The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1899, Page 6

THE FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY AUGUST 4. 1899. AN IMPROVED SITUATION. IE Republican situation in this city has greatly improved in the last few days. The bosses have been warned by the firm independence of the fair-minded element which can control the party if it will, and are making a virtue of necessity by re- north, have subjected themselves to the severest tests of endurance and many of them have sacrificed their lives or have been broken down both in health and in pocket. Meanwhile the men who thrive on the weak- | nesses, the follies and the unbounded credulity of their | fellows, before whom the mirage of wealth is perpet- | ually glittering, have feathered their own nests and e A Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. A CCSst SOl T PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS.. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874. DELIVERED EY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Coples, § cents. Terme by Mall, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (including Sundey Call), ons vear 86.0( DAILY CALL (Including Sunday Call), § months, 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunda: DAILY CALL—By Single Month BUNDAY CALL One Year. WEEKLY CALL One Year All poxtmasters are auth to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE.... 908 Broadway | stage robber wears a flour sack. influenced by its first officiary under the new charter. | Surely no Republican worthy of the great traditions added a new chapter to the repetitions of history. In an inferior degree the Dawson record will doubt- less be reproduced in the vicinity of Cape Nome. | There is, however, one species of fraud from which | miners in the Canadian Dominion are exempt, but of | which on Alaskan soil they have been and will be the | victims. The story of our public land system until | within a few years was a disgrace to the Government. | By the use of dummiés rich men accumulated these | lands until the substantial design of Congress to dis- | tribute them among the people, to treat them as a of his party can contemplate, without wincing, the | trust to be administered for the national benefit, in a result if either of the barnacled bosses who run the | great degree was frustrated. In San Francisco no- Nor can such a | taries public derived large profits from the wholesale local Democracy shall win control. ) | Republican fail to blush in the dark, if he find himself | system of false affidavits,*through which land specula- treating from a field on which the prospect of their winning is rapidly dissolving in the interest shown by citizens who will not be bossed. The Republican party has been too long the hope of good government in times of stress and emer- gency %0 be now turned over to men who would use the livery of Heaven for the same purpose that a The future of this city, for years to come, is to be C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Memager Forcign Advertising, Marquette Bullding, Chicago. DENT NEW YOR | ....Herald Square | €. C. CARLTO? NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: | PERRY LUKENS JR. ...29 Tribune Bullding CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. Eherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Premont House; Auditorium Hotel. K CORRESPON NEW YORK NEWS STANDS. ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Erentano, 31 Union Bquare; Hill Hotel. WASHINGTON (P. C.) OFFICE .Wellington Hotel dJ. L. ENGLISH. Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street, open until 9:30 ‘ c'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh | street, open untli 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty- | second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'slock. AMUSEMENTS. alifornia—'‘Madame Sans Gene. mbla—'"Hamlet.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—**Alda."” | Alcazar—'‘Romeo and Jullet."” | Grand Opera House: cacclo.”” | Zoo and Free Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon a, corner Mason and Ellis streets—Specialties. wimming Ra AUCTION SALES. == | , Turkish | :30 o'cl ay, August 10, at 12 o'clock, | INJURING THE CITY. ith and HE the Board of He Mayor Phelan in regard to the paring of ap- within the | between I‘ issue to bring the tax levy ved as a pretext for closing the | Zxgminer 18 ng a receiving hos limit, hz g ceiving Hospitals injury of the city’s fame and credit. the | are legions of the i a d is making it appear to the 1 fed by Vi that San 5 not a government that 1cisco equipment required in the ad- | contai | disapprove as it squares with their ideas of right, or | torially organized and this mischievous and corrupt srama Co., Market street, near Eighth—Bat- | i | will, the: admitting that his party, which has here a majority | tors absorbed the public domain. In the timber lands & most of the clean citizenship and civic | of Humboldt and Del Norte counties, in the grazing pride of the city, is incapable of so ordering its own | lands of the counties of Mendocino and Trinity, affdirs as to deserve the trust of government, and, | through this fraudulent perversion of the Congres- deserving, win it at the polls. | sional purpose, hundreds of thousands af acres were The efforts-that have been made in the last week to | concentrated in a few individuals. Nor are these more get our most reliable Republican citizens to stand | than conspicuous examples of facts that transpired 1n as delegates to the municipal con\'en‘ion have suc- | other portions of the State and of the Union. ceeded to such an extent as to demonstrate the power | In new mining districts similar methods have been of the party to build on its health and not on its dis- | steadily employed. Honest and industrious men, rap- cases, on its strength and not on its weakness, and | idly moving to fresh opportunities for enterprise, to attract to its support the large and clean-minded | would find the entire country filled with locations independent vote, which cares much for good govern- | made through dummies for the benefit of speculators ment and nothing for party, in municipal affairs. We | and would be forced either to retire or to purchase cannot believe that there is forthcoming any such |interests, to which they had a vested right as Ameri- shameful confession of lack of interest and indiffer- | can citizens, or even independently of titizenship. ence to principle as would be in a failure of the party | The information from the Cape Nome region is that, to rise to the full height of its opportunity. | under powers of attorney, practically the entire avail- Independent citizens look to organized forces (or;able land, supposed to contain gold deposits, has action which they weigh and measure and approve or | been already appropriated. Alaska is not even terri- fails. The Republican party such an organized = misuse of the law should be promptly controlled by force. It is not asked to surrender nor compromise | the Federal Government. The law itself should receive any principles, but to present a municipal ticket which | Congressional attention, and be so definitely and in the character and standing of the candidates is a | ciearly amended as to insure fair treatment to all seek- pledge of clean government. This is what we mean | ers for gold. by action that gratifies the independent voter. With- In every direction, under our Federal and State out such a ticket not only are such voters repelled, | government, the necessity for the rigid enforcement a large contingent of good Republicans will be | of equality before the law is daily illustrated. colt and not to be controlled by mere | party cries. These men will say that if the city is to have bad government its curse shall not fall upon the | people in the name of the Republican party, and by | snubbing the polls they will at once punish the dirty | seli-seekers who use the party for personal ends, and will furnish to the people an object lesson in the shape | of government administered either from a stable or a e und in rev sos William Waldorf Astor has renounced his Ameri- can citizenship because he believed that he was being too_ heavily taxed in New York. He probably had a monopoly of the opinion that his citizenship pos- sessed a cash value. bar. High-minded Democrats find themselves between the devil i the deep sea. Turn which way they face a boss. Their situation is not sur- mised, it does not exist in suspicion nor insinuation. | | It is not a theory. ‘Whatever ticket | that party may elect must come from one or the other | of its fountains of power, and the waters of both are | unspeakably foul. | Under these circumstances Democrats, and there | , who are stockholders in our It is a condition. municipal corporation, will turn gladly to a highly ciean Republican ticket and vote it for the sake of as much of their own party principles as stands for good government. It is plain that a ticket which | of all cities. #oes without saying that | : : boofall citits F o Rces ying that | O ands the best Republican strength and senti- diner puts untruthiully the f‘au"'”’l‘;”)f!us"]“’; | ment, the best element of the Democratic party and | yon,can ?’j' | the independent vote, cannot be beaten. Republican | leaders should be rejoiced at so plain a way to suc- | cess and should compel their convention to uprightly walk therein. 1g about economy, xpense of every branch of the cit be brought down to the dollar lev : sratiate themselves with the | T | \ | Frank Covey, a well-known Californian, announces | the discov f a si f serva- | e he dlscme'ry.o simple method for the preserva- | It they would -pizinly tion of fruit in transit. He proposes to create a b5 i = cuu ars by the us air pump. Ev PR S i vacuum in cars by the use ?f an air pump. Even the S necessity for the pump will have -passed when the T 3 Santa Fe gets into full transcontinental competition | with the Southern Pacific. Huntington will then have | cars filled with nothing but vacuum. they succeed in assuming pub- , they would render a genuine service; or if, fail- would frankly admit their fail- who earn and -pay the taxes d be put in possession of information useful as a | de to their political action. Instead of doing this, | ginand Schumacher, a millionaire oatmeal man In giving herself in marriage the other day to Fer- | Al 3 - T | 15 on both sides get by the ears and such | Axron, Ohio, Miss Mary Zipperlen had every reason | | | | | the arbitrary d)""‘]’“ of ‘t_ht | to believe that the 70-year-old groom had sown his while Mayor Phelan delib- | wilq oats. His age and his knowledge of the cereal on the dollar limit, his yellow | would Jead to that presumption at any rate. | s itself at the expense of the good } The Examiner is fond of bringing | a substitute for government. Only | at it had taken the place of the | HE enormous increase of capital, with the enter- | | prise, the speculation and the general business | developments that have indelibly stamped the | d NEW MINING DISTRICTS. it announce nent in supplying necessary artic| Its use of the Goverr { uniform to the Oregon Volunteers. y oyercoat and of the Oregon boys as sandwich | jast half of the ninteenth century, is mainly due to the mer to pack i dvertisement up and down the guard | simultaneous discovery of gold in California and in 1gh the streets of the city met prompt | Australia, followed by minor but important disclos- | d the impudent paper naked 10 | yres of the existence of the precious metal in parts | e, since only eight overcoats were ever | of the world in which it had been previously un- | and it proved they were taken more from | known.. For the last few years, after a temporary | - ; 2 | stagnation and as if providentiglly to meet the argu- | The proper duty Wk e e 2 its legitimate func- | ments in favor of a debased currency, the output Ofi tion, ia»m call attention to official neglect and failure | go1d in every quarter of the globe has swelled to | of administration, and inform public opinion truth- | slmost unprecedented proportions. Colorado ,and | cts, to-the end that that. final judge of | South Africa are separated examples of thns marvelous | line and th fully of the all government shall force public officers to do their | increase i v, tell the truth and treat. the people fair |iacrease o pEaducion the light in which and this paper wil demagogy merely that it government. The Examiner’s greed for notoriety and advertising iy, d treat This | The interests of the Pacific Coast and of California | The Call regards f“Ch matters | in particular.are intimately connected with gold min—: 1’"0‘ cflfo‘lrfige_i’“"“c Officer»‘ in | ing and every new and genuine discovery is impor- | form of infidelity to their trust, I tant. It is, however, a fact proved by experience in i pretend to substitute itself for | ¢1,js State and elsewhere on this coast during the last fifty years, that each new mining distnct produces 3 LR < intolerable hardships, aggravated by frauds. The Fra- | itself at ‘h‘? expense of the interests of San Fran- | ser River excitement of 1850 will quickly recur to old | CISED and of the State is doing harm to both. | Californians as a striking illustration, often repeated, | The Mayor and Supfl»’\'unr:vand Board of Health | of the truth of this proposition. | could be brought to their official senses very quickly | by a frowning public opinion. We notified the Board | of Health some weeks ago that the programme to which it was asked to submit wotild lead it into disas- ter. The politicians who urged that programme upon it are responsible for their share of the party discom- fiture and public damage that have folowed. As they see now the use made of it by the enemy of the | party they profess to serve, it 'is-to be hoped they will retrace their steps and ceasing to do evil will learn 0 oo weli. or ar 1 | Thereisa gambling element in our population, rep- | | resentative of speculative heartlessness and skilled in | iall the seductive arts that old prospectors, the hand | to mouth miners, never learn to resist, that exagger- | ates the merits of every new place where gold is found | and the more distant it is the greater the exaggera- | tion. In nine cases out of ten, the collapse of these | fraudulent enterprises is rapid, and .while ruinous ' enough to those who yield to false solicitations, the | | harvest reaped by speculators and by their tools is comparatively small. But there are some instances in | which the publications, advertisements and informa- tion privately disseminated in respect to new gold mining districts have a solid though circumscribed | foundation. In the case of Dawson City and the sur- | | rounding country this turned out to be the fact. Ia, the Cape Nome gold fields, on American territory, | while the reports are conflicting, some gold has ob- | viously been found. | It is exactly in such instances as these that the bene- ! fit to the world is partly counterbalanced by injury to | individuals. The large amount of gold taken out of the Dawson mines has been gathered by the few and | not by the many. Thousands of people, experienced | and inexperienced, but without adequate capital or re- | sources, who rushed to this distant part of the frozen . e o e e s The new crops of bugs are calculated to give pain to the preachers who put in much of their time in de- nouncing frivolities. First'came the kissing bug, and now Redding is to the fore with a beetle that lays dancing eggs. Next thing we know there’ll be in- sects that play cards and tope. A St. Paul man, weary of the troubles of life, took occasion the other day to commit suicide at Seattle. He was considerate enough of the troubles of others | to choose a graveyard as the jumping-off place. The Peace Conference appears to have closed its labors as noiselessly as if it were ashamed of them and wished to sncak away. to | | alty to the supreme test. tin finding profitable employment. | with their contributions. In this movement of Statq| The Central Pacific Railroad Company has re- | moved the scene of its operations to Salt Lake City. own without inviting the plague. A WORK OF PATRIOTISM. W teers is to be accompanied by every form of popular rejoicing, the occasion must not be only, like a carnival or a flower fete. It will have its serious as well as its joyous aspects, for it is designed profitable occupations and the comforts of Californian life to go forth to war at the call of their country. loyal hearts, the patriotism rather than the pleasure- loving instincts of the people is appealed to. The The issue presented to them at the outbreak of the ar was one which put their manhood and their loy- upon their city, their State and their fellow country- nien. It is nothing more than their due that when will be not only an outburst of popular pride and joy, but also a manifestation of a cordial willingness to | It was generally believed that Utah had troubles of its HILE the reception of the California Volun- regarded as a mere holiday festival for merrymaking to be a true welcome home to the men who left their In arranging for such a recéption as is desired by all sacrifices made by the volunteers were not slight. Their valor reflects honor they return home they be met with a reception that help them in resuming their business occupations and Money is needed for such a reception, and no nig- gard sum will suffice. The committee in charge of the work estimates $30,000 will be required. It should not be difficult to raise that sum in a city of the wealth and population of San Francisco. If every man in the city who cheered the boys on in volunteering for serv- ice in the war will now contribute a dollar to the fund the amount asked for will be exceeded by many thou- sands. Surely, then, it is not too much to ask the sum estimated. It ought to be forthcoming within-a week. Upon the sub-committees appointed to undertake the details of the various parts of the work there has been conferred an honorable responsibility. Each and every member of those committees should give earnest and prompt attention to the duties imposed. By dili- gence, ardor and energy on their part, they will soon awaken a responsive enthusiasm among the people. It will then be comparatively easy to raise the fund requiired and to carry out every feature of the recep- tion with such success as to make it a genuine tri- umph. There is ample time for preparations, but no time to spare. The work must be pushed forward vigorously. The volunteers are on their way home. The commit- tees must get to work. The people must be prompt pride and. national patriotism there should be ho shortcoming anywhere. Richard Croker says that it was ridiculous to sup- pose that he intended to purchase the Killarney Lakes. Most people thought so when the suggestion was made, but not for the same reason that probably recommends itself to Mr. Croker. An association of the sublime and the ridiculous is not pleasant and nobody ever suspected Mr. Croker of being sublime. A South American statesman believes that the United States wants to grab the earth. He should not needlessly disturb himself on the subject. Wash- ington is painfully indicating that it would gladly drop certain recently acquired parts of the earth if it dared. It is reported that the Yaqui Indians have danced themselves into an insurrection. They are likely to dance to another tune if the Mexican military authori- ties carry out their threat to secure peace by annihila- tion. Army surgeons report a solitary case of yellow fever at Phoebus, a village near the Soldiers’ Home at Hampton. It is feared that James Creelman is con- cealed somewhere in the vicinity. There must be at San Quentin the gloom that fol- lows a knowledge of lost opportunities. The Penal Code has been found to be full of errors, inacéuncies and technical loopholes. Miss, Clara Barton says there are 50,000 orphans in Cuba. The point 8f the mother-in-law joke will have sHuachuca, Arizona. NO MORE SMASHED LATEST LIFTING DEVICE BAGGAGE; ling baggage. It is in reality a p of the baggage-car door, on which buhdles. been in use on the Grand Rapids It consists of a cylinder of brass, fou the baggage-car. at the top. An iron platform is attached can be connected firmly to the bottom of the piston, but the inventor claims for 500 pounds. gage. THE NIEW ANTI-BAGGAGE SMASHING DEVICE. EORGE H. WALL of Cadillac, Mich., has invented a mechanism for hand- One of these machines was completed recently and has more in length, which is fitted in an upright position at the side of the door of It is provided with a tele: over it upon the outside, and upon the inside is a piston attached to this shell turned air at seventy pounds pressure from the source that supplies the air- brakes is admitted to the bottom of the cylinder. When the full pressure is turned on there is a lifting power of 875 pounds upon He says that with this evice, which he has patented, two men can do the work of a large number, and do it quicker and with less wear to the bag- neumatic elevator attached to the side may be lifted grips, trunks or other since and Indiana Railway. r inches in diameter and five feet or coping collar or shell of iron, sliding to a steel arm, so arranged that the arm the lifting steel jacket. When a cock Is his machine only a lifting capacity of AROUND THE ' CORRIDORS | T. J. Field, the Monterey banker, is a guest at the Palace. M. A. Plaisted of the Fresno Democrat is a guest at the California. W. A. Temple, a leading merchant of Redding, is a guest at the Russ. Mr. and Mrs. Candine of Los Angeles are registered at the Occidental. E. S. Moulton, a large fruit grower of Riverside, is a guest at the Palace. T. J. Fleld, a banker and capitalist of Monterey, is registered at the Palace. Fred H. Dakin of the Uncle Sam mine is registered at the Palace, with his wife. H. R. Farley, Sheriff of Monterey County, s registered at the Grand from | Salinas. | W. H. McKenzle, the Fresnos banker, is at the Lick on a short business trip to the city. Gordon McLean, a prominent merchant of Los Angeles, is at the Occidental with his wife. T. H. Kennedy, one of the leading bust ness men of Stockton, is a guest at the California. C. A. Robert, a wealthy mining man of Placerville, is at the Grand on a short trip to this eity. Dr. John R. Clark, one of New York’s big physicians, is among the late arrivals at the Occidental. W. W. Douglas, Deputy State Control- ler, is at'the Grand, where he arrived last night from Sacramento. Dr. W. J. Davis, cne of the most promt- nent physicians of Los Angeles, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson return- ed.to the city vesterday from his recent trip to Los Angeles and is again a guest at the Palace. Andrew Muir, the contractor who has been putting through the great Franklia tunnel for the Valley road, is a guest at the Russ from Martinez. Dr. E. A. Gould, one of the most prom- inent physictans of Sonora, is among those who yesterday arrived in the city and registered at the Lick. ~ John Ross, a wealthy Sutter Creek min- ing man, Is staying at the Grand for a few days. He is down here on business connected with his mining properties. Whitney Warren, the well-known archi- tect, is one of the three who have been chosen to-furnish designs for the new De- partment of Justice building at Washing- ton. Mrs. M. B. Tucker and Miss L. B. Tucker of Louisville, Ky., are amons the recent arrivals at the Palace. Both ladies are leaders of Kentucky’s most exclusive social set. A. E. Buckman, contractor on the Sierra Rallroad, has gone to Jamestown and Angels Camp to open camp and be- gin operations. A large force of men and teams will at once be put on this work. Major'and Mrs. M. B. Hughes are reg- istered at the California. Major Hughes is attached to the Ninth Cavalry, and was for a long time in command at Fort He is now In the city on pleasure, enjoying a well earned leave of absence. — ee—————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Shumate of San Francisco are at the Holland. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fifer, Mrs. E. H. Sands, Mrs. J. L. Morrissey, W. S. R. Babcock, all of Los Angeles, are at the Cosmopolita P —— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—W. J. Thomp- son Jr. of San Francisco is at the Wel- lington. F. A. Stone of San Francisco is at the Shoreham. S e Olson Must Steer Another Course. Charles Olson, formerly ship carpenter on the steamer Empire, sued the Oregon Coal and Navigation Company for $15,000 damages for a broken thigh bone, caused by his falling down an open hatchway of the vessel in a heavy sea. The defend- ants filed exceptions to the complaint and contended that the owners of the vessel were not respousible for the negligence of the employes in leaving the hatch un- coveged. United States District -Judge de Maven yesterday decided that the ex- ceptions were well taken and Olson will be obliged' to make a new complaint or steer clear of the court. ————— Sudden Death of a Sea Captain. Captain Dice was found dead yesterday morning in his rcom in the Europe Hotel, at 814 Montgomery street. The captain 3 no penetrating power in that country for many a long day. 3 ] was a well-known mariner and was Tl years old, and had been complaining of sickness. An autopsy revealed cerebral apoplexy as the cause of death. T P00 E600006000000000| + PRESS COMMENTS 3 P09 00020600000 0 Does It PayP From: Life. HERE is some discussion whether General Otis is the best man for the place he fills, but the gist of the situa- tion seems to be that Aguinaldo's soldiers are fighting pretty well, and promise to keep on indefinitely; that, though we can thrash any given lot of Filipinos with the troops that are now in Luzon, we cannot induce them to stay thrashed without a much larger force than we now have on the ground. So, many more troops are going out, which is very well; but, after all, it is a good deal like detailing policemen to watch ant hills. It can be done, but the question is sure to come up, Does it pay? Nothing is happening in the Philippines that was not foretold a year ago by the very few men who knew the islands. It will “aic from 50,000 to 100,000 men to pacify and hold the islands by force, and they are not worth anything like so much trouble or so much money. If diplomacy could accomplish something it would be a great saving, and, possibly, it might be well to enlist a coupge of regiments of diplomatists and send them out. Com- mercial travelers, of whom a great num- ber are sald to have been lately thrown out of employment by the spread of trusts, would be available for this service. | S Creelman’s Lies. Ukiah Republican-Press. James Creelman is a mysterious sort of person. A few weeks ago he was per- | forming alleged wonders as a correspond- | ent at Manila, using carrier pigeons and anticlpating the news of the current day for the American breakfast table. - Now 3\41‘. Creelman is out in a statement that ‘General Otis’ conditions for press dis- Palches were so outrageously unfair that and other correspondents, too, refu<ed to send anylhinfi; preferring not to send a lot of lies.” he papers that printed so- called Creelman dispatches seem to have fllled the vacuum with devices of their own, signing his name to them though he was sending nothing, as he states himself. Mr. Creelman thinks Otis should have at- tacked Aguinaldo instead of trying tc avoid hostilities; that Otis is incompetent and a military blunderer, and as a censor of newspaper sensation simply unendur- able. In a word, the Unite tates has missed a great opportunity by not putting Creelman in command instead of Otis. e Broken ‘“Monarch” Slates. Marysville Appeal. One would think the “Monarch” of the San Francisco dallies would grow weary of mapufacturing its ‘“tentative military slates,” considering that they are always broken before ever being put together. LATEST STORIES of the FUNNY MAN. Annoyed. “Do vou know of a doctor who has| lived in Kentucky?” asked Colonel Still- | well. | “Why, haven't you seen a physician | verz You were lll yesterday.” “Yes, I have seen a physician, b shattered my faith, and I'm Roing to goe somebody who has a_chance of under- standing the case. The first thing this 5;’,‘,‘,‘,‘5 maln‘dld v:ns ilo Warn me not to much ice water this wa » ZWashington Star. Sl Tl Drawing. “I'm going to ask a favor of you,” sh sald to the visitor from the far West, “I want you to pose for me when my zsgqgler gives me my next lesson in draw- | “Certainly, miss,” answered Bron | “Might I make bold to ase 13 n'scou?o Iye' ictures, poker S am et P or firearms?”’—Washing- —— A Utilitarian. ““Ah,” safd the man wh morose and visionary, “It 1 ol Had es ]vfii:%g of an eagle and the heart of a ‘‘Another touch of dyspepsia,” = mured the fal{nlly (Physlclflxli l:n‘t‘ori::‘u;l :fl?gftm'ask’?fir ‘earfl:elluw. what you s goat.”"—Washington Stn.: ST —_———— To Political Secretaries. Postmaster Montague re: quests secre- taries of political dlubs in this cueycrteo- post their sample ballots and other print- ed matter by Saturday afternoon at the latest in order to insure the distribution of the same by the carriers on Sunday and Monday. Tt is expected that there will be about 250.000 packages of malil mat- ter from this source to be delivered in this :Iatlyylézfg:n’feuezidaly. and it will be ueces- ar] ey y in order to have prompt | WILLNOT REACH PO RCHOND AT TINE FIED Tunnel Changes Val- ley Road Route. - —_—— TERMINUS TO BE BAY POINT o R BRICK WALLING NECESSARY TO COMPLETE BORE. SR Great Increase in Cost and Extra Work Will Delay Santa i'e in Reaching Its Objective * Point. S The Santa Fe Railroad may not reach Point Richmond this year. An unexpect- ed obstruction has been discovered in the Franklin tunnel which will in all proba- bility delay the work of completion, so that a through line from the East to Point Richmond will not be attainable until after the time originally set. In order Lo offset this newly developed obstacle a line will be constructed from Martinez to Bay Point, at which place ferry connections will be established to transmit traffic to this city. ‘Work was progressing rapidly in the Franklin tunnel until a few weeks axgo, when the engineers discovered an ex- ceptional streak of adobe ‘which con- tained great quantities of water. The supporting timbers, fourteen inches square, seemed to have no power of re- sistance to this swelling clay and they twisted out of joint. It will be necessary to replace them and perhaps build up a protection of bricks. This adobe runs along in patches for some considerable len%!hA The Valley road owns sixty acres of land on @he water front of Martinez. Fearing that great subsequent difficulty and annoyance may result from a tim- ber support, brick has been suggested as the necessary material to protect the tun- nel and keep it clear. Not only will this mean a great loss of time but also a large and unexpected’ expense, as the price of brick at pregent is very high. It is esti- mated that 15,000,000 bricks will be re- quired to wall the tunnel where the adobe streaks have been found. . Owing to the enormous demand for the brick supply and the number of cun- tracts already let by brick manufactur- ers, some time will be necessary to fiil the order of tlie Valley road should this material be decided upon. The brick manufacturers are busy with orders and have refused to supply old customers,un- til present contracts are disposed of. The conditions that exist are in a great meas- ure due to the recent increase in the con- struction of brick buildings. There are but four or five large manufactories on the coast and they are overwhelmed with business. .The price of bricks a year ago was $5 per 1000, but this has steadily ad- vanced until the present market price of $10 per 1000 has been reached. It is thought that if the Valley road gives an order for the 15,000,000 bricks necessary for the improvement of the Franklin tunnel the price will jump to 15 per 1000. Bricks can be manufactured only at certain seasons of the year, and con- tracts must be let far in advance of the time when they are to be delivered. This costs time and money. The only remedy, and it is but a partial one, is to build the road from- Martinez to B4 Point and communicate with this city from that lace. The Southern Pacific and Santa 'e will be close neighbors until the Franklin tunnel is completed. ANSWERS TO OOBRESPT)NDENTS. SOROSIS—E., City. Sorosis, the first women's club in_the United States, was founded in New York in 1868. MANILA AND SAN FRANCISCO—A. S., City. The difference in time between Manila and San Francisco is eight hours and fifteen minutes. FLIES—Constant Reader, City. The reason that flies stick to walls and die there is that there is probably some con- ditions which act as g()es fly paper, and :,he'gles being unable to escape starve to eath. LICK OLD LADIES' HOME—E. M. E,, City. What was formerly known as the | Lick Old Ladies’ Home is now known as the University Mound Old Ladies’ Home. For information in relation thereto ad- dress a communication to the *“Superin- tendent University Mound Old_ Ladies’ Home, University Mound, San Francisco, Cal. RUNAWAYS—A Novice, City. In case a horse bécame frightened at an automo- bile, ran away and did some damage, the owner of the automobile could not be held responsible any more than the com- pany owning a railroad train that fright- ened a horse, unless it appeared that the owrler or party in charge of the automo. bile was guilty of contributory negligence. NOT SISTERS IN LAW—G. J. 8., City. If two women not related marry two brothers each become the sister-in-law of one of the brothers, but they do not be- come sisters-in-law of each other. One of these women in speaking of the other would be right in speaking of her as “My brother-in-law’s wife.”” INTEREST IN A PAPER-F. D. B, City. If you desire to obtain information about the private affairs of the owners of the newspapers named in your commu- nication you should write a letter to each of the proprietors of such papers and at, the same time have the manliness to sign your name and give your address, and not conceal your identity under initials. This department does not inquire into the pri- vate business affairs of any one. DUTY OF CHILDREN—Subscriber, Coulterville, Cal. During the minority of chiidren the parents are entitled to the services of such children, and it is the duty of the parents to provide such chil- dren with necessary food and such wear- ing apparel as in their circumstances they can agord, and it is the duty of suc! children to render such service as their age and capabilities will permit. If the children, after they become of age, work for their parents they are entitled to a fair compensation for their services, the same as any one else performing the same service. If children after becoming of age work for a step father or mother they are entitled to payment for services rendered. —_—e——————— 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 .Iv gonmiery street. Telephone Main 1043 = S Sudden Death of a Pioneeg, ‘W. P. Harrington, a pioneer, 70 ¥ old, died suddenly in the street Wednesday evening. The case was ported to the Coroner, but a death tificate was signed on the statement of & ghysician that he had been treating the eccased. e e “Mrs. Winslow’s Socthing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It scothes the child, softens the gums, allays Paln, cures Wind Coltc, regu- lates the Bowels and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by drugsists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 2ic a bottle. ——— President McKinley and his Wife Will travel over the Northern Pacific Railway when they visit the famous Yellowstone Park. They intend viewing the -new geyser that spouts a tremendous stream of bofling water to the height of the Call bullding. It's a wonderful sight. Send 6c in stamps for book telling all about it to T. K. STATELER, Gen. Agt., 638 Market st., S. F. last, —_———— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round trip tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, Including fifteen days’ board at hotel; longer stay, §250 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisce