The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 1899 THREE REGIMENTS 08 PHILIPPHES Orders Issued to Pro- ceed at Once. HURRYING OTHERS ALONG WILL BE SHIPPED ON THE TACO- MA AND GLENOGLE. —- BY HORACE WRIGHT. I ONOLULU, Aug. 8.—*Are you in | favor of retaining the penal con- tract-labor laws? If not, have you any suggestion to make in connection therewith to protect the employers of labor in their invest- | s ments? | e e L | “Have you any suggestions to make in | WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The fol- | regard to the labor problem of securing | ne dispatch was to-day sent by the | Sufliclent labor for the needs of the plan- AREral e . cornmanding | tations and other industries?” | AR E ‘1‘,‘;.',‘ “" oo ,‘!:”‘f'”‘d'f" The best and most representative minds s of the Twenty-fifth, Thirty-first | o yyawaii are now devoting themselves urth volunteer regiments | a thoughtful consideration of these que | tions, propounded to them by The Call. Some, for personal reasons, decline answer, while others feel that their views | will be valueless in the face of measures which they belleve to be already cut and All Majors, Captains and Lieutenants of New Regiments Have Been Placed on Recruiting Duty. S to-day will direct that to be placed en route for as soon as transporta- Francisco can be provided by the quarter-| ;. 4. putthe great body of thinking men On arrival at San|gre geking for further time to devise prac- our regiment will go Into| tical methods, beneficial alike for labor Presidio, and its instruc- | and capital, o etc., will be| Following are the views of geveral prom- 1 nsports are } inent planters and plantation manager . your command to Ma- | {n addition to those of other representa- la iioriease ines e with | tive men, who are in the main large cap- 5 - italists but men of liberal views. It is T vy have to make for | noticeable that but very few indorse the penal clauses, but it is also noticeable that few think of the ultimate destination of War Depart- the Camp | the islands from the point of view of re- homas, | placing the preponderating yurth at | Astatic popt class of white Colorado. peasantry or yeoman master's Department to- | motto of the hour, that the Glenogle and " Rev. Alexander Mackintosh, the clergy- € 1 < | man so Known in connection vorably the second c sgation of Bt. An- athedral, writ contract laws. wages on a progressive scale will do much te difficulties in the labor market. | »m what I have seen in the importation ir will assist the nearest a period of abov then conduct th ous. recrui Arm g I alakaua, Has ner, and Is now mmercial Adver- 1t o S n a Labor r of the Pacific writes: “1 am not in favi giments of volunteers lus of | ing the penal act-labos st the of- siments in the | §om o Ct D s Tor the®ralsing of | favor of not of retaining the penal con- n to be|cane and the giving of fee le homes | tract labor laws. Slavery was abolishea sterday were | to_laborers, with some restrictions in the United States years ago, and now al of 14,6 | "Robert W. Wilcox, surveyor and real | that we are part and parcel of the United orders issued to-day | e agent, the Hawailan whose name | States it is impossible for slavery to ex- 3 o 3 3 prominent more n once in | ist here. The labor problem is a very nents to proceed to San ¢ attempt grave one, but I think it will turn out Corbin said that not 1t 18 o % v. The pro- | all right. The people will have to rely rentsy follow employers of labor in their [ upon themselves and not, as a great ma t ordered to follow the laws of the | have been doing in the day gone by. W be sent t as soon as of the United States. Tt ¢ wanted to be appointed to some fat d be ¢ only i - opinion, is to they were Hawalians, but when | | the” American and E horers. got into _trouble they ‘were Ameri- == 2 obtain them the plan t abandon | ¢ Some of the sugar plantations pay RECEPTION DAY AT | the slavery system and improve the whole | from 2) to $) per cent. They will have to system according to the American system | more wages and get less dividends, CA | ot _free laborers.” 3 ions can afford to pay treble what MP ROBINSON | “colonel W. F. Allen, whose name is v are paying at present, and then net e known to ali who know Hawall, a busl-| a handsome income. Every industry on S less agent, says: the {slands depends upon sugar. Lawyers, SEATTLE 19.—To-day was recep- No. From the few experiments that|doctors, merchants and mechanics are di- tion a + Camp Robinson, and it is es- | are being tried it would seem as if the co- | rently or indirectly dependent on sugar, visited the | operative plan, for the laborer to be in-|hut I think we will, like the widow, prove muste, | terested in the success of his labor, would | cqual to the occasion.” acies ‘0' in a measure help to solve the question. H. Parker, a master mechanic of S 10| “yames T. Copeland, officer of the G. A 2 s dldenb, Wilte for Ma. | R; Post and master bullder, write h al contract.labor 13 Rronla and a mphatically, no. I would Suggest a|not he retained. 1 think the system of com- | limited time In which to do away with| cuitivating on shares a good one if prop- eterins | the present ract-labor laws, thereby | oriy applied and fairly carried out. There transport to sail | £1ving the planters an opportunity to| wguld be no trouble in the quality and , which will be ready | @dapt their corps of laborers, | quantity of labor if the share system ¥ | ete., to the new la I think two vears' | were properly . Introduced and carried rived from San time would be amply sufficient to ‘effect | gyt the chang | "Hon. Paul R. Isenberg, who modestly A. Moor: manager of the Paauhau|terms himself a rancher, write: Sugar Plantation, Hamakua, Hawall,| ] am not in favor of retaining the writes | pemal contract-labor law If proper | “Heretofore 1 have not been consultea | regarding the annexation of this country b Tuesday next 1i Dutch Harbor, by the United States, nc ve others, and the men and horses | 1 think that those who have assumed this L rest | responsibility on behalf of the taxpayers 252 | will promote such a Government, ana take such measures as they wish for its MAJORS FOR THE NEW conduct, onsidering my opinion without ¢ S. Ki Thomas S, another planter, write: “I am not in favor of the penal contra~t labor laws. 1 am in favor of a system whereby the employers of labor ma WASHINGTON, Aug. 19—The following | have protection for advances by civil | Wod ’“‘ z A Aug. 19.—The following | 7 idess " T am In favor of an open door | \ ppointed majors in the new | jolicy, so that labor may be procured ir. volunt nents: Harry Hale, D- | cufficlent quantity to supply all planta- McName, tions and other industrial requirements sou con W it can be obtained, such labor to the In my opinfon, with from whateve if necessa territory of I b Kentucky aranteed iabor supply the agri. | . Mui 1 industries cannot be maintained Ne sis fn competition with the R Calif rge where labor is cheaper and | Dow ; Joseph Armfield, .| where transportation facllities are also | « D. Wise, New .York; A better and cheaper.” [ ama: H. W. Hubbell, ;| Dr. G. P. Andrews, physiclan and sur- | Holbrook, Wisconsin: S. W, | 8eon, writ | vivania; Charles Mulr, | — SRl Allen strong, who | HAWAIIANS FAVOR REVISION - OF CONTRACT LABOR LAWS Prominent Citizens and Planters Suggest Remedies for the Evils Now Existing in the Islands. “I do not favor penal contracts and T do not see why the general laws that gov- ern contracts cannot be applied to these.” Joseph M. Poepoe, Hawailan, attorney nd editor of the wailan newspaper Kuokoa, “To repe means ruin to very many of our new plantations. Labor laws now in force in Hawaii can be modified by local legisla- tion o0 as to give them a ‘mucr working force upon the laborers without resorting to penal servitude. (*heap labor has been the mainstay of our plantations. If our plantations can obtain cheap labor from the United States or Iurope get it or else they cannot escape from obtaining it f her than the United States 'H 1 the penal contract-labor laws om ar Allen of the great lumber firm of 1 & Robinson writes: 1 of the opini svernment has po: and Congress can ( ion of these isl . meet in a few months to arrange the form of govera- ment, it will be utterly futile for us here to make any suggestions or give an opin- ion on the matter.” Dr. N. B, Emerson, whose name {8 wide- 1y hnn\\'n beyond the confines of Hawail, wr . “It seems to me that the penal element in our contract laws had better be abol- ished. T believe that the observance on the part of the employer of strict justice d kindness tow the emple: the voidance of the system of ‘advances and not permiting the employe to go into debt, will be of service in defending the interests of the employer. I belleve that the system of ‘profit sharing’ has in it of equity which make it desir- at it should be used as an induce ment to the coming in of a better cla of laborers. Every effort should be made ot our methods to the employment s of intelligent laborers and harers om our plantation te of a profit would be a great gain on the part employer if all those Interested in the em- el eIt of the ployment of labor in this country were to enter into an_agreement by which hare-laborers who broke contracts or otherwise sqight to defraud their employ- ers wero denied employment on other plantations until such time as they had isfied all just claims against them.” C. Quinn, president of the United Car- e Company and Livery Stables and of the most prominent of local prac tical politicians In the “good old day writes: “It does not matter whether we are In wages are paid I think we can get all the labor we want.” Robert Hall, manager of Niuili Planta- tion, writes: “I'am not In favor of and have con ered the contract system as a ne evil. T de: E moderate and . free or assisted, to main- an equilibrium between demand and L consider it necessary that the 4 vernment should permit eady assis and ailow the privilege | of getting in desirable and necessary la- bor from several sources. 1 think it is not | disputed that the labor problem is a vital one in this country, with but little ri dent labor and that irregular. The Jap- anese come to make maney and to return to their homes and there is a steady out- Dr. Nicholas Russell. M. D., one of the most prominent of the coffee planters, writes: “I am_positively> against the pena clause which is a survival of servitude altogether contrary to the spirit of the age and perfectly unnece terests of the employers : on that as the Ameri- | the labor market will be sufficiently pro- | tected by abolishment of all obstacles to | free immigration of laborers from all countries, including Japan. To keep all the doors’ for free labor immigration wide | open from Japan and other countries, ex- | cept China, Not to interfere with em-, ployers paying for the passage of laborers | | should they find it possible, without the | penal clause.” | ‘Fred H. Tayselden, stock -raiser and planter of Lanai, writes: “I am in favor of a contract labor law | without the penal clause and would sug- gest that a percentage of the wages of the | laborer be retained to reimburse the em- ployer for any loes owing to the failure »f the laborer to fullfill his contract, the ter to be decided through the courts special commissfon appointed un- der the law. “I think we shall have to depend upon Chine Japanese and Portuguese iabor- e as heretofore. 1 do not think white meh (no disrespect intended to the Por- ‘uxflmsej can or will do the necessary | field work on the plantations and if they | could the cost would be too high for the | planters,” A well-known planter in Hawali who \prfifers to withhold his name writes: *'No. Penal contracts do not obtain on the malnland, where billions of capital are | invested in enterprises. The workingman ‘(n the United States is better off than anywhere in the world. Compare him with one in the same walk of life in Eng- and, and yet the rich grow richer. A/ penal clause {s un-American. If the co- | operative system of labor has been satis- | factory at Ewa let that be the gulding star. Invite Americans and Europeans to come and have the plantations offer such inducements as would assure a sup- ply: If this fails reduce dividends py in- creasing wage A Hon. John M. Horner, planter, writes: “1 am in favor of a contract labor law without a penal clause. As the woeful meaning of our present contracts as in- some spiteful writers, al- | terpreted by a though not a word of truth in them, yet| | their writings are so_extensively eclrcu- | | lated that they will always count a m:m; | us; hence 1 would strike it out and stop their grumbling and their holding us up ‘grasping, cruel, un- | to the world as Christlan slave-drivers.’ 1 would strike it out for that reason and have peace in | the family. Besides, I don’t see ag our penal clause, as now administered, is of any prectical value, as it neither prevents | .rtion nor returns deserters only in ex- :ptional cases, 5 “Further, | believe as many desert now as would desert if the penal clause did nat | t. As laborers arc not all dishonest, approximately not more than one-tenth now desert, and they are not the best They are mostly spendthrifts, gamblers and diesipated, who run away not because | they are nbused by the planters but run away from their debts and their disgrace. The other nine-tenths have the same op- | portunity to desert as the one-tenth, but | they are too honest to do that. They bar- | gained to work a certain time and they | are determined to work it out honestly. | Then they can go with their heads up and | | their certified honestly filled contracts in | their pockets. This they value, as It iy | proof of their honesty. We had a Japa- | nese who deserted and was gone a year. | | His conscience or some other power pre- vailed on him to return and work out his | contract, which he did voluntarily and faithfully. It is hoped we may be permit- ted to make contracts with our laherors | for six months, one year or three years, | as the case may be. In the States farmers | are permitted to contract with a laborer | for work, and they are held by bonor more firmly to fill their contracts than | they could be by a penal clause: These | | | i d | laborers are very particular to fill their contracts honestly, knowing that should they desert without good cause they would not get another job in that nelgh- borhood, as _every employer in that dis- trict would hear of it and refuse to hire them. This course worked well there 1 never knew a laborer there to abandon his contract. The same principle will work here if intelligently inaugurated. In fact it is already working. Undoubtedly it was the honest desire of the nine-tenths above | referred to to fill their contracts honestly and not its penal clause that t them | from deserting. 1f all employers refused to hire a laborer unless he produced n | certificate of discharge from his last em- ployer there would be few deserters. Thi: | Would have u tendency to make honesty | the best policy and be wiser and sound | more humane than penal contracts, and T believe more effective. I have this alse to say: If our present and future Gov- | ernment will so favor our industr o permit them to get labor where | to b d, then there will be no check to | our material prosperity 1t if our Gov: | ernm continues its present policy of permit the importatioh of la- s a certain per cent of Zuropeans Americans are also im- | ported and do not let it be known where | and how they can be obtained, then a | dark cloud overshadows our industries, Although prospects are bright but for this rk shadow.” 2 @ 2aon & nt refusing to | bor from N OF MUSCLE DUE TO CARELESSNESS ing the t tes cable ship which recently went ashore near i of Corregidor harbor, at the i entrance of Manila Bay, finds that the | accident oce viight on a reef shown on the chart, and that there were idences o ssness on the part of 9 navig; the vessel. The cab B | instruments and other property have been | removed from the Hooker, and the cable i< ow being removed, Amateur Field Games venes hopes are entertained that the ves- | - at Astoria. sel may be hauled off and repaired. Her hull has been badly torn by the coral reef on which she struck | truck. ‘ G “TGP:IBi\g Log ?flf( 1Srte\fmts. | SEATTLE ATHLETES TRIUMPH | ASTOR ug. 18.—The big I e raft rece trpcted t .\l-:].l. \\"z q(:g,‘ | ;m;'n‘.h"d%i; .\-;Y:]- late L.«i‘ night for S8an MULTNOMAH CLUB A CLOSEE Francisco. The mammoth hoo i T it -~ SECOND. has been ti p for the past few days. A_suit for $300 damages was filed against Mr. Robertson, and the raft was arrested until the amount was paid. d Relief have the raft ble they will succeed cisco, as weather George Paris, the Colored Wonder, Wins the Sprints in Fast Time, | but With Hardly an | | Effort. l e ot ! Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ASTORIA, Aug. 19.—The first day of Astoria’s sixth annual carnival of land and water sports opened this morning, the | programme being the championship ath- | letic games of the Pacific Northwest As- sociation. Five thousand spectators con- gregated on the grounds of the Astoria football club. The Multnomah Athletic | Club of Portland won the pole vault, the running high jump, the 120-yard hurdle, putting the sixteen-pound shot and the {220-yard hurdle. The Seattle Athletic Ciub | took the 100-yard dash, the 440-yard dash, the running broad jump, thé §%0-yard run. the 220-yard dash and the relay race. The | | Seattle Young Men’s Christian Association | team won the one-mile run and throwing | the discus. The University of Washing- | ton won the sixteen-pound hammer throw- | | ing, and the Tacoma Young Men's Chris- | tian Associatlon was first in the one-mile | | walk. 1 | “Last night the crowds began arrivng and hundreds of visitors came to the city on every train and boat. By morning there were at least 7000 strangers in town. The business houses and residences weré | “ WHITE HORSE CELLAR" | handsomely decorated and th - SCOTCH WHISKY e O D L will come to-morrow and on Monday morning, and It is expected that fully 20,00 persons will be here from outside points to see the first day’s sailing and rowing races. In the opening event of the champion- ship programme, a 10-yard dash, there | were ten_entries, but owing to the pres- | ence of George Paris, the colored wonder from the Seattle Athletic Club, half of ‘the imendln§ competitors were fright- ened out. aris was an easy winner, From mMackle & Co., lIsl 8cotland. CHARLES MEINECKB & CO., Agents Pacific Coast, 344 Sacramento Btreet, Ban Francleco, Cal. MANILA, Aug. 18.—The board appointed | ap to examine into the causes of the ground- | of United | | ance in 10 2-5. Palmer, cond and Allen of the covering the di. his club mate, was Astoria Football Club third. ~ This is a | new Northwest record for 100 yards. The | 440-yard race was a hollow Victory for Parls, who negotlated the distance in 5 seconds. ' FFor second place there was pretty struggle between Blumenthal the Multnomahs and Thayer of the Uni- versity of Washington, resulting in a dead heat.” This was run off later in the day and was won by the former. The 220-yard race also fell to Paris, who scarcely got in reaching the tape in 24 4 attle Club, wi Dammasch of the Multnomahs The although not fast, was an exciting contest, the first three men—Bader and Elder of Seattle and Blu- menthal of Multnomah—finishing in the order named and being separated bg not more than a yard. The time was 2:07 The mile race was slow, Elder of Seat- tle winning handily, Burnet of the Mult- nomans second and Davis of the Seattle Men's Christian Association third. ard race, 5 1-5. hurdles Morgan of the Multno- mahs was an easy victor, winning the 120-yards in 17 seconds and the 220-yards in 30 seconds. The pole-vaulting contest was perhags the most exciting feature of the day. The real struggle for supremacy was confined to T. Hume of the Seattle Athletic Club and R. Heater of the Multnomahs of Portland. The medal was awarded to R. Heater, who cleared the bar at 10 feet 10 inches, thereby establishing a new rec- | ord for the Pacific Northwest. The bigh jump was won by Trenkman of the Multnomahs. Height, § feet 11 inches. Thayer, University of Washington, won the hammer throw, with Saunders of Multnomah second. Distance 100 feet 10 inches. The shot-putting contest went to Saunders, Thayer getting second. Dis- tance, 38 feet 1 inch. Hall of the Seattle Young Men’s Christian Association won the dizcus event, with a throw of 10 feet, Saunders second, Thayer third. Palmer of Seattle won the broad jump with 18 feet 5 inches, Heater of Multno- mah second. The one-mile walk resolved itself iutc a five-lap run. The opyoslng candidates were J. I, Huffman of the Multnomah team and R. A. B. Young of the Tacoma Young Men's Christlan Association. The vesult was clalmed as a dead heat by some of the Multnomah men, but tlis Judé('s awarded the first place to Young, Huffman fell exhausted at the finish and only recovered after several minutes. The last event was a mile relay, which, after an exciting contest, was won by Seattle, hr(ngina club up to . Multnomah placed 46 to iis creldit; the Seattle Young Men's Christian Association 17, the University of Wash- ington 10, the Tacoma Young Men's Christian Assoclation 5 and Astoria Foot- | Ball Club 5. The following s a summary of the | event: 100-yard dash—George Paris, 8. A. C., first; 3 'z?”z"fl“ Dan B. Allen, feet 10 inches: Heater and H hes. In the jump off Heater won at 10 feet 3 inches. 440-yard dash—Paris, 8. A, C., won. Time, 158 2-5. Running high jump—B. Trenkman, M. A. A. ., first, 5 feet 10 inches. i20-yard hurdle—E. E. Morgan won. Time, a1, Running broad jump—Don H. Palmer, S. A. 1-5. | the points scored by that | nineteen feet five inches. 1 run—Edward E. Bader, S. won. ~ Time, 2 5. Throwing’ sixteen-pound hammer—Lyman E. | Chaver, U. of W., won; 100 feet two inches, 220-vard dash—George Paris, S. C. won. Time, :24 4-5, Throwing the disens—Arthur Hall, Y. M. C. A.. won; 100 feet nine inches. Putting sixteen-pound shot—R. Saunders, M. | A.A.C, w hirty-eight feet one inch. | TWO NEW STEAMERS. California and Oriental Line to Add | | | to Its Fleet. | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19.—The Califor- | nia and Oriental Steamship Company, which has for several months been op- erating a steamcr line to Pacific ports in connection with the Santa Fe system, has | found the trade so profitable that two more steamers are to be at once added to the present service, making a fleet of five vessels In the trade. In an interview to- .ml_\;‘ General Freight Agent Chambers said: 1 “‘The owners of the California and Ori- ental line are contemplating a modern | passenger service to Oriental ports. The | plans for this purpose are now nearly ma- tured. The line will not for the present be extended direct to Manila, although that will be done as soon as conditions | Justify sueh a course.” | The company’s trans-Pacific steameri | | | Mine will continue to make San Francisco | a port of call. Two additional steamers just chartered are expected to give semi- | monthly service to and from the Orient. pitins Ry | WILL DRILL FOR OIL. SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 19.—T. Wein- | sendanger of Los Angeles recently leased | 900 acres of Jand ten miles from this city | from A. L. Der, T. M. Storke and Mrs. | J. 8. Bell for oil and petroleum develop- ment, agreeing to bore three wells to a | depth ot 1200 feet. He has had oil experts on the ground and all of them have given it as their opinion that oll exists there without a doubt, To-day seven beach oil | claims were filed in the Recorder's office by Weinsendanger. They take in a mile or more of the beach trontin% the prap- | erty aiready leased, and are located for | the purpose of protecting himself from | | encroachments “from outside parties. Weinser.danger has a_large amount of | capital behind him and will begin a half | dozen wells within the next week. Oil has been struck on the property adjoining these lands. g Sewer System for Belvedere. | BELVEDERE, Aug. 19.—The bond elec- tion held here to-day resulted in a victory | for the advocates of the new sewer. The | proposition was on the issue of bonds to construct an extensive system of sewer- age. It carried by a vote of 49 to 7, more than the required two-thirds majority. | The new sewer will cover all the Streets | in the village. — Wrestling Match at Angels. ANGELS CAMP, Aug. 19.—In a cateh- as catch-can wrestling match between J, | M. Clarke of the Acme Club of Oakland and John Wills, the Iatter got two falls and the decision. ———————————— Adyances mades on furniture and planos, with or without remor J.Noonan, 1017-1023 Missien, | Zeitung and the | of American bacon and hams were in- |'e6n was served in the park. HOLLAND WANTS NEW TREATIES Afraid of American Ag- gression. e GERMAN PRESS FAVORABLE KAISER DISSATISFIED WITH THE SAMOAN ACT. e Sentiments Favorable to a German Representation at Philadelphia Exhibition Freely Ex- | " pressed. — Special Dispatch to The Call. BERLIN, Aug. 19.—An interesting | feature of Germany's foreign policy is | the strong rapprochement with the Netherlands and Belgium. The ad- vances came from the smaller States. This rapprochement has made steady | headway for some time past. The Min- | inster of the Netherlands here recently | submitted the draft of a regular treaty | to the German Minister of Foreign Af- | fairs, Count von Bulow. Definite ac- | tion has not yet been taken, but it is a positive fact that negotiations to that end are now under way. Some of the Dutch newspapers, in pointing out the need of such a treaty, express fears of the United States seizing the Dutch colonies in Asia and the West Indies. The German press talk favorably of the | project, except the pan-German organs | and rabidly jingo papers, which ex- | press the belief that Holland and her | colonies will some day drop into Ger- many's jaws, anyway. The draft of the new Samoan act | published here is substantially as it appears in America. The correspond- ent of the Associated Press learns that Germany will unquestionably ratify the | work of the commission, although neither Emperor Willlam nor Count von Bulow is quite satisfied, consider- ing that German interests are not ade- quately protected by the wording of the new act. Several of the most serious and influ- ential papers, including the National Frankfort Zeitung, printed strong editorials this week on| the relations of *‘Germany with the| United States, vigorously recommend- ing the acceptance of invitations to the | Philadelphia commercial exhibition. In connection with this matter. it is in- teresting to note that the Government | is imitating Philadelphia in planning an imperial commercial museum of its | own. | While at Remscheid this week the | Emperor made several characteristic remarks. To a little boy to whom his | father intrusted a bouquet for his Ma- | Jesty, and which the little fellow was | loth to relinquish, his Majesty said “Yes, what a German once has, he likes | to keep.” i Considerable surprise was excited in Berlin when it became known that the | Emperor would not be present at the | unveiling on Monday of the statue to| Frederick the Great in the Sieges Allee, | although he had always declared Fred- | erick was his model, and in view of the | fact that he did not have anything im- | portant for that date. Still, the Em- | peror prefers to go to the military pa- | rade at Mayence. | Prince Henry of Prussia will return from the far East in December by way : of the United States. | Fat colonial offices are now going begging. The Foreign Office is vainly | offering 10,000 marks salary with easy | work to a number of small officials of ‘Wurtemberg if they will go to the colo- | nies In East Africa under two and a | half years' contracts. Simple copying | clerks are also vainly sought for at | 7500 marks sgalary.” The agrarian pa- | | pers have published the iast alleged | dividends of two German branches of | the Standard Oil Company as being 661% 'per cent and 47 per cent, and the papers demand that the Government | put a stop to “such bleeding of the people. A former secretary of the Russian Prince Orginski, a man named Schneider, was arrested this week at Pooszeten, on the charge of being at the head of a band of forgers of Ameri- | can paper money, which has found its way to Berlin and the United States in large quantities. A big package of $50 notes was sefzed. | The highest Prussian court has de- clded it to be a punishable offense to keep for sale American meats and sausages which have not passed ex- amination. A dealer at Inoveraglan, Posen, was fined 300 marks on this ac- count. During the month of July 6888 pieces | spected in Berlin, of which number seven were found to be trichinous. Dr. Victor Norgaard, delegate of the TUnited States Agricultural Department to the Veterinary Congress at Baden- Baden, has been elected vice-president of the Congress. He has gone to Co- penhagen. BRAKEMAN KILLED. { Crushed Between Two Cars While Making a Coupling. | SALINAS, Aug. 19.—A terrible accident, whether through carelessness or gross ig- norance, caused the death of Ernest Tiet- jen near Castroville last night. Tietjen, Who had been a brakeman In the employ of the Southern Pacific for over nine years, was engaged in making up the | north bound freight train at Castroville. Several cars were switched off to a side- | track, on which were other cars. Tietjen was either riding on the bumper or run- ning ahead of a-car when two sections came together with great force, breaking the bumpers and pinning Tietjen between them. His eril was seen by fellow-trainmen, who signaled the engineer to go ahead. The train moved ahead about five feef | and then suddenly backed, catching the | unfortunate man and crushing him ter- ribly. When he was extricated life was extinct. Tietjen was_a German by birth, a resi- dent of San Francisco, near Valencia and Fifteenth streets, and leaves a widow and a small child. et UTAH BOYS REACH HOME. Salt Lake Gives Greeting to Return- | ing Artillerymen. SALT LAKE, Aug. 19.—Batteries A and B, Utah Artillery, arrived from San Francisco at 12:30 to-day. The soldiers | were given a hearty welcome at the depot | by a large and enthusiastic crowd, The | varfous military organizations and civie socleties escorted the returning volunteers | through the decorated streets to Calders Park, where'the Governor and other State | officers dellvered addresses of welcome, | i | Responses were made by Majors Young ana F. A: Grant, g After the disiribution of the State badges to all the State volunteers luneh. All bu ‘was suspended for the day, and lhouzl::(sfl of people congregated all along th march, General W. H. Penrose was maus | marshal, and ail the military and civie societies' of the city and principal towns in the State took part in the parade, o Lobee e Jumps From a Train. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19.—Mrs. B, ¥ Jerome, who Is presumed to reside in Bos. ton, left here on the 16th inst. for the East. She had a ticket to Chicago. At | Laguna, N. M., she jumped from the train | while it was going at a_high speed, and sustained some injury. She was taken to Albuquerque, where she now Is. A letter y;"[;;g:éefggf_uvgavfii th'e address of B. F. ' A ashington str The woman is insane, el | turned to the wall by the managers of | that they had read in the papers that | | borough that the first issue would be | is the presence of the admiral's picture | crats object to the change, urging that | put. A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF s Dress Fabirics § Silks i Our strenuous efforts have been amply rewarded by our procuring the handsomest and chojcest line of European and Domestic creations ever ex- hibited in is eity. T styles for the com 'all seagon we lrr.lx:‘ ){:\ They comprise the latest n DRESS GOODS. exquisite in designs and colorings. SILKS. Persian Taffet. th Black Satin| High-class Nove t . ‘ 1's Corded Striped E Iluminatéd | hair_srounds, | Striped Corded Taffetas, Grecian Striped Taffetas in the mest beautiful effects; also a complete assortment in the latest weaves of Black Silks; those so popular for fall wear are Satin de Lyon, Peau de Sof, Satin| !¢ of "eW T Luxors, Poplins, etc. fects, the sw t' suits for The above, with many other items of Interest, will be the surpassingly fine attractions to be placed on sale to-morrow. TWO GREAT SILK SPECIALS ON|SOME TEMPTING BARGAINS IN SALE TO-MORROW., | DRESS 6OODS. 1000 vards Plain and Changeable Taffeta | We place on sale to-morrow a s T i , figured ai S AT the new fall shades, an excep- 150 pieces 3iinch new camel's hair tionally good qua n'_sale Suitings in the newest combinations of e e On Yivs BDC | Trings e Worth 31 o0, swhich we 0 WHIL OIfer Bt sucesve.veenerero- .. Yard C rench ( the most 1 swell ew Colored a 44-inch 2500 yards Faillg Francais, heavy fabric of a Yine finish, very s for a_serviceable costume, in shad brown, blue, green, tan, cardins and violet, excellent value at §1 10, On sale at Yard ‘Another large shipment of NEW is on dispiay In our spaclous show wind Hant in colorings exhibited thus far. O 00902202008 306000000CPSO0226020690 0 resr SILK WAIST BARGAIN V2.7 1 be The most phenomenal Silk Walst values we have offerad thi. laced on eale to-morrow. 150 Black Walsts, V‘Ms season latest eavy quality, Black Swiss Taffeta, and Black Satin Duchesse, tuckec and sk ar i s e ol 0 § 4,85 each | SHEETS AND PILLOW GASES. THE GREAT BLANKET SALE. PP096P0H00909008000690 Last week's Blanket sale was a wonder. | For to-morrow (Monday) 100 dozen It shows how eager people are when the op- | Hemmed Pillow Cases, 47x 8ic portunity is presented to them to avail |price 12%c. On sale at 3 themselves of genuine bargains. Our offer for to-morrow is even more wonderful. 50 dozen Shects T, reguiar g5 900 pairs All-wool White Blankets (Cali- {price On sale at........Each K€ fornfa_manufacture), made of fine qua wool, silk_bound In pretty borde The above are made of a & r quallt worth $4 50, at the u {musitn, torn by hand, dry lav ady SRS offer of . i1 ® 3 NOTABLE WASH GOODS SAVING. ¢ L4 -3 Seasons and goods must change simultaneously; our strictest rule s to @ carry nothing over from one seasqn to the next. 'No matter what loss it @ may occasion, out the goods must go, and out they will go to-morrow, ® when the following marvelous values go on sale: YARD—FABRICS THAT WERE SOLD FROM 12%c TO 20c A YARD. 14 6000 yards, this season's styles, conveniently arranged for quick ck @ c The lot consists of 3-inch imported Madras cloth in checks, plaid ® stripes; 36-inch American Percales, medium and dark colors, ‘cordec ties in pretty designs and colorings. < & GLOVE BARGAIN EXTRAORDINARY 120 dozen 2-clasp Pique Walking Gloves (just received), in white, black brown tan, mode and ox blood, will be placed on e (for to-morrow only) 8 C The above fs our regular §1 25 glove. pair fitted and guaranteed. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. COUNTRY ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. tine and engers ar shore we conside the gr increased tra port ntal count sarily ng in many more’ vessels arriving from thase points speak of the large numb will readily JRE CALLED I | ment transports | 1 3 An ample w: i i present quantity being entirel Democrats Object to His | present auantity belng entl er o P senger: of water being a Picture. soluté necessity in such a ond—Additiens to the buildin TR the accommodation of - cabin ; gers. On the last trip of the AN ADMIRER OF WKINLEY/| &2 Onihe lost toip o the fvivocs i ntine at that time, ‘he —_— cabin passengers, though not many in | UNITED CLUB COMMITTEE AC.| number. were sibjected to gTeat yu- | convenier v being crowded to- gether, owing to the limitec CEDES TO POPULAR DEMAND. | Htich, oFe 6§ ned, —— to be the time, that other - “detained, it woald Objectionable Pasteboards Were Re- u,.u(w\'m] een \(‘fl"\i.{\.u} exireme dis- Z comfort they would be subjected. called and Others Without the Third—To facilitate the pas; i iron pier is ed in grder that the steame: de and do away ith the service of lighters and tugs. Commending the above sugges- tions to your courteous consideration, Picture of the Admiral Is- sued in Their Place. S el Special Dispatch to Phe Call. we have the honor to subscribe our- - bedient servants, NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Admiral F COMMERCE OF jeorge Dewey's picture’ has been | CO it S RS Reservations in Hawaii. WASHINGTON, Aug, 19.- partment has set aside two large trac of land near Honolulu as military rese vations. One tract contains 1331 acre the projected outing of the United | Democratic Clubs of the borough of Queens to Ridgewood on Monday next, because it was said that the admiral s situated about three miles northwest of had expressed admiration for McKinley | the city, and the other 14400 acres, is and a desire for his re-election. nineteen miles from Honolulu and about Several thousand tickets were issued | nine miles from Pearl Harbor. for the occasion, bearing an excellent | : T . wreathed portrait of Admiral Dewey. | Hicks—T o wife ever "fi‘-‘ vou When they hegan to circulate through :;: el ver s— Rockaway Beach members of the Dem- i ocratic Club in that ward objected to | the picture, contending that the ad- miral was not a Democrat, as they said olls me nscript. Depa(fii)l_e— Drugs Drugs in perfect condition to pro- duce active medicine which properly influences the parts of the human organization for which it is prescribed. Drugs you can depend upon. she frequently t some.—Boston Tr he expressed a high regard for Presi- | dent McKinley and a desire to see him re-elected. Demands on the outing committee to recall the Dewey tickets and have others printed without the admiral's picture followed the persistent circula- tion of the story. What arguments were used Is not definitely known, but the committee was induced to make the change de- manded. More than 1500 of the Dewey tickets hadkbeen sold when word was sent to various clubs throughout the recalled. All unsold tickets were turn- ed in and duplicates without the ad- miral’s dicture were substituted, while purchasers of Dewey tickets were told that they c(&u‘lrd exvha}v]\gedlheir Dewey | Syrup of Figs 5¢ tickets at different headquarters for = ortar? i1l ivi i the official ticket. Carter’s Little Liver Pills 15¢ A careful comparison of two kinds of Carter’s Lithia Tablets 25¢ tickets shows that their only difference | § Carter’s Dyspepsia Tablets 40c Abbey’s Salts 20¢, g4oc and 85¢ Allen’s Female Restorer 70C Swamp Root 40¢ Angiér’s Emulsion 40c Cascarets 10c, 20c¢ and 4o0c Pinkham’s Compound Peruna Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets 40c Carter’s Hair Renewer 50C on the first and its absence from the second. Some of the old-time Demo- Dewey belongs to no party, but to the people. & QUARANTINE COMPLAINTS. Chamber of Commerce Writes to Secretary Gage on Lack of Facilities, Several weeks ago, when one of the large Baker’s Sarsaparilla 75¢ Oriental steamers was In quarantine at | e R the Angel Island station, serious enm- | J Box Sedlitz Powders 25¢ plaint was made of the lack of mmo- Thompson’s Tonic 60c dation and the great inconvenience to | which nearly all of the passengers were This matter was taken up by the Chamber of Commerce, and yesterday the | following letter was forwarded to Secre- tary of the Treasury Gage by Mr. Scott, secretary of the local chamber: §ir: We respectfully beg to call your attention to the quarantine station 1d, bay of San orough apprecia- tion of the plant already there and the ood work accomplished, we neverthe- less feel that a great deal still re- mans to be done to place it in the con- dition necessary for the requirements of our principal port upon the Pacific and the gateway to the Orient. The present facilities are inadequate even ‘when only one ship is held in quaran- Horsford’s Acid Phosphatés 40c Carter’s CascaraCompound 25¢ e e DRUGGISTS 1128 Market St. Tel. South 336. San Francisco 1oth and Broadway (Tel. Main 309) Oakland