The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1898, Page 6

THE RAILROAD AND POLITICS. HE Oakland Enquirer considers the question of T { i the railroad in politics. It proposes to keep 6 @h&%{’ w@all gEEE OVE.\[BF};EESQE FRIDAY...Z... JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor ications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ‘;IIVBITI&:ATIO.'\' OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents o week. By mall $6 per year; per montb €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE...coccccvuennnn teses..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (B, C.) OFFICE. Rigge Houss C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. Address All Com BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay. open unt!l 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 until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untli 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ans Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock, AMUSEMENTS, Columbia—IKe Baldwin— Alcazar- Morosco's. Orpheum Comedy der the Dome. The Chutes—Gorilia Man, deville and the Zoo. Olympia o1 Eduy Streets, Specialties. Inglesid Ingleside Coursing Park—Coursing Saturday and Sunday. Rosenthal — Coming in December. AUCTION SALES By Wm. G. 1 rday Evening, November 13, at 8| o'clock, E 1 Howard street By Killip Monday ning, November 21, a o'clock, Horses, at corner Van Ness avenue and Market By Sullivan & Doyle—Monday, November 21, at 11 o'cl Livery Stable, at 1123 Misslon street. TOUGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS. OME years ago the School Department was S afflicted with a set of Directors who earned the designation of “Tough old board” The| members were mostly politicians who, had sought their offices for the purpose either of making places for would-be teachers or securing a profit on contracts awarded by the board. As with the present Directors, the members of the “tough old board” were Demo- crats, many having, prior to election, been of the “reform? variety—loud demandants of low taxation and honesty in public office. In its timie the “tough old board” aroused much ation in and out of the School Department. The newspapers particularly became white in the face after every meeting in a fruitless endeavor to record in cold type the infamies perpetrated by the Directors. We doubt, however, whether the “tough old board” was comparable in toughness to the present band of ind: reform Democrats who are running the School De- partment. The former looted the school fund, con- cluded collusive contracts, packed the department wigh useless teachers and turned the carpenter-shop over to Buckley: but in the light of the operations of the present board the achievements of the “tough old board” seem conservative and respectable. The tough band of Democratic reformers whe for | two years have been engaging public attention as man- rs of the schools have not only looted the school fund, concluded collusive contracts and packed the department with unnecessary teachers, but they have corrupted grand juries, sold their votes to the highest bidders for cash, invaded the sanctity of the courts with their “pull,” and in the face of criminal charges | and indictments have laughed in the face of the com- munity. When John P. Reynolds the other day swore that James A. Snook paid School Director Waller $5000 for seven votes in the board with which to pass the Lincoln School lots lease, the very enormity of the charge staggered our belief. In fact, the allegation seemed too frightful to be attached even to a reform Democratic Board of Education. But the way in which Reynolds’ story has been met by Waller and his fellow Directors almost proves its truth. No cir- cumstantial denial has been made of it. The accused men have merely whistled it lightly down the wind, with every indication that they regard it as a huge joke. It is difficult to deal with politicians of this degree of toughness. They do business with the very sources of the power that constantly threatens them. Snook was secretary of the Grand Jury when he em- ployed Reynolds to approach Waller. But there ought to be some remedy for the state of affairs which the finances of the School Department and the story of Reynolds have disclosed to the public. These re- form Democrats ought to be in jail. There is no doubt about that O the escape of Evangelina Cisneros from the island. She got away in the midst of a display of red fire and a lot of bogus heroism, portrayed at space rates by the bogus heroes. Yellow journalism started her across the country as a sideshow, but she encountered a frost. The box-office was non-produc- tive. ried one of the rescuers. This was supposed to be the last of her. Evangelina has turned up again. made that she has gone back home. tcken of peace. to take.a shot at her. No gallant, Don spitted the lady on his good sword. The white-winged dove sat on the outer wall and cooed a weicome. Probably the fact that Spain never cared a snap whether Eva escaped or not had something to do with lack of demonstration when she went back to beard the lyin’ Blanco in his den. But there is one remarkable transformation which merits notice. When she arrived in this country she was a sawed-off brunette suggestive in tint of a dis- ordered liver. She was not beautiful. She did not possess even the average good looks. Now, after a brief residence in the United States, she goes back to the isiand, and the truthful journalist describes her as beautiful. Probably she feels repaid for all the trouble to which she has been subjected. If a short residence in America can make an ugly woman a joy to the eyes, we have merits as a resort of which we had never dreamed. EVANGELINA LEAVES US. of the incidents of the war in Cuba was Announcement is This is the final Perhaps the War Department ordered General Shafter back to San Francisco without having con- sulted the Examiner. Still, the order can be annulled. Even the pays no di uicide of the president of a wrecked bank end to depositors. 106 Eleventh |t She was withdrawn as an attraction and mar- | No Spanish cohorts were drawn up | watch and see if signs appear in the form of op- kg = | position to or support of any candidate for the United ates Senate, and take that as a sign of good {aith or d on the part of the railroad. Organization implies Politicians always scheme for the support c_)f | any organization, because it controls the force that is | in a'mass of men moved by a common purpose. In | this way the Grand Army of the Republic has been | resorted to by politicians, and. was once near{y | wrecked by being subjected to their uses. In this | Gtate the Native Sons and thé Young Men's Institute i have been at times regarded as organizations useful to | the politician if they could be captured. In the same way the railroad has been regarded as a means to se- | cure the ends sought by political ambition. : | Ambition for office and its honors and power is such a master motive with many men that its disap- | pointment moves some to reprisal and revenge. | One candidate for the Senate in this State, in an | interview, frankly shows signs of having sounded the ' railroad for its support and of having been refused. i He immediately concludes that the support denied to | him will be given to some one else, and thereupon | grows virtuous and indignant over the railroad’s dic- ation in politics. Having asked it to dictate his elec- | tion and having been refused, he would seem to be | estopped from complaint, since it is no more wrong to | support another thah to support him. ; Now, suppose that a number of ambitious men.go | tc the railroad on the same errand and come away | smarting under reiusal, as is quite apt to be the case, | and they pool their revenges and these appear in the form of “cinches” in the Legislature, the Railroad | Commission, the Board of Equalization and the | courts, then the railroad is driven to defend itself. In that case there is to the public an apparent entry | of the railroad into politics, and those who have | forced it will bewail it the Joudest. i Let politicians keep away from the railroad, cease | urging it to make a choice between them, cgase to | solicit the power of its business organization as a force in politics, and then its presence in such matters | st | ba | power. - | will be so willful and flagrant as to be apparent to all | men and will justify unfriendliness on the part of the { people. | The Call has sufficient experience to know that no | campaign was ever freer of railroad influence or help, financial or otherwise, than the one just finished in | California. It was because the people felt this that they refused to be stampeded by frantic appeals to prejudice and passion. Now let the verdict stand, and let candidates make their fight openly without solicitation of railroad‘ support or professions of hostility to it. Individuals | | may express their preferences and support t?\emA | Corporations and firms have no aggregate partisan- [ ship. It is known that individuals in important em- | ployment with the railroad supported Bryan and sup- | ported Maguire, as was their right. ! Doubtless if the railroad were viciously attacked the ‘ same individuals would seek to protect it. The Call | would fight at the drop of a sign of railroad inter- “erence in politics, and it would fight as earnestly | against any attempt to force such interference by | cinchers and blackmailers. | California needs the touch, in amity, of all the in- | strumentalities of her prosperity. | On the 19th of December, 1897, The Call signalized | its changed management in the issue of its New Era | edition. It is good to read again the forecast we made | then of the New Era and see how it has been empha- sized by the late election. We said then that: /herever in corporate policy, where that great agent of civilization, the co-operation of wealth, is neces- sary, there is restraint of individual effort to gain for- tune, that policy must yield not to public prejudice but to an enlightened and friendly public judgment. So, too, wherever individual attempts bar the public | good, they must yield, and it must prevail not in the spirit of anarchy or war upon the rights of person and | property, but in that higher inspiration of good will | toward men.” That is a prophetic statement of what has happened now, and is the laying of a base line and meridian from which the State has just taken a fresh start. Let the established conditions stand while they bring all interests to work as one for the | benefit of the State. | A JUDGE OF GOOD ROADS. [d UDGE STANLEY WOODWARD of Lu- zerne, Pennsylvania, has achieved fame and won | commendation, not only in his own State but | throughout the East, by instructing a Grand Jury | that there were many complaints of bad roads in | various sections of the county and that it was their ldmy to inquire into them. He further instructed the | jury that if they found the complaints to,be justified they should make a return of them to the court, and the court would then compel the Supervisors to do their part. | The commendation given to the Judge is due to the ‘,lact that in nearly every county in the United States | there are complaints of bad roads, and his instruc- | tions to the Grand Jury give promise of providing | a means of having the complaints properly heeded by | the Supervisors. It is recognized that if the courts | get into the business of road supervision we may get | better highways in a comparatively short time. The subject will be much more interesting when | the Grand Jury makes its report and the Judge sets jnbout the task of compelling the Supervisors to af- | tend to the duty of providing good roads. At present ’the situation is one of promise merely. It is gratify- ing to have one Judge in the country who takes an interest in highway improvement, but until he dem- | onstrates his ability to render that interest really ser- viceable the gratification will fall far short of satisfac- tion. As a matter of fact the improvement of rural high- | Union that any potent assistanc€ given to the effort | to accomplish reform in road management is hailed | with pleasure. There are several counties in Califor- | nia where Judges might profitably follow the course | taken by Judge Woodward. Even if Supervisors can- | not be made to get a move on they might be com- pelled to squirm a little, and that is better than nothing. ways is of so much importance to all parts of the\ his august favor to its continuance as a recreation for the liberated people and patriots of the beautiful Pearl of the Antilles. It will be seen that the issue is a delicate one. The sports and amusements of a people are not to be lightly set aside even in the name of humanity. ‘When the Puritans suppressed bear-baiting and the theater in England they prepared the way for the return of the monarchy by alienating from themselves the affec- tions of a large mass of the common people. T!'{e Cubans would probably much sooner surrender their sovereignty as a republic than their bull-fights, and if we wish to enjoy a sociable time in the islands while we hold them, it will be advisable for us to leave the bull ring open. = On the other hand, it is not going to be easy for the President of the United States, or for the generals of our army of occupation in Cuba, to tolerate a sport which our people have come to regard as something brutalizing and barbarous. If the sport could be car- ried on secretly like a faro game we might forbid it by law and then look the other way when it went on, but that is impossible. Not even a policeman could pretend that he did not see a bull ring. It might be feasible, hpwever, to change the name of the game from bull-fighting to bull-wrestling and permit a twenty-round contest for points. Fortunately our administration of Cuba will be purely military for some time, at any rate, and we can trust our generals to devise some means of overcom- ing the difficulty. Lord Salisbury recently stated that the admirals stationed at Crete were better diplo- matists than the statesmen in the Cabinets. We are | likely to find the same to be true of our army officers in dealing with the problems of managing a‘people whose civilization is so different from our own. We can leave the issue to them. They may take the bull by the horns with their own hands, or they may use their hands to help the pretty Spanish girls applaud the toreadors. Whichever they do the country will stand by them. THE STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. HEN the members of the State Library Asso- Wciation meet in convention at Sacramento on the 25th they will find many subjects to en- gage their attention, but it is safe to say not one will be more important than that of providing for the es- tablishment in this State of that system of traveling Iibraries which has been found so beneficial wherever adopted. The Call has repeatedly directed attention to this subject, and the time is appropriate for doing so again. To render the books of the State Library available for traveling libraries an act of the Legis- lature will be required. To assure the passage of such an act something like a campaign of education will be necessary, and no body of men and women is better fitted to undertake the work of education than the State Library Association. The issue is, there- fore, one which should be given earnest consideration by the convention to the end that every member may be impressed with its importance to the people of all sections of the commonwealth. It must be borne in mind that the supporters of the traveling library plan are not suggesting to the State anything in the way of an experiment. It i to make a test of some untried scheme. The system has been tried and thoroughly tested by several of the most progressive States in the Union. It has been in operation a long time. It has been found to ful- -fill one of the requirements of our American civiliza- tion, and where once it has been established it has de- veloped and grown with remarkable rapidity. To the State Library Association the people can surely look for assistance in bringing about the adop- tion of the system in California. When put into opera- tion the plan would result in benefits to every small library and to every reading circle and literary or scientific club in the State. It would give to the people at large the use of the volumes now idle on the shelves of the library room at Sacramento, and thus make that institution a vital influence for good, not in one city only, but throughout the State. California is sparsely populated, and many of her citizens are out of reach of libraries; many communi- ties are so small they are unable to afford libraries, and in some, where libraries exist, the number of volumes of standard and scientific merit is limited. To all of these the traveling system will be a veritable boon of great magnitude. The argument for the system is so strong that if properly presented its adoption by the Legislature is hardly to be doubted. The opportunity for the State Association to render an important service to the people by urging the measure is therefore too good to be overlooked. Probably there is little truth in the statement that the Cubans are preparing for hostilities against the Americans. Even inclined to recklessness as they are, the Cubans will hardly cut themselves off from the American ration. - Arolas may be murdered by the Spanish soldiers in Cuba, and while this would not be conventional it would be just. He himself is a murderer, and not likely to be executed by any due process of law. President Valentine of the Wells-Fargo Express Company submitted to a long interview in New York. We scan it in vain for any light as to his reason for refusing to pay his share of the war tax. When the French have Dreyfus back in Paris prob- ably he will be treated with the ordinary courtesy due a state prisoner. This will include the placing of a razor and a pistol in his cell. The Americans who abandoned the Maria Teresa will have to explain. The Sparish, who had aban- doned it previously, had so excellent an excuse that they will not be questioned. 5 With Dr. Gardner as inspector of the Chinese Bu- Peau that body seems likely to be no longer employed in the promotion of the particular crimes it was de- signed to prevent. A New York clergyman arose from his bed the other night and killed a burglar. The theory that a minister is necessarily net a man of action has weak spots in it. i THE FIRST CUBAN PROBLEM. HE first Cuban problem arising from our ap- Tprmching occupation of the island has made its appearance, and of course it is an unexpected problem. It has nothing to do with the claims of the Cuban patriots, the property of the Spaniards, the war debt or the race issue. It is simply the question whether there is to be or not to be any bull-fighting in the island while the country is under our control. It appears that what is known as “The Amalga- mated Association of Cuban Bull Fighters” has sent t Washington a petition couched in courtly Spanish eloquence praying the President not to interfere with the sport when his authority becomes paramount. In other words, the President is requested to become | something like & patron of the bull ring and to grant Becker and Creegan were not convicted of forgery at their second trial, but they. will excuse the public for entertaining the belief that they\ought to have been. * To be expelled from the French Legion of Honor is rapidly becoming a distinction of which any French gentleman has a right to be proud. The race war in the South will give other countries an exalted idea of the state of civilization we have reached. —_— There would be at least Mc justice in the opera- tion were the Moors to expel the Spanish from Africa. One consoling thought is that even if the ‘Spanish dynasty fall it cannot fall far, . 3 o not a question of using the books in the State Library | | have the immediate direction of the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1898 WRIGHT WILL - HAVE LITTLE OPPOSITION Assu}ed of Election as Speaker. RECORD AS A LEGISLATOR AUTHOR OF THE UNIVERSITY TAX BILL. Many Promises of Support Received From Men of Influence in All Parts of the State. .Reports received from various parts of the State indicate a general feeling of satisfaction over the news that the lower house of the next Legislature will in all probability be presided over by Assemblyman Howard E. Wright of Berkeley. Since the announcement of his candidacy Mr. Wright's strength has been growing daily, until it is now well assured that he will be elected Speaker by the entire Republican vote of the Assembly. Past sessions of the Legislature have been so prolific of scandals that there is a general feellng throughout the State that at the coming session there should be at the heal of affairs in the lower house a man who can be depend- ed on to guide the new members over and around the pitfalls that will be dug, or can be dug, by an unscrupu- lous lobby or members wh> have a greater regard for personal advance- ment than they have for the welfare ot the State. Those who entertain such a feeling do not pretend to criticize the acts of the gentlemen who have served in the capacity of Speaker during past sessions, but they realize that much depends on the man who holds in his hands the appointment of committees and the regulation of all of the busi- ness of this, the most important branch, in many respects, of the State's lawmaking body. The leaders of the Republican party are also vitally interested in the selec- tion of a Speaker, as they realize that any scandal or any pernicious legisla- tion would work a great Injury in the minds of the people to the party in power. It is their desire that every Pledge made during the campaign shail be carried out in the spirit as well as the letter, and they also realize that many powerful influences will be brought to bear to hinder such a re- sult. This being so they desire that none but honest and capable men shall business of the session, to the end that he influence of unprineipled politicians and corporation lobbyists may be re- duced to a minimum. It is perhaps due as much to his per- | sonal popularity as to his eminent fit- ness to perform the duties attached to the position to which he aspires that Mr. Wright's candidacy has met with such instant and widespread approval. His experience as a legislator has given him an intimate knowledge of the du- ties that are required of a Speaker, and the fact that he will have the confi- dence and respect of the men over Whose deliberations he will preside will serve to lend additional weight to his authority. Mr. Wright's work during the last session of the Legislature in connection Wwith the introduction and passage of the university tax bill won for him the gratitude of every person in the State who has the interests of higher educa- tion at heart. As the #fithor of the bill Mr. Wright worked early and late in its interest and it was largely due to his individual efforts that it finally se- cured passage and became a law. By its provisions the law puts at the dis- posal of every child, rich or poor, in the State an education such as is cbtain- able only in a few institutions in the civilized world. "His work in this con- nection was particularly noteworthy and was of a nature to commend him to the gratitude of the w! TABLEAUX AND GOOD MUSIC First Presbyterian Church Entertaing for the Bene- fit of a Kindergarten. The lady members of the soclety of the First Presbyterian Church of which Mrs. F. L. Whitney is president, Mrs. George Smith treasurer, and Mrs. Ashton secre- tary, gave a delightful entertainment yes- terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Carl C. Gross, 2514 Green street, for the lt)enefll of the Nathaniel Grey Kindergar- en, About two hundred well-known soclety people lent their presence to the affair, which proved a financial and a brilliant artistic success. Mrs. Gross, Mrs. Whit- ney, Mrs. Ashton, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. C. 8. Wright, Mrs. Robert Macken-~ zie, Mrs. John Flournoy, Mrs. Rebecca Jennings, Mrs. Robert Howland, Mrs. Norwood, Mrs. Clement Bennett, Mrs. John Conrad and Mrs. John Gilmore offi- ciated as a reception committee. A fea- ture of the affair was the excellent musi- cal programme and a series of tableaux, ‘Passing Scenes from the -~ Bible,” in ‘which_the Misses Polly and Jennie Dunn, Miss Mabel Smith, Miss Norwood, Miss Grace Geiselman, Misses Emily and Susie Conley and Miss Muriel Whimple took part. The pictures presented were the ‘Flndmg Og Mose!t'” t‘}"Ex ulsion of Ha- gar,” “Cupbearer to the ng," ¥Betrothal of Solomon.” & 2nd the OPENING OF THE SYMPHONIES The| Symphony Society commenced the new season of concerts in the Orpheum yesterday afternoon with a varied and interesting programme and a numerous audience. The Orpheum, with its stage liberally extended, is an admirable house for the concerts. The seats are so many that everybody can pick out a good one, and the acoustics is excellent—as good if not :ezte; than that of the Tivoli. The one drawback is the aroma of 3 Deer, Which: Homers. Thier Reavily L hhe atmosphere; but perhaps better ventila- tion will do away with this by the next time. The programme of yesterday be; with Weber's ' overture and ended with Massenet's “Scenes N litaines,” neither of which pieces is new to San Francisco. The novelties were Tschaik- owsky's Fourth Symphony and Bach's A more Overture and Suite in A minor, could have been startling contrast hardl arranged. The Tschaikowsky is one of the last cries of modernity, full of sensa- tonal rhythms and bold color, and - plogln‘ most ev device know.fin to etl:a modern orchestra. e Bach, which is for strin, with flute solo, is’ thoroughly Bachlike, clean and direct in theme and chastely mathematical in develo Mr. Scheel’s successful Interpreta g:‘e I:::Lf both works was another tribute to his versatility and authority. He pla; ‘Tschaikowsky with nothing uhporty al;il ?1:: bringing out all t and pecullar a e and yvet never -llshflns the sheer 2 bo! ure. The sul ing simplicity and was true, even reveren was never trit da antic. The band was in r reox::, ur;amwend to the last man. Mr. Roderman, the flautist, again distinguished himself, this time in the Bach plece. e next concert will be glven on the afternoon of December 1, with Schumann’ Tschalkowsky’'s ‘‘Romeo an ture for special attractions. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Judge N. Blackstock of Ventura is at the Grand. 0 J. A. Smith, an extensive rancher of Arbuckle, is at the Russ. James F. Peck, a well-known Merced attorney, is at the Lick. Senator T. L. Carothers and wife of Ukiah are at the Grand. Ross Sargent, a well-known Stockton capitalist, is at the Russ. Senator John Boggs of Colusa is among recent arrivals at the Palace. United States Marshal H. Z. Osborn of Les Angeles is at the Palace. F. J. Brandon, the well-known San Jose politiclan, is at the Lick. F. L. Hartmann of Mexican mining fame is a guest at the California. W. R. Spalding, an extensive lumber man of Truckee, is stopping at the Lick. W. M. Boardman, an extensive real es- tate owner of Menlo Park, is at the Russ. George E. Church, a prominent Fresno merchant, i registered at the California. George D. Easton, a prominent mer- chant of Los Angeles, is at the Califor- nia. Captain Moses of the Albatross is down from Mare Island and registered at the Occidental. F. L. Landram, a prominent Merced merchant, accompanied by his wife, is at the Russ. D. W. Lewis, one of Sanger’s most prominent citizens, is among recent ar- rivals at the Russ. Dr. Pedar Sather Brugulere, interne at the City and County Hospital, has gone to New York for his health. Edward Pettls, representing Peek, Frean & Co. of London, one of the larg- est cracker -.ouses in the world, is regis- tered at the Palace on his way around the world. B flat symphony and Juliet’” over- e s CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Louls Green- baum and A. Liebenthal of San Francisco are at the Hoffman, and W. W. Naugh- ton of San Francisco is at the Gilsey. STILL PROBING THE STEAMER COLLISION EVIDENCE AS TO CONFUSING SIGNALS OF THE PETERS. Captain George W. Jeaman of the Czarina Gives Clear Testimony in Regard to Courses. The official inquiry into the cause of the Peters-Czarina collision was continued yesterday morning before Inspectors Bolles and Bulger. Will Johnson, the first witness of the day, is the engineer at the stone quarry on Angel Island. He was at supper when | he heard two coarse whistles and then a | shrill one. He heard two whistles again answered, but with how many blasts he did not know. THen the crash came, and he saw a white light which seemed to be high up. Attorney Frank brought out tke fact that there was a hill to the north of the dining-room, and unless a favorable wind was blowing the sound of a whistle blown to the north could not be heard. Fred Pearl was playing a game of cards in the quarry-house at the time. He heard two whistles, followed by one, then two, and the crash came. If the vessels had’ whistled when they were a mile :\gufl he thought he would have heard m. e Captain George W. Seaman of the Czar- ina was recalled and asked as to the courses he steered for Vallejo. His course around the Brothers was southeast one- half south, five degrees east of the devia- tlon. Abreast of Raccoon Straits he steered southeast by south, 6 degrees east of deviation, He did not lose sight of the red and green lights of the Peters until a few seconds before the collision. The vessels would not have cleared had the | Peters blown four whistles and backed | after she sounded two whistles the second time, as the steamers were too close to- together. ~ &hen Seaman said_that he had blown one whistle and the Peters blew one, fol- lowed by two, Stanley Page asked him what he thought about the contrary sig- nals, Seaman replied: g “T thought the captain of the Peters in- tended to go one way and then changed his mind. In reply to a «Lueatlon b{ Inspector Bolles why he had not blown four whistles and backed when he realized the confusion of whistles on the Peters, he ald: o “There was no time to do so. I wished to show the other vessel that I was port- ing my helm and obeying the road rules. 5)1]! morning Captain Houldsworth of the Peters will be recalled and his chief engineer will take the stand. —— ee————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SHERIFF OF YOLO—G. W. Griffin was re-elected Sheriff of Yolo County at the election held November 8, 1898. His plur- ality was MENDOCINO'S AUDITO]R—VZAAB.dIB._ . F. L. Caughey was electe uditor Efux&cndoclno County at the election held November 8§, 1898, THREE NAVIES-B. R., City. The PAGO-PAGO CONTRACTORS - START WORK Steel Piles to Be Made at Pittsburg. TOTAL COST TO BE $200,000 CONTRACTS FOR CAST IRON TO BE LET HERE. Healy, Tibbets & Co. Prepared to Start the Expedition in Febru- ary—Forty Men Will Be Taken From Here. The contractors for the Pago-Pago coaling station, Messrs. Healy, Tibbets & Co. of this city, are already well under way with their work. Although the con- tract was only let a couple of months ago, all the preliminary preparations are now completed, and the work of manufactur- ing the piles and other material required for the wharf and coaling sheds is about to commence. It is a pretty big contract and will mean the expenditure of a good deal of money on this coast. The tender origin- ally accepted by Commander Tanner was for $142,000, but since then the Naval De- partment has decided to add five bents to the T plece of the whart, lengthening its eighty feet. This means an additional outlay of $21,000. Then there is the grad- ing and concrete work ashore to prepare the foundations for the coal sheds and caretaker’s house. This is pald for by measurement, at so much a cubic yard. Altogether the work will cost Uncle Sam at least $200,000. “We have all our drawings completed,” sald Mr. Healy yesterday. ‘‘We have had six draughtsmen at work ever since our tender was accepted. We have let the contract for the manufacture of the steel piles' and material for the superstructure and sheds to the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, of Pittsburg.” Thus the biggest and most profitable portion of the work goes Bast, away from this coast, but this is unavoidable under the present conditions of trade. No Cali- fornian firm is prepared to compete with the steel makers of the Eastern clties. The contract made by the Carnegie firm is for the manufacture of 2,800,000 pounds of steel, principally piling. The piles are of all sizes, some ufplhem with screws, for boring through sand, others with sharp ends, for driving through the coral rock. The largest piles will be eight and three- juarter inches in diameter and seventy ‘eet long, weighing over seven tons. Lieutenant Chambers, who is represent- ing the Government in this matter, left last night for Pittsburg to supervise the manufacture of the steel work. With him went J. B. Leonard, an engineer employed by the contractors. These gentlemen will keep their eye on the manufacturers from beginning to end of the process, and wiil take cale that nothing but the very best material is turned out. Still, California is to get something. The contracts for all the cast-iron work are to be let here. Shoes for the piles, bitts for the wharf and various other minor arti- cles have to be made, and these will amount to about 350,000 pounds in weight and $10,000 in value. The method of trans- portation has not yet been decided upon. “We would prefer,” remarked Mr. Healy, “to send everything in one vessel from this coast; but considerations of time may render this impossible, and it may become necessary to ship the steel work manufactured in the East from New York by steamer. The rest of the ma- terial would then go from this coast in a sailing vessel. - But if we can manage to get every thing across the continent in cars it would be better, for the whole expedition would then leave San Fran- ciscc in one ship. “We have to complete the work by Sep- tember next, so there is no time to lose. The ship must start in February or March next. r. Tibbets of our firm will go down in charge of the party, which will consist of the engineers and forty skilled mechanics. For the rougher laboring work we expect to employ natives. Once we get the material Janded it will take us about four months to erect the wharf, “The coaling shed alone will be a big iece of work. It is to be about 150 feet long by 100 feet wide, and will accomnro- date several thousand tons of coal. the whart will be 256 feet long, with a T plece 352 feet. Then there is a house for the caretaker and all kinds of subsidiary work. There is plenty to be done in the i IF I WERE KING. If T were king, my pipe should be premier. The skies of time and chance are seldom clear. ‘We would inform them all with bland blue weather. - Delight alone would need to shed a tear, For dream and deed should war no more together. Art should aspire, yet ugliness be dear; Beauty, the shaft, should speed with Wit for feather; And love, sweet love, should never fall to sere, ' If I were king. But politics should find no harbor near, ““The Philistine should fear to siip his navy of Great Britain embraces 520 sea- worthy vessels of all classes; that of Ger- many 184 vessels; that of France 211 and that of Russia POSTAGE TO HAWAII-W. F. P, City. As yet no change has been made as to postage to the Hawaiian Islands. Let- ters for civillans must pay 5 cents, while letters for soldiers require but 2 cen ENGLISH COINS—A. J. K., City. Wil- liam III reigned in England in 1701. Dur- ing that year there were coined in Eng- land half, one, two and five guinea pleces, half crowns, ahmlnffl. one, two, three, four and six penny pleces and quarter and half pennies. TO ST. ELIAS—A. O. R., Sonora, Cal. The Duke of Abruzzi, Prince Louls of Savoy, reached San Francisco June 3 1897, on his way to make the ascent o Mt. St. Elias. He went to Seattle and left there June 13 on the City of Topeka for Alaska on his way to the mountain. He returned to Seattle August 26, en route for the East. SUGAR AND IRON—C., City. Bo far as experience goes, there does not appear to be any perceptible difference in weights at the poles or as near as has been reached, from weights at the equator. If a pound of sugar and a pound of iron balance each other at the equator they will balance at the poles. CHINESE AND JAPANESE—Harriet, Valona, Cal. This department has not been able to find any record of who brought the first Chinese and the first Japanese to North America and to the United States. 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