The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. _Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager, PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. Fs Telephone Main 1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents @ week. By mall $6 per year: per montd €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL.... ©OAKLAND. OFFICE... MNEW YORK OFFICE......... Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE ....:Rigge House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... -Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Reprosentative. 908 Broadway BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until | 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 e'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street. open ‘until' 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | strect, open untll .9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock, —— AMUSEMENTS, Baldwin—*“An Enemy to the King." Columbia—+Ingomar.” i Aleazar—*In Mizzoura.” Moroeco's— “Trilby Tivoli—*"I1 Trovatore.” Orpheum~—Viudevilla: New Comedy. Theater—* What Haopened to Jonea.” Albambra, Eddy and Jenes streets—Vaudevilla The Chutes—Pietro Marino, Vaudeyille and the Zoo. Clympia—Corner Macon and Eddy streets—Spectalties tuiro's Baths—Swimming. Rosenthal—Coming in February . AUCTION SALES, 1 By Frank W. Butterfield—This -day, September 25, Variety &nd Stationery, at 1787 McAllister'street, at 11 o clock. By Richard L Whelan—Thureday, September 29, Livery THE HALL OF JUSTICE. Btable, at $14 Geary street, at'l0 o ClocK. T Monday's meeting the Board of Supervisors fl by resolution extended the time during which the contractors may complete their work on the Hall of Justice to January 1, 1899. The contract called for a finished structure on Saturday next. Not only is the building still far from completion, but if | the contractors were to prosecute their work dili- | gently from. now on they could not finish it under | six or eight months. The extension of time to Jan- | uary I, conseqitently, is nothing more than an effort | to suspend publjc criticism for a few days longer. lti does not mean that work on the ‘Hall of Justice is | going to be prosecuted. Up to-the present time all indications point to the conclusion that - the contractors do not intend to carry out their . agreement.” They have already con- | sumed more time. on ‘the building than would have been necessary to construct half a dozen equally as imposing structures. It is proper, therefore,.in view of the fact that a municipal campaign is in progress, to suggest that measures be taken either to force the | execution of this contract or'to deprive the contract- ors of the further privilege of deluding the public. The property-awners in the. vicinity of Washington and- Kearny streets, if not the people- it large, have rights which should -be respected and which ‘demand attention. Why. would it not be a good idea for the Repub- lican municipal - convention now-in session to -treat of the subject in its platform? A plank could be drawn_denouncing thé present Democratic Super- visors- for trifling with the interests of thecity in this matter, pledging the Republican candidates about to be nominated to grant Baterhan Brothers no more ex- tensions, and-declaring in favor of the forfeiture of their rights. under the contract unless the Hall = of Justice is rushed to complefion. We have no_doubt | that such a plank would draw .to- the Republican® Su- | pervisorial candidates the votes of a large portion of the papulation in the vicinity of Montgoniery avenue and at North. Beach. There seems to be no other way in which to bring these contractors to time. -They obtained the award for this work in 1895. It is now about three years since the old City Hall was torn down and the foundations of the mew structure elaborately laid. Yet at the prevailing raté of progress from ten. to fifteen years more will be consumed in bringing the building to completion, Gl There is no disposition to:*be unreasonable with these contractors, and we believe the Supervisors have | already been miore than lenient with-them. But the public is interested in- the completion of the. Hall of Justice, dnd the work should be .prosecuted with at least ordinary diligence. A platiorm pledge woild be a rational way out of the difficulty. On Japuary 1, when the new- Supervisors take office, they. could en- | force the law and take the contract away from . its present holders, ‘enforcing: such penalties ‘and ‘for-. feitures as might then seem to be just. L — tween Police Judges Mogan and Low. there is. fl an absence of that brotherly love <o sweet to behold and-which we are told to let continue. Is it not possible that i expressing obinions of each other the Police Judges lose time?. Any unprejudiced observér will concede that the opinions are ‘ot of great value. Nobody really cares whether-Low ad- mires Mogan, and the Mogan soul yearns réespon- sively for bénign comirideship.- On. the, other hand, if one regards the other as’a no such thing, and an in- | terchange of this view be regarded . as- hecessary, there would be no pining Were tle jurists to meet in some secluded corridor.and come to a settlement ac: cording to Queensberry rules, publishing ‘only. the verdict. 5 A 5 Police Judges have enougl to do without pausing to express sentiments mutually detrimental. They have to punish the vagrant, reprove the man who has acquired a jag, give sage advice, impose uncollect: ible fines, accept straw bonds, denouncé the straw bondsman, ‘and. accept his offering_at- eay recurring_ opportunity. They have their . political fences to mend. It is their duty while off the bench "to get around among the “push” and urge théir right to- another term. All this is recognized. .It goes with the position. - g S 5 But the gentlemen should not openly quarrel. To do so detracts from the dignity of the woolsack. It gives the impression that, after all, Policé Court Judges are only human.’ After.a while ‘people will cease to regard them with awe. Mogan and Low ought to bury their little hatchets. Only éne person ever made a good record with-a hatchet, and he did not do it by whacking at a Police Judge. e e ————— POLICE COURT DIGNITY. PPARENTLY in the- relatioris - existing be- Still, the public is left in the dark as to whether a | are protection IN THE SHUFFLE. SILVER LOST UDGE MAGUIRE is the candidate of a fusion | QJ of three parties. The common ground on which they meet, the cement which holds together these incongruous and unadapted angles, is the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. The Silver Republicans i The Populists are income taxers. Maguire is a single taxer. These several principles of the fusion trinity are at war. On them the par- ties to the pinto ticket cannot meet on common ground. It is equally true that they cannot get to- gether on the anti-railroad issue. Some of the mos ardent Silver Republicans are railroad men. Som of the Populists are at peace with the Southern Pa- cific. On this issue the trinity divides as it does on taxation. The three-headed party is at peace with itself on one issue alone, and that is free silver. This being true, why does not the candidate of the fusion support the terms of the treaty which made him a candidate? Why does he not expound free silver in his campaign? A reference to the discussions which preceded fusion shows that free silver was the reason for which fu- sion was urged. That was the cement that fastened the piece of political crackle ware together. It was the shibboleth which every politician had to mumble. But where is it now? It has faded and disappeared, and Judge Maguire is out seeking office as an anti- railroad candidate, pounding the same thrashed straw and making the old stock promises which have been on the market for thirty years. ‘Why is such an issue still alive? In 1882 Stoneman was elected on that issue, and won by promising to settle it. At the end of his term the same old promise was put in issue, unredeemed. Four years ago it was renewed. Every stump rang with it. Maguire's party won on it, electing a Governor and a majority of the Railroad Commission. Yet, if we are to believe the fusion candidate, nothing has been done, and the burning issue is still burning. Since 1882 the Demo- cratic party has had full power, repeatedly, in the executive and legislative branches of the State govern- ment, and has always gone into power on the same extreme promise which it makes now, and has done nothing. If there be an issue which justifies such prominence in every campaign, it should be settled. 1f it is not settled and endéd by those who so per- sistently raise it, two presumptions of fact are cre- ated—one, that the issue is not to be adjusted by politics; the other that those who so continually make it and get from the people the power to settle it neglect that duty in order that the railroad issue may remain to be the means of getting power again, to betray the promises by which it is obtained. While this policy of promise and betrayal on the railroad issue goes on and on, in every Democratic conven- tion, platform and campaign; while the candidates of that party charge that the railroad owns the Republi- cans before election, it must be true that the rail- road owns the Democrats after election, for they have not hurt nor harmed it when in power. Meantime the railroad issue, in whatever form it is presented, is settling itself. The issue raised on the funding of the debt of the Central Pacific was settled by Democratic Senator Morgan, with the approval of every Populist and Democrat in the United States Senate. The internal issue in this State, involving freights and fares, has been settled for the whole route from San Francisco to Bakersfield by the Valley Road, and as an overland problem by the connection made by that line with a rival and competing overland system across the Tehachapi. We call the attention of the business and producing community to this fact, and to the further fact that politics, Democratic politics, in California having failed miserably and perhaps cor- ruptly to settle the railroad issue, it has been taken out of politics and subjected to a business settlement by the enterprise and energy and faith of business men. The raising of the railroad issue made the Southern Pacific a mighty political power. Of it might have been said, “It saith to one man go, and he goeth, and to another come, and he cometh,” but that day is past. The Democrats who have got office on the railroad issue, and the Southern Pacific, which took them into its tepee after election, will see those fair, fat days no more. They will not again execute the war dance in public and the corn dance in private together. These things will have for them in the future only the pleasures of memory. The Valley Road blows a new tune on a new whistle from the bay to Kern River, and will soon wake the echoes across the mountains. The Southern Pacific must hereafter reckon with a competitor, and must quit politics and go to rail- roading. 5 These being the facts of the situation, Judge Ma- guire should keep his bargains with the three par- ties which he represents, and as they fused on silver, he should line the cloud that hangs over him with that metal at once. A NEW FRENCH REVOLUTION. Y the cheers which greeted the announcement B thattlre Brisson-Ministry had decided upon a re- ision of the Dreyfus trial, evidence was given of the accomplishment in Paris of another revolution. It has been a moral revolution this time, and was achieved without insurrection and street fighting, but is-none the less as important as some of those which in the past were accomplished only by bloodshed and the overthrow of governments and dynasties. It has been apparent for some years that the stability of the French republic is no longer seriously menaced by imperialists or monarchists; by Bona- partes or Bourbons. The menace has come from the army, and.the threatening danger has been that of excessive militarism. Once it raised its head under the lead of the popular héro, Boulanger, and for a time a dictatorship was imminent. With - the over throw of that half-farcical would-be Napoleon, the republic recovered her equipoise and settled herself | to some years of peace. The higher officers of the army, however, collected their strength, extended their power, and little by little assumed a ‘dominant position in the nation, founded partly upon the in- herent strength of the army itself, but mainly upon the “patriotic loyalty with which the French peoplé re- gard the army and its commanders. - Not long ago it was a common saying, “France is nothing but an army.” It was believed that no power existed in the country strong enough to con- front and oppose the military. party on any important proposition.. The test came when the military author- ities after a secret trial, conducted, as it appears, in violation of the rights guaranteed by the law to all accused persons, condemned Dreyfus to life impris- onment and exile. A few brave spirits took up the cause of the condemned man and began the agita- tion which has since become worldwide in its effects. The fight for Dreyfus was an appeal to public opinion against excessive militarism. It was the sec- ond trial of strength on the part of the republic against the army she sustains in peace, and which in turn must sustain her in war. This second struggle was much harder than that waged in opposition to Boulanger. At the start the people were persuaded that the honor of the army was at stake, and their policeman who runs away-from danger is a coward. ] pride in it was aroused to a bitter antagonism toward all who opposed what had been done by the War De- partment. There was prejudice and natural patriot- ism to be overcome before the victory could be gained for justice and for liberty. It now appears that the struggle is virtually over and militarism has been defeated. The republic has been vindicated by its citizens. France has achieved a conquest of her prejudices, and may well rank it among the most important of her revolutions. CALIFORNIAN CONGRESSMEN. N the current number of the Merchants’ Associa- l tion Review, Mr. John E. Quinn, in commenting | upon a lack of attention to the interests of Cali- fornia on the part of the National Government, says: “The writer has often been at a loss to know what this State would lose if we had no representatives at Washington. It is true that many things might be accomplished if energetic men represented California at the National Capitol—men who would be a unit in demanding the rights of the State from the General Government. Senators and Representatives of other States secure valuable legislation for needed public improvements, and California, as a large contributor to the national treasury, is justly entitled to equal con- sideration.” The complaint thus formulated against the services of our Representatives in Congress is hardly just. It is true the interests of the State have been neglected and that much we have a right to expect from the National Government has been denied us. The ap- propriations for the improvement of our largest rivers and harbors have been slight in comparison with those made for insignificant ports and streams in the Eastern States. The neglect and comparative par- simony, however, have not been due wholly to our Congressmen. Our people are themselves largely to blame in the matter. The prestige in Congress of the representation of any particular State is dependent mainly upon the length of service in the House or the Senate of the members who make up the representation. For the attainment of infiuence in either branch of Congress there is needed experience, as well as ability and fidel- ity. In the making up of the appropriation bills it is the member who has the greater number of influen- tial friends who is the most likely to obtain a full re- cognition of the needs of his district. The new and unknown member of Congress is heavily handicapped in all contests of the kind against an older member who, by reason of favors granted others in the past, successfully claims their support for his measures in turn. The people of the Fifth District have had the wis- dom to repeatedly re-elect Mr. Loud, and as a result they have the reward of being served now by one of the most influential of the younger members of the House. Mr. Loud has attained one of the most im- portant chairmanships, and is/in a position to ma- terially serve his constituents. That service has been given faithfully, and the results have been highly ben- eficial, not only to his own district, but to the whole State. The moral of the situation is too plain to be mis- taken. If all the Congressional districts of California would follow the example of the Fifth and return to Congress term after term a steadfast upholder of pro- tection, sound money and the true interests of the people and the nation, California would soon have no cause to complain that her representation in Con- gress is useless and that the National Government neglects her interests. THE RIGHT WAY ABOUT IT. EPORTS from Washington are to the effect R that the commission appointed to investigate the conduct of the war has decided to summon persons professing to have information on the sub- ject to give evidence. It appears that quite a number of letters of complaint from various quarters have been received, all of them being vague in their state- ments. The writers are to be requested to formulate their complaints into specific charges, if they can, and those who do so will then be called upon to prove what they have asserted. This is a move in the right direction. The country will be glad to have the charges made against the War Department and the officers of the army inves- tigated fully. That the soldiers in the variou$ camps underwent more or less hardship is beyond question. It was inevitable that it should be so. There are ample reasons, however, for believing that all of the more sensational reports, out of which the yellow press and the fusion demagogues have been trying for the last month to make political capital against the administration and the army, have been either exag- gerations or downright lies. It is, therefore, gratify- ing to learn that at least some of the authors of these lurid and harrowing stories may be called upon to make good their words before the commission. We shall see how many of them will appear and how many of their reports will prove to have been well founded. This determination on the part of the commission gives promise that the scope off the investigation will be as wide as the President recommended. All the issues involved in the conduct of the army from the outbreak of hostilities will be taken up, and full and searching inquities be made concerning them: We shall learn from the evidence to be thus obtained in what respects our war administration falls short of what it should be, and thus be instructed as to. the points in which our military system needs reform. That will be the most important result of the inquiry. but it will not overshadow in the public mind the other result to be expected when the vociferous howl- ers against the army and the Secretary of War are called upon to make their charges specific and then prove them. ————— : “ARE.” THE UNITED STATES ITH a sageness which beseems a thinker the Post asks that The Call point out some para- graph in the constitution wherein occurs the expression “The United States are.” The Call is un- able now to do so; not having the constitution hy heart. The point at issue is merely as to whether “The United States” is a term to be regarded as singular or as plural. In section 3, Article ITI, of the constitu- tion may be found the following: “Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or adhering to their enemies.” In the thirteenth amendment is this: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude * * * shall ex- ist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” % % Tt appears to us that the little Post is sufficiently answered. The United States, however single of pur- pose, are plural. The matter is a simple one of arithmetic. i Spain’s Commissioners have been instructed to con- tend‘ strongly for the preservation of Spanish sov- ereignty in the Philippines. It is believed, however, that the really influential instructions concerning this matter will be those sent from Washington. It is generally believed that Nat Goodwin broke his Ik‘ for theatrical purposes only. ) attraction of the calcium. Frawley Company. “The Dancing Girl.” hand to see how he does it. professional stage. he takes it. the Frawley Company. s AR AR R AR e as et e e e e e R R R R R R R R R R R B R L R D S S O PR R R R T R R R R RS PR E At HE WILL SEEK FAME WITH THE FRAWLETS 8 a usual thing it 1s the soclety girl who electrifies her circle by de- serting home, mother and cotillons for the stage: a society man, and a married man at that, who has succumbed fo the #, dilettante actor, husband, book- keeper for the Sperry Flour Company, and twice a father, will forsake the passive pleasures of commerce, society and- domesticity to - join the He will make his first professional appearance at the Baldwin Theater week after next as the impetuous young flsherman in Needless to say fashion and clubdom will be on There seems to have been an-inevitable affin- ity between Mr. Mathieu and the stage. Ten years ago, when a student at Trinity College, he was a leading spirit in the academic theatricals then in vogue, and ever since his g_rm‘.luaunn he has been an important figure in the various amateur performances given in San Francisco. Blanche Bates was an amateur Mr. Mathieu was usually her “opposite’ in the cast, and, like Miss Bates, he always felt an inclination for the Frank Mathieu, social light, club ma ‘Although for years commercial life, marriage and offspring and: their obligations kept him from his ambition, he was only waiting for the right chance to come along. Now Mr. Frawley offers him the chance and As an amateur Frank Mathieu has long. ranked the cleverest in San Francisco. He has a fine, cultivated personality and the face and phy- sique of one of Gibson's men. His work as an amateur has always been easy and convincing and free in action, and it is not unsafe to predict success for him in the important parts that he will have this season with P R e e R T 2 T P OGN ++ But this time it is When Miss #‘000¢§¢004¢¢4##04#40&#0##44#6}4—+#_046#&#46*##Q#0#4’4#44##6###&**####¢_§+#4#+#f“0#{####4 v AROUND THE CORRIDORS. F. Van Sant, a merchant of Dixon, is at the Russ. J. G. Thorn has returned from a visit to Moss Landing. A. Rubenstein, a merchant of Hanford, 1s at the Russ. The Hon. R. Boyle and wife are guests at the Occidental. Herman Welisch, a merchant of ' San Diego, is at the Lick. W. H. Hatton, an attorney of Modesto, is stopping at the Lick. - James Topley, the druggist, of Vallejo, and wife are at the Grand. 2 Charles Christian, a large planter of Hawall, is & guest at thg Russ. Thomas Flint Jr., the State Senator, and wife are guests at the Palace. B. H. Fraser, a mining man of Caribou, British Columbia, is registered at' the Russ. W. Forsyth, the well-known raisin grower of Fresno, Is a guest at the Occi- dental. Fred H. Cox and C. J.. Cox, the promi- nent bankers of the Capital city, are at the Grand. George B. Goodman, the banker, of Napa, is in the city for a few days, ac- companled by his wife. They are gtoppmg at the Palace. 5 Julius Merzbach will leave to-night for an extended tour throughout.the North- west to look after his vast mining and} commercial interests. —_—————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—E. W. Hopkins of San Francisco and John R. Newberry of Los Angeles are at the Holland. P. Congrave and M. Casey, of San Francisco, have salled for Paris. TO THE ARMY MULE. . steed wins his meed of praise, TSt aharing, on the shining page - - Of history, Fame's golden words, _ Which are the hero's heritage; In monumental brass he makes A part of glory's entourage. - A _city, once was named for him, . With thee, O mule, it s not thust No modern Alexander’'ll find n thee a new Bueephalus; Thou'rt nothing but a nondescript— In Jite and death inglorious! of ‘but one, 'mong all T Tna."who e er ‘on Glory's track Has made @ record—only one, ‘And that the white mule Alborak, - Who, 50 'tls said, bore Mahomet - To Allah’s heaven upon his back. The battle charger's shade, no doibt, Nefghs-in Valhalla's vesiibule: But ne'er a niche doth Fame reserve For thee, O plodding army mulet Thy ghost,- among the demigods, Would be & butt for ridicule! - Yet, tho' to Glos Y fate ne'er for thee let down the bars; Tho' thou may'st never be the mount By which the hero seeks the stars, 1 strike my lyre to celebrate *Thee, O thou toughest aid of Mars! —Boston Globe. * s camping ground THE P OF PAPER AT BLENHEIM s HOUSE. Among the historical treasutes of Blen- helm House is a slip of paper on which are scribbled a dozen lines in penecil. Those lines were written by the Duke of Mariborough at the close of the fiercé death-wrestle at Blenhelm. The tumult of battle was rolling westward, where nch and Bavarians were in disordered Tetreat, with Marlborough's cavalry rid- ing fiercely on their rear. The smoke of the great fight yet hung black in the heavens. The slopes of the hills to the right, where Prince Eugene had four times over made his fiery onset, and the marshy plain in the center where Marl- borough himself, by a cavalry cha wortg‘y of Nunt—o&n cavalry jolned in one furfous onset of s.lgl:plng hoofs—had ‘broken through the ch center, were strewn with neacly 30,000 killed and wounded. But Maj bofon{h. with the rapture of the Wi flil'll. still dancing in his bmlod. pulled u% horse on one of the |§‘ua‘n rustie bridy Wife In London to tell her of the" great Marlboroush, appare: T of paper from sema ls‘ta ' ft}r o{x the back of it ems of a tavern bill. He used - pet of the bridge for a writin e ad been seventeen hours in the saddle most of that time riding in the very heart of one of the greatest battles in all his- tory; yet the firm shape of the letters is a curious testimony to that serenely un- shakable temperament which was Mari- l%(;]l;(;ug:‘rsp most striking characteristic. £ aper, tay e il € Daver, tavern bill on one ts few lines scribbled on the & German bridge, is the record of one of the' greatest victories in British history. 4 vietory that has profoundly affected the evelopment of th Cexelopn e British empire.—The IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. Cholly—Aw—I. always pity a man wh Iives by his wits, doncherknow ? X2 Miss Sharpe—I should think you would envy hiljn.—Brouklyn Life. borrowed the member of his are ‘the faded arapet of Mrs. P.—Oh! T saw a perfect! hl_-lt in church to-day, 7o Mr. P.—H'm! I'm glad to hear that your thoughts were on heavenl = Philadelphia Bulletin. ¥ et “Jibber cheated me out of ev I put into his business.” S5 Sliar “(I;an't you do anything?” “No; he got out first with the nrnge I had cheated him.”—Chicago Hen. ord. A Mitigating Thous:ht.—"Yofl bee{\ awfully homesick, John." e “I was. If it hadn’t been for thinki; of the lawn-mower T don’t believe I cm:‘ig have stood it."—Cleveland Plain ealer. ispatch on the other, with | Wite—John, is it true that you invitea | our cook's soldier-lover t e 0 my birthday Husband—Certainly. I did not wan to get the best morsels of every dtl's}!;lf Fliegende Blaetter. ¥ “Our new apectacular atdn'e seem to B understond by aanC to Boston,” remarked the manager “Naturally enough,” asserted the news paper man. “They always see throue‘.r; epectacles {n Boston.”—Exchange, A voung bachelor, sewing machine agen his machine would pose. “Wh: sald the agent, with voluble praise, “it is the best on ol ST the market in “That may be,"” Who was beset by a t, told the latter that not answer the pur- replied the su; 8- tomer; “but the sewing macglpx?:egc:;n looking for must have flaxen hair d blue eyes.”—Tit Bits. - C ———— £ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT ANCIENT HALF-DIMES_M City. Half-dimes of 1851, 152 and 1853 Lo offered for sale by dealers at from 20 to 6 cents each. That the market value of the shme CCPSldered VAR FOOTING—A. §, city the early part of the war betw United States and Spaln, the e%lnitzs States army was placed o ing of 10438, an Increase of 7s5q" 10t A SPANISH REAL-W. A, | ley, Cal. The Spanish real ot w'r'ucnhe?; ‘an Impression and 1729 - is wong from 30 to sgi%gtn: grnh‘:t ?; the market price, according to dealers. SALT SPRING VALLEY—A Virginia City, Nev. The Salt Spring Vol ley reservoir is in Calaveras County, and Is reached from Stockton via the Milton mI‘::M' and then by stage about seven THE LAST GLASS-8., Cit: A 1 of this department has klnd{y tum?:t?:; an answer to the question asked as to wno Wwrote “The Last Glass,” a temperance fi'em. It was written by Willlam Collins, gl ot & ot Gt e, S be manied Ty DY of the poem will ALASKA INDIANS—J. M. Jr. The rea- son that Indians of Alaska are not per- mitted to take up mining claims is be- Across the | cause they are prohibited by law fro; ‘hwanbucl d seribbl these dozen | doing. None b tize) o aee LRBes'3o His tmperious and bitter-empored | douiered: ths i itizens or’such as e | unsurveyed, are hereby declared can take up a mining location. Indians evho maintain tribal relations are not citi- ;| 2ens, and to become citizens they must sever connection with the tribe and per- fect citizenship before they can take up a mining location. HEREDITARY—C. T. J., City. Pos- sibly your friend knows what he means when he asserts that ‘“although there exists the word hereditary, there is no such thing. as . hereditary,” but it is doubtful if any one else-does, He must be under the impression that hereditary, which is an adjective ' from the Lati: hereditare, to inherit, is a tangible thing. RAIL AND DUCK—T. W. B, City. In San Mateo. County- the season for rail is from October.15 to November 15. Shoot- ing from hoats at high tide is prohibited. In Alameda the season for rail is from October 15 to February 15. The season for duck in San Francisco, Alameda and San Mateo is from October 1 to March 1. Ralil may-be shot In San Francisco during the last given dates. THE. PROPER ADDRESS—A. B., Vet- erans! -Home, Cal. It is- not proper to ‘address ‘a -communication to “The Honor- able FHoard - of . Veterans' Association: Dear Sir’ but-it should be *The Honor- ahle the Board. of Directors of the Veter- ans’ Home: Gentlemen.” The use of the words “Deat Sir" is not permissible as there are. several on. the board. Either “Gentlemen’” ‘or -““Dear Sirs” is correct. ‘WAR—C. P., City. ‘This department will not decide bets. - It will furnish facts and persornis interested may apply such to whatever contentions they may have. There has been a cessation of hostilities between the United States and Spain, but it canpot be said that the war is ended and it will not be ended until the treaty o %eace shall have been signed. Should tne eace Commissioners mnot agree, war might be renewed at a moment's notice. ENGINEER ON AN OCEAN STEAM- ER—Inquirer, City. A young man who ‘wishes to become an engineer on an ocean steamer ‘who' “has not had any experi- ence, but likes ‘machinery,” will have to serve g term as oiler, and if he has any aptitude for -the work of an engineer he will be promoted step by step. To im- rove himself he should read and study 00ks on the steam engine and others that would be suggested by the one under whom he would work. 'ESTATES IN MASSACHUSETTS—Mrs. C. T. C., City: The laws of Mas chu- setts do not prescribe that distribution of an estate must be made within a speci- fied period after the filing of a will for robate. Smith on Probate Law in Massachusetts says: ‘The time when distribution -can properly be made must depend upon_the circumstances of each case. If all the A)Prsons entitled to shares are known, the distribution may be made at any time after the debts are paid.” COURSE OF A VEIN—E. G., Hornitos, Cal. A mining cfaim is 1500 feet along the course of the vein or lode and 600 feet wide—300 feet on each side of the vein or lode. 'Supposing that the lode runs north and south and the vein or lode should dip toward the north into adjoining property, the locator of the claim would have the right to follow that dip into the adjoin- ing property, but not beyond the north line ‘of the locator's claim.. The same if it dipped to the south. The owner of the adjoining claim has the traverse right to a certain portion of the dip. TRANSPORTS—A. T. L., City. The fol- lowing_shows the number of transports that left this port with troops for Manila and Honolulu: May 2, City of Peking, Australia, City of Sydneéy; June 15, Sena- tor, Colon, China and Zealandia; June 27, Indiana, Morgan City, Ohio and City of Para; June 28, Valencia; June 29, New- ort; July 15, Peru and Puebla; July 20, ennsylvania; July 23, Rio Janeiro; July 2, St. Paul; August 6, Lakme and Ta- coma; August 18, Aliilance; August 21, Arizona, and August 27, Scandia. A ILLARRIED WOMAN’'S RIGHTS—E. G., Hornitos, Cal. A married woman who came. to the United States twenty-two years ago from a foreign country and whose husband was naturalized a citizen of the United States prior to her arrival became, by the act of her husband, a citi- zen of the Unitéed States. Having by the act of her husband become a citizen she need not go through the form of natural- ization to take up a mining location. Lindley- on Mines say: “Neither age nor sex is mentioned in the definition of the word citizen, it therefore includes men, women and children.” It follows that a married woman who is a citizen can take up a mining claim. Section 2319 of the Revised Statutes says: *All valu- able mineral deposits in lands belongin, to the United States, both surveyed :n;A to be free and open to exploration and pur- chase, and the lands in which they are found'to occupation and purchase by citi- zens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations proclaimed by law and according to the local customs or rules of miners in-the several mining districts, so far as the same are applic- able and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.” —————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.s —— e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont. gomery ctreet. Telephone Main 1042, * —_——— Buy wall paper and window shades at Clark’s, €53 Market street. Country ore ders solicited. . —_———— © Fapa—We must cut down our famlily ex- penses. Mamma—Well? Papa—Can’t Robble be induced to ac- cept a regular salary for taking his medi- cine?—Detroit Free Press. ————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays 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 part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’'s Socthing Syrup. 25c a bottle. HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $0 by steamship, including fitteen days' board at hotel: longer stay $230 per day. Apply at 4 New ? ontgomery street, San Francisco. ———— ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA° TABLETS ARE sold on a positive guarantee. Cures heartbura, ralsing of the food, distress after eating or any form of dyspepsia.” One little tablet gives mediate relief. At No Percentage Pharm: —_——————— MANY aches and pains yleld promptly to Pam- KER'S GINGERTONIC. Try it. PARKER'S HATR BATSAM will save your hair. Commercial lunch, 11 to 2. Among the Bar- rels, 863 Market ADVERTISEMENTS. B " LEND US YOUR EAR. ‘We want to tell you of the fine laundry work we are doing, and all who appre- clate a berutiful color and fine medium finish on their linen can get the bene- fit of our experience and expert work- manship. There is no laundry in town Where you can get such perfect satis- faction as at the United States. The United States Laundry, office 1004 Market street Telephons South 420.