The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1899, Page 6

() THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1899. T WEDNESDAY he ot Call ....JUNE 7, 1800 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address Al Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ;L?BLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Maln 18%4. DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER .WEEK. Single Coples, 5 cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), ¢ months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), '$ months. DAILY CALI 'y Single Moxnth. BUNDAY CALL One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE...... E vereee...-908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Building C. GEO. KROGNESS. Advertldngiflepn“nutln. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE ..Wellington Hotel €. C. CARLTON, Corrcspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. - Marquette Buildl, C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—52T7 Montgomery street, corner Clay open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll ©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 untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. lumbia—A New Comedy. and Opera House—''The Pirates of Penzance’” and “I'Pag- Vaud Hamlet The Merry War."” nfa—"‘Lucta.” tes Zobo and Free and evening. mpla—Corner Mason and Ellis streets—Spectalti Co., Market street, near Eighth—Bat Theater—Vaudeville every after- etc. his day, at 10:30 & m. and 25 Geary street. hureday, June 29, at 10 a. m., Premont streets, Planing Mill Machinel Eldridge & Ruge, at Russell & Co r Mission and N IO DEWEY: THE MONUME )RE the present week closes the subscrip- s to the Dewey monument fund ought to ch the$30,000 mark. Reports given at the last the committee show that nearly $30,000 iy subscribed, and with that amount upon the contributions to, the enterprise v mount upward to the sum required to undertaking upon the scale that has meeting of have to bu should rapt s any undertaking in California received 1 more general approval than has been ‘rom one end of the State to the other the v and cordial rably commented on and a due appreciation f the fitness of San Francisco as a site for a comr {ing monument to the admiral whose great victory has given the United States a dominant pres- tige on the Pacific Ocean. I 10W It is intended to stand for ages as a mani- of popular regard and admiration for the 1 to its construction therefore all classes of are invited to contribute. The sum of $100,- hough considerable, is not a large one to be a commonwealth so rich and so populous as nia. Nearly one-third of it has been already sed, and yet the work of collecting contribu- rich men, fes hero, citize has hardly begun he tributions for the purpose of erecting a mansion in \ gton for Dew m in this city, there is something of rivalry be- tween this State and the populous East to see which nd the more effectually ac- plish its wo ornia at present has a good 1 and the chances are will have the entire. amount n sight long before the East raises more than is aimed at there. in making contributions. - is nothing in the situat.on to cause any one hesi The direction and management of the iterprise are in good hands, and a sum sufficient to virtually guarantee the success of the movement has heen subscribed. Every feature of the patriotic un- dertaking gives assurance therefore to the public that money contributed to the fund will be promptly ap- plied to the purpose for which it was donated. There is not to be any of that long delay that wears out popular interest in public enterprises. If the con- tributions are given in as promptly as they should be the erection of the monument will be a matter of the immediate future will the more speedily The plan suggested by prominent Irishmen in New York for the purch: of the Lakes of Killarney and contiguous country for an Irish national park appeals The Lakes of They are poetry's gift to more than members of that race. Killarney are more than Irish. to an entire world. Judging from the cable dispatches, Tod Sloan is by long odds the most important personage in Europe, and if Kaiser William do not get him a new uniform | or make another war lord speech very soon people will forget he lives op that continent Trainer Tim McGrath of this city promises to join the ranks of the benefactors of mankind. He nounces that he will soon introduce to the public a brace of deaf and dumb prize-fighters. The world will not weep at the fate that overtook La Brega, the notorious agent of Weyler. The only | regret will be that it was not the neck of the “Butcher” that felt the noose. Suggestion for a feature at the Paris Exposition of 1900: A cyclone cellar into which the Government could retreat until after any little storm like the present blows over. A Washington special is to the effect that General Otis is moving against the Filipinos aith the inten- tion of hemming them in. In other words, he means to sew ‘em up. The mania for wife-beating seems to be on the in- crease in this vicinity. Six months in quod for each offender might prove the most efficacious remedy. Even for talking purposes the Peace Conference Commissioners are not in it with the fellows who have authority to arrange a fight to a finish. X The amount of confidence Fitzsimmons and Jeffries undoubtedly possess should not lead the public to be- lieve they are that sort of men. of commendation have been spontaneous | Fast the subject has been | is not the design of the promoters of the move- | ment that the monument shall be the gift of a few | people of the East began to collect con-| about the same time that the | fornia movement was started to erect'a monument | FAIR PLAY FOR THE NEW CHARTER. HE CALL vigorously and consistently opposed the adoption of the new charter. It was under discussion for months, not merely in respect to the plan of municipal government upon which it was based, but also in its segregated features and in its de- grounds of policy, and, in some particulars, for con- | stitutional reasons, and was supported by a multi- plicity of facts and by strong and consistent argu- ment. The Freeholders, by whom the new charter | framed, were carefully selected, embraced many repre- i<cnlati\'e and intelligent citizens, among whom able ;l wyers were included, and as a body they were ob- ;\imlsly devoted to the public good. They deliberated for months, and received and considered numerous | suggestions from official and unofficial sources. When completed the instrument embodied their settled con- clusions, reached without undue haste and as the re- sult of earnest and protracted labor. The new charter was most exhaustively considered by the community in every phase in which it could be presented, and with unusual acumen and intelligence. Members of the Board of Freeholders made numer- ous public speeches and wrote many communications Its opponents were equally energetic and thorough. The publications on both sides of the controversy were exhaustive and were widely cir- culated. After all this preliminary debate, at a spe- cial election, where there was no other question to distract public attention, it was adopted by a majority of 2364, out of a total vote of 26,969. It was also sion of the Legis- was |in its favor. unanimously ratified at the last ses lature. We live under representative institutions, and when, after dispassionate and mature investigation, in con- formity with the constitution and the statutes, the new charter was thus enacted into law it became and | it is the duty of eve |to the extent at least that the new scheme of local government is consistent with the Federal and State This is the present attitude of The It is proper and essential that, at the right time constitutions. Call. and without unnecessary delay, constitutional ques- ons of the instru- | ment should be raised and determined. But it is not | proper and it is not that the monopoly should be facilitated in raids, which have | tions arising under various prov essential railroad | no relation to any conceivable public service, and are idesigned solely to relieve the Southern Pacific Com- !pan_v and the Market Street Railway Company from limitations upon franchises and from other practical | conditions that are manifestly legal and just in them- sclves and that stand in the way of such wholesale robbery as was recently attempted through corrupt members of the Board of Supervisors. The people are entitled to the benefit of every clause by which their rights are protected, and all patriotic citizens | and independent taxpayers will rejoice if it should | turn out that at last a check has been effectively in- terposed to the commission of acts under monopo- listic direction that but for the fixed locality of the | public streets would combine every element of lar-‘: ceny. For municipal officers to attack the new charter, | | twhether at the suggestion of the railroad or purely on | | their own account, in order to prolong their terms, is | | indecent and not susceptible even of palliation. These | jgcm]cmen accepted their nominations and conducted " | their canvass with the distinct understanding that, if | Every vote | | elected, they were to serve for one year. | cast for them rested upon this proposition. They hold | their offices by popular indorsement for the circum- | scribed period. They are actually pledged to support | | the charter and to vacate their positions when new officers are chosen, unless they should exhibit such efficiency and integrity as to become their own suc- } cessors. They have no right as an afterthought and | through technicalities, if they exist, to enforce upon | | the community, without its consent and against its will, | | new contracts for extended service. There are some ‘L of the present incumbents of whom The Call does not | believe that they would voluntarily act as catspaws for | the railroad, and yet that is the exact attitude into which it is proposed to seduce them. The Call has no apology to make for its antagon- ism to the new charter. It has no desire to interpose | of any of its| features that can be plausibly attacked upon consti- tutional grounds. But it insists that the instrument obstacles to a fair and prompt test | shall have fair play and that its full operation shall | not be impeded by corrupt railroad designs, in the | | interests of local or State monopoly, er for the un- | just prolongation of official terms. THE PORTO RICAN PUZZLE. HE statement made on Saturday by the Com- | Tmissioners from Porto Rico lets some light on | the situation in that island. They represent industry and trade suspended, the people generally in want and many starving. These hard fates are upon ' them because they are practically .isolated. Their | government by the United States army is complained | of as oppressive and distasteful. Their former advan- | tageous commerce with Spain is cut off by the trans- | fer of the island to the United States, while the ‘tariff | | of this country shuts them off from trade here. In| their hunger and distress they have made the unhappy | discovery that trade has pot followed the flag. The | an- | imagination of our people has been somewhat inflamed | ,rbitration. by the usual tale of “immeasurable wealth” in the |island. The fact is that, like most tropical countries, t is poor. It produces the perishable fruits of the | torrid zone, but is incapable of exploitation agricul- turally in the sense in which temperate zone lands can | be used. The physiography of the island is yell | known. It is largely mountainous, with but few !plains, and these limited in area. Its former noble | forests have mostly disappeared. Its many mountains | streams are torrential in consequence. The soil is so soaked by the almost perpetual rainfall that unless | 1¢rses are provided with broad platforms to stand on ! their hoofs speedily rot off. The whole island is infected with tuberculosis, due possibly to the humid- ,mu and perhaps planted originally by invalid pil- grims, ill with the disease, who mistakenly sought it as a sanitary retreat because it was tropical. Once planted there the disease has flourished in its damp environ- { ment until not many are free from it, and, in view of its infectious and communicable nature, it presents an | additional peril to North Americans who may attempt | to sojourn there. The zymotic diseases also abound at all seasons. The physical features of the island fit it only for the kind of people who are there now. The popula- tion is noisomely dense, 230 to the square mile. There is no room for any more. In spite of the rapid tails. The opposition of The Call was pressed upon | | are limited. | be quite formidable, and will be felt by the Califor- v American citizen to acquiesce, | | come. | States for the sake of upholding a claim to an Alaskan growth of certain tropical products, the people are | usually in squalor, and famine-smitten. As the whole area of the island equally apportioned would give {each only two acres and a fraction, if it were all arable, life would' be maintained only by a struggle. | But so much of it is rough and mountainous that the arable land is less than one acre per capita. Much of it is tilled under very great difficulties. The steep slopes to which the people have been compelled to resort in order to live are so hard to cling to that during many generations bred upon them the people who live on them have developed a peculiarly formed foot and other physical changes due to clinging to their little patches on the mountain side. Ninety-five per cent of the people are totally illiterate. The island has no coal, iron or other minerals of any consequence, and its manufacturing possibilities When its government is arranged for and its products are admitted free to our ports they will com- péte with that which we produce at home. The principal exports are tobacco, of a grade about equal to our North Carolina leaf, sugar, and such fruits as oringes, bananas and limes. The orange export will nia citrus orchardists. THE KILLING OF SE@A LIONS. N order from Washington suspending the fl authority given to kill sea lions along this coast is by no means creditable to the officials at the capital. It argues an absence of anything like a clear knowledge of the subject and implies a will- ingness on the part of the officials to comply with whatever is desired by the last parties who have the privilege of addressing them. On representations from California authority to kill sea lions was granted, but before the killing had well begun certain Eastern sentimentalists object and the authority is recalled. The subject has been thoroughly discussed on this coast. All classes of persons having any kind of ex- pert knowledge of the matter, from fishermen to scientists, have taken part in the debate, and every | feature of the problem has been well considered. The conclusion has been that the existence of such large herds of sea lions off the coast has been prejudicial to our fisheries, and that the general good demands a diminution in the number of the herd. It was therefore upon good and sufficient reasons that the authority to kill them was granted, and, that being s0, it is not easy to see how there can be any reason whatever for revoking the authority so speedily. At the present time the Government is expending |a good deal of money to increase the salmon supply of our waters and to protect the fisheries from in- | jury. The Federal officials have been actively aided | in the work by the State Commission, and their joint lzbors have resulted in much good. While the com-f missions are working to protect the fish, the sea | ions are destroying them by thousands. To prevent | any check upon the unlimited increase of the number | of sea lions is therefore about as absurd as it would be | to protect wolves in a community where we are try- | ing to develop a sheep-raising industry. It is gratifying to know that a prompt protest against the order of suspension has been forwarded to Washington calling the attention of the Secretary cf the Treasury to the facts that a large expense has been entailed in fitting out the expeditions against has received the indorsement and approval of the | commercial and scientific men of the coast. And, further, that the State and the United States are | spending thousands of dollars every year to foster and ! build up the salmon industry, into which the sea rob- | bers are making such disastrous inroads. With such facts before him, the Secretary can hardly fail to give the subject a reconsideration. The ! sea lion is distinctly a local problem, and the solution of it can be safely left to our authorities. THE CANADIAN CONTROVERSY. CCORDING to a dispatch from Washington of | /E\ vesterday, Secretary Hay has taken steps | 2 toward arranging a temporary agreement with | Great Britain regarding the Alaskan boundary dis- | pute, so as to prevent any conflict of authority along the line while the subject remains a matter of con- troversy. Such an agreement is in every way desirable, since it scems likely the dispute will go on for years tog Were any $ther nations engaged in such a dis- putation over an important boundary line there would | be imminent danger of a war. In the present case, however, there is not even a suspicion of such a dan- ger. The Canadians, indeed, seem to be very much | irritated over the subject, but even among them the irritation is mainly felt in the neighborhood of Vic- toria. We may be sure the people of Ontario and Quebec have no desire.to start a fight with the United harbor. Despite all that has been written about the subject, the exact status of the controversy is not known ex- cept to the Joint High Commission and to the offi- cial dignitaries at Washington and London, to whom the commission reports. That much is made evi- dent by the conflicting nature of the rumors started sometimes in this country and sometimes in Canada. At one time it is announced that Canada will not agree to a settlement of any of the questions before | thie commission unless her claim to Pyramid Harbor | and a large part of the Alaskan panhandle is granted. | At another time it is said Great Britain will force the | Canadians to accept any terms which the imperial | Government arranges with the United States. A | third report follows to the effect that the British authorities are despondent, while the Canadians are | A | aggressive. And now comes the announcement of a | scheme for a temporary settlement. | In the end the iSsue will doubtless be submitted to | Our representatives at the Peace Con- | | ference have united with those of Great Britain in | | urging the conference to recommend the adoption of% arbitration as a means of preventing wars, and both | Governments are therefore more or less bound to follow that course in the present instance. Canada will hardly be permitted to permanently block the | effort of the two nations to reach a satisfactory basis | on which to submit the case, but some Victoria papers | are talking as if they thought Canada can whip Great Britain and the United States put together. Thus, for | example, the Victoria Globe recently stated as a warn- ing to the British Ministry: peaceably submit to further humiliation from the United States, and the sooner the Government recog- | nizes the fact and acts accordingly the better it will be for the country.” It will be seen that, however indifferent we may be to the question, it is a very lively one for our neigh- | \ bors. Fortunately, while Canada can make a good deal of noise, she cannot do much damage, and thei temporary settlement now being arranged will be fol- lowed in due time by a permanent one without a fight | or even serious friction to any one except the jingoes of Victoria. Buy Killarney’s lakes and fells? Why, of course. *festivities of the Fourth. | the cemetery there. the sea lions, with the permission of the Government. | 4 | Also that the movement against these sea animals { | are guests at the Palace. ‘Palace. | ‘CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. “Canadians will not |/ They are going for a song. CALIFORNIANS CANNOT ARRIVE BY THE FOURTH 5 YLt A Regiment Has Not as Yet Left Manila. e SUCH. ARE THE INDICATIONS e s ' THE SECOND OREGON REPORTED TO HAVE SAILED FOR HOME. —— Five Soldiers Buried at the Presidio Yesterday—Large Assignment of the Casuanls Made to Dif- ferent Commands. e In the past few days the idea has gained general prevalence that San Fran- cisco will have the First California Regi- ment home in time to participate in the celebration of the Fourth of July. From the present outlook such s not the case. No news was recelved at department headquarters yesterday to indicate that the First had vet left Manila. If they have not left as yet, the regiment can-| not arrive here in time to join in the Colonel Long, the depot quartermaster, is notified of the departure of every vessel from Ma- nila, and up to yesterday he had received | no notification of the departure of any | vessel upon which the regiment could have sailed. The last transport that left Manila was the Conemaugh, @hich sailed on May 17, but Colonel Long does not know what this vessel had aboard. It| was reported around headquarters yester- | day that the Second Oregon had left Ma- | nila, but this could not be confirmed. If | such is the case and the First had not left, then the War Department has changed its programme of returning the volunteers in the order in which they | went. The First California was the first | of any volunteer regiments to go aboard a transport for Manila. There were five soldiers buried at the Presidio_yesterday. The remains of Ar-| thur Jobbing, Company H. Eighteenth | Infantry; James Healy,Company I, Eight- | eenth Infantr; Willilam D. Griffin, Bat- tery G, Sixth Artillery, and Walter J. M Lean, Company L, First Montana, which | were brought from Manila on the Zea- | landia, were taken to the Presidio on | the steamer McDowell and _interred in| Claude W. Payne of the Engineer Corps, wno died of con- sumption at the general hospital, was the fifth soldier buried yesterday. The re- | mains of the other soldiers which were | brought up on the Zealandia were sent ast. The War Department has not yet de- cided upon the retention of the City of Puebla and the Zealandia as transports, Colonel Long received no word yester day in regard to them, but it is generally thought that they will be held by the Government, especially the former. Just 8 transports are being needed, vill take very little time to put sary repairs upon these two the vessels. General Shafter has issued an order distributing 436 soldiers of the casual de- tachment among the following com- mands: Fourth Cavalry, 125 men; Third Artillery, 25 men; Sixth Artillery, 6 men; Fourteenth Infantry, 50 men; Eighteenth | 50 men; Twentieth Infantry, 50 H enty Infantry, 50 men, and the Twenty-third Infantr, men. Major Henry 3 Third In- fantry, has been ordered to take charge | of the recruiting station_ in this city, re- lieving Captain Robert H. R. Loughbor- | ough, Twenty-fifth Infantry. | Major J. M. Thompson, Twenty-fourth | | Infantry, has been relieved from the tem-; porary command of Alcatraz Island and ordered to report to the commanding offi- cer of the Presidio for duty at that post. | During the_temporary absence of Ma- jor Edward Field, Third Artillery. Cap- tain Robert H. Noble, Third Infantry, | s been detailed to take charge of the offices of the inspector general and artil- | lery inspector of the department. ARCUND THE CORRIDORS G. G. Kimball of Red Bluff is registered | at the Palace. X Louis J. Lederer and wife of Baltimore | William N. Marshall of Vancouver was | among yesterday's arrivals at the Occi- dental. B. U. Steinman came down from Sacra- | mento yesterday and is stopping at the | Congressman Marion de Vries arrived | vesterday from Stockton and is at the Palace. Mrs. Jane Stanford left on the overland last evening for New York City, en route to Europe. 0. Vonder Hyde of Bremen, Germany, | arrived from New York yesterday and is registered at the Palace. | John H. Campbell of Durango, one of | the largest mine owners of Northern Mexico, is in the city, stopping at the Palace. Louis Breunner, the Sacramento furni- ture dealer, returned to the capital yes- terday, after a week spent in this city and Monterey. E. R. Runyon, president of the Paris| Exposition Commission, left last evening | for Chicago, where he will confer with | Chief Cgmmissioner Peck upon matters pertairffng to California’s exhibit. Joseph Tipton, head purchasing agent for the Rio Grande Western Railroad, re- turned to Salt Lake last evening, after a short stay in this city. Mr. Tipton was | royally entertained by the raiiroad men | here, with whom he is extremely popular. | ————— NEW YORK, June 6.—J. S. Lockwood and wife of San Francisco are at the | Manhattan; George H. C. Bradford and ! wife of San Francisco are at the Marl- | borough; E. Rampillion of San Francisco is at the Marlin; Thomas E. Pringle and M. A. Pringle of San Francisco are at the Cosmopolitan; William Keith and John Zeile of San Francisco and L E. Bennett of San Diego are at the Fifth Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Swansey of San Francisco were passengers on the Aurania, sailing for Liverpool to-day. —————— SAYS HE BEAT HER. A Wealthy Mining Man Accused of Cruelly Abusing His Servant. Elizabeth Booth, a domestic, filed suit | against Louis H. Mooser, a wealthy min- ing man who resides at 2105 Vallejo street, | yesterday to recover $5000 damages for | gersonnl injuries inflicted, it is alleged, | y the fists of the defendant on the sth | of April last. On_ the date mentioned, the complaint sets forth, Mooser returned to his home and ordered the plaintiff to do something about the house. She did not obey with alacrity, and alleges that Mooser struck her in the face, and when she tried to summon police ald she was dragged back into the house by her hair Mooser was subsequently arrested, but Judge Graham dismissed the case, ' and now to even up matters the young woman has brought suit for damages. S e S e Custom House Appointments. Port Collector Jackson yesterday ap- pointed from the eligible list A. 8. Yo as clerk and W. E. Bidwell as lnlpecml;l.]g TOWNSEND'S TALE OF WOF S GRIEVOLS ———— Sues His Wife for a Divorce. —— CRUELTY IS " THE CHARGE e THREATS OF MURDER CITED | BY PLAINTIFE. S gt When He Was Ill His Stepchildren Amused Themselves Throwing Boxes, While a Nephew Played the Piano. e POLICE COURT CLERKS ARE TO DISCIPLIA . Must Comply Strictly With the Law. — ARE GIVEN TIMELY WARNING — DISMISSAL THE PENALTY FOR DISOBEDIENCE. —_— At Its Meeting Next Monday the Board of Supervisors Will Issue a Formal Notifi- cation. e It the various allegations of William S.| The strong hand of the Box Townsend, the candy man of note, are | visors is.to be laid on the based on fact, he committed a grievous | police Courts in the, for error when he married his present wife | warning that unless 'the and took into his home her four children | quties as required by law by a_former husband. Suit has been filed | gismissed from the employ in th® Superior Court by Mr. Townsend for | This action was decided on | the complaint | he has been in poor health | time, causing Mr. Townsend great mental | an island of that name in the Straits of | three hours. tin spelling,” arithmetic, divorce from his wife on the ground of cruelty, mentally inflicted, and several specific charges are set forth, which from it is obvious the plaintiff believes to have been well prepared schemes to deprive nim of his constitu- tional right to be happy. In introduction of his complaint, Mr. Townsend alleges that he married his wife, Olivia K. Townsend, October 15, 185, and took into his home her four children. Since that time she has been cruel to a marked degree, her most common mode of punishment, howev being to hu opprobrious epithets at plaintiff to his grievous mental sufferi Continuing, the plainti s that of late and after r turning from his factory woulid try to res ‘While so trying to rest in his room, h four stepchildren would appear-upon the scene, and they would throw boXes ar other objects at the ceiling for hours at a | suffering. After the children ha tired | of their box and other object throwing match, a nephew of Mrs. Townsend would take up the labor of annoying the plain- tiff, and for hours would play the piano. Requested to desist, he and Mrs. Town send would retreat to the garret over M Townsend’'s room and amuse themselv throwing boxes and other objects around, | which made a grzat and unbearable noise, “all of which acts contributed to | the grievous mental suffering of the plaintiff.” | { a meeting of the Judiciary Commit | the Board of Supervisors, and at t | regular meeting of the board ther be adopted a resolution forma | forth the warning and the pena | obedience. The action taken yesterday grows out |of the recommendation made by the srand Jury at the time it indicted Police | Court Clerk Kelly for complicity in the | iscuance of straw bonds. Attention was alled to the fact that the clerks are not in attendance at their respective court- rooms during the hours required by law and that they have made a practice of ablishing headquarters at different places about town, where they accept questionable or worthless bonds upon the payment to them of a consideration in mon, i tting ty for dis. ¢ law governing the conduct of clerks } of the Police Courts requires that they “shall be in attendance at their respective cour yms or offices attached thereto from v o’clock a. m. until 4 o’clock p. m. every day in the week, Sundays and holi- days excepted, to perform the duties im- posed as required by law. The clerks of the Police Courts shall also alternate | so that one clerk in turn shall be in at- tendance at the courtrcom or office at- tached thereto every evening in the week from 7:30 10 o'clock, and on Sundays and holidays from 10 o'clock & m. until 2 o’'clock p. m., for the purpose of taking Again Mrs. Townsend would charge her | bail bonds wheh the sufficiency and quali- husband with infidelity without cause, it | fication of the sureties are examined into is alleged, and ¢ him with consor 1 approved. The cler! ing with “chippies” who labored in I not accept sur factory. Again she would threaten to | except within the pla | kill him, suggesting ooison as the means of murder, in consequence of which M Townsend ' says that further residen with his wife is dangerous to his life and | would add to his already grievous mentdl suffering. Mrs. Townsend has a sister in East Oakland, plaintiff further alleges, with | whom his wife is wont to visit for weeks | at a time, never coming n i him the care he neeas to his health. Mrs. Townsend, plaintiff s ccnstantly harassing him for mon herself and relatives, and threatens event he does not produce all she desires, to pawn her jewels and use Mr. Town- send’s credit for her needs. The evil i fluence of the sister Is in a measure re- sronsible for the trouble, it is alleged, but Mrs. Townsend threaens to kill the plain 1iff if he makes an attempt to evict h and other relatives who call and con- tribute schemes to add to his woe. All in all, if the allegations are based on fac Mr: Townsend, when at home, is betw the influence of his Satanic Maje the deep sea, and hence he lief in never ending separation. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. DRAMATIC SCHOOL—A.. B., Alameda, Cal. There is no dramatic school conn ed with the Columbia Theater of this cit: CRAPS—A. L. E., City. An expert in the game of craps says that “a player re- | tains the dice if he throws crap at the | second time.” | RUGBY FOOTBALL—Football, Oak-| land, Cal. Is this correspondent sure that | information wanted s to the Rugby | games is for the 4 A FORTY-NINER—A Subscriber, S: linas, Cal. No premium is offered for ten-dollar piece of 1 in fact, there no premium offered for any coins of that | denomination issued after 1804. VOTER'S QUALIFICATION — H. S, | City. There are eleven States in- the | Union in which aliens who have declared | their intention of becoming citizens of the | United States are allowed to vote. CONFEDERATE SHEET MUSIC—L, L. H., City. If you have a collection of Confederate sheet music you might find a_buyer for such by offering it to some | of the libraries. KRAKATOA—W. B. B., Stockton, Cal. The volcano that {s known as Krakatoa, which erupted August 26, 1883, caused the waves to rise and destroy 36,380 lives, is on | Sunda, between Sumatra and Java. TO REMOVE STAINS—R. H., City. In some cases oxalic acid and a scrubbing brush will remove dark stains from a ink, but if that does not pro- uce the desired results, the stains can be removed by using pumicestone on the spots. CONFEDERATE CURRENCY—L. L. H., City. Confederate currency does not command any premium, as paper money of the Confederacy does not come under the head of rare curios. It is worth just what any one would like to pay for such ;1_5 curiosities of the War of the Rebel- ion. THE TRAINING SCHOOL—B. S. Berkeley, Cal. For information in rel tion to the training school to be estab- lished on Yerba Buena, alias Goat, Island address a communication to Captain Henry Glass, United States ship Per cola, Yerba Buena Island, and you will re- ceive a circular of information. BANDS OF MERCY—S., City. The pur- pose of the Society for the Prevention of | Cruelty to Animals in establishing Bands of Mercy in this city is to instill in the | minds of the rising generation the neces- sity of being kind to animals and to have the members thereof use their influence to prevent cruelty. - The idea is that to teach children to be kind to dumb crea- | tures is to make so when they Teach years of discretion, for a good les- son once taught Is never forgotten. | J. J. H., Lakeport,| There are three grades of examina- | tion for the Custom-house position, one | allowing five and a half hours for : swers, the other four hours and the thi The examinations f letter penmanship and copying from plain those of the first class have added co} ing from rough draft and geography circular of information and_ blanks to the secretary of the local civil service | board at the Custom-house in which an | applicant desires a position. THE NEXT CENTURY—J. E. 8., Plac- erville, €al. This department was of the opinfon, from the number of times it had | informed its readers when the next cen- tury commences, that everybody in the | State was possessed of the informatio but when it discovered that Collis Huntington was ignorant of the time, it has come to the conclusion that thete are | others. The next century will commence } with the 1st day of January, 1901 It takes | 100 years to complete a Century, so the first century commenced with the year 1 and closed with the year 100; consequently the second cantury commenced with the Z(;:: 101, and so on down to the present | considered | part of the world. Winslow's | Rio Grande and Rock time prescribed by thi The provisions of this law_have never complied with by the Police Court for the very good reason that its rvance would prevent them from de- ing pay for the acceptance of bail all times when they are mot in their offices. The occasions when a Police Court clerk can be found in the City Hall after the noon hour are extremely rare, ; are never to be found there at ‘As a consequence, persons who night. | are placed under arrest are put to an | infinite amount of trouble and unneces- ary delay and expense in searching for some one who is competent to accept a bond, and when a k is found in some resort downtown yment of a fee s demanded as a condition for the issu- ance of the ‘desired rel This condition of things is now to be changed. Unless the clerks comply with the law in this and all other matters com- plained of their refusal to do so will be as just cause for their im- ate discharge from the employ of the Gity. The resolution to be recommended for passage at the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors will put an end to what has for years been a disgraceful evasion of the law and a prolific source of criminality. me: BEHIND IN HIS WORK. Meredith Left the Chinese Bureau in a Very Unsatisfactory Condition. When B. E. Meredith left the Chinese Bureau at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, he was away behind in bis work for reasons which have not yet developed, and he left to his temporary or, Chief Flesh, an heirloom of shed business which has not even et been disposed of. Consequently, when hief Dunn entered upon the discharge of \is duties he found the business of the office a last vear's birdnest, and in order to catch up with the work, which was accumulating at a rapid rate, Collector Jackson appointed Willam Gassaway and John R. Dunn as assistants to the Chineses Inspectors in the bureau, temporarily. Two_interpreters were added also, Carl- ton Rickards and Eca de Silva, making, with Dr. Gardiner, three interpreters. Assistant Dunn is a son of Chief Dunn, and Mr. Gassaway was formerly a special employe in the office of Special Agent | Major Moore. — e ———— Another Charge Against Grigsby. Mrs. Grigsby No. 1 called upon Postof- fice Inspector Erwin yesterday and lodged | two complaints against Willis O. Grigsby for using penalty envelopes with stamps. This makes three charges against him for the same offense, besides two charges of bigamy. He is expected to arrive {I)\l s city in custody of the United States Mar- shal of Denver next. Friday. —_— ee—— On a Presidential Tour Mo and Mr. and Mrs. Georse forse Harry R. Cooper started for Washington last night. They wil e President accompany nt Holyoke, e of President at the White Ho him on a ten days’ tri Mass. M Morse is McKinley Cal. glace fruit dc per Ib at Townsend's.® information supplied dally to houses and public men by the Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- Telepuone Main 1042. * == e Yesterday’s Insolvents. the United Stales court yesterday Tillmann & Bendell and E. L. Labadie and Albert Frever of San Franeisco filed Deiition to declare msolvent George A. Vrke, a grocer doing business at 400 Fifih street In this city. He is alleged to Swe them in the neighborhood of $500. In Lorenzo B. Leavitt filed a_petition in pankruptey; liabilities, $324 7, and no assets. ————— IMrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by mlilions ot mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, res- ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For eale by Drugglsts in every Be’ sure and ask for Mrs. hing Syrup, 25c a bottle. ————— Rock isiand Route Excursions. Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via 1sland ratlways. Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Boston. Manager and' porter accompany these excur- sions through to Boston. For tickets, sleeping car accommodations and further information address CLINTON JO General Agent Rock Island Railw! °¢ Market st., S. F. S ———————— ‘the Rio Grande Western Railway Take pleasure in announcing the Inauguration June 1, 1899, of a complete dining-car service between Ogden and Denver on all transconti- nental trains. Service a la carte. General of- fice, 14, Montgomery =t HOTEL DEL CORO.ADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tic Now only 360 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay, §2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Franclsco. 4