The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1899. DAY..............FEBRUARY 22, 189 ~ JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e p—— Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. | vt B lusde T s pt T PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone M\ain 1868 ...217 to 22 Stevenson Street DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. | Single Coples, & cents. Terms by Mall, Including Postagt DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 6 mont DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 3 menths. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL One Year.. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to recelve subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE.............cccoen .908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. ..Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE......c.oceet .-Rigge Houee C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE . .Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open until 9:30 o’clock. 387 Hayes street, open until ©:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untli 9 o'clock. 2518 Misslon street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o’clock. | AMU EMENTa ar—"The Girl 1 Left Behind Me." line, or the Magic Kiss.” 13. hutes and Zoo—Pianka, the “Lady of Lions.™ | Olympla — Corner Masorn and Ellis streets, Specialties. | Central Park—The Steeplechase. Oakland Race Track—Races. | ing, March AUCTION SALES. | By G. H. Umbsen & Co.—Monday, February 27, at 12 o'clock, Real Estate, at 14 Montgomery street. THE VALLEY ROAD WORK. HILE the dry weather causes something of erally se del 1 business, and the Legislature dawdles in a Senatorial deadlock, and progress gener-: blocked, it is gratifying to note that in | some directions, and in some enterprises at least, work is going forward with vigor and energy, and | the conditions of the State are being changed for the | better. | One of the movements which we can watch wilhf satisfaction is that of completing the link in the Val- | ley road to connect Point Richmond with Stockton. | The work on that part of the line is difficult and toil- some, but nevertheless it is going forward with com- | mendable rapidity. Recent reports are to the effect that the debris of the late slide in the big Franklin has been cleared away and the tunnel toward | Concord is nearly finished. It is expected the tunnel | near Pinole will be completed in three months, and | that the cut and fill near Rodeo Creek will be finished | about the same time. With each successive accomplishment in the work‘ San Francisco and California are brought nearer and | nearer to the attainment of that competing trans- tem of railroad which has been so long desired and which promises to be of such far-reaching | benefit to the trade and industry of both the city and continental the State Ii now the Southern Pacific Company would ful- fll its oft-repeated promise to cease its efforts to | dominate the politics of the State and devote its ac- | tivities to the completion of the gap in the Coast | road, the railroad outlook of the commonwealth | would be sufficiently auspicious to counterbalance to some extent the depressing prospects elsewhere. a matter of fact there should be some means of g the Southern Pacific Company to fulfill dges to the people from whom it obtained | rights of way across the gap in the coast line. The land was granted upon the express understanding that the work of building the road should begin at ence and be completed in time to give persons who | were then living an opportunity to get some of the benefits expected to result from it. The years have passed, the company holds on to the rights of way, but the work of construction goes slowly, and the | coast counties between San Francisco and Los An- | geles remain sidetracked while the Southern Pacific | is doing tunnel politics. _In the meantime the construction of the gap in the | Valley road is going briskly forward. The whole course of this great enterprise is from first to last one that the people can regard with more than ordinary satisfaction. The contrast between that business man- | agement and the political meddling and muddling of the Southern Pacific is too striking and impressive to require any comment to make it understood by the people. H A man only 35 years old has just bought an East- efn publication, paying for it $225,000. He began as a Soy to do newspaper work, and is now pointed to as a successiul journalist. As a matter of fact it was when he got out of newspaper work and was made thie private secretary of W. C. Whitney he got his first taste of success. Some of the Spanish statesmen seem impatient that so many months should have elapsed without the .. shooting of a single one of the generals. So far as Weyler is concerned this feeling is easy to under- stand, only he is hardly worthy of being shot if there is handy a suitable piece of rope. It is hardly conceivable that Governor Gage would : to reappoint Mrs. Hearst as regent of the univer- sity: Her appointment was probably the most popu- % -lar ever made, and there is nobody more unselfishly ~devoted to the welfare of the university than this gen- * “erous lady. PR R The days of heroism have not passed. Recently in this city a man accused of assault on his mother-in- “-law married the obstreperous lady. This plan may .“have to a certain degree mixed the family relations, -but it brought peace. ©. A mission worker of this city who married a - drunkard to reform him failed in her object. Per- . haps she made a mistake in the style of marriage. As a foral agency the contract system is not impressive. _' " Those Crabbs who are so vociferously demanding a divorce ought to get it on condition of getting out . ‘of sight and hearing. ‘1t is only fair to the brave officers whose pictures are published in an evening paper to say that they do not look like that. Perhaps Sena‘tor Hanna has enough to do in kéep- ina the politics of his own State pure and sweet. R | island has always been regarded as an adjunct L INTERESTS OF THE PARTY. | THE AD the Southern Pacific Company any patriotic H regard for the welfare of Califernia it would never have lent its aid to advance Dan Burns | in politics after his record had been once exposed; | had it any respect for the dignity of the United States | Senate it would never have proposed him for election | to that body, even if it accepted his services in other ways; had it any consideration for political decency it would never have tried to force him upon a party whose campaign pledges were emphatic assertions that the railroad is out of politics; were it at all wise | it would not now persist in upholding him, since it has been made clear that his candidacy arouses popu- lar indignation, and that the Republican majority in the Legislature will never support it. The candidacy of Burns, shamelessly promoted by a corrupt corporation, is offensive to every principle which honest Republicans hold dear. It is a wrong to the reputation of the State, an insult to the National Senate, a mockery of the people, a violation of ex- press pledges, a degradation of genuine Republican- ism and a menace of future disaster. Tt is as certain as anything can be the election of Burns by Republican votes would heavily handicap the party in California for years to come. It would be a disgrace to the State perpetrated under circum- stances of a most aggravating nature. It would im- ply that every Republican in the Legislature who made his canvass last fall on the distinct pledge that railroad domination was to be eliminated from the State was lying at the time, or is of so weak a man- hood that he is willing to accept in office the domina- tion which he denounced while a candidate. The record of California Republicanism is so hon- :orable for faithful service well performed the party can survive any ordinary blunder on the part of its representatives in office and retain popular confidence | inits honesty and patriotisp. Itwillnoteasily surmount, however, a deliberate betrayal of the State into the control of the railroad and the election of the dirtiest politician in California to the United States Senate to succeed Stephen M. White. The issue is one of sufficient importance to arouse to activity every loyal Republican in the State. If the railroad be permitted by a caucus, or by any other means, to bring about the election of Dan Burns, then in the next election, when some great policy of protection or sound money is at stake, the victory may go to the party of financial folly simply because the triumph of Burns will have disgusted the people with Republicanism. Better will it be for the Republicans of the Legis- lature to elect no Senator at all than to elect Burns. A drawn battle is better than submission to dishonor. Genuine Republicans should stand fast to the great principles of the party and to the pledge that the Southern Pacific shall no longer dominate California. On that ground there may be a drawn battle this time, but in the end there awaits a sure and trium- phant victory. THE ISLE OF PINES. EPORTS from Washington are to the effect that it has been determined by the administra- tion to annex the Isle of Pines and hold it as a permanent possession of the United States, no mat- ter what disposition may be made of Cuba. As the of Cuba and was so treated by the Spaniards, this de- cision may -involve us in some controversy with the Cubans in case we recognize their independence and withdraw our troops from their shores. The reason assigned for the reported decision is that the geographical situation of the island with reference to Nicaragua renders it of strategic impor- tance. It is south of Cuba, and the routes of vessels passing to and from the Nicaragua canal when com- pleted will be virtually commanded by it. As a point of vantage in naval operations it is said to be muchw:nts of his predecessors: superior to Porto Rico, and will be the best location in the West Indies for a fortified post and naval sta- tion. The argument for its annexation is certainly strong, and yet it cannot be denied the Cubans have good grounds for claiming it as part of their territory. It is virtually as much a part of Cuba as Key West isa part of Florida. It is connected with the main island by a chain of keys so nearly complete and separated by such shallow water that it is said cattle have been known to pass from:one to the other. Our right to hold it, even if we evacuate Cuba, is based upon that clause of the treaty of peace which declares Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies. We have, therefore, a good title to the island, as, indeed, we have to Cuba itself if we choose to exercise it. The issue is one over which there is not likely to be much dispute in this country, whatever the Cuban patriots may think about it. When we construct the Nicaragua canal it will be of the highest importance to us to control the routes to the waterway along both the Pacific and the Atlantic coast. There will be nothing of imperial expansion in holding this com- paratively small island, which will afford a safe and Lealthful station for our fleets that may be called upon to guard the passage to the canal. Nor is there any sound reason why the Cubans should object to its cccupation by us. We would not be there as a nienace, but as a protection to their republic and a gund for their commerce as well as our own. MARRIED A MOTHER-IN-LAW. ICHAEL FABRITSKY has all his life been /\/\ unknown to fame. It was only when he as- saulted his mother-in-law that he arose from the lowly plane of his existence, and when he com- promised the matter by taking the lady to wife that he became enrolled among celebrities. Michael had been married and divorced. What may have been his reasons in either instance do not appear, and later he was charged with battering his mother-in-law, surely a reprehensible act, for it is the part of a gentleman to take to his heels rather than blacken the eye of mature beauty even in seli-defense. Michael was arrested, as he should have been, but when his case was called the prosecuting witness blushingly announced that hostilities were at an end. Pressed for an explanation, she further stated that she had married her son-in-law. Probably there was no better way out of the trouble. The courts are relieved, the power to punish placed in the untrammeled hands of the bride, a curious and interesting condition of relationship set up, and Michael and his bride entitled to credit for es- tablishing a precedent. We congratulate the happy pair, and hope they may live happily ever afterward. There is no occasion for wonder that one of the bicycle racers is near the point of death. Consider the fact that several of them seem well, and marvel at that. : ot So far as we have been able to observe General Miles has nothing to take back. The great rush out of the Klondike seems to be fully justified EXPANSION AND TREASON. THE legal argument against the acquisition and retention of the Philippines has been clearly broug!:t home to the American people. It rests both on principle and upon irrefragable authority. That a government, existing only under the consti- tution, could acquire possessions, to which the con- stitution would not extend or exclusive of its sanc- tions, is a proposition that American babes and suck- lings are too intclligent to entertain. That either a rule for imperial colonization or the right to absorb Asiatic territory and barbarous and mongrel popula- tions can be found in the constitution, expressly or by implication, is purely an invented falsehood. But upon the score of policy alone, as distinguished from the constitutional argument, the attitude of the United States toward these revolutionary schemes, un- less a national somersault is achieved, is definite and unalterable. The argument for the purchase of Flor- ida was put by John Quincy Adams on the ground of contiguity, and even as to contiguous and desirable territory, accretion and not colonization was specifi- cally declared to be its purpose. It was Thomas Jef- ferson, isolated passages from whose writings have been so strung together by expansionists as to be converted into virtual forgeries, who in his inaugural of 1801 warned our people against “entangling alli- ances.” This great statesman and founder of the Democratic party, canonized in all parties, while he realized the necessity of acquiring Louisiana and an outlet to the Gulf of Mexico, as a measure of defense and to promote commercial development, nevertheless believed that to legalize its purchase and to avoid the creation of a dangerous precedent, an amendment to | the constitution was essential. \On April 27, 1809, he wrote to James Madison on the question of expan- sion by the peaceable acquisition of Cuba: “Nothing should ever be accepted which would require a navy to defend it.” December 2, 1823, James Monroe, who formalized the Monroe doctrine, which had been pro- posed by Jefferson and approved by Canning, the Pritish statesman, in his seventh agnual message em- ployed this language: “With the 3 sting colonies or dependencies of any European povwar we have not in- terfered and shall not interfere.” In 1845 President Polk in his first annual message rep\hiated the inten- tion of acquiring territory by conquegt. December 1, 1852, Edward Everett, addressing thel Spanish Minis- ter in relation to Cuba, defined “gesgraphical prox- imity” and “extension in this hemisph as limiting any possible desire of the United Statesfor expansion. Writing to the President July 4, 1870, Mr. Fish, Sec- retary of State, in relation to our natopal sympathy for revolutions in America against Spai which com- menced in 1810, put it on the ground fat “the new states were, like ourselves, revolted cilonies,” and claimed that “this policy is not a po]iq" of aggres- sion.” The same accomplished diplamai‘t, address- ing Sir Edward Thornton, in his offical capacity, April 8, 1873, disclaimed any desire to 313); Hayti because “the policy of the Government, as iéclared on many occasions in the past, has tended toward avoid- ance of possessions disconnected from the #ain con- tinent.” The ground of Mr. Seward’s fiz5 against French intervention in Mexico, as is well kn stricting the United States from interferen: European powers in other parts of the wor: these lines, and in allusion to our southern ne June 21, 1881, Mr. Blaine, Secretary of Sta: pressed the settled policy of the Government: ‘U years the American movement toward fixi boundaries and abstention from territorialenlargenient has been so marked and so necessarily a part othe continental policy of the American republics thatgny departure therefrom becomes necessarily a menac:ito the interests of all.” In February, 1834, Mr. Freli{g- huysen, Secretary of State, again declining to ents- tain Haytian proposals, indorsed the unbroken sentg- “A conviction that a fixed olicy dating back to the origin-of our constitution:l government was considered to make it inexpedient to attempt territorial aggrandizement, which would re- quire maintenance by a naval force in excess of any yet provided for our actual uses, has led the Govern- ment to decline territorial acquisitions.” In his first| inaugural President Cleveland in speaking of San Do- mingo said: “Maintaining as I do the tenets of a line of precedents from Washington’s day, which pro- scribed entangling alliances with foreign states, I do not favor a policy of acquisition of new and distant tertitory or the incorporation of remote interests with cur own.” And September 7, 1885, Mr. Bayard, Sec- retary of State, and afterward Embassador to Great Britain, asserted that “the policy of the United States, declared and pursued for more than a century, dis countenances and in practice forbids distant colonial acquisition.” These brief extracts, to which hundreds of other quotations from State papers, not excluding those of T'residents Harrison and McKinley, could be added, are all the emphatic voice of this Government under administrations which represented every national party since the end of the last century. They denounce and reject acquisitions by conquest and acquisitions through negotiations or purchase, unless on ' this continent, contiguous and essential to the natural growth of the country. They treat even the islands of the Caribbear Sea as beyond the scope of oar pational ambition, regulated by our constitutional obligations. They fail to sanction any territorial an- nexation except under and through the constitution and with the purpose of constructing and admitting American States. They demonstrate the abandon- ment of constitutional principles and the willful per- version of facts by the expansionists, who advocate either imperial colonization or territorial enlargement in Asia. Whatever novelties, based upon their own views of expediency, they may employ in their effort to gull the American people, they cannot rely either on law or history. If projected revolution, based on deliberate violations of the constitution arid of uniform practice, does not embrace the elements of treason, to what milder phraseology can it be wedded? To de- clare the constitution “a back number,” to assert that we “have outgrown it,” to anathematize great jurists, great statesmen and great constitutional writers as “old grannies,” to speak of nailing our flag to the rotten mast of despotism, to deride the Declaration of Independence and the facts and the sentiments that embody the results of American development and of American civilization, to speculate, in the face of our common schools, upon the ignorance of the Ameri- can people and to seek to lure them to their own de- struction, to blot out their successful and cemented victory over European despotism may be endured while Burns and Grant struggle together in the womb of political debauchery, but while manhood, honor and American fraternity survive it is to deserve if not to invite the fate of Haman. Senator Simpson has publicly denounced the press. There was a feeling in the air that something was about to happen, but timid people had hopes that it would only be an earthquake. SRR Joaquin Miller has gone‘into vaudeville. Certainly so decided an upward step is to be commended. He was formerly in the Examiner | ~ Apast year were approved and a EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY IS IN FULL OPERATION Annual-Meeting of the Directors. REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS SURPRISING RESULTS ACCOM- PLISHED DURING THE YEAR. Company Organized, Plant Erected and Manufacture of Cheap Light and Fuel Already in Prégress. The promise of genuine competition in gaslight made by the Equitable Gaslight Company has been fulfilled. The first an- nual meeting of the stockholders was held yesterday afternoon in the company’s new offices, 518 California street, formerly occupied by the Spring Valley Water Company. A large number of stockhold- ers were In attendance, 156,000 shares out of a total of 170,000 being represented, and much enthusiasm was displayed over the flattering prospects of the new company. Charles L. Ackerman, the president, welcomed the stockholders to the first annual meeting of the Equitable Gaslight Company, and said: “Every promise made to you has been fulfilled. One year ago to-day this company was incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing gas by a new and simple process. Our sincerity of purpose was doubted by many, and we were bitterly antagonized by our rivals from the first. But with a small paid in capital to compete with the old estab- lished company having the confidence of all, we have gone ahead until to-day we are actively in the field, supplying cus- tomers with a better and cheaper illum- inant than they have ever had before.” He spoke of the delays in getting cer- tain material from the East, as well as the necessity of selecting a suitable site for a plant, but notwithstanding those drawbacks, and with their limited capital, in eight months’ time they were ready to begin the manufacture of gas. The situa- tion of the plant at North Beach was like the handle of a fan, from which di- verge the great lines of mains to every part of the city. He continued: The labor has been given to California in- dustry, with the exception of steel shells and gas holders, which were procured from the East. The plant has been erected with a capacity larger than contemplated when start- ing, which was then believed would be 3,000,- @00 cubic feet in twenty-four hours, but as 2 matter of fact the plant has a capacity fully one-third larger than that. A’ demonstration of the manufacture of the gas was made on December 13, 185, to the stockholders of the company, and on that day gas was made and put into the holders at a feat never before accomplished, as by the ordinary method of manufacturing coal or water gas it would take six times as long to make as much gas with a similar sized ant. The principal purpose of the company is to supply gas for fuel, and happily in addition to that it makes the best illuminating gas that has ever been seen in San Francisco. The idea of having fuel in gaseous form for domes- tic uses and for all purposes of manufacture has been dominant in the minds of progressive gas makers for the past twenty-five vears, and aithough millions of dollars have been expended in the effort to make a gas hot enough to be used as fuel and vet economical enough to compete With coal, the efforts have, In_every Instance, been entire failures. We do not measure our business by what has been done by the other gas companles of San Francigco. Our purpose is to displace the use of coal as fuel and make this gas take ts place for all purposes for which it (coal) and other fuels have heretofore been used. The scope and extent of this business can hardly be conceived at the present time. It was stated that our plant would never be built within the time contracted for it—but it is standing on the old Selby smelting site, a living reality. It was also stated that if the plant was constructed no gas would ever be made by this process; but it was made in the presence of stockholders at the rate of 4000 cubic feet per minute. The charj was further made that the gas would stratify and not run 100 feet through the mains. It was practically demonstrated that it runs 10,000 feet from the works at North Beach to the intersection of Market and Stockton streets, and it runs and furnishes light to % per cent of all the storekeepers along the line of Stock- ton street to Market, and the 1h-inch mains now being but into Grant avenue will serve to supply the customers of the company along that street and all Intersecting streets down to the city front. = The last argument put forth by the enemies of this process is that it will consume twice the quantity of the gas for the same amount of light per hour. Such a charge is hardly vorth,of refutation, and repeated tests have teen made showing the mendacity of this state- ment. Two miles from the works and in the Jresence of a number of gas experts and board ¢ directors a test was made at a_prominent tace with four different Welsbach burners, tie result being as follows: I uggig p ebf B 2 :BERe 3 4928 & 8T8 8 807 g BLLS gA T e 8 LSS T 58 g - £38% 35 § ¥ e85, B8 < N = H : 18 R e B 5 opii 8. o 235 € B E3 2 =2 g 2R % % oEnles & 532 ig g 5T78|5% g i B 23 3 de 3a P IRTSE g = &:%|88 freg igg RN g 4 = Al i Els gl & : 3 £ & I Aew = @ &% | & g 7 BE ToE2e | B g S sgrl (e a oz M E E;g: o8 12 =7 r gige |8 H s gi5g (R 5 5:_.% 2 5 ] Dr. J. W. Chisholm, vice president of the company, addressed the hemb , ex- Plahflng the necessity for a cheaper fuel for steam and heating purposes than coal, g‘d comparing thetresulta tobmlned from e new process of manufacturin as with those of coal. bk “The enterprise which this company represents has such great possibilities— the fleld for it is so extensive, the bene- fits it offers to the people at large, so l.Dsn.rent and far-reaching and the profit and prosperity which its energetic prose- cution insures to all its members so sat- isfactory, that there may be a slight ex- cuse for the blindsand obstinate increduli- ty of some of its detractors and slander- ers, as well as for their groundless mis- statements.” The secretary then read his report, showing the cost of construction of the plant and the disbursements made by the company. The report showed that seven miles of mains have been laid, and that there is now being laid a 16-inch main along the line of Grant avenue—intending to supply that street and connections both to the city front on the east and Powell street on the west. The report further showed that five year contracts had been made with 3379 consumers, and that service pipes and meters were being put in as fast as pos- sible, and although work has been in progress but a few days a large number of services have been put in and numer- ous customers connected and supplied th gas. The foliowing directors were elected for }hew ensuin %, Ack}e;rnsnna:,p g:‘. A . Tracy, = Colshpim: % & Svain, Leon Blum, All the acts e Qirectors during the o i vnfn of the rate of nearly 4000 cubic feet per minute— | O000000000000000000000000000000000 FREE LiB FOR Have One for Manila, will, when he arrive: quietly discussed it with his friends. I Colonel Miley has at present some He says that the idea of having a ed to him by the fact that all of the the Philippines complain of the scarc soldiers have to read is what is sent arouge interest in his scheme before C00CO000000D00000000000C0C00 0000000000000 0000000000 Colonel Miley Hopes to LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. D. MILEY, U. 8. A., who Is shortly to sail be of the greatest benefit and pleasure to the soldiers who are defend- ing the Stars and Stripes in a foreign land, and whose pleasures are few. The scheme that Colonel Miley proposes to put in operation is to have for the soldfers a free circulating library. ore with whom he has talked. Colonel Miley sald yesterday that he had recelved material assistance from the Red Cross, assisted him. It is known that the Loyal Legion is interested in the scheme of securing the library for the soldiers. He does ndt know just at present exactly how he is going to operate the li- brary, but it is his intention to secure a building for the purpose and run the library on the same lines that they are operated in this country. expects to take with him, when he goes, a'sufficicnt basis in the shape of books with which to begin the library. also be subscribed to, and Colonel Miley hopes that many papers will be donated to the library, as it is impossible to have too many of them. tions of files of newspapers made by the papers. with®him as large a supply of reading matter as possible. 00000000000000C00000000 RARY SOLDIERS at Manila. s there, inaugurate a scheme that will 1t is his own idea, and he has t has met with the approval of every and that others had also funds on hand and also contributions. He The papers and magazines will circulating library was first suggest- letters received from the soldiers in ity of reading matter, and that all the them by friends and the contribu- Colonel Miley hopes to he sails, as he would like to take COOOOOO00000000CO00C0000000000000000000000 thanks tendered them, after which the | masters and chief mates on or about May meetin, The directors met immediately after and re-elected the present officers. The new gas company occupies the en- tire building at 516 California street, the main floor being devoted to the counting- room and for the display of gas stoves | of every description, meters and other appliances. The upper floors are used By the officers and directors, while the base- ment is used for testing meters and as a | general supply and store room. The com- pany is rapidly extendin its through the business section and will soon begin operations in the residence sections. NAVAL MILITIAMEN HOLD A RECEPTION‘ ENTERTAIN THEIR FRIENDS ON | BOARD THE MARION. Officers and Sailors From the Iowa | Among the Guests—Old War- | ship in Gala Attire. | | Last night the United States ship Ma- | rion, at her berth, Howard Street Wharf | No. 3, was bright with decorations, ban- | ners and electric lights, the occasion for! the gala attire being the reception ten- | dered by the men of the three divisions of the Naval Militia, N. G. C., stationed on board of her, to the officers of the militia and other officers of the National | Guard, the officers and men of the Iowa | and other friends of tHe men. Canvas was spread overhead from stem | to stern, and to protect the visitors from the cool night air there was stretched all | around, from rail to upper canvas, sails | which kept out the wind and made the | vessel as pleasant as any ballroom. With- | in there were dozens of potted plants ar- | ranged on the decks, where they would | appear to the best advantage, and the follage of green was set off by a liberal display of American flags, naval signals, streamers and code signals, the latter be- ing arranged to read, ‘‘Welcome to the | men of the lowa.” At the front of the bridge on the poop deck there was displayed within the folds of the Stars and Stripes, arranged by the ship’s electrician, the ‘initials, “N. M., | N. G. C..” In electric lights, and the re- | flection of these fell upon a rapid-fire gun | surrounded by stacks of rifles, cutlasses and signals grouped with tasteful effect. | The beauty of the decorations.was | heightened by just enough electric lights | 10 show them off to advantage, and it was the verdict of all who saw the pretty ar- rengement that the work of the jackies was deserving of a great deal of pfaise. About 700 invitations Avere sent out and from_the number of those who were on board at the reception and promenade concert between the hours of 8 and 9 it appeared that every one was honored. When the officers and men of the Iowa came on board they were received with a grand demonstration, not only by the men of the ship, but by the civilians, which_must have convinced them that San Franciscans admire the heroism of the men who faced the Spanish fire. After the visitors had enjoyed the con- cert music and inspected the shig above and below there was dancing on the main and poop decks, the programme being in- terspersed with the rendition of negro melodies by the Knickerbocker Male Quartet and selections by the Golden Gate Musical Club. The dance programme in- cluded ten numbers, which kept the mer- Iy gathering together until it was time to give three cheers for the Father of His Country. The affair was exceedingly well man- aged and the men were encouraged by fhe presence of the officers of the militia, Captain Louis H. Turner, the commander, acting_as floor manager. His assistants were J. F. Murphy, T. Dewar and J. M. Corcoran. The ship's crew, in neat uni- forms, constituted the reception commit- tee and did all that could be done to make the guests comfortable. The committee of arrangements was _composed of James ¢. Kelly, J. Frank Murphy, Harry T. Sandy, James White, John Beattie, Har- ry A. Hilton, Victor J. Paris, J. M. Corco- Thomas Dewar: and H. W. Rouse. the evening refreshments rved and Captain Turner, Lieutenant Thomas A. Nerney. Lieuten- ant Commander and Chief Engineer G. A Kingsland, W. E. Elliott, lieutenant and aide, Lieutenant and Surgeon Harris. As- sistant Surgeon Morrisey, Slgnul Officer Smith, Lieutenant Dennis, Lieutenants Junior Grade Emanuel, Harloe and Bon- mey, and Enstgns Peterson, Morrison, Kammerer, Burke andblSpeck held a re- in the ship's cabin. ception In th% the Marion are elated with {he success of the affair, and feel that it Was greater than the oneé given last year. ——e————— CIGAR MAKERS REJOICING. Objectionable Revenue Ruling Has Practically Been Rescinded. ‘he cigar makers of this city are re- jo’irclng over a recent decision or ruling of N. B. Scott, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, relative to dealers selling to- bacco in small quantities. Some time ago he directed that dealers should not sell to the manufacturers in quantities of less, than a bale, box or a package, and con- sidering that the original packages cost from up this ruling meant that the small cigar makers would have to shut up hop. 2 Bt‘t"enuous efforts were made by the local commercial bodies to have the ruling modified, and the following dispatch from Washington shows that the desired ob- ject has been accomplished: WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21, 189. Ge: A. Newhall, Vice President Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco: Dealers in leaf fobacco can repack thetr tobacco and make bales and cases of their cwn such size and weight as will anticipate the wants of the trade, but cannot break packages and retail therefrom in quantities called for, put up and jeitvered at time of sale. o N. B. SCOTT, Commissioner. 8 Ci k S TG INSPECT SAILING VESSELS Law Affecting All Carrying Passen-| gers Goes Into Effect July 1. Captains Bolles and Bulger, United States Inspectors of Steam Vessels, wefe officially notified yesterday by the - partment at Washington that on and if- ter July 1 of this year sailing vessely of over 700 tons gross and other vessels barges of over 100 tons gross, ca passengers for hire, must have their hulls inspected and certified by the locfl in- spectors of steam vessels; that ters and chief mates of such vessels mist also be examined and l!genued by the peal in- spectors. Local Inspectors will recelve tlons to examine and issue lI adjourned. Iz mains | . Failure to have the hull of a sailing vessel inspected will subject the owner to a penalty of $00 and masters and mates to a fine of §100. Local inspectors may under the law grant licenses for sail- ing vessels of over 700 tons on receipt of satisfactory documentary evidence that said masters and mates have been act- uanx employed as such officers on vessels of the tonnage named for tthe full period of twelve months preceding the applica- | tion for license, provided that such offi- cers shall be found upon examination to be free from color-blindness. |AROUND THE \ CORRIDORS. J. 8. Ellis of Butte is a guest at the | California. J. P. Cudahy, the Chicago milllonaire, is at the Palace. Richard White, a prominent Chico citi- zen, is at the Grand. B. M. Vaughan and wife of Denver are guests at the California. C. F. Street of New York Is registered at the Palace with his wife. G. W. Gove, a hotel and mining man of Seattle, is staying at the Lick. E. M. Mix, a well-known merchant of Stockton, is located at the Russ. Thomas R. Bard of Hueneme will be at the Occidental for a short time. B. Galloway, a cattleman of Walnut Creek, is registered at the Russ. S. Bert Cohen, a merchant of Carson | City, Nev., is a guest at the California. L. Benson, a merchant of Portland, Ore., is registered gt the Grand with his fam- ily. E. A. Strout, an insurance man of Seat- tle, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. Conrad L. Hoska, Coroner of Tacoma, ‘Wash., and M. Michael, a Woodland mer- chant, are at the Grand. P. S. Lenhart, president of the Yreka Mill and Mining Company, is making the Grand his headquarters. Charles and James Summers and George Watterson, cattlemen from the interior of the State, are at the Russ. Judge C. U. Sterry of Los Angeles, at- torney for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, is at the Palace. George H. Warfield, cashier of the Bank of Healdsburg, and son of General R. H. ‘Warfield, is visiting his father at the Cali- fornia. M. Theodore Kearney, a Fresno vine- yardist, and George S. Nixon, a banker of ‘Winnemucca, Nev., are registered at the Palace. J. D. Lauman, a business man of Seat- tle, and E. Dinkelspiel, a Bakersfield mer- chant, are two of the arrivals at the Oc- cidental. E. C. Farnsworth, an attorney of Visa- lia, and George E. Stickle, a merchant of Angels Camp, are among the arrivals at the Lick. Albert Hansen, a jewelry manufacturer of Seattle, and Captain J. A. Mellon, who operates a line of ferryboats on the Colo- rado River, are at the Lick. J, W. Arrott, a prominent Pittsburg mahufacturer, is at the Occidental with kis son. He is awaiting the arrival of another son who is coming by way of Cape Horn, and the three will then make a tour of the State. ——e————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 2l.—James K. Wil- son of San Franclsco is at the Windsor. tae i ity ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TWO LENGTHS—W. M., City. The length of the United States steamship Jowa is 360 feet and that of the Chitosa (Japanese) is 402 feet. PAPERS FROM HOLLAND—A. R. S, City. This department is unable to find any one in this city who keeps a file of any of the papers published in Holland. A TEN-CENT PIECE—Mrs. C. G. T., Oakland, Cal. A 10-cent piece of 1827 is not one of those coins that will bring the possessor a fortune. Dealers do not make any offer for such and they will sell such for 25 cents. GAS COMPANY DEPOSIT—A. 8., City. It has been decided that a gas company in San Francisco has no right to demand a deposit_from any one desiring to have gas introduced in the premises to be oc- cupied. The matter has been appeaied, but as yet there has not been a decision in support or against that decision. PREFERRED 7 PER CENT—Anambu- lus, French Camp, Cal. “Preferred 7 per cent” as applied to the stock of a cor- poration means that certain stock known as “preferred stock™ is the first to receive dividerds, the same being paid to holders of that kind of stock before any is pald to the holders of common stock. —_———— Treat your Eastern friends to Town- send's California glace fruits; §0c 1b in fire etcked boxes or Jap baskets. 627 Market.® —_—e———————— €pecial information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ — e — Baldwin Again Sued. James K. Lynch filed sult yesterday asainst E. J. Baldwin to recover $33,000 on 5 promissory note dated November 30, 896, with interest at 7 per cent. ]flrnch also filed suit against Baldwin and H. A. Unruh to recover $1000 on a promissory note dated April 13, 1898. —_———— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. ‘Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25¢ a bottle. ———————— # Pl k] HOTEL DEL CORONADO-—Take advantags A of the round-trip tickets. Now only 360 by steamship, including days’ board at hotel; longer stay, $3 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Frauclsco.