The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 13, 1900, Page 4

..AUGUST 13. 1900 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor.. ! tdd-ess All Communica ions 1o W, S. LEAKE, Manazer. MANAGER' (bl‘FI('E........Tvlrpho!e lfren 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE. Market and Third. 8. F. kS s elephoae Press EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Ktevensonm St. | Telephone Press 202, Delivered by Cmrriers. 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, & Centn. Terms by Mail, Including Postag: DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), one year. 3800 DAILY CALL dncluding Sunday), § months. 300 DAl CALL «ncluding bunday), 8 months 1.50 DA CALL—By Single Month. 850 EUNDAY CALL One Year 150 WEEKLY CALL One Year. 100 4)1 postmasters are anthorized io receive subscriptions. Sample coples wiil be forwaided when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be particuier to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %o lusure a prompe and correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. . .1118 Broadway C GEORGE KROGNESS, Mznager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. 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AUCTION SALES This day, Mendenhall Horses and Mules, at August 13, at 1 ¢ wts. clock, Horses, Tuesday, August 14, at 11 TREDE APPARENTLY IMPROV}ING. 'I‘ R parts of the country from the ADE reports from le change in the situation ne profess to see improve- d it is no! in bus The bank clearings ious week orthy that none which is a ness, negative sign e comparative decrease, week #fter week, i 16.2 per cent, the largest five while the number of second wee loss, n is distinctly larger ation that general out the country is gradually working The ures last week were When it is considered that ther last week was intensely hot all over the f Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic hot ate cities showing a ga which is another ind gh rou; firmer ba st 136 last year. weather invariably checks seen that if business were still de- in bank clearings would average for the past few weeks, Hence, the inference is natural an improvement not the ase t there is really in commercial great staples are showing more tone ent in wool, which set in several weeks | ), continues, and the primary markets all report e the manufacturers are also buying The improv It is remarked, however, that t in- ovement is #t the expense of new business, are not up to expectations. The Chinese nished the demand for coarse raw but the other grades are less affected. The t demand for dry goods has been checked con- erably by cottons hot weather, but fall orders are com- There are also heavy engage ing in m i steel products, particularly at nd steel bars are $4 per ton where the manufacturers have sold close of the year ily diminished by further shut- ting down of mills, an- it is supposed that this is help- ing the market. The boot and shoe trade continues dull and unsatisfactory, and hides and leather are still in the du ~xcept here in California, where an improved demand for leather has lately been ob- served. It is noteworthy that the sharp decline in quotations which characterized the spring months has ceased, and that there is a reactionary movement toward firmer prices for some goods. In the local situation there are few changes. The agricultural outlook in California seems to be getting better d The pro- duction is being stea ¢ after day, though the improvement is grad- It has been pointed out in this column for two mogths that all crops are smaller than anti the spring. and buye ual pated in s of all products, having finally discovered this, are paying increased prices. This is notably true in wool, hops, grapes, dried fruit of all kinds, canned fruits and vegetables, barley, oats and hay, not to mention a number of minor products of the soil The reduction in the wheat yield has not re. sulted in any marked improvement. because wheat is ot a local but universal proposition, where the pro- duction of the whole world has to be taken into con- ideration, though a decrease'in the yield of any one mportant country of course modifies the situation more or less As far as San Francisco and California are con- cerned. much depends on the' course of events in | China. Tf a general war results there the demand for farm and orchard products in this market will be creatly stimulated. ard findeed agents for different covernments have for several weeks been nosing | ut among the commisison merchants for future avotations, in view of a possible war demand. But it China proposes peace, and obtains it, we will have to do without this extra cail for our products. In any cvent. there will be 2 zood movement in produce this f2ll, so the outlook for California is very good. | As this i not to be a yellow dog vear with Repub- licans, all the bosses might as well withdraw their can- didates and save them for the next bench show i | pended in making the celebration the most splendid ever known on the Picific Coast will not be wasted. the chances are that any one of them could be had at HONESTY IN POLITICS. Y reason of the firmness of the men who 'rep- resented and upheld it in the Republican County Committee on Saturday evening, the cause of genuine Republicanism and honest politics attained a victory over the combined forces of the railroad and the Mint saloon bosses which promises to yield important results. By that victory a scheme of the bosses_ to obtain control of the primary elec- tion boards was defeated, and decent Republicans can now expect an honest supervision of the election of delegates to the county convention. It is to be borne in mind, however, that what has been accomplished is nothing more than opening & g at the primaries. It is a sure thing the bosses will carry their fight there and make it with all the vigor they have. It is not a battle they are going 4o shirk or to enter upon with any feeling of indifference. The Legislature that is to meet this winter is to apportion the Assembly, the Senatorial and the Congressional districts of the State, and the apportior its once made will stand for ten years. Should the bosses have control of the Legislature they can so gerrymander the State as to have virtual domination in many of the districts of each class. It is to achieve that object Herrin is now working hand in hand with Crimmins and his partners. It matters nothing to the “respectable” Mr. Herrin that Crim- mins has been charged from the witness-stand in open court ‘with getting a 25 per cent rake-off from the ts of skin gambling games in return for “protec- In the game Herrin is playing any partner will way for fair dealin profi uon. do. nished him with a long spoon he feels safe in supping with the devil. It is against that gang of Mint saloon toughs and loafers, joined with the railroad supporters, that the honest Republicans of San Francisco have to make the fight in the primaries. To achieve victory there needs resolution, unity of action, organization and that universal earnestness among the rank and file which will bring to the polling booths every public- spirited and honest member of the party. In the contest in the County Committee the tools of the bosses were beaten only because the stalwart Republicans told them plainly they would not sub- mit to the control of Herrin, Kelly and Crimmins. One honest member after another rose and warned the gang that boss dictation would result in the defeat at the polls of any corrupt rascal the bosses nomi- nated. They declared emphatically the decent Repub- licans of the different districts would not permit their party to be dominated by Herrin, Kelly and Crim- mins. As Mr. Metzner put it: “Republicans who sup- ported Horace Davis will not submit to be deprived of their rights by the bosses.” By the display of that spirit the victory in com- mittee was won, and by the exhibition of the same sentiment and resolve the victory in the primaries will be won. Boss candidates of the type of Dibble and Wolfe cannot be elected in this campaign Those men have been tried in office and it has been found that they represent neither the Republican party nor any other class of the people. They are indifferent to their constituencies and to the State They are for themselves and for such corporations as are noted for affiliation with corrupt legislators. No such man will be permitted to masquerade.as a Re- publican this year. California needs an honest Legis- lature, and it is the duty of Republicans to do their uttermost to supply that need. It appears the British are not to be permitted to play | a lone hand in the Shanghai district of China, for it is said the Kaiser has resolved to send 35000 Germans there to take part in the game, and now if the Mikado would send some Japs over to assist the Russians in Manchuria the lone hand terror that has been disturb- ing the powers would vanish from the horizon. Recent reports are to the effect that the French Government having made successful tests with wire- less telegraphy over a distance of sixty miles is to adopt an extensive system of such telegraphy along | the French coast. By and by the yellow journals will learn that wireless telegraphy has come to stay and then they will get in and claim it as a scoop. THE BAR ASSOCIATION. OHN T. GREANY, Assistant District Attor- QJ ney, has begun proceedings to collect from James Taylor Rogers the $500 fine imposed upon Rogers for his refusal to answer questions before the Grand Jury in relation to the conspiracy formed for the purpose of looting the estate of the late Joseph Sullivan. Frederick Hansted, charged with connection with the conspiracy, is now in jail in this city. he came back for the purpose of meeting the charge will go into court this morning “refreshed and ready to prove that the charges made by Chretien are false s he has been proven.” The testimony Hansted is likely fo give and the proceedings against Rogers will doubtless aid ma- terially in bringing to light any still hidden secrets of the conspiracy which The Call was fortunately able | to expos~ in time to prevent the final distribution of the estate. Possibly, in the new light which is thus to be throwa on the affair, some other rascal may be brought w thin reach of the law, and thus justice be able to attain > completer triumph than would other- wise be possible. Thus far the press has done its full duty in trying to bring the guilty attorneys and their fellow-con- spirators to answer for the wrong they have com- mitted not only against the rightful heirs of Sullivan but against society itself. The Grand Jury has acted and the court has upheld the action of the jury. To t other power in the community from which action is expected, but from which no action has come. - What is the matter with the Bar Association? Why does the association which is supposed to rep- resent the honor of the bar of San Francisco permit a seli-confessed criminal like Chretien to retain the rights of an attorney? Why is James Taylor Rogers allowed to continue to practice at the bar? The issue is one which the better members of the bar cannot evade. It is up to them. If Chretien ang Rogers are not to be disbarred, the public will make a shrewd guess at the reason why. A —— COM= UP WITH THE COIN. UBSCRIPTIONS to the Admission day cele- bration fund are now in order. It is time to set about in earnest at the work of preparation, for the date of the festival is rapidly approaching. | Money is needed. and it is needed promptly. Before the close of the week the $50.000 expected from San Francisco ought to be subscribed and in the hands of the committee. Come up with the coin. This is an issue that appeals at once to the patriot- ism and the pockets of the people. The money ex- Such outbursts of patriotic demonstration tend to the Moreover, as his boss, Mr. Huntington, has fur- | d asserts | extent all is satisfactory, but there remains one | | | | stimulation of public spirit, and the effect of the stimulus will be felt not only in the glory of the holi- day, but in business and in enterprise. It will revivify popular ardor in the progress of the State and go far toward promoting every important movement for the development of our resources. The festival will bring thousands of visitors to. the city and the trade of our merchants will be at once in- creased. From their hands the money will flow into the general channels of trade and there will be a quick- ening of activity in all lines of industry. What San Francisco contributes to the celebration will be re- turned to her tenfold either directly or indirectly. Over and above such benefits as the city will derive from the multitudes who will attend the celebration are those that the city and State alike will share in the repute which California will acquire by this new demonstration of her wealth and her prosperity. The attention of Eastern capitalists and home-seekers will be drawn to the State by the evidence of the richness of her resources and the public spirit of her people, and as a result we shall acquire great profit from this patriotic form of advertising. Bear in mind the money is needed at once. Sub- scribe to-day. Let the committee in charge of the celebration have the $50,000 before the end of the week. Come up with the coin. L CALIFORNIA IN CONGRESS U Republican primaries in the Third District all Californians may unite in congratulations. There is nothing in this to reflect upon the character of his principal competitor, Mr. Dalton. The satis- faction in the vote for Mr. Metcalf lies in the fact that it shows that California constituencies are be- ginning to understand the importance of re-electing to Congress representatives who have rendered faith- ful service and who have acquired in the House that experience which is necessary to every member who aspires to influence there. The record of Mr. Metcalf's first session in Con- gress gives promise that in him California will have an able and influential representative. Speaker Hender- son and several of Mr. Metcalf’s colleagues in the House have borne witness not only to his fidelity to his State and to his steadfast industry in attending to his Congressional duties, but to his aptitude for the work required of him. He makes friends easily and has the faculty of retaining them. Few mem- bers in their first term attain so much success as he has done, and it would have been a political blunder of the worst kind had the Republicans of the Third District set him aside for the purpose of electing a new and inexperienced man to take his place. When all California constituencies learn the advan- | tage of having experienced men at Washington, Cali- | fornia will* attain to her rightful prestize in the | Union. The older States have long since learned of | that advantage and consequently their power at Wash- | ington is altogether out of proportion to their wealth | and population. A long term in Congress gives a | man an opportunity to learn the characters of the | leaders on both sides, to understand the workings of committees, to make influential friends, to confer fa- vors which will be reciprocated, and in a hundred cther ways acquire a personal influence in the House which he can exert greatly to the advantage of his constituents. The people of the Fiith District long re- elected Mr. Loud term after term, and they have now | the satisiaction of seeing him chairman of one of the most important committees of the House and within a measurable distance of the Speakership itself. He is sufficiently prominent to be regarded as an as- pirant for that high office, and consequently he has a much more potent influence in all matters of legisla- tion than a new man could possibly have, no matter how eloquent and energetic he might be. Other constituencies may well profit by the wis- dom of the Reépublicans of the Fifth. The Repub- licans of the Third have set them a good example. Mr. Metcalf’s renomination being now assured he should be re-elected by an overwhelming vote. He merits the support not only of all Republicans but of | all independent voters and of that strong body of conservative Democrats who are desirous of ridding their party of Bryanites who are now controlling it. It is an issue that appeals to all citizens, for it means that California in Congress shall be inferior in power and influence to none of her sister States. ET your name on the great register. There 6 are a good many of you who have neglected i‘ that duty of a citizen. The closing days of reg- istration will see a rush at the Registrar's office, and then it will be troublesome and inconvenient, by rea- PON the victory of Congressman Metcalf in the have REGISTER AND ENROLL. | and proving the falseness of it. He has declared he | $on of the rush. Better attend to the duty at once. When you have registered, then enroll yourself in the Republican ciub of your district and attend all its | meeting s to keep in close touch with the cam- | paign at every step of its progress and ready to act | in behalf of genuine Republicanism and honest poli- | tics. The contest is to be an important one for the State i as well as for the nation. Free silver cranks, free | traders, Populists and all other political vagarists or | fanatics have banded together under the lead of Bryan, | and there is, therefore, in the national field an oppor- tunity to defeat all of them at one swoop. Some- thing of the same sort is to be found in the State con- test. The railroad is fighting to obtain control of the Legislature, and all the local bosses have combined with it. Herrin, Kelly and Crimmins work together, and the Democratic bosses are lurking in the shadow ready to help them. Thus the whole corrupt and | corrupting forces of the city are on one side. A vic- tory for genuine Renublicanism now will erush the whole gang. The duty of every honest Republican at this time is plain. He who has rot registered should attend to it at once. He who has not enrolled should straight- 50 the city, the State an1 the nation cannot be won by | talking. There must be action. Register and enroll, | and then see to it that your friends do the same. The Gold Democrat who said he would not vote for the best man in the country if he stood on the Kansas City platform, nor for Bryan if he stood on the best platform ever drawn, has neatly expressed the sentiments of the business elements of the country. Neither the candidate nor the platform could be made acceptable under any circumstances. There is something funny in the announcement that the Mexican Government has begun an elaborate sys- tem of national ir"igation of arid lands in that country while we are still treating the subject as if it involvel ' a problem too complex for solution. Shall Uncie Sam have to go to school to Mexico to learn how to manage his farm? X Varimlg foreign companies have concessions for | constructing about 5000 miles of railway in China, and , this time quite c'heap for cash. e | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. way do so. The fight for genuine Republicanism in | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1900. Sally Sharp Sently Prods Che Apples in the Swim thanks to Alice Hager; she has broken away from the hard and fast rule which makes a chaperon a superfluous incumbrance. She has gone her way beautifully independent of silly custom, and has constituted herself all the chaperon she and her sister Ethel need. We girls have always thought a chaperon all kinds of a bore. It is not unusual for the chaperoned party to have EVERY one of us girls owes a vote of to keep a watch on the chaperon. That is why we are all looking up to Alice Hager. Here's to her good common sense, that declares a- sensible, self-respecting girl s a it guzrdian for her younger sis- e at her - ity Protection she neeas, | SnY 19 all the C) . I met Marie Welis the other day, just back after a stay at Monterey and a trip to Tahoe. She was brown as a berry, and, oh! hew becoming it was. Of course, she had been doing any amount of horseback riding. Over to San Iaet g 9 Wells to-day for a re:“h’fl'g goes Miss ¢ stay with her beautiful cousin, Marie Oge. and then back to town for the present. Miss Wells has made what she believes is a wonder- ful discovery regarding Engl general. “When yvou meet them Marle. “the Py but when Did you That" G ishmen in said sweet y are so cold and forbidding; you get to know them—oh!” ever see Maric's eyes sparkle s the way they did it when tha saia T Bverybody is to meet at Del Monte to- day, and there is not one pretty girl-in my set v;'hu Will be missing. Personally I ancy Edith Preston, and am {lea.dy o wager that there can’t be a pret- ser girl at dear old Monterey than she. uch hair, such skin, such teeth, such everything. If I were a m. should be, “Win .Edlth Prest’:;rrll g:'ydg?}la $iovy Addle Murphy is going down to Del Monte to-day. She is so petite and dainty and always looks so well, and, oh, has such clothes, that the other giris will do well to beware vzhen she s around, e More popular than all the debu tante put together, and certainly beloved by all the young people, 1s dear old Mrs. Eleanor ;‘:emm-n't l?\70 ov;e half our entertain- 0 her, and she ent: very- thing with quite as much vim ss ¢ the were 18 instead of—30. And she has such & happy, pleasant way with us girls. There is Something so delightful when she smiles her approval, All the men Serm to follow where she leads. If she likes a girl the men like her, too, but that is not the reason we all want her to love us. Down at Del Monte she is just the life of the place, and she has given more lunch- eons and dinners than all the oth put together. sl enics e The riding school has a new riding mas- ter. Captain Dilion was so il that he was forced to resign. Wasn't it kind of the directors of the club? Thelr thanks to Captain Dillon for his long and splendid services went with a well-filled purse. Captain Dillon is over at San Rafael try- ing to win his hedlth back. ‘We are all dreadfully sorry about Mil- @0+ 4-0400040604540-000sdsdsdeieseQ s e S S e e e e o S U e S g g 2 PP DS S & = B R e e e B AL S S I 2 I TP P, MISS ALICE HAGER. B R SR S e o ol S e o ok 2 ton Latham. News from Nome is none of the best and Milton has not succeeded Come as well as he wished and hoped. back, Milton! = They are telling us to engagement of the dainty Miss — No, I won't tell her name. It really would not be fair until it is an- nounced. They will make a very hand- some couple, she dark and he falr. hope it is really a betrothal, for she is sure to have a handsome wedding. - Her sister Elizabeth had and her dear, girl- ish looking mamma is not likely to slight her youngest daughter. | Mr. and Mrs. James Follis are back after an extended honeymoon trip, shorter . look out for the blonde Consul and however, than was originally intended. The death of Mr. Follls’ father brought the young people back from foreign shores. Mr. and Mrs. Follis are the guests of Miss Lillie Follis at her elegant home out on Washington street There was a delightful bit of romance connected with the marriage of Trudie Curtis and Alfred Donau. Donau was al- ways boasting that he was immune and that there was no woman who could steal his heart from him. And Trudie just went down to Arizona to see her father's vast mining possessions there. She saw and conquered_the vain . boaster, and - their marriage Tuesday was the resuit. SALLY SHARP PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. F. K. Alnsworth of Los Angeles is at the Grand. Judge R. N. Baskin of Salt Lake City is registered at the Occidental. Frank H. Farrar, a prominent citizen of Merced, is stopping at the Grand. P. W. Reed, a wealthy Guatemalan planter, is a guest of the Occidental. | W. T. Ellis Jr., a prominent merchant | of Marysville, is registered at the Grand. | , Dr. P. T. Turner of Stockton, accom- panied by his wife, 1s in the citv for a| few days. J. D. Bradley, a prominent officer of the Pacific Improvement Company, is a guest | of the Grand. J. L. Sperry, proprietor of the hotel at the Calaveras Big Trees, is stopping at the Occidental. W. F. Prisk of Grass Valley, member of the Legislature and a journalist, is at the Occidental. He is accompanied by his wife. Frederick M. Biggerstaff arrived from New York on Friday after three years' study of the piano in Berlin, Paris and London. John A. Gill, the well-known railroad man, left for the Sound last night. He will visit Seattle, Tacoma and Victoria and return in about ten days. Miss Rose Hooper., daughter of Major Hooper of the Occidental Hotel, returned from Europe yesterday. She was absent three years and spent the most of that period in studying the art of painting. She made great progress and returns well satisfied with her work. IW YORK, Aug. 12.—F. H. Bushnell of Sa’z\Fl'iw;nnvlficn is at the Wardorf; Timothy Hopkins of San Francisco is at the Hol- land; John Knight of Los Angeles is at the Astor; H. V. Reeves of Alameda is at the Park Avenue. NO WONDER THEY LOOKED. The other day a married couple were walking down one of ke main thorough- fares of a north country town and the | husband, noting the attention other womten obtained from passers-by, re- marked to his better half: “Folk nivver look at thee. 1 wish I'd married some one betier looking."” The woman tartly replied: “It's thy fault. Dusta think a man'll stare at me when you're walking wi' me? Thee step behind and thah'll see whether 1k don't look at me.” 'Oflc hung back about a dozen yards and for the length cf the street was surprised to see every man his wife passed stare hard at her and turn round and look after her when she had passed. “gal, lass!" he exclaimed, “I was wrang back. I'll nlvver say owt about 1 in. mfiu"’:fl?’- ouse had accomplished the trick by putt ngnout her tongue at every man she mef t-Bits. AN EXCHANGE OF CUTS. In a certain village ¢f Kent there lives an old lady known as “Talkative Sal” The parson showed too much linén at nis wrist for her liking, so one day, meeting him in a lane, she said: “Excuse me, parson, but would you mind my cutting about an inch off your wrist- bands, as I think it very unbecoming to a | clerical man?”" “Certainly,” said the parson, and she took from her pocket a pair of scissors and cut them to her satisfaction. Having finished, the parson said: “Now, madam, thers is something about you that T should like to see about an inch horter. : #hen.” said the old dame, handing him | the scissors, “‘cut it to vour liking.’ “Come, then, good woman,” said the arson, ‘‘put out vour tongue.”—Spare loments. Ca: place “ruit e ror I at Townsend 1 ——ee— Special Information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont gomery st. Telephone Main 1042, . W. B. Werd claims to be the champlon wolf catcher of the country, basing his claim on the fact that he appeared in Rapid City, S. D., recently with 232 pelts, 244 of the gray wolf and seventy-eight of the coyote. The bounty on the lot amount- ed to $810, which Is the largest wolf bounty ever paid to one man so far as is known. —_————— The Santa Fe will sell tickets to and return on August 21 and 22 at the ! Chicago very low rate of #7250, good for sixty days. is a very low rate and is open for all. They WiLl teil you all about it at 28 Market street. $ - O’REILLY’S BEAUTIFUL |NEWS OF THE NAVIES 4 LINES ON BOHEMIA HE following poem was written by John Beyle O'Reilly, the Irish pa- triot, and was published In an edition of his poems. The book is not at pres- ent in print. John Mason recited the touching verses last week in one of his sketches at the Orpheum. So manv re- quests have been made of the popular young actor for the lines that he Kindiy ioaned a reporter of The Call a copy of them. 5 Oh, I long for the glow of a kindly heart And the clasp of a friendly hand! And T'd rather live in Bohemia Than in any other land! There are mo titles inherited there: No hoard nor hope for the brainless heir; No gilded dullard, nobly born To stare at his fellow with leaden scorn. Bohemia has none but adopted sons; Tts limits—where Fancy’s bright streamruns— Its honors—not garnered for thrift or trade, Beauty and Truth men's souls have i To the empty heart in a jeweled breast There is value, maybe, in a purchased crest; But the thirsty of soul soon learn to know The molstureless froth of the soclal flow; The vulgar sham of the porfpous feast When the heaviest purse is the highest priest. The organized charity, scrimped and iced In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ; The smile restrained, the respectable éant— Where a friend in need is a friend in want! Where the only alm is to keep afloat And a brother might drown, with a cry in his throat! % Oh, I long for the glow of a kindly heart And the c of a friendly hand, And I'd rather live in Bohemia Than In any other land! e o o o ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. RAZZLE RAZZLE-C. M., City. The highest throw in razzle dazzle is five aces. BACHELORS—G. §. D., Drytown, Cal. devoted to bach- ‘Bachelor's Book." REDEMPTION OF PROPERTY—S. I San Lucas, Cal. The law allowing prop- erty sold after foreclosure to be redeemed Jithin'a year was approved February 25, NO SUCH BILL—A. B, Oakland. Cal Congress did not pass an act directing that all who enlisted in the army between March 4 and July 4, 189, should be dis- charged on July 1, 1900. FAIL'JRES—F: O; 8., Oakland, Cal. The faflures in the United States In 1899 were 9393; liabilities $123,132.679. In 1808, 12,265; $149,057,939. In 1897, 13,351, $154.332.071. 1In 1896, 15,088; ,096,834. In 1895, 13,197; $173,.- A In 184, 13,885; $172,902,856. In 1893, 16,342 $346,779, ENLISTED MEN—W. B., City. A man who enlists in the United States army must serve for the time of his enlistment, unless sooner discharged for cause. He cannot, like a commissioned officer, ten- der his resignation at any time that he might wish to do so._ ENTITLED TO PENSION—W. B. §. §., City. If a man becomes sick while in the naval service of the United States, is treated for many months in a Unfted States naval hospital and is_ discharged from the service for physical disability, he is entitled to apply for a pension. DENTAL REGISTRATION-—Tesla, Cal. One who desires to practice dentistry in the State of California must be registered apply to the Examiners, of Bachman of San Francisco i l‘%c president. The fee for registration NOT ENTITLED TO PENSION-—-N. N., City. The widow of a man who died of disease contracted at the expiration of five ivcenr‘s in the United States revenue serv- e Is husband while in the revenue service was there detailed from either th {2y the army or the IN THE NAVY—A. M., Gilroy, Cal. & man joins the United States navy he enlists torhu stated time and is required to serve that time.unless disch: 0 physical disability or good cau:er.s“l'! rh’; deserts he is liable to arrest at any time. and the punishment depends upon the cire cumstances of the case. The pay of men in the navy is rated according to the po- sitlon. A landsman is paj and an ordinary leammmflg 0 oy SOLDIERS' RIGHTS—E. R. Manfla, P. I Congress did not pass an act allowing soldlers who served in the Spanish-Amer- fcan war a deduction of time in which to obtain a patent, In case they took up bomestead land in the United tes af- ter discharge from the army. Congress as. however, said that if a man who had taken up a plece &l land as a homestead enlisted as a soldier he would be con- sidered as not having lost his residence upon the land during the time he served in the army. . not entitled to pension unless her | 1 | Another dock is to be buflt at Chatham | dockyara, bringing the number up to ten, equal to that of the three principal navy rds in the United States. The turbine propeller boat Viper was tried for speed on July 13 off the River Tyne for one hour. On two -continuous runs over the measured mile the averaged 36.55 knots, and the average of six runs was 36.58 knots. The supplementary British naval esti- mates for the present year amount to | $6,346,500, among the items of which are | $1,753,000 for the purchase of five torpedo- boat destroyers: $40.000 for bullding a repair ship and $88,000 for the placing of Maxim guns where old machime gu were hitherto used. The supplementary | estimate brings the total naval estimates | for the year up to $143.959.500. | _The British cruiser Europa is alleged to | have consumed coal at the rate of five | pounds per horsepower during her rece | voyage to Australia. On the other ha | the battleship Goliah, fitted with t | same type of boilers as the Europa, used | only two pounds of coal per horsepower | on her run from England to Gibraitar. This extraordinary discrepancy would indicate that the fault lies with the boller- | room force rather than with the boilers. A commission has been appointed by | the British Admiralty to inquire into the | causes of failures of water-tube bollers in the navy. The inquiry will go thor- oughly into the subject and the report will be of the greatest Interest and value to naval and mercantile people. The bofler trouble is practically confilned to the Belleville type alone, and as France is | steadily Increasing its use in the navy |1t would Indicate that no trouble is ex- perfenced with the Belleville bofler in that country and that its alleged faflure In the | British navy is chieflly due to imexperi- | ence and ignorance of stokers and engi- | neers in her Majesty’s navy. | British naval vessels have nicknames | as well as merchant ships and the pecple that man them. The battleship Resolu- tion prior to being fitted with bilge-keels was dubbed the “rolling Resolution,” but | as she has got over that uncomfortabla feeling the old name has been dropped and she is called “Reso” for short. The Prince George 1s known as the “G. P.” | the Magnificent as “Magnificat.” “Mag- gle” or the “Mag.” ‘“Hannah Ball” is what the sailors call the Hannibal, and | “Jew Peter” comes pretty close to Jupiter. The Howe is known as “Anvhow.” the coast-guard ships are known as “Gobles,™ { the Trafalgar is abbreviated to “Trafy™ and the Nile is nicknamed “the Jew '™ ‘ The French submarine boat Morse does | not appear to be a great success, as com- | pared with the Holland type adopted in | this country. The Morse is 120 feet in | length, 9.2 feet beam and displaces 148 |tons. She has a surface speed of 12.3 knots with two and a half tons spare buoyancy and her endurance under that condition is 150 knots at a speed of 5% | knots. She can be submerzed in four minutes and it requires fourteen minutes to turn her completely around. When en- tirely submerged and using electric motors | only for propulsion her traveling distance |is twenty-five miles at eight knots amn ninety miles at five knots. The compl ment is one officer and nine men. The German battleship Wittelsbach, launched July 3 at Wilkelmshafen, is the first of a new type of which five are to be | built. The other four, known as D, E, F, G, are to be distributed to Schichan at Dantzlc, the Germania yard at Kiel. Vul- can yard at Stettin and to Welhelms- hafen and will shortly be taken in hand. These five battleships are an improve- ment on the Kaiser type, their dimensions being 418.6 feet length, 65.83 feet beam and 2483 feet draught, displacing 11890 tons. They will have triple screw engines of 15,000-horsepower, calculated to give a speed of 19 knots and have a bunker ca- pacity of 1W0 tons. The armament con- sists of four %.6-inch guns In two 10-ineh turrets, eighteen 6-inch quick-firers in broadside and turrets, protected by 6-inch armors: twelve 3.32-inch, twelve L4S-inch and eight machine guns, making a total of fifty-four guns. The axis of the for- {ward heavy guns will be 10 feet above waterline and of the after guns 215 feet The ships will have two torpedo tubes on ch broadshide. one in the stern and oneNn the stem. The Krupp armer belt is from 9 inches to 4 inches thick. cost of each ship is estimated at $4.1 for hull and machinery. $1.250.000 for a ament and $1T7500 for torpedoes. a tol cost of $5.500,000, which is only 3500.000 le: than the cost of the American battleships Allhn;'nm\:lrhl(,ca‘:;fl;!e 't‘lll ';bmn 12000 ns. o tlesbach wi ready Her guns by Aprii 1, 19 e . 8