The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANQISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1898. THURSDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Maln 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street | Telephone Main 1S74. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is | served by carrlers In thls city and surrounding towns for 15 cents @ week.- By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE. NEW YORK OFFICE. DAVID ALLEN, Ad WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE ool C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. ...Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. .One year, by mall, $1.50 ..Room 188, World Bullding ising Ropresentative, SRANCH 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 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon 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 unth 9 o'clock. I505 Polk street, opem untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentuck; open untll 9 o'clock. ~AMUSEMENTS, bia—“Fort Frayne " rnla—*Uncle Tom's Cabin.” ar—-Fredarick the Great osco’s—Held by the Enemy-* voli—"The Nikado." deville and Cannon, the 61-pound Max. on and Eddy streets, Specialuea , fishing, every Sunday. THE GOD OF BATTLES. APTAIN PHILIP of the Texas, after the San- C ago engagement, called his men to the quarterdeck and there thanked God for an al- | most bloodless victory. The air had just ceased 4o vibrate to the thunder of guns, the pall of war hung over the scene, when this brave commander sum- moned hi “I want to make public acknowl- nt,” he said to them, “that I believe in God rer Almighty. I want all of you, officers and men, to lift your hats and from your hearts offer silent thanks to the Almighty.” It would be a steely nature to which such a spec- tacle would not appeal, a strangely constituted human being whom it would not thrill to his depths. It is the history of war between peoples a degree above savagery that the soldiers go forth confident that they are right, and that above them there is the | elding arm of the God of Battles. If it were not | they would not have the courage which impels them willingly to rush to death. he Napoleonic dictum that God is on the side of the strongest battalions has been confirmed by mili- tary history, and was not idly spoken by the world’s ! greatest general. Yet when success crowns an army, by land or sea, gives it victory and does not exact the cost of v nt lives, the instinctive faith crystallizes into a fervent belief. Captain Philip did himself honor | when he declared his principles, and people of every shade of opinion will respect the manly and outspoken declaration. B ocracy on terms of political bargain and sale, but weighted down with resolutions declaring | against fusion, the Populists of San Francisco will be both represented and misrepresented at the coming State convention of their party. We will, therefore,” have a chance to see in that assembly of patriots a clean, straight contest between principles and men, betw! resolutions that speak clearly and men who are not speaking except on the side. A county committee, not a numerous body, that g itself in the twinkling of an eye into a county crew. RIDING TWO HORSES. [ a delegation favorable to fusion with Dem- ntion and then proceeds to unanimously adopt resolutions declaring against a particular line of ac- tion, after which it elects delegates known to be in favor of that action, is certainly not very well fitted to ct the affairs of even such a party as that of n Francisco Populists. Men who undertake v out a cut and dried programme should at least see to it that the thing that is cut is the thing that is’dried, and not cut one thing and dry another. Where is the profit to party leaders in laboriously con- structing a platform to stand upon when the time comes and then intrusting it to men who will use its timbers to practice on in sawing wood for themselves or else swap it off for any old thing? If the Populists of this city are in favor of the reso- lutions against fusion, they have been bunkoed on the delegation to the State convention. If they are repre- sented by the delegates, then they have been bunkoed by the resolutions. The local party is placed in a position where it will have to ride two horses going in different directions, and as a result as soon as the circus starts up at the State convention the first act of the show will be an exhibition of San Francisco Populism in a grand tumbling act with its back in the sawdust and its feet in the air. In one respect, however, the fusiom-confusion out- come of the combined county committee-county con- vention meeting will not be wholly adverse to the Populism of the city. The delegation and the reso- lutions, if not in harmony with one another, will be well fitted to blend with the patchwork varieties of delegates and declarations sent from other parts of the State. It will be nothing out of place for city Populists to shout for the middle of the road and then take to the first bypath that affords an entrance to the woods. They will not be lonely when they shout nor when they turn aside. They will find the road full of such shouters and the woods full of such dodgers. o ——— Americans who do not find Paris a pleasant place of residence now are respectfully reminded that in va- rious parts of America houses may be secured at rea- sonable rates. Hearst extols the conduct of a subordinate in cut- ting off the heads of forty prisoners, and yet when he takes a regiment or two himself delivers them with heads still on to Sampson and the other amateurs. Perhaps this is humane, but it is not consistent. e News comes that the machinery of the Pelayo is out of order, but its condition is far better than will be the case a little later. Compared with the machin- ery of the Vizeaya, for instance, it seems to be in fair shape. Linares and Pando have both been wounded. Honor, however, is not satisfied. Spanish honor is hard to satisfy anyhow, the initial difficulty being to find it. Perhaps Blanco imagines that his determination that Havana shall not be taken while he lives will have a tendency to delay the taking. THE SITUATION AT SANTIAGO. O the American people, flushed with joy over Tlhe destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago and sanguine of the speedy capture of that city by the gallant army now surrounding it, the letter from our special correspondent, Richard Harding Davis, which we publish this morning, wijll come like a blow as astounding as a clap of thunder from a clear sky. The blow, however, comes not from a foe, nor from a captious critic, but from a friend in the warmth of an earnest patriotism. It is designed to arouse the American people from a dangerous feeling of over- confidence, and to stimulate the war authorities to prompt action to relieve the troops at Santiago from the conditions that now paralyze their energies and | baffle their courage. The account given of the situation at the front by Mr. Davis is not one of vague and general criticism and fault-finding. It is not the report of a sensa- tional alarmist, nor of a fatuous critic of the ad- ministration trying to make political capital for the opposition in the coming campaign. It is one of direct statements and specific charges. The ring of truth is in the tone of every sentence, and every word has evidently been carefully chosen to express the real condition of the situation. It is a letter to be studied and then acted upon without delay. Our troops now confronting a well armed, well fed and desperately vindictive foe, intrenched in strong works, are without heavy artillery, without proper food, without tobacco, almost as essential as food itself; without time, place or opportunity for rest from the alarm of incessant attack from sharp- shooters, without vigorous support from the fleet at the mouth of the harbor and, worst of all, perhaps, without right leadership on the part of the command- ing general. These statements are of a nature to rouse the in- dignation of the people. It was designed that they should do so. Better that the truth should be known now, however bitter it may be, than that the blunder- ing should go on at Santiago until some dire catas- trophe befalls the army and inflicts upon the nation the humiliation of a defeat which neither patriotism, | valor nor self-sacrifice on the part of the brave men | at the front could avert. Mr. Davis say: “The army needs artillery. It needs some one in command who is well, strong and able to stand the hardships of the campaign. It needs reinforcements. It needs mules for transports. It needs all these things now.” Moreover, Mr. Davis says: “This is written for the sole purpose that the entire press of the country will unite to force instant action at Washington to relieve the strained situa- tion.” Now is the time for the people to speak and for the President to act. Delay is now out of the ques- tion. “On to Santiago” is imperatively the war cry of the situation. WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT HEN thieves fall out,” says the proverb, “honest men get their due.” The saying may not be literally applicable to the dis- closures made by members of the Board of Education since the breaking out of the recent dissensions among them, but it is sufficiently apropos to be quoted as a text for comment on the proceedings of the board at its meeting on Tuesday evening. More than one investigation lately made into the manner in which the school fund has been expended has furnished the public with pretty conclusive proof that something like gross frauds have been practiced | by at least some of the members of the board. The lumber deal scandals exploited by the last Grand Jury are fresh in the public mind. Enough was made known at that time to justify the popular demand for the indictment of several persons implicated in the scandals, and there was no little regret that indict- | ments and prosecution did not follow. Now comes the antagonism among the members of the board itself producing charges and counter- charges that add new evidence of wrongdoing. At the meeting on Tuesday evening Director Gallagher submitted a written report on the work of the building committee, which set forth sufficient facts to justify him in asserting: “I have shown enough to call at- tention to the rank extravagance that prevails and to the further fact that the chairman of the building committee is proceeding in an entirely illegal manner and that he has grossly mismanaged the affairs of his committee.” Among the facts stated by Director Gallagher are these: That much of the work now being done under the direction of the chairman of the building commit- tee is being performed by “persons who have no con- nection with the department. They have not been authorized by the board or any committee of the board to do the work.” That for a large part of the work now under way no contracts have been let, or at least none could be found on file when the inves- tigation was made. Finally, that two members of the building committee, Mr. Drucker and Mr. Carew, gave assurance to the investigator that with respect to some important work which he specifies in his report they have not at any time been consulted by the chairman of the committee and have never given their consent to the work. After this report there came a discussion upon a report of Chairman Burns of the building commit- tee, and further evidence of wrongdoing was given. Director Drucker, one of the building committee, is quoted as saying: “These things have never come before the board and I will not stand responsible for any such actions. I therefore now tender my resig- nation from that committee. Why, look at it! There are acts of the chairman of the building committee in which he has contracted for over $150,000 worth of work, and in no instance has he either called a com- mittee meeting or consulted me regarding the busi- ness passing through the hands of that committee. This won't do.” It may be gratifying to a slight degree to have Mr. Drucker refuse to act any longer on the committee with Burns and to say “This won’t do,” but such con- demnation is not sufficient. The things have been done. It now remains to be seen what the Board of Education, the Grand Jury and others having author- ity and responsibility in the enforcement of law will do about it. The evidence of fraud seems to be abun- dant and easily obtainable. The prosecution should begin at once. e —— CUBANS AS ALLIES. TO pass judgment upon the value of the Cubans as allies, and expect it to be final, would at this time be an injustice. It can be said, however, that according to what they have been able thus far to do, they seem to be “a disappointment. Their principal part in the conflict will doubtless be in shar- ing the benefits. But whatever the soldierly quality of the Cuban, there have been a number of incidents showing that personally he possesses unlovable traits. While con- demning these, it is but fair to remember that he has suffered much, that hardships have worn him, oppres- sion embittered him; and in the matter of cruelty he has been set an example by the Spanish. Vet how- ever plausible his excuses, it may be accepted that Americans will never take kindly to a people who would massacre prisoners or subject the bodies of the dead to indignity. Reports show that marines had to be sent ashore where the fleet of Cervera had been beached and throw about the Spanish huddled on the sands an armed guard. Otherwise the Cubans would have butchered men who, according to all laws of warfare, were safe by the protection of the white flags that fluttered from the mastheads when the ships went down. The men had been cast helpless and weapon- less through the surf, and the Cubans would have turned the spot into a shambles. In one case the body of a Spanish officer floating m the wreckage was wantonly used as a target, and the riflemen only desisted from the revolting act when an American officer threatened to turn his guns upon them. It does not appear that the United States fur- nished the Cubans with ammunition so as to enable them to commit outrages, or that it is taking prison- ers so the islanders may enjoy a season of slaughter. Either the Cubans will adopt different tactics or they will find that the force now co-operating with them will be used to subdue them into at least an imitation of being civilized. In the Cuban army is a creature named Honore Laine. If he is a fair sample the army is an aggre- gation of bloody outcasts entitled to no measure of sympathy, and the importance of crushing it is as much manifest as the necessity for driving out the Spanish. Laine boasts of having cut off the heads of captured Spanish, of having looted the pockets of corpses, and a correspondent named Hearst glorifies the unspeakable deeds. Laine is also a‘yellow corre- spondent, naturally a braggart and liar, but if crimes for which he should be hanged are to be heralded as heroic, no wonder the rank and file learn to revel in cruelty. THE WRECK OF THE BOURGOGNE. NOTHER direful catastrophe at sea has added fl to the dread fame of Sable Island and given another warning against the excessive com- petition in speed which induces Atlantic liners to fol- low the perilous northern route because its compara- tive shortness permits a quicker voyage to be made across the ocean. In this disaster upward of 600 peo- ple are reported to have perished, and among the number lost is every woman, with one exception, that was on board the ill-fated ship. Since the captain of the Bourgoghe and his officers have gone down to death with their ship and their passengers, there will be a general disinclination to hold them guilty of blame in the accident. Neverthe- less, certain features of the disaster show that some- thing was radically wrong in the management of the ship. Even respect for the maxim, “Speak nothing except good of the dead,” will hardly withhold men's tongues from commenting with earnest severity upon a wreck caused by a steamer rushing at full speed through a fog—a wreck in which with fifteen minutes of time to get the lifeboats ready, comparatively few of the passengers were saved and all the women aban- doned. It has been the custom of Atlantic liners to follow the northern short route across the ocean in winter and early spring, because at those seasons there are comparatively few fogs and icebergs in the northern waters. As summer advances, however, the floating ice and the mists drift down from the Arctic, and then the sea around Sable Island is one of the most dan- gerous parts of the ocean. The time had about come for taking the southern route, but the captain of the Bourgogne tried once more the short route. He made his course also at full speed, and the result was that when a sailing vessel loomed up before him in the fog it was impossible for him to turn aside in time. The deeper horror of the catastrophe, however, was that which followed the collision. There seems to have been hardly a pretense of discipline on board the ship. Since the captain and his officers remained with the wreck and perished with it, there is a pre- sumption that they did their duty as best they could, but were unable to-check the rush of men for the boats and the cfowding aside of the women. That they were unable to maintain order is, however, a proof that the discipline on board had long been lax in the extreme. The system, therefore, is as much to be condemned as the captain. As a rule all great catastrophes are illumined by incidents of heroism that serve to lighten the horror by proving the nobility of which human nature is capable. In this case, however, there seems nothing to relieve the dreadful aspects of the disaster. It is all gloom, all weakness, cowardice, or worse. A SAN DIEGO MOVEMENT. ERTAIN enterprising, public spirited men of CSan Diego, feeling the importance of hastening the beginning of work upon the Nicaragua canal, have initiated a movement to that end which, if well supported, as it deserves, will undoubtedly do much to induce Congress to take prompt action on the subject. They - have organized an American Nicaragua Canal Association and intend to estab- lish branches throughout the Union. Their object is to get citizens in every section of the country to bring whatever influence they may have to bear upon Congressmen so as to arouse them to an undergfand- ing of the strength of the popular demand for the canal. The method proposed is simple in its nature, but can be made very effective if taken up by the right men in different sections and States. ‘That the great majority of Americans are in favor of the construction of the canal is unquestionable. So long, however, as the favorable sentiment is quiet and undemonstrative it will have little weight with the law-makers of the national capital. Most of them, in fact, will hardly know or understand the full extent and strength of it. A movement, therefore, which will lead to a clear and forcible declaration of the popular will on the subject will be useful in encouraging the advocates of the canal at Washington in overcoming the indif- ference of many who have given but little considera- tion to the subject, and in silencing the objections of others who have been antagonistic. It is to be hoped the San Diego plan will be well received everywhere, and that the association will soon be national in its scope. A few petitions from scattered localities will have but little effect, while a host of them coming from every State and from al- most every citizen of weight and influence will have much. The issue has been well expressed in the cir- cular of the association: “Congress may act any way, but there is no certainty about it. If, however, the people unitedly demand this undertaking they will get it, and that speedily.” It would seem by the trifling effect of the shots that hit our boats at Santiago as if undue importance has been attached to the circumstance that as a rule Span- ish gunners can’t hit anything. This time when Captain Eulate visits New York he will not be under official obligation to visit the Mayor and acquire another of those Van Wyck snubs. Spanish prisoners on the Harvard were foolish to mutiny. Probably the survivors have secured a grasp of this fact. “POLLIES” OUT FOR JOBS. Some Men Who Would Like to Serve the State in Any 0ld Office With a Good Salary Attached. The political career of Whispering Gavin McNab, boss tailor of Tooley street, ex-Buckley lambkin, and foe to organized labor, calls to mind phantom dog. This ghostly creature used to appear on the highway of Ireland and his ghostly shape would follow every passerby part of the journey. | McNab first trafled after the late William Higgins, then nosed his uncanny per- son along the footprints of Farmer Buck- ley. The farmer chased him off, and then McNab ambled in the wake of Sullivan and Dwyer. But they ‘hefted” him, found him wanting, and dropped him. But to lay a ghost is next to impossibis. With the persistency of the shadowy canine, he spled John Daggett of Siski- you, and immediately Daggett was haunt- ed. Next he attached himself to Colones W. P. Sullivan, the Mayor's official man of all work. This gentleman {s some- times known as ‘‘Shoot Low” Sullivan, from the circumstance that he counseled this method of alming while working- men battling for their rights were the tar. gets. Now McNab is on the road again attending Hallucination Alford of Tulare and Frank Hood Gould, the Sherwood Forest Democrat. He will remain witn them until there shall arise an oppor- tunity profitably to shift. Speaking of McNab naturally suggests others. There is the lily of Kearney's sand lot garden, John Placehunter Dunn. He 1s chairman of Whispering Gavin's puppet show of 100 figures, each war- ranted to dance at the pulling of the string, like a thing of life. He was nat- uralized August 12, 1879. On November 1 of the same year he was acting as Auditor of this city. Ever since he has either held a position or been in eager quest of one. A patriarch among office holders, yet one who can say with Othello: “I have done the State some service,” is James Denman. He may properly be referred to now as James Jubilee Denman, as he is about to celebrate the fiftieth anniver- sary of his introduction to the good things of officlal life. He is unflagging in his zeal, ready to accept any offer coming his way. It is understood that he could be induced to be a Congressman, a Ran- road Commissioner, Election Commission- er, and if the chance is not at hand, to think a job as juryman better than noth- ing. Denman is_rich, and like McNab and Maximilian Parkhurst Popper, pro- forced to take. the story of a } hantom DEUPREY 0 0CCU ILLY BARNES CHA| | wog | Mr. Reed, | on the with Frede ent for the h!een witnessed by a knot of panting sol- ers. Thousands of the soldiers have rested their weary limbs in the seats of the gai- leries of the two houses of the camp was established acgos t Z The men occupy themselves chiefly in picking out thé*Representatives from their own States, and when they have focused them in their )n they do not take thelr eyes off them > they remain. It 1s not to be supposed that the Representa- tive on the flo t soldiers from the them studiously ei tives know t home, especi else t0 do, anc done a bit of at of the lads in biu have exl them have g for the benefit All of the soldiers v great interest in ngton Star. s, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WORKINGMEN—S. A. M., City. The late Henry Ward Beecher is credited with having, In a speech, said that: ‘“Corn bread and molasses was good enough for workingmen, and that théy live too high in America.” MOUNT VE : In 1741 Lawrence Washington, half-brother of George Washington, was with Admiral Vernon as captain of a company of four battalions sent to capture Cartagena, a strongly fortified port of South America. Upon his return to America and after the death of his father Lawrence received the family home in Virginia and named it M6unt Vernon for the admiral he fought under. OLD-TIME FIGHTS—Pugilist, City. It was in 1852 that John Morrissey beat George Thompson (Bob McLaren) in eleven rounds in sixteen minutes at Mare Island, California. The fight took place 3ist of August, stake $4000. Tom- v Chandler beat Dooney Harris for $3000 and the middle-weight championship of America In_twenty-three rounds in twenty-elght minutes near Point Isabel, Contra Costa County, Cal., April 13, 186T. CREELMAN— , City. James Creel- man, the war correspondent of the yellow journal of this city, who was recently wounded at Santiago de Cuba, is the same James Creelman who, as. correspondent for the New York World, in company ‘W. Lawrance, correspohd- ew York Journal, was on the 7th of May, 1896, expelled from Cuba by order of Captain General Weyler. The reason for the action against Creelman was indignation of the Spanish over the account_he wrote of the massacre at Campo Florido. _ OCEAN RECORDS—F. M., Portola, San Mateo County, Cal. The record by steam- er between Liverpool and New York was by the side-wheeler Baltic (American) in fessional purifier, believes the laborer 1s worthy of as pitiable hire as he can be He is a gentleman of respectability and dignity. Tooley street consider his their gang something in the nature of a He will assist in the presenta- The Tailors of triumph. | 1853, time 9 days 16 hours and 33 minutes; | by a screw steamer between the same | ports w by the Etruria (Cunard line) going to New York in 18%7, time 6 days 19 hours_and 47 minutes. The fastest pass- age from Queenstown, Ireland, to New presence on tion to Maguire of a gold brick. gentlemen mentloned did, mostly In the neck, and is reaching out for it with an agile arm and a long pole. Richard Phenomenon Doolan, the ‘“Pride was the most aston- of the Mission,” ished individual in the city awoke one Saturday morning, and found that by some occult process he, one of ‘when Another natural leader of men, who, for the nonce, is consenting to be led, is Eugene Napoleon Deuprey. He is a legat Samson untouched of Delilah’s shears. | His name is a household word in some households. He has a political history. In 1830 he withdrew with a little band | of adherents whom Farmer Buckley had overlooked in the distribution of pie into the cave of Adullam known as Irving Hall. There they formed a party of their own with pie as the platform. Deuprey invited Whispering Gavin to join, but Just then Gavin was trotting, ghost dog like, at the heels of the Livermore agri- culturist, and refused to break away. On the contrary he replied that Buckley as | a good enough reformer for him, that the malcontents had tried to reform the Democratic party and had done so to the extent of getting out of it. | Now Napoleon has consented to become | a candidate for District Attorney, an of- | fice in_which he thinks he would shine. When the other Napoleon—the original- first stood face to face with Goethe, he exclaimed “Voila un homme,” which, be- ing translated, means “There is a man.” But could he have been at the Democratic convention in Union Hall in 1884 when our own Napoleon was giving away nomi- nations without consulting the assemblage, he would have looked with bulging eyes and exclaimed: “There are at least two men.”” On that memorable occasion Deu- prey handed to ome favored friend the nomination as County Clerk, and others were put on the ticket ‘to run for jobs at Supervising. Nobody wanted them | there but Deuprey, but they went there | pages of Democracy’s history. He wants his reward without getting it as the other | he | | | Augusta, steel hull, 6331 tons, three and York was by_the steamer Lucania in Oc- tober, 1834, Distance sailed, 2779 Knots; mean time, 5 days 7 hours and 23 minutes. The fastest passage from New York to ueenstown was by the same steamer in September, 1894 Distance, 2810 knots; time, 5 days 8 hours and 38 minutes. THE LADRONE ISLANDS—E., Oak- land, Cal. The Ladrone Islands, recemtly seized by the commander of the Charles- ton, are divided into two groups by a broad channel. These contain a total area of about 417 square miles. The northern group, known as Gani, consists of ten islands, uninhabited. In the southern group there are five islands, all but one being inhabited. These are known as Cuahan (Spanish Guajan, the San Juan of old Spanish charts), Rota, Aguigan, Tinian and Saypan. The only town in the colony is San Ignacio de Agana, on the island of Guahan. And there is the ortified harbor of Umata. The climate | is humid, salubrious, and the heat, tem- | pered by the trade winds, is milder than at the Philippin ture at Guahan s. The mean tempera- is 8. August and Sep- tember are the warmest months. The population consists of descendants of the original inhabitants, called Chamor- ros, of agal settlers from the Philip- pines and a mixed race from the Spanish and the Chamorros. All the inhabitants understand and speak the Spanish lan- guage. GERMANY'S VESSELS—A. 8., San Luis Obispo, Cal. The German fleet in the Asiatic statlon is composed of the A "o just the same, and Deuprey overruled the | following named ves: First-class . e o %uwls ol{)]n{otTesL i Roblg é-(ond.l Clla,\llqg i(‘rul Deutschland, Kaf Kalserin . uval, C! urpin and Captain Kic sta; s d-class i _ . GAME " 2 » prey is still in the flesh, llluminating the | Goujons Atecns The: Deutbchiant 1o os 7319 tons displacement, iron hull; armor, ten-inch belt, eight-inch gun and two-inch’ deck protection; her speed is 145 knots, and her armament thir elght guns; Kaiser, 7531 tons, fron hull, ten-inch belt, ten-inch gun protection, two-inch deck plate, speed 4.6 knots, ar- mament twenty-eight guns; Kaises protection n a Buckley’s most devoted, had suddenly be- come a reformer. But realizing that he ‘was a reformer he began to pull for a fat- ter snap than he had. At the time ot his political regeneration he was peace- fully occupying a stall in the Custom House where the Federal crib is big with fodder. He began to lay wires to be- come Assessor, which is not a bad john Unluckily for him the position had been promised to Edward Longreacher Fitz- gerald, a person from Oakland. He has the further distinction of being brother to a member of the famous Committee of Nine, seven of whose number lived in the country, yet who kindly consented to appoint a county committee for this city ans make laws for the same. It is said that Boss Tallor McNab prom- ised Committeeman Fitzgerald that the other Fitz should have the nomination for Assessor of San Francisco, even were he a resident of 8an Diego Instead of Oakland. Also with that characteristic family thrift the committeeman consent- ed to become a party to the scheme, and vote acording to the whispered instruc- tions of McNab. The brothers are both cared for now at the expense of the tax- ayers, but they consult the oracle anx- ously to see if the future does not hold a better reward for their patriotism. In the theantime the “Pride of the Mis- sfon” is wroth and goes so far in his thirst for vengeance as to threaten to accept the nomination for County Clerk. soothe his savage breast. | two-inch deck plate, speed, 14.6 knots, ar- + JAMES TUBILEE "DENMAN 3 WOULD'NT QBJECT T0 SERVING ON THE JURY 2 e ¢ He thinks no course less extreme would COLLECTI D IN THE CORRIDORS John F. Carrere is at the California. Dr. J. W. Dodson and wife are at the Grand. : S. E. Fletcher of Seattle is registered at the Palace. Judge T. C. Law of Merced is stopping at the Occidental. G. H. Stewart of Los Angeles s stop- ping at the Grand. A. C. Huston, a merchant of Woodland, opping at the Grand. George S. Waterhouse of Honolulu is stopping at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Strassberger of New York are staying at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. V. 8. McClatchy of Sac- ramento are stopping at the California. Mrs. C. A. Hopkins, daughter and son of Bocton are registered at the Palace. M. Page Minor, a prominent mining man of Willlams, Ariz., is staying at the Occidental. A. J. Hinds, head of the well known real estate firm of Santa Cruz, is regis- tered at the Grand. C. P. Eaton, U. 8. N., is at the Palace. James Muir, a mining man of Ferris, is stopping at the Russ. Mr. and Mrs. John A. McLure of Berke- ley have returned from Lake Tahoe, where they have been rusticating for the past three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels left yes- terday for Coronado, where they remain several weeks. They were accompanied by John D. Spreckels. C. H. Markham, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific for Oregon lines, wife and daughter, arrived in this city yesterday on their way to Southern California. —_—_—————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WABHINGTON, July 6.—Ex-Attorney General W. H. H. Hart is at Willards. J. F. Evans leaves for San Francisco to- morrow, thence for Manila, where, as commissary of subsistence, with the rank of captain on the staff of General Mer- ritt, he will establish and conduct a sys- tem of tariff and internal taxation to be known as “military contributions.” A MOTHER'S OFFERING. Go, at thy countrys call, ‘Whatever gentle bonds may hold thee ere, ‘Whatever tender claims may seem more ear, Thy duty!—first of all. Go! And God guard th; — 'I‘hrougl'l) all the hlddgl‘: dugeyrswg night, 'rhmll%{l hptfln and peril—to the dawning %t a peaceful day. Go! Thy young heart is b . Battle for right wrth all thy s&ingfiha Shouldst thou not triumph, thou at least : canst fill A soldler’s grave. Go! If the cause be won, On the bright record, free of stain or blot, Thy name shall shine forever; but if not, God’'s will be done! Go! I can say adieu ladly as a greeting home to thee, lo:l;ltmg'elnst through smiles, if thou Firm, brave and true! Go! My one child, my joy— Unto thy country for wha.:every n’itg, By these last tears, O heaven, I consecrate My only boy! ; in Leslie's Weekly. —Madeline 8. Bridg: SOLDIERS IN WASHINGTON. The stalrway leading up to the top ot the Washington monus;nier?t has been im- passable with soldiers for a couple ot Wweeks past. Not one in ten of the soldiers will ride up in the elevator, and the so:- dier who does take the elevator is called a “slob” by his comrades. The men who have had their hats thrown out of the windows of the monument by skylarking comrades haven't appeared to enjoy this me very much, especln.lfi/l the searching or their chapeaux after the descent. It is not a charactertistic of men who comprise an urban population to run to . The soldiers who are now flocking through the streets of Washington don't pretend to metropolitan ways. This ex- plains flv;hy nlginma.ny’gt tl';em. mxentthety see a fire engine racing along the street, t:‘ia to their heels an !ollo% it. There As An | and 1.9. the mament thirty guns; Irene, steel hull, 4400 tons, three-inch deck plate, speed 19.§ knots, armament twenty-seven guns; Geflon, steel hull, 4207 tons, three-inch deck plate, speed twenty Knots, arma- ment twenty-seven guns; Princess Wil- helm, steel hull, 4400 tons, three-inch deck plate, speed 187 knots, twenty-seven guns; Arcona, wooden hull, 2373 tons, speed fourteen knots, armament twenty- five guns. The armament on these ves- sels fs guns of 10.2 caliber, 5.9, 43, 4.1, 3 Those of smallér caliber are quick-firing. These vessels have also a number of machine guns varying from two to twelve on each. —_————— IN DARKEST EDEN. “‘Good-night,” she said, and softly closed the door Behind us in the drawing-room. The hall was dark, The lamp upon the balustrade burned low. Upon the floor Dee? shadows fell; yet in the dimmess could mark The smile upon her face, ‘We were alone; I fear we liked our loneliness; And it was dark—I know we liked that, too. “Good-night,” she said agaln, but I could guess She really did not mean it as adieu. And so I kept my place. For in this whole wide world, I loved her best of all. Her llgle ha.lnd s'ner lay— And dlg I kiss heg' then? Ah, like the hall, We'll keep it dark. How would you say “Good-night” in such a cas‘e? m. in mine a trembling “Mary, you don't mean to say you in- tend t;waar this switch?"” “Re calm, my dear. Last year eleven young men asked me for locks of hair; this year I mean to be ready.”—Harlem Life. Street Vendor (irritable through lack ot trade)—Buy a box o’ cough lozenges? Bystander—I haven't got a cough. S.v.—Well, fight me, an’ buy some stuff for black eyes.—Tit-Bits. “Is he a great poet?” lte certainly regards himself as one.” Why do you say that?” «Because he has undertaken to make +qumb’ rhyme with ‘home,’ and no man would dare to do that unless he considered himself a great poet.”’—Chicago Post. —_— e ——— A PRIMER OF CUBAN COAST GEOGRAPHY. Bahia, a bla % Cala, an inlet. Ensa., ensenada, an inlet. Playa, a beach. Pta., punta, a point or headland. Rio, a river. Sabana, & piain. Surgo., surgidero, an anchorage.—New York Sun. e Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.® —_————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 xiom. gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ¢ ik S Seaer St Trunks and Valises. Trunks, Valises, Pocketbooks and Belts; best assortment; lowest prices. At San- born & Vail's. —_———— As Robinson Crusoe walked along the beach he came uponqu hat. d He kicked the hat forthwith. There was no brick under it. “As I expected,” exclaimed the distin- ished adventurer, in consternation. *T 13.\75 lost my reckoning. It is not April ———— Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters is a sure curs has not been a miniature blaze in Wash- ington for several weeks past that has not of diarrhea. dymentery, il effects of hard water, fevers, eta