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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1900. CThe FRIDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Froprictor. A A A i 2dd-ess All Communica ions to W. S. LEAKE, Mana PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third. Telephone Main IS6S. EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevenson st Telephone Main 1574. Delivered by Carrfers, 15 Cents Per Week. single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, including Postage: DAILY CALL one year. $6.00 DAILY CALL . & monthe. 1% DAILY CALL (inciuding S L5 DAILY CALL—By Stingle = SUNDAY CALL One Year.. 1% WEEKLY CALL One Yeer ANl postmasters are aut! recelve Bample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE. ..1118 Broadway C GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Buiding, Chicago. (ong Distance Telephone ~‘Central 2613.°°) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: & C. C. CARLTON.... ... Heraid Square REPRESENTATIVE: NEW YORK STEPHEN B. SMITH 0 Tribune Building CHICAGO NEWS STAN Eherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fre: House: Auditorium Hotel NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, Murray Hill Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFI MORTON E. CRA BRANCH OFFICES 527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open 2 o'clock. 300 Hayes. open until 9:30 o'clock. &3 eter, open until $:30 o'cl €15 Larkin, x 110 o'c) nth, open um! 1096 Valencla, © unttl § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, cpen untfl 8 o'clock. NW cor- ner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until § ¢ clock 5l Union Square; ...Wellington Hote Correspondent and Eddy streets—Specl: ster—Vaudeville every after AUCTION SALES. s day, at 1732 Market str A has ever been a land of the mysterious. I le a like the ocean, incessantly In ing may happen except g moment incomprehensible king plan ranged from age to age at this a ways. tion of C Ch id there comes v fre 15 10 sweep away of things and leave behind it an em for diplomats to deal with. 2 short time ago the “Boxers” were described turbulent b a force which, roll forward in the sea, threat y new prot and of fanatics roused to what tred of they call “foreign devils ttle later it was announced that the band 1e dangerc and might cause disturbance r two seaports ow it has grown to be an vement. It is no longer an insurrection. It on. It menaces not only seaports, but the not only foreigners, but the Government osed to have the sympathy of the Chinese Nor is that all—the final Asiatic characteristic T n by the report that the m- e of the rebels and is aiding them in sustained by the army and counte- v the sovereign would be something extra- or y in Europe, but it is not notably strange in Asia. In fa the career of the Boxers thus far has not been so remarkable as the career of the Empress ct, herseli. That little cld woman called the Dowager Tsi An is in many respects the mo®& wonderful crea- ture now living, and she is quite capable of organizing a revolt against her Government for the purpose of getting control of a power which will enable her o alter the Government and remake it nearer to her de- sire. It is upward of forty years since the Empress first became n ed for her talent for court intrigue and feared in Chinese politics. "It is said she ally a slave girl and that her early suc- cesses were due to her skill in dancing and singing. Once in an assured position, however, she proved herseli able to make others dance and sing to what tune che pleased. Her diplomacy has shifted and changed with the exigencies of the time, but on the whole she is regarded as the strongest foe of reform in China, thoroughly devoted to the ancient civiliza- tion and a bitter opponent of anything in the way of foreign influence. When she has been compelled by necessity to favor one or the other of the rival powers secking advantage in China it is said she has inva- riably inclined to Russia. but in the main she has fought for her own hand, and Russia would have nothing to hope for if she had her way. It is against a Government headed by such a woman, but largely controlled by persons adverse to her pretensions, the Boxers are directing their re- volt. There is therefore nothing incredible in the re- port that the Empress gives them countenance. Asia is simply working out one more mystery, and the nations which have supposed they could deal with China 2t their leisure may find action precipitated upon them before the roses of the coming June fade in the gardens. SNpTR— It certainly was unkind of the footpad, who returned his victim’s watch, to say that the police ply the same interesting trade in which he modestly admits success, Any one of thousands of pedestrians can testify that the police are not in evidence on the streets after the lights go out. e It may never be necessary to burn any considerable part of Chinatown to clean the plague spot, but it is comfortable to remember that if nothing else prove effective that will. The street-car strike has given the people of St. Louis one advantage—they will not fave to go out of | | tions than Bryan, for example? town to get pedestrian exercise by way of a holiday. It looks as if Oom Paul had decided to adopt Aguinaldo tactics and live to fight another day, ! do they afford any gro tine against San Fr. trade and business |it was on Seventeenth street. CHINATOWN AND THE CHANCES. R. SHRADY in defining the situation in re- D spect to bubonic plague in Chinatown, and pointing out the lesson to be learned irom it, d in his signed statement published in The Call yesterday: “The few cases which have already occurred, s adding to the ordinary mortality statis- tics, are of comparatively trivial moment in them- selves. We are simply called to count chances for the future.” v The two propositions in that statement should be noted with equal care by the people. In the first place let it be impressed upon all that the sporadic i the piague which have been discovered do not fy a panic or even alarm; still less ds for establishing a quaran- co, or for doing any injury to The only effect which these cases should have upon the public mind is that of arousing a determination on the part of the people pal authorities to clean out Chinatown any and the mu and con he Chinese to obey the sanitary regula- tions of t We are upon to count chances for the future. In mak that count no one who has even such a knowledge of Chinatown as can be obtained by look- | at it from the streets that pass through it can fail | ing to perceive that the count will show more chances ainst the health of the city than for it so long as the present conditions prevail. Where a few cases of bubonic plague have occurred the chances are that r; where that pestilence breaks out T have their here there are filth and vice, ignorance and od, vile habits and customs of more may th nces are other pestilences source. \ superstition, rotten utter abomination there are more chances of* disease o than of health. i the odds a; The outer aspect of Chinatown, however, gives but ght knowledge of the foulness within the build- h the ground. As under the base- ments of the houses there are cellars, and below the cellars still deeper depths of dismal burrows, so be- vard dirt and grime of the place and the wing of vice and degradation there able in the Eng- tid tunnels and passages there ntial that an opening into is regarded as a venti- ainst us can be neither denied nor and ben neath the manifest s are deeps of In the s so pest rs of the ¢ g but the smell of burning punk sticks e the atmosphere, and t pervades it prevents the air irom 1 who breathe it. t, occupying the very heart of the from the residences of les even Chinese to tole ly the smoke tl haling death tc Over that dis nillionaires slopi on Ke: and Mon slum from whose emanations there is hardly any es- Over it the fire and the sanitary regulations of Isewhere the ordinances pro- plumbing, pure air, clean- nst fire are enforced. In gomery streets, Chinatown forms cape. the city are unknown. 1g for proper s iness and protection Chinatown they are not enforced now nor have they ever been enforced. So far as sanitary laws are con- cerned . this central spot in San Francisco might as f well be in China its The issue before us is that of cleaning out China- town and keeping it clean. If that can be achieved in a thorough manner without ng to radical measures, let it be so: but whatever is done should be The health authorities should overhaul resort thorough. g d passages, and then give notice to the owner that unti] the building has been disinfected and re- arranged in accord with the sanitary laws of the city no tenant will be permitted to occupy it. of San Francisco is it more imperative that the health and fire ordinances should be enforced than in this district, where they have been wholly ignored. In that respect there must be a radical change in the | policy of the administration of the city. The appear- ance cases of bubonic plague is, as Dr. Shrady says, “of little moment” in itself. but we are now counting chances for the future and we cannot afford to take @ny such hazard as that which is con- tained in Chinatown under its present conditions. of a few leasant to learn’that the Germans do not like the plan of retaliation proposed in Congress 2 means of getting even with the German meat bill. Tt was just for the purpose of displeasing them that the plan was devised as a SOME CEL]GlNG PéLITIClANS. 1 ASHINGTON people, according to a° New \)\/ York visitor to the capital, are notable for their courtesy and for their ignorance. Everybody in the city, he says, is polite and obliging, but in- asmuch as they know nothing accurately and are too lazy to learn it, the politeness is-not only inefficient, but is more harmful than helpful. Any one in Wash= and courteously answer your questions and give you directions to any place vou wish to go, but they never direct you rightly. As an illustration of these characteristics of the peo- ple he tells this story: “The evening of the day I landed in Washington I was standing by the Arling- ton Hotel when a gentleman, evidently a stranger, came dashing up in 2 tremendous hurry. He hailed one of the cabmen and asked where the Public Li- brary was. Did the cabman hesitate? Not for a mo- ment. terfield, he pointed up the street and told the man that And he, poor devil! went running up the street so fast that he didn’t hear me as | yelled after him that it was away down be- low Fourteenth street, in exactly the opposite direc- tion. I went up to the cabman and said: ‘Why did you say that? You don’t know where the Public Li- brary is, do you? He was unmoved. ‘Well, sah,” he returned, in the gentle Washington voice, ‘I can't say as 1 do know, exactly, but the gentleman seemed so anxious T didn’t want to disappoint him.’” The discovery of these traits almost universally among the residents of the national capital is interest- ing. It furnishes one of the best illustrations on record of the influence of statesmen upon those among whom they live. For years the American politician has been noted for his willingness to give advice, counsel and direction upon any subject un- der the sun witha‘u{ knowing anything about it. When the public shows itself anxious for information the statesman will not disappoint him. Thus at this moment we are being politely informed how to deal with the Philippines, how to regulate trusts, how to interfere in the South African war, and how to con- trol railroads. by courteous orators who know no more about any of those things than the Washing- ton cab-driver knew about the location of the Public Library. What polite bug inefficient cab-driver in Washing- ton or elsewhere was ever more ready to give direc- In what direction ington, he says, will stop does any class of American people wish to go, but what some obliging politician is ready to point out the way, merely to avoid disappointing the anxious? In counting for the future that much | Hill ro the great avenues of trade on | In no part | Touching his hat with the suavity of a Ches- | In every part of the United States such advisers are common, but fortunately they do not congregate anywhere except at the national capital. The Wash- condemned for their polite inefficiency. It is their misfortune, not their fault, and it should be remen: | bered they acquired the habit from statesmen electe | | from the country at large. A Democratic candidate for the office of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in Missouri is said to I'be making his campaign by singing coon songs in- a way of dodging the calamity platform in a year of | prosperity as any that could be devised. THE MONUMENT AT FNTIETAM. HEN the historian of the future appraises the Wstatcsmanship of the leaders of this generation it is probable he will give the highest place to those who by their work and by their words so directed legislation and molded public opinion that all feelings of animosity between the contending forces of the Civil War passed away within the lifetime of | the men that fought it. When it is recalled how prone the human heart is to cherish bitter memories, how casily passions are aroused and how difficult it is for the kindly voices of peace and good will to get a hear- {ing amid the strifes and antagonisms of the world, it will be conceded that those who preached peace in the North and in the South merit the gratitude of the people, and praise at least as high as that given to any other measure of statecrait in our time. It is a matter of gratification that among the leaders | who were influential in bringing about the era of good feeling were men of both sections and of all parties. General Grant set the hearts of Northern men to beating in the right way to the right senti- ment in his famous declaration, “Let us have peace.” Charles Sumner, with less tact and sagacity, but with an equal earnestness, sought to achieve the same end when he proposed to have the name of battles in the Civil War erased from the national standards. That movement on the part of the Senator from Massachnu- setts is a curious illustration of how little human na- ture is regulated by logic. Sumner believed, and logically he was right. that there could be no genuine reconciliation between the North' and the South un- | event has proved that battle memories have been mors potent in restoring unity of sentiment to the men of | the rival hosts than anything else. In no single in- | such demonstrations of friendliness among the vet- erans of the biue and the gray as have occurred at gatherings upon famous battlefields. The process of reconciliation ha- gone on by de- grees, slow at first, but now following one another rapidly. It is only a few years ago that a proposal to | return the battle flags of the Southern States was re- ceived in the North with an outburst of indignation, | but recently the same proposal has been put forth again, and received this time if not with approval at least with something very different from anger. The change in public sentiment on that point is significant | of the recent growth of liberality on both sides, and | serves as a measure for estimating the swiftness with which the old-time animosity is dying out. Perhaps the most notable illustration of the pres- ent sentiment Qf the people on the subject is that which was afforded by the dedication on Memorial | ory of those who died for the South as well as for | those who died for the North. The significance of such a monument was made the more impressive by | the presence during the ceremonies of the President of the United States, himseli a soldier in the Union | army during the battle. The country has read with full approval his short speech, and the people share with him the gladness which he expressed in the words: “I am glad to preside over a nation of 80,000,- 000 people more united than they have ever been. The achievements of that war are the heritage of those who failed and those who prevailed. When we went the men of the North in bravery. Together the men { of the North and the South are standing to-day for the flag that we love and which proudly waves over us all” About the only interest people take in Towne’s ! position as candidate for Vice President on the Bryan ticket is to see whether he will take the toboggan slide gracefully aqr get off like a man who has stepped on a banana-peel. OLEOMARGARINE AND BUTTER. ECRETARY GAGE, in response to a request S from the House- of Representatives, recently submitted to that body a report of the Com- miissioner of Internal Revenue concerning the nature | and comparative quantities of ingredients that enter into the composition of oleomargarine. The state- ment gives the materials used for that purpose dur- ing the year ending June 30, 1890, as follows: Materials, Pounds. Per cent. i Neutral lard. 81,207,251 3427 Olea oil 24.401.76% 26.82 Cottonsee 477 Sesame . 0.53 Coloring matter. 148.970 0.15 Sugar .. 110,164 0.12 Glyeerin 8,963 0.01 Stearine 0.007 Glucose . 0.603 Milk . 15.55 { Salt 6.773.670 742 Butter oil. 4,342,904 4.7 Butter .... - 1,568,319 172 Cream .... <5 3,527,410 3.56 + Totals . e 91,322,260 100.00 The dairymen are said to be not entirely satisfied with the report because it does not show the quan- tities and kinds of chemicals used in coloring ani flavoring the product so as to make it resemble but- ter. It has been explained, however, that if chemi- ployed in the préparation of the ingredients, and are therefore really included in the table given. Secretary Knight of the Dairymen’s Union is re- ported by the Philadelphia Record to have calculated the cost of the material given in the report and con- cluded that oleomargarine can be produced at the factory at a little less than eight cents a pound. If that be correct there is a big profit in selling it under the name of butter at butter prices. While the list of ingredients shows that no in- jurious substances are used in the composition of cleomargarine, it is evident an injustice is done when it is marketed as butter. No article should be per- mitted to be sold under a false label. There are many worse frauds in the way of foodstuffs than oleomar- garine, but even that plea is no defense for the wrong done to the dairymen when it is passed off upon the public as gennine butter. g e ey T e e Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia has | joined the First Regiment of Footguards as a private in the ranks, but woe be to the officer above him who treats him as a soldier instead of a Prince. stead of making speeches, and perhaps that is as good | til the battles between them were forgotten, but the | stance have there been undeér other conditions any | every building in the district, close up all the under- | day of a monument at Antietam erected to the mem- | to war two years ago the men of the South vied with | cals are used, as the dairymen assert, they are em- | ington people, therefore, are to be pitied rather than | PERSONAL MENTION. —— Governor Henry T. Gage is at the Pal- | ace. | The Rev. P. L. C. Hansen of Portland is *t the Lick. “aptain J. H. Roberts of Sacramento is at the Grand. 3 J. H. Batcher, an attorney mento, is at the Grand. The Rev. A. H. Jensen of Ferndale, Cal., is stopping at the Lick. George H. Stewart, a merchant of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. J. H. de Saria and wife of the City of Mexico are guests at the Occidental. Arthur L. Levinsky, an attorney and politiclan of Stockton, is stopping at the Palace. Colonel F. Bridgman, a retired officer in the United States army, is registered at the Occlidental. J. H. Lanagan, a mining man of Den- ver, accompanied by his wife and son, Is a gvest at the Occldental. William A. Pinkerton, the head of the Chicago detective agency of that name, is at the Palace on his semi-annual visit. Colonel T. McGregor of the Ninth Cav- alry. a noted Indian fighter, 1s in the city | on a short leave of absence. He will re- | ! main here about a month. Fred A. Kribs and C. A. Smith, capital- ists of Minneapolis, are stopping at the Occidental. They are visiting this city to confer with coast mining men. | J. C. Stubbs and Willlam F. Herrin will leave for New York this evening. They | will attend the session of the Railroad | | Commission in Washington and present | the Southern Pacific’s side in the case of | the orange-growers agalnst the railroad | companies. | ——— | CALTFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘\ WASHINGTON, May 3L—Miss L. J. | Fairchlld, Miss Gertle Hatch and Miss | Mabel Bottfried of Los Angeles are at the Shoreham; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hun- saker of Los Angeles are at the Raleigh; G. C. Earl of San Francisco is at the | Arlington; A. G. Towne of San Francisco |is at the Raleigh. | —_————— | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | NEW YORK, May 3L—F. A. West of | San Francisco is at the Holland. Claus | reckels of San Francisco Is at the Fifth enue. 8. D. Lucas of Los Angeles is at | the Hoffman. AROUND THE CORRIDORS, of Sacra- BODCHONGHON S AL CD i | <‘ R R L R T I Ty AT GOODWIN, now playing at the Columbia Theater in “When We Were Fwenty-one,” was in story- telling mood the night of his ar- | rival, and for two qr three hours after the show he helped drive dull care out of the heads of a half dozen men gathered about the round table in a corner of the Palace | bar. One of the many webs of mirth | which he spun goes as follows: “You know that occasfonally I gamble— Just by way of recreation—stocks, horses, prizefights, and even a bit on the green cloth. ‘A few days before I left New York on my present tour I called upon a friend, | a stock broker, to watch the ticker and | the tape, for I have been interested at | varfous times of my life in e and to-| bacco—in the days before the trusts. | Alongside of me sat a tall, uncouth fel- low, with the burrs buried so deeply in | his hair that they clung to his scalp. ‘A | piker.’ sald I to myself, and every time | | that machine ticked he would growl au- | dibly but indistinctly. The ticks on my | machine were none too rhythmic and joy- | provoking, and I lost patience, so, squar- ing my shoulders and sticking out my | front, I walked up to him and sald: | | " 'Say, can’t vou keep quiet? Be glad. | You're only a piker. If you can't stand | the strain, why, quit it. How much have | you lost—$57" : “ ‘Weil, T guess you're right,’ came the slow, painful, drawling response. ‘I think I will quit for to-day. I'm a farmer, and I guess I'd better go back to my | ranch. It's a good ome, too, and I can | make more money that way than hanging | over this darned thing. I've lost $350,000 | to-day, and it sort of pinches.’ “‘Well,” continued the comedian, “I| turned on my heels and went away. Guess | T was the piker.” —_———— Chinese Returns From the Dead. Bernard Stahl, the well-knéwn New | York ' cigar manufacturer, while in this | city recently outfitting the ill-fated La- tuya Bay mining expedition, in which he was heavily Interested,told of a remarkable accident he witnessed while crossing the Pacific in the old side-wheel steamship Niantic in 1874. He was just fresh from | school at the time and had accepted the invitation of a young Japanese of good family who had been his classmate to re- turn with him to Japan for a visit of SpV- eral months. Incidentally it might be stated that three days after their arrival in Japan the Jap borrowed Stahl's pistol ;and blew his own brzins out because his sweetheart had forgotten him during his absence and had married another fellow. But that is another story. | It was on the outward voyage that the | incident happened that Mr. Stahl related | to a group of friends at the Palace one evening. It appears that the Niantic ran | into a big storm that amounted almost to | a hurricane. During the worst part of | the blow a Chinese sailor, who was at| work on the fore mainsail yard, was| wrenched from his perch and thrown | headlong into the sea, just ahead of the | port paddle box. The sea was too rough | to put down a boat. As nothing was seen | of the Chinese after he struck the water, | he was given up as lost, and a note to that | effect was entered in the log. It was sev- | eral hours before the storm subsided and | the ship put on her course. Then the | chief engineer ordered the paddle boxes | opened to see if any damage was done. Imagine the astonishment of the oflers when they found the unfortunate sailor's | body in the port paddle box, lying limp across a_timber just out of reach of the wheel. The body was dragged out and turned over to the surgeon, who soon ! found that the man was only stunned and | had sustained no serious injury. When | on the following day the sailor was put back to work among his fellows they re- fused to associate with him, claiming that | he was a spirit returned from the dead. ! Mr. Stahl vouches for the truth of this strange story and refers to Captain How- ard, now superintendent of the Oceanic | Steamship Companv. but then master of tne Niantle, for verification. Captain Howard says that he has a vague recol- lection of such an incident, but cannot cay certainly, as in those davs there were | =0 many strange things and he had so much else to think about that he did not | tax his. mind to remember stories of Chinamen. ———————— Hermann's Sons’ Picnic. The local lodges of the German Order of Hermann's Sons are, through their sev- eral committees, making arrangements for an excursion and picnic at Sunset Park next Sunday. As this will be in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary | of the foundation of the order in Califor- | nia, it is expected that the local lodges | will be joined by the membership of the lodges in Oakland, West Berkeley, Hay- wards, Livermore and San Jose. 'Grand | President Oscar Hocks will dellver the | oration at the grounds. The committee expects that this will be one of the most | enjoyable plenics ever given under the | auspices the order. i ioumito Commission to Meet. The annual meeting of the Yosemite Valley Coramissioners is to be held next | Wednesday, June 6, in the valley, All o ymmissioners, except W. . Foote, 3'50"?: now in Paris at the Exposition, will be present. A lai volume of busi- ness will te transacted and a number of important changes in affairs of the valley may take place. California Camp No. 4, of the Ancient nan an offshoot of Cali- W“ will this even- uj | case might f=3 f=3 =3 =3 o f=3 =3 =4 2 f=3 o =3 f=3 E=3 =3 PRESIDENT JORDAN’S Reply to FATHER YORKE. —_—— Referring to Father Yorke's ar- ticle on_‘"The Smaller Colleges, ublished in The Call of Thursda. Y)r‘ Jordan said: I find the article very in- teresting indeed and in many respects I fully agree with the gifted writer. I have never consciously gone out of my way to depreciate smaller col- leges, whether Catholic or 2 Pprotestant, and I have not the slightest interest in big- ness for bigness’ sake. I am sure that Father Yorke does mnot mean that either in the excellent college of St. Mary’s, or yet in Stan- ford, professors are selected by the kind of “pull” which was once in vogve in the schools of San Francisco. If he will lock into this matter he will find a difference, and one in which St. Mary's and Stanford stand side by side. I may also remind Father Yorke that I have never said anything about the education at Stanford being better than any other form of education. It is as good as the Stanford teachers know how to make it, and with that conviction our boasting ends. We have our own theories of education and its relation to ‘“‘success in life.” These are not exclu- sive, and I am glad that Cali- fornia is broad enough to de- velop forms of education along other theories. The State needs the help of all, and as good citizens we o rejoice in the progress of St. o Mary’s and Santa Clara and o their sister colleges as we re- joice in our own. P ]aubaubbvavcuonaao‘ —_——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ANGEL ISLAND;bi, !—[ Reed Station, Cal. The area of Angel Island, in the bay of San Francisco, is 743 acres. GREECE-TURKEY—Subscriber, For the details of the Greek-Turkish peace treatv see Answers to Correspond- ents, May 20, 1900. MADE IN PHILA City. All United LPHIA — Reader, bear a mint mark were coined at the parent mint in Philadelphia. TO REMOVE HAIR-J. 8., City. Any veterinary surgeon will supply you with a | preparation to remove hafr from live stock without injury to the hide. AT BADGERS PARK-E., City. The the Caledonian Club at Badgers Park, in East Oakland, were played on the la: rday in May, 1884. A BACK ACCOUNT—Boonville, Cal. iast games by Without a knowledge of the character of | the account alluded to in your communi- cation, it is impossible to give an answer. CIVIL SERVTICE— Subscriber, City. plied to the executive branch of the public service to distinguish it from the military, paval, legislative and judicial branches. POSTAL CLERKS—R., Vallombrosa, Cal. There are postal clerks on the rail- way between Tiburon and Ukiah whose duty it is to assort the mail between sta- tions, There are also such clerks on trans- continental lines. ALL COSSACK—A Subscriber, City. In a conversation at St. Helena, reported by Las Cases, under date of April 8, 1816, Na- poleon sald: *In the present state of things all Europe can become in ten years Cossack or Republican. MONEY TO VOLUNTEERS-H. L. H. House bill 7333, providing for the payment | of certaln sums to be paid to_ volunteers | discharged in Cuba, Hawaliian Islands and the thp%nrs. was referred to the Com- mittee on Military Affairs. THE O'NEILLS—M. M., City. If vou de- sire to know if Daniel and Richard O’'Neill, born in Ireland and who went to | England in 171S or 1719, ieft any estate, | | write to the clerk of the Supreme Court | of Adjudicature, London, England. EGG SHAMPOO—Subscriber, City. an egg shampoo the yolk and the white are used. Both are considered beneficial in that the shampoo having been used, it re- | | quires considerable effort to cleanse the ! hair, and it is in that effort that the bene- fit comes in. TRAVEL PAY—E. S, City. The bill providing for the allowance of travel pay | to volunteer soldiers in the Philippines, at the time of the treaty of peace with Spain, from that point to San Francisco, has been referred to the Committee on War Claims. THE CEMETERIES—D. H., Sebastopol, Cal. The proposition in relation to ceme- téries in San Francisco was to close the same after a certain date and prevent any burials, and was to apply to all ceme- terfes. As yvet no action has been taken in that direction. PENSION, W. H. H., Corning, Cal.—If a man who enlisted in the war of the re- bellion became incapacitated while in the service and was discharged from the ser- vice for physical disability, if he could show that the disability arose while in the service and not through his own negli- gence, he would be entitled to present his | claim for a pension. PAWNBROKERS—-W. R., Monterey, Cal. If you have been imposed upon by a pawnbroker in Los Angeles in a man- ner that amounts ‘o a crime and wish to have him punished, Ynu cannot write to any officer in that city to commence an action against the offéender, as the right to prosecute cannot be delegated. Iflt is a matter that involves a civil action Tney. communicate with an atto: TO REDUCE FLESH—Subscriber, Red Bluff, Cal. This department cannot r:c- ommend any particular treatment to one who desires to reduce flesh, as it requires information about an Individu: u:mprngfr method can d:ier‘:lfr?s hat might be excellent I be detrimental I; ln:!l?:: The proper thing for a person who has too much flesh is to consult a first class physician and follow his orders. SWISS-ITALIAN-J. E. J., Kin, Cal. A Swiss-Italian is a native ot'ss:g: erland. born of Italian parents, or an Italian who has become "a citizen of Switzerland. Of the languages spoken in Switzerland, in sixteen cantons the preva. lent tongue is a difficult Alemanian dialect called Swiss-German, or Swiss; in five it is a French dialect; in one it is' an Italian dialect, and in Graubuden one-half of the PRt Latln, TN are e e lects of BhetoR cs in the Rhetian RATS—R., Vallombrosa, Cal. In the United States there is the black rat (Mus rattus), an immigrant from the old world in the sixteenth century; the brown or Norway rat, as it Is improperl (Mus umanus), which lnvnd{du:lhel‘: country in 17%; the roof or white bellied rat (Mus tectorun{. the Florida rat (Neotoma Floradiana), and the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), so named from its use of cotton In forming its nest. The house and whart or sewer rats are of the usu- D s tha md.mlvrr' ance | a, Egypt, and_the rat ‘was first discovered in Western ‘was belliéd rat first ROQVCUOOUVOUU O YOO VNN ONUC RO OO NN NN O ORI UOC Ol City. | States coins that do not | Civil service” in the United States is ap- | MECHANICAL ART GRADUATES ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS Successful Young Men and Women Pupils Made Happy- —_— Closing Day Exercises of the School for Boys and Girls Founded by the Philanthropist, James Lick. gt Graduating exercises of the California i School of Mechanicai Arts were held yes- terday in the large drawing room of the institution at the corner of Utah and Six- teenth streets. Horace D: president of the board of directors, presided, and after a benedic- tlon by Rev. Dr. Woodward of Trinity | Methodist Church, he made a brief ad- dress to the audience. President Davis then announced some changes the board of trustees. John O. Earl, one of the original trustees of the school and a ! personal appointment of James Lick, its | 1cander, died in Jan last, and A. S | Hallidie, also named by the founder, ssed away recentiy. Dr. Horatio Steb- | bins has resigned to_go East to remain some years and Frank J. Symmes, Charles A. Murdock and E. B. Pond have | been chosen to fill the vacancies. These gentlemen, with James Spiers and Mr. Davis, will form the board of trustees. | "The following programme was then given: Violin solo, intermezzo from “Ca- | Vallerta Rusticana,” Sidney F. Samish: address, Frank J. Symmes; vocal solo, se- | lected, Miss Marcia 7ayior; piano solo, “Le Reve,” Miss Ella Michael. | Trustee Spiers made a few remarks and complimented the school on its efficiency Ie gave the graduates some good advice and closed by wishing them the success rid that they had estallished as students of the school. Principal Merrill, after the exercises, presented the diplomas to the successful He spoke of the enroliment of the ving that the mext class of be- . July 30, ¢ ginners will be organized Monday §hd that the number of boys admitted will be limited to seventy-five. Applica- tions have been received and accepted up | to that number and many more are on gile. It is not probable that all will qual- | ify and there will probably be twenty places for which a competitive examina- tion will be held July 27. The school has an enrollment of 320, which is more by fifty than can be accommodated. | Following is a list of the graduates: | _Courses of dressmaking and millinery—Grace Elizabeth Hortop, Gertrude Isabella Ketels, | Hilda Kraus, BElia Michael, San Francisco. | Course of industrial art | derson. Edna Frances Talcott, San Franciseo. Frederick Wallace Atwell Se Machine shop cou Soulsbyville, Tuolumne e—Edgar LeRoy Gurney, County; Niels Almy Larsen, Alameda. Alameda County; Richard | Ouer, San Fran. valter Scott Sibbald, | Santa Rosa, Son Course of machine dra: McLaren, James Joseph ¥ Course of architectu: Lebenbaum, San Franci: | Course of industrial e | Hammond, Charles Lachma: Collegiate cours preparatory Le Francis Hobson, Mill Valley, Marin Charles Warren Backe, De Witt Wi San Francisco: Clifford Ed Siskiyou | | , Alameda C San Francisco; < Fresno County; Young, San Francises Certificate for preliminary course—Richard Clark Benson, San Francisco; John S.gmuad Blowskil, Oakland, Alameda County; Lawre: Emory De Yoe, Modesto, Stanisiaus Albert Morton Folsom, Frederick W Newto: % Kohlberg, William Thomas Reilly, San Francisco. HOLDS NO George SECRET MEETINGS. Editor The Call—Dear Sir: torial in to-day's issue of The Call, en- titled “Hiding From the Public,” appears | the inquiry, “Why should the Civil Ser- | vice Commission hold secret meetings®" ! On behalf of the Civil Service Commis- | sion permit me to state that the meetings | of the commission are open to the pub- { lic. Regular weekly meetings of the com- mission are held Monday evenings at the office of the commission in the City Hall, and informal meetings are held almost daily at 4 p. m. at the same place. Rep- resentatives of the press are cordially in- vited to attend. Moreover, rule 13, adpted and pub- lished by the Civil Service Commission | February 8. 1%, provides that “all the beoks, recor answers, « ratings and papers pertaining to examinations or other proceedings shall be open to the inspection of any citizen.” Furthermore, rule 8, adopted and pub- lished by the Civil Service Commission | February 9, 190, provides that “all ex- In an edi- | In | aminations shall be absolutely impartial | and shall be conducted under the super- | vision of the commission with the utmost | publicity and freest competition, without any Cost or expense to any applicant.” Kindly give this statement publicity in | your columns and obiige, yours very truly, J. RICHARD FREUD, President Civil Service Commission. San Franeisco, May 31, 1900. [The Call, in the editorial mentioned above, did not claim that the Civil Ser- vice Commission held secret sessions. It nmgly asked the t{ue!'lan generally: | “Why should the Civil Service Commis- sion, the Election Commission and the Board of Education, for example, hold secret meetings?"] —_—— | | - MAGDALEN ASYLUM INMATES. | | P Editor The Call-Dear Sir: In Monday's issue of The Call, in the article on the Wycoft case, you nxl there are now W | Inmates of the agdelen _Asylum, | whereas there are only 0 (fifty) who were sent here from the courts. 'y cor- recting above mistake vou will confer a favor on yours sincerely in our Lord, SISTERS OF MERCY. Magdalen Asylum, Potrero avenue and iTwenly-l\rsl street, May 29, 190, —_——————— A Transferable Tale. |,.“And what did he say when he heard that story 2" L ““Oh, he laughed heartily, ‘What, at bimself?" No. You see, I put you in his place."— Relaxation. Casey—There's throuble over at | Clancy’s. Coslyi;ln—l’hwnl is ut? Casey—A family foight. Costigan—Shure, _thot's not throuble; thot's enjyement—Juds: Escape Flats. cus—I.et's see. the married men l|l°‘i‘leal:jc he;(er halves, don't they? Sicus_Then what do the bachelors 3 h‘;:'yefilcua——setter quarters.—Puck. ——————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Id at Townsend's.® e e Spectal information supplied dafly to buninesgu hp'uu!u and p:xbue m)an“ the Cl Bureau (Allen’s), te g::ry .‘(’ui‘f ‘Telephone Main 1042. * —_—————— A Neighborly Weakuess. Mrs. A—Are you troubled much In your neighborhood with borrowing? rs. B—Yes, . My neighbors | don’t seem to have anything I want.—De. troit Free 'SS.