The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1898, Page 4

TH E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1898, 4 MONDAY., L DECEMBER 12, 1808 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. " Address Al Communications to PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third 8ts, 8. F. Telephone Main 1868, ROOM S 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN PRANCIECO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) 1s served by cartlers In this city and surrounding towns for I5 centa a week. By mall $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL .. OAKLAND OFPICE EDITORIAL One year, by mall, $1.50 008 Broadway e\ YORK Oorpicr Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, NEWwW WAEHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE CHICAGO OFPICE . C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertiai: BRANCH OFFICES& 527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open unttl 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 030 o'clock. 681 McAllister street, open uptil 9:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock 1941 Misslon street, open untll 10 o'clock. S891 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 9518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh etreet, cpen untll © e'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 8:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. Marquette Bullding ng Repreaentative. AMUSEMENTS ia man, vaudeville and the moo. tason and Bady eireets, specialtiea Imming Charity Rasaar 3 Butter street—Plane recital Monday ingleside Race Track—Races to-dey. Rosenthal—Coming in December, AUCTION BALES, Butterfleldl—Monday, December 13, at ery and Ornaments, at 18 Butter streat. Wednesday ember 14, at 10:30 o'clock, enth and Valencia streeta. December 18, at 18 By Frank W u Art Cr Aay DECEMBER OPENS WELL, N ONTRARY to general expectation the opening [he enterprise as usual, anticipated the event, ace the consensus of ssmen and had a very fair idea ent would say in his message. The newepaper has revolutionized s. 1t not only exercises ade, but has simplified even ce that Governments are ary red cor nce o in- commun by foreign representatives even before ives themselves have received their in- Hence the day of as far as legislation is xpressed by Dun’s weekly | save: “The most significant 1is week has been the entire absence of the ary nervous fright before or after the meeting ess, the President’s message and the report No one showed the d nobody could find occasion for any. stock the home office. is past, is aptly e w of trade, which Secretary of the Treasury &t as the Govery wa sre than the people had already decided and i, and so the gradual betterment since October December is making an exceptional record. was a phenom a step toward something better. the exports were extraordinary, g them this year. Almost all the es report a large demand for their ts, both on domestic and foreign account. The at shipments Jast week were £,636,000 bushels, 000 for the same week last year. Wintry imulated the demand for woolen £00 and many of the smaller mills have entered the market as buyers, though prices have shaded alf a cent since the opening of the month. 1 season in the iron and steel trade, yet s report immense orders for their something extraordinary for this time of the As for the retail trade, it it reported exception- ively throughout the East. The lumber trade, dv mentioned, is picking up, and much more ticed. The other great staples show no hy of note. 1 statistics of the country continme fa- ¢ gain in bank clearings last week was 1.6 per cent, and the failures were only 248 against or the same week in 1807. The only city of im- portance to show a Joss in bank clearings last week was San Francisco, but a good rain will put us on the ide of the sheet again. seems to be rather more going on in the local markets than wusual at this time of the yesr. plaints are heard from any Qquatter, and, ital is shy owing to the lack of rain, general trade seems to be moving along on satisfactory lines. anches which have been dull are no daller, and several are picking up a little, while those which have been active show no diminution in activity. Aa advance of & cents per gallon in wine has che#red the -hearts of those engaged in this important indastry. s of wool have been rather Ddetter, though the market is still dall. An anticipated decline in hides has mot taken place, and may not. Good hops sell as fast as they arrive, and at fine prices. Livestock of all descriptions is bringing good figures, though in one or two counties the cattle are suffering from insafficient food. Raisins are in steady demand, and the retarns have been good this fall. Dried fruit con- tinwes dall, but at present rate of selling there will be no stock on hand when the 180 crop comes in. Indeed, several sorts are already practically cleaned up. Provisions are moving off faitly at long-estab- Jished prices. The grain markets are in fair shape, and, though wheat has ruled weak for some time, the minor cereals, sach as barley, oats and corn, have lately advanced somewhat. Dairy products, such as butter, cheese and eggs, are selling at high prices, and the markets are but indifferently supplied. Gen- eral merchandise exhibits but little change from week to week, and the wholesalers and jobbers report a healthy state of trade. In short, the entire field of commerce Tooks well, and, as there are no commer- cial casualties of serious importance, the inference is natural that local trade is on 2 sound and satisfactory footing. S ———————————— Tt is not to be believed that San Francisco schools will have to be closed for lack of funds, owing to the dishonesty of Directors. San Francisco has the ad- vantage of being civilized. As to the Direttors, there is a place just goross the bay desigued for their reformation ~— s did not exert any unfavorable effect | ions will be pre- | ain markets moved exactly | omatic, certain to do or | al trade in November, bat it | ‘submitted GENERAL ALGER'S REPORT. ENERAL ALGER'S report on the adminis- tration of the War Department makes an oc- tavo volume of 231 pages, but less than eighteen pages are occupied by the statements of the Secretary himself, the rest being taken up by reports from various officers and by documents relating to the war and the general business of the department. Not a line in the report of the Secretary refers to the charges made against the department. He evi- dently believes the record of the war is itself sufficient to disprove them, and that they deserve from him no recognition whatever. In this the public will agree with him, for the swift success of our arms is a proof that the war was tarried on with energy and skill. General Alger says: “An army of about 250,000 volunteers and recruits for the regulars was called into existence from civil life, which, with the regular army, made a total force of 274,717 men. It was or- ganized, armed and equipped (no supplies being on hand other than those for the regulars save Spring- field muskets), and 50,000 men of this force were transported by land and sea to battle-fields in the tropics 12,000 miles apart, where they won their vic- tories without a single defeat, and all within the pe- | riod of 113 days from the declaration of war to the signing of the protocol.” Concerning the mortality in the ranks, of which so much was made by the sensational press, the Secre- tary says: “The deaths in the army from May 1 to | October 1, including killed, died of wounds and of; disease, were 2010, the smallest death rate recorded of | any army in history, a most gratifying fact when it is considered that over 50,000 of our troops, born and reared in the temperate zone, were campaigning in tropical climates, subject to rain and heat almost un- ; precedented.” No feature of the report is likely to give rise to| more discussion than the recommendation of the Secretary as to the best means of providing relief for the Cubans, who are in urgent need of it. He points | ovt that the people need employment as well as food, | and to supply both he suggests that it would be a wise | economy on the part of the Government of the United | | States to construct a substantial railway the whole | length of the island of Cuba, with branch roads to the | leading cities on the coast. | “Such a road,” says the Secretary, “would cost a .| terge sum, perhaps $20,000,000, but it would give em- | ployment to the people of Cuba, teach them habits of | industry, be an inducement for them to caltivate their | | farms, and thus furnish supplies for the laborers and | | for market when the road is constructed. This, in my judgment, is absolutely essential to the pacifica- | { tion and development of that great island. It will] bring its minerals, lumber and agricultural products | to market and open up communication with all parts | of the island with the least possible delay. The road | would be a good property, and when it had served its j purpose for the Government could be sold for its cost. | | If such an improvement is not made, the Government | will no doubt expend fully that amount in charity.” The recommendation is well worth the considera- tion of Congress. If we are to hold the island and become responsible for the well being of the people, | | the sooner we set them to wovk the better. e | | | BAILEY MEETS HIS FOES. LL the splutter and the roar of those factions /Z\ in the Democratic party opposed to the leader- | ship of Bailey of Texas have come to nothing. | Mr. Bailey has met them in the Democratic Congres- sional caucus and they are his. Upon a test question | | the vote stood sixty-two Baileyites and thirteen of the | opposition. When the next Congress meets there possibly may be a better showing made by the opponents of the young man from Texas, but the complete collapse of the fight against him in this Congress does not prom- | ise much. It looks as if the “baby,” as they call him, | will remain Democratic leader of the House as long as he remains in that branch of the Government. The only way his foes can get +id of him is to elect him Governor of Texas or join with his friends and send { him to the Senate. The fight against Bailey was made partly by the gold men who are opposed to his free silver policy, but mainly by the annexationists, whose jingo im- | perialism he lras denounced. If the two factions could | | have combined upon a leader they might have made | | a stronger fight, but an agreement between them | seems to have been impossible. They went into the | caucus like lambs to the slaughter, and one of their | own number raised the test question that resulted in their defeat. The outcome is only another proof that the ! noisiest factions in American politics are mnot the i | strongest. The clamors of the foes of Bailey were heard from ome side of the continent to the other. | | They were uttered from newspapers on the Atlantic | coast and repeated by newspapers on the Pacific | Coast. They were heard in the South as well as in the North. They seem, however, to have represented no political force whatever. Their full strength in the House could poll only an unlucky thirteen votes. As Mr. Bailey remarked after the contest was over, | “It must be plain now to all thinking men that the stories of serious divisions in the Democratic party | were the inventions of a few sensational newspapers.” And thus does the Examiner get another black eye for trying to be too bossy in the house of its friends. VOTING BY MACHINERY. | Y the report of W. M. Hinton, C. B. Morgan | and J. V. Webster, members of the State Com- | mission appointed in 1897 for the purpose of | examining, testing and investigating voting machines, the question of adopting some form of mechanical | balloting will be brought before the coming session | of the Legislature, and it is possible that action may | tesalt from it. The report gives evidence of a careful and exten- | sive investigation. A considerable number of ma- | chines were sabmitted for examination, and it is no- table that a large proportion of them were by Cali- formia inventors. The machines reported upon are those of C. L. Sturges, J. G. Sweeney, J. B. Terrill, Henry H. Niebar, F. X. St. Louis, Henry Weber, S. A. Camrine, J. C. Garrett, H. A. Clifford, Christ Christensen, the Filis Ballot Machine Company and | the California Voting Machine Company, all of this State; and the American Ballot Company of Massa- | chasetts; the United States Ballot Box, 1llinois; the | National Voting Machine and the Standard Voting Machine of New York. 2 A statement of the principles wpon which the va- rious machines are constructed is given. The Com- | missioners say: “Tt has been our purpos: in examin- ing ‘machines to study the principles rather than the | execution of the devices, as most of the machines presented have been imperfectly constructed.” It is ‘added that in the machines manufactured for wmse “many existing and minor faults could and would he corrected, but that of the hand-made 'machines sub- ‘mitted for examination only three were made upon a scale to admit of practical tests.” Tt appears that but two of the inventions | Britain the “Standard,” or the Gillespie patent, and the “American Ballot Company,” or the McTammany patent. As a consequence the commission is not able to report upon the cost of the machines except the two named. It is stated, however, that the price for factory-made machines would doubtless rangi from $250 to $500. In conclusion the commission says: “By the use of the machines the cost of conducting an election lessened number of election officers employed. Doubtless it would prove advisable to retain an in- clerks. As their services would be required for only a short time after the close of the polls, a reduction San Francisco, where twelve election officers are em- ployed in each precinct at a cost of $10 each, the sav- would soon cover the cost of the machines. ®he moral gain in the avoidance of mistakes, and the cer- and would far outweigh all minor considerations.” i —— THE THREE COURSES. O time are open to the United States, says the Commissioner of Navigation in his an- gress. He sets forth the three courses as follows: First—We may retain our laws uncha 1, ignore under foreign flags for the transportation of our exports and imports. register under the American flag, ship crews abroad and increase national navigation. vessels built in the Uuited States and thus increase both national navigation and r.:tional ship-building. gress in deciding which of such courses to adopt. To take the first would be to continue paying a heavy ican merchant marine exposed to the ruinous compe- tition of its subsidized rivals, while the second course compel our merchants to seck in foreign shipyards the vessels needed for their commerce. convincing. The report before us points out that largely through indifference we have lost the share in growing trade of the Pacific is rapidly slipping away from us. Excluding Hawaii, entries and clearances during 180 amounted to 238,060 tons American ship- ping, and in 1807 to only 221,438 tons, while foreign would be reduced by the expense for ballots and the spector, a judge, two register clerks and two poll list in the amount now. paid them could be made—thus in ings in expenses for officers ballots, tally sheets, etc., tainty of the count, would prove of inestimable value NLY three practical courses at the present nual report, which has just been submitted to Con- national navigation and continue to rely on vessels Second—We may permit forelgn-built vessels to Third—We may extend direct Government aid to There should be no hesitation on the part of Con- tribute to foreign ship-owners and to leave the Amer- would simply destroy our ship-building industry and The argument for the third course is strong and trans-Atlantic navigation which was once ours. The from Asia and Oceanica at ports of the United States shipping increased from 431,242 tons to 924,720 tons. “Foreign nations,” says the Commissioner, “are skillfully following the policy of government aid to develop their navigation in the Pacific. Toward steamship lines to the east coast of last year contributed $1,2350,000; France, $1,217,000; Germany, $480,000; Spain (1%6), $416- 000; Russia, $405,000; Austria, $306,000, and Italy $277,000. The United States paid only $40,000 to American lines to Asia at regular mail rates. We have deluded ourselves into the belief that the Pacific trade will become ours without taking ordinary pre- cautions to meet competition.” As a result of our past neglect to build up a mer- chant marine equal to the needs of the nation we are a alone Great | now handicapped in the commercial contests of the world. The present emergency finds us unprepared, and the Commissioner of Navigation declares that as it will take at least eighteen months to build the ves- sels of over 5000 tons and sixteen knots now needed to meet the new conditions of the Pacific, “we must take steps for the qualified admission of foreign ships to American register in order to enter immediately into active competition for Asiatic trade.” It thus appears that by reason of neglecting to pro- mote American ship-building we are now to be com- pelled to admit foreign ships to American registry | or suffer a heavy commercial loss. With this exper- ience of the consequences of delay Congress can hardly fail to agree to the statement of the President, “It will be conceded that the present sitmation calls for legislation that shall be prompt, durable and Iiberal” ———— THE EXAMINER'S SCHOOL OF FORGERY. HE Examiner of yesterday morning, in carrying on its work of criminal education, which has heretofore embraced murder and lechery, sup- T | plies a horrible dissertation upon the methods and the results of forgery as a fine art. Free schools are the pride of the United States. The Examiner is a school, not exactly free, in which every phase of crime can be studied, both theoretically and practi- cally. Whether this department of the paper is within its “national policy” its readers, perhaps, can deter- mwine. B ————— e —— A marine fireman who had the misfortune to be at- | tacked by smallpox has filed a claim for $240, being the alleged value of the clothes he had, which were burned. To say the least, he is ungrateful. The clothes were full of microbes, and the city can file 2 counter claim for having rendered these innocuous. If 2 man who snatches a pocketbook, displayed so 8¢ to tempt him, gets forty years in the penitentiary, M:mwhchumdelfifmdiorguygas seven years in the same institution, the question arises whether justice is always the presiding genius of the courts. Dealers who pluck living turkeys must not be sur prised if their names get into print, accompanied by uncomplimentary remarks. Among the best people mow the placking of turkeys is regarded as properly & post-mortem affair. While the citizens of San Prancisco are planning a welcome to the California boys, they seem to forget | the possibility that the War Department may decide to bring the boys home by way of St. Petersburg. According to the War Department, of which no- | body speaks without respect, the shortest toute be- | tween San Francisco and Ozkland is by way of Port- land, St. Pasl, Kansas City, St. Lowuis and Denver. There is no dotbt but the art exhibition of the Bohemian Club was a success. Some of the finest indubitably, some of the handsomest women. Doubtless the Baldwin fire was a godsend to cer- tain people who had reasons for creating the impres- sion that they had great wealth, which they were about to deliver over to creditors. A pugilist who recently fought st Louisville is sion. Regret arises from the existence of donbt. | Smith comes back still a colonel. He has sarned pro- | ‘motios { guidance. R 2R R oo g g g g o R ¥ 3320 -F-F-3-F-F-3-F-F-3-3-F -3 -3 .3 o READING MATTER FOR OUR BOYS. Well-Fardo Makes a Generons Offer, Which Will Aid in the forward free of cost any shipments of this character, State it will brin signed for the soldiers. lation is that the pacl this paper. ‘While Ci Regiment, our boys will ¢ latel so long latest offer by Wells-Fargo w tity of literature. Almost every comfort the donations will be culation. foR=ge3-3-3= f=3=3=3e3a3=3-3a3-Fc3e3 22 u2 2R u R ok o R R R R R R Rt -2 ] HE blem of getting reading matter to the California boys 44 n‘;:m: gro\vn‘e simpler. As already announced The Call will vhich may be sent to it for the purpose. The California North- :'es:ern Rillrud. which covers a wide territory, will receive charging nothing, and now the Wells- mpany makes know: o e R C: tg sIn Francisco all parcels of literary matter de- There will be no charges, and the only stipu- kages shall be directed to the business office of alifornians naturally have in mind the boys of the First there is a fraternity among the troopers and books sent frculate among the soldiers from a dozen different as two leaves cling together. 111 result in the receipt of a large quan- household has it to spare, and the to the home-sick boys is beyond cal- e ottt f-ReR=RegegoRegegogegeggegegogeg-g=2=1 Good Work. books, magazines and pamphlets n that from all parts of the It is believed that this feReg g gegegatoRetatagagegetugapaegaguRaFagegegeg=gagat=] FABLES WITHOUT MORALS. Cou naval officer, under stress of battle, had waxed profane, he was summoned be- fore the Secretary, who, !rownllng pro- tentously, made great ado. “Sirrah, thundered the Secretary, “do I under- stand that just before sinking the fleet of the enemy you indulged in language gross and reprehensible?” “It ill becomes me,” replied the officer, whose arm was in splints, and who limped, * to know what may be in your august mind, but the probability that I cussed like hell just before those blankety-blank Spanish jumped over- board is passing strong.” “Enough, sir,” rejoined the Secretary. “I wish to establish a chair of pic- turesque and effective profanity. Therefore have I sent for you.” .« e oe fit to send soldiers to a distant land. the ignorant, and then proceeded to loot their temples. When reproached for having snatched altar cloths and images of great antiquity, the soldiers i had a ready defense. “Is it not meet,” they said, “that idolatry be rebuked? Also this truck is worth money at a junkshop.” Straightway concession was made that cilivization was a great | thing. e Smitten of love for a Damsel whose heart was not touched thereby, a Silly | Swain sought a Wise Man and begged Silly Swain, “to slay the Damsel and | thereafter to blow out mv own brains. | Is this course the one to be commended | by you, who have garnered the philoso- phy of years?” “@now, O foolish youth,” responded the Wise Man gravely, shifting a quid, “that you ill perceive the duty of the | hour. me if I think her not a Daisy and en- titled to a meed of praise. As for the rest of the plan I find with it no fault.” fairs, nor attempted injury to himself, inasmuch as he knew from the first that he had no brains to blow. . s Having shot her husband a young wife was solicited to reveal her motive. she turned upon the questioner. “I perceive,” she said, with fine scorn, “that you are one of the narrow-mind. | ed who would withhold from my timid and down-trodden sex the rights be- longing to it. Pray, whose husband would you have had me slay? Besides, | you may observe that I am fair to look upon and buill for touching the hearts | of jurymen. Avaunt, Dullard. I would practice a courtroom weep.” ... After having annexed all the money he could lay active fingers upon, an officeholder essayed to seek distant parts. “For,” he reasoned with himself, “the graft is played out.” So he went his way. But the selfish who had Zbeo.n robbed of him wmade grievous | moan, so that a sleuth estopped his | flight and brought him dack, even < the place of his starting. There was | he met by throngs, who extended glad | hands and bade him be of good cheer, | for be it known that in the times of | this occurrence a thief was not with- | out honor save when he sought to evade | dividing the spoil. Yet was the office- holder not glad, and held himself aloof as he were & man of sorrows. So they pressed upon him for an explanation. “Verily, your friendship is sweet,” he said with sadness, “and yet you must | admit failure to meet me &t the ferry | with a band playing ‘See, the Conquer- |ing Hero Comes.’” Amnd they, having | no defense, departed thence downoast. PR Visiting the East a San Pranciscan was asked much concerning the far Western land of his abode. “Ts it trus,” asked one, “that the rodbder bands which once ranged the primeval hills ©of the Pacific Slope have deen sahju- gated?” “Alas,” said the San Franciscan, who | ing an homest man, “while it is troe that the country has been purged of Its dbrigands, in the ¢ity we must confoss to having the Board of Bducation.” ..o His knees trembdling &8 with a great @read, a Politician knooked at the Par. tal where St. Peter holds sway. “What would you?" was asked of him. “Of a truth I would enter,” he an- swered. “Not fn acosrdante with any rale such as governs lere. It is tradition and Jaw that Jiars come mot past the &oor.” .int having been made that al *T have in mind,” began the | Harm not the girl, for beshrew | Then went the Swain about his af- | Naturally resenting the impertinence | labored under the disadvantage of de- | after that he had tumbled, “mayhap I | am a soft thing, for one who deals with | rogues must needs pect gold bricks. | Yet wist ye not that the worm will turn | {betlmes. Behold me in the act of turn- {ing. . Wough!"” And the lament of him | | filled the land with an uproar. | | . s e | Having at divers times occupied a | | cell, restraining him of his liberty, an | | evil-doer made escape and gathered | { him together a great fortune, even| | many shekels of fine gold, and houses | and lands and raiment. Then were his | sins forgiven, for the people said: “Be- | {hold, the man has waxed rich. How | | can there be guile in him?” while such l jamong them as had not been per- | suaded held their peace. But in the| | fullness of time the evil-doer besought | that they send him to the Senate,| Once upon & time a great nation saw | Whereupon those who had been silent | 22T | vouchsafed demur. “Verily,” they de- Reaching their destination the soldiers |c¢lared,” the man is rotten, and the de- | cruiser of 7400 tons, end at Genoa easily accomplished the subjugation of | ¢ay of him smiteth the nostril even | torpedo-boat Condore and a =i | 8s the fish long dead. We will have | none of him. Too, his ignorance is| | mighty, so that he said of the Ostend | | manifesto that he deemed it a new | brand of liquor, the which he had not yet tried.” ! “But,” pleaded the candidate, “while | it is true that I have no reputation, this is a manifest advantage, for had I one | now where would it be at the end of the | | voting?” It However, despite the force of his | logic, was he trun down, whereat was | rejoicing exceeding great. | In the Southland uprose one of hon- | | ored name, declaring that a toga would befit him. “What have you done?” they iuked him. I have had a father,” he {responded confidently, and the point | was deemed so well taken that other | | aspirants were observed straightway to i | 8et a mighty move on. - | A builder of ships having launched a | Senatorial boom, was asked what for- | tune had attended it. “My swiftest boat,” responded he, could not have outdone the boom for | ‘speed. ‘The only difference I could note | { was that the course of the boat was not | | downward.” | Thereupon he turned to examination | :ot the plans for & new monitor. i s . | A Dark Horse was one day pawing in his stall and the clamor of his hoofs at- {tracted the attention of a passerby, | who asked the cause of the commotion. | 1‘ “Kind sir,” explained the Dark | Horse, “T am & candidate for the Sen- | | ate.” { | "I advise you,” counseled the way- | farer, “to say nothing about it. You are | & fairly respectable horse. Why make | | the multitude to think you an ass?” After having refiected on this wis- | | dom the horse went back to his oats, | and shortly thereafter was seen draw- |ing a dray and wholly content. | e { Entering the rooms of & skilled | | craftsman, & stranger Jaid a bundle on | the counter. “I have here,” he began, | “an article once of value, but 80 broken | that unless for your deftness in mend- | ing it must forever be useless.” | “What is the article™ scked the | craftsman, advancing to unwrap it. | "Itis,” quoth the stranger, “ an ante- | election promise.” | “I have mo art,” said the oraftsman, | turning away, “wherewith to under- | take the task. There are matters be- yond human cunning. I recommena | that you try prayer.” ® 3 'AROUND THE l CORRIDORS. 1u?x.n Dana of New York f& at the | 1. D. Panay | the California. | Arthur G. Looks of at the Palace. of New York is & guest &t Chioage is & guest R. Smith and wits, of Ohit the Calit 8. ORED, sre at | Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brown of k | &Te &1 the Oalifornia. Py | Y. A. Spence, & prominent attornay Presno, is at the Lick. o | 1 1 Block and §. W v York are at the Princa. e o | Cariton Gray, & newspapar man | wille, Is & guest at the Grand. T | Tawrenoe Russall of Sararogn. large m;v‘»'nflm. I8 & goast &t the Liok. % | Tiam GTRy, & waalthy merohant from | Portland, s Tegistered at the Paiace. 3. F. Fitwgerald and L. N. Breed of Los | Angales are guests at the Ooocldentad. Mr. and Mra. . Gilhert and Mws, W ¢ | Grove, of Moldesto, are fuests | Caitornia. .- e Bainca . G P Tarior o Yok Angeles | BmIth of Portiand and > m‘q{; ¢§ookfi;:\mme\ 1 S WidRon wnd Rawmond Baum- | Beutlls, are at the Paince. | 1883, which would indicate | of the round-trip tickets. Now only San Francisco is at the Holland; C. Moore of San Francisco is at the Im- perial; L. Zoebel of Los Angeles is at the Vendome. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The highest pay of sea-going engineers in the following navies is: British, $2000; German, $1500; French, $1475, and United States, $4400. The open port of Liban, called Alexander dock, is ready for use and will be occupied by the Russian reserve fleet during the present winter. The second steam trial of the Russian battle-ship Petropawlosk resulted in 11,213 horsepower and a speed of 16.33 knots. The ship was down to a draught of 25 feet 4% inches and displaced 1C,8%0 tons. The only new ships to be placed in com- mission in the French navy during the coming year are the cruisers Guichen, §277 tons; Protet, 4065 tons; Dunecis, tor- pedo gunboat, 896 tons, and the torpedo- boat destroyers Faucouneau and Helle- barde, each of 300 tons. The royalties paid for the use of the Belleville boiler in the British navy are as follows: Tue Powerful, 25000 horse- power, $26,000; Arrogant of 10,00 horse- power, $10,465, and the Diadem, $17,272 for 16,520 horsepower. The Russian transport Amur, recently launched at St. Petersburg, is 2500 tons displacement and has triple expansion en- gines of 4700 horsepower, which will give a speed of 17% knots. She carries ten steam launches and a number of ordinary row-boats. The British cruiser Anfromache, 11,000 tons and 16500 horsepower, ended her coal consumption trial on November IS The ship was down to her normal draught and under one-fifth boiler power devel- oped 3888 horse power, 69 revolutions and a speed of 12.9 knots, the coal used being 1.98 pounds per horse power per hour. Three of the French armored cruisers, Montcalm, Dupetit-Thouars and Gelion, are to be of 917 tons, but the Gloire, Conde and Sully will be increased to 10.000 tons in order to allow an increase of thick- ness in the armor above the beit and make it 5 inches thick. All of the two types will have engines of 20,000 horse power and a speed of 21 knots. he Ttalian naval estimates of $i¥S. Ol‘OT(:‘s,‘ have been cut down to 37.000.000, and but little progress will be made on new ships at the several dock yards. The Beneditto at Spezia, Brin at Castle- and Princippe Elene at Venice are At Venice is an armo battle-ships of 13,50 to: the Francesco Ferrucio, er boat are under construction. Professor Alfred Dietrich died Septem- ber § last. He was chief constructor in the Imperial German Navy and Privy Councilor of the German Admiralty. was born at Pirna in 1843 and recel university education. In 1870 he as an' assistant engine the ships in the navy. t of his labor is represer hi $62.500.000. An in Mr. Dietrich’'s visit to this fitness for the responsible Passing through the cor Navy Department b 3 of the ships of the new navy are located, Mr. Dietrich and our chief comstructor stopped before the model of the Indiana. 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