The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1900, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL , WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1900. QallO SEPTEMBER 5, 1000 | 4 Gjhc WEDNESDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e e sddress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 ACATIC . Market and Third, 8. F. FUBLICATION SYEICE. Merkrt 53 EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevensom St Telephone Press 202 Deliverea by Carrters. 15 Cents Per Weelk. Singie Copies. & Cents. including Postage: Terms by Mail, DAILY CALL uding S 1t DAILY CALL dncluding DAILY CALL Gncinding S: 1 Sund. DAILY CALL—By Singie Month EUNDAY CALL One Year... WEEKLY CALL One Year.... All postmasters are suthorized 1o mubscriptions. Sample eoples wiil b arded when requested. nge of address should be D OLD ADDRESS in orfer tance with their request Mafl subscribers in orcering particular to give both NEW %o insure a prompt and o OAKLAND OFFICE. v+++1118 Broadway RGE E rtising, Marquette Building, Chicago. KROGNESS, Manager Foreign A (ong Dietance Telepho: ‘Central 201.") XEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON.... - Heraid Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH.. .30 Tribune Building NEW YORE NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentsno, 2i Murray Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Shermen House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont Hcuse; Auditorium Hot WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFF¥! MORTON E, CRANE ERANCF OFFICES ntil 9:30 o'clock. Union Square; .Wellington Hotel espondent. AMUSEMENTS. Great Obs se—*‘Children of the G aities atternoon and every of ariving RD. g the creation of llot-box, away from THE SCHOOL BOA the bal ta 1 directing the schools, needs and judging justly Ma trading of its elected predecessors. ence of public opinion ., Prof ional edt ivise or have the right yor Phelan’s board nd vicious tinker- ators re offensive in an official than the nce of his duties behind a he knows it all and is above norance is one of the infuriating his board. Tt has oppressed teachers knowledge than could be extracted rd, with the Mayor thrown in as ve been juggled out of what o be a vested right, and the lowest been used to evade the legal con- eir oppression. If this board of hali-Latiners, of intriguers and in- competents, is permitted to go on in the way it has begun the schools of San Francisco will lose the prestige they gained even under rather bad partisan and will be a hissing and byword the country. management roughout The different organizations of citizens which have been snubbed and insulted by this board should per- sist in their demands. The hide of the aggregate board may be as thick as a board, but the sharp claws of public opinion can scratch through it if they keep on scratching. DIPLOMATIC DEGREES OF @CTION. otion in China there will come e benefit to us all. We are learning O UT of the si now, and probably will never forget, the in- at least o tricacies of diplomacy; and the carefully chosen terms used to express the delicate phases of international proceedings By studiously following the reports we have all nd out there is no war in China, nor any alliance the part of the powers. The proceedings which led up to the fighting at Tientsin were not taken by t by what is called in diplo- When an advance on Peking was decided vpon it was taken not by con- current action, but by “joint action,” because a littie closer relationship was necessary between the “pacify- ng forces” Now that the troops of the powers are duly seated victoriously in the pacified city, joint action is no longer icient for the emergency, and there will be needed “co-operation.” To the uninitiated co-operation and prolonged occupation of the Chinese capital may seem very close to being war between certain allied powers and China. Such views, however, are erroncous. Within the ctiquette of diplomacy there are still several degrees between the nations and an alliance. After occupation there is to come “joint control” and then “united on.” Not until vnited action has been tried and proved unequal to the strain will there be an alliance, and until there is an alliance there will be no war. Thus do we learn that there is no danger of grave occurrences in China. there is no war. The concert of Europe has, with the assistance of the United States, raised a grand sweet song of peace, but the song is sung not in chorus, but by concurrent voices. So there is nothing to be alarmed about. Should any one get killed in China, be due not to a battle but to a riot, an unavoid- zble accident, or a dispensation of providence, > Democrats of the State of Vermont, it is said, are unusually active this vear. Perkaps they are getting ready to leave the State before the crash. Men may cry war, war, but | | POLITICAL HYPOCRISY. | ‘ W in the world. We make this statement on 1 ® the best authority. 4 | prints it in the Examiner. He also claims to have | the only really Democratic newspapers in the United | States, and is also president of the National Asso- | ciation of Bryan Clubs, and goes around with Mr. Bryan telling the people that if McKinley is elected ! the country will turn up its toes and die, with bloody spume oozing from its lips, all on account of Mc- Kinley holding the Philippines. Ve have heretofore quoted copiously from Hearst's ons in the Examiner, proving him to have been i the original imperialists and to be now either a hypocrite or a man who seeks power for his irdless of the means used. mber 10, 1898, and that is not yet two years er the result of the elections was before the , Hearst said in the Examiner: “The vote of election is a vote of approval for the war and the iple of expansion and for the greater conserva- tism of the Republican party. Local issues, every: where in favor of the Democrats, have failed to in- fluence voters to abandon the main issue. It is both right and reasonable that the administration which, me mistakes, carried this glorious war to a successful conclusion, should receive a vote of confi- dence. It is both right and reasonable that the policy of expansion, ever the policy of the American people since Jefferson annexed the Louisianas, should re- ceive the approval of the American voters, Republi- can and Democratic. The Democratic National lead- ers have been narrow and stupid beyond belief, and the Journal and aminer have warned them time and again of the inevitable results of their stupidity. The Democratic press and the Democrats in Congress brought on the war, and then the Democratic leaders der the control of Bailey, influenced by petty jealousies, forced the Democratic party into an atti- t ition to the very war they had brought ¢ further into an attitude of opposition to e Democratic policy of expansion, to the very prin- ciples of Jefierson, the father of American Democ- rac R. HEARST is the greatest newspaper man opi one « e suicidal attitude of the Democratic leaders began with opposition to the annexation of Hawaii. These leadeérs proposed driving a Democratic Con- gr to caucus to oppose annexation. The Journal sent its representative editors to Washington and fought this caucus, and broke it up and prevented the Democracy making a formal and conspicuous idiot of itself on that occasion. But the narrowness of the leaders continued and developed a tendency to op- rose every Republican act, even though it embodied a Democratic principle. “The Democratic defeat is not due to the Demo- cratic people or to Democratic principles, but to Democratic leaders, who having, as we say, brought on the war, refused to share the honors of the war or to acquire for the people the lasting benefits of the war. The Democratic leaders do not speak for the Democracy, and Republicans have been everywhere elected with the aid of Democratic votes.” That editorial ned “W. R. Hears He wanted everybody to know that he could write an gdi- torial and that he had view Two days later, November 12, 1808, Hearst said in the Examiner, large type and double column: “The Democratic party, defeated because of the pusillani- mous stupidity of its leaders in Washington, has the chance of a splendid regeneration in taking up the forceful doctrine of national expansion and giving all ts energies to the furtherance of the nation’s mani- fest destiny. It is high time to stop snarling at every- thing advocated by the Republicans, whether good, bad or indifferent. Give the people some patriotic rallying cries; the advance of national progress. When it was pro- posed to annex Hawaii many of the Democratic lead- ers opposed taking this rich offering so freely ten- dered. Why? favored by the Republican administration. Yet the people were practically unanimous for annexation, and the Democratic leaders lost the confidence of the masses by their stupid, purblind opposition. They became the stumbling-blocks in the path of progress. Then, when it came to securing military bases in the West Indies, these same Democratic leaders chaf- | fered and haggled over items of war expenditure. Now again they are giving evidence of opposing the ropular will in the matter of the annexation of the Philippines. It is high time to call a halt. The Democratic party will not follow such leaders. The people already have 1epudiated it.” On November 15, 1808, Mr. Hearst again appeared over his own signature to this effect: “It should be particularly humiliating to the Democratic leaders in Congress to think that all the successes that the Re- | publicans have won have been won on Democratic lines. The policy of Jefferson was the policy of ex- pansion, a broad policy, looking forward to the grow- ing importance of this great nation, providing greater | territory and offering larger opportunities for the people. Yet Bailey and other so-called Democratic | leaders were opposed to the annexation of Hawaii and allowed the Republicans to take up the Demo- cratic policy of expansion and gain by so doing in power and popularity. The war to help the Cubans in their fight for freedom was a Democratic pto- gramme. Yet the war was no sooner begun than the Democratic leaders, moved by some motive too smail to be determined without the aid of a moral micro- scope, arrayed their followers in petty opposition to the conduct of the war and to the natural results of the war. “Enough of these absurdities; enough of these lead- ers who compel a Democrat to vote the Republican ticket in order to further Democratic doctrines. Hawaii has been annexed. The Philippines will be acquired. The country shall develop and expand. Let the Democrats cease to resist a Democratic policy of expansion and plan for the development of the country and government of the new terrhory‘ on Democratic principles.” | @n Mr. Bryan'’s book, “The First Battle,” Mrs. Bryan has this sentimental description of her husband as she fell in love with him: “He was neatly though not fastidiously dressed, and stood firmly and with dignity. T noted particularly | his hair and his smile. The former, black in color, | fine in quality and parted distressingly straight; the . latter expansive and expressive. In later years this smile has been the subject of considerable comment, : but the well-rounded cheeks of Mr. Bryan now check its onward march and no one has seen the real breadth | of the smile who did not see it in the early days.” | And more’s the pity. It would be worth seeing | when its owner smiles at Hearst’s present denuncia- Itil:ms of expansion. ! — i George Gould, by the expenditure of $1.500,000, has i saved the Count Castellane castle. Tt would be more | than difficult to estimate how much it would cost to 1| save the Count. l is s William Jennings Bryan says that the laborer is worthy of his hire. What a difficult problem he would set for himself in the task of estimating his own pay. set the Democratic standards well in | Generzlly because the annexation was | E | somehow.” He says so himself and | PROMISES TO THE PEOPLE. OOSEVELT'S address at Chicago on Labor R day contains in alcareful discussion ©of labor problems much that merits the earnest con- | sideration of all citizens. No portion of it, however, is more pertinent to the time than that in which he pointed out the tendency of irresponsible reformers to promise more than they can possibly fulfill. We chall have plenty of such promises between now and election day, and it is therefore timely to warn the credulous against putting too much trust in them. Speaking upon that point, the orator said: “Noth- ing does more to prompt mental dishonesty and moral | insincerity than the habit of either promising the im- possible or of demanding the performance of the im- | possible, or finally of failing to keep a promise that has been made; and it makes not the slightest differ- ence whether it is a promise made on the stump or off the stump. Remember that tiere are two sides to of failing to keep the promise made, and in the next place there is the wrong of demanding the impossible and therefore forcing or permitting weak or unscrup- ulous men to make a promise which they either know or should know cannot be kept. No small part of our trouble in dealing with many of the gravest social questions, such as the so-called labor question, the two attitudes. The success of the law for the taxation of franchises recently enacted in New York State offers a striking contrast to the complete breakdown of the species of crude and violent anti-trust legisla- tion which has been so often attempted and which has always failed because of its very crudeness and vio- lence to make any impression upon the real and dan- gerous evils which have excited such just popular re- sentment.” There is of course nothing new in all that. Its value lies in its pertinence to the demagogue promises which are being made in reference to our political and industrial problems. As a matter of fact, the evil has been in the world ever since men began to discuss reform legislation. Shakespeare has depicted the typ- ical agitator in the famous speech put into the mouth | of Jack Cade: “There shall be in England seven half- :penny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot | shall have ten hoops; and I will make it a felony to | drink small beer; all the realm shall be in common, the wrong thus committed. There is first the wrong | trust question and others like them, arises from these | | In others less. | enrollment exceeds fifty and where | and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass; and | | when T am king, as king I will be, there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will | apparel them all in our livery that they may agree like brothers and worship e their lord.” | With such words did the master delineator of men | hit off the promises of the demagogues of all times and of all lands. Who is there that upon reading them cannot recognize the great American agitator of to- day? There will be in this campaign of course no talk of the three-hooped pot, small beer, grazing horses in Cheapside nor appareling men in livery; but virtually the American demagogue will promise much the same | things as Jack Cade. It will be a promise impossible | of fulfillment, even were the promisor made sovereign | of the state; and it can serve no other purpose than that of exciting unreasonable desires and provoking resentments against the existing order of things. One further statement of Mr. Roosevelt should be seriously considered by all in these times when labor and capital alike are trying to solve the new problems which have arisen out of the complexities of recent economic developments: “We shall all go up or down together. Some may go up or go down further than others, but, disregarding special exceptions, the rule is that we must all share in common something of what- cver adversity or whatever prosperity is in store for | the nation as a whole. In the long run each section of he community will rise or fall as the community rises or falls. If hard times come to the nation, whether as the result of natural cavses or because they are invited by our own folly, all of us will suffer. Certain of us will suffer more and others less, but all will suffer Of the truth of that statement there will be no doubt in any quarter. Consequently there will be a general recognition that the wild promises of dema- gogues are menacing not to those only who believe them, but to the whole community. The issues of the time must be dealt with honestly and with reason. Up to this time the American people have found a wise solution to every problem that has confronted their progress as a nation, and an equal good fortune will attend them in this case, provided they are not misled by the specious promises of demagogues. SOME NOTABLE OMISSIONS. ILDLY do the yellow organs of the Bryanites Wragc against trusts, and fiercely do they strike here and there among the mass of corporations. At first glance one would suppose they were dealing out their blows impartially, striking at every head in sight and hitting wherever they can hit hardest. A little observation, however, will show there is method in their madness, that in all their striking they are very careful not to hit the ice trust nor the express trust. Indeed, they avoid those iniquitous combinations as if they were not, and appear desirous to have the people forget that such trusts exist. There is something peculiar about the indulgence granted by the screaming and cudgeling yellows to those two trusts, for they are by all odds the greatest exponents of all the abominations of trusts. The ice trust was formed to cffect a monopoly control of ice in New York @ity, where during the sweltering sum- mer months ice is a necessity of life. It was the scheme of the monopoly to raise the price of ice to The price of ice in small quantities was raised to a point where it constituted a genuine extortion. The outrage was so infamous it aroused the whole city to wrath, and then came a fight against the trust which resulted in bringing to light the fact that Croker, the Tammany boss, Van Wyck, the Tdmany Mayor, and a number of other emirent stalwarts of Tammany were stockholders in the trust and were using their official power to promote its extortionate programme. Not Tess greedy in its schemes and far more widely grasping in its extortions than the ice trust is tha express company trust. That combination has divided all the territory of the United States among its mem- bers, and not only fixes express rates at an exorbitagt figure to the public, but shirks upon its patrons the taxes imposed by Congress for the mainvenance of the war which Bryan was so vehement in advocating, but which he is now denouncing with an equal vehemence. Of this grasping, greedy, tax-shirking trust the yellow organs have nothing to say. Like the ice trust, it is a Bryan concern. President Valentine of Wells- Fargo, one of the biggest hogs in the combine, has “come out” for Bryan, has written a letter advocating his election, and now, like the Tammany ice trust, the tax-shirking express tiust is immune from the attacks of the yellows. Such is the way in which the Bryanites are waging their fight against trusts. The so-called fight is a sham. Any kind of a trust can find favor with the gang by simply standing in for Bryan as Croker and Van Wyck have done in New York and Valentine in California. : consumers of every grade, but particularly to the poor. ! Horace M | Hunters' Point 3 Humboldt Irving Primary 47/ Irving Sco Irving Secott. 7 Lincoln . Jackson Richmond | matter,” | teachers. SCHOOL BOARD * ORDERS A NEW GLASSIFCATIO Webster's Schedule of En- rollment Is Practically Accepted. Superintendent Declares That He Will Nevertheless Exercise His Pre- rogative Regarding Grad- . ing of Public Schools. — The Board of Education issued a new or- der on classification yesterday, in which its former rule requiring fifty pupils in first grade classes and at least fifty-five pupils in other grades has been practically abrogated. The action of the board, which will be confirmed at this morning's meeting, is regarded as a concession to Superintendent Webster, whose enroll- ment was placed at forty-five and fifty puplls in the grades named. In the new order a classification has been established for each school and is based on the reports of principals for the month of August | showing the average number of pupils en- | rolled per class. Chairman Mark says the number given may increase slightly dur- ing September and October. In a few cases it will be necessary for the board to adjust the classification by requiring in some [nstances more pupils per class and In but one school has the clasification been fixed at fifty-five pupils. namely, the Longfellow Grammar, whic has the full limit. The lowest is the Poly technic High, owing to the differentiated course of study and the necessity of hav- ing teschers for special lines of instruc- tion. The board intends to visit and ad- just schools where the average monthly the for- ar- average daily attendance falls below ty-five. The classification as now ranged follows: Adams Cosmopoitan. 45:John Swett Gram Agassiz Primary Jefferson Primary Bergerot Lafayette Laguna Honda Lincoln Grammar Lonatellow Gram 7 Lowell High.. ' Madison Primary Clement Grammar.. 41 Marshall T Cleveland Primary Mission Hij Commercial Dep: Mission Lincoln Grammar. 52| Monroe Cooper Primaxy Columbia G Crocke 7 Ocean House Pri 2 5| Pacific Hgts Gram.. Douglass Primary. - Dudley Stone ¥ Richmond Primary eridan Primary tield Primary rls' High Golden Gate Pri. Grant Primary. Haight Prim; Hamilton G Starr King Prima Sunnyside .. John” W. Tay utro Primary. <hington Gram West End Whittier Prima 5 Winfleld Scott Pri. Evening Schools— Franklin . i Hamilton Harrison Primary. Hawthorne Primar; James Lick Gram... 50, Washington Chairman Mark further states that the number of teachers who have lost their positions by the recent consolidation of classes is only eight, that is, eight who have not been assigned regularly to other classes. However, there are six teachers who lost their positions by the abolition of certain schools. Notwithstanding the modification of its classification by the board, Superintendent ‘Webster expressed his futention yesterday to go before the board at this morning's meeting and enforce the prerogative vest- ! ed in him by the State law on classifica- tion of schools. Webster says that his counsel has succeeded in discovering cer- tain sections of the law which widen his functions and give him the power to grade schools as well as to classify them. He will file a statement with the board con- taining a declaration that he will im- mediately proceed to enforce the grading and_classification upon which he has al- ready issued orders. He will delegate his deputies to inspect each school and report upon the condition of tue classes. Should he find that additional classes are neces- sary he will open them and ask the board to assign teachers to take charge of them. If the School Board refuses he will appoint the teachers himself and each month issue to them salary demands d‘uwn directly upon the city treasury. ‘I do not wish to act arbitrarily in this said Mr. Webster yesterday, “and I'will thercfore lay before the board my plens before exercising my rights. [ intend to assume all the respopsibilities myself and will place no burdens on the New classes will be opened by me wherever I deem such action neces- sary t[q conserve the best interests of the school.” > ART AND ARTISTS. N exhibition of the work of the late Raymond D. Yelland will be held at the Hopkins Art Institute in the lat- ter part of September. It is hoped that some products of the artist's clevér brush may find place in our city gallery, where a hopeful nucleus for a future distinguished coliection of native work already exists. As one of our best landscape painters, Mr. Yelland's work should find a worthy place in any Califor- nian gallery. Mr. Joseph D. Greenbaum is again to desert California and to return—of course —to Paris. He will leave San @rancisco in the earlier part of October and will stay an indefinite number of years in the artistic hub of the universe. It is possible | that there may be an exhibition of the artist's work, including the interesting Monterey sketches made this summer, be- fore his departure. N. Moller exhibits two portraits in one of the local galleries this week. They are both of the same subject, the picturesque old figure of Pioneer John Perry Jr., with his_quaint old stock and quainter collar of bygone days. They are harmless and amiable productions, ‘absolutely without distinction, treated in a timid, shadowy fashion as regards brush work, of a fem- inine pink and whiteness in the flesh, and an impossible smoothness. The pose is good and the “likeness” readily recog- nizable. There is another Welch landscape on ex- hibitiorr this week, “June in Marin County.” accord- June in Marin Count{‘ ing to Mr. Welch, is a beautiful time. It is a foothill subject, and the artist has caught the Californian color in happiest fashion. It is full of’ movement, atmos- phere and strong outdoor feeling. No studio picture is this. Sydney J. Yard sends up from Monterey some summer sketches of sand and sea, wind-blown pines and gray old rocks, all water colors. Amorg them is a rare im- ression of an incoming tide, with a fine Pit ot Toreground, but the sky 15 flat and uninteresting, and the rocks without con- viction. acific Grove subject with a pine tree in shadow and sunlight in the middle distance is a nice study of values. ‘There is a fine photogravure reproduction of Lenbach's ufun" 0 be seen this week, with all the subtle, distinguished and pas- sionate character of the actress clearly ,in evidence in the clever R""“‘ and con- ception. Another Lenbach reproduction— as commonplace as the “Duse” is admir- able, may also be seen. Count Festetics Demurs. Rudolph, Count Festetics de Tolna, has demurred to the divorce complaint filed recentl; ply his wife, Eila, Countess Fes- tetics de Tolna. Count Festetics avers as grounds of demurrer that his wife's man: allegations of cruelty do not constitute a cause of actlon. Count Festetics is rep- resented by Attorneys Loewy & Gutsch, —————— Nobmann Will Contest. The hearing of the contest John C. Nobmann and Anna ll‘l'.ui‘(l::‘: :’l the will of their late father, Christopher Nobmann, was continued before Judge gunt yesterday. W. W. A, N was e important witness of the day. H testified he knew the deceased twents. ¢lght years, and that frequently the capi- | t ist eomplained to him regarding treat- ment received at the hands of his second wife, Hannah Nobmann, who was Han- nah Barrett, a_domestic, when Nobmann married her. The deceased, the witness also testified, often spoke kindly of hi sons, and said he would see they we provided for. The sons, however, wer practically disinherited, and the conte ants charge Mrs. Nobmann with having exercised undue influence over the de- ceased. SUPERVISORS MET AND e ADJOURNED UNTIL TO-DAY Petitions For and Against Gray Bros.’ Rock-Crusher Filed With the Board. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday afternoon in accordance with the pro- visions of the charter, which says that when Monday is a legal holiday the board shall meet on the next day. There was no quorum present and an adjournment was taken until this afternoon. A communication was received fro idents in the district near Tw Xt and Douglass streets stating that in their judgment the stoppage of Gray Broth h the best in- They L d that erving a useful purpose to the city; that a great number of men are employed there, whose families will be deprived of their income if the operations of the crusher are discontinued, and that $3000 is paid out each month by the quarry managers. Another petition from property owners was filed to have the crusher and quarry de‘c;]ared a nuisance and removed forth- with. the quarr German Steamer Tanis Will Take Away a Valuable Cargo. Samoa Is Docked and the Work of Fitting the Vessel to Carry Horses to China Will Be Rushed. Ll et vy The German steamer Tanis is taking away from here one of the largest and most valuable cargoes ever shi this port. Among it will 't concentrates, 300 barrels of tallow, barrels of oil and 5 harrels of wine. the stuff offering cannot be carried, so the extra boat the Kosmos people have put on for the latter part of this month is badly wanted. The Tanis is expected to sail to-night. The Oceanic Steamship Company’'s Mari- posa will also get away for Australasian ports. Germany's Horse Transports. The Samoa docked at Howard-street wharf last night. She took the berth va- cated by the ship Fingal. Before leaving here a great deal of “rush” work has to be done on the Samoa, and the job was given to the Risdon Iron Works. An electric light plant is to be instalied, ven- tilators put in, a distilling plant erected and all the stalls and appurtenances for the accommodation of $0 horses put in place. The other transport for the German Government that arrived Sunday will also dock at Howard street. The Frankfurt sailed from Tsintau, China, yesterday, for San Francisco in ballast. She is a very arge “tramp,” and it is expected that she can be fitted up to carry 1000 horses or mules. The Doric Released. The mail steamer Doric was released from quarantine yesterday. Her cabin passengers were landed Monday night, but those in the steerage had to remain aboard until the vessel was released by Dr. Kinyoun. Steamship Tellus Released. * The steamship Tellus was released by the United States authorities yesterday on a bond of $0,000 filed with United States Commissioner Morse. The vessel had been tied up in litigation arising out of a recent collision between the Tellus and the Belgian King. Brigantine Pitcairn Sold. The brigantine Pitcairn was sold by aue- tion at noon yesterday in front of the Mer- chants’ Exchange, United States Marshal John H. Shine being the auctioneer. The vessel was knocked down to Henry Ar- nold for $1365. PERSONAL MENTION. Judge C. C. Bush of Redding is a guest at the Grand. Judge L. L. Chamberlain of Auburn is registered at the Grand. A. G, of San Diogo, is at the Grand. 1. A. Traacs, a member of Parliament of Australia, is registered at the Palace. J. R. Foster, a popular boniface of Marysville, is staying at the Lick. A. M. Edelman, a weil-known Los An- geles man, is registered at the Grand. Russell Heath, a well-known resident of Santa Barbara, is a guest at the Lick. Dr. A. T. Hudson, one of the pioncer physicians of Stockton, is a §uest at the | Grand. Louis T. Wright, superintendent of the Tron Mountain mine, of Keswick, is at the Palace. J. J. Hebron, superintendent of the Pa- cific Improvement Company’s ranches, is at the Grand. Carl Schmidt, one of the wealthy manu- facturers of cutlery of New York, is reg- istered at the Palace. Rev. G. H. Balfour, a prominent diwjne | of Melhourne, Australia, accompanied by his family, is staying at the Palace. Dixie Thompson, he of the famous $2000 | silver saddle, and who takes a prominent part in every Admission day celebration, is registered at the Palace. He brought his trained horse with him and will ap- pear in the coming parade. -~ ———— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 4—W. L. Brown of Los Angeles is at the Savoy; A. B. Bow- ers of San Francisco is at the Imperial. o g oo CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON | WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4—Charl Campbell of San Francisco is at the A:f lington; Joseph McElroy of San Fran- cisco, F. M. Boswoelt and wife of Los | Angeles and J. W. Hudson of Santa Rosa | are at the St. James, ANSWERS TO __C_OEBESPONDENTS. SNAILS—Subscriber, city. thntl fresh e scattered in places where £nails congregate will extermi: hem. Salt is death to the pests of l'}’x:u;:a:rl:trn4 Another way to capture snails or s is to place cabbage leaves at night where they gather. Early the next morning many of them will be found clinging to the under side of the leaves. is may be done for several nights in succession until all are caught. CUSTOM-HOUSE EXAMINATIONS— Examinations for the classified custom- house service are held for all positio: grade of unclassified labore Applicants are examined as to their rel tive capacity and fitness. There are thres grades, and what the applicants must be fl,“‘ in is lpelllll‘n:. Irllhme‘llc. letltequ:‘::‘l): nans| ), €O rom plain and From Tough’ araft mad Beosraphy. I second lr&v.n { It is said Nason, a prominent business man | TAX LEVY SAID ' TOBE ILLEGAL BF SUPERVSOS | McCarthy fill Move for the Adoption of New Rate in September. | Claims That the Provision t: Pay Interest on Bonds Not Yei Issued Imvalidates ths Budget. g Supers hy made assertion yesterday th 3 tax levy adopted by the board last June is an il- legal one and that at th meeting he will introduce a resolution providin for the adoption of a new taxX rate accord ing to the provisions of the Political Code. There has been considerable controversy over the charter provision requiring th: fixing of the rate in J ad the St law which sets the third Monday in Sep- tember as the date therefor. The mat- ter of the legality of the rate has, how- ever, never been formally Guestioned be- fore. McCarthy supports his contention by | claiming that the board had no legal right to impose a tax amounting to $208,500 which was set aside in the budget to pay the interest on establish a sinl fund for the pa th handle bonds, ° ° authority the whole and b lev « before tkh B Auditor shall tra to the Sup probable nty govern= tiscal year, to meet th he ot outstanding. and may be de- the rat He figur the raised b; down_to .9%4 ry $100. In hould > “intro taxation could be brou tead of $1 way or the other. is no provision in the the taxe: 1 b the State Supervi iness of A that the levy sidered. It was agreed meeting at _which Mayor Phe Supervisor 1 Reuben F will tak BILL POSTERS CANNOT EVADE PAYMENT OF TAX Judge Seawell Refuses to Restrain Commencement of Proceedings Against Siebe & Green. { Judge Seawell has refused to | W of Injunction in behalf of Green, bill posters and fence adve restraining the Institution of acti law against the firm to recover tax on sign fences over 12 feet hig court also refused to rest th cution of charges against the firm in the criminal courts for v tions of the anti-billboard ordinances. | Judge Seawell says plaintiffs’ remedy to compel the issuance of a license by the Sla- collector of municipal licenses is not by injunction, but by writ of mandate. —_————— | Icecream and soda. Townsend's, L. | ——ee— — - Cal. fruits in fire-etched boxes. Town- 1 . | send’s. i Best eyeglasses, specs, 10c to 40c. 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