The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1899, Page 6

6 TH N FRANCISCO CALL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 1899, ' OCTOBER 14, 1899 SATURDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprieter. : esir et OBl OB, Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. A A E......Morket and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson Street lephone Main 1874. PUBLICATION CF DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEEK. Single &1 oples, § cents. Including Postage: ay Call), one year. .86.00 3.00 g Sunday Call), 3 months 1.50 le Month . 65c Year. 1.50 | < 1.00 | are authorized to recelv. subscriptiol ple copies will be forwarded when raquested. O©AKLAND OFFICE...... ‘see..-.908 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. CARLTON = -Herald Sguare NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR.... . .29 Tribune Bullding CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. Sherman House “o.; Great Northerm Metel} Fremont House; A NEW YORK NEV 3 P TANDS. W, Union Equare; | Murray WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFF ....Wellington Hotol Hotel {8 4 future if the great d. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent. Hayes street, open unti! s open untll 9:3 cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 1110 o'clock. 22C° Market 9 o'clock. 1096 open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh til’ 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twemty~ second and cky streets, open unt!l 9 o'clocik, AMUSEMENTS. rnoon and | alties. kebetn," SAN FRANCISCO’S OPPORTUNITY. ) S fre nounce that Marcus to 1e a call for the Re \ i tee to meet in Wash- and that it is believed ¥ year. en select the place at which to vention next To the nt that the cities most of as suitable places for the con- | Ci Ci Mil- | eland, isco. people have begun meeting- tions without any particular fornia is no longer regarded ion of the Union too distant to be visite fitness as a pa The improvement of railway raph communication, the success onal" gatherings of various as- nd last, but not least, the im- on the country at large by the man- city has received the volunteers ing to the Philippines and when re- e had an educational effect npon’ San Francisco from this time e looked upon always as one of the great cities of the nation and its claims will be | considered by those who are to decide 1 teleg I 1e mind | e to be held gement to the movement an Francisco at least one, ts give encour: ed to bring to § Bl both, of the national Presidential con- next year. of There was never before so n opportunity for carrying such a movement to at this time. It is not likely there will be a contest over the no either the of different inations in advocate 1ave to consider the advantage of convention in a city favorable to their | The personal factor is eliminated, and a | impartial, like ran- | | [ city poy popt cisco, a better chance to win than it would have | there any question of individual favoritism at ntages of this city as a place for | e well known to our own peo- | g to be understood elsewhere. In no other large city in the United States is there such pleasant and healthful weather in the summer | as that which prevails here. Delegates to a conven- | tion to San Francisco in June need have no fear of | prostration from heat, or sunstrokes, or other illi effects of the heated season in the East. thermore, our hotel accommodation has been amply proven to be sufficient to meet all t wi u now the 1 be made upon it by the largest con- is likely to assemble, The trip across the continent is now a pleasure tour rather than a guing journey, and can be undertaken without | serious inconvenience to any one. | All of these things it will be easy to impress upon | the natio comr we set nands ttees of the two great parties if | htly. That is now the issue before our citize It is one that must be attended to | without delay. atements made in interviews with | representatives of The Call and published ycsterday} and this morning show that strong and influential men are willing to support the movement with energy and zeal. The prospect of success is therefore good. Let all unite and make San Francisco the convention city of the nation in 1900. D —— At this stage of the game it might be well to point out to the Associated Press that what the country wants from the Transvaal is news and not editorial comment with a strong British bias. So far that is about all it has been transmitting. about it ri imond Godchaux, Democratic candidate for Re- , has jarred the belief of many of the faithful s chief deputy to Assessor Dodge. » Democrat was ever known to do anything of the gning a —_— rancisco Morosco, a Sutter Creek laborer, had a theory that he could smoke with safety in the im- mediate vicinity of blasting powder. Heé" tried it, is needless to say that the theory exploded. If Germany, France, Russia or any other power has a bone to pick with Great Britain now is the time to doit. ) into the rivers mery street. corner Clay, | . | sion of the m Valley, in g suffices for such per gumboots of heaven m | power to dig and m | wasted power and fertility | and Shamrock reither a free agent nor an independent body. IF THE RAIN WERE STOREDI HE rains have fallen timely and over much of Tlhe ground in sufficient volume to enable the plowing of ground in preparation for seeding. In the Eastern States, where the land is locked by deep frost, the farmer waits for winter to break and the ground to thaw, and then seedtime is upon him. Here the farmer waits for summer to break and the ground to be moistened by the early rains and then goes afield with his plow. The summer has broken; the soil is moistened d will soon be turned. Ahead is the prospect of a rainy season of unusual length and fall. The rain on the pl tains will be abundant, and many will forget the time of lack and the fallow fields and withered hards that it caused. There are many, however, who, remembering the drought and know will come again, will persist in measures that will avert their consequences and make every year fruit- ful. To these men the promise of abundant rain in the coming season is a promise of drought averted in the of flood water could be stored for use when needed. In the rains expected between now and next May there will be waste. The rivers will leave their banks, the levees around the garden lands in the delta of the Sacramento and San Joa- quin will cases break and prop- | erty will be destroyed. The waste waters, vagrant 1 merciless, ler at will and destroy The the soil and carry it hannels to the inflict injury two first in the 1 1 in many 3 will as Wi they go. will wash aw lestruc- tion of on pro- ion and tra te's rinity of wealth-pre If the State were waters in the f the | ed now to hold the flood t ch an alti with them and part of ose soil h every an permanent provision | and permanent navi- | ed rivers; a constant supply day in the year and every year; a forage assurance of the pe re a lation of that wo! ble s of small land-holders who are the true expres- 1t and majesty of the State. With 1 reservoir system, assuring the permanency of water and its use at a reasonable charge, a fa prosper orty acres, te. There is r of the world, where an area withi capacity to culti no other part of nion, n ch and in as great here, water supply variety not except e valley of the Po, le permanent. This is proved over and over again, in the San Joaquin al flow of the streams inent supply. ed in this city for the 14th of is n provided aces where the nor The convention cal next month may come here under umbrellas and in It may meet in the rain, and the windows o be open throughout its sessions, but nevertheless it must meet, and the ranchers, miners, lumbermen, bankers, shippers and business men of this State must so re: it impressive. e its importance as to make The rain that falls while it deliberates means a fat year to come, but st smitten, dr. d fruitless, lurks and waits a lean year to devo substance. That convention can make California entirely safe from loss by drought or flood. The engineering problem is nple, the construction cheaper than anywhere else in th¢ world, the line of distribution shorter. The water that has been re- leased from one of these reservoirs under a head and pressure that make electric power to run many mines, p: from the turbine or Pelton wheel it has actuated to make grain, grass and fruit grow within a few miles of the spot where it generated gold. Why not harness all this so that such a rainy season as is coming will represent all gain and no loss? ahead, famine- ¥y its ses If Bill Bryan is still out for the stuff, as he was | when he wrote that letter to J. Sterling Morton, row’s his chance to realize. Owners of Columbia will undoubtedly compensate him handsomely for the use of his bellows to fill the sails of their boats. | | the rule of bosses by getting together untram- meled municipal conventions. The history of the'| recent Democr: CITY BOSSES. HE intention of the new primary law was to end ic convention shows that this inten- tion was in some way defeated. The convention was It was bossed and dragooned as completely as any that ever met in this city in the worst days of openly avowed boss rule. So completely was it under the thumb of two | men, Mr. Phelan and McNab, that The Call was able to publish its ticket before it met, and did publish it, through the simple process of finding out who were on the slate of the two men who did the bossing. The convention itself might as well have met and adjourned sine die and let Mr. Phelan and Mr. Mec- Nab announce the ticket. It may be said that thay are new bosses, untried, and that the result of their bossing may justify it. But the point is that if they can secure power by such processes in their party that will be proof that any other two men may do the same, and by putting the government in their hands the way is opened for any other two to do the same, regardless of how they will use power when they get it. It is the first step that costs, and if this city is to | ratify and accept the methods of these it bends its neck for the yoke of others using the same methods, | no matter how heavy it may be. The methods which | shut out all advice, prevented all freedom, banished all deliberation from the Democratic convention and | treated with contempt the friends and supporters of men as worthy as any who were nominated by Messrs. Phelan and McNab, are not methods to be encouraged by the voters of a city like San Fran- | cisco. Just such methods have: proven ultimately to | be the means of bad government wherever they have | been adopted. | It is noteworthy that the henchmen, the drill i muasters and file-closers chosen to swing the rawhide | and carry out the orders of the two bosses were the | trained and seasoned thralls of the several dy- nasties of Democratic bosses who have long ruled the politics and .manipulated the schemes | of that party in this city. They knew how | to carry out orders, how to suppress free expression, ; how to walk rough shod over the right ambitions of | the worthy, and they did it all with the rough skill of artists in their line, accustomed to working a | s and foothills and the snow in the moun- | ng the certainty that such years | | porations are daily engaged in extorting money from | their patrons in every part of the Union. | edy that defect should be the first object of Congress, | the Government as to rob the people. As soon as | Buskirk is a cannibal. It is trye last Thursday night | New York and have about only for place and power for the few who operate it. Mr. Phelan, in the exuberance of success, with the confidence of a self-created candidate and absorbed in admiration of his creator, smiled upon himself while frowning upon others, and opened his cam- paiga by an attack on his opponent which will be resented by every self-respecting citizen. Republicans have before them a plain duty which | should be a pleasure. They will draw to them the in- dependent voters in support of Horace Davis and the ticket he leads, and they will carry it to victory. Ir their municipal convention men were not found in a mad scramble for office; they were there deliber- ating, discussing and seeking candidates of spotless private and public character to carry the standard of genuine reform to victory.. While they were doing this wholesome duty Mr. Phelan was sitting on the | housetops proclaiming himself the civic savior of the city, the sole incarnation of municipal reform and | the only man worthy to be trusted. There are scores of | delegates to the last Democratic State convention who have not forgotten the incidents in the nomination of a Justice of the Supreme Court, in which he made a figure inconsistent with his uttered estimate of him- self. He has twice succeeded in being elected Mayor by Republican votes, through professions of non- partisanship, and now hopes for a third time to win by the same means. He admits that when he called Hon. Horace Davis “a traitor” it expressed his idea, | and it did. He regards every man, in his own party | and out, who stands in the way of his ambition, as a traitor.* In that mood he bossed his own conven- | nd by easy transfer carries it over in an attack upon his Republican opponent. It is time for the Republicans, who are the major- ity stockholders in this corporation, to resume charge of its affairs, and they intend to do it. T —— llarney are still unsold. Perhaps e country surrounding them were cut up into lots some enterprising American real estate tor, with an experience in suburban ventures, dertake to get rid of them. Nature's beauties tion, The Lakes of th might ¢ | are not frequently placed on the auction block. —— e ———— @MENDING THE WAR TAX LAW. ISPATCHES from Washington confirm the statements of The Call that Congress will be D called upon at the coming session to amend the war tax law for the purpose of eliminating cer- tain defects which have resulted in diminishing the amount of revenue expected to be derived from it. In discussing the subject an agent in this city of Internal Revenue Department is quoted as say- ing the greatest loss has been due to a decision of the Attorney General that undivided profits in banks are not to be considered as capital or surplus and there- fore are not subject to the tax on undivided surplus. He estimates that in the northeastern districts of Cali- fornia alone the Government loses between $200,000 and $300,000 a year by that ruling. The agent reported to have added: “Some money is lost on the wine tax by restaurant keepers serving wine in pitchers instead of bottles which are taxed, and also by the use of tax stamps a second and a third time. This loss could be avoided by taxing the wine in the winery, or by having strip stamps fastened to the cork and to the bottle in such a way that the cork could not be drawn without breaking the stamp. I have no doubt that Congress will amend the law so that those leakages will be checked.” The defects pointed out are but a few of the many that have been noted in the law. They serve, how- eevr, to show how necessary it is to revise the law and materially amend it. The wine tax, for example, ought to be abolished utterly or so completely al- tered as to make it something quite different from what it is. As it stands it is virtually a tax upor California alone. Union where the people use light wines habitually | at meals, and consequently a tax on wines making no | discrimination between the costliest brands and the light wines used at the table is unfair. If the wine tax be continued it should at least impose a tax | graded to the value of the wine, so that the popular restaurants of California should not have to pay as ich on the claret served at meals as is imposed upon champagne. iThe chief defect of the law, however, is one to which the revenue official made no reference. The | Call has repeatedly pointed out that by reason of the delay of the courts in bringing to final adjudication tlie controversy between the people and the express and the telegraph companies the tax shirking cor- To rem- for it is the one which works more injustice and is mhost exasperating to the taxpayers. It is probable some of the Government officials are indifferent as to who pays the stamp taxes on tele- graph messages and express receipts so long as the | Government receives the money. It is as well to | point out, therefore, that the Wells-Fargo Express Company, at any rate, has been as willing to defraud the tax was imposed that company made to The Call | an offer to receive from it a whole wagon-load of packages as one package, thus cheating the national revenue to that extent. It is not likely the offer was made to The Call only. Probably a good many large | chippers have taken advantage of it, and the total 10ss of revenue by the trick may be considerable. | The war tax law was drawn up and enacted in a | Lurry to meet the needs of the Government at the time. Experience has shown it to be defective in many ways. Congress, therefore, should not be con-e tent with amending it here and there. The whole law | should be reviewed, revised and recast. The burdens of taxation should be made as equal as possible upon | 2l sections and all classes, and there should be no | wy open for tax-shirkers to extort money from the public or to defraud the Government. fWhen Mayor Phelan insisted that a military man must be placed on the local Democratic ticket he probably did not think that his demand would be taken as a declaration of war. The candidacy of Major Geary has certainly created a wild, warlike démonstration in the ranks of the Democratic faithful, Win or lose, it seems to be the fashion the world over to give naval officers something that will indi- cate the estimation in which they are held by their country. In the United States they get swords; in Spain they give them the ax, ! = IS : Sports are wrong in the belief that Pugilist Van he tried to eat the ear of Pugilist Russell, but it must be remembered that Russell has a “caulifiower” ear. Manufacturers of toilet soaps are in session at decided to raise the prices on their goods. What else could be ex- pected from such a sweet-scented lot! There is no other State in the | mizchine that treats principles as chaff and works | \A/ ILL BE OF VALUE TO YOUNG STUDENTS Superintendent of Schools Webster Gives His Opinion of The Call’'s “Home Study: CGircle.: To the Editor of The Call—Dear The Call's Home Study Circle project has my unqualified ap- The articles which are promised—essays and short studies important educational themes by the most gifted writers of the nation—will constitute a valuable contributionto popular education, enabling those whoare not informed to study the best there is of 1lit- erature, art, science, etc. Sdxn: proval, on R. H. WEBSTER, I am supt. of Schools. also convinced your plan will ‘prove of utmost value to the pupils in our high schools and advanced grammar grades. 7 of San Francisco. CRIGH o bt Superintendent cf Schools of City and County’ MOVABLE CHURCH--NOVEL IDEA OF A PASTOR. TWENTY OXEN DRAW THE PERAM- BULATING STRUCTURE FROM ONE SPOT TO ANOTHER. JAMESTOWN, Conanicut Island, R. I, Aug. 22.—Religious zeal has improved on the scriptural injunction to go Into the highways and byways and compel sin- ners to attend church. The modern zealot brings a movable church to the highway and byway wanderer and saves him the trouble of walking. The leader in this new method of lifting the church out of the rut is the Rev. Charles Earl i reston, who Is in charge of St. Matthew's Church, on this island. Churches are few and far between, and the people whom the good minister wishes to reach are scattered all over the island. One church is sufficient for the miles, but they will not come to church. Therefore the only thing to do inhabitants of several square to take the church to them. But how? Necessity in this emergency conceived the idea of a movable church, and the Idea took tangible shape In a structure that has just made itz first trip, drawn by a team of oxen loaned by the pious farmers of that locality.” The building, which Is the invention of the Rev. Mr. Preston, is not a structure of minute proportions, but a pretentious edifice, the furnishings of which alone cost $3000. The audience room of the church measures 18x27 feet, and the furniture is elaborate and beautiful. The building is mounted on a set of wheels substantial enough to safely bear the weight of the structure and with tires wide enough to pass readily over any soft parts that may be encountered on the road- way. The first journey of the movable church was made without any accident or injury to the building. The people assembled in great numbers to see the church started on its tour. Men and women came from Middletown and from the north- ern part of the Island, where all the native oxeq are owned, which, after being at- tached to the chapel, were ready for the start. There were twenty of these an- clent beasts of burden in line. C. H. Congdon of Rhode Island was the master of ceremonies. The rear wheels of the church had been slightly elevated on planks, and as soon as the brakes were off the building began to move, almost before the oxen had stralghtened the chain. The bell was struck and the little building gracefully rolled into West street and after being pulled turned up Cole street and rounded into Narragansett avenue. through the soft grass ground Down the remain- ing length of Narragansett avenue rolled the church, the tones of the bell pealing out merrily. The doors and windows of dwellings were filled with eager faces and the sidewalks were at times crowded by anxious persons who wanted to see “how the thing would go.” The first stop was made at a point where it was necessary to wait for a lineman to cut a guy wire, which had caused the colors to be expe- ditfously lowered. Another halt was made soon after, but this time it was to re- move the detachable cross and ball so that the spire could pass under the telephong wires. A lineman seated himself on the belfry and raised, one by one, the many wires in places where they cross the roadway, until all such obstructions had been successfully passed. Once clear of the town, up hill and down dale rolled the movable church, tha nature of the roadway occasionally necessitating a little “‘jacking up” to preyvent accident, but beyond that no trouble occurred. There are several springs of water on Conanicut, and certain seasons of the vear the sidehills show sizns of moisture. A few of these spots were encountered at the approach of what has recently been called Storks Hill. The hill surmount- ed, it was decided to locate on a site which had been offered by the Hon, Thomas G. Carr, the owner of one of the oldest farms on the island. Luncheon was here supplemented by what the ladies in this neighborhood provided for the helpers. The building was backed upon the lot and can be seen for miles arourd, both from Narragansett Bay and the island of Rhode Island. Here it will remain until the time for it to be taken to the next resting place, and services will be held as fre- quently as seems well to the pastor. So much curiosity has been excited by the novel church that there is no possibllity of audiences falling off for some time to come. ment 39 relating to the t sugar In- (‘;us(ry in the United States. You can ob- tain a copy of that document by sending a request to the Congressman from your district., THE FATAL DAY-S,, City. The gen- eral bellef is that Friday is the unlucky or fatal day of the week. A statistician of the German Governemnt several years 2go went into facts and figures and de- i veloped the fact that it is not Friday, but | Monday, that is the fatal or unlucky day | His research showed that there we: 0T’ | fatalities on Mondays than on any other day of the week. | TAX ON LEAE AND SO FORTH— Diamond Springs, El Dorado County, Cal. The amount of taxes by stamp by the act of July,1838, required on a lease, agreement or contract fc- rent not exceeding one year, 25 cents; exceeding one year and not exceeding three years, 50 cents; ex- ceeding three - -ars, $1; conveyance deed or instrument or writing transferring realty, when value exceeds $100 and not $500, 50 cents; for each additional 3500 or fraction thereof, cents; agreement to sell stock on each $100 face value, 2 cents; agreement to sell any products of mer- chandise for a sum not exceeding $100, 1 cent; for each additional $100 or part thereof, 1 cent. The person who places the stamp on the document should can- cel the same by writing date and ln!tials across the face thereof, or a date stamp with name of firm or individual may be used. NORMAL SCHOOLS—W., Philo, Cal. The requirements for admission into the Normal Schools outside of San Frzmcxlsco are that the applicant shall not be less than 16 years of age, strong mentally morally and physically. To be admitted without an examination must held a valid teacher’s certificate of any grade from any county or city and county of the State, or a diploma of graduation from a California High School, or a diploma from the ninth year of the public school. Ap- plicants presenting High School certifi- cates from other States may be admitted without examination, at the discretion of the faculty. Graduates from the ninth year of the public schools of E‘alifornia are admitted without ex- amination when the diploma is ac- companied by a statement as to standing and epecial Tecommendation from teach- ers; record must show a high standing on_all subjects. Course four years. For admission to the San Francisco Normal School applicants must have been graduated by a High School accredited to the University of California and must have been recommended for admission to that institulon. Course two years. AROUND THE CORRIDORS S. N., is a guest at Dr..W. L. Bell, U. the Occidental. J. A. Chanslor, an ofi speculator of Coalinga, is at the Palace. W. W. Barry, naval pay inspector, is registered at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Carroll mento are staying at the Russ. J. D. Carr, the well-known Salinas cap- italist, is a guest at the Occidental. W. A. Brewer has come up from San of Sacra- 1 Mateo and is a guest at the Palace. Lieutenant L. R. Sargent is one of the late naval arrivals at the Occidental. T. W. O'Neil, ex-Sheriff of Sacramento, is registered for a short stay at the Grand. Marion Biggs Jr., the Oroville capital- ist, is among the recent arrivals at the Grand. Dr. G. F. Falkner, one of the physicians of Salinas, is a guest at Grand. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Lake of this city leading the have taken apartments at the Cali- fornia. Charles C. Mclver, the Linda Vista wine producer of Mi; at the California. Mr. and Mrs. W. | geles are among | the Palace. H. D. Barnhart, a leading business man of Santa Cruz, is registered at the Lick for a short stay in the city. Dr. A. B. Thaw, one of the most promi- nent physicians of Santa Barbara. is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. J. F. Carter, J. E. McDonald and George A. Pettingill, three naval officers, | registered at the Palace last evening. Dr. E. H. Mattner returne@ yesterday from Mendocino County, where he has been deer hunting during the past fort- night with splendid success. Colonel R. E. Murray of San Joaquin, formerly Assistant Adjutant General of California, went to Kern County yester- day to examine oil lands in the interest of San Francisco capitalists. Richard U. Good and L. C. Fletcher of the Geological Survey are at the Occiden- tal, where they arrived yesterday from Washington, D. C. Mr. Fletcher is ac- | companied by his wife. ————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Mr. and Mrs. H. | C. Atwell of San Francisco are at the | Fifth Avenue; Charles E. Handy of Los Angeles is at the Holland; Mr. and Mrs. | Hitchings of Pasadena are at the Majes- | | tic. | —_—— | 1 the recent ar: | CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Oct 13.—J. R. Thomp- son of San Francisco is at the St. James; | C. R. Hildreth and wife of San Francisco | are at the Wellington. ————e——— Cal. glace fruit 50c per I at Townsend’s. * —— e | Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gouery street. Telephone Main 1042, + e e Died in the Street. Alexander Heymans, a solicitor, expired | suddenly at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morn- | ing while walking on Pacific street in | front of Zelle's drugstore. He was a na- | tive of England, aged 36 years, and had | been drinking heavily recently. The body | was taken to the Morgue. —_— e —————— There is at least one real Angostura Bitters— Dr. Stegert's—and no other stomach bitters ““just as good.” Avoid substitutes. Lo aleane o m In the Divorce Court. Florence M. Corson was granted a di- vorce yesterday from William C. Corson on the ground of cruelty. Suits for di- vorce have been filed by Sigourney Cobb against Kate M. Cobb for cruelty, and J. | #°Van Horn against Eloise Van Forn fof desertion. 22 A A A R A R E R R X XY + PRESS COMMENTS 0090000000000 00 0 Wireless Telegraphy for Coast De- fense. Santa Barbara Morning Press. Among the scientific possibilities of the near future are the extension of wireless telegraphy to the needs of coast defense and as a means of preventing collisions at sea. Messages may be transmitted through | any kind of weather, and the wonderful invention would be invaluable in stormy weather along a dangerous coast. —_—— Marconi’s Triumph. Kansas City Journal. The scientific achievement of transmit- ting messages long distances without wire through the Marconi system must be re- garded as one of the most important of its class. Until Signor Marconi demon- strated his theory in reporting the yacht race of last Thursday many people were inclined to regard him as a’ good-natured but unpromising visionary, pursuing an idle but harmless phantom. But the de- talls and result of the yacht race were fully and accurately reported, and that, too, in spite of the fact that the weather conditions were supposed to be least fa- vorable to the successful testing of the new invention. When the vessels were so far away as to be lost in the haze their movements were followed from Marconi's dispatch boat, were transmitted within a few seconds to the New York Herald, and then? throughout the country. = - The possibilities of this system, which | require only that the delivering and re- ceiving instruments be elevated s fliciently to enable the sound waves to trave| out interruption from Inter: eles, seem almost limitless. the system in the army tions is a defiance t! 1 with- vening obsta- The use of and naval opera- pparent at once, for it sets at he interference of the enemy. ————— Success to The Call’s Plan. Auburn Leader. The Call has instituted a new depart- ment, “The Home Study Circle,” under the direction of Seymour Eaton. course, which will begin next week, in- cludes six lines of work for home study: “Popular Studies of Shakespeare,” to be published Monday and Thursday o each week; “The World's Great Artists,” Desk Studies for Girls” and Shop and Trade Studies for Boys,” on Wednesday; ‘“Great American = States- men,” on Friday; “Home Sclence,” on Saturday. The contributors are amon; the foremost educators and men an women of letters, and the scheme seems to offer an excellent opportunity for busy people of the workaday world to obtain a degree of education and culture which otherwise would be almost impossible without the expenditure of much t! money. Success to the undertaking! ————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ENGLISH MARRIAGE LAW—A. O. §., City. A law of Engiand provides that all mnrfla%es shall be celebrated before the hour of noon. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY—Subscriber, Monterey, Cal. 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