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FRANCISCO C L, TUESDA The. .’FEBRUARY 20, 1900 ESDAY. CKELS, Proprietor. JOHN D. SPRE hddress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third. Telephone Main 1565. .217 to 221 Stevensom St. ome Main 1874 EDITORIAL ROOM: 15 Cents Per Week. 5 Cents. Delivered by Carriers, e, DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year..$6.00 PDAILY CALL (tncluding Sunday). € months.. 3.00 DAILY CALL (ucluding Ssnday). 3 mounths.. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Mouth . 65e SUNDAY CALL Ome Year. . . 1.50 WEEKLY CALL One Year.... . . 1.00 All postmssters mre authorized to receive bacriptio; femple coples will be forwarded when requested OAKLAND OFFICE... 1118 Brosdway €. GEORGE KROGNESS, Menager Foreign Advertising. Ma ing, Chicage. ette Build- NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. €. CAELTON vee..Hernld Square CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.i Great North- ern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel AEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Walderi-Astoria Hotel; A. 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Leyng hie day, at £ o'clock, at 9% Washington GRAND JURY AND THE PERJURERS " ND JURIES have not in recent years per- ( ) ed a very notable or vigorous part in the " tration of law in San Francisco. Their s have never been sufficient to do more wore timid of wrongdoers, and their instead of being statements of actions taken, explanations and apologies for the lack of er again juries have submitted reports ¥ ral conviction of the existence of va rix and wrongdoing in the com ut alleging an impossibility to obtain evi- t would lead to conviction in a court of law. t Grand Jury has better luck than its pre- as an opportunity to take steps toward of perjurers, and the evidence to con- at hand. Simpton’s affidavit that he, i the Peace, married James G. Fair R hat the first is false, make a clear It appears the Grand indict in order to conviction of that offender on his Craven, on the one side, and his « ' he ie concerned ung to do but to r I it the ns of this kind it is inevitable that one The investigation of Simp | entail the investigation of other ms he made his affidavit con- marriage for the purpose of trapping and asserts he was acting at the time ce of his counsel, Sylva. Now Sylva one who has been de- higher courts and forced to confine to another on cla indeed, but The fact act 1 has been the counsel of Simpton does y way add credibility or respectability to the Justice and Police courts It Grand Jury in what direction to push further [ has stated that the Fair lawyers promised protecti rom a prosecution for perjury, and Sylva has stated that Mrs. Craven entered into a con- tract to pay him $30,000 to procure perjured testi- mony. Here are two other matters to which the Grand Jury must give attention. By what privilege of the bar do the attorneys in a case before the courts assure perjurers of immunity from punishment for ? How is it that an attorney, disbarred, it the crime ic true, but still an attorney, has in his possession written evidence of an attempt to obtain perjured tes- timony to be used in a suit before the courts, and yet makes no effort to bring the guilty person to jus tice? To the general public it matters little which of the contending parties in this case obtains possession of the Fair millions. It is a matter, however, of grave public concern that the subornation of perjury shall be punished so thoroughly and so drastically that the practice of it in our courts will be shunned by even the boldest villains. To that end the prosecutions of the admitted perjuries in this case should be carried so far as to bring within the net of the law all the of- | fenders who contrived, connived at, aided, abetted or promised to protect the perjurer in the crime. Be they rich or be they poar, they should be brought to answer in the courts they have attempted to degrade, and be judged by the justice they have sought to vio- late ———— Mayor Phelan is firmly convinced that the owners of stock in corporations may justly be considered gamblers. As his Honor is amply provided with stocks of various kinds this may be taken as the first Aefinite announcement of his own opinion of himself. Definite announcement has at last been made of the first general civil service examinations. It would ‘pe interesting to know how many ante-election pledges are to figure in the standard of the candidates who submit themselves to the test. The local police officer who is accused of cowardice for having retired from a conflict says he simply ran away to get his second wind. He must think that the rules of sprinting constitute an element of police duty. . ¥ erves no other purpose than that of show- | | THE CANAL TREATIES. 1 HE ratifications of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty | were exchanged on July 4, 1850. The acquisi tion of California and the extension of our Pa cific Coast line had brought into prominence the | necessity of a ship canal across the isthmus. John | M. Clayton, Secretary of State, was named by the Taylor administration to negotiate with Great Britain convention relative to a ship canal by y of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast or any In the negotiation Great Britain was represented by Sir Henry Lytton-Bulwer. Wi part of Central America.” | The ratifications were exchanged six days before Mi lard Filimore became President by the death of Tay- The. treaty provides that: “The Governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortification commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colo- exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast or any part of Central America.” It was further agreed that when such ship canal is constructed the United States and Great Britain We believe there is no evidence that that treaty has ever been abrogated, or by implication. It was desired because Great Britain was at ne the only nation that could expect to succeed canal across the isthmus. Not long after it was made some steps were taken by our Gov- to Lieutenant it to make a survey, and accomplished al, nize, or assume or “will guarantee the neutrality thereof.” either affirmativel by the United S that t in cor ates, tructing a ernment preliminary construction rain was s an exploration, with ma nteresting adventures. atiof a At the close of President Arthur’s administ treaty was made by Secretary Frelinghuysen between | the United States and the Governments of Costa | Rica and Nicaragua, which gave to us sovereignty and dominion of the canal line. Such abandonment of their own sovereignty, however, was not made by those Governments without a price. They exacted | that the United States should at all times defend and | maintain their territorial integrit | This treaty of course violated the Clayton-Bulwer | convention, for it assumed dominion President Cleveland withdrew it from the Senate immediately after his inauguration in 1885, and in his first regular lmessage referred to it in these terms: “I am unable to recommend propositions involving paramount privileges of ownership or right outside of our own territory, when coupled with absolute -and unlimited engagements to defend the territorial integrity of the state where such interests * %% The lapse of years has abundantly eonfirmed the wisdom and fore- sight of those earlier administrations which, long be- fore the conditions of intercourse were changed and enlarged by the progress of the age, pro- lie maritime aimed the vital need of interoceanic transit across the American isthmus ar crated it in advance to the common use of mankind by their positive declarations, and through the formal obligations of | treaties.” In this he undoubtedly recognized the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as in force, and the Freling- huysen treaty as in violation of it. In his message, arguing the necessity of a neutral canal, he quotes Cass in 18358: “What the United States want in Cen- tral America, next to the happiness of its people, is the security and neutrality of the interoceanic routes which lead through it.” The whole record of the subject reveals this desire for a neutrality which cannot exist over a fortified wa ion must regard honorably its treaty obli- gations, and that those assumed in the Clayton- Bulwer treaty still exist seems indisputable. But sup- pose they do not. Even then we cannot fortify the canal, and establish over it a garrison police, and a military patrol of Lake Nicaragua or Managua, with- out the consent of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. are in the family of nations, and, being jealous of their sovereignty, will not surrender it without an equivalent Are the opponents of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty prepared to support such a convention as the Freling- huysen treaty, by which we assume the responsibility of their military defense against all comers, and re- serve no right to limit or control the cause of quar- rels in° which they may engage? It is readily seen that, assured of defense by the United States, they | have nothing to lose by truculence and recklessnéss, and their broils would never end, nor would the ex- | pense of their defense in every quarrel, furnished at our cost. { This Government can abrogate the treaty with England, and it is probable, as has been said in Lon- don, that England would not object, but the dangers, Who is suming them? ——— . The residents of the Western Addition have pre- | tested to the Board of Education against too much “home study” for their children difficulties and cost come after such action willing to take the responsibility of The “independents” of the district have evidently reached the conclusion that they San Francisco to satisfy them for a while. have learned enough lessons in “reform” THE COST OF TROPICAL COLONIES. NLY a short time ago The Call had occasion to O direct attention to reports issued by the Statis- tical Bureau at Berlin, showing the unprofitable nature of Germany's commercial relations with her imperial system of colonies. By the figures given it | appears that during the past year Germany imported from her colonies goods to the value of 4,617,000 marks and exported goods and silver to the value of | 10,149,000 marks, making a total trade for the year of | 14,766,000 marks. To attain that trade, however, the Government paid out of the imperial treasury in sub- sidies and bounties to the colonies and protectorates during the same | making a net loss of 22,000 marks for the operations | of the year Later reports on the same subject show the cost of the German colonies in the tropics to be far greater than appears in that commercial statement. In a debate on the subject in the Reichstag last week it | was shown on official reports that famine and sick- ness in German East Africa had devastated that col- ony. In the district of Tanga, for example, within the year 1899 the population has been diminished from 123,308 to 61,328, owing to famine, leprosy, smallpox and typhoid fever. The condition of the whole colony appears appalling. The trade of this colony, which is thrice the size of Germany, is mag- | mificent, but mostly with British India, while the cost | to Germany is fivefold the whole trade. The reports from the other colonies are not much better. It is not surprising to learn the publication of such statistics has set the Germans to reflecting upon the | profit and toss of tropical colonies. Tt is pointed out | by the Cologne Volks Zeitung that the imperial rail- way projects for the colonies now adopted amount to 200,000,000 marks, while, on the other hand, Ger- man trade with the British colonies amounts to 500,- 000,000 marks, without entailing a cent of expense. This tersible experience of cost and waste and dis- They | year the sum of 14,788,000 marks, | ‘ease and death is what the Germans are paying for | the folly of tropical colonies. Nothing has followed | the German flag to those lands except subsidies taken | from the pockets of the German taxpayer, and noth |ing has welcomed it save pestilence. We are very sure to have a similar experience if we he not wise enough to learn from the Germans. Our people are not fitted for tropical habitation any more than are those of Germany, nor, unless we permit the use of coolie slave labor in the tropics, are we likely to | derive any more profit from them than the Germans can show for all their efforts and subsidies | The all-night privileges granted to Oaklanders by | Judge Ogden are working out in strange develop ments. One unfortunate, who became convinced that life was a weary grind, found that all he nceded was a sleep. He took a nap, and has reconsidered his in- | tention to kill himself. SETTLERS AND LEASES. | MOVEMENT against the leasing of grazing | f\ lands on the public domain has been started at | Prineville, Or. At a meeting held there a pro- | test was framed, of which a copy has been sent to The Call. We are entirely in sympathy with the declarations and avowed purpose of the protest, and would de- | cline to give any support to a measure which antag- onized them. The action of the meeting recites: “It is apparent that under the provisions of the proposed law leased public lands would be withdrawn from set- | tlement, and the existing public land laws of the | United States would be nullified.” | An examination of the Foster bill does not support this statement. The first section of the bill says: “That such of the vacant public lands, west of the ninety-ninth meridian of longitude, west from Greenwich, as, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, are more valuable for grazing than for other uses, shall be subject to lease for grazing pur- To enact that will not nullify any existing law, for there is no law under which the arid grazing lands may be acquired by the actual settler for farm- | ing purposes, nor is there any under which such lands | can pass to private ownership in grazing tracts. A homesteader on arid lands is compelled by law to | irrigate and reduce to tillage his tract within a fixed | time. Upon lands in the arid districts that are more | valuable for grazing than other purposes the home- steader cannot do this, for lack of water so placed that it can be used for irrigation. The grazing lands, therefore, are not valuable for any other purpose than grazing, and as that is their sole value they are sub- ject to selection by the Secretary of Agriculture. The people in the part of Oregon from which this pro- test comes have an object lesson before them. Theriver Des Chutes eountry was once the most valuable graz- | ing ground in the West. The bunch grass grew there so luxuriantly that it was cut for hay. But the land was commons. It was overstocked with cattle. The poses.” forage was exhausted below the point of support for | cattle, and sheep followed, as they do everywhere | upon the appearance of such conditions. An officer of the Agricultural Department, who has personally inspected the Western ranges, says: “Ever since the homestead act was passed in 1862 the agri- cultural settlement of the public lands has extended | rapidly westward, and as a result there now remains | scarcely any public land east of the one hundredth | meridian. West of that line, in the arid and sub- arid regions, the homestead act has proved omly a limited success, the extent of its success coinciding with the extent of well-watered land in the vicinity of springs, streams and lakes. support himself on 160 acres of arid land, and in con- sequence these lands have remained unsettled. Under the common law, and in the absence of special enact- ments to the contrary, public lands are commons, and the settlers at once availed themselves of their com- mons rights by turning their stock out to graze on | the lands in question. So profitable was the result, | particularly with cattle, that it was not long before large companies were formed and millions of cattle occupied the vacant lands of the arid regions. The natural grass crop that had previously gone to waste was now transformed into national wealth. Finally, however, the cattle became so numerous that there was not grass enough to support them properly, and the overgrazing of the arid region began. Then fol- | lowed a pushing and crowding for grazing lands. The | sheep-owners crowded the cattle-owners by running their sheep on the best range, and grazing an area so closely that cattle had to be removed from the coun- try or starve. The result of all this has. been bad feeling, lawlessness and the destruction of life and property.” We are sure that the people of the Prineville re- gion in Oregon will recognize the correctness of this description. That part of Oregon is now being eaten out by sheep, following the decline of the ranges by overstocking with cattle. The sheep will soon finish what is left, and will follow up the retreating cattle upon other ranges, until the destruction of the forage %nl! the arid grazing lands will be complete. Ifthe Prine- ville protest is sincere, if it is really in the interest of the actual settler, it raises an issue that cannot be properly made against the Foster bill. If it uses the settler merely as a pretext for continuing things as they have been on the ranges, it is not worthy of attention. The number of cattle in Wyoming declined 50 per cent and in value $15,632,204 in twelve years, under the existing system, and the same record applies to the whole arid grazing region. g If these lands that cannot be homesteaded, that are not susceptible of agricultural settlement and are of no value for other purpose than grazing, are not pro- tected and recuperated by a leasehold policy now, in a short time they will have no value for anything, and the beef supply of the country will injuriously and ir- reparably decline. To these considerations we invite the attention of | the protesting people of Prineville, and of all interests in the arid grazing regions. The path of the millionaire seems not always to be one of roses. First it was Clark of Montana, then Carnegie, and now Rockefeller who has fallen under the light of prying investigation. It might be better, perhaps, if the gentlemen remained true to their first love and continued to make money, not distribute ir. ST If unbending justice continues her stern progress if New York married men will soon lose the last privileges of their honored state. A stern Justice has | added to the woe of benedicts by convicting a man of disorderly conduct and binding him over to keep the peace for tickling his wife's feet. The Parisian lady who concluded a pugilistic con- test by swallowing her opponent's nose seems to have taken the affair too seriously. She should be advised to study some of the harmless tricks of the fakers of the American prize ring. The Oakland man who once submitted to marriage and now thinks that a mob of wives is chasing him must have had a whirlwind of an experience in the matrimonial state, The settler could not | FEBRUARY SERPENTINE BOAT TO 1900, BREAK OCEAN RECORD i L e T e 'Y Craft to Run Like a Screw, and Is Expected to Go a Mile a Minute and Cross the Atlantic in Three Days. .*‘*04—0-0—04—0“-04-0—0-0—0—*0—0—0—0—0*—0%—“‘0—94— e e e e S S S el ean hour, and it is the intention of the syndicate to try to procure the contract for carrying the trans-Atlantic malls. Mr. Gresham belleves his boat, which is to be built at Newport News, will be ready for her trial spin in about six months. The Gresham boat will probably be the strangest looking craft that ever sailed the seas. It will look more like a sea serpent than anything else, with a body like an elongated Rugby football and a prow and stern curving up intd the air like the ends of an ancient galley. Around the body will be the big spiral flange which 1s to give to it its forward motion as the outer shell of the ship revolves rapidly. HOW THE QUEER CRAFT WILL BE BUILT. The boat will consist of two sections, one within the other. will be shaped like a cigar, round in the middle and tapering to end. A round tube will exténd from it fore and aft, turning upwa ‘The inner shell hpo‘n( at each and outward like a swan's neck. It will terminate in an open mouth, which wiil be the venti- lator of the ship. the ship, the only open place in the whole vessel. Around the neck will be a gallery. This will be the deck of The after gallery will be used for the wheelhouse and the forward balcony for the bridge. This inner hull will be swung like a hammock In the outer shell, which com- pletely envelops it, letting only the bow and stern protrude. It rests on ball bearings, which, Mr. Gresham says, reduce the friction to almost nothing. All the machinery is stowed in the bottom of the inner hull, so as to batance it and keep it stationary. Penetrating the lower section of the hull is a revolv- ing shaft, which is geared to the outer hull. ehell is spun around the inner hull. By revolving this shaft the outer Around the outer hull is wound the great steel flange, which Is the main prin- ciple of the device. HOW IT WILL GET ITS GREAT SPEED. “This is the great Archimedean screw,” sald Mr. Gresham to me yesterday. “Archimedes sald that if he had room for a fulcrum he could lift the earth. ‘Well, in this case we make the water our fulcrum. The hull of the boat, oper- ated from within, revolves, and t flange drives the vessel forward. I should say that the speed of such a boat is limited only by the strength of the material used in Its construction. “The boat we intend to bulld will be 50 feet long, 11 feet in diameter in the middle, will weight about 11% tons, and have a displacement of less than four tons. widest part. ““Three revolutions would drive the boat its own length. It will be built of fine steel, and the flange will be 11 inches wide at its ‘We would probably run her at one hundred revolutions a minute, although I believe we could make four hundred turns. But at one hundred she would be making a speed of sixty miles an hour and would cross the Atlantic in less than three days. Mr. Gresham will not disclose the nature of the power he will use in turning the vessel. He says it is a secret power of his own discovery.—New York Herald. LAY ON, MACDUFF. RN U i e e el ] @ + * B e e e e o S T S TS S = ] “I named my youngest daughter Macduff.” ‘““What for?" ecause I want her to lay on.” 000000000000 0000 0 : PRESS COMMENTS ¢ 000000000000 00000 ‘Examiner Rebuked., Redlands Facts. If sensationalism {s the sole aim and ox- cuse for the publication of the San Fran- cisco Examiner, that paper's editorial staff surely is filllng every requirement. Regard for truth and decency seems to have no share In its management. That Senator Bard or his friends bought his election is so absolutely false as to stir up the indignation of not only Republicans, but also fair-minded Democrats, In SBouth- ern California at least. We hear but one expression concerning the {nfamous at- tempt to blacken the reputation of the thoroughly honest man, who no “strings’’ "to his election to the Senator- ship. Such attacks, however, show to what low dnglh a metropolitan s| ~an sink In its efforts to cater to the “vellow Journalism” loving portion of the public. Will not_this “dog” of a publication have its “day?” e e Party Reorganization Needs. Fresno Republican.’ The Call has a long article on party re- organization to the general effect that the only reorganization the party needs is to oust the old leaders and select new ones, whose character and record shall be a guarantee that they will be leaders, not bosses. Very good, but not quite enough. What tha&my needs, above all , 18 less centralization of organization. the party committees of the several mntlr run their own affairs, and let the State committee be the product of these coun or‘g-nluuonl. and it will not make muc! difference what sort of leaders Ban - cisco_sets up. They can hurt no one but Francisco. main reorganization the p‘“{ spiritual rafenersuon, and that it has al- l'el-dé!~ So long as that lasts the rule of the bosses is impossible. e e Decency Must Stand Guard. Niles Herald. It 1s said that “Colonel Dan’s"” desire to again attempt to gain a seat in the United States Senate will “‘depend upon the com- plexion of the Legislature and the caliber of the members returned. If this is so it will stand the decent element in the Re- rubllm be on and des to such me t are sent to nom- inating conventions this fall as will exact an fron-clad m nominees to un- der any and all circmstances keep the archconspirator out of the possibilities. See to it that the “‘complexion and cali- ber”” of the legislators are such that self- conf ers and criminals wiil not dictate who shall represent the State in the national councils. ————— IDENTIFYING THE BOOKS. Investigation Into the School Depart- ‘ment Lumber Frauds Begins. Burns, O'Brien & Swift, charged with defrauding the city through various lum- ber frauds perpetrated on the School De- gnnmunt. were placed on_trial before udge Cook yeste o 3a . pres- ent secretary of the rd, was called to the stand to identify the ks contain- ing the minutes through the agency of which the gmlecuuon seeks to establish the guilt of the defendants. The books were marked for identification and to-day 1 led And, for that matter, the s 1s h and George mcr;'gx. office at She um%% £ e e e ants then be AR S T FASHION HINT FROM PARIS, i @90 0—-0—0—0—02>-@ B R S e A e O o o) D e e e e D e e R e e S G+o+06 0060000000000 RED CLOTH COSTUME. ]‘n;la costume represented is of dark red cloth. with rolled seams of black satin and ara- besques of the same. The skirt, full and long, is similarly trlml;nmi.wmch b WELCOME FOR A YGUNG BRIDE Reception at the Presidio This Evening to Lieu- tenant and Mrs. Gardner. A reception will be given this evening at the clubrooms of the Presidio Club in honor of Lieutenant and Mrs. Rogers F. Gardner. The affair is in charge of the officers of the post and will be in the na- ture of a greeting to the young Neutenant and his charming wife. Arthur Bachman, son of 8. Bachman, and Miss Amy Ehrman, daughter of M. Ehrman, were married last evening at § o’clock in the clubrooms of the San Fran- %llco Verein on oPr::d lu";eL Rev. Dr. oorsanger inr( e ceremony, which was witnessed by a large numnber of invited guests. and Mrs. Charles Lindermann gave 6000000000040 0+0+ 00000000000 | AMES GRESHAM of Brooklyn is preparing to bufld the first of his serpentine boats for the syndicate headed by W. J. Arkell. It 1s expected that this type of boat will cross the ocean in less than three days, driving itself like a screw through the water at the rate of sixty miles P & | Cal *“ot that empire, yet he may not be a The short red jacket is trimmed | flances, Miss Millie Kochman. About ffty people met the happy young couple and spent a delightful evening. AROUND THE CORRIDORS F. J. Heed, a Los Angeles railroad man, staying at the Palace. Rev. M. Coleman, a popular clergyman of Marysville, is a guest at the Lick. Frank J. Carolan came up from Bur- lingame yesterday and Is staying at the | Palace. State Senator Thomas Flint Jr. is reg- | Istered at the Palace from his home in | San Juan. | James E. Bell, a prominent and wealthy lumberman of Everett, Wash., IS a guest at the Grand. T. M. Lane, the mining masmate of Knights Ferry, is one of the recent arri- vals at the Lick. R. 8. Bodman, a well known raliroad man of Los Angeles, is making a short stay at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baldwin are regis- tered at the Palace from their home Santa Clara County. | ‘Dr. W. W. Watkins, a leading medi man of Moscow, Ind., is among the ar rivals of yesterday at the Grand. { Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dodge of Was | ton, D. C., are at the Palace, wher arrived yesterday from their homse | R. Lockey, a wealthy land own mining man of Montarna, is a guest | Palace, where he arrived last evening Baron M. A. Papken, a prominent dent of Salt Lake City, is at t while on a short visit to San Fran F. F. Rogers, a wealthy resident € ver, who is interested in various C ad mining properties, is a guest at the P ace. W. A. Johnson is staying at the Grand | Mr. Johnson is promineritly conn with the management of the Hotel Monte. Dr. A. A. Finch, one of the best known of the medical fraternity of Astoria, Or., is registered for a short stay at the Oc- cidental. C. E. Bragg of Portland and John W. Gunn, A. N. Glesy and B. B. Broomell of Salem counstitute a party of Oregon in- surance men who are in this city, where they arrived yesterday on business per- taining to thelr pursuits. They are at the Occldental. —_————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A DAY IN MAY-M. J. R. G, City. The 234 of May, 1851, fell on a Friday. BRYAN—A. 8, City. Willlam Jennings Bryan is classed among the anti-expan- sionists. NO PREMIUM—C. N., City. There s no premium for a dime of 1838, nor for one of 1594, unless it be one coined in San Francisco in that year. HOME STUDY—V. 8., City. Follow the instructions that are given with the les- sons published in The Call's Home Study and send the work you do at home to the Home Study, Call office. WHY SHE-E. W, City. This depart- ment has made a protracted search for | the origin of “she” as applied to a man- of-war or to any vessel, but it has not been able to find the origin of why a ship is called “she.” ng 4| THE TIVOLI-E. W., City. The Tivoll @ | Gardens were In existence at the north- 4 | west corner of Stockton and Sutter streets in 1876, being then kept by Blumberg & Kreling. In IST7 the same premises.were ¢ | kept bg J. Kreling, in 1578 at the same - lace Kreling Bros. and in 1579 the ivoll Gardens, by Kreling Bros., were at 23-32 Eddy street, the site of the present | Tivoll Opera House. BORN IN CHINA—A. O. S., Purissima, A man born in Chipa is a native Chinaman as that term s generally un- | derstood. For instance a child born to ¢ | white parents’ while efther traveling or | while the father was resident of that @ | country with his family and ewgaged in the diplomatic service would be a Chinese by nationality, but would not be a China- @ | man, for the reason that that term is applied only to natives of China of the ongolian race. The Century Dietionary defines a Chinaman as “‘a native of China or a man of Chinese origin.” —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per ™ at Townsend's.® —_————————— Guillet’s Ice Cream and Cakes. %05 Larkin st.* P ——— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public mfll;'nbil the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), ont- gomery .i}"m Telephone Main 1043, * ——— Divorce Suits Filed. Sults for divorce have been flled by Elizabeth Edwards against Harry Ed- for cruelty, A. A. -Waltenspeil :;‘rg‘-" Ahnic 8. Waltenspiel for_desertion and Mary A. Doughty against Charles E. Doughty for desertion. ————— Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Expertenced 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 and Friday. Ticket office, 623 Market street. ——— e — Ada twenty drops of Dr. Slegert's Angos- tura Bitters to every glass of impure water you arink. —_—————— The Fastest Train Across the Con- tinent. The California Limited. Santa Fe Route. Connecting trains leave at 5 p. m. Mond: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any line to the East. Ticket office, 623 Market street. —_————————— Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. ‘The best edici: A vegetable cure fop e e iousnens. indigestion, constipation. ¢ —_—e——————— Acquitted of Manslaughter. James T. Rockwell, engineer of the Southern Pacific lnlnb ‘1’:1‘1‘ ran !uvw and ‘Whitcomi ey, & two-year- 32”:;6?,"::“ QOcean View February il was acquitted of manslaughter by Judge M yesterday. The evidence showed that the boy's death was not due to any carelessness on the engineer’s part. CAPE NOME MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. AMAI.UAEAT%:S. GOLD—Krogh 5. . A A halgamators. 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