The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1901, Page 6

THE SAN FEANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1901. WRECK OF THE RIO. | leses of the conntry, but in our opposition fo the old, THE - ‘ — Che 2ol Call. | s mni s meen % PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS. ......... ._FEBRUARY 23, 1907 | me-ilb:wo-:hmvtm‘m Y o ot Y Tk s i PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR. -.-“sm:‘:;gm- weorth § peats, as o premium is ofered 2ad by horror to 2ttempt to proncunce condemnation | S or the wreck. It will be the duty of the proper offi- | 7 3 - YORK STATE ELECTIONT Cials in due time 2nd by the well ordered processes of ATIGUED by the hl(&ntmn of a war which - E 4 H B Oy Mckiniey's plurality to e careful investigation 10 determine whether any one js | | 10€3 expected to end within six months, British | Publi¢ Land of the United States and HoOW |stteef Xew Tork in 6 was 2.5 20 be blamed or whether the calzmity may be rightly :"“"'! bzve begun to seek something in the the Miner and Farmer Must Pro- . ssed among those accidents which occur despite the | »oF Oi fecreation by t y from the war jteelf o 1 cfioets of lummn yigilance sad Sher- and speculating upon what measares to adopt o make ceed in Order to Get It. Once more the gladness of 2 grez: holi su{eoftbcfimd?myflythwidmhsbem been saddened by 2 fezrful ca | gained. They have now become aware of the fact that i such 2 Joss of fife 25 to cloud with gloom the | (0 Overrun the Trausvaal was one thing, but tb con- e community. The circumstances under which | T the Boers is quite another. They are dezfing not ster occurred make it the more appaliing. The ““f”m“’-‘m“fl"mk. ln‘,ltkyuem g00d <hip had/made in safety her bngrv_rageac!ms‘d';‘_“g_b"'hmmfmmwmkm 2l e = the ocean. She had reached the port of her desting- SUoJection after the guerrilla bands have been ‘m'r:; mw 0?; = . imi of !"’"”'_fl‘f 'l?‘“:'l’:‘:: =2 oid they ithin the harbor. Her passengers had | Proken up. & | mene. It ranks first in seniorityein the | obtained thercafter at private cash iy FL Ul the zlad dssurance that they were at In the contemplation of that question they are faced | Interior Department. To it is confided the | 97 T =2 B0 267C %0 M“‘:’:g{;:gn-m b g & S o A 5 & P e survey and disposition. as well as the | . r, T 50 ! fores: er P when they 2rose in P vby the fact that in Somh Africa the whole European o ories. d see around them the still maters i Teicphone Press Z01. s Among fhe Best commentaries on the re are those of Ger- Dowdes and Ulrsel THE LORD MAYOR—8 E £ Forest EDITORIAL ROOMS. ... .217 to 221 Stevemsom st Telep! e Press 202, Detivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. 3 Single Coples. 5 Cemts. Meil. Including Postage: ing Scndsy). oDe FeET - rr Suntey). § momths By,Bins'er Hermann. COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE < - (COPYRIGHT, 191) e e red berries t ane me of ea v critwey iz orfeming nge of £ve tote NEW AND OLD coreect compliance <2..1118 Broadwsay - . care and supervision, of the vacant Publ- | Sixth Coal tands cap be purchased for | e ) ¢ population is about 900,000, and that fully 450,000 of | lic domain 1In the discharge of these dn‘; ] PR popttiosns ol e fl.;," ‘miles from ! CRIBBAGE-A Submcriver, 1 tc xauve & prompr and co readyito | gj;m are Bofl—g whil: hardly more than 500,000 2re | U7 there are empioyed in office and 5¢ld |2 completed raflrcad, and 3% an seve Cal OAKLAND OFFICE. welcome - = . 1Bmtish It is noted, moreover, that the Boers control duri: be year roximately 3990 per- | when at a less distance. Dot excecding 199 o R : ‘s:ns!.uazlu these :r?tmd l'rc’- the u—*flm being sold 1o a & persen. o7 i C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Sea znd sky seemed propitions to their brightest ! almost the whole of the rural parts of the country, o Whiese, Fuzege Tormgn Atverteng Namuettn Briting Chiage — pos 2 | acres to 2n assoctat : treme north under the arctic 3 10 {be | howsver, an association were Do storms zlong the goast The [ °°2 Cape Colosty, and % S fightecs and ShE e Mo t‘:d'lrgdsclkmm‘::"fl&lfi | Sorking wnd umprovin = cont mive toere | ey - ms ! | g pe = { the cean: i e = e siet, and everything betokened the dawn- | B0re ‘skilled in arms tian the British who 1 Soun it is expecicd (hat legisiation will | 2% Be enteTed o acres o conl 200, 00 & Extend its administration 1o our DAtion’s | T = o vt last deal theress 6.7 (Loeg Distznce Telegbone “Cestral 2%63.7) BAKEEY AND CONFECTIONERY-& NEW YORK CORREEPONDENT: 1 day, such 2s can be found at fhis | cities. Finally, the statistics for some years past < 4 | and the latter == a “praference right. € C CARLTON.......... oeese. . Herald Square i I wom hemisphere exceps | 1he Boers stand the climate better than the British {fmiand possersions in the distant seat. | "goventh Soidiers’ additicnal bomestead | Scbastopol, Cat The following publics- XE¥ YORE REPEEBSENTATIVE: in G i o ;1.;;51 ;:;m ower m; [ 2nd their natural increase is greater. management of this entire la et :.,’;,;,':’[3’ &?T;;{:qh; "‘",.‘:“,f‘; ':u?:r]t !;h;:.mn‘ -..-:; are ms 5o STEPEEN B. SMITH. Tribune Butiting © t sefth . <. ; 8 : T L - 3 | wr ah The sabeon s soals of g B B s B ters, and the good ship lost her way, went wrong in Such being the comparative strength of the riv {;’G‘gf,’,‘,,",“.,,""m‘f ,‘.“m“,‘% | less than M acres o o m&k e ?fl e XEW YORE XEWS ETANDS: Waltertf-smora Hotel: A Brestano, § Usion Sguare: Moy B Eotel CEICAGO NEWS STANDS: Etermas House: P O. News Co: Grest Northerz Hotel co: Eouse: Astitorices Hotel WASHINGTON D. C.) OFFICE....1408 G St X. W. MOERTOS E. CRANE. Correspondent. AMTUEEMFEXTS {Taces in the disputed country, a complete pacification | ing an increase over the previous year of | 1674, 10 take such an 3ad » - i S . n *y 3 jand as stall complete the maximum {i= going to be 2 very difficult problem to solve. Evi- e R e O P 155 | acres allcwabls in the original ertry. The | dently the Boers will remain implacably hostile. A acres. an increase of 4Z141 acres over | same priviiegs js extended 1o his WSO | 1GUBLE PEDRO-—O. 2nd F.. Oty Is z 4 the previous year. This right is now assignable and as such o { pérmanent garrison sirong enongh to hold the vast = posular as “soldiers’ add a game of double pedro, T points If S0 Extent of th: Public Domain. s and B have ome to and C and D & al bomestead scri oo | region in subjection would entail 2 heavy cost i ’;s xmuenurr‘asked ‘fifl! gue: E:m:.\n | Eighth—A forest reserve lieu land rbltu three to go, the last _;ad £ the empi - ermore, could e cely | to the nation of its unsol main. | is 4 om act of Congress ! igh. Jow, game and the ¢ < g ual, Seetl ; | mever effectively | 10 0 T o leara 1hat Its area I8 | Junt § 107, which allows bolders of iands | drox. then A and B make jack. A and do its work. Several plans for meeting and overcom- | approximately 167181662 acres, and of |in forest reserves to relinguish the same naving made suficient 10 ing the difficulty have been suggested, but o ihis 15476782 acres are reseryed for 1he and to select egual The = high gloom, and disaster came. sorrow of this calamity there is some conso- ise that science will spon enable men disasters in the future and to mer with saiety through suck 1n the thickest m he Golden Gate even ARaxtes—*Tocle Josh Eprucety.” Crherm—Vauteile Grant Opers-bouse— “CyTano Se Bergetz cazgr— "What Eappened 1o Jones cmbis— Zaza” Mdeley, Pebroery 5 Wizard of the Nile " cx - win cut . rious purposes, such as for Indian and | guantities of non-mineral and smiveved game and ped 5 has attained much attention. It was recently s o Pien T e 33.‘;’3’2&17‘?"‘&% hiic ‘domain ip Beu of the lands So re- coe 1o g0 out. 2nt maing i 3 % g & r o n 3 while C 2 in the count | with considerable elaboration by the London Satur- |undisposed of and subject fo appropria” e rivate entries of publiic lanls 8 | two. high and Jow. before their opp: day Review, and consists of 2 proposition 10 ;‘33;“;;““30313?,;?&‘;3,*%05‘ under S5- came with their ;:;x which was the the number of British in South Africa by state-aid of our recent cessions. ., ! fing. 2 % A 2 N e The landed area of the United States | e E immigration until the loyal population far exceeds |after ihe tresty with Great Britain as- cooen “f"mf‘.’"”“‘“p-'h’(g:d"'d-‘:’ THE FRENCH CHURCE-A L. E i s Eregated 730 acres, sinee which | Tecdvable for non-minersl . wards, Cal. L'Abbe Domimigue it and | that of the Boers. e we have acquired 180S0 acres. | Guoffered or subject to private f0o T3- | was the founder of the French chur ped with In advocating the plan the Review estimates the |DBaking 2 grand total of “:15%? acTes. | bausted, but few entries 2ow M.‘m Notre Dlmr;‘::-:m mrv:r—'.!;’ ;: .,‘m E of the trans. | Wer will cost Great Britain upward of $300,000,00. 7y 5 Efi;’s:y'tigff‘gg mfi:mflup(n S | e ,!“_; 1 Abbe Blatve then 'A:»L! their ap- | 204 argues the empire can better afford to expend | watian, Philippive and Porto c gent "_" ""‘t‘yflm b g Gy ¢ the rocks, and thus | 2 Similar sum in promoting emigration to South Ai- :;edfi‘m%’“:;“m hmfifi?hgngfflflt??’ | Frapeisen. Oz the Wb of Avfl'l'”‘f' e rica than to run the risks of another war. By the ex- | ¥, 1882, there -bave been entered b, 3t was dofi- < % e S i 1 the intervening thirt { conree | Penditure of so large 3 sum in improving the country ffi!‘f;:ye':;?efi;m = ;’naiza%;e:; ormance of © g be b of and i in; - " Lo their . | would embrace an area equal 10 that i K wo. In 350 th - and inducing settlers 10 go out and make their homes | Ty fhree"Siates the size of Delaware | attach, and among these there sbould R L x’f’,”.,:"":" ere it is of course quite likely there would be in 2 | or four and a helf States such s Ohio. | mentioned the homestead act. This per » and Span P comparatively short time 2 British population in ex- | Desert Arid Lands mits 360 acres, or less, of cess of the Boers, and in that way there would be es- | g iayn€ thus ;‘:"3’ cutlined the public | ich yusliacd porsoas &% shall g 4 . e wouid 25~ | domain and its management..it i In OT- | 217 cujtivate and Bmprove the iand for a 7O O A tablished 2 loyal force sufficiently strong to counter- dgr A8 e ‘hbe gmh;{“‘" "f continuous period of five years, but dis- (oeded Tass T T SR _ t x the ead: are | 1 T C act the hostile element. In other words, it is 2 pro- | comparative classifcation of ihe i | A . i = T | streecn. Iands, which has never, 2s 2 who t buman wes dedicated THE CATTLE-GROWERS. Nt = at co poszl to establish in 1he Transvaal a garrison of set- | nmeiny d% ot be | - Gesers RN . : & i 1y Gétermined, bat which must be | Tocome The bomateitiy of GERMAN MEASLESSF. T y. Be- ( on ¢ thic tlers instead of 2 garrison of troops. approximately ascertained by refersnce 1o | ““'bew;r‘“‘be is dependent beola. or the Germas mesales. is an acute . . = . 3 | geologic surveys throughout large sec-| specific. exanthematous, comtagions Ais- - n 3 ane g The scheme implies state-aided emigration on a | tions of cur country and from land offi O - o~ 2nd pilots and i L T o Do cxplark ineapacitated 10 SUP- case of childrer. character the - 10 profit by the sczle never before known to history. It would far u{ p,,;,t,’mm ;,mfiu?;my o2 1 - - jargement of .,‘b. sup 42 1 . 3 - other portions of public . e jands. especially those « S v the fate of the | ¢xceed all the Russians have done to promote the | SUer POTHoORs OF P2 B G o The figures residence does | EOOVR E O ome and by & on.land oy | Settlement of Siberia. It has, however, the defect that | “mentioned, representivg 2 g ring Srst upon the face & South Africa s not a country attractive to farmers A : ad cl are — o= e and it is doubtiul if it will ever be fit for much more » can | desquamation. z . 2 {Lf this area there is found to exist e . tien is from eleven to twelv than 2 grazing country. There is another objection | 17,906 acres of desert o!furfid lands, which | settiement 15 made s generally known 4 that had there been full care |30 the fact that Canada and Agstralia are eager to ob- e o s | within s {hres months o !flam!b!mfl E S ctas H rmous body of land township plat of survey in U 2ve been 2voided. The moral of 120 immigrants from Great Britain, and they would | S29T0CR 200%, 00 (570, o< containing | office. An abandonment of the : ot be pleased the mother ik of giasses. To be siil | six monthe will justify & contest e is to impress more and mors nA“ DICENS 10 J0c v MO ety o h’.' :m;‘t’:‘;‘::d_s:] T Doy hicn determined that | view o the cancellation of the en _ | full strength to turn immigrants away from their * §6.0w 000 acres g;fl-h:mwd =4 bbnrrmen and " xxn.]er mtyle allowed & - ] P P stish, ; BTeciaimabis " 10 do wif’ e gres: | in cases of depression or fafiure | shores 1o Africa. Finally, it is doubtiul if the British | Ssclaimatie, Whit '3 22, MR L9500 | E 25 th ity to avoid [AXparer conld be brought to faver the plan. To a |the problem, and at no time Eas the bas; the CADACIY, AT by PPy : N . | question confronted Congress and the na- | {large mazjority of the people of the United Kingdom | tion as it does to-Gay. the Transvazl is not worth the money already ex- by‘\-l“mlm“. Aajects are P”"W”df"h’”-im-flrtd dz as mensles $7 beat of the Skin, inrreased rap - pulse, loss of appetite and thiret The mocous membrane i= af- Ll A 5 | > r tion Is to L« a means of recla- when entry is made and papulae, % iy | pended, and accordingly they are not likgly to vote 53“‘&’“ l‘zzd Nt uss&r,l‘l‘ ':,’, fi:u?:‘:; | proof is made on 169 acres of tiply eu";ce into m-;i’é'c pa g: 6 FeEe) vocated, irriga id | commissions ™ % $500,000,000 more to retain it e i st o by et | o S B s from the State to corporations, which are parading o e R hall he land and make reclama- ¢ unhappy znd con- WEYLER IN THE SADDLE. | fion. & Ereater mumber seem to prefer y warring officers the establichment? l —— | that ownership and control sgzu fmm in P OO B S £ { F:ROM all reports concerning affairs in Spain it 1;‘,‘:,,"’,5; . df,:“,dl“g, E T o Ry { appears that General Weyler has completely | Bpder existing laws or under further pro k e ‘s me omt"— HEPBURN SLOPS OVER. lived down the discredit of his fiasco in Cuba | are masy who would be content for 1hs | 2 i . " ! | 2nd has become the most powerful man in the king- gmmumonmm L";W,n“,dfic;‘:f ;"n,u, .':;' rmm { - % !dom. It was to him the Government intrusted the | 53¢k supply furmish water to the owners | g, gy i Pt B ed attaided the rank of a national | N 3 - { of agid lands contiguous to the ", L i hee e ki duty of keeping order in Madrid at the recent wed- b:'? 10 %cnfl meavkon wo s B irol vhom ountry has a;di . . . 2 lore ) resting ve Z | ding of the Princess of the Asturias to Prince Charles | peen nica oW ascer- passionate and sagacious counsel on -4 < les obtained, from w! it is n comes before Congress. It is there- | I 2 s = | has upon the crown and upon the Ministry. In fact, ted apd made most valuable for + he bas permitted his dislike |} o oome 16 Have becomt “a power behind the th-on= e & E T A Lo . w_ hurry h_un e greater than the throne itseli” ] - = ow more of excitement than | g, (uifr 2 revival of prestige on the part of a dis- 1‘ : e 4 : ‘acres Orcgon an Ring- | | credited Jeader is one of the notable events of current | jon. 3,000 acres each; and Arizona and | | history. When Spain found herseli involved in war | Nevada, 20000 each. Tnis would creats senti i i Z b i 7500 fertile farms of forty acres g sentiment of the country is against | ;. the United States the Ministry sought to shift the | ach., Should this Tuch-wished-for suc- The people bave read with indignation the - cess ned the: would still remain | blame upon the commander who had mismanaged ai- | 7;‘?‘ S for future age and for in- | e given by the cadets themselyes of the treat- | o S "C by He was pointed out as the mimd; Tentive genius 10 coniend with If it sbail inflicted by the upper class men upon the new | ever be possible io mzke any advance : 2 comers to the academy. There is therefore 2 strong ;e,gof‘:? l;:;:p:dash;h,‘ :,fb:,::d:,]::?: & d,:‘:f:; k0 !oru: ?:;’m Lands. s of miles of territory popular support for the measurcs now proposed by | 1 giec and in the Philippines, and left her almost with- | A0 T PoTton ot and forens: aod lezving it dry and barren | Congress for putting an end to hazing, not only at | any vestige of her once great colonial empire. Tt Ty : 2ggressors in trying to West Point, but at the naval academy at Annapolis. | ;. sherefore evident that with all his iamsp:veykr i est reserves, becsuse, having de- and Mr. Hepburn has the public sympathy on his side | ;. 5o¢ Jacking in courage, ‘nor in a certain skill in | Rrv:’d he range on the plains, they must resort to | in urging the adoption of the measures. He cannot | profiting by opportunity. At any rate he has the ¢ where, 2 Californiz’s experience hope, however, to have any widespread approval of éaged to master the .;@;n and to adopt a n::- ! proves, 1] = 2 the speech he made on the subject when the bill was | L 1:ih has brought him power and leadershi; 5 There is no use rziling at this. It under consideration on Thursday. The Spanish people are broadly divided in::.a three necessary and unavoidable effect of run In his zealous desire to make 2 strong impression parties—the upholders of the present titutional the open range in 2 dry country. Parts of Europe upon the House Mr. Hepbumn, after describing the monarchy, the supporters of the old Car;::’party ‘::. > hazing 2t West Point and at Annapolis as “the cow- favors ra‘mon toward absolutism, and, final) lh; ¢ goats. These znimals are destroyers ing and browbeating of the younger class,” consist- element that desires the mbfiflm;,m of a "by ey aze kep': outside of inclosures. Auc- | ing lasgely of “brutal prize-fights,” went on 0 | Ty, disturbances in Madrid and elsewhere x d:fg ralia ?:‘c 4 Sifteen years ago, and by leasing | say: “Why is the Navy Department 8000 men short to the fact that Prince Charles is 2 member of 2 Car- ber public grazing lands compelled their preservation. | of its complement? Why have there béen 4000 d=- | jiey family. The young King of Spain is in weak BURN of Iowz is one of the members of the { r in @ ined t ailable water ¥ can of Bourbon, and that fact in itself proves the hold he | fained that an avaabie Wk e Sy e brezk up the forest Boston of the vein at the surface. A }m%wt-tflmnflmhb!" B R . = 3 g . v less than this s the cheep-owner was compelled to pay for whai ' sertions from the army? It is because the men are . ““Shotld 5 ocs customs -"yh-ha m-., by the |~ Servant Girl—Y: : s cheep ate he tock pzins mot to overgraze. The? American citizens compelled to serve under mea ;fin]:” who hh;erxmt?;ommmfi-\flg p:asac';flthe i h:“’“ Stect ““,:;‘" - ".'-n‘r- doubts about K‘:'-_ Stawe DY resuit is thet under the leasing system Australia sus- | schooled in tyranny snd oppression. * * * . Men Badirhd Tatisis wodld AT T e i o se el B :’F“‘ -;"E—-;“twnm-‘l e tzins 112000000 sheep, with 2n anmual wool clip | inured he custorh cf hazing fit axd : o kewe £ boy e i mm '""’mgi‘n‘:’fl"" -_—"“L- ety ; e PR, Sevan S P | inured fo ¢ o, are unfit to commani | ¢ kingdom. Against such a possibility the people not contrary to the United Bfates laws or -3 5 T ‘i‘zcuo»w.. a:‘d_u:l;'h:hh;’:d fim the troops or the sailors of the United States, and our | cought to guard by protesting against the marrige kfinmm:::m.um Choice candies;Townsend's, Palwce Hotel * e he revenue derive: Ips ma- i v i v] - S 1 % Ty - L s e :::bn'n] ses helps m: 7boy; will m{l.kr\e':dermrured in the unwhole- | The Ministry seems to have been too weak to grapple ;:d‘:tfi;:%r o 2 Possession Cal glace fruft Sic per B at Townsen®a s G gl o s hm" s beneiflones - damndble atmosphere of “ty- | yith the situation, and Weyler came forward as the | b Bt S0 oo e o n Toear | $100 shall Aiso, r=aulréa that not less than Sy :-. we bring Zbont 2 similar state of ‘axr:;m:, ra;::vy.' all of that is just so much ranting. Haziy " of fhie cout “d’ha::: Ihe Roge £h b i b 5 ,'“" e t:: m o e o similar o . 5 i : & Hazisg | Oge of the curious AR to posits except those of guartz or other and z of: be made in the Denver convention. | is bad, but the American officer, neither in the navy lw«,u b b il d ity me :th B O lth of o e b e P in Diace. and no individual ciaim Cattle, when propesly hesdéd o i i i i with having anti- | ion and scrip location, without ‘the re. 5 iwenty acres, while 160 acres : propesiy m.nznngem which | nor in the army, is 2 schooled tyrant. Doubtless thete | monarchial sympathies, and it is said he has had a | Guirement o settlement. All public lands ;?n_m.__wrtmm_h‘"-“h their owner 2n snterest sufficient to induce its | are overbearing men in the service, and ft-is also large Liberal support P idenily bis | 2 Mll‘m wfl" ander private e ’M-.- et preservziion, zre not destroyers’ When ‘Aot over- | probable that such men give rise to 2 good deal of c}nn:t; is judged ismS:”in‘kom E. 5, .h“' 1o the uemhh 0F B8 Sl S The -“ii:»‘:"“l md—s‘.‘ rangesimprove rather than degenerate. | irritation among the men in the ranks, but such of- auite different from that taken i fl:‘ul o, w.:mmfiwhw with some ":-a'nbu.m ex: | is adopted the cattle-growers | fenses are the result of 2 naturally bad disposition 2nd | J¢ is about the last Spanish hn:lm Sesex try for three "‘".'_““',““" '-'“’"fi lams as'a whaic m"-.l w Bt per protection 2s land-owners 2nd tax- cannot be rightly zttributed to the training received | 2 > st s S Wpcs Mz‘ : % e u‘. — g ] | at the academies. £ 5 ; uitural 1a of the hai:b- —— the beef supply will incredse and keep | Haring and fist-Sghting have been piacticed among. mage :z:-&"nc""r: e e . Spon will not the demand. It is not pleasant | the youths of the Anglo-Saxon race from im:- ng until it disappears from many memorial time. They are suryivals of barbarism and The comsumer has as much | ought to be suppressed. but there is nothing to be - g m the economizing of produc- | gained by exaggerating their evil effects. The officers ion. and no economy is possible except that which is | of the American army and navy are not 2s‘a rule to come t % the control and conservation of the | given to the practice of any kind of tyranny in the range. - ; | command of their men. It is to be doubted if thers. California Bas 2 great and direct interest in the | has ever been in the history of the world an army subject. We should be shipping California packed where better relations exist between the men and the @né preserved meats 1o feed our army in the Philip- | officers than our own. “In.fact. duting the Civil War pines. But we zre not. Australia is selling her meat | it was frequently noted that the officers selected from to cur Government. 16 be paid for by American tax- | civil life were more swaggering in command and- payers who by iciting the open range be destroyed ars | more despotic in anthority than those trained 2t West - This State should have z large representation at ‘We zli wish hazing abolished, not only at the na- Denver. 3 ‘“mncduwu ; il A : =2 i ik : E‘,