The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1899 WEDNESDAY S, Propnetor. JOHN D. SPRECKEL! Address All Communications PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Maln 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS....... .. 21T to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574. to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. THE &AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CAL! OAKLAND OFFICE.. 16 pages ..One year, by mall, $i ..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Bullding DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Reprosentative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. ...Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE .......Marqueite Bulldlng‘ C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative, BRANCH OFFICES—52T Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street. open until 9:30 o'tlock. 621 McAllister. street, open until 9:30 o'clock: 615 Larkin streect, open untll 9:30 oTlock. 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, cpen untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Magistrate.’ e Yellow Dwar co’s—H1 Henry Minstrels, eum--Vaudeville, Tom's Cabin.’" he Chutes la Man, Vaudeville and the Zoo. Olympia — Mason and Eddy streets, Specialties. Central Park—The Steeple Ingléside Racetrack—Races AUCTION Butterfield i, at 1 er y Ma & ¥ ay, January 17, at 12 o'clock, “Estate, at 626 Real Market st. IN MEMORY “OF BAKER. MONG the measur greater value than mere utility to be considered by the Legisla- l ‘ ture at this session is one providing an appro- priation of $15,000 for the erection of a statue of of Colonei E. D. Bal The measure is not a new one to the people of California, and needs no elaborate argunient to commend it to their approval. Short as has been the history of California, her are rich in the records of men of vigorous and picturesque personality. A story of the State written by a master o could depict character with the ss of Macaulay would be one of the most enter- g books ever written, It would be crowded with riking contrast with one another, but of commemoration by of the ith which he acted his part in the stir- ring events which marked development of the present orderly and prosperous commonweglth from the wild and ro ties which gathered imnd the mining camps of the early days. g, manly and not infrequently E. D. Baker stands pre- rer, statesman, soldier and p: in worthy reason the commur arc Among these st figures Colonel Orator, la he is easily our foremost man. and splendid talents have not been surpassed in their variety, nor to some extent in their degree of excel- lence, by any man America has yet presented to the world. He had, moreover, the high fortune of a death equal to the merit of his genius, and the splen- dor of his deeds in life is enhanced by the glory of his il upon the field of battle, Had he lived in New England, where an abun- preserves and commemorates the deeds of men of genius, Baker would be as famous for oratory as Choate, or Everett, the equal of Win- dant literature throp .or Andrews in statesmanship, and more hon- ored than all of these by reason of his heroic pa- ism, burning with ardor, and achieving a true republic might live. Colonel Baker merits a monument, for his services to the State and the nation were great, and were ren- dered at a time when they were of the highest value. What he accomplished for the Union and for liberty by his courage and his eloquence can never be fully arpreised. It suffices that when the hour came when suel qualities were needed to rouse, vivify and unite iots ‘of the State, Colonel Baker came forth ged by destiny to perform that work; and ad performed it he led the way to battle and as the first great sacrifice of the war. California needs a monument to Baker. His statue might be included among the work done for the liberal education of the people, since his memory is an incentive to the best and highest citizenship. The amourit asked for the purpose is none too great. It should be granted in both houses unanimously by a rising vote. @FRr@aib TO‘PRINT HOAR’S SPEECH. THF Examiner is probably the most insolent and as if ¢ when he geve his Ii pretentious. journal in the United States. But 2 it is not a newspaper, because it does not pub- lish the news. A striking proof of this fact occurred yestérday. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who not :~\1'i\\()rtllily' occupies the seat of Daniel made-a great argument against imperialism, which evcry ‘intelligent citizen could respect, even though it ran-counter to his own wishes, and which, both on account' of-its merits and of the distinguished source | from- whieh it came, was telegraphed to all parts of the United States, and probably to Europe. It was quite fully published in the newspapers of San Fran- cisco, but omitted by the Examiner. Whether this omission was due to some necessity for retrench- ment, ‘owing to diminished circulation, or to the cir- cumstance, frequently noted, that the Examiner is the personal organ of the young man who has super- | seded Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Webster, Clay | and all the other deceased statesmen of our country, it is hard to determine. In either event, the reading public is equally interested. The youthful Napoleon who runs the War Department, the Navy Department and the Department of State, and who still finds time to attend to other branches of the Government, is either hard run or determined not to be diverted from his self-imposed task of nailing our flag to the mast of imperialism. Even if the Eighth is willing to be mustered out, there is no reflection to be made upon the patriotism of the regiment. It has taken whatever came with- out a grumble. — The Czar's proposed peace conference has given rise to so much bad poetty that there will soon be a demand for an increase of armies to suppress the poets. — The report that Spain's floating debt has been re- duced inclines to the belief that her navy must have been included in that form of debt. His high | rtyrdom by the supreme sacrifice of self that the | ‘Webster, BETRAYERS OF TRUST. CALIFORNIA has been dragged to the border- land of dishonor by the men whose first daty should have been to protect her fair fame. In Senate and Assembly Dan Burns has been nominated for the United States Senatorship, and twenty-four have been found so lost to all decency, so regardless of the public weal, so reckless in besmirching the reputation of the commonwealth, as to vote for this prison-tainted idol of the slums. And to gloat over the encroachment of vice, the downfall of honor, the betrayal of constituencies, the lobbies were filled with gamblers, touts, loafers, cheering the name of Burns, On every hand were the creatures of his bounty, or who flourish in the illegitimate pursuits Burns and his associates uphold; - social outcasts whose home is in the tenderloin, whose classification is known to the police, and who are the lowest moral types known to the criminologist—all these applauded and made merry to learn that twenty-four members of the Leg- islature had cast their political lots with Burns, the notorious, the defaulter of years ago, the recreant Secretary, the plotting schemer of Candélaria. Let their names be remembered in execration for a season and then pass into oblivion. Here is the precious list: SENATORS. Bettman, San Francisco. Burnett, San Francisco. Hoey, San Francisco. Laird, Shasta. Leavitt, Alameda. Shortridge, Santa Clara. ‘Wolf, San Francisco. ASSEMBLYMEN. Arnerich, Santa Clara. Barry, San Francisco. Beecher, Shasta. Cobb, San Francisco. Devoto, San Francisco. Dibble, San Francisco. Henry, San Francisco, Johnson, Sacramento, Kelley, Alameda. Kelsey, Santa Clara. Kenneally, San Francisco. Lundquist, San Francisco. | McKeen, Alameda. Miller, San Francisco. Pierce, Yolo. Rickard, San Francisco. Eugene Sullivan, San Francisco, Surely this is a shame deep enough. It cannot be that the ruffians of politics, the rogues of diplomacy, | the sandbaggers of statesmanship, will be able to add | to this roster of the unfit and unholy. Unless they | utterly exhausted their resources on this first ballot, | then will the present Legislature reek above that of | “a thousand scandals.” The one scandal of the elec- | tion of Burns would outrank a multitude. | The sponsors for Burns had to apologize for him. They were forced to declare belief in his honesty, and with a wave of the hand they banished all the black record of corruption which has made up his political life. They said his word was as good as his bond. They dilated upon his devotion to friends, and many | of the friends, the rag-tag and bobtail of the eco- nomic deeps, were there to listen and approve. In the very building in which the speakers stood are the | official records showing that Burns owes the -State $31,000 for money stolen. So the assertion that he | was honest rang mockingly through the halls, and if perchance they reached the office where Burns| waited to learn if his chattels had remained faithful, he must have smiled grimly. Day by day the battle will proceed. The twenty- four have taken their places, and, as the ownership | of Burns had not been questioned, nobody needed to be surprised. But any recruits to join the roped and | branded twenty-four will be regarded as more wan- | tonly and brazenly iniquitous than the original. Two dozen renegades; two dozen unblushing bar- | teters of honor; the dry rot of Burns’ influence has spread, but it can still be cut out. THE TAX SHIRKER AT BAY. HE action of Judge Morrow of the United TStates Circuit Court in remanding the Benham and Johnson cases against Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express to the Justices’ Court of this city for trial | apparently makes the conquest of the war tax shirk- ing corporation easy. These actions were brought, it will be remembered, for the purpose of compelling the Express Company to pay for a stamp which the war revenue act declares must be affixed to every receipt or bill of lading is- sued by that corporation, Benham and Johnson sued for $50 damages, caused by the refusal of Wells, Fargo & Co. to accept for shipment a package of merchandise in the regular course of business. The | corporation has been defeated in every case which has heretofore been brought against it for the purpose | of testing the law, and it was defeated in the Justices’ | and Superior courts of this city in an action similar to those now under discgssion. So, when Johnson and Benham began their suits the corporation, with characteristic indirectness, removed them upon affi- davit to the United States Circuit Court. The allega- tion was that they involved a Federal question and that the United States court had jurisdiction to try | them. Judge Morrow now decides that he cannot entertain | the plea of the corporation that it is the duty of | shippers to pay its war tax, and he has remanded the actions to the Justices’ Court, where they will be tried, and, upon the precedent already established, | aecided in favor of the plaintiffs. | = If the tax-shirking corporation is unable to find any other legal expedient by which it can evade the law it would now seem that it is in a corner. All shippers need do is to tender packfges, and upon a refusal to transport them commence suits for dam- ages. Several of these may be begun every day, and as cach one will cost the company about $20—even if the damages are assessed at no greater sum than was agreed upon in the Costley case—they may be made so expensive as finally to compel the tax-shirking corporation to meet its legal obligations. But a prolonged wriggle may be counted upon. { When a corporation with no more conscience than is | possessed by Wells-Fargo sets out to evade its taxes | it _sticks to i‘ts colors a long time. Before it will sub- | mit to pay its taxes we may anticipate that Mr. Val- { entine will exhaust all the resources of the law and | travel through every tribunal in the State. In the !meantime, it may be remarked, his tax shirking s | costing the shippers of the State upward of $10,000 a month. Because Count Castellane was stated to have fought a duel he proposes to bring suit for libel. It is strange he should take this view of the case. The accusation was really a compliment, for ‘it credited him with a courage nobody ever supposed him to pos- sess. If he is anxious to sue somebody he might go after the person who lately spread abroad the tale that Castellane is no count, and that the Goulds | bought bogus goods. GOVERNOR GAGE’'S INAUGURAL. HE CALL is unaffected by the narrow manifes- Ttntions of Governor Gage's temper toward it. We fought with a; whole heart for his election, but not with any intention to repress adverse criti- cism of his official acts when they deserve it, or to be silent when he improperly sacrifices the attitude of a Governor to assume that of a factional leader in his party. His tart temper toward the press has meas- urably prevented an unbiased review of his inaugural address in those journals which otherwise wquld have gladly analyzed, in a \:friendly spirit, its many expres- sions of proper public policy. The Call is uninfluenced by any antagonisms, and Governor Gage will find no more loyal supporter of every right act of his ad- ministration than this paper, nor will he find a more conscientiously remorseless critic of the wrongs and improprieties into which 'his too - carelessly chosen surroundings may lead him.. - 3 Being a man new to public affairs, it was expected that his inaugural would deal in "those generalities which are usually chosen on such occasions, and are intended merely’to gratify State pride and stimulate party enthusiasm. The State is quite impressed and- favorably: affected by the contrast between the usual and the actual in- augural upon which the Governor assumes his office. His reference to our vast area supplies a reason for the number of our State institutions, and he might have gone further and shown. that their administra- tion, under all parties, has cost less per capita of in- mates than in parallel institutions of typical States in the Middle West and on the Atlantic seaboard. The people expect him to so manage the public trust that is upon him that this record of economy will be changed only to be made better, and he is expected to remember that this can be only by considering fit- ness and not personal political obligations in his ap- pointments. When the two are joined and such an cbligation can be paid without violating the prin- ciple of fitness, the people will tolerate what is re- garded as partisan gratitude. Otherwise they will be properly intolerant of such a policy. There is always criticism of the prevalence of the American lawyer in our executive and legislative offices. Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence twenty-four were lawyers. Of the re- maining thirty-two, eight were farmers, nine were merchants, three statesmen, four physicians, two sol- diers, one sailor, one printer, one educator, one sur- veyor, one foundryman, one shoemaker. In the dif- ferent branches of the Government since, that propor- tion has been quite steadily maintained. It is suspected by laymen, sometimes, that the law- yer is in office to add such complexity to the statutes as to increase litigation for the benefit of his profes- sion. If this suspicion be justified, Governor Gage has laid himself liable to discipline for unprofessional conduct by recommending that there be as little legis- lation as possibie. His declaration that “the best laws are not usually the most complex, and the aim and art of gevernment is to attain simplicity; the best governed State has the fewest laws,’ memory. His reférence to the “log rolling” of ap- propriations is as sound in theory as it would be economical in practice, But, alas! for the teidency of human nature, the day is far below the horizon of the future when an appropriation will be able to stand on its merit. The practice of log rolling began in-Congress with the river and harbor bill. that bill to the House from his committee, eighty years ago, aware that every member with a thunder- shower creek in his district had something in the pot, said: “Mr. Speaker, the committee recommends the passage of this bill, and I take it, as I took my wife, for better or for worse.”, The Governor's recommendation that the State treasury be permitted to “catch up” by making in- come and outgo concurrent is good and ought to be feasible. As he points out, appropriations all payable out of the general fund ‘become payable at once, while tax collections are still six months off, and past appropriations have exhausted the fund or are still depleting it. State warrants must then issue and be hawked at a discount, to the public discredit. If a way can be devised to have the inflow and outflow of the treasury concurrent and equal to each other, it will improve the credit of the State and economize the administration of its business. The Governor has a watchful eye upon the cause of extravagance in the State Printing Office, ard in the erection of public buildings, and he should keep that eye open. His recommendation of an intermediate appellate court does not harmonize with his counsel that legis- lation be less and simpler to abate the cause of liti- gation. Our judicial establishment is now as ample as that of States with twice our population, and its in- crease will not be in the interest of economy. Let the Supreme Court Commission stand as a permanent relief to the court. of last resort, and put no further burdens on the people. In the Governor's opinion the county suits for re- covery of large commissions from the State are based upon a typographical and not a legislative omission, and at the same time he points out the im- policy of such suits, even if they have a valid founda- tion. In view of the vacuum in the treasury threatened by those suits, and to get justice that has been long delayed, he presents the case of the State for recov- ery of principal and interest expended in the Federal behalf during the Civil War, under the act of Con- gress of July 27, 1861. The State slept upon her rights in that matter until every other State in the Union had made its case and most of them had been reimbursed. When California at last appointed her agents, as required by Federal law, nearly a dozen years had passed since those claims accrued, and the difficulties surrounding the State’s agents in making the required proofs were vastly increased. It took years of intricate research to establish these claims, but they were finally presented to a commission of tiie War Department and approved, since when they have awaited Congressional action. The agents of the State have done their hard duty, the debt is ad- mitted by the United States, and the account should he closed. The sentiment at the close of the inaugural will meet with universal approval: “The money of the State is most securely guarded and the rights of the people best preserved when honor is placed above emoluments and seli-love yields to love of country.” To make that the rule of his administration Governor Gage will have to disappoint some people, but their cisappointment will be salutary, and he cannot begin it too soon. Senator Platt of Connecticut has amended the Declaration of Independence so as to make it read that “governments derive their just powers from the consent of some of the governed.” This may be good politics in a nutmeg' State, but somehow it grates on the ears of the American people. : — It is reported from Washington that taxes in Porto Rico are to be reduced, and that is one colonial scheme whose expaasion we would like to see reach California. 1s an | aphorism that will seat itself in the public mind :md‘ Henry Clay, in introducing | THE RAIN CAME AND WITH 1T CONFIDENCE It Was a Most Timely Visitation. BANKERS DISCUSS OUTLOOK Tnizmant A YEAR OF GREAT PROSPER- ITY IS PROMISED. Capital Will Come Out of Its Retreat and the Varied Industries Will | mainder of the State. | last twelve months. | the present Wax Strong and Active. “And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew,” whereof there was great joy throughout the erstwhile | dusty State of California. This is the song that is sounding throughout the common- wealth in these times as a result of the kindness of Rain King Hammon in se ing the generous downpour that has | ited the State from the Oregon line to | the boundaries of Mexico. The general public cannot realize wonderful revulsion of feeling has taken place in financial circles in this city and State in conse-| quence of the soaking dispensation. | The long face and the grumpy man- ner have given place to the broad-smil- ing, glad-to-see-you countenance, and | the man who can now show good reasons why he should borrow money to conduct | a legitimate business on promising lines | can without much difficulty make connec- | tion with the ‘“yellow boys” to loan. ‘With reference to the storm and its mo- mentous import to California the follo ing interviews with the heads of several leading financial institutions of San Fran- cisco will be read with particular interest: ‘“‘Since the coming of this last storm the business aspect has changed a thousund | per cent for the better,” said P. N, Lil- | ienthal, manager of the Anglo-Califorania Bank. “Everybody is feeling greatly re- | lieved at the outlook, particularly those | who have loans on country property. I| do not know whether or no this storm has | reached the southern part of the State. If it has it will work a transformation the that not only in that section but in the re- However, it should | be stated that times have been anything | but bad in California during the past| year. The retailers will tell you that | they have done a good business in the People have spent and _the credit accounts settled with reasonable | If we get a fair quantity of | ainder of the winter | should enjoy a yi The situation at is decidedly satistac- money freely, have been and spring Californi highly prosperous y time tory. “The late storm has made a wonderful | change in the situation in this St * gaid S. G. Murphy, president of the F National Bank. “Heretofore we have been | sitting back as prudent men should und | awaiting developments. Now we are ready to jump in and take hold of any propo; tion that is solvent and promising, and do business. There is plenty of capital here looking for investment, and it oaly | needed confidence to put it in motion. | With the coming of this splendid rain that | confidence is restored. With spring rains | this should be one of Callfornia’s best | years. Everybody who has interests in this great commonwealth has reason to be gratified with the present situation. | “The merchants have done a fine busi- | ness this year, notwithstanding the prac- tical loss of our wheat and Lruit croy This fact is due to the war and the Klo dike business. ' The Philippines have also contributed to our welfare.” *“The outlook ig very satisfactory 1. W. Hellman, president of the Ney Bank. “I have just received advices from Los Angeles, stating that this big south- east storm has reached that section & is’ giving it a good soaking. everything to that region, which has suf- fered seriously up to the present time for want of rain. There is a surplus of money | in this State looking for investment, and | this new situation is calculated to bring | it out. For some time capital has shown | a lack of Interest in landed investments | and has been interested in bonds, which | have commanded a high figure. With the outlook so promising as at present I think it is only a question of time when investors will go back to real estate. ‘With more rain later California will en- joy one of its mMost prosperous vears. It should be remembered that 1888 was a very fair year for the merchants of this cit¥. The War Department distributed a | large amount of money here, and the Klondike mining has done much to con- tribute to our prosperity. This made up in a large degree for the partial loss of our crops I year.” “Ten da,; or two weeks ago,” said Thomas Brown, cashier of the Bank of California, *‘the people of California were wearing long faces and despondently looking for another dry year with all its accompanying troubles. To-day tho same faces wear a cheerful smile and our people look hopefully forward confident that the danger is safely passed. Of course we cannot tell what may happen later in the year, but at this time we have every reason to be thankful. The break- ing of the drought by this great storm is of untold value to California, and if the usual winter and spring rains follow the State should experience one of the most prosperous years in its history.” Andrea barboro, president of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion, takes a bright view of the situation. In the course of his remarks regarding the effects of fhe rain he said: “All ills do not come to injure. The drought of 1897 and the scare of '98 will stimulate capital to store up the abun- dance of waters that flow from our moun- tain streams so that they may be utilized in the years of drought. California will in time become to a certain extent inde- endent of the fickle rain god by adopt- ng the methods that are in vogue in Italy. There they have systems of irri- gation made possible by storing up the waste waters. When' that relief comes to us, what a splendid commonwealth we will have. As to this rain, coming asx it did in the nick of time, it will very likely furnish the State with an abundant crop of everything; and as our distributing markets are increasing, as growers and viticulturists have by operation in their respectiye industries guaranteed fair prices for their products, the last year of the century looks as if it would be the most prosperous Califor- nia has ever been blessed with,” THE STATE HAS RECEIVED A THOROUGH DRENCHING Southeast Gale Sensibly Diminished, but.the End of the Storm Is Not Yet—Encouraging Crop Prospects. The storm whick has been with us for twenty-four hours is called by the weather officials “a regular old-timer.” The whole State has received a thorough soaking and crop prospects have been very sensibly brightened by the bounteous precipitation. The southeast gale which prevailed Monday night and Tuesday died out yesterday afternoon and at 6 o’clock last evening the wind was southwest and blowing at the rate of fourteen miles an hour. While there was a lull in the rain- fall, Officlal Willson was of the opinion! that it was only temporary and that the storm had not vet left us. He did not contemplate a return of the violent wind, but firmly believed we would have more rain, on account of the falling barometer, which presages another storm wave or a continuation of the old one. ‘The rain was the heaviest of recent years, besides covering a larger territory, Last evening rain was falling at Los An- co- geles and San Diego, with a high south- east wind in both places. An inch of rain d | & chair of forestry in their respective in- | fell in this city, a half inch at Los An- geles, where it was still rining, and Fresno had nearly an inch. "there have been heavy rains in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and the ottlook for the State has never before been more bright. The conditions which Irevailed have no counterpart in the meteolological history of California for six yeals past. The barometer was lower yesterda; than it ever has been before, with one excep- tion. The mercury stood at a little ‘ower than 30 inches, indicating a light atmo- spheric pressure. Professor Hamuon says that the fall will increase the depth ;Jf the Sacramento River by at least eieht eet. —_————— AGAINST TOWING LOG RAFTS. Chamber of Commerce Petitions Con- gress to Stop the Nuisance. At a meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday the fol- lowing new members were elected: _VV B. Curtis, G. W. McNear Jr., R. D. Fry, J. R. Hanepy, Ed F. Wilbur and the Albion Lumber Company. The refuest of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of Bu- reka for an appropriation of $75,000 from Congress for clearing the channel of Humboldt Bay was indorsed. It was also decided to give all possible aid to the Mechanics’ Institute in its projected co- lonial fair enterprise. The board drafted a bill to be present- ed to Oongress prohibiting the towing of log _rafts on this coast. It will be sent to Washington at once. The Congression- al bill placing the express companies un- der the control of the Interstate Com- merce Commission was indorsed, as was also the movement of the Detroit Cham- ber of Commerce to have Congress ar- range for a more liberal parcel post. On the 2st inst. the California Miners' Association will hold 'a meeting in_ the rooms of the chamber to take steps toward preserving the water supply of tie State. The board appointed Julian Somn- tag, Professor George Davidson and E. Dav delegates. A resolution assed asking the President of the United tates to favor the holding of a congre of nations for the purpose of keeping pr vate property exempt from seizure in | times of war except in cases of carrving | contraband goods and running blockades. The candidacy of James S, Hanley for Pilot Commissioner and Captain M. Har- low for the position of Port Warden wefe indorsed. The annual election of officers of the | chamber was held in the afternoon and resulted as follows: President, Charles Nelson; first v president, (zeorge A. Newhall; second vice president, H. F. Al len; trustees—Leon = Blum, Frank L. Brown, E. R. Dimond, A. B. Field, R. D. Fry, George W. McNear Jr., Willlam E. Mighell, M. A. Newell, H. Rosenfeld, F. ’xljnzmann Jr., A. G. Towne, Charles M. ates. WANT A CHAIR OF FORESTRY CREATED BOARD OF TRADE DESIRES THE BENEFITS OF SCIENCE. A Strong Stand Taken in the Cause of Pure Food Legislation—The State’s Lumber Output. | | The exhibit of the California State | Board of Trade has at last been installed in the new quarters in the ferry building, | and yesterday the rooms were thrown open for inspection by the public. The | arrangement is very artistic, and the ex- | hibit now stands as the best of its kind | ever assembled In the West. The board of directors held thelr regu- lar meeting for the first time in the new offices, and nearly all were present. Upon | the request of the National Pure Food | Congress, that is to assemble in Washing~ | ton on the 2lst inst., the board appointed Senators Perkins and White and all of the Congressmen of the State as repre- sentatives. The board indorsed the bill | introduced by Congressman Merritt Gro ner which makes. it a felony to adulter- | ate foods, drinks, etc., and forbidding the false labeling of packages and products. The latter clause is to prevent Eastern packers from putting labels on their goods that lead the public to believe that they come from other praces. The Pacific Coast representatives will be urged to in- dorse this bill. The matter of the preservation of the forests of the West was discussed, and a committee was appointed, consisting of John P. Irish, Craigie Sharp and W. H. Mills, to confer with the Board of Regents at the meeting of the latter on the 2ist inst. The committee was instructed to | urge upon the faculties of the universi- ties of Berkeley and Stanford to create | stitutions. Cornell College is the only | university in the United States which has such a chair, where the technical | branches of forestry are taught. As it is now, the United States is obliged to se- cure the services of German scientists as experts in this branch. Senator McAllis- ter took a great interest in the diseussion of this subject, and promised to do all in his power to aid in the work of forest preservation. Editor Merritt of Wood and Tron asked the board to devise ways and means of finding the output of lumber of this State, as there are no statistics of this Industry. The board have taken the matter in hand and will prepare a report for the benefit of | the Rubl c. A letter was received from { the Mechanics' Institute asking the in- | dorsement of its project to hold a colonial | fair in September. While the request was | not refused, the board decided that the | proposition to ask the Legislature to ap- | propriate $30,000 for this purpose wouid | be to weaken the chances of getting any | money for the big fair and exposition in | 1901. However, a committee was appoint- ed to confer with the Institute people be- | fore definite action was taken e ESTATES IN PROBATE. Wills and a Petition for Letters of Administration Filed. The will of Amy Chase Smith, who died on the 7th inst., was filed for probate yes- terday. The testatrix devises 350 to her brother, Henry Jernegan; $50 to Lottie J. Smith, a sister, and $050 to her mother, Mrs. Charlotte C. Jernegan. The residue is bequeathed Samuel C. Smith, decedent’s husband. The will of Mary Cronin, who died De- cember 31, 18 directs that her estate, valued at $1550, be distributed as follows: To Jeremiah Cronin, a brother, $0; to Cornelius Cronin, A da, $500; to Ellen Kendrick, a friend, $00; to Kate Badger, a friend, $150; to Father | James McDonald of St. Peter's Church $50; to Father Grant, $0. The residue of the estate is devised to Cornelius S Phe will of Mary A P e will of Mary A. Parkinso dled July 7, 1898, directs that her ;3%'03 estate be divided, share and share alike, among her children, James L., George F. and Bdmund W, Parkinson, and Margaret Whipple. Mary J. Cottrell has applied for letters of administration’ upon the estate of George Cottrell, whq died on the 2d inst., | leaving &n estate consisting of real and personal property of the value of $10,000. —_———— Nurses Graduate. The graduating exercises of the San Francisco Training School for Nurses were Leld on Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the parlors of the Occidental Hotel. | After the rendering of the overture, Dr. John M. Williamson made some appro- priate remarks, after which prayer was offered by Rev. William Ingraham Kip Jr. The addresses of the evening were made by Mayor Phelan and Dr. R. Beverly Cole. The diplomas were presented to the nurses by Dr. G. E. Sussdorff, super-~ intendent of the City and County Hos- pital. Miss Patton, the principal of the training school, presented the badges. The exercises closed with the benediction. The graduates were: Elizabeth Beau- champ, Margaret Bertram, Elizabeth Dutot, Amy A. Hart, Minnie Headley, Mary Kelly, Rose de Grace McQueen, Ellen Mullen, Helena M. O'Brien and Eleanor E. Underwood. —_————— Leaks in the City Hall. Judge Conlan’s courtroom was almost flooded yesterday with the rain that came down from the roof in a stream and emp- tied on top of the door leading into his chambers. Comments were made that af- ter costing the city nearly $6,000,000 the hall should be in such a leaky condition. Judge Treadwell Sick. Judge Treadwell had to adjourn court yesterday morning before his cale; was half finished. He was very slck.n:lx?g | M. M. Fitzgerald, were not parti had to be led from the courtroom, NORMAL PUPILS 10 FIGHT FOR THEIR SCHOOL Will Protest Against Its Abolition. TEACHERS JOIN WITH THEM DOCUMENT TO BE PRESENTED AT TO-NIGHT’S SESSION. Many Business and Professional Men Sign the Petition Asking Di rectors to Keep the Institu- tion Intact. If present indications be not deceptive to-night’s meeting of the Board of Edu- cation will be almost as interesting as a Senatorial caucus. The decision on the part of the Finance Committee of the new board to recommend the abolition of the San Francisco Normal School has provoked the wrath of all the friends and relatives of all partics connected with the institution in the capacity of teachers or pupils. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon the pupils of the Normal School met to pre- pare a formal protest against the pro- position which strikes at the existence of the school they attend. There are 125 girls on the Normal roll and all of them are indignant at the idea of being ‘‘re- solved” Out of the prospect of obtaining diplomas after having completed half the course and undergone six of the final ex- aminations. Miss Grace Knowlton was elected to preside an1 Miss Kimball was chosen secretary. After discussion as to the methods proper to pursue In entering a protest the girls concluded to have a committee, consisting of their fathers or other male representatives, present at to-night's ses- sion of the Board of Education to empha- size and add influenge to the movement in behalf of their school. They didn't stop at that. They were unanimously for battle, and no sooner had the idea of a public protest been sug- ested than a committee, composed of Misses Knowlton, Kimball, Smart and Oliver, was appointed to formulate a plan whereby the sense of prominent tax-pay- ers of San Francisco might be obtained with reference to the question of abolish- ing the city’s training school for teachers. The committee acted speedily and be- fore the meeting of the Normalites had dissolved mimeograph copies of a blank protest were in the hands of every pu- pil present. Immediately after their de- parture from the normal class room the girls proceeded to enlist the services of male relatives and friends in the task of securing signatures in varfous parts of the city. At 9 o'clock last night a long array of names had been appended to the protest, which bids fair to astonish the members of the new board, even should it fail of the desired result. It bears the sig- natures of lawyers, doctors, wholesale and retail merchants and office-holders galore. The Normal School principal ra T. Fowler, and the vice prin meeting, - doubtléss preferring to themselves of the diplomacy of friends rather than pronounce themselves openly avail in so delicate a matter. The protest reads as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 10, 1598, To the Honorable Board of @ducation, and County of San Francisco—Gentleme: We, the undersigned taxpayers of the C and County of San Francisco, do hereby u ently and earnestly protest against the ing ‘and abolishing of the San Francisco Nor- mal School for the following reasons: First—Our city needs a school where teach- ers may be trained for the specific work of the San Francisco School Department. Second—The present students entered the Normal. School with the understanding that upon the completion of the year's work they would be entitled to the diploma of the said school and the recognition of their professional standing by the city board of examination. They have done one term’'s work in good faith and are therefore entitled to just considera- tion for the full normal course. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. F. H. Mason of San Diego is at the Russ. A. B. Butler and wife of Fresno are at the Palace. A. L, Cheney of Skaguay is registered at the Palace. Thomas Goss of Los Angeles is a guest at the Lick. W. H. Masser, U. 8. N., is a guest at the Palace. John Finnell, from Tehama, i{s a guest at the Palace. H. S. Allen, a miner of Sonora, is a guest at the Grand. Attorney J. C. Ruddock of Ukiah is a guest at the Grand. W. J. Smith, a frult raiser of Court- land, is at the Grand. Supervisor J. W. Taggart of Santa Bar- bara is at the Grand. J. B. Lankershim, a wealthy citizen of Los Angeles, 1s registered at the Palace. J. M. Fulton of Reno, the general man- ager of the Nevada, Oregon and Califor- nia Railroad, registered at the Occidental yesterday. 2 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith, with their two daughters, Mary S. and Alice, are at the Grand. The family are from Salt Lake. They are accompanied by A. W. Davis and Miss Edna M. Dav from the same city. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Stimson, Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Stimson of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs, E. T. 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