clothed by the Government, as Schwerin was, ought to be glad of the opportunity to show a fitting gratitude by offering his services to the nation whose ward he has been and whose pay he drew until his relative, Huntington, snatched from the perils of naval life, with its chances of court-martial and the grand bounce. But now duty calls even to Schwerin, He ought to volunteer to rejoin the navy rather than linger about the Pacific Mail dock hampering the outfitting of ships. This would show his good will and not put him to any inconvenience, as the offer would be rejected in less time than would be required to make it. —_— The Victoria man who wired to Sagasta for letters of marque so as to be able to go after ships loaded with Klondike gold is probably a joker. However, he ought to have the hose turned on him, an opera- tion which would be the same intellectual grade of jest. Admiral Camara would better stay in Spanish waters. At least, he has the privilege of remaining on the surface of them. —_— _General Greely's sweeping order against the trans- mission of war news cannot keep people from guessing. — 3 In addition to their war-paint the ships of the navy are being covered with glory. | the Palace. | arrivals at the Grand. tc. | new dish placed before him | eat cactus,” he cried. | and Mrs. K. Urban of Tomales and C. M. l LL tell you a tale” Said the bo’sun’s mate, - ‘1l tell you a tale of the sea; Many yarns I've told Of the ocean bold, But the awfulest yarn that ever I tola Ain’t as bad as the tale I'll now unfold; And your hair'll be on end, and your blood run cold— Your blood run cold,” Said he, sald he; Said the bo’sun’s mate, said he. “The good ship Jane,” Baid the bo'sun’s mate, “Was as stanch as a ship could be; She sailed one night, With a cargo tight Of the yellowest gold, which shone so bright That its shining blinded the steersman uite, And '};e ran on a rock that was out of ht— " 'fwu out of sight,” Said he, said he; Sald the bo'sun’s mate, sald he. “Now there we was," Sald the bo’sun’s mate, “With a ship a-leakin’ free; So our strength we spent, Fer to fix the dent— But the lovely gold, overboard it went, Which lightened the ship to that extent That we floated off—but without a cent— ‘Without a cent,” Said he, sald he; Said the bo'sun’s mate, said he. “0, we all felt blue,” Snid the bo'sun’s mate, i’ “And we dashed our eyes, did we; Such an awful fate, As to lose our freight, Was a fearful thing for to contemplate, When a great idea struck my pate, = And I says—Let's steal the Golden Gate! Let's steal the gate,” Said he, said he; Baid the bo'sun’s mate, said he. “So on we sailed,” Said the bo’sun's mate, “*Till the Golden Gate we see; And I hope I'll die If I tell a lie, When all was still and no one nigh, ‘We yanked that gate off on the fly, And sailed from San Francisco sly; From 'Frisco, sly,” Said he, sald he; Baid the bo’sun’s mate, said he. “Now, what I say,” Said the bo’sun’s mats, *Is as true as true can be. A jewelry store Bought up the door— It weighed a hundred ton or more— And all of us had wealth galore— Which shows vou why I live ashore— I live ashore,” Said he, saic he; Said the bo'sun’s mate, sald he. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. M. W. Stockdale of Petaluma is at the California. Major P. M. Norboe of Visalia is at the California. Rev. A. B. Simpson of New York is at T. L. Reed of Reedley is one of the John F. Starrett of Cleveland, Ohlo, is registered at the Baldwin. Willlam McKinlay, a large mine owner of Nevada City, is staying at the Lick. J.'S. Josephs of New York and W. H. Smith of Raleigh, N. C., are at the Bald- S. R. Porter, superintendent and part owner of the Baliol mine, is a guest at | the Occidental. Rev. G. Metzler of Ontario and A. | Strandes and son of Germany are among | the arrivals at the Palace. Ex-United States Marshal Covarrubias | of the Southern District is registered at | the Palace from Los Angeles. J. F. Clapp, a mining man of San An- dreas, and J. D. Biddle, a Hanford bank- | er, are registered at the Grand P. Tognazzint ot San Luls Obispo, Loftus of Raflroad Flat and Hugh Mitchell of Baltimore are at the Grand. R. C. Walrath of Nevada City and L. H. Garrigu and wife of alinas are among thi who registered at the Lick. 0000000000 The volunteers ° o at Richmond are | o HE WOULD o on the whole| 2 pretty well sat- o Nt © isfied with their O EAT CACTUS. © gailly m but | ° 0 now and then| 0000000000 some disaffection crops out and it is charged to an antig athy for the particular food prepared by the company cook. Y H. J. Bar- ling, once prominent mon canner, but now the head of a company that packs provisions into Dawson and on the | return deports gold bricks from that’| thriving community in the ice fields, v ited the Richmond encampment to see an old friend and break the soldier's bread with him. The old friend is Lieutenant | Clarke, Company F, Minnesota Vo teers. After being shown around camp and Introduced to all the notabl Barling sat down to a soldier's It was a several course affalr, consis of viands that would pleasc the palate of any but a real Petronius, and both | Darling and the man whose deavest ac- tion is in the tented fleld ate Feartily with seeming zusto. Salad, entree and chicken silently disappeared without a demur. Then came a course against which the Minnesotan rebelled. Once be- fore he had tried to do justice to this | but had sig- | nally failed. He would not even repeat the former effort. The waiter who served him was called and a tirade was launched against the ¢ook and the commissary | who supplied the camp with such stuff. “Y want you to understand 1 will not “I have tried it TN eat | 1 the | once and will not do It again. anything you bring me but cactus. want you to know I am not a horse.” The waiter began to quail with an ex- planation, but it was unheeded. | Lieutenant Clarke had been served with artichokes with appropriate mayonnaise dressing. Liee H. L. Middleton of Boulder Creek, Dr. Hunter of Lios Angeles are at the Bald- win. Alderman Fallows and family of Bir- mingham, H. M. La Rue, Railroad Com- missioner, of Sacramento and A. Moncur: of Palermo are guests at the Occidental. | Harlow W. Higinbotham, who was president of the Chicago Columbian Ex- position, Is registered at the Palace with his family. Mr. Higinbotham is at pres- ent a member of the firm of Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago. Japanese Consul Segawa left last night for Washington, D. C. From there he | will make an extended Eastern trip, after | which he will go to Japan. He will be gone about a year. During his absence | Count Mutsu, who came here on the Doric's last trip, will act as Consul. J. B. Ralston and Wright D. Breese, directors of the Maine Gold Mining and Milling Company of Tuolumne County, are in town arranging for the installa- tion of several stamp mills on the prop- erty. Several hundred tons of ore are on | the dumps and considerable tunneling has been done. Messrs, Bresee and hal- ston report mining to be flourishing in Tuolumne County. ———————— NOT THE OLYMPIA. - Editor The Call: In the damage sus- tained by the American fleet during the battle of Manila Bay you say the Olympia received five shot holes in uer upper works and six men were wounded. I beg to inform you that it was the Baltimore that received the shots and six men wounded, and that the American fleet was overmatched in everything ex- cept the skill of our gunners and the dar- ing pluck of our ‘‘Yankee saflor boys.” I have a son on the Baltimore. Respect- tully yours, 8. GRIDLEY, MRS. E. Napa, June 18, —_——————— ‘When the historfan Friedrich von Rau- mer died he directed in his last will that his valuable library of 12,00 volumes should pass into the possession of the Prussian state after the death of the last member of his family. This event has now occurred, and the library will prob- ably be turned over to the former uni- versity town of Frankfort-on-the-Oder. .appeintes tand do not voue | tude? Should. this Government annex Ha- | the natives. WAS MISREPRESENTED. The Consul G’enier;ir for Guatemala Replies to an Attack in the Bulletin. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 13, 1898. To the Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: In last Saturday’s Bulletin appeared an article in which it was stated that I was boasting of being of Spanish origin. It also contained absurdities of a similar na- ture, all of which were intended to make my sojourn here unpleasant and to raise susceptibilities against me. This article, like all others, which are infamous, calumnious and cowardly, does not bear any signature, nor are the names of the | ¥ pers cused me. that it ori s giv 1 who are said to have ac- However, 1 know very well inated with the same three per: only one of them being a Guatemalan, who through envy and by political intrigues have a me in the Bulletin since September I As all their other attacks resulted in naught they now try t v uny with the 1tions most venomous inter cteristic of degraded people. So fa treated | al thése attacks with ntempt_they deserve, but since the: to touch upon h a delicate to Ppr with the gr ‘energy against what my hidden publish about me, by declaring that I always used the great Ve 3 versation turned existing war, and that I alw speak about it at s becoming to my officia . which T know v . This very p t me to be very exy 1 which I am h liked the M that I publicly declaréd a Spaniard; if so it will be an e m; er to bring witnesser, who neces- sarlly must have heard my declaration, but I defy them, as they will be at a loss to_procure one. mention that there is no Suatemalan colony here at present, efther prominent or not prominent. Outside of two or three true gentiemen, who are friends of mine, there are none, as all the families which used to live here have re- turned to Guaten: am, dear sir, very respectfully y “H. CARRILLO, Consul-General for Guatemala. R — THE PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE. Editor San Francisco Call—Sir: In con- nection with the acquisition by the Unit- ed States of the island territories of Ha- Philippines and Porto Rico, re considerationshot to be lost sight | of that are infinitely higher and of far greater import than the mere extension ot our commercial empire and the enlarge- ment of our facilities for defense*agains: a foreign foe. 1f we terminate the pr ent government by which the inhabitants of those respective islands are controlled, safe to them the right to govern themseives, then this nation must assume the responsibility of gov- erning them. This carries with it the ne- | cessity of civilizing them, of protecting them against internecine strife, provid- ing for their maintenance against the greed and rapacity, of predatory political adventurers, comipercial cormorants and | consclenceless land grabbers, and lastly, of educating and christianizing them. | Does this nation want to assume such a burden of responsibility in the face of the fact that there are now within the bor- ders of the Union hundreu~ of thousands of men and women who are more in need of the aid of advance. civ.ization to fit them as citizens of a christianized na- tion than are these islanders, judged from a standpoint of legal and moral rect waii by seizure or otherwise, and make conquest of the Philippines and Porto Rico, would we, by our treatment of the natives, add to the odium we have brought upon ourselves as a nation by One would scarcely think so; and yet it is painfully apparent that in all the talk now rife about these islands be(‘omlns‘ | the property of or a part of the Unite States there is no expressed considera- tion for the welfare and advancement of It is all for expansion of trade, extending commercial and territo- rial empire. and enlarging and strength- ening our defenses against encroachment by any of our ambitious neighbors of the Eastern hemisphere. In a word, the animus is selfish greed, which is greatly to be deprecated and deplored, seeing that we are professedly a Christian na- tion. The permost with us in this matter is, Do the natives of these islands want to come under the government of the United States? JOHN AUBREY JONES. Fruitvale, Cal., June 10. ————— JUDGE MAGUIRE'S LETTER. Even His Friends Think He'd Better . Keep Out of Print. Excited by the general harsh tone of the press criticisms upon his celebrated | “piracy” remarks anent the Government selzing Spanish ships conveying supplies to the enemy, Hon. James G. Maguire flew into print in last Sunday’'s Call, and ‘we're of the opinion that when he cooled off he was sorry he allowed his anger to run away with his judgment. The Call answered his letter on Monday, and we advise our readers to endeavor to read both productions. Here is an extract from The Call's answer: “Judge Maguire's letter in its manner Is an index to his _mental stature. ‘we hold him up to be seen by himself be- cause he “‘was born on a farm.” We con- fess the infelicity of not knowing that he was born on a farm, but we admit it since he takes pains to advertise it. He has been so cansmntl{ an office-seeker and office-holder that it was natural to sup- pose that he was not born at all, but just nominated for an office and raised on a salary.”—Hollister Free Lance. We belleve that it was Martin Van Buren who gave a friend the advice, “Walk forty miles rather than write a letter. The epistolary art may have advanced to a point that letter-writing is less dangerous than it was thought to be by Van Bur Still, there is good sense in the advice, and we commend it to the consideration of Congressman Maguire, ‘who has recently written a three-column tter to the Frane Call. He I should not have done so. Nearly every Public man {s misrepresented and ma- ur policy toward the American Indians? | question that should be up- | is intellectual methods and | He conceives that | ligned by the journals published by his Siitical opponents. It should not be So. gut that it is_true is unquestionable. If Congressman Maguire finds any satisfac- tion in his reply to The Call, we are free to say we do not think his friends will. Congressman Maguire will find it a wise olicy to satisfy his friends and ignore is journalistic enemies. His friends are satisfied, but if the Congressman E position ' to write letters is not checked we are uncertain how long they will con- tinue in that mind.—Vacaville Reporter. ——e—————— NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Almirante O'Higgins, armored cruiser built for Chile by the Armstrong Company at Elswick, completed her trials April 2. She made a continuous run of twenty-four hours under three-fifths boiler power and developed 10,000 lmr.se power. SIX runs over the measured mile course gave an average speed of 217 knots, a little less than anticipated. The O'Higgins is of 8500 tons displacement, 411 feet 9 inches in length, 62 feet 6 in{hes beam, and her engines will develop 16,000 { horse power. She carries an armament of | four S-inch quick-firers, ten 6-inch, four | 4.7-inch, ten 12-pounders, ten 6-pounders | and four machine guns, all quick firers. The Kiangnaw arsenal on the Woosung River, three miles above Shanghai, em- ploys 2500 men In the manufacture of guns and projectiles under the management of three Englishmen. Several 12-inch guns have been turned out, besides a large number of smaller caliber, and are said to be equal to work done in Europe and the United States. The arsenal has also a small dry dock, 300 feet in length, and a rallway connects the arsenal with the proving grounds at Whangpoo. The loco- motive hauling the guns out for testing was built by Chinese mechanics six years ago, and is doing all that was expected from it. A new dry dock was opened at the dock- yard at Sebastopol May 18. The British cruiser Terrible is under or- ders to make a run from Portsmouth to Gibraltar under 10,000 horse power. She is expected to make the run of 1160 miles in sixty-elght hours. After a stay of twenty-four hours at Gibraltar she is to return to Portsmouth under 15,000 horse power and make the run in six hours. i A battle-ship was launched at St. Pe- | tersburg May 18 in the presence of the | Czar and Czarina, and the keelplates of the armored cruiser Gromobol of 12,33 | tons and that of a small cruiser were | 1aid. | In the recent competition for armor | contracts for the Russian battle-ships Peresviet and Oslabia, the Carnegie Com- pany at Pittsburg fairly outbid European competitors. The bids per ton were in order as follows from the s?vergl countries: England — Vickers, $583 95; John Brown, $569 38, France — St. Chamonds, $4% and $56! 526 50; Marrel Freres, thick and thin plates. ; Dillingen, 30; Witko: 56 plates, $152 20. United States—Carnegie, $530 45. The Russian Government prof- fered the contract to the last firm if it would accept it at $500 per ton, and the offer was accepted. This incident dis- closes the fact that there i to all ap- pearance no combination between Euro- pean armor manufacturers, but that the American success may lead to such a combination in order to shut out competi- tion from this country. It is also evident that European armor manufacturers ex- act greater profits from their plant or else that owing to better system Carne- gie is enabled to overcome the difference in wages paid. The most satisfactory evi- dence is that our navy is getfing its ar- mor at 80 per cent of the cost paid by Russia, as the contract just awarded to Carnegie and Bethlehem allows only $400 per ton for three battle-ships, whereas Russia pays $500. The San Martino, armored cruiser built by Orlando Brothers, Leghorn. Italy, for the Argentine Republic, has just had her trial under natural draught and made a speed of 18 knots. She is a sister ship to the Spanish armored cruiser Cristobal Colon, and to the Garibaldi in the Argen- tine navy, of 6840 tons, 13,000 horse power and a speed under forced draught of 20 knots. 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