The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1898, Page 6

JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor s All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Mress A Nt e A S e SUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. D Telephone Main 1868, : IAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 22| Stevenson Street EDITOM Telephone Main 1874 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns | for 15 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year; per montb | 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE...... cevens NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. AWASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE -Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. «.-Marquette Building ¢, GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. SRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o’clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 oclock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untli 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second an: tucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. e e e e AMUSEMENTS ..One year, by mall, $1.50 | iresrsesases-908 Broadway Oolumbia—*Fort Frayna " Baldwin—* The Passion Play** ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin,” Saturday evening. Frederick the Great. —+The Gossoon- Tivoli—Boceacelo.” Orpheum - Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Sutro’s Baths—Swimming. El Campo—Musie, dancing,boating, fishing, every Sunday Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. wherever orders By P.J. Barth—This day, June 80, Furniture, at 1010 Page street, at 11 o'clock. SOLDIER OR CIVILIAN. . HERE is an ancient belief, strengthened by Tagcs of experience, that no man can worthily | serve two masters. Evidently District Attor- ney Barnes does not accept this. While he essays to gird on the sword, he would still retain his grasp of a civil office. Whatever legal question may be involved, whether | he may have a technical right to enact a dual roleg‘ does not matter particularly. There can be no two | opinions as to the violation of good taste involved i in the peculiar course of young Mr. Barnes. If he ‘ were to enlist in the army and resign from his office he might be admired for the patriotism displayed, for in some measure such a move would be a sacrifice. But when he says in effect that he will enter the | my, and if the situation does not suit him, will re- sign and take up again the work of the courts, he does not do honor to himself as & citizen, and there is manifest in his declaration nothing of that ex- alted quality known as love of country. The ap- | parent motive is love of young Mr. Barnes. The District Attorney says that he will take the captaincy of the Petaluma troops, and that if they be not ordered to the .front he will leave the com- | mand. This is not the talk of a soldier. When a man is inspired by the threat of war or by actual hostilities to take up arms, he does not stop to in- | quire where he shall bz sent. He agrees to go with- | out protest decree and wherever there is greatest need. It is not for him to dictate, | but to obey. If he is not ready to do this he is not | fit to be a soldier, and for him to avail himself of in- fluence to secure a position which a real soldier and | patriot would be glad to take is a policy so badly | ish that it should be discouraged. There is no justice in allowing the Petaluma boys to be placed | under the direction of an ambitious civilian who will | stay with them. only so long as the position may be precisely what he thinks it ought to be. War is’ not made for the gratification of personal ambition. By serving a few weeks Mr. Barmes would have the title of captain fastened upon him forever more, [ and in after years could make brave speeches, telling | how he helped to crush Spain. But if he is going | into the service he should have a motive higher than I this. By clinging, with doubtful tenure, to a | civil office, and hinting at the probanflity of return to it, he shows that he lacks the essentials of the army i man. He must be either soldier or civilian. In-try- ing to be both he will fail doubly. e e THE MARKET-STREET QUESTION. | HILE all of the articles contained in the July anumber -of the Merthants’ Association Review are of timely interest and pertinent to the con- ditions of the city, the one which will perhaps appeal to the largest’ number of citizens is that by D. V. Kelly, relating to the proposed improvement of the Market street pavement. Mr. Kelly heads his article with the question, “Pav- irig or patching Market street: Which?” He ans- wers his query by saying, “The Market Street Rail- way Company alone can answer.” In explanation -of this fact he asserts that the railway company con- stitutes the obstacle to the proper improvement of the street, because in addition to the cable car track on the street it holds a franchise for a forse car line, the tracks of which are laid on each side of the cable tracks. Thus fully one-third of the street is occu- pied by the street car company. The fear is ex- pressed that even when the repaving is done the street will be only “repatched with a strip of bitumen along cach side of the car tracks, simply altering the ap- pearance of the street without improving it.” While the public will agree with Mr. Kelly as to the desirability of getting rid of the horse car tracks, it does not appear that he is justified in holding that | the Market street company can prevent the proper paving of Market street whenever the city gets ready to undertake the work. Furthermore, there is no conclusive evidence before the public that the com- pany would object to the repavement. Even if it did object, however, there is a way of compelling its compliance. The true answer to the question, “Paving or Patch- ing: Which?” is to be found only after a full con- sideration of the subject. As The Call has repeat- edly pointed out, any attempt at paving Market street before the sewer system and the conduits for wires of various kinds are adequately constructed would be in the end nothing wiore than a patch-work im- provement of the worst kind. Hardly would the pavement be laid under such circumstances than it would have to be torn up again to allow for this un- derground work. The process of tearing up by piecemeal would go on continually, and the new pavement, no matter how carefully laid down in the first place, would soon be a mass of tatters and patches. The desirability of improving Market street is not questioned by any one. The avenue occupies in San Francisco a more important place than any strect in any other city. It is the main artery of traffic, the chief avenue of promenading, the center of business, the thoroughfare by which nearly all visi- tors enter the city. Nearly every street in San Fran- cisco runs into it, and nearly all persons traverse it to a greater or less extent in passing from their homes to their places of business. Its improvement is therefore a matter of prime necessity, and the pub- lic will support cordially any well directed efforts the Merchants’ Association may make to accomplish the result. It must not be overlooked, however, that the improvement when it comes must be thorough. It is not a mere question of removing horse car | tracks, but of putting the whole street into condition | to fit all the needs of the business. carried on along it. e — THE HAUL OF JUSTICE. To_f Justice, put forward by Mr. Britt at-the last meeting of the Board of Supervyisors, is not likely-to satisfy’ the public. - It may be and probably is interesting for the contractors to experiment with terra cotta plants in and dround Stockton, bt just why- such_an enterprise should entirely stop work on a San Francisco public building needs further il- lustration. - We imagine that' this terra cotta yarn is intended for the marines. Perhaps Bateman Bros., the contractors; think the populdtion of this city is ceedingly appropriate. : : We agree with an evening contemporary, which discusses the matter with' considerable spirit, that it is high time the people of.San Francisco put a stop | to the custom some contractors have adopted of mak- ing mecessary public work a football in their busi- ness. The practice of these men is to get a Govern- ment job and work on it when they have nothing else to do. Bateman Bros. have evidently taken the Hall of Justice at too low a figure and they are seek- ing to ‘pull through on changing markets for ma- terials and various expedients, of which the alleged terra eotta plant at S:ocktun_ may be one. This is. all wrong and a stop should be‘put to it immediately. The public business is just as impor- tant as any other and the people have just as good BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN GATE PARK. HERE is nothing else in which the citizens of TSan Francisco so uniformly take pride as in Golden Gate Park. They know it to be a beautiful place, and yet even they do not realize f\\l]y how superior it is to the park of any other large city in the world. They catch fleeting glimpses of it as they speed along the drives, but in this way get only an inkling of its attractions. They miss the wide vistas of green, the winding walks, the little shaded valleys. There are lakes and knolls and groves they never see. One of the unapproachable features of the park is° that it is a park all the year round. of New York and Chicago are dreary wastes of snow and leafless shrubbery, ours is at its best, the grass brilliant, the foliage dense, the birds singing. No wonder that the people of this city are willing to | expend money liberally to keep up improvements, | and make new ones. For all that has been accom- | plished, Golden Gate Park is but a hint of what it is destined to be. No spirit of economy, tending to cause retrogression, or even check the advance of San | Francisco’s great playground, would be acceptable. | Every dollar spent there goes for the permanent bet- | terment of the entire city. | The law permits an assessment of 10 cents on each | $100 worth of property taxed, the sum thus raised( to be devoted to the park. Last year this maximum was not reached, the assessment being less than 6| cents, creating a fund of $207,000, which was far too | small. Improvements which had been contemplated had to be abandoned for the time. The public was | not pleased at this There is no desire to skimp | the pgrk appropriation, and the Supervisors in doing so would make a mistake which they themselves would recognize later. To have the appropriation generous this year would be a popular course. Prob- ably the legal maximum need not be reached, and yet if the required total make necessary the reaching‘\ of the maximum, there would be no complaint from i the people who pay the money and for whose equal [ | benefit it is expended. Let the work of extending Golden Gate Park improvements to the sea g0 on. Money could not be more wisely employed, could not be promoted to a more lasting good. | e —— Ohio recruits spanked a brakeman at Reno. While the act was not particularly dignified, and is not pro- i vided for in military ethics, the soldiers had the good excuse that the brakeman needed it. When the parks { |a right to have their buildings erected promptly as private parties. It is an outrage that work should be delayed on the Hall of Justice for the accommo- | dation of contractors who, in order to euchre their + competitors, have taken the work at too low a figure. | It is a public outrage that the people of San Fran- cisco should be compelled to transact their postal business in a barn whilé the Treasury Department of- ficials are skylarking around the site at Seventh and | ‘M‘issipn streets-and contractors are leisurely litigat- | Ing questions involving " the national labor laws in lthc United States courts, 5 ; Thc fact-is, a few contractors and builders in this | vicinity need to be shaken up. If the Board of Su- pervisors were able to resist the pull of Bateman Bu_)s. it would now kick those gentlemen out of the Hall of Justice and award the work to somebody else, collecting at the same_time the forfeit provided by the former’s contract. In this way a useful lesson might be administered and a public service rendered. As things are going ‘the Hall of Justice will not be completed for a hundred years. There is no guar- antee that when Bateman. Bros. finish with their terra | cotta experiments at “Stockton ‘they will not undertake to make bricks, develop iron mines, establish a steel manufacturing plant, or go to Europe and engage in the business of preparing cement. If these contractors have taken the contract for this | work at too low a figure they should be made to give it ip. It is important that the Hall of Justice should be completed some time during the twentieth cen- tury. Madrid does not credit the report that an Ameri- can squadron is to cross the Atlantic. It ought to know by this time that the United States fleets are not constituted on the Cadiz plan, and when they stars they invariably arrive somewhere. The Spanish press is credited with having caused the detention of Hobson in spite of the clamor for his exchange. The fact is interesting, as the first indication that even the Spanish pay any attention to the hysterical editors they have over there. The New Jersey girl who killed herself from fear that her lover would be killed in the war did the kindest thing for the lover she could. Probably he will learn to take this view of the matter. BEr ey The triumph of San Francisco hospitality was reached when it won an approving smile from Cap- tain March of the Astor Battery. HE excuse for the delay in completing the Hall | made up of marines. " If it is, such a story is ex- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1898. THE FOURTH OF JULY. N address from J. E. O’'Donnel, president of /E\ the Fourth of July committee, to the citizens of San Francisco says: “You are respectfully requested to co-operate with your neighbors in the matter of decorations. It will be impossible for this committee, in observing the economy adopted, to expend any amount for street decorations; and, therefore, it relies upon you to exhibit your patriotism by expending the amount you, would have subscribed to this committee for the celebration, in decorating your place of business in conjunction with your neighbors, so that the line of parade may be a continual decoration.” To this appeal a cordial and universal response should be given. No citizen l'esid'méa or doing business on the proposed line of march should neglect it. The committee has not asked much, cer- tainly not more than it has a right to expect of citi- zens animated by both civic pride and national pa- triotism. The celebration of the Fourth will be this year throughout the country one of the tnost ardent and enthusiastic in the history of the nation. The occa- sion calls for something more than the usual demon- stration of joy in the greatness of the republic and gratitude to the men who founded it on principles of liberty, equality and justice. This year we are engaged in a great war. Once more the souls of men are being tried by the stern test of battle. Once more we must show forth the enthustasm of a loy- alty that braves danger and death for home and country, and counts no sacrifice of self too great to be paid for the maintenance of the cause of the Union. The ardor of patriotism which now infuses all classes of citizens has already shown itself in many ways. Volunteers have answered quickly the call for men. Millionaires have been profuse in their offers of wealth to aid the equipment of troops. Cit- izens of moderate means have subscribed liberally to the national loan. Women have given their time, their energies and their work to the service of the Red Cross. Contributions from a thousand sources have poured into the funds that are being provided for the care of the sick or the wounded among the soldiers, and for the care of any among their families who may be left destitute. All this has been well done. There remains to make the Fourth of July the occasion of a grand demonstration of all the ardent feelings of patriotism which have prompted to so many deeds of loyalty since the war began. In that demonstration every citizen should do his share and take his part. The duty imposed for the day upon those whose build- ings front the line of march of the parade is to decor- ate. Let all make preparations for it, so that noth- ing will be lacking when the great day comes. ARMY CONTRACTS AND COOLIE LABOR INCE a newspaper in this city, the Bulletin, S has been found to discourage the efforts now being made to put a stop to the employment of Chinese labor on army contracts, it is more im- portant than ever to push the good fight begun by the white labor unions, and to aid them in accom- plishing the purpose for which they began it. The only argument by which the Bulletin has sought to sustain the extraordinary policy it has adopted is that agitation on the subject may produce what it calls a “great rumpus” and thereby lead the Government officials to let no war contracts in San Francisco at all. © The argument is not only un- sound, but is hardly specious. No profit is derived by the white workers of San Francisco from jobs let out to the sweatshops of Chinatown, and nothing would be lost to them if such jobs were not given out in this city. As a matter of fact, it would be better fqr our working men and women if the Goy- ernment supplies were to be manufactured by white labor elsewhere rather than by coolie labor, either here or anywhere. It is, of course, to be regretted that it has been necessary to have any agitation on the subject, but the regret is not for the agitation, but for the cause of it. It having been made known that a consider- able proportion of the war contracts fet in this city are being filled by the employment of Chinese labor there was nothing leit the labor councils but to pro- test against the wrong and make the protest known to the proper authorities. ~That is what they have done, and it is gratifying to learn that they are in a fair way to succeed in their efforts to put an end to the wrong. San Francisco will lose nothing in any re- spect by the contest, and has the prospect of winning much. It is beyond all question that there is sufficient white labor in San Francisco to perform all the work required to fulfill every army contract let to our bid- ders. There are many large establishments here employing none but white labor that could readily handle the orders given for uniforms. Even if the present force_of employes in these places should be insufficient to perform the work in the short space of time allowed, it would be easy to obtain additional workers. There are plenty of white men and white girls here who would be glad to have steady work at good wages. There is, therefore, no excuse for the employment of Chinese, and the Bulletin, in mis- representing the protest of the labor councils and The Call, is simply giving a sneaking support to the coolies. — The President of the Colonial Cabinet is a pictur- esque sort of chap. He hoped the sky would fall flat into an abyss before the foreign invader had pressed foot to the soil. Yet he may find the foot- prints of the foreign invader right now, and the sky remains where it has been as far back as memory goes. But, anyhow, the sky could not fall flat into an abyss. It would necessarily be doubled up like the ‘letter V, and then the abyss would need to bhe very deep or the jagged edges of cerulean blue would protrude, an unsightly obstacle to pedestrianism. All things considered, the sky seems to be doing the best service where it is. It was not strange that Major General Merritt should have expressed a lively sense of appreciation for the way in which he and his soldiers have been treated in San Francisco. That the people of this city have from the first been more than merely cor- dial is a simple fact. The soldiers have been re- garded as guests, and have been sent on their way with such heartfelt good wishes as they will remem- ber while memory lasts. — A Mr. Woods writes a letter, expressing distate for the clamor marking the departure of troops for Manila. There are reasons for believing the only way to stop it will be tu enjoin the embarkation of more soldiers. Can’t Woods issue a ukase or an irade, or something? i —_— One of the standing mysteries of the war is the intention of General Miles as to going or staying. An announcement concerning the matter is made every day, always just the contrary of the one to be made next day. 3 5 i COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS John Hay of Glasgow is at the Palace. O. Riedel of Samoa s a guest at the Palace. H. S. Allen, a mining man of Soncra, i8 at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Bruce of London are at the Palace. James T. Taylor of Los Angeles is at the Occidental. Dr. J. M. Stitt of Vacaville is registered at the Baldwin. Max H. Isoard of Nevada City is stop- ping at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. R. Coombs ot London are guests at the Palace. Thomas Gregory and wife of Australia are at the Occidental. B. T. McCulloch, a cattle man of Crows Landing, is at the Grand. A. Bettons, proprietor of the Byron Hot Springs Hotel, is at the Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Wiggin of Washing- ton are registered at the Occidental. V0000000000400 Hotel clerks are 3 as a categorical THE MOST postulate the most TRUTHFUL MAN lubricant of all specimens of the 3 AVE genus homo. One 9090000000004 @ hotel Dboasts of a night clerk who might have taught the peaceful gods ot ancient Greece a lesson in politeness and the soft graces of a winsome address. ‘With all this as his inalienable property hé is a man that loves a horse race. His greatest delight during the season was to go to Ingleside on a Saturday afternoon and simply admire the beauty of motion as exemplified In a race of thoroughbreds. Bettlng was a mere accessory, yet he sometimes indulged In it. Toward the close of the season betting had assumed a more important position in the list of reasons for the hotel clerk’s presence at the track. He soon began to work on sys- tems and after much painful and elabor- ate effort evolved the following which has nothing new In it to bring it within the last decade, yet it is absolutely essen- tial to this story. It was the old double- up proposition and the clerk told all his friends the other night that it would have been impossible for him to lose if he had capital enough to last. His tale of woe was this: “Two weeks before the season closed I started to play the races on my system. I played five races a day and fou six days didn’t cash a ticket. Then my cash gave out and of course I was up against it. Now if I had won the next race I would have come cut ahead. You see it is the surest kind of a thing If you have the capital to stay with it.”” There was a racing man in the coterie of listen- ers and he was thinking hard. When the clerk finished he asked him: “How much did you have to start with?” The system player couldn’t just remember. The horse- man took pencil and paper, went over in the corner and figured it all out. The clerk had squandered just $1,173,741,824. A rival to George Washington had at last been discovered. Fred Dodd, proprietor of the Hughes Hotel, Fresno, is staying at the Bald- win. Frank Hustice and Miss Hustice and Miss Ward, all of Honolulu, are at the Occldental. Charles C. Crane has been appointed Pacific Coast agent of the Wagner Palace Car Company. John J. Burne, general passenger agent, and Edward Chambers, general freight agent of the Santa Fe, have arrived from Los Angeles and are staying at the Pal- ace. The following arrivals on the Alameda are registered at the Occidental: Fred ‘W. Christian, Samuel P. French, Bessie F. French, Albert C. Colsten, T. J. Pen- field and wife, Laura Duncan, Kate D. ‘Watson, Robert Shingle, manager of the Hawalian exhibit for the Omaha Fair; Mrs. T. F. Lansing and son, George T. Kleugel, George A. Howard, the leading architect of Honolulu; George E. Faw, C. 8. Bradford, Mrs. H. Gunnand, daughter and Miss Hennegahn; Mrs. A. S. Hum- phreys, Ramsay C. Scott. ———————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, June 29. — General Freidrichs left for San Francisco this morning. Fred J. Perkins has received his commission as assistant paymaster in | the navy and will be assigned either to the Boston yard or the receiving ship In- dependence at Mare Island. —_————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORY. NEW YORK, June 29.—M. Marcuse of San Francisco is at the Stuart House. Samuel Bauer and family, E. Gross, Miss Colburn, of San Francisco, John Spiers of Los Angeles, have gone to Paris. THE PRICE WE PAY. Our flag has flown for a hundred years, For & century flown—unrurled. It has proudly laughed at the coward's fears, It has won the pride of the world. It was flung to the breeze at Bunker Hill ‘With faith and fighting and prayer— If_blood be the price of Liberty, Lord God! we paid it there. To thy honor and glory, Lord, it waved In the Mediterranean Sea; It conquered the Tripoli pirates, Lord— All honor and praise to Thee. It humbled the pride of the Algiers Dey, It cleared thy roads of sin. If blood be the price of Liberty, If blood be the price of Liberty, Lord God! we have paid It in. When in 1812 our ancient foe Dared us once more to fight, Our flag went as far as a flag could go In the cause of just and right. Battered and shattered with snot and shell, It laughed at the foeman'’s rage. If blood be the price of Liberty, If blood be the price of Liberty, Lord God! we have paid the wage. ‘We carried the flag to Monterey, And we carried It back in pride. ‘We knew the price we should have to pay, and they pald the price who died. They lie 'neath Mexico's tropical sky, And we honor their names to-day, If blood be the price of Liberty, If blood be the price of Liberty, Lord God! did we grudge the pay? In a glorious cause—to make men free, Kin against nearest kin, ‘We fought, O Lord, by command of Thee, And to clear our land of sin. Our cm?nrtry groaned with the horror and grie: Of mothers, of children, of wives; If blood be the price of Liberty, If blood be the price of leenly, Lord God! did we stint our lives? From an isle in the sea we heard the cry Of woman and child in pain, And our country’s best are marching to die, Or to humble the pride of Spain. This fli""d of the West, where our flag aye es, Is forever the land of the free; If blood be the price of Liberty, If blood be the price of Liberty, If blood be the price of Liberty, Lord God! we have paid it to Thee! —Hector Fuller in Indianapolis News. A COMPANY OF HEBREWS. The Sixth Company-of Infantry, Mass- achusetts provisional militia, was mus- tered into the service of the State last evening at the South Armory by Inspec- tor General Carter. This is the first com- pany of its make-up that has ever taken service with the militia of the State. Therefore, there was much Interest taken by military men and others in the even- ing's proceedings. The company is aul- most entirely made up of young men of the Hebrew persuasion, and a majoriy are evidently citizens through naturaliza- tion. General Carter was very careful throughout the .evening to impress the mien with an idea that in joining the mili- tia they were taking a step of much mo- ment, and the recruits evidently appre- clated the fact. Before the muster the men assembled in the large drill hall ~* ! the armory, personally by the inspector general. asked them "questions of di to bring out their knowledge of English or their lack ‘of lt;dtheir t'husmess. their earning capacity and whe cmzeng or not. This took the best gnrt of two hours. Then, with them standing in double ranks, he administered the oath, Following this, General Carter explained 1 their duties as to drill, and said if it was desired to proceed to an election of offi- cers, the tm‘x’r days’ notice could be waived and the election held then. The notice being waived, Gl;-}nletr}afll (‘m‘te“{ proceeded to an election wi s result: For captain, Sa.mue'b[ H.IBDX'OYSK%;: first lleutenant, William Morris; secon tenant, Morris Silverstein. Captain Borof- sky is a member of the Common Council | from ward 6. The men of this company are a bright, clean-looking lot, of the age most Sh;:la— ble for military service. Some of them have already seen service, a_number of them in the Russian army and one in the army of Roumania.—Boston Herald. S L A VETERAN’S PROTEST. Editor San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: As exemplifying the policy and methods of the California State military authorities in commissioning officers to commands under the President’s calls my own case seems to serve. Early in April of this year I offered my services in writing to the State, named my rank as an artillery officer during the rebellion and gave my service record ?nd references, the latter comprising living and well-known_ officers of the United States army and also United States vol- unteers, several residing in San Francis- co now. I was notified of receipt of my letter, with no intimation that age or other circumstances inhibited against my eligibility. Upon announcement of the second call I renewed my offer and May 298 1 was in reply informed that it should have “due consideration upon the receipt of_the call from the Secretary of War. Since that date no written communica- tion has been made to me in the matter. I accordingly called personally upon the adjutant general of the State and was by him distinctly Informed that the pol- icy of the State government was to give preference to the National Guard of the State, and there was no probability of others being considered for appointment. I now read that District Attorney Barnes is appointed to a captaincy in the new regiment, and cannot learn that he is of the State National Guard. I submit that this is an affront to old | service officers who are willing, as I am, and I so stated in my letters to the ad jutant general, to waive rank equal to m last service rank in the field and to re linquish_claim to pension for self heirs. I served as major, Reserve Artillery, Third Corps. Gen- eral D. E. Sickles (whose warm letter of recommendation I sent with my applica- tion), but I offered to accept a junior sec- ond lieutenancy if necessary that I might serve as an officer. The disastrous results of officering raw troops with green officers are only too well known to all who served in the late war or any war. These officers often be- come good officers, but only after sacri- ficing health and lives of the men while learning to be officers in the fleld. I do not ask the public to consider me or my case, except as illustrating the conduct of the State officials, in repeat- ing the egregious blunders of 1861 to 1865, and I invite the attention of the friends of the brave men who volunteer as pri- vates to the unnecessary perils to which this policy exposes these patriotic volun- teers, I am, sir, respectfully yours, WALTER M. BRAMHALL. San Francisco, June 29, 1898. ————e———————— PATRIOTIC, BUT HARDLY PRAC- TICABLE. Editor San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: ‘Why not change the names of American towns with Spanish names, or, at least, turn those capable of translation into English? Take, for instance, San Fran- cisco (St. Francis), San Antonio (St. An- thony) and others named after saints for names to be translated, and Madrid, To- ledo, Dolores and others to be changed absolutely and a good and decent Ameri- can name given instead—say, the name of one of our naval heroes, like Sigsbee, Bagley or others. Spanfllsh names are ard to pronounce, too. Yours, » ; J. T. WERMUTH. Cleveland, June 24, 1838, ——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ‘WAS NEVER POLICE JUDGE—O. 0., City. Robert Ferral was never Police Judge of San Francisco. He was Judge of the City Criminal Court from 1876 to 1879 inclusive. BRIEFS—S. A. F., City. One of the best books to be consulted by those who desire to engage in lyceum debates is “Briefs for Debaters” by Brookings & Ringwalt, to be found at the Free Public Library. UNCLE SAM—H. H. R., City. In Ans- wers to Correspondents, June 21, 1898, there is published an answer giving the erent kinds | government of the | Merritt, City. lieu- | | and | commanding | | atmosphere. | $81 He! origin of Uncle Sam as applied to the American people. CATHOLIC COLONY—A correspondent her they were | from Salinas City kindly informs K. K. sa that there is the St. Joseph gi!filfx‘!‘faéa!hnllc colony eight miles east of Salinas which is engaged in raising sugar beets. If K. K. will write thers he will no doubt receive the information he seeks. Address, “‘St. Joseph Colony, Salinas, Cal.” CHESS PLAYERS—G. L. D., Camp There are a number of crack players who assemble for play at the Mechanics' Institute Library and at the Mercantile Library THE HEIR APPARENT—W. T. Mc, Auburn, C The heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain after the Prince of Wales is George Frederick Ernest Al- bert, Duke of York, the son of the Prince of Wales, born June 3, 1865. ENLISTING IN THE NAVY—A. 8, City. A man who enlists in the navy for three years, not exceeding five years in case of war, means that he enlists for three years, at which time he is entitled to be discharged, but if the war should continue he would have to continue in the service, but not beyond five years. If the war should terminate before the three years the Government would have the right to give him his discharge. FEES FOR SHIPPING—F. A., City. This correspondent asks: *“Does the Gove ernment allow transports to charge $5 for shipping fees and §20 advanc It was done on the Indiana, Ohio and Mor- gan City, but it was not done as to the other transports.” The United States Shipping Commissioner_ says that tho charging of a fee of $ was illegal, but that the allotment of $20 was e added that if he will be furnished pr that any one charged $ as shipping f he will take great pleasure in laying the matter before the United States District Attorney for prosecution under a section of the Revised Statut TEMPERATURE AT MANILA AND CUBA—Temp, and A Reader, City. At Manila, Philippine Islands, the mean monthly temperature is 0. In the warm- est month it is 2, and in the coolest 79. ighest temperature in the past ten s and only once, in May, was 100 lowest In the same period was 6. At Matanzas, ‘Cuba, 7, average 78; at Havana in ten years ast the mean temperature iS 76.5, high- st 100.6, ; at San Juan, Puerto Rico, mean 7.9, highest 100.8, lowest 56.1; t Santiago de Cuba the average tem- perature is 80, with a variance of b, There is a great deal of moisture in the July is the warmest month and then the temperature rises to 835 and its lowest register in that month is e Cai glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® B Celebrate the Fourth with California fireworks. Buy direct from makers. Cal- ifornia Fireworks Co., 219 Front st. -~ —_————————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ Diamonds are cut in three different forms—the rose, the brilliant and the table, of which the second 1is the pret- tiest.' It is a double pyramid or cone, of which the top is cut off to form a large plane, and at the bottom directly oppo- site to a small plane. —_———— 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. Tourlsts will be accommodated in first- class Pullman cars; tickets will be sold, in- cluding berths, meals and trip throust. the Park. Send for circular giving rate and itiner- ary to T. K. STATELER, General Agent Northiern Pacific Railway, 638 Market st., 5. F. —_— e The Santa Fe Route sells cut rate tickets to all points East. St. Paul, $21; Kansas City, 31; Chicago, $3250; New York and Boston, Get full particulars at No. 644 Market st. B o= T It is a fact that the English soldiers use Dr, Siegert’s Angostura Bitters as a preventative of all troubles of the digestfe organs. —— e ACKER'S ENGLISH REMEDY IS BEYOND question the greatest of all modern remedies, It will cure a cough or cold immediately or money back. At No Percentage Pharmacy. A barber of Lubec, Md., has closed his shop and posted the following notice on the door: “To the Public—This barber shop will be closed for a brief period, as the proprietor has gone to help a few of Uncle Sam’s barbers (better known as soldiers) scrape the face of the Western Hemisphere clear of an obnoxious growth of whiskers, commonly called_Spaniards, I shall not be gone long, as Dewey and Sampson are applying the lather, and everything points to a quick job and a clean one. I wish to thank the public for past patronage and on my return hopa to have a share also.” ADVERTISEMENTS. N P U UUSUUNSSSS R R R R R R R S RS R R PR R R R P S P P P S G from Uncle Sam. your turn. 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