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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1901. THURSDAY.......... «+s2....OCTOBER 24, 1901 | . JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adéress All Commeunications to W. 8. LEAKE, Nasager. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, 8, F. Teleph e Press 201. 3 EDITORIAL ROOMS. +217 to 221 Stevemson St Teleph 202. e Delivered by Carriers, 15 Centx Per Week. ingie Copies. 5 Cents. - , Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including 'Sunday), cne year. DAILY CALL—By Single SUNDAY CALIL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year, All postmasters are aunthorized to.receive - ptions. Semple coples Will be forwarded when requested. 1.9 Mall subecribers in cordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %o insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. +++.1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS. Mensger Foreign Advertising, Marguetts Building, Chicago. 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B T R — AMUSEMENTS. li—*‘La Boheme.” “The Cott deville. emale Drummer.” eveni: Fischer's—Vaudeville. Recreation Park—Baseball. I Sutro Baths—Open nighte. ONE MAN'S WORK. EPORTS from the Yale festival are to the effect that of all the distinguished scholars and I who are attending that great received more considera- Booker T. Washington, the of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial e of the attention paid him may be due sed by the fact that he recently ent Rooseveit, but we may be surs has a more permanent foundation than je never dined with the President Mr. would tion still have commanded respect in lucatoers by reason of the extra- ccomplished in the egducation skegee Institute reads almost like started by Mr. Washington-when poor, unfriended and untried man. literally with nothing.in the way of It was a case where a brave, indus- 1 indomitable man went out into bout establishing a center of He received nothing in‘the he had proven that he could get At the present time his institute is one of the most co erable in the Union so far dents is concerned, and one of the least considerable with respect to .wealth. It is virtually livi from day to day by the labors of its students directed by the experience of its principal, and is about as completely a self-supporting institu- tion as can be found in the world of education. The nineteenth annual report of the trustees of the institute, ich has just been issued, states that the average daily attendance of ‘students during the past was 1010, and in zddition there has been an aver- dance.of 160 children in the training-school artment. The school is conducted trict economy that the individual cost to Of that cost the the students in the form of the wilde: industry and education. of help un 1g without help as the number of of the normal dej on such averages only $73 a year. t is paid laber, and during the past year the amount credited to them for that service was over $67,000. While the school aims to train teachers and to fit student: is agrici for various lines of industry, the chief study are. In his report on the work of the school Mr. Washington says: “The_ salvation of my race will largely rest upon its zbility and willingness to secure and cultivate properly the soil. I believe that every- thing possible should be done to enlarge and increase the efficiency of our agricultural department. In this conpection I am glad to add that arrangements have been made to reserve three acres of land around the new trair schopol, to be used in givisg agricultural training to-the smallest children. . The negro as -a slave was started on the foundation of agriculture, mechanics and houschold arts. While I would by 10 means limit his present education to these, but would in 2ll cases add academic and religious training, I do believe we shall find it helpful for a number of vears to come, in our methods of education, to give great attention to these fundamental occupations. In proportion as one owns the soil and has the mastery of these fundamental occupations, in the same propér- tion does he lay the foundation for the highest and most complete development of himself and children.” Along those lines the school has been working and its influence has been widely felt. At present it has students from twenty-rine States and Territories and from six foreign countries. ' Such a record would be accounted good had it been made by a university established on 2 foundation of millions, and the man who has made it by his almost unaided efforts cer- tainly merits honor from all who are concerned in the education of mankind. Carnegie has been elected lord rector of St. An- drew’s University. It is to be hoped that this dis- tinguished honor vyill not tempt the great man of money to keep the first part-of the title for the rest of his days. It begins to look as’if Mr. Wells cannot close his mouth by any other means than that of putting his foot in it THE INDEPENDENT VOTE. HE political bosses who made a so-called Republican ticket for-Supervisors which _Candidate Wells felt called upon to repudiate, until he was properly rounded up and instructed, seem to have forgotten that independent voting in municipal elec- tions is a confirmed habit of San Francisco. Even during the Civil War, when party feeling had every reason for running high, the people would elect a good candi- date on the Democratic ticket in preference to a bad one on the Republican, and vice versa. Perhaps no large city.in the Union has shown more discrimination in independent voting. This is so well understood by wise bosses that even Buckley, in the height of his power, always selected a considerable number of first-class men on his ticket, and even permitted the nomination of some that were opposed to him. In this way it hap- pened that men of eminence, who enjoyed the public confidence, like Bartlett and Pond, #9 | could be elected Mayor. But the bosses who controlled the so-called Republican conven- 1® [tion had not that kind of wisdom, and, because they lacked it, loaded the ticket with ma- % | terial which 1cpels the independent municipal voter. A party lines are largely loosened in city elections, the party men, who wish their party to succeed, make nominations that bear the scrutiny of the independent citizen. That citizen is usually a firm and unyield- ing party man in contests that involve principles, but no power can convince him that any broad party principle is involved in the election of a city government. The bosses who pipe for party votes will lure in vain. Their music is wasted. The people will not dance to it. go on the Supervisor ticket. time to come.” |and “from politics for all time to come.” class candidate. According to his senior organ, the Bulletin, even Mr. Wells himself felt a spasm of this independence, for that paper says that after his nomination he sent an ultima- tum to the bosses who had put him on the ticket, in the form ~of a demand that Flint He said “Flint goes on or I go off.” so far as to say to a Bulletin reporter that Mr. Herrin agreed with him in this show of independence. But later developments prove that Mr. Herrin agreed with him only for the purpose of getting him to change his mind. That magician transformed the independent Wells into a superserviceable and al- together limp and nerveless candidate of the bosses. His celebrated ultimatum, that had in it the ring of a bugle call, sank to the tinkle of a tea bell calling Mr. Wells to his po- litical supper, and the bold candidate who for one moment stood like a flint for Flint be- came as soft as butter exposed to our unseasonable hot spell. The feeling of independence which was purged out of him by Mr. Herrin has not been exorcised from the majority of the voters. With them in municipal contests it takes the place of that party principle which dominates their ballots in general elections. The firmer they are as party men in campaigns that affect principles are in city elections in their attitude of independence. The Bulletin said that on October 3 Mr. Wells said to its reporter: “I believe, hO\y- ever, that as the head of the ticket I have some rights, and those rights I am deter- mined to preserve..The ,leaders of the party agree with the position I have taken and | Mr. Herrin has so expressed himself. I don’t know yet when the change will be made, but {if it is not made I shall certainly retire not only from the contest but from politics for all Will Mr. Welis now make a plain statement in his senior organ of the celebrated rights which he determined to preserve, even if their proper preservation required hin: to decline the nomination and retire from the ticket? They must have been very serious and jimportant rights if their preservation required such emphatic action. now? Wil he give a ground floor and front elevation of them in their present state and condition? We say to him frankly thaf as those rights seemed to involve his manhkood ’the independent voters are going to take up the task of preserving them where he laid it | down. They are going to take him at his word and practically retire him from the contest | Those who wanted to support him and who refrained from opposition a long time were watching him closely. They wanted to see what estimate was put upon him by | the men who nominated him and by Mr. Herrin. Those men have exposed their esti- mate. They keenly judged him, and that which he called an “ultimatum” they recognized as a bluff. Surely he cannot blame the people for taking him at the estimate put upon him | by the men he calls “the leaders and Mr. Herrin.” 3 ; We have no desire to do Mr. Wells any injury and have therefore been careful to take him by his sell-measurement and by the judgment of the persons w | sible for his candidacy. Viewed in the light he has turned upon himself he is a thorcugh | impossible, and the city is to be saved by election of his regular opponent, who so far ;has furnished every reason why the independent voters should support him against the! He even went the more flexible they Where are they ho are respon- | THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. WHEN the bill regulating the succession to the Presidency was under consideration it vas carefully scrutinized by able lawyers of both parties and . was® extensively discussed both within and without the halls of Congress. It would seem that under such circumstances it should have !;bccn brought to something like perfection before it “ was enacted. There are critics, however, who declare |it to be very far from perfect, and these critics are | now demanding that Congress revise the law and | remedy the defects at the coming session. | The first alleged defect in the act is this: It is pro- | vided that certain members of the Cabinet in a stated | order shall “act as President until the disability of the | President or Vice President is removed, or a Presi- | dent shall be elected.” Now a President is regarded "‘as having been elected as soon as the . result of the | electoral vote has been declared, and under the exist- ing law the count is made on the second Wednesday of the February following the Presidential election. [The new President, however, does not take his seat | until March 4. There is therefore about three weeks between the date of the election and the date of the installation. Let us suppose now-that a President and | Vice President having died in office, the Secretary of | State is acting as President. Under the statute his right to act terminates with the election of the new | President in February, so that from that date until the installation on March’4 there would be an inter- regnum during which there would be no one to act as President. It is claimed by some authorities that in such a case {as that supposed the new President would be sworn into office as soon as elected, instead of waiting for the regular inauguration day, and consequently there would be no interregnum. The accession to office of -|a President in February:instead of March, itMs said, would have no effect in disturbing any fixed term for Congress or for officials, who would regularly hold to March 4. A graver question, but at the same time a very improbable one, arises from what is regarded as an- other defect of the statute. Should a President and Vice President elected on the second Wednesday in February die before March 4 there would be no one tolhaugurau, and accordingly under the statute the Secretary of State of the previous administration would hold office until the next Presidential election. Now it might be that the incumbent would be a mem- ber of an administration against which the popular vote had been given, and consequently there would be in the Presidency for four years a representative of the party the people had repudiated at the polls. While the contingencies suggested are so remote they can hardly be termed issues of practical politics, it is nevertheless interesting to consider the effects that might flow from them. The opposing views raise what are now but academic questions of law, but should they arise as actual problems we might be in- volved in serious disputes between rival parties. It would therefore be prudent for Congress to settle them at once. There is nothing to be gained in leav- ing in the law even a seeming defect which might be lused to disturb the country over a Presidential suc- cession. | tution. QUEER REFORMERS. HE country has been somewhat startled by a T report from Boston that a religious body, called the Reformed Presbyterian Church, has expelled a member for becoming\a citizen of the United Sfates and swearing allegiance to the consti- No fear may be felt that the foundations of | the Government are about to be undermined by this church. It has a small and scattiered membership of | orderly and well behaved, albeit austere and stern, people. It had its beginning away back in 1680, when a Rev. Mr. Cameron, a Covenanter and field preacher, ap- peared at Sanquhar, in Dumfriesshire and publicly re- nounced his allegiance to Charles II, whom he ac- cused of violating the {Solemn League and Cove- nant.” He gathered a party around him, and in an encounter with the royal troops at Kyle was killed. His followers became the Reformed Presbyterian Church, separating from the Kirk of Scotland because that body has its independence guaranteed by the coronation oath, taken by the sovereign of Great Britain, and these peguliar people refuse to recognize any government but a theocracy, proceeding from Divinity. They refuse to bear arms, to take a judi- cial oath, serve on juries, school boards or in any way to recognize earthly government, which they regard as corrupt and wicked, In this country they have been the most active pro- moters of the proposition known as the God-in-the- constitution movement. They are generally of Scotch descent, and are known for their austere morality and manners and simplicity of life, and for their hyper- critical attitude toward other forms of the religious idea. They pay taxes to secular government under protest, and are usually people in good condition ma- terially. In 1876 their presbytery voted to join what is known as the Free Church, a Presbyterian body, not large in numbers and holding much the same views as to government, oaths, etc. As a rule they have the respect of their neighbors for their upriglitness and fidelity to what they think right, though they are not a sociable element in a neighborhood on acount of their extreme austerity and asceticism. . We can afford to regard their enmity to the con- stitution leniently, remembering that Wendell Phil- lips once made a bale fire of that document on Bos- ton common and denounced it as “a league with death and a covenant with hell,” and the constitution and the country suryived unhurt. e — It appears that when the old Ameer of Afghanis- tan became assured he was dying he sent for his' chiefs, told them to select a successor, and when they had chosen Habid Ullah the Ameer had him at once |CHILDREN'S LAFAYETTE STATUE IS IN DANGER — MONUMENT ERECTED IN PARIS A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO TO THE GREAT FRENCH GENERAL HAS BEEN SO NEG- LECTED THAT THE PEDESTAL IS FALLING APART. oL GER W a wreck. the United States. .MPWW‘H-HW%‘FH‘HWFH-&. $36,402,896,000--VALUE OF TEN 'FORTUNES EIGHTY YEARS HENCE Henry Clews, Estimates What the Richest Americans’ Estates Will Be Worth at That Time. ~ H Present Value. In 60 Years. In$0 Years. J. D. Rockefeller. - $400,000000 $4,266,600,000 $9,481,300,000 Andrew Carnegie . 300,000,000 3,200,000,000 7,111,110,000 W. W. Astor. . 150,000,000 1,600,000,000 * 3,571,150,000 + 125,000,000 1,333,000,000 2,962,220,000 - 100,000,000 2,430,429,000 « 100,000,000 2,430,429,000 -+ 100,000,000 2,430,429,000 » ' 100,000,000 2,430,429,000 James J. Hill......... . 75,000,000 1,777,700,000 ‘William Rockefelle: . . 75,000,000 1,777,700,000 Total «.eovevneen ceraent ceeeeneeneeeseaeeane o $1,525,000,000 $16,266,264,000 $36,402,596,000 B e e i R B R SR PERSONAL MENTION. W. R. Hearst arrived last night from New York. Mayor R. F. Johnson of Montdrey is a guest at the Grand. C. H. Bishop, a merchant of Kauai, Ha- waiian Islands, is at the Grand. Fred Swanton, proprietor of the Santa Cruz streetcar system, is at the Grand. George H. Cowie,.an insurance man of Stockton, Is a guest at the California. Dr. N. H. Morrison, a prominent physi- clan of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. F. A. Hihn, one of the most extensive realty owners in California, is at the Pal- ace. ! Judge A. 8. Humphreys of Honolulu sails for the islands this morning on the steamer Sonoma. The Rey. Canon O. Mehoney, D.D., of Cork, Ireland, arrived here yesterday. He is staying at the Palace. Ex-President Charles M. Hays of the Southern Pacific Company leaves on No- vember 1 for a tour of Europe, accoms panied by his wife and family. e Californians in Washington. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: Cochrane—P. I, Strong, San Francisco. Raleigh—W, B. Frisbie and family, J. Bermingham, San Francisco; C. N. Ster- ry, Miss C. N. Sterry, J. L. Hamilton, Los Angeles. 8t. James—C. Hickmott, Miss G, Hickmott, San Francisco. | et e Big Cities’ Expenses. The five great citles whose municipal expenses are usually compared are Lon- don, the most populous city in the world; New York, the greatest city of the New ‘World; Paris, the oldest of the Eurogpean cities of the first class; Berlin, the Buro- pean city which is growing most rapidly in population, and Vienna, whose affairs are administered under conditions which have changed little since medieval times. London has by the last census a popula- tion of 4,500,000; New York, 3,500,000, Paris, 2,500,000; Berlin, 1,884,000, and Vienna by the census of ten years ago ,000, -which has probably been increased to 1,500,000 now. The cost of the government of London is approximately $65,000,000 a year, or at the rate of about $15 per capita. The munici- pal expenses of New York are $98,000,000 a year, or at the rate of about $28 per cap- ita. The municipal eéxpenses of Paris are 72,000,000, or about $28 per capita, the same as New York, though Paris has h burden- some municipal debt, and has been ex- pending for many years millions of francs on adornments and embellishments, the pressing utility of which would not prob- crowned, invested with the sword of state and put in command of the army. Thus it was there was no dis- puted succession this time. Evidently the old man was sensible to the last. From the frequency with which Pat Crowe contin- ues'to inform the Omaha police that he is willing to come in and surrender it would seem that he is planning to take to the stage and is working up ad- vance notices. ably be agreed to by many New York tax- payers. The munieipal expenses of Berlin are $21,000,000 a year, or it the rate of about $12 per capita, and the municfpal expenses of Vienna are $12,000,000 a year, or at the rate of about $8 per capita—the smallest average uma% the five cities, v ':gan spends u‘;nre for education than New York, New York expends more for its police department that London, Paris expends more than either London or New York for the improvement of its streets and the enforcement of laws as to build- ings. HEN the school children of the United States presented to the republic of France, a little more than a_year ago, a beautiful statue of Lafay- ette, it was given a prominent site in the gardens of the Louvre and dedicated on the Fourth of July with imposing ceremonies, cables the Paris correspondent of the North American. But in ore short year the statue has been so neglected that it is now almost The pedestal is falling apart, and unless it is repaired at once the equestrian statue will be tumbled to the ground. A lot of faded wreaths and a weather-stained rag, which once floated proudly as, the stars and stripes, lle in a hean of rubbish at the base of the pedestal. The statue was paid for by the school children of America, who contributed their pennies toward it for several months. The gift was intended to show the appreciation in which the present generation holds the services of Lafayette to ENRY CLEWS of New York has beer engaged in a little figuring in con- nection with the fortunes of the ten wealthiest men in the United States. The result of his labors is the following table, in which he gives the value to-day of each of the fortunes of amount to sixty years hence and also eighty years from now: -3 the multi-millionaires, what they will A CHANCE TO SMILE. - The closing of school was welcomed by nobody more cordially than a certain bright 14-year-old, who gets as much fan out of education as she does out of every- thing—and that's saying a great deal. Her | love of fun and the trouble she gave her | teacher didn’t hinder her from being pro- moted—however unpoetic swch justice | may seem. “Well, Lucy,” observed the teacher unsmilingly, when it came time to give good-by, “I don’t know a girl in the class I'm moze glad to get rid of than you.” “That's just the way I feel abogit you, Miss —,” smiled the 14-yehr-old.— New York Evening Sun. He walked into the office of the country editor with an emphatic stride. “I jes' paid my subscription,” he re- marked, as he sat down on a corner of the désk, “an’ I thought I might as well give you a few hints about what I'd like to git fur the money.” “I am always open to suggestions,” was t:e mildly spoken answer. ‘“Well, sir, in the fust place, this ‘Hints on Farming’ department is altogether too large an’ conspicuous.” ““Why, I thought that was right in your lne!” *“No, sir! The crops is takin' care of themselves all right and we'rs gittin’ the money fur 'em. What we farmers want now is less talk about buckwheat an’ garden truck an’ more financial news. " — ‘Washington Star. “Briggs got off some of his profound sayings at the club last night. ‘Tell me what a man eats and I'll tell you what he is’ he remarked.” “I've heard something like that before. Any comments?” “Yes. Little Twitters spoke up and sald he’d give Briggs a test. ‘I've a friend,’ he sald in his slow way, ‘who has knocked about a good bit. Hq S eaten horse in Paris, goose livers in Strasburg, caviar in Russia, shrimps in London, blubber in Alaska, snalls in Hawaii and birds’ nests in Japan. Now tell me what he is. And what do you suppose Briggs said?” “Well, what?” “He sald, “Come, let's have something." —Plain Dealer. A French newspaper which finds great diversion in the sayings and doings of the Emperor Willlam II gives us the follow- ing information: The German Emperor, when in any way crossed or contradicted pulls violently at the lobe of his right ear with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand. When he was staying in England at the time of the Queen's funeral he recelved a telegram and opened it in the presence of one of his smart little neph- ews, a boy of six. Something in the tele- gram did not altogether please his Maj- esty and he at once b¥gan to tug at his ear. The little fellow looked up and said: oXell, me, uncle, why do you pull your “‘Because I am annoyed, wn;):he revl|y. ¥ t: » ‘»’""n i ou always do AnRyedT: aid e Ban D Yau. are his Majesty. “ZE:!,, mhy darling,” said ““And when you ate very. very much an- noyed what do you do?’ juvyenlh ll'n!uh'er.y ) persisted this ““Then I pull somebod: " ‘William 1L.—Evening w‘y.g.ln;’&eu, e SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS —_— THE PRESIDIO—Subscriber, City. The acreage of the Presidio of San Francisco is 1479.94 acres, A DIME OF ’i2—Subscriber, Contra Costa County, Cal. A dime of 1842 does not command a premium. BRECKINRIDGE—T. G. 0., Oakland, Cal. C. R. Breckinridge of Kentucky, ex- Congressman, is still alive. . DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE-D. M., City. The “entire play” of Dr. Jekyll ./and Mr. Hyde was never produced at the Orpheum in this city. THE PRESIDENCY—T. G. O., Oakland, Cal. To be eligible for the Presidency of the United States the individual must be ot fhe minimum age of 3. WIDOW'S SHARE IN HAWAII-R. H., City. 1f a man dies intestate in the Ha- wailan Islands and leaves a widow, but no issue, the widow is entitled to half the estate. INHERITANCE TAX-J. B, City. The inheritance tax in California is against the property. If a legatee is entitled to a stated amount he will receive that amount, less the tax. VICTOR HUGO—Lit., City. Arrange- ments have been made for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Vietor Hugo in Paris, France, on the 26th of February, 1902, DEBUT—F. L., City. It is not custo- mary for gentlemen to make their debut in society. A young lady makes her de- but at a soclety event given in her honor when she is presented to the select who have been invited. NUMBERS ON HOUSES-F. L., City. If you are of the opinion that the num- bers on any bleck in this ecity are mot properly placed on houses you should make complaint to the Board of Supe:- visors. DIRECT PRIMARY LAW—A. W. H, Eureka, Cal. The only States in the Union that have adopted the direct pri- mary law are California and Minnesota. The only foreign country that has adopted the same idea is Avstralia. VOTING-T. G. O., Oakland, Cal. The old and the new constitution of California fixed the minimum age at which citizens could cast a ballot at 21 years, conse- quently the Legislature never had the power to “grant to a person who was but 18 years of age the rigat to vote.” SUGAR—A. C., Caliente, Cal. Sugar, used as fcod, according to medical works, does not make flesh, but it makes fat, alds respiration, conduces to the digestion of flesh-making food and in other ways ex- alts the power of that mysterious energy which is called life. NEWSPAPER—F. L., City. This de- partment cannot.tell you how newspapers obtain certain class of news, and particu- larly that which may be furnished by parties not employed on a newspaper, for the reason that a newspaper is not bound to and does not give its source of infor- mation to satisfy individual curiosity. BETWEEN CUP AND LIP-8. T, Lower Lake, Cal. “There's many a slip between the cup and the lip” first ap- peared in “English Proverbs,” by Willlam Carew Hazlitt, 1869. It is a paraphrase on “Many things happen between the cup and the lip,” written by Robert Burten, who lived from 1576 to 1640. DEWEY'S RANK-T. G. Cal. admiral in the United States navy. He js the third officer of the navy who has held that rank. It was first created by act of Congress July 25, 1366, and was conferred on Farragut in that year and on Porter in 1870, shortly after the death of Farra- gut. O., Oakland, IN ITALY-F. L., City. A man born in the United States whose parents were Itelian may go to Italy to live there for an indefinite period without having to perform any military duty in that coun- try. He is_an American citizen, unless on arriving at his majority he elected to adopt the eitizenship of his father's na- tionality. In that case he would be a cit- izen of Italy and subject to its laws. SMOOTH COIN—W. D., City, The fol- lowing in relation to smooth coin is from the Revised Statutes of the United States: Any gold coins of the United States if re- duced jn weight by natural abrasion, not more than one-half of one per ecent below the standard weight preseribed by law after a cireulation of twenty years as shown by the date of coinage and at a ratable propertion for any period less than twenty years, shall be received at theit nominal vglue by the United States treasury and its offices, under such regu- lations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe for.the protection of the Government against fraudulent abrasion or other practices. PANAMA RIOT—A. R., Oakland, Cal. In April, 1856, a drunken man in Panama went through the streets stealing fruit and damaging property for which he re- fused to pay. That day a steamer load of passengers from the East reached Pan- ama and the natives sought revenge upon them, assaulting, beating and robbing them in revenge for the acts of the drunk- en man. The native soldiery was called upon to quell the riot, but instead of do- ing so turned on the strangers and fired a shot from a cannon into a house where a number had taken refuge. The story of this riot is to be found, as deseribed by Carrie Stevens Walter, in the December number of the Overland Monthly, volume 4, new series. CHILTERN HUNDREDS-T. 0. P, City. “Chiltern Hundreds™” is a hilly dis- trict in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, belonging to the crown and hav- ing a nominal office attached to it, called the “stewardship of the Chiltern Hun- dreds.” In the long ago the beech forests ‘which covered the Chiltern Hills were in- fested with robbers and to protect the peaceable inhabitants from their attacks it was usual for the crown to appoint an officer, who was called the steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. The office has long since ceased to serve its primary, but is now serving a secondary purpose. A mem-~ ber of the House of Commons eannot re- sign his seat unless disqualified either by the acceptance of a place of honor and profit under the crown or by some other cause. The stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds is held to be such a blace, eon- sequently it is applied for and usually ac- corded to a member who desires to re- sign. As soon as obtalned it is again fre- signed, and is generally vacant when re- quired for the purpose in question. In other words, being appointed steward of the Chiltern Hundreds is the English red tape route to resignation from the House of Commons. ‘Walnut and Pecan Fanoche. Townsend. * Choice candies. Townsend’s, Palace Hotel® Cal. Glace frutt 3¢ per Ib at Townsend’s.* ———————— Towrsend's California glace fruits, 50¢ a und, in fire-etc boxes or Jap..bas~ ts. A nice present for Eastern glnnd,.. ) 639 Market street, Palace Hotel Special information supplied dally to business houses and pul mcn) £ the blic Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) Dt fer Tty Bty e ™ George S. Dewey holds the rank of -