The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1900, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1900. SUNDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address A PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market Communications to W. S, LEAKE, Manager nd Third, 8. F. Telephone Main 1S65. EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevemson St. Telephone tn 1874, Delivered by Carr 15 Cents Per Week. ex, & Cent Including Postage: Single Co w by Mail DAILY uding Sund DAILY CALl 8.00 DAILY CALL 1.50 All postmasters are anthorized to recelve subscriptions. Sample copise w warded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE.. ...1118 Broadway KROG c NESS Maneger Foreign Advertisin GEORGE Bu lding, Chicago. Marqu SORRESPONDENT: Herald Square NEW YORK € C. CARLTON,.......... NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH..... .30 Tribune Building CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sberman Howse: P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotelj Premocct House, Auditorium Hotel NEW YORE NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A Brestanc, 31 Union Squaref Burray EHINl Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C) OFFICE............. Wellington Hotel MORTON E CRANE, Correspondent mery, corner of Clay, &pen tssion, cpen until 10 o'cloc t open untl § o'clock. 5 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, 1006 cpen until orner Twenty-second and Kentucky AMUSEMENTS. fla B “The Beggar Student.” e Suwsanee River.” C eria Rusticana.™ ~Vaudeville every afterncon and ason and Eddy streets—Specialties. s, corner of Trained Animal Bbow, Baturday, . every Sunday. AUCTION SALES. , &t 10 o'clock, at Galt. freak and frantic editorial, in- Porto Rico been deprived of | an American community?” because the Examiner’s doctrine, ar ago, that Congress ons unlimited by the consti- rto Rico. That paper party for “governing the seris of Congress.” way the Examiner said they would erned when it was running celebrated policy for , and was shouting, “Take the flag to the Philippines!” It ck type and said in its more “It is in the right and devise any sort of system that tions of such dependencies, no wise limited by the national can 1 posses en applied to P Republican ts Congress to ply to constitution * * All these things are matters of c on knowl Yes. being so, it is also matter of | common k ze that Porto Rico has never had the ec American community, and prived of such rights. | that Congress can without limit from the nly object to the Re- it, and not in the name of any ve as an American community. d fast to the doctrine It proposes to deny try and our dependencies, American workmen may not be brought uner can publicar aght Portc The Republi cf protection to / de between this c free in into competition with the low wages of the tropics The F free trade, regardless of the effect o It is a question of policy and ex ot of constitutionality, for the 1 luded the constitution from ies in the days when it was shouting for n and nailing the flag to divers and our depende their acquis sundry places The Examiner and Colonel Bryan and Chairman an De Armond are in a delight- ect. Jones says the Paris treaty the people of Porto Rico and the Philippines Congres the rights and immunities of Colonel Bryan says, “I favored e treaty of Paris,” and adds: “The zens without endangering our ng that we should bring d make them citizens here. I jestroy our civilization.” Jones says the treaty which Bryan red makes them citizens. Therefore, when Bryan supported the treaty he supported the de- t f ion, and, as far as Porto the Examiner girds at the Re- ns for not extending to them, and therefore of to the Filipinos, “the equal rights of an ryan Democratic policy is as fine a lot of jar- n as has been heard since the bricklayers on the tower of Babel called for “more mort” in tongues which confused the hod-carriers. nnot be ci I not w go The series of duels which have commenced between a French Count and one of the distinguished repre- sentatives of the Rothschilds might suggest to some pool-sellers the advantage of making 1s on the contest. of our 1 paris mutu Persons who are looking for safe election bets this year will be pleased to learn that in Texas the Popu- lists have split and the Republicans have a faction fight on hand, so it is 2 good proposition to bet the State will go Democratic. European correspondents have repeated their scare stories of Russian aggression on Turkey, Persia, In- dia and Korea so often that some of them may now be suspected of believing their own yarns. | of Santa Monica and looked with sad | trusting all controversies between nations, or SLUM GOVERNMENT. HE people of this city do not want a slum gov- T ernment. Since the election of Sutro the city has been under a Democratic executive, sworn to enforce the law. That is a long period in the life | of a city. Mayor Phelan came in 1896 and has had the city in his hands ever since. He has been three times clected Mayor upon reform issues. Is it not about time now to let reform appear? It was said the city could not be purified under the consolidation act. All of the evils against which moral people complained were excused on the ground that the city government had no power to destroy them. More power was given in the new" charter, which is now being administered by those claimed to be its only friends. Still evil pant. Vice has grown faster than the population, and we have here exactly the same immoral condi s which offend the senses in cities that are not under a reform charter administered by its friends. The M unf: ul officer, whether appointed by himself elected by the city. who is ram- r has absolute power. or The new charter equips him with 1t instrumentalities for the suppression and ex- n of vice and the punishment of crime. If San co deserve the strictures passed upon lity, the fault lies with the M r. All he has to do is to lift his hand and the sins and crimes and vices which beset the city vanish as did the plague of rats from Hamelin when the Pied Pipe- appeared. Mr. Reed, a member of the Board of Supervisors, objected to an air-tight anti-vice ordinance because he said it would violate the obligation of the Demo- abunda its cratic party to the sporting fraternity for political favors in the recent election. The people want no such payment for political favors. The integrity of the community is of more importance than such reward for votes that conferred power. Under Mayor Phelan the city has been a wide open town, and those who expected that the new charter would close it learn now that they were mis- taken. As usual, an effort is made by the city government to divert public attention by carrying on active opera- tions against the Chinese. Whenever slum govern- nt wants to profit by white vice it begins yelling t the grewsome vices of the Chinese. The people want the efforts of ad- dressed to all vice and transgression, regardless of the color of those who offend. If slum government made Chinatown moral and orderly, that would not void its responsibility to make the whole city moral and orderly. There has been much chloride of lime scattered in the nese quarter. Let us see some chloride of moral duty scattered all over the city e Huntington, it is reported, has visited the harbor eyes upon something which he does not own. Does the old gentleman believe that he has a divine right to the possession of everything worth having in California? government INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. HEN the claims of the United States against \{V Great Britain growing out of the damage done to our shipping by the Alabama were sustained by an international tribunal there was a well nigh uni- versal sentiment in this country that the settlement of disputes between nations by arbitration was some- thing like a heaven inspired policy, and that nothing would ever incline enlightened men to oppose a re- sort to it. Since that time the decisions of tribunals have not been so much in our favor, and little by little there have grown up doubts whether arbitration be after all the best way of settling dis- putes in accordance with justice. The recent decision of the Swiss arbitrators on the American and British claims against Portugal for in- jury done by the seizure of the Delagoa railroad has started an earnest discussion on the expediency of the claims of the people of one country against the Gov- ernment of another, to arbitrators, and a consider- able number of the disputants frankly declare against the practice. The facts of the case are not subject to dispute. The Portuguese Government granted to an English company a concession for the construction of the Delagoa Bay railroad, and the company gave the con- tract for constructing it to Colonel McMurdo, an American contractor. After a great deal of the work had been done, but before the road was completed, the Portuguese Government confiscated it, and thus caused a heavy financial loss, not only to the British company, but to the American contractor. The British claimed damages to the amount of $7,500,000, and on behalf of McMurdo a claim was made for $1,500,000. The sum awarded by the Swiss arbitrators amounts to but little more than $3,000,000, and the long delay, eleven years, in making the award adds to the irritation felt at the comparative smallness of the damages granted. It has been suggested that the Swiss arbitrators fixed the award at a small sum so as to enable the Portuguese Government to pay it promptly and thus escape any obligation which would give the British a shadow' of right in seizing Delagoa Bay at this juncture. The New York Times in commenting upon the case says: “It is impossible not to see some ‘politics’ in such an award. Probably the London Times may be right in suggesting that the arbitrators fixed the sum at what Portugal could afford to pay without bor- rowing. .But another London journal seems to be equally right in saying that the result of the decision will be the discouragement of international arbitra- tion.” The New York Press says: “The protest of the McMurdo heirs and the bondholders, who are the real parties in interest, though politics has rather obscured them, lies as to loss of time rather than money. That loss has been such as to constitute a powerful argument for a return to the good old plan with weak powers in debt—of seizing a custom-house, | That is the only way, we fear, in which we shall ever | extract any redress from the Sultan for similar con- | fiscation.” On the other hand there are strong supporters of ! the decision. The Boston Herald maintains the award | amply covers the cost of the work done on the road, ! and that the claimants had no right to demand more. The Boston Globe declares it to be a “signal triumph for arbitration,” and predicts it will have a tendency to promote a resort to arbitration hereafter. The New York Tribune occupies a middle ground on the issue. | It considers the award to be an outrage on justice, but says it is useless to “cuss the court,” and argues there should be established a permanent tribunal of international arbitration, which would be free from | the suspicion of acting under political influences.\ ! 1t is of course not likely that a miscarriage of jus- | tice in a matter of comparatively little importance like | this will check the development of the practice of in- | ternational arbitration, but the discussion upon it may | lead statesmen to note that the present system is not o perfect and induce them to devise a better method of such He can remove any selecting arbitrators hereafter. If that be accom- | plished the Delagoa Bay award will have served a useful purpose, and out of the wrong done to a few capitalists bring about a surer justice in future. There would be no objection if St. Louis wanted the whole earth, but her longing to devour the Pacific Coast as a special tid-bit is grinding. e — THE KENTUCKY GOVERNORSHIP. ROM the Court of Appeals of Kentucky there | l: was expected hardly any other decision on the governorship case than that which has been made. Being composed of Judges a majority of whom are Democrats, it was a foregone conclusion the judgment would sustain the Democratic claimant. The only unexpected feature of the decision is that the action of the Democratic members of the court was sustained by two of the Republican members. That fact saves the decision from the appearance of parti- anship, and will go far toward obtaining for the judgment something of public confidence. It is to be noted the court did not in any way enter into the merits of the controversy, but contented it- self with declaring it had no power to go behind the | records of the Legislature, which counted out Taylor. Judge Burnam, whose opinion was sustained by the majority of the court, says: *“I have been leds with some reluctance, to the conclusion—and not without some misgivings as to its correctness—that there is no power in the courts of the State to review the findings of the General AssemMWly in a contested election for the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, as shown by its own authenticated records. Many questions have been raised and discussed by counsel for the appellant, but it will be unnecessary to consider them in view of the conclusion we have reached on this fundamental question.” The decision is not final, as it has been agreed by the leaders of both parties that an appeal would be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. The agreement says: “Should any party, after the final determination of the causes by the Court of Appeals, desire a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States to review such determination, it is | agreed that such writ shall be immediately applied for and diligently prosecuted, if secured, and that all | parties to said cause will unite in an application to said | | Federal Supreme Court to docket and advance such causes and give them the earliest hearing and deter- mination possible.” If the Democrats remain true to their promises they will make no effort to oust Taylor from his office, but | will cordially unite with him in seeking the appeal agreed upon. It is to be noted, however, that of late they have shown many signs of a desire to precipitate matters. Moreover, the efforts made to connect Tay- | lor with the alleged conspiracy to assassinite Goebel show a malicious intent toward him which does not augur well for the future, though it is hardly likely any Democratic leader of repute will sanction a direct | attack upon him or his authority. The venom of the assaults made upon Taylor has been exposed in the manly letter in which he has pro- tested against the outrage done him. He says: “For weeks I have been made the target of vilification hy certain unprincipled newspapers in Kentucky. The vilest insinuations have been made and the most out- rageous falsehoods have been told. When I was called to attend the funeral of a beloved brother it was seized upon as an attempt upon my part to fly from justice. Again, when called to my home by reason of the death of a dear sister the fountains of abuse were opened and a flood of falsehood and slander poured forth upon me, the charge again being made that I was attempting to fly from the State. On my last re- | turn to Frankfort these papers hastened to publish the statement that I was met at the train and escorted to my home by a squad of soldiers with a Gatling gun. There is not one word of truth in this statement, but, nevertheless, it was published and circulated to harm | me.” With that statement Taylor can safely leave his vindication to the nrinds of his countrymen. It may be that the United States Supreme Court will, like the Court of Appeals in Kentucky, hold it cannot review the findings of the Legislature, and the great wrong against the voters and the good repute of Ken- | tucky will therefore be consummated, but if the peo- ple of that commonwealth be fitted for self-govern- ment such a victory will cost Democracy dear. The people can always go behind the returns in politics and do justice, and to them Taylor can safely appeal. ST ———— It is just about an even ‘bet whether Roberts catches Kruger before Otis gets in sight of Aguin- aldo. S industrial, sectarian or liberal, are good things; it may be added they are among the few good things of which no nation can have too many; and yet there are tbw proposals in the East for the establishment of two schools, which, if carried out, will overdo enterprise in the way of instruction, to the extent at least of expending money and energy for schools we do not need. Of the two establishments one purposes to main- tain itself, but the other asks for an appropriation equal to that now given to the Military Academy at West Point. The first school intends to teach the art of playing baseball and football. It is designed for the benefit of young men who wish to become pro- fessional players, but have not the means to take a university course. The other is projected for the purpose of training young men for the consular ser- vice, and, like the first, aims to relieve youth from the necessity of attending the instruction given at the universities. Of the two schemes the more objectionable is the one that seeks an appropriation. A school for Con- suls at the expense of the Government is so unneces- sary, and its maintenance would be such a waste of public money, that the only thing which could give it a degree of merit entitling it to a liberal appropriation would be its location in San Francisco. If it be lo- cated here it will be a due recognition of the right of the Pacific Coast to have one of the great Govern- ment schools, and on that score an appropriation for it equal to those granted to West Point and Annapolis combined would be expedient, but on no other ground could it be commended at all. At the present time our universities afford a fairly good opportunity for young men to learn football, baseball and consular lore. If the instruction they give be not sufficient, it can be easily expanded, with- out any elaborate expenditure for new buildings, new gymnasiums and new playgrounds. The larger the number of students gathered in any one university | the greater will be the stimulus flowing from compe- tition. For that reason, therefore, anything which tends to diminish the number of young men likely to enter our universities is to be deplored—unless, as we have said, the new schools are designed to provide a ‘means for doing justice in the way of appropriations TWO SCHOOLS TOO MANY. CHOOLS, whether public or private, classic or PROTESTS AGAINST THE PLAYS Selected Some Other Wesk for Their Theatrical Benefit. —-———— ¢ The Call does not hold itself responsible for the opinions published in this col- umn, but presents them for whatever value they may have as communications of general interest. e Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: As an American (of several hundred years’ unbroken descent), I have always understood that two principles are thoroughly established as to public institutions— R 1‘ One is that no such institution shall have any special, sectarian, religious elief. 2. The second is that no such institution shall adopt measures that insult the religious belief of any of our citizens. To the professed (at least) belief of the majority of religious-minded citi- zens next week is Holy Week, devoted to solemn service, penitence and prayer. Yet it has been selected by a State institution (the University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley) for theatrical performances and joviality. Were this a private school I would have nothing to say, but I, in my own name and that of many others who sympathize with me, protest against action which by desecration of Holy Week by an institution to which all contribute (gladly and proudly), is an insult to a very considerable number of the taxpayers of the State. I would have protested some time ago, but was misled into the be- lief that the announced date (April 7) was a misprint for April 17, and I have waited also for some protest by the Bishops who reside on the bay, and a great company of priests and ministers who should confront this act by an in- stitution of State support by some protest, and at last, as an insignificant indi- vidual, I enter my conscientious protest. A State institution, deriving its support largely from State taxes. has no right to insult a large portion of its constituents when a week’s delay in cer- tain amusements would have harmed nobody. With this I write to the three Bishops in San Francisco and several clergy- men, and state openly that if the desecration of Holy Week meets with no op- position the agnostic and rationalist is completely entitled to regard our professed religion as a sham, and anyone (Christian by profession) who at- tends these entertainments a humbug. As all I dare to do I dare to do ever my own signature and take the con- sequences. I authorize you to publish my own signature, and am, respect- fully yours, CHARLES F. ADAMS. Berkeley, Cal.,, April 7, 1900. ADMIRAL DEWEY'S BLUNDER. California Papers of Both Parties Agree in Declaring That the Gallant Old Sailor Has Made a Serious Mistake in Aim- ing for the Presidency. L e e Sacramento Bee. It was stated some time ago that the admiral and his good wife intended to make a tour of Europe. Dewey ought to purchase the tickets right away and keep his wife away from telephones and telegrams until after the next November election. Otherwise she is liable to make him look more foolish in the eves of the American people than he does at present. A word to the wise should be suf- ficient. But the Old-Man-in-the-Hands-of-His-Wife seems to be far from wise. . B Los Angeles Times. ‘While opinions may differ more or less radically as to the wisdom of Admiral Dewey’s course in announcing himself a candidate for President, no one will question his right to seek the nomination. It is, however, a long distance from a man's personal announcement of his candidacy for the Presidency and his in- auguration as President. As to the latter event the Times is perfectly confident that 1901 will see a repetition of the agreeable national episode of 1897. s te e Los Angeles Herald. A Presidential candidate without a party and without a platform might prove a wholesome innovation for this politician-ridden country, but we fear that Ad- miral Dewey’s dream is too Utoplan for the practical and immediate demands of this nation. At least, until the people know something of Admiral Dewey's poli- cies—his politics might be strung to the yardarm—his candidacy cannot be consid- ered seriously. . eise Merced Sun. Dewey performed a wonderful feat in Manila Bay, for which he gained the sin- cere admiration of the whole civilized world. And when h he was toasted and feted and idolized by our peopla unllleal;e‘lg.sr?eglsmh:u?asi: turned and he was led to believe that the people would elect him to a high office for which he is not qualified, either by education or experience, * e e Fresno Republican. Admiral Dewey has made the mistake of his life In announcing himself candidate for the Presidency. In the first place he will fail, and I('l! thtinyre::lg: of unexampled success that has carried him thus far. He will fail of nominati: probably, of election certainly, and would undoubtediy f, g Ponie catadiymm oot dand Mok In tha ooy e PO Sven )y o et e Stockton Mail. It would be a national calamity to have a man In the White House at the resent juncture of the country’s affairs who is Bev{ey has shown himself (o be in aifairs ashore. SN pUifdlly, weak is. - Adwizal t would have been the best thing that could h and fame if he had not come ashore. at ail. IR NAN0SAd (06 Bk nsaim Aitei Los Angeles Express. The many admirers and true friends of Admiral Dewey country will regtet that he has allowed his which a grateful people were only too glad to extend because of his valuabl services in his country’s cause. Dewey as the admiral ' - g Presidential candidate he is stmply ridiculous. FER OO s s e ErIa ¢ throughout the head to be turned by the courtesies Stockton Independent. Let us blush together for poor Dewey and then forgive him as we lNlZle; gls "nh“"yi Lfitl[;lewey.. c;ndldalcy lble the incident of a day and au; e so hearty tha may exhaust itself an h his achievement at Cavite, SRR I T g forgive let the ndor of i L Red Bluff News. This is the admiral’s third act of folly since his return home. The house busi- fie” was a staggering blow to his popularity and his last move will about finish PERSONAL MENTION. E. H. Cox, a banker of Madera, is at the Palace. John C. Bull, a contractor of Arcata, is at the Lick. W. P. Hawley, an attorney of Stockton, 1s at the Lick. J. M. C. Jasper, a banker of Wheatland, is at the Grand. C. A. Storke, Mayor of Santa Barbara, is at the Grand. Dr. G. A. Hare and wife of Fresno are at the California. Charles Rule, a merchant of Duncan Mills, is at the Lick. A. M. Rikert, a mining man of James- town, is at the Grand. T. M. Schumacher, a fruit shipper of Chicago, is at the Palace. H. B. Ransdell, a mining engineer of Chicago, is at the California. J. A. Brent, a prominent mining man of Butte, Mont., is at the Grand. \ ‘W. J. Johnson, a shoe manufacturer of Hallowell, Me., is at the Palace. ‘Willard Teller of Denver, brother of Senator Teller, is at the Occidental. ‘W. F. Goriell, an insurance man of Chi- cago, and his wife, are at the California. James P. McCarthy has returned from a business trip to the Los Angeles oil flelds. H. G. Hawes, an extensive land owner | in Santa Barbara County, is at the Cali- fornia. Philip B. Fraser, cashier of the Farm- ers’ and Merchants' Bank at Stockton, is at the Palace. E. H. Vance, a big lumberman of Eure- ka, and his daughter, Miss Effie Vance, are at the Grand. J. F. Coonan, an attorney of Eureka, ex- County Clerk of Humboldt .County and a Democratic politiclan, is In town. Paul Hoeflich, brother of Albert Hoeflich of 116 Grant avenue, arrived on the steamer Moana. He is on a trip around the world. Louis T. Wright, manager and superin- tendent of the Iron Mountain mine at Keswick, and H. D. Campbell, an official of the same mine, are at the Palace, R. T. Winston of Chicago, who has just returned from the Orient, where he se- cured business information for Chicago capitalists, is at the California. 1146 0000000000000 LADI CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, April 7.—H. J. Harris of San cisco is at the St. James Hotel. Claims He Has Two Wives. Lena Millan has sued to annul her mar- riage to Peter Millan on the ground that for the Pacific Coast at large and San Francisco in | particular E lumonummmwpmmn. the defendant had a wife living at the BEING GIVEN IN HOLY WEEK Rev. Charles Adams Declares the Berkeley Students Should Have .H‘H‘H’l‘Hfl‘H+H-Hfl+H-PH-H-H—H4+H—H—H+H+H+!—PH+2 | | his _position as court reporter, returning | be attired in an elegant TO BE THE BRIDE OF A COMPOSER Nuptials of Miss Galland and Giacomo Minkowsky to Take Place To-Day. Miss Wanda Galland and Glacomo Min- kowsky, the talented young musical com- poser, will be marrfed to-day at 2 o’clock at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. J. B. Galland, 1321 Octavia street It is to be a quiet wedding, and only the immediate relatives of the young couple will be presen The home will be tastefully decol will stand within a ferns while Dr. Voorsanger reads the im- ressive marriage ceremony There will e no bridal attendants. The bride will gown of pale yid gray bengaline, trimmed with costly bint lace. She will wear no veil 1d a dainty hat of white lace, with bride roses. After a short honeymoon, the f which is being kept a profour the young composer and his bride w turn to town for a short stay previous to leaving for New York, where their future | home fi to be. J. O'Brien & Co. NEW GOODS DAILY ARRIVING. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS ~-FOR— THIS WEEK! ES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS In all shades, value for $10, will be offeréd at I © LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS In gray only, value for $12.50, will be offered at........cc0ueen. LADIES JABOTS 0. o 0o st diassvvesvsoonn Rt e b SR SR Y LADIES' FANCY WASH SKIRTS, value for $1.50, will RN O SIE M i v onbanesasvs LADIES’ 2-CLASP KID GLOVES, value for $1.25, will be OMEICY 8. i sils. o iddaits s shimasoves PN LADIES’ 2-CLASP KID GLOVES, value for $1.75, will |8 G PR S RS SR SR For the accommodation of ladies who cannot do their pur- chasing before 6 o’clock, the store will keep open untii ¢ o’clock for the Easter Week. J. O’BRIEN & Co. 1146 Market Street, Between Mason and Taylor. 00 000000000000000000000 | the great plague number is th DREW-WHITE WEDDING BELLS | The Court Reporter and Wealthy Widow Quietly Married by the Rev. Father McDonald. RANK C. DREW, court reporter in Judge Lawlor's court, was married yesterday morning to Mrs. Helen P. White of Ukiah, the culmination of an affair of the heart that be- gan in Ukiah a year ago, when the bride was fighting for the vast estate of W. H. White, a wealthy lumberman. The wedding took place at the St. Charles Borromeo parishresidence, Eight- eenth and Shotwell streets, Father James McDonald officiating. On account of the lliness of Mrs. White’s mother the wed- ding guests were limited to the necessary number of witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Drew will remain at the Palace for a few weeks and then spend their honeymoon in Men- docino County. The groom will retain to his labors after the expiration of month’s leave of absence. —_————— THE PLAGUE SCARE Riverside Daily Press. The New York Journal, owned by W. R. Hearst, also proprietor of the San Fran- cisco Examiner, has broken loose with a characteristic plece of yellow journalism on the outbreak of the plague in San Francisco. The slender basis of fact for death of atown, San Francisco, he died of bubonic aid he did not. Cer- a Chinaman in C Some doctors plague, and others tain it is that no other cases have ap- ared. Deaths have occurred on ship- oard in New York harbor from the plague, and several deaths have occurred in the quarantine station at Port Town- | sénd. one of these cases, however, stir. red up the Journal, but the moment doubt case appeared in San Frar the yellow sheet startled the country with the announcement that the plague had in- vaded California. And the Journal proceeded to serve up enuine death’s head style. page with grue- s its news in It embeliishe some cuts, and drew liberally on account of the black plague death in Lo don. And not satisfled with this, it tele- raphed to the health officers of all the eading cities of the East to ascertain what steps they had taken to quarantine against the plague in California. That naturally spread the terror, and as a re- sult travel to the State has been checked and merchants even in far away England have canceled thelr wheat orders grain ships from San Francisco might carry rats infected with the plague The whole business is a pece of idiocy, but, unfortunately for California, as harmtul as if there was really occasion its first De Fo | for it. The man who walks the streets of | San Francisco to-day is as safe from lague as he is in New York or Boston, But atter the Journal's scare edition it will take several months to convince peo- ple that this is trus. —_——— Open Sunday. Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Open dally, including funday, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. cert every Thursday evening. Admission 2c. BOARD OF BAD HEALTH Hollister Free Lange. Mayor Phelan's Board of Health, in its anxiety to get both front feet and snout in the city treasury, has dealt San Fran- cisco a deadly blow by its recent buboniec lague scare. 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