The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1901, Page 6

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CARLTON...... .Herald Square NEW YORE REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH 80 Tribume Bulldin; NFW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldors-Astoria Hotel; A. Breotano, 8l Unfon Square: Murray Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eberman Houre: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC] w. MORTON E. 4 -1408 G S CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clav, opsn | wntfl $:30 o'ciock. 300 Hayes, open until $:30 o'clock. €3 | McAlister, open unttl $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until #:30 o’clock. 151 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 109 Valencia. open uoti] § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 3 o'clock. NW. cor- Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. mbla—*"Way Down East.” The Moth and the Flame."” o Star Boarder.” and EAdy streets—Specialties. eater—Va afternoon and le — Lecture by Rev. Peter C. Yorke, es to- BUT ACTIVITY. LIQUIDATIO! j ON I week. There d in stocks in Wall street. ht Wall street interests, supposedly N, w e of wheat at Chi- During the o Board of Trade. Early last week under aspects of the market the Chicago holders sold » a man, b »wever, the latter also began to let the whole line had been quietly By this time sanguine local to buy, and the situation be- h the range of values for the stocks in Wall 2 ¢ the election, a period of s. Ostensibly this liquidation was t over the failure of certain to materialize, but it was tion of the past two et many speculators e too extended, and whose e large speculators became street accom- e 1 to sell short; the public grew wary 1 to withdraw; the banks and other rests, while not selling, did not over- to protect their properties in the uation was peculiar, inas- the money market did not > cut much of a fi in the liquidation. ng. back to New York d the banks are expecting an ac- ney during the next month or so r plied and easy that t of $1.600,000 in gold to Paris did no: 1it was felt that the loss of $10,000,- in gold to Europe would not ct the present situation. It was the ef that the liquidation was merely tempo- evoid of seiious significance. de throughout the country made a very iring the week. The retail business reported active, except in heavy winter goods, e lately been flow t is 50 well s 000,000 clearings showed ar increase of 52.3 per the same week last year, this being the rgest increase for many months. The gain at New York was 77.3 per cent and at Pittsburg 33.6, and every important city in the country except Milwauke: Paul exhibited a gain. This is a very fine for the condition of business throughout the h better record than that made ich were 325, against 242 for the ng show weck in 1900, There was very little change in the staples. Won! showed more firmness in sympathy with a gain of from 5 to 7% per cent at the London sales, and trans- tions were somewliat larger, though the deman< siack at best. Cotton weakened under larger stocks in the South. The boot and shoe trade was reported in good shape, and leather was firm. Hides, however, were weak. There wes some depressing sentiment in the iron trade, with indications of fric- ion between the employers and men on the subject wages. O the other hand the railroads keep up their increase in earnings, and the retail trade has rot declined as much zs usual at this time of the year. Our Jocal situation stands the same as for weeks. Both wholesale and retail business are reported good. and the export trade of the port continues large. Money is in ample supply, failures are few and gen- v small, and collections quite up to the average The weather is all that could be desired by the fa.rmex’- and merchant alike. The prometers of the brilliantly hued .scheme to import coolies into Mexico should have reflected, in trying to induce local Chinese merchants to spend money for stock in the concern, that while our Chinese speculator is zlways looking for a good thing it is 2 matter of conscience with him not to be taken for one himself. trade last | Keene, purchased large lines of wheat on the | the Wall street interests held on. | ‘1 THE VICTORIAN ERA. i { Y 2 coincidence of some interest the Victorian | era of British history will correspond almost | exactly with the ninecteenth century, and the era of Edward VII will begin with the twentieth, if, indeed, the reign of the coming King should prove long enough and important enough to constitute an era. It is true that the past century was in its thirty- seventh year when Victoria ascended the throne, but those early years constituted a period of reaction from the strenuous Napoleonic wars, and were not | strongly marked by that tremendous human move- | ment which distinguishes the nineteenth century after | the civilized nations had recovered from the effects Iof the old wars and started forward on the path of | | { J | | uvtilitarianism, guided by science and stimulated by liberty. As a consequence the Victorian era covers nearly the whole period occupied in bringing about that vast revolution in commerce, industry, politics | and philosophy which has so materially changed | civilization. [ When the last guns fired on the field of Waterloo | scattered the final rally of Napoleon, Great Britain | stood not only victor on the field but as the great- | est of the ‘nations of Europe. At that moment oi ! supremacy the British people had the wisdom to us2 | their energies and their power for commercial and in- | dustrial enterprises rather than for military under- }(:lkings. In a comparatively short time they made thir country the foremost manufacturing nation on | the globe, and their proud claim upon the empire of | the seas was justified by their commerce even more i than by their navies. Thus Great Britain advanced irom a European to a “world power,” and during the | whole of the Victorian era she has held the foremost | place among the nations. 5 Signs and portents along the horizon all around the globe and visible from every point of view give warning to the Britisn that their supremacy is about and more powerful in the future than in the past, for they are not by any means a decadent people; but their rivals in the United States and in Russia, selves. In a time not far distant supremacy in Europ= will pass to Germany, dominion in Asia will be | the hands of Russia, and the empire of the seas will | be controlled in war and in commerce by ships that | bear the banner of the United States. Such being the case, it is natural the people of the wide-spread empire of Great Britain should look upon the Victorian era with the proudest patriotic gratification, and note every sign of its passing with more than ordinary sorrow. The greatest era in British history virtually began with Victoria's reign and will close with the closing of that reign. The sovereign Queen and passing away of the great “mpress corresponds so closely with the passing of the world that the one event can hardly fail to appear a symbol of the other. Americans cannot understand the loyalty which from British hearts goes out so abundantly to their sovereign, and which has been toward Victoria inter- itish supremacy fused with feelings of reverence for her pure woman- | hood manifested at every period of her career, and of love for that motherly quality which in later years has shown itself in her dealings with her people. Her death is going to be mourned with a profounder | sorrow than has ever attended the death of any other sovereign since the world began. It is going to be felt as a personal loss in homes all over the globe, | from the frozen wilds of Northern Canada, through- out India and tropic iclands, in the East and the West | Indies, southward to the far stations where the British banner flies from posts almost within the sweep of the | Antarctic Circle. | While in our democratic philosophy we hold there is no essential difference between royal blood and that high station gives to personal influence a far are not by any means directly subject to the rule of that person. Victoria, from the greatest throne on earth, has affected society wherever civilization exists. | Consequently we in America have lost something in the passing of a woman whose influence has been so | helpful and so good, and may well share in the sor- row of her people SAN QUENTIN SCANDALS. ISCLOSURES made concerning the manage- ment, or mismanagement, of San Quentin Prison are sufficient to justify the public de- mand for a comprehensive investigation of the who'e | The real issue now before the Legislature | subject. is not whether there shall be an investigation, bu: how the required investigation can be made most speedily and most effectively. In an interview with a representative of The Cal! | on Saturday, Warden Aguirre spoke of the examin- | ation now being carried on by experts as a matter whose results might or might not be made public. He | | said: “When they have finished their examination ]vhcy will report to the Directors. If the Directors i then see fit to make known the result of the investi- gation, the public will through the columms of the newspapers know the condition of affairs. The report | if given out will b: read at a public meeting.” That statement was of course quite proper from | | the Warden, for of course authority to make known | the report of the experts rests with the Directors of the prison, and not with him. Nevertheless there is too much of uncertainty in the statement to be satis- factory. At this juncture it should not be left to the discretion of any one to determime whether the people of California shall know how San Quentin Prison has | been managed. It should be understood from th= | start that the people have a right to know the whole | truth, so that they may know how such frauds could have been carried on for so long a time without de- tection. From the facts that have been disclosed there can be drawn the conclusion, amounting to a moral cer- tainty, that something like a.conspiracy has existed between certain officials at the prison and certain parties in this city to defraud the State, and the conspiracy has been worked successfully for a long time by reason of the lax methods of supervision at the prison. With such facts already exposed a public examination and investigation is necessary in order negligent of duty, who has been criminal and who should be condemned. It is to be borne in mind that the frauds which have been exposed do not stand alone as isolated cases. On the contrary there ds around each one of them a web of suspicious circumstances which sug- gests that there are other frauds bound up with thoss that have been revealed. Not until the whole tangled web has been unraveled can it be determined to what extent the State has suffered loss; nor can it be decided upon whom the blame shall rest. The issue is not a slight one. It involves some- thing more than the value of the sacks that were stolen. It is a question affecting the whole system l_oi management at Saa Quentin and the personal hon- | human conditions as to virtually constitute a new particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRFESS in order | . { to end. They will doubtless be absolutely more rich | and also in Germany, are growing faster than them- | common blood, we cannot be indifferent to the fact | reaching power that affects the minds of men who | that the people may know accurately who has been | I esty of one or more of the officials. Now a secret { examination into a scandal of that kind, whether the "cxamination result in a ‘“whitewash” report or in | the sacrifice of some minor person as a scapegoat, | will not be satisfactory to the public. Upon an issue | of this kind the people have a right to judge for | themselves concerning the innocence or the guilt of all parties concerned in the administration of the prison, and consequently they have also the right to demand a full and open examination into the whole question. THE SENATE AND THE WAR TAXES. HEN the House of Representatives revised i W the war revenue act and reduced the taxes im- posed by it to an amount estimated at $40,000,~ 000 a year there was general gratification throughout the country. It now appears, however, that the Sen- ate is not likely to approve so great a reduction in revenue, and a prolonged contest on the subject may | teke place between the two Houses. When the reduction bill went up from the House was at once refe-red to the Senate Committee on Finance, and there it has beea held ever since. The Washington correspondent of the American Econo- mist says it is understood to be the purpose of the Senate committee to make sich radical changes ia the measure that the Ways and Means Committee of the House which framed the bill will not. recognizz it when it comes back from the Senate. The reason given for the delay on the part of the Senate is that the administration is unwilling to lose so sarge a portion of the war revenue as the House bill surrenders. It will be remembered that Secretary Gage recommended a reduction of $30,000,000, or $10.- 00,000 less than the reduction proposed by the House. Some members of the Senate committee, it | is said, will favor reductions not exceeding those ad- vised by the Secretary of the Treasury; while others, who are willing to go as far as the House went in the way of reducing taxes, are opposed to the way in which the reductions were made and will insist upon changing the House bill with respect to many im- | portant items. A still more unfavorable report of the situation is | made by the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. He say t the treasury the notion is entertained that there will not be any reduction at all in the revenues for the next fiscal year—that until after June 30, 1602—and he adds: “A Senator 3 on the Finance Committee said that it was his impres- ;F‘iflfl. from hirts offered to him, that when required to choose between a bill that took off $40,000,000 or | nothing, the Finance Committee decided that it should e nothing. Then the pressure of beer men and cther interests to be taken care of by the Senate has | made it difficult to report the bill as passed by the | House. | While the correspondent of the American Econo- nist is of the opinion the Senate will act upon the Lill, and the Times man is inclined to believe there | will be no action, they agree that a considerable pres- | sure is being brought upon the Senators by the beer and the tobacco men to have the tax upon their In products lightened, i not removed altogether. for a still further reduction in the beer tax down ‘¢ | $1 50 continues, and seems likely to succeed. Thi prospect has encouraged the tobacco manufacturers | te make strong efforts for further reductions in the | taxes on their commodities.” Such being the situation, it would appear that | Boards of Trade and cther industrial and commercial organizations of the people would be justified in urg- | ing the Senate to take action upon the bill at this ion. There is seemingly no reason why the tax skould not be reduced at least to the extent recom- mended by Secretary Gage. The surplus revenue for the first half of the current fiscal year amounts upward of $20,000,000, and, that being so, there is certainly no reason &hy the more vexatious taxes of the war revenue act should continue. It is to be borne in mind in this connection that the Republican platform adopted at Philadelphia last June declare “The Dingley act, amended to pro- vide sufficient revenue for the conduct of the war, has so well performed its work that it has been possible to reduce the war debt in the sum of $40,000,000. S> ample are the Government's revenues and so great is the public confidence in the integrity of its obli- gations that its newly funded two per cent bonds se!l at a premium. The country is now justified in ex- pecting, and it will be the policy of the Reppblicau party to bring about, 1 reduction of the war revenues.” The people being justified by that pledge in expect- ing a reduction of taxes, it behooves the Republicans of the Senate to act with the House in keeping the | SEs | | pledge. The treasury is already overloaded with : money. A surplus of $20,000,000 in six months is too { much. The money will be much more useful in the | hands of the people and in the channels of trade. | A bill has been introduced in the Legislature at | Sacramento making it illegal for any one to havc | lobsters in his possession from April 1 to August 15. | This measure seems to be a serious injustice, since from the peculiar mental make-up of some of our statesmen they insist tpon being with us always. 2 Our worthy legislators at Sacramento have already inrtroduced measures providing for considerably more than half a million dollars in appropriations. Before they return to their homes they will be very firmly convinced that there is a big difference sometimes be- tween what a fellow wants and what he gets. The Legislature has before it a measure designed to clear away the marital muddle created by Reno marriages by repealing the law which raised the row. Recent developments indicate that the bill will have the advocacy of an army of couples who have only concluded their honeymoon in the Sierras. The health authorities of Honolulu are accused, upori serious evidence, of having been grossly derc- lict in their treatment of contagious diseases, | threatening the lives of the people of the city. The accused gentlemen have probably taken the actions | of our local board too literally as a standard. 5 German statesmen cxpress the fear that the United States is making such rapid strides in commerce and industrial competition that she will soon be the cred- itor nation of the world. It is to be hoped that Ger- many will be equally concerned about her ability 1> settle with her creditor. Governor Gage has expressed the opinion that the University of California has been a gross offender in maintaining an aggressive and not too scrupulous lobby at Sacramento. It-would be interesting to know who made such a deplorable condition neces- sary. — Clerk Walden, the ex-convict and rascally employe of San Quentin pemtentiary, evidently thoug.ht it a policy of wisdom while among thieves to act the thief. The stripes appear to have had very little corrective influence upon him. s S / RANCISCO CALL, MO DAY..' JANUARY 21, 1901 | | : T | south for the bridal trip” | tact, the writer for the Economist says: “The pressure | St. Joseph, SOCIET O girl ever showed her love in more graceful or nobler fashion than did winsome Margaret Cole for tha dashing lieutenant whose bride she became on Wednesday last. Lieu- tenant Crimmins comes from a fomily that for many generations has loved and stood by the church of Rome. Margaret Cole knew this and so, wish- Ing to show her respect for the church of the man she foved, she decided to become a Catholic. No one prompted the tender, loving girl. The act was entirely of her own volition. However, when the rela- tives in New York heard that their loved one was to be united to a girl whose church was their church they were more than pleased. If you listen to those who know, you will learn that Margaret Cola has made the most brilliant mateh of many seasons. The name of Crimming pere, they claim, is good for a round ten millions on 'Change. Lieutenant Crim- mins is not an only child, but he is a favorite one, and, an y. ten” millions can stand several divisions. I think that the Cole-Crimmins wed- ding gave Peter Martin his first great les- son and showed him that his will must now and then give way to anothar's, It was this way: All the young folks at the wedding took a hand in decorating the bride and groom's carriage. Slippers, white satin ribbon, confett! and a splen- did supply of rice did the business in - most effective way. Crimmins suspected that such a thing might happen and took means to circumvent the merry young people. Two blocks down the street was his own private carriage, spick and span and neat and in the charge of his owna man. Martin got an inkling of this change of carriages, and when the first vehicle was put in a condition to adver- tise its occupants he started down the street to- pay a similar attention to tha other one. But he never even tied a satin slipper to the lleutenant’'s own car- riage. He found himself checkmated by the leutenant's man, whom neither tips nor entreaties could move, and so was forced to return and use his extra sup- ply of shoes and rice in pelting the de- parting couple. . . A pretty token of friendship was that which the Jolliffe girls offered to their most Intimate girl friend, Lieutenant Crimmins’ fair young bride. They did every bit of the decorations for her wed- ding, and did it in a fashion to turn every | professional decorator green with env. Everybody always knew that the Joll ffas were artistic, but that they could rear so0 graceful a bower as the one beneath which their friend plighted her troth— well, it needed demonstration to be cred- ited. It was not only in the artistic ar- rangement that the girls showed to ¢ best advantage. Their mingling of colors was superb. The wedding bell which swung airy and graceful above the new- ly wedded couple was a thing of rare beauty, while the arrangement of the long-stemmed American Beauties that seemed to spring from every nook and yrner was a distinct artistic achieve- { ment. It is no longer the thing for swell brides and grooms to spend the heneymoon in the land of orange blossoms. “Going altogether a thing of the last centu Going south became too gzeneral, and that is what Kkilled it. Now that the orange and lemon groves are tabooed Del Monte has again sprung into favor. Senor and Mrs. Roble- Ao were the first bridal couple to turn their happy faces toward Monterey, and they were promptly followed by Lieuten- ant and Mrs. Crimmins. In the last few years one met mostly tourists at Del MOST GRACEFUL ACT OF A SOLDIER'S BRIDE BY SALLY SHARP. —— — FRANCISCO. o+ MISS BEATRICE SACHS, WHO SHARES HONORS WITH MRS. JOE TO- BIN AS THE MOST STYLISH AND BEST DRESSED LADY IN SAN Edna Hopkins is getting together the last pieces of her wonderful trousseau and in other ways is preparing to make Will Taylor the happiest of men some time in February. 1 stand reaay to wager that never was more elegant trousseau pre- pared for a bride. Georgiana brought back many beautiful “sets” on her recent return from the East, but the major por- tion of the sweet girl's wardrobe was pur- chased right here. In the purchasing of all that which goes to make a bride ha Miss Edna has had the advice and assi ance of her elder sister, Helen Taylor. I have always considered the Hopkins girls quite the best dressed of all the girls of the exclusive set. There is a certain air to their clothes that tells of wealth and taste. - ship China, which s expected on Friday, is bringing Mrs. McNutt and Ruth homs once more. I understand that among the luggage is a goo sized box of wedding cake, which is to be distributed to tk friends of Mamie McNutt and Lieutena Potter. The girls are expecting big things of the entertainment the Olympic clubmen aro preparing for their especial delight. I understand it is to happen early in March and is to take the shape of an old-fash- joned circus. The big gymnasium {s to be turned ingo an immense sawdust ring, and there are to be any number of sideshows. Then, too, all the wits of the club are to get up a burlesque, and the born come- dians who do not take part in the show will turn their attention to spieling for the side issues. Monte. Now, however, that the newly This entertainment takes place on the wed have turned to it gay times may The friends of the McNutts are prepar- last ladies’ night of the season. I predict come to the watering place once more. ing to welcome them home. The steam- a treméndous success. et b e o 0 PERSONAL MENTION | WORLD’SNAVAL NEWS 1. Y. Green, the Oroville banker, is at the Grand. H. C. Ross, a Sacramento attorney, is a guest at the Grand. d P. W. Reinhart, the Los Angeles oil man, is at the Grand. R. H. Herran, a wealthy oil man of Los Angeles, Is at the Palace. W. W. Whitson, a San Diego business man, s staying at the Palace. H. E. Robinson,.a business Gilroy, is registered at the Lick. A. P. Cohn, a well-known merchant of Mo., is registered at the man of Palace. W. H. Storms, a wealthy mining man of Sutter Creek, is among the guests at the Lick. CHANCE TO SMILE. Sappington—Your sister rough to eat. “Tittle Rodney—She does eat.—Judge. looks sweet She—The Count, you know, can trace his back 800 years. family BN Shroneh the Bankruptey Court records, I suppose.—New York Times. She—Ethel and Harry are engaged, but they have decided to keep their engage- ment a secrat. Ethel told me so. He—Yes, I know: Harry told me.—Tit- Bits. . Kindliman—WHhat's the matter, my little man? You seem to be in great pain. Little boy (groaning dismally)—No, I ain't, but dey seems ter be a great pain in me.—Philadelphia Press. Husband—Aren’'t you going to church to- 2 ay? \{'Ue——No; I am not feeling well. Husband—Then call a messenger boy and send_him._The family must be repre- sented.—New York Weekly. - “Look after your own grammar, George Fe‘r:i-con!" exclaimed the irate Mrs. F. “You make a_business of picking me up on little blunderst™” z “On the contrary, my dear,” soothingly replied Mr. Ferguson, “I make a recrea- tion of it.""—Tit-Bits. “Do you know what I would do if I owned this place?” sald Mrs. Gaswell, turning enthusiastically to the fnlde ‘who was showing her the wonders of the Brit- ish Museum: “I'd hold the biggest rum- mage sale green earth! WAaS ever seen on this at —Chicago Tribune. “And did you marry your ldeal, Mrs. A Fl"‘g’z’,::{:"fioo“—hut I flatter myself that I matried the ideal of a girl who used to put on a good many airs and think she had me passed up to where the shadows were dark and thick.”—Chicago Times-Herald. “Madam, are you a woman suffragist?"” “No, sir; I haven't time to be.” “Haven't time? Well, if you had the privilege of voting, Whom would you sup- os “The same man I have supported for the last ten years—my husband.”—Modes and Fabrics. hoolteacher (to boy at head of class, u:aec lesson being philosophy)—How many kinds of forces are there? A Boy—Three, sir. Teacher—Name them. Boy—Bodily force, mental force and the police force.—Boston Journal. “No,” he said, “I'm not sure whether my wife’'s Christmas gift to me was meant to please me or to humble my P did she give you?”. asked his e en \ “*She had a crayon rtrait of ‘mad O amatour artist. 'Cathontc Btanacs bl:fl Times. —————— At Hotel D21 Coronado ‘The season Is now on at full tide. American and European plans. The best of everything, including the character of entertainment. Ap- Bly at 4 New Montgomery street. clty, for spa- Japan has adopted high explosive shells for all guns up to and including S-inch. The explosive s a Japanese invention, said to equal melenite in its effects. PR The Ttalian armored cruiser Varesa has had her steam trials, developing 13.8S5 | horsepower and 20.02 knots speed under | full power and %479 horsepower and 18.33 knots under natural araught. The great works of Krupp employed an average of 46679 persons last year, the most important, at Essen, having 27462, the armor factory of Gruson 3475 and the Germanla shipyard at Kiel 3450. 40 ‘e The Inflexible is being reconstructed at a conslderable cost and the anclent Glat- ton. built of iron in 1572 and protected by 12-inch iron armor, has recelved new boilers and undergone several alterations. The difficulty will be to utilize this old slow craft for any other purpose than that of a guard ship. 8.8 One of the crulsers to be bulit for the Russian navy at the Black Sea will be of the Bogatyr type, but of somewhat less displacement. The Bogyatyr is 6600 tons, 416 feet by 54 feet, and the mew cruiser is to be 6250 tons, 436 feet length and 54 feet beam. These dimensions and small displacement will give unusually fine lines and insure a realization of the calcu- lated speed of 23 knots. . . The engines for the new British crufser Pandora, of 2200 tons, were bullt at the Portsmouth dockyard and are sald to have given satisfaction on the prelimin- ary thirty-hours’ trlal. They are to de- velop 7000 horsepower. The boilers are of the Reed type and appear to have given no better econimical results than the Belleville, as they showed a consumption of 2.11 pounds per unit of horsepower. . . At the present time there are forty-four vessels of all classes building for the British navy, none of which have yet been launched. Seven battleships, of 103,000 tons, are at the dockyards and four of 56,000 tons at private yards. Five armored cruisers of 53,300 tons and fourteen of the same class of 138300 tons are at dock- vards and oprivate yards, and fourteen smaller vessels of 13700 tons, of which six of 15480 tons at dockyards are being built. The total tonnage of the vessels not yet launched foots up 359,940 tons. T e A remarkable feature about the recent trial of the British armored cruiser Cressy was the evenness with which the two sets of engines worked. During the eight hours’ full power run the starboard en- gines developed an average of 10,473 horse- power and the port engines 10,767, giving a speed of 20.7 knots. At the thirty- hours’ coal umption trial, under four- fifths power, ®he starboard engines gave 8141 horsepower, the port engines £129, and . | width of entrance and will have 37 feet depth of water over the sill. P Only four sloops of 05230 tons wers launched during the past year at the dock- yards, and seventeen British war vessels of 30,374 tons from private yards in Great Britain, but this smali tonnage put afloat does not indicate that navy building is slacking up in England. During the pre- ceding year six battleships of 66,900 tons were launched at the dockyards and twelvo vessels of 53,222 tons at private yards, and these eighteen ships, with several others, are being completed. It is the intention to launch during the present year six battleships, six armored cruisers and four protected cruisers, which will com- pensate for the apparent shortcoming of last year and bring the new tonnage up to more than its annual average. ————————— Chotce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotsl.* ——————— ‘Wilgus ofl burners. Office and salesroomy 514A Mission street. Telephone John 2408 ¢ —_———— Best eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ to e Look out for 81 4th, front of barberand grocery.¢ —_—— Towpsend's California glace fruits, e a in fire-etched bas- A nice present for Eastern 639 Market street, Palace Hotel building. —_——— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Cllppin_’ Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont< gomery st. Telephone Main 1042, . New Santa Fe Train. The new Santa Fe train known as the Calf- fornia Limited affords service very much supe. rior to anything ever before offered to Comst travelers. . The Fair Northerner—I think #t's per. fectly barbarous the way people are lynched around here. Southerner—I think so myself. ma‘am, but after the last lynchin’, when I sua- gested that we chip in an” buy an electric chalr, the boys darn near lynched me!— Puck. Gas Consumers’ Association, 344 Post st., re- duces gas bills from 20 to 40 per cent. Gas and electric meters tested. Electrical department. All kinds of electric work promptly attended to.* ————————— The Chicago Man—That lady over thera is from Chicago. Her foot is used as a model. The St. Louls Man—Model of what—a gunbost?—Yonkers Statesman. ADVERTISEMENTS. CONSUMPTION 1s almost as deadly as ever, al- though physicians know they can cure it generally, beginning when most of the lungs are still sound, and even some- the revolutions of both screws were 114.6, The coal consumption under full power was 1.93 pounds and 1.79 pounds under four-fifths power. . . Two immense drydocks are in course of construction at Liverpool that will ac- commodate the larges® ships yet built or contemplated and have plenty of room to spare. The Canada dock, almost ready for use, is 925 feet 6 inches in length, 124 feet 2 inches wide at the top and 94 feet wide at the bottom. The entrance is 34 feet in width and carries 32 feet of water over the s‘m. ‘The material is Portland cement and concrets in parts of one, finished with parts of six to n::hsl';: dock has three centrifugal pumps, cap- nr of discharging 3,500,000 cubic feet of ‘water in one and a half hours. The sec- {ond dock is 1000 feet In length, % feet times when a great deal of damage is done. The people don’t know it yet. They have been told; but they don't believe it; they don’t act on it. 7 Scott’s emulsion of cod-liver oil is one of the principal means of cure. There are other helps: dry A , sunshine, country, sleep, [regular habits, right clothing,