The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1899, Page 6

B HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, ‘'JUNE 16, 1899. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. s to W. S. LEAKE, Managey, FUBLICATION GFFICE .....Market and Third Sts. S. F lephone Main 1838. | Communic: EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Matn 174, r ED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Coples, § cents. Terms by Mail (el nelu snday Call), 1.60 —By Single Moxth, 65 Year.. 1.50 One Year. 1.00 are euthorized to receive subscriptions. es will be forwarded when requested. 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building GEO. KROGNESS, Advert YORK NEWS c: ing Representative. ANDS. .....Wellington Hotel Correspondent. Marquette Building S, Advertising Representative. orthern Hotel; Hotel BRANCH OFFICE 27 Montgomery street, corner Clay, pen until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes strect, open until 639 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. sion street, open until 10 o'clock. 2891 Market rner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh until 8 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana cky streets, open until 9 o'clock. o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Vaudeville every afternoon 2llis streets—Specialties. t street, near E:gh Bat- BOARD OF HEALTH. tics, through the in- nd WL Herrin, jorary deadlock in the a rd, but for the Leon Dennery would secretary. ct rns-Herrin lash, or- Board of Leon 1tlemen who cc s raised to drive 1ary compre- hatever influences they may nevertheless of fair profes- le that It is hardly pos: ds n would occupy ey vielded to the pressure 1 elected a d habits to the office or political have sition they man of no- too much to say that San Frar recognized, Herrin riupt legisla family in n- would be Dan ery 1s and 1sible posi- railroad torship. ere are, and Leon Den- municipal boss iousne of to spurn this in- Dr. Barbat Burns and doubtless bers of the Board eir own manhood. owes his But the evidence is that he yne was A Dr. Keeney is a Bank of gentle- cl h Re- Committee. Alvord, president of the the ny years has been identified with the fornia znd Police Commission, a 1 who for 1 h best society of the the y. and, although the iiam F. Herrin, has been de- his profe one the irily take Leon Dennery by the hand or ancial interests and w Dr. Railw choice of Wi ny « Coffey is to surgeon Compa ional and of gentlemen who him even to stand where he could be seen by This is a fair tes No 1duct has been so indescrib aper pub- presence in a respectable home s own fami hose co has nece s escaped new shonld even have heen men- official position, and, r should have been without hesitation and without de- words that oress the manner in which this demand of W. F. Herrin, at any rate, should e been received attitude of the Board of Health at the best has In the public mind it represents the railroad despotism as administered in State ap- pointments by Dan Burns, Herrin and Governor G Its independence has been handicapped by yurces from which it emanated. Tts appoint- already made to a great degree have ignored the which should be and under civil service rules be applied to State and municipal employes There is every indication that in changes yet to be made, in institutions from which political influence should be completely withdrawn, the public interests will be officially disregarded A1l these evidences of political degeneracy are hu- BRut the selection of Leon Dennery, es- le. ould be unend fate 1 impudently obtruded, the ¢ 1 cand for an nged in his face Scorn and contempt are the only Iv exp Burns and The béen had enough. ments 1 ing. T ent, would be “the last straw that would break the The patience of the people is not ab- 's back.” rk, be it understood, is a vir- not a dilettante on the violin. When he fiddles he fiddles for keeps, and needs lots of elbow-room. ilors receiving orders from him for dress coats will ase take notice and cut their cloth accordingly. s all in the point of view. President Loubet, when informed of the sentence passed upon Baron de Chris- tiani. said, “The four years will quickly pass.” The Baron has not been interviewed. Richard Croker is scheming to buy the Lakes of Killarney for Tammany Hall. It was generally” sup- posed that Tammany Hall had property enough in owning New York Union Square; | ecially after the preliminary strategy now so appar- | MAYOR PHELAN BUNKOED. N April 3, 1899, the Board of Supervisors fixed the gas rate to consumers at $1 10 per, thou- sand feet. For this action no credit whatever { was due to the majority of the board. It was the usual notice issued by a new ring that had not been recognized by the corporations with sufiicient prompt- . ness, and everybody understood what it meant. There was, however, a respectable minority in the board, and Mayor Phelan scemed inclined to avail himself of an opportunity to render a public service. The ring was speedily anxious to repent of its simulated righteousness, and to prove the sincerity of its re- claimed. But, in respect to this matter, as in the case of the attempted robbery by the Market Street Rail- | way Company, the Mayor and the minority presented | a front that appeared to be bold and compact. | Mayor Phe laimed that, having once been es- tablished, the gas rate for a year was beyond recon- sideration, and, therefore, that the $1 10 figure would stand. The San Francisco Gas and Electric Com- pany brought an action against Major W. B. Hooper cof the Occidental Hotel in order to test this question, which is now under consideration. before Judge Sea- well. That corporation and the Pacific Gas Improve- ment Company did not in other respects sleep upon their assumed rights, but, ignoring the new rate, | pressed their bills at the old figures before the regret- | ful and complacent majority of the board, determined lto prove that when they did one thing honest upon !its face for their constituents they did not mean it. At last, through a fortuitous concurrence of events, when the Mayor was certainly prompt in seizing a favorable opportunity, the board adjourned sine die, | «and it was supposed that no legal meeting before the ;fir<t Monday in July was possible without his affirma-, tive sanction. That at least his pronounced opinion of the law, after consultation with his attor- :y. The Call doubted the soundness of this conclu- an was st the majority of the board were determined to public business. Negotiations with the Mayor and | the minority were rapidly pushed by the gas mon- opoly, through i was effected, in which Mr. Phelan bore the con- spicuous part | industrial paralysis from which we did not begin to recover until protection was restored. It is to be noted that while Havemeyer asserts that protection is in the interests of trusts generally, he was careful to repeat more than once that his company derives no benefit from the tariff whatever. All other trusts may be spoliators of the public through the means afforded by protection, but not his. * It thus ap- pears from his own statement that the only trust of whose business he is at all- competent to speak is one that was not built up by the protective system, nor is maintained by that system, nor is in any way de- pendent upon it. The argument- that protection is of advantage to pentance by conceding to the gas monopoly all it |trusts has in it this much of truth: Protection is de- signed to promote and to benefit all American indus- tries, and so far as trusts represent those industries they are benefited. They are not, however, the creatures of protection. They exist in Great Britain under free trade as abundantly as in this country. There are, in- deed, good reasons for believing there would be a greater number of industries dominated by trusts in the United States under free trade than under -pro- tection, because free trade would break down and de- stroy in all lines of industry many of the smaller es- tablishments now competing with the trusts. The Havemeyer evidence, therefore, while making a pretty good campaign document for.the Bryanites, is not likely to help their cause to any great extent. It deals with a subject long since threshed out, and adds to it only a lot more chaff not worth rethreshing. T paper inflation have seized eagerly upon the dicta of Mr. Roberts, Director of the Mint, in connection with the increasing supply of gold. In the February Forum Mr. Roberts showed that the output of gold, which in 180 was $118,848,700, in 1808 was $285,000,000. He ascribes advance in prices t this increase in the volume of the metal as poten- tial money. His statement is: “Much has been written THE SUPPLY OF GOLD. HE advocates of free silver and irredeemable Id a meeting. The Call suggested and the minority |in recent years by gold standard advocates against the felt that their absence might prove injurious to the | quantitative theory of money. In so far as their ar- guments have gone to show that the quantity of money in circulation is but one element in prices, and < astute attorneys, and a compromise |is usually so obscured by other influences that it can | be scarcely traced, they are good, but I do not see . by which, aiter July 1, the price of gas |how it can be questioned that the quantity of gold | to consumers is to be placed at $1 50 instead of $1 75 | available in the world affects its exchange relations to per thousand feet, 40 cents per thousand more than |other commodities.” the rate prescribed on April 3, and, with the highest margin for profit that would have even a semblance he com- 15 cents per thousand more than t modity is worth. There were other slight conces- ions, and, at Mr. Phelan’s suggestion, in order to clinch the matter beyond the possibility of retrac- tion, the settlement was reduced to writing and for- | mally adopted by the board. Thus a protracted and | a successiul fight was yielded by the temporary vic- | tors, and a moderate sized bri hich is lead and not gold—accepted by Mayor Phelan and the minor- ity of the Board of Supervisors. It is claimed by Mr. Phelan and the Examiner that a saving to the com- | v 340,000 per annum at the validity or the invali of decency, *v of the $1 10 rate is u ot influenced by the compro: ‘se. This proposition | The Chronicle highly approves this and girds at the gold standard men, using the quantitative theory | of money as a weapon. It points to the rise in p\'ices1 | as proof that the bimetallist, free silver theory was | | right. The quantitative theory has some warrant in | the conclusions of John Locke, but its modern ad- vecates have chosen to leave out of the problem the exchange value of other products to each other, e cluding money which is merely the medium that effects the exchange. In 1860 wheat was $1 54 a bushel and cotton was : cents a pound, while the money in this country $13 85 per capita. Our money now is about $27 been secured, and | per capita. The quantity has doubled, but the same issue of the Chronicle quotes in its market report wheat at 75 cents and cotton at 3 cents. If the quan- appears to be of very questionable accuracy. In the | titative theory of money be good, wheat and cotton case before Judge Secawell the settlement has alrea been offered in evidence and its admissibility strongly | should be double the price of 1860. From 1827 to | | 1847 wheat ranged above $1 per bushel, and in the | argued. There is at least some prospect that it will | Jatter year it was $1 42. It did not reach the latter n lied upon to maintain, and most likely it has already satisfactory reduction for a year would aggregate. 7 tock opened in the Stock Exchange at $; f£as share. and it continued to fali until June its lowest point of $60 25. § thin $1 of the price first stated. Phelan when it reached or 3 Let Mr. | | the volume of that metal. | cost in money a larger amount than the whole un- |$r 8o, and in 1837 $1 85 !priccs again after 1855. oril 3, 1899, when the $1 10 rate was fixed, | fall in pric 6 per | quantitative theory of moncy. The following morning it dropped to $71 50, | wheat alone but all prices would rise and fall evenly study the transactions in this.stock in which | dard advgeates and by the Chronicle when it llify the order upon which Major Hooper depends. | price, nor pass it, again until 1854, when it rose to Put, whether it accomplishes this purpose or not, it | §» is a complete backdown from the uncompromising at- | 1o ude Mr. Phelan had assumed and which he was re- | California and Australia 5, and the next year to $2 46, but fell in 1856 1 83. This was aiter the discovery of gold in . and their great additions to But in 1836 wheat was and it did not reach those The reason for the rise and s must be sought elsewhere than in the If it held good not with the fluctuation in the volume of money, but they It has now advanced to | do not. A far more darling theory held by the double stan- was many citizens in moderate circumstances have in- {abroad in the land supporting 16 to 1 was that there vested, and he may find that both himself and the | was an indissoluble relation between the price of wheat Examiner have crowed too soon. Relying on the | and that of silver. But in 1840 wheat was $1 00 when | bold and apparently consistent stand he took for the | silver was $1 32, and in 1892 wheat was $1 03 when public good, and believing that there would be no |silver was 87 cents. substantial change in his position and that he held the | power in his own hands, investors in gas stock have | mcney or the value of silver, the inflationists would | become alarmed and sold out at re- | prove their undoubtedly duced prices, and now they find the full value has been restored and that their loss, which means speculative gain, is irreparable, while Mr. Phelan and the Ex- aminer brag day by day of a settlement that was ac- tually dictated by the gas monopoly and played di- rectly into its hands. 1f prices fluctuated evenly with the quantity of argument by simply stating it, but they donot. There are other factors in the problem. High wheat is usually associated with low wool and cotton. This fact has its root in the simple, primitive needs of man. Food is his first necessity, clothing is second- ary. When wheat is high he fills his belly at the ex- It is unfortunate for a municipality when its chief | pense of his back. The demand for clothing fabrics officer has his judgment perpetually for re-election and for the gratification of his per- | clothing. This is the situation occupied by Mr. | ditions. Tt reminds us of the Scandinavian age, when | economies in it appear as the result of human intelli- the Norse gods, at their annual festival, used to send ! sonal ambition Phelan Thor after a caldron in which to heat savory messes, and he invariably returned with the pot on his head, like a huge hat, and its ears reaching down to his | heels. Mr. Phelan has got back from his raid upon | the gas monopoly with his head entirely covered by the stopper it placed upon him. THE TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS. ENRY O. HAVEMEYER, president of the H American Sugar Refining Company, has evi- dently become so panic-stricken by the Bryan- ite attack on trusts that he is willing to say or do almost anything to turn the attack in another direction. In his evidence given before the Industrial Commission on Wednesday he sought to give turn to | demagogue clamor by denouncing the protective | tariff and picturing that as a scheme by which the | people are plundered. | It goes without saying that Mr. Havemeyer's words | will be warmly and eagerly taken up by the dema- [gogues of the press and.of the stump. The orators and the editors who but a short time ago coupled his !y‘mme with that of Rockefeller as frightful examples | of the plutocracy of trusts will now begin to laud him as a Daniel come to judgment, and every sentence of ‘his testimony will be quoted with as much reverence las if it were a gospel text. Havemeyer will be an | authority for the Bryanites, and, while they denounce ‘C\'ery other millionaire in sight, they will except him, {a]nng with the owners of silver mines, because of his | contribution to their campaign of discontent. | There is nothing new in the Havemeyer statements. The charge that trusts are an outgrowth of protection |is an old one. Cleveland made it in his famous phrase | about the “communism of pelf,” and it was made by | other free-traders before him. It was, in fact, one of i!he arguments used against the protective tariff with | most persistence and clamor in the campaign that re- | sulted in the election of Cleveland for #is second |term. The people then set aside the protective sys- | tem, and did thereby injure the trusts, but at the same time they injured every other American industry as well, and brought about a financial depression and new clouded and his | declines because earnings are absorbed in getting determination constantly weakened by his aspirations | food. When food is cheap money can be spared for A cross current, again, affects these con- As science is applied to production, and genee, it increases, and the supply and demand get nearer neck and neck. The cotton gin effected economy in that fiber. A machine to husk corn would cheapen the production of that cereal. The qualitative philosophers never cease to attack the gold standard men for conclusions which they claim are not based on sufficient data, but at the same time they cancel all data that may affect their own pet theory and ascribe to it a wide range of material, meral and economic results, to which it has no more relation than a polar bear sucking his paws under the Arctic Circle has to the price of milk in Marin County. Colonel William J. Bryan of Nebraska did not do any fighting in the war, but he is getting in his work now. In a recent speech he declared that the man who antagonizes trusts is quite as brave as the man who swims a river or climbs a hill. He must have had Bryan, Funston and Roosevelt in mind when fe said that. It is said that the Standard Oil Company is to be reorganized to conform to the demands of public sen- timent. The officers of the great trust are probably |aware that reorganization on such lines would mean self-destruction to them. Young Daniel Maloney does not seem to be cut | out for an aeronaut. He has a soaring soul, but his body clings to earth, for/which reason he is now nursing some bruises and a broken rib. “Oom” Paul is a peaceful man. He has announced to the Raad that he does not want war, and stands prepared to lick the man who forces it on him. The spectacle of the Tammany tiger making ready to slake his thirst in the Lakes of Killarney must give the British lion a severe pain. French Ministers in these troublous times are like overripe peaches—ready for a fall. + Comedian de Wolf Hopper announces his intenfi:an of marrying again. And that’s no joke. 3 HER H about $9 costs of court. an unqualified success. BB 2505023020050 0 54 220 00K+ SEX-SHIFTING and GAG-STEALING ASHTON STEVENS Chats @About a Female Imperson- ator and a Clever but Ap- propriating Monologist. HE female impersonator is not the noblest work of God. Hg is a disease at best, and on the | surface of me his epicene antics | induce gooseflesh. This may be a prejudice of mine, but it is pretty gen- eral among healthy men. There was a time when the stage had to get along with. these sexless mysteries, but that time has passed. What was good enough for William Shakespeare in the days when women had not found their stage legs is not good enough for us. ‘Women almost dominate the stage to- day, and we do not regret it. All this apropos of Tacianu, the male | lady who is wdrbling at the Orpheum. Tacianu is not only a ripe soprano, but | a bouncing barytone as well. He sings duets with himself, and, to be fair, does | the feat very neatly. But he wears | skirts and silk stockings, and wobbles | his pectoral embonpoint at the audi- ence, and gives me the creeps. I can't praise him—nor much of the rest of | the bill for that matter. I pride myself on being one of the most confirmed Orpheum-goers in the town. The week doesn’t pass that does ot count me among those present. From the Orpheum I have learned to krow what good vaudeville really is. | But I haven’t found much of it there | these last two weeks. Henrl French, the-bicycle fiend, is a first-rate portion; and so is Houdini, the handcuff thwart- er and gambler's envy; but the others | are not front rank. And the Orpheumhas | spoiled us into expecting little short of | the foremost. The Orpheum is, as I} have often said in this paper, the best | variety house, week in and week out, in the country. But this is a week out. | The only one of the four new turns | that is at all Orpheum-like is con- tributed by Fred Niblo, a monologist. Mr. Niblo wears a smart frock coat and human trousers; his manner is gentle and altogether he is something quite different. But this difference is purely personal. His specialty consists in tell- ing other fellows' gags and stories. But he thieves quite amiably. Only I wish he wouldn't sing. Some men with a no-voice are very funny. Mr. Niblo is | merely foolish. s8till, as he says: Sometimes I think I'm silly, Sometimes T think + m funny; But I wouldn't be so silly If I didn’t need the money pE— BUNKER HILL DAY. ! Committees Complete Arrangements for the Celebration on Sat: urday. The Bunker Hill day celebration com- | mittee came together Wednesday evening | at Ploneer Hall to complete arrangements for the big celebration at Sunset Park to- | morraw. | Colonel Hubbard, chairman of the pro- { gramme committee, reported the follow- ing as a list of the day's amusements, to take place at the pavilion at 1 o'clock Overture; medley of patriotic air: prayer by the chaplain, Rey. T. J. Lacey; opening remarks by William G. Badger, president of the day; song, “Sword of Bunker Hill,”” Robert Dun- can; oration, Hon. Frank McGowan; song, ‘“Star-spangled Banner,” Millie Flynn; poem of the day, Charles . Greene; “The Marseillaise,” Adelaide Roddy; address by Joaquin Miller; “America” by the audience. The chairman of the games committee, Robert Collier, reported that he had ar- ranged for nineteen games, with first and second prizes for each event. Mayor Phelan and Mayor Snow of Oak land will address the citizens of the two cities with a view to having the American flag_blowing from _every housetop on Bunker Hill day. and the individual mem- bers of the assoclation will spend their time hetween now and Saturday in a like endeavor. —— e CAKE-WALK CARNIVAL. Grotesque, National and All Kinds of Fancy Steps for a Week. An attraction that will soon strike San Francisco is a carnival of cake-walking, fancy dancing and amateur perform- ances, which will be held in the Mechan- ics’ Pavilion, commencing Saturday even- ing, July 15, and continuing for one week (Sunday excepted), closing July 22. Several business mem of the city, with Louis W. Buckley, who conducted the Irish fair for the Celtic Union, and was one of the managers of the Golden Jubilee Mining Fair, will undertake this latest venture. They will also tender a portion | | tickets, to a *“California goldier and sallor boy’s fund.” here will be an international diamond badge championship cake-walk, and it Is expected that cake-walkers of all nation- alities will participate. There will be one contest for the California State cham- pionship, two handsome gold medals. be ing offered as prizes. In all of these contests the winners will receive individ- ual medals. There will be a championship contest for San Francisco, and a_contest of San Francisco vs. Oakland cake- watlkers. Grotest}ue walks and vaudeville will be another feature of the show. Officers Elected. Court Magnolia No. 26, Foresters of America, has elected the following named to serve as its officers for the ensulng term: A. L. Fried- man, chief ravger; J. Anthony, sub chiet ra Mark Lafee, senior Woodward; A. C. ki, junior woodward; 8. Leventhat, senior beadle; S. Hartman, junior beadle: M. Bloom, recording secretary; F. W. Clarke, tinancial | secretary, and Dr. €. L. Scharft, trustee for i term. a Parlor, unIfl"‘E“td 11; tive Daugh strel ative Daughters of the Golden West, has electéd the following officers for the ensuing term of six months: Mrs. L. resident; Miss Julia Vasselin, Mrs. erbach, ' Dr. Lillle Boldemann, vice presidents; Miss Alice Maunder, recording sec- retary; A. Boldemann, financial secre- tary; Mrs. C. Boldemann, treasurer; Mrs. J. {eward, marshal; Mrs. R. P. Gale, Miss M. Leslie and Miss T. Rothman, trustees. Miss Carrfe Fenstermacher will become past presi- of the gate receipts, from the sale of all | [ O I T T R e R AR R STARK SCORES A PARTIAL VIQTAORY ERR FERDINAND STARK, has won a victory Messrs. Bernard & Leger—not an absolute’ victory, but just a nice, fortable vietory that absolves him from loosening up fifty-five large, ripe dollars for a misfit dress suit and at the same time sticks him for $250 for putting in a new foundation in the basement of a pair of trousers and Justice of the Peace Barry rendered his decision vesterday afternoon in the suit brought by Bernard & Leger against the professor to the price of a dress suit, and $2 50 for repairs. i on Wednesday, at which time Professor Stark demonstrated, evidently the entire satisfaction of the court, that the clothes he was asked to pay for did not envelop his figure with that nicety that a decollete waistcoat and swallow-tail coat should, despite the expert testimony to the contrary, yesterday his Honor decided that Herr Stark need not pay for the suit but that the other charge of 32 50 was just and proper and would have to be pald. This declsion carries costs, so the professor will find his debut in court not 1 by Miss Mamie Richter, wh | wampum; | the valley than at the present time. | of San Francisco is at | Maxwell of San Diego is at the Cosmo- | politan; B. J. Hoffacker of San Francisco | 3 dent. The next past president of Alta Parlor ]uu Native Daughters of the Golden Weat wii be Mrs. S. Brackett, as she will be succeeded | estates in Englan, | 86. 234 ] over his tailors, com- recover $55 up for trial to The case came for 1+ e RN+ R RSN RNeRNIIL IR RN R Gl e S e s e B ot et e tie et eti+ Notiotietiotie N+ et tie et @ | o has been elected president for the next term. The other officcrs chosen are Miss -Mabel Miller, Miss Molli McCarthy and Miss H. Brown, vice presidents Misg C. Faulkner, recording’ secretary; Miss M. Noonan, financial secretary: Mrs, Inge I Faure, treasurer; Mrs. B. Fraser, marshal; Mrs. J. S. Noonan, inside sentinel; Mrs. A Napthaly, outside sentinel; Miss L.’ Brackett, organist; Miss M. Crowley, Mrs. G. Bosse and Miss H. Farren, trustees. ? Rincon Parlor, Native Sons of the Goiden West, will have the following named as its ofticers for the ensulng term: W. A. Peake president; P. F. Mertes, George W. Korts and Charles Clancy, vice presidents; L. K. Hagen- kamp, recording secretary; W. E. Foley, financial secretary: T. H. Vivian, treasurer; . J. Roca, marshal; R. D. Barnett and C. F- Dakin, trustees. Althomas Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, | has_elected the following officers for the en- suing term: F. G. Thornton, sachem; V. F. Northrup, senior sagamore: A. A. junior sagamore; J. H. Hutaff, prophet Holder, chief of record: Hansen, keeper of H. G. Ken nist. '3 . OrE: |SAILING VESSELS MUST UNDERGO INSPECTION |NO MORE ROTTEN COFFINS TO GO TO SEA. Masters and Mates Must Stand an Examination as to Their Com- petency to Handle Ships. Only two weeks more remain for the in- spection of sailing vessels of more than 700 tons gross, and all other vessels and barges of more than 100 tons gross carry- ing pasengers for hire. On and after July 1 of this year all vessels of the classes mentioned must have been examined by the local Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers, otherwise they will not be allowed to sail. The masters and chief mates of such ves- sels must be duly licensed as such' by the inspectors. Although Inspectors Bolles and Bulge~ have been ready at all'times since Mar 1 to inspect sailing vessels, their services were not sought until last Wednesday when they Inspected and gave certificates | to the masters of two small schooner: Certified copies of certificates of ins tion for steam and sailing vessels ec- and barges are issued by deputy collectors of | customs and must be kerl exposed under glass on board the vessel where they can be seen by passengers and all others cc cerned. Failure to have such certificat will subject the owner of the vessel to a penalty of $500. The new law also requires that masters and chief mates of such vessels shall be examined and licensed by the local in- spectors of steam to act in the capacit; made person, or for any unlicensed person to serve as master or chief mate of sald ves- named, and it is sels under a penalty of $100 for each of- | fense. Masters and chief mates who have actually served as such on sailing vesseis of more than 700 tons gross for the full period of one year preceding the applica- tion may be duly licensed upon satisfac- tory documentary evidence to that effect, provided such officers shall be found upon examination to be free from color blind- nes: Applicants who have had no pre- vious service as master or mate except upon inland waters must be duly exam- ined in navigation the same as required for masters and mates of steam vesssis, such examinations to be in writing, d the applicants must be free from color blindness. No person shall be examined as master who has not served a full year as chief mate of said vessels, and no_person shall mined as chief mate of said vesse mentary evidence that he has had at leas- three full years' experience on sailing ves - sels of 300 gross tons and upward. AROUND THE CORRIDORS D. R. Cameron, a promingnt attorney of Hanford, is registered at the Lick. J. A. Miller, a banker of Austin, Nev., is spending a few days at the Grand. James Barnes Jr., a mine owner and expert of Seattle, is stopping at the irand. J. F. Condon, a wealthy merchant of Verdi, Nev., was among yesterday's ar- rivals at the Grand. J. D. Biddle, a wealthy banker of Han- ford, arrived in this city yesterday and is a guest at the Grand. E. P. Vining, manager of the Market- street Railway system, is spending a fort- night in the Yosemite with his family. J. J. Hebbron, a wealthy ranch owner and manager of Salinas, s at the Grand. Mr. Hebbron says that the outlook for a prosperous season was never brighter in The output of grain and sugar beets will be larger than for years past. by —_———— CALIFORNIAN> IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, June 15.—Irving M. Scott the Holland; J. 8. is at the Savoy. e | CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, June 15.—J. McMullen and Mrs, 1. I. and Miss May Kaster of San Francisco are at the Raleigh. Wil- liam A. Berlong of S8an Francisco is at Willard’s Mrs. M. E. Cooper of 746 Mar- ket street, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Morse | and H. R. Cooper of San Francisco are guests of the President at the White House. BRITISH ESTATES—A. O. S, City. There is a book known as Martindale's “Next of Kin” !hg,t deals with unclaimed SENATOR PERKINS:RA, v(‘foltonwood. Cal. The address of Senator George C. Perkins is Oakland, Cal. His address in ‘Washington, D. C., is The Albany. WRECK OF THE NEW YORK—A. B. G.. ‘\E’m;[ Thecsteflmer that was wrecked on the Marin County shore October, 1883, almost o ogi&négfitzg&not! was the City of New Pork. 5 LOCOMOTIVES—A. 8.. City. statistics show that there ar}; u.{::tl;;% locomotives, in the United States at tnis . es for the 1080, as against 17,49 in lmye Sy atow. TO PAY POLL TAX-—J. The law of California does any specified len shall be a ‘“‘resident of S, fore he I8 entitled t Day poll taas *c0 Pe- POSTMASTERS—J. L., Reddin, Poanlnuterfu lox the fourth class are :fi‘d a salary of less than $1000, b than $300. The salaries are ulE ax tusl:!e“ once in two vears, and in readjustin there is taken into -consideration amount of box rent and revenue. e MORMONS—G. B. C., City. There are no figures to show how many people there are in the United States that embrace the ')‘lormon faith, and what are known as ‘statistics” in relation to such are only T. B., City. not prescribe d the stal essels to entitle them | unlawful to employ any unlicensed | he can present satisfactory docu- | gth of time that a man | The estimates are: For the | State of Nevada, about 600; Idaho, about 15.000; Wyoming, about 1500; New Mexico, about 600; and Arizona, about 7000. COMMISSIONER FOOTE—A. A. B, Alameda, Cal. The nnmeloit W. W .tFun;e‘ i California to the ggfl?‘;;iog:{tlofiomls pronounced as if written Fut, with the u sounded as in full or push. . . ENGINEERING — Marine En‘izingnr, ity. There are private schools in San gr:«i‘nclscoewhere an individual can study arithmetic in engineering, but this_de- partment cannot give such the benefit of a free advertisement. BIG TREES— Dutch Flat, Cal. The largest trees in the United States are the sequolas of the Calaveras and Mariposa groves of California. The tallest of these was the Father of the Forest, height 40 feet. The circumference of these trees is from 31 to 94 feet. IN THE NAVY-W. H. M, City. In the United States navy a coal passer can Lecome an ofler, water tender, machinist of the second class, machinist of the frst class and chief machinist. The pay of ccal passer is $22, oiler $37, water tender 0. machinist second class $40, first class Chief machinist $7 | HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW-— | Student, San Jose, tal. To enter - the Hastings College of Law of the University {of California the applicant must be at least 18 years of age and must file with the registrar a certiil good moral raracter and pass mination in | prescribed studies. Further information | may be had by addressing a communica- tion to the dean or registrar of the col- lege. e 0 AMERICAN HALVES-—B. H., Berke- ley, Cal. ‘A half-dollar of 1 does not command a premium. The selling price is from 85 cents to §110; a half of 183 com- mands a premium_of from 75 cents to 81 25 if it gas not E Pluribus on_the re- | verse. Those with motto sell for 75 cents, | without for from $5 to ¥ MAKING A PURCHASE-C. J. K, City. If you desire to purchase a busl- ness you should do so with the under- standing that you will either assume . the responsibilities or not. If you purchase without assuming the responsibilities of the party from whom you purchase and that fact appears in the bill of sale, you |'would not be liable for the business debts of that individual._ NOT DESERTION—Reader, City. In time of war, if a soldier on post leaves his post, he is, if after that, captured, liable to the severest penalty, according to the articles of war, but if he should leave his post to go to the front to en- gage in battle, that would not be con- Sidered desertion. Still, he would be liable for punishment ior leaving without orders, but the fact that he went to the front would be a matter in mitigation of punishment. WEDDING ATTIRE—Subscriber, Santa Cruz, Cal. If by the question, “What is the correct cut and style of clothes for a gentleman for morning, afternoon or evening wedding?” you mean the groom, possibly the following is the best answer that can be given: His dress should scarcely differ from his ordinary day | dress, and should on no account be too | gay; he should wear a dark morning coald light or white st, light trousers an light gloves; also a flower in the upper | button-hole of his coat. REVENUE (UTTER SERVICE—G. |-M., City. The comm ioned officers of the United States revenue cutter service are appointed by the President, and they the grade of captam first, second To qualify for these nts must adduce roficiency and skill 1. navigation and seamanship. The Sec- retary may appoint to the service a limit- | ed number of cadets, who at the time of | appointment shall not be less than 1S nor | more than 2% years of age, to hold a grade rd lieutenant. estimates. | | 1 | | | are o and third lieutenant; positions the appli competent proof of below that of thi MISDEAL IN CRIB—S., City. The rule is: | as to misdeals in the game of crib | Should the dealer misdeal and not dis er the error before either one | hands is taken up, his adversary is en- | titled to mark up two points; and there | must also be a fresh deal, as there must J be, In fact, in every case of a misdeal. If, | during the deal, the non-dealer expose | any of the cards to view, the dealer has i the option of dealing again, w ..out, how- | ever, being suffered to look at any of the | cards before demanding the fresh deal. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE—A. V..San Jose, Cal. The age limit for those who seek positions in the railway mail ser- { vice is 18 to 3. An attempt to deceive as to age, weight or height is sufficient to { bar indefinitely an applicant from a civil | service examination. 'The applicant must | not be below 5 feet 4, must not weight less than 125, must be free from all physical defects And must be free from affections of hearing, seeing and speech. Applica- | tion blanks can be obtained by communi- cating with the clerk of the commission of the department in which the applicant seeks a position. el EXPANSION AND CHEAP LABOR. Why should we pension the Sultan of Sulu, and yvet try to deprive Aguinaldo and the Tagals, his followers, of their rights? The former are savages, while the latter are quite enlightened, and are far more able to carry on an organized government than are the Cubans, to whem we promised self-government. As insurrectionists now, they must later be- come citizens, unless we stop in our fool- hardy course, entering into a competition with our laborers, which is more to_be | dreaded by them than that of the Chi- | mese. As citizens of a common country, | those who ‘are now the Joudest expan: elonists are probably the very ones who can best use the cheap labor there, and under the constifution sell the products of that labor here‘in direct competition with the products of our labor. The anti-expansionists believe no good can come to us as a people by the mas- tery and annexation of the hllk) ines. We do not wish so much good rican blood spilled, the burden of taxation in- creased or an imperial army maintained | for the purpose of annexing some unwili- ing far-away people, who can do us no !Qond. except a few, and by exploitation. | We' believe the action contemplated to | dishonor our constitution to be gssential- i1y criminal aggression, and that it will Jlower our standard of labor. We think the result can but lower our national . manhood, and that as lovers of our coune- | try we should do our best to discourage | these evils.—F. W. Moffitt, in the Chicago Journal. —_———————— Cal. glace fruit 0c per 1b at Townsend’s.* ; —_—— e | | | | | | | | Trunks, valises, traveling rolls, belts, urses. Best gcods, best values at San- orn & Vail's, 741 Market street. L7 —_—————— information supplied daily to | business houses and public men by the Special | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- | gumery street. Telepnone Main 1042' ¢ i —_— -—— | Embezzlement Alleged. Joseph Lauer, manager of the American Guitar and Zither Company, swore to a ecomplaint in Judge Conlan's court yester- day for the arrest of R. C. Nelson, a col- lector, on the charge of misdemeanor em- bezzlement. It is alleged that Nelson has | embezzled 375 | —_——————— | Official Route Christian Endeavor i Excursion to Detroit. ! Leave San Francisco June 2th, § p. m., via i Centzal Pacific Railway; leave Ogden July lst, |§:10 a. m., via Union Pacific Railway; arrive | Denver July 24, 7:00 a. m.; leave Denver July | 84, 1:40 p. m., via Union Pacific Railway; ar- | r've Omaha July sth, 6:30 @. m., visit exposi- | tion; leave Omaba July 4th, 435 p. m., via | Chicago and Northwestern Rallway; arrive | Chicago July ith, 745 a. m.; leave Chicago | July 5th, 12:02 noon, via Wabash Railway; ar- | rive Detroit July 5th, §:10 p. m. Round trip, | Airst class, $81. Limit for return July I5th, with privilege extension to August I5th for additional | 50 cents. For reservations and further infor- mation address Geo. P. Lowell, Trans. Mgr. Cal. C. E., 1626 Eighth ave., Bast Oakland, Cal. — e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fitty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with | perfect success. It soothes 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. —_— HOTEL DEL CORONADO-—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at hotel; longer stay, $2 50 per day. Apply at ¢ New Montgomery street, San Francisce.