The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1900. Ci, OUR CHINESE POLICY. | ROM that questionable authority, the New | York Journal, comes the statement that the ad- ministration proposes to take the Chinese port of | Amoy as our share in the partition of that empire. To this is added the further questionable statement that “the State Department to-day abandoned all dis- cussion of a mere port, and that a good slice of terri- tory is to be this country’s share when the carving is done is certain.”” The form of this statement stamps it with improbability. It is probable that the fact that the State Department has not discussed the ac- | quisition of a port at all is put in the deceptive form that it has abandoned such discussion for a wider measure. : The Call's information is that the President is press- ¢ | ing the other powers to reduce their forces in China, oy s | and, as far as Germany is concerned, is waiting to let 1 | that Government more fully reveal its purpose. | Meanwhile our Minister, Mr. Conger, who has Che SATURDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. -.z’(’»ou to W. S, LEAKE, Manager. Tel e Press 204 d Third, 8. F. . \'rr\TEMBl_ER 24, 1900 Address Al Commu PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market .217 te 221 Stevemson St. Press 202, 15 Cents Per Week. EDITORIAL ROOMS Telep! Deltvered hy Carrie Single Terms by Ma DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DATLY CALL dncluding Sunday). § months. DATLY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. DAILY CALL-By Eingle Month. EUNDAY CALL. One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorizsed to receive subscriptions. N - | shown signs of infection with the German idea of re- Mall subscribers fn ordering change of addrems should be | yenge and aggrandizement, has been instructed to particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order 2 > : tc ineure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. ;fa\'or only such indemnity demand as China can com- OAKLAND OFFICE. .....1118 Broadway PY¥ wmy s ¥ €. GEORGE KROGNESS, | Our information is also to the efieft that ghe Lmte.d Wanager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Buildin, | States feels the embarrassment of being represented in Oty Tnbs SN S . | China by Conger, who has a motive, personal in its NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: | nature and vengeful in its character, which affects €. C. CARLTON..................Herald Square |pin peroonally in his negotiations with that Govern- NEW YORK REPRESENTATIV e 2 3 i ot STEPHEN B. SMITH. . ment; but a change is deemed inexpedient as 4 | our Minister will obey orders and represent the policy | Chicago. NEW YORK NE./E STANDS: CS s : Waldors-Astorta Hotel: A. Brentano, 51 Unfon Square: | Of his Government, and not his personal animus. R T | In this view of the case the statement of the Jour- CHICAGO MEWS STANDS: | have for its motive the further embar- | Shaman House; P. O. News o Great Northers Hotal; | 721 2PPears to have ; Fremont Fouse: Auditortum Hotel | rassment of our Government by making it appear to WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. w. | the other powers that our policy does not reflect our MORTON E. CRANE. Correspondent. | real motives. It is easily seen that the enlargement ersescamo iy | ; BRANCH OFFICES—2T Montgomery, corner of Clay, open | of such a rumor is intended to destroy the confidence eATlieter. v untt) 350 o ot 3% o'clock. &2 | of other nations in our good faith, and make them McAllister. open until $:20 o'clock. €15 Larkin, open until | © : 2 20 o'clock. 181 Mission, open until 10 o’clock. 2261 Market. | insist more stoutly than ever upon their policy of de- comer Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1086 Valencia. open | . 3 vi ib- 106 Eleventh, open until 8 o'clock. NW. cor- | Manding what Ch.n;: cannot grant,. vmh. the delib: | erate purpose of taking the country itself in payment | until § o' clock. ner Twenty-second and Kentueky. open until s . — i ich its resources cannot possibly re- AMUSEMENTS. of a mulct to which its reso P! | e — | spond. | Alhambra—"A Stranger In New York." | Again, the embarrassment proposed by the Journal California—Royal Marine Band of Italy. = N is i Orpheum—Vendeville. o % has a domestic purpose, as well as foreign. It is in- Grand Opera-house—"Faust.” 1 e il | ublic opinion at home that wi Alcazar—"The Raflroad of Love.” ltended lo‘prcfmo(: a pub p b : il nbla—'The Ameer.” | press territorial designs upon the administration. We | have already seen the Journal engaged in such busi- ness. It did its worst to promote sentiment in favor “A Jolly Musketeer.” corper Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. | of taking the Philippines, and then belabored the ad- ministration for taking them. and Theater—Vandesille every afternoon and | At present there is no perceptible sentiment in this | country, in favor of sharing China with Europe, or | extending our jurisdiction there at all. e’ ™ 7| The President has conducted the difficult matter o | far with admirable humanity and discretion, and has done so in the midst of the greatest difficulties. The | people understand our policy to be the integrity of the Chinese empire; the progressive withdrawal of for- the demand of an an pay without undue oppres- L 2 cher’ s—Vauderilie Recreation Park—Baseball T n Park—Races t Layng_Tuesday evening, Novem! Howard G f oug hbred Yearlings, at 721 | eign military forces from its soil; indemn OUR TROPICAL RELATIONS. which China LL of the contingencies that can arise in our |sion of her people, and the maintenance of the open new tropical relations were foreseen and fore- | door for commerce. No one has any authority for told by The Call. While others wWere taking | saying that this reasonable and proper policy has rosy view of torrid acquisit: we were not in- | veiled any sinister purpose, or any intention to emerge enced by the optimism or the pessimism of de- |from it in the company of the blood and land seekers I chose to see only either extreme. We re- | of Europe. { The President’s declared policy is popular. It was | one of the considerations which favorably affected the country toward him in the late campaign. It was in- dorsed at the polls., In recognition of its popnlarity it was assailed dur- | | ing the campaign. Using the vengeful criticisms of | some American missionaries as a pretext, the same influence which controls the New York Journal as- | sailed it as an abandonment of American interests, |and when the President began reducing military forces in China he was accused of “scuttling” out of that country and leaving American affairs uncared for | and unprotected. To all this petty and obvious par- | tisan misrepresentation the people gave no heed, and there is no reason for believing that the same in- fluences can now induce them to change their attitude. D Senator Morgan, chairman of the Committee | on Interoceanic Canals, has received personal | assurance from President McKinley and Secretary Hay that they wish the pending bill for the construc- | tion of the Nicaraguan canal passed at the coming session. The dispatch confirms previous reports from other sources and strengthens the hope that we may see the bill enacted and the great enterprise begun | during the coming year. The bill now before the Senate is the one which | passed the House at the last session. The Senate calendar contains a special order providing that the bill be taken up at 2 p. m. December 10. It is prob- | able that before that time the report of the Canal | Commission will be in the hands of the Senate, and consequently the Senators will have all the informa- tion attainable on the subject. There will then be no | occasion for further delay in the matter, and a prompt passage of the act may be confidently expected. It will be remembered the act provides that the United States shall acquire from Nicaragua and Costa | in in attacks upon the administration for | the Philippines, for we were perfectly well t ade them would have as read- ¥ d for partisan purposes, ha ked the administration for not taking the Phil- bstained in that particular. No critic any one step taken by President McKi ince the Spanish war began, and soberly stated how a different course, and what course, could have been taken at that time. The people have great common sense. They saw things face to face, znd not through partisan eyes, dice. We antagonized the that the con ion follows the flag, in the sense of being wholly installed and operative every- where that conquest or treaty may send the flag. As we long ago pointed out, the serious issue involved juction of a surplus in the tropics for com- nor with partisan prej theory is the prod Tropical possessions have no other value for temperate zone owners than that surplus. The American systerm of protection has been urged and vindicated, largely in the justifiable fear of tropicai labor competition. We have insisted on the open door in Asia, and if we have a door there we cannot | be justified in closing it. But if that door be under our whole constitution, and must be kept open, our entire protective tariff falls to the ground. Ii the Philippines are part of the American Union, and are an open door to the commerce of the world, it is just the same as if we declared New York a free port with no tariff restrictions. The Porto Rican tariff has been much discussed. Its leading purpose was to get a speedy judicial deci- sion of the of. Porto Rico, and by parity of position, that of the Philippines also. That others have been in accord with the adminis- | tration, while holding view of this issue, is proved by the interview with Mr. George H. Ray, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House. He says that until the Supreme. Court decides the Porto Rico case there will_be no tariff legislation for the Philippines, and that if the court decides the Porto Rica control of the territory through which the cana) Rican tarifi unconstitutional “it may necessitate our | having to give up the Philippines. We are bound | will pass, empowers the Secretary of War to construct to maintain the open door in the Philippines. That | the waterway and to fortify it, appropriates $10,000,- | 000 for beginning the work, and limits its total cost means that the products of all nations can enter the Philippines on the same basis as our own. If we to $140,000,000. cannot raise a tariff against the products of the Phil- E NICARAGUAN CANAL BILL. merce ISPATCHES from Washington announce that | | status our The bill ignores the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and it was that fact which mainly prevented its passage at ippines coming into the United States, then our labor | the last session. We were then on the eve would be brought into competition with the cheap | of a Presidential election, and the Bryanites labor of the Orient. If that condition should come thought they could make good campaign ma- about, we might feel that our interests would demand | terial by objecting to the treaty, and as a our withdrawal from the Philippines.” result the whole measure was brought to a We commend this moderate and temperate state- | standstill. The election is now over, and as the meas- ment to the extremists on both sides of the question, while by no means admitting that the tariff issue is all that is in the question of these acquisitions. The Philadelphia platform was wisely inconclusive of the matter. It left it tentative and open. The peopls had not then made up their minds nor have they now. ure itself is a non-partisan one, favored by all the | great interests of the country except the trans- continental railroads, it is quite likely the contest over | the treaty will be in some way satisfactorily arranged | and an agreement reached by which action can be | taken as the President is said to desire. They gave no attention to Mr. Bryan's “paramgount | issue” because they were not ready for it. They were not ready to fix the destiny of the Philippines, and simply refused to fix it the way Mr. Bryan proposed at the risk of a domestic overturning that would have been as serious as a revolution. After the Supreme Court has decided one branch of the vexatious subject, its other features will be con- sidered, each in its time, and if the people conclude we are to stay in the Philippines we will stay there as the representatives of justice, and if to withdraw we will do it with honor and a stainless and unbroken prestige. Some of the seers of European politics have made the suggestion that England may take the place of Italy in the Tripie Alliance. This ought to be evi- dence absolute that England intends to do nothing of the kind, even if she had the chance. l | bill will be dealt with separately, and he is also re- It is to be noted that Senator Morgan is quoted as saying that at this séssion the treaty and the canal ported as expressing the opinion that the two are quite independent of cne another. It is not easy to see how that view of the case can be upheld, but the public will not exact strict logic from the Senators on a matter of this kind. The American people wish the canal constructed as promptly as possible, and they also wish all treaty obligations honestly fulfilled. It is quite certain, however, that Great Britain would not interpose any objections to our control of the waterway, and, furthermore, is not in a position to enforce objections if any were made. Such being the case, the treaty can hardly be anything more than in- ternational fair dealing, and it would seem the Senats might willingly ratify it. look with favor upon any faction in the Senate that tries to use the one as a means to postpone the con- struction of the other. That much is well under- stood, and consequently the long desired beginning of | work appears about to be realized at last. o e 1 A BAD WINES IN PARIS. CCORDING to a report of a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette the citizens of Paris are just now going through a spasm of indigna- tion over the wretched stuff sold to them for table wine. The outbreak was caused by a disclosure of a glaring case of fraud in the wine trade of the city. It appears a certain dealer had been offering a wine that tasted about as well as vin ordinaire at a price much lower than that charged by his rivals in the trade. An investigation of his stock was made by the author- ities and it was found to be stuff hardly fit to be called wine even by the conventionality of trade. The correspondent of the Gazette says: “The com- pound was made up of a very slight trace of sound wine, of a mixture of wines that had gone bad and were unfit for human consumption, of 40 per cent of water—doubtless Seine water—and of chemicals of all sorts, including potash, lime, barytes, and tartaric, citric, phosphoric and sulphuric acids. Between tw> and three hundred casks a day of this stuff have been sold regularly for a long time past. It is certain, too, that this ‘brewer’ is only an exception in respect to his prices. There are scores of other worthies who sell an equally deleterious beverage, but charge rather more for it.”” When that sort of stuff is “brewed” and sold for wine in Paris the American demand for French labels on wine appears mo-e ridiculous than ever. Of course not all French wine is of that character, but even the best of it is not sufficiently superior to American wine to make it worth while for our dealers to imitate French labels and names or for our people to pay fancy prices for the imported article. The New York Commercial Journal in discussing the subject recently said: “There is one merit claimed for the American champagne which should find it especial favor, as compared with the French. It makes and carries its own honest flavor, which is the result of the peculiar sort of grape used in the making; whereas it is declared that the French champagne has | no flavor until it is added through the medium of other liqueurs at the end of the fermenting process. | In other words, the French flavor is made, the Ameri- can is born. If American users of champagne would be careful not to confound the true champagne with the imitation or carbonated sort they would discover that a very superior quality of champagne is made in | their native land.” These discussions of the comparative merits of American and French wines, it is to be noted, ace largely the outcome of the action of the authorities of the Paris<Exposition in refusing to permit American wines bearing French names to compete for prizes, and as the discussion tends to increase the prestige of cur home wines we have no reason to regret the ac- tion taken. It may, in fact, not be very long before unscrupulous French dealers may be caught trying to get a market for their discredited wines by marking them with Californian names. e e . THE POPE AND THE CARDINALS.| EPORTS from Washington announce the re- R assemble December 17 one or more of the represen- tatives of the church ir America may be created Car- dinals. The dispatch is careiul to state that the an- nouncement is entirely unofficial, but it has been ac- cepted as fairly accurate, and a good deal of specula- tion is going on concerning it. There are vacancies enough in the College of Car- dinals to justify the expectation that at least two Americans may receive appointments. The latest is- sue of the official La Gerarchia Cattolica stated re- cently that during the Pontificate of Leo XI1I1I—1878 to 1000—no fewer than 134 Cardinals have died. Only four still live who were his fellow Cardinals under his predecessor, Pius IX. The normal number of the college is seventy, but thirteen of the seats are at pres- ent unoccupied. Seven Cardinals died in 1809, and four have died during the present year. More than half of the present college (31) areItalians, 23 of whom reside in the Curia at Rome; 7 are French, 4 Austrian- Hungarian, 9 Spanish and 7 German; there is 1 Pole, 1 Portuguese, 1 Belgian, 1 North American, 1 Irish- man, 1 Australian and 1 Englishman. The oldest Cardinal, Luigi di Canossa, Bishop of Verona, is in his ninety-second year; the youngest, Giuseppe Calasanzio Vioes y Tuto, is 44 years old. It will be seen that although the Pope was an old effect that at a Papal consistory which is to | man when elected, and even then regarded as being | in feeble health, he has survived most of the men who took part in his election. He has now become, how- ever, very feeble indeed, and a report from Rome of the 22d stated that the effort of making a | visit to St. Peter's so exhausted him that he fainted twice. In the very nature of the human constitution the venerable Pontiff cannot hope ‘to live much longer, and it is therefore the more likely that he may take occasion at this consistory to show once more the favor with which he regards the American branch of the church. Thus, while nothing definite can be known of the intentions of the Pope, the ready ac- ceptance given to the advices received at Washington is not without good reason to justify it. One of the leading American missionary societies has made a most material reduction in its provision for foreign missionary work. It begins to look as if we intended to spend our useless money at home for the conversion and improvement of our own pagans. If one of the forces ostensibly allied in New York for the suppression of crime and vice were only sin- cere in its pretensions the great problem would be solved out of hand. Tammany says it wants purity in civil and public life. . While the people of Russia know nothing of the character or the gravity of the Czar’s illness, they have absolute confidence that he will recover. For kLis Majesty’s sake it is to be hoped that his physicians are not inspired by the same faith cure notions. The suit now pending between the people of Oak- land and the Contra Costa Water Company illustrates admirably how that giant corporation has reversed the adage of turning millions into water by turning water into millions. = Governor-elect Jennings of Florida is a cousin of William J. Bryan, and Mr. Bryan has been invited to go to Tallahassee to attend the inaugural ceremonies. So he has a chance to see what an inauguration is like after all. Several German statesmen of prominence must be tired of their jobs and are yearning for the pleasures The one thing certain about the whole matter is that | of private life. They have been ridiculing the Chi- the American people are comparatively indifferent to | nese policy of Emperor William, ception in that city of private advices to the | | | | | the treaty, but are eager for the canal. They will not | @ieideieiuiuinlntntatufuiuioiauinioiefuufuiefafeffe NO SNAKES Alr: “Wearing i e oo foodeferferforfenforforfocforferforiode] So ¢ ’ell with those vile slanders an Hov yez heard the latest scandal that's being spread about? 'Tis horrible—'tis fr-rightful—an’ 'tis false beyond a doubt; 'Tis a cruel, grewsome story, an’ by Orangemin ’twas brought— They're foindin’ sna-akes in Oireland—now what d’yez think o’ thot! Sure it moight hov been Ma-ark Hanna, or maybe 'twas a trust, A-tryin’ to bate O’Bryan, which they had to do or bust; Or it moight be Teddy Roochvelt—thim Raypublicans is h—Il— They're foindin’ sna-akes in Oireland—'tis horrible to tell. 'Twill be tough on good Saint Patrick to hear the loikes av this: "Twill disturb his ruminations as he roams the fields of bliss * To butt up against the statemint that he’s cverlooked a bet— That they’re foindin’ sna-akes in Oireland, an’ there’s two he didn't get. ’ the scum that hatched thim out. May the divil take thim all before they know what they're about. Saint Patrick has thim bated, the omadhun galoots; There are no sna-akes in Oireland—sure they had thim in their boots! W. H. Pierce in Chicago Times-Herald. PR IN IRELAND. of the Green.” B e . and recelved as the result: would not touch a hair of his head,” crew were much of the same opinion: serve his fate.” 3 Emperor’s suite felt themselves unable ter had declined to accept. So there Incredible, but it is true. 3 peror, but as “The Man" (I"Homme). tory. A ball ought to have put an end better at Waterloo.” oot THE CORSICAN IN EXILE. From Lord Rosebery's ‘"Napoleon.” Europe buckled itself to the unprc cedented task of gagging and paralyz- ing an intelligence and a force that were too gigantic for the welfare anu s curity of the world. T..at is the strange, makes the records of St. Helena so profoundly painful and fascinating. . He fascinated Maitland, who took him to Fngland, as he had fascinated Ussher, who had conducted him to Elba. Maitland caused Inquiries to be made, after Napoleon had left the Bellerophon, as to the feelings of the crew, “Well, they may abuse that man as much as they please, but if the people of England knew him as well as we do, they ‘When he left the Northumberland the On the Emperor’s coffin-plate his followers desired to place the simple In- seription, “Napoleon,” with the date and place of his birth and death. Sir Hudson refused to sanction this unless “Bonaparte” were added. But the . In France Napoleon used to be known not as General, or Consul, or Em- his greatness, or allows others to forget it. “Had I died at Moscow, I should have left behind me a reputation as a conqueror without & parallel in his- odino would have been to die like Alexander; to be killed at Waterloo would have been a good death; perhaps Dresden would have been better; but, no, B i e SRR 4 D e ey unique, hideous problem which . “He is a fine fellow, who does not de- to agree to the style which their mas- Wwas no name on the coffin. It seems In his conversation he never forgets to me there. ¢ * ¢ To dle at Bor- ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. COCKERILI—C. B, R., City. Colonel John A. Cockerill, the journalist, dled in Cairo, Egypt, April 10, 1596, MELTING POINT—Q., City. Lead melts at 620 degrees Fahrenheit and gold | at 2192, while silver melts at 132 degrees Fahrenheit. IN CONGRESS—X. Y. Z., Marysville, Cal. W. P. Frye of Maine is President pro tem. of the Senate and D. B. Hender- son of Jowa is the Speaker of the House. A WISE WOMAN-—Subscriber, City. Don Pedro de la Barca y Riaon, Spanish poet, 1601-1681, is credit with belng the author of “Seek in thy need the council of a wise woman.” A LETTER—A. A. M., Stockton, Cal. Neglect to deposit a sealed and stamped envelope in the mall after it has been intrusted to one for that purpose is not an offense punishable by law. STEAM SCHOONBR FULTON—N., City, The steam schooner Fulton arrived in this port from Astoria October 6, 1900, and salled again on the 10th for Portland, Or.. from which place she sailed Octo- er’19. A COUNT IN CRIBBAGE-J. G. K., Stockton, Cal. If in a game of cribbage A plays a queen, B a trey, A a six, B an ace, A a four, B a duce and A a five, A is entitled to a run of six and to score eight points. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR—BE. J. T, Oakland, Cal. The War Department gave out somé time since that the number killed, on the American side, from the be- inning of the Spanish-American war to lay 24, 1899, was STATES AND TERRITORIES—R. A. K., City. There are forty-five States in the Union at thi& time and the following | territories: Alaska, Arizona, District of 1 Columbia, Hawallan Isiands, Indian, New Mexico and Oklahoma. IN COLORADO-J. F. B, City. A per- son entitled to vote in Colorado, as ex- plained in an answer to another corre- spondent in this department some time ago, is entitled to vote for Presidentiai electors and Congressmen. GERMAN EMPIRE—A. M., Raymond, Cal. The latest figures on the religious statistics of the German empire are those of These show 31,026,810 Protestants, 17,674,921 Roman Catholics, 145,540 Chris- tian Sectarians and 567,884 Jews. ISABEL MORRIS—G. J., City. Isabel Morris, the actress, appeared at the Al- cazar Theater in San Francisco from April 2 to May 1, 1886. The obituary record of prominent people since that year does not contaln the name of Isabel Morris. ELECTRICAL BOOKS—Miss J. B, Fruitvale, Cal. Had you sent a self-ad- dressed and stam enyels thi S malied you's st of dealers in_‘“‘electrical books.” The de- fianment does not advertise any business rm. THE PHILIPPINES—E. J. T., Oakland, Cal. The Spanish never took the trouble to ascertaln the productive value of the Philippine Islands and the United States has not yet had time to secure that in- formation, consequently the value of the islands at’this time cannot be told. PASTURAGE—H., Bowman, Cal. If a person has taken up a homestead, and be- fore obtaffing title leases the same for pasturage it will not Interfere with the proving up, provided he has complied with all the other conditions as to residence, ete. A homesteader may realize from pasturage as well as from crop of ‘wheat. THE FRANCHISE—J. W. C., Palo Alto, Cal. The fact that you were born in the United States, became twenty-one years of age last September and have been a resident of the State of California since last September would not entitle you to vote at the November election, as no one can vote in this State who has not been a‘ ret-‘klent of the State one year prior (o election. SPOIL—B. N., City. The word spofl has greatly changed in its ordinary applica- tion. Originally it meant to deprivi to steal, and In that sense it is mfim in warfare; the goods of an en which are seized are called “the spofl of war." The word is to be found in Matthew xif: 29. “How can one enter into the house of a strong man and spoil (1. e., steal) his g00ds?" Tt Is now almost limited in mean. ing to damaging or rendering useless. SILVER—H., City. To keep sl bright without injury wash ll: ovlry"" dgd Ltt:{ ;n in :n;;ln of suds made ot W] 503 ey with omr-"n finen clotha. Toien Thoroush “DrEtoRLE With oToug] | Wit dered wl ‘mflo‘(‘l‘ to a W:;.‘m}!xth- of with a soft cloth when i polish with a chamois l)utt.hn Syled sttt OLD STAMPS—L. ‘B. H.. Stockton, Cal. dev;e::t';.nmp- in black, on wove per letters U. 8. :QP £ U. 8. and the value logue of stamp dealers, w , worth, sellin, price, $125 for uncanceled ones and 3‘5 cents for canceled ones. A five-cent ex- press stamp, Internal revenue, serles is- sued In 1561-65, unused, sells for 50 cents; one of inland exchange issued at that time sells, unused, for $2 30. THE ELECTORAL VOTE—M. and B., City. If a State has seven electoral votes and one of the Presidential candidates :’t‘l(;:r]da:w“"t five ;leuorzl votes and the cure two the one having th b Jority would carry the State. © MAIL TO NOME—A. M., City. Mail for e frozen north, including Nome, Daw- son City and other points, will be sent north from San Francisc during the win- ter months when the rivers are closed by ice. Only first class matter—that Is, letter flélfi“n be carried while the rlv‘in are IN THE PHILIPPINES—A. BE. R, Clty. A company may organize in California for the purpose of carrying on some legal en- terprise in the Philippine Islands, but it would have to be carried on under the laws of the islands, not those of Califor- nia, for the laws of California or of any other State are in force only within ter- ritorial llmits. But a company may in- corporate in California and do business in another portion of United States terri- tory, as for instance, a railroad compa: may be inco orated in another State, yet ess In California, subject to th laws of California. v £ EAN JOSE RAILROAD—S. P. D., Sac- ramento, Cal. Timothy Dames was the first president of the San Francisco and San Jose Rallroad. The company was In- corporated July 21, 1860. On October 19, 1563, the first train passed over the road from the Mission Dolores (Sixteenth and Valencia streets) to Big Tree Station on San Francisquita Creek. On January 16, 1864, the road was completed to San ?’ose. Trains commenced running to that place on that date. On February 14 the line was extended to the corner of Brannan and Fourth streets from the Mission. The road was never operated from ‘the junc- %mnt ‘(l)f Marke(ma(m[lh Frelmont stree! or e reason a ere is - tion in San Francise et IN CASE OF A TIE—A. M. C., City. To be elected President of the United States, the successful candidate must have a ma- jority of the Electors chosen. When no person has no majority of the Blectors chosen, and that would be the case in the event of a tie between two candidates the constitution of the United States pro- yides what shall be done. Amendment XII says: “And if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as Presi- dent, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately by ballot the Presi- dent. But in choosing the President the vote shall be taken by States, the repre- sentation from each’ State having one vote. A quorum for this pu e shall consist of a member or m rs from two-thirds of the States, and a majority oé T“ the States shall be necessary to a choice. COXEY'S ARMY—G. H. B, City. When Coxey’s army reached Washington, D. C., April 29, 1894, he had 33 men. These pa- raded o the Capitol grounds May 1. A strict construction of the | DS gt 14,0 Coperas rades in the Capitol buildings or wrecked Coxey’s plans of a rmn‘&mmma-l Spec tacular demonstration in presentin, petition. Finding the usual ap ro{c::: uarded by the police, and m&un; in is purpose to speak from the Capitol steps, he and two other leaders sought a short cut, but his grand entrance came to an igroble end, as he and the other two were arrested for violating the law against carrying a banner on the grounds and trespassing on the grass. They were each fined 320, with five days’ imprison- ment added. From that time on the army rapidly disintegrat passed o i - COLUMBUS-—X. Y. Z., Marysville, Co: B Adams in Johnson's Unlvuc:i Cyclopedia, issue of 1397, has the fol- lowing relative to the removal of the bones of Columbus: “After temporary burfal at Valodolia and Sevill mains of the great ex ferred to the cathedrl? some time' before the ?nlod the remains o¥ he admiral’s family fos ing place. In the cal lorer w:' “tum"- Te in_San Domingo ear 1549. At a later other members of und the same rest. ear 179 a vault in ral, sup) to contain the of the discoverer, was opened and the contents were removed wgk.h cere- mony to Havana. In 1871 an 1801, -« ever, evidence was discovered that the vault opened in 17% was not that in whieh were the remains of the admiral, but that of one of the other members of the fam. ly. It may therefore be regarded as established beyond doubt that the ashes of the discoverer still rest in the. cathe- dral at S8an Domingo.” Another EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY BALTTMORE HERALD—The intelligent merchants and manufacturers of the South are already in the line of business and national progress, and it is high time for the body of the people to quit voting blindly from fear of dangers that are wholly imaginary. ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEM! T—At the present moment the wealth of the United States undoubtedly exceeds that of the United Kingdom and France In combination, and these two countries are the second and third, respectively, in this articular on the roil of the world's na- ons. SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN — The relation between Presidential elections and American nerves might repay scien- tific investigation. Americans have nerves to an unusual degree, it is said. May not the fact be due in part to the growing tension and suspense which attend the last weeks of our quadrennial political contests? CHARLESTON NEWS AND COURIER —Twenty or even ten years xgo it would have been regarded as an almost unpar- donable offense for a man in Georg'a, for | instance, to vote the Republican ticket, whatever the declarations of the Demo- cratic platform or the character of its candidates. It would have resulted in in- jury to his business and to persoral in- Sult. It is very different now. NEW YORK MAIL AND EXPRESS—- The newspaper that respects its readers will command their respect. It i taken to their homes and not left in the cars or | thrown Into the streets, and it is perused | by the family in their leisure hours. All | its columns, and not merely its headlines, | heated dispatches and hurried news para- | graphs, get attention. It has influence { and it has value, and there are signs of | a wholesome growth in the popular pref- | erence for that kind of a newspaper as a | standby. | NEW YORK EVENING SUN—There | are certain late theater-goers in whosa case there is no excuse. Everybody who | has "f theater habit knows by sight some of th mock celebritles, the notoriety | hunters, who are deliberately unpunctua { whose belated progress down the aisle i systematic. Like all pose, this Is objec tionable. These creatures are as much a nuisance as those who talk at the top of their volces in public restaurants and streets cars, and make known their iden- tity for the sake of being stared at. | NEW YORK TIMES—-The calling of a | lgedal session of tMe Congress elected at | the same time with a dent has be- come almost a fixed rule of political | cedure. When a President, as is Mr. Me- Kinley’s good fortune, is not only chosen to succeed himself but has & Con- gress in -mr!hy with him during the second half of his first term there cannot | commeonly be any g reason for a s cial session of the new Congress. If it becomes necessary to call a special session | for the 4th of the coming Mareh the re- Zesponsibility will be upon the present nate. BOSTON TRANSCRIPT-Our relations with other nations have become more gmctlcnl than at any other time im our istory. The attitude of should "reflect our status. neither be nationally petulant under the censure of forelgn statesmen nor child- ishly pleased with their praise. We should recognize that our actions are no longer clesely limited to our domestic concerns, but interest a world in which there are many nations of many minds. We should take the position and maintain the status of a nation of adults In our attitude to- ward the opinion of foreign nations. CHICAGO JOURNAL—We maintain no our military At a vast standing army, but prowess is respected universally. month’s notice we could swarm upon an enemy as we did_vpon little Spain and overwhelm h: We have a superb and increasing navy, manned by material there ‘s no beating. In commerce we are world-famous. We feed with our plenty the foreign races abroad. We can lend gold to impoverished governments. Our manufactures are In_universal use. Our machinery clangs in Transvaal mines and our iron bridges span bmwlm; rivers in the Soudan. We are courted for our re- sources, esteemed for our power. PITTSBURG DISPATCH-The weak- ness of the British army was exposed dur- ing the early months of the conflict until it learned to adopt Boer methods The weakness of British statecraft is being exhibited now through its inability to es- tablish such a government as it promised and for which fiz pretended the war was undertaken. But the worst stage has not yet been reached, nor will it be until the English Government attempts to ex- tract from the mine owners the cost of the campaign. Many of them are foreign- ers who will appeal to their governments against being burdened with extortions tn; in excess of those imposed under Boer rule. HARTFORD COURANT-Thirty or forty years ago writers and readers took delight in the delicacies and beautles of prose style. Lamb, Addison, De ncey and Hawthorne were admired, especially by young men, for sententiousness, ele- gance. vivid rhetoric or melodious ca- ence. The vigor and point of Macaulay was imitated by young aspirants. This taste was not cultivated or stimulated by rofessors of literature—the idea of mak- ng any master of prose a subject of study would have been deemed absurd—it was a natural and widely diffused sentiment among all persons of’ 8y education. It seems now to have Sappears gTea mMensure. And with it has gone the ca- pacity to write prose except in a semsi- le, unornamental, stra.ghtforward man- ner. PERSONAL MENTION, Sherift T. M. Brown of Eureka is at the Russ. George E. Goodman Jr., banker at Napa, is at the Palace. Dr. C. L. Guild of Palo Alto is registered at the Oceldental. T. B. Rickey, a Carson, Nev.,, mining man, is at the Palace. F. A. Hodapp, a merchant at Mar- tinez, is at the Grand. E. D. Marshall, a large Philadelphia merchant, is registered at the Palace. E. F. Beck and wife of Bakersfield have taken apartments at the Grand for & few days. J. R. Foster, proprietor of the Western Hotel at Marysville, is registered at the Russ. M. Esternaux, the German Vice Consul at Los Angeles, is stopping at the Occi- dental. J. E. Bell of Everett, president of the Bell Lumber Company, is at the Grand with his wife and daughter. F. BE. Fisk, representing the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road, in Los An- geles, i In the city for a few days. —_——— Peanut crisps. Townsend's. by —_—— Splendid Cal. glace cherries. Townsend’'s.* —————— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's® D Ice cream chocolates, Boston mints, ala- cuma. Townsend's, 839 Market street. * —_— Cholce candies, Townsend's,Palace Hotel.* —_——— Special information supplied daily business houses and Press Cli) Bureau gomery st. ‘elephone to A notice which was uymlh urc! 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