The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1900, Page 6

Call ; JA.\'UARY 17, 1900 Proprietor. . LEAKE, Manager PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, §. '.1 Telephone Main 1868, WEDNESDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, #ddress All Communications to W. 5. LEAKE, .217 to 221 Stevemsom St. EDITORIAL ROOMS | Tel e Main 1874, i Deltvered by Carriers. 15 Cents Per Week. [ OAKLAND OFFICE......}.......008 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS, Masager Foreign Advertising. Marguette Build- ing, Chicago. KEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON. . ve...Herald Square EW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: ‘r LUKENS JR 29 Tribune Buflding CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. 0. News Co.: Great North- ern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. a PERRY NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. . Wellington Hotel J. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent. ! e BRASCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, eor;er until | ul 10 | Market, corner Sixteen open | til § o'clock. 1096 Valeneia, n until 9 | o'clock. 106 Eleventh., open 1 9 o'clock. SW. cormer Twenty-second HKentueky. open matil 9 o'clock. 22061 Don Caesar of Irun.” t Old Time.” ndermere’'s Fan.” ater—Vaudeville every afternocn and rner Mason and Ellts streets—Speciaities. pla, co pan-Tley Hall-Song Recital, Monday evening. Janu- rt Association—Races to-day. Co.—Thursday, January 15, at 11 a. m. and MORE POWER NEEDED. - more the Interstate Commerce Commis- | s made in its annual report a plea for wers in dealing with railroad ques- pported it with valid argument. Again ssion has shown that the author- | 1 in 1t 1s utterly inadequate to the needs | The deiects of the law have seriously of the commission in the 1 the work ts of the past year have rendered effective | tion more imperative than ever. the industries of the people are n: affected by sportation companies in a thousand ways. The u discriminations granted to favored | shippers 1 the trade of the public generally, and | t fiuctuations and changes in freight rates | disturb business nprofitable. Moreover, the various | ight adopted by different roads in | ountry cause vexation and loss. Id be in the power'of the In< Commerce Commission to remedy. er Chicago some time ago the p. chairman of the commission, is “I undertake to say that if the | e railroads whom you can name | nt of the United States, and ii iterstate Commerce Commission the § the ries and evils it sk terst At a Hon reported to worst enemy of M A have said th Pres were elected he sh 1 pack the with the w Pop of the land, those men would | never dar do the reckless and indecent things | which the managers of the railroads themselves have | done” Mr K > then went on to point out some of the gross instances of railway discrimination | against whole « munities by which the interests of thousands of people were injured, and he closed by “In such things the railroads are making their power.” anguage is strong, but not stronger than the i eserves. Railway management has become | I misuse of one of the grossest mismanagements of the country, | and it is timé to provide a remedy. The Interstate | Commerce Commission has shown its fitness to in- vestigate the evils and should be given power to act. LYNCHING STATISTICS. UP(».\' faith in published sfbtistics the hope is ex- pressed that Jynching is on the decline in this country. The number of these crimes for each year since 1833 n as follows: .. 184 1868 ent decline from which it would be pleasant to argue the speedy disappearance of. this serious offense against law and civilization. There is 2 lack of certainty of classification, however, that im- pairs the usefulness of the statistics whether all cases of mob violence are included or only | those instances in which mobs have taken culprits | from legal custody and inflicted the death penaity. | The statement is made that not all the illegal execu- tions in the South find their way into print. Sus- picion is followed by assassination of negroes in the | South with far greater frequency than secures the at- tention of the newspapers. The infliction of personal | vengeance on that race, which may not be classified as lynch law, is by no means uncommon, and yet it has the same origin. A negro is suspected of piliering or inciting “others to crime and is quietly removed, and i no comment follows. Senator Morgan's speech in the Senate, jn which | he asserts the rights of white civilization as superior | to the constitution and to be majintained by forcible suppression of the mnegro ~wherever his threaten white supremacy, tells the whole story. Where the principles of that speech prevail a negro lives only because it does not occur to some one to kill h#m. As soon as his thrift or his influence makes him formidable to white civilization only his own skill | at dodging or courage in fighting can save his life. If the statistics embraced all the cases of enforce- ment of the principles of the Senator’s speech the number of illegal executions would probably be | Cagayan-Jolo form part of the archipelago. “Article III—The Spanish Government renounces’ found to be upon the increase. | | that in his Philippine speech he would speak for the | superstition at all existing conditions and the de- |. | press It is not known | numbers | | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900. THE NEW LEADER. | IR W | ITH elaborate preceding announcement and liberal use of that pickie of expectation which cleans the palate of the country for a new sen- sation Senator Beveridge of Indiana has made his debut in the Senate as a statesman. It was announced administration. In such a matter the administratioa is powerless; it can neither deny nor affirm the fact | of an avowed vicarious appearance and incarnation in its behalf. It can only mark time and finally let i}s and views be known by its acts. or Beveridge's speech has performed a dis- ble service by vindicating the ancient lom which uttered the aphorism, “Old men for counsel g men for war.” charming in its diction and deliv- ften has oratory appeared in the Senate enchanting decollete. But when a Senator policy States sends out sandwich men to an- rds on their backs and bellies that he speak for the administration of his party he be careful of what he says. He must not let siasm get its tail over the lines and run He must remember that great policies of gov- ernment cannot be disposed of or promoted in what an old lady in his native State called the ad-clap- trap-and-drum style of speech. He was in the Philippines a few weeks and dis- poses of the physiographical feature of the issue by extolling the climate as one of the finest he ever saw, leaving the inference that it is adapted to the physical needs of the white laborer and suited to be his home. If he had consulted the Spanish records and expe- rience he would have learned that even that rather tough race has never been able to labor there, though the Iberian peasant at home is as industrious as a Switzer or a German, as frugal and as orderly. He would have also learned that the Spaniards in service there in the civil war and military duties of govern- ment found a slight excess of two years to be the limit of safe residence, and beyond that they could not delay return to their native peninsula to recruit from the inroads made by the climate. But it was in his historical review of the archi- pelago that the Senator exceiled thimseli. He de- nounced the Catholic education and training and faith of the people as a superstition, and bundled it with the reasons’ why they are unfit for seli-govern- ment. Now an individual Senator or citizen may away. | have his own views and express them as to the | amount of superstition that has adumbrated the re- ligious idea in its various forms among men. Thoss who profess those forms deny that they are the vic- tims of superstition. Indeed superstition, in the com- mon meaning of the term and that which it expresses, is so abhorrent as an incubus upan the progress of man as to warrant its extirpation wherever found. the people of the Philippines are dominated by it its | extermination must precede all efforts to domesticate there a rational form of government ridge, speaking for the Senator Beve- administration, i ; lumps Catholicism and superstition together and cri “Anathema!” Several orthodox Protestant cler: men have been in the islahds and have reported the spiritual condition of the people, with no allusion to They have not anywhere inti- mated that celebrating, the seven sacraments of the Latin church is any more indication of it than solemnization of the single sacrament retained practiced by themselves. But the wisdom of the Wabash sees it differently, and, with the intrepidity oi youth, utters the differ- ence as the voice of the administration. - A secular newspaper takes no pick and choice in religious mat- ters. As it deals with all things of human origin, and therefore of human interest, it may sometimes out of its contacts with the sickness and soreness and sor- and rows of humanity wish that all the religions weremore | | religious, but in this special matter its merely secular mind is moved to inquiry. The treaty of Paris, made by the administration in | whose name Senator Beveridge shies at superstition in the prevailing religion of the Philippines, in ex- terms safeguards, guarantees, protects and. promises to affirm and defend the rights of the Cath- olic establishment in the Philippines, its privileges, tenures, titles and property. So, the treaty being ratified, according to Senator Beveridge the adminis- tration has bound itself to intrench there the super- stition which in its name he denounces in oratory which might excite the envy of his eloquent pre- decessors, Ned Hannegan, Henry S. Lane and Voor- hees. It is a great honor to be a Senator. distinction to be the spokesman of an administration. It is also a good thing for an orator acting in those honorable capacities to have some knowledge of his | subject and to season its discussion with that homely condiment, common sense. The price of local | Chinatown societies now place the figure at $500 highbinders has advanced. apiece. Acting Chief Biggy ought to call on his con- tingent fund and buy a few. Wo( the Sultan of Sulu the American flag had been hoisted over Sibitu Island, near Borneo, {it was stated that not only were the Sibitu people | pleased with the performance but that the Borneo authorities were also satisfied. It now appears the | Borneo folks had nothing to say about the matter, for the island was ours aiready, having been granted | to us along with the Philippines by Spain. According to the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune there was something of a mystery about the island which has now been solved by the State Department. At the time of the treaty of peace the Spanish Commissioners did not notify our Com- missioners of the full extent of Spanish sovereignty in Sulu Sea, and we were therefore unaware of the boundaries of our possessions obtained there. It has now come to light that sonfe years ago a treaty was arranged between Great Britain and Spain defining MORE ISLANDS FOR US. HEN the news was received that at the request | their respective claims in that part of the world, and by that treaty Great Britain recognized Spanish sov- ereignty over not, Sibitu only but several other islands in the vicinity. The treaty is interesting and the sections referring to this subject are sufficiently brief to be given in full. They run thus: “Article I—The Governments oi Great Britain and Spain recognize the sovereignty of Spain over the points effectually occupied as well as those which have not yet been occupied in the archipelago of Sulu (Jolo), of which the limits are established in Ar- ticie 11 “Article II—The archipelago of Sulu (Jolo) con- forms to the definition contained in Article I of the treaty signed September 23, 1836, between the Spanisi Government and the Sultan of Sulu (Jolo), compris- ing all the islands which are found between the west- ern extremity of Mindanao on the one hand and the continent of Borneo and the island of Poragua (Palawan) on the other, with the exception of those which are indicated in Article ITL “It is intended that the islands of Balabac and of If | Itisal before the Britannic Government all pretensions of sovereignty over the territories of the continent of | Borneo which belong, or which have belonged in the | past, to the Sultan of Sulu (Jolo), comprising the | neighboring islands of Balabangan, Bartguey and Mala- | wali, as well as all those comprised in a zone of three | marine leagues along the coast, and which form part | of the territories administered by the company called | ‘British North Borneo Company.’ " It is intended the flag shall be hoisted at once over | all of these islands, for it appears there are two small groups omitted from our treaty with Spain which are | rightly ours. The principal of these, Cagayan-Jolo, is | said to be strategically of more importance than Sibitu itself. Captain Chimmo, R. N., while cruising | about those seas in search of coaling stations, visited | the group and gave a very attractive description of it Of the principal island; which is twenty-five miles in | circumference, he said: I do not know any island I ‘have scen over the world more favorably situated for trade, or more suitably adapted for cultivation. " Rice, sugar, cocoa, coffee, maize, potatdes and vege- i tables would all grow if cultivated. Cotton and to- iimu‘o were already growing there. The soil is- ex- | cellent, rich. of trap formation, with sufficient sand {to make it loose and friable. Cattle of all sorts, horses, cows, sheep, pigs and poultry, would fatten | and thrive there. Enterprising men, with some Chi- | nese labor, would soon make it a valuable island, and | not a disagreeable one to live on.” | Tt will be seen that we are indebted to the Sultan | of Sulu for putting us on to a good lead. Since the | imperialists seem determined to force us to take up | the white man's burdeén of conquest in that part of | the world it is gratifying to know we will not have to weep for more islands to conguer after we finish with | Luzon. It is to be noted, however, that even in this happy island of Cagayan the British captain based his | statement that it might be made valuable upon the proviso that it be supplied with Chinese labor. e s | The Southern Pacific Railroad has crushed out another human life beneath its wheels. The company seems to exact its tribute of life as mercilessly as it demands its fares. e ——— PROBLEM OF THE PUERTORIQUENOS. CCORDING to the Board of Geographical /E\ Names the people of Porto Rico are to be called Puertoriquenos. It is a hard name to give them, but not so hard as some other things we have given them, and, moreovér, it is of their own choosing, while in many of the other matters they have had no choice. For example, there is the trade problem of the island. That is an issue whose hard- ness is perplexing to every one who icels called upon | to consider it. According to the testimony of General Davis, | Military Governor of the island, the exports of the Puertoriquenos have, by the acts of our Government, been reduced from an average value of $16,000,000 prior to 1898 to about $3,500,000 in 1899. This de- crease in trade revenues, together with the devasta- | tion and loss caused by the great hurricane, have produced widespread distress among the people, and they are in dire need of more money and more busi- ness. 3 | Such being the situation in that beautiful colony of ! ours, there comes up to Congress the question, What shall be done about it? It has been suggested by the administration that the trade of the islanders could | be put at once into a flourishing condition by giving | them free access to our markets for all their products. Those who favor that plan argue that free trade with | Porto Rico would not be injurious to any of our own industries, because Porto Rico does not produce | enough of sugar or tobacco to materially affect the : market. | It is to be noted that those who take that view of | the subject look upon it from the standpoint of the | Fastern States. The States that produce sugar, to- bacco and fruit are not quite so sure there is no dan- ger in the competition. Porto Rico’s exports of such | products may be small, but there are other islands— | Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippines—which also pro- | duce fruit, tobacco and sugar, and as the privileges granted to Porto Rico are likely to be granted to the | others, the prospects of the free trade plan are not so pleasing when viewed from the Pacific Coast ‘:Sta(es, or the Southern States, or any of the sugar beet States, as when seen from New York or Penn- sylvania. | Moreover, it appears the Puertoriquenos do not { wish free trade with us. Their principal product is coffee, and the most profitable market for it is in | Europe. According to one of the leading papers of | the island, the San Juan News, “the people of the | United States are not educated up to the fine quality of Porto Ricdn coffee, which does not command a | price in American markets equal to that offered by [ European buyers.” It is stated that in 1808 France tocok about $2,000,000 worth of coffee fronr the island, Germany about $1,000,000, while the United States took but little over $220,000 worth. It is argued that if French and German goods are shut out of Porto | Rico those nations will retaliate by shutting the cof- | fee of the island out of their market. The Puerto- riquenos therefore ask, first, free trade with Germany and France, and, second, that the United States ad- vance their Government a loan of $20,000,000 for the purpose of. making public improvements. These varieties of opinion have given rise to a large amount of discussion. Perhaps the best thing which has been said on the subject is the statement of | the New York Press: “Our first essay in colonial | government will, if the administration’s policy of ‘free trade is adopted, result like the attempt of the elephant to adopt a brood of motherless partridges. It will again point the moral that we are not all | aualified to run an orphan asylum. The more the | recommendations unfortunately adopted by the Pres- ident are examined the more they appear to be de- fsigned to injure every interest involved, inclusive of | the Porto Rican and exclusive only of those of the American Sugdr Refining Company.” Ay The Czar's gorgeous dream of disarmament seems to be working out in contraries. In a recent debate in Congress it was insisted that if we are to have peace with Germany we must arm ourselves with ships until the Kaiser is afraid of us. Democratic organs are scoring Bryan for having assisted Goebel in his Kentucky campaign. If results of that assistance indicate anything there are some friends that Goebel probably would prefer to register among his enemies. The Georgia emigrant agent who was chased the other day by an angry mob evidently knew the field in which his talents qualified him to shine. He cer- tainly will emigrate from Georgia. Sir Charles Dilke has spoken out in meeting and has let the cat out of the bag. The failure of British arms in South Africa is not due alone to antique guns, but to antique gunners as well The British must have a serious thought of making Cape Colony a recruiting station for the Boers. They certainly are making Boer fighters by trying Boer sympathizers for treason. 060 ¢ 200000900000 0000e000 12 NOTABLE DEATHS OF THE DAY 000090000000 000000060000 OF THE WIFt OF W, W, FOOTE with thelr mother when she died. SHEEP-RAISER IS Stricken While on a Pleasure Trip. ' KILLED BY A TRAIN Fatal Accident on the Valley Road Occurs to an Old Resident of Fresno. FRESNO, Jan. 16.—W. W. Shipp, a resi- dent of this county for over thirty years and widely known as a sheep raiser, was killed this forenoon in attempting to cross the Valley road track at Blackstone av- enue. He attempted to pass with a span of mules, underestimating the speed of TR the approaching sgmh?’mi\’:c‘lh(r‘;{:i’sh?ep;: skul shed an NEWS RECEIVED YESTERDAY |iiian,"furt “The deceased was % native PR of Missiesippi, aged 66 years, well to do and universally respected. Fell Dead in the Street. George Bender, a veteran of the Civil ‘War, fell dead yesterday at noon at the corner of Sansome and Pine streets whiie walking with his brother Jullus and a friend named Abbott. Bender was a na- v Delaware, 5% years old, and a wid- twer. Hs was an Injaate of the National / News of the death of Mrs. W. W. Foote, wife of the weil-known attorney, reached this city yesterday Hongkong. Mrs. Foote had been traveling in the Orient with some of her relatives, and while in | Hongkong was suddenly stricken with dysentery. Monday night word came to Mr. Foote's nephew that Mrs. Foote was dangerously {ll and yesterday this omi- | g%er. Tl at Yountville, Napa nous cablegram was followed with one | Soruers [fHome at Yeunty pected o announging her death. Mr. Foote has been {ll for some time and has been stopping at the Occidental Hotel. He knew nothing either of the sickness or death of his wife, and it was h-'l“,e been the cause of death. e bod and an inguest will be held. o cdedn oo J. H. Lanyon Is Dead. y was removed to the Morgne‘ some time before any one could be found willing to break the news to him. Ru- dolph Herold, an old friend of the fam- ily, finally agreed to tell him and, with Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Foote's nephew, Mr. Ler- man, his partner, and Dr. Willlamson went down to the hotel and told the news from Japan. ’ It was particularly bitter, because it came upon Mr. Foote's birthday. He had intended to leave here for Japan by the steamer next week and had all his plans arranged to spend a few weeks with his family in China and Japan and then con- tinue on through the Suez canal to Parls, where he intended to be at the opening of the Exposition. Mrs. Foote was traveling with her two daughters—Miss Bertha and Miss Enid, her mother, Mrg, Taylor, and her brother, Ben Taylor. They left last September and since then have traveled through a ood part of Japan, some of China and own (o ‘Manila: They were in Manila just before Christmas. Mrs. Foote re- turned to H“"‘konf to be there to meet her husband, and it was there she was | attacked with the dreaded disease. The party was Staying with Rounsevelle Wildman, the United States Consul. who is a relative of the family, and it was from him the news of her death was re The cablegram also stated that the family was preparing to come home on the next - steamer, the Coptic, and would be Here with the body about the | middle of February. Mrs. Foote was the daughter of Chaun- cey Taylor, a lumber merchant and a plo- neer of '49." She was born in Oakland and resided there all her life. She was ex- tremely beautiful and at her death, while not much past middle age, still retained the charms of her younger days. She was a belle of society before her mar- riage about twenty-five years ago, and since then she has been a prominent fig- ure in all the plans and achievements of the women of Oakland. She leaves five children—Chauncey Foote, who is in the employ of the Oceanic Steamship Com- pany; Henry Foote, who is completing his OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—Joseph H. Lanyon, who had been a route agent for a San Francisco newspaper for a number of years, ed at his home, on Webster street, near Twenty-third, early this morning from a complication of troubles He was 48 years of age and a native of Connecticut. He was a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen and Ju- nlor Order of American Mechanics. Second Victim of t¥e Algoa. Michael Mahoney, a stevedore, died yes- terday morning of injuries received ifi the hold of the steamer Algoa last Sunday night from the fall of a bale of burlaps Welghing 100 pounds. This is the second yedm ‘of ths accidect, the first being arr; lohnson, a stevedore, who was killed nstantly. An inquest will be heid to-marrow. PSS =y Sudden Death of Thomas McCoy. Thomas McCoy, a member of the Bofler- makers' Assoclation of this city, was found dead early yesterday mrning in a boxcar at the intersection’ of Fifth and Kentucky streets. He was only 30 years old. It ’I’- presumed that he died from natural causes. The body was taken to the Morgue and an inquest will be held. i Pioneer Woman Dies. FRESNO, Jan. 16.—Sallle Crockett Hud son, long of Palo Alto, Cal., died here. She was a native of Kentucky and €3 ~ars of age. She was closely related 1o avid Crockett, who was killed at the Alamo in 1835 with Colonel Travis and James Powell. — - Constable Drew Dead. SBANTA CRUZ, Jan. 15—W. B. Drew, an old resident of this county, died to- day at Felton, where he had been con- stable for mahy TS, Earl Manvers Dead. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Earl Manvers (Syd- ney Herbert Plerpont) is dead. He was boi:n March 12, l?g APPROVAL OF THE CA N. LL'S POSITIO One Who Has the City's Interests at Heart Charges the Mayor| With Self-Aggrandizement and Says He Certainly Does Not Represent the People. [The Call does not hold itself responsible for the opinions published in this column, but presents them for whatever value they may have as communicatigns of general interest.] 1 wish to express my appreciation of and congratulation to The Call for the positive stand It has taken toward protecting the political, so- It seems to me and to hundreds of brother Irishmen that Mayor Phelan has turned a complete somersault, and that he has either willfully ignored his pre-election promises or else he never intended to ful- In his present attitude he certainly does not represent the people who elected him to office in the belfef that he would do all in his power to take the city government out of the hands of political schemers and boodlers. It appears now as if his sole ambition is self-aggr: were willing to sacrifice personal honor that he may lay He has evidently made alliances with much that is corrupt, hoping by so doing to deify Phelan even If it involves the debasing of San Fran- Editor Call: cial and moral purity of this city. fill them. political future. cisco in the eyes of the whole country. 1 have never asked Mr. Phelan for the slightest personal or political favor, so dizement and as if he the foundation for a I am certainly not a disappointed office-seekar. I am simply a plain business man, having the best interests of the city at heart and being anxious for its pros- perity and progress, San Francisco, Jan. 16. JAMES O'BRIEN. [ R R e e . ] I‘ADAILY HINT FROM mxs.f : R i R e e e ] k3 i § [ e e e e e e s ] BEIGE CLOTH COSTUME. The costume represented is in the Sec- ond Empire style. It fs of dark beige cloth, trimmed with skunlk. The skirt Las a shaj flounce round the bottom. The sleeves are in the “pagoda” style, trim- med with two bands of skunl ——————— R e o o o o o o o o o g DIVORCE COURT BUSY. Several Decrees Granted and Many New Suits Filed. Mrs. Laura M. Grossman was grante] a divorce yesterday from Dr. Edward L. Grossman by Judgée Bahrs on the ground of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Grossman prayed for allmony in the sum of $100 a month, but a compromise was effected by which the physician is to pay his wife 32 a month for the support of a minor child, which was given into Mrs. Grossmau's custody by the court. cause of action. Suits for divorce on the :rnund of failure to provide have been led by Sadle Castillar against Harrison | Castillar, Annie L. Bertrand against J. T. Bertrand. Enoch F. Willilams agalnst Estella H. Willlams, Ida V. Beaumont | against Cecfl L. Beaumont, 1da Hoffman MRS, BURDETTE TALKS T0 WOME Addresses the Federated Clubs. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1§—A good repre- | sentation of the women's clubs of the | State and a splendid representation of the | clubs of Los Angeles greeted Mrs. Robert | J. Burdette at the Ebell Club house this afternoon when she arose to deliver an ' address of welcome to form a State feders | Burdette outlined the p the meeting. was called federations formed in ot parts of_the | country Response was made by Mrs. | Loveli” White, president of the California {Club of San Franciseo. A DU ss ses- | slon, in which committees were appointed, | followea. | A reception was tend | this evening by Mrs. C. N. Sterry at her home, assisted by Mrs. S. C. Hubbell, | president of the Ruskin Art Club; Mrs. J | ¥. Sartori, president Friday Morning Club; Mrs. F. E. Prior, president Wednes- day Marning Club, and Mrs. C. Flint president of the Ebeil Club. Among prominent club women attending the f: eration are: Mrs. Lovell White; Mrs. F. Ginn, Oakland Ebel! Society; Ella Sextor chairman of the State committee of th General Federation: Mrs. John Bakewell, resident of the San Franeisco Sorosis; rs. A. Truesdale of the Centun Club, San Francisco; Emma Shafter Howar | Oakland: Mrs. Mary E. Hart, secretary o | the Women's Press Club; ~Mrs. L G Buu‘!\ker of the Corona Club, San Fran- cisco. The programme for to-morrow is as fol- lows: Morning—Two minute reports of clubs by their presidents; report of the State chairman; correspondence, Ella fraternal greetings by Woman's Temperance Union, Young Association, Collegiate Alumnae Association, Civic League of Los Angeles, | College Settlement; paper, “A Composite View of Federation.” | Afternoon—Presentation and adoption of the constitution and by-laws: appointment of a committee on nominations: paper, ;The Unsolved Problem,” Mrs. I. Lowen- urg. Evening—Reception tendered by Ruskin Art Club; musiec: paper: address, Rebecca D. Lowe, president of the General Fed- eration of Women's Clubs. women gathered n of clubs. Mrs. irpose for which i told of the 1 the delegates NEW WOMEN’S CLUB. The Cause of the Fair Sex to Occupy the Members. v A number of ladies met at the home of Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz, 771 Haight Street, last evening and organized a suf- frage club. Mrs. Foltz was elected presi- dent of the new_club, Miss Belle Harris, | vice president: Miss M. E. McGraw, re- cording secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Annie B. Bradstreet, corresponding secre- tary. There was considerable discussion as to the naming of the new,club and it was finally decided to tpone that matter until the next meeting of the club, which will take place on Saturday evening. The members of the new organization extend a cordial invitation to all women inter- ested in the suffrage cause. ————— Steamship Company Incorporates. Articles of incorporation of the Kimball Steamship Company were flled yesterday | Of the capital stock, $500,000. the sum of $5000 has been subscribed. The directors are: J. §. Kimball. Joseph Marsden, 6. W. Macfarlane, John H. Bullock and A. ‘K.L Brander. ————— | _Townsend's Cal. glace fruits, te b, at | 75 Market st.. will move back in Febru- ary to Palace Hotel, 639 Marke. st. . ———————— Special information supplied dally to business houses anc public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 510 Mon:- gomery street. Teiephone Main 1043 * ———— Indebted to a Bank. Jacob Fishel of 806 Eddy street filed & petition yesterday in the United States District Court to be declared an insolvent. He owes $21269 to the Commercial Na- tional Bank of Portland. since succeeded by Wells, Fargo & Bank. He has no assets. It scothes the child, softens the gums, allays pain, cures Wind Colle, regu- lates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether aristng from teething oe other causes. For sale by druggists In every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs, Winsiow’s Seothing Syrup, e a bottle. —_——— Personally Conducted Excursions. In tmproved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions 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. Louls every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday aad | Friday. Ticket office, 625 Market street. —_—— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage | of the round-trip tickets. Now only %0 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at ho- tel; longer stay, $3.00 per day. Apply at 4 New against Nicholas Hoffman and Harriet R. | Montgomery street, San Francisco. —_————— Jones against Charles E. Jones. Pauline | Isaac asks for a divorce from Joseph Isaac for desertion, and Adelin L. Gorman | | prays for a divorce from John Gorman on the ground of cruelty. —_————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. { ~-SKIN FOOD—N. N., City. This depart- ment has not been'able to find any recipe for the particular kind of skin food asked | about. A THREE-DOLLAR PIECE—Subscrib- er, Bacramento, Cal. $4 to 38 for a $3 gold plece of 1874, the state of preservation fixing the value. A IN THE NINETEENTH-J. H. L., City. In the opinion of the majority of learned people who have ven - the subject thought we are still living in the nine- teenth century. PEDDLING—A. B. C., Crockett, Cal. Selling account books from house to house is peddling, and the vendor requires a license. e amount for a license depends upon the regulations of the county in which the sales are made. SAMOAN ISLANDS—H. J. 8., City. The United States Consul for the Samoan Islands is Luther W. Osborn: address, Apia. It is the duty of a Censul to fur- h such information as he may be asked about, if he s possessed of it. TWO PLAYHOUSES—About once in three months this department has re- ceived an anonymous letter of inquiry, in the same -flPu. s to the seating capacity of two of the local playhouses. This department has_tired of answer- ing this query and 1 not pay any at- ten:lcn to anonymous requests as to this matter. BOOKS THROUGH THE MAILS-H. K., Oakland, Cal. Printed books sent through the malls are classed as third- class matter. The rate of postage is 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. The limit of weight in any pack- age Is four pounds, except single books in separate packages, not limited. ‘A BRAZILIAN COIN—L. A. K., Garri-' 8 &, son Point, Alabama. The coin described | in letter of inquiry and of which there is a rude sketch, is not an English coin, but Brazilian one. It was issued in 1815, uring the reigt; of John, Prince Regent, m‘). and Is known as a 90 reis piece. Such a coin may be purchased from deal- ers for $i75. THE ENGLISH CHANNEL-C. 8, City. At the eastern end of the E: Channel vhersgt joins the Nnr:h u".‘n"‘;? the Straits of Dover it i of divor have also been grant- | opjy twenty-one miles X “W‘:“D«N er A‘:‘ deheI: from Louis Weinl + | to Cape Grisnez. It joins the Atlantic on ti und of rtion; Henry Ocean at the Chops, wi 100 Wandel Ca Wandel, on the mEfln‘y “Ushant ground of A. Calder- le. Its -ve:a:' th is nv:a i to and John | ahd Havee, aixty betwecn Dass it hord from ary Blion Bashtord, on | and Ca Higue: 140 miles (14 grent: Nise has sued Frederick ‘iflu. ‘trom 10 to 110 miles west from 2 5 : Kuinger for a divorce, alleging cruelty as latter point. Dealers charge from | on which weight is | The Fastest Train Across the Conti- nent. The Californta Limited, Sants Fe Route Connecting train leaves § p m.. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any line to the East. Ticket office. 635 Market street. ————————e Neglect of the hair brings baldness. Use Parker's Hair Balsam and save your hair. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. 15 cta, ———— “That was a crazy thing for those three b';)l“l men of Gotham to g0 to sea in a *“Oh. I don't know. They were wise | enough to want to get out of Gotham."— Boston Transeript. | 1 nervous and run down; has settled on your lungs, is what you need. N if a cough SCOTT'S g00d doctor about it. a::mggus, o< 850 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.