The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN "RANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY JULY 25, 1899. JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. WS ILEA PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. £ DITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 991 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, Address All Communications to KE, Manager. DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 16 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Coples, G cents. Terms by Mall, Including Postage: DATLY CALL ( cal, DAILY CALL (in asters are authorized to receive subscriptions. ded when requested. | All post Sample coples will be forw: OAKLAND OFFICE.. ...908 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. | Manager Forelgn Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. Herald Squae NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR. ......29 Tribune Bullding CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. Eherman Houss: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hof NEW YORK NEWS8 STANDS. Waldort-Astorla Hotel; A. Brentano, 51 Uniom Square; otel. i for reference to his extinguished e WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Wellington Hotel J. L. ENGLISH. Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 930 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until o'clock. 639 McAllister strect. open untll 9:30 c'clock. 615 Larkin street. open untll 9:30 o'clock. | | i 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street. open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open untll 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty- | econd and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. i Columbla—*‘Heartsease."" ol . Bans Gene." ar—Faust.”" era House—''Faust."’ o represented the highest intellect and profaundest | the energy for which American manufacturers are | Zoo and Free Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon : | | knowledge of the world. noted S 0 B e ores mianth—Bat-| And yet, though not a great man, Robert G. In-| Not only are the manufacturing plants already en- 3 . | gersoll was not common. The injury his avowed gaged in making automobiles large and well | Swimming Races, etc. X ; 5 . | sentiments might have done to the youth of the | equipped. but new plants are being established. AUCTION SALES. Book Store, th—This day, at 12 o'clock TWO CLASSES OF CITIZENS. are for good governmént in San Fran- )n every business man, To that que ¢ property owner and every taxpayer will i ¢ So far all are that point differences appear, and i course I do.” romptly respond: 1 but beyonc _ | knowledgments of his life. | deny the existence of God who confessed and pro- | claimed the principle of fraternity. | pervaded by the magnetic a ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. | | F the reputation of Robert G. Ingersoll depended | l upon his atheism or his agnosticism it would be | ephemeral. i the theo-ies he so ostentatiously announced were true there would be no excuse even i The Preacher says: *“And how dieth the w As the fool! Wherefore,” he added, “I praise the dead which are already dead more than the living which 2 are yet alive. But Robert G. Ingersoll was not a great atheist, | A | of railways. It is not expected the competition will nor a great agnostic. Dissimilar though they are, he aspired in his published lectures and addresses to both distinctions. His irreverence, however, his theory | of deistical brutality, was a mere phantasy, unsus tained by scholarship or by reason and contradicted | by every clement of his personal character. His love 1 for his wife and for his children, his tenderness to- | and friends, would have been spurious | ward relativ | and repulsive if in his heart he had not accepted what | in speech he derided and contemned Mr. Ingersoll was not a great lawyer. fine advocate before juries. He was an effective plat- | form orator. He was capable of grasping immediate | situations and exciting the emotions of men and of | women. Upon occasions he would beat thin senti mentalism into a glittering leaf that violated Shak: speare’s injunction against painting the lily or adorn- ing the rose. And yet the man was intensely emo- | tional and shocked human sensibility in terms that | mocked the iconoclasm he professed. It was fashionable years ago for the narrow-headed worshipers of themselves who infest modern com- munities to parade as gems sentences from Ingersoll that, when they were analyzed, were meaningless. The nineteenth century has produced great agnostics. Strauss, the German, and Renan, the Frenchman, were specimens of this particular cult. But Robert G. In- gersoll belonged to a lower range of scholars ip and He had never studied the great German of the Bible. His “mistakes of ;. | He was a | | | | of thought. and French critic Moses” were pervaded by misapprehensions of the When he attempted debat; nia and with Wil were liter- | is literature | text of the Pentateuch. with Jeremiah Black of Pennsylv liam Ewart Gladstone, his propositior His logic and ally pounded into dust. completely failed when subjected to those tests that | | country was counterbalanced by the clashing ac-| It was idle for a man The aridities of atheism were divested of their corrosive power when The brutali- ections ties of chance were idle assumptions when accom- | panied by the admission of the certainties of law. The | | hard conception of annihilation had no place in sen- tences that were infused with the glow and with tt heat of immortality. of the work of Ingersoll that wiil There is so survive and refute his atheistical and his agnostic pre- ly of citizens ides into two classes. | tensions. He delivered some addresses that were re- s seeks to assure good gover nt by | plete w tenderness and gently touched the finer an interest in pc cs during municipal cam- | issues of life. He made some arguments that mani- the otl « neglects every duty and shirks | fested power and energy. On many occasions he | respon ¢ of that kind, but when the cam- | developed a deep capacity for humor which was at \ is over proceeds to manifest a great concera | re by complaining, protesting and for the public ng everything that goes wrong and every- | denou body connected with it. | In the terse language of the streets members of one class are called “workers,” and those of the other | are ca In communities where workers a fairly honest and efficient prevail there is 1 tration of public affairs, but where the kick- ate there is endless corruption, jobbery, | | 1ss in San Fran- 1y men of good position in the busi- | world and in social and club life who content | es with wordy and windy denunciations of | ad of making any serious and earn- the evil and bring about the elec- ustworthy officials. These men find it easier and pleasanter to neglect | their political duties than to attend to them. They | some excuse. There is work to do in the | hop, there is an engagement at the club | is a book to read, a friend to see, | tion for dawdling, or play- | Anything will serve to turn them aside from the ward meetings, the primaries, the work of | the canvass, or any other duty to which the responsi- | bilities of citizen them. The kickers becomeindifferenttopolitics assoon asan They may have been vehement | all through the year, but as soon as the time come rt to remed) a mere incli or perhaps ng pedro. election approaches. s T T T e T e e B the city. When urged to arouse themselves they grow positively antagonistic. They not infrequently refuse thing about politics. They delight in jibing at good men who show zeal in public affairs. | They stay in t requires them, they hang around the clubs or their | n idlene: even to read r places of business when no work and sometimes can be | respectable” to take | part in political campaigns ! Having neglected to attend to politics when by attention they might bring about the election of good ‘ men to office, they find very soon that they neglected | their own interests when they evaded their duty to | Bad politics makes itself felt in tlwir‘ homes, in the schools their children | | homes for hours heard boasting they are “too the community. business, in th attend, in the streets along which they pass and in the taxes levied upon their property Then they arouse | d for another year fill the city with the noise | plainings | Every business man, property owner and taxpayer | cares for good government in S i Thc1 each of them to determine now is will manifest that care as a worker or There is a chance to elect a good admin- inaugurate the municipal The Republic - - { issue before whether the as a kicker. i to under the new prepared the way. ation government | n party has| cisco sk e the pc cal work imposed by the respon- sibilities of our republican institutions we can have as good government as any in the world. mes to poli h to blame if mun If they prefer | private business or pedro have but affairs pass under the control of Buckley or of Rainey and the Examiner. ¥ none themselves News comes that the report of the arbitration com- mittee has been adopted as a whole by the Interna- tional Peace Congress. Now will the congress ad- journ and crawl into it! Canadians scem to have short memories. Sir Wil- frid Laurier says the only altsrnatives in the Alaska | boundary dispute are war or arbitration. the Fenians He forgets The business man who neglects politics in this cam- paign will be neglecting business of the most import- ant kind ford to lose the strip and would never miss it | west, without taking the trouble to have the countr: nd delicate. His heart and his intellect | ed, and those sentiments that are the | once broad frequently col eternal answer to the materialists broke through the | crust of his nihilistic dogmatism, with the refreshing influence of the dew or of the rain. i The prev ill sound in char- | ity. He was better than his opinions, some of which ling view of Ingersoll rayed against him personal bitterness and held him | below the political crowns and rewards that he would otherwise have reached. With all his peculiarities, he | stood for lofty principles and in many respects was | helpful to men and to women of all races. H form of voice rang out for freedom and against every rong | and injustice that illustrated the inequalities of civil- ization. He will be remembered in America and not | forgotten throughout the world. THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE. HILE American and British banqueters are holding festal Anglo-Saxon reunions in New | York and London, and while the delegates from this country and those from Great Britain at the | Peace fraternally supporting one another in advocating international arbitration as a means of settling disputes between nations and the use of the dumdum bullet when arbitration fails, the Governments of the two nations are having the hardest kind of a time in determining which shall have possession of a strip of territory and a harbor in the remote wilds of the Alaskan coast. The issue at stake is not large when the magnitude | of the territorial possessions of the two nations are | her of them could af- The soil in dispute will never be cultivated by either Americans or British, and the frade of the harbor | will never yield customs duties enough to pay for maintaining a warship to protect it. Nevertheless, the dispute concerning the location of the boundary along that frozen coast line has caused friction enough to warm it up, and threatens to become in the end hot enough to make it tropical. The chief issue involved is the of the thing. In the judgment of our diplomatists Pyramid harbor belongs to us, and Canada is guilty of aggres sion when she demands it. In the judgment of the | Canadians the harbor belongs to them, and we are | domincering land grabbers because we have taken possession of it. Great Britain, it is said, is perfectly | willing to concede our claims, but does not like to | irritate the Canadians. All parties are willing to ar- bitrate, but cannot agree on the terms of arbitration. So while the champagne sparkles in the glasses of the | fraternizing sentimentalists in New York and London | the hardy adventurers who have gone to hunt gold in | the irozen north are getting their guns and making | ready to fight. The genial diplomatists of a bygone age who drew | nference are civilized taken into consideration principle | 5 - | up over their walnuts and their wine the treaty be- | Franciscans will undoubtedly avail themselves of this tween Great Britain and Russia defining the boun- | daries of their possessions in the great frozen north- | i 1 | surveyed or even explored, doubtless thought all was | well enough so long as it suited them. They did not | foresee that a time would come when the Russian | possessions would pass into our hands, when gold would be discovered in the valley of the Yukon, when there would be a sudden rush of trade into every har- bor along the Lynn Canal, when their carelessness would come to disturb the relations of two Govern- ments whose people were bubbling over with the rap- | ture of a fresh affection. Such, however, is what has come to pass. The | another, are doubtless enjoying the situation. In their judgment the blunder of the old treaty-makers { was providential. Of course there will be no war on | it beyond question that the automobile is destined to | With further perfecting in some of its minor details | horse power or railroad. | the voyage home. | in their patriotic valor when they set forth from the | | ters set about making preparations for the reception | icentify A. M. Peck of Cohoes, who has bought the | New York, in an effort to please him, may be ex- | Russians, who are desirous of keeping Great Britain | and the United States more or less hostile to one | the subject, but it may have results sufficiently serious to put an end to all the talk about Anglo-Saxon unity and set the international revelers of the two coun- tries to hunting some other toast as a reason for drinking their champagne together. AUTOMOBILES AND RAILWAYS. NEW phase of the automobile question has presented itself to Wall street. The far-seeing speculators have begun to consider what effect the new vehicle may have upon the earning capaci be felt by long-distance freights, but it is believed the short lines and the short-distance traffic over long ines will be very seriously affected by the facilities for transportation furnished by the motor cars. A recent number of the Financial Review, issued by Henry Clews & Co., in discussing the prospects of ings, says the problems of the trunk lines ay be solved by better management and by combi- hations, and then adds: The smaller lines, the feeders of the trunk roads, would present a different problem, less easily con- tiolled, and which, viewed in the distance, seems to suggest a less promising outcome. It remains to be scen how far that class of roads may be exposed to competition from automobile carriage. Sufficient has been already achieved by this new appliance to place railway earn T become much more than a mere passenger vehicle. it can be made available for carrying freight in con- siderable bulk, upon well constructed highroads, with greater speed and at much less cost than by either It thus becomes a question of great interest whether much of the short-haul busi- ness of the railroads is not liable to be diverted from the minor railroads to this new means of transport. It is also a question under consideration among en- gineers whether it may not, in many cases, be found possible to combine the automobile em with the trolley system with advantage to both.” The Wall street men are by no means premature in considering the problem. The competition, if it is to | come at all, will come soon in every section of the | country where there are good roads. The construc- | tion of automobiles is being carried forward with all Within the last few weeks it has been noted in our exchanges that a Chicago company has been formed for automobile work with a capital of $5.000.000. A large bicycle manufacturing company in Kenosha, Wis., has turned the plant into a factory for making | automobiles, and the Elgin Sewing Machine Com- pany of Elgin, TIL, has been bought out by a com- pany, which will convert the plant to an automobile factory The demand is sufficient to justify the new enter- prises. Orders for 4000 electric automobiles, to cost 88,000,000, have just been placed with a New Eng- land manufacturing company, and a Chicago firm has | taken a contract to furnish Paris with 5000 electro- | mobiles. These items are gathered from the recnr.h; of the news within the past two weeks. They repre- | sent only what is new, and nothing of the great works | previously established and the large orders given in the past. Wall street, it will be seen, is wise in keep- | ing an eye on the automobile as a competitor to rail roads. P ] WHEN OUR EOYS COME HOME. HILE the departure of the California volun- W teers from the Philippines has been delayed by the typhoons that now prevail there, it is but a short time when the transports will start on It is therefore timely to begin preparations on an extensive scale for their welcome. There was a great public demonstration of pride | | | | | | | | city to engage in the war. At that time the excite- ment of the contest against Spain was upon the people | and every loyal heart was full of ardor and enthusi asm. The volunteers represented the patridtism of | the State, and accordingly their farewell was given amid the roar of guns, the sound of martial music and the shouts and acclamations of applauding thon- sands. They will return to us to find the public mind re- stored to its normal condition, the thoughts of the people once more intent mainly upon business and politics, but they must not find any sign of lessened esteem for their valor and their service. The hearts of the people have lost none of the ardor that was felt for them when they sailed away, and that fact must be made clear by the cordiality, the stately cere- mony and the outburst of popular enthusiasm when they return. | For an occasion of the kind nothing must be left to chance. The State, the city and the various organ- izations, civic and military, among the people should unite in preparing a grand welcome. There was a holiday when they left us to fight for the flag, and there should be two or three holidays when they re- turn with their standards crowned with the garlands of victory. Let all those having authority in such mat- at once. There is no danger of overdoing it. We | cannot do too much to show forth the love and the honor due to our heroes. e s The Croker cohorts in New York are at a loss to Muckross estate on which are situated the Lakes of Killarney. They are of the opinion, however, that he is a backwoods hyena to sneak up and steal as he did the spoil from the Tammany tiger. A cablegram from St. Petersburg is to the effect that the Czar admires American dash. Nihilists in pected to use lots of it, particularly in this fashion: “To h— with the Czar!” Under the new treaty with Japan, which has just gone into effect, Americans will be allowed the privi- lege, with the natives, of paying taxes. Many San opportunity. There will be no war between England and the United States over the Alaska boundary dispute. The British bull lowered his horns the moment he heard that Uncle Sam had ordered the arming of four more | yachts. The clergy throughout the land are busy these days delivering their opinions as to the present where- abouts of Bob Ingersoll. And that will do him a lot of good! Projectors of half a dov2n new lines of railroad into the Arctic regions are more than likely to de- velop cases of cold feet. No particular credit need be given to General Otis because Aguinaldo has sought cover. The rainy sea- son has begun NEW METHOD TO REACH NON-CHURCH-GOERS. Priests, Choir, Cornetists and Cross-Bearer March Through the Streets Gathering Up Sinners. the mellow glow End witness Boston Globe. ever seen in this city it passed along the cen outside of a church. A vested choir of sixteen voices, ¢, with a crossbearer, f s i West continued Sund The little pro the chorus, cornetists and Fathe out of the mission hou to Merrimac squar i made, and Father Converse addresse gathered. Proceeding, they Chambers, Cambridge A number of st livered and hym: passed through sung. From the steps of the church Father Conran made a short and invited the throng of people on the outside to come ed the invitation. f the early church in England. | address into the church. Many accept This is one of the customs o Recently it E: its introduction in Africa s e @ B * PRESS COMMENTS : Sacramento Bee. According to a dispatch in the Exam- iner, sent to that paper from Trieste by Miss Nellie de Martini, Admiral Dewey stated that he wished to see General Lawton at the head of the American troops in the Philippines. That is repeated here merely for the e of venturing the opinion that sver said anything of the Kind. a keen and shrewd diplomat. good men lose the He has man 4 r | has sent East for a compre: sublic confidence through a surplus of It Bias : com r Pl s will not but his foot in it | {...vomll which ‘will be used as an omui. e 5% ORI s to carry guests to and from tnc byiiwayiol hie riou | trains, That will mean two more horses | out of a job.—Santa Rosa Press-Demo- crat. The San Francisc being the “Monarch of the Dailies, the biggest fake of the nineteenth cen- attempt to show stitute of Mani clothing when they is but another evidenc: nal's methods. The ten wey ing cup fund is another example of the onarch’s” enterprise. It is enough to make one sick at the stomach to see what the Examiner will resort to to bring itself before the public. -— Cause of the Examiner’s Howl. Santa Clara Journal. Now comes the miner and with a lot of drivel attempts to belittle the cam- paign of General Oti later that the general has probably sat down on the fresh men of the Examine in Manila as General Shafter did at San- tlago. Hence this second howl. S The Journal Competitor. San Jose Mercury. At last the vellow New York Journal is to have a_genuine competitor. The convicts at Sing Sing paper of their own. it bl S VIEWS OF COAST EDITORS on the Great Automobile Race. Testing the Automobile Carriage. While the taking of a trip in an auto- mobile conveyance across the continent may have some elements of sport in the venture it is only by such tests that the thorough utility of the invention can be demonstrated. Possibly other ideas may be involved in the journey, but it will not be finished without demonstrating both the strength and the weakness of the horseless carriage as a practical machine. Much as people may decry racing, and little can be said in favor, it was not until the bicycle was put on the track that it became the strong, light and useful ap- pliance that it now is. It will not be until the horseless carriage has demonstrated its practicability in transcon.nental expe- ditions and upon the speeding course that it will win its way to Some more import- ant position than that of a plaything for the wealthy. That this experiment is being regarded as something of importance is attested by the fact that crowds of people meet to see the wagon pass and are profuse in thelr wishes for the success of the ve ture. The accomplishment of the journe: from New York to San Francisco with the new style of carriage will establish its character and reputation. while a failure Will result in nothing more serfous than a heavy demand upon the Inventive genius of the American people to supply remedies for whatever defects may become appar- ent as a result of the trial—Chicago News. siioe Ee Era of Long-Distance Riding. Now that an automobile has left New York for San Francisco the era of long- distance riding in self-propelling vehicles may be said to have begun in the United States. The longest distance heretofore attempted has__been 720 miles. between Cleveland and New York, but in Europe trips of several thousand miles have beer: made. The journey to San Francisco will be 3700 miles in extent and require many weeks, the progress of the machine in the Rocky Mountain region and across the muddy prairies being prospectively slow and difficult. It is now just fifty years since the exodus to California in conse- quence of the discovery of gold there, and the departure of a gasoline machine car- rying two passengers for the Pacific coast is in itself a notable observance of the fif- tieth anniversary of the toilsome expedi= tions of the '4%ers. What will be the means of transportation to San Franciseo fifty years hence? Is it too imaginative a view to take that in 1949 the trip can be made in a flYlng machine?—Providence (Conn.) Journal. el Longest Run on Record. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis left New York Monday. July 3, in a motor carriage bound for San Francisco. It will be the longest automobile run on record, and, besides_ requiring endurance, skill and nerve, it will be the test of an American- made self-propelling vehicle over the worst of American roads.—Standard. This is an enterprise or rather a big advertisement for the New York Her- ald and San Francisco Call. Davis and his_wife started from the Herald office 4 ana will bring up at the Call office in San of the early evening yesterday the West an unusual religious procession, It is probable it was the first of the kind It attracted a great deal of attention streets, for seldom are surpliced two cornetists and two rom the mission church of St. John | Bowdoin street, appeared on the streets at the an effort at mission work, and it is to be v the crossbearer, follow=d by Converse and Couran, moved se on Bowdoin street, throug! \ging a mission hymn. A short pause was d the large crowd that had Lyman, Leverett, Green, and Bowdoin streets back to the church. ops were made on the way. Addresses were de- again been brought out in that country. and India by the Cowley fathe AROUND THE s | down to the city and is at the Lick. It will be found | | Grand. | | yesterday’s army have started a | | the city purely on pleasure and private says the h Staniford branch, it has been m Father Couran, tioned it to Father C thinks it will have a to church. Since of The initial s Francisco when the trip is at an end. Arcata Union. * Cacrh Automobile Prevaricators. Tt is to be hoped that the owners of automobiles will not deem it an essential part of the business of running those things to stand around the market place and discuss models, gears, saddles, tires rims, sprockets, frames, handlebars and blow about the big figures on their cy- clometers. If the automobile develops as many_liars as the bicycle habit has brought out then, indeed, will our condi- tion be hopeless.—Tulare Register. i in Marysville. excl Automobiles According to a well-known ge, one of the leading hotels of Marysville | CORRIDORS Dr. C. W. Nutting of Etna is a guest at | the Occidental. B. F. Lute, a mining man of Reno, is a guest at the Grand. W. U. Taylor, deputy State Controller, is registered at the Grand. S. N. Griffith, a prominent attorney of Fresno, is a guest at the Lick. Dr. T. M. Todd of Auburn has come J. S. McBride, a wealthy mine owner of San Juan, is a late arrival at the Lick. Charles Erickson, the San Luis Obispo contractor, arrived at the Lick yesterday | Captain J. E. Conrad, commander of the | transport Morgan City, is a guest at the Lawson W. Fuller, U. S. A., was one of arrivals at the Occi- dental. William Kirchoff of the Electric Light Company of Los Angeles is a guest at the Palace. Bernard Stohl, a wealthy cigar manu- facturer of New York, is registered at the Palace. Ex-Judge S. F. Gill of Salinas came up to the city yesterday and registered at the Occidental. Senator Robert N. Bulla has come up to the city from Los Angeles and is stay- ing at the Grand. Attorney William D. Creighton of Fres- which the fathers of the mission church who ha He secured fr license for this work, every Sunday night from ep taken yesterday SS /’(f,}-munn o in this city are » cessfu nost suce as recently come from Africa, men- ‘onverse, who became interested in it. u= he tendency to draw non-church-going people m the church authorities a general is lr;) be carried on in this city to . which was most successful. A. Hickok of are at the Holland. —— e —— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. L TO NEGROS ISLAND—A. §., City. Tha | ance by sea from Manila to Negros | \d, in the Philippines miles, and | a transport makes the distance in about | | | Francisco San ,and a half. NOT IND SD—A. 8., City. As the several articles sked for have not been »xed in The Call the only way to as- tain the date of the publication is to arch the files, .SIE TYSON—F. R. F., City. M » Tyson, who a short time since fell | heir to a very large estate, went from her home in the interior to San Francis- co, and from there to Australia, where | she new is. | SEQUENCE—C. S., Santa Barbara, Cal. In the following play in cribbage there are two runs: A plays four, B a tray, C a deuce and C_makes a run of three: A' plays a six and B a five and he makes a | run of five,as there was no card to in- tervene to break the sequence order. COMMON CARRIERS—E. G. N., Ryde, ~al. If a transportation company prom- | ised to perform a certain act in the mat- ter of carrying freight failed to do so and you were at a loss by reason of such neglect, your remedy is to make a de- mand for damage sustained, and if there is no response sue the company. AMES OF WEDDING ANNIVERSA- S—J. L., City. Wedding anniversaries are known by the following names: First, iror fifth, wooden; tenth, tin; fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china; twenty-fifth, silver; thirtieth, cottol hirty-fifth, linen; fortieth, woolen; forty-fiftn, silk; fiftieth, gold, and seventy-fifth, diamond. These and none others. STARS ON FLAG AND COIN—A. B, City. When the first United States flag was designed the stars in the blue field were five pointed, and as the flag was adopted with the stars with that number of points five poigts have been followed ever since. In 179 when designs for United States coins were presented for acceptance the stars thereon were six- pointed and six points have been pre- served ever since. This department has not been able to find any given reason vhy the flag has five-pointed and the coins six-pointed stars. RETURN LETTERS—M. C. J., Bakers- field, Cal. The following from the United States Postal Guide, which is based on the postal laws, makes it appear that all mail matter having upon it a request to return to writer if not called for or deliv- no is registered at the Grand en route to Eureka, Humboldt County. B. F. Shepard, one of the foremost and best known citizens of Fresno, is among the late arrivals at the Grand. J. A. Chanslor, an oil man and capital- ist of Los Angeles, is one of those who arrived at the Palace vesterday. Joseph D. Biddle, the Hanford banker, is one of those who arrived in the city vesterday and registered at the Grand. T. B. Walker, a lumber man and capi- talist of Indianapolis, is at the Occidental with his son. Both gentlemen are in the city on a pleasure trip to the coast. Major General John H. Dickinson, N. C., and Major Schmitt of the divi staff returned to the city yesterday from | a short visit to the interior of the State. W. H. de Arcy, claims agent for the Canadian Pacific at Winnipeg, and L. R. Johnson, master mechanic of the Cana- | dian Pacific steamers at Vancouver, are | both registered at the Occidental. Dr. and Mrs. D. S. Walters, U. S. are registered at the California from Van- couver Barracks. Dr. Walters is under orders to join one of the new regiments now organizing for service in the Philip- pines. Edward Dickinson, general manager of the Union Pacific at Omaha, returned to his home last evening. He has been in | business matters. While in the State he visited Castle Crag and other points of interest. Captain Andrew S. Rowan, commanding Company I, Nineteenth United States Infantry, arrived in the city yesterday en route for Manila. He is the gallant gentle- man who so distinguished himself during the Spanish trouble by carrying the .d- ministration’s message to General Garcia | in the interior. This feat was attendeu | with such danger that its accomplishment is regarded as one of the most heroic feats of the entire war. e e CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, July 24—William A. ‘Waldd of San Francisco is at the Welling- ton; F. G. Kellogg of Oakland is at the Riggs House. — e CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 24.—D. Doye of San Francisco is at the Sinclair; Henry Brew- ster of Los Angeles and Miss Gertrude W. Haines of Oakland are at the Bartholdi; A. Oakenheimer of San Francisco is at the Hoffman; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kohl and O. ered must be returned, and not sent to the dead letter office: “See that every let- ter or package bears the full name and postoffice address of the writer, to secure the return of the letter if the person to whom it is directed cannot be found. A much larger portion of the undelivered letters could be returned if the names and addresses of senders were always fully and plainly written or printed inside or on envelopes. Persons who have large correspondence find it most convenient to use special request envelopes, but those who only mail an occasional letter can avoid much trouble by writing a request to ‘return if not delivered,’ etc., on the envelope.” spondents, city and elsewhere. The tak- sing of the census of 190 will commence on the 1st of June. The enumerators will commence their work on that day, but a certain amount of preliminary work, in- structions, etc., will precede that date. Enumerators are paid the piece, 2 cents per name, and at scheduled rates for | other items—deaths, factories, farms, etc. A bright, active man ought to be able to earn from $ to $6 a day. The work will last two weeks in cities and four in the country. There are six census districts in California. One district embraces San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties; another, the balance of Con- gressman Loud's district, with San Benito | County and the counties north of Santa Barbara and west of the Coast Range Mountains. Congressman Waters' dis- trict is another, less the territory named. The balance of Congressman {fletcalf'! district goes in with the Santa Rosa Con- gressional district, and the other two cor- respond pretty closely with the Congres- sional districts north and east central. Enumerators are nominated by the Cen- sus Supervisors. Some test of fitnes: will be required, and there will be some exam- inations as to qualifications. Examina- tions for positions in the Census Office, Washington, D. C., will be held in San Francisco and some other cities in Sep- tember or October next, but neither the Rla(“;:; nor the time have been definitely xed. —_——— Cal.glace fruit 50¢ rer Ibat Townsend’s.® —— bs;;ec!al information supplied dally to usiness houses and public men b: Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 5]0&0;‘:’ gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ ———— Sudden Death of a Pauper. Benjamin Metzger, an aged inmate o. the Almshouse, died suddenly at 4: o'clock yesterday afternoon on tl - walk on Sacramento street near }l‘(eeas:flp He had been out on a two days leave of absence and was seized with an apo- lectic fit. The body was removed to the orgue and an inquest will be held. —_—— The best appetizer and regulator of the di- gestive organs is Angostura Bitters, prepared Sona. by Dr. I G. B. Siezert &