The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1901, Page 6

' THE SAN FRANCISCO Che *~Salaee €all. ......... veee...MARCH 29, 1901 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. T Attress Al Commenications to W. 5. LEAKE, . MANAGER'S OFFICE. . .Telephone Press 204 Market and Third, S. F. | Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telep! Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Weelk. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: PUBLICATION OFFICE Telep! DAILY CALL (ncluding Sun -85.00 (ineluding Sun . 3.00 (including Sunda . 150 By Eingle Mon! . e AY L, One Year. . 1.50 T CALL, One Year. 1.00 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. { | | | Sample copfes will be forwarded when requested. | | { | e scribers in ordering change of address should be | perticuler o give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in onder to ins vlience with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. ++.1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Foreign Adwertising. Marguetts Building, g Distance Telephone “‘Central 2019. e a prompt and ot Chieago. ] NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. CARLTON.... «+.Herald Square NEW YOR STATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH “ribuve Bullding NEW YORK NI S STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, #l Union Square; gy CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: : P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; i ; Auditorium Hotel, WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. W, MOETON E. CRANE, Correspondent. C BRANCH OFFICES—&27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open PR 300 Hayes. open until 9:30 o'clock. 613 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until don, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, open until 9 o'clock. 10% Valencia. open 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. cor- open until 9 o'clock. Spectalties. Ty afternoon and | 1 | in any way a useless risk of life. THE CAPTURE OF AGUINALDO. Y the capture cf Aguinafdo Genaral Finston B has added another to the many feats of daring and heroism that make up the record of his strenuous life. Moreover, he has given to the annals of the American army another story of individual prowess that #ill be lyng remembered as an incent'ive +o similar exgloits on the part of others. The taking of the ‘Filipino chief in his stronghold, surrounded by his guards, constitytes, in fact, a chapter in the romance of history hardly inferior to anything ever before accomplished. 1t is to be borne in mind that this feat was not periormed in a mere display of courage. It was not like the deeds of valor done by men in Eufopean armies in the eager desire to attain a cross, or a star, or other insignia of honor. There was nothing of vainglory in the motive that prompted it, nor was ?t On the contrary, it was a feat of arms undertaken for an important mili- tary purpose. Its accomplishment is of the highest strotegic value in the conduct of the war—far more valuable, indeed, to American arms than would be the taking of a Filipino fortress or the capture of a dozen towns. Aguinaldo has been the strength of the Filipino insurrection. He has been, according ‘o all reports, its head, its heart and its arm. His in- fluence only has held the insurgents together, inspired them with hope and encouraged them to continue their fruitless struggle against civilization. His cap- wure will result in such a demoralization of the in- surgents as will render ineffectual any further at- tempts at continued resistance, and go far toward bringing about an immediate restoration of peace nder American rule throughout the islands. . The man who has accomplished this splendid stroke of arms is a striking illustration of the saying of Dis- raeli, “Adventures are to the adventurous.” Tt is a common saying of our time that the age of romantic adventure is over; that no one can now find the opportunities for personal her®ism that were so fre- quent in the days when civilization was less firmly established and when security in life was largely de- pendent upon the brave heart, the quick eye and the ready hand. Funston has shown by the indisputable proof of things done that even in this age there is ample room for the exercise of heroic qualities by any man who has it in him to exert them. He has been an explorer in Alaska in the days before the rush of rultitudes for the gold fields made the Yukon Val- ley a well-trayeled road. He was a volunteer in Cuba's war for liberty before the United States as a nation took up her cause, and when at last the war with Spain was undertaken he had already demon- strated his fitness for command. From first to last he has been the popular hero of B T0 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. | the war in the Philippines. The people still remember L 1?‘.I€ story of the gallant dash by which he led the | Twentieth Kansas Volunteers across the Rio Grande | in the face of an intrenched enemy, and how he was wounded while leading the attack upon Santo Tomas. Call subscribers contemplating a change of resideace during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew mddresses by motifying The Call Business Office. 3 - = This paper will also be on sale at all summer | His capture of Aguinaldo, therefore, does not come resorts aud is représented by a loeal agent im |35 a surprise to any one. In fact, when it was an- B Spipe e S | nounced beforehand that he had planned the hazard- | ous adventure and had set forth upon it with the ap- | proval of General MacArthur there was a widespread e LAWS AND CORPORATIONS. NTT VY NTLY the New Jersey Senate passed a bill | corporation laws in that State stances which have given rise to ssion. At present the New Jersey | ent of twd-thirds in interest of kholders of a corporation before any radical e in its organization, any increase alteration of its certificate of amendment adopted by the Sen- t such changes may be made by two- e stockholders attending the meeting , even though they rhay rity of the capital stock. nt would in itself be a subject no suspicious cirgumstances at- is case it is made worse by a re- i belief that the change has been great steel trust of which the country | ever since its organization. | from the State where the pro- | > be made it is not possible to pass | the reported dictation of the stsel | ere there no such dictation the amend- | uld be New Jersey's corporation laws | been so favorable to the organizers of such | ause them to resort to that State for even when their business is to be car- | her States. It is therefore plain that if wded in that respect they should | ed in the direction of greater strictness rather sed ¥, and very naturally the pro- come the subject of distrust and | his connection it is worth roting that in Great J‘ here the evils resulting from corporation of doing business have been as great as s country, there has been recently put into coeration a law designed to place such bodies under | 2 stricter regulations thap have heretofore ob- | From a summary of the law givén in our exchanges it appears that the most important re- | cuirement of the new statute is absolute publicity of | all the actions of the directors. They are permitted | to do nothing in the dark, and any concealment of an import act has the effect of nullifying the corpbra- tien and putting the company under the law that gov- erns copartnerships. . Another provision requires that when articles of | incorporation specify that a director.must®be a share- holder the requirement must be fulfilled literally. Merely pro forma subscriptions. will not answer, and a corporation which accepts them vitiates its charter | and renders all of its members individually liable for | a1l debts incurred by the company without limitation, 1t is further provided that no corporation can begin business or perform any corporate act until the num- ber of shares prescribed in its articles of incorfion- | tion have been in good faith and fully subscribed for. Failure to comply with that requirement renders the promoters 2nd organizers of the corporation liable | to punishment for criminal offense. It will be seen that while New Jersey is arranging to give corporations 2 larger liberty of action than before the British have placed them under more strin- gent regulations. As the British law did not go into effect until three months ago it is too early to deter- riine what will be its practical results. It appears, however, to be 2 step in the right direction. Some of the ablest men in the United States Have suggested greater publicity as a remedy for the evils resulting from corporations in this country, and it will therc- fore be instructive to note the effects produced by that plan in Great Britain. b e —— The New Whatcom baker who, under the inspira- tion of the biblical injunction to have no heed of the co & we e to be those in t expectation that he would succeed. While the capture of Aguinaldo breaks the strength and the organization of the existing opposition to American rule in the Philippines, we must not assume that there will never be another insurrection. Whether or no there is to be a lasting as well as an immediate peace in the islands will depend much more upon the political than upon the military officials. A wisely directed and honestly administered govern- ment may render it impossible for any other Filipina to imitate Aguinaldo’s career. Bad government, Lowever, will cause future Aguinaldos to rise again and ‘again against us even as they rose from genera- ion to generation agzinst Spain. It therefore be- hooves our authorities to make the best use of the opportunity to establish a pgrmanent peace. Fun- ston has captured Aguinaldo; it is for others to profit by the victory. The old familiar sound of “front” to the bellboys i the Palace Hotel has ceased to have its charms. Since Manager Kirkpatrick has won gubernatorial favor the cry is “water front” or nothing. S ington addresscd to the editor of the Marion (Alabama) Standard a letter upon the subject of regro disfranchisement, which has been recently niade public. It announced a policy of action and a WORKING IN SILENCE. ENATOR MORGAN just before leaving Wash- | nmethod of conducting the campaign against the suf- frage of the black man that.merit the attention of the whole country. The Senator declares himself in favor of disfranchising the negro, but urges silence on the subject. He argues that the general scheme for suppressing the colored vote is being, rapidly carrizd cut and that an agitation of the question would be more likely to retard than to advance the movement. His own words are worth noting. After stating: “Since I saw you the whole country has made a great and rapid advance in the direction of negro di franchisement,” he goes on to say: “The apportion- ment bill and the counting of the electoral vote, with- out the question being raised as to the constitution- zlity of the Presidential election in Louisiana and Mississippi, is a distinct victory for white suffrage. Maryland has seen her opportunty and has hastened to profit by it. When things are coming our way there is no necessity for clamorous discussion until they.are settled, lest scme one might interrupt. So I think the least said is the best just now on the negro question. Those people will begin to draw off to the Philippines at an early date. They are already ‘going to Hawaii, and we shall soon find room for white people in the South. Then we shall be a free and kappy people. When the time arrives I will elaborate thiese views, but at present it is better not to discuss them. We should take a lesson from the Cubans and discuss the negro question with closed doors in our convention. The silent progress we are making is very encouraging.” ; ; The silent progress made toward the total suppres- sion of the negro vote in the South has indeed beea remarkable, and the silence has been as remarkable as the progress. Here and there it is true a voice of protest has been heard. Upon many occasions The Call has pointed out the extent to which the negro in several States has been deprived of his constitu- tional rights, and some of the more influential papers in the East have also spoken out; but the issue has never been taken up by the general public with any- thing like the earnestness it deserves. Congress has dene nothing,-and as Senator Morgan says the South- ern States have been encouraged to go forward with the scheme, until now even a border State like Mary- iand has felt free to follow “the Mississippi plan.” Such being the case Senator Morgan is astute if morrow, hes given all of his savings to a theological institution, may have tezson to regret some day what he did yesterday. i & - not wise in advising silence. He is quite right in as- serting: “When things are coming oir way there is no mecessity for clamorous .discussion.” He is 1 CALL, FRIDAY equally discreet in urging that in the Alabama con- vention the negro question be discussed with closed doors. The disfranchisement of the negro is, in fact, one of the movements of the time that dare not meet dchate and discussion. It must move forward with as miuch secrecy as can be maintained, and, as affairs are now managed in the South, a very remarkable degree of seciecy in politics is easily maintained by the Bour- bon bosses. : The demand for secrecy in such a movement is to some extent a compliment to the public sentiment of the country. It is a recognition of the fact that the people would never sanction the wrong, and that any ciscussion of it even by its friends and advocates would arouse opposition to it. There is nothing complimentary, however, in the suggestion that so great a wrong as is proposed can be perpetrated under the eyes of the people without discussion. It would be a blind nation indeed if so great a political move- ment could be carried crrin many States and extended over a long period of time without arousing the ob- jections of those who believe that the privileges con- ferred upon all citizens by the constitution should be secured by the Government for the blacks as well as for the whites. The subject was not taken up at the time of the passage of the apportionment bill at the late session of Congress because the exigencies of politics led the Republican leaders to deem it inexpedient to do so at that time. Sooner or later, however, this issue will be taken up and dealt with on its merits. Silence can- not be maintained all the time. In fact, this very let- ter in which Morgan advises silence may prove to be the cause of an immediate discussion of the subject throughout the Union A T THAT UTAH VETO. T pro-polygamy measure of the Utah Legislature is defeated. But there is-a singular concurrence in time between the veto and the remarkable decision of the Utah Supreme Court, to which we have already called attention. That decision has attracted no at- tention outside the State, except the analysis of it in this paper. If our readers will refer to that analysis and compare it with the bill which Governor Wells kiiled they will sece at once that the judicial decision is a better safeguard to polygamy than that of the proposed statute. The decision is that proof of a nran’s lawful marriage in one county of the St,av is insufficient to convict him of unlawful marriage in another county. That stands as the law of Utah. Under it a man may have a pliral wife in every county in the State and snap his fingers at prosecution. The decision appeared between the time of the passage of the Evans bill and its veto by the Governor, and to have let the bill become a law would have been a surplusage. £ HANKS to the caution of Governor Wells the interesting. It is a vindication of polygamy as of divine origin, and puts the Governor at one with his reople, for he proudly declares himself the product of 2 polygamous union. In that personal view of it ali thinking people sympathize with him. Only the fanatical and unreasonable would expect him to de- clare himself a bastard, nor does any one with a knowledge of law believe that he is. The local law and practice of Utah sanctioned the institution cf which he is the fruit, and’its issue, up to the time the law forbade it, was legitimate, even if slightly mixed. But Governor Wells not only avows his pride in his wixed lineage, but he nowhere in his message con- cedes the right of the law to forbid a similar lineage to others. It is hardly an nndertone in the veto that maintains the divine sanction of polygamy, while the proposed law is condemned only because its enac:- ment will cause an amendment to the Federal consti- tution, which he declares will bring prosecution and persecution down upon Utah with a heavy hand. Governor Wells is a very bright man. Few States have as bright men for Governor. But did he not see that the sole reason he gives for vetoing the bill is an admission that polygamy is still rife in his Statz? If no one is in polygamy how could an amendment to ‘the Federal constitution become the means of prose- cuating or persccuting anybody? If his people are innocent of this breach it would have been wise and brave in him to have said: “We welcome an anti- polygamy amendment to the constitution, and 1o prove that we are in good faith will vote to ratify it.” Such a declaration would disarm all criticism. We leave out of the discussion the moral objection to polygamy felt outside the Mormon church. - Much that has been said against it may be for effect, and therefore pretentious and hypocritical; but Utah desired admission into the Union and procured it by making a solemn covenant that polygamy or plural marriage “should be forever prohibited.” That means forever abandoned, prevented, abjured and done away with, x Did Utah mean it? Did she act in good faith? Those are the questions to be answered.” If she did she'would be wise if she would herself propose the anti-polygamy amendment to the constitution. Ths veto of the Evans bill would better never*have been written than give the reason it does for being written at all. Instead of being a pledge of good faith, as Governor Wells intended it should be taken, it is proof positive of bad faith, and, taken in connection with the Supreme Court decision, establishes the ab- solute certainty that polygamy is in full swing again in Utah, and that the only possible way to suppress. ic is to substitute for Utal's broken faith the power of the Federal Government to enforce pledges and punish those who break them. We call the Mormons to witness that for the recrudescence of this issue they alone are responsible. The rest of the country gladly received their great pledge, appreciating the sacrifice it cost. There was a good spirit of forgiveness and forgetfulness of the past abroad in the Union. If distrust have displaced trust, suspicion confidence, and contempt for the pledge-breaker sympathy and konor for the pledge-maker, the Mormons, not the Gentiles, are to blame. ——————— In his communication to our Government setting forth the reasons why Great Britain cannot accept the Nicaraguan treaty proposed by the Senate Lord Lansdowne says: “His Majesty’s Government throughout these negotiations gives evidence of its ezrnest desire to meet the views of the United States,” and we can all ‘be glad he was considerate enough to say it, for we would never hv\e known it otherwise.” Another scandal has arisen in connection with the financial administration of Cuban affairs under Amer- 1can direction. Perhaps if Uncle Sam were to erect a penitentiary for the exclusive dccommodation of his servants something more satisfactory than regrets would be the result. : S R S i - The student manager of the Stanford publication who has begn removed from his position for printing saloon advertisements will probably remember the story of the disaster which came to a young man who 'VuAne‘;H 129 mo: - PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SaN Francisco CALL. 3 e How the Genius of Young America Solved the Problem of Transportation and Railroad Convenience. By Alice Morse KFarle, “STAGECOACH AND TAVERN DAYS,” “OLD-TIME DRINKS AND DRINKERS,” BTC. COPYRIGHT, 1%01. VI-TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL. % The first quarter of the nineteenth cen- bt Stage Company ceased t6 exist. Ruin tury brought forth infinite improvement |fell on many connected b e in works of travel and transportation. | So8ches—owners, drivers, . sta’ ST The earliest excitement was in regard to | came so suddenly that few heeded the steam as a propelling power upqn water. | warning words, “Look out for the en- In 178 two men named Fitch and Rum- gine.” sey had each a plan for a steamboat. Doubtful as to Railroads. Fitch constructed a boat which made a After the successful opening assured successful trip in 1788; but in spite of his the prosperity of the Erie canal, a canal ingenuity and persistence he made small | V&5, Planned by the State of Massachu- Pprogress on account of lack of funds. In setts to extend from Boston to the Hud: 1504 Oliver Adams had a successful mud- son River; the cost was estimats scow, welghted by the clumsy name ,000,000. Of course, a lottery was su ested to raise this sum. Wfie the Leg- Orunkter Amphibolis, which he skillfully propelled by steam on water and, when slature was hesitating a stronger power fitted with wheels, om land. Colonel Frowite. R batlraad “party opposed 'the Stevens of Hoboken also bullt a sturdy steamboat with side, wheels, which went canal party and an engineer named Gridley Bryant, who had charge of the from New York to Philadelphia by oven sea, but which was not permitted to rua making of ‘Bunker Hill monument, bullt on the Hudson River on account of a to cai nite from Quincy to Boston 3 et eaway Tome Sos lopg, This monopoly given one Robert Fulton for that tract of water. granite rallway was operated for forty years. The inventor, Bryant, devised all Robert Fulton's success was greal. Steamboats, ferry boats, a ship-of-war, the appliances to .operate this rallway successfully, such as the switch, port- able derrick, turntable, movable truck for an eight-wheel car. These were pat- soon were built under his direction. At that time the ferry boats running from New York to various points were what were known as “horseboats.” They were AUTHOR OF cnted, but Bryant died in poverty. A commission of investigation as to railroads was finally appointed as- n sachusetts, but it met with intense con- servatism. As a typical example of pub- The text of Governor Wells’ veto message is highl_v4 propelled by wheels worked by a shaft In the center turned by four horses walking around the shaft. The fare in these was 4 cents to Brooklyn or Jersey City. The City of New York issued a fractional cur- rency note for 4 cents which bore on the reverse side a very good cut of an old “horseboat.”” The ferr‘r boats invented by Fulton were practically like the ferry bein, Fulton !crrybont: Built in 1827 lic opinfon and public ignorance may be | glven a sentence of When John Adams Legislatufe attended his Quincy and they thriftily_took" oceasion to examine the Quincy Railroad, then | Danfel Webster. died many of the fuperal at constructed. Dr. Phelps of the com- mission, an ardent enthusiast, was this party and of pourgd into 'Webster's | ustage ears all his hopes and beliefs, to which | Webster answered: “Well, it certainly is a subject for very grave consideration whether roads for gemeral travel cannot made as you propose.” This would appear to be the most unsatisfactory and least informed answer that could be given to any man ardent over a hobby; but poor, dear Dr. Phelps was accus- tomed to so much worse things that he Wrote letters saying he recelved from this answer *great encouragement and satisfaction.” Chancellor Livingstone’s Views. Meny of the great minds of the day Joined_in the hesitation of Daniel Web- ster. hen De Witt Clinton, in 1842, was urging the building of the Erie canal, Colonel Stevens of Hoboken outlined and urged a scheme for a raflroad as a sub- stitute. His brother-in-law, Chancellor Livingstone, who was an enthusiast on the subject of steamboats, thus wrote to him in regard to it: I have read of your ingenlous p: but T fear the roads would be liable to serious objections. They must be double to avoid the iger of two such heavy bodies meeting. The wall on which they are placed must be at last four feet below the surface to avoid frost and three feet above to avoid snow, and must be clasped with iron, and even then would hardly sustain 8o heavy a weight as your pro- pose moving at the rate of four miles an hour on wheels. As to wood, it would not last a week. They must be covered with fron and that, too, very thick and strons. means of stopping those heavy carrfages without great shock and of preventing them from run- ninz on and over each other would be very difficult. In case of accidental stops or neces- sary stcps to take wood and water accidents would happen. The carri condensing water would be very troublesome. On the other hand. the expense would be much greater boats now used. Fulton invented the en- tire ferry system as used to-day—ferry houses with pivoted bridges and double- ended boats. . River and Canal Transportation. On the great rivers vrimitive means of transportation lin, long. The flat- boats of the Alleg! y and Ohio rivers, the coal arks of the laware and Sus- quehanna, the rafts of the Ohio, Missour{ and Mississippl, each were wonderful links in internal commerce. The Upper Mississippl was a great theater of lum- ber rafting operations. Though canals had been projected, in Pennsyiv..nln and Virginia th suck backers as Franklin and Washington, the Middlesex canal, opened in Massachusetts n 1803, was the first successful one. Other short canals were built in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and soon the words. Erie canal’” were in every one’s mouth. Tha | completion of this canal was a time of great public rejoicing and celebration al: over the State of New York. Transporta- -tion at ence was very heavy upon it, and travel rapidly increased. e old saying, “A cent and a half a mile, a mile and a half an hour,” was not literally true. The best packet boats slipped through the water at the rate of four miles an hour; three horses on the tow path to | each boat. Some people were satisfied, but others were not, and they turned to the glorious stage coach. The Day of Stage Coaches. There had been ‘stage waggons’ chaises,” ‘‘stage chairs, "'stage charlots” and *coachees,’ soon there were “flying mail st. “flying * machinesy” but it was not unti affer 1800 that there were the stage Coaches Of siory jand romance. 5or Was It | Chan the canal, without being 8o conventent: stage coach in any vast amount. When ! The brilliant editor of the Boston Cour- steamboats from port to port shortened |ier, Joseph Buckingham, declared a rail- journeys every one wished to travel. A |road from Boston to Albany “impraetic: journey from New York to Boston was | ble by the simplest rules of arithmeti easy when you could go in 2 steamboat to i that it would cost as much as the mar- Newport or: Providence and then ride ia | ket value of all the land in Massachu- setts, and “‘every person of common sense knows would be as useless as a railroad fr,o)m %ll)lstlon to ;h;'moo“." B r. Phelps and his colleagues, however, made a report to the Legislatugg urging the building of a railroad from Boston to Albany: but while the Legislature shilly- shallied, the State not daring to build and stock ‘companies dawdling, other States were at work, and Massachusetts never regained the hold and start she then lost. The Ney. York Central had a road and a locomotive in 1831, and South Carolina had a_rallroad and Baltimore and Philadel- phia had charters and were at work on their roads. roposition, a well appointed coach to Boston. Turn- pikes were bullt everywhere from town to town and across country. e mnsnm- cent National road, oullt first from Cum- berland to Wheeling, and then extended, had four splerdid stage coach lines—the National, Ploneer, Good Intent and June Bug. The Eastern Stage Company in New England, a “trust™ fo; in 1813, had an extraordinary carcer of prosper- ity. Taverns sprung up everywhere, great stables were bullt, scores of coaches were bought and hundreds of horses. The great coaching days of bngltnd were given from to 1840: they were earlier in America, from 1810 to 1838, when the East- PERSONAL MENTION, Dr. W. A. Hendryx of Los Angeles is at the Palace. . 3 G. B. McCord of Hanford is a guest at A CHANCE TO SMILE. ';_“Iuloqh as Ie’t Edwin Msr‘kgxm .e;n'l &mo! 0se t R e . e he “Hi the Grand. P Case of Westward Hoe, eh?"—Post L. T. Reed, an ofl man of Reedly, is at | Dispatch. i the Grand. “ghe', - Fred Foster, an ofl man of Hanford, 1s .-?".‘:.:u‘::?;n‘?.m me you never saw at the Lick. her befors this minute." > Cllo Lioyd of Santa Barbara is at the |, [TrU but ¥ Just now heard her call dental. o Judge J. H. Sewell of Ukiah is a guest at the Grand. Samuel Leask, a merchant of Santa - “Did mx know that Mrs, Skinner has eumo; is not expec: . PAiNG: Bow did she take poug) 10 live?” £ Cruz, is at the California. ‘She her feet wet °°'n.¢ round try- W. F. Kennedy of Los Angeles regis- | I Hdd cn:.""R she e d buy a pair of tered at the Palace yesterday. L pest.”—Tit-bits. G. L. Tracy, a commission man and cap- italist of Helera, is a guest at the Occl- dental. C. H. W. Norton, a planter of Honolulu, returned from New York yesterday and is at the California. A A George W. Dickie, superintendent of the patch. Union Iron Works, is staying for a few days at the California. 4 "fl-th %, here's an item that says to ask Parlyment belleve I would fall dead come home early dlo:‘le The You will blager bribe " than that o Tedieanen & The Wite—T do if you were to eve ypSeeker—Where aid the Brst trust orig- S R IR L e is a cousin of the Rev. P’. C. Yorke. 2 of that? it el il CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. o 88eman—Quite positive; as far back a h’ll?t.ln m—lz:o.n' Courfer. Calitoiniana sre:n Hew Tork: Wroka Sed ';gu pa cordial to you, Harry?" g m,i'.wm-mm&fm d. ve called you till I'm tired. “Tha-sh all g R i e s g ANSWERS TO QUERIES. BORN IN IBELAND—A. B, City. A child born to Swedish paren is.Irish by reason of birthplace. CARNEGIE®A. W. A., City. The ad- ress of Andrew C: was pul "in this department March L. The shooting of ROBINS—A. F., City. s bited in BT S SR B e SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY-M. A. J., 2 can find a directory of the city gf“s-:}“:l‘l‘anto S7hd fres Public Libracy. OPENING LETTERS—Subscriber, City. No one has a right, without authority to do so, to open a letter addre: to an- other. AY IN DECEMBER-J. B. K Mfinunrvy. Cal. The 1Tth of December, 1849, fell on the third Thursday of that month. TEN AND FIVE—A. 8., €ity. A dime of 1538 does not command a premium from dealers, neither does a 5-cent mickel with- cut the word cents upon it. WOLCOTT OF COLORADO-L. P. 8, City. "E. O. Wolcott, who was elected United States Senator from Colorado, was born in Longmeadow, Mass., March 26, 1848. His home is in Denver, Colo. ONB OF THIRTY-FOUR—A. M. H. Sebastopol, Cal. A half-dollar of 1534 not one of the coins for which dealers of- fer a premium. The pricc they charge for such & coin is from 75 ‘o % cents. GRAMMAR—Y. N., Sacramento, Cal. If you desire to read up so that you may be able to ak and write grammatically you should read Shakespeare, study Ayers’ “Verbalist,” any first class Eng- lish grammar and the best books of the best authors. OLD COINS—Conductor, Oakland, Cal. Of the many rubbings of coins submitted, not one commands a premium from deal- ers. Your collection would be of value io some one who wished to start a, collection of United States coin: THAT CALENDAR—A. 9, City. This department dbes not advertise any busi- ness, therefore cannot give the address of the individual who seils the calendar asked about. Had vou sent a self-ad- dressed and stamped envelope the infor- mation would have peen sent by mail. RENTED FLAT-M. M., City. From the statement in your letter of inquiry it is apparent that you obtaimed a verbal lease from the landlord for the flat you rented from him. If you have proof of what you say he told you, he is bound by the terms of the verbal lease. MEXICAN WAR—Subscriber, City. As the question asked is not sufficiently clear to admit of an answer, you would better call at the United States Pension Office, corner of Bush and Sansome streets, San Francisco, and there you will be told ail the rights that the widow of a soldier of the Mexican war has. BEGGING LETTERS—Subseriber, City. Letters that are addressed by private in- dividuals to Andrew Carnegle, John D. Rockefeller and other rich men of the country, asking for financial assistance, are read by the private secretary and consigned to the waste basket. OIL STOCK—C., New York, N.Y. There is an organization in San Francisco called the California Petroleum l!nfli‘s' Association, of which L. P. Crane is the resident. It is Incorporafed under the {laws of California. Ii is a rule of this | department not to advise any one to in- Vest money in ar ulation. PATENT AND TRADEMARK-J. ., Camptonville, Cdl. A patent is issued for an invention, a trademark is issued for a symbol, figure, monogram or other device xed by a manufacturer to his goods as a_distinguishing mark to indicate their origin and genuineness. Applications for trademarks must be_made to the Patent Office, Washington, D. C. The fes for a label is $6 and for a mark $25. COMING EVENTS-M., City. The cor- rect quotation is: ““‘Coming events cast their shadows before.” It is from ** chiel's Warning,” by Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) © Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the dayi For dark and despairing my sight I may seal, | But man’cannot cover what God would reveal: "Tis the soul of my lifs gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast thelr shadows before. FLYING EAGLE CENT-J. C., City. It is the flying eagle cent of 1856 that com- mands a premium of from $1 50 to $2 50. | Those issued In 1857 with flying eagle do not col a premium. Dealers ¢ Cad a high price for those of 1856. Those that are composed of copper-nickel are offared at.from $4 to $6; those of pure copper a:t from 35 _to $7 50; those of pure nickel at The cent of 1357 is offered for 5 cents MARRIAGE—W. R. M., City. Persons whose homes are in Oakland can come to San Francisco and obtaln a license to marry if there is no legai objection. This department does not know of any method by which “a license can be obtained for a secret marriage.” All licenses are en- tered upon a register kept for that pur- pose, and as such is open to the pubilc n.nE newspaper may copy the record and publish the same. Any ordained minister, priest, Justice of the Suprems Cours udge of the Superior Court or Justice of the Peace is authorized to marry a couple if the license is in due form and if not in violation of some church law. HONORS WELL WON BY ALDEN ANDERSON ‘We believe that tha Hon. Alden Ander- son of Suisun returned from his legisia- tive duties at Sacramento to his Solan~ home a ::are popular man than when the session gan. True, his defeat f ¥ Speakership of the Assembly leen‘;:d"l‘: embitter him overmuéh for a while, bu: that, it later on devaloped, was causeq not so much by his failure to land the covet prize as by the treatment he was accorded by men in whom he had t his trust. But ail trace of ill-feeling s completely after the first two or thres weeks: and among the seventy- nine Assemblymen none were mors &enlu. accommodating and active In the scharge of his duties than was My Anderson. He is certainly deserving of the respect in which he is held, not only b‘hlt fellow legislators but by all those Wwho possess the pleasure of his acquaat- ance. Here's luck to “Anderson of So- lano,” the first name on the clerk's list.— Marysville Appeal. % —_———— Cholce candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotei * Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend' (54 Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press C Burcau (Allen's), - Bomery 2 Feiophons Saulrio, O Mont kst B i o In the last Presidential election MeKin- ley recelved 142.500 more votes than competitors collectivery. | S e e —— ADVERTISEMENTS. m' - FAT AND LEAN That is, babies: fat, they are happy and safe; lean, they are neither happy nor safe. Apart from being entirely healthy or not quite well, a fat one has much reserve of vital strength to resist any sudden attack, while the lean one has little or no reserve. ; The way to be fat and wel is Scott’s emulsion of cod-livex oil. A little: only .a little, Not any, if healthy and plum 3 “let well enougfi alone. . 2 ‘ SCOTT & BOWNE, o et soes;. Now York