The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 6, 1901, Page 6

THE SAN FRANOISCO OALL, The— o Call, ..NOVEMBER 6, 1901 WEDNESDAY.... JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communieations to W. 5. LEAKE, Mansger. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Fress 204 S e PUBLICATION OFFICE. .. Market and Third, 8, . Telephone Press 201. 217 to 221 Stevensom St. Press Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Posta; DAILY CALL Oncluding Sunday), obe year. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), ‘months. DAILY CALL Gncluding £unday), 3 :.onths. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Tear. All postmasters are authorized to receive wubscriptions. Sample coples Will be forwarGed when requested Mafl subscribers in orfering change of address should be sarticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance With their request. QAKLAND OFFICE. .1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNFSS. Manager Foreign Advertising, Marguette Building, Chicago. 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Ttalian Band. r's Daughters'’ Vandeville Enter- 3 turday. AUCTION SALES. day, November 11, at 12 ery street THE RIGHT SUPERVISORS. A LL citizens n Francisco who desire good government and who believe that fidelity in y recognized by the people ne another this morning upon the wajority of the present | se men have most of | have been found faith- | y merited office should be fitl the | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1901. THE ELECTION OF SOHMITZ. VERY indication of the returns from the polling places points to the election of Mr. Schmitz, the Union Labor candidate, as Mayor of San Francisco. It is not probable, though of course it is possible, that the official count will change the result. The election of Mr. Schmitz follows from causes which will have to be carefully studied and discussed later on, in order that its full meaning may be understood by the people. It is almost the only victory achieved by the Union Labor party, for with few exceptions every candidate supported by The Call was elected. The meaning of the suc- cess of Schmitz will be dealt with later on, for it has a moral that should not be over- looked. Since he has been made the choice of the voters the Mayor-elect deserves and will have the respect due to his office. It will remain with him to prove himself worthy of it. Though he has been defeated, the friends of Mr. Tobin salute him with undimin- ished respect. He stood for the welfare of the whole community and declared the whole creed of municipal government. B Of course we regret that our advice was not followed. We regret that the ma- jority bisected itself into two minorities. We regret that the RepublicanAprimary‘gave to the bosses the power to elect Schmitz. We regret that the so-called Republican ticket had Platitude for its head, Plunder for its tail. But we do not regret that we sounded the alarm as each process leading to this result was unfolded, and we declare that the new class government will be impartially treated by us, and rebuked in its fury and com- mended in its wisdom, if it have any. San Francisco will survive the injury and cast off the burden. i THE PAN-AMERICAN. CONGRESS. RESIDENT DIAZ in his address of welcome P at the banquet given in the C# of Mexico to the delegates of the Pan-American Congress said: *I express the hope that the conclusion of our high deliberations may be of such a degree fruitful in benefits for the people of this continent that their fu- ture relations may ever be governed by the upright spirit which animated Washington, Hidalgo, Bolivar and San Martin in the most momentous and charac- teristic episodes of their heroic and public careers.” In reply the temporary president of the.congress, Gonaro Ralgosa, said that the delegates to the con- vention will have no other aim than “to contribute to the consolidation and sovereignty of the different states, each one in its own limits, and to promote the free and progressive development of democratic institutions in America on the footing of the most ample recognition of one another’s rights.” Banquet speeches are always bright and pleasing. It is not to be expected that the delegates of the various countries represented at the congress in Mex- ico will live up to the promise of the glowing words of Diaz and Ralgosa. Still a great deal may be ex- pected in the way of benefits to the whole of Latin America as well as to ourselves. As was expected, Chile has proven to be the most troublesome factor in the congress. Almost as soon as business was be- gun a resolution was presented by the delegates from Argentina expressing the hope of the congress that the dispute between Venezuela and Colombia might be settled by amicable and fraternal agreement. The Chileans at once took alarm and opposed the resolu- tion on the ground that it intimated that the con- gress is in favor of retroactive arbitration, 2 policy to which the Chilean Government has more than once declared it will not submit. The attitude of Chile is the more provoking be- | cause the Chileans are decidedly the most enterpris- | ing, the most aggressive and most potent population in South America. They represent a stronger feel- history of San Fran- nominating men of Supervisors t the voters would | long time past. | the present one | | ¢ been a little worse than its after year there were stories of I their jobbery and e and honored excep- sor was limited to one notat he made as much pocket and then retired had t nation to en brought by the | The excep- | board served only to ority, and were pow- d he di erless to redee the acce deepen e present board to office a h of the city government. y everybody, nor was it possible for them to do so, b Not a single scanda office. Ti | | | v did satisfy the cit arisen during their term of been charged with jobbery | lligent and fair-minded men at on every issue that have never Int es have perce nor suspected of it s been desirous of nity as a whole, re- rests. They have | rot been s rations nor have they been unf: word, they have sought al- tried and proven fit- or would have been in ty. It would have been e of San Francisco are | he members of the mu- 1 have been construed in ect approval of the “solid the work of the board, ors of corporation jobbery advantage of it men who were chosen ave assured the continuance of as it-depends upon the Su- | The schemes of the corporations to get e ave been baffled, and it will ir power to impose extortionate rates upon the city or upon the people for water or for | gas. The same honest conservatism that has reduced the rates of those necessary articles in the past will continue to control the board and shape its policy. It is not worth while now to point out over again the evil that would have resulted from the election of 2 majority of the candidates for Supervisors named by the corporations, or those named by the class agi- tators. It is enough to know that the danger was appreciated by the voters and those candidates have been defeated. For the present all is well and good. The right Supervisors have in the main been chosen. Bt is time for congratulations. ness for the the n legislature some quarters as an in nine gystem” and the political manipul of cond would have been quick to t With the election of tk yesterday the people | good governm pervisors. nt so control of the board t th not be in Wow that the incident is closed and everybody is willing to forget the wretch and never mention his @zme, there arises in Boston a gentleman of learn- Ing who claims to be familiar with Polish, and says that if we pronounce Czolgosz as “soldiers” we will come as near to the Polish pronunciation as it is pos- sible for the Anglo-Saxon tongue to attain. ing of nationality than any other people, and by rea- son of that spirit they exert an influence altogether out of proportion to their numbers or their wealth. It seems to be conceded that Chilean co-operation | must be had in order to make any programme of work adopted by the congress effective. Conse- quently tact has to be exercised all along the line. It is better to obtain something surely than to strive to obtain too much and involve the congress in con- troversies that will break it up and render all its efforts futile. It would seem, then, that the hope of obtaining the establishment of a system of arbitration to settle | disputes between American countries will have to be abandoned for the present. There may be expected, however, much in the way of work that will promote trade and commerce. It is evident that a majority of the delegates are animated by a sincere desire to pro- mote amity and friendship among the nations and the peoples whom they represent, and as a result there is sure to come enough of good to justify the expectation of a greater good to follow when the spirit of pan-Americanism becomes more generally infused among the various peoples. Comm e ————— Lombroso, the famous Italian expert in crimin- gy, is reported to have said in a lectute in Paris a ago that the Czar of Russia is "1nércly an amiable and melancholy idiot and not a criminal luna- ic,” that King Edward is a “general degenerate of mediocre intelligence, incapable of sound thinking,” and that the Emperor of Germany is an “irrespon- sible and irretrievable criminal, a brawler who would have gone to jail and died on a scaffold had he not been saved by the accident of being born to a throne.” It will be perceived that as a lecturer Sig- nor Lombroso is desirous of making a sensation and making- it quickly. Mr. Chamberlain’s latest utterance on the war in South Africa is that it is “not over the question of franchises, but on the issue whether Briton or Boer shall be predominant.” The statement is frank, and it is to be noted the Boers are apparently just as willing to fight it out on that basis as on any other. In a recent interview Sir Thomas Lipton was asked if he would again challenge for the America’s cup, and replied: “Nobody ever saw me.put on my coat in the middle of a fight, and the fight for that cup is only begun. I certainly mean to have another try for it. Maybe several.” Curiously enough, General Buller has become the popular hero of the London music-halls, and the crowds that attend such places not only cheer for him but even hiss the former idol, Lord Roberts, because he was instrumental ir. having Buller rembved from command. ? AT It was announced some time ago that Roosevelt’s message to Congress would be short, but ever since there have been coming from Washington report after report of the things he is going to say, so the chances are it will not be short enough to startle any- body. A Eastern investigator announces that if men would breathe deeper and more slowly they would have longer hair, but it may be that as deep breathing por- longs life, all that the investigator meant is that the deeper you breathe the longer you will wear your hair. FRANCE AND TURKEY. NCE upon a time it was believed by good O people that trade tended to friendly rela- tionships among men and nations, and that the development of an epoch when commerce would be the dominant factor in civilization would be equi- valent to bringing in the dawn of universal peace. Perhaps there are a few persons who still hold to that theory, but the majority of men have learned its false- ness. Many a war has been occasioned by the rival- ries of commerce, and now we are threatened with another, for the controversy in which the French and the Turks are engaged is the direct outcome of the expansion of French enterprise, industry and trade. French capitalists have been engaged in financing certain railways in Turkey, and a French company has a concession for constructing quays and docks at Constantinople. The French financiers claim that they have not been repaid the loans they made to the railways, nor even the interest. One of these com- panies alone claims that the amount due it, with un- paid interest, is nearly $9,000000. The company holding the docks and quays concession claims that it is neither permitted to go on with its work nor of- fered a fair sum to surrender the concession and turn over to the Turkish Government the work that has been thus far constructed. In his address the other day M. Delcasse, Foreign Minister of France, said: “The Government inter- vened in the quays question in order to get Turkey to fulfill her engagements. Ii the Government had not done so there would have been an end of the nu- merous enterprises which France had created in Tur- key in the shape of railroads, roads, lighthouses and banks. The debt had been reduced by a large per- centage, and the Porte in August agreed to give sat- isfaction, but on the morrow these arrangements were forgotten and others were proposed. Our Min- ister then ceased official relations with the Porte. There was no ultimatum, but the cessation of rela- tions indicated that the Government took the Porte’s word seriously, and that it intended that the engage- ments entered into should be respected.” Of course along with the fight to enforce commer- cial engagements there goes also the invariable ten- dency to represent it as a fight for a higher civili- zation. In this case the claim is well made. It does not seem possible that there can ever be a worse civil- ization than that which the Turks have imposed upon the people who have fallen under their empire. Should the controversy with France lead up to open war, and,that war spread until it brings about some- thing like a revolution in Turkey, the results could hardly make affairs worse than they are now. Despite the justice of the French claims, it must be admitted that the Sultan is not altogether to blame for delaying to satisfy them. It is said he dare not give the quays Back into the hands of the French for fear of assassination, and at the same time cannot obtain money to pay for them. He is therefore in a position that would lead almost any man to equivo- cate and evade. Now that France has taken steps to compel him to act we may be approaching the end of the condition of affairs which has enabled the Turks to play fast and loose with civilization for a century. The concert of Europe may prevent the outbreak of a war, but when once France has forced the hand of the Sultan other nations will assert an equal right to enforce their claims and the old order of things in Turkey will have come to a close. e ——————— — The bicentennial anniversary of the grant of the original charter to the city of Philadelphia occurred on October 25, but no effort was made to celebrate the event. One of the reasons given by the press of the city for permitting the day to pass unnoted is that “no respectable citizen could afford to identify himself with a celebration under a Mayor who has fouled the good name of the city and sunk its affairs to the lowest pitch of infamous corruption.” It will be seen that during the 200 years of its life the city of brotherly love has got a long way from where it started. e R Grover Cleveland has made a little speech to the public and stated a conviction that there are too many people in this country who think only of get- ting rich. Probably he believes it would be better if more men would go fishing, and stay at it longer when they start. —_— Mr. Edwin Mead, a New England authority, has re- cently predicted that some day 1reland will be a State in the American Union, but he neglected to complete the prediction by foretelling whether the new State would take its stand in the Republican or Democratic column. 3 This century is hardly old enough to have made a record for itself, and yet one can already note a ten- dency on the part of orators to refer to the nineteenth century as a crude and uncultured epoch in our his- tory. _It has been suggested by a learned man that the wireless telegraphy now coming into use shall be called ethergraphy, but the chances are the man of the street will be content to call it “wireless.” The elections are over, the Schley court of inquiry is about to wind up its talk, the rainy season is at thand and everybody feels in a humor for Thanks- TWO LIVES ARE SAVED BY HEROIC ACTS OF YOUNG GIRL AND BOY N incandescent lamp exploding and a live wire dropping Into a plle of fluffy feathers started & fire yesterday afternoon on the second floor of E. R. Sulllvan's pillow and mattress factory at 244 Steven- son street. In a trice the flames devoured the flimsy material and breaking through the windows mounted the four storles of the brick bullding, consuming everything combustible. Arthur Jenkins, an employe, gave the alarm. Girls and men were warned and while the flames darted out of the build- ing in flery sheets all the employes save three escaped by the staircase exit. So quickly did the flames spread that three young women, two on the third floor, and the other on the fourth, were pre- vented from escaping down the stairs. On the third floor were Miss Nellle Healy and Della McGrath. But one hope was left for them—the fire escape. Down on the street the crowd gathered from all directions. In a moment the real- jzation came upon the excited spectators that the building was not entirely freed from human beings. The faces of two girls at the windows on the third story brought terror into the hearts of all Shouts came from below “The fire es- cape, the fire escape.” And while the shouts were still ringing in the air a young girl appeared at the fourth floor platform of the fire escape. Down she came as fast as her feet could carry her and a great shout of joy rose upward from the crowd. Della McGrath on the third floor next followed the suggestion of the fire escape. She climbed out on the platform and came down step by step as fast as her inter- fering skirts would permit. Fifteen feet from the ground the fire escape was cut off and from that point to the pavement was a clean drop. But there was a pipe running from the ground along the entire length of the escape and Miss McGrath made use of this to steady herself. In another second all would be safe. Over- come with the heat and the excitement she fell when close enough to the ground to avoid any serious injury. Boy Hero on the Scene. A great cheer went up from the crowd and willing hands carried Miss McGrath off to safety. Hardly had the applause dled away when another figure appeared on the escape. This was Nellie Healy. For a moment she appeared dumfound as the flames bursting out of the win- 3 O Y ) ANSWERS TO QUERIES. NO DIMES—Collector, City. No dimes were coined in the United States mints in 1799, 1806, 1808, 1812, 1813, 1815 to 1819 inclu- sive, 1824 and 1826. ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH—Subscriber, Visalla, Cal. St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City Is located at Marcy avenue, corner of Gates. W. A. ‘Warren, pastor. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OF- FICERS—B. T., City. Embassadors, Min - isters and Consuls from the United States to foreign countries are named by the President and confirmed by the Senate. They hold at the pleasure of the appoint- ing power. } ‘Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend. * * Cholce candies. Tonwsend’s, Palace Hotel* f Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's * } Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by tha Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * f The Question Answered. ‘Where can you get Pyrography ma- chines, skins for burning and wooden nov- elties reasonable In prices? At Sanborn; A Vall & Co., 741 Market street. . Healy was being borne to the drug store Gorman walked behind in a nonchalant manner. A short while later he was with his friends and his first toast over a glass of soda water was, “Here’s to the young lady.” l: Gorman is a hero, Miss Healy, who lives with her mother on the corner of Franklin and Fell streets, is no less a heroine. When she discovered that the building was ablaze she rushed up to the floor above and warned one of the girls in the machine department. This young girl, the first to make her escape, dropped from the last rung of the iron. ladder. When Miss Healy had done this she was ~$ *- ENSON STREET. DARING RESCUE OF A GIRL FROM THE FIRE THAT GUTTED THE MATTRESS AND PILLOW FACTORY OF E. R. SULLIVAN ON STEV- e ———— dows seemed to reach toward that very part of the iron ladder on which she stood. The crowd hung breathless below, expect- ing to see her fall at any moment. Suddenly a boy of small, lithe stature broke through the pack of people in the street and began to climb the iron pipe to the fire escape. Some one appeared as suddenly with a ladder and with quick, cool judgment the boy, Frank Gorman by name, swung from the pipe to the ladder. He clambered up to the girl like a sea- soned sallor. Just as he reached her she was about to fall. When she felt Gor- man's protecting arm she steadied her- self and both came down the ladder to- gether. At the end of the escape Gorman passed Miss Healy to Bernard Cappel, who in turn carried her to the ground, safe, but badly scorched. Then Miss Healy fainted. Gorman, who played the part of a hero, is thoroughly unconscious of his brave act. All the time he bore the burden down the escape ladder rung by rung the flerce shafts of fiame skirted his descent. Miss Healy's face and arms were badly burned and Gorman’s left arm is blistered. The young lady was carried at once to the drug store on the corner of Stevenson and Third streets, where her injuries received immediate attention. Nellie Healy’s Heroic Act. Frank Gorman is but 19 years of age and lives at 144 Precita avenue. At pres- ent he is one of the striking Tiveters, a mere apprentice at his trade, and is out of work. Two years ago he completed a course at the Naval Training School, where he acquired his agility and nimble- ness in ladder climbing. When Miss PERSONAL MENTION. Judge J. M. Mahon of Ukiah is at the | Lick. | R.B. Butler of Fresno is staying at the | Grand. i Andrew R. Castro of Mbuntaln View is | staying at the Palace. | R. E. Jack, a banker of San Luis Obispo, | is among the arrivals at the Palacg. { George M. Martin, the well-known mer- | chant of Watsonville, is at the Lick. F. T. Sutherland. a mining engineer of Los Angeles, is a guest at the Palace. M. H. McCord, United States Marshal, of Phoenix Ariz., is a guest at the Lick. Willlam Shaw, a capitalist of Sacra- mento, i1s among the arrivals at the Grand. ‘Walter Damrosch, the well-known musi- cal director, arrived from New York yes- terday and is staying at the Palace. Colonel William A. Pinkerton, the well- known detective, arrived from Chicago yesterday. He Is staying at the Palace, ‘The Rev. John A. B. Wilson, the Howard Street Methodist Ch:r.c:nt,o:fl‘l’: has been in Europe, s expected to arrive in this city to-day. ————— SUMMER RATES at Hotel del Coronado Beach, Cal., effective after April 15: 360 for round trip, including 15 days at hotel, Pacific Coast 8. 8. Co.. 4 New Montgomery st, overcome with the heat and smoke and fainted. How she recovered she does not know, but she revived just in time to reach the window on the third floor and save her own life. Dr. E. A. Bohm, who was in attendance last night. pronounces the girl safe from serfous consequences. The interior of the building was com- pletely gutted. The fire raged fifteen min- utes before the fire department arrived on the scene. It did not take long, how- ever, to extinguish the flames. The build- ing, which belongs to the Luning estate, was of brick and four stories in height. E. R. Sullivan, proprietor of the hair and mattress factory, suffers a complete loss of stock. Both stock and building were well insured. —_———— The favorite for restoring life and color to the hatr s Parker's Hair Balsam. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. 15 cta. B.KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE C0. 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANGISGO. WATERPROOF ALASKA SEAL SHOES. Keep your feet Wi dly approaching and the rainy sen: son will soon be here. 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