The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1900, Page 6

s THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900. 'G‘ln w% Call. OCTOBER 18, 1900 THURSDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. S OFFICE .Telephone Press 104 PUBLICATION © -] et and Third, S. F. Telepho: 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS, 17 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202, Per Week. Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Ce Single Copies. 5 Cen uding Postage: ), one year. . ¥ Mail In ired to recelve sabscriptions be forwarded when requested. s rdering change of address should oe " order sth their request OAKLAND OF! . . . 1118 Broadway GEORGE (. KROGNESS, Acvertising, Marquette Building. Chicago. phome “‘Central 2619." CORRESPONDENT .....Herald Square Manager Fo Long NEW YORK €. €. CARLTON. RESENTATIVE ~EW — 20 Tribune Bullding STEPHEN B. SMITH. NEWS STANDS: A B n Union Square: S eat Northern Hotel; CHICAGO NEWS STA) ise; P. Sherman H Fremont ¥ ....1406 G St., N. W. Correspondent. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC MOKTON E. CRAN open 3 op NW., cor- AMUSEMENTS. > Hoodoo.” he Ensign. Brothers. Ol Chutes. evening. Fischer's Far E£u and E: 1alties —Vaudevilie every afternoon and THE GRAND JURY @ND THE BAR. n who have hardly be ronts them. ng an in- nal conduct of Attorney conspiracy to loot the ivan that the Grand to take upon itseli the g his disbarment. Are ociation so low nt out to its members ics of th es have to s have been before His guilt ed, and under our ould he be brought to t until evidence has been notorious. resumed innoce row the presumpticsi; but enough ford a moral con- to one of the worst of- It is known that he received nor been objection to the evid victior had ne to withdraw witnesses have contra- serting that he was paid nown that he refused tc answer g him relating to the case, and gave 2s a rea using that his answers would incri All that and other details adding confirmation to a2 moral conviction of his guilt een known to the Bar Association as well as Jury, and yet the association has neg- lected to take any step to purge the bar of Rogers’ presence and to clear the profession of the stain he has put upon it No he Grand Jury has recommended the di barment of Rogers it would seem the Bar Association nger rem inactive. Must an attorney be 2 v convicted c me and be sent to prison be- fcre the Bar Association deems him unworthy to be a member of the bar? Is the standard of the profes- higher than that of convicted can no be ed minal<? From certain statements made by Chretien and b; Hansted it appears we are to have further complica- tions in this case of the Sullivan estate. The public 1 be glad to have every secret of the conspiracy disclosed men who are licensed to practice as members of an honorable profession have been guilty of criminal of- fenses, but it is better to have the evil known than to let it go on in secret. Were the members of the Bar they would recognize the force of " atter and lend their aid to the task of bringing ¢bout the conviction of all who have been crimina v and the disbarment of all who have shared the morzl guilt by aiding the conspiracy or consenting to it and deriving a profit from it Association wi public sentime ihe His Highness the Mayor has ample justification to read to his hired men in the Board of Supervisors an His Highness mark for restless supervisorial spirits every time the board meets £ S The Southern Pacific steamer Thoroughfare has sunk again. It might be policy for the company to save a Wltle of its reputation and let the old tub re- main at the bottom ci the bay. The worthy tribe of Oakland husbands has won a essay on the evils of bear-baiting. seems to be signal triumph in the divorce court. A Judge, whose | name shall be famous, has decided that a husband was not guilty of cruelty in refusing his young wife's cooking. — Recent events in this city are convincing many peo- yle that a beggar is too frequently identical with a footpad. The outrages of the mendicant fraternity zre fast curing citizens of the almsgiving habit. There has been no frost in the campaign along Roosevelt’s route. In fact, he has had the steam pop- ping out of wild Democrats at almost every stopping place. | 5.00 ). & months 3.00 ). 3 months 1.50 | 65 1.50 n to the bogus | It is not a pleasant thing to know that | Z THE FRIEND OF THE WORKINGM@AN, ESPITE Mr. Bryan's Joud and frequent decla- rations of his love for the workingmen of the his followers a single act ever achieved by him for the benefit of labor. At a recent meeting at Milwaukee largely attended by workingmen some of the Bryan- ites present frequently interrupted the speaker, Sena- | Question: “What has William J. Bryan ever done for { the working people of this country?” There was si- lence for a moment, and then a voice spoke out: “Nothing.” There was not a Bryanite present who | could dispute that declaration. Turning from Bryan’s pretenses to the achieve- ments of the President, Senator Hanna said: “There | i3 not a man here who does not know that William | McKinley has been the best friend of the working- men this country has ever produced.” If we are to judge men by what they accomplish that statement is not to be disputed. Other statesmen may have been as devoted to the welfare of their fellow citizens as | McKinley, and unquestionably many of them were, | but none ever did so much in office to provide work for American labor or to maintain a high rate of | wages for all workers. His whole public life has been devoted to the end of upbuilding American indus- tries. His fame will be forever associated with the | statesmanship that means work and wages. He has been patriotic in every way in times of war and in times of peace, but his efforts have been most con- spicuous in advancing the cause of labor and provid- ing prosperity for American homes. When Bryan was in Congress he was a free trader. | He did his uttermost to break down the wall of pro- tection which keeps the American factory safe fromn the competition of foreign factories, the American worker free from the necessity of meeting the cheap labor of other countries upon the level of a low scale of wages, and the American home from the compara- tive destitution that prevails in the homes of the ill- paid labor of Europe. He was among the men who are most responsible for the free trade depression that followed the Wilson bill. His only promise to labor v the vain one of offering them cheap money by the free coinage of silver, a scheme which, if carried out in connection with free trade, would not only have compelled our workingmen to meet European labor in unrestricted competition, but would have paid than is given the worl em in money of less val ingmen of Britain or Germany or France or even oi pan | President McKinley’s | moreover, has not been manifest s, in workingmen, ely in large meas- interest ures designed to benefit tt s a mass. He has respect for the ities by appointing them to positions of important public trust No other President has conferred political office upon so m; men who earn their living by what is com- monly called labor. Judged by any standard, tried nt of view, no been so con- ny test, considered from any po esman in American politics h ently a friend of the workingman ection Mr. Bryan is now by o ther s sistently and so effic as the President wh contesting and whom he is denounc rialist These things, at a re g as an impe- v rate, can be said to the work- ingmen without er of refutation: You asked four years ago for work, and it has been given to you more abundantly than ever before in history; you asked for good wages, and you have received them money equal to the best in the world; you asked for an opportunity to pay off mortgages and to in- crease savings banks’ deposits, and the mortgages have been paid off and the deposits increased; asked for prosperity and it has been given to you; the products of your industries have been conserved | to you by wise legislation, and that legislation is but the enactment into law of policies which William Mc- Kinley advocated ever since he arrived, at man’s es- tate. Judge. then, which is the better friend of labor, | Bryan, who has done nothing, or McKinley, who has done so much for the benefit of every American in- dustry and every American worker. you | STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME ITY ATTORNEY LANE holds that the Su- C pervisors have no authority to make use of any part of the surplus revenue resulting from the | increase of the assessment over the estimate made at the time the revenues of the city were calculated and | the various appropriations decided upon. That will leave in the city treasury a considerable sum to be used in making appropriations for the next fiscal | year, and it is important to decide how it can be ex- pended to the best advantage. | the recommendation of the Merchants’ Association iconceming the improvement of the streets comes as a timely and pertinent suggestion. Street improvements | are for the benefit of zll, and hardly any policy would | be so pleasing to a majority of the people as the adop- | tion of a comprehensive and well devised programma | of improvements of that kind. In the report submitted by the association to the | Board of Public Works it is recommended that a | systematic plan of repaving be adopted, which will result in the removal of the cobbles and the repaving ol the worst streets in the business district within four years, and that $125,000 be appropriated and expended | each year for the next four fiscal years in the per- | formance of the work. | For the purpose of carrying out the programme the ! recommendations propose that the city be divided into | districts; that the appropriations of each year be dis- | tributed among them in proportion to their needs; | that a schedule of streets to be repaved each year be | décided upon in order that those who may be disap- | pointed because the streets in which they are mainly | interested are not repaved the first year may have as- surance they will be attended to at some fixed time during the four years; that in most cases the repaving be done with asphalt or with small basalt blocks on concrete, while on some streets vitrified brick would be desirable if the material can be obtained of a satis- | factory quality at a fair price; that all pavements be laid :under a ten year guarantee: that the city retain for < own use the cobbles and basalt blocks removed from the repaved streets instead of selling them 10 the contractor for a nominal sum; and, finally, that if any parties desire to have certain streets repaved sooner than contemplated by the schedule adopted they should offer to contribute one-half the cost of | the work as an evidence that the necessity for the im- mediate repavement of those streets is very great. ! Furthermore, in the way of needed improvements | the report recommends the rebuilding of the Spear- | street wharf, the thorough repair of Mission road and the adoption of a systematic plan for repairing and keeping in repair the basalt block streets throughout the city. To that end it is recommended that the city be divided into small districts and a number of men be employed in each district to keep the streets in good order. Summing up, the report says: “That if your hon- orable board during the next fiscal year is able to ac- complish the repavement of the worst business streets, the repair of Spear-street wharf, the repair of county roads and a systematic system of street repairs, we l United States he has not been able to show 1 | tor Hanna, and at last the Senator put to them this | Such being the case | ‘ believe a great advance will have been made and the ! citizens generally will be well satisfied.” | With that statement there will be general agreement. We have been promised so much and have received so little in the way of performance, anything accom- ' plished in the way of good work will be highly grati- | fying. That there is urgent need for street improve- | ment in San Francisco none will deny, and, while there may be some cbjection to the details of the schedule of streets to be improved submitted along with the report, the programme as a whole will find | cordial support. In urging this matter the Merchants’ | Association has performed another of those valuable | services to the city which entitle it to the co-operation | of all who have sufficient public spirit and energy to work for a progressive San Francisco. e ——c— LIPTON'S NEW CHALLENGE. E are to have Sir Thomas Lipton with us again. He has issued through the Belfast W\'ncht Club another challenge for the America's cup. and or course the challenge will be cepted. Sir Thomas won golden opinions from all orts of Americans when he was here on his former venture, and it goes without saying his return will be gladly welcomed. Lipton is one of the men who do not like to rest beaten. He started with nothing and by energetic perseverance has made himself one of the richest men it: the British empire. He is perhaps the largest mer- chant now living. His business is enormous, but none the less he finds time for a host of other things besides money-making. It is only of recent years that he has taken to sport, but he has entered upon it with | extraordinary vim and vigor. His particular ambi- tion now is to beat Americans at yachting. He is reported to have said in a recent interview: “I would give every penny I have and begin again at the bot- tom of the ladder to lift the America’s cup.” Lipton is not the kind of a sportsman that “goes it blind.” He has studied over the defeat of his former vacht and has come to the conclusion he can build a better one and sail it better. He recently stated in London to a representative of the Associated Press: | “I have every reason to believe I stand a good chance of winning, for I would not challenge unless sure 1 could get a better boat than my last. Moreover, I know I have got to get the very best going in order te achieve a triumph over the wonderful energy and skill of the Americans, for wRich no one has greater admiration than I. Realizing this, T have been work- ing steadily for months to perfect my arrangements. I now believe that both the boat and the men next contesting for the America’s cup will be an improve- ment over my first attempt.” When asked ling the man to whom he in- tends trusting the sailing of the yacht he said: “I have secured a man. who is universally admitted to be the best skipper on this side—an amateur who stands head of his fellows. I can’t tell his name just and, naturally, I cannot say much about the boat. But races that*will rival the actual cup races in keen- ness of interest will be the trial contests between the boat which Watson is designing for me and the old Shamrock with the alterations Fife is contemplating for the latter. Both designers, the best in England, will be on board their respective boats, and I can guarantee the one that wins will give you, atany rate, a close race.”. It will be seen from these statements we are to have a challenger that will be worthy of the best we gan do. The old Shamrock is to be improved to the best of the skill of her builder. She is then to be tested by a trial against the new Shamrock. The winner is to make the race against the American boat. Such a challenge will put our builders upon their mettle and we shail doubtless see another marvelous production in the way of yacht construction. At any rate in- terest in the race will be keener than ever, and should Lipton carry off the cup it is safe to say he will not hold it long before called upon to meet an American challenger. In connection with this subject it is worth while to call attention to the fact that Lipton's first contest for the America's cup was reported by The Call and | the New York Herald by wireless telegraphy over a distance of about twelve miles, and the feat was ac- counted so wonderful that yellow and unprogressive journals thought it safe to mock at it as a fake. Wire- less telegraphy has now so far advanced that messages can be sent a distance of sixty miles or more. When Shamrock IT comes to try her speed for the great cup it will be possible to far surpass the records of wire- less telegraph reports of the first race, and The Call | can be counted on to do i S stuffed it. Doubtless the joker enjoyed himself immensely when he saw the stuffing result in an announcement by the Wasp that “John P. Irish | is stumping the same territory for Bryan where four | years ago his voice was raised for McKinley.” It | then proceeds to class Mr. Irish with Bourke Cock- | ran, puts them down as “‘acrobatic orators,” describes | them as men “who throw flip-flops with celerity,” and | then gravely informs its serious readers: “The real | reason why McKinley Democrats, like Irish and | Cochrane, flopped to Bryan this year is that they | want to get their political life preservers, so to speak, | and float in on the tide four years hence.” | The Wasp should not leave itself liable to | be played upon in that way concerning a man who 1s | so well known as Mr. Irish. Such blunders are al- | most as bad as the fakes of yellow journalism, The Wasp should post itself. | Mr. Irish is indeed stumping the same territory 5“‘]1(]’(‘. four years ago his voice was raised for McKin- | ley, but it happens that his voice continues to be raised for. McKinley. He went East on the urgent invita- tion of the Republican National Committee to aid again as four years ago in supporting the cause of sound money, law and good government. There has been no “flip-flop” on the part of John P. Irish. He is not that kind of a man. The Wasp should find the joker who gave it that bit of stuffing and remonstrate with him through the medium of a club. s concer casily A JOKE ON THE WASP. OME ONE has caught the Wasp napping and After volumes have been spoken and thousands of people have suffered a deluge of sound William Jen- ‘nings Bryan has at last recognized the “paramount issne” of the campaign in all its sériousness; he is defending himself most desperately. o The Sutter Street Railroad Company has been forced to pay a fine of $5000 for usurping a franchise on Bush street. It ought to he compelled to pay an- other for leaving the thoroughfare in a worthless con- dition. —_— The Philadelphia man who murdered his wife and iz now suing for the insurance on her life must think that he possesses at least one of the attributes of providence, —_ Thousands of Spaniards who were fearful of Uncle Sam and his methods are returning to Cuba. There is something after all in fair treatment to a conquered foe ’ Created by the Pro HE constitutional amendment pro- viding for the creation of an inter- mediate court of appeals In this State, which will be voted on at the coming election, is not meeting the indorsement expected. Lawyers who have looked deeply into the amendment and calculated its ffect if enforced do not be- | lieve it will improve on the present sys- | tem, and the general presumption is that | it will be an unsatisfactory and ineffectual | scheme throughout. There are varfous | arguments urged against it, but in the | principal objections there is lttle diversity | | of opinion. In opposition to the amend- ment this can be sai 1. For the overwhelming majority of | the people of this State, the Supreme Court of California, chosen by the people of the entire State, is practically abol- ished. It s true that the proposed constitu- tional amendment continues in existence a Supreme Court elected by the entire State, and consisting of a Chief Justice and four Assocfate Justices. But, on the | other hand, the jurisdiction of the court is 5o limited and curtafled that a very small percentage of the litigation of the State will ever be decided by that tribu- nal. So that the vast volume of litiga- tion will be finally determined in the Dis- trict Courts of Appeal, and for all practi- | cal purposes in those cases the Supreme Court will have been abolished. By section 2 of the proposed amendment | the Supreme Court is given appellate ju- risdiction as follows: In every action and proceeding where is necessarily drawn in question: (a) The valldity of any law of or authority claim- | ed from the Federal Government; (b) the constitutionality of any law of this State; (c) the legality of any tax, impost or as- sessment; (d) actlons in eminent domain; (e) actions in quo warranto; (f) criminal actfons involving death or imprisonment | for life; (g) the validity or adoption of | any munieipal charter; (h) writs of man- | damus, certiorari and prohibition to the | District Courts of Appeal; (1) writs of | | mandamus, certiorari or prohibition af- fecting the State, Congressional or Presi- dential eleetion: (j) and in cases decided | in District Courts of Appeal when in the | epinion of the Supreme Court such deci- | | sion “confiicts with a previous decision of the Supreme Court or of another District | Court of Appeals.” | The cases coming under the grant of | Jjurisdiction above outlined (excepting ap- peals which the Supreme Court may grant at its pleasure to those who are ag- | gricved by the final decision of the Dis- | trict Court) will hardly exceed one-tenth | (certainly not one-fifth) of the cases now | heard and determined by the Supreme | Court. So that it would seem to have | | been hardly worth while to have kept the | Supreme Court at all. Eighty or ninety ; | per cent of its jurisdiction has been taken | away and given to District Courts of Ap- | | peal. And unless Courts of Appeal elect- | ea by districts are preferable to a court | | elected by the entire State the amend-| | | | ment should be defeated on this ground alone. | 2. A system of district courts of appeal | is not as satisfactory as a court of last | resort elected by the entire people of the | State. In every State in the Union vast | jurisdiction is given to its court of last | resort, and that court is always elected by the entire people of the State. It can hardly be denied that the system which we are now trying to change is preferable to the one which we are endeavoring to inaugurate. A Supreme Court elected by | the entire people of the State is removed | from the local prejudice of the district | eystem. If a citizen of San Francisco is | | sued in Los Angeles and loses his case | owing to prejudice against him for non- residence he will be very apt to think that that same prejudice will exist to some | | extent in District Courts of Appeal and he would prefer, and every lover of justice would also prefer, to have his case heard | in a tribunal free from such bias. On the other hand, if a citizen of Los Angeles | is sued in Sacramento he would very | much prefer to have his case appealed to a court elected by an entire State rather LAWYERS DO NOT FAVOR NEW COURT OF APPEALS Object Principally to Local Character of Tribunal| | cisions of the Circuit Courts of Appeal. | | and add greatly to the expense witho | peal should be removed as far as possible posed Amendment. than by a district made up of Sacramento and the contiguous territory. 3. The provision authorizing the Supreme Court to take jurisdiction of cases decided in the District Court is unsatisfactory. The Supreme Court is authorized by the proposed amendment to order a case de-| cided by the District Court to be sent to it for review whenever the decision of th court of appeals “conflicts with a previou decision of the Supreme Court, or of an other District Court of Appeals.”” That provision is borrowed from the Federal law, which. authorizes the United States | Supreme Court to take up for review de- The practice has not proved satisfactory | in Federal litigation, and even if it had it is unsuited to our ecircumstances. > man should be dependent upon the plea ure of a Judge for a privilege to have his case heard in the court of last resort The system smacks of favoritism. It unfair to the litigant. And it is unfair to | he Judges, because it subjects them to unnecessary criticism. There should be | an appeal for all or for none. The right | of appeal should not depend upon the di- gestion of the Judge. | 4. The provision authorizing the Gover- nor to appoint three courts of appeal for two vears should defeat the amendment. | If the amendment is adopted it will go into effect in January, 1901. There will be no election for judges until November, | 1%02. The Governor in the meantime Is | authorized to appoint the three district | courts of appeal, and all cases over which they have jurisdiction on file in the Su- preme Court, but not under submission, are to be immediately transferred to those | district courts. So that for two years the 2ppointees of one man are to control all | of the litigation of this State in the courts of last resort. No man was ever made so wise and upright as to justify such enor- mous power. 5. The proposed amendment will 44 rise to an intolerable crop of petty ap- peals in probate estates and thereby in- crease the expense of administering them. Under the present constitution tha Supreméd Court has jurisdiction “in such probate matters as may be provided by law. In other words there can be no appeal in any probate case except where t!w Legislature has provided an appeal Following that provision of the constitu- tion the Legislature has provided an ap- | peal in every probate matter where thers | Is any reasonable necessity for an ap- | peal. But under the proposed constitu- | tional amendment the District Court of | Appeals will have jurisdiction of every | special proceeding commenced in the Su- perior Courts. The administration of an estate is a special proceeding. And the District Courts of Appeal will hdve juris- | diction of an appeal from every order | made In such a proceeding. It is needless to point aut that that will give rise to a | great crop of appeals which are cut off | by the present system, and that taking such appeals and the opportunities which are afforded for such appeals will in- crease the cost and enhance the vexation and delay of probate administration. That these things have reached the limit of all | reasonable endurance it is unnecessary for any one to point out. s Sl DELMAS’ OBJECTIONS. Would Multiply Offices and Would Not Expedite the Work. My chief objection to the establishment of an intermediate court of appeals is | that it would multiply.the judicial offices | ultimately expediting the work. Also be- cause litigants whose causes under this amendment will find an end in the inier- mediate court of appeals will think they are discriminated against because they are denied the privilege of an ultimate appeal to the highest court. I am further opposed to It because this intermediate court will be composed of judges selected from the locality in which the causes were originally tried. I believe it to be desirable that the court of uitimate ap- from all local mfluenc];. M. DELMAS. PERSONAL MENTION. E. W. Roberts of Byron Springs is at the Palace. | W. J. Wilson and wife of Newcastle are at the Grand. County Assessor L. A. Spitzer of San Jose is at the Grand. George L. Hurst, a Vancouver lawyer, is at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. George V. Barlow of Sa- linas are at the Russ. Ben Bergfield and wife of New York are stopping at the Palace. E. E. Bowen and wife of Silver City, Idaho, are at the Lick. Frederick L. Macleay, a merchant .at Portland, is at the Palace. John Singleton, a Los Angeles mer chant, is registered at the Palace. R. V. Ellis, who made a fortune in oil wells at Hanford, is at the Palace. George H. Talbot, a Dawson City mining man, is registered at the Occidental. | Peter Muston, a Stockton merchant, ac- | companied by his wife, is at the Grand. L. A. Clark, a prominent Pittsburg mer- | chant, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace, —«ff B. Rushmer, a well-known mining man of Angels Camp, is in the city for a few days. o Dr. R. S. Blakeman of the United States navy and his wife are registered at the | Occidental. ‘W. Mackay and wife are at the Occi- dental. Mr. Mackay is a successful lum- berman at Winnipeg. W. D. Campbell, general agent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, is in town and is registered at the Occiden- tal. J. J. O’'Connor, a prominent citizen of Elmira, N. Y., is enjoying a pleasure trip to California. He arrived at the Palace last evening. A. J. Finlay, who is connected with the American, published at Manila, and who is also the owner of the racetrack in the Philippines capital, is at the Occidental. Colonel J. V. Overton of Nevada, mem- ber of the Governor's staff and connected with the Virginia City water works in Virginia City, Nev., is at the Russ House. H. E. Irish, a bank director and mer- chant at Santa Cruz, is spending a few days In the city with his wife and daugh- ter. They have apartments at the Cali- fornia. D e o o CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Oect. 17.—W. J. Andrews is at the Imperial, C. M. Curtis is at the Netherland. J. F. Donahue is at the Marl- borough. J. E. Gardner is at the Astor House. F. L. Orcutt is at the Savoy. H. Payot and wife are at the Navarre, J. Stark is at the Cosmopolitan. M. Cun- ningham is at the Gilsey. 8. Gates is at the Hoffman. M. Walter is at the Grand. G. C. Dean is at the Broadway Central. | H. C. Chesebrough is at the Holland. E. M. Bosbyshire of Los Angeles is at the Murray Hill. G. B. Johnson of Los An- geles s at the Manhattan. C. F. Brutiss of Sacramento is at, the Imperial. ——— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—John P, Trish of San Francisco is at Johnson’s. James ! Slauson of Los Angeles is at the Arlln‘-l ton. O. N. Owens of San Francisco is at the Ebbitt. A CHANCE TO SMILE. He—Do you think you could learn to love me? She—I might. I learned to like olives.— Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Squire’s Daughter—Do you think it is quite healthy to keep your pigs so close to_the cottage? odge—I dunno, miss. Noan of ther pigs ain’t ever bin ill.—Punch. “But there was no evidence against the man who was lynched,” protested tje stranger. “No evidence?” said the citizen. “Why ?,e ;u as black as the ace of spades.— uck. “Cook,” saild Mrs. Hostess, solemnly, at the eleventh hour, “we have forgot all about the entrees.”” And cook, in her ex- citement, responded with: “Lor, mum, so we have! If we ain’t a couple of blunder- headed idiots, may I never!"—Tit-Bits. Contributor (reading aloud)—His eyes were riveted on her face. Magazine Editor—Riveted? Here, cut that out. If he didn't belong to the union you'll have all the boilermakers in this country down on us.—Chicago Record. Sappington—Your sister looks sweet enough to eat. Little Rodney—She does eat.—Judge. “Papa, what is the unpardonable sin?" “My son, anything I do that your moth- er doesn’t like."—Life. ——————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PERSONAL PROPERTY—F. W. N., City. Personal property is asSessed at its fair valuation. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY-F. W. N., City. The United States is exempt from the payment of taxes on the real property if owns in California. CONSUMPTION OF COAL—S., City. The average consumption of coal for steam boilers is_twelve pounds per hour for each square foot of grate. MILITARY ROLL—F. W. N., City. The military roll is by law required.to be made up by the brigadier general of each brigade in the State of California. THE WALLER CASE—Enq, City. President Faure of France signed the pardon of John L. Waller, ex-Consul of the United States at Tamatave, Febru- ary 20, 159, COAL—W. B. F., City. The total pro- duction of coal in the world is something over 660,000,000 tons each year. The great- est coal producing country In the world is England. with an annual production of over 218,000,000, then comes the United States second with 182.000,000; Germany third, 124.000.000; Austria-Hungary fourth. :":3' 36,000,000 tons, and France, 32,000 000 ons. ' A LEASE—M. G., City. A lease may be verbal or written. If verbal it should be in the presence of witnesses. it should be drawn up in |egallf‘or‘:xfI t-x:g in order to have it properly drawn up it t should be written by a reputable A ‘“b“ mm;td %enr a revenue pl‘a‘l:!o;n Q may be recorded or it ma; e op- tion of the parties. s lie ey LOCOMOTIVE—Subscriber, run an ordinary locomotive, tons weight, it is necessary to burn hundred to two thwr-’a.nd pnund’-m;‘} coal per hour to generate the req 2mount of steam and to eva ix to twelve thousand ow far a ton of coal tive depends on circum: will City. rate om s of 11 run ter. bloeomo- erally one ton of good = run an ous coal 1 ordi from thirty-five to fifty mliu pucamtive To| Oculists’ prescriptions say of thirty | lses. Quick repairing. UP-TO-DATE EDITORIAL UTTERANCE Views of the Press on Topics of the Times. CLEVELAND LEADER—Bryan ig al- v defeated, and his followers will do if they can gain control of the Ne- Legislature and elect him to the e from that State. NEW YORK TRIBUNE—In a good po- lice force rest the security and the wel- fare of the city; in an evil police force would be found its il and its ruin. And whatever influence would for any pur- pose change the police from good to evil, that is the enemy. OMAHA BEE-—General Harrison's an- novncement of his position will have a good effect upon the Republican cam- paign. No citizen stands nigher in the re- spect and confidence of the country and the honesty and sincerity of his views and counsel none will question. CHICAGO CHRONICLE—Tt is the duty of our Government to protect Americans in the enjoyment of their treaty rights in ‘hina—all Americans, whether concession- aries, merchants or missionaries. It is not its duty to join in destroying and dis- membering the Chinese empire. RICHMOND TIMES—We have not a doubt that the bitter memories of the Boers will disappear in far less time than has been required to dissipate the same memories in the Southern people, and the Boers will not have to pass through the period of reconstruction that fell to the lot of the South. PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER—The e: ecution of a few mandarins would unques- tionably have a good effect upon the rest. It would serve as a demonstration that the massacre of ‘“foreign devils” could not be practiced with impunity, and that is the lesson which official China needs most of all to learn. CHICAGO TIMES-HERALD—The Re- publicans would be sorely diswpolnwd it the vigorous protests of the Washington Post and of Eastern Democrats should teke Bryan off the stump. His calamity appeals to passion and prejudice will do no harm in the prosperous West. They merely solidify the East for McKinley. NEW YORK TIMES—After the obse- quies of Bryanism have been faithfully attended to the powers of regeneration and reunion will begin to work in the Democratic party. The death and burial of the 16 to 1 i ue will remcve the only incurabla cause of party division. | men can them belong to the party without being ashamed of it. COMMERCIAL TRIB- Bryan praises Jefferson, Lincoln, but repudfates the Jackson and policies which link those illustrious names forever with American greatness and progress. It is not the principles of Jef- ferson and Jackson that guide the Demo- crats of to-day. It is the narrow and con- tracted views of reactionary Populism and backboneless anti-imperialism. DALLAS NEWS—-Nowadays the people get the facts through the medium of the press. and with the facts in their posses- sion they reach their own conclusions ac- cording to their environments. For this reason spellbinders are not so effective as they once were. It is true that in every campaign there are changes from one party to another, but environment changing conditions are as a rule cause of them. CHICAGO RECORD—The great danger which threatens India is not alone an overt act of hostility on the part of Rus- sia, but the outbreak of internal strife in Afghanistan. The polities of the king- dom is at present summed up in the per- sonality of the King, who is probably the most absolute despot on earth. The dan- ger will come with his death. That dan- ger is the nightmare of Indian adminis- trators. It is a wonder the Ameer has lived so long, and it is known that he may die at any moment. ) ————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1 at Townsend's.* —_—— to the ont- . Special information supplied dally bulplle:cm houses and pubrlg men_ b, Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 gomery st. elephone Main 1042, While repairing a temple the Chinese cover up the eyes of the idols. in order that the deities may not be offended at the sight of the disorder. ———— The blood will be poor so long as the stomach shirks its duty. A half wine-glass of DR. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters before meals cures dyspepsia. ——— It is reported from Paris that the old Spanish Queen, Isabella, is making ef- forts to be permitted to return to n, from which she was banished twenty- three years ago. —eeeeeee ADVERTISEMENTS. = . FOR,,, MCKINLEY ROOSEVELT! Hon. EUGENE F.LOUD Hon. D. E. McKinlay WILL DISCUSS NATIONAL ISSUES FRANKL‘ITN HALL, bet. Bush and Sutter. FILLMORE STREET, THIS THURSDAY EVENING. Hon. HORACE DAVIS will preside. by ROUGH RIDERS' QUAR- Campaign songs E ALL ARE WELCOME. GEORGE STONE, Chairman Republican State Committee, W. M. CUTTER, Secretary. 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