The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1900, Page 6

Che THU e @l AUGUST o, 1900 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ions to W. S, LEAKE, Manager. Lddress Al Commun MANAGER'S OFFIC PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, s. F. Telephone Press EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevemson St. Teiephone Press 202. Delivered by Carrie Per Week. Stingle Terms by CALL (including Sunds ng Postage: DAILY eubscribers in oraering change of address should be give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order rompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE.. ..1118 Broadway C GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chic: (Long Distance Telephove *‘Central 2615.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: G CARLTON..... .. Heraid Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: EN B. SMITH, ...30 Tribune Building CHICAGO NEWS BSTANDS: Eberman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; ot Hcuse; Auditorfum Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Hotel Union Square; AMUSEMENTS. “The Middleman.” the Fourth.” ~ady streets—Specialties. audeville every afterncon and »—September § to 15. AUCTION SALES. 2 o'clock, Turkish ockton streets. and PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS, nings of The Call about the in- »ns in the Philippines, and our wherever military vigilance is vithdrawn ‘there will be no re verified from a source that respect. The Associated Press of a half dozen agents of Ameri- in the islands and have investi- there. Their rts n no encouragement. They je ihe garrison towns. To get g et d is at present impossible. The here are in the beer and liquor lines, as depend on army trade. experts report nothing in sight that is i on, and that far superior invest- ne are plentiful at home, where there fe and property. ble to go outside of a town un- ed by soldiers. They were surprised at the e between actual conditions and the reports ification of the people. As far as the opportu- i agricultural home-seekers are concerned, f to be 2 myth. American labor cannot ¢ there, not only on account of the ill feeling of gainst us and the already dense state of »n, but because of the climate, which is our race. ave insisted, no government is responsible gs. The people of the United States berately deceive themselves about the in- e a ical conditions of the islands. Pro- ut information or in spite of it, they look upon the acquisition of the Philippines curing a territory to which Americans could re- r permanent homes as they did to our conti- rea between the two oceans. This they could if every native were our friend and standing e beach to welcome us with music and flowers. seli-deception is exposed by experience of The Call's frequent warnings will appear, e Government will be speedily disembarrassed ry policy founded upon popular misapprehen- cal but a physical issue. We can- We cannot by o a slanting sunshine ate resolution The rays e to be focused and not distributed, and hat is poison to us will prevail against thing else. CNE ON CARL SCHURZ \ MONG the critics of President McKinley none e bitter or more unfair than He has permitted himself an eness of statement in his de- s of the administration, and has been so ist there will be no little amusement in learning he has been hoist at last by one of his own pe- me time ago Mr, Schurz challenged the support- f iministration to furnish an instance of an committed by any republic more in- ent McKinley's treatment of the porters of the administration, and indeed the Ameri- can people generally, do not concede that our Govern ther in the Philippines or elsewhere. Still gten correspondent of the Boston Journal it it worth while to recall Mr. Schurz to his d by of doing so has republished what of the removal of the Ponca Indians from omes in South Dakota, an act committed by Mr. Schurz himself while Secretary of the Interior, 1t appears the affair gave rise at the time to no little ion among the friends of the Indians, and Mr. was denounced as roundly as he is now de- néing others. The removal was characterized by J D. Long, then Governor of Massachusetts, as forming “a flagrant dishonor,” and the Senate Com- tee on Indian Affairs, of which Henry L. Dawes chairman, reported. after investigation, that “we can find no language sufficiently strong in which to condemn the whole proceeding.” In the days when such fierce epithets were being hurled at him from the floor of the Senate and from the country at large Mr. Schurz doubtless consoled himself by the thought that epithets prove nothing, and it would be well for him to remember the same truth now. - e challenge went unheeded, for the sup- | ment has committed perfidy or infamy in any degree | @ BED AMENDMENT, | { i | MENDMENT means to make better. Statutes are amended to cure some defect that has ap- peared in. their practical operation. Constitu- A | tions are amended to add to their excellence, to in- crease their protection to the rights of person. and property, and to further ecofomize or rationalize the system of government which they provide. Unless amendments serve one or the other, or all, of these purposes®and objects, they are not in the true and proper sense amendments at all, since they effect no betterment in the instrument of which they become a part. Mainly through infirmity in procedure, the courts of the State complain of undue pressure of | litigation. The chase for a judicial finality is a stern chase, and therefore a long one. Through the for- malitieseni procedure in the courts of first instance a habit has arisen of taking matters to the Supreme Court, with a view of securing some sort of estoppel | upon the intermediate courts. The Supreme Court has come to be used as a pruner of procedure in the courts below, not by the regular processes of appeal, but by cuts across lots. This has tended to congest the docket of the Supreme Court, and to unduly delay its decisi in major cases, which involve the greater principles of the law. To relieve this conges- the court has been furnished with the assistance of a commission, the members of which are appointed by the court itseli. On this commission the best of judicial talent has always been secured, and its assist- ance has been of great value to the bench and of great importance to litigants. Its creation involved no change in the deposit of authority over the legal rights and raised no new questions to increase t of litigant: the litigation or augment the congestion which the commission was devised to relieve. Changing all this, the last Legislature proposed an amendment to the constitution, creating three ap- pellate districts in the State and furnishing each with . separate appellate bench, consisting of three mem- bers. This appellate court of nine Justices is intended to intervene between the supreme bench and the courts of first instance. It is to be furnished with an elaborate machinery of bailiffs, reporters, stenog- raphers, etc., and its members are to be paid $6000 annual salary. | The amendment also proceeds to limit the jurisdic- tion of the Supreme Court, confining it to certain' is- sues only. | We have closely examined the existing situation in the courts and the effect of the amendment, ii adopted, and conclude that it does not amend, does rot make better, our judicial system. It adds largely to the cost for which the taxpayers must provide, and does not return to them an equiva- lent economy. Instead of decreasing it will at once increase litigation, since it raises a vast mass of liti- gable issues by the changes implied in the deposit of judicial remedy. There are, at the outset, doubts of the legality of its submission in the absence of an express statute pro- viding therefor. If adopted, all appealable litigation will stand still until this doubt has been judicially solved. Then will arise the cloud of issues involved in the judicial change affecting judicable rights. Some of the older States have these intermediate appellate benches, as has our Federal system. But the States in which they exist are far older than Cali- fornia, with a volume of litigation much in excess of ours, and with a taxpaying capacity far more able to support them. New York has such a court, but her population is six millions, while"California has only one million and a quarter. It seems fantastic to say that we require the same costly and ponderous judicial machinery that is found necessary in New York. Our courts are costly. The judicial buildings in cvery county are provided by the taxpayers, and constitute a vast outlay of public money. The sala- ries of Judges and court officers are a heavy charge upon the public treasuvry. The proper tendency of the public mind is toward the economy and simplicity of government, not to extravagance and complexity. This is shown in the movement originated in the State Teachers’ Associa- tion to apply economy and simplicity to the adminis- tration of our school system. The cost of that ad- ministration having become formidable and its com- plexities being on the increase, a commission of teachers and those interested in education is at work to increase the efficiency of the schools, not by pro- viding more elaborate and costly machinery, but by doing away with existing complexities and their cost. As this originated with the teachers themselves, the legal profession may well be admonished by it and conform its action to the public tendency. Thus far jt must in fairness be said for Governor | Gage’s administration that it has been characterized by commendable economy. This is conceded by those whe have felt justly aroused to criticism in other re- spects. But the party which elected him must bear the blame of any departure fromethat policy, whether the | executive is directly responsible or not, and we are | convinced that it will feel severely the consequences of this bad amendment, which will increase the cost and difficulties of the judicial sittation. [ S nounced: “We understand the Cabinet has de- cided to advise her Majesty to dissolve Parlia- | ment during the first week in October, should therc | be no further developments in the South African situ- | ation. The headquarters of both political parties are acting on the assumption that the dissolution will come at the time named and are making their prepa- rations accordingly.” Confirmation to the announcement comes from the London Times, which, in commenting on Wednes- day on the work of the session, said: “Few among keen observers of politics doubt that dissolution will | follow prorogation within two or three months” ‘We are thus to have a general election in Great Brit- ain coincidently with our own, and an object lesson | will be given of the contrast between the methods of | 'the two countries in taking an appeal to the people. Our campaign will last for months, while that of the British will hardly occupy as many weeks, and to that extent their system is better than ours, for in a | prolonged contest there is always more or less dis- turbance of the usual business and industry of a peo- ple without any compensating benefit politically. It is very well understood that the Ministers advise dissolution at this time because they expect the suc- cess achieved in the South African war to help their party at the polls. They desire to make the fight on the issue of imperial interests rather than on that of home politics, for on the imperial issue the Tories ara united, while the Liberals are divided. A “khaki campaign,” as the British papers call the scheme, ap- pears to be good Tory politics just now, and it seems evidept the Liberals will have to fight at a great dis- advantage. S Despite all the Mi\finm may do, however. it is cer- BRITISH HOME POLITICS. OME time ago the London Chronicle an- | tain that in some constituencies at least home ques- tions are going to be paramount to those of the em- pire. There has long been an agitation for a redis- tribution of parliamentary seats, as the present ar- rangement is unfair to miany of the more populous centers. In a recent speech upon the subjects Lord James of Hereford stated that the question is a very | serious one, inasmucly as a redistribution which would deprive the small boroughs and interests of their pres- ent representation in Parliament “would effect greater changes than the reform bills of 1832 or 1867.” Some of the differences in the number of voters in various constituencies are glaring. In many cases boroughs and county districts having less than 3000 voters have in Parliament a representation equal to that of other constituencies containing five times that number. These inequalities were intentionally devised with the object of giving representation to all classes and in- terests of the United Kingdom irrespective of popu- lation, and to overthrow them will be a long step in the direction of establishing a pure democracy. Another factor that is likely to have a large effect upon the election is the determination of the various labor organizations to form a party of their own. In an article in the current number of the Forum on “Labor and Politics in Great Britain.” J. Keir Har- die, one of the ablest leaders of the workingmen, says that between forty and fifty candidates will go | to the polls under the auspices of the United Labor party. Such action on the part of the workingmen will of course weaken the Liberals, and it is quite pos- sible that old historic organization may go out of ex- istence, leaving the field free for the struggle between the conservatism represented by the Tories and so- cialism advocated by the labor organizations. It will be seen that the election is likely to be a most important one in many respects. It will doubt- less result in a victory for Salisbury, which will enable him to retain office long enotigh to finish the war in South Africa and direct British action in the present crisis in China, but not longer. Democracy and so- cialism in Great Britain are advancing in power, and the jingo spirit of khaki campaigns cannot always hold them back. E——————ernt THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. HARLES A. FAULKNER of West Virginia, C on arriving in this city, announced that the chief issue.of the campaign is to be that of imperialism. As he was at one time a United States Senator and one of the most eminent Democrats of that body, his words may be taken as an expression of the sentiment of the higher Democratic councils. Like so many other distinguished Southerners, he feels a desire to get rid of as much of Bryanism as possible, and recognizes that the renomination of the free silver champion of 1806 renders it necessary to the party to get a new issue by way of counteracting the hoodoo. The wish is ever father of the thought, and hence the distinguished West Virginian is doubt- less quite sincere in thinking that in the coming elec- tion the people will dismiss all thought of Bryan’s financial schemes and look upon_ him solely as a de- | fender of the conmstitution against the ambitions of aggressive imperialists. In fact, Bryan himself will do what he can to further the scheme, and in accept- ing his nomination has talked as if imperialism were the sole issue of the campaign. Up to this time there has been nothing in the trend of events or the development of public sentiment to | justify the hopes of these Democratic yearners after a new issue. In the first place no one has any fear | of the establishment of “imperialism” by the Repubii- can party. All that has been accomplished for free- dom and for the Union and the constitution in the last fifty years has been achieved by the Republican party, and the people know that the issues arising out of the war with Spain can be more safely in- trusted to Republicans than to Democrats; to Mc- | Kinley than to Bryan. It is known that when the treaty with Spain was under consideration in the Senate Bryan urged his followers in that body to ratify it, and that therefore he is as responsible as any one else for the Philippine question and every other problem that has come out of the treaty. Moreover, he has among his supporters men like Morgan of Alabama, who are among the most imperialistic jingoes of the country; and so, while he talks anti-imperialism with all the multitude of words at his command, he would, if elected, be surrounded by a worse jingo crowd than could be tound in the Republican party if it were searched ior them. In fact, as the campaign shapes itself it is becoming more and more apparent that the chief issue in the minds of the people is that of preserving the existing prosperity and good order of the republic, while waiting for time and experience to show what is best " | to do with respect to those problems which are as yet not clearly understood. As has been said by James H. Eckels, Comptroller of the Currency during the administration of Cleveland: “No issue set forth, no matter how cunningly de- | vised and arranged, can be made paramount to the issue of Mr. Bryan himself. No man is fitted for the Presidency who proclaims, in the midst of a demon- strated better condition of affairs, the reverse to be | true in order to foment a discord which will gain to himself and party a political advantage. Mr. Bryan hardly appeals to the thoughtful citizen when upon one hand he is presented by the Populists and on the other by Tammany. The joining hands with the one constjtutes an offense against safety in governmental administration; the alliance with the other an offense against political decency.” The voters of this country are not such fools as to turn their attention from the great issue of maintain- ing good government, financial honesty and prosper- ity at home, for the sake of following a demagogue who goes about denouncing as imperialism an issue arising out of a treaty which he himself advocated, and concerning which he is not statesman enough to formulate a policy, much less carry it, were that duty intrusted to him. The Supervisors have under consideration an ordi- nance intended to increase the chances of success of those who patronize nickel-in-the-slot machines. The shortest and best means of accomplishing this would be to suspend the coinage of nickels. \ - Latest reports from Cape Nome indicate very clearly that most of the adventurers who hastened to the north went with the notion that they were to be- come hurhan beasts of prey. The gold-hunters are now living on one another. While the clock game gamblers now on trial in the Police Court are extremely explicit in telling how a man can- put his money upon the swindle, they are eloquently silent as to how heris ever able to get it back again. Unele Sam’s soldiers have left the harbor fired with the enthusiasm of ignorance for the campaign in China. The Presidio hodpitals give eloquent and sad pro?heq of how many of the poor fellows will re- FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. WEBSTER SHVES ONE PEDAGOGLE FROM DISCHARGE Charges Board of Education With Discrimination in Dismissals. —_— New School Wanted in the Sunnyside District—Petition for High Grade Class in Evening In- stitution. P T The Board of Education was brought up with a round turn yesterday morning by Superfhtendent Webster when it endeav- ored to carry out its persistent policy of legislating teachers out of their positions. The “cooked-up' resolution which precipl- tated Webster's opposition was defeated. 1t provided that George Bates be placed on the unassigned high school list, as the number of teachers was greater than the nusnber of pupils warranted. “I desire to know,” said Webster, “the name of the teacher who will perform the duties hitherto carried out by Mr. Bates.” | Chairmdn Mark replied that Mr. Gal- lagher had been assigned to the position. “I cannot understand,” retorted Web- { ster, “why this severe discrimination has been made. There is nothing to my knowl- edge against Mr. Bates' record; he has had a longer experience in the department than Mr. Gallagher, and 1 think it is an injustice to singie him out for dismissal, which is practically the sense of the reso- lution.” ‘Webster's severe castigation evidently changed the programme to carry the reso- lution, for when it came to a vote Cas- serly was excused from voting for rea- sons which he said he had expiained pri- vately to Chairman Mark. nman and Kincald voted aye and Mark stated that a necessity might arise for Mr. Bates services and he would vote against the resolution, which therefore was lost. He said he would entertain a motion employ: ing Bates for two-fifths of the time, but none was forthcoming, so Bates will retained in his place. 4 ‘Annie A. Hill, a teacher of thirty years' service in the department, and Miss Nora G. Suilivan filed their resignations, with a request that they be placed on the retired list, and 1t was so ordeted. Or. the representation of the Sunnyside District Improvement Club, supplemented by the report of Superintendent Webster, that the school in that section was in a congested condition, the board will visit theschool and provide a remedy if found | necessary. Webster recommended that a new four-room schoolhouse to cost be built in the district. A petition signed by 450 taxpayers re- | questing the establishment of ‘a high school class in one of the evening schools | between Golden Gate avenue and the beach was taken under advisement. A resolution was adopted Krovmmg for the establishment of a bookkeeping class | and a commercial aritbmetic class In the | | Washington Evering School. | Superintendent Webster submitted his | financial report for the vear ending June | 30, 1900, showing that there had been re- celved from all sources the sum of $1,301,- 513 18 and that the expenditures had been | $1,285,098 61. There is now to the credit of | the fund received from collateral inheri- tance taxes the sum of $3729 93. | "The Stanford School was formally abol- ished and the pupils were ordered to at- tend the Franklin School. The following transfers of teachers to other schools were ordered: Miss E. Chase, from Le Conte to Marshall; Miss H. Featherly, from Le Conte to Hancock; iss M. Levy, from Grant to John Swett; s. ¥. Haynes, from Grant to Hearst: Mrs. C. Newell, from Le Conte to Garfield; Miss A, Harney, from Stanford to Agassiz; Miss B. Williamson, from James Lick to Fairmount; Mrs. K. Turney, from Le Conte to Fairmount: Miss C. Herrick, from Fairmount to Lincoln: & 3 embrace but one sul set forth in its title. says, however, the title of the ordinance is unnecessarily loni and that the ordinance itself might with advantage be subdivided into several distinct ordinances, each having its own appropriate title. SINGS IN PUBLIC FOR HER CHILDREN Mrs. Bessie Blitz Paxton to Appear on the Orpheum Stage. RS. BESSIE BLITZ PAXTON, ex-wife of Blitz Paxton, presi- dent of the Santa Rosa Bank, is to appear on Sunday night at the Orpheum—the lady’s initial appearance on the stage of this city. Mrs. Paxton made her professional de- but two weeks ago at the Orpheum in Los Angeles, and her triumph was immense and immediate. Grim necessity has driven Mrs. Paxton from the drawing-room to the theater. “T went on the stage to earn money for my children,” she sald yesterday, discuss- | e e o T 2 ok o o ot e o ARMY PACKERS AND TEAMSTERS WAGES REDUCED Experiénced Men Wanted to Go to China, but Pay Is Too Small. —— If Men Cannot Be Secured onm the Coast Easterners Will Be Sent. Quartermaster General Is- sues the Order. s The quartermaster general of the United States army in his telegram of a few days ago regarding the organization of mule wagon teams instructed the quar- A S U P S S S e R e o = e e e e R o e ad [ R R et S SRSy ] termaster at the Presidio to employ a sufficient number of packers at 350 per month. Packers heretofore have been paid $60. Experienced packers in this city retused the lower rate of wages and the department was so informed. The next telegram was to the effect that If men could not be secured in San Francisco for $60 a month packers would be forwarded from the East. A number of teamsters are also wanted, but men experienced in the handiing of army mule teams are not to be had for $30 a month, $10 less than pald heretofore. The horses of the Third Cavalry werc yesterday released from quarantine, the Veterinaries being satisfled they did not have the glanders. Several suspected cases of glanders appearing among the horses of the Ninth cavaley. their de- parture from the Presidio will be delayed until the last moment, in order that the disease may be stamped out. Battery O, Seventh artillery, from Fort Riley, Kansas, is expected to arrive here to-morrow. The battery is 175 strong and brings the largest guns in use in the oney ‘States “army. The battery and stegp guns are destined for China. e troopers of the Ninth Cavalry will be tendered a reception by the members of the African Met t Episcopal Church_at 806 Stockton street to-night The bodles of the following soidlers who dled in Manila arrived on the Sher- man: ke and Privates C. L. Hio- Al Goeke an AR Sergeant M. G. teenth Infant: M. .Gordon, private, Company L, Thirteenth Infantry; C. T. Stowe, quarter- master sergeant, Fourteenth Infantry: J. B. Muller, private, Company H. Fourteenth In- fantry: Willlam J. Regan, private, Company G, Seventeenth Infantry; W. Murphy, private, I, Twenty-third Infantry: [ Blaesing, Company B, Thirtieth Infantry; F. O’ Brien, private, Company I, Thirtieth Infan- try; J. M. Judy, Company B, Thirty-second In- fantry; Everette Kirby, priv Thirty-ninth_Infantry; Horace ileutenant, Forty-second Infantry: Ira vens, Company K. Forty-second intantry: Ju- lius Jobansen, Company A, Forty-fifth Infan- try; 8. 8. Regnier, corporal, Company G, For- ing her forthcoming appearance at the Or- pheum. “If I could afford to stay at home | with my blind boy and my little daughter 1 should be the happiest woman on earth. | But there are bills to be id—doctor's | bills the result of my little daughter’s re-, cent illness. Her father won't pay them. so I must, and I am going on the stage to earn the money. Mrs. Paxton has a beautiful voice, mez- wonderful “‘carrying’’ power. SAME OLD STORY. of the political situation in the following comprehensive manner: You bet. Same old ticket, boss: Samte old ! Same old piatform Miss M. F. Foley, from Longfellow to Agassis; Mrs. E. Lyon, from principalship of Stanferd | to principalship of Redding, vice Miss M. A. | Deane_on leave of absence; Miss Susie Ward, | from Starr King to Hawthorne. i Dr. T. B. W. Leland's application for an | extension of his leave of absence was op- | posed by Casserly. Leland desires to, | take a civil service examination for some | osition, but does not wish to leave the | Sohool Department until he has secured | the position. “1 give notice,” sald Casserly, “that I will not vote for any further extension of | | Dr. Leland's application. This is all owing | | to the dilatory tactics of the Civil Service Commission, which has been very slow in | holding examinations for some reason or another.” The extension was granted. Mrs. M. Shand, janitress of the Frank- | lin Grammar School, was dismissed from the department, the dismissal to take ef- fect August 9, 1500. The following transfers were made: Mrs. J. Murphy, from janitorship of Stanford School to Frankiin Grammar, to take effect August 9, 1900. Mrs. D. Curran, from janitorship of Hamil- ton School to the Emerson Primary School, vice lgon. Ella Hanson, to take effect August 1800, Mrs. J. Hanley, from janitorship ot Irving | Primary School to Hamilton Grammar School, 1o take effect August 9, 190. Mrs. Mary Sullivan was appointed jani- | tress’of the Irving Primary School. to take effect August 9, 1900, and Mrs. Mary Nolan janitress of Park Primary School, | vice Mrs. A. Kenned{. resigned. The following appointments were made: | C. T. Work, supervisor of manual training of the grammar schools, at a salary of $200 per month, from July 1, 1900. | B. F. Simcoe, teacher of manual training in the grammar schools; salary $1100 per vear. C. 'H. Thorpe, teacher of manual training in the grammar schools; salary $1000 per year. Miss Dee Beebe, supervisor of drawirg of the primary schools: salary $1200 per year. Tt was resolved that teachers who, through the consolidation of schools and classes, were left without employment be assigned to the substitute list, to date from the date of their notific by the | secretary of the board; also that, pending | | further action of the board, no more pu- | | pils be admitted to the commercial depart- | ment of the Lincoln Grammar School. | The secretary was authorized to ad- | vertise for the sale of the building for-| merly known as the Longfellow school- | house_and for the sheds connected with the Franklin Grammar School building, bmls tl? be opened August 15, 1900, at 11 o’clock. The outside classroom of the'Noe Valley Primary School, situated at Twenty-sixth and Noe streets, was abolished, rent to cease September 1, 1900. Leaves of absence were granted to Mis. E. F. Liebold, Mrs. 8. Holmes, Miss M. | A. Deane, Miss M. A. Ryan and Mrs. Edith M. Stafford. Mrs. Ella Hanson resigned her position | as Janitress of the FEmerson Primary | School. _The following resignations were accepted: Lilllan R. Suich, Miss Florence Fairchild, Mrs. Laura Jacobs, Miss Marie e tatton Introducea b resolution introduc Superinten- aent Webster that Miss M. G, Stebbina be decl: head teacher of the Model School at a salary of $83 per month, to take effect immediately, was adopted. The following resolutions, presented by ‘Webster, were taken under advisement: ‘That the sum of §1000 be and is hereby appro- priated for- the purchase of books for the use of children wkose parents are in indigent cir- UFhat. the sum of §100 be and'ls b by e of 2081 uoxaby appec- priated for the purchase of Dl end iibtary booke, gl g the sams (o be ned that he had al rth ke ron tna gut of the fund at the disposal of or the menth of September, 1900, ‘Webster ex ‘hased oo e R R TR 5 nade- quate. The board deci &nt the a:laaeh tional purchase would be ma B PR - wectivin v e study o 2 in future will be optional In the commercial de) the Lincoln Grammar Bchool.m‘m Al Cal. glace truit 50c per Id at Townsend's. ' Special information datly gulmag‘ houses w“p:‘l’)?l?:u:, 'L 0.: gomery st. lephone (fim 4 ot ' Fire Ordinance Too Long. City Attorney Lane transmitted an Bupervisors yes- opinion to the Board of terday in which he holds that there is no confiict between the title of the "m"/ Which says that an ordinance shall (Minus _cross): Same old powder, Same old_anti- Hanna howl: Same old issues— Nothing new; Same old lies ‘to Help ‘em through; Same old_talkers, Same old josh: Same old brand of Campaign slosh; Same old voters (Blese their souls), Same old trouncing ! At the polls! PERSONAL MENTION. Don Ray of Galt is at the Lick. Pedro Cosca of Guaymas is at the Occt- dental. H. D. C. Burnhart of Santa Cruz is at the Lick. | Sam Tyack, a mining man of Bodle, is at the Lick. 1. B.:‘Burgess, a merchant of.Bakers- field, is at the Lick. | Julius Paul Smith, a wine man of Liver- | more, is at the Palace. | Gr. Kohrmosa, a coffee planter of Costa | Rica, is at the Occidental. S. P. and- A. J. Dobbin, frult growers | from Vacaville, are at the Grand. | Scraby McDowell, representing one of | the large steel works of Chicago, is at the Grand. M. C. Gorgas, U. 8. N., came down from | Mare Island yesterday and registered at the Occidental. | Fred Dodd, a hotel man of Fresno, and | Wade H. Etter, a hotel man of Stockton, are at the Lick. ‘William E. Pullman, special agent of the treasury, doing duty in the El Paso and Nogales district, is spending & vacation | in this city. General Robert A. Friedrich, United | States District Attorney for Alaska and president of the Alaska Bar Assoclation, arrived from the north recently. His leave of absence will permit him to enjoy his vacation in this city, where he re- sided prior to his appointment. The Pres- ident recently reappointed General Fried- rich for the full term of four years. e CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—E. D. Pissis and Eugene Ballois of San Francisco are at the Waldorf; L. M. Gray of San Fran- cisco Is at the Manhattfn; Charles M. Plum of San Francisco s at the Herald FOURTH OF JULY—Mrs. J. M. D. g::y_ The Fourth of July, 1893, fell on ay. IN THE TRANSVAAL—A. B., Juneau, Alaska. According to the constitution of the Transvaal certain civil rights are de- nled to those who are not of the Lutheran :;l.tli.'onhmd:; g.ltl the members of 7! fess the Protestant nnfll:’n.;n el cad FASTEST TIME—H. F. J., City. The question “What is the fastgst time made by -dnflro-d ;;fln and where?” is a very broad one. lere records of fastest mh-.-" . Th """n??.‘.’- various distances and under various con- ditions. If the lent wants to know the fastest record for a short dis- the answer is, one mile in 32 sec- or at a rate of 112.5 miles per hour, over the l(;lwmr‘gr: Central and dent wants to %, ‘l':l:“:lhl.l €01 have to write in, ifinra Fia i zo-soprano, velvety In quality and with a | | the parochial residence | Cathedral. J. Mortimer Brown, editor of the White! Lake (S. D.) Wave, summarizes one end | ty-sixth Infantry: Peterson, private, Company H, Forty-sixth Infantry; R. H. Hus- ton, captain, Fort Infantry: J. A Jarvis, private, Hospital Corps; 8. C. Jack- man, Company L, Forty-seventh Infantry. and W. C. Geiger, captain, Philippine Cavalry. Griffin-Krone Wedding. Will-D. Griffin, statistician to the Board of Health, and Miss Helen A. Krone were married Tuesday evening at 9 o'elock at of St. Mary's rome B. Hannigan of- Rev. Je ficlated. —_—— Do You Enjoy Comfort When you travel? If you do, buy your ticket the Northern Pacific R'y and ride on the ‘North Coast Limited."” the most perfectly ap- pointed train in America. Solid vestibuled and lighted with Iincandescent electric lights, ob- servation car with & large parior ‘for ladies, tourist sleeping car finished In mahogany and upholstered in olive green leather. The only Iine selling tickets dfrect into Yellowstone Park. Tickets to all points north and east at the low- est rates. T. K. STATELER, Gen. Agt.. &% Market st.. S. F. The Santa Fe will sell tickets to Chicago and return on August 21 and 22 at the very low rate of $1250, good for sixty days. This is & very low rate and is open for all. They will tell you all about it at 623 Market street. If you suffer from looseness of the bowels, Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters will surely cure you. UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— PALATINE INSURANCE CO F MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, '31st day of December, A. D. 1399, and year ending on that day, as ma: surance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner: ASSETS. Loans on bonds and mortgages......$ 60,000 00 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by the company. 1,978,388 00 Cash in company’s office. 12,398 9 Cash in banks ... 187475 19 Interest due and sna_mortgages %0 Premiums in due Total assets ...... LIABILITIES. Losses adfusted and unpaid..........J 3,668 77 Losses in process of adjustment or in suspemse ........... ... 200,511 91 Losses resisted, including expenses. . 04 34 Gross premtums on fire risks running one year or less, $1.997.%9 i: re- h\.mr-uc"u per tgnl .e Gross premiums on fire ‘more than one year, §1.100,577 insurance pro rata ......... - Due and accrued for salaries, rent, ete. All sther deman PANY eeeeeen Total liabilities .. Ycoum Net cash actually received for fire PrEMIUMS ...oooooocoeeriinss sovereos $2,287,631 38 Recetved for interest om bonds a ‘mortgaxes - .. %380 00 Recetved for interest and dividends y on bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other sources T mmet rofit P* : 7,430 33 $2.413,357 94 EXPENDITURES. nt paid for fire losses (in- Net smount raid fo cluding of pre- SRE- YWY, <sscoriests sihssists . $1,550.305 97 Paild or allowed for commission or Beseea 517,858 08 uLa N 5 2. 0,018 13 nd expenditures 108,814 38 $2.269,940 €2 Losses Incurred during the year, fire..§1.637.502 Fire Risks.|Premiums. he desires. Buess the desires o ceml:dw.w THE CENTENNIAL-A. 8., Arcaf Cal. The steamer Centennial sailed tro': Cape Nome uf,'g:mw'fi . to Ju Caj ‘makes mh&mmm Principal Office—439 California SAN ' FRANCISCO. CHAS. A. LATON, Manager.