The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1902. The—bzas: Call. ..MARCH 10, 1902 MONDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adéress All Communications to W. B, LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’S OFFICE.......Telephone Press 204 e A A A A A A AP PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. Telcphone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Deltvered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Weelt Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: to insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. CAXKLAND OFFICE....... +v2..1118 Broadway €. GEORGE KROGNESS., ¥, mager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicsgo. NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Building e NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoris Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Union Square; Murray Eill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1408 G St., N. W. MORTON E, CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—S527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until 5:30 o'clock. 800 Hayes, open until 9:80 c'clock. 633 MeAllister, open until 9:80 o'ciock. 615 Larkin, open until until § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Grand Opera-house—"The House That Jack I Fischer's Theater—*‘The French Mald.” California—*“The White Slave.” T “The Serenade.” Central—*"Oltver Twist. “A Coat of Many Colors."” Columbia—**Arizona.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Sherman-Clay Hall—Song Recital, Tucsday night, March11. Woodward's Pavilion—Winter Circus. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. s THE WEATHER AND BUSINESS. decessors, was characterized by storms ex- tending over the major part of the United States and interfering with business in all sorts of ways. They hampered railroad transportation, and thereby cut down the railroad earnings, checked the movement of produce from the farms to the distrib- uting points, prevented wholesalers and jobbers irom replenishing their stocks, and in the iron re- gions closed down many plants and injured 2 good deal of costly machinery. Under these circum- stances it is mo wonder that the country’s bank clearings should show a decrease of 7.9 per cent for the week, as compared with the corresponding week in 1901. The telegraphic facilities were particularly demoralized by the elements, and throughout the whole week the service between Chicago, New York and the intervening markets was feeble, slow and ir- regular, and messages were only taken subject to delay. Those portions of the country not visited by these severe rain or snow storms complained of dry weather, and Kansas reported high winds with a great dust storm, while Texas and Oklahoma re- ported that unless rain came quickly the winter wheat small proposition dpring the com- THE week just closed, like its two or three pre- crop would be a ing season Still, in spite of thasc serious drawbacks, the coun- iry did a good busincss. Eastern markets reported a quickening demand for textiles, cotton and cotton goods in particular, the strength shown by this class of goods being the feature of the week. The West and Northwest, as usual, sent in the best reports, specifically in regard to clothing of all sorts, from millinery and dry goods down to the coarser de- scriptions for farm and camp wear. Dairy products, lumber, coal, iron and wooden building materials all sent in reports of active markets, and all current signs favor the indication that, taken as a whole, the general business of the country is better than at this time last yvear. The spring demand has been first rate all along, and with better weather largely in- creased activity is confidently expected. The weather is but an incident after all, and even if it does cut down trade, it is only for the moment, and in no wise retards the commercial progress of the coun- try, the expansion or contraction of which is due to much deeper causes than the condition of the weather The Pacific Coast was not exempt from the busi- ness restrictions imposed by the weather. It is sel- dom that stormy weather prevails over the whole country, and, in fact, the condition is not witnessed once in a decade, but such was the case last week. A great quantity of farm produce which should have found its way to San Francisco is still in the coun- try awaiting shipment. The submergence of the Sac- ramento River lowlands has upset the market for beans, potatoes and other vegetables, and swollen streams and breaking bars up north have seriously hindered the shipment of dairy products to this mar- ket. The outward movement of goods from this city has also been materially diminished. In fact, the whole list of market quotations might be specified as “upset by the weather.” The interruption to trade, however, causes no complaint, and is indeed regarded with a complacent eye by farmer and merchant, who are rather disposed tc take the jocular view of the ranch hand, who, kept from his work by the storm, Jooks out of the window through the curling smoke of his pipe and remarks cheerfully: “More Tain, more grass, master.” The country is drenched and what is not water is mud, but when the harvest comes later on the State will see a sight that will fill it with satisfaction. A wet winter makes a full purse, and it is the condition of the purse, not that of the sky, that affects the prosperity of the State. Judging from the current weather California will need a bigger purse this year, for the one she is carrying now, capacious as it is, will probably be too small. The wild 2nd woolly West, with its pistol-wield- ing, wild-tearing inhzbitants of both sexes and memory sacred to romance, is about to lose some of its Jaurels. The Legislature of Virginia is about to consider the propriety of permitting women to carry the persuasive revolver. \ ? | remunerated. | JUSTIOE TO LETTER CARRIERS, HILE Congressmen are meditating the ad- W visability of increasing the salaries of Jus- tices of the Supreme Court and their own salaries as well, the people should not permit them to overlook the claims of the letter carriers to a juster and more adequate reward for their services. There is a bill now before Congress for that purpose and the country should see to it that it be neither defeated nor neglected. Arguments in favor of increasing the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, Congressmen and other high officials are based, after all, only upon a claim for an increased affluence and dignity of social position. It merely means adding a little more of luxury to their lives, for their salaries are already ample to enable them to live in high degree of com- fort, to save money and to provide by insurance for their families. The argument for an increase in the pay of letter carriers on the other hand is based upon a claim for plain justice. It is no more than asking remuneration for the work performed and an income equal to the needs of a comfortable livelihood. Of all classes of persons in the employment of the United States, letter carriers are the most inade- quately paid. Under the present system the letter carrier enters the service as a substitute at $100 per, annum. He serves anywhere from three to five years on the extra or substitute list, delivering special de- livery letters and working in the place of regular carriers, and during that period he does not earn on an everage more than $25 per month. When after such a long apprenticeship he is appointed a regular carrier he receives for the first year $600, for the sec- ond year $800 and for the third year $r000. It takes the average carrier about eight years of service to reach the $1000 grade, and after that he can go no higher. These figures hardly need comment. They carry their meaning on their face. Here are a set of Gov- ernment employés required to work, rain or shine, in the open air, exposed to every sort of weather, at a task requiring a high degree of fidelity, intelli- gence and physical endurance, who have at no period of their service any adequate reward for the labor performed. The letter carriers bill now before Congress can- not be/charged with erring on the side of extrava- gance. It is, indeed, a very modest measure. It proposes no more than the creation of an additional grade of the service for which the payment shall be $1200 a year. That sum is certainly none too much to pay for the labor of men who have passed through so long a preliminary service, who have acquired so much experience of value to the Government and to the public, and whose tasks are so arduous and so im- portant. It is to be borne in mind that the carrier has to provide his own uniform, and that it must be neat and attractive. He is not permitted to wear old, faded and threadbare clothing for the sake of prac- ticing economy. Neither can he live cheaply and re- tain the vigor required to take day after day the long tramps up and down the streets in the performance of his duties. He must be well clothed, well fed and well housed, for his work exposes him to every va- riety of inclemency of the weather in summer and in winter. It is not too much to say that the people of the country are overwhelmingly in favor of this bill. We have not noted in our exchanges a single expression of opposition to it. The issue, however, should not be passed over with a mere tacit approval. The com- mercial and industrial organizations whose members know so well the value of the free delivery system and the work of the carriers should actively assert themselves in support of the measure. There is no reason why each and all of such bodies should not adopt resolutions in favor of the bill and forward them to Congress. It is a matter well within the scope of the work of such bodies, for commerce and industry are in a large measure dependent upon the efficiency of the postal service. Our letter carriers deserve well of the Government and of the public. It is but just that they be fitly The increase of. pay provided by the bill before Congress will be small. No valid argu- ment can be raised against it. Its enactment should be assured by an overwhelming majority in both houses. The recent report that the Rothschilds have bought the London Times can hardly be true. They have no need of a paper, and if any noted newspaper should pass into their hands it would soon lose its influence as surely as the old New York World lost when it passed into the hands of Jay Gould. B POMP AND PRECEDENCE. VER since the United States was honored by E foreign nations by the substitution of Embas- sadors for Ministers at Washington there has been more or less disturbance at the capital concerning the grave and serious consequences of the change. Ministers represented nothing but Gov- ernments and states, but Embassadors represent sov- eignty, royalty itself, and from that fact flow forth endless troubles. By some strange perverse way of fate the irritations of Embassadors and the discontents of Americay digaitaries over their relative rank break out more violently on funereal occasions than at any other time. The first controversy among them that was big enough and loud enough to attract public atten- tion broke out at the time of the dedication of the tomb of General Grant. Around the last resting- place of the illustrious dead there was a scramble for precedence among the living. When a few days ago all official Washington assembled in the halls of Con- gress to hear Secretary Hay prohounce his eulogium upon McKinley the old irritation reappeared. This time the matter is said to have reached a climax, and it is announced that something has to be done to settle once for all the degree of precedence that is to be conceded to representatives of royalty whenever we have state occasions of republican pomp at the national capital. The racket this time is between the Embassadors and the Justices of the Supreme Court. The officials of the Capitol in assigning places for the various dig- nitaries who were to attend the memorial ceremonies gave the members of the Supreme Court seats in front of the Embassadors, and now the Embassadors and their wives are cffended at the wrong done to their high station and the august personages they represent. It has even been announced that they will as a body insist that something be done to fix the or- der of precedence so that they shall not be humili- ated hereafter. Just how the controversy will be €ettled no one knows. It seems to be a very abstruse point, one of those things involving eternal principles which never can be settled until they are settled right. If there were any way of bringing it into court the Justices conld of course promptly find constitutional grounds e giving themselves precedence. Were it left to international arbitration the diplomats would as readily find law and authority for giving Embassa- dors the right of way. However, it is to go to neither of those powers for settlement. Perhaps the President will have to solve the whole thing. It has been reported that a public officer, name not given, says that according to all rules of etiquette observed by foreign Governments, and which should be ob- served here according to the arrangement of our offi- cial machinery, the order of precedence should be as follows: The President, Vice President, Embassa- dors, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Justices of the Supreme Court, members of the Cabinet, Foreign Ministers, Senate, House of Representatives. Perhaps the adoption of that order will be satisfac- tory. At any rate it is Washington’s quarrel, and it is to be hoped she will settle it without starting a war which the whole country will have to fight out. When two Senators got into a heated altercation the other day Tillman rose and said to them: “If you gentlemen are not careful you will get your- selves into the same fix I was a few days ago.” The Senate smiled, order was restored, and the debate ceased to be exciting. The incident is a striking il- lustration of how’ the scandal of one day becomes the merry jest of another. e ——— BANKING AND CURRENCY. mittee on Banking and Currency an agree- " ment has been reached upon a general bank- ing bill designed to reorganize our monetary sys- tem. The issue is one of the most important to come before Congress at this session, and the time is propitious for dealing with it. Banking and currency reform must be undertaken sooner or later, and it is evident it will be better to enter upon the work now while business is flourishing and our financial in- stitutions are subject to no strain, rather than to wait until some disaster comes and then be forced to enter upon it under the pressure of public excite- ment and financial disturbance. The bill purposes to effect the desired reorganiza- tion by creating a Board of Control, to consist of three members, who shall have supervision of all national banks and perform the duties now vested in the Comptroller of the Currency; by national banks assuming to redeem currently $130,000,000 of United States notes: by permitting national banks under suitable restrictions to issue asset currency propor- tioned to their capital; by limiting issues of silver certificates to five dollars or less; by increasing sub- sidiary coinage; by providing for the exchange of gold for silver: by permitting national banks to have places of business in any part of the United States, colonies and foreign countries; and by requiring na- tional banks to pay interest at the rate of 1 per cent on all deposits of public money. The features of the bill most likely to meet with antagonism are those relating to the assumption on the part of the banks to redeem United States notes, the issue of asset currency, and the loan of public money to national banks upon a payment of 1 per cent interest. The provisions of the bill upon those points therefore deserve careful attention. In the summary of the measure given by our specizl correspondent at Washington it is stated: “Any national bank that shall assume the current redemption in gold of an amount of United States notes equal to 20 per cent of its capital, may, with- out depositing United States bonds, immediately issue an armount of bank notes equal to 10 per cent of its capital; and at the end of one year it may issue an additional 10 per cent. On each of the issues it shall pay a tax at the rate of one-quarter of 1 per cent per annum, but should it cease to redeem United States notes it will have to pay a tax of 134 per cent.” Banks that agree tc redeem United States notes equal to 20 per cent of their capital are required to surrender to the treasury an amount of United States notes equal to 10 per cent of their capital, which notes are to be canceled and destroyed. It is explained that 20 per cent of the present national bank capital is $130,000,000, the exact amount of United States notes for whose redemption the banks would be responsible if every national bank assume its share of redemption. One-half of that amount, $65,000,000, would at the same time be presented to the treasury for cancellation, thus in the aggregate relieving the treasury of the burden of redeeming $195,000,00c of notes and so put an end to any fear of a drain of gold. For the purpose of supplying an asset currency it is provided that national banks may at the end of two years issue circulation equal to 10 per cent of their capital, and thercafter may increase the amount by degrees until at the end of five years the total issue is equal to 60 per cent of the capital. The tax on each of the issues after the first 10 per cent is to be at the rate of 124 per cent. The notes are to be guaranteed by a furd consisting of United States bonds or gold coin equal to 5 per cent of all notes cutstanding, and the fund is to be used only for the payment of notes of failed banks. It will be seen that the banks which agree to re- deem United States rotes are authorized to fissue asset currency up to 2o per cent of their capital sub- ject to a tax rate of one-fourth of 1 per cent, whereas those that do not enter into that agréement are to pay 1% per cent. There is therefore an advantage of 1 per cent in favor of the banks of the former class. How far that will be an inducement remains to be seen, The proposal to loan surplus money in the treas- ury to national banks for 1 per cent is almost cer- tain /to excite antagonism. There is no apparent reason why the Government should lend its money at so low a rate of interest. It cannot borrow for that, and should not lend for less than it has to pay. B\' the Republican members of the House Com- As Prince Henry did not have time enough in Chi- cago to see everything, the reception committee hesitated a long time whether to show him the stock- yards or the university. Finally they decided to take him to the seat of learning, and now there is civil war in the city and a mourning among the magnates that the royal visitor goes away with the false im- pression that Chicago is more devoted to culture than to lard. If one were to judge from the riews of each day it would be natural to decide that New York has trou- bles enough without the addition of new evils of which she did not suspect. But the great city now harbors a preacher who positively refuses to marry any woman who promises to obey the man of her choice. It is to be hoped that the reverend gentle- man will stay where he is. The Tillman-McLaurin affair is closed so far as the Senate is concerned. Virtually the matter has been referred to South Carolina for action. * DIRECTOR OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTION IN ENGLAND GETS A BIG SALARY and two 10.8 inch guns of thirty-five tons In revolving turrets, substituted for the original 16% inch guns of seventy-five tons HE salary of Philip Watts, successor to Sir Willlam White as Director of Naval Construction in the British navy, has been fived at §15,000 a year, in addition to which he receives $225 as chief examiner at Greenwlcg Naval College. The office force of the constructive an £ in stationary barbettes. The reduction of weight by this change in armament and gun protection is 452 tons, which will raise the 19% inch armor belt ten inches. The 10.8 inch gun, designing staff has increased from thirty-five in 1882 to ninety- eight at the present time, and the total 665 to $181,960. Twenty years ago there constructors and fourteen draughtsmen; now there are thirty- nine constructors and forty-two draughtsmen. 2 the Director, which was $7500 while Sir Edward Reed and Na- thaniel Barnaby held that office, was raised to $12,500 in order to induce Willlam White to accept the position, and now the Admiralty has been forced to increase it to $15,000. The Chief Constructor in the United States navy receives only $5500 a year and his assistants number only four naval constructors and about forty draughtsmen. The long-delayed gunnery experiments on the old battleship Belleisle were carried out February 19 off the Isle of Wight. The forepart of the vessel had been reconstructed to represent sections of the latest armored cruisers, with bunkers, water- tight compartments, protective deck, ete. armor, six inches thick, represented the Drake class; the other side, four irichés thick, is identical with known as the “county” class. against the Krupp armor targets. The tacked the six-inch plate with a 9.2 inch directed her six-inch suns against Armor-piercing projectiles with cordite Photographs were taken of the damage done between each two rounds, and while the details of the trial have not yet been made public, it is generally understood that the six-inch plate resisted the 9.2 inch gun, while the thinner target was demolished by the six-inch gun. After object of the experiment had been attained and the ship was towed back to Portsmouth. Six armored cruisers of 10,200 tons displacement are to be laid down during the present year for the are of an entirely new type, 1800 smaller than the Aboukir class, and exceed the Monmouth, or county type, by 400 tons. Their length is 450 feet, breadith 67 feet and draught 24 fect The engines are designed to develop 22,000 horse- power, giving a speed of twenty-three knots, and the normal 6 inches. The armament thirteen coal supply is 800 tons. 7.5 inch, ten 6 inch ard pounder, quick-firing guns. shire, be built at private yards. A.great amount of money is being expended in reconstruct- ing obsolete types of armored ships in the French navy. tons, built in 1885, has received new ,boilers Caiman, of 7239 These sections or targets were painted in black and white and were twenty feet square. The ship, drawing fifteen feet, was anchored in sixteen feet of ‘water, so that in case of filling she could not sink very far, and two gunboats opened fire at a distance of 1250 yards the four-inch smaller—probably One of these ships, is to be built at Chatham dockyard, and five, Hampshire, Argyle, Roxburgh, Antrim and Carnarvon, are to salary list from $79.- were only ten naval The salary of succeeded In naval general tinuance ley On one side the ity. the 9800-ton cruisers 4 run the navy. gunboat Pincher at- gun, and the Comet section. charges were used. serious or obnoxious. a dozen rounds the Iline. British navy. They yards. build for it. will consist of two twelves the Devon- named and had charge by independently of Every department of the Admiralty was put control and the Minister became little more than a figure- head. The chief of staff having to attend to so great a mass of details found no time to consider the question of national defense, which was the chief object for creating that office, and M. de Lanessan quickly discovered the absurdity of the situation and also resented the diminution of his own author- He has therefore returned to the old order of things by depriving the head of staff—who is an admiral—of all author- ity over personnel and material of the fleet, and making the various naval bureaus directly responsible to the Minister. It is a sad setback for the clique of officers that wanted to A similar proposition to that which has been tried and found wanting in France is being agitated by prom- inent officers in our navy. wick, Taylor, Evans, Bradford and Higginson favor a general staff, with the admiral of the navy at its head, which would practically run the whole business and leave nothing for the Secretary to do except to sign his name. Such a board Is now in existence, but has not yet developed into anything very yards and docks departments. the workmen as he is with the sailors on board ship and although lighter by forty tons than the discarded 16% inch, has greater penetrative power and will demolish an iron target 33.7 inches in thickness, whereas the capacity of the old sun was only 29.4 inches under like conditions. M. de Lanessan, French Minister of Marine, has at last curtailing staff to reasonable proportions. fice was created originally and development the power of the head of the This of- the con- naval pol- of, ministry, under his in order to insure of a progressive the frequent changes Crowninshield, Sampson, Chad- It is, as yet, only advisory to the Secre- tary and affords an excuse for shore duty for officers of the ' L B Captain J. B. Coghlan, at present captain of the Brooklyn navy yard, is a strong advocate for building ships in the navy He admits that such work will probably cost more than if bullt by contract, but that the results would be more satisfactory. He is quoted as saying: build a far better ship for itself than a private concern can The navy must have the best, and, therefore, I am of the opinion that the Government should be willing to pay the extra price and get the extra quality.” lan was for several years attached to the Mare Island yard, “The Government can Captain Cogh- turns of the ordmance, equipment and He is as popular ashore with he has all the business qualities in which naval officers as a class are usually deficient. The other officers. His arguments in behalf of an efficient navy are, therefore, of more value than the opinions of most @ i e oo e e @ ANSWERS TO QUERIES. ONE IN 1887—C. H. B., Breptwood, Cal. The 10th of June, 1887, fell on a Friday. DIME OF '4—8. E. R. A United States dime of 1849 is not a premium coin. BORNHOLM—S. R., City; The island of Bornholm in the Baltic belongs to Den- mark. HALF OF ’'39—Subscriber, Healdsburg, Cal. A haif-dollar of 1859 does not com- mand a premium. BENT—N. N, City. It is correct (o say or write “the knife is bent,” but in- correct to say or write ‘the knife is bented.” POSTAGE—J. T. G., Calistoga, Cal. The bill authorizing the reduction of postage In the United States from 3 to 2 cents was signed March 2, 1883. FOUNDERING OF THE VICTORIA— B., Oceana, Cal. The British ship Victo- ria was run down by the Camperdown June 22, 1893, at 4:31 p. m. SILVER MINE—D. S., May, Cal. This department has no other information thaa that contained in the published dispatch relative to the silver mine named. DATES OF THE PAST—A. M., City. The 17th of February, 1881, fell on Thurs- day; the 4th of January, 1887, on & Friday and the 27th of September, 1890, on Satur- day. CONGRESSMAN S., City. There 1s a Congressman from Kentucky by the name of Charles K. Wheeler, but there is none by the name of Wheeler from Ten- nessee, A BILLION—A. 8., City. According to the French notation a billion is a thou- sand millions, or 1,000,000,000. According to English notation it is a million of mil- lons, or 1,000,000,000,000. LATIN QUOTATION—Puebla; Oakland, Cal. The sentence is not “Hume a tuis but is “Tu Jupiter hunc a tuis “‘Thou, this one from arcebis,” aris ceterisque templis arcebis.” will prevent O! Juviter, your altars and temples. LICK OBSERVATORY—G. H. L. City. The Lick Observatory, on Mount Hamil- ton, is open every day in the year, but on Saturday nights only are visitors per- mitted to look through the great tele- scope. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX—Subscri- ber, Napa, Cal. born at Johnstown Center, Wis., in 1835. Bbe was married in 1884 to Wilcox. Her residence is “‘The Bunga- low,” Short Beach, Conn. CENSUS FIGURES—Subscriber, City., The census figures that will give the pop- ulation of San Francisco by race and creed may be had by writing to the cen- sus bureau at Washington, D. C., but none such have yet been published. SE.AYING TREES—A. S., Aukum, El Dorado County, Cal. There are a num- ber of sprays for fruit trees as pre- ventives against the ravages of insects, but as you do not designate the kind of trces that are affected this department carnot answer the question. PAR VALUE OF STOCK—H. M., Hol- lister, Cal. From the printed stock quo- tations one not owning stock in any of the companies cannot tell what the par value of the stock is. Such information may be obtained from stock papers or from ;he secretary ofi each company. CIVIL SERVICE — A. §., City. By watching the columns of The Call you will learn whenwivil service examinations are to he held. Such are not announced until a short time before the date for ex- amination. If you are an applicant in any department you will be notified by the de- partment of the time. A LEAKY ROOF—L,, City. If you had a house built and the party who built it guaranteed that he would make the roof rainproof and he did not do so you un- doubtedly have grounds for an actign against him for failure to carry out His ccentract and for damages, if any follow- ed by reason of the leakage. CASINO—E. J. D., Eureka, Cal. In the game of casino sweeps do not count first tnless the players agree before the game that they shall. Where no agreement exists before the play the count is cards, spades, blg casino, little casino, aces and sweeps. The law of casino is that a player cannot build from the table. DIVORCES—B. D., City. The law of California is that any one divorced can- not within a year, if a, resident of the State, marry again. The divorce laws of Honolulu are not governed by the divorce laws of California, but if a man was di- vorced in- Honolulu he could not come to California and be married again within a year from the date of the decree of di- vorce. ¥ DIVORCE—W. O. 8., Auburn, Cal. If a woman is a resident of Washington and wishes to apply for a divorce she may do =0, pravided she has been a resident of the State for the required time, namely one year, and has sufficient groumnds to bring the matter into court. In that event the court will direct a copy of the sum- Ticns to be mailed to the last known resi- Ella Wheeler Wilcox was | Robert M. | PERSONAL MENTION. Don Ray, a merchant of Galt, is at the Lick. L. J. Rose Jr., son of the horseman, arrived from Oxnard yesterday and is at the Palace. Dr. David Powell and Judge L. T. Crane of Marysville are registered at the Lick House. Captain\ F. B. Zahn came over from Mare Island last night and is stopping at the Occidental. W. L. Carter, a well-known jeweler, whose business is at Santa Rosa, is at the Occidental Hotel. J. B. Beresford, auditor of the Cudahy Packing Company, with offices at Omaha, s stopping at the California. Dr. Frederick Lange, heavily interested in the mines at Mazatlan, Mexico, is reg- istered at the Occidental Hotel. W. J. Pendray, a merchant from Vie- toria, B. C., and his wife are visiting this city and are registered at the Lick House. Thomas O. Toland, one of the State Board of Equalizers, was in the city for a few hours yesterday, departing for his home in Ventura last night. Captain George Blocklinger of ' the United States navy arrived in this city late Saturday night and secured apart- ments at the Occidental Hotel. S. R. Hopkins, one of the principal owners in the Tonopah mining district recently opened up in White Pine County, Nevada, is on the register at the Russ s. Ida A. Lewis and her daughter | and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce | Bonny, returned yesterday from an ex- tended trip to Europe, and have taken | up quarters at the California. R. R. Cable, president of the Rock Isl- and road, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace. His visit to this city is only for pleasure, he said last night, and has no connection with railroad business. [ o o e e ® 1 | dence of the husband in case he is not ‘thin the jurisdictfon of the court in | which the suit is commenced. BUILDING SCHEME—B., Elmhurst, | Cal. This department does not answer questions as to the reliability of individ- uals or firms. As to the building scheme alluded to in letter of inquiry, why not ask the promoters for references and then consult the parties referred to? A POEM—R,, Placerville, Cal. This cor- respondent wants the name and the name of the author of a poem in which occurs the following. Can any of the readers of this department furnish the information? She was as white and pure as snow, But like the snowflaké from Heaven she fell. WATER ON THE BAR—T. J. M., Sierra City. The soundings on the bar at the entrance to San Francisco Bay on a di- rect line from Fort Point to Lime Point “ommencing from the .Lime Point 5, 33, 47, 4, 26 and 18 fathoms. | Incoming vesels do not have to wait out- side for the tide to rise. The figures show the depths at the average of lower low water. MRS. MOORE—A. N. 8., City. This de- partment cannot explain why the class of people named in your letter of inquiry allowed the remains of Mrs. Hammond Moore, who committed suicide in Stock- fon, to be buried in the potter’'s field. This department has not the time nor opportu- nity to canvass the different individuals and ask them why they did not contribute to a fund for a different burial plat. RUNNING RECORD-D. W. E., Rich- mond, Contra Costa County, Cal. The running record for 100 yards is the follow= ing: 93-5 seconds, B, J. Wefers, Wash- ington, November 7, 1896; 9 4-5 seconds, W. P. McPherson, Auckland, February 7, 1891, and J. H. Maybury, Chicago, IlL., June 5, 1887; 9 3-5 seconds, B. J. Wefers, Lowell, Mass., July 5 1897. This is the amateur record. According to the books there is no professional that has beaten these records. NAVAL ACADEMY—W. R.. Boonville, Cal. Applicants for admission to. the United States Naval Academy at An- napolis are examined mentally by the academic board in reading, writing, spell- ing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, United States history, world's history, algebra through quadratic equo- tations and plain geometry (five books of Chauvenet's geometry or an equivalent). Deficlency in any one of these subjects may be sufficient to insure the rejection of the candidate. CAPITALIZATION—G. S. W., City. Benjamin Drew, in his “Pens and Type,” on the subject of 'capitalization, says: “Names of persons, of things personified, of nations, - countries, citles, towns, streets, ships, etc., should be put up,~ and, directly answering your query, say. ‘“‘He is familiar with the German, French, Russian, Bengalese, Chinese and Grebt; language.” Some nouns and adjectives originally proper have, by usage, the common form, as: leather boots, morocco gaiters and a fez cap when dancing the german." — e —— HOTEL DEL CORONADO, cholcest Winter Resort in the world, offers best living, climate, boating, bathing, fishing and most amuse. ments. E. S. Babcock, manager, Coronado, Cal, ‘“‘He wears russia | A CHANCE TO SMILE. “‘Of course she has her faults.” “Has her faults! Say, she’s got more faults than a new torpedo-boat.”—Cleve-~ land Plain Dealer. “Some chillun,” said Uncle Eben, ‘“is pow'ful good jes’ befo’ Christmas, jes’ de same as some grown folks is pow’ful good ‘when dey's lookin’ foh office.”—Washing- ten Star. Neighbor—The baby suffers from sleep- lessness, does it? Mr. Jeroloman (haggard and hollow- eyed)—I didn’t say it suffered. It seems to enjoy it. I'm the one that suffers.— Philadelphia Times. “He gave me a message to deliver to brother George,” she exclaimed demurely. “Was it necessary to kiss you in order to do that?” demanded her mother. “Yes,” she answered; “it was a sealed message.”—Washington Star. “What we want,” said the First Pa- triot, “is honest elections.” “I should say so,” agreed (he Second Patriot. “Why, Heeler promised me 350 for my influence in my ward, and now he says he never agreed to give me more than §10.”—Baltimore Sun. “I think it was the most touching play I ever saw, yet there sat Maud Gariing- horn, as dry-eyed as could be.” “Because she knew she’d have to bedi{ dry-cheeked when she came out under. the glare of the electric light.”"—Chicago Tribune. Casey—Well, past and gome. Cassidy—Shure, ye could av ye only acted quick enough. Casey—How could ye? Cassidy—Shtop it befoor it happens.— Philadelpbia Pre: ye can't prevint what's The Social Student—I have noticed that the men who discover the workingman's grievances are not the men who work. The Workingman—Of course not. It is because they do not have to work that they find time to look up grievances xhich otherwise nobody might discover.— Boston Transer “Have you named the baby?" asked the admiring neighbor. “Not ' said the proud young moth- “We're going to christen him Sun- Dear me! What an odd name! I'd almost as soon call him after Robinson Crusoe’s man Friday and be done with it."—Chicago Inter Ocean. “I'd like to talk to you about a min- ute,” said the stranggr with the bulging valise in a husky voice, as he leaned over the railing. “I am handling all the standard authors.” “If 1 were one of them you'd have to have cleaner hands than you've got now or there would be a fuss,” replied the man inside the railing, glancing at him a moment and turning again to his work.— Chicago Tribune. England’s Wedding Ring. A writer in Lippincott’s tells the follow- ing legend of the ring which the Arch- bishop places on one of the fingers of the British ruler, as part of the coronation ceremonies: “ ‘The wedding ring of England’ is of plain gold, set with a large table ruby on which the cross of St. George Is en- graved. Legend says that this ring be- longed to Edwaygfl the Confessor, and that he bestowed I on an old beggar who asked an alms of him, he having nothing else at hand at the moment. Sogn after- ward two English pilgrims lost their way in the Holy Land, and were succored by a ‘fayre olde man,’ who on parting said to them: ‘T am Johan, the evangelyst: and saye ;e vnto Edward yovr King, that I greze him well by the token that he gaff to me, thys rynge, with hys one handes.” Certain it is that James II, whe: detained by the fishermen of Sheerness on his first attempt to flee the country, in 1688, contrived to hide a ring, called ‘the coronation ring," in his clothing. This was a favorite ring of Mary Queen of Scots, and was sent by her at her death to James T, finally coming into tite pos- session of George IV through the chan- nels by which he obtained all the remain- ing papers of the house of Stuart. “The Archbishop puts the ring on the fourth finger of his Majesty’s right hand, saying: ‘Receive this ring, the’ensign of kingly dignity and of defense of the catholie faith.” " —_—— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* ——————— Townsend's California glace fruits, 50c a &“1“};.3“"""? 'boxn or Jap. bas- o e present for East 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bll.lll.:llinr:’.‘.em:£s~ —_—— bw nln!omxu:ln nglnlhd dally to usiness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * Queen Elizabeth de;fghtsd in the odor of violets. In the season she wore a bunch of these flowers at her throat or girdle and at all times kept this perfume on her dressing case, —_— e ‘What you pay for extracts is important, but ‘what you get is ten times more Important. Bur- mett’sVanilla costs more because it's worth more. &