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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDA APRIL 8, 1901 Che 25k Call. ...APRIL 8, 1901 MONDAY.......er.- JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address Al O—Ilhfim/;; W.S. LEAEE, Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE. .Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFIG.E. Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS. ....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DATLY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 mont! DAILY CALL (including.Sunday), 3 months. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. BUNDAY CALL, One Year WEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to receive subscrir‘ions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. ’ 4 00 5 .50 00 - Mefl subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelir request. OAKLAND OFFICE..............1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. 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Central—""Ingomar."” Tivcli—“The ldol's Eye.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. i essec’s Pardner.” r Mason and Bddy streets—Specialties. Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and Olympia, co Chutes evening. er s—Vaudeville. sran Park—Races. AUCTION SALES. at 11 o'clock, uesday, April 9, a Market street Umbsen—Thursday, April 15, at 12 o'clock, Busi- ness Property, at 14 Montgomery street e ity S gy S T e 70 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING ’ILO}HI FOR THE SUMMER. Cai: svbscribers contemplating a change of residesce during the summer months can have (heir puper forwarded by mail to their mew addresses by motifying The Call Business Oflice. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a local agent in towns on the coast. INDICATIONS OF ANOTHER BOOM. RADE seemed 1o expand to the dimensions of a Tboum last week. Just what caused the sudden expansion is not clearly manifest. But along the whole line of commerce, from the speculative field in Wall street to the remorest rural parts of the countr: tle quickened impulse was noticeable. Rains over a Jaige portion of the country disturbed the retail trade somewhat, but this temporary halt was completeiy overshadowed by the encrmous gain in business where the weather had less effect. The excitement in Wall street was intense. There was such a rush to buy and sell that on one day it was almost impossible to keep track of the momentary quotations on the Stock Exchange. The presence of th. public in the market was more pronounced than for years. Everybody seemed bent upon buying or selling, it made little difference which. It was an out- break of speculative fever. Some stocks went up and others down, but the general tendency was upw: During the early part of the week offerings of shares were extremely heavy, but the public took them all and bid for more. Toward the close, however, ths efflux was so enormous that even the fevered demand was satisfied, and the market yielded. The principal factors of strength were increased railroad earnings, an easy money market, the continued activity in iron and steel and the infection communicated to the spec- ulative public by rumors of all sorts of gigantic trusts and combinations meditated by the vast money powers of the country. . *The merchandise staples as a rule were much stronger. The wool market was apparently working zround into better condition, with more buying and steadier quotations reported, though the improvement was not pronounced. Cotton, too, emerged from its obscurity and scored a slight reaction, though statis- tics are still against the market. Boston reported steadily increasing shipments of boots and .shoes, though the recent declines in hides and leather tend *o zfford the small manufacturers an opportunity to cut * prices if they choose. Provisions continued in light supply and good demand at all points, with advances reported kere and there. The outlook for iron and steel continued brilliant. ¥ Most works are still behind with their orders and Western wholesalers are com- plaining of the tardy deliveries of farming implements. The country’s bank clearings showed a gain for ghe week of 31.3 per cent over the same week in lgo Milwaukee and Omaha being the only important cities to show a loss. The failures for the wéek were 188 against 182 for the same week last year. The failures for the first quarter of the year were more numerous than during the corresponding quarter cf 1900, but the liabilities were $21,532,000 smaller—quite a difference. The end of the present prosperity is evidently not yet in sight. 3 On this coast there is little new to report, A heavy frost in the middle of the week did more or less dam- age to fruit here and there, but this is a regular annual occurrence. Light rains have freshened the growing crops and softened the surface of the ground, which Lad been hardened by 2 week or two of north winds, so the crop outlook is again flattering. The down- town merchants report continued. activity in almost a1 lines of trade, with collections up to the average ard money in abundant supply at easy rates. There is an upward tendency in a number of lines, notably provisions, hogs, hops, wine, wool, prunes, salt, grain bags and barley. The only important lines showing dullness and weakness are hides and dried fruits. It is said the Park Commissioners of London have tegun breeding butterflies as park ornaments, but we would rather have an aquarium. | reached—that this duty i THE TAX-SHIRKERS BEATEN. Y the decision of the Supreme Court on Satur- B day, to the effect that Wells, Fargo & Co. and other express corporations must pay the war revenue tax imposed upon express shipments, a not- able victory has beea obtained for the people over the tax-shirkers. Every point of the contention of The Call against the greed, the partiality and the ille- gality of the tax-shirkingscorporations has been sus- tained. Wells, Fargo & Co. have been violating the law from the start—have in fact been virtually ex- torting money from the public. So says the Supreme Court. 4 It is to be regretted that the slow machinery of the courts has so long delayed the decision; that the ex- press company has with almost complete impunity been permitted to violate the law and profit by illegal exzction for more than two years, It is, however, a consolation to, know that at last the law has becn vindicated and the fact made known that the statutes cf the country cannot be set aside or be treated with contempt by corporations. It is to be noted that the decision of the court is based upon a principle that affects more than the war tax. It is a decision that express companies cannot exact from the public, or from a portion of the public, anything more than their regular charges.: Referring te the particular case before it, the court said: “Here it is true that the exaction is small, amounting to only one cent, but, if the principle is good, it would apply equally well if the amount were large. Being an arbi- t:ary demand of the company, that is to say, a demand wkich it could waive at pleasure, it would mean, if " the principle contended by an appellant be upheld, that onme shipper might receive the services of thz Fexpress company upon payment of the regular charge, while others for the same service would be compelled to pay varying sums, arbitrarily exacted, in addition to the regular charge. So stated, and we think the state- ment a fair one, it will not need discussion to show that the principle is errcncous, and that this may not be done. Each and every shipper is entitled to the services of the company upon the payment of the reg- ular charge for the same service.” ¢ That declaration of the law is one of which the pub- lic should take due note, for it is hardly likely that it is in the matter of war taxes only that Wells, Fargo & Co. have made arbizrary exactions upon some ship- pers and not upon others. All such exactions are'ille- gal, and if the parties imposed upon resent and resist the wrong, the courts will grant a remedy. Concerning the war tax itself the decision of the court upholds the view taken by The Call that it was the plain intention of Congress that express com- panies and not the public should pay the tax. Upon that feature of the'question the court said: = “If a decision upon this point had been necessary, we enter- tain no doubt that but onc conclusion could have beea primarily upon the carfier. ilie language of the act seems to foreclose any con- troversy upon the matter.” Thus the victory is with the people upon every point at issue, and the thanks of the public are there- fore due to the men who had the courage to resist the exactions of the sompany and make the fight for the vindication of the law. Should a similar contro- versy arise in the future, it is to.be hoped it can be breught to a prompter decision. The people have not forgotten how quickly the courts brought to a de- cision the unconstitutiorality of the income tax im- posed by the Wilson act; and they have been curious te know why the validity of all other acts affecting the people as a whole could not be decided with an equal promptness. It would seem that law questions arising from acts of national taxation might be given' the right of way in all courts so that the practice of tax shirking could be stopped at once. King ‘Edward may not induce Parliament to let Lim be formally crowned under the title “Emperor,” fator of giving him a much larger money allowance than was given to Victoria, it appears he will have feathers. A BUFFALO IN TROUBLE. W that a citizen of Chicago has got into trouble because of a movement which is said to have are as a rule so helpful and sweetening to human life that any exception to the rule, even if it be only an or less painful. We present the case of the Chicago man, therefore, in order that something may be done Californian movement, so that hereafter it will not hurt any one whom it may strike, even if he be a The Chicago man got into trouble by obtaining $100 from another citizen of that town by a means and an offense to good fellowship. The offending party offered to initiate- the other into the “Order of aspirant for membership did not have the exact sum with him, so he gave up $100 and waited for the when he was told: “The Buffaloes give no change. You are now buffaloed and authorized to initiate to recover his money, and there is trouble for the jolly Buffalo. be authority on the subject in Chicago, is quoted as giving tliis explanation of the order: “The prime but as he has obtained from the Ministry a report in the substance of imperialism even if he fail to get the, E regret to'learn from our Eastern exchanges had its origin in this city. San Francisco influences aberration caused by individual temperament, is more to infuse a more temperate spirit into this particular tenderskin as well as a tenderfoot. which that other citizen regards as a violation of law Buffaloes” upon the payment of a fee of 11 cents. The change. Imagine his Chicago expression of pain others.” The victim has gone into the courts suing A certain Colonel Sol Bloom, who is reported to principle of the ‘Buffaloes’ is never to return anything given to a member, and all members use their left | hands for everything. For instance, when a member joins a party of friends, and the crowd adjourns to a bar to get liquid refreshments, the one who holds his glass in his right hand has to settle for the drinks. Should a man give me his watch I cannot give it back to him, but he may buy it from me by buying refresh- ments for the crowd. In San Francisco, where the joke started, it was customary to tell a friend you would initiate him and tell him all the points of the order for 11 cents. But in that part of the country pennies are seldom seen, and it is a hundred-to-one shot he will hand you anything from $5 to $20, ex- pecting to get his change, but he doesn’t get it. He re- ceives the pleasure of being with the crowd that help spend his money. When it is spent he is a full-fledged ‘Buffalo.” ” From the Milwaukée News we learn that the San Francisco order is having a great vogue in the East. It says: “This merry form of hold-up has made Buffaloes out of nine-tenths of the United States Sen- ate, almost all of the lower house, and worked success- fully on no less than seven Governors, one of whom, Dietrich of Nebraska, paid $20 to learn the cardinal principle regarding change. No less a personage than Vice President Roosevelt fell a victim of the wiles of a member desirous of getting square, and the strenuous-lived Teddy was bunkoed to the extent cf $5 on the day of hi§ inauguration by a Chicago poli- tician, who had been previously ‘buffaloed.” Andrew Carnegie was caught in it to the extent of a silver dol- lar, and John D. Rockefelle- separated himself from a quarter to learn the mystic secret of the order.” In all of that there is so much of general satisfaction that the Chicago mishap must be regarded as truiy deplorable, and it is to be hoped the case can b2 settled out of court. In our sympathy with the Chi- cago victim, however, we must not overlook the fact that he is himself much to blame for the bad habit >f carrying $100 bills around with him'for pocket chang=. A man who is guilty of that practice ought to be taught a lesson, and perhaps on the whole the prize he had to pay for it was not too large. B GARDENS AND PLAYGROUNDS. ITH the return of spring the thoughts of the Wpeople of the Eastern States have seriously turned to the question-of providing school gar- dens in the country and playgrounds for boys and girls of cities and of large towns. We have done much in this city and in the State generally toward provid- ing such grounds and gardens, and therefore it will be of interest to note the progress that is making in the East. The inspiration of any movement on the Atlantic Coast comes largely irom Europe. It is frosm France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark that our Eastern States are learning the benefits of school gardens. It is reported that in those countries every rural or vil- | lage school has its plot of garden ground cultivated under an educational programme of study and of | work. Other countries in Europe are following the example of those named, and not only Germany and Austria have been active in the movement, but also Russia. So strongly has the subject been taken up in the East that in several State Legislatures during the past | winter bills were introduced providing for the estab- lizhment of such gardens as a part of public school education. It has been argued by the more zealous supporters of the movement that even in large cities similar courses of instruction and recreation might be given, since the improved facilities for rapid trang sit now make it possible for such gardens to be estab- Iished in the suburbs and yet be within easy reach o the pupils of city schools. / A somewhat similar movement is that for providing playgrounds in the city. That movement appears to ing done in the way of improving the conditions of | the poor and giving young men and boys an oppor- games and sports rather than in loitering about the streets at night and engaging in hoodlum ourages. grounds are sanguine that by means of them more can be done to rid London of toughs and young hood- the country. . If the two movements attain anything of success | carnest workers who have been striving to provide school gardens and playgrounds in California. There than here, nor is there anywhere they can be expected to yield greater benefits. - California may not attain neither should she be a laggard.in either. WORK AT GIBRALTAR. I which Great Britain has guarded and dominated the entrance to the Mediterranean, has been re- has, in fact, become synonymous with defensive strength, and to say that a thing is as strong as Gib- be impregnable. It will, therefore, come as a surprise to many to learn that recent improvements in military means a secure defense, and the British Government is at present expending large sums of money and A discussion now going on concerning the merit of the plans upon which the new fortifications are publication in the London Chronicle of a report made by Sir Andrew Clarke in 1884 when he was cations. The report says: “Spanish guns mounted in extemporized and well concealed batteries near practically render Gibraltar useless to us as a coaling station. * * * The only course left to us in the power would be to land men and destroy the guns. This would involve operations on a considerable scale, so long as it was necessary to maintain the inviola- bility of Gibraltar Bay. Considering the nature of the clsgwhere, such operations would be extremely se- rious. The pamphlet—'Las llaves de Estrecho’—pub- Spaniards are fully *alive to the new power which long range guns have conferred upon them, and if vocates it will be solely on account of economical considerations.” & works have been undertaken. In fact, it is now con- ceded that Gibraltar itself is not a strong fortress for effort be made to exchange it for Ceuta or to arrange to get possession of Tangiers. Neither of these sug- best to make the big rock as strong and as useful for naval purposes as an ordinary harbor would be. As have had its origin in London, where so much is be- tunity to find an outlet for their energies in healthful In fact some of the more ardent advocates of play- lums than by all the reform schools and prisons of in the East there will be much encouragement for the is no land on earth where such things are more needed to leadership in either of the two movements, but OR many a year the Rock of Gibraltar, from garded as the world’s strongest fortress. The name raltar has been virtually the same as asserting it to | weapons ;have rendered the famous fortress by no carrying on extensive works to strengthen it. being made has had the effect of bringing about the holding the position of Inspector General of Fortifi- Algeciras, or still more effectively near Campo, would” event of Spanish hostility during a war with another since it would eatail the holding of Spanish territory country, and that our hands might be sufficiently full lished in 1882 by General Dominguez, shows that the they fail to adopt the measures which the writer ad- * It is to guard against such possibilities that the new defense in modern war. Sir Andrew suggested that an gestions is feasible, ‘o Great Britain is doing her a natural fortress Gibraltar is a back number. At a recent discussion of medical men on alcohol- ism, Dr. Dana of Bellevue Hospital, New York, stated: “It is seldom the human organism can out- live more than three thcusand intoxications”; it would therefore seem worth while for the habitues of the cocktail route to keep tally. 1 —_— Phillips, the young gambler in grain, whose opera- tions at Chicago have dumfounded speculators, said the other day that the market needed a shake-up. He should have a care that in the upheaval he does not come in for a shake-down which will be beneficial to him and to the publ It is reported that the labor leaders of Chicago ara considering the advisability of having the members of labor unions wear a uniform to distinguish them’ from outsiders, and if the schemedbe carried out we shall soon begin to look like a nation of uniform citizenhip. e L TR There is a report among the British troops in South Africa that Dewet’s real name is Vanderdecken, and that he is none other than the old “Flying Dutchman” ‘himself. : PAPERS ON CURRENT TOPICS.[%or> PREPARED BY EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. Eighth Article of the Series on “The Oppor- tunity and the Man”—The Story of a Montana Miner. By Leon Shaw. COPYRIGHT, 1901 Twelve years ago there arrived in the great copper mining ca of Butte a young man with but sufficfént funds to meet his ordinary living expenses for a period of three months. His name was Fritz Augustus Heinze. . Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1871, he took a course of study in geology and engi- neering at an institution in that city, and then, at the age of 18, started for Mon- tana. He soon found employment in Butte with the Boston and Montana Cop- per Mining Company as a civil en- gineer at a modest salary. He was thus given an early opportunity to test his theories "regarding veins, apexes and hanging walls, and, incidentally, to study the entanglements of ownership due to | old, loose locations and the wide differ- ence in the sizes of the varlous claims, some of which were acquired by the'r owners under the laws of 1862, while others were relocations, and yet others were acquired under the present’law. To his mind there were great mines yet unappropriated. He felt also that he could effect large savings in both mining and metallurgy over the systems in vogue. | So impressed was he with these opinions that at the end of a year he went to New | York to organize a company. A year was consumed in this task, during a portioa of which he served on the editorial staff of the Engineering and Mining Journal of that city. Some of His Successes. - In 1891 he returned to Montana and be gan the erection of a smelter. He al.¢ leased a mine and pushed its development rapidly, accumulating a large quantity of ore for treatment. Then the owner of the mine concluded that he was entitled to better terms for his property than the contract allowed him, and so institutcd suit for an accounting and an annulment of the lease, obtaining an_injunction which shut down the mine. This appar- ently meant ruin to Heinze, for in a few weeks his smelter would be without ore and his business would be at a standstill. It seemed probable that his opponent would soon get possession not only of the mine but of the smelter, too. However, Heinze, undismayed, secured the right to work the Glengerry mine, a property that had been in the hands of various perso:rs and had been abandoned by each as worthless. Heinze went at this new en- terprise with vigor, and within thirty days was digging out some of the fines: ore in Butte, and in such quantities that he had to enlarge his smelting works. Then he turned on his enemy in the courts and routed him, again securing possession of the other mine. Within a few more months he was able to purchase the Rarus mine for $400,000, a property which_he had long desired to own, it being an extension of the great Anaconda lode. He developed the Rarus on a large scale, and it was soon one of the leading pro- ducers of Butte. He has recently refusel an offer of $10,000,000 for it. In 1896, learning of the rich strikes of copper in the vicinity of Rossland, B. C., Heinze wént thither and secured charters and land granis and built a railroad and a smelter. Rossland grew rapidly and the Canadian Pacific decided to build a branch line to the town, but Heinze's rallroad oc- cupled the only available mountain pass to the new camp from the north. This railroad connected the leading mines of the district with his smelter. The Cana- dian Pacific, discovering that he had the situation so well in hand, purchased both the railroad and the smelter, and Heinze left Rossland with a clear profit of $1,000,- (1)00 3nd 500,000 acres of timber and mineral and. He Resists a Dangerous Attack. ‘While Heinze was in Canada two pow- erful mining companies had attacked him in flank and rear, laying claim to the Rarus mine and instituting proceedings in court to recover $720, ‘worth of _ore which Heinze bad taken from it. Thus originated one of the greatest mining cases known to the history of the West. Its trial consumed three months in the United States Court at Helena and result- ed in a sweeping victory for Heinze. Then Heinze assumed the aggressive FRITZ AUGUSTUS HEINZE. i and attacked the company which was his chief antagonist and which had been transferred to New York. Heinze assert- ed that the transfer was illegal and asked the court to appoint a receiver for the company on the ground that a corporation whose property was situated in Montana under the statutes of that State could not be operated from New York. A receiver was appointed, and thus the $100,000,000 worth of property belonging to the com- pany was taken out of the hands of its owners. The Supreme Court of the State affirmed the action of the lower court, and thus it became necessary to reincor- porate the company in Montana. Heinze went even further. He contended that the 60,000,000 pounds of copper which the New York company had . sold at 12 _cents a pound should be restored to the Montana company. This meant a liability of about $3,000,000, at the ruling price of copper, for the directors of the New York company. Heinze's contentiony were sustained by the court, but the matter has been ap- pealed and is now pending before the Su- preme Court. Becomes a Great Copper Producer. In the meantime Heinze had purchased more valuable property. He pald $100,000 for a_half-interest .n the Snohomish mine and $100,000 for the Sullivan mine. Then he instituted suit against his old enemy, the mining company, for $800,000 which he asserted to be the value of the ore ex- tracted from the Sullivan mine through one of the company’s mines. He also bought the larger part of the Nipper mine for 3150,000. These and other claims and fractions of claims he has since developed until at present he is producing about 3,000,000 pounds of copper a month, or one- seventh of the amount of copper produced by the Anaconda, the world's sreatest copper mine. Retaliating on an Enemy. Heinze's enmity toward the company that had made the chief attack on him was unrelentirs. One form of punishment inflicted upon it was as follows: He bought a one-sixth interest in a mine for $15,000, his enemy owning the other five-sixths. He then appeared be- fore the court and asked that a judicial order, which had been made several years before, for the sale of the mine, be exe- cuted. This was done, despite the protests of the other part owner. The mine was put up at auction, a deposit of $25,000 being re- quired. John MacGinniss, Heinze's chief lieutenant, paid down the sum and Will- iam_ Flannagan, ex-auditor of the Ana- conda. Company, also deposited the same amount. It was generally believed that Flannagan was bidding for Marcus Daly. ‘As a matter of fact, he had been brought from Chicago to assist Heinze, who also caused the manager of a large Canadian bank to visjt Butte at the same time. The bank manager stood by MacGinniss and occasionally nodded in response to a whis- pered question from that bidder. The rep- resentatives of Heinze's enemy Knew nothing of the comedy that was being en- acted, ard they bid eagerly for the prop- erty. ' Heinze stood by watching the bid- ding, his plan being to induce the enemy to buxrhis one-sixth interest at a high fig- ure. To his amazement the property was bid up to $601,000, at which price it went to his enemy, Heinze thus realizing $100,000 on his $15,000 investment. Resistance to a Copper Trust. Numerous efforts have been made by his powerful opponent to induce Heinze to abandon Butte, but this he declares he will never do. He and W. A. Clark are be- lieved to be the only obstaclés to thg form- ation of an international copper trust. Heinze avers that he will never join such a combination, but that he will develop his mines to the fullest extent and become the greatest copper producer in Montana. Heinze has purchased claims in the new capper district near Helena, and is inter- ested also In the new copper district at Spring Hill, Bozeman. His every effort has 'been crowned with success, and while he admits that he has an ambition to add greatly to his enormous wealth, this mas- terful young man declares that every dol- lar coming into his possession must come honorably. Heinze is a power in Montana politics. He is a writer of promise and an excellent musician. He is unmarried. \ L R R = ] PERSONAL MENTIO Dr. Dayolheasola of Chicago is a late arrival at the Lick. Dr. T. B. Henry of Detroit, Mich,, is a guest at the Palace. W. Wadleigh, a merchant of Seattle, is registered at the Grand with his wife. G. Chiesa, a hotel man of Detroit, Mich., is registered at the California with his wife. E. H. Paris, a prominent Honolulu planter, is among the guests at the Occi- dental. Willard Teller, a business man of Den- ver, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. James N. Wells, a big merchant of New York City, has apartments at the Palace with his wife. H. B. Spriggs and W. A. Spriggs, who are here on a pleasure trip frem London, are at the California. Frederick O'Brien, a newspaper man of Honolulu and formerly connected with lo- cal journals, is at the California with his wife. _——————— A CHANCE TO SMILE. Ella—TIsn't that a beautiful sky? Stella—Yes. What a lovely color for a shirt waist!—Harper's Bazar. “Secretary Root has taken the grip,” re- marked Mrs. Bellefield. “I should put it the other way,” sald Bellefield. ow 2" has taken Root.”’—Pittsburg ‘“The gri) Chronicle Telegraph. “Have you Moore's poems?’ inquired the sweet young thing. “I think so, Miss, T'll look in a minute,” replied the clerk in the bookstore. ‘‘By the way, here's a fine story just out. It's called ‘Just One Kiss,' and—" “I want Moore,”” she interrupted, haughtily.—Philadelphia Press. She—Do you believe in this theory about spreading disease by kissing? 'Hlt:‘— ell, they say there’s something n Did Ly eyse catch anything by kiss- a “Yes, once; her father saw me at it.”"— Yonkers Statesman. P 05 P Patience—Is that so that your engage- ment is broken? Patrice—Yes, it is. “And the ring; that’s gone, too?” “Yes; the mean thing asked me to re- turn it.”” “Why, you wouldn't want to keep the ring If {he ensagement was broken, would you “Certainly, I would. Why, he wore out four of my walists and nearly fractured my ribs in three weeks. Isn't that worth some compensation?’—Yonkers States- man. o “WHbris that distinguished looki nvex;‘tche,r_g with the worried exp: ml:‘ :: his face? “That's Colonel Timms. He's our rich- g} cm“e‘m He's also a trustee of our lo- college.” . “But why does he look so careworn and i etause. he's in tant - use . he's a const t wo! 10 Rockefeller will give the col- fear John D. lege a big wad of cash on condition that the trustees raise as much more!"—Pitts- burg Dispatch. ————— Coronado Beach Tent City. Coronado Beach, Caltfornia, will open the 1901 summer season June 1. Write for a descriptive pamphlst. E. S. Babeock, Coronado, Cal. ANSWERS TO QUERIES, RADCLIFFE COLLEGE-E. G. 8, Livermore, Cal. Radchffe College is lo- cated in Cambridge, Mass. POLL TAX—W. A. A, City. If you be- came of age on the 26th of last January you are liable for poll tax this year. METRIC MEASURE—Subscriber, Citz. A litre, metric system, does not represent as much as a quart. The difference is litre, 1; quart, 1.0667. CITRONS—M. R. 8., City. Any dealer in citric frult can procure for you green citrons If the guantity desired is suffi- slent to warrant sending qut a special or- er. HARPENDING BLOCK FIRE-O. G., Clity. The fire which destroved the Har- ending block on Market stfeet, between irst and Second, in San Francisco oe- curred on the night of September 23, 1871 EMANON—R., Vallombrossa, Cal. Em- anon, as used to desiznate the Emanon Society of the San Jose Normal School, is from the Latin and means to diffuse. As used by the society named it means soclety for the diffusion of knowledge. SHORTHAND NOTES—R., Vallombros- sa, Cal. As high as (10 words for a sia gle minute have been taken in shorthand y some of the local stenographers, This department has not been able to learn of higher speed than that. GRANT A8 A CADET-A. O. 8., City. U. 8. Grant was a graduate of West Point Academy. He entered that institution in 1829. He uated twenty-first in tkhe class of that year, was commissioned brevet second lieutenant and assigned to the Fourth Unitéd Stales Infantry at Jef- ferson barracks in 1843, A LEASE-H. E., City. If an Individual gives a lease for ninety-nine years of a piece of property of any value in consider- ation of the payment of $1 by the lessee it is not a gift nor a sale: it is simply a leases At the expiration of the ninety- nine years the property would revert in the absence of a will to the legal heirs of the lessor. STATE OFFICERS—C., Ballard, Cal The pay of the Lieutenant Governor of the State of California is $10 per diem whils the Senate is in session. The Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Surveyor Gereral and Superin. tendent of Pubiic Instruction get er annum. The Justices of the State Su- preme Court receive a salarv of $6000 a year. Their names and the year whun their terms of office Wwill expire are: W. H. Beatty, Chief Justice. 1903; R. C. Harri- son, 1903; C. H. Garoutte, 193; F. W. Hen- shaw, 1907; Jackson Temple, 197: T. B. McFarland, 1911, and W. B. Van Dyke, —_——— England’s Largest Landowner. The largest landowner in proper is the Duke of who 186,000 course, in the county s b e e ese el -twen has not {n acr2 either in ) S NAVAL NEWS , a torpedo-boat destroyer, is the twelfth thirty-knot vessel built by Palmer for the British navy. Her three- hour trial last month resulted in an aver- age speed of 30.134 knots, the engines de- veloping 6477 horse power, with 379.85 revo- lutions and an air pressure of 2.8 inches. W The British battleship Implacable re- turned March 13 from her thirty-hour trial at sea under 12,000 horse power. With 260 pounds of steam in the boilers and 100 rev- olutions the horse power averaged 11,857, giving a speed of 16.75 knots. The coal con- sumption was 1.65 pounds per unit of horse o 4599 The Italian armored cruiser Varese, puilt by Orlando Bros., Livorno, has passed successful trials. The six hours trial under natural draught gave 979 horsepower and a mean speed of 18.35 knots. Under forced draught, four hours, the horsepower averaged 13,88 and the speed 20.02 knots. The Varese is of T400 tons and fitted with Belleville boilers. N . Forty-nine ships in the British navy are fitted with Belleville boilers and sixteen vessels, chiefly armored, were also to ha these boilers, but the recent report by a Parliamentary committee against’ the further use of the Belleville will necessi- tate a change In the ships under construc- flon. The Admiralty pays a rovalty of 1 shilling 7% pence (39 cents) per square foot of heating surface, which amounts to about $750,000 between December, 1306, and up to the present um.e. . A small protected cruiser named Sziget- war has been launched at Pola for the Austrian navy. She is a sister vessel to the Zenta and Aspern, and has a displace- ment of only 2400 tons. The length Is 301 feet, breadth 39 feet 6 inches, draught M feet 2 inches. The twin-screw engines are of 8000 horsepower, intended to give a speed of 205 knots. The ship has a pro- tective -deck, and the armament consists of ten 4.7-inch rapid firers, twelve three- pounders and two above-water torpedo tubes. The coal supply is sufficient for 3500 miles at a speed of twelve knots, and the ship, being intended for foreign serv- ice, has the hull wood-sheathed and cop- pered. o e e Detalls of dimensions and armament of the Victor Emanuel, a battleship, shows a departure from prior armaments and speeds in the Italian navy. Her dimen- stons are: Length, 435 feet; breadth, 73.5 feet; draught, 25.05 feet; displacement, 12,- 625 tons. The battery will be composed of two 12-inch, twelve S-inch quick-firers, twelve 14-pounders, twelve 3-pounders and four submerged torpedo tubes. The armor will be made in Italy under the Terni pro- cess, and will be 10 inches to 4 inches for the belt; deck, 4 inches; bulkhead and bar- bettes, 8 inches: side, 6 Inches; conning tower, 10 inches. The engines, of 20,000 horse power, are calculated to give a speed of 22 knots, and the bunker capacity is 2800 tons. It will be observed that é-inch guns have been discarded, making the bat- tery serve for armor smashing and gun- crew destroying without the intermediary 6-inch gun, which is scarcely useful against battleship armor and too ponder- ous for decimating less protected gun po- bsmons and for which work the 14-pounder, is better adapted. .- ded The following interesting machinery data of the twenty armored cruisers under construction for the British navy are taken from London Engineering: { Machinery Data. | Cressy| Drake | Kent Horsepower 21,000 | 30,000 | 22,000 Cylinder, | inches .. Cylinder, inches . Cylinder, lo inches .. Stroke, inc Revolutions g-“liovfl’ boilers eville Heating surface, ‘Welgh*. per horsepower. Coal, tons There are six of the Cressy class, four of the Drake and ten of the Kent class. The Cressys have a 6-inch armor belt maximum thickness of 113 feet height of side and protects 80 per cent of the length of the vessel. The belt of the Drakes is 6 Inches by 14 feet height of side and pro- tects 80 per cent length of ship, while that of the Kents is only 4 inches thick, pro- tecting 76 per cent of the length of huil The total cost of these twenty armored cruisers will be about $78,000,000, exclusiva of guns. Witty Bishop ton. Once, when the late Bishop Creighton was at Tottenham laving the foundation stone of St. Peter’s Church there, he was asked by a leading local resident how he liked the place. “I should.like it better. said his Lordship, “if some Tottenhamite. had not annexed my umbrella this morn- ing. Idon’t know whether the experiences of other prelates are similar to my own, but it seems to me that a bishop’s umbre!- la_has a special individuality and is pe- culiarly marked for spoil.” This remari reminds one of his friends of the im- prom‘{nu skit the Bishop jotted down on a pad at the Church Congress in London in 1599: The rain, it raineth every _Upon the just and unjust feller; But chiefly on the just, use The unjust takes the just’s umbrella. —New York Tribune Boston’s Population. An enumeration of the ul; of Boston proper and :uburbx;? 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