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6 . THE NSAS LYNCHER. Che ZRRS @ull. | 1 e vz o o e = = > S Mrs. Nation is raising up quite an army of = = | imitators, not only in Kansas but in other TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1901 | States with a less gory pedigree, it is worth while to look into her method and the assumption by ber of the right to do as she pleases in the case of per- sons whom she tries and convicts of disobedience ta the law. Because the law of Kfnsas, based on the State con- stitution®forbids the zale of liquor for other than me- chanical, sacramental or medicinal use, and because liquor is sold in saloons for other uses, Mrs. Nation claims the right to destroy such liquor and the prop- erty wherein it is sold. This she does without process of law, due or otherwise, and in doing it imperils the JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Acdress All Communieations to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE. . -..Telcphone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE. ..Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevensom St. | Telephone Press 202, Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. | Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: v :“m;:‘\' oy '“,; | publi¢ peace and brings in jeopardy the lives and v by freiey 19 | property of those who have no relation to the LA g b 1% | disturbance. : ; SEKLY CALL, One Year 10| Her course has no recognition in law and is as All postmasters are authorized to receive | harmful to public order as the saloon evil which she { i i e T aas e Chiiiat | pretends to suppress. Her denunciation of the courts 2 i | for not enforcing the anti-liquor law is without merit. Mail subscribers ! g change of address should Ya | She has it in her power to put the courts to the test by filing with proper officers information and com- plaints against the saloons. When prosecutions are thereby lawfully originated the courts have jurisdic- tion and can close every saloon so proceeded against. But that is the quiet and orderly way of the law. To follow it introduces nothing spectacular, and brings NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | ar to give both i and correct compliance with their request. | vtiees.1118 Broadway OAKLAND OFFICE.. C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Massger Foreig Atvertising. Marguetts Building, Ohlcage, (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619."") THE SAN FRAN NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. €. CARLTON... «...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH.........30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astorie Hotel; A. Brentano, Murrey Eil Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: ouse; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Auditorium Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BR H OFFICES. 930 o'clock llister open until $:30 o'cl ANC Eddy streets—Specialties. —Vaudeville every afterncon and afterncon, Febru- “In all cases r city and town r by the law y city or town n ction and power 1 and compensation on, whose du- ary searching r health, welfare and matron to be at the ard or body.” introduced by Mr. nt of a matron con s where the offi n and for any city and ded for by law the 1 or prison in and for such by created.” Section 2 of the bill ve board or body of each in section 1 of this act is mpowered and directed to appoin: e compensation of a matron of the 3 1d for the city and town of whuch such board or body is the governing board or body, fy the conditions and fix the amount of bond to be approved by such Me- ice of jail or prison in 2 the board or bod: Of the two bills that which leaves the appointment optional with the local authorities is to be preferred. In the first place it is alw well to preserve local self-government as far as possible, and in the second place there are doubtless some towns in the State re female prisoners are almost unknown and where a matron is not a necessary official. That question aside, both bills are excellent. A woman under arrest as a suspect or condemned to imprisonment i entitled to the ministrations of an official of her own sex. Mr. McWade’s bill provides that the matron “shall have free access at all rea- sonable times to the immediate presence of all fe- male prisoners, including the right of personal visi- tation and conversation with them, and in all cases of searching the person of female prisoners the matron exclusively shall make such search; and the matron shall, by example, advice and admonition, employ her best abilities to secure and promote the health, welfare and reformation of all such prisone-s.” Every seli-respecting man and woman will recog- nize the importance of such an official in our jails ard prisons. It is, in fact, something of a disgrace that in any important jail of the State no such offi- cial exists. It is to bs hoped, therefore, the measure will be promptly enacted. w While Connecticut is trying to adopt the whipping- post method of deterring husbands from beating their wives Rhode Island is trying to amend her di- vorce laws so that wives cannot so easily slip out of the “control of their husbands; ' and thus does the pendulum of reform in New Englant swing back and forth and make no progress. The women of the town of Versilion, in South Dakota, have been spreading terror among the saloon- keepers in imitation of Mrs. Nation. The ladies might have spared themselves the effort to paint the town a fiery hue and let its name speak for itseli. The audacious cleverness with which Chinese have perjured themselves before the legislative investi- gators gives strength to the opinion of one of our police officials that the coolies are in many instances superior in craft to their white adversaries. : i 51 Union Square: | | no notoriety. The law works quietly, and its greatest | achievements make less noise than one mob. Mrs. | Nation’s method is exactly the same as that of a | mob. A mob is unlawiful, but it justifies itself by say- ing that the wretch it lynches has violated the law. That is Mrs. Nation's plea. She has no other. But supposg a Kansas murderer is at large and she meets and kills him. Is she guiltless? Has she a commission to replace the courts and juries of the country, and to indict, try, convict and punish all whom she conceives to be guilty of law- Her conduct in the presence of the courts of law before which she has been taken is that of de- fiant contempt for their dignity and their rights. Her example is far more demoralizing than that of fifty lawless saloons, for it tends to inculcate that spirit of mob violence of which there is already too much in the-country. Her pretense that there is no other way to enforce the anti-liquor law is obviously false. Why she chose it is exposed by her notoriety and money-seeking tour through Iowa to Chicago. When the money failed to appear and her paid lectures were delivered to empty ats she at once abandoned her tour and returned Kansas to lay up more notoriety in the hope to coin it into money. Were she even the fanatic she pretends to be, or the devoted philanthropist and reformer she wants to be thought, the number at her lectures and the re- ceipts would in no wise affect her, but she would go content even if only two or three were gathered together to listen and learn the way of truth and right. § is not of that stuff, however, but has specula- tion in her eyes and secks notoriety for gain. Itis fo be hoped that her misconduct before the court will get I term in jail for contempt that will make her see ced of respecting the law herself, as well as talk- so much about its violation by others. R The talk of an extra session of Congress has hurried up the talk about the choice of a Speaker for the next House of Representatives, but while several candi- | dates for the position have been named there seems no s reason why Henderson should not begin preparing NE of the good results of unlimited debate in listens afford other members an opportunity to thor- tion of the benefits thus derived is to be seen in the without much attention being paid to them have result of adopting them. Senator Morgan concerning the total amounts of the At first, replying indefinitely that the amount would “The general appropriations will, I think,” he sald, be mearer $800,000,000 than $700,000,000.” from $769,000,000 to §7%0,000,000. I think they will be fully Mr. Allison. swollen heretofére, is more swollen and turbid.” ‘And rapldly rising,” suggested Mr. Allison. shocked at the idea of the billion-dollar Congress, and Gallinger had introduced a resolution calling for the tion into special pension legislation. In closing his | my judgment the 3000 and more bills that will come | gress and probably trebled in the Congress that wiil | country to flood Congress with requests for pension | the easy way for them to get their pensions allowed dark. Representatives of all parties and of all States tie arid States and the upbuilding of the American of Buncombe Creek, cr the granting of ill-conside-ed & | P g | The United States is a vast country and its people { | There must be large expenditures for large measures, for an encore. THE RISING TIDE. O the Senate is that the hours occupied by some members in making speeches to which no one oughly digest the mass of legislation before them and to discover what the total amounts to. An illustra- present attitude of the Senate toward the various ap- propriation bills. ~Measures that passed the House been held up in the Senate long enough for the eco- nomists of that body to determine what would be the The Washington Post recently reported a discus- sion in the Senate brought about by an inquiry of appropriations of the session up to that time. The re- port says: be from $30,000,000 to $40,000,000 more than last year, Sen- ator Allison was pressed for a more specific answer. “reach $750.000,000 this year.” “I should say,” Interrupted Mr. Hale, “that they will Senator Allison agreed that when appropriations of | every character were considered the total would reach | as high as that,” commented Mr. Hale. “I have no doubt they will be $760,000,000,” repeated ‘““We have not found any place where we could cut off anything,” sald Mr. Hale. *“The tide, immensely “And still rising,” added Senator Spooner. ‘And stiil rising,” echoed Mr. Hale. “And rapidly rising,” repeated Mr. Hale. *“And,” he added, “the country knows nothing about it. We were before we know it-we will have a billion-dollar session.” A short time before that colloquy took place Senator appointment of a joint committee of both houges for the purpose of making careful inquiry and investiga-, | three minute speech on the resolution Senator Gal- linger said: “What I want to emphasize is that in to the Committee on Pensions of the Senate in the present Congress will be doubled in the next Con- succeed the next unless soniething is done to check the evil. There is a movement on foot all over the legislation, and the soldiers are being led to believe that it is not only a proper thing to do, but that it is and increased, A Congress has, in fact, been voting money in the have been equally blamable in the matter. For | great measures such as the promotion of irrigation in merchant marine it has been found impossible to get money; but for small matters, like the improvement . . Thus while there has been no very large appropriation car- ried in any one bill the aggregate runs up close on to the billion dollar mark for a single session. are rich. The affairs of such a nation cannot be car- ried on successfully by any cheese-paring policy. The people would not object to a billion dollar ses- 1sion if the money were wisely expended, but to -have that huge sum frittered away in Buncombe jobs is an irritation to every taxpayer. It is certainly time to eall a halt. e CATTLE-GROWERS' CONVENTION. ROM the convention of the Cattle-growers’ As- sociation, which is to meet at Denver March 3, much in the way of good not for the cattlemen only but for the whole people of the country is to be expected. The association was organized at Salt Lake City last Januagy because recent developments in the cattle industry prove the imperative need of it. From that industry the people draw one of their most im- portant food supplies, and it concerns the welfare of all to conserve it and promote it. In an address delivered at the meeting when the association was organized Colonel John P. Irish said: “I anticipate that as a result of this organization we will not read in statistics in the future of a decline in the number of head of cattle in this country; we will in the future see a rise in the cattle statistics; we will see an increase in the herd, and we will see above all an advance in the breeding of cattle. We will have not only more cattle, but we will have better cattle; we will have better beef, and we will have more and better people to eat the beef.” As an illustration of how necessary it is that some effective system of promoting and protecting the .in- dustry be adopted Mr. J. S. Van Doran of New Mex- ico said: “I am from a section of country where twenty years ago a distance of 50 miles by 100 miles sustained 50,000 head of cattle. To-day you can- not in that area count 80o. It has been devastated by improper handling of our grasses; the sheep have been allowed to go over it and eat it to the roots. If you remember the statistics in 1890, only a decade ago, we had 589 head of cattle to every 1000 inhabitants. The recent census gives but 375 head of cattle to every 1000 inhabitants. With our increased territories and with the increased demand for foreign export upon us what will be the result? It will be but a few years—yes, even within the life of men of my age and your age—that the poor man, the laborer and the artisan will not be able to have beef on his table. It will be a luxury.” It is to be noted, furthermore, that the organizers aim to make the association a thoroughly representa- tive pne. At the time of the organization Mr. A. C. Cleveland of Nevada said: “We want all the cattle- men; we don’t want this a close combination—we want all the cattlemen interested in the industry at the convention.” In accord with that sentiment the call for the con- vention states: “The present idea is for individual membership to form the basis of this association, which will give a small cattle-grower as much voice on the floor of the convention hall as a large owner, The only qualification for membership is to be a cattle grower and owner.” The call goes on to add: “This association is to protect and advance the inter- ests of all cattle-growers, large or small, equally, and we want all on the membership roll. It is especially desired that a large attendance be had at the coming convention at Denver, and any cattle-grower who can possibly come is urged to do so.” The cattle industries of California are large and should have amplé representation at the meeting. It is to be hoped therefore that many of the leading men engaged in the business will attend the convention and actively aid in making the association as useful as the promoters have designed it to be. armies of allied Christendom is invading China o "CHINAMEN IN LONDON. W\\'i!fi drums and gans and all the pomp and circumstance of glorious war the Chinese are quietly invading Europe in the humble guise of workingmen and without any parade at all. Already they have ap- peared in London-in sufficient numbers to create a good deal of discussion in the press. Quite a colony of them have been brought to that city to work in laundries, and fears are being expressed as to the out- come. The London Chronicle in reviewing the problem recently said: “A Chinese native can live so cheaply, by reason of the quality and quantity of food he re- quires, that he can afford to undersell the white worker, and without doubt he will do it. That is, after all, but human nature the world over. Since he is an excellent laundryman, punctual, and never loses articles intrusted to him, it is obvious that the Celes- tial will thrive. Every fresh batch of coolies which Nie English promoters of the Chinese laundry import will, on the expiration of contract, pass on into the market in the same manner, a process which logically must end in one way, unless, of course, there is some external intervention.” It is only in late years that the Chinese working classes have found their way to Europe, but, having found it, a great many of them may be expected to seek to profit by it. It has already been noted that thousands of Chinese have engaged as laborers on the Siberian railroad. It is inevitable that when that road is completed many of them will find it a means of entering European Russia, and thence to West- ern Europe will be an easy step for the workers. Thus Europe will be exposed to the Chinese invasion on both sides, and the yellow immigrants will pour in through the free ports of Great Britain by way cf the sea and through Russia by way of the Siberifn railway. ; It is worth noting in this connection that the China- men of London have already taught the courts of that city the Chinese disrespect for an oath. Thus the Westminster Gazette recently said: “The Chinese witness who was called at Marlborough-street Police Court yesterday took the oath by breaking a saucer, which seems to be the usual method for Celestials in courts in this country.- Yesterday's wit- ness was presumably more particular than a China- man who once appeared to give evidgnce at Bow street. He was politely consulted as to the method in which he would prefer to be sworn. ‘Oh,’ said he, with a fine eclecticism, ‘kill 'im cock, break 'im plate, smell ’im book, all samey! ” ¢ The Von Waldersee invasion with its cannons ani its military glories will make more noise than the silent advance of the Chinese invasion, but in the end the victory may be with' the silent marchers. The spoliation of China has been utterly unjust from any and every point of view, and if the spoliation be car- ried too far it may result in a famine in China that will force the people of that country to spread abroad over Asia and Europe, and then the white nations will have reason to regret that they ever disturbed the repose of the old kingdom. President McKinley should not call an extra session until he has made his trip to California, for by that time something may happen to make the session un- necessary. % There may be faults here and there in the work of this Legislature, but it is a great deal better than any we have had for many a year. It makes less % %, o ISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1901. IPAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FraNcisco CALL How England Governs Its Great Colony of| India and the Relgtions of the British and the Natives. (First of the series of “Colonial Governments of To-Day,” under the direc- tion of Professor John H. Finley of Princeton University.) BY EUGENE EDGCUMBE STALEY, AUTHOR OF “THE ARMS AND BADGES QF THE BRITISH COLONIES" / (COPYRIGHT, 1%0L) The British empire in India covers an ndence and deal directly with all area of about 1,000,000 square miles. The ffairs under l";“ remainder of continental India—700,000 IAee. Uit - square miles—is under native rulers, more or less in subordination to the Indian Government. The total popujation of all India is near- ly 800,000,000, of which enormous number about 70,000,000 belong to-the native states. Upward of elghty languages are spoken by the very many and very various races, tribes and castes, Someéwhere about 200,- 000,000 are Hindus and 60,000,000 Moham- inde; provincial and local ai sanction of the “Gove Coumel . native states are attached to each of the provinces or adminjstrations. Tnder the. direction of the provincial councils locai government is in operation n nearly 800 districts and municipalities. overnmen India. Caste, unfortunately, Enveml the educated classes from furnishing leaders and representatives of the people. A low- caste native can, however, more easily t of -India, acts 1882- | |EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY Nickname for the King. As was Inevitable, the King has already found a nickname. It Is “Edward the Ca- resser."—London Correspondent Pittsburg Dispatch. Why Edward Resigned an Office. It is Yormally announced that King Ed- ward VII has followed the precedent of no other Boston held—that the covereign can hol ost and discharge no other du ferald. Seeking Their Shares. E Since the passage of the army bill the White House has become the fave B lace of Congressional callers. L. Tuesday nineteen Senators and twent | nine Representatives put in their appear- | ance. There s no mystery about this | Ting of the patronage seekers—the | dent has 90 commissions to dis- e among officers in the volunteer e. But it s amusing to see mem- of Congress who opposed the arr mong the first to sue for some of the places that it creates.—North American. To Solve the Chinese Muddle. The Japanese, who ought to know, de- clare that the shifting, equivocation and delay that are being practiced by the Chia but that will be finally settled at the first convention. | HILE Count von Waldersee at the head of the | medans, while Christians number only about 3,000,000, The history of India before the era of British dominion bears marks of great antiquity and of conspicuous grandeur. The Portuguese, the Dutch and the French in turn tried their hands in the conquest and government of Indla, and each in turn failed. The Growth of British Authority. The original charter of the British East India Company was granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1616. Pitt's “India bill” of 1784 transferred the direction of the com- nese Government are devices to gain time, and that plots are being set afoot which will result in far greater bloodshed than has thus far taken p! We fancy that most people who hay n some atten- tion to the Chinese s have reached a similar_conclusion parley with the Ori vigorous and unr assurance of safety show the mailed hand tt there will be that the T career, for he has litical el e Yo Mohammedan ant merely to ome @ then Re 15 equal to all. The local govern- ment boards have the control of roads, watet supply, drains, sanitation, markets, etc. They may impose local taxes and make by-laws. Up to a certain and speci- fled sum they may expend moneys upon public works. These districts are further subdivided in ‘“talukas’—sub-districts, and “tahsils”—subdivisions. Throughout the empire those districts and municipal councils or committees—whose members | will not have to be begun all over ag are elected for one yenr—(l-;mullnl a ma- | Chicago Chronicle. ority of natives. In fact, all positions ex- | 4 JoTtY 56 Yery highest offices of state are "\-‘!"‘:‘:‘g ‘?i‘:lla‘:gfi?:fi"fll Otis. open to British and to native alike and | Minister Was letier deciing ce the only allies yoner tk ng g ' | B3RANAEREEEA N - o g oy oy CUEREHET T s — — i SR -\ ——————— | eral Otis was an extremely in | liverance for a gentleman of h wit and discernment. He could w good reason, and for the same cline to dine with the Presic | United States. Nay, more; if | are so. strong on the subject of the e sion of Chinese from American te he might well have declined his commi: sfon as the representative of his countr: at this capital. -When he came and pre | sented his credentials and entered upon the duties of his office he was familiar with the controlling/ American sentim toward his countryfen, hence his pre ence with us—which to the American peo | ple has been both pleasant and profitable —is to pe construed as an acceptance by him of the situation.—Washington Star. A “Two Billion” Congress. Most of us can recollect when talk of a dollar Congress was something artling to American ecars. Now it is | freely afirmed that even in one session this = year the appropriation bills will | mount to the nmeighboriood of $760,000,000 | to $7%0,000,000. 1f we add to_this the $710.- | 000,000 appropriated at the fir ssion of the Congress soon to expire { glddy total of $1,490.000,000. and ma | talk of “a billion and a half Congre will not be long before the people begi | realize what a big standing army means. | Our military bu | vear will call ! | are spending nt iget alone for the coming r nearly $400,000,000. twice as much this v European power. Of course. Am “becoming a ‘‘first-class power. those who care to boast particularly over | our growing military supremacy must not | begrudge paying the fiddler. Imperialistie | antics are costly.—Boston Globe. PERSONAL MENTION. S. F. Griffith, an attorney of Fresno, Is at the Lick. Dr. A. H. Sweeney of Fresno is a guest at the Palace. James F. Peck, an attorney of Mageed, is at the Lick. T. P. Magee of Woodland Is registered at the California. C. E. Lilly, a Santa Cruz attorney, is AURUNGZEB’S MOSQUE, BENARES. at the California. Harry Postlethwaite, a rancher of San Jose, is at the Lick. || T. B. Bona, Superior Judge of Lake- | | port. is at the Grand. - B. Barham, a capitalist of Los An- is at the Palace. . W. Luce, a fruit shipper of Los An- | geles, is at the Palace. John Sparks, a cattleman of Reno, is stopping at the Palace. W. H. McKenzie, an oil man of Fresno, is registered at the Lick. Emery W. Elliott, a mining man of Vir- * —— pany to a board of control, whose presi- dent represented Indian affairs in the House of Commons. The charter was re- newed from time to time and each re- newal was marked by further deveiop- ments of territorial authority. The out- come of a succession of wars involved the direct annexation or the indirect sub- ordination of native states under the form of protectorates. In 158, after the ter- rible mutiny, the policy embodied in Pitt’s “India_bill" was carried out to its conclusion. The board of control was superseded bi’ the Secretary of State and ihe Council for India, and all the politi- cal rights of the company were trans- ferred to the crown. Finally, in 1877, at Delhi—the old imperial city—the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland was proclaimed “Empress of India”—"Kaisar-i-Hind. Thus all India became the inalienable heritage of the British monarchy. How India Is Governed. The Secretary of State for India is the representative of her Majesty's Govern- ment. He has absolute control of all for- eign policy affecting India. He also con- trols the expenditure of the Indian reve- nues and in all matters he can impose his orders upon the Indian Government. All the higher government appointments re- quire his approval. He is assisted by a council, consisting of ten members, nine of whom must have served in Indla for the ten years im- mediately preceding their appointment. They hold office for ten years and must not be members of either house of the British Parliament. Subject to the con- trol of the Secretary of State, the su- reme executlve authority in India is “‘the %overnor General in_Council’—in which name all acts of the Government of India run. He is appointed directly by the sov- ereign and holds office for five years. The Governor General, or “Viceroy” as he is commonly called, has the power of veto in all matters, whether executive or legis- lative. He unites in his person the at- tributes of a constitutional monarch and the powers of a ime Minister. The Governor General is_assisted by the Executive Council of five members, with the addition of the comunander in chief of the forces in India. The Governors of provinces are ex officio members of the council whenever it meets within their several administrations. All these high ofticials must be of British nationality. The council is really a sort of cabinet of the Viceroy. The matters principally dealt with are: (1) Affairs connected with forelgn policy; (2) direct administration; (3) authorization of business to be trans- acted by the legislative council. The legislative council consists of ten to twenty members—ofiicial and non-official.. Briash and natives are alike eligible. Its tuhcflon; s t}aye tl‘:le A of laws and regulations, supreme direc- tion of revenue and expenditures and leg- jslation in general. Its acts are published in_the Gazette. of India. The “Central Bureau,” so called, is the . Government of the Provinces. British Indla is divided into thirte administrations: — without _distinction of any Kind. All Deputy Magistrates and Assistant Col- lectors are natives. The unit of administration throughout British India is the district, at the head of which i{s an executive officer who is styled collector magistrate or deputy commissioner. Upon the ability and en- | ergy of this officlal depends ultimately the efficiency of British rule in India. His functions are twofold: (1) To collect rev- enue; (2) to act as Judge in civil and criminal suits, both of first instance and appeal. e collector magistrate is a sort -of home secretary in miniature. His aim is to set forth the benefits of paternal and conciliatory government. Under his immediate orders are education, dispen- saries, police, jails, sanitation, local tax- ation, etc. Every phase of the complex racial and religious life of the native comes before him and disputes of every kind are submitted to his decision. He is, in short (or long), lawyer, accountant, surveyor, engineer, agriculturist, political economist and compiler of state papers. The work, moreover. of his subordinates, whether British or native, depends upon the stimulus of his personal emaxple. Relations of British and Natives. There are in India 630 native states— great and small. They are governed b; their own princes and chiefs with the ad- vice and help of British residents, repre- senting the supreme Government of India. Some of these rulers administer the in- ternal affairs of their respective states with almost complete independence. Thelr authority, however, is limited by their individual treaties and engagements. The suzerain power does not allow them to go to war with one another nor to form al- liances with forelgn powers, and it inter- venes in cases of bad government or op- pri , exercising a general control in the direction of peace and contentment. These feudatory rulers possess revenues and armies. The gross income of the princes of India'is £15,000,000 (375,000,000), the sum of their tribute is £600,000 ($3,000,- o0 Per annum, and they maintain in ail 80, native troops in addition to those thfi.rur{flah for, beme imperial service. relations between British and - I tives are perfectl: " there is no amicable, so long as religious ob-'e‘}’:.'n'cii“fii :{: g: hative were_operated In San Francisco. s Wwomen. All are equal before the law. A |the Clay-street line which was ltlnxo}i Ra- native native can earn exactly the sam gust 24 3 Britiah workmen, Dotes . B | sontoy; (2. by Andrew Hallidie, the in- ginia City, is at the California. W. E. Leadbetter, a grain merchant of Portland, Or., is at the Palace. W. R. Wheal, an oil man of Bakers- field, is a guest at the Grand. H. C. Mitchell, a rancher of Newcastle, Cal., is registered at the Grand. J. W. Harney, an attorney of Marys- ville, Is registered at the Grand. P. C. Sargent, a big land owner of Mon- terey, Is a guest at the Océidental. L. J. Rose Jr, a well-known horse breeder of Oxnard, Is at the Palace C. E. Bretherton, the English barrister who represents the English stockholders in the Central Pacific Rallroad, returned to the city yesterday and registered at the Palace. ————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—F. Clinton, at the St. Nicholas; H. Doyle and wife, Miss Doyle, at the Im- perial; H. Franklin, H. W. Goodall and wife, at the Holland; J. B. Greenbock, C. J. Hills, at the Imperial; G. Martin and wife, at the Astor; Miss Herlberg, at the Holland; P. L. Pettigrew, at the Ven- dome. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. DOUBLE PEDRO—C. J. R., Napa, Cal. Tn a game of double pedro the count on the last play is high, low, jack and pedro. Wtoever has the cards in that order goes ou PEOPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANK— D. B., Coulterville, Cal. Up to the 1ith of August, 199, the People’s Home Savings Bank in liquidation had pald dividends amounting to 37 per cent. * FIRST CABLE CARS Constant Read- er, City. The first cable passenger cars rulouilfe dlfl(l property are allke safe. el A Busopeans Shre . But| ELECTRIC TOWER-H. R. D, San greater for work than the na- | J0%¢ Cal It is clalmed that the Eiffel tives and are ‘able to do more work in a | tower In Paris, ll;:ance. is the highest in the world, t the h 11 b used at the Pan-American Exposition that 18 to open in Buffalo, N. Y., next May is next highest. CANDLE GREASE—J. F., Oakland, Cal. ‘To remove spots of spermaceti or candle grease from woolens, serape off as much of the grease with a knife as possible, then lay a e of soft white blotting paper upon spot, or spots, press the paper with a w. By s arm iron. t- s the ward m:c repea eti will be drawn out. cloth where the spot was, or spots were, with very soft brown- ish paper. ———— Cholce candtes, Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® Special information supplied daily to houses and public men the - business e RPN o hone Main 10tk There is ever a battle and Time, 8oing on between B Y e h _Parliament a) iR ance: And Gomemiaedan, I ce a lomestic eco 3 laws of caste and race. There is -'?: t, and in sense mean,si: Mi l-Eiy or mm-ammmrm— London. Engiand. : (Note—Next —_— . It s estimated that ‘heat i the Dastiog D Hatrier G,