The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1900. srsenseinssess-JANUARY 2, 1900 Call D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. S SR T dress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager c it iy WS LUBLICATION OFFICE Telepho: .Market and Third, 8. F. . 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS Tele; Main 1874, rriers, 15 Cents Per Week. e Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by 1, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year..$£6.00 DAILY CALL (imelud Sunday), 6 months.. 3.00 DALY CALL (Imcluding Sunday), 3 montks.. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month. 65 SUNDAY CALL Ome Year.. Deltvered b w ALY CALL Ome Year.. I postmasters are beert sample coples will be for OAKLAND OFFICE.. C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Mansger Foreigm Advertising, Mar, ing, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON...... ceesses.Herald S FORK REPRESENTATIVE: S JR. 29 Tribune Bullding EwW UKE ~ PERRY L CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: fherman House: P. 0. News Co.: Great North- ern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astorin Hotel: A. Brentano, 31 Union re: Murray Hill WASHINGTON (D. C. J. F. ENGLI ngton Hotel nt. ERANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, cor- mer Clay, open wntil 9:20 o'clock. 300 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllinter street, open until 0 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1041 Mission strest, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market sireet, cormer Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Valemcia street, opem umtil 9 o'clock. Eleventh street, open until ® o'clock. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky n until § o'clock. 106 Vaudeville every afterncon and ts—Specialties. Market street, lis stre Bay, anfla near Hall Pachmann Reoital, Thursday after AUCTION SALES. denta ess & This dey, at 11 o'clock, Van Ness ~nue. NOW, FOR OAKLAND. Y HE success of proposition in [ this y ha c spirit in- Oak- 1 il ladies in raising he city a site for lic enterprise. its natu-al t of a park syste uated for a park, was the people appe: mprovement and are ask- ent to take it off their hands tation. tract should Good man- not be attempted at intelligent stages, as 1dling Golden Gate Park s country. antagonized for the same reason es. But it is an objection doubt that acquisition,. for park purposes, N It ¢ advant. is:no estern_bo: {. extraordi all Yravel sees it, ry and where, be a most attractive fe; If it on with the water park at levated site in the foothills can equal it- as a park system oter of real estate values. The ue :to the. whole city. that mprovements are infrequent. The public mind.does not often oc- 14f this chance b» Jost it will be long before if a heavy issue of bonds be made poses, public feeling exhausted in that 1 not.soon rally again. San Francisco has v in puttirig the panhandle extension the enterprises which signalize her Let Dakland be as wise. s. of:municipal ownershlp in Oakland upon ‘the new charter which her people , but provision for parks need not wait It-is doubtful if any sum that could be as“a:hond issue, would suffice for the pur- ¥ a water supply and the piping and distribu- e same to the rate payers, 80 while we by no fiscourage the acpirations of the people of our ¢ister. eity for ownership of their own waterworks, i remeimber the extent of their water con- { 1 amd the cost of securing it independent of eorporate ‘supply now furnished. Whatever evils end-the present system may well be borne in pa- e while'a splendid park system is projected which ppears. ow shose improvements will-eventually be cast in the talance when & municipal water supply is determined pon. General Kitchener-is reported to have said it will take a vear to whip the Boers, and that when he gets | 10 South: Africa be will set-about teaching the British 26 nvenoigh le¢sons ‘on that subjeet before Kitchener prets there, 11 there be no other way of settling the dispute over the rentury mark it- might be well for Bryan to in- | i de it ameng the issues of his platform this year and 74 the peoplé vote on jt. > 1f our “esteemed contemporary, ‘the Congressional Rycord, had the enterprise to iilustrate its reports with kodak views if would get an unsurpassed reputation &5 a comic weekly, .217 to 221 Stevenson St. | upon that city | poor | should be | pe engi- | the whole to treat- | ition of park property | Oakland | hould not forget that opportuni- | ttract : thousands of home-seeking investors, | calls for greater activity on the part of the army.” | zn. slow;. but it Tooks as If Kruger will have given | FUTILE BRYANISM. T is announced by a member of the Bryan national l committee that during a recent tour in the South he found a general sentiment in favor of dropping | free silver in the next national convention and rais- |ing other issues. He reported the party to be weary | of thrumming on the same old single string and de- | sirous of more varied music. This feeling was dis- ic]oscd in the Gulf States and up the Atlantic Coast, | even to North Carolina. As to the candidate, how- ever, he reported the feeling universal that it must be | Bryan. The plan illustrates the futility of the present | plans of the party management. The large indepen- dent and thinking Democratic vote of the country is left out of the new calculation, and there seems to be | no appreciation of the fact that the voters are divided | into several classes. There are those who follow the party any way and look to its politicians for reward. Others look more to political principles than to mere expedient declarations made by the party. Still others | are moved by consideration of principle and weigh | carefully the character of party leadership. The two | latter classes control elections in this country. They are the voters who elected Mr. Cleveland and who [turned and elected President McKinley, and will elect n regardless of what platform declarations de by Mr. Bryan’s party. y will do this because of the profound distrust of the leadership of Mr. Bryan’s party. Even this last proposition proves those leaders to be ‘either without convi or to lack the courage to carry them out. There is a total lack of what is called char- acter in the Bryan leadership. The politicians who fr. Bryan's party go up and down ¢ jauntily remarking that white is black, ng and predicting, jumping from issue to have charge of the count issue, out of the frying pan into the fire and back | again, and telling the public that frying pan and fire d when they are both hot. The great e of principle between the two parties is lost sight of by these men. They fail to understand that the views held by men on either side of that line meet always at one point, are focused upon one place and are patriotically intended to accomplish the same purpose, though by widely different methods. From ng of our party divisions these two schools 1 principles have for the most part sought ¢, happiness and prosperity of all the people, and the issue between them has been upon methods, not upon the result desired. The Bryan cult has taught a blind and deaf opposi- ion to everything that is. are both c« dividing 1 It began in a platform itself. It threatened to 1 protection to life and property. It menaced the civil service and declared its purpose on the constitution tack break down judi to return to that sum of all diseases in government, the spoils system in the public service. It shook a portentous fist at every interest, grudged the success | of the prosperous and called the unthrifty to prey upon the The leaders who made such a fight and lost it, and have kept on and lost in every elec- tion since, until their party has not a Governor nor Vorth, are men who do not enjoy he best men in their own party, and 1 purposes are scoffed at and repudi- ndent and thoughtful voter. n never had any but a spectacular value He paid himself out for all this value a Senator in the the confider in politics. that was in in 1806, and got value received, in defeat. He put nothing on the political market and got nothing in return. But he personally enjoyed it |as a boy enjoys playing circus, and being so seli- t that he cannot be flattered, has kept him- re the public, and has only impressed a few ke him at his own estimate of him- are gilded platitudes. of household ornamen- are constructed by gilding flour barrels :phs on them, or illuminating soap boxes and wheelbarrows, “to make home beautiful.” | The commonplace among phrases are uttered by him, with uplifted hand and eye, in tremolo, but, after | 211, they are commonplace and non-impressive to any oratc They rank with ation which and pasting lit dll no doubt again lead his party through an s, to worse defeat than before, and will then take his place in the limbo of the forgotten, a speaker who never gave plain utterance to any great principle, a v, a prophet as uncer- ne, and a politician who was merely a curiosity by ‘reason of ‘his eyes be- ing set in the back of his head. | tain as a nickel-in-the-slot mac From the present outlook it appears the Presidential election this year will hardly be more than a ratifica- tion of Republican prosperity, and a three months’ season of marching and hurral which set forth what the Sénator régards as C the principles upon. which our. Government ought to deal with Cuba and the Philippines; the Bos- celebration of it. BEATITUDES AND THINGS. OMMENTING -upon the Hoar : resolutions, ators as moderate, and it adds most of them will sup- port the resolutions provided they have the liberty of interpreting them as they understand them. . That being . the situation, it will be interesting to consider what interpretations can be put upon-‘them. The Senators are not talking just now, but the jingo papers ‘are, and we can learn from their utterances enough to-enable us to form some idea of what is likely to be -said by the imperialists in the Senate when the resolutions come up ‘for discussion. The Herald itsélf does not think there will be much {.of a debate, and quotes approvingly a prediction of its Washington correspondent that those parts of the resolutions which have any bearing:-on the Philippine | question will be referred to the Committee on Phil- | ippine Affaire and :will be:“smothered there.” The Baltimore. American says the - resolutions “might be called insidious were not the toné and purpose made clear by a careful reading of the sev- eral parte” It then goes on to say: “As a new | declaration of independence it is rather flat.” Fur- itharmnre it -adds: “The Philippine insurrection is | not a case fof a new declaration of independence. It Taken as a whole the commentary of the American | differs from the resolutions inasmuch as the tone and | purpose of it are not made clear by a careful reading | of the parts, but:its interpretation seems to be that Senator Hoar wrote a declaration of independence ‘»which is not a declaration of independence, and, lit is flat and untimely. | The New York Post says the resolutions “have a | somewhat disconcerting air of proposing to enact the }mnral law over ag2in and to give the Beatitudes the | force of a public statute,” but it expresses the hope that the Senator’s speech on the suhject will'be more explicit and to the point.” So it is evident the Poat did not give to the various parts that careful reading which, ~according to the American, would have cleared up the tone of the whole. N The New York Times says the “resolutions will be read with varied emotions, but the general judgment on of the parts of speech, armed with mullein | ton Herald says they are regarded by: his fellow. Sen-. | moreover, even if it be a declaration of independence | will be that the Senator is dreaming. * * * He wants to give everybody everything, make everybody happy, abolish sin and suffering and put the world under the sway of the Golden Rule.” It charges him with “mixing his political philosophy with socialistic mush,” and wishes to know why the Senator deems it necessary to “put all this flimsy wrapping around the anti-imperialistic kernel of his resolutions.” The Commercial Advertiser says: ‘“The general principles of the omnibus resolution cover as much ground as the Decalogue and are no more to be dis- puted than the multiplication table.” It adds, how- ever, that if it were needful for the American people to put forth a new declaration of principles no ‘Con- gress would be empowered to do it without a special mandate. From that argument it draws the conclu- sion if there be any new principle of government in the resolutions they should not be adopted, and if there be nothing new their adoption would be su- perfluous. Such are the interpretations put upon the resolu- tions by some of the leading papers of the country. It will be seen they are construed as declarations of independence, decalogues, beatitudes and multiplica- tion tables, but are denounced as irrelevant, imma- | terial and impertinent to our dealings with the Fili- pino. — o . Several times during the Christmas holidays the | Boers have been dropping shells stuffed with plum | pudding into beleaguered Ladysmith. Next thing we | kuow they will be dropping oysters on the hati-shell. A PROPOSED FRUIT-GROWERS' UNION. A T the recent convention in San Jose of the fruit growers of the State one of the subjects dis- cussed with most interest was that of forming | some sort of an association by means ‘of which the | growers could market their crops to better advantage | than at present. It was determined to call a larger | gathering of the fruit growers of the State for the ‘ purpose of devising means toward accomplishing: the | object, and a committee was appointed to make the | necessary arrangements and issue the call. mittee has acted and a convention has been called to | meet in San Jose on the 15th of this month, at which | time plans for the desired association will be submit- | ted for consideration. In the call for the convention It is stated that the trend of thought at present is toward an association with a membership without capital stock, under the co-operative law of 18¢5. It has been further sug- gested by the president of the Raisin Growers' Asso- ciation that the deciduous fruit men should form two associations, one of the producers of prunes and dried | fruits and the other of green fruit growers. These suggestions, of course, will be subjected to the con- sideration of the convention and possibly may be set aside for ‘other plans that will appear more satisfac- tory to the majority. Upon the expediency of the main issue of forming an association sufficiently strong to assure the grow- ers a fair price for their crops there is seemingly no difference of opinion. The success which has attend- ed the Raisin Growers’ Association, while not all that is desired, is still sufficient to encourage the orchard men to follow the example of the vineyardists. The circumstances of the time are propitious to the undertaking and some form of association ought not to be long delayed. In his address at the recent | convention upon what has been achieved for the rai- sin growers by co-operation President Kearney, aiter | pointing out the success of the movement, said: “This year the crop is estimated at 2700 carloads of | ten tons each, and with organization we have raised | the price of unpacked raisins from last year's figure | of 3 cents to within a fraction of 5 cents a pound, or in two years from I cent to nearly 5 cents. At this price there have already been shipped out and paid for 2200 carloads; 150 cars of the remairder are sold on time orders and the remaining 350 cars are under contract of sale and will be paid for by January 15 next, thus closing up the growers’ business on a cash basis within four months from the beginning of har- vest, and for the first time in the history of the indus- try. Mainly as a result of this success the savings banks report that the growers are rapidly paying off their mortgages; traveling men say that Fresno, the center of the raisin district, is one of the most active busiriess places in the State, and real estate agents say | that the value of Fresno town property has increased 50 per cent within two. years, with free sales, and that vineyards which two years ago could not be sold for $100 to $150 per acre now find willing purchasers at $250 to $375 per acre.” There is no apparent reason why fruit growers may not achieve as much for themselves as has been done | by the raisin’ men. ;forc, ought to be largely- attended and animated by a | sanguine spirit- of. hopeful 'and helpful co-operation. It would. be of vast advantage indeed if the work of | uniting and arganizing could be carried on with suffi- cient ‘vigor to forth an association in time to handle [and market the: crop of the coming season. ; Now, if Huntington will hurry up and finish that | gap in the Coast Road before the end of the year Cali- fornia will ‘have a 1900 record to be proud of, for everything else is moving right along. ————————— HUMANE EDUCATION. HE Zoophile, a monthly periodical published in San Jose: as the official organ of the Humane Education Association, has reached the third number and promises to become one of the most suc- cessful papers' of its class in the country. It is con- | directors; among whom are included David Starr Jor- Fd:m. Dr. Dille; Hon. Thomas J. Kirk, Mrs. Nellie f Blessing Eyster'and Miss.E. M. Gay. | The importance of humane education is much | greater than is_generally supposed. In a recent ad- | dress ‘on the subject Miss Gay cited some striking | facts showing the results of such education in various | European countries. It appears from these statements ;that France long ago discovered that teaching chil- | dren kindness to animals not only made them more | kind to animals, but also more kind to each other, | hence it was introduced into the French schools and the Minister of Public Instruction ordered publica- tions to be circulated free of cost in order that this important branch of instruction might not be neglect- ed. In England general attention was called to one public school in London where in the course of twenty years 7000 pupils were carefully trained in | kindness to animals, and during this time, which wotld make some of these boys men of 25 and 33, not one of them was even arrested for a criminal offénse, | proving this teaching to prevent crime as well as cru- | elty. -Russia, Germany, Norway and almost -every | other European nation has experimented with this in- | struction until it has become a matter of statistics that humane education lowers the criminal record. The Zoophile will do rhuch to spread such educa- tion in California and throughout the Pacific Coast, and it is therefore gratifying to note it has a bright it is well conducted and is interesting and instructive in many ways The com- | The coming convention, there-: | ducted undeér the management of a strong board of- prospect of success. It merits a liberal support, for | R e SLEER S X WELSH CITIZENS | IN NUMBERS AT PYTHIAN CASTLE Festival of Song and Story. COMPETITION FOR PRIZES SR ey MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SPIRITED CONTEST. e 25 “Blyddyn Newydd Dda i chwi.”” That's not a typographical error; it's Welsh. It means, “A happy New Year to you,” or words to that effect, and the air of Pyth- fan Castle was full of it yesterday after- noon and last night on the occasion of the competitive festival under the aus- plces of the Welsh Sabbath schools of this city and Oakiand. A steady downpour interfered to some extent with the attend- ance, but not sufficiently to mar any part of the excellent programme or detract from the pleasures of the gathering. Both afternoon and evening the big hall was comfortably filled. The festival was planned as a sort of literary and musical accompaniment to the infant 1900, excellence in either de- partment of culture to be rewarded with gifts intended to stimulate further energy on the same lines in preparation for the festival In 1801, which, the Rev. J. S. Thomas took occasion to announce, was the first year of the twentieth century, the Pope and the German Emperor to_the contrary. Pupilsof the various Welsh Sab- bath schools on this and the other side of the bay, and their elders, had been invited to compete in essay, recita- i tion and song, in Weish and English, and (he responses were o numerous that ail the time from 3 in the afternocon till 10:30 at night, with a brief intermission for tea, was taken up in the delivery and the adjudication of prizes. he tea was a dainty meal served in the hall by the ladies and was not the least attractive of the features of the festival. Duripg the afternoon festival, at which Rev. R. R. Lloyd of Oakland presided, the efforts of the women and children were put forward for the prizes. The children were heard In recitation, while their elders not only wrote essays on the life of Esther, ‘but offered evidences of thelr skill with the needle. Edwin Morgan carried off two first prizes, one for ex- cellence In reciting Longfellow’'s ‘“‘Psalm of Life’” and the other for “The Orphan Boy.” Little Emma PMHDPI gained the award for children under eight years for her rendering of Message.” Mother and-daughter carried off first and second ?flzen among the women for essays on he life of Esther. Mrs. Edwards and Miss Annie Edw: ‘were the lucky ones. Flossie Davis and Mrs. Bowen got rizes for their skill in needlework. David Lewis was first with a one solo, “The Village Blacksmith,” and David and Richard Hughes divided first prize for the tenor solo. Rev. J. S. Thomas of Howard Pres- byterian Church presided during the evening, when the men were straining their efforts for laurels. There wers many competitors, and the applause until the close showed how heartlly thelr ef- forts were appreciated. The judges, in spite of the dampness without, fairly exuded humor, and their comments on the performances of the various aspirants for the bays were decidedly entertaining. One of the most striking comp;tmom was that between H. J. . Phill] and R. J. Hughes In the recitation Welsh, “Y Caetwas" (The Sh.v-). fessor Lioyd, one of the judges, in mak- ing the decisfon confessed the difficulty he and his associates had In_classing the candidates. They had decided, however, that first honors were evenly divided be- tween Messrs. Lioyd and Philipps, with R. J. Hughes a close second. Mr. Liovd had no such close competitor, however, in_ his effort, under the nom de plume of “‘Student,” to capture the flrst prize for his essay on character. David Hughes was_awarded second and Timothy - wards a close third. vid Jones, Hen: Owen and Dawvid testants for_ the imprompty speaking. The subject was the ** eed&." and most of the gentlemen got stuck al- most immediately when they handled the subject. Mr. 'wis was awardad the prize. Other prize winners were: Competitive singing, first-prize divided between Mrs. Humphreys and Miss Flossle Davis; mixed quartet, Mr. and Mrs. David Hughes, Mrs. Humphreys and BEllis Jones, An unknown won rize for an original poem on the o After the announcement of 'the last award, Rev. J. 8. Thomas made a short address in which he predicted that next year thers would be dozens of competi- tors where thére was only one this year. He said It was mental discipline that was needed. Incidentally he took occasion to say that he was surprised to read of the |ngmlflmt reasons given by Presid: ford for football ge(&ylng in the colleges. e young men A -football for the sake of ph. ment, and.averred m.Y {! solely and merely for the sake of the f:ma. The festival closed with the sing- ol}‘ the Weish national hymn, a 'y Fathers.” Judges of the festival were Rev. Owen Jones, Professor R. R. Lloyd and Rev. Moses Williams, Oakland; Rev. J. S. Thomas, W. 8. Jones, W. Rowlands and Mrs. Dodge, San Francisco, and J. J. Morris of Palo Alto. Robert Davies was secretary. Miss Davis of this city was accompanist. CENTURY CLUB ENTERTAINMENT Architect Benard Guest of Honor at New Year Reception. The stars and stripes and the tricolor mingled their folds in the reception hall of the Century Club yesterday afternoon and formed a fitting background for Mr. and Mrs. Benard, who were the guests of honor at a New Year's reception of the club. Drawing rooms and reception hall were placed at the disposal of the large gu.lher- ing and fittingly decorated with holiday wreaths, berries and greens. About five hundred’ invited Euests were presented to the distinguished Frenchman and his charming wife. Mrs. Frank J. Symmes, president of the Century Club, recelved e ests, and in her pleasant duties she had the assist- ance of the following ladies: Mrs. George Oulton, Mrs. John F. n!g Mrs. Rosalle Kaufman, Mrs. Fred G. Sanborn Warren Gregory, Mrs. Edward P. worth, Miss Agnes LDW;}',tMr u W. Slack, Kate F. chingon, Mrs. | D. W. Mont, ery, Mrs. E. W. Newhall, | Mrs. H. B. yce, Mrs. Louls Sloss and | Mrs. J. K. Wil son. | AROUND THE i CORRIDORS Dr. K. M. Lundberg of Merced is regls- tered at the Palace. Emile R. Abadis fs registered at the Palace from New York. Rev. G, W. Cutting of Santa Rosa Is registered at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Milliken -are registered at the Occldental from New York. D. H. McClure, a traveler from London, is at the Palace, where he arrived last evening. Dr. H. 8. Hill, one of the leading medical men of Seattls, is registered at the Grand. Among the recent arrivals at the Grand are Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Griffiths of Man- chester, N. H. Douglas 8. Cone, a banker of Red Bluff, is among the arrivals of yesterday | at the Palace. T. J. Field, a Monterey capitalist, is at at the Palace, accompanfed by his wife and two children. E. 8. Farrington, a prominent attorney ot Seattle, i3 staying at the Lick while on a short visit to this city. James M. Gardan, a wealthy mine owner | of Big Oak Flat, s among the guests who arrived at the Occidental last evening. —_—————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—A. E. Sackling of San Francisco fs at the Grand; W, M. Hight of San Francisco isat the Vendome. MODEL OF = EXCELLENCE. Coneord Transcript. ‘The San Francisco Call issued a splendidly edited and {llustrated Christmas number, handsomely printed on elegant book paper. It was a model of excellence. and George (“'Kid”) Lavigne never f h in San Francisco. The «5’3 are not l’,:".h:a same class. 2 | A NOTE—Constant Reader, City. Actlon | on an instrument in writing In the State of California must be commenced within two years if the note or obligation was executed in the State. and four years If executed out of the State. On a prom- issory note the time of limitation runs from the time the note becomes dus. JAMES GORDON BENNETT-J. B. K., ! City. James Gordon Bennett, son of Ben- nett, the founder of the New York Herald, | was born in the city of New York on the 16th of May, 1841. lives most of :he time in Paris, France, but by means of cable communication keeps & close and Hve ml.nnfiemem. of the New York Herald, of which he is the sole proprietor. DECRIPTION OF COUNTY-I. R. G., Oakland, Cal. The question asked as to what the cost would be for “two hundred coples in booklet ‘form of an fllustrated description of & caunty” is one that can- not be answered without a knowledge of what amount of printed matter is to be printed, number and kind of tilustrations, f,:: HoY::e hnnd “i!‘sr call on some print- e want and oblatn an estimate. | o 00 RUBBER AT CARDS-G. C. M., Palo Alto, Cal. A “rubber” at cards is a !lim- | ers on parliamenta: | minute boo | any ited series of games, usually three, as at whist, in which the contest is decided by the winning of the greater number of games; also the decisive game in such a Series. It is sald that the word had its origin In some one, name has not been handed dcwn, saying at a game of cards, “Now wd have each won game, | market. B T B B e S O R 2 S A o S i T 2 Sh i oo S o S o B o S o |@6494 06000000000 60080800000042+948004302s8080000 00000040 who will win two?" to which his antagn- nist repiied, In the language of Shake peare, ‘“Aye, there's the rub,” and then followed “let’s play the rubber.” . This however, is only a newspaper story lished many years ago, but not authen- ticated. You will find “rubber” as used :n this sense in the Century and Standard dictionaries. SQUARE MILE AND MILE SQUARE—~ A Subscriber, City. One square mile con- tains @40 acres and one mile square con- tains exactly the same amount of land, consequently there is no difference be- tween one square mile and one mile square. IN THE TRANSPORT BSERVICE—A Kind Parent, City. A young man who wishes to work on one of the transports in_exchange for a passage to Manila should offer his services to the master the vessel or apply to the transport board at 40 Montgomery street. WANTS THE AUTHOR—H. E. C., City. This correspondent wants to know tha name of the author of the following stanza: Slowly, steadily over the sands And over the rocks they fail and flow; And this wave has touched a dead man’s hands, ‘And that one seen a face we know. Can any reader of this department oblige the corresp: ? MINUTES OF A MEETING-Bunnia, City. The rule is lald down by all writ- law that it Is the duty of the recording secretary, with or without the president or presiding offi- cer of the body; to authenticate by his signature all proceedings of the body, | Minutes of & meeting that do not bear the signature of t. secretary who wrota them would hav standing. It is not a good rule to keep the minutes in rough, read them to the body, have them ap- roved and then transcribe.them, as it Zives one who might not be inclined to do right an opportunity to change tha minutes, destroy the original and say at some future time his minutes, having been . appraved, must be correct. The proper way to do is to have the minutes of previcuy meeting written up in tha and read, and if there ars corrections to be mad or amissions to be supplied to have such entered a the written minutes, and then have them, as read, amended and added to, signed by the presiding officer in addition t secretary. SRR RS R Guillet's Ice Cream and Cakes. %5 Larkia st.; tel. East 138, - —_——— Calendars, diarfes, journals and mem- orandum books for 130. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st. . —_—ee—————— Townsend’s California Glace Fruits ia Ib. in fire etched boxes of Japanese bas- kets. Will move to 735 Market till Feb. 1, then back to 639 Market, Palace Hotel. * ——— e Special information supplied dally business houses and public men b!l th Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mcn gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 —_—— Killed by a Coal Wagon. F. P: Heath dled In the City and County Hospital yesterday morning from injuries received last Saturday evening by being run over by & coal wagon driven by Joha Les! An inquest will be held to-more ie has been arrested. row. No new year's table is complete without & bottle of Dr, Siegert's Angostura Bitters. great Bouth American fc of exquisite Savor, Court Washington. Next Thursday night Court Washing- ton, Foresters of America, will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its institution by the installation of its officers and then b a banquet at one of the prominent Frenc restaurants. o DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Priee Lists Mallel on Applleation. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 342 to 350 Geary Street, Above Powell. PERIODICALS, BOOKS AND STATIONERY, COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. J-C. WILSON & CO., 212, Fost=g, Sereste, FRESH AND SALT MEATS. s Clay. Tel. Main 14 LK LOFSTAD, 33531 st * Props., 24 Fremont FURS. IRON FOUNDERS. st. 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