The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1898, Page 6

Address Al Communications to W, S LEAKE, Manager OUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts.. S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2(7 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Maip 1574. THE AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per montb 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE. . NEW YORK OFFICE .Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. (WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. .Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. .Marquette Bullding | C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 ..908 Broadway BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay. open untll 930 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until i 930 o'clock. 621 McAlllstér street, open’ until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o‘clock. 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock.. 2518 | street, corner Mission street, street, open unth untll 9:30 o'clock. NW Ksntucky streets, o open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk strect, opem corner Twenty-second ~ana untii-9 Columbia—+Tt Alcazar—"Rich andevilie and:Cannon, thé 613-ponnd: Man: i . Spegialties. Swimming, . dancing,boatini, s State Fair- AUCTION . SALES. By Frank W. Butterfield- This Liquors, at nth sireet, at L0 o ‘Adiglist s, Grogeries an PEOPLE WHO SHIRK TAXES. différences MO pecpl G the Lietween Wells-Fargo and:James-H. Barry'is-that in réfusing ¢ formrerhave nio. excuse; while to beworse than-hone: to pay taxes t the Jatter has one sé bad & tube -through: which Maguire has projected remarks. . ‘The: Examiner-is the personal organ oi:Papulist:Maguire:- : Therefore: the fair that:whatéver fhe organ.has to:say the: Maguirg ‘approval, - and by 'thig Barky says. s:taxes when: the 1as long been®the: spe ption is indorsement ‘béco ofticial: 1, that he:will s paid what, it ‘owes* hi There are many : ,-and. Barry has':one the small ones. ' Accarding:to. the ‘argan thie total of these ms is over $1,000;000. ow, if all of the holders ‘of thése claims Were to attitude, the ‘embarrassment ‘This -particular claim’is for n through-the orga of assume a Barryesque would be considerable: printing. If it is just there will ‘doubtless inf tinie:be an adjudication and?a, settlement foHow:: -In the mean< time Barry wou hhold the. schools; the streets, parks, almshouses; fram; every public:utility and improvement the support: 6f-his “few- doHars: of This 1s:nota course which: would gest itself to a good cifizen.. 1t is-a course such as would be repelled by, any" man:fit'te 20't6 .Con= gress. It isthe declaration of-a deliberate law-breaker with the nerve to suppose’he will-be:délegated:to. the work of making more laws. - But, affer ail, considéra: tion of the Barry pretext-is idle;:because it is s pal- pable a pretext. Everyhody krows. that -his refysal Idw fromi long overdue taxes. to pay taxes is based onhis_pet theory: that-the taxes must 2ll be paid by:the:other: to be paid for servicesout of fellow.- Heis willing the funds collected. by taxes, but to contribute to’thé funds, never, It would be against_his principies.’ , : The plain duty of the:proper: officials [is-to- make v his taxes:and: this:overthrow, ‘his notion that in the community in"whicli fie lives.and on-which he thrives he is a privileged character,: We can think of no good reason why Barry shaiild be exempt from the duties of citizens who: talk léss, never get a‘éent from the public treasury, adr indulge in futile yearn: ings to bob around in a Congressiondl chair, M INQUIRY INTO - DROUGHTS, R. HAMMON of the. Weathier: Service . has made a preliminary: - pablicafion - -of . an inquiry into tlic: “cause . 6f . drouighits:. that is of the highest ‘importance.” It~ is-evident that temperature affects:’ evaporatios, “and : ‘that moisture that is not -évaporated: ‘canhot bé precipi: tated. ~ This projects the . ingiiry on. thé ling' of temperature. The effect: of ithe gulf stréam’ tipoi:the climate of the British isles his-long- been. Knowii; That great current, heated under the“equiator; so mod= ifics and moistens the climate of England as to ‘give London, above latitude- 51; ‘An “annual ‘range -of tefi= perature -which makes it a desitable: rés E fostered there the growth ‘of tlie ‘greatest ci world. But the Hudson ‘Bay:couni latitude; removed fromthe stream, and there' the brief:Summier thaws only the surface of the ground; which ins; ‘at-'nio- great depth, perpetually frozen: “Remove the gulf stream and. the climate of the British- isles would: change-to nearly that of Northern “Manitoba:* Mr. Hamiiion's studies of the Japan currént will reduce. to scientific certainty its effect upon precipitatio oist California. That its terfipératiire :is ¢apable-of- infl encing such precipitation ‘seems so ‘reasonable yhen it is suggested that one wonders it was not investi gated carlier. - If that current by ‘being : defle the north before it reaches us’is chilled: to a deg;re‘e' that checks evaporation svhen it. comes. ta- s it be- comes a certainty that we haye found-the anse of the anhydrous. condition of the'air. a{la'(fic low. winger temperature, which are associated.in’. bur. 'years of drought. R AR Behind it all will be thé que ‘stion=-What governed by any apparent Jaw flection, it seems, may be kno; vance to enable notice that a short rdinfall inay expected, and the economic saving. dueto such notice will be incalculable. If it had been knoiin last fall * The: fact of the fields in the dry regions of the State; where crops di pend solely on rainfall, would have ,l‘)e’gn séyed.~ So; too, such notice will enable such changés'i ing and cultivation of orchards and vineyard: same regions, as will prepare them.for the Iécl&_ of moisture. : Sg Sl The discovery of Mr. Hammon, if it be verified, the most important- discovery in cIimatology:'tha’t: has’ been made since the.existence, direction and effect of barometical presstre were made known. - -a year. The object lesson is before us. i Ipng ‘enaughiin ad--|’ immense sums-spent in. seed and seéeding the grain | WORDS. OF WISDOM. *HE commonést forin of insanity known to. poli- Ttics is that which jmpels its victim to . assume that, by capruring a nominating convention, he is sure of éléction by the people. - To this mania may be attributed. for the mast part the mistakes of party politics, and to hold it responsible for all of that ob- | noxious species of palitical management called “boss- ism,” which ‘is' really Jeadership, is not-unreasonable. | No aspirant for political honors need be blamed for thinking himself the most popular man on earth and the especial charge -of Providence and the people; | but there never was any excuse for a political conven- tion assuming that'a nomination won by fair means or | foul is- equivalent to: an election. Under the old ballot system control of the “works” did, it'is true, signify something: ~The political parties placed in the hands of their followers a printed list of candidates, and if their conventions interspersed the list with a few strong men the effect on the voters was favorable. In an effort to get the good men into office the people usually voted the entire. collection, “yel- low dogs’ and all. “But this system has become obso- lete. The Government at considerable expense now places in the hands. of voters an .official ballot bearing the names of all the candidates of all the parties. It also supplies them with a rubber stamp and a private booth in which to make their selections. It also for- bids the bosses to go near the booth, and provides penaltics for those who attempt to interfere with the sécrecy of the marking process. Under this system the form of political insanity to which we refer ought to have disappeared long ago. The fact that it-still prevails indicates that the politi- cians, Tlike the Bourbons, are slow to learn. However, there is no excuse for making further mis- takes. Republicans now understand the game that has heretofore been played upon them:by the Demo- crats.” “While the former have been selecting candi- dates from the ranks of unpopular stalwarts or yield- ingto the demands of the friends of weak or “yellow dog” candidates—under the impression that nomina- tions are eguivalent to elections—the latter have been putting forward their strong and popular men. As the people vote most numerously for nominees in whom they -have confidence and with whom they are acquainted, naturally under this practice the Demo- crats have been electing the greater number of ‘men. This: thing, however, should be stopped at once. The Republicans must put forward from this on their best candidates. In no other way can they per- manently wrest the State government from the con- trol of the Democracy. No further attention should be paid to the personal demands of the “yellow dogs” and their friends. It is no argument to declare that “vellow dogs” are often good fellows, estimable citi- zens and honest men. They cannot be elected and that is sufficient. i If u premium is put upon political reputation, which is bound to result from the system of voting now-in vogue, the time will soon come when available and 1mpregnable candidates for every office in a State or city will be as numerous in the Republican party as flies in fly time. The breeding of popular Republican politicians will ‘become a regular industry, and the Government will just as naturally fall into their hands a5 it now falls out of the hands of the “yellow dogs” with whom the party goes down to defeat at nearly every clection. FOREST FIRES NOW RAGING. ISPATCHES announcing the raging of forest D fires were received on Sunday from Santa Cruz, Red Bluff, Salinas, Highland Springs, Stockton and Los Angeles. It will be seen that al- most every section of the State is at this time suffer- ing ‘from these conflagrations. Thé time is therefore opportune for emphasizing the need of better forest piotection. By the damage that is now being wrought in the Srate the people can learn the importance of providing some legislation in that direction at the next session of the Legislature. The object lesson of the time is impressive not only. by the widely scattered areas of the State that are being ravaged, but by the amount of destruction caused at almost every point where the fires exist. Thus it is reported from Santa Cruz that the fires have been burning in the woods of that county for over two weeks. Hundreds of acres have been burned over, and in some cases buildings as well as trees have beer destroyed. From Red Bluff it is announced that several thou- sand zcres in Shasta County have been swept by the flames, which are so extensive that the whole of that part ‘of Sacramento Valley is clouded with smoke. ‘The Salinas reports stated that the fires in that sec- tion have been extinguished, but not until they had overrun a wide stretch of country and inflicted heavy iosses uron the ranchers. At Highland Springs the flames raged to such an extent that the summer hotel at that point was in danger. Stockton dispatches say that a chaparral fire terribly destructive swept across tive: foothills near Valley Springs, and at the time the dispatch was sent the flames were still spreading with a high wind blowing them forward. The news from Los Angeles was to the effect that the fires in that portion of the State were surging over the mourtains west of Mount Lowe and in the Vicinity of Millard Canyon. Fortunately in that vicinity there was almost no wind, and it was believed the flames would soon be checked. The damage to timber and grazing will, however, be great even if the fires go no further. : It is not worth while attempting to estimate the eéxact amount of the damage that has been caused by these fires.. That the amount will run far up into the thowseads goes without saying. The loss to California Ty them alone will exceed the entire sum that would be required to defray the cost of forest protection for It remains for vs to profit by it. The time has come for a prac- -tical study of this problem so that an adequate remedy ‘may-be devised for enactment by the Legislature next | winter, At least there is a grain of comfort in the knowl- ‘edge that the School Board of San Jose is almost -as rotten as our own. We do not like to be ashamed all by ourselves. ow,if the Market Street Company can obtain judg- ments. against the Supervisors, the next thing will be to find-a ‘broker willing to pay two bits for the lot. : B el i, Wgre all citi ens to assume a Barry attitude and re- fuse to pay:taxes, where would the money come from up. the salary Barry hopes to get? t 1 J'a;ue makes a boint large looking gun, but only seems-to.be-loaded. —_——— - H Aguinaldo. d es-not.mend .ways some ‘enter- prisinig_Yankee may: be in 4 position to.demand the ‘reward:offered for his head:. - - - ; - Wells-Fargo seems to think. i has jurisdiction to | overrile all the courts in the country. e | | | | | spection. i | be a quitter. | politics, and the campaign is at hand. | records in their class. THE COMING PEACE TALK. INCE the President and Embassador Cambon S_ of France; acting for = Spain, have virtually " agreed upon terms of peace it would seem that the prospect of an early’ ending of the war is-good: | The pipe of ‘peace, it may be said, has been filled with the tobacco of agreement, and now nothing is left to ‘be done but to light it with the match of ratification and pass it around for the smoking. It.happens, how- ever; that the application of the match will have to be made’in this country by the Senate, and that fact will give us pause. ¢ “We are to have a Senatorial peace talk as a pre- liminary to the ending of hostilities, and, having had much experience with Senatorial war talks, we cannot be very sanguine of a speedy ending of the:coming palaver. It is fairly certain that the Semators will de- bate the ratification syllable. by syllable, and that wé shall hear much of the “rat” before the final syllables are adopted and peace established. If the calling of the extra session to discuss the treaty of peace can be postponed until Morgan of Ala- bama and Cullom of Illinois are away ‘in Hawaii something will be gained. Even then, however, there will rémain Mason and Foraker, Tillman and Chand- le- and Lodge, likewise Allen the Populist; and last, but not least, the verbose Vest. These men must talk. It is their duty to uphold the prerogatives of the Senate, and so far as those prerogatives assure the right to unchecked streams of perfervid oratory, they will fulfill that duty to the uttermost. Our correspondent at Washington cheers us with the announcement that it is believed at the capital the Senators will make every effort to support the admin- | istration, and will yield their own judgment as far as possible rather than risk prolonging the .war by re- jecting or so amending the treaty as to make it un- acceptable to the Spanish Government. In this statement there is some encouragement to the hope of an early peace, but the encouragement falls far short of being an assurance. They will yield their judgment, says our correspondent, “as far as pos- sible,” but who can say how far that po<sihility:guc ? There are many Senators of many minds. In addi- tion to the jingoes there are others. While the im- perialists would annex everything in sight there is Wellington, who is opposed to annexing even a coal- ing station, and there is Hoar, who must always make a speech on one side in order to emphasize his vote on the other. Finally the war question and the annexation of the conquered colonies is going to be mixed up with party The - peace palaver, therefore, may be prolonged like a debate on the tariff or the silver question. Meantime, however, it is worth remembering there is always saving common sense in the Senate when public opinion be- gins to roar in rage at its long debates. That com- mon sense may occur at this juncture. The pipe of peace is apparently ready for use, and the Senators, as soon as they are assembled, may get in at once and smoke it. a THE CALIFORNIAN WARSHIPS. Y reason of the brilliancy of the feats accom- B plished by the incomparable Oregon there has been danger that she would attract public at- tention in the East to the exclusion of everything else of merit on this coast. It is therefore gratifying to note that the Eastern press has not wholly over- looked other records made by California since the war broke out, but on the contrary has been dis- criminiating and comprehensive as well as generous in its praise. The Chicago Times-Herald, for example, recently directed the attention of its readers to the fact that not only did the Oregon eclipse all sea-going -per- formances of battleships, but.that the,monitors Mon- terey and Monadnock have in their seven thousand mile trip to reinforce Dewey 4t Manila broken:all The Times-Herald very justly says, “The Oregon’s performance in its way was no more surprising than the latter feat of sending two heavy monitors from California to the Philippimes.” Another phase of the subject of .these record- breaking performances is noted by the Cincinnati Commercial in making clear to,the public the credit due to the engineers of the vessels. “In commenting upon- the successful accomplishment of the long voy- age of the Oregon.around the Horn, and the -tre- mendous rush of speed by which she passed the other ships of the fleet that were ahead of her when Cer- vera tried to escape from Santiago and made her way to the forefront of the battle, the Commercial main- tains that the credit for the glory of the Oregon be- longs mainly to the engineers. It says: “It was. the men at the engines in this case and not the men at the guns. The chief engineer was the man. He knew his machinery-as a man knows his child, and he knew the capabilities of the magnifi- cent engines. We suspect that he had a head of steam on that was risky, and maybe the safety valves had an extra weight, but in this case he was going to catch the Colon or lose his vessel in the attempt. And he didn’t lose his vessel, either, but the experi- ment was a success. If the hull of the Oregon had been clean she would have run around the Colon.” All this praise from our Eastern contemporaries is gratifying. We can forgive their bygone slurs upon our State in consideration of the generous = spirit shown in recognizing the work achieved by California for the nation in war. It goes without saying that there will be less ignorant criticism of Pacific Coast workmanship hereafter. Th: East has learned a les- son, and when we hold our Pacific Coast exposition to celebrate the. fiftieth-anniversary of our American civilization we shall give a prominent place to the models of the warships that not only did so much to crush Spain, but helped to open the eyes of our own countrymen. : re———cT— Zt' has been long since there has been such a tale of corruption as is being unfolded by efforts to settle the affairs of ex-Millionaire Hooley of London.” Ap- parently the enterprising promoter had gone on the theory that every person of title had his price, and Hooley's mistake was in paying the price. The mat- ter ic particularly interesting in view of the fact that Hooley lately portrayed to the extent of several col- umns the beauties. of the theory that honesty is the best policy. : : 2 Seriator Morgan does not believe the Spanish are sincere in their clamor for peace. Sometimes the Sen- ator makes mistakes, but the present occasion does not seem to be an instance. —— ‘When the soldiers under General Miles were under- going the experience of seasickness they were appar- ently learning the severest military hardships likely to fall to them. SatARS The New York ‘palmist who reaped $120,000 out of a crop of suckers. must have made a specialty of palms not ‘wholly empty w_hep ‘they were extended for in- ~ Garcia, it is regrettable to have to record, seems to 5 | last night, is well calculated to promote T HE season of grand epera at - the Tivoli opened last evening with “the production” of -Verdl's. masterpiece “Afda.”. It was -a success. -The reputations of the artists sufficed to fill the big opera house so.that even stand-- ing room was at a premium. The stag- ing was beautiful, the scenery being . in the Egyptian style, the characters-taken | onit of the misty past when ‘the Pharaohs ruled the country by the Nile. - 2 Aida, daughter- of Amonasro; King of Ethiopia, Is a prisoner in the hands of the Egyptians and in Memphis is slave to.Amneris; the daughter of .the ruler of | that people. Between the Ethioplan Prin- cess and Radames, a young captain in the King’s guard, a tender attachment exists, which eventually causes the death of the lovers by being burned alive, their destruction being brought about through the jealousy of the Egvptian Princess, who “also loves the captain. The latter character is taken by Rhys Thomas, whose fine tenor, good figure and easy carriage made him a favorite from ‘h’l(zhsmn'i % L5 e princ! part, Aida, is taken by Frl. Marie Brandis,' whose excellent 50- Erano voice has a great range and shows igh cultivation. She won well-merited applause and frequent recalls. Sig. Mau- rice de Vries, as Amonasro, was not given n the part he took a proper opportunity to show the range of his rich barytone. One of the most trying and difficult char- | acters was that assumed by Mary Linck, | the jealous Egyptian Princess, but her ef- | forts showed that her contralto volce | ranks among the best in the country. | More than that, she is an actress of no mean order and to her is due much of the suceess of *““Aida.” This is her first ap- | pearance here. These vocalists are all recently East, yet to one of the old Tivoll favorltes |1s due’a word of praise. Willlam H. West, as the King of Egypt, did better work than in comic opera, which he has been singing for some time past with the Tivoli stock company. - Although not given a part in which he could do justice to him- self. he demonstrated that his ability lies in the more legltimate lines of music. For a first night the opera ran with marked smoothness, which insures its continued success, from the The Columbia. “The Masked Ball,* as presented by the Frawley company at the Columbia | good hearty laughter and should be a panacea for the blues. The subject Is fruitful of comical situations, the trans- lation from the French has preserved the clean cut wit and brightness of the orig- inal lines and as the company is well equipped for such work and individually frtted their parts nicely the result was | & very enjoyable performance. The' ideas of the play were expldined in these columns on Sunday. Miss May Buckley, as the loving young wife who desired to punish her husband for prac- | ticing deceit in securing her hand, again | displayed her abflity to delightfully por- tray a part of this kind. Bdward Bell, | the jealous young husband; Eleanor Ca- | | Tey as the aged, jealous and quarreisome | wife; Sam Edwards in the character of | the henpecked husband, and Alfred Hick- | man as the deceived and hopeless former | | suftor, did due credit to their various | talents. Mr., Edwards, by . reason of a | serious attack of tonsilitis, labored un- der difficulties, but gave a good account of himself. By order of his physician he | will take a temporary rest and his part| will be assumed to-night. by Mr. Burke. The action dragged somewhat last even- | ing, as is often the case on a first night, | and the attendance was not what the‘ merits of the production deserved. How- ‘ever, “The Masked Ball” will doubtless have a successful week. Grand Opera House. | The *“heather” was on fire at the Grand Opera-house last night. when ‘the melo- drama, “‘Bonnie Scotland,” by Sidney R. | Ellfs, was. presented for the first time in | CRAND OPERA AND DRAMA ‘this city. It met with an eénthusiastic T ception’ and ‘should prove a drawing card:| for tke balance of the week. The différ. ent clah tartans, the magnificent scefiery |- and -thrilling situations ~and . admirable acting’.of the company “make the -play thoroughiy etijovable. -James M. Brophy as Walter- MacFarlane, - the . outlawed chief, ‘was very effective, and : Landers ‘Stevens -as’ ‘the villainous chief = of -the Buchanans “made himself: generally ' dis- iiked, which was. a tribute.to his-ability. | Humphrey Colquhoun, the -heroi¢: young|. chifef, was_ably represented by H. Percy Meldon. -The *‘character” parts were in the hands of. Fred J. Butler as Lochburn MecCale, a_mountebank, and Bert. Morri= son _as Hénbane McWharry, ‘an old re- tainer, and they ‘made a pronounced hit, being repeatedly applauded. Julie -Blan¢ as Nannie Dugald made a winsome Scotch lasste, and the other ladies had congenial parts. Miss Sybil Campbal danced the sword dance and the Highland fling with charming grace. p: B The Algazar, Lewis Morrison, supported by Florence | Roberts and" the Alcazar Theater Stock Company, appeared last evening. in-Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's poetical play -of “Richelieu.”’. The performance was even throughout. Mr. Morrison gave a calm; dispassionate reading of the lines that fall to the lot of the statesman cardinal. His acting was a bit too studied. -In- the great scenes and situations he only par- tially arcse to- the conventfonal heights | of bis more famous predecessors.. But the | large audience - was more than. pleased with his rendition of the ‘part, and .after the famous “Curse of Rome,” which brings the fourth act to a close. he was compelled to respond to the demands. for a speech. Miss Roberts is = pleasing Julie. The other characters were - un- usually well sustained, and the staging of the play is above the overage. Orpheum. Not since the days of Dockstader or Ezra Kendal has the Orpheum had such a monologuist as James Thornton. He is the champion sorig writer; and' he might enter the race for the laurels as an entertainer. His songs are peculiar to Thornton in that they have an - even cadence .and swing to them that makes them catchy. “My Sweetheart Is the Man in the Moon” and “It Don't Seem Like the Same Old Smile”” are samples of his style of work. His turn at the Or- pheum {8 made up of songs and dialogue and in either role Mr. Thornton is enter- taining. - Valborn and Anthelmine have evidently graduated from the operatic stage to_ vaudeville for their work .all savors of the Itallan opera style. They are artists and on their merits were de- serving a much more demonstrative re- ception. They will no doubt grow in favor. Gilbert and Goldie have a new - act; quite as funny in its way as their . turn of last week. Joseph Hart and Carrie de Mar are still favorites. Valmore is the novelty feature. He has some new imitations that are alone worth hearing. The Macarte sisters on the high wire are a pleasing feature. The ~Angela - sis- ters have a new repertoire and - score a hit, particularly in their war song, but in this line W. H. Windom and his Black- stone quartet have the call. ) Wilton and Stack seem to be doing even | better work than on their first appear-. ance, which is saying a whole lot; for. they are artists in every' sense of the term. Olympia. 3 Bell and Dalton, Dutch knockabout comedians, scoreda. great” hit attheOlym pla Music Hall last night. They are very’ clever and stand an incredible amount of knockdowns and tumbles. Their dialogue] {s funny as well. Demarfo and Otlando do some clever work in the dancing lins, and so do Charles and Mae - Stanley, though of a different .variety. Maude Rockwell, the soprano, has a new . war song that caught. the house. She . got | four recalls on ft.” Others on the bill are | Anita la Monte and the Royce sisters. THE BRAVEST SAILOR OF ALL. I know a naval officer, the bravest fight ing man; He wears & jaunty sailor suit, his cap says “‘Puritan.” ; And all day long he sails' a ship between our land and Spain, And he avenges, every hour, the martyrs of the Maine. His warship is six inches square, a wash- tub serves for ocean; But never yet, on any coast, was seen such dire commotion. With one skilled move his boat is sent from Cuba to midsea, And just as quickly back it comes to set Havana free. | He fights with Dewey; plants his flag upon_each island's shore, Then off'with Sampson's ficet he. goes to shed the Spanish gore. ; He comes to guard New England’s coast, but ere his anchor falls He hurries off in frightful speed to shell Manila’s walls. The Philippines so frequently haye yielded to his power, 4 There's vgry little left of them, I'm cer- tain, at this hour And when at last he falls asleep, it is to ‘wake again And hasten into troubled seas and go and in. conauer Spall oy, Swheeler Wilcox. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. There s quite a rivalry between the Devonport, Chatham and Portsmouth dockyards as to which one can turn out ships quickest and cheapest. Devonport is just now ahead, and the Admiralty has sent a complimentary letter to the ad- miral superintendent with reference to the Talbot, a 5600 ton sheathed cruiser built at that yard. Her estimated cost was $1,430,760, but she was built for $1,319,- 595, while the Minerva, built at Chatham, cost $1,389,185, and the Eclipse, at Ports- mouth, cost $1,877,725. They are identical ships, and the time of building was two years, four months and twenty-six days for the Talbot; two years, eleven months and twenty-seven days for the Eclipse, and three vears, one month and twenty- four days for the Minerva. The British Admiralty has awarded $30,- 000 to the owners of the steamer Pectan, which came to the timely assistance of | the battle-ship Victorious when aground near Port Sald and succeeded in getting the warship off. The Admiralty desired the distribution of the money to go $25,000 to the owners of the Pectan, $2500 to the captain and $25000 tme crew of the ship. The Japanese iron-clad Fu-Soo, which sunk last year off Nagasaki, was floated July 5 and towed safely, to anchorage. Captain Uriu, who was in command of the ship when it sunk, was court- mar- tialed and sentenced to three months’ {mprisonment, and it so happened that he was only liberated from prison on the day previous to the raising of the ship. Three warships were launched from the Armstrong yard at Elswick, near New- castle-on-the-Tyne: A Japanese cruiser on July 4, a Chilean training ship on the following'day and another Japanese.ar- mored cruiser on July 6. It is a very un- usual occurrence, not, however, without precedent in this county, for the crulser Baltimore, gunboat Yorktown and a large merchant steamer called the Monmouth were launched on the same day—April 28, 1888, at Cramp's yard, and the’ battle- ships Kearsarge and Kentucky were like- wise launched at Newport News March 24, this year. : ssdial The Ocean, battle-ship of 12,950 tons,was launched July 5 at the Devonport dock- yard, and on the same day the Amphi- trite, a eruiser of 11,000 tons, was launched at Barrow. B4ty The Japanese armored crulser Tokiwa, launched at Elswick July 6, -is 408 feet | in length, 67 feet beam and dfsplices 9700 tons In a mean draught of 24 feet 4 inches, The speed under forced draught is esti- mated at 213 knots with 18,000 . horse- power. . The battery consists entirely” of quick fires,. and includes " four S§-inch, fourteen 6-in | seven 23 pounders: ‘| fitted with five torpedo tubes. ‘mal coal supply s 600 tons, but | Kers' capacity s 1200-tons, which Jatter A\ wiil bring the ship down to-a draught great Emin Pasha. Wh; _they“are the greatest sea-fighters-in the h, twelve 12.pounders and |- of twenty-five feet six inches. ‘The armor belt is of Harveyized steel seven . inches thick and every gun position is well pro+ tected by armor six to four. inches thick. An electric launch built on the JIsie-of Wight for the Russlan Government was tried last month. The boat is thirty-two: feet in length, efght feet beam -and three feet efght inches deep, and‘is built with out frame, having a double skin of ma hogany planking, At seventy-two valts pressure and a current of 120 amperes thé motor made 1000 revolutions_per minute, developing 11.4 horse power and “a speed of seven knots. The boat is capable of going four hours at ‘seven Knots' and. eight hours with a speed of four and a half knots, making its radius twenty- eight knots at-full speed -and. thirty-six knots -under one-half power. Three boats of this ‘kind have been ordered and will be used on the inland lakes in northern-| f Russia. Admiral Dalrymple Hay has written .a racy article on the -subject of names of ships. - He tells of how an -officer. was twitted with the bad character of Go- liath—the name of his ship—to. which ‘the gallant captain replied. “What! - Goliath not a great hero? - Did- he not kill David?” ‘When steamers were first introduced in" the British navy.-the surveyor and the first lord of the Admiralty wrangled over | I the selection of appropriate names, -and |, the latter finally gave it up in. despair, ™ la saying: ‘You may call them the devil if you lke.” The surveyor.took: him’ at: his word. and named one the Beizebub |- and the other Infernal. When the time arrived for launching - the - Government had changed the Belzebub to Firebrand: and -the Infernal to .Falf Rosamond. Bath ships proved themselves. very un: lucky. v AROUND THE : CORRIDORS: E. H. Winship-of Napa is at'the Grand: Dr. C. E. Reed-of Petaluma’is at the Grand. G Captain Russell of San Bias fs ‘Oceldental. W. W. Eldrid, a.m at the Russ, 3 . E. J. Rule, a mining man of Ja, is at the Grand. - : General A. M: B. Montgomery- of Chisg is at the Grand. PERY o i F. A. Hihn, a capitalist ‘of is at the Occidental. A..N. Butts, a minin is ‘at the Occldental. OUTHABDDY - Armand - Rivas wWho' ' piiot. Wwealthy. - Guate:- at - the | erchant of Seiittle, s, riestown, Santa Cruz; & man of Angels, =3 3 . = % A STUDENT % =3 OF ¥ ‘malans- ‘through B HISTORY, ' ¥ the mazes o Francisco . life, holding - a QI Yas holding ace office last night that v{r{'nn:::fi'l’ ?e‘, gulted In his dissolition. Ribas is a Bra- | zillan by ‘birth and his native tongue is the Spanish, but he is an- oat-and:out shouter for the Stars and .Stripes in these troublous. times. Two of the . suffering | party who were listening to-the sage re- marks that fell from Ribas"lps ate stu-| dents of history, and as the subjects un- der discussion were historical and at .the same.time of a military nature; Ribas | unfamiliarity with the burden of his dis- course was .painfuly forced. upon their | minds. “The suave and gentle Brazilian had somewhere’ seen -&n accotnt of.the Battle of : Waterloo, and -heard -of thc the: Americans are. nowhere, he said, hen. you compare -them . to .. the’ great. land .generais “of Europe. T khow world, but, och, -you haven't a-big man in the army.. Havé you-a&.Napoleon or.a Caesar? -No; of -course. not. easily understood. - You ngver had h the War ’‘some one interjécted. know that that ‘was. a war.be. but - that was-all,” " sald’ the-history of. the the Rebellion ?" ~ “Well, tween ‘Ribas. the experience and -you have | trd “plece of land that.by versel was Lth 1862, - vembér folld - January 6, v.,.gr 5 sarld o riever been in big engagements. like ‘European - coun- . for-——-sake,” an irate Ameri- «have :you ever heard of the bu Pattle you Americans ever he-Battle of Bunker Field.” And <till dering -why -the crowd of - shoak, and left him fought—t . Ribas - Is- still.. won laughed til- th y : alone in his superlative wisdom. Mrs, Jack Smith: and Mrs, J. Willlams of Dawson are_at the Palace. J. C..Chambertin of Mazatian, Vice Con- sul-to Marseilles, is at-the Palace. " Raitroad Cominissioner: H.- M. LaRue arrived from Sderamento last night Edgar B, Pipér, proprietar of the Intelligencer: of Seattle, is at the P: Judge John D..Bécknell -of Los Angeles, wife. and-diughter, gre at. the Occidental. Dr. Masforrell, M. Johnstone and G. B. West drrived yesterday on the San Blas and are at the Occidéntal. | John: Erikson, oné: of ~ the successful Kiondikers, . arrived :‘yesterday . on . the Fumboldt, and is at the California. e CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON AL 1—W. G Wil ym' of ‘Sair Fran- Post- alace. WASHINGTON,; Au, and Mrs. A. liam: 2 s cisco -aré at the St. James. : Congressman Maguire and family left” for: San Fran- ciseo -to-di B A A DEAL WITH ENGLAND. To - the - Editor ~of ~The San:Francisco Call:” May I make a suggestion regarding the -disposal-of -the. Philippines? - Cannot our. Government make a dicker.with Eng- land whereby she Shall give to the United States Bermuda in exchangeé for the Phil- ippines? ~We would thus be getting a good: rights: ougnt and_give to the :r than.we could present elrcum- 1o belong to this countr: Philippines a better mas be: to -them under . the (reur anchs. Yourk: . FACK PILLSBURY: San Francisco, July. 30, 1885, —_——————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TO UNALASKA—W, D., City, The sail- ing distance. from -San Francisco to Una- laska is 203 miles.: CONTORTIONIST—C. R., City. ~The best ‘method, to-become -a_contortionist is to.receive instructions froin one who is an adept in° the business: B FLAG. -SHIP, 'OREGON: — Subscriber, City, The: New -York is the flag ship of Rear ‘Admiral Sampson. ‘Captatn Clark is the commiander of the: Oregon. FISH TO DOGS—H. A., . Napa, Cal Raw,. dried ‘or: cooked' salmon _is .not healthy food for: dogs. -Suclh fish; or any kind of fish, is apt to make a dog sick SCHLEY-T.: ‘A: “W.; City. :Commodore Schley is neither French nor German. He i$:a-native of the United Btates. -He was born -in: Margland in 1839, The'pronunct- atipn of his name was given in -Answers to Corrégpondents July 20,1588, YOSEMITE EXPLOSION=S:; City. The explasion - dn ‘the- steamer - Yosemite-of ‘the Sacramento -line of river steamers oc- curred an’thé I3th of October; 1865..4s the vas leaving hér-berth at Rio:-Vista. The c~iaré forward part of the vesseél was brown away.:, 2 THE ST. L—0. 1, ‘Chico,.Cal::The steamer St Paul dil not “bring dv. the regafar hail:.froni:: St. - Michiel. . She brought g-few Jetters, Mails are So‘irreg- ulir- from that - point: that .the . Postoflice Departmen @ wWhen the next ‘mail ‘will reach _ INFECTED - During the: edris 1 War of the Rebelllon, there: was. published: . in . the L T £ to. the-effect that & Cana; Hamiiton; e Confederates, ith choléra: germs. to the plrpose of pro In :note -of. the h tories | whi s depd . has: been able. to find ‘is-there any.record of such an attempt.having béen made: THE FEARLE! ;& Gty Bes fore the Tearless -was sold -to:the’ Nuvy Department .she- was, painfed white. §he could, - without difficalty, ‘make: the. dis- tance’ from'San Frarcisco. to. Honolulu on her owrn ceul. On-one oceasion she’ tnk & ‘tow .from: Sdn : Francisco -to: Guaymes, ‘milés onie way. and Teturnd- hen..she’ was . out threespounder - fired rahge of blank -with the guni‘at.in €levation . of inches . above - ground-is. 30 Skx-p that of. a 510 vith- cartridg g eeping. up ‘& slow: and.co will. discharge about -thirty ute, . For | SOUTHERN: PALIFIC RULES Cycler, City.-. Bigyelers or: e else-going: oL board of a..fer Pacifie liexvith a bl : és. such. fo wait until, all 4 engers - must - wait unti mAtter 1s.langed befire galng ash reason ‘for the rule 18.that if.cy allowed -ta . latd promiscudusly many de- ¢idehts wonld likely, E B ANSWERS: e..he. says, the.an- swers of - wotikd-have :found his an; ktiow that & other on and “in, their they are procyred. ‘ask que! than”ai w e Answer ed in turn THESANITARY: ceting hel ald of the augurated soldiers civil of Supervis for. the relief ‘of -the wounded Tnion‘army. :during: . the r was in the rooms of:the Board ofs on the 10th ‘of September, Thesmacher presiding: éoé: s ‘to flow in an S fith $100,000 . was ~ for- Waided-on account of California’s contri : eceipt. was acknowledged fund: . On the 2ith of No- president o ng he ac fApt of $30,0007. Decefn cdipt Gt S0 | abér of patriotic ladies held ceting . in Unitarian e purpose of preparing lint oldiers of ‘the Union ber, I their €-.urch for Cal: gtace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® Cinformation supplied daily to the ont- y Specls S e housés’ and ‘public men b; ?‘ggis‘ i‘?l))p:lng Bureau {Allen’s), 510 fi gomery stréet. Telephone Main 1042. ———ee s .. Trunks-and Valises. . Alarge shipment- of Trunks and Valises arrived. Saturday. On sale this week. “Also . Mexican Carved: Leather Pocket- books- and . Belts, Combs, Brushes, Mir- rors. and-Travellng Sets. The very' best oods: at moderate, prices: ‘Sanborn, Vail *Co., 741 -Market %treet. B C——————— I*Qur. friend ~ Millér -would - have run through his property in a year if it hadn't been for :his wite.” S Why, what.did she do ‘She ran through. it herself.” —rliegende Blaegter.. _* bE = " that the ‘English soldiers use Dr. 1 gostura Hitters as a preventative of_ail*troubles ‘of the-digestive organs. TWANTED-—1000 ten- more a day drinking our . delicous 5c ‘winies.. ‘Buy a bottle. or. gallon and sample free. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Market®