The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1899, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propriet ns to W. §. LEAKE, Manager PLBLICATION OFFICE . B, EDITORIAL ROOMS. ... ..217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Maln 1874, Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. 5 Cents. Single Coples, Terms by Mall, DALY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY € ALL (including Sunday), 3 months. . DALY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY LL One Year WEERLY CA subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested OAKLAND OFFIC C. GEORGE KROGNESS, | Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Duild- ing, Chieago. WV YORK CORR oN PONDENT: ..Merald Square PRESENTATIVE: NEW YORK RE N : 26 Tribune Bullding PERRY LUKENS JR. ~ CHICAGE WS STANDS: Sherman ilo ern Hotel; ¥ mont House: Auditorium Hotel. AEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel Brentano, 31 Union Square: WASE Wellington Hotel M, Correspondent. reet, cor- J00 Hayes 630 MeAllister 615 Larkin 1041 Mission n until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. Valencla street, open until 9 o'clock. ner Clay, a m.” st Coon tn Dixie.”" t Troubadours.” Die Fledermaus.” Vaudeville every afternoon and “llis streets—Specialties. nd Coney Island. Bay, Market hase Manila street, near AN ACTIVE HOLID@Y SEASON recedented commercial ¢ be gained by the stat review that welcome a have thought a year or two ago r b ely that mer- And s trade been vear. It e and July that the usual mid- b as well “the ap season of e so season of ¢ Never before hi ng weeks of th wa t nobody thought would exhibit the ting, hat while the railroads and ng a period of such pros- ng down in Wall street tion been greater, the number distributed ., the wages g power based on earnings nd never have conditions ngs and traffic given more 1siness for transporters. Yet as railways and manufacturing com- e s de as if it ible its earnings and unprecedented prospect street explains this e tish reverses in South Africa, with a pre- A I Con- ¢ strained the money mar- 1 in rs everywhere have been forced to arket to realize. Th In New York the offer of the t to anticipate the January bond cases $35,500,000 in gold. Still, the it might be. 1 lines there is no scarcity of consequence of this scarcity on the i < deg quotations. the situation has been eased by being confined exclusively to W and the great staples continue act and is not as excited as a year ago, 11 sharp, and of the 1900 ¥ be booked by the end of 189, another year, at least, of activity. The ind choes is reported enormous, and, factories are not looking for new or- eir books filled for some time to come, are stiff, of course, in sympathy r boots and shoes. is sti most There is no Cotton goods are largely sold spring business having already been holiday goods is reported ex- continues the only disap- cession. rains in California, while promising a . are retarding farming operations in ¥ in the north and along . where the soil is too wet to work. Farm. e now waiting for drying weather. The move- erchandise continues above the normal for of the year, and almost all lines report an active demand for goods, with few failures and easy The b clearings of the country at large during the week showed a gain of 13.2 per cent over the same week last year, while the failures were only 218, against 261 in 1898. Thus, from the Atlan- acific, there is not an adverse condition in 2 these closing weeks of the year, except the weakness in wheat already mentioned, This is a condition of business not often seen in this t collections tic to the trade €. P. Huntington must hoid some strictly original ns in regard to the educational value of free libraries or his fears of over-education have been dis- pelled. He has subscribed to the fund for the Oak- tand library site. The courts seem to find the laws inadequate for the revention of wife-beating in this city. Perhaps if means were found to punish the brutes in kind the d be greatly modified. Some kinds of religious labor come high in Oak- jand. An Oakland congregation has been forced to sell its church to pay its pastop evil w , 1809 | . News Co.: Great North. | open until 9 o'clock. | this peculiar feature of the situa- | ent in wool, and sales show scarcely | 1 still lags at the tail end of the | GOOD CITIZENSHIP. UCH in the way of cheer and encouragement for all who are interested in municipal progress is to be found in the current 'nunAl- ber of the Merchants’ Association Review, which is devoted mainly to a report of the speeches made at | the recent banquet of the association by the president, | \I\\'. F. Dohrmann, and such distinguished speakers as Benjamin Ide Wheeler, David Starr Jordan, Mayor | Phelan, Arthur Rodgers and Professor Carl C. Plehn ] of the College of Commerce. It is true the speeches were published in The Call at the time of the ban- | | quet, but they are worth reading again and are ap- | propriate both to the coming of the new year and to | the special elections in which the progress of the city is so much involved. The addresses of the banquet dealt with many sub- jects, but there was one sentiment that bound them all | together—the sentiment of civic and State patriotism | that impels men to plan and to work for the general good in all lines of endeavor. President Dohrmana well summed up the issues of the time when he point- ed out that the successes attained by the Merchants’ | Association have been due to the spirit of good citi- zenship. | by that spirit that we are to overcome every difficulty "lhal stands in the way of municipal progress, and | solve every problem that confronts us. | In describing what he meant by good citizenship Mr. Dohrmann sai “A patriotism not alone for our country at large, not the kind that grows hysteri- cal once every four years when it is a question of sixteen to one, or something of that kind, not even | the patriotism that becomes enthusiastic over wars. (It is that modest, home-made, home patriotism, that sweeps and paves the streets, that goes down into the sewers, that looks after our hospitals, schools and other public buildings. It is the kind that gave us seli-confidence, that we might again have seli-govern- | ment and home rule, that gave us the new charter; | the kind that will make us deserve again to manage |our own harbor; a patriotism that stands upon a | higher point than the highest ! politics.” In a government of the people by the people for the people there is at all times a need of good citi- ip. In every American municipality in every succeeding year there is some issue of progress or of reform which can be brought to a right conclusion only by the exercise on the part of the majority of the people of an intelligent patriotic public spirit. In this city and at this time the demand for that kind citizenship is especially urgent, for issues which are to ct the welfare of the community for generations to come are to be submitted to the voters before the close of the month. ianism, ever fearful of progress, has taken the 1 and stands pinnacle of party in opposition to some of the most the proposed measures for improve- That opposition can be overcome only by the I-directed energies of taxpayers and conservative whom the people have confidence. It is. incumbent upon such men to come to the t and take part in the contest for progress. Such the case, the renewed publication of the ban- quet addresses in the Merchants’ Association Review is fortunate from every point of view as it will count in the issue before us as an important campaign docu- ment on the side of progress nd improvement. The similarity of the reports from Methuen, Gat- acre and Buller suggests the conclusion that, among other warlike equipments, the British generals in | the Transvaal should be provided with a rubber stamp reading, “I regret to report another serious reverse at any old p! The blank could be filled in at lace they met the Boers. | The local combination of carpet manufacturers | promises to make the proposition of “going on the carpet” even more serious than it was before. i ———— e THE CELEBRATION AT SAN JOSE. | AN JOSE, with just right and for good pur- S pose, claims the attention of all Californians during the present week. The festival which is to be held there in commemoration of the organ- ization of the State Government fiity years ago 1s one that appeals to the State patriotism not only of the pioneers and of native sons and daughters but of all who have made their homes in the State and | who, sharing in its prosperity, rejoice and are proud of the rank it has attained in the sisterhood of States. From reports that come to us it appears the prepa- tions for the celebration have been made on a scale that assures a festival of more than ordinary interest tand pleasure. It will be historical in its main features, but around the commemoration of past things will be clustered a thousand attractions in the | way of the music and the dances and the charms of | to-day. | No city in the United States, and few, if any, in the | world, are better fitted for festal purposes than San | Jose. The surrounding valley is lovely, the moun- | tains are picturesque, the climate perfect, and at this season of the year days of sunshine there are de- lightful to every sensibility. The homes of the city and of the orchard embowered suburbs were built | for hospitality and abound with every variety of com- fortable luxury, so that there is nothing to make an open-air celebration enjoyable that is not found there |in a high degree of excellence. It is not unlikely the fame of the commemorative festivities will attract the attention of Eastern people once more to the winter climate of this section of California and have the effect of increasing the west- | ward tourist travel, which already promises to ba exceptionally large during the winter. If that be so, | n Jose will at once reap the reward due to the patriotism of her citizens in providing for California this celebration of her organization as a State in the Union. Whether that reward come, however, is at present not a subject of consideration. The one thing be- | fore us, for all who can afford it, is to assist in mak- | ing the celebration a State instead of merely a local |affair. It is assured that the gathering of the pioneers will be notable, and the native sons and daughters will do their share to attest the pride which Califor- | nians have in the Union by celebrating the day which organized this State as a part of it. Moreover, the programme announced is a highly interesting one )flmse days. From every point of view, therefore, the festival merits a large attendance, and it is safe to say {that if the rains hold off the week will be a memor- able one in the history of the Garden City. B — AN AURORA BOREALIS PROJECT. VELYN B. BALDWIN is an Arctic explorer E of large experience; he is also a man of large sions and perceives possibilities in the way of utilizing Arctic powers which are dazzling. Speak- ing recently in Boston of the aurora borealis, he de- clared he believes the phenomenon to be the mani- festation of a great force which can be brought under human control and made of practical utility. ¢ is reported q have said; “That this force js It is by the exercise of energies animated | and will be an instructive lesson in the history of | Ielectrical, and that the polar regions serve as great | reservoirs of it, I have no doubt, and when this sup- | position is established it must also follow that there | are great and controllable currents flowing within the earth between the two great polar reservoirs, cur- rents which could be utilized in the propulsion of machinery and the working of dynamos quite as readily as by the lesser power houses of our great cities. The great currents of the ocean have been made of practical advantage to man, and there is no reason why he cannot make the great polar electrical currents also serve his purposes.” In expatiating upon the benefits to be derived from a practical use of auroral energy, he said: “There is practically no end to the purposes for which this great force could be utilized. Indeed, it could be |used to light up the Arctic regions themselves | throughout the long Arctic night, and thus afford the explorer far greater opportunities for polar re- search of every kind, for during the winter the sur- face conditions are at their best. This, however, is but a minor consideration in view of the great results that would follow from the application of this force to commercial affairs in the populous section$ of the | earth, and why could not this force be led along great wires or lines as readily as the electric fluid is now conducted in cables from continent to conti- | nent?” Beyond all questioning, this is the greatest scheme that has yet been submitted to the consideration of man. 1f by any possibility we could tap those vast currents of electricity and set their mighty forces to work, there would be virtually no limit to the amount of illumination at our disposal. San Francisco would not have to depend upon the moon sixty nights in the vear for street lighting, neither would we have to burn coal or construct dams in order to generate electrical energy for any purpose. All that would be necessary would be to tap the polar current and let nature cut her caper. Natural electricity would beat natural gas and could be supplied on farms about as readily as in cities, Mr. Baldwin thinks an expedition should be sent Arctic to study the subject and investigate the chances of using the aurora. He says: “The ex- pedition should be well equipped with instruments | and should be composed of men who thoroughly understand electricity and the appliances by which it may be controlled and put to practical purposes. Such an expedition could also contribute to geographical and other knowledge either in the north or south polar regions. Without doubt the north magnetic pole is the center of the great force in the north polar regions, and as this point lies just to the north- ward of the Hudson Bay region, it is, therefore, at the very threshold of the vast British-American ter- ritory.” How much of method there may be in this madness we are not prepared to say, but since it seems we must have polar explorations they might just as well be sent out to capture the aurora borealis as to hunt the North Pole. We know at least that the aurora is there, for it has been seen, but no one has seen the pole. THE COST OF JINGOISM. HHE CALL has directed attention to the figures in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury showing the cost to the taxpayers of the United | States of the n the war with Spa Philippines. $91.90; tary expenditures brought about by n and the resulting occupation of the In 1208 our military establishment cost while for 1899 the cost is placed at or an increase in a single year of 2,000, 54, These figures are in themselves sufficiently impres- sive, but another interesting contrast has been made by the Chicago Chronicle in setting the estimates of the Sccretary of the Treasury of what the total ex- penditures of the Government will be in 1901, at which time it is supposed we shall have peace in the Philippines and elsewhere, against the expenditures of the last year of Cleveland’s administration. The table stands thus: Ohjects 1896 1901, $9,460.000 $9,935,000 230,000 257,000 of the Secretary of the Treasury is that in 1901 there will be no dis- turbance among the natives of the Philippines or Cuba or elsewhere which will require the active operations of an army. The expenditures he estimates from the present outlook are to be on a peace basis. What the military establishment may cost should the na- tives of any of our new possessions continue recal- citrant is not taken into consideration. Bearing that fact in mind, the table affords an instructive study to taxpayers. It will be noticed that the estimates for the legisla- tive, executive, State and Agriculture departments show very little increase, and that for the Interior is not notably large. That for the Postoffice shows a decrease, and no estimate is made for the judicial de- partment. The estimates for the War, the Navy and the Treasury departments, however, show a vast in- crease of expenditures. The War Department in- creases from less than $54,000,000 to more than $190,000,000, the Navy from less than $30,000,000 to more than $76,000,000, and the Treasury Department | from less than $77,000,000 to over $162,000,000, That much is the calculated increase in our ex- penditures in five years' time—the extent to which our taxes must be augmented in 1901 over what they were in 1896—provided we have peace. If we have more trouble there will be, of course, more taxes. Our jingoism, it is true, does not cost anything like that of Great Britain, and the Philippines will not come as high as the Transvaal, but, considering the size of the whistle we get, we are paying about as dear for it If a majority of the members of the United States Senate could only see with the eyes of Senator Quay and reason with his logic he never would be de- feated. He must have been studying some of the telegraphic victories of the British in South Africa. | The followers of Dan Burns have discovered in the | wharves of San Francisco and in the streets of State | towns reasons for an extra session of the Legislature. | Perhaps they may turn their attention to the sewers | and find better reasons to advance their cause. The followers of Dan Burns have arrived at the | conclusion that as a Senatorial possibility he has I1ost all value as a betting proposition. If these { worthies are still looking for a sure-thing proposition ’they might safely bet against the Mexican. | Equal suffrage enthusiasts insist that woman has | taken one hundred steps in advancement. That fa- | miliar proposition of the traditional equality of the ‘sexes must have been lost somewhere in the dis- J eussion. GARDEN CITY I HOLIDAY GARB Preparations for the Golden Jubilee. —_—— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 17.—The Garden City is taking on Its holiday garb for the Golden Jubilee celebration and a few vis- committee has about completed its ar- rangements and all that remains to be done s to complete the street decora- tions. By Wednesday morning the whole town will be gayly decorated and the fes- tivities commemorating the half-century of California’s Statehood inaugurated. This celebration, with the accompanying Christmas cheer and merriment, will be the best presentment of this season of California ever held. The business houses will all be decorat- | ed in the lubllee colors—blue and yellow— | and evergreens, intermingled with the red | California hollyberries. A dozen carloaas | of redwood branches have been used in decorating the sides of the _principal thoroughtares, while overhead will be stretched myriads of colored electric lights. On the great electric tower filty tric ilghts will be used. the festivities are to continue and whole will wind up with the Christmas celebratioa, At least 20,000 visitors are expected nd the railroads are preparing to handle tue immense crowds. and Native Sons and Daughters will pre- dominate and the event will be a gran historical reunion. After a reception of visitors at the depot Wednesday morning a gigantic sequola | Will be planted in the City Hall Park o commemorate the event. This wi.. be near the site of the first State Capitol. There @ representative of the first State Capitol will follow in the building. planting an address o made by Mayor Marti speeches by prominent guests. At the Auditorfum in the afternoon a represen- tation of the first meeting of the first Leg- islature will be enacted, as published a few days ago in The Cali. J& In the evening there wiil be an enter- talnment portraying early california | times. Thursday will be There will be a noon. | pretty the principal day. In this vfill be about vne hundred nown character on horseback. | . In the evening there will be another en- tertainment at the Auditorium, At the Courthouse there will be a grand ball by the ladies’ committee., Open house | will also be Kkept there during the entire week. The other two days will be given over to | early California sports. DISINTERMENT OF THE VICTIMS OF THE MAINE Everything Ready for the Work and the Texas at Havana to Carry the Bodies to New York. HAVANA, Dec. 17.—The United States batteship Texas, Captain Sigsbee com- manding, has arrived here, and Captain Greene, commandant of the naval sta- tion, has conferred with Captain Sigsbee with regard to the removal from Colon Cemetery of the bodles of the victims of the Maine disaster. The remains will be | | | ,Tlmu‘ d with as little ceremony as pos- sible. The work of disinterment will begin to- morrow. Each coffin will be inclosed in 4 metal casket. The caskets will be re- moved during the night to the naval wharf, where they will be under guard until all is ready for removal to the bat- tleship, which, it is expected, will take | place Wednesday night or Thursday at daybreak. The Texas will then leave at once. Father Chadwick will identify the cof- re taken from the ground, art showing the exact loca- tion of each. HOUSE MUST PASS ON RECIPROCITY TREATIES California Delegation Will Have an Opportunity to Fight Them on the Floor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—It is expected that an unusual procedure will have to be adopted as to the reclprocity tredties now | before the Senate, as the Dingley tariff law, under which they were negotiated, | requires that such treaties must be “ap- | proved by Congress.”” The Calitornia del- egation has been looking Into this pro- vision and it is the understanding that after the treaties have been ratified by the Senate they will then be sent to the House to be approved, in accordance with the law. This will be the first time that treaties have beenpassedon by the House, and it is due to the fact that they affect revenues, which are in the special prov- ince of the House, —— KENTUCKY ELECTION. Congressman to Be Chosen to Succeed the Late E. E. Settle. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 17.—The elec- tion of a successor in Congress to Hon. E. E. Settle, deceased, occurs to-morrow. From present indications it will be the most quiet election ever held in the Sev- enth District. June Gayle, the Demo- cratic candiuate, seems (o have slightly the better of the fight. r'wo powerful elements are working in his favor, one is his conservative course toward Goebel and the other is the soreness that still remains against Owens, the fusion can- a.date, on the part of the Breckinridge following as a legacy from the famous bitter fight in the Owens-Breckinridge race. Sl T NO ALLIANCE FORMED. Spain and Russia Have Entered Into No Agreement. MADRID, Dec. 17.—Senor Slivela, the Premier, repiying to a question on the subject in the Chamber of Deputies yes- terday, said the report of an alliance be- tween Spain and Russla, based on the cession of Ceuta, the Spanish seaport town in Moroczo, opposite Gibraltar, was with- out foundation. *‘Neither now nor in the future,” he declared, “will Spain on any account cede her African possessions.” e Killed by a Train. REDDING, Dec. 17.—Charles Ryan, son of John Ryan, a blacksmith at the Pre- sldio, San Francisco, fell between the cars of a freight train at Keswick this morning. Both legs were cut off just be- low the knee. He was brought to Red- ding, but died shortly after his arrival here. It is claimed that Ryan recently returned Seattle from to Alaska in straitened financlal circumstance He was endeavoring to beat his wa: ome when he met with the accident. + i s Ex-Congressman Dead. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Former Con- gressman James Nelson Pidcock, for twenty years a Democratic leader in New Jersey, died at his home in White House, N. J., to-day of paralysis. He wa; stricken with paralysis at 7 o'clock ias! night while seated in his library. He be. come unconsclous Immediately and al- though doctors were summoned, he did not regain consclousness. Mr_ cock was elected to Congress in 1534 from the old Fourth District and served four years, e Will Succeed Dr. Hall. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Rev. Dr. George T. Purvis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Princeton, N. J., has been tén- dered and accepted a call to fili the pul- it of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian hurch, succeeding the late Dr. John Hall. Brave Fireman Killed. DULUTH, Minn, Dec. 17.—Fire de- stroyed the factory of the Duluth Boot and Shoe Com at 4 o'clock this morn- | N T W John T. Maddle and Captain John & ¥ itors have already arrived. The general | d | rand parade in the fore- | oung ladles representing Califor- | nia and the various counties. Each State | | il also be represented by some well- | For four days g the ' Ploneers, 'ig-ers, Mexican War veterans | oun has been crected and a general reception | and suspected Joachim was Inside with | At the tree- | his wife. f welcome will be found his wife in bed. n and there will be | | Perry slipped on her shoes and followed. | morning, and was very weak from loss of SHOT HIS WIFE I JEALOUS GE Brutal Crimz of Antone Perry at San Jose. e e Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 17.—Antone Perry, a Por- tuguese, employed at the Steiger pottery, shot his wife, perhaps fatally, in a fit of Jealousy last night. The lower left side of the woman's face was carried away by the charge of birdshot. He left her In this almost dying condition and came up town and began a drunken debauch and bragged of his deed In various saloons. The shooting occurred at about 10:30. Perry's boasts were reported to the police about 2:30 o'clock this morning and he was taken into custody by Officer Dave Campbell.” The nolice then investigated the matter and found the woman in the | pottery yard nearly dead. She was re- | moved to the Recelving Hospital and at- tended by City Physician Hablutzel. The whole left side of her face had been blown away, showing (nat she had been fired at | at short range. Her ear and cheek were one and the flesh fearfully torn. he | s still alive, but the chances are not very The water line belt and yun rmor and 12-pounders. protections are of 6-inch Krupp a the complement will be about other armored cruisers, namely, Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue; identienl with the Sut- lej, are in course of construction at pri- vate shipyards and they will all be com- pleted next year. Tri-annual trials are made of British naval vessels of the second re- serve—that is, of such as may be called upon when the number in the first reserve, which are all of the latest construction, is exhausted. The ships of the second re- serve are as a rule Intended for service in home waters and this appiles o the armor-clads. The following table ‘hn't the recent mean speeds of three hours run of vessels tried at Portsmouth and would Indicate that these elderly saips still maintain a fair rate of speed as com- pared with their trials when they wers bullt: Name of Ship. Glatton Hercules Invineibl Iris Iron Nelson | Speed in Knots. | Origtnal.| Present. %7 ] l-rnm.‘uum. w2 | 12.11 | a { Neptune Sultan Swiftsure All of the above ves: except the Iris, which is a second-class cruiser. —_— e | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. good for recovery. Perry has been employed at the old | teiger pottery at the junction of Au-| tumnstreetand the Southern Pacific Rail- | road. He and his wife lived on the place. : The crime {s the result of the drunken ealousy of a cousin, supposed to be Joe | oachim. About a week ago Perry’s cousin ame from the mines to visit them. t night they were up town drinking and about 10 o’clock the cousin tried to et Perry, who was drunk, to go home. ‘erry would not go, so Joachim started home. few minutes later Perry started home. Joachim, when he reached home, hung his coat on the back door knob and went to the barn to look after the horses. Perry found the coat on the door knob He burst into the house and | . He grabbed up a shotgun and started out to find Joachim hl him. to k . Mrs. Perry entreated with him and =aid ghe had not seen the cousin. He started from the house with the gun and Mrs. A few steps from the house Perry turned | and fired on his wife, she falling in her | tracks. He then threw his gun away and started uptown. Joachim evidently heard Perry declare he would kill him and fled, for he cannot | be found. | Mrs. Perry lay out in the yard in her | night gown on the wet ground among | some sewer glg‘!)c from the time of the shooting, at 10:30, tiil nearly 3 o'clock this blood when found. A three-year-old son of the Perrys was | asleep in the house. AROUND THE CORRIDORS | M. M. Kohn, from Honoluly, is at the | Palace. H. J. Woollacedatt, of Los Angeles, is | at the Palace. Dr. Myra Brown of New York Is regis- | tered at the Grand. | T. W. Patterson, the Fresno attorney, is | a guest at the Lick. | Henry Endey, a banker of Jackson, is registered at the Lick. | C. Dobelstein, a mine owner of Still- water, Is at the Palace. | George W. Shine, a merchant of Empire | City, 1s a guest at the Lick. Thomas F. Lane is registered at the | Palace from Washington, D. C. Dr. K. M. Londborg, one of the leading | medical men of Merced, s at the Palace. General R. L. Peeler is here from Sacra- | mento and is registered at the California. | Frank V. Gibbs, a wealthy mine owner | of Cherokee, Is a guest at the California. | J. H. Leggett of Oroville, who is exten- | sively interested in mining properties, is at the Grand. R. C. Edgar and L. E. Clark, two lucky miners who have lately returned from the Klondike, are staying at the Lick. | Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Carter, prominent soclety people of Santa Rosa, are rogis- tered for a short stay at the Occidental Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Leonard have come down from their ranch at Jacinto to do a little Christmas shopping. They are at the Occldental. Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. Johnson, Mrs. V.| W. Campbell and Mrs. J. E. Galbraitn, a | party of travelers from the East, are| staying at the Occidental while on a visit | of pleasure to this city. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES., | It is an aromalous fact that China, the | least effective naval power, possesses the fastest torpedo-boat destroyers, bullt at Schichau, and the fleetest cruisers, bul.t | at Elswick. | All hope of recovering the Russian tur- ret ship Gargoot, which sunk In the Bay of Bothnia two and a half years ago, bas | been given up. The Swedish wrecking | company Neptune has thrown up its con- | tract and the wreck will be blown up. | A handy little gunboat of 700 tons had her eight hours’ trial November 18 and made an average speed of 13.38 knots. Another boat of the same type named Brithomart is nearly ready. They are 180 feet long, 8 feet draught and intended for riwer service and coast patrol In the waters of China, Africa and other pcs- sessions of Great Britain. A 23-knot torpedo cruiser named Coatib was launched last week at Casteliamara. She is a sister boat to the Agordat, launched last month at the same dock- yard, and is 259 feet in length, 3 feet 6 inches beam and displaces 1320 tons on a draught of 11 feet. The engines are 7500 horsepower and the armament embraces fourteen 12-pounders and two machine suns. The term “dead marine” for un empty bottle is obscure as to its origin, but one of the many Dukes of York is credited with belng Its originator. It is related that the caid Duke, who was an admirai, entertained a number of officers and or- dered his servant to remove the empty wine bottles, saying, “Take away those dead marines.” An officer of marine grew indignant and asked his Highness for an explanation, to which the neat renly' came, “They bave done their duty and are ready to do it again.” The Gollath, sister ship to the Ocsan battleship, has at last passed a success- ful trial of eight hours under ful speed after six weeks of tinkering at the Ports- mouth dockrard. The trial took place November 2. the vessel belng on an even keel, drawing 26 feet and thus displacing about 13,3% tons, or 350 tons more than the normal displacement. With 200 pounds of steam 109 revolutions were obtained, ce- veloping 13918 horsepower—an excess of 418 over the contract. The sveed, how- ever, which was calculated to be 18.75 knots, averaged anly 18.4 knots. The British armored cruiser Sutlef, sheathed, was launched from the yard of 3. Brown & Co, Ciydebank, Scotiand, No- vember 18, without any ostentatious cere- monles. She Is bullt on verv near the same lines as the Diadem cruiser class, but s 27 feet longer and of 1000 tons great. er @ cement. Her dimensions are 462 feet length, 69 feet breadth and 28 fee. § inches draught, with a displacement of 12,000 tons. The engines are of 21,000 horse- power, driving twin screws calculated to give a speed of 21 knots. The armament | | other causes. CANCELED STAMPS-—M. C.. (‘l'n- If you have “a large number of canceled stamps which could be used for decorn tive purposes” and wish to dispose of such, this department knows of no better way to make the fact known than through the advertising columns of Tha Call. The value of such Is what price tha | holder places on them, or what a pers desiring to purchase would be willing t, glve. TR WHAT SHE SHOULD DO-M., Sin Jose, Cal. If a young lady s Kkeepins company with a gentleman and he take her to a ball, she should not, If she cares for her esco accept the invitation of another gentleman to go to the supper room unfbe his companion at the table went with her best bed‘un(med In giving her “the cold dead shake.” TO HELP THE BOERS-S., Sacra- mento, Cal. The Btate of California Is not “‘organizing her quota of men to bear | arms against England under the flag of | the Boers.” That would not be permitted, as not a State of the Unlon {s permitted | to enroll men as a State organization to fight against any nation with which the United States Government is at peace. There have been meetings at which was expressed sympathy for the Boers. A TENANT'S RIGHT-G. D. W., Wat- sonville, Cal. If you have rented a stors or shop and have pald your rent regu- larly In advance and the landlord wants to regain possession of the premises for the purpose of renting to another party, or for any other purpose, he must 1,“" yYou a reasonable notice, not less than fifteen days. If, however, you pay your rent on the first of the month and he then tells you that he wants the premises, you can remain in the premises the full month, but If he should serve notice on the fif- teenth of the month, then it would be well for you to seek other prem! 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They need Scotls Emulsion. as now intended differs somewhat from the original plan and consists entirely of 6-inch quick-firers and 12-pounders. Four 6-inch quick-firers with shields are locsted on the upper deck and forecastle; eight guns of the same caliber are In casements on the main deck and four on the upper + on which latter are also fourteen It supplies just what I delicate and growing children require,