The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1902, Page 6

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NW. rorner Twenty-second and Kentucky, opea urtil 9 o'clock. 1200 Fillmore, open until § . m. e —————————————————————— AMUSEMENTS. leria Rusticana™ and *‘Com- Whose Baby Are You?" ttle Red Riding Hood.” New York.” | Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and | vdeville | HERE is cc iderable vigor in the movement T jor Government telegraphy in this country. It | is siated—not upon his authority, however— | that Postmaster General Payne is in favor of a postal | raph modeled on the English system. ~ | The latter is the largest governmenta telegraphy the world, and is naturally pointed to | as an example by those who favor state socialism. ; Our American systém is much more extensive and uses many times as much mileage, and, of course, wuch longer | The distances to be covered by he British Isles are no more than the mileage | of California would be if it had to serve the same | y of population. But the vast extent,of our | 2in demands the use of the largest wire system | | | { dor in the world, with an expense naturally ‘greater than any r. The financial experience of England in | operating her postal lines is nos taken into account | nor referred to by the proponents of an American | of postal telegraphy. The last report on the | telegraph, by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chan- | chequer, shows that the lines are 0,000, a deficit that system Britis cellor of operated now amounts to $40,000,000 since the Goverament took over the lincs The Ch: lor says that the people are eager for ication, but averse to paying a rate 1 the cost of operation, which has had s a deficit by taxation. We hear constantly of the cheapness of telegraphy in England. The service is cheap as compared with | d price per word transmitted. But | be added to the price use of the wires, and-when this is done a | gin between English rates and ours | > wages paid are compared it t the user of the British lines | at the expense of the em- | e at an annual loss of §; nCy | hould felt as a burden by the 1se, being a public concern, P sh Gove Bri the people expect iment s use for as ‘ear nothing as pos- " N> doubt if we h rs i Government railways the ship- veuld expect a very cheap ser- below the cost of administration, e would fell upon the- taxpayers in | pers and trave . unreasonabiy shape of seezns d vise in : by Government. carry over to it the habit formed in the enjoy- ment of schoo! facilities, and the protection of the Police and Fire departments. These are paid for in their taxes, and the citizen does not havc’xo put up any other fee for the use of the schools, a policeman or fireman. Their use costs him money, however, and he seidom sees such a balance-sheet as informs | him of the exact amount. When the Government : goes into business he will naturally expect its service as he thinks he gets schools, policemen and firemen, ! for nothing, and in the lack of information upon the { cost the service is quite likely to cost him more than | when rendered by private parti ard to any that is run ity A Detroit woman was married a few days ago to a gentleman who is represented to be five hundred years old. Something of interest is added to the af- fair by the fact that the lady is a spiritualist and her husband was not called upon to don fleshly vest- ments. | own forms of currency to the islands. {a local reserve fund for redemption and par PHILIPPINE MONEY. N the midst of war’s alarms in- the Philippines I the business of the islands is found to require a special form of currency, based on the gold stan- dard of the United States. 2 ‘When zll the Spanish colonies were united under one flag and commercial policy the Mexican silver dollar became the money of the Philippines, as it is largely the money df%ccount for a great part of Asia. As the value of silver fluctuated, however, it it proved to be an unstable coin, being exported and imported according to glut or scarcity of it in the near-by countries of Asia. In 1897 Spain issued a special Filipino peso, con- taining less silver than the Mexican dollar, and there- fore not liable to flow out of the country. The fall in the gold value of silver has caused a rapid rise in prices and a much slower advance in wages, to the injury of labor. This system of inflating a currency by reducing its purchasing power was the favorite resort of the Stuart Kings, which left the English currency-in sych disorder at the accession of William III. It has hampered trade and exchange in the isl- ands, and the time has come when it must be reme- died. The War Department appointed a special Com- missioner to visit Manila and, after investigation, to repert upon a means of reform.* The report of this Commissioner has been made and awaits the action of Congress. The Commis- sioner finds that the use of silver has become a fixed habit of the people, and therefore the new cur- rency should be silver, and recommends a distinctive coin in that metal, to be legal tender for 50 cents in the gold standard of the United States. It is to be known as the peso, and will contain 25 silver of the fineness of 0.835, and be di 100 equal parts, called centavos. It will be issued by the government of the Philippine Islands in such quantities as trade may require, to be determined by such government. It will be maintained at its par value in gold by a gold reserve, derived from the seigniorage of the coinage of the silver bullion used. The Mexican dollar and all other coins now in use | there will cease to be legal tender at a fixed date, and the new coins at their gold value will be the sole legal tender for public and private obligations. The | new coinage will be executed in the Manila mint and { will bear distinctive devices. The financial theory of the plan is correct. It ex- tends the principle of our gold standard and secures | the same stability which that standard establishes at home. Tt prevents such a draft on our domestic cir- culation as would be caused by the extension of our It establishes pur- poses, so that our contifiental reserve of gold will i bear no new burdens. The only criticism of it is the adoption of Spanish names for the coins. Peso and centavo will never look natural under our shield and flag. We are pro- ceeding upon the theory that the islands and their in- habitants are to be Americanized. To that end we have sent hundreds of American teachers there armed with textbooks in the English language. They are laboriously teachjng Tagals, Moros, Visayans and the whole museum of tribes to think in English. To do this they must be diverted from two languages, their tribal tongue Yand Spanish. The saying that “money talks” is quite true,*and the money of the Philippines should talk United States. Everybody handles money. The hali-cent coins will be in the hande of the school children. Every inscription upon them should be in English. This would be one means of making them learn. our language. They would all want to know what the words on the money meant, and would learn them. We believe that other countries with colonies put on one side of colonial coins their own language, and on the other the language of the people. Even this is better than the proposed Spanish name of the Philippine coins. Why Spanish? Spain has no longer anything to do with the archipelago. She left nothing there but her language and the memory of her oppres- sions. Why ~perpetuate the memory of both by stamping it in metal and compelling the people to handle it? = \ It is reported that when Mrs. Shaw, the wife of the new Secretary of the Treasury, was told that the Gages had expended upward of $100,000 more than the Sccretary’s salary to “kéep up with society,” she replied: “That seems to me extravagant and a trifle foolish. I believe I can maintain my house and get all there is out of Washington society on very little more than the salary. I do not intend to make Mr. Shaw hard up.”. That sounds like clear-headed Iowa common sense, and if Mrs. Shaw lives up to it she will set an example for all Washington to follow. G note to all the Boer commandos requesting them to keep on fighting. This may be taken as confirmation of a previous report that General Kitchener has opened with the Boer leaders informal regotiations for peace. It appears, therefore, that PEACE TALK IN AFRICA. ENERAL BOTHA is reported to have sent a ithe British are eager for peace and are willing to grant terms quite different from unconditional sur- render, while the Boers are determined to hold out for independence, or at least for better terms than the present Ministry will grant. : Tt is significant that the report of the instructions sent to the commandos by General Botha gees on to | say that he urges as an inducement for continued re- sistance at this time that the Ministry will soon have to ask Parliament for another war loan and possibly additional taxes, and that the chances are the British publié will demand a cessation of the war. It would seem from this that Botha is fighting now mainly in the hope that the British will displace the Salisbury Ministry, and that the anti-war party will attain suf, ficient power to force the indoming Ministry to con- i cede a Jarge measure of self-government to the Boers, if their full independence be not' frankly recognized. If Botha be fighting by reason of any such hope as that he is doomed to disappointment. Rosebery’s speech at Chesterfield, which has rallied around him the great bulk of the Liberal party, holds out no promise of granting independence to the South One of the aristocratic women’s clubs of Mil- waukee refused the other day to listen to a lecture by Clara Morris on the ground that she is an actress. . This unfortunately may lead Miss Morris to the con- clusion that seli-sacrifice after all is not a virtue. As the only war vessel that Germany has thus far sent to Venezuela is the cruiser Gazelle, it would “seem the Kaiser wishes to work on Castro’s feelings by trying “to gladden him with a soft black eye.” - ——— No such office as that of Secretary of Commerce bas yet been created; it remains but a suggestion; and yet the statesmen of five States are wrangling about which has the right to it ' African states. He declared emphatically for a pro- gramme of action which would begin by offering terms to the Boers, provided they would accept the sovereignty of Great Britain,-and upon their failure to accept would follow with a vigorous prosecution of the struggle. In ofher words, Rosebery con- demned the Salisbury Ministry not se much for its policy as for its inefficiency; and seeks office himself upon a pledge to carry out essentially the same policy, but with greater vigor and effectiveness. It is stated that in his negotiations for peace Lord Kitchener has been given a free hand by the Ministry, who are probably glad enough to find somebody to relieve them of responsibility. Having a ffee hand lin the matter, Kitchener is reported to have given THE SAN FRANCIS Botha assurances that the burned homesteads of the Boers will be rebuilt at the cost of the British ex- chequer, that the banished Boers will be permitted to return within twelv? months after the declaration of peace, that within the same time a general amnesty will be granted to all citizens of Cape Colony who are now charged with rebellion. The only issue then that remains to be settled is that of the extent of autonomy which shall be allowed the burghers. Evi- dently Botha is not satisfied with what Kitchener has offered in that respect, and hence his request to the commandos to keep on with the fight. If these reports be well founded it is hardly likely the war will be carried on much longer. There is now'a force in Great Britain strong enough to com- pel the®granting of liberal terms to the foe that has defied the empire so bravely, but no party at all that favors the recognition of complete independence. On the side of the Boers it is certain’ there must be a moderate party in favor of making good terms and ending a struggle that becomes more and more hope- leSs. Out of the new liberalism of the offers on one side and the wisdom of the moderates on the other, it is not impossible that peace may be derived within a time comparatively short, e r—— Congressman Eddy says there are not a dozen men in the House of Representatives who could earn in private business an income equal to the salary the Government pays them; but only a short time ago Congressman Belmont said there are upward of 100 men in the House who could do the trick. It is just such differences of opinion that provoke discussion and make Congressional life interesting. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, REPRESENTATIVES of the San Joaquin V;l- ley counties are to hold a meeting at Fresno on Saturday for the purpose of devising pre- liminary plans fqr exhibiting the resources and in- dustries of the valley at the coming exposition at St.” Louis. Though the date of the exposition is as yet distant, it is none too early for the work proposed for the Fresno meeting. No section of California is at this time more in need of a thorough exploitation of its advantages, and in none would such exploita- tion be more profitably repaid, Likg other sections of Northern California, the counties lying in the San Joaquin Valley have never been thoroughly advertised. The richness of the soil, the mildness of the climate at all seasons, the variety of the products that can be profitably cultivated, have never been made known to the people of the East as fully as they should be. “The consequence is that while Southern California receives a stream of tourists and settlers or investors the San Joaquin re- mains comparatively stationary. It is not likely, however, that the old order of things will continue much Jonger undisturbed. The very call for a meeting of representatives of all the valley counties to combine for a grand exhibit at St. Louis is a proof that a new impulse is stirring among the people. That impulse would under any circum- stances start a new movement of enterprise, but it will have the better effect from the fact that it co- incides with other movements of the time, each of which will be helpful to the valley., The first of these is the tendency of industry and commerce westward by reason of the developments ex- pected around the Pacific Ogean, and the sec- ond is the deep interest now taken in irri- gation. The westward movement will benefit all California, but the adoptiofi of better irrigation laws and the ney interest which is taken in the cultivation of the soif by the aid of irrigation will be particu- larly beneficial to the great valley where water can be applied to land under well nigh ideal conditions. In his report to the Department of Agriculture on irrigation problems in California Professor Mead pointed out that while in many parts of ‘the State ir- rigation is not necessary, it is everywhere beneficial. "The statement is partiqularly true of the San Joaquin. Moreover, the mountain streams which supply water for irrigation would also supply power for generating electrical energy, which could be transmitted at. but little cost to the cities for manufacturing purposes. Thus every form of industry, whether of town or country, promises to be benefited by the undertaking of those great irrigation enterprises in which it is now probable the United States Government will it- self set an example to the States and to private cor- porations. When all is said and done, however, the welfare of the valley counties will depend mainly upon the energy and progressive spirit of their own people. It is upon them rests the duty of making known to the world the land they have to offer to settlers, the resources that will repay large investments, the goods they have to offer in the markets of the world; and the mdnifold attractions of climate, scenery and soil which/ furnish inducements for tourists and for those who désire rural homes for recreatiort as much as for profit. It is as certain as anything in the future can be that the great ranches of the valley must sooner or later give place to a more intensive system of agriculture, The valley is‘ rich enough to sustain a population as dense as that of Belgium, and with far greater com- fort at all seasons of the year. Those facts should be made known in the East, whence most of our settlers come. The purposed exhibition at St. Louis will of ccurse tend to that end, and it ought to be made upon a scale -commensurate with its impor- tance. A & s e Lord Kitchener, it seems, can make a little joke when he feels like it, for it is reported that when a British officer recently applied for permission to take his wife with him to Bloemfontein the letter of request was returned to him with a blue pencil note on the back: “Officers on active service (under the rules) are not allowed animated comforts.” oy The Pittsburg woman to whom a firm of New York jewelers sent a $5000 diamond necklace by mis- take, and”who received it on Chrisgmas eve, had a happy day; but, oh, what a difference there was in the morning when the firm sent a messenger to re- cover the gems: - Mayor Seth Low of New York has announced that publicity in reference to public affairs shall be. the invariable rule in reference to the business of his office. A similar annodncement from authorities nearer home would be gladly welcomed by San Franciscans. wof A Boston Yoman is raising a storm of indignant protest because her picture appeared in a newspaper. {1t is unnecessary: to say that she was justified when the further information is giyen that one of the yel- low journals committéd the offense. If Senator Hanrta cannot settle his wrangle in the Ohio Legislature with Senator Foraker he might get the thing referred to the famous arbitration ‘com- mittee of which he is chairman, and thus put the com- mittee to some gaod use. W 0 CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1902 SHIPPING LAWS APPARENTLY MAKE THE WALLA WALLA RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OWN DESTRUCTION Correspondent Seeks to Show That Regulations for Preventing Collisions Were Not Strietly Followed. B blame for the disaster. ‘and so clear that a wayfaring man—even landsman—may not err therein. Listen to ference in Wasl conduct of vessels at sea. as foliows: | ngton some ten or more out of the way of the sailing vessel, 21 reads: That is precisely what the commander ‘Walla Walla. But even this is not all. lations savs: ANSWERS TO QUERIES. RELATIONSHIP—S8., City. The sister of your grandmother is your great aunt. MRS. S’I‘ANFORD—C. M, City.. The address of Mrs. Jane L. Stanford is Palc Alto. RAILWAYS. IN. SWEDEN—In Sweden there is owned and operated by the Gov- ernment 228 miles of railroad. MEDICINE—F. W., Pescadero, Cal. In California it is unlawful to practice medicine, or the art of healing the sick, without a license from a medical board. JEFFRIES-RUHLIN FIGHT—Readér, City. The number of individuals who wkt- nessed the recent Jeffrles-Ruhlin fight, | not including the police officers, was 7094. THE AMERICAN EAGLE-J. D., City. The steamer American Eagle while on the way from Stockton to San Francisco ex- ploded her boiler when near the Three Sloughs, Tuesday, October 18, 1853. PROBLEMS—W. H., City. This depart- ment does not answer questions in arith- metic nor figures or solve problems. For | that reason it will not answer theé hen and | egg problem. SALAD—Subscriber, City. Time was when the word “salad” was applied only | to ‘“‘uncooked herbs, dressed with salt, | pepper, vinegar and oil,” but now it has | outgrown that definition and is applied to | frult. Berrles, bananas. peaches. pears, | currants, apples, pineapples, oranges and | lemons are served as salads. * MUSIC—T. N.- H.,, Walnut Creek, €al. What a music publishing firm will allow | a composer for a composition depends | upon the merit of the same and its value | can only be determined after an inspec- | tion thereof. You should submit your | production to some music publishing firm. * 7 DISCHARGING FIREARMS — Sub- | seriber, City. No one has a right to dis- | charge a firearm within 300 yards of any public highway or upon any ground set apart as a cemetery or public square or park or within 300 yards of any dwelling- house in the city and county of San Francisco. THE VICTORIA CROSS—A. K., City. The Victoria Cross is given only for con- | spicuous valor in the presence of the en- | emy. The latest published record (1901) shows that 206 individuals have been awarded the cross. It would not be given to a musician for having played before the sovereign of England. WIDOWHOOD—A. O. 8., City. The custom of a year's widowhood is said to have originated with the ancient Romans, wkho had a law that no woman should re- marry within a year after the death of her husbahd, lest bearing a child within that period there might be a dispute as to whetlier the paternity lay with the de- ceased or living husband. SUGAR PRODUCTION —8. S. C, Spreckels, Cal. The following is the lat- est tabulated figures on the production of sugar per year of the principal European countries, in the order of production: Ger- many, 1,830,000 tons; Austria, 1,015,000; France, 910,000; Rusgia, £50,000; Belgium, 230,000; Holland, 170,000; Sweden, 100,000; Denmark 55,000, AN,ADOPTED' CHILD—S. M., Pleasan- ton, Cal. When a child is legally adopt- ed it is entitled to the property rights of the parents the same as a natural child, and if it ran away from the home of its adopted parents it.would possibly Incur th: same penalty that a natural child ‘would, that of disinheritance, if the par- ents desired to adopt that measure; but conditions and circumstances Which caused the child to seek another home might. have something to do with pFop- erty rights. LOCOMOTIVE WHEELS — E., City. Driving wheels of a -locomotive silde in making a curve. The driving wheels fur- ther from the center of the curve have to cover a greater distance than the inner wheels, but must do so in the same length of time. The inner wheels turn, but do not advance, thus sliding on the track. The sliding is not perceptible to the eye, brt il has to be considered in platting the curve. 1f the wheels slid too much or too little the engine would not keep the track, but would jump it. WE LOVE HIM FOR THE ENEMIES —Enquirer, City.. “We love him for the enemles he has made” is a sentence from a speech by Edwin S. Bragg of Wiscon- sin in the Democratic National Conven- tion ip 1884 urging the nomination of Grover 8. Cleveland for the office of Presi- dent. The reference was to the minority of the New York delegation, which was opposed to Cleveland’s nomination and which had attempted.to defeat the umt rule for the purpose of compassing his de- feat. > 7 BROTHER JONATHAN — Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. The following is said to have been the origin of ‘“‘Brother Jon- &lhan,” applied to the American people. General Washington found soon after taking ccamand of the Continental army that it was sadly in need of many articles. Jonathan Trumbuil, the elder, at that time Governor of Connecticut, was a fiiend of Washingion and one in whose judgment Washington had great con- fidence. During a consultation on the state of the army Washington suggested thai Brother Jonathan, meaning Trum- bull, be consulted. Trumbull was con- sulted, with the result that he devised means of procuring what was desired. The story was told in the army and after that the reply to a demand for any de- sirec article was invariably the to ask Brother Jonathan. The pl be- came vroverbial and has lived to this date. 4 ————— S T A N RRh N Resort in the world, offers best living, climate, boating, baibing, fishing asd most amuse- raenis. E. 8, Lal . manager, Coronad, Cal. | T sl S A . DITOR THE CALL: From the very moment of the col- lision between the Walla Walla and the Max it has been unusual to hear any-one—even a seaman—admit the possibility of the steamship being in any way to It may possibly be interesting to see what the law that bears on the matter is. Unlike most laws that “can be construed to please the fancy of the lawyers” the regulations for preventing collisions at sea are so simple The great maritime nations of the world have agreed on a set of regulations (adopted at the International Marine Con- Article 20 of these regulations reads ‘When a steam vessel and a sailing vessel are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision the steam vessel shall keep That in itself is clear enough, but see what follows: Article Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is required t. keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed. that he did, and his statement stands, not alone uncontra- dicted, but it is supported by members of the crew of the Article 22 of the regu- Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another veesel shall, if the circumstances of the case ad- mit, avold crossing ahead (the bow) of the other. It is going to be a trifle difficult to prove that the Walla R e o B e e HOTEL DEL CORONADO, choleest Winte: |- | Always buy Hurnett’s, fhe standard quality, savs: Every steam vessel slacken her speed, eor though he be a this: know anything about years ago) for the from the comsequences And they may take went into imperative of the Max claims | The closing wo! possible assistance such failure is shown, the contrary, be deeme neglect or default. would not advise a GOSSIP FROM LONDON W ORLD OF LETIERS ~ The subject of the law of copyright in books is discussed at some length by & great many distinguished Continental au- thors in the Morning Post. So far as Eng- land is concerned, the subject has been thrashed out by the Authors’ Soclety, which Tecommends an author to make his own terms with a publisher. The principle which this coyhtry has preferred is that the author should receive a royalty on each copy sold, the amount of the royalty being, of course, proportionate in some way to the price of the copies. As to the law of cqpyright, like many other ' departments of English enactment, it is in a state of bewildering confusion, statute being recklessly piled upon statute. | Though of course it is well enough | known that copyright in books lasts for | forty-two years after the author’s death, Francis Watt, an authority on the mat- ter, in an article on “The Law of Copy- right in England,” says no one wants to make the term less than now, but many plead for a more or less prolonged exten- sion. Tendency Toward Longer Period. In this connection it cannot be said that the act of Congress has given satisfaction to English authors. The copyright laws of most countries show three changes— original perpetuity, then a short term of protection, and finally a lohger term of protection. The tendency seems to be to make this still longer. Thus, in France | a hundred years ago the term was for ten vears after the author’s death. Now it is fifty. - Probably the present century will see important changes in England as elsewhere. The Morning Post then proceeds to give the views of leading Frenchmen and Ger- mans, a few of whose opinions may be quoted. Alfred Mezieres, a member of the French Academy and president of the Parisian Journalists’ Asociation, says: *It seems to me to be easy to fix the dif- ference between ordinary property and lit- erary property. Not one of us has any right over what a neighbor holds by hers itage or by acquisition, but literary work belongs to a certain extent to humanity. He who wrote it owes inevitably some- thing to predecessors and-the time comes when he ought to render to those who succeed him service such as has been ren- dered to himself. He certainly thus only pays as a debt to humanity part of taat which he has received.” Jean Rameau, a member of Societe des Gens de Lettres, says: ‘‘Literary prop- erty will soon be recognized for all time. I fail to see why in effect one should not be as much master of the products of one's brain as of those of one’s hand.” Georges Ohnet, the novelist, says: “The day that legislation recognizes that liter- ary property is property like any other will give simple justice. The tastes of the public and the admiration of readers alone will fix the duration of copy- right.” Authors Are Divided in Opinion. Dr. Paul Heyse, the poet and novelist, says: “Itis true property in the products of the intellect is in prineiple the same as that in material possessions. It should consequently descend in the way of inher- itance to the most distant successors of the owner.” Dr. Ernst von Wildenbruch, the drama- tist and novelist, says. *“In my opimion it is impossible from .the standpoint of right and justice to pronounce the prop- eryt rights of the author in his works to be otherwige than inextinguishable.” Dr. Max Halbe, the dramatist, holds that literary as other property should be treated purely from the material stand- point. Professor Karl Frenzel holds that copyright secured to an author for life, and to his heirs for a period of thirty years after his death, appears to coincide with all reasonable claims and interests alike of the author and of tne public. Dr. Ludwig Fulda holds the opinion that in future property rights will not be ree- ognized as germanent and inextinguish- able at all, but that for the common good the lawa of inheritance will be re- stricted, n:?: is neither moral nor useful that distanf descendants should acquire the right to live in idleness. Professor Julius Rodenberg, on the other hand, believes the author ought to be able to bequeath his creations o his descendants without any restriction, es- pecially as in many instances the remu- neration he receives is no e'g:ivnlent for hig labor. There are cases every lit- erature in which the works of the author have not met general recognition until many years after his death. Herr Heinrich Seidel, the novelist, again declares that permanent coj ht S aither Tight nor Just YT et Would Choice candies. Townsend's, Palace Hotel.* —_—— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.® ———— Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend’s.® —_————— Lock out fpr 81 Fourth, front barber and grocer, best eyeglasses, specs, 15c to 40c.* —_———— \ Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Preas Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, » —————— . The 0ld BEumpbacks Are not to bé compared to our new pa ent-back, flat-opening Blank Books, which cost no more than the old style and are infinitely bet: Daily Journals, cmend‘nm lzit:{’stea ana Cl;::lhr Pads for at the ces. born, Co.. 711 Market sireet. R L A strong minded woman is one ! ;lals upon wearing shees iarge en::: g?:- er. g ——— The saving of a few cents on a bottle of Va- nitta Extract will net atone for annoyance ot having dessert “fust a Little off* in faver, ‘Walla obeyed that rule. ster) fails so to do—i. If he (the mastet Hho other vessel—and no reasonable cause for 1t will, from this showing, 2 Walla was solely to blamg. that the Walle o any such hasty conclusion, even though the law in the case appears to be decidedly against that vessel. San Francisco, January T. And to go still further Article 33 which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, on approaching her, if necessary, stop, or reverse. The engineer on watch insists that he received no orders to alter the speed of the Walla Walla until at the moment of the collision the “stop” bell was sounded. It is, of course, urged that the bark had no signal lights displayed, but only those on deck at the time can possibly that. Such a shock as there was at the moment of the collision would more than possibly have put any oil lights that the Max carried out of business. be shown, however, that she had no lights, Article 29 of the regulations hds-a saving clause which those interested in the steamship will doubtless take advantage of. Provided, nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel * If it can It reads: .t of any neglect to carry lights or signals. further comfort too from the fact that " “ong; hat France has a law similar to one enacted by our Congress, tl effect four years and a half ago, which makes it for each ship in a collision to stand by the other. rds of .the first section of this act are these: e., stand by and render all the collision shall, in the absence of proof to d to have been caused by his wrongful act, robably appear to some minds But I certainly WILLIAM C. BOYNS. Ed PERSONAL MENTION. Benjamin Bloom, a banker of San Sal- vador, is at the Palace. Isaac Hartman, a merchant of Boulder Creek, Is registered at the Lick. M. M. Maddox, a young attorney of Visalia, is registered at the California. R. B. Burns, chief engineer at Los An- geles of the Santa Fe Railway, is at the Palace. J. N. Fulton of the Carson City road is down' from Repo and is a guest at the California. Lee L. Gray, a raisin manufacturer of Fresno, is at the Occidental with his wife and family. Isaac Bird, a merchant of Merced, is up here on a short business trip and is at the Lick. Drs W. i physician, is up from Santa Maria for a few days and is at the Grand. W. H. Hammond, a mining engineer and land owner of Visalia, is at the Cali- fornia, accompanied by his son. S. B. Cushing of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Raflway is over from San Rafael with his wife and will spend a few days at the Palace. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The following Cal- ifornians are in New York: From San Francisco—L. Maxks, at the Herald Square; H. Merrill, the Navarre; Mrs. G. A. Boyer, at the Imperial; E. Gettsgan, at the Hoffman; G. Uhl, at the Belvidere. From Los Angeles—Mrs. Bancroft, at the Criterion; V. Hankowski, at the Mur- ray Hill From Oakland—D. B. Huntley, at the New Amsterdam. From San Diego—G. B. Grou, at the As- tor. e ST “What a clever person that Mr. Larre- kin is!" said the lady who was young in spite of her years. ‘“He can make 3$20,000 a year on the Board of Trade: he can paint a landscape worthy of a place in almost any gallery you might mention; I have heard him play snatches from Beethoven's fifth sympathy with the touch. of a master, and yesterdaywwhat do you think?—he wrote a splendid villan- nelie on my cheek!” “Oh!" replied the lady who has céased trying to be a leading member of the younger set, “I should think you would have hated to let him spoil your make-up in that way.”—Chicago Chronicle. ———S AT - B.KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANGISCO. OUR CUSTOMERS EXPECT BARGAINS. We have always boasted of giv- ing better values than our compet- itors, and our customers have al- ways found us honest and true, and that is why they have confl- dence and trade with us. They ex- pect something extra good and are never disappointed. Here is a rec- Jrd-breaker to start the year right: Ladies’ viei kid lace shoes, straight foxed latest coin toes and tips, % double soles with extension es. THE _PRICE REDUCED TO ®1.83. Sizes 2% to 3, widths A E. &5 51.20 Boys’ Armor Clad. . _ Built for wear and tear. Neat in appearance, but solid and dugable. Boys' satin calf lace shoes with coin tces and tips and double soles studded with circlets. Youths” sizes 11 :1. g 1. P. m. on week days Bovs' sites i th o *Boys' sizes td 5la. We close at :‘ e and 11 p. m. on Saturday. and will continue to close at those hours, provided all other shoe stores dc the same. .PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO, {0 THIRD STREET, an Francisco. Lucas, formerly a ra.llrom“.