The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1898. _.JUNE WEDNESDA JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE...... Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....,....2IT to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding town: for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month | 66 cents. 15, lggli‘ THE RED CROSS FAIR. THE pleasures ot pageantry may be indulged in ’_I as a feature of the Red Cross fair. | It is highly probable that throughout the sum- mer troops will be here in thousands, and there may | be held a grand review, such as were often held in | Washington during the Civil War. Those reviews had a powerfully stimulating effect upon the public mind, and one held here in connection with the Red | Cross fair will attract thereto thousands from all points within reach. There is a charm in a great body of troops marching that attracts as no other pageant an. . In a properly inclosed arena, where admission may THE WEEKLY CALL..... OAKLAND OFFICE......... NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. -.--Rigge House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE -Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative, | One year, by mall. $1.50 | iesseessess.. 908 Broadway | BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open‘until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, epen until | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 | o'clock. €15 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open untll 10 o'clock. 29291 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until § o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 930 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana | Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS, Columbia—* Number Nine " | Baldwig—" The Passion Play.’ | Alcazar—“A Celebrated Case | “Under the Polar Star.” | | An American Hero.” Orpheum-— Vaudevilla | Mechanics' Pavilion—Reception to the First Minnesota | Zegiment, Friday night. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaundeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man Olympia—Coruer Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Sutro Baths—swimming, El Campo—Musie. dancing, boating, fishing, every Sunday, Excursion to Los Gatos—Friday, June I7. Exoursion to the Santa Cruz mountains—Saturday, June 18 AUCTION SALES. By Sullivan & Doyle—Thursday, June 16, Horses, etc., at 220 Valencia street, at 11 0'clock. THE ‘““WHISPERING " BOSS. . T is important that the rank and file of the Demo- ] cratic party of this city should know the character | of the man by whom they are now being led. The | Democratic organ has an interest in suppressing the facts—the new boss having made arrangements with it whereby it is to share in the resultant plunder— | and the duty of making public “Whispering” Gavin | McNab's record, therefore, devolves upon the Re- | publican press. This is not as we should like to see | it. We are conscious that however pure our motives | they are liable to be questioned in such work, and | vet our fealty to the people renders hesitation im- [ possible. James H. Barry, editor of the Star, is a member of the committee of one hundred. He knows all about the “whispering” boss, but he refrains from telling it now that he has become the recipient of his favor. On October 18, 1890, Mr. Barry wrote and published | in his paper the following interesting editorial: “We have received a letter from the Musicians’ | Union relative to Gavin McNab, Buckley’s nominee | for Supervisor from the Fifth Ward, all of which statements we know to be true. They are in brief as follows: When a member of the Fourth of July com- mittee, 1889, he was most bitter in his attacks on said | union, characterizing its members as ‘Hessian in- vaders who now wish to capture San Francisco,’ as pirates and robbers who had no right to be heard. | etc. The committee finally forced upon this city the | disgrace of having scab musicians to celebrate our | national holiday. He is now clerk at the Occidental | Hotel. The Star at the time denounced the action | of the committee, which, however, was opposed by a | minority of its members, and we now concur with our | correspondent in urging all who feel called upon to vote the ticket on which McNab's name stands to be certain to scratch his name.” Prior to becoming Boss Buckley’s candidate for Supervisor from the Fifth Ward Boss McNab was a | protege of the late Republican boss, William Higgins. | In fact, he changed his politics in order that he might | with more certainty get an office. As we recall the | incident to which Mr. Barry refers in the above para- | graph the opposition to the “whispering” Scot be- | came so pronounced that Boss Buckley was compelled to revoke his nomination as Supervisor. It has al- | ways been believed that it was this action of the blind | sage which caused McNab to desert him. A short | time previously he had been asked by the Irving Hall Reform Democracy to join them and he replied that they were “sore heads” and no longer Democrats. At that time Buckley was to his vision a first-class Dem- ocrat. Even if the usurpation of the Democratic State Committee in appointing a body to take charge of the party in this city were not, as it is, a high-handed political outrage, the leadership of the renegade Re- publican, ex-Buckleyite and “scab” workman, Boss McNab, ought to cause a revolt in the local organi- zation. If the rank and file of the Democracy in this city will follow an appointed county committee and such leadership, it is surely moribund. No Democrat with a spark of manhood in him will do it. e oe———— U Gage inviting subscriptions from the people to the war loan of $200,000,000, the intention of Congress to make the loan a popular one will be fully carried out. Subscribers for small amounts will have precedence over those who bid for larger sums, and individuals who bid for large sums will have pre- cedence over corporations. There is nothing in the measure which affords an advantage to the class known as “bloated bondholders” or to speculators who make a profit in handling bonds. In making a popular loan of this kind in small amounts requiring a payment of the money before the bond is issued, there was of course a danger that the advance of so large a sum of money might seriously interfere with commerce and the usual financial oper- ations of the people. A withdrawal of $200,000,000 from the channels of trade even for a comparatively short time would be disastrous to many interests. This danger, however, has been carefully guarded against by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the terms set forth in the circular it will be possible to obtain from the people the whole sum required without in any way interfering with business. Since the loan has been carefully guarded in the in- terests of the people so that every man of average means ‘may share in it, there should be a prompt THE BOND ISSUE. NDER the terms of the circilar of Secretary | what can be produced now. | them are our own boys. be charged to swell the fund, there may be held | athletic games and sports, and at night we may have the bombardment of Manila or Havana illustrated after the style of the siege of Sebastopol, which was seen here a few years ago. With public attention alert to all military matters, as it is now, such a feature would be a great drawing card. In it we could see the representation of our military and naval heroes, and a | great variety of most interesting and exciting features could be introduced. We have among us professional pyrotechnists who could design such a spectacle and stage it. During the Midwinter Fair the pyrotechnic evenings were always patronized by thousands, though their features were tame in comparison with Such an exhibition could be run on certain nights in the week for an in- definite length of time and would draw to the end. | Interest in it could be sustained by the constant in- troduction of new incidents. As pyrotechnists know, this is easy when the scene is once laid and working. The feat of Hobson on the Merrimac at Santiago de | Cuba could be promptly reproduced, and if in the midst of the fair a sea fight occur, it could be put on very promptly and be made to represent, with fair exactness, the real action. Nothing will better sustain interest in the fair than this. By combining the many exhibits and various features that are possible an immense sum of money can be realized, which will represent, once for all, the contribution of California to the treasury of the Red Cross. This State gave more than one-fourth of the $4,000,- 000 raised during the Civil War to equip the Sanitary Commission, which was the analogue of the Red Cross Society and its forerunner. California will now do something as significant for the successor of the Sanitary Commission. If need be another Starr King will arise to lead the hosts of generosity in behalf of the wounded and suffering, and all classes in the com- munity will follow where such a leader proclaims a red crusade of mercy and help for the suffering. Let no one think of the difficulties of preparation, for where all thoughts run to one center, as now, all hearts and hands co-operate. This being true, it is incredible how suddenly affairs of this kind take form, are installed, operated and made successful. ‘Let the movement begin now, for the time is not far off when there will come from Asian tropics the cry of our stricken men for help. Let us be ready to respond. OFF TO THE WARS. NLESS something unexpected happens the sec- ond detachment of troops for the Philippine ex- pedition will leave San Francisco to-day. In | the East the movement of the American forces for the descent upon Cuba is already well advanced. The forward march has begun. Despite the terrors of the hot season in the tropics, our soldiers are to de- lay no longer. In both the East and the West In- dies the blows are to be struck that will crush the power of Spain and put a speedy end to the war. It is inevitable that our interest should be mainly with the troops engaged in the Manila campaign. They have sailed from our own port, and many of Even those who hail from | distant States have been for a considerable time en- camped in the city and in some measure have been our guests. As the transports which, carry them to the war steam out of the Golden Gate a thousand evidences will show forth the patriotic fervor with which our people bid them godspeed and wish them a safe return with victory and peace. However beautiful or impressive the scene attend- ing the departure of the troops from this city may be, it is clear we have passed the spectacular stage of the war. The forward movement along the whole line means the beginning of the campaign in dread earnest. Hereafter the contest is not to be made solely from the safe position of ironclad ships and with long range guns. The first news which came after the land- ing of our troops at Guantanamo Bay was of a night attack of Spanish guerrillas upon a small detachment of Americans encamped near the woods. By stealthy foes ambushed in the darkness and the thick under- growth of the tropic forests four Americans were killed. That incident illustrates the nature of the war that is to come. That is the Spanish method of fighting. It is such news as that we must expect until our men by one swift rush may force the evasive foe into a corner and there crush him. How long the war will last and how long our brave boys will be absent it is impossible to foresee. The intelligence of the world does not doubt the success of our arms any more than the moral sense of man- kind doubts the justice of our cause. Were we con- fronted by a race that fights in the open and stakes the issue of war upon battles to be decided by cour- age, discipline and military skill, the contest would be over before the summer passes, and we might even have peace in sight when we celebrate the Fourth of July. We are not likely to have such swift results, however, in a contest with.Spain. The Span- iard is as tireless in his skulking as in his hate. He will make it a long-drawn guerrilla war if he can, and the conditions of his tropic islands will aid him in doing so. Our troops, therefore, are going upon an expedi- tion which will require true heroism to bring to a successful termination. Not valor only, but fortitude, patience and an unswerving fidelity to duty will be required of them. They merit, therefore, every honor we can give to the patriotic brave as they set forth from both sides of the continent to carry the power of our arms and the glory of our flag beyond the sea. e — Nothing would please the people of this country more than to learn that Weyler was leading an ex- pedition to the Philippines. While the strict demand of justice is that he be shot in Cuba, there is no use haggling over details. The thing to do with Weyler is to kill him on the spot, and never mind the loca- tion of the spot. = Kansas cannot be so much blamed for having Iynched a murderer. Even the humblest citizen is response on the part of all. It should be a popular loan in the full sense of the phrase. The country needs the money. The investment is safe. It will be for the general welfare to have the loan distributed with something of equality throughout the country, so that the interest on it will go to every section of the Union and not to the great financial centers only. ‘The subscriptions should be liberal and prompt. entitled to justice, and there is no other method by which the Kansas murderer ever gets it. The man who burned his wife’s Easter bonnet made a mistake. He would have found that to roast the milliner would have been as satisfactory. Germany’s eyes may be on the Philippines, but the guns of the United States are there also. In this case possession is ten points of the law. ENRAPTURED WOODLAND. OODLAND is as much invelved in 1 the war Wwith Spain as any other city in the State or in the Union, but just at this time she is not giving so much attention to it as the rest of the coun- try. She wishes to send her quota of men to the front and her sympathies are with the brave boys who are going to battle, but for the present her thoughts are mainly intent upon things at home. She has good reason for this temporary indifference to the wrinkled front of war and this absorption in her own affairs. The Grand Parlor of Native Daughters has assembled at Woodland, and the town is so full of beauty that it cannot hold anything else or even talk of it. In devoting all her energies just now to the enter- tainment of her visitors Woodland shows no lack of patriotism. In fact the assembly there of so many of the noblest as well as the fairest of California’s daughters has probably infused the city with more of ardent and fervent patriotism than it ever felt before. We may be sure that through their speeches at the formal meetings of the parlor, by their conversation at receptions, by the subtle influence emanating from their beauty and their womanhood, the Native Daughters will instill into the minds of all who hear or see them a feeling of patriotic loyalty as well as of chivalric love. : The organization of the Native Daughters and the annual assembly of the Grand Parlor at one point of the State after another serves the general welfare of «he community in many ways. It is a good thing to have the vigorous and loyal young womanhood of the commonwealth always organized and ready to act on behalf of any good cause which needs their services. It is also beneficial to have the influential women of the State visit in turn the various towns of the dif- ferent sections, thus making themselves acquainted with the State as a whole and obtaining a comprehen- sive knowledge of the attractions and advantages of all. From the association and from the meetings of the Grand Parlor much has been gained in the past both for California and her womanhood, and there can be no doubt that in the future even more will be gained with the increasing membership and power of the organization. The Grand Parlor is to be congratulated upon as- sembling this year in a city of so many attractions and such boundless hospitality as Woodland. They have been greeted there with a welcome that is truly Californian. The occasion is one which will be long remembered with pleasure on both sides, and the people of other sections of the State as they read the reports of the reception will feel a gratified pride that California has such daughters, and possesses commu- nities that know so well how to appreciate their worth and honor their presence. JOSEPH LEITER'S COLLAPSE. CCORDING to reports from Chicago Joseph A Leiter has not made an assignment, but “his interests have been trusteed.” The words are different, but the meaning is essentially the same. Mr. Leiter has collapsed. Another young Napoleon of the stock market has, like the mighty conqueror from whom his vain title is taken, pushed too far the favors of fortune and learned too late that the very forces which tend to victory to-day may precipitate disaster to-morrow. \ Leiter began his career in the wheat market at a time when every force in the commercial world fought on his side. He was backed by millions of capital, reviving prosperity throughout the country inclined men of wealth to follow and assist enterprise, a fail- ure of the crops in Europe caused a large demand for American grain; there was an upward tendency everywhere. In his first ventures Mr. Leiter merely embarked boldly upon a current which of its own strength carried him to fortune. This, however, is a mutable world. Things go by turns. The highest tide sooner or later reaches a point where it stops and from which it eventually re- cedes. In the very nature of mundane affairs it was certain the currents of commerce which at first were on the side of Leiter would in the end be against him, and the forces that made his fortune would un- make it if he left it exposed to their operation. Possibly if Leiter had been left to himself he would have been on his guard against the turn in the tide and would have retired from the wheat market for- tunate, prosperous and rich enough to be ranked among the multimillionaires of the land. He was not left to himself. There gathered around him the thousand flatterers that ever wait on success, the san- guine gamblers of the stock exchange who never weary of the game, the horde of people who urged him on to attempt the impossible. His name and his picture were in every newspaper in the land. His head was turned, so that he could see only the success be- hind him and not the impending ruin ahead. He held cn his course and shot Niagara. His failure, of course, does not mean poverty for him. There are other men who have been following his lead, however, to whom it may mean absolute bankruptcy and possibly penury, The affairs of men in modern society are closely bound together, and the fall of a great speculator nearly always entails suf- fering upon the part of men of small means. This is one of the worst consequences of the evil of over- speculation and can hardly be guarded against. All the banks that are supposed to have been in any way associated with Leiter in his operations have promptly announced to the public that they will not lose anything by his failure. Such announcements would of course be made in any case for the purpose of preventing a loss of credit on the part of the bank, but there are reasons for believing the statements are correct and that the banks are safe. The effects of the collapse of the speculator therefore will not be so disastrous as they would have been had he been as unscrupulous in his dealings as some other “young Napoleons of finance.” The moral of the story is the old one. Nobody can corner wheat. There is too much of it, in the first place, and in the second there are too many other bread-making grains that people can use in place of it. When the New York Herald published a story of the fall of Manila, and found the story was wrong, it came out frankly with a statement showing wherein it had been misled. The circumstance illustrates the difference between the Herald and yellow journalism, The latter would have stuck to the original statement or passed the matter over without comment. Spanish mutilate the bodies of the slain, and yet have much to say about honor. They starve women to death and whimper about American violation of the ethics of civilization. Perhaps the time is coming when such snubs as pass between Lee ad Blanco will find the latter in the capacity of recipient. One advantage the School Directors have in calling each other names is that most of the names seem to fit. ; the Cuba expedi- At least the Spanish cannot accuse tion of indecent haste. THE FRENCH TREATY. Its Validity Denied and Charles A. Material for a pamphlet is being pre- pared on behalf of the San Joaquin Val- ley vine growers by Mr. Charles A. ‘Wetmore to be presented to the Califor- nia State Board of Trade at its regular meeting to-morrow relative to the re- cent proclamation of the President low- ering the duties on brandies, spirits, wines and a few other French prod- ucts in accordance with a provisional understanding that canned meats, lard and a few American products will be admitted into France at reduced rates. From a condensation of the argument which will be presented to the board the following conclusions of the oppo- rents of the measure were obtained by a reporter of The Call: It is erroneous to consider that any commercial treaty has been entered Into or any international contract in- volving obligations which cannot be terminated at any time out breach of faith. No treaty can be%entered into without the concurrence of the Senate as provided by the constitution. Sec- tion 3 of the Dingley tariff act may be repealed or amended by Congress at any time without violating any inter- national obligations; so also may the President revoke or amend the terms of his proclamation. It may, however, be a question whether the provision of section 3 au- thorizing the President to lower cer- tain tariff duties at his discretion in favor of certain countries in considera- tion of advantages gained for certain private parties {s operative as a law to define the duties of the President, or whether the attempted delegation of power is not unconstitutional inasmuch as Congress alone has the power to pass laws to regulate foreign com- merce, and the authority granted to the President is not sufficiently definite to guide his action. It does not appear to be sufficlently understood that, if the act of the Presi- dent should stand, lower duties on brandles, spirits, wines and certaln other products have been extended to France than the law otherwise imposes upon other friendly nations and that serlous complaints may result. If all kinds of spirits, brandies, gins, whis- kies, etc., may be imported from France at $1 75 per proof gallon, while we tax Canadian, Irish and Scotch whiskies, Holland gin, Swiss kirsch- wasser, Mexican mescal, etc., at the rate of $2 50 per gallon, and if we tax German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and other wines higher than the French there will be such a regulation of for- eign commerce as only Congress has the power to control. Under such a discrimination in favor of France, other countries would be compelled to yleld to the domination of French ware- houses in their trade with us. The limitation in the President’s proclamation of the reduced dutfes to products of France would be alto- gether illusory. France now exports largely as the product of her skill wines of Spain, Portugal and Ttaly and of compounds of German and other spirits, whicn after recefving French flavor and manipu- Its Effects Discussed by Wetmore. lation would become French products, so far as our custom houses are con- cerned. It is not concelvable that Congress realized that under section 3 of the tariff act it was granting power to the President to so disturb our friendly commercial relations with foreign countries. The inevitable result would be trouble with other countries and either the revocation of the proclama- tion discriminating in favor of Francc or the extension of the favor to all friendly countries. As it stands we agree to discriminate In faver of France against all other countries in consideration of receiving | certain advantages which France here- | tofore has given to our competitors | without equal discrimination in our fayor. The French tariff discriminates against all countries with which she has not commerclal treaties, so that nearly all American manufactured articles are excluded from her trade. American alcohol, wines, raisins, cot- ton goods, carriages, etc., etc., are ex- cluded from French trade because she admits the similar products of other countries at less rates of duty. France, however, is not excluded from this country, her products being recelved on equal terms with those of | all other countries. We cannot consider reciprocity with France and probably with no other country until we have so arranged our tariff that we have mutual disccimina- tions to 1=bate. French industry is protected by a special tariff, which is constantly main- talned as her interests demand. This tariff is granted to countries with which she has commercial treaties; against all others, e United States included; sheimposedher general tariff, Which is much higher and in many cases absolutely prohibitive. | In order to be in a position to make | a satisfactory reciprocity treaty with France and other countries, which give | discriminating favors, we must first | agree on the tariff we intend to main- | tain for our own protection and declare | a higher and broader one against all | countries which do not admit our products on equality with the most favored nation. If to the duties of the Dingley act 50 per cent additional were declared and 25 per cent ad valorem to all the free list. to be applied to all countries discriminating against us, we should have a falr opportunity for a reciprocity treaty with France with- out endangering our protective system. Until such change is made all efforts toward reciprocity are dangerous. Other industries besides the viticul- tural will soon feel the importance' of this question, as it is well known in what directions new treaties are sought. Silk and wool will soon be heard from. In our State raisins, nuts, prunes and oranges will be attacked. If reciprocity is to be entered upon to keep Mr. Kasson busy earning his sal- ary, we may have little faith in a set- tled protective tariff policy. The remedy is a revoeation by the President of his proclamation and a re- peal of the sections of the law which give rise to as much uncertainty as did the advent of the Cleveland admin- istration under a promise of lower tariffs. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. Rabbi M. G. Solomon of Los Angeles is at the Palace. Jesse D. Carr, a prominent stock raiser of Salinas, is a guest at the Occidental. Lyman Tiffany and G. Stanton Tiffany of Washington, D. C., are at the Palace. Thomas J. Kirk, County Superintendent of Schools of Fresno, is registered at the Lick. % George Mainhart, a mining superintend- ent of Grass Valley, is registered at the Grand. H. E. Adams of Stockton and C. P. Vic- ini, an attorney of Sutter Creek, are at the Grand. Willlam Palmtag, a well-known mer- chant of Hollister, is one of the arrivals at the California. ‘W. McMullen, one of the directors of the First National Gold Bank of Boston, is at the Baldwin. A. H. Hart, who is largely Interested in the silk business in New York, is regist- ered at the Grand. ‘W. C. Ten Eyck, a mining man of Tuc- son, Arlz., and A. W.\Brooks of Stockton are at the California. N. H. Hamilton, M.D., came up from Santa Monica yesterday afternoon and will be located at the Palace for a few days. ‘W. H. Lewis of Honolulu, who has been on an extended eastern trip, is temporar- ily at the Occidental, en route to his isl- and home. F. C. White, a Fresno banker, Frank Barcroft of Merced, and Dr. Burdell, a retired physician of Marin County, are among the arrivals at the Lick. 5 George H. Higbee, a wealthy banker of Philadelphia, and H. C. Nash, private secretary of Mrs. Leland Stanford, are among the arrivals at the California. Mrs. E. S. Borden, Miss Marion Borden, Miss M. E. Saxe and Lewis Mercer Bor- den, who are on a pleasure trip to this coast from Wallkill, N. Y., are guests at the Occidental. S. H. Babcock, trafic manager of the Rio Grande and Western Railway, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, arrived here last night, and will be at the Palace for a few days, He is making his annual tour of inspection of the various agencies of his road. Mrs. Willlam A. H. Chenoweth has re- turned from her trip to Alaska, where she has been spending the winter with Mr. Chenoweth, who has left Juneau for the Klondike. Mr. Fairchild of Oakland and Mr. Jordan of Skaguay are with Mr. Chenoweth. Mrs. Chenoweth will reside in Oakland with her son until Mr. Cnen- oweth's return. g Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the Unit- ed States, arrived last evening from New York, accompanied by his wife, and regis- tered at the Palace. He has come to this city to supervise the transfer of the Sub- Treasury and the counting of the money therein. Mr. Roberts anticipates that his official visit will last about twenty days, after which he will return to his home. —_—————— SPANIARDS NEVER READY. Notwithstanding its frequent wars Spain has always been unprepared for the trouble it has invited and its many de- feats have failed to teach its government the lesson of being ready for war. Eng- land gave the Spaniards many a severe drubbing, destroyed their navy and dock- yards, captured distant possessions time and again and in the peace settlements were, of course, largely the gainers, but Spain never took heed of the primary causes which caused its defeats. Commo- dore Dewey’s successful attack on Cavite and the fleet before Manila is partly due to this chronic state of unpreparedness. Otherwise the result would not have been attained at the nominal cost of shot and shell. This latest experience is the third at Manila, the first being in 1762, during the war between Great Britain and Spain. ‘War was_declared by England against Spain_on January 4 and the latter ac- cepted the resort to arms fourteen days later. The British squadron in the East Indles under Vice Admiral Cornish was lying at Madras when a frigate arrived t¥m in June with orders to attack Ma- nila, and the fleet, consisting of eleven vessels that port, arri’ 570 guns, made sail f mrylngm 4 g o lor uch to the surprise ere September 27, my of the Spaniards who had not yet heard of the war and tack. The siege of the city began at once, but violent storms and torrents of rain protracted the taking of the place, which was stubbornly defended by Span- iards and Indfans. The latter, although armed bows and arrows, were savagely ferocious, and rushed on to the very muzzles of the British muskets and died like wild beasts, gnawing at the bayonets. The English landing force consisted of 906 seamen and marines and about 2300 soldiers, mostly Lascars. On October 6 Cavite was taken by storm. To save Manila from pillage a ransom of $4,000,000 was offered and_ ac- cepted, but this was not agreed to after- ward by the King of Spain, peace having come in the interim of the negotiation and demand for the settlement. The capture of Manila netted only about one million dollars In prize money of which the Ad- miral recelved §70,603 18 and each sailor and soldier $3). ‘The loss was inconsider- able to the British, amounting in all to 32 killed, 13 drowned and 111 wounded. Thirty-six years later two British frig- ates, La Sybiile, Captain Edward Cooke, and ‘the Fox, Captain Poultney Malcolm! vith only practiced a ruse by which they captured | several Spanish war and other vessels in Manila Bay in the following manner: On January 13, 1798, the two frigates passed Yorregldcr Island in the evening with the Prench flag flying. Next day the ships stood toward Manila. The unsuspecting Spanish officials hurrifed to do honors to their French allies and the guard boat with the second captain of a frigate boarded La Sybille. Next came the Span- ish admiral's’ barge with the governor's nephew, followed by a felucca with the admiral's aides-de-camp extending con- gratulations and offering hospitality and boats with anchors and cables to assist the frigates into port. The Spanish of- ficers were completely deceived and en- tertained for an hour and a half in the cabin, and while they were opening their hearts freely to their supposed French friends the crews of the boats were in- vited on board and a number of British sailors exchanged clothes with the boat- men. The next Kertnrmance was a row up the bay in the Spanish boats which were accompanied by British boats. Three Eunhoats lying at anchor were carried by oarding. These proceedings were witnessed from the shore and mystifled the captain of the port. who came on board La Svbille for a categorical answer why the other boats were detained. He also was temporarily mollified and handed down into the cabin and all were entertained at dinner, while the British blue jackets prowled about the bay, and it was not until nearly 4 o’clock in the afternoon—the farce having begun at 11 o'clock in the forenoon—that the Spanish discovered their grievous blunder. They were sent ashore in three of their own boats and an inventory was taken of the captured floating property which con- sisted of three gunboats, a lot of guns and some small arms and ship ammuni- tlon. The expedition was only partly suc- cessful for the plan had been to capture or destroy the larger Spanish ships lying at Cavite arsenal. The wind, however, beeame unfavorable and the two intrepid British captains after a stay of four days in the bay, left their work unfinished and departed with their three captured gun- boats without having lost & man or a rope-yarn, for the Spanish fleet, was un- prepared then as it had been before and gs Spanish fleets seemingly always will e, —————— ON THE TRANSPORT. The wind comes dead ahead; the sea Is pitching straight across the channel; Ml parching palate seems to be ined with a most repugnant flannel; Below, the mules with doleful bray Proclaim disgust beyond concealing— 1 sympathize with them, for they Feel just about as I am feeling. Along the decks lie rows and rows Of valiant soldiers, weak and paling; Behold! they leap from their repose And fight for places at the r: ling; They moan and zroun and rave and curse, And wish the ship were at the bottom, Or, what is traitorous and worse, Thaz_Spggn might come along and pot em. The starry flag, the stricken Maine, The sulking foes, the search to find ‘em. The vicious cowardice of Spain, The ’dfi.x'lr:“nx “Girls They Left Behind And all those other memories That soldier boys make food and drink 0 Are churned away by pounding seas— Lemons alone are what they think of. O, war, how terrible thou art! / Inhuman—wicked—toolish—cruel! T've lived, I may say on my part, Whats thatr Bt peres AN SoR.a? at's a1t al rk? 0 Lorat ve My strongest will is unavailing! ! Look 4 Room! Room! out! I'm making oward That vacant spot there at the railing. —Chicago Record. —_———— A novel sort of window glass has invented transparent to those on the in- side of the house, but opaque to those on the outside. REAL ESTATE TBANSACTION@. ATHLETIC CLUB, H. H. H., City. The California Athletic Club is no longer in existence. A DIME OF T“’E]\T}-FO"R—A. C.. City. A dime of 1824 is not one of those that commands a prj{nlum. A REMEDY—J. J. K., Coulterville, Cal. As the communication you sent to this department does not bear a signature it will not be noticed. RELIEF FOR CUBA—J. F. D., Pre- sidio, Cal. On the 17th of day, 1897, the United States Congress voted $50,000 for the relief of destitute Americans in Cuba. THE UNION—C. F. R., City. There are forty-five States in the Union at this time. During the present decade the fol- lowing States were admitted: Idaho, July 3, 18%0; Wyoming, July 11, 1890, and Utah, January 4, 159. SHORTHAND—S. A. M., City. To be 2, good shorthand writer the individual should be able to report a speaker who . delivers 120 words a minute. An expert writer should have no difficulty in taking down from 160 to 180 words a minute. GOVERNMENT WORK—N. D. As you do not state imr your letter of inquiry what kind of Government work.you desire to apply for, it is impossible to direct you State the character employment you seek, and an an: BRASSEY'S ANNUAL — An Inquirer, Pacific Grove, Cal. Brassey’s Annual contains a list of all the navies of the world as they are a very short time be- fore the date of publication. The cost of the work is §5 per volume and it may be obtained from any first-class book seller. GUNPOWDER — Reader, Blue Lakes, Humboldt County, Cal. The invention of gunpowder is generally credited to Ber- tholdus or Michael Schwartz, a Cordelier of Goslar, south of Brunswick, Germany, about 1320. Many writers declare that It was known much earlier in various parts of the world. Some say that the Chinese and Hindoos possessed it centuries before. NATURALIST AND TAXIDERMIST— Subscriber, City. The difference between a naturalist and a taxidermist that the former is one who is versed in the natural history of animals, while the other is one who is skilled in the art of preparing and preserving the skins of ani- mals, also of stuffing and mounting the skins so as to make them resemble the living animals as much as possible. ENGRAVING ON EGGS—S. J. W., City. The art of writing or engraving on egg shells is very simple. It merely consists in writing on the shell with wax or var- nish, or simply with tallow, and then immersing the egg in some ‘weak acid, such, for example, as vinegar, diluted dydrochloric acid or etching liquor. Wher- ever the varnish, wax or tallow has not protected the shell, the lime of the latter is decomposed and the writing remains in relief. MOTHS—A Subscriber, City. In your communication you say that you have tried several remedies to destroy moths r will be given. and that they have not proved successful. Now, as in your communication y do not state what you have used, this de- partment is at a loss to give you a rem- edy agalnst moths, as it might offer one you have already tried. If you will give information as to the ones you have tried it is possible that some other will be fur- nisned. NATIVITY—L. B. H., City. The ques- tion, “What would be the nativity of a child born in China of American parent- age, also of a child born in America of | Chinese parentage?” answers itself. The former would be Chinese and the latter American, for an individual is a native of the country in which he is born. Citizen- ship is a different matter. A boy may be born to American parents while they are traveling in China. The boy would be a Chinese, yet be an American citizen. MINT MARKS—A. D. L., City. Coins issued from the parent mint at Philadel- phia do not bear a letter to designate the place of issue. There were no mint marks prior to 1838.- C is on gold coins only issued from the mint at Charlotte, N. C.; C. C., Carson City, Nev., coins; D. on Dahlonega, Ga., coins; O.,” New 'Or- leans, La., coins, and 8. on San Francisco, Cal., coins. There were but twenty-four dimes coined at the San Francisco branch mint in 1894. SERVING THE COUNTRY-S., Usal, Mendocino County, Cal. There is no law | that declares that because a man was in the Confederate army during the war of the rebellion he cannot now volusteer and take up arms in the service of the United States. In 1862 the President was au- thorized to grant full pardon to all in the rebellion, excepting the most g movers, if they wi all the United States. | of amnesty was iss cember 8, 1863, othe fssued_su 1868, there was g all.’ The Congressional 1872, removed the politi disabilities from all but the most prominent Confed- erates. 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