The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 19, 1899, Page 6

THE AN FHANUISCU ALL, SATUHKDAX AUGL 19, 139Y b JOHN D. SPRECK:‘_LS Proprietor. tions to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. tddress All Commun FUBLICATION OFFICE . Market and Third Sts., S. F ‘elephone Main 1868 L DITORIAL ROOMS ...2IT to 22 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 AMUSEMENTS. Dorothy con and Ellis streets—Speclalties. Benefit, Wednesday and GAGE’'S LACK OF PATRIOTISM. (‘ OVERNOR GAGE announces that he will not ‘J of declare a legal holiday in honor of the return the California Volunters. He gives this lame excuse: “If I knew when the ship.carrying our troops would get here I would be glad to make that lay a State holiday. I do not want to make the mis- take of naming the wrong day, and interfering with business all over the State to no purpose. In order to make the holiday effective notice would have to be en to County Clerks all over the State, and there will be no opportunity to do this when the ship 358 Belc e The executive committee of the celebration desires | that the Governor shall designate the second day after the arriv al‘)f the ship as the legal holiday. For ex- ple, if the ship should be sighted on the 22d, the Gon or on that day could issue his proclamation setting apart the 24th as the legal holiday. The no- tion that nty Clerks throughout the State should have red tape notice by mail with the great seal of C a attached to parchment is the wildest non- Notice of the designated holiday could be nitted by wire to every county of the State | hours. If the Governor had sense of | liforn: | 15€. within a few propriety or patriotism he would find an easy way to he 1or the volunteers and respect the wishes of the | zens who are making such noble preparations to | welcome he troops. | the news reached California on January 13, that Huntington's scheme had been defeated in r Governor Budd proclaimed the following v 16, a legal holiday. On this short notice | of the State was not paralyzed. The | n here is to give two days’ notice of the may not be acceptable to Gage, but | ily whether he likes it or not. | 1sion se his secret intrigues with Dan Burns other shady politicians the people of the Stats 1ld have a W higher respect for their chief executive. | Ii he would take half the care to honor the good citi- zens and noble volunteers that he takes to find places public crib for the followers of Burns and 1, many good and clean-minded men of the e who would like to speak well of him would not »ustrained to apologize for him. His refusal | te a legal holiday in honor of the return- | iteers of California, when considered in the | it of the universal tribute to the event which all | isses of the people are so ready to pay, shows that | he is deficient in State pride and common sense. r come reports showing that a good deal of atten- $hon a ation is already given to the selec- tion of the cities in which the Presidential conven- tions of next year are to be held. Among the cities spoken ¢ an Francisco holds a prominent place. Poli ns who have had large experience in na- tional conven are by no means agreed in favor of holding such conventions in large citics in the er of the country. Some of the ablest men in ies are of opinion the huge crowds of out- t swarm around conventions in Chicago and St. Louis are detrimental to the work the delegates have to perform. Again and again such men have advocated the selection of a city of second rate size and somewhat removed from the centers of popula- tion. These men are inclined to favor a convention in San sco even though the people of San Francisco themselves do not put forward the claims of the city. o | | 44 ROM the East, where public interest in political s keener than on this coast, there conside: Y Franc A considerable effort was made to bring to this city the conventions of 1896, and at that time the advan- tages of the location for convention were thoroughly presented to the national committees of both parties. The facts then made known have been remembered, and it is for that reason San Fran- cisco is now cor red in the discussion going on concerning the selection of the cities at which shall be held the conventions of 1900. It a midsummer 1"be well f frat the d T our citizens to take note of the opening cussion of the subject at this early i I to be any strong movement to ob- | tain either of the conventions of next year it is time preparing for it. That our city will have considerable support in the East seems to be well The very remoteness from the centers of f there is e. population, which has hitherto been urged as an ob. | jection to holding a convention here, will riow in s be regarded as an argument in our. 1 Francisco is not so remote from the East <e it inconvenient for the delegates, alter- nates and such ecarnest citizens as desire to attend a national convention, but it will be too far for the great host of ward strikers and other noisy garg as to ma s to coms merely for the sake of shouting for some particular candidate g The subjectis worth considering, and now is the > heed to it. While we are attending to of welcoming home the returninsg stern people are’ busy discussing ery feature of the campaign of dy earnestly debated there. Our city has d time and ag; as a probable convention ¢ wish to have that honor let us speak | politics. The fighting mood seems at present to be dominat- ing the Ncbraskans. After success in the Philippines s intend to attack a stronger foe and re the Standard Oil Company out of the State. fi the authc dr e Federal authorities intend to modernize Ad- miral Dewey’s flagship, the Olympia, The cruiser did not seem to be particularly antique at Manila. Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon | B | State by the signature of the Governor, THE FINAL TEN THOUSAND. O far the people of San Francisco have re- | S sponded liberally to the call for money to pro- | vide a welcome for the home-coming volun- teers. The committee asked for $30,000, and upward of $40,000 has been contributed or raised by means of entertainments. Now the issue is to raise the re- maining $10,000. promp! arrival is no longer a question of weeks. In a com- | paratively few days they will be here. - The committee | should have the full amount required for the reception | tn-its hands at once. Is it too much to ask the peo- | ple to contribute the remaining $10,000 to-day? | There are some rich corporations that have refused to contribute anything. No good citizen will feel like classifying himself with niggards of that kind. Many such citizens, however, have as yet failed to con- tribute. They have put the matter off from day to day, believing there is time enough. Now they must wake up to the fact that but little time remains. Be- fore the close of the coming week the boys will be | here. Everything in the way of street decoration, of | parades, fireworks, receptions, banquets and all forms | of festivities provided for the occasion, must be ready in time for their arrival. | The sum asked for is comparatively small. With about $40,000 already subscribed it ought to be easy | for San Francisco to complete the $50,000 asked for. | It will not be necessary for any one to contribute | much, if each will contribute a little. Citizens of other States are preparing splendid and bountiful receptions- for their boys on their return | home. Shall the Californians have a welcome inferior to that of any other? Is this city, renowned for its wealth and its’ liberality, to let its reception festivals | fall short for the lack of $10,000? Such . questions answer themselves. Every citizer should in proportion to his means contribute to tHe and our kinsmen. Through the widespread ramifica- | tions of their relationships and friendships they are in | touch more or less ct with almost every household | in the city. Surely where kinship and friendship | unite with patriotism and State pride to prompt to a glorious welcome for the returning brave there can be no incompleteness in the reception. Let us relieve the committee of further concern about money, so that all of its energies next week may It is well understood the sum should be C"m"ib“‘e‘d | County Court, in which the case has been heard, has . The transport bearing our brave boys is | refused to issue the writ. From the brief reports of well on her way across the ocean. The date of their | thesdecision that have come to us it appears the Judge reception fund. The volunteers we are to welcome are | not only our fellow-countrymen but our neighbors | be devoted to the preparing of the welcome. Let us | subscribe the final $10,000 to-day It is said that many commercial travelers have or- ganized themselves into a bureau of agitation to boom the aspirations of Augustus Van Wyck of New York for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. The drummers must expect to pay freight on consid- | erable excess baggage this scason THE PRIZE:FIGHT LAW. Y the death of Frane received in a prize-fi the pugilist, from blows ht Woodward's I vilion the people of San Francisco receive fearful illustration of the working of the Gage pr fight law. The bill, whi the Legislature, was conv at was one of the scandals of rted into a disgrace to the 1d has now resulted in its first tragedy. At the time the bill was under consideration it was | condemned by all the decent elements of the State. | It was forced through the Legislature by the Burns push, aided by certain Democratic alli , like Burns and his gang, are closely associated with the rounders and the toughs, whose delight in prize- fighting is in proportion to the brutality of the exhi- bition. careful of public morals, of the dignity of the State wh Had Governor Gage been in the least degree | or of his own reputation, he would have vetoed the bill. He was at that time, however, too eager to procure the election of Burns to the United States enate to deny anything the supporters of Burns de- sired. He signed the bill. Boxing matches are not in themselves either brutal or dangerous. When engaged in by true athletes they are among the best contests of physical strength known to our ra Some of the most eminent men | in our own country and in Great Britain have been good boxers and have delighted-in the exercise. Like all other sports, however, boxing becomes brutal when practiced by brutal people.. Just as hors racing, which was once proudly called “the sport of kings,” has been: by the laxity of our laws allowed in many instances to degenerate into a system of gam- | bling for touts and blackguards, corrupting to the human brutes, and breeds a menace to the community. The essence of the Gage ze-fighting law is license for a brutality almost unlimited. The only restric- tions put upon the toughs are that the fights must be ounces in weight, that the rounds ceed “a limited number.” It was asserted at the time the bill was under consideration that the restriction of such exhibitions to domestic, incorporated athletic clubs would put an end to the fake fights and the frauds which had become so frequent in the State. We have seen what the restriction is worth. “athletic incorporated club” may be composed of athletes in name only, and its incorporation may be for no othier purpose than to hold prize-fighting ex- hibitions. . shall not ex- In the death of Franey the Gage law has been worked out to its inevitable conclusion. The fair promises made for it have proven to be false. It is | licensed brutality at best, and in its worst degrees is much like murder. B — ‘Bryan, Croker, Altgeld and Belmont are reported to be the “big four”.in Democratic national politics. The correspondents charitably refrained from insinu- ating what cards these worthy gentlemen represent in the deck, although four four-spots are considered dangerous in any game except politics. s e s r—e @a PENNSYLVANIA PROBLEM. CURIOUS question of constitutional law has fl been raised in the politics of Pennsylvania and has given rise to an excited demand in some quarters that the Governor be impeached. From its nature the issue is likely to be interesting to lawyers and to politicians throughout the Union, since a simi- lar problem may arise in other States. The question tusns upon the right of a Governor to refuse to advertise proposed constitutional amend- ments for submission to the people after the Legis- lature has in proper form declared such proposed amendments shall be advertised and submitted. By the Pennsylvania constitution any proposed amendment must be agreed to by a majority of the . members clected to each House, and if a majority of the members next after chosen shall agree to the amendment, it shall be submitted to the people. The proposed amendment in question was agreed to by | who find an easy admittance through what may be community, so boxing when transformed into prize- | fighting becomes the pet pleasure of hoodlums and | held under the patronage of an incorporated club, that | the fighters must wear gioves of not less than five | The | | two successive Legislatures according to the law, but | the latter Legislature appropriated no money for ad | vertising purposes, nor . for the installation of a sys- | tem of voting by electricity which an election act called for. The Governor thereupon “vetoed” the resolution submitting the amendment to the people. Certain advocates of the amendment have applied | to the court for a mandamus compelling the Secre- | tary of the Commonwealth to advertise it, but the ! holds that a Governor has as much right to veto a | proposed constitutional amendment as any other act. | He is quoted by the Philadelphia Record as having said in the course of his decision: “No satisfactory | reason has been given why the executive (Governor or President) should not have the same -shafe in amending the constitution as in other legislation.” | So far as Pennsylvania is concerned the issue is not | one of law purely. A good deal of politics is mixed up with it, for the proposed amendment refers to the registration of voters and is designed to put a check upon machine politics. Both the Governor and the Judge of the County Court are accused of standing in with the machine. It is for that reason impeach- | ment is called for. The argument against the right of an executive to interfere with constitutional amendments is strong. If for any reason he may prevent the submission of | such questions to the people a marked innovaticn will be made in our practice, if not in our law. It has not been the custom to consider executive approval necessary to a constitutional amendment nor to a resolution submitting a proposal for one to the peo- ple. If it be true that the Governor of Pennsylvania has in this case acted in the interest of machine pofi- ticians he certainly ought to be impeached. Other- wise it would seeth the courts are a good enough re- source, and the decision of the final court on the issue | will be awaited with no little interest. et ot s e The first echo of San Francisco’s receptions to re- turning volunteers has come back from Nevada. In passing through Reno on their way to Salt Lake the Utah boys were high in their praise of the treatment they had received in this city. A Johannesburg correspondent cables that the | Transvaal Government is sparring for time. He fails | to state according to what rules—Queensberry or | BACK DOOR IMMIGRATION. London prize ring. CENT revelations of the extent to which R Chinese enter the United States through . the | New England States bordering on Canada has | led to an investigation of other immigration along the | same route. The result of the examination discloses | that Chinamen are not the only unwelcome persons | fairly termed the “open back door.” According to the Boston Herald during June and July 1400 immigrants passed through St. Albans en route for New York. In June there were 730; in Ju! 670. This average of 700 a month is a significant ad- vance upon the summer record-of other years. Quebe and Point Levis, according to the report of the Com- missioner General of Immigration, received during the year ending June 30, 1807, 4046 people destined for th United States, and in 1898 received 5126. For the y. which closed June 30, 1899, the record sh: crease of over 60 per cent, 8196 being admitted. This is more significant when it is seen that the same year Halifax, the winter port, increased from 696 in 1897 and 942 in 1898 to 3334 in 1809. Z It is noted that the bulk of the European immigra- tion coming by that route is made up of Russian Jews and other people from stern Europe. A consider- able proportion of that class of immigrants is known | to be made up of the sort of persons to whom admis- | sion.to this country is forbidden. Of immigrants ap- plying for admission to New York 138 out of évery 10,000 are rejected, but by the Canadian route the rate | of rejections was little more than four. So well known has the route become that it is now a favorite one with immigrants. St. Albans, Vt., is but a smail town, and yet as an immigrant port during the 1808 and 1899 it stood fifth in the list. As our Boston contemporary puts it, “the ranking of | the various ports for the entry of immigrants into | United States territory is New York, Boston, Balti- more, Philadelphia and St. Albans. After St. Albans come San Francisco, Key West, New Orleans, Galves- ton and other ports. Portland; Me., had but 302 United States immigrants in 1808; Halifax 042, and St. Johns 1276. These comparisons give an idea of what { it means when it is said that Immigration Inspector Forbes at St. Albans is passing 700 people a month. It is stated the reason why this heavy immigration by way of St. Albans has not attracted general atten- | tion is that as soon as the immigrants are admitted | | they at once pass on to New York, where they are.| lost sight of in the vast immigration that pours in at | that port. The-time has come for Congress to deal with the immigration problem in earnest. It is evident the | restriction laws now in force are being evaded all | | along the line. They are inadequate even in New | York and in San Francisco, where the closest watch is being kept of any ports in the country, but in New England they appear of no effect at all. In that section of the Union there is a wide open door for all comers, whether from Europe or from China. The Boston Herald is rendering good service to the coun- | try in exposing the evil, and the disclosures made | ought to serve to stimulate Congress to take action this winter. e years v s The aged prospector who set fire to a Shasta forest to escape death in a den of rattlesnakes is to be prosecuted for firing'the woods. He might carry the rattlesnakes to court as an exhibit for the defense. It is said that the Boer is playing the fox to gain time in his controversy with the lion. Oom Paul may find that Britain has played that game too oiten to advantage to be caught napping now. Two hundred persons, many of them children; were poisoned by lemonade at a picnic held the other day at Oregon, Ill. What a chance for the liquor men to get back at the total abstainers. The newly born Presidential boomlet of Augustus Van Wyck is being carefully nursed at the Hoffman House, New York. It is not necessary to state that it is a bottle infant. The Democrats and Populists of Iowa have united on a State ticket. This is one of the cases where, 30 the last Presidential campaign proved, in union there is no strength. It is a cold day when a new forgery is not dis- covered in the Dreyfus case. Jim the Penman would better look to his laurels. One of the Ketchum gang of New Mexico has been caught. He has just cause for a legislative petition for a change of name. * A TRICYCLE BUILT FOR NINE "l?u)_:@—— % OSTON has just built the largest cycling machine in the world. It is a tri- cycle, weighing nearly a ton and standing fully. eleven feet high. It requires nine men to dperate it, one to direct its course and eight to propel its ped- als. It attains-a great speed, too, considering its weight, being capable of over thirty miles an hour. The machine was built by the Boston Woven Hose Company, and has been | run by the company upon the streets of Boston on several occasions. Its great size has attracted for: it much- attention. Its driving wheels are each eleven feet in diameter, and weigh in the neighborhood of 250 pounds. They are rubber- tired and fitted with ball bearing. to facilitate their smooth running. They are | ' driven by chain gearing connecting with a double shaft. Four sets of pedals connect with each shaft, the men siiting in a row between the wheels. The front steering wheel is over seven feet irr diameter. It is controlled by a chain and wheél easily handled by one man. He sits in front and guides its course, evading obstacles with little difficulty. On a level road one man could readily push it along from behind, but at least three would be necessary to move it by the pedals. Eight, however, have no dif- ficulty even in fairly hilly districts. NEW DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE By Judge M. T. Dooling. When In the course of human events it seems advisable for a strong people to unite with itself a weaker one by political bands of its own forging, and to deprive | the latter of that separate and equal station among the powers of the earih to | which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to such action. * We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men (except Filipinos) are created equal; thaf they are endowed (theoretically) by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life t he pursuit of happiness; that to secure thése rights (to the strong among nien, deriving their consent be not freel; cessa s are instituted ¢ be compelled by the use of such force as ording to the latesi estimate, a force of 100,- ople, after 300 ye: spent their independence, it is the right of such reignty to a stronger powes, whose duty at such weaker people are incapable of SOV aring t it shall becom d self-government, to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principies and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seera most likely to effect their own profit, their own power and their own giory. Pr dence, indeed, will dictate th ahle of succes B mankind are more disposed to ord it to th ribe the form of government to which it be first determined that such struggling as all experience hath shown that selves the privilege of self-govern- neighbors, and that the right of one. nation to pre- g other shall be subjected depends entire- 1y upon its military force, and that the extent of such right is measured wholly by the physical power available to impose such government upon an unwilling ple, i fably the same object, e themselves from des- , it is the right, it is the duty of the people are incay | But when a long t potism and to establish their own inde stronger nation, if it but have the power, to subdue such people and impose upon h government as will pro; for the stronger mew sources of future are the conditions which confront the United States, and such is now which eonstrains them to alter their former theories of government. tory of the Filipinos is a history of resistance to repeated injuries for its direct object the prevention of a foreign govern- | | i | | | ment over thelr islands. To prov let facts be submitted to a candid world. | v have refused to recognize Spain’s right to gell. them to us while they were co-operating with us in an endeavor to overthrow the Spanish power. They have become rebels by resisting our pretensions, although they were pa4 ile resisting the pretensions of Spain. They have refused to ac the form of government which we shall prescribe for them, although no man on earth knows what manner of government that will be. They have refused their assent to laws, which we have not yet passed, for their (and our own) good, in the framing of which they cannot ascertain if they will be permitted to have a vol 5 They are unwilling that laws of immediate and pressing importance should be suspended in their operation until our assent should be obtained. i They have refused to relinquish the right of representation in the Legislature; a right inestimable to them, but qf which it is our undoubted privilege (again if we have the power) to deprive them. They have obstructed the administration of justice by refusing their assent to our laws (to be hereafter enacted) for establishing judiciary powers. They have objected to their Judges being made dependent on our will for the tenure of their offics amount and payment of their arfes. They have ob, tion of a multitude of new offices and i(he send- ing thither of swarms of officers to harass (heir people and eat out their sub- stance. They S(a!\ldi g | alone have objected to the keeping amorg them in times of peace of armies without the consent of their Legislatures. v have objected to the militaty being rendered independent perior to the civil power. They have objected to our subjecting them to a jurisdiction foreign to their con stitution and unacknowledged by their Jaws and to our proposed acts of pre- tended legislation: quartering large bodies of armed troops among them; for cutting off their trade with all parts of the world; for imposing taxes upon them without their consent, for depriving ihem in many cases of the benefits of trial by jury; for transporting tnem beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses; for” abolishing their own system of laws and establishing in {ts stead an arbitrary government, gradually enlarging its powers s s to render it a fit instrument for introdueing absolute rule into their islands; for taking away dence, abolishing their most valuable laws, and altering fundamen- rms of government; for suspending their own Legislatures and de- claring ourselves invested with power to legislate for them in all cases whatso- ever. They have objected to our deciaring them out of all protection and waging war against them. have objected to our plundering their seas, ravaging their coasts, their towns and destroying the lives of their people. have objected to our transporting at_ this time large armies of strangers to their soil to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny already begun with circumstances of perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation. * In every stage of these repcated resistances they have endeavored to ascer- tain what we proposed to do with them. We have constantly replied with d As for unconditional surrender and pharasalcal platitudes about “a certain measure of self-government.” Before resisting our encroachments and whi still acting as_our allies they sent representatives to our Government to a: certain our putpose, but we refused to receive them or to give the slightest inti- mation of our intentions. Ner have they been wanting in attention to our peor#e. They have warned us from time to time of attempts by our armies to extend an unwarranteable jur- isdiction over them. They have réminded us of the circumstances of their birth in o <hip of and love for their islands. They have appealed to our native justice and magnanimity and have conjured us by the memary of our own strug. gle for liberty to disavow these usurpations and to concede to them the same rights which we claimed for ourselves and which we are prepared io enforce in the face of all mankind. We, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and of tradition. They must, therefore, 'acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation and hold us as they hold the rest of mankind—enemies in war; in peace, friends. Now, therefore, the Jingoes of the United States, through the whole country disseminated, adopting this new declaration, do in the name of but without any authority from the people of this country solemnly publish and declare that the Philippine islands and all the people thereof are and of right ought to be subject endent colonies: that we are absolved from all allegiance to the constitu. the United States and the history and traditions of our Government: that we have full right, if we can but musicr the power, to subjugate strange and dis. tant peoples with whom we have nad no relaticn, 'who have never molested o interfered with us, and of whose very existence nine-tenths of our people have had urtil recently but a shadowy idea; and to this declaration and for that subju- gation we hereby pledge unlimited treasure exacted from our people and number- less lives of the youth of our country. of and su- AROUN at Dos Palos. The tender of the engine was derailed at a culvert about eighty vards from the station. No one was in. Jured and no great damage was done. Colonel John T. Harrington has down from his home in Colusa m:;m':: staying at the Lick. Dr. A. Fenge, one of the best physiclans of Pasadena, {s among (t]:(:(;;'el arrivals at the Occidental, J. L. Weaver, adjutant gener Idaho National Guard, is it thzl (gl{ltn:e accompanied by his daughter. : A. C. Pratt, a wealthy mining man of Carson, is registered at the Grand. Mrs, Pratt accompanies her husband. A. L. Levinsky, a well-known a - and leading politician of Stockt‘ot:.rnel.‘s among the recent arrivals at the Palace United State s Immigration Commis- sioner North will leave in a few days for a vacation, which he will spend in Burope. On his return to the United States he “‘HlI visit Commissioner Powderly at ‘Washing- ton and confer with him as to the man- ner of handling immigration at this port. He will return to this city in November. 3 5 CALIFORNTANS IN WASHINGTON | WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—W. E. Davis of San Franciseo is at the Johnson. M. A. Weber of Los Angeles is at the St. James. F. L. Barnett of San Francisco is at the Howard House. —_———— The Philippines by Stersopticon. John W. Taylor, who has but recently returned to this city from an extensive tour through the Philippines, will give an illustrated lecture at the = Young Men's D THE H. M. Whitney of Honolulu is a guest at the Occidental. John H. Garber is registered at the Grand from Salinas. H. Alexander, a prominent business man of San Jose, is at the Lick. Henry A. Piper and wife are registered at the Palace from Cambridge, Mass. F. A. Schneider, a big merchant of San Jose, is at the Lick with his family. Among yesterday's arrivals at the Call- fornia was A. K. Whitton of San.Jose. ‘W. H. Norway, a wealthy land owner of Santa Barbara, is a guest at the Russ. Isaac Upham left last evening for a two months’ visit to his old home in Maine. E. P. Follinsbee, one of the leading at- torneys of Marysville, is a guest at the Lick. Captain A. W. Keller of the ship Pal- myra is one of last night’s arrivals at the | Russ. 3 Nathan Cole, a well-known and popular politician of Los Angeles, is at the Cali- fornia. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Van Voorheis have come down from Sacramento and are at the Occidental. 7 George H. Carson has come up from his home in Los Angeles and is staying at the Occidental. F. Makandean, a traveler from Paris, arrived on the overland last evening and ‘went to the Palace. The Owl train from Los Angeles arrived in the city four hours behind time yes- This is the second In the séries of popular Saturday nights at the association ana Is en to the public, 2 small fee of 10 cents being charged mercly to cover expenses. —_——— Thanks for The Call. To the Editor of The Call—Sir: A mo- tion was unanimously adopted that a sin- cere vote of thanks be tendered The Call for its excellent notice given to the delib- erations and festivitics of the second se: sion of the convention of State organiz: tion of the National Association of Master Plumbers for the Nerthern of California held in San F gust 14, 15 and 16, 1899, CHAS. B. M 8 e —— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE SHERMAN—W. J. R., City. The speed of the Sherman is twelve knots. THE POPOCATEPETL—Subscriber, J. 5 The announce; nt of the sale of the Povocatepet] in xico was pub- lithed in The Call of July 16, 18 MARINE FIREMEN'S UNION—J. M. Ci is department is infor the initiation fee of the Marine Fire Union is $50. ed that COLFAX WEATHER— The average temperature in Colfz during the month of August, 189 59.1; in 1897, 57.7, and in 1898, 5 THE McDOWEL S. B., Oakland, Cal. Permits to sail on the Government tug McDowell are to be obtained at Army Headquarters in the Phelan building, fan Francisco. PARK MUSEUM—Egypt, City. Ac- cording to the compass the museum build- ing in the park of San Francisco faces a |line that runs from northwest to south- east. LETTERS IN THE BIBLE-S. L. A, | City. It is asserted that in the Bible there are 3, S0 letters: that is, the King James Bible. If you have any doubt as to the correctn of thi nswer you are at liberty to count for yourself. SEWING MACHINES—H. R., Willats, PEDRO—L., Merced. The question as to certain points in the game of pedro is not sufficiently clear to admit of an answer. The Is of the game up to the time the point should be given. A CHARLOTTE M. C., City. "A five-dollar piece coined in 1847 and hav- ing on it the letter C is one that was coined in the mint at Charlotte, N. C. It does 10t command a premium. The sell- ing price is from $750 to $830. THE COTILLON—W. D., City. In dancing the cotillon the dancers should assume the most graceful positions. Those who stoop do so as a matter of a fectation and believe that it is pretty, hu‘t there are many who do not think it is. RELATIVES—A. F., City. A relative who is entitled-to visit the soldiers who shall be in the nave of the ferry building on the occasion that the breakfast is to be given to them should apply for a badge from the committee at the First Regiment Armory, at the corner of Page and Gough streets. PAYMASTER—Sub, Oakland, Cal. Pay- masters in the United States army are ap- pointed from the officers in the army. The pay of a_paymaster is according to the -rank he holds in the army. In the of the calling of volunteers into the case ce the President appoints pay- masters, selecting such from the regul army. GIRL STUDE San Jose, home at No. 4 R T 3 te Home on Rue de la_Pomp nce, which was founded by mous dent I hes re uden if they or. of their are without gelati home | own, find the comforts of a home. INFANTRY—A. 8, Berkeley, Cal. There is no such company as “Company K. Fourteenth Infantry, Calffornia.” If you mean by vour que tion Company K, First California, now returning from the Philippines, the a swer is that you can obt v of t oster of that compa v addressing FOURTEENTH a communication to the office of the adju- tant general, N. G. C ARMS—H. E. at Sacramento. City.. Tt has been dis- covered by measurements made in Lon- . also by tests, that 5.9 per cent of men have the right arm stronger than the 16.4 per cent have both of equal 32.7 per cent have the left n the right. Of women 46.9 per cent have the right arm stronger than the left, 25.4 the left stronger than the right, and 28.6 per cent have both arms of equal strength. A CASUAL—G. B. C., City. If a soldier “was a member of Company 22 of the cas- uals at the Presidio and was sent to Man- ila on the Indiana to be assigned to a regiment there,” and you wish to write to him ut do not know how to address him.” call at army headquarters, Phelan building, San Francisco, and there you will be Informed to whom the casual was ordered to report. Then you can address the letter to the party, in care of that officer. MEDALS—J. B. K. and E. J. M,, City, The medals that are to be distributed by the Native Sons’ commiftee are intended for those who as volunteers entered the service of the United States from Cali- fornia during the Spanish-American war. It is not intended to gi a medal and certificate to ‘“one who volunteered but was rejected by army and navy.” Medals will be given to those who volunteered and were accepted, no matter what branch of the service, land or sea, or what duty assigned to. TAMING HORSES-E., City. It has been asserted that the Sioux Indians tame the wildest horses in ten minutes. And this is how it is said that they do it: “They select from a wild herd the horse they think best calculated for service, tle his four legs together, throw him violent- 1y to the ground, breathe into his nostrils and ears and then cut the thongs, setting him at liberty. The horse rises to his feet, and stands trembling; perfectly tamed. It is stated that the horse if turned again into the herd from which he was taken would quit the herd and retury to those who conquered him.” NUMERATION—H. M, City. Why there should be a difference in different countries as to the manner of expressing in figures a billion is something that has puzzied a great meny, but as it is the custom of country using it, th ner of numeration will remain a until all countries shall adopt th 5 plest method. The French and other Con- Hinental arithmetics express the first fig- ure as units, then tens, then hundreds, foliowing the same nomenclature with the next three‘figures, so there is wunits of thousands, tens of thousanés and nun- dreds of thousands: t]l;'_e se sses units of millions, oot millions and the ninth h 2ht eds of millions; the fourth group of figures by nominated billions, and so 18 denomya Sreat Britain the _ meth thrce™is a change, for Instead of -usi T e after. hundreds of millions, ¢ P onds. of millions, ten' thousand, of millions and hundred’ thousands of mil- lons, and then hillions. This system tends to make the system more complic cated than the other. ———— Cal. glace fruit Z0c per Id at Townsznd's. * —_——— to the ni- Special Information suppiied dally pusiness houses and public men b{l Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mo gomery street. Tclephone Main 1042, e New S. P. Depot at Coalinga. The Southern Pacific - Company has started the erection of a new depot at Coalinga, on its Goshen line, for the stor- age of the big oil shipments it expects to handle in the near future from the fleids of that section of the country. The build- ing will be of the regulation size, and i is expected that it will be ready for busi- ness in forty days at the outside. —————— Very Low Rates East. On August 20 and 20, the popular Sante Fa route will sell tickets to Philadelphia and re- turn at the very low rate of $88. Occa- ston, National Encampment, G. A. R. Call at 628 Market st. for full particulars. —_——— The best appetizer and regulator of the di- Tistian Association Auditorfum, Mason terday, being delayed by a slight accident ' and Ellis streets. this evening at & o clock. gestve organs is Dr. Siegerts Angostura Bit- ters. Try it. Be sure to get the zenulne.