The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1898, Page 6

THE BAN FRANCISOO: OALL, WEDNESDAY, XUGUST o1, tee8. = = =~ . . . 6 The Gl S OF AL il e B e I THE. PASSING OF MALIFTOA ool o st HROUGHOUT sost &t 24 Ionsitnto stk s i vy oo 0l S R R AND THE PARTITION OF SAMOA AUGUST 31, 1808 Tfusion platiorm demands Government owner- | tive ticket the rank and file of the party should be- | WEDNESDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All c"’"m“MEUK Manager. PUi}LlCATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. ‘Telepht Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........217 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents o week. By mall $6 per year: per month 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. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. _.One year, by mall, $1.50 <eevessers--908 Broadway BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 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 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventl street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets. open untll 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS, Columbta—+The Rajah " “The Buttertiles™ “Fallen Among Thieves." Tivoli—" Mignon.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. New Comedy Theater—* The Leadtng Man," Friday night. The Chutes—Z0o, Vaudeville and Cannon. the 613-pound Man. Alhambra, Eddy and Jones streets—Vaudeville. Opening Baturday, September 8. Olympia—Corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Mechanics' Pavilion—The Irish Fair, £utro’s Baths—Swimming. Excursion to Monterey—Sunday, September & State Fair—Sacramento, September 8. AUCTION SALES. By Frank W. Butterfield—This day, August 31, Furniture, at 617 Lyon street, at 2 o clock. HEARST'S MONUMENTAL ASSURANCE EVERAL days ago there seemed to be neces- S sity for asking for an accounting of certain money being collected for Mr. Hearst by means of a pyrotechnic show. What Hearst may do as a private citizen is his own business, but when he asks the public to patronize his show, using the plea that a part of the profits are to go to the erection of a monument to the men of the Maine, the public de- mands particulars. That the monument if ever reared will be to the glory of Hearst, with the valiant dead of the Maine secondary or overlooked, is not a point to be discussed here. The chief question now is as ta how much money is being contributed and what share is to be devoted to the proclaimed purpose. Confidence in the enterprises of Hearst is at rather a low ebb and needs bracing up. There is still lively recollection of the “charity” baseball tournament, from which charity fattened in so slight degree that the whole scheme won the reputation of being a fake. Such it undoubtedly was. It is remembered also that the beauty of the monument project has already been marred by the publicity given to the fact that solicitors were promised 10 per cent of all they could collect of spontaneous offerings. Thus Hearst need not be surprised that when people are besought to attend a show in order to raise funds for his pet ad- vertising dodge they want to know all about it. There are a few interrogatories which might projected into the situation, for instance: What were the receipts of the show? What share is to be applied to the monument? How. much was charged for the pages of advertis- ing the Examiner contained setting forth the beauty of the exhibition and the loveliness of patronizing it? Will the cost of this advertising come out of the monument's share? Of course these questions might seem to the care- less observer to be an interference with personal mat- ters, but it must not be forgotten that appeal was made on the ground of patriotism, and for a purpose concerning every citizen. It is a public affair, the money pertaining to it is public money, and the peo- ple who supply it have a right to know what is being done with it. be e THE .LORDSHIP OF THE PACIFIC. SENATOR CUSHMAN K. DAVIS in a re- cent interview on the problems that have arisen out of the conquest of the Philippines pointed out with great force and vigor the growing importance in the world of the countries surround- ing the Pacific Ocean, and emphasized the impera- tive need of special efforts on our part to uphold our rightful prestige and obtain our due share of their trade. As a means of accomplishing these desirable ends he is reported to have said: “You may quote me just as strongly as you can as saying: More battle- ships, and after that more cruisers, and then more battleships again. The men to man them will step forward as fast as we can build the ships.” With this plea for an enlarged navy there would be little objection found if the Senator had gone further and demanded also ships for other purposes than that of fighting. The lordship of the Pacific is not going to be determined solely by the battleships that float upon its waters. Commerce is already a greater power than war, and its superiority will in- crease with the years. The people who hope to win a portion of the rich reward that is to follow the de- velopment of the Pacific Ocean countries must have a mercantile marine as well as a navy. Senator Davis should have declared not only for more battleships and more cruisers, but for merchant steamers and sailing vessels. i< There would be a greater advantage to us in a system of legislation that would promote, protect and advance our shipping interest than in a policy of an- nexing the Philippines and dominating the recalci- trant inhabitants with warships. Commerce is the civilizer of the world, the promoter of industry and the giver of dominion. If Congress will provide for the shipbuilders of this country anything like the help that is given to those of Germany and Great Britain by their Governments, the lordship of the Pacifi¢ will be won by the profitable energies of trade more surely than by the wasteful forces of war. . Secretary Alger is reported as being in a defiant mood, and it is not easy to see how he could be in any other. Either he has been shamefully lied about or he is guilty of unexampled military milpractice. In either case circumstances demand that he put on a bold front. — Those brotherly love remarks of the Czar might have been kept awhile and appropriately launched un- der the date of April 1. At the same time Germany has everything her way in Samoa she will be ceded a part of Goat Island as 2 coaling station. ship of railroads, and much of its length is de- voted to demanding, also, Government ownership of other business enterprises, the net effect of which would be to put the Government in control, as an employer, of a majority of the business of the country. The argument for all this departure from the past ways of the republic is the cost of transportation. Mr. Bryan in his speech accepting the Presidential nomination in 1896 said that all prices had declined except railroad rates. That declaration seems to have been the beginning of the present demand for Government ownership of railways. In the recent Democratic-Populist convention of Nebraska Senator Allen gave loud and long voice to this demand. As it is made and put in issue in current politics, its basis, the reason given for it, should be calmly ex- amined. At the outset of such examination it is seen that Mr. Bryan’s statement had no foundation in fact. ‘Whatever fault may be found with present rates, it is not true that they are the rates of the past. In 1852 the Pennsylvania Railroad received 3.76 cents per ton per mile. In 1803 it received only .56 of a cent per ton per mile. The report of the Interstate Commeice Commis- sion shows the average rate for freight and passen- “f ger transportation in the United States to have de- clined as follows in the eight years from*1888 to 1896: 1888—Frares, 2.349 cents per mile. 1888—Freights, 1.001 cents per ton per mile. 1896—Fares, 2.019 cents per mile. 1896—Freights, .8068 cent per ton per mile. Between 1870 and 1895 freight rates on all roads in the United States fell 80 per cent and passenger rates fell 46 per cent. During the same period wheat, corn, cotton, oats, barley, hemp and tobacco fell an average of 7.2 per cent; food fell 12.3 per cent and clothing 28.9 per cent. Taking groups of railway lines repre- senting different sections of the country, the fall be- tween 1872 and 1895 was: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern—From 1.88 to .55. Chicago and Alton—From 1.89 to .86. Texas and Pacific—From 5.13 to 1.11. Southern Pacific—From 3.65 to 1.26. Experience, not only in California, but throughout the country, has shown competition, and other ele- ments inherent in business laws and principles, to be the real force in the fall and equalization of rates, of which we have a local example in the changed con- dition of rates from San Joaquin Valley points since the construction of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. Therefore it is not politics that has effected this de- cline in the cost of travel and transportation in the United States. It cost eleven billions of dollars to build and equip the 190,000 miles of railway in this country. Do the fusionists propose to reach Govern- ment ownership by buying those roads at that price? Or do they propose to duplicate them at the less cost | at which roads can now be built? This less cost | would enable duplication of the system for, say, six billions of dollars. Where do they propose to get the : money? These propositions are made upon the theory that Government ownership will give cheaper service, and | the roads of France, Belgium, Germany, Austria and | Italy are cited as examples of successful Government ownership and operation. The latest reliable com- parison of rates here and in Europe gives the follow- ing results: Passenger, Freight, per mile. ton per mile. United States $ 97 Prussia, .. 132 Austria 156 France 159 Belgium . 129 England . 19 At the Belgian freight rate the American railways | would have received $286,000,000 more than they did on the tonnage of 1807; at the English rate about $400,- 000,000 more. If American rates for both freight and passengers were the average of European rates, our | railroads last year would have taken from the people | one billion of dollars more than they did receive. With this difference in rates in favor of the Ameri- can traveler and shipper, the European roads pay to their labor just half the wages paid by American roads. We enter no defense of American railway policy, and do not intend to be alarmed by such an accusa- tion. Men are seeking high office here and elsewhere by advocating Government ownership of railways and are asking votes by telling the people a fairy tale about the economies of such ownership in Europe, and by not telling the truth about American rates and wages. If figures can be found, outside of party platforms, to controvert the foregoing, we will be pleased to examine them. THE LEGISLATIVE TICKET. STATE ticket of exceptional strength and /\ merit having been nominated, the next step to be taken by the Republican party in pre- paring for the coming campaign is that of providing for the nomination of legislative candidates equally deserving of popular support. It is not to be a yel- low dog year in the contest for the Legislature any more than in that for Governor. In the one field as in the other, good men will win easily, while vicious men or weak men will be defeated. The Republican party in California has started out this year to clean the camp of all corrupting elenents of every kind. Thus far it has done that work well. The State Central Committee in adopting regulations for the election of delegates to the State convention set the bosses aside, called for primaries in all the principal counties of the State, and opened a way by which the rank and file could assert their preferences for State candidates. As a result the convention was free from the domination of bosses or corrupting cor- porations, and the candidates named as the standard- bearers of the party are everywhere recognized as the representatives of the best elements of our citizen- ship, and have the support not only of all loyal Re- publicans, but of all intelligent independent voters. The work of party purification which has been so well started should be kept up. The selection of legislative candidates should be as free from the dom- ination of bosses or the intrigues of scheming cor- porations as was that of the candidate for Governor and his colleagues on the State ticket. No man known to be subservient to any such boss or cor- poration, or who is likely to sell out to them after election, can be elected this year. To nominate him would simply put him up for defeat, and to that ex- tent diminish the sweep of the coming Republican victory. The people demand legislators who can be counted on not only to elect a Republican to the United States Senate, but to perform faithfully, honestly and with ability the important duties of State legislation. Party politics will not be the sole factor in determin- ing the election of legislators. The personal itness of the candidate will have much to do with it, and rightly so, for at this time California is badly in need lof the clean sweeping broom of a Legislature that / gin preparations at once. Good citizens, taxpayers, progressive, public-spirited men, should take an interest in the task. Capable candidates should be put forward for every place on the ticket. Clear warning should be given that men who are willing to make trades with corporations or with bosses for Sena- torial votes will not be accepted by the honest masses of the party, and will be defeated if nominated. We have started to make a clean camp as a preliminary to a clean canvass, and it should be made clean thtoughout. A FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE. Y their revolt against the political bosses who have been using the schools of San Jose and of Santa Clara County as a part of the spoils which they distribute among their henchmen, the students of the San Jose High School have made themselves prominent factors in the fight now going on all over the United States for the preservation of the honor, dignity and usefulness of our public school system. While the revolt of the High School students is the most notable event of the kind that has occurred in Santa Clara County, it is not the first. Some time ago the citizens of the school district at Alviso were compelled to adopt similar tactics to save their edu- cational system from the corruption of politics. A teacher at Alviso, thoroughly competent for the work, highly esteemed by the taxpayers and the parents of the pupils, and respected and loved by the pupils themselves, was dismissed from his position in order to make a place with a salary for one of the henchmen of the gang. The supporters of the Alviso school refused to submit. They provided a school of their own, retained their old teacher and placed Alviso on record as one of the American communi- ties where the purity of the public school system is not to be subjected to political bosses. While every good citizen must respect the motives and admire the firmness displayed at Alviso and now being displayed at San Jose, it will nevertheless be noted with regret that such actions are necessary in any part of California. The people are taxed to main- tain public schools for the education of their chil- dren, and it becomes a gross outrage when school trustees conduct the schools in such a way that self- respecting parents having a proper regard for the training of their children are compelled to go to a further expense to maintain private schools or to send the children to distant schools in order that their sons and daughters may be rightly taught and be free from the debasing influences of the bosses and their creatures. It has become evident that under the existing con- ditions it is to be a difficult task in any American community to keep the public schools from becoming a part of the spoils system of politics. The greedy bosses and their hungry followers are continually cry- ing out for more salaries, and the School Department affords many places for providing them. It is there- fore gratifying in the extreme to note the earnestness with which the better class of Americans are every- where making a fight for the purity of the schools. Just at present this fight in California has its storm center in San Jose. The revolting students and their parents are upholding the true principles of American life. The stand they have taken will be honored wherever it is known, and in the end victory will be with it. l in registration of 40,000 throughout the State this year. In this city the total decrease amounts to 10,027. In 1806 72,992 citizens voted in San Fran- cisco; in 1898 62,065 only have qualified themselves to vote. It is reported that citizens apply every day to the Registrar for permission to enroll, which makes it appear that the early closing of the books is in part responsible for the local decline. It is ab- surd for the law to close registration ninety days be- fore election, but it does so, and those who have been left will be compelled to grin and bear it. How the estimate has been obtained that there is a falling off of 40,000 registrations in the State is not disclosed. In the interior many of the great registers are preserved from year to year, and the only manner in which indifference or apathy manifests itself is abstention from voting on election day. However, a few registers are destroyed and remade by order of the Board of Supervisors each year, and in every county there is a natural increase in registrations. Probably the statistician who promulgated the figures quoted based his statement upon the loss in this city, the losses in the counties where the great registers have been replenished, and the failure of the usual number of new citizens to register throughout the State. While all this does not indicate that the estimate is reliable, there is reason to believe that it is not far out of the way. The total vote cast in the State in 1896 was 208,601. If there is a falling off in registra- tions of 40,000 and 5 per cent refrain from voting on election day, which is the usual thing, the total vote this year will not reach 250,000. This is a decrease oveg 1892, whenithe total vote cast was 269,608. "It would be interesting to know exactly how this decrease is going to affect politics. Generally when party voters are dissatisfied they manifest their dis- pleasure by refusing to register. But this year the registers closed before either State convention had met and before the crop of soreheads generated by both parties in all campaigns had been sown. Probably some of the falling off in this city may be attributed to the action of the McNab-Gould- Alford syndicate, which grabbed the Democratic or- ganization and appointed a delegation to the State convention. There is no doubt that Democrats in this city are generally disgusted at this usurpation. Color is given to the idea that the decrease is largely Democratic by the fact that the heaviest falling off is observable south of Market street, which is the stronghold of that party. But whether Democrats, 'Populists, mugwumps or cranks have failed to register this year, or whether the apparent apathy and indifference are due to sore- headedness, disgust or whatnot, there is one thing the Republicans can do. They can induce all who have registered to vote. The loss on election day is ‘usually 5 per cent. This may, by proper effort, be cut down to zero, for it is a notorious fact that Re- publicans are more apt to overlook the day of elec- tion than are Democrats. e e e The police have in charge a boy of six years who was found dead drunk. The father of this boy con- fesses to having been in the habit of giving him whisky. There ought to be some way by which the polige could get charge of that father. D e ——— STATISTICS OF REGISTRATION. T has been stated that there has been a falling off While Captain Clark of the Oregon is enjoying a deserved rest ashore his pay diminishes to the extent of $1800 a year, which shows that to be a hero and work one’s self sick for the old flag is an experience AROUND THE So poor old King Malietoa, who was supposed to reign over the Samoan group of islands, is no more. He has taken his canoe and, according to the pretty native legend, has sailed away over the great waters to Join the spirits of his forefathers. The passing over of his anganga will be roy- ally celebrated; doubtless there has been a magnificent, funeral at Malie, where the Kings are buried. A long procession of mat shrouded boats has already passed down within the reef, along the palm clad shore, in the prow of each a wailing chief, chanting in doleful chorus: “Let us bow our heads. The clouds have passed along, taking with them his Ex- cellency King Malietoa. He is dead.” The funeral feast has been baked and eaten. The three Consuls, rep- resenting the powers signatory to the Berlin treaty, are running the Sa- moan Government just as they have always done, King or no King. But, though there never was such an opera bouffe monarchy as the Samoan, the death of Malietoa brings us face to face with a very difficult problem which concerns the United States as much, if not more, than either England or Germany. Poor old Malietoa was never much of a monarch. He was hardly more than a ngure head. When I last saw him he was a prema- turely aged, decrepit old man, sitting in a pathetic imitation of royal state in his so-called palace at Mulinuu. The King’s palace, it may be remarked, is only a four-roomed wooden cottage, of the type occupied by any respectable Californian workman. It owes its origin to American gen- erosity, for it was built out of the funds derived from the sale of the wrecks of the American warships lost in the great hurricane of 1889.. The United States gave the wrecks to Samoa in recognition of the services ren- dered by the natives in saving life and property. Thus the King was en- abled to have a palace of his own, and to remove from the leaf thatched hut which had hitherto formed his home. Malietoa never had much to say about local politics. Either he knew nothing or was exceedingly discreet, and his remarks, when one visited him, were mostly confined to the state of the weather and the lamentable irregularity with which the trade winds were blowing. After all, one can- not expect much from a cheap monarchy, and the Samoan is probably one of the cheapest in the world. The royal salary is $150 per month, and even this is irregularly paid. The mass of the King's adherents, the chiefs forming the native faipule, or Parliament, who live in shabby huts clus- tering round the royal residence on the peninsula of Molinuu, exist as best they can upon their families. The Samoans contribute nothing toward the expense of governing the state. The funds are furnished by the white tax- payers of Apia, so that perhaps there is some excuse for this shabby household outfit. Still, though he was but a royal negation, Malletoa alive was very much better than Malietoa dead. There is certain to be a row about the succession. A peculiar trait of the Samoan character is that they know not the meaning of the word unanimity. The people can never be brought to agree upon anything, whether it be merely a village law or the choice of a King. Tamasese, the rebel chief, has been openly in arms for years. He commands the support of perhaps half ‘the population, and hostilities have hitherto been checked only by the presence of European men-of-war. Then Mataafa, who has been in exile, is coming back, and, as he com- mands the entire support of the Catholic party, he has a strong following. I do not know yet who the Malietoa people will nominate as their choice. But it is a moral certainty that there will be three candidates for the throne, and only armed intervention by the three powers can prevent a gen- eral conflict. The mere native fighting would not matter very much, for Samoan warfare is proverbially harmless, were it not for the international complications it is sure to bring about. The Germans, eger since the fu- tile attempt to place their puppet, Tamasese, on the thréhe, have been watching for a chance to grab Samoa. Unless we keep a sharp lookout this may be their opportunity. The very proposal for the subdivision of the group which came to us the other day by cable indicates the German intent. The will is father to the deed, and imperious William only needs an excuse to hoist the Ger- man flag. ;. The idea apparently is that the present tripartite control of the group should be abolished and the islands partitioned among the thrée powers interested—Germany, England and the United States. Germany is to take the wealthiest and most populous of the islands, Upoluy, in fact pretty well the whole of the cake. England is to be put off with the large and barren Savalii, while the United States is to be asked to assume the respor ‘bility of governiag the liitle Isle of Tutuila, which has, at the most, some 4000 inhabitants. Tutuila is a charming place for the tourist, but from a com- mercial point of view its value is absolutely nil. It consists mainly of high volcanic peaks, around the base of which, ensconsed in the little baysindent- ing the coast, are a few sparsely populated native villages. The one feature of Tutuila is the magnificent harbor of Pago-Pago, the finest in Polynesia. On this harbor, as is well known, the United States already possess a coal- ing station, and steps are even now being taken to erect sheds and wharves 50 as to bring it into practical use. 3 Savaii, tLough the largest of che islands, is the newest from a geologi- cal point of view. The era of volcanic activity on this island has ended but recently. within a few c aturies. Consequently the interior is a mass of rocky. lava-covered desert, where even the agi.e native: cannot penetrate, and where nothing but the hardiest of scrub will grow. The belt of alluvial land around the coast is too narrow to admit of profitable cultivation, and the whole island, though it is some fifty miles long, only supports a population of about 12,000 natives. There are no good harbors, a large por- tion of the coast is inaccessible and rock-bound, the surf breaks with de- structive fury on its shores and the little trade in copra which is carried on is only ¢ -<ucted unde. conditions of th> greatest difficulty. Upolu, on the other hand, has large areas of fertile and level land. Its population is over 15,000, and even before the white people came to Samoa at all it was the center of government for the group. To-day all the commerce of the island passes through the one port of Apia, the only place where the mail steamers and foreign going vessels call. Apia Bay, though it has been the scene of grave disasters in the hurricane season, is a per- fectly safe haven during the greater part of the year, and, with a little expenditure upon a breakwater, could be made secure for all time. Here are the stores and warehouses, the leading white residents, all the wealth of the islands, in fact. The Germans, we are gravely told, propose to take whatever there is of value in the carcass of the defunct Samoan monarchy, and to throw England and America, by way of compensation, the scraps and offal. Even the wildest supporters of colonial aggrandizement could hardly favor such a scheme, and it is inconceivable that the English Government would ac- cept it. There is just this possibility, that the German diplomats, by giv- ing England a substantial quid pro quo in some other direction, possibly in Africa or China, might induce England to yield a point with regard to Samoa. But we have yet to learn that the United States is to derive any equivalent advantage if she gives way to imperial direction. The advo- cates of an expansive colonial policy, those who, on the strength of the recent war, would saddle the United States with the maintenance of a co- lonial empire, have to show where our gain will be. We are asked to take the responsibility of governing an island which can be of no advantage to us commercially, and is only of strategic importance as far as the coaling station on Pago-Pago is concerned. And the right to use this coaling sta- tion we already possess. If it were a question of annexing the whole Samoan group, the impor- tance of American trade interests might justify us in taking such an ag- gressive step. Already there is considerable commerce between San Fran- cisco and Apia, and this business, under proper management, might be largely increased. All the cabin biscuits used by natives—and they are large consumers—come from the factories of this city. All the lumber for boat and house building is imported from California, also a great variety of miscellaneous goods, household notions, and so on. Tinned and corned meats, which at present come from the Australian colonies, might be sup- plied from this port, as well as many other kinds of goods and groceries, By giving the Germans Upolu we would entirely destroy this growing trade. Once Apia became a German port the restrictive tariffs which are universally applied in the colonies of this nation would come into force. Neither English nor American goods would be admitted except under pro- hibitive conditions. The great German trading firm which practically controls the trade of the group would assume the unrestricted sway for which it has long been hankering, and no white man of any other nation- ality need attempt to carry on business in Apia or other parts of Upolu. It is true thdt Savaii, under English control, would still be open to the TUnited States’ trade, but this would be a poor compensation for the aban- donment of the best portion of the group. There are many American storekeepers and traders in and around Apia. The two leading stores in the town, thé only places where Europeans can find a variety of gcods to suit their requirements, are, in fact, kept by citi- zens of this country. An American has recently planted large cocoa plan- tations, which will soon be ziving a profitable yield. Shipments of copra are sent to San Francisco by nearly every malil steamer for use in our oil fac- tories. These men will have to go, their business must cease, under German control. And that is why in Apia you invariably find the Enslish and Amer- jcan sections of the community firmly united in opposition to German at- tempts at aggrandizement. There is another and even more serious side to the question. The occu- pation of the island of Tutuila will entail exactly the same responsibilities, will involve the maintenance of just as strong a fleet, as if we held the whole of Samoa. Pago-Pago, as a coaling station, is valueless to any nation which does not possess tle control of the sea. It can be easily fortified and ren- dered impregnable from the ocean at a comparatively small expense, but unless the United States vessels could at all times gain access to it the place would be worthless in the event of war. The recent Spanish experience at Santiago has shown the value of a bottled up fleet. And Pago-Pago is a harbor which is particularly favorable to the bottling up maneuver. If our enemy possessed control of the sea no United States ship could approach Pago-Pago, or if she once gained the sheltered haven could leave it. Moreover, the place would have to be protected from land as well as sea attack, and this would involve the maintenance of a strong garrison. At TLeone, only a dozen miles away, troops can be easily landed, and the road overland, though difficult, is by no means impracticable. To render Pago- Pago impregnable, both from land and sea, will involve the expenditure of millions of dollars and an enormous yvearly outlay for maintenance. These things should induce the people of the United States to pause before they listen to the wiles of the German charmer. Also, if we wish to be practical, we should hurry off two or three war vessels to Apia at the shortest nossi- ble notice. J. F. ROSE-SOLEY. where he met the Count of Turin. D’Ormea says the Count will be here in a very short time. %flfiflfl’&nflng l’l'h'l! l!a!t;'nry of h nd - % THE DEBT g spair and th CORRIDORS. H. M. La Rue Is at the Occidental. debt clung to my memory. About a month ago a friend accosted me in the street ang told me that there was a personal in The Call and I had better read it. The per- sonal was inserted by the same Mr. Tripp and he wanted to see me at the earliest possible opportunity. I answered the pérsonal and Tripp called two days later, He made mention of the debt and apolo- gized for its non-payment, but promised that it would be canceled in a few d: as he was about to dispose of a picce property, the sale of which would g him the necessary money to tle be principal and interest. I thanked him and indulged in a reverie, the text of which was: ‘Cast bread upon the waters will return.” “A week elapsed and no .Tripp to glad- den my eyes. Finally he put in an q. pearance. He apologized very hur this time and pleaded his inability to « pose of the property and offered the de. to me in satisfaction of the debt. T ac- cepted, and the deed in all its legal de rations was delivered. It was a small far out in the Western Addition close to the terminus of the McAllister-street car line. But that didn’t matter. It was property and I always wanted to own property. The desire of my life was at last realized. “I couldn’t wait for ‘the day to break on the morrow. I forced a friend to go with me to see it. We started out and we had a merry hunt, I can tell you. Oh, yes, the property was located. It was a plat in the Masonic Cemetery.” F..A. Hihn, the capitalist, of Santa Cruz, is at the Occidental. Dr. Charles McCarthy and wife of Mel- bourne are at the Russ. T. C. Woodworth, a mining man of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. John M. Thomas, a wagon manufac- turer of Columbus, Ohio, is at the Palace. Major A. W. Jones of Victoria and Cap- tain D. T. Lange of London are at the Palace. J. L. McCoy and wife are spending their honeymoon in this city. They are regis- tered at the Occidental. ——e—————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Aug. 30.— V. G. Hush ot San Francisco is at the Empire and T. N. Holm of San Francisco is at the YVen- dome. Charles Thomas, S. Sullivan and William Miller School of San Francisco have gone to Paris. —_—ee————— CALIFORNIANS INWASKIX.{GTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Miss Blanche Hurst and Miss Lord of San Diego are at the Riggs House. —_————————— WHEN YO’ COMIN’ HOME? ike to know en yo' comin’ home? Reckon dat yo' mus’ go slow, When yo' comin’ home? Sence de startin’ ob dis war Yo' is mighty popular, Name yo' got done traveled far— ‘When yo' comin’ home? Mistah Dewey, When war is past, en yo' comin’ home? Yo' was in it, firs' to last, ‘When yo' comin’ home? Like to see yo' when yo' lan,” Like to grab yo' by de han’, Like to yell to beat de ban'— When yo' comin’ home? Mistah Dewey, Mistah Dewey, yo' has spunk, ‘When yo' comin’ home? s shrunik, hen yo' ] me? Made dem Phillupeeners tame, Made dem fo’iners walk lame, Made_OI' Glory glad she came— ‘When yo' comin’ home? ’scuse me, please, o' comin’ home? Set us folkses at ouah ease, When yo' comin’ home? Reckon, from what I infer, People like to make some stirf, Meet yo' at de depo, sir; When yo' comin’ home? Mistah_Dewey, proud of yo', When yo' comin’ home? tell yo' suthin’, too— en yo' comin’ honie? Want to whisper: Don't fo'get, Watch dem kissin’ girls, yo' betl Hobson ain’t done blushin’ yet— Vhen yo' comin’ home? ‘Want to Wh ef yo' please, comin’ home? Swung_dat banner to de breese When vo' comin’ home? Ef dey ’sists to get too & Nall it to de mast to stay, * Den jus’ telyfone en say 'hen yo' comin’ home? —Baltimore American. Mistah Dewey, When —_—ee——— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* —_———————— z Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ s —— B. L. Stevens of Atlantic City, who was a gunner under Commodore Dewey when the latter was a lieutenant on the Mis- sissippl at New Orleans, .in 1862, says that Dewey directed the shot which put the Manassas out of the fight, and that he showed wonaerful nerve in' the battle. Fillers _———————— «Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fitty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It eoothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and s the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mra. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle, e First and Sscond Class rates again reduced via the Santa Fa route. Call at the new ticket office, 625 Market. —— e o DRINK A STEEPING OF MOKI TEA BE- fore retiring at night, and see how soundly you will sleep and how Jjovously you wiil awake in the morning. It supplies food for the blood while you eleep, produces a clear aad beautiful complexion, cures constipation and sick headache. At No Percentage Pharmacy. e HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $80 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at ho- tel; longer stay $2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Franclsco. — ees———— Only the best for the best only. Among the ‘Barrels, 863 Market st. ADVERTISEMENTS. MACKAY'S not free from disadvantages. | Dr. J. Ellis Rodley of Chico is at the ;}Nflr a:r} the . ramatis per- i vis of Tuls is at the 5 s b sonae are ‘.’Ieoe GJuddge J. W. Davis are is ai e | % CANCELED. % R L Sear o oo 1 ko, is at lam Tripp, well thv;V.P:‘jl?e'nlth. a merchant of Elko, BN NED know e Dr. W. E. Carll of Oregon City is at thé Palace. A. Brown, a mining man of Kernville, is at the Grand. Gustave Ferra d'Ormea of Turin, ar- rived yesterday from Yellowstone Park, and throughout the State. Hart's ver- sion is as follows: “Many years ago— somewhere in the 70's—I loaned Tripp $100, The days passed and it was not repaid. Then weeks passed and then months, and sad to relate, years. Like a hideous nightmare the recollection of that unpaid Furniture Must : Go! THIS DEPARTMENT TO ' BE EN- TIRELY CLOSED OUT. $33,00 WORTH_OF FURNITURE AT ACTUAL COST. Stock complete in every detall. A rare opportunity to buy good goods at auction prices. A few quotations: SOLID OAK CENTER TABLESE..45 SOLID OAK DINING CHAIRS SOLID OAK COBBLER 0C CEDAR 0: ENIM 3 PIECE WOOD Q] BLES... COUCHES BED LOUNGES (Patent),. About 25 high grade SUITS in quartered oak. Bye Bird's Maple, Solid Mahogany, at correspond- ing prices. Brass and Enamecled Beds at any price. CARPETS! In_This Department Durh W PRICES PRE . 20 patterns SMITH'S TAPESTRY..550 LINOLEUM ... 45¢ WINDOW ® OF, ALEX. MACKAY & SON, 715 Market St.