The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1902, Page 6

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April 26.........80,600 April 27 73,700 | April 2 61,6680 | April 29 60,430 | April 30 +..61,370 | sissssssasssssiseaysesl,S55,720 1A, g UNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.1 5% | day of May, 1902 personally appeared before o Hess & Notary Public In and for the-city and foresald, W.' J, Martin, who being sworn according 1o law declares that he is the business manager of The San Francisco Cal dally mewspaper published in the city and S ancisco,- State of California, and that there ted and gdistributed during the month of April, 1902, | o0 iht hundred and fitty-five thousand seven hun- | thirty (the number of days of issué) gives y cireulation of 61,857 copies. W. J. MARTIN. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of May, . T. HESS. ary Public in snd for the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State of California, room 1015 Claus Spreckels build- . 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOB THE SUMMER Call subscribers contemplaiing = chamge of residence during the summer months ean have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew sddresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will al be on sale at all summer resorts and is represented ny a local agent in =1l towns on the coast. MORE COMMISSIONERS. use of public men and measures for th:\ ose of advertising himself has been one of the amusing tricks of Mr. W. R. Hearst. He found frequent opportunity to play it before and during ¢ Spanish war. His celebrated yacht excur- sions for “Journal commissions,” composed of United States Senators, are not forgotten by those who participated, though some would like to forget. They cruised and came back to make speeches which they would now gladly expunge from the record, but they had to sing for their supper, though their per- formances gained more ridicule than applause. next move was to use the dead of the ine for his own notoriety, and he organized a “Journal Monument Association,” to build them a memorial with money contributed by others. He ped in men like Levi P. Morton, William C. Whit- ey and others, who had interests exposed to injury m his malice or revenge. Having succeeded so well, his effrontery went to .the length of requesting Mr. Cleveland to act as vice president of the monu- ment association. Mr. Cleveland’s reply is a classic. It stripped the charlatan and left him exposed to the pelting of ridicule and contempt, which ended his ad- vertising scheme. It cannot be too frequently quoted. Here it is, as neat a job of flaying 4s ‘was ever done with 2 pen: W. R. HEARST— I decline to permit my sorrow for the men lost on the Maine fo be perverted into an advertisement for the New York Journal. GROVER CLEVELAND. That opened the eyes of Hearst’'s dupes and they |- scuttled to cover as soon as possible to save them- selves from & share of the derision which fell upon him. Since then there has been no chance to do much in the line of advertising which he so much affects. But Cuba is about to inaugurate an independent goy- emnment and Hearst dlscovers that in order to es- tablish 2 good understanding between the island and this country it is necessary to send a yachtload of commissioners to the inauguration of Palma. For § long time he has been drumming the Senate for vol- unteers who will sell their self-respect for a dead- head trip and victuals and drink. Those who watched his scheme as it was worked in Washington have been much amused during its progress and by its re- sult. The angry snubbing he has endured from self- respecting Senators would make a more sensational story than any that has appeared in his triplets since his faked interview with the Pope. Sometimes re- pulsed in the Senate marble room, frequently pofitely ordered out of Senators’ apartments in hotels and often getting a stinging rebuke that made their ears tingle, his representatives have done the best they could, but it is what fishermen call “a water haul.” He succeeded in inducing Mason of Tilinois, Jones of Arkansas and Thurston of Nebraska to be his sand- wich men. Mason and Jones have just been beaten for re-election in their States by majorities so over- whelming as to be the instrument of humiliation, and Thurston at the end of his term a year ago dared not apply for re-election and is already a very ex- Senator. To this list of hungry and thirsty has-* beens he succeeded in adding Money of Mississippi, who has packed sandwich-boards for him before. Senator Money has just distinguished himself by stabbing a streetcar conductor in Washington for de- manding a transfer from him under the rules of the company. For this the Senator was hauled into the police court and acquired a reputation which is more useful on Hearst’s yacht than in the Senate. This expedition is the laughing-stock of the Sen- ate, where the commissioners are hailed as advertis- ing agents of yellow journalism, who work for their bed and board and the privilege of getting their names in print. They will finish their stunt -and come back, all but one to soon retire to private life to shine in rivalry with that amusing sideshow called 3E233s | be absolutely perfect. | is felt a need of more rain. A GOLDLEN EPGRTS published in The Call yesterday give { R the most comprehensive summary of the crop | prospects of the State that has yet been pub- | hshed. As there is now no longer any probable dan- | ger from frost except in a few localities in the moun- tains, the prospects’ presented may be taken as a fairly safe basis upon which to estimate the coming karvests. There will be of course the usual: dropping of fruit later on, but as that is a niormal phenomenom of the orchard industry the effect of it can be-dis- counted with a fair degree of accuracy by experienced orchardists. We may thercfore reasonably conclude that the estimates fuinished to The Call afford a reliable forecast'of the harvest that is to come. ‘What a forecast it is! The whole cultivated area of the Stat¢ is glowing with golden promise. Grass | pastures, grain fields, orchards, vineyards, befry farms and market gardens vie with one another in the lush profusion of promising crops. It is apparent AN A . | that taken as a whole all previous crop records are to | be broken. We are 1c have the most golden year of our golden history and will derive from our rural in- dustries a revenue that will carry prosperity to every home that is not blighted by some special misfor- tune. Of course all the crops in all localities are not to From well nigh every county there come along with the reports of general bright prospects statements that this or that particular.crop will not be full. Here and there it is noted that the apricot crop is spotted, or the prune crop will be 460 | lighter than was expected from the early promise of profuse blossoming, and in one or two localities there Even those statements, however, are not to be taken always as bad news, for a good many authorities declare that the falling of the iruit will amount to hardly much more than a wholesome -thinning and that the result will be such an increasc .in.the quality and size of the fruit that remains as to fully’ compensate for the decrease in the quantity. - It is to be noted that no locality reports a prob- able falling off in all crops, nor is there any crop in which: even a partial failure is reported everywhere. Porteryille, for example, reports that apricots and peaches in that locality are dropping, while Visalia reports the peach crop will be enormous; = the trees are so heavily laden that in some orchards the grow- crs will remove fully 75 per cent from the trees. Haniord reports that Bartlett pears will be very short on account of the pear blight, while Shasta announces that her crop of Bartietts will be so abundant that considerable quantities will be dried. The prune crop appears to be more badly “spotted” than any other large fruit crop, and yet many localities expect an extraordinary yield. From - Vacaville, for in- stance, the report says: “French prunes and plums are so thick that as high as $40 an acre will be ex- pended to thin them.” So the reports run. Each locality finds compensa- tion for a partial failure in one crop*by profusion of other crops, and the State at large is in no danger of a shortage in any important crop, because the fall- ing off in one locality is more than counterbalanced by the abundance elsewhere. Taken as a whole the reports show in a striking way the advantage which California has over any other similar area in the world by reason of the wide diver- sity of crops produced in any particular section of her territory. Santa Clara, for example, is noted as the chief prune-growing county of the State, and the prune crop there is'reported to be badly spotted; but the county does not depend upon prunes only, and her other crops promise enormous yields. So it is all over California. Moreover, what is true of coun- ties is very largely true of individual orchards. Nearly every grower has a diversified crop upon which to depend for prosperity, and accordingly a blight of one kind of fruit rarely ever brings dis- tress to any considerable proportion of our people. Asspecial efforts are being made at this time to advance, the upbuilding of .Northern California it is interesting to note the excéllent showing of that sec- tion of the State. It is in the counties north of Tehachapi' that rural industfies are most varied and the crops most promising. The Promotion Com- mittee in- appealing to intelligent home-seekers among the people of the East will need no other ar- gument in favor of Northern California than what her fields, orchards, vineyards and pastures show to-day in the way of profitable return to every form of rural industry, from the growing of grass to the cultivation of the finest and most delicate of fruits and berries, oils and wines. —— A local woman has brought suit against a hospital adjacent to her home on the ground that the odors of the sanitarium are death-dealing. An Oakland man has completely lost his sense of smell by a fall. Perhaps if the Oakland man and the litigious woman changed places right might come from wrong. D have gathered at Old Madrid to convey the congratulations of Emperors, Kings, poten- tates, peoples and nations to Alfonso XIII upon his coronation. Dispatches announce that the Duke of Connaught, who represents Edward of Great Britain, and Grand Duke Vladimir, who represents the Czar of Russia, were already there when the special envoy 4rom the United States arrived to present to the young King the greetings and felicitations of Presi- dent Roosevelt and the American people. The coronation will be stately and superb, but its splendor will be as riothing to the gorgeous imperial display which is soon to follow in London upon the coronation of King Edward, and consequently it will receive comparatively little attention from the world at large. That fact is a striking illustration of the mutability of national power. There was a time when the Kings of Spain were the mightiest monarchs of Europe and those of Great Britain were insignificant beside them. and trade have swept away the wide empire of the great Kings of Spain, and to-day the Anglo-Saxon lords it where once the Spaniard ruled. The law of mutability holds on its way,” however, in undimin- ished force, and within a century or so perhaps the British empire may be as narrow as that of Spain to-day. Such speculations, however, will not be ' in the thoughts of the young King at the coronation nor in those of any of the brilliant array of men and v(q}nen who form his court, his cabinet and his council. They are concerned with the troubles of to-day. Al- fonso XIII is to ascend 'a throne that is not much ' more secure than a city built upon the slopes of a vol- canic mountain. Discontented elements of all kinds exist among his people and his nobles. There is no telling at what moment an outbreak may occur, nor THE KING OF SPAIN. IGNITARIES ‘from all parts of the world “A box of monkeys” what may be the nature of it. Poorly paid working- jmen may strike, destitute peasants may rise, angry The changes brought about by ‘war Carlists may take l:lp arms, or anarchists may burs forth to lead a revolution in which all the discon- tented will join. To withstand those dangerous forces there is nothing but the army, and even the army is restl’zss). % The young King who has beert called by the acci- dent of birth to rule over this discordant people is credited with little strength, either physical or men- tal. He is reported to be amiable and gentle, but delicate and lacking in force of character or intellec- tual quickness. The politica] skies that bend above his coronation are therefore anything but promising to Spain. ‘Still it is worth while to remember in this case that it is always the unexpected that happens. It is a proverb that “threatened men live long.” Al- fonso XIII is threatened in so many ways that if the proverb be true his reign will be one of the longest and happiest in history. At any rate he has no politi- cal enemies except in his own Wome and no personal cnembes anywhere, and so -there will-be well nigh universal good wishes to greet him when he assumes the crown and enters upon the heavy responsibilities of sovereignty. The game of ping-pong is said to cause an exces- sive strain on one leg, resulting in a disease called “Tenosynovitis.” It is said there is a good deal of it in England, and one or two cases have been re-’ ported in the East. First you ping and then you pong and then you pungle up for the doctor. A PROGRESSIVE CITY. RATIFICATION is felt by all progressive G citizens at every new evidence of the growth | and progress of the city. As a rule thé grati- fication is pure and unalloyed. When the citizen per- ceives new buildings arising in all parts of the city, when he reads statistics showing the increase of in- dustry, commerce and bank deposits, and when he sees improvements going on in private or in public property, he is delighted and counts it all as clear gain to the community. On the other hand, when he learns. that along with the growth of the city there has come a necessity for increased expenditures he is inclined tc grumble and to make an unreasonable protest against what he looks upon as a waste of public money. It would not be fair to pronounce a hasty judgment against the grumblers. It is natiral in man to desire to get something without paying for it; and a ten- dency to growl when payment is required is no sign of depravity. The grumblers, however, should be reasonable. We cannot have a large increase in the school population without at the same time having an enlarged responsibility in the direction of public education. ‘When the number. of school children in- crease the number of classrooms and of teachers must be increased. So also with the increase of the general populatioti and- the upbuilding of the subur- ban districts there inevitably comes a need for an enlarged police force to afford protection to person and to property. > A progressive city requires a progressive expendi- ture. The rule applies without exception to every civilized community. We cannot maintain our schools or police our streets with the amount} of money that would have been sufficient had there been no progress. The avenues along which communities pass to metropolitan prosperity are not free. At every ‘milepost there is a barrier and we must pay toll before we can pass through. Sooner or later we must make the payments re- quired by prosperity, and we might as well make them now as at a later time. It is the duty of the Supervisors to make ample appropriations for need- ful expenses in fixing the tax levy for the ensuing year, and it is the duty of citizens to support them in doing it. There can be no excuse of course for ex- travagance or waste. Money should not be appro- ‘priated to any department of the municipal govern- ment for the support of tax-eaters or to be squan- dered on foolish projects. Economy, however, does not mean parsimony. Ample schools, good streets and an adequate police force may come high, but we must have them, and it is the duty of the Super- visors to provide far-them. The devotees of ping-pong are at last reaping their reward and that recognition which nature in- evitably gives to fanatics. This interesting game is producing several physical diseases which it is hoped are fatal. T auspices of the State Board of Trade is arous- ing the energies of a strong alliance between San Francisco and the State to secure immigration and develop our resources; has been enthusiastically received everywhere. Its purposes are indorsed by the people and the presence of its members on’ the tours they are making is most welcome. In the midst of so general indorsement and the cheer of the spirit of appreciative optimism we have seen but one discordant note. The Visalia Delta con- sults a torpid liver ‘and takes its inactivity as the measure of usefulness expected from the Promotion Committee. One could pardon the Delta’s hepatic and bilious condition if it were not made manifest by deliberate falsehood and malicious attack upon the members of the committee, whom it insults bysac- cusing of ‘excesses. A diseased liver is an in- firmity and misfortune with’ which men sympathize, but when an editor wears it in his face and writes in { jaundice to the injury of the community that sup- ports him, sympathy is lost in aversion. The people of Visalia have before them the con- trast between gall and gentility in the mention of the committee’s visit in the Delta and the fine, well writ- ten and thoroughly appreciative account given in the Visalia Times. The people of that enterprising city should buy a liver pad for the Delta man and stick it on his con- gested gall bladder. Then they should buy another and apply. it to his oral cayity, and when the Pro- moters visit Tulare County again they should export him lest he be taken as a symptom that malaria is THE STATE PROMOTERS. HE Promotion Committee, which under the endemic in that fine region The local Board of Supervisors feels highly in- sulted because it has been summoned to appear be- fore the Grand Jury and testify. The members’ should take the command as a compliment. There have been’ some Boatds of Supervisors in San Fran- cisco that were not given even that chance. AL s RO they are made of most curious stuff. Even after the horror of St. Pierre they still hesitate in the sale of a part of nature’s hell caldron to the United States. It is"announced that the President intends to take the stump during the fall campaign, but if he have Iuny brave friends they will advise him to follow H Cleveland’s example and go fishing. SERCT R RN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY -17, 1902. Danish statesmen and publicists are showing that | ODD FELLOWS’ PROPOSED HOME IS THEIR THEME The discussion in the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows regarding the proposed home was con- cluded yesterday forenoon and the whole subject referred to the subordinate lodges. After the discussion closed Davis Louder- back, P. G. M., chairman of the commit- tee of the whole, presented a report pro- viding for submission to the subordinate lodges of a series of questions as to the character of the building or buildings to be erected, the amount that ought to be expended, what each lodge will be will- ing to contribute, if the lodges would stand a per capita assessment and vari- ous questions as to members liable to be- come inmates of the home. The report was adopted by a vote of 347 ayes to 24 noes. At the afternoon session the re- ports of the several committees, sub- mitted in the early part of the session, were adopted. % The per capita tax was fixed at 30 cents for the general ‘fund on the membership of June 1, 1902, and the mileage tax, 15 cents on the membership of December 31, 1902. The decision of the grand master that Rebekah lodges could not appropriate any of its funds for the payment of the fu- neral expenses of a deceased sister was reversed and it was given out that in case a sister dies and has no relatives to meet the funeral expenses the lodge of which she was a member may appropriate money for such prpose. Past Grand Master C. N. Fox, who, while the head of the order in 187, was given a silver trowel which he used to lay the cornerstone of the monument erected to the memory of Samuel H. Parker, who founded the first Grand Lodge in Califor- nia forty-nine yvears ago, donated tlie trowel to the Grand Lodge. The trowel was accepted and it was re- solved to send the donor a suitable mark of appreciation for the gift. There were present at the session yes- terday the three oldest living past grand masters of. the order—L. L. Alexander, O. C. Burton and C. N. Fox. The file will be cleared to-day and elect- ed officers and those to be appointed will be installed. At the session of the California Assem- bly of Rebekahs, I. O. O. F., the resolu- tion permitting: the board of trustees of the Orphans’ Home to meet bi-monthly instead of monthly was adopted. The ‘lodges /ywere permitted to fix the time that lodge trustees shall hold office. There was introduced a resolution to the effect that no children of Odd Fellows would be eligible to admission in the home until after the parents shall have resided in the State two years. This was dis- cussed at length and defeated. The assembly was officially visited by Grand Master Nicholls, who delivered a short address and gave instructions. He was accompanied by Grand Warden-elect J. W. Linscott, who spoke upon the good work the lady members of the Rebekahs are doing for the advancement of 0Odd Fellowship. Past Grand Master Karl C. Brenck, chairman of the Grand Lodge committee on conference, delivered an address and answered a number of questions on points of law that were very instructive. Letters of congratulation were read from Rebekah assemblies of Vermont, Missouri, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Kan- sas, Oklahoma, Virginia, Alabama, Idaho and Australias A communication was sent to the Grand Lodge, asking that the representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge use their en- deavors in that body to have repealed that section of the law which permits past noble grands who are not delegates to the assembly to vote for officers. ANSWERS. TO QUERIES. TWO-CENT PIECE—A. S., City. A 2- cent plece of 1865 is worth only its face value, not being a premium coin. AN INVENTION—W., Vallejo, Cal. If you have an invention that has any merit, and you wish to be protected in the same, consult some rellable patent agent. NATIONAL GUARD-H. R. D., Ash- land, Or. The only locality in Sacramento in which there are companies of the Na- tcglonal Guard of California is Sacramento ty. KEY OF THE BASTILE—H., Oakland, Cal. On the 14th of July, 1789, a mob at- tacked the Bastile, overpowered the guards and destroyed the building. The key of the = outer - door of this prison was obtained by Gen- eral Lafayette, who sent it to Gen- eral Washington. It is a large, black, cross-handled key of wrought iron, seven inches long. In offering it Lafayette wrote: “It is a tribute which I owe as a son to my adopted father, as an aide de camp to my general and as a missionary of liberty to its patriarch.”” It is stil preserved in a glass case among the relis at Mount Vernon. COMMUNITY PROPERTY—P., Menlo Park, Cal. If a husband dles and leaves a will the terms of the will dispose of the property. If he dies without a will and leaves a wife and one child she recelves | the half of the property; if more than one child then the wife receives but one-third. She does not acquire absolute control to sell the same without the consent of the children or the guardians of such, and if there is a guardian the consent of the court must be obtained if the sale is to be made during the minority of the child or children. Not knowing from your let- ter if your sister-in-law disposed of her property by will it is impossible to answer the question asked. Your question should also include if your husband, her brother, died before or after his sister. BUSINESS—R., Winthrop, Cal. There is a law in this State in relation to change in business firms which is as follows: The lability of a general partner for the | acts of his co-partners continues even after the dissolution of co-partnership In favor of persons who have had dealings with and given credit- to the partnership during its existence until they have had personal knowledge of the dissolution and in favor of other persons untitl such dissolution has been published in a news- paper in every county where the partnership at the time of dissolution had a place of busi- ness, if a newspaper is there published, to the extent in either case to which such persons part with value in good falth and under the beltef that such partner js still a member of the firm. \ - As a matter of precaution individuals who do business as such announce in newspapers that they have purchased the business of a certain party to protect themselves from annoyance that might arise from an unscrupulous party, who after having sold out might go and ob- tain goods and then have the bill sent to the store where goods were formerly fur- nished. “‘Whether a purchaser is liable for the debts of the business of the former owner depends on the character of the ‘bill of sale. A Dlill of sale need not be Tecorded. ' In buying out a business the purchaser must follow the rule of caveat emptor, let the purchaser be on his guard. A purchaser of a business may ask for an indemnity bond as against any claims for wages, material, debts, etc., before parting with his money, if he has any doubt as to the honesty of the seller. The way to prevent being swindled -in making a purchase is to go slow, investi- | gate everything in the business and if ou are nna satisfled with your investiga- !’lon. drop the whole matter. " From One to Thirty-Five. ‘Marshall Fountain Pens—$1.00. A. A. Waterman Fountain Pen—$1.50. ‘Waterman's Ideal fountain rang from $2.50 to $36.00 each. Sanborn, i Py B gl oo vt St el O CAPTAIN GRANT SCORES ACTS OF GENERAL SMITH WASHINGTON, May 16.—The Secretary of War has transmitted to the Senate Committee on the Philippines a report made by Captain J. H. Grant, civil Gov- ernor of the province of Leyte, P. L., con- cerning differences of undetstanding be- tween himself and General J. H. Smith in regard to the control of affairs in that province. The report begins with a complaint of the arrest of several native presidentes of villages by the military authorities. Unfortunately for the peace and tranquil- lity of the people of this province, the military authorities have sustained a se- vere fright since the Balangiga affair and have done many things that are cal- culated to hinder the progress of civil government and make the people inquire what benefits they are to derive from civil government. The most important of these incidents is described by Governor Grant as follows: “Immediately after the receipt of the news of the massacre at Balangiga the military authorities began patrolling the town from about 8 o'clock p. m. until next morning, challenging and arresting all who could not satisfy the patrol that they were not good men. On the night of September 30 a sentry shot and instant- ly killed a man who did not hear, or at least did not heed his challenge. Of course the people do not understand why these things should take place under civil gov- ernment.” Following this on the afternoon of the 9th inst. orders were sent out from district headquarters direct to the presidente, 5o he says, to arrest and take to the tribunal every man in Tacloban who came from Samar. The result was that 150 men were arrested without warrant or other prdcess and subjected to a kind of an investigation, which being incompleted at a late hour at night, quite a number of them were conflned until next morning, when the investigation proceeded, and all but six were given their liberty. He con- tinues: “I am informed that a detachment from Tanapan recently fired into a party of laborers from Daguami, killing one and wounding two, according to military re- ports, but I think there were more men wounded. This happened in the daytime and the soldiers were commanded by an officer. From all the information obtain- able, it was purely a case of nervousness on the part of the officer in charge.” Speaking of General Smith’s achieve- ments in the islands, Captain Grant says: “Since General Smith has been in com- mand here there has not been a single surrender. to my knowledge of arms or men, nor has there been a single cap- ture. The only thing he has accomplish- ed, to my knowledge, was the arrest of a few men on Biliran and along the straits on the confession of one of Luk- ban’s officers, the truth of whose state- ments is yet to be established. All the sensational newspaper reports that have reached Manila from reporters traveling with General Smith are absolutely with- out foundation and have had but one ob- ject in view, the return of this province to military -control.” Captain Grant asserts that certain trcops were removed from towns in Leyte for the purpose of bringing about mili- tary control. A CHANCE TO SMILE. In the crowd that filled a Mulberry- street auction room on Monday were two Italians who watched the sale with inter- est ‘and enjoyed the badinage for which th auctioneer is noted. One of the Ital- fans bid on some household article and it was instantly accepted. “What's the name?’ asked the auc- tioneer, as he opened the salesbook. “Pletro Dionozella,” answered the buyer. “Oh, that’s too much. T'll put down ‘Peanuts, 50 cents.” You're on,” said the auctioneer, as he rattled off the next article. The other Italian bid enough to secure the article and his name was re- quested. “Patricka O'Sullivana,” quickly answer- ed the Italian. “Well,” mused the auctioneer, “that’s a good old name for a dago; come, that's not yours, though.” “You beta it isa nota mine,” was the quick reply; “but ita agooda as Peanuts. You maka de fun witha ’taliano name, I maka fun wida Irish.”—Newark Sunday Call. It was the morning after he had been “detained at the office on business.X “Dearest,” she sald, sweetly, “I want you to give me a frank and truthful an- swer to one question.” He was glad to get off so easily, and yet he feared th question would be a ker. cu""C::(alnly, my dear,” he said. “What is ” she said, im- the question?” “I want you to_ tell me, pressively, “whether you will be home to dinner or to breakfast.” He was home to dinner that night.— Chicago Post. DEMOCRATS ASK - FOR DISCUSSION OF PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, May 16.—An effort wag made by Lodge of Massachusetts in the Senate to-day to induce the minority to fix a_time when a vote might be taken on i the Philippine Government bill, but Du- bois of Idaho, speaking for the Demo- cratic side, did net desire to specify a3 date for the vote. Assurances were given that the minority was not seeking for de- lay, but wished simply that discussion should be exhausted before the vote wag taken. McLaurin of Mississippl concluded hig Speech begun yesterday in opposition the present Philippines policy of the G- ernment, which he maintained was sponsible for all the ills that had come (o the United States in those islands. Deboe of Kentucky supported the pend. ing measure in a carefully prepared speech, maintaining that the policy out. lined by McKinley ought to be followed to ‘the end. He asserted that peace would come quickly when the sympathizers witn Aguinaldo ceased their attacks on tha American army and the American flag. The House had more lively debates t day, alleged Philippine atrocities and tha Schley case coming in for considerable at. tention. The naval appropriation bill re ceived little attention after the more ex: ing themes of debate came up. Cannon of Tllinols and Hepburn of Iowa brougt the discussion by criticizing the extent t. which naval officers secured comfortabl berths ashore, whereupon Williams Mississippl made a very sarcastic spee at the expense of Admiral Crowninshie during which he read a poem descrit the late head of the Bureau of Navigatic as “the greatest tar that ever stayed ashore.” Williams denied the assertion of Grow of Pennsylvania that Philippine war methods were similar to those of the Civil War. Cochran of Missouri reinforced Willlams in this contention, while Landis of Indiana discussed the resolytions adopted by the Union Veterans of In- diana, comparing “the copperheads of the present day,” who criticized the army in the Philippines, with the copperheads of *61-"65. PERSONAL MENTION. The Rev. Father Hugh McNamee is at the Lick. Dr. J. J. Tully of Stockton is registered at the Grand. * A Dr. E. Z. Hennessy of Napa 18 registered at the Grand. Judge E. C. Hart of Sacramento is a guest at the Grand. T. A. Work, a well known lumber dealer of Pacific Grove, is at the Grand. P. L. Flannigan, a mine owner of Reno, is. among the arrivals at the Grand. Mayor T. J. Fleld of Monterey is at tha| Palace, accompanied by his wife. E. B. Gross, who conducts an express business at Pacific Grove, is registered at the Grand. Judsge F. A. Kelly of Susanville arrived in the city yesterday and has made his headquarters at the Grand. W. F. 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