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

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GEORGE KROGNESS, Mavager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Buildicg. Chicago. (Long \Distance Telep! e “‘Central 2618.") NEW Yoflk CORRESPONDENT : ¢. €. CARLTON........ vee...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH 80 Tri lding 70 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOB THE SUKMER Call subscribers contemplaiing n change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwsrded by mail to their mew mddresses by notifying The Call Business Odice. This paper will also he on sale at all summer resorts and is represented »y a local agent in all towns on the coast. the New Actors’ “The Leather Patch.” dle Dee Dee.” —Z00 and Theater. AUCTION SALES. By Wm. G This day, at-11 o'clock, Thoroughbred Horses, at 246 T 3 Auction this day, at 11 o'clock, Horses, Wagons, etc., at 1140 Folsom street THE CHINESE PROBLEM. concerning the disturbances in g as regards the motives eaders of the insurrection, is critical. It is said yrders have been occasioned by , who desire to overthrow the Manchu dynasty and set up a more liberal govern- the disturbances are a re- old Boxer outbreak against foreigners, g rather than liberalism. Each contains an element of truth; surrection may prove to be an uprising of ontented elements of the southern prov ation th ers ass bl inces of tt re, each hoping to profit by the dis- turbances that all help to create. That ogressive class of Chinese are active in the movement is made certain by the fact that one of its most cc cuous leaders is Sun Yat Sen, who is well known as an opponent of the present dynasty, and whose long residence in the United States and | Europe has made him a convert to Western -ideas. Some years ago Sun Yat Sen was the subject of a sensational incident in diplomacy. After flying from China to escape the Dowager Empress he went to London, and while there was kidnaped on the street and was taken to the Chinese embassy, where he was held as a prisoner. Only the most strenuous protes the British Government saved him from being put to death there and then. Upon being released Sun Yat kept himself hidden for some time, but he appears to have found encouragement enough to induce him to return to China, where he has since taken a prominent part in fomenting the insurrection. While it is said by persons who are familiar with Chinese affairs that Sun Yat Sen has the sympathy of thousands of wealthy and progressive Chinese who are opposed to the Dowager Empress and are eager to bring China into harmony with Western civiliza- tion, the progress of the insurrection has been marked by deeds which clearly attest that all of his followers are not of that mind. Several missionaries bave been driven from their stations, the Christian converts have been dispersed, one Jesuit has been murdered, and there have been observed among the rioters persons carrying banners inscribed with the words “Abolish the missionaries!” From those facts we may conclude that while the movement is liberal in its origin and leadership, the disturbances of the country have had the inevitable effect of arousing the worst elements of the popula- tion, and the leaders have been unable to control them. The insurrection is no longer guided by an intelligent spirit directed to a definite end. It has become something like the rising of 2 mob and car- ries destruction to everything in its way to which any considerable element of the mob objects, whether it be foreign or domestic. The critical nature of the situation is disclosed by a dispatch from Washington to the effect that the diplomats in that city regard it as extremely probable a general uprising throughout the empire will oc- cur, an? should that be so, the powers would have to adopt toward China a policy widely different from that pursued in suppressing the Boxer outbreak. It seems that the “salutary lesson” which the powers thought they were administering by the invasion has proven to be anything but salutary. Nor can the re- sult be wondered at. The harshness with which the country was treated during the march to Peking was not likely to diminish the hatred of the natives for foreigners, and does not appear to have caused so much wholesome terror of European arms as was boped for. The conseqlence is that having done the business wrong in the first instance, the powers may have to undertake it again and do it differently. Should it be found necessary for the powers to in- terfere a second time the consequences are likely/to be serious not only for China, but for the whole world. Sharp disagreements arose between the offi- cers and the men of the various nations on the march to Peking, and grave differences arose among diplo- mats and statesmen afterward. Those differences have been compromised, but they have not been set- tled; and now if a new policy is called for in dealing with China there may be war in earnest. from THE DANGER LINE. T is evident that our military administration in | I the Philippines is approaching the danger line. By that we mean the line beyond which public sentiment becomes a hostile force. The risk may not be limited to the military policy and practice alone, but arises also in features of our civil policy. . It is a strange and inconsistent feature in the latter that all the voices which from the beginning have been raised for the permanent occupancy of the Phil- ippines have planted that policy upon the argument of commercial profit. By commerce in the island products we are to get back the cost of war, we art to pay the military pensions, a bountiful crop of which our conquest daily sows the seed, and the country has been taught to look over the smoke of battle, far beyond its bloody fields, to the commer- cial future. This enchanting _picture of profit has been spread in all its colors before the American vis- | ion, and the effect has been to raise expectation and | to whet appetite and reconcile vast numbers to the cost of securing resuits so satisfactory to the com- mercial spirit. But when this method of pacifying our own people has worked its way, the laws of Congress come, pro- | hibiting the entry of American capital and energy | into the islands in the only form in which a dollar | of profit can be gained. Phe effect of our legislation |is to exclude from the whole archipelago everything American except the army and a few civil office- Lolders and some school teachers. Economic effort for whatever it may be worth as a placating force is absolutely excluded. The Call has printed from the letters of Frank Carpenter and the speeches of Sen- ator Beveridge, Mr. Barrett and others the com- mercial view, directing the only way in which ex- pectations of profit can be realized, and we have also tried to demonstrate that commercial exploitation them to look more kindly upon our presence there. But it is not the policy of Congress, so that the sen- timent which that expectation has controlled may lose its interest in the Philippines. From another quarter rises a sentiment which will ally itself to disappointed commercial expectation. This is the growing bitterness against military meth- ods. When this was confined to the anti-imperialists it caused no uneasiness. They were led by men of impracticable views and methods, who had proceeded on lines that did not command the support of num- bers whose general sympathies were that way. But now this is all changed. The speech of Sibley of Pennsylvania, a Republican and a leading expansion- ; ist, has given voice to long-suppressed feeling. His ‘ speech was immediateiy followed by a release of Re- publican sentiment most formidable in its character. | From a merely partisan point of view this is most “fonunnte for the Republican party. There was a ;manii st determination in some quarters to suppress { all criticism of such acts of savage brutality as have disgraced our arms in Samar and elsewhere. With a well-defined insolence the people affected with Fun- Wtonism had gone forth snubbing as “sickly senti- | mentality” every expression of humanity which dep- | recated the universal arson and slaughter of children, | to make a howling wilderness of the country. There | was a feeling that if such appalling deeds were the | price of conquest it was too much to pay. But cer- | tain smug clerics and smugger laymen were deriding | this rising spirit. Sibley has given.it liberty to speak, { and the conscience of the country is enfranchised to be uttered once more. | Let the members and leaders of the Republican | party not only heed but lead this sentiment. Let them | declare that the party is not to be identified with the | wholesale murder of children and worse than the { murder of women, and the danger line will be passed in safety. If this is not done, the breach made by Sibley is sure to widen and thousands will walk through it. Wise men have not failed to note the | utter absence of popular enthusiasm about the war. One Major General, in his testimony before the Phil- ippine Committee of the Senate, said that it was a conguest that had no glory, and that he had winced at every blow he had been compelled to strike at a de- fenseless people. All such expressions combine to attact on one side the public sentiment that is re- pelled on the other by deeds that make an American | toss on his pillow and dream uneasily. Let leaders be admonished, and beware the danger line. the abandoned | man, and the more abandoned woman who travels with him have reached New York and the light of Major Strong, son of a worthy new notoriety. It is unfortunate that the earth was not large enough for a hole in which they could hide | from the sight of decent men. MIGRATING HOME-SEEKERS. DISPATCH from St. Paul to the New York A Sun says: “In the sixty days ending with April 12 the railroads brought 136,000 home- seekers from the Eastern and Southern States to the Northwest. Of these it is estimated that 50 per cent have gone through the city, 25 per' cent have gone by way of the Burlington road, via Billings, and 25 per cent have either settled in or have passed through South Dakota into North Dakota.” . | A detailed estimate of the points to which this mi- gration is moving gives the figures in tabular form | thus: North Dakota .. ‘Washington, Idaho, Northern Minnesota South Dakota Manitoba Montana 50,000 45,000 18,000 12,000 7,000 4,000 Total ... As a result of the migration the railroads of the Northwest are estimated to have carried 25,000 cars of freight belonging to the home-seekers. It is added by the correspondent of the Sun that all prospects point to the conclusion that the migration during April and May will be nearly double that of the past two months. Much of it will go to Canada, and Manitoba expects to add 30,000 people to her popula- tion during the summer. All of that is interesting to California. We have ample lands for settlers and a far better market for the sale of produce. Furthermore, we have an un- rivaled soil and climate for the production of about everything a farmer wishes to cultivate. therefore to be receiving a considerable part of the stream of migration that has now started from the East. The task of attracting the attention of home- seekers to Northern California could not have been undertaken at a more opportune time. The rush to the Northwest is due to the moderate price of land, and if price alone be considered we can- not compete,: but when the fertility of .the soil and the value of its products are taken into consideration the Northwest cannot compete with California. It ought to be possible therefore to bring the better and wiser class of home-seekers to this State if for no other purpose than that of taking a look at the land. may mean material progress of the natives, and cause | ") There seems to be no end to the emigrants. - We ought 1 5 ;w‘here Lew ~V_Vallace lives Our Eastern exchanges say the movement is the largest known in the history of the cguntry. Like all pre- ceding movements of the kind, it will soon run its course, and we should try to profit by it while it is at full tide. Another of our idols has been smashed and the busy iconoclast in Congress has armed his leveling blows at one of the dearest to us. The chairman of the House Naval Committqe says our navy isn't worth shucks in actual warfare, and yet we are afraid to ask him what he thinks of the battles of Manila Bay and Santiago. e — INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. AMPTON INSTITUTE has grown to be one H of our most notable educational centers. Ac- cording to the thirty-fourth annual report, which has just been published, 1079 youths of both sexes have reccived instruction on the school grounds during the winter term, the attendance at the last summer institute was 347, and the industrial classes at Norfolk have an enrollment of 1976, while the Huntington classes at Newport News have an attendance of 807, making a total of 4209 students at Hampton, or in its immediate neighborhood, under the care -of the institute. So far as the number of students goes, therefore, it is one of the foremost schools of the country. B It is not upon numbers only, however, that the reputatian of the institute rests. While it does not aim at what is generally known as ‘“higher educa- tion,” it none the less accomplishes a widely useful work in fitting the youth of the negro race for living useful and successful lives and in training teachers who are to help forward the great work. The re- sults of the experiments of such a school may be studied with profit by all who are interested in educa- tional methods. ! The report sets forth some of the results attained by industrial education as compared with academic education. A large number of boys, after spehding a year at farm work, working: all day and attending the night school, proceed to take three years in the trade school, continuing to attend the night school for academic training, while others spend the three years in the academic department and take manual training twice a week. Thus there is a fair chance to note which training is best. Concerning the experiment the report says: “We have watched with interest the results of thest two kinds of training and, while it is yet too early to speak definitely, we incline to the opinion that our trade school boys, who set out in their second year to master some particular branch of industry, are stronger, mentally and morally, than those who take the regular academic course. It may be said that the object of school life is not to make carpenters, but to make men. While this is true, the making of a good carpenter goes far toward the making of a | good man. The effect upon these young people of fecling that they are able to produce something valu- able, for which the world is willing to pay, is most helpful.” While it is not safe to argue from this report from Hampton that it would be better to increase the amount of industrial training in our public schools by making a corresponding diminution in the amount of academic training, still sych argument as can be drawn from it at all is decidedly in favor of industrial education. The boy who learns to do things develops intellectually up to a certain point as n)uch s the boy who learns to know things, and has the advantage that his ability to do something that the world is willing to pay for gives him a cer- tain independence which the other does not possess, and from that sense of usefulness comes a moral as well as a mental gain. It is' to be borne ir. mind, of course, that the Hampton school is designed not to make scholars, but workers. As was stated by General Armstrong, who founded the institute: “The temporal salvation of the colored race for some time to come is to be won out of the ground. Skillful agriculturists and mechanics are needed rather than poets and orators.” It may be that the object for which they Were work- ing had something to do in shaping the judgment of the Hampton faculty on the comparative merits of the two systems of training. What has been found helpful to the &nd aimed at by Hampton might not be found helpful in a school with different objects in view. ~ Under any circumstances, however, the re- port is interesting, and it may be this colored school is working out a system of education which the whites may find it of advantage to adopt, at least to a partial extent. A St. Louis Councilman who is nestling quietly in Mexico safe from extradition has unknowingly made glad the hearts of many Councilmen who may or may not honor our great American municipalities. He is charged with bribery, and our treaty with Mex- ico says that it is not one of the offenses for which a man may be extradited. If the report’ be true that Roosevelt authorized Poet Laureate Austin to dedicate that book of poems to him, he can no longer be justly charged with be- ing too headstrong and strenuous. The mild and gentle patience displayed by such an acceptance at- tests a disposition to bear anything without kicking. A local woman is suing her husband for divorce on the ground that he did not talk enough during the hours when they were together. It is possible that this man has taken upon himself the sublime task of feforming the fair sex through one of its members and his example? A local attorney who is defending a man for a heavy theft twitted the detectives the other day on their inability to locate the coin which had been stolen. He should have remembered, perhaps, that the sleuths did not enjoy the same confidence as he with his client. —_— The police of this city are looking for two men who are accused of a most unusual offense, one which argues well for a plea of insanity.” The un- fortunates are charged with representing themselves as employes of the Board of Health. President Roqsevelt has received an unexpected and unquestionably a welcome boost for nomination to a second term in the Presidency. It is said on what appears to be excellent authority that the man- agers of the great trusts will oppose hirii. —_— A "great many ways have been suggested_for get- ting even with the beef trust, but perhaps the best way is for the people to take to eating turkey, and on Than}csg‘wing day they may be able to give thanks on a roast at a reasonable price. PR CURg Lew Wallace says “the seat and center of Ameri- can literature is in Indiana”; and now we know it NIV GRAND COURT OF THE FORESTERS OF AMERICA WILL CONVENE TO-DAY + SOME OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CALIFORNIA GRAND COURT, FORESTERS OF AMERICA. e TOCKTON, May 5.—Every train to- day has brought in delegations of Foresters of America to attend the Grand Court, which® will convene here to-morrow for a four days’ session. The evening trains from both north and south delivered large numbers of. the fra- ternity at the stations, where they were met by the reception committee and escorted to the quarters assigned them. This committee is composed of P. D. Campkbell, J. D. Klack, J. P. Carroll, P. A. Peters, H. A. Stephenson and H. H. Keuchler. The members have been busy to-day, but their pleasant labors will be heavier to-morrow, as several hundred visitors are scheduled to arive. Speclal delegations, many of them on special | trains or in chartered cars, will come in the morning from Fresno, Antioch, Brent- wood, Black Diamond, Tone, Oakland and San Francisco. Several of the delegations sent committeemen ahead and have fitted up headquarters, where they will enter- tain brother Foresters. The Los Ange- lenos will not arrive until evening. Masonic Hall, where the sessions will be held, is properly prepared for the gather- ing and Agricultural Pavilion, in which the ball will take place, is in the hands ,of the decorators. Two thousand five hundred invitations have been issued for the ball, which is to occur to-morrow evening. Preceding the dance there will be a promenade concert lasting an hour, The grand march will be led by Mayor Catts and Mrs. Catts, followed by the Grand Court officials. The ball committee is composed of James H. Ford, P. D. Campbeil and R. C. Marino. Frank Murray is the floor deco- rator. There are twenty-fiYe floor man- agers appointed from the several local courts. On Wednesday evening the new ritual, PERSONAL MENTION. . Dr. W. H. La Barre of Weaverville is at the Grand. A. B. Spreckels left last evening for a trip to New York. A. J. Froelich, a mining man of Tono- pah, is at the Palace. J. Frank Howland, a manufacturer of cocoa at Boston, is a guest at the Palace. F. E. Dunlap, the well-known politician and attorney, of Stockton, is at the Lick. John Clyde Sgllivan, a paymaster of the United States vy, is among the arrivals at the Palace. B. U. Steinman, the well-known capital- ist, of Sacramento, is at the Palace, ac- ccmpanied by his wife and daughter. President E. H. Harriman, who left last Friday for a trig through the Yosemite, is ‘expected back'in San Francisco on Thursday. J. J. Cressy, a prominent merchant of Los Angeles, is up here on a short busi- ness trip and has made his headquarters at the Grand. His Grace Archbishop Riordan and the Rev. Father E. P. Dempsey are expected to arrive home to-day after a six weeks’ visit to the East. evening in their private car for New York. They will also make an extend- ed tour of Europe, and expect to be gone several months. They were accompanied by their niece, Miss Brommer, Max Sommer of Sommér & Kaufmann, 28 Kearny street, and Kaufmanp's, Market street, left Sunday night with his wife for an extended Eastern trip, and after that a tour of the Continent. Mr. Sommer will devote five or six weeks to business in the East, after which he and his wife will spend three months in a pleasure trip through the principal Eu- L e e S e R R R R S T ) Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels Jeft last| 5 | written by Senator E. I. Wolfe of San Francisco and adopted by the Supreme Court at the last meeting in Baltimore, will be exemplified by a degree team | from Court Palo Alto of San Francisco. On Thursday night there will be a ban- quet in honor of the Grand Court officers at the pavilion. e PROGRESS OF THE ORDER. Reports Will Show Heavy Gain in Membership During the Year. The reporgs that are to be presented at the session of the Grand Court of the For- esters of America, which opens in Stock- ton to-day. will show a membership In this State of 17,900, and a gain of 2500 dur- ing the year. This membership is distrib- uted in 179 courts. The membership in the United States is in excess of 250,000. Since its organization the order has distributed in sick and funeral benefits and in dona- tions to members in distress $8,520,706, of which $1,020,700 was distributed during the past year. At the Stockton session E. I. Wolfe of San Francisto, at present grand sub chief ranger, will become the grand chief ranger, succeeding John Heenan. H. A, Gabriel of Santa Clara, the grand senior woodward, will become sub chief, and E. B. Collins of Chico and H. L. Simon of San Francisco are the most prominent candidates for the office of senior wood- ward. John J. Cordy, the incumbent, will be a candidate for re-election for grand secretary, with a possibility of opposition. Frank Conlin will be re-elected grand treasurer if he desires to serve again, and J. E. O'Brien will be a candidate for grand recording secretary. Durlnf the session there will be pre- sented forty amendments to the laws, but the majority are only slight changes to LONE STAR ENTERPRISE, The Dallas Morning News in its issue of ‘Wednesday, April 28, showed an enterprise and capacity equal to many of the great Metropolitan dailies. In size, matter and illustration, the paper reflected credit on the publishers, and on the city which boasts its presence and accords it sup- port. The accasion of the effort was the opening day of the Confederate veteran reunion held in Dallas during the closing days of last month. The issue consisted of six sections of twelve pageés each, three of which were devoted to historical reminiscences, in prose and poetry, of the Civil yar, battles fought oft Texas coast. Famous Texans and bodies of Texans who served the lost cause, etc., illustrated with pictures of honored Confederates still living, and others with honors unfaded who marched ahead to “fame’s eternal = camping . ground.” . Pictures of beautiful girls, daughters of old Confederates, sponsors for delegations | from the several States lend a winnips at- traction to many of the pages. . The last two sections are given to set- unf forth the beauties and advantagés of Dallas, and the claims of her business men, who have not been at all backward in their demands for space. - correct conflicts. The principal amend- ments, however, are: “If the grand chief ranger shall appoint a deputy grand chiet ranger who is not desirable, and where such appointment would be a detriment or injury to the court, the court shall have the privilege to refuse to accept such deputy; to give to deputy grand chief rangers after receiving special permission from the grand chief ranger or the execu- tive council the right to demand in' writ~ ing from officers of a subordinate court all books and property of the court of whatsoever kind, and providing for sus- pension from the order of any officer fail- ing to comply with the request; that the decision of the grand chief ranger shall be final and unappealable in case of the suspension of the chief ranger of a sub- ordinate court, and giving the deputy authority to fill the vacancy; providing for the punishment of members who do not pay proper respect to their superior officers; to provide that no new court shall be organized In places where there are three or more courts without the con- sent of a majority of such; every mem- ber on the sick list of a court, who shall have received sick benefits for the num- ber of weeks fixed by the court by-laws, shall thereafter, while sick, receive each month, a sum equal to one month's eon- tribution, which shall be applied by the financial secretary to the sick.member's credit.” The grand officers are: John Heenan, chief ranger; E. I. Wolfe, sub chief ran- ger; Frank Conklin, treasurer; John J, Cordy, secretary; J. E. O’Brien, record- ing secretary; H. A. Gabrlel, senior woodward; E. B. Coilins, junior wood- ward; J. W. McCoy, senior beadle; Peter Stornl, junior beadle; H. L. Simon, W, J. Rowe and A. W. Horwage, trustees, e ———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's* —_——— Prunes stuffed with apricots.Townsend’s.¢ —_——— Townsend’s California glace fruit pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. xxf ets. A nice present for East 639 Market st.,, Palace Hotel mi~ ———— Special information supplied ~dally ta business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 fornia street. Telephone Main —_—— Clearance Sale of Framed Pictures. 1000 framed pictures, some slightly worn, at one-half the regular prices. Many as good as new. 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