The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 21, 1899, Page 6

e Eall - ODCTORER 21 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Al Communications to W, S. LEAKE, Manager. Address ..Market and Third Sts.. S. F elephone Main 1868. ROOMS .....2IT to 22! Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 PUBLICATION GFFICE EDITORIAL DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. ading Postage: all), one year. v Call), Call), 3 months PR e cript roquested. OAKLAND OFFICE .908 Broadway GEORGE KROGNESS, . . Marquette Building, C. Manager Forciga Ady NEW YORK CORR €. CARLTON . Herald Square [ NTATIVE « 29 Tribune Bullding WS 6TANDS. Great N orthern Motel; P. O. News Co.; YORK NEWS STANDS. ntano, 31 Uniom Bquarej ON d. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent. D. €. OFFICE ...Wellington Hotel Montgomery street, corner Clay, 20 Hayes street, open unti} Allister street, open untll 9:39 Lorkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. on street n until 10 o'clock. 22C' Market Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clack. 1096 t, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh 9 o'clock. NW. corner Tweaty* ‘clock. o'clock. 6 open u sccond end Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock, AMUSEMENTS. cerns the living t law the evidences have int of the freedom of t! abused il its privi- not ur ion the 1 such viol e remedy. telegraphy h the Mar- York Bay acting as a His relation is law, two newspapers, his signature, in vachts or the fleet should ) or more parties in which the pa on the r: g occur be- t taken its an incident coni, It would come from minutes, would be bulletined and and lay us, liable to a heavy cash us in two 1, but it would violate the law ormer who might choc court into his com- us on confidently affirmed that t eld arconi’s discovery as to make in the courts, would so ss as a means of prompt trans- discovery of the calculated to revo- e h o cheapen the means of its transmis- ws. In this way a ankind, ion, to inc an endent of the accidents and on by w be practically in ne objects to a strict law of libel » malice in a newspaper or to induce Such a law does not hamper e of any legitimate function. re, would, in aspect, outlawed w does not add to protection reputation any safer, nor the but ss, white, black and without discrimination, in its legitimate etting and printing news. g that laws may not be objectionable protect the field of proper use- paper less kees ny whole v, we ad but when they obviously re- minish such usefulness they are appears to be this signature law, r pon the use of such an invention as Marconi’s it is in the spirit of the middle ages 3 is on a par with a law that might forbid the se of modern perfecting press machinery and com- return to the old Franklin hand press, on 1 wous “pulling the’ devil’s for a pressman t produce as ma papers es in twenty minutes. as the modern machiner kland detectives have satisfied themselves that the desperate burglars who almast murdered - the other night took no chances. tives might also reach the conclusion that the unable to take anything else simply be cause of the timely intervention of a Winchester rifle, sor Dodge is perhaps the first local pleader lace who ever introduced the “lightning into political campaigning. He seems to have overlooked a trick of the trade, however, in not having prepared for gratuitous cir- tion a pamphlet on the Dodge virtues, by Dodge. an ble ubl lator” burlesque The Queen of mons to provide the ways and means necessary to prosecute a British policy in South Africa. It is perhaps fair to assume, therefore, that the next bud~et will contain specific directions for dodging Boer bullets. 899 The | ‘ngland wants the House of Com- | N FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 1899, : BARRETT DISPLEASED. | T seems by reports from the East that the Hon. l John Barrett was displeased with our people Juring his tour on this coast as an Asiatic com- | mercial expert. He has taken our commercial classes severely to k and gives them up as victims to obtuseness of 1ind and lethargy of enterprise. 100d of mind common to gentlemen who abit of considering themselves “the whole They are apt to conclude that indifference ment of a subject is indifference to the If an expert apostle of trade should us that expansion of our commerce study of the moon, or that the profits trade are dominated by the sign of the Zodiac in which we go down to the sea in ships, it could not well be charged that we don't want trade because we failed to be enthusiastic over its lunar or zodiacal aspect. The New York Journal of Commerce voices Mr. Barrett's Chis is a try subject itsel to their come, telling depends on a of deep water torial which swings into the great cycles of com- mercial development and sees mystery in the natural process of producing a surplus and finding a mar- ket for it. The trade of this coast has risen with the increase in the surplus products of its labor. As far as C s concerned the swell has been more rapid than in the case of other States because of the great variety of our products and resources. New York had been under exploitation two centuries nearly before it had a volume of external trade equal to that enjoyed by California as the result of fifty )-}nrc of development. Yet the icing Mr. Barrett, says that until the Pacific ce up “there will be a poor prospect these States to agnificent heritage The nature been Englishman Journal of Com- merce, States w for enter into the m red for stated h writer. 1 reater part oi the trade be- ed States and i of New York and tt m ctures 1em.” which nature has prer n aving ) “At present the g tween the [ w find steel of iron and the development of railways in ina, and it will be found but by our own vessels sailing a ready manuf; and genera ket for our in our own ports on the Pacific.” he Journal of Commerce add: the busine: singularly c of In coast, in the course of w s men bt t tour down the ddressed most of se. his rece ch he es, the Hon. John Barrett found i but failed to evoke onse which was readily forth- the commercial bc y and appr ithusiastic the San I g to his st isco Chamber of tt told us of two things that to increase our oriental trade. First, other United States Senator, and dig tl Ni He the 1ation that New Yo t trade now, though San Fran- s addr T2 1erce M r. B > done elect we must e gua canal. this with infor most of e eaport Fro: N York to Caleutta by the Cape of Good Hope the distance is 12,18 miles; to Hongkong it is 13.500 miles. By the Suez canal it s to Calcutta a kong. to Hon I ong and This will be reduced by 3000 miles by the construction of the 2 n canal. It will put New York that much er the Orient, but will leave San Francisco right Now it may be obtuse in our mer- al trade is to be taken decreasing her mileage to reach Good Hope to Ho adva is. ts not New it.* Perl but There are reasons to se York by 1ps t but increase in her orie We understand that the profit of commerce lies in | producing a gr. 1 taking more of the New York, in We n nt takes from sur s the Orient has to spite of greater distance, has get it by finding out what New York and producing it ot trade now. Then we get the advantage ansportation by sea But the orig our shorter 1 of commerce being of the earth, v, does not seem to concern experts like Mr. eems now to be the great overshadowing y of the Philippi The time was when and not the mode of death was the impor- tant element in the record of soldiers, destroyed American reports the names of ad are hidden under a hideous category of fatal Now in the of It is announced that a millionaire English soap nufacturer will try next year to win the America challenge cup. He I probably find that it will take n a greasing of the ways to turn out a yacht that is worth the racing. w UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS. tion in this country directed against the evils resulting from the laxity of the divorce laws in several of the States'and the conclusion which has followed the contradictory decisions of the courts on the effect of a divorce in one State upon the re- lations of the parties in another. The subject was taken consideration at the conference of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws August and report has now been issued setting forth the plan by which the Commissioners hope to bring about uniformity in the statutes on the sub- ject. The Commissioners recommend a law providing that no divorce shall be granted in any State for a cause arising out of the State which is not ground for divorce in the State where it occurred; that I"; OR a long time past there has been an agita- under no person shall be entitled to divorce in any State | who has not had an actual residence in that State for at least a year; that no person shall be entitled | to divorce unless the defendant shall have been per- | sonally served with process if within the State or with personal notice duly authenticated if out of the State; that no divorce shall be granted except upon trial before the court in open session; that after di- vorce either party may marry again; that divorces shall be granted only for adultery, extreme cruelty, habitual drunkenness or the confirmed habit of in- toxication arising from alcoholic drinks, or from drugs, conviction of felony or continuous desertion for a term of years. It is stated in the report that the bill is the carefully studied result of the three days’ conference, after going over the draft reported by the committee on divorce. It goes over for final action another | year, as is usual with all the recommendations of the | conference, that it may be submitted to the Commis- sioners who were not present at the meeting. Of lcourse it is subject to change at the next conference displeasure with the coast in a long edi- | “Yet to all this | the Pacific States seem to be | kong it is 6381 miles, | e of 7209 miles | ater surplus of what the Orient wants | last | if found unadapted in expression to the jurisdictions not represented at Buffalo. Otherwise it is put out as a finished bill, embodying the decision of the con- ference on that branch of the subject. It is the opinion of the Commissioners that the bill presented by them is adapted to prevent to a large extent the migratory divorces by which the laws of one State are practically nullified by a temporary residence in another State, to render less easy frauds on courts and to give the respondent fuller opportun- ity for defense, and especially to make the final ef- fect of divorce the same all over the Union. Every effort so far to bring about something of | order out of the confusion of the divorce laws of the country has been so futile that the public will not have much confidence in the success of the new ven- ture. The Commissioners, however, direct attention to the fact that the uniform law on negotiable in- struments perfected by their conference in 1896 has now been adopted by fifteen States and by Congress for the District of Columbia. From that they draw good auguries of the eventual success in the move- ment for uniform divorces. It is certain that a | strong backing will be given to their efforts, and %there{ore the outlook for reform is by no means so | hopeless as it appears at first view. | | [ —— | } From the very negative sort of young man he | }secmcd to be in San Francisco, Consul Wildman at | ‘]Iougkong appears to have become a bloodthirsty | personage. Letters from him just published by | Aguinaldo indicate that he advised the Filipino chief- tain to shed enough blood to force the Spaniards to ste of real war. SIRSRE The announcement comes from Washington that the retirement of General Shafter has paved the way for the promotion of five brigadier generals. In spite of adverse criticism the commander of the De- partment of California seems to be a pretty big man. HOW the @all Qets Its P R R R R R R R LR R R e Eh st dig S + + + + + From South Africa Military Camps to the + t e+ + P P T L PR S S R S A A A e London PDaily Jelegraph. + O R R R R R Rt s + e + + + + Across the Atlantic to the PO e o R R S S S S e b S g S b + + + + + 75 New York ferald. VOO G WS T R e R R R R R A s g REPLANTING BURNED FORESTS. EPORTS from Pasadena concerning a move- R ment there to undertake an extensive experi- ment in replanting forest land which has been | burned over are both interesting and encouraging. | By reason of the many fires which have occurred in | the woods of that section the people have been im- | pressed with the need of forest protection and | preservation, and some of the more enterprising among them, acting in concert with the officials of | the Government, have devised a plan of immediate | action from which much good may be expected | It appears that by reason of the fires the water- sheds in the vicinity of the city have been denuded, and it is known that unless the trees can be made to grow in the mountains the city’s water supply | will go. Water has been very scarce all summer, so | scarce, indeed, that street sprinkling had to be | stopped for a time in half the city, and some of the | higher situated residents could not get water in their | bathtubs. The plan proposed for remedying the evil is to | cut fire tracks through the woods along all the ridges | to the main ridge of the mountains. These tracks are to be paths six feet wide and are to be kept clear of brush, so that they will serve to check the spread | of fires. To render them more effective, and at the same time to provide for a new growth of timber, the hickory pine, a native of San Bernardino, is to be planted along the paths. The tree is said to be virtually fireproof and does not burn even when at- tacked by a strong flame. It is, moreover, a valu- able tree for timber purposes, for it is not only a rapid grower but in some instances has been known to attain a height of 100 feet. | It is of course desired that the Government [N P S S S S S U S S S S S O S co- operate in the work, and efforts will be made to obtain an appropriation for that purpose, but the people of Pasadena do not intend to wait for action on the part of the national authorities before begin- ning the work themselves. They know the value of self help and intend to resort to it. | It is stated that ex-Mayor Lukens and Mr. W. G. | Kerkoff have arranged to provide Forest Rangers Newcomb and Hartwell with seed of the hickory | pine so that the plantations may be started as soon as possible. The first area to be planted is that which has been burned over, as the growth of the hickory pine there it is believed will protect the for- ests now standing. The canyons will also be planted with the trees, because it is in them the fires usually start. The experiment promises to be of great value ro the State in many ways. In.the first place it will encourage other localities to rely upon their own energies instead of waiting for the slow-moving Gov- ernment to act, and, in the second place, if the plan- | tations of hickory pine do well and prove as effi- | cacious as is expected, an important lesson will have | been taught in California forestry. To the people | of Pasadena, therefore, a great deal of credit,is due, | and throughout the State the results of their energy | and their experiment will be watched wi | ordinary interest | | | ith more than The papers that have been suppressing all reports of the wonderful work done by wireless telegraphy will have a hard time explaining to their readers why the Government thinks of adopting it in the navy and why a movement has been started to make use of it for communication among the islands of the West Indies. An Oakland physician has had several Filipinos who were performing in this city arrested for rob- bing him. The little brown men had evidently come | to the conclusion, from the treatment they received | from Americans, that tit for tat is a commendable American privilege. How to induce the Democrats to vote straight while coaxing Republicans to vote crooked is the problem that rattles Mayor Phelan and explains the frequency with which he puts his foot in it when he opens his mouth to talk politics. s Sevas The Oakland woman who, having been stabbed by | her husband, fired a load of buckshot into him, now refuses to testify against her spouse. She evi- dently believes that she is quite as able as the law to take care of herself. —_— If Sir Thomas Lipton stick to his expressed deter- mination to return to the contest for the America’s cup until he wins it he will probably. spend a good part of the remainder of his life with us. As the Boers fave no direct communication with the outer world reports from the war in South Africa will come almost wholly from British sources, but the end will tell which sides win the battles. The report that the Filipino chieftain, Pio del Pilar, is tired of war should have been that he is tired of the foot-racing required to keep out of reach of it when the Americans are moving. | In choosing a doctor to lead their ticket in the | municipal campaign the Populist leaders show they know what their party needs, but perhaps an under- taker would have been better <L s ar + Over the Continent to the + 3¢ + i 1000?##f#0¢¢¢40¢0¢¢+#**#4*4*###*fi#¢¢+§¢' e \.U ‘ Iy . Call | Jan jfrancisco Call. i ith the New York Herald 1y The San Francisco Call completed mangementg wit! e and thevizi;::e’gafly ’l?eleg-raph whereby the three papers should dispatch special war corre- spondents to the field of operations between the British and the Boers in Scu'th Africa. The Daily Telegraph, one of England’s very greatest newspapers, commandfl nfi.mflue;:tlal pos:itxc!n for:;:taimg- i i ding movements of British troops and s! ips. s record in gatherin i;agri::?: ;:t:;?%flc?.i:s.fin war, in the Chino-Japanese war and in the Soudan campaigns. was unsurpassed. The New York Herald’s supremacy in obtaining foreign war news and transmit- i i hi is clearly unassailable. 2 S ?h:u:g;?r;tsr{mvsvei:ul cyombination in the newspaper world The Call will continue to fur- nish its readers with the earliest and most reliable information of the war in South Africa. W HEN BRYAN STEHMPS KENTUCKY. The Colonel—That motto’s wrong. It should be t’other way. [ & D D A e o e o S S S S ANTE ROOM * : | : 1 “TALK 1S CHEAP : : i 9 4 § || BOT IT TAWES t ||ty To BUY : WHISHEY 7 + 0LD PROVERB $ + ! £ ! * =3 . « + . + > + s & 3 * * . . . * * AROUND THE CORRIDORS | Mflo—@—o—o—omfl‘*—o-fi-@*—@*— A. M. McDonald, a mine owner of Sono- ra, is a guest at the Lick. Dr. P. A. Levering, U. 8. N., is at the | Occidental with his wife. A. H. Davis, a lucky miner from Alaska, is registered at the Grand. Dr. C. G. Lamberson, an attorney of Visalia, is a guest at the Lick. C. L. Wilson, one of the leading citizens of Antioch, is a guest at the Palace. R. 8. Bradstreet, a prominent business man of Boston, is a guest at the Palace. E. W. Churchill, the Napa banker, is at the Palace. His wife accompanies him. Major George M. Downey, U. S. A, is registered at the Palace with his family. General T. W. Sheehan of the Sacra- mento Record-Union is at the Occidental. Jasper Harrell, a prominent rancher of Visalla, is among the late arrivals at the Lick. H. Barnhart, the well known Santa Cruz business man, is at the Lick for a few days. James F. Peck, an influential attorney of Merced, is registered for a short stay at the Lick. B. W. Purvis, nied by his family. a wealthy resident 0!1 Honoluly, is at the Occidental, accompa- Thomas C. Ellis, a traveler from Lon- don, is at the Palace, where he arrived | yesterday morning. Granville Bevan and R. G. Elphiston, two young Englishmen traveling for pleas- ure, are registered at the Palace. C. B. Shaver, superintendent of the | Fresno Flume and Lumber Company, is | among the recent arrivals at the Grand. Judge J. E. Prewett has come down from his home in Auburn to spend a few days In the city. Lick. He is registered at the ‘W. A. McIntosh, a wealthy mining man of Vancouver, B. C., is staying at the Grand while on a short business trip to this city. R. W. Chapman, a wealthy and prom- inent business man of South Australia, is at the California, where he arrived yes- terday on the Moana. Colonel F. 8. Chadbourne, H. J. Barling and F. O. Rippidan left last night to in- spect some oil properties of Fresno Coun- ty In which they are heavily interested. Captain O. F. Bolles, United States In- spector of Steam Vessels, left for San Diego yesterday on official business. will return early next week. He R. Gilman Brown, who is largely inter- ested In mining properties in this State, is at the Palace accompanied by his wife. They have been spending some time at San Rafael. Julius Ausbach, a prominent business . aman of Cape Town, is at the Occidental, O o 00e6000@ where he arrived yesterday on the Moana, | accompanied by his wife. He is on his | way home to London and registers from that place. Miss Farrell. They have closed up their summer home at San Mateo and have taken rooms at the hotel for the winter. Chinese Inspector H. E. Tippett, one of the most industrious and reliable officers of the Chinese Bureau, started last night on a trip to his home at Point Pleasant, ‘W. Va,, to spend a month’s vacation. Mr. Tippett left with the good wishes of all his associates. ——e——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. man and wife of San Francisco, Frederick E. Magee and wife of Oakland, are at the | Fifth avenue. H. J. Scott, L. J. Scott, A. Chesebrough, S. J. Ackerman, of San Francisco, and J. K. Batcher of Sacra- mento are at the Hoffman. Matthew Gage of Riverside is at the Manhattan; J. H. mento, are at the Savoy. —_—— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'FIVE CENTS—E. G. V., City. A five worth five cents and no more. AMERICAN FLAG—G. B. R., Oakland, Cal. The unfon in an American flag should be the depth of seven stripes and a little less than one-half of the length of the flag. TO SAN BLAS—A. O. 8., San Jose, Cal, The distance from San Francisco to San Blas, Jalisco County, Mexico, is by stearn- steerage, WELLS IN MONTEREY-H. S, C., Monterey, Cal. An article on the sinking of the well at the head of the Carmel ver, in onterey ounty, appeared in The Call of December 11, 168, " Louisiana lottery was granted by the Leg- islature of Louisiana in 1868, the charter to run for twenty-five years from the lst of Jnnuarfi, 1869. The bill became a law Wwithout the signature of the Governor. The first drawln? was held in the first part of the year last named. VOTING IN WASHINGTON, D. C.—G. H., Oakland, Cal. A resident of the city of Washington, D. C., cannot vote for Presidential electors, and the fact that he cannot vote for such is not In contraven- tion of the constitution of the United States, for the reason that onl{ residents and voters of States of the Union_ cast ballots for Presidential electors, and the District of Columbia is not a State. The inhabitants of Territories do not vote fcr Presidential electors. ol sl WOMEN IN SALOONS—L. W., City. There is no law in San Francisco that will prevent a woman from entering a liquor Dr. P, J. H. Farrell, late surgeon of the | ‘Fighting First,” is at the Palace ac- | companied by his wife and their daughter, | | | St } NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—George C. Board- | | Glide and wife and Miss Glide, of Sacra- | cent nickel without the word cents is | er 1476 miles. The fare is $50'cabin and $25 | LOTTERY-S,, City. The charter to tne | saloon to purchase a drink there the same as a man feel so inclined. The cor State declares that “no_person account of sex be disqualified from e | ing upon or pursuing any lawful bu | vocation or professior Sel being licensed, is recognized as | business. A woman can carr ealoon, and that being the | cannot be inhibited fr: saloon and buying liquor. e Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, corner Mason and Caiifornia streets: open daily.* e N R SRl Every traveler ought to see To | display of California glace fruits, fire-etched boxes. 627 Mrkt., Palace —_— ee——————— Special information supplied business houses and public men Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mc gomery street. Telephone Main 1 and drink it f she should titution of the 11« 1 | c 1b, in Hotel.* dally to Doctor—I will leave vou this medicine to_take after each meal | Mike—And will yez be koind enough to | leave the meal, too, dochtor? ———— | The Rock Island Wall Map of ths TUnited States | Is the best offered to the public. large and speclally | poses. It 13 very adapted to school pur- Every teacher of geography and every business office should have one. It will be sent post paid to any address on receipt of fifteen cents In postage stamps or coins. Address John Sebastian, G. P. A., Chicago, IlL —_———— When your appetite deserts you just try 10 to 20 drops of Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bitters | in sherry or port wine before meals, —_——————— Scene in a ° Menagerie.—Lion Tamer— Halloa, here comes my wife! Let me get into a place of safety. (Jumps into the cage.) FORTUNES Will Be Made By those who invest in the stock of the Big Panoche 0il Company. Stock {s now selling at a that will net the Investor ‘when ofl is struck. PROSPECTUS FREE. 411-412-413-414 ADAMS BUILDING, 206 Kearny Street, SAN FRANCISCO. Our stock is listcd on the Califor- nia Oil Exchange. rice 000% \