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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, EPTEMBER 25, 899 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. All Communications to W. Manager. et and Third Sts, S F Tele S68. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, ION OFFICE 5 CENTS PER WEEK. s, B conts R e OAKLAND OFFICE.. vesse...-908 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, ising, Marquette Building, ago. RRESPONDENT : ; Herald Square | NTATIVE: | 29 Tribune Building NEW YORK CO! €. C. CARLTON.. NEW YORK REPR PERRY LUKENS S 6TANDS, CHICAGO NEW , Co.; Great Northern Hotel} STANDS. Brentano, 31 Unlon B8quare; | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFiCE Wellington Hotel d. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent. gomery street, corner Clay, 0 Hayes street, open unti ck. 639 McAilister street, open untll 9:33 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. reet, open until i0 o’clock. 22C' Market Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 zet, open untl! 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twemtye tucky strects, open until 9 o'clock, “The Drum Major's Daughter.” ~Vaudeville every afterncon and AUCTION SALES. Wednesday at 11 a. m., Buggies, ete., A PEEP INSIDE OF PROSPERITY. en those trade, realize 2 d in price during nd particularly during the of the great staples, the even to writing it now ¢ rly, not to 10st everything that the s the head of the f: nd it costs considerably And y such rise in com- il war, nearly forty it did a year ago. r to show signs of advance in the neces 1 is being drawn upon t> York find their the drain, especially banks 1der Irawing on the York w yve the crops. The Govern- tion by paying the October as on former similar occa- Ives will find other means for alarm.- The case is s no cause show that even prosperity sometimes , just as it threw a large rk a fortnight or so ago be- rks could not get the raw ng to the immense demand untry. Both cases are peculiar, in prices has another curious - news to-many that the manufac- wares, is | efit fr It appears that the hias been so sharp that the manu- selling. prices in a corresponding tatio, for ch er than for some time pace with the increased price of 1 importance, the exhibited in the Thus, per cent boots and ¢ cent, while leather has Wool advanced 10.9 only 5.2 per cent, e T0(@15 per cent increase in la- r less henefit than appears general advance in hi advance h T what is of ec nent other lines. while 10 to has n goods cuts down the packer's profits . down the whole list of com- ppear that the pro- g much more out of anufacturer, who is is it would e lion’s share of every- tion exhibits no new features. 1 reports sing the same unvary- ngs, decreased and jobbing trade in almost ish activity in all branches des a their subdivisions, 1dise of all descriptions mount- i three American cities clearings ; song of dras cvery ng bank eight showed a decrease last week, while the average gain all over the country was 43 pet ceat, and every large ity except Omaha recorded a gain over 1808, The res were 147, against 182°in the same week last only jons on this coast are merely a reflex of the wonderful prosperity general throughout the They are familiar to all who keep in touch with trade conditions and have heen ted time and again. Suffice it to say t business is better in California to-day than for aany years, and that there are no complaints other parts of the country. reco any quarter. Massachusetts have declined renominations for State positions. This seems to be another verification of the belief that there are some people that have conscientious scruples against taking anything that is worth nothing, of Democrats Several prominent | the plan outlined by the Atlantic City conference | deposited as security, and the establishment of banks | CONGRESS AND THE GOLD STANDARD. | ITH the opening of the fall campaigns, pub- lic interest in all political questions revives W and renewed attention is paid to issues which ve to some extent been overlooked by reason of !(he general concern in the questions raised by the :\mr in the Philippines. Among these issues that of | confirming the gold standard and reforming the | currency laws of the nationnaturally comes first, | and it is gratifying to note that despite opposition | irom a certain class of Republicans, the sentiment of | the party and its leaders and representatives is | strongly in favor of the enactment of a comprehen- sive act upon the subject at the coming session of Congress. S Representative McLeary of Minnesota, who is one of the best informed men in Congress on currency questions and who is in close touch with influential Republicans in the House, has recently declared a{ sanguine expectation that the issue will be one of | the first to be taken up during the session, and that will be substantially adopted. That plan it will be remembered includes a declaration for the gold standard so formulated that only by act of Congress can the monetary standard be changed, the protec- | tion of the gold reserve from what has been termed | the “endless chain,” the authorization of bank note issues to the par value of the United States bonds in less populated communities on a reduced capital. The Republican State conventions which have been held this year have strongly and clearly de- ciared for the gold standard and a scientific revision | of our currency laws. Moreover these platform promises have been emphatically repeated by the ndidates nominated upon them. From one end of; e country to the other the voice of sterling Re- publicanism has been unmistakable on that point, and the few time-serving politicians who counsel delay or compromise have had no influence what- | ever either in the party conventions or in the cam- paigns. In opening the Republican canvass in Ohio on Sat- urday Judge Nash reminded the voters of the State that the money question is still one of the issues of | the politics of the country and could not be evaded | either by the people or by Congress. “The Demo- | | cratic party,” he said, “continues to demand the free | and unlimited coinage of silver and gold as equal | in primary money at the ratio of 16 to 1,” and if | Ohio give its vote to that party the effect would be to revive the whole agitation and once more disturb the finances and the industries of the country. “Our prosperity,” he added, *“is due to the determination | of the American people to maintain inviolate and forever a sound financial policy in this land. | By the elections in 1806 confidence was restored in | the fina integrity of the people of the United | States. Hence, those who controlled capital were | willing to let it seek investment in railroads, manu- factures and commerce. The unemployed are no longer idle. Those who worked only one-half time and for half pa These stalwart declarations for the right are the more gratifying because, as the Philadelphia Public Ledger has pointed out: ertain Republican jour- nalists and politicians profess that the currency laws | are good encugh as that what is essential is the retention of the Republican party in power and the maintenance of revenue laws that shall avert a deficiency in the Treasury. This view of the situa- tion is “child-like and bland” rather than convincing. It ignores the possibility of contingencies that can- not definitely be anticipated in time to make prep- | aration for unusual demands on the Treasury.” The business interests of the country require a prompt settlement of the whole money question. The gold standard must be confirmed and the con- fusion in the currency laws brought to order by the adoption of a scientific and sound monetary system. That is one of the things expected of Congress at the coming session, and it is encouraging to note that all signs point to the conclusion the expectation will be realized. e Chicago is having such a big silver punchbowl pre- pared for the battleship Illinois that the people therg do not speak of having it made but of having it erected. It is going to be something monumental, and it would seem that in an emergency it might be used as a lifeboat. | | al are now reaping a full harvest.” they are; el Mrs. Mary Brooks, the first woman sentenced to the Michigan State prison at Jackson, is' about io have her revenge on the man whose testimony sent her up. She has consented to marry him. S mercial argument to the Southern cotton planters to show their interest in imperialism. | He says that “the time is coming when an American city in the Pacific islands will handle two-thirds of the cotton in the world.” The Tacoma Ledger is charmed with this prospect and observes that “thousands of bales of American cotton have been shipped from Tacoma in the last two years, and cotton manufacturing machinery is going the same way. The Asiatics are the great- est consumers of cotton in the world, and instead of relyving on Manchester are beginning to manu- facture their own goods.” It seems, then, that we are to rely on the produc- tion of raw material to be manufactured by the cheap ckilled labor of Asia. Perhaps the Ledger will cite the example of any nation that has grown rich on the production of raw material. The foundation of the Republican theory of protection is the stimulation of | manufacture, not the production of raw material to be transmuted by the skill of others. Asia and Africa always had cotton. When Europe was dress- ing in the skins of animals, and later when the people | of the Western nations wore coarse woollen fabrics Asia and Africa had the finest cotton and linen. The cerements of Egyptian mummies, laid away three < thousand years ago, are of cotton and linen, so finely weven as to prove the highest skill in manufacture and the production of the raw fiber. Senator Morgan's American city in the Pacific islands will not long handle American cotton after the manufacturing machinery is put in operation. There are vast reaches of land in Asja and Africa, virgin and unexhausted, that will pro{uce cotton. It is a law of economics that where nature permits the production, the raw material and its manufacture come close together. The planting of cotton milis ia Asia to be run with cheap labpr means the raising of Asiatic raw cotton by still cheaper labor, and our expansion, achieved at great cost, will mean the transfer of an industry from the midst of us to the | midst of the cheap labor-of the Orient. The Ledger declares that “if any people in this. ! country should be interested in the retention of the | Philippines it is the cotton growers of the South.” | That is true, but their interest is against such reten- | tion if it be to introduce the very changes in Asia EXPANSION AND COTTON. ENATOR MORGAN has addressed a com- | peans, who are our competitors in | than one. three years 1897-90, fiscal years, has shown great fluctuations, as follows, in bales exported: { . 60,756 2 2 it 1700 So that since we began political expansion toward | Asia we have shrunk in our cotton exports there 47.852 bales. It is noteworthy that in 1897 Spain took of us 266,388 bales, or more than four times as much a: all Asia and Oceanica. | But a little while ago the friends of our protective | system were alarmed at the obvious awakening of Japan and China to the profits of manufacturing by ! the use of their cheap labor. Some branches of man- ufacture are not in immediate danger of domestica- tion there, such as the metal and machinery trades, which will profit in supplying machinery; but the textile manufacture can go there, and the production of fiber can follow it, for nature offers no bar thereto. When Asiatic cheap labor and improved machinery are brought in conjunction, this generation can s the end of the American cotton industry. Our total cotton export to the world has fallen off already. In bales and value for the fiscal years 1808 and 1809 it was: 189%—Dbales. . 7,581,004 1898—valud $23( 215 1899—bales. 1899—value. The shrinkage in bales was 207,622, and in value $20,- 877,441. It would seem, then, that the 'swell in the cotton trade since we began expanding, that Ledger professes to have seen, does not exist, and its deduction from a non-existent fact is like others which are published to make the people pa- tiert while they pay the cost of an adventure which will Lave in it but little profit and a very indifferent article of glory. S part of the imperialists of the country there have come to us many reports of the alarm felt in South America lest in our lust for conquest and dominion we set about subverting first Mexico and afterward all the country southward until we in- clude among our colonial possessions the whole of Spanish America. An alarm of the kind is so unreasonable the re- | ports have been regarded in this country with in-| difference and dismissed from consideration as idle rumors. - They have now been repeated so often, | however, and come to us from sources that it is just as well for us to give heed to them. It is true all such fears on the part of Mexico | or any Central or South American country are with- | out foundation, but so long as any considerable num- ber of people feel them the effect upon the interna- tional relations between ourselves and our southern neighbors is bound to be great. We desire the commerce of South America, and trade, like kissing, “goes by favor.” The Euro- the markets of Spanish America, will of course make use of every possible appeal to prejudice to stimulate antagonism to the United States for the purpose of checking the consumption of our goods as far as possible. In that respect the rumors of a probable attempt at subverting the independence of the South American states may do a great deal of harm in more ways many INCE the outburst of foolish boasting on the This feeling of uneasiness among a people with whom we desire friendly relations is one of the evil results of the jingo boasting over the proposed policy of commercial expansion by means of imperial con- auests. Senseless in itself, that kind of talk has given rise to senseless fears, and it may require years of diplomacy to overcome the bad effects, which have already become of no small magnitude. Folly at home begets folly abroad, and out of the two there come manifold injuries to the true interests of both parties. In reality every American knows the states to the south of us have nothing to fear from our aggression and everything to expect from our friendship. The trade between the two continents of this hemisphere | ought to be large, and it is our duty to take the initiative in making it so, and yet it is our own swag- gering imperialists who are giving occasion for the fears which are engendering the South American antagonisms of which we are now hearing so much. THE DEADLY THIRD RAIL. = [_‘ccming the number of fatal accidents caused by the third rail which is now coming into use on electric railroads in that section it is evident that in the new system of traction we have another of those deadly forces which constitute a menace to civilized communities. Recently a track-walker on the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad stumbled and fell, and as his body came into contact with the third rail he was instantly killed. | Commenting upon the accident the New York | Tribune says: “The incident was a startling reminder | that this third rail, which is so useful, which looks so , innocent and which is so accessible to the touch of | accident or thoughtlessness, is charged with lethal | energy so great that the slightest touch thereof is; death. In case of a blockade on the elevated road, which is not an infrequent occurrence, passengers are wont to leave a stalled train and walk along the tracks | to the nearest station. That formerly could be done with safety. Now they must walk within a few inches of a thunderbolt. The rail runs close by station plat- forms, where one may easily touch it with the tip of | a walking stick, and where one accidentally slipping | down upon the track or getting down to recover some | object that had fallen thither would almost certainly | come in contact with it. Such are the perils on an elevated road. On a surface road these would of | course be greatly increased and multiplied.” On this coast we have had no experience as yet with the third rail system. It is only a matter of time, however, when it will be introduced here, for it is of great advantage in electric roads. It is as well, there- fore, for us to give heed now to the dangers that ac- company its use in order to guard against them when any application is made for the right to use the sys- tem either in the cities or along country highways. Efforts are now being made in the East to mi gate the danger of the system, and doubtless good results will be obtained. Tt is believed it will be prac- ticable eventually to use a rail which will carry no electric charge save at the moment and the point of | contact with the car motor. Should that be accom- plished the third rail will be the best of electric sys- tems now known, but until that time comes it is best to leave the dangerous third rail alone or else hedge its use with the most stringent safeguards. ROM reports that come to us from the East con- An official of the Agricultural Department is com- ing to this State to give our fruit-growers informa- tion as to the best means of cultivating the Smyrna fig, and it w{ill not be inappropriate to wish the State | may give the nation many a fig for it in return. | | s S Another submarine boat has been “successfully tested,” and. it is possible she may be of some use in war, but the record of other craft of her kind that ]foretcfld by Morgan and the Ledger. 1 _ Our cotton trade with Asia and Pceanica for the were tested with equal success is not encouraging, the | so many different |y | for Pajaro Valley Rose Circle, and. Mrs. | Theodore Muegge of Woodland, for Ma guerite Circle. |18, Mother Lode Circle, | the indifference of good men. | press | T, Scott to enter the race. | members and of their !adr re | entertainment offered for the enjoyment,‘ | Eisen; , character son HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM FACES A BIG DEFICIT Ran $14,000 Behind Last Year. MEMBERS MUST CONTRIBUTE| 1 e GOOD WORK DONE DESPITE THE SHORTAGE. | St Annual Meeting of the Association Held Yesterday and Ways and | Means for the Current Year Discussed. i [P asgnts o The annual meeting of the Pacific He- brew Orphan Asylum ‘and Home Society | occurred yesterday afternoon at the; orphange gymnasium at Devisadero and | Hayes streets. A number of the wealth-| iest and most prominent members of the | ociation were present, among them A. Auspacher, Joseph Brandenstein, J. i Stern, J. Greenebaum, Danfel Roth, Ben Schloss Lewis Meyerstein, Heny L., Simon, N. Schlessinger, M. J. Sahlein and | J. H. Neustadter. The report of S. W. Levy, president of the assoclation, did not indicate that the | institution was In as thriving a financial condition as in years past, and an urgent | appeal was made for those who were in- terested In the association and its good work to give their spare time and efforts to increasing the membership roll. Not-| wit ding that there was a deficit for the ¥ of $13,991 79, the report of Su- perintendent Henry Mauser showed that there had been just as much, if not more, good work done than in ay of the eliht years past. Concerning the membership of the society, President Levy said in his report: In my last annual report I stated that the membership was 1825. Since then we have ad- mitted 25 and 1 , leaving 1756 as our present memb: Of those dropped from membership 2 died, 52 have resigned and 12 have been stricken from the rolls for non-payment of dues. You will notice that the same Indifferepce to the cry of the orphans d the wall of the aged was apparent last year as in years gone Of thote who have »d I can only say: y their spirits find st and thelr memory be honored.” Of the Old People’s Home Mr, Levy re- ported as follows: “In my last report I stated the number of inmates as 21 men and 13 women. Since that time we have admitted 7, discharged 1 and lost by death 6, leaving at the present time 2l men and 13 women in our charge. The financial condition of the society he summed up as follows: “Our entire in- come, cn which both the asylum and Old People’s Home depend for their main- tenance, amounted to $28,197 53. This sum inciudes bequests, donations, interest, dues and all other items received by the society. for the past vear the expense of conducting the asylum has been $30,- 334 30 and the home $11,588 52, making a total of $41,922 §2 for carrying on both in- | stitutions. ~Added to this there is $266 50, | caused by non-payment of dues, makfing‘ the total expenses of the socley $42,189 32.” Superintendent Mauser set forth the, number of wards in theasylum as follows: | “On September 1, 189, we had 151 chil- dren; 70 girls and 81 boys. ~During the | vear 28 were admitted and 21 discharged; jeaving our number at present 158; 74 girls and 84 boys. Their ages range from 3 to 16 years, the average age being 9 vears. | The total number cared for during the year was 179.” { The annual election was not held, but a nominating committee was appointed and the directors will select the officers | some time next month. DEPUTIES AND VISITS. Official Announcements Made by the Grand Chief Companion of the | Forest of America. Grand Chief Companion Mrs. Flora Ja- | cobs of the Companions of the Forest of | America has announced the following | named members of the order as deputy | grand chief companions for the current term: San Francisco—Mrs. L. Atwood of Robin Hood Circle, for Excelsior, Inter Nos and Presidio circles; R. Rosenberg of Loyal Circle, for Bay City Circle; Mr: E. Michaels of Golden Era, for Dian: M. Levy of Golden Era, for Golden Gat. Mrs, H. Worms of Bay City, for Lorel H. Kohn of Golden Gate, for Live Oal Mrs. J. Weissel of Live Oak, for Olyr pus; Mrs. M. A. Duke of Excelsior, for Robin Hood; Mrs. J. Wishman of Excel- sior, for Mizpah; Mrs. Z. Davis of Oak- | land, for Golden Era; Mrs. M. Carroll of | Inter Nos, for Bonita; Mrs, R. Wolmar | of Bay City, for Pride of the Forest; Mrs. | Emma Harrington of Inter Nos, for Palo | Alto, and Miss E. Rappin of Diana, for | Ferrucio.. Miss A, M. Crowley of Hamlet Circle, Alameda, for her own circle; Dr. George F. Pache of An¥ls Camp, for | Manzanita Circle; W. F. O'Leary of | Healdsburg, for Sotoyome Circle; Miss A. | ‘A. Montgomery of Kern, for Juanita Cir-: cle; Miss Violet Barber of Lompee, for | Purisima_Circle; Jcseph A. Bilhartz of Marysville, for Yuba Circle; Mrs. Mary | B. Frost of Merced, for Chrysanthemum | Circle; Mrs. Vina May of Nevada City, | for Freedom Circle; Miss A. Bremer | of Alameda, for Loyal Circle of Oakland; | Mrs, Emma Danforth of Oroville, for | Orange Blossom Circle; A. W. Horwege | of Petaluma, for American Circle; Allen Mowrey of Oakland, for Santa Lucia Cir- cle of Salinas; Mrs. Annie Hynding of San Diego, for Stlver Gate Circle; E. R. | Bacquie of San Jose, for Washington-La- | fayette Circle; Mrs. M. Zimmerman of | Santa Ana, for Fidelity Circle; Mrs. M. | A. Coleman of Santa Barbara, for Ocean | View Circle; John G. Dont of Santa Rosa, | for The Rose Circle; Miss Jennie Howes of Sonora, for Sonora Circle; Mi Minnie Friedman of Stockton, for Stoc! ton Circle; James E. Cox of Watsonville, 1 | The grand chief companion has an. nounced the following official visits: Sep- tember 25, to Excelsior Circle, San Fran- cisco; October 3, Tnter Nos Circle, San | Francisco: 10, Diana Circle, San Fra cisco: 16, Manzanita Circle, Angels Cam Jamestown; Sonora Circle, Sonora; 24, Stockton Cir-' cle, Stockton; November 2. Golden Era | Circle, San Francisco; 6, Sotoyome Circle, | Healdsburg; 11, Lorely Circle, San Fran- | cisco; 18. Santa Lucia Circle, Salinas; 16, Pajara Valley Rose Circle, Watsonville: . The Rose (ircle, Santa Rosa; 2. Bay ty Circle, San_Francisco; December 1, | Presidio Circle, San Francisco; 5, Golden | Gate Circle, San Francisco; 12, Marguerite 131 Circle, Woodland; 14, Orange Blossom | Circle, Oroville, and 15, Yuba Circle, Marysville. e ———— CANDIDATES INDORSED. The oldest politician cannot call to mind | a duller political season than the present | one, e Democrats are discouraged over | The best members of the party declare that they have not time to serve on the Board of Supervisors. So little progress has been made that the committee of seven will not | be able to present an acceptable list of | candidates to the convention next Tues- | dg.lyhevenm% e Republicans are still right man to nominate fo: In quest of the T Mayor. The | | names mentioned are: John Bermingham, | Horace Davis, George A. Newhall, Joseph D. Grant and Charles W. Slack. Some | ure has been exerted to induce Henry | The Thirty-ninth Assembly District del- egation met night before last and indorsed | Albert Heyer for Assessor, John Lack- mann for Sheriff and Frank French for Recorder. | ————————— i Valley Lodge Entertainment. The semi-annual entertainment of Val. | ley Lodge No. 30 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Unlon Square Hall last Thursday night was a grand success, | as there was a large attendance of the | men friends. Under the d g{\lgngs?t}\ei J. Blackman, J. C. Sharp, L. Michelson and J. L. Kotter the commissioners on of all present a number of stereopticon views thrown on the screen by Dr. T. specialties by Bert Van Cleve: gs. Miss Golda, Harris; vocal solo, Miss M. McClellan, and instrumental selections by the Graeber Mandolin, | confain & vast amount of | Francisco and Sacramento respectively are | obtain tangible results in a short time. | —- e —— | by Mrs. E. 8. Ciprico, humorous stories | ! in the British navy pass through their | cut the vessel in two and put in twenty- Banjo and Guitar Club of one hundred members. This was_followed by a pro- gramme of fourteen dances. —_— e —— WORDS OF PRAISE. Local Weather Office Complimented by Chief Moore. The officials in charge of the local ‘Weather Bureau are in receipt of a highly complimentary notice from Willis L. Moore, chief of the head office in Wash- ington, D. C., regarding the efficlency of the service in this city. While appreci- ating the honor done them they are ear- nestiy hoping that the words of praise are not the forerunner of anything seri- ous in the way of upheavals in office. The letter is particularly flattering to Section Official Alexander McAdie, who assumed charge of the local office a few months ago. It is as follows: United States Department Agriculture Weather Bureau. Mr. Alexander G. McAdie, Forecast Official and Section Director, San Francisco, Cal.— Sir: The recent reports of the California_sec- tion, especially those for May, June and July, climatological In- formation presented in a most interesting manner, and 1 wish to say that the publica- tions are a great credit to you and the force at your station. The diagrams in the May and July reports lilustrating the rainfall at San ot especially Interesting. The plan of the ill tration will be reu?lly understood by those familiar with the methods of constructing such dlagrame. ‘WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief United States Weather Bureau. Work on the climatological report re- ferred to, which will include the whole State, is now being rapidly pushed for- ward, and the reports for Los Angeles and San Diego covering the rainfall dur- | ing the last fifty vears will soon be ready. Yesterday was a ‘‘scorcher” on the top of Mount Tamalpais, the thermometer registering 92 degrees, while it was as low | as 56 in_this city, a difference of 46 de- grees. Professor McAdie is hard at work investigating the causes of this difference | at higher and lower levels and expects to REBEKAH LODGES ENTERTAIN. Pleasant Evening in 0dd Fellows’ Hall—A Child Wonder at the Piano. Amity Lodge of the Rebekahs gave an entertainment last night to its friends in 0dd Fellows' Hall and there were about | 200 persons present to enjoy the pro- | gramme arranged by Mrs. L. Zeigler, Mrs. | Josie Newell and E. Cook, the committee | on entertainment. There were recitations | by J. F. Gibson, specialties by George Hammerschmidt, voecal selections by W. J. Daly and fancy dances by Miss Veta Leithe, after which there was dancing and refreshments. Templar Lodge of the same order also had an evening at home to its friends in its hall in the same building, at which | there were present about 250 ladies and | gentlemen. Its programme, given under | the direction of Dr. Frank Ashworth, | Mesdames Mary Thomas. Winnie | Dowle and Julia Drees and Messrs. Car- son and Parker, included Instrumental | music, fancy dancing, vocal selections and specialties, contributed by Cecil Cowles, Lelas Phiilips, Mr. Donnelly, Mrs. 4 Smith, Miss Shannabrock, Blanche Tre- leage, Francis Buckland, Robert Pluntah and Mattie Luce. It was very enjoyable. Piano soles by Cecil Cowles, only 6 vears of age, were a marvel of instrumemal music, the little one rendering popular airs with perfect harmony and precision. Dancing followed the programme. i e e i e Candidates Will Be Heard. The Republican delegation representing | the Forty-second Assembly District will | meet to-morrow evening at the assembly | room of the Mills building. The delega- tlon will be pleased to meet prospectlve candidates at that time. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. A new type of torpedo boat for the German navy has just been launched from Shichan’s yard at Elbing. It is 223 feet in length, 9 feet draught and has a trial | speed of 35 knots. Until further improve- | ments suggest themselves this type will | be the standard torpedo boat in the Ger- man navy. The Italian battleships Ttalla and Te- panto, of 14,400 tons, are to be stripped of their armor and converted into cruisers. The gain by removal of armor will be ! utllized In coal stowage, and .the new | bunkers, sixteen feet wide, will afford | great protection to the machinery. The Ttalia was built in 18%0 and the Lepanto three years later, and they were very speedy ships. Converted into cruisers, their four 100-ton guns will be removed and four ten-inch and a number of quick- firing six-inch guns will be substituted. The Pallada, a protected cruiser of 6731 tons, was launched August 27 from the new admiralty vard, Galierny Island, St. Petersburg. She is 416 feet in length, 54 feet 4 inches beam and 21 feet draft. The machinery, triple expansion engines and twenty-four Belleville boflers, is to de- velop 11,610 horsepower, to give a speed of twenty knots, and the armament is com- posed of eight six-inch, twenty-four three- inch quick firing guns and eight six- pounders, and the vessel has also two broadside and one bow torpedo tube. The Diana and Aurora, sister ships to the Pal- lada, are still on the stocks at Gallerny Island, although they were begun early in 1897. The trouble with the British battleship Ocean has been discovered to be In the cracked high-pressure cylinder of the | port engine, and extensive repairs and | considerable loss of time will be entalled at the dockyard. As the vessel has not vet been accepted by the admiralty the loss falls on the contractors. Few ships trials without accidents or defects being found in thefr machinery. In contrast to this, it Is exceedingly rare that United States vessels meet with accidents during their trials or that defects of a serious | nature are developed, such being chiefly | confined to the torpedo boats, and these are proportionately less than what hap- pens to British boats. Peter the Great's first attempt to utilize the navy he had built and organized with so much trouble was a signal failure. The | first squadron was sent to sea in 1718 to fight Russia’s old enemy, Sweden, in the Baltic, and three Swedish vessels of in- ferior force were overtaken. During the engagement the Russian vice admiral's ship and that of the senior captain com- modore ran aground, and the junior cap- | tain commodore failed to render assist- ance, and the Swedes escaped. For this the two senior Russian officers were de- graded and the junior captain commodore was sentenced to be shot. At the last moment, when the culprit stood blindfold- ed awaiting the volley from the execution- ers, the death sentence was remitted, but the fright he had experienced had upset his reason, and he lingered but a few vears in Siberia, a mental wreck. The | early Russian navy had many Scotchmen and Englishmen in it as officers, one of | the latter, named Nelson, serving as cap- tain, and was a member of the first court- martial which gave the Russian officers a taste of naval discipline. 1 Germany has been rather unsuccessful | in its earlier armored shipbuilding. Four second-class battleships, or rather coast defense vessels, built in 1878 and 18%0, named Baden, Bayern, Sachsen and Wur. temberg, of 7441 tons, were practically fail- ures, and had to be almost reconstructed three years ago. The German navy also possesses six coast defense ships of 3500 tons of the monitor type, but having high unprotected upper works, which make the vessels unseaworthy and absolutely worthless as fighting vessels. They were built in 1890-1-2-3, and although rated at sixteen knots they are in reality slow ships. Their coal capacity is only 22 tons, and In order to remedy this defect it has been decided to reconstruct Hagen, launched in 1893. It is Intended to five feet additional hull between the two ends, thereby increasing the coal-carrying capacity. The upper works will also be greatly reduced. If the plan proves a success with the Hagen the other vessels of that class, namely, Beowulff, Heimdal Hildebrand, Frithjoy and Siegfried, will be similarly reconstructed 2 the Occidental. the [ SHOT THROLEH ) DO0R THGE 1T HER LODEER Warm Reception for Schwebs. TRIED TO FORCE HIS WAY IN MRS.LILLIE GRAY DEFENDS HER HOME WITH A REVOLVER. Iosiarg e She Is Arrested on a Charge of As- sault With a Deadly Weapon and He Is Also in Custody. Ty ke Mrs. Lillie Gray, a young widow living at 462}, Tehama street, created a mild sensation in the neighborhood yesterday afternoon by firing two shots through a door at Charles C. Schwebs, who had been trying to force an entrance into her room. Mrs. Gray was left a widow about a yvear ago, and as she was acquainted with the Schwebs family, Schwebs went to live in her house to help her along. He has been employed as a tin-roofer for nearly twenty years by Conlin & Rob- erts, on Mission street. Mrs. Gray and Schwebs had reason to disagree lately and she got him to leave the house. Early yesterday morning he went to her house drunk and because she refused to admit him_he commenced to hammer at the front door with the object of break- ing his way in. He was arrested, but only a charge of “drunk”’ was booked against him and he was discharged by Judge Graham. As soon as Schwebs regained his liberty he commenced to drink again and went in the afternoon to Mrs. Gray's house. | She again refused to admit him and he began to break in the door. Exasperated at hi§ conduct she fired two shot from a {e‘\‘olver through the door, both missing him. Schwebs, thoroughly frightened, ran into a saloon adjoining the house and made his way to the rear, elimbing to the roof. He ran over the roof, dropped onto a shed in the rear of the house on the other side of the saloon and too] refuge in the basement, where he was found by Policemen T. P. Riordan and John A. Ryan, who had been notifled of the shooting. The officers placed him under arrest, and on hearing his story went to Mrs. Gray’'s house and arrested her. The revolver was taken -as evi- dence against her. Captain Spillane ordered a charge of as- sault with a deadly weapon to be booked against Mrs. Gray and a charge of dis- turbing peace against Schweb Schwebs declared with tears in his eyes that he did not want to prosecute ths woman, as he loved her still, although she preferred a soldier. He offered her his hand in a friendly way, but she scorned him and said she wanted to have nothing further to do with him. “I only fired the shots at him,” said Mrs. Gray. ‘to scare him, as he had twice attempted to break in my door. I had no intention of injuring him. I had not seen him for some weeks till he called in a drunken condition early yes- terday momln% 2 Mrs. ¥'s v, 4 years of age, was taken to the City Prison with his mother and was placed in charge of the matron. He was run down by a wagon recently and is still suffering from the injuries he then sustained. [ e POSTAGE ON SUNDAY CALL. SUNDAY L‘l-lTwrappad ready for mailing—postage 2¢ to all pointz in Enited States, Canada and Mexico, and 4c¢ to all for- eign points. o ] AROUND THE CORRIDORS Brown, Sheriff of Humboldt is staying at the Russ. . D. Graaff, a pleasure seeker from Jacksonville, Fla., is at the Russ. J. H. Barbour, on of the lading busi- ness men of San Diego, is a guest at the Grand. H. M. Hall, a wealthy mining man of Marysville, is among the recent arrivals at the Lick. J. W. Henderson, a banker and capital- ist of Eureka, is among those who ar- rived in the city yesterday and went to the Lick. D. J. Flannigan, a wealthy resident of Humboldt, who is extensively interested in the lumber mdustry, is in the city. He is staying at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Fletcher, two prom- inent residents of Washington, D. C., have arrived in this city on a sightseeing trip, and are staying at the Occidental. Dr. Saneman and Mr. and Mrs. Gutman, a party of travelers from Berlin who ars touring the United States on pleasure bent, are registered at the Palace, where they arrived yesterday. John D. Pope Jr., a popular society man of the City of the Angels, is a guest at He is accompanied by his wife. They have run up to the city on a short trip for recreation. e A Queer ‘War Incident. Speaking of these short rushes forward,’ a queer thing happened at Guguinto, where perhaps half of the soldiers in one regiment found hens. Before there was time to kill the fowl orders came to go forward. A little farther out the regiment lay down under fire for some minutes. Then the order came to charge. Up and forward with a vell rushed the soldlers, but over the cheering rose another sound. Three or four hundred hens, objecting to being carried head down with feet tied to the strap of a haversack, set up a frantic squawking such as was probably never heard along a line of charging military before.—Manila Correspondent in Leslie’s Weekly. —_——— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's. * R Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Fress Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * —_——— The British War Office has decided that brown leggins, instead of black, shall in future be supplied to all foot soldiers of the regular arm; “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regu- lutes the Bowels and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causee.. For sale by druggists in every part of-the world. 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