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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBR ARY 24, 1900, e LS Call vsve....FEBRUARY 24, 1900 T SATURDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. 825 ns to W. S. LEAKE, Manager e | PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. F. Telephk: Matn 1865, EDITORIAL RNOOMS. .. .217 to 221 Stevenson St. | Telephone Maln 1874, 15 Cents Per Week. Deltvered by Carriers, Terms by DATLY CALL (nclud LILY CALL (Ineluding Sunday), 6 months ¥ ¢ 1LL (ncluding Sunday). 3 month: Y CALL—#By Single Month SUADAY CALL One Year.. WEEKLY CALL One Year.... . . All postmusters are authorized to receive sxubscriptio: 1 be forw fample copies w d when requested | | ...1118 Broadway OAKLAND OFFICE, C. GEORGE Manager Forelgn Advert ing, Chi NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: . CAELTON. ..Herald TOGNESS, ngz. Marquette Build- xo. | < . . Squnre CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. O. News Co.: Great North- ern Jiotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel: A. Brentano, 31 Unien Square; Murray b 1 Hotel. NEW YORK RE LUKENS JR... PRESENTATIVE: PERRY 20 Tribune Bullding WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC Wellington Hotel d. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—S27 Montgomery. corner of Clay. opem until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes. epen mntil 9130 o'clock. 639 McAllister. open 615 Larkin, en until Mission. ope ntil 10 . corner Sixteenth. open 1096 Valencia, open until O h. til ® o'civek. 9 o'clock din Ir.” Symphony Conce rkey Contest Pictures. Father.” Vaudeville every afternoon and Eddy streets—Specialties. es to-day THE SCHEMES OF THE GAMBLERS. orney Dorn, pleading on bet rgued that the silen e subject of reo ening Ingle- gave a tacit ve exposed ited raci e appears to Judging from his unguarded ave been the intent: of the , so that no Supervisors who on eir enterprise quietly used and explanation of their vote that om the people or the pres € consent spect of the case, it will be well o bring about the resume their ac- on to the re- 1e for the pres e forces that co-operated t ack g o to once record of crimes ectly or ts of track gambling, e civic organizations to pro- The Su- lerstand the sentiment and not one of them for the scheme under lar silence had given a tacit ender to the gamblers. be made to unc e sub; s vote the ing ack gambling was so strong against succession of appa gnation suppression of the evil that gamblers would never e license for years to y dismissed the issue and attention to other things. It appears in- 3oard of Supervisors would con- f the abominations that had been ressed, and so, in a sense of ple have paid little attention to what w clear that the vultures, when their resort rried away for a time to wait until over. They now think the time ripe again and to make an effort to regain ntage for looting the public and ary to bet on their prearranged races. e silence of the press and the pulpit popular indifference to the issue rown bold again. juncture the people have a right to count the Supervisors to reject the scheme of the gam- d a still stronger right to rely upon the o to veto any ordinance in favor of the gamblers which the Supervisors in their folly might grant. The the ordinance closing Ingleside He did so after the issue had been fullydis- d the evil results of track gambling had ade known. He, in common with the com- 3 had before him at the time the record of defalcations, swindles, divorces, thefts, as- murders and suicides that had been caused by ng at the tracks or in downtown pon]rn@mé. y men only, but by boys and women. He acted advisedly in signing the ordinance, and can « e suspected now of a willingness to stultify f the most honorable acts of his official career. ite, however, of this reasonable reliance upon Supervisors and the Mayor, the people should not be silent upon the issue. Not even a shadowy ex- | cuse should be ‘permitted to those who are striving to permit a reopening of that center of a far-reaching San Francisco has had disastrous ex- perience with unlimited racing under the control of a t of unscrupulous Eastern adventurers, and from t experience should protest at once renewal of their license. R ———— ek s evidence ned generally, the orruption ! against any | A committee of the House of Representatives is | rying to determine if General Merriam was brutal in his m ry administration of Idaho. A model of the bullpen would prove a startling exhibit in the case 1f half of what the attorneys in the Craven-Fair litigation say of one another be true the cause might | not unwisely be transferred to one of the criminal | lepartments of the Superior Court. | There is at last a prospect of retiring General Eagan nd “his odors of embalmed beef from the army. There is a proposition on foot to legislate the Gen eral out of official existence. A BANKRUPTCY LAW. HE Federal constitution gives to Congress the T power “to establish uniform laws on the wub- bankruptcies throughout the United Decisions covering and construing this grant of power have been made by the Federal courts in the cases of Sturges vs. Crowninshield, McMillan. vs. Mc- ect of | Neill, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank vs. Smith, Og-. and many others. According to these several judicial constructions the States may pass bankrupt laws, provided they do not impair the obligation +of contracts, which the constitution for- den vs. Sander bids to the States, and provided there be no act of Congress in fo to establish a uniform system of | bankruptcy in conflict with such State laws. But an act of a State Legislature which discharges a debtor from all liability for debts contracted previous to his discharge, on his surrendering his property for the of his creditors, is invalid so far as it attempts rge the contract. A mere law of insolvency, however, is not prohibited to the States. From this digest of the decisions it will be seen that under the States are incapacitated for dealing with the question of bankruptcy, since to act effective it must relieve the insolvent benefi to disc constitution of the obligation of contracts involved in his bank- ruptcy 2 It has been the practice of Congress to pass a uni- form bankruptcy law after each of our general finan- ness panics. Such panics catch and ruin, the enterprising and energetic business men of the community, since that class are the borrowers of capital and keep it active in those business ven- tures and investments which are the life of trade and When this class fall into fault of their own; but as the result commerce. insolvenc 1 throu no f general loss of confidence which causes a panic, if there is provided no relief from their obligations the community suffers through the paralysis of these They cannot go into trade nor re- to gainful activities, because old scores stand turn against them, and what gains they may make are sub- ject to seizure to pay on “dead horse.” In a majority of cases, if they have legal relief, their | credit is susceptible of restoration and their enterprise can be again employed in business. The principle upon which thi exchar The “jubilee” provision for among men. Israel established by Moses was a general bankruptcy law. Every code provided for man in organized so- | ciety has recognized the need of such provision and ied it 1 )8 Congress passed a general bankruptcy act, to which there seem to be objections wh have 1 a demand for amendment. Our information so far obtained seems to establish the fact that there » secure organized action for amend- ator Perkins has introduced a bill to red in the j licial proceedings; and section 34, r the appointment and removal of 1eferees and fixes their districts; and section 38, which defines the jurisdiction of referees; and subdivision B of section 64, which relates to the debts of the bank- which provides tupt which shall have priority. As the latter pro- visi is of importance, since it provides a system of preferred creditors, it may be interesting to our readers to quote it in full: “The debts to have priority and to be paid in full out of bankruft es- tates and the order of payment shall be—1. The ac- tual and necessary cost of preserving the estate sub- sequent to filing the petition. The fiing fees paid by creditors involuntary s. 3. The cost of ad- ministration, including the fees and mileage paid to witnesses as now or hereafter provided by the law of the United States, and one reasonable attorney's | fee for the professional services actually rendered, ir- respective of the number of attorneys employed, to the petitioning creditors in involunt bankrupt in involuntary duties herein required, and to the bankrupt in volun- tary cases, as the court may allow. 4. workmen, clerks or servants, which have been earned within three months before the date of the commence- ment of proceedings, not to exceed $300 claimant. 5. & to each Debts owing to any person who by the laws of the States or of the United States is entitled o priority.” As we have not received the text of Senator Per- kins' bill we are not aware of the particulars in which it amends the sections and the subdivisions to which it applies. We assume, however, that it applies to the objectionable features of the statute, which may have heretofore hampered its application to the conditions which it is intended to deal with, The bankruptcy law which followed the panic of 1873 was very beneficial to the business interests of the country. The law of 1808 is not self-limiting. there have been some objections to a statute on the subject, lest its permanence, being of necessity a law in impairment of contracts, might jn- terfere with the freedom of contract, and all business operations rest upon contract, express or implied. But whatever in the existing act hinders resort to it should be removed. The country is full of busi- ness men who under compulsion refrain from enter- ing npon the activities of revived trade, since their insolvency has destroyed their credit, and with their | debts hanging over them, and payment for “dead horse” in prospect before they can get any benefit from their enterprise, they have to see their active years pass by unused. The residents of Berkeley have struck upon a strictly original plan to defend themselves against the evils of a wide-open town. They have deterniined to close the saloons and pay the town what it will lose in license money. Some Croesus can reduce himself to poverty by trying the scheme in San Francisco. D e — NON-CONSTITUTIONAL RULE. Tcations of Henry Loomis Nelson, who pro- fesses to represent the views of President Mec- Kinley. In a recent article in Harper's Weekly Mr. Nelson said that Congress, not being bound I;y the constitution when it comes to legislation for our out- side possessions: “It may refuse to the natives and to the American citizens who may go to our colonies the right of trial by jury; the right of free speech; the right of peaceable assemblage and petition; the right to freedom from unwarrantable arrest, and freedom from search, and all those rights which the constitu- tion guards jealously.” The Bee declares that it cannot believe that Presi- dent McKinley assents to such a shamelessly un- American proposition, that “would be deemed out- rageous even in Russia.” We are surprised that the Bee is surprised by the HE Sacramento Bee is excited over the publi- | announcement of this non-constitutional theory of government for our outside possessions. It origin- ated in the Bee’s own political household, and is the In a letter by Grover Cleveland these propositions ‘doc!rine taught to the devotees of the Bryan cult. i s is done is as old as the commercial | e merchants of this coast have re- | d section 20 of the act, which relates to the oaths | cases, to the | cases while performing the | Wages due | Heretofore | standing. | were laid down: “If, then, the suggestion is made that the time has come for our nation to abandon its landmarks and to follow the lights of monarchical hazards, and that ‘we should attempt to employ the simple machinery of our popular and domestic gov- ernment to serve the schemes of imperialism, your _challcngt of the proposition is entirely in order. If | you are satisfied that foreign conquest and unnatural extension or annexation are dangerous perversions of our national mission, and if it shall seem to you in the light of reason and history that such positions | bring in their train a people’s demoralization and a decay of popular content, more surely destructive to the republic than armies with banners, you will not necessarily be wrong.” This was written at about the time Colonel Bryan was securing the purchase of the Philippines by whip- ping Democratic Senators in to its support. The Examiner, political wallow-fellow of Bryan and the Bee, attacked Cleveland abusively for that | utterance and spoke in derision of “the old land- marks,” and said: “The most remarkable example in | the history of the world of the assumption of hazards | such as Mr. Cleveland indicates with fear and abhor- | rence is furnished by England, and in faith England has prospered indifferently well under all that load of monarchical hazards. The fact that England’s in- stitutions are as free and as democratic as our own; the fact that the English nation is the most powerful and the most enlightened in the Old World, despite ts schemes of imperialism, do not seem to affect Mr. Cleveland’s prophetic vision. It is perhaps worth while to point out that the simple machinery of our popular domestic government of which Mr. Cleveland speaks will neither be changed at home nor employed abroad, should it become necessary to administer out- side dependencies. It is in the power and right of Congress to devise any sort of system that may apply to the conditions of such dependencies, and this power is in no wise limited by the national constitu- tion, nor does its application involve any change of stem. All thede things which we have stated. are familiar knowledge, but they do not appear to make any part of the intellectual equipment of the superior person who puts his faith in adjectives and expects people to take him for granted.” i Now, we submit to the Bee that it must first dis- our domestic s; | cipline its own political household before being hor- | rified about the same thing said by Mr. Nelson, or | the supposed indorsement thereof by the President. iThe Democratic view of the subject, stated by the miner, has never, to our knowledge, been at- | tacked by any representative of that party to point | out the falseness of the Examiner's teaching. Oppo- site to that view is Mr. Cleveland’s, which the Ex- aminer said was opposed to “familiar knowledge” on | the subject. Can it be possible that the Bee so far forgets itself as to indorse Mr. Cleveland? e e Some unkind critic has suggested that his Honor the Mayor has found a happy way of reducing his advertising expenses by giving as a prize for flag deas the money he recently won in a literary con- test. The cruelty of this critical suggestion becomes | apparent when it is remembered that the Mayor mod- estly refrained from giving the name of the periodical which was so lenient to his pen. TAX SHIRKERS BEATEN AG@IN. NCE more the Wells-Fargo Express Company has been beaten in an effort to shirk the war O tax by shifting it upon the patrons of the | company; and another proof has been given that the | courts stand ready to afford protection to the rights | of any shipper who withstands the demands of the company and refuses to submit to its aggressions. In the case of G. B. Benham vs. Wells, Fargo & Co. Justice Barry, after reviewing the issue at length, and stating the principles of law involved in the ques- tion as to the right of the company to force the ship- | per to affix or furnish for the receipt or bill of lading the stamp required by the revenue act, concludes by saying: “What these principles and rules are, and what the result of their application here, are-already determined so far as this court is concerned.. The | Superior Court has spoken and I am bound by iis decision. In Costley case vs. Wells-Fargo, No. | 7620, Justice Court, affirmed by Judge Troutt Octo- | ber 22, 1808; also opinion of Superior Court of Mich- | igan, affirming judgment of the court below—the foregoing decisions are overwhelmingly to the point as to which I cite them, namely, that it is the duty of the express company to furnish a proper legal stamped receipt. It is evident that the express com- | pany is obliged to affix the stamp and pay the tax. The words seem so plain as not to need any author- ity.” It is to be noted that in the Costley case judgment against the express company was affirmed by Judge Troutt in 1898. More than a year has elapsed. The | express company has been defedted in every appeal | it has taken to the courts, and still goes on shirking 1 the tax and imposing on the public as if it had no re- 3 spect for the courts whatever. | Tt is just such actions as this on the part of power- | ful corporations that undermine public respect for law and give some show of reason for the denunciations with which agitators and demagogues assail corpora- tions of all kinds. , Wells, Fargo & Co. will continue to violate the law and impose upon shippers just so long as the pub- lic will submit. The courts have given judgment for the plaintiff in every case where a shipper has had the self-respect to maintain his rights. It is now clear that if other citizens will follow the example that has been set the tax-shirking corporation will have to yield. Suits should be begun at once by every shipper upon whom the company imposes. The corporation has fought the law for a year, but it cannot fight it successfully. Tt can and will fight so long as only a | few public-spirited men stand against it in defense of right, but it would not fight long if a general move- ment took place to resist its impositions. Tt is to be hoped the suits against the shirkers will multiply rap- idly. They should be filed in every case where the ex- press company refuses to obey the law. Since the suggestion of a flag emblem for new San Francisco has come from the Mayor it is no more than just that incidents 2lready famous in the reign of Phelan the First should receive’ some pictured record. It certainly would be a novelty in flag deco. ration to show how his Honor scored his great tri- umph in selling the Police Department. Or perhaps that would look better in statuary for the City Hall rotunda. A general complaint is being made that business in the Police’ Courts is being clogged by a lack of stenographers. Why not counsel with his Honor the Mayor? He has assumed the divine right of knowing all about police affairs, particularly on what should not be done in any case. SERSTAP The Marquis of Queensberry insisted that something of common sense should be displayed at his funer.l. As very little was said or done at the ceremony and muchwgimm&cchafiqdflmhkwhhg seem to have been obeyed. T SHOULD THE NIC HE question of the fortification or the non-fortification of the proposed Nicaraguan canal has provoked a dis- cussion which seems to promise al- most as many laughable utierances by civillans as any military problem usually will. But ecivillans are not provoking all the mirth—not by any means. In its non- fortification the certainty of the canal being maintained as a free passage for our navy at all times lies. We are not— or at least we ought not to be—concerned as to whether its construction will give ithe ships of war of Germany, Britain, France or - Russia an advantageous “road” to the Orient. If they choose to use it it is sensible and easy enough to make them pay well for the privilege. Suppose we consider the matter for a moment: The fortification of the canal implies the fortifying of its entiré length. Making that statement, I happen to be in diagonal opposition to Mr. Ambrose Blerce, by far the ablest writer on mat- ters military contributing to any of the papers that are at present trembling hy: terically for the “safety of this slope. Before showing clearly how Mr. Bierce errs in his statement that fortification of the mouths of the canal is essential for the protection of our interests, I wish to pay him this tribute: I would rather have his opinjon on a military matter than that of nearly every capable authority on sub- Jects of this nature of whom I know. He is able and clear headed, and If he is un- able to argue convincingly for “fortifica- tion” it will be pretty difficult for its pro- tagonists to find one who can. But to the point. The fortification of the entrances alone means isolated fort- | resses. What military man is there who | is not aware of the initial truth that iso- lated defense 1s a weakness when relief is difficult or cannot be accorded? This is a general principle of strategy, the laws of which are, as Mr. Blerce says, quite immutable. Those who know nothing of the art have but to look to South Africa to-day for examples. Suppose, then, that we fortify and garrison each entrance to the canal; even the civilian can see that a navy strong enough to repel our own can escort a land force equal to the task of reducing our fortifications if we have no line of communication that we are able to keep open. How shall we main- tain our communication? Is a march from Florida suggested? Plainly, that is ab- surd, and In the face of a superfor navy the landing of any supporting land force is impracticable. The truth is that un- less the navy can successfully cope with | the navy of the country that desires to use the canal against our wishes nothing but the fortification of its entire length will avail. I suppose there is no one who will seriously advocate this latter plan. For the purpose of discomfiting the “for- tifying” gentlemen who hold opposite ARAGUA CANAL By WILLIAM C. BOYNS. 1 will allow Mr, Blerce himeelf to Thow the folly of thelr’ proposals himself. h inst. he e: 0?'15;‘: ll::clrnnun canal will need forti- fications at its mouths only; without them it will virtually belong to the strongest naval power. If we should happen o be at war with that power it would cut our navy in two and destroy it one-half at a o uz\-}ery well, my friend, having done that would that nation then land a force and do to our fortiiications what a skilled tac- tician in command of a fairly strong army would have donc to Shafter's mmmnnxz before Santiago, viz., destroy the outifit? Shafter merely left his left flank and rear at the mercy of the enemy; the ‘“‘forti- fications” gentlemen evidently want to leave both flanks and rear open, which is, of course, milftary Intelligence of high deB‘:tm let us on. Having fortified the mouths of the canal “to his great con- tent,” Mr. Bierce says on the 18th inst., in apostrophising the members of the Sen- ate in a strain dellciously tragic: “Let us contemplate the possibility of a hostile fleet of battle-ships and crulsers, their sides still clouded with the signs of successful combat, with our own, pre- senting themselves at the Caribbean or- trance to the caral for transit to the Pa- cific. Are you prepared to ask our lock men to help them through, as under this abominable treaty they would be com- pelled to do? Have you the hardihood to demand that America’s enemies, r handed with American blood, shall be a: sisted to where they can easily destroy Americgn ships, American cities, Ameri- can men, women and children? asking too mueh?"’ Such a vividly terrible spectacle is surg- ly enough to compel any legislative ar s Is 1t not sembly to have pause, and verily enough to» compel a Judas to repent. good sir, in our proposed contempi: of these horrors Indubitably our “lock men” would have to do what they wers ordered to do by the enemy unless they preferred that the enemy do it himself. Truly, if the canal were fortified for its entire length they might hold out for & much longer period, but as suggested above it is highly probable that none en- tertains such a project for a moment. It is true that Admiral Phiilp has discussed the matter, but I am afraid the distin- gyished seaman Is slightly more of a dreamer than a thinker. He is one of the beings who in all seriousness believe that humanity may easily be on terms of familiarity with the Creator. But that is another story. And now let us see what the risks of freedom of transit minus fortifications ar:. An effective treaty is made with each of the great powers guaranteeing the u trality of the canal for, say, fifty y it M BE FORTIFIED? 1t is, of nécessity, strictly kept. Wh guarantee of the independence of Sw land exists, does it net? Where jdler who will suggest that it may tampered with by any one or two nat at pleasure? Belgium, too, is sa ground. What powers will dare unde:ta to disturb its right to existence? Trea having waterways for the subjects car made quite as binding as these havir reference to affairs on land. Indubi Great Britain would seize lh:lat(‘ to-day did she dare. But ‘Lurnyn have none of it. Moreover, it Is w remember when discussing the pas through the canal of a fleet bent on bombardment of Pacific Coast citles a navy in a canal is wofully handicapy: Half a dozen “destroyers,” sensib posed at each entrance in time of the dreamed of “danger,” would serio terfere with the passage of ships ters not how many they might be. T are compelled to steam slowly and dian file.” w fortification tirely to forget that all the great pow ‘warriors on have fortified coaling stations ir Orient and that they all maintain pow ful fleets there. Great Britain, of ¢ is already on this coast and Germar as close at home as Samoa. Where t would be the object of sending ships this coast via the canal? Really nothing quite so funny, from intelligent military standpoint, has peared as this fuss about “fortif since Captain A. T. Mahan grav sured the Senate that a fleet of the Hawaiian Islands would hamper if it did not destroy any attem at the invasion of the Pacific Slope the United States.” That morceau of Intelligence competent men the world over to broadly, for it is well known that the vasion of the Pac Slope of the [ States is a military impossibility ex through the grace of the nation h Canada or Mexico. And If there ! instructor at West Point who is not aw of that truth the more quickly he is moved from duty the better will it be his country. The warriors who doubt t statement might confer a great fav preparing plans of campaign havi successful accomplishment of that pose in view and file them at the hips - of the Army and Navy Gazette. journal would then, doubtless, issue a special comic supplement for their ex clusive publication. Let us then build, with all confid our highwaterway; it will stimulate pr cipally our own commerce; it will aid ship-building interests greatly; let whole world use it if they ara w to pay fairly for the privilege, and | banish these silly notions of and the idea that the canal wt the effectiveness of our navy.” AROUND THE CORRIDORS | Dr. D. H. Morgan, U. S. N., is a guest at the Palace. G. M. Francis, the Napa journalist, is staying at the Occidental. B. F. Shepard Jr., a wealthy merchant of Fresno, is a guest at the Grand. Thomas Flint Jr. is registered at the Palace from his home in San Juan. L. F. Bruner has come down from Sacra- mento and is registered at the Grand. Frank J. Carolan has come up from his home in Burlingame and is at the Palace. W. D. Pennycook, a Vallejo newspaper | man, is at the Occidental for a few days. T. L. Reed, a wealthy rancher of Reed- ley; is one of the recent arrivals at the Grand. | | James Cronin, a Spokane mining man | and capitalist, is at the Lick, where he | arrlved yesterday. Dr. L. N. Thornton, one of the leading medical men of Portland, Or., is at the | Grand for a short stay. | H. C. Woodrow, a well-known ~mine- | owner of Redding, is among the arrivals of yesterday at the Occidental. F. J. Carman, a wealthy landowner of | Bakersfleld, is at the Palace while making a hurried business trip to this city. B. T. McCullough, the millionaire rancher of Crows Landing, Is a guest at | the Lick while in the city on a short busi- | ness trip. F. P. Dunne, the “Dooley” humorist, is at the Palace again. He returned yester- | day from his trip to the southern part of | the State. J. P. Greer accompgnied him. | Lieutenant Colonel D. S. Brainard, for- | merly head of the commissary department | |in the Philippines, returned from the | | Orient yesterday on the transport Ohio | and is now at the Palace. Count Kheverhuller and Dr. Charles Merth, two distinguished members of the | aristocracy of Vienna, are at the Palace, where they arrived last evening. They are touring the United States on pleasure | bent. Robert Pinkerton, head of the great de- tective firm, arrived in the city Thursday and is now staying at the Palace. He is ' here on one of his regular tours of inspec- tion, during which he visits his agencies in the different cities of the West. P — CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—W. G. Holbrook | and Henry Lessing Jr. of San Francisco are at the Empire; Louis Morris of Los Angeles is at the Netherlands. Do you know that a large percentage of the suicides of San Francisco occur in Golden (iate Park? . Have you ever pal Juicides attention to the di- rect causes of hl these deaths— methods employed fh‘ and reasons for the act? Rather a Park. morbid subject, but intensely interest- ing on account of that very morbidity. Next Sunday’s Call will publish a com- plete list of names and dates of the Park Puicides in connection with an articls upon the subject. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BISMARCK—A. O. 8., City. Prioce Carl Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck-Schon- hausen, the German statesman, died of debility at Friedrichsruh, Prussia, July 30, | 1898, aged T3. CUSTOM-HOUSE EXAMINATION—A. E. J.. City. For application blanks in the civil service examination for the Cus- tom-house apply at the Custom-house. ‘When you obtain the blanks you will be informed as to the date of the examina- tion. COPYIST AND CLERK—-B. V. H. Bloomfleld, and A. 8., City. Those who desire to take the municipal service ex- amination for clerk and copyist at the Lincoln School building on March 1 should make qaucntinn for blanks at the office of the Civil Service Commission at the City Hall, San Francisco. Either sex may take the examination. THE PRESTON SCHOOL—Subscriber, Oakland, Cal. The Preston Industrial School 1is located near Ione, Amador County. The inmates are allowed to cor- respond with their parents. relatives and friends. Boys are kept there during their minority, but may be released before that time if they give evidence of reformation. Visitors are admitted every day except Sundays. i CENSUS—O. 8. A., Berkeley, and others. For general or specific information con- cerning the census that is to be taken this year address a letter of inquiry to the *Director of the Census of 1900, Wasl on, D. C.” The of enumera- tors will be hiot less e}?hn}:m_ cents ""g"n usme nor more an C < t; from 15 to for each B8 Fros 10 % cants for each -uun-l 3 ent of productive industry. SIGNS OF EARLY BREAKUP IN THE ISLAND FORCES Returned Volunteers to Be Discharged. R PR A significant order issued from the War | Department is just being acted upon out | here. It directs the discharge of all vol- unteers who may be in the country or who may hereafter arrive, and as a con- | sequence the Presidio surgeons are hard at work examining men previous to their discharge from the service. There are | about fifty volunteers at the Presidio fit for duty, and all these will have to go. After they have been discharged thos not physically fit for duty will be di fi%fi{{;“ on surgeons’ certificates of di The new order can mean nothing else than the gradual disintegration of the volunteer regiments. It was supposed that when a man had been ordered home | on sick-leave he would be sent back to | his regiment as soon as he had been cured | of his disability, but under the new order he will be discharged at once. This will | do away_with the convalescent company at the "Presidio and also with a large number of casuals who have been taken from the hospitals as fit for duty and Were waiting to be returned to their com- | mands in the islands. | Another significant manipulation of_the men seems to show that within a short time five of the regiments now in the islands will be returned home. It has | been ordered that no more men of the Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry, the Fourth Cavalry and_the Third Artillery shall be sent to the Phil- ippines. That means that every time a man comes home from those regiments he shall be kept at the post, even if he be fit for duty again, and this is taken to point to the early return of these regi- ments. They were among the first to go to the islands and it is more than probe able they will be the first to return. With the order regarding volunteers taken with this, it begins to look as if there were some radical changes foon to be made.in the forces in the Philippines. | It has just been discovered that the | general hosflml at the Presidio is a post | all by itself. The general hospltafois‘ something new in the way of its kind, for heretofore all the Government has had to deal with has been the post hospital. Returns from a post nospital are made | lompoat headquarters and there is no other | office work required, but with the fact | that the general hospital is a post by itself comes also the fact that all it returns are expected from it, and ese army headquarters has exacted from the time qf the opening of the Institution. As a result, Steward Granam and Private Legseman have been set at back rds ang thfi are bringing the returns up to date. e designation of the general pital as a post {8 of very recent ocva:. rence, and owing to the many changes in its patients, which must be noted just as If "they were part of the garrison, it entails an untold amount of work. e ——— Convicted of Manslaughter. Charles H. Richardson, who shot his wife, Ellen, In their home at 948 Howard street on October 10, 1899, was convicted of manslaughter in Judge Lawlor's cou yesterday. The jury accepted the the that Richardson acted without mall when he shot his wife, and found a v dict in accordance. WITH POWDER AND PATCHES Brilliant Bal Poudre Given by La Jeunesse Last Evening. The members of La Jeunesse Cotiilon Club gave a brilllant bal poudre at Lunt's Hall last evening. Washington's birthday was the inspiration of the affalr, which was made as Washingtonian in all detalls as was possible. All the guests were in colonial costumes and the decora- tions of the hall were fashioned of stiffly arranged garlands, flags and shields. Perey King, assisted by Robert Eyre, led the cotillon. The colonial german was rather more elaborate than the other affairs of La Jeunesse. In honor of “the Father of His Country” dancing was prolonged one hour beyond the usual time. About 250 guests were present and were received by the fol- lowing patronesses of the club, who were respectively attired in colontal costume: Mrs. A. H. Voorhies, Mrs. kins, Mrs. W. H. McK McClung, Mrs Phebe Hearst, Mrs. Foster and Mrs. H. E. Huntington. —_————— Ice cream at Townsend's, 735 Market st.® —_——— Townsend’s, now opened at 639, Palace. * B — Treat your Eastern friends to Town- send’s California glace fruits, §0c 1b., & fire etched boxes. 839 Palace Hotel bldg. * st > i s Special information supplied dafly to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 143 * —_—— Board of Works’ Appointments. The Board of Public Works yesterday temporarily appointed E. J. Brandon a fleld assistant at $125 a month and Hugh 1. Ward assistant plumber at $65 a month, The salary of H. S. Syton w: han, from $60 a month to $2 a dn;. % s Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourtst sieeping cars via Santa Fe route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions to look after the welfare of passengers. To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Loufs every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, 628 Market street. —_——— We recommend the use of Dr: Siegert's An- gostura Bitters to our friends who suffer with dyspepsia. —_—— The Fastest Train Across the Con- tinent. The California Limited, Santa Fe Route. Connecting trains legve at 5 p. m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Suturday. Finest equipped train and best track of any line to the East. Ticket office, 623 Market street. —_————————— Fell Dead in the Street. Jeremlah Hurley, a marine fireman, who recently resided at 546 First street, fell dead yesterday shortly after noon while En.slhll the house 268 Brannan street. "y % ve 1’(”"3 ‘lorh,::l boe‘!’l" - ed to e ‘i’le-.rt“h ’;isb:as:v brought about by the of alcoholic @ s. RUSSIAN CIGARETTES With Mouthpiece 10 cents for 10 Monopol Tobacco Works