The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRI DAY, CCTOBER 13, 1899. UDGE DAY of Ohio, who was president of the American Peace Commission which nego- tiated with Spain the’ Paris treaty, has written | a letter, published yesterday, explaining the character of our title to the Philippines. In this he declares that we have no title by con- quest. He sa “It must be remembered that we Telephone Maix 1568, were in possession only of thg city, bay and harbor EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 921 Stevenson Street | of Manila under the protocol of August 12, 1898, pro- Telephone Main 1874 viding that the United States should occupy and hold | the same’ pending the conclusion of the treaty of ..OCTOBER 13, 189 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprieter. PSSP SN Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and ird Sts., S. F DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Eingle Coples, G cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year. PAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 6 month peace.” Gradually from the most authori 00 | clouds and mists which have obscured our Philippine tive sources the 3 y Call), 3 months i 7 tion are being cleared away. We were in SeaAi L 850 | | cesession only of Manila city, bay and harbor. Who eny ey 1.00 | eld possession of the rest of the islands? Every All postmaste: authorized to receiv: subscriptione. Bample coples will be forwarded when raquested. Spanish soldier in Luzon, Panay, Cebu and Negros was a prisoner of war held by the Filipino army and That government, organized by a proclamation which our Consul Wildman officially reports that he prepared for Aguinaldo, was engaged in administration and, Wildman reports, was exer- cising civil authority “with dignity and justice.” On December 21, 1898, President McKinley through the Secretary of War, transmitted to General Qtis at Manila an order and proclamation in these terms: The destruction of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila by the United States naval squad- Ny YOL REWE sXANDS: !ron, commanded by Rear Admiral Dewey, followed wmnn-Aflzarx. Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Union Bquaret by the reduction of the city and surrender of the Abaay TLLEOfe: Spanish forces, practically effected the conquest of WASHINGT?NL(DENC(})‘ :ls!':l%i;n.;o.“:\::l'l.lnlm e the Philippine Islands and the suspension of Spanish ¥ i sovereignty therein. With the signature of the treaty of peace at Paris on the 1oth inst., and as the result of the victories of American arms, the future con- £ trol, disposition and government of the Philippine ;Dl:izltu:c‘:):ersuscsér::n‘(r;w.u:;‘eln‘ouflrl\ct:fc; o?j;:m;;;: Islands are ceded to the United States. In fulfillment Valencia street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh ' cf the right of sovereignty thus acquired and the re- street, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twelmty: . ,,nqihle obligations of government thus assured, second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock 5 S S - -~ the actual occupation and administration of the en- tire group of the Philippine Islands becomes imme- diately necessary, and the military government here- | tofore maintained by the United States in the city, harbor and bay of Manila is to be extended with all | possible dispatch to the whole of the ceded territory. * *x * All persons who, either by active aid er by honest submission, co-operate with the Government of the United States to give effect to these beneficent purposes will receive the reward of its support and | protection. All others will be brought within the lawful rule we have assumed, with firmness if need be, but without severity so far as may be possible.” In President McKinley's address to the returned Pennsylvania Volunteers two months ago he said: | “Until the trcaty was ratified we had no authority | beyond Manila ci and harbor. We then had | no other title to defend, no authority beyond that to OAKLAND OFFICE... ..908 Broadway P government. C. GEORGE KROGNESS, - Menager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR.. .29 Tribuoe Building CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northera Metel] Sherman Fremont House; Auditorfum Hotel. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 30C Hayzs street. open untl! ©:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street. open untll 9:39 o'clock. 615 Larklin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Girofia. » every afternoon and ecialties. AUCTION SALES. t 2 o'clock, Fur Rugs, Carpets, , bay PROSPERITY AND POLITICS. 2 maintain. Spain was still in possession of the re- —~ RESIDENT McKINL has shown all of mainder of the archipelago. Spain had sued for [) tact d common sense | peace. The truce and treaty were not concluded.” N as the treaty was not ratified until February the people the chief theme 6, 1899, under the President's own declaration, whence did he derive authority for his order of occu- 18087 s audiences that greet him on y mount interest in the poli- pation of December 21 At Pittsburg he saic alley. Prosper ippi ; ; 1 the treaty was rati- popular i P informed Otis that we had re going on In the same order | A discussions of | “completed their conquest,” while at Pittsburg he the people ¢ i to make a vital | declared that when that order was issued we had no izsue on the trus so failed, and im- | title nor authority over the islands beyond the cit; | O 5 ther than | bay and harbor, for “Spain was still in possession of | n such politics the only | the rest of the archipelago.” recourse cf Democratic orators is to denounce | Now Judge Day says we had no title by conquest, the administrat P and ask for its condem- | though the President asserted such title last Decem- ol 2 hole and not upon any | ber. We beg to remind the President that his ad- particular feature o | ministration represents, ih a large sense, the country, and in an important sense the party which elected o ing | him. Thercfore the discrepancy between his Decem- the ninistration or oppc ber proclamation and his Pittsburg speech becomes pertinence to the P bun- | of overshadowing importance. If, as he said at Pitts- R i the operation of | burg, “Spain was still in possession of the rest of the Republica \ g has | archipelago” until ]‘cbr\qry 6, ISQQ his Dcc'cmher, restored re stricken | 1808, order for its immediate military occupation by spted during the | the United States was a Presidential declaration of maintenance of | war, a violation of the protocol of August 12, 1808, given confidence to business of all | and an exercise of authority that he dig not possess. years of panic and depression we have | If Spain were in possession until February 6, as he passed to yea rs of 2 tivity in all lines of effort and | declared at Pittsburg, the armed conflict of February every section of the country, and every class of the | 4. upon territory to which “we had no title to de- o wve been benefited. | fend, no authority to maintain,” was not an act of re- speeches the President has put the issue bellion against us nor in defiance of a title and au- “We | thority which was not ours. ces. We are unable to reach any other conclusion, and inistration, people b At Vincennes he said: sed with good crops and fair p e been 1 and employment have waited upon labor and, | what the Republican party needs and the country will at it was a few years ago, labor is | require is an explanation of the order of December 21, 1898, in the light thrown upon it by the Presi- letter. iffering from what i | Our financial yn was never better than now. We have good rculating as our medium of | 1, fluctuation in prices come | THE NEED OF THE STATE LIBRARY. not waiting on the outside for wages. L : dent's speech and Judge Day’ nty of it ci ks may 0, but the money of the country remains al- { X e ways good, and when you have a dollar of it you | EPORTS from Sacramento are to the effect know that dollar is worth one hundred cents, because | that O important changes may soon back of it is the Government of the United States.” | be made in the arrangements of the interior of At Danville, TIL, he treated the issue in another the Capitol, inasntuch as the number of volumes in the State library has increased so rapidly it will be necessary to provide more space in the building for storing them. It is said the librarian finds it impos- sible to make room for all the books, and the trus- tees have applied for the use of the Supreme Court room for use as a law library. On that showing it will be conceded the first and most pressing need of the State library is for more room and more ample accommodations for its vol- umes. It would be of little use to add to the num- ber of volumes if they cannot be placed in a position where they will be convenient and accessible to the ders. There remains, however, the question whether the additional space can be better acquired in the Capitol than elsewhere. If a considerable num- ber of the volumes were in continuous circulation among the people of the State who are taxed to main- tain the library there would be ample space in the present rooms to hold those which would remain on the shelves. The Call has repeatedly directed attention to the many advantages which have resulted from the travel- ing library system wherever it has been extensively applied. The adoption of that system by our State library would entail little or no additional expense, | and would at once solve the problem of book storage. The testimony in the Hite divorce case indicates | Were it put in operation several thousands of vol- somewhat clearly that the purchase of a man’s honor | imes now unread and unused at Sacramento would is one of the few things that is not worth the price. | be circulated throughout the State for the benefit Several of the witnesses have admitted that they re- ’oi the public and the usefulness of the library thereby ceived money from both ‘sides and now feel perfectly | vastly increased. free to be true to neither. ERL P }the library to adopt the traveling system without Under the new charter it may be possible to pass | authority given by an act of the Legislature, there a regulation that police detectives shall not be vac- | is another plan now under consideration in New Eng- cinated. In such a case they may be expected to | land which might soon be undertaken here with suc- - catch something, lcess. That plan, which was reviewed in The Call way and illustrated the degree of our prosperity by | peinting out how easily the people carry an amount | of taxation which to any other people would be an | oppressive burden. “We are,” he said, “collecting | just now $1,000,000 for every working day of the | month on our internal revenue taxes and you don't seem to be very much oppressed here on that ac-[ ccunt. We are collecting about $650,000 every work- | ing day of every month from the tariff that we put on foreign products that come into the United States | from other countries and that does not seem to give yoeu any serious trouble here.’ v to whose legislation this prosper- e, and against the administration has been attained, there is arrayed the party of fre= ade, fiat money, class antagonisms and general dis- content. With such a choice before them the intel- rea under which ligent voters of the States where elections are to be held v hardly hesitate. There may be local issues, faction fights, or personal prejudices, or old party ties which will incline men to vote the Democratic | ticket in those States this fall, but upon national ques- ticns there is nothing on which Democracy can rightly expect the suffrage of a single intelligent pa triot. o said 1e the | fied (February 6, 1800) we had no authority beyond 1 in | Manila city, bay and harbor. We then had no other y go to the | title to ds d, no authority yond that to main- te for the party |tain.” But on the 215t of the preceding December | mity he had ordered Otis to “immediately extend the \llowers to revive | military government of the United States to the on has failed, and | whole” of the Philippin, nds! Should it be found impossible for the trustees of | a few days ago, proposes to obtain from Congress an act extending to libraries the right of sending out books for general circulation through the mails at the rate of second class mail matter. In other words, the aim is to obtain for libraries the same mail facili- ties which are now given to publishing houses. The movement has found such general and strong support there is every reason to expect Congress to grant the desired privilege at the comifig session. It will then be possible, if the trustees see fit, to keep a large number of the volumes of the State library in use among the people instead of storing them idly and unused on the shelves they have already overcrowded. There will of course be no objection to the proposed use of the Supreme Court room for a law library if that course should be deemed advisable by the Justices and others interested, but the point to be borne in mind is that the chief need of the State library is more readers and not more book- snelves. If the library were made to serve the liter- ary requirements of the taxpayers throughout the State there would be no storage problem to fret the minds of the trustees for years to come. W official report made to our Government by an agent of the War Department upon affairs in the Philippines. It is something that should instantly enlist the attention of the American expansionists and imperialists. The policy of the Government in the Philippines is at this time dictated by them, and they are responsible for everything that follows the installation of that policy. Time will prove that it would have been much easier to begin right, with an upright, honest and disciplined administration, than to reform and set it right after beginning wrong. Imperialists who are nmaved by policy and not by impulse will see in this report a verification of everything said and predicted by the anti-imperialists. They will see also that un- less vigorous measures are taken to mend our man- ners and purify administration in the islands the charge will stand that it is a war for the profit of army fcllowers and contractors. The report makes an American feel as if he is in a strange country. It reveals matters that two years ago seemed so foreign to our scheme of government and to the genius of our people that one is brought face to face with a startling change. The unhappiest of ail revelations is that of the persistence of race preiudice. In our administration abroad we are reap- in; the consequence of so long leaving that prejudice unbridled at home. The contempt felt for the In- dian, negro and Chinese has been fostered rather than suppressed. In the Philippines this prejudice flares up against a people we must have always with us, it we hold the islands, for none but the natives and the Chinese can live there and work and produce a sur- plus of the articles of commerce. This prejudice | snds in the wi whether our motive in occupa- n is merely commercial or really educative. A race gainst which we feel that prejudice is not to he educated and elevated by another race that holds it in contempt and regard it as inferior. It may bet- ter be trusted to continue self-education, with seli- government and indspendence as the prize for its AN OFFICIAL RE#’ORT. E publish to-day nearly the full text of an | success. The report conveys much information on the sub- ject of the indignation and hostility of the people, and Jeaves no doubt that the Americans are hated, if anything, more cordially than were the Spaniards. Through this report and the declarations of Judge Day and President Schurman the people are getting nceded light upon the appalling problem which has { arisen in the East and promises to remain for many THE CUBAN PROBLEM. a day to tax our resources and our patience. ORE and more clearly do the imperialists as- /\/\ sert their intention to violate all the profes- sions of the Government with regard to Cuba and if possible bring about the annexation of the icland to our empire. They do not, indeed, refer to the Cubans as “our subjects,” that word being ¢on- fined as yet to the Filipinos, but they are announcing | with no little assurance that the Cubans are unfit to govern themselves and that any who show a desire | for independence are lacking in “patriotism.” For the purpose of convincing the American peo- ple of the imperative necessity of establishing a per- manent government in Cuba there is now going on a campaign of education by the imperialist press. It | is conducted with no little skill. The public is told | that the better class of Cubans do not wish indepen- dence. It is even said that those who fought for it against Spain are now of the opinion it would be a bad thing, and they would prefer not to have it. Along with the imperialists the owners of the big sugar and tobacco interests of the islands are work- ing for annexation. Admission to the Union even as a Territory would mean admission to the full | { main. There would then be vast profits for the men who controlled the Cuban industries and worked them with cheap labor. The issue may have to be met at the coming ses- sion of Congress, and should therefore have the ear- nest attention of the people. Imperialism aims at mare than the conquest of the Philippines. It is sup- ported largely by men who desire to exploit the labor of tropic islands for their own enrichment, careless of the consequences to American labor or American welfare. It is safe to say that at present a popular vote on the subject would result in an overwhelming majority against the annexation scheme. A cunning campaign of education, however, worked up by an occasional disturbance in Cuba, may have the effect of converting a good many unreflecting persons te the imperial scheme. It is, therefore, well to watch the movement closely, for there is no telling what may happen next. The issue, moreover, has its moral as well as its material aspect. It is not merely a question® of whether it be expedient to bring into competition with the industries of our people those of the tropic islands. There is the further consideration of na- tional good faith. As the Boston Transcript says: *In considering the ultimate destiny of Cuba the law- makers at the Capitol must deal not only with the wishes of the United States but the desires of Cuba. They must regard as more than a mere formula that solemn declaration of President McKinley, reiterated by Congress, that the United States disclaims any intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con- tral of Cuba except for the pacification thereof, and that, when that is accomplished, it intends to leave the government and the control of the island to its people. He who runs may read and, reading, under- stand this plain statement. It is an outspoken decla- ration against annexation.” i There are some things connected with the game of cricket that the American mind fails to grasp. For instance, in a match at Germantown between the Eng- lish eleven and the gentlemen of Philadelphia Prince Ranjitsinjhi was unable to play owing to a sore | throat—and the Prince is no Lillian Russell, either, Forks of dissimilar keys will not effect each other, ven though they be | brought almost into contact.- So it is with the Marconi instruments. Ar- ranged by the mas hand, a score may be stationed about and each will freedom of trade which prevails throughout our do-+ VICAR-GENERAL J. ARE A GUARANTEE 1100 FRANK San Francisco, Oct. Editor San Francisco Sir: aswell as of ephemeral i mended. The idea, howe everything. of excellence. The project of making the newspaper the vehicle of education will, I think, be universally com- Much depends on the way it is realized; but the courses J. PRENDERGAST Says The Names Associated With THE CALL’S “HOME CIRCLE STUDY” OF EXCELLENCE. ST.”MARY’S CATHEDRAL LIN ST: 10, 1899. Call—Dear nformation ver, is not ‘Vicar-General seem tome to be well chosen, and JJ PRENDERGAST. the names associated with them are a guarantee Respectfully, ILLIAM MARCONTI, whose wire- less telegraphic invention has made him a peer of Edison and Tesla in the scientific world, is not altogether an Ttalian. His mother has something to do with it, and she is Irish of the Irish. Marconi himself betrays the nativity of his mother in his Irish blue eyes and his tone of “devilment.” It came about in this way: About a half a century ago an Italian of the name of Charles Bianconi settled in Ireland He was thrifty and enterprising. He located in Clonmel, the capital of Tip- perary. He cstablished a stage line and within a dozen years controlled nearly all the usual routes of transportation in the southern province of Ireland. In a little while—this, it ought to be re- membered, was before the development of railroads—Blanconi had the contract for carrying nearly all the Irish mails He got rich, an estate and castle, and his children are now number- ed among the Irish country gentry. Bianconi had a nephew_of the name of i, who went to Ireland as chief surgeon for the Blanconi This Marconi was a civil 11 as a veterinary surgeon. an all-around sportsman. MARCONI'S MOTHER IS IRISH. Has Lived in Ireland a Great Deal and His First Practical Experiments in Wireless Telegra- phy Were Conducted There. It takes a very daring rider to win dis- tinction in Ireland, a country of daring riders, but Marconi accomplished that feat. He did something else. He cap- tured the daughter of Power of Gurteen, one of the haughtiest of the rural Irish aristocracy, and took her to Italy on a bridal tour. The fruit of that union is the present filsl‘ingulshed inventor of wireless teleg- raphy. Marconi has lived a good deal in Ire- land among his mother’s relations, but he was born and educated fn Italy. He considers himself fully half Irish, and many of his characteristics are more Irish than Italian. Marconi’s _first practical experiments with wireless telegraphy were made in Dublin B The first wireless tele- graphic newspaper dispatch was printed in the Dublin Independent, a not very en- terprising paper published at the Irish capital. Marconi has a relative living in this v engaged in Government employment, s name i{s Power and he is a special inspector of the Treasury Department. Marconi’'s Irish relatives are well off, while his Ttalian relations are poor. His education was at the expense of his Iris kindred. If Marconi is not already en- gaged, he hopes to be, to marry a Miss Fitzgerald, a not very distant relative of the Irish Duke of Leinster. PP00PPPPOOOOOSQOGS * PRESS COMMENTS XXX EERS S A R 2 24 Wireless Telegraphy in Practice. Cincinnatti Commercial Tribune. For the first time wireless telegraphy was put to a practical test during the Shamrock and Co- races between the lumbia. It was a success, though its practicability under other conditions is not absolutely assured. Moving boats accompanied the yachts on their course. From these dispatches were sent ing stations along the shore. s were_accurate- ly transmitted and easily read. In ad- dition, there was no loss of time, as the relative positions of the yachts were known In the news centers of | New York without the loss of more than half a minute of time or a min-| e furthest. ystem of wireless telegraphy is explained in_a novel way in a news item in the Public Ledger. It says “a better understanding may be had by jllustrating the system by means of tuning forks. Two forks of the same key will re sympathetically each to the othe ther be set in motion. from any of the mple reversal the | be individualized and anged between the two, while none of tae other eighteen respond.” It may be said that late test | was under faverable conditions, though | Sig. Marconi has sent messages Aacross | the English Channel. and really believes that he wiil yet send them across the Atlantic, without the use of submarine cables. It certainly seems possible. Some of the best electrical talent in the world is engaged upon the unsolved | problems of wircless telegraphy. Suc- | cess in the widest way seems possible, | if not probable — e Success of Wireless Telegraphy. Salinas Index. stem of wireles teleg- graphy, tested under the auspices of the New York Herald and San Fran- cisco Call at the Columbia-Shamrock race, proved a wonderful success. Like telegraphing by ~wire, the phonograph, telephone, electric light, and the X-ra; all astonishing accomplishments first, wireless telegraphy will soon cease to be a thing of wonder among the people. — e Begins Its Mud Slinging. Berkeley World-Gazette. The evening edition of the Examiner, | erroneously ramed Bulletin, is throwing dirt with the scoop-shovel at the Repub- lican candidate for Mayor, Mr. Davis. Perhaps the Phelan campaign is to be conducted by mud machines and other brickyard accoutremen ————— “YOUNG GUARDIAN ANGELS.” School Children Banded Together to Protect Dumb Animals. The ladies of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals are meecting with gratifying success in their efforts to present a meritorious entertainment to raise funds to purchase badges for the youthful members of the Bands of Merey. { These youngsters, numbering over 50,000 pupils of the public schools, are being carefully edueated to be kind and mer- -ciful to all dumb animals, and many have | actually entered the ffeid of active work. | Their membership in a measure makes them a fl.m“ of the parent society, and feeling this not a few are on the lookout for cases of (‘ruell{, which are reported to, the secretary of the organization for investigation. A number of cases have been thus discovered and the culprits ar- rested and punished by the proper of- ficers of the law. Thus the influence of the Bands of Mercy, aside from the educational fea- tures, is being felt in the community, for | no person who is abusing his animals | knows who may be witnessing the abuse, | to become an important factor in his pros. ecution. The badges of membership which | the ladies are arranging to purchase are | simply to be the evidence that the weur- ers belong to the organization. The pubiic is responding liberally to the call for money for this worthy purpose. Ample talent has volunteered for tha res others. B apparatus signals e @ Marconi's month in the Metropolitan Temple. A number of public spirited citizens have donated from $5 to $100, so Mrs. C. B. Hol- brook reported at yesterda. meeting of the ladies. Others reported the sale of a large number of tickets, and the hall will doubtless be crowded. B ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WORTH TEN CENTS—Subscriber, City A dime of 1836 is worth 10 cents, as it does not command a premfum. ROENTGEN RAYS—N., Mare Island, Cal. If a hand is held between the Roentgen ray and the eye the location of the bones becomes apparent. OPPENHEIMER'S VICTIM—E. E. L., San Jose, Cal. James McDonald, who was stabbed by Jacob Oppenheime: refrac- | tory convict at San Quentin, did not die | from the effects of the wounds inflicted. SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND- | Vi Vi, Placerville, Cal. Any first-class bookseller can procure for you a street ‘mu)’; of San Francisco and one of Oak- and. A CONTINENTAL BILL—J. B., North Columbia Hill, Cal. A Continental bill of the issue of 1876, face value of one-sixth of a dollar, is not a sufficient description to give an answer as to whether it is of any value or not. HALF DOLLAR-T. J. M. tockton, Cal. A “gold half dollar of 1853” is not a United States coin, but a charm that was manufactured by an_enterprising jeweler in the early days of San Francisco. It does not command a premium. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS—E. L., City. Thére are thirteen lines of steamers that are known as trans-Atlantic steam- ers, and which ply between New York City and Europe. The number of steam- ers owned by these companies aggregates ninety-one. A full list of these can be found in the World Almanac for the cur- rent year. MOUNT HAMILTON OBSERVATORY —Reader, City. The observatory on the top of Mount Hamilton is by stage twen- | ty-six miles from San Jose. Saturday | night, between the hours of 7 and 10, is | the only time when visitors are permitted to look through the great telescope. The observatory buildings are open every day | in the year during business hours. CORPORATION—Subscriber, Vallejo, Cal. 1f a corporation is formed to work a mine, and out of 100,000 shares a certain number is placed on the market to secure a working capital, the remainder of the shares belong to the stockholders. Dis- honest trustees might. in the event of the venture becoming valuable, resort to methods by which small stockholders could be “frozen out. VACCINATION—N., City. There is no law in California which compels an in- dividval to be vaccinated every seven | years, but there is a law that directs the governing school authorities to exclude from the benefits of the common schools any child or person *who has not been successfully vaccinated, excepting such child or person whom a prac- ticing and licensed physician shall certify ~has used due diligence and cannot be vaccinated so as to pro- duce a successful vaccination. . All appli- cants for admission to the common schools are required to show they have been vaccinated within seven years. CIVIL SERVICE RULES—W. T., Su- sanville, Cal. The Civil Service Commis- sion says the institutions or individuals that announce that they have special fa- cilities for preparing applicants for civil service examination are guilty of misrep- resentations, as they have not any in- formation which cannot be had by an ap- plicant without cost upon writing to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. €. The commission also says “Letters in regard to examinations and other business of this commission should not be addressed to members of Congress or other persons not connected with the commission, as this only causes delay and does not in any way assist the applicant.” BUILDING IN CASINO—Y. O. S., Taylor, Cal. One of the laws governing the game of casino says: “Should a player build up a card to a certain de- nomination, and his opponent decline to build it up higher, he, the first player, may not alter his build, but must take it with a card of the same denomina- tion; he is, however, at liberty to make another build, either of the same or of any other denomination, or he may pair or combine any other cards before tak- 1 entertainment, which is to be held next ing up his first build, but he must comply 1 with one of these conditions before Rla) ing a card which will not do ell}]cr. player cannot “build on his own hand and another at the same time. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY— Enq., City. The headquarters of the National Geographic Society, which has for its purpose the ‘“increase and di fusion of geographic knowledge,” are the city of Washington, D. C MULTIPLICATION—J. C. B., Martinez, Cal. If your friend insulsdthat (ln ‘x‘nul\x- lication cnce one is two, dg not attempt fn convince him to the contrary, as you will only waste your time, for he evi- dently h: not sufficient meptal caliber to appreciate the difference between multiplication and addition. NORTH GERMAN LLOYD SHIPS— H. D., City. The vessels that are now be- ing built for the North German Lloyd Company aré the Groser Kurfurst, 00 tors; Rheln, Main, Konig Albert and Princess_1re! 10,000_each; Kcln Frank- furt and Ha , 7500 tons each; the Strassburg and Wurzburg, 5000 tons each, Freidburg, Marburg Dell and Neckar, ton- nage not given. Also a fast express steamer of 16,500 tons, to be 700 feet long and to have a speed of 232 knots other vessels named are from 55 feet in length. “IWWVORTH A JEV e S EYE"—Subscriber, Berkeley, Cal. The origin of the expres- sion, “Worth a Jew's eye,” is uncertain, but It was used in the time of Shakes- peare. That writer in the “Merchant of Venice” has: There will come a'Christian by Will be worth a Jewess' eve. In Nares’ “Glossary’’ there is the fol- lowinsg: *The ' e: tions to which the Jews were subject in the thirteenth cen- tury and the period both before and after exposed them to the most cruel and tyran- nical mutilations if they refused to pay the sums demanded of them. The threat of losing an eye would have a powerful effect, hence the high value of a Jew's eye.”' The expression is a popular one, used as a simile for anything that is val- uable. AROUND THE CORRIDORS C. D. Wright of San Jose is at the Lick. General Fred Funston is registered at the Occidental. George L. Hoxie, an attorney of Fresno, is a guest at the Lick. Paul H. Blades, a journalist of Los An- geles, is at the Palace. J. Craig, proprietor of Highland Springs, is staying at the Grand. Bishop Nichols has come up from San Mateo and is at the Occidental. Bdwin T. Earl, the Sacramento fruit man, is registered at the Palace. Alfred Kernents, a tourist from Ger- many, is a guest at the Palace. R. J. Northam, a wealthy fruit grower of Riverside, is registered at the Palace. Dr. H. E. Reid, one of the leading phy- sicians of Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand. A. W. Jones, one of the prominent capi- talists of Monterey County, is a guest at the Lick. Among the arrivals of yesterday at the Lick was C. L. Merrill, an oil man of Coalinga. A. F. Stander, one of the lucky miners from Dawson, is registered at the Lick with his wife. . J. H. Gardiner, one of the leading mer- chants of Rio Vi is among the recent arrivals at the Grand. or of Santa Clara nd, where he ar- an Jose. He is ac- rived yesterday from companied by his wife. James F. Peck, one of the leading law- of Merced, is staying at the Lick while on a short trip to this city. Mrs. Henry Glass, wife of the com- mander of the naval training ship, is reg- istered with her daughte the Palace from Yerba Buena Island. W. H. Malkin, 2 mine owner of Van- couver, and S. Heath, who is interested in mines in the Northwest and whose home is in Spokane, are at the Palace. Dr. ‘White, a prominent medical man of Palmyra, Mo., is at the Occidental, ac- companied by his family and a party of friends. He comes on a pleasure tour of the coast. —_—— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—Mrs. 1. C. Moore, i Pauline and Clara Moore of San Francisco are at the € David Kline of San Francisco i Holland. E. J. Whitenberg of cisco is at the Gilsey. T. T. Willlams and wife and B. Hayden of San Francisco sre at the Netherlands. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTO , Oct. 12.—James A. Newbold and wife of San Francisco are at the Raleigh. Henry C. Rayles of San Francisco is at the Wellington, and J. A. Marino of Oakland is at the St. James, —_—e—— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend’s. * s s Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, e e California Oil Exchange. The California Oil Exchange will open for business at 10:40 next Wednesday. There will be two daily sessions of the oil board. William Edwards will act as caller. A book will be kept open for the public containing facts about the oil com- panies listed, and ev will be at liberty to inspect it tary, will have the e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty ¥ by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gume, allays pain, cures Wind Colic, regu- lates the Bow the best remedy for rrhoeas, whe! arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every part of corld. I and for Mrs. Winslow sthing Sy Jottle. 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