The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1901, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1901. MINNESOTANS UNVEIL AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. ECRETARY HAY’S address on “American Diplomacy” at the Chamber of Commerce THURSDAY.... +++.NOVEMBER 21, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address Al Communicstions to W. 8. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER'S OFFICE........Telephone Press 204 .Market and Third, S. F, PUBLICATION OFFICE Telephone Press 201. —— ROOMS .217 to 221 Stevemson St. EDITORIAL v Telephone Press Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Weel, Single Coples, 55 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ome year. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), ¢ mionths. DAILY CALL (including Funday), 3 morths. DAILY CALL-By Single Month. Sample coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change of eddress should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. DAKLAND OFFICE.. «+.1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Mansger Foreign Advertising, Margustte Building, Chicage, QGuong Distance Telepbone “‘Central 2615.”) NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. €. CARLTON..... «++.Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH.... .30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Breatano, i Union Square; Merray EHUl Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremost House; Auditorium Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Cerrespondent. BRANCH OFFICES—: Montgomery, corner of Clay, open untf] $:3 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 3:30 o'clock. €33 McAllister, open until $:30 o'clock. 615 Lerkin, open until #:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 261 Market, corper Sixteenth, cpen until § o'clock. 1096 Valencia, open untll 8 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open uatil 9 o'clock. 2300 Fillmore, open until § p. m. AMUSEMENTS. California—~Haveriy's Minstrels. Tivoli—*“A Galety Girl.” Central—*“Eing of the Oplum Ring.” Alcazar—-Self and Lady.” Columbia—*"On the Quiet.” Grand Opera-house—'"Die Melstersinger.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudevilie every afternoon end evening. « Fischer's—Vaudeville, Recreation Park—Baseball. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By F. H. Chase & Co. Government Horses, at Market street. By Wm. G. Laype—This evening, at § o'clock, Thorough- bred Horses, at 721 Howard street. By J. J. Doyle — Satur November 23, at 1 o'clock. Horses, Wagons, etc., at 3 Seventh street. day, st 11 o'clock. German A DANGEROUS OFFENSE. AD San Francisco needed an object lesson to teach the importance of the ordinance forbid- H ding the ob: ways of places of public a ances and passage- , it would have been abandantly fu es witnessed at the Grand Oper: y evening. The desire to attend the periormance of the evening was great and the managers of the opera company in sold so many admission ronged the lobbies and of the ticket holdérs It was in ruc tickets that the pur the aisles, and eve Id procure 2d not ion to the building. fact so pa crowded that many per- | sons holdi ere unable to get to them. An eye witness of the way to the ticket lobby and at the en- doors were opened— police were unable to last the word was given to admission tickets to “In a few minutes a scramble so intense keep orde: aliow the holders enter the theater; ar inch and when the holders of tickets for boxes, iestra and dress circle their Seats required the courage of a layer to try and get through the mass of humanity. Ladies garbed in gorgeous array were f fter their escorts, who sought to make a passage way through the densely packed aisles. Valuable dresses were torn and, in some cases, jewel When the overture began the seats were not half filled, owing to the inability of ticket holders to gain their places.” An incident of that kind ought not to be permitted to pass urnoted by the municipal authorities. No cne wishes to be unjust to the managers &f the opera company. In fact most music lovers are so grateful to the company for iringing so brilliant an array of singers to the city and presenting so successfully the masterpieces of music, they are willing to condone 2lmost anything the management may do. It is the general desire that the season prove profitable to the company, and no one wishes to put a single unneces- sary restriction upon its operations. There are limits, however, beyond which even the most tolerant good nature cannot permit the manager of a theater to go; every the aisles was block the orc sought to t foc ed to st iggle were wrenched away. and those limits were exceeded by the opera man- | agers on Tuesday evening. 5 The city ordinance on the subject declares: “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm company or corporation to obstruct or cause or allow to be obstructed in any way the entrances, exits, aisles, stairways, lobbies, or passageways of any theater, hall, concert hall or place of public assemblage during any performance, service, exhibition, lecture, concert, or during any public assemblage of any kind.” It is made the duty of the Chief of Police to carry out the provisions of the order, and the penalty imposed for the offense is a fine not exceeding $500, or imprison- ment for six months, or both. The ordinance, there- fore, is adequate to deal with the offense and it should be enforced. The crush of Tuesday evening fortunately passed without any loss of life, but had there been a panic, which is ®0 easy to start in a crowd already excited by the struggling of one with another in an inclosed space, the results would have been frightful. San Francisco cannot gfford to take risks of that kind. The city authorities should see to it that an example is made of the offenders in this case, which will be an ample warning to others who may be tempted to follow a similar course in future Now comes a Boston physician and says that if you smile early and smile often you can cure any case of the “blues” that attacks you, but he doesn’t define what he means by “smile.” We have hardly got the municipal election finished up, yet already the bosses are laying wires for the State election. Truly this is a- world in which the wicked never rest. S banquet in New York on Tuesday evening will doubtlicss rank among-the most notable speeches ever delivered on such an occasion. Even the brief sum- mary telegraphed “to the press suffices to show that it is one of the best of Mr. Hay’s addresses; and that is saying much, for there are few orators of our time whose ideas of statecraft are higher than his, or whose oratory is marked by such excellence of literary finish. The speech can be read by all Americans with keen satisfaction, for with hardly a reference or a sug- gestion of his own share in the work, the Secretary of State has set forth in a striking manner first the es- sential cifference between American diplomacy and tlat wkich has prevailed in the Old World; and seccnd the benefits which our methods of diplomacy have conferred not upon ourselves only but upon all American states, and indirectly upon the world at large. Reviewing the history of diplomacy generally, the Secrctary said: “There was a time when diplomacy was a science of intrigue and falsehood, of traps and mines zna countermines.” Into that kind of diplo- macy * American statesmen never entered. . Our methods of dealing with foreign nations were from the first straightforward and honest. Mr. Hay says: “In my experience of diplomatic life, which now covers more years than I like to look back upon, as in the far greater record of American diplomacy which I have read and studied, I can say without hesi- tation that we have generally told squarely what we wanted, announced early in negotiations what we were willing tc give, and allowed the other side to accept or reject our terms.” For many a vear our straightforward, frank dealing with any nation with which we might have contro- versy was a serious disturbance to European conven- tioralities. Their statesmen used to refer to it ag “shirt slecve diplomacy.” It was looked upon as something crude or worse. However, the shrewder leaders of the Old World perceived that the American method had its advantages. It facilitated interna- tional business and it inspired a feeling of respect for the Government whose representatives had the frank- ness to speak the truth and the courage to stand firmly for what is right. In the end they began to follow the American method, and now the old system of intrigue is nearly obsolete. Speaking of his own experience Mr. Hay was able to say: “During the time in which I have been prominently concerned in our foreign relations I can say we have been met by the representatives of other powers in the same spirit of frankness and sincerity.” It is a great thing for a nation to have accomplished | that much in the field of diplomacy, and the satisfac- | tion is greater because the nation has never lost by it. Nearly every important contention of this country in international politics has been won by us. We have demonstrated that in diplomacy as in other fields of human endeavor, “cqrruption wins not more than honesty.” We are now entering upon a career as a world power which will soon establish us as the fore- most nation on the globe; and yet there is no people, | however weak, that need fear any aggression on our part. We stand for international justice and for frank honesty in all negotiations to maintain it. The Secretary of State, doubtless for good reasons, made a special reference to the attitude of American diplomacy toward the states of Latin America. In those states fears have been expressed that we aim at establishing a domination over them. Those fears have been adroitly increased by Europeans who seek to incite antagonism to our expanding influence and | commerce. Of the South American and Central American people the Secretary said: “We no more want their territory than we covet the mountains of the moon. Not even our earnest desire for peace | among them will lead us to any action which might offend their national dignity or their just sense of | independence. We would endow them with all the consideration we claim for ourselves.” Such is American diplomacy as expressed by a Secretary of State of whom it may be said he has not only described it, but illustrates it. The bosses seem to have concluded that the pri- mary law must be knocked out, but that would be taking a mean revenge, for in the last election it was | not the primary law that hit them hardest. It was | the people. RECIPROCITY TREATIES. AISER WILHELM was reported a short time | K ago to have said: “If no commercial treaties are negotiated, I will smash things to pieces.” | When the report was submitted to Senator Cullom, who is slated for the chairmanship of the Senate com- mittee on foreign relations, he said: “If there be any | truth in the dispatch from Berlin respecting the re- markable declaration of the Emperor, it admits of | but one meaning and that is that in the absence of satisfactory reciprocal treaties Germany will abandon | her present system of moderate tariff and substitute | for it something approaching to non-intercourse com- | mercially with nations that refuse Germany fair treat- ment. I infer that the Emperor of Germany means that unless we revise our tariff laws or adopt recip- rocal measures which will give Germany better op- portunities to get into our markets, he will resort to retaliatory methods to keep our products out of Ger- many. Threats of retaliation will not have any influ- ence upon the Government of the United States in its endeavors to protect its own interests both at home and abroad.” ¥ There may be no truth in the report concerning the statement of the German Emperor, but the fact it was reported in Berlin and believed /there is proof that it represents a phase of public sentiment in Ger- many. If the Emperor did not use the threat attrib- uted to him, it is certain that a good many Germans would be pleased to have him make such a threat and live up to it. In fact, commercial competition has now become so keen that a considerable number of persons in Europe are losing their mental balance on the subject and would probably be glad to see the beginning of a war of tariff retaliations amang. the different countries in the hope that they might profit by it. Evidences of the spirit expressed in the threat at- tributed to the Kaiser are to be found in the utter- ances of many of the leaders and the organs of the German Agrarians, of French economists and notably in the addresses made at the recent conference of the Austrian agricultural and manufacturing interests at Vienna. Over and over again we have been told that the United States must make tariff concessions. or face a commercial war. The temper thus displayed by the nations of Europe is in itself a sufficient warning to the United States of the difficulties that will attend the undertaking of an elaborate system of reciprocity treaties. As Mr. | Carnegie has said, reciprocity is a nice word to say, 1 but the thing itself would be difficult to devise and i X more difficult to maintain. The jealousies of Euro- pean nations would lead each of them to strive to get the better not only of us but of one another in the arrangement of such treaties; and as a consequence there would be incessant bickerings. In the end, as Senator Hoar has pointed out, we would have to take our tariff regulations out of the hands of Con- gress and leave them to the State Department to be determined by treaties with foreign powers. There would be confusion both at home and abroad and a continual temptation to some power to get in and smash things, 5 The system of reciprocity proposed by Mr. Blaine and embodied in Republican platforms was expressed at Philadelphia in the declaration: “We favor the as- sociated policy of reciprocity so directed as to open our markets on favorable terms for what we do not ourselves produce in return for free foreign markets.” By standing firmly by that system of reciprocity, we would neither sacrifice our industries at home nor embroil ourselves abroad. Any departure from it would result in perplexity and wrong to some Ameri- can interest. The United States has much less to fear from any retaliation that may be devised by a Euro- pean nation, or by all Europe combined, than it would have from the weakening of the protective system by varying reciprocity treaties. It is decidedly best to keep our tariff regulations in our own hands. We do not need commercial alliances any more than military alliances. Our policy should be that of friendliness to all, but special favors to none. It is announced that King Leopold of Belgium will visit this country. Although he is 66 years old he has been a high roller and it is said he still likes a high time, so we may as well prepare to give him a royal reception in the American meaning of the word. THE CASE OF MISS STONE. ISPATCHES from Europe announce the ex- D istence of a belief in Sofia that the diplomatic agent in that city of the United States has notified the Bulgarian Government that he has infor- mation of the place where the abductors of Miss Stone are concealing her, and has demanded that the Govcrn_ment cease any further negotiations with the bandits and proceed at once to make a vigorous effort for her rescue. The new movement on the part of the American representative is said to be due to a conviction on his part that it is impossible to make terms with the brigands so long as they deem themselves safe from pursuit; but that if troops sur; round the place where they are in hiding, or even make a strong demonstration against them, they will weaken and surrender their captive for a much less ransom than they have hitherto demanded. It is hardly worth while to discuss just how much credence should be given to that story. It is not im- probable. Miss Stone has now been in captivity for many weeks, It was at first announced by her cap- tors that the ransom they demanded must be forth- coming “immediately” or she would be put to death. It was not forthcoming immediately, nor, it seems, has the full amount they demanded been forthcoming even to this day. TI!ere have been negotiations through some sort of channel with the bandits and efforts have been made to induce them to accept a less sum than was at first demanded. It appears they have refused, but they have not broken off negoti- ations. Under such cireumstances it is not at all unlikely the American Minister has found among the associates of the kidnapers some one to betray the place where the captive is confined and also to point out the means by which her resctte could be safely effected. So far as the circumstances of ‘the affair can be judged from this distance, it appears our Government has a valid claim against the Bulgarian Government for the wrong inflicted upon the captjve missionary. We have had the humiliation of having a ransom exacted from our people without being able to hunt out the brigands who extorted it. When it was an- nounced that the ransom must be paid or Miss Stone would be put to death a call was made for contribu- tions to the fund and the response was prompt and generous. For some time past we have heard of no further calls for money, so it is fair to assume that the ransom is no longer the chief question in the situation. Evidently there age other difficulties in the way, and it would seem that with them the Bulgarian Government will have to deal; or Uncle Sam will know the reason wh: Because a musician was elécted Mayor in San Francisco the envious East is trying to keep even by directing attention to the fact that an undertaker was elected Mayor in Jersey City. DUELING IN GERMANY. ERMAN army officers are having a hard time G by reason of the conflict between the laws and . the customs of their army in reference to dueling. The case of Lieutenant Hilderbrand, who the dispatches from Berlin announce has been sen- tenced to court-martial to two years’ imprisonment for killing Lieutenant Blaskowitz, affords a striking illustration of the dilemma which confronts them. The case has excited a good deal of interest in Ger- many by reason of its pathetic features. Blaskowitz, who was on the eve of his wedding, attended a sup- per at which he with others drank too much, and on his way home became quarrelsome and struck two brother officers, who were taking him to his quarters. Next day the case was reported to a court of honor of the regiment, and the officers who were struck were commanded to challenge. Blaskowitz, who, it seems,‘ had no recollection of the affair, was spending the cvening with his fiancee when he received a telegram calling him back to the regiment to fight. He offered to apologize, but the court of honor refused to admit it. He had two challengers to meet and had he es- caped the first he would have had to stand up before the other. He was killed, it appears, at the first fire, and honor was satisfied. 2 A few years ago it is probable there would have been no further proceedings in the matter, but of late the consequences of dueling and the outrageous bar- barism of the decrees of the soscalled courts of honor have aroused the German conscience and a deter- mined effort has:been made by some of the foremost men in the empire to put an end to the practice. They have not yet succeeded, but they have accomplished enough, it seems, to purish to.some extent those who kill an antagonist in 2 duel. Lieutenant Hilderbrand has been caught in this double trap. The regimental court of honor compelled him to fight his friend to the death for a blow which among any other people would never have been thought of again by either party. He killed his friend, and now he must go to jail for two years. . The Texas judge who, when,defeated by the popu- lar vote, ordered a recount in his own court and then counted himself in, may now be forced to complete the job by issuing an injunction forbidding any at- tempt to lynch him, t MONUMENT { AN IMPOSING IRON SHAFT IS THE FIRST OF McKINLEY MEMO- RIALS. IT WAS ERECTED BY TOWER AND SOUDAN, MINN., QITI- ZENS, AND WAS UNVEILED RECENTLY AT TOWER. TO M’KINLEY x5 s A rial to the murdered President. zens of Tower and Soudan, Minn. sides, bearing the following inscriptions: “The hardy lumbermen of Tower.” “The citizens of Tower and their chil PERSONAL MENTION. Charles F. Palm, a hotel man of Palm Springs, is at the Grand. 4 L. Tannhauser, a commercial traveler of New York, is a guest at the Palace. C. M. Rowan, a well-known merchant of Woodland, is registered at the Palace. G. W. Huddelston, a mining man of | New York, Is on a business trip to the coast and is registered at the Palace. Congressman Jullus Kahn left for Washington vesterday. Before his depar- ture he announced that he would work heart and soul for the re-enactment of the Chinese excluslon act. e e Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The following | Californians have arrived at the hotels: San Francisco—G. T. Coffey at the Hoff- man, H. Katz at the Albert. | Los Angeles—J. S. Lauson, Mrs. K. S. Vosburg at the Navarre, ‘A. N. Ting at the Manhattan. Cuban English. Since the war with Spain and the occu- pation of Cuba by the United States Ha- | vana merchants have almost completely revolutionized their business methods. Many of them employed English speaking clerks and correspondents, but from the following circular, which has been wide- 1y distributed in New York, it is evident that the writer might have been more easily understood if he had written in £panish: “NEVER before there was so good a chanse to get the highest brands in Ha- vana Cigars as we offer!! “HAVANA, June 22, 1901 “Dear Sirs: We have the pleasure to partake you we are just starting an spe- cial mail order .department which prac- tically renders the service of saving time and money. “Having you to pay for Havana cigars every where in the Stats, besides ex- penses and duties the profits of middle- men, surely you can’'t get them but at too high a price, while ordering from us we put you perhaps to no other EX- PENSES THAN THOSE OF FORWARD- ING, AND OUR REASONABLY PROFIT, viz “Can quote you for any brand. Can ship 24 HOURS AFTER RECEIPT OF ORDER. “We would send your by mail once a week or several times to several ad- .dresses one box containing 25 cigars of the brand you chose in one package, which REGISTERED AS SAMPLES you get at your Post Office probably WITH- OUT paying duties on them. “WE CHARGE YOU PRICE-LIST PRICE. Postage for a REGISTERED BOX of 25 cigars is FROM 30 TO 40 cents. ““Add to both quantities 10 per cent (to pay our expenses and get some profit) AND YOU WILL KNOW the COST OF YOUR CIGARS AT HOME. “Although you had to pay*duties you save 50 per cent, which is the profit of the importer & retail. “Make a trial with us and you will in- crease vour orders to mutual advantage. “Trusting to hear from you with an or- der no matter how small it is, and assur- ing you to do our best to deserve your patrcnage. —————— New London Fad. It Is said that a number of London's so- ‘ciety people have recently taken up the “barefoot fad,” and that many of the children of the world’s metropolis are Aow using sandals Insteaa of the conventional footgear. Opinions as to the real benefit to be derived from this custom vary, and while ! some physicians hold that it will accom- plish great good, others declare that it is at least useless and may be the cause of actual disease among children whose feet are too tender for such practices. It is claimed by many people that boots and shoes cause various deformities in the feet of children and are responsible for much suffering. This is denied by others, however, who hold that the danger from injury to the bare foot more than counter- balances the harm which can be done by modern shoes. First Brooklynite—It is easy to see that the men really responsible for New York's corruption are some of the big guns of Tammany. N Becond Brooklynite—Yes; the only trou- ble is that when you try to catech them you find they are disal ring guns.— ‘Washington Star, Guillet's Thanksgiving extra mince pies, ice <xeam and cake. %05 Larkin st., phone East 198.* “Willilam McKinley. Born January 29, 1343 - elected President in 1900. Assassinated September 6, 1901. Died September 14, 1901 ““The sturdy miners of Soudan and their children.”” CCOMPANYING is a plcture of the monument to the late President Will- jam McKinley unveiled at Tower, Minn., a few days ago, the first memo- The shaft, which is of iron, resting upon a base of iron ore and a foundation of concrete, was erected by the citi- There is a brass plate on each of the four Elected President in 189%. Re- ldren.” o A I 2 e e A CHANCE TO SMILE. Dinguss—Oid fellow, can you have a dollar this morning? *Shadbolt—No. You haven’t paid me the dellar you borrowed a month or two ago. Dinguss (mortified and resentful)—Do you mean to say, Shadbolt, that you re- | member such pitiful little debts as long | as that?—Pittsburg Press. let me “Dar’s des dis erbout it sald the old | colored deacon; ‘‘ef you goes ter heaven | you sho’ ter git a gold erown en a white robe: en ef you goes to hell you won't need 'em, 'kaze dey’d burn off so quick hit would make yo' head swim!"—Atlanta Constitution. “What would you do {f you had a mil- lion dollars?" said one plain, every-day man: “Oh,” replied the other, “I suppose I'd put in most of my time comparing my- | self with some one who had a billion and feeling discontented.”—Washington Star. “‘Oh, yes; the Rey. Mr. Kurves is a very eloquent preacher.” “I understand that he was once a base- ball pitcher.” “Yes, and a fine one.” “Ah! I suppose that's where he got his good delivery.”—Philadelphia Record. Miss Sereleaf—When I broke through the ice I was not under water more than half a minute, but my whole life passed before me! Miss Midwood—Think of it! Why, that was at the rate of over a year a second!— | Washington Star. “John,” said Mrs. Billus, after the caller had gone away, “I wish you wouldn’t bunch your blunders s “What do you mean, Maria?" Mr. Billus. “I didn’t mind your felling her that you were ten years older than I, but you fol- lowed it up a minute later by letting it slip out that you were B52."—Chicago Tribune. asked SOME ANSWERS 9 TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS TIME DIFFERENCE—N. L. W., City. The difference In hours between San Francisco and Lincoln, Neb., is one hour and forty minutes. ‘WOOD AND CORK—$.. City. One cu- ble foot of ebony weighs eighty-three pounds and five ounces, while a plece of cork,of the same size weighs but fifteen pounds. OLD PEOPLE'S HOME-C. 8., City. There is the Crocker Old People’s Home at the corner of Pierce andgPine streets, in this city, and the Altenheim, in Fruit- vale, where elderly men are recefved. FIRST CABLE ROAD-O. P. Q., City. The first passenger cable road ‘was started in San Francisco on Clay sireet, between Kearny and Leavenworth, August 1, 1873 It was at that time that the first car was run over the lire. STREET RAILROAD-O. P. Q. City. The first street railroad in San Francisco was the Market street line, which had its terminus on Market street near Drumm. It was moved by steam power and was put in operation July 4. 1860. TELEGRAPH—O. P. Q. City. The first telegraph in California was that estab- lished by Sweeney & Baugh, which ran a distance of eight miles between the Mer- chants’ Exchange, San Franeisco, and Point Lobos and was opened September 23, 1853. STRIKES—B. Information relative to the strikes that have occurred in the United States in the past twenty vears, and the resuit of such, may be obtained from the office of the United States Commissioner of Laber, ‘Washington, D. C. FIRST TELEPHONE-O. P. Q, City, There were a number of private fele- phone lines in use in San Franecisco before ine genmeral system came into operation, but this department has no means of as- cerfaining which was the first of these lines established. RUSSIAN TEA—L. 8. C., City. The fol- lowing is given as the method for what is termed the famous tea: “Into fresh steeped black tea drop thinly sliced lemon, peel and all, except the seeds, in the proportion of ome slice to a small cupful of tea. With this sugar may be used.” DAVID B. HILL-C. 8., Cify. , David B. Hill was elected Lieutenant, Governor of New York on the ticket h Grover Cleveland, became Governor on the resig- nation of Cleveland to assume the Presi- dency of the United States, served to the end of the term, was elected Governor in 1885 and re-elected in 1888, DIMES—O. B., Oakland, Cal. You have been misinformed in regard to only four dimes having been coined that year. There were any number of dimes coined. You probably desire to be informed about dimes that were coined in the San Fran- cisco mint in 1884 There were but twen- ty-four issued from there that year, and jt is those for which a premium is offered. F. B., Santa Ana, Cal BUILDING IN CASINO—J. C. M., City. In the game of casino if a player builds up a card to a certain -denomination his | opponent may increase that build, and it | must be taken with a card of the denomi- nation announced. A player may Increase the build of his oppoment, but he cannot | take the build of his opponent for the pur- | pose of increasing a build he may have on the table. RIVERS—A. D. P., Oakland, CalL The precise length of each of the chief rivers of the world s not known. They shift theiz ¢hannels and wind to such a degree as to render it a difficult problem to de- termige the exact length of any of them. The Mississippl is sald to be 3160 miles long according to one authority, while an- other says it s 298 miles long from its source to its mouth and that from the lat- ter to the source of the Missouri is 4506 miles. Another work says: ‘“The Missis- sippl river, the greatest artery of internal commerce in the world, involves a system of thirty-five rivers. The chief upper | branches of the system are the Missourl on the northwest, the Ohio on the north- east and the upper Mississippi. The re- spective lengths of these three are—Mis- sourt, 2008 miles; Ohio, 1265 miles, and the upper Mississippi, above the mouth of the Missouri, 1300 miles. The length of the Amazon is given as 3750 miles, also 3556 miles, and that of the River Nile is given as 7895 miles. Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend. * Choice candies. Townsend's, Palace Hotel* Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monte gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 & 10 THE SUNDAY CALL, A BIG THANKSGIVING FEATURES With illustrations by the best artists on the Pacific Coast. S 10 Thanksgiving Number, Out November 24, 1901, EXTRACTS FROM DIARY OF AGUINALDO'S PRIVATE SECRETARY. This grahic story of the inside lif: of Aguis ?“‘"fl‘h'--mvmhnumh in The Sunday Call except in the Government se- eret archives at Washingtoa, D. C. PAGES OF FEATURE STORIES s 2 WESTERN PAPER FULL _OF WESTERN STORIES BY WESTERN WRITERS