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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY JUNE 30, 1899 ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE. S was announced yesterday, The Call, in associa- tion with the New York Herald, has arranged for a trip across the continent by the latest | achievement of art and science in the way of transpor- ation—the automobile. The start will be made on July 1 from the Herald office. and every mile of the journey will be made by | the machine. Its capability for speedy and long dis- ! tance traveling will be tested not only on the average | highways of well settled American communities but across the deserts, where the roads are little more than JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. TEHE I g fddress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. and Third Sts., S. F | PUBLICATION OFFICE. Telephone Maln 1868. | ...Market EDITORIAL ROOMS.. ..217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 16 CENTE PER WEEK. Single Copies, 5 cents. DAILY “'Ir-!m: e 6.00 | trails, and up and down the mountains, where the | Lor : 8.00 | o ades are’in many places so steep as to be almost DAIL ing Sunday Call), 3 months. 150 = ‘ < 5 DAILY ngle Month 850 precipitous. ; . SURNDAY Ousixps: :38 By such a journey the usefulness of the automobile ! will be subjected to a severe and thorough tes h | trip is therefore one which will mark the opening of 908 Broadway | a new epoch in the history of transportation. In its way it will be as notable as the running of the first {locomotive across the continent. It will demonstrate the great 1e of the machine to the American pub- lic and go far toward hastening the day when its wide and general use will. effect something like a revolu- tion in our methods of traveling. It is well known that successive stages of civilization are rked by improved means of transportation more than by any other single factor. In fact, noth- ing else so profoundly or so widely affects the trade, All postmasters are authorized to receive smbscriptions. Bample copies will be f: ded when requested. CAKLAND OFFICE.. C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Mansger Forcign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. CHICAG 7NEWS STANDS. it s Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Sherman H Fremont House; NEW YORKiREPREGENTAT!VEx PERRY LUKENS dJR ...29 Tribune Bullding W YORK NEWS STANDS. fotel, A. Brentano, 31 Union BSquare; ToteL WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE ...Welllngton Hotel | the industry and the social life of a community as the C. C. CARLTON. Correspondent. opening of new facilities for traveling and for the | trar portation of freight. 'Every accomplishment in t direction, from the construction of a wagon road AMUSEMENTS. = ough a wilderness to the opening of the great Suez of Lady Killarne: er—Vaudeville every afternoon | ason and EIll Co., Market streets—S pectalties. street, near Eighth—Bat- | etca ming Races, Coursing with all its necessities and es, have been singularly dispatches continuous evi- hed cer- the fre- e were two branches of the public petty rivalries and to prejudice that oth and even record in this 1. Already imper ten- Now a co listic blic vigilance American army has clearly a lengthy telegram to m Manila by General bid for Iy pe of the insurgent leaders is They proclaim the near overthrow | tration, to be followed by their | | | can manufacture. iety. sent fror wing imperialistic 1 recognition by the United States. | enables them to hold which uence Tt as- ge of an administrative policy that has avowed, that has been frequen guage is reprehensible in every line. ywle been v repu- | d that would be inconsistent with the prin- | nd with the practice of the Government. What | cy of the administration may be is absolutely of an army officer charged with the duty | ng temporary military exigencies. ' But, even n of discipline could be overlooked, | y and his Cabinet have uttered no . directly or indirectly, to indicate even a desire | retard the civil independence and the political | n of the Filipinos. The Call has often vin- | them from 1 in parti this unjust aspersion, common an newspapers but not to be antici- from a general in the American service. The sion- Democracy has labored hard to fasten the e of imperialism upon the Republican party, so opolize the constitutional side of that ques- ;0. But all such efforts so far have been The Republican party has adopted no such heterodox position, and in the State platform in Ohio | has taken the soundest American ground upon the Philig situation | It , doubtless, unintentional but nore the less dist y unfair and unjust, apart from its breach of | military rules, for General Otis to have thus the intentions of the Government, now | controlled under the constitution and the laws by a | Repub dministration. But, in other ways, his expressions were not merely indiscreet, but offensive. Does he pose that a censorship, presumed to be | momentarily essential to Manila and used as a prece- dent for the usurpations in Idaho, can be extended over the entire American press, and the whole Ameri- can people? If he does, then his attitude at least cor- responds to the imperialism of General Merritt, who declared that our constitutional system had been “out- | He should have remembered that Spanish absolutism has no application to the United States | and that every American citizen in the Philippines, | whether in the regular army or among the volunteers, ; stands upon an exact political equality with himself, | and, though as a soldier willingly amenable to mili- | tary discipline, is absolutely entitled to entertain and | in suitable places to express his opinion of the rela- | tions that ought to exist between his country and the Asiatic archipelago. When, however, General Otis | virtually denies to our citizens at home the right of | thinking and speaking, within the limits of the con- stitution, with unrestrained freedom, he shows him- | comprehending an independence thatl’ thers a bloody revolution to acquire | ssors an immense expenditure of | life to preserve General Otis should have been more accurately ad- vised also with respect to the Filipino leaders them- selves. They have repeatedly shown an intelligent | knowledge of American institutions. They are per- | fectly aware that an American administration, unlike a British Ministry, is not subject to “overthrow” ex- | cept by the expiration of official terms and through the exercise of the elective franchise. And it may | be safely assumed that there is not a man among | them so ignorant as to imagine that his native land | will receive from the United States, or from any part of its population, the only “aid” that could tend to extricate it from our military and naval grasp. Spanish pronunciamentos were usually “sound and mis- represente n a grown.” self incapable of it cost our forefa and their su money and of | 1s sure to lead to important and far-reaching results. | are skilled in the us nal, has in proportion to its extent changed the| whole lif fected by it. Something nore than a passing sensation, ‘therefore, will result irom the first transcontinental trip of the automobile. The new machine is as yet in its infancy. The test now to be made will reveal its defects for use in long of the people . ai journeys as well as its advantages, and will therefore strumen al in bringing about the improvements needed to render it more valuable and more conve- than at Thus the experiment is of scientific importance as well as of general interest, and nt present. No attempt will be made either by The Call or the Herald to exaggerate the daily events of the journey into a summer's sensation. - The enterprise is not a vellow journal freak. It isan undertaking for the pur- f testing the availability of the automobile for se in all parts of the United States and on ds of all kinds. It is, therefore, an experiment in the interests ofthe public and will be so treated from start to finish pose gener. T Every event of the trip will be with absolute fidel re- and an elaborate of each week's journey will be given in The Sunday Call. Thus the public will be kept posted as to the working of the machine under conditions and ng all sorts of highways, and every intelligent reader can thus be in a position to judge for himself of its practical value. The automobile to be used for the trip is of Ameri- It has been constructed not for the purpose of racing on level, well paved roads, but for use on roads of all kinds, and yet it is expected make a spee Mr. and Mrs to record that the nation can be proud of. Davis, who are to make the.journey, of the machine and can be relied upon to make the experiment in a thoroughly satis- | factory manner. The day for the start will soon | come, and from that time on until the automobile and |its passengers arrive at The Call building its pro- | gress will be watched with interest all over the civil- ized world e ——— FOOD ADULTERATIONS IN ENGLAND. [ OWEVER varied and extensive may be the adulterations brought to light by the investiga- tions of the Pure Food Committee of the Sen- | ate, it is not likely the disclosures will show anything worse in this country vealed in Great Britain than what has re- | In fact, the use of chemicals to give a good appearance to decayed meats and vege- tables is about as wide as civilization itself. Were the been press of Continental Europe as free in its strictures as is that of the United S should doubt tes and Great Britain, we ss learn that the manufacture of im- pure foods is as common there as with us, though such articles are not so openly exposed for sale, ow- ing to the strictness of the governmental inspection. The London Lancet, in discussing the manufacture | and sale of impure foods in England, recently pointed out that revelations made in certain cases which have been before the public during the last year disclose | that animal supstances were actually about to be em- ployed in making meat extracts in which the putre- factive process has made a fair start, and went on to say: “Of course cooking would e destroy most noxious germs, but their products, the poisonous ptomaines, would remain. Indeed, if the poisonous ptomaines were elaborated, they would be difficult to destroy. It is recognized in Great Britain, as here, that the manufacture of food out of such stuff works the greater injury to the public, inasmuch as it tends, by reason of its cheapness, to drive pure foods out of the market. Thus, if anything like a free field be left for the dishonest manufacturer to compete with the hon- est producer of good and wholesome articles, the ad- vantages of the competition will be altogether on tha side of the adulterator. i Tt is said that the exposure of the embalmed beef scandals in this country injured the entire meat- packing trade, and that the innocent suffered with the guilty. That, of course, is an evil which every one regrets. Fortunately, it is likely to be of but short duration. In the end it will redound to the benefit of honest dealers and manufacturers, to have the sale | of impure foods prevented by reason of the expostre of the wrong. From the experience of Great Britain it appears there will be required a most stringent inspection and supervision to suppress the iniquitous business, The Lancet say “A system of control should be estab- lished by the State, and imported extracts and extracts made at home should be ex-| amined chemically and bacteriologically from time to ‘time, while a very = vigorous watch | should be maintained on the disposal of offal and all such nastiness. In any case. on the conviction of a man wicked enough to attempt to retail a meat ex- tract for public consumption which he knew had been prepared from putrid substances, the punishment should be made to fit the crime.” | We can hardly expect a comprehensive national in- spection in this country, but it is reasonable to hope for something at least in the way of legislation to check the adulteration of food. It is believed that a law requiring all packages of food to be labeled cor- | the Governor. Senators Spooner and Davis have held { United States Senate. | physicians of the railroad company, Dr. Barbat is the | guard at every point under control of the board. The | | city physician and the assistant city physician are both WILL QUAY BE SEATED? E publish a canvdss of United States Senators Wmade by The' Call on the seating of Quay. The first notable revelation of the canvass is | that Jones, chairman of the Bryan Democratic Na- | tional Committee; Hanna, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Butler, chairman of the Populist National Committee, all join in supporting +Quay. When three politicians, at the head of the | committees of the three parties, join in such action it |is indicative of some sort of deal in which little | thought may be given to any constitutional principle involved. Of the thirty-three votes slated for Mr. Quay four are Democratic—Jones, Bate, Martin and Daniel—and three are by silver Republicans—Teller, | Jones of Nevada and Stewart. This leaves twent; six straight Republicans for Quay and eleven against him, with thirteen straight Republicans doubtiul or undeclared. Senator Hoar is the leading name among | the supporters of Quay. He has always held, in case | of like contests, that the constitution, by saying that a State shall not be deprived of equal suffrage in the Senate except by its consent, means that the Senate | shall be always full, and that when a Legislature fails to elect, the Governor has the constitutional right to | | appoint, to the end that the Senate may be full and | | | | | the State have its equal suffrage therein. So believ- ing, it is a matter of principle with the venerable | Senator from Massachusetts to support Quay. His ‘position raises some very interesting issues. The con- | stitution plainly makes the Legislature the represen- | tative of the State in the election of a Senator, and | provides that when it is in recess and cannot act the | Governor may make a temporary appointment, which | ceases and determines when the Legislature meets | again. Now, if the Legislature, when in session, represent- | ing the State as the electorate of a Senator, omit for | reasons seeming to it good to elect, the State has thereby consented to forego, for the time being, its equal suffrage in the Senate. It was not the intention of the constitution that there should be left open a possible collusion between | Legislatures and Governors, by which the Senate could be filled with appointed Senators and the elec- torate be practically shiited from the Legislature to the same opinion as Senator Hoar. Quay himself held the opposite opinion and voted against seating Cor- | bett. ! Senator Shoup of Idaho, who is a native of Penn- | sylvania and is affected by the party feuds that rage | in his birthplace, seems to pass all questions of con- | stitutional construction and jump into the middle of the personalities involved. He desires to vindicate | Mr. Quay against the charges made by the reform- ers in the Republican party of his State. This view of the subject is not tenable, and but few Senators will admit that their votes will be influenced by it | It is evident that Quay has not the majority in hand that was supposed to be ready to seat him. This| being the case, there is likely to be a long fight and a most interesting debate. So much attention has been attracted to the matter by events in Pennsylvania that we may expect the | entire subject to be thrashed out. the Senate's dignity and the security of the country | it is to be hoped that the decision will rest upon con- | stitutional conclusions and not on a desire to seize | an unnecessary advantage or to get even with a fight- ing faction in the party. | \ THE BOARD OF HEALTH SCANDAL. | Y a series of appointments which amount m] B public scandal, the Board of Health at its meet-f ing on Tuesday made itself known as a part nr; the Burns machine and turned its offices over to his | henchmen. After this it is probable the scandals \\HI{ follow thic of a board whose secretary is notoriously disreputable and whose other appointees are fit associates of that creature of the tenderloin? The former Board of Health was notably earnest in its work and rendered the city important service. The fight undertaken against the sale of impure food and carried on with such zeal and success by Food In- spector Dockery was in the highest degree bencficial. | ! It went far toward preventing the sale of impure milk | ; and other articles of food that spread germs of dis ease among the households of the community and | thus saved many a family from sickness among its members and probably from death itself | The new board, as if with a deliberate intention to | give notice that it will not carry on the work of the | former board—as if to notify dishonest milkmen and | grocerymen that they may with impunity resume the | sale of impure and diseased foods—removes Inspector Dockery from the office_ which he has filled with so much credit and bestows it upon a man utterly un- skilled in the work which the office requires—one who has no other claim upon it than that of having as an Assemblyman voted for Dan Burns for the It is not to Burns only, however, that the board has | sacrificed the welfare of the community and the in terests of the people. The railroad hosses have | claimed their share of the spoils, and the members of | the board, being themselves physicians in the pay of the road, have been prompt to comply with the rl:fim. The result is a series of appointments which the pub- lic can regard with riothing less than amazement and indignation. As was pointed out in The Call yesterday, two members of the board, Dr. Coffey and Dr. Payne, are | physician of Dan Burns, and Dr. Keeney is essentially | a political doctor. They have put railroad doctors on | in the service of the railroad people. To the positions of assistant police surgeons there have been appointed [ men who are either in the service of the Southern Pa- cific or the Market Street Railway Company, or are closely related to physicians that are. These men are therefore in positions where they can | guard the interests of the railroad company whenever | any victim of railroad negligence or violation of law | is carried to the Receiving Hospital. Tt is safe to say they will perform whatever work the railroad or Dan Burns requires of them, for it is for that they have | been appointed. From a Board of Health so directed and so offi- cered nothing can be expected of benefit to the pub- lic.. The board appears to have organized itself as.a | machine to do politics of the lowest kind for the low- est purposes and for the lowest persons. Tt would be | folly for the Supervisors to appropriate any consider- able sum of money for a board so constituted and so open in its contempt for the public welfare. The health of the city, moral - as well _as physical, will suffer rather than be helped by every dollar place‘d at | m For the sake of | { and fast, for what else can be expected | § THE JURY I LBUAN'S IS 0 NOT A6 The Vote Stood Eight for Acquittal. A TALE OF BASE INGRATITUDE el ACCUSED MAN HAD BEFRIEND- ED HIS INFORMER. e He Saved From Prosecution William Davis, Suspected of Stealing a Sack of Internal Rev- enue Coin. g The jury in the case of Osca M. Wel- burn, the ex-Internal Revenue Collector, on trial for forgery and embezzlement, iled to agree and was discharged yester- afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Justic. de Haven in the United States District Court.. The jury had been out since Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock, and stood eight for | acquittal and four for conviction. It is aid that three of the latter were willing to vote for acquittal, but the persistency of Juror William G. Ayers caused.them to stand by their original intention. One of the for stub- bornness is said to be the chaffing he was subjected to by his colleagues when he desired to know who “Mr. Jurat was, any- how?" The attorneys had referred to the “jurat,” or sworn oath, several times in the course of the trial. Throughout the deliberations Ayers was addressed as “Mr. Jurat,” and became much incensed there- at. Juror Maurice Henry, who voted for acquittal, was heard to remark in the hallway aft the discharge of the jury that he knew ex-Deputy Loupe, one of the witnesses for the prosecution, and he “would not take his word for anything. The United States District Attorney in- tends to ask the Department of Justice at Washington for further instructions in se, but it is thought that a new be ordered. 1t is quite likely a second trial will result in an ac- reasons ascribed Ayers’ that quittal and Welburn will be permitted to carry out his laudable intention to redeem himself in the service A bald case of ingr »f his country. atitude on the part of a man whom Welburn saved froin go- ing to prison has just come to light. It will be remembered that Welburn was apprehended on the information of Wil- liam Davis, a negro expressman, who has his wagon stand in front of the Ap- iser's building on Washington stregt. When Welburn arrived in this city from Galveston in charge of a squad of nine recruits he was recognized as he was en tering the International Hotel by Davis’' son. The latter, who was under the im- pression (hat there was a reward of $500 for Welburn's capture, told his father of Welburn's presence in the city, and the old man, forgetting the former kindness of W burn to himself and son, informed Burt Thomas, the special agent revenue department. The ungrateful part ved by Davis and his son in the alfair e understood from the following s employed by the Internal Revenue Offi to haul the coin ceipts to the sub-treasury. Two deliv- are made ly, one at noon and othér at 4 o'clock. On December 1, 1893, Colleetor Quinn turned the office over t0 his sor, Welburn, and whil> the transfer was taking - place < brought to them that a ck containing $600 had mysteriously disappeared from the wagon on the noon delivery. It was known that the senior Davis had driven the vehicle, and on the seat with him at the time was his The men weve im- mediately detectives were placed on th e and the sack of money, minus some thirty dollars, was located under Davis' house, Had Welburn been so inclined he could have prosecuted the men, but he was dl posed to be lenient, and ‘actually allows )avis to continue- hauling the money, though he was always accompanied by an officer of the Internal Revenue Depart- ment. Welburn's kindness was poorly repaid, as is now known. It is worthy of n hat there was no reward for Welburn aporehension. and so the Davis family n nothing by their perfidy to ona rtainly deserved ‘hetter treatment is even from miotive the commonest gratitude. TWO BITS TO DEFEND A CASE. | Chris Schneider Declares He Was Held Up by an Attorney. “I have been held up in open court,” feclared Chris Schnefder as he was being led from Judge Conlan's court vesterday to the City Prison. “and robbed of two . He came to me while this morning and said him two bits he would get the inst me dismissed. T gaVe him mey I will know him again and nt him out to the Judge.” cider was arrested Wedne tttery upon a newsbov, and when » was called before Judge Conlan morning the arresting constable ed for a continuance till this morning. which was granted. No one appeared for the defendant. They Were Drowned. A Coroner's inquest was held vesterday over the remains of the two Japanese sailors, whose dead bodles were found near Fort Point Wednesday and cremated the same day in the Odd Fellows' Crema- tory. Autopsy Surgeon Zabala testitied that the cause'of death was drowning. The jury rendered a verdict that the safiors had been drowned while attempting to escape from the Nippon Maru. — o o Fourth of July decorations, flags, ple- tures, etc., wholesale and retail, In quan- tities to suit. Sanborn. Vail & Co. . —_———— Cal.glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.” ———— Special Information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 %(onl- gomery street.” Teiephone Main 1042. ¢ — e Money for thé Treasury. Fifteen Chinese were fined $0 each by Judge Graham yesterday for aiding and abetting a lottery. Their attorney gave no- tice of appeal, as the case will be tested in the highest court. TO STUDY .WYOMING’S FOSSILS. Union Pacific Invites Geologists and Paleontologists to a Free Excursion. The Tnion Pacific Company to-day forward- ed three hundred Invitations to prominent geol- ogists and paleontologists throughout the coun- try to join in a free excursion of sixty days to study the recent fossil finds In the Wyoming wonderland. The professors of the varfous large colleges throughout tue country r-~ es- peclally invited and transportation fs to be fur- nished for at least one assistant free. The ex- cursionists are expected to gather at Laramie, Wyo., on July 19 and begin their research un- der the direction of Prof. Knight of the Wyo- ming University. This field of research is the richest known to thegeologist, and no effort will be spared to give the collcge men all the chance they desire to investigate the Wyoming wonderland.—New York Sun. ——————— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for Ffty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething witi perfect “zuccess. 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 sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs, of the | day night | { nold of San Francisco is at AROUND THE CORRIDORS IM O'BRIEN and Steve Costello were sitting In the office of the Fourth of July Committee one afternoon just before the advent of the big scandal, speculating on the probabilities of 0|)(am; ing a small cold bottle at the expense o Colonel Robinson, when the boy brought in a card and handed it to O'Brien. Jim looked at it, scratching his head, and then passed it to Steve, saying: / “Steve, what th' divil is th’ manin’ av 40— o4 this, at all. Sure Oi thot wid OVERTAXES Dagos, Chinymin, savages from th’ woilds av Oak- land, me frind Colonel Robinson an’ his frind Chriteren, ye av plenty av wonderful bugs fur yer Furth av July circus show widout running a Phillypino shnake charmer on us. Costello looked at the card and read, “Professor Pila Pillar, Expert Snake charmer, Borneo and other places.” “I have heard considerable of the power of these fellows,” sald he, “but this is the first opportunity I ever had of testing it. Show the professor up.” The boy departed, and in a few minutes returned with a well dressed stranger, who had nothing distinctive about him except a pair of strangely glittering eyes, an enormous red beard and a tremendous length of body from the hips up. Briefly announcing that he wished to exhibit his accomplishments for the edifi- cation of the Grand Marshal, he took from his pocket a seven-foot rattler and threw it on the floor. Costello and O’Brien fought with each other for pos- session of the top of the wardrobe, while the typewriter, executing a giant swing, landed on the gas fixture, where she remained, positively refusing the in- vitation of the professor to come down and fondle his little pet. The stranger made a few passes and the snake commenced to perform its tricks. He made it stand up, lie down, beg, play dead, waltz and jump through his hands, finally compelling it to put its tail in its mouth, swallow itself and disappear completely from the sight of the bewildered spectators. Then, with the bow of a Chesterfield, he picked up the nothing that remained on the floor and departed. The stranger was Stevens, the hyp- notist, disguised in a false beard, and the snake was his cane, which he threw on the floor. When last seen, Costello and O'Brien were still perched on top of the wardrobe, signing the pledge, which was being handed to them by a boy on a stepladder.. The typewriter has resigned. THEIR NERVES., C. A. Luhn, a Sacramento capitalist, is at the California. Tieutenant J. J. Smith, U. 8. guest at the Palace. W. P. Thomas, one of the leading attor- neys of Ukiah, is at the Grand. W. H. Norway, a mining man of Santa Barbara, is a guest at the Russ. Morris Mlichael, a wealthy merchant of N, is a | Woodland, is a guest at the Grand. Captain J. A. Metzgey, U. S. A,, s stay- ing at the California with his wife. J. W. Knox, one of Merced's most prom- inent citizens, is at the Grand for a few da P Hulls and Boilers, TLick. A. W. Nalthby, a wealthy rancher of Conecord, Cal., is at the Grand with his wife. T. B. Bates and F. A. McGregor, two naval officers, are staying at the Occi dental. George W. Ballinger, fruit-grower of San Jose, is a guest at the Russ. Drs. E. 8. O'Brien and W. A. White- head of Merced are among yesterday's arrivals at the Grand. p J. A. Bell, A. M. Mayer and J. A. Dougherty are three naval officers who are staying at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Poole and party of Philadelphia are at the Occidental. They are touring the coast on pleasure bent. Dr. Thomas J. McConkey of San Diego ptain F. Bowles, the Inspector of is registered at the and Dr. J. J. McKone of Tacoma, two prominent physlcians, are registered at the Palace. — e CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. YORK. June Miss L. H. Ar- the Grand. Seymour R. Church of San Francisco is at the Holland. J. Pollio, French Consul at Honolulu, is at the Martin, en route to France. Francisco are at the Marlborough. S e CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, June 20.—D. N. Ed- wards of L.os Angeles is at the Ebbitt House: Thomas Doran of San Francisco is at the Wellington. NEW the millionaire | George C. Pratt and wife of San | REGIMENTS M ACH LEA FILL BATTALID Plan for Recruiting at the Front. PRl AR MEN FOR NEXT TRANSPORT S THE PENNSYLVANIA TO TAKE A MIXED DETACHMENT. Lo Prediction of the Army and Navy Journal That Lieutenant Neall Will Be Compelled to Leave the Service. A How much of the Twenty-fourth In- fantry Is going to the Philippines and how much will stay home is the subject of considerable discussion at the Presidio just now. Four companies have gone; there are eight more, and all of them have at one time or another been booked for the islands, but it is considered pretty certain that only two battalions will be sent out and the third will be kept here as a recruiting organization for fill- ing the ranks of the companies at the front. Such a plan is followed by European regiments, but they are generally of four battalions. Three of these are put in ths field and the fourth, known as the “home battalion,” remains behind, gathers men and trains them, and these are sent out as the fortunes of the battalions on ac- tive service require. This country is tak- ing its first lesson in foreign warfare and there is much to learn, but the drift of events seems to indicate that the Euro- pean plan will be copied to the extent of the “home battalion.” In.the case of the Twenty-fourth In- fantry, this way of handling the regiment may ma mean the retention of Colonel Free- . who has twice been ordered to Ma- and who is still here. His first order to go on the Pennsylvania; then he was ordered off the Pennsylvania and to the Valencia; then follo taching him from the Valencia, was understood that he would not go out until the last of his regiment was on the way. Now it looks as if the last of his regiment will remain in this country un- less emergency requires otherwise. In the case of the Twenty-fifth Infan- try, also colored, companies B and F are doing the recruiting. Colonel Burt and 250 men of the Twenty-fifth are now on their way here overland, and these will probably start for the islands as soon as possible, but B and F_will remain here until they have both been recruited up to the numper required by the last act of Congress, which fixes the strength of a company at 125 men. It is expected that | the recruits will be trained and shipped | on as the Twenty-fifth needs them. Major C. H. Noble and over 100 men of the Twenty-fourth are also bound over- land for the Presidio. The headquarters band and six com- panies of the T 13) white recru nty-fifth Infantry, with have been assigned to the transport Pennsylvania, which is booked to sail on the 3ith inst.” Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Coolidge, Ninth In- | fantry, will be in command of the de- | tachment and he will have with him M | jor W. H. W. James of the Twenty | Infantry and Captain William H | ston of the Sixteenth Infantry. In | tion, eighty colored recruits will be sent | on the same vessel. Acting Assistant Sur- | geon Nevil M. Garrett, now at the general | hospital at the Presidio, has been assigned | to duty on the transport Penns | Assistant Surgeon P. C. Fauntlerc | Acting_Assistant Surgeon J. C. G ton, who had been ordered to the’ Penn: ia, have been del from the vessel and have been ordere feport to the commanding officer of the Twenty-fourth Infantry for duty with that regiment and to accompany it to the Philippines. Captain M. J. Lenihan, quartermaster of the Twenty-fifth, has been ordered on | board the Pennsylvania at once to pre- pare for the reception of the regiment. | The Army and Na.y Journal has this to say of the prospects of Lieutenant John M. Neall. recently tried by court-martial at the Presidio for the misappropriation of funds: It was unofficially stated In Washington this week that Lieutenant John M. Neall of the Fourth Cavalry, who was tried martial recently on the Pac! ing way with funds not his missed from the army. It was stated that the findings of the court have been approved by the President and the dismissal of Lieutenant Neall directed. The strongest kind of political pressure by influential Western politicians was brought to bear on the President in behalf of this officer, but without apparent effect. Among those said to have asked for clemency were | Senator Stewart and John W. Mackay. The Army and Navy Journal may be correct, but there are many who believe Neall will be given a chance to redeem himself while the finding of the court, which was for dismissal, is pocketed. Sergeant Francis A. Corbusier of Com- pany K and Private George H. Belmont of Company H of the First California Vol- unteers have been discharged from the general hospital at the Presidio by reason of “services no longer required. + i B e e e o e e e 2 THE STORY OF THE OUR MOST GLORIOU A ROYAL PRINCE IN Particulars of the Call- What Mrs. Davis has to say about it. B i o R S SR ENTERTAINING and INTERESTING. SUNDAY CALL. JULY 2, i899. MO0 AUTOMOBILE, Herald's novel trip across the continent. § FOURTH, Interviews w.th President McKinley, Ex-Presidents Cleveland and Harrison, and a dozen other notables. OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS LOVERS’ RENDEZVOUS. DREEREEO00s LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS FIVE DAYS Thrilling experience of an Oakland Society woman. SAN. FRANCISCD. He tells why he is serving as a common so!dier. PRSI rectly as to the nature of the article, the place and | date of packing, with the name of the packers, would | put an end to some of the worst features of the prac- | tice, and such an act ought to be provided by Con-‘ gress at the coming session. P ———— There is grim satire in the appointment of a. garbage | - The Boers are said to be exceptionally expert in inspector by the Board of Health. The position, in | hunting lions. They are hunting one now that may L all seriousness, is a political one for politicians, be more than a match for them. : Hard Luck of a South Sea King. Curing Heart Disease by Athletics. Driving “Butch ” Cassidy Into the “Hole-in-the Wall.” A San Francisco Man One Hundrea and Thirteen Years Old. In a Thunderstruck Ship Loaded With Gunpowder and Dynamite And Other Stories of More Than Passing Interest. fury, signifying nothing.” The politics of General Telpaetaane b Otis are less harmless and display an inaptitude that might justify his recall or at least an official rebuke. e —— Dr. Walter B. Coffey seems to have inflicted an unnecessary annoyance upon himself in being vac- | cinated. He appears to have been very thoroughly inoculated with the Burns virus. the disposal of such a board. —_— HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only. $6). Ly steamship, ircluding fifteen days' board at hotal; longer stay §2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. —_— e Only one legitimate argument has' been advanced against free tuition at the University of California, Governor Gage is in favor of it. B o e e On July 13 and 14 the Santa Fe route will sell tickets to Indianapolls and return at the very low rate of $§76. Occasion—annual meeting of the Epworth League. Get full particulars at the Santa Fe office, 628 Market street. ,_;