The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1898 FRIDAY. D. JOHN USSR SUBSET R Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1865 EDITORIAL ROOM ....2IT to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 THE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE. NEW YORK OFFICE .....Room 188, World Building ng Representative. DAVID ALLEN, Adverti WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE -Riggs House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE .Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. ..One year, by mall, $1.50 BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Lorkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ano Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS>. ber Nine he Passion Play. rrated Case the Polar Star.’ n Hero." Pavilion—Reception to the F Minnesota Cannon, the 613-pound Man. 1y streets, Specialties. . boating, fishing, every Sunday. ng Park, Saturday aftarnoon. tains—Saturday, June 18. WHOLE SOULED LOYALTY. ] HOLE souled loyalty \/ the Boston Journal to express its judgment of L ion of the Chamber of Commerce of city in refusing to protest against the dispatch of k to Manila. Nor does Nothing done in San is the phrase used by \ the Monterey and Monadnoc t stand alone in t of rec is opinion. the words of the will hold even to her hia Record, quot “San [ dministration “There was more than patriot- the proud, self-reliant rancisco rom the r; there wa a spirit closely akin to that pos- 1 Wk ion, there can be nothing but stituency.” ia spirit 1 by Dewey elf. tever may be said £ the st inship of his con e Boston Journal de elaborate and highly laudatory editorial. “The people of rancisco are nothing if not pa- It declares San trioti nd aiter occasion a statement of t ly of the Chamber of Com- giving ch called forth the r merce and a summary of the document itself, adds: “This is whole souled loyalty which will delight Ad- miral Dew and his men and bring cheer to the shington.” It is gratifying to receive these encomiums from in- hard worked Government at W fluential papers in the East and to be conscious they are not As was pointed out by The Call at the the sing to put the interests of San Fran- 0 above those of the nation as a whole was a man- ifestation of genuine patriotism and expressed the prevailing sentiment of the people of California. We are glad to note that the loyalty of the city has been knowledged in the East, and re- recognized and th 1e commendation that has been so THE LARGER VIEW. AYS the Indianapolis News: ers of C: “The wine grow- are wroth at the reciprocity b duties on I treaty ce, which reduces the import h v ines. They want reciprocity on somebody else’s product. That is generally the way. g to expand, if we are contemplat- merce, whether or not we con- pire, we must have a view there are other vineyards in cor ate a world-wi large enough to see tt the world 2 Exactly so. as ours e people of California have a view large enough to sce that there are in this country, if ther st other interests, than and would like to know why they should not f the burdens of rectprocity. The treaty with France obtains from that country the admission of United States meat products and lard to: French markets at lower duties than are imposed on the products of other nations. It pays for this concession by admitting French wines, brandies, ver- mouth T vineyards, bear a due share American markets at a re- duced rate of duties. Indiana produces meat and lard and gets the nefit of the treaty, but she pro- duces neither wine nor brandy, and therefore pays nothing for the benefit California, on the other hand, while producing little or no meat or lard for export, produces nearly all the table wine of the United States. Her people, therefore, get little ben- efit from the treaty, but pay the whole cost of it. The clause of the Dingley tariff which, authoriz- ing the President to arrange reciprocity treaties with foreign nations, confines him to concessions on wine lees, brandies, wines, vermouth and works of art, is radically unfair. ~ The whole burden of reciprocity with countries like France, Germany, Italy and Por- tugal is, under this clause, thrown almost exclusively upon California. Those countries are large exporters of wine, and if their product of this kind is admitted free of duty the pressure of competition will be heavy upon the wine men of the United States. Now, Cal- ifornia is the only State which has an extensive wine industry and therefore is the only one that suffers, The people of California desire a world-wide com- merce, and are willing to pay their due share of the cost of it. They are most cordially willing to pro- mote the welfare of other sections of the Union. California produces no iron. ~Nevertheless, her peo- ple loyally support the protective duty on iron. Ob- jection is made only when protection to z Californian industry is stricken down in order that interests in other sections of the! Union may be benefited. The Indianapolis News should have a view large enough to see that the vineyards of California deserve as much from the Government as the stockyards of In- diana. and wine lees to e The Colorado soldier who whacked a policeman over the head with his gun seems to have done the correct thing. However, the head must have been unusually tough or the gun unusually {rail, for it was the gun which broke. | 908 Broadway been so warmly ap- | otes to the subject a long, | action of the Chamber of Com- | PARTIES AND THE WAR. T is said that the Bryan Democracy, in view of l the apparent €ffacement of other issues, propose to fight the fall campaign on a platform of oppo- sition to holding as colonies the islands we take from Spain by conquest. This is probably true, because it is entirely char- acteristic of the men who think they are leading that party and who think they think out its policies. Such a grave change in the direction of our national growth and such a portentous change in our policy should be considered by the people without refer- ence to party passion or position. But granting that it is to be a party question, by what rule of con- sistency can the Bryan party antagonize it? From the beginning of Mr. Cleveland's second ad- ministration these men in the House and Senate were the jingoes, grabbers and annexers. Led by Mor- gan, they wanted Hawaii, and confessed to a sweet tooth for Cuba. They prolonged their ululations into the present administration and nagged it with- | out ceasing in the same direction. Champ Clark of | Missouri recently announced in that loud voice which | is his chief claim to oratory, “this is a Democratic war,” and all the strut and swagger and posing have | been on that side. | Now there are two policies in issue as the conclu- sion of this war. One is to compel a peace; take, per- manently, as England holds Hongkong and Gibral- | tar, coaling stations in the Philippines, Ladrones, | Carolines, Canaries.and Porto Rico, leave the people | | of the several islands to settle their own government, | pay up the score and come home. We have already | Pearl River in Hawaii and Pango-Pango in Samoa | "x'or coaling stations, and with these we are as well | equipped in that respect as England. Holding these coaling stations will not injure our position as the enforcer of good order and good gov- ernment in this hemisphere, and the naval protector of our trade in all countries, and to abstain from a | colonial scheme will make us stronger than all the world besides, with that strength which comes of self- control and unselfishne: Evil doers among the nations will stand in awe of a people willing, at their own expense, to right the wrongs of the weak. The other policy is, to hold what we take. will bear discussion. | | | \‘ | It If it is not adopted and if we | | come out with a line of coaling stations and a war | | debt of nearly a billion the same partisan demagogues | who are now opposing the colonial scheme will, in 1600, be denouncing McKinley's administration for | not adopting it. Tt is therefore just as well to settle | what is to be done without reference to the wishes of men who are opportunists out of power and inca- | pable of governing when in power. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. MONG the important acts of legislation ex- /C\ pected of Congress at this session, which have been postponed on account of the war, is that of establishing postal savings banks. At the begin- ning of the session every aspect of the situation was promising to the measure. The Posumaster Generai recommended it, eminent leaders in each house of | Congress supported it, the press and the pcople fa- | vored it, a bill providing for the establishment of the | banks was promptly introduced, and the outlook for a speedy enactment of the measure was good. The war distracted the attention of the country from the measure and the energies of Congress were neces- sarily directed to other affairs of greater urgency. As a result the postal bill went over indefinitely, and there is now little or no chance that 1t will be taken up at this session, even if it should be dealt with at a|l by this Congress. One result of the delay has been to encourage opposition to the measure, and | while the friends of the bill have been more or less silent in regard to it for some time past, the oppo- | nents have been busy in putting their objections be- | fore the public. | One of the most notable arguments against the | measure was recently made at the meeting of the Saving Banks’ Association of the State of New York by Myron T. Herrick, president of the Society for Savings, of Cleveland, Ohio. The New York Com- mercial and Financial World in reporting and com- mending his address says he put the essence of the problem in a nutshell in the statement: “This scheme is not consistent with the spirit of our form of government. With nations abroad, the tendency and policy is to make the people subservient to the government. Our theory looks to making the government subservient to the people. The spirit of individual independence runs through our whole governmental system, and should be fostered rather than discouraged. 1f the Commercial and Financial World is right in asserting this to be the main objection to the measure the opposition might as well abandon the field of argument. It does not appear that the establishment of postal savings banks would render the people any |- | more subservient to the Government than they are now. As a matter of fact, it would render the Gov- ernment more serviceable to the people by enlarging the scope of its work for the general good. The spirit of individual independence is not going to be weakened by a provision to encourage thrift and saving. Such assertions are not likely to have weight with any one who is not biased by prejudice or trade interests against the proposed banks. The attack made on the postal bank scheme before such an association as that addressed by Mr. Herrick is a matter of interest, however, without respect to the quality of the argument used. Tt shows there will be a strong opposition to the measure. | The friends of the bill, therefore, must be on guard and ready to make a united fight when the time comes for Congress to deal with the subjec Spain is alarmed at the prospects of a visit from an American fleet. There was a time when a few people in this country felt the same way at the thought that a Spanish fleet might call on our coast. This was, however, before the fact had developed that the Spanish fleet. is designed principally for finding a bottle and sailing into the neck of the same. _— The more John Sherman talks the firmer grows the impression that among his distinguished services to his country that of retiring from office was not the least. —_— Blanco’s soldiers are said to be deserting to the enemy. In a measure this may show their wisdom, but it does not create the impression that they afe good soldiers. —_— Naturally, the hanging of Frank Belew recalls the circumstance that on the occasion of his arrest The Call was the only paper in the world to give the news. i —_— The soldiers who have thus far been left behind have no occasion to fret. They will go to Manila soon enough to be homesick for San Francisco. Professor Norton goes too far when he says Amer- icans have no honor. We object to this thing of | being called Nortons. | itics, a free ballot and a fair count has been “out,” and | | again get “in | in spending all one’s time at putting up jobs for car- “OUT OF POLITICS.” HE political silly season is always ushered in ’_I hereabouts with announcements that the va- | rious leaders, bosses and manipulators are “out | of politics.” We have been treated this year to the usual evidences that, from the standpoint of these worthies, the voters of all political parties are more or less of an ass. For instance, Boss Rainey positively declares that he has made his last appearance on any stage and will, in the coming campaign, take no in- terest whatever in politics. Boss Buckley has re- tired to his Livermore estate with the solemn assev- eration that he is tired of the fray and will have noth- ing more to do with the “boys.” Since he launched | his extraordinary Committee of One Hundred, “Whispering” Boss McNab is “out of politics.” Gould and Alford never were in; they were simply | “trustees” of the people. On the Republican side Colonel Dan Burns is out for good. According to his announcement a four- horse-dray team could not drag him back into the filthy pool, and in the coming gubernatorial cam- paign he will take only the interest of an “American | citizen.” Ever since Mrs. Mahoney recovered judg- i ment against Martin Kelly that apostie of pure pol- it is said nothing short of a reversal of the decree | of Justice of the Peace Cook by the Superior Court | will revive his spirits sufficiently to induce him to | .7 Even M. M. Estee, the time-honored candidate of the Republicans for Governor, has re- tired, notwithstanding thousands of his fellow citi- zens are clamoring to have him again enter the race for the highest office within the “gift of the people.” Yet all these fellows are working like beavers, not only “in” politics, but everywhere else where a pull may be exercised or a delegate to something may be captured. They are every one burning midnight oil over the new charter and asking lawyers for opin- ions as to the legal effect of this or that provision. The Southern Pacific is also “out of politics,” with the reservation that it will get “in” the moment its interests are threatened, which means that it could not be driven “out” by a battalion of infantry. One hears of all these bosses at every turn—even Estee’s gubernatorial boom is immensely in evidence, as it always is. The overpowering question thus pro- pounds itself, that if retirement from politics consists rying conventions and trading nominations, what would happen if the bosses were actually “in” poli- tics? We trust the people will not be fooled by any such representations. The announcements to which we have referred are intended for the gudgeons. No man who has ever engaged in the excitement of ma- nipulating the offices ever thoroughly recovers. Mr. Blaine once declared that he had been discharged | cured from politic: At the very next election he dictated the Republican nomination tor President and afterward became the candidate’s Secretary of State. A politician “out of politics” very much resembles a good Indian—dead. Gladstone, blind, speechless and stripped of his powers of digestion in retirement, still continued to influence his party in Parliament. Rismarck is “out of politics,” and yet every now and | then he opens his mouth and all Germany quakes. Mr. Huntington “out of politics” is “in” with both hands and feet. The people should not be misled. Everybody is | in politics, the ex-bosses up to their ears. After election a few of them are compelled to get “out” temporarily, but they are “in” again at the very first opportunity. Getting “out of politics” is a merely huge joke. Tacoma has just had a local tragedy which, while by no means pleasing, possessed a finish little less than satisfactory. It seems that a man, stirred by the demons rum and jealousy, shot another man and the woman in the case. The first victim died with- out entering protest, but the woman was of different stuff, and after receiving fatal wounds, she seized the pistol of the assailant and killed him. Then she died, thus making a clean-up and leaving no troublesome details for the courts to bother with. There seems no particular reason why Princeton should have bestowed upon Dewey the title of LL.D. Not but the admiral deserves every honor that can be extended, but a sailor man and a fighter does not | become a repository of legal knowledge by the gift of a dignified trio of letters. It would be as appro- priate to term “commodore” an attorney who never smelled salt water. That the commiander of the hospital ship has been ordered to run at sight of a Spanish warship shows the estimate put by diplomacy on the monor of that nation. The opportunity to sink a load of wounded would be a boon only less cheering than a whack at a land hospital guarded by women. There ought to be some way of proceeding against the man who wrote to the Coroner of definite sui- cidal intent, but failed to abide by the terms of his letter. As a joke, the episode had nothing to com- mend it, but as a case of false pretense it stands out with clearness. —_— It can hardly be thought that Armour has “gone to Leiter’s relicf,” even though the telegraph does so affirm. As a speculator, Armour is not in the habit of constituting himself a relief party for the purpose of promoting the comfort of other speculators. According to one Cabinet officer, peace will have to be “forced down the throat of Spain.” Already there is such a grip on the Spanish throat that great force would be necessary in promoting the process of swallowing even so desirable a morsel. Es e For the gratification of calling another lawyer a liar, an attorney has just paid $10 to the court. From the air with which he handed over the money it is believed he did not regard the price as high. —_— Sausalito Trustees, in their wisdom, have decided that two poolrooms are enough for the town. Other people, who have not the distinction o be Trustees, are confident that the two are two too many. Several bunko men have promised to leave the city, but the promise is not backed with bonds. How- ever, if it happen to be kept, neighboring cities may send us a vote of thanks. — That the Temerario cannot put to sea is a fortu- nate circumstance for Spain. If all her boats had been in the same condition she would now have had clear title to them. et o e United States troops still refuse to follow the methods of the chivalrous Castilian. Not in a single instance has the body of a Spanish soldier been mu- tilated. Americans are accumulating enough prisoners to be able to trade a compauy or two for the eight of the Hobson party. The M;n-imac incident is said to be troubling Spain. Possibly in so doing it is fulfilling its purpose COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS. W. Jerislaw, a Siskiyou merchant, 1s at the Grand. E. D. Clayton, a real estate man of San Jose, at the Palace. Dr. Bangs and wife of San Jose are guests at the Baldwin. | B. H. Upham, a vineyardist of Martinez, is registered at the Lick. F. A. Wickersham and wife of Peta- luma are guests at the Palace. E. R. Webster and M. C. Longenecker of Cincinnati, Ohio, are at the California. Captain G. H. Fortson of Seattle, Wash., registered at the Ligk, in company with his wife. | Sam Rucker, who came up from San | Jose on a flying trip, returned to his home last evening. EAD NEXT SUNDAYS CALL WITH DEWEY AT MANILA: WITH PICTURES OF THE ‘BY. JAS L‘STK.K'NEY. P2 veon Ve PAMOUSBATTLE SPECIAL CALL CORRESPONDENT ADAY WITHTHE AWKWARD SQUAP How | HELPE.D CUSHING DE THE ALBEMAR BY ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF Irflfltkfl( EX BYALICERIX. . STROY LEY: PLOIT A DAY \ITTA SECT, OF WAR ALGER _ TH ROSEVELTS ROU6H RIDERS R AND ASTORS PET ARTILLERY. . B GLADST [ MY IDEAL MAN ONE THE MAN OF THE CENTURY /XDY.,WALT!R BESANT. e - e BY FOUR WELL KNOWN LOCAL WOMEN, ARTISTSY STORY.OF THE WICKEDEST (AT N THE WORLD- MYSTERIOUS RUINS s B “ PAGESOF OTPER ALLTHE VERY L 1AS CAPTURED INTHE ?AQlFIL. SPECIAL FEATURES WARNEWS. R e T ) READ THE SUNDAY:CALL WAR. The war Is but a month old, yet, as the John A. Waddell, connected with the it has already disproved Courler-Journal has before pointed out, | . some popular | AS soon as a sum sufficient had been ex- Santa Clara College faculty, will be at the | fallacies with reference to the modern | Lick for a few days. | A. W. Simpson, who is largely interested | In the lumber business in Stockton, is one of the arrivals at the Occidental. A. L. Levinsky, a Stockton attorney, and C. S. Smith, County Superintendent of Schools of Vreka, are at the Grand. | Frederick T. Durhing, a prominent at- | torney of Sonoma, will make the Occi- | dental his headquarters for a few days. --Ifred S. Hartwell, who arrived from the rast last night on his way to Hono- lulu days. Thomas R. Mintiirn, who has extensiv ranching properties at Minturn station, in the San Joaquin Valley, is staying at | the Palace. | J. T. Cummings, a mining man of Sacra- mento, and T. W. Phelps, who is engaged | in the oil business in Los Angeles, are | located at the Grand. | T. H. Minor of Arcata, John Weil, a prominent merchant of Sacramento, and | Dr. J. B. Boucher of Hartford, Conn., are registered at the Grand. E. A. Eaton, a merchant of Salinas, James Feeley, an attorney of Red Bluff, and W. R. Spalding, who is in the lum- ber trade In Truckee, are all at the Lick. Lord Sudeley of London and John R. Mitchell, a mining expert of Vancouver, have returned to the Palace, after a visit to the interfor of the State, where they have been inspecting mining properties with a view of making large investments in the very near future. Louls Lissak of this city received a cablegram yesterday from Thomas H. Willlams, president of the California Jockey Club, saying that he had reached Yokohama and was in the best of health. He will make an extended tour of the Orient and expects to be away for sev- eral months. Major General John H. Dickinson left for Portland on Wednesday evening's train, whither he had been summoned by telegram stating that his stepmother had died there. The deceased lady was 68 years of age, and had lived in Oregon for the past forty-seven years. She leaves eight children. Y. Murato, Japanese Minister to Mex- ico and Peru, and Z. Amari, secretary of legation, arrived on the overland last night from Chicago and registered at the Palace. The gentlemen have been in Mexlco for some time in’ the discharge of their officlal duties and will leave for Peru in a few day: will be at the Occidental for a few CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 16.—A. S. White of San Francisco is at the Vendome. L. Gassper of San Francisco and Leon Juda of San Francisco are at the Marlborough; Frank M. Leland of San Francisco is at the Imperial; T. J. Sunny of San Fran- cisco is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; T. P. Hallen of San Francisco {s at the Hoff- man. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Coleman of San Francisco sailed for Eurape to-day. STRIKING ECCENTRICITIES. Among the extraordinary eccentricities of men occupying a conspicuous place in the eye of the public there is none that is more strange than the Inability cf some of them to sleep In the house in which they are living. Thus Cecil Rhodes, when in South Af- rica, is in the, habit of having elther a tent, a hut, or a little shanty of some kind put up In the grounds of his fine houses, to which he retires to sleep at night, being unable to secure a moment's sound sleep in the house {tself. It is the same with Lord Rosebery, who is a martyr to insomnja. When at Dal- meny, his splendid country seat in Scot- land, where he is shortly to receive a visit from the Queen, he retires each night, af- ter having taken leave of his ests, to Barn Bougie Castle, to sleep, and when in London at his house in Berkeley Square, he drives down, to Epsom in order to sleep at the Durdans, his place on the world- famed Downs, much in_the same way as any one of us would walk upstairs to bed. ¥ ashington Pos e REALM OF THE CURIOUS. Nine per cent of cases of amputation are said to be fatal. No fewer than 1173 persons have been buried in Westminster Abbey. As many as 4061 muscles have been counted in the body of a moth. Todine is a crude alkaline matter, pro- duced by the combustion of seaweed. In Japan coins are generally of iron, and In Siam they are chiefly of porcelai All the towns of Sweden are connecte by telephone owned by the Governmei During the last century 100 lakes in Tyrol have subsided and disappeared. There are over 300,000 series arc lam in service in the United States at sthe present time. Ohio has the largest number of college students—24,000—a third of whom are women. A Turkish turban of the largest size contains twenty yards of the finest and softest muslin. About 380 organ-grinders arrive in Lon- don every June from Italy and leave n in October. t is probably not generally known to readers of English that the word “dad,” used by many children in place of “father,” is the purest Welsh. e v%pen. ing words of the Lord’s Prayer in Welsh are “Ein Dad. 5 | arLu fires h navy. One of these is that the cumbersome warship is more dangerous to itself than to the enemy; that it Is easily sunk, and that it has most to fear from its own fire. Instead of the confirmation of these theories, all the experience we have vet had brings confirmation of the theories of the scientists who constructed the navy. The ships so far have done just what they were designed to do and more than theéy were designed to do. The gigantic Oregon has made a voyage of over 13,000 miles as cleanly as an ocean liner; the Iowa, the mightiest fghting machine in our navy, is here to-day and there to-morrow, with never an accident, er big guns with none of the effects to herself that had been The squadron of Dewey has disastrons predicted. annihilated the Spanish fleet in the Pa- | cific with hardly a_ scratch to itself, and‘ our gunners have demonstrated timé and again that big guns will do just what they were intended to do when manned by those who know how to use them. All in all, it appears that the science of navy building has proceeded upon as true lines as the sclence of engi building, of bridge building o any other science which works from theory to be roved by use.—Louisyill > - Lot ouisyille Courier:- ————— SOLDIERS AND THE PRESIDENCY But if Mr. McKinley's successor is concealed at the preseént moment in sur:r?; military uniform this war is destined to overturn one of the most significant and botent precedents in our political history. Bvery war in our past has made at least two Presidents, and a majority of the men in the Presidentfal line were intro- duced to popular favor as soldlers, Here is the record: et TH(!;: REVOLUTION. eutenant General George Washington. Captain James Monroe. e iz THE WAR OF 1812. Major-General Andrew Jackson (a pri- vate in the revolution). Major-General Willlam Henry Harrison. Captain John Tyler. THE WAR WITH MEXICO. Major General Zachary Taylor (major in 1812). Brigadier-General Franklin Plerce. E CIVIL WAR. General U. 8. Grant. Brvet Major-General Rutherford B. Hayes. Major-General James A. Garfield. Brigadier-General Chester A. Arthur. Brevet Major-General Benjamin Har- rison. Major Willilam McKinley. THE WAR WITH SPAIN. ? ? ?—Boston Globe. —_— THE SHADOW BEFORE. 72 Europe is within measurable distance of a calamity which, if it arrive, will try the stability of every government on the Continent. "If on Bastile day, now three weeks off, the rivers of France are out of their banks, some millions of human be- ings will be destined within a twelve- month to confront starvation. Already some hundreds of thousands in Italy, other hundreds of thousands in Spain, and yet others in Russia know the pangs of hunger, the fruits of a single crop failure, Misery has pressed hard in Bohemia and Roumania. Only in France, Germany, the Baltic, Poland and Hungary has there been during the past year no downright deficiency in the supply of food needed to sustain human life In sound condition. But should the harvest of 1898 fail there is not a department, there is scarcely a parish from Cape Finisterre to the Neva. from the British Channel to the Golden Horn, but must know what it Is to 80 hungry. This is a strain which gov. ernments have never yet survived, and jyhich, therefore, e are fustified fn he- ving a ey wi never survive.—N York Evening Sun. ety —————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. GENTLEMAN JIM_H, me in which James J. Co n H., City. The rbett appeared this city was “Gentleman Jlm."p i THE PHILIPPINES—M. J., City. The number of islands in the Philippi Tas published in this departmient June V IN PLACE OF U—M. J, City. The use of V in the place of U ii names and on signs is an artistic fad that has grown up of late. It Is in § ancient times. riltetopiorthe U lof : GOLD PIECES—Subscrlber,Clty. There € no premium offered for 1839, nor for mrieceu of lflsoworpllsg(i.es'l‘l'?s dealers charge for $20 pleces of the dates glven from 325 to $30, and for $5 of 1s39 they charge from $7 50 to $8 50, AMERICAN FLAG—Reader, the United States army the (which is the national flag) s thirty-six feet long by twenty wide, the post flag iIs twenty by ten, and the storm flag is eight feet long by four feet two inches, SEA EXPERIENC E—G. T., City. At this time the naval rendezvous in this city will not take on any more landsmen. The only men who will be enlisted will ll:aagral:fi.ryts::men!,hmzwh(nluts and- fire- . o ese three clas: men of sea experience. il NAVAL APPRENTICES—G. T., City. At this time the taking on of naval ap- prentices at Mare Island has been dis- continued. When the training school is established at Goat Island the additional apprentices will be taken on. A CONTRACT MARRIAGE — Sub- scriber, City. A contract marriage en- tered into prior to the passage of the law City. In arrison flag ne building, of house | | | | | | QUESTIONS SETTLED BY THE'\ repealing the law authorizing such mar- riages in the State of California is valid. The repeal of that law was on March 2, 189, THE AUSTRALIA—R. S., Vallejo, Cal. pended on the Australia to permit plac- ing her on the American register, she sailed under.the American flag. This oc- curred shortly after the vessel was pro- vided with new boilers. . SECRETARY OF STATE—A. C. R, Marshall, Cal. William R. Day of Ohig s Secretary of State in_the Cabinet of President McKinlev: Charles Emory Smith of Pennsylvania is Postmaster General and John W. Griggs of New Jersey is Attorney General. SPANISH—W. F. C., Oakland, Cal Any first-class book store in San-Fran- cisco will procure for you a book that will sist you in the study of the Spanish language. No foreigner can learn the Spanish or any other language without the aid of a teacher, as it is impossible to become self-instructed in pronunciation. NATIONAL GUARD—W. T., City. Un- der the existing law an individual be- tween the ages of 18 and 45 may become a member of the National Guard of the State of California. There is no specifi- cation as to minimuni height, but an in- dividual obviously too short to make a good appearance on parade would not be accepted. LICENSE LAW-—Subscriber, City. In the city and county of San Francisco a person cannot sell at a fixed place of busi- ness or peddle ‘small wooden articles which I made myself,” without a license. The only exemption is “agricultural or vinicultural productions of any stock, dairy or poultry farm of the State, when sold by t{l‘e producer thereof.” GREEK LETTER SOCIETIES — In South Carolina there is a law that re- quires the governing boards of all insti- tutions of higher learning in that State supported in whole or in part by the State public_funds to forbid and disallow in every respect secret Greek letter fraterni- ties and all organizations of a similar na- ture, not including literary societies in such’ institutions. MARRIAGE LICENSE—F. M., City, A marriage license may be obtained from the County Clerk of Santa Clara County at the Courthouse in the City of San Jose, providing the applicants are quali- fiéd to receive such. Any of the Superior Judges or Justices of the Peace who might be In the Courthouse at the time of the issuance of the license would be em- powered to perform the marriage cere- mony. ] R Genuine eyeglasses,specs,15 to 40c. 65 4th.® ————— ‘Treat your Eastern friends to California Glace Fruits, 50c 1b in fire etched boxes. 627 Market street, Palace Hotel building. * —_—— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Klont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * EoEt bt French gold bronze frames, hand-chased, card and cabinet sizes, just received. The Dicest goods made. Sanborn, Vail & Cg., 741 Market street. EL S THE JOCUND WEST. With the departure of the monitors as- signed to service in the Philippines the Pacific Coast will be stripped of its last Xestige of naval protection. But the peo- plé of the Pacific slope are not kept awake nights with needless alarms nor asking for flying squadrons to guard them against phantom fleets from Cadiz. The president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, in answer to a suggestion from Senator Perkins that the people of California should “protest,’” ex- presses the popular sentiment as follows: “We protested on the 12th of April. In the meantime Dewey has acquired for California a new outlet for our energies, employment for our shipping, business for our metrchants, and has opened a colonizating future far beyond our most ardent expectations. We of San Fran- ¢lsco will hold nothing back which may be of service to the administration, even to our jeopardy.” This cheerful view of the situation in- dicates that the true American sentiment is more accurately represented by the un- terrified people of San Francisco than by certain alarmists along the New Eng- land seaboard.—New York World. —_——————— Excursion 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 Rail- 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 glving rate and itiner- ary to T. K. STATELER, General Agent Northern Pacific Railway, 638 Market st., S. F. — —ee—— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, reg- ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, Whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. ————— CORONADO—Atmosphere 1s perfectly dry. soft and mild, being entirely free from the mists common further north. Round-trip tick- ets, by steamship, including fitteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65; longer stay, $250 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st., S. F., or E. S. BABCOCK, Manager Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Cal. —_——— The Santa Fe Route will run second excur- slon to Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona, on Thursday, June 30. Noted scientists will ac- company the party. A pleasant and profitabe A triD. | Get full particulars at No. 644 Market st,