The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1900, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1900. B S 4 a2 o o o o S S FrRNCcig, THE EXILE OF CRONJE. eratll‘h gl:dt merits a liberal patronage from all parts | @+ &+6-¢24-0-4-04-0-4040-+¢ y ’? _‘2 i:;:;;"_é% all N ke of the State. G{'c sy q e HE impounding of General Cronje on St.| It is safe to say that all who visit Sacramento SENATOR CLARK “OUCH !’, . ’ OUDAY Bsk EXPRIT 5 i ‘THelicna is a political mls!?kc. -It increases thC_ !1}%5 week will have a joyous holiday and d:e- SENATOR QUAY ~Chicago Tribune. o feeling and friction against England. The be- |rive from it a memory that will be a‘P‘fias“_ ¢ = lief is general that it is not justified by either mili- [ to recall for years to come. The capita ety 1 > O DX eSS Eitprotok | tary reasons or reasons of state. Cronje was doing | accustomed to the hospitable task of receiving ' £1' Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager his duty in a public way in such a war as the laws of | and entertaining visitors on a large scale. The gathgr- 5 — s s niMons recognize. He was not an outlaw. He was | ings at the State fairs and at the sessions of the Legis- . i ““““"‘m‘.:x::“f;'=:.':‘°l'§:;‘ Third. 8. ¥. | | public combatant, with all the rights of a combat- | lature provide the people of the city every year with T ant. We believe it is not yet settled that a nation cap- occasions for the exercise of the faculty of welcoming . ..217 te 221 Stevemson St. 4 P . ; ; o Main 1574, turing such a combatant cin do with him as it pleases. | all comers with a hearty goodwill and providing them 3 Selivered S Dhsitert. BB Dinis Par WA The case of Bonaparte is not a precedent. The | with ample accommodations and emenainmen't. and + ) es. § Cents. Emperor was an assenting party to his own banish- | consequently the crowds that attend this fair will find | @ b 4 5 Loyt ment to Elba. The allies stipulated that he should | everything made pleasant for them from the time they | $ - i:fl"{ 'r':;‘-t J,’:;;J.?"": :,:‘::.‘,’)" T retain royal state and be the sovereign of Elba, with | reach the c_ny until they leave. To those who can ai- 'f ¢ DAILY CALL—By Singie Month.. | retinue and revenue becoming his station and thz ford a holiday the opportunity thus afforded should b )t f"fi‘;‘:;“fh‘-“":“‘";:“ | great part he had played in affairs. He violated the | not be pcglected. See Sacramento and have a | ¢ a All postmasters are mnthorized to receive | stipulations to which he had assented and when he | halcyon time. @ \ . criptions. | again became a prisoner, after the hundred days’ cam- i ® Sample copler wili be | paign, he was exiled to St. Helena. But Cronje was PUT AN END TO DELAY, i : 1 D OFFICE 118 mreadwe~ | 5ot the breaker of any treaty. He was doing his duty e Illh:"“l' p4 i fair war and to send him into unwholesome exile is, ITH an approach to absolute certainty it can LS p at his time of life, almost the equivalent of sending Wbe foretold that when the Supervisors to-day it . him to death. The climate of St. Helena was very take up the order prohibiting the telephone | ¢ - bad for Napoleon. It will be worse for the Boer | company from exacting a nickel from the patrons of | Y ? patriot. The Emperor had spent most of his life near | the telephone slot machines before giving the desired : ? . Bael Post® sea level. Cronje has spent his far above sea level, on | switch, they will be met by a request for further post- | 3 o ; ert House—la Traviata” o | the high veldts. We take it as conceded that Lord | ponement and that if the request be not granted the . e e teetie: evers afstrncon and | Roberts had no right to receive Cronje as a military | telephone men will then fight for postponement and | ¢ - & e e | prisoner and order him to be shot. This being so, | every form of tactics that tends to delay will be made + pd hing, etc., every Sunday. | England has no right, based on moral or military rea- | use ot. i * $ emOkiand — | sons, or in her own safety, to send him into exile | That much being a foregone conclusion, it be- | & AUCTION SALES. | where the poisonous climate will kill him as surely as | hooves the Supervisors to bear in mind that there has | )i —_ : | would the bullets of a firing squad. | been already a very long delay in enacting the'regula- | ‘ 3 By B Dandny, Asril 0. at 11 o'clock, Horses and | e be days of boasting about civilization. Great | tions necessary to protect the public from the exac- | { Britain pr es to be in South Africa on an errand | tions of the telephone corporation and to compel the | ¢ * of civilization. But is it a sign of civilization to take | corporation to pay its just share of the burdens of ‘é 1 a military prisoner, whose force in men and guns was ‘taxation. The license tax question seems to be satis- B4 ’ outnumbered more than ten to one, and deport him | factorily settled by the discovery of Supervisor Mec- “? ® TRADE IN FAIR SHAPE. beyond seas to an island, horrible in its physical fea- | Carthy that an ordinance already in existence is ap- | & ; T | tures and repulsive in its history? | plicable to the telephone slot machines and that noth- | ¢ . HE business situation did not change material- | England has done a great deal of exiling, She has | ing more is needed than to enforce it. That issue | ¢ i le during the past week. There was the same | sent Irish patriots to penal colonies to consort with then may be left to the Tax Collector and the courts, | 1 : hesitation in certain lines, but it was no more | sheepstealers and manslayers. She has sent royal but the other issue remains. It is for the Supervisors | § . pronounced than a fortnight ago, and, in fact, some | personages, like the King of Delhi, and revolu- to decide to-day whether or not the public is to be | & ® improvement in the retail trade is reported here and | tionists, like Arabi Pasha, into perpetual banishment, | left without redress from the petty swindling the cor- | + + there. There was a decline of $20 per ton in some | under armed guards, using for their prisons islands | poration practices in the operation of its slot \f 1 descriptions of wire goods and the iron trade showed | she had stolen from them or some one else. machines. «: weakness in other directions, but there were no de- | Now she expects to strike terror to the Boers by | Months have passed since this fight for justice be- z . preciations of any consequence in other staples. ‘pl!l!hh\ng a manly foe, caught in open war, with ban- | gan. The present Board of Supervisors in fact re- | S Trade is not really dull, but it appears so in contrast | ishment and perpetual exile. Maybe the policy will | ceived the contest as an inheritance from the preced- | . - with the abnormal activity of last year, when every- | work and her enemies will be deterred by the exhibi- ing board. Week after week and month aftet month | f D ¢ thing was booming at highwater mark. A few months | tion of barbarity, but that does not justify the act nor | the corporation has had the subject postponed. Dila- | § 3 ago the volume of business had grown to such pro- | bleach the stain it puts upon English honor. tory tactics of one kind have been abandoned only to | ¢ PY portions that an increase in the currency was deemed If England had been in our place at the close of 'give way to dilatory tactics of another kind, and delay 1 © ¢ indispensable in order to carry it on and to this end | the civil war Jefferson Davis and the leaders of the | has followed delay so that up to this time nothing has 1% 1 the recent financial bill was brought before Congress. | rebellion would have been tried by court-martial and been done. It is evidently the expectation of the | )t (: The bill was duly p:\<5’cd. the circulation has been in- | shot or would have been sent to some tropical island company that these continuous delays will weary the | Sl iiinee RS PR AP P R 0 e00000+0-00-40000000 creased, but it is now found that the tables are turned | to desiccate and die. That is the British idea of civili- | public and tire out popular interest in the matter. | 3 3 han money n business. | Our way was different. Mr. Davis and the leaders | have had no other effect than that of increasing the navy the Secretary's we now have more money tha ! le we have increased the curre has sudde: dropped off. Nor resent volume of trade is not suf- ficient to maintain the high prices of last year and they are gradually falling back. erzl times in this column, prices have got too for the public purse and the purchasing limit of the people has at last been reached. Still, there is no rea In spi f In other w As pointed out sev- high situde in the commercial body il in the iron and steel trade, which may prove momentary, am improved demand for pigiron for export is noted and heavy purchas this account have been made in the Southe This may lead to a general reviv i mber, however, escriptions are weakening un- | o labor troubles and nt the other for States. portant branch appointing and some der a decreased demand, due I in the b shoes are staples show = continues reel Woolen goods ng trades. nd boots v and none of the impor uch animation, though, sression The un ppenings in the American Steel and Wire Com out Wall street, which is now bandoned to the profes- sionals. L ican industrial stocks, hence the around. The situation on this coast shows some change. Frosts and cold weather in Oregon and Washington and drying north winds in California have somewlat altered the crop prospects and the enormous crops of have scared the public of » t00, is looking cross-eyed at Amer- street is dull all | | cue of the Dutch patriots. General grain and fruit expected a few weeks ago are no longer figured on. The yield of both, as far as can be seen at present, will be good and the aggregate fruit crop, according to the inquiries of the Weather Bureau, will be about the same as last year. merchandise is reported in steady movement, though some lines, notably provisions, hides, wool and dried fruit, are dull. Money is in ample supply at the regular rates and collections are average. California bids fair to have a prosperous year, but not like 1899-- such years come only once in a century. e . OUR MAY DAY FESTIvVAL, ITH a degree of enthusiasm and an extent of “ preparation that assure a brilliant success, the teachers and the school children have ar- ranged for a May day festival at Glen Park which will be memorable in our annals. It is to be moreover something more than a festival, for the profits realized by it are to be devoted to the teachers’ annuity fund and will thus be of lasting benefit to the community. From day to day The Call has noted the various steps taken toward preparing for the event and has described the salient features of the attractive pro- gramme of entertainment provided. The subject is one in which the whole population of the city may rightly take an interest, for there are few families that have not in some way close relations with the schools and the teachers. Byreason of that interest and the excellence of the object for which the festival is designed, a liberal patronage of the fete may be ex- pected. No class of those who serve the public is deserving of more cordial sympathy and assistance in all undertakings than are the teachers of the public schools. It is due to the efforts of these men and women that our system of public instruction has be- come an institution of which the whole community can be and is justly proud. The desire to establish an annuity fund is & laudable one, and any well directed effort to that end deserves the cordial co-operation of the people. Whether the profits in the way of money be large or small, we are at any rate to have a May day festival which will revive the joy of the old times when the day was “the maddest and merriest of all the bright new year.” Tt will furnish the city with a holiday such as is rarely enjoyed in any part of the United State and all of our people and the visitors within our gates | will be sure of a joyous day if they spend it at Glen Park. As the Paris washerwomen have gone on a strike there may be as big a show of soiled linen at the ex- | Island. | on an when in the opinion of mankind they should be free. | robbed on Saturday night by a footpad wearing a | Our soil is so profuse of fruits and flowers and our | climate so balmy that the joy of living is to be found ' | tensive and elaborate fair and festival given under cir- > ! | cumstances that excite widespread interest and pub- mosition as at the Democratic National Convention. | lication is therefore a benefit to the whole common- jso boldly. of the Confederacy were but little disturbed and lived for years in the enjoyment of peace and prosperity un- der the Government they had attempted to destroy. Our example should impress England with the im- policy of her conduct toward Cronje. It is not for- | gotten that the English people frantically Dreyfus to But Dreyfus was not a pr He was accused and convicted of betraying military Hard as his punishment was, it was justified | denounced Devil's the French republic for exiling isoner of war. secrets if he were guilty. Aiter the of France which made the air of Great Britain lurid, what excuse can be given for exiling Cronje to an island as un- wholesome as the prison of Dreyfus, he guilty of no offense except the brave and soldierly de- > denunciations in that case, when is fense of his countr, Last October, followi I Presidents Kruger and ¢ g close upon the beginning that Y Joubert would be kept as perpetual prisoners by England if they were captured and would sent into exile, This brutal programme excited no attention at the tim oi the war, several English writers declared vn and General be but now it seems to have been the prospectus of It will cost E ¢ of her islands. ngland dearly to guard such prisoners The world’s patriotic spirit of adventure will raise up friends and fleets for the res- It will not be the case of Napoleon over again. These Boers have not broken the world’s peace. They were minding their own businesswhen the invader and aggressor cameto break their peace and it is hard to hold such men prisoners According to the report of*a colored man he was white handkerchief and, it will be remembered, that the fellow who robbed the white men wore a black handkerchief. Are they drawing the criminal circles? color line in A British private is reported to have described the campaign in South Africa as 98 per cent fatigue, dirt and discomfort and 2 per cent war; so the thing seems to be a good deal like a picnic after all. /v\ parts of California this year, for it is a time of prosperity and all hearts are ready for holi- days and festivals, but the center of the joy of the May is to be at Sacramento, where preparations have been made for a whole week of gala days with some particular novelty of entertainment to.give a special charm to each successive day. According to reports the celebration is to be one of the most attractive outdoor festivals ever given, even in California, where for years past similar feres have been conducted on a scale of such magnitude as to attract the attention of the whole Union. The grounds of the Capitol and the streets surrounding them are to be radiant with the brightness of flowers and banners arranged in a thousand forms of decora- tion and all other parts of the city are to be arrayed in harmony with that central feature of the display. It is to be a holiday for all classes and all sorts and conditions of people and Sacramento’s hospitality ex- tends a welcome to every visitor who comes to share in it. It is right and fitting that these festivals should be held and we can never have too many of them. Cali- fornia is by nature adapted to be the holiday ground of the cultured pleasure-seekers of this continent. SHCRKMENTO IN GLORY. AY will be met with a frolic welcome in ail | here in a nearer approach to perfection than any- where else in the world. That fact has brought to the State a large number of people of wealth and culture to make their homes here, but the number is not so large as it should be, solely because the attractiveness of the State is not yet fully made known. Every ex- | quested to appoint special committees who shall be | itritation of the people and strengthening the public demand for justice. Now let the board act. There has been delay enongh. The ordinance should be en- acted to-day. THE CALL FOR ORGANIZATION. ROM the proceedings of the convention of the State League of Republican Clubs at Los Ange- les the party will derive a stimulus toward united ! and vigorous activity in preparation for the coming campaign. The election of Alden Anderson to the presidency of the league will be received with satisfac- ' tion everywhere. It places at the head of the league a | man young indeed, but well tried in positions of politi- | cal responsibility and of a high capacity for leadership. As Speaker of the Assembly Mr. Anderson realized the old saying of the right man in the right place, ice, justifies confidence tl in his new position his services will be equally cfe‘! itable to himseli and useful to his party. The resolutions adopted by the league rightly em- phasize the importance of organization for paign work. They declare: “Republican clubs and organizations should be re- and his record in that offi cam- charged with the duty of calling upon and urging all Republicans to immediately register for the coming election,as the law now requires that there must be an entirely new registration in every county of the State. Under the primary election law, primary elections will be held in every county on the 2d of August next for the election of delegates to the State convention to nominate Presidential Electors, district conventions to nominate Representatives in Congress and local conventions to nominate judicial officers and Sena- tors, in the odd-numbered districts, and members of the Assembly. Every effort should be made by ail Republican organizations to take all necessary meas- ures to thoroughly educate the voter on the pro- isions of the law, which gives him every opportunity | to exercise his choice freely for delegates for conven- | tions nominating candidates for public office. We | would most earnestly urge upon the attention of the | League of Republican Clubs, as well as upon the Re- publican party at large, the supreme importance of complete organization in order that we may present a united front to the enemy in the coming Presidential campaign. Organization is the key to success. We have no time to lose. The first gun in the impending conflict has already been fired. Action should be the watchword of every patriotic citizen.” These recommendations will, we trust, be heeded | and acted upon by the leaders and the workers of the party throughout the State. Organization is, in fact, the main duty of Republicans at this time. If that be accomplished victory will be assured. If it be neglected thére will be serious danger of defeat. The importance of organization has been impressed upon the party by its national leaders who, from the vantage ground of Washington, have studied the | whole political situation and have perceived what is necessary to assure success. “Organize, organize, organize,” is the counsel that comes to us from every State where conventions have been held. In Cali- | fornia, where the strength of the opposing parties is | nearly equal and where the independent vote fre- quently determines results, it is even more necessary than elsewhere that the organization of the party should be made so perfect as to be able to bring to the polls the full Republican vote. The Los Angeles convention has set forth clearly the work of the day. Let it be undertaken at once. The fire at Ottawa was big enough to warm the heart of charity on both sides of the ocean and in a cemparatively short time the suffering will be largely relieved. That is one of the advantages which rail- ways and telegraphs have conferred upon the world. They enable help to come promptly when help 1s needed. Now that the Oakland police have captured the lone footpad our own detectives can lay aside their masquerade costumes and see if they cannot capture one or more of the burglars who have been operating i riving at a decision adverse to Clark, | pulsion of Clark. | in acting on the Clark report. If, howeve e How the Editors of the Country View the Recent Ceclebrated Senatori Lo Lo L THE MONTANAN. Chicago Times-Herald. The methods ascribed to the Montana case sidered typic pelied an expression while the dange fous plotting by which the same means have been employed to secure the same end. 4 lles in the more insid condemnation | arile o Chicago Record. As the committee was unanimous in ar- ought the Senate to be unanimous in ing condemnation on the attempt | multi-millionaire to buy his way in to the | 's law-m y. The honor and | aignity of the S and the politic well-being of the country require the e | > [ Los Angeles Times. The undisputed facts in the case of Sen ator Clark of Montana are sufficlent to justify the refusal of the Senate to give him t which was purchased by fraud. imitted facts being tht demnatory of the would-be Senator from ontana, it Is of comparatively little con- uence whether the disputed charges gainst him can be proven or not “Heraus mit ihm!" e Cleveland Plain Dealer. If precedents count for anything, the Quay precedent in particular, we are not warranted in looking for precipitous haste the Senate has that regard for its good name which its commitee has said it should have, it will lose no time in end- ing a scandal which has threatened to involve it as a body. The instinct of self- preservation must be strong even in the Senate. SR Ogden Standard. William A. Clark of Montana stands convicted of bribery in attempting to se- cure a seat in the United States Senate. Having sought an honor he has been dis- honored, having attempted distinction he has received notoriety. The verdict of the Committee on Privileges and Elections is exactly in harmony with the views of all impartial readers cf the proceedings of the investigation carried on in Washing- ton for several l_‘non&h!.‘ Minneapolis Times. Mr. Clark secured his quasi election by the gross violation of the laws of his State, and the Senate owes it to Montana to aid in the effacement of the disgrace he has cast upon the commonwealth he epresent in the highest legisla- :\evet‘a(sbr)?lyr g( the nation. he bnba‘ry was_clearly shown, and that :l‘::ll;i‘dedbe sufficient to nullify the alleged election. be hoped the Senate will declare ert ,(gl;gk's ses?te vacant without unneces- sary delay. e Los Angeles Record. Senator Clark of Montana has been de- clared a briber by a committee of the United States Senate. The members of the committee, who deserve the thanks of) the people of thiscountry, also recommend in their report that the seat of the Mon- tana millionaire be vacated. &Othlni can be more wholesome than such a rebuke to a man who has used his millions to strike at the foundation of our government. The Senate apparently is beginning to realize that the fundamental principles of our Government must be respected and hon- ored, that without true, representative overnment lflchflt{, law and order must n the long run fall to the ground. With- out allowing the gossips time fully to dis- cuss the findings in the Clark investiga- tion, the Senate has promptly proceeded to the Quay case, and has refused to seat the Pennsylvania Senator by a vote of 33 to 32. Such spasms of virtue, unexpected as they are, must be welcomed all those who, while they ardently desire good government, have begun to despair of its consummation. al Cases. THE PENNSYLVANIAN. Chicago Record. By the close vote of 33 to 32 the Senate has decided not to seat Matthew Stanley Quay; but, narrow as was the escape. the | country can but feel a sense of relief at the outcome. o w Los Angeles Times. The seating of Quay would have been a rev 1 by the Senate of its former action | in similar cases, and thus would have been a_conspicuous case of self-stultifica- | tion. For the sake of the Senate’s good name it is to be regarded as fortunate that that august body was saved from it- | self, if only by the narrow margin of one | vote. g | . . | Chicago Times-Herald. | The defeat of Quay is a national victory | over the most odious and unscrupulous attempt_ever made to break in to the | | United States Senate by a fraudulent title through appeals to every influence known | |to a desperate and powerful political | trickster. May Quay’s fate be that of all who seek to drag the Senate down to the level of their own evil ambitions and de- Pt Denver Times. The Montana Senatorship was beclouded | with corruption. The Pennsylvania Sena- torship was tainted with political trick- ery. Senator Quay has been excluded by a close vote—a majority of one—but. as he | it_was as good as twenty-one. te by its action has made a prec- ich we trust may become estab- | rems 2 e edent whi lished. 7 4 Te Salt Lake Herald. Matthew Stanley Quay was refused a | eat in the Senate of the United States sterday and the precedents established | ody were upheld. Gubernatorial appointments are not eligible when Legis- latures fail to elect. This is the verdiet | and it is a just one. ‘To give the executive | the power assumed by Governor Stone | would result in greater evils than now | Sxist In' Senatorial clections. It would en- | courage Governors to promote deadlocks in State Legislatures that their personal selections might be named. Los Angeles Express. The effect of the course followed by the Senate will be salutary upon the country at large. It blocks the game of designing politiclans in the future, of whatever party, and bars the way of men who would be willing to throw principle to the | | by that winds if they could by so doing slip Into the United States Senate by the back fence. While the majority inst Mr. Quay was small, still fn view of the sttu tlon, in consideration of the powerful l'tical and personal influences that set in his direction, it was a triumph for purer politics, pecullarly gratifying at this time. Grass Valley Union. The refusal of the Senate to seat Quay of Pennsylvania is in accord with its ac- tion in like cases in the past, and though the decislon against him was reached by a majority of but one vote, it is likely to establish a positive precedent which will be adhered to henceforth. Quay is no loss to the Senate. He has a shockingly bad record and the rottenness of Pennsyivania politics was long exemplified in the fact | that a man so notorious for misconduct | represented that great State in the Senate at Washington. 5 . Pomona Progress. The Senate of the United States has put itself on record, by a vote of 33 to 32 in the Quay case, against seating Senators ap- | inted by Governors in cases where the | tate Legislatures have met and falled to | elect. Although there was much opposi- tion from Pennsylvania to the seating of Mr. Quay on the appointment of Governor Stone after he had failed to secure an election by the Legislature of the State, | yet the question that the Senate had to | settle was—or should have been consid- | ered—a_constitutional and not a personal one. The Senate’s decision of the question is not so positive and final as it would have been had the vote upon it not been almost equally divided. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Russian cruiser Astcold, recently ‘launched at Kiel, presents a very unique appearance. She s exceedingly long—413% feet—and sets low in the water. Her bow 1s like that of the United States steamship Brooklyn, and she has five funnels, the only ship in existence with that number of smokestacks. The three dockyards of Japan are Yo- kosuku, Kure and Sassabo, and a fourth, Maisuro, is in course of construction on in the gulf of Yeddo, Kure is in the In- land Sea and Sassabo is the rendezvous for the fleet of ships recently engaged in the naval maneuvers. A 3000-ton forging press is to be set up at the Woolwich gun factory to replace the steam hammer that has worn out. The press is considerably larger than present demands require, but the authori- ties believe it best to be a little ahead of the time. A deputation remonstrating against the erection of this press is said to be organizing, but the reasons for the objection are not stated and are proba- the northwest coast. They are all well defended, and according to a British ad- miral are considered absolutely impreg- nable in their fort Yokosuku is bly the old-time antipathy against labor- saving appliances. The average pay of enlisted men and sent year prov or ided fe listed force, 400,000, averaging $4 000 men b an average s enlisted naval force of P 000 men re- ceives only a to 800, giving The Norwegian coast-defe: Norge was launched March wick yard. The vessel is somew high freeboard monitor type, length, 0% feet beam and draught, displacing 3%0 tons. Upon t comparatively small displaceme vessel carries a 6-inch Harv belt, its four casemates are nickel steel and the two bark 6-inch nickel steel. The armament con- sists of two 6.9-inch and six 4.9-inch guns, all quick firers, besides eight 12-pounders, six 3-pounders and two torpedo t The engines are of 4500 horsepower, guar anteed to give a speed of sixteen and half knots. A duplicate to the Norge i on the stocks at Elswick. at of the % feet 16% fee The discontent of the engineer students at Keyham is on the increase, as their treatment is in marked countrast with that extended to the naval cadéfs on board the Britannia. There is but slight encour- agement for engineers to enter the Bri ish navy, for promotion:is slow, the p is low and they appear to be barely tol- erated by the quarterdeck -officers. It costs only $430 a year to educate a naval engineer at Keyham, while the expense is $2000 for each naval cadet. The mili- tary value of the British navy engineer is forcibly indicated by the fact that out of 910 engineer officers only 14 hold the relative rank of captain, a ratio of one to sixty-five, while in the line corps of 1940 officers there are 73 admirals and 19 captains, a ratio nearly seven times great- er than In the engineer corps. In the United States navy, prior to the amalga- mation of the engineer corps with that of the line, there were 150 of the former, of which 11 held the relative rank of cap- tain, or at the rate of one captain to 154 engineers. In the line there were 62 o cers above the grade of commanders o of a total of 704, giving a ratio of 1 to 114. The disparity between the corps in the two services was therefore much less in ours than in the British navy. —_————————— Cal. glace fruit lc per ™ at Townsend's.* —_————————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by ths Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 142 * —————— An egotist is a person who thinks it a waste of time to listen to what others have to say of themselves. The Grand Canyon of Arizona. ‘The season is now open. Stage trip has been reduced to 2% hours. Comfortable accommoda- tions at hotel. The round trip rate from San Francisco is only §55. 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