The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1902. SATURDAY.. JOHN D:SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to . 5/ LEAKE, Managor. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL KOOMS.....217 to 221 Stevemsom St. TELEPHONE. &ck for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With tie Department You Wish, Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies. & Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: a nod 233 2 g SUNDAY CALL, One Year WEEKLY CALL, One Year 88 All postmasters are nuthorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in change of address should be particular to give b AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct compilance with their request. OAKLAND OFFIiCE +++.1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Merager Foreign Advertising, Merquette Building Chicage. (lopg Distance Telephone “'Central 2619.") CORRESPONDENT: <ev...Herald Square NEW YOI €. C. CARLTON. NEW YORK REFP ENTATIVE: ETEPHEN B. 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This paper will niso be on sale at all summer resoris and is represented oy a local agent im on the coast. all towm: f the Whip.” devilie ‘Fiddle Dee Dee.” The Starbucks.’ —**The Fortune Teller.” ral—"Slaves of the Orient.” on Park—Baseball to- tes—Zoo and Theater. AUCTION SALES. —Monday, May 5 at 1 Howard Street. Company g Stock, at T THE IMMIGRANT PROBLEM. HILE Washington authorities are seem- ly giving little or no attention to the gration problem, the people of New ng the great stream of immigrants from and Eastern Europe that is flowing , arc making vigorous efforts to e eff cf restriction e immigration. Recently the Repub- York published a carefully pre- ed report on the subject, which ably demonstrates y of the existing laws and the impor- ue to the public welfare. The report directs attention again to the change tive system unde the tance of that has come over the character of the migration from pe to this country. In times past the great bulk of the immigrant population readily biended uow nto the composite of American life, but e report, “the solution has become super- and a2 discoloration of American life, lan- guage and manners has commenced.” tumes 1t saturated equired the energy of enterprise to come to America, and an expenditure of money, time and endurance was the price of immigration; but now “five or six days in an express steamship, and per- haps a prepaid passage, or at most a ticket for from $12 to 18, is about the only cost of admission to the United States.” Then we had few cosmopolitan cities, but now we have foreign colonies in all our large cities, and the immigrant, if of a2 low character, is kept absolutely away from all Americanizing in- fiuences. Of course there is o objection now any more than in the past to desirable immigrants. says: As the report “The advantages of the immigrant to the re- public cannot be overestimated. It has but begun to develop our vast and unoccupied domains, and the State of Texas alone, if as thickly settled as Massa- chusetts, would contain a population of 50,000,000.” The objection runs, then, not against immigration it- " self, but to the coming of unfit persons who add to the pauper and to the criminal population, or, if above that grade, are still an evil element in the com- munity by reason of the fact that they underwork American labor and tend to bring down the standard of American life to the level of Eastern or Southern Europe. Upon that phase of the question the report says: “The existing immigration JJaw prohibits the landing of paupers who are likely to become a public charge; idiots and insane persons; persons suffer- ing from loathsome or dangerous conmtagious dis- cases; persons who have been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; polygam- ists; prostitutes, and persons who ‘are assisted by others to come here. But, notwithstanding those provisions, a glance through our charity reports, a visit to our asylums, our hospitals, our police courts and our prisons discloses the alarming fact that a large majority of the victims are the product of the too careless enforcement of our laws and of ‘a grow- ing remissness of eur nation’s rights.” > The evil effect of undesirable immigration is in- creased by the fact that it affects those who most need protection from it. American labor in the struggle for existence is brought into direct compe- ion with the new comers, who are willing to con- tinue in this country the low standard of life and wages to which they were accustomed at home. It is nothing more than justice to the American work- ingman that he should be freed from that kind of competition. A better system of immigrant re- striction is thercfore one of the imperative duties of the time. In former | THE POSTPONED LEXPOSITION., FFICIAL announcement of | O ment of the St. Louis exposition to comes as no surprise to the public. It true the managers have from time to time declared that St. Louis could have the buildings in readiness for the installation of exhibits at the date fixed, and would do so as a demonstration of American en- ergy, but all reports of the conditions of the grounds and the lagging of foreign preparations for taking part in the display have prepared the country for the announcement which has come at last. The ex- position cannot be made ready on time and the postponement has been decreed. The delay is no discredit to the energy of the peo- iple of St. Louis. It is the inevitable result of their determination to prepare an exposition on a scale of unprecedented magnitude. Had they been content with such an array of buildings and exhibits as were comprised in the Columbian Exposition at Chicago the work might have been accomplished within the time fixed. St. Louis, however, was animated by | the spirit which prompts Americans to surpass all previous efforts of the kind and to break records. She planned her exposition on a truly gigantic scheme, and, having done so, has to accept the con- sequences. It is certainly better in enterprises of such magnitude to take the time required to do them well rather than to Lurry them forward and present them to the public in an incomplete shape. The postponement of the exposition will not jus- tify Californians in wholly neglecting this summer the work of making preparations for a grand- State display, but it will nevertheless save us from the trouble of making preparations in a rush, and thus | allow us to devote more of our energies to the work undertaken for the promotion of the coanties north of Tehachapi and the attraction of immigration to that section of the State. We therefore will derive bene- i fits from -the postponement and have no reason to regret that it has been decided upon. More time has been given us to'make preparations, and if we make the right use of it the results will be greatly to our advantage. There is certainly enough for us to do during the present summer without rushing work for a State display at'a world’s exposition next year. We have entered upon a great movement for the up- building of Northern California, and that will require the expenditure of considerable sums of money and a great deal of energy. Furthermore, we have to entertain during the summer a host of visitors whose numbers it is estimated will exceed 100,000. That in itself is a task of first rate importance and cannot be | treated in a scant or hesitating way. We cannot afford of course to drop all thought of | the St. Louis exposition by reason of the postpone- | ment, but still our main consideration must be given | now to the immediate needs of the year. The sub- | scriptions to the Promotion Committee should be | promptly raised to the amount required to put the | work of advertising the Stafe into effective opera- tion without delay, and the sums needed for the en- tertainment of the Mystic Shriners and the Knights of Pythias should also be forthcoming at once. The sooner the amounts required are raised the better will the work be done. It is to be borne in mind that appeals for contri- butions for enterprises of this kind go out to the | whole body of the community and not to any special class. Local members of the Knights of Pythias and of the Mystic Shriners have in"the past contributed | to the entertainment of other fraternal orders, and | now members of all other orders are bound to show a reciprocity of favors. As to the work of the Pro- | motion Committee, it is to benefit every class of peo- | ple. The attraction of investors and settlers to the northern counties of the State will increase the ac- | tivity and the prosperity of every industry and every trade in San Francisco. All citizens are to share in the benefits to flow from it, and all, in proportion to their means, should share in the expense of carrying it on. the postpone- 1904 is the Gunner Morgan has at last received the commis- | sion for which he struggled and which was so per- sistently denied to him because his social status was | not what some of our great naval captains thought it should be. Can it be possible that this promotion | means a revolution in the etiquette of naval afternoon E teas? THE ISTHMIAN CANAL ROUTE, ! ROFESSOR WILLIAM H. BURR and i P George S. Morrison, members of the Isthmian Canal Tommission, recently addressed the P Massachusetts Reform Club and gave their reasons for preferring Panama to Nicaragua as a route for the isthmian canal. Mr. Morrison, who was the principal speaker, stated that twenty years ago the construction of a canal at Panama would have been so expensive that it wculd have been desirable at that tifpe to choose the Nicaragua canal, but that is no longer the situation. “The changes which have taken place’ in the merchant marine,” said he, “have been so rapid that while Nicaragua might have been a good substitute at that time, it could not be so now.” ' The points of superiority on the part of Panama are, first, that the Toute is so much the shorter that a vessel can pass it in one-third of the time required to go through the Nicaragua route; sec- ond, the Panama cana] will cost less than the other, and, finally, as Mr. Morrison put it: “The Panama canal, taking up a narrow portion of the isthmus, will not interfere in any way with the countries on either side. It is simply the occupation of a line of transit, which can be kept entirely free from international complications. As the Suez canal is the recognized boundary between Asia and Africa, so the Panama canal should be the recognized boundary between North and South America.” So much has been said by Senator Morgan and others about the defective title to the Panama route it is somewhat surprising to note that Mr. Morrison contends that the Panama title is the better of the two. On that point he says: “The Panama position is legally in a much clearer light than is the Nicaragua position. It has an absolute quitclaim from any one who has any rights there, but all they have at Nicaragua is the assurance of the Government that it has forfeited certain rights which had been granted but never have been used.” Professor Burr’s address was directed mainly to the work of construction. According to his estimates the commission gives eight years for the completion of the Nicaragua and ten for the Panama canal, but these figures ought to be changed. Among the statistics were the following: Excavation, 98,000, 000 cubic yards for Panama, 228,000,000 for Nicar- agua; amount of iron and steel, 33,000 tons for Pan- ama, 40,500 tons for Nicaragua; number of curves, on Pana_ma route 29, on Nicaragua route 56; length 4 of ourves, for Panama 23 miles, for Nicaragua zg fmiles; total curvature, 771 degrees for Panama, 2339 for Nicaragua; estimated annual cost of operdtion and maintenance, Panama six-tenths of Nicaragua route. Mexico and Austria hdve made up after being very bad friends since 1867. It is strange how the big quarrels of some nations are so little to the rest of us. The busy world appears to have known little of and to have cared. less for the fight which these two interesting cquntries have maintained so long. OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. ENSUS BULLETIN No. 156 purports to ! give a more complete enumeration of live- | C stock in the United States than was ever be- fore authorized by Congress or undertaken by any census. It says: “Not only were previous census reports deficient with réspect to the number of do- mestic animals, on ranges and in barns and en- closures elsewhere, but the statistics of livestock and of livestock values were too general to be of practi- cal value to either breeder or shipper.” The present report aims to be free from those defects and the statistics were carefully collected with that end in view. A summary of the numerous detailed tables of statistics contained in the report shows that on June 1, 1890, the value of all livestock on farms in the United States was reported as $2,208,767,573. The estimated value of all livestock on ranges was $100,- ©00,000, making the total for farms and ranges | $2,308,767,573. The corresponding” total on June 1, 1900, was $2,081,722,045, a gain of 20.1 per cent. The gain of course was far from being uniform throughout the census divisions of the country. In the North Atlantic division the value of livestock declined from $313,002,504 to $305,360,856, or 2.8 per. cent. This decrease was caused by losses in the num- ber of neat cattle, horses, sheep and swine, the in- crease in average values and in the number of other animals having been insufficient to balance the same. In the South Atlantic States the value increased from $161,631,801 to $184,152,273, a gain of 13.9 per cent; in the North Central States, from $1,105,703,262 to $1,529,975,317, a gain of 28 per cent; in the South Central States, from $302,155,328 to $508,255,687, a gain of 52.6 per cent; and in the Western Statés from $245,373,678 to $361,453,453, a gain of 47.3 per cent. After giving those figures the bulletin goes on to say: “No reports were secured concerning the value of animals not on farms and ranges. They probably have average values somewhat greater than the ani- mals on farms and ranges, since the greater number are located in the States having the highest average values for animals on farms. Allowing the same average values, however, the animals not on farms have a value of $215,192,028. It is probable, there- fore, that the domestic animals in the United States June 1, 1900, had a value of at least $3,200,000,000, of which amount the value of animals on farms and ranges constituted over 93 per cent.” In this connection it is worth noting that the dis- cussion of the responsibility of the beef trust for the high price of beef has led to a careful calculation of the amount of beef controlled by the trust, and while the figures may not be strictly reliable they are at least interesting. The National Provisioner says: “There are killed in this country about 11,000,000 cattle, including calves; about 5,000,000 of these are killed at the fifty odd official -or inspected “abattoirs, while about 6,000,000 are killed at the other goo un- official abattoirs and by farmers and small slaugh- terers all over this country. The whole of the cattle and calves as well as the hogs and sheep slaughtered by the five packers in question are killed at the Gov- ernment jnspected abattoirs, and are among the 5,000,000 head given out by the Secretary of Agricul- ture as our official slabighter. Assuming that the five concerns cited kill 3,000,000 of the total, there re- main the other 2,000,000 and the 6,000,000-0f outside cattle—8,000,000 head in all—to hit the market in competition. With so much beef and veal for com- petition the outside concerns would kill any such combine if it existed.” If'the figures stated are reliab}e it is evident the complaint against the trust is unfounded. It is fur- ther to be borne in mind that there was a heavy shortage in the corn crop last year, and consequently the farmers did not raise so many beeves as usual for the market. In any event there is no reason for any excitement over the matter. We have only to con- serve the pastures of the West that are now being ruined and provide for irrigation of the arid lands to provide us with a supply of beef ample for our own needs and extensive export for generations to come.” It is said that Lord Pauncefote must leave his Washington post because of a stubborn case of gout. 1t is surely for him an unfortunate incident that his aristocratic affliction did not offend him before the publication of the correspondence which showed us who were and who were not our friends during the war with Spain. —_— Oakland girls are nothing if not original. One of them was surprised by an armed burglar and the strict injunction to keep quiet the other night and she screamed till the marauder fled in terror. That young lady possesses an invincible armament in her i lungs. The Governor of Karf%as is of the opinion that pro- hibition has produced a different type of young man from any other on the planet. The Governor is probably right, but he was unkind not to tell us what sort of a young fellow the youth of Kansas is. Some of the divorce suits of Klondike millionaires which are working their merry way through the courts of this city and of Oakland seem to reverse the old adage and prove that when wealth comes in at the door love flies out through the window. A local pugilist found tRe other day that he had no pull when trying in the Federal building to evade the payment of a liquor license. He certainly missed the office of the Internal Revenue Collector, or perhaps he is not in the Collector’s political set. The Santa Cruz murderer who was sentenced the other day to serve an imprisonment of ninety years in the penitentiary probably would have thought that the gentle spirit of mercy had descended upon him if his sentence had been for life. it s risn Sacramento is enjoying the unique spectacle of seeing a man who was sent to the asylum for the in- sane sitting as a member of the Board of Trustees, The other members of the board can see no incon- gruity in the situation. Science is now trying the experiment of vaccinat- ing cattle to prevent the appearance of blackleg. ‘What a splendid triumph it would be if science could apply with success its cure to human beings of dis- cased morality, B ARGONAUT ASSEMBLY A PLEASANT AFFAIR — HE Argonaut Club held the final assembly of the season last even- - ing in the maple room of the Pal- ace Hotel. Every arrangement was made for the comfort and pleasure of the guests, and nearly 150 young ladies and gentlemen enjoyed the hospitality of the club. The guests ar- ' rived early and at 8:30 dancing began. There was no german or grand march, but the assembly was delightfully in- formal. Many beautiful women in stun- ning gowns added to the gayety of the scene. Light refreshments were served during the evening and dancing continued until a late hour. The well-known pa- tronesses of the affair were Mrs. S. W. Knowles, Mrs. H. P. Diamond and Mrs. A I Torres. The following members of NIGHT AT THE PALACE. the club had the arrangements of the dance in hand: Dr, Calvin W. Knowles, Joseph B. Duggan, David B. Torres, D' Arcy Stewart, M. de Lyons, Harry Bailey, Robert Marshall, George Fuller, Allan W, Diamond, Herbert Walters. ®i7 i e Miss Ida B. Overman and Harry B. Gregg were married Thursday evening at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Gregg Jr., 2601 Fill- more street. Rev. W. K. Guthrie of- ficiated. The happy couple are touring the south during their honeymoon and will reside in this city upon their return. i e The San Francisco Musical Club held a most enjoyable session yesterday after- noon at Century Hall, where the mem- bers and many invitéd guests listened to a well arranged and ably rendered pro- gramme under the direction of Miss Flor- ence Doane. The following programme was given: Paper, ‘‘Autoblography of Anton Rubin- stein,” Mrs. Wjllilam A. Deane; song, ‘Fru- lingszeit” * (Reinhold Becker), Miss Etta M. Julia Rapler Tharp; (Eleanor Smith), (b) (Lalo), Miss Elsie Arden, accompanied by Mrs. A. J. Leon- ard; piano (a), “‘Etude Op. 10, No. 12" (Cho- pin), (b) ‘‘Liebestraume No. 8’ (Liszt), (c) “Hungarian Dance No. 6’ (Brahms), Miss Julia Rapler Tharp. T PERSONAL MENTION. E. C. Clark, Mayor of Santa Crusz, is at the Grand. Dr. Thomas Flint and wife of San Juan are at the Palace. M. Biggs Jr., a well-known capitalist of Oroville, is at the Grand. L. H. Hatfield, formerly Mayor of Sac- ramento, is at the Occldental. Nicolas Tubino, Italian Vice Consul at Honduras, is at the Occidental. Dr. G. F. Shiels leaves to-day for a three months’ trip to New York. W. H. Devlin, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is registered at the Lick. R. G. Barton, a theatrical manager of Fresno, is a guest at the California. Allen B. Lennon, a newspaper proprie- tor of Santa Rosa, is at the Occldental. A. W. Simpson, the well-known lumber dealer of Stockton, is staying at the Ocel- dental. Nathan Cole Jr., a real estate man and capitalist of Los Angeles, is at the Cali- fornia. Somers B. Fulton, County Clerk of Sonoma County, i{s among the arrivals at the Lick. D. McPherson, edifor of the Sentinel of ¢| Santa Cruz, is among the guests at the Occidental. J. B. de Jarnatt, an extensive fruit grower of Colusa, registered at the Occi- dental yesterday. Dr. W. L. Lawlor, superintendent of the Home for Feeble Minded at Glen Ellen, is a guest at the Grand. Thomas J. Kirk, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is here from Sacra- mento and is staying at the Palace. Dr. W. A. Rese, Dr. I. G. Shaw, both of Sacramento, and Dr. I. W. Hayes of Grass Valley, are spending a few days in the city and have made their headquar- | ters at the Grand. —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, May 2—The following Californians have arrived: San Francis- co—J. Bowden at the St. George; Miss E. Davison and W. Davison, at the Holland; Mrs. P. Franklin, at the Savoy; J. Me- Davitt, at the Gllsey; Miss F. Read and T. R, Read and wife, at the 8t. George; G. W. Richardson, at the St. Denis; M. Brandenstein, at the Hoffman; A. T. Hen- derson, at the Grand Union; I H. Opie and wife, at the Herald Square: Los Angeles—Miss Veeder and Miss L. TWO POPULAR YOUNG WOMEN WHO WERE AMONG THE GUESTS AT THE ASSEMBLY GIVEN BY THE ARGONAUT CLUB LAST S | Miss Elizabeth Burt, sister of Mrs. C.J. | ‘Wilder, sailed for the Orlent yesterday, | the guest of Major and Mrs. L. W. Cooke. Major Cooke goes to the Philippines to | join the Twenty-sixth Infantry, in Luzon. ‘The two ladies after a visit to the Philip- pines will tour China and Japan, and re- turn to this city in the fall. e - e o Mrs, Lovell White was guest of honor at a dinner given in Los Angeles on ‘Wednesday by Mrs. Mary Stetson at her residence. A number of the most prom- inent women attending the convention were among the guests. 76 At Los Angeles on Thursday Miss Em- ily Jarvis became the bride of Edwin T. Earl of that city. Mrs. Earl is a former | resident of Louisville, Ky. After her| wedding trip to Europe Mrs. Earl will reside in Los Angeles, where her hus-| band has prepared a beautiful home. | . s\ e | Dr. and Mrs. James A. Black, with their little son, left for San Rafael on Thursday. They will remain at the hotel a month, after which Mrs. Black will take a short trip to the mountains. ! &8 u Alfred S. Gump is on his way to Eu- rope. & e e Mrs. Milton H. Cooke left Thursday for Paris. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. | HUSBAND—A. N. E., City. The word husband is derived from the Anglo-Saxon hus, a house, and bonda, a master of a family. 4 ELEME FIGS—A. N. E, City. Eleme figs are so named from the fact that they are grown and prepared for the market In Eleme, a small village near Smyrna. A NOTE-M. C., City. A promissory note in California runs for four years | after maturity if executed in the State, and for two years if executed outside of the State. SEVEN UP—C. M., City. If in the game of seven up, or “old sledge,” as it is also called, the players adhere to the rules, the dealer, by a misdeal, loses the deal. If. however, the game is played, as many do nowadays, in any old way, it makes no difterence if there is a misdeal or not. NEW ORLEANS AND SAN FRAN - CO—W. J. P., Sierra Blanca, Cal, CT‘i: area of New Orleans is 19%6% square miles; the area of San Franciseo is 41% | square miles. The population of New Or- | leans is, according to the census of 1900, 287,104, and San Feancisco is 342,782, Al | cording to population, San Francisco is | the ninth largest city in the United States | and New Orleans the thirteenth. | CLOSING A DAY—B. L. L., Jame. Cal. The followirig is an answer ::‘;::E question about a day’s difference in sall- | ing from east to west. Aay person trav. | eling around the world from west to east | with his watch set to the time of ‘he | place at which he started, will note thas the sun comes to his me: . or noom, | four minutes earlier than his watch for | every degree passed over, one hour for every fifteen degrees and twenty-four hours for 360 degrees, the total circuit of | the earth. In other words, every one who completes such a journey gains a day, and to dispose of this superfluous day 80 as to make his reckoning correspond with that of his starting place, he must call the day on which he gets back (or on which he passes some certain point or meridian line) and the next following day of the week and month by the same name and date, having thus two Mondays, for example. On the other hand, every per- wn_,ip_t veling_from east to west in mak- g a complete circuit of the earth, to |sidered, but not completed.. The Phili “SAND-CURING” A DIVERSION OF THE TAR-HEELS WASHINGTON, May 2.—A lively debate was precipitated in the Senate to-day by Pritchard of North Carolina by some re- marks he made on political methods in North Carolina in the course. of a discus- sion of the Philippine bill. Simmons, also of North Carolina, vigorously denied his colleague’s assertions. The Rosebud Indian Reservation b and the sundry civil bill were again cc pine government bill then was laid before the Senate and Pritchard spoke in sup- port of the measure. He declared that a majority of the people of North Carolina and of the South were in favor of the proposition of the majoritv of the Philip- pine Committee and he quoted the Char- lotte Observer as a leading Democratic paper of the South in support of the re- tention of the Philippines. “Does mot the Senater kmow.” inter- rupted Simmons, “that the Charlotte Ob~ server opposed the election of Willlam J. Bryan to the Presidency?” “That is true,” replied Pritchard, “but the paper opposed him purely on the issue of free silver.” Pritchard said he was in favor of the prompt and speedy punishment of those gullty of cruelty in the Philippines, but the charges had nothing to do with this measure, ;which provided merely for a civil administration in the Philippines. “If we retain the Philippine Islands,™ said he, “as we will, the Southern States will retain the bulk of the trade with the Philippines and the South will be the chief beneficiary of the extension of the cotton goods trade in the Orient.” Pritchard asserted that the “sand cure” was used by Democrats in North Carolina on Republicans. He said that a Repub- lican voter was taken from his home at night and beaten, his face being crushed into the sand to stifle his cries. Simmons declared that this was the first time he ever had heard of the “sand cure.” Prit- chard inquired If it was not a fact that organized bands of “red shirts” rode over the State of North Carolina for the pur- pose of terrorizing the Republican voters. ““That organization™ (the red shirts), re- plied Simmons, “never had for its object any bellicose or belligerent purpose toward any part of the voters of North Carolina. It is merely an organization for more effectually organizing the voters of the State.’” (Prolonged laughter on the floor and in the galleries.) “Does my colleague say,” inquired Prit- chard, “that the ‘red shirts’ did not run through the State and terrorize voters?” «T state,” declared Simmons, “upon my authority as a Senator and as chairfnan of the Democratic Executive Committee, that the stories of outrages committed by ‘red shirts’ are absolutely and utter- ly without foundation. I know of no out- rage that can be traced to that organiza- tion.” As an instance of the political methods employed in North Carolina, Pritchard asserted that an emissary of the Demo- cratic party from the State had ap- proached him, promising that if Le (Pritchard) would have entered a nolle prosequi In certain cases of election frauds the proceedings of impeachment of Re- publican Judges by the Democratic Legis- lature would be dropped. Pritchard said he indignantly declined the proposition and that subsequently the brave and pa- triotic members of the Legislature, Demo- crats and Republicans, by their votes, had | prevented the unjust impeachment of the Judges. In reply Simmons asserted that the man who approached Pritchard with the proposition to drop the impeachment proc®edings was not in the remotest way an emissary of the Democratic party. An amendment was agreed to appro- | priating $100,000 for the construction of a revenue cutter-of the first class for ser- | vice in Hawalian water, the total cost of the vegsel not to exceed $100,000. The Sen- ate then, the reading of the bill hav- ing been concluded, at 5:1§ went into executive session and at 5:20 p. m. ad- Journed. A CHANCE TQ SMILE. Little Georgie was taken by his aunt to see the newcomer, aged one day. Fe was duly and profoundly impressed with the specimen, and asked where the little brother came from. “God sent it,” an- swered the aunt, reverently. The answer made a deep impression on Little Georgie, for that afternoon he was seen out In the backyard gazing up into the deep blue sky and spreading his diminutive apron ex- pectantly as he said: “Dear God, please throw me one down, too.”"—Troy Press. “You needn’t make so much noise about it,”” grumbled the crusty citizen. *“I'll make all the noise I want to,” bel- ligerently responded the man at the news- stand. “I'm sellin’ ‘Ram’s Horns.’ An urchin of our acquaintance went to church one Sunday morning when the minister preached about Samson, the strong man of Israel. On his return from the service his father began to catechise him. “Can you tell me what the sermon was about, Willie?” “Yes, papa, I know what it was about, but I didn't like that sermon very well.” “Why not, my boy?"” “Because the preacher talked all the time about Sampson; never said a word about Dewey.”’—Little Chronicle (Chi- cago.) —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's® polmbstior.? sondotonr Prunes stuffed with apricots.Townsend's.* gt Sl < Aiiivte e Townsend's California glace fruit, 50c a pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bask- ets. A nice present for Eastern friends. §9 Market st., Pulace Hotel building. * ——— Speclal Information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, ———————— Three hundred and thirty-five places of worfl;l? rovide 166,391 sittings for mem- }nr: e Presbyterian church of Eng- and. r? Going to Thunder Mountain ?? 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