The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDA FEBRUARY 19, 1900. RS off between the two omu' wnenerer Call _FEBRUARY 19, 1900 SPRECKELS, Propreto: cress & EDITORIAL ROOMS. .. Telepbone Delivered by Carriers. 15 Cemts Per Week. Stmgle Copies. 5 Cemts Terms by Mail Inciuding Postame: DALY CALL iimcinding Sunday). one year. . 8800 CALL (inciading Sunday). € monthe.. 200 # Sznday) 2 momths.. 150 subseriptions. pie copies will be forwarded when requested .1115 Broadwsy CAKLASD OFFICE. €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manager Foreign Advertisinz. Marquette Build- . ing. Chicage. SEW YORK CORRESPOSDENT: C. €. CARLTON Herald Sguare Sherman House: ern Hetel: Fremont Heouse:; Auditorizm Hotel SEW YORK SEWS STANDS: Walderf-Astoris Hotel; A. Brestame. 31 Umies Semare; Murray Hill Hotel SEW YORK REPEESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKESNS JR 29 Tribuse Bulldiag W ASHINGTON (D. ©.) OFFICE.. Wellizgton Hotel 4. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent ERANCH OFFPICES—L2T Momtgomery. eormer of Clay. opem umtil 5320 o'clock. 360 Hayes. open until B2 eclock. 639 MeAllister. open until 920 eo'clock. €15 Larkiz. eopen umatil :30 clock. 1541 Mission, open -atil 10 eclock. 2261 Market cormer Sizteenth. open entil ® o'clock 1066 Valencia opem until § welork. 106 Eleventh. open umiil 9 SW. cormer Twenty-second and Ke oper. until 5 o'clock. Besier—Vasievilie every afterncem ani oty smresis—Speciaities condit change from week. We have had comparatively good since the incor g of the year, and it has been 2 great boon to the farmers of the upper and of the State, who have been able s and orchards. But the southern ‘% of rain, which is beginning 2lites. ure of farm operations this year is the gen- eral p of new vineyards 244 orchards. The good prices for fruit and grapes during the past year or two have turned general attention to this industry, and men who severzl years ago were skeptical re- are now enthusi- tic planters. They may be discouraged destroyers of their own work severzl years hence, for there is as overdoing 2 business, and the fruit trade is subject to vicissitudes, like everything else in this uncertain world, and the most enthusiastic are the most ezsily discouraged. ¥ Business in general merchandise is good. Almost all products of the farm are bringing fair prices ex- cept wheat and hay, and these two important producti refuse to advance. Wholesalers generally report trade more active than usual at this time of the year. though two or three large failures within the past fortnight indicate that the good times, while bene- fiting the vast majority, occasionally skip 2 man here and there But on the whole the State is flourishing beyond the general expectation two or three years ago. Punds are in ample supply, collections are up to the average, and there is 2 steady demand for goods, both for local and export account. Com- plzinfs among merchants are remarkably few. and most business men report trade as good as eould be wished. wezther ever such 2 th obstinat, The belligerent and pugnacious individuals of this city who insist upon battering one another in their discussions of the South African war probaby con- sider that broken pates and a police-court record are worthy testimonials of their sympathy in 2 cause in which they are not interested. 1f the British cannot drive the Boers out of Natal in any other way, they might fire some of the big guns out of the Cabinet, and try what effect that would have. I+ is reported that Jeffries and Corbett are to meet in May, and when they do they will smile at the foois who have bet money on them. PROTESTS E£GAINST DARKNESS. 1Mhfibflmmcmwfi¢§ ROM the Mission Federztion of Improvement Clubs and from the Central Cizb of all avic the proposed plam of pracricing economy it memicipal expendiures by shutting off all streer lights daring- the four months of March, Apdl, May and Juse. The bodies from which the protests come zre suiicientiy representative of the whole people, and & or the Smpervisors to bear that fact in they come to deal with the subject Federation bas comtented itself with declaring “an emphatic protest” against the recgmmendation of the Finance Committee and 2 demand that the recommendztion be promptly re- 2ccompanies its recommendation that such legisiatioa | jected by the Supervisors. The Cestral Club resoln- reat the issue more fully, and assert that the “would be 2 menace to the Eves, citizens, and 2 disgrace to hat assertion is oone too strong when ail S O 2nd spezk the sen- roperty and year in our except to agreed to treat THE CLOV_ERDHEE—FGIR. LOVERDALE'S citrus fair has now mazke February as joyous z the fair and the festival have succeeding year, and it is not ing to learn that arrangements have been made previous efforts. At each novelty in the way of art attention and excites emulation, ste and the talent of the ex- - ccomplishment have been joped to 2 point where they achieve results that ranked 25 works of genuine art. Clover- 2. s well worth all the money and the costs to go to see it. rnia profits by the enter- le people in mak ing their midwinter fair one of such notable excel- jence. When, in the midst of the blizzards and snow- storms that rage around them at this season of the year, the Eastern people read even short dispatches announcing the fair, they get new ideas of California and new longings to spend 2 winter in the land where the orange is ripe and the rose in bloom and people can frolic in the open zir in February. As this and other similar fairs and festivals are thus of 2 general benefit, there should be a general liberality in sup- porting them. During this week there will be 2 wel- come for everrbody at Cloverdale and throughout Sonoma County, and it is safe to say that none who accepts it in the right spirit will come away without a resolve to return again when the fair of next year is zrranged to surpass the glory of t! le In 2 certain way all Cal & e . A DEMAND FOR GOOD ROADS. T the meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Com- fl mercial Association on Saturday 2 strong re- port was made on the need of better highways in that valley and throughout the State. Indorsement was given to the plan of constructing a State system of highways, recommended by the State bureau, the early construction of that portion of the system ex- tending from Redding to Bakersfield was urged, and finally it was recommended that the construction of good roads be made 2 political issue in the coming campaign. It is wratifying to perceive this revival of popular interest in the good-roads movement. The subject is one of the most important with which our rural com- | munities have to deal. Bad roads are about the most expensive forms of folly in which communities can indulge. They are not only irritating and frequently dangerous, but they cost about four times as much as good roads. Statistics gathered by the Public Roads Bureau of the Department of Agriculture at Washing- ton show that in the United States it costs a farmer an average of 25 cents to haul a ton of produce for the distance of one mile, while in France and in Ger- many the farmer, with clumsier vehicles and a lower | grade of horses, manages to do his hauling at an aver- | age cost of but little over 6 cents 2 mile. The differ- | ence between the cost here and the cost there is due solely to the difference between good roads and bad roads. herefore a thing of beauty as well as | The system of highways devised by the State bu- | have played rezu has in 2 general way received popular approval. | ing else that feature of it, and eforts made in several counties | | to enter mpon work zlong the Lines of the system have | failed It is probable, however, that the failure was | due Largely to the fact thar the enterprises were under- tzken 2t 2 time whes the Seate was sufering from a | projonged drought and the farmers and orchardists | were averse to venturing wpor any kind of expead- | can be attzined from the mext Legislature, and re- newed eforis in the direction of highway improve- ment be then made, it is probable that, iz the prosper- | cus condition of the people, they will be found ready | 224 e2ger 1o szpport them i The San Joaquin Valley Commercial Association be had 2s will reader possible the constraction of 2 Seate highway from Redding to Bakersield with d)e, statement that it could be constructed more easily and more chezply than amy other portidn of the Suite system, and would furmich an object lesson in good | {roads to the largest number of people. The argument | d, but it is not sufficient to the issae. 'l‘lx.'e; be no preference given to any portion of the | this respect, no marter how valid might be | ms for preference. The construction of good must be made to depend upon the residenmts of | em. 2nd State aid vintmally assures the co-operztion of that deration of San Fran- “The considering the & = $1,000,000 in reaching the point we have now at- and. viewing the k ct that by means correspondents, and through our own officials, sent out to various parts of the world, we have built p 2 chain of communication wt ks cover prac- czlly every country, the value to you of free access to this fount of information need be dweit upon.” In 2l that there is nothing to or object to. Co-operation should certainly be the policy of t! omoters of the Paci 1 Museum, but erms, and care enterprise into a position that would make an branch of the Eastern in lependent and compr coast appear as 2 Philadelphi. 1 in that de- here is danger that the like to place the Pacific pendent pos For example, the letter under con- eration says: “Our experience teaches us that there is work enough to be done in the Orient alone to engage to its fullest the activities of any institution working zlong sim lines. Considering the geo- graphical position of San Francisco, ‘the compara- easy communication between it and the Orient, wo on. eady existing between the Pacific Coast an ient, it would seem that b t of a commercial museum in San have for its sole task the de- velopment of our trade with the Orient would be par- ticularly fitting and valuable. Our merchants, who now enjoy 7 per cent of the rapidly increasing and enormously valuzble Chinese trade, are greatly in need of accurate and frequent information regarding the opportunities and changing commercial conditions of China and the Orient generally. A commercial mu- | seum in San Francisco in providing this information | could periorm 2 work the value of which could not | be reckoned in dollars and cents, and in comparison | with which any sums contributed for its support by | citizens of city or State would be insignificant, no | matter how great.” The point to be noted in that statement is the sug- gestion that the Pacific Coast museum should have | for its “sole task” the development of our trade with | the Orient. In the very nature of things the museum | on this coast would devote its energies mainly to | the expanding trade of China and other Asiatic | | countries, but it is certain if it undertake nothing | more it will be an incomplete museum, one with a | limited scope of activity, and therefore dependent | | upon the all-comprehending museum at Philadelphia | { for a large portion of its usefulness. ; ! Clearly it would be a serious mistake if the pro- | moters of the enterprise on this coast accept the sug- | gestion of the Philadelphians. In the first place the 'urienul trade, however large it may be, will fall far ishon of being the whole of our commerce. We have | be expected to ari | a large and inereasing trade with Australia and with | South America. We have no inconsiderable trade with Europe, and when the Nicaragua canal is opened that trade. will rapidly advance, extend and ! increase. A Pacific Coast museum must be planned | on a scale commensurate with the needs of Pacific | Coast commerce, and will therefore have to take the whole world for its field, even as does the museum in Philadelphia. What we wish of Philadelphia is co-operation, and | for the sake of that we should concede much and show a willingness to work in harmony with the mu- | eum there, but, valuable as that co-operation may | be, it will not pay us to sacrifice independence for it. It will be better in the long run to begin by stand- ing alone than to compromise ourselves by setting out as a branch of another institution. By and by we | shall have 2 just right to ask and expect Federal aid | similar to that given to Philadelphia, and when that | time comes we should be able to go before Con- gress with claims based upon our own merits. To | put the matter in a single phrase: Co-operation we wish, but independence we must have. The local school teachers and the merchants have at last settled their differences in reference to the money due them from the city. The pedagogues | ought now to move on the School Board and per: | @R CAUSTIC PRESS COMMENT ON THE PERVERSITY OF PHELAN ARROYO GRANDE ORACLE. The Call is to de congratulsted upen iis Sght against the Bsola, Examiner's candidate, cuexutmofmmm. Mayor Phoian il eare o has Toan Suras, fhat The Call is & Bard fghter whea inter- ests of the peopie of California are st - . - ELMHURST REVIEW. How are the mighty fallen! mmpfifidfllhfmwfl:gm Another his public career. mmmwmmmhupdfl‘fl the end of Be ccupied at the dime of ke clection for he third e 0,0 05 SRR | in Nq intment = = mua%unn :l(:x;mem‘:e:me:wed: ofhis fTDEF | po.rooe 1 Cmies. Cal s ;fl::“nhmawfllmmwemgnm—‘?“ | partment is always willing 1o 5 e e e 55 o spevetiey e e fopio ~ A ] SAN FRANCISCO STAR ] Mm-mgmremmn.ouxmgmmum:‘;«;}tufl:; | Biggy from — as must fnally of the new char- ©f inexcusable biunders, in summarily removing Police Commissioner. It was an act of pure despotism, such call down i th upon the imperfalism an avalanche of pulic wrath upon o T o ove ter. No free people can long tolerate such despotic power Why wes removed from ofice? Vrhat was the “ca Franciec ‘was removed? | the State. and their city from a great ¥ 3 e which a few bold conspirators bad designed to bring about for their own pIocty just as thieves often become incendiaries im order to have the opporiunity o Jooting the b has punis] urning i ™ biic feeling is that Mr. Biggy Ted and persecuied b laé;\:: eian mot Jor dereliction of duty but devotion to duty, and at jelr 3 a for Mr Phelan’s all opportunity they will surely resent the injus- alleged “causes™ for the removal of Biggy are all either maxni- als < manifestly puerile, and do not even mitigate his cffenses against and, equity. . SANTA ROSA REPUBLICAN. In removing Police Commissioner Bigsy from office Mayor Phelan of Sen Francisco has given his reasons for sc doing. Mr. Bi iy. Both statements have been published Readers of these statements be likely to reach lusion tha: May t A Oste: Mr Biggy was removed of an executive session of the commission of which ke was failure to make a good case in th Mr. za: —W. W. PREMIUM HALF Biggy. and the corrupt Examt he same He requested secrec Prel Law he gave his statement to The » prov and he has Mayor Phelan has astonished ¢ by removing Biggy from office. Even the Mayor's eremies conoeded that man, but his removal of Biggy places him In the category of man with a grain of shrewdness would ever make such a bad move. thing that could be charged against Biggy was that he refused to vo when tha: over-ambitious youth sought trouble for himseif Chief of Police. Every thinking man San Francisco com: his bold stand against the Esola plot. Every thinking man in San Francisco condemned Mayor Phelan for his tyrannical and outragecus conduct in remo + FASHION EINT FROM PARE. + —0—0—0—0—‘ I i Bizgy for doirg his duty like an honest man. ~His Honor b character far more effect 1y than B been ab he stands confessed as a little, na whose predelictio for es th: ple will saon forget doubtless thinks t the peo he Bfigyy cid demagogic appeals 1o the masses will keep him in high favor. fully mistak He will find that he has nated all classes. supported him a: the last election an and when he next comes vote. But his party wi | the active Democrats whose influence is w: ing for him po! heir work, nd on his as alienated has surrounded himself by men who can & witheut the Bi ident he was foredoom snuffed out the 5&;!(— R R R I O 00000'!‘0000.‘0 cessors, who ran the town when the “water came up The wave of oblivion that ?aptzudl threatens pinheaded pol seif-interest above principle, is beginning to roll over him. Be w11l be as unfamiliar to newspaper readers as hitherto it bas AROUND THE CORRIDOCRS Will 5. Green of the Colusa Sun is at the Grand. T. C. Shinn is registered at the Palace from Sacramento. D. S. Mitchell, a Chicago mining ex- pert. is a guest at the Grand. E. D. Carver, a leading fruit man and rancher of Fresno. is at the Lick. M. Walsh, a popular boniface of Santa Cruz, is a guest at the California. Willlam F. Knox Jr, a wealthy lumber man of Sacramento, is at the Grand. C. R Scott, & popular railroad man of Portiand, Or., is & guest at the Occl- dental. T. M. Schumacher is regfstered at he Palace, where he arrived yesterday from Chicago. Denman Thompson (“Joshua Whit- comb”) is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. T. E. Connolly, & prominent attorney of | dock, 6 feet in length, 55 feet | carrying 30 feet of water has just been comp a sliding gate on roliers, may opened or closed in ten to fourteen min utes. A second dock is in course of con- | | struction. President Loubet of the French repub- lic has abolished the use of fetters In the It has been the custom heretofors which, with the rolling o heavy sea, proved a terrd It was also observed tha grading influence on ing them thorough urged upon the Chamber of Deputies. Biilge keels are to be fitted to at least three French battle-ships, namel i Redoutable. Formidable and Duperre. They were recently tried T service conditions in the Atlantic, and found to roll so greatly as to make gun- nery a matter of guess work The Re- doutable was buflt in 185 and recw R R R e R R N RS N Beteivsieiosieieie® PLAIN CCSTTME. t arrivals in 185 and the Amiral E;:cfiz::hmws el mpcon ®llaunched in 179, Their crutsing nas hitherto been confined to the Mes H. B. Wood, a wealthy San Jose busi- ness man, is registered for & short stay at the Palace. W. G. Irwin, has left the city on a short pleasure trip to San Diego. E. J. Louis, a trustee of the Normal School at Los Angeles, is one of the late arrivals at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fox have com down from their home In Sacrameato. They are at the Lick. R. McF. Doble. a prominent land own. er of Visalia, is a guest at the Palace, ‘where he arrived last night. “Riggs” Nathan left last night for Washington, D. C., where he will assume a responsible position in the Government Printing Office. { ed in nami of shi which Mk . and Mrs. John D. Spreckels and | “-~° ng ps, w? - m‘:r Misses Grace and Lillie’ Spreckels | ™5 €Xiends 1o parts of the hull, engines have left for Coronado on a short pleas- | rdnance. U lisses Hartwell of Honolulu are at the Occidental, where they arrived last | evening on their way back to the islands after an visit in the East. ranean, hence the discovery of their tngdlprn;v:;g:!!s when subjected o | sweil o Atlantic Ocean. Honolul! talist, | = - dagk | With thirty-six ietters in the alphadet and names of ships as long as & home- | ward-bound pennant. it would seem as it the Russian navy was somewdhs: handi- capped. It is true that Peter the Great | the father of the Russian mavy. adopted | the nautical vocabulary of Holland for | ship terms In his new navy, dut there |have been great changes stnce Peter's time, and Dutch terms have been Russo- | fled. Take, for example. S | three armored ships—Dvenadsat Apost loff, Georgle Pobledonosetz and the latest. not yet launched, named Kniaz Potemiin | Tavricheski—and it does appear as it unnecessary great numbers of letters ars crafts W o-op Personally Conducted Excursions I tmpmewel wilevescdaled Pullman tomrtse sleeping cars via Sasts Fe Route Expertenced extursiom EoDIRCIOTS MOCUWIATY dese ewcws- sions 1o ook after the welfare of Dassengers. Te Chicage and ansas City every Sunday, Wednesiay and Friday. To Boston, Momtreal and Toromto every Wednesday. To St Louts o Six torpedo-boat distroyers, built for | Japan by Yarrow, Engiand. have been | completed and delivered within the past | eighteen months and have come up fully | to the requirements. The boats are iden- | Wednesdar, Friday and Saturday. Fisest —_— fl,;‘::‘;olhuum:“;n:chhery:(heym'mmm:m—mum\!nm VIES length. ‘eet beam and dis- ! the East Ticket office. €35 Marhet street. NEWS OF FOREIGN NA | place 360 tons on a draught aft of § feet. | e e plate plants at Sheffield are | The engines, calculated to develop sen| “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” e b"“.‘“"'m”,,m armor for nine bat- | horsepower, have averaged nearly 700, | Has been used for 4%ty years by milone of tle-ships and four armored cruisers, be- and the guaranteed speed of 31 knots mothers for their chiliren while Teething with large orders for shells. during a continuous run of three hours |perfect success. It scothes the child softens sides filing e has been exceeded, as will be seen from | the gums, allays pain cures Wind Colic. regu- The ancient Achilles, the oldest iron- | the following results: Ikadsuchi 3133 lates the Boweis and is the Dest remedy for clad on the active list of the British navy, | knots, Inadsuma 31037, Akebono 3108, Diasrhoss, whether arising from teething or is to be stripped and dismantled. The | Sazanami 31352, Oboro 31262 and Nijt 3115, Other causes. sale by druggists In every yossel was bullt in 1554 at & cost Of | The latter boat made Six runs over the P37t Of the worid Be sure and sk for Mre $2,227,730. measured mile course on December 31| " oW ® Sccthing Syrup. e a Sotie The law regulating the promotion of b T G 10 e, e last, giving an average speed of 3% The O " C. 3 ‘ongregational churches of So officers in the French navy has been | knots, the best run, No. §, being at the Carolina. composed of colored people . dified committee | Fate of 33707 knots, and the slowest. No. formed a State association. i officers for promotion Is |3 being 28.3® knots. The boat, however, =~ — | was fiying light, drawing 7 feet 10 inches | |aft and 4 feet 11 inches forward. The | ~—=ox Losing Flesh pounder, five §-pounders and two torpedo tubes. Schichaw at Elbiseg and Thorney- indicatesinsufficient nourish- ment. Itleadsto nervousness, The Californis Limited, Santa Fe Routs Compecting traine leave ot § p m Mooday, ADVERTISEMENTS. e presents them for whatever value they - The Russlan coast defense General | have as communications of general e §Yeeplmnus, : gencral debil- -n';.fln(;‘n' m."ml near Sweden, about two | Editor The Call: Is there any recordea LY, and prcdlsposs to Con- sumption and other prevail- ing diseases. To guard | against these take . ¥ A In 1891 Canada made the nroposition to | Britain in i | suade it that their services are worth more in the | the British Admirality to supply the navy | the wvhe\:l. x::lot“x‘:’m m.tf, * ket thal those of jansiose: fim:{g;’:fiumu;nw nor as to its [2 fea® fta control 2 : e If “not. then Taited The United States Senate seems to be seriously dis- | uaoption then of mickel for armor piate | oL Rororably lgnore Great Briain in i the Standard remedy for turbed over financial affairs. The august body should flmmemmmmtvcmmhu&:h?umt a“wstingdm in youn, s iy s S Dominion Government has repeated its | clusive control of that canal even thouch & ) 2 2o common. ly; disease is very | ofer the proposition is likely to be ac- "m-nfi'wm.ffli“'::g;‘wdd' It improves diges- Hpiet -— “nited States Government. i 1 -~ — Pl e ik tion, gives flesh, stren The 75-year-old suicide of Mission San Jose might ..’:‘.'S"mwz.."‘.'......w" e T ATy, s M g 3 flc}hf gth, .Mnnmmmuuwlfl-._"w'mm‘“::‘r.: Tt el it S i SR | YIEOT and resitive power. % of the time than from Kronstadt, 4 ary- | neutrallze that commecting Uik sad Shost| SCOTT S BOWAE Chiomi vun