The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1898, Page 4

i HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1898. s THE SAN FRANCISOO OALL, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1898. Tall | | THE DUTY OF REPUBLICANS. State Central Committee JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telep! Main 1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS..........217 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Maln 1874 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. Address PUBLICATION OFFICE One year, by mall, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE... ...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.. ...Room 188, World BuHding DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Rigge Houee C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.... ..Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. SRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'cloak. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon 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 ana ntucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSE 1ENTS 1wo Orphans Bells Beggar Student.” ing. boating, fishing, every Sunday. " AULTION SALES. ¥ Frank W. Butterfield- This day, July 2 Library. at corner and Seventh streets, at8 0 clock p. m. OUR NEW COMMERCIAL FIELDS. 'l 2 is This is shown in Wall street, where there is a decided pressure of new funds for investment, and w there is already considerable talk of the formation of syndicates for financial ventures in Eastern Cuba. The shrewd American mind has al- ready perceived the richness of the new field opened by our armies in the Antilles, the be "~ HE United States is flush with money. plai present alacrity to take advantage any indication, there will be vast mercial investments in Cuba and Porto Rico in the near future, to say nothing of the Philippines later on The Yankee has grown immensely rich at he now bids fair to become still richer The Spanish war has given American enter- ulus little dreamed of three months ago. sh colonies have kept the Spanish nation p to the present, and under the superior ritation will henceforth yield tenfold undance and ease of money in New York is her shown by the demand for the new issue of Private individuals want them for their safe and the ba are buying them for the pur- circulation, though this latter demand is <s Good bonds of 1 kinds are wanted in Wall street, and are taken in preference to stocks, which for the t are given the cold shoulder. ral trade is still affected by the dullness inci- midsummer season, and shows few fea- note. The bank clearings of the week showed a gain of 5 per cent over week in 1897, this being the smallest gain for some time. A loss of 20 per cent at Pittsburg rather indicates a g off in the iron trade, though position of the market is supposedly ed by a curtailment of production and a stocks. The iron market, however, is showing certain irregular symptoms, though a num- sales have lately been made, three & 140,000 tons of steel billets. The of trade last week, however, was nt in wool, both East and West, yugh it was mainly confined to a few grades. The stern wool markets are now said to be the lowest world, and it is claimed that stocks there can- not be replaced at lower prices, either here or abroad. Shipments of boots and shoes thus far this month are reported larger than ever before in July, except in 1805 1e he of the statistical strengtt reductic 1re ¢ made r extensive shipments of merchandise to n points expected as a result of the American occupation of Cuba. Commercial failures continue small, those last week being 188, or 32 less than in the e week in 1897, 92 leg than in 1806 and 31 less than in 189 he breaking out of the war immediately diverted the public attention from the Klondike, but the ar- rival of steamers with large amounts of treasure and the report that the production of the district this year will 3 nt to $20,000,000 have again brought this industry into prominence, and more amimation in the outfitting trade is looked for in consequence. The wheat trade of the country has been rather dis- appointing of late. Supplies of the old crop are rap- idly disappearing, and though the new crop move- ment is in excess of last year it hardly comes up to ex- pectations, and the market has ruled weak, though a certain apparent sensitiveness to bullish conditions | implies that it would not take much to advance quo- tations, which are rather low. The local situation shows no particular change from last week. The grain markets, which had been stag- nant for some time, showed unsettled symptoms, which may develop into an advance or possibly the reverse, though the latter is hardly expected. Corn has gone up sharply, owing to light stocks here and an advance in the Western markets, and as this grain has been largely used as feed for several months, the rise may lead to a sympathetic improvement in the | minor cereals, such as barley and oats. Farm products continue firm as a rule. Hay keeps up to its profit- able level, in spite of heavier receipts, and specula- tion in beans, which has been stagnant of late, is re- viving. Fruit continues to bring prices little dreamed | of a year ago, and the fruit-growers are consequently in clover. Provisions are dull, as usual at this season, and pork has been steadily declining for a week. The hide market is also weakening, but there ie rather more tone in wool, especially for the choice descrip- tions. Canned fruits are stiff, and the tendency of the market is upward, as the English inquiry is strong and the output this year will be much lighter than usual. General merchandise is moving off well, and the merchants are not complaining of business. Money is in abundant supply at the usual rates of interest. Considering the remarks they would be apt to ex- change, perhaps it is as well that Shafter and Garcia do not speak as they pass by. s Rebellion in Wu Chau Fu seems to progress with all the spirit of a highbinder riot in our own China- town. JI}LY 25, 1808 re or less checked by the cheapness of money. | Along the Atlantic coast large preparations are | RESOLUTIONS adopted by the | election of delegates to the State convention = | declare: ““In counties having three or more Assem- bly Districts primary elections must be held, and | must be held by Assembly Districts. The County Committee shall give at least ten days’ notice of the | primary elections, or caucus, for the selection of dele- | gates to said convention, and must provide for two | voting places, and as many more as may be necessary, in each Assembly District where primaries are held, and the polls at such primary elections must be kept open at least twelve hours.” These resolutions are the formal manifestation and proof that the Republican leaders are in hearty sym- pathy and accord with the sentiment expressed by Chairman McLaughlin in his ringing declaration of opposition to “boss rule, corruption in politics and domination of corporations.” Under these provisions every loyal Republican is given an equal share in the selection of the men who are to represent his county in the convention. The rule of the bosses is over- thrown at the start, corruption is eliminated and honest politics has the field. This much having been done by the State Com- mittee, the outcome rests with the rank and file of the party. Indifference to the rights thus secured, or negligence to attend the primaries, if prevalent to any considerable extent among the Republicans, will offset all that has been accomplished. No system of political procedure, however fairly devised and hon- estly enforced, can benefit those who are not willing to perform the work necessary to reap the benefits. The way has been provided for independent, fair- minded and patriotic Republicans to direct the affairs of the party in this campaign from first to last, but unless they are earnest and resolute In fulfilling their duties the control will pass from them to the bosses again, in spite of all the State Committee has done. How far a feeling of indifference to politics exists among the people this year it is impossible to say; but the slow way in which registration is proceeding in this county is an evidence that it is widespread. That feeling within the ranks of the Republican party at any rate must be overcome. Every earnest member of the party should make himself an active canvasser among his friends and see that all are registered, that all are impressed with the importance of attending the primaries when they are called. The Republican State Committee has made an ap- | peal direct to the people. It is desirable that the re- sponse should come from the people direct. The | State convention should represent genuine Repub- | licanism. All of its delegates should come straight | from the great body of the party and speak the true ; voice of the majori It is now, therefore, the prime | duty of every Republican to register and to prepare | for attending the coming primaries, so that each and all may do their share in ridding the organization of boss rule, corruption in politics, and the domination of corporations, and making it in every way worthy of the memories of Lincoln and of Grant, and equal to the task of upholding the stalwart Americanism of the McKinley administration, THE DUTY OF REGISTRATION. REGISTRAR BIGGY reported last Thursday | [ | that up to that time only about 14,000 out of a possible 74,000 voters had registered, notwith- standing the fact that the office has been open ever since June 1. At the main office registration will | close on August 8 There is, therefore, comparatively | little time for the 60,000 citizens who yet remain to | get their names on the rolls. It is not easy to understand why any considerable number of intelligent men should have so long neg- | lected to attend to so important a political duty as this. The pressure of business cannot | sons believe their former registration will remain | good. It has been announced over and over | that with the formation of the new great register | the old one will be canceled, and no one will be al- | lowed to vote whose name is not on the new one. Registration at the main office can be accomplished | now, before the rush begins, in about five minutes. | So small is the number of persons who are now regis- | tering daily that there is almost no waiting necessary on the part of any. The office, moreover, is open until 9 p. m. to accommodate those who cannot at- tend to the duty in the daytime, so that there is ample opportunity for all to register at their convenience without crowding and without delay. It is hardly necessary to say that this condition of affairs will not last much longer. The time for clos- ing registration at the main office s drawing near. The rush will soon begin. Those who wait will be put to many inconveniences that they could now avoid. Every argument, therefore, is on the side of a prompt attention to the duty. There is reason to fear that a spirit of indifference has developed in the c¢ity in regard to the approach- ing election, and that the people are not aware of the importance of the issues before them. It is certain that all of the so-called “push” and “pull” element will register and vote. If the business men of the city neglect to be equally attentive to their political duties they will ‘merit the fate that will befall them on election day. A free government is dependent for good adminis- tration upon the free actions of its best citizens. If | they neglect their political duties because of business or indifference, then the administration of city or State and representation at Washington will be just what the bosses choose to make. HART'S MILITARY SPIRIT. H. H. HART is in the throes of ambition. W He wants to take his alphabetical impressive- * ness to the Philippines or somewhere and devastate the enemy with it. The throes would not have attracted attention had Hart kept them at home, but he has toted them off to Washington, where there is a possibility that they may be taken for something important. He is a man of airy, fairy fancy, not seriously considered here, and yet he might spring the drummer-boy story on the Presi- dent and get a commission of some sort, a circum- stance which would tend to make the State ridiculous, | and would make Hart ridiculous also, save that there | is no way of painting the lily. | Of the drummer-boy story Hart was the hero. It | credited him with having led an army on to victory | by the martial beat of the sheepskin and the fire flash- | ing from his youthful eye. It set forth that having | beheld him, the foe fled in terror. It was a beautiful ! tale, and Hart had promised to pay a certain sum | for having it written, the purpose being to create a | wave of enthusiasm upon the crest of which he could | ride into office. It created the wave, and Hart rode the crest in fine style. There was little savor of truth |in the story. In fact, it is said, Hart had not been in the action where he was supposed to have rallied the | troops and saved the day. Moreover, the story has not yet been paid for, although this is of course a side issue, mention of which may be indelicate. California’s objection to the plan of the gentleman of letters is that the State is ready to furnish in 2 Republican providing for the have kept | ie\'erybody back, nor is it likely that so many per- | regular way all the troops which may be called for by the Government. There has been a willingness amounting to enthusiasm in this respect, and the commonwealth has acquitted itself with honor. Now, Hart, as an individual, could not raise a brigade, a regiment, a company, a corporal’s guard, or anything else but a smile. His failure would be absolute, a serio-comic feature not required by war, and yet if he were equipped with a commission the fiasco would in a measure reflect upon the State. Therefore the President is solicited by every citizen of California save Hart himself not to be deluded into giving the desired commission, If the gentleman with an al- phabet for a title and an impregnable nerve as his working capital is determined to kill Spaniards let him hunt up his old drum and, going against the cnemy single-handed, beat them into the sea. If it's glory he's after this feat would bring him plenty. California appreciates Hart as a joke, but he can’t play himself on us too often. B e — STATE PRIDE AND THE WAR. ™ ONSIDERABLE discussion, lively at all (/ times and sometimes redhot, has been occa- sioned in the East by certain claims put for- ward by New York and Massachusetts asserting a superiority over their sister States in furnishing troops for the war. As the controverssy is waged over the records of the expedition to the West Indies it is hardly our fight. It happens, however, that in carrying on their disputation both sides have made assertions sufficiently sweeping to include the whole war, and not the Atlantic side of it only, and as some of these sweeping claims are unjust to California, we are compelled to take notice of them. The New York Times, for example, in discussing why troops were not more rapidly sent to the front, says: “Without question all the troops that were con- sidered available were sent. They were all regular troops with the exception of the Rough Riders, of one regiment from New York and of one regiment from Massachusetts. That is to say, when the test of a well- regulated militia came, Massachusetts and New York were the only States that were found to possess such a militia.” If that had specifically referred to the West In- dian expedition only we would have had no cause to interfere, but the broad statement that when the test came it was found that only New York and Massa- chusetts had a well regulated militia is false. Cali- fornia was the first State in the Union to furnish the | | quota called for by the President, and she was able to be the first simply because she had a militia suffi- ciently “well regulated” to respond without a mo- ment’s delay. While New York and Massachusetts were wrangling over the legal questions involved in transferring regiments of the National Guard to the Volunteer Army, California acted promptly and got there first. The Philadelphia Enquirer in disputing the claims of the Times claims for Pennsylvania the honor of being the first State to respond to the call for men, | and in explaining why the troops of that State have | not been more numerous' or more conspicuous at the | front says: | “The reason that New York and Massachusetts “ —and, by the way, we must not forget Michigan's | two regiments under Duffield—have been well repre- | sented at the front is because those States are well | represented in the family counsel of the President. | Their Cabinet officers have spared no pains to bring | to the attention of the authorities the condition of the | troops of their States, which we do not doubt in the main was fairly good. But the guard of Pennsylvania, which has been the pride of the commonwealth, has | been neglected and passed over until now that once | splendidly organized body of men has been scattered | and disrupted.” The plea is ingenious, but it is not exactly effec- tive. California has no representation in the Cabinet, nor as strong a Congressional delegation as Penn- sylvania, yet our boys have found their way to the | front and will no doubt distinguish themselves there. In fact, when it €omes to comparing State records in this war California will not have to advance excuses of any kind. She has not only furnished promptly all that the nation called upon her for, but a considerable number of men for the regular army and other of- ganizations. Therefore when Eastern States wish to dispute with one another over their rival pretensions they should confine their claims of superiority to their side the Mississippi and not make sweeping as- sertions that include the Union. THE SUPERVISION OF FORESTS. RECENTLY issued report of the Chief Fire fl Warden of Minnesota, covering the year 1897, has attracted much attention in the East by reason of the evidence it affords of the advantages accruing to a commonwealth from a judicious care and guardianship of its forests. In Minnesota hardly anything has been done in that way by the State ex- cept to guard against fires, and yet even that much has resulted in a saving so vast that the cost of the supervision amounts to but a trifie in comparison with it. According to reviews of the report given in our exchanges, the standing timber in Minnesota is esti- mated by the Fire Warden to be worth, at the lowest calculation, upward of $100,000,000. Minnesota is one of the large States of the Union, and its forest area extends over many miles. The annual destruction of trees by fires was at one time so great that the loss was almost incalculable. With the supervision now established these losses, while not completely guarded against, have been so much reduced that according to the report under consideration the total loss by fires in the forest for the year was but $22,455, and on the prairies $14,554. It would be gratifying if we could have a report from a Californian official showing as low a loss by forest fires as that of the Fire Warden of Minnesota. A single one of our large fires will probably sweep } away five times the value of all the trees destroyed by | fires in Minnesota in a whole year. It is indeed high | time for us to be giving serious consideration to this problem. We can find in Europe and in the older States of the East ample precedents both to warn us and to guide us. Germany has actually made her forestry system pay a revenue to the State, while at the same time the forests themselves increase in valtie. Spain has long | since destroyed her forests, and her people are suf- | fering the consequences in the form of a thousand evils. At present California is following the course | of Spain, while Minnesota has turned her steps | toward wiser courses. Our forests to-day are worth .much more than those of our sister State, but if each persists in the course it is now pursuing it will not be very long before the superiority will be on the other side. If Blanco persists in his determination to destroy the American navy it is hoped he can be per- suaded to permit Uncle Sam to keep a few rejuven- ated ships for which Spain does not seem to have any use. PR ) ~ Augusti and Blanco seem to have been designed for the violent ward of a lunatic asylum. 1:&” NEWS OF THE MINES The International Exposition at Toron- to, Canada, which will open the last of August, will, it is gratifyilng to know, display a mineral exhibit from the Rands- burg district, if from no other part of the State. The exhibit will he a small one, and will be due to private enterprise, but it points to the advertising moral con- stantly needed to be kept in mind by every mining region of the State. It is a pity that a splendid exhibit representing the whole State could not have been sent to Omaha, but that possibllity is gone, and the next great opportunity will be the Paris Exposition. Our mineral represen- tation there depends on the next Legisla- ture. The Randsburg district has fortunately got rid of {ts early boom and its fictitious operations, and has developed into a pros- perous, steadily producing camp, with a promising and lasting future before it. The current mining news from Randsburg and vicinity is now made up of reports of genuine progress, important finds and legitimate developments. The perma- nence with depth of the ore values has been demonstrated. According to the Los Angeles Review the gold output of the Rand district the current year has been about $400,000. The output for the month of July will prob- ably be increased over that of the past three months, as the Yellow Aster Com- pany will have their usual amount of ore milled this month. During June the Eu- reka mill ran twenty tons of ore for the Merced mine, going $70 per ton; twenty tons for the Napoleon, running $100; twenty-five tons of Wedge ore at $100, thirteen tons of Kinyon at $150, forty tons for the Butte, running $60 per ton. The new two-stamp mill at the Little Butte mine is running day and night on Little Butte ore. In this mine a seam was followed down 280 feet before gold was encountered; then a good ledge three feet wide was found. During June the Johannesburg Reduc- tion Works made a mill run for the Yel- low Aster Company amounting to $20,000, and the Butte a $7000 run. Another rich strike has been made in Trilby No. 2, and over $3000 was taken out in one day. A cyanide plant is In course of construc- tion at Garlock to work the tailings of that camp. It is expected to handle sixty tons per day. In spite of the unprecedented lack of water, involving the temporary curtail- ment or suspension of operation at *go- ing” mines, on the mother lode mining activity in the line of development, pros- pecting, buying and bonding is as lively as ever. According to a Stockton dispatch one of the richest strikes on the mother lode for sn:ne time has been made at the Ma- zeppa mine, near Stent, in Tuolumnel Cu‘u‘;\i)‘. The mine joins the famous | Jumper claim, and only ~development vork has been done. At a depth of fifty- o o a veln was uncovered in which free gold in large quantities is shown. A | lump the size of an egg contained be- | tween $45 and $50 of almost pure gold. It | is impossible to tell the extent of the | lead or estimate the amount of ore. According to the Mountain )'_,chq of’ Angels Camp, Calaveras County, work | on the famous old Cherokee mlm’,i near | Altaville, is progressing rapidly under its het management. A fine hoist has just | been completed and a rfenernl improve- ment is noticeable in and around the mill and holsting works, Everything is now in readiness for work under ground in the main shaft.. The old timers of Altaville | redlct a great future for the mine under | ntelligent management, and it is not at all to be wondered at considering the fact that all old residents of Altaville know | that the Cherokee has produced more | &qld in proportion to the amount of wnrk‘ Bdrformed than any other quartz mine | ever discovered in this mining sectlon, Preparations are making to work the Harris mine on a larger scale. This mine is probably one of the richest mines ever | discovered in Calaveras County.—Moun- din Echo. | 2 Of the general situation in Tuolumne | County the Sonora Union-Democrat says: | “The steady growth of the mining indus- | try goes on as merrily as ever, and all indications point out that ere the close | of the year gfly modernly equipped mines that were unknown quantities in 1897 will be hammering away in the gold-produc- ng contest.” I 'fihfl American Gravel Mining Companv, whose property {8 located near Foft Jim, are busily engaged in running a bedrock | tunnel to tap the gravel channel. Over | 400 feet has already been driven in ex- tremely hard rock. They expect to strike the channel within another 100 feet. The company now has 1200 carloads of gravel on its dump, taken from another portion its claim, which it has been unable to wash up, owing to lack of water.—Placer- | ville Nugget. Wednesday of last week the managers of the Grizaly mine in Tuolumne County began to discharge white labor and filled their places with Chinamen. The Banner says that in no time all the miners left, went to Summerville and reported the‘ | condition at the Grizzly. A committee of citizens was organized and they ‘marched to the mine. There are now no Chinamen at the Grizzly, and the committee, while the iron is hot, has determined to rid the section of Chinese, and the other mines and boarding houses will have to employ white labor.—Calaveras Citizen. tion at the Mount Jefferson mine near Groveland. James M. Meigham, who re- cently returned from a visit to Boston, is the superintendent. The mine is owne by a company incorporated under the| laws of Maine. The property is being de- veloped by three shafts, being 95, 100 and 135 feet in depth, respectively. Sinking will be continued rapidly until a depth of 400 feet is reached. Mr. Meigham was in Sonora Wednesday and reports the pects very encouraging.—Sonora pendent. | The Thorn, or Illinois mine, started up | in full blast Monday morning. The 10-/| stamp mill is working to perfection and | it is expected to be the means through | which a _second Utica is discovered.—Cal- | averas Citizen. | The Great Gwin mine has been shut| down for a time owing to a lack of wa-| ter. The situation is explained this week | nde- A 10-stamp mill is In course of construc- | TOS- | cruiser, 3 gunboats, hour. The average cost of the three ships was $1,428,500, or at the rate of about $35§ per ton displacement, which is almost as high as the cost of the cruisers built for the United States navy eight years ago. An official return has been made to the French Chamber by the Minister of Ma- rine, showing the additions made to the most prominent navies during the five years ending December 31, 1897. The grand total of Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, United States and Japan is 575,635, estimated to have ! cost $115,000,000. Of this tonnage Great | Britain has acquired 215406 tons in 10 bat- | tle ships, 20 protected cruisers and 50 tor- pedo boat destroyers, a total of 80 vessels. France built 4 battle ships, 3 armored 12 protected cruisers, 1 tarpedo and 3 torpedo boat destroyers, total of 23 vessels of 104,59 tons. ships, 1 armored 1 yacht, 1 torpedo | troyer and 4 torpedo boats, a to- E:Ja':)geli ve}ssels of 61,062 tons. Germany added six ships of 18,000 tons, consisting of 3 battle ships, 2 protected crulsers masz; cruiser. Italy had seven ships of 211, tons, most of which were sold to forel gx; countries. The United States z:mzu:l;tet eight vessels of 64,309 tons, namely, % (ae(; tle ships, 1 armored cruiser, 2 protect | erulsers, transport making a | Russia bufit 3 battle uisers and 1 gunboat, and Japan added by a correspondent of the Mining and | cr “The Gwin | to Mining Company has been notified by | cruiser of a total tonnage Scientific Press as follows: the Mokelumne Hill and Campo Seco Water Company that they can furnish them but eighty inches of water this season. In consequence the Gwin company shut down on the 16th, as this amount was insufficlent to run the| pattle ships and 1 armored her navy 2 ba =y —_— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. the past BONDS—J. B. L.City. During the first of January s Uiy were issued as fol- hoist. This, however, will be only tem- | United States bonds ¥ s o porary. The company has ordered a|lows: January, 154, $50,000,000; S double engine of 250 horsepower, which | 1 $50,000,000; February, 'y is guaranteed under bond to be shipped from the East within three weeks, and which, It is thought, will be in operation | bo! within six weeks. This shut-down at this juncture is rather unfortunate, as the shaft has been completely unwatered only fifteen days and was beginning to pay. from the 1300-foot level of the new North mine into the 150 drift of the old | of the Le mine about 7 feet above the floor, and | act of M made an upraise from the 1400 level of h i 500 of the old prop- | a wood: Hy o Bt o dra '1'}.1ep ;v?o‘ rison street. erty for air and dralnage. shafts are 1100 feet apart.” The Santa Rosa company’s deep gravel | POrt © mine above Georgetown, which has been | John , 1s_to be | BL.LO! bonded to a California company {:mspecl?d in a thorough manner. It has een christened the Consolidated El Do- rado gravel mine. The claim covers a considerable length of channel. pany is considering a plan of determining the depth and course of the channel by the‘ method of borings.—Georgetown Ga- zette. Five stamps of the new 10-stamp mill | boarding house, at the Reddick mine were started re-| recelves pay in advance, cently and ing gravel Union. the other five will be crush- soon also.—Grass Valley John G. Johnson of this place now has | B t& the option on some valuabl in the vicinity of Graniteville (Eureka South). That part of this county is now coming rapidly to the front, is at- tracting the attention of mini men al! over the country.—Grass Valley graph. quartz mines has arrived at the Ploneer, Placer County. The Pioneer directors think that after the compfetion of the dam and the instalia- tion of the electric plant they can safely figure on $10,000 monthiy net earnings. Phe Oroville Mercury says that litiga- tion over the Cherokee mine at Cherokee has been settled by compromise and the mine bonded to C. W. Cross of San Fran- cisco for six months, who in turn agrees to relinquish all claims against the com- any if he fails to make a sale within | to quit that time. At the Zeile mine in Amador County | opera the work of repairing and sinking_ the | punishment f I It is expected to keep | of the in eighteen out of the forty stamps running | raiiroad shaft has begun. while this work Is gofng on. Superintendent Brent of mine at Plymouth has contracted for a fifteen-stamp miil to be erected on the | | property at once. | We are credibly_informed that the old | mining district of Whisky Cr. ime a pretty lively place; k is at this higher mountain ranges prospecting. is now claimed that the treasure lode can be_traced carry milling ore for over 5000 feet. of this lead. This claim has alwa VS Redding Searchlight. The Shasta County, employs twenty men. s being taken from the mine, 20-stamp mili is running steadily. ess of the Mexican Sulphur Company at Yuma has been closed. El‘wo hings made it necessary to cease opera- for the present at the company's splendid properties in Lower California- the existing state of war and the excessive heat of that section of country rendering it dangerous and well-nigh im men to work in the mines at this season of the year. Sulphur is a contraband of war, and President Diaz of Mexico gave the company notice that fts shipment must cease. as soon as cool weather sets in, if the war | chors; shall have passed away. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. L. Maddox is at the Grand. M. Donovon of Anaconda is at the Palace. A. de Kittrich of St. Petersburg is at the Palace. Lyndsey Van Rensselaer of New York is at the Palace. R. Ross, railroad man of Salt Lake, s at the Occidental. H. E. Barber, the capitalist of Stock- ton, Is in the city. Fabian Fisher, the capitalist of Red- ding, is at the Baldwin. N. Wines, proprietor of the Truckee stage line, is at the Grand. Jose H. Rico and Manuelo Quintana of Mazatlan are at the Palace. Philip Morse, a prominent business man of San Diego, is at the Grand. A Maltel, a vineyardist of Malaga, Fresno County, is at the Russ. Thomas R. Minturn and Ward B. Min- turn of Minturn are at the Palace. J. McNeill, the well-known politician and rancher of Modesto, is at the Russ. TV LLELAT Tom Riordan, the WORDs e attorney and o % in former days o BETTER LEFT g chiet adviser to Attl ) UNsaD. B . SUUBBBHEED e s Gy when he spled a friend on the other side whom he wished particularly to see. | Riordan gesticulated and whistled and | called, but the friend neither heard nor | saw him. Just as the attorney was about | to give chase to overtake the speedy pedestrian on the otler side the latter | turned his course and came directly toward him. But Riordan was not the only one who displayed an ardent anx- fety to hold converse with his friend. A | man well along In years was going | through the same performance, and when he saw the party crgss the street he walked over to the curbstone and there waited for him. Riordan did the same, and a collision was barely averted. Just then the young man who had crossed the street caught sight of Riordan, but did not notice the presence of the elderly gentleman. Riordan sald: ‘“‘Hello, Watt. Hurry up and let us get away from this old man, He looks as if he were going | to strike me for something.” Riordan’s | friend turned around. The old man was ‘Watt's father. James and Miss Hay have returned from a visit to the interfor and are at the Palace. Dr. J. W. Galbraith, chief surgeon of the Unfon Pacific Railroad Company, is at the Palace. Colonel John Richardson of Homolulu, :r::::h?r of the Hawaiian Commisston, ast night from W. { is at the California. e Dr. A. B. Thrasher of Cincinnat! is at the Palace, visiting the Pacific Coast on & pleasure jaunt for the first time. He is & brother of Dr. Marfon Thrasher of this | showing a profit of § Mexico, arrivéd from Santa Fe yesterday and is at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Insley arrived in this eity from Dawson yesterday after- noon by way of Seattle. J. C. Kemp Van Ee, who is representing a large English mining syndicate, has re- turned from a short visit to Hodson. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 24—Dr. H. L. Black of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. Benjamin J. Ogden of San Francisco is at the Imperial. J. Flanaghan of San Francisco and H. Abrahamson of Oak- land are at the Cadillac. James Rankin of San Francisco has gone to Paris. it o S RO NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Brazilian coast defense ship Mar- shal Deodora was launched last month at Havre. The Japanese cruiser Tagasako, recent- Iy built at Elswick, left Portsmouth May 21, and arrived at Aden June 2. The dis- tance made was 4390 sea mules, The French battle shi Charl lkl.z’lfi tons and t . nade e nots under full power natural drau, ght, with 11,460 horsepower, and 1§ knots under forced draught, with 14,500 horsepower. The recent coaling triale at sea betwe: the British battle ships h‘lnl!nlflc(‘ulwfl:t'; Majestic resulted in the former far out- £tripping the latter, The Magnificent took in 8% tons in seven and a half hours against nine hours by the Majestic, Armor plate manufacture fn I uro; evidently & paying business, The E:hlx‘: Brown & Son Company at Sheflleld has just made its thirty-fourth annual report 505,604 89 for the past year, which gives a dividend of 623 per cent Iund.“nd transfers $145,004 89 to the ‘®eneral The 75 tons shear-legs at K. onport dock yard, were ;.':y tthht; bowsprit of th, n the act of movin, berth to another. Tfiethe i in helght, tumbled down breaking them up so as t, ruined, but fortuna casualties, s eyham, Dey- 8truck last month here were no Boms heavy repairs ar number of British war yeor s has 2 & vessels. Dreadnaught is %o have $200, her; the armorea e et cruiser Warspite, $60, 090, and the Bri: o sk, a gunboat of 1700 tons, 000. The The Friesiana e latest cruisers built for Holland. They dare 3%00 tons displacement and draw onl 17 feet 8 inches. Their speed is 20 k,not:. but their armamments compared with are rather light as navies. The main battery is composed of two §.9 inch quick-firers, six 4.7 inch and ::ur 29 Inch guns, and the secondary bat- ch‘;’ embraces eight 1.4 inch and four ma- e t{oe Euns. The engines have worked up & +416 horsepower, or 1186 in excess of . @ contract. The steam generating is by ‘WO cylindrical boflers and eight water- J. J. Bheridan, deputy marshal of New tube boflers and the coal consumption was ulnwulmpound-perhme:eww The company has broken through | Second street, or | street cut, | The com- | Tele- | A 353 horsepower turbine water-wheel | bus the Wheeler | ordered to prisc that many | strangers in that section are out in the | General, Dayvis’ late | Colonel, find on Murderers Gulch is a continuation | Lieutenant Colonel, been | Major, pronounced a true fissure ledge by some | Captain, J of the best mining experts in the State.— | First Licutenant, Gladstone mine,near French Gulch, | ossible for | Admiral, hree screws made 17.25 | ¢ Temeraire while | twisting and | land Plain 0 be utterly | . Holland and Zeeland are | similar cruisers of other trip: exhilarating sea air. he syndicate, d from 1030'0‘))0_ These Cleveland purchase of gol 15,400; February, ds were issued administration. £ SECOND STREET CU T—A. !~.‘ s’”(!:uy. The lowering of the grade of o known as “the Second formed under an act 1896, $100,¢ during the Wwas per ture of 1865-66 and by an arch ?93 1868, authorizing lhab sl'i“i o Samaces o property own d in accordance oS e e Commissioners, O. F. Willey, Mason and Ctéarlefls Hl.ni}llgéz),‘ ; of_an act P ssed 5 1874 Frank McCoppin Was Mayor in 1868 and in 1869. SUBLETTING—G. McM., City. A ten- ant is not responsible for the buisness re- lations of a sub-tenant. For msum:la a house is rented to B. That tenant su ets a part of the house to C who starts a takes in boarders and re- B in no way tak- t in the t:usluess.d S::tnld (; of the month depart, an o business keeping of board- oarders of C con[ln\:glew;t;hr B, the latter would not be respons the wrongful acts of C. This, of cuures;: is provided that at the time C was - gaged in the s of boarding, B, who rented the pre es to C, was in Do m interested in the management of t ing any par n the middl ke up the ers, and the bs TION AND CONTEMPT—F. In the case of the Farmers’ vs. the North Pacific Rail- , reported in the Federal 1894, it is held that a court charge of a railroad Reports Ap of equity A . by through its. rece! as the power, Dy injunction, to restr the formation and execution of any plan of the employes e same in & body with a design to eripple the same or embarrass the n of the road. Such are lable to contempt for disobedience on. & after some men were | contempt for disobeying an in; trike ND I IGNIA—Myrtle Street, , Cal. The following is the reia- RA Oaklar tive rank of officers in the United States army and navy: Admiral, It | Licutenant General, Vice Admiral old Manlove | Major General, Rear Admiral, free | Brigadier General, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieut. Commander, Lieutenant, Lieut. Jr. Grade, Second Lieutenant, Ensign. The insignia of rank in the army is: General, shizld between iwo stars; lieu- tenant ge! al, one large and two small stars; major general, two stars; brigadier general, one star; colonel, eagle; leuten- ant colonel, two silver leaves; major, two gold leav captain, two bars at each | end of strap; first lieutenant, one bar at each end, second lieutenant, plain strap. The insignia of rank in the navy is: two stars between an anchor at each end of strap; vice admiral, anchor between two stars, and a third star on the anchor; rear admiral, anchor between two stars; commodaqre, star between two Operations will be resumed | anchors; captain, eagle between two an- commander, anchor between tWo | sllver leaves; lieutenant commander, an- chor between two gold leaves; lieutenant anchor with two bars at each end of strap; lieutenant junior grade, anchor with one bar at each end of strap; en- sign, anchor. LETTERS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS—W. D. 8., Boise City, Idaho. Letters intended for soldiers or saflors should be addressed to name, rank, com- pany, letter of same, regiment, State from which it came and last known placs where located. 1f a sailor, to the ship and fleet to which it belongs, together with locality of last known place where the fleet was. The Postoffice Department will forward the same by the most direct route at domestic rate of postage. he following is a sample of superscriptions: John Jones, Private Co. K, Twenty-third Idaho Infantry, United States Volunteers, Manila. Philippine Islands. Peter Brown, Seaman, . United States Flagship New York, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. ‘With Sampson's Fleet. It the individual has a rank either In the army or navy, be he a commissioned or non-commissioned or petty officer, that rank should, in the army, precede the organization In which he is; in the navy it should follow the name of the individ- ual, if a petty officer, and _precede the name if a commissioned officer, as, for instance, ‘““Commander Paul Jones,” and “William Smith, yeoman.” Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® —_———— Headquarters for Waterman's Fountaln Zeng find Koh-i-noor Pencils at sa.nbo.rn ail’s. —— e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ Rates Are Cut To Bed rock. Call at new ticket office of the Santa Fe route at 628 Market st. Very low rates to all Fastern cities. will pay you (to investigate. ~Hullo, Dobson, you're looking better than I've seen you look for a year.” “Yes, 1 feel better. My wife has sent | all our cannte)d rxn;u to the front.”"—Cleve- eale “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” | Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens The omE the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Coltc, reg- pent on | ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for - | Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teéthing of perb and Edinburgh, each $50,- | other causes. For sale by Druggists in ne:ery part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. © TEepairs to the extent of $%0,- Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25 a bottle, —_————— TO PORTLAND, OREGON, 48 hours, Fisst | cabin, $12; second-class, 38, including meals and berths. Steamship Columbis, 2000 tons, | July 10, 18, 2, August 3. Steamskip State of California, 1500 tons, July 14, 22, 30, August 7. Sail from Folsom-street pler No. 12, 10 & m. | No better or more modern steamships on Pa- | eific coast. A cool and delightful summer ‘The public is wel- | come and invited to visit these ships while In | port. Office 630 Market street. ———— CORONADO—Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft and mlld, being entirely free® from the | mists common further north. Round-trip tick- ts, by steamship, including fittesn days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $60; longer stay, $250 per day. Apply 4 New Montgomery st. 8. F, or B, 8. BAl Menager Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Cal.