The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1900, Page 18

18 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1900. . & ; & GOOD.” beneficiaries of the protective tariff assemble in ; e PR R SOAK .fl Washington and by lobbying with their Senators and P y c % g ROM statements made to a correspondent of | Representatives induce them to go into ‘log- = == = S e = ] the New York Times by leading business men | rolling’ schemes by which enough opposition can be ..JANUARY 7, 1900 in the South it appears that the favor with | ‘corralled’ and united to prevent ratification. We SUNDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ¥F. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Main 1874, Delfvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cen Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including S WEEKLY CALL Onme ¥ All postmaster: i fample copies will be forwarded when requested OAKLAND OFFICE. . «+++.008 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreigu Advertising. Marquette Build- ing. Chieago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON.... +ess..Herald Square which the renomination of Bryan is regarded in that section is not based upon any great liking for the Nebraska man or his platform. In fact, the South is now more prosperous than ever before, and the leaders among her people are cager to rid the Demc_'- cratic party of the calamity howlers who now domi- | nate it, but they discern no better way to achieve t.hat | than by giving them free rein this year and letting | them go to destruction. A gentleman of Birmingham, Alabama, gave his | views of the situation in this way: “Alabama will | send a Bryan delegation to the National Convention. * | We expect to see Bryan nominated again. Noj; I did not say that I want to see him elected. Let us name him in obedience to the persistent Democratic de- mand that he shall be tried again. For the nomina- tion for Vice President I would suggest some young Sewall again, offering it, perhaps, to George Fred Williams. Personally, I would like to see these nomi- nations on a ticket with the motto, ‘Soak them good None of the old politicians expect to see Bryan NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR. 29 Tribune Building | CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. 0. News Co.: Great North- | ern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel: A. Brentano, 31 U Sguare; Murray Hill Hotel. i | | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. Wellington Hotel | J. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—G2T Montgomery street, cor- | mer Clay, open until 8:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes | street, open until 5:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin | street, open until 9130 o’clock. 1941 Mission sireet, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market | sireet. corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Valencia street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street. open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky | streets. open until 9 o’'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Orpheum—Vaudeville. g orn!, Fiying Colors.” e Fadden " ught by Two Women in an Affair of tes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and ng. corner Mason and Ellis streets—Specialties. ma Ba of Mantla Bay, Market street, near Coursing Park—Coursing to-day. ! £ Assoctation—Races to-morrow. | = - | esday, Janusry 8, at 12 street as been making strong efforts t this session the creation of f Commerce under the direction of t rank. He is reported to have “There is a universal de- commercial organizations that such a ed. In the last Con, Is in favor of it were sent in large I have reintroduced the b: s widening the scope of the and it is now in charge of a ee, and I think n favorable action upon it.” 1 in the reports from Washington the | vides that the Department of Commerce shall 1 over foreign and international com- ed States, except in that which re- liection of the revenue and the admin- | f custom and internal revenue laws; it ge of matters relating to the manufac- terests of the country, the extension of for- markets and the increase of trade facilities with | co The following bureaus are taken the Treasury Department and are put under isdiction of the new department: The life- seryice, Bureau of Immigration, the Bu- ES the Coast and Geodetic Survey, ths Shipping Commissioners, the Bureau Bureau of Steamboat Inspection, ital Service and the Lighthouse artment of labor is transferred to this | , and so is the Consular Bureau of the De- Sta interview: 1ses b-com ng early and merce of the U lates to the cc ntries. 1 States { rd! ly to be any question of the de- ing the proposed department. Our commerce has now reached such vast propor- tions and is so rapidly increasing. that its affairs so far 25 they are affected by the Government cannot be tely attended to by the State and Treasury It is said that at present Congressmen have to send to as many as a dozen different bureaus for the purpose of getting information concerning com- | mercial matters when legislation affecting them is | under consideration. The strength of the movement for establishing the Department of Commerce will of course have the effect of reviving public interest in the demand from , f creat ng States for the creation of a Department of | Mines and Mining. There is hardly any argument or of a Department of Commerce that annot be used with equal force for the other. Mining a vast and rapidly expanding industry. Its affairs ected through a dozen different bureaus, so great is the confusion that it is difficult to get a simple question of mining laws. It 1ld be of great advantage to have all the Govern- nt act s relative to mines and mining gathered one department and placed under the direction ngle d reason exists why the commercial and the min- ntagonize one another at this ination they may succeed in pro- used in are now di 4 to be hoped v will do so. A Connecticut man who has just died at the age of | 101 years is said to have attributed his length of life to the fact that he never at any time used whisky, tobacco, coffee or pie; and now there are folks who at he never saw life at all. LA ey A cablegram from London says 2 rumor is afloat there that Ed Corrigan is going over next season with 2 string of horses. San Francisco will shed no tears if he goes and never comes back. American whitewashers may find shortly a lucrative field in Japan. Field Marshal Yamagata and Admira] Marquis Saigo have been accused of corruption. argue th A shoemakers’ union has just been organized in this city with a membership of four hundred—all whole- souled fellows. | smoke from the furnaces and coke ovens. | at this juncture. | a single staple. i hment of both departments, and it | | elected. This town has been described as being fu!l of ‘McKinley Democrats.” There are some of them here. They do not care to try any experiments that may result in the lifting of this blessed cloud We must stand by the organization, however; that way lies our political safety at home. That's all.” Nominate the old ticket and then soak them good. of | | | | That is the political wisdom, it seems, of the South | The policy is not altogether the tac- tics of despair. Many efforts have been made to find a new leader for the Democratic party, but all have failed. The efforts of Tammany, of Gorman and of a number of Southern conservatives have been alike fruitless. It appears, therefore, about the best plan possible under the circumstances is to offer no further opposition to the Bryan movement within the party, but to leave it to the fate that awaits it at the hands of the whole people on election day. Were it not for the unfortunate complications re- sulting from the race antagonisms in the South there would be a large Republican vote cast in those States O and confident man from the East, as we cannot get | may be permitted to point out that these treaties are not the work of theoretic free traders, but have been prepared under the direction of President McKinley, and have met with his approval, and yet, simply be- cause they are for public rather than private interests, they are likely to be defeated by protectionist votes.” These attacks on the part of the opponents of pro- | Returns Home After tection are not to be ignored, for there is an element of sound reason in them. If any break occur in the protective system by means of reciprocity, then there will be danger of the whole system giving way. There SEVILLE should be protection for all or protection for none. RAILWAY Mm@iL Pay. NE of the notable features of the recent hear- ings by the Congressional Commission ap- pointed to investigate railway mail pay was the testimony given and argument made on the sub- ject by Mr. Finley Acker of Philadelphia, and it is gratifying that a digest of his statements has been prepared for circulation throughout the country. They serve to enlighten the popular understanding of the question and will do much to strengthen the de- | mand for a reduction in the exorbitant rates now paid to the roads. For the purpose of defending their position the railway companies have employed statisticians to compile estimates showing that the present pay is not excessive. Mr. Acker takes these statistics and by analyzing them proves the conclusions drawn from them by the railroads to be false. Last February certain postoffice statistics were | given out which showed the average haul of mail | ton mile. | | | | | this year, and some of the more important of them | could be carried for the Republican ticket. tion of the Union has enjoyed a greater degree of prosperity under the tariff and financial policies of the administration than that section, and the growth of manufacturing industries there has been well nigh | marvelous. It is but a few years ago since the Southern people were devoted almost wholly to agriculture, and in that gave most of their energies to the production of The country was hardly much further advanced than the interior of Russia. Almost every- thing in the way of manufactured goods wasimported. A very different condition prevails there now. In a recent review of trade conditions the Manufacturers’ Record of Baltimore said: “To-day the South has $1,000,000,000 invested in manufacturing, with an an- nual output valued at $1,500,000,000, and paying $350,- 000,000 in wages. Its cotton mills, with 5,000,000 spindles, representing an investment of $125,000,000, 1me yearly 1,400,000 bales of cotton. It is producing about 2,500,000 tons of pigiron a year, 40,000,000 tons of coal, from 10,000,000 to 11,000,- 000 bales of cotton,probably 10,000,000,000 feet of lum- ber and 750,000,000 bushels of grain, and its railroads, steadily improving and increasing in length, have al- ready a 50,000 mileage.” Is there any wonder that a people enjoying so much of prosperity- should desire to rid their party of the domination and their country of the menace of Bryan- ism? Is it strange there should be “McKinley Demo- crats” all through the South? Bryan's chances of a already con No por- | | | { | | | to be 328 miles and the pay averaged 40 cents per Since then, however, railroad experts, for the purpose of making their case stronger, have submitted other calculations which indicate that the average haul of mail is 813 ton miles and the rate is consequently reduced to 1214 cents. It is these latter statistics that Mr. Acker subjects to analysis, and the result is disastrous to the contention of the railroads. Calculations of this kind are complex. The primary factors which enter into the cost of any form of transportation are: First, proportion of “dead” to paying load, and space accommodations; second, speed; third, length of average haul; fourth, weight of average shipment; fifth, character of ser- vice, whether daily or spasmodic; sixth, cost of all the details inherent in the securing, handling and managing of the respective classes of traffic. Taking all these factors into consideration, Mr. Acker concludes that the fixed Government rate for hauling 200 pounds of mail daily the full length of the average mail haul is $o4 77, while the cost for hauling the same weight of passengers the same dis- tance would, at the lowest commutation passenger rate, be but $2 07; or at first class freight rate be $1 36, or at the sixth class freight rate only 45 cents. | The above represents the rates for the lightest mail routes, but, jumping to the opposite | taking the heaviest mail route, which is approximately 300,000 pounds daily, it will be found that the rate fixed by the Government for hauling this weight the full distance of the average mail haul (813 miles) would be $7317, while a similar weight of passengers | carried the same distance would be at the lowest com- mutation rate $3121 02, or at first class freight rates be $2048 76, or at the sixth class freight rates $682 oz. It must be borne in mind, moreover, that railways ought to haul mail more cheaply than any other form | of freight because for the mails they do not have to renomination are excellent, for those who are most | opposed to his policies are most eager to put him up once more so as to let the issue he represents be set- tled at once and for all. e —— Susan B. Anthony recently broke the record for eighty-year-olds in a three days’ visit to Detroit, dur- ing which she addressed a business college, three women’s clubs, attended two banquets and a luncheon given in her honor, presided at a Unitarian meeting and sat for her photograph. RECIPROCITY AND LOG-ROLLING. MONG the advocates of the reciprocity treaties f\ now under consideration it has become the fashion to refer to the objectors to them as a “log-rolling opposition.” That term is applied be- cause the various States whose interests are adversely | affected by the treaties have combined to defeat them. It is the argument of the reciprocity men that such methods of opposition are pernicious, since they set up “special interests” in antagonism to the welfare of the whole country. The force of that argument depends wholly upon the play upon words. Reciprocity and log-rolling are, in fact, well nigh synonymous terms. FEach means that one party confers a favor in expectation of an adequate return. If it be permissible to ar- range a treaty with France by which we agree to give certain commercial privileges to that country in ex- change for equivalent privileges, it is also permissible for the representatives of one State in the Union to arrange with those of another to make a fight for the advantage of both. The justness of the two agree- | ments is not to be affected by calling one “log- rolling” and the other “reciprocity.” In issues of this kingd the object of our Government should be to provide for the common good of all the States. There is no reason why the fruit and wine industries of California should be called “special in- terests” any more than the industries of the East that are to be benefited by the treaty should be called special. If the representatives of California, | Nebraska, Ohio, Louisiana and Florida who have united to oppose the treaties with France and | Jamaica be log-rolling, so is the combination of the | representatives of other States who are upholding | the treaty. So far as that is concerned honors are cven. Republican leaders can hardly overlook the fact that these unfortunate treaties have had the effect of re- viving the hopes and the energies of the free traders, | and that if persisted in they may reswit in bringing upon the country a renewed agitation of the whole tariff question, with a consequent disturbance of our industrial activities. The free trade organs have, in fact, been prompt to take advantage of the opening offered, and they are already discussing reciprocity to the disadvantage of the protective system. Thus, for example, the Boston Herald, in commenting upon the objection to the treaties, says: “If we had a tariff based on revenue, and not on the greed of in- dividuals and corporations, then concessions made for the purpose of benefiting the general trade of the country would be acted upon by Congress in a broad, general manner. As it is, a trade treaty which may be of benefit to millions of our people is blocked iand its ratification prevented because a few score O maintain any warchouses or clerical help. The issue is the more important because upon it depends the establishment of one cent postage for letters and a cheap parcels post. So long as exorbitant rates are paid the railways for hauling mail those needed im- provements cannot be undertaken. It will be seen, then, that a reform in the direction of economy in railway rates should be promptly carried out. A PRUSSIAN PROGNOSTICATION. F all the predictions and dreams of what may be achieved by nations and races during the twentieth century that have been put forward for the instruction or the entertainment of the world perhaps the most interesting to us is one which the New York Sun has dug up from a programme of the future outlined by a German publicist in the Preussische Jahrbucher. The writer sees for Ger- many and France a grand career on this continent as well as elsewhere, and thus presents his view of it: “In the British Dominion of Canada of to-day therc live about 1,300,000 Frenchmen, and of 211 representa- tives of the Canadian Parliament not less than 535 are Frenchmen by descent and language. Besides, the attempted revolts of 1838, 1869 and 1885 have proved that this French population has by no means lost consciousness of its past and its natiopal rights. If thereto be added those Frenchmen who to the num- ber of about 500,000 live scattered, but as French- men, in the United States, there exists in case of a French-English conflict a reserve of French strength upon which a resolute French policy can build with hope of success. Then, however, the moment would have arrived when it should be the task of Germany, in co-operation with France, whose sphere of in- | fluence would be the eastern half of British America, to attempt to gain a foothold from the West in the regions on the Pacific Ocean and to try whether it be impossible to arouse the two and three-quarter millions of Germans in the United States from their ‘national lethargy,’ and to induce them to lay, with the assistance of the fatherland, on British ground the foundation of a colony on the Pacific Ocean.” A scheme which divides Canada into different na- tionalities by means of a combined uprising of Ger- mans and French is certainly entitled to high con- sideration by all who delight in the good-fellowship of rousing romance. That it should be advanced at all is an evidence of the high ideas which the Ger- mans have of the future of their imperial career. There would not be such extravagance in the minds of men intelligent enough to write accurately were there not a deep feeling on the subject among the German people. Tt is pretty well understood that the Kaiser aims at establishing an alliance with France, | which, with that already existing between Germany, Austria and Italy, would make a virtual federation of Western Europe, with Germany at the head of it. Then could be undertaken with comparative safety the effort to break up the prestige of the empires of Great Britain or Russia, as the Kaiser might deem most advisable. Such dreams have been running in the minds of German jingoes for some time, and some of them may be realized. The scheme of dividing Canada, however, is not so much a dream as a nightmare. The publicist who advanced it ought to take some- thing to cool his head For the present Delagoa Bay is a more important point in South Africa than Modder River, and diplo- macy is having as hard a tussle as war. extreme and | ;e Searted after her trip. | f the court at Madri 15 WELCOMED BY HER FRIENDS Fourteen Years. INCIDENT RETOLD Emma Nevada, one of the great singers that California has sent out upon the world to win fame in many countries, ar- rived at the Palace last night. The prima donna will give two concerts in this city, the first to-morrow night at the Califor- nia Theater. Her journey to San Fran- cisco has been one long ovation, punctu- ated by concerts in all the leading cities of the country. Mme. Nevada is_accompanied by her | husband and daughier, who is 13 years of | age and who gives promise of being such | another songstress as her mother. At| the Sixteenth street station, Oakland, the | diva was met by Mrs. Mills of the Mills Seminary and several friends whom Ne- vada numbers among the intimate asso- clates of her girlhood days. “I sang in Reno last night,” said Mme. Nevada, “and you can't imagine how happy 1 was to be among the friends of my childhood. My reception was most cordial and enthusiastic. Of course I am a Californian, but was taken to Nevada in my infancy almost. I wish I could stay here a month; it is so lovely to return to a home where flowers such as are seen nowhere else in the world flourish in lux- uriant abundance.’” Nevada then turned to a large table in | her room that was completely nidden be- neath floral pieces large and small, saying at the same time that this was the coun- try for her. in regard to the incident in Seville last April when Nevada was hissed and hooted by the Spaniards simply because she was | an American, the prima_donna has the | following to s, “Oh, it was dreadful. For many years I have been a favorite in Spain, and’ I thought nothing of appear- ing before a Spanish audience. On this occasion I was singing ‘Lucia, and I sang as I never sang before, although the parquet and the boxes were empty, the result of intention and malice on the part of those who never before missed one of my performances. When I discovered the reason of the cold house I redoubled my energies and my patriotism boiled over. The first act was finished and no ap- plause; the second act witnessed the same result, nothing but the chill of an icy up- | per house. The manager of the theater came to me and advised me to withdraw, fearing violence, but I refused and fin- ished the performance. The next night | the house was packed, but not out of honor to me, for the audience came with the intention to insult me. The ladies turned their backs toward the front of the stage, and even this did not daunt me. 1 best and for my singing gained their applause, but the woman was hissed. Forgetting themselves they gave me several encores, only to hiss when I came to the front in acknowledgment. It | was really a fearful night. The next day I started to leave the country, but was forced to change my plans on account of | the solicitations of the Queen, who in- sisted on my accepting an invitation to . where I sang before her and was honored by an official recep- tion."” Nevada is In the best of health, but a After her San Francisco concerts she will go to Los Angeles and then East en route to Paris, | which is now her home. | AROUND THE CORRIDORS Dr. E. B. Smith of Detroit is at the Pal- ace. C. R. Scott, a raflroad man of Portland, | 1s at the Occidental. R. N. Burgess, a merchant of Stockton, 1s at the Occidental. J. D. Ludwig, a merchant of Muriposa, is a guest at the Grand. James H. Hawley, a mining man of Bolse City, Is at the Palace. W. D. Scribner, a Wells-Fargo agent at Tombstone, is a guest at the Russ. John Sparks, the well known mining man of Reno, is stopping at the Palace. A. Albrecht, an insurance and real es- tate man of Fresno, Is stopping at the Lick. Albert Jenks, a capitalist of Los An- geles, and wife are stopping at the Occi- dental. Theodore Mau. Louis Schwaee and Adolf Schwaee of Los Angeles are at the Grand. §. L. Stanley and wife of Dawson are at the Russ. Mr. Stanley has met with great success In the Klondike. W. W. Douglas, assistant controller, is down from Sacramento for a few days and has registered at the Grand. Charles N. Young, the manager of Em- ma Nevada, and Louis Blumenthal, the | well known cellist, are at the Palace. W. L. Erwin, V. C. Wehe and John Costa arrived yesterday from Downieville, Sierra County, and are stopping at the Lick. Mr. Costa brought with him a nug- get of monstrous size and has struck it rich while mining in that section of the country. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 6—E. F. Brittingham of San Francisco is at the Rivers. J. P, Le Count of San Francisco is at the Ev. erett. A SRR Sy T Organist Holt Returns. ‘Willlam Holt, organist and choirmaster, has returned from his trip south very much Improved in health, and expects to be at his post again to-day. The monthly festival service in Grace Church takes lace this evening and some very excel- ent new music will be rendered.” A new barytone solo by Stephen Adams, the companion to “Hnlly City,” entitled” “The City of Light,” will be sung by S. Homer Henley. The “Inflammatus,” from Ros- sini’s “'Stabat Mater,” is to be given by Mr. Veaco and full cholr. The latter wiil sing a new anthem by Stainer. Stearn's uartet, “‘Father in Heaven,” 1s to be ren- dered by Messrs. Wendell, Smith. Heniey and Parent. For the offertory Batiste's Offertoire in D minor will be played on the organ. st Do wmli Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend' —— e Guillet's Ice Cream and Cakes. $05 Larkin st.; tel. East 198, . — e Townsend's moved to 735 Market street. Will remove Feb. 1 back to Palace Hotel.s st e T Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ——eee Cal. glace fruit i0c per Ib at Townsend's.* | — e ee——— A German Installation. Next Tuesday night the officers of Her- mann Lodge No. 145, 1. lO.M(). F., one of the German lodges, will publicly in- stalled in the Prospect Hall of the 0dd Fellows' building. e R SIS Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experienced excursion conductors accompany these excur- slons to look after the welfare of passengers. To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louts every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, 623 Market street. —_——— The Fastest Train Across the Conti- nent. The California Limited, Santa Fe Route. Con- | Subscribers, City. SPECIAL R To close the balance of this season’s numbers at great! FANCY JACQUARD SUITINGS, reduced fi 15 pleces ALL-WOOL 51-INCH CHEVIOT, 25 pleces ENGLISH STORM SERGE !_HD 500 REMNANTS, 2 to 5 yards, ENGLISH PIEROLA CREPON, reduced from $1.75 and $2.00 to. . HIGH-GRADE NOVELTY SUITS AT REDUCED PRICES. COUNTRY ORDERS CAREFULLY AND PROMPTLY FILLED. ] EDUCTIONS. Importation we will offer the following ly reducad prices. rom $2.00 to. . ..$1.25 yard $1.50 yard worth $1.00, at. ........75¢ yard CHEVIOT, worth $1.25, at. $1.00 yard at. ...HALF PRICE | CITY OF PARIS DRY GOODS COMPANY, SE. Corner Geary and Stockton Streets, San Francisco. UNION SQUARE. SJNDAY CALL'S FINE ART WORK [Niles Herald.] The San Francisco Call is turning out some fine art work this winter, and its holiday number was of especial interest along this line. The literary work is all good. —_———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE CE.\'TI.'R’\;Q!'ESTYOS—G. E M B., San Rafael, J. H. F., Dodson and oth- ers. This department has answered the century question more than twenty times. | BACK TO RENO—Stranded, City. This department cannot inform “‘a young lady of a way to work her way back to Rene, Nev., and greatly help one who is strand- | ed in San Francis: GREATEST SOLDIERS—W. H., Ala- meda, Cal. ‘““Who were the flve greatest generals in war?” i{s a question that is susceptible of as many answers as there are close readers of history, for each one forms his individual opinion. It is asserted, however, that the following named were the greatest soldlers, in the order given: Hannibal, Napoleon Bona- parte, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, the Duke of Marlborough, Fred- erick the Great, Belisarius, Philip the Great, Washington and Grant, A WAR TOKEN—Commuter, City. The token of which you sent an impression and which shows that it bears date of 1864, with the words Tnion Forever” around a spield and has an Indian's head on the other side, is one of more than 3600 tokens that were issued by merchants during the Civil War and used for small change. There is no record of those who issued such tokens, except such as bore the names of the merchants issuing them. teen for a quarter, twenty-five for half a | dollar, fifty for $1 25 and 100 for $3 50. QUESTION 7OF RESIDENCE—Two The new charter of San Francisco provides as follows In regard They are offered, all different, fif-| to the residence of those who may be pointed to positions under the city govern- ment: ““All deputies, clerks, assistants and oth. er employes of the city and county must be citizens of the United States, and must, during their respective terms of office employment, actually reside in the c and county and must have so resided one year next preceding their appoin ment."” By a careful reading it will be seen that the one year's residence refers to * preceding their appointment, cation. A person might make | and not receive appointment than a year after. As to eligibility of | turned California volunteers from Man | 1t is possible that the Commissioners hold that a_man while in the service the United States does not lose his resi- | dence. CHESS—G. E., Pacheco, Cal. Chess s such an anclent game that its origin is unknown. Many of the most learned Orfental scholars have written upon tha subject, appealing to history and philol- 0gy to support their theories. It has been ascribed to a Chinese manadarin b the name of Han-Sing, who, it is sal invented it as an amusement for his so diers in_winter quarters about 174 ye before Christ. They call it “the pla: the sclence of war.” Sir Willilam Jones the great Sanscrit scholar, claimed tha Hindu traditions, the names of the pieces and other particulars indicate that chess was played in India in the earliest times He wrote that a learned Brahmin assured him that it was mentioned in several of the oldest books of India, where it was declared that it was invented by the w | of one of the most ancient Kings of C lon to amuse that monarch while Ra | besieged his metropolis. This, by th. | reckoning, was two or three thous: vears before the commencement of our era. On the other hand, several later scholars of Sanscrit think it was invented by Buddhists, some time between tha | third and ninth centuries, A. D., a theory inconsistent with the unwarlike nature of Buddhism and the fact that the Hin | name of the game, ‘‘chaturanga.’ + military name, signifying ‘“‘the game of armies.”” Others have ascribed this ga to Babylonians, Persians, Sc Egyptians, Jews, Greeks and Re but the weight of evidence is in its being of Indian or Chinese orig CLOSING WEEKS OF OUR GREAT... | | | ~ PEREMPTORY MONEY-RAISING SALE I | Y That our prolonged THE PRICE AND TORY to the patrons and in order to insu fulllineof SPECIAL a A large lot of DRESS LENGTHS PONS, CHEVIOTS, SERGES ai duction in prices, 500 yards FANCY PLAID DRESS to 12 1-2e¢ per yard. at 19¢ per yard. A select lot of LADIES' MUSLIN ‘WAISTS. An inviting bargain. colors and shades, per yard to 25¢ a 4 and 5 inch nd 20¢ per 350 LADIES' FLANNELETTE W $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 eac! bound, reduced from $4.50 to $2. 500 pieces CAMBRIC EMBROIDE: reduced in prices to from Se t gray, fine quality, reduced from Murphy necting train leaves 5 p. m., Monday, Wednes- day, Friday and Saturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any line to the East. Ticket office, 623 Market street. should continue to prove such a remark- able success is due solely to the fact that GOODS HAVE BEEN FOUND SATISFAC- We aim to further avail ourselves of the generous patronage thus extended to us, must necessarily place before the public a INDUCEMENTS, a few of which we quote for to-morrow, Monday: 750 yards SCOTCH FLANNEL SUITINGS, w A fine assortment of TAFFETA and MOIRE NECK RIBBONS, in all trimmed, some with braid, othe 60 LADIES’ ALL-WOOL PLAID DRESS A large lot of MEN'S FANCY PERCALE SHIRT! 16%, with link cuffs, reduced from $1 to 30e¢. RY, 1 to 8 inches wide, assorted styles, 0 20¢ per yard. LADIES’ SWISS KNIT IMPORTED UNDERV 120 dozen LADIES’ WHITE HEMSTT ular price 5¢; reduced to 3¢ each. G Market, Jones and MeAlster i, MM + Money-Raising Sale QUALITY OF OUR of our establishment. re the desired result nd EXTRAORDINARY and REMNANTS in BLACK CRE- nd NOVELTIES at a sweeping re- GOODS, assorted patterns, reduced orth 50c per yard; on sale SKIRTS and GOWNS and WOOLEN § g § H ® es wide, reduced from 50c and 40c yard respectively. RAPPERS, handsomely lined and TS with velvet and braid, at 935e, h. SKIRTS, finely lined and 50 each S, sizes 15, 15%, 16 and ESTS, in pink, black and $150 to $1 each. TCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, reg- Building, 000000000000000000000050000000