The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1900, Page 6

6 Che 1 HURSDAY ...MAY 24, 1900 HN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communicationsto W. S, LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, S. ¥. Telephone Main 1S5GS Main 1874, Stevenson ¢ EDITORIAL ROOMS.. Telephone Deltvered by Carriers, Cents Per Week. Single Copics, 5 Cents. Mail, Inclading Postage: ), one Terms b 1 year. CAIL CAL CAL y W anthorized ptions. arded when requested EF n All postmasters are bet: Sample ccples w OAKLAND OFFICE foreig (Long D! W COR YORK Unton Square; _Wellington Hote de=nt Open._x [ SALES. AUCTION age and Wa impelled by war against ican pos- 1dge and been envoys would untq t nalogue of our we were reiore the Go 1e world ich knows yod to be e to be so received Tt led to them because they are could the Ex- so to Sir Julian nistra g the representa- f the world” is it catch a ir national credit and injur the swelling industries of the people. may e presented no diplomatic te House or the State been received and treated f sense they know that re for them than it has. o win the sympathy of the Ip for their suffer by the get and should in abounding Brya disg v e es to make politics out local theosophist deplored the ely decline to cherish If that. lecturer knew lives of some of our public fe. not sadness, in ve been ind w that 3 par ted for per- r will case it is to be hoped the prose- ry in the 1 be thorough and reach all the parties con- h the gu ted wi e of the crimes “at ougit to be ve e argents has ambushed It begins to look as if the censors that the glorious ther band o American tr body of that report sent out by AT Was OVer was 2 ll";fit immature. e ) When General Roberts gets back to England he 1 be saved from one temptation which was too h for Dewey—he cannot be enticed to run for President. ...1118 Broadway | It is not a usual | And g to every man of sense. | \ SUBMIT PROOFS OR RETRACT. | ! i HE time has come for the Board of Heah‘.{ of | ‘ San Francisco to justify with proof the im- | | measurable evil it has worked upon this city by | ting the existence of bubonic plague in our midst, | or frankly and honestly seek, so far as it may by a con- | | fession of error based on suspicion, to undo the grave mischief which has been done not alone to San Fran- | | o but to the entire ate. The bubonic pl:lg_uc’ does not exist in San Francisco, and The Call defies | the members of the Board of Heaith to prove a sin- | ci gle authentic case in the city. This defiance is made | ¥ knowledge of the situation, after nd expert investigation of the whole de- | the Board of d pursued its which has now »m the moment Health made its baseless assertions a headlong, heedless and reckless polic ed untold harm, The Call has made diligent and mpetent inquiry of every phase of the scare, and to the Board of Health, as respon- als of San Francisco, to prove of a single ¢ of the plague in this city. ie members of the Board of Health are certainly conscious of their tremendous responsibility. They know that by their melodramatic operations and the | their idle they f the people of San Francisco, have | a mark of dread to other cities, have | merce, have struck a blow at the in- | entire State, which cannot be reme- 2d have placed upon us a burden of ion heavier perhaps than any which the city In justice to themselves, then, the it a proof it demands from and honest offi i resenc circulation of have ex- | rumors ries of the a year, | ever had to bear. members of the Board of Health must su | of a single of plague in this city or admit a lamentable error and strive to correct the evil which unfounded rumor, baseless ‘exaggeration and unwar- ranted assertions are making more serious every day e The newspapers in the interior of the State, blind I tal interests of the localities they are supposed » represent, are taking up the cry which the tongue raised. Absolutely without information and without a single demonstrated fact, these news- papers are accusing the press of San Francisco of uppressing the truth. The press of San Fra »pressed ndthing except the extravagant opera- ed Board of Health judgment, wi )y proofs nd n direful consequences, plunged to the fact which The Call now defies the When the Board of Health prove: ase of bubonic plague exists in The Call will publish the fact with every detai] that isco | 1 incompetent Phel, ¢t ) h r the a assertion of d to prove. i that a single c isco is nec ssary aper will not publish theories and opinions d injure the cit something which so se- This paper will not give cur- cy to the deadly child’s play of officials who have zation of their solemn obligations. This paper 11 not publish the facts of a burlesque quarantine which did nothing except to affright the people of sco and then to amuse them. The news- n the interior of the State should know that ing shameful condition of affairs was brought bout by the charge of the Board of Health that a Chinese, How Quan, living at 721 Clay street and ng from intermittent fever, was a victim of the pla The man is now recovered from his simple ailment and has resumed his ordinary occupa- tion. The facts in this case are beyond controvers; phy tificate that the disease was intermittent fever. Chine 1y e pers e exi The | cian who attended the Chinese has given his cer- | The | se has been interviewed by a representative of The Call, and the whole sensational, scandalous fabric | of the Board of Health has crumbled after an inves- | tigati Upon this incident alone the Health Board has reared its plague phantom. With craft rather than the board has called in-the Federal quaran- th a hope of shirking responsibility for unwarranted acts and diverting the censure which | 1 officials kuew they deserved. The Fed- | ers could not act until the local authorities | al action, and that official action was to declate that a Chinese suffering from intermittent feve these lo eral took isaw im of bubonic plague. he members of the Board of Health of San Fran- cisco are therefore rightly upon trial before the peo- ple of the city and of the State. They are called upon to justify their proceedings with a proof of what they charge. They are in duty bound to answer the ques- | tions which intelligence asks of them. Are you, Dr. J. M. Williamson, a ph ian of re- pute, ready to prove by scientific investigation that | there is a single case of bubonic plague in San Fran- | cisco? If you are The Call will publish every fact u prove. Are you ready to injure this city almost itreparably by insisting upon a course of sensational | | action 'which is absolutely unwarranted? Believing that the plague exists here, have you any justifica- | | tion as a physician and a public officer for the far- | cical quarantine which you have established on ? If you think that the people of the city are in aper? jeopardy, do you consider it just to subject them without bar or hindrance to the supposed infected Cistrict? Common jrstice demands your answers in ! the proof of a single case of the plague in this city. Can you, Dr. Louis Bazet, risk your professional standing in an attempt to prove that a single case of the dread disease is in San Francisco? If you can Tha Call will publish every detail of any proof you may As a physician, having the health of many people in your keeping, do you countenance calmly | the fact that their servants frequent the supposed in- iected district and may carry the disease to many homes? Do you believe that your assertion of a danger is compatible with your lethargy and cfiiciency to protect against it? | submit in- Dr. R. W. Baum, can you prove from personal investigation or competent scientific testimony { that San Francisco is afflicted with a solitary instance | of the plague? The Call defies you to do so, and will publish your proofs if you have any. i Will you, Dr. W. D. McCarthy, do more than your | associates on the board and prove that this city har- bors a case of the plague? You cannot do so, and your duty to the people of San Francisco demands ! that you strive to remedy the grave evil you have inflicted by your official action. Can you, Dr. V. P. Buckley, aid your official fel- | lows and prove what they cannot do? Can you do more than institute begus, burlesque quarantines and giye circulation to baseless and injurious rumors? The Call defies you to do so. And can you. Dr. Kinyoun, perform any greater service than the annikilation of a menagerie at your Federal quarantine stztion? The Call declares that you cannot prove that a single case of bubonic plague | exists in this city, and in justice to San Francisco and | to the State you and your associates should frankly | admit the fact. . Seyeral sections of the State complain of a lack of jabor to handle the fruit crop, but, while there is something of evil in such a situation, it is a great deal | better than that which prevailed under the Democratic | depression, when there were complaints everywhere J of a lack of work for those who needed it. | beg for a chance to participate in public affairs. | cide in the Senatorial election. THE COMING PRIMARIES. EPUBLICAN primaries will be held to elect R delegations to general conventions in which the State Committee to manage the approaching campaign will be chosen and candidates for Congress will be nominated. These primaries affect the party choice for nominees to 2" the legislative oftices, and their result will determiné the whole character and as- pect in which the Republican party of California will be presented to the people in this very important ar. The necessity for discharging their political duty | will therefore be apparent to all citizens who appre- ciate the need of Republican success and desire to avert the consequences of such a change as the suc- cess of Bryanism implies. The primary law extends to every citizen protection in his right to vote his choice at this first process in | Ii the character of the Re- | the line of party action. publican party suffer in the result, the fault will be with the decent citizens who wiil not take the time to discharge the simple duty of voting for decent dele- gates. The vile and offensive bosses are always alert to take advantage of the indifference of decency to | political results. If the party in this city shall appear to be led by two of the lowest bosses who have ever appeared in its politics, the fault will be with those/ who could have prevented it, but did not. When the party is reproached for being in the hands of two men of vicious life, with its plans discussed and or- dered from gin mills and the stews of the tenderloin, the indifference which permitted the reproach to be true will rise to the level of a crime against good government. In perfect frankness we are able to declare that less lame will attach to the offensive and disgusting bosses than to those who let them have their way hen their overthrow is easy. They appear only when and where an opportunity occurs by the re- fusal of members of the party to take the trouble to cherish its good name These bosses are wise in their way. When de- cency is embattled and in its strength refuses to give them quarter, they offer no fight. They keenly scent trouble in an awakened sentiment which refuses to submit to them, and go into secl: of their rum barrels and wait until the public con- science again becomes apathetic before exchanging the corkscrew and cards for the baton and badge of party dictators. The Republicars of the State have just seen the effect of permitting them to control a State conven- tion. True it had but one duty to perform, in the selection of a delegation to ratify a Presidential nomi- nation already made by the people. But what harm their primary could do is done, and the Republican party outside San Francisco still feels the pinch and is ruefully rubbing the mark that is leit. The people are not to be fooled. They cannot be driven nor coaxed into an unwilling fellowship with the low and bleary leadership that has recently left its slobber on the garments of California Republicanism. Those who keenly appreciate the. need of continued Repub- lican supremacy and who wince under the known ei- | fects of a change are apt, however, to shut their eyes to such consequences and use their ballots to punish the party if it seem incapable of taking its manage- ment out of hands that leave uncleanness upon every- thing they touch. It is a grave error to suppose that they must be counted as a means to party success. Their influence goes not an inch beyond the half criminal intrigues by which they get the influence to control results in their interest. Decent men, by banding together, can emancipate decency from going hat in hand to these bosses to De- cent men are vastly in the majority in the Republican party, and that majority should control it. We beg of the Republicans of this city to consider these things. If they take pride in the principles of their party, and believe their success to be vital, they must begin now to make such success sure. There is only one way to do this. Let lists of decent men be mads for decent men to vote for as delegates at the pri- | mary, and then support them to victory. The Call has not laid aside the harness in which it maintained a long battle for decency in the selection of a Senator. Success in that distinguished and pro- | longed action put strength in the loins of the party. We do not believe there is a true Republican in the State who does not feel that the party escaped sui- Then why should it now be permitted to decline from the high plane on which it stands and imperil its future by seeking in- spiration from the growler and refreshing itself for a great fight on heel taps? Prominent and representative leaders in local im- provement clubs have come to the conclusion that the only “work” performed by the Board of Public Works is in drawing ottrageously extravagant sala- ries. But critics should remember what a halo of distinction the board throws around the administra- tion of his Honor the Mayor. That ought to be work enough for anybody. The authorities at San Quentin have made the in- teresting discovery that “dope,” wrapped in news- papers, has been smuggled in to prisoners. It is bet- ter than an even wager that the journals were of the yellow variety and the convicts will probably ‘insist that the officers should not believe all they find in the newspapers. Orchardists in the neighborhood of Haywards are complaining that unless white workingmen become more numerous they will be forced to employ Japan- ese chattels. This ought to be the strongest sort of a hint to white men who want work. The little brown men are flooding the State with an unwelcome presence. eV According to the London Chronicle the number of “war books” made vp for the occasion has outrin the demand. One publisher is said to have been of- fered twenty-five of them in a single week. The mar- ket is glutted with that sort of stuff, and the hack writers will have to go to hacking at something else. SR Ignatius Donnelly has said that if the Lord had taken an inch off Bryan's jawbone and placed it be- tween his temples he might have been President of the United States, so it is clear the old fellow doesn’t always talk in cryptograms. LSRR 5 The “Democrats” in Havana have gone into the sulks on the very verge of a political campaign. They might learn wisdom from their American prototype, sulk as much as they please, but vote as often as safety will permit. The opposition to the renomination of Bryan has ceased even in New York, and the party is now get- ting ready for the national convention with all the quietness of a funeral procession, Christian scientists at Topeka have sent another enthusiastic devotee to an early death. Christian science must carry with it the inevitable association | of an early death. sion in the shadow | | | i | work is done by the natives, negroes, of | | The Union Jack in danger’s bour THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900. MY BRAVE SEX Mrs. Fischer, Wife of the Peace Com- missioner, Tells of Life in the Trans- vaal, G CHARMING li..le woman, clever and observant, and gifted with much personal magnetism, is Mrs. Abraham Fischer, wife of one of the delegates from the Orange Free State. While the delegates have busied themselves with conferences from early morning until midnight Mrs. Fisch- er has been quite as busily engaged with new-found friends. She has been enter- tained at teas and luncheons and Is en- joying her first experience in a far-off country, while she, as well as her hus- band and his associates, find warm sym- pathy for their cause. The Boer peace delegates are making preparations to visit some of the most important cities of this country. Mrs. Fischer, who is a Scotch woman, recently chatted with a newspaper man about life in the Orange Free State dur- ing the war. She said first that many storles sent out - from English sources were wholly false. “It was outrageous that report which was sent out a while ago that women were being enlisted into the Boer army, or would be. They would go willingly. but their services would not be accepted. The Boers are not barbarians to send women into war. If some few have been found it is because they were disgulsed as men, and thus entered the ranks. “It would be easfer for them if they might fight. As it is, they stay home try- ing to keep the great farms running that the country may not be devastated, and | it is heartbreaking work. Our farms cover large tracts of country, and the whom there are always many, al nre_lr:‘lmcull ti) manage. ““They are lazy an the management of a man to keep them going; but there is many a plucky Boer woman quite alone in her home looklnfi after a ?orce which before the war tool all the time of her husband and so nd !hey; ‘shiftless and need D R e I I . J MRS. ABRAHAM FISCHER. Pod>ededeieiesese® ife is hard,” she continued. “Our women struggle with the fortitude of heroines. They never despair. Our men are fighting for their homes, and right must triumph in the end. “Here we want to enlist the sympathies B e S DEVOTED TO THE BOER CAUSE. Our African War Is Terrible, but It Is the Women Who Have the Hardest Pal merican Government; if we could gl’\l‘)pfinAthm our cause would be won, for all Europe would follow America’s ex- ample. “We do not want America to fight—that is not necessary. A mere declaration of sympathy would be sufficilent to throw e Balance of favor our way. Europe ls afrald to be the first. but America is a powertul ally, whose support would bring others. We want the help of the Ame‘:]- can women to bring that about. e women of other countries hear that those here are powerful. If ever their help was needed it is now, and we South African women are putting our faith in them. ““We find here such sympami‘rmm indt- viduals that it makes us very happy. The weeks before our coming here have been so hard and trying that we are appreciat- ive of joy.” Mr. and Mrs. Fischer left their home at Bloemfontein ten days before the arrival of General Roberts. = Mrs. Fischer said further: “We put our things into warehouses quite in method- ical fashion, but it was terribly hard and depressing to handle the thin had made my home for nearly 3 | years and not know when, if ever, I should have them again. I have two sons (one of them is commando now in the Boer | army), and there were things they had | used and played with all their lives, to be sent away. Many a woman in Bloemfontein went through the same thing in those days, but | we tried very hard to be hopeful | trust in_the time when we should come | back. We did not believe that the British would wantonly injure our houses, but | we do not like now to think of the changes which must always be made in war.” One of Mrs. Fischer's sons is fighting | with the Boer army; the other is at Cam- bridge, England, studying law. Mrs, | Fischer said that the boy in England was | treated with great consideration by his | fellow-students, although he was anxious i to return home to fight.—Exchange. MAY 24, 1900. ROM every land, o'er every sea, Thy loyal sons on this great day Will sing in noble praise of thee, And join rejoicing in lhe_}ny. “God save the Queen! No land too small, no sea too wide To hold some grateful heart and trus That swells in this glad hour with pride To send this hyma the whole world through “God save the Queen:” In tropic heat, in arctic cold, On snowclad peak or sunny plain, | Thy flag will proudly be unroll'd And millions echo this refrain, “God save the Queen!” 1 And we who far from England rest Secure beneath “Old Glory's” wing, Would fain our birthday wish attest And with our countless brethren sing, “God save the Queen!” For we have wept for those brave boys Of thine who've fallen in the fight And now with thee our hearts rejoice To see the triumph of the right, “God save the Queen!” Beside the Stars and Stripes unfurled, And now we hall thy gracious power And proudly sing before the world, “God save the Queen! | Where e'er we go we find the name, Victoria, blessed and loved by all | Who honor worth, and truth acclaim So Lord Almighty, hear this call, “God save the Queen!” CHARLES U. MARTIN, Belvedere. PERSONAL MENTION. T. L. Read of Readley is at the Grand. Judge J. W. Hughes of Sacramento is a guest at the Lick. Dr. W. A. Brewer of San Mated Is a guest at the Palace. C. B. Jilson, the well man, is at the Grand. James Seadler, the architect, of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. L. T. Hatfleld, a lawyer of Sacramento, is stopping at the Lick. E. 8. Churchill, a banker of Napa, is registered at the Palace. T. J. Field, a well-known banker of Monterey, is at the Palace. G. E. 8tickle, a mining man of Angels Camp, is staying at the Lick. 3 T. G. Lambert, a business man of Mon- terey, is stopping at the Russ. W. H. Perry, a lumber merchant of Los Angeles, registered at the Lick. W. E. Gerber, a well-known merchant of Sacramento, is at the Palace. C. B. Luff, a prominent merchant of Petaluma, is a guest at the Lick. J. S. Windell, a well-known mining man of Grass Valley, Is at the Palace. Hon. A. P. Catlin, a well-known attor- ney of Sacramento, is at the Lick. F. D. Chamberlain, general superintend- ent of the Pullman Palace Car Company, is a guest at the Palace. Alfred Lawrence, proprietor of the Aus- tralian Brewers' Journal and Wine Trade Revlew, is a guest at the Occidental. §. N. Griffith, who is largely interested in ofl in the south, arrived from Fresno vesterday and registered at the Occiden- tal. ¥. Chambers, general freight agent of the Santa Fe at Los Angeles, and John J. Byrne, general passenger agent, are registered at the Palace. John Schumacher, one of the most pop- ular rallroad men in the State, came up from Los Angeles yesterday and will be here for a few days. He Is stopping at the Palace. Willlam McMurray, head of the new information bureau of the Southern Pa- cifie, reports that this year the heaviest travel to the Yosemite has been experi- enced since the park became popular. On Friday afternoon about sixty prom- inent local business men will go on an excursion to Carters, in Tuolumne County, to visit the big, new sawmill of the West Side Flume and Lumber Com- pany. A general gala time has been pre- pared. for. The party will leave Oakland Friday afternoon in a special train of Pullmans and return here on Sunday. ———————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 23.--John Marsh of San Francisco is at the Savoy; Colonel J. B. Stemback of San Francisco is at the Imperial; Mrs. Fred Grant of San Diego is at the Manhattan. : —_—— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 23.—U. 8. Grant of California arrived here to-day; M. T. Baird and €. J. Wilder of San Francisco are at the shonIan: ‘W. A. Doyle of San Francisco is at the Arlington, 8. B. Cam- well and wife of San Francisco, W. 'B Caberly of Los Angeles, are at the Re- gent. Kentucky Inspiration. “I suppose you see some funny things known mining about here?” said the visitor to ara. Indeed we do,” replied the guide; ‘‘wh. only yesterday there was a_Kentuck: colonel here, and as soon as he saw the rapids he wanted to shoot ’em.”—Yonkers Statesman. SGT. MARTIN'S ANSWER. The Call does not hold itself responsible for the opinfons published In this column, but presents them for whatever value they may bave as communications of general Interest. Editor The Call—Sir: I wish to contra- dict the incorrect statement which ap- peared in one of the morning papers un- der date of May 21, regarding the senti- ments of the soldiers at the Presidlo as the result of what ensued last Friday (18), during the attempted escape of gen- eral prisoners who were under my charge. I do not believe that there is a single instance where a thought is entertained of avenging wrongs said by some irre- | sponsible person to be felt because of the action I took In performing my duty. That duty is well known by every soldier to have been carnestly demanded from Alcatraz to such an cxtent as to make the task of guarding military convicts very difficult and undesirable. ent myself, all responsibility involved on 1t 1 give the greatest credit to the who were with me for the excel- lent work which they executed on incon- | cefvably short notice. | 1 am sure that this affair has the ap- proval of all who do ghard at the Pre- | sidio, and all of whom, should they fail under similar circumstances to render proper service, would be threatened im- mediately with a general court-martial. I trust that this may réceive your con- sideration and be inserted at the earliest Opportunity, as it will be sanctioned by all soldiers and thus will justly defeat the theory of ‘‘boycotting” "so erroneously published. Yours respectfully, T > 8. M T Sergeant Troop G, Sixth Cavalry. Presidio, S8an Franci: y 22, by e Lo ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. LIVE IN N K—S. A. 8, San Rafael, Cal. John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie are residents of New York. Tl BODIES ON SHIPBOARD-J. H. 8, City. How long the body of an individual dying on a steamer is kept depends upon the circumstances. In some cases the As I was pres- | body is embalmed and kept until the v | sel reaches its destination; in other cases | it may be consigned to the waves a few hours after death. | A GOLD DOLLAR—B. | Rosa, Cal. A gold dollar { fect conditlon commands |15 cents. J. C., Santa of 1554 in per- a premium of THE BEST MAN—Marie, City. Generally an unmarried man is selected to act as | “best man” at a wedding, but a_married man can without impropriety fill that | function. TAX ON GOLD—W. J. S, City. In 1809 the gro: yield of gold from mynpachts in the Transvaal was subjected to a tax ? 2.5 per cent, and on gold other than | from mynpachts the tax was 5 per cent. | SELF-FILLING BUCKETS—W. N. D., Pinole, Cal. There are self-filling buckets | or grabs for discharging coal at the bunk- | ers on the Oakland mole and such have | been in use since November, 1504 | THE LATE GENERAL LAWTON-T. | B., Benicia, Cal. When the late General | Lawton stated that he had a desire to go to South Africa it was his intention to re- sign from the army and enter the Boer army, because there was fighting there. THE MINIMUM FARE-C. V., City. Children under five years of age are not charged fare on the Oakland ferries when | accompanied by parents . or guardians. Children_over that age pdy fuil fare. 10 cents, which is the minimum rate. When the single fare was 15 cents children of a | certain age above five were charged half- | fare. C: i . glace fruit 50c per Ib atTownsend's.® } | Special information supplied dafly to | business hquses and public men by th Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mon gomery street. Telephone Main 1043 * } | Miss Daisy Putter—I suppose we must | stop playing golf on Sundays now that we | have a clergyman in the club. Dick Whittington—Oh, no; there is room for all.—Life. § Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, the cele- brated appetizer and Invigorator of the digest- ive organs, is now used all over the world. —————————— Mrs. Stubb—John, I believe there is a robber in the cellar. Mr. Stubb—Nonsense, Maria; there Is nothing down_there except the gas me- ter.—Chicago News. H SUNDAY CALL LEADS THEM ALL. ¢ EVOLUTION OF THE YACHT. Told b! an expert yachtsman, "OUR SOCIETY WOMEN AND THEIR FADS. THE CALIFORNIA HORSE. His many ny types from * Cayuse” ghbred. WILL THE BOERS, DEFEATED, «TREK” TO G*RMAN SOUTH AFRICA ? | TYPICAL SKETCHES BY THE COW-PUNCHER ARTIST. Life in Old Mexi i . hy';m-mdbyaew Exciting nor&:i THE MASSACRE OF TAWI TAWL Thrilling story of how American soldiers were slaughtered. OW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM A FOOTPAD. RUSHING >’ THE FRESHMEN AT STANFORD. the pranks played upen new students. OLD PARIS” AT THE EXPOSITION. By The Sundzy Call's special correspon~ dent, Genevieve Green.