The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1900, Page 6

G THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900, 5 ! cans of Congress a blunder in party politics as well as R -0 1000 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propreto: s LEAK .Market and Third, S. F. Main 1868, P w cations to W. &, ess A Manager BLICATION o Teleph ne to 221 Stevenson St. e Maln INT e AMUSEMENTS. DITORIAL ROOMS Telep soeroy.” est P ! HMomeymoon.” deville every af Special = street TO AMEND THE CHARTER. st f Attorney Pillsbury the new to de- ment of authority to btle skiil cipal gov te telephone companies. Flushed e trick and san- telephone he success ¥ the people, 1k g 0 ¢ ced a determination not only t nt exorbitant rates old abuses, b r taxes by s upon t rons 1 put the taxes in " “and the we s ¢ of this world that the redress for almost all e liberty faster binds the t tyrant’s cruel glee forces oa the ion of the telephone men 1 ic has aroused popu and there 1s a bright prospect ahead t will be drastic and lasting ve two nues of redress against the . s ne com- n their own s to restore to the 1 power to supe e all cor rations ¢ jer municipal fra s an g 2 The first avenue can be Legislature meets next whenever 13 per cent of t us municipal or State election S ors to Il an election for € ding the charter, it shall be the e S sors to do so, and to make all pro- it is in the power t 1 unicipality the power A ted by the cleverness of the tele- s ke spears determined a stop to its exactions nor to pay its taxes be well for the people to take steps at once t an elé for t corporati w low the evil e. The attention of lic-spirited citi en to the issue at once s it stands ective in exem and others, applies to d without de ay. AIR AS A LUBRICATOR. CCORI ) there has been recently tested on the Tay an one of our Scotch exchanges A n which promises to be of even more ocean transportation than the famous which so much was heard a year or so latter invention is one of mechanism, and use of in a steamship only by displacing a considerable part of the machinery now employed The new one can be used in any kind of a steamship and kind of machinery, since it cons: solely in 1 ing a lubricator, which will permit the ough the water with little or no fric- is well known that when a steamer is propelled through the water she meets with a degree of resist- ance that varies with her speed. As the inventor, R S. Baxter, is guoted as putting it: “It is a case o one body being forced to slide upon another without the intervention of a suitable third body between them t lubricatc It is said the only substance used between the ship and the ant is air, and the inventor claims ised a means by which its use is made prac- as as the machine is called which . is described as being self-acting and oving parts. It is 2 V-shaped air < down the vessel's stem 3 ost cases goes a certain dis: This channel may be either inside ince or le the vessel, and is provided with certain pe ted openings or ports constructed in such a v t the ter rushing past them produces a » within them, and consequently draws m of air, which, passing along p, cuts off the im- water, and thereiore the stre: surface of the sh the t inventor that means of by kes her voyag con- ‘he air of course ultimately risss = water, but if the ship be going rent before it escapes It made with steamships nents ncrease of speed amounting t of the o n, and it was noted that the greater perce: hat had the grea per ce nary speed of tha ge of 1 ed. to ships ter spe in the Tay can hardly be taken as ion of the usefuln ss of the in- sears, however, to be one that vithout great cost on ocean steam ms of the inventor, thereiore, be well not be long before the air-jacket will st every steamship that crosses the then have not only air-brakes on our Jubricants on our ships. and per- } condensed air or liquid air to run the mechanism of both. an be Ve shail to | speed she will pass her whale | THE POLICE COMMISSION. AYOR PHELAN has been baffled in his ef- ort to turn the, Police Department over tc Andrew M. Lawrence and the gamblers, but M he ter a means of revenging n the man who fled him, and William as been di sed irom the Police Com- For the present the issue rests with the re- s found under the ¢ up Biggy ssion. { himse J organ 1 of the commission by the -appointments of Wi T 1. Mahoney, and the e an Jr. to the position of C « new f things the | sfied. The new Commis- i will be given the confidence , start with, and they will not lose 1t ay it Ount of the controversy Mr. Biggy emerges with e i d of him: ho could make himself fe 1f he were in a minor- v corrupt scheme with an op persistent and’ disturbing that i attract the attention eof the whole com- As a Police Commissioner Mr. Biggy ful- he literal and plain meaning of those words, e false journal that published them is now re- because he did not give the lie to its com- whether 1 with eleven or alone he woui sition meet e gorous, S0 Jefore the subject is dismissed from public con- sideration it is well that due attention be given to ires of it which are of permanent interest se of the light they throw upon the character of the principzl persons involved. In the first place, let Mayor Phelan be judged by the evidence of his own statements,” made not in the carelessness of private conversation, but in the deliberateness of public docu- ments In his communication to the Board of Supervisors setting forth his reasons for removing Commissioner Riggy the Mayor refers to the cause which led to his appointment, and says: Commission 1 had it at first composed of Messrs. Thomas, McNutt, Newhall and David I. Mahone; subsequently named as member of the Fire Commissioners. The day before the appoint- | vere announced ) Biggy made a personal | application and appeal to me for this place, to which I yielded.” Contrast that statement of the Mayor with this, to the Examiner, aracter of my a ments which he e in an open letter published January 17: “I think the ¢ is a sufficient e to the public o 1 canvassed their 1d found them free W n Thomas was at | profession. Dr.. W. F. McNutt stood | tion to his profession. W. J. Biggy | d an irreproachable public record, and George A ppointe ant f R the sincerity of my intentions. I names in common with others ing alliances from enta 1 the head of the same 1 1 1 ] Newha a ler among merchants of the city.” w Such are two of the statcments of the Mayor con- e appointment. In the one he asserts he ) wassed Mr. nd found him a ma In the other he asserts he had not consid cerning the fitness for the proachable public Bigg of ir record ol ered but at personal soli Biggy at all, he last moment gave the office at Biggy Both of these statements cannot be true, for the itation. | but both can be | by truth is ever consistent with itself: not bound consistenc se, for falschoods are Both of them are false. Biggy himself in the announcement that he was gi the appointment to the commission not by Phelan, | but by Lawrence, to whom the Mayor had given t iour Police Commissionerships to be filled by Law- rence’s friends. With that evidence now fairly before the pudlic the statements The Call concerning Phelan’s ant election pledges have been proven beyond further ring. full revelation of the char: <ind of the police affairs of the community. of this shameful agreement and conspiracy we have no now a The reformers have cter of Phelan and of the men to whom he was and is willing to intrust In the exppsure gainsa morecver, It may be that in politics as in other nd in some re- desire to linger. ters “‘all is well that ends wel spects this fight has ended to the satisfaction of the has been de For tha The Lawrence barga public. the scheme of the gamblers ba good result the public is indébted toWilliam J. Biggy, who fled retires from office with an unstained hopor and the ving saved the city from disgrace rom the corruptions of a wide-open tisfaction of and the people town. Congressman Sulzer has astounded his friends by an unexpected exhibition of common sense. He says | he has troubles of his own and positively declines to be yoked to William Jennings Bryan in the Presi- dential race. C ni THE SHIPPING BILL. [ A | OINCIDENT with the report from Washing- ton that the shipping bill may not be taken up at this session of Congress comes the announce nt that the trans-Atlantic mail service is seriously The Brit- many Atlantic steamers afiected by a lack of steamships to carry it. ish have withdrawn a good for the transportation of troops to South Africa, and | the United States has none to take their place. | Commenting upon the situation the Boston Trans- cript said on February 1: “The taking off of the “truria for transport service has led to various irregu- ritics in our foreign mails. The Penrsylvania bas been held to take her mails from this side, and the | Germanic has suffered a similar fate in taking the | mails of the Umbria.” To that statement oi fact is | ‘added: “Postal authorities are agreed in the opinion | that an American line of mail steamers given | proper subsidy woald bring about an improvement at once in mail service, not only by the actual carrying of mails from this country on Wednesdays and Sat- urdays of each week, but by stimulating the British lines to activity and toning up the foreign service. At present the mails for this country from England are taken at Liverpool, although the last land touched is at Queenstown. Were the foreign mails carried by the American line. for instance, they might be en on at Southamoton, some nineteen hours later, 2ffording another business day’s mail an opportunity | to be forwarded quickly to this country. From the | point of view of the postal service, and of course this is more or less the point of view of every business e with foreign correspondents, an American mail subs would prove of immense value.” That is but one of the many evidences the time flords of the urgency of the upbuilding of our merchant marine. It is an important phase of the issuc, but by no means the most important, for we need a merchant marine to carry our commerce as well as to carry the mail. It | is, however, a pertinent subject for ‘consideration, since it has happened just at the time when Congress is apparently hesitating to enact the shipping bill the country demands. | To neglect to provide for our merchant marine at this sessicu would be upon-the pact of the Republi- a T “He is | “In appointing the Police | Board of | | The truth is given by Mr. | ated and | | in statecraft. In 1896 the Republicans pledged them- ‘[ selves to re-enact a protective tariff, maintain the gold | standard and provide for American shipping. Two | of those pledges have been fulfilled. The gold stan- | dard has been firmly upheld, a comprehensive protec- tive tariff is in force, and, despite the efforts of Kas- son to weaken it by one-sided reciprocity. treaties, will continue in force. There remains the shipping industry of the country to be provided for, and that duty should be attended to before the Presidential campaign opens. In a broader view of the case, it will be unfortunate | for every industry of the nation if the shipping bill be | not passed, for at this juncture in our affairs the wel- | fare of all is dependent upon the expansion of our commerce and the transportation of our surplus | products to foreign markets. The protective tariff it- self will be hardly more beneficial to the country than | this measure, \-hich is designed to supplement it by giving protection to our industries on sea as well as on land The opposition is powerful. The subsidized steam- ship companies of the Old World dread the menace of American competition, and they find not a few allies | in our own country to co-operate with them in their efforts to prevent such competition. Added to their strength is all that of the inveterate free traders, who oppose anything in the way of governmental aid to industry. It is a formidable force to overcome, but the strength that supports the bill is strong enough to master it. Republicans who are resolute in the con- | test will find the people with them on election day. | opposed to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty it is Panama canal boomers. The project of the Nicaragua enter- prise under the treaty reduces their scheme to the | limbo of dead hopes. S mendation of the Finance Committee, this city will for some time to come be literally a com- munity of “ways that are dark.” The recommenda- tion is that from March 1 to July 1 the street lamps shall be unlighted. That ineans that during the four months of March, April, May and June the city is to have no lights except such as shine through the win- dows of shops and barrooms. At least two of these | months are within the rainy season, when the nights | are apt to be clouded and aven the starlight obscured. Thus for many nights we are to have the blackness of | Egyptian gloom, and a carnival time for all the criminal classes that prowl in the dark. The excuse for this outrage upon the community is that of economy and reform. The people put trust in the loud vauntings of the reformers at the last elec- tion, and now they receive the reward which nev fails those who are credulous enough to believe the professions of that class of politicians. It was in a condition of mental darkness that the suffrages of the | | | If there be any set of people who are fully and truly i | | [ WAYS THAT ARE DARK. HOULD the Supervisors carry out the recom- people were given to the reformers, and it is in four | months of physical darkness they will have to repent their folly It is now conceded by the reformers themselves that | it will cost more money to conduct the municipal government under the new charter than under the consolidation act. They are ready to make that con- cession, for they are now in office and have no fur- | ther use for misrepresentation and buncombe. More money is needed and more money will have to be forthcoming, and until it is forthcoming the city is to he in darkness and the people are to stay at home at | night, carry lanterns, or take their chances hieves, thugs and hoodlums in the gloom. Some of the reformers have grown weary of the | consequences of their folly and have begun to devise ways and means for avoiding them. Assessor Dodge is one of that class. He recently concocted a scheme to raise the assessment of property in San Francisco to the extent of $100,000,000, and requested the State Board of Equalization to connive at the fraud with- out taking advantage of it. His request was that the | State Board should eut down the assessment he pro- | poses to make by $100,000,000, so as to prevent San with Francisco property from being taxed to that amount for State purposes, while the tax was collected for | municipal purposes. It is to such a condition we have been brought by the Phelan reformers. The Assessor is to put us up | to tricks that are vain, and the Supervisors are to | reduce us to ways that are dark. In the nights of { gloom when the taxpayer wends his way home through the uniighted streets he will have ample op- portunity to meditate upon the ways of political re- formers in general and the Phelanites in partieular, | and if he escape the dangers of the dark he will know how to vote when the next municipal election takes place. For the present there appears no remedy for the evil. At the very threshold of the new era, at the very time when the expanding commerce of the Pa- cific Ocean is likely to attract most attention to San Francisco, we are to exhibit ourselves as a back- number town—as the only city of its size in the civilized world without street lighting at night. The Great West will hail with delight the latest news from Washington. It is to the effect that the House Committee-on Mines and Mining has decided to report favorably on a measure providing for a De- partment of Mines, with a Secretary in the Presi- dent’s Cabinet. Score one for the miners. —_— Edward Dunne of Chicago has a get-rich-quick scheme that he claims to have brought out for the benefit of the world at large. His main object, how- ever, seems to be to take in the daily increasing family | of suckers under the name of “done.” The postal authorities are looking into his case. The Supervisorial inquiry into the subject of water rates has revealed the fact that William F. Herrin is a consulting attorney for the Spring Valley Water Company. V l,h whom he consults, however, is left as a matter for' interesting speculation. It was neceésary for the Paris police the other day to quell a riot, smash several heads and make whole- sale arrests in order that a nihilist might be buried. This may be another instance of the force of one's opinions continuing after death. The German Agrarians have declared they will not vote for the Kaiser's naval programme unless the Kaiser will shut American products out of Germany, but perhaps the Kaiser can find a way of persuading them to be reasonable. | “The tariff on lives in our local Chinese colony will now probably be reduced to meet the demand. The penitential season of New Year is over and the hatchetmen are returning to town ready for work. 1f the Chinese continue to hide the bodies of their dead in Chinatown, it might be a measure conducive of health for the Board of Health to appoint a grave- | yard iaspector for the district. B e e e S «IN LONDOMN D R T T 3 @—ow-r@‘—‘ B o B R e i S ) IWHY GREAT BRITAIN CANNOT WIN. | Original Views of an Influential Boer Who Has Studied the Transvaal Situation. HERE is a strong suspicion that the defection of the Cape Afrikanders to the | forces of the two republics is much more general than the censored news recelved In Europe would lead one to suppose. Middleburg, Paarl, Vie- torla West, Worcester, Welllngton, Malmesbury have not yet been invaded by the Boers, but the population is in a state of ferment, as the English cor- | respondents inform their papers. Members of some of the best families have joined the Boers. The son of Mr. Thercn, member of the Cape Parllament, wired to his father: “Farewell! I'm off to the front.”” Theron sent the message to Sir Alfred Milner with the short remark: “This {s my only son! We summarize the following from the Gotha Petermann’s Mittheilungen, as to the relative strength of the Dutch and Anglo-Saxon elements: : The official British statistics furnish no clew regards Dutch, but the church registers of the three great Dutch " have a registered membership of 350,000. All these may be reckoned as sympathiz- ers with the Boers. Dutch Afrikanders of the towns and mines who have been Anglicized are not included in this estimate. But even with these, the English element number hardly 140,000, excl ve of the troops, as there are 10,00 to 20,000 of other nationalities. 'Of the white population in the republics, 280,00 are Boers, 60,000 British and 40,000 other “Uitlanders.” ~Throughout all South Africa there are 645,000 Boers, 245,000 British and 9,000 other whites. It is claimed that illiteracy is ony than in England, and that although the wealthy to lead the life of country gentlemen, v greater among them than among the in England. Th class entertain concerning England are probably fairly well répresent following communication ad iressed by an Afrikander, then resident in London, to the London Times several weeks ago: We are not as Ignorant as British statesmen and newspaper writers, nor are we such fools as you British are. We wanted delay, we got it, and are now prac- tically masters. We know facts, such as the following: 1. The powers do not intend you to get pos fon of the Transvaal gold. After encouraging you to believe that they will not interfere, they will assist us direct- Iy or indirectly to drive you out of Africa. 2. We know that you dare not take the precautions necessary to prevent this as vour lazy, dirty, drunken working classes will not allow themselves to be taxed sufficiently to preserve the empire. 3. We know that you are permitted to exist as a power only on suffrance. If the Americans stop your food t among your working cla as the number of s of Cape Col- he whole less common among the B Joers pre: of highly You must truckle to the United States or starve. there will be rebellion, for patriotism does not ex 4. For fifty years you have been too prosperous. There is no nerve in 3 Your hired soldiers are the dregs of the population, deficlent in all physical, moral and mental qualities that make good fighting men. 5. Your officers are either pedantic scholars or frivolous society men. Even the 5. Afridis_were more than a match for you. : 6 Your men are so weakened by loathsome diseases that they cannot en- dure the hardships of war. 7. Your whole race is decaying. & Your statesmen lack will power and shirk responsibility as much as pos- | s=ible. 3. Your big navy is corruptly administered. i 10. We know that your men are inferior as mans, French and Americans, but also to the Japanese, | Peruvians, Belgians and Russians. 11. We know that the British people would rather be conquered than be com- pelled to serve as soldiers. 12. We Boers know that it is not our destiny to be governed by British curs, but that we will drive you from Africa, leaving the other manly nations to divide the rest of vour empire. Talk no more of Boer ignorance. | great German Emperior to help you, for | plete. Three hundred thousand Dutch heroe: can afford to tell you the truth now. marksmen not only to the Ger- Afridis, Chileans, In a little while you will be imploring the humiliations are not yet com- s will trample you under foot. We @ ero et ededeie® $ Apamy mwr FROM PARE. § R ke R e R i el ot ] wore a similar gown. These two charm- ing girls, with their Jeges dresses alike in every feature, added not a little to the general merriment by the clever way. in Which they succeeded in mystifying the uests. ®General dancing and a cotillon, for which dainty valentines were distributed as favors, made up the pleasures of the evening. Mrs. W. D. O'Kane gave a delightful tea at her home on Broadway yesterday afternoon complimentary to Mrs. Duperu and Miss Tillie Feldmann. The hours of the tea were from 4 till 6, during which time about 100 ladles called to pay their respects to the charming hostess and- her guests of honor. The elegant home, so splendidly adapted for entertaining, was gorgeous with gold- en acacia and violets, with palms, and long grasses for a background. In the drawing-room red was the prevailing tone and brilliant carnations and dainty valentines were used with delightful ar- tistic effects. | | | in receiving her guests, and in the even- ing the receiving party were joined by an tq‘:al number of gentlemen at dinner. Miss Therese Morgan gave a dainty | street. It was a atrictly Informal affair, | but nevertheless charming. Lieutenant Lyman Welch and Miss Edith Knowlton were married vesterday | afternoon at the apartments of the bride’s | father, Major Joseph Knowlton, in the | Hotel St. Nicholas. It was a very qulet ‘tf;rfalrx unrll( onL);dreLatl\'es and immediate | friends witness the ceremony, at w! | Dr. Mackenzie oficiated. o The bride wore an exquisite white satin i S e e S S o S B e R S o e o TWO ASPECTS OF IMPERIALISM. B+ e0+0000eededetdedsdsitsdsdederdsd s sisied e Forns | Ten young ladies assisted Mrs. O'Kane | luncheon yesterday at her home on Clay | ON THE TUGELA «o —Rocky Mountain News. D R e L e R L R e B S 2L S i B A AL ok e el e e e o o+ esesesec® | gown trimmed with rare old lace. There | was no bridal party. Lieutenant and Mrs. | Welch left last evening for the south, where the honeymoon will be s The ladies of rtful lecture v Howard Mal- ‘s paper was ightful sue- who_finished table. —————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BRITISH SOLDIERS—A. O. City— There is no conseription law in England, s consequently the ot be any draft- | ing of citizens army. | BONDS— ted . States bonds are cution o an attachme f officer hol¢ ing the pape hands on the SPANISH-AME AN WAR — The Spanish-American war commenced Thurs- | April m. On Frida t 12, 1865, ce pro- m. the pea L France, Saturday THE VOTE FOR HAIGHT-M. B, | City. At the election held in this Stats September 4, 187, Henry H. Haight, can- didate for Governor, received 49,905 votes; *. Gorham, 4 the 71, N H Haig P 62,381 votes ar NAVIGATION—-C. A. E, City. man who desires to dy navigation, “but does not desire to remain before the mast all his life; to tread the quarterdeck being his ambition,” can st igation in schools for that pu ment of Answers to Cor Ay not advertise schools tion. NAVIGATION SCHOOL City. If you were the vou declare are ticed that this de; vertise private institutions nor ness whatever, and consequentl not, through paper, give vou the names and_ addresses of navigaticn schools. Had you been a close reader you would have noticed in this department i d sent your name and ad- v _cent stamp for reply bv mail, you would have received the repiy long ago and_would have saved vourse'f the trouble of writing a second letter of inquiry, could B — Cal. glace fruit 50c per > at Townsend's.* — ———————— Guillet's Iee Cream and Cakes. %05 Larkin st.* —_—ee———— Special information supplled daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mon gomery street. Telephone Main I . —_————————— Postal Changes. Imbrie, clerk, and I C. Gross, the San Francisco A. R first-class carrier in Postoffice, have been detailed for duty in the Philippines at the Manila Postoffice. i e Sl s 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 weifare 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, 23 Market street. — No buffet should be without a bottle of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, g South Amert- can appetizer and Invigorator. ———— The Fastest Train Across the Con- tinent. The Californta Limited, Santa Fe Routs. | Connecting trains leave at §p. m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Finest | equipped train and best track of any line ta the East. Ticket office. Market street. —_— r— John Mulholland Fails. John Mulholland of this city filed a pe- | titlon in insolvency yesterday in the United States District Court. His liabii- | ties are $1217 10 and he has no assets, B e e SR S S S St oo @ec 00000 ebebebe® VELVET AND ERMINE MANTLE. The carriage mantle represented is abso- lutely new. It is composed of a tight- fitting jacket of black velvet, with stole collar of ermine, partly concealed In front by a full pelerine of drab velvet, bordered and lined with ermine. Nothing is vis- ible behind but the pelerine. PAPER DRESS AND MASQUE Dance, Tea, and Luncheon Keep the Swell Set Busy. Novelty and originality were the two striking features of the paper dress masque given by Miss Charlotte Ellin- wood at the home of her parents on Pa- cific avenue last evening. It was madly merry, as all entertalnments of its ik should be, and the informality which characterized the affair added not a little to the jollity. The decorations of the home were exceptionally beautiful, and wild bridal wreaths, ferns and grasses weml utlll:edl t,ln the production of the sing results. P g iinwood recelved the guests. | some seventy-five young people, each one of whom seemed costumed In more gor- eous paper array than the others. Miss | Ffinwood made n fascinating red paper | ber friend. Miss Blakeman, CIGAR / | navov. RUSSIAN ETTES With Mouthpiece 10 cents for 10 Monopol Tobacco Works