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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1899. MEREDITH AND MAJOR MOORE I THE STOCKS They Will Be Investi- gated Next Tuesday. GAVAN EXPOSES FALSEHCOD DENTALS OF THE BUREAU CHIEF EELD BELOW PAR. Been a2 Bad Year for Col- Jackson and His Wash- Moore apr:d ) e | quested that SOLEMN MIDNIGHT SERVICE AT | a’ug by music of a patriotic and inspiring na- ture. A number of patriotic toasts were responded :° in an appropriate vein. Among the speakers of the evening were: J. H. Roberts, W. J. Watson, C. G. Strong, A. Mautner, J. A. Waymire, E. A. Builis, P. .uomas, R. H. Warfield, | W. F, C. P. Welch, A. J. Vining, ard Fleld, Major General V. H. L. Birnes and Hou. THE MAN WHO FORETELLS THE WORK FOR MARTIN FRAGLEY. Bush and Other Streets in the West- ern Addition Need Repairing. | With two big furrows running parallel and a féw zigzag cuts ‘from the maln | gutterways Bush street, from Central av- enue to' Stockton, bears evidence of. cor- porate greed and neglect. These furrows are what is left to remind the public that at one time the Sutter-street Railway | Company was the owner of a system of horsecars that ran at uncertain periods of the «day over Bush street from Market street to Central avenue. The people at the time those cars crawled over thestreet dubbed them *‘ghe cars.” They were, however. ordered off the e Supréme Court, ce of. the. impo- e greed removed the tfes, leaving deep ugly furrows of what 2 soulless The furrows are 154 WEATHER { | | rails an behind as.remind corporation -can: do. there to-day. For some unknown cause Street Super- intendent Ambrose has never taken ac- tion to have the thoroughfare put in con- dition. It Is so bad that at the crossing of Fillmore the street is caved in and a hole nains there full .of rubbish and water the vear round. harles V. Cross of California and o time and’again drawn the | Fillmore-street Impro it 1 ¢ the - ymplaints by the Superintend- ets. ub, that has done much for the| ent of the.thoroughfares in this | section of the Western Addition, has re Fillmore street, from Bush be paved with bitumen on ! t | | e oo rnia, USHERED OUT THE YEAR WiTH PRAYER Head orf the Loca ST. LUKE'S. Rev. W. H. Moreland Preaches an Eloguent Sermon Fraught With Warning and Suggestion for the Future. the weather bureau in thi B 000000 06 0 0100 CRIR O I R k0 mon. ginning of the new. r hastened to its close. | = N L8) {4 to be on such occasions, | & . WASHINGTON. 3. C. professors! on Mount Tamalpais, conduc: ents and barometric ‘condition telephone. - His promation el rank, to. which it'is justly entit from el htness Buildin lights ng & bri f 'tk His into’ the skilled forth a. HAMMON A PROFESSOR. BOSSE 1 Weather Bureau Is Promoted. H. HAMMON, the man who deals out weather to the people of California from the roof of the Mills building, was yesterday pre- sented with a New Year’s gift by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson e!n the shape of a well merited promotion. city will be known as Professor Ham- Mr. Hammon sheds.the title of “forecaster” with the passing of the old vear and assumes the more imposing title of “professor” with the be- The announcement of the change was received at tha local weather bureau yesterday afiernoon Moore, chief of the United States Weather Bureau at Washington, as fol- Dec. 31.—W. H. Hammon, Weather Bureau, San Fran- zood work has made it a pleasure to recommend your promotion to Secretary to-day - approved your commission. Professor Hammeon is at present at the recently established signal station ng a series of important investigations of air and received the news of his promotion ates the San Francisco station *o the first d, as it has long been regarded as ome of the most important stations in the country. Professor Hammon -has been cohnected with the weather bureau for bout fifteen years and came to this city from St Louls four years ago. territory includes the whole of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. sie-is an able official and the conferring of the titié of professor shows that his_ability is recognized by his -superiors. : .;am;»_mccsmmmeoséé&p & LA STISTP TSSO OITIOTIOTI RSO L ’bé Sy N7 HAVE AL THE SN Patronage Wanted by the Supervisors. 1 { { ! APPOINTMENTS DECIDED UPON: DISTRICT ATTORNEY MURPHY'S | ASSISTANTS. . .- Drs. Dodge and Hill Reward Those Who Assisted in Their Election Last No- vember. The din of horn and hoot of whistles which speed ‘the departure of 1888 and herald the incoming of a new year do not drown the lament of many. disappointed politiclans and job chasers who expected to be rewarded for services more or less valuable to successful candidates at the last ‘municipal election. Hundreds there were who sought and expected lucrative positions under the new city administra- tion, but the hopes of only a few are sure of realizaticn and the disappointed thousands ‘are loud in their complaints that they have been deceived by those who control the patronage about to be distributed. Immediately after the result of the elec- tion was known the party bosses an- nounced that the winning candidates would give positions to those who earned reward by fealty and faithful service to the party, but since the pulls have been brought into play and Democrats are to be given fat jobs in Republican offices and, consequently, there is much bitter- ness in the hearts of those stalwart party men who have been turned down by the dictators of appointments. For the past week the bosses have been holding daily conferences on the subject | of appointments to positions in the City Hall, and the fate of the multitude of ap- plicants will not be definitely known until to-night, when the list will be completed. There is some danger, however, that the | selections. of the bosses will not go | through. Members of the new Board of | Supervisors have a few friends and rela- | tives they wish to place in fat position: | and as a result of this desire considerable | triction between the bosses and the Su- | pervisors has.been generated. Nearly | every mémber of the new board has some | impecunicus relative or deserving friend | Who needs maintenance. The Supervisor- elect thinks the best manner to provide | for these cases is-to secure a position under the -city government. But the bosses say they are the best.judges of - Henceforth the head of in a telegram from Willis- L. WILLIS L. MOORE. -3 3 2 riend— | place & nt but sa though it be o At twemiy minutes after 1 their places, With' Me, as 1] SWEET SINGER the- choi: of eve Bad Men. ldie-aged man was fon at Cal- g struck r as de to be ma which was eterans. Dur- was enlivened | when called upon to. make the exchaug. | that has been-é y concluded, More Years Shal 1,” was beautifully rendered by. the fine .chorus of men’s v he’ boys ‘of ‘the :choir not: being glate ac the late s David Minor -and Miss Helen Wilson. e. engagement ‘is -announced of Mis Barton Wisoh and David. Ke 1 ung peocple are very w | will comé g&s a pleasing surprise to thel fricnds : W nd- it is preparad bt o is a-daugh very proininently hn: The. speaker urged the-need of mak It youu face and figure. She . - an of rare ability. | excellent ‘contralto voice, and for a2 num ber: of years was the contralto. ir choir of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. ling before the thron i Instantly this' posture t and a sofemn until broke he outer w nts and owners of sawmills on th Coast, and n several ves foreign ports. inite date 'has been set for tl edding, but it will occur some time du xt February at the home of th parents in this city. by choir and came the clos! Humboldt their where Mr. Minor is engaged in business. ———————— T ence iven ‘and the | " worshinereiaRperaey o exchancs: New | Pure Foods Bill. Year’'s greetings in the no! tuous outer world. Coming In and of Great Volume. E. S. Pillsbury, who has lately returned from the East, was seen at his a Call reporter yesterday and questioned about the ess and pol n there. Mr. Pillsbury did not at first take very kindly to being inter- viewed, though he declared, in a slightly sarcastic tone, that as he had been away a month he natyrally had nothing in particular to do. He described the b ss conditions thfoughout the East as most promising; said that the wave of ty so long looked for and predicted was now coming in and of great That this improvement not only applied to railroad stocks and bonds, 1 securities of that character, but as well to the iron and steel industries and r great industrial interests. That confidence was fully restored, trade was ive and Increasing, money abundant and all other conditions' favorable for a 15 perfod of good times. Being asked when the better times would reach fornia, he insisted that they were here already; that the last year had been best for business men in San Francisco since 1392, and but for the drought whole State would have participated In the improved condition of af- and rI:;m is now only needed for the coming year to insure a turn for the to all. As to t Philippine question, he said there was nothing to discuss; this is- #ue was settleq; there was no use looking backward. While many of us might deprec: the Phil- ate the necessity of the war and regret that the occupation of | ippines became necessary as a war measure, We must accept the situation | as'it now The treaty would be ratified by the Senate, and many questions | were likely to arise in the near future which would require the exercise of tne { highest statesmanship on our part. “This is a good thing,” he continued. “The | money question is settled, aiso that of the tariff for some time to come, and it is for the people to have their thoughts turned to our cardinal principies of government and how they shall be worked out in view of the new complica- h face us.” To an inquiry about the reported purchase of the Phil- ippines by Japan, he declared it was ail newspaper monsense. “Japan has no $250,900.30 for any such purpose, being already strained to kee{ up its militar; footing and creafing a fine deficit every year on that account. No, sir,” he said, with some emphasis, “‘our flag has been Taised in the Philippines and it is not going to be hauled down. We shall maintain an army adequate to the demands £ our changed conditions. Our immense foreign trade will eventually be car- ried in our own ships, and we shall have a navy sufficient to protect that com- me! To, the suggestion that a portion of the inhabitants were objectionable, he replied, “Not more so than the Apache Indians, whom we took along with Arizona and New Mexico.” But it was suggested thers Wwas an insurgent party there to trest with, which he denfed. claiming that Spail Was eXercioing sover. eignty over the whole archipelago when Dewey carried the war there. ““We have obtalned those islands by a treaty with Spain, by which the sovereignty is to be transterred to us; the result is the same as when we acquired that of Loulsiana, Florida, Alaska and California, for that matter. Suppose a Span- ish Governor here had Deen defying the Government of Mexico when we ac- quired the country by the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, or an Indian chief had laid claim to some of the territory of Alaska at the time it was purchased from Russia. I fancy we would have made short work of such pretensions. We are going to govern the Philippines as wy think best, and we have the right, and it is our duty to do so. We will not only them with ‘canned freedom, as suppl; xugzeated by Speaker Reed, but also with ot{er commodities of a material and substantial character. There can be no doubt but that California will be greatly benefited by the acquisition of the Hawailan Islands and the Philippines. go are no longer at the jumping-off place, but nearer the center of gravity, and our trade must be greatly augmented.” To the query whether those people were capable of self-government, he suggested that was something to be determined in the light of future events, and added that with such an ngect lesson before them as the present cgntest for United States Senator in this State there could be no doubt as to the Ultimate result; besides, it would be a fine place to Send some of our surplus politicians. Mr. rilisbury admitted that the sentiment in New England was some t divided on the question of expansion, but insisted that g‘g wbuen and rs&ugunl?:?: oltdq‘n:iltt:’ n:m‘l‘méounly‘ that thedn';at body of the epubiican pa! the minjstration, and the whole subject would be worked out hatmonlously. and successtully. o ) er of Mr. and Mrs David B.. Wilson, Mr. Wilson being | wn in iasurance elr- | | @vod use of the present, and went. He is' the general adjuster for the show how the- future. depe d-the Queen {nsurance compa- present,. as manhood depend: this city. The young e 0 is also largely in- els plying between e e After a short g couple will take up County, The Long Predicted Wave of Prosperity Now FOR HIS BRIDE Engagement Announced of a thorough mu-| the possessor of an | ri | court allowing alimony and counsel fees or, the groom to be, is also well- | | known in San Francisco and vicinity. He | 1 n of Isasc Minor of .Humboldt | onie of the most extensive lumber | | his Indla | The fighting force of the pure foods| | agitators will be In Sacramento Within a “CAMED FREEIN” FOR FUPIS. 1 ‘ | made upon the ground that in making | the qualifications ot office-holders and de- mand that their selections be -indorsed: | Consequéntly the ratification-of many -ap- ointments is still a ‘matter o specula- ion. To-day the list of ‘appointments, sup- posed to be the choice of the Republican | County Committee, is to be completed and day .or two to educate those of the legis- lators not already informed as to t &dvantages to- the State of. preserving California’s good- name.. Oscar Lewis of | the Manufacturers’ and Produters’ Asso-| ciation will teave to-day, for Sacramento | 1o lodk after-the interests of:the bill r cently prepared by Attorney Dumine cr ating a puré foods bureau, aad peovidin or more stringent laws on this subject. The association upon the request of ali |at thelr first méeting for ratification; but the big_commercial and industrial bodies | the slate is likely to beé broken before the of the Stats, has prepared printed copies | Week is cut. 8o far as the bosses have of the proposed Dbill for - distribution | indicated their pleasure the following se- smong the legisiators. - o | fections have beep made: Fs ——e————— | For Prosecuting Attorneys of the Police HITE LOSES FIRST ' POINT, | Court, - Jake Samuels and Police Judge The. Mine Owner Must Piy ‘the In- | Joachimsen, with the other twd appoin dian Woman Alimony. | been ‘received by the Republican Ceunty % | Committee and great -difficulty has been ceived his first setback in the divorce case | the new Bdard of Education and A. Ruef in which the Indian woman, Lucy Hite, |of the Republican County Campaign Cam- ¢ Public % | handed to the new Board of Supervisors | ments to .be decided 'to-day. About 300 applications for tliese positions -have John R. Hite; the wealthy owner of the | € ki i 5 : C o | encountered in ing selections. Hite myne in Marfposa County, has Te- | Meyer Jacobs to be the attorney for figures as the plaintiff. The Supreme Court has affirmed. the order of the lower | to the woman. This is destined to be one'of the famous divorce cases of the.State. As thé story goes, Hite was a poor prospector and had | but_little luck in his line of occupation until he met the Indian woman. It is said that on account of some kindness-shown by the man .t an .woman she led him to turned out | ing properties in the southetn part of the | State. He and thé woman lived together | for years, and she was known as Mrs. ite. To them a son was born and the family prospered. A year or so ago the old miner, tired of | 0 ion, and -having plenty or mon take unto himself as | a wife a maiden of his own color. He| was fortunate in getting the consent of | a young woman in Oakland, one who had | been well reared and caréd for. This| dian woman, Lucy, to the | f i ce suif and a demand | for her share cf the community property. | Being In need of money with which to| carry on the proceedings, she asked the | court to grant her alimony and counsel | fees. To this Hite objected, taking tge position®that the plaintff was mot his wife, but the court granted the woman's request. | From this Hite appealed to the Suprems | Court. The latter tribunal rendered a ae- cision upholding the order of the lower | court. It said that if the Indian woman | is not Hite’s wife she is not entitled to the consideration prayed for, but if she is | she should have the means of main- | taining herself and pursuing her action The nigher court deciined to g0 into the | mefits of the relations between the parties in interest, and the ruling was he original order for alimony and fees | he lower court must have had some evi- | dence that the Indian woman has a right | to sue as the wife of Hite. TWO BALLOONISTS. The Coast Champion and an Amateur | {ntention to appoint the commitiee’s se- | at the Mission Zoo To-day. The principal attraction on to-day's biil | at Glen Park, the Mission Zoo, will be a aouble balloon ascension by Charles Con- lon, the champion aetonaut of the coast, | and a Mission lad who is anxious to be- come an aeronaut. | The young man In question has not yet | made & balloon ascension, but as he is a | clever trapeze performer and a daring | boy his performance to-day Wwill probably | be very interesting. The two balloons | will leave the ground at the same mo- ment, side by side, and Conlon will en-| deavor to keep within speaking distance | of his companion, that he may instruct | him how to manage his balloon and when | to cut loose to descend to earth by means | of his parachute. | A big bill has been prepared for the! free amphitheater. Al Hazard, the cele- | brated ventriloquist; M. Fletcher and daughter Edith, the comedians; feats of | hand balancing by Arnaldo and the Saw- ver sisters, song and dance artists, will be the principal attractions. week from to-day will be amateur day at Glen Park. he regular profes- sional vaudeville talent, however, will be run in connection with the amateurs in the free vaudeville amphitheater. One day in each month hereafter will be set aside for amateurs at Glen Park. —_——— Commandery Reception. California Commandery No. 1, K. T.,an- nounces a grand reception to the ladies of its members at Golden Gate Hall, ‘Wednesday evening, February L. The foi- lowing constitutes the committee of ar- rangements: George M. Perine (chair- man), Carroll Cook, Henry B. . W. H. Spedeker, C es W. Taber, W. R. Jost. The smmmo will consist of a literary and musical entertainment, a banquet and a dance. Elaborate prepara- tions are being made to make the recep- tion one of unprecedented brilliancy. —_— Larline Salt Water Baths, Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Ri hot and cold tub Laths, !ln'lllmmhflnm | | ¢ tirely new_forc mittee is to be the legal adviser o: Administrator Drinkhouse. T. D. Riordan and Jack Chretien ende: the appointment of attorney for -Sherift Martin, but the latter simply jumped the traces, defied the party organizaton and made his own appointments. Recorder Berthier gave way to the cam- paign committee, and with the exception of a few personal appointments allowed the organization to fill: the positiohs in his office. The list of copyists will not be completed until to-night. District Attorney D.’ J. Murphy will clean out his office, lock, stock and bar- rel, and will begin the year with an e His assistants are: A. P. Black, first assistant; John-T. Graney (Democrat), second -assistant, and Ed- ward S. Salomon third assistant.- Cle¥ks, J. B. Tungate, chief; W. H. Murphy (son of the District Attorney), J. R. Daniels, and W. P. Mee, stenographer. District Attorney Murphy will, he says, take sole charge of his office. One of the first im- portant cases he will have to handle is the Botkin case when the argument for a new trizl comes up. Mr. Hosmer, who prosecuted the case against the convicted woman, will be invited' to assist in the | case. It is given out authoritatively that P. H. Pendegast, Barney Dougherty and At- torney Winrow are to be clerks of three Police Courts, the fourth position being still undecided. To-night, before the departure of the bosses for Sacramento, where they will take a hand in the Senatorial fight, the list of City Hall office-holders will be com- pleted. Tax Coliector Sheehan, Treasurer Truman and Superintendent of Streets ley have become somewhat recalci- trant and refuse to listen to the dicta- tion of the County Committee, declaring they would make their own appointments. | As a result of this mutiny the slate is | still incomplete. Tax Collector Sheehan has refused to to the party managers in regard to it is not known what listen appointments an he Intends to do. Auditor Wells, who also has a ni of appointments, has failed to signi: lections. Whatever the troubles of the Republi- can officers-elect may be, they are nothing compared with those of Dr. Washington Dodge, who succeeds Assessor Siebe. The doctor has succeeded in deciding on only a dozen appointments and these are selections of the Democratic. commit- tee and the new Assessor does not know their first names. A few of those who will_draw salarfes in the Assessor's of- fice fafter the first of the year a A B. Henderson, George Tyrol, — Cur- is, — Riley, John Burnett, F. Connolly, — Lally, — Hines, John Ferris, — Clark, — Mieseyer, Charles Gildea, Edward God- chaux (present secretary of the Board of Health), and one or two others who have been selected, but thelr names have not been submitted to the new Assessor. Franklin K. Lane, the incoming City and County Attorpey, will appoint his brother George chief deputy and retain W. L Brobek in his office. He will have three other assistants, but hi$ selections are not as yet announced. Dr. E. E. Hill, late acting quarantine | officer, who assumes the duties of Coroner to-morrow, has appointed the following deputies: Dr. John L. Zabala, autopsy surgeon; John D. Hyland, stenographer; Pete MacCormick, chief deputy; John Gately, second deputy: J. . Sullivan, third ‘deputy; George La Combe, fourth deputy; John J. Flannigan, messenger; L. Crackbon, chemist, and Mrs. Jane D. Smith, matron. The whaling bark Gayhead sailed on another cruise yesterday. A large party of Captain Foley's friends went out on the tug Monarch to him Tamales for Gothamites. 4 One of the new fads by which the New Yorkers may keep their palates from be- ing frozen has been introduced fatc Goth- am City by a San Francisco Native Son, who has gone into the tamale business in connection with a first class salopn: This enterprising product of the Golden State is George Radston, who inherited 'a big fortune from his father, who died a few {en.n ago. Young Radston, with a Cali- ornian eye to business, opened a saloon on Duane street and fitted it up in first vored to secure [ class style, making arrangerients by! which he can produce the genuine San Francisco tamale, hot as hot can be. The novelty has so _caught the frosty palate of the New Yorkers that Radston has or- dered a carload of the prepared tamales ut up in cases. Previous to this order & has disposed of. over five hundred cans to the people of the elite city, who flock to his place to get their mouths thawed out by the production of which the late | Charle{ Reed made a hit when on the | stage fn this city in his celebrated song | of the “Tamale.” With the tamales a | consignment of “Chili Con Carne” also | was sent from this city_to the same en- ‘ | terprising. native son. By the introduc- tion of these “warm commodities” there need be no fear of any more frost-bitten | cases in Gotham. | ————————— VISITING NEWSPAPER MEN. = | Two Bright Representatives of the| ‘ Xansas: City Star in Town. Among recent arrivals from the East| are A, F. Seestad, business manager, and | W."T; Davis, Chicago representative of | the Kansas City Star. Mr. Seested is | acécompanied by his family, and_ both | ermellemen are stopping. at the Palace | otel. | ntlérren report a very pleasant the lands of chill winds o the lofty mountains and alifornia. THey note | in this city, and look forward to a pleasant and prodtable so- Jjourn. here, OFFICERS WILL HAVE TO PAY FGR NEGLECT ‘LOST NATIONAL GUARD PROP- ERTY MUST BE RLPLACED. Division Commander Has a Bill for Reorganization—Major Tilden Now in Command of the First. Major General John H. Dickinson, divis- ion commander, has for some time past | been engaged in preparing a bill looking | to the reorganization of the National Guard of the State. It will be avoluminous | one and will introduce a great number of | changes, some of them quite radical, but | what these are the major general declined | to announce. The bill will be presented | early in the session. The matter of appointing a new adju- | tant general under thé new administra- | tion is one that not be acted upon in a hurry. It is asserted that the new Gov- ernor, as commander in c! Brigadier General R. L. Peeler, recently promoted and detailed as adjutant gen- eral, vice General Barrett, who resigned | to assume the duties of Bank Commis- | sioner, to remaln in the office until May | or April. By that time it will have been | determined upon what lines the guard shall be conducted for the future. Permission has been granted to the Sig- nal Corps of the Third Brigade to Dro- ceed to Sacramento to take part in the| inaugural ceremonies -on the 4th inst | The Signal Corps of the Second Brigade and the two divisions of the naval mili- | tia stationed at San Francisco alsc go to the tapital to add to the splendor of the display. | Captain Charies Dasher, Company A, Sixth Infantry, bas tendered his resigna- tien. The Sixth Infantry California Volun- | teers, having been mustered out of the | service on the 15th of December, and the| ‘Sevénth Infantry California_Volunteers, | having been stered out December 2, the commanding officers thereof, and the company comtanders of the -National Gudrd comparnies theréof have been or- dered to take charge of their armories and report for duty from the dateés of “their muster out of the United States volunteer service.. Those officers and en- listed’ men of the National Guard, includ- | ing Company E, Second -Infantry, nter the service the tates, be’ permiited to serve | their present time in the guard, unless their relations .Lerewith are sooner,sev- rred either by resignations or discharges. ‘Those members.of the.volunteer forces ‘who did not belong to the guatd at the | ottbreak of the Spanish American war can | |‘hecome mempbers of: the -guard: only by | taking the.regular oath of enlistment, and in re¢ruiting companies the com-| manding officers are requested to-give the reference, en desired, to those volun- rs who entered the United States ser-| | | } | | ° This extract from the gengral orders | for the fi time since the breaking out of the war defines the position of the men who volunteered to serve for two years | or the war. | Major Tilden, major of the First Infan- | try, who entered the volunteer service as | ‘a major of the First California Volun-{ teers, went to Manila and was sent home | ot account of sickness contracted at the Philippines. He received an honorable discharge at the time that his resignation was accepted at Washington, & few days | since. As Major Tilden was never dis-| | chiarged from the service of the State, he| still holds his commission as major, and’ being theé only fleld officer of :the first| regiment in the. State he is by virtue of | his position in command of the First. | The last orders signed by A. W. Bar- | rett_as adjutant gen v 6, sued December 2, 1 comtain a great deal of matter 0 tion taken in companies as far back as July, such as elections, resignations and | deaths. They also contain the reports of | the boards of survey that were convened | by general orders No. 2, and note the ap- proval of parts of the reports as to State | property to ‘be dropped, property no| | longer to be carried on returns by reason | of having been destroyed by fire, and the | recommendation that certain United | States property lost in service be carried | on the propert returns until action thereon is taken by the Secretary of War. This includes four rifles, four canteens and straps, two haversacks, one gun sling and one meat can. There is also a recom- mendation that certain TUnited States property be boxed, held until further or- ders and carried on the property returns. This includes twenty-four Springfield rifles, one saber and scabbard and one | canteen. | “The recommendations that “the com- manding officers of the following organ- izations reimburse the State for loss of the following described property, the same having beeén caused by their neg- lect,” are approved, and the commanding officers designated are ordered to at once pay to the State the price of the articles mentioned or repiace the same in kind. The following is the detail of such lost property: Company L, -Seventh Infantry—Two .meat cans. | ac- | | Troop D, Cavalry—One halter, one volver, 38 caliber, one meat can, leggings, seven tin cups. Company F, Second Infantry—One Springfleld | rifls, model ‘84, 390,499, to be patd for by Cap- tain Prindle. 3 Compeny H, Fifth Infantry—One haversack | and strap. | Company G, Sixth Infantry—Two meat cans. Headquarters Seventh Infantry—One Colt’s re- s four pairs rev 6238, Compeny b Infantry—Three Spring- fleld rifles, three gun slings. Company D, Seventh Infantry—One Spring- 8&ld rifle, model '84; six bayonets, two cartridge | boxes, three cartridge belts and plates: one | Colt's revolver, 3-caliber: ome haversack and | strap, one cantéen, two meat cans. (To be paid | | for by Captain Winters or bondsmen.) Company E. Seventh Infantry | scabbards, five cartridge beits, boxes, two canteens and straps. ‘ompany K. Seventh Infantry—Six cartridge | ts and plates,_ five meat cans. Cumpany L, Seventh Infantry—Ome bayonmet | scabpard, one cartridge beit and plate, onme haversack-'and strap, two meat cans. ;i Company M, Seventh Infantry—Ome bayonet scabbard, two walst belts. e Order No. 8, issued recently from the | headquarters of the naval militia, dis- | charges twenty-seven men from the first division,. twenty-six from the second: di- vision.. twenty-five from the third divi- sion, thiree from the fifth and seventeen from the sixth, in all ninety-eight. and these -were—for good of the service fif- teen, removal fifty-five. seven and for non-attendance seven. This | inciudes the discharges from August 31| to_December 8. 3 : Lieutenant Thomas M. Shaw, navigat- ing officer, having reported for duty, has been ordered to relieve Lieutenant L. A. Chandler and resume command of the Pinta at San Diego. Lieutenant Chand- ler, in addition to the command of the third division. has been assigned to duty as exécutive officer of the Pinta. Lisu- tenant (junior grade) A. Morgan, havi reported for duty, has been appoint: navigating ‘officer of the Pinta. i The attention of all members of the na- val militia is called to the law relating to the resumption of drills in the month of January. As yet'no report has been recefved from Lieutenant Gunn, who was sent East to attend the convention of militia officers, although the convention adjourned some time ago. - ¥ ver, ine bayoget | plates and | | foundation of the | tacked by illness it was | how rapidly he regained his health and term expired | ADVERTISEMENTS. HEALTH OF POPE_LEO XIIL Almost at the Century Mark and Still Alert and Active. CONFERRING- THE GOLD MEDAL, Sovereign Pontiff's Gracious Recognition for Benefits Obtained. {(Atter Portrait by Chartran.) Leo tF qr X277 This paper reproduces herewith one of the recent portraits of His Holiness Pope Leo XIIL. In the long list of Popes who have reigned since the Christian Church bly none has been more concerned he welfare of mankind than Lea XIIL His motto has ever been to do good to all alike. Though this worthy man is well advanced in age, yet he is possessed of most marvellous vigor and strength, as well as clearness of mind. When during recent years he was at- astonishing proba over tl strength. The message contained in the following letter from His Eminence Cardinal Rampolla will be somewhat | of a surprise to many, as it is so ex- tremely rare that praise and honor are bestowed In (such gran:éous manner from one so highly placed: “Rome, Jan. 2, 1898, “It has pleased His Holiness to instruct me to transmit in his august name his thanks to Mon« ur Mariani, and to testify again In a special manner his gratitude. His Holiness has even deigned to offen Monsieur Marianf a Gold Medal bearing his venerabla image. “CARDINAL RAMPOLLA.™ Gold Medal Presented by His Holiness Pope Lea XIIT to Monsteur Angelo Mariani of Paris. ‘Who has not read the many unsolic« ited testimonials received by Monsieur Mariani from noted personages? Em- perors, Princes, physicians and prelates 1 have sounded the keynote of praise in gratitude for benefits obtained. It has been a chorus of thanksgiving and ap- preciation, and now, as a crowning tes- timonial, comes the message of grati- tude from His Holiness the Pope, who, having used ‘“Vin Mariani,” found it sustaining and health giving. Not sat- isfled with merely expressing thanks to Monsjeur Mariani, as will be seen from the above letter, His Holiness has been pleased to graciously confer a most | beautiful Gold Medal upon the scien- tific producer of the health-giving Vin Mariani. ‘What a charm there is in the name Vin Mariani! For three decades it has | brought health and happiness to cot- tager and king. Her Majesty the Em- press of Russia takes it regularly as a tonic, and the London Court Journal is authority for the statement that the Princess of Wales uses it with best re- sults. ANGELO MARIANI, PARIS, FRANCE. Scfentist, Chemist, Benefactor. Health is certainly the desire of all creation. To the thousands who have lost it or never knew its delights a | tonic that will rejuvenate the spirit and invigorate the body is indeed a boon of incalculable value. ‘When the grip (influenza) was epl- demic {n Europe, as also in tkis coun- try, the medical profession relied upon the tonic projerties of N MARI- ANL It was given as a preventive and also In convalescence to build the system, and to avoid the many dis- agreeable after effects so common with this dreaded disease. “Vin Mariani” brings cheerfulness ta the morbid and depressed; it strength- ens the weary; caims £he nerves when overwrought by undue excitement—in fact, it makes life worth the living, and is aptly termed by the illustrious writers, Victorien Sardou, Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne, “The True Promoter of Health,” “Elxir of Life,” “A Veritable Fountain of Youth.” Those readers who are not familiar with the workings and the worth of Vin Mariani should write to Mariani & Co., 52 West 15th street, New York, and they will receive, free of all charge, a beautiful little album containing pore traits of Emperors, Empress, Princes, Cardinals, Archbishops and other dise tinguished personages who use anf§ recommend this marvelqus wine, toe gether with explicit and interesting dee tails on the subject. This little album is well worth writing for, as it is dis- tributed gratuitously and will be appre- ciated by all who recetve it.