The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL K Iy increasing experience of Califor- v of absolute avoidance of They are not more frequent. The all of any decade is undiminished, but ed. It irrigates no fields, orchards It turns no wheel, supplies no mine, capable of ¢'s wealth, of | g the products of agri-‘ iculture and pasture to a vast volume, day in the as it goes. iazed at the spectacle. Principalities of le or yield crops uncertainly for lack of: ing thousands of men, yielding | of gold urnishing a near and ready mar- t for food products the land would raise, are idle STORAGE OF FLOOD WATER’S. HE constant | average rai ter is Wi ards. JOHN D. SPRECKEL Al Commui TION OF! rket and Third Sts., S. F 1898. 7 to 221 Stevenson Street 1874, incre | culture, 2 nd scriptions. r-quested. the year for lack of water. ar, trillions of cubic | selessly .down the | lost in the sea! e there has ex movement based | on the hope that the Federal Government could be | induced to impound this wasted water and distribute it for use. But the Federal Government has many | siding | calls upon it. Those which are answered are such as WS ETANDS. ;mevre:t'.that part of the Union where its political | ws Co.; Great Northern Motety | power lies. s There are nine States in which this waste of water | NEW YORK NEW6 STANDS. is a vital matter. They are California, Colorado, a Hotel; A Bretano, X Unlem 8eusted | 14,1, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washing- | : they are represented in Con- | « Senators and Representatives, ¢ of the Union, and have a - 2,814,402, against 59,807,848 The center of of Colum- At time, every .908 Broadway 3 eeded water run AND OF -rquette Enilding, Aanager ¥ NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON.... pesind Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR 29 Tribune Bul CHICAGO T Eherman House; P. O. Hou ton and Wyoming. B gress by only thirty 411 for the population of on for the States not direc lation in 1800 was tw T .) OFFICE Wellington Hotel 4. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent. gomery street, corner Clay, 03 Hayes street, open unti! or strcet, open untll 9:39 ly concerned. open until 9:30 o'clock. i0 o'clock. 28C* Market = DOpUia n untll 9 o'clock. 1098 bus, Indiana, ne 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh A 1 NW. corner Tweaty- cky streets, open untll S o'clock, further appeal to th to save flood waters for the benefit The Irrigation Congress, inaugur--| ago at Salt Lake and still | prayed toward Washington tion lies, but without re- | as come when California, at least, g the gods and put her own el. The Federal Government has surveyed a r of reservoir sites in this State where flood waters may be impounded and thence A movement has been some months This is to be in the AMUSEMENTS. of our indt ated several year istence, has s the Mecca w e ere our » every afterncon and bulder to —Specialties. r and Philippine Ex- distributed. on foot to secure State action. et e form of an issue of bonds to build these reservoirs and AUCTION SALES. provide d on he wa to the canals and epared. For the d or te be pr in its distribution, a price ill mect the interest on the g fund against maturity of the plant have ate will tax the users of the water pay the cost of ntenance only. be guaranteed by the State and An years, pre- ut with such never know a ture only about | sh: is to be ¢ bonds and provi DEMOCRATIC IMPERIALISTS. HOWELL of the 1 and moisf r u Demo- | 1 per cent is saved in the normal flow of streams to & b , Senator Hoar | be 2 e f mining and other economi ) e nse: are s ved of their timber grow less, f ifall runs more im 1to the strear h become tor- rents for the time, and is lost, while aridity increases fi Is all iing is impeded 1 more for the journey ! th ot nediately in the ack of water. tem in operation, the normal yw in use would not be inter- more With a he streams h, but the flood water which is wasted would be stored. Its inconceiv vast quantity would not 2 mere mill- | only bring into action millions of acres now idle, abroad | keeping them steadily productive, but in dry seasons Which | would supplement the lessened normal flow of the inion of | streams and keep the whole irrigable area of the und foothills in full production and unlimited The project is easily possible. It is It is nece One has to go outside of all practical and feasible and economic considera- tions to find any objection to it. All admit its de- - | sirability, and none object to the Federal Govern- | mwent doing it. That being impossible because of the 1 weaker people | political power of a population that is either indiffer- | ent or has adverse interests, are we to stand and dry n who | up in our tracks, a desiccated monument to a stub- | 15 of his party | born determination not to help ourselves? When a convention is held to consider this subject and formulate plans to effect this purpose we hope ion of evidence | that banking and business circles will be roused to them opposing the accept- | their interest in common with the miner, the agricul- iples of the Ostend | turist, horticulturist and lumberman, without whom s Buchar John Y. Mason | there can be neither banks nor business. red it to be a doctrine of the | Further appeal for Federal money is useless. A ht makes right. | Federal department has been besceched in vain to eries of thoughtful articles | give us the very inexpensive help of observation sta- 1 litor of the Dorado Repub- | tions, of the signal service, on the Aleutian archi- ng paper of our party in the foothills, | pelago, that we might be notified when by deflection presenting the views of Hon. Frank | of its course the Japan current parts with its warmth Senator from the San | and moisture in Bering Sea, and reaches us under gentlemen and scores of | non-evaporating conditions, producing a dry season. and thinking expresses the wide- | of the Republican party. These ad. They see imperial- storage Repub- iange the con- e of the oldest of Illinpis, says: he war ended, a state or 1 harbor and coa practical. ry. p » great work, worths nt statehood?” country. ans are concerned The | n poss! Ju | | partment secured from Congress all the money | eign ships. W Put our prayer fell upon deaf ears, while the same de- | money center of the world. As a result of this con- on of affairs our foreign commerce increases in both directions. The imports for August exceeded { | those for the corresponding month of last year by | The Question of Expansion and Annexa of the Philippines. | upward of 30 per cent, and those of 1897 by nearly 70 ! per cent. It will be seen from these reports that while the foolish imperialists are under the impression that we must have an imperial system of military conquest in ordef to expand our trade, that trade is going for- ward by leaps and bounds. It has been advanced by | the resistless impulses of industry. It is the offspring . of peace and not of war, and should the jingoes come into power their policies would injure more than help it. The one defect in the splendid showing is that this growing commerce is carried on almost wholly in for- sent abroad and our imports brought back. Our in- crease of trade means an increase of a foreign mer- chant marine, and out of the profits of our labor a large sum has to be taken every day in the year to pay the foreign ship-owner for the cost of transportation. In a recent address on the subject Senator Frye said: “It is imperatively required we should carry in our own ships under our own flag all our imports and exports. We should pay to our people the $100,000 a day we now pay to foreigners. We should make of the officers of these ships active, intelligent | and interested agents for the discovery of new mar- kets and the promotion of our trade. Suppose to accomplish it does cost us $10,000,000 annually, will there not be ampie compensation?” ¢ That is the issue presented to the people of the United States in the evidences given of our expand- ing commerce. We hear much in these days of trade following the flag. Should not the flag follow trade? Where our goods are going our flag and our mer- chant ships should go. Surely every intelligent student of events can perceive how important it is at this time to provide for the upbuilding of a merchant marine that shall be equal to the requirements of our commerce. “California Municipalities,” a new magazine de- voted to the affairs of municipal government in this State, opens the current number, which, by the way, is the second issue of the publication, with an excel- lent article on “Municipal Accounting,” by Mayor Snow of Oakland, and contains many other papers of hardly less interest and importance to all concerned in the administration of cities. The magazine fills a useful place in the discussions of the day and merits a liberal support. ALLEGATIONS OF CONSPIRACY. AYNE MACVEAGH, in his argument on be- half of Colonel Carter before Attorney General Griggs on Wednesday, asked for a judicial hearing of the case before a civil tribunal, and, with- out charging the members of the court-martial with any offense other than that of unfitness for trying such a case as that presented, intimated that a conspiracy exists among persons of power and influence to prejudice the country against Carter and to procure his conviction by foul means. In dealing with that phase of the subject MacVeagh is reported to have recited eleven instances of what he termed “positive inventions” to the injury of the accused, retailed to correspondents of mnewspapers during the past eighteen months, and to have an- | nounced that sooner or later he expects to reveal the authors of these reports, expose their motives and hold somebody responsible for them. He is further reported as intimating that the inventions emanated from the War Department, and to have stated plainly that the findings of the court-martial were not made unanimously, despite the announcement of the War Department to that effect. Such intimations of conspiracy as are contained in these carefully’ guarded words derive weight from the fact of their utterance by an attorney of high repute | and of known integrity. They give something of confirmation to the many stories circulated concern- | ing the alleged conspiracy against Carter, and will in- cline the public to believe there is good foundation for them. If false reports of the case to the detriment of the accused man have been traced to the depart- ment whose officials are in close relations to the mem- bers of the court-martial that tried him, it is clear a new trial by a different tribunal should be given if for no other purpose than that of removing suspicion from the public mind and making it clear that justice has been done. The outbursts of public indignation in this country over the Dreyfus case show how sensitive we are when injustice is committed by the military tribunals of a foreign state, and it is hardly likely we can be less sensitive concerning an allegation of injustice by | a similar court in our own land. Direct charges that the conviction of Colonel Carter | was brought about by a powerful corporation whose | frauds he intended to expose have now been made by several responsible persons, and Attorney Mac- | Veagh has intimated that the War Department offi- | cials, if not in the conspiracy, are at least subject to its influences and have worked in its behalf to the extent of issuing lies to newspaper correspondents. It is | nearly two years since the court-martial reported Car- ter to be guilty of the serious charges against him, and yet during all that time he has not been punished. He It is under an alien flag our exports are | 'RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1899 OUR NATIONAL DUTY. By Frank PART IIL HE argument of first resort and of last resort is that 'we have always been an expanding country. It is true that in the western hemis- phere and along contiguous lines and over adjacent territory this | country has continuously expanded. It is ‘n)so true that the territory acquired was | either already largely occupied by, or in- | evitably would in the) immediate future be occupied, in a controiling degree by | American citizens. It was not, therefore, a question of assuming forcible jurisdic- | tion over millions of people, who would continue to be in subjection to our su- ! premacy to the end of time, but it was | always a question of acquiring more ter- ritory for more American citizens and | more States. It might be admitted that in | these proceedings, as in most others of | national moment, there may have been | involved some degree of theoretical wrong | or injustice, bi. . the great controlling pur- | Pose was in favor of and consistent with | the justice of the proceeding, and there- | fore the precedent has no possible applica- tlon where the great body of the inhab- | itants are being subjected to our contin- | ued arbitrary rule. A policy that may | contain some wrong is not a justification | of a policy that is all wrong. No house can be constructed so that it is not in a degree unhealthy. No water is chemically pure; yet we of necessity Live in houses and drink water, at least some of us do, which is never thought to be a Jjustification of the idea that we should all live in sewers and drink swill. The acquisition of Loulsiana is about as much & parallel case to the acquisition of the Philippines as would be the occupation of a house in which disease might be bred and the voluntary taking up of one's abode in a sewer. What the American people should do at this time is to quit talking about imag- inary providence of God and the jrresisti- ble forces of nature, quit all false pre- tenses as to duty to the people we are engaged at present in Kkilling off and abandon all sophistical arguments in re- gard to having purchased a wrong and acquired a right, and come soberly and in- telligently to consider whether the juris- diction over the Philippines is worth the price of a subvetsion of the doctrine of rule by the consent of the governed, is worth the price of a great standing army | and militarism in our republican country, |is worth the price of continued warfare, | and whether or not it would not be wise, | humane and expedient for this Govern- ment to return to its suitable jurisdiction and to the western hemisphere for the ex- ercise thereof. It is pointed out that the nations are engaged in the partition of tropical and Oriental countries; that there is a great a of wealth, trade and power to be di- | vided, and we must get our share. This | reminds me of a story of a municipal offi- cer in a neighboring State. It was reput- ed on good authority that there was a large sack on hand to be divided among the officers upon the letting of a contract | to certain parties. The officer in question was keen on the scent of the sack but was unable to find it. He finally conclud- ed that his ociates had formed a trust to_carry the scheme through and he was left out, and he became so angry that he | went out on the streets and announced | | that there was a sack and his associates were not doing the fair thing, and that | he would be blanked if he did not get his | share. In other words, something was to be stolen, and the official was going to | have his share, and so he announced it Fubucly. And it is announced that the brown ‘and the black man, along with a few odd ends of the white race, are to be | partitioned and divided up among the | crowned heads of the Old World, and it is also announced that this free demo- cratic Government, hitherto respecting | the rights of man and not participating in the spoils of nations, is behind the age and unwise if it does not get its share of the spolls—all of which, to my mind, is unwise and unprofitable and an inhuman suggestion. The money we have, the property we have acquired thus far, is honest money, earned in a manly way. We have by our own hands tilled the soil, opened mines, extended the commerce of this country in fair competition, and by honest industry have advanced our posi- tion among the nations of the world. But | we are told this course is impracticable and should not be further pursued; that we must get our share of the price of subjugation and the commerce that fol- | lows the flag where the flag follows the sword. | The so-called and self-styled practical men of every nation in this same way and in the interest of greed have destroyed every nation that has suffered destruction in the history of the world. They are not practical men: they are hasty, greedy and impractical. More of solidity and more of wealth always results, individu- ally and nationally, from following an honorable, consistent course based upon principle. Even if from greed or spoliation to the individual or the nation there comes wealth and power it is but temporary and of no real or permanent advantage. ‘We are therefore face to face with a crit- ical situation and a great problem that we must solve, I have great confidence in the ultimate integrity and intelligence of the American people to solve it right, and while the policy of expansion may result to _the temporary advantage of the Re- publican party, as a Republican and as a member of that party I am unfalteringly against it, for the reasen, among others, that T belleve it will lead to the ultimate defeat of the Repubiican party. We must all frankly admit that the sit- uation at present is grave. The further ursuit of either course is one of great Siffi(‘ult)‘ and uncertainty. The expansion- ists say that there is now no possible course but to fight the war to its end and | then determine what we shall do; that pational honor is involved and we must win the victory. My own view of the situ- ation is that our national honor is not fnvolved in the war; that our national honor is alone involved in the issue as to how we conduct ourselves as a nation and as a people in determining this question. Obviously defeat cannot result from this war. - However long it may be prolonged—and 1_think and trust not very long—the Filipinos cannot defeat this country. We know and the world knows that we cannot, in the sense the word s usually used, win a victory in this war. So the war can T t in neither defeat nor victory, and | honor in eithér event {s impossible. To assume that this nation can win any i | i I+ the Portland Oregonian the New York ion by vile ac- plications that have ing a Democratic international rty, and they desire that it shall pts and purposes. They think too long and arduous journey to go 2 to Democratic leaders who Mr. Cleveland a foreign e made a shirt of Nessus to the et e upon Another evidence of the mendacity of yellow jour- 1 yester: in the shameful misrep- ts which a local yellow sheet was der a report of the splendid reception iral Dewey. The conqueror was not ional administration, and the cheap 1e yellow sheet cannot make him a tail its kite. There are some things which in common decency the H 2s should respect. nila gives grudgingly the insurgents. He construes s acts of kindness to American prisoners on the part of the rebel leader to pro- What would the press cen- i Aguinaldo cut off the heads of his prisoners? The press censor at N credit of a virtue to the te outside nations. The earthquakes in Asia Minor have destroyed thousands of human lives and wiped out of existence res of villages. When Dame Nature goes on the mpage she treats men as men treat the denizens of nt The value of life seems to be all in the it of view. P -Admiral Dewey seems to fear the American cooks more than he did the Spanish guns. needed to put stations on all the West Indian islands | in order to warn the shipping on the Atlantic sea- | board of the hurricanes which destroy it. That was | necessary and we make no complaint, but why should much less be refused to us? When we decide to pro- tect ourselves, by providing water that enablgs us to defy the seasons, we will no longer need to implore harmony, will sacrifice his personal ambition to be- come a United States Senator. It would be fairer to say that Dan Burns, for the sake of decency, will re- tire from a contest in which only his | presumption that he was qualified to represent any- | body gave him a standing. TATISTICS of foreign trade recently issued by S fying. The total exports the month of August are 25 per cent higher than for the same month last year, when they were the highest known, and they are 33 per cent higher than the average in the same month for the three years 1894-05-96. For the first eight months of the calendar year they are the highest in the history of the country. It is also to be noted that along with the increase of exports there has been a marked increase of imports. The time when we were so much in debt to Europe that the nations of that continent could pay for our goods by simply sending back American securities has gone by. We are now virtually out of debt. In fact, several times of late the United States has financed Europe, and New York has made great for strides toward !.aking the place gf London as the | It is anounced that Dan Burns, for the sake of | monumental | THE EXPANSION OF FOREIGN TRADE | the Government are in the highest degree grati- | | continues to enjoy his liberty, his rank and his pay. Why has the penaity decreed by the court not been carried out by the Government? Is it that Carter is distinction or honor in this war is ab- | surd. Individumls by the performance of individual duty may win as much honor in this_war as in any other, but to as- | supported by friends so strong that justi sume this great country, the fathers of s - & i g Justice cannot | (UG 1300000 strong. won & victory over reach him even though he be guilty, or is it that there | the then greatest nation of the “world and have since prosecuted great wars with great nations to brilliant success, could win honor and vietory in a fight with a lot of Malays in malarious tropi- cal swamps is about as ridiculous as it would be to assume that the most suc- «cessful gladlator in the Roman arena ‘could have won honor by sticking a pig. f we are to grant the Filipinos ulti- mate independence, why not grant it now? ‘We are told that the war is on, and that it must be ended; but if the war is wrong it cannot be ended too soon. And the contention that we would suffer appar- ent defeat is too absurd for considera- tion. In this war we cannot suffer ac- tual or apparent defeat, and to deter- mine that the Filipinos of r!fht ought to be granted the privileges of self-gov- ernment and at the same time determine that before we can grant it to them we must to the extent of almost extermina- tion defeat them at the expenditure of much moner and the loss of many Amer- ican lives is neither humane nor sensi- | ble. The proper way to end this war is the manly American way. Simply say to the Filipinos that our desire, 1t we had assumed permanent jurisdiction over them at all, was only to have done sd in the American and democratic way and with their consent, that (with proper con- cessions and proper respect for our rights and interest) we are pl’E?fll‘ed to_freely accord them the liberty for which the; are fighting, the acceptance of whicl terms would be—inevitably would be, in my humble judgment—not to bflni dis- honor or even the appearance of defeat to this country, but would mean the reatest honor "and the greaten Tespect rom all just men o all nations. ‘Whether they wish to rule themselves as a republic or a kingdom, freely or des- otically, it is not a question of what orm of iovernment that they shall have, but the right of a people to govern them- selves_in their own way; with that form and that right we have nothing to do. Therefore, the duty of this government, its highest and immediate duty, is to grant the immedlate right of an honor- able self-government to the Philippine people, let that government be what it may, 8o long as the treaty of peace shall recognize the just rights of this Govern- are reasons to believe him wrongfully convicted? { Whichever view of the case be taken justifies the re- | { quest for a trial before a civil tribunal. The facts ; should be made known. We cannot afford to have a | Dreyfus case in the United States. = | The National Irrigation Congress, which has just | closed its eighth annual session at Missoula, Mont., | has solemnly decided that the tilling of the soil must be taken out of the hands of the lawyers. Ts it pos- | sible that the learned gentlemen of the bar have been | forced to.the recourse of hard work or is this an- other slander upon the abused profession? The Governor has announced that the Man from Mexico has received enough and that it is about time | that Gage held out something for himself. Can it be possible that his Excellency is*scheming to acquire | a reputation? ESACH s A man-eating shark was captured the other day on the bay shore at West Berkeley. He was cut open and inside him were found a number of small sharks he had swallowed. How human! The students of the State Normal School at San Jose are again in rebellion. A chair of pugilism might not unwisely be established there and associated with that of pedagogy. The attendants at the Stockton Insane Asylum ob- ject to being uniformed. They should at least take into consideration that the public have a right to a cue of some kind after entering the gates tion H. Short ment {n the premises, which undoubledlyi could be obtained at any moment. ical Tt matters little to me what practic men who want trade might say, it mat- ters not much more what polmda‘::s might say; there is to my mind in ths instance only one course that Is rig t.’ only one course that is manly, and if we ! as a people can come to the s: clusfon, it :ould be inhuman t rosecute the war. P Phere is never a moment of time when it is too soon to do rlfht. and the time has now arrived (and for some ‘ime has existed) when this Government should seek to end this war by an immediate proposal to grant the Filipinos freedom and self-government, upon terms so fair and reasonable that there could be no question of their immediate acceptance, If these people desire liberty, it is theirs of right. We have no right to withhold it; we have no right first to defeat, destroy and subjugate them and then | grant them liberty; but it Is theirs now i they wish it. By purchasing the wrong of 300 years we have not acquired the right to continue that wrong for one instant, and whatever others may say I contend that the question of freedom and liberty, or of one form of governmenttg: ame con- o furtner | | { i another s not to be solved by nation which s seeking to_impose _its government upon another. Such a defl- nition of liberty would be denying liberty to all men. 1f there is any place in the world where we have no natural right, no affinities bf’ birth or by nature, it is’in the Philip- pine Islands. Unless we can purchase Jjurisdiction over men and countries from a king that had no right to such juris- diction, and thereby acquire good title to rule over them, we are in the Philippine Islands attempting to force our republi- can institutions ugon the Malay inhabi- tants thereof by the sword with as little right as any country, ancient or modern, ever undertook to impose {ts government upon any people. Correctly sp2aking republics are created for the government of citizens. If a Government is to govern subjects, or subjects in addition to its citizens, it ought not to be founded upon republican or democratic lines. Historically speak- ing, republics, where they have taken up- on themselves the inconsistent power or privilege to rule over subjects, have been far more despotic, ruthless and unreason- able in th rule than have absolute monarchies. It can be readily seen that citizens naturally accord toward each other good government. But millions of people, though self-governing, ruling over others, having noright or participation in that government, subject them to worse depotism than the absolute rule of one man. 1f these seventy millions of people un- dertake to rule the Filipinos without their consent, it is simply a depotism divided among seventy millions of people. | In other words, seventy millions of free citizens with relation to themselves, occupy the relation of being seventy millions of despots as to others. As an| | aggregation of people arbitrarily impos- | ing our government upon an unconsenting people, we are each one of us as much pursuin, and undertaking a despotic form of government as the Czar of Russia, when he imposes by military force his rule upon his subjects. It wouid seem that we have embarked upon and undertaken the policy of ex- pansion and subjugation without ade- | quate consideration either of the guestion | of the right or the policy, its expediency or the suitability of our form of govern- ment to undertake such a course. When considered in the light of our previous deciaraticns, when considered in connec- tion with our form of government, it cer- tainly must and ultimately will be con- ceded that the attempt Is not only un- just but wholly impracticable and will result ultimately not only in disaster to | the people upon whom we are attempting | to impoese our government but even with greater disaster to ourselves. It is not our ine to determine whether the Filipines will give themselves a good government, as a kipg, an emperor or a | republic. We have no right to determine | that question for them. It is no more our business than {is the government of France, of China or of Switzerland. Our flag was once supreme over the Mexican capftal and our military forces were in undisputed possession of the prin- cipal stronghold of that country. While we required the cession to us of certain territory already largely populated by American citizens we took our flag down | from every place where it had no right to float and returned the territory to tbe! Mexican people, together with the capital | and their government, which government | they have since exarcised and with which | we have not interfered. So thet even in | our past history it has not been our polcy | that where the flag once goes up it must | forever stay. Except for military pur- | poses the flag should never go up over | any couniry Or anf' people which we do not desire-ultimately to make into States and into citizens. If it were to be asserted that our ob- ject was ultimately to create States in the Philippine Islands and grant to the inhabitants thereof citizenship the politi- cal popularity of expansion would cease in a moment and the policy would be overturned and destroyed. While the more consistent it would be a wholl popular policy. The other poli colonization and subjection is more wron in principle and less desirable and profit- able for the reasons set forth. If the American people and their Gov- ernment should at once take an open, manly and humane J)o"itlnn with relation to the Filipinos and accord them lib- erty we would not only be entitled to re- ceive but would receive the commenda- tion of all people who appreciate justice and love Jiberty throughout the earth. BIHE4PEEIEE 4144444444440 IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL 3 t M. Harcourt Clarke's Great Yachting 1 4 Song, “To the Winner of the Cup.” 4 + + O+ 4444444 4444444004440 e e PRESENTATION OF BADGES. Ivy Chapter of the Eastern Star Shows Its Appreciation of Its Past Patrons. Almost every member of Ivy Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was in the chapter room in Golden Gate Hall Monday night to witness the presentation of handsome jewels to eight of the past patrons, and in addition to the member- ship there were present about twenty- five specially invited guests. In the past it has been the custom to present to the retiring matron upon the close of her term of office a fine jewel In token of approval of the manner in which she discharges her duty, but the patrons were allowed to step down and out with out any token of recognition. Recently the chapter concluded that in view of their work and devotion to the order they each should have some substantial recog- nition and decided to give each a jewel. The token is the star of the order upon which rests the emblem of the office and surrounding it is a wreath of ivy in enamel the color of the leaf and this is suspended from a crown and scepter. The reciplents were John Hatfield Gray, who received the token from Mrs. Abbie Salisbury, who was matron with him during his term of office, and the others received theirs from those who served with them. J. P. McMurry from Mrs. Annie Lambert; G. W. H. Patterson from Mrs. J. H. Gray; Harry Ascroft from Mrs, Clara A. Giberson; C. C. Dow from Mrs, Helen Davis Patterso; Elwood Morey from Mrs. Jennie A, Graves; C. L. Pat. ton from Mrs. C. Dow, and the one from Frank Maxon, who was absent, was handed to Patron Dr. Gassaway by Miss Nellie Owens, who was the first' matron of the chapter. The presentation speeches and the responses were pleasing efforts in that line. The Knickerbocker Quartet, during the evening, favored with vocal selections. After the ceremonies about 200 ladies d to the bangpet :1"?1 gergleme?hadjoume all, where e worthy mat Lydia A. Steele, and the werm';?nbmorfl' Dr. Gassaway, presided. After the sup- per had been disposed of “there were a lt’::;tb:r of responses to congratulatory . ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CLINICS—Subscriber, Vallejo, Cal. Al glelglml e{:ll:esusln San Francisco have cs on the subject named of inqui Communicate ewl{’l: t&ee ‘3:::'1 of any of the col s ‘}; bject.‘ colleges for information on THE FIRST CALIFORNIA-S., N: Cal. The record of the First Callfornia | | | “the avi ————————————————————————————— ublished in the California Volunteer ir edition of The Call and in sub- bers were published the pro- t regiment. This depart. he space to republish the was p! souven! sequent num motions in tha ment has not tl same. THE EARTH TREMBLED—A. B.T(;., land, Cal, E. P. Roe's novel, “The gilr‘:fi Trembled,” was published first in 1887, HEIGHT OF MAN—A Reader, Tres Pinos, Cal. To obtain the average height would require the measurement g; a"i::"ge number of men in every part of the world, and as no_one has vet under- taken such a task it is immsible to give erage height of man.” If the cor- respondent desires the average he‘ight of man in specified localities the answer may be obtained. DIMES—A. R., Clay Station, Cal, and A. 8., Vallejo, Cal. There 1s no p;emium a dime of 1894 unless it is one of twen- ?\r}-four coined in that year at the San Francisco Branch Mint. There were but that number coined that year at that Mint, and those are the only ones that command a premium. Such may be dis- tinguished by the letter § under the wreath. There is no premium on a dime of 1895. TREASON—O. S., San Gregorio, Cal. The constitution of the United States de- fines treason to the United States as con- in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. It also provides that no erson shail be convicted of treason un- on the testimony of two witnesses to t overt act, or on confession in open court. The punishment as provided in the United States for treason against them {s: “Every person guilty of treason shall suffer death, or, at the discretion of the court, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years, and fin less than $10,000.” Treason may alsi X 0 be committed against any of the individual States, and the punishment for treason against the State is regulated by the con- stitutions of the different States. o250 20202 % The foundation of knowl- % % efge must be laid by reading. e % —Samuel Johnson, 5 & The Call's Home Study ¥ & Circle will furnish the very ¥ % highest class of reading. This § & series of studies will begin & % Monday, October 16. 3 @+t i e tie e N+ 02NN D AROUND THE CORRIDORS J. J. Dooley, & wealthy merchant of New York, is at the Palace. X 8. N. Grifith, a Fresno capitalist, is registered at the Occidental. E. F. Fraser, a well-known railroad man | of Sacramento, is at the Grand. C. D. Fontana, a wealthy mine owner of Copperopolis, is at the Lick. ‘W. P. Lynch, ex-Assessor of Butte County, is registered at the Lick. B. V. Weeks, a prominent dairyman of Pasadena, is a guest at the Russ. Arthur L. Levinsky, an attorney of Stockton, is a guest at the Palace. V. 8. McClatchy has come down from Sacramento and is at the California. E. B. Pixley, the well-known Santa Cruz hotel man, is a guest at the Lick. Rev. W. A. Brewer came up from his San Mateo home last evening and went to the Palace. R. Barker, a popular journalist of Va- caville, is among the arrivals of last night at the Lick. N. Rosenthal, one of the principal mer- chants of Madera, is registered at the Lick with his wife, B. H. Burton, cashier of the bank at Willows, is -egistered at the Lick for a short stay in the efty. L. M. Dodson, an oil speculator of Sel- ma, is staying at the Russ, where he will remain for the next few days. R. A. Boggess, a quicksilver mining man of Sulphur Creek, is a guest at the Occi- dental, where he arrived yesterday. G. A. Mc. McEifresh, chief ranger of the Foresters, has come up to the city from Los Angeles and is at the Grand. B. M. Cavanaugh, a leading business man and capitalist of Sacramento, is among the recent arrivals at the Lick. Lieutenant G. W. Laws has come down from Mare Island and is staying .at the Occidental. He is accompanied by his wife. Rev. I. A. Wilborne, a minister from Baltimore, on his way to labor in the mis- slonary field of Japan, is at the Occi- dental. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ingrahm, prom- inent in the social life of Connecticut, are at the Palace. They are visiting the coast on a pleasure tour. e CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Mr. and Mrs. Ed G. Lukens of San Francisco are at the Fifth Avenue; Mr. and Mrs. William T. Cooke of Oakland, Walter McGuire and wife of San Francisco are at the Hol- land; Clinton B. Worden of San Fran- cisco is at the Plaza; N. L. Walter of San Francisco is at the Grand; W. A. Arm- strong, A. Carey of Fresno are at the Gilsey; Edward Fulda of San Francisco is at the Vendome; Mrs. V. Hush, Mrs. Thomas Magee of San Francisco are at the Empire; Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Barnum of Los Angeles are at the Majestic. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Robert J. John of San Francisco is at the Fifth Avenu G. H. James of San<Francisco and M and Mrs. Charles B. Richards of San D ego are at the Marlborough; B. Biber of San Francisco is at the Sav e CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.—W. H. ‘Watts of San Francisco is at the Ralelgh; Henry A. Pilcher of San Franclsco s at the St. James. e Cal. glace fruit 50c per Id at Townsend's. * ———————— Look out for £1 4th st., nr. 5¢c barber and grocery. Best eyeglasses; specs 10c to 40c. * —_—— Special information supplied daiy to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ¢ ! They Want Divorces. Ella Cook has sued George A. Cook for a divorce, alleging infidelity as a cause of action. Mabel H. O'Connor asks for a divorce from Edward B. O'Connor on the ground of failure to provide. ———— Northern Pacific Railway. Upholstered tourist sleeper through to St. Paul every Tuesday night. No chenge.. This car is nicely upholstered in leather and is ex- tremely comfortable in every respect. llman sleeping cars of the latest pattern om every train. Tickets sold at lowest rates to all points East. T. K. Stateler, Gen. Agt., 638 Market st., San Francisco. —_— e #“Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fi‘ty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colle, regu. lates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every part of the worid. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup, 2%5c a bottle. D T T Cheap Rates. September 29 to October § inclusive, the San- ta Fe Route will sell tickets to Chicago at very Jlow rates. Occasion. corner-stone laying Government building and fall festivities. Get full particulars at 628 Market street. 4 HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage of the rovnd-trip tickets. Now only $680 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at ho- tel; longer stay, $2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco.