The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 14, 1899, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1899 s % WEDNESDA Proprietor. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, I Com ions to W, S. LEAKE, Manager. I UBLICATION OFFICE ..Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868 I DITORIAL ROOMS ..2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street . 156 CENTS PER WEEK. ples, § cents. . Including Postage. cluding Sunday ding Sunday Ci ng Sunday Call), le Mo:th DAILY CALL ( CALL, Year. o 1.00 All § sters are muthorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE.. 208 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE C. GEO. KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS. Brentano, 31 Union Square; ..Wellington Hotel C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE . . Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hot m Hotel. AMUSEMENTS. *“The Turtle. ““The Liar eater—Vaudeville every ots reet, Spectalt near Ef Swimming Races, etc AUCTION SALES. 1 sday, June 15, at o'clock, sday, June 29, at 10 a. m., Planing Mill Machinery. NATIVE DAUGHTERS AT STOCKTON. (\‘ TOCKTON this year t or, the glory N 1 the joy of welcoming the Grand Parlor of Native Daughters and exulting in the extension the hor [ 1ests whose very presence is an in- That all the ceremonies and festivities of will be s ccessiul in every respect goes ckton is one of the communi- ity is best exemplified, w not only how to ap- but how to augment it by the show that appreciation. 2 Stat rnian hospit ve Daughters kn re more conducive to e organizations whick purposes than those of social It is essential to the de- y new community that public sen- rmed into what constitutes the ng, as it were, a code of to which the better ele- peal in the contest with the It e of such a public sentiment among the New I commonwealths so much prestige in the life of the and when in California equally strongly ience of this State will be greatly in- nt ¢ he publi rces that tend to the exi integration and corruption. e England States that has given ctual and moral nation, imen of earne energetic and influential organization as that of the immensely in the work of 1 sentiment and fashioning what is such helps ng suct e character of California society as a whole. the organization are therefore well highest praise and honor that can be ation they are doing good community, and merit for their work or their grace and their beauty the homage In their associa THE CANAL PROBLEM RETARY HAY has announced the names of the members of the commission appointed by lent McKinley to determine the most able route for an isthmian canal. s a whole the commission is regarded ory in Washington. All the members e reported to be in favor of constructing the canal asible and T It is said as very that and it is thought they are inclined to the Nicaragua route, though it is added, “inquiry may change the minds of some of them.” : Whatever jority aken of the subject by he new commission, there is one at least the outcome. Lewis M. Haupt, a civil engineer, and one of the two Pennsy vanians appointed to the commission, has already de- that the new investigation is simplf another means of providing for delay in the ork. He tains the various routes have been 1 quired into and that nothing new of alue can be added to the information now in the ands of the Government The opposition to the canal, says Mr. Haupt, is Tt never rests. It is composed Among its forces are the trans- continental railroads, the Panama Canal Company, in European interests represented here' by what Haupt calls “a technical commission composed cf British, French, German and other engineers”; and last, but not Jeast, Great Britain acting as a Govern- ment, and seeking to prevent the opening of a route which would endanger her commercial supremacy in the East. Either of these forces acting singly is sufficiently strong to make a dangerous opposition to the great enterprise, which in itself is one of such magnitude that many people hesitate to approve it. When united they make an antagonism well fitted to venture upon the task of baffling the wishes of a great people, and a consideration of it as Mr. Haupt declares “is al- most enough to make one despair.” According to the reports from Washington, there nay be the views who is not anguine of clared a conviction mai roughly h powerful and active. of many elements. is a belief the work of the commission will require at | least two years, but there is added the statement “the President desires the commission shall submit a re- p- t during the next session of Congress in order that action may be taken toward the construction of the canal” If such be the intention of the President, the < of the commission can hardly be more than perfunctory visit to Panama and Nicaragua, fol- lowed by a report based upon examinations already made. It is not easy to perceive why such a new report should be deemed necessary when one is already in the hands of the President from the Walker commis- sion. There is, however, a gleam of hope in the lat- ter statement, and possibly so far from leading to procrastination, as Mr. Haupt fears, the new com- mission may be of service in hastening the undertak- ing of the great enterprise. wor Room 188, World Building | afternoon | _!tion upon an honest foundation, the other invented to 4 importance. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. l HE CALL has uniformly and vigorously sup- | Tpuncd the principles and the policy of the Re- publican party of the United States. That party has been a great national organization for forty-three | | years, standing for our constitutional system in its | original integrity and completely imbued with lhcA vi- | tality and with the energy of American civilization. | Since the election of Mr. Lincoln in 1860, with the cxception of eight years, it has substantially adminis- | tered the Government. It is not proposed that the | end of the century shall be disastrously signalized by its defeat. | The Call is in perfect harmony with the resolutidns | adopted by the late Republican convention in Ohio, | which reaffirmed the platforms of the party from Lin- | coln to McKinley, and, justly commending the pres- | ent administration, disclaimed the imperialistic and | revolutionary policy that expatriated politicians had fraudulently sought to identify with President Mc- Kinley and his Cabinet. That convention, held in the State that gave Mr. McKinley to the country, struck the keynote of Americanism and firmly adhered to the eternal truths proclaimed in the Declaration of Inde- pendence, practicalized by our fundamental law, ce- mented by our Civil War, with its after-development of fraternity throughout all sections of the republic, and wrought firmly into permanent history by the | succession of great events, in which the Republican party has necessarily borne the most conspicuous ! part. But The Call does not concede and will never tol- erate the pretentious dominance of the Huntington monopoly over the Republican organization, in its tional, in its State or in its municipal contests. We favor no abstract theories that would emasculate legi- timate party action by weak sentimentalism or by sounding generalities. There are two kinds of politi- cal machinery—one that produces effective organiza- negative the popular will by impressing parties into the service of corrupt monopolies, by fraud, by de- ceit, by methods that degrade manhood and insult citizenship. As it has repeatedly declared, The Call has no hos- tility toward railroads or toward any agency that pro- motes the comfort and the interests of the public. It | | concedes that no citizen is deprived of a tittle of his | legal rights or of his just influence by the fact of his | business identification even with a railroad ntonopoly. | But, in the municipal struggle that is to supply San | Francisco with local officers, under the new charter, as in every other political campaign that results from | our free institutions, it does not propose to submit and, to the full extent of its powers, it will prevent the community from submitting to the insolent dicta- tion of Mr. Huntington, either through subsidized’ and powerless newspapers or through any of the nu- merous corrupt and corrupting agencies he is accus- tocmed to employ. For more than thirty years Mr. Huntington has assumed the attitude of toward the people of this State. In various degrees and at different times he has polluted each r‘lvpnn—i ment of government. He has interfered with the pri- | mary and ineradicable sovereignty of the people. His | spies and his emissaries have pervaded conventions, | have selected candidates, pledged to dishonor in ad- | vance, and have shamefully obstructed the free and pa- tiiotic exercise of the elective franchise. No depart- ment of the official service, of business or even of so- ciety has been exempt from their bold obtrusiveness and from their disgusting methods. | The Huntington monopoly has evinced no prefer- | ence for any single political organization. It has | | operated equally through all. But its crowning| treachery was its false pledge of 1808 to the Repub- | | lican party that it was “out of politics,” v|clihemxely} and openly repudiated the moment the election was | over, and followed by the obstinate attempt to force | Dan Burns, a mere railroad tool without character or | qualifications, upon the State as one of its Federal Senators, and by the more recent wholesale scheme of robbery, only defeated by six faithful members of the local Board gf Supervisors. The Call, which bore its full part the death | struggle with Mr. Huntington, regarded the legisla- tive deadlock and the ultimate check to the insuffer- | able pretensions of Dan Burns as a vindication and a | triumph for the Republican party of California. From the attitude of the Examiner and from numerous other indications it has no doubt that Mr. Hunting- ten’s ulterior design was to use the proletarian | Democracy to defeat the Republican ticket in this | State in 1900. There has evidently been no relaxation | in that malign purpose. There is a natural alliance | between sandlotism and the railroad monopoly, of which the evidences constantly multiply. Having become convinced that the revolt of independent Re- | publicans against his usurped despotism was too deep | and too extensive to be controlled, and that the de- ceit of 1808 could never be successfully repeated, Mr. | Huntington has obviously directed his attention to the elements of population that can be arrayed under | the banner of fusion Democracy. The municipal election of this year is of the highest The Call hopes for and anticipates Re- | publican success. But to this end railroad tyranny | and railroad corruption, and the rotten agencies of | Dan Burns and all other machine bosses, must be so thoroughly repudiated that any repetition of the ;!rcachcry of last year will become impossible. From top to bottom a clean ticket, composed of intelligent ‘citizens, not only free from reproach but beyond sus- ‘picion, must be nominated. Men must be selected | who are equally averse to the proletarianism of the %szndlot and to the proletarianism of the railroad, and | who substantially represent the best elements of the | community, expressed in terms that include both capj- izal and labor. The Call will labor for such a ticket. It will de- | mand no olh.er tests for candidacy but adherence to | the time-honored principles of the Republican party, which protect individual liberty and the rights at- | tached to property, competency to perform official du- | ties and absolute freedom from every influence an- | tagonistic and dangerous to the public. | This is an attitude from which no faithful Repub- | lican citizen will dissent, and which also commends |itself to all citizens who retain their individuality and | their seli-respect. It is the only attitude that will at- | tract and receive the hearty indorsement of the Na- Ltional Republican party of the Union. Let Mr. Hun- gton attend to his own business and cease his ! malignant attacks upon this municipality and upon | this State. A railroad candidate for Mayor or for any ! other local office is incompatible with Republican in- | tegrity and will be uncompromisingly opposed by EThe Call and by other newspapers and by citizens | who identify their party with their country. We sin- }ccrdy hope that, for once, the reputation, the intel- | lect and the honor of San Francisco may be repre- | sented by an unsoiled and unimpeachable Republican {ticket. a czar in e —————r— England has sent a body of troops to the Trans- vaal to force President Kruger to submit to the exact- |ing demands of British capitalists. It looks as if Oom Paul’s long struggle for the simple privilege of mind- ing his own business is reaching its inevitable end in failure. | partment, the Department of Agriculture being ex- OPPOSITION TO HENDERSON. INCE the withdrawal of all other candidates and S the pledges of support given to Hon. D. B. Henderson for Speaker by practically the total Republican membership of the next House there has seemed to be something of a scramble to find objec- tions to him. None can lie against his ability, his qualifications, his strength as a party leader, his readiness and his capacity for carrying responsibility. The hunt, there- fore, has gone outside all these, back to his cradle. which was rocked in Scotland, where he was born. He was brought to this country in his infancy, reared here and knows no other land. For this he fought in the Civil War, lost a leg in battle and, before his wound was healed, went back to the front and led his regiment to the close. By constitutioral require- ment only a native-born citizen can become President, therefore only a native can be Vice President, or stand anywhere in the line of succession to the Presi- dency, which may move up as vacancies occur during a Presidential term. The constitution requires that “Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resigna- tion orinability of both President and Vice Presi- dent, declaring what officer shall then act as Presi- dent.” Not until three years after the adoption of | the constitution did Congress provide for the Presi- | dential and Vice Presidential succession. It then by law declared that: “In case of removal, death, resig- nation or inability of both the President and Vice President of the United States, the president of the Senate pro tempore, and in case there shall be no President of the Senate then the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the time being shall act as President of the United States, until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected.” This faw, passed in 1702, was before the division of the country into political parties. It did not occur to any one then that the Presidency, under such a provision, might pass from the political party which had won it at the polls by the President pro tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House being at- tached to the opposition. The statute stood, however, | for ninety-four years, until 1886. Then, Vice Presi- | dent Hendricks having died, and Senator Ingalls being: President pro tempore of the Senate, only thci life of the President stood between the Republican party and the Presidency. The leaders of both par- ties recognized the gravity of the situation and there was no opposition to the statute of January 19, 1886, which placed the Presidential succession in the heads of the Cabinet departments, down to the Interior De- ! cluded, for it had not yet been created, and is now filled by a Scotchman born, Mr. Wilson. This statute reads: “That in case of removal, death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, or in case of his removal, death. resignation or inability, then the Secretary of the Treasury”—and so on down to the Secretary of War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Navy and of the Interior— “shall act as President until the disability of the Presi- | dent or Vice President is removed or a President shall | be elected.” | This statute makes ample provision for the succes- sion, and puts the departments in the order of their seniority, the State Department being the senior. If a Cabinet position in the line of succession be filled | by an alien born, that is an inability, and the succes- | sion passes over to the next. It will be seen also that | it provides that the Presidential succession shall re- | main in the party that won at the polls, because | the members of the Cabinet will be always of that | party | Under the law of 1702 only a could be President pro tempore of the Senate or Speaker of the House, for the Presidential succession | was placed in them solely, and if both were alien born | they would have been incompetent. | After the statute of 1886 was passed Mr. Crisp of | Georgia, who was born in England, elected Speaker and served two terms. It will be, seen that | the objection to Henderson of Towa, based in the Presidential succession, loses parallax. Neither the | censtitution nor the statute puts the Speaker in the | line of succe ; | But it is said that the constitution uses the words: “Congress may by law provide, * * * declaring| what officer shall then act as President,” and the at- tempt is made to limit this to the “officers” named in | the constitution, excluding those which are created by was law. Now the constitution mentions several “officers.” It “The House of Representatives shall choose | their Speaker and other officers.” “The Senate slml[“ tempore.” “The Judges both of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices.” Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside over the | Senate in impeachment trials.” The constitution also | creates the offices of Representative and Senator, and of Embassador and Foreign Minister, so there is no | dearth of constitutional officers in whom to put the Presidential succession, without interfering with the Speaker. | It seems, then, that this opposition to Henderson | is without force or merit, and should deserve no con- sideration whatever. . e s . The Yosemite Commission has met, and during a busy session strangely neglected to fill the important position of guardian. As Governor Gage was present at the meeting it is not unlikely that the Commission- ers declined to appoint the needed officer for fear that his Excellency might construe the action as a per- sonal reflection upon himself. watching. | He certainly needs | There is still a prospect that California’s volunteers may leave the Philippines in time to arrive here for the celebration of Independence day. There will be grim satire in the memory of the bloody battles they | have fought, at their nation’s command, to prevent the celebration of another independence day on the islands of the southern seas. The fiendish San Quentin convict who stabbed a guard to the very door of death has been sentenced to solitary confinement for life. It is ta - be hoped that his instinct to take human life will live and that he will satisfy it upon his only available victim. < The movement undertaken to provide playgrounds for children is one that should have the cordial sup- port of all classes of people. The city abounds in places of recreation for grown folks and something should be done for the youngsters. A Folsom convict has broken the record in murder rracticed as a fine art. He carefully planned his crime, invited a few of his friends to be present at the death, and then, in the presence of the admiring spectators, killed his victim. The new pugilistic champion of the world has been somewhat forcibly. characterized as the biggest beast that ever was trained. It is safe to say that the re- mark was not made in the presence or within the native-born citizen | “The Chief | B | afternoon in the Phelan building. Mayor hearing of Mr. Jeffries. \ THE PRESIDENT MY YET COE T0 TH COAST So Writes Secretary of Agriculture. e EARTH - SCIENTISTS COMING ‘ L STATE BOARD OF TRADE FAVORS ALL EXHIBITIONS. Ehagne e Paris, Buffalo and Philadelphia Ex- positions May All Receive Big Consignments From California. o A The regular monthly meeting of the State Board of Trade was held in the| board rooms in the ferry building yester- day afternoon, President N. P. Chipman in the chair. Secretary Filcher read a | mass of correspondence and the business | of the board was disposed of with dis- patch. The most important matter to come be- fore the board was the matter of the pro- | posed entertainment of the delegates to | the national convention of.the assoclated | McGrath, Clara Miller and Susan C. Win- | of the previous session had been read and agricultural colleges and experiment sta- tions, which is to be held in this city in | the early part of next month. There will | be 200 delegates from all parts of the | country, and every one of them is an ex- | pert in the science of agricuiture. In ad-| dition the national convention of pro-| fessors and chemists of agriculture will | be held here at the same time, being the | first time the national gathering of ih body has been held elsewhere than Washington, D. C. A committee on| itinerary is at present engaged in prepar- | ing a list of the points to be visited in the various sections of the State, and as they will be here for eight of ten days the will be able to cover considerable ground. | The following were appointed a comn- mittee to accompany the delegates un their tour of inspection: Senator G. C.| Perkins, J. A. Filcher, Craigi® Sharp, B. N. Rowley, E. W. Maslin, John P. Irish, | N. P. Chipman M. Wooster, Mrs. E Shields, J. S. v t was hoped that S 1 ture Wilson would the convention was fon, bui the following _letter, glving prom that not only the Secretary but the Pr dent also will soon be seen on_ this cos shows that the convention will have Journed before they can get here: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURI et e cretary of Agricul- it California while WASHINGTON, June 6, 1589. | ._A. Filcher, Secretary Board of Trade, | Ferry Bullding, San Francisco, Cal.—Dear Sir: I have your favor of June 1 I intend to make a visit to the Paclfic Coast this sum- mer without question, but am waiting just now to learn whether President McKinley will make the trip. If he does I desire to go when he go If the affairs of the Govern- ment Wil permit him to go, then I propose to go in order to study the agricultural con- ditions of the mountain States and Pacific Coast. T shall not, however, be able to go when the Assoclation of Agricultural Col- leges and Experlment Statlons meets. My trip will be later. ours, TAM Secretary. A letter from G. B.| Brackett, pomological secretary of the Agricultural Department, in reference to the exhibits of fresh fruits at the Paris Exposition, and referred to the California mmissioners. lifornia_will be well represented s the_Pan-American Exposition to be hel in Buffalo in 11 if the State Board of Trade has its way, as the following reso- | lutions introduced’ hy Colonel John P. | Irish and unanimously adopted show: Resolved, That the State Roard of Trade| will make' a complete and comprehensive ex- | hibit, fllustrative of the resources of Califor- | nia, at the Pan-Amerfean exhibit in Buffalo in 1801, and to that end will now call the atten- | tion of the producers and manufaéturers of | to, and as soon as possible be- | necessary collections. ved, That the board will operation of the other coa: order that a full Pacific exhibit may be made. A long communication was received from I. W. Hellman, E. B. Pond, Profes- sor George R. Davidson, Horace Davis, F. W. Dohrmann. Hugh Craig, W. H. Mills, James D. Phelan, Philip Lilienthal, Timothy Hopkins and 'Willlam Thom: in which the danger to the prosperity of the people of the State by reason of | droughts was dilated upon and the neces- | sity of calling a convention to formulate | some plan for impounding the flood waters of the State for irrigating purposes urged. The scheme outlined was to have the im- pounding done by the State and the water distributed to farmers at low cost. The | board was invited to officlally lend its aid to the project and join in the call for a_convention to be held in this city at an | early date. | The §250 donated to the California Club | to ald its recent industrial art exhibition | was returned, with a letter explaining | that the exhibit had proved a financial | success and the ladies felt that the money | received was also invite States In | =0 generously loaned should be returned with the thanks of the club. | Secretary Filcher announced that tha| Supervisors of Calaveras County had re- | newed their affillation with the hoard and | appointed I. H. Reed and Captain H. A. | | choose their other officers and have a President pro | Messenger as the representatives of that | county. J. M. Stauffer, representing the National | Export Exposition Commercial Museum Philadelphia, appeared before the board to urge the acceptance of an finvi- | | tation to send an exhibit of the products of this State. He argued that as the ex position would be open from the earl | part of September until the 30th of No-| vember a_splendid opportunity would be | afforded California to advertise its varied products and vast resources to the coun- | try and the world. The Exposition Com- | | pany, however, demands payment for the | space occupted, and Mr. Stauffer was in-| formed that the board never had and | never would pay for space; that if lhe‘ | demana for rental was withdrawn the in-| vitation to send an exhibit would receive | consideration, but not otherwise. — = —— | MONEY FOR MEDAL FUND. ’ Decorations Will Be Struck Off at Local Mint at Cost. The finance committee of the committea ! of the N. 8. G. W. on the California | Volunteers’ medal fund met yesterday | Phelan presided and Frank B. Ryan acted j as secretary. A communication was read | from the Brewers' Protective Association stating_that the association would sub- scribe liberally to the fund. A communi- cation was _also received from the Director of the Mint at Washington, in- forming the committee that the medals can be struck off at the local Mint at the actual cost of labor. The citizens of Ma- dera County, through past grand presi- dent N. 8. G. W., W. M. Conley, con- tributed $100 and will continue to forward | donations. . A majority of the sub-committees ap- | pointed for the purpose of receiving sub- scriptions have not vet reported, but tha | total amount received thus far is the | goodly sum of $1327. e e Two New Incorporations. Articles of incorporation of the Mexi- can Improvement Company, of which James Hopper, J. W. Vendryes, Shun Kum, Louis Wing and Low Yuen appear as directors, were filed with the County Clerk yesterday. The company is or- ganized for the purpose of carrying on a §eneral mercantile business in the United tates and Mexicor The capital stock of ' the corporation is SI.W0.00fibn( which $5000 has been subscribed. ert Morgan, Frank E , J. F. Meyer, H. C. Geig and | A. Quellmalz have incorporated the | A. A, California Gold Mining and Development Company with a capital stock of $1,000,- | 000, of which $3000 has been subscribed. ' | Grigsby in Trouble Again. ‘Willls O. Grigsby, the bigamist soldier, will be tried in Denver for a crime com- mitted recently in Colorado. He is ac- cused of forging Government papers. Thi fnformation whs conveyed by Wire vee terday to Postal Inspector Erwin in an- swer to a telegram from the United States Attorney, asking that Grigsby be surren- dered to the State authorities here in or- dF‘f that he might be tried for bigamy. The Sheriff of San Mateo County has asked for a requisition for Grigsby and will await the result of the Denver trial. | Stacks. | be .of no u: i and the modulation of the voice wa | the signal for appla | judging from the written opi | tuberculosis. SOLDIERS’ HOMES—W. G. A., Mel- | rose, 1daho. The ownership of State | homes for soldiers vests in the State in | have a clear title to the same and have | same you can go right ahead and secure DEAF MUTES BID GO0D-BY 10 BERKELEY Seven Graduates Get Diplomas. i CLOSING EXERCISES HELD WONDERFUL PROGRESS SHOWN IN INSTRUCTION. i A el State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and ‘the Blind Brilliantly Finishes the School Year. —_— \ The commencement exercises of the Btate Institution for the Deaf and Dumb | and the Blind at Berkéley were held ves- terday in the assembly hall in the depart- ment of educatlon. Bix yeung ladies and | a young gentleman who had completed | the prescribed course were granted dl- | plomas and five other pupils were honor- ably dismissed. The graduates were: Misses Leonora I. Brimmer, Busan A. Jones, Mabel A. Hinman, Margarette 1. WILWERDIG SITE 1T LIST BOUGHT B THE REGENTS They Pay $22,634 10 for the Land. cheg OTHER BILLS ORDERED PAID RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT TO PHELPS’ MEMORY. e Adjournment Quickly Taken Out of Deference to the Late Regent. Members to Attend the Funeral in a Body. pE g Out of respeet to the memory of Time othy Guy Phelps, the members of the Board of Regents of the University of California adjourned thelr moot- ing after a short session yesterday after- noon. Before doing so, however, matters of moment were considered and @isposed of: 'The chair that has for many years | been occupled by Acting President Phelps was filled by Judge Wallace, who called the meeting to order, After the minutes ters and Andrew Demartinl. Those re- | approved the regents took cognizance of celving honorable dismis; were: Jo- | the death of Mr., Phelps. A commlittee e VADE, mes | composed of Dr. Pardee, 8. Hallidie sephine Hatch, Patrick C. Kinevan, Lowis, Thomas McPeake and Nancy F. The large hall was crowded with rela- tives of the graduates and invited guests, and for thelr entertainment and to glve them an idea of the workings of the in- stitution a splendid programme had been | prepared, the majority of the numbers | falling to the lot of the pupils of the in-| stitution. After an opening chorus, | “Lovely Flowers,” by the blind students, whose eyes are forever shut out from the beauties of which they sang, the first exhibition of the progress made in the tuition of the deaf was given by Julius Cavalli, a boy of 12, through whose ears no sound has filtered since his birth. His vocal organs, perfect as they are, would | ‘to him had he not had such teaching as igrafforded by the institution. He has been a pupil for five rs, and the efficacy of the methods employed was beautifully exemplified when, in a clear voice, he recited the Lord’s Prayer. Each word was plainly and fully ar{l(‘ulnni} we His concluding words gave nigh perfect. A class of beginners, under the care of N. F. Whipple, one of the teachers, illus- trated the methods of primary instruction of the deaf. Facing the ins{ructor, each in turn watched his lips as they formed words and repeated them afterward with- out a miss. Those taking part in this exercise were Vivian Hill, Westley Elmer and Mabel Luddy. Mayhew Norton, con- | genitally deaf, and Miss Gu , the blind prodigy of the institution, gave a very interesting number following, Miss Mast reading with her fingers a poem, | Master Norton watching her lips as the: formed the words and repeating the wholl after her, line by line. Eben Gay and | Miss Lena Erickson gave numbers on the piano and organ and members of a juven- fie class illustrated methods and “appa- ratus used in the instruction of the blind. A plano quartet by the Misses Susie Winters, Catherine Morrison, Catherina Seeley and Rhoda Hill brought the first | part to a ciose. Six young ladies of the senior class, | looking as pretty as pletures in their white gowns, went through a blackboard xercise under the direction of Principal Wilkinson. They caught the on by | watching the words fall from his lips and | 8 to work putting their | then went busily th:mghus in white and black. They were[ glven two subjects—Dreyfus and Andree- -} and the applause they received showed how well their work was done. Dreyfus, ons of the | sympathizers ution. As has many fair graduates, 5 at the inst and wellwishers | for Andree, well, the girls had an idea that it was cold up there. | One of the most entertaining numbers on the programme was the illustration of | sign language by Andrew Demartini, the only young man graduating. Under the guidance of Instructor Destrella, his pan- fomime was as_expressive as language and made considerably less fuss. The | Young man imitated the birds of the air and the beasts of the fleld, and many of the thoughts men have, and when he had finished he was given an ovation he felt but could not hear. The next number on the programme, sign rendering in_unison of ‘“‘Amerl was entrusted to Misses Mabel Hinman, Susie Jones and Clara Miller, interpreting the words of the national "hymn with hands and_fingers from the reading of Principal Wilkinson. After this all the graduates and those to be honorably dis- Piissed were lined up on the piatform, Where Rev. C. R. Brown of Oakland ad- | dressed them, his words being translated | by Mr. Wilkinson. The speaker was full of praise for the work of the institution and for the students who had so ably | taken advantage of the opportunities of- | fered, As a parting word to the gradu- | ates he said that it was not a question as | fo the number of talents a person might | have, but as to the manner he used them, | that he would have to answer on the last | day. | The diplomas were then presented, | there was a chorus, “When the Summer | Rain Ts Over,” and a benediction to close | the exercis | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | ¥ T | BANK OF IRELAND-J. B. K., City. ! The Royal Bank of Ireland is a joint stock | concern. 5 i EIGHT-HOUR LAW-— California eight hours a day Is the limit for lahor unless otherwise expressed in | the contract. DYKE—R. L., City. Dyke, or Dike, is | in German either Teich, or Deich; if pro- nounced Teich, It means a pond; if pro- nounced Deich, it means a bank. COWS KILLED—Reader, City. Tt was| in April, 1896, that nineteen cows and two | bulls were killed at the Almshouse by or. der of the Board of Health of San Fran- cisco, as the animals were affected with | which it Is located, while the OWnPrfihh\i of the national homes vests in the United States. For_a on to the home at Yountville, Naj County, California, ad- dress a communication to’the commander. | A MINERAL DISCOVERY—Subscribey, Sacramento. If you purchased a forty- acre tract of land some years ago and recently discovered mineral upon the all the mineral there is there without fil- ing a mineral claim. for the land is yours and you are en(ifi!ed to all it will produce. | GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT—NA.! Dutch Flat, Cal. In article V of the con- stitution of California the legal duties of the Governor of the State are laid down. :1:hh§ department has not the space to ‘give in full the duties of the Governor | under the law.” The salary of the Gov- | ernor of California 1s $6000 a year. The salary of Governor 1s not the same in every State and Territory. The salaries 1ange from $1500 to $10,000 a year. The salary of the President of the Urited States prior 10 the act of March 3, 1873, was a year, but by that act it was incre: to $50,000. A TENANT'S RIGHTS—Reader, City. When a tenant enters premises with the understanding with the landlord or agent that such premises shall be kept in proper Tepairs during the tenancy, the landlord or agent is bound to keep to his contract. This department cannot advise you as to what steps you should take to make the landlord or agent keep his promise. That is a matter you should submit to some reputable attorne{'. ‘Whether a land- ord or agent would be responsible for lamages after having been notified to make repairs if some member of your ;:;nuil'ye “l‘shuuld ?el hurt byl—dr%uon dot de- oor or stairs’” woul epend uj the facts of the case. 2% s | San Francisco is at the Hoffman. | Fullerton, and Albert Miller was appointed to draft resolution of respect, which when adopted are to be presented to the family of the late regent. Tt was also decided that th members of the board attend the funeral and to-day they will leave for San Carlos on the noon train and pay their tribute to the memory of their fellow regent A number of bills amounting to $ were examined, approved and orde paid by the finance committee, This large sum includes $22,634 10 to pay for the Wil- merding schooi site. The matter of pur- chaging the lot from Alvinza Hayward, Addison E. Head and John BE. Mason has been under consideration for months and yesterc the deal s consummated. The property is immediately opposite the I School, and in deciding on its pur- chasé the regents took that into consid- eration. The contract for the erection of hool buildings has been let and as the hond is approved the con- tractor will begin work. It is expected that the buildings will be ready for oc cupancy by November next, a3 every p: ffort will be made to hurry The lot presented by eitizens of s city to the regents of the un ity for the erection of the Wilmerding school or other uses will be disposed of shortly, s the b has no immediate use for it. d it not been down in a hollow it might have been i by its donors. School w sed for the purpose de- The site opposite the 4 for economi- reasons. regen expect to re- the expe: of both Institutions nearly 20 per cen > Haye Sch nd adjourned until Frida in o'clock. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Assemblyman W. B. Lardner of Auburn in at the Lick. George K, Wigmore and wife of Los Angeles are at the Occidental. W. Allen, a well-known fruit grower of an Jose, 18 registered at the Lick. George T. Hinsdale, a wealthy ship owner of Santa Barbara, is stopping at the Lick. James Lotan, a wealthy foundryman of Portland, arrived yesterday and is a guest at the Occidental. Trustoy A. Rigdon, the well-known rail- road man, has returned from a two weeks’ trip to Byron Springs. Thomas J. Kirk, State Superintendent of Schools, and Mrs. Kirk arrived last e ng from Sacramento, and are at the Lick. T. J. Yancey, a prominent ranch owner and linmberman of Newman, Stanislaus County, was among yesterday's arrivals at the Lick. Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger and Mrs. Voor- anger will spend the season at Hotel Ben Lomond. They leave for that resort dur- ing the present week. Bernard J. Stahl, head of one of the largest clear Havana cigar factories in country, arrived from New York City and is registered at the Palace. ~sterday’s arrivals at the Pal- ace were Charles Lyel, Thomas F. Cak- Jey and Allan B. Smith of London. They expect to spend some time in touring the State. Governor and Mrs. Gage and Arthur CGage returned to this city vesterday after a week spent in the Yosemite Valley. Gov- ernor Gage will go to Sacramento on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Meyer and family will leave during the present week for Ben Lomond station, in the Santa Cruz Moun- tains. They will stop for a month at the Hotel Ben Lomond. Mrs. Henry Gibbons Jr., Miss Ida Gib- bons and the Misses Florence and Mirlam Gibbons have gone to Rowardennan. Ben Lemond station, to spend the summer. Miss Marjorie Gibbons will join them upon her return from Portland, where she is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mills. ———————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 13.—C. F. Ma.flf}n of at the Nor- ‘Wright of San neisco > mandie. George C. Clark and wife of al..-are at the Vendome. B. Bohney and wife of San Francisco are at the Majestic. More Smuggled Cigars. ‘ s ed yesterday Customs ed 3 \ 1800 smuggled Ma s on board the transport St. Pa searchers nita cig 1l Cal. glace truit Sc per Ib at Townsend’s.* ————————— Trunks, vall traveling rolls, belts, \ Best goods. best values at San- Vall's, 741 Market street. * e e Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telepuone Main 1042, * gttt A Violated the Eight-Hour Law. United States Attorney Coombs filed yesterday an information against James Campbell and Thomas A. Pettus for vio- lating the Federal eight-hour law. The sed were contractors for the new na- ation at Yerba Buena Island (Goat val Island) ———————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions ot mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It scothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For eale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 25c a bottle. —_————— 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 transeonti- nental trains. Service a la cafte. General of- fice, 14 Montgomery st. ——— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $50 by steamship, including fifteen cays' board at hotel; longer stay, §2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco.