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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. } dress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. NAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 TION OFFICE Bilrkft and Third, 8. F. S Telephone Press 201. EZDITORIAL ROOMS .217 to 221 Stevemsom St. Terms by Mail, DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), one vyear DAILY CALL (xncluding Sund € months. DAILY CALL ncluding Sund: DAILY CALL-By Single Mont! EUNDAY CALL One Year WEEKLY CALL One Year. All postmesters are subscriptions. Sample ccples will be forwarded when requested uthorized to receive be Ma!l subscribers in ordering change of address should particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %o insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. .1118 Broadwnay | OAKLAND OFFICE.. C GEORGE KROGNESS, > Maneger Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephove *‘Central 1. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON. ... Heraid Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: AL STEPHEN B. 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Horses, at 1732 Market | street. | THEY CONFERRED | OLONEL BRYAN has been giving himself a | vocal va n. Incidentally he has sojourned resort in Wisconsin. His rest being over, d again to the haunts of men and called Hearst pulse beats and what he must do to be saved. nce 1s represented to have been long, and rferences are anxious always, this one must Whether it involwed the Mr. Hearst to the Vice Presidency, and was willing to pay therefor, in competi- tion with the other millionaire candidates who think the amount he was willing to give for | y for advertising purposes, is:not C he descend R. > conference to find out how the | ve been no exception ample of the Sacramento conven- le that the party will sell the adver- ge to Mr. Hearst. It has come to this | x t last, undet the leadership of Bryan, the Democratic party is rented for advertising like the flap of a circus tent or the drop le theater. purposes, » of a vaudev Colonel Bryan is something of an advertiser him- used the party in his business to such pose that he leads the list of taxpayers self, and | profitable 7 on nroneys, credits and personalty in the town of | he has monopo o make Mr. Hea ed this privilege he is st come down liberally As for the poor old drop cur- We insist, however, that | g to do to a poor old party It is like making Grant's cart, or compelling gs and suspenders. It is evi- ¢ was to consider this partition ges, for the two Billies surely | could not have met to arrange a sorfSof college yell for the party in the campaign, since Mr. Hearst has been ye g up the flag!” and Oratoricalbilly has velled “Pull the flag down!” The campaign yell they would arrange out of their past records and utterances would have to run this way cC A mptible th t has seen better days rse a scavenger’s w3 pull Dewey to sell shoest dent that the Nail, nail, nafl, Najl the fiag to the Philippines. Damn, damn, damn, Damn the constitution, Pull, pull, pull, Pull down the flag. | Rah, rah, rah, h for the constitution. That they get together at all “to confer” is evi- dence of the straits of the party or that it has lost not only the confidence of the country but its own seli-respect. The pretense that two such men have the decisipn of the destinies of a party is one proof ts character and brains are on vacation. —— ~ The first rational suggestion for an amendment to city charter has made its appearance in the Board Supervisors. It is proposed to recommend an | amendment that the telephone monopoly be sub- jected to a municipal tax as arc other quasi-public corporations. —_— The decent people of Sausalito have at last scored an inning which may be of value to them in their strugele against the gamblers. The pool-sellers are warreling to that point where it is likely they may | throw themselves all out of business, | | | | The St. Louis detectives who used dynamite with which to provide themselves with suspicious cases that | would not materialize ought to come to San Fran- | cisco and hunt for the bubonic plague phantom. Tf scandal continues to raise its head in the Federal administration of Chinese affairs in this city the pro- | posed change of executive officers will possess several | distinctive merits. | More than ten thousand people have died in a week in India of cholera, and still England is drawing upon the death-swept colony for munitions of war. il A newspaper editor is on trial in Leipsic for par- ticipation in a conspiracy to restore the kingdom of Poland. He ought to plead insanity, | argument and illustration. | a rat in the word “isthmian,’ | ready pilloried by Grosvenor as a professional and THE QUIGG CONTROVERSY. ENERAL GROSVENOR has begun a rather unseemly. controversy with Mr. Quigg of New York in regard to alleged changes made in the Republican platform between the time it left the committee and" was reported to the convention. | The first alleged change was in the plank referring to the Philippines. It would appear that Grosvenor sawed out this plank all by himself, and had fashioned it to fit some of the speeches he had made in Con- gress. It was declaratory of the power of Congress over the territory that has fallen to us as a temporary affliction or an evil legacy from the. Spanish, war. The General says that this was all promised a place in the platform. But in the judgment of the com- mittee it was an essay, long drawn out and going far beyond the statement of a fundamental principle into It resembled one of the old-fashioned hali-page editorials that Sam Medary used to write in his Columbus newspaper when Grosvenor was a boy; and which were read in sec- tions by the Buckeye patrons of Sam’s intellectual grist mill. The“committee, aware that the subject treated in this essay on government is now before the | Supreme Court, which may reach a decision in Oc- tober, did not care to pronounce a political juds ment on a matter that is undergoing judicial exami- nation. The reason for this abstention should be ap- parent to General Grosvenor. If the court agreed with such platform declaration it would be accused oi submitting to partisan influence and of warping its judgment to suit partisan interests. If it decided ad- versely to General Grosvenor's essay, the party would be left jn the lurch with a dead issue on its hands and a “doted” plank in its platform. So, although Mr. Quigg has shown conclusively that there was no change made in the platiorm after it left the commit- tee, and that Grosvenor's essay was canceled by the full body, even if it had been otherwise and Quigg had amended it out he would be entitled to the grati- tude of the party. It is highly probable that the constitutional theory set forth in the rejected plank is true. If it is, the in- sertion of an essay on the subject would not make it any more true, and ¥ false all the fine writing of which General Grosvenor is capable could not make it true. Therefore the country will highly appreciate General Grosvenor's subsidence, silence- and future quiet on this subject. When he opened controversy about the platform he seems to have unlocked the accusative ability of others and turned it all loose on poor Quigg. The | canal plank refers to the construction of an “isthmian canal.” As that work has commonly been referred to as the Nicaragua canal a Chicago newspaper smelled " and as Quigg was al- expert rearranger of the ground plan, front elevation and architectural style of platiorms, he was charged with changing the canal. Quigg proved to be the worm that turns, and he turned with a libel suit in his fist and smote that newspaper therewith, from pet- | fecting press to sheep’s foot. Upon examination there appears no more reason | for calling the canal Nicaragua than Costa Rica, for it traverses both countries. Again, a commission or- dered by Congress is making an examination of all routes for an isthmian canal, and if it should find a | better and cheaper one to construct, why gash the faces of Nicaragua and Costa Rica at all? Finally, another gentleman declares that he induced the change from Nicaragua to isthmian, and that Quigg had nothing to do with it. Let us hope that this ends the episode on which Mr. Quigg rose to the eminence of a national issue as a proof-reader of the platform who changed it to suit his own ideas. In its important parts the document is of such ex- cellence that if General Grosvenor and the Chicago newspaper can prove that he wrote it all his future career is assured, for wherever a platiorm has to bé | made there will be calls for Quigg. The friends of Supervisor Tobin, who will be the acting chief executive of the city in the absence of Mayor Phelan, should urge him to insist that he be | given his Honor's celebrated silk tile during his tem- porary reign. It would be a touching spectacle for his Honor, as he leaves the city, to present the hat ! and the equally celebrated flag to the distinguished Tobin. THE BOERS AS GUERRILL@S. HEN Pretoria was captured the British bright expectations of a speedy end of the war, but Botha avoided a combat. He was not going to be caught inaa trap like Cronje. Despite all that Roberts could do the wily Boers kept at a safe distance from his main force, but operated with such vigor on his flanks and rear that the Field Marshal was compelled to report a good many “unfortunate occurrences” in which detachments of his troops were beaten and a considerable number of prisoners taken. Then Buller made bhis way through the mountain passes and got into touch with Roberts. Straight- way there was spread out what the British dispatches called “a wide-flung net” to capture Botha, but that in turn has failed. Late reporie are to the effect that Botha has divided his force into small commandos and that some have slipped out of the net, some have forced their way out, and others are hacking the net had | to pieces here and there. In this condition of affairs the British are getting a good deal of practice in a kind of war that may be useéful to them. That, at any rate, is the view the London Chronicle takes of the situation, for in a recent editorial on the subject it said: ‘‘All these alarums and excursions in the Orange River Colony show that the Boer Intelligence Department has not | lost its old superiority; but we still cherish the hope ‘lhat by dint of training Lord Roberts’ subordinates | will acquire the art of not being taken unawares. If the war were to drag on for several years they might even become clever enough to surprise a Boer com- mando.” It is regarded as an axiom of war that guerrilla tactics can never win against a well organized army. 1t is impossible for small bands of men lacking heavy artillery to capture forts or important posts. All they can do is to make trouble; and, unfortunately for he Boers, they can hardly make as much trouble for the British as for themselves. If their country were populated wholly by people of their own race they might hope to wear out the invading force, but the larger part of the population is made up of blacks, and if a long continued guerrilla war should produce a widespread lawlessness in the country the Boer families far removed from the towns would be likely | to sufier heavily from depredations of wandering bands of robbers. In the end, therefore, unless some- thing utterly unforeseen happens, Botha's forces must surrender, and all that he can hope for in con- tinuing the struggle is to make terms that will save something to his countrymen when the final surren- der comes. : In the meantime if the British officers learn enough from the contest to be able to keep out of traps and to surprise a Boer commando, as the Chronicle sug- gests. they may derive something of benefit from the course Botha is pursuing. Should they be wise, however, the British will bring the war to a speedy conclusion by granting the most liberal terms to the Boers. Since it has been determined to annex the country to the gmpire, the course of common sense statesmanship will be that of doing all that can be done to conciliate the inhabitants and render them peaceable, if not loyal. Another invasion of our rights is being planned by the Board of Education. This enterprising body has expressed an intention to create organized agencies for the spread of ‘dyspepsia by establishing cooking classes for the girl pupils in the schools. S ——— THE EXPECTED IN CHINA. THE present situation in China destroys one illu- sion about those people. The ignorant in other nations have assumed that the Chinese were in- capable of resisting any attack or resenting any in- sult offered to their national spirit. This idea was greatly nourished by the Chino-Japan war. In that brief struggle a nation of forty millions seemed to have easily overcome one of four hundred millions. The tendency of the Western nations to help them- selves in China .was greatly promoted by that result. Germany and Russia hurried in with carvers in hand, and the others followed. Even Spain, the victim of her old lust for ownership of the earth, indicated her desire for a piece of the meat. Men who had made a study of the Chinese character did not entertain the idea of the passiveness or cowardice of the people which was held by the bullying nations. Such men expected what has happened. The Chinese have proved to be like other people. They are attached to their own institutions, love their own ways, prefer their own form of the religious idea, and, the population being dense, object to being further crowded by an invasion of foreigners. When they show these characteristics, common to all hu- manity, the world jumps on them as if they were ab- normal, degenerate and without any rights deserving of respect. Other nations have rushed troops in, and we must needs join the invasion. Already the Ameri- can jingo is jingoing and asserts that as we are a world power we must spill the blood of American soldiers and spend the substance of American tax- payers, because China has done to foseigners on her soil exactly what we do to Chinese here. This joining the invaders is a proceeding that needs close watching. American jingo politicians are pro- fuse in their professions that it is for the purpose of protecting American missionaries, and preserving | the open door in China for the sake of trade. We do not say that this is reprehensible. Unfortu- nately the missionary, instead of bearing good tidings of great joy, peace on earth and good will toward men, has become the forerunner of bad tidings, of aggression, war on carth and ill will toward men, Their conduct in China has been that of men bound on a political rather than a spiritual mission. Senator Lodge sounds the call to arms against Rus- sia, and casts a cloud of suspicion upon her motives in China. Independsnt men all over the world will respect Russia for one thing. She has not sent her missionaries ahead under pretense of saving the souls of the people to stir vp strife, provoke violence and use their own acts as a pretext for calling on their Government. Russia has entered Korea and Man- churia not pretending that she is therg for anything but political purposes. She is seeking in Asia what the jealous nations have denied to her in Europe, an unfrozen seaport as a basis for her commerce and her navy. Southern Europe united in opposing and de- feating Bonaparte and destroying his empire, and ever since has been attempting to carry out his policy toward Russia, which was to hem her in and prevent her use of a navy by keeping her confined to waters that are frozen for many months in the year. Senator Lodge chooses to utter the cry of that Europe against Russia, and to see the need of our armed and bristling presence in China to aid in thwarting the Muscovite. But let us watch our- selves. We have seen, in the case of the Spanish war, how an apparently simple action, undertaken for a definite purpose and right in itself, drifts into a maze of complications, until, the cry of duty, destiny and divine Providence being raised, we plunge head- long upon a course of which no man can see the end, and in which but few see any benefit. We are in China now to protect American interests. Let us beware that we do not repeat the willful acts done in Samoa, when we went around shelling palm- roofed villages in the wake of a British admiral who | began the sport because he said “it was so d—-d dull” Perhaps life on a far naval station may get duil, but our people do not desire to pay the cost of war and causeless aggression just to cure naval officers of ennui. The Sa/n Jose Council has decided that the streets of the Garden City must remain in darkness every right after midnight. The Counsil must be striving to increase the census by an addition of a few muni- cipal footpads. REPUBLICAN ENROLLMENTS. 3 ROM reports that have been received from the r various Assembly districts in the city it is evi- dent the enrollment of members of Republican clubs will be very large. That in itself is an encourag- ing sign. It shows that the rank and file of the party are taking an active interest in political affairs at this early stage of the campaign and gives promise of an organization that will do effective work in the contest for prosperity. The most satisfactory feature of the situation thus far is the activity which has been displayed by the business men and the workingmen of the party in the formation of the clubs. Quite a number of influential men have made something like an elaborate canvass to rouse the better element of the party into activity. Such efforts are in the highest degree commendable. The bosses and the would-b® bosses will be stire to enroll all the multitude of loafers and bums they can get admitted to the rolls and will make use of every resource at their command to capture as many of the clubs as they can. The only way to guard against them is by enrolling such a force of decent Republi- cans in every district as will secure for the better ele- ment the control of the club machinery. To achieve | that is now the duty of all loyal Republicans. It is to be borne in mind that the bosses and their gangs will not make a fight if they see that the better class of Republicans are to be arrayed against them ‘with a determination to win. Ample experience has "convinced the professional politician and job-hunter ;?t ‘when the rank and file of the party is aroused the st thing for them to do is to keep quiet. A big en- rollment in every district will therefore mean not only victory, but an easy victory. For the rest of the week the enrollment is to go on and the canvass for mem- bers among the business men and the workingmen should be kept up with vigor until the end. S y— Pree s Tt may be true that China can't fight, but it looks as if she were going to break her neck u%_k.’ < BIG CHANGES Spring Valley Evening and Le Conte Primary ; Abolished. S, s e Appropriations for Purchasing Sup- plementary and “Indigent” Books. Protest Against Abandon- ing Ninth Grade. Rl B AN The Board of Education yesterday adopted resolutions abolishing the Le Conte Primary' School and the Spring Valley Evening School, to take effect July 30, 190. The resolutions recite that “the changing of centers of population has depleted ~the attendance of tnese schools and the childwen can be accommo- dated in other schools without any in- convenience. The principals and teachers of the two schools were placed on the substitute list, subject to assignment as follows: A. Griffith, principal; Miss E. & 'Newhall, Miss 5. G. Steb- . = ‘:n e:l;]?:r'n‘ Miss . A. Web- ster and Miss A. 5 Spring Valley Evening—G. H. Foulds, H. M. Grace. Superintendent Webster considered the abolisking of the Le Conte Scnooi as il advised. ‘“I'nere are 2000 children in the district in which the Le Conte is located who do not attend school,” said Mr. Webster, “and 1 deem its maintenance imperative. Chairman Mark explained tnat other schools would take care of any pupiis that could not be accommodated in the schools in the vicinity. R Webster believes tnat the abolishment of the Le Conte has been accomplished in order to help out the model scnool econ- nected with the State Normal School, of which Dr. Burk is president. Three hun- dred and fifty pupis will be forced to other schools in the vicinity of Powell and Washington streets. The salary of the principals of primary schools between six and thirteen classes was fixed at §1z5 per month, and of princi- pals of primary schools between four- teen and fifteen classes at $135 pes month, to_take effect July 1. This reduces the pay of principals of twelve or thirteen classes irom $13%5 to 125. W. W. Stene of the Burnett and C. _ Johnston of the Fairmount School wili be cut from $150 to $125 each. . The sum of $2000 was set aside out of the revenue of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, for the purpose of purchas- ing supplementary books. The Superin- tendent, in accordance with the provisions of the charter, was authorized to recom- mend a list of supplementary books and report the same at the meeting of the board July 5, 190. The sum of 3200 was set aside out of the revenue of the flscal year ending June 30, 1900, for the purpose of murchasing books for indigentss The Directors took a slap at the Board of Examiners, who are questioning the right of certain special pedagogues to teach under credentials not recognized by the State, by restoring the salary of iss K. Ball, special teacher of drawing, to_$125 per month. The following communication from the San Francisco dies' Educational Soel- ety regarding the abolishing of the ninth grade was taken under advisement: Through the press it has come to us that you intend abolishing the ninth year grammar grade. This Is very discouraging news to us and will result in depriving the maximum of our boys and girls of a year's education. The great majority aim at completing the grammar course while ‘only a small minority enter the high schools. This cutting short the grammar course one year is simply giving preference to the wealthy class, as they can continue in the high school. Hence this action will tend very decidedly to lower the standard of our work- ing class and we will be taking a step backward in_ this progressive age: . The salary of H. Armer, messenger and janitor of the Board of Education, was fixed at $85 per month from July 1, 1900. The funds of the School Department not Faoanting o detting aside of three fifths of the absence money to be placed to the credit of the annulty‘ and retire- ment fund, it was resolved that only one- fifth of it be thus used. Owing to charges of Incompetency hav- MIDWEEK- NOTES OF THE THEATERS The advance sale of seats for the sec- ond week of the Henry Miller engagement at the Columbia Theater will begin this morning. The play to be produced is R. C. Carton’s Lyceum Theater success “The Tree of Knowledge,” and it will be in- terpreted by the most important cast ever given a production in this country. Tke great strength of the same may be at once-seen in a glance at the cast, whick will be as follows: Sir Mostyn Hollingworth, Charles Wal- cot; Brian Hollingworth, his son, Henry Miller; Nigil Stanyon, E. J. Morgan: Loftus Roupelle, Frank Worthing; Major Blencoe, E. Y. Backus; Sweadle, John Findlay; Royds, Sir Mostyn's butler, George §. Christie; Mrs. Stanyon, Nigii's mother, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen; Monica Blayne, her adopted daughter, Margaret 8] Deborah Sweadle, Sweadle's daughter, Lillian Thurgate; Belle, Sadie Martinot. “The Tree of Knowledge” will be pro- duced for six nights and Wednesday and galurday matinees, heginning next Mon- ay. & i The revival of the Japanese gem, “The Geisha,” at the Tivoli Opera-house 1s proving a most popular one. “Wan‘f wih follow “The Geisha,” and the grand opera season is announced to begin on July 30. % A Hoyt's “A Milk White Flag” is in its second week at the California Theater, and “A Night Off,” Hoyt's latest comedy, will be presented next week. IR “Sapho” is in its fourth week at the Alcazar. Next Monday “‘Carmen” will ba the bill, with Florence Roberts in the title role, supported by White Whittiesey. . .o The Grand Opera-house opens the new season next Monday with “The Children of the Ghetto,” presented by the new Frawley Company. e e At Fischer's Concert-house the Lam- bardi Opera Quartet is in the last week of its engagement. San Francisco will be rry to lose these artists who have done much and so good work in music dur- ing the past season. The quartet will appear in scenes from “The Huguenots” and in solos this week. . . . The ‘Orpheum has an excellent bill this week. The four Cohans, Sydney Deane, gm Todd family of acrobats, Gilbert and oldie and Holland and Galpin are among the attractions. = The McDonald brothers, . comedians, Belle Wilton, the Wilson family, Deets and Don and others provide a novel and entertaining bill at the Chutes this week. RS R The Olympia bill for_ this week is good from start to finish. last night, and all the rest was excellent. PERSONAL MENTI/ON. Dr. W. W. Wntkinl,of Moscow, Idaho, is at the Grand. Senator Thomas Flint of San Juan is a guest at the Palace. C. J. Walker, a wealthy oil man of Tu- lare, is at the Russ. M. Cody, a wealthy rancher of Los Me- danos, is a guest at the Grand. Banker T. J. Field of Monterey, accom- panied by Mrs. Field, is at the Palace. Alfonso Altschul, a coffee planter of Guatemala, is registered at the Palace. _ H. M. Pomeroy, a physiclan of Los An- geles, 1s a guest at the Lick. J. O. Beasley, a wealthy rancher of Jolon, Santa Clara County, is at the Russ. George A. McEifresh of Los Angeles, high chief ranger of the Foresters, is reg- istered at the Grand. » Norma Whalley, Dunne & Ryley’s new rrived leading has a here from New York and Is at the California. b Attorney General Tirey L, Ford, who has been taking a week's rest in the country, returned yesterday to his home ~ Salvini made a hit | IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. referred by the pricipal, A. J. ltl)’gy}lee.e?nglmr of vgnshmnon rammal School, was dismissed from the depart- ment. F. G. Duanet was transferred from Lincoln Grammar School to the Janllo;: ship of Washington Grammar School: Joseph Gannon_was assigned to the jana lmrs?llp of Lincoln flrmmar Schmann Thomas Ryan to the itorship of Mis- slou High School, vice C. A. Bennett, re- moved. The report of the truant officers showed that the number of cases of irregulars and truants attended to during the last six months was 656. The report refers to the postal cards sent out by the board containing a copy of the compulsory edu- cation law. Some parents have already expressed their intention of sendlni their Chlidren to school after being spoken to by the truant officers. On motion of Su- perintendent Webster a vote of thanks was extended to the officers for their good work. He stated that the report was un- precedented. The president of the hoard was author- ized to equip manual training centers and Director Kincald to install cooking classes, the expense to be pald out of the revenue of the next fiscal year. ‘The contract for repaving the Lafayette schoolhouse was awarded to Newson Mc- Neil for §1919. The contracts for painting the Franklin and Starr King schoolhouses for $190 and $1%5 respectively were awarded to Gustave Schnee. and that for con- structing a granite coping at the Denman School building to R. H. Cafir for $649. Miss S. E. Kelly of the Mission Gram- mar School was granted an extension of her leave of absence for two months. The report of W. H. Tobin regarding the unsanitary condition of the Burnett Primary School was read and action thereon will be taken during vacation. The Committee on Education of the Board of Supervisors requested the board to attend a- meeting to-morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock for the purpose of holding a conference relative to the management of the public schools. The invitation was accepted. The salary demands of teachers, janitors and other employes of the de were passed. ey will be ready for dis- tribution in-the Auditor's office on July 5. CHANCE FOR YOUNG MEN TO ENTER ARMY Senator Perkins Will Choose Two Candidates for Admission to West Point. Senator Perkins has the appointment of two cadets to the military academy at West Point this summer through the courtesy of the President, who was au- thorized by Congress at its last session to appoint, in addition to the one cadet from each Congressional district, two at large from each State and thirty from the whole United States. Senator Perkins prefers that the can- didates be chosen in a_competitive exam- ination, to be held at Berkeley on July o, at 9 a. m. Professor_Frank Soule, John R’ Glascock and Dr. P. L. Wheeler have consented to act as the examining board. Any young man who is a resident of Cal- ifornia, between the ages of 17 and 22 vears, is_eligible to try for the appoint- ment provided he have the necessary phy- sical and mental qualifications. The names of the successful candidates must be for- warded to the President by July 10, and they themselves must report to the acad- emy at West Point not later than July 25, 1900, B 002 e o esedeoe® FASHION HINT FROM PARIS. Qv e+ 00+ roroeoed > B R et SCS B e e T SRR S L SRS TR SRC R SUEE SRR SEORS SIS SRS SORS SROES SRR O S @+ sdedeiseteiteceg BLACK CLOTH COSTUME. The costume represented is of black summer cloth. The short bolero is edged with blue and gold braid. The waistcoat is of pastel blue pique, double breasted, and is visible from behind, fastened with a silver strap. The skirt is finished off with a shaped flounce and is in flat pleats. INCREASE OF CANCER. The Cell does mot hold itself responsible for the opinions published in this column, but presents them for whatever value they may have as communications of general interest Editor The Call: Your editorial article in The Call of June 23 on “Increase of Cancer” is timely and is very creditable to your journal. The causes of cancer should also be dwelt upon in your valuable paper. They are in the majority of cases plainly and simply the curse of ‘“grafting in" dis- eases through yaceination. You must note the remarkable eoinci- dence that those nations named by you as immune from cancer are the very ones which are free from vaccination. Com- pulsory{ vaccination canmot be enforced in thosé countries, and hence-the “in- crease of cancer among civilized peoples’ upholding compuisory vaccination is per- fectly natural and not at all “strange.’ A necessary consequence of this inocu- lation of the various kinds of virus :nto the human_ system is the promotion of viralent diséases. | such as cancer. phthisis, diphtheria, leprosy, ete., all of which _are more destructive than small- pox. Thus, while “civilization may breed more diseases than barbarism,” and while it has the “‘advantage of knowing better, it does not profit by that knowledge, for through vaccination it promulgates by srnftns into instead of eradicating and riving out diseases from the human sys- tem D. ALBERT HILLER, M.D. San Francisco, June 27, 1900. ———— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. DIMES OF 1877—J. C. B., City. No pre- mmmm is offered by dealers for a dime of sYOU)I"OJBTA)iFB;D"S‘DEATH-—I.eland tanford Jr., the only son Mrs. Stanford, died };w mfr FENNE s NEITHER CORRECT-M. F., City. Neither ‘‘her and me” nor “her and 1" is a correct expression in the English lan- guage. A FINISH FIGHT-W, J. 0., (‘lli x}‘:grg is ng s"'r.i in the ce] ada, w! tcps lll'llch.a R CINO ;UCHi.EXEHPTION—J‘ M. C, ity. no law of California that alle £ bomhola‘a uml?gnn from taxation on WAGES OF LABORERS-P. C., City, The wages of laborers in the De- ! ~ Crockett, Union, ex- can be a fght Street ] 5Board of Education Creates Departments in Three Institutions. —_— Commercial Course Transferred From Polytechnic to Lincoln Grammar School, Where Branch Will Be Centered. . D i The Board of Education yesterday adopted resolutions providing that a four- year course of study be inaugurated in January, 1901, for all the high schools, with the exception of the Polytechnic, which is to continue on a three-year basis. Each high school will be organized into departments, which shall be based upon particular branches of study as far as | practicable or upon cognate branches, and | a department shall aiways include more | than one teacher. Following are the ar- rangements made in accordance with the recommendations of principals: Lowell High School—English,: A. E. Kel- logg; history: F. M. Clark; Latin/ C. C. Young: mathematics, F. E. science, P. T. ; hool—Science, George O. }llnI:PMm& cs, Miss Fidella Jewett; Miss Helen M. htsmn:, Latin, E Mitchell; - R ‘Thompson; Miss Catherine ary Frag; Wilson. Polytechnic High School—English and his- . Ham: tory, Charles H Clark; science, ing, F. A. Gardner. The action of the board in creating a department of Latin dispiaces C. M. Walker, who has been teaching both Latin and Greek in the Lowell High School. He will be retained as a teacher, but his salary will be reduced from $15 t0 $144. Superintendent Webster protested against the adoption of the resolution on that score and reserved to himself the right to criticize the action of the board at a later date. It was resoived that heads of depart- ments in the high schools shall be regu- larly elected teachers hoiding certificates of the high school grade and who shall have had five years' successful experience in teaching, two of which shall have been in public_high schools in the Unitéd States. No special pupils will be allowed to_take a partial course. A three-year course of study was adopt- ed for the Polytechnic High School, fit- ting its graduates to enter the scientific colieges of the universities, no special pu- pils being allowed to take a partial course. The board finding that the growth of the Polytechnic School makes it neces- sary to provide increased accommo~ dation for the pupils it was ordered that the commercial course be discontinued in that institution and transferred to the Lincoln Grammar School. The change resulted in the transfer of the following named teachers: Charles H. Murphy, head of the commercial department and teacher of commercial law; Miss H. E. Rademaker and !xlsn BT iss e . J. B ; manua) train- bookkeeping : arithmetic; Miss teachers of teacher of M Miss L. Richards and Mrs. T. F. Spence enograpby; Miss I Garbarino, typewriting P. A. Espina, penmanship; Mrs. 8 W. Me- Pherson and Miss E. D. Armer, English and commercial geography; Miss M. G. Saleido, teacher of Spanish. The reorganization of the Polytechnic High School and the transfer of the com- mercial department, calling for a smaller number. of teachers, in the opinion of the board, Miss L. White was dismissed from the department. The resolution authorizing the forma- tion of a commercial class in the Mission High School was rescinded. The board intends to centralize all the commercial clagses connected with the high schools and place them under the coptrol of the management of the Lincolfi Grammar School, which is centrally located and can h: nt(lended by pupils from all sections of the city. It was ordered that onl: the grammar schools of this c havm? ual qualifications other schools of equal rank be eligible to ad- mission to the Polytechnic High School and to the commercial department of Lin- coln Grammar School. uates of ity or puj partment in San Francisco are the same under the new charter as they were prior to its adoption. VALUE OF A HALF-M. F. C., City. Dealers charge from $ cents to $i 15 for a half dollar of 1806, but do not offer to buy such. UNITED STATES MARSHAL-E. L., City. The compensation of the United States Marshal for the Northern District of California is fees, likewise for the Dep- uty United States Marshal for the same strict. AN ARTIFICER—A., City. An artificer in the United States Army is a soidier mechanic, whose pay ranges from $15 to $20 a month, according to the number of enlistments.” The pension to the widow of an artificer is fixed according to his status. — Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's.® —_—— 81 Fourth st. (front of barber and gro- cery), best eye-glasses, specs, 10 to 40c. * e information supplied dafly to Special business houses and public men bxl the Press Clipping Bureay (Allen's). 510 Mont- gomery st. Telephond Main 1042. . ———— Flags and Bunting. Three-foot flags, with #4-foot antigue poles and polished brass knobs, 25 cents each. Same flag, with red, white and blue corrugated pole and gilt top, 35 cents. All kinds of bunting, festooning and pa- triotic pictures. Sanborn, Vail & Co., T4l Market street> . . ————— ON THE WRONG TRACK. ts of men might acquire fortunes if they didn't waste so much time in figur- ing how to make money without work. —_———— Mothers give Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters to their children to stop colic and Iooseness of the bowels. —————— MANAGING A HUSBAND. A St. Louls woman was asked how she managed her husband. “Feed him well and trust to Juck,” was the answer. ADVERTISEMENTS. Shreve & Company Wiil C'ose Their S.(ore ¥oad 3 P. M. on Saturdays -and other business,day! At 5 P. M., June 30th to September 1Ist inclusive Market and Post Streets. CAPE NOME MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. Were successful at Nome last KROGH i S it oy