The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 7, 1902, Page 6

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ANMUSEMENTS ~—Benefit of the New Actors’ Columbia Theater—Ext: Home reday afternoon. heum—Vaudeville. ouse— The Leather Patch.” dle Dee Dee.” art Was Young.” lumb A American Citizen.” New Chutes—Zoo and Theater. = GENUINE REFORM. NDER the administration of Mayor Low U New York City has entered upon a career of genuine reform. The estimates which have been made for the various departments of the gov- ernment show that it is the intention to carry out reform by doing good work and not by making a pretense of economy by the practice of parsimony. Apparently there is to be no stinting of money where money is needed, and public approval is to be sought not by making a display of low tax rates, but by the practice of true economy and the accomplish- ment of beneficial results. The revised budget made up by the reform gov- ernment is actually larger than the budget originally estimated by the Tammany officials. A detailed statement of the two published in parallel columns by the Brooklyn Eagle shows that while the Tam- many estimate was for a total expenditure of $94,210,- 905, the revised estimates give a total of $94,032,872. Some of the items in which an increase of expendi- ture is given are worth noting. The Tammany es mate for the Department of Public Charities was $1,508884; the gevised budget allows $1,773,960, or Bn increase of $175,076. For hospitals the original estimate was $462,086, while the revision gives $572,- ©86, being an increase of $110,000. The estimates for the Department of Street Cleaning was raised from $5,176,712 to $5,187,112, an increase of $10,400. For | library purpcses the Tammany estimate was $364,- 843, while the budget gives $301,543. Thus it will be | seen that in the important works of charity, hospi- tals, street cleaning and public libraries the reform edministration not only purposes to give a more economical and more efficient administration, but al- Jows larger expenditures as well. The San Francisco authorities may profitably study the example that has been set by the adminis- tration of Mayor Low. It teathes that reform does not mean stinginess nor does economy mean parsi- mony. A good city government will not hesitate to expend money required for the public good, nor will the people disapprove of such expenditures if the disbursements be made with honesty and the work of the various departments be faithfully per- formed. The difference between the genuine reform cut- lined in the New York budget and that which is embodied in the estimates of Auditor Baehr for San Francisco is striking. San Franciseo has a popula- tion at the last national census of 342,782, while New York by the same census had a population of 3,437,- 212, or approximately ten times the population of this - ci Bachr's estimate for the San Francisco police force is $013,172. The reform budget of New York allows $11,33683. For our School Depart- ment the Auditor estimates $1,200,000, but that sum is to inclu res for i permanent improve- ments and a children’s playground at North Beach. The New York budget allows to the Department of on $19,223,017. It will be seen that the re- form government in New York gives for education han sixteen times as much as we give schools with permanent improvements included; and it also makes nearly as good a showing in providing for the po! San co cannot afford to lag behind pro- rican communities in the work of mu- nicipal de \’L‘an!ncnl and improvement. The children of the city are entitled to adequate education and suitable school buildirgs and facilities. Ample po- lice protection, clean streets, good hospitals and a well supported public library are also among the things the community has a right to expect. It is the duty of the city authorities to consider the gen- uine needs of the people in making up the next tax levy, and in doing so they should bear in mind they are going to be judged by something more than the rate of waxation. The people will take note of what is dome for education, streets and public security, and will not accept parsimony for improvement. gressive Am for | ce and the protection of the community. | OPPRESSION OF THE FINNS. USSIAN policy toward Finland is illustrativé R of what comes upon a people when they are ruled by arbitrary power. The Czar has set aside the ancient treaty which guaranteed the auton- omy of Finland, and by a series of most oppressive acts has attempted to minister to the Finns the same treatment that has made Russia odious to Poland. . Abrogation of the treaty was purely arbitrary and tyrannical. It was made by an ancestor of the Czar and has been faithfully observed by his house until now. There existed no reason for its arbitrary withdrawal. The Finns are an orderly people, not | ill disposed toward thc empire, and offending, if at all, only through their system of education, their general intelligence and enjoyment of freedom. It may well be that these things are offensive to Rus- sia, where education is"repressed, students are mur- dered by Cossack soldiery, and the country is held back in the grim grip of a medieval civilization by denying tc the people the means of progress which have been used by the Finns, and have developed other parts of Europe. One can see why the Czar should desire to remove a good example beyond the sight of his people, and should therefore strike down education, progress and manhood, preceding his ghastly act by the dastardly withdrawal of a solemn treaty. | All the liberties of the people are now under ban. Their schools are reduced to the level of the rest of Russia. Public spirit has become a crime. The country is garrisoned by Cossacks. The people are commanded to use the Russian language and are even whipped for their slow acquisition of that bar- barous tongue. Where recently was happiness there | is misery. - Disconteat has taken the place of con- tentment, and the blight and curse of Russian au- tocracy, ignorance, superstition and tyranny rest upon a land but recently the most contented in Eu- rope. | All this can have but the reason we assign to it. The Finns were a living rebuke to the policy of re- pression practiced by Russia. They showed what men can do for themselves and the world when free, with their minds not subject to degrading supersti- tions and their personal rights respected. It is not for their vices that they are cast into slavery, but for their virtues. They have sinned agains.t the pol- icy of the Holy Synod and the Czar, and the man- hood must be scourged out of them with Cossack whips. | One leading offense most infuriating to Russia was lthe free press of Finland. There were more news- | papers printed in Finland, in proportion to the population, than in any other Northern 1 Europe. | The Finnish Bulletin reports the suppression of a | large number of newspapers. Within the last few weeks one in Viborg was suppressed for good, an- ‘other suspended four months, another three months and thres for two menths. Five others have re- ceived warning. The Finnish telegraph, a press as- | sociation for supplying news by wire, has been or- \dered to cease business. This shuts out from Fin- | land all news from the rest of the world. The Bul- letin will not long escape the brutal vengeance which has overtaken so many of its contemporaries, for it | makes bold to say that these measures are part of a deliberate policy to suppress freedom of opinion and prevent the dissemination of news. General Kragorodof, a provincial Governor appointed by General Bobrikof, complains of the bad habit of reading newspapers, and of their cheapness and large circulation! ! This minion of a tyrant, in other words, com- | plains of that in the Finns which any other Govern- ment would hail as a sign of soundness and security. part of and pernicious view of life and government will ever be reformed, except by a revolution which will sweep Czardom and all her other diseases to destruction. She lingers unduly on the modern stage. In the Pacific she assumes offensive airs toward Japan, when that insular empire is more her superior in every quality that makes a modern nation than she s the superior of the Esquimaux of the Lena. | If her Czar would go to school to the Mikado he 5c0u1d get some lessons in government and in re- ‘sp:c! for t]le rights of man that would benefit his :peop]e if he had sense enough to apply them. A lady of this city is suing her husband for divorce on the ground that he refused most emphatically to cat a pudding which with much care she had made for him. This certainly suggests itself as a timely subject for argument by that august assemblage of women’s clubs which is to make Los Angeles wiser | and better. D | THE SAN JOAQUIN TOUR. | RRANGEMENTS made for the excursion A of San Francisco business men through the | | interes San Joaquin Valley give evidence of the keen | t taken by many of our leading citizens in the | movement for the upbuilding of Northern Califor- | nia. The excursion will of course be a pleasant one, | but it is not for pleasure only that so many of our business men are going to leave the city and take part in the tour. To them the occasion will be one | of business as well as of pastime. While giving due attention and appreciation to the scenery along the ‘}Tuutc and to the hospitality of the people, they will | not neglect to carefully study the industrial possi- bilities of the various localities they visit and note the opportunities offered for the profitable | ment of capital. |~ At the present time a vast migratory movement is { under way in the East. ¢ Thousands of home-seckers | are journeying from the Mississippi Valley to the | Northwest, whence they are overflowing our boun- | daries and entering Canada. The movement in | that direction is due to the fact that all the, induce- | ments which Montana, North Dakota and Manitoba | can offer to settlers kave been elaborately advertised in the East. The Canadian Government, in particu- lar, has been distributing far and wide reports of the | good opportunities that are afforded for home- seckers in the western provinces of the Dominion, and as a consequence the thoughts of the people are turned in that direction. The migratory movement, then, is not in any sense a spontaneous one. It has been carefully worked up and directed by intelligent and organized effort. What has been done for the bleak, blizzard States of the Northwest and for the Canadian provinces can be done for California. We have here far bet- ter inducements to offer to men of industry and thrift than any other State in the Union. If we have not as cheap land as Manitoba we have vast quanti- ties of land which will yield a better profit to intellj- gent cultivation than any other land in the world. In invest- | His more ambitious works, however, were compara- It seems hopeless to expect that Russia’s inverted | I . 4 lands which in the remote wilds of the Canadian provinces are given away. To all home-seekers, gl}erf{ore, who have any capital to start with Califor- nia is a better land than they can find elsewhere. business men to see for themselves the richness of the land and the magnificent resources that await de- velopment. They will thus be given a new enthu- siasm in the movement to bring settlers into the State and at the same time they will have attained a better knowledge of how to go about the work. On the other hand, the residents of the San Joaquin will get acquainted with the business men of the city and learn how willingly San Francisco will co-operate with every local effort for improvement and ad- vancement. Thus a benefit will come to visitors and to hosts alike, and there can be little doubt the ex- cursion will be so successful that it will be followed by many similar ones in the near future. The British Government has been caught trying to seize a Malay state. One would think that our friend John Bull had more than he needed for awhile at least on the seizing tine. His experience in South Africa would satisfy an ordinary nation for 4 century. BRET HARTE. Y the death of Bret Harte American literature loses a writer who at one time gave promise of reaching the highest eminence in the world of letters. That promise was but inadequately fulfilled, and yet enough was accomplished to give him a wider repute than any other Californian of his time and obtain for him a recognition abroad as well as at home. It is therefore a notable man who disappears from the world, and his loss will be widely mourned on both sides of the Atlantic. In the East and in Europe Bret Harte stands as the distinctively Californian ‘writer, the delineator of California life and character. He obtained that reputation early in his career by his picturesque stories of the mining camps and the adventurous men and women who established them in the days of the gold excitement. Those stories and poems, written in a charming style, with' graphic clearness and with no little force and skill in the delineation | of certain types of men, were sufficiently infused with local color to be recognized as genuine pictures of the mining districts, and yet at the same time ro- mantic enough to please people who had never seen California even more than they pleased Californians themselves. Thus it happened that while in San Francisco he was not accounted a man of pre-eminent genius, his success in the East'and in Europe was enormous. During the days” when “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Heathen Chinee” were new Bret Harte had a reputation in the East not inferior to that which Kipling enjoyed in the eatly days of the Kipling craze. There were people who declared him superior to Dickens in his capacity to create char- acters, in his pathos and in his humor. It was freely predicted that he would write “the great Amer- can novel” and stand forth as a master novelist of his time. That there is much in the early writings of Harte to justify the bright expectations of his admirers is not to be denied, and many of his short stories will live among the enduring gems of American letters. tive failures. After he left California he did not grow as was expected. While he never at any time sank to mediocrity in his writing, he did not produce anything after he left the State that was equal to that which he brought forth while here. Perhaps had he remained in California and devel- oped with the State itself he might have achieved far more than he did. Harte's relations to California are curious. He did more to make the State known and to excite popular interest in it than any other man, or any | other ten men, for that' matter. His pictures of California life were universally read and admired, and it is not too much to say that he formed the Eastern and European ideals of what Californians are. It happened, however, that the State rapidly 1 changed and developed from a mining camp to a great and highly diversified community, while Harte’s stories presented always the same types of picturesque figures in wool shirts and high boots ready with the pistol and reckless alike of gold and blood. Thus in the gnd his romances did us per- haps more harm than good, and we can hardly agree that he is so genuinely Californian as the East deems him, In the course of time the true California will make itself known. Bret Harte's pictures will then cease to be harmful misrepresentations. Peo- ple will recognize them for what they are, pictures of a vanished and romantic class which did not last long and was never really dominant in the State. We have in his death to mourn a brilliant promise that was unfulfilled, but none the less to rejoice that he left us so much that is tender, beautiful and true of the brave days of old. Cecil Rhodes’ will is likely to undergo an over- hauling in the English courts, as a question has arisen as to the location of his domicile at the time the will was made. The will itseli declares Rhodes to have been domiciled in Rhodesia, but it is claimed there is evidence to prove he was really domiciled in England, arrd the Westminster Gazette says: “The mere statement in the will that he was domiciled in Rhodesia is of no weight in law except as evidence of his belief that it was so.” If domiciled in Eng- land the estate will be taxed for death duties, which will amount to about $800,000, and; what is more im- portant, serious questions will arise under English law as to the secret trusts, to which a very large portion of the estate is left. The reports of the Weather Bureau show Chicago to be the windiest city in the Union, surpassing even San Francisco in that respect, and yet there are not winds enough to keep the air clear of ¢oal smoke, According to a recent statement, “every post- mortem examination of a person who has lived any length of time in Chicago shows a deposit of coal dust in the lungs.” What Chicago needs is a breeze that will whistle through the lungs of the citizen as well as through his whiskers. Excessively high prices for butter in the East are said to have been broken down by shipments from California, so it seems we are getting there with a new competition that is beneficial all round. It is to be regretted, though, that the prices broke. It took a yard of words for an Oakland Chinese, | recently deceased, to make disposition of his prop- comparison with the revenues received from culti- i vation our higher priced lands are cheaper than erty. Perhaps if he knew of the danger of super- fiuous phrases in ordivary wills he would have been The excursion to the San Joaquin will enable our | - more brief, 4 ACTORS’ HOME FUND WILL NET TIDY SUM| PARTY LEADERS .' ROx e~ Paiac— DNy > VERY seat in the Columbia Theater will be occupied Thursday after- noon and standing-room will be at a premium. The benefit entertain- ment in aid of the actors’ home fund has attracted a great deal of atten- tion among local theater-goers. Thaey have generously come forward and by patronizing the coming entertainment wili add many hundreds of dollars to a cause that is a worthy one. The profession has never more willingly lent its services. The institution, which opened in New York on the first of the month, appeals to every actor and ac- tress, and they have volunteered with alacrity. The programme is a long one and is filled with surprises. Milton Nobles of the Orpheum, who has arranged 1t, states it will take four solid hours to run off. Encores will not and cannot be allow- ed. The audience will be treated to vaude- ville, comic opera, tragedy and comedy. The cleverest people now winning favor in this city have contributed their best acts. Every theater will send its best tal- ent. A handsome souvenir programme will be distributed. The doors will open at noon, and the performance will neces- sarily begin at 1 o'clock sharp, in order that the entertainment can be concluded at 5 p. m. e THOMAS POST HOLDS SERVICE FOR ITS DEAD George H. Thomas Post, Grand Army of the Republic, held impressive memo- rial serivces last night in Golden Gate Hall in memory of those comrades who, during the last year, were summoned by the Great Commander to join that ever- increasing throng of veterans whose life journey has been completed. The hall was appropriately decorated for the oc- casion. On both sides of the stage were suspended large American flags and folds of red, white and blue were draped around the gallery. The post's colors were furled and draped in mourning. A large number of Grand Army veterans were in attendance at the exercises. General Willlam R. Shafter delivered an eloquent memortal address, in which he extolled the loyalty of the Civil War heroes and praised the United States Gov- ernment for the care which it is taking of its veteran soldiers. He described Bow the United States is having brought home the bodies of all soldiers who lost thelir lives during the late Spanish war in Cuba or in the Philippines, so that they may rest in the family plats or be consigned to earth in the national cemeteries, where their graves will always be kept green and honors paid to their memory. He said that the cardinal principles of the Grand Army constitution were fra- ternity, charity and loyalty. The first two, he said, were intended for the ben- efit of the comrades themselves, but the profession of loyalty is for their country. ?e said that it was one of the objects f the Grand Army to inspire the youth of the country with a feeling of loyalty for its native land, and the great success which it was encountering in doing this was well attested by the response with which the young men met the Govern- ment’s call for troops at the breaking out of the recent war. The officers of the post who took part in the services were: Post Commander A. D, Cutler, Junior Vice Commander I, L. Turpin, Adjutant John H. Roberts and Chaplain Seldon Stringer. Miss Helen Colburn Heath sang ““The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Soldier, Rest, Thy War- fare’'s O'er.”” She was accompanied by Miss Julia Tharp. The names of the departed comrades are: Job Sternberg, O. T. Lemen, Benja- min Collins Jr., George D. Flack, J. A. McArthur, W. B. Benchley, Christopher Specht, J. J. Shattuck, Fred Hayes, Eu- gene Wiegand, Ed Downer, Willlam O, Gould, W. H. Seamans, H. C. French, Ed Carlson, R. B. Milroy and James Dewing. PERSONAL MENTION. D. 8. Rosenbaum, a well-known capital- ist of Stockton, is at the Palace. S. E. Lowe, a well-known resident of Pacific Grove, is at the Occidental. F. G. Noyes, a well-known resident of Napa, is among.the arrivals at the Pal- ace. Countess de Gaste arrived here yester- Gay from Montreal and is a guest at the Grand. Dr. C. A. Devlin, a prominent dentist of Vallejo, is among the arrivals at the Grand. < C. M. Hintz, the publisher of an agri- cultural paper at Los Angeles, is at the Grand. / Edward Chambers, freight manager of the Santa Fe, with headquarters at Loy Angeles, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. . R S S AR R R Californians in New York. NEW YORK, May 6.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco —A. Pearson, J. Olson, at the Grand Union: C. Jenkins, L. W. Sanborn and wife. H. I-McGill and wife, at the Her- NN U0 VIO T Vg 13111 (1117 PRESIDEN T oF _Scromes: Va2 2, SO — TWO GENTLEMEN ‘WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SUCCESS OF THE BENEFIT. TO RECLAIM CALIFORNIA’S SWAMP LANDS SACRAMENTO, May 6.—A convention of swamp land owners, trustees of re- clamation districts and others interested in the subject of drainage and river im- provements, called at the suggestion of the Sacramento Valley Improvement As- sociation, met to-day in Ploneer Hall. J. O. Coleman of the Improyvement Associa- tion called the convention to order. There was a large representation of swamp land owners. Frank Miller of Sacramento was elected temporary president; G. F. McNo- ble of Stockton, temporary vice president, and T. H. Sullenger of Grimes, temporary secretary. ‘Welcome was extended to the delegatcs by Mayor George H. Clark. Addresses pertinent to the questions to be consider- ed were made by A. L. Shinn, F. D. Ryan, Commissioner of Public Works; Senator R. T. Devlin of Sacramento and John C. Ferris of San Francisco. The following committee on organiza- tion was appointed: A. T. J. Reynolds, John H. Glide Jr., C. E. Clarke, Sacra- mento; G. F. McNoble, John Herd, San Boggs, Colusa County. Loben Sels, Will S. Green and others spoke on the necessity of organization and legislative action to obtain unanim- ity or results. appointed, eight from the country north of Sacramento, eight from the river coun- try west and south of the city, and eight from the San Joaquin River district. They are as follows: J. W. Browning, B. G. Peart, John Coughlan, G. W. Chapman, John Hart, L. Tarke, E. E. Poffenberger, A. C. Bingham, J. P. Sargent, J. N. Woods, W. C. White, B. F. Rolerson, W. B. Matthews, Fred H. Harvey, E.L. Wil- hoit, G. F. McNoble, A. T. J. Reynolds, A. L. Shinn, J. H. Glide, F. F. Ryer, Peter Cook, B. Ettlinger, Fred Zeile, P. J. Van Loben Sels. Later the committee met and elected an executive committee ben Sels, Tarke and Peart. @ itk @ ald Square; J. H. Scanlon, F. G. Baker, at the Imperial; E. E. Walley, C. P. Heininger, C. Wood, at the Broadway Central; G. D. Cooper, F. Titus, at the Manhattan; F. Hunt and wife, Mrs. N. McMurray, at_the Gilsey: L. A. Levy and wife, at the Savoy; P. D. Martin, D. Porter, at the Holland; R. Ornard and wife, at the Netherlands. San Jose—J. Brooks and wife, at the Manhattan. Sah Diego—H. A. Putnam, at the Plaza. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ———————— ANOTHER GE'BI DESTROYER. Herpicide Is Death to Dandruff Germs. The germ burrows into the scalp, throw- ing up the cuticle in thin scales, called dondruff, or scurf, and digging at the Toot of the hair, where it saps the hair's vitality. First comes brittle hair, then lusterless and dead-like hair, then falling bair, and, finally, baldness. Nine-tenths of the hair troubles are caused by dan- | druff. Without dandruff hair will grow luxuriantly, as nature intended. *“‘Herpi- cide” kills the dandruff germ, leaving the hair_to grow nnhampered, as it does with ! the American redman. Joaquin County; Jesse Poundstone, Julian | In the afternocon R. T. Devlin, P. Van A gereral committee of twenty-four was | composed of | Messrs. Harvey, McNoble, Glide, Van Lo- | REPUBLICAN DISCUSS PLANS The sub-committee of the Republican State Executive Committee, which was recently charged with the duty 8f pre- paring the general features of a call for the nominating convention of the party, will soon be ready to present a report. It is understood that the committee will ree- ommend Sacramento as the place, and Monday, September 1, as the time for holding the convention. As the State Fair opening has been postponed until September 9, the pavilion at Sacramento can be used for convention purposes dur- ing the first week of that month. The Demoecrats will probably hold their con- vention to nominate State officers some time between the 20th and 30th of August. Democratic leaders remark that Sacra- mento is not the only convention city of the State, and that the pavilion of the State Agricultural Society is not the only convention hall in California. This year, owing to the lateness of the Republican convention, the Democrats may be forced to put their ticket in the field before the Republican delegates assemble. Many Democratic leaders favor San Francisco as a place of meeting. The fact is re- called that Governor Irwin was nominat- ed at Union Hall, Governor Bartlett at 0Odd Fellows’ Hall, and Governor Budd at the Baldwin Theater of this city. Gov- ernor Stoneman was nominated at San Jose. San Francisco is the luckiest of all the places for the Democrats. Accounts received by The Call from va- rious sections of the State are to the ef- fect that the Gage machine cannot eléct a sufficient number of delegates to orga- nize the Republican convention, hence no surprise would be created if the Gage or- gans should come into line for Lieutenant Governor Neff for chairman. The stal- wart forces of the Republican party now engaged in the battle for good govern- ment and clean politics would prefer that the bosses should disclose the name of their candidate for the chairmanship, but the manipulators in the boss camp are afrald to submit the issue to the people. The Republican voters of the State, how- ever, will name the chairman of the con- vention at the primary elections on August 12. As it seems to be generally settled that Gage carmot win the fight for renomination, the politicians are begin- ning to speculate concerning the second cholce of the machine forces. Gage will probably favor some gubernatorial as- pirant dwelling in Northern or Central California, so as to make affairs a little smoother for a Senatorial candidate from the south. Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz and Fire Cemmissioner Parry will visit Vallejo to- morrow evening and address a union la- bor meeting under the auspices of the Vallejo Federated Trades and Labor Council. Mayor Schmitz has a multitude of friends in Sclano County. Wants Buena Vista Park Improved. The Market Street and Eureka Valley Improvement Clubhas filed - a petition with the Board of Supervisors requesting that Buena Vista Park be improved. The pe- titlan says that the park is the rendez- vous of criminals and tramps and that recently a footpad made his escape by | taking refuge within the deep shadows of the park's bushy lanes and trails. Some one proposes to build an observatory in the park, and the club suggests that the upper part be used as a temperance re- reshment parlor, where a band could play popular music. e Cal. glace fruit 50c perIb at Townsend's® —————————— Prunes stuffed with apricots.Townsend’s.* ——— Townsend's Californfa glace fruit, 50c a “pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bask- ets. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —————— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali~ fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * —_——e————— “Dr.” is an abbreviation frequently used to express the relations of a patient to his physician. L e r? Going to Thunder Mountain 22 The Northern Pacific Railway is the best, cheapest and quickest route. Frow Lewiston and Stités, Idaho, there are good wagon roads toseither Warrens or Dixle from which the trails into this distriet are most acces . ete., address T. K. 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