The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1899 TUESDAY. MAY 30, 1890 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ;JI;GCATION/OFFI\. ....Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1S68. EDITORIAL ROOMS .2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telep! Main 1874, DBELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Copies, B cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Cell), one year. DAILY CALL (incluéing Sunday Call), 8 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 3 months... th DAILY CALL—By Single Mc 650 BUNDAY CALL One, Year. . 150 WEEKLY CALL, One Year 1.00 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE . iire--...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, Worid Bailding | G- GEO. KROGNESS. Advertising Ropresentative. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Waollingtoa Hotel | C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ©eiiiiiii.....Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advortising Representative. 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 wotil 10 o'clock. £291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open unt!l 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open untli 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 a’clock. AMUSEMENTS. the Flame." Princess Nicotine.” Celumbia—*‘The “ree Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon Ellis streets—Specialties. et street, near Eighth—Bat- Sutro B: Swimm Recreation Park—Ba: Glen Park-—Rall A Thursday even- vland," a, Monday Evening, June 5. AUCTION SALES. iam G. Layneg- \\'-d;}:’*:ri;,\‘. May 31, Horses, at 721 reat at 12 o'clock, 125 Geary 2o & Co.—Tuesday, June rket street B! Ma CUBAN SITUATION t of Saturday said: “The Cuban the bargain a THE vening Pc now offering hims on be regarded as If we refuse to the nations, may sed goods. purchase him with the proviso that he may retain his ausers he will put himself yr sale to the der. If our pretense of livering this from a deserved oppression had been ve daily accumulating cause feel would now constantly increasing reason to Our ultimate intention to an- f ourselves that palliates our manity that a grade or two ed ape oi the Spanish main.” ised is not lost to the Amer- 1 talk as that must call it into imme- | on. It is the expression of a deliberate 11 p ¢d and long, to prepare this country | lation of its plighted faith and solemn 1is Government took ample means, long to inform itseli as to the After reports of these investiga- pledge the Spanish before war, a the country they were summed up oth branches of our Congress, which ke the sacrifice required by e speaker said: “The sturdy Cuban for that glorious birthright of earth, inde- Another said: “Let government.” known on highest patriotism in ition of the new republic of Cuba.” Sen “Cuba has bought her freedom v Mason said: *T wiil just t extract from that distinguished scoundrel 1 . by the name of Christopher he wrote to Aranguren, begging him to ac- d assist in the spirit of Sen = bribes of Blanco. and offering as a reason United States was lying low to steal the of Says this distinguished scoundrel: ation does favors without value received, and if we allow ourselves to be protected it will be at the of our independence. We should not be de- The Yankees will absorb us, and this inde- pendence for which so much blood has been shed we would be compelled fo reconquer against a country of 70,000,000 people.” We will show to the world that this statement is false, that we are not seeking land, that we are not seeking power. But in the close of the nincteenth century the nations of the world will see us as we do to Cuba what the Good Samaritan did, bind up her wounds, feed her people and clothe them; and the nations of the world will say at last, in the beginning of the new century. ‘There is one nation co: ceived not seeking conquest, not seeking power, but one fol- Nazarene that has learned the sublime thought. bear ye one another’s burdens.’” Going back to one vear ago every reader knows that Senator Mason uttered the sentiments of the people of this country. He voiced their purpose in yrting the declaration of war. But a few months e gone by since then and the imperialists and their organs are publishing to the world that in all this we were insincere, that it was all a pretense, that our sclicitude for the cause of humanity was assumed for the purpose of stealing Cuba! 1i this be true, if the inconsistencies, the naggings, the uses of arbitrary power in Cuba on our part, now of daily occurrence, are in pursuance of a design held from the beginning to take that island, we are amply justifying the prophecyof Perez. We are deliberately abandoning the part of the Good Samaritan and are preparing to take our place with the thieves ameng whom a certain man fell while journeying from Jeru- salem to Jericho, who robbed him and gave him the wounds which the Samaritan soothed with wine and qil. As the solemn declarations made in Congress.last year and the expressions of the President’s message are recalled we believe the people will return to the mood they were in last year, when they were ready to spend and be spent for Cuban self-government. We cannot believe that Americans will ever take upon them the shame of admitting that they delivered the Cubans from the “deserved oppression” of Spain, not because of our Christian love of humanity, but to gratify our vuigar greed. lowing the Rabbi Farber of Stockton says that a contemplation and worship of the “Great I Am” usually has a hum- bling effect. The reverend gentleman has probably never met Governor Gage. EMORIAL day is the expression of the im- perishable influence of patriotism under free institutions and of the survival in ‘the Ameri- !c;m heart of those tender feelings which are among |the finest products of advanced civilization. The | form in which this maniiestation of fraternal love for |the dead heroes of the republic is conveyed i§ ex- J"Iuid(e in its conception and deeply sugges! nc in its | symbolism. That more than seventy millions of jlk’r\ple should pause in the midst of their teeming business activities, their political controversies, their niental competitions and their moral agitations, and in gentle tranquillity, at home and abroad, distribute | the benison of flowers over the ashes of thf unfor- | gotten warriors of their own blood who died that their country might live, is a fact that transfuses | pessimism with the warmth and with the beauty of M | | optimistic dreams. The classical mold of this pathetic recognition of gratitude as among the first of human virtues is the artistic feature of the day. But the American soul thrills and glows with sentiments that were unknown to the Greeks, and in the delicate stems, the quivering leaves and the braided loveliness that profusely em- hellish the repositories of their treasured dust, reads | the symbols of individualized immortality. And as, over the whole length and breadth of our consecrated land, the music of the human voice attests the un- dying national memory and translates the national offering into breathing thoughts, expressed in touch- |ing words, citizenship is rebaptized into the saving | faith of unpolluted and regenerating Americanism. | Our dead socldiers have bound us to our national in- | stitutions by every tie of principle and of honor. The ir(‘\‘nlnumnary martyrs were the apostles of the Declar- | ation of Independence and of our federated Govern- The war of 1812 cemented our nationality upon The decisive struggle | | s, | ment | the land and upon the sea. | with Mexico perfected the symmetry of the republic | land secured to the world the future center of pro- | | gressive humanity. The Civil War removed our last | constitutional inconsistency, clothed our political | on with immortal colors and out of its transitory horrors evolved the extirpation of sectional discords and the completed unity of our diversified population. | The war with Spain originated in a sentiment and will | not end in a revolution. It has proved that there has | dence in American manhood and has taught the world the irresistible power of a Govern- been no deca ment founded upon the sovereignty of man and stand- ing for the exaltation of humani Rightly interpreted, Memorial day is unique among | up its cities and develop and advance its artistic in- | dustries. | companies maintain a strong lobby at Washington, | and have had much to do with the delay of Congress that “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” The incidents upon which we have commented, one in an American State and the other in a proposed American dependency, suggest the necessity of rigid adherence to the admonition and of effective resistance to every departure from our political system, no matter under what pretext it may be extenuated. THE INCREASE OF IMMIGRATION. NCE the revival of prosperity following the en- actment of the present protective tariff the United States have once more become attrac- tive to the unemployed of Europe, and as a conse- quence there has been so large an increase of im- migration as to reawaken in the East the popular de- mand for a more adequate restriction than now pre- vails. The evil effects of unrestricted immigration upon the labor market have long been felt throughout all parts of the East north of the Ohio River. In some industries, particularly in that of coal mining, the lower grade of foreign labor has almost compl‘ctely supplanted American labor, and for years past vigor- ous efforts have been made to devise some means of protecting the workingmen of the country from that form of alien competition. The hroblem is one which has been perplexing to statesmen, and up to this time no adequate solution of it has been found. It is conceded that an indis- criminate restriction is not desirable. The United States owe much of their prosperity to the sturdy im- migrants who have helped to clear its forests, build On the other hand there has been a large class of immigrants whose coming has been more hurtful than beneficial to the republic. The point at issue, therefore, is to devise some means whereby the good may be admitted and the evil rejected. Something has been done in that direction already, but it is not enough, as the present increase of im- migration shows. There is, however, something more than the com- plexity of the problem that causes delay in Congress. The great ocean steamship companies that ply be- tween the United States and Europe make a large profit out of the hordes of immigrants that come into the country, and it' is to their interest to have them admitted with as few restrictions as possible. These in passing either of the more stringent restriction bills that have at various times been submitted to its consideration. The evil is more acutely felt in the more populous national holidays. It is a warning to the effete des- potisms of the globe and an inspiration to ourselves. Every man whose memory we celebrate was a free citizen and not a subject or a mercenary. He had the same inalienable rights, the same inheritance of lib- | erty, the same equality of opportunity that we possess | and enjoy. His dying eyes gazed upon the same | glorious flag that to-day spreads its stars and its | in our con- | stripes in forty-five autonomous States tinental territory, in the Antilles, in the Philippines, wherever an American vessel plows the deep or an American uniform glitters upon the land. And, not- | withstanding our temporary disturbances, that flag | has not been soiled by foul contact with despotism, but represents alike the patriotism of the dead and of the living and the unbroken continuity of our con- stitutional union, upon its ancient and its accepted undations | IMPERIALISTIC TWINS. 'WO publications in the press of Friday last, Tlhmlgh referring to different incidents that trans- pired in localities seven thousand miles apart, are deeply significant of the imperialistic tendencies of | the day and of the practical effect they have already produced upon our republican system of government. At Wardner, Idaho, a large number of men claim- ing to belong to a miners’ union destroyed property | and committed other acts of violence. The use of all | the power necessary to restore law and order and to arrest persons who had been guilty of overt criminal | acts was promptly supported by the people and by the to it that there shall be no more bloodshed ' reputable press of the United States. When, however, | said: martial law was unnecessarily declared by the Gov-, ernor of Idaho backed by a military force under Gen- | eral Merriam, when a censorship over local news- papers was established and when, without color of constitutional or legislative authority, the employ- | ment of members of the miners’ union was prohibited {and, in individual cases of applications for work, a | military indorsement exacted, it was felt that even | Russia in its destruction of Finnish autonomy had ex- | erted no more despotic authority and force. Now it appears that the publication of the Mullan Mirror, presumptively an organ of the miners. has| been suspended and its editor arrested on a charge of sedition. It is very likely that the paper has contained indiscreet or even inflammatory articles, of the nature and extent of which we have no information. But in that locality the military power is dominant and suffi- cient to enforce tranquillity and the supremacy of the law without the adoption of imperialistic methods. Interference, therefore, with the liberty of the press, for the abuse of which ample remedies exist through the ordinary tribunals, is a distinct evidence of the growth of militarism and of its violent opposition to constitutional safeguards for personal rights and for | individual liberty. When the Civil War was r:xs;ingéI the pedple would not patiently-endure the assertion of military authority in districts not within the lines of | actual hostilities, and Mr. Lincoln was most careful !to insist upon the conservation of our fundamental law as the vitalizing principle of the Union. In a letter signed by one of the California volun- !teers, well known.in San Francisco, and which is by no means the first of its kind, referring to the capture of bolomen or raiding parties of mountain robbers on Negros Island, the writer says that the troops “turned the prisoners over to the native police, who, after lining them up, filled the men with lead, making good ! Filipinos of them.” It is altogether likely that this mode of speedily transferring the natives of the Philippines to those ' blessed regions where terrestrial imperialism does not exist, is justified by Spanish and also by Filipino pre- cedents. Among American citizens, however, who re- tain some faith-in their Declaration of Independence and in their national institutions, and who have an | actual comprehension of the meaning of the fraternity of men under a divine sovereignty, the enfranchising and civilizing virtues of assassination will be ques- tioned. Negros island is and has been under an Ameritan administration, provisional in its nature. | There is no reason to doubt that the event described in our quotation actually transpired. But it cannot be believed that the unceremonious execution by the na- tive police, without even the rapid proceedirig of a | drumhead courtmartial, was sanctioned by the military | Governor of the island, who exercises civil functions, | or that it will fail to meet stern condemnation, prob- ably on the spot where it occurred, but certainly in American communities, satisfied with their own re- public and not ambitious to follow the imperialistic example of Great Britain. | States of the East than anywhere else. Very few mmigrants, even from Southern Europe, settle in the Southern States, owing, doubtless, to the presence of the negroes. Most of them congregate in the big | cities and have reproduced there something like the conditions which prevail in the slums of the great | capitals of the Old World. That fact renders the | evil of unrestricted immigration more pernicious than it would be otherwise and adds strength to the argu- ments of those who demand that something shall be done at the coming session of Congress to impose restrictions sufficient to protect our workingmen from a degrading competition and our cities from the men- ace of what may become a dangerous mob. S the Royal Statistical Society an essay of the ex- cess of imports over exports in British trade of recent years, which, owing to the eminence of the author, attracted a good deal of attention. A full re- port of the paper, which was quite elaborate, has just been received by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics at Washington, and from a digest which has been given out it appears to be almost as interesting to Americans to the British, for whom it was intended. The paper, of course, deals with British trade, and only incidentally refers to that of the United States. One of the points of interest. however, is Sir Robert's explanation of how Great Britain manages to carry such a large excess of imports from this country over what she exports to it. On that point the speaker THE CARRYING TRADE. OME time ago Sir Robert Giffen read before There are obvious reasons why the United States should have an excess of exports. In the first place, the United States has to pay in its exports for the share of the-carriage of goods in its foreign trade | which is performed by foreign ships. This is a very large figure. In recent years the propor- tion of the imports and exports of the United States carried in foreign ships has ranged between 75 and 8 per cent, so that the United States is a country which has to pay other nations for the carriage of its goods in the foreign trade. Tt may be mentioned, by the way, that the foreign country which does the carrying trade for the United States is mainly the United Kingdom, and in this difference between the two countries accordingly we have, pro tanto, an ex- planation of the excess of imports in the case of the United Kingdom, and of the excess of exports in the case of the United States.” The United States has not had to wait for Sir Rob- ert Giffen to explain how great is the cost of leaving the carrying trade to foreign nations. His words are, therefore, of importance only because they give em- phasis to what has been so often stated in this country by all who have given any study to the subject. The payments which we make to Great Britain and to Continental Europe constitute an immense drain upon the profits we derive from our exports, and means that much of a loss to our people. There is but one remedy for the evil. If Congress will provide legislation which will put American ships on something like equal tcrms_with the subsidized merchant marine of the great nations of Europe, we will soon carry our trade in our own vessels under our own flag and save to our people the money they now expend to pay for the service of foreign ships. Such legislation has long been demanded and ought to be provided at the coming session of Congress. Rear Admiral Schley declares that it was worth all the blood and money lost in the Spanish war to learn our own power and to teach it to others. It may be an interesting coincidence.that his imperial Majesty, Emperor William, asked solicitously the other day after the health of “Fighting Bob” Evans." Paderewski's newly wedded wife is said to possess the remarkable faculty of looking beautiful and ugly by turns. A lady so strangely endowed certainly should have retained the ability of dropping one of the turns or of warning an admirer when the other was due. Latest reports from Europe indicate -that Dreyfus is at last to leave Devils Island for a new trial in France. 1f his dreadful prison has been rightly named he ought to make it reasonably warm for those of his accusers that still retain the pleasure of living. AL SN Cyclones, tornadoes, thunder, lightning, hail and rain are sweeping with devastating power through death-laden districts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Icwa, Missouri and Michigan. And we are still No phrase has been more frequenutly repeated than _‘igrumbling at the clerk of the Western weather, DECLARES HI STATEMENTS - WERE GARBLED General Merriam So Reports to Shafter. THE SITUATION AT WARDNER SAYS THE LAWBREAKERS WERE MOSTLY FOREIGNERS. e A Serious State of Affairs Prevails Among the Miners, Who Are in Dread of Their Lives. B Brigadier General H. C. Merriam, who recently left Wardner, Idaho, to return to his command of the Department of Colorado, arrived in the city yesterday morning. He came for the purpose of making his report to General Shafter in person. Wardner is in General Shafter's department, but as General Merriam was ordered there with troops drawn from both departments, it was necessary for him to report to General Shafter. The two officers met at department headquar- ters about noon and were closeted for over an hour. General Merriam when seen refused to discuss the situation at Wardner, except to say that military law was still in operation there. He, how- ever, declared that he had been grossly misrepresented by the press dispatches that had been sent out as to what he had said in connection with the Miners’ Union. He stated that what he did say had been garbled and twisted so that his true statements had never been made public. General Merrfam says the statement that the miners are Americans is incor- rect; on the contrary the major portion of them are foreigners. He says that he was ordered to Wardner to do a_certain duty, and that he did it, and that he did not use any expressions deserving cen- sure, When 1 left,”” said he, ‘‘there were 33 prisoners still in confinement, but number is being reduced every day as the investigation being conducted by the civil authorities progresses and nom- participants in the late trouble are al- lowed to go. “On the surface everything was quiet and apparently good = feeling relgned again, although at the bottom I know the old feeling is smoldering and only force of arms prevents it breaking out. The prisoners “are not military pris- oners, but were taken by the civil au- thorities. The military went in to the district simply to maintain the peace and make it possible for the civil authorities to make their arrests without the proba- bility of being molested or murdered while they were doing it."” As to the reason for his short stay in this city, General Merriam said: “The Coeur d'Alene is in the Department of the Columbia and consequently under General Shafter's command. really have nothing to do with it. T have come to this city to turn the command over to General Shafter and acquaint him with the conditions he will have to meet. to those conditions or the probable out come of the whole affair I am not at lib- erty to speak.” CHILDREN ALLOWED TO SING IN PUBLIC CRUSADE AGAINST THEATRICAL MANAGERS FIZZLES OUT. | Judge Graham and Acting Police Judge Groezinger Object to a Discriminatory Law. The crusade of the Californfa Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children against proprietors of places of amuse- ment for allowing children to sing and dance has met with an inglorious end, at -u0d a1 s20%[d 9U} JO OM) SB amy SB IEWAl cerned. 3 John Morrisey, manager of the Or- pheum, and Mrs. Lund were charged in Acting Police Judge Groezinger's court vesterday with permitting La Petite Lund to perform on the Orpheum stage. Attorney Ackerman appeared for the de- fendants and pointed out that a child could sing and dance for a church fes- tival but couid not sing and dance for her parents’ benefit, which showed that the law was discriminatory and unconstitu- tional. He contended that it must be shown by the prosecution that the sing- ing and dancing by the child was In- jurious to her physical condition, Officer McMurray, who is attached to the soclety, testified that he could not say If the child's physical condition was injured by singing and dancing, and Prosecuting Attorney Carpenter was put on the stand and asked, “Is there any difference in the physical conditlon of a child singing and dancing at a church fes- tival and singing and dancing at the Or- pheum?” He promptly replied, I cannot say.” Atter the defendant Morrisey testified in answer to the same question that the only difference was the child was paid at the Orpheum, the Judge dismissed the case, In Judge Graham's court Mrs. Addie Sorenson was charged with allowing her daughter, Maud, to sing and dance at the Chutes, and the Judge dismissed the case. The Tivoll cases in connection with the boy, Arnold Glazer, and the girl, Hester Callihan. were called in Judge Mogan's court, but were continued until Thursday by consent. The decision will no doubt be the same as in the other cases. ALL PROFESSORS WILL RECEIVE THEIR MONEY REGENTS DECIDE HOW CHECKS SHALL BE SIGNED. Martin Kellogg Re-elected ‘President of the University for a Term Ending June 30 Next. The Board of Regents at a special meet- ing yesterday forenoon re-elected Martin Kellogg president of the State Univer- sity for a term ending June 30 next. May 15 was the end of the academic year, and at that time the resignation of the presi- dent took effect. As the president of the Board of Regents, Governor Gage, was not in the city, and as the university had no president, the regents could find no one with authority to sign checks; hence it was decided to temporarily fill the va- cancy in the office of president of the uni- versity. & Formerly it was the custom of the Governor of California to sign all de- mands on the treasurer of the university, but there was a departure from this or- der of things during the administration of Governor Budd. On account of sick- ness he was compelled to remain away from the city for several weeks, and dur- ing his absence checks were signed by President Kellogg. Lawyers on the board doubted whether the Governor or the re- gents had any right to delegate the power to the president to sign demands on the treasury, but the business men of the hoard saw nothing amiss in the transac- tion. Regents allace and Foote aow maintain that the gower to sign checks is the prerogative of Governor Gage, and that the regents cannot lawfully vest the president of the university with that au- thority. : It was resolved at the meeting yesteraay that the president of the board, Governor Gage, should be asked to sign the checks. The checks for payment of salaries and the other expenses of the institution at Berkeley are not drawn directly on the Treasurer of the State of California. The money is drawn from the State in large installments and _transferred to Louis Sloss, treasurer of the university. The checks under discussion at the meeting vesterday are those authorizing TLouis Sloss to pay out money belonging to the university. About two years ago the regents pald a Jawyer of this city $2400 for lobbying at Sacramento. In a clerical capacity Gov- ernor Budd signed the check, which was paid by the treasurer of the university. The transaction did not come under the observation of the State Board of Exam- iners or the State Controller. The regents vesterday fixed the salary of President Kellogg at $500 a month, Bids for the construction of the Wil- merding School building will be opened at Berkeley next Friday at noon. The indications are that the regents, at the next regular meeting of the board, will elect Dr. Wheeler of Cornell College president of the university to succeed Martin Kellog; PENNSYLVANIA WANTS CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS AGENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA EXPOSITION HERE. Seeking Exhibits From the Fruit Growers and Wine Makers of the State. An effort is being made to have Cali- fornia well representad at the exposition to be given in Philadelphia next Septem- Ler. The exposition is known as the Na- | ticnal Export Exposition and it will be | phia Commercial Muscum and the Frank- lin Institute. The object is to show as ccmplete and comprehensive a list as pos- sible of the exports of the United States, and it is desired that the products of this State be particularly well represented. The exposition management has sent a representative to California and for the next month he will secure material for a creditable Californian exhibit. Their rep- resentative is J. M. Stauffer of Philadel- hia, who for many years has dealt in P‘alilnrnln fruits in the Eastern markets. Mr. Stauffer has made himself known to the Chamber of Commerce and the State Board of Trade and has secured the in- dorsement and the co-operation of those bedies. He is_prepared to sign contracts for space in the exposition buildings and to make all arrangements with intending exhibitors. 3 “Our exposition,” he said yesterda “has received the' sanction of the Wash ington Government to the extent of an appropriation of $350,000; the | Pennsylvania has subscribed $200,000 more [and the city of Philadelphia_about $230, | 000—in all a total of about $800,000. We vill open an exposition that will attract people from all over the world and we are very anxious that California’s food prod- ucts should be a conspicuous feature. There bhas been set aside a large section of the principal building for expected Cali- | fornia exhibits and we are sure it will be | filled. T will remain here in San Fran- | cisco for two or three weeks and then 1 will go to San Jose, Fresno and Los Angeles. Ry that time I expect to have completed satisfactory arrangements and I will return. ‘‘Space is to be had for §1 a square | foot, no single allotment to be less than | five by ten feet or fifty square feet. The exposition will furnish light and heat and the services of janitors. There is not much time left for intending exhibitors to secure space unless they immediately be- gir. the work of preparation. It will be necessary for all shipments to be ready by the first week in August, leaving a lit- tle over a month for them to reach Phil- adelphia and be put in place. “What we particularly want is a fine display of fresh and dried fruits. Such an exhibit would be of immense value to the State, and {ts effect on the dried fruit trade would be seen at once.” In connection with this dried fruit ex- hibit it has been suggested that a plan, tried with the most xzratifying success in the Hamburg exposition, be tried in Phil- adelphia. This was to have a practical | demonstration of the value of dried fruits by preparing them for the table before the spectators and then to serve the palatable di to whoever desired to sample it. California wines are also wanted by the | exposition and California canned fruits. | Mr. Stauffer will communicate with the | growers, wine makers and canners, call- | ing their attention to.the exposition and | informing them of the chance to secure space. {e has made his headquarters at the Russ House, where he will be dur- ing his stay in this city. The exposition will open September 14 and remain open for three months. NOT ONE, BUT SEVERAL. ! Editor Call: The article recently pub- | lished in your paper entitled “Our One | | Weak Spot,” in reference to the judiciary, | is, in the opinion of the writer, an under- estimate. The truth is, there are several others in our political system in addition to the above, namely, abject submission to boss rule and the vitiated state of af- fairs which permits and perpetuates the | same; political parasites who fatten off the public crib and what they purloin; wise in our own conceits, in a political sense; absurd ideas regarding our stand- ard of civilization; slipshod methods in | municipal affairs; ‘and the apparent re- luctance to improve them by patterning after other well-regulated communities: the deflance of law and authority by the irrepressible, inseparable _and fiendish mob; the existence of a_hungry and un- scrupulous army of office-seekers: the concentration of capital and formation of gigantic trusts for the benefit of the few to the injury of the many and the power | of the “pull” and the “push,” etc. That we are a great nation, however, must be admitted, even with these de- fects—great in_ territory, great in re- sources, great in power, but with a E\E“ deal yet to learn. 8. MOO. e THE VALLEJO WHARF. Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: I notice in Sunday’s Call an item stating that Judge Buckles had decided in favor of the city of Vallejo in the suit brought against it by the Vallejo Ferry Company to enjoin the city from letting a contract to construct a wharf. Your correspond- ent is mistaken. The Judge decided in favor of the Ferry Company. In his opin- fon, which I have before me, he holds the wharf as proposed will interfere with the ferry, and enjoins the city from construct- ing it as planned, or any wharf project- ing south of a certain line, which line is 135 feet north of the proposed wharf. In short. he holds that the 61ty cannat bulld a wharf to interfere with the ferry. The general right of the city to construct a wharf at the foot of Virginia street was not involved in the case or decided by the Judge. It is involved in another case now pending in that court, but that case has not yet been decided. Very respect- ‘W %{AL 3 fully, x Jzns Ferry Company. | 1 | Attorney for Valle: San Francisco, May —_———— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ROAD TAX—J. R., Fort Bragg, Cal There is nothing in the general laws of California that exempts an honorably discharged soldier from road tax. SUNDAY PAPER-J. L. L., Oakland, Cal. This department is unable to find any record of any Sunday newspaper having been published in the city of Lon- don, England, prior to April 9, 1809. THE EMMA MINE-C. A. S., Fresno, Cal. In 1869 J. B. Woodman sunk a shaft below the .-North Star mine in the Little Cottonwood district, Utah, and followed indications of ore until he suddenly opened into the immense deposit which subsequently hecame known as the Emma mine. This department has not been able to learn that “the locator put up a large amount of money in a Salt Lake bank for some one for telling where it was.” WHO WROTE, IT- M., City. “The True Measure of Life,” also printed under the title of “The End of Life,” In which occur the lines: “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in flgures on a dial;" en by Philip James Bailey, who ;:; :g:':lt in Basford, England, 1813" The lines appear in his poem, “Festus"; scene, a country town. | given under the auspices of the Philadel- | State of | A DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT IN CIRCULATION e Most Perfect Coin of Its Kind. e EVEN EXPERTS ARE DECEIVED e g MEXICAN DOLLARS ARE BEING TRANSFORMED. —_— | Banks Are the Chief Sufferers—Coun try Is Flooded With Large Quantities of the Bogus Money. —_— The most dangerou ut on the money ma | ering the Secret S months and thev selves powerless to | who produce the co dollar and has come to banking circles as the * can.” "It is. not | can dollar, but th term |fles that a good Mex has been transformed into an dollar by some proc unknow to the counterfeiters, and so perfectly as to deceive even the expert. The banks are becoming alarmeq at great quantities of the hogus coins wt pass through their channels. They ha awakened to the realization of the fa | that the country is simply flooded w the dangerous counterfeit and are of opinion that some decided be taken by the United Steat ties to discover the guilty parties The bog coin has the true ring ar correct weight, but a close inspection | closes a few slight imperfections hard visible to the naked eye. They bear t! vears 1588, 1504, 1868 and 1899 in flgures not as broad as the genuine. The wreat {around the eagle is somewhat broken ar the nose on the head of Liberty | sharply defined. Again, the cc perfectly centered—that the ea | 3t | the head pn the reverse side are out of 0 | plumb. But all these imperfections ca not be noted without the use of a micr: scope. The color might be said to t slightly “off,”” but not more so than many of the genuine coins. Cashier Thomas Burns states that the coins have been coming into the Treasury for nearly a year pa re day the counterfeits are received and turned over to Secret Service Agent Browne. The latter refused to talk aboy! the subject and manifested entire igna—' rance when asked about it. It is a fact. however, that enormous quantities of the coins are in circulation and that the United ates Government does not recognize the t of their being ‘m#de of the pure metal. That they are not minted legitimately is sufficient cause | for their confiscation and destruction. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Rev. J. O. Lincoln of San Mateo is stop- ping at the Occidental. L. E. Doan, a prominent attorney of Stockton, is at the Grand. i E. L. Barker, a well-known merchant of Oakdale, is spending a few days in this city. General Shafter has returned from Bakersfield quite recovered from his re- cent attack of fever. State Senator William M. Cutter ar- rived yesterday from Marysville and is registered at the Grand. ‘W. P. Hussy of Indianapolis, who has immense timber interests in Washington and Oregon, is registered at the Grand. C. W. Maze and wife of Modesto are guests at the Grand. Mr. Maze is a prom- inent merchant of the valley town. Lord Douglas Compton of London, an officer of the Ninth Lancers, arrived y: terday from Hongkong and is among th guests at the Palace. Count Alex Pavalo, Russian Consul at Korea, arrived yesterday at the Palace. He was among the passengers on the China. J Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. von Win- nig of Berlin arrived on the overland yes- terday from New York and are at the Palace. Mrs. Henry Gribble, Mrs. Herbert Brady and Master Brady of Shanghai, China, ar- rived on the China yesterday and are reg- istered at the Palace. Mrs. R. E. Ewan and Miss Mabel Ewan of Paris and M. D. Currie of London are guests at the Palace Hotel. They expect to tour the State before leaving for the Orient. A Woworsky and wife of Berlin, Ger- many, were among yesterday's arrivals on the China. They have been on a tour of the world and will travel extensively over the United States. Lord and Lady Udny of Calcutta, India, were among- the arrivals on the China vesterday and are en route to England. Lord Udny has_representcd the home gov- ernment In the civil service of India for nearly twenty-five vears and has lately retired. —_——— CALIFORNIANS 'IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 20.—D. McClees of San Francisco is at the Grand. Robert Bruce and family of San Francisco are at the Manhattan; Louis Stern and wife, William L. Weil, Miss Alice Weil, L. Weil of San Francisco are at the Savoy. J. W. Cramer of San Jose is at the Cos- mopolitan. B S Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend". i Special information business houses and public men b; Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 gomery street. Telepnone Main 1042, e Foresters Reunion. The several courts of the Ancient Or- der of Foresters, circles of the Compan- jons of the rorest and junior courts will have a grand memorial at Schuetzen Park to-day. supplied dally to the | ont- | . —_—————— A Work of Art. The new book, “‘Wonderland,” just issued by | the Northern Pacific Railway Company, is the i prettiest publication issued by any railway company this year. It {8 full of beautiful half- tone illustrations, and contains besides a well- written description of a trip taken over this finely equipped line, including a tour through the wonderful Yellowstone Park. Send 8¢ in stamps and it will be mailed to you. T. K. Stateler, Gen. Agt., 638 Market st., San Fran- cisco. et Rock 1sland Route Excursions. Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio Grande and Rock Island railways. Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Boston. Manager and porter accompany these excur- sions through to Boston. 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