The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1899, Page 6

Che FRIDAY.. -evrrrr.....FEBRUARY 10, 189 | JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor.: LTTULUS Tl Do T Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ;TJ;EICATlON OFFICE.......Market and Third Sts.' §. R Telephone Main 1868 fea EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 221 Stevenson Telephone Main 1874 DELIVEEED BY CARRIERS, 156 CENTS PER WEEK. Sirgle Coples. § cents Terms by Mall, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday Call), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call) DAILY CALL (including Sunday DAILY CALL—By Single Montk SUNDAY CALL one yea WEEKLY CALL, one yea: All postmisters are authorized to receive su D Bample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFKE... ...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. ....Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE.. sou Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:36 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open unt!l 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untli 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ano Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. The School for Scandal.” ‘Why Smith Left Home."” ful Valley.” um—Vaudeville. ‘Spider and Fly."” es and Zoo—Pianka, the ‘‘Lady of Lions.” fa — Corner Mason and Ellis streets, Specialties. olitan Temple—Plano Recital To-morrow Afternocon. e Steeplechase. . ! Pavillon—Six-Day Ccle Race, Commencing Mon- y 1 ace Track—Races to-day. "AUCTION SALES, riday, February 10, at 10:30 ot Eldridge & Co.: 110 Bllis st GENERAL SHAFTER. HE cowardly and brutal attacks of the Ex- Talmmr, day by day, upon the commanding’ general of this' military department are a foul llustration of personal journalism. Because the im- pudence ‘of its correspondents was properly rebuked 5)3‘ General Shafter, in the discharge of his official duty at Santiago, without any public object what- ever and solely for the gratification of vindictiveness the Examiner uses its type for display headings and ped extracts, culled months ago from a few sen- sational newspapers, that are revolting alike to its own readers and to citizens general General Shafter won his first honors in our Civil War, He afterward distinguished in ‘much of the hardest In- dian fighting upon the continent. He captured San- tiago with a celerity that has hardly been equaled, but has praised the army rather than himself. His fame i 1 and historical. He has been an object of | was is popular appreciation wherever he has traveled since | active hostilities with Spain ceased. He is of old Amierican stock, and related to some of our best citizens. The late Oscar L. Shafter, once a Justice of the Supreme Court, and who before he came to this State barely missed an election to the Senate of the United States in Vermont, was both intellectually great. His brother, James McM. fter, was a jurist and a statesman, who achieved s in Wisconsin-and in California. These de- ceased gentlemen are.widely and honorably repre- | sénted by their descendants who live among us. Gen- fal Shafter, whose high standing and reputation are to his individual merits and to the services hé morally has rendered to his country, has fixed his home on our soil meannes In view of all these facts there is a peculiar nd atrocity in the attempt of the Examiner ‘to revenge itself, not on General Shafter himself, who is beyond the reach of its hammer and nails and may safely trust the nation with the maintenance of his - good name, but upon his relatives and friends. This is the kind of journalism’ that gives color to the legislative assaults upon the' liberty of the press. . O — President McKinley ought not to feel disturbed at the prospect of having the beef scandal probed to the bottom. Nobody dreams that he is personally concerned in it, nor is it possible to suppose that the ttive of a great nation would for a moment de- to shield the unspeakable scoundrels who would exe si sell rotten meat for the use of the army. Let the last rascal be exposed, even though the result lead to changes in the army and the Cabinet. Perhaps the city can hold back from teachers the pay they have earned, but the talk that the teachers must surrender part of the salary a thieving Board of Education permitted to be paid ‘is nonsense. If the teachers were such fools as to do this they could never _obt tificate entitling them to do more than téach in a school for the feeble minded, unless, in- n a ce tdeed, circumstances forced them to become inmates. Contractor Bateman, who has been not building the Hall of Justice, complains that he has been un- X v treated, and he has. If accorded fair treatment the contract would have been taken from him many months ago. e While the navy is to be greatly strengthened, the public is not willing to ascribe this fact wholly to the hysteria of the New York Journal. There are others who have presumed to feel a passing interest in naval affairs. ) Editor Astor of London sued somebody on the ground of libel for £5000, and got an apology. Some people would. rather have had the money, but Astor is reported to be already fairly supplied with funds. The more school affairs are looked into the more shameful appears the conduct of the thieving majority of the last board, and the greater the indignation that they are not in the penitentiary or on the way. Two prisoners, duly sentenced, have petitioned for liberty on the ground that imprisonment does not agree with them. There will be no hesitancy in ** granting to this plea the merit of novelty. . It is about time for the telegraphic correspondents to quit saying. that Germany is inclined to make trouble for this country. She reached her limit when she went back on our hog. 7 The necessity for capturing Aguinaldo is apparent. Nobhody would have him treated with violence, but while at large his pull is strong enough to be a dis- - turbing factor. Senator Braunhart is one of the hardest worked ‘saint, men of the upper house, and he does not seem to be wasting any effort. THE PHILIPPINE SITUATION. ELF-DECEPTION is bad policy for indi- S viduals or nations. The native bloodshed in the Philippines has brought on a situation that must cause the keenest solicitude. It is useless. to seek for evidence of who fired the first shot or struck the first blow. Both have been given and taken, and our relation henceforth to the Filipinos is that of conqueror to the conquered. Our conquest is not complete, but must be pushed to be effective. We have cleared a space around Manila. The poor huts of the natives have been burned and all shelter.for a hostile force has been destroyed as far as the cannon | and torch can reach. We have been taught by the example of Hastings and Clive in dealing with Asiatics, and by that of Malakoff in dealing with the Arab tribes. . What followed after Plassey must follow now, for all that our arms leave alive in the Philip- pines will be Asiatic. Our conquest must be gar- risoned and every plantation and compound must be under military protection. We cannot exchange the sword for the olive branch. Heretofore American sen- timent has saluted the gallantry of all native people fighting for independence on their own soil. Masaniello, La Rochejacquelin, Riel, Emmet, Tous- Simon Bolivar, Kossuth, Marco Bozzaris, even Nana Sahib, as their several stories were told or sung, inspired and thrilled the American heart. In cur- literature the hero, struggling for the indepen- dence of ‘his country, has been a prized figure, and in our oratory -his name has never failed to make affluent the fountain of eloquence. For one hundred and twenty-two years the American spirit has been determined and fixed on that line of sympathy for all people who aspired to govern themselves. That spirit created the Monroe doctrine and was the leading impulse in our declaration of war against Spain. Tle rative Cubans aspired to independence. They gasped on the point of a Spanish spear. Their agony was within our range of vision and we ran to their rescue. Cuban women were represented as in arms for inde- pendence, and their story, told in our Senate, Sent a wave of sympathy rollihg across the continent. In cur own Revolution we had one Moll Pitcher, who fought for our independence, and she has been a! heroic figure ever since. The Philippine situation has changed all this. Masaniello led the fishermen against Neapolitan state cppression and national policy. La Rochejacquelin summoned La Vendee against the Directory. Riel commanded the red-haired halfbreeds of the north against Canada. Emmet died on the gallows for re- belling against England. Toussaint captained his black destroyers against France. Simon Bolivar stood against Spain. Kossuth defied Austria. Boz- zaris and the Suliotes withstood Turkey, and Nana Sahib attempted to avenge Plassey against England. But now we have reached the parting of the ways. A far people, alien to us in race, has mistakenly fired a shot in behalf of its independence when its freedoth and seli-government conflict with our new-born na- tional policy. They are rebels against us, and where, in all the wide world, is there a country to sympa- thize with their aspirations or to mourn their women who fell in action, sternly facing our'deadly arms and deadlier aim? Every other powerful nation has done just as we are doing, and to be consistent they ap- plaud the success of our arms. A light seems to have gone out of the world. The beacon to which the peo- ple who aspired to be free could always turn has gone out. National policy, the iron law, has ex- tinguished it. In all history there is no other such sudden and complete reversal of a national point of view. We have parted company with the memory of the dead who were trampled under the hard hoofs of French horses in the Palatinate, and the martyrs who were swept from the Carnatic by the besom of Hyder Ali, and contemplate with compasure a distant conquest of a protesting people, and without a pang count the bullet-holes in the slender bodies of scores of dusky Moll Pitchers, who fell in the trenches figh_ting for independence, but against our national policy, and perhaps against our hope of an increasing com- merce. It was Halleck, an American, who wrote— “But, to the hero, when his sword Is drawn in battle for the free, Death's voice sounds like a prophet’s word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.” However, trade is the main thing, and, as it follows the flag, woe to those who fire upon that emblem of profits. Of course if people will stay in such places as Chi- cago and freeze to death, there is no way of prevent- ing it. Attention might be called to the fact that in San Francisco the use of an overcoat is not deemed a necessity, that-there is summer in our air, and that | the formation of a film of ice barely perceptible to | the eye is regarded here as a marvel over which the oldest inhabitant marvels exceedingly, mourning that the times have changed. CATTLE QUARANTINE LAWS. PETITION from his constituents, presented fl to the Legislature by Senator Laird, asking for a reform in the cattle quarantine laws, will serve as another incentive toward the accomplish- ment of that much desired legislation. It appears that our laws on that subject are radically defective, and as a consequence one of our largest interests suf- fers seriousiy. : The evil was strikingly manifest during the drought last summer, when the lack of pasturage in many parts of the State rendered it necessary to ship cattle to other sections. The effort to obtain some relief for the cattlemen imposed upon Governor Budd and other State officials a great deal of hard work, and the deficiencies of the law on the subject were then clearly perceived. \ In his last message to the Legislature the retiring Governor strongly recommended the passage of a better quarantine law for cattle, and in doing so said with reference to the experience of the previoys summer: “Twice have eminent physicians . been sent to Washington, D. C,, in the hope of bettering our con- dition. Twice it has been necessary to request Dis- trict Attorneys to enforce strictly the criminal statute cf 1893, and almost constantly the executive of the State, or the secretary of the State Board of Health, has been engaged in correspondence and investigations on the subject. The present quarantine law is in- sufficient. Under the opinion of the Attorney General of this State the contagious disease fund is applicable to contagious or infectious diseases of human beings only. A law should be passed giving. full power to the State Board of Health to employ such assistance as may be necessary, and the moneys in the contagious disease fund should be made to apply in cases of cattle quarantine in the same manner and to the same extent that they now do in cases of human quarantine.” g e 3 The special complaint made by the signers of the petition just submitted is that the Federal quarantine protects one State from another, but not one sec- tion from another section of the same State, and that the State laws are inadequate for the protection of districts where cattle are healthy from those where the cattle are infected with disease. The petitioners ask that the State Board of Health be empowered to declare a quarantine against any district where infec- tion exists. They also ask that the laws be so shaped that the Federal Government may quarantine any infected section of the State. After the experience of so large a portion of the State during the past summer, the legislators can hardly ask for further proof of the need of the re- quested reform. It should be granted at once. THE ASSAULT UPON MILES. ROM the vituperative columns of the New FYork Sun comes a long, double-leaded, scream- ing editorial assault upon General Miles as malignant in its intent and almost as coarse in its wording as that of the notorious Eagan. The em- balmed beef contractors have evidently rallied all their organs, and aré trying to turn attention from themselves by making an aggressive attack upon the man who exposed their frauds upon the soldiers at the front. g The Sun declares that in making public charges against the beef contractors and exposing the foul nature of the beef furnished to the army General Miles was guilty of a greater offense than Eagan. It asserts that by his disclosures the General has de- graded himself, disgraced the army, and breught his country into reproach before the world in order to further his personal revenge. Warming up to its work of serving the beef combine, the Sun says: “The offense of General Eagan was inexcusable in its vulgarity, in its blackguardism; but it was with- out harmful effects except on himself. The offense of General Miles is of far greater damage. It is demoralizing to the army; it is downright treach- ery in a commanding general in time of war, and should bring upon him the universal loathing of his countrymen, as it will invite for him foreign con- tempt. He is no soldier. . His uniform should be stripped from him. In no event should he be suffered to remain commanding general of the army.” In justification of this attack all that thé Sun offers is that General Miles has furnished newspapers with information concerning the nature of the food sup- plied to the army. That this information was first given in official reports to the War Department, and afterward in-testimony before the investigating com- mittee; that it is confirmed by reports from army inspectors and regimental officers, the Sun counts as nothing. “During the whole course of American history,” it says, “there has never been an example of unsoldierly conduct on the part of an officer of high military rank so .disgraceful as that exhibited by him (Miles) in inciting newspaper assaults on the army and furnishing them with documentary ammu- nition.” In that assertion the Sun has permitted its tirade to get the better of its cunning and betray it into the utterance of a plain lie. There has been no news- paper assault upon the army, neither has the General furnished any evidence, documentary or otherwise, to support such an assertion on the part of the wrath- ful beef organ. There has been an attack upon the contractors who furnished foul food to the army, and | that attack has been supported not only by what Miles has told, but by ample ‘and strong testimony gathered from men who served with the volunteers and to whom the embalmed stuff was given as food. General Miles need not regret the coarseness of the attacks the beef trust has made upon him. ‘Such assaults as those made by Eagan and the Sun con- vince the people of the villainous nature of the men who carried out the conspiracy to enrich themselves by poisoning our troops with rotten beef. The rascals have been caught in their frauds, and the more they howl the more certain will be the people that they are guilty. THE BALTIC AND BLACK SEA CANAL. = OR some time past there have been frequent re- [ ports in this country of a project on the part of the Russian Government to construct a canal to connect the Baltic with the Black Sea, the waterway to be of sufficient depth to permit the passage of war- ships from one sea to the other, thus enabling the Russians to mass their full naval force at either point without havirig to send the fleets on the long voyage around Western Europe. . It now appears that this story, which has been told with so much detail and apparently upon such good authority, 1s without foundation. The denial comes from -official sources and is not to be disputed. The circulation of the report led a considerable number of Americans to apply to the American Con- sul at St. Petersburg for information on the subject. In his account, published in the current number of Consular Reports, he says: “I received a large num- ber of letters from engineers, newspapers, contract- ors and manufacturers of excavating machinery, ask- ing for specifications, cost of labor, details of con- tracts, etc.” In order to be able to answer these questions with accuracy, the Consul General called upon Prince Hikoff, Minister of Ways and Communications, and learned from that official that no such project is un- der consideration by the Russian Government. The Prince is quoted as saying: ‘“Some time since a French engineer called upon me with a map of the suggested canal, as well as an estimate of the cost of building the same. I asked where he procured the data his estimates were based upon. He said, ‘From Russian maps.! I then informed him there are no correct maps of that portion of Russia, and his canal was oo miles short.” H ‘The Prince added the Russian Government has no 1dea of building such a canal. He expressed a doubt of there being sufficient money in Russia to do so. He said, however, there had been some consideration cf a project to construct such a canal of sufficient dimensions ‘to permit the passage of gunboats, but that it had been abandoned because of the great cost. As there is no truth in the report it will be well to have the denial as widely circulated as the report it- self. It does not make so good a story, nor can it be illastrated with maps, but the publication of the de- nial may save a good many enterprising Americans from wasting time and labor in trying to get infor- mation on which they can base bids for contracts, and that will be something. g It may be advisable also to add to the denial the wholesome moral that there are abundant opportuni- ties in the United States for the investment of Ameri- can capital and the employment of American energy, and it is not worth while to be looking for contracts in Russia or any other foreign and far-off country. rmn e e Senator Morehouse seems to be absolutely daft on the subject of newspapers, and the journalists of the State, ever generous and forgiving, are doing their best to bring him to his senses. The public is not to be disappointed. The usual story of the blasted orange crop of Florida has come along on schedule time. e Lo There is no real charity in giving the poor people of Havana rotten rations. Far better give them strychning X '"HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. ° BUSINESS MEN OPPOSE TAXING STATE BONDS Declare It Is Not True Economy. CRITICIZE THE SEAWALL BILL MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION OUT- LINES ITS VIEWS.® Favors Mayor’s Suggestion for Ex- tension of the Park Pan- handle Under Certain Conditions. A special meeting of the directors of the Merchants' Asoclation was held yester- day for the purpose of considering pub- lic improvements and a number of pro- posed laws now before the Legislature. Vice President Baldwin stated that the bill for the suppression of poolrooms had been introduced by Assemblyman Ather- ton at the request of members of the as- soclation. € There was an interesting debate con- cerning the taxing of State, county, school district and city bonds.” The position was taken by the board that on account of the taxation of such bonds the people here will not purchase them, and as a re- sult these securites are sold to Eastern bankers, to-whom the people of this State pay tribute. It was pointed out that the taxes on the million dollar bonds that the State is about to issue for the con- struction of the seawall and other Im- provements would be very grenu A resolution was passed declaring that it is against public policy and contrary to true principles of economy for the State to tax its own securities, and the Legislature is requested to propose an amendment to the constitution exempting such bonds from taxation. The secretary of the association was in- structed to send the following telegram to the author of the bill providing for the issuing of bonds by the State for the con- struction of the seawall: Hon. Samuel Braunhart, Senate, State Capi- tol, Sacramento, Cal.: The board of directors of the Merchants' Association, in meeting as- sembled, unanimously resolved to oppose the passage of your Senate bill No. 54, relative to the construction of the seawall of this harbor. Seawall construction should be paid out of the current revenues of the Harbor Commission, and we believe that these revenues are suffi- clent to accomplish this purpose. The aim of the Merchants' Assoclation is to revest in the city and county of San Francisco the con- trol and ownership of its harbor front and abolish tolls thereon. MERCHANTS' ASSOCTATION. Action in relation to other bills pending in_the Legislature was taken as &llows: Favoring the passage of Senate bill 425 for the abolition of trading stamps; fa- voring the passage of Senate bill 42 adopting certain desirable amendments to the Political Code in relation to pilots; to oppose Assembly bill 12 repealing the gurlt)’ of election law; to oppose Assem- ly bill 19, the provisions of which would nullify some of the desirable features of the Australian ballot law; favoring the passage of Assembly bill 208 for. the -es- tablishment of a State civil service law and favoring. the passage of acts estab- lishing better provisions for the gover: ment of primary elections. . The committee Bgmlnted to consider the scheme suggested by the Mayor of extend- ing Golden Gate Park panhandle to Market street and the purchase of seven blocks of land Iylnf north of the park, reported that while it infdorses the suggestion, there are other matters requiring consid- eration first. The report concludes as follows: We therefore recommend that the Merchants’ Association indorse the proposed scheme for extending the park panhandle and for acquir- ing the blocks north of Golden Gate Park, and that at or about the same time an election be held for the construction of new school bulld- ings and other mecessary improvements. In our opinion the matters to be considered should be taken up in about the following order: First—Main outlet sewers. Salt water pump- ing station for fire protection and for flushing sewers. . Second—New schiool buildings, hospitals, po- lice stations and necessary repairs to the pres- ent school buildings. Third—Parks and boulévards. ————— AROUND THE CORRIDORS, D. W. Deshler, of Korea, is a guest at the Palace. G. A. McElfresh, a Los Angeles mer- chant, is at the Grand. Arthur Whitney and wife, of San Mateo, are at the California, T. Barker, a Hopland rancher and cat- tleman, is at the Russ. ‘W. P. Thomas, an attorney of Ukiah, is at the Grand with his wife. Dr. E. M. Henderson .of Sacramento is one of the arrivals at the Lick. ‘W. R. Spalding,*a lumber merchant of Truckee, is’registered at the Lick. D. de Kalb Bowman of Sacramento {s at the Russ, accompanied by his wife, E. W. Churchill, a banker of Napa, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. ‘W. D. Haslam, cashier of the Santa Cruz Bank, is a guest at the California. R. M. Shackelford, a prominent citizen of Paso Robles, is staying at the Lick. David Young, the Stockton vineyardist, is one of tHe guests at the Russ. C. W. Matthews and L. J. Ayers, mer- chants of BEureka, are registered at the Grand. Rev. Daniel G. MacKinnon, an Episco- palian clergyman of Stockton, is at the Occidental. J. E. Shaver of Indianapolis is at the California, accompanied by his wife and daughter. S. E. Davis, a Minneapolis banker, is registered at the Occidental with his wife and daughter. Madame Carreno, who is styled the “Lioness of the Piano,” arrived at the ‘Palace yesterday afternoon. R. C. Nichol, general agent of the Den- ver and Rio'Grande, with headquarters at Portland, is at.the Ocecldental, with his wife. i R. H. Mitchell Stuart, a Montana min- ing man, who is on his way to South America, will be at the Grand for a few days. John J. Byrne, general passenger agent of the California Southern and the Santa Fe Pacific, is registered at the Pal: from Los Angeles. - Lewis T. Wright, manager of the Kes- wick Iron Mountain copper mine, and J. H. Chanslor, owner of oil wells near Los Angeles, are at the Palace. - Otto Ziegler, -the phenomenal cyclist, whose marriage to Miss Tennant at San Jose caused something of a sensation, is at the Palace with his bride. J. Pollio, French Consul to Hawali, left on the Australia Wednesday, and will suc- ceed L. Vossion in that office. He is ac- companied by English Consul W. R. Hoare and daughter. —_————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—M. J. Kennedy of San Francisco is at the Manhattan. Bruce Bonney of San Francisco, Mrs. F. P. Flint and Cecilia A. White of Los Angeles are at the Holland. v ¢ e e — CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Congressman- elect Jullus Kahn has returned to Wash- ington after a week's absence. John D. Bpreckels of San Francisco is registered at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphia. Jus- tice Frear of the Hawailan Commission and Mrs. Frear have gone to Boston for the week e “OTHELLO " AND THE SYMPHONY Frederick Warde, Louls James and Kathryn Kidder are having a prosper- ous season of it at the Columbia popular- izing the masterpieces. The bill Wednes- day night was ““Othello,” the audience was packed to sardine space and the perform- ance was extremely interesting. In our present poverty of legitimate acting it signifies little or nothing to say that Mr. James is the best Othello and Mr. Warde the ‘best Tago on the American stage. Even when Mr. James played a very over- done Moor last year it was still the best portrayal of Shakespeare’s jealous hero that we had. This time Mr. James seems bent on modifying himself, and both he and ourselves are to be congratulated on the result. His Othello was really a fine tribute to his talent. No one can look the part better than Mr. James, and when he settles down to serious work and sets aside the m(lng tricks of the one-night stand no one in this generation could ask 1fm- il more strenuous and vivid character- zation. Mr. Warde is still inclined to make the malevolence of ‘Iago even more obvious than the playwright wrote it, but despite several notable exaggerations in his per- formance he acquitted himself ~ fa- vorably. EsFecls.lb' in the scene of the first imposition on" the Moor’s credulity was his work strong and.telling. Barry Johnstone gave a delightful version of Cassio, playing with easy authority in a semi-modern vein. Miss Kidder's Des- demona was ingenuous and original to a degree and splendidly dramatic in the scene of the first accusation; indeed, it was a creditable interpretation, although it lacked in the qualities of passion. - “Othello” will be repeated Sunday night. Macbeth will be given Saturday night. To-night and to-morrow afternoon will be devoted to “The Sehool for Scandal.” This .is the prospect for next week: Mon- day and Saturday evenings, ‘Julius Cae- sar”’; Tuesday and Sunday evenings, “The School for Scandal”; Wednesday evening j and Saturday matinee, ‘‘Hamlett"”; Thurs- day evening, ‘“Macbeth”; Friday evening, “Othello.” o 3 While the symphony concert in the Or- pheum yesterday afternoon divulged lit- tle that was novel it was still a marked success and In every respect superior to its predécessor, the only really bad con- cert of the seven given so far this sea- | son. Mr, Scheel was enthusiastically him- self agaln, and the band, despite certain shortcomings in the brass instruments which have been discussed here time ane time again, was in good form and tem- per. The “Lohengrin” vorspeil was given a thoroughly formance; the strings were faultless in the difficult top-note passages, and the whole | rendition was remarkable for its clear ar- ticulation and imaginative coloring. Deli- cacy and accuracy of anofher -character, but equally as urgent, were notable in the ““Midsummer Night's Dream" scherzo, which was encored. Two lively piece: were “The Mill,” Templeton Strong's or- chestral, arranged from a Raff quartet, and hte extremely intimate second rhapso- die of Liszt; both were given with good dash and spirit. The long piece was Mosz- kowski's symphonic poem, “Joan of Arc,” which renewed the favorable impression made last year. The elghth and last con- cert of the season takes place a weeck from Thursday, with a programme that includes the wonderful - “Pathetic”’ sym- phony of Tschalkowsky and three Wag- ner excerpts. At the California Mr. Broadhurst's farce of “Why Smith Left Home"” is making out a good second week. Black Patti's Troubadours, headed by Ernest Hogan, come Monday. “Peaceful Valley” is in the last nights of a two weeks’ run at the Alcazar. new plece will be ““A Gold Mine,” a play made famous by Nat Goodwin. Leavitt’s spectacular extravaganza, ‘“‘Spider and Fly,” continues at the Com- edy Theater. iss Post 1s now in good heaith and able to take the role which was so badly filled at the opening. Alto- ether the production is greatly improved. t continues the rest of this and all of next week, giving way to John L. Sulli- V’an’! vaudeville and "athletic combina- tion. “‘Clorindy,” the rag-time opera, finishes with the week at the Orpheum. Milton and Dolly Nobles in “Why Walker Re- formed” are still a strong card, and the dog_and monkey show is the best of its kind ever given here. Mme. Carreno’s opening concert is again pestponed; this time until Saturday af- ternoon in Metropolitan Temple. —_—— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PAY NO TAXES-V. P, City. The English_colonies do not pay any taxes to England. B NO PREMI{UM—Subscriber, City. A $ gold plece of the mintage of 183 does not command a’ premium. FERMENTATION—F. J. A, City. Al- cohol will stop fermentation, but as to what occasions the pain in the drink pre- pared is a matter that you will have to submit to a chemist. THE TEXAS—S. T. R., Orland, Cal. To send a letter to an_individual on board the United $tates ship Texas address it %V the name ‘and title of the individual, nited States ship Texas, Havana, Cuba. THE NEW CHARTER-J. F. B, City. The Mayor of San Francisco has no power to perform any act under the prd- visions of the new charter until the same floggs into effect on the st of December, THE BOARD OF HEALTH-J. F. B, City. The Board of Health of San Fran- cisco is appointed by the Governor of the tate and holds at the pleasure of the ap- pointing power. Under the new charter the board will be appointed for four years by the Mayor of the city. t HE CAN VOTE—Anambulus, French Camp, Cal. A boy born of Chinese parents in California can, when he attains his majority, providing he possesses the quali- fications required of citizens of the Cau- casian race, register and vote, for he is a natural-born citizen. ANTIMONY MINES—A. P. W., Fern- dale, Cal. There i{s an antimony mine in Inyo County, three miles from Wild Rose Springs. In Kern County there are the Boushy, Erskine, Grace Darling and San | Emigado mines: in San Benito County there are the McLeod, Appeal; Gleason, Shriver, Bureka, Star and Ambrose mines, and in San Luis Obispo there is a mine .on Simon Creek. FREEMARTIN—A correspondent calls attention to the word freemartin and says that it is an answer to the question re- cently asked by a 'correspondent from Byron, Contra Costa County, as to twin calves. The definition of the word given is: “A cow calf born with a bull calf. 1t is generally barren, and when this is the case, on dissection s found to have parts of the organs of each sex, but neither perfect.” “In California it has been found that the contrary is the rule. COIN QUESTIONS—F: R. M., Lincoin, Cal., Subscriber, City, 8. T. C., Vallejo, F. A. R., City, A. D. L,, City, and An Old Bubseribr, City. The deseription fur. nighed of the so-called Russian coin is not sufficiént to enable one to place it in the lists. Send a full description, giving the metal, inscription in full and a proof of the coin produced by placing the coin under paper and rubbing the surface with a soft lead pencil. There is no premium offered for a $ Qece of 1853, but a premium of from §1 to is offered for one of 1834. The sellin price of such a coin is from $12 to §18. i silver dollar of 1883 is hot a premium coin, b\;} dealers charge 36 for such. ¢ ‘0 premium is offered for $10 pieces is- sued after 1804.- The selllnwrjce of a $10 plece of 1844 is from $15 to 320. A 10-cent piece of 1823 is not one of the coins for which a premium is offered. Such can be purchased at from 50 cents to $1 50. A half dollar of 1832 sells for 75 cents if the 1 {ggu on it are small, and for $2 50 and é if the letters are large. Dealers do not offer any advance for such half llars. A dime of 1839 without stars around the :snddeu of liberty commandsa premium of .cents. There is no premium for dimes of 1840, 1847, 1849 and 1850. The selling price of dimes of 1827 and 1830 is % cents. A half dime of 1889 does not command a premium, neither does one of 1872. A 5 cent plece of 1866 with alternate rays and stars com- mands no premium; 3 cent pleces of 1883 can be purchased for cents apfece. 1?5“"'(’ ee§t nlece]-l ofu 1852 ntnaw]m l::e 1 for cents. Your collection of old coins will not make you rich. \ Puen‘c and uplifting per-. The | STARTING THE MACHINERY FOR FAIR FUNDS Move Made on the Legislature. DEPARTURE OF COMMITTEE GOVERNOR FAVORABLY DIs. POSED TOWARD PROJECT. The Pacific Ocean Exposition Planned on Imposing and Attractive Lines by Its Pro- moters. Charles L. Patton, chairman of the finance’' committee of the Pacific Ocean and International Exposition, accom- panied by Supervisor Lackmann, left for Sacramento last night to set in motior the legislative machinery for obtaining appropriation of $500,000 for the hig fair ‘which’ it is proposed: to hold in this city in 1901. They will be joined this morning in the capital by Henry J. Crocker and Secretary Doolan. In the bill asking for the appropriation by the State it is provided that the Gov- ernor appoint a commission of fifteen, who shall be known as the Pacific Ocean and International Exposition Commission, and have charge of the money contribut- ed by the State. In yiew of the fact that California ap- ‘propriated $350,000 for a California exhibit at the Chicago Falr, the committee an- ticipates no trouble in inducing the Leg- it?lamre to act favorably on its proposi- on. It is ‘known that the Governor is very favorably disposed toward the project, and that the San Francisco legislative delegation will use its united efforts and | influence in both the'Senate and Assem- bly to secure the nece: v legislation. | The San Francisco Supervisors have al- eady pledged themselves to make an ap- propriation of $750,000 to be extended over a period of three lyears, and their action, it is believed, will have great influence in securing favorable action by the Legis- lature. After both State and city have backed the enterprise in a financial way the promoters will knock at the doors o: | Congress for similar support. It is proposed to have the fair of 1901 estabusged on such an imposing scale and to make it so attractive that its benefits will be felt not alone in_ California, but. throughout the Pacific Coast and the United States. While special features will be made of the natural and manufaetured products of all Pacific Ocean countries— of Asia, Oceanica, South America, Central America, Mexico and Canada, as well as of the United States, including gold- famed Alaska—all the nations of the earth | will be represented. - With the mighty struggle that is at present in progress be- tween the great Powers of Europe for commercial advantages in the Orient, it is.confidently anticipated that they will see to it.that their commercial interests do not suffer at the coming San Francisco exposition. LASTING MEMORIAL TO GOETHE AND SCHILLER COPY OF REITSCHEL’S FAMUUS STATUE EN ROUTE HERE. Genfinn Citizens of San Francisco Will Erect It in Golden Gate Park. The monumeént to Goethe and Schiller, Germany’s two great poets, is now en route to this country on a sailing vessel, and probably will arrive some time next month, when it will be erected on the site. selected in Golden Gate Park. This monument, which will be erected by the Goethe-Schiller Monument Asso- ciation, is an exact copy of the famous one by Reitschel in Weimar, and is world- famed as a work of art. It consists of life-size figures in bronze of the two poets in the act of clasping hands, and sur- rounded by a laurel wreath. The pedestal is to be of marble quarried and cut in nia. Cell'{’xtgrmonument idea is practically an outgrowth of the Midwinter Fair. "Ger- man Day at the fair realized $300, and Charles Bundscher suggested that this be used as the nucleus of a monument fund. On February 26, 189, the association was organized by prominent German citizens and delegates from all the German soci ties. A fair was held in Mechanics’ P: vilion, which netted the association $5000 and Dr. M. Richter, Dr; ‘A. B Entzmann, H. Epstein Dr. G. Gutsch, E. Pribeo, Her Schussler and Dr. Sanger were appointed a committee to order the monument. They obtained the consent of the heirs of Reit- schel to use the old molds of the statue at Weimar and decided that the pedestal be a-purely California product. The site was selected by E. A. Denicke, C. L. Laumeister, Dr. M. Magnus, Otto Mueser, Dr. F. P. Muffe, R. Wienecke, L. S. Hose and F. H. Rosenbaum. The monument is to stand in Golden Gate Park, facing the grand court between the Museum _and the Japanese Tea Garden. The officers of the Monument Associa- tion are Charles Bundschu, president; M. Greenblatt, first vice president; Professor Albin Putzker, second vice president; F. C. Biebe, treasurer; Kollman, corr sponding secretary; ~Caesar Bertheau, financial secretary; M. Bergheim, record- ing secretary. — s Tried to Run the Court. Mrs. Sarah Howell, 708 Pine street, created a sensation in Acting Police Judgs Barry’'s court vesterday by yelling at the top of her voice and thumping the bench with her clinched fist. She had Francis Truth, an alleged divine healer, artested for battery, because he shoved her out of his place when she went there for her daughter, who is employed by Truth. Mrs. Howell is very excitable and her denun- ciation was caused by the Judge dismiss- ing the case. —_————— Townsend's broken candy, 2 lbs. 15c. ¢ ————— Soft Baby Cream, 15c Ib. Townsend's. * —_———— “The sweetest Valentine,” a fire-etched box of Townsend’s California Glace Fruits 60c pound. 627 Market st., Palace Bldg. * ——— Husband's Calcined Magnesia; four first premium medals awarded; more agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other magnesia. 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Be sure and ak for Mré Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25c a jottle. ¥ D — HOTEL DEL CORONADO-—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now mly $60 by steamship, Including. fifteen days’ board at hotel; longer stay, $3 per day. Apily at ¢ New 1 Montgomery street. San Francisco, y » -