The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. —— > ——— CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE. Y the renomination of Representative Metcalf B the Republicans of the Third Congressional District have not only acted wisely for their own district but have conferred a benefit upon the State at large: Where the personal qualifications of rival aspirants for office are at all equal experience in public work counts for so much that the candidate having it should be aiways chosen over the competi- tor who lacks it. The principle applies with especial force to service at Washington, where a new man rarely attains influence, and where an experienced man, if capable and faithful, rarely fails to attain it. or a long time it seemed as if the people of Cali- fornia would never learn the value of maintaining at Washington a body of Representatives having not only natural ability and fidelity to their State, but also experience in Corgress. With each succeeding term we sent a delegation of new men to the House. They went with good intentions and with high ex- yectations, but nearly always disappointment awaited them. They found themselves membe:s of a legislative body governed by the customs and tradi tions of a century much mere than by formal parlia- mentary law. Most of the real work of legislation they found to be carried on in committees, and, more- over, they found that personal friendship, or leader- ship, counted for a great deal in getting a bill through the House. - Under such circumstances the new men had to learn the ways of the House before they could do much. Their first terms were employed in learning how to be of use to their constituents, and had they been re-elected many of them might have had a Con- gressional career that would have been creditable - to themselves and to the State. However, they rarely Teceived a re-election. In most cases another new man was sent to Washington to go through the same experience, and California suffered not only a loss of her rightful prestige in the House, but also by the de- feat of many measures that should have been enacted for her benefit, and would have been had she been fitly represented by experienced men. Of late there has been a beneficial change among the constituencies of the State with respect to the re- election of Representatives. We have now a strong delegation and one that ranks well with those of other States. Californiaps hold places on important committees and have influence in shaping almost every measure of note that is submitted to the House. We have gained a double advantage by the change, for in the first place we have been able to get a fuller recognition by Congress of the needs of the State, and in the second place we have been able to exert a larger control and direction over the great issues of national and international politics. A recent review of the -length. 6f the service of members of the present Congress says that 89 are serving their first term, 92 their second term, 78 their third term and 40 their fourth term. After that the numbers become small. By way of showing the rec- ord of the various States in respect to the length of service of their delegations the reviewer says: adding the total service of the Congressmen of all the States and dividing it by the number of members of Congress it gives 3.07 terms as the average length of service. Twent){-seven States are below that aver- age and eighteen are above it. Reckoning State averages in the same way the two highest marks are scored by Connecticut and Nevada, with 5. Next come Arkansas, 4.66; Iowa, 4.23; Louisiana, 4.16; Minnesota, 4.14; Georgia, 409; no other State doing better than 4" California, then, is below the average of the States in this respgct, but it is to be hoped she will not long remain so. Mr. Metcalf has been an able, faithful and ener- getic Representative of California, and he has also been among those members of the House who take rank as national statesmen. He deserves his renomi- nation on his own merits as well as on considerations of state policy. The Third District has, therefore, done well in renominating him, and the example should be followed elsewhere. e It is"said the “harvester combine” expects to reap more profits this year than will be reaped from the wheat fields, but we notice the promoters of the scheme are not going to be hogs in the matter, for they are offering stock in the organization pretty cheap and hunting for takers. g s S a Up to this time Vermont and South Carolina have been having 2ll the hot stuff of the campaign, but there is enough for ell, and other States will get their share before the elections. “By | FRANCIS! 30 CALL, opposition will be clear gain. sake of little. of his henchmen. AGE’S campaign for renomination has now!been carried far enough to dis- close its curve and show what it will be when the circle is completed in the convention. The salient features of his tactics are three—first, to claim every- thing in sight; second, to induce the opposition, if possible, to enter into some kind of compromise:with him upon the choice of convention officers and the organ- ization of that body, and, third, to put his following into the hands of Dan Burns to be manipulated and traded as that astute boss may direct. The delegates who are to represent genuine Republicanism in the convention should be on guard against the possible effects of each of these methods of attack. It will not do to underrate the formidable nature of the Gage machine, which combines the political managers of the Southern Pacific Company, the Federal brigade under the lead of Lynch, the State patronage controlled by bosses of the Mackenzie stripe, and the com- bined predatory bosses of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento. Those men re- alize that Gage is virtually defeated already and therefore they have nothing to lose by any kind of compromise or bargain. On the contrary, anything they can get from the They are therefore willing to promise much for the Of the extent to which the practice of claiming everything in sight has been car- ried by the Gage bosses, little need be said now. We have already reviewed that phase of the contest sufficiently to expose thefutility of the claims of Gage even upon the showing made in his own organ in this city. He has won partial success in San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento, but he has won it mainly by the aid of the Demo- cratic push, and it is not a strength which genuine Republicans' can deem valid. Con- ceding it, however, the fact remains that the sentiment of the State is overwhelmingly against him. Even the southern part of the State, which is usually well nigh solid for southern candidates, is strongly opposed to Gage. delegates from his own county, and taking all the counties south of Tehachapi together his supporters form but a small minority of the total delegation. Those facts disclose what his claims are worth, and no one should be deceived by the impudent pretensions He has but a bare majority of the { The second feature of his tactics is more dangerous. The Gage bosses are already at wark trying to disintegrate the opposition by getting some of them to support for the chairmanship of the convention somé man other than the one whom the majority of gen- uine Republicans desire for the place. -If the bossés can succeed in this scheme they will have the organization of .the opposition broken at the start. vacillation where there should be firmness, and confusion where order should prevail. There should be no consent on the part of genuine Republicans to any scheme or programme the bosses may submit to them, no matter how much it may appeal to the {Jocal pride of delegates from this or that county. The delegates who represent honest politics and true Republicanism are numerous enough and strong enough to organize the | convention, choose its officers, shape its proceedings, and they should do so without There will then be conceding anything to the tricks, the promises, or the threats of the combined bosses. to Burns to be traded for votes—will not be dangerous if the first effort at trading for the | | | The third feature of the campaign—that of turning the whole Gage following over i | | presidency be defeated. Victory gained clearly and fairly in the first struggle will give from the start. | by the rank and file. prestige to the ranks of the opposition, and the machine will be correspondingly weak- ened. TIf, however, the first effort at trading be won by the bosses it will be difficult to | prevent them from obtaining other successes of the kind. It is certain they will offer big inducements to delegations having local candidates for minor offices, and if they have a showing of strength in the election of chairman of the convention their promises will be | enticing to many. It is therefore good politics to make the fight against the bosses Let there be no compromise. Gage has been completely outvoted in the primaries despite the assistance of the Democratic push. Now let the delegates elected to represent true Republicanism stand firm and repudiate Gage and his bosses as was done | RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. HILE the people. of Prussian Poland are 1\ ngving trouble to the German Government | the Finns are perplexing the Czar. Among he one people, as among the other, there has been | aroused a spirit of resistance which is none the less | formidable because thus far it has been strictly passive. Neither among the Finns nor the Poles is | there any prospect of an armed outbreak, for they know full well that ncthing can be gained for liberty in that way against such powerful forces as are at the disposal of the Kaiser and the Czar. Their resistance is like that of the horse in the proverb than can be | taken to water but carnot be made to drink, and from | all reports the tactics seem to be to the rulers as per- plexing as they-are irritating. Of the Polish resistance to the efforts of the Kaiser to compel them to abandon their language and adopt German much has been told of late in European dis- | patches by reason of the debate on the subject in | Berlin. Of Finnish affairs less has been said, but the | progress of events in 'that country is by no means | lacking in interest. A recent report says that the effotts of the Russians E to bring the young Finns into the army have been far | from satisfactory to the Government. In Nyland, the | principal province of the country, 2577 young men twerc summoned for military service, but only 577 re- sponded, the remainder preferring to ‘submit to the penalty of a heavy fine to serving in the army and taking the oath prescribed by the Government. Throughout Finland the total conscription of. the year amounted to upward of 10,000 men, but it is be- lieved that hardly more than a fourth of that number will respond. 7 Z A notable feature of the resistance of the Finns is that of emigration. When first the constitution of Finland was set aside a large emigration took place at once. It was believed, however, that in a few years the discontent would abate and the emigration would virtually cease. The opposite has happened. A late report says: “In May of last year 762 thus emigrated. In May of this year the numiber reached 1706. In the first five months of this year about ten thousand Finns went into voluntary exile, nearly all of them being young men and women, the flower of the race.” As the total population of Finland at the highest estimate does not exceed 2,500,000, it will be seen that a migration of 10,000 young men and women in a single season constitutes an ominous drain upon the country. Russia in depriving the Finns of their an- cient liberties -has gone far toward depriving herself of the Finns. She has added another to the many elements of discontent in her empire, and it may prove in the end has weakened her despotism by the very means she took to strengthen it. After the shortage in cars last fall the railroads set #o work to equip themselves for handling the crops of this year, and yet it is now reported we are likely to have a repetition of the former lick of transportation facilities. - In fact, it seems the industries of the coun- try keep ahead of the roads. While the freight men are figuring on hauling a given amount of produce the farmers and manufacturers get in and increase the output beyond the calculation. B LR After all the splutter about the proposed extra ses- sion of Congress it is now said the President has about decided not to call one. It is to be hoped he will put his ear to the ground and listen to the coun- try on"the matter. Should he do so he will find a. deep silence instead of a call. It-may be we cannot live without Congress, but we can certainly worry 1 along without an extra dose o 5 UNCLE SAM’'S FARMERS. o B A ENSUS BULLETIN No. 237, giving statis- ‘ tics of agriculture for the whole United States, shows that the farmers are rich enough to buy out the trusts should they ever find it necessary. to ‘do so. On June 1, 1900, there were 5,739,657 farms in the country, having, with their buildings, livestock and machinery, a total value of $20,514,001,838. The farmer is not only rich, but is growing richer. In 1899 the total value of farm products was $4,739,118,752, being 96 per cent greater than the value of similar products in 1889, The number of farms has increased so rapidly that in 1900 there were nearly four times as many as in 1850 and above 25 per: cent more than in 180. Up to the year 1880 the total acreage of farm lands in- creased less rapidly than the number of farms, show: ing that the tendency was toward the breaking up of large holdings and the increase of small farms. Since that year, however, the tendency has been in the other direction, and it is now evident that there is-a steady increase going on in the acreage of aver- age farm holdings. A significant feature of the report is the showing that while the total number of farms increased 43.2 per cent during the last two decades, the number operated by owners increased only 24.4 per cent, while . those operated by share tenants increased 8t per cent and those operated by cash tenants in- creased 133 per cent. It is therefore,evident that the tenant system of farming is extending throughout the country, and that fact may probably account to some degree for ‘the increase of the average acreage of farms, as the farmer with small capital no longer attempts to buy a small farm, but prefers to rent and use all his capital in farming a larger place than he could buy. It is noted that in 1900 there were 53,406 farms, ranging from one to more than 1000 acres in extent, which reported no income for the preceding year. On such farms the values of buildings, machinery and livestock were remarkably high. In the main they were operated by their owners and the average size was large, being about 284 acres. Various reasons exist for their lack of income. Some of them in New England have been partially abandoned as farms and are used mainly as summer homes of rich-people; others, as:is frequent in California, have been set out in orchards and vineyards and were not in bearing when the census was takeg. Certain facts and con- ditions which appear in the returns for many of these farms render it evident, however, that they are maintained more for pleasure than for profit, and their large nimber is another evidence of the increas- |ing wealth of the American people and their grow- ing fondness for the maintenance of country homes. B —— - If there be any truth in the statement that the Kaiser’s son is in love with an American girl the only way for the old man to save his boy will be to send him to the United States and let him see some other American girls, so that he will get confused, like a young man at a summer resort, and won’t know which he loves most. Dr. Benjamin Andrews seems about as much op- pesed to the single standard in society as in money. He has recently declared in a public lecture that single people are of no use to the world, and that old bachelors are degenerates. He said nothing about the old bachelettes, but they have a hatchet out for "him just the same. -For a long time Balfour was noted as a cycler, then as a golfer, but now that he has become Prime Min- ister he has bought an automobile and proposes to keep ahead of the procession. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1902. TAX ON INCOMES STIRS PROTEST INTHE HAWAIIS Special Correspondence of The Call. HONOLULU, Aug. 13.—Thomas Fitch, representing about fifty merchants and business men of Honolulu, has entered in the United States District Court a bill In equity to enjoin collection of the in- come tax. The defendants are W. H. Wright, Treasurer of the Territory of Hawali, and J. W. Pratt, the Tax Asses- sor. P % The complaint sets forth that the in- cume tax law passed by the Legislature of Hawail in 1801 was then and ever since has been in violation of the provisions of the constitution of the United States. The gross income returned by complain- ants is given as $2,147,000, the net income $402,834, and the income tax thereon $3,- 056 68. One of the allegations in. the com- plaint is that the income of the Terri- tory is much below the expenditures, hence any money pald in taxes by the complainants would be, to them, an ir- reparable loss. Governor Dole has been notified by the State Department of the terms of the Ce- cil Rhodes scholarships, for which the Territory of Hawail can send two stu- dents to the University of Oxford. It is probable that competitive examinations will be held here, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, A. T. Atkinson, has been asked to suggest the best ways and means whereby Hawailan scholars may compete. A new phase in the political situation will occur with the organization of the Liquor Dealers’ Association within a week. This is a result of the Anti-Saloon League’s efforts to close the saloons in Honolulu. In cases of applications for li- censes Governor Dole extends the right of local option to residents in the neigh- borhoods. The renewal of beer saloon li- censes has also been prohibited by the courts, the result being the wholesale and illegal use of swipes and the native liquor, okolehao. An instance of this was afforded on Sunday last, when upwards of twenty arrests were made in one dis-| trict alone, where four saloons had re- cently been closed. In one place a barrel of some liquid was deposited on a bed. Around it were six men, all drunk, who had been imbibing the contents of the barrel through a tube. Drunkenness has begun to increase in the Territory since the closing of the saloons, and the active fight being made by the Anti-Saloon League has caused the dealers to organ- ize. They claim they can control one thousand votes, enough to swing the elec- tion as they see fit. Hawali's oldest man has just died, at! the age of 118. This venerable Hawaiian was Kakauila, a resident of the Island of Hawail. He remembered and related his- teric occurrences in the life of Kameha- meha I, and these formed the basis for arriving at the date of his birth. TWO CLAIMANTS APPEAR FOR ONE POODLE DOG Valuable Canine Causes Litigation in Justice of Peace Dunn’s Court. | A black French poodle dog, said to be | valued at $100, was the center of attrac- tion in Justice of the Peace Dunn’s court rocm yesterday. The poodle was the bone of contention in a suit brought by ‘W. 8. Pardy against William C. Spencer for the recovery of the dog and damages for its detention. The dog was marked “Exhibit A” and a score of witnesses tes- tified, either for Pardy or Spencer, both cf whom claimed the dog. The canine | was paraded up and down the courtroom and the - witnesses recognized certain marks of identification which placed the | ownership either in Pardy or Spencer. One witness knew the dog- by his bark, while another identified it by his teeth. Pardy testified that he became the owner of the dog on April 2, 1888, when it was given to him by the -former Mrs. Theodore Marceau. The dog disappeared thres times, the last disappearance being on February 28, 1%2. Spencer, on the other hand, testified that he bought the dog in November, 18%. One day the dog disappeared and Spencer secured posses- sion of it on a search warrant. C. W. Hunt, A, J. Vining, Charles F. Precht and Ed Antean all swore that the dog belonged to Spencer. Other witnesses testified and the case was submitted. ——————— SACRED HEART PARISH WILL HOLD AN OUTING Affair Will Take Place at Fernbrook Park and Pleasant Time Is Assured. The members of Sacred Heart parish have arranged a grand reunion and pie- nic, which will be held at Fernbrook Park, Niles Canyon, on August 23. Father Hugh Lagan, pastor of the parish, and his assistant, Rev. P. Byrne, have sparea no effort to make the affair a success, | and a most enjoyable time is assured to all who may attend. The proceeds from the outing will be used to help pay for necessary alterations and improvements in Sacred Heart Church. More than 200 gate and game prizes will be given away, there will be plenty of music and dancing and various amusing and exciting athlet- ic contests will also furnish an important part of the day's entertainment. The following named committees have been appointed: Floor—Harry Mahoney (manager), E. H. Shafter, J. 8. Dwyer, R. L. Brennan, ‘W. Murphy and W. Morgan; games—P. J. Lawlor (chairman), J. P. McGinty, J. J. Hughes, J. Corbett, J. Ward, J. J. Kane, J. J. Flynn, J. C. Nealon, E. L. ‘Waldteufel, E. Perry, J. Brennan and J. T. Donohue; reception—J. F. Seymour (chairman), J. Mahoney, J. Ambrose, J. C. Murphy, F. N. Arnold, P. H. Riordan, H. Keenan, Captain T. Fitzpatrick, H. Kugelberg, J. J. Welsh and F. I. Ma- honey. ————— SIXTH-STREET SEWER TO BE RECONSTRUCTED Board of Works to Invite Bids and Orders City Architect to Op- pose Illegal Permits. Commissioner Manson of the Board of Public Works stated yesterday that bids will shortly be invited for the recon- struction of the sewers in the district bounded by Fifth, Seventh, Howard and Brartnan streets. The cost of the im- provement will be $50,000, for which pro- vision has been made in the budget by the Supervisors. The existing sewers are in wretched condition. The ground hav- ing sunk, has left them in a variety of inclined positions. This is especially true of the Sixth street sewer, which will be the first to be reconstructed. The Board of Works has instructed City Architect Mooser to attend the meetings of Supervisors’ committees to which mat- ters affecting his bureau have been re- ferred, and there oppose on the part of the board the granting of any permit in violation of the building ordinances. If the committee grants an illegal permit despite the opposition of the architect he is to attend the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors and there oppose the passage of any resolution violating the provisions of the ordinances. ———— Lights for Tonopah District. The Tonopah Light and Power Com- pany was incorporated yesterday, with a capital stock of $0,00, of which $500 is subscribed. The directors are W. C. Watson, W. C. Waller, J. L. Joseph, | B. 8. Watson and C. E. Elliott. | the Palace. | As the transports do not go to the Phil- | CHINESE GIRL INVOKES LAW IN SCHOOL CASE Little Katie Wong Him, the 12-year-old daughter of Dr. Wong Him, the famous | Chinese herbalist, is a native of this country and thinks she is entitled to the | same treatment in the schools of this city accorded the white children of her age. So does her father, and to secure this treatment he has petitioned the Superior Court for a writ of mandamus to com- pel the Board of Education to allow his child to attend the Clement Grammar School, at which Institution of learning Katie studied for more than a year be- fore” Superintendent of Schools Webster | discovered that the Political Code re- quired that Chinese children should at- | tend the Chinese Primary School at 920 Clay street. He so notified Helen F. Mc- Farland, acting principal of the school, and she notified little Katie that she must in the future attend the school pro- vided for Oriental lads and lassies. . This happened on March 4 of this year, and since then Katie has been enjoying a vacation, notwithstanding that father appealed to the law and secured an alternative writ of mandate compell- ing the Board of Education to receive her as a pupil at the Clement School until the courts could determine the rights of the question. The matter came up be- fore Judge Seawell yesterday, Attorney George D. Collins appearing for the Ori- ental maiden and W. F. Brobeck for the Board of Education. Katie, who is a very bright little girl, was placed on the witness stand by At- torney Colkns and testified that she was born In Los Angeles twelve years ago and lived at 115 Mason street. Shé said she became a pupil at the Clement Gram- mar School in July, 1901, and was a reg- ular attendant there until March of the following year, when, she said, Miss Mc- Farland told her she would have to go to the Chinese Primary School, as. the Clement School was ‘“not for Chinese, Mongolian or Indian children.” Miss McFarland admitted having noti- fied Katie that she must make a change, saying that she did so after receiving a circular from_ Superintendent Webster calling her atfention to the section of the Political Code regarding the attend- ance at schools of Chinese children. She sald that she admitted Katle to the school at her own request and *because she was a nice little child.” Judge Seawell continued the case until Thursday at 2 p. m., when Collins and Brobeck will argue on the merits and de- merits of the cale. | PERSONAL MENTION. Ned Morris of Seattle is at the Califor- | nia. | C. H. Fairdale of Stockton is at the | Grand. Dr. and Mrs. Baird of Riverside are at | the Grand. | Graham E. Babcock of Coronado is at | J. W. Kearth, an ofl man of Colusa, is | at the Grand. Ex-Assemblyman C. B. Jilson of Napa is at the Grand. Max Marks, a merchant of Oroville, is at the California. Rear Admiral J. F. Merry, U. 8. N,, is | at the Occidental. C. J. Cox, a merchant of Hollister, is | at the California. | 1. F. Stein, a merchant of Stockton, is | at the California. Arthur Levinsky, an attormey of Stock- ton, is at the Palace. | Peter Lee, a sugar planter of Olaa, Hawati, is at the Occidental. George S. Nixon, a banker of Winne- | mucca, Nev., is at the Palace. Dr. Henry Howard of Honolulu is at | 'SB the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. Murray M. Harris, the well known or- | gan builder of Los Angeles, is at the| Grand. | E. W. Britt, Supreme Court Commis- | sioner of Los Angeles, is at the Occi- | dental. | Senator A. E. Nutt is up from San Diego and has made his headquarters at the Grand. R. B. Burns, chief engineer of the Santa | Fe, with headquarters at Los Angeles, is at the Grand. Joseph M. Oat, Postmaster of Hawail, is at the Occidental. He is en route to ‘Washington. Ernest and Joseph Parker, sons of Sam Parker, have arrived from Honolulu and | are registered at the Occidental. Julius Kruttschnitt, assistant to the president of the Southern Pacific, re- turned yesterday from a tour of inspec- tion. News in Army Circles. Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reade, Twen- iy-fifth Infantry, has received orders tc | take station at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska. ippines by way of Honolulu any more, the War Department directs that recruits for troops in the Hawailan Islands be sent on the commercial liners. Captain E. H. Plummer, Tenth Infantry, left yes- terday for Monterey for the purpose of supervising the construction of the can- tonment barracks which the Government is to erect in that locality. —_———— Miss Keith to Be Dined. ‘The personal friends of Miss Eliza D. Keith, recently elected grand prsidnt of the Native Daughters of the Golden ‘West, will tender her a banquet in the Spreckels Cafe. The affair is to be for members of the order only and the in- vitations for the same, which is to take place on next Thursday evening, are be- ing issued by Miss Ida M. Kervan of Alta Parlor. A number of the lady's n;ltenczis from parlors across the bay will attend. —_—— Money for Christian Association. her | | the other. CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Something ex- ploded in a furniture store on the ground floor of a double tenement at 35 Essex street to-day and before the tenants | could recover from the surprise the build- ing was a mass of flames. | The blaze obtained sreat headway and ! the firemen had to fight the flames while | the work of rescue was going on. Before | the blaze was under control two women and three children had been burned to death and a man and a woman had been | taken to the hospital, suffering, painful in- juries. Many others were badly Injured. In additicn to the three children burned, another was reportéd missing. One of the dead bodies is believed to be | that of Mrs. Hannah Balothin and the other that of Mrs. Joseph.Knott, but both were so badly burned that they were not recognizable. The three dead children are | believed, to be those of Nathan Liebowits, who reported to the police that his four | little ones, Moses, Julius, Louis and Sal- le, respectively 3, 5, 6 and 8 years old, | are missing. The persons seriously injured are Mrs. Rosa Mieses, who was burned about the body and face, and Jacob Muscovitz, who had three ribs broken by jumping to the | pavement. The money loss by the fire | was $5000. |JAPAN IS A FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES Minister Takahira at Washington Says the Marcus Island Affair Is Not Serious. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The Japanese Minister, Takahira, sald to-day when asked as to the attitude of the Japanese Government in regard . to the Midway Islands and Wake Island, of which so much has been written about lately, that | the Japanese had no intention to claim sovereignty over the islands and that when the United States Government made certain representations in relation to-the | Midway Islands in January, 191, ‘the | Japanese Government at once declared to | the same effect. Takahira further said | that if the United States Government would send a war vessel to the islands as reported in the newspapers, Japan would | expect only that due protection should be given to Japanese subjects who may be | found there as long as they are engaged in peaceful occupations. Aside from the foregoing statement by the Japanese Minister, it can. be added | from authoritative Government sources | that the most satisfactory feeling exists | between the American and Japanese of- | fictals as to the good faith of each and the harmonious adjustment of the ques- tion relating to Marcus Island. ————————— A CHANCE TO SMILE. Muggsy—Me aunt died yesterday. Swipsey—Wot was de score?—lowa State Journal. Cholly—Oh, do tell me, Miss Ethel. I'm just dying to know! 3 Ethel—Then I'll never tell you.—Chicago Daily News. Teacher—Now, then, Willle, why do we celebrate Decoration day? ‘Wiliie—'Cause they ain’t, Philadelphia Press. no school— “Her husband is absolutely worthless.” “How can you say that? He fsn't at all well, and his life’s insured’ for $5000."— Philadelphia Bulletin. Dolly—I promised mother that I wouldn't become an actress. Hamlet—Well, you kept your word all right.—Detroit Free Press, Miss Oletimer—I think kissing is.so fool- i Miss Maybud—Oh! But you mustn’t be- Ileve everything you hear.—Tit Bits. Jane—It is always a surprise to me what a lot of homely/ women get married. Bertha—No doubt it is a reflection that ives you a great deal of encouragement, dear.—Tit Bits. “Dat’s it, Mame! You kin see his mother is pettin’ an’ spoilin’ him an’ I s’pese he’ll go along dat way till he gits married!"” “Yes; an’ den he won't hardly know what struck him!"—Puck. “What's the trouble out there in the laundry?” asked one palace official. “The help ladies are having a quarrel over a question of precedence,” answered “The lady in washing claims social superiority over the lady in irom- ing.”—Washington Star. “He told me it would probably be a bitter fight,” said the man who had just been to see a lawyer. - “But he convinced himself of the justice of your case,” suggested his wife. - “Well, no; not right away,” replied the prospective litigant. “He first convineed himself that I had money enough to make a fight."—Chicago Post. “Did you hear what young Mr. Softeigh gave his flancee as an engagement ring? It was simply royal!”. - “No. What was it? “Well, you sée his father Is a big stock- holder in both the beef trust and the ‘coal trust, or he never could have dome It; but he gave her a ring cut from a soup bone, set with a bix chunk of coal.”— Baltimore American. —_———— Prures stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_——— Reduced--Best reading glasses & spectacles, 10c to 40c. 81 4th st., front barber & grocery.* —_—— Townsend's Califormia Glace fruit ana candies, 50c a pound, fire- boxes. A present for Bastern fi?t':n’:;: 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * Special information..supplied dally to BEAUMONT, Tex., Aug. 19. — The | business houses and public men finance committee of the Y. M. C. A. | Press Clipping Bnrnll’“ 's). n"cs: bullding committee, which intends | fOFRia street. Telephone Mals 1042 ¢ construeting a handsome building 2 in this city, to-day recelved from | The French systém of publié ways, Colonel J. M. 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