The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1898. GRANT SELECTED BY A SYNDICATE. We are informed by the Examiner that there is a “tremendous row in the Republican household over the Senatorial candidacy of Ulysses S. Grant Jr.” If there is any row in California over the candidacy of Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr., the row is not in the Republican party. Mr. Grant must be having the r»w all by himself. i There is in this country no law of primogeniture an ! no law of entalil. A man may transmit to his son his goods and gear, his lands, titles and hereditaments; he may transmit to him a sound mind in a sound body; he may transmit to him his name; but he cannot traismit to him his fame. Even in England, where landed estates may be entailed, fame cannot be. Titles and foily can—many a belted earl is the tenth transmitter of a foolish face. But fame cannot be. In Great Britain some of the bearers of great and noble names are to-day the most ignoble. .In this country even landed | estates cannot be entailed, and fame least of all. Who wants fame must win it for himself. After we have held our new possessions—Porto Rico, Cuba and the Phihippines—as military colonies for some generations, our ‘governors-general may haye so far changed our republican form of govern- ment as to transmit their military and nobiliary titles to their sons. But until that time comes the sons of generals in thes: United States are as the sons of other men. Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. came to California—with a carpet-bag—and settled in San Diego because i has a genial climate. He is welcome. We hope that he will remain in this favorgd State, where every prospect pleases and only drought is vile. But he must not expect that we shall at once ‘We in California therefore, the advocates of the canal are to fight on equal terms, they will have to adopt some bill and | appeal to the people upon it. Vague resolutiéns urg- | ing Congress to pass a canal bill will do no good now. | Hereafter memorials to Congress on this subject to BLAINE’S VIEWS OF CONQUEST. VE hears frequent references to Blaine as au- thority for the proposition to hold tropical possessions by right of conquest. The spirit of what has come to be known as “Blaine’s Ameri- AMERICANS PROTECTED IN GUATEMALA Good Work of the Con- sular Service. “JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propretor. STANDS BY OUR CITIZENS OAKLAND OFFICE NEW YCRK OFFICE DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative, WASHINGTON (B. C.) OFFICE. Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... Maurquette Building nical A A _ Mddress | Communications to W e oy | attempted to force upon the administration by what PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market o0 i is made to appear as the preference of public opinion. | Ly Dle Ity AN T ovats | issued as Secretary of State November 29, 1881, for C 1, should be to dismiss the Poundkeeper ap- v d “ i b an Peace Congress. In that call he |pointed by the present board and restore the control . World Building | 7R | 2 7 ;i ! i b 403, Y o e % | of one blood and speech, or the even worse calamity | and a Republican Board of Supervisors gave it to the : | be of any value must request the enactment of some | canism” is often referred to in order to bind the Telephone Main 1%68. e public. THE PUBLIC POUND. EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 m 221 Stevenson Strest | As a matter of fact, this proposed policy is in antag- _ T s icants: | « pan-Americ; THE WEEKLY CALL “One year, by mail, $1.50 | said: “The sole aim of this peace congress shall be | of the Pound to the Society for the Prevention of | of internal commotion and civil strife; that it shall | Society. The present condition of affairs is due to the | i regard the far-reaching consequences of such strug- | desire of Democratic Supervisors to make places for | T S | definite bill. Where there are too many promoters = < to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. countrymen of that statesman to a policy which it is |an enterprise is never promoted. S b SR eléphionie Muin 1Eek | onism to the international policy for which Blaine E of the first acts of the Republican Board of THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAW) s | Iabored. His views first took shape in the call he | Supervisors, which wiil take office on January ....908 Broadway | to seek a way of permanently averting the horrors of | Cruelty to Animals. Once before the institution | cruel and bloody combat between countries, oftenest | under Demacratic rule became a disgrace to the city, gles—exhausted finances, oppressive debt, onerous | politicians. | taxation, ruined cities, paralyzed industries, devastated | Under the jurisdiction of the Society for the Pre- CONDITIONS BETTER THAN UN- DER DEMOCRACY. C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 62! McAllister street, open untll 9:30 oclock. 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 .o'clock. | 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 25i8 | Rission street, cpen untll 9 o'clock. street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane ts, open untll 9 o'clock. Sight of St. Paul's.” _ Vaudeville. rano de Bergera 106 Eleventl | fields, ruthless conscription, the slaughter of mien, the grief of widow and orphan, with a legacy of em- bittered resentments that long survive those who provoked them and heavily afflict the innocent gen- erations that may come after.” When Blaine left the Arthur Cabinet, his successor, Frelinghuysen, with- drew the invitation to this peace congress, whereupon | Blaine, then a private citizen, addressed a letter to | President Arthur, protesting against the withdrawal, and in his statement of the foreign policy of the Gar- | field administration, which was his policy, said: “Peace is essential to commerce, is the very life of | honest trade, is the solid basis of international pros- | perity.” These pacific views of Blaine were projected into | the Pan-American Congress which was promoted by flla Man, Vaudeville and the Zoo. rner Mason and Ed.y Streets, Spectaities, — Misston Zoo, performance Thanksgiving Day. v Piano Recital. ths—Swimming Ingleside Track—Races To-&ay Rosenthal — Coming in December. AUCTION SALES. By Frank W Butterfield—T:! o'clock, Missi : d Twenty reets. _Wednesday _evening, November at 721 Howard street. November 22, at 11 ots ¥ G. 1 ghbred Horses, THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION. Y the vigor with which the contest has been [ ') of . the California waged for the presidency Association evidence is given that the co thon is to be something more than a per- functory meeting and that the ‘importance of the its members. | work of the association is recognized b; s evidence is gratifying. The a of those industrial organizations from which the State has Despite the vast amount of treasures that have been taken from her mincs.i Californi still a Jand whose mineral resources are | comparatively undeveloped. To hasten that develop- ment there cded the co-operation of all who are | engaged in hing, and it is through the State A sso-; ciation the co-operation can be best effected. { There are certainly strong reasons why the proceed- | rked by a spirit of earnestness and zeal. The time is propitious for a | general revival of mining in all parts of the State. The drought of the past year seriously interfered with placer mining, and even quartz mining in some places suffered jrom a lack of water. With the coming of the rainy season prospects brighten for both classes | of miners, and accordingly mining enterprises are more favorably regarded by investors. | Moreover, in addition to the work which the asso- | ciation has on hand in the direction of obtaining legis- | letion favorable to the mining industry from the | Government and the enactment of a satisfactory min- eral lands bill, there will be that required to prepare for a suitable exhibition of our mining industries and resources at the Paris Exposition. That work cannot be longer delayed without entailing loss, for it will | not be possible to arrange a really comprehensive exhibit if the task is put off to the last moment and | then undertaken in a flurry and carried on in haste. | It is to be hoped something may be accomplished | at the convention which will bring into the association | a fuller representation of the mining interests of the | south. That section of the State is rich in minerals, | and is even less developed than other sections. The | men who are interested in southern mines have there- | fore strong reasons for co-operating with the State | Association in working for all measures that tend to | the benefit of the industry. | At this time the world is searching for gold more vigorously than ever. Improved methods of treating ores render it possible to work with profit mines that a few years ago would have been worthless. Cali- | fornia ought to reap a large profit from the new | impulse toward gold mining and the new processes of | working. She will do so if the value of her mines | is fully made known to the world and the Government | enacts legislation favorable to the industry. It 1s for the Miners' Association to see to it that these things | are done. oc ation is onc] a right to expect mauch. ings of the comvention should be e s Not long ago there was printed an article concern- ing the microbes roosting upon every coin, only awaiting the chance to introduce themselves into the human system. It was a well-written article, logical, | convincing. Yet such is the obstinacy of human | nature that people have kept right on collecting | money, utterly regardless of the necessarily fatal ef fect so clearly demonstrated. So long as they fail to! realize that the microbes are there perhaps they will | escape harm. Coins have been in use for several | years now, and nobody has been known to die ofi them. | Actions are governed by every variety of human impulse. Here is a soldier, abseating himself from camp so as to get married, knowing that he will be sent to prison for it, and can only see the bride | through the bars. Others have enlisted because of | having been married, and still others sailed with light hearts to Manila, happy that the transport swung | away from the dock before the arrival there of a | yearning lady with a Sheriff, a warrant and a license. A gentieman who had an iron bar fall three stories and alight upon his head declares that the experience benefited his health. However, those who wish to profit by a similar operation are counseled to begin by letting the bar fall only two stories. | — Spain is said to be ready for war, which is a sur- prising circumstance, as Spain did not seem to be par- ticularly ready when the emergency arose not so very long ago. A man who bet on the wrong horse has gone crazy. If every man to have the same experience were to do likewise this would be a community of lunatics. There is a suspicion that some of the jurymen who ! have been doing duty of late ought to be in court again, but in another capacit; Perhaps there is some prejudice against Becker and | Nicaragua route there are some who would have the him as Secretary of State in President Harrison's | Cabinet. Therein they took the formal shape of a ‘proposi!i(m on the part of the United States and all | of the countries represented to relinquish and aban- | don the right of conquest. | It will be seen at once that this was Blaine’s real | Americanism. Devoted to the purpose and traditions of this Government and an earnest believer in our | very foundation statement that “governments derive their just rights from the consent of the governed,” | he could have nothing but aversion for replacing that by asserting the right of conquest as superior to the ccnsent of the governed. | come a conquesting nation without abandoning the very principle of its’ existence. The fact that a con- | quered people might be incapable of expressing their | assent or dissent, that they might be so unlearned in | our methods and processes of government and so | dazed by the assertion of our authority among them | as to stand silent does not alter the situation at all. In Blaine’s view, the effect to be avoided was that upon ourselves rather than upon a weak, ignorant and alien people over whom we might assert thcj right of conquest. Nor is it a question of holding such a people by | force while we educate them up to the plane of con- | sent. The condition in which consent may be indi- | cated must precede our exercise of any permanent authority over them at all. France took the Palatinate by conquest and the people by infusiop and contact after many genera- tions came to be French in feeling, and when thcy‘» were reconquested by Germany resented that as their | ancestors had resented the conquest by France. But | this Government cannot go into that kind of business. | There is no provisién under our system for reducing a people by conquest and incorporating them into our system by force of arms. In view of his record on that subject, if Blaine were alive he would be found opposing true Ameri- canism to the medieval doctrine of right of conquest. ‘ His reason for putting forward in the Pan-American | Congress the denial and abjuration of the right of | conquest was not far to seek. | The Central and South American nations had upon them the Eurdpean spirit of conquest. Chile had: despoiled Peru of her provinces and people. The | Central American nations were prone to convert | boundary disputes into wars of conquest. The right | of conquest has been in all ages the cause of war and | the afflicting train of miseries which follows it. ‘ Blaine desired to put away this greedy and evil spirit | and to banish it from the Western Hemisphere for- | ever. | It will not do to say that he would have reserved to | the United States the power to enter upon the con- | quest of territory belonging to any European power,\‘ for that would have been not only a violation of the | principle he promoted but such a breach of faith as | to forever lose to us the confidence of the Americas and of all nations. | WHEN PROMOTERS DISAGREE. O the people wish it, the nation needs it; and yet it is doubtful if it will be even so much as under- taken for many a year to come. Certainly the out- look at present promises nothing more than discus- sion and debate ending as they began, with disagree- ment on the part of the debaters. The difficulty in the way of the accomplishment of | the enterprise is that there are too many promoters, | and they have too many plans for promotion. There is a strong faction which believes it would be better | tc buy out the Panama Conrpany and complete that | canal rather than undertake one across Nicaragua on any conditions. Among those who agree on the F the Nicaragua canal enterprise it may be said Government construct as well as control the canal, | and others who prefer that the Government should back the Maritime Canal Company and have that cor- | poration perform the work. Finally, among those who agree that the Government should undertake the enterprise there are some who would vote against it unless it can be shown that the construction will not entail a cost much in excess of $100,000,000. All these differences of opinion might be settled were it not for the fact that there is a strong and powerful body of men who do not wish them settled. Every shiiting of the channels of trade, no matter how much it benefits the community generally, in- jures somebody. There are interests that will suffer by the opening of a shorter water route between our Atlantic and our Pacific coast. blind nor weak. They perceive the situation clearly, and they have organized for a fight. If they can keep the friends of the measure divided they will do it. They have sense enough to know that the best way to defeat an enterprise favored by the people is to then stand aside while the argument goes on and the factions get heated. has been exploited in the United States ever since the war made clear to our people the immense importance | of a short route between the two oceans it is evident It is plain that he believed that this could not be- | The men who control these interests are neither | suggest two or three different ways of doing it and | From the extent to which the Panama canal scheme | | vention of Cruelty to Animals the Pound for several years was conducted with humane regard for the rights of dogs, goats, horses, cows and their owners. Not a single scandal put in an appearance throughout its regime. The moment, however, the Pound was | taken away from it and placed in the hands of a poli- tician it became a source of complaint and annoyance all around. During the past year Pound outrages, Police Court prosecutions and street affrays resulting from the attempts of hoodlum deputies to capture estray dogs have been an almost every-day -occur- % rence. ! Under the present law it will ever be difficult to take | the Pound out of politics, since the Supervisors may | at any time reverse any policy that may have been adopted. The resolutions of one board are not bind- ing upon another, and, as we have already seen, Re- | publican boards take the Pound away from the poli- | ticians and Democratic boards give it back to them. The latter usually resist to some extent, but as the | genius of Democracy in San Francisco is office-hold- ‘ing and creating offices for the members of the “or- | ganization,” they finally succumb to the blandish- | | ments of the “push.” . | What should be done with the Pound is to abolish | the system of fees under which it is conducted. The | | new Board of Supervisors ought to pass an ordin- | !ance establishing the institution on a firm and en- | during basis. This would have to go before the | Mayor, and a change of system could take place only by the enactment of a repealing ordinance and the consent of the Mayor. Ordinarily, the Pound is sub- verted by a combination of machine politicians who possess few or no political resources, and if a barrier of this kind were established the difficulty of over- turning it would probably be for them insurmount- able. | At all events, the Pound should be taken out of | politics by the new Supervisors. There is not much spirit in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; had there been, the present Supervisors would have hesitated before they inaugurated the pre- | vailing Pound regime. But action by that organiza- tion need not be awaited. The new Supervisors owe something to the women and children of the city, who | are always the victims of hoodlum Poundkeepers. QJ confidence that she brought Spain to terms. | She tells how she presented the case over there with a diplomacy more acute than 3 mere statesman could command, and how, before her unanswerable argument, the monarchy trembled with apprehen- sion and then took a tumble to itseli. ~Had the prowess of this young woman been understood in | advance, her persuasive manner appreciated and the magnetism of her presence a matter of record, there would have been none of the turmoil of war, and the captains, instead of shouting, could have stayed at home and talked in moderate tones through their APPORTIONING THE GLORY. | ESSIE A. SCHLEY asserts with a pleasing fatigue hats. Now that Miss Schley has told her story opinions will have to be revised, and the erroneous belief that the affair was brought to a speedy close by Richard Harding Davis cast aside. This will be a blow to Richard, but in deference to the lady he must take it. We grab this opportunity to place upon certain stories concerning Miss Schley the brand of disap- proval. It has been said that in going to Spain she was guilty of an impertinence, that she constituted | a pitiful display of assumption, and that in propelling her across the border and in the direction of home Spain performed the most fitting act of its entire | campaign. We felt sorry for the woman, ashamed of her and wondered why her family did not lock her | in the cellar and let her do her conversing into a| | phonograph—later, of course, destroying the phono-} | graph. Such apology as is due Miss Schley is hereby ten- | dered. She is no silly guy, chattering with the intel- the President desires it, Congress favors i(,; ligence of a parrot. No, sir. She is great. She says | so herself and she ought to know. Now let her go and hypnotize Aguinaldo. There is something sweet in the sympathy France is offering to Spain over what it is pleased to term “American rapacity.” France regrets that Spain is likely to lose the possessions held and abused by it for so many years, but never seems to think that Spain has been in any measure to blame. As a matter of fact, there is some question as to the wisdom of taking the Philippinés, but it does not spring from the circumstance that anybody in this country is sorry for Spain. That country not only invited the fate which has come upon it but kept repeating the invitation until there was no decent possibility of longer refusal to accept. Now its kicking is more spectacular than useful. & An Ohio court has accorded damages to a brake- man who had sued a company for having blacklisted him. To “blacklist” a man is to so discredit him that he cannot obtain employment. That no corporation nor individual has a right to do this is plain enough, and as the matter reached the stage of being passed upon judicially, no other decision could have been expected. Few of the Iowa soldiers before they sailed for Manila had ever seen a larger body of water than could be encompassed by a cowtrack on a rainy day. No wonder some of them got sick. Senator Allen of Nebraska has fallen out with Bryan; but as the voters of the country seem to have done the same thing the Senator does not feel lone- some. Perhaps there will be a grain of satisfaction for Shafter in the fact that the dirty papers of England are throwing mud at Kitchener. | There is considerable interest in the heavy-weight prize-fight, but a grave fear that neither principal will kill the other. Creegan, enough at least to knock out the presump- tion of innocence, | that of dividing public sentiment on the issue. that the policy of the opponents of the canal is to be I, Possibly the numerous peace jubilees are a trifle make him a Senator because his father was a President. are accustomed to give the highest gifts in our commonwealth to those who | have borne the heat and burden of the day, and not to those who come into the vineyard at the eleventh hour—with a carpet-bag. that Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. may possess many qualities of mind and heart which would fit him to adorn the United States Senate. many worthy gentlemen in California possessing equally admirable quali- ties who have been here longer than Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr.,, and who did not come here the day before yesterday—with a carpet-bag. We beg to assure this son of a distinguished father that their claims will receive con- sideration before his. ‘We are informed that Senator Elkins of West Virginia and National Committeemn IZerens of St. Louis ‘represent a syndicate which has de- [r. Grant Senator from California.” This is really cided to make of them. The East uoes a great deal for California. and trusts regulate our railroad rates, fix the price of our petroleum and settle the cost of our breakfast-table sugar. things which syndicates arrange for us. the plane where we will allow Eastern syndicates to select our Senators in California. Mr. Ulysses 8. Grant Jr. is the son of a great general, but it does not need the son of a seventh son or the son of a prophet to tell him that he has no more chance of becoming United States Senator from California than he has of becoming Mikado of Japan.—The Argonaut. We do not doubt But there are Ty good Eastern r ndicates Doubtless there are other But we have not yet quite reached A NEW FACTOR IN REPUBLICANISM Since the election, which rolled up a larger Republican majority than ever before in this State, many theories have been advanced to account for The Republican majority in the next House is put at 13. State by taking out three Democrat-Populists and replacing them makes a change of six, and so is responsible for nearly the result. three Republicans one-half the party majority in the next House. small achievement and carries with it no slight distinction. for by fusionists by saying that it was a war year, and the war helped the Republicans, therefore the result is transitory. perficial ideas take root and survive. did the Republicans more harm than good. fighting was over, and the enthusiasm had evaportated and the people had reached the stage of criticism and complaint about the war, the hospital service, the rations furnished the sick, the camp sites and other matters that had no tendency to increase the popularity of the administration. History shows that war is not such a good thing for the party The Democracy sustained a disastrous defeat im- mediately after the Mexican War and the Republicans lost the elections of As far as California is concerned, the power when it occurs. 1862 in the midst of the Civil War. partisan gains from the war were decidedly Governor had the appointment of volunteer officers, and a Democratic ad- jutant general had the control and disposition of the regiments. It is evident, therefore, that there were other influences than the war to In our judgment the pew factor was The San account for the result here. Francisco Call. course is studied lessly to the last day of the fight. columns. ment and the Republicans won. Heretofore the Examiner, with its matchless effrontery, has had pretty much its own way in campaigns, and if met at all by the Republican press of San Francisco the opposition has been timid. But The Call adroitly drew the Examiner into a defense of itself right in the midst of the fight, and The Call had such perfect proof of its case, the charge of blackmail of the railroad, that the time taken from the party campaign by the Examiner in defending itself was time lost, for its defense was inadequate. The Call in fine has set a new pace for its party in this State and has become a most valuable factor in political and all other affairs. it must be reckoned with in all things that effect the State.—Contra Costa Gazette. It made a clean campaign from the start, and it is seen that it forced the fighting and attacked cease- Not a syllable of defense appeared in its ‘With a rare conception of political strategy it forced Judge Ma- guire's views on land confiscation to the front and made them issues in spite of his daily declaration that they were not. The Call, leading the fight, actually drove out of the public mind all other issmes except those which it made, and upon them the tickets went to judg- This A. P. French Tells of His Experience in Attempting to Leave That Benighted Free Silver Country. The American consular service under the present administration in Guatemala is affording protection to American citi- zens in that country in a highly satisfac- tory manner and this fact Is all the more praiseworthy because of the lukewarm interest taken in that regard by the con- sular officlals during the last Democratic | rule. There has been a marked improve- ment and the men appointed by President McKinley are winning words of commend- ation from many Americans who require their help. The service includes Godfrey W. Hunter of Kentucky, Consul General M. C. Beaupre of lllinois and Consular Agent G. Laurentz. ‘A. P. French, who was a captain of the Fifth Minnesota Infantry in the War of Rebellion, arrived here from Guatemala on the City of Sydney and related an in- teresting story of his experience. “Had it not been for the efforts made IE my behalf by the consular service there, sald he, “I would have had my silver tak: en away from me and most likely been in- carcerated in one of the vile prisons in with To have done this is no It is accounted It is strange that such su- It is highly probable that the war The elections came after the in Democratic. A Democratic when its By this persistent attack Hereafter AROUND THE CORRIDORS W. H. Barnes of Ventura Is in town. W. 8. Green, proprietor of the Colusa Sun, is at the Grand. F. C. Lusk, a prominent attorney of Chico, is at the Palace. A. McDonald, a prominent Sonora min- ing man, is at the Lick. S. H. Davis, a well-known Sacramento | is at the Grand. Dimond, a prominent Honolulu merchant, is at the Occidental. James A. Wilder, a prominent Honolulu merchant, is at the California. “Sheriff 8. D. Ballou of San Luis Obispo County is a guest at the Grand. George W. Rohr, U. 8. A, is back from Manila and registered at the Occidental. The wife and daughter of United States Senator S. M. White are registered at the Palace. Willlam Gillette, the actor, and the leading members of his company are at the Palace. Cqlonel R. P. Babbitt, U. 8. A., accom- panied by his wife, is down from Benicia and registered at the Occidental. 06666060006 6The late argu- /4 ment between Un- s AN @ cle Sam and Spain >4 5 & served to bring ° ACTOR’S g out the genuine article of heroisia ¢ PATRIOTISM. ©in the theatrical profession. When 6006086000809 1o pright Yan- kee bayonets began to glisten threughout the land the eloquent plea of the son of Thespis was heard asking to exchange his | carefully creased trousers for the homely leggings which distinguish the followers of Old Glory. That the footlight pet was in earnest is evidenced by the muster rolls of many Eastern regiments, and by that direful dafly bulletin which flashed from Santiago during those terrible weeks and signed ‘‘Shafter.” Among the first of the brief but heart- breaking messages to pass the censor was this: ‘“Wounded at San Juan Hill—Mason Mitchell, actor.” ‘‘Dangerously ill at Si- boney Hospital, yellow fever—Burr Mc- Intosh, actor.” ¥ The unique methods adopted to display their patriotism by the actors who did not take the fleld are varied and interesting, but for genuine originauty is is probable that first prize should be awarded John M. Campbell, the young comedian who is laugh producer in chief' with the lively musical farce, ‘At Gay Coney Island,” now at the Columbia Theater. Campbell is noted for his strong penchant for jew- elry. his fashionably attired person al- ways tastefully adorned with a varied as- sortment of precious stones. Imagine then the sensation created yes- terday by the irrepressible Campbell par- ading up Market street vestless, and dls- playing in the top aperture of his immac- ulate shirt bosom a red ruby, in the next a brilliant white diamond and completing the patriotic picture was a sapphire as blue as the blue Danube in the third but- ton hole. J. M. Davis, a Virginia City merchant, is in town for a few days. L. J. Maddux, a -well-known Modesto attorney, is at the Grand. Charles Erickson, a prominent Martinez contractor, Is at the Grand. G. T. Ames, the handwriting expert, of New York, is registered at the Palace. He is here in connection with the Fair- Craven and Botkin trials. Hubert Howe Bancroft, the historian, has returned to this city after four years’ absence in Cambridge, Mass. He will probably remain here during the winter. The following well-known mining men premature are registered at the Lick: Henry Lane, | Los Angeles | figure V is not a coln of great value. | A. 8., Berryessa, Santa Clara County, William McKinley, R. C. Walrath, E. McKinley and C. H. Mallen, all of Ne- vada City, and George C. Rolding of | Fresno. —_——————————— : CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Congressman John A. Barham of Santa Rosa is at the Ebbitt House. C. F. Wyman of San Jose is at Willard’s. W. B. Treadwell of San Francisco is at the Arlington. James A. Hunt of San Francisco is at the St. James. —_—————— CALIFORNIANS IN NE¥ YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.—Albert Joseph of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. Mrs. Curran Clark of San Francisco is at the Manhattan. Mrs. Margaret Hoobs of is at the Savoy. C. A.| Hitcheock of San Francisco, 8. C. Arnold of Pasadena, Charles B. Page of Sacra- mento and George B. Adee of Oakland are | at the Cosmopolitan. e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NOT OF GREAT VALUE—C. C., San Jose, Cal. A nickel 5-cent piece with the motto “E Pluribus Unum” under the | Such can be had from the dealers for 15 cents, RELIGION IN GERMANY—Steuart street, City. The statistics of religion In | according to the latest census (1890), were: Protestants, 31,026,810; Roman Catholics, 17.674,921; Christian’ sectarians, 145,540; Jews, 567,54 THE SHARKEY-JEFFRIES FIGHT— | Cal. In the fight between Sharkey and Jeffries, San Francisco, May 6, 1898, Jef- fries got the decision, after twenty rounds, but he failed to stop the sailor. JOE WOLCOTT—J. J. C., City. Joe| Wolcott knocked out George Green in eighteen rounds in San Francisco August 26, 1897. Kid Lavigne knocked out '01E cott in fifteen rounds at Mespeth, L. 1 December 2, 1895, and in twelve rounds i San Francisco October.29, 1897, A VOLUNTEER NURSE—L. F., Sacra- mento, Cal. A woman desiring to act as a volunteer nurse at the military hospitals | Should address a communication &5 the | Red Cross Soclety. _Such a communicas tion may be addresaed to Miss Clara Bar- on, ashington, D. C., or to th Cross Soclety, San Francisce. - ¢ Red % | ELECTRIC LIGHTS—C. R., City. Elec- | tric light apparatus of various kinds was devised as early as 1802 by Sir Humphry | Davy and improved on by later experi- ments. The first use of electricity for ublic {llumination was in 1858, in London, ngland, when Watson's electric -lights were used on Westminster Bridge. DEWEY— C. O., City. Rear Admiral Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vt., De- cember 26, 1837. His father was Jullus Yeamans Dewey, M. D., who was born in Berlin, Vt., in 101" In 1822 he settled in Montpelier and there married Miss Mary fgg[l&la h:auve of })l;at skmte. Tlr;e r:gr S _nevi y e A Brypeyer beem own A SOLDIER AT MANILA—R. H. C, City. If you wish to ascertain if a soldier of a company of the Thirteenth Minnesota (now at wue Philippine Islands) was killed or wounded at the battle of Manila, write a letter of inquiry to the Secretary of War, Washington, D. C., givins full name, letter of company, when last heard of and where, and the department will furnish the information. FOR A WEDDING—J. T. B., City. Full dress for a morning wedding is a frock coat and preferably light-colored trou- sers. For an evening wedding a swal- low-tailed coat and three-button waist- coat; black trousers. For a simple, inex- isensive wedding that is not to be a full ress affair any sort of clothes that are n neat and respectable will do. might be upepm at such a wedding just to be in style is better expended for house- hold and kitchen furniture with which to | and my money was returned to me. Money that | set up houSekeeping than for a stylish dress suit. | o ¥ 4 San Jose de Guatemala. As it was 1 was put to considerable trouble. I was located Ih Guatemala and desiring to leave there I gathered some 3300 in Peruvian silver money and several hundred in American dollars, which latter 1 had exchanged for Mexican coin at the rate of three to one. > one is allowed to leave Guatemala ithout an order from the Supreme Gov- ernment, as it s called, and Minister Hunter told me he would get it for me. He then gave me a letter of introduction to the comandante at San Jose explain- ing the circumstances. When I reached there I presented the letter to the com- andante, who said he had received no dispatch from the Supreme Government, but would wire for Instructions. He ught that everything would be all ht and I left him. ‘That afternoon at 2 o’clock I was placed under arrest and taken to the chief clerk of the comandante, who took my silver away from me, counted it placed it in his safe, and walked away. sent word to Consular Agent Laurentz, who immediately came up and after some forcible expostulation with the comand- ante T was allowed to go to my steamer at- tribute the actions of the Guatemala offi- cials to the fact that the var has engen- dered a spirit of animosity agalnst Ameri- cans, and that they hate to see any silver leave the country. Had I given them a fee I probably would not have been both- ered. But as long as the pre: t Repub- lican consular officials are in power Amer- icans will be afforded the best kind of pro- tection.” THE SENTINELS. The Sentinels of the Universe gave thelr first anniversary entertainment and dance under the auspices of the Supreme Coun- cil in the Odd Fellows’ Building last Wed- nesday night. There was a good attend- ance of ladies and their escorts, and for their pleasure there was offered a pleas- ing programme in which Lilas Phillips, Mrs. H. J. Keegan, F. J. Hess, R. Flan- nagan, Judith Reusch, Sadie Brown, Pro- fessor J. Miller, Danfel E. Hanlon and Miss Florence Donovan took part. Past Supreme Sentinel Henry C. Gesford and Supreme Sentinel John Lawrence Geary Jr. delivered addresses explaining the new order. Then followed dancing until mid- night. The affair was conducted under the direction of the entertainment com- mittee composed of H. C. Gesford, J. L. Geary Jr., F. J. Clausen, W. W. Brackett and Dr. C. E. Parent. —_———— KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. At a recent meeting of Aurora Lodge Z. T. Whitten was apprised of the fact that he had reached ,the fiftieth anniver- sary of his birth when Grand Protector Mrs. Wheelock, on behalf of Mrs. Whit- ten, presented him with a beautiful gold emblem of the order. There was an aps propriate response and after that was over there were congratulations and a collation. During her visit East the grand pro- tector was afforded an opportunity of ex- amining the books and the methods of keeping the accounts of the order. She speaks in high terms of the methods and was gratified to find the financial condi- tion of affairs a most satisfactory one. [ — COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. During the past week Golden Circle in- | itiated one candidate and received one application. Eureka Circle initiated five. Last week California Circle had a very pleasant at home after the business of the evening was over. Snerwood Circle during the past quarter initiated six candidates, and at its meeting last Monday night had six applications awaiting the report of investigating com- mittees. The circle will elect its officers at the first meeting in December. On the first Thursday in that month the circle will give a party. e —e————— Townsend's plum pudding, bes; h’]( m; 11 of California glace frults, 1‘?:3.“?1’. 1&1 !\‘;Brket st., Palace bullding. ¢ —_—————————— Special information supplied dally to bu!‘:ness houses and p(\:\l;lxlc n)le‘;lobit th(’ ing Bureau en’s), ont- Pres o iPeot. Telephone Main 10i2. ¢ «Cyrano should have married.” . i have improved his nose to ha\!f’ lx:nlgg]td down on the matrimonial grindstone.” e eee——— . Stegert's Angostura Bitters, the renowned .fp:t:e: is used over the whole civilized Somd; it is imported from South America. P e e— wPhat monument to Hahnemann has never been finished.” “No: the contributions were too homeo- ADVERTISZEMENTS. Baking Powder —F 1~ Safeguards the food against alum, Alem powders are the greatest ‘menacers to of the present day. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.