The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1902. % S e R e ety MONDAY ..e..cevasveenssnssnss. MARCH 17, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e Address All Communications to W. 5, LEAKE, Msnager. MANAGER’S OFFICE.......Telephone Press 204 o ke Sab cediddiide mammnitS it PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 20L. EDITORIAL ROOMS +.217 to. Telephone Press Delivered hy Carriers, 15 Cents Per Weel% ' Single Coples. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL dincluding Sundsy), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 8 months DAILY CALL Gincluding Sundey), '8 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month. .. FUNDAY CALL, Ope Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 221 Stevensom St. 202. All postmasters are authorized to recelve subseriptions. Eample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mall gubscribers in ordering change of address should te rarticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order tc ipsure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. UVAKLAND OFFICE..............1118 Broadwny C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Mansge: Foreign Advertising, Marquetts Building, Chieags, (ong Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.”) 5 NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: <. C. CARLTON..... esesssss.Herald Square . . NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: ATEPHEN B. SMITH.. ..30 Tribune Building CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: : Shermsn House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorfum Hotel “WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St,, N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—U27 Montgomery, corner of Clay. opefl unti! 9:30 o'clock. 800 Hayes. open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until #:50 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Simteenth, open until § o'clock. 1098 Va- lencta. open until ® o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 3 ¢clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open 1% o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. AMUSEMENTS. Orpbepm—Vaudeville. rand Opera-house—'‘Cleopatra.” Fische Theater—*‘Little Christopher."” k Built.” The Serenade.”’ —*“The Bowery After Dark."” Mechanics’ Pavilion rris & Rowe's Big Shows. Oakiand Racetrack—Reces to-day. AUCTION SALES. By Wm. Layng—Thursday, March 20, at 11 o'clock, 150 bead of Horses, at 721 Howard street. By McGlynn & Menton—Friday, March 21, at 12:15 o'clock, stock of the Flcres Hale & Company, at room 22, Chronicle T present. “I'HE - COUNTRY’S BUSINESS CON- DITION. is scldom that business is as featureless as at l All over the country the conditions are decidedly humdrum. Barring the strike in Boston the week passed with hardly a feature worth | mentioning. The strike, singularly enough, pro- duced no marked falling off in the city's trade, as the bank clearings showed 2 loss of only 2.4 per cent, arcd with the corresponding week last year. second strike, however, is announced for to-day the Fall River textile mills, so. whatever labor roubles are wisible at present are centered in Massa- husetts. Outside of that State everything seems to be going zlong serenely. The only other city of any consequence in the country to show a decrease in the bank clearings was New York, which fell off 7 | per cent from last year, and most of the other large cities exhibited heavier gains than of late. The net result of the week all over the country was a loss of 0.5 per cent, which is trivial. The week's failures were 232, against 209 last year, but none of them were important. T weather throughout the country improved last weck, and no interruption to trade or transportation was reported by any section. The winter wheat belt was visited by copious rains except Kansas, which got enly partial showers. These rains completely reversed the outlook for the wheat crop, which was beginning to worry the country somewhat, and it now looks about as fevorable as it usually dpes at this time of the year.” The Government issued its regular report, and as it showed 23 per cent of last year'’s crop still in the hands of the farmers, this, coupled with the rains, weakened the wheat market at Chicago. The San Francisco market, which gen- erally declines and advances with Chicago, held up ! Letter than the governing market, as the ireight market here is lower, owing to the large supply of decpwater tonnage, and wheat, of course, gets the sbenefit of the decline. The great staples showed little change and price variatioifs were remarkably few and narrow. Pro- visions, groceries, hides, wool, cotton, boots and shoes, steel and iron, 2nd, in fact, the whole line of staples, ran along without the ripple of a disturb- ance. Wall street, too, was quiet, and had plenty of tme to guess over the meaning of the large trans- fers of zold from New York to San Frangisco through the Government treasury. As far as San Francisco is concerned the outlook was never more brilliunt, even in the old gold days. Tle city’s population is increasing with such rapidity as to be perceptible to the dullest observer. On every side fall buildings are going up, new 'resi- dences are being built all over town, labor is in de- mand, and the streets are full of people. He who ascends to the top of any of our hiils and looks over the town is surprised at the quantity of new lumber he sees, from one end of the town to the other. The export husiness of the port is also large, and freight room to many Pacific points is hard to procure. We scem to have been suddenly galvanized into remark- able activity in all sorts of directions. The country, too, is fecling the guickéning effects of the new business wnd interior ‘banks and real estate agents are reporting the best demand for farming lands for many years. Altogether the State is apparently en- joying one of those periods of rapid progress so often seen in the Western States, but which, up to a year or so 2go, seemed tb have avoided California. If this :ontinues for several years more the census of 1910 will show a good many surprises. — A curious story comes from Europe to the effect that the Spanish Government meditates prolonging the régency for five years on account of “the inca. pasity of ‘King Alfonso to exercise the functions of sovereignty.” Whether that means that the Queen Regent is ambitious of further power and is making afight for it or that the young King is really weak- mipded does not appear, but in either case the out- look is bad for Spain. ' A decadent nation with an in- competent King has a poor show of holding its own in these days. ATTENTION REPUBLICANS. HILE the time for holding primaries and for taking steps toward making nomina- i V tions for the approaching State election is still a long way off, it behooves the Republicans of California to give heed to the efforts now being made by Herrin and Burns to get control of the party machinery and dominate the State Convention. It is a part of the scheme to renominate Gage, and that means the defeat of the party in the contest for the Governorship and the weakening of the whole State ticket. - It is clear, therefore, that in the inter- ests of Republicanism as well as in the interestd of California the stanch and loyal Republicans of the State should at once organize for the purpose of saving the party from boss domination. Y Let there be no mistake about this matter. Herrin is not working for Gage in the interests of Repub- licanism, nor in the interests of California. He is seeking to renominate him because Gage has: been a pliant tool in the past and will be equally pliant in the future. Gage has distributed the offices of the State among the henchmen of the bosses and has even made official positions in the normal schools and the charitable institutions of the-State parts of the spoils of politics. He has been so openly and shamelessly an ally of Herrin that he has not hesi- tated to endanger the success of the Republican party for the sake of pleasing Herrin. “ He has an- tagonized his neighbors, alienated the strongest ele- ments of the Republican press, excited the indigna- tion of thousands of loyal Republicans and driven the entire independent vote from the party by a ca- reer in office which from the opening fight made to clect the disgraced Buins to the United States Sen- ate, down to this time, has been scandalous and ‘vi- cious. Herrin and Burns may well desire the re- election of such a man, but while they may renomi- nate him, should the rank and file of the party neglect their political duties, they can never re-elect him; The lesson of the late city election in San Francisco ought not to be overlooked bysthe Republicans of the State. In that contest Herrin, by the aid of a combination of Democratic and Republican bosses, carried the Republican primaries. They controlled the party convention and dictated a ticket. The bosses thought they had a “sure thing.” Tt was a Republican year. The Democrats of the city were demoralized and divided.. Everything promised an easy victory to the bosses. The result was just what the Republican press of the city predicted. Thou- sands of genuine Republicans revolted against boss domination and repudiated the ticket. Independent voters scorned it. Not even the personal worth of the leading candidate could save him from defeat. At the polls the bosses were utterly routed. Herrin, Kelly, Burns, Crimmins, Lynch, Burke and the whole gang were beaten. If the combined bosses could ,not carry the city with a fairly strong man at the head of their ticket, what is to be expected of an attempt to carry the State under the leadership of Gage? California Republicans are loyal to their party, to |its principles, traditions, policies and platforms. That loyalty will prevent them from submitting to boss domination, or from permitting a Democratic rail- road tool to dictate to Republican conventions. If a convention submit to the bosses the genuine Repub- licans of the State will refuse to recognize it as a Republican convention. They will denounce it as a boss convention and vote against its candidates. The issue, then, that confronts the Republicans of California is that of saving their party and of keep- ing California in the rank of Republican States.. Un- less the true men of the party take enough interest in its welfare to defeat Herrin, Kelly, Crimmins and Burns, even.though they combine with Democratic bosses and throng the primaries with the rabble vote which their henchmen control, the people of Califor- nia will defeat the party. The Call gives the warning plainly that no man may mistake it. Gage was elected to the Governor- ship only because of 1epeated pledges that he had no bargain with the railrcad bosses and because of re- peated assurances from the railroad officials that the corporation was out of politics. Such pledges and assurances were potent then, but they will be worth- less if repeated next fall. They deceived the people once and they deceived the Republican press, but they cannot deceive the press nor the public any more. The appearance of Herrin, a Democratic rail- road attorney, at Sacramento as an ally of Gage, scheming and cajoling' to get Republican legislators to disgrace themselves by electing Burns to the United States Senate, has not been forgotten. The people will not wvote again for that combination. Re- publicans themselves will.not support it. The Re- publican press will not advocate it. The only way, then, by which the party can be saved at the next election is to defeat the schemes of the bosses to re- nominate Gage. That is the Yssue of the day. Despite the aggressive operations of the Boers, the British mine-owners are busily at work getting the gold out of the Transvaal mines. Over 1300 stamps are now in operation, and others will be started as soon as labor can be obtzined. Thus if the Boers get their independence the British will have the sat- isfaction of knowing they worked the country for all it is worth before they left PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. ESPITE the vigor with which the adoption D of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States Senators by direct .vote of the people has been urged, the opinion prevails in Washington that it will be preceded by an- other, even if it be adopted at all. The prospects are that the sixteenth amendment will be that proposed by Senator Hoar conferring upon Congress power to provide for the Presidential succession in the event of the death of the President-elect betwéen the date of his election and the following March 4. The constitution provides that a Vice President may succeed an actual President, and Congress has by act provided for the further .succession of mem- bers of the Cabinet in case the Vice President die; but there is no provision for the successor of a Pres- ident-elect; and consequently, should such a contin- gency happen, there might arise a very bad tangle to unravel in the midst of a partisan excitement, i Discussion of the subject has brought out a differ- ence of opinion concerning the act which constitutes the election of a President. Some authorities hold that the election is consummated on the day when the electoral colleges of the different States meet. in the State capitals and cast their ballots, Other au- thorities say a President is not elected until the bal- lot has been counted by the Senate in'the presence of the House. In either case, however, there is 1éft a period of several weeks between the -date of election and March 4. Suppose now. the 'President-elect should die during that period, who would succeed L] Ao lyflim? Or suppose the President in office should die before the President-elect took office and there were no Vice President to fill the place, who would suc- ceed during the interregnum? able, and et to statesmen at Washington it appears important they should be guarded against. It is quite possibie they might give rise to serious complica- tions. Thus one authority says: “If the President and Vice President elected on the second Wednesday in February should both meet with a permanent dis- ablement or should die before the following March 4 there would be nobody to inangurate. In that event the Secretary of State of the outgoing administration would by the terms of the succession act become act- iny, - .csident until another Chief Magistrate should be elected. The functionary thus clothed with Presi- dential power might belong to the party that had been voted out of office, and the consequence would be the continuarice in executive control of the Gov- ernment for a fulli'term of four years of a political party that had been repudiated by the people at the polls.” % These consider,‘afi'o‘ns are not new. They have been discussed in an ;{cadémi'é way for a long time, but the third assassination of a President has given the dis- cussion a practical'turn. It is now felt that the suc- cession should be provided for by law so as to meet every contingency that may arise. When Prince Henry was in Albany the New York officials showed him a ‘sword and told him his illus- trious ancestor, Frederick the-Great, had presented it to George Washington. The Prince drew it from the scabbard, looked at it and was deeply impressed. Now come a lot of historical sharps and say the story is a fake, that Frederick nevér ‘presented a sword to Washington. So the New Yorkers will have to point with pride to the weapon hereafter“as one which Washington owned and Henry handled. DEMOCRATIC . LEADERSHIP. ROM the discussion going on at Washington F concerning the selection of a chairman of the Democratic' Congressional Campaign Com- [mittee the country can learn something of the senti- ments which animate the representatives of the party. The first man spoken of for the position was Rich- ardson of<Tennessee, but he declined. Then it was suggested ‘that Senator Clark of Montana be chosen, and now: comes the report that Gorman'of Maryland is back in-Washington: waiting to take his seat in the Senate after March 4 and will probably get the office. Richardson, Clark and Gorman. That is a famous combination.” Any statesmen or politicians who could as readily accept the lead of one of these men as of another are certainly very impartial in matters of politics. Richardson is a free silver man and a free trader. Gorman is a gold standard man and a protectionist. It was he who managed the Wilson tariff bill to such an extent that the author could not recognize it, and Cleveland refused either to sign it or to veto it. Clark of Montana has no politics at all and entered the Senate mainly for the philanthropic purpose of putting a large amount of money into cir- culation thrqugh the medium of the Legislature. Richardson is out of the fight. Clark of Montana will doubtless stay in if he can perceive any chance to win. His selection for the place could mean noth- ing more than thaf Democrats are eager to tap a barrel,, His executive bu ability is unques- tioned, but his political ]eaxigxp would mean noth- ing to anybody outside of thése who shared in the distribution of the coin. Gorman has no barrel and precious few political principles. He was elected to the Senate on a free trade platform and then betrayed his party. He de- clared himself a supporter of the gold standard and then supported Bryan. To him more than to any other single man .was due the wreck of the Cleveland administration, and yet he now comes forward as a leader in the movement to overthrow Bryan and re- organize the party on a Cleveland basis. Hardly anything in the present political situation shows the demioralization of the Democratic party more strikingly than this wavering of the elected representatives -of the parly in approaching the task of selecting a chairman of the Congressional Cam- paign Commitee. For years past the spellbinders and the organs of the party have been denouncing pluto- crats and plutocratic corruption, and now their rep- resentatives think of choosing Clark of Montana to lead them in the fight this fall. Even the most im- pudent of agitators could hardly be expected to shout against mcney and bribery when %e had to go into the field with Clark conspicuous as his leader and paymaster. Gorman. is not so “raw” a leader as Clark would be. In fact he is not raw at all. Hardly any man now living has’so wide a knowledge of American politics, and few know better how to work all the wires that set ‘political machinery in motion. Able 2s he is, however, he is conspicuously lacking in ca- pacity to take broad views of public sentiment. He can handle Washington politics as astutely as any one, but national politics is beyond him. His limita- tions were clearly revealed when he split his_ party for the sake of making a fight against Cleveland. Should he be chosen for the chairmanship of the Congressional Campaign Committee his party would go into the contest under a discredited leadership. Such is the choice now before the demoralized Democrats of Congress. It is not to be wondered at that they wait and postpone the election of a chair- man of the campaign commiftee in the hope that something will turn up. The other day when Senator Tillman asked what kind of thing the Kaiser’'s American yacht is Chaun- cey Depew bobbed up promptly and told him it is “a sailing racing machine of the same type as beat the two Shamrocks,” and now the New Yorkers are poking fun at him, for the Kaiser's Meteor is not a racing machine at all, but a comfortable cruising yacht. Evidently Chauncey is one of the fellows of whom it has been said that it would be better for ain't so. It is reported from London that while in that city Mr. Schwab of the billion dollar trust dined at a res- taurant where he was given a pudding so delicious that_he offered the restaurant man $2500 to go to New York and prepare a similar pudding large enough to feast 100 millionaires whom he intends to ‘entertain. The story illustrates how quickly a man loses a modest pie appetite when he gets a pudding fortune and. how big American puddings are going to be when we learn the British method of making them. ¥os 1 AL S e T It is reported that the managers of forty-one bur- lesque theaters in the East have organized a trust, and now we shall see whether a trust can elevate the stage or merely raise he price. it < Such contingencies as those supposed are improb- | ~| embroidered tag inside the garment, PARISIAN MODISTES DO N UNDERSTAND GIBSONESQUE LINEg e e e T T T T is a feast of beauty to see the irre- I sistible gowns being worn by Mrs James Lewis Board, and her sister, Mrs. Beatrice Newell of New York and Michigan. Mrs. Newell came up from Los Angeles a few days ago to visit Mr. and Mrs. Board at the Palace Hotel These young matrons have a retinue of trunks filled with gowns that have taxed the wits of Parisian modistes to the utmost, but have replaced many of them with a large number of more artis- tic creations from the hands of San Fran- cisco gownmakers. This is a fact worthy of note, as most of us are prone to rave over anything that comes from across the pond, while, had we not seen the neatly it would never have occured to us to go mad over it. It is gradually dawning upon us, however, that the Frenchman does not entirely understand the Gibsonesque lines —I might say curves—of the typical Amer~ can girl. There should be a striking elegance and simplicity about her if she would make the most of her splendid figure. Let her confide her ideas to good American gown- makers and she is at her best. Mrs. New- ell is especially charming in an evening gown of white chiffon over satin, as shown in the accompanying portrait. The chif- fon is richly embroidered in orchids of delicate pastel shades. The becoming wrap for this gown is of blue chiffon with a yoke of rich point lace over white satin. One of the newest creations for Mrs. Newell’s spring wardrobe is a filmy black and white chiffon for afternoon teas [or carriage wear. The combination Is | wonderfully effective when happily ar- ranged. A dainty reception gown is of palest blue chiffon over silk. The chiffon is hand-embroidered in myriads of tiny flowers and falling about the feet over showers of frou-frou flowers of softest chiffon. BT e ‘Miss Kathryn Robinson will not go East for the present, as she had arranged, owing to the sad loss that has come to Major Crittenden, the relative whose fam- ily Miss Robinson interided to visit in Kentucky. While on-his way home from the Philippines a few days ago, Major Crittenden received a telegram announc- ing the death of his son, 18 years of age, whom the father particularly idolized -and was just placing at West Point, where he ‘was béund to have graduated with high- est honors and known a brilliant career, ‘as he was unusually bright. Major Crit- tenden has hosts of friends in this city, Wwho are telegraphing their sympathy as best they can, although words seem so inadequate to express one's true feeling for a friend at such a time. Society has met with a loss, for Miss | Hazel Noonan has returned to her home in Los Angeles. She has -made a five months’ stay in the city as guest of Miss Louise Redington and Miss Marion Hunt- ington, and seemed to betong to us. It is seldom that a girl goes among strangers and wins the hearts of every one she j meets so completely as did Miss Noonan. She was invited everywnere and feted again and again. Then, as a farewell, Miss Anna Foster gave a luncheon in her honor at San Rafael on Thursday and Miss Redington gave an informal tea for her on Saturday, and now she has sped away, for new hearts to conquer. There is something about her black hair and flashing eves that appeals to us even be- MRS. BEATRICE NEWELL OF NEW YORK AND MICHIGAN, WHOSE TRUNKS ARE FILLED WITH GOWNS THAT HAVE TAXED THE WITS OF THE MODISTES OF rARIS. OT OUITE 5~ fore we have learned the charming qual- — itles of her lovable nature. Then, too, her stylish gowns set off her striking beauty, and Miss Noonan wears her clothes well. s . To-day brings vivacious Catherine Her- rin back to us again, after a rest at Los Angeles to “knit up the raveled sleeve of care.” Miss Herrin has been nearly killed with kindness during this, her first season, and the beginning of Lent found her almost a nervous wreck. It was then that shé was again fairly deluged with solicitous friends, each suggesting exactly the course she ought to pursue to get back to health. Her mother knew best, however, as su¢h mothers always do, and bundled her away down to a quiet resting place, where she has been gain- ing rapidly. Now, If she can suppress her happy enthusiasm until after Easter. the fair CatlLerine bids fair to successfully stand the array of teas, dances, luncheons and dinners thereafter, which nced the veritable sunshine of her presence. ‘ SALLY SHARP. them to Know less than to know so many things that_ HE new floating dock for Bermuda was launched Febru- ary at Wallsend-on-Tyne, England, and will probably be in operation during the present year. It is 55 feet | in length and 100 feet width in the clear. Its ordinary lifting power is 15,000 tons, which in case of necessity may be inereased to 17,500 tons. The old floating dock now located at Hamilton, Bermuda, has been in use about twenty years, and although it has a capacity of 11000 tons has be- come inadequate on account of its insufficient length, which 1s only 381 feet. There are now six floating docks in the world with a capacity of 10,000 tons and over, namely the new Ber- muda, 17,500 tons; the United States dock at Algiers, 16,500 tons; Blohm and Vors, Hamburg, 16,000 tons; Spanish dock at Port Mahon, 13,000 tons; old Bermuda dock, 11,000 tonms, and the *Havana dock to be towed to the Philippines, 10,000 tons. The British battleship London has completed her speed trial, developing 15,264 horsepower and 18.1 knots speed under elght hour full power trial. The coal consumption was 1.97 pounds per unit of horsepower. The Bulwark, a 'sister ship, developed 15,353 horsepower and 18.15 knots. The contract re- quiremefits for both ships were 15,000 horsepower and 18 knots speed. A w turbine torpedo-boat-destroyer, named Velox, is building at Hawthorn and Leslie's yard, Wallsend-on-Tyne. It is 210 feet by 21 feet, and is calculated to make the same phenomenal speed as the Cobra and Viper, both of which demonstrated their ability to run faster than any other simi- lar crafts, but were otherwise unfit for serfice on the high sea. Under the heading, “Gratuities for Special Services,” the appropriation account of the British Navy.for 1900-1%91 con- tains some interesting items. There is a gratuity of 19s 2d to “Chinese soldiers; 9s 7d as reward for arresting a Chinese thief; £3 14s as expert fee for examining picture at an omficial residence at Sheerness, and £5 reward to night watchman at Smyrna for arresting the murderer of a seaman. To A. Bez- zina a reward of £1 was given for rescuing a naval officer from drowning, while the gratuities for the recovery of the body of a naval officer footed up £5 10s 10d. The great difference in the rewards in the last two cases—£1 to rescue an officer from drowning and £5 10s 10d for recovering an- other officer’'s body—is not calculated t3 stimulate life-saving. On the other hand it is possible that the officer saved from drowning was priced very low either on account of being con- sidered of little use to the service or that he was of an infe- rlor grade, while the recovered body may have been that of an officer of high rank. British shipbuilders have experienced the same difficulties in turning out naval vessels in contract time as the builders in the United States. In the case of torpedo-boat-destroyers twelve of these crafts, built between July, 189, and March, 189, were still on the contractors’ hands on March 31, last year. ‘Four of these vessels were from fifty-three to forty- two months behind contract ddte of delivery, ‘and the aggre- gate penalties amounted to $434,600. On four boats $12,500 was deducted, owing to failure to make contract speed. Eight bat- tleships and armored cruisers were likewise from two years to six months behind contract delivery, upon which only nom- inal peralties have been demanded by the Admiralty. Gun construction has also been delayed to a remarkable degree, and on twenty-nine 12-inch guns, fAfteen 9.2-inch and 133 6-inch guns the contractors have paid $109,030 in fines for late deliv- Griek. * . - A Russian schoolship for engineers and firemen was launched at Kiel on February 8 from the Howalds shibyard, She is named the Ocean and has a displacement of 11,900 tons on the following dimensions: Length, 458 feet 6 inches: BRITAIN’S NEW FLOATING DOCK FOR THE BERMUDAS IS LAUNCHED AND WILL BE IN OPERATION THIS YEAR It Is the Largest of Six Big Structures of the Kind in the World, Exceeding That of the United Statss a° Agiers in Louisiana by 1ooo Tons. breadth, 57 feet; draught, 25 feet. Her twin-screw engines are of 11,000 horsepower, calculated to give a speed of 18 knots, and the bunker capacity is 1600 tons, leaving a margin of 4000 tons for cargo space when the vessel shall be utilized as a transport. In the boiler room are four different types of water-tube bollers, namely, six Belleville, six Niclausse, three Yarrow and twoe Schulz-Thornyeroft, a variety which will give the firemen good opportunities to ascertain the merits and defects of each type. The primary object of this vessel is to give a practical education to the engine room staff of the Russian navy, and 7 officers and men will be given a year's service on the Ocean, which is to be employed as a transport between the Baltic and Siberian. ports. The Russian Navy Department is gradually dispensing with forelgners hitherfto employed in the dockyards. At one time foreign naval constructors, engineers and shipwrights— chiefly British—were so plentiful in the yards that the siiffps buiit were practically constructed by foreigners. Most of these have now been eliminated, and the Government is com- pelling private establishments and companies to dispense with the service of forejgners. Three British engineers in the em- ploy of the Odessa Trading Company for twenty-five years have received notice to quit unless they chose to become cit zens of ‘Russia. P . Scaickau at Elbing, Normand at Havre and Thornycroft and Yarrow are undoubtedly the most successful buflders of destroyers and torpedo-boats. The record of the latter firm is particularly phenomenal in that it has built eight destroyers for Japan during the past three years, all of which exceeded the contract speed of 30 knots. They were tried with loads of forty tons in a corntinuous run of three hours, and ranged in speeds from 31.08 up to 31.38 knots. SR The naval expenditures of seven principal countries during 1900 is given in a recent Parliamentary return as follows: Great Britain United States France .. Russia Germany . Italy ... Japan . Commander H. B. Mansfield, at present in charge of the Naval Rendezvous, New York, is next in the line of promo- tion to the rank of captain. Mr. Mansfleld has the distinc of having more years to his credit for sea service than i other officer in the active list, although his lineal numbe; 101 He entered the navy as a master's mate at the earl of 15, having previously safled in the clipper ship Geol State. In 1363 he entered the Naval Academy and graduated four years later since when he has had more. than his share of sea duty. His service record up to January 1 last was 33 years, 10 months in the service, of which 24 years 8 months at sea, a percentage of @. As a contrast to this record is the case of Commander J, D. J. Kelley, recently retired because of his disinclination against sea service, who in 3§ years § months total service had only 13 years 3 months, or 36 per cent at sea. Another instance is that of Captain Chadwick, who has been 40 years 3 months in. the service, of which 14 years 7 months at sea, a percentage of 3. There are other good records of officers with long sea service, sueh as Commander J. F. Moser, at present on the Pensacola, with 57 years § mo service, of which 24 years 5 months at sea, and Lieutens Commander J, M. Heim, who stands number 348 on the res- ister, and has a 22 years 4 months sea record out of 30 years § months. total service. Mansfleld, Moser and Helm are well known on this coast. .%WQWMMWO Eureka, is one of Lick. A © PERSONAL MENTION. the arrivals at the , Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's." —_———————— A, C. Brayles, a merchant of Chico, is at the Lick. 0. J. Woodward, a banker of Fresno, is staying at the Lick. S. 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