The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1902, Page 6

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(Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.”) NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: ETEPHEN B, SMITH. . ..30 Tribune Building NEW YORK CORRESPO! CARLTON..... NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. C. . NT: Herald Square WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Haves, open until 9:20 o'clock. 033 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. C€.5 Larkin, open until 9:30 c'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open untii 9 o'clock. 1008 Va- lencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh. open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open antil ® o'clock 00 Fillmore, cpen until § p. m. g PRESSURE AT SAN QUENTIN. | B Y the resignation of John C. Edgar, for many years captain of the yard at San Quentin prison, following closely upon the retirement s son and others from the prison staff, the public is made aware that something out of the ordinary is going on in the prison The management is making the service disagreeable, and the officials are getting out of the These resignations and retirements following one another way. <o rapidly at this particular juncture have naturally been received by the public with the moral conviction that the prison management is forcing | them for the purpose of preventing information being given as to the conduct of prison affairs. Warden Aguirre has met that conviction by saying to an evening paper: “If I knew that any one here had | given out stories as stated he wouldn’t remain here ior a minute.” That declaration made in public is in line with many similar declarations made in private. It is therefore not to be looked upon as an ill-considered expression hastily made. It represents the settled conviction of his mind, the fixed intention of his will. The public is likely to be much impressed by the Warden's statement. The efforts of the prison man- agement have been directed for some time past to prevent The Call from obtaining information of what is going on within the institution, and also to find out the source of the revelations which The Call has already made concerring the frauds committed there. If the Warden knew of any official who has exposed his mismanagement he would dismiss the man. He does not know of any such official, but he suspects many and is now acting upon his suspicions. The Il is well aware that several of the retirements from the prison staff have been virtually forced, and it knows, further, that other officials have been sus- pected and warned. The pressure exerted to force all employes of the prison to hide the frauds committed there under Aguirre’s management has already brought about the discharge of Driry Reynolds, the retirement of Steward Praetzel and the resignations of Captain Edgar and his son Some of those who have been warned will doubtless be forced ere long to resign or submit to dismissal. The Warden, acting in this instance on behalf of the Governor as well as of him- self, is eager to prevent further evidence of the Perhaps also prison frauds from being made known. he deems it possible to discredit a probable witness in the suit instituted on behali of the Governor against the proprietor and the manager of The Call by dismissing him and thus putting him in the posi- tion of a discharged cmploye who would be likely to feel animosity to the management. The public will not overlook the significance of | these efforts to prevent the press from obtaining information of what has been going on at the prison and what is now doing there. If the management had violated no law the pubiization of every incident connected with the administration would show that fact. There would be direct credit to the Warden and reflected credit upon the Governor who ap- pointed him. In fact, if all has been done fairly and honestly since Aguirre went into office he would be eager for the publication of his record, and Gage would now be citing it as an evideace of his ability to select the right men for the honest administralio;x of public trusts, Aguirre’s efforts to silence the officials at the prison is in line with Gage's efforts to avoid a trial of the case in the courts of this county, or any other eounty in the vicinity of the prison. The whole aim now is to suppress information. The Governor and Warden, however, have their labor in vain. If Gage manage to avoid a trial in ¢ourt The Call will none the less publish the facts and the evidence to prove fraud at San Quentin, and if the Warden should dis- charge or force the retirement of every member of the present prison staff The Call would none the less have means of proving its case. The issue is made up. The truth cannot be suppressed nor evaded. —— Out of the waste products of her packing factories Chicago works up ‘material worth in the market something more than $30,000,000, and if she sold it on a fair basis the fact would be to her credit, but the chances are most of it is disposed of by working the public as if that also were raw material. It is said that so many orators from the outside are going to Maine to take part in the campaign there this fall that there is danger the campaign commit- tees may have to cut down all the pine forests in or- der to furnish a stump for every speaker. the | LAWLOR STILL IN POWER. HE State hears with equal surprise and disgust T that the resignation of Dr. Lawlor as superin- tendent of the Home for thp Feeble-Minded. was accepted, to take effect upon the appointment of his successor, and that, no successor having been ap- | pointed, he is still in power at the head of the insti- tution. The people took Governor Gage at his word, that if the charges were true Lawlor would be at once dis- missed. The charges were proved, and the people were told that Dr. Hatch would take charge, tempor- arily, until a successor to Lawlor could be found. It now transpires that when Dr. Hatch called on the Governor in the matter he was told to “let it drop for awhile.” This seems to have been upon the guber- natorial theory that letting it drop for awhile would cause the whole subject to drop out of the ptiblic mind, and, no_successor being appointed, Lawlor would remain in charge of the institution for whose management he had been expertly reported as en- tirely unfit. In his resignation Lawlor declared that his fault had been “an error of judgment,” and the Governor seems to have concluded that to be a curable infirm- ity and is letting the doctor remain for repairs to his judgment. In all this the work of the push is apparent. No doubt the Governor's first expressioa of antagonism to Lawlor’s methods was disagreeable to that ele- ment, and it has overawed the executive into hitting upon a plan by which he could commend himself to the better element and stay solid with the worse. This running with the hare and holding with the hounds will not de. The State supposed that since the 12th inst. Dr. Hatch was in charge and that Lawlor had departed from the institution. This supposition has been worked in politics for all that it was worth in | the counties in which delegations to.the State conven- tion were to be selected. It now turns out to have been a false pretense, and if anything has been gained by it the gain is undeserved. The people want Lawlor dismissed, and they want Osborne re- appointed as his successor. Anything short of that will be a disappointment. It remains to be seen whether the Governor will continue to heed the push | and deny the people what they want. In its present aspect a flagrant deception has been practiced in the affair, most unbecoming in a public officer, and the people will decline to let the matter drop for awhile, or at all. The people are paying the costs of Governor Gage's libel suit, and he is trying to make them as heavy as possible. But in return they get nothing that they demand in the purification of the adminis- tration of this State institution. Under the circum- stances it is probable that the people will also let the Governor drop permanently and turn- elsewhere for awhile for a public trustee in that office who will | not promise one thing and then do another. The revelations of misconduct of the home were startling and infuriating. They demonstrated” gross abuse of the most delicate public trust The public | sympathy was roused in behalf of the peculiarly piti- ful and helpless objects of gross official abuse. The storm was so sharp and admonitory that for once the Governor seemed to bend before it and show a desire | | to place himself in accord with the public wish. But | now only, it appears that his surrender was in seeming and that there is no change in an administra- tion that was universally condemned. The people wait with interest upon the next move in this game of false pretenses. | A curious item is going the rounds of the Eastern | press to the effect that the Brooklyn Ornithological Company is trying to obtain 10,000 seventeen-year locusts to supply the demand of public schools for | specimens of the pest. If the locust plague had been anything like so widespread as first reports stated it | would seem to have been easy fot the schools to get ‘ all they wished by the simple expedient of giving a 1 small boy half holiday on condition that he bring{ in a bagful. [ I Mr. Allen Ripley Foote that the fact has dawned upon men in this country that errors, corruption and extravagance in municipal government are pos- sible largely because of the inefficient system of mu- | nicipal audit and account. Mr. Foote is the leading | American student of civics, and has wielded a tre- mendous influence upon public opinion in the direc- tion of reform in public accounting. The Call has referred to this subject frequently in discussing municipal ownership and administration of public utilities. On the 2d inst. we spoke of the movement for reform in audit and account, saying: “Its object is to devise a system of municipal ac- counting that will make clear the way the affairs of a city are administered and thus bring to light the points 7t which waste and loss occur in any and every dep artment.” We are in receipt of the following letter from the Comptroller of the city of Chicago, inclosing the mentioned ordinance, which occupies many pages of the printed proceedings of the City Council. It provides a system in complete detail covering every | object of public expenditure and revenue. It is ac- companied by another ordinance explanatory, by | which it appears that on June 24, 1901, an order was passed authorizing and directing the Mayor, Comp- treller and chairman of the finance committee to em- ploy a firm of expert accountants for the introduction 'and supervision of a system of account and audit for ali the departments of the city government. The firm mentioned in the Comptroller’s letter was em- ployed and the system was installed at the beginning of this caleqdar year, and its working is thus certi- fied by the Comptroller: PUBLIC ACCOUNTING. T is due to the persistence and intelligence of | CHICAGO, July 17, 1902. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: With refereiice to the attached clipping from your paper, of July 9, I feel it only fair to the city of Chicago and the spirit of progress eVinced by its administration in the matter of municipal accounting, to call your atten- tion to the inclosed ordinance passed by the Chicago | City Council December 23, 1%01. The system of accounts | therein authorized was duly installed by Haskins & Sells | throughout the varicus departments and bureaus of the city government on the first day of January of this year. The radical change from the old methods to the new was made without friction or impediment to the proper conduct of the city’s business, and~this system has since worked harmoniously in all its branches, and its results have certainly been of great advantage in the management of the city’s finances and in the presenta. tion of information concerning the dally and monthly progress of revenues and expenses that would commend it as highly creditable to the best business administra- tion. Yours very truly, 4 1. G. HUBBELL, Deputy Comptroller. The ordinance provides that the firm of public ac- countants shall ifistall and conduct the system. We assume that this is for the purpose of securing a per- manent oversight, outside the political departments of the government, in order to prevent a relapse into the former confusion. In event of any misunder- standing, disagreement or difference between the public accountants and any department, bureau or - | by their cultivation more than counterbalance | generous plans now under consideration will fail. The THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 190 !official person, relating to the operation of the sys- THE PASSING tem, the issue shall be stated in writing and summar- ily decided by the Comptroller. This system seems to realize that which The Call has demanded, that the auditing and accounting of a municipality shall be by the same exact system as is used by all business corporations. It will be ob- served that such a system does not prevent the greater cost of the municipal administration of public utili- ties, but discloses it, and thereby enables an intelli- gent treatment of the policy of public ownership. When to the greater cost of municipal administration is added a system of audit and account which makes its detection difficult, there appears at once the op- portunity to add corruption to the normal waste. The inauguration of the better system in Chicago is highly creditable to that city, and is an important fruitage of the policy advocated by Mr. Foote. T S According to reports Tracy has escaped from his pursuers first on foot, then in a wagon, then in a row- boat, then on a tug, next in a buggy, then on a horse, afterward on a freight train, once more in a boat and again on a bicycle. Perhaps he will make his finish in a balloon. THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. RRANGEMENTS now being perfected for A the reception and entertainment of the thou- sands of visitors who will attend the grand convention of the Knights of Pythias promise to ake it one of the most notable events of the kind im\our annals. Not only is there to be in this city a rich display of the resources of progressive counties and the general wealth of California, but there are also to be tours from the city to various parts of the State, so that the visitors can see with their own eyes -the marvelous variety, richness and beauty of the at- tractions of the cammonwealth. The number of visitors whose coming is now well assured will make the encampment one of the largest gatherings we have known. We are to have men and women from every part of the Union. They will come to us as representatives of the best elements of the American people. Their good will cannot fail to be of benefit to us in every respect, and did not the proverbial hospitality of the city and the State prompt us to make the reception a notable one, we would have abundant inducements to do so from the very fact that such a reception will be profitable as well as pleasant. This gathering of o large a concourse of influential men and women comes at a most opportune time. The spirit of migration is strong upon the people of the Eastern States. Thousands of families from the Mississippi Valley and the Atlantic coast are now secking homes in the Northwest or the Southwest. They are thronging the railways to the Dakotas and to Texas. Many of them are even leaving the United States and making homes in the western provinces of Canada. It will be well, therefore, at this time to make known the superiority of California over all rivals. The prices of our lands are higher than those of the Dakotas or oi Texas, but the profits to be obtained the difference in cost. That fact is not fully understood in the East. The showing we now have an oppor- tunity to make in the eyes of the coming visitors will go far toward establishing a proper understanding of the matter. It is therefore gratifying to know that S0 many counties are going to unite in the work of entertainment. It is to be hoped that nome of the occasion will be a great one, the company will be worthy of the best we can do for them. Let us try to make it a record-hreaker even for California. Albert Gardner, writing for the New York Inde- pendent, says: “The infant republic of Cuba !has been launched upon the turbulent seas of national | distress under a sky which is dark with \thfiflcnacc i of disorder, if not of crime.” It appears all that dis- | tress is due to the fact that the Cuban sugar planters cannot sell their product in the American market free of duty. Itis a sad case. Perhaps Cuba had bet- ter pack up and go back to her mother. A NEGRO CONGRESS. REPARATIONS are now being made in At- P lanta for a negro congress, which is designed to be the largest and most representative as- sembly ever held by that class of our population. The estimates aré that upward of 10,000 delegates | will be present. It is of course not likely that such estimates are free from exaggeration, but it is deemed well nigh certain that the number of influential ne- groes who attend the meeting will make it an occa- sion of national importance. : Atlanta is a fitting place for such an assembly. It is said to contain more negro churches, negro schopls and negro colleges than any other city in the world. The colored population of the city is fully representative of the best that has been done by the race for the race since emancipation. The promoter of the convention is himself an Atlanta negro who won something more than a local repute by his management of the negro department of the Cotton States Exposition held there in 1805. In providing for the convention he has been assisted by forty dif- ferent denominations and associations of one kind or another. While the object of the meeting is mainly to discuss the conditions and prospects of the negro in America, and to devise a plan of action for promoting the wel- fare of the race, the time is not to be given wholly to talk. It is the intention of the promoters to make a notable feature of music. A chorus of 1000 voices is being trained for the purpose by the musical di=_ rector of Tuskegee Institute, and it is the intention to render not only classical music, but some of the better of the old-time plantation melodies. America is so much a land of conventions that the proposed gathering of the negro representatives in Atlanta would in itself hardly attract much attention. Its interest lies in the fact that it has such an impor- tant and such a complex problem to deal with. To the white race what is known as the “negro problem” is but a theme for academic discussion, but-to the negro himself it is a matter of vital importance. The speeches at Atlanta are going to be earnest, and while it is not probable any definite solution of the complex problems involved in the relations of the two races will be forthcoming, it is certain the resolu- tions which express the opinions of so large a body of representative colored men will be read with atten- tion and given due heed by thoughtful men through- out the-Union. T e r— o It is stated that during the offertory in a New York church recently the congregation was entertained by a young woman who whistled Schumann’s “Trau- merei,” and on being encored after the benediction she whistled “The Mocking Bird.” What is the dif- ference between that and a vaudeville stunt? OF A GOOD MAN AND PIONEER Through the sudden death of James R. Garniss, which octurred at his office yes- terday morning, still another respected name is added to the list of pioneers who have passed away during the last few days. Mr. Garniss had béen ailing for some time from what his medical adviser, Dr. George Martin, diagnosed as-a tendency to apoplexy, and only a week ago, after being called in to see Mr. Garniss, the doctor secretly tol@ the anxious wife that he might drop dead at any moment. Certain it is that the deceased was in jovial spirits even to the last and there ‘was really nothing to indicate that it was essential that he should remain at home. That he had been affected by the deaths of John Mackay and General Barnes and the tragic ending of Evan J. Coleman was apparent, and possibly the passing of his friends in quick succession had something to do with exciting his emo=- ticns and thereby hastening his demise. At his home and at his office, 219 San- some street, he was ever genial and joc- ular and his presence'in private or among his business assoclates was ever wel- come. Mrs. Garniss said yesterday that he was in remarkably happy spirits when he left the house, 2415 Fillmore street, in the morning, and his manager, James C. Hay- burn, said that on his arrival at the of- fice at about a quarter to 10 o’clock he commenced to joke, as was his happy custom, and asked him (Mr. Hayburn) where he was going to spend his vaca- tion. The manager replied that he thought he would go to Mill Valley. ‘“All right,” replied Mr. Garniss: “I feel so well that I think you may go next week.” DEATH COMES SUDDENLY. Hayburn then left to go out on busi- ness and one of the clerks, Robert Roy, was a few minutes later startled by hearing Mr. Garniss breathing heavily and leaning over the desk at which he had started to write. Realizing that Gar- niss was seriously ill, he ran over to the Mills building and returned with Dr. Tay- lor, who said life was extinct. The Coroner was apprised of the death and Mrs. Garniss came in response to a call. She was overwhelmed with grief and it was some time before friends could compose her. The body was later removed from the office to Gray's undertaking parlors on Sacramento street. Speaking of the death of Mr. Garniss, his warm and close friend, John Landers of the Manhattan Life Insurance Com- pany, said: His loss must be felt, for he was an author- ity on all insurance matters. It will be felt, too, because of his gentleness and kindly gen- erosity—generosity that needed no prompting, for James Garniss was quick to see and quick to act where assistance was needed. He was a lovable man—gallant, courteous, genial and whole-souled. Alas, =0 many of that grand school of gentlemen ere passing away. The community must feel their going. They are a part of the history of San Francisco. They have made history. We can ill afford such losses, James R. Garniss was born seventy- three years ago in the city of New York. ‘When quite a young man he studied law | and was admitted to the bar. ‘When the news of the discovery of gold in California in 1849 reached New York Mr. Garniss immediately started for the new El Dorado and arrived here in the summer of ’49. Like many other pio- neers who came here at that early time, instead of practieing the profession he had been educated and trained to, he went into another pursuit, taking up the commission business. He formed a co- | partnership with William Mahoney under the firm name of Mahoney & Garniss. PATRIOTIC CITIZEN. Mr. Garniss also took a very prominent part on the side of good government and W a very active member of the old Vigilance Committee. He was also cap- tain of the first military company orga- nized in San Francisco and known as the “Lancers.” Late in the '50’'s he married the charm- ing daughter of General Ranney of St. Louis, Mo., a sister of Mrs. J. H. Good- | man, the widow of Banker James H. | Goodman of Napa. Mrs. Garniss died | several years ago in this city. The lives of Mr. and Mrs. Garniss were truly ideal and both were deeply interested in several charitable organizations of this city. His first wife was the founder of the Bu- ford Kindergarten, located in the Potrero. They were very modest people in their charitable work, very rarely allowing the outside world to know the extent of their benefactions. About two years ago Mr. Garniss mar- ried Miss Barbara Eckert. From the year 1860 the deceased has been engaged in the insurance business, ' representing during this period several { very prominent fire, life, accident and surety companies and was at the time of his death the Pacific Const manager of the City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Com- pany of Philadelphia, There were but few men engaged in the United States who by education and prac- tice had a more extensive knowledge of insurance matters and his counsel was frequently appealed to by the under- writers of this coast. and a sister residing in the East. He was a Knight Templar and a member of the Society of Pioneers. PERSONAL MENTION. J. R. Haughton, a capitalist of Chico, is at the Lick. L. S. Hohl, a fruit grower of Oroville, is at the Lick. J. H. Neale, a mining man of Sonora, is at the Lick. B. Cussick, a real estate man of Chico, is at the Grand. J. Goodman, a merchant of Fullerton, Is at the Grand. T. G. Yancey, a lumberman of Newman, iz registered at the Lick. 'N. De Yoe, a merchant of Modesto, ’s among the arrivals at the Lick. Richard Elkins, a prominent resident of ‘Washington, D. C., is at the Palace. Fred T. Merrill, a dealer in farming im- plements at Portland, Or., is at the Pal- ace, accompanied by his wife. John L. Hudner, a rancher of Hollister, is spending a few days in this city and has made his headquarters at the Lick. John M. Ratto, a well-known commis- sion merchant of this city, has returned from a three weeks' outing at Bartlett Springs. General Passenger Agent D. W. Hitch- cock of the Union Pacific returned yester- day from Colorado Springs, where he had been attending the quarterly meeting of | the Transcontinental Passenger Associa- tion. g ( —— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, July 23.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco —Mrs. Buford, at the Albemarle; Miss B. Enderle, Miss Timmerman, E. Topp, C. H. Carillon and wife, E. Curruh, P. Her- rick, S. Jensen, at the Grand Union; G. ¥. Lamm, at the Herald Sauare; H. F. Kohler, at the Hoffman; C. W. Schlichter, D. A. Einstein, at the Imperial; J. Alves and_wife, at the Manhattan; T. Belton, A. Belton, at the Bartholdi; Miss J. Boe- queraz, M. A. Bocqueraz, at the Holland; C. A. Hitchcock, at the Cosmpolitan; C. F. Nicholson, Mrs. P. Lauch, at the Na- varre, M. Rockett, at the Delavan; L. 8. Simons, at the Victoria; J. B. Treadwell, at the New Amsterdam. _ Los Angeles—J. J. Haiga.rty‘ at the Albert; Dr. Davison, at the Netherlands; F. Domenplier, at the Imperial. San Jose—J. F. Brooke and wife, at the Holland; A. Barstow, at the Herald Sauare. § Besides his widow he leaves one brother | | | | | STAMPING OUT SCHOOL BOARD LAWLESSNESS IN | DISPENSES WITH THE PHILIPP]NES A gl iy The records of courts-martial brought to this ecoumry on the transport Sumn:; show that the military IutborltiesF > TUncle Sam’s island possessions in the ‘h East have still much disorder with 'hlli to deal. Several Filipinos were found gullty of murder and two officers of the Amer- ican army were forced to answer to seri- ous charges during the month ’:1:1 l:d::‘ i Frederick 8. Wild, rte lrg:fi::;? was reprimanded for allowllng men of his command to burn a nat vr_! cockpit at Lingayen, Pangasinan, in Ceg‘ tral Luzon. Two soldiers had been sta] bed at the cockpit and the rest of the men threatened vengeance, but the cap- tain falled to place a guard over the Te:; dangered property and it was burned. o officer was questioned about the affair ’y Judge Johnson of the Third Judicial Dis- trict and made a rather discourteous x;z-l ply. His sentence was fixed at official reprimand. General Chaffee, in revlew; ing the case, stated that the punishmen was too mild but must be approved. Charles O. Ziegenfuss, a Manila editor, maGe a caustic criticism of work being performed under the direction of Lieuten- ant Lytle Brown of the Corps of Engl- neers, The lieutenant read the article in question and immediately called on the editor, knocked out two of his teeth and “did then and there otherwise beat, bryise, wound and otherwise ill-treat him. And_for so forgetting his of- fictgd dignity, Lieutenant Lytle Brown es- cafd with a reprimand. General Chaffee objected to the leniency of the sentence but approved it. Emetrio Bris, an officer of the insurgent forces, ordered a native prisoner to be killea without trial and will rusticate in Eilibld fifteen years therefor. Martin Diquito, leader of a band \l')f la- drones, attempted to kill Cesario Diriquito for being friendly to the Americans. He was given fifteen years at the Presidio de Maniia. Macario Capulun stabbed Francisco Miranda, a Filipino scout, and was sen- tenced to spend twenty years at Bilibid. Marceliano Villegas took the cath of al- legiance to the United States and there- after did much to =aid thé insurgents, against whom he had declared himself. He was found guilty of furnishing infor- mation to ladrones and goes to the Pre- sidio de Manila for twenty years. Manupad, a Tiruraye native, killed a certain Sulao and took the wife and two children of the deceased and sold them into slavery. Manupad was sentenced to spend the rest of his life at the Presidio de Manila. Every prison in the Philippines is sald to bé crowded to its greatest capacity and prisoners have to be pardoned regu- larly to make room for new ones. Ameri- can soldiers who are found guflty of the more serious crimes often escape after the execution of only about half of their sentences. Bilibid and the San Isidro and Lingayen prisons are especially crowded. 1t is stated by returning officers, how- ever, that lawlessness is diminishing throughout the islands. The bands of la- drones are constantly growing fewer in numbers. These lawbreakers are formed into quasi-military organizations and have done much injury to the Americans since the insurrection was put down, which was really in the fall of 1899. Ladrones, as the name implies, are merely thieves and have kept the islands in a state of terror ever since anything has been known about the country. The Spaniards never had them in check, but they are learning from the Americans that brigandage is an un- safe method of securing one's living. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. TRACING ,FAMILIES—P., City. In or- der to trace families in the United King- dom communicate with the Somerset House, - Strand, London, England. There is kept at that place a record of nearly all the families of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. THE PHILIPPINES—Anxious, City. Three young ladies who would like to go “to the Philippines for the purpese of earning a livelihood in any employment except domesti¢” service” will find 1t a difficult matter to go to a strange place to seek employment. If it is the desire of the three young ladies to seek employ- ment under the Government in some of the civil departments they should make application to the Congressman of the district in which they reside. HEART DISEASE—A Reader, City. The climate of San Francisco is as good as that of any other part of the State for persons who are affected with disease of the heart. There are many diseases of that organ and each is the subject of dif- ferent treatment, which does not depend upon the climate, but upon the care the individual takes of himself when follow- ing the directions of a physician who has examined him. TWO TEACHERS —_— Considerable alarm prevails among the teachers in the School Department ?'lng to the intention of the Board of Educa- tion to remove some of them from tieir positions. Although no formal action was; taken at yesterday afternoon’s open meeting of the board two teachers were consolidated out at the usual secret ses- sion held in the morning. Mrs. I. D. Os- trom, a sixth grade teacher in the Crock- er Grammar School, and Miss M. C. Sutherland, a third grade teacher in the Winfield Scott School, are the unfortu- nate ones. The board had the nmame of Miss B. L. Macdonald of the Winficla Scott School under consideration for con- solidating out, but finally decided thst Miss Sutherland should be the one to go. The two teachers consolidated out wiil be put on the eligible Iist. It is feared by the other teachers that more removals are contemplated. It is thought that President Denman’s ukase issued in a recent circular that other than first grade classes shall consist of at least fifty-ive pupils enrolled at the beginning of tie school year will encompass further re- movals. When the daily attendance falls below forty-five the Superintendent of Schools shall, according to the circular, recommend a plan for consolidation. The Superintendent, however, had not been consulted in the consolidating out of Mrs. Ostrom and Miss Sutherland, whose pupils fell below the required number. LESSONS IN ITALIAN. The board granted permission at its open meeting to the Itallan Alllance to use class rooms on the first floor in the Washington Grammar School from 3:30 to 5 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of giving private lessons in the Itallan language. The alliance originally requested that rooms in the Irving Scott School be as- signed for the purpose, but Miss Caroline B. Barlow, principal of the school, protest- ed against granting the request because school property might be injured. Action was taken by the board in the absence of Director Roncovieri, who has vigorousiy objected to the further use of the Wash- ington School because it is unsafe. The board evidently thought that it would be impossible to injure the school any more than it is at present. Miss Lily Huhfeld was appointed to the classical department of the Mission Hish School. Leaves of absence were granted to Misses E. McDonald, Miss E. Cleary and M. V. Arnold and denied to Miss K. Cul- linan. 4 SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS. The Superintendent of Schools was au- thorized to expend $3000 in the purchase of supplemental readers and lbrary books. The resignation of Isabel Wolf Gold- man, a teacher in the Everett School, was acepted. Director Woodward submitted a report of repairs made on a number of school buildings during vacation. 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