The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900. Call SATURDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor | EAKE, Manager. | k | | Address All Com PUBLICATION OFFICE. . .M; Telephone M EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telep Main 1874, Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, § Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DATLY CALL (inclnding Sunday), one year..88.00 DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), 6 months.. 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 mont DAILY CALL—By Single Month SUADAY CALL One Year WEEKLY CALL One Ye: All postmasters are baerip be forwarded when requested Sample coptes wil OAKLAND OFFICE . vesness.D08 Droadway C. GEOI E KROGNESS, Mapager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Butld. ing. Chicago, NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CABLTON........ccvcneers.Hernld Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: FPERRY LUKENS J| 29 Tribune Bullding CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: | Sherman House; P. 0. News Co.: Great North- | ern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditori: Hotel. | NEW YORK NEWS STANDS ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Sguare; Murray Hill Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. . Wellington Hotel J. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street. cor- mer Clay, open until 5:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister #treet, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin wireet, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission til 10 o'clock. 2261 Market mtil 9 o'clock. til 9 o'clock. ‘clock. AMUSEMENTS. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Columbla he Christian.” | th Flying Colours.” e Bo-Peep.” corner Mason and Eilis streets—Specialties. s Battle of Manila Bay, Market street, mear | - | Co.—Tuesday, January 9, at 12| at 635 Market street = AN ORGAN OUT OF GEAR. r;i\w M East Reo Fliridge & Estate, the Evening Post, the organ which the pany has placed at the disposal of | the surprising statement was put innhi | | d co Burns, conclusion Governor Gage in the matter of the extra session, no time 1ld be lost by the authorities of this city in calling to the fact that if it is contemplated it 1s hat repe: ing the tax on municipal bonds | part of its object.” he Post had given any intelligent attention to the course of legislation last winter it would have hat the Legislature has achieved all it can toward bringing about the repeal of the tax. The | was so busily engaged during the ses- candidacy of Burns for the United e that it neglected to pay attention to t was done except in the Senatorial con- i a good deal of information valuable refore, if it will consult the records and t wa 1d become a known anything It can to itse test lcar done. Chapter XXXIII, page 300, of Statutes and Amendments to the Codes, 1899, is as follows: “Re- solved by the Senate (the ‘Assembly concurring), That the Legislature of the State of California, at its | regular session, co nencing on the second day of January, 1899, two-thirds of all members elected to each House concurring, hereby proposes that article XIII of the constitution of said State be_amended by adding thereto a2 new section, number one and three-fourths, which shall read as follows: Section 134—All be hereaifter issued by the State of Cali- fornia or by any county, city and county, municipal corporation or district (including school, reclamation or irrigation districts) within said State shall be free and exempt from taxation.” The resolution was adopted March 17, 1899. It is rumbered Senate constitutional amendment No. 14, and will be submitted to the people for adoption at the election next November. It will be seen that the Legislature has nothing whatever to do with the matter, and that in urging an extra session to repeal the tax the Post exposes | not only the eagerness of the Burns and railroad combinztion to bring about an extra session, but its own ignorance of the law of the State and the current issues beiore the people. The Burns forces are, in fact, grasping at straws | and at shadows. Anything that shows an outward seeming of an excuse for calling an extra session is eagerly seized and used for more than it is worth. This late attempt to deceive the public into the belief that an extra session will be required to repeal the foolish tax on local bonds is but one of the many dodges and subterfuges resorted to by the combine. The Post should post itself and not permit its edi- torial columns to be monkeyed with in such a crude way. A member of Congress has always a right to try to make a name for himself, and in this Congress none Lave a better right than those who have registered on the roll¢ as Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Phanor Breazeale, Shadrach Knox, Roderick Dhu Sutherland, Hernando de Soto Money, Maecenas Benton, Romeo Hoyt Freer, Thetus Wilbrette Sims, Adin Capron and De Aiva Alexander. Senator Mason’s motion to change the rules of the Senafe so as to enable a majority to shut off debate 7 a call for the previous question, is not liicely to be adopted, but the Senator can do some ser- vice to the country by living up to the intent of his motion and not talking too much himself. The Boston Globe in taunting scorn says the cor- respoudent of one of its contemporaries didn’t know Low to spell Chaubunagungamaug. His dispatch says that the boy was drowned “in the big lake near the pumping station.” Police Judge Smith of Oakland must be excused for any unpleasant dreams he has had as a conse- quence of that litfle supper with the “bone” shooters. Lobster might explain them. It is a pity we have no Chief of Police in office to arrest the scandal over the selection of one. | thenes, leaving no great man standing unexcelled ex- | England. | Minister at Washington, asking his advice how to T | from the centers caused by the usual autumn move- | ators. Money was hard to get to put up on margins. | The speculative stocks . A CHANGE OF HEART. RIGADIER GENERAL,OTIS of the Los B Angeles Times has broken out with a perfect eczema of sympathy for Great Britain and her attempt to destroy the two South African republics. He denounces American sympathy with the Boers as demagogy, and has discovered that nothing is bet-- ter for mankind than “the protection and prestige” of | Great Britain. He denounces Kruger as a despot, an oligarch, an absolutist, a' promoter of real ruin and anarchy, a Dutch autocrat, and his American sympa- thizers as “yawpers who would better cease their vawpings.” General Otis even permits his paper, like Silas Wegg, to drop into poetry and apostrophize “Old England” in such rhymes as this: “The well beloved of the sea— The birthplace—home of liberty— The hope of ages vet to be— Old England stands, The mighty mother of the free— The land of lands. “Her peerless glory ne'er can fade— No, not until this globe decayed— Unoceaned and unarrayed— Of pulsing air, A _drear, dead world of shade— No life shall bear.” From which we infer that if the Boers whip the Eng- | lish the whole blooming thing will be at once un- | oceaned and unarrayed, and even Southern California will be a drear-dead world of shade. The brigadier further refers to England as omnipotent, “holding the constellations high,” and in wisdom knocking the spots off Solomon, Solon, Lycurgus and Demos- cept the brigadier himself, spared probably to tell about it. Not only this, but the general declares that Rome’s | valor prevails in England's sons, agfd— “Her daughters fair No breath attainful e’er assalls, Sweet, past compare.” Tut, tut, general, and at your age and girth, too! Only a few years ago, before he crossed the Rubi- con, General Otis had quite a different opinion of He was one of the concocters of the cele- brated “Murchison letter” written to the British vote in the Presidential election of 1888. The British and was sent howling home by Mr. Bayard for in- terfering in American politics. At that time General Otis insisted that this incident proved that we were about to be subjected again to British tyranny and that Englishmen were being naturalized here solely for the purpose of voting us | back to slavery under the lion and the unicorn. In fine, he then accused England of just the same intentions toward us as she is now attempting to en- force upon the South African republics. ~ What has caused this change of heart in the grim and bloody warrior of the citrus belt? Numerous dwellers “south of the slot” profess to believe that Jack Casserly of the Burlingame Club, | one of the members of the new Board of Education, | purposes to make polo and lawn tennis part of the public school curriculum. Aw, stop youah chahffing, don’tcherno! BANK CIRCULATION. HE report of the Government finances shows an increase in the issue of national bank notes | amounting to more than two last | month. During that month there were two acute periods of | panic in the money market. The withdrawal of money millions ment of the crops had pinched the speculative oper- | were being crowded on the | market, and sound non-speculative securities were: | shrinking also. There has been no better opportunity | for many years for the banks to act the vampire and | suck the blood of the people by contracting the cur- rency to reduce prices and then take their pick of the good things going in the market at a price far below | their real value. The sordid and selfish purpose | ascribed to them by the Chronicle could easily have added half a billion to their wealth. The mere out- | flow of money from the center to the circumference of | the country’s commerce, the direction and not the | volume of the stream being changed, caused condi- tions which produced’in one day a shrinkage of one hundred millions in the market value of property | represented by stocks. That is just the sort of emer- gency of which the sinister and selfish banking sys- | tem is supposed to take advantage. According to the | Chronicle’s idea the banks should have immediately | refused to pay out their own notes on checks and to, avoid doing so should have even destroyed them. In this way the downward plunge of prices could have been accelerated and the banks would have fattened on the general ruin. No doubt the Chronicle itself is | surprised that they did not do it. - Instead the national | banks increased their emission of currency, and the banks in the Clearing-house Association in New York | in two days released and threw into circulation twenty millions of dollars. This access to the volume of currency brought money on call down from a panic premium of 140 per cent to 5 per cent. It ar- rested the fall in prices. It brought sound investment stocks, like sugar, gas and railroads, back to value par. In other words,.it did everything to the market which the Chronicle insists the banks don’t want. But the banks did it. Nothing else could have done it. Even the United States treasury cannot undertake such a task with safety to its own solvency and to the public credit. From the standpoint of its own im- peachment of the banks we camnot conceive what answer the Chronicle can make to this object lesson. The action of the banks in increasing the volume of currency to prevent further fall in prices and stop a panic that had gained dangerous headway proves The Call's contention that banks prosper in the solvency and prosperity of the community, and not in its bankruptcy, ruin and distress. Therefore their policy is always to maintain prices if they influence them at all, and to protect their debtors rather than betray them. R E— The invasion of Porto Rico by our troops was riobly done, but the free trade invasion of our markets | by Porto Rican products will doubtless show us that sometimes there is such a thing as getting more than is wanted. THE WEST INDIAN PROBLEM. ENMARK has long desired to sell her island D possessions in the West Indies, and since the success of Spain in selling the Carolines to Germany for a good round sum the desire has become keener than ever. It is said efforts are now being made by her statesmen to dispose of St. Thomas to | the United States or to Germany, and by the jingo press the argument is made that we must buy them or the Kaiser will, and we shall then have the aggres- sive German empire strongly fortified within easy reach of our shores. It is evident that we have in this condition of af- | Staters are deserting the Boers. O | him within the limits of reason. strong movement is going on to annex Cuba. We | are therefore fairly involved with the West Indies as a whole, and must determine what course we are to pursue in regard to them. It is not likely that any considerable number of American pzople would like to see St. Thomas pass from the hands of a weak to that of a strong European power, and yet grave rea- sons exist why we should not purchase them our- selves. It is as sure as anything in the future can be that if we once acquire large possessions in the West Indies there will arise a demand first for free trade between the islands and our home markets, and next for ad- mission to the Union. The powerful commercial in- terests that will grow up between us and the island- ers will demand the first, and the politicians will advo- cate the second. Thus the possession of these tropic islands will bring to us the double danger of an in- dustrial competition which will injure many of our rural industries, and, second, a political problem which will complicate every election. It has been suggested that if we give the Cubans training in self-government for twenty years they would then be fitted to manage not only their own affairs but that of the other islands also, s~ that a well ordered West Indian republic would be possible. That is the most iridescent vision that ever delighted the mind of a dreaming statesman. In the first place a people can never be instructed in self-government. The more we compel them to submit to our instruc- tion the less fitted they will be for independence, for no people ever learn the lesson of.liberty from the rule of foreigners. The only thing taught by such rule is servitude or rebellion. In the second place, if we ever fit the Cubans for self-government according to our ideas they will have become so firmly attached to the United States they will not be willingly cast out of our rich markets to share the fate of Hayti and Sari Domingo. The issue is one upon which we ought soon to make up our minds. In many respects it is more im- portant than that of the Philippines, for those islands are far away and it is not likely that state- hood will ever be demanded for them, but the West Indies are close to our shores, and when once the process of annexation begins it will be hard to draw ! < | a line that will keep them as possessions wif ad- Minister was fool enough to answer the decoy letter | = Petiontad mitting them as parts of the Union B —— The newly issued proclamation of President Steyn of the Orange Free State, giving notice that every white man, irrespective of nationality, is to be con- | sidered a burgher liable to service against the British, gives the lie to reports recently sent out that the Free ANOTHER ISLAND FOR US. UT in the Far East, among the Asiatic islands that lie remote beyond the melancholy main, the expansion of our colonial empire goes on apace. Dispatches just received at Washington from Cavite announce that on December 21 the commander of the gunboat Albany hoisted our flag on the island of Sibulu. The dispatch adds: “The chief Dato provided and raised the pole. The natives and North Borneo authorities are pleased.” The reports from Washington add to the dispatch the information that the island lies at the southwest- crn angle of the boundary line of the quadrangle in- clesing the Philippine group. It is probably, but not positively, outside the line, and lies very near the cezst of Borneo, commanding the principal channel, | but is not one of the islands of the Philippines. The Sultan of Jolo, whose group is close to this island, is believed to claim jurisdiction over it," and -as his authority is recognized by the native tribes on the | north coast of Borneo and vicinity, it is believed that his claim is well founded. It was probably at his in- stance the naval officer commanding the gunboat | | moved. The suggested probability that we have taken the island at the request of the Sultan of Jolo is not | wholly pleasing. The Sultan is our good friend, and | | we are of course willing to do almost anything for We give him the protection of our fleets, pay him a liberal subsidy 30 that he may maintain his harem well stocked and well dressed without taxing his slaves too much, and provide him with a large amount of free advertising. We can hardly be expected, however, to give him an island every time he wishes one, for though islands in those seas are plentiful, it costs something to send a gunboat out to pick them up. Under the circumstances it is gratifying that the chief of the captured island®is willing to come in un- der the flag, and was even kind enough to furnish and raise the pole on which the flag was hoisted. He may have been influenced by reports of the kind treatment we have accorded the, Sultan, and, at the time he raised the pole, raised also a hope that he in his turn would get a pension, but that does not alter the fact that his action relieves us from the charge of conquesting his country. He has come willingly un- der the sway of our sovereignty and that of our great and good friend the Sultan. If aiter this he take to wayward courses and chop down the pole we may with justice shoot him on the spot. The most pleasing feature of the whole report, however, is the announcement that the natives and North Borneo authorities are content with our ac- tion. It would have been a sad beginning of the cen- tury for us had we offended the dignitaries of those parts and had an embassy from Borneo hastening to Washington to protest in the name of their idol gods | against the aggressions of Christianity. ‘We suffered enough from the wild man from Borneo when we | heard him only through the medium of a music-hall song, and saw him only in the safe confinement of a sideshow. What, then, might have been our well nigh intolerable woe had we been compelled to hear him chant his own Song in all the freedom due to a distinguished Embassador who comes to plead for liberty and a pension, or statehood and an appropria- tion? Weighing the evil with the good, and taking the | thing as a whole, even as we have taken the people along with the land, we may be sufficiently satisfied with the affair to thank the Sultan for his kindness in giving us the island. It is an opening for one or two new office-seekers, and may prove profitable to | some deserving man who will leave his country for his country’s good. It is to be hoped, however, that our enterprising officials in the East will not be too prompt in taking islands at the Sultan’s suggestion. The genial old slave-holding polygamist may take a notion some day that it would be a good thing to annex and bring under our flag every island where slavery and polygamy prevail, and that would be too much for our good. Emperor William seems to be one of those fortu- nate men who have wit even in their anger. As an instance in point, it is interesting to note, even at this early date, that his wrath over the seizure of the Bundesrath is being turned to account to popularize his demand for a greater German navy. Before the Democrats get through investigating Secretary Gage they will find themselves in another fairs another problem. Porto Rico is ours, and a | hole they cannot get out of before election. R S S e 0+0+M+0‘ DA 20 o o o S o o o2 S SIS MDA e e e e e e - 4¢P e 0O 04*0% S e s e S R e e 2 R “ENGLAND IS CATCHING ITS BREATH.”—London Cable. —New York World. SONS OF REVOLUTION MAY HAVE A WARM TIME JOHN R. ROBINSON SEEKING VINDICATION. He Invited the National Congress of the Sons to Come Here and the Invitation Was Repu- diated. There may be a stormy meeting of the California Society of the Sons” of the American Revolution next Tuesday even- ing. The trouble will arise over the action of John R. Robinson, who when he was East last year invited the National Con- gress of the Sons of the American Revo- lution, then in session at Detroit, to hold their next annual session in this city. Mr. Robinson was the delegate sent Ei by the California soclety, He says that he expressly sald beforé he went Bast that he would invite the National Congress to come here in 1900. Having extended the in- vitation, he issued a circular, dated at Charlestown, Mass., announcing that an excursion to California would take place upon the occasion of the meeting of the Natlonal Congress in this city under the auspices of the California society and the Natlonal Congress. This circular was sent out broadcast and copies were received by the members of the California society. Then there began a spicy correspond- ence ‘that has led up to the expectation that the annual meeting of the California soclety will be a very lively affair. Hor- ace Davis, president of the California go- clety, wrote to Mr. Robinson that the board of managers had read his circular announcing a California excursion with amazement, and also that, obeying the instructions of the board of managers of | the California society, he had written to the board of general managers disavow- ing all connection with and all responsi- bility for Mr. Robinson's circular. To this Mr. Robinson replied that he was even more amazed than Mr. Davis had been, because he had read the letter written by | Mr. Davis to the National Congress, in which had occurred the words: ““We are hoping that some day the National Con- gress of the Sons may meet in San Fran- cisco.” Edwin Bonnell, secretary of the Cali- fornia soclety, wrote to Mr. Robinson as follos ““I beg to inform you that at the last meeting of the board of managers of the California Society of the American Revolution a resolution was adopted dis- avowing and repudiating your action in extending an invitation to the national soclety to hold its annual meeting in San Francisco next vear, 'and also discounten- ancing all arrangements for an excursion on your part to that end. The national board of managers have been notified.” A few days ago Mr. Robinson returned from the East. He at once had a circular | letter prepared, in which all the corre- spondence was published. Copies of this he has sent to all the members of the California society. When the society comes together next Tuesday night for an annual election he will probably bring the matter up for a hearing. Book Professor H. B. Lathrop, professor of English Litera- Reviews ture at Leland Stan- ford Jr. University, ol is the able eritle in charge of the Sun- & day Call's book re- Merit, views. Many letters of a congratulatory nature have been received from leading educators and literary people throughout the State In connection with this page of the Sunday supplement. The public ap- preciate excellent articles upon the lead- ing literature of the day and especially from the pen of so competent a critic as Professor Lathrop. AROUND THE __ CORRIDORS Rev. I. Thomas is registered at the Oc- cidental from Omaha. T. J. McCarthy, the Los Angeles archi- tect, 1s a guest at the Palace. G. C. Freman, the well known fruitman, of Fresno, is a guest at the Lick. L. A. Gorff has come up from Los An- geles and is staying at the Palace. G. F. Meacham, a well known business man of Spokane, is a guest at the Palace. 0. McHenry, a wealthy land owner of Modesto, is registered for a short stay at the Palace. William Junker, manager of the Hotel del Monte, Is among the recent arrivals at the Palace. ‘W. E. de Yoe, one of the leading mer- chants of Modesto, is at the Lick while on a short visit to this city. James P. Smith, the Santa Cruz capital- ist, is at the Palace on his way home af- ter an extended visit to Paris. Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Mackinnon have come down from their home in Stockton and are staying at the Occidental. Professor and Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler came over from Berkeley last evening and registered at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Barber, two prom{- nent society people of Stockton, are among the arrivals of yesterday at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander T. Vogelsang have returned from their trip to the East and are once more domicfled at the Cali- fornia. A. Eckman of Oroville, who is one of the appointees on the Paris Commission in connection with the mining exhibit, is a guest at the Grand, where he arrved yesterday. E. M. Elkers and J. L. Harrls, two prominent business men of Chicago, were thrown from a buggy while driving from Los Angeles to Pomona. Mr. Elkers re- l celved a fractured arm and Mr. Harris was severely bruised and cut about the face, soon be about. Harry McKenna, the racing plunger, Is at the Palace, where he registered last night from New York. Mr. backed Tod Sloan's mounts In Englagd, the diversion costing him many thousands of dollars. The racing fraternity expect to see “‘something doing’’ when he opens up at the local tracks. oot A LR CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 5—J. D. Warrack of San Francisco is at the Herald Squar E. S. Hawley of Alvarado is at the Ever- ett. [ - ———— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—George W. Lee | and wife of San Franeisco are at the Wellington. Mrs. and Miss Kapp of Oak- land are visiting friends in Washington. ——— THE CALL HEADS THEM ALL Concord Sun. The Christmas edition of the San Fran- cisco Call was a grand achievement. It was a journalistic triumph and a credit not only to the publishers but to the State of California as well. The Call has stead- ily forged ahead and its position to-day is second to none of the great dailles. ————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MARDI GRAS—Subscriber, City. The answer in regard to Mardl Gras appeared in The Call of December 29, page 13, with a column more of Answers to Correspond- ents. THE NEW P(_)STOFFICE—L. D., City. It is estimated that the new Postoffica in | San Francisco will cost between $1,000,- 000 and $1,500,000, exclusive of the fur- nishing. DRUMMER~D., City. There is a law in California requiring drummers to pay a license, but it is not enforced, as thero have been a number of decisions against the law. METROPOLE—Market Street, City. Metropole is the same as metropolls. It is from the Greek and means “a parent State, a chief city”—from meter a mother and polis a city. LOOTING CHURCHES — Subscriber, Oakland, Cal. What was said on the sub- Ject of looting churches in the Philippines appeared in The Call, November and subsequent numbers. The flles will give all the detalls. o ARTHRITES—N. Kenwood, Cal. This department does not undertake to practice medicine, and for that reason cannot give “‘the best known remedy for arthritic troubles, which thereafter be- come chronic.” You should consult a physician. PRESIDENT'S POWER—Market street, Ctly. It is not within the power of the President of the United States to pardon an individual convicted in a State court of the crime of murder. His power in that line applies only to offenders under the Federal laws. ~ FOREST GUARDS—H. A. B.,, Oakland, Cal. If by “forest guards” you mean those employed at the experimental sta- tion, you should write for the informa- tion desired to that station—Berkele Cal. If you mean “State” guards, the: are no such officers now. KRAG-JORGENSON AND MAUSER— The Krag-Jorgenson rifle is not “abso- lutely correct” in shooting. Whether it will vary from a true line to the extent of an Inch or so depends on the condi- tion of the rifle and distance. It is said that the Mauser is a more correct rifle. PENUCHLE—A. L., and B. M., City. In the game of penuchle if two are playing and one gets the two “forty” of trump he cannot meld them, but he must take a trick and meid each time. Two kings and two queens of trump, If laid down at the same time, do not count more than eight REVOLUTIONARY WAR—J. W. W, City. During the Revolutionary War France for a time delayed the recogni- tion of the Americans, but important pri- | vate ald was given In money and supplies. Subsequently France recognized Ameri- can independence and sent over a large fleet and supplies of clothing, arms and munitions of war. VETERANS-R. A., City. Veterans and others who have taken an examination before the civil service board of the United Statas and are placed on the list of eligibles do not remain on the list un- til appointed, but have to go through cer. tain procedure to be placed on the list | anew. Those veterans who have been re. instated have obtained their places again to right a Wl’u'l;f which h.ur been dcne flliern by dismissing them from the ser- vice. SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN-T. N. F., City. The representatives from Ar- kansas to the present Congress are: P, D. McCullnu{h John 8. Little, Thomas McRea, W. L. Terry, H. A. Dinsmo: I.TBhrnnd}gle JrAT ol lose from Tennessee are: W, P. Bronlow, H. R. Gibson, John A. Mflofi. C. E. Snodgrass. J. D. Richardson, John ‘W. Galnes, N. N. Cox, T. W. Sims, Rice A. Plerce and E. W. Carmack. The last named represents Shelby County, in which the city of Memphis is located. He is a resident of Memphi: PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE—H. P., New- castle, Cal. In the game of progressive euchre the head table governs all others. The head table takes its time and plays for five points. As soon head table finish & beil I8 rung. A1l sthir players pla .; ‘r'ut as o ave made time the bell rllltle e most at thopfad | McKenna | | 1 b ve. They are both doing well and will | £ the next table abo | sides over pastoral and comic poetry. table (sald table having just made its five vi d moves upward points) are the winners mTha T P Tabie can play as many games as are agreed upnnpb)- the host; usually the number is ten. THALIA—Market Street, City. Thalla is from the Greek and means “I flourish or bloom.” In anclent mythology it Is the name given to the muse who prfi; astronomy it is one of the asteroids. DIVORCE AND SUMMONS-G. W. B, City. In the State of California a party who seeks a divorce must have resided therein one year before an action can ba commenced. 1f it is impossible to make service personally on a defendant, then there must be a publication in a news- paper to be designated as most likely to give notice to the person to be served and for such a time as the court may deem reasonable, but not less that once a week for four successive weeks. PIUTE—J. R. E., City. Plute 15 a native name, and is made up of Pal or Pi, which means water, and Ute, Indian, hence Water Indlan. The name strictly belongs to a small tribe of North American In- dians on Corn Creek, in Utah. It erally given to a number of Shos tribes, eight of which are in Southeastern Nevada, four, Including the Chemehuvi, in Northern and Western Arizona, and nine- teen in Southeastern Callfornia, from Owens Valley along the Slerras to the south of Tui’u- Lake and east of the Coast Range. AT BAT-B. B, City. “A. B." in base- ball stands for “at bat.” The reason one player 18 credited with being at bat a greater sumber of times than another is because the batter 1s not charged with being at bat if given his base on balls or is hit by the pitcher, as he has been deprived of a proper opportunity of In- creasing his batting average. The bat- ting average is governed by the number of hits made with times at bat, and it would be manifestly unfair to charge him with a “time at bat” when he had no op- portunity to strike at a fair ball. HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW-C. R., City. Applicants for admission into the Hastings College of Law must be at least 18 years old and must apply not later than thirty-days after the beginning of the col- lege year. The applicant must deposit a certificate of good moral character and must pass an examination in certain pre- scribed studies. No person is admitted who is not a graduate of the University of California or some institution of learn- ing of nearly equal rank and has a di- ploma of equal or nearly equal rank % from for some course of study of v.:'h Latin and mathematics are component parts. For additional information to Leonard Stone, registrar of the lege, in the Parrott building. QUARTZ CLAIMS-M. J. B, QCity. Therp is a ruling in regard to locations as follows: ‘““There is no provision of law to prevent parties from locating other claims upon the same lode outside of the first location made on the lode or vein. If a lode or vein 3000 feet long is discov- ered, two locations may be made, each 1500 feet thereon.™ In regard to work and expenditure dur- In{_& year there is a decision as follows: “Where a_mining claim was located Oc- tober 1, . and the amount of expendi- ture and labor was made after location and prior to January 1, 1880, such expend- dture is not a compliance with the law: it must be during the calendar year except so much as may be required un: the local law."” AN ALIEN'S DECLARATION-T. C., City. An alien who comes to the United States and declares his intentlon to be- come a citizen thereof does not generally acquire any rights of citizenship thereby nor does he lose any rights as a aitizen of the country from which he came. He might make his declaration one day and the next day receive a message which would determine him to return to his for- mer home'and never return to the United States. An alien does not acquire any rights as a citizen of the United States until he becomes one, except in some States he may upon his declaration to be- come a citizen vote: In such-a case, he having exercised one of the rights of an American citizen, it is a question whether that would be sufficient to deprive him of his rights as a citizen of the country he came from. —_———————— Cal. glace fruit 0c per ™ at Townsend's.® —_— e Townsend's moved to 735 Market street. ‘Will remove Feb. 1 dack to Palace Hotel.® —_————— Special informaiion supplied dally to business houses ind public men by. the | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- . gomery street. lelephone Main 1042, ———— . Cal. glace fruit i0e per Ib at Townsend's.» e e trmeis The Londor poor suffer terribly from overerowding According to the Sanitary Record, 1510 persons lived In 1057 teme- ments with one room in the parish of St. Mary’s, Newington: 40,184 Tsons in 7670 two-roomed tenements and 13,743 in 1752 thrze-roomed tenements. Personally Conducted Excursions In tmprcved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experfenced excursicd conductors accompany these excur- sions t» look after the weifare of passengers. To Cheago andk Kansas City every Sunday, Wednsmsday and Frid To Boston, Montreal and foronto every Wednesday. To St.. Louts evers Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, 628 Market street. —_—— persons No well regulated household should be with- ot a bottle of Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitt tie celebrated appetizer. ol —————— fhe Fastest Train Across the Conti- .nent. The California Limited, Santa Fe Route. Con- mecting train leaves 5 p. m.. Monday, Wednes. day, Friday and Saturday. Finest equippeq train and best track of any line to the Eaat, Ticket office, 625 Market street. ———— Loss of hair. which often mars the prettiest face, prevented by Parker's Hair N Hindercorns, the best cure for corns, B cta