The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1899, Page 6

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BRANCH OFFICES—627 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Ha ©:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, o'clock. 615 Larkin street, 1941 Mission street, open un street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 Misslon street, open until ‘9 o'clock. street, open until 9 o'clock. untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. yes street. open until eoen until 9:30 open until 9:30 o'clock. til 10 o'clock. 229! Market o'clock. 2518 106 Eleventh 1505 Polk street, open Twenty-second @nc AMU. EMENTS Columbia—*"The Sign of the Cross.” California—*‘Black Patti Troubadors." ‘Alcazar—'"The Girl I Lert Behind Me.” Tivoli—‘“Madeline, or the Magic Kiss.”" Orpheur—Vaudeville. Grand Opera House—Ellis Opera Company, Monday even- ing, Marca 13 S Chutes and Zoo—Pianka, the ‘Lady of Lions. Olympta — Corner Mason and Eilis streets, Spectalties. Central Park—The Steeplechase. Oakland Race Track—Races. e TION SALES. H. Umbsen & Co. . Real Estate, at 14 Montgomery street. Monday, February 27, at 1 SPEAK OUT FOR THE CANAL. bers of Commerce, Boards of Trade, labor or- | !\V OW is the time for State Legislatures, Cham- ganizations and all other representatives of | public The ss have joined fight to a finish. After get a hear made by friend t move was defeated. ice of the nation to make itself heard. boasting that the bill is virtually defeated. 1, the Baltimore Amrerican said: gress and the time for reflection another Congress assembles may de! altogether. timent to speak for the Nicaragua canal. cech, moreover, should be prompt and em- should be terse and vigorous and ring ing like the voice of the whole people. pporters and the opponents of the measure | At such a juncture it is surely timely for opponents of the great enterprise are already Upon the » of the attempt to annex it to the sundry civil “The Nicaragua | cheme has been defeated in the present Con- allowed before be depended on to | Such are the tactics. of those who are antagonistic to the canal. They are convinced if they can defeat the measure now, while the lessons of the war show- ing its importance are fresh in the public mind, it will | be comparatively easy to set it aside altogether here- after. the conviction It is not to be denied there is some basis for Defeat of the measure in this Con- gress will presage a similar disaster in the next. The time, therefore, has come when all the friends of the measure should declare themselves and back up their representatives who are battling for it in Congress. If hing is to be done, however, either by the Legislature, by commercial and industrial organiza- tions, or by a mass meeting of citizens, it must be e promptly d that time left near at hand. elsewhere, done or undone Congress closes on the 4th of March, Whatever may be California. should make her voice heard urging her Senators and her Representatives to make the fight for the canal by every honorable means at their command. PUT ON THE BRAKES. HE weekly report of the Committee on Ways Taml N submitted to the Assembly on Mon- day, shows that the total amount of appropria- | " . tions, ex penses of the government, which have been intro- duced into the Legislature and referred to it, amount to $3,683,828. back with a f: B arrying $348.626 ha adversely, bills carrying $1,115,500 ha 07.806 rorable recommendation bills carrying ve been reported ve been reported - without recommendation, bills carrying $408,845 have been referred to other committees—from which they will probably emerge by and by with a favorable re- port—and appropriations amounting to $496,542 have been reported with a recommendation that the authors - "be allowed to w ably not d Asa "lesson w h the taxpayers of the at the present time. are recoy aw them, which they will prob- cial exhibit this report presents an object State Just as the people ng from a dry year, which has come very ! should -pear throwing most- of them into bankruptcy, the legislative schemers propose to shovel money in this It will be 1 mittee has se out their with a wild and reckless hand. iced that the Ways and Means Com- t back to the Assembly bills carrying appropriations amounting to $2,600,000. Of these _over half have been favorably reported. The other half. though returned without recommendation, are in almost as strong a position before the Assembly. Undoubtedly it is the intention of the Committee on “Ways and Means to allow this raid to be consum- mated. its action. No other construction can be placed upon The. general appropriation bill will prob- “ably carry for the fiscal years 1899-1000 and 1900-1 ."$10,000,000, and unless a check is placed upon the . Legislature within the next two weeks taxation for the ensuing year at least will rise above 63 cents on the $100 valuation. If this Legislature desires to destroy the Repub- “Burns Senator. _politica] hara-kiri could scarcely be devised. i s ican party it should pass these bills and elect Dan A more effective way of committing ", Last year there were four cases of murder in Can- - ada, while there is more than one city in the United States which, if not furnishing four murders weekly, -"thought and incentive for the hangman. would fall below the record. Here is both food for The Filipinos do not exhibit satisfactory symptoms of being ,wzd. | what promises to be a | was found impossible to g for the bill separately an attempt was to attach it to the sundry civil Now the Senate ed it to the river and harbor appropriation 1d once more the battle is to be waged in the PARTY VINDICATION. THE cry of the Burns workers that he must be vindicated by election to the Senate is the mak- ing of a new issue in politics and the discovery of a new use for parties. All that has been said against Burns is derived from his own record. He made that record. No one made it for him. It is no libel to publish if, when its publication was made necessary by his candidacy for the highest honor the party can bestow. It is surely something novel in morals, politics and party practice for a man to make an odious record in public office, and then de- mand of the party vindication from the: publication of that record! 5 | If party rewards are to be had that way, the be- trayal of one public trust becomes a necessary step- | ping stone to the achievement of a greater trust.” It is the misfortune of Burns that his record as Sec- retary of State was so bad that to publish it is to present the highest reason against conferring the promotion now sought by his ambition. It is a mis- take for him to assume that his election to the Senate | by the Legislature will vindicate him against® that | record. There are other things to think of besides | such vindication of Burns. The interests of the party are to be considered. If it take the means pro- posed to vindicate Burns, how shall it be vindicated? 1f Burns go to the Senate on a candidacy concealed until after power had passed from the people at the | ballot-box he will be safe for six years. He will not have to go before the people at all. *But the party niust go to the people again next year. It must stand | the brunt, and the issue it mist meet will be its vin- dication of Burms. Who will make its fight and | undertake to secure its vindication on that issue? Let Republicans pause while it is yet time, and con- sider whether the party should do this thing now, which must go to popular judgment in 1900. Let them think soberly and well of the consequences of sending the party's principles, its high history, its great record, to-the rear, in order to argue its reasons for vindicating Mr. Burns and preferring him for the Senate against the whole list of men in its ranks and Jleadership who needed no vindication against a rec- ord willfully made by themselves. The Democrats are tactical. They are keenly sen- sitive to their position. They have refused to handi- cap themselves by giving an inoperative minority vote to an aspirant who wanted a vindication. | | | a whitewash bucket to be used in disinfecting seli- damaged reputations. 3 APPEAL TO PROVI- FRAUDULENT - DENCE. N further consideration of our previous com- ments upon the efforts of the expansionists to per- vert the after-dinner speech of President McKinley at Boston into a claim that unforeseen contingencies to transform the conglomerated savages of the Phil- ippines into American citizens or American sub- jects,” we observe that, in the face of our official | declarations, the only plausible ground upon which the conquest of the Philippines could have been | placed, without palpable hypogrisy, was a change of sentiment, wrought by the great victory of Com- | modore Dewey. With nations, as with individuals, | unexpected opportunities sometimes produce revolu- | tionary consequences. We could not acquire Asiatic dependencies or Asiatic territory without discarding our constitution and reverting to schemes of govern- ment against which our ancestors successfully re- | | belled, nor without breaking the pledges we had vol- | untarily made. But history has the faculty of repro- duction, and, as an entire nation cannot be indicted for treason, if with practical unanimity we prefer im- perialism to democracy or an Asiatic to an American ! republic, we can deride the warning and follow the | example of Rome. In that event, however, integrity within ourselves and manhood toward the yearning millions of humanity must lead us squarely to admit the fact and not thinly to disguise our retrogression under a spurious humanitarianism and a pretended reliance upon Providence. It is within our power, unless the people should assert their might, and the sleeping giant of America should quickly slay the | false prophets of destiny, to engulf the sovereignty of | man in “spheres of influence,” or bodily to \thrust it{ through an “open door.” Thus, and thus only, we can share the brutality, the glory and the profit that other nations, shaped upon least two quarters of the globe, through their armies, their navies and their colonial administrations. - And, having abandoned the theory of the Monroe doctrine by the annexation of Hawaii, we need not limit our perfect it by welcoming imperialism on this conti- nent. The transformation, however, that would re- usive of those necessary for the current ex- | clothe the genius of liberty on either side of the replace her inviting smile by a warning menace Of this the committee has reported | should be completed and admitted in the face of It is an illusion and a sham that would be soon | | day. exposed to stand for Americanism in Washington within the consecrated limits of our Union and for the.absolutism of Caesar or Napoleon everywhere else. We cannot worship God and Mammon. We eannot through superior armaments conscientiously force ourselves upon the Filipinos and quench their, dream of independence in the flood of new-born American imperialism, while either concurrently or afterward we preach of government by consent, re- stricted to constitutional simplicities, maintained without class distinctions, and in which the military is subordinated to the civil power. The expansionists have evidently misconceived the rhetoric and the opinions of our constitutional Presi- dent and have not reckoned with the people, either through the authority they have granted and limited, or the sovereignty they have reserved. While an insane asylum cannot be expected to be a place of joy, it ought to be made as cheerful as possible, and the institution at Ukiah is said to fall far short in this respect. The legislative Committee on Asylums calls attention to this fact, and if the result be the inauguration of a reform, nobody will mind the cost of the junket. — e A marriage bureau in Seattle is offering heiresses at the low figure of 50 cents each. No man in need of a rich wife could complain of this rate unless in- deed he happened to be a bigamist, in which case a discount to the wholesale trade would not be amiss. Carl von Tiedeman must be growing weary of being tried for perjury. Four juries have had a whack at his case, and each one has disagreed. He will soon begin to wonder whether he is guilty or not. The possibility suggests itself that while ex-Mayor FEllert may have been in the capital to boom a Sena- torial candidate, he did not forget the value and utility of a garbage crematory. ‘While the Fair estate doubtless has rights, that of maintaining a dangerous nuisance at North Beach ought not to be reckoned among them. Let Republicans be admonished. The party is not | have thrust upon us a providential mission forcibly | the models we once repudiated, have acquired in atE sacrifice at the altar of Divine Right to Asia, but can | republic with the cast-off garments of monarchy and | | Department has submitted exhibits of adulterated | There have been abundant reports THE samodaN MUDDLE. CCORDING to a dispatch from Berlin, the ( s German Foreign Office, in compliance with a petition from Germans in Samoa, has re- quested our Government to recall Chief Justice Chambers from the islands and replace him with an official whose decisions will be more in accord with German views of justice. Even if this report be true it will not mean much more than another episode in what has now become the diplomatic comic opera of the world. The situa- tion is about as complicated and as amusing as any ever devised for the entertainment of the patrons of the stage. It is the outcome of a long course of med- dling and m‘qdling and amounts to something like a crisis. 3 Years ago, when the Americans, Germans and English began their struggle for supremacy in the islands, each sought the favor of the natives and thereby stirred up a little civil war between rival fac- tions led by Malietoa and Mataafa. At first neither the Americans, the Germans nor the English took any part in the fighting, but in other respects they warmly espoused one side or the other and watched the battle with all the interest of people who have big bets on the result. When the war had gone on for some time, how- ever, Malietoa grew weary of it and petitioned the British to take possession and annex the group to New Zealand. Angered by that action the Germans took arms against the old savage and sent him into exile. A little later the Americans and the English took a hand in the game: In the meantime Mataafa had managed to get into a fight with his German allies and killed some of them. Therefore it was easy for the three nations to agree to rBcall Malietoa, | and, upon the express stipulation of Germany, Ma- taafa was deprived not only of the crown, but of the right of succession. Just before his death Malietoa recommended Ma- taafa as his successor, and accordingly at the ensuing election about five-sixths of the natives voted for him. The opposition party contested the vote on the ground that Mataafa is ineligible under the Berlin agreement and the Chief Justice sustained the con- tention. In the meantime, however, Mataafa had made friends with the Germans again, and they are now as eager to get him into office as they once were to get him out. The Chief Justice claims that he set aside Mataafa in acchrd with an agreement made by the three pow- ers at the special request of Bismarck, who repre- sented the German Government, The Americans and the British sustain the Chief Justice in that view, and claim that what they have done has been done simply to oblige the Germans and keep an agreement made with the illustrious founder of their empire. The Germans, on the other hand, claim that the ex- clusion of Mataafa from the succession was not in- corporated in the treaty providing for the govern- ment of the islands, and was merely a verbal agree- ment with Bismarck. They assert further that Bis- marck is now dead and his politics should be buried with him. It is trie they once objected to Mataafa, | but now they wish Mataafa and they denounce the action of the Chief Justice in excluding the vote cast for him as a gross tampering With the ballot-box. The situation is this. The Germans first sided with Mataafa, then turned against him and induced the Americans and British to agree he should never rule in Samoa, and now they have changed their minds and wish him to be king. The trouble is the German mind, when exposed to the Samoan climate, is too fickle. It looks as if they wished to flirt with every chief in the islands, and to be wedded to none. e ————ar —— THE RIGHT KIND OF PUBLICITY. OMMENTING upon a bill now before the New C York Legislature, providing for the establish- ment of a Board of Chemists to investigate food. adulterations and make analyses of them for submission in a report to the next Legislature, the Philiadelphia Record, very pertinently, says: In all the official and unofficial reports concerning adulterations of food and drink the fatal defect is in the want of the right kind of publicity. Chemical analysis will tell to a nicety how much plaster or alum is to be found in a given sample of flour or bread, and what the quantity of beans or of cocoanut shells in a pound of ground coffee. But the reports rarely mention the manufacturing firms from whom the fraudulent samples are obtained. Of what avail are all these analyses and reports when they fail in the essential requisite of exposing the guilty? That is about the exact truth of the situation. showing that almost all kinds of foods are adulterated. From all sorts of authorities, many of which are official, the public has been given information of the wide variety of fraudulent articles sold under the name of foods. In support of the very bill now under consideration it is said the chemist of the New York Agricaltural foods, among which were samples of beans in coffee, plaster in flour, paraffine in butter, “tea dust” in bohea and ground pumpkin in tomato catsup. It is asserted that investigation would show adulterations in nearly all articles of food in the market. It is clearly of no value to the public to make pub- lications of that nature. The only effective way of protecting the public would be the publication of the names and brands of the fraudulent articles, together with the names of their manufacturers. Such an exposure, if it could be made one of widespread pub- licity, would go far toward driving the rascals out of business. At any rate it would furnish the people with information of practical value, and that would in itself be a long step toward suppressing the evil. P Attention of the Senate Committee on Morals is respectfully called to the circumstance that the race tracks hereabouts are in constant operation, and, with their poolroom adjuncts, supply the method by which raw material is worked into defaulters, sui- cides and murderers. Thoughtful people would be glad to see an effort made to correct the evil. Surely no member of the committee is interested in the “sport?” General Linares has challenged the Count who has been clamoring for the shooting of the Spanish offi- cers who were obliged to surrender. The Count should be grateful. He has not only the opportus nity of inflicting the penalty he considers due, but of appreciating how it is himself. ~ # When the Speaker of the Housé reaches the con- clusion that he is a biggér man than the President, and sets about demonstrating it, the irresistible force and the immovable body are getting ‘dangerously close together. Agoncillo, who is in Canada, questions the veracity of General Otis, who is in Manila. Distance is known to lend enchantment, but occasionally it lends cour- age also. Another boy has been led into crimé by associating with habitues of the race track. There is no reason , for surprise. ; The list is fimpt; lmm. FEBRUARY 24, 1899 ‘We regret to notice that some of our most esteemed contemporaries of the in-| terior are disposed to take a narrow and ungenerous view of the proposed Pacific Ocean Exposition. They seem to feel an- ger at San Francisco, and to fear that the scheme 1s but one on the part of that city to wring money from the people of the interfor and congest it in the metrop- olis for the benefit of landlords and eat- ing-house proprietors. This is a mistaken view. Even if such ignoble purpose actuated the well-known public men advocating the exposition, it would be insufficient reply to a proposi- tion entitled to be treated upon its merits. No matter what the character of any ex- position, convention, public gathering or display, long or short in continuance, nor how high and lofty its purpose, it would inure as a matter of course to some ex- tent to the benefit of the place in which it s held. Yet we doubt very much if the proposed exposition will be a means of profit to San Francisco. She will be likely, nay, be required by the very stress of con- ditions, to put up considerable more money than she will get out of it. But these are vulgar considerations. The only one worthy of intelligent con- “cern at all is this, Is such an exposition desirable for the coast, in view of the importance it is now assuming in national concern? . We respond unhesitatingly in the. affirmative. That is all there is in the question. If such an exposition will substantially advance the coast interests in the eyes of the world, and as they de- serve, then it is desirable at any cost. If it will not tend to enlarge intelligence concerning the Paclfic States, Pacific Ocean commerce, our relations to the THE PACIFIC COAST EXPOSITION. lands beyond the seas, our coast produc- tion and capacity; if it will not tend to crystallize sentiment in the nation upon the importance of the Pacific Ocean com- merce, then it will be folly to promote it. We belfeve that such an exposition as is proposed will be of first value, highest importance and immeasurable beneflt to the entire coast, and for the matter of that, to the nation at large. S The interior of the State cannot afford to take a narrow and selfish view of such a question as this. It cannot afford to confess that it is actuated by cross-road purposes and governed in its judgment by barroom considerations of public pol- jcy. The interior is as Intelligent and broad on all great questions as the me- tropolis can possibly be, and it is entitled therefore to have its press be falrly ex- pository of its true sentiment. True, there may be in some sections respectable sen- timent opposed to the exposition because of misinformation concerning the matter. But we apprehend that wherever the sub- ject has been laid before an interior com- munity fully, fhirly and plainly, there will be found generous approval in response. It is, in fact, not a San Franclsco en- terprise, though to the credit of promi- nent ecitizens of that city in the matter of suggestion and initial movement. But it is really a national affair, one ‘that will not only engage our attention and should enlist our best energies, but will greatly concern every foreign power having possessions bordering upon the Pacific waters; the Governments of all the Pacific isles; will affect and enlist the commereial interests of Australia; will not -escape the attention of Russla, nor fall to quicken the interest of reticent and, exclusive China.—The Record-Union. 0 varlably -be found there from 8 in the morning until 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Florence has an interesting history of his own. He was born in* Essex, Conn., of old Continental stock, being a direct descendant of Miles Standish, the famous Connecti- cut pioneer. He served through the Civil War in the Fifty-sixth New York, and afterward went to sea. About twenty-five years ago he came to California. ‘His regular business is ship carpentry, but be- ing a first-class mechanic he turned his hand willingly to anything that offered: Two years ago his sight began to fail and although he consulted the best oculists in the State, he soon found himself almost blind. Not wishing to become an object of pub- lic charity Mr. Florence took out & few copies of The Call to sell. His business has grown rapidly and he’ now finds himself the proud posses- sor of a business yielding a steady income. Last fall he was granted the priv- ilege of erecting a little stand on the sidewalk, but property-holders in the vicinity objected and the mat- ter was finally tabled by the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Florence was the organizer of the “Continental Army"” which attracted so much attention in the Fourth of July parade of 1895. It consisted of representations of ‘Washington and his staff, the Conti- nental troops before going into bat- tle, their bedraggled appearance after seeing two years' service, and the half-famished, half-clothed band that stood to the end. Mr. Florence has also been promi- nent in Grand Army matters on this coast, having served on the commit- tee which received General Grant when he paid his visit to California. W+0$040 40404040404 040404040404040404040404 0404040404040 +40404040404 04040404040 E#OQO# 04040+ 0404040404040 4040404040 +0404040+0+0+Hl OLD AND BLIND, BUT EARNS HIS LIVING NE of the familiar figures along Market street to-day is Albert E. Florence, who, although nearly 70 years old and atmost. totally blind, manages to earnean honest living by selling newspapers. station Is at the junction of Market and Eddy streets and he can in- His regular 0404040404 0404040404040 $0404040404 0404040404040 $04040404040+40+0+0+4040 + 40404 0404040404040 404040404 0404040404040+ H AROUND THE CORRIDORS. J. C. Butte of Montana is at the Cali- fornia. R. Gracey, a Merced banker, is regis- tered at the Lick. C. R. Gillson, a Modesto attorney, is at the Lick with his wife. Charles Francee, present Mayor of Sa- linas, is a guest at the Grand. George T. Myers Jr., a large fishpacker of Portland, Or., is at.the Occidental. E. T. Earl, an extensive fruit shipper of Los Angeles, is at the Palace with his wife. James B. Burdell and wife came over from Burdells and registered at the Cali- fornia yesterday. Mrs, Joseph G. Pratt of Cheyenne, Wyo., has taken apartments at the Occidental with her children. ‘Bdward Trudo and F. Conn, capltalists of Santa Ana, are at the Russ, the latter accompanied by his wife. Lieutenants R. F. Wynne, S. G. Magil, and H. M. Jenson, U. 8. N., have arrived at the Palace from Manila. A. B. Butler, the Fresno ralsin grower, and Frank H. Buck, a Vacaville fruit shipper, are among the arrivals at the Palace. A. L. Burbank, a real estate dealer of Los Angeles, and B. T. McCullough, & stock raiser of Crows Launding, are at the Grand. C. W. Flelding of London, a member of the English syndicate which controls the Iron Mountain copper mine at Keswick, is at the Palace. A. A. Grant, a contractor of Albuquer- que, N. M., is at the Palace. He has filled large contracts for the Valley road and his visit here is in that connection. Lieutenant William D. Conrad and Cap- tain H. B. Price; U. B. A., arrived on the Peking from Manila and registered at the Occidental. The former is convalescing from a severe illness and will return to ‘his home in Oregon. - The latter leaves in a few days for Burlington, Iowa. —————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 23—M. A. Roths- child of San Francisco is at the Holland. —_—————— Robbed His Benefactor. Hans Hausten of the Oakland Cafe, 5 ‘East street, swore to a complaint in Judge Treadwell's court yvesterday for the ar- grand larceny. Callon until two months ago was employed by Hausten, and since then, out of charity, Hausten had been rmvidlng him with food and shelter. Cal- on is accused of having on Monday stolen $115, which Hausten had in his coat in a rear room in the cafe. e GERTRUDE ATHERTON Tells What She Thinks - ‘THE SENATE AND WASHINGTON SOCIETY - In Next Sundai’s Call. Sag ape S i Teddy Hale Arrested. A warrant was issued yesterday morn- | ing by Judge Graham for the arrest of ~Teddy Hale, the ex-champlion cyclist, on ' rest of Charles Callon on a charge of |. the charge of concealing his property with the intent to defraud his trainers, James Galvin, Michael Garrity and George Wil- son. ale was arrested and brought be- fore the Judge. He claimed that Manager Brady had agreed t6 defray all his ex- penses, but the Judge thought he should be responsible for his trainers’ charges, and Hale agreed to get the money and pay them. He was released on his own recognizance and the case continued till to-day to give him a chance to pay up. —— MRS. CHANDLER COMMITTED. Her Secrets L’Oflk.Efl; Ep in Attorney Parcells’ Safe. Mrs. Rebecca J. Chandler was adjudged insane and committed to Agnews Asylum by Judge Cook yesterday morning. After this phase of the case had been disposed of, Mary A. Cox, an intimate friend of the demented woman, filed a petition for letters of guardianship of her person and estate. Attorney F. M. Parcells appears as attorney for Mrs. Cox and the peti- tion will be argued Wednesday. Locked up in Parcells’ safe are all the letters and papers possessed by Mrs. Chandler, which tell the story of the tfiendshl? which existed between the lady and the late Colonel Charles F. Crocker, They will not be touched until after the ;\lesfion of guardianship is settled, when 'arcells will make an examination to as- cex";;]‘ln! ;.‘Péether tl’tlhere is any contract existing between the woman 3 eql"ll't:“" of Crog_kelr‘sdetsmge. e e woman desired to become a light and her failure to float the 553’.‘3 tions of her pen in -the channels of the book traffic is responsible for her demen- ‘Whether her malady is permanent or not remains to be seen. or years she has been in touch with many of the intellectual minds of the State and was an unusually bright and interesting woman. —_———— WEDDED IN FEAR. A Marriage That Ha’yiProva 2 Boom- erang for the Groom. A marriage with some sensational features was performed by Justice of the Peace Barry Wednesday afternoon. the contracting parties being Bertie Willice Short, a racetrack tout, not vet 21 years ;:tajge;’ and %oulle Amelia Engler, not ears of age, whose pare 1417 Pacific street. 55 G‘flfil o The young couple had become i ated with each other, but the youngng:l‘: mother and her stepfather, Henry Peard the well-known saloon-keeper, | bitterly opposed the marriage. They decided to xet married anyhow, and ort yester- ay procured the marriage license, giving the girl's age as 18. He had a number of friends stationed at the different Cl?l- trances to the City Hall to watch for the i‘{'{’{&"h‘nflt :l)llxerl g(rl'tlh mother and step- . ng e brief both bride and groom were :;{:;‘:31}; nervous for fe Would be Mterruptag the Proceedings ———— e The Warrant Not Issued. orney A. E. Shaw calle. - tral Police station yestexg!:yt fl:: c;::— render himself, as he understood his divorced wife, Mrs. May Josephi Kincaid fShaw, had sworn cut a w; Shaw, ba arrant for his LG LT ;:gl.x;.re to ‘fmvide. "ghere ‘was t, and Shaw Judge Mogan. The Judge Intormod im that after the complaint was writh i 4 en out and had not callg%t u!pon hlg wudu' ——————— Accidental Death. Coroner Hill held an inquest yest: morning upon the body of !uu:’ Bye;:d:: the clothing merchant found asphyxiated in his room last Mon mornj T Jury returned a nrd(‘:n uot ud'denmm death, th 5 P ; e fll chandelier !uvln. [ \ ARMY PEOPLE DISCUSS THE EASTERN WAR Opinions of Depart- ment Officials Here. GUERRILLA WARFARE COSTLY GENERAL SHAFTER EXPECTED FROM LOS ANGELES TO-DAY. Three Transports Are About Ready to Sail for the Philippines and ‘Will Clear From This Port Next Week. There is no denying that the latest re- ports from Manila have had a most de- pressing effect upon the army officials of this department. That they ‘consider the situation which at present confronts Ma- jor General Otis as serious is evidenced by their aversion to discuss the outlook. On one point, however, they are all agreed, and that is that this Government has a very difficult problem to solve in the Philippines, and while they do not say so in so many words, it is clear they do not hope to see this solution brought about without the loss of many lives. They admit that Aguinaldo is in a posi- tion to do much damage by guerrilla war- fare, and the question is just how long will it take and how large a force will be required to subdue him. Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Miley, who dafls shortly for the Philippines, said yesterday that he was afraid this Gov- ernment would find it necessary to do as England had done in India, and that a regular fall and spring campaign against the Filipinos will become & certainty. As to the number of men that will be re- quired Colonel Miley could not say, but hfi thought that from the fact that the Nintl and %lxth Infantry have been ordered to Manila that the War Department con- sidered the - situation grave. Ad]u!ast General Babcock is not in favor of Benl - ing any more troops to Manila. He :- 72 policy of diplomacy, and suggests that Aguinaldo’s forces shall be disin- tegrat by getting the insurgents to fight among themselves. This can .b.e brought about in more than one Way. The officers of the department agree that the quickest way to solve the present question and to end the war is to effect the capture of Aguinaldo. However, they admit that this is easler said than done. Genm—iz;\l Shafter wgrpec‘ed . Plummer, is 2 Los Angeles to-day. During his ab- sence the administration of the affairs of the department has not suffered. He has issued his orders from Bakersfleld. Major David H. Kinzle, Third Ar- tillery, has been relieved from temporarg command of Angel Island and Secon Lieutenant G. T. Patterson, Third Artil- lery, now on duty there, has been order: to assume command of that post. 3 Captain John A. Lockwood, Fourth Cav- alry, has been relieved from temporary duty at Benicia barracks and ordered to return to the Presidio. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Scott, Third Artillery, has been ordered to assume command of the post and relieve Captain Lockwood. Adjutant General Babcock yesterday in- structed the command\mf officer of the Presidio to discharge all those soldiers of the regular army who had enlisted only for the war. These discharges are, of course, made on the individual applica- tion of the soldier. General Babcock sald that he issued the order in coq\plianca with instructions received from Washing- ton. The only significance of the order s that it is the first offiefal notification from the War Department that the war has ended. The transports Roanoke, Valencia and Portland are about ready to sail for Ma- nila. The Roanoke will possibly get away Sunday. She \xlll carry 300 men. Of the first class of cadets who recently gradu- ated at West Point seventeen are expect- 2d here in a few days. They have been assigned to regiments in Manila and are on their way to jein. The most appropriate souvenir df our Golden State for your Kastern frierds would be a basket of Townsend's Cal. S0c 1b. 627 Market street. ¢ glace fruits.; 3 BRITISH AND AMERICAN NAVY— A. 8. T. W. C., Lowell Hill, Cal. Cadets are enlisted in the British navy between the ages of twelve to thirteen and a half years. They must, after enlistment, pass two years in study ‘on hoard of thé ship Britannia before examination and trans- fer to a sea-going training ship. Boys be- tween the ages of fourteen and, seventeen may, with the consent of their parents or uardians, be enlisted in the United tates navy until they shall arrive at the age of twenty-five. Boys enlisted for the navy must be of robust frame, intelli- gent and of perfectly sound and healthy constitution. A boy of fourtéen under 4 feet 9 inches in height, seventy pounds weight and 26 inches chest measurement | (breathing naturally), will not be ‘ac- | cepted. 7 TO CLEAN A P.INTING—T. M., City. If the “hand painting on canvas” you Qesire to clean is an oil painting, then the following method is suggested, but this department gives it for what it is worth, without recommending it, not having any knowledge of the value of the experiment: Having taken the picture out of the frame, take @ clean towel, and. making it quite wet, lay it on the face of the picture, sprinkling it from time to time with soft clean water; Jet it remain wet for two or three days; take the cloth off and renew it with a fresh one After wiping the picture with a clean wet Sponge, repent the process, Hll you find all the Qirt s soaked out of it; then wash with a soft sponge and let it get quite dry; rub it With some clear nut or linseed oil and it will 1ook as well as when freshly done. VAN NESS AVENUE-G. L., City. There is an ordinance of the city and county of San Francisco that declares that van Ness avenue is an open bou- levard, and one section, which prohibits heavy traffic thereon, says: No truck or dray, wagon, cart or other ve- hicle, carrying or regularly employed in carry- ing goods, merchandise, coal, manure, sand, jumber, or other articles of commerce or tréde, shall travel upon sald boulevard for any pur- pose or in any manner whatever; provided, that vehicles carrylng goods and merchandise to and_from the residents on Van Ness avenu shall have the right to enter such avenue to deliver or recelve the same, on an! along. either side of the streets running at right angles to said avenue, and bounding on one side the block on which the bullding of cuch residents are located and depart by elther | street bounding said block, but not otherwise. This ordinance has not been declared void. —_———— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by ths Press Cugpin‘ ‘Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Moht- gomery street. Telephoné Main 1042. 3 —_———————— Frances Willard Memorial. Appropriate services were held Wednes- day afternoon’ at the home of the ‘Woman's Chirstian Temperance Union, 132 McAllister street, in honor of the mem- ory of Miss Frances Willard, the great temperance worker, who passed away in New York, February 17, 1898. pistoring. o S atntin it “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teetbing with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, rég- 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 Syrup. 2c a bottle. —_—— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $0 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at R ZIallen | hotel; longer stay, §8 per day. Apply at 4 New