The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1902. vesss-s..APRIL 24, 1902 THURSDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adress A1l Commusicstions to W. 5. LEAKE, KE, Maasger. PUS-SUCITN PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market ud ’I'Illfll. 8. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS. .217 to 221 Stevemnson St. TELEPHONE. &sk for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect ‘You With tie Department You Wish. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: CALL (Including Sunday), one year. CALL (ncluding Sunday), 6 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months, DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEKLY CALL, One Year DAILY DAILY thorized to receive tions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. All postmasters are subscr Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compiiance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE......c:0:+2+.1118 Broadway C. 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T0 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOB THE SUMMER Call subscribers contemplating a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mnew ddresses by motifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a local agent in all towns on the coast. e —— ey AMUSEMENTS. Grand Opera-house— ‘Gismonda." Fischer's Theater— 'Fiddle Dee Dee.” California—*'Captain Lettarblair.” Tivoli—""The Fortune Teller.” Central—*A Child of Fortune.” Alcazar—*The Two Escutcheons,” Columbiy ‘om Pinch.” Orpheum—Vaudeville Recreation Park—Baseball to-day. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By J. D. Horan—Saturday. April 26, at 11 o'clock. Horses &t corner Tenth and Bryant streets. By Wm. G. Layng—Monday, April 28, at 11 o'clock, Driv- ing Horses, Buggies, etc., at 246 Third street. THE SIGNBOARD NUISANCE. M.\SS.\CHCSETTS has engaged in earnest in the work of ridding her cities from .the abominations of the signboard and fence advertising nuisance. stitution of that State no It appears that under the con- municipality is clothed with sufficient authority to deal effectively with the evil, and dccordingly the State itself is about to take it up. In a recently deJivered opinion on the subject the Attorney General of the State is reported as saying: “The local authorities in the various cities and towns of the commonwealth have power under existing laws to regulate and restrict the i of advertisements only within the limits of public parks, boulevards and highwa He went on to add, however: “The Leg e may within the lawful exercise of police power pose restrictions upon the use of private property and no right to recover damages is thereby created Passing to a consideration of the particular evil complained of on the part of the public as committed by the billboard and fence advertising nuisance, the Attorney General went on to say: “Noises and odors have always been treated as nuisances, even without legislative adjudication that they are unwholesome. There is no legal reason why an offense to the eye should have a different standing from an offense to the other organs. To strike the unwilling eye is in principle the same as to catch the unwilling eye. Obnoxious signs have rarely been held to be action- able nuisances because only lately the attention of | the courts has been called to this aggressive mode of disfiguring the landscape. An advertisement upon private land anywhere may be a nuisance. In every case it would be a question of what is reasonable un- der the circumstances. The right to put glaring signs where people may not- escape them is meas- ured by the degree of annoyance to which the public may be reasonably required to submit for the benefit of private interests.” Encouraged by that statement of the law, 2 move- ment is now under way to have the Legislature deal promptly with the issue. The fight against the ad- vertising nuisance has been carried on in Massachu- setts for a sufficient length of time to have fully edu- cated public sentiment with respect for it. Of course the interests pn the side of the maintenance of the nuisance are strong and resourceful, so the victory for the public will not be won without a hard strug- gle. Still the chances are good that Massachusetts will in this respect set an example that will be fol- Jowed throughout the country. It is not everywhere necessary to appeal to State legislation, for in most States municipalities have ample authority to sup- press the nuisance, but a legislative act will attract more attention than a mere municipal ordinance, and accordingly the efforts in that direction now being made in Massachusetts are worth studying by all who share the desire that our streets may be soon relieved from these gross disfigurements. A New York woman who had been playing ping- pong for several hours went violently insane the other night, killed her son and attempted desperately to commit suicide. Advocates of the strenuous game of ping-pong will probably deny any necessary con- nection between the two serious series of events and the tragic climax. — The unusual spectacle of several score of Chinese threatening to resort to riot unless they are sent back to China is now interesting and agjtating Fed- eral officials in this city. It might be wise to encour- sge this home yearning, with peaceful modifica- GAGE'S LATEST SCHEME. Y the bosses who are managing Gage’s strug- B gle for renomination there has been devised a desperate scheme to pack the Republican convention by appointing delegates from all coun- tiés where they have control of the party machin- ery and where the law does not require the holding of primaries. The scheme is a desperate one, be- cause if carried out it would rouse against the bosses an indignation even keener than that which now exists, In fact, if through any such tactics Gage were renominated it would mean such an overwhelm- ing revolt against the head of the ticket as would seriously endanger the whole. " The Republican party has a bright prospect of sweeping victory in the coming election, but it can- not afford to take any such risks as the bosses pur- pose to compel it to take. It will not do for the party to enter the canvass under the domination of Herrin and his gang, nor will it be safe for it to tolerate even a suspicion of such domination. It must be made clear from the start and kept so to the finish that the affairs ‘of the party are administered by genuine Republicans, that its conventions speak for true Republicanism and that its candidates stand for Republican principles and for State and national welfare. If there be any well founded doubts upon those points every candidate on the ticket will be heavily handicapped even in the strongest Repub- lican districts, for the protest against Gage comes from Republicans and not merely from independents and mugwumps. S [} Nothing would more surely strengthen popular sentiment against the State ticket than the nomina- tion of Gage by a convention largely composed of members who had been appointed by machine politi- cians instead of being elected by the rank and file .of the party. No true Republican can watch with- out indignation the efforts of a Democrat like Billy Herrin to pull the wires of a Republican conven- tion and name Republican candidates, and conse- quently if he be permitted to pack the State conven- tion of the party in the shameless way proposed the results will be disastrous. The executive committee of the Republican State Committee, which has been called to meet on Mon- day, has the responsibility of dealing with the issue at once. It should make no mistake. It should re- sort to no half-way measures. It should at once put itself on record in favor of holding primaries in every county in the State, so that every Republican nzy have an equal voice in the election of delegates to the nominating convention. A plan for general primaries should be drafted for submission to the State Committee, so that the dissatisfaction felt over the discovery of the Gage scheme may be allayed at once. The matter is all the more important because it is now known that except for the Herrin alliance with Kelly, Burns, Crimmins, Burke, Lynch and the rest of the predatory bosses there is no sign of any fac- tional fight in the Republican camp. Those men, with their following of henchmen, constitute the only disturbing element in the party. Outside of the reach of their influence everything tends to harmony and victory. Reports to that effect come from every part of the State. The leading Republican papers everywhere bear emphatic evidence to it, and the proceedings. of the convention of the State League of Republican Clubs confirmed it. Gage, then, is the one menace to the party, and no scheme of his is more menacing than that of packing the State con- vention with appointed delegates. It has already become evident that Billy Herrin is making this fight in a manner even more un- scrupulous than usual. He is fighting for big stakes this time. Should the corporation amendment to the constitution be carried Gage will be able to put into power-a commission subservient to the railroads that will enable the corporations to defy public opinion with impunity .for years to come. To ac- complish that end he will have no hesitation in packing the convention with railroad henchmen if he can. If Republicans cannot defeat his scheme they will be themselves defeated The dignity of the law in Indian Territory has been receiving some marked and very encouraging support of late. Four cattlemen, who had given, in their mode of life, a variety of reasons that it would be a distinct advantage to their neighbors if they were dead, quarreled, and the quartet will die. ANOTHER FOREST WARNING. SECRETARY WILSON has just given the country another warning of the approaching destruction of some of the largest and richest of our forests. The regions of which he speaks are the pine lands of the Southern States. It is but a few years ago that sanguine Americans believed these woods to be practically inexhaustible. People used to say that the forests of New England, the Middle States and the Lake States had been swept away because the country was comparatively well settled, but the South, being so sparsely settled, would retain its forests indefinitely. That optimistic view is now refuted. The pine woods of Georgia and Florida, like those of Minnesota and Michigan, are about to vanish. The Secretary, who has just-returned from a trip through the South, says: “The destruction of the forests in the South, and especially in Georgia and Florida, is proceeding with great rapidity. The land is being rapidly cleared, and before it is too late a new agricultural industry must take the place of the old. The cutting of timber for the market and for turpentine and like products yields an immense in- come to the South. But the end is in sight.” So near is the exhaustion of the timber in those States that the Department of Agriculture is en- gaged in trying to find a means of profitably cultivat- ing the land after it has been stripped of its trees. It is of course quite probable that suitable crops will be found, but the best of them will not take the place of trees nor fulfill all the functions of a forest. They will not so effectively conserve moisture, nor have such beneficial influences upon climate. Streams that through the forests have been running with steady flow of waters from time immemorial will rush away in swollen torrents during the winter.and after heavy summer rains, leaving the channel dry in time of drought. Such evils have befallen every land where there has been a complete destruction of for- ests, and American experience in that respect is not going to be different from that of the Old World. It behooves the people of California to give heed to the waste of their forests before they are con- fronted by problems like those which are now per- pléxing the people of the older States. We are soon to elect members to the Legislature, and care should be taken to choose men who will give attention to this as well as to other grave problems of State poli- tics. The issue is one that cannot be pe:’pemal]y evaded. Every year sees the forest area of the S,tate. tions, among many more of our Mongol residents. |dummshed and the menace of a deforested’ country | » A 1 2 i comes nearer. We may postpone action, but if we do we shall have it forced upon us ere long in a man- ner that will be far from agreeable. B ; The Sunday closing of saloons in New York under the reform regime has occasioned such a rush to the hotels for drinks that a reporter of the Tribune, in describing the situation, says the city was “saloon dry, but hotel wet.”" The hotels refused to sell liguors unless at 1ea§t a sandwich was ordered, and the re- porter says: “The panhandlers and strikers were overfed yesterday with left-over sandwiches. * * * No thirsty soul went unsatisfied—that is, none went far.” It is admitted on all sides that the law was strictly observed; and so reform is justified and the bread and ham market has a boom. THE CEMETERY ORDINANCE. UDGES Cook, Lawlor and Dunnme, sitting in J banc, have sustained the decision of the lower court in the case brought to test the ordinance prohibiting burials within the limits of the city. Their decision sustains the validity of the drdinance. An appeal, however, has been taken and the matter now goes up to the Supreme Court for final decision. The case has been in litigation a long time, and the public has had ample opportunity to note the effect of the ordinance. While there was at first a good deal of opposition to it upon sentimental grounds, it is safe to say that public sentiment is now well nigh unanimous in favor of it. The problem with which the ordinance deals is by 1no means peculiar to San Francisco. Every impor- tant city in the Old World had at one time a ceme- tery within its limits, and almost all of the older American cities were in the same condition. . The advance of sanitary science has taught men the evil; effects of burying the dead in the neighborhood of the residences of the living, and consequently in all well regulated cities the practice has been forbidden. At the time when the cemeteries within the limits of San Francisco were established they were remote from the thickly settled parts of the city, and few persons thought that with the life of a single genera- tion—in fact, before the pioneers had passed away— the population would have extended westward until it had surrounded with homes the grounds upon which the cemeteries were established. Such, how- cver, is what has happened. It now depends upon this gencration to get rid of what is already an evil and which would become more and more pernicious with each succeeding year of its continuance. It is to be hoped the Supreme Court will find the present ordinance valid. If, however, the opposite view be taken by’ the court, it will then behoove the Super- visors tc enact a new ordinance. Since the matter has been so long before the courts, the Justices of the supreme tribunal might well deem themselves justified by considerations of public welfare in advancing the case upon the caler- dar and giving it an early hearing. The ordinance involves an issue of the highest importance to a very large proportion of the people of San Francisce. It is not like a case in'which no public interests are in- volved. It is one that concerns the growth and the health of a large city, and is therefore entitled to prompt attention from the court. A recent arrival in this city was accused and acgpitted the other day on a charge of vagrancy. He was trying to teach a girl how to smoke opium. The fellow probably knew, if the authorities did not, that his crime was too p(rmuoufiy"‘a‘chve to be styled vagrancy. M came that Briton and Boer had agreed to negotiate terms of peace. It is true that at first such reports were “officially” denied, but of late the officials have ceased to make denial, and so, while nothing authoritative has been given out, it is admitted that for weeks the negotiations have been going on, but apparently very little has been accom- plished. 4 It is not easy to understand why so much time should be required in arranging the preliminaries unless it be that every proposition of the Boers has to be reported to London and is there discussed at leisure by the Ministry instead of by authorized agents of the Government at some point in South Africa. Since it seems assured the Boers are willing to waive their demand for independence, the British ought certainly to be willing to concede them a large measure of self-government, and with those two propositions agreed upon at the start the rest ought to be easy. BRITON AND BOER. ANY days have passed since the first reports Each side has good reason to desire peace. The winter season of the Southern Hemisphere is ap- proaching, and the Boer leaders naturally shrink from requiring their commandos to undergo another dreary winter campaign hunted up and down across the plains and through the mountains by ten times their numbers. Moreover, large as were their sup- plies at the start and considerable as have been the quantities of ammunition and stores they have been able to smuggle into their country since the war be- gan, they can hardly be well equipped for a con- tinuance of the conflict. It is certainly better for them to make terms while they can than to run the risk of complete subjection during the coming winter. On the other hand, there are reasons of urgency to impel the British to grant fair terms. The official statement of British expenditures for the fiscal year which ended March 31 is as follows: Expenditure . . $977,616,075 Revenue ... . 714,989,995 Deficit . . $262,621,080 Borrowed ... $298,910,945 rplus .. Leu deblt from Dreuous year .. “Treasury balance . Estimated expenditures mz.os Estimated revenue 1902-03 . Deficlency 5 In band as u.bove Net deficlency .............. . $111,995,135 In the budget for the coming year the Ministry has proposed not only an increase in the income tax and the imposition of a bread tax. but it has also been forced to offer another loan. Thus this war has already increased the debt of Great Britain by a sum in excess of the entire reduction made during the reign of Victoria. The chief reason, however, why the British should be eager to make peace is that they intend to incor- porate the country into their empire and include the Boers among their fellow-countrymen. That being so, it is clear they should be above all things de- sirous of granting terms that will go far toward re- lieving the animosities born of the war. " It is there- fore surprising that so long a time has been required to arrange terms. It must be that the contending parties are the stubbornest on the face of the eanh, ’ READ’'S PLAY, “THE STARBUCKS,” TO BE GIVEN AT THE CALIFORNIA o HARRI ST A Priat IR L ONSIDERABLE interest has been aroused in the forthcoming pro- duction of Opie Read's new play, “The Starbucks,” by the Neill Company .at the California on Sunday night. Mr. Read has become S0 well known through his many delightful books on Southern life that a play by this author needs no other introduction than a mere mention of his name. “The Star- bucks” is sald to be replete with Read's charcteristic wit and humor. The play has just closed a ten weeks’ run in Chicago and the Neill production will be the first and only one outside of the original. Mr. Neill tried it out in Los Angeles, preparatory to the presenta- tion here, and from the first performance the play made an excellent impression, nearly every member of the company meking a ' distinct hit. The play deals with the mountaineer moonshiners of Tennessee and is an innovation in the way of pastoral dramas. IR 0K ) E. 8. Willard will present “Tom Pinch” for the last time to-night at the Colum- bia Theater. Friday night and Saturday afternoon the distinguished actor will be seen in “David Garrick.” On Saturday night the engagement closes with “The Professor’'s Love Story."” Nat Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott, ‘who are announced to appear at the Co- lumbia Theater next week, beginning Monday night, have just returned from a highly successtul engagement abroad, they having presented Henry V. Esmond’s brilliant comedy, “When We Were Twenty-one,” no less than 105 consecutive times in Leondon. Miss Elliott is to-day the most gentle, sympathetic and radiant- ly beautiful actress before the public and her role in this poetic idyl is said to have placed her at the very top of her chosen vocation. Mr. Goodwin, who ranks with his most accomplished contemporaries, | has in this his most congenial role. Mr. | Goodwin and Miss Elliott bring with them the same fine production that was used during their original engagement at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York and at the presentation in London. il AR Next week the popular comedian, Ed- ward Harrigan, will take the board at the Grand Opera-house with a repertoire of favofite comedies. Mr. Harrigan isp among 'the best known actors who come this way, his first appearance on the stage being made here in his early boy- hood in 1867. All old piav-goers remem- ber the famous Harrigan and Hart com- bination, during the palmy days of the varlety entertainment, when Francis Wil- son, De Wolf Hopper and Nat Goodwin, unconsclous of coming comedy fame, were all at the old Comique Theater in New York, with Harrigan and Hart in some hilarfous wind-up at the end of the bill. Mr. Harrigan will doubtless meet with a warm reception here and during his four weeks' engagement will put on “Old Lav- | e st ANSWERS TO QUERIES. THOSE DIMES OF 18%—F. B. and C. P., City. Nonme of the dimes of 18, ex- cept twenty-four that were coined in the San Francisco Mint in that year, com- mand a premium.. All other dimes of that year are worth just 10 cents. POLICE EXAMINATION-S. M. J, City. If you will call at the office of the | Civil Service Commission and apply for!| a blank for examination for the police force of San Francisco, you will be fur- nished such and given full instructions in the matter of qualifications and time of next examination. PERSPIRATION STAINS—A Subserib- er, City. It is sald that for the remov- ing of perspiration stains a strong solu- tion of soda is first to be applied, with a subsequent rinsing with water. If the ar- | ticle stained is a valuable one it is safer | to send the same to a professional clean- | er, as amateurs, without practice, can in short ofder ruin a garment. Men shaved without soap, 15c, at Russ flm Antizentic Barber Shop, 217 Montgomery. L o . ender,” “Waddy Googan,” *“The Leather Patch” and “Reilly and the Four Hun- dred.” ‘The Melbourne MacDowell and Florence Stone engagement ends this week with a repertoire of the very successful Sardou plays. - e The Alcazar Theater patrons are enjoy- ing “The Two Escutcheons” this week, a bright comedy by Sydney Rosenfeld. The principal parts, of an old Géerman Baron and an American pork packer, are very cleverly undertaken by George Osbourne and Howard Scott. Marion Convere, Lil- Han Elliott and Oza Waldrop handle the female roles to much adr antage. P P “A Child of Fortune' at the Central Theater this week is Iiving up to the re- quirements of the house with excellent aplomb. It is a highly spiced drama of love and villainy and is very well acted by the clever members of the Central company. “The Slaves of the Orlent,” in' which —_——————— & COMEDIAN WHO WILL APPEAR HERE AND SCENE THAT WILL BE PRODUCED SUNDAY NIGHT. L 4 the new leading man, Earle Brown, will make his first appearance here, will bé on Monday night next. There is no strike at the Tivoli this week, either on the part of the audience or the players. The house is filled nightly with appreciative.crowds and “The For- tune Teller” continues to go with un- exampled vivacity. It is worth mere than one visit, as a goodly number among its audiences have already discovered for themselves, and should certanly not be missed. 3 . s . 509 “Fiddle Dee Dee” continues to pack Fischer's Theater to the door at every performance, notwithstanding the strike. The burlesque has become -the sensation of the town and it is certain that it will run for at least another month, ‘‘Pousse Cafe” is being rehearsed. Two traves- ties, “A Royal Family” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” will be a part of the hext presentation. Z The Orpheum offers extraordinary at- tractions this. week. Milton and Dolly Nobles are immensely amusing in “Why Walker Reformed,” the Wiiton trothers do a wonderful horizontal bar act and the Knight brothers sing and dance melan- choly far, far away. Sam, Kittie and Clara Morton, Bank and Winona Winter and the Petching brothers are in their last week. The pony ballet is as refreshing as usual. The biograph has excellent views of scenes in thé Yosemite Valley. ——e—— glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* pre by ;o Sk oo - Cal Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* ——————— Townsend's California glace fruit, 50c a und, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- ets. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * ————— Special information supplied dafly to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Burean (Allen’s), 230 Clll- fornia street. Telephone Maln 1042, DON'T MISS THE GREAT COMIC SECTICV. e — Next Sunday’s Call... What I Hopz to Be When 1 Grew Up. Fifteen toys chosen at random from the With the Sunday Call ef May 4 will begin a series of costums oses mfis-n Francisco Saciety ies. other paper on the Pacific Coast has ever secured such sluaniny poses such widely known tociety lz:hs. 3 LOOK FOR THE WATERSPRITE ON MAY FOURTH. { Some public schools tell of their am# bitions in life. Prize Winners in the Memory Test. 0dd Questions and Strange Things P:cple Do at the Baggage-Room Window. Costumes of New York’s Four Hundred. The Spinning Wheel. By LILLIAN RUSSELL. Expericnees of a Stage-Struck Girl. Beauty Quest, Fashions and Fiction. Sce Pal and Heiny in New Advenlures.