The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1900, Page 6

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1900. —————_—W 7@‘!12 -&% Call. MAY 1, 1900 TUESDAY JOHN VDV SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. hddress Al PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. F. Telephone Main 1S6S. LDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevemson St. Telephone Main 1874, Deltvered by Carriers. 15 Cen Simgle Copies. 5 Centx. Terms by Matl, Including Postages PAILY CALL Gncluding Sunday), one year.. .$8.00 DAILY CALL tnclcding ‘Sunday), 6 months. 2.00 DAILY CALL (neluding Sunday), 3 months, 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Xonth.... esc SUNDAY CALL One Yea: 1.50 WEEKLY CALL One Year. o . 100 All postmasters are muthorized to receive sabscriptions. Sample copies Will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE... ++.1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. | (long Distance Telephone *‘Central 3612.”") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON.,........ ees NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH... 30 Tribune Building EBRANCH OFFICES—E27 Monigomery, eorner of Clay, opes ®ntil 9:30 c'clock. 800 Hayee, open untfl 9:30 o'clock. 639 | McAllister, open until 9:30 o’'clock. €15 Larkin, opea until #:30 ociock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. Walencis, open until § o'clock 106 Eleventh, open until ® oclock. NW. corner Twenty-second snd Kentucky, open umtil 9 o'clock. e ——— AMUSEMENTS, Orpheum—Vaudeville. — “The Wizard of the Nile.” Grand Opera-bouse—"In Gay Alcazar—*‘Sue.” California— A Gilded Fool.” Fischer's Concert House—* Olympia. o Chutes, Zoo evening. El Campo—Dan Oskiand Rac BRYAN AND THE BOERS. / OLONEL BRYAN is anxiously searching for add to_the job lot already on hand. »nference in Chicago with a party i Johnson he emerged saying: “The 3oers are- centered upon America; The good be defeated, and Russia. i can be tendered, according to The Hague, at the proper time and ese offers of a fri y service ‘would el Bryan does not himself know just He ds it as a vote-catching it among his" other w rega we believe is not one party to.a contest on to tender e nation so-Tequested may make ¥, which is free to accept as been made of this Government by vas acceded to and the tender of good England and declined by that at the President of the United ort of an act of war against Great 1 Bryan in McKisley's place could nd no less. His tender would be of tender. already made. e as President could do any been done he is pretending only, in ing somebody out of a few votes t of the United States is.invested with ernat He" cannot offi- nal affairs. y do so; the people may t to do so is a different mat- ter. friend] nd would be rightly considered at home and z n act intended to lead to war. If Color i to be understood as say- would embroil the country in reign war, all right Monroe doctrine, for that means keep our o 1 hands out of European h the interests of our nation and its citizens are not olved. His utterance is that of a demagogue, and the prom- ise it discloses is one that can be kept only; at the cost The American people sympathize with the Boers and have given substantial evidence of that fact. They did not wait for Colonel Bryan to tell them where their sympathies shouid run. B that if P, nother cc ir is in viola that we affairs in wt of war. VICTORY IN SIGHT. Y the action of the Board of Superv day in passing to prim ing pool- an ordinance prohibit- ng or bookmaking upon horse- racing or dog coursing the people are brought within | sight of 2 complete victory over the track gamblers. it has been a hard contest and a prolonged one, and | vpon the result yesterday the public is to be congratu- lated and the Supervisors commended. The success the interests of morality and public welfare is the more notable be- cause of the persistent efforts made by the track gamblers to obtain a license to carry on their ruinous trade. They rctained the service of a strong lobby and spared no money in the fight. Every kind of manipulator known to the profession of the lobby was hired by them and keps at work in the effort to get permission for the resumption of racing at Ingle- side track with gambling privileges. To overcome so strong a combination of corrupt forces is no_slight eccomplishment, and much credit is therefore due to the Supervisors who stood firmly for the interests of the people despite all the gamblers could do to win them over. The extent-of the benefits which will accrue to the community by the final passage and adoption of the order can hardly be overestimated.’ The records of the Police Courts and the Morgue reveal something but not all of the feprinl blight that track gambling has been to San Francisco. Not all who have fallen under the curse of the gamblers have appeared either 2s criminals in the courts or suicides at the Morgue. Misery and wretchedness and dishonor have been carried by the influence of gambling into many a home of whose bitterness the public knows nothing. The amount that is known,- however, is enormous, and when people: recall the appalling record of the effects of track gambling during the last two years there will be found ample cause for wide- spread rejoicing over the action of yesterday. There remains now only for the board to complete the work so auspiciously begun. The order has been passed to print by a large majority. It should be finally sdopted unanimously. ieved in 2s as Herald Square | 1008 | its. good officés in-1 hy with either belligerent in a | What he says | rs yester- | THE CHRONICLE AND WEBSTER. | NTIL now the country has accepted Webster’s exposition of the Federal constitution. His fame was won as the expounder of the funda- | mental law, and it has not been suspected that his | method of construction, applied to it in body or in | detail, was devised as an expedient merely. On the other hand, it has been believed that his exposition | was derived from the spirit and letter of the constitu- | tion itself, and that his construction was the logical development of principles inherent in the instrument. In his speech of February 24, 1849, Webster said: “I do not say that while we sit here to make laws for these territories we are not bound by every one of the great principles which are intended as general se- curities for public liberty. But they do not exist is territories till introduced by authority of act of Cor gress.” . The Chronicle is engaged in a debate with Webster, and begins its argument by insisting that his view of the constitution was influenced by his opposition to | slavery. In fact, it accuses him of talking external | principles in the constitution to serve a political pur- | herent principles, let their application fall where it | might. | The Whig and Republican parties were founded | mostly on.Webster's exposition of the constitution. | 1f it be true that in one instance he talked principles | into that instrument that are not inherent, then his | entire exposition of it is tainted and untrustworthy. Not accepting the Chronicle’s ascription of false mo- | tive to Webster, The Call insists that his contention was correct. Being correct, we deny that the treaty | of Paris extended the constitution over Porto Rico iand the Philippines and made them a constitutional, | integral part of the United States. As it did not, | and as Congress only has authority to introduce the | principles of the constitution into those islands, it may Eextend one at its will, or withhold all at its will: | This is its right under the only possible interpretation % { of Webster's exposition. { ~The Chronicle says: “The plain duty of Congress !is to recognize the limitations of the constitution and its power, and at the earliest practicable moment pass. laws w Philippines as we ‘have:madc citizens of the United States by annexation -all ‘the benefits and immuni- | | ties of the constitution.” In that statement is the field of the controversy. The Chronicle desires the Republican party to take {the ground that ' annexation upon fifteen millions of people in the Philippines and Porto Rico.. That is the position taken by Bryan and Jones, the chairman of his committee. . The Chronicle * inserts - 'a confiising - complication in the phrase, “Which will give such of the inhabitants as we have made citizens of the United States by an- nexation. all the benefits and immunities of the con- stitution.” Why “the distinction?" - What class of inhabitants were made citizens by annexation, and what class are excluded? - What language. in the' treaty of - Paris { classifies the annexed people? - How are we to gov- ern the exclided clas Why are weto deny to.them: the immunities of: the constitution? The people of. the United: States do not intend to have snap ‘judgment taken. ' They. deny ‘the: Demo- cratic-Chronicle. conténtion ‘that’ annexation by the treaty of Paris carried fellow citizenship to fifteen mil- lions of islanders of alien races. :They have relied on the declaration of the Senate ‘that’it:is not the:inten- tion of this Government to :nake these islands an | in:1 integral part of the United:States. " They have tended that a final decision of the status of the islands and the islanders shall wait until the situation-is il- luminated by wider knowledge. The people khow, well that if the Bryan-Chronicle theory be accepted; and it is admitted that the treaty of Paris makeés these | islanders citizens, there.is'no poweér anywhere-in_the | | Government to ‘strip them of that status. The treaty of Paris especially omits mention. of ¢itizenship:or.in-:| corporation of the islanders into the Union. That omission was not accidental. It was inten- tional. Louisiana was purchased and acquired by treaty made at Paris in 1803. Article III treaty says: “The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated into the Union of the United | States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the en- { joyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the meantime they shall be maintained in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the religion which they profess.” There is no such clause in the treaty of Paris of 1808 It does mot incorporate the islands and the islanders in the Union of the United States. The treaty made with Spain for the purchase of Florida contains the same clause and stipulation as that for the purchase of Louisiana. If bare annexation incorporates land and people |into the Union of the United States, why did Jef- ‘fflson and Monroe insert that clause in those trea- | ties? { on for a year, and then Congress extended therecto | the revenue law of the United States and the follow- ing laws of the Union and no others: An act to es- | tablish the Treasury Department; to enroll and li cense ships; for the compensation of treasury oi- ficers; for the recovery of debts due by individuals to the United States; to provide for settlement of | accounts between the United States and accounting officers; to authorize the sale and conveyance of land by United States Marshals; to remit fines and for- feitures; to establish a mint, and to regulate the value of foreign coins. Surely that was not a very sumptuous extension of it was withheld for a year after annexation, and if one year ** might have been withheld twenty years. Louisiana was continental territory, sparsely inhab- ited, with physical features not widely differing from territory already in our possession. If the extension of any part of our laws and constitution to it was de- ferred for a year, when expressly stipulated in the tension to tropical islands and people, some of them 8ooo miles away, when no treaty stipulation requires it? : What is the covert and ulterior purpose of those who are urging such haste? Why do they read into the treaty of Paris what was omitted from it? - And why, above all, are they so anxious to admit the | Democratic position as to that treaty?- D It is extremely unfortunate that the San ‘Francisco police, who are criticized in an alleged funny cut in yesterday’s issue of the Examiner for their failure to capture the “high-born boy bandit,” did not have the Examiner map of the capture in the same ‘issue to guide them. It shows that the genial Vetsera was captured on Thirteenth street, between Alice and- Jef-. ferson, Oakland, and when one stops to consider that Jefferson street is seven blocks distant from Alice it can be easily realized what a help to them this map would have been. pose, instead of deriving from the constitution its in- | h will give such of the inhabitants of the | conferred citizenship | of “that.! Commerce with Louisiana as external territory went | the principles of the constitution, and, such as it was, | | treaty, where is the need of haste in making such ex- | THE CANAL BILL POSTPONED. EPORTS from Washington are to the effect | R that while the Nicaragua canal bill will prob- ably pass the House to-day, it will go no fr- ther at this session of Congress, as the Senate will not take it up. Thus, despite the favorable prospects of the early days of the session, the opponents of the enterprise have achieved another victory. The de- sire of the people has been once more baffled. At least another year will go by before the bill can be passed, and as the next session of Congress will be a short one, the hopes for success in that year have but little foundation on which to rest. It is now evident that many who pretend to be supporters of the construction of the canal are ready to work against it whenever an excuse serves. Their pretended friendship is only a cloak which enables them to act with more efficiency against the enter- prise by acting secretly. These hypocritical foes of the canal were loud dn declaring themselves in favor of it a short time ago, but as soon as they perceived that the bill was likely to pass they suddenly turned against it, and under a show of opposition to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty have succeeded in having the whole enterprise indefinitely postponed. The fight against the treaty was made most vo- ciferously by the Bryanites, who thought they saw in it an opportunity to make a point against the adminis- tration for use in the coming campaign. These politi- cians and their organs readily and even eagerly com- bined with the transcontinental railroads in the fight against the treaty and the canal. The combination, it seems, has been sufficiently strong to obtain at least a temporary victory. They have defeated all chance of passing the measure at this session, and are in a good position to defeat it again next winter. Of course the Bryanites will immediately resume | their declarations in favor of the canal. Their organs will scream in circus poster type for a speedy construction of it. The politicians will put it in the party platform, and the yellow organs will nail it to the mast as a part of the yellow programme. Se- cretly, however, a good many of those politicians and most of the yellow organs will again conspire to de- féat any Nicaragua canal bill that may be presented. The trick that has been played this year will be played over again with variations next year. This time the Hay-Pauncefote treaty has made an excuse for. de- feating it. Next year some other excuse will ‘be found. The one satisfactory feature of the situation is that the intelligence of the people has now discerned the } methods of the opposition, and the public will-be on | guard hereafter. A Republican administration = has done what it could to hasten the construction of the | great waterway, ‘and the' Republican majority. of. the House of Representatives has done what it could to advance the movement, and but for the opposition of I the” Bryanites and the railroads we should have had 1 the enterprise undertaken as one of the salient en- terprises which will mark the beginring of the twen- tieth century: ] A FI\LLER IN THE NOISY. { UR esteemed: contemporary, the Chicago Inter O Ocean, states that a citizen of that town was i recently. arrested for disorderly conducts and | when asked by the Judge of the Police Court, “What |'do you do for aliving?” replied, “I'am”a filler in-the noisy.” - The Judge was :shocked by the:séeming flippancy .of ‘the ‘reply. and - warned the : prisoner: “Don't get fresh now or I'll:send you where:you'll be salted down.” Thereupon the contrite citizen humbly exXplained, “I .am a :dummy in the band wagon.” Even with that explanation the Judge was not satis-. fied, and the -now thoroughly subdued citizen went on to say:- “There is great demand for bands nowadays to’ stir up 'enthusiasm for political meetings. = Usually the politicians ‘want, to- make a big show for little money, so.théy hire a band wagon and-get about six real musicians and fill the rest of the scats with dum- | mies. I:wear a uniform, blow a horn-that has a cork [ it it, and, though I -don’t maké any noise, yet from a certain standpoint T dam: as important to the success of -the band wagon. as any man in it, It requires a great deal of hard work to become a good dummy.” Here we have a statement that casts: a beam of illumination upon an.obscure corner of politics. How many a man do we see occupying a position which we know he is:incompetent to fill? He has a horn, as it were, and yet he could not play a tune on it to save him from limbo. That kind of man is visible in every department of political life. A good many of them are in Congress, even in the Senate itself. In | all great public movements they are plentiful. They are conspicuous at mass-meetings. They show up at gatherings of prominent citizens. In 'short, when- ever-a procession moves there are dummies in the band wagon, fillers in the noisy, men who seem to be | playing a great part; but who play nothing. In the Bryanite band wagon, for example, how many dummies are there? There is a brave show | made at every town where Bryan goes’ and a plen- | tiful array of men are set up alongside of him as es- corts and supporters. To the casual observer the wagon appears' to be filled with influential men, first fiddlers and blowers of big horns. The acute listener, however, will soon note that no sound is heard ex- cept that which emanates from the hollow caverns of | Bryan’s own skull. The parade is stuffed. The silver | man’s show is made up of dummies. The disorderly man of Chicago claimed that he is | as useful to a political procession as any player in the band, and perhaps he is right in the claim. He has | at any rate some merits. He works hard at his blow- ing, but his horn has a cork in it and disturbs no one. Thus he is a blower whose blowing has the charm of silence. We may mock him on general principles, but there are times when we must wish that all the band were like him. Certainly a man who is a filler in the noisy during his hours of labor has some excuse for making Rome howl when he has his recreation, and | it is gratifying to know that the Chicago Judge was compassionate to the particular filler before him and | let him go with a warning. | ‘Wanamaker and his followers have seen to it that | Quay did net get into the Senate, but the next time any . of those fellows runs for office in Pennsylvania he will find that Quay can ‘get into. the fight any- “how, and that he will have a hatchet as big as a broad- ax when he does get in. —— It is announced that the Isthmian Canal Commis- sion will not have its report ready for publication be- fore December, but it is a safe bet that if there be anything in it worth publishing The Call will have it before that time, - - _If we cannot induce the Sultan of Turkey to treat our missionaries fairly by any other means, it might be worth while to put him on a par with the Sultan of Sulu and give him a pension to behave himself. It is said some of the Tammany braves propose to celebrate David Bennett Hill's resurrection as a poli-" tician by giving a banquet in his honor, but the fes- “'rval jought to take the form of a ghost dance Dwyer. ! )w‘y F. Tarpey, wise in his day and gen- | se “BLAST IT. OLD MAN! DON'T [ e e S S e e ol I ; i t CUT IT S0 BLOOMIN' SHORT!" & B e e e e 1 MANN SIGHS 0 MORE FLR FANE OF LEADERSHIP Advises His Fellow Demo- crats to Select a New Chairman. State Executive Committee of the Party Declines to Recommend a Programme to_the Cen< tral Organization. i Seéth Mann no longer: desires. the glory of Democratic.leadership. He gave notice yesterday that the State Central Commit- tee must-gelect somé other man for:chair- man of the organization, ‘A ‘meeting of the State, Executive ‘Committee was held at the -California. Hotel yesterday: afternoon. The committeemen - attending weré Seth Marn. (chairman), James H. Budd, James D. Phelan, W. H. Alford, J. J. Dwyer, M. F. Tarpey; J.” L. Gallagher, Charles W. Fay and W. H, Devlin.."J. Leo Park per- formed the duties of secretary. H. A. Mc- Craney, financial agent ‘of the party, was a’ “looker.on.” 'No time ‘was wasted in preliminaries. Mr; Mann said the meeting had been called to maKe some suggestions to ‘the State Central Committee pertain ing.to plans for. thc election. of delegates to" the Democratic: National: Convention, which is ta assemble at:Kansas City July 4, 1900, - Mr, Mann. reminded the gentlémen resent that the.call of the.Democratie National- Committee expressed no method of electing delegates; imposing no. restric- tions and provided no pians. “He also re- marked that the primary law of Califor- nia did not apply to this early convention, and therefore it’ was purely a party af- fair. ‘The executive committee was called togéther to discuss if they saw fit a plan mlgbe submitted to the State Central Com- mittee. .- Mr. Mann’ observed that still another matter demanded ‘consideration, and that was whether a new State Central Com- mittee_should--be chosen by the conven- tion. He was fully convinced by reading section 1186 of ‘the Political Code that the power to elect governing bodies of various political parties was vested in conventions elected under the primary law. Mr. Mann then repressed his modesty and spoke of himself, saying: ‘“‘Personally, I am not a candidate for chairman . of ‘the .committee and ecannot consider- the possibility of becoming a can- didate. I feel called upon to make this statement in view of newspaper com- ment.” Mr. Mann spoke highly of the position and of its exalted ‘duties and patriotic re- sponsibilities, indicating that an extension of his term would be acceptable if duties to himself and his profession did not de- mand less_political-activity on his part. In closing he said: “It behooves you to consider who shall marage the State campaign this year.” ‘A resolution recently adopted by the Iroquois Club: was read. It enjoined the committee to _ recognize clubs in the choice - of delegates to the convention. The expression was so al- luring that J. J.-Dwyer, National Com- ‘mitteeman, asked for a second reading. No comment other than that expressed by Mr. Dwyer was uttered. Not even a third reading was demanded. Silence ensued. Ultimately it was broken by Mr. Dwyer, who remarked that the best thing to do was to suggest nothing to the State Central Committee. It was highly dangerous, in view of the existing condition of affairs Democratic, to discuss plans to be considered by the State Central Committee next Saturday. 1t was not in his judgment necessary for Democrats to invent new plans. Old lans and precedents, such as Thomas gefferson established, were good enough. Mr. Dwyer spoke well of Mr. Jefferson. Any plan adopted by this committee will be denounced as a programme. “On some occasions,” remarked Mr. Dwyer, ‘grofrsmmeu are justifiable.” Mayor Phelan smiled his approval. In a general sense Mr. Dwyer spoke well of | rogrammes. P &overnor Budd put in this inquiry: “May I ask the gentlemnn a question? Have we any right under the rules of the convention of 1898 to do more than fix the apportionment and designate a time and place for holding the convention?” Chairman Mann read the rules adopted in 1898, and the reading attested the ex- celient memory of the ex-Governor. Mayor Phelan coincided with the view expressed by National Committeeman Dwyer, and asked to be excused to at- tend a meeting of the Board of Super- | visors. Consent was given by silence. It_was late in the afternoon when J. L. Gallagher arose. He agreed partly with Mr. Dwyer, He did not indorse the view that plans ought not to be dis- cussed. 3 W. H. Alford, thé eloquent immigrant from Tulare, who settled in the District Attorney’'s office under the new charter, remarked that discussion would be idle unless an official plan was submitted. Charles S. Fay of the Mayor's office was thoroughly in accord with Mr, eration, observed that advice given ~un- sought was never valued hlg‘)‘:‘ly. The de- duction drawn from the ~philosophy of Tarpey was that the Tailey Tould not be advised. Tarpers attitude settled the question. No jon tasen. o eSO Lo TnebBeE the Klowing Tests on to ins e glow! s slon of H. A, McCraney: e canvassed the State and secured sub- seriptions. The only. point to be settled at the secret session was whether It ipti lect .and to consider the debt of $3000 # uiaated. ; it Under the Phelan Flag. Sausalito News, The police of S8an Francisco are much exercised over the doings of a masked State Central Com- |. highwayman who Is holdin le up at the point of a pistol, and hus aircady Shot one man. The officers think that the high- wayman may be erazy, and advise people not to attempt to resist him. It is !Ym stated that the police officers have been sent-out dressed in women's clothing in the hope of catching the robber, as he | seems to prefer to stop men and women walking together. Jimmy Phelan's mu- nicipality is getting to be a pretty loughI place. ———— ’MOM&QW General Joseph Wheeler has written threeexclusive articles upon “My Eight Months in the Philippines.” The first of these papers appears in the magazine section cf next Sun- day’s Call and will be the best 2nd most -uthoritative - ac- count ever published of the conditions existing in the islands. R aaas s s S s e e R et ] Ott+4++ | PERSONAL MENTION. Dr.'W. W. Eastman of Sonora is at the Lick. Peter Johnson ' of ' Sonora is -at the Grand, James McCudden of Vallejo is at the Grand. Fred Dodd at the Lick. Thomas Flint:is registered at the Pal- ace from San Juan. John: McGornogle, a fruit grower from Ventura, is at ‘the Lick. Captain Henry Glass, U. 8. N., com- mander of the U. 8.’S. Pensacola, is regis- tered at the Palace. Admiral Kautz and Mrs. Kautz and Leon: Garrett, the admiral's flag lieuten- ant, are registered at the Palace. Edward 1. Dias, brother-in-law of George W. Nachman, the manager of the Baltimore (Md.) Herald, is in the ¢ity on a visit and is stopping at the Commerctal Hotel. , a hotel man of Fresno, is e —— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, April 30.—Edward May of San Francisco is at the Gilsey; Dr. H. F. Krentzmann and J. D. Grant of San Fran- cisco are at the Plaza. s —o 0—0-0—0—0—0—0—, FASHION HINT FROM PARIS, + g—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o- i ; QP+ e 040000060000+ 9 EMBROIDERED TAFFETAS DRESS. The costume represented is of Sevres blue taffetas embroidered in the same color. It is in the princess style, fo a tunic, the lapels of which are edged wit! black velvet and Louis XV bows of the same. The tunic is bordered with ecru lace, and beneath it is a white flounce, draped, surmounted by a black velvet bow. D R T . S e 2 Were the Police in Women’s Clothes? Sacramento Record-Union. Things have come to a pretty 1 San Francisco, certainly, when l::::vel: can seize the hands of women in broad daylight on crowded streets, cut the dia- monds from their finger rings and escape despite the outcry of the victims. ———— A Lucky Exposure. Davisville Enterprise. The San Francisco. Call of last Friday exposes a crooked piece of work whereby the Collector of the Port and others have jlegally landed over ten thousand China- men in the last three years—all in viola- tion of the exclusion act. It is lucky for California that this gigantic fra has been discovered and exposed even at this late hour. —— The Call’s Great Disclosure. 3 Alturas Plaindealer. ‘The Call makes the startling disclosure that in the thirty-four months that John P, Jackson has been Collector of the Port of San Francisco over ten thousand Chi- nese have been admitted Into this country at that port. Warkingmen should make B R R R S R e o 3 lace | a note of this, as the admission of these rat-eating heathen displaces ten thousard of their number in the labor market. —_———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. DENIS KEARNEY—G. E. H.,, Reno, Nev. Denis Kearney, the agitator, is not dead, but is still living in this city. THE WINFIELD SCOTT—J., City. The steamer Winfield Scott ran ashore in a fog on Anacapa Island, December 3, SAILING TIME—H. E. L., B. Q, Long Island. The average time made by safling vessels from Hongkong to Honoluiu, H. I is about forty days. OFFICIAL LIST—B., Portland, Or. No paper in San Francisco publishes the of- | ficlal list of unclaimed letters. None has | done so for many years. MAIL TO HONOLULU—H. E. L., B. Q., Long Island. All United States transports that sail from San Francisco for Maniia | carry mail to Honolulu, H. I POPULATION OF CITIES—C. D, City. | According to the census of 159 the popu- lation of San Francisco was 298,997, Cin- | cinnat! 296,908, Cleveland 261,253 and New- ark 181,80 : | MILITARY SCHOOL—Subsertber, City. For information about the proposed mili- tary school to be established in Colorado address a letter of inquiry to GOVernor Charles S. Thomas, Denver, Colo. THE ARMOURS-J. O'C., City. Phillp | Danforth Armour and Herman Ossian Ar- mour, the merchants and packers, were born in Stockbridge, N. Y., the former May 16, 1532, and the latter March 7, 1837 BEST PITCHER —G. R., City. J. Hughes of the National League was the champlon pitcher for that league, whila | Harvey, now with the Sacramento com- bination, was the champion pitcher for the California League duringthe year TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION —J. W. H., Oakland, Cal. If a man dies and leaves only a widow to whom he wills all his estate it becomes her separate mY— erty and she can by will dispose of it in any way she pleases, irrespective of the fact that she has a niece. TO CAPE NOME—P. H. J., East Oak- land, Cal. If you want to go to Cape Nome and desire to know what is ite for a trip to and stay there you should ap- ply to any of the outfitters whose adver- tisements appear in the columns of The Call. Any one will give the desired infor« mation. THE ODD FELLOWS' BANK-W. J. B,, Cajon, Cal. The Odd Fellows’ Bank in Hquidation has paid up to date 873§ per cent of the amount due the depositors. | The concern still holds tule lands which it is trying to dispose of. It is expected that it -will be able to pay one more dividend aof either 2 or 2% per cent THE POLITE WAY—G. J. M., City. Tha polite way to indorse a ticket for an en- tertainment that is intended to be without cost to the one _to whom It is sent is “Complimentary.” To igdorse such a ticket *“D. H.,” the abbreviation of ‘‘dead- bead,” is common and many would look upon'it in the nature of an insult. TRA.\'SPDRTS-‘V. L., City. The United States transport Lennox sailed from Hilo |:March 25, 1900. That fs the latest informa- tion ‘about that vessel. The transport Sumner was at Gibraltar April 13, 1900, on her way to Manila, thence to this port. The chartered British steamers Asama and Emir will not. come to San Fran- cisco. BY THE SUPREME COURT-O. 8. G., Tucson, Ariz. In March, 1900, the Su- preme Court of the United States decided that a bona fide Chinese merchant resid- {ing in the United States could have his f wife admitted to United States territory, | provided . he _could establish the fact of marriage before he came to the United States. o PEOPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANK-— L. C. R., City, and others. The latest div- | idend paid by the People’s Home Savings | Bank was on the 10th of April, 1900, mak- | ing 37 per cent pald up to d The bank still owns certain real esta the south- 'ern part of the State, whi t is expected will shortly be realized upon, but it is im- | 'possible at this time to tell when the next | dividend will be declared. The time for winding up the affairs of the bank was | extended one vear. it s [ Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.” o dprpsmian - g rpchoggm s ' Special Information supplied dally t> | business houses and public men by the | Press Clipping Burean (Allen's). 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main'1042. * i —_————————— f Everybody likes nicely framed pictures | and everybody c¢an have them nicely framed if they will let us do the framing. New moldings coming in all the time. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 141 Market st. ¢ ; An Involuntary Insolvent. wW. J. Hosking, merchant, filed his chedule in involuntary insolvency yes- | ferday. His liabilities are 3304083 and he | has no assets. ———— ‘ The Grand Canyon of Arizona. | | The season s now open. Stage trip has besm | reduced to 24 hours. Comfortable accommoda- | tions at hotel. The round trip rate from San Francisco is only $5. Particulars at Santa Fa ticket office, 628 Market street. pretsimiab-o s Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. The best liver medicine. A vegetable cure for Iiver ills, biliousness, indigestion, constipation.® —_———————— After a sleepless night, use Dr. Slegert’s An. gostura Bitters to tone up your system., All druggists. CAPE NOME MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. OUR GOLD DREDGING PUMPS Were successtul at Nome last KROGH & S fudia oot ration daily. 9 Stevenson st.S.F. SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. In Overation Daily, €25 Sixth Streer BYRON JACKSON. ASSAYING. ARV AY PR RATLLEN, 368 Markes s DREDGING PUMPS, O e erer - Hendy Mach. Wika- MARSH STEAM PUMPS SRR, i, “Simonds. B Marke st GOLD SEPARATOR. Fremont. lone and e oneration. Wi H. Birch & Cor. 198 1ot GOLD SEPARATOR. Gold Sa " Foi CONCENTRATORS. TTERSON'S “Acme’ Concentrator works Pchek sand dajly. 227 Mission st. SLUICE BOXES. | Rlondike champlon slulce saves gold; compet- { xllon invited. 1798 15th st., corner Guerrero. ROCKERS. The lightest. cheapest an! proven the best for | placer. work. 19]1%; Mission st. B saneiae F e B PLATES FOR SAVING GOLD, 3 Kearny. - - Stowers St o Bk oot st. S. F. Phone Jessie :. ‘.. S% " Pioos 3 SILVER-PLATED MINING PLATES. GET them at Denniston’s San Franct A ing Works, 62 Mission st e NOME_MINING SCHOOL.. Ledrn ‘to ‘kiow £old and ‘save it, to amalgamating ylates, ete., Csfit‘;ll P-rh-lx.”h Omflnlfi‘i #ND-PR0OVISIONS. packed. VINE Howard, LIQUORS.. BLATZ. BI Water. WHISKEY ZiA%% 2 SON, 418 Sacramento st. WHI HUNTER RYE SKY. CHRISTY. & WISE Coml Co., 327-33 Sansome St. - = s B & PORTABLS HOUSES. RNRAM-STANDEFORD CO.. Was a4 st sts., Oakland, lrl.‘l:go'r' Ex. 'E WORKS 1s fun ‘many orders for N pUST ., S ".- F.W. ston’ .