The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1902, Page 6

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April April | April | Apra | Apri .61,380 507300 | April | Aprat P LR SR oy~ = 7 RNIA, . b TY OF SAN FRANCISCO. 5% 2, personally appeared before ublic in and for the city and who being sworn according business manager of The San v mewspaper published in the city and . State of California, and that there April Total OF I 10) copies of the saiglhewspaper, which d by thirty (the number of Gays of issue) gives daily circulation of 61,857 coples. | W. J. MARTIN. bed and sworn to before me this 12th day of May. dred and fifty-five (?lnnd seven hun- lic in snd for the City and County of San Fran- State of California, room 1015 Claus Spreckels build- 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN FOB THE SUMMER Call subscribers contemplaiing a change of residence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their new mddresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented oy a local agent in =il towns on the PALMA’S POLICY. ITHIN a iew days President-elect Palma will take the oath of office and enter upon the task of establishing the government of W Cuba. The ceremony of inauguration is to take place May 20, and on the evening of that day General Woed will sail for the United States, leaving the new | go ent to work out its own salvation. hing has been done by the authori- at Washington tc facilitate the change of ad- n and place the new President upon a firm footing at the start, there will be required of him none the less a high degree of statesmanship to main- equilibrium and avoid blunders. For that the country will watch the experiment of the i a good deal of interest. It € a new nation out of the secure »owerful protectorate into the open sea of ence as it is to take a ship out of a harbor, ot afford to be overconfident at ministr: reason goévernment wi which he has been making the Cuban provinces while waiting for his 1 Palma has been quite frank in outlining the tour the policy he intends tc pursue and the recommenda- tions he will make to the Cuban congress in his first address Some of his statements are marked by a com- and prudence.- He has an- nounced, for example, that he will recommend that there be 1o war department nor department mendable economy navy in the government, and that the island abstain from undertaking to support either an army or a navy. He purposes to give much attention to the development { a diversified agriculture in place of the well nigh ne-growing, and will continue the sani- al tary regalations established by the United States authorities in the island. In short, he will recom- mend a programme of economy and improvement and will strive to keep his people contented by help- ing to render them prosperous. as those statements are concerned there will al of the President’s course. Un- Palma did not stop there, byt proceeded it the relations of Cuba to the United h a degree of frankness which displayed a 1 more of Cuban patriotism than good sense. tional questions are always delicate, and dip- lomatists rarely discuss them above a whisper. Palma ist. He has talked openly and loudly of what he purposes to recommend concerning Cu- ban relations to the United States, and in doing so has said some very foolish things, stration of his lack of tact in this re- id in that statement made in an interview at Santa Cruz that “he would recommend that no treaty be made with the United States until the amount of the reduction in American duties on Cu- ban products was known, and that the reduction would have to be more than 25 per cent.” Had the representative of any great power made such a statement there would have been an imme- diate explosion on the part of the American people, and it would have taken a good deal in the way of explanation to set things right again. We are not accustomed to dictation from abroad as to what our customs duties shall be, and 2 power that should re- fuse to make any treaty with us until we should have consented to reduce cur duties on its exports would be promptly told that we are not eager for treaties of any kind and have no desire to purchase them at that price. Of course it will be different with Cuba. We are not going to be irritated by anything Palma may say or do. We have expended our treasure and shed much American blood to establish the freedom of Cuba and are desirous that the new government should be successful in every way. All the same President Palma should be careful in making his plea for Jower duties. We are not going to surrender the principle of protection for the sake of making a treaty with him. is not a diplon A good spect is f A 4 VOLCANO LANDS, HERE is really no guarantee against the per- Tsistence of nature. A majority of the islands of the sea are of volcanic origin. The internal forces of the earth expel and throw out material un- til the mass rises above the water and the great chimney continues supplying matter until its over- flow makes a roomy fsland. The eruption ceases. The mass cools, the lava cracks and breaks, the sun and rain join in reducing it until the soil appears capable of supporting vegetable life, and finally the vast tumuli formed by volcanic action become beau- tiful spots, fertile and verdant. They attract man, and he lives upon land that was once fire, and where molten hell dashed waves of flame as high as the swells of the ocean a paradise is in bloom and homes are built and children play in the perfumed air. The islands have always strongly appealed to the imagination of man, and the high cones of the vol- canoes that built them are among their attractions. The forests climb far up these slopes and farms and gardens hang upon their acclivities, all presenting a picture of peace and happiness. But there is no guarantee that the force that made the foundation for it all was spent in its creation. The most persistent volcanoes in the world are either insular or penin- sular. The craters cn island groups are the aptest to erupt. . Nature is persevering and persistent. Where she | has once set her danger signal it is well for man to be careful. In the valley of the Rhone were vast an- cient floods, but these had so long ceased that cities were built down to the water’'s edge and hundreds of thousands of people planted and dwelt where once | the water had rolled in a destructive flood. Sud- denly the flood, absent more than a century, came again, and cities were washed away, hundreds were | drowned and thousands made homeless. The water- | shed of the Rhone had not changed. When there i fell upon it the same amount of rain that fell to make | the ancient floods they were sure to come again, and | it fell and they came. Another century or two may pass before another Rhone flood, but it will come, and if people meantime forget and go carelessly over nature’s danger line they will suffer. It is so with the dwellers in volcano lands. Ve- suvius had belched lava long before the time of Romulus and Remus. The volcano had probably been an island originally, but emitted the material that built it on to the mainland, lengthening the peninsula. Eighteen hundred years ago men had for- gotten that the fiery mountain was destructive and they had built Herculaneum and Pompeii at its base. In one night they were buried so completely that their graves were forgotten. The volcano spread over them fifty feet of hot ashes, and their homes and temples, theaters, baths and galleries were smitten from ‘the sight of men, to make no sign for nearly | twenty centuries. Now homes are built up the slopes of Vesuvius and cities spring at its base. But some time they will surely join Herculaneum and | Pompeii. | The destruction of St. Pierre on Martinique, and of other towns by the volcanoes of the lesser An- tilles, is a recent and awful warning to stay on the right side of nature’s danger line. This generation will heed it. St. Pierre will not rise from its ashes now. But by and by men will forget. The sides of Pelee will again bear forests and birds will sing there and tinkling water will trickle down the path that was trodden by fire, and when a large population has grown at the base of the mountain, some day when all are busy with work and affairs, or some night when all are at pleasure, Pelee’s fiery banner | will shoot skyward and, falling, enfold all life and recreate the desolation in which it made the island originally and in which for ages it has built on and added to the original plan. It is barely possible that the warnings of science might keep people away from danger in the volcano lands, and this awful tragedy may help toward that warning and no experience have kept men from pass- ing the danger line. In his testimony before the Senate committee, General MacArthur gave the Philippines a new title by calling them a “tuitionary annex.” It is now up to the lawyers to say whether the constitution can apply to such thing: T accuracy as wit the Galveston News applies to Democracy. Describing the Democrats of Texas the News says: “There are among them all-around expansion Democrats, hemispherical expansion Democrats, Cuban expansion Democrats and South Aurerican expansion Democrats. There are among them tariff-for-revenue Democrats, protection Dem- cerats and Democrats who, while not favoring pro- tection, yet, as long as it is extended to certain in- terests, demand it for those in which they are inter- ested, hence may be called want-a-bite Democrats. The fact is that the party may be called an allied party itself.” That statement is as true of the Democricy of California as of Texas, and the same may be said of the Democracy of Ncw- England and of the cotton States. There is no Democratic platform, no Demo- cratic policy and no Democratic leader. It would seem, then, that there is nothing to be feared from the allied factions that call themselves Democrats, and some Republicans may be indulging the belief that their party will have this fall an easy victory in the Congressional and State elections. Those who are indulging such a belief had better get rid of it. There may be no agreement among Democrats on any issue of statecraft, but there is a firmly based egreement among them' that they ought to have the offices of the States and of the nation, and they are going to make a vigorous fight for them. At this juncture the Republican party cannot af- ford to commit blunders. The work of reorganizing the long demoralized ranks of Democracy has been carried forward with considerable success through- out the Union. Bryan rails at the reorganizers, but they pay no attention to him. They are saying noth- ing, but sawing wood most industriously, and their one appeal to the workers is: “Get together for vic- tory, and we will talk of platforms -and policies later on.” That the various divisions of the allied party have nio other point of agreement than that of a desire for the spoils of office dces not in any way detract from the effectiveness of the alliance. In fact, both in war and in politics many a sucgessful campaign has been waged by allies of that kind, and it is by no means improbable that several States now regarded as sure for the Republicans may be carried on election’ day by the opposition. It is not necessary to look far away to find a point where the allied party menaces Republicanism. The , menace exists in California. The Democratic camp THE ALLIED PARTY. HE “allied party” is a title which with as much end, but the fact remains that up to this time no- 1 _peasant lcoks upon as simple justice. in this State is just as divided as that of Texas on all questions of the time, but it is also just as hungry for the spoils of victory. If the Republicans should make a blunder that would alienate the independent vote, or cause any considerable discontent among the rank and file, Democracy would be prompt to profit by it. Such a political folly as the renomina- tion of Gage, for example, would render the defeat of the party almost a certainty. It is that fact which makes the action of the Herrin bosses so portentous at this time. If they and their henchmen should suc- ceed in dominating the Republican State Convention the camp of the allied party would be reinforced by many another ally and the Republican party be cor- respondingly weakened. Every now and then some enthusiastic New Yorker suggests Dan Lamont for President of the United States, but Dan, who has studied the office from the standpoint of a private secretary, prefers to stay where he is and be a plutocrat. D HOAR’S CANAL BILL. ENATOR HOAR has presented Congress with a new canal bill, and the fact that he has done so goes far to confirm the reports that there | is so much opposition to existing bills as to render it doubtful if either of them can be enacted at this ses-- sion. The Senator’s bill is simplicity itself. It is a short document empowering the President to select a route for an isthmian canal and arrange for the con- | struction of the desired waterway, and appropriates $180,000,000 for the purpose. 3 There can be no question that a majority - of the American people would approve the adoption of the bill, notwithstanding the large power it confers upon the President. As a matter of fact the country has become impatient with the wrangle between the contending advocates of Nicaragua and Panama. The desire of the people is for a canal at the earliest possible date, and since it seems unlikely that Con- gress will ever agree upon the route, the best thing to be done is to refer it to the President with power to act. Some time ago there was a report that certain Senators drawn from the membership of both par- ties had formed a combination to defeat the Philip- pine Dbill, -the Cuban reciprocity bill and the isth- mian canal bill. No reliable authority was ever given for the report, but it seems to have hed some- thing in the way of foundation, for it managed to persist despite the repeated denials of leading Sena- tors. Probably there was never anything more than an attempt to form such a combination, but even that seems to have been abandoned. It would cer-’ tainly have been a gross act of folly for any Repub- lican to have taken part in it, for should Congress adjourn without doing something toward the attain- ment of the isthmian canal the Republican party would be held responsible for the delay and the can- didates of the party would have to face a good deal of popular discontent because of it. There is no reason whatever for further delay in constructing the canal. All the routes have been-sur- veyed over and over again. The best experts obtain- able have investigated every problem connected with the enterprise and have made the most accurate es- timates that science can furnish. The arguments of each route have been submitted and the people have declared a willingness to bear the taxation required to raise the money needed for the construction of the work. Congress, therefore, can deal with the issue just as wisely now as it ¢an a year from mnow. It ought either to decide or leave the question to the President. In fact, the adoption of either bill now before Congress would be better than the adoption of none. e — Since Prince Henry made such a success of his it to the United States there is talk in Germany of electing him to the Reichstag and giving him an opportunity of showing what he learned of politics in America. S hold its people in subjection by keeping them in ignorance and inculcating among them an l|nqueétioning obedience to the Czar, the agitators who are now disturbing the country have sought to turn the ignorance and the reverence to their ad- vantage. Scattered among the rioting peasants circulars have been found calling upon them in the name of the Czar to overthrow the nobles and pil- lage their estates. One of these circulars which is reported to be pr.ated in the usual form of an imperial ukase says: “My grandfather who is now resting in God, Em- peror Alexander, by abolishing serfdom gave you peasants liberty and at the same time divided the land among you. The magnates of the land, however, were discontented with this and they brought the land 2gain into their possession and thus robbed you. The country which for needy wage you cultivate in the sweat of your brows is your own land, and the corn in the barns of your oppressors is your corn. I love you and as I desire to be a just Emperor I allow and command you to demand back your prop- erty and to divide it among yourselves as your legal possessions. If they refuse to give it to you peace- ably then take it from them by force, together with the cattle in their stalls and the corn in their barns.” That strange document is said to have had more in- fluence in rousing the peasants than all the harangues for constitutional government that the Liberals and the university students have made since the begin- ning of the agitation. It is effective because it ap- peals directly to the 'peasant and advocates what the It is natural for him tc believe that the Czar, whom he has been taught to regard as a benevolent father, should de- sire to make his people happy and give them their rights. Consequently the forged ukase finds every- where a ready welcome. The peasants demand the land and when the stewards of the rich lords en- deavor to exact rent they drive them out of the dis- trict. From this condition of affairs the Russian officials can learn a valuable lesson if they will. Ignorance is more revolutionary than intelligence, and a blind, unreasoning loyalty more dangerous than reason. If the Russian Government be wise it will cease to rely on such things for the stability of the empire. E———— ‘It has now been explained by the friends of the naval officers who got into the row at Venice that the difficulty "was due to the fact that the officers could not speak Italian, nor could the waiters speak English, and hence there was no way of making ex- planations and the police had to be called in. The excuse is good enough, but it will be remembered that according to the original story the row was something more than a wrestle with language. There was a large part of the proceedings that could have been understood by a deaf man. RUSSIAN DISTURBANCES, [INCE the Russian Government has sought to ‘| and the purchase of the site on |ODD FELLOWS REVIEW WORK _OF LAST YEAR The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows assembled in fif- tieth annual session yesterday in 0Odd Fellows’ Hall. More than six hundred representatives, in addition to the grand officers, were present at rollcall. The Grand Lodge degree was conferred in due form on 208 past grands. The dele- Bates were each presented with one of the handsomest badges ever got up for this body, commemorative of the golden Jubilee session. The reports of the grand officers were read and referred to the committee on dis- tribution, which in turn apportioned them to speeial committees for consideration. except that part of the grand master’s report which deals with the Odd Fellows' Home, That portion of the report was! referred to the Grand Lodge sitting as a committee of the whole, and will be made a special order. Grand Master William Nicholls Jr., in his annual report, says that during the Past year one lodge surrendered its char- ter and that six new ones were instituted at Gazelle, Isleton, Richmond, Dunsmuir, Los Angeles and Long Beach, Walnut Grove Lodge consolidated with Nletes’ Lodge. Five new halls dedicated to Odd | Fellowship were opened with appropriate | ceremonies. He visited eighty-five lodges | in his district and made eighty-nine visits ‘ outside of the district. | Grand Master Nicholls further reported | that he paid two visits to the Orphans’ ' Home at Gilroy, which is under control of the Rebekahs, and found it in good | condition. He devoted considerable space | to the Odd Fellows' Home at Thermalito | ‘White’s Ranch, near San Jose, on which it is proposed te erect a new heme. In a resume the grand master reports that during the year he officially traveled | 15.590 miles by rail, 1000 miles by water | and 80 by team ond met 10435 brothers ' at subordinate lodge meetings. He ex- | Dresses himself grateful to the news-' bapers and makes special mention of The | Call, and returns thanks to Grand Secre- tary Shaw, Assistant Secretary Clifford | and Past Grand Master Watson for as-| sistance kindly rendered. The report of the grand secretary shows | that the membership at the close of the | year 1901 was 32,521, an increase of 933. | The subordinate lodges during the vear | have expended for burial and relief of brothers, $251,834 19; for burfal of sisters, | $4930 85; for relief of widowed families, | §7746 33; for education of orphans (not in home), $436 55, and for charity, $17,035 35, making a total for relief and charity of | §282,033 27, which is $9532 05 in excess of ! the past yvear, and is about $772 63 per | day. There was expended for the heme at Thermalito $22,189, The election of officers will take place Thursday. There will be a contest over srand wardem, as there are a number of candidates for the office—F. L. Tur- pin of Pacific Lodge, J. W. Linscott of Pajaro Lodge and James Rye of Harbor Lodge. W. A. Bonynge of Los Angeles and John Thompson of Pacific Lodge are candidates for the office of trustee for the Odd Fellows' Home. At the meeting of the Veteran Odd Fel- lows' Association the following named were elected for the current term: W. T. Galloway, president; F. L. Turpin, vice president; William A. Barnes, sec- retary (twenty-fourth term); D. Sewell, treasurer (eleventh term); J. F. Thomp- son, marshal; C. O. Burton, G. W. Dixon, L. W. Downes, J. F. Crosett and F. A. ‘Weck, directors. The Veterans celebrated the silver anni- versary by a banquet at the California Hotel last night. After the introduction of W. T. Galloway the new president, there were responses to toasts by Dr. Kergan, W. A. Bonynge, J. N. Young and ‘W. H. Barnes, and vocal selections by Robert Burns. During the banquet there was instrumental music by Tod’s Orches- tra. PERSONAL MENTION. J. W. Glenn, a Stockton merchant, is at the Grand. D. 8. Kayser, a vineyardist of Napa, is at the Grand, Frederick Eudey, a banker of Jackson, is at the Lick. ‘W. P. Thomas, an attorney is at the Grand. The Rev. Father W. J. Madden of Mo- desto is at the Occidental. C. J. Cox, a dry goods merchant of Hol- | lister, is at the California. Frank H. Gray, a raisin-grower of Fresno, is at the Occidental. Allan V. Morse, proprietor of Lytton Springs, is at the Occidental. A. Brown, a member of the State Board of Equalization, is at the Lick. Edward Chambers, freight manager of the Santa Fe, with headquarters in Los Angeles, is at the Palace. President B. H. Harriman has notified the (ransportation officials of the South- ern Pacific to hold his special train in readiness, He may leave for the East at any moment. B. F. Durphy, who is connected with the Hammond Lumber Company of Eu- reka, is at the Grand. Durphy says that the lumber business was never better in Humboldt County. Wages are high and there is plenty of work for men in the lumber mills at Eureka. George E. Gallagher, the well-known Democratic leader of the Thirty-eighth | District, left this city Sunday for So-| nora, Mex., to investigate the reported ! discovery of a ledge of rich gold ore on some land belonging to him. He is ac- companied by W. B. Olds, a prominent mining engineer. el Naming of the New S:ates. Editor The Call: Most people will agree with the main idea in your “Jet- | ferson and Montezuma” editorial in to- day's issue of your valuable Jjournal, viz: When a Territory becomes a State it should retain the name it had been known by. An exception to that rule should be made when its sponsors chris- ten it by simply adding “New” to “any old thing” and producing such abor- tions as New York, New Jersey and New Mexico. The ‘term “New,” as part of name to a State, is as inappropriate as “Junior” is when following the name of a man of “three score and ten.” New Mexico has associated with it so many beautiful names of Indian Spanish origin that it should be easy to | find one with a pleasant sound which should be appropriate to this State about .to be born. I present a few as examples, viz: Conception; Nacimiento (birth): Aztec (name of first inhabitants); Cortez (the discoverer of California, New Mex- ¢ Uklah, ico and contiguous country); Albu- querque; Sequedad (dryness); Aqua Dulce (sweet water); Aqua Fuerte; Aquardiente (whisky); Borracho (drunk); Carcel (prison). * The name Oklahoma reminds us of rough frontier life, with cowboys, gam- blers, ete. Suppose it was changed to “Jefferson,” and immediately the public would ascribe to its inhabitants all of those courtly manners and customs of the good old ‘“Jeffersonian times.” Yours for euphony, C. G. MINIFIE. San Francisco, May 10. — e Philharmonic Society’s Concert. ‘The Philharmonic Society will give its next concert at Metropolitan Hall on the evening of May 23. Guillo Minetti, the well known violinist, will act as leader, The affair will be strictly invitational. The society was organized in 1877 under the leadership of Herman Brandt and is | supported largely the annual subserip- tions of the musi people of this city. 1 | invention or discovery OF FORESTERS HOLD SESSION The interior of the Foresters’ building at the corner of O'Farrell and Stockton Streets was gay with decorations of red, white, blue and yellow yesterday in hon- or of the ténth session of the Subsidiary High Court of the Ancient Order of For- esters, High Chief Ranger M. Boehm opened the session with the usual impres- sive ceremony. After appointing sub- committees and receiving the report of the committee on credentials, which showed that 156 courts of the order were | Tepresented, the reports of the officers | were presented and referred to the com- | mitiee on distribution. In his annual re- port High Chief Ranger Boehm says: During the term last past I have devoted my entire time to Forestic work, traveling thou- | sands of miles by rail, water and stage, having visited one hundred and twenty-two courts. I, foupd it necessary to attend some of them as | many as two, three and four times, thus de- | priving me of the opportunity of going to a | few others, which fact is a matter of regret to me, inasmuch as I firmly believe that the high chief ranger's presence throughout the | Jurisdiction fosters a feeling of harmony and | the organization is cemented together more strongly, I am pleased to inform you that during the tWo years just past the numerical strength of our order in this jurisdiction has increased 28 | per cent. On March 31, 1900, our member- ship was 7550, and on March 31, 1902, it | was 9550, a net gain of 2000, The financial condition of the several courts | In the aggregate show an increase of over 1% | per cent. On March 31, 1900, they had $83,- | 127 74, and on March 31, 1902, thelr combined | trea: e number of courts instituted from April 1, 1900, to April 1, 1902, as per quarterly re- port, 44; instituted since April 1, date, 4; making a total of 48; suspended from April 1, 1000, to April 1, 1902, 21; net gain in courts, 27, As to the endowment fund, I cannot recom- mend it to our members too strongly. During the last two years it has not recefved the sup- part that it merits, and I am satisfled that this is due to a want of examination on the part of our brethren. No provident member of our arder who has looked into this matter can fall to conclude that it is the best and cheapest form of Insurance extant. The best of feeling and completest harmony has existed during my term of office between us and that branch of the order known as the Companions of the Forest, and our thanks cannot be too warmly expressed for the kindly and fraternal interest they have exhibited in | preparing the entertalnment and reception ac- corded to the officers and delegates to this Subsidiary High Court, and as your high chlef ranger I earnestly and heartily recommend that | the members of sald branch be admitted to | our endowment fund, as they request by the resolution adopted at the last meeting of the | Supreme Grand Circle, Companions of the Forest, now before this, body. In conclusion High Chief Ranger Boehm returns thanks to the permanent secre- tary, John Falconer, and to the deputiell for assistance rendered him during the past two years. During the afternoon an amendment | was carried that lets down the bars as to | one branch of Foresters. In 1887, when a number of members of the order with- drew on actount of the color question, the High Court passed a law that no member of any other order of Foresters could join the Aneclent Order. This ex- cluded the Independent Order of Forest- ers as well as the American Order, com- posed of seceders. The law passed yes- terday admits all Foresters except thoss ‘who are members of the American Order. An amendment propesing to reduce the initiation fee was introdueed. Action will be taken to-day on a propo- sition to make the office of permanent secretary an elective one. Officers for the next term will be chosen to-morrow and in the evening there will be a bancuet. Last night was Foresters’' night at the Central Theater and the members of the different courts attended 500 strong. Special seats were reserved for them, and the merry throng sent up cheer after cheer as the different scenes of tas charming melodrama, “The World,” were presented. The theater party was a great success. Robert Fitzsimmons and wife occupied a box In the theater. Fitz seemed greatly pleased with the performance. He joined | in the cheering with the rest of the crowd. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. FOREIGN PATENTS-E. P. L., EI Verano, Cal. An article patented in a forelgn country may be patented in the United States and vice versa. IDAHO RESERVATION—G. G., City. For information as to the possible date of the opening of the Idaho reseryations to settlement address a communication to the General Land Office, Washington, | D. C. BASEBALL GROUND — Constant Reader, City. The California League baseball grounds are located in Golden | Gate, Alameda County, near Berkeley, | and are reached by the train that leaves | Qakland mole for the place last named. Games are played there every Wednesday and Sunday. FOPULATION—Subseriber, Sebastopol, Cal. The population of the United States, including 91,219 in the military and naval service, was, according to the census of 1500, 76,308,387. According to the same au- thority the population of Stockton was 17,506 and of Santa Rosa 6673. | VALUE OF A PATENT-F. B, Gray- son, Cal. A patent grants to the patentee, his heirs or assigns for the term of sev- enteen years in the United States the ex- clusive right to make, use and vend the throughout the United States and the Territories; conse- quently no one has a right to make a pat- ented article, even though for his indi- vidual use, without infringing on the in- ventar’'s patent and taking chances of in- | curring the penalties provided by law. | | PREMIUM HALF-DOLLARS—R. G., Dutch Flat, Cal. A half-dollar of 1861 is not a premium cotn. The only half. | dollars for which a premium is offered | are of the following dates: 1794, 1796, 1797, | 1801, 1802, 1815, 1836, 1838, 1862 and 1882. There | is, however, no premium on half-dollars of 1836 bearing the motto “E Plurlbus | Unum” over the eagle, those of 1838 that have not the mint mark O over the date, and those of 1853 that have arrow-heads at the date and rays around the eagle. GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER—J. F., | City. Bince the year 1301 Good Friday fell on the 28th of March in 1823, 1834 and 1902. It will fall on that date again in 1986 and 1997. Since 1801, including 1%02, ! Easter Sunday has fallen in March twenty-three times, and up to the year 2000 it will oceur in that month twenty- | one times. Easter Sunday never fell in the nineteenth century earlier than March 23 but once, and that was in 1813, when it fell on the 22d, and will not fall on that date during the twentieth century. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERSP. F., City. The following is the list of the fleet of the French Transatlantique line, giving name of vessel, tonnage, horse- power and length, breadth and depth in consecutive order after each name: La Touraige, 9778 gross tons, 12,00 horse- power, 53§ feet long, 55 breadth, 38 depth; La Gascogne, 7416, 9000, 508, 52, 38; La Champagne, 7110, %000, 508, 51, 38; La Bre- tagne, 7010, 9000, 508, 51, 38; L’Aquitaine, 10,000, 16,000, 520, 58, 38; La Lorraine and La | Savole, each, 15,000, 22,000, 580, 60, 40. This department cannot advertise which of the line of steamers has the best furnished cabins. OF REBEKAHS OF CALIFORNIA The twelfth annual session of the Re- bekah Assembly of the Independent Order of 0dd Fellows of California opened yes- terday morning in Memorial Hall of the ©Odd Fellows' bail with President Mrs. Nellie Michell and all the grand officers in attenda Three hundred delegates, two hundred of whom had never before attended a session of the assembly, were present. These, with nearly two hundred past noble grands, re- ceived the assembly degree, the largest number upon which the degree has been conferred at any one time. The prelimindry ceremonies occupled the forenoon session. The afternoon was taken up in the reading of the report of the president, which is an instructive but lengthy document. It shows the total number of members to be 19,848; net gain for the year, 1405; number of lodges in- stituted, 14; number of lodges May 10, 1902, 251. | New lodges were instituted at North Ontario, Fullerton, Igo, Glendale, Wood- bridge, Big Oak Flat, Knob, Newville, Berkeley, Richmond, Brentwood, Exeter, Loleta and Los Angeles. Of the orphans’ home at Gilroy Presi- dent Mrs. Michell says: ‘“During the year I have had the great pleasure of visiting the heme, and I am really sorry that each and every Rebekah in this State cannot avail herself or himself of the same pleas- ure. And here allow me to offer my sin- cere thanks for the very genmerous re- sponse to circulars issued on behalf of our ‘Orphans’ Home donation day.” I found everything at the hame in perfect crder, and a ‘home’ in every sense of the word—the children all well and happy, and those who were old enough attending | school regularly.” During the term the president made 110 official visits. From the report of the secretary, Mrs. Mary E. Donoho, it appears that the membership 1s distributed among 21 lodges, and that the net inerease of lodges during the year was 12. The report gives the following figures showing the growth of the order since 1590: In 1890, 10404 members; 1891, 11,460; 1892, 12,1 18 13,083; 1894, 13,817; 1805, 15,043; 1896, 1897, 16,371; 1868, 16,472; 1899, 17,172; 1900, 18,443; 1901, 19,848. The increase during the past year is the largest in the history of the order. During the year the total receipts wers $14,842 and the disbursements $11,098, os which sum $7169 was for the Orphans’ Home. The trustees of the home presented a detailed repert of the working of the in- stitution, in which there are forty-six in- mates. The report will be taken up at the session to-day. The trustees recommend- ed the establishment of a steam laundry and a hospital. Last evening Isabel Lodge of Santa Cruz, through its team, conferred the de- gree of the order. There was a large at- tendance and the team was highly com- mended for its work. The Veteran Rebekahs will elect offi- cers to-night and close with a banquet. Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's.® At < sl Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.® —_— ee———— Townsend's California 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. * it el Sl Special informaticn supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Fress Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ A Boston firm of dealers in china and glassware that has occupied the same site for a portion of three centuries, its store having first been opened there in 1798, is selling at auction its stock preparatory to moving farther up town. P? Going to Thunder Mountain 22 The Northern Pacific Raflway is the best, cheapest and quickest route. Frow Lewiston and Stites, Idaho, there are good wagon roads to either Warrens or Dixle, from which points the trails into this district are most accessible, For rates, etc.. address T. K. STATELER, G. A., 647 Market st 8. F. —— ——————— The saving of a few cents on a bottle of Va~ nilla Extract will not atone for annoyanee of having dessert “just a little off’ in flaver. Always buy Burnett's, the standard quality. —_———————— “Jane, where on earth did you get all these almanaes?” “Just think! The druggist let me have the entire lot fDr]n nickel!” “But they are last year's. “Yes, but they were such a bargain, dear.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. B, KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISGO. FOR SUMMER (iTlNliS Canvas Oxford Ties are particu- larly adapted for summer wear. Cool and easy on the feet, they give perfect comfort and yet present a tidy appearance. This week we will offer dies’ Canvas Oxford Ties, lr; :hne‘. tan or gr‘a;.yt;lturned‘ ml;‘:‘, with coin toes and_tips; sizes to 8; widths { to . REDUCED ?ecla! sale of Ladies’, and Children's Tan Kid Shoes with spring heels and toes and tips: 1;. Child's sizes 8% to Ladies’ sizes 21 to 6. Misses’ Lace eoin 8156 A BIG STOCK OF LADIES RUEBER FISHING BOOTS and outing shoes constantly on hand. Misses’ sizes 1114 to New illustrat, Just Send for one o Chtalosue e Country orders solicited. B. KATSCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE G0, 10 THIRD STREET, €an Francisco.