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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AflGUS’l‘ 24, 1900. And the skin, for cleansing the sc ADVERTISEMENTS. B e Save Your Hair with hampoos of S light dressings of CUTICURA, purest of emollient skin cures. This treatment at once stops faiiing hair, reimnoves crusts, scales, and dandrufi, soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates the hair follicles, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, heaithy scalp when all else fails. ‘ Millions of Womien Use CrTIcURA S0aP exclusively for preserving, purifying, and beautifying alp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stop- ping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and healing, red, rough, and sore hands, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and cha ngg, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weak- nesses, and for many antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves 0 women, and especially mothers, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Noamount of persuasion can induce those who have once used it to use any other, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scsalp, and hair of infants and children. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTIOURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients, and the most refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated soap ever compounded is to be compared with it for pre- serving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it com- bines, in ONE S0AP at ONE PRICE, viz., TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, the BEST skin and complexion soap, the BEST toilet and BEST baby soap in the world. 11 that has been said of CuTicura SoAP may be said with even greater emphasis of Ovricrra Ointment, the most delicate, and yet most effective of emollients, and “ INsTANT RELIEF and i over al (Uticura h The Set, $1.25 A Sryous Ber Is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring, and bnmflln!ln% in, HEM. scalp. 009 :nd blood humors, Eole Props., Boston scales and 10 instantly a! hbeal, and CoTIcURA RESOLVENT '50c.), 10 cool and cleanse the blood. with loss of hal “ Al greatest of skin cures. Its use in connect sround each package), in the “Oxg Nigar Cure For Sore HANDS,” in th wnn«nn ForR DISFIGURING ITCHINGS AND IRRITATIONS, many uses numerous to mention, is sufficient to prove its superiorit other preparations for the skin. x i Complete External and internal Treatment for every Humor, consisting of CoTicura Soar (2ic.). to cleanse tho skin of crusts and ten the thickened cuticle, CUTICURA OINTMENT (50c.), v ftching , when all else fails about the Skin, Sealp, and Hatr,” fi with Curicura SoaPp (as per directions , inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and Porrer DrUG AND ree. rsigned, have matism for over , 146 Landers st. Dr.PIERCES DR. WONG WOO, Chinese Tea | Herb Sanitarium, 7 and < st., cor. Sa cured exclusi herbs. Advice toila p. m To m., Whom . Brenham plac Francisco, Cal. All diseases Chinese s fveiy by 1to3 and 7 It May This is to certify that I, onths’ of Rheum: atism. GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY | BLOOBD.L VER.LUNGS 515 & 19 8 BOD-) W, T. 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Wee—xk Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican remedy. ves beaith and strength to sexual OrgAn: epot, 323 Market. Weekly Call, $1 per Year BATTALION OF | ARTILLERY IS ORDERED HOME Men of the Third After Two Years in Manila Will Enjoy a Rest. FROM LA Government Transport Ser- vice to Get Additional Dock Space. Numbers Greatly Reduced by Sick- ness and Casualties—Arrival of Light Batteries—More Doctors for China. —_— Steuart-Street Wharf Will Probably Be Lengthened Three Hundred Feet to Meet Increased ° Batteries G, H, K and L of the Thirl H L emand. Artillery, that have been in the Philip- G pines for the past two years, have been SRR R ordered home. These batierles Wwere| The Harbor Commissioners held a spe- among the first troops ordered to the |cjg) gession yesterday to consider the PLilippines and they have taken a co“‘)ques(ion of whart room for Uncle Sam'’s splcuous part in most of the important | transports. Among those present were: engagements. Their ranks have been |Commissioners Kilburn, Harney and Her- gr reduced by sickness and in nearly |old, E. R. Dimond and A. Chesebrough, every ecase where this battalion of the ' representing the firm of Willlams, Dimond some of its men have fallen. The soldiers | Captain Barneson, representing the army of the Third are very well known here, | transport service. they having been stationed at the P The question before the board was the sidio, where at present is the headquar- | growing necessities of the army transport | ters of the regiment. W | S Ltant Pty t teventh Aiiillaty “ups | $9EYice €nd the e of more dook:sngm. | der command of Captain W. P. Stone and Lieutenants Berry, Newbold and Joh son, arrived at the Presidio late Wednes- | present. day night. Light Battery M will arrive this morning. |1°made. the work of loading them very One hospital steward, two acting stew- | hard. ards, fifty Hospital Corps privates and | The question of assigning the Govern- elevén fema Wwere yesterday | ment the new Howard-street Wharf No. 3. booked for Nagas They will be a: now nearing completion, came up. Com. signed to duty in the new hospital at that | missioner Herola pointed out that the place. | structure v;;as only 453 feet llfi\g andl thn‘: Twenty-one patients left the General |many of the transports would overiap spital ,\'eslnrda‘ for treatment in the ‘ by many feet. Mr. Chesebrough explained hospitals at Fort Bayard, | the position of Willams, Dimond & Co. , and Hot Springs, Ark. in the matter. While the firm has re The following acting assistant surgeons | i | W carry on the service as things were at D The transports were scattered have been assigned to duty at the Gen- | Hissioners (hel LIS Coul ™G, ve™ine use o aiosRlal awalting rans O etina | of Howard 3, still they had based their | Chabut, Wiillam J. Condon, Harry A.|calculations on getting the use of tne | Cossitt, U. S. Grant Deaton, Wallace | whar. “Nevertheless,” sald Mr. Chesebrough, ‘recognizing the fact that the transport ervice has been a good thing for San Francisco, we are willing to forego our mythical claim to the wharf and take our | chances elsewhere.” The possil flities_of Harrison street and Steuart street wharves were then sug- gested. Colonel Long and Captain Bar- DeWitt, A. Bruce Henderson, Willlam V Kellogg, Howard D. Lewis, James 1. M: bee, Robert C. Macy, Edwin W. Patte: son, Louis J. Perkins, Willard D. Preston, James C. Rutledge, Calvin D. Snyder. Siege Battery O, now at the Presidio, will not go to China, but will probably be assigned to Honoluli or Fort Mason. | There is a scheme on foot to utilize one of the wooden buildings at the Presidis | wharf, even though the fact was as a sort of clubroom for the soldiers. | vanced that a shed was to be bullt over The building near the entrance of the it. Then Steuart street was considered, grounds will probably be moved nearer |and the chances are that the Government the barracks for that purpose. | will find its supplemental accommodation. AFTER”OO” I” | auring the atternoon, so Captain Barne- NEW AMERICA son served as his representative. He, | Commissioner Herold, Chief Engineer treet whart, and the gen- | eral opinion was that it could be made into an ldeal transport wharf. The prop- osition is to extend it 300 feet and puild a | shed over the entire length. The Governs HE “Hawaiian Islands” was the in- | ment wants warehouses and a number of vigited Steuart teresting subject of the sixth and | Beople who own land in the vicinity ot ries, given at the Columbia |the selection of Steuart street a second Theater yesterday afternoon. A {Government wharf seem to be good. | larger audience than any that has vet Troubles of the Mercm. | attended this series tuzned out to hear the vivid and picturesque®description of this late acquisition to the United States and were wholly delighted with the treatment | | The hark Mcrom of the Alaska Packer: | Association fleet Is a most unfortunaie vessel. Stanchly built and well found, she yet seems to play in hard luck all the accorded the subject. If a lack may be | time. Some i > left here in noted it is in the scarcity of the volcano | charze of a ca vho said he knew the | pictures, but for the rest—and Mr. Holmes | Alaskan coast. After months spent in was there during the annexation period— rching for hig port of entry he came the splendid festivals of welcome to our San Francisco, acknowledging | soldiers. the coffee plantations, sugar- had got lost in Bering Sea. After | cane districts, the delightful surf bathing Merom et with a number of | (motion pictures), the picturesque natives mishaps, but she was purchascd by the ! | and some excellent vportraits of Princess ' Alaska Packe Association and has | | Kaiulani—one a moving picture in the | proved herseif a v ble vessel. | surf—a_sufficient all | new possessions was fully acquired. The lecture will be repeated on Sunday evening. IMPRISONED SAILORS WERE ILLEGALLY HELD ound notion of our easily and delight- On this last occasi | iU luck returned. ile making ! Bristol Bay she ran on a san sprang leak. She came ba A in ballast and on to the drydoc! | that not a timber that the vessel had run forward on her | anchor and when hard and €ast on the bar had settied down on the anchor that d_been let ga io check her. The fluke of the anchor pierced her quarter unusual pressure broke it off. It | large piece of iron piercing ker sic made the Merom leak an_inch an hour Are Rearrested. and caused her return to San Francisco. Superior Judge Cook released Guis Cla- | Water Front Notes. vanich, Angelade Marcelliu and Guis Fili-| The fishermen made another catch of a past from custody vesterday morning on | 18t~ led shark yeeterday. ‘The fish of habeas corpus. The men, wao | 12% feet long. but the body only measur oEtran. sallors. being members. o¢ | about four feet. while the tall takes up the B e e Pedneton ooy | remainder of the measurement. Joe Bar- however, her usual Men Jailed by Chief Sullivan Dis- charged by Judge Cook, but Though no warrant for their arrest was " r | to make a room for the re- made and though they were not charged | ;‘,SL,.,,}:O,?F the daily papers. The hobos with a violation of any State law, Chief | ; X Sulllvan caused their arrest and Imprison | S0, through a broken mintow an made | home in the attic. ment. A mere statement of the facts sur- | & s from $I5 to $20 o v rounding the arrest was sufficient Eround | o mos Fao ot : o shemn ‘b - for thelr dismissal from custody, which | foch Sanihg SO Hartor llcd'sta Judge Cook ordered. v fore Unites Biates - Commisstoner Hea: | ANNUAL CONVENTION OF POSTAL CLERKS | cock, who decided that, as they were not | S American citizens, he had no jurisdiction over the matter other than to remand | United National Association Is to Meet at Atlantic them to the custody of the Austrian con- City. sul. The consul then made an arrange- | [ e OB SRS SECES i e Sl e i o | ment with the marshal whereby they | might be kept In his custody, the consui paying all the expenses of their keeping. FREE THOUGHT OPPOSED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. Father Sasia, S.J., Lectures for the Benefit of Children’s | Day Homes. | A large audience was present at St. Mary’s Cathedral last night to listen to | a philosophical lecture delivered by Rev. Joseph C. Sasia, 8. J., for the benefit of the Children’s Day Homes. Father Sasia’s subject was ““The Cath: olic Church and Modern Free Thought. In his lecture he explained the attitude of the church toward free thinkers as one of unaltgrable opposition. He heid that the system of free thought led to skepti- cism in philosophy; to indifferentism and atheism in religion; to socialism and an- archism in politics and to sexualism in morals. The speaker defined faith as the founda- tion of all happiness in the world, and there i no true happiness without God's approval. It was the alm of the Cath. olic _church, he concluded, to eradleate | the false doctrine of modern free thought | and to save people from the co Filin of InfdeNty. nsequent Albert G. De Vincent to Assume Man- agement of the Bee Hive. On the 2th prox. Mr. A, G. De Vincent, prominent in shoe eirctes, will be given the management of the Bee Hive Shoe Company, located at 71T Market str near Third. This establishment will have D S U S e S o S A S g H. J. CAVENEY. [ R sl S ok el dn ol o ie o ) 6HE United Nationa’ Association of B S R SRS Postoffice Clerks 1 Al hold its an- the absolute agency for the celebrated Atla tensively worn throughout the Eastern B\ CENENy - e States. . representative from the Pacific ———— Herring’s Mill Afire. Enginc 3 and truck 8 were called by a still alarm at 5:30 vesterday afternoon to ! a blaziug shed in the rear of Herring's mill, on Brannan street. There are plan- @ng ‘mills all around this district, includ- ing those of C. W. Burgess and W. J. Little. The fire started in a kettle of tar and quickly spread to the shed. But for its prompt discovery a bad fire might have resulted, as all the buildings in the neighborhood are of an inflami le ma. terial. The cause of the fire is a mys- tery. There had been no fire in the tar kettle for several days. The kettle had n placed close to the shed, so that the flames set fire to it immediately. the San Francisco branch. Mr. Caveney has performed good work in organizing the clerks in first and second class offices on the coast. In re- cognition of his services in that respect he was last year elected third vice presi- dent of the national association. The convention will consider several matters of interest to the clerks, prin- cipally their cl ication bill introduced dm-nc:'sI the last session of Congress, the postoffice clerks being the only branch of the postal service not classified. Mr. Caveney was accompanied across the bay by a large delegation of his fel- low clerks when he started for the East last Wedneldt¥ night. he officers of the San Francisco branch Tl The Criginal Little Beneficencia Publica nited National _Associ: Co- of San Francisco. Numbsrs e ks wher ). W, Bitaon B for Aucust 23, 1900. (d::nt; G. ‘:&e‘r‘e‘&‘r‘y’l'wmn p{zflg‘n S H J. No. 14, $3760, Frania veney, ; W. E. E ai OO 56 wine S0, 500 noSan Francleco, | gecretary: J. H. Donohoe, treasurer: G. P. clsco, Cal.: No. 42,479 wins $6%, sold in_San | Feely, sergeant-at-arms: executive com- Franciec. Cal; Nos. Gh16. 10,420, 84,300, 70,514 | mittee—J. W. Burson, H. J. Caveney, d. apd 7610 each’ win 362, sold in San’ Frap- | H Donohoe, B, ¥. Donnelly and J. E Third has participated in an engagement | & Co., and Colonel Long, U. 8. A, and | Colonel Long sald it was impossible to | from one end of the front to tae other and | 4 5, Te- | ceived no direct promise from the Com- | missioners that the American-Hawailan | neson did not want the Harrlson-:(re{e't‘ e Holmes and Chief Wharfinger Henderson | | held prisoners by Chief of Police Sullivan | 12% captured the fish, and he tefls a blood- | at the instance of the Austrian consul, | CURdlng bt o Pose D o N on" Wwere cap- | E“‘.rl{'\;‘r‘rb('l, who alleged they were de"lured yesterday in the building ut of [ serters, | Which the Harbor Commissioners some Coast will be H. J. Caveney, secretary of POLICE MRE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WOMAN BURGLAR Female Crook Enters Fell- Street House aud Steals | Some Jewelry. ST Apprehended as She Is Leaving the Flat, but Escapes With the Aid of a Male Accom- rlice. W The police are anxiously searching for | a woman burglar who has been operating with considerable success in various parts of the city. She is generally dressed in black and judging from her work she possesses all the methods of the up-to- date housebreaker. Her latest victim is C. Mayers, who has charge of the jewelry department of the Emporium and who lives at Fell and Steiner streets. On two occasions has the female burglar entered his house and carried away valuable booty. On her first visit she opened the front door with a skeleton key while Mrs. Mayers was | downtown purchasing provisions. After thoroughly searching the house she left by the rear entrance without being seen. Mrs. Mayers returned a short time after- ward and was surprised to find that the house had been entered during her ab- sence and her husband’s diamond stud, | a gold watch and chain and some other | articles of jewelry stolen. A few days after the burglary Mr. May- ers and his family went to the country to spend their vacation. Fearing a second visit from the mysterious burglar or. Mayers asked a Mrs. Coyne, who lives in the upper flat, to keep a watch on the house. While Mrs. Coyne was doing some sewing a few days after the Mayers had left the city, she was suddenly startled by a peculiar noise in the flat occupied by the Mayers. She hurried downstairs to find a woman in black leaving the flat. Convinced that the woman was a burk- | lar Mrs. Coyne bravely seized her and | lustily shouted for help. While the two | women were struggling the female crook | dropped a bunch of skeleton keys from | under the folds of her wrap. At ial {juncture a man. who was & stranger tg rs. Coyne, approached Mrs. Coyne and | asked if she needed help. Mrs. Coyne re- | plied that the woman was a burglar aund | begged him to hold her until she could return to her own flat and telephone for | the police. The strange man willingly | consented, and taking the woman by the arm told her she would have to remaia | until a police officer arrived. AP DS S While Mrs. Coyne was teiephoning to | the sergeant at the O'Farrell-street sta- | tion the man and the woman hurried | along Steiner street and soon disappeared. | ¢ minutes later two police officers arrived, but after an exhaustive searcn of the neighborhood they were unable io obtain a trace of the pair. The skeleton | keys were turned over to the police and | proved to be of unusually fine workman- ship. Chief Sullivan is satisfied that the man was a pal of the woman. 'ST. JOHN'S FAIR WAS . : OPENED SUCCESSFULLY Orator Shea Paid Tribute to the Faith- | ful Work of the Rev. Father Brady. . Mary's College Hall was the scene, ening, of much activity. | The fair for the benefit of the building fund of St. o | John’s Catholic Church was opened with oratory and song and the noise of parlor rifles. The orator was Frank Shea; the| rchitect, who paid tribute due to the At and effective work of Rev. Father Brady for the upbuilding of the parish and pointed out effectively the needs of {he parish, which hopes to have a hand- some church on the building lot adjoin- ing the parochial residence. Fhe voeal music was furnished by Miss Annie Rooney and Miss Etta Walsh, who sang very nicely. Supervisor Curtis pre- sided at the cpening exercises. When these were over the booths were patron- ized well by the large crowd in attend- ance. The rifle practice s under_ the direction of Company O, League of the Cross Cadets, in a range improvised for the occasion. | The booths were handsomely decorated n, which will_be prolonged or more. St. Anthony's | booth was presided over by Mrs. McNerny and Mrs. Mitchell, St. John's hooth by Mrs. Richardson, Sinnyside booth by Mrs. | Amroch, St.” Patrick’s booth by Mrs. | Tammany and Mrs. Dennison, Holly Park | booth by Mrs. Morrison, Ladies’ Sodality | | booth by Miss M. Skehan, assisted by | members of the Sodality. Mrs. Supple had charge of the soda fountain, Mrs. | Cherry of the refreshment booth, - Miss | Trene Walsh and members of the Holy | | Angels’ Sodality of the candy stand and | [-grab-bag. Captain Westplier of Company O of the League of the Cross Cadets supervised the rifle range. There were So many | desirable articles to purehase that purses | that went in fat came out thin. Every evening that the fair is open there will be a programme of musical and literary exercises. On Saturdays the fair will also be open in the afternoon for the | benefit of the children. P There has been a mistaken impression | concerning the church property of St John's parish. The fact is that all the Tealty that the parish has title to s that | where the parochial residence stands and | the vacant lot set aside for the church to | be erected. The St. Mary's College prop- | erty belongs to the diocese. This under- | standing of the facts will lead the liberal | minded, seeing the necessity for the new | church, to contribute freely to the build- | ing funi for ten days —_—————— Brevity in Business. An old saying goes, “He who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a public benefactor.” The con- verse in business is, “He who makes one word do where two were used before is a benefactor.” This the Daily Commercial News strives to do. Its reports on grain, oil, finance, produce, merchandise, ship-| ping, etc., are as accurate and concise Ls“ a merchant’s ledger. Facts are given without unnecessary verbiage. Accuracy, brevity, combined with energy in obtalning the latest news, are the main guides of the management, and & successful career of twenty-five years proves the correctness of the theory. The paper is served by carrier or mail at 50 cents per month, and is pub- lished by the Commercial Publishing Co., 34 Californla street, this eity. The twenty fifth_annual souvenir number issued by the Daily Commercial News met with the highest praise everywhere. The Weekly Commercial News, "at $2 per annum, is known among shipping men the world over. | | - e——— In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce were granted yester- day to Oscar T. Walling from Annie Wall- ing on the ground of cruelty and Amanda Milligan from Robert illigan on the ground of desertion. Sults for divorce were filed vesterday by Kate C. Borgwardt against George W. Byor rdt for fallure to provide, .fi)u h D. ghrey against Theresa M. Lough- Frances E. Johnson for _cruelty, aeainst S. Johnson for faflure to against Charles rovide, William C. Mikulich against el Mikulich for cruelty, Aroveda Westerfeld against Herman Westerfeld for fail to provide and Minnie M. Reid .‘Iln.jt“éehlflgl D. Reid for cruelty. le | series of nominating conyentions and | oned amon; | the secret THE PROGRESS OF GOVYERNMENT IN 100 YEARS. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton. COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF TWO CENTURIES. PR SNSNSR T IX. (Concluded.) Modern Monarchies. The century has witnessed the birth of two great powers of Europe through a process of unification of unimportant States which had hitherto been bound to- gether by ties of blood and common racial traditions. These are Germany and Italy Until our century a German nation was mply a dream of patriots of common lan- guage and instincts. But through the genius of Stein and Bismarck the dream has materialized in a great federal mon- archy, with an Emperor whose large pre- | rogative is overshadowed by the supreme will of the people as expressed in Parlia- ment. Meantime the states of the Italian pen- insula have been welded together by Vie- tor Emmanuel, by Count Cavour and by Garibaldi, and another monarchy of the modern type has taken its place among the great powers. In these monarchies and In all others of Europe save the mighty state of half-civilized Russia the s?lrll of the century has inspired the peo- ple to demand and to exact by revolution f necessary a liberal measure of self- government through a representative Par- lament. Party Machinery. In the applicatian of the theory of dem- ocratic government which has character- ized the period under review the organiza- tion of political parties has been the chief factor. The party machine, with all its notable virtues and its manifold vices, is Q@eioeoeieieisieie@ & BISMARCK. Qeiosieiesisieisie® a product of our country. It is true that Sir Robert Walpole before the middie the last century organized party govern- ment in England, hut the machinery of parties was very crude 100 go. In our own country we hav acted since 1800 the most perfect sy m of party organization, in theory, which ex- ists in the world. Our plan of erecting a ecutive committee s on i= unimp a basis of p primaries chable in prin . d this elaborate system is a typical d velopment of this century. Political Parties and the Civil Service In the evolution of party machinery to operate free government every country passes (hrough an era when the s system runs riot. The early English p ties inherited the spolls system from the regime of pers monarchy, which the party system displaced. King was often moved by other considerations than those of fitness in bestowing office, and it was not unnatural that when political par- ties took the appointing power from t monarch they should follow the royal ex- ample in bestowing patronage. In Amer- ica the spoils sysiem crept into the u\IIA tics of some of the States. notably New York, very early in our history, but it did not invade the Federal system until the time of Jackson Like other evils, the spoils system pro- vokes reaction by excess. In England a democracy of growing intelligence de- manded the merit system about the middle of the century, and in America a generation later an nulruedrpenplc began to move on the spoilsmen. Great Britain has completely purged her civil service of the taint of spoils: we have made an excellent beginning in this country. The victories of civil service reform in these and_other countries must surely be reck- mental achievements of our century. Ballot Reform. olitical product of our era is allot system. From one point of view this may seem too trivial to cite in this rapid review of political develop- ment, but since free and fair elections are the only sure foundation of popular gov- ernment the introduction of a plan which guarantees such elections must be regard- ed as one of the notable political events of our time. Some Radical Proposals. Two important and far-reaching modi- fications_of political practice have been eagerly discussed during the closing years of our century, but they have received practical application only on a very small scale. These are the initiative and refer- endum and proportional representation. The system of Initiative and referendum. which represents the closest possible ap- roach to pure democracy, has been suc- cessfully agplled in Switzerland for many years and has been used to a very slight extent in local government elsewhere. The plan of proportional, representation, which aims to secure accurate reflection of all distinct shades of public opinion in Another the most important govern- | a community, has just been adopted in | Belgium and'is in ‘operation in a small way in a few other pi But the gen- eral realization of these newer plans for | the improvement of demo vy must fig- ure as one of the pojitical achievements of the twentieth century. The nineteenth can claim only the conception of the ideas and the discussion of the ideals. i The Municipal Problem. The briefest review of the century would be woefully incomplete if it did not men- tion the new and puzzling element which has been injected into the governmental problem by the-recent marvelous growth of great cities. The statistics of the re- markable growth of city population have been quoted so often that it is not neces- sary to cite them here. The facts are familiar to all. Many of the problems pre- sented by the government of these great masses of densely crowded ecity dwellers are as yet unsolved even in theory. Wo are still experimenting with the organiza- tion of city government, and we have ar- rived at no agreement regarding the scopa of the duties which the city should per- form. The tendency at present is toward & wider and wider fleld of municipal ac- ivity. Growing Importance of Government. And this introdu us to the final con- sideration in this review—the development of the functions of government during the last 100 years. As we survey the govern- mental field from this point of view we hat our century, especially the lat- as been marked by a rapid in- the duties undertaken by public authorities. In 1800 the duties of gevern- ment were comparatively few and simple. was expected to do little except proteet nd property. But as the modern in- trial system developed it became evi- t that the scope of public authority would have to be extended to the regu- n of industry in the interest of the weaker classes. The factory acts of England furnish an excellent illustration of this extension of function. Gradually this interference with what formerly was purely private~ business has increased. Governments have undertaken industrial enterprises, such as railroads, telegraphs and telephones. At the same time publie supervision of private business has been (extended in many directions. The recent growth of great combinations has given impetus to this movement, for the peonle have become alarmed at the possibilities f abuse of the tremendous power wield- 1 by corporation managers, and have ap- pealed to the Government for protection through public regulation. Meantime the growth of great cities has made new demands for the extension of public actl within the municipality. The distinctively monopolistic services, street railw: and lighting re now operated by many cities, en where the operation is in pri- hands the municipality exercises vate strict_control in all intelligent communi- ties. Moreover, municipal authorities are now assuming responsibility for the prop- er housing of the poorer citizens, for the care of their health and for the provisfon of recreation. Thus both the gemeral and the local governments have occupied flelds of usefulness far wider than those of 100 vears ago and the process of ex- tension is still going on with apparently increasing rapidity, New Responsibilities of Democracy. It is apparent, then, at the close of the century that the social forces are con- spiring to make government more and more vital to the citizen. Thus the re- sponsibilities of democracy, which have already increased so greatly, are becom- ing heavier each year. But a review of the history of the last hundred years af- fords ground for a rational confidence that these responsibilities will be squarely cessfully discharged. There much discussion lately of the Kknessés of democracy and its possi- hle failure to respond to the increased de- mands upon its intelligence which the more complicated governmental system of our day is making. Especially in America there s much pessimistic com- parison of the depravity of the present with the stmple tues of the past. The statesmen of the ecarly days of the re- public viewed through the haze of dis- tance are transtgured and the men who chose these paragons to administer their Government share by reflection the glory of their leaders. t the historian who is under no illusions writes most vivid ays on the political depravity of the It is, unhappily, true that it is not necessary to search very long in the political _system of even .the most en- lightened nations of our day to discover glaring defects. But a careful and candid examination of the politics of our fore- fathers reveals shortcomings and positive evils of so much more serious nature than those we wrestle with that the ob- server becomes very hopeful for the fu- ture as he ma the progress of the past, FREDERIC W. SPEIRS. Philadelphia. | New Bank for San Franeisco. | *“The National Bank of Commerce” is the name of a new banking institution to be organized here. There will be a pald- up capital stock of $250.00 and the banik will take over the deposits of the present Bank of Commerce, a State institution. which will be liquidated. The organizers include William C. Murdock, W. H. Mar- tin, C. 8. Benedict, E. F. Preston, Martin. J. Burke and others. The bank will has Guarters on Market street and will be ready for business October 1 —_———— Painter Falls From a Ladder. ‘William Fagan of 225 Fourth street fell from a ladder in the storeroom of a house owned by Timothy Sheehan on Stevenson street yesterday afternoon. Fagan is = ship carpenter and painter. He had climbed the ladder to get some stuff that was stored on a shelf when he lost his hold and fell, striking the sharp edge of an ash barrel. Fagan was taken to the | Emergency Hospital. His leg was badly ;:u(‘ and he reéceived serious internal in- uries. SPECIAL = RS at ... iieiiiiin. at .. LADIES' TAILOR - MADE - Voters of all the parties ought to vote for and send Dr. C. C. O'Donnell, the in- dependent candidate, to Congress from the Fourth District. We need him in Congress bec‘lu!e the 'fifintrlc:ignt act hu al xpire. rom d Somner of Bikth and Market streets Satur: day evening. 0 les ha § . A T B 0] 'r shells. e mat » transparent and looks mlt $8.00, will be offered at LADIES’ TAILOR - MADE JACKETS in Tans and Browns, value for $10.00, will be offered J.0'BRIEN & CO. 1146 Market Street. VALUES WILL BE PLACED ON SALE BAY —————— LADIES' BLACK CLOTH CAPES, Thibet trimmed, 23 inches long, value for $6.00, will be offered 33.00 35.00 SUITS, value for s4 75 . 1