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

THE SAN FRANCISCO JALL, TUESDAYX, JULY 24 e e ey The TUESDAY. sddress Al Communica ions MANAGER'S OFFICE. . JLICATION OFFICE..Market a o joat Teleph. rean 20 EDITORIAL XoOWS Telephone Press 3 Delivered by Carrlers. 15 Cents Per Week. ®ingle Coples, T Centu. Terms by Mail Including Postaxe: L CALL fincluding Sund: one year. g:}L‘Y’ CALL dincluding Sunday), ¢ months. DAILY CALL dncluding Suncday). 3 months. DA’ Y CALL—By Single Month. EUNDAY CALL One Yesr. WEEKLY CALL One Year. All postmasters are a sabscriptions. Sampie ccples will be forwarded when requested subscribers in ordering change of address should be r to give poth NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order 4 correct compliance with their request. Ma part o fzsure & Prompt An OAKLAND OFFICE.............1118 Broadwa) C GEORGE KROGNESS, Manage: Foreign Adverticing, Marquette Building, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central %19, CORRESPONDENT: _Heraid Square NEW YORK C C.CARLTON......ceoin NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B SMITH....... 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The Great Ruby.” Mason and E4dy streets—Specialties nd Theater—Vaudevie every afternoon and FOR GOOD CANDIDATES. yrtant local movement thus far campaign was that of last evening, ganization of the Busi- ed in the or I The aim of this move- Club Republican success and the welfare he State by bringing about the nomi- < of such excellence that they will all loyal Republicans, 2dependent vote, which of late apport of Republican success is es- t such success can only be ob- nce of the voters, and in view of con nents { that the five tandidates for the office cerning probate proceed- r Judge shall be selected with unusual care be lawyers well fitted for that respon- We also demand that the candidates re shall be imen who will worthily and if such nomi- posit Legy nt the interests of thisicit de for the bench and Legislature, we ve support.” e issue in a nutshell Good nominations the business men of the city. victory. otable feature or the proceedings of the vas the manifestatibn of the fact that the <« men well understand that the way for them sbout the nomination of good men is to take As was pointed out, ve part in the primaries. mary election is the strategic point of the local Should the better element of the- party campaign triumph there, the rest will be plain sailing. I < in the highest degree gratifying to have so of the most influential and most public-spirited «f our business men organize for active work in local It is in line with the policy The Call has all advocated and strenuonsly urged. It comes at cal period of the local fampaign and assures 5 i happened in our politics, and is full of good ry for the welfare of ‘the municipality and the e ——— THE =T. LOUI® STRIKE. HEN the strike against the St. Louis street car companie® was called off the Republic of w'hzl city undertook to calculate the casualties i the cost of the affair, and figured out the sum- in this way: 5 days 3.500 0. of persong dependent on strikers. 10,500 No. of patrons of lines inconvenienced. 630,000 Persons killed ......... & 1% Suicide due to strike. : 1 Persons made insane & A 2 Persons shot 5 4 Loss to company in Loss to company by damage to property 20, Loss to strikers in wages.. 393,000 Loss to others thrown out of employmet 250,000 Loss to city in trade. 25,000,000 Cost of posse comitatus. 100,000 Cost of extra police.. . 50,000 Transit Company’s extra expenses . 56,000 Since that calculation was made further disagree- ments have occurred, as the strikers declare the com- panies have not kept the terms agreed upon, and con- sequently the full and latest returns are not in, Those submitted, however, zte sufficient to show what sort of 2 disturbance can go on in this country without creating much of a sensation outside of the city where it takes place. It figures up something like a small war: but while it is indeed regarded as a pretty big thing for St. Louis, Chicago would have thought nothing of it. Certainly this is a great country. Montana is earning 2 wild reputation for itseif. Members of the Eighteenth Regiment, who have just returned from the Philippines and are ordered to Montana, say they would rather take their chances on the islands than go to the “bad lands” of Senator Clark’s State. ¥ of city, State and nation, say: | the most significant event that has re- | | tual slaughter of for: | the rage ‘NO WAR WITH CHINA. LREADY one may see the wisdom of keeping out of the complications which arise in the complex ambitions of Europe. While the ac- ners in China and the rumors of appalling crimes are cultivated as a pretext, the only sentiment they scem to excite among the Euro- pean nations is that of conquest and partition. It may be said without being unfair that the blood- shed would have been limited to the first outbreak and the legations would not have been besieged if the other powers had permitted Japan to throw her splen- didly equipped army at once into China. While there is no doubt that the Japanese force would have reached Peking, its appearance would not have excited 1 resentment which were caused by the landing of the much smaller allied forces. To refuse to let Japan take the initiative was a criminal policy A | and the nations responsible for it are not guiltless of | what has followed. | the religious featur 30 Tribune Building | | that a Japanese dynasty It was the natural thing to do. Pitting one Asiatic power against another removed ation, and wouid have diverted China to entirely new 1Ssues. It was not permitted for fear that Japan wouid claim some fruits of her victory, if she won it. That The pirates of Europe, that have were being tor- spilled than for was the trouble. jangled and jawed while their people tured, care less for the blood that is the territory that may be grabbed. If Japan had been given free rein most important consequences might have followed. might have been set up at of China have heretofore come Peking. The rule: | from other races than the pure Mongol and from | and, controlling the v other nations than China proper. The imposition upon | that country of a Ja would have been improving the civilization of China the modern spirit thoroughly population of China, could have influenced it more usefully than all the West- ern nations combinesd. Not only in hampering Japan, but in pursuing the anese dyna: the means of Japan has gbsorbed | same policy toward each other, the European nations | have written into history a disgraceful chapter. England, whether from policy or necessity, has held a more reasonable attitude. but already the bawling of the British jingo is heard and the Cabinet is ev The news from China dently under sore pressure. | has obviously been manipulated to suit the conspiracy of the powers. The announcement that China has de- | clared war against Christianity is intended to appeal 1y set forth in the resolutions. | to the jingo feeling everywhere, and to start the pul- pit in every country preaching a new crusade. The United States should maintain an independent attitude. We must not involve ourselves in territorial ambition, nor can we become an ally of China against the powers that propose war upon her. This Govern- ment cannot embark in a crusade in defense of Chris- tianity, for it is a secular Government and not a theocracy, nor bound to defend anywhere any form of the religious idea. China has a perfect right to make war upon Chris- tianity if she wish, for she and no other will have to take the consequences. The so-called Christian nations have beep provoking her for more than a century. They have stolen her terr#tory and abused her people at home and abroad. They have made treaties with her and violated them at will without making repara- | tion to her. while exacting it from her for less vio- persons for office who will com- | | tions to all of the commercial nations. lation of treaty obligations. The United States should demand of her reparation for whatever our citizens have suffered and for what- ever insult may have been given us as a nation. When che squares this demand we'should remain absolutely If Rassia and Germany make war upon her inimically to the interests oi England and France, let them and China fight it out. Secretary Hay has al- ready taken time by the forelock, as far as the open door is concerned. The European Governments have made an identical agreement with this country that China shall remain open for trade on equal condi- 1f others go neutral. | there aggressively, and, making use of these bloody Bad or weak nominations will | | protect her Asiatic possessions. | riots as a pretext, proceed to inflict punishment upon a nation for the crimes of individuals, we will not be among the invaders and the carvers. of China must always originate in the need of the Chinese for what they cannot prodgce. If the United States act wisely now. we will retain t.he commercial sympathy of those people, and their trade will follow not only the sympathetic line, but, like the trade | of FEurope, will come where the supply is the best 2nd the cheapest. Therefore. for every reason that czr influence commerce, our exchanges with China will increase while those of the aggressive and pirati- cal nations will decline. Indemnity, reparation and friendly neutrality should be our Chinese policy. Tt should not be forgotten that Secretary Hay, by wise foresight and timely ac&inm has put us in a po- cition to follow that course, and bring interest, honor and our traditional policy all into harmony. B e ——— A distinguished visitor from India says that there is every reason to believe that famine is likely to in- crease in that death-stgicken land. If this be true Eng- | Tand will have small need for troops with which to Death will leave nothing to protect THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. B country the Democratic convention in renom- inating Bryan endeavored to make his candi- dacy more acceptable by subordinating the silver plank to a secondary place in the platform, and de- claring with an array of sonorous words that the para- mount issue is that of imperialism. It was a bold bluff, but up to this time it has had little or no effect. In facts the candidacy of Bryan is itself the paramount issue put forth at Kansas City, and no effort on the part of the Bryanite orators or organs can delude the people into believing otherwise. Bryanism means many things, but to the country at large its worst portent is to be found in his dishonest attitude toward all questions of capital and property ard money. His scheme for the free coinage of silver if carried out along the lines he has persistently advo- cated would entail disasters unparalleled in our his- tory. ‘That menace of a fifty-cent dollar is the thing that looms up before the mind of every man who gives the subject consideration. The sound-muney‘ Democrat perceives clearly that this issue of financial horesty and soundness is still before the country, and they refuse to give consent to anything like an appro- val this year of a man whose nomination they rejected four years ago. 3 Matthew Marshall, one of the foremost financial writers of the country, after reviewing the monetary conditions of the republic and the relations of the Bryanite movement to finance and the free coinage of silver, says: “Herein consists the peril with which the country is threatened by the Democratic party. They propose to redvce. as in the twinkling of an eye, by more than cue half, the value of all contracts for the payment of and all its friction from the situ- | It was possible | The trade | way of a concession to the conservatism of the | rioney not specifically payable in gold. The wages of labor, and the thousands of millions of savings of the { industricus and thrifty poor would suffer the same fate as the accumulations of the rich. The rich, in- deed, wotld not submit to be despoiled without resist- !ance. As soon as it became known that on March 4. | pass an unlimited silver coinage act, every holder of | securities liable to be paid in silver would hasten to turn them into gold at the best price obtainable, and | which the courtry has ever experienced.” So long as a candidate for the Presidency. ported by a pcwerful party, threatens the country with a debased coinage that will be the paramount issue be- fore every man who earns wages or has savings in th2 | banks. A depreciation of the value of money, besides £ upon any othe: interest. The intelligence of the peo- 1p|£ perceives that fact, and accordingly in this cam | paign the one issue which the voters will recognize | wili be that of determining whether we shall main- ‘tain the existing prosperity or try chaos. | | There are many curious things about the gathering | of the nations to make war on China, not the least of i which is the fact that all the armies of the white ra iare likely to be commanded by the mulatto who has gone to the front in charge of the French troops. descendant of the black race leading all the white races to make war on the yellow race leaves nothing to be desired but the appearance of a red man as & peace commissioner. G Judge Bahrs yesterday against Chretien, Lat- ner and Hansted, for crimes committed in con- nection with the loozing of the Sullivan estate. Thus the exposure by The Call of the frauds has not oniy prevented the complete success of the conspiratos and brought about a confession from one of them, but has served the purpose of bringing three of them un- der indictment to answer for the crime. | Chretien has been indicted for obtaining money by false pretenses, and indictments upon other charges may be filed later on. ing money by falsely Hansted is charged with a felony in making and ut- tering a fictitious instrument in writing for payment of money. These charges will serve the purpose of bringing the offenders to trial, and when all the evi- dence against them is brought out in court it is prob- able that they, like Chretien, will be called upon to answer for other offenses also. S ————— ’ GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS. RAND JURY indictn;n!s were filed with Rogers has thus far escaped indictment, but the | Grand Jury has not yex finished with his case. He has refused to answer questions asked him by the Grand Jury, and the District Attorney has requested the court to compel him to answer such as relate to ;vxhcrs and will not lead him to testify against him- | seli. That point the Judge is expected to decide to- day. It is to be borne in mind, however, that so far as Rogers’ guilt is concerned there is no need for him to testify against himself. He swore before Judge Troutt that he had received no money for withdraw- ing his objection to the distribution of the estate to the bogus heir, and The Call has published the tes- timony of witnesses who contradict him flatly and swear they paid him money for that consideration. There is. then, a valid ground for the indictment of Rogers for perjury, if for nothing else, and the Grand Jury should proceed accordingly. The cases now being fairly before the courts, The Call has no further duty to serve in connection with them than that of reporting the proceedings The prosecution of persons charged with crime is the duty of law officers, not of the press, and The Call has no desire to take part in it. In the interests of public welfare it has exposed the frauds, furnished the | evidence, saved the estate from final distribution among the conspirators, and now leaves the prosecu- tion, conviction and punishment of the offenders 1o the bench and bar. . THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. ROM the way in which the campaign is shaping | F:itseli, it is becoming evident that the elec- tions in the Congressional districts will quire careful attention from Republicans and | conservative Democrats generally. Efforts will be made to carry the House, even if Bryan be de- feated, and it is probable that a good many Demo- crats who are opposed to the Kansas City ticket will unite with the Bryanites in the contest. . At any rate | there is enough danger of such combinations to ren- ! der it necessary for the upholders of the administra- tion to nominate strong men in every district and | give them an earnest and energetic support. An illustration of the danger is to be seen in the at- titude taken by some of the leading conservative | Democratic papers in the East. Thus, for example, | the Philadelphia Record, one of the stanchest of gold Democratic papers, recently said: “If the men of Democratic principles who cannot support Mr. Bryan should devote their energies to the election of Demo- | cratic Representatives they could wipe out the Repub- | lican majority in the lower branch of Congress. A gain of less than twenty districts would do this. There have been many indications that a very large proportion of Democrats are not blindly attached to | the Bryan hefesy. Of a Democratic majority in the House more than half would give no countenance to a fruitless free silver agitation. Hence there would be | a decided gain for the traditional principles of Democ- racy and a blockade of pernicious Republican legis- | lation. The attainment of these ends is worth a mighty struggle, and the promise of victory is bright.” That is the situation, and there can be little doubt that in a good many districts the old free traders who are not free silver men will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity it offers. The danger is as great in California as in any other State. Consequently we cannot afford to take chances in a single district. In every case where the present Representative has ren- dered faithful service he should be renominated, for it is desirable to have 1ot only good Republicans, but Representatives of experience and of influence in Con- gress. Anything wh}ch tends to cause divisions in the ranks of the party or is likely to alienate the indepen- dent vote should be carefully avoided. The fight for control of the House is the danger point of the cam- paign, and it is there that we must be on guard. | re- Minister Wu's confidence that the foreign Ministers in Peking are safe and that they can be produced alive is at least interesting. Certainly if the Dowager Empress have any Ministers up her sleeve it is time for her to make a showdown The preachers who are talking so loudly of spread- ing “our religion” in China by means of shot and shell should be kind enough to explain what they mean by our religion, | 1001, Mr. Bryan would be President and a Bryanite | ! Congress could be called together in extra session to | a monetary pzanic would ensue, more! violent than any i 'bemg utterly dishonest, has the further evil in its na- | | ture that it will be more blighting upon labor than | A L 2 2 2 2 S 2 ; 3 | HSU CHING CH'E Latner is charged with receiv- | impersonating another. and | | tect the interests of the public and possi- KEY % CHIN feboleerie ar Eastern station. ALEXEIEFF—Russian vice admiral on the BEND! —Rear Admiral Bendemann, o manding the German squadron in the Far Fast. BOXERS—The “Boxers’ or the “I-Ho-Chuan"—*T"" meaning eou “Ho"" uniting and *‘Chuan’ defending with the fist—are one of China’s many secret societies. They originated in Shantung from the native hostility to the Germans, and have spread all over North China. They are bitterly anti-foreign and anti-Christian, and the indorsement of their views and agitation by the Chinese Government has led to the present intervention of the powers. CHANG CHI TUNG—The Viceroy at Hankow is a man of gr fluence among the Chir he has always been an advocate of China for the Chinese, and has tried to introduce foreign methods with Chinese administration and Chinese capital, with most disa; results. Chang Chi Tung is at present out of favor with the press. CHANG YI-The Director of Mines for the province of Chill and Assistant Director of Northern Railways, a man of great weaith, ie rising into prominence, He is a favorite of the Dowager Em- press, as well as of the Emperor and of Yung Lu. He s pr gressive and in coustant touch with foreigners, but very cautious; he :s likely to rlse to higher positions. CHAO SHU CH IAO—A Chinese, is a recent addition to the Cabinet. He 1s a Commissioner of the Railway and Mining Bureau and is a strong Conservative, anti-foreign, anti-progress and anti-every- thing but himself and asserts a very bad influence. CHEFOO (OR CHIFL)—One of the treaty ports, is the only open port between the mouths of the Yangtse and Pefho. It has the most suitable climate for Furopeans of any of the Chinese ports and is visited as a sanitarium by persors from the southern ports. It is close to Wei-Hai-Wei, on the northern extremity of the ng Peninsula, CHEKIANG (Central Sea)—Province containing Sanmun. Italy's cov- eted base. CHILI—Northernmost province, containing Pekins. COLOGAN—M. de. Cologsn, Spanish Minister to China. the “doyen” of the corps. CORVEJOLLES—Rear admiral, the Far East. FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS— Districts allocated in certain chief cities to foreigners, according to nationalities, wherein the residents live under the control of their own elected municipal council authority is usually supreme thereln, but not always so, s residents maintain an entirely independent attitude with respect to al Chinese authorities, A—Japanese island southeast of China, A pretecture. 'HSHIMA—General commanding the Japanese force. THKIEN—Province southeast, opposite Formosa. ITAI-The Governor of a province. SELEE (General Sir Alfred), commanding the Indian contingen! Has been quartermaster gemeral of the Indian army since July, M. de Giers, Russian Minister to China. place for storing goods. ~Chinese maritime customs. Chinese vice presid ex-Minister to Russia and Germany, per annum from the Russian Government as president of the Chi- nese Eastern Rallway. Member of the ung-Li-Yamen. KANG YI—-A Manchu, the president of the Hoard of War and a Cab- inet Minister; 1s a strong Conservative and very anti-foreign; he is influential and is a bad adviser to the Empress. e exiled leader of the Chinese reform party, commanding the French squadron in G1 GODOW HAIKWA dent of the Board of Works, nd at present recelving £4000 now orthern Sea province, containing Shanghal. KWANG SU—The present Emperor and son of Prince Chun, now dead, who was vounger brother of the late Empéror, Dowager KWAD Hslen Fung, mpress’ husband. Kwang Su has no Issue. Si—Province bordering Tongking. #uthern province containing Canton. y of Szechuen, a Manchu; is not violently the hinese mile, equals one-third of an English mile. G CHANG—Acting Viceroy at Canton, who is well known in rope, where he has acted both as Envoy and Minister. Now very old. He has often been in disgrace, but s a trusted friend of the Dowager Empress. LIKIN-An inland tax imposed on foreign goods in transit Viceroy at Nanking. He i a trusted ally of the Dow but is gettinz old. NITCHWANG—This flourishing port, which has a British conce is the chief seaport of Manchuria, and is 1% miles north of Arthur. There iIs an immense and increasing export and i trade, which is mairly in the hands of the English, Americans and Japanese. The Russians have laid out a new town three miles above Niuchwang for the terminus of their new railway. 3aron Nishu, Japanese Minister to China. HWEI-Inland province. £1HO (North River)—Rises beyond the great wall, and flowing past Peking and Tientsin, debouches into the Gulf of Liao-Tung. the last eight miles of Its course being through mud flats. At s mouth are the Taku forts. From Taku to Tlentsin the course of the river is very tortuous, yet it is navigable up to Peking, 190 % from the mouth. About November the river begins to freeze PEKING—The northerr: capital of China since 1260; a very old,” evil- smelling town, stands in the middle of an extensive plain 12 miles north of Tungchow on the Peiho, and 160 miles from the sea. It 30 feet high and 60 feet wide, and is entered all of which are closed at night. Here is The populace is anti-for- The estimated is surrounded by wa through strong gate! here are the legations. elgngy intensity which is barely concefvable. popdtion ts 1,300,000, PORT ARTHUR—Now the Russian naval base in the Far East. It ‘was Jeased to Russia in 1898, with the adjacent seas and territory to : Pfiab‘ T4Evi ;RA UDS' from 25 to 65 cents. should ba promptly disbarred. One trouble | too many lawyers. This overcrowding drives many of them te crooked ways.— Sacramento Bee. The San Francisco Call has dene the whole public a service in exposing frauds in San Francisco probate matters and showing_how estates have been looted by rascally lawyers.—Inyo Register. The San Francisco Call has performed a distinet service to the people of Califor- | nia by exposing the probate frauds which have taken place in Judge Troutt's court. | Those in charge of our courts should be | above suspicion. In probate matters, par- ticularly, the demand is imperative, as | the Judge Is the only person who can pro- lejo, Cal but it Was been estima was was 243,000, ANTS-M. R. &, City is satd that if sugar on a dampened sponge sre ants the pests will for the sweets, and putting the sponge in the trap can he reset t all have been caught. ble heirs.—Humboldt iimes. The Chretien affair is black all the way | The following is a rec to the bottom. Nobody connected in any . N. Dem. 36,274; Bently, Nat., GENEVA CONVE The Geneva Conventio | neva October 23, 1863, sprang all Red Cross outcome of a_disc Swiney was United States Consul at Cork, Treland, in 1898, and was such in April of this year. RN ENUMERATORS' PAY — Subscriber, City. The census enumerators will recefve their pay through the officers who ap- pointed them. BINDING—L. E. A, Callente, Cal. Half morocco binding consists of a fine quality of cloth covers with morocco leather cor- nerg and morocco leather spring back. Library binding is all leather. TO SHIP—I V. V., City. If you desire sistants, trained and of peace. proved, and then fol ESE PUZZLE The Following Alphabetical List Should Be Kept for Refer- ence During the Crisis in the Flowery Kingdom. dealers ask from 40 cents to $1, and for such with arrow heads at date they ask i7h the 1egal profession Is that there are | po i o oD BORR—A. B. W., Val- 1t is impossible to give the ex- act force of the Boer army at its greatest, from 56,000 to £0,0. The greatest | number of British forces in the Transvaal | royal distributed whers ants most congre gate will, It is sald, drive them away. filled with them they POPULAR VOTE-N., Ha vote cast for each candidate at Presiden- NTION—J. B.. City. fon had 1 y fn February preceding on the supics o a book, “Souvenir de Solferino,” w by M. Durant, showing the necessi supplementing medical and sanitary ser- vice on the battlefield by volunteer as- | The ideas of Durant were tional convention. The code gove socletles is that each r(\unugy “f:?l‘ln G b ot o SR R the north, the whole forming the province of Kwangtung. Port Arthur is reserved as a naval port for Russian and Chinese wa Ships and closed to other rations. By Russian efforts it bas be- come a very powerful and important base. CHING—A Manchu, Lord Chamberlain of the Court and nder of the Peking Field Force. Member of the Tsune-Li- n. PRINCE LI—The senior member of the Cabinet (pronounced Lee), a Manchu, Is an hereditary Prince, belonging to a distant branch of the imperial family: he takes no partin foreign affairs, but is much trusted fh ial family matters PU CHU ent Emperor's heir, nominated by the Dowager the granddon of the brother of the late Emperor Prince Chun, and first cousin once removed to the ent Emperor. SHANGHAI-The largest and most importan ve miles from the mouth of a branch t of the Chinese treaty ports. It is situated twi the Yangtse Kiang. in the provi of Kiangsu. The population is nearly 4,000,00, including over 3%) foreigners. It was declared a treaty port open to the world in 1542. ‘The British Government es- hed the Supreme Consular Court of Appeal for all China and ¢ Shanghal G—Province bordering the Gulf of Pechill to the south. Con- ins Kiaochau and Wei-Hai-Wei. 3 The Administrator of Telegraphs and of Railways. the head al Fank of China, and hants' Steam. ship €ompany, is a most influer stant relationa with forelgners. Those who have tried to do business with him so tar have found him more than a match for them; the coatrol of the the telegraph svstem of China and considerable wealth m great power, and he Is always a man to be reckoned with tabii: . welzht ated at the mouth of the Peiho, consists of thres th and new At the time when they and and France in 1860 rts there extends for em ats. . Defended by illerists they would be practically the allled forces on June IT. n forts, the no were captured by the modern artillery tmpregnable. Th THE GRAND COUN r Grand Couneil, are undoubtedly the most sisted in the government at present of elght influential members, and these for the time being. Serves the Chinese Government as Minfstar all foreigners were treated y nations; and on this basis a special department of eremonies. The war, however, showed that the na- could not be treated as tributary tribes. and to ¢ Prince Kung invented the Tsung-Li-Yamen as e methed of dealing with foreign Ministers. It first been increased to ten. Its « department in the ordinary the term: they are selected from the six boards and from The Tsung-Li-Yamen, as a body, bas 4 except In most unimportant cases will ziv y receive requests, demands and protests, and ipt. As a board of obstruction it Is a gigantic ws are taken down verbatim, and with eoples lald before the Grand Couneil (Cabinet), and states: LI-YAMEN: Tl the war of v tribu had been conducted b tions of t meet the the most suital mer; 2 , Is on the Pefho and seventy miles from Peking. It s a very busy place when the river is free from . but when the last steamer has left and the river is closed up the unity, isting of about 239 Europeans, have nothing to do but amuse themselves till the end of March. Tientsin has now been isolated and the foreign settlement in a state of sfege eince June 17 coust 'SIN—One of the treaty The “father of Pu Chun. their heir apparent. and first . the Emperor, and now leading the ultra-anti- the palace. , now 65 fed tn 1861 n of Hslen Fung's brother, the rince) - vement at s old, widow of the Em- o blood relation to the pres- 1ate A Chinese, is president of the Board of Reve- e Tsung-Li-Yamen and a Commissioner of the areau. He is the most liberal member of ast anti-foreien WANG WE nue, A membe tred and thirty thousand pounds was pro- ed by the military works bill of 1599 for the defense of Wei-Hai- Wei. The garrison consists of one company of Chinese garrison ar- tillery, two companies of British infantry, six companies of Chinése try and the necessary contingents of royal engineers and de- ¢+ staff. It has a large and safe anchorage. but to properly de- d it would require a force of trom ten to fifteen thousand. Ad- miral Bruce announces that he is making Wei-Hal-Wel a base for operations. from Shanghai, on the Yangtse, where ~The Viceroy of Chili, is a timid man, but by no means anti- eign. He has influence at conrt = o LU—A hu, the commander-in-chief of the northern probably the most influential man in China. He has great power and is a favorite of the Empress-Dowager. He is gomewhat progressive, and inclined to lead the Empress into the s of Western progress, also member of the Cabinet. —Most westerly provi —London Datly Mail. HERE'S TO LAUGH. GOOD CAUSE FOR DISGUST. The exposures made in the case of the A LITERATURE—A. G., Co- Sullivan estate indicate that there is|lumbano, There were scrolls pre- “By George,"” exclaimed Lycurgus Pack- plenty of work for the Bar Association |pared by scribes in the days before | inham, “this is an outrage, and I'm goin’ at San Francisco. The practice of the law | Christ. ‘;\fimr‘:hn to t\l?trr‘?:n;h;hrlsrt“md to see if something can’t be don about 3 : vho | DOt need instruchions fr scribes at’ ¥ is disgraced by a lot of scoundrels who ! PIt JLRG, L One maving authority.” | it: But that's what comes from mixing s up with school matters. I have held that our schools should be »m political influences and I am more than thoroughly convinced of han ever. “What has happened.” his wife asked as soon as she could get a chance. | he exclaimed, “I've been one of | the heaviest taxpayers in this town for | fifteen vears or more and it seems to me that T have a right to expect somethin in return for it. But what is the result? can't even get the rudiments tion in our common schools. Look at this poem Lucille has written to take the place of a sraduation essay. There it is! She mak: ‘enhance’ rhyme with ‘pants.” Gocd heave Don't the teachers know enough even to teach the children that the ‘a’ in pants ought to be sounded as it is in ‘haunts?> It's a hollow mockery—this whole business—that's what it is!"—Chicago T'mes-Herald. DE MORTUIS. ‘ed that the number | v. The oil of penny It is sprinkled in and | placed where there Fo into the sponge when the sponge Is are destroyed by boiling water. Then ime and again until cord of the popular way with the matter is coming out with- tial elections from 1850 to 1596, inclusive: Bi"""i“q-dy—“.h“ do you mean by such out spots. It is impossible to loot estates | }flfibG_art\\‘qld R., 4449053; Hancock, D., 359’;:_‘;";,“-"‘“_““ ikt et oMicers are going o come itireggh B, S ol i R i s | sa¥ that vou'd like to lay out my friend this investigation intact. e case in San . 151 . D, Berriman--That" Francico is possibly not singular in this | &Inton, Amer.. no record, 3 Biaatbutdy 1ot s my bostness. sir. z Francieco 18 D08el L epicuons sign on this 538283 Harrison, R.. 5M40.216; Fisk. | ashamed of vourscif? Don't you kuow side of the bay I afforded by the Boogar | Ero. 0007; Streeter, Union-Labor. M5.165! | the man's dead? ., - ¥ my case, the final account in which was 0 JLabor, 5 Berriman — Certainly. I'm an under. 5 - Alameda ATgus. Amer., 1591. 1892—Cieveland, D 91%; gons 2 e yesterday Hurriion. . S Wenter. Poop: taker.—Philadelphia Press. Coyasmaps. 3 (141,028 ; vell, Pre 23; S ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. |51 ini. 1% MR s £ iirin: Bran: A and Pop., 6. 5: Levering, Pro., 133,00 gazing down into her CONSUL AT CORK—J. H,, City. Daulel Palmer, N. Dem., 133,148; Machett, Soe. L., 's after the end of their ou are my heart’s delight; my soul's refugs T'm so glad.” she answered. “Now. if I could only have some influence on vour lver life might be one grand. sweet son, for us, after all."—Chicago Times-Heral ENFORCED HARMONY. Muggins—The Bjoneses seem very ha; py_in that tiny little flat of lhaler:., o gins—Yes; there isn’t room for a skelel gn in the closet.—Philadelphia cord. n which met in Ge- and from which socleties, was the the subject of | ritten ity of | organized in times D ap- AN IMPOSSIBILITY. % ‘""‘"[':; A Man—TI'd rather be a live jackass than 1he | a'dead lion. to secure a position on a ship for your brother, select the ship you would have himi go on, then make appligation to the master. BRTE SMALL COINS—Subscriber, City. Deal- ers offer to sell cents of 1838 for prices varying from 5 to 40 cents, and they offer to sell a Mexican quarter real of 1831 for 10 to 20 cents for copper and 25 to 40 cents for brass issue. SILVER THREE-CENT PIECE-S., City. A silver three-cent piece of 1867 commands a premium from dealers of from 15 to 50 cents. Dealers ask for such coins from 75 cents to $1. POWDER WO}RKS EXPLOSION—Sub- seriber, Vallejo, Cal. The smokeless pow- der works near Point San Pedro, in Marin County were destroyed by an explosion March 22, 1898, killing ex-Captain Charles A. Jenks and Charles Nelson. WATER IN A BOTTLE—A. S., City. It has often been asserted that if a sealed bottle is sunk to a certain depth in the ocean the pressure will be so great that the bottle will fill with water and that lass must be porous. It Is not the glass fhlt is porous, but if water finds its way into the bottle it is through the cork. A DIME OF 1%3—Subscriber, City. A dime of 1853 is not one of the coins for which dealers offer a premium. For dimes of that date without arrow heads at date its committee to co-operate with sanitary service in communication “wit the government, and in time of peace oc- cupy itself in preparing supplies. training | nurses, etc.: during war to furnish the same ‘to their respective armies, the declaration of the neutrality of hospitals of officials of the sanitary service, of the | unpaid nurses, of the inhabitants of the | country while aiding the wounded and even of the wounded themselves. POPULAR AND ELECTORAY, VOTE— | A. J., Seattle, Wash. A candidate for the office of President of the United States | may receive the popular vote, yet no i elected, because under the preyspnt ::I:: of voting a small majority counts as much if not more than a larger one. For | instance: Smith and Jones are candidates | for the Presidency. Suppose there are six | Electors in_a State and that these are | elected on Smith's side by a majority of 100,000 and seven Electors in another State are elected on Jones' side by a bare plu- rality of 1000; Smith’s popular majority of 99.000 is overcome by Jones' electoral ma- ority of 1. In the election of Rutherford . Hayes one electoral vote outweighed a gorular majority of 230.935. James A. Gar- eld had but 7018 majority on the popular vote over W. S. Hancock, but he had 59 electoral majority. Abraham Lincoln at the second election had an electoral ma- jority over George B. McClellan of 191, while his popular majority was 30700 a popular majority of 215,000, “yet %fl electoral %, was 212 votes out of 254, - His Wife—You couldn't be a dead 1 if you wanted to.—Indfanapol! Press.’o- NO TONG['E7C:N TELL. Dr. Jalap—Let me see your tongue, P ent—0n, doctor, no . ‘a A A on, how bad T fesl—Exchange, o ¢ <o tell PROOF ENOUGH. “Is Mr. Welter rich?" asked - so. “I think he must be,” remepdC“l“ Cumso. “He keeps a camera."—Harper': L e ra."—H; s ————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK. July 23.—C. J. R. Carson of Los Angeles is at the Bartholdi: T. J. Powell of San Francisco Is o at the Nether- —_——— Cal. glace frutt 50c per I at Townsend's.* —_—— ity