The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1901, Page 6

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Master.” Mason and Eddy streets—S pectalties. Theater—Vaudeville every afterncon and { Lecture. e — Lecture by Rev. Peter C. Yorke, , at 11 o'clock, Palace Livery meeting called by the Mayer f getting b ng for his city thirty ket-picking, pro- wcidental p his peculiar propo- t advocates of an open season ure to offer any apology for ths 1ced by track gambling. That is-the only en wa and it can be had yse the grip of the gamblers on or clean racing. ply the means of the credulous peopl This same fight and South, where racir entive to good hor: ated to the base use of gam- e horsemen deplore such debasement hing -mbers of the community uch men even go to the ng cannot be clear, it would bette r stop al- s are compelled to divert was not what he expected it all their own way. It re to permit racing and bookmak cach county, reserv- ing to l the right to prohibit both, and then it adopted a n 1 to the Legislature, em- ploying th: of the Mayor himself, in his message, against public gambling and depict- ing and deploring its evils The report he meeting says that the Mayor joined in the laugh that went around when he was quoted nst himseli. He v laugh, but there are others who do not join in his merriment. They are n the penitentiary, women and chil- dren bearing the sorrow and suffering of their dis- grace, and employers who have been rohbed by em- ployes, corrupted and grown criminal by the seduc- men in stripes tions of track gambling. There was no laugh from | honest tradesmen whose bills have been defaulted by customers that wasted their money on the track, ani the good ci ests through the evil fepute brought upon the city by just such 2 season of dissipation and pocket- picking as the Mayor adv high sounding denunciation of a crime that he now favors What has changed him? Why does he now favo- what &e denounced last year? Is it becoming in the chigf officer of a city to openly advocate or secretly favor pocket-picking? What is to become of the reputation of San Francisco if the morals of the city are to be left in such guardianship? It should be a matter of the deepest congratulation to the people of San Francisco that in an emergency of such serious moment as a revival of the curse of track gambling the clergymen of the city were as one in an overwhelming advocacy of what was manifést a matter of public policy—the defeat of gamblers an. thieves. As a political gymnast who is able to be on all sides of 2 thing at once his Honor the Mayor is winning a most extraordinary reputation out of the efforts of gamblers to have their trade revived at Ingleside. But perhaps his Highness would prefer to consider himself a political contortionist who can turn himself out. A mysterious woman has been imposing of late upon conductors of the Market Street Railway. If che had only used her wiles upon the company we might be willing to accept her as an agent of retri- butive justice. .| In his last report he say zens who suffer in their material inter- cates. *He is the last man | who should be merry when confronted by his owa | 7 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. ‘JANUABY 31, 1901. SECRETARY GAGE, WASHINGTON dispatch to the Chicago fl Inter Ocean says: “The Republican National Committee would vote, almost unanimously, to get rid of Gage and bave a Republican Secretary of the Treasury in his place broadminded enough to map out policies rather than be simply a banker trying to hoard the people’s money and keep it out of circula- tion that would relieve them of unnecessary taxation.” We think it is a statement that has no foundation. When did the Republican National Committee com- pare views on that subject and find itself unanimous for such a change? The reason given is as far from the truth as is the reputed sentiment of the commit- | tee. Mr. Gage is not hoarding money in the treas- ury, and has no power to hoard it. He has no author- ity that is not derived from the law, and wherein the law needlessly congests money in the treasury he has recommended its amendment. He has faithfully and with rare intelligence sup- ported financial reform by legislation, and his admin- istration of the treasury has been so successful that Le has the honor of being the first Secretary who has | seen Government 2 per cents at a premium and the country occupy the casy position of a creditor nation. On the history of his administration of our finances might well be written, “He found his country a debtor and transformed her into a creditor.” N§ prouder legend can be written above thé record of a public financier. He has wrought without ceas- irg to have the Republican party redeem its pledges to the business interests of the country, and we are | not aware of the least departure made by him from the | | policy which has twice carried the nation for the party | of financial reform. As for policies, he has recom- | mended and personally urged the most important | financial policies that have engaged the attention of | the Government since the Civil War. | In his last report these recommendations continue. | | He asks that the important treasury office of weights and measures be put upon a proper basis, rankiug with the bureaus maintained by all the leading na- | tions. This he regards as necessary to preserve the | correct standards, which the Government requires in the collection of duties and excises, and to the gen- | eral business public, every transaction being based upon a standard weight or measure. He points out | that the manufacturers of standard weights and meas- ures will be greatly served by the operations of such a bureau. Germany has trebled her export of such standard appliances in the last ten years, due en- tirely tq the accuracy secured by the official bureau. England, admonished by this, has established a simi- lar burean. In his report for 1899 he said: “Our | national greatness cannot be fully rounded out while ; we are so dependent as at present upon foreign ship- ping for our intercourse with the rest of mankind. | At this time political and commercial considerations | demand of us a lafger measure of strength and inde ‘pendencc on the seas than ever in our history, y never before have we been relatively so weak in trans oceanic navigation.” { | { “We shall build, even in | this vear of great activity in our shipyards, less than | | one-tenth the shipping for foreign trade to be built | by our principal competitor. We do not carry 3 per | | cent of the world's sea borne traffic. A biil for the | promotion of American commerce and for the cre- ation of an American merchant marine ift foreign trade which shall be worthy of the nation now awaits the action of both branches of Congress. It con- forms in general outline to recommendations upon the subject in the reports for 1898 and 1899. Early consideration of the measure is recommended.” As to the hoarding of money, the Secretary says: | “As the resources of the treasury became greater than its immediate needs, a series of measures were | adopted for restoring the surplus to the uses of busi- | ness. After September 18, 1899, interest due October 1 was paid in advance of maturity to the amount of $3,208,027. From October 10 in like manner antici- pation was made of $916,038 61 due November 1, gnd. of $3,308,504 due January 1. An offer made on October 10 to prepay all interest accruing to July 1, | 1000, at a rebate of two-tenths of one per cent pper | month, was accepted to the amount of $2,229,101 35. | | On November 15 2 proposal was made to purchade | $25,000,000 of the 4 and 5 per cent bonds due in 1904 and 1007 at a fixed price. This was responded to by | offers of $19,300,650 of principal, upon which the pre- mium was $2,373,502 40. Notice was given May 18, ‘xr)oo. for the pzrment of $23,364,500 outstanding 2 per ¢ent bonds, redeemable at option of the Govern- | ment, and by November 1 all of them but $2,225,000 | were retired.” | So, instead of hoarding the money of the people, within a few months he set free, by anticipatory pay- | ments of interest and by reduction of principal on the | | national debt, the large sum of $54,535.413 86. | No more telling disproof of the Inter Ocean's | charge can be made than by these public records of | | the transactions of his office. ‘ e r———— | I ANOTHER CHINESE OUTRAGE. | | IVILIZATION will learn with a shudder that | C Prince Ching, after agreeing to the demands : of the powers that China shall pay indemnity | | for injury done to Europeans and Americans residing | in China at the time of the Boxer outbreak, has now | put forward the claim that the powers should pay in- | | demnity to China for injury done by their armies to innocent Chinese. It is good for Prince Ching that | Kaiser William is at this time too busy swapping uniforms and decorations with King Edward té give heed to what Ching is doing, for otherwise there would be emitted from the great war lord z roar that would make a Chinese gong sound like the squeak | of a penny whistle. In presenting his claim Prince Ching is reported to have stated: “Chinese merchants and private citizens assert that valuables have been looted amounting to | immense sums, and it would not be fair to fail to take these largely into consideration when the question of indemnities is discussed. Tientsin, Peking and all the cities and towns between have been absolutely stripped, while priceless treasures belonging to pri- vate individuals have been,confiscated, irrespective of all ideas of modern warfare.” X The claim will be the more irritating to the Euro- pean powers by reason of the fact that it is amply sup- ported by the testimony of American, British and Japanese spectators who watched the progress of the allied armies. Indeed it would appear that before a court of arbitration it would be easy for Ching to prove that most of the “punitive expeditions” senc out to teach the Chinese to behave themselves were little more than forays for booty. The powers, in fact, have looted China for ten times the amount that their citizens lost at the hands of the Boxers, and if a fair balance were to be struck Europe would have to pay damages to China instead of receiving damages from her. The “outrage” 1{ Ching’s action lies not in the na- ture of his claim, but in the fact that he made it at all. If it were to be admitted for examination it could be proven, but it cznnot be admitted. The very pre- | keep her. | extraordinary even in Kansas, | sumed her war, carrying it at last to the capital of | | century than the uprising of respectable men and | ANSWERS | is sooner or later confronted By violence. The Ameri- | whipped. Men stood around and watched the women | but it nevertheless has an ominous sound. Of late | | years the American people in many States, and some | rageous offenses under sudden impulses of violence. | sentation of it is something in the character of a con- tempt of court. Does Prince Ching suppose that the European diplomats-have gone to China for the pur- pose of assessing dlmages.ag!inst the sovereigns who pay them? Does he deem that with impunity he can “monkey” with the august grand masters of imperial diplomacy? The case is a simple one. The powers have sent to China certain high officers of state charged with the duty of compelling China under threat of partition to pay an indemnity whose amount is to be fixed by the powers, and in addition thereto to chop off the heads of certain men by way of proving how much more humane Christianity is then barbarism. Instead of accepting.the negotiations on those simple terms and doing proper kow-tow to the solemn representatives of imperial majesties, Prince Ching avts as if he deemed the “whole shooting match” to be nothing more than a common court of arbitration called to- gether for the purpose of doing justice. If that be not an outrage, what is it? ——— MRS. CARRIE NATION. HAT does it profit Kansas to have Mrs. Lease Wretire from politics and Mrs, Carrie Nation take the warpath? That is a question of in- terest to more people than the Kansans. Mrs. Lease was an agitator along lawful lines. Mrs. Nation is a smasher of saloons along the lines of violence and | lawlessness. There is the change from fanaticism to hysterics, from demagogy to anarchy. We could well afford to welcome Mrs. Lease in any part of the country. Even those who did not agree with her were generally willing to listen to her. With Mrs. Naflon it is different. There are few communities that would be glad to have her for a week's visit. The popular sentiment is that if Kansas likes her Kansas should The crusade of Mrs. Nation has been something Having become en- raged against saloons 1. W chita she proceeded to | smash them with brickbats stones, clubs, axes and any other weapon that camie handy. She was put irto jail, but she made the jail a glorified seat of | martyrdom. No sooner was she free than she re- the State, where, followed by a crowd of all sorts of | | there. people, she assailed the Governor, the Attorney Gen- eral, the Sheriff and nearly every other official she could get at. In the course of her progress she has formed a considerable following of zealous support- ers and is now a woman of no mean power in the land. She has been offered a gold medal by the Kan- sas Temperance Union, and in Boston the New Eng- | lend Prohibitionists have been commending . her | course and exalting her to the highest Massachusetts honors. The situation has its humorous and its serious side. What can be more funny at the dawn of this twentieth women in an American State to go about breaking saloon windows and singing: | Alexander’s body is a-burning in the fire, | Alexander’s body is a-burning in the fire, ! Alexander’'s body is a-burning in the fire, As we go marching on.’ Mrs. Carrie Nation is destroying rum saloons, Mrs. Carrie Nation is destroying rum saloo Mrs. Carrie Nation Is destroying rum saloo As we go marching on. All that is humorous enough for a comic opera, and | in our free and easy fondness for fun we are apt to treat the thing as a joke and to urge on the frolic with the cry, “Go it, Carrie!” . It happens, however, there is a serious side to the | affair. Lawlessness begets-lawlessness, and violence can man, even if he be a saloon-keeper, will not fight back against a woman, even if she be a window smasher, but there are women who are quite willing | to take the part of the saloon-keepers and fight back. | Already Mrs. Nation has had a touch of their quality. | It was but a short time ago that in assailing a saloon she was herself assailed by a woman and horse- fight it out. That was not funny. The reports of the affray told us that during the time it was raging most fiercely there arose from the mob gathered around the cry, “Kill her! Kill her!” Of caurse the cry was one of excitement merely. Tt | did not mean anything of murderous vindictiveness, of them among the best ordered in the Union, have shown a mad tendency to commit the most out- It is clear from these experiences that one of the dan- gers against which we must guard most carefully is that of a hysterical mob. When in the midst of a street affray the cry goes up to kill, it is time to call a halt. __ It may be that the laws regulating the sale of liquor in Kansas are not rightly enforced. Tt may be that great evils result from the negligence of the officials. It may be that Mrs. Nation is working in a good cause and that her zeal is one born of a high motiva. Nevertheless, she has reached the danger point in her crusade, and it is time to stop. The men and women who are most earnest in the cause of temperance would do well to calm the Kansas crusader. She has gone far enough for notoriety, and too far for safety. | | A measure now pending before Congress is de- signed to make the laws excluding "Chinese coolies from this country more effective. Perhaps our national legislators might do well to note the flagrant outrages now being perpetrated in this city against exclusion laws. Such observation might result in the enactment of penal legislation against the schem- ing white friends of coolies. RGN It appears from reliable sources that the weird and wild stories of Roosevelt's prowess as a hunter are no more than the malicious creations of the fancy of yellow journals. It is probable that when Teddy gets back to civilization he will go gunning for new game and send some yellow journalists to cover. An American circus proprietor who happened to appeal to the spectacular fancy of the Austrian Em- peror has been rewarded with a magnificent jewsl. It is a matter of congratulation to know that there | not easy to see how it could be the final | cause of causes that joined ¢n produeing | building of railways, the industrial | of the modern universities and colleges. { Irish fair in the Mechanics’ Pavilion, in | San Francisco, opened August 20. 1898, and | <%2§a§,""e to Illinois, New York an + e FASHION HINTS FROM PARIS. [ B3 & iz at least_something in our civilization- which can win the admiration of effete monarchy. The transportation companies which are favoring Eastern and Middle West cities in matters of trade which concern us most deeply may have cause to re- member some day that communities, as well as in- dividuals, with a grievance-have excellent memories. gl A measure has been introduced in the State Legis- lature to create the position of dentist for the various asylums for the insane at $300 a month. Ii the bifl becomes a law it is safe to say that somebody morse capable to pull legs than teeth will get the job. Indiana iurjes must be freaks in the judicial syster: or a citizen of the State is trying to win fame for originality. He says he was convicted of a crime be- cayse he is wealthy. x ¥ 2 < BISHOP POTTER’S , VIEW REVIEWED (The Call, while inviting communications on current topics, does not hold itself respon- sibie for the views of the writers.) Editor Call: T have read with great in- terest your editorial in to-day’s issue, en- titled “Bishop Potter's View.” I am heartily in agreement with you in believ- ing that Western injustice toward China is the cause of much of the recent trouble in that country, and that honorable men everywhere should unite in demanding that this injustice should cease. It is not the whole cause of it. With a differ- ent ruler, and with better advisers than the Manchus, there would probably have been a very diffrrent story. No such scenes would have been witnessed as took place in the Governor's Yamen in Shansi. The Governor himself would not have or- dered the butchery in his own offictal resi- aence of forty-five helpless anl ‘nnocen: men, womden and children and claimed thereafter, as he did in his report to the Fmpress Dowager, a reward of 400 taels aplece for the murders. Though I agree with much in the article referred to, I regret that it is weakened | by some inaccuracy and an appafent de- sire to put the blame where it does not belong—on the shoulders of missionaries. You say that “the final cause of causes that joined in producing the trouble” was what you call “the forgery interpolated in the treaty of 186) by a Christian mis- sionary.” Now, sir, in réferring to a sub- ject in which many of the best men and Wwomen in this country are profoundly in- terested a great newspaper ought to be accurate. Forgery 1s not the groper name for the transaction referre: to, After the France-Chinese treaty of 1860 was drawn up. but before it was signed, a French riest, acting as interpreter for the | ench Minister, inserted in the Chiness copy of the treaty the clause permlmngl ¥rench missionaries to reside and own property in the interior and the Chinese Ministers signed the treaty with that clause before them and without a word of protest. 1 do net attempt to justify the | Frenchman for &{z he did, but the Chi- nese knew of it Wnd annexed their sig- natures knowing ‘that the clause was This is a very different thing from your general statement, which would lead | a reader unacquainted with the facts to suppose that it was a case of forgery[ after the treaty was signed. After some time all the other treaty powers claimed the same privileges under the favored na- tion clause. But, however you describe the act, it is the trouble. There were wars with China and riots in China before that treaty was ever thought of—wars and riots with which Christian missions had no more to do than the precession of the equinoxes. Coming to recent events, what connegtion had Germany's taking of Kiaochau, Rus- sia’s of Port Arthur, England’'s of Wel- haiwel and France's of Kwangchau Bay with the so-called forgery? What connection had the epening of mines, the ex- ploitation of the country resulting from the Japanese war to do with it? How is the Chinese reform movement, the head of which was the Emperor himself, and to which the Empress Dowager and her rty were so bitterly related to t? And yet almost every foreign resident of China acquainted with affairs knows that these were the chief causes leading to the outbreak. Let us be fair to the missionaries of all the churches and_ especially to those of our own country. I have lived many years in China and I do not hesitate to say that on the whole they are far and away the best representatives of American thought and life that China knows. They are the best friends that China has. They are the chief benefactors of her people. As one of the oldest foreign resi- dents In the empire has recently said, ““The poor are taught in their schools, the sick are healed in their hy!glwu and the helpless are helped by them in many ways.” They have done more _for the education of the Chinese in modern things, in science and the knowledge nec- essary in our own days than the central Government and all the provincial gov- ernments in China put together. They bave translated nearly all the modern books she has, have bullt and ministered in nearly all the-hospitals and are the heads of neariy all her colleges, even those un- der governmental control. Multitudes of the best men in China know these things and acknowledge them. I knew personal- ly many who do. I have been in charge of the largest Christian college in China for several years and have received many handsome ‘subscriptions from Chinese gentlemen for the college work. Four years ago I bullt a large dormitory, every dollar of the cost of which was pald by Clinese officials, merchants and literati. The college grounds and the main bufld- ing thereon were the gift of several Chi- nese, and the leading men in the city, the provincial capital of Foklen, have been its steady friends. It may be interesting to know that Wu Ting Fang, or, to give him his Cantonese name, Ng Chol, owes lls education to a Christian school in Hongkong. For some years he was a_scholar at St. Paul's School, where everything was done for him, free of charge. axcept clothe him. He was baptized and was an earnest pro- fessor of Christianity, going out frequent- ly with his teachers to preach and enlarg- ing with great force on the teachings of the latter's sermons. He has changed his faith since then, it is no exaggera- tion to say that Chfna owes the ablest Foreign Minister she has to that Chris- tian college in Hongkong. Do not_accuse me of boasting when I say that but for the work of the Christian churches in China the Chinese people everywhere would have a sorry opinion of foreigners to-day. Our countrymen in the missions in the empire are among the best representatives we have there, and for our own sake, as well as that of the Chinese, we ought to support them in their work and that, too, whether we be- lieve in their religious propaganda or not. We ought to sustain them as educators, physicians, representatives of the best spirit of the West. ‘This is a long letter to inflict on you and 1 shall be all the more obliged on that account if you publish it. I write it from a real sense of justice to a body of men, of the great majority of whom Americans have good reason to be proud. e Gl RGE“SB,’ SMYTH, Assistant Secretary sionary Socl Methodist Episcopal Chureh. o San Francisco, January 29, 1900, TO QUERIES.| HAY-PAUNCEFOTE—N. M., City. The | Hay-Pauncefote treaty was signed Feb- ruary 5, 1900. LOGIC—W. H. L., Vallejo, Cal. Ths study of logic is a part of the curriculum NOT SHOT—C. T. W., Occidental, Cal. Skinner, the young soldier who was found asleep on post, was not shot for that in- fraction of the rules. “THE OLD HOMESTEAD"—-C. W. R., Benicia, Cal. The principal characters in | the play and in the book called “The Old | Homestead" are the same. * | THE IRISH FAIR—-M. 8., City. The | closed on the 3d of September following. THAT PICTURE—Subscriber, Napa, Gal. The picture that was published in the San Francisco Call on the 1st of Jan- uary represents some one asking the | Sphinx what the new year would bring forth. LADY'S MAID—O. 8., City. The lady's maid attends the personal wants of her mistress. She must be versed In dress- making., millinery, manicuring, hair- dressing and she has the care of her lady’'s wardrobe. SUEZ CANAL—H, W. H. Repressa, Cal. The Suez canal was opened Novem- ber 16, 1869. There is on the pier at Port Said_d wmonument erected to the memory | of Thomas Waghorn, who took a great interest in the matter of transportation in that part of the world. WINDS—A. V. B., Stockton, Cal. Air lcaded with vapor obstructs both solar and terrestrial radiation, when clear as | when cloude Molst_ocfan winds are accompanied by a mild temperature ir winter and a cool temperature in summer. | Equatorial currents, losing heat as they | proceed in their 'course, are brought | nearer to the point of saturation, conse- | quently become moister winds. North- erly currents acquire greater heat in thgir rogress and become drier winds. That s given as a reason why north winds do not carry rain. APPORTIONMENT-N. N,, City. Two reports have been presented to Congress on the subject of Congresslonal represent- ation. By one report Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia each lose one, while | Tllinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jer- sey, New York and West Virginia gain | one each and Texas gains two. The other report gives a gain of one to Arkansas, Californfa, Caolorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiaria, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washing- ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin; two to Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania The trimming is of mohair braid. The siirt ht above, ped ? wridget Bontng beion Urhe "haped m"?u:" a fastened W b? s fastened with tons behind, - Sheee by PERSONAL MENTION. R. L. Fulton of Rez is at the Palace. E. J. Valentine of Fresno is at the Lick. R. M. Green of Oroville is at the Grand. H. F. Hzall, a Kansas City merchant, is at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bartlett of Fall- brook, Cal., are at the Palace. R. E. Jacks, a banker of San Luis Obis- po, is registered at the Palace. Louis L. Janes, secretary of the Mount Tamalpais Railway, 1s registered at the Lick. Dr. John Snook and wife of Bakersfleld have taken apartments at the Grand for a few days. T. M. Schumacher, general freight agent of the Union Pacific in this city, left yes- terday for Los Angeles. Drury Melone, former State Secretary, |is In town and is registered at the Oecci- dental, with 'his son, Henry C. Melone. Maurice Untermeyer, a prominent at- torney of New York, accompanied by h's wife, arrived here yesterday. They are guests at the Palace. President Ripley, Vice Presidents Mor- ton and Barr and Land Agent Chambers, all of the Santa Fe, left yesterday after- noon for Southern California. They Pass.—Daughbter—But he Is so full of absurd ideals. Mcther—Never mind that, dear. Your father was just the same before I married him.—Brooklyn Life. THe Criminal Poor.—Parson Primrose— Don't you know, little boy, it's wrong to play baseball on Sunday? Freddy—Yes, sir: but our club ain't got the money & run golf links.—Puck. e “I can't imagine anything harder to do than to tell a girl that you love her. It takes courage.” ““Perhaps, but It takes more cou to tell her that you don’t love her after hav- ing once told her that you did.”"—Philadel- phia Press. UTTERANCE IN VARIETY A Wiss Prelate. When the Archbishon of Canterbury was asked the other day what wa$ tho chief danger of the new century, he re- plied, “I bave not the slightest idea.” A safe and. wise answer. His Grace does fot profess to be a prophet.—Providence Journal. Rapid “Benevolent Assimilation.” During Victoria’s long reign the English nation has acquired territory at the rats of two acres to every stroke of time’'s seconds’ pendulum. Of course it got all this domain by a poliey of “benevolen. as- similation,” but it winked the other eve.— Kansas City World. The Longest Reign. The statement being so generally mada at this time to the effect that the reign of Quean Victoria has been the longest in history is erronéous. The longest reign was that of Louis XIV of France, whx ascended the throne whed a boy and reigned for seventy-two years. Victoria's reign was nearly sixty-four years.—Kan- sas City World. Whipping Post in Indiana. We trust that the oill to provide a whi ing post, which will pe introduced in tha gislature, will receive very careful consideration. There is no doubt abqut a growing belief in the efficacy of Whippins as punishment for certain offenses. We have cited the testimony of judges and statistics to show that whipping judi- clously administered does reduce crimes of violence, and that it is particularly valu- able in the case of juvenile offenders.—In- dianapoils News. Refused to Be Hazed. It is said that the unhazed West Pointer who whipped five upper classmen in a single day and thirty quring his stay in the academy has been found. He is Major John H. Parker of the Thirty-ninth Infan- try. He went to the academy at West Point from Sedalia, Mo., and was a raw- boned sixfooter. When the upper class- men attempted to “exercise” him _they were always pald in their own coin. Park- er won honors in the Cuban campaig: and was in charge of the Gatling gun bat; tery that created such havoe wherever it was used.—Salt Lake Tribune. Trouble With Indians. It 1s not necessary to ask why the Creeks, in Indian Territory, have dug up the hatchet and taken to the warpath. Anybody who is familiar with the life all Indians are compelled to lead in associa- tion with white men can diagnose the trouble at first glance. If we white men treated the Indians with any decency whatever the so-called Indian problem would have been solved long ago. Until we change our brutal and wicked po toward them for a policy that has sc elements of humanity in its compositi such uprisings as the present one in dian Territory will continue to occur at periodic intervals.—Chicago Journal. Give Vanderbilt a Rest. Mr. Edgar Saltus finds serfous fault with Mr. Alfred Gwvnne Vanderbilt for attaching the title of “Esquire” to his name in his marriage notices, There are a good many milllons of less conspicuous bridegrooms doing the same thing every day, but they, of course, offer marks less shining than Mr. Vanderbilt. Moreover, if the possession of-a fortune of $0,000,0%) or so doesn’t make a voung man Esa. in large capitals, it is difficult to discover what does. So far young Mr. Vanderb..t has carried himself with modesty. Until he ceases to do so it might be well to give him a rest.—Chicago Journal. Two Royal Proclamations. Another European King, raised to the throne by the death of his parent, took the oath of accession a few months ago. It is interesting to compare the first of- ficial utterances of Victor Emmanuel IIT with those of Edward VII, for the com- parison sheds a certain illumination on the character of each and on the condi- tion of the countries over which they have assumed sway. Each of these mon- archs in his proclamation sounded what was_admittedly a sincere note of _filial grief, Victor referring to “this good and virtuous King,” Edward to “my beloved mother, the Queen.” The spirit of ths Italian, however, was that of a sovereign looking forward 'to his own reign and in- voking the great memories of his housa to win the loyalty of his subjects, while the spirit of the Englishman is rather | that of a sovereign who recognizes in the shadow of a personal loss a mandate to maintain the standards and traditions which death has intrusted to his guard- fanship.—New York Mail and Express. —_—ee———— Cholce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* ——————————— Townsend’s California glace fruits, 50c a und, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- nu. 'A nice present for Eastern friends. §39 Market street, Palace Hotel building.* —————— Special information supplied dally to ss houses and public men by the ;‘;ils:eclivmng Bureau (Allen's). 510 Mont- gomery st. 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