The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898 ____—___——__—_—_—_——_—___—__—__'—_—_____——-—-—-——-— | THURSDAY.. JULY 14, 1808 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propretor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEQ(E, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL RQOMS...... ... 217 to 22| Stevenson Street | Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 16 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year: per month | 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL -One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE.. .908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE... Room 1SS, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. ‘WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. .eeee..-Rigge Houee C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE .. --Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. SRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'ciock. 387 Hayes street, open until o'ctogk. 621 McAllister street. open untll 9:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'ciock. 25i8 Mission strcet, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untl. 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until § o'clock. Romany Rye ™ i tinitza."” | Vauderville. ’ es—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Maa. | n—At the Chutes. 6—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialtiea Baths—Swimmin, po—Musie, dan oating, fishing, every Sunday. | Rucetrack—Races to-day. | — | AULCTION SALES. i French Celebrat Olympt: fu Drumm sireet. . at 10 0 clock. . July 19, Horses, at corner Market e, at il o'clock. | HONORS FOR THE HEROES. B Y all means the best suggestion yet made con- cerning the proper method of rewarding our naval heroes is that of the New York Herald, which proposes a revival oi the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the navy; the former to be bestowed upon Dewey for his de ve victory at Manila, which virtually gave us the Philippines, and the other upon Schley, who chased the fleet of Cervera into Santi- ago harbor, bottled it up there and finally destroyed it when in the rashness of despair it ventured out. | In no other way does it seem that adequate recog- nition, honor and reward can be bestowed upon these great sea captains Without doing some wrong to others. To place them at the head of the list under the existing organization of the navy means, of course, t those who have hitherto ranked them must be reduced several numbers below their present There is no reason why that should be and to reduce them without reason would be To revive the higher grades that were 1 upon the great naval commanders of the would wrong no one, and would be, be- sides, the most fitting reward for those who in this lict have so ably upheld victorious traditions of Farragut and Porter. While the proposed revival of the rank of admiral and vice admiral is likely to receive general support throughout the country, there will be an equally fa- vorable consideration given to the suggestion of the Herald regarding the persons to receive the offices. With respect to the appointment of Dewey to the higher rank there will be no dispute. The prefer- ment of Schley over Sampson may occasion some controversy, but the argument of facts is on the side of the man named by the Herald. It was Schley who tirelessly chased Cervera all over the Caribbean | Sea; it was Schley who drove him into Santiago, and it was Schley who commanded the fleet during the battle t destroyed him. To Schley, therefore, be- | longs of right the honor and the reward. OUR TRADE IN MEXICO. EORGE R. ALLEN, one of the vice-presidents G of the National Association of Manufacturers, | who has recently returned irom a business tour through Mexico, is quoted by the Chicago Times-! Herald as reporting that he had visited every city of | importance in the republic from El Paso to Yucatan, | and had everywhere found the feeling very strong in favor of American merchandise. Nevertheless he found it difficult to obtain many articles of American production in any of the cities. In explanation of this contradiction he said: “Complaints were registered everywhere about our manuer of doing business, as Americans are entirely | misinformed regarding trade matters there. It is the | common practice of American merchants and manu- facturers to do business with houses that are entirely antagonistic to their interests by giving them exclusive agencies because they are the wealthiest and of the highest standing in the trade. It must be understood | that the bulk of the trade is in the control of German and Spanish firms. The latter are very much opposed to the establishment of American houses of any busi- ness in Mexico.” Mr. Allen is further reported as saying he visited many of the leading houses in different cities under | the pretext of buying such articles as pianos, agricul- i tural implements, etc., and was surprised to find that while in many cases these houses were the exclusive agents in Mexico of prominent American manufac- turers, they would not guarantee American goods as against German or other European goods of the same sort. . If any Californian manufactuser or merchant has | given the Mexican agency for his goods to some leading Spanish or German house in that country this report will be of interest to him. The only sure way | to build up a trade there is to send Californian drum- mers through the principal cities and towns to place the goods with smaller dealers. Trying to do Ameri- | can business through big foreign houses in Mexico, or possibly in any part of Spanish America, is not likely to be profitable. e A woman has been sentenced to the electric chair in New York. Naturally the expurfence of being sentenced was not agreeable, but any one inclined to wager can with safety hack with money the proposi- | tion that the woman will not undergo the final ordeal. | There has not yet been time for circulation of peti- tions for clemency, but doubtless they have been | drawn up and will soon be going the rounds. Americans are said to be finding dummy wooden guns among the fortifications of Santiago. Spain would have saved money and accomplisiae ' as much at sea if this variety had been used on the ships-of her navy. If Spain really wants a first-class Premier the ad- vertising columns of this paper are open to the Queen Regent at reduced rates. , It shall not be said that we are lacking in charity. | | est route for commerce through the Nicaragua canal. | of the many millions which make Mr. Thurston’s | the cost of its government paid out of the Federal | dency is already apparent | run the Californian investments will pay much better SAN FRANCISCO AND HONOLULU. l T has pleased Mr. Thurston, lobbyist for annexa- tion, to express the great expectations entertained by him regarding the effects of union upon the wealth of the islands. He wants Hawaii to be a Territory, and ultimately a State. ~Meantime he pro- poses to have Honolulu erected into one of the great- est naval stations in the world. Of course this means its fortification and the ex- penditure of a great many millions, and of more millions on warships to defend those tropical posses- sions. All this expenditure is to be demanded on the continuing theory that Honolulu is on the short- As that theory helped annexation along, it is natural that its proponents should try to use it as a siphon for millions to be spent for the benefit of Honolulu. As things have gone and are going, it is probable that the Western Senators will have leisure to repent of their votes for annexation. California has been always rather a step-sister among the States. Her contribution in taxes to the public treasury and in commerce to the common wealth has been large, out of proportion to her popu- lation and still more out of proportion to the bene- fits she has received from her Federal relation. The shortest route from the western end of the Nicaragua canal passes within 100 miles of San Francisco, and is distant 1600 miles from Honolulu. If the shortest route is to be patrolled by a great navy, its station should be here and not at Honolulu. As so many of our commercial bodies have thought- lessly committed themselves to the Hawaiian route; they cannot now consistently ask the expenditure here mouth water. If the existence of a great naval station at Honolulu mean the diversion of commerce o that route, for the sake of the protection it will have from warships, it means also the sidetracking | of San Francisco as the port of the canal. Mr. Thurston desires a territorial government for the islands. If that be accorded we will have the novel spectacle of a Territory, in novitiate for state- hood, with a voting population of about 1600, with treasury. Mr. Thurston is justified in saying that the islands are now an excellent place for men with money. Why not? We have agreed to pay their | debt of four or five millions; as a Territory we will | pay all the cost of their government, and will spend | tens or hundreds of millions in fortifying a naval station, and will post there many ships to be sup- plied. Truly now is the time for men with money to get in. WISE AND HONORABLE DIPLOMACY. T HE conduct of Admiral Dewey since the battle | I of Manila is winning tor him fame in the field | of diplomacy second only to that he modestly | bears as a seaman and a soldier. Nothing could have been more statesmanlike than his treatment of the German ship which had interfered with the in- surgents and protected the Spanish. He took the matter out of insurgent jurisdiction and sent two of his own boats to assault the point away from which | the men of Aguinaldo had been intimidated by the | representative of a power which shourd be strictly neutral, but which is not. The German skurried off as one who had been detected in mischief. Worse than no excuse is the statement that the | German intervened on behalf of humanity. So far as may be gleaned from the fairly complete account | /E\ FRESH FROM THE PEOPLE. HEN the Republican State Central Commit- Wtec meets to arrange for the State convention of the party it should so provide for the elec- tion of delegates to that convention that every loyal Republican will be rightly and properiy represented. It should call for a convention of delegates coming straight from the people, chosen by the people to represent the people. It should not be a conven- tion made up of men picked out by local bosses, and dominated by State bosses. It should not be made up of old warhorses, or sawhorses, or sawbucks. It should be made up of independent men. Every delegate should come to it with his credentials fresh from the rank and file of the party. It should be a Republican convention in the full meaning of the term. -It has been the practice in some sections of the State for a county central committee to appoint the men who represent the county at the State conven- tion. That method may have had some reason for its practice in times past, but there is none now. It may have been a good practice in times past, but the virtue has gone out of it. It is now a practice which subordinates the party to petty bosses, de- prives the rank and file of loyal Republicans of any voice in the conduct of party affairs, virtually elimi- nates the people from politics, destroys enthusiasm, icmwds out men of vigor and originality, and turns the whole political organism into a species of mech- anism as devoid of intellect as of soul. In some few remote districts of the State, where the inhabitants are few and far between, where it is difficult for voters to assemble, and where primaries are rendered almost an impossiblity by the very na- ture of things, a delegation to the State convention named by the county committee may be tolerated, but from any well settled county such a delegation should not be accepted. ~Wherever it is possible to hold primaries for the election of delegates to county conventions they should be held. The State Central Committee should make that obligatory and binding on all the great counties of the common- wealth. The demand of loyal Republicans is for primaries, honestly conducted, on terms that give every mem- her of the party an equal right to cast his vote and have it counted. The conditions of the time add to the force of that demand. Genuine Republican- ism can achieve a sweeping victory this fall, but spurious, boss-ridden Republicanism cannot. To get genuine Republicanism to the front we must open the way for the rank and file to come forward with their vigor, their earnestness and their loyalty. It is the duty of the State Central Committee to see to it that the way is opened in every county. Let us have no boss-appointed county conventions or boss-appointed delegates to the State convention. Let us have primaries. Let us have delegates fresh from the people. Ermrr OUR CONSULAR SERVICE. MONG the more important articles in the mag- prominent place is held by a dissertation on “Qur inadequate Consular Service,” by Senator Ste- phen M. White, It is another of the many argu- ments made of late in favor of radical reform in the method of providing men to look after our commer- cial and other interests in different parts of the world. As such it merits and will receive the attentive con- sideration of all who are interested in the subject. of events as they have thus far been hurried into the making of history, Admiral Dewey is competent | to throw about the interests of humanity in that quar- ter as strong a shield as the circumstances require. | | Even if he needed help he would not ask the German admiral for it, and such help could not be tendered | without being construed into an intentional affront. i That there is an ulterior motive in the meddling ten- The gathering- of a strong squadron of the Kaiser's war vessels is in it- self a breach of courtesy, and an exhibition of bad | manners. Admiral Dewey displays excellent Judgment in not | being openly resentful, and yet in maintaining the | dignity of his sway. A rash commander might have } made a hostile demonstration, but Dewey merely ig- nored the presence of the interloper and the thunder | of his guns, directed not at it, but in spite of it, lent all the necessary emphasis to the rebuke. Germany | need not expect to plead love for humanity and think to make the plea impressive. The status of her in- terests in the islands will not sustain the contention, | although there is no need here to enlarge upon this point. Nobody believes we are to have with Germany, any trouble rising above the grade ot a petty annoy- ance, and one ground for this theory is that such a man as Admiral Dewey is where he can hold in check a spirit of aggression which might easily, under some circumstances, be regarded as a grave danger. Germany will doubtless go to the greatest length she can without provoking hostilities. ~ Her states- men must recognize that an overt act leading to war would involve more than herself and the United States, and that in the end her fleets would be swept from the seas as completely as the ill-fated navy of Spain. W mining men have been distracted from Cali- fornia by the Alaska excitement and the Klon- dike craze it is gratifying to learn capitalists of the Eastern States and of Europe have not lost sight of the richness of Californian mines nor of the profits to be gained from judicious investments in them. From interviews with a number of capitalists from the mining counties it is learned that in Sierra and Placer there has been this year a considerable de- velopment of mining property by outside companies. Among the examples given of this work it was stated that the famous Thistle mine, about two miles from Gibsonville, is being worked by a Scotch syndicate, which is developing a great gravel deposit and now has a shaft down 500 feet working in good ground. The Gold Bluff mine has been bonded by two New York capitalists, who are pumping out the old shaft and will sink on the same ledge. At the Mountain quartz mine, which has been idle for some time, East- ern capitalists will begin with a large force and oper- ate a forty-stamp mill. These instances of the activity of Eastern and for- eign mining companies in a comparatively small por- tion of the vast mining district of the State are suffi- cient to show that the attention of mining investors is not directed wholly to the frozen region of the Yukon. Moreover, it is safe to say that in the long CALIFORNIAN MINES. HILE the energies and capital of so many than the average on the Klondike or any other dis- trict of the Yukon Valley. Mining in California has in fact ceased to be a speculation and become a legitimate business with sure and profitable returns when properly conducted. Moreover, the full extent of our gold resources is not yet known. There is a chance for the prospector as well as for the capitalist to strike it rich and reap the reward of his labor in a fair fortune l The Senator points out that the consular service is one of growing importance to the nation, for the reason that our foreign commerce is rapidly extend- ing. As he says the United States i1s no longer content with the home market. in the world's markets. Though couafident of our ability to hold our own we can reap our just share of the world's trade only by utilizing all legitimate advantages, and our merchants are entitled to insist that the Government shall do its share within proper lines toward their protection. The duties of a Consul are many, and in some localities they require not only a high order of ability but a special training for their adequate performance. The great commercial nations of Europe have learned the value of trained men in their consular service and have long been careful in the selection of them. In the United States, on the other hand, the consular service continues to be a part of the spoils of poli- tics, and its offices are distributed with but little re- gard for commercial interests. As a consequence we are being outstripped in commerce, even in mar- kets where with our advantages we ought to have the lien’s share. Among the defects of the system which Mr. White points out are the uncertainty of tenure, the frequent changes in office, the inadequate pay in many cases and the injustice of some of the laws governing the service. He gives a curious illustration of the lat- ter. An American Consul at Tamatave was com- pelled to conduct the trial of a person charged with murder, The defendant was found guilty and sen- tenced to ten years’ incarceration. Our Government made no provision for his detention, and the unfor- tunate Consul, serving in a tropical clime at a small salary, was compelled at his own expense to hold and board the prisoner. He was providentially relieved, for after several months’ imprisonment his unwel- come charge died; but not a cent was ever awarded by the Government to recompense the Consul for either the trial or the imprisonment. The issue is an old one, but Senator White has treated it with an originality that gives it a new in- terest. The proposed reform is one in which all commercial bodies should interest themselves. It is time to make the consular service an effective part of the Government, but the reform will never be accomplished so long as it is left as a part of the prey of politicians. l seems to have made its appearance among our soldiers in Cuba will be checked by prompt and intelligent treatment. Its coming is no surprise. Santiago and its environs were known to reek with the germs of the deadly malady. If it shall sweep through the army, as sometimes it has through a stricken city, the list of those who perish at the hands of the armed foe will be as nothing compared with the list of those who must perish miserably of the scourge. One result of the peril will be to hasten the attack on Santiago, and make it swift and irresistible. Let our brave boys do the work before them and then speed from the plague spot. It will not be a cow- ardly retreat. There are horrors which even a va- liant soldier should not be called on to face. Ha- vana will be taken, but we can wait. No reinforce- ments can come to the salvation of Spain, but with yellow fever as an ally it has more than human aid. WORSE THAN AN ARMED FOE. T is to be devoutly hoped that the fever which General Toral's idea of surrender seems to be to walk away unmolested, carrying everything portable, and continuing the fight later ai some new point. Probably Linares will surrender his sword as soon as Hearst shall get near enough to receive it azines and reviews for the current month a | We meet the world | AROUND THE CORRIDORS. B. U. Steinman of Sacramento is at the Palace. Lewis Meyer of Alaska is a guest at the Baldwin. W. B. Dean and wife of Winnemucca are at the Russ. F. T. Sutherland, the well known mining man, Is in town. Sam Rucker, ex-Mayor of San Jose, is staying at the Palace. J. W. Dougherty of Dougherty is regis- tered at the Occidental. Marshal Armstrong of Phoenix, Ariz., is stopping at the California. A. J. Bruner, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is staying at the Palace. Graham E. Babcock and wife of Coron- ado are registered at the Palace. W. E. Peyton of the Santa Cruz Powder Works is stopping at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Pope of Menlo Park are stopping at the Occidental. DOAQONGOONY Harry T. Cres- well, Eugene % FORCED TO TAKEg Garber @ e- ceased) and Crit- g HIS OWN o tenden Thornton % MEDICINE. g were the three d. f the GHUH OB EED v ot many years ago, and their adventures gave rise to many an after dinner story, the dra- matis personae of which Included all | three. One that has not yet appeared in | print, and which Eugene Garber took par- ticular delight in telling, is the following: | Crittenden Thornton is known among the legal fraternity for his wonderfully reten- tive memory, especially evidenced in an off-hand citation of cases. He would in- vite both Creswell and Garber to lunch, and just about the time when his guests ‘were awe-stricken by his remarkable dis- play of knowledge, Thornton would state some mooted proposition of law, and ask the opinion of both Creswell and Garber concerning a correct solution. Ordinarily it was some problematical question which might have been solved in one of two ways. When the conjectural opinion of the catechised was wrong, Thornton, who had primed himself upon the question, would say: “Well, your conclusions might be adjudged correct were it not for the| case of so and so in the United States Re- ports, and the case of 8o and so decided by the Supreme Court of California in such a year.” This happened frequently, | to the mortification of both Creswell and | | Garber. One fine day the under dogs laid | a plot for revenge. They discovered a | very intricate and involved legal question, | and they poured over the books until the | had at least a dozen strong cases m‘oba\-K tive of the slde to which they allied | | at the Palace. themselves. Thornton was their guest | this time. The bait was dangled before | him, and after a most brilliant guess he stated what the law must be, according to his interpretation, but it was not the law. Then followed the old formula: ‘“Yes, your conclusions might be adjudged cor- | Tect wcre it mot, et Eugene Garber | considered this little sally one of the hap- piest moments of his life. Fred Dodd, proprietor of Hughes Hotel, Fresno, Is staying at the Baldwin. F. A. Hihn, a prominent resident of Santa Cruz, is staying at the Grand. John Hollingsworth and Miss lingsworth of Woodland are at the Oc-| cidental. J. C. Ainsworth, proprietor of the Ro- tunda Hotel of Portland, is registered at the Palace. James Overstreet and wife arrived ve: terday from Indianapolis and are staying Hol- | Mr. and Mrs. Louls G. Dreyfus and family of Santa Barbara are stopping at the California. A. A. Wilder, who has recently gradu- ated from the Yale Law School, arrived | in this city last night. He will leave for | Honolulu on an early boat, and will en- gage in active practice upon his arrival | in Honolulu, JIM’'S LETTERS. Po’ little Jim! I think er him, An’ somethin’ in me cries, These latter days, when there's a haze Comes in his mother’s eyes. Jist now an’ then I see it, when She’s thinkin’ of the boy, ‘Who went away one summer's day, An’ tuck his mother’s joy. 'Twas in the time of our prime; Grim war was callin’ loud, ‘When little Jim stepped out so prim, An’ han’some, game and proud. *Twas sorter 80 I couldn’t go— I had so much to do, To work an’ find for them behind, An’ see the old folks thoo. But little Jim, whose eyes was dim, For jes’ a second’s filght, He up an’ 'lowed he’d ge the crowd To do the family Yight. But Jim could write as well as fight, An’ when his letters come, Up at the head, in blue an’ red, vas flags, an’ fife an’ drum. Indeed an’ truth, that little youth Had pictur’s by the score, An’ every time he writ a line He sent us one er more. But Nancy said 'at when she read What Jimmy had to tell, It holg her thoo, for then she knew At he was safe an’ well. But atterwhile the faint-like smile Of Nancy faded out; The mail was dumb—no letters come— An’ hope was drowned in dount. The other men come home again, I B‘I;ltlJllmmy v}rasn’t "long— n battle’s strife his brave young lif Had Jined the hero throng = ° An’ now I know dear Nancy so, , Tig] en, she's read again Them picture notes from Jlm‘,g —Chicago Times-Herald. DAVY JONES PROTESTS. Teleph 90&_@ne_£;{1}_‘14,7fi. July 3, 9 a. m.— es. ? his is Admiral Sampson's fleét. Please call Mr. Jones to the 'phone * * ¢ ! That you, Mr. Jones?® Hellal +Yes; this is Davy Jones.” ‘Admiral Sampson sends his respects and begs to inform you that the Spanish fleet is coming out of Santlago harbor. Kindly prepare for its reception.” "sdreéts:‘ crowded, but I'll do my best. “Good-by.” B-z-z-z-z-t. Telephone Call 14,747, Juli’ 3, 10:30 &. m.— B-z-z-z-z-t. “Hellol Is this Admiral Sampson’'s fleet?"’ “Yes. Who's this talking?” “Davy Jones. Present respects to Ad- miral mpson, and inform him that Pluton, first o{) consignment, has been re- ceived. Good- ‘Telephone Call 14,748, July 3, 10:46 a. m.— B-z-z-z-g-t. “Hello! Sampson's fleet? ghls L! Davy Jones. Furor received. ipsonh fleot? on's flee Yes, this s Jones. Almlnrx?te Ogquendo received. Coming gretty fast. Any more coming? What's that? Gosh! Good-by.” Telephone Call 14,750, Julg 3, 12:16 p. m.- -z-2-2-2-t. “Hello, Sampson! Say, slow down there, can't you? Infanta Maria Teresa just arrived.” Don't hustle & man s0. This is no summer hotel. Folephdne Call 14751, July 3, 12 ‘elephone Call 14, uly 3, 12:30 p. m.—, Bzt “Helio! Vizcaya arflved. Have put oit Standing Room Only sign; This is getting beyond a joke. Two of my assistant mermen have ‘struck. What are you trying to do; bottle me up, too? No! apologies don’t go. Good-b; Telephone Call 14,752, July 3, 2 p. B-z-z-z-z-t. ‘“‘Hello! That you, gon? No, I want the admiral himself. * * * Hello! Look here, Sampson, I'm boss here, and 1 want you to understand that T've closed shop.” See? The Cris- tobal Colon’s nere, and she's the last, Understand that? I've shut and locked the locker, and I'm going back now to sit on the cover. That goes, too. Good-by.” e b L A ~2-Z~Z-Z-] i o! House, U. 8. A.?” T wYes; what's wanted?” “Davy Jones’ respects to President Mc- Telephone Call 14,749, Jul, B-g-z-z-z-t‘ “Hello! ga | liniments and Kinley, and he'd like to talk with him givefi' !t e 'phone for a minute. ello!™ “This President McKinley? Congr?tu; lations, Mr. President, on your gloriow ‘ous . “Many thanks, Mr. Jones. Can 1 be of nq?Ynomea to you v to oall * es, Mr. President; I want ¥ oft your navy.” , “gal pardon, Mr. Jones. I don't think I quite understand you.” e “Mr. President, I've got too much busl ness. I want a respite.” “But wnat have “T'll tell you. On May 1 I got & coni signment of Spanish ships from Admiral Dewey. 3 | “I've just g6t them nicely stowed away, | and now comes Admiral Sampson with a rush order that's just swamped my ac- commodations, and am hiring extra help as fast as I can.” “I'm sorry we discommoded Mr. Jones.” - “Now, Mr. President, as between poten- tate and potentate, I want to ask vou if you've any more Spanish ships in sight? ‘“Well, there’s another fleet around at you, Suez that—"* “‘Great ——een-eared sea serpents! An- other? Do you think I want a Spanish o colony down here? I won't stand it ‘But, Mr. Jones—" No ‘but’ about it, Mr. Presldent. I won't stand it. You send 'em here and T'll turn 'em back. There's 2 limit to my endurance. No, sir; T'll turn the locker over to the mermen and go out of busi- ness, and that settles it.” i “Very well, Mr. Jones. In that case we'll have to keep the Spanish fleet our- selves.” & “That's the idea, Mr. President. Con- gratulations on your victory and good— walt a minute. Mr. President, will you do me a favor?” 5 “With pleasure, Mr. Jones. What is o “If your nation gets into trouble with | Germany let me know in time so that I| can resign and go and climb a tree.”” “Certainly. Good-by, Mr. Jones. Mr, President.” e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WAR REVENUE STAMPS-T. G. H., Carson City, Nev. You should communi- cate with some well-known philatelist | and he will be able to furnish you all the | information about war revenue stamps. WAR REVENUE LAW-J. R, City. The only portion of the war revenue law | that refers to wines {s the followinc | “Sparkling or other wines when bottled for sale, upon each bottle of one pint or less, 1 cent; upon each bottle contalning | more than one pint, 2 cents.” | z | MARRIAGE LICENSE—C. W.G., High- | land Park, East Oakland. Cal. A mar-| riage license is required in all the States | and Territories except Idaho, New Mexi- | co, New Jersey, New York, North Da- | kota and Oklahoma. In Maryland legal marriage can be had only by an ordained minister. THE WRONG DATE—H. O. W., Han- ford, Cal. You have evidently made a mistake as to the date. This department announced that dimes of 1894, not 1892, coined at the San Francisco Branch Mint command a premium. In that year there were but twenty-four of these coined and some parties have offered a premium of | $5 for each. It is very doubtful if any are in circulation, for all are accounted for, or were, a few months ago. OIL OF THE EUCALYPTUS—Constant | TReader, San Jose, Cal. The leaves of the eucalyptus yleld a volatile oil that pro- duces eucalyptol, a camphor by distilla- tion. It is an aromatic bitter, promotes di- gestion, is highly antiseptic and anti-ma- | larial and is valuable in atonic dyspepsia and in intermittent fever. It is also used in bronchitis, in eardiseases and in various | washes. _Any wholesale drughouse can furnish additional informa- | tion about the ofl. A WORLD CORRESPONDENT-—As- trologia, City. Sylvester Scoville, a cor-| respondent of the New York World, was | arrested February 5, 1897, at Tumas, | Santa Clara Province, Cuba, and was thrown into prison for being, It was charged, the bearer of important papers from President McKinley to President Masso and General Gomez. He was long time after released, and there was some talk of the Spanish Government o fering a reward of $10,000 for his capture | if found again in such business. GERMAN BATTLE-SHIPS—I. A. S, San Luls Obispo, Cal. Germany has seven | first class battle -ships, four second class | and six third class. The second and third | class are ready for service, but only four | of the first class are ready. Four of the first, two of the second and two of the third class were In commission in the | early part of the year. The first class | vessels are; The Brandenburg, Kurfurst | Friedrich Wilhelm, Weissenburg, Woerth, | Kaiser Friedrich III, Konig Wilhelm II | anu Ersatz Konig Wilhelm. The second class are the Baden, Balren, Sachsen and | Wurtemberg; those of the third class are the Deutschiand, Kaiser and Oldenburg | of class A, and _the Friedrich der Grosse, Preussen and Konig Wilhelm of class B. —_———— THE DOOM OF SPAIN. The correspondents all report an out- ward calm, and all mention, without quite belleving, that the graver Spaniards still entertain hopes of peace either on the basis of the status quo, which is norfsense, | or on the plan that Spain should grant independence to Cuba, that Washington | should guarantee the Cuban debt, and that Madrid should retain Porto Rico and | the Philippines. These childish ideas are, however, all based either on ignorance as to the current of events, which is dllifient- ly fostered by the Ministry, who aily feed the people with wind, or on the fancy that because Mr. McKinley detests blood- shed, he can therefore make a peace which his whole nation would regard as ridiculous or shameful. The truth, how- | ever, must filter down, however slowly and our conviction that when that truth is reaiized and nothing more is hoped | from Admiral Cervera, Spain, and especi- | ally Southern Spain, will explode in a burst of revolutionary passion, remains unchanged. The Keuple consider, not without justice, | that they have been “betrayed,” not in- | deed by this government, but by a suc- cesslon of governments, dating from 1s48. An, enormous debt has been created, mil- | lons have been voted for armaments, the children of Spain have been taken for the | army, more especially of late, in scores of thousands, and nevertheless the magnifi- | cent country, full of wealth and seated on two seas, has been left without any ade- gquate means of defense. Its navy was hardly fit for a battls, its army of 200,000 men failed to subdue a colony which never collected 30,000 insurgents for its war of liberation. 'The popular judgment | attributes much of this almost Chinese in- efficlency to intrigue, and much more to corruption, and will, as we believe, most Bsuuredlf’ demand an account, which is not likely, the national character being wi]hx:]t it is, to be liquidated without blood- shed. ‘We expect a terrible outbreak in Spain, and our judgment is in no way modified by the statements that the ruling classes of the citles expect nothing of the kind, that they believe the army can and will protect them ,and that the tide of amuse- ment shows as deep a volume as ever. The theaters were all open in Paris while the tumbrils were rolling toward the guil- lotine, and would be open next week if the Ylag e were carrying off 500 men a day, We pity the Queen Regent, who is a good woman, and a brave; we pity the present government, which has been guilty only of untruthfulness, and is possibly un- truthful to itself as well as to its sup- porters, and we pity Spain itself, which is responsible only for part of its misfor- tunes; but if there is one truth more cer- tain than another, it is that men inherit misfortunes as well as fortunes, or, as the old Hebrew put it, that “the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the childen's teeth are set on edge.”"—The Spectator. —————— THE LINE OF FIRE. a ey by a correspondent of the London Dally Telegraph may be authentic or may be apocryphal. We do not know. It does not particularly matter. What is cer- tain is that it might well be authen- tic, and it is characteristic and signifi- cant. The admiral is said to have told Prince Henry of Prussia—presumably on a certain interesting occasion at Hong- kong—that he would be glad to see any German officers at Manila, “‘but it would be well to caution them to keep out of the American line of fire.” There are some grounds for doubting whether he made such a remark. But at least it sounds much like him, and it is superbly ex- ar::u:sd °1t t:lhe Axa?{i%nn ;pirlt in this nd o e attitude of this toward the world. s | supreme and | the last eleven months, | ports and imports in | try. The interest of other nations in the ‘war, hemispheres, is not to be denied. }: l:oxt!l:easure every civilized nation is in- terested in everything that is done by ‘o(r is done to every other nation. The hacl o neyed boast of P. Terentius ‘Varro is to be applied to States as well as to indi- vidual men. But then our interests are paramount above a!(!m(athe;g ether. It is our war, g;‘l"fert‘gignnd it is our war with Spain, 'and with no other. The line of fire is between the United States and Spain and nowhera else. It Is earnestly desired that it shall not be diverted elsewhither. This coun- try does not intend that it shall be divert- ed. It does not mean to divert it in order §o attack any other object. Nelther does it mean to divert it in order to avoid hit- ting any other object that may be ob- truded upon it.—New York Tribune. e e —— THE WORLD'S CREDITOR. Once more the balance of foreign trads surpasses the expectations which even the most hopeful ventured to indulge. It was said some weeks ago that exports in May would probably run about $100,000,000 and exceed imports by at least $40,000,000. But the actual exports were $110,23,206 In value, and exceeded imports by $56,380,359. In seven of the ten months since the ne?v tariff went into effect the exports have exceeded $100,000,000, and the total excess over imports in those months has been $554,459,828. That no other such year has ji dless to ver rejoiced this people it is nee :ay. 'lghe obvious conclusion cannot be avolded that protective dutles do not pre- Vent heavy exports, as many theorists have long argued, nor have they in Ehls instance operated mainly by pl"(‘»h(hjl\lun of prevention of imports, for the prosper- ity of the country has been so great lhflt‘: even with the home market x for l’g:rh) kinds of goods almost entirely ‘securr g domestic producers, the aggregate o ne ports has declined less than was expeot- td. It is mainly in creating and main- taining that generfll‘ pl;as'[ierx:) that 4 f tariff has had effect. £ Ck}’:nlgev?orlh while to note that in eleven months ending with May more than 0)2 quarter of the exports ‘have been ¢ breadstuffs. Thelr \'ulue_wkv'ius been[_ i 603,138, that of cotton S'.I_“m‘_l‘,lw. 2_ p"d visions, cattle and hogs, $173,889,8%, an of mineral oil $30,198,715, Meanwhile Osl er domestic exports amounted to 186,013, against $35 7,200 in the :fl}\)\]&l months of the previous year. It is we known how great the expansion has been in some of the other exports—in iron products about $10,000,000, in hops OV e; $1,000,000 and in copper and frults W'F‘?;SO about $1,000,000, in ollcake over U.OLJ‘- §o and as much in cottonseed ofl, and nearly $2.000,000 in paper, besides substantia gains in many other articles In spite of he ¢ increased home demand the vastly increase C e prlljy- cers have been able also to Supp e, Moreased quantitics for export. ‘A difference of $554,459,528 between ex- value during ten n large meas- honths has not been due ir Ure to fradulent undervaluation of im- ports, though such frauds still exist and are of importance, in spite of the more general use of specific instead of ad va- lorem duties under the new tariff. Prob- ably a material portion has been cut off, so that instead of more than sw,‘{w.n»o such undervaluations have been reduced beiow $30,000,000 for these months. —But 't little the enormous bal- this affects but anc Nelther have specie imports squared the account, though of gold alone the net imports in ten months have been more than $100,000,000—$106,202,403—the greatest net gain ever attained in the whole of any previdus year having be ‘n $97,043,127 in 1882. The net exports of ver, 32 1 in ten months, have been larger in feveral years, and reduce the balance received in specie agaf chandise account to about $86,000,000. there be further added the und alua- tions, and about $40,000,000 for interest and dividends due abroad, only $156,000,000 would appear to have been canceled, leaving almost $400,000,000 yet to be met by return of securities to this country or in some other w: w York Tribune. —_———————— THE CENSUS OF 1900. There is a controlling reason why the next census should be taken by experts selected after competitive mination, and not be complicated with partisan pol- itics, and that is the benefit of thé coun- The census has nothing to do with politics or policies. It is purely a statis- tical work, and what those who do it think on the tariff or currency does not count. What is wanted is the best po: | ble corps of men to take the most ac- curate census at the least expense. As one census is hardly complete before pre- paration for 2 new one begins, a perma negt bureau, with an expert force, is de- sirable, but, lacking that, an organiza- tion under the civil service rules would doubtless give the best result for the least money, and would command the greatest public confidence—an essential | in a statistical work for use not only in all commercial, economic and scientific calculations, but also forming the basis for the distribution of political pow The census must be above reproach, even from the unreasonable, to satisf: all parties and all sections that they hav their just representation in Congress. Mr. Porter, the director of the last cen sug, has condemned the system of polit- ical appointments then prevailing, and his successor, Mr. Carroli D.Wright, says that $2,000,000 and a year's time might have been saved had the eleventh cen- sus been taken under civil service rules, and also says that under his own admin- istration a third of the expense of the bureau has been wasted because the of- fice is not under civil service rules.—New York Tribune. B ] WAR HURRICANE WARNINGS. An Interesting indication of the Govern- ment's plan appeared last night in a di- rection to Dr. F. A. Davis of this city to hold himself in readiness to work on a ‘West Indian weather bureau station with- in ten days. A call for volunteers was sent out last Thursday by the central of- fice at Washington and the news dis- patches announced that an application had been made for an appropriation of $75,000 with which to establish a cordon of stations along the Windward Islands and the northern coast of South America. The occasion just now for taking this step was to be prepared to give the com- manding office: of the wWest Indian squadron timely notice of approaching hurricanes. The fleet is deploying off a very inhosnitable lee shore, and in the Caribbean Sea the hurricanes are some- thing to he remembered. A compar tively trifiing fall of the barometer there indicates a turious storm during July and ‘August, and $75,000 would be deemed a cheap Insurance, where warships costing 2 couple of millions apiece are In a way to be warned of danger.—Boston Herald. —_— THE POMEROY MONUMENT. The cut represents the monument un- veiled at Peekskill, N. Y., on Bunker Hill day in memory of General Seth Pomeroy, a famous Colonial soldier. The shaft stands near the spot where General Pom- eroy died and was buried. It was pro- vided by the Sons of the Revolution. The shaft is of polished Quincy granite from Massachusetts. On one side is_the following inscrip- tion: ‘‘Peekskill, Feb. 11, 1777. ‘I go cheer=~ fully, for I am sure the cause we are en- gaged in is ju nd the call 1 have to it is clear, and the call of God.” Seth Pom- roy.” On other sides is the following: “Gen- eral Seth Pomeroy, born at Northampton, Mass., May 20th . Died near this spot Feb. 19th, 1’ “Ensign 1743, cap- tain 1744, major at Louisbourg 1745, colonel Lake George 1755, brigadier general Bunker Hill 177%." —_————— Cal. glacé fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® —_———— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. 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