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

8- E-B-5-8—8-8-E-E-E-E-EE AR : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDA AUGUST 6, 1898. S S S = - === AROUND THE Call AUGUST 6, 1898 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. . _Address Al Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. Fu Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........217 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Mala 1874 THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per monty 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.............One year, by mall, $..50 OAKLAND OFFICE........o0nn ve+s..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...............Rigge Houes C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.. Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o’clock. 387 Hayes street, open until $:30 o'clock. 621 McAlister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 941 Mission strect, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street. open untli 9 o'clock. 1605 Polk street, opea unthl 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. . AMUSEMENTS, Columbta—*The Maskea Ball Aleazar—Richelion Morosco’s—“Bounfe Scotland.” Tivoli—*Alda " Orpheum—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeville and Cannon, the 613-pound Man. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties Eutro’s Baths—Swimming. Recreation Park—Baseball this afternoon. Coursing—At Union Coursing Park. Coursing—Ingleside Coursing Park. El Campo—Musie, dancing,boating, fishing, every Sunday. State Fair—Sacramento, September 5. NAMING THE BATTLESHIPS. HEN Congress provided for the construction W of three new battleships it was virtually de- cided that their names should be Maine, Ohio wnd Missouri. Events that have occurred since that time have led to suggestions in the East that the names be reconsidered, and it is possible the sug- gestions may be carried out. The proposed vessels are at present known to the Navy Department as battleships ‘Nos. 10, 11 and 12. No difficulty would be experienced, therefore, in making a change in the names that are to be finally given them. The causes for the suggested changes are two. In the first place the excellent records achieved during the war by the Olympia, Oregon, Charleston terey and other war vessels constructed in Calif shipyards have led to an almost universal agreement | that the State should be honored by having one of the new battleships constructed at her shipyards and In the second place, the an- e and re- called by her name. nouncement that it will be possible to r pair in full strength the flagship of Cervera’s squad- ron has given rise to a desire that she should be in our fleet named the Maine, ;there being a sort of poetic justice in exacting frém the Spaniard another Maine to replace the ene destroyed at Havana. Each of these reasons for revising the names pro- pased for the new battleships is good, and taken to- gether they: constitute an almi unanswerable ar- | gument for adopting that course. If it should so happen that the construction of none of the three new vessels should be awarded to California builders we would willingly forego all claims to have any of them named after the State, for when we have a Cal- | the fleet we wish her to represent the work- We wish her to be Cali- fornian in every respect. But if, as is probable, one of the ships is to be constructed here, then it wii' he only right and fair that she should be named for the State whose excellence in the building of warships ha¢ ‘been so brilliantly demenstrated both in Orient, and in the West Indies. The cla of California in this respect should be persistently urged at Washington number of our Eastern exchanges are favorable to the claim, and they of course represent a large meas- ure of public opinion in that section. We have, therefore, a good body of friends to start with in making the fight for the State. The lead and the greater ;)art of the work in the movement will, how- ever, devolve upon us. If we.do not act we cannot expect -our Eastern supporters to do so. By the State authorities, by Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and other organized bodies of influential men the attention of the officials at ‘Washington should be directed to the matter at once. Let-us give to the captured Spanish flagship the name Maine in perpetual remembrance of victory, and of the three new battleships let whichever one is construeted ‘on this coast bear the name California. T — As a matter of curiosity, not untinged by a desire for justice, we would like to know whom Chief Lees has now in his justly celebrated tanks, what the gen- tleman is there for and how long the Chief proposes to keep him. If there is no basis for the rumor that groans were heard proceeding from the dank region ‘where the Chief immures the suspected, the Chief ought to say so. Perhaps the place is haunted by the spirits of those who have been thrown in so as to be mellowed to the confession point. Anyhow, the tanks are. not popular, and the Chief ought to abolish them and find some other method of amusing himself. ifornia i > of our builders. Now that-some peddlers have been arrested for hav- ing possession of army uniforms wonder ariges as to what they ever expected to do with them. Perhaps they have a contract for the garbing of scarecrows. Unless this is the ease, they can easily establish a plea of insanity. When the. Pacific Ocean presumed to swamp a canoe containing Colonel Smith and Captain Kelleher of the First California it was trifling with the dignity of the-army-and a great commonwealth. Yauco, Porto Rico, United States of America. This- is a new style of address, but it does ot appear to constitute a violent assault upon the constitution. Carlists by inaugurating a revolution just now will win no admiration. The tendency to kick one who is down is not indicative of lovable traits. While Carpara‘s squadron is announced as being helpless, pito still has the peculiar advantage of not béing a submarifie affair. . ’ ———— 'At the“prospect of a clash between General Merritt and Aguinaldo there is an involuntary feeling of pity for Aguinaldo. i Victory seems to be Tooking around for American batiners, upon which to perch, but Blanco’s jawbone is still hostile. Dri Pardee is said to have no confidence in his the | | the ticket will attract the votes of independent men, A considerable | | a nomination, and who would accept leadership sad- ABOUT PARTY POLICY. BECAUSE The Call has mentioned the Sen- atorial candidacy of Mr. Bulla we are asked if he is The Call's candidate. To this we answer for this case and for all that may arise that he is not, and that The Call has no candidate for any office. s A proper-view of party policy requires fair treat- ment for all sections of the State. The teeming com- munities of Southern California have great Federal interests. Until 1882 the Governor was always from north of the Tehachapi. Until the election of Senator White both Senators had always been from the same sec- tion. As the population of the south increased its Republican majority swelled also. Great commercial interests were planted there, and immense industrial development has taken place. That section has su- preme interests that depend upon proper attention at Washington. If the voice of their press represent their aspiration, it is for Senator. The same press in a spirit of fafrness has conceded the Governor to the north. This spirit should be mret in kind. It is for this reason that The Call has supported the views of Sonthern Californta, which should also be the views of Northern California, if we are to have that peace in the party which is the fruit of natural politics and good uhderstanding. Mr. Bulla has been mentioned in these columns simply as a symptom of that feeling in his section. There are other candidates there, worthy men all. Their proper course is to work for party success, for the election of an untrammeled Republican Legislature, and sub- mit to it the claim that may be justified by their merit and their service. The Call has no choice be- tween them. The political situation in this State presents a great opportunity to the Republican party. The flagrant practice of unjustifiable artifice by the Dem- ocratic bosses has made it impossible for that party to present a battle front in the coming campaign. Upon the Republican party is the responsibility of giving to the State a government becoming to its dignity and suited to the high aspiration of its peo- ple. The opportunity offered to the party is, of course, attractive to’the party hack and harpy who will take advantage of it, if permitted, to serve low ends and personal greeds and grudges. But the party has in it the controlling influence of men of clear sight, of patriotic impulse, of intelligent knowledge of the wishes and interests of the people. To them the political opportunity, now disclosed, is presented. as a party emergency. A great duty has come in sight. They desire to discharge it with greatness. They wish that the sound principles of the party shall be represented on the ticket by its highest personal character. The people have learned by many a hard lesson that party principles and personal character must be joined to secure good government. The party, if left its free way, with no momentum save the wish and intent of the best character in it, will present its principles for indorsement at the polls in the keeping of its best men. Perhaps they may be men whose names are not now on the bill boards, who are not out in top voice shouting their own merits and declaiming of the demerits of others. Perhaps they aré men who cherish no personal am- bition for office, who shrink from a candidature for dened by the sense of the responsibility it carries. Whoever they may be, The Call' has faith that their preferment will have been deserved and their suc- cess an assurance of stability, dignity and decency in the State administration. Feeling sure that a dignified outcome is certain in the convention, The Call will continue to press the overmastering neces- sity of such outcome upon the masses of the party, but it has no candidate to urge upon their atten- tion. 1f this view be taken by the party press, crystal- lized into policy by the State convention, it will do such justice to all parts of the State that contentment with the result will bring into the working field all men of merit everywhere, and at the polls respect for i to whom the State’s honor is higher than party ad- vantage. THE WAR @AND THE REGULARS. BEFORE the country begins to give more atten- tion to the proceedings of diplomatists and statesmen arranging terms of peace than to the actions of the soldiers and seamen prosecuting the war it is but right and fair that due credit and honor should be given to the part played in the con- flict by the men of the regular army. They have been to some extent overlooked thus far, and the average citizen reading daily of the deeds of the vol- unteers has probably hardly been aware that the reg- ulars all along have been doing their share of the [ fighting. It was natural and inevitable that the volunteers should receive a far larger share of fame and praise than the regulars, though both were engaged in the same work and performed it with equal fidelity and distinction. This was due to the State pride innate in the citizens of every commonwealth in the Union. As soon as the call for volunteers was issued the States began to vie with one another to see which would the soonest and most effectively fill the quota allotted to it. That fact led the newspapers to de- vote a large amount of space every day to the organ- jzation of the volunteer army. Next as the troops were sent to the front State pride again compelled the press to give conspicuous notice to whatever was accomplished by any regiment that represented the State in which the paper was published. In that way it came about that from the beginning of the war the deeds of the volunteers have been trumpeted through the Union almost to the exclusion of-any record of the service of the regulars. The praise bestowed upon the volunteer regiments has not been greater than they deserved, but when one is praised and another equally desérving is neg- lected an injustice is done. In the present case the injustice has not been of an injurious character, but none the less it should be corrected. The men of the regular army are not associated with State-pride, the selection of their officers is not a matter that rouses local interest, their valor in the field reflects glory upon no particular commonwealth, and they ire not objects of special interest to any community. They have no following of zealous friends, admirers and partisans to shout applause for everything they accomplish. If they are fo receive their due credit therefore it must come from all parts of the Union and be given with the ardor of a national patriotism unaffected by any trace whatever of local feeling. The volunteers have done well, but the regulars, after all, have done most of the fighting. They formed the backbone of the army that fought its way through the chaparral to Santiago and drove the Spanish foe from ambuscades and entrenchments. Some of them are now marching with Miles in his picnic parade in Porto Rico, and others will be with Merritt when the struggle begins at Manila. ,They, friends. Such-is the sort of feeling which easily be- | do not represent California or Georgia or Maine, but one the less they are our boys as truly as are those. who carry State names on their banners. They are the nation’s own, and in the nation’s name let their merit be recognized and proclaimed. A GOOD PRECEDENT. PRECEDENT deserving the attention of A loyal Republicans in all parts of the State and worthy of being generally. followed has been established by the action of the Good Government Club in Santa Clara County in preparing at once to bring out the full vote of the rank and file of the party at the approaching primaries in order to over- throw boss rule and maintain the purity and fairness of honest politics. Few counties in the State have been so completely subjected to the domination of bosses as Santa Clara, and in most of them, therefore, no such strong in- centive to action exists as among Republicans there; but none the less all Republicans throughout Cali- fornia will find it of advantage to be on the alert at the primaries. The bosses will make a fight every- where. They will not only try to carry their own counties, but will reach out for delegates elsewhere, and wherever the rank and file of the party are found off their guard it is more than likely the bosses and their allies among #he corrupting corporations of the State will procure the election to the State, dis- trict, or county conventions of men subservient to them and adverse to the welfare of true Repub- licanism. It is becoming more evident every day that the chief issue in the coming campaign is to he that of honest politics against corruption and political dis- honor. The old questions of free trade or protec- tion, free silver or sound money, were virtually de- cided at the last Presidential election, and for the present at any rate the agitators of the policy of dis- content have subsided. New issues are to arise out of the war and the settlement of the banking problem, but these have not yet been formulated for submission to the people. The time is therefore pro- pitious for the mémbers of all parties to clean their camps, and it is natural the people at large should expect them to do so. In the Democratic camp the bosses have been al- lowed their own way this far. They have managed to get hold of the broom and are doing the sweeping and the cleaning out. They have swept out very nearly all Democrats of conservative views or in- dependent, self-respecting manhood. The Populist camp, moreover, has been captured and its machin- ery turned to the uses of the bosses among the Dem- ocrats. From these two organizations, thercfore, the people can expect nothing in the way of honest poli- tics or good administration. There remains the Re- publican party. To it the independent voters and all good citizens are looking with hope and expectation. At the present outlook the most sanguine hopes of a triumph of the people through the Republican or- ganization are well founded. The State Central Com- mittee defeated the schemes of the bosses at the out- set, and by requiring the holding of primary elections in all the principal counties of the State provided a means by which the rank and file could rid them- selves of boss control and assert their own suprem- acy. To accomplish'the victory, however, the people must act. capce and general importance to the movement un- dertaken by the Republicans of Santa Clara County. The impulse given there toward bringing out a full vote of all loyal Republicans at the primaries ought to find a ready responsiveness everywhere. If it does, the victory for honest politics will be assured and the State freed from what Chairman McLaughlin described as boss rule, corruption in politics and the domination of corporations. THE PRESERVATION /(;FAFORESTS. W HILE, dcspi\efthe forest fires now raging, many people of California continue in a con- dition of indifference amounting almost to apathy with regard to the waste of the magnificent woods of the State, public sentiment in the East is rapidly forming itseli into a resolute determination to protect the woodlands of that section. Evidence of the growing interest in the subject in the older States abounds on every hand. Whenever an op- portunity offers, the leaders in this movement for for- est preservation are prompt to advance their argu- ments, and almost invariably these are given wide circulation and strong indorsement by the press. An illustration of the general interest in the subject was given at the recent meeting of the American Paper and Pulp Association. It was pointed ‘out at the meeting that there are now upward of 1200 mills in the United States engaged in making paper from wood pulp, and that they consume annually about 2,000,000 cords of wood. This statement led to a consideration of the length of time the iorests of the country would stand the drain, and Professor Fer- non, an authority on forestry, was invited to address the association on the subject. The professor is reported by the Philadelphia Record to have submitted an estimate that hardly more than twenty years’ supply of wood pulp ma- terial is to be found in the forests of the North- eastern States, and that'Canada could not contribute much to postpone the time when the supply must be exhausted. If we, therefore, continue our present wasteful method of dealing with our forests it will go hard with the coming generation of Americans th ob- tain the woods they need for their industries. An easy remedy for the menacing evil exists if we choose to apply it. Professor Fernon says: “Just as the mining industry only thirty years ago was car- ried on in an empiric way, without scien- tific basis or direction, while now well edu- cated assayers and superintendents ' are em- ployed everywhere, so the time will come when every owner of a forest property will have learned that there is such a thing as forestry, which requires technical training, and which can increase the product and property of a forest area far beyond the unaided | efforts of nature left to itself.” For the maintenance, continuance and reproduc- tion of our forests the professor went on to say it is not necessary that we should resort to the costly method of planting trees by the thousand. As a proof of this he cited the fact that the magnificent spruce forests of Germany, which bear a burden of from 10,000 to 12,000 cubic feet when 7100 years old, of | which from 60,000 to 80,000 board feet is saw timber, with 250 to 350 trees to the acre, have mostly been se- cured,_~not by the planting tool, but by natural re- seeding under the‘ guidance of nature -by skilled for- esters. The importance of this subject cannot be too often impressed upon the people of California. Tt is time for the issue-to be considered in this State as one re- quiring immediate legislation. With the experience of the ‘Eastern States and of Europe before us, it will be a folly of the worst kind if we permit our noble for- ests to be wasted without making a well directed effort to save and improve them. e Possibly Chief Lees is demanding more room in the Hall of Justice so that he may be enabled to enlarge the tanks wherein he incarcerates such citizens as not have the boon of his-esteem. It is this fact which gives special signifi- | IIIIAI?IIII—II*I-III-IIIIII—IIIINII—-IIII}*IIIII-I~.III—.II. THE WOUNDED SOLDIER. Steady, boys, steady! Keep your arms ready! God only knows whom we may meet here. Don’t let me be taken; I'd rather awaken; To-morrow, in—no matter where Than lie in that foul prison hole—over there. Stoop slowly! Speak lowly! These rocks may have life. Lay me down in this hollow! ‘We are out of the strife: By heavens! the foeman-may track me in bleod; No! No surgeon for me—he can give me no aid; The surgeon I want is the pickaxe and spade. What, Morris, a tear? Why, shame on ye, man! 1 thought you were a hero; but since you've began To whimper and cry like a girl in her teens, By George! I don’t know what the devil it means. Well! well! I am rough; 'tis a very rough school, This life of a trooper—but yet I'm no fool! 1 know a brave man and a friend from a foe; And, boys, that you love me I certainly know. But wasn’t it grand, “When they came down the hill in sloughing and sand? But we stood—did we not?—like immovable rock Unheeding ‘their shells and repelling their shock! Did you mind the loud cry ‘When, as turning to fly, Our men sprang upon them, determined to die? Oh, wasn'’t it grand? ) God help the poor wretches who fell in that fight, No time was there given for prayer or for flight; They fell by the score, in the crash hand to hand, And they mingled their blood with the sloughing and Huzza! Great heavens! This bullet wound gapes like a grave— A curse on the aim of the traitorous knave! Is there never a one of ye that knows how to pray, Or speak for a man as his life ebbs away? Pray! Pray! Our Father! Our Father! Why don’t yqu proceed? Can't you see I am dying? Great God, how I bleed! Ebbing away! - 3 Ebbing away! The light of the day Is turning to gray. Pray! Pray! Our Father in heaven—boys, tell me the rest, While I stanch this hot blood from this hole in my breast. There’s something about a forgiveness of sin— Put that in! Put that in!—and then I'll follow your words and say an amen. Here, Morris, old fellow, get hold of my hand; And, Wilson, my comrade—oh! wasn’t it grand, When they came down the hill like a thunder-charged cloud, And were scattered like mist by our brave little crowd! Where’s Wilson. my comrade? Can’t you say a short prayer for the dying and dead? “Christ G6d, who died for sinners all, Hear Thou this suppliant wanderer's cry; Let not e'en this sparrow fall Unheeded by Thy gracious eye. Throw wide the gates to let him in And take him pleading to Thine arms; Forgive, O Lord, this life-long sin, And quiet all his fierce alarms.” God bless you, my comrade, for singing that hymn! It is light to my path, when my sight has grown dim! 1 am dying—bend down, till I touch you once more— Don't forget me, old fellow—God prosper this war! Here, stoop déwn your head, T e e e e e e e e B . e e B B I T B A Confusion to enemies—keep hold of my hand— And float our dear flag o’er a prosperous land! J. W. WATSON 68 g eo-80288EER-EF0ENEuEae. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TWO BACK DATES—A. §., City. Jan- uary 12, 1850, fell on a Saturday and No- vember 24, fell on a Monday. FOURTH OF JULY—A. 8., City. When it was noon July 4 in San Francisco, 1588, it was 7:44:25 p. m., July 4, 1888, in the city of Dublin, Ireland. CASE WAS DISMISSED—A. B., Mar- tinez, Cal. In the case of Mrs. Ellen Mur- ray, who was arrested on a charge of stealing a saucepan, there was no prose- ution and the case was dismissed. NO ADMTRAL—S. R. R., City. There ig no admiral in the United States navy at this time. The highest ranking 6fl|c§r in the na at the present is Rear Ad- miral J. N iller, who was commissioned such March 24, 1897. AFTER DIVORCE—A. 8., Vallejo, Cal. If a man is divorced from his wife in California and shortly thereafter should make up his mind that he would like to marry her again he cannot, in this State, do so until a year after the divorce has elapsed. A STREET IN SACRAMENTO-L. A. ‘Which is the W., City. By the question, main street In Sacramento?’ it is to be presumed that the princiyal business street is meant. If that is so, then the answer is K street. That street rums west-northwest and east-southeast. THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION—H. J., St. Cloud, Minn. Abraham Lincoln was shot April 15, 1865, in Ford's Thea- ter, Washington, D. C., at about 9:30 . m. No one took note of the exact time. He was shot from behind, and but one shot was fired. As the weapon that was used was not found after the trag- edy it is not known what kind it was. GENERAL CUSTER—N., Tiburon, Cai. General Custer was killed in a battle with the Sioux Indlans in the Little Big Horn in the Black Hills, June 25 or 26, 1876. It is impossible to fix the day of his death, as not one of the men who followed him into the fight escaped. All were massa- cred, but it was on one ef the two days named. SLAVES IN CUBA—IL N. Q., Berkeley, Cal. By a law promulgated February 13, 18%0, by Alphonso XII the gradual eman- cipation of slaves In Cuba was decreed. Up to May, 1886, 120,000 had been freed and by a decreé in October of that year 25,000 more were freed. Three years later sil the slaves on the island had been freed. 8(!9:’ that there was no legal slavery in uba. NIX'S MATE—S., City. Nix's Mate is the name given to a submerged island in Boston harbor, Mass. There is a stone beacon built upon it to mark it. The story connected with the island is that there was a sallor known as Nix's mate who was hanged for piracy on that island, which was then above the leval of the tide. He declared his innocence to he Jast, and said that in pioof thereif tune island would be submerged. SPANISH SOLDIERS AND SAILORS— B. M. W., Soledad, Cal. Tt is impossible to say “how many Spanish scldiers were immediatel: :ns&ged in front of Santiago against Sh{lur s troops at the time they surrendered,” for the reason that the Spanish. officers, and they are the only ones -who_know, have no glvelz out the gures. For the same reason the ques- tion “How many were killed and taken at the time of the engagement with Cer- vera?' cannot be answered. OCEAN CABLES—H. S. R., Dixon, Cal. In the insulation of wires for ocean ca- bles the wire is wound with thread, then ut in an oven to get rid of molistul ‘I.iu: of WE s eing exposed to a It is th uutnin a bath of parafiin. ter % i that it oes to a hot ajr bath and then it is run through a lead pipe, and as it Is placed in that it is tested for leaks. It is also cov- | ered with a solution of gutta percha and | Stockholm tar and the sheath is of wire | covered with tarred Manila yarn. i DAWSON CITY—A. R., City. The post- age to Dawson City Is 2 cents per ounce, prepayment compulsory. A letter direct- ed to the individual for whom it is in- tended, Dawson City, Northwest Terri- tory, B. C., will reach him if he is there. CERVERA—M. R., Pomona, Cal. Ac-| cording to reports, when Cervera started | to leave the harbor of Santiago his flag | ship was the Maria Teresa. When she | was sinking he transferred his flag to | the Cristobal Colon and was on that ves- sel when he surrendered. PITTSBURG—A. D. B,, Camp Merritt, City. There Is no way of ascertaining | the exact population of Pittsbung, Pa., at | this time, as there has not been a cen- sus taken since 18%. The figures at that | date were 238617. The estimate of the Mayor of that city on the 1st of last Jan- uary was 290,000, A PUBLIC RESORT—K., City. There is so much difference of opinion as to whether a public resort is *‘a nice place to go to or not” that it becomes a matter of individual taste. What may be nice to one may not be nice ta another. The simplest way for you to determine the question to your own satisfaction is to visit the place and judge for yourself. The admission fee to the place named in ypu‘r commuxlilllcatl{m is very small and a wie't L ere will satisfy you as it is a nice place or l)l'oz o etar TO THE FRONT—G., Lime Point, Cal. It is impossible at this time to say if any of the troops now at Camp Merritt, Camp Mern!mg or other points within the vicin- 1y of San Francisco will be se: | front. 1f peace should be deciared. | seems possible that it will be in a short | {{me. then there will not be, so it is | , any occasfon to se | troops fo Maniin, but It “on the . othor | 1 hand the authorities should | send additional troops to Genem‘liefl‘grerlttlo then the probabilities are that all troops stationed here will be sent on, | INFECTED CLOTHING—J. F., City. | Since the publication of the answer in re- | lation to infected clothing during the | Icwfl t‘;n:i thl: department, in making an | nvestigation in another lin | that in the testimony glvesr'n ?sco‘(er"? Hyams before the court martial on the 29th of May, 1865, when those who were charged with the assassination of Presi- dent Lincoln were on trial, he declared that there had been a conspiracy to bring pestilence into the Unlte% tates, and that one Dr. Blackburn of Toronto, Canada, in 1863 made offers’ to him of a stated sum of money, in consideration of which he was to take to the United States cer- tain clothing infected with yellow fever and smallpox germs, and distribute the same, so that an epidemic would be spread among the people of the North. A LONG WALK—A. A. G, City. The distance from Powell and Washington streets, along Powell to California, out that street to Fifth avenue, to McAllister :;reeél nen;u Golden Gate Park to near e Olympic ground, thence along the road to D’Lwe‘r Balboa) avenue, ous; th: avenue to Ingleside, then along the road to beach, then along the great high- way to the cllff and from there to the ter- minus of the Sacramento street line agnd from there along the track of that line to the point of commencement is 98,600 f,:,': ho:ua mxllltet:e lx emoulos algll‘neen and - . oung la 0 that distance in -Ly‘ an 3’ : erwl?:lxfi'g estri; a tformed a good feat of 1 F:vlew of m?m that it about sr!:‘e' e hverage Tan when mor asrntin: . *not sprinting, walks at the rate of 3 ety te of three miles an hour ~ CORRIDORS: F. C. Lusk, a lawyer of Chico, is at the Palace. z % Ben M. Maddox ‘of Visalia is at the California. : g Nott Lette, a mining manh from Reno, i1s at the Grand.: C. White Mortfmer of“Los Angeles is at the Occiderital. 7 A. L. Ross and family .of San Diego are at the California. W. W. Douglass, Deputy troller, is at the Grand. Dr. Wight, wife-and daughter of Hono- lulu are at the Occidental. Henry Burns, a mining man of San An- tonio, Tex., is at the Grand. State Con- HOGOOUNYAES The Vanderbilt P i o office on Mont- gomery street od St 111 has been in one ¥ EXHIBITS . & qecining bofl for € IN THE CASE. the last few days. f=3 Telegrams have DOUBOGOHG T U been hurried over the wire to the utter confusion of every other railroad office on the “street.” A few have been collected. They are as fol- lows: 1598, 11 you PECOTO, "Aug. 1 Amos Burr of Burr & GiI: Wil regarding ‘the boy the doctor -announced five minutes ago. Left for the city at oncé to clatm wager. Telegraph congratulations mid- way point. CARLETON C. CRANE. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 1898 Carleton C. Crane: Some are skeptical as to statement. Clalm requires verification. Ar- ranged ‘meeting of the boys on.your arrival. JOHN GILL AND AMOS BURR. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 1598 Dr. Simpson, Decoto: Nothing but wine all day. Friends here don't believe it's a boy. Payment of wine dinner rests upon your re- ply. CARLETON C. CRANE. DECOTO. Aug. 2, 1598 Carleton C. Crare: Doctor fooled you. It'& irl. I don't like your behavior: A MRS. C. CRANE. ), Aug. 3, 1538. and forever a Did ‘not like my city for -my welfare. You Messrs. Gill & Burr: boy. Wife suspicious. associates. Solicitous must refund. CARLETON C. CRA SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 1593, Carleton C. Crane: Violently opposed to all funding measures. This is one on you. S GILL & BURR. Dr.- P. J. Cotlar and wife. of Yuma, Ariz., are at the Occidental, A. P. Johnson and wife, Misses E. K., C.E. and M. M. Johuson'of Riverside are at the Occidental. Dr. A. E. Osborn, superintendent of the Home for Feeble-Minded Children - at Eldridge, is at the Grand. . Charles C. Mclver and wife have re- turned from the Mission San Jose, and are residing at the Palace. H. J. Small, master mechanic of the Southern Pacific Company, is down from Sacramento for a few days. b Everett V, Meeks and Mrs. S. A. Meeks of New Haven have just returned to the Palace from a two weeks’ trip to Del Monte. —————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YOREK. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—George C. Borne- man of San Francisco is at the Manhat- tan. Fred Belasco, manager of the Alea- zar, is in the city after new attractions. Shiiteleae sl o) | CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Dr. H. C: Lo- gan of San Fraricisco is at the Raleigh. H. L. Pace and wife of San Francisco are at the St. Jame —————————————— FOR SUMMER READERS. “Mother,” sighed the young wife, “T re- gard Tom as the most inconsistent man that eyer lived.” “You put it very stronkly. my dear.’ “But I.mean It. ' He 1010 me the’ other day to be more observant, to keep pogted as to what we would need, and to do my buying when things were. cheapest. I went right down and laid in a big supply of Christmas presents and he has scarce- ly spoken to me since,—Indfanapolis Journal. “Dear George—We are going to send you some canned stuff. What would you prefer?” 5 “Dear Susie—Put. whatever ‘you please in half the cans. Fill the other half with whisky for antidote.”—Cleveland Leader. “Can you tell anything by looking at my band?’ | “Yes; I should infer—looking closely at your hand—that a. heavy war tax had been levied on soap.”’—Chicago Record. “Women in business,” he said thought- fully, “adds much to the confusion of things.” “What's the manded. “Why, here's this new. woman editor out with an announcement that she will appear in a new dress next week, and for the life of me I can’t. make out whether she's got some new' type of @ new suminer gown."—Chicago Post. matter now,” she de- Catcher—Whad meks you use de term “unfair ball,” .Mistah Empiah? Umpire— Kase I'se noticed-dat de word foul - am Kalkerlated tuh destrack de playah’s ’tenshun.—Judge. Delinquent—I’m sorry, but you know you can’t get blood. out of a turnip. Collector—Well, unless you are pre- pared to pay this bill when I call around to-morrow I'll show you that.I can draw some out of a beat!—Chicago News. He (wondering If that Williams has ever been accépted)—Are both your rings heirlooms? ; She (concealing the hand)—Oh, dear. ves! One has been in the family since the time of Alfred, but.the other s newer and (blushing) only dates from the conquest. —Harlem Lif - ——— Colorado’s School Superintendent. Grace BEspy Patton, Superintendent’ of Public Instruction of Colorado. was born in Hartstown, Pa: Her parents were the descendents of men who Were foremegst in the history of -Colorado. Miss Patton after her graduation. from ' the High School entered the State Agricultural Col- lege and distinguished herself in her col- lego career, and at the completion of irer college. course she was called to the ahair of English sociology. She taught for a pumber of years, and wrote for the lead- ing newspapers and magazines. When the suffrage movement.began Miss Patton took an active part. Her - Titings were clever, and during the campaign of 189 her oratorical powers were of good ser-, vice in the cause. Miss Patton took the office of Superintendent of Public Ine struction in January, 1867, American Meat for Germany. The -Prussian .-frontier officials have been ordered to prevent the im-oriation of American. pork which lacks the Ameri- can inspectors’ ‘certificates. This action is owing to the instructions of the Gov- ernment at Washington to omit certifi- cates wl'_i‘ehn tgxe m‘eat l:;:inéended for Ger: many. e American Embassy ade an investigation. - . A e G e Peanut taffy; best in world. Townsend's. * ——— Cream Mixed Candies 25c Ib. Tewhsend's. * Cala. Glace Fruits 50c Ib; fire etch boxes. Townsend’s, 627 Market, Palsce. Hotel. * hs::ecill t:ntorma'mon supplied dally to usiness hou and public men by the Press Clipping ureaup(Allecu‘s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Naln 1042 * ————— “What makes ik & hl!fi‘oflm?"’ George tulk so loud in ‘‘He’s praying f. «ein praying for rain “Praying for rain. He does ¢o hate to gprinkle “the grass.’Ceveland Plain » R AR v o e e Camp life 1s more pleasart with a bottle af Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bisers. Prevents {il effects of bad water, dysentery, eic-