The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1902. THURSDAY .SEPTEMBER 11, 1902 #écress Al Communications to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. R TELEPHONE. £sk for THE CALL. The Operator Will Conrzect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS. ....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Deiivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Stngle Co; 5 Cemts. Terms by Matl, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday). ome year. .$6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months... 8.00 DAILY CALL (fcluding Sunday), 3 months. 1.5 DAILY CALL—By Single Month. o5c EUNDAY CALL, One Year. ::: WEEKLY CALL, Ope Year All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. subscribers in ordering change of address should be P e give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %0 nsure 2 prompt end correct compliance With their request. UAKLAND OFFICE..............1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Yevager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chieags. (hopg Distance Telepbone “‘Central 2618.") NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE ETEPHEN B. SMITH... 20 Tribw NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. ©. CARLTON..... +sses.Herald Sguare Buflding NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: A. Brentane, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Botel STATEMENT CF CIRCULATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Month of August, 1902 | August Aungust Angust August August August 1 August August Total. . STATE OF CALIFORN! ND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO—se. of September, 1902, personally appeared be- | liam T. Hess, a Notary Public in and for the City | i, W. J. MARTIN, who being sworn accord- | s that he is the Business Manager of the San newspaper published in the Tity and State of California, and that there uted during the month of August, 1962, ndred and thirty-five thousand seven hun- | copies of the sald nmewspaper, which (the pumber of days of issue) | ulation of 62,442 coples. W. J. MARTIN. Subscribed and sworn t= before me this 10th day of Septem- W. T. HESS, in and for the City apd County of San Fran- Claus Spreckels bldg. 60,720 61,210 August were printed one milliof dred an number & gives an average ERICANS have supposed that the interpre- | tion of the Monroe doctrine is so plain that no one in Europe could misunderstand it. Yet | the British and Contizental press is gravely dis- | cussing the sinking of a revolutionary gunboat by a German warship in Haytian waters as a probable in- fraction of the Monroe doctrine or the probable cause of complication with the Haytian Government. To begin with, the Crete-a-Pierrot, the Haytian boat that was sunk, was trying to destroy the Hay- | tian Government, and had no authority from any kind | of Government to blockade ports or interfere with | Its seizure of a German merchantman | was an act of pi It had no other definition. Its commander, Admiral Killick, had no mere interna- tional standing than Captain Kidd. The Haytian Gov- | ernment, instead of being affronted by sinking the pirate, was put under distinct obligation to Germany for being relieved of a dangerous enemy. Therefore all somber predictions of trouble arising through our supporting Hayti in a protest, because she is in the Monroe hemisphere, are idle, for there will be no pro- | test. commerce. acy. As for the United States protesting, independently, the fear is equally preposterous. The Monroe doctrine simply canonizes agairst any extension of European institutions in this hemisphere as unfriendly to the United Stat That is properly interpreted to run her colonization in this hemisphere of territory by v European Government. Sinking of the Haytian pirate was not any colonizaticn, ac- on of territory or extension of European insti- tutions in the Monroe hemisphere, and therefore does not call for any protest from this Government. It is probable that if Admiral Killick had seized an American merchantman our warships in those waters have sunk or captured his ship. ed upon the discussion is a debate upon the probability of our applying the Monroe doctrine to Asia, making the Philippine Islands the base of such a po]fq. Thi as preposterous as all the rest. We may use cur power ard advisory influence to prevent the partition of China, but Asia is not in the Monroe hemisphere, and we have no right to prevent the Dutch conquest of Acheen nor the extension of French territory in Cochin China, nor the aggran- dizements of 7, Russia or Great Britain on the Chinese coasts. This country has no desire to go far abroad in search of European complications under the Monroe doctrine. Our zemony of this hemisphere satisfies our national pride, and is sufficient for our national protection. The Monroe doctrine is not a compli- cated declaration. It is simple and plain, and means just what it say Mr. Cleveland’s interpretation was exact. A strip of territory had been for sixty years in dispute be- tween Venezuela and Great Britain. We could not permit the military seizure of that territory before the title had been adjudicated and settled. There 'was no possible zdjudication except by arbitration, which Salisbury-refused. Mr. Cleveland's message com- pelled him to reverse himself and accept arbitration. It was a bloodiess victory for Monroeism. The en- suing arbitration vindicated the most of England’s contention and enabled her peaceful occupation of nearly 21l of the territory which she claimed. It was a victory for Monrosism and also for the principle of peaceful arbitration, which gratified all of the civilized nations and left England with nothing to l:o:nplain about, The English and Continental press may cease to » | tion to be proud of. | is used to influence the President. THE JUNTA'S PLANS. HE Cuban junta has not abandoned its scheme T{or free trade with this country. While the tampaign‘is on, the American agents of the planters’ ring keep plying the people with literature JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ‘on the subject. General Wood, who was a whole trinity, being general in the army, Governor of Cuba and expert in economics all at once, is not as con- spicuous as he was, and the Secretary of War, ad- monished by the revolt in the House, has been more careful in the issue of general orders to Congress. But the junta and its scribblers are still in actior. The latest from that source is a publication to the effect that President McKinley procured the accept- ance of the Platt amendment, which modified and di- luted Cuban independence, by promising to use his influence for free trade. From this the junta pro- ceeds to conjure with the name of McKinley, but what of it? As President he could neither bind nor loose the people on an economic proposition. None knew better than he the limitations of his office and the bounds of his power. If he made such a promise it covered the use of his influence as a politician and not as President, and in that capacity his judgment and advice were subject to the same scrutiny that the people always use. He was not infallible, and were he alive this issue would be right where it is. He taught the people to think for themselves on protection as a principle in eco- nomics. He taught them to reason from effect back to cause. He was President when the Dingley bill passed, and made it the law by his signature. He knew that Dingley, Payne and other protection lead- ers on the Ways and Means Committee procured the enthusiastic support of such States as Iowa, Michigan and California by pointing to the sugar tariff as a permanent inducement for the production of beet sugar. It is preposterous to say now that he agreed to destroy that tariff in order to get Cuban consent to an abridged independence by accepting the Platt amendment. That amendment itself was not a piece of:legisla- It violated the spirit of our declaration of Cuban independence. We cannot en- force it except by an act of war against the island re- public, and by the same kind of act we could at any time assert there just what the Platt amendment pro- | poses. As to the means used to procure its unwilling ac- ceptance by the Cuban constitutional convention, it is known that the War Department, wrought upon by Governor and General and Doctor Wood, under- took the job and ,made promises that would have compromised the President. There is some evidence that these promises were not subjunctive, but posi- tive, so positive that no one dared to present them to the President. By the time they reached him they | were represented by the general understanding that he | would use his influence for what the junta wants now. The real campaign started after McKinley's death. It was easy for the War Department to put the mat- ter before President Roosevelt as a pledge which in- volved the national honor and carried with it a moral obligation. No doubt this is the shape in which it The people, how- ever, prefer, and we speak advisedly and temperately, that Congress repeal the Platt amendment altogether and exonerate Cuba therefrom and quit her of every | obligation which it imposes rather than attack and de- stroy important domestic industries and divorce the | agricultura] interest from protection. We may hang on to the Platt amendment and dis- charge the so-called moral obligation we are sup- posed to have incurred in its behalf, and as a result find the whole fabric of protection tumbling about our ears, never to be rebuilt. Protection to be of benefit must hold out the hope of fair permanency. For instance, the farmers of many States would not have withdrawn their lands from other uses, and con- tracted them for sugar beet production, nor would the mills necessary to that industry have been built, had it been understood that protection is merely a policy of expediency, to be juggled with by the army and the War Department and made the sport of military ambition. Investments made on such an uncertain prospect are unsafe, and prudent men recoil from them. The people had seen steel rail production transferred to Ithis country and the cost of rails reduced and great prosperity result to the metal trades. They had seen us emancipated from Swansea for our tinplate sup- ply, and they were told that the Dingley tariff pro- posed to confer equally permanent benefit upon ag- riculture. The people intend to live up to this prom- ise, and neither the fame of the dead nor the power of the living will change them. The excuses given to palliate the guilt which at- taches to the recent railroad collision in this city by which several people were dangerously injured do not attain even the plane of respectable stupidity. T between New York and Allegheny, and it is the kind of trouble that makes men fidgety and nervous. New York is so much larger than her opponent that the fight would seem to be an unfair one, but then Allegheny is in Pennsylvania and has the State at her back, so the contest is by no means unequal. The origin of the trouble is one whose name is legion, for it is nothing less than a flea. It appears that for some time past the postoffice at Allegheny has been overrun with fleas to the sore distress not only of the officials but of the public as well. The Postmaster set himself to find out where the fleas came from and his investigations led him to the con- clusion that they were shipped as mail matter from New York. He thereupon wrote a letter of complaint and the trouble began. We learn from our Wew York exchanges that the letter of complaint was one “in which resentment and desperation were but thinly veiled by words of stud- ied formality and calm.” It is said, furthermore, that it was written “in a nervous, jerky sort of way, as if the writer were afflicted with extreme restlessness.” That is the New York side of the story and the state- ment is evidently colored by a desire to represent the Pennsylvania man as writing under excitement and irritability. The Pennsylvania authorities, on the other hand, assert that the letter was in due official form and was marked by no feeling except in the closing passage, in which the Allegheny Postmaster asked, “in bitter sarcasm,” what kind of fleas New York is exporting as mail matter. The New York officials deny that their office is re- sponsible for the trouble in Allegheny. One report quotes the Postmaster thus: A MINOR TROUBLE. HERE is trouble in the Postoffice Departmént alarm the people over the Panther incident, for it is regarded with perfect complacency in the United States. “He does not say specifically that the fleas came from the New York mail,” said Mr. Mack, triumph- a2ntly, scratching his leg. “There are various breeds ! of fleas, I've no doubt. There is the Western flea, for instance. Why couldn’t those fleas have got to Alle- gheny from Kansas City or Omaha? Maybe they come from the Far South. How is he to say that they are New York fleas? Unless an expert examines one of the Allegheny postoffice fleas and says it is from New York, I refuse to-believe it. The men here are careful what goes into the mails. But even if the fleas did go from this city they might have been sent in a letter or package which came open in transit. There may be such persons as flea fanciers. Maybe these are samples of some new breed. I shall refer the question to the mailing department, but I don’t be- lieve anything will come of it.” We have given the statement of the New York Postmaster in full, so that we may not be suspected of partiality in the matter. It will be noted that he does not insinuate any possibility of the fleas having been mailed from San Francisco, and as he was just to us we give him the benefit of a full statement of his de- fense. In the meantime the Allegheny man insists the fleas ‘were mailed from New York. The question is to be submitted to the Postmaster General. Until it is decided we advise all San Francisco people re- ceiving mail from New York or Allegheny to beware of fleas. e ————— . While serenely preparing to commit suicide in Van- couver the other day a gentleman dropped dead. This is perhaps one instance where death rudely re- sented an infringement of his time-honored privilege. F cently issued two bulletins that are even more encouraging than the most booming of their predecessors. One of them shows that the length of life of the average American is. steadily increasing, while the other shows the wonderful expansion of the nation itself. The two things fit together very well, for, notwithstanding the increased facilities for trav- cling and other means of acquiring knowledge, the country is growing so rapidly that were it not for the STATISTICS OF PROGRESS. ROM the Census Bureau there have been rc'- fact that life is lengthening, the nation might soon be- | come so big that no citizen could hope to live long enough to acquire a clear understanding of it. A telegraphic summary of the bulletin giving the statistics of longevity says: “The report shows there was an increase in the median age of the white popu- lation during each decade from 1810 to 1900 amount-~ ing in the ninety years to 7.4 years, or an average amount of about five-sixths of a year in a decade. The median age of the colored population increased three years in the seventy year period from 1830 to 1900, or only about half as fast as that of the whites. But during the last twenty years of the century the increase for the two groups has been substantially the same, 1.9 years for the colored and 2 years for the white.” That is a good showing for our improved sanitary systems, our increased knowledge of the causes and cure of disease and our healthier method of life. Doubtless also much is due to the change in our man- ner of cooking and dining. It is probable that the increase in longevity will continue from decade to de- cade for some time to come, and eventually it will not be uncommon for people to live out a century of healthful life. The growth of the nation has been one of the mar- vels of the world. Apart from Alaska and the islands of the sea our territory has increased during the cen- tury from 827,844 to 3,025,000 square miles, or more than 265 per cent. With all this vast increase of area our density of population has increas=d~Xom 36 to 26.1 to the square mile, or 622 per cent. In the last fifty years only otir national wealth has increased from $7,000,000,000 to $04,000,000,000, or 1243 per cent, and the per capita wealth from $307 to $1235, or more than 300 per cent. The public debt has fallen in the century, through many fluctuations, from $15 to less than $13 per capita, and so on all along the line. There is a record of republican growth and demo- cratic wealth that makes empires and royalties appear small. Clearly we need to lengthen our lives to keep up with such a nation. It is to be noted, moreover, that on the whole the record is one of prosperity. There have been hard times now and then, but in the main we have prospered as we have grown. May we continue to do so. It is reported that America is buying hundreds of thousands of tons of coal from Lancashire. Perhaps this may drive a ray of sense into our coal barons. D — STATING THE DIFFERENCE., OWN in Illinois there still lives a stalwart D band of unconquered and irrepressible Popu- lists. They hold their place in the middle of the road despite the fact that they have been run over of late by the Republican elephant and the Demo- cratic donkey as well. Like the worm of the proverb, they have turned upon the heel that trod on them, but otherwise they have not turned. Steadfast they stand and unremittingly they shout. Calamity is their cry, universal equality is their motto, and war to the knife is their practice. This band of brothers has learned something from experience. It has tried fighting Republicanism and experimented with union with Democracy, and out of the trials and the experiments it has attained a degree of wisdom unwonted among Populists. It has even managed to express some of its wisdom in its plat- form, and the thing is worth any man’s reading, no matter how busy he may be. The nub, the gist, she inner meaning and whole harmony of the platform is set forth in this plain declaration: “We look upon the Republican party, with its gold standard policy and banking policy, as our open enemy, without disposition to conceal its intentions, while we look upon the Democratic party as a party of barter and sale, without a definite policy, save to gain office. Its history is one of fusion, broken promises, intrigue, deceit, and, therefore, it is the secrct enemy of a people’s party, and while the Republican party does something and raises hell, the Democratic party raises hell and does nothing. We favor the initiative and referendum and imperative mandate, etc.” The convention that adopted such declarations may not have its eyes straight in its head, but it unques- tionably saw clearly what it did see. The view may have been on the bias, but the vision made no mis- take as to the outline of what it saw. It would puzzle any man to present a more accurate delineation of the difference between Republicanism and Democracy as seen from a standpoint outside both parties. The Republican party is not an enemy of any class of Americans, but it does unquestionably stand for cer- tain definite policies and it does carry them into ef- fect, while the Democratic party just as truly stands for nothing except barter and trade for the sake of offices. p ¢ PROMOTION WORK MARKED BY HARMONY T. Cary Friedlander yesterday sent in his resignation from the California Pro- motion Committee. It was accepted and George W. McNear for the Merchants’ Exchange appointed himself as Fried- lander’s successor on the committee. Friedlander was secretary of the commit- tee and to succeed him in that capacity A. Frank Hess was chosen. Hess will receive a salary for the work. A. Sbarboro, Arthur R. Briggs, E. O. McCormick, W. A. Bissell, N. P. Chip- man, V. A. Schiller, Rufus.P. Jennings. E. D. Sweetser, W. S. Green, C. M. Woos- ter, Charles Bundschu, James A. Barr and A. A. Watkins were present at the meet- ing. Arthur R. Briggs spoke in criticism of some, of the methods employed by sub- commiittees and the expenditure of money for advertising that he thought ought to have been done by the railroads. After numerous . explanations had been made and an agreement reached that in future the entire committee should pass upon all matters, he expressed himself as entirely satisfied. Charles Bunschu, as chairman of the finance committee, was made treasurer. An appropriation of $1500 was made to place exhibits of California products at railway offices in Eastern and Middle States. The following report of the executive committee was presented: Permanent headquarters of the California Promotion Committes have been established at 25 New Montgomery street since August 1, properly fitted up and now in practical work- ing order. During the month of August 1654 visitors registered at headquarters, and from these 1804 additional names were secured of friends in the East who are interested in California. Total names, 2458. The list is larger than may be looked for regularly, owing to the convention held in the city August 11 to 30. Notices have been sent to all the newspapers in the State inviting visitors to the city to call at headquarters, and these notices have been very generously published, with the result that our friends from the interfor are accepting the invitation and appear to greatly appreciate the conveniences accorded them. By seeing what we are doing in San Francisco they are inspired to greater local effort. An invitation has been extended to the dele- gates of the National Wholesale Druggists’ As- soclation, which holds its convention in Monte- rey October 7, 1902, to make their headquarters at the rooms of the committee during their stay in San Francisco extending from October 11 to 15. The invitation has been accepted, and it is hoped that every member of this committes and also that our business men generally will assist in rendering enjoyable the San Francisco visit of these representative gentlemen. The invitation of this committee to the Sac- ramento Valley Development Association, ten- dering to it the use of its headquarters for a meeting of the assoclation to be held in San Francisco September 15, has been accepted, and the president of the Sacramento Valley Devel- opment Association particularly requests that members of this committee meet with the mem- bers of this association on that date. The advertising contract referred to in last report has been let and advertisements or- dered_commencing with September newspapers and October magazines published In the East. According to the schedule, these advertisements will reach in the neighborhood of twelve mil- lion readers, and it is enticipated will bring many inquiries to the committee. These inquiries will be tabulated at the head- quarters under a card index system. The same system belng applied to State resources, indus- tries, etc. Arrangements have been mafle for the pub- lishing of a book entitled “‘California To-day,” said book to be arranged so that the different divisions will be available for different sections of the State 1f desired and to contain a true and up-to-date statement of conditions in California profusely illustrated. This book is for general distribution, the first lssue to be 15,000 coples, and will be ready the latter part of October. The book *San Francisco and Thereabout” will be published early in October, and thus get the benefit of the holiday trade. About 350 coples of this book have already been sold at hendquarters. Low colonist rates from the East have been announced for September and October, and it is anticlpated that large numbers of settlers will take advantage of the same. This committee has made special mention of the low rates in its Eastern advertisements and is in communi- cation with the interior of the State, especially places where there are stop-over privileges, with a view of having prospective settlers shown attention on arrival. Eversbody is being urged to write their friends in the East to take advantage of the present low rates to Califor- nia. PERSONAL MENTION. Jesse D. Carr of Salinas is at the Lick. Frank A. Garbitt of Los Angeles is at the Palace, Dr. J. H. Tebbetts of Hollister is at the California. Railroad Commissioner E. B. Edson is at the Occldental. E. L. Shaw, a wholesale furniture deal- er of Boston, is at the Palace. ‘W. H. Holabird, a real estate dealer of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. L. D. Cole, a hardware merchant of Portland, Or., is at the Palace. Dr. P. Janss of Los Angeles is at the Palace, accompanied by his daughter. J. de la Montanya has returned from an extended tour of Europe and is at the Palace. Paul R. Jarboe, a well-known soclety man and attorney of Santa Cruz, is at the California. Charles E. Egan, son of General Egan, U. 8. A., is her® on a visit from Sonora, Mexico, and is stopping at the Occidental. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The following Californians have arrived: San Francisco —F. H. Keyes, at the Cadillac; J, F. Knapp, at the Astor; Dr. Belden, R. B. Hine and L. McCreedy, at the Manhat- tan; H. BE. Charlton, at the Westminster; W. McFarlan, at the Broadway Central; L. Morgenthau, at the Imperial; A. H. Tenbroeck, at the Sinclair; W, W. Treat, at the Ashland. Los Angeles—Mrs. McKneby and Mrs. K. Reed, at the Grand Union; J. A. Mont- gomery, at the Holland. —_——— CALIFORNIA METHODISTS o IN ANNUAL CONFERENCE Bishop Joyce of Minneapolis Presides Over Pacific Grove Gath- ering. PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 10.—The fiftieth annual California Conference and Lay Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened its sessions here this morning, Bishop I. W. Joyce of Minne- apolis presiding. The following officers were elected: Secretaty, Rev. John Wil- liams; assistants, Rev. C. E. Irons and Rev. E. B. Winning; statistical secretary, Rev. H. J. Winsor; assistants, G. M. Meese and Rev. F. W. Lloyd; treasurer, Rev. Thoma# Filben; assistant, Rev. Lo- renzo Fellers; postmaster, Rey, E. S. Robertson. The customary standing com- mittees were appointed. Rev. 8. G. Gale, presiding elder of Napa district, reported progress in his jurisdic- tion. Martin Thomas was transferred from the Black Hills conference to the California conference, elected to deacon's orders and was immediately transferred to the Northwestern Nebraska confer- ence. Rev. Thomas C. Iliff, D. D., of Kan- sas City, secretary of the board of church extension, addressed the conferenge on his line of work. Rev. Hugh Con%.md was appointed railroad secretary, with Rev. W. P. Grant as assistant. The con- ference adjourned until to-morrow morn- ing. A 5 New York pays the Supreme xndmm.mrrmu;, wu!mhh lg‘t’:{: er salary that any other State gives, STATE BOARD OF TRADE PLANS CITRUS EXHIBIT The State Board of Trade took action yesterday which may lead to the holding of an exposition in the grand nave of the ferry building during the present fall il- lustrative of the fact that the orange, the olive and citrus fruits generally are grown in vast quantities north of Tehach- api. Incidental to this showing will be the striking fact that, like Los Angeles, San Francisco has a vast citrus producing country tributary to it. The proposition to hold an exposition originated with Di- rector C. M. Wooster, who set forth its advantages and possibilities. Other mem- bers of the board took up the matter read- ily and indorsed it. After some discus- sion, all favorable to the plan, the ap- pointment of a comthittee by the presi- dent of the board was authorized by unanimous vote. Will S. Green and John P. Irish spoke in favor of the fair. The appointment of a committee was also authorized to take up with other commercial bodies of San Francisco the question of aiding the California delega- tion to the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to secure the encampment in 1903 for San Francisco by raising sufficient funds to provide for keeping open house and dispensing Cali- fornia hospitality in characteristic style at the encampment. Manager Filcher reported that he had attended a meeting of the California dele- gation of Grand Army men, and under- stood that about $1000 would be needed. The delegates pay thelr own fares and expenses, and have expressed the opinion that owing to the great financial benefit which comes to the community in which the encampment is held San Francisco ‘would be willing to do its share in secur- ing the gathering for this city. President Chipman said that when the encampment was held here some years ago there were 20,000 active members of the Grand Army in attendance. Time had depleted the membership to some extent. In late years the interest among the sur- vivors had grown constantly. He sug- gested that a part of the funds of the California Promotion Committee might be devoted to the work of securing the en- campment for San Francisco. When the encampment was held here the State of California appropriated $25,000 for the event. Several members said that the State would be wiliing to aid in having the encampment a success again if it could be brought here. A committee consisting of President | Chipman, Craigie Sharp, Director Sweet- ser, B. N. Rowley, C. M. Wooster and Colonel Irish was appointed to interview the candidates for Governor of California and ascertain their views concerning the giving of State aid to secure an adequate show of the products of California at the St. Louis Exposition. ‘Will 8. Green announced that the Sac- ramento Valley Development Assoclation would meet in this city on the 20th inst. and invited the board to attend. On that occasion, he said, the matter of having the Sacramento Valley pledge itself to aid in having a citrus fair for the counties north of Tehachapi would be brought up. In response to a request from the Chamber of Commerce of Skagway a res- olution was adopted calling upon Con- gress to give to Alaska a Territorial gov- ernment similar to the form in existing American Territories. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The Postof- fice Department to-day announced: Post- master commissioned: Oregon—Edmund R. Cochrane, Winona. Postmasters ap- pointed: Oregon—F. J. Palmer, Jordan aVlley, Malheur County, wice Martha C. Barton, resigned; Edwin V. Smith, Mun- kers, Linn County, vice Eugene V. Smith, resigned. Rural free delivery will be es- tablished October 1 at Puyallup, Plerce County, Washington. Postoffices at Fife and Edgewood to be discontinued; mail to Puyallup. These pensions were granted: Califor- nia: Increase, reissue, etc.—James Ryan (dead), San Francisco, $12; Leslie Wil- liams, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $3; Thomas Dolan, Veterans’ Home, Napa, $12. Widows, minors and dependent rela- tives—Frances M. Vansickler, Los Ange- ies, $8; Emily Stiffler, Norfolk, $8; minor of Charles Kunzmann, Pasadena, 3 Laura S. Partington, Monterey, 31 Christina M. Harlan, San Francisco, $8 (Mexican war). Oregon: Original—Peter A. Hall, Kla- math Falls, $8: Samuel M. Atkins, The Dalles, $8. Widows, minors and dependent relatives—Delilia A. Goode, Salem, $12. ‘Washington: Original—Asa Van Allen, Sprague, $8. Widows, minors and depend- ent relatives—Amelia A. Bale, Big Har- bor, $8. I FINE SOUVENIR OF THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT The Humboldt Times, Eureka, Hum. boldt County, Cal., has printed and pub- lished a “Souvenir of Humboldt County” that is a credit to the enterprise, taste and workmanship of that office from every point of view. The typography is excellent in arrange- ment of text, as well as in cleanness and accuracy of imprint, while in the matter of illustrations, the pleasing variety of subjects, nature’'s own, or modeled by man, gigantic redwoods, grand stretches of virgin forest, entrancing views of hill and dale; neat little towns in beautiful river valleys, sheep ranges, dotted thick with heavy rich fleeces; logging camps, saw- mills, placer mines, fruit farms, creamer- fes, etc., etc., with public bulldings and private residences, county officiais and others; all are handled in selection, taking and printing, with the judgment and skill of which any experts might well be proud. The picture plates are over ninety in number. Many of them are devoted to but one subject, such as a view of one of the many pretty towns of which the county boasts, others carrying as many as half a dozen views of smaller size and more special Interest. Fine, double-page views of Eureka, the capital and principal city, are given, while Fortuna, North Fork, Arcata, Ferndale, Blue Lake and other places are well shown on full pages. The pictures, which are all half-tone reproductions from actual photographs, represent almost every phase of life and work in that section and truthfully tell the stories for which words hardly suffice. The souvenir purports to be “a frank, fair and accurate expesition pictorially and otherwiseyof the resources, indus- tries and possl‘lllles of this magn}fleent section of California,” got out “under the auspices and direction of the Super- visors of the county and the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce,” and it comes fully up to the announcement. All se: tions of the county are treated fairly alike. Eureka, with its second best har- bor in the State, large and important shipping business and nearly $000 popula- tion, is accorded no more than her rela- tive share of space and notice, and other towns the same. Humboldt County has 3507 square miles of territory, 2,244,430 acres (almost every acre available), nearly three times as big as Rhode Island, with her 430,000 people, and nearly as large as Connecticut, with her 900,000; a splendid climate, no ex- tremes of temperature and good rainfall. Yet she has only some 28,000 people. The “souvenir” should be sent by the thou- sand to cramped up people of the East- ern States. It would be a revelation to most of them and would bring out many homeseekers. A CHANCE TO SMILE. Harry Sobernheimer, truant officer of the Twenty-first District, recently made a call at the home of a pupil whose absence had extended over a week and inquired of the lad’'s mother, a genial-looking Irish women, the cause. “Why,” she said, “he’s now past his thirteenth year, an’ me and his father-r think he's after-r having schoolin’ enough, choling en\ugh?" repeated the officer. v, I did not finish my education un- was 23.” that so?’ asked the mother in amazement. Then, reassuringly, after a moment’s thoughtful pause: “Well, sor, vez see, that boy of ours has b-r-rains.”— Philadelphia Times. Beggem (to himself)—I've got around thet rich old great aunt of mine at last. She’s interested in benevolent schemes, and I'm helping her night and day to search out worthy objects. To-day she said I'd have cause for rejoicing when her will was read. His Great Aunt (to herself)—I had no idea my -grandnephew was so good. It worries him almost sick to see so much misery in the world. How delighted he will be to find that all my money is to go to the support of poor friendless orphans! —New York Weekly. “What makes the price of beef so high?” “Critters can’t get anything to ea pastures are all cut up into golf links."— Boston Commercial Bulletin, Necessary Precautions.—Life Insurance Agent—My dear sir, have you made any provision for those who come after you? 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