The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1901, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, o g FRIDAY, ANUARY 4, 1901. MISCELLANEOUS. GHALLENGE It help you—and the prices with downtown prices. We re fam Tables, Bank Furniture, O , 8-3x10£ ..$14.00 ty, OxI2 £22.50 quality, ..$14.00 ..811.50 . oxI12 £16.50 MISSION & ¥7 #24 PATTOS STS AMUSEMENTS. | BELASCO ~=oTHALLS (ENTRAVE: by oy mass AST THREE SUNDAY. | Drama, Them Al | Success | don and New | e Academy of | “womaAanN xac AND Prod n ced F - SEN TO PR N B0e. s “Standard” Desks, Fxect Business Start the - C t thing to do is to look over vour office furnishings. resses the public more inspires empl gs they find in perforn picture in old shabby ighten up a bit. You will f solid and substantially also to live up to the good g their daily work—the re- and worn-out carpets and nd it a good investment. We tonishingly low compared completely, including the Officers’ Desks, Directors’ s, Carpets, Linoleums, etc. oves Solid Golden Oak High Roller Top Office Desk, letter files ce et long Desk, solid golden oalc roller top; SALE! 4-4 feet long, seli-locking | top and drawers with pigeonholes and Regular $31.75 desk. Chal- | $21.75 $5380 regular oprice. | Challenge price ............... 35.00 3 6 in. Desk, roller top, solid| oak; regular $2600. Challenge sale | . OGRS e R18.50 Twelve different styles to select from: IEN'S MISSION & SIXTEENTH STS. AMUSEMENTS: COLUMBI SAN FRANCISCO'S LEADING THEATRE night this week, including Sunday. MATINEE BATURDAY AT REDUCED PRICES, MR. GEORGE _W. LEDERER Presents His hea Famous Ci ter, New York City, and Shaftesbury Theater, London, Success, The Belle of New York, THE MOST FAMOUS COMIC OPERA IN THE WORLD. NEXT WEEK Wm < WA A. Brady Presents Time Here the Pastora! Idyl DOWN EAST. SEATS NOW READY. for the | SAN FRANCISCO CAPTURED! | " TALS 7 TIRE COUNTRY | Th Great Orpheum Road Show. enowned SECOND AND tinees urday and Sunday. *TIVOLI* WEEK_PACKED HOUSEZS | B L S AT 8 EHARP. MATINEE SATURDAY at 2 sharp | CINDERELLA! FERRIS HARTMAN. BE FY‘!:‘;E AXD BRING THE CHILDREN. Bec Oscar L. Fest's Fine TRANSFORMATION. The Flowery Kingdom. POPULAR PRICES......2% and 50 cents. Telephone—Bush 3. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE ALL THE TIME. RDAY AND SUNDAY. LESLIE COMPANY—— REE NIGHTS ran’s Romantic Play, L GWYN! thusiasm by | nesday, | NEL Recelved N Mext Monday- Evening F A Few Front Row reserved seat Bond Branch Ticket ¢ house. ... Propriet: Phone—South EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK. MATINEE SATURDAY. OB LITT'S Magnificent Revival of SHENANDOAH. 200-PEOPLE ON THE ETAGE—200 50—-HORSES—50 VETERAN ARTILLERYMEN-23 liny UBA AND THE PHILIPPINES. ..15c, Z5c, e, Bic and Tso e, Z5c, 3bc and Soc DAY AFTERNOON, t_of RICHARD GOLDEN, IED PROUTY.” AL PRICES 35e, 50c, T5¢ and $1.00 Se, 36e and 50¢ THREE CONCERTS OF EDUARD STRAUSS AND HIS FAMOUS VIENNA ORCHESTRA s AY ¢. B. NANKEVILLE Will THE IDYL OF THE NSAW “HUMAN HEARTS.” perfect play of its kind ever written. R USUAL POPULAR PRICES. FGREAR EVERY NIGHT AT 8. Special Engagement of FLORENCE ROBERTS | IN THE ADVENTURES OF NELL GWYNN Scenery Painted From Historical Re- searches. SEATS EIX DAYS IN ADVANCE. ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY, RACING! RACING! RACING! 1500—WINTER MEBTING—1901. CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. DEC. 31 TO JAN. 13, INCLUSIVE. OAKLAND RACETRACK Raeing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- aay, y and Saturday. Rain or shine. Tive or more races each day. Racs art at 2:15 p. m. sharp. Ferry-boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and 12:30, 30, 2, 2:36 and 3 p. m., connecting with trains stopping at the entrance to the Last two cars on train reserved for ladies and thefr escorts: no smoking. Buy ferry t track your kets to Shell Mound. All trains via e connect with San Pablo avenue t Seventh and Broadway, Oak- Also all trains via Alameda mole con- direct to the track in fifteen minutes, Returning—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and m. and immediately after the last race. 7ILLIAMS JR., President. cretary. CHUTES AND Z0O0 Zpghttersen Grand Spectacular Production, TEN DAYS IN FAIRYLAND Ho'lday Presents (n_r All the Children. Telephone for Seats Park 23. FISCHER'S CONCERT HOUSE. Admission 10:. Marie D. Woods, Kalcratus, Adeline Kinross, Harry PBraham, the Leander Brothers, Tom Mack, the Grazers and Others. Reserved Seats %5c. Regular Matinee Sunday. MR. AND MRS. GEORG HENSCHEL IN SIX GRAND RECITALS ~——AT MBETROPOLITAN TEMPLE—— Sth, Tth, Sth, 11th, 13th, l4th. Sale of Scason Tickets Begins Next Monday Morning T SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'S, TER _AND KEARNY STS. Tickets Transferable. & 55,00, 00 and $5.00. YALE UNIVERSITY BANJD AND GLEE CLUBS. FARGEWELL CONCERT. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE THIS AFTGERNOON at 2 o’clock. on sale at Grand Opera-house—ibe, February These hotels pos- sess the . attributes that tourists and travelers appreciate —central location, liberal manage- ment, modern ap- pointments a n d perfect cuisine. American and Eu- ropean plans. PALACE and GRAND HOTELS, . San Francisco. W, T. HESS, KOTARY PUBLID AND ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Room Claus Spreck Tenth Floor, 1015, Spreckels Bidg. Telephone B Residence, §21 California st., below Powell, Weekly Call $1.00 e Yo | | | | | | up to the hour of closin, WHITE IS IGNORING , KINYOUN'S ACCUSERS Trustees of Chamber of “Commerce Send Card to the Surgeon, but Do Not Get a Response. San Francisco merchants are wondering how Surgeon J. H. White will proceed to investigate the acts of Dr. Kinyoun as United States quarantine officer at this port. Surgeon White is an assistant of the surgeon general of the United States. He came to this city having in his pos- session ¢ the correspondence that has passed between the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce and the Treasury De- partment, based on complaints made by the merchants and shipping men against Dr. Kinyoun. No doubt is entertained here that Surgeon White came to San Francisco by reason of the presentation of facts by the Chamber of Commerce. Nevertheless, although two days have elapsed since he arrived here the secre- tary of the Chamber, Mr. Scott, acting under instructions to visit SBurgeon White, has not been able to meet him. Last evening George A, Newhall, vice president and acting president of the Chamber, said that Mr. Scott, as secre- tary, had left his card at the hotel where Surgeon White js stopping. That act would notify Dr. White that the Chamber desired to communicate with him, Mr. Newhall sajd, and if Surgeon White did not acknowledge receiving this the Cham- ber would probably stand on its dignit; ;nd not try again to communicate wit ing. Surgeon White was interviewed last evening and declared that he had not seen | any of those who have complained of Dr. Kinyoun, and that if they wanted to sée him’ they must come to him, for he would not hunt them up. On the face of things, accordingly, there appeared last evening to be a possibility that the Chamber of Commerce will not have the opportunity to present the facts in its possession concerning Dr. Kinyoun's acts. All over town there was a suspicion that Surgeon White was preparing “whitewash” Dr. Kinyoun. The two were together the most of 'Wednesday and yes- terday. They found time to visit Atto ney Banning, who is _preparing a defense for the quarantine officer to a petition for an injunction by Chinese merchants. But the secretary’'s office of the Chamber of Commerce last evening no acknowledgment had come from Surgeon White of the courtesy paid to by the Chamber in calling upon him. The n Francisco Chamber of Com- merce includes in its membership the most prominent men in commerce, finance and manufacturing in this ci The_trustees who asked the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the quarantine officer “‘to per- form the duties of his office with such tact and judgment as will enable travelers T this port without being exposed ilt, needless delay, hardship and 1 are: Charles Nelson, George A. Newhall, H. F. Allen, Wakefleld Baker, E. R. Dimond, A. B. Fleld, H. F. Fort> mann, Willlam Haas, C. D. Haven, W. H. Marston, George W. McNear Jr., Wil- llam B. Mighell, H. Rosenfeld, A. G. Towne and Charles M. Yates, ali repre- sentative business men of San Francisco. Their action had sufficient weight with the Government to cause Surgeon White to be sent here, under the supposition that a real investigation would take place. Vice President George A. Newhall satd ast evening: “The Chamber of Commerce is prepared to supply to Dr. White all the facts bearing on our charges if he wishes them. 1 have instructed Mr. Scott, our secretary, to sirange for a special meet- SPRING VALLEY MAKES PROTEST prr A Automatic Sprinklers Cause Argument Before Fire Committee. Fire Chief Sullivan appeared before the Supervisors’ Fire Committee yesterday | and spoke in favor of the proposed ordi- nance regulating the construction of au- tomatic sprinkler equipments for build- ing and manufacturing plants. He said the sprinklers wére of great benefit in checking the progress of fires and put- ting them out. _Chief Engineer Schussler | of the Spring Valley Water Works pro- tested in a communication against com- pelling the company to lay six-inch ser~ Vice pipes from its mains to supply the sprinkler apparatus. He-argued that it would be unsafe to do so, as the pipes might be unavailable by reason of a break in the main pipe or If the water should be shut off to repair the main. The company, he said, would approve the plan only if large storage tanks should be the direct means of sup;]flym; water for auto- matic sprinklers. He said the company | had not required a tank for the sprinkler system in the Emporium building because the Parrott estate had granted in return a very valuable right of way for a pipe line in San Mateo, which money could not buy. Attorneys Gould and Forbes had a wordy it over the fact that Schussler had sent a communication instead of ap- pearing in gemon. Forbes sald Schussler was too busy to attend the meeting, whereupon Gould retorted that Schussler was not too busy to take a three months trip to Europe. “‘So_are we all busy men,” said Chair- man Curtis. “Let Mr. Schussler be noti- fied to attend the next meeting, when some action on the ordinance will be taken.” The Street Committee reported in favor of establishing the width of the sidewalks on Alabama street, from Potrero avenue to Carolina street, at twelve feet. ——— Tt is sald a girl in Boston is so bright that she uses the palm of her hand for a mirror. ADVERTISEMENTS. " FIFTY TONS OF CANDY ‘Have Been Sent to Our Soldiers in the Philippine Islands by the Gov- ernment. Fifty tons of candy have been sent to the soldiers in the {lippine Islands by the commissary department of the army during the last three months and large amounts to the soldiers in Cuba and Porto co. This is done upon advice of the medical officers of the army, because it is a phy- siological fact that a _moderate consump- tion of confectionery promotes health and satisfies a natural craving of the stomach, Candy was never furnished to the United States army before, although it has been commonly used as a ration by the French and British troops in the tropics. This explodes another old-fashioned | theory that sweets were injurious to the digestive organs, while a moderate use of sweets s actuaily beneficial, Very few things are injurious and the food cranks who advocate the use of a few grains and vegetables and decry the use of sweets and meats are in error, as a wholesome variety of meat and vege- table food is absolutely necessary for the gmln;enance of the highest condition of ealth. The best rule to follow is to eat what the appetite craves, and if there is any discomfort or trouble In digesting meat and sweets the difficulty can be readily overcome by the ragular use after meals of some safe digestive composed of pep- sin and diastase which will assist ghe stomach by increasing the flow of gastric {‘““ and furnish the natural peptone acking in weak stomachs. The best preparation of this kind is probably tuart's spepsia Tablets, which may be found at all drug stores, Years of use have demonstrated the value and effectiveness of Btuart’ pepsia Tablets in all cases of impalred digestion. v oft Governor Gage will be Invited to be present, and also all members of the Chamber of Commerce who wish. We took the initiative in the Kinyoun matter be- cause our body represents the commercial interests of the port. There are good rea- sons why we do not wish to have traveiers and representatives of business houses harassed here. Travelers will not come this v if subjected to unnecessary in- dignities; neither will representatives of houses who are_trying to build up trade in the Orient. We wish it to be under- stood distinctly that we do not object to a proper quarantine, but it should be only properly enforced Surgeon J. L. White arrived at the Oc- cidental Hotel on Tuesday last and since that time has kept himself in seclusion, giving orders that no one was to see him. Dr. Kinyoun has been constantly in com- pany with Surgeon White and has en- deavored to prevent any interested parties to the controversy from seeing the sur- geon. G When Surgeon White and Dr. Kinyoun returned yesterday evening to the Occi- dental Hotel the'latter answered a query as to the whereabouts of Surgeon White by saying that he could be found at the Marine Hospital, four miles away from the hotel. As a matter of fact Surgeon White had a_few seconds re been seated with Kinyoun in the hotel lobby and the surgeon had simply stepped to the hotel desk to make an inquiry. Surgeon White denied when asked that he had been sent out here to investigate Kinyoun. When told that Assistant Sec- retary Spaulding of the treasury had spoken of an investigation to be conduct- ed by White the latter reluctantly admit- ted that he was in San Francisco for that purpose. *1 am out on the coast inspecting quar- antine stations,” sald Surgeon White, “but know nothing of my being instructed to specially investigate Dr. Kinyoun's conduct. If, of course, there has been dny friction between Dr. Kinyoun and the business community of San Francisco I suppose that in the line of my dutles I would make an investigation.” Surgeon White was asked if it was not a fact that he had in his possession all the correspondence which had passed be- tween the Chamber of Commerce of this and the Tre v Department as to conduct of Kinyoun. “Well, yes, I have that correspondence,” he finally admitted. Surgeon White was asked if it was not likely that the Trea Department would ‘‘whitewash” Kinyoun. “Neither the heads of the department nor myself prejudge any case,” answered Surgeon White, “and I decline to expr any opinion as'to the merits of the case. y of these people who have complained against Dr. Kinyoun and B do not propose to hunt them up. If they | want to see me they must come to me." Surgeon White was not averse to dis- cussing the characteristics of plague and stated that he had the great est faith in Dr. Kinvoun's judgment. H dwelt on the fact that the quarantine off cer had studied bubonic plague in Paris. “If Dr. Kinyoun diagnosed a case as plague,” sald Surgeon White, “I_should have faith in what he reported. Kinyoun is one of the greatest bacteriologists in the world. anything to hurt the interests of San | | Franelsco or act in spite, as has been claimed?” Although Surgeon White had a few minutes before declined to express him- self as to the merits of the controvers: ing of our trustees if Dr. White desires | he was not averse to lauding Dr. Kin- | to confer with us. If that meeting comes | youn. SWEET MELODIES BY YALE MK University Glee Club's Con- cert Proves a Success Despite Bad Weather. e In spite of the wild wind and rain storm last night, a large house greeted the Yaie Banjo and Glee Clubs at their concert at Metropolitan Temple, and signified its enthusiasm by encoring the whole pro- gramme. The hall was charmingly de orated with palms and the national em- blems and, with the chiffons and ermines of society—which was out in full force— made a very pretty picture. The pro- gramme opened with an mmpromptu Yale yell from the back of the house by the Harvard and Princeton men among (he audlence, to which the Yale students smilingly responded, after which exchange of college courtesies the banjo club ga the nfenlng march. cluded the usual Yale songs, a number of the popular coon songs of the day, a sen- timental ballad or so, and some effective instrumental numbers by the banjo and mandolin clubs. The glee club, whi pumbers twenty-four members, gave its songs with much spirit and dash, and wa's accorded a hearty weicome by the many New Haven, as well as California folk, in the audience. Mr. Schneeloch, president of the club, Mr. Spaulding, Mr. Sheehan, Mr. Read, Mr. Welch and Mr. Tyler were among the soloists. The second and final concert by the col- lege boys wiil be given this afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Grand Opera-house. The Yale boys were given a warm re- ception at the Palace Hotel after their concert last evening. The party which assembled to greet the wearers of the blue was one of the largest and most select of the season. Many of San Fran- cisco’s most prominent society people were there. From 10 o'clock until: 1 this morning dancing was enjoyed. Through an over- sight no music was provided and until an orchestra could be procured several mem- bers of the banjo club volunteered to play. thereby avoiding an unpleasant in- terruption in the festivities. The patronesses were Mrs. Henry F. Allen, Mrs. Gordon Blanding, Mrs. ‘Wil- liam B. Bourn, Mrs. James Coffin, Mrs. Donald Y. Campbell, Mrs. Wiliam H. Crocker, Mrs. Roberi Coleman, Mrs. Al bert Drown, Mrs. Willlam 8. Tevis, Mrs, Charles P. Eells, Mrs. Joseph D. Grant, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Horace L. Hill, Mrs. J. G. Kittle, 'Mrs. Maddox. gn—nl.t Sidney V. Smith and Mrs. Henry T. cott. After the dance a banquet was served in the ladies’ grillroom. Covers were laid for 350 people. 5 Another Pleasing Strauss Concert. Eduard Strauss and his Vienna orches- tra performed before a large house last night. Following was the programme: Overture to the opera “Merry Wives of Windsor,” Nicolai; pilot's song and sail- or's dance from the opera he Fiyving Dutchman,’ altz, “Life Is So Lovely," ; Ave Verum, Mozart (for nmng guartel and harp—ar- ranged by Eduard Strauss); polka, “‘Dip- lomat,” Johann Strauss; Idylle, Creys- sonier (‘cello solo—Messrs. Knopke and Gotsch); waltz, “Kaiser,” Johann Sitauss; barcarole, Tschalkowsky; march, “Egyp- tian,” Johann Strauss. Deputies for Tax Office. The Civil Service Commission yesterday certified the names of Richard J. Curtin, Oscar L. Tuttle and Willlam I. Rear- don for deputies on the tgpllutlm of Tax Collector Scott. The three men are at the head of the eligible list and have befor? the Tax been summoned to appear .- He examine ifications to fill t| Collector this morni them as to thelr g he positions. { @bl edeleieleiel dufeleleninl delelele b @ A great two-step by Eduard , the waltz king, will be given free with next Sun- day’s Call. This is a gem—do not fail to get it. B e i bubonic | Why should he want to do | Tne programme - | CRUDE RUBBER RETAINS VALUE ——— Threatened Reduction by the Trust Is Not Yet Made. Local Jobbers Wondering Wlut Fail- ure of the Trust to Send Out Notice of New Prices Signifies. The United States Rubber Company, the concern which controls two million the recently organized crude rubber trust, formed to control cryde rubber figures throughout the world, falled yesterday to send the jobbers of this city notice of the reduction in price of that article, despite the fact that a short time ago it distrib- uted notices to the jobbers warning them of the projected cut. The inference which the latter draw from this is that the threatened reduction has not been made because of the dccession of the small firms to the demands of the combine. Many jobbers, however, received yester- day sealed envelopes from the combine presumably containing the® schedule of prices which will prevail under the new combine's direction. The receipt of these communications was followed almost im- mediately by a telegram emanating from the same source asking the early return of the former with the seals unbroken, which many jobbers consider an equiva- lent to a declaration that nothing more is to be done in the matter until April 1, when the company’s contracts with the jobbers expire. Supporting testimony to this theory is the fact that when the trust was organized the jobbers had on hand large quantitles of goods bought under the terms of contracts entered into before the formation of the trust. By de- ferring the reduction of prices until the expiration of the present contracts the combiue escapes the necessity of paying the jobbers the original contract price for such goods as they may have bought under the terms of that contract, a ne- cessity which would indubitably Involve a large expense to the combine. 1. Czhn of Cahn, Nickelsburg & Co. sald vesterday in reference to the ter: “The cause of this sudden move on the part of the combine is & mystery to me. n_ accordance with a circular recelved some little time ago from the combine I was prepared to receive to-day some noti- fication as to what the new scale of | prices was to be. The message I received | from them, which I suppose contained | their instructions, was speedily followed :;y another demanding the return of the rst. the jobbers expire, thereby avoiding the necessity of paying the jobbers the dif- ference between the reduction and what they had pald for their stock under those contracts.” R. H, Pease, president of the Goodyear Rubber Company, the Pacific Coast agent or the United States Rubber Company's goods, denied that his principals had sent out any notice to the jobbers. He says that no action will be taken by the com- bine until to-day. ° CHARGE DISCREPANCY IN VOTES IS DUE FRAUD Figures in the Daingerfield-Graham Contest Differ, the Recount Fav- oring the Contestant. Judge Willilam R. Daingerfield gained | ifty-four votes yesterday In his contest | to date up to 221 votes. his large gain, those who are conducting Judge Daingerfield’s side of the contest | believe they have discovered direct evi- of the Thirty-third District. | })wrln('l yesterday seventeen or Judge Daingerfield were thrown out on the ground that the stub numbers were | not detached from the ballots, four votes cast for him were ground (;ha( five long-term Judges had been voted for and one vote was thrown out that was cast for him on the ground that it bore a distinguishing mark. _This makes twenty-two votes cast for Judge Daingerfield. At the end of the recount he was credited with having received twenty-six legal votes. Ad ng _those thrown out to those allowed as legal by | the court, the number of ballots actually cast for him is forty-eight. Yotes thrown out the official figures of the | Blec | thirty-eight vote: him of ten votes. On the other hand, Graham lost twenty votes that contained the number stub, seven votes by reason of five long-term | Judges having been voted for on the bal- | lots and one vote by reason of its bearin | & distinguishing mark. Thus his total loss was twenty-elght votes, which, added a discrepancy against recount, thirt | cast for him, while the official figures credit him with having received sixty- | in his favor of four votes. The total number of votes thus fraudulently, it is | alleged, counted in Graham's favor is | fourteen. Further _investigation of the | discrepancy in the figures will be made | to-day. Altogether thirty-scven votes thrown out as illegal by reason of the number stub remaining on the ballot. It | 1s hinted that these numbers were de- signedly germmed to remain on the bal- lots by the election officer whose duty it was to tear them off and that the g‘ct will play an lmportnnlspart in the Assem- bly contest between Strand and Butler. | Judge Dalngerfield's gain of 221 votes has been made in ninety-three precincts. He 1s stlll behind 155 votes, but 210 pre- cincts remain to be counted. Several persong are now keeping snap tallies and | the close of the Dungerfleld-.graham con- test may see the inauguration of many others. i Marvelous Champagne Figures. In eleven months this year, 109,321 cases G. H. Mumm’s Extra Dry were imported, or 72,169 cases more than any other brand. cial attention is called to the remar «- able quality of this famous brand. e —_———— PATRONESSES PREPARE BENEFIT FOR MOUNT ZION Ball Planned to Raise Needed Funds For Furtherance of Noble Charity. A ball will be given in the maple room of the Palace Hotel February 2 for the benefit of the Mount Zlon Hospital under the direction of the following lady pa- tronesses: Mrs. Fred L. Castle, Mrs. I. W. Hellman, Mrs. William Haas, Mrs. Julius Rosenstirn, Mrs. Willlam Frank, Mrs. Willlam _Greenebaum, Mrs. Theodore Lilienthal, Mrs. Sig. Feuchtwanger, Mrs. L. Siegel. Mrs. Morris Brown, Mrs. A. Brown, Mrs. J. Neustadter, Mrs. M. §. Levy, Mrs, J. L&pman. Mrs. I. W. Hell- man Jr., Mrs. William Gerstle, Mrs. J. Relss, Mrs. Herman Heyneman, Mrs. Jo- soph Hyman, Mrs. P. Aronson, Mrs. Jo- seph Naphtaly, Mrs. J. B. Levison, Mrs. Leon Kauffman. These ladies are pre- paring to make the function memorable and are devoting much time, attention and abliity to their benevolent undertak- ing. 'fhe Mount Zion Hospital needs a new wing to give g:elter accommodation to patients. Tt al needs funds to place it upon a sel-supporting hasis. The officers oF The nospital are: Willlam Hads, prest: dent; Emanuel Raas, vice president; J. B, Levison, secretary; Sig. Feuchtwanger, }reuilr:’: V;l&inm rstle, I;';W' Holllzn.n by s wn, . Hauffiman and Joseph NADhtaly, directsrs, e Ao o Evans’ Ale and Stout. Let those now drink who never drank before, and those who do drink them now drink more. * e — P ———— New Banking Institution. The State Board of Pank Commissioners vesterday issued a license to the Ventura Savings Bank, which was tly organ- ufl o{, if,m 0] i The officers m.pen ordul:t?e“ F ; vice president, A. Berrhetm: ary, J. ‘Walker: cashier, J. H. blr%nu. P. Foster, A. Bern- heim, J. A. Walker. J. H. Chaffee, J. K. fil;":l, arles Williams and C. G. Bar+. and a half dollars’ worth of the stock of | 1 think it llkely that they may wish | | to walt until the present contracts with | During the recounting of ballots in that | votes cast on Commission credit him with only | i { | | | | | | | i | | | | to the election, which brings his net gain | herself. In addition to | | should dence of fraud in the Fourteenth Precinct | thrown out on the | | _With no | HOME STUDY CIRCLE FOR CALL READERS Glimpses at the Geography of America, Showing How It Has Been Af- fected by Wars. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. XIT. With change of rulers and policy came change of fortune. Within twelve years the greater part of the gains in America that had come to Great Britain by the settlement of 1763 were lost by the turn | of war and diplomacy. To Great Britain the treaty of 1783 was almost as disastrous as that of 1763 had been glorious. The gains won by the statesmanship of Pitt and the sacrifice and valor of Wolfe in the seven years’ war were sacrificed by the folly and stupldity of a stubborn king. The taxing policy of George III and Gren- ville and the punitive and coercive meas- ures by which they sought to enforce it alienated the affections of loyal colonists, and by the declaration of independence Great Britain lost her colonies in America, for whose safety and progress she had made such strenuous efforts. France, ses- ing an opportunity to recover her Ameri- can possessions or to embarrass and re- tard the progress and prosperity of Brit- ain in America, made common cause with the colonles, and in her famous alliance with us in 1178 she brought on the fourth var over America men Shese two great rival nations. w ally of France. Although Spain did not come into formal alliance with us, as we earnestly besought her to do by Jay's mission to Madrid in 1779, yet she made a common enemy of Great Britain by an lndesendent war, in the ho%e of secur- ing Gibraltar (held by Great Britain since the treaty of Utrecht, 1713) and of increas- ing her American possessions. George III had permitted a betrayal of the Brit- ish alllance with Frederick the Great, the rising King of Prussia, in 1761, and now from 1779 to 1782, without any ally in the world and with divided councils at homs England was facing a combination of powers calculated to accomplish her ut- ter undoing. It then, to the boundary settlements of 1783, following the wars connected with our revolution, that we come as the next landmark in our study. We can but briefly outline the negotia- tions and results of the settlement. After Great Britain acquired Canada from France in 1763 she soon attempted by the Quebec act of 1774 to extend the boundary of Quebec southward to the Ohio River. This extension of a province under the Catholic réligion both offended the religious feeling of New England and interfered with the prospect of national expansion westward. The Quebec act was an offense to the American colonies, and, passed at a time when Parllament seemed bent upon the repression and coercion of the colonies, it was one of the causes of the American revolution. The consum- mation of its purpose was prevented by the outbreak of the revolution and the expedition of George Rogers Clark, who obtained practical military possessfon of the Northwest at Kaskaskia and Vin- cennes. It was partly this military pos- session, won in_1778-% that enabled the diplomacy of Jay and Franklin and Adams to win for the young republic a boundary on the Mississippi. It seems quite strange that when our diploma negotiate for our boundar: in 1782 they bad to meet the secret opposition of their friends while they received liberal, if not ur ected, conces: Spain was looking out® for But in the war with Great Brit- aln France was our ally, and it had been agreed that neither France nor America make a final treaty without the consent of the other. By a fatuous policy Congress had given our co i structions not to enter In with England without imparting negotiations to the French Cabinet privy knowledge of their | proceedings—instruetions which = would Eave proved fatal to our interests if they had been observed, and which had prob- ably been obtained through French in- fluence. fluence against us in western _houndaries while Great Britain readily came to a boundary agreement that led Vergennes to say that Britain had ‘“bought rather than made a treaty.” If our commission- ers, largely through Jay’s insistence, had not prcceeded in disregard of their in- structions (by which they were bound to take France into their confidence) we might have been forced boundary quite different from the one ob- tained. Jay was sent to Spain in 1779 for the seeking to limit our at the Alleghanies, | purpose of obtaining money, an alliance a to the number credited to him after the | two, makes but sixty votes | four votes in this precinct, a discrepancy | I 1 a port of deposit on the lower Mis- He i and obtained precious , either an alllance nor the right to navigate the Mississippl. After vexatious delays he was tran: ed to Paris to aid Franklin and Adams in final negotiations for peace. During these ne- gotiations Jay entered into conferenca with Count d’Aranda, who represented Spain at the court of Paris. Of one of these conferences Jay says: Opening Mitchell's large map of North Amer- {1ea he (D'Aranda) asked me what wére our | the line between G were | | boundaries. I told him from the head of the Mississippt to 31 degrees north, thence east by rgia and Florida. D' Ar- anda objected. He claimed that the western country had never belonged 1o the colonles, and that by the Spanish conquest of West Florida and certain posts on the Mississippl and the Tilinois it became vested in Spain; and if Spanish right of conquest did not extend over all that country it was still possessed by free anad independent nations of Indlans, whose lands we could not consider with any pro- priety as belonging to us. D' Aranda then traced with red ink on the map a line which he pro- posed should form our western boundary. This ran from & lake near the confines of Georgia, but east of the Flint River, to the confluence of the Kanawha with the Ohio, thence round the western shores of Lakes Erie and Huron and thence round Lake Michigan to Lake Su- perlor. This line was supported by the French influence. Jay disclaimed such rlenipo:en! tiary power as would enable him to cede away_the territory of his country, and, with Frankiin and Adawms, constantly in- sisted upon the Mississippi as our western boundar: Rayneval, *he secretary to Vergennes, the French Minister, com- bated our claims and he finally proposed. on_behalf of the French Cabinet, what he called a “conciliatory line.” Quoting the Hritish proclamation of 1763 (by which England erected the provinces of East and West Florida) Vergennes' communi- | cation satd: This declares in a precise and positive man- ner that the lands in question are situated be- tween the Mississippt and the ancfent English establishments. It is therefore clearly evi- dent that the court of London itself, when it was as yet soverelgn of the thirteen colonies, did not consider these lands as forming part of_said colonies. The “conciliatory line,” then proposed by France, was a tortuous one running north from the guif to the mouth of the Cumberland. On_the east of this line there should be Indian possessions under the protection of America, and on the west of the line Indlan possessions under the protection of Spain. And Spain should have the exclusive navigation of the Miss [ J PARK COMMISSIONERS FAVOR IMPROVEMENTS Trees Will Be Planted at Each End of Speed Track and Museum Repaired. The meeting of the Park Commissioners was held in the rooms ¢ f the Golden Ga Driving Park Assoclation at the Palace Hotel last night. Commissioners Liloyd, Spreckels, Stanton and Zelle were present. Plans were submitted by Stanton for the planting of trees at both ends of the speedway, Wwhich were adopted, and Superintendent McLaren was directed to proceed with the work. The superintend- ent was also given directions to make many needed repairs to the museum. The uestion of lighting Union Square was scussed, as was also the sys- tem of private telephones throughout ths park, and both matters were laid over. An offer of 15 cents a cubfe yard for the “street sweepings" was made to the Boardq of Public Works. This offer is for the sweepings delivered in the park. Damages for False Imprisonment. John Maher, a lumber surveyor, was &lven judgment for $19%0 damages against France and Spam in the nego- | tiations of 1782 were both using secret in- | to agree to a | | issippl. It was Verse cure both banks o | Spain and erect a between the United Sta Spain on the west; a' the wished to bring it about | should be allowed to ex of Canada to the Ohlo R | wished to gain g de ar | support of Spain, ta weaken the States and to nurse our enmity to | while making us dependent on Fr the hope that by some future for France might be able .0 recover her pos Segsions on the St. Lawrence. It to be wondered that cur commi when they learned of these designs of France against the In est of her Amert- can ally, proceeded to guard the weifars of their country by disregarding thei structions and making a y on own accord. And Great Britain, seeing through the same designs, was willin erect in. America an Anglo-Saxon that wouid soon be strong enough tc sist Franco-Spanish aggressions in West. Great Britain and Ameri¢a soo came to agreement on the following his- toric line: The Mississippl on the west to the thirty- first parallel. avin, e Mississippt In lati- tude 31 the line followed that parailel to the Chattahoochee, thence down that stream to its junction with the Flint: from this point it ran in a straight line to the source of the Mary’'s and down that stream to the Atlantie Ocean. In the peace arrangement between Spain and Great Britain the latter ceded the Floridas without specification as to bow aries, and in this we inherited a dispute with Spain. Acquisition of Louisiana. The differences between Spain and the United States over the navigation of the Mississippi_and the boundary of Florida may best be studied in conne: our acquisition of Louisiana and ‘While the cession of Louisiana by to the United Sts in 1803 was n it was the resu Europe. By a poleon had forced from Spain the retro= cession of Loulsiana. This accession French power at the mouth of the | sissippi was startling to Amer N | leon believed. that Jefferson would | good_his proposal to marry 2 | the English nation and nav to that and | France in the E var just imm nent could not ony. He was therefore willing to strength- en America at the expense of England, France had received Louisiana, “with the same boundaries that it now has in the hands of France pe ambiguo tory. Napoleon told | there were not an uncert limits of Loulsiana it would be well to make one. The uncertainty contained in the ambiguous treaty clauses above be- came the basis of our claim to West Flor- ida. Louisiana “as France possessed it, before 1763, included a part of West Flor- ida; but Louisiana as it then was “in the hands of Spain” did not. Our poorly founded claim to West Florida reopened our disputes with Spain, which were not again led till we had acquired both the Floridas in 1819. | We conclude this article with a brief summary of these disputes and their set- rand that if as to the the general peace of 1753 h court still persisted in its luding the Americans from the Span- policy of n of the Mississippi. The fir the We settlers daily & before their doors they held to be the natural highway that God had made for them as their rightful outlet to the sea. To have to trahsport their | produgts—fiour, wheat, timber, tobacco— | otherwise through forest and wilderness, or to use the great river o by the | sufferance of Spe | poral's guard of S yond endurance. Spain also refused to recognize the thirty-first paraliel south boundary of the United States be- tween the Mississippl and the Appalachi- | cola. ~ She maintained that the Floridas ceded to her by Great Britain in 1753 wers the Floridas as they had been governed by British officials from 1763 to 17%. By the noted proclamation of 1763 England divided the Floridas by the line of the Appalachicola. West Florida was made | up of a part of Louisiana (between tha Pearl and the Mississippi) received from France; and the north boundary of Flor- ida was fixed at the thirty-first parallel. But in the English commissions to the governors of West Florida the boundartes of that province were pushed farther north to the parallel 32° 3 on a line from | the mouth of the Yazoo to the Appalachi- cola. When we entered into the pro- visional treaty with Great Britain in 187 | fixing our south bogndary at 31°, no treaty \ha.da}e( been concluded between Great | Britaln and Spain. So a separate and secret article was inserted in this treaty which provided that if the Floridas be restored to Great Britain (Sp won military possession of Pensa bile and Natchez during the war), | south boundary of the United States | tweea the Mississippi and | hoochee (called the Appalachicola after | its junction with the Flint) should be the paraliel of 32° 30 Therefore, after Britain had ceded the | Floridas to Sgam without a statement of boundaries; after the Spanish Cabinet had learned of out secret agreement boundary of 32 degrees 3) minutes as be- tween us and England, Gardoqui, the Spanish Minister, insisted that the Eng- lish-American agreement to 31 degrees as against Spain could not affect the rights of Spain, then in possession by right of conquest; that these territories were in the possession of neither England nor of pthe United States when they assumed to dispose of them, and that Florida should extend as far north as when under Eng- | lish_control. We were not a little em- barrassed by the difficulty. But we did | not grant away our claims; though we | did not secure from Spain a recognition of a port of deposit at the mouth of the M sissippi until our treaty with her in 179 | _When Spain re-ceded Louisiana ould ad fo- n h M to the [G] France in 1800 she did not. of course, re- cede West Florida, which she had ob- tained from Engla and not -from | France. On the impertinent plea that France once .possessed a part of West Florida we based our claim to that region. | We finally took military possessiom, and | Spain was not in a position to oust us. Spain did not recognize our title to West | Floride. until she was foreed to sell East Florida in 1819. The Seminole war brought on in 1817-18 by the constant use of East rida as a base of smuggling expedi- tions against the United States o lawless raids of Indian as a refuge for fugitive slaves and outlaws, led “O'd Hickory™ to invade Spanish Florida, sum- marily t¢ put an end to the disorders, Jackson demonstrated the helplessness of Spain: she was “induced” to scll what she could not defend, and the sway of the re- public was acknowledge from the lakes to the gulf. JAMES A. WOODBURN. Indiana University. y Henry Wilson and A. B. Johnson for false | imprisonment by a jury in Judge Hunt’ | court yesterday. Wilson and Johnson caused the arrest of Maner atter sl had engaged in a fight following Maher’s dis- | charge by the defendants. The jury ac- cepted his theory that his arrest was un- H w':gsnled and gave bim judgment as | s 3 |