The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1900, Page 4

flzz—wwf CHIEF ENGINEER CHALKER TAKES ISSUE WITH COGHLAN MONDAY .MARCH 26, 1900 7.0;‘1N D SPREC’&ELS Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. ¥, Telephone Main 186S. 221 1874 EDITORIAL ROOMS Stovemsen St. Teleph: Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, & Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL Gnoluding Sunday), one yer DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 mouths..... DAILY CALL Gncluding Sunday), 3 months. DAILY CALL—By Eingle Month. EUNDAY CALL Ope Year. WEBKLY CALL One Year oome. All postmasters are authorized to recelive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. §EBEEs [ DAKLAND OFFICE C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. NPW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON., eemeor semeasees: sessesees HOTRID Squere NEW YORX REPRESENPATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR...cccoeeeceeeeecmen .29 Tribune Buiiding CHICAGO NEWS STANDE; Eberman House; P. O. News Co.; Gresf Northesu Hetolt Fremont House; Ao@itortem Hotel NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astorta Hotel; A. Breotano, §1 Union Sguaref Morray HIl Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE......no.. Wellington Hotel MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. ++-1118 Broadway BEANCH OFFICES—Y . corner of Clay, apen Mootgomery, until 930 o'clock. 500 Hayes. open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 | MoAlister, open unt!] 9:30 o'closk. 615 Larkin, open until | 9:50 o'clock 1941 Mission, Open until 10 o'clock. 2361 Market, cormer BSixteenth, open untii § c'clook. 1098 Valencia, cpen unt:l § o'elock. 106 Bleventh, open until 9 oclock NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'closk _— ANMUSEMENTS. California—'"Pudd'nhead Wilson.” Celifornia—Paderewski 1i—"Manila Bound.” mbia—"Mr Smooth " azar—"Aunt Jack.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. house—'“El Capitan.” 5d Theater—Vaudevills every afterncom and evering Diympia, corner of Mason and EAdy streets, Specialties. Fischer's New Concert House—*Il Trovatore.” iden Gate Hall—Lecture Tuesday evening. Oakland Race Track—Races. AUCTION SALES. March 36 at 10:30 o'clock, t 11 & m, st 109 Guerrero st., rts continue to point to an enlarg- throughout the country. The S rings last week indicated a falling off cent, and the failures were 192, against 182 same week last year. s a contradiction here. If business is in- ver the country; if, as the weekly com- cial reports assert, foreign exports from New York are breakjng all previous records, why should k clearings, which are accepted as the only i trade, show a decrease from th now and then an exception? ness is not increasing. What it may her thing. Prospects for a good er trade are satisfactory, and as ratively easy and abundant there are y these prospects should not be real as the six or seven principal cities ntry, from New York and Chicago down to w 2 loss in current trade, it is evident ess at the great centers is not what it ago. eter ear was unprecedented. s ago it was pointed out that trade con- re irregular, and this condition prevails to- nes are doing better and others worss. Thus w shows rather more tone, but wheat and Leather is reported in rather better les are depressed and declining. Some e meeting with more inquiry, wh d weak. Provisions are advancing ity, which is a very good sign, wer. are apt to follow a rise in provisions, Crop prospects are reported brilliant e central West, where cold weather has lerable damage to the growing wheat. 1 street reflects the general unsettled condition ade. The public, which has been looking cross- eved at the market for months, e versa has regained confi- nd bought more freely last week than for a Great interests, too, seized the opportu- »d by the new currency bill to further ocks, and London appeared as a free pur- Continued good railway earnings helped . and thus Wall street exhibited more ek than for some little time. The Pacific more even than the other parts of the Here trade is running along without a except in those lines directly affected by the h such as provisions, wool, hides, etc. e weekly bank clearings fall below those of last year, 1 the failures are few. As for the crop ts, they are more than flattering. The har- is year will be immense unless some unex- setback occurs. There is some talk of a light vield of peaches in some localities, but otherwise all s m the fruit districts point to large crops. 1 d grain, the problem this year is not 1iem, but how to get the most money The mining interests have been favored h sufficient water, anid are rapidly making up for 1 the dry years. He is a hard man to not satisfied with the present outlook w to raise t out of them The determination of the silver leaders to hold a d Silver Republican convention at Kansas wise. The Bryanites may profess their the silver cause, but they will bear a good deal of watching. on t or Tillman on Friday referred to the recent Senator Foraker as a “bluff made on a flush,” and it would seem the South Caro- has dropped his pitchfork and taken to poker ratorical weapon. speech of bob: as General Roberts may be resting at Bloemfontein merely to rest his army, but the chances are he knows he is up against the real thing and that the next step is going to cost something. It would be singular if it were, for | e same time with the Democratic convention | ATTENTION, REPUBLICANS. NDER the call for the convention of Repub- U lican League clubs at Los Angeles it is pro- “vided that “each Republican club in California, including those of the American Republican College League, shall be entitled to one delegate at large and one delegate additional for every twenty-five members upon its rolls. Orgenizations of Republican veterans are especially invited to participate. No club shall be entitled to representation in the State League con- vention unless it has been organized and in existence at least ten days prior to the date of the convention. | No person shall be counted for representation in more | than one club. All delegates shall file with the sec- | retary of the convention certificates of election signed | by the president and secretary of their club.” The attention of Republicans in districts where no | club exists is directed particularly to the provision | that no club shall be entitled to representation in the convention unless it has been organized and in exist- | | ence at least ten days before the date when the con- | | vention meets. As the convention is to assemble on | | April 27, it will be seen that while there is ample tims for the organization of clubs if prompt action be taken, there is no time to spare. Therefore Repub- licans who desire such representation should set about | | the work of club organization at once. | Another clause of the call which must not be over- | looked is the provision that “‘each club shall furnish | the secretary of the State League a statement on or before April 20, 1900, attested by the club secretary, giving the name of the club and its officers, thé names | and addresses of delegates and alternates elected and elso the number of members on the roll of the club.” The work of the convention will be of considerable importance to the party and to the campaign. The clubs represent no faction of the party, nor are they organized to advance the interests of any candidate for any office. Their work is that of preparing the | rank and file of the party for a vigorous and loyal support of Republican principles and policies and Republican candidates for all offices at stake in the elections. It is therefore a work in which Repub- licans can harmoniously engage, whatever may be their differences of opinion on minor matters or on the relative merits of aspirants for Republican nomi- | nations. | It is desired that the convention shall be thoroughly | representative not only of the State as a whole, but | of every county and district in it. To attain that ob- | ject there must, of course, be club organizations every- | | where, and consequently the formation of such clubs | is now the work of most pressing urgency upon Re- | | publican leaders. The one danger that menaces the | | party in the coming campaign is that overconfidence | in Republican success may lead to indifference and | apathy in the work which will be required to achieve | victory. Against that danger the local leaders and 2 | workers of the party must guard, and there is no bet- | | ter way of doing it than that of club organizations. | 1¢ there be a strogg club at work in every voting pre- | cinct it will be safe to count California in the Repub- | lican column as a foregone conclusion The Kentucky offer of $100,000 for evidence to con- | vict the assassins of Goebel is very large indeed, but | the State seems to be getting the worth of its money, for the evidence given thus far is sensational enough | | to cost double the amount. & The appeal of the Transvaal Republic to the nations | for intervention might as well be called back. Every nation on earth has troubles of its own, and not one | | of them is looking around for a chance to get into | ; other folks’ troubles. HILE little or nothing is seemingly being | | NEW FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. | \V done at Washington to promote the Western | movement for the creation of a Department of | Mines and Mining, to be presided ovér by a Secretary of Cabinet rank, the Eastern project for the estab- lishment of a Department of Commerce and Indus- tries appears to be well advanced and may be at- tained before the close of this session. The arguments in support of the Department of Commerce are undoubtedly strong. It is said there are now no less than twenty bureaus in the various | departments of the \Government that have charge of | affairs relating either to manufactures or to commerce. | Of these ten are under the direction of the Secretary | of the Treasury, and the others are scattered among | the remaining departments. It would of course be | advisable to combine all of these bureaus under one | head, so that all of them could act together along | established lines of policy instead of being out of touch with one another, as at present. Our exports have now become so enormous it is | time the Government should recognize the importance of industry and commerce to the welfare of the peo- ple, and use its powers to promote them. Nearly every great nation in Europe has such a department, [ presided over by an officer ‘with a seat in the Minis- | try. _As we have now become exporters of manu* | factured goods as well as of raw materials, and need foreign markets for our products, we shall have to | | emulate European countries in ‘all that tends to ad- | vance trade. The creation of a Department of Agri- culture has vastly benefited that industry, and it is not to be doubted that equally good results will flow from a Department of Commerce. All of these arguments for the advancement of com- | merce and manufactures can with equal if not greater force be nrged in favor of the creation of a Depart- | ment of Mines and Mining. At the present time our mineral affairs are managed or mismanaged by va- rious bureaus having no connection with one another, | and the result is confusion in many subjects that should be free from any manner of doubt. The min- | ing industry, moreover, is common to all sections of | the Union, and is one of the most productive and | important of our interests. The bill for the estab- lishment of the Department of Commerce has been favorably reported to the Senate, and it would seem | that the Department of Mines bill might be taken up | at the same time and the passage of both assured by | | a co-operation of forces. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. { HEN the historians of the future undertake to analyze the complex characteristics of our time they will probably note it as an age of scien- | tific discovery. Almost everything else we have done | has been but a result of the scientific advance. The wonders of telegraphs and telephones and other me- chanical inventions have been due less to the mechan- ism through which they operate than to the discov- ery of the natural forces which enable us to use them. It is to the scientist rather than to the inventor we owe most of our recent progress in every direction, from war to industry; and, moreover, the man of science is far in advance of the inventor, for he has made known to us a number of forces which our me- | chanics have not yet devised a means of applying to | useful purposes. & These discoveries are among the most interesting of | needs. current events. So strange and marvelous are many of them that Tennyson aptly spoke of them as “the fairy tales of science.” In the series of papers on “Recent Scientific Discoveries” now running in the Home Study Circle of The Call some of the most im- portant of these marvels are being described, together | with the appliances by which many of them are made serviceable to civilization. From their novelty as well as from their vast importance to the people these studies may be rightly termed a part of the news of the day, having a permanent interest to all who watch the progress of the world with an intelligent apprecia- tion of what is being done that will be of lasting benefit. The series of studies on this subject have been pre- pared under the direction.of Professor William J. Hopkins of Drexel Institute of Philadelphia, and in clude papers on Wireless Telegraphy, High Speed Telegraph Systems, Photography in Colors, Liquid | Air, Dark Lightning, Moving Pictures, Process En- graving, Submarine Boats and The New Gases. These papers are to be published every Thesday until the series is complete. Those that have already appeared have attracted the attention of thoughtful readers and been accounted one of the most interest- ing of the spring term of Home Circle Studies. Nor can it be doubted that their instructive value is great and that they have had the effect of turning the minds of many persons to a more serious consideration of scientific subjects than they had hitherto given. B ———— MANUFACTURERS AND THE SHIP- PING BILL. OR a good many years the manufacturers of l: the United States were indifferent if not antagonistic to shipping interests. Content with the home market, whose rapidly increasing demand it seemed they never would be able to fully supply, they looked upon foreign commerce as something which was more or less hostile to themselves. Ocean ships brought foreign goods into the country and took out in return large quantities of raw material which the manufacturers thought should be worked up at home. Consequently when they entered upon the campaign of education in favor of the protective policy they neglected to include in its scope a system of protection to the shipping interests of the country. The recent expansion of our industries has in- creased the output of manufactured goods beyond the home demand, and we are now shipping such goods in vast quantities to all parts of the world. The goods, however, have to be shipped mainly in foreign ves- sels, for we have not a merchant marine equal to our Our manufacturers and our merchants are therefore at the mercy of foreign shipowners, and we | lose a good deal of trade that would be ours if we had as large a merchant fleet as our export industries call for. Such being the case, the manufacturers are no longer indifferent on the subject of protection to American shipping, but are now among the most ear- nest and vigorous workers for it. A committee of the National Association of Manu- facturers has recently submitted to that body a report on the merchant marine bill now before Congress, and im doing so has presented one of the strongest arguments yet made on the issue. The committee quotes and indorses the statement of Senator Frye: “It is my opinion that the immediate effect of the passage of this bill will be to insure, within five years, the construction of approximately half a million tons of new ships in American shipyards; to increase the efficiency of our shipping in the foreign trade at least threefold in that time; to largely and permanently reduce rates of ocean transportation; to thus increase our export trade; to eventually bring the cost of con- structing ships as low in the United States as it is elsewhere; to place at all times at the immediate com- mand of the Government effective ships and trained men; to have our mails carried free, and to gradually —and I hope rapidly—to put an end to our present payment of $175,000,000 a year to the foreign shipping now doing our foreign carrying.” Furthermore the committee adds: “It is self-evident that American ships can only se- | cure cargoes by meeting the rates of their competitors who now enjoy the trade; thus a competition must arise, which will insure to American exporters excep- tional' opportunities to increase their foreign trade by | reason of reduced rates of transportation which will follow. Foreign Governments at the present time pay annually to their merchant ships in subsidies, mail pay, bounties and other aids more than $26,000,000. During the past fifty years Great Britain has paid to British ships for ‘mail pay,’ or subsidies, over $250,- 000,000. At the present time vessels are built abroad more cheaply than in-the United States. They are operated under the flags of other nations for less money than under the American flag. The compensa- tion provided in the bill will barely equalize these ad- vantages possessed by foreign over American ships.” It is to be borne in mind that the upbuilding of our merchant marine will benefit not the manufacturers only, but the farmers of the country, for the products of the farms continue to be in need of foreign mar- kets. In fact, there is no great interest of the people that will not be benefited by it. The products of ovr industries are increasing rapidly, and we must have | ships to carry them to the markets of every portion of the globe. There is a rumor in the East that Gorman’s ac- tivity in the Democratic party is due to the buzzing of the Presidential bee in his bonnet. He will stand in with Bryan this year, and in return will expect the | Bryanites to stand for him four years from now. The report is interesting as a part of the talk of the day, but the plan is too far-reaching to be counted as prac- tical politics. Four years from now there may be no Bryanites, no Bryan, no Democracy, and not even a Gorman. In arguing a case in the Federal Court the other day a local lawyer excused his client’s preference for New York on the ground that the social amenities of that city are greater than our own. But just think of the fun we have in joshing New York's four hun- dred. The thieves of Spokane who robbed a church of its organ, pews, chairs and hymn-books, but left the pulpit, evidently had some sort of religious scruples. They stripped the congregation, but respected the position of the pastor. Since Carnegie and Frick have settled their dif- ferences we may expect an advance in the price of steel sufficient to enable them to effect their com- promise at the expense of the public and without loss to one another. Ex-Consul Macrum is to have a chance to make his complaints in public, and now we may look for a vanishing illusion. When mysteries are exposed there is very little found in them of any importance. PRLESE S From all appearances the open door of China ap- pears a good thing for foreigners to stay out of just ! now unless accompanied by a warship. Says the Man That “Hoch-ed der Kaiser’ Is Mistaken When He Says the Raleigh Fired the First Shot in the Battle of Manila Bay. MEN FROM THE McCULLOCH DESTROYING GUNS AT CORREGIDOR. o e R R e R e i e S DITOR of the Call, Dear Sir: Referring to the letter of | Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, U. 8. N., which appeared In | The Call March 19, in which he endeavors to show that | the U. 8. 8. Releigh was the first ship to fire ehips astern and the fire. It will be noted The official log book on the | Spanish battery located at El Fralle on the morning ofi the Boston fired two May 1, 1888, as the United States fleet steamed into Ma- nila Bay, and while not wishing to enter into a controversy | with Captain Coghlan, for whom we all have the greatét es- | teem and respect, I deem It but justice to the mit the following facts. It is a matter of historical record that the gases causing a to extend several feet above the top of the pipe, and in so do- Is it not natural to smoke pipe of the McCulloch ignited, ing disclosed her position to the enemy. suppose that under the circumstances she was the object draw their fire, and is it not natural to infer that if fired upon Referring to the report of she would be the first to return it? Admiral Dewey to the Secretary of the Navy, he says: half the squadron had passed, a battery on the south side of | the channel opened fire, none of the shots taking effect. Boston and McCulloch returned the fire." It will be noticed that the Raleigh is not mentioned, and if she fired, as Captain Coghlan has asserted, away from the rest of the fleet that the report of the gun was | not heard on the flagship. Referring also to the officlal report 7. 8. N., to Admiral Dewey, in which | S. S. Olympia) had passed in the | U. 8. S. McCulloch, San Francisco, Cal. March of Captain Ch. V. Gridley he says, “After this ship (U Fratle. McCulloch to sub- I in red flame | batterfes Lieutenant to | photograph shows a “After The The consensus of opinion from such eye witnesses a I have conversed with on the subject is that the Boston and McCulloch fired simultaneously, the difference in time, if an being in favor of the gun on this vessel. Exception is also taken to Captain Coghlan’s letter where he the | says Lieutenant Rodman destroyed the batteries at trance of Manila Bay on May 3, 1898 R e I e e e e o I I S B S battery on the southern shore of entrance opened fire at the the McCulloch and the Boston returned again that the Raleigh s not mentioned of the McCulloch states that at 12:15 a. m shots and this vessel three shots at E the en I do not know which Rodman destroyed, but I do know tha under orders from the Admiral the McCulloch destroyed and dismounted the guns at El Fraile, Cabello and Corregidor, the guns at El Fraile being thrown into the water. ‘The enclosed working party from the McCulloch dis- mounting the 8-Inch guns at Corregidor. The McCulloch has always been modest regarding the small part she played at Manila, and has never endeavored to w any of the glory which belongs to the brilliant record of the she was so far| Yours respectfully, Raleigh, but it is her due when she claims the first shot rather than the Raleigh, as the circumstances go to show that the honor either belongs to the McCulloch or Boston, but all things considered, I think the former has the right to claim the honor J. H. CHALKER, Chief Engineer, U. 8. R. C. 8. 22, 1900. AROUND THE CORRIDORS the Californa. W. H. Chestnutwood of Stockton 1s a guest at the Grand. Sir Henry Lynch Blosse of Mayo, land, is at the Palace. W. H. Mead, a railroad man of Port- land, Or., is at the Occidental. Carl Dobbelstetn, a mining man of Still- water, Cal, IS a guest at the Palace. T. D. Drew and Willlam H. Porter are registered at the Grand from Alaska. H. C. Denson, who is connected with the United States geodetic survey at ‘Washington, D. C., is at the California. He will shortly proceed to Alaska on of- fictal business. —_— NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. Forty-three Russian naval officers at Sebastopol have been placed on trial for corruption and bribery in connection with purchase of supplies for the Black Sea fleet. The Russlan torpedo-boat destroyer, Som, built by Laird, made twenty-seven knots over the measured mile course, | with all weights, ready for active service and coal bunkers filled. Vickers' Sons & Maxim, manufacturers of armored plates, ordnance, etc.,, have declared a yearly dividend of 20 per cent, which indicates a flourishing state of the British manufacturers of naval supplies. The German coast defense ship Sachsen grounded at the Klel lighthouse last month and the armored ships Wurtem- berg and Aigir went to her assistance. After much pulling and not until nearly all the guns had been transhipped from the Sachsen was the ship floated. One six-inch gun was lost in the transfer and lles buried fathoms deep in Kiel harbor. The French naval scheme of 189 pro- vided for 220 new vessels of all descrip- tions, including six battleships of 12,000 tons, nine armored crulsers, elght pro- .tected cruisers of 4000 tons and three cruisers of 2500 tons. The estimated cost of this fleet was $104,354,000, but at the end of 1899, while only 79 vessels had been completed or taken in hand, the actual expenditure of this fleet had exceeded the estimates by $4,800,000. The Japanese battleship Asahi, recently completed at Elswick, had a narrow es- cape from destruction on March 2. The ship was lying at Portsmouth dockyard taking on board her battery, when a six- inch quick-firing gun, weighing five tons, fell from the derrick from a height of thirty feet, barely missing the ship, and dropped into the water. Had the gun fallen on the ship’s deck it would have gone clear through the bottom, sinking and possibly permanently injuring the vessel. TItaly proposes to build during the pres- ent year four armored cruisers. Their general dimensions have not been decided, but with commendable dispatch the ships have been named and it only requires about $8,000,000 and three years’ time for these vessels to materialize. The Geneva, Pisa, Venezia and Amalfl, as they are med, are to steam twenty-two knots, to ave batteries of eight eight-inch, eight six-inch, twelve three-pounders and six torpedo tubes. Their displacement, horse- power and coal-carrying capacity are still undetermined. LW g Contract for the extension of the Hong- kong dockyard has been given to a Lon- don firm, the price being a little less than $5,000,000. The new works will consist of a tidal basin of eight and one-quarter acres, with over 2000 feet inner and 1100 feet outer berthing space. There will also be a drydock 600 feet in length by 120 feet in width, and a boat basin with jettles and a number of large workshops for- engi neering purposes and included in the con tract, which, it is calculated, will take four and a half years to complete. The Italian battleships Italla and Le- panto, t in 1880 and 1883, respectively, are ng rejuvenated, receiving new water-tube bollers, new armor and new batteries. England has recently modern- ized some of her old iron-clads at great expense, notably the Hercules, built in 1868, the Monarch in 1866 and the Sultan in 1870. These have, of course, iron hulls, and the Sultan is wood-sheathed and m the Sultan nearly $1,000,000. In view of the fact that the first cost of the Monarch was $1,857,075, and that of the Sultan §1,- |in a remarkably good state of preserva- | | ——————— Ire- | .—0—0—0—0—9—0—0—0—0—0—0—,‘ R e e B R B R e e I [8=0-0—t-0-0-00—0-0-4¢+-8) tion, although they are more than thirt: years old. That modern steel ships are good for at least fifty years, if properly | T A aehant. 1wt | cared for, would seem to be a reasonable estimate of longevity and their usefulness is likely to cease long before the metal | is worn out. | ) FASHION HINT FROM PARIS. 4 @ R i\ A \ A R e e 2 [ R o S e LS BLACK SATIN MANTLE. The mantle represented in the illustra- | tion is of black duchesse satin. lined w th | white satin pique. notched at the bottom. It is hemmed with a flounce of white lac> over black mousseline de sole, the top of | which is edged with velvet braid embroid- | ered with jet. There is a similar trimming | on the front and at the shoulders. —_——————— | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. [ LAND LEASE BILL—A. J. A. F., Cho- lame, Cal. Action on the grazing land lease bill s still pending. LARGE GAME—H. E. M., Forestville, Cal. There is still some large game in | Colorado in the region of the Colorado | River. SR IT WAS SCOVILLE—E. M. S., City. It was Sylvester Scoville, acorrespondent for | the yellow journal, that struck at General | Shafter in Cuba. PEACH COUNTIES — A. R. 8., City. The principal peach growing countles In California for fruit for the markets are: Sacramento, Butte, Fresno, Santa Clura and Sonoma. NINETY-NINTH MERIDIAN—A. J. A, F., Cholame, Cal. The ninty-ninth me- ridian passes thro éh North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Indlan Terri- tory and Texas. B YMENT AGENCIES-M. H. H., Berkeley, Cal. Any dealer in law books or the Secretary of State at Sacramento can furnish you a copy of the law in California relative to employment agencles. WORDS IN LANGUAGES—G. R., and Anglo-8axon, City. Approximately thers are in the English language 220,000 words, in the French, 52.000; in the German, 70, 000, and in the Italian, 60,000. Any one who doubts these flgures can take tha most complete dictionary of each of the | gation than that t langua; and count the words, one by one. s de; t has not the time to devote to that purpose. COLORADO RIVER—-H. E. M., Forest- ville, Cal. Navigation on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon 's ex- tremely dangerous, and the would undertake to make the trip in a hirty-foot boat would do so at the risk of ife. An account of the jfimu s ;’)T loration s Colorado, and any one who reads that will not feel like undertaking the trip. FOR RELIEF OF VOI Tommy Atkins, City. have been introduced during the the hulls of these ships must be | session of Congress relative to rellef for soldlers who served during the Spanish- American war. They refer to the exten- sion of homestead laws, refmbursement 1o naval volunteers, extension of the privi- lege of the national homes for soldiers, to disabled volunteers, the granting of land warrants, pension and giving prefer ence in appointments to volunteers, but as yet none of these have become law POINTS IN CRIBBAGE—A. 8., Sacra- mento, and A. S., City. In a game of cribbage, if A holds a ten and three queens and B holds seven, five and two fours, B plays a seven, A follows with his ten and B plays his other cards, A scorés with his queens two points for a pair and six points for the third queen, also ona int for last card. A hand contaiming our treys and a sixspot scores 24. SEPOY MUTINY—A. C. R, City. Dur- ing the mutiny of the Sepoys in India in 1857 a great many whites were massacred by some of the mutinous regiments, a: as a punishment thirty Hindcos and Mus. ulmans were blown away from the guns at Peshawar. Ten nine-pounders formed the one side of a hollow square, the other sides being composed of British and In dian soldiery. e crimes and sentences were read to the thirty culprits, after which their eyes were bandaged, thev were ten at a time backed against tha muzzles of the ns. tled to them, their arms being bandaged to the wheels, and the guns were fired. The air was filled with fragments of the culprits. HOMESTEAD-L. M., City. Anderson in his “Law Dictionary” defines a home- stead as “the dwelling house in which the family resides, with the usual and cus- tomary appurtenances, including out- | buildings of cvery description necassary and convenlent for family use, and lands used for the purpose thereof.” The codes of Cahfornia say “a homestead consisis of the dwelling house in which the claim ant resides and the land on which it is situated.” In this State if the homestead is taken from the community property it vests on the death of the husband or wife in the survivor, subject to no other obl e court may set it aside for a time as a probate homestead | After that time has elapsed the survivor has full and exclusive control. Cal. glace frult 50c per Id at Townsend's * —_————— Special information supplied dafty to business houses and public men by ths Trunks, valises, dress suit cases and traveling rolls. Immense assortment of best grades at Sanborn & Vall's, 741 )h'-v ! ket street. London medical papers discuss an ou'- break of tvphold fever at Exeter, which has been traced to comsumption of raw cockles. Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excur sions to look after the welfare of passensers To Chicago and Kansas City every Sundas Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and- Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louis every Sunday. To St. Friday. Ticket off The 'at need of Havana is a modern | slaughtering plant, and plans have been made for one to be built at the expense of the city. Thin Babies cften develop into weak, delicate, backward children; undersized, nervous, feeble, adults. Lack of nourish- ment is the cause. is the remedy. A little of it three or four times a dav will do wonders. The pinched. sad faces becom: round and rosy; the wasted limbs plump and firm. If your baby is not doing well, try thisgreat food-medicine. . aad $r.00, ail druggista