The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1900, Page 6

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BRANCH OFFICES—S527 Montgomery, corner of Clay. open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister, ope until .30 o'clock. 615 Lurkin, open unt 30 o'clock. 1941 Mim . open until 10 cloek. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open 1096 until ® o'clock. 106 E mlencia, open until O til ® o'clock. d Kentucky, | S JANUARY 24, 1900 | | mew possessions. THE OMETHING has appeared in Congress for which the country was wholly unprepared. In all of his public expressions, official and other- wise—if, indeed, any expression by the President on a public policy can be anything but official—President McKinley has prepared the country to expect Con- gressional action upon all questions affecting our During the recess of Congress a vast procession of events passed, and why they were could not be explained by the executive. His acts were within the conceived limit of his authority. Be- yond that the whole issue was with Congress. Now there is no possibility of Congressional action that shall be wise and well for our own people, and for those that we scek permanently to control, unless Con- IMPOLICY OF SECRECY. | gress has possession of the information that is solely Without this it is legislating in the dark. It may hit or miss the right mark. It must act at random. As soon as Congress met it became apparent that there was no disposition on the part of the support- ers of the administration to formally ask for dis- closure of the facts upon which legislation must be based. This was a capital error. In this Government its servants must keep in touch with the people and must trust them. They are governing in the name and for the purposes of the people, and what they know abcut the business belongs to the people. It would have been in right line with republican prin- ciples and practice to have asked the administration for a frank disclosure, at the request of its own par- tisans, of everything required to enlighten Congress and the country. As the supporters of the administra- tion neglected this plain duty, when they should have gladly asked for the facts, and the President should have as gladly disclosed them, the situation was aban- doned, to be occupied by the minority, by the oppo- nents of the administration. This was a tactical mis- take of the gravest nature. No matter if amongstthose who took advantage of it is the paretic Senator for South Dakota, poor Pettigrew. Expressing contempt for him and calling him names will only temporarily divert the attention of the country from the real situ- ation. So far every resolution honestly intended to get light on the situation has been sidetracked. Even | when an obviously proper inquiry was made into the | cost of garrisoning Cuba and holding her in the | coarse grip of military authority, it was promptly ob- | jected to and killed. -In this process of concealment | the administration Senators have gone to the length | of withdrawing from the chamber, to hold secret caucus, to return and vote against letting the peo- | ple know the least fact about a war and insular ad- I—Song Recital, to-morrow night. ack—Races. AUCTION SALES. By Turkish By W Race Horses, at ¢ Jaouery 35, at 1 o'clock, ack. THE EXTRA SESSION. \ \ Gov- Gage has issued a call for an extra ses- he Legislature. A full report of the document ¥ be found in another column. It outlines several which legislation, it is d, is required at this time, as delay, in the 5 mation, would be prejudicial to pub- expected by the public has happened. ernor on 1 ed to wait for the regular session is no ue. The call has been sent forth and the action the attention of the people will the Governor to the Legislature. Upon the members of the two houses it depends whether r whether it will result promptly in ac- tions which will merit and receive the approval of the people. the legislators deal wisely and promptly with the they have been called to consider, and elect States Senator worthy of the honor, there nt of the session. Ii Ii Such actions wi all the money the session may cost. on the other hand, the Senatorial election result h of confusion and disagreement, if it nce of the work for which the ses- 1 specific. f a man of the Dan Burns stripe, then the session wi liti be not only an extravagance, but a po- of the worst kind. Whether or not the taxpayers would | sion is to be long, costly and fruitless or worse | —i ministration to which they are contributing | costing them to garrison the island, their blood and treasure. Can any one explain why Con- gress and the people should not know what we are dleel &t 11 & m. and 2 p. m., | doing in Cuba and at what cost? What public policy or national interest can be injured by such informa- tion? We are not at war in that quarter of the world. There are no rebels in the field to be encour- aged by letting American taxpayers know what it is and withhold | from its people the freedom and self-government we ] HAT was long ago foretold by The Call and | | deter minority inquiry. promised should be theirs. ng them the information?” We say it is not repub- lican to object; it is not republican to refuse to con- fide in the people. Turning to the Philippines, the situation is no bet- ter and the reason for secrecy worse. Though not said officially, it is in the air that nothing can be even whispered about the Philippines, because there wé are at war! For months an unmanly pretense has been kept up that the administration is in possession of facts showing correspondence between anti-imperial- ists and the public enemy. This was apparently to But, if true, it should have been the highest reason for majority inquiry. Does not every Republican see that to refuse to give out the information which belongs to the people, because we are at war in the Philippines, implies the conceal- ment of all facts until such war ceases, and that, as Congress has no control over that war which it never declared, its technical prolongation may be indefinite, and no fact concerning it, including its cost, will ever reach the people? Under such conditions there can be no useful and wholesome public opinion in the country. The Republican party must bear the bur- den of distrust of the people, and the situation is not helped by the canting repetition that “there is noth- ing to conceal,” while nothing is disclosed. The people are not children. They can stand the effect of any information in the keeping of the ad- ministration. The Republican party is about to enter a campaign in which it will approach the public judg- s " | ment with affirmative propositions involving princi- y called, or if it result in the | ples. It should protest against being compelled to defend the sinister policy of refusing to let the people know all about the new possessions which have come | to us as the saddest fact in all our history. The Republicans in the Senate and the Assembly ' cannot overlook th We contend d. importance of the Senatorship. on the eve of a Presidential campaign. The parties in this State are not unequally di- It requires a comparatively small change in the vote to transfer California from the Republica Democr: column, and consequently any issue which complicates a Presidential campaign dangerous to the party which precipitates that issue 1 the voters. It will be the fault of the Republi- cans of the Legislature if the Senatorial question re- mains to be fought over in the coming campaign, and accordingly it is their duty to settle it at once. It must be borne in mind, however, that it would be better to leave the issue open than to attempt to close it by the election to the United States Senate of a man whom the people regard with a just suspicion of corruption and whom they would reject at the ly way to eliminate the issue from the ign is by electing a Senator who repre- sents the genuine Republicanism of the State, one whose election will not be an offense to the honesty and the intelligence of the party and to the inde- With what chance of success could lican candidates for the Legislature appeal ion this fall if in addition to a costly extra n they had no better record of work to show than the clection of a disreputable boss, or the tool of 2 boss, to the United States Senate? This, then, is the issue that confronts the Repub- licans of the Legislature, and there is but one way of meeting it wisely. The Senatorial contest should be disposed of at once, and then the other work of the scssion be taken up and finished with prompt- ness and good judgment. The people will not grudge the cost of the session if the work be well done, but there will be 2 day of sad reckoning for somebody if the results of the session prove disappointing to the wishes of the people. R pendent voters. the Repu for re-el The London newspapers are already outlining the konors that await General Kitchener after he wins. The general knows, probably better than they, what an awful price of victory is to be first paid in the Transvaal hills is | J | the war in three months, as théy expected to do. The Republican party is responsible for all insular administration. Do not Republicans see that when all inquiry is suppressed and all information refused there is given to corruption in the islands a license that will not lack scoundrels to take advantage of it? For our own safety the supporters of the administra- tion should hail the searchlight and bathe every fact | in its beams. e ey e s BRITISH VIEWS OF THEMSELVES. NE of the effects of the Boer victories in the O war in South Africa has been that of setting the British to studying themselves for the pur- pose of determining why they were not able to finish To th.t extent the disasters have been beneficial to them, for no matter how erroneous may be the conclusions it is always more or less profitable for a self-satisfied people to be brought to a recognition of the fact that there is something about them with which they should not be satisfied. The sick and sorrowful man who after a night of revelry attributed his sad condi- tion to the small hot bird and not to the large cold bottle was in error, but all the same he had learned something and would not again be so rash in revelry for a long time to come. i One set of Britishers attribute the whole evil to the Ministry. They see nothing wrong with the na- tion itself. Another set argue that the nation is to blame because it would never permit any Ministry to maintain the army on a scale equal to what the needs of the empire require. A third set attribute every disaster to the officers in command. They assert that the army is large enough and sufficiently well equipped for war, that the people and the Ministers have done all that could be required, and that no- body is to blame except the generals. One of the learned advocates of the latter view quotes from the great writers of bygone times to show that in the past as in the present the British officer has rarely been of any value except to lead men to death. Thus in the days of the Stuarts John Dry- den said: “We all have to admit that the French understand the management of war better than we do, although of course we are fully aware we can beat them.” Napier is quoted as having said the British “are warlike, but not military.” Kinglake is cited as frequently setting forth the incompetency of the British staff in contrast with the valor of the British Then why object to giv- | soldier; anwfrom Carlyle’s account of the battle of Fontenoy is brought the statement, “The English officers, it is evident, behaved in their usual manner, without knowledge of war or fear of death.” A Another view is presented by a writer for the Lon- don Telegraph, who in presenting the German esti- mate of the situation says: “It is the opinion of most Germans that England is verging upon the state of senile decay. Their Government regards it as un- sentimental business to provide for that as for every other eventuality. Germany prepares for every new development. Each new development finds England unprepared. The South African situation repeats the old weary lesson to our dull ears, while we rely upon nothing safer than our faculty for ‘pulling through,’ a faith worth no more and no less than that of the hopeful pitcher which still journeys to the well. Eng- land is like an athlete out of training, who must yet strip for the struggle. If the checks of the South Af- zican campaign could awaken the country to an effectual sense of the absolutely vital necessity of emulating Germany in foresight and energy, the Transvaal war would be the salvation of the empire.” Of course the jingo party in the kingdom will make abundant use of the reverses as arguments for increas- ing the army. Their creed is that neither the Minis- try nor the generals are to blame, but the taxpayers to object to military expenditures. Each of these va- rious views discloses more or less truth concerning the British. To outsiders, however, their defeats wili not seem wholly to their discredit. The fact is that no nation could have done better. The Boers are good fighters, and have shown they know how to fight with strategy as well as with valor. Even the Kaiser’s proud army would not find an invasion of the Transvaal a holiday march. THE KAISER @ND HIS NAVY. ITH a promptness unusual in diplomacy Great Britain hastened to give Germany an explana- tion of the offenses committed against Ger- man shipping in Delagoa Bay by British war ves- sels. To many Germans the promptness was doubt- less very agreeable, but to some it was not, and the Kaiser is one of the latter class. He wishes a large appropriation for a new navy, and he would have had much better chances of obtaining a favor- able vote from the Reichstag if there had been less haste on the part of the British in giving the soft answer which is designed at least to turn away wrath. The bill providing for the additions to the navy which the Kaiser desires is now before the Reichstag, but according to reports from Berlin its passage is still a matter of uncertainty. Of course, every ad- vantage has been taken of the events in Delagoa Bay to rouse popular sentiment and force the opposition in the Reichstag to vote for the measure. In the meantime the Kaiser's speech on New Year’s day was not reassuring. His declaration that he wished a navy commensurate with his army in order that he might carry out his policies is calculated to alarm the | taxpayers and the peace-loving people of the empire. An aggressive policy of conquest or colonization wiil cost a great deal and Germany is not rich. The British are watching the whole performance with close interest. It is still their intention to main- tain a navy equal to that of France, Germany and Russia combined. The strain, however, is becoming intense and since the events of the South African war have made it clear that a more efficient army will have to be maintained hereafter, the thought of expending more money for additional warships is not pleasing to the British taxpayer any more than to the German. The London Chronicle in a recent review of the comparative naval strength of the four powers esti- mates that Great Britain has at present a conspicuous advantage over any combination that can be made against her. Excluding from consideration all ships constructed prior to 1881, which are described as “a secondary armament not affecting the relative fight- ing power,” the Chronicle gives the lists for the na- tions in tabular form thus: BATTLESHIPS. oA =] ) = Q B = e S ElE|g CLASS OF SHIP. Elale|e = H H 3 3 H = 12,000 tons and upward. TE T Sl e 800-12,000 tons. B 134 0] 6 Under 8000 tons. 2 8 - R Total.... SR CRUISERS. NI (o CLASS OF SHIP. Elalb | T i T e B Armored.. R = Protected— 6000 tons and upward. 19 3 - — 4000-6000 tons... I8 R B Under 4000 tons, 46 )s) 3] 4 Total protected................ 1108 | ) 8] 13 From the tables it will be séen that Great Britain has an overwhelming advantage in cruisers, and it is claimed that while the number of battleships of the three Continental powers exceeds that of the British, yet in actual fighting force the British are equal to them all. Of ships now in process of construction the Chronicle gives these tables: BATTLESHIPS. Elg CLASS OF SHIP. g E 12,000 tons and upward 17 1 9 —_ 8000-12,000 tons. = 8 8 % Total...... ” 4 CRUISERS. 4 g = CLASS OF SHIP, B 2 o ot Armored.. 14 12 Protected— 6000 tons and upward. 2 1 6 - 4000-6300 tons... 2 g fomen pp Under 4000 tons. 5 2 2 4 Total protected.. 9 4 8 4 That showing is by no means so favorable to Great Britain as is that of the ships already afloat. It is clear the Continental nations are making great strides. If now the Kaiser carries his point and adds to the number of warships Germany is at present con- structing Great Britain will be no longer safe against a possible European coalition. It is evident she must build more ships or seek a potent ally. Under such circumstances it is not strange her statesmen have been prompt to promise and assure satisfaction for all outrages committed at Delagoa Bay. e There ought to be a material swelling of the death list in our local Chinese war.. The police have pressed Chinese into the service as detective patrol- men, and if there is one offense that is capital in high- binder ethics it is this. ©404040404040404 040404040 AMERICAN GIRLS AND TITLED H @+0404040 4040404040 4040404 04040404040 N American girl had better be to one of these foreign aristocrats. called noblemen alone—that is young American woman."” Above is the advice spoken by La Comtesse Lo- rean de Chavanne at the Waldorf to a New York World The Comtesse was Miss representative on Sunday last. Ouirda Benson of Brooklyn, daughter John Benson of the revenue cutter service. “Yes, let the American girl beware the titled foreign- “If she is married to one ers,” continued La Comtesse. she will rue it.” Mme. La Comtesse says she knows, “I want to warn American young decadent forelgners with titles who wives,” she added. “It is a matter of was an American girl, and when very Frenchman of title. among his papers a contract which he person who was In that business—to find him an eligible He pald in installments for the ser- vices of the person who brought me to his attention. “He squandered my money, and my life was unhappy. wife with a fortune. My experience is typical of the rotten: aristocracy, especlally that of France. “Among these impecunious nobles ness of high-class matrimonlal agents standing, who for a commission find wives for marriage- able men of title. “It is infamy, and I want to warn the poor little Amer- ican girls who go abroad with false n easlly dazzled by a title against the sham of it. “As the wife of the Count Chavanne I moved for some vears in the soclety of the Faubourg St. Germain. I know its little sins and its big sins. I know know the private history of many persons whose names are spoken with awe in the soclety of New York City. Some years ago a titled foreigner ma this city whose family was socially prominent here. COMMENTS OF INTERIOR PRESS ON CHIEF O Tulare Register. They are having a nice time in San Francisco over the appointment of Esola to be Chief of Police. Among other circumstances of interest brought to light is the one that Dan Burns was {nstrumental {n getting Esola on the police force in the first instance, and that Dan is behind him, helping Burns pushing a Democrat to the front and the unspeakable Lawrence pulling him like a tug of war, Mayor Phelan cught to be proud of his appointee. | Stockton Dally Thdependent. When the charges against Esola were filed with Mayor Phelan as the offictal head of San Francisco the latter took the charges direct to Andrew Lawrence of the Examiner, and according to the testimony the charges were in the hands of arry Morse, a private detective, in a few hours after being 4 ‘Was not this a singular procedure for the Mayor of a city, under a non-partisan charter? Mayor Phelan is not so pronounced a partisan from a political standpoint, but he is all the time a radical partisan from the Phelan standpoint. yellow newspaper. He Is now engaged i The San Francisco fight over the sel an idol by showing Mayor Phelan In the light of a cheap politiclan. Of course, it was not to be supposed that a blackmaliling sheet like the Examiner would do anything without the expectation of reward, but it i{s a general surprise to find a man like Phelan entering into an agreement to allow the Examiner to name the Chief of Police as the price of its support. Yet that appears to be ex- actly the understanding had between Phelan and the Examiner prior to the late municipal election In San Francisco. ‘When he died, not long ago, I found . ‘Winnemutcca Silver State. 6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1900. —o 0404040 +0¢040% 040404040 0 TITLED HIUSBANDS, dead than married “If Americans Let these so- my advice to every I know, keep out scandal? of Captain Henry of it. which she receives “Madame proposes to introduce her ner, where she can Such a thoughtful girl, for she tried it. women to shun the try to marry rich barter and sale. I young I married a had made with a ness of the foreign flourishes the busi- with a quasi-social cepted. 1 would only keep hefresses intending for their introducti: La Comtesse W was introduced abr Commodore Vander She married wh years ago. She wil Comtesse has writt is said to be a start French soclety. otions and who are its scandals and I rried an helress of law of an ambitious Ameri 3 the scandals and intrigues family have figured it would The histories of many of them W ’ “When there is marriage without love. It is honeycombed with It. “When the poor American girl W - bank account goes to Paris she Is flattered by slon from the milllner. little American girl, too, if she can manage to some gilded nobleman. “Sham, hypocrisy, deceit and lying are typical of French noblemen in high socle! rent their opera boxes & she does not care to go to the ope offers it to some American family, flattered to death to be seen in the titled Frenchwoman’'s opera box. No, she won't accept pay, but if the liberal Americans want to give anything to My Lady’s poor fund, why it will be ac- “When I left France I was assured of 0+040e0s . COMTESSE DE CHAVANNE. | o 0606040 6060404040404040 $04040404040¢0+9 reverence that noble son-in- WARNING BY THE who so as can house could only kno in which that ma be a mighty shock to them {11 not bear inspection. how can you all too much High soclety in France has hose papa has a fat attentions Mme. This and Mme. That. to her own milll- atest French gowns. he little American from secure the very L kindness touches t who can never know that Madame gets a commis- She will get a commission on the to marry her ty. Women of title and fashion by the year. A night comes when ra. Mme. Somebody a fine income If a sharp watch here for rich American to go to Parts, and provide the means on to the proper parties in Paris.” as educated in a Paris convent and oad by Mrs. Torrence, daughter of bilt. en very young, her husband dying six 1 live temporarily In Philadelphia. La en her life in the form of a novel It ling expose of the inmer secrets of F POLICE SCANDAL to push him along. elivered to Phelan. who had qualified n carrying out Phelan's bargains with a ection of a Chlef of Police has shattered | G220+ 0+0+0+54+0 A DAILY HINT FROM PARIS, z et B e SRy ) & ° L S S SRCER SICER SRS ] HOUSE DRESS, PRINCESS STYLE. This toflet should be made in liberty brocade satin. It is a dress in the princess style, very wide at the bottom. Gold asscmenterie decorates the line of open- ng at the side. The shoulders are su rounded by a flounce in white embroid- ered crape, this same trimming forming the wristbands. AROUND THE CORRIDORS T. J. Riordan, an attorney of Salinas, is a guest at the Lick. W. D. Campbell has come up from Los Angeles and is at the Occidental. T. W. Patterson, a wealthy land owner of Fresno, is registered at the Lick. Joseph Russ Jr., son of the late millfon- aire Joseph Russ, is in the city on a flying visit. C. R. Scott, a popular railroad man of Portland, Or., is a guest at the Occi- dental. R. Lederer, a traveler from Berlin, is a guest at the Palace, where he arrived yesterday. F. G. Ostrander, one of the best known and most influential attorneys of Merced, is at the Lick. Dr. W. D. Witt, a leading physiclan of Antloch, is among the arrivals of yes- terday at the Grand. Frank Madison, the Santa Cruz attor- ney and prominent Native Sons’ officlal, is registered for a short stay at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Burdell and Dr. Galen Burdell are registered at the Cali- fornia from their country home at Bur- dells. Hon. John W. Mitchell, one of the lead- ing legal lights of Los Angeles, arrived in the city last night and registered at the Palace. ‘W. M. Simms, an attorney of Sacra- mento, who is one of the best known men in the profession throughout the State, is registered for a short stay at the Palace. Crawford Livingston, a wealthy mem- ber of St. Paul's aristocracy, is at the Palace accompanied by his wife and fam- {ly. He has come out to the coast on pleasure bent and to escape the rigors of a Minnesota winter. The following ministers who have come to the city to be present at the annual ‘Episcopalian Conference are registered at the Occidental: Rev. Daniel McKin- non, Stockton; Rev. J. A. O'Mera, Santa Clara; Rev. B. M. Weeden, Stockton; Rey. . H. Benson, South San sco, and Rev. O. E. Herwick, U. S. A. —_——— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2—P. S. Casey of San Francisco is at the Arling- ton. David L. Withington of San Diego and A. D. Sharon, wife and daughter, of San Francisco are at the Ebbitt House. —————— Three Insolvents. ‘Three petitions in insolvency were flled in the United States District Court yes- terday as follows: C. W. Mathews, mer- chant, San Francisco, liabilities $898 24, | assets $27; J. M. Powderly, butcher, | Sacramento, liabilitles $1535, assets $500; | G. M. Hill, mining engineer, Auburn, Placer County, liabilities $2282, no assets. | | AREA OF TWO CITIES-R. L. 8., Ar- | cata, Cal. The area of Chicago is 139 square miles. That of New York City (Greater New York) is 265 square miles. STAMPS—Reader, City. This depart- ment cannot advertise any dealer in stamps. Look in the classified part of the City Directory. REALF THE POET—E., City. The re- mains of Richard Realf, the poet, who | dled in this city October 28, 1878, were lald | at_rest in the Grand Army plat of the | Odd Fellows' Cemetery. BROADWAY BANK—A. C. R, City. For information about the status of the Broadway National Bank of Boston, | Mass.. address a letter of inquiry to the | Comptroller of the United States Treas- | ury, Washington, D. C. ABALONES—W. H. O., Spreckels, Cal. Abalones are prepared by taking from the shell and salting, after which they are dried. The Chinese, who seem to be the only ones who care for them as food, boil them and season to taste. | NOT A LEAP YEAR—A Subscriber, | City. You are mistaken as to the rule for | | discovering a leap year in the one hun- dredth year. It is such as are divisible by 400, not by four, that are leap years. | | A's 1900 cannot be divided by 400 without a | | remainder it is not a leap year. I DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE—S., City. | If a woman is divorced in this State and | within thirty days after the decree mar- ries again In this State, she would oc- | cupy the position of a woman living with a man without being married to him,.for such a marriage is null agd vold. | LIGHTS AND WAGONS—S., Napa, Cal. | There is no law in California that reg- | ulates the placing of lights on the dash- | board of wagons or other vehicles. As a rule, two lights are carried, one on each side of the dashboard, and when but one | is used it s usually placed in the middle. | THE MAULE—A. 8., City. Nothing has | been heard of the steamer Maule, which sailed from San Francisco for El Triunto, | Mexico, September 30, 15%. She was bound | for destination via San Diego, but she never reached that port. She had a cargo | og dynamite on board, and it is feared that she was destroyed by an explosion. RELIGIOUS CREEDS—L. E. G, Lodl, | Cal. This department has not the space to devote to answering the question, “Will you kindly oblige by stating the doctrines of the different religious creeds, including theosophy?” Such a question cannot be answer briefly. Would refer you to relig- ious bool me of each denomination— for the answer asked for. DEPENDS ON THE METAL—Sub- scriber, Oakland, Cal. The value of a cent of 1858 depends upon the metal. While no premium is offered for one of that date, the selling price is for copper nickel with large letters 10 cents to $i, copper nickel, small latters, 20 to 50 cents’ rura copper, small letters, $5 to $7 50. This s the price list for the flying eagle cent. CREW OF THE CHARLESTON—C. A. 8., King City. The men who composed | the crew of the Charleston at the time of | the wreck have been distributed on vari- ous vessels at the Manila station. A let- ter Intended for one of these should be directed to his name, with the addition: | “Formerly of the U.'S. S. Charleston at | time of wreck,” in care of Admiral Wat- eon, Manila, P. I All who were of that crew will if living be at the expiration of | term of service returned to San Franeisco, LICENSE IN THE CHARTER-W. A., City. The following are the provisions in :he“chlner gt San Francisco In relation o license. Section 15 of the chapter re- lating to Supervisors and their x:?wer fi: ‘To impose license taxes and to provide for the collection thereof; but no license taxes shall be imposed upon any per- son who, at any fixed place of business in the city and county, sells or manufac- tures goods, wares or merchandise, ex- gg;fl;usl; ;ln“rce:uére mrmhu from the ‘ommissi vided 1n this charter.” gt blcoy e Police Commissioners hav power to grant permits for license teor %:: retailing of liquors, and one section re- lating to the Police Department says: “The Chief of Police shall possess pow- ers of general police Inspection, supervis.. fon and control over all pawnbrokers, peddlers, junkshop keepers, dealers in second-hand merchandise, auctioneers and intelligence office keepers. All per- sons engaged in said callings must first g::t':_um permits from the Commission- APPRENTICES AT MARE ISLAND— E., City. Boys are received as apprentices | City. of 15 and 17 years and rematn until 21, the Same as apprentices in the navy, They are taught various trades, but before be- ing accepted must pass a civil service ex- al: amination, and o> undergo a physica examination. A with the secret. 3 employment at the yard, and examina- tions are held at stated periods. The who is accepted receives the first 20 per cent of the of a first workman in the line to which he has been assigned, the next year 30 per cent, the next 40 per cent, the next 50 per cent and the next 80 per cent. At the close of that year he graduates and he has a prefer- ence for a position in the yard at his trade. No pay is allowed to apprentices when the work upon which they are en- gaged is suspended, but they are rein- stated when the work Is resumed. TROOPS IN CUBA—Constant Reader, The following United States troops were in Cuba on the 10th of January, 1900: Second Cavalry, Troops B, E, H, K, at Santa Clara; A, C, D, F, G, M, at Matan- zas; I, L, at Placetas; Seventh Caval A, B, D, F, H, K, LM, at Havana; C, 1, G, af Pinar del Rio; Eighth Cavairy @, 1, K, L, M, at Puerto Principe; E, at Neuvitas; Tenth Cavalry, A, C, at Man- at Gibara; D, at as'Lm:\‘l, :E 1 3 . at Puerto Padre; Baycuyo; First Infantry Pinar del Rio: I, K, L Second Infantry, B, C, D, ballo; A, at Sanct! Spiritus; I, 3 s la Grande: K, at Trinidad; L, at Capu ren; Fifth Infantry, A, C, F,.G, at Sa tiago; B, at Barraco; D, at El Caney . at San Luis; H, at Buanlananco; Eighth Infantry, A, B, C. D, E, F, G, H, at Ha- vana, and Tenth infantry, A, B, C, F, G, H, at Matanzas, and D and B, at Car- denas. _—————————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® R ———— Spectal Information supplied dally to business houses ancd public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- Gomery sireet. Telephone Main 1042 * Policeman to Marry. James Aftken, one of the most popular men on the police force, got a week's bsence yesterday, and to-day ha Y "be marticd (o Mrs. Bertha Moore, 1013 Post street. He has for some had his beat on Broderick and streets. ——— . “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays pain, cures Wind Colic, regu- lates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 2o a bottle. —_——————— Personally Conducted Excursions In tmproved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experienced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions to look after the welfars of passengers. To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louis every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, 623 Market street. ——————————— ears aker HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only 380 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at ho- tel; longer stay, $3 00 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Franeisco. The Fastest Train Across the Con- tinent. The Californla Limited, Santa Fe Route. Connecting train leaves 5 p. m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any line to the East. Ticket office. 623 Market street. —_— Faded hair recovers its youthful color and softness by the u: Parker's Hair Balsam. Hindercorrs, the best cure for corns. 15 cts. ———e——— Girl Had “Poison.” Alice Porter, 16 years of age, an employe of the Crown Manufacturing Company, residing with her parents at 3514 Sixteenth street, created a mild sensation yesterday morning by attempting to swallow tho contents of a bottle marked “poison.” Her companions took the bottle from her. It is said the “poison” was only a bl ADVERTISEMENTS. FOOd and onic words just what Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with H ites will do for you. The cod-liver oil is a most valuable food, nourishing and building up the whole body. at Mare Island when there are vacanci The applicants must be between the l&l