The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ns to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephonie Maln 1568. 21T to 23! Stevenson Street 1874, IDITORIAL ROOMS. Telephone CENTS PER WEEK. IVERED BY r Mall, Includin Sunday vall), ng Sunday Call), § months Sunday Cail), 3 months —By Single Mont CALL One Year ¥ CALL, One Yea masters are authorized to receive subscriptions. copies will be forwarded when requested. OQAKLAND OFFICE.. 908 Broadway | NEW YORK OFFICE........ Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC ‘Wellington Hotel C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE vorase Merguette Bailding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcatative. £6.00 3.00 | 1.50 Sample EBRANCH OFFICES—B2T Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until ©:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 c'clock. 65 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock: | 1841 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Marl street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventlh | street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second anq Kentucky streets. open untll 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Lace HandKerchief.” ‘audeville every afternoon reets, Specialties. als, Wednesday afternoen, e. arket street, near Eighth—Bat- Moving Pictures, Monday, April AUCTION SALES. at 2 and § p, m., at-39 s E0ods, This day, at 10:30 a. m. and 2:30.p. ay, at 11 o'cl near Beale. i, Oak_Chairs QUESTIONS OF TAXATION. OTWITHSTANDING the.unequaled commer- 1 prosperity of last year, if the redit iterhs of the war with Spain | regate a bil- | vy load for the people to bear. | there can be no immediate re- | the taxes paid to the Federal Government, | new methods of increasing The imposition of | opted as a war meas- | ural to resort to a temporary re- | m when extraordinary demands for mptly p taxes have never been regarded as part | nue system, a| ic opinion throughout the nn-‘y Now that | d there will be a vigorous de- | s cumbersome mode of meeting ies. N e to be devised. ney had to be pron met. and there is P entific fiscal revision. xation should never be politically | T into party strategy unless, as in | s upon’imports, they involve prin- the people are divided. 1In order| tem into harmony with pub- | 1 the most advanced practi ion should be formed of thor y | mpetent men, to whom the problem should | 1 and by whom it should be fully and im- | with reference the delicate ing complexities it includes. ‘ dered mor en the ¢ ciples upon w to bring our rever es and wi cal | to Henry C. Ada he sta the ssion, has contributed a | phrased paper to the discussion of | ubject, in which he vigorou ad- taxation of the earnings of rail- | ues that the result of this method of | increa he vould be the more :-yfleumtici and complete ‘investigation of railroad business I a central bureau, so that a simple basis of sment would be accurately ascertained that could be »pted by the States aswell as by the Federal nent, and that in this way the complications | es oi the present methods of taxation | ht be simplified and reconciled Gove the people ch plausibility in the proposition that oads not the plant but the earnings of taxation. But thére are many to the plan of Professor Adams, not the hich is the almost inevitable loss of revenue States that would result from its adoption. g the regate property of the country to rep- billions of dollars and the aggregate i of Government, embracing all , in times of peace, at one billion, the rate of taxaticn is one and a quarter per cent. But the e2mount anntally paid by the railroad companies, as shown by Professor Adams, approximates forty-three which, estimated on the balance sheet as- sets, shows a rate of taxation of less than four mills.” Upon any calculation having the elements of probabil- ity this rate cannot be enlarged beyond six mills. It is clear, therciore, that compared with other forms of millions, railroad property, as wealth, is relieved from fully half of its proportionate share of the fiscal burdens. The necessity and the propriety, therefore, of a revision that would aid in removing this inequal- ity is obvious. The révision, however, should:ex- tend to the entire Federal system, exclusive of cus- toms duties, and, if possible, should be so directed as at least to tend toward greater uniformity in the State methods of taxation. T —— San Francisco may be the field of conflict between C. P. Huntington and the Vanderbilts. These gentle- men have met before in more than one gigantic bat- tle of wealth, but they may meet again when con- ditions are less to the liking of Huntington than they were before. Great heavens! Count von Bulow has decided to the airing of the Samoan affair in the Reich- allow It will have a distinct flavor of limburger when DeSs. Dr. Bra of Paris, who has definitely located the mi- crobe of cancer, would confer a great favor on the whole world by discovering “what’s nch generals in the Dreyfus case. eatin’” the Governor Gage on numerous recent occasions has exposed his hand to the people of California. It re- | administer the law with; | cian or two. killed. even a rumor of it. i rumors in circulation at Washington City. y i be obtained.” THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1899. 'ONE MORE ILLUSTRATION. NCE more The Call has demonstrated the superiority of its news service over that of any or all of its competitors. It was the only paper in the world to publish yesterday morning in its first edition the full and correct story of the affray in the Samoan Islands in which two American and one British officer and four marines were This is not the first time The Call has forestalled its competitors in giving news of important events in Samoa. On January 18 of this year it was first to inform the world that Chief Justice Chambers had decided the issue of the succession to old Malietoa in | favor of Malietoa Tanu, and that Mataafa’s followers had broken out into active hostility against the new chief. That news of an event which led up to the present crisis was pub- lished exclusively by The Call on the date named, not another paper in the world having The Call was enabled to give the news in advance of all other papers by reason of the excellence of its widespread and well organized news service. Cable dispatches from Auckland are costly, but The Call, which has not a dollar to: waste on fakes or Creelmans, spares no expense in legitimate news gathering, and thus furnishes the public with not only the most reliable but the promptest reports of events in all parts of the world. The difference between legitimate journalism and fake jjournalism was shown by the contrast between the early and full repart of the news in The Call with the late and jumbled reports given in extra editions of the Examiner. A While the full report from Auckland was in every copy of The Call issued yester- day morning, so that every reader had the benefit of the news, the first edition of the Ex- | aminer had nothing of the story whatever. Thus the*people in districts outside of the city and many of those within it learned nothing of the Sémoan news from that paper. Later on, and after The Call with the full account was on issued a second edition, containing a jumbled report which was said to be based upon the streets, the Examiner By that time The Call's news had gone East over the wires, and it was doubtless a garbled summary of that report which furnished the basis for the Examiner’s version. It is worth noting that in giving the rumor from the East the Examiner did not pretend to know the circumstances under which the officers were killed, but said: on the American cruiser at the time it would lead to the supposition that there had been some conflict with another war vessel, but the desired information cannot at this moment “If they were At the time the Examiner was getting ready to assure its second edition readers that information on the subject could not be obtained, the patrons of The Call were read- ing it at their breakfast table. Itis true that later in the day the Examiner issued an extra in time to give the news in.advance of the evening papers which are now becom- [ ing its rivals, but in order to obtain the extras the public had to pay. The Call had given the news not only with promptness, but without “extra” charge to its readers. | SUPPRESSION NEEDED ALL AROUND. T is not improper to remark, apropos of the dis- turbance in the Police Department, that the peo- isco take a cheerful view of the situation. Their irations are based upon the hope that aiter Chief Lees and his lieutenants have suc- ceeded in suppressing themselves, they will proceed seriously to work of suppressing gamk\ling. not in Chinatown, but in Caucasiantown. Gambling 1 kinds is carried on in the latter region in de- Not many weeks ago we published a list of faro 2nd crap games in operation. If this pub- lication attracted the attention of the Police Depart- ment no one has discovered the fact, aside from the officers who were detailed to make the regulation upon Caucasiantown, which result in anything except dust. Doubtless there is need of a thorough investiga- tion in Chinatown. That region has long been a can- cer upon the face of the city, and the fact that it has cost a large number of sergeants and lieutenants their positions on the police force is attesting evidence that as a corrupter of policemen it stands without a peer in the records of the town. But, notwithstanding this, the Police: Commissioners should take nothing for granted. Lieutenant Price may have been giving Chinese gamblers protection in consideration of mcessions from them, but the charge should be proved before he is either dismissed or removed. In no event should the Commissioners make a change in the administration of Chinatown without improv- ing i oral character. A mere shuftling of masters il make no difierence to the Chinese gamblers. They would as soon pay tribute to Brown, Smith or Robinson as to Price. What the Chinese quarter ple of San Frar pi ct fiance of law. raids never | wants is a lieutenant possessed of integrity who will out fear or favor and entirely irrespective of political pulls. The history of hinatown shows that there is always at the bottom of corruption a politi- Little Pete used to connect the gam- blers and highbinders directly with the political bosses, and the “rake-offs” which he demanded were paid in person to the “blind white devil,” or other white devils who were nogblind, but who were able to include in their contract not only police protection squads” | in Chinatown, but protection in the Police Courts, if not in the Superior Courts. In fact, Little Pete him- self was caught fixing a jury and sent to San Quen- tin. However, we think we state the succinctly when we say that the people of San Francisco sin- cerely trust that the Police Department will suppress gambling all around as soon as it has succeeded in suppressing some of its conspicuous officgrs. Cer- tainiy there is need of more suppression than the Ingleside rdcetrack [ tience and the seli-possession of conductors and gripmen are severely taxed. But it is also true that the traveling public have some rights that on a few of the lines are habitually disregarded. There have been instances recently of brutal treat- ment of passengers by conductors that ought to at- tract the attention of the street railroad managers. Only a day or two ago a sober and apparently re- spectable man riding on the dummy of a Powell street car presented a transfer which the conductor declined to recognize, and, upon his refusal to vacate his seat or pay his fare, he was ejected, without unnecessary violence. Down to this point it may well have been that the conductor was within his right. But when this passenger, finding that his transfer would not be accepted, again boarded the car and twice offered to pay his fare, the conductor passionately told him that he could not ride, and, with the help of another employe of the line, again threw him off with such violence that his head struck the lower end of a lamp-post and was badly cut. The latter half of this incident was purely brutal. It happened on the same day that, on a Market street car, a lady without silver tendered a quarter- eagle in payment of her fare, and, upon receiving her change, objected to one of the silver dollars handed her, on the ground that, in her opinion, it was coun- terfeit. Instead of replacing the dollar, as every in- stinct of propriety would have suggested, she was at once publicly subjected to a torrent of abuse. Impositions upon conductors unquestionably oc- cur, and they probably are often victimized by coun- terfeit silver. But nothing is commoner than for a passenger who has tendered a quarter or a half dol- case STREET-CAR OUTRAGES. T is not doubtful that on street car 'lings the pa- Quires no paimist to read political death in its lines. | lar for fare, supposing it to be genuine, to have it re- turned by the conductor, after several minutes have clapsed, and, unless quickly exchanged, to be insulted. And these occurrences are more frequent with women than with men. Gripmen and conductors should be taught that, as the representatives of common carriers, ordinary po- liteness and decent treatment are not concessions on their part, but merely the acknowledgment of rights and especially that passengers hold, in American SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS. communities. CCORDING to a publication of the United | fl States Bureau of Statistics, the submarine tele- | graphs of the world at the closé of last Febru- | ary numbered 1500, had an aggregate length of 170,- | 000 miles, represented a cost estimated at $250,000,000, and transmitted annually about 6,000,000 messages. The greater number of these submarine telegraphs | are comparatively short cables owned by govern ments and employed in connection with forts, light- | houses and signal stations. There are about 320 com- | niercial cables, owned by thirty-five companies. These | control about 150,000 miles of cable, leaving for the | governmental cables only about 20,000 miles of (hc; total. It is noted, however, that the governments of the world hold something more than 80,000 miles of cable stock for war purposes ready at hand to be 1aid at a moment's notice when the emergency arises. Every great body of water lying between any inhab- TRADE REVIVAL -~ FELT BY THE MERCHANTS Gateway of the Orient Is Opened. WHARVES PACKED WITHGOODS BUSINESS PROPERTY CHANGES OWNERSHIP RAPIDLY. General Rehabilitation Taking Place in the Old Wholesale Dis- trict Near the * Wharves. The merchants of this city are shaking off the lethargy which has marked their movements in recent years and are eager- ly awaiting the development of trade with the Orient. Shipping interests, which have been on the decline for years, are building up. From indications it will be but a matter of a few years when the water front will be so thronged with shipping as to pre- sent the appearance of a forest of masts, as in early days. The hope of the merchants for years A O the Editor of The Call: that a blessing is in my heart and a cific. [ ® ® [ [-d ® [ 3 [- 3 ® among the choicest of memories. San Francisco, April 12, 1359, L 1] ° * | 908 that the gates of the Orient would be summer, while en route to opened to the exports of this about to be realized. together. For months past the wharves have been congested with freight, for which no room could be found on the reg- ular steamers. has been pressed into service, but to no 2@ L 1] SON’S GRATI Permit me, through the columns of your journal, to make public acknowledgment of my sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the people of San Francisco for their many courtesies, magnanimous and fraternal treatment of my hon- ored father—in life and in death—and on the eve of my departure with his remains for his loved home in Tennessee I beg to assure one and all father’s host of friends and acquaintances in this great city of the Pa- In an especial manner do I desire to return my sincere thanks to the three commanderies of Knights Templar for assuming entire charge of the obsequies in this city and conducting them in the beautiful ritual of their order, which my father so much loved. To officer at the Presidio and of the National Guard for the escort of honer; to the Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge for the words of eloquence; to the noble women of the city who contributed the magnificent floral offerings, and to the daily press for their kind words. weary voyage across the Pacific finds here an amelioration which words of mine can never express, and which I shall Very gratefully and respectfully, Sergeant Major First Tennessee Infantry, U. S. V. 9&0809 0 coast Is | pines, Steamers are being | friends—new friends, to be sure—but as | built as fast as mechanics can put them | stanch and lasting as those he left be- | All the available tonnage | | effect, the freight offered being still greatly in exc of the capacity of all| the steamers now leaving this port. Al- thbugh the freight is stowed in ev available nook and cranny, the steamers must leave almost entire cargoes behind them. To keep pace with the pressure of bu ness modern methods must be adop! which means that the young, progressi ness from the them. attract and hold trade ten since are not the vogue to-day. and the dash are which are associated with the methods the present time. The old business trict seems to have caught the infection of the forthcoming boom. Buildings are 3 ited parts of the earth has been crossed and recrossed | by submarine telegraphs. The Mediterranean is trav- | ersed through its length and breadth by numerous | lines, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea are | almost equally well supplied, and their islands are con- | nected with one another and with both the northern | and southern American continents; thirteen lines con- | nect the United States with Europe; three span the | ccean between South America and the Old \\'orld;‘ the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean are traversed by | lines bringing Asia into communication with Europe; while in the Pacific Ocean a series of cables stretches from Siberia southward to Australia and from xhat; continent other lines extend to New Zealand and to | New Caledonia. The one link lacking to the completion of the world | system of submarine telegraph is that portion of the | Pacific extending from America across to Asia. Con- | cerning that link the report says: “The chicf obsta- | cle in the past to the construction of a grand trans- Pacific cable was found in the fact that midocean resting places could not be satisfactorily obtained or arranged for, no single government controlling a suf- ficient number of suitable landing places to make this seem practicable in view of the belief that the distance through which messages could be sent and cables con- trolled was limited.” The results of the war with Spain have put the United States in a position to overcome the difficulty of the past. With landing places at Hawaii, Wake Is- land, Guam and the Philippines, we could lay a c)ble no section of which would have a length equal to that now in daily operation between France and the United States. The lengtht of the French cable from Brest to Cape Cod is 3250 miles, while the greatest distance from land to land on the proposed Pacific route would be the 2089 miles between San Francisco and Hawaii. Along with the extension of ocean cables there has been an extraordinary development and improvement in the methods of their operation. On the first cable across the Atlantic the speed rate was but three words | a minute, several hours were required for the trans- mission of a message and the receipt of a response, and the cost to the sender was $100 a message. At the present time the speed of transmission averages fifty words a minute, with a higher speed on the auto- matic transmitters; the price has been diminished to 25 cents per word, and it is noted that a message sent from the House of Representatives in Washington to the House of Parliament in London during the chess match of 1898 was transmitted and a reply received in 13% seconds. N Summing up the benefits to be expected by the United States from the construction of a trans-Pacific cable, the report says: “The commerce of the coun- tries of Asia and Oceanica amounts to more than $2,- 000,000,000 annually, their imports alone averaging more than $100,000,000 a month. Of this enormous market the United States at present obtains less than 6 per cent. With direct cable communication across the Pacific, direct water communication through the Nicaragua Canal, and an increase in the number and capacity of American steamships, it seems not im- proper to suppose a material addition might be made to the share obtained by the United States in the trade of that part of the world.” being overhauled; new ones are planned | or under way, while is rapidly changing week three separate sales w cach for over $100,000. \Varehous des ble property ownership. Last cre recorded, and wholesale houses will be built on them to | trade with | accommodate the Increased the Orient. The North End Improvement Associa- tion is doing much for the section lyin = east of Kearny street and north of Mar- | ket. The chief demand of its members lacking | is for the betterment of the pavements. | There is a unanimous desire that the cobblestone pavement, which was a model in its way when originally put down forty years ago, be replaced with bitumen or other modern material. The members of the association have asked the Supervis- ors to bear half the cost of improving the streets. The balance would be paid by the property owners. They hold that the Supervisors owe a debt to the busi- ness interests, of the city in the matter of these repairs. Property values and rents have decreased enormously, all of which means a direct loss to the city in | taxation. 2 President Charles Nelson of the Cham- ber of Commerce is one of the merchants having an abiding faith in the future of this city. *“It is evident the Government will send all supplies to its possessions in the far East from this city,” he said yes- terday. “This will increase in volume gradually and should in time reach enor- mous proportions. It is the shorter route by this way and will be the one used by .’.\el exporters. The building of the Siberian Railroad has had an appreciable effect here. Already fifteen vessels have left here for Vladivostok, where formerly but three or four were required to handle the material shipped from this port. Eng- land and Australia are using a great deal of our redwood now. The English are using it for furniture, having learned of the beauty of the wood when polished. All these signs point but one way. They indi- cate that this city will regain the pres- tige it enjoyed a quarter of a century ago.” J. H. Rosseter, manager for the house of W. R. Grace & Co., shares with other merchants the confidence in the future of this port. ‘“We are on the eve of a great commercial awnl(enin%," he sald. “The trade from this port has been gradually increasing until it should soon assume large proportions. The merchants havs long watched the Orient as a great field for théir operations. All their hopes seem destined to be realized now. Trade with South America has developed gradually, although this coast is under a disadvan- tage in handling it when compared with the Bast. We transship at Panama, while their steamers go direct.” ‘According to Brainerd N. Rowley, editor of California Fruit Grower, the fruit in- terests of the State are safe. e says: “The outlook for good crops of fruit were never better than they are at present. The fruit is fifteen days farther advanced than it was at this_time last year. The trees are strong and hardy and there is little possibility of their suffering a s¥tback. Cherries and apricots will not d{ie!d a full crop, but all others will vield in abun- dance. It is hard to tell what the foreign demand will be, as it is governed almost | entirely by the price at which the fruit is marketed. In this country, if the peo- ple want anything, they get it, giving no heed to the price. In other countries, if they find an article costs more than they had set aside for it they go without or substitute someth!ng that can be had at the price they intende The infection of better times coming is in the air, and Frusvemy, which comes in the train of a a:gelg increased volume of trade, should soon be felt by the peo- le in all walks of life, whether they he r}x‘ thte ranks of the laborer or the mer- chant. Embeszlm.xent Charged. August Holtgen "of the Pacific Tank Company w{,n_s arrested yesterday after- noon on three warrants chargi with embezzlement. The cor:p';gln}:‘rs; witness is J. W. Oliver of the Aermotor Company, 2 Beale street. Holtgen was manager for the Aermotor Company till about two years ago, when he went to the rival concern. He is accused of embez- zling moneys which he claimed as com- mission on sales. There is a suit between 4 the parties pending in the Supreme Court. d to pay originally.” | | of the staff of J. E. B. | the LAST HONORS 10 COL. SMITH OF TENNESSEE Just Tribute to the Old Hero. IMPRESSIVE MASONIC RITES |KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONDUCT THE FUNERAL SERVICES. The Remains Escorted to the Ferry by a Large Cortege of Police, Military and Members of the Order. Grandly impressive were the honors shown to the late Colonel Willlam F. Smith of Tennessee yesterday—nonors such as are rarely shown the memory of a fellow-soldier outside of his own home circles. But though the widow and rela- tives of the veteran of two wars are waiting for the home-coming of their loved one, the breadth of the continent away, it did not devolve upon mere stran- gers to perfunctorily perform the rites due his rank in military and Masonic cir- cle: During his brief sojourn here last 8D O TUDE. very benediction on my lips for my the commanding The sadness attendant upon the carry throughout life GEORGE J. SMITH, Philip- host of | the Colonel Smith made a hind in distant Tenne: | It was with the expressed wish of these new friends that the remains were held here in order that San Francisco and the | State might honor them fittingly. In his own State Colonel Smith was one of the most prominent members of the Masonic order, and while here he was welcomed into the local lodges, where he formed many of his warmest friendships. It was proper, therefore, that the ser- vices should be conducted under the aus- | pices of the Knights Templar, of weuich deceased was past grand commander of his native Stat The services were held in Masonic Tem- ple at 3 o'clock and it was significant of the bonds that unite the North and Sputh that among the large number of civifjans | present there were no more sincere | mourners than members of the Grand Army and ladies of the Relief Corps, who had learned to love this former officer in the Confederate service. Prominent in the temple were six com- rades of Colonel, then Captain Smith, of | the Army of Northern Virginia. They | were General H, R. D. Maclver of Stone- wall Jackson's staff and later a_member Steuart, Jflm‘tl's ee. Tucker, Henry St. George Bryan, Kane, J. S. Sherman and Thomas H. A drews. In the escort to the ferry th gentlemen were given a place in line mediately behina the members of Grand Commandery. The heavy metallic casket, draped with the American flag, stood in the center of the floor and around and on top of it were numerous beautiful floral pieces. Sir Knight John F. Merrill presided, while Rev. Alexander Carson officiated as_pre- late. Sir Knight S. M. Shortridge deliv- ered the oration and Sir Knight Samuel D. Mayer, grand organist and director of | the temple choir, arranged the musical programme, which consisted of ‘‘One Sweetly ~Solemn Thought,” “Come to Me,”’ “Sleep, Brother, Sleep,” and “Thy Will Be Done,” by the choir. Besides the Grand Commandery there were preserit California Commandery No. 1, Golden Gate No. 16 and Oakland No. 11, all in full regalia, and these, together with a large detachment of troops, acted | as_escort. The troops, drawn up on Post street in front of the Temple, attracted an im- mense concourse of people, and for an hour or more the street was almost im- Eussnbl(‘. Sir Knight Frank V. Sumner ad charge of the escort, the troops be- ing commanded by Capfain James . Britt, Twenty-fourth United States In- fantry. At 4 o'clock the services were concluded and the casket was borne to the hearse, the troops and Knights presenting arms and the mounted band of the Fourth United States Cavalry playing *‘Nearer ¥hGod. t([)ngl'hee," ¢ e pallbearers were Sir Knights Franklin H. Day and Brilsford P. l‘slint for California Commandery; Z. F. Gilpin and A. W. Burrell for Oakland Com- mandery; Charles L. Field and A. e Booth for Golden Gate Commandery and Majors H. B. Hosmer and James A. Margo of General Warfield's staff repre- senting the Natlonal Guard of California, Lieutenant Birdsall and a platoon of thirty police headed the procession and were followed by the band and Troops B and M, Fourth United States Cavalry: Troop A and the Second Brigade Signal Corps, N. G. C. Behind the mounted troops marched Companies E and I, Twenty-fourth United States Infantry, and it was a source of comment on the changed conditions of the country that | colored troops marched in honor of one | Who a third of a century ago fought to | continue thelr race In bondage, But these dusky heroes of El Caney, Siboney and Santiago were proud to pay this tribute | to the gallant old soldier who had now | fallen for the same flag they fought| under. Following the troops came the | three commanderies of Knights Templar, | the hearse followed by the dead officer's | charger he brought with him from Ten- nessee and left behind when he went to Manila. The somber tra&mings. boots re- versed in the stirrups and sheathed sword hanging from the pommel of the saddle | )Jlul added to the solemnity of the occa- sion. The ' Grand Commandery, Confederate Veterans, and carriages containing Ser- geant George Smith, son of the dead offi- cer, who is accompanying the remains home, and several lady friends of the family brought up the rear. Down Market street to Steuart, to Mis- sion, and thence to the eastern gate to the depot marched the cortege, the mili- tary forming line and presenting arms at ate, while the Knights conttnued on to the dock. A delegation went across the bay to Oakland, where the casket was placed on board the Central overland and started east at 6 o'clock. Sergeant Smith's mother and sister will meet him at St. Louls and with him will accompany the remains of their husband and father ‘to Nashville. A Fighting Artist. E. M. Rinaldo, an artist, was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Mogan on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon in §1000 bonds. Dur- ing a row on Sacramento street, near Kearny, he struck a man on the temple with @ bottle, cutting an artery, the [ REGISTRATION UNDER THE NEW PRIMARY LAW Meeting of Election ~Commissioners. | CONSOLIDATION OF PRECINCTS | | REGISTRAR BIGGY WILL SAVE EXPENSES. }His Present Clerical Force Will Be | Adequate to Perform the Work Required of Them. Registrar Biggy has begun active prep- arations for the primary election to be held in August, as well as for the pro- posed bond election to be held next month. Yesterday the Election Commis: | sioners held a meeting, those present be- ing Commissioners Wells, Lane, Tilton and Sheehan. Aside from a general and informal dis- cussion of the new election laws and their workings, the commission took favorable action on the following request preferred by Registrar Biggy: il 11,1899, ‘To the Honorable 3oard of ~Eleetion Commissioners—Gentl : T respectfully ask your honorable be authorize met pre- pare for the holding of the primary election in accordance with the act approved March 3, and known as the “Stratton Primary ** Al elections under this law are to be conducted, aged and controlled as are elections for State and county officers.. The general precincts as they now exist may be consolidated, but not more than thre¢ shall constitute a primary election precinct. Regis- tration for this election will be open not-later than June 3 and close July 22. The election will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 1869, 3 It will be necessary to map out the primary election precir to prepare the necessary blanks, tally credentials and returns for approval by your honorable board. It will also be necessary to prepare for the municipal election, which will take place in November next, in accordance with the charter. All election laws have been changed, with ref- erence to registration, and a new form of bal- lot and ballot law has been adopted. Registration is now open, In view of the fact that there may be an election for the issu- ance of bonds for local improvements. 1 would therefore, in view of the foregoing, ask your honorable board to be allowed the necessary assistance as will from time to time be required from now on for the proper conduct of this office. Resvectfully, e W. J. BIGGY, Registrar of Voters. All of the requests made by the Regis- trar were granted. Mr. Biggy stated that he would be able to conduct registration for the bond, primary and municipal elec- tions with his present clerical force and without additional expense to the city. New registration will not be necessary to enable voters to participate in these clec- tions except where changes of residence have occurred. Sy For the primary election Registrar Biggy will consolidate the 303 election pre- cinets into a total of 106, thus effecting a considerable saving. If a bond election is ordered the precincts will probably be still further consolidated. ANFWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WEIGHERS IN THE MINT—A. O. S., City. Those who seek employment in the United States Branch Mint in San Fran- cisco, particularly in the weigher's de- artment, will have to follow the same ’L?Durse that is followed in all other, de- parments, and that is to undergo a ¢ivil service examination. For application blanks apply at the Mint. THE CORBETT CASE—B. F. F., Oak- land, Cal. In the Corbett case—that is the case of the appointee of the Gov- ernor of Oregon, appointed after the Leg- islature had failed to elect a United States Senator—the Senate refused to seat him on the ground that there having been no election, there was no vacancy. MAJORITY—J. D. H., City. If two candidates run for an office, 120 votes are cast, one receives 59 votes and the other 61 votes, the one receiving the highest number is elected by a majority of two votes. In that case it would require 61 votes to elect. Receiving that number, one has a majority of two votes over his opponent, who received but 59. MACHINE SHOPS—S., Sebastopol, Cal. Tt cannot be said that there is any partic- ular time when the “busy season com- mences in the machine shops.” The busy time depends on the amount of orders re- celved, One desiring to enter a shop as an apprentice or a helper should file an application with the foreman of the par- ticular department he would like to La: 5 work in. MULLER—C. A. Y., City. The English pronunciation of the German name Muller, with two dots over the u, can be only acquired upon hearing the name pronounced by a German. It i{s not roper to pronounce it Muller or Miller. g‘he u should be sounded as that letter is sounded in plume in French or guid in Scotch, and the e should be sounded as is that letter in her. ————— Cal glace fruit 50c per > at Townsend's.* —_—— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men bfl the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s),510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ —_————————— Love at First Sight. The dear girl has been baiting’ him by you believe in love at first sight?” Sh"eo?'kzghrse." answered the Savage Bachelor. Do you suppose if a man had the gift of second sight he would fall in love?’'—Cincinnati Enquirer. e THE CALIFORNIA LIMITED, Sante Fe Route. Three times a week; 3% days to Chicago, 4% days to New York. Handsomest train and most complete service. ket street. 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