The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1900, Page 6

The 2o Gall. | MONDAY.... OCTOBER 29, 1900 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S, MANAGER'S OFFICE - PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Th Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202, Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Iincluding Postage: DATLY CALL (inciuding Sunday), one year, DAILY CALL (including Sunday), § months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 month: DAILY CALL—By Single Month SUNDAY CALL, One Year.. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. - All postmasters are horized to receive suhecriptions Sample coples will be forwarded ~hen requested. LE/KE, Menzger, 204 ird, S. F. 233 - ] Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should ke particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRBESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request JAKLAND OFFICE. C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Building, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 2618."") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: ve..1118 Broadway C. C. CARLTON..... ..Herald Square NEW YORK Ri ATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. . .30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 3l Union Square; Murray FHill Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open | untt] $:39 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 | MeAllister, open untl $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 8:20 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1086 Valencia, open $ o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. cor- Kentuck wenty-second ai open until 9 o clock —“King of the Opium Ring." la—Plano Recital, Wednesday, October 3L Mon- } Mason and EAdy etreets—Specialties. Theater—Vaudeville every afterncon and Zoo and Fischer' s—Vandeville. 2 n-Clay Hall-Piano Recitel, Thureday night, No- Bathe—Open nigh ~ AUCTION SALES. October 30, at 1 o'clock, TRADE STEADY AND FEATURELESS. CCORDING to the country’s bank clearings | week was larger than for months, the om last year Deing only 2.8 per cent, f the larger cities, which have hitherto 2 gain. But there was no es- y line of merchandise, nor did any report any marked increase in The failures were 205, against 190 ive trade. he coal strike was beneficial, not mmediate district affected but to the | y s of wool continued better than | »een expected a few weeks ago, and the boot and de and leather trades continued active at year. | avy bookings, and that the confidence in ong that all raw materials are very ket continued depressed, though eling toward the latter part of the ere was more doing in Wall street than for a A certain buying demand, which set in he preceding week, gained force, and ice of the week the public entered the cated by the large putchases of commis- fig time N This new inquiry affected prices, which developed more firmness in consequence. An interesting feature of the week was the an- nouncement that the gold in the Treasury Department on F: nounted to $451,477,000, the largest stock of gold in the world, and the largest ever held by this Gove: ent. This in itself is,a pretty good campaign , at least among business men. A large ck of gold means a large stock of prosperity, which the country seems to have in abundance. B in this city continues satisfactory, and docu pr The export t e of the port is making 2 finc record, nd the local keeps up to its previous volume. Even the impending ion does not appear to depress trade as much as Some farm products are quieting down, as they always do after the bulk of the crop has been disposed | of, and when winter is at hand. The early rains have been exceptional beneficial, by starting the new grass and the plows at the same time, and the farmers generally 2re seizing the favorable opportunity thus presented to get in their crops. Fluctuations in mer- chandise are average, and there is no general tendency either up or down, each line advancing or declining on its individual account. Hence, while business is good, it exhibits no particular feature calling for especial comment. The New York Herald urges the selection of New ngland waters for the course of the next race for the America’s cup, on the ground that the course off New York is too crowded with excursion steamers and the winds are unreliable. Judging by the experience of the last match, the Herald’s advice is good and it ought to be followed. Our courts are gradually making Eastern copora- tions understand that while we are willing to be good fellows we object to being “good things.” Another Eastern monopoly has been ordered to pay taxes upon its franchise to operate in this State. A proposition to abolish, passes on railroads has been met with a howl of indignant protest from those most vitally concerned. What would the Southern Pacific Company have done with the session of the Legislature only a few months away? Grover Cleveland says he must insist on being silent in reference to this distressing and exceptiona] cam- paign. No one can say now that Bryan has not at least that much of Grover’s sympathy which expresses itself in the charity of silence. The Oakland water rate suit has progressed more than far enongh to prove that there is mud to spare in the affair, even if it is only that mud which clings to reputations. London also participated in the buying, | as brisk as at any other point in the country. | demand for produce and merchandise | A CANARD KILLED. UT of a long experience the American people have learned to expect in the closing weeks of a Presidential campaign the appearance of 'z considerable number of canards from the Democratic camps. These expectations have never been disap- pointed. This campaign is to be no exception to the rule. The canard has made its appearance and the sound of the roorback has been heard in the land. The most notable of the canards of the year was launched from New York on Saturday morning in the announcement that Senator Scott of the Republican National Committee had made a speech at a banquet to Roosevelt on Friday evening, and in the course of it had said: “I believe in trusts; they are a gooi thing. * * * If it were not for the Standard Oil Company this prosperity that we have would not be here to-day.” The launching of the canard has been accompanied by all kinds of sulphurous yellow lights and tom-tom thunder. We are told that when the Republican ban- queters realized the significance of the speech they were panic-stricken; that they threatened the reporter present with all kinds of terrible things if he reported the words; that they bulldozed him into giving up his “copy,” and that strong influences were set to work to have the story suppressed by the Associated Press. Such was the yarn published by the Bryanite organ | |in New York on Saturday morning and telegraphed | | all over the country to other Bryanite organs. Now, see how simple a statement is needed to refute the whole thing. Senator Scott, when interviewed on the | subject the morning the report appeared, said: | “I did not say anything that could be construed to | { mean what is implied in the published report. I did | not say anything resembling what I am reported as | saying. We were at a private dinner and no speeches | were made.” | Had the circulation of that story been confined to the yellow organs it would not have merited notice, | but it has been taken up by Bryan himself, and the | country is thus presented with the strange spectacle of | Presidential candidate making himself responsible |in a public speech for the circulation of a campaign lie. | The Call is doing no injustice to Bryan in making that statement. The report of his Madison-square Garden speech, on Saturday night, as given by his | organ in this city, quotes him as saying on the subject | | of trusts: “Mr. Hanna thrusts the question aside by | saying there are no rrusts; and the National Commit- | tee to-day is circulating a book written by Mr. Weeks in defense of the trusts, to show that the trust is a | blessing and is here to stay. And last night, at the | banquet given to the Republican candidate for Vice | President, Senator Scott, who is vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, and who |is in charge of the Eastern branch of Republican 1headqu3rter<, made a speech, in which he said: ‘I | believe in trusts; they are a good thing. -Ii it were no: for the Standard Oil Company this prosperity we have would not be here to-day.” " Bryan has cut so many fantastic tricks in this cam- paign that this additional one will probably not have much effect upon the minds of the people. Neverthe- | less, men who have respect for the decencies of poli- ics, and the requirements which the dignity of the high upon every man who aspires to it, will note with a deepening disgust this new evidence of the rapid de- scent of Bryan into the lowest depths of demagogy. | Fortunately the end is near at hand. We shall be done | with Bryan next Tuesday. | | | Ad NEW PHASE OF THE QUESTION.‘ | ISHOP GEORGE W. CLINTON of the A. M. | BE Zion Church, who is now in this city, has brought from the Southern States a report which, while it does not overlook the serious wrong done to the negro race by the Democratic efforts to nullify their citizenship, has in it much of good cheer. After narrating what kas been done to suppress negro suffrage, the Bishop went on to say: | “Despite these things, the negro is still making progress along all substantial lines, especially in the way of acquiring an education and accumulating prop- erty. As an example, our own church, the A. M. E. Zion, operates seven educational institutions, one of | which owns fifty acres of land as a campus and build | ings valued at $125,000.” That is an excellent showing and gives reason for the hopeful confidence of the country that the negro race will rise superior to the obstacles in its way and triumph over them. As a rule men and nations have | become strong solely because they had difficulties to overcome. Every great race has had to make its way | to power by arduous battle and almost every individ- | ual whayamounts to anything in life has had at some | period in his career to exert a strenuous force against | powerful opposition. Indeed, it is only by such con- | tests that nations, races or individuals are made | strong. That, of course, does not justify the action of the | Southern whites in violating the spirit of the consti- tution, defrauding a weak race of its rights and de- priving a certain class of American citizens of a priv- ilege they are entitled to enjoy. As Bishop Clinton | said: “It cannot fail to have a bad effect to discrim- | inate against the negro—first, because it bases citizen- | ship upon color rather than on qualification of charac- ter; secondly, because it works an injustice upon peo- ple who have honored their right to citizenship in every contest in which the nation’s honor has been at stake, whether on the field of battle or in obeying the | | laws of the State and nation.” [ | In the meantime there are signs that the question in : the South is about to enter a new phase. The more energetic, industrious and ambitious negroes have | begun to emigrate from the States where they are | | badly treated, and the effect upon the labor market }has already been felt. Thus we learn from a review of | | the subject by the New York Times that the emigra- | | tion has given rise to considerable alarm among plant- | ers and even in the cities. The Times says: “The secretary of the Convention of the Commissioners of Agriculture for the Southern States writes to the Atlanta Journal that six hundred negroes have left Raleigh alone. The Observer of Charlotte, N. C., while declaring that the negro as a voter is a failure, sayst ‘He has his uses as a farm Ja- borer, and there is no doubt that the farmers in some sections of the State are sorely put to it for help to pick their cotton crops. It is right to exclude these people from the ballot, but it is suicidal to drive them, by bad treatment, out of the State’” This seems to be a confession that they have been badly treated, even leaving the question of disfranchisement entirely out of the discussion. The Raleigh Post warns the North Carolina farmers that ‘if this exodus keeps on, these landowners and farmers will be in a worse condition than they have been since the war, and will have no one to thank for it save the arrant demagogues whose reckless imbecility is only equaled by their unblushing and selfish aspirations.”” Such expressions coming from Southern papers are significant. It is well known the South is rapidly de- | can delegation. office of President of the United States imposes |, | United States.” veloping a diversified industry. Her society is not so subject to the “reckless imbecility of “arrant dem- agogues” as it was in the past. The need of ‘labor | her 3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBEK v, 1vwv. will soon teach respect,for the laborer, and it is prob- able the full extent of white wrongs to negroes has now been reached, and from this time forward the movement for the race will be upward and onward. THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. D attention of Republicans should be directed to the fight in the Congressional districts. The Presidential contest is virtually over. A few Bryanite roorbacks started at this time may have the effect of disturbing the minds of those who are easily influ- enced by every passing noise, but they cannot save the situation. Bryan is beaten. It is by no means certain, however, that the Republicans will obtain con- trol of the House of Representatives. That is the one danger point of the contest and in every district Re- publicans should make a wunited and vigorous efforz this week to make sure of victory for the Congres- sional candidate. £ Should there be a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives the progress of the country will be blocked for two years. The legislation needed to provide for the settlement of such financial issues as remain, the wise adjustment of the fiscal system by revision of the war revenue bill, the administration of the Philippines, the upbuilding of an Amcrican.mer chant marine, the construction of the Nicaragua canal and a host of other important measures that cannot be fully dealt with during the short term that remains of the present Congress would be impeded, if not alto- gether blocked, by a Democratic House. It would mean two years of comparative stagnation and friction in the Government instead of two years of continuous URING the closing weck of the campaign the | progress and Governmental harmony. It is to be borne in mind the Democratic party has now become something like a settled and organized opposition to all progress. It has no policy of its own. A Democratic Representative could do nothing for his constituents, even should he desire to do so, and even should his party control thé House, for the party is hopelessly confused. Democratic candidates | in the East are almost without exception gold men, | who are opposed to expansion; in the South they are expansionists who are opposed to gold; in the West they are a little of all sorts and much of nothing. What can be expected of a party so divided on every im- portant issue of the time? The people of the Pacific Coast, and particularly those of California, are going to have many great in- terests at stake in the developments that are to take place during the coming two years. The trade of the Orient is going to be full of wonderful possibilities for this city and this State. Rival nations, however, are eager to seize upon every advantage that may be oi- fered them in that part of the world. As a consequence we shall have need of Government aid, diplomacy and wise legislation to assist our merchants and manufac- turers in getting a rightful share of the rich markets that are to be opened and developed there. How can we obtain that if we send to Congress men who have no other aim in politics than that of hampering the | Republican administration? From California there should go a solid Republi Every district in the State should be represented by a man who will be in favor of progress and prosperity, whose vote will be determined by con- structive statesmanship and not by a mere fanatical opposition. The constituency that elects a Democrat this year will be false to the interests of California and | A TAX-EATERS' SCHEME, neglectful of its own good. ERE and there may be a taxpayer who will ob- H ject to the designation of the proposed estab- lishment of three courts of appeal as a ‘“tax- caters’ scheme,” but the number will not be large. The constitutional amendment providing for the crea- tion of such courts has been before the people a long time, and very few persons have been heard to openly advocate it. Some supporters it has, of course, or it never would have been submitted to the people as an issue to be voted upon, but their silence in regard to it during the whole campaign is evidence that most of them prefer to avoid discussion on it. Whatever arguments may be advanced for the scheme are far outweighed by the objections to it, The creation of three additional courts will entail a considerable increase ir: the cost of the State judiciary, and the taxpayers will have to furnish the money. The new courts will, furthermore, disorder the exist- ing judicial system, and for a time at least there will be much confusion concerning the exact limits of their authority. Every difference of opinion among lawyers on that question will of course be taken to the Supreme Court for decision, and consequently that tribunal will have more instead of less work on its hands. Even when all disputed questions concerning the jurisdiction of the new courts have been settled, it is probable the existence of the courts would lead to an increase rather than a diminution of litigation. One of the evils of our judicial procedure is the ease with | which new trials can be obtained. Appeal follows ap- peal, and cases are tried over and over again even us matters now stand, and the consequence is that ex- cessive litigation has become one of the most serious | evils of our law. Why provide machinery for abetting and encouraging appeals? Why not so improve the judiciary by the election of worthy Judges that the decisions of the Superior Courts will be final in many cases which are now carried to the Supreme Court and ordered to be tried over again? From every point of view the scheme is objection- ‘able. Tt will benefit none but those who are appointed to the new courts and thus provided with salaries at the expense of the people and that class of people who delight in litigation. The scheme is submitted to the people under the title, “Senate constitutional amend- ment No. 22" Bear it in mind and vote against it. ————. In a recent speech in New York Bryan said: “If I am elected I promise you that within a year there will not be a private monopoly in existence within the That is one of the promises that Bryan might fulfill, for if he be elected there will be very little business left of any kind at the end of a year. The Controller of New York has just borrowed $4,500,000 for 3.2 per cent, while bankers representing Hamburg are advertising in New York bonds to the amount of $9,520,000 and the rate of interest of- fered is 4.11 per cent. That is one of the evidences of the kind of prosperity we get under sound money. The time is drawing near when William Jennings Bryan will have to look for a new job. It ought to seem judicious for some enterprising manager of a muscum to secure a3 a star attraction the man who talked more and said less than any other man in America. Nations no less than individuals have a wholesome fear of collectors of bad debts. With uneasy con- science Turkey has gone into spasms of guilty unrest at the innocent visit of our fighting ships to some of SOCIETY: HE California colony in Parls Is enjoying its cholcest morsel in the discussing of the approaching mar- rlage of Roberta Nuttall and a Ger- man Count whose distinguished name, for the moment, 1 have forgotten. 1 say “approaching marriage,” yet for all T know Roberta ns#y be at this very moment entitled to wear the name of her Count. My Informaticn came to me yesterday in a delightful Paris letter and therein the interesting wedding wus re- ferred to as an ‘“‘event of the near fu- ture.” According to the knowing ones Miss Nuttall {s making the best forelgn mar- riage ever made in Burope. The fortu- nate man is gentleman in walting to his Majesty of Germany. and he is marrying the California girl simply because he loves her and she loves him. But all this romance is not what is causing our little colony in the gay cap- ital to gossip. It Is the questicn of re ligion—a question that came near keep- ing the loving hearts apart, and which makes it imperative that the union be | solemnized in England. Miss Nuttall iz a Catholic, strons. stanch and true. The Ccunt is a Protest- ant and every bit as faithtul to his ¢ as s the lady of his choice. Ger: will not sanetion the union of th posing creeds and so England must of necesslty be made the refuge of the lov- ing anxious hearts. Such a unlon as this means that the offspring that may re- | sult froth such a marriage must be reared In the Protestant faith. Funcy a grand- | child of Mrs. Parrott a Protestant. That is why the gossips are talking. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. K. Nuttall are at present in Paris. They, of course, will remain abroad to be present at the wedding of their sister. Mr. and Mrs. Will Crocker are to be home shortly from their visit to the Expesition Universelle. While in Parls | the Crockers occupied the elegant home of Mrs. Tiffany, which they had leased. Mrs. Crocker's latest fad is a most ar- tistlec and expensive one—the collection of old books and first editions. Her col- lection is already quite an extensive and most creditable one. Mrs. Crocker has not neglected any of the opportunitie: a long purse and the great European | cities afforded and she has added in the past few months many,rare editions jo her collection. o el e Mr. and Mrs. Douglas | 2oody) are back again. It was a “‘come home and be forgiven” return—a home coming of much joy and much sorrow. “Eva is very ill. Come home. Mother loves and wants you.” That is the cablegram that told the | story and brought back the beautiful bride who some four months ago was marrfed from the Davis home out gon Scott street, at 7 o'clock in the morning. Douglas Watson and his bride traveled as fast as steam could take them. But they were too late. When they got here bride’s beautiffil twir sister Eva (Mrs. Breeden) had been laid away to | eternal rest. I can’'t imagine anything sadder than Mal's racing half across the | world at her twin sister’'s call and then | to reach her too late. I have heard the | untimely taking oft of beautiful Eva | Breeden- was caused by a severe cold, contracted many months ago on the golf links. Watson (Mat | the . . Five daughters of this golden West are belng educated in the most fashionable of all French schools—the Convent of the | Sacred Heart. The fortunate misses who | are receiving their instruction from the | gentle sisters are the four daughters of | Mr. ana Mrs. M. H. de Young and Miss Jennie Lathrop, the niece of Mrs. Stan- | ford. Miss Lathrop is to remain at the convent while Mrs. Stanford is in Egypt, | which will probably be all winter. R - - . | Cito de Onatesia and his charming wife, formerly Mrs. Jerome of this city, are en- tertaining extensively at their apartments JOoys O F SWELL SET | ABROAD AND AT HOME BY. SALLY SMARR — + Lo i MRS. MARTIN REGENSBURGER, PRESIDENT OF THE FORUM CLUB, WHO IS CREDITED WITH BEING THE MOST PROGRESSIVE OFFI- CER THAT EVER PRESIDED OVER THAT ORGANIZATION -— in the avenue Bols de Boulogne, Paris. Recently they had as their guests Mrs. Giselman and her son, Marshal Giselman, and Mrs. C. F. Dio Hastings and daugh- ters. The Onatesias go shortly to thelr place at Leamington for the hunting sea- son, and then after Christmas will go to Calro. i ~ discussing any function or fashionable gathering to ask, “What kind of gown dil Mrs. Stetson wear?” I saw Mrs. J. B. Stetson at a luncheon the other day and she wore a magnificent gowa of spangled jet over a white silk. The spangled robe was iIn a medi- um striped pattern, and the corsage got a necessary touch of color with a trimming of geld. A calling dress that Mrs. Stetson is wearing and that is at- tracting unusual attention is a magnificent gown of green veivet. Not everybody can wear a velvet gown. To look well in such a royal robe requires a certain grace and air. Mrs. Stetson has that air. 4 e Mr. and Mrs. Brander (Certie Forman) are expected home shortly from their trip to Nome. I understand that Gertie had all sorts of interesting experiences in the new gold camp, not the least of which was the difficulty to secure accommoda- tions. Frank Ames is, I believe, the hero of the accommodation story. He up and got and made place for Mrs. Brander. There are other interesting bits I might mentfon, but I guess it is best to wait till Gertle gets home and let her tell it herself in her own jolly way. “ o ‘e Mrs. Whittler and her sister, Miss Car- roll, are visiting in New York. T 2 Major and Mrs. John Darling are at the Elysee Palace Hotel, avenue des Champs Elysee, Paris. The Darlings enjoy the same splendid popularity abroad that they did here, and Mrs. Darling has given both foreigners and visitors from California a taste of that lavish hospitality for which she s so justly famous. When the expo- sition is altogether a thing of the, past the Darlings will go to Stuttgart, where they will remain for three months, after which they will leave for, Cairo. PR Mrs. Whittell and her daughter are in Paris and will spend the winter in Italy. Mr. and Mrs. A. Folger and their baby gon will be home early in January. Mrs. Aldrich is in Paris, the guest of «“Billy” Foote and his charming daughter, who, by the way, has earned the reputa- tion of being one of the most beautiful and charming of American girls that has ever visited Paris. ¥ & It has come to be the thing now when F. W. Georgeson, a banker of Eureka, is a guest at the Grand. Captain M. Grapow of the Imperial German Navy is at the Palace. W. H. Frisby, head of an automobile house In New York, is at the Palace. G. C. Bogue, a capltalist of New York, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. Douglas Gordon, a mining man of Len- don, is at the Occidental for a brief stay. Barrett Eastman and J. G. Judson, two New York merchants, are registered at the Palace. % Charles J. Devereaux, a capitalist of Boston, is at the California in company with his daughter. A. Brizard,a merchantof Arcata, and O. J. Woodward, a banker of Fresno, are late arrivals at the Lick. Dr. F. Anderson, United States navy, is at the Occldental with his daughter, hav- ing just returned from Manila. H. H. Blood. a Bakersfleld attorney, and R. B. Butler. a land-owner of Fresno, are | among the arrivals at the Gramtl. 2 . . Anema, a dentist © atavia, mfir'.y.!}.u?me& a lleutenant in the Dutch navy, are guests at the Occidental. Dr. James B. Woods, a medical mission- ary of Tslang. Kiang Pu, China, is at the Occidental with his family. Though Dr. Woods was far away from the scene of the Boxer uprising, he left the country as a measure of precaution. K. Sekido, C. Uyemura and K. Yagl, proprietors of a large brewery in Japen, are at the California., They are on their way to Germany for the purpose of buy- ing the latest and most approved ma- chinery for making beer. Major George Richards of the United States Marine Corps, who participated in the advance on Peking during the recent Boxer uprising, is at the Palace. Major Richards is a son-in-law of ex-Congress- ‘man Mills of Texas, and is on his way to join his wife in Washington, N Signor Esquerda, Chilean Consul to Yokohama, arrived on the Gaelic yester- day and Is a guest at the Palace. While in Yokohama, Signor Esquerda made ar- ments to ship large quantities of guano to Japan from Chill. Special steam- ers will be chartered and the concessions obtained by the concern which he repre- sents are enormous. Fred B. Engel, who has been touring the world on pleasure bent, is at the Califor- nia on his way to his home in Dresden, Germany. 1 has been hunting big game during a three years’ sojourn in various parts of the world. He speaks enthusiastically of lion shooting near Mozambique, puma hunting in Brazil and kangaroo shooting in Australia. He left Ladysmith ten days before that place was beleaguered. o ST Luxuries in Siberia. The_three great luxuries in Siberia are hurches, t and museums. Even tne -.'&r lages can usually be sight- ed from !ndc:nofmo white walls hdhr Chuschas: Thess ave Lits -’-‘:‘81‘&"'-‘1:“ th bells, whose rich tones roll ants’ tofl. these are vlthb’ ‘who keen and in- of - even poorest flock. mum thickness, and they have an unsav- ory reputation as to their seagoing quali- ties. The Hecate cost originally $737.165, and her repairs since 1377 foot up to $281.. 275. The entire lot have been obsolete for twenty years and have practically beem laid up in ordinary for fifteen years. WORLD'S NAVAL NEWS. | The old Iron Duke, an armored cruiser in the British navy, has been withdrawn trom the active list and s to serve as a training ship for second-class stokers. CESE TR The Increase of ships in the German navy within the next twenty years will carry with it a corresponding augmenta- tion of the personnel, as indicated in the following table: Bilge kéels are being fitted to all the French coast defense vessels, in order to overcome their great rolling propensity, which make them unsteady gun platforms and otherwise uncomfortable. > 9 e The great activity in navy building has encouraged capital to invest largely in shipbuilding and engineering establish- ments. A large shipyard is being located on the Lower Weser, on the North Sea; another yard is talked of at Stralsund, on the Baltic, and a third yard, the larg- est, is being established at Antwerp. SR | The British torpedo gunboat Niger is to | have new engines and boilers at a cost of $190,000. She was built n 18% at a cost of | $192,000, but, like the other ten boats of her type, was not a success. A similar vessel, the Skipjack, one of eleven, was The officers above enumerated seagoing and there will be a correspond- modernized recently with the satisfactory | Ing increase of dockyard officials. The result of Increasing her speed from 18 to | present number of officers and men is 26« 21 knots. 651, which will thus be increased by 73 in 1904, and considerably more than doue bled in 1920 A battleship of 15,000 tons is being laid down at ‘Chatham dockyard. The vessel is to be 405 feet In length, 75 feet beam and a mean draught of 26 feet 9 inches. As compared with the American battle- ships about to be built, the British ship is 30 feet shorter, 14%% inches less beam and 2 feet 9 inches greater draught. The speed of both types is to be 19 knots. * s e The Rio de la Plata, a cruiser of 1875 tons, presented by Spaniards residing in Cal. glace fruit 50c per Id at Townsend's.¢ Specfal information suppiied dally to %fifi‘ifl and lic men UL the Press Bureau (Allen’s), onte gomery st. lephone Main 102 ot * A Clean-Up. ‘We are making a clean-up M our stae tionery department by closing out a lot Ts_and _envelopes at f 0dd writing pape: South America to the mother country, ap- | oipock i pears to be an efficlent vessel for her size. ::: ;-Su:bo':l. Wl’loncm come O 741 Market street. . —_———— A _brisk trade in fox skins is_springing up between France and Italy. latter last year exported 4000, mostly from 1n!rolamd Rome. Foxes are plentiful in aly. She was buflt at Havre in a remarkably short time and exceeded her contract speed of 16 knots under natural draught by 2.7 knots. Nearly all the material used in her construction was supplied in Spain, only the nickel ermor and bollers coming from Vickers, in England. et e Inducements are held out in the British navy for gun crews to make good records, and *26,000 was appropriated last year to be divided as money prizes for the best target practice. The United States Gov- ernment {s somewhat niggardly in this re- spect, for our last Congress appropriated only $12,000 for ‘‘gunnery exercises,” em- bracing prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and 3 ADVERTISEMENTS. THE FAT IN the food supplies warmth and strength ; without it the digestion, the muscles, the nerves and the brain are E preceding year, and after ail the Incld: ili tal onclns.y- have been e:rwna'?t.u pod-- wak, and gcne.ral debl]lt_y B 1 o, Smount mey remain | follows. But fatishardto di- kg R A gest and is disliked by many. Vast sums are wasted in useless repairs b4 upon obsolete vessels in the several na- vies, but the t instance is supplies the fat in a form pleasant to take and easy T e mm% to digest. It strengthens the is ons of class o f m'lm" others being | NETVES and muscles, invig- nominated da ;num“w“":; orates mind and body, and lnter._ The "84 tons, 130 home. | DUIlds Up the entire system.