The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUBSDAY, JUNE 16,‘ 1898 THURSDAY...............0.-....JUNE 16, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. R R R R AR T T R A T T Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Maln 1874 THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) s served by carriers In this city and surrounding tawns for 15 cénts a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. . THE WEEKLY CALL.............One year, by mall. $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE....... ++..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE......... Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WABHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE... weeeee.Riggs House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE +.+..Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, spen until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. * 2291 Market street, cotner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'closk. e AMUSEMENTS, Columbia—* Number Nine " and Cannon, the 613-pound Man deville and Eddy streets, Specialties. a dancing, boating. fishing, every Sunday, atos—Friday, June 1. Excursion to the Santa Cruz moun tajns—Saturday, June 18. AUCTION SALES. By Sullivan & Doyle—This day, June 16, Horses, etc. at 220 Valencia street, 1 o'cloexk. day, June 16, Furniture, at 414 Mc- K. y P.J. Allisier stre, > stru HOBSON'S CHOICE. ECRETARY LONG has formally and substan- tially recognized and honored the gallantry of | the men who, under command of Naval Con- tor Hobson, sunk the Merrimac in the mouth oi the harbor at Santiago. No action, however, has been taken with respect to Hobson himself, for the igned reason that the department has not yet had n opportunity of communicating with him to learn et, what he desires. | Under ordinary circumstances a government would 1 ave to ask an officer who had distinguished | himself for éminent service in battle what form of honor he would accept’ Dewey not asked | rer he would like promotion to fhe rank of rear Nor were any of captains asked ether they would like advancement on the roll of those who are to be promoted next. The difference in Hobson's case is due to the peculiar system of the | Hobson is not a line officer. He | aval fighter, but a naval constructor. There- | e is not in line of promotion. He cannot be nced until he has been consulted and it has been d out where he wishes to go. 1e question moreover may not be an easy one for himself to determine. The “Hobson's choice” of the old proverb was no choice at all, and therefore not a matter for consideration or debate. The new Hobsc choice, however, is going to be quite a perplexing affair, if Congress does not enact the navy personnel bill before he is called upon to make Two courses are open to Hobson, but each is be- { set with drawbacks. He can accept promotion in his pres was whet admiral. his wi naval service. 15 not a ro s it. 1t line of work to the position of naval con- structor, but to do so would be to set back his com- | rades in the service, for in a corps where the num- bers are so few and promotion so slow the advanceé- ment of one out of turn pushes others down the list | and works a serious hardship for them. Moreover the construction corps does not offer a very brilliant future for the hero, even if he acceprs promotion in it at the expense of his comrades. The other course open to him is to leave the staff and become a line officer. This would mean the abandonment of the department of work which he has chosen and for which he is so well fitted. It would also be a surrender in some respects of the claims for which the staff has been fighting for years. Hobson is now in a position where he can compel public attention to the evil and unfairness of the ex- isting system of officering the navy. When it is | seen that a brave and gallant officer who has rendered an important and daring service to his country can- not be suitably promoted or rewarded without re- quiring him to leave the work for which he is best suited and undertake some other, it will be every- | where admitted it 5 time for a change. Hobson, being confined in Morro at the mouth of | Santiago Bay, and retired from war’s alarms, has am- ple time to meditate upon the choice before him. Meantime Congress should not waste time in medi- tation. The enactment of the navy personnel bill will determine Hobson’s choice simply and satisfac- torily. There should be no longer any discrimina- tion against the engineer branch of the naval service. Hobson is as good a fighter as any man' in the line, not excepting Fighting Bob Evans, and deserves as good a chance to command a ship or a fleet. e — A city paper states a Cabinet officer to have de- clared that any interference on the part of Germany would mean war. Probably such would be the re- sult, but probably no Cabinet officer said so. The gentlemen who officially advise Mr. McKinley may have faults, but they do ot pour the secrets of their souls into the listening and ample ear of the yellow journalist. If there existed the slightest necessity for a private concern to solicit money on behalf of the public loan the act would be patriotic. As no such necessity exists, and as the act of drumming up customers re- flects on the dignity and standing of the Government, the act is something else. It might, for instance, be termed a cheap way for yellow journalism to adver- tise itself. An evening paper is authority for the statement that Santiago is on short rations and that “starva- tion will soon be tapping for admittance.” Starva- tion does not tap for admittance. It enters without knocking, and does its knocking later. —_— Proprietors of nickel-in-the-slot machines assert that they have been robbed. If this is a bid for sym- pathy, it will be ineffectual. On the contrary, the public desiring to be polite will be forced to say, “Ex- cuse us while we smile.” It is believed that Count Castellane’s recent duel was the cheapest form of amusement in which he has indulged since marrying into an American bank ac- count. | any other corporation, it would naturally get away | ter. | sion.. | shown by the fact that it refused to investigate the | danger of being betrayed into emlfarking upon craft | | so unseaworthy as to be but little more than death THE GEARY-STREET FRANCHISE. N its eagerness to be restored to the Southern Pa- I cific pay roll as a regular stipendiary the Third street Boodler (late of Mission street) throws sense, reason, veracity and the amenities of journalistic. debate to the winds. We do not com- plain of this, for probably the, necessities of the Boodler are pressing and must soon be satisfied: That sheet cannot continue to increase its circulation at the Potrero Garbage Crematory without outside assistance, and its attempts to again break into the treasury of the railroad monopoly via the Geary street franchise may be and probably are justified by its financial condition. But when the yellow boodler debates the renewal of the Geary street franchise on its merits it ought, for the benefit of the few sane readers it has leit, to stick to reason and facts. It accuses The Call of a desire to aid the Market Street Company in getting another franchise on Geary street, and attributes to us corrupt motives, thus entirely missing the point of our remarks and misapprehending their purpose. But this is not at all surprising. Since the Bood- ler's circulation became so extensive at the Gar- bage Crematory the sheet has manifested many signs of paresis. That its understanding is growing weak and its powers of expression muddled has long been apparent to observing people. The purpose of our remarks anent the Geary street franchise was benevolent. They were intended to show the Boodler that its efforts to break into the Southern Pacific treasury via Geary street are vain, for the reason that the present owners of the franchise on that thoroughfare need only to surrender in order to make a renewal perfectly legal. The Boodler admits this and yet. it persists in its “fight” to preserve the Geary street franchise for the people. As a matter of fact, the Bocdler does not want to preserve this franchise for the people or anybody else. ~What it wants is to make the Geary Street Company so much trouble that it will restore it to the pay roll—purchase its silence, as was done in the other case, at the exorbitant rate of $1000 a month. In making a disturbance over the Geary street franchise the Boodler is simply barking up a tree in which there is no game. All the railroad monop- oly need do is to surrender its present privilege and ask for a new one. In this wa'y it could bring on a legal sale, and, as it is in a position to bid more than with the plunder. This surrender might be made to take effect a year hence, and if anything went wrong it could, with the consent of the Supervisors, be withdrawn. In other words, the Geary Street Company is master of the situation and the Boodler | is shut out. It pains us to think that the Boodler should misapprehend our benevolent motives in this mat- Still, any person deterred from well doing by ingratitude has not the genuine diving spirit in him. So we take pleasure again in advising the Bood- ler to confine its attention to the Railroad Commis- That body is friendly. That was sufficiently | $30,000 “advertising” contract. If there is any chance to disturb the Southern Pacific the commis- sion will discover it and the Boodler can then sell its silence for a good round sum. B delegation at Washington to urge Congress to enact such laws as will give the proper United | States officers full control of all sailing vessels carry- ing passengers out of our ports, the Chamber of Com- merce has aligned itself on the side of a much needed reform in our maritime regulations. The object of the proposed Federal supervision is to protect sea voyagers in sailing vesscls against the A NEEDED SUPERVISION. Y the adoption of a resolution requesting our traps. It appears that at the present time there is no_law, either State or National, designed to provide | such protection. Any kind of an old hulk can be | patched and painted up so'as to decelve the unwary | and sent out upon the ocean to the imminent danger of all on board, but with utter impunity to the men. whose unscrupulous greed is responsible for the fraud. We have had many fearful illustrations of the ur- gent need of some supervision over all sailing vessels that leave our ports. The Chamber of Commerce in their resolutions name two of them of recent oc- currence: The wrecks of the Helen W. Almy and the Jane Gray. More.might have been added to the list, but these two are enough. It should not re- quire a multitude of such dreadful and unnecessary disasters to convince Congress of the imperative need ot legislation to guard against them. While the cause in which the Chamber of Com- merce has directed the attention of our Representa- tives and Senators in Congress is a good one, it will not be easily won. To bring about in Great Britain a supervision similar to that asked for from our Gov- ernment required the most tireless and unflagging work of one of the most earnest and noted reformers of our time, Mr. Plimsoll. We are not likely to find in Congress a man to do the work which he did in Parliament, for he devoted himself to that object solely, regardless of all other political affairs. As we are not to have such a zealot to make the fight at Washington, we must make up for the lack by greater zeal among the people. Every associa- tion, and, indeed, every individual, who aids the eam- paign of education on the subject will be hailed as a welcome ally. The Chamber of Comimerce having engaged in the movement should now maintain it with unceasing energy. Worthless hulks and painted death traps should no longer be permitted to sail out of an American port to carry crews and pas- sengers to ocean grave: e WHAT NEXT? HE various arguments accompanying the re- ports of the Committees on Foreign Affairs, in Congress, and the message of the President, put the war with Spain on humanitarian grounds, en- tirely. In no sentence nor phrase is there a sug- gestion of territorial aggrandizement, annexation, or abandonment of the Monroe doctrine and our tradi- tional policy. It is true that Morgan of Alabama, Money of Mis- sissippi, Foraker and a few others, for motives per- sonal or political, have made a show of hands in favor of conquest and colonization. But the matter has not been discussed broadly or put before the -country. That we can strip Spain of all her external possessions is a fact. But we can keep them only by the strong hand with which we taxe them. We must immediately prepare to support a standing army of not Jess than 200,000 men and a navy equal to the united fleets of Continental Europe. These colonies which we wrest from the feeble hand of Spain have in the aggregate’ nearly 20,000,000 of people, who are alien to us in blood and language. They cannot as- similate with us. Their location is tropical and our race cannct ~whemiss in the tropics. These col- | | “Unalaska, on the Aleutians, now an American pos- .and commerce of Oakland, have sent to Congress a onies cannot be admitted to our body politic, and their people cannot become our fellow citizens. In the Philippines are three millions of Chinese and seven millions of mongrel Asiatics, unfit for self- government. Their scoundrelly leader, Aguinaldo, sold himself once to Spain for $800,000, and now de- sires us to aid in setting him up as dictator of the Philippines. . 3 All of these island mongrels and bandits from the Philippines to the Canaries must be held in subjec- tion, under military domination, if this is a war of conquest, as the shipping of these great armies of occupation would indicate. The increase in our mil- itary and naval strength necessary to hold them against their own will and against the world will mul- tiply the cost of our Federal Government by three. These countries are all Catholic, and have' been guarded by Spain against religious interference by other sects. As our' colonies, the Protestant mis- sionary will follow the army. Parson and priest will compete for the soul-saving monopoly under the stars and stripes. This will supply spark and tinder for constant conflagration and interference by the state with the church. . It is said now that in addition to these colonies we must demand a war indemnity of $500,000.000. Whether history can commend us for beginning an altruistic and humane war and taking the cost out of another people is for history to settle. A strong party is rising in. favor of conquest and colonization and indemnity. But there runs through the country the whisper of a still, small voice. May be it is the expression of the. American conscience, which declares that the United States cannot be so greatened by conquest nor by imperial colonies, as by saying at the end as we said in the beginning that we made war for hu- manity, in a spirit of self-sacrifice, and when it is over, beyond the cession of some coaling stations, we will pay the bill and come home. ] e — A FOOLISH DOCUMENT. SHORT time ago the directors of the Oakland /E\ Board of Trade, being moved thereto by causes unknown, took it upon themselves to urge Congress to annex the Hawaiian Islands. Not content with a simple resolution in favor of annexa- tion the inconsiderate directors undertook to furnish an argument for it. The result was a blunder, dis- playing such ignorance as will convince Congress that what the Oakland Board of Trade does not know about commercial routes would fill a book. Our readers will learn with surprise that the Oak- land men actually urged annexation on the ground that the islands are needed as a coaling station, be- cause of their proximity to the nearest route to the Philippines. Lest we may be suspected of misrep- resentation we quote the language of the resolution on that point. It runs thus: “Through its central location, North and South Hawaii lies on the most direct and safest route of travel between our shores and other countries of the 4 East, the distance between Manila and San Fran- cisco via Honolulu being approximarely 1000 miles shorter than by Unalaska, the only other obtainable coaling station, which lies away to the north and out of direct lines of travel.” The directors, having thus made themselves con- spicuous before Congress as advocares of annexa- tion, have doubtless felt enough interest in the sub- ject to read the debates on it. If so, the speech of Congressman Grosvenor, reported yesterday, must have awakened in them what are known as “conflict- ing emotions.” Grosvenor is the foremost champion of annexation in the House, and his speech in some respects must have been pleasing to them. It must have been with pain, however, they read that portion of his argument in which he not only conceded that session, is 800 miles shorter than the Honolulu route,” but quoted Commodore Melville to confirm the fact. 3 Mr. Grosvenor's argument was quite different from that of the directors of the Oakland Board of Trade. Perhaps on the whole it was not more valid, but that is another question. The point at issue is that cer- tain men, posing as the representatives of the trade set of resolutions which show a complete ignorance of the routes of commerce across the Pacific. The effect of the resolution will be to discredit Califor- nian commercial bodies in the eyes of Eastern men. Tt will be said that if our boards of trade do not know the comparative merits of various routes for steamers across the North Pacific, into which our ports open and along which so much of our foreign- trade is carried, we are hardly capable of talking intelligently of commerce much less of carrying it on. The next time the directors of the Oakland board undertake to instruct Congress they should first learn the facts, of the subject they propose to deal with. They will then not have to submit to the mor- tification of having their arguments refuted in Con- gress by the very men they were fondly designed to help. 4 ——— THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE. UBLIC dissatisfaction with the present method p of selecting Senators in the United States as disclosed by the recent overwhelming vote in the House of Representatives in favor of their elec- tion by direct vote of the people renders interesting the plan proposed for that purpose in the constitu- tion recently drawn up for the federation of the Aus- tralian colonies. The plan moreover Is worthy of no little study and consideration as the latest expression of Anglo-Saxon sentiment on the subject of the com- position of an upper legislative chamber. While united Australia, like our own union, is to be made up of several States, and the Senators are to be chosen like ours to represent those- States, they are not to be elected by the State Parliaments or Legisla- tures, but by the people. Each original State in the commonwealth is to have six Senators, and new States are to have such a number as Parliament grants at the time of their admission. Senators are to hold office for six years, and as they are to be divided into two classes three from each State will be elected every third year. 5 Each elector is to be allowed to vote for but one Senator, so that minorities will have a chance to ob- tain representation in the Senate whenever they con- trol suffrages enough to poll a vote sufficient to make their candidate third on the list when the ballots are counted. Thus the Australian system not only pro- vides for election by direct vote of the people, but gives minority representation as well, and therefore differs from our method in two important particulars, There is no doubt, apparently, that Cervera’s ships are all at Santiago, and that some of them will soon shift their positions from the top to the bottom of the bay. y : ey In refusing to give up Hobson, Blanco is creating more trouble for himself than he really seems to need. ‘WAS shipmate with the Howell torpedo before it had grown to the full- fledged destroying proportions of the present day. As it was then a small, harmless and imperfect piece of mechanism, I cultivated its acquaintance without fear and trembling and even grew to treat it with considerable familiarity, if not with absolute indifference. | This was on board the United States steamer Adams, then stationed on | the western coast of South America, when Commodore Howell—then captain— was in command of that vessel, and I was his clerk, or writer, as that very useful though humble personage is called in the navy. The regulation place of my office was down on the berthdeck, | but owing to the exceptional kindliness of Captain Howell I managed to move all my books and papers into his after- cabin, where I did a little work and much loafing on the sofas, easy chairs and other comfortable furniture of that I can even now see the tall, fine-looking officer walking fore and aft through the cabin dictating,a letter | to the department, his hands clasped behind his back, his mind half on his invention and half on the communication destined for Washington. and as our ship was not large enough, or, in naval lingo, did not ‘‘carry enough guns” to rate a chaplain Captain Howell would hold divine service himself every Sunday. We had apartment. a church choir, led spree down on the A TUBBED TORPEDO. g " the choir. ward about not shi no other piece. abstraction also. the model. was about the size OLD BALT AMUSED. unlike the struggles of that creature. deadly submarine mission. he drew inspiration from my answers. After the torpedo had grown to more completeness, and consequently out of the bath tub, he would give it an outing, The steam launch would be called away and a bit of shallow water seizcted for the sea Many little mishaps occurred during those torpedo tests that summer very amusing to the launch’s crew and or rather inning, on the bay. trials. very expensive to the captain. In its divings below the surface it would occasionally fail to come up again, and Sherman—Sherman was the skipper’s chief assistant and torpedo expert in these trials— He was a leather-hued man from the land of the | kanaka, and was more at home in the water than was the torpedo. would be sent in pursuit. He didn’t like the job and used to grumble for- pping for “sky work,” but knowing that the choir stood well with the commander-chaplain on the shore-leave question he sacrificed his feelings and would shrill his pipe to heaven in unison with our vocal chords. One Sunday morning the solemnity of the occasion was wrecked by the appearance of Johnson on the quarterdeck Wwith his cornet in his hand, a “beautiful” black eye adorn- Ing the starboard side of his figurehead and insisting that the singers should tackle “Pull for the Shore, Sailor,” and The earthly sentiment of the song appealed to him as he wanted another drink with all his soul, but the peculiar trend of his musical desires pulled him into the “brig.” When he was released from confinement, sober and penitent, he swore off and took the pledge, all of which vows he faithfully kept until he went on liberty again. Our singing became a sort of sacred jclie among the scoffers forward, but we were solid with the chaplain and that meant many privileges to which they were not eligible. But I started in to tell about the education of that torpedo. Captain Howell passed much of his time in the bath | Toom of the aftercabin, from which little apartment I could hear him talking to himself. straction he would talk through the open door to me. the intelligence shown in my replies I might have been in | He was working over a model of his tor- | pedo and his conversation was mere thinking “out loud.” | He would grow tired of talking to the little machine and | for a change would “think out loud” to me. Occasionally he would call me from my desk to the bath | room door and I would find him leaning over the tub with | his arms thrust deeply down in the water monkeying with | In his preoccupation he had forgotten to roll up his sleeves or even remove his coat or cuffs. he would be dripping wet from neck to knees. that fish to a great extent and when its clockwork was wound up it would slash and splash around in the tub During his handling of the frantic thing the oaptain would explain in detail the. peculiar way«in which it was destined to shoot ahead on its As I didn’t understand one jot or tittle of the matter my observations were about as wise as the creaking of a topsail sheet block. But the inventor, wrapped in the maneuvers of his model, failed to weigh my words or even hear them. Possibly our discussions were highly entertaining to each other and may be in some way He was a very religious man by Johnson, the bugler, a mighty man | of swear words on board and whisky drinking on shore. ‘When Johnson was sleeping off a wild and woolly “liberty” | berthdeck the marine firer would lead | FAITHEFUL SHERMAN. Often in rhoments of ab- | From | Consequently The affair of a full-grown salmon and resembled | not AREAL BEARP POINT. Sherman | wauld follow it overboard like a brown seal and would convoy it along quite fraternally. up to action again. Whenever it settled down in the mud to rest he would haul it | I believe that torpedo fairly hated Sherman and not only tried to break off the aquatic association with him by hiding away in | the darkest and deepest places of the bay,-but it even tried to do him an | injury. Of course it was only a pgwderless model and an earnest of #langer | to come, but it had a sharp nose which it used on Sherman’s naked body | several times. toward Sherman. ahead, which, arising from when, smash! came a sharp point its small strength. Sherman, thinking that a swordfish had struck him and that he had been | stabbed to death, was almost paralyzed with terror. and kicked the torpedo away from him, direction with its tiny propeller buzzing busily away, returned to the attack, jammng its nose into the pit of his stomach. Then Sherman found his voice and the use of his strong limbs and vell- ing like a mad man for help he dug out for the steam launch as fast as his sweeping arms and kicking legs could drive him. He wae hauled aboard the boat, bleeding from several vicious scratches, half dead with fright, while the torpedo arose to the surface, as if looking around for more kanakas to lick in fair, open fight. It was some time before Captain Howell could persuade Sherman to take another swim with that torpedo, and only by convineing the timid islander that it was a swordfish and not the machine that had assaulted him could he be induced to take part in any more torpedo trial trips. But the tempta- tion of five dollar gold pieces, which the captain was liberal with, made Sher- man willing to dare the monsters of the deep and he passed the summer herding that torpedo at sea and drinking whisky on shore. was too drunk for deep-sea diving the captain used the bath tub. One day in particular, while on its under-surface flight with | Sherman swimming some distance in its wake, the rudder got flung hard-a- port by the dash of a wave and the torpedo took a short circle, coming back He was paddling leisurely along watching for the bubbles the machine, would indicate in his starboard ribs. minjature torpedo had stolen a march on him and had rammed him with all its whereabouts, That malicious He floundered around which, still being pointed in his | When Sherman COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. Charles E. Clapp of Omaha, Neb., is at the Occidental. V. 8. McClatchy of the SBacramento Bee is at the California. Robert Thiele of Los Angeles is regis- tered at the California. J. C. Snook of Nagaunee, Mich., regis- tered at the Occidental yesterday after- noon. J. M. Studebaker, the carriage manu- facturer of South Bend, Ind., is staying at the Palace. H. M. Gorham, a prominent mining man of Gold Hill, Nev., Is at the Palace with his wife and son. J. C. Campbell, a well known mining man of Marysville, Cal., is one of the ar- rivals at the Grand. Lorin Farr, ex-mayor 6f Ogden, Utah, is out here on a pleasure trip and will make the Lick his headquarters. Captain Ladd and wife of Stockton and Sheriff Milton Besse of Santa Cruz are among the guests at the Grand. |- B. U. Steinman, ex-mayor of Sacramen- to, is at the Palace, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Ettle D. Steinman. L. Katz, a merchant of Sutter Creek, and Rev. Father P. F. Brady of Hanford are among the guests at the Grand. Robert Forbes of Coulterville, John Swett of Martinez, and B. L. Bartlett of Los Gatos are registered at the Lick. 8. G. Murphy, president of the First National Gold Bank, has returned to the Palace with his wife and daughter after a month’s visit to the health re- sorts. 5 Dr. W. B. Rodgers of Watsonville, B. L. Hess of Brockton, Mass., Ernest Wey- and of Colusa and Dr. D. E. Osborne of St. Helena are registered at the Ocei- dental. Major T. D. Keleher, paymaster of the United States army, Is registered from ‘Washington, D. C., at the Russ. Accom- panying him are his son, ... H. Keleher, and his nephew, R. C. Baldwin of Omaha, Nebr. % ‘Willlam O. Beazley and George H. Ben- American soldiers are on their way to Cuba, and somebody ought to tell that to the maines. nett, both members of Parllament, and H. Flynn, a large importer, all of kel -after we got back from our wedding trip bourne, Australia, are at the Russ, hav- ing just returned from a visit to London, England. Dan Harris and wife of Stockton, Rail- road Commissioner W. R. Clark and W. A. Caswell, a merchant of Sacramento, are at the Baldwin. Edgar Bruce, the proprietor of five theaters in London, and his wife, who are making a tour of the world, are guests at the Palace. Mr. Bruce has just lately finished the construction of the Prince of Wales Theater, one of the finest play- houses in England. He has brought more artists out than any other theatrical man- ager living, and has managed Beerbohm Tree. Jenny Lee and a host of other celebrities. " H. R. Coombs, who accom- panies him, is manager of the Maniia branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. He is on a two years' leave of ab- sence, one of which has elapsed. ——————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 14.—A. L. Eastland of San Francisco is at the Manhattan; Ralph Rosenthal of San Francisco is at the Vendome. ————— A FEW CENTER SHOTS. Willle—Pa, why is it that every man Who succeeds at anything advises every- body else not to try it? X e fact that everybody thi he’s the smartest fellow on elrth? e O'Bach—Well, now that you're mai do you find life a grand, sweet sonss. " Benedict—Oh, no! The first thing I did ‘was to hide my wife': “No, I “Why “My wife is one of the most curious persons in the world and would be sure to ask me to explain the meaning of bar- bettes, machine guns and the other teci nical ten?g t;n{ ;vrixzkli through glel-flu want her to keep on thinkin I know all about it.” 5 S Alderman A—They. say Spain’s treasu is absolutely empt; e ry Alderman B—That must be a mistake. The office-holders are still doing their best to hang on. ¢ Brown—Ah, old man, it must be great to be loved as you are loved. I met your Wife this afternoon and she told me that music. never read war news at home." - not?” i you went to war it would kill her. flg’;fltw‘ ‘where's the recruiting of- | ed” or *patent ap; | ro, as applied to the ca. | rectly -made up: ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. JUHN' P. IRISH—M. J.. City. When . Irish goes to Washington, D. C., ‘Ilgh& fis 11“1‘ge rom a necktie as he is in, San Francisco. 15 : AN ADDRESS—A. C. R., Marshall, Cal. The address of the Whitaker-Ray Com- pany is 723 Market stree:, San Francisco, Cal. D., Oakland, KING ALFONSO—W. I. Cal. Alfonso XII of Spam, father of the present boy Klng,r died at El Prado, near Madrid, NovemlE 25, 1886 N ity. DOVE ANI¥ DEER-W. [. K., Ul The dove season is open from Jul¥ lsoal’elg February 14. The deer season is op from July 16 to October 14 . hat a POLL TAX—S., City. 'The fact t| man is a member of the National Guard of the Stite of California does not ex- empt him from payment of poll tax unl he is 60 years of age. d, COMBINATIO E. B., Hopland, Cal. The proposition as set forth l;g'xz\;r ication in relation to a col = {fon on orses is not sufficiently clear to enable one to give an answer. PATENT-H. L., Gty. It is unlawfuyl for any one to stamp an article “patent- ey "applied. or, of atent has been properly applie s g patent has been granted. There is a sévere penalty for such false representa- tion. BATTLESHIPS A, M., City. It is generally conceded that the United States battleship Iowa is superior to the Orego: Massachusetts or Indiana, She is longe! wider and has a greater coal capacity than the others, and her speed is greater than that of the others named. MORRO CASTLE—L. E. L., City. Mor- le at Santiago de Cuba, which, by the , is_Castillo de Morro, incorfectly written Moro, means Castle of the Promontory. The Spanis word morro is used to signify a promon- tory, anything that is round, also a prominent overhanging lip. DUCK TROUSERS—A. 8. O. A. 8, Woodland, Cal. A man who wears white duck trousers to church, wears such with a Prince Albert coat, or wears them at an evening party exceedingly eccen- tric or is pos d of only that one pair. He cert is not fashionable. | ECZEMA—W. E. A., City. As this de- | partment does not advertise any individ- ual or firm and does not advertise any medicine that is ‘‘a positive cure for ec- zema’ or any other disease, it cannot give you the information you ask for. You should consult some first-class phy- | sician. TERRITORIES — C. 8. A, Ocean View. The Territories of the United States at_this time are New Mexico, or- ganized September 9, 1850; Arizona, Feb- ruary 24, 1863; Indian, June 30, 1834; Dis- trict of Columbia, July 16, 179, and reor- ganized March 3, 179i; Alaska, July 27, 1868, and Oklahoma, May 2, 18%0. In the Union there are thirteen original States, and since March 4, 1791, thirty-two States have been added. THE TUNION verdale, Cal. The Un Company was sold N PACIFIC—Reader, Clo- n Pacific Railroad ovember 1, 1897, in Omaha, te a_syndicate, the only bidder, for $53,528,532 6. This was $39,883,288 §7 for the property an 5) 8§ for bonds d $13 held in the sinking fund. The fund also held $4036.40S in cash, which reverted to the Government. The total debt to the Government was 8628 6L.- The credit of the railroad company with the Govern- ment was $18,505,040 74. MAIL TO MANILA—L. G. C., City. You are at liberty to send letters, papers, magazines and books to any of the Cali- fornia volunteers or any of the soldiers who sailed from here on_the City of Peking- for the Philippines. Direct matter plainly to the individual, letter of the company to which he belongs, the regi- ment and “Manila, Philippine Islands,” and deposit the same prepaid. The Post- office Department will forward the same to destination. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS — T. R. M., City. Owing to the incompleteness of the records of the mustering officers during | the war of the rebellion there never has been a correct record of the nationality of the men who served in the Union army. The figures that are given are only ave ages based on the returns that were cor- These averages credit soldiers of German birth with 176,000 or 8.76 per cent of the whole number of en- listed and soldiers of Irish birth with 144,- 200 or 7.14 per cent. HOMES FOR OLD PEOPLE — A.'R,, City. In this city there is the Old Peo- ple’'s Home at Pine and Pierce streets, Old Ladies’ Home on Rincon place, near First and Harrison streets; Protesant Episcopal Old Ladies’ Home on Golden Gate avenue, between Lott street and Masonic avenue; Lick Old Ladies’ Home on Mound University Tract and the Home of the King’'s Daughters on Francisco street, near Powell. Address a commu- nication to the superintendent of each of these institutions for terms. Genuine eyeglasses.s 5 to 40c. 65 4th.* ————————— Treat your Eastern friends to California Glace Fruits, 50c b in fire etched boxes. 627 Market street, Palace Hotel building. ¢ e Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's),1510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_———— Charles P. Gardner has been unanimous- 1y elected president of the New England Conservatory of Music, in place of Rich- ard H. Dana, who has resigned on ac- count of poor heaith. . e Ixcursion 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 Ratl- 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 Ratlway, 638 Market st., S. F. Bt S i, The Santa Fe Route sells cut rate tickets to all points East. St. Paul, $1; Kansas City, §$31; Chicago, $3230: New York and Boston, $42 55, Get full particulars at No. 644 Market st. SR+ T S Velunteers leaving for the South—Provide yourselves with a bottle of Dr. Slegert's Angos- tura Bitters. Prevents ill effects of bad water. ————————— EXPERIENCE 1S THE BEST TEACHER Use Acker's English Remedy in any case of coughs, colds or croup. Should it fail to give immedfate relief money refunded. At No Per- centage Pharmacy. e ————— ‘When Lord Dufferin goes to Bristol early in September to open the Cabot Memorial Tower he is to visit Bath at the invitation of the Mayor and citizens, and be entertained at a complimentary banquet. On that occasion the commit- tee entertaining him will be able to point out at last the actual place of residence of his_ancestor, the gifted Sheridan. J. F. Meehan, who has made the discov- ery, has received a congratulatory letter from Lord Dufferin, who says: "“I am glad to learn that you have succeeded in identifying Sheridan’s place of residence at Bath.” ADVERTISEMENTS. The Royal is the highest grade baking powder known. Actual tests show it goes one- third further than any other braad.