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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢, i1598. WELLS-FARGO VS. THE PEOPLE. ECESSITY has arisen for again mentioning the N unpatriotic and illegal stand of the - Wells- Fargo Express Company. This is a corpora- JOHN D. SPRECKELS Proprietor. (GBS CEIRUEC e eI S Address All Communicatians to W.- S LEAKE Manager, PLBLICATION OI'FILE Mavke! and Third Sts,, S. F. Teleph: Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS ..217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephnne Mn.ln 1874 THE €AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.. OAKLAND OFFICE.... sevess..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. -Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertlslne Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. +oove..-Rigges House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent- CHICAGO OFFICE . Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 BRANCH OFFICES-—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'cleck. 387 Hayes street, open wuntil 9:30 o'clock. 621 ‘McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll IG o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock.’ NW. corrier. Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. —_— AMUSEMENTS, Columbia—+The Rajah * Aleazar—+The Butterfiles Morosco's— “Fallen Among Thieves.'' Tivoli—* Mignon.' Orphenm- Vandeviile, New Comedy Theater—* The Leading Man:* Alhambra, Eddy and -Jones sireets—Vaudeville. Opening Eaturday, September 3. The Chutes—Zoo, Vaudeyiile and Cannon. the §13-pound Man. Clympta—Corner Mason and Eddy etreets—Specialties. Mechanics' Pavilion—The Irish Fair, Futro’s Baths—Swimming. Metro pelitan Témple=Concert, Thursday September 8. Excursion to Monterey—sunday, September & State Fair—Sacramento, September . W NOT READY TO ANSWER. HEN ‘the Examiner was civilly asked to give an’ accounting ‘of the money it ‘is collecting om the public for the ostensible purpose of erecting @ monument to -the ‘nien:of the Maine there was no definite expectation of‘a direct reply. : Such an indication of honesty on the part of that paper would have been unique, a precedent never to be fol- | reply evoked | lowed by it is neither.a Deglining fers inquire fund. It sa tation as a falsifier, but is known as honorable business man, and thus that his statement of the case again. -Hence the evasive surprise nor a disappointment. to give the facts itself, the Examiner re- to George Gould, as custodian of the an can be dépended upon. In other words, the reputa- tion of the Examiner management is such that it would not be able to make a statement which could be depended Gould. While it is natural to admire this frankness, the public, clamoring for light, is still as much as ever in the dark. uiry is not as to what Gould may do with the | money he receives, but as to what the Examiner does | with the money it receives. Here it has been adver- tising a certain show, soliciting patronage for it on the ground that a portion of the proceeds were to be devoted to the erection of a.monument. ‘The pub- lic asks ‘what share the monument is to have, how large is-to be the Examiner's rake-off. It is not interested in the conduct of Gould, but simply sires to trace the money from the box-office to the | miner and find what portion of it sticks to that | whether ‘or not another “charity” | fake is being perpetrated. The baseball tournament styl¢ of journalism is under a cloud. These- are all simple and proper questions. could be answered by thrifty institution; They the presentation of a few fig- The Examiner. refuses-to answer. Its silence created immediate suspicion; and its evasion-is chang- ing this to a belief that under color- of pretended patriotism the people are being worked again: fl encyclical of the Czar calling for'a peace con- ference of the European ‘powers none is. more curigus ormore significant than that of Professor Del- bruck,.the eminent_Geriman historian,’ who s quoted as having said: “The ‘manifesto is. simply a -move in Russian " diplomacy, - The Czar is ‘doubtless sincere. His” Ministers are not. The mariifesto is issied. with the object of ‘gaining time in the race against two countries, ‘England ‘and. America, . but its .point most directly is turned against “‘thé * United. ~States . of ‘America; which -4re Beginning to.arm. Their posi- | tion in the Far East will be.in the future enormously Russia fears the United States more.than she gland. © Tf. Russia.can -obtain America’s con- sent to -adherence to this idea of conference.her 6b= ject will-be gained.” ures OCUR GROWING PRESTIGE. MONG the many .comments made upon the The significance -of ‘this extraordinary: view of the | Czat’s motive in- issuing’ his eneyclical . liés wholly ‘in the source fram which ‘it ‘emanates.-- . The very: ab- surdity of the idea itself,-coming from -an-authority"f of such eminence, adds to its effectiveniess as aij ilfus- tration. of the. prestige the United: States- haye sud: denly acquitred.in the minds of Edropean-thinkers. year ago no one wouid-have regarded any move on the checkerboard of European-diplomacy as having | been in any way determined by considerations of this country, and now the most startling. and amazmg move of the year is supposed to have for its main ob- ject a check upon our ambitions ind our ‘expansion. It is clear that the people of Europe have begun to look upon us:as a ‘world power ‘of the first magni- tude, and it is fair.to presunie that no’important dip- lomatic enterprise. will be advanced heréafter: without | taking the United " States ‘into- consideration. - ‘Tt is not -likely that: Professor: Delbruck is right in sup- posingthe. Czar aimed ‘his: manifesto mainly at_iis, but:it is certain from hig comments that some Euro: peans regard us as’dangerous and think it is time for the powers to be-watching us. e —— Principal: Shumate af the San Jose High School appears to be the misfit that the scceding pupils al- lege.” In addition to his ‘other mistakes he- has be- gun._making remarks.. Shumate is ‘best mouth in repose. e - An-evening paper has the headline, ‘Mutiny in: the Seventh.” There is no mutiny in_that regiment, nor prospect of any. :‘Othérwise the headline fills its pur— pose- admirably. "By studying the methods of Chief Lees the Dela- ware détective now .in our midst will be able to take home with: him “a’ valiable example of ‘how not to do. 1t. > Mrs. Botkin is not in a comfortable position, but one may also view. the position of Dunning withou “fecling a pang of envy that Gould has never attained a repu- | upon, and it turns the matter over to | de- | Al with “his | .\i tion vastly rich, nurtured under the protection of. the Government, made more wealthy by the war in which the Government has been involved, and :yet re- fusing to pay its share of the burden of expense. It prefers ‘to wrest from - patrons the tax Congress meant it should pay. The Call is a patron. It cheer- fully pays whatever the exigencies of the times has demanded. The declaration was made in advance that it would do so. But it refuses to submit to the exaction of Wells-Fargo, it declines to ~.be robbed. The Wells-Fargo combination. shall never be per- mitted practice larceny unless it shall first secure the sanctidn of the highest court in the land, and we do ‘not believe this can be obtained. Yesterday the express company presented to -this paper a bill for the revenue stamps used on packages of Calls forwarded by it. Payment was refused, is refused and will be refused. There is a principle in- volved, a principle of far greater importance than. the | sum at issue. The company, through its representa- tive, has declared that it will receive no more papers. The position of the Examiner is similar- to ours. With that paper we have had many differences, ‘but | we congratulate it that in this matter its stand 'is just, its contention sound, and hope it: will never | yield to the arrogant and selfish demand of a: cor- poration governed by a desire to swell dividends at whatever cost of decency and whatever plunge into shameless peculation. Officials of the company say they deplore conten- tion and seek peace, but they do mnot deplore to'the extent of being honest, and their seeking does not | g0 to the extreme of keeping thém within the bounds of the law." The statute is plain enough. The officials simply are dishonest. They know that they do not speak the truth, and their idea is to get the matter | into court and to keep it there until the war tax shall be a thing of the past. Then the ultimate verdict will not particularly interest them. That the company is | playing the part-of hypocrite is clear ‘rom the. fact that when the law was passed the company’s attorney was consulted and gave thie opinion that Wells-Fargo | must pay the tax. Acting on this, agents had been given a letter instructing them to pay the tax, when | notice came that Eastern concerns had. decided . to make a test case. Wells-Fargo, knowing that delay: would be inevitable, was willing to await a decision. |-In vain the United States District Attorney here was urged to take action. He, too, was willing to wait. By hook or crook, some influence had succeeded in | introducing into his office so marked and effective a | paralysis that as a protector of the rights of the peo- ple the office became useless. If the District Attorney continue deaf to the summons of duty Judge. de | Haven will be requested to put in his place somebody | capable of performing the duties so far as the pres- ent controversy is concerned. | We must ask from friends consideration during the | determination of the controversy. If Wells-Fargo | make good the threat not to carry Calls there will be i\mavoidah]e tardiness for the present in reaching | subscribers. Every effort will be made to have this hrdmess as slight as possible. The mails will be | utilized, and we feel that friends will understand the situation and forbear complaining. . We are fighting | for more than a paltry amount claimed by the ex- press company. Loyalty to the flag, a sense that we will have the approbation of all patriots, sustains us. The company was offered opportunity to make the | question the subject of a friendly suit, and would not consent. It chooses to fight, thinking to hold. final determination in abeyance umtil determination shall | be of no consequence to it. We are ready for the fight, will protest against slowness in the bringing of a verdict, and shall expect friends to stand by us, for the fight will be as much for them as for ourselves. 1 /E\ visited the forest region of Mount Shasta and | made record of the facts touching the destruc- tion of timber. The outdoor smelting of copper, as practiced at Keswick, has been for some time noticed as the agent | in destroying not-only timber, but all vegetation for a long distance around the point where the work is carried on. The fumes emitted by that method of reducing copper ore prove inimical 10 vegetable life. A correspondent from Keswick, not denying the | facts - as. stated, complains that making them public lis injurious to the copper company and to (h: com- mercial interests of Keswick and other tpwns in Northern: California. - Incidentally the plea is made | that the trees destroyed are not fit for lumber ‘or tim- ber, and that their value is entirely out of proportion |: to the value -of the copper extracted. This plea that | industries ‘destructive of other things are productive ' of greater wealth than they destroy, and therefore are morally and economically justifiable, is not.new.. In. the case at hand, however, ttie complainant ‘is . ris- taken in supposing that the stumpage value of the trees destroyed shall alone offset the . profits: of the industry which destroys them. The young pines, man- zanita-and ‘chaparral ‘which have -succumbed 'to-the fumes "of ‘copper smelting and have died, together 1| with the grasses and other annual vegetation on - the’ ground beneath them; were all factors in the protec- | tioni_ of the watershed of the Sacramento River. . It ‘will ' be admitted that if that entire watershed, or a considerable part of it, is reduced to the same con- PROTECTING A WATERSHED. REPRESENTATIVE of The . Call recently tion of water to flow .in the river's channel will be | impaired. The stream will become mare subject to’| ;flood: which. will devastate the lands on erther side, and when these floods pass will shrivel:in volume ‘so as to be useless for ‘the purpdses of navigation or ir-" rigation. Mining of the precious and useful minerals is of great importance to civilization. It is a prime’ factor in the wealth of a State which possesses- such’ minerals. - But, after- all; it is -of necessity a self-' limiting resource of wealth.. “When the minerals .are taken out .the industry ceases. The use of the soil for producing vegetable crops, whether of timber or grain or fruit, is a permanent resource. ‘As the mines are worked out the camps that have flmmshed on their output fall into decay. - The homes _sustained | on.the productive capacity of the soil, whether of timber or crops of the field, vineyard' and. orchard, are as permanent as. the soil itself. The point is made that the mountain regron where | t the watershed of the Sacramento l,s is not fit ‘for agriculture of horticulture, and that the minerals: of that area are its ‘most valuabl: resource. .. This is probably true. . But. lf it be shown that preservauon of that watershed by saving the tree producmg char- | acter of its soil is necessary to the fertility of the Sac- ramento Valley from Reddirig- to Rio Vista,” the pomt loses all value as an’ economi¢ arguiient, & The law of the matter lies in the familiar principle | that a man may use, his own, but not to the avoidable injury ‘of that which belongs to another. I{ the Kes- wick company desire to place’itself at one with the prior interests- which nre damaged by its present | and maintains the fertility of our villey soil. A | dition as the: region around. Keswick,. the conserva- | ‘nition of Cuban ndependence, but T am free to admit |- | nathing short of a band of cowardly rabbers, tinuance of its profitable operations without inflicting |’ these injuries which expose it to ¢riticism. The Call is not engaged in a iission for creating preju- dice against those who are developing any of the re- sources of the State. But it cannot turn a deaf ear to the complaints of the despoiled. The far-reaching future of this State, the fertility of its soil and its capacity to sustain a dense popula- tion depend upon the preservation of its mountain forests-and vegetation on the wide watersheds of its streams. This preservation serves more than one purpose. It assures a constant crop of commercial timber, retains the admirable features of our climate In no respect. are these things speculative or theoretical. They are demonstrated over and over again in older countries and the experience of more - than two thousand years. - s | : ok D THE ME,THODS OF CHIEF LEES. T is-reported that Mr. McVey, the Delaware de- l tective who is sojourning’in’ San Francisco await- " ing action in the Botkin: extradition - case, dis- agrees with Chief of Police. Lees: ds to the latter’s method of investigating crime. . “He says-that in Delaware and otheér- Eastern States it is now the’ cus: tom to give all evidence as it is gathered to-the pub- lic, which in these days, like the Roman Comma has a great deal to say about whether people shall be sent to prison or to the gallows, and against whose ‘wishes no person can usually be so disposed of. ‘Mr. McVey believes the more publicity given to the facts of the Botkin case the: better for all parties, and weére - he handling it he is free to say. he would rmmedrxtely take the newspapers into his confidence. Evidently this Delaware detective does not tinder- stand: the principle upon which the Hawkshaw at the head of the San Francisco Police Department works his wonders to perform. . For his information it may be said that the methods of Chief Lees are essentially secretive. He is mysterious and furtive.. . He ‘never tells: what he knows unless the newspaper applying for -information will consent to glorify him. -He is somewhat of a blowhard and is accustomed:to boast of his legal knowledge, though as a matter of fact he | resembles necessity in knowing no law whatever. It has: long been a tradition in San Francisco that a police officer. who gets into the new! spapers without consulting the: Chief and taking him in also loses. his job. - Moreover, our local Hawkshaw is a veritable Vidocq. - Will-Mr. McVey believe us when we ‘say that Chief Lees-is in the habit of arresting people -on suspicion, locking them up in the “tanks,” and after “investigating” their conduct setting them free with~ out explanation? Does this practice prevail in’ Dela- ware? That it ‘prevails here Mr.: McVey miay ascer- tain by asking any old resident. For ‘instance; suppose Chief Lees should suspect Colonel Tobin -of the: Hibérnia Bank. of poisoning Mrs. Dunning. Would ‘he swear out a ‘warrant and arrest the colonel.in thie usual ‘way? Not at'all.. He would quietly slip. over to the bank, engage the colonel in .conversation and walk him to the City. Hall.. Arriving there he would suddenly whisk him into a “tank.” After several weeks Colonel Tobin's friends might discover. where he was. and get him out, but if he weré not so fortunate as to passess’ friends -he - would remain in jail mtil it’ stited" the royal pleasure of the Chief of Police to release. him. Detective McVey may- think this is iltegal; but that signifies nothing. Lees is.a law unto himself. ° Of course nothing like this . could “happen to Colongl' Tobin. The . colonel is a Police. Commis- sioner and hasa “pull.” Chief Lees never throws the fortunate possessor of a pull into the “tanks.” Tn fact, he often refuses to arrest persons wrth a “pull 2 Vide the case of Mr. Figel.’ A All this may’ surprise * Detecuve McVey, but it is strictly in-accordance with- the - truth:" - Our local] Hawkshaw worksilike a bee in a tar barrel and fer- rets out crime mostly by getting himself written up in the newspapers. His methods are so tlioroughly understood here that no mte]]rgent man pays - the slightest attention to anything he says or any theory he entertains.. When it is made apparent that Chief Lees considers Mrs. Botkin guilty the entire com- munity will unanimously put faith in her i innocence. In other words, te use a slang phrase ‘which may be unfamiliar to Mr. McVey, we “copper” Lees out here every time. - If the Delaware autharities really believe Mrs. Botkin ' guilty .and actually desire her extradition they should at once induce the’ Chief to |, espouse her cause and proclaim her innocence. That will convict her beyond the pcradventure of a doubt. B — McKINLEY'’S POPULARITY MID all the damaging reports and rumors that are- flymg about the heads of almost every-high official' who has had much. to do with the con- duct of the war it is notable that. not even partisan antagonismhas given rise to a single charge against the Presidént or a single attack upon eithet.his ser- vices or his character. has -won'.golden opinions from all ‘sorts of- _people His popularity is almost - wrthout f2 parallel in the records of our Government. PR e A striking illustration of the high -ésté he is-held- even: by his pohtrcal opponents -was re- cently given in-a tribute pard to- hinr by Senator Mc-' Laurin of South " Carolina, who, in. commenting upon ‘the: policy of the Pres:dent in “declining - to. accoin-, {|-pany the decIaranon of 3 war. with a: mcogmtmn oF B { Cuban ‘independence, said “The President . has shown wonderful Judgmcnt in «dealing with the war problem.- I voted for-the recog- I made & great mrstake The Presidént wis right in refusing ta recogmze thié insurgents.” They have demonstrated to all reasonable men ‘that they ‘are: thout- an organized form of government or an army.” \Varmmg to his theme the South Carolina Senator weit on to point out what the President has done’ to eliminate the last vesuges of sectional” fee)mg be- tween North and* South. * The President, he sard' “has known no, section ‘or party in the’ administration £ of thé high duties |mposed upon him; and his ap- pointment of Butler, Lee," Whecler and Gordon to |'E.: -Morse." It inay be sald of “him “he | ‘| For the poor but honést high and ‘responsible ‘pdsitions has won the hearts ‘and the sympathy- of ‘the men .and womén of the 3 South, and hé is t0~d y the pride of thc entire nation.’ 1 prcdlct that his peace policy will be as wise and as .firm and as.much of a success as was his war policy.”. Thls glowing tribute from .a Democratic Senator a Republican President, coming as it does on the eve of a general election, when party antagonisms .are begmmng to-run }ugh is as-creditable to the giver as to the recipient. It'is'a striking préof of the com- - plete- restoration of - gt_)od_ feeling between the North and the South.. Moréover; the eulogium was in no | respect overdone. It was but plain justice to say that" McKmley is “to-day the pride of the entire na- tich,” and abundant reasons exist to justify the bright predrctlon that “his peace policy will be as wise and as firm and as much of a success as his war policy.” - D _Perhaps it would be as well not to convict Mr& "Botkin uritil some direct evidence has been produced, method: skould seek othen which e.rublc the con-|ar d even then leave the task to the courts. ASH FORK, Ariz., Aug. 27. perience. those we cannot avoid sending. C_@@@@@é@@@@@@@@ PRe® 27.—Editor San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: Regarding your good fight against Wells, Fargo & Co.’s extor- tion of revenue stamps from their customers, I will give you our ex- The remedy is very simple. 3 The sending of packages is,” with many, largely a matter of habit. Thousands of packages can go just as well by mail. ‘1 our payments to our home office here averaged $30 a month. July we reduced. this-to $13. In time we hope to.cut it down to a very small amount, and we will not send any article by express excepting Should merchants and others adopt thls coursé Wells, Fa_rgo & Co would sooa obey the new tariff law. Yours very truly, @@@@0@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@o@@@@@@@© Before July In SA‘\lUEL D. 'LUCAS. @@@@@@@_@@@@@@@@. @@@@ POTENT MASCOTS AN HOODOOS | Theatrlcal Managers Mornssey and Frawley Discuss the - Queer “No. 13.” - Probably .there is zio class of people who' cherish. “supérstitions more than those “'who view.fram behind ‘the foot- lights, with the possible excepton of -the Jack Tar. ‘While the actors.-of the young- er. genieration regard:-these queer ideas more l?ht those the school, still they are more or less influ- enced by what they regard as omens of good . or :evil por- tent. B Strange- to. say; some managers are not free from super- stition. They believe in: “hoodoos” and “‘mascots,”. - and _ in some instances that ‘which is. the terror of one is worshiped by another. An {llustration of this' s found in the E{ersons of Man: arrissey of the pheum -and ‘T. -Daniel Frawley . of . the Frawley Company. Morrissey. has an abiding horror of the number iS and “has- all kinds- of evi- dence to prove -that it was the invention of the ‘evil one. He offers a proof of the fact in the occurrence at the’' -Orpheum the other evening. The manager was, as usual, standing in the wings watching the original turns-of the new ‘people and smoking like a coal pit. When Barney Fagan went on and announced that he would ‘“sing a song about. number 13, Morrissey. threw. his cigar on -the floor and stamped on it by way of emphasis-and emphatically de- clared - that thut ‘“‘queered - 'the whole show. And it did. 3 ““When Miss -Byron attempted to do_the lightning costume. change for .each.-chor- us,” ‘said he who dreads the boodoo, “the string to. her - petticoat broke and she was “‘queered’ - for two turns; then Al- drich, the juggler, was fooled by not hav- ing any water. to juggle with. - The elec- tric lights: in the Russian balancing act then went on a strike, and the evil genius next. took a hand:iith the hlg dog clown aznd’ he-had’ .to ‘be .prompte into mask—a turn which was not on the bill. Following this the calcium light took a notion to_cast its-ra; s to any spot éxcept where’it was wanted. -Lastly, when Case. ‘went on_to--do . his monologue, it became necessary to remove -a -noisy . individual from the gallery Into the outer atmos- phere: before. the performarnce could :pro- ceed: ' There were also séveral minor ‘ef- fects. of ‘the Jonah that I .was too mad to remember. : 1f - Fagan sings that song here -again:lie will :e introduced to ‘R. .Talk' about sanguinary. per- spiration.. I had it. P owever, Mr: Mn&lfle overlooked "the fact that the audlence ‘enjoved the fun, ““Number 13 is:my. lJucky numbei Suld Manager Frawley, . laughingly, “and have “the facts .to. rove the assertion. g\’th T- started- out for myself, with my. first . ‘company, .we d away -on.- the 13th of -the month, and it was’ kfldny. too. & ‘““Then when I came’ to San Francisco to- tempt. fortune, i1 brought thirteen peo- ple, opened. the sea- son on the 13th .of the month and play-, ed thirteen weeks. The only place whers the thirteen falled was in. the money gropnsltlnns 1 had oped there would be $13,000 for the term, but they went over .. ‘So _you' can -see that the so- called evil number has been very kind to me.. This is no joke, ‘for in‘ 160king back over my ‘career I-can recall no- instance when those figures ‘ever brought me any- thing but - good. - “As a consequence T am’ partlal to them and consilder it a favor to be assigned to a room or stateroom numbered . thir-- teen. :The ‘only place where I draw a line on the combination is to.have thir: teen teeth pu!led “That would ~ be ba.d luck. Oh, 5. 1 forgot to say that ‘was- borni On the 13th of the month a.nd with a. ‘vell.” So there vou are.. Theré is no way to queer. such.a mascot. “The trouble with friend Mon'lssey 1s, he is superstitious.” There_are others, ———— SONG OF THE GALLAGHEBS. - STRAWLEY wonswies vm-v'-l.'n e Stng a Fong of polities, - A Yottle full of rye; . Four-and-twenty. Gallaghers Baked In a ple; he campaign’s opened The Gallaghers will ‘sing: * 7" Isn’t this a Jolly dish | o set Hetors ‘the men who have always thovght the Democratic party could not z6t along.with- nut them. Bing a.song of pom(en. 3 Three parties and one.man; The Popullsts and Silver Reps— . - ."Maguire will rush the can. When thelr thirst’ Is ‘quenched -“Divil- a. drop. there!ll "be prised to find that he-is a back number and that “his \mame s not,on’ the list. of single tax eligibles e -The largest ‘sun' dlal in ‘the world |is ‘Hayou Horoo, a , tending 3000 -feet-above the. Aegean: Sea. ‘As .the sun swings round theé shadew of this_mountain it touches, one by one, a - clrcla of 1Blafld!. which ac( as hem'marks. than | old- his | | moerat; who Is. sur-. large -promontory ex-- Grand. AROUND THE CORRHDORS Dr.* Adolph’ Kahn “of Napa 1s at the Lick. . - Judge §.. F. Gail of Salinas is at the Occidental: - : J. D. Biddle, a'banker from Hanford, is " | at the Grand. N.”W. Moody, Tax Collector of Fresno, is.at the Lick. James Gallagher, an-attorney of Fresno, is at the Baldwin.. James Barlow of England, coast, is at the Russ. M J. Wright of Sacramento registered at the Grand yesterday. Thomas Kain -Walker of Honolulu .1s staying at the Occidental. J. Jeans, land owner and grain dealer of Winters, is at the Russ. J.- W. Snowball, an attorney of Yolo County, is at:the California. Dr. M.. R. Congdon of Santa Cruz fs registered at the Lick House. Charles Friedberg, a merchant. of -To- ledo, is a guest at the Palace. John Fennell, a Tehama capitalist, reg- istered at the Palace yesterday. Morton Mitchell of ‘Washington, D. C., is-a recent arrival at-the Palace. Eugene R. Hendrix of Kansas City reg- istered at the Occidental yesterday. J. 'W. Mahan, Superior Judge, 1s’ reg- istered at the Lick from Bakersfield. Mrs. 8. Mitchell, wife of the Visalla banker; is among the guests at the Cali- fornia. F. ¥. Marks, a banker of Napa, whose home. is known as Elk Park, is at the Palace. W. H. Devlin; a. Sacramento attorney, registered at the Lick from the Capitol City yesterday. Driiry Melone, the capitalist, registered at the Palace yesterday, from his country. Home, Oak Knoll. Jesse' D. Carr,’ the Salinas banker, is here on a visit. ‘He registered at the Oc- cidental yesterday. Mrs.: A. C. Bilicke of Los Angeles, wife of the proprietor of the Hollenbeck Hotel, is at the California. Thomas A. Rilsy, advance agent of the Mme. - Modjeska Company, -registered at the Baldwin yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Fisher and niece, Miss Edith Bartlett, of Santa Cruz, are visiting at the Russ. G. W. Towles, of the big milling firm operating at Towles Station, is ‘at the Grand . for a brief stay. D. R. Cameron; ‘a prominent business man’ of Hanford, is-here buying goods, and-is’ at the: Lick House. John Thomann, a St. Helena vineyard- ist, 1s among the guests who registered at the Grand Hotel yesterday. Bishop Hendricks of Kansas City, who is attending’ the German Methodist con- touring the | ference; is at- the Occidental. John Sparks, cattle king of Nevada, is visiting San Francisco for a few days‘ and i8 registered at the Palace. H.. C. Morehouse, - State Senator, of | ‘| Santa Clara County, is at the Lick House | on his return from a visit to the East. J. Parker, a merchant of Salinas, and D. R.:Cameron, a commission merchant of Hanford, are among the guests at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. E. 8. Breyfogle have re- turned. to make their permanent home at the Palace, having been keeping house for ‘a year or so. Mr. and Mrs. Morton Mitchell arrived here yesterday from Washington, D. C., and have taken apartments at the Pal- ace for the winter. Mrs. Mitchell was formerly a resident of San Francisco, W. C. Noonan, W. C. Cummings, McCumpksey, John Plover, = Joseph Clavo, -Joseph P. Deveney, delegates to | the Young Men's Institute from Sonoma | County, Grass Valley and Virginia City, Nevada, returning from the San Jose con- vention, are at the Russ. Horace H. Bgbert, the well-known sporting writer, returned to this city yes- terday after a three months' . pleasure trip -through the East. He was. away three .months, dividing his. time . chiefly | among Philadelphia, New York and: Chi- cago. He suffered from the extreme heat and -expresses his pleasure at heing -on. the fog'and wind swept penirisula again. —_———— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sépt. L—R. T. Knapp of San Francisco is at the St. Denis. D. S. Watson of ~San . Francisco: is. .at the L. xunnoA]Tmn?s"m' ENGLAND. L oaxand. Aug. 31, 1898 Editor'San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: In your article of this date, headed “Govern-| meht Ownership of Railways,”: you invite correction of. the' figures. given comparing | rates here and in Burope. ' The fréight rates for England Seem very high, but as they- include "cost of loading and unload- | ing, which is not included fn the. Ameri- can rate; the comparison is -unfair.. The English rate (average) aiso includes the .rate for small parcels—under 100 pounds— which -are charged -at a proportionately higher rate.” but: in' thfs - country -are ‘handled by the express companiés. A ‘just ‘comparison - s, lhere{nre, very - difficult. Yours truly, JOHN P. DUN: LOP During his stay in Jerusalem the Kaiser has ‘arranged to:conduct an .outdoor. Seh vice on: the Meunt of Ouves SOLANO SUFFERS lt Has Smelters That Destroy L1 e Those m Shasta (From the Banlc!l New El:l We are glad" to see that The Callis niow trylng to ‘a Shasta County to the evils arising from the - -copper. use the people of _smélters at Keswick, " whete people for thirty miles around have been compglled to ‘abandon. their homes. It will only’ be a very few years when this part of Solano . County will be unfit to reside.in, and the’land for-agricultural purposes will be ut- - terly worthless. The Selby Smelting Works at Selby is doing the same’thing. that the Mountain Copper Company at Keéswick is doing. and weeks when the people of. this community .are hardly .able ‘t Horses, cattle and all 'sorts of animals have ‘died through: cause, and there is no doubt but that the -fumes.’ of - ‘Works are responsible for this: There .ar sgine unknown .- .the Selby’ Smelting Complaints have been filed from _this..com-: | . munity and other. places with the State Board of Health, t: nothlng has. ever been done. Now something must -be done, and done. i ickly. The Selby‘ Smelting Works must be made to understand that they must consume the fumes from their :melter-—and the expenditure of a small amount of money will accomplish this. If the State Board of -Health 1§ not. able to.abate this.’ nuisance we had better appeal 'to the next Legislature to pass laws. com- pelling these corporations to consume the smoke. and- ‘fuimes’. arlsing ‘from * their smelters. We are with The Call in its endesavor to prévent this out- - | rage on this or any other community by corporations. of this kind, and we ° hope that our next representatives in our legislative ha.lls at Ba,crn.mento will have laws passed to prevent the devastation of.valuable- prope'ty and whole communities. The damage already done to land u\d cattle’ cannot‘ be estimated and this nulsance must be abates | rate of postage is the s @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LIEUT. STONEY’S SERVICE - HOW THEY FIGHT WELLS-FARGO. The . Good Work Done by an 'Adopted . ‘Son of California., The friends of-Licuténant ‘George - M. ‘Stoney; for some time prior to the break- .| tng out.of the war. in charge of the United States naval recruiting statlon at 10 Cali- Tornia street ‘in-this city, will be pleased to learn ‘that he has added much to his record as an officer-and sailor during the recent “war—though ‘fortune denied ‘him the:chance of battle with the enemy. Lieutenant Stoney was ordereq the breaking out. of the war and as to thé-auxiliary crulser Prairic as naviga- | tor, - which; In answer to the clamor from ‘the New. England States, was sent with the San Francisco to cruise between Cape Cod and’ the 'banks of Newfoundland for reported- Spanish' privateers. Though these proved . to be myths the six weeks spent there was full of arduous duty, tha more. 80 .as the vessel w manned by naval reserves from Massachusetts, and with -the: exception: of the captain and Lieutenant ‘Stoney, no one on board had seen. actual: service before. From there the Prairie was sent to the Cuban coast and took part in the fight with the forts .and the burning of the Spanish steamer Alfon: X1I at the port of Mariel. - ‘Shortly afte he was ordered to Gibara, -on the northeast coast Cuba, to prevent the e pe of the Span- ish. forces from the province of Santiago by -sea. - Here' thev learned of the fall of Santiago ‘on July 21, and on July 24 were ordered to blockade San Juan, Porto Rico.. -After a week on this duty they went to Porto: Ponce to_assist in landing the army and stores. Tt was here that Lieutenant. Ston. had an opportunity of Tendering most uable services to the Government.. The large transport Massa- chusetts,” formerly of .the . International line, costing nearly a million dollars and carrying 1200 men, 1200 horses and mules and . 2,000,000 _rations, besides other valu- able stores, went aground on a coral reef at the entrance of ‘the harbor, and was at first glven up for a total loss. Lieuten- ant Stoney -was ordered to. examins the sftuation and save the cargo and Shlf 1t possible. This he did without the loss of -a horse or a pound of cargo, after two da and nights of hard work. and later took_the ship over to Arroyo, General Brooke's headquarters. For his: success “in this undertaking Lieutenant Stoney has been much com- plimented, - though he is still lamenting the fate that kept him from the more 1ively scenes. of action :‘where others earned ‘well deserved-laurels, as he might . [-have done. ————————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE KING OF SPAIN-D. T., City. The King of Spain was born: May 17, 1886 A BRITISH CROWN—A. 8., City. The exact weight of a British crown (coin) s 436.36363. GLADS’]‘"'\ AND . BISMARCK-D. T., City: E. Gladstone was born De- gemh;r 29, 1503 Bismarck was born April » . 180! NO G(“'E'R!\MENT RONLS*D. T, City. The United States Government has not offered a bonus ‘for a new air for the song ‘America. THE CIVIL CODE—L. B., Oakland, Cal. A civil code is a codification of the laws of a country that regulates the civil relations of citizens. PAY OF JURORS-G. D. T., City. Jurors in the Superior Court of this city are not paid each time their names are called. They are paid for each day that they are engaged in the trial of a case. MAIL FOR MANILA—Subscriber, City. The -steamer Belgic, that is to sail on September 3 ‘for China and Japan, will carry mail. to Hongkong intended for Manila. - If the mail is for soldiers the S. mail to any part of the RANGE FINDER-Inventor, Ne City, Cal. This department has not been able to discover any account of a test of a range finder for small arms. Address a communication to the Secretary of War, Washington, D. C., stating what your' nvention is, ‘and he will advise you it it is of any value to the army. MAILS FOR THE FAR NORTH-M. D., City. ‘Mail for the far north, includ- Ing St. Michael, leaves Seattle on the | 15th of each month. Lettérs or other mail matter interided for that direction should be mailed to leave San Francisco in time to reach Seattle on the 1ith of the month. Newspapers intended for parties at St. Michael will g0 to destination if properly stamped. PRONUNCIATION—H. B., Alameda, Cal. Desuetude is pronounced des-we-tud, with the sound of e as in mete and u in mute. - Cicero. according to_the old style, is Sis-e-ro, with the sound of o a move; the modern pronunciation is er-o, Greco-Roman. is Gre-ko-ro-man, with e as in mete and o as in hoe. An- tipodes is pronounced An-tip-o-dez, with o as in move and e as ln - mete. TU. BERCLLOS!S—C. J., Lompoc, Santa Barbara ‘County, Cal: The test for dis- covering if milk is affected with tubercu- | losis is to ‘incorporate gelatine with the milk, allow it to réemain for twenty-four hours, and then = subjeét it to micro- | scopical examination. If the milk is af- fected it, as a rule; is proof that the cow that gave it is affected with the disease. HIS .- MEMORY--Howard, - City. The quotation is: riot “He is indebted to his memory. for his wit and to- his imagina- {ion for his facts,” but “The Tight honor- able gentleman s indebted to his memory for ‘his jests-and to -his imagination for his. facts.”” This is to be found in Sheri- danin: speech- in_reply to Mr. .Dundas. In “Gil Blas,” by - Le - Sage, hook 3, chapter XI, there is to be found: “On peut dire que son. esprit depens de sa memoire” ‘(One: may. say. his wit shines by-the help of ms ). HUMAN TONGEVITY-J. 8.' Philo, Cal. - “There is rio reason :to guppose," says J. S, Billings, a writer who has de- voted much time and research to the mat- ter, *‘that the potential longevity of man has d('teriorated since he'first " .appeared on ‘edrt] s to average longevity Mr. Billings: 3 “It ‘appears. to. have in- eredsed-in most ‘of ‘the civilized countries since the. beginning:of the rineteenth cen- tury. According to the table of Ulpian in the Pandees of Justinian 30 years was the average among the Roma In Geneva during . the first. half of “the eighteenth century it was about 2§ years. In Eng- lang from 1838 to 1874 it was 35.9 for males and from 1871 to 1880 it -was 41.35. For females for-the first period it was 41.85 and for the latter 44.62. —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's:* ———————— Special . information . supplied dally -to business - houses ‘and public men by th Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, — e e New Leather Goods., * i New leather goods for fali trade have arrived. The Hne includes pocketbooks, card andleather cases, belts, chatelaine bags, -trunks, valises; traveling sets and lap tablets. - Playing cards, tally cards, combs, brushes; mirrors, ‘pérfumery an fine- toilet fiosé‘s in this department. San- born,; Vail & 741 Market street.. e e The United States Government is about to establish on the Caribbean Sea a com- lete system of weather stations for the Eenefll of all nations ‘whose interests lie in that direction. e S “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions ot mothers for thelr children while Teething with perfect success. It scothes the child, softens the.gums, dllays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates. the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, ‘whether arising from teething or other causes. ‘For sale by Druggists in every art of the world, Be sure and ask for Mra Vinslow’s Scothing Syrup. 25¢ a bottle. ———— First and Sscond Clasa iates -again reduced via the Santa Fe route..” Call at the niew ticket office, 625 Market. — e HO‘I’EL DEL CORONADO--Take advantage ot Toumd:-trip. tickets. . Now only $80 by ip, ‘including fitteen days’ board at ho- tel;- longer stay §4 50.per day. °Apply. at 4 New “| Montgomery street,-San Francisco. DYSPEPSiA” CAN BE Atker's Dyspepsia -Tablets. Ope little tablet Wil {lve immediate relief or money. refunded. 2 Bold n handsome tin boxes at No Percemuu ——-—..‘..—_ Onty’ the best for the best only. Among the ¥ 863 Market st. CURED BY USING. *