The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1898, Page 4

four 12-inch in two turrets, and e which are all quick-firers, Include elght ) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1898 THE LORD GOD S GO LD. 6.4-Inch, elght 3.9-inch, sixteen Ls-inch B and thirteen Li-inch. The total estimated Quoth the Maker of All as He fashioned the world: | cost is $5,681,925. MONDAY... _NOVEMBER 14, 1808 stringent watch be kept upon immigration from Can- ada, and that every immigrant be provided with a certificate containing the date of his arrival, which he shall be obliged to show when he applies for natural- ization papers. It is gratifying to note that out of the large num- CONSULTING THE ORACLES. | the confusion of its thoughts and feelings, Aand ; suffering from the stress of conflicting emotions surging around a dazed brain, the Examiner has *Now where shall I hide my gold | _The appointment of Lieutenant Michael- - From the fingers and eves of that creature, Man, i B abie 1o the Quecn e ¥achE Vic. == = == ‘Who, alas, may be overbold toria and Albert, revives the old story of JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. ons to W, S, LEAKE, Manager. _ | setalidionl otuie Belsle L BB .Market and Third Sts., S. F. | Address All Comm PUBLICATION OFFICE. Telephone Main 1868. | EDITORIAL ROOMS. ..217 to 931 Stevenson Street | Telephone Main 1874 THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) s served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per montb €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL............. One year, by mall, $1.50 | been consulting many oracles to find an explanation of the defeat of its fused factions on election day. These oracles it has diligently sought out in widely separated quarters, but as yet it has found no comfort. Wherefore, out of pity for its state and in the hope of putting an end to its howls, we offer a suggestion. The Examiner can find in the New York Journal of November 4 a review of the political situation, which, if not wise, is at any rate suited to its under- standing and therefore more useful to it than a wiser statement would be. The Journal of that date, in a OAKLAND OFFICE.............. teeresssesess--908 Broadway | NEW YORK OFFICE......... Room 188, World Bullding DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE........,.....-Riggs Houss C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ..Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. 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 until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open unt!l 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kantucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. California—*‘Northern Lig! Columbia—Kellar, the M Baldwin—""Mistakes ¥V Alcazar— Morosco's—* ht Trus *“Under the Dome." s Eddy streets, Specialties. Olympia—Corn | are learning at last what screaming editorial headed, “The Lines of Cleavage,” | declared the'masses of the people to be divided on the same lines throughout the Union, and it prophe- sied a sweeping victory for fusion everywhere. “The tide of revolt against Republicanism that is sweeping Van Wyck toward Albany,” said the Jour- nal, “is not a local phenomenon. It is a national movement. It is felt from the Atlantic to the Pa- cific.” Further on it declared: “The lines of cleav- age are the same in New York as in California, and the same in each State as in the whole Union.” Aifter asserting that the Republican party is always and everywhere the party “‘of corruption and of gov- ernmental meddling with individual liberty and of overgrown bossism,” it went on to say: “The people the new Republicanism means. With the glittering historical associations it has fraudulently misused stripped off, they see it as it is—an abhorrent creation of organized greed, and they are resolved to have no more of it.” Here is an explanation ready made in a yellow slop- shop and so suited to the Examiner it is strange it has not been adopted by that organ and reprinted as its ber of immigrants who arrived at our ports during the year it was found that only seventy-nine were as- sisted immigrants and only 417 were contract la- borers. Those, of course, were turned back. ~That the number of this class of applicants for admission to the country was so small is an evidence that the laws prohibiting that kind of immigration have had a good effect. In times past such immigrants were numbered by the t}fusands. It is also to be noted that among the arrivals only two convicts were de- tected. Europe, it seems, has been forced to quit using this country as a dumping ground for her criminals. PROSPECTIVE LEGISLATION. Y the sweeping victories of last Tuesday the B Republicans have been assured control in the next Congress of all branches of the Govern- ment. The way is at last clear for the enactment of legislation to carry out the great policies to which the party is pledged. A hostile Senate after the fourth of next March will no longer stand in the way of currency reform and block the progressive policies of the administration. The way will be free to write upon the statute books every law which Republican statesmanship can devise for the welfare of the na- tion and the prosperity of the people. Under these conditions the Republicans will occupy a position similar to that held by the Demo- crats in 1892, when Cleveland took office with his party in control of both the House and the Senate. The country will now have an opportunity to see the And likely to search for the glittering stug Ot which he will never he~- half enough? Then He pondered the matter for many a day Until He devised a plan By which He might circumvent the schemes [ Of His greedy plaything, Man. . Then He ordered His glorious angels forth, And some went West while others went North. And the last took the gold from the vaults of the Lord And they hid it ’neath river and hill; Then they planted the land with the hemlock and spruce, And the north wind, bitter and chill, Had covered the whole with a_mantle of ice Before they were gathered in Paradise. And the nights had been lengthened to hideous nights ‘While the days had been cleft in twain. “This place,” said the Lord, “is my treasure house And it shall not be ope’d again; And he who would prospect this ice-bound land Shall carry his life in his puny hand.” But His love had gone out to the new-born West, So the Lord said: “Let it be. If the gold be found I have treasured there % It matters not much to me. But the gold in the North is the Lord God's gold ‘Which none shall seek but the overbold.” And for ages the seals lay undisturbed On the treasure in North and West; For men would speak of the former land As a loveless land at best. And no one knew that the gold of the Lord In the Western treasure house was stored. And men were glad in the early days ‘When. the gold lust was unknown; And many have lived to curse the hour “When in man’s breast were sown, Through dreams, a thirst for the golden ore And a hope for a peace he would know no more. For it lured them forth from the fruitful flelds And they wandered everywhere; | the alleged secret marriage of his eldest sister Mary «to the Duke of York. No | other satisfactory explanation can be of- | fered for the continued and extraordinary | tokens of royal favor extended to the | Seymour family. The father, Admiral | Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, has been promoted from the companionship of the | order of the Bath to a knight commander, | and thence to the dignity of the Grand | Cross thereof, and has, in addition, been | appointed to the command-in-chief of the Portsmouth naval station, which is Iths most sought for and most lucrative | service in the British navy. The appoint- | ment of his son to the Victoria and Albert | will entitle the young man to the pro- | motion of commander in two years. He | will then be thirty-three years of age, and the favors shown this young officer | are naturally galling to other older naval officers more capable but less fortunate | in not having a royal pull. A commander | of 33 years of age is not an unusual thing | in foreign navies where promotion is | made by selection, but in the United | States navy it is an impossibility. The | youngest commander in our navy is 50 | years of age, and some have reached the | ripe age of 55 with no prospect of getting | @ higher rank than that of captain. | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. JUDGE JOACHIMSEN — Subscriber, | City. . Judge H. L. Joachimsen has been Police Judge of San Francisco since 18%0. | IN HER OWN RIGHT—A. B. C,, City, | In every State in the Union a wife is al- | lowed to have money in her own right. In | some of the States, however, the husband | holds the same in trust for the exclusive | use of the wife. AUSTRALIAN BALLOT-J. B. K., City, The Australian ballot or a modification, | thereof 1s in use in all the States of the difference between government by an organized and harmonious party and government by a combination of factions united only for the sake of winning office and disagreeing among themselves upon not only They found the gold that was stored in the West But there wasn’t enough gold there To suit their needs, and so, undismayed, On the Lord God’s gold they made a raid. The Chutes—Lil Sutro's Bath: mith, Vaudeville and the Zod. | Union except the followln%: Georgla, 8. | Louisiana., orth Carolina, South Caro- lina. It is not in use in Arizona and New Mexico. PEOPLE'S BANK—E. B. G. N, City. own. The prophecy of Van Wyck’s victory and the announcement that he was then being swept to Al- bany by a tidal wave were false, but not more false | than the rest, and do not detract from the merit of ovember 17, For rumors had come from the white-robed North, A PHENOMENAL OCTOBER. out the -country are already apparent. All| along the line a general quickening in trade is noted. The result is accepted not only in this coun- | try, but in Europe, as a sign that sound financial prin- | tinue to rule in the United States, and | in "[“HE effects of the Republican triumph through-i ciples will co that visionaries and theorists will have no voice shaping the commercial and monetary affairs of the natic England was quick to perceive this, and as | soon as the result of the elections was definitcly! known English buyers appeared in Wall street and | bought stocks and bonds heavily. The Continent, | too, shared the confidence of the English, and pur- | chased ireely. Under this foreign demand for our securities the whole market showed pronounced im- provement. On Thursday the sales of stocks on the Exchange were over 700,000 shares, and of bonds about $10,000,000, the largest bond dealings in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. The sus- pension of business on election day, however, told upon the country’s bank clearings, which showed a | falling off for the week of 6.9 per cent. The week’s failures were 187, against 273 for the corresponding week in 1897. In spite of the depressing influences of the ap-| proaching election, however, October was a phenom- | enal month, showing the largest volume of trade for | any October, and the largest ever known in any | -month except December, 1892. The railroad earn- | ings showed a gain of 5.2 per cent over October, 1807, and foreign trade an increase of 20 per cent. The consumption of iron during the month was also the | largest' on record, footing up 1,010,646 tons. At: present writing, however, the iron trade is quieter. The other staples, while rather more active than | for some time back, are not in a very satisfactory con- dition. Cotton remains at the lowest prices on rec- ord, with heavy receipts and a small demand on mill- ing account. Wool still labors under the depressing influence of large foreign and domestic supplies, and ac holders generally decline to give concessions to buyers, the market remains dull, though business is not as depressed as it was some time ago. Wheat fell | off somewhat in price, though the exports from the | country were larger than during the same week in 1897. The distributive trade of the country con-| tinues fair on the whole, while in the West and Northwest it keeps up to its old remarkable volume. | The money market is in good shape, the large ex- | ports creating a feeling of confidence in the future of | funds. In this connection the monthly summary of | commerce and finance, just issued by the Treasury | Bureau of Statistics, will be read with interest by | every patriotic American. During the nine months ending September 30 the country increased its ex- | ports $123,000,000 and decreased its imports by $113,- “ 000,000. To Europe we increased our sales from | $568,805,150 to $666,086,539, while our purchases were | cut down from $332,394,084 to $240,863,714. To North America our sales increased from $94,862,860 to $108,- 931,837, while our purchases fell from $84,511,466 to $76,048,519. To Scuth America our exports in-| creased-from $24,871,545 to $25,323,042, while our im- | ports from that part of the world fell from $78,656,- | 642 to $63,513,873. To Asia and Oceanica our e ports increased from $45,784,340 to $54,495,383; our | imports also increased from $85,004,867 to $88,230,960, | this being mostly due to an increase in imports of | raw silk for use in the factories of the United States. | To Africa our sales increased from $11,034,338 to $13,555,075, while our imports decreased from $8,186,- | 980 to §6,674,827. The above is one of the very finest showings ever | made by the United States, and it is this which creates | such a widespread feeling of confidence in the future. | The local situation shows no marked change. The | continued dry weather is causing uneasiness among | farmers and stock men, as the grass has disappearedi from the ranges and the ground is too dry for plow- | ing in many sections of the State. It is yet altogether too early to talk about a dry winter, but last winter’s experience has made the farmer cautious. Country credits have not yet been affected, however, and col- | lections keep up to their nofmal standard. Still, the country needs rain, and until it comes the tendency will be toward conservatism all around. The leading staples of the State are about in the me condition as in the East. Wheat has fallen off | in sympathy with Chicago, and barley has also weak- ened. Oats, however, have advanced. A slight de- cline in hides is noted. Hopes have advanced, but wool is still in the dumps. Provisions show no change whatever, but hogs have gone up slightly. The dried fruit market remains dull, but raisins are very firm at a further advance. Dairy produce is shewing the effects of the dry weather, and the ten- dency now is toward higher prices. Outside of these items the local situation exhibits little of interest. o e et e e The hanging of thirteen West Africans for the mur- der of missionaries calls to mind and strengthens be- lief in a chestnutty old theory. 4 PP ST It is pleasing to learn that Victoria is fond of American girls, but far more important to know that we like them, too. | thousand promises of reform and a thousand | the whole. The Examiner should brace up, be true to its New York ally and maintain that the election of Gage in California and Roosevelt in New York were the re- sult of a line of cleavage running throughout the American people on the side of corruption, of gov- ernmental meddling with individual liberty, of over- abhorrent creation of organized greed.” DEMOCRATIC FUTILITY. R hat while some of the Democratic leaders now in that city are hopeful that Republican control allies in that body to get along through the coming Congress without wrangling and increasing the fac- so sanguine. There are evidences that an attempt will be made tc substitute in his place, if not a stanch gold Demo- crat, at least one who will be willing to subordinate Union—a line which puts the great majority of the grown bossism, and makes them members of “an EPORTS from Washington are to the effect of the House will enable the Democrats and their tional divisions of the party, others are by no means to get rid of the leadership of Bailey of Texas and the silver question and seek for other issues on which | to make the campaign of 1900. The situation reveals in a striking manner the utter futility of the Democratic party under its pres- ent leadership. It has clearly no guide to follow and no principles by which its action is to be determined. The men who propose to save their party from the folly of the Bryan mdvement have no wisdom greater than that of the folly which they reject. Ac- cording to reports that come to us they propose to wait until the administration has acted and then ‘opposc it in everything, in the hope that it will at some time commit blunders which can be turned to the advantage of the opposition. Without principles there can be no integrity of life for parties any more than for individuals, and without integrity there can be no force sufficient to accomplish any useful work in the world. Even as an opposition party Democracy will be futile and effect- less so long as it has no definite policy to support and no tactics of opposition other than those of indis- criminate fault-finding with everything that is done. Whether Bailey be re-elected to the leadership of the minority of the House can be a matter of but little importance to the country at large. He did not show any distinguished statesmanship or even any parliamentary force during the last session of Con- gress. He is as good a man as any that his party has in the House, but no better than some others. Therefore, whether he be voted up or voted down concerns the mass of people very little. It is a matter of concern, however, that one of the great parties of the country should have degenerated hopelessly into a faction of discontent without any well defined policies or principles. Two years from now we shall have to confront this same mass of con- fused factions in another political contest. Then again there will be from its orators-and organs a as- saults upon the administration. It will be well, there- fore, that public attention should be directed stead- fastly to the action of its Representatives in Congress | in order that the futility and inefficiency of the party and of its allies may be fully understood. IMMIGRATION STATISTICS. ESPITE the improved condition of industry in the country and the superior attractiveness to foreign labor, it appears from the report of the Immigration Bureau that the number of immi- grants who entered the United States during the last fiscal year was less by 1563 persons than in the pre- vious year. The decrease is not great, but, consider- ing the general expectation that immigration would increase with the revival of prosperity, even so small a diminution as that is a pleasing evidence that the former rush of the unemployed from Europe to this country has been to a considerable extent checked. None the less, the immigration of the year was sufficient to constitute a good-sized city if all had settled in one locality. The total amounted to 133,- 755 males and 93,534 females, or 220,289 in all. Of this number 3030 were debarred from admission for various causes. The report of the Commissioner shows further that 43,057 could neither read nor write, and that 96,203 had less than $30 each. Of the whole number of arrivals 58,613 came from Ttaly, 27,221 from Russia proper, 25,128 from Ire- land, 17,111 from Germany, 16,659 from Hungary, 12,420 from Galicia and Burkowina, in Austria- Hungary, 12,398 from Sweden, and 9987 from Eng- land. The laws regulating the admission and naturaliza- tion of immigrants appear from the statements of the Commissioner to be in much need of further amend- ment. He recommends that immigrants who are excluded because afflicted with a loathsome or a dangerous contagious disease should be summarily returned and deprived of the right of appeal; that the head tax should be increased to $2 so as to pro- vide a revenue large enough to defray the cost of lextending the operations of the bureau; that a more h&ik’ every policy but every principle of action. We shall have in Congress none of that discord and strife which led Mr. Cleveland to denounce the hewing and hacking of the Wilson bill as “perfidy and dis- honor”’; neither shall we have any of that wrangling which disturbed the country, harassed industry and led eventually to the stormy agitations of Bryanism, which disrupted Democracy and drove its wisest leaders into retirement. With the restoration of Republican control there will be a return to safe and well ordered progress. The remaining session of the present House will be too short for it to undertake much, and, moreover, the antagonism of the Senate will prevent it from doing anything in the way of constructive legisla- tion. This will perhaps entail the calling of the next Congress to meet in extraordinary session, and such a course is already talked of. Certainly many important issues to be dealt with, and they can- not be settled too speedily. Most important of all the issues before the admin- istration is the enactment of legislation that will pro- vide for the long desired reform of our currency. The need of a prompt settlement of this issue is of it- self sufficient to justify an extra session. Next in order should be the fulfillment of the long delayed pledge of the Republican party to promote the ship- building industry and the expansion of our merchant marine. Along with these there may be expected provisions for an increase of our naval strength and the construction of the Nicaragua canal. The consciousness that the government of * the republic is in safe hands and that the problems which have so long been vexatious to industry and enter- prise will now be solved by a wise statesmanship will add much to the confident feeling of the people and encourage the undertaking of great enterprises. The prospective legislation of Congress may, therefore, be accounted among the factors already operating for the general good. No doubts are felt concerning the future. The people are assured that the new era which began with the election of McKinley is moving steadily toward the noontide of prosperity, and in that assurance will go about their work full of the vigor that is born of courage and hopefulness. THE OAKLAND EXPOSITION. ITH the present display the Oakland exposi- W tion, which in times past has been confined to the industries of Alameda County, becomes a State exposition, and includes as far as possible ex- hibits of all the industries of California. At every stage of its career the enterprise has merited public patronage and support, but now that it has grown to be something more than a local affair, its claims are more forceful and more far-reaching than ever. At this particular period of our development we can never do too much for home industries. We can never display them too often, nor too often impress upon the people the importance of making Califor- nia a home market for home products. There was a time when we produced few manufactured goods and were compelled to purchase them from abroad, and there may come a time when our manufactories will be so strong they will not need the support of local patriotism. The first of those times, however, has passed away, and the other has not yet arrived. We have the home factories, but the home market is not responsive to them. Therefore at this time every display of California goods that impresses the minds of her people is a public benefit. Competent experts estimate that upward of $100,000 a day is sent out of California to purchase manu- factured articles of a kind that are produced of an equally good if not better quality at a cheaper price at home. We have a larger manufacturing industry than our people are aware of, but it is as yet far short of what it should be. To support what we have and to promote a further development of the industry by consuming home goods rather than those of foreign make is a matter which appeals, as Bacon said, “to both the bosoms and the business of men.” It affects at once their patriotism and their financial interests. The Oakland exposition, even if regarded merely as an entertainment, will well repay those who attend it. Anything like a comprehensive display of the products of California could not be otherwise to in- telligent men and women. If there were no other issue involved than that of amusement, therefore, the exposition should be well patronized. The instruc- tive features of the display, however, must not be overlooked by any one. We have a State richer in resources and natural gifts than any other in the Union, and it will be oiir own fault if we do not make it also richer in all the attainments of art and industry. ——— Reports that Blanco is to leave Cuba, and that the Spanish Government is about to send money there to pay the soldiers, seem to conflict. Perhaps, however, Blanco will await the money and leave in company with it. The Oakland Exposition, which has now grown to be an exhibit for all California, is a proof of what can be done for the State by persistent energy. When home people resolve on a home market they will there . are | And traveled from land to land, That gold was hid ’'neath the moss-veiled ice To satisfy each demand. And hardly a village but sent {ts man To follow the gold-drunk caravan. ® They fought their way o’er the snow and the ice, Over mountains and terrible streams; And many a one lay down to die Still far from the scene of his dreams. ““One man in ten,” the Lord had said, “Shall forfeit be.” And the trail grew red. For the Lord was wroth that His plaything, Man, Should covet forbidden ground, Nor the mountains’ frowns, nor the horrible gloom, Nor the silence He hung around Like a deadening shroud could keep him out Of the land he had dreamed such dreams about. Nor hardsbips, starvation, toll, nor death, Nor the fang of a biting cold, Could keep him back from the sought-for land Or lessen his thirst for =old. And each man said as he la ~hed at th “My fate 18 to live, though others mar fie. =" And thus it is and ever will be That nine will pay the toll If one but rifle the treasure-house Of the Lord God near the Pole. For the lust for gold is a thing that grows, And a man is a man, as the Lord God knows. Dawson, 1898. HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. C. H. Schively, a banker of Oroville, is at the Baldwin. P. A. Buell, a lumber merchant of Stock- ton, Is at the Grand. Captain G. 8. Hinsdale of Santa Bar- bara is at the Lick. D. H. Jackson, a mining man of Placer- ville, is at the Grand. W. B. Tillotson, a mining man of Red- ding, is at the Grand. Dr. H. T.McNaught and A. T. Johnstone of Toronto are at the Grand. A. W. Simpson. a lumber merchant of* Stockton, is at the Occidental. G. B. Moore, J. S. Moore and George Arscott of Juneau are at the Russ. B. T. Spencer and N. J. Aldrich, mer- chants of Chicago, are at the Palace. Charles Maze, an attorney of Modesto, accompanied by his wife, is a guest at the Lick. E. B. Latham of the United States Coast Geodetic Survey is a guest at the California. G. A. McElfresh, who has large interests in ofl wells in the southern part of the State, is a guest at the Grand. C. W. Hall, 2 lumber merchant of Eu- reka, and Humboldt Gates, a mining man of the same town, are at the Russ. James M. Wilson, the superintendent of the Yukon district for the Alaska Com- mercial Company, left last night for Bel- fast, Ireland, to meet his wife and daugh- ter. He will return in the spring, accom- panled by his family, who will reside here when Mr. Wilson goes to the north. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Edgar, first class cruiser of 7350 tons, has just had a refit at an expense of $50,000. She had been in continuous commission since 1893, and her recent per- formance at the commission trial resulted in 8996 horsepower and 18.8 knots, which was considered highly satisfactory by the British naval authorities. The experiments with ofl as a substi- tute for coal are not proving very satis- factory in the British navy. The tor- pedo-boat destroyer Surely has been fitted with oll feeders to the boilers and the latest trial with oll firing under two boilers gave only 900 horsepower, against 2000 horsepower where coal was used. The Pactolus, third class cruiser of 2135 tons, bumt at Elswick for the British navy, has developed greater horsepower and speed than any of this class of light vessels just completed. The contract stipulated 7000 horsepower and 20 knots under full power, but at her trial in the channel the engines developed 7201 horse- power and gave a speed of 20.5 knots, notwithstanding the ship was running in the teeth of a rough sea. The ship was, however, not down to her normal draught within sixteen inches, and was drawing only 15 feet 8 inches aft, against 17 feet when ready for sea. Since 1864, when the Rolf Krake coast defense ship was bullt in England for the Danish navy, Denmark has built its own war vessels, except some torpedo-boats. It was the first in leading the way in the evolution of a new type of armor-clad, as exemplified in the Tordenskjold, turret- ship of 2400 tons, in which the guns were heavily protected and the hull had no side armor, the protection of the interior of the ship below water being effected by a heavy protective deck. The Italians fol- lowed up this system in the Lepanto and Italia, and the plan has many able ad- vocates in the several navies, who be- lieve the gun protection to be of para- mount importance. It is a common complaint among officers in the British navy that as the ships in- crease in size the quarters of officers be- come more contracted. The additional space is utilized in giving more room to the crews and making the facilities of communication between the decks more easy, while ventilators, coaling chutes, etc., also demand more room in the latest ships than formerly. There is less diffi- culty in berthing crews on British ships than in any other of the European navies, owing to the fact that the ships of Great Britain carry relatively less men. In the French navy 2 per cent more men are carried per 1000 tons displacement, and in the Russian navy 50 per cent more are carrfed than in British war vessels. Frequently two men have to sleep in one ::;n;nog’( 1; some of the foreign navies n the Russian ships : e ot Ps part of the crew The French turret-shi Tena launched at Brest Beptemlfer 1, her lzfl:l having been laid last January. This Wwould appear to be pretty quick work on a ship of 12,052 tons, but the launch of a vessel is not always an indication of her completeness and it may be a mere shell when placed in the water. The Iena is an improved Charlemagne and is 400 feet 9 inches in length, 69 feet 2 inches breadth and 27 feet 6 inches draught aft. She will be fitted with three engines of 15,500 horsepower collectively to drive her at a speed of 18 knots. The normal coal sup- ply is 820 tons, with a bunker capacity of 1100 tons, giving a calculated radius of ac- tion at 10 knots of 5200 and 7000 knots re- spectively. There is no wood whatever used in the construction of the hull and principal fittings. The armor belt is 14 inches, tapering to 6 inches at the ends, and the armor above protecting thé& minor guns is from 5 inches to 3 inches. The Iena carries a multitude of guns, namely The amount that has been paid to depos- itors in_the People’s Home Savlnfs Bank, in dividends since the collapse, Is 21 per cent. The last dividend of 3 per cent was paid in_this city at the office of the re- ceiver July 28, 1898. PEANUTS—J. C. M., Tecumseh. Kans. Peanuts can be planted in any soil that can be put in friable condition and kept in that state. The best sofl, however, is Hfht gray, without being too sandy. Plowing begins In March or_April, and planting about the middle of May. ACTION FOR DAMAGES—Subscriber, City. An individual who has good grounds for bringing an action against a railroad company or common carrier for damages for negligence resuiting in a death may name any amount in the action. The jury may award anv amount, but the court reserves the right to say if the amount awarded is excessive or not. A MORTGAGOR'S TENANCY-M. H, City. The law has been laid down in the case of Whitney vs. Allen, in the 2Ist California reports, and it has never been reversed, that “after a decree of fore- closure of mortgage, the mortgagor in | possession is not, until a sale is made, under the decree, accountable for rents or for use or occupancy and is subject to no liability, except that he may be re- strained for the cause of waste.” Cal. glace fruit 50c per ™ at Townsend's® —_——————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * Artists” Materials. Panels, studies, opal ware for decorat- ing, paints, brushes, canvas, tracing cloth, drawing papers and blue prints. Also gold paint, liquid glue, house paints, floor aints, wood stains in small cans for fam ly use cheap at Sanborn & Vail's, rket street. i —_—————— - Hindu young men are turning to Japan for instructions in science. Babu Rama Kanta Rai of Sylhet, who wants to be a mining engineer, has led the way. “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fiftv 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 Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. —_—— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantags of the round-trip tickets. Now only $80 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at hotel; longer stay $2 60 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. OF INTEREST TO BUYERS. Purchasers’ Guide to Responsible Merchants, Manufacturers, Brokers, Im- porters, Wholesale Traders, Jobbers, Insurance and Real Estate Agents. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS MAILED ON APPLICATION. In Corresponding With Any of the Following Firms Please Montion “The Oall” ART WARE AND ANTIQUE FURNITURE. THE P. ROSSI CO., Artistic Furniture and d@rt Ware Importers. 117 SUTTER STREET. AUCTIONEERS. e dock KILLIP & CO. 2 2eongsomeny ee. BELTING. ™ facti L. P. DEGEN, [lanciecturer of Betting and sion St., cor. Spear, Telephone Main 562. BOILER MAKERS. EUREKA BOILER WORKS, ‘W. J. BRADY, Proprietor. Special Attention P;(’d Jo Repairs and Ship ork. 5 Offioe and Works—113-115 MISSION ST. Telephone Main 5045. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANT, 842 to 350 Geary Street, Above Powel Periodicals, Book:’-nd 'S-hfiunll’.ry. CARRIAGE MAKERS. O'BRIEN & SONSZ265 420, Do 2 ctorias, Carts and Buggies. Golden Gat and Pol e dx.i en Gate a Ik CASCA FERRINE BITTERS, The World's Greatest Tonlc, Stomachle, Laxa- tive. At dealers. SI3 v At ers. ST PHARMA~ all CO., 1517 Market COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. J. C. WILSON & CO., 900 BATTERY STREET. ‘Telephone Malin 1864, DENTIST. DR- C W. RICHARDS, & ™ot 2" . FIRE INSURANCE. EDWARD BROWN & SONS. Casital s-as c;lalmh street, ro FLOUR. NATIONAL 55" or B clery rad Facite s FRESH AND SALT MEATS, JAS."BOYES & €0., &R5Pf2mriag HARDWARE. Hardware Co.,Importers &| in HARNESS AND VEHICLES, L%PLD , 211 . lesale and Retall Manufacturers of kinds and dealers in 4 Carts, etc. If you want bargains call or writa HUNTERS’ EQUIPMENTS. GUNS Hunters Equipments, Fishin IRON FOUNDERS. ‘Tackle, Athletic Goods, etc. Sen Western Foundry, Morton & Hedley, Props.. for catalogue. GEO. W. SHREVE, 739 Market street. 234 Fremont St. Castings of E- De. scription Made to Order. Tel. Black 1505, MANUFACTURERS. ) GOLDEN GATE WOOLEN MFG. CO. a: Goods for sale at ail leaAtng dry goeds Stores MARINE INSURANCE. SWISS MARINE INSURANCH COMPANIZS. MATTRESSES AND IRON BEDS. THE BERNHARD ecizss Co;, 0,30 Main 1674 PAPER DEALERS. WILLAMETTE "S55 adorarerco-., PIANOS. The Oldest T1rm and Taresst Spack. PIANO and MUSIC STORE, KOHLER & CHASE, 28 and 30 O'Farrell St A _ceTne of expert funers And renatrer PRINTING. E. C. HUGHES, ., S207=%. ... SOAP. G. R, LUCY & C0,, 2., Stipmiaivtree: STATIONER AND PRINTER. g “PARTRIDGE 32353 fornia St THE HICKS-JUDD CO., Fazter.rgok. « 'WAREHOUSEMEN, THE HASLETT WAREHOUSE co., ratn Wasenises. ‘Tel. Main 1914 WALLPAPER. WHOLE' ALE & retail: send tor samples, siat- ing cuality & color. D‘]”,"Mr &-. .fl—l‘w‘“ ]‘ WATCHES, ETC. LUNDY, R waadingse i g Rings, Ll