The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1900, Page 6

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CARLTON.,...... Herald Squar NEW YORK KEPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH 0 Tribune Building CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Ghermsn House; P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. XEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Breotano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel x WASHINGTON (D. ©) O MORT C ... Wellington Hotel { E. CRANE, Correspondent. ERANCH OFFICES—2 Monigomery, eorner of Clay, opes wntfl 980 o'clock. 800 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 629 McAllister, open unt!] $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, opem untll 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, cormer Sixteenth, opes until 9 o'clock. Valencla, open until 8 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open uatil ® oclock. NW. cormer Iwepty-second and Kentucky, open untll § c'clock. AMUSEMENTS. lumbia—““The Floorwalkers.” “The Wizard of the Nile.” srand Opera-house—"In Gay New York."” roia - A Gilded Fool.™ eum—Vaudeville. apia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. es. Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and her's Concert House—'La Traviata ™ Kapp Company Concert Hall -Vaudeville. Mechanics' Pavilion—Dog Show Excursion to Santa Cruz Mountaine, Saturday, May 6. ampo—Dancing, bowling, fishing, etc., every Sunday. ay. Oskland Racetrack—Races to AUCTION SALES. May 7, at 11 o'clock, Horses, n streets. A BUG CENSUS. entific man proposes to take an in- lassifying the insects which are se which are noxious to man The estion for this work originated in the ex- al in California. The clem- s very favorable to the growth, i fruitfulness of trees and vines. But in nature’'s plan wherever great fruitfulness, animal or vegetable there also are the enemies which curb it by d e which might monopolize all the indigenous energies, to the exclusion of other This iron law of nature works all lict with the needs of civili- es necessary to fight for the ife which are required for have economic entomology, insects which prey upon their n that destroy what man needs. , forms of insect life which prey precocity an is Jocated forms of existence righ The various sca upon and destroy the vitality of useful trees and vines, prove to have insect enemies which eat them and be- come the useful servarts of man The citrus fruit crop of California has been saved by the introduction of these beneficial insects, and it is believe: t others may be discovered which will attack other forms of insect life. It is not impossible that the dreade viloxera may have an insect enemy which will destroy it, since the rule seems to be that every predaceous insect has such an enemy. The Englist might be very usefully ap- piied to this A census of the various moths, thirips, scales, worms and bugs which attack our orcl id field crops, and of those which m. used to exterminate them, would make a v le addition to the libfary of the horti- culturist and agriculturist in California. Of course this subject has already a literature, but we are-pot-aware that it exists in consecutive, up-to- date form The State Horticultural Society might well con- sider the propri promoting such work. At every meeting of that society there are revelations of interesting personal experiences with predaceous bugs and enemies of the orchard and vineyard that creep, crawl-or fly, and impermanent form, and therefore their use is Horticulture in this State ranks fairly with the learned professions, requiring equal powers and training of the mind. It is a fascinating pursuit and has a many-sided tonch with high science. well be that the world is to get its best and most use- ful iiterature on the subject from California. It is @n industry inviting to the scholar, not only for its profit. but for the sustained interest it has for the well-trained mind impaired It may Professor Dolbear notes by way of illustrating the progress of the closing century that it began with the | tallow dip and ends with the incandescent light and the Standard Oil Company. The illustration is good, but it is not certain whether the century has given the il company to the world or the world to the oil com- pany. o EpEeas 2L It is stated that the price of brooms in the East has advanced nearly 50 per cent in the last three months, so it is evident the manufacturers intend to get a profit out of the Republican programme oi niaking a clean sweep of the country. President Harper of the University of Chicago is to invite Tolstoi to visit that city, but if the vigorous old Russian should give his opinion of the place after see- ing it, the Chicagoans will wish Harper had attended to his own business ¢ It seems to be the intention oi Bryan to put into the Democratic platform this year planke enough to make a roof over the whole party when the blizzard comes. Tt begins to look as if both parties would have to get their Vice-Presidential candidates this year of the bargain counter. ____ | fies the annexed people? How are we to govern the but these are presented in a detached | cluded? What language in the treaty of Paris classi- excluded class? To this the Chronicle replies: “All of which, we respectiully submit, are answered article XIV of the Federal constitution, which ‘All persons born in the United States and sub- ject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” This provision of the constitution, in the judgment of good lawyers who derive their opinion from a read- ing of the decisions of the Supreme Court, would in says | admitted to citizenship by the extension of our sov- ereignty over the islands a work of supererogation. As for the two questions pertaining to the class ex- cluded from citizenship, the fourteenth amendment, section 2, furnishes the answer: ‘Representatives | shall be apportioned among the several States accord- ing to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.” Under this provision untaxed Indians in the States as well as the Territories have always been regarded as wards of the nation rather than citizens, and have been governed accordingly. We presume the same course will be followed in the Philippines.” But this is an evasion. The whole controversy is, did annexation extend the whole constitution, with | its immunities, privileges, limitations, grants and checks, to these islands and islanders? Or must this be done, as Webster contended, by authority of act oi Congress? . { The Chronicle shifts and varies. At one time it seems to- agree with Webster, and another time it | lines up with Bryan. its Bryan day. Ii a mere act of annexation make citizens of all over | whom it extends the jurisdiction of the United States, | It made the above answer on | will the Chronicle tell us why Jefferson and Monroe found it necessary, in the annexation of Louisiana and Florida, to expressly stipulate in the treaties that the people of those Territories were incorporated in the Union of the United States? In fact, in the case of every preceding annexation the question of incorpora- tion in our body politic has been settled by treaty. A treaty becomes the supreme law of the land. As the | treaty of Paris does rot so incorporate Porto Rico and the Philippines, and is purposely silent on the c status of their people, we deny that the Federal constitution either admits or excludes any class of the irhabitants of those islands. When we acquired Cali- fornia the treaty settled the question of citizenship. But no one pretended that the constitution was opera- tive here unti] the enabling act of Congress extended | it to this territory. In his December message of 1848 President Polk recommended the extension df our revenue laws to California, just as President McKin- ley recommended in the case of Porto Rico, but Con- gress differed with Polk, as it did with McKinley, and | those laws were not extended. We search the records in vain for any strident denunciation of Polk for | recommending it, or of his party in Congress for re- fusing it. Finally the revenue laws alone were ex- tended to California, but by the will of Congress, and without pretense that those laws were made operative here, automatically, by the constitution. We held California under military government by | the executive four years before Congress saw fit to make the constitution wholly operative here. But during all of that time the treaty of Guadaloupe Hi- dalgo was in force*here, and whatever rights of ci zenship it extended to the Mexican-born inhabitants were theirs by treaty, not by the constitution. Projecting the line of precedents into the current controversy, there is but one conclusion possible. The treaty of Paris did not incorporate the Philip- pines into the Union of the United States, and did not declare the people of those islands to be citizens. Therefore the territory is outside the Union, not un- der the constitution, and the inhabitants are not citi- zens, and are entitled only to such constitutional privileges as Congress chooses to extend to them. | | A statement of the Monte Carlo gambling com- pany shows that last year the income from the gam- bling tables was in round numbers $4,600,000, and | $150,000 more was derived from the rental of the hotel and cafe. After deducting all expenses and $75,000 given to charity, the net profits amounted to $2,375,000, or about 40 per cent on the capital stock. Is it any wonder that unscrupulous persons are will- | ing to do anything to obtain gambling privileges? THE SOUTHERN R@ACE PROBLEM. AY has by general consent become the favorite month in the Eastern States for holding con- | M ventions. In almost every city of importance in that section there will be one or more of them this | ;year, and New York will probably have a dozen deal- | ing with all sorts of issues and nfovements and | problems. Of the whole list, however, that which will ‘perhapx prove of greatest interest is to assemble at | | Montgomery to discuss the relations of the whites and { | the negroes in the Southern States. This convention is to be presided over by the Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy during | Cleveland’s second administration, and one of the | most conservative and sagacious of Southern states- men. It is to meet on the 8th and continue for three | days, and is designed to cover every salient feature of | the relations between the races. | The programme arranged for the conference is an interesting one. President Herbert is to deal with | the subject generally in an address on “Problems That Present Themselves.” The discussions will then | be conducted under three heads: The negro in rela- | tiom to franchise. the negro in relation to education and industry, and the negro in relation to religion and social order. The speakers will be mainly South- ern men, as only three men from the North, Dr. Fris- | sell of Hampton Institute, Dr. ‘Curry, agent of the Peabody and Slater funds for the promotion of educa- tion in the South, and Bourke Cockran, have been as- signed places in the more important discussions. Among the Southern men who will make leading ad- | dresses are Clifton R. Breckinridge, formerly Minister to Russia; Walter H. Page, the novelist, and Gov- ernor McCorkle of West Virginia. The fact that most of the speakers are to be South- ern men is significant of the awakening of the South- ern people to a consciousness of the serious nature of the problem that confronts them. It is also an evi- ! dence that the better class of Southemers are not con- tent to let things drift in the direction in which they have been so rapidly moving of late. The tendency toward the barbarism and savagery of lynch law car- ried out with monstrous cruelty has convinced the Southern leaders that something must be done to save civilization itself, and the Montgomery confer- ence is designed to formulate plans for applying a | regained his old position in the party. B remedy for existing evils. In a recent speech in the Senate Senator Tillman, in describing the motives which animated the white people of South Carolina in adopting a constitution which virtually disfranchises the negroes, said: “We took the government away. We stuffed ballot-boxes. We shot them. We are not ashamed of it. The Sen- ator from Wisconsin would have done the same thing. T see it in his eye right now. He would have done it. With that system—force, tissue ballots, etc.— we got tired ourselves, so we called a constitutional convention and we climinated all of the colored people whom we could under the fourtcenth and fifteenth amendments.” That is a coarse but frank and candid statement of the situation. The Southern people are tired of force and fraud. They now seek some legal method of dealing with the negro. The new method falls far short of justice and of perfect wisdom, bur it is bet- ter than the old. Tt is a step in the right direction, and the Montgomery conference may have a potent influence in rousing the South to put an end to lynch law and secure the negro in his property and per- son, even if denying him the political privileges to which his citizenship entitles him. R —— And now even Oakland is grumbling telephone service. over its This ought to be proof con- clusive to the managers of the monopoly that in des- | peration even the worm will turn. DAVID B. HILL'S REAPPEARANCE. 0SS CROKER of Tammany being in England, David Bennett Hill has come from his retire- ment at Wolfert's Roost and seated himself in the saddle of New York Democracy. He has made a speech at Syracuse which is said to have excited a good deal of enthusiasm. He reminded the Demo- crats that in the last State election out of a total vote of nearly 1,250,000 Roosevelt had received less than | 20,000 plurality, and from that fact he drew the con- clusion that if Democracy puts up the right man on the right platform it can carry New York this fall. Any prediction of that kind would naturally be cheering to New York Democrats. utterly hopeless for so long a time that even a prom- ise of victory upon almost impossible conditions is like balm to their minds. In his speech Mr. Hill did not specify either the man or the platform for the Presidential contest, but contented himseli with de- | claring for a State campaign on State issues. It is re- ported, however, tiat at a meeting of the Democratic State Committee he stated the party leaders should “do a little platform making for the Democrats who did not agree with Bryan in 1896 as well as for the large mass of men who vote the Democratic ticket anyhow and have nowhere else on God’s carth to go.” Furthermore he is qucted as saying: “The party should leave out of the platform all inflammatory planks calculated to frighten away business men and cthers who follow them.” Then he would hAve Bryan at the first opportunity “say something by way of tribute to Dewey and an expression of his pleasure that the great hero had ranged himself with the forces of the Democratic party.” That is the sum and sub- stance of his policy so far as it has been made public. | It is not a policy likely to engender enthusiasm in the nation, but it promises a way to harmonize Democ- racy in New York State, and to candidates for local | offices that is a boon of no little value. There appears to be no doubt that Hill has really All reports of the meeting of the State Committee agree that the proceedings demonstrated that he is once more in the saddle and in control of the State organization. He proposes to concede the renomination of Bryan, but | to demand the privilege of framing, the platiorm. To that end he wishes an uninstructed delegation from New York to the national convention. It is to be noted that Gorman is working along the same lines in Maryland. It is one way of attaining harmony, but the plan is subject to the objection that even if Bryan be got off the Chicago platform it will never be possible to get the platform pitch off him. He has been tarred too thick with 16 to 1 and Populism ever to be cleaned and made presentable to the coun- try. If the acrimonious discussion of Cuban affairs in he United States Senate indicates anything it is con- clusive proof that to some of the distinguished states- men at least American imperialism means absolutism. A CHANCE FOR GEOLOGISTS. Y the United States Civil Service Commission there has been issued an announcement that on May 22 and 23 an examination will be heid in any city in the United States where there is a local Board of Examiners for the position of assistant geologist. Candidates are required to write an essay on a geological topic, and the essay will be taken as a test on ability in English composition. They are to be examined in geology, drawing, French, Ger- man, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, mathematics and general education and experience. It is added: “From the eligibles resulting from this examination certification will be made to the position of assistant geologist in the Geological Survey at a salary of from $900 to $1200 per annum.” Any one who desires to compete in the examination is notified to apply at once to the Civil Service Com- mission at Washington for -application forms. Prob- ably there will be a rush for the forms, since here is a chance offered by a wealthy Government for men of science and general learning to obtain a governmental position without having to exert any push or pull to get it. It is an illiBtration of what this republic is willing to do in the way of promoting scientific in- vestigation, and will doubtless thrill geologic circles with a keen excitement. 1t is a chance for geologists, a slim chance, indeed, for any particular one of them, and a slim salary for the successful; but still it is a chance. For men who are masters of three languages, adepts in geology and familiar with several other sciences, there is now open 2 way by which they can obtain almost as large pay as is given to janitors and doorkeepers at the na- tional capital. It is not so large as the salary that an ordinarily promising ward boss would guarantec one of his more active henchmen, but then men of scientific attainments can bardly expect to, receive from the Government such pay as is given to men serviceable to those who run the Government. For a man who merely understands English, French, German, geology, physics, chemistry, mineralogy and mathematics, a chance to get $goo a year, with a pros- pect of $1200, is perhaps sufficient; and the attractive- ness of the position is augmented by the fact that to the salary there is to be added tlie dignity of the office of assistant geologist of the United States Geological Survey. It is worth something for a man to be able to place after his name the awe compelling letters, Ph. D, A. G. U. S. A. G. S.. and it is to be hoped his learning will enable him to maintain that dignity on a $1200 salary without straining it. D S No amount of agitation and condemnation would serve the public so well as does the revelation of ‘ras- cality which the gamblers and blacklegs of Tanforan are now making of themselves and of their methods. They have been | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1900. .’E‘R’N‘MM%S’BO@O Retie tielictis B eteN e NN ol BeRe NN MATTERS OF INTEREST TO CITY TAXPAYERS et etie oo et eN e Nl Rt N 90'5‘ o830 8ie oo 2020200 BeB oA e %e Kok e R AN NN RN eNN SN ern Pacific tracks in that district | was demonstrated yesterday by J. E. Foulds, attorney for the company, when | he informed the Mayor and the Supervis- | | | fought in the courts, | The ordinance directs the Board of Pub- lic Works to proceed on Monday next to | take up the tracks unless the railroad | company meanwhile files a written agree- | ment to do the work on its own account | at some time prior to August 1, 1901 | The Mayor asked Foulds if the com- | pany had decided to do anything in re- gard to the matter, and the latter re- | | plied that he was not prepared to sa | The Mayor suggested that the compans make some declaration of its intentimns to relieve the Mission of the rails at the special meeting of the board held last HAT the Mission residents will have | night. but Foulds a fight on their hands when the at- | h& tempt is made to remove the South- | | ors’ Street Committee that the ordinance | | passed one month ago providing for the | without a franchise, bu removal of the Mission tracks would be | hou; MISSION MUST FIGHT TO REMOVE TRACKS stated that he would is superiors. ,;mdpl"oulds. *“js that ve to report t “All T can say the Southern Pacific ('om‘p'nn;v' believes it has certain rights in equity in this mat- ter, and it will protect itself when the time comes. This protection will take the form of an injunction restraining the clty from destroving "“'}{,‘,’:323{,";,,?:: are charged with usi ng' A B e urchase and “c\ year 1866— Harrison ht up the rights by condemnation previcus to t a long before there was any street. “Our company with the city aut this order of the Superv reasonable demand. W the use of the tracks at some future time, but we do not care to be forced to do so within the short time allotted. “After our bay shore road has been built, which will be In about three years, we may want to use the Misslon tracks 2s an emergency line in cas - dn!?n :\n the main road. We certainly will take all necessary legal means to protect ourselves in the matter. has no desire to conflict horitles, but we consider rvisors to be an un- e will dlscontinue HGHTINGROR | REDUCED FARES ON CAR LINES Supervisors Question Cor- porations About Their . Finances. | — Representatives of the Lines Deny That 2 1-2 Cent Standing Rate ‘Will Prevent the Conges- tion of Traffic. | - SEESTR AR The Supervisors’ Street Committee met | vesterday morning for the purpose of | hearing evidence as to the financial con- | dition of the local street railway com- panies. - Each company had been fur- nished with a list of questions concerning | the receipts, profits and cost of its system, | | s0 as to determine if the proposed Maguire : ordinance for a 2'-cent fare is just and | equitable. Attorney Foulds of the Market-street | | system addressed the committee and said | that the questions could not be answered | in a short space of time. Some of them | | would have to be acted upon by the board | of directors. Some could not be answered | at all, and others would necessitate in- | vestigation. The company was desirous | of giving all the information possible. | Attorney Foulds said further that the | corperation had under consideration a number of plans for the solution of the problem of congested traffic on lower | Market street, and they would be sub- | mitted to the Board of Public Works in | | a short time. The plan of a loop under- | ground system and a larger turntable at | the ferries would be questions for engi- neers to determine. e proposition to | reduce fares was merely intended, Mr. | Foulds understood, to see if some means | could not be devised to prevent over- | | crowded cars, and the Market-street sys- | tem was more anxious than anybody else to relieve the situation. The plan of a 1oop may be feasible, and that and others would receive consideration from the di- | rectors, but it could not be done hurriedly. | The Mayor asked if there was any ob- jection to answering questions as to the | original cost, gross receipts and profits of | the road, and Foulds replied that such in- | formation would be hard to ascertain and | that it was impossible to answer the | questions offhand. | | "Secretary Clayton of the San Francisco and San Mateo road said that the system operated in two counties, and while he did not deny the right of ‘the Supervisors to make inquiries regarding the road in this_county, the board has no authority to deprive the road of its constitutional rights. “I do not think that this city possesses the power,” said Clayton, “to operate a treet railroad in two counties. 1 deem that the questions are directed in the line of investigation for public utilities. The facts and figures would be largely mat- ters of estimate. Because you have an | ax to grind with the Market-street road is no reason that our road should be crushed out of existence by a reduction in fares. It is impossible to carry a passenger_on a streetcar in this city for less than 5 cents."” The Mayor said that a 4 cent lar% would | benefit the people and build up the sub- urbs. He admitted the earnings might he réduced, but the company would have | iess taxes to pay, which would eq}allze‘ | matters. Clayton denied that the)city would benefit by a 4-cent fare. A reduced fare, he said, means the introduction of fmctional currency and a consequent re- duction in wages. ““The introduction of the dime in this city,” said Clayton, “lowered wages to meet the new conditions, and the city would suffer again on a penny basis. The Mayor asked if the road would pre- fer a commutation ticket to a cent standing fare, and Clayton replied that | the question was somewhat the same as asking a man whether he would rather be hit by an ax or a piledriver. Attorney Foulds agreed with Clayton that a 2%-cent standing fare would result in people permitting many cars to pass in OrcPer to board ul'ne that was full and so save the 2% cents. | E. C. Sessions suggested that to double the seating capacity of the cars might meet 1the requirements and stop over- crowding. Mr. C‘Fnyton interposed, saying double- deck cars could not be operated on_the steep grades in this city. Mr. Clayton supported the contention of Attorney Foulds that the questions submitted could not be answered without adequate time for investigation. | The Mayor finally suggested that the | Board of Supervisors hear the testimony of the railway officials in committee of the whole. T‘l"xls was agreed to and the date of the hearing was fixed for the evening of Thursday, May 17. The petition of Ann E. Reynolds for the removal of the tracks of the Presidio and Ferries road on Union street between Hyde and Larkin was postponed for fur- | ture investigation. George Newhall, presi- dent of the road, said that the company was willing to move the tracks, but the | fmprovements could not be undertaken until the agitation for reduced fares had been settled. If fares were reduced the company would not be able to do the work. FRANCHISE FOR THE SANTA FE SPUR LINE e An Ordinance Granting the Privilege Submitted to the City Attorney by Supervisors. The attorneys of the Santa Fe Railway Company submitted to the Supervisors® Street Committee yesterday the draft of an ordinance granting its branch system, ley road, the right to construct a double track on lllinois street, from Fourth street to First avenue South. The or- dinance will be submitted to the City At- torney for his opinion as to its validity, and will be acted upon as soon as the opinion is received. ‘The ordinance states that the franchise is granted upon the express conditions and repalr the street after it has been paved the rights granted shall cease. The construction of the tracks will be com- he passage pleted within two years from t of the ordinance, but the maintena a single track between the points men- tioned shall be deemed a sufficient com- pliance with the requirement of the or- dinance. ————————— SCHOOL BOARD PLACES | KILPATRICK ON TRIAL Evidence That Accused Principal In- | spired a Class to Rebel Against | Being Transferred. The Boaru of Education yesterday took up the charges against Principal E. C.| Kilpatrick of the Business Evening| School. Kilpatrick has been accused of inspiring the pupils of the High School | class of that institution to refuse to obey a resolution of the School Board, which ordered their transfer to the Humboldt Evening School in March, 1897, He is also | charged with having made false state- | ments against W. W. Davidson, a teacher in the school, and in having caused the transfer of Miss Dora Warshauer. Assistant City Attorney Brobeck cons ducted the case for the board and Robert Ashe appeared for Kilpatrick, who was present during the proceedings. The wit- | nesses examined were W preferred tife charges, and Thomas Smith, Clarence _Steinbach, ' Elmer Kraft and Heyman Pechner, who were pupils In the High School class when it was ordered transferred. Director Waller had asked the pupils to voice their choice of schools. Half of them chose the Humboldt and the other half the Business School. patrick had appealed to them to remain with his school, as he had worked hard for their welfare. Professor Davidson, W. 8. Herron, Miss A. Donovan and Miss Dora Kozminsky also gave evidence to the effect that Kil- atrick had cireulated charges against avidson without first reportipg them to the board. Kilpatrick had néver had a fire drill in the school and only one teach- ers' meeting had been held in one year. The board took the case under advise- ment. — e Refused a Fight Permit. The Supervisors’ Police Committee re- fused vesterday to recommend the appli- cation of the National Athletic Associa- tion for a permit to give a boxing exhi- bition next June. Manager Groom was informed that his-license had n re- voked by the Tax Collecior and that the Supervisors would decline to interfere until the matter had been adjusted. Groom sald he would take the matter to court. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. S. E. Chapman of Napa is at the Lick. Charles King, a cattle man of Hanford, is at the Lick. F. C. Grathwick, a merchant of Buffalo, is at the Palace. Samuel Tyac, a mine owner of Bodle, is a guest at the Lick. F. A. Wickersham, a banker of Peta- luma, is at the Lick. P. J. McCormick, a contractor of Los Angeles, is at the Lick. ! Dr. Thomas Flint and Mrs. Thomas | Flint Jr. of San Jose are at the Palace. Assemblyman Henry W. Miller and | wife are visiting the carnival at Sacra- mento. | J. C. W. Frishmuth, a leading merchant of Philadelphia, and his family are at the Palace. Commander George C. Reiter of the | new battleship Wisconsin is at the Occi- dental, after a trip of ten days to Port-| land. { G. McM. Ross, a mine superintendent of | Virginia City, fs at the Occidental with | his two daughters, Miss Ross and Miss | Etta B. Ross. Harry Burke, a popular Native Son and member of the Young Men's Institute, sailed yesterday on the Rio Janeiro for Hongkong, where he will take the posi- | tion of accountant in the offices of the Pacific Mail Company. He has been with the company only eight months, but his promotion has been very rapid. —_—————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 3.—J. A. Ward and wife of the Presidio and Oscar C. Mueller and wife of Los Angeles are at the St. James. George D. Gear, a Hono- lulu lawyer, called at the White House this morning to support Harold Sewall, formerly American Minister, and to op- pose Sanford Dole for the appointment as Governor of Hawali. ————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 3.—W. C. Ralston of San Francisco is at the Waldorf. Bruce Bonney of San Francisco is at the Wal- | dorf. S. Bly of San Francisco is at the Savoy. W. M. del Vel, wife and daughter, Savoy. W. M. del Vel, wife and daugh- ters, of San Francisco, are at the Hotel Cadillac. NOT PREMIUM COIN—C. S. J., West- side, Cal. A quarter-eagle of 1847, silver dollar of 1881, half-dollar of 1851 and dime of 1854 do not command premiums. EIGHT-HOUR LAW-—Subscriber, Og- den, Utah. The first eight-hour law passed by Congress is dated June 28, 1863, It applies to laberers, workmen and me- chanics employed by or on behalf of the United States. An act of A t compels contractors and sub-contrictors for the United States to observe the law in regard to laborers, workmen and me- chanics. The hours of clerks in the sev- eral departments are regulated by the the San Francisco and San Joaquin Val- | Necessities as laid down by the heads ot departments. CHINESE AND VOTING—Ignorance, Vallejo, Cal. A native of China of the Mongolian race cannot become a citizen of the United States, consequently he cannot vote. One born of Chi in the United States 1s a itizen of the United States and is entitled to all the g;escrlbe;!‘nhy the chl{ter. In addition e company agrees at any required to construct a drawbric the waterway known as Isi Creek proper to channel. The tracks on Illinois street.will | any style h:n l;nflw the hair that be laid in conformity with the st grades, and if the company time wnen | any other native born. e across | m reet | pleases ects for | no law l‘l’nt prescribes the attire or style rights and privileges that are accorded to Such izen wear whatever style of dr:-fl: ro- viding it is sex) or h&) it goes to vote, as there is a variod of three months to put in order | of hair for a voter. of a break- | nee of | | possible for :he city to get the benerits of They testified that School | NEW ELECTRIC LIHT SYSTEM FRTHECY | |Supervisors Consider Offer of Independent Power E Company. ; e — | Engineer Hunt Exlains the Electrical | Distributing System Which Will | Result in Competitive Bids for Public Lighting. PSSO The Board of Supervisors met last night to consider the lighting of public streets | and buildings by eclectricity. Supervisor Reed. chairman of the Committee on Pub- lic Utilities, presided ana explained the offer of the Independent fight and Power Company to construct a distributing elec- | trical tem for the sum of L said Reed, “will make it | competitive bids besides a better illumina- tion for less money than it costs at p ent. For that ason I have invited a number of representatives of the light com- panies to be present so that they may kncw just what they have to bid on waen the time comes, Gas Inspector Tupper stated that there are 4520 gas lamps used, and the rate for ts ‘a night for each lamp, amounting to $124.0 5 E 'y cents, $101,870, and ti for city Reed would_be reduced from | than 271z cents. stated that rice per lamp 1 cents to lesa 3 Under the tem pro- posed by General Manager A. M. Hunt of the Independent Company the public lighting would cost $151.58 3. Tupper said that the 1500 lights which Hunt had claimed would be sufficient to_light the city should be increased by 9, which would bring the cost to $191,558 50, or $40.- 0 more than Hunt's estimate. Hunt, argued that 1500 lights wers enough if they were placed in proper posi- tions. The system could be installed in wurkflis order in eight months. W. H. Summerhayes of the Mutual Company said his company owned 40 hnwpvei,‘ V. S. Brann, who | Poles, but did not know whether it would sell them to the city. Summerhayes | thought the plan of the city owning it8 own pole lines would be a losing invest- ment when the factors of Interest, taxes, wear and tear, depreciation and cost of r?aimenlncs were taken into considera- tion. | Auome{_ Bishop of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company sald that the | schemc centemplated would prove mors expensive thon the Supervisors thought. He pleaded fer a fuller investigation and asked that the practical men of his com- pany be allowed to give their views. “Hunt's plan,” said Bishop, “will not light the city as he proposes. You will find that it will take two or three times | as many Il%h!! to do the work properly. We have a large Investment at stake, and if you give us one month we will submit |a plan that will beat it four to one. At the request of Reed, who said that the Supervisors would be obliged to fix ! the budget of expenditures by the t | Monday in June, the company promised to have the plan ready on THurs even- |ing. May 17, when the Public Utilities e mmittee will mest. Reed stated that it is intended to appropriate the money for the distributing system out of the next tax levy. Chiet Electrician Hewitt said ft would require a fine line of poles if they were to be loaded wtih additional service. Hewitt | saw no practical objection to poles being owned by the city and rented to other con- | cerps, as the renting privileges would re- duce the cost of maintenance. Estimates Will Not Be Cut. The Supervisors’ Finance Committes met yesterday and listened to the peti- tions of Recorder Godchaux, the Election Commissioners and the Poundmaster that the sums named by Auditor Wells in his estimates for ymunicipal expenditures be not reduced. e committee decided to allow the figures to stand as the money will all be needed by the three depart- ments. The Fire Department estimate will also_be allowed in full and an ad- ditional 150 hydrants may be provided for. The Auditor had reduced the amount for the burial of the indigent dead from 35000 to $4300, but the committee saw no reason for the reduction and the original amount will be appropriated for that purpose. —_— e Appointed School Superintendent. Superintendent of Schools Webster ap- pointed Dr. W. B. Howard yesterday to bs one of his deputies. Dr. Howard is a grad- uate of medicine in the University of Cal- ifornia and an ex-principal of the Marys. ville High School. He was Superintend- ent of Schools in Stanislaus County for ten years. There remains now but ona vacancy among the deputies to be filled by Webster. —————— Cal. glace fruit S)c per ™ at Townsend's.* —_————— Special information supplied dally t3 business houses and pubiic men_by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Mont- gomerv street. Telephone Main 1042 * ——— Sues for Maintenance. Manuela Dobs filed suit yesterday against her husband, Frank Dobs, for maintenance. Plaintiff alleges that her husband deserted her over a year ago and :‘:;p‘c{l‘?tce refused to contribute toward her 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. Particulars at Santa Fe tickst office, 628 Market street. ———— Pipe Organ Recitals. The new pipe organ presented to the California-street Methodist Church by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bllsworth is now be- ing placed in position and will be opened by two free recitals next Monday and Tuesday evenings. ADVERTISEMENTS. Are they troubled with head- aches? Are the lessons hard for them to Jearn ? Are they pale, listless and indifferent ? Do they get thin and all run down toward spring ? If so, will do grand things for them. Tt keeps up che vital- ity, enriches the blood. strengthens mind and body. The buoyancy and activity of yoadh return. 3 od §. e, a) m, lCO‘l‘l”l‘ Eovn's'. Cl‘u- . Now Yok f