The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1899, Page 6

H HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1899. Manager. ..Mcrket and Third Sts., S. F Maln 1868, C. GEORGE KROGNESS, hager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, C! go. AMUSEMENTS. ville. uart.” an Winkle.” eville every afternoon and cater—Ve: Ellis streets—Specialties. anics’ Fair and Philippine Ex- COMMENDED BY EDUC OM mon plan ATORS. The Call ¢ for its readers of the to the ¢ the work of educa- oval and commenda- frankly and in em- for for have perceived in the plan a n and nd e direct d have be of Mills College, in a letter Your plan of presenting to the different courses of study will, T itself to all who are interested and in the proper education of y indorse the plan and shali be y and students, and to our ir friends.” to tl celer of Berkel “Your plan f contributors brings together a remarkable en, all recognized leaders in the fields they ou godspeed in your undertaking.” f Stanford sa “I am the } study circle work taking up. I am personally most of the men and women engaged for the circle, and I know them to be ent of American scholars.” om such high authorities show lly on the subject. very 11 is now educators generally nse Mrs. M President Wh n represent the educational force of and express the thoughts of all Our courses_of of er and vork of instruction. 1 will respect, and are entitled to in the ful co once the series has begun the papers wil their own recommendation. They will have nt merit to attract and to hold the attention of ent readers. Writers of such established repute *dward Dowden, William J. Rolfe, Hiram Corson, S. Cook, Isaac N. Demmon, Albert Bushnell in Bach McMaster, Charles H. Smith, An- McLa John C. Van Dyke, Russell L ham Jr., Mrs. Helen Camp- Margaret E. Sangster, Mrs. Kate Gannet Wheelock and Miss Anna B v need any introduction or indorsement mend them to the favor of the American President Jordan has rightly characterized as among ‘“the most eminent of American n of every Fr e. ars. ruction and of every 1 announcing sl prove of i interest to 4, and The Call will be more valuable than ever to its readers. o s SOMETHING TO BOAST OF. UR esteemed contemporary, the Examiner, O published yesterday morning with much dis- play a brief telegram that the telegraph line from Skaguay to Dawson has besen completed and that the dispatch itself was the first newspaper message sent over it. Skaguay, the telegram was brought down by mail to New Westminster and thence sent by wire, reach- ing our contemporary within six days after having dispatched from Dawson. “Now,” r with pride, “this is something to boast of. It is indeed something for the Examiner to boa: of, since it has the appearance of being legifimmc‘ It has that appearance because | news and not a fake. it does not purport to have been a piece of enterprise on the part of the Examiner, but of the Yukon Sun. It is a somewhat important piece of information, and we are glad to note that our contemporary is at least trying to gather news and has sense enough to recog- | nize it when sent in by outsiders. We must, however, direct the attention of the Ex- aminer to the fact that the most important item of current news to all the world at this time is the success of The Call's wireless telegraph service under the di- rect supervision of the gifted inventor, Marconi. In comparison with the feats which the new telegraphy has accomplished in reporting the yacht race, the opening of a wire line between Skaguay and Dawson is a- very insignificant thing. By the enterprise of the Yukon Sun the Examiner 4 | gets a message of some sixty words from Dawson within six days. A pretty feat truly, and one of which the Yukon Sun has a right to boast. But think of receiving messages from far out at sea, messages ag- gregating many thousands of words, transmitted across the continent and bulletined in three minutes. That is something to boast of. Wireless telegraphy is the most important, the most interesting and the most marvelous news item of the time. By means of it The Call is giving to the pub- lic bulletins from the races far ahead of its contem- poraries. A revolution has, in fact, been effected in newsgathering. A new era in telegraphy has begun. From every part of the civilized world men of science, bankers, merchant princes, commanders of armits and mavies and great statesmen are watching intently the wonderful feats now being performed by the magic science and genius of the gifted Ttalian youth who is serving the public through The Call and the New York Herald. Still our sluggish contemporaries know little of all that is going on. Their readers Icarn nothing of the marvels of wireless telegraphy, but are told with immense display of big type that it is something to boast of that a message has been sent by wire from Dawson to Skaguay. 'OCTOBER 6, 189 | e studies which they will contribute | Having reached | says the | | MARCONI'S GREAT TRIUMPH. \ ARELY if ever in the history of the of an epoch-making instrument of sci 1 der circumstances so exciting, so universally interesting and so dramatic as those | which have accompanied Marconi’s demons| umphant success which he has attained. | tract the attention of almost the entire pop elaborate preparations to furnish the public race possible. the utmost rapidity. In the event of this great. Ample tests have made it clear that most expensive ever designed for racing purposes. All the shipbuilding skill of Britain and America is illustrated in the two boats. at the disposal of the builders: Each nation show which has excelled in the rivalry. As the yachts represent all that British or American skill can do in the way of con- structing such vessels, so do the arrangements made by the press to obtain the news { represent all that the civilized world can do comn greater newspapers of the country, foreseen and prepared for. The old system ‘ence was strained to its utmost and was at ty. promptly when the emergency required. T try and the Associated Press were arranging | in reporting the international yacht race, and equally rare has been anything like the tri- The international yacht races for the America’s cup are the most costly, the most fascinating and the most universally interesting sporting events of the world. They at- they occur every important newspaper in America and Great Britain makes extensive and The Associated Press and every other news gathering agency give their aid in the work and as a rule no expense is spared to get the news and to publish it with giving to the public a series year the public interest in the contest has been exceptionally ed by dispatch boats, by signals, by telegraph wires was provided for by the Nothing was left to chance or accident. periments made by Marconi in Great Britain proved that wireless telegraphy is a The record-making feat of The Call in getting early information of the ar- il of the Sherman off the Golden Gate showed it could be relied upon to do its work] world has it been the fortune of the inventor ence to demonstrate its value to the world un- tration of the efficacy of wireless telegraphy ulations of two great nations. Long before with the fullest and promptest bulletins of the the two yachts are the fleetest as well as the All the resources of wealth have been placed has done its best, and now the races are to in that direction. Everything that can be ac- All was| of news gathering perfected by long experi-i its best. Could any new system surpass it?| herefore while the other papers of the coun- PRESIDENT McCLISH E r known as ¢ ‘Home Studies T heartily indorse it a in ccmmending the same to the teacher, 'student and the home. Respectfully yours, L T EDUCATIONAL SERIES| | consequently cannot giv Says They Are an Excellent Thing for Teachers, Students and Homes. of The Call— The plan of| of articles '' isacommendable one. nd take great pleasure the | Dear Sir: President University of the Paclific. 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 2 Z X R R X X PRESS COMMENTS 3| P09 0000006060000 0 Sunstrokes. Colusa Sun. In discussing the Oriental trade San for reporting the races by the old system The Call and its ally, the New York Herald, entered into negotiations with Marconi and | brought the inventor to New York to mat From every point of view the contest be portant and to all intelligent men it is mo: The two systems were matched in t the wireless telegraph. Another contest wa the papers that have mocked at wireless te former failure. respect astounding. The result was a triumph for Marconi so overwhelming that it is in eve ch his telegraphy against the old. | tween the rival telegraph systems is more im- | re interesting than the rivalry of the yachts. | s made yesterday. The Associated Press and | legraphy put forth every effort to redeem the| Y| i It is not too much to say that The Call was yesterday the only paper in the city to give the news of the race to those would have done better to wait fo umns some of the dispatches received by wi ing in point of time put forth by the Exam ing manner the superiority in point of speed and accuracy of the work of the Marconi|¢ system. The reports of the Examiner and unreliable; they were not news. who watched the bulletin boards. r the mai The other papers | We publish this morning in parallel col-| reless telegraphy with bulletins correspond- iner. The contrast exhibits in the most strik-| of the Associated Press were late; they were | The Marconi telegrams outclassed them in every way. | The result was The Call gave the news currently as the race went on and the yachts | s o . [ . . £ drifted over the course, while the other papers gave out bulletins.that might just as well | have been faked up in the office. A notable feature of the event is the m news to their readers have suppressed these marvels of new telegraphy. is the greatest of recent scientific marvels jealous newspapers but even the Associated ever. Such jealousy is unworthy of journalis ism, which is the prompt publication to the A special exhibit of jealousy on the part of the Examiner is worth noting because | it is characteristic of that paper. When in of getting the news it thought the Marconi ment broken down, the Examiner put forth a slurring bulletin about ‘“wireless Maca-| roni.” It was a mean taunt at best, for Marconi is soon to be the guest of the nation, one honored by the Government, for he is t the navy to use between vessels at sea. As the American people. The slur is doubly mean, moreover, because it carries with it a slur upon the whole Italian people, of whom Marconi is one of the most eminent. dull wit as well as bad manners to attempt to ridicule one of the foremost inventors of all time by calling him “Macaroni” because, he | Marconi. For all such slurs, however, the inventor | he care at all. | every resource and he has attained a genuin | in this crowning glory of journalism. It requires a liberal expenditure of money and tire- less energy to get the news ahead of all com He has matched his system against the old when the old was straining | | anner in which papers pretending to give the Here is what working ‘before all the world and yet not only Press fails to give any information of it what-| m, for it deStroys the very essence of journal- | world of every item of current interest. an over-sanguine reliance upon its methods | system had failed or at least had for a mo- o assist in providing a telegraphic system for such he is entitled to decent treatment irom It is but a was born in Italy and bears the name of of wireless telegraphy will care little, if indeed | e triumph. The Call is proud to be associated petitors, but The Call does it. THE CUBAN QUESTION. HILE the harassing guerrilla warfare waged by Aguinaldo and his followers holds public attention to the affairs of the Philippines, there is evidently going on quietly but persistently an ef- | fort on the part of certain strong influences in the W end only with the annexation of the island to the United States, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must. This evidence is to be found in the reports of special correspondents writing from Cuba to the leading imperial organs of the East and setting forth with much elaboration the excellence of our admin- istration there, the number and variety of benefits that are being conferred upon the people, the bright prospects of commerce and the inability of either o; jlhe pagties among the Cubans to establish or main ]tain a stable government of their own. | By such means the people of the country are being !cducat:d into the belief that it is to be a part of the | “White Man’s Burden” of the taxpayers of the i United States to provide for the civilization of Cuba. | At the same time assurances are given that the work | cannot be done speedily. We must supervise the ‘ Cubans for a long time, according to these authori- | ties, before they will be fitted to manage their owr [po]itics and administer their own government. Thus -a correspondent of the Washington Post re- | cently said: “In the organization of government in all ; its branches, the education of the people, the develop- | ment of the resources of the island, the training in | municipal and government work, the United States | has vears of work before it. And it would seem that |it had not performed its duty toward humanity, be- | gun in the sacrifice of the blood of its own sons, un- | til it had carried out its work and given the full meas- | ure of Cuban independence. Then if Cuba wants an- nexation, and votes for it, the proposition may be considered. Annexation means delivery for a million human beings. There is no other expedient. Tllc | people of Cuba have not learned seli-government a‘ld | cannot acquire it by instinct.” | It is not to be doubted that ample réasons will be | forthcoming when Congress meets for providing for an indefinite occupation of Cuba. The annexationists | in the United States will be aided by the annexation- in the islands, and there are large financial inter- ests in New York, Boston and Philadelphia to furnish the money required to make an annexation campaign. Should it be necessary for the purpose of affecting public opinion, or,of influencing Congréss to bring Aabcut something of disturbance in the islands to' prove fast to establish in Cuba a protectorate which wi]l‘ the unfitness of the people for self-government, it will not be hard for these various forces to accom- | plish it. | There are already on the horizon signs of prepara- tions made to retard the organization of an indepen- dent Cuban government. It has been announced from Havana that a movement has been started there to form a government from which the negro race will | be excluded. Such a movement would of course | precipitate a race issue at once and fill the island with confusion. The cry of the annexationists would then be that it is the duty of the United States to estab- | lish peace before it withdrew its forces. That would mean, in turn, the indefinite occupation of the island. It seems fairly certain, therefore, that we are to have a Cuban as well as a Philippine question to ettle at the coming session of Congress. The eclarations we made in favor of Cuban independence t the beginning of the war with Spain are to count | for nothing. The imperialists would have us treat | :thal country as the British have treated Egypt, and | the great principles upon which our Government is founded are to be sacrificed in the interests of im- perialism and territorial aggrandizement. e — Superintendent Webster is said to be greatly con- cerned by reason of the fact that pupils in some of the north end schools are given to the habit of "thmwing stones. So far, probably owing to the fact | that certain members of the Board of Education are such artful dodgers, none of the missiles have found a mark. —_ Advices from Mexico are to the effect that a party | of telegraph linemen were recently killed near Ortiz | by hostile Indians. It will not lessen the sorrow of | the bereaved relatives to know that such a tragedy could not have occurred had wireless telegraphy been ;established in that country. The local Democracy has the satisfaction of know- | ing that it required almost the desperation of a riot :to nominate a Board of Supervisors. The gentle- | men of that political faith are probably aware that | it would excite more than a riot to elect the nominees. General Castro, so the dispatches announce, has | succeeded Caceres as President of Venezuela and is | busy sawing wood for his Cabinet. It is true they | have had no election in Venezuela, but nobody will | deny that Castro ran for the office. . The people who have always asserted that Alaska i is no great shakes evidently didn’t count on the earth- quakes. Francisco people have insisted on the Ni- caragua canal as a benefit to them. The Sun vears ago took issue and insisted that 80 far as trade with the Orient was con- cerned the canal would prove detrimental to that city. A superfleial talker by the name of Barrett seemed to set the mer- chants of the metropolis wild about the | ¢, | coming trade with the Orient, but he went he race on Tuesday and the victory was on the side of | on to tell them about how it was neces- sary to have another Senator in order that we might get the canal, and he seemed to take it for granted that San Francisco wanted that great waterway in order to foster her trade with China and the islands. The Call took him up on it and says a great deal in the following few words: “The west coast of South America lies east of New York. When the canal is built that coast will be nearer to New | York than to San Francisco. Therefore, if nearness is an element in the problem, New York will do the trade of that coast which we do ne Again, New York's trade with the Orient now has to g0 around Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope; or, avoiding this doubling of either continent, it passes the Pillars of Her- cules and travels by the Mediterr: and the Suez canal. When the N gua canal is built San Francisco will be no nearer_the Orient than now, but the distance from New York to the Orient will be cut one-half!" —_———————— 'Twas Well Managed. Vacaville Reporter. We think the managers of the recent State Fair have every reason to congratu- late themselves upon the success they have w It is one thing to make a it is another to make a good s Both have been accomplished, the balance sheet showing over $10.000 to the good. The management was a broad- gauge one and interested the people of the State in the exhibition at Sacramento. Hence 1ts suc san —— e Thanks to the Committee. Auburn Republican. The receipts show that the State Fair was a success financially, $23,000 having been taken in as against $14.705 last year. And the fair was a success otherwise than financially, thanks to the manaj ment and State Fair committee of cit zens of Sacramento, who worked with en- terprise and intelligence. T STORIES. | of the FUNNY MAN. Paving the Way for Arbitration. “Sir,” said the editor of the saffron-| hued newspaper to his heavy editorial writer, “I wish you'd knock off an edi- torial poin to the beauties of arbitra- settlement of strike difficul- EATES I pleasure,” said the heavy. hum- | ‘Il do it as soon as the noise out- e subsides.” “What's the racket?” inquired the edi-| sald the heavy, “It's that dis-| army of newsboys howling their | order] demands for this paper to settle their strike by arbitration.”—The Verdict. | e | actly enougl Solving a Problem. The woman who had arranged a dinner for twelve people and then found she had made a mistake of a day in sending out her invitations gazed at her husband with a look of utter despair. “What shall we do?”’ she cried hope- lessly, “with all this food? It will spoil | unless it is eaten at once.”” The head of the household was, how-| ever, accustomed to sudden emergencies. “Fear not!" he exclaimed. “In_ two hours nothing will remain but crumbs. T will send for my office boy at once.”—Life. —_—————————— Maternal. “Mother, may we go out to flirt?” “Why, yes, you little sillies. Keep in touch with the millionaires, But don’t go near the Willles.” —_——————— HIGH ESTIMATE BY A KANSAS LADY | ‘Writes to a Home Paper That “These | Blessed People in California Are Kansas City Journal. A Kansas lddy now In San Francisco | writes that the people here are preparing to give the Twentieth Kansas an even more rousing welcome than has been ex- tended to any of the returning volunteers. think more fuss will be made over the Kansas boys than any of the others for | two reasons. The first is because the | i nas made a splendid record. " nd is because the people here | look upon General Funston as quite the heroic feature of the war, and, as he married a California filrl, he is regarded as one of the family. These blessed people in California are simply beautiful— | that's what they are!” { Simply Beautiful.” 1 z THE WHITE MANS LIBERALITY, Big Indian—Wough!! Pale face much liberal; fire water everywhere! —Pittsburg Dispatch. AROUND THE CORRIDORS S. W. Westfall, Sheriff of Madera, is at the Russ. Senator Thomas Flint Jr. is a guest at the Palace. Fred Simon of Louisville, Ky., is a guest at the Palace. Arthur L. Levinsky, a Stockton attor- ney, is registered at the Palace. F. H. Dakin of the Uncle Sam mine at Kennett is a guest at the Palace. Frank H. Buck, a wealthy orchardist and banker of Vacaville, is a guest at the Palace. ‘W. A. Richardson, a prominent business man of Sacramento, is a guest at the Occidental. D. R. Cameron and J. W. Barbour, two wealthy ofl speculators of Hanford, are at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jackson are here from their home at Sacramento and are staying at the Lick. Dr. George von Wedelsoldt, one of the leading physicians of San Mateo, is a guest at the Palace. Commander Hawley of the training | ship Hartford is at the Occidental, where he arrived last night from Mare Island. S. Matthews and H. E. Abbott, two well-known cattle men of Salinas, are staying at the Russ while on a business trip to the city. J. F. Jarrett of the Topeka Journal is at the Occidental. He comes as an ad- vance agent of the Kansas delegation, which will soon arrive, to welcome home the soldiers of their State. Proefssor George Davidson left Wed- nesday evening to attend the National Export Exposition. He will represent the Chamber of Commerce, University of| California and the Geographical Society of the Pacific. Dr. J. W. Taggart, one of the leading physicians of Santa Barbara, % among | the recent arrivals at the Grand. | S. H. Babcock, general traffic manager | of the Rio Grande Western Railroad, ar- rived in the city last evening and regis- tered at the Palace. He comes to confer with the Southern Pacific officials regard- | ing the new time schedule that will go into effect on the 15th of this month. C. B. Segar, general auditor of the Atlantic system of the Southern Pa- cific Railroad, has arrived in the city | from Houston, Tex., on business with his | office. ife left last evening for Sacra- mento, to be gone several days. When he returns he will again register at the Grand. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 4—J. B. Stamford and wife, of San Francisco, are at the Fifth Avenue. Len D. Owens of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. Clinton J. Hutchins and wife of San Francisco are at the Manhattan. NEW YORK, Oct. 5—J. Herbert Meer of San Francisco is at the Herald Square; Joseph Ehrman, Mrs. Ehrman and Wil- liam H. Ehrman of San Francisco are at the Netherlands; Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hymun of San Francisco are at the Sa- voy. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Oct. Henry A. Scho- feld and wife of San Francisco are at the ‘Wellington. Nathan Ringoid of San Fran- cisco is at the St. James. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—A. H. Fowle of San Francisco is at the Wellington, G. A. Dunne and wife of Oakland are at the | Curtin"and Raleigh and C. L. Markham of San Fran- cisco is at the St. James. —_— e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. AREA OF TWO CITIES—A. 0.8, City. a of San Francisco is % squar ;}X‘]‘:;‘rsfild that of Philadelphia is 129 square miles, NO SUCH FLOWER-M. M., CHY: There is no such flower as the “Jasmar. e you “the me language of flow- ing of that flower in the ers.” QUOTATIONS—Can any of the readers of this department tell in what poem are to be found the lines— S t the toils of the road, will seem nothing When I gét to the end of the road. sos Also where *“When the thirty looke: down on the thirty, when the sun went down on Karnac” may be found? INCREASE OF RENT—T., City. Where there is no contract between landlord and tenant, written or verbal, and the tenant holds only from month to month, the landlord may at any t{ime give notice of | increase of rent of premises, but the rule is that the tenant shall receive at least fifteen days’ notice that after the expira- tion of the current month’s rent the rent will be iner ed to'such figure as the landlord may see fit to name. DEEP-SEA THERMOMETER—A. O. S., City. There is an instrument known as the deep-sea thermometer, and it is described as follows: The thermometer is so arranged that it is automatically turned upside down when the machinery begins to draw it up from the depth at which the temperature is to be ascer- tained. The effect of the inverting pro- cess is to break the column of mereury, and a small portion of the column r S in the uppe of the tube, €3 R nd‘ the 'ump-‘r:;)rure a mom sion. The tube is o wated %o as to read from either end £hd the quantity of mercury in the upper part of the tube is so small that it does v but great and sudden ture. So the reading er reaches the sur- orrect. . "Bl City. The department a few face is practically ¢ NATIONALITY—F answer given in th 1 days since in relation to nationality was correct. It makes no difference what the nationality of the parents may be the na- tionality of the child is that of the coun- try in which it was born. A (‘}nl(i born in France is Frenc one born in the United States is American and so on. A child of white p: nts born in China is | Chinese just the same as a child born to Chincse parents in B a nglish. There is a difference, etween the nationality and citizenst A child born to foreign parents in any coun may, on attaining majority, elect to b itizen of the country of the f come a ¢ citizen _of the country in born. For instance, a man of a born in the United Stat parents, say the father was can, when he becomes twenty decide h}!' hhls “H; y -r he will be a citizen of the United B e e be & citizen of Germany, Should he decide to become a citizen of Germany he would still be a native of the United States, A man may change his citizen- ship often if he desires, but he never can change his nationality YACHT RACES—J. K. F., City. The following is the record of international yacht races for the America’s cup: Where more than two yachts N\mpeled_in any of these international races the position at the finish of the vessel of opposing nation- ality to the winner is given mvparerlhts?r‘ except in races in which she finished second, What is now known as the “Ar.nencackup was originally called the “Royal Yacht .quml‘i ron Cup,” and is frequently wrongly terme the ‘‘Queen’s Cup.’ who foreign German, one years of ag o > < o 1980 “urody “atouM. Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's. ® _———— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gotery street. Telephone Main 1042, ¢ ————— Soldiers going home and other travelers will find the best dssortment of trunks, valises, traveling sets and writing ma- and the lowest prices at Sanborn Market street. Waterman a specialty. . e e ‘Will Prospect for Oil. G. 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Bartnett, T. J. Sparks, John S. Goodenough. 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. The Young Mother She thinks little of her. self, and fails to notice how pale and thin she is. She worries constantly over the baby that does not thrive, although its food seems abundant, nourishes and strengthens the nursing mother and sup- plies to the baby’s food the bonc-forming and fat-pro- ducing elements which were lacking. 50¢. and $x.00, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemisis, New York,