The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1901, Page 4

\6()}\'5}:\’... .NOVEMBER 11, 1901 JOHN D, SPRE(](ELS. Proprietor. - Address All Communications to W. 5. LEAKE, Msuagw NAGER’S OFFICE........Telepbone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFICE. ..Market and Third, S. F. ‘Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Fer Week. single Coples, 5 Cent Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ¢ months. DAILY CALL dncluding Sunday), DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year.. WEEKLY CALL, One Ye: All postmasters are bacriptions, Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and corroct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. .. ....1118 Broadway ©. GEORGE KROGNESS. Muneger Foreign Aévertising, Marquette Building, Chieago. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 2612.”') NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON..... ++..Herald Sqnare NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: . STEPHEN B. SMITH.. .30 Tribune Building NEW YORK } Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, Murray Hill Hotel WS STANDS: a Union Square; CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. W. ANE, Correspondent. WASHINGTON (D. MORTON E. © BRANCH OFFICES—i’7 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until 5:30 o'clock. 30 Haves, open until 9:3 o'clock. 633 MoAllister, open until :2 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open; until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, cormer Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1096 Valencia, open untll 8 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Orpheum—Vaudeville. California—'‘Shore Acres.” Tivoli—""The Belle of New York.” Central—"Lights o London.” Grand Opera-house—*‘Lohengrin." Alcazer—""For Fair Virginia."” Columbta—*"The First Duchess of Marlborough.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and Fischer' s—Vaudeville. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By G. H. Umbsen & Co.—Monday, November 11, o'clock, Real Estate, at 14 Montgomery street. et at 12 OCTOBER A RECORD BREAKER.| flattering as at any time during the past four or five years. It is surprising-how the tide of prosperity keeps up. There is no sign of a break anywhere. The country is full of money and enor- mous exploitations of capital are carried through with a success which would have dazzled financiers of less than a quarter of a century ago. And the best of it is that they are mainly legitimate enterprises, de- signed for permanence, with a view to the payment of good dividends for years to come, wholly non- speculative and resulting in lasting benefitto the com- munities where they are established. We have lately had an instance of this in our own city in the pur- chase of the Market street and other railroad sys- tems by a2 huge Eastern syndicate. These vast finan- cial operations could not be accomplished unless the whole country was highly prosperous. The weekly bank clearings reflected the general condition of trade. The gain for the week was 28.4 per cent over the same week last year, and of the eighty and more cities reporting their clearings only four, and these small places, reported a loss. This record is surprising, but it has happened ‘more than once during the past several years. The failures were 191, against 161 for the same week last year, but they were generally unimportant. TRADE conditions last week continued fully as The leading commercial staples, with one or two exceptions, continue to make a fine showing. It goes without saying that the iron and steel trade is active, but it is still hampered by the scarcity of cars. The woolen mills are, all engaged to their full capacity and stocks of goods are so reduced that the manu- facturers have lately been obliged to make heavy pur- chases of raw material. The South is holding back its cotton, being led to this course hy the general bullish tendency in business all over the country. The ap- pearance of winter temperatures throughout the East and West has stimulated clothing, groceries and other common lines of merchandise to such a degree that jobbers everywhere have increased their orders. Wheat, too, is at last rising, and is more buoyant all over the world, with larger buying at great market centers. Hides and leather are quoted strong, with active markets, and so on down the whole list of staple goods, if provisions and dried fruit be ex- cepted, the two latter lines being quieter and more or less weak in all positions. The shipping trade is reported in fine condition, more high class vessels being under construction than ever before, while the demand for vessels is still lively. The condition of trade in San Francisco is’ re- flected by the showing of the export business of the port during the month of October. The volume ex- ceeded that of September by over $3,000,000, and that of October, 1900, by $1,292,000, the latter having pre- viously been the record month, while the figures last month were $3,000,000 over the average of the past twelve months: These figures tell the commercial story of the port. The current rise in wheat is a good thing for this State, for there is a large supply of that grain here, and if it brings good prices the circulation of money among the farmers and merchants will be increased- by millions. When wheat does ‘well everything else is apt to be prospegous, so the outlook is bright. The other staples, such as wool, hides, live stock, wines, beans, canned goods of all kinds, etc., are quoted firm and in steady outward movement, the only lines show- ing dullness at the moment being provisions, hops and dried fruits. The city and country banks report large funds on hand, and solvent borrowers find no difficulty in getting all the accommodation they want et reasonable rates of interest. The city and State were never in better commercial condition.than they ere to-day. In dealing with the Sultan the French continue to be polite, but they insist that their taking ways shail he permitted to include the taking of Turkish cus- toms wherever they can pick them. up, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1901. —“ FUTURE GOLD SUPPLY. OME time ago Proféssor Shaler of Harvard S was reported to have said in a lecture that im- X/ proved processes of working gold mines of all sorts have so cheapened the cost of producing the metal that it would ere long be so aburidant as to be hardly kvailable for monetary uses. Professor Shaler promptly denied having made such a statement, but at the same time declined to inform the public of his views on the subject. He has now contributed to the | International Monthly an article on “The Future of the Gold Supply,” which, while not so sensational as | the statements attributed to him, is nevertheless something like a confirmation of the essential features of the report. The professor points out that gold is one of the most widely diffused of metals. It exists almost every- ‘where but rarely in paying quantities. Thus,he says: | “While it may be said that wherever a person may be on the surface of the earth, or on the ocean, there { is likely to be enough gold within a miie of his feet to-make him a millionaire, the places where géld can | conceivably be won at a profit are relatively few.” There are three situations in which gold is found under conditions that render it profitable to work the fields. First, the lodes or veins.in which gold has been deposited commonly in association with other metals; second, the accumulation of detritus arising from the decay of rocks containing gold; and, third, the deposits containing gold formed like the second class, but which have been brought beneath the sea, deeply covered by strata, and have thus been sub- jected to influences that have greatly changed their character. Professor Shaler discusses the prospective output of each of the three kinds of gold fields in turn. He notes that in working the lodes and veins of gold in the rocks, there have been such improvements in the methods that at present it does not cost one-third as much to win and treat a given amount of ore from an.underground mine as it did in 1850. By rea- son of the increased efficiency of the processes of such mining, and making no allowance for future im- provements, he estimates that the yield from that group of gold deposits is likely within twenty years | to exceed $500,000,000 per annum and to be main- tained at that or a greater rate for many decades. In the working of the gravel or alluvial deposits equally great improvements have been made, notably |in New Zealand, where a dredge has been devised | which renders it profitable to work alluvial gravels that were wholly unprofitable a few years ago. - In addition to the alluvial fields already being exploited, it is believed new fields will be found and opened up along the whole Pacific Coast from Alaska to Patagonia, in*the northern part of South America, in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, in Siberia and in many parts of China. The professor says: “It is indeed not improbable that in twenty years from the present time the annual production from this source may exceed that which is now contributed from all the existing mines.” He adds: “This, be it said, is but an opinion, and is of no value as an estimate.” The third group of gold deposits is found mainly in California and South Africa. The professor says: “Owing to the fact that such deposits may have a horizontal extent vastly “greater than that of any vein, their possible importance as a source of supply becomes evident. That of the Rand, if such it be, is fairly reckoned as certain to yield more than two billion dollars. As nature repeats itself with what seems to be a love of so doing, we may fairly assume that the discovery of other like deposits will reward those keen-eyed and indefatigible searchers for the treasures of the under earth who are now afoot in all lands.” - As to the result, Professor Shaler holds that the output of gold will continue to increase until the metal becomes so cheap it will no longer pay profits on the operation. He adds: “It is clear, however, that much disturbance "of values would be brought about before this automatic brake could be operated. All debts, though their face value would be un- changed, would be as effectively scaled down as though a despot had for his profit debased the coin- age of the civilized world.” Professor Shaler has no remedy for what he calls “this apparent danger.” The world, however, we be- lieve, will hardly be alarmed by the professor’s views. | Should the supply of gold become so abundant as to materially lessen its value, there would grow up an increasing demand for it in India and China and in South America. In short, there seems no reason to having adopted gold as the standard of value. Mr. Winston Churchill in addressing his constit- uents a few days ago said the South African war “has ceased to be a supreme issue and become an unmiti- gated nuisance”; all of which may be so, but the sad truth remains that it is just as hard for Kitchener to abate the nuisance as it was for him to settle the issue. S tained a brief announcement of certain experi- ments made in England for the purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of sending wireless mes- sages through the earth as well as through the air. British papers have now been received giving de- tailed accounts of the experiments, and from their re- ports it appears the new telegraphy, or “earth tele- phone,” as they call it, may ere long be in practical operation. The London Chronicle in reporting the experi- ments says the inventors of the system, Tarbottan Armstrong and Axel Orling, have found that it is possible to start the eléctricity of the earth into waves by a slight and almost imperceptible impulse, and ‘any number of the ‘waves thus started can be picked up and made to deflect a needle or agitate the re- ceiver of a telephone. The report then goes on to say: “A small battery (fitted with the ordinary apparatus for transmitting the Morse code) and a “telephone transmitter were put up in a small shed. A thousand yards away there "was another 'shed fitted with re- ceivers for both code and telephone. Mes- sages were sent, and a conversation was held through the solid earth. The only apparatus was the transmitters and receivers, and a bar of iron driven six feet into the ground outside each shed. The whole cost - of . the apparatus would” be £5 or £6. So far it has been found to work up to distances of three or_four miles. But this is not all. Our discoverers have found that their current can be sent through water as well as land. At a distance of a thousand yards a model torpedo ‘was-steered by means of an “electric current that passed through both air and water. There was something uncanny in seeing the rudder moved at will by no visible agency.” The results of the experiments appear like marvels indeed, but it is very well known that many an inven. tion works successfully in purely experimental tests, AN EARTH TELEPHONE. OME time ago dispatches from London con- fear that the world will ever have occasion to regret | but fails to satisfy the rei;uirements of practical work in the world, Something further, therefore, will have to be done by the inventors of the new telegraphy before the world will accept it as a feasible system. At present it can be iooked upon only as a thing of promise. The inventors themselves have of course ‘high expectations of it. They have coined a word from the first syllable of each of their names and given to the system the name “Armorl.” They claim that ships fitted with their apparatus can communi- cate with one another for a distance of fifteen miles, and that lighthouses and lightships can send or re- ceive messages over an equal distance. In some respects the earth messages promise even more than the Marconi system of telegraphing through the air. The store of electricity in the earth is enormous, and should there be dcvelép\d a practi- cal way of making use of it, we might eventually em- ploy it not for telegraphing only but for lighting and ‘even for motive power. ———— L It is announced that the title of the lecture Sarah Grand is defivering in the East is “Mere Man,” and it is hardly necessary to add that according to the reports the audiences are mainly composed of women who doubtless wish to learn all they can about the “mereness” of the brute. F casual observers to be a decadent State, East- ern people acquired a habit of referring to it as “a mining camp.” Sometimes they called it “a politi- i cal rotten borough.” As a rule they believed it to be a land whose mineral resources are exhausted and which has nothing else to rely upon for the acquire- ment of wealth and the support of an increasing popu- lation. > Those who have shared that opinion will now have to change it. The strong and ‘energetic men who have stayed with Nevada have discovered new sources of mineral wealth, and these promise‘to ylzld even more abundantly than those whose exploitation were the wonder of the world in days gone by: 'Dili- gent prospectors have brought to light several dis- tricts where the yield of gold is promising in the highest degree, and, as a consequence, new mining enterprises are being undertaken with capital suf- ficient to carry them to success. 5 Nor is it in mining only that the energies of the people of Nevada are developing new fields for profit- able industry. By reason of the extension of irriga- tion, many districts of the State that formerly pro- duced nothing but sage brush are now marked by fields of alfalfa, farms and orchards. The live stock industry thrives. It is not so extensive as it was in times past, but it is now adapting itseli to new conditions, and in the end, with the extension of irri- gation and the increased production of grasses of one kind or another, it will eventually be larger than ever. The new activity of the State finds full develop- ment at Reno, which is now one of the most attrac- tive and wealthy cities of its size in the Union, and has entered upon something like a new era in its his- tory. The State University has an attendance which attests the desire of the youth of the commonwealth for higher education and their ability to attain it. In fact, whether considered with respect to her mines, her cattle, her farms, her cities, her business or her educational institutions, Nevada is capable of making a good showing for herself. - In times past thé wealth of Nevada was taken away to build up other States, but the new wealth seems to be in the hands of men who love the State, who intend to live there:and who will use it to build up Nevada herself. Such being the case, it is not easy to set limits to the changes which may be wrought in the conditions of Nevada life within the next ten years, Many an Eastern man who has been taught to look upon the State as fio better than an exhausted mining camp may yet seek it as a place for the in- vestment of his money and find there so many at- tractions that he will settle there permanently and become as big a:Nevada boomer as any of those who have lived there for forty years or are native to the soil. FLOURISHING NEVADA. OR many a year past Nevada has seemed to — The New Orleans Times-Democrat has sprung upon the country a new problem or puzzle that may be worth studying just to pass.the time away. It says in reference to the State Insane Asylum: “Why is it that while among the whites the men constitute more than twice as many lunatics as the women, the reverse is true of the negroes, the colored female lunatics in the asylum being exactly twice as many as the male negroes?” Any man who can answer the question will please send the explanation direct to the Times-Democrat. We have troubles of our own. Anarchists are bad people and lynchers are bad people, but what are we to say of criminals of the type of the professional nurse who is charged in Massachusetts with poisoning four patients whom she was employed to nurse, and who is suspected of other poisonings? It looks like a case where a woman having been taught to handle poisons deliberately made use of the knowledge to put people to death, not from malice or hope of gain, but merely for the pleasure of exercising her skill in - administering poison. * _— X According to a report from Berlin the Kaiser, when attending the dedication of a church at Konigsberg, surprised the congregation by delivering the prayer himself, and it is said “it was most eloquent and ‘would have done credit to an archbishop.” As the Kaiser had already established a reputation as an orator, preacher, painter, poet, musician, sailor, sportsman and all round dresser, there would seem now to be nothing left for him to do except to take to"the prize ting or try to elevate the stage. R B The fact that an Towa farmer even at this early period of the fall has been found frozen to death in a cornfield within a few hundred yards of his home shows what kind of a climate they have over there. Husking corn in Iowa appears to be about as cold a job as hunting for gold at Cape Nome. The campaign investigations of the crookedness of Tammany Hall have brought to tight the fact that in some departments of the city the names of dead men are carried right along on the payrolls, and the re- formers are-now trying to find out who draws the pay. It is now evident there will be no profit in the financial part of the Pan-American exposition and Buffalo wjll have to brace up, look pleasant and say she put up the show just for the sake of entertaining visitors and being hospitable, A movement has been started in New York to get the Board of Health to forbid the sale or use of cigar stumps picked up in the streets, and it looks like an attack on the snuff trade and the cheap cigarette business. 2 SIR THOMAS LIPTON - “LIFTS” A LOVING CUP GAME BRITISH SPORTSMAN WHO ICA’'S CUP HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH A MASSIVE SILVER LOVING CUP BY THE CHICAGO FAILED TO CAPTURE THE AMER- ATHLETIC CLUB. PERSONAL MENTION. E. A, Eaton and F. C. Ballard, business men of Salinas, are at the Lick. George B. Levings, a mining man of Pareal, Mexico, is located at the Grand. Dr. H. N. Winton of Haywards is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. Railroad Commissioner E. B. Edson is registered at the Occidental from Gazelle. Captain Edwin T. Cole, U. 8. A, is at the Occidental, en route to the Philip- Dpines, Rev. Dr. J. O. Lincoln and wife of San Mateo are among the arrivals at the Occi- dental. Charles Counselman, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, is registered at the Palace. Mrs. Thomas P. Taylor, wife of a man- ufacturer of Bridgeport, Conn., is a guest at the California. . George 1. Becker, a former captain of volunteers in the United States army, is registered at the California. —_——— A CHANCE TO SMILE. Teacher—What does b-u-l-I-y spell? Johnry—Why, er—um—m— Teacher—Come, come! Suppose a great big boy were to strike a little fel- low, what would you call him? Johnny—I don't dast ter ma’am.—Catholic Standard. tell yer, Husband (weakly)—This is the fourth time this week we’ve had corned beef and cabbage, Maria, and I'm just a little tired of it. His Wife—I'm sure, Thomas, you're very unreasonable. You know I've had to correct the proof sheets of my n book, “One Hundred Dainty Dinners.” London Tit-Bits. “How do you manage to get rid of bores?” asked Snodgrass, as he came in and took a seat by the editor's desk. “‘Oh, easily enough,” replied the editor. “I begin to tell them stories about my smart youngster. Now, only the other day he maid— What! Must you go? Well, good morning.”’—Tit-Bits. “Mrs. de Flunk was sneering at the Goodleighs because they crossed the At- lantic in a steamer of a line that is only moderately well known." “And yet the De Flunk’s ancestors trav- eled around in a cattle boat.” “When was that?"” \ “At the time of the flood.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. An old Scottish farmer, being elected a member of the local School Board, visited the school and tested, the Intelligence of the class by his questjons. The first in- quiry was: “Noo, boys, can ony o’ you tell me what naething is?"” 2 After a moment’s silence, & €mall boy in a back seat arose and replied: “It's what ye gi'e me t'other day for haudin’ yer horse!"—London Answers. That sclentific man who is so thorough- 1y determined to make monkeys useful contends that they would prove excellent cotton pickers. There is no doubt that monkeys picking cotton might prove such a comical sight that the hired man would never descend from the adjoining fence unless he fell off from the effects of uncontrollable laughter.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The wife of a clever detective is said to have powers nearly equal to those pos- sessed by her husband. Not long ago she began to notice that sixpences and shil- lings were daily disappearing as if by magie from the “change purse” in which she kept silver for small purchases. She was inclined to suspect one of her two maids, a sullen Irish girl, but was unwill- ing to accuse her. After some thought she wrote on a slip of paper, “Neither Bridget nor Cella must take any money from this purse.”” This slip she put into the purse with some silver and awalted developments. Two days later Bridget came to her and gave “‘warning.” - “What is the matter?’ asked her mis- tress, innocently. “T'll be going to another place,” sald Bridget, vindictively, “and it's yourself that knows the rayson. I'll not stay in a house where I'm accused of stealing money out of a little ould purse that's nivver had more than half-a suvran in it since I took service here!”—Tid-Bits. e Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend, * —_——— Cholcs candies. Tonwsend's, Palace Hotel* ————— Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_—— i usiness houses and pul men ths Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 % Somary siecor, Teaphone Man uzq' ————————— Graphite suitable for making lead pen- ciis i3 found In almost every conmtry the globe. S e aae—————— g SUMMER RATES at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach, Cal., effective after April 15; $60 for round trip, including 15 days at hotel. Pacifio Coast 8. 8, Co,. 4 New Montgomery sty |ANSWERS TO QUERIES. RAILROADS—G. M., Stockton, Cal. The mileage of street rallroads in San Francisco is 251.18 miles. THE GRANT MONUMENT—G. A., City. The cost of the Grant monument in Golden Gate Park was $2500. HALF OF 1527—Subseriber, San Jose, Cal. A half dollar of 1827 is not one of the kind of coins for which dealers offer a premium, DAN BURNS-H. F. 8, City. Dan Burns was never appointed United States Senator, from California or from any- ‘where else. MISS GOULD—W. M., Alcatraz, Cal. The address of Miss Helen Miller Gould is Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New York, ané 579 Fifth avenue, New York City. GOAT ISLAND—L. M. W., Oakland, Cal. The area of Goat Island, in the bay of San Francisco, is 140.9 acres. Its height is 344 feet above sea level, and the light- house on the island Is 79 feet abeve such level. CONSTABLE—G. G. R., City. For the name of any constable of Contra Costa County address a communication to the Sheriff of that county, Martinez. Inclose a self-addressed and stamped envelope for a reply. FRIENDLY NATION—Subscriber, Val- lejo, Cal. In time of peace it is an insult to hoist the flag of one friendly nation above the flag of another friendly mation. So each flag must be flown from a sepa- rate staff. POLYTECHNIC SCHOOLS~I. M.,Guin- da, Cal. In San Francisco there i1s a polytechnie school at Bush and Stockton streets, the Lick School and the Wilmerd- ing School, both at Sixteenth and Utah streets, and the Cogswell at Twenty-sixth and Folsom streets. DIVORCE—W. T. A, City. The gen- eral rule of law is that a decree In case of divorce made In one State, being a judgment of record, it will be given its original force in every other State. For this purpose courts of equity, Federal and State, have jurisdiction. DOORS—J. S. City. There is no record of the “number of entrances or doorways in the residence portion of the city.” An individual who has plenty of leisure might take a systematic trip through the residence portion of the city and count the number of entrances and doorways. ISLAND OF ARRAN—Subsecriber, Oak- land, Cal. There is the island of Arr: in the mouth of the Firth of Clyde, Scot- land, and there are the South Isles of Ar- ran across the entrance to Galway Bay, about four miles off the west coast of Ire- land. On these isles the people speak Eng- lish and Erse or Gaelic. GOVERNMENT SEEDS—C. L. €., Oak- land, Cal. To obtain government seeds adress a communication to the United States Experimental Station of Agricul- ture at Berkeley or the Congressman of the district in which you live. The sta- tion at Berkeley will advise you as to apple trees and results. FLAG AT HALF MAST-—Subscriber, Vallejo, Cal. Who first suggested the idea of placing a flag at half mast as a sign of mourning for death, defeat or national loss is beyond the ken of man. It was practiced in the times of the anclents as a token of defeat in war, and it is prob- able that the flag was half masted in token of defeat after a long struggle against death. ROACHES—Mr. W., Colusa, Cal. Pow- dered borax distributed where cock- roaches most congregate is sald to be the very best method to drive them away. I you desire to kill the pests use a mixture of red lead, Indian meal and molasses, or one of a decoction of poke root and mo- lasses, spread on plates and placed where they are noticed. They are very fond of both preparations, which kills them quickly. < CITY CIVIL SERVICE-—Subscriber, City. As to the time a list of eligibles under the civil service rules lasts in San Francisco the charter says: “The com- ‘missioners may strike off names of can- didates from the register after they have remained thereon more than two years.” From this it would appear that the com- missioners may allow the names of eli- gibles to remain on the register for an in- definite period.. GOD SAVE THE KING-E. C. E., Pa- cific Grove, Cal. Concerning the author and composer q§ “God Save the King” opinions differ. It has been generally be- lieved that Henry Carey, an English com- poser who in 1744 laid violent hands upon himself, wrote the song-and music and \ .Ji NAVAL POWERS TABOO SWIFT DESTROYERS — The verdict in the Cobra cage, which at- tributed the loss of that vessel to “struc- tural weakness” and also found thm‘: she was “weaker than other destroyers, has placed the British Admiralty and the builders on the defensive. It is stated that Parllament is likely to investigate the entire subject of destroyers, but ‘n the meantime the navy authorities do no: concede that the Parson turbine system of propulsion is at fault, but will simply be more careful in the purchase or build- ing of future vessels of that class. Another British destroyer, the Brazen, has become disabled and forced to aban- don her cruise in the north seas on ac- count of leaky boiler tubes. Accidents by collision, running ashore, foundering and repairs to engines and boilers have become too frequent since the advent of these frail crafts with excessive horse- nower, and all naval powers except Grea: Britain have ceased building thirty-knot boats. Birchings and canings are still metel out as punishment to such offenders n the British navy as are under 21 years of age, The latest annual return shows that nine birchings were inflicted under sen- tence of court-martial and 315 birchings by order of commarding officers, or tha “first Lut.” No statefnent is made of the canings, but “Jimmy Legs,” as the mas- ter-at-arms is termed, holds no sinecure position in the British navy, and his cans 18 rarely out of action. The Powerful and Terrible are to have four additional casemates with six-inch guns added to ‘their armament. The present batteries of these 14,200-ton cruis- ers conmsist of two 9.2-inch, twelve inch quick-firers, eighteen twelve-pound- ers and twelve three-pounders, and some naval officers are of the opinion that they could easily carry six or eight additional six-inch guns, and thus make the batter- jes proportionate te tho size of the ships. The turrets of the new British battleship Implacable are in such bad working arder &8 to necessitate the detention of the ship at the dockyard for several months. The forward turret is entirely useless in its present condition, having settled abou: six inches, and the after-turret has also sagged, preventing the guns from being used exeept in one position. The rollers and the hydraulic machinery are also said to be defactive. The turrets will b> removed, their foundations rebullt and other machinery for operating will hava to be installed. o+ e There are now three admirals in the German navy, Prince Heinrich of Prus- sia being the latest promotion to that grade. He entered the navy in 1877, was promoted to staff officer in 1888 and to “captain at sea” in 1890, serving in the latter capacity in four ships. In 1596 he became a rear admiral, and December 5, 1899, vice admiral. Although his promo- tion has been rapid as compared wita that of other officers in the navy not of royal blood, he has had considerable ac- tive service and is considered an efficient officer, fully versed in all the details of his profession, and a good authority on naval architecture, ordnance and kindred subjects. The other two admirals are Von Koester, with patent of 1897, and Thomp- son of 1899. The growth of the personmel in the German navy from April, 190, up to on2 year later is as follows: JApril 1900. [April 1901 Sea officers . 78 Naval cadets . 25 officers o 1 Sailor division .. | 1200 Torpedo aivision ~....| 3413 o on 3 Boys 000 Totals 23,772 v e . Gunnery practice is receiving much at- tention of late in foreigr navies, notably in the French and Engl'sh. In the latter the conditions for heavy and light guns are different, the target used for the 12- inch and 9.2-in¢h guns being fifteen feet high, twenty feet across the top and fift; feet at the foot. The vessels steam past this target at eight knots’ speed at dis- tances varying from 1400 to 2000 yards, firing for a period of six minutes. The six-inch quick-firers fire for two minutes over a range varying from 1400 to 1600 yards at a target of 300 square feet, tha ships moving at twelve knots’ speed. Un- der the first named conditions the cruiser Terrible fired her two 9.2-inch guns twen- ty-two_rounds and scored fourteen hits, a percentage of #4. 3 . . The commanding officers of the Japa- nese torpedo boat destroyers Niji anl Akebone have been court-martialed for the loss of the former vessel and collision of the latter. Commander Arakawa Chu- go of the Nlji was sentenced to three months’ miner imprisonment, and Com- mander Tsukumi Masav of the Akebona received a sentence of fifteen days’ minor imprisonment. The Niji was a new boat, just out from Fngland, and became a to- tal wreck July 30 of last year by running on a sunken rock, and the Akebone coi- lided with the cruiser Chihaya June 18 last. All hands were saved on the Nijf, but the Akebone had three men killed and one severely injured. I The discovery of wireles telegraphy is claimed by Russia and to have been made practical use of by Jacobi, a Russian, as far back as 1842. It was used, so it is claimed, by the ships of Oranienbaum and, further, that for twelve months Nicholas I used it at the Winter Palace. It seems strange that this Invention should have been lost so many years, but to make up for lost time it Is now being introduced In mest of the ships and at a:l naval stations. It is rumored that Russia intends to purchase all the warships of China that are of any value. These include two cruis- ers of 4300 tons and twenty-four knots" speed, bullt In 1397-88 at Elswick, and three cruisers of 2950 toms and 2.7 knots, bullt in Germany four years ago. @ cinininlmininininimiin il @ music first appeared in fhe Gentieman's Magazine in 1745. Anthony Young, am or- ganist of London, is also eredited with having written the music. Burrey, in the history of music, says that it was orig- inally written for the chapel of James 1I, 1685-1701, and ran “God save Great James, our King.” It is also claimed that “God Save the King” Is of great antiquity and of French origin, having been used for centuries as a vintage hymn in the south of France. ESTATE—L. H. 8. H., Tulare, Cal. ¢ a husband dies intestate in California and leaves a widow and onl:- one child, the property goes to widow and child, share and share alike. A husband, if of sound and disposing mind, may dispose of prop- erty as he desires. The donor of propert 7 by testamentary has an a. most unlimited scope within which to ex- ercise his judgment or to gratify his ca- price and intention in the matter. CAUSES FOR DIVORCE-W. T, 4, City. In the State of Pennsyivania the grounds for divorce are physical inca- pacity, desertion period of two years, imprisonment for felony, cruel- ty, fraud and fraudulent violation of “where wife tarous renders of husband intolerable.” In New Jer- sey the grounds are: Vielation of the marriage vow; physical incapacity: wille ful desertion, two years; cruelty. Divorce may be obtained in California after will- ful desertion for one year. Collusi ‘ol onlned ance a divorce. For instane it in California, a husband should agree his wife to desert her 25 there might be g S0 m ment would be a bar R .- condition to a divorce. = R