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THE SA N /ZRA NCig CO CALL, THURSDAY, S TEMBER 18, 1902. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1902 Ji(?);l N D , SPRECKELS, Proprietor, W. E. LEAEE, Mansger. fé¢ress 21l Communications to TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. CE. Third, S. F. PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. . Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, including Postage: DAILY ng Sunday), one year. DAILY ng Sunday), 6 months Sunday), 3 month Month. . DAILY EKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to receive =ubseriptions. Eample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure a jrompt and correct compliance Wwith their request. GARLAND OFFICE +...1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. ¥ereger Forign Acvertising, Merquette Building, Chicago. 1 (Long ce Telephone “'Central 2619.") ¢ YORK REPRESENTATIVE: SCHOOL FUND DEPLETED. HIS State commits large functions and great re- T sponsibility to the Board of Examiners. The Political Code, scction 364, says: “The Gov- ernor, Secretary of State and the Attorney General constitute-the-Board of -Examiners.” Section 634, same code, says: “The Governor, and in his absence the Secretary of State, is chairman of the Board of Examiners.” It will be seen that as originally constituted the board consisted of three State officers, all elected by and responsible to the people. This direct respon- | sibility was made necessary by the nature of the fune- tions committed to the board. It has charge, prac- tically, of every dollar appropriated to carry on the government and the institutions of the State. It audits all supply and salary and allowance bills, su- pervises the contracts and accounts of all State in- stitutions, and has charge of the investment of the public school funds of the State. Under the O'Con- nor act it holds the reins upon institutional trustees in the erection of public buildings, and its touch is intended to reach from the guardianship of the school fund to the least expenditure of public money in be- half of the public service. We desire now to call at- tention to the startling changes that have been made in the constitution of this powerful board, and to the | results which have {ollowed statutory permission of the evasion of responsibility for its acts. . The session laws of 1803, section 364 of the code, N STEPHEN B. SMITH... NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: CARLTON Herald Square .30 Tribune Building | e e NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Slurray Hill Hotel. & | CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: i Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; remont House; Auditorium Hotel. “ICE....1406 G St., N. W. | . Correspondent. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OF MORTON E. CRAN BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open wntil 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 5:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 6156 Larkin, open until | 9:30 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 | ner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Va- | 3 306 Eleventh, open until 9 | r-second and Kentucky, open %0 Fillmore, open untf! 9 p. m. | i { | A FIGHT FOR CALIFORNIA. ALIFORNIANS who have given any heed to the drift of Eastern sentiment on the allied jects of reciprocity and tariff revision can to realize the importance of electing from | tate a delegation that is sound on the subject i is resolute to maintain it. C is little fear of the Democrats carrying the Representatives. Assurances from the | East and of the Mississippi Valley | rounds for expecting in the next | majority that is even larger than that in | There is, however, a danger outside A considerable number of Repub- give reasonable House a the ate are going to be in favor of re- -eaties that will weaken and to some extent | estroy the protection now given to Califor- | dustries, and there will be other Republicans in | who will co-operate in the work of break- he existing wall of protection. gainst the dangers arising from this double source California shouid send to Congress' an unbrol 1 on of stanch and stalwart protec- tio; Fortunately the Republican candidates for the House constitute just such a body. They are known to constituents. In nearly every case they have been tried in office and found true. By reason experience in the House they have large e and can and will render great ser- vice te ituents. In his address in this city | Senat eridge expressly urged the return of | sent delegation in the House, the Union has as a whole a | California. Such commenda- worth something and should | ornians as an evidence that the | ng to its rightful prestige in the ber of the pre: no | emocratic platform adopted at Sacramento “We denounce the present unjust protective posed upon the people by the Republican and s revision of our tariff laws noval of all unjust burdens and nade goods and the necessaries Ve believe in a tariff for d de tate vote to send to Congress ds on.a platform like that? a candidate The issue It is becoming more and one of the time. Democracy i and free silver only to return ree trade. There exists in the poweriful organization known as \ the Free Trade League that is making a persistent and in man nscrupulous fight = against the tarifi n as a principle and protection | ing s attack. orts will be made even licans control the Senate to accom- | something in the way of tariff revision, ‘and every step in the revision will be in the direction of free The sufferers irom either reciprocity or revi- sion will be the people of California. Our wine, fruit and sugar industries will be deprived of protection be- | jore any of the great industries of the East are ex- posed. We thereiore are in the forefront of the battle, and it behooves us to stand firm, In a broad sense this issue is bigger than partisan- ship. Protection is for the benefit not of Republicans only but for all Californians. Democrats as well as Republicans will profit by it. Labor as well as capi- tal derives benefits from it. Free trade would spell smin for men of all parties and of all classes, and the Pemocratic platform, with its vague phrases about #n “unjust protective tarifi” and its demand for a riff for revenue only,” means free trade. This is the issuc of the Congressional fight. Cali- fornia owes it to herself and to the nation to stand v the policy of comprehensive protection. There should be no faltering on the subject in a single dis- | trict. Whoever else may fail, Californians should main- tain the principle that assures protection to the American farm, shop, factory and home against the competition of cheap iabor and foreign trusts. In one of the Congressional districts in Texas it took 7000 ballotings to nominate a Congressman, and | it would seem that the victor should now be permitted to ook upon his campaign as closed and not be re- | quired to set up any more drinks. It looks as if there were a Mont Pelee in Iowa poli- | | enacted that i and to evade the discharge of any of the duties | convenie; | can be made. “the Board of Examiners shall con- sist of the Governor, the Secretary of State, the At- | torney General and the secretary of the board, who shall be ex-officio a member to act only in the ab- sence from the State capital of two of the members.” This statute permitted either the Governor, the Secretary of State or the Attorney General to be permanently absent from the meetings of the board of membership. It, in effect, relieved one of the officers elected by and responsible to the people from the duty of an Examiner and acquitted him of any responsibil- ity for anything that might happen. The example grew in the ensuing two years. The ce of authorized absence and relief from re- sponsibility proved to be such a goed thing that ex- tension of the privilege of neglect of duty was sought and secured in the session of 1895, which in an act to authorize the Attorney General to appoint clerical sistants and deputies provided that: “The Attorney General may appoint an assistant, who shall be a member of the State Board of Examiners when the Attorney General is absent from the capital.” Then section 634 of the Political Code was added, which provides that the Governor shall appoint the any | Secretary of the Board of Examiners, who is an at- tache of the executive office, with extraordinary powers, such as the right to administer oaths and do a variety of executive acts, such as the Governor might do himself. We question the constitutionality of the statute of 1803, since it deals with two distinct subjects. It gives the Attorney General the power to appoint his assistants and office force, and it amends the act of 1893 by adding a proxy member to the State Board of Examiners. But, with its enactment, the old board, consisting of three elected SPite officers, passed away, and there was substituted for it a quorim consisting of one appointee of the Governor and one of the At- torney General. Both of those State officers were by law authorized to absent themselves from 4 the capital when the board ‘meets, and these appointed proxies take their places. The case needs only this statement of facts to make it plain that the original Board of Examiners has disappeared and is replaced by one that exercises all-of its power and authority, but without a shadow of responsibility to the people of to any one else! This has been accomplished by the two statutory steps, two years apart, taken in 1893 and 189 The effect and result of a totally irresponsible Board of Examiners are just being revealed. How much remains for disclosure investigation only can demonstrate. The revelations so far concern the school fund and its depletion by acts that show the | grossest neglect of the public interest and raise an | unpleasant implication, to put it no stronger, of tur- pitude somewhere in the transaction. It should rouse the greatest solicitude among the people con- cerning the safety of the school fund in such hands, and should direct the attention of the next Legisla- ture to the necessity of a responsible Board of Ex- aminers to take these functions and discharge them and to be responsible to the full measure of its power. When it was a matter of public knowledge that Kern County had voted to refund a 6 per cent bonded | debt of $235,000 at a lower rate, and the legality of the proceeding had gone through the Superior and Supreme Courts for judicial affirmance, this Board of Examiners went irto the market and bought the cld bonds, for the school fund, at a bonus. Daniel Kevane, the Governor’s appointee and proxy, and Assistant Attorney General Post, the Attorney Gen- eral's appointee and proxy, sitting as the Board of Examiners, purchased one lot of these bonds with a face value of $50,000, paying therefor $61,061 66, and another Jot with a face value of $37,000 for $45,185 63. Excluding the interest, the premium paid on the larger lot was $10,920, or 20 per cent value. On the smaller lot the premium was $8080 So. This made a total premium of nineteen thousand dol- lars. In less than six months after this purchase Kern County redeemed the bonds at their face value and the interest that accrued between purchase and redemption, and the school fund lost nineteen thou- sand dollars. The transaction is its own explanation. banker or investor would have bought bonds at a premium under such eircumstances. - But-the proxy Board of Examiners was investing the school fund where a loss was as plain and as certain as any fact The Call published the whole ‘official record of this transaction in its issue of Saturday, May 15 last, to which we refer all citizens who wish to know the details. But this was not the only tran- saction on the same line. Riverside County has is- sued 4 per cent bonds in the sum of $150,000 to build a courthouse. These bonds were put up for bids and were sold to Trowbridge, Niver & Co. at a premium of $6417. This sale was made on the first day of this month. On the 11th inst. Daniel Kevane and As- sistant Attorney General Post, proxy members of the Board of Examiners, met and bought this issue of bonds from Trowbridge, Niver & Co. for $169,305 for the ‘school fund, paying, it will be seen, an advance of $12,078 on what the brokers had paid ‘ten days before! 'In these two transactions the school fund No { lost $31,078 8. The same firm of brokers was con- cerned in both transactions. No man in California believes that the Riverside bonds appreciated in value $12,078 in ten days, nor that they could have been placed with a private in- vestor at that advance. If a trustee of an estate or of the face | A Vot any private trust fund had negotiated two such transactions with the fund in his control he would not only have been subject to removal as trustee, but to cfiminal)prostcutidm or civil action on his bond. But Messrs. Kevane and Post are trustees of the peo- | ple, in control of the school fund, and are irrespon- sible. We invite attention to these transactions as most sericus and indicative of the need of legislation ! which will save the school fund from further wanton depletion. g r——— It is reported that upward of 1000 sheep were burned to death in a recent Wyoming fire, and the next thing we know the boomers of the State will be proclaiming the event as the biggest free barbecue on record. ¢ EDWARD POWER COLGAN. MONG the members of the present State ad- ministration whose renomination by the Re- publican convention was hailed with approval not only by the party but by the people generally is State Controller Edward P. Colgan. His record in office constitutes his platform, and his public ser- vice is the only argument required to convince good men of the expediency of re-electing him. Mr. Colgan is a native son. He was born in Santa Rosa in 18356 and was educated in the public schools of that city. At the close of his schooldays he learned the trades of blacksmith and wagonmaker and estab- lished himself in manhood in the home where he had grown up from infancy. The son of a pioneer father and mother, obtaining his early training in the public schools and’ working his way among the sturdy me- chanics of the State, Mr. Colgan developed into the type of man whom Californians delight to honor as typical of the State. He is essentially a man of the people and his sympathies have ever been wide enough to embrace all classes of Californians. The estimation in which he is held not only by his neighbors but throughout the State is attested by his success in politics. In 1886 he was elected Sheriff of Sonoma County—at that time strongly Demo- cratic—and was re-elected in 1888. In 1890 he was elected Controller of State in opposition to Hon. John P. Dunn, who had occupied the office for two terms. He was renominated in 1894 without opposi- tion and re-elected. Again in 1898 he was renomi- nated without opposition and re-elected by the high- est vote and largest majority on the Republican ticket. During his incymbency of the office of Controller Mr. Colgan has given particular attention to the laws governing revenue and taxation, and many of the existing statutes are due to-his efforts. In the mat- ter of lands sold to the State for delinquent taxes he has been largely instrumental in securing the return to the assessment rolls of the State of property valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Controller is the superintendent of the fiscal concerns of the State, and not a dollar passes into the State treasury or out of it without his sanction and authority. The average annual receipts and expendi- tures for State purposes now exceed ten millions of dollars, and for twelve years E. P. Colgan has han- dled the collection and ‘disbursement of these enor- mous sums in a manner that has challenged criticism. Such is the man whom the Republicans have again presented as their candidate for the office of Con- troller. It was his unimipeachable record in office during his three terms and his remarkable popularity among the people of all sections of the State that led to his unopposed renomination for the fourth term, and the same valid arguments should assure him the support of all Republicans and of all independent voters on election day. T Prompted probably by the example of Pelee both Mauna Loa and Vesuvius have started their volcanic furnaces and promise to work up eruptions that will make the world picturesque for months to come. e o c— PLANS FOR IRRIGATION. R' that before the general reclamation of the arid lands of the West can be undertaken under the recent act of Congress there will have to be car- ried out a much larger amount of preliminary work than the general public is aware of. An extensive series of surveys will have to be made before anything like a comprehensive plan of reclamation can be de- vised, and until that has been provided the actual con- struction of irrigation works can hardly be expected on anything more than an experimental scale. The first object of the Government will be that of determining the extent of the available water re- sources for the various districts, and in doing so one of the facts to be ascertained will be the amount of flow which may be expected at different seasens of the year. Until those facts are known it will not be possible to determine what area of land any par- ticular stream is capable of effectively irrigating at the time when irrigation is most needed. Another subject of importance to the enterprise which will require careful study is the extent to which the waters of various districts may be conserved by the construction of reservoirs. Where the conditions are favorable for the erection of dams and barriers the surplus waters of the rainy season can be stored up for use during dry seasons, and thus the supply for irrigation be much increased over that which is now available. To determine where such reser- voirs are practicable and where they should be lo- cated so as to most effectively serve the desired pur- pose will of course entail extensive surveys and a good deal of time. A gratifying feature of the situation is that a large amount of surveying has been already done which will be of use in this connection. A Washington report says that for ten years the division of hydrography of the United States Geological Survey has been en- gaged in a comprehersive study of the water re- sources of the country, and it has given special at- tention to the West,-where water problems are most important and most complex. By reason of that work a large body of information is already in the hands of the officers to whom the task of preparing plans for reclamation has been intrusted. The pos- session of that information of course materially ad- vances the movement. It is said that for some dis- tricts the Government has even now an amount of in- formation sufficient to form a basis for definite plans of constructive work. It is a matter of familiar experience that work of this kind grows in magnitude as it advances. Vast as our present ideas of the great work of reclaiming the arid lands are, it is more than probable that when the task has been carried on for some time we shall find it extending and expanding far beyond our pres- ent conceptions. In the end it will doubtless prove to be the macst gigantic as well as the most beneficial work ever undertaken by man, and it is therefore well EPORTS from Washington are to the effect ?o start it right, though that may mean some delay in making surveys before we begin AR WONDERS OF A TRIP TO TAHITI AND SOUTH SEAS The following letter, entertainingly writ- ten, gives a vivid description of the in- teresting features and wonders of a voy- age to the South Seas and a sojourn of forty days on the island of Tahiti: Owing to the enterprise and liberality of the Oceanic Steamship Company the health or pleasure seeker is now enabled to make the ocean voyage to that far-off | gem of the South Sea Islands, Tahiti, on a first class steamship equipped with all | the modern conveniences for comfort. The distance from San Francisco to Pa- peete is about 3650 miles and the trip cc- cuples twelve days, but, unlike most | ocean voyages, no bolsterous weather is | encountered. You slmply sail along from day to day amid the gentle breezes of the Southern Seas, passing the time laz- ily but enjoyably between resting, read- ing, dozing or taking part in the various games provided on shipboard. For the tired out business man or nerv- ously exhausted individual this ideal | ocean passage possesses advantages which cannot probably be found in any other part of the world; .the distinct change from the coast climate of Cali-| fornia to the balmy breezes of the South. ern Ocean brings to the voyager a feel- | ing of restfulness and pgace which is| unattainable elsewhere. This condition of | relief from the customary cares and an- | noyances which beset most people in | their daily lives is made more apparent | from the fact that you have most com- | fortable accommodation on shipboard and can obtain as good food as you can get | at home, the extensive cold storage plant | provided on the Mariposa making it pos. sible to serve daily on the round trip from San Francisco fresh fruits, vegeta- bles, milk, poultry and meats of all kinds. The Oceanic Steamship Company has under favorable consideration ‘a change from the present schedule which provides that the return trip from Papeete W be made via Honolulu and which will | probably become effective with the De- cember trip of the Mariposa. If this pro- posed arrangement becomes effective the | trip to Tahiti will be made doubly at- tractive. i It possible every visitor to Tahiti should | arrange- to remain over on the island one steamer at least and experience the | benefits of the delicious climate to be found everywhere within the borders; | also view as beautiful tropical scenery as can be found on the face of the globe. Papecte, the only town, so to speak, on the island. is beautifully situated and has about 4000 inhabitants, one-fourth of whom are Zuropeans. There the trav- eler can obtain good accommodations for from §250 to $ per day (American money). There are many pretty homes in Pa- peete and the generous hospitality of the people is soon made manifest if one is | properly accredited. The kindness and | good nature of the entire population, both European and native, is proverbial and the social conditions will be found as pleasant and exacting as one will find in most American cities. No visitor to Tahitl with time at his command should fail to make the circuit of the island, which will occupy from four to six days, according to circum- stances. This is a trip of a lifetime and enables one to witness the tropical gran- deur of the country, including its lofty mountains and magnificent waterfalls; also to come directly in contact with the native element in their homes and vil- | lages. | The Tahitians are a most attractive race of people, physically strong, good natured, kindly and most generous in dis- pensing their hospitality. Such a thing as poverty or beggary is unknown on the island. The natural products of the island, such as cocoanuts, oranges, bananas, mangoes, breadfruit, etc., are to be had in great | abundance in season. Many varieties of excellent fish can easily be obtained in unlimited quantities, and a large number of the native population devote most of | their time to fishing and supplying the local markets. Tahiti and the other islands of the So- ciety group are under the control of the French Government, the various districts | being presided over by native chiefs, | whose word is law and who command the respect and obedience of their following. | While the Government maintains law and order in every quarter, at the same time it wisely permits the native element to observe and maintain the traditions | and customs of the past without limi- | tation. At present the principal industries of | the island are the cultivation and drying | of the vanilla bean and the preparing of copra from the cocoanut. The cultiva- tion of sugar cane is also cérried on to a limited extent. While the business of the islands, both local and interisland, is mainly controlled by the French, German and English resi- dents, it should be rerhembered with pride that the largest commercial con- cern on the island is owned and man- aged by Americans—G. L. Kennedy and | his associates—who own and operate the | only sugar plantation on the island, gen- | eral store, cold storage plant, electric light plant and vessels employed in the interisland trade. This enterprising firm has in mind several projects which as they materialize will be of great benefit to the town of Papeete and the island in general. | To the unfortunate man or woman who is drifting toward nervous prostration, brain fag, indigestion and all the ills which are the outcome of our strenuous American life, I say to them, spend six weeks on the beautiful island of Tahiti and your ailments will soon disappear. H. R. JUDAH, A. G. P. A. 8. P. Co. MAYOR INVESTIGATES LOSS OF BANKBOOK He and School Superintendent Secure Court Order to Collect Hoch- stadter Bequest Fund. Mayor Schmitz started an investigation yesterday regarding the loss of the bank- book covering the deposit of the Hoch- stadter bequest fund in the San Francisco | Savings Union. When the Mayor learned that the book had been mislaid and could not be found in the office of the Board of Education, in whose custody it was last, he expressed the opinion that there was gross negligence somewhere. The book was found in the City Treas- urer's office more than one vear ago and | finally landed in the hands of a former | School Director, Casserly, who resigned recently under pressure. When Casserly was communicated with he said he knew | nothing of the book and from there no | trace of it can be found. In the mean- time the four colored pupils who won | scholarships may not be able to begin | thelr studies at the Oberlin University in Ohio, which opens September 22, 1902. This information was conveyed to Mayor Schmitz in a letter written by the | parents of the four pupils. | Superintendent Webster has placed the : matter in the hands of Judge Coffey, who will issue an order to the bank to pay the ' money to Mayor Schmitz and Webster as custodians of the fund, which now amounts to 150. The two officials named will visit the bank this morning to ar- range the matter. —_———— Mrs. Beck Gets Damages. Hattie L. Beck, who was injured about a year ago by failing from a Haight street car, got a verdict for $2000 es from a jury in Judge Hunt's court yester- day. She sued for $20,000, 43 | i l | dental institutions name | vehicle is called an operator. ! which said person was mustered into the | quick-fire guns, four 4.7-inch guns, four | 2.2-inch guns SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS e MUDHEN-R. R, Oakland, Cal. It is said that it takes about twenty days to‘ incubate the eggs of a mudhen. | SEAL ROCKS—Subscriber, Cal. Th(-i seal rocks are distant about one (housantl‘ feet from the Clifft House. HOLDOVER SENATOR-T. Y., City. The only holdover Democratic Senator in California this year is J. M. Plunkett. GOLDEN GATE AVENUE—S. H., City. The name of Golden Gate avenue was sub- stituted for Tyler street in San Francisco February 24, 1880. THE PIOUS FUND—G. O. W., Santa | Rosa, Cal. For details of the pious fund, which the Jesuits of California claim from the republic of Mexico, see The Call of August 3, 1902. CHINESE RIOTS—G. riots that were known as the ‘‘sandlot riots” occurred in July, 1877. Durirg one of these, when Chinese washhouses were attacked, a Chinaman was killed. 8., City. The THE ROANOKE—C. J. V., Moss Land- ing, Cal. To have a letter reach some one on board of the American ship Roanoke, that salled for New York last March, ad- | dress the same and send it to A. Sewell & | Co., Bath, Me. That firm will forward it to its destination. NURSES—A. L. G., Watsonville, Cal. | There is a training school for nurses at | the City and Countr Hospital in San Francisco, also one at the Children’s Hos- | pital. ‘The former is on Potrero avenue, | near venty-third street, and the latter at the corner of California street and Maple avenue. LAND COMPANY—A. S. This depart- ment does not advertise any land com- pany or Gther private concern, therefore cannot answer vour question. Had you b; | spondents who desire answers to questions | the answer to which amounts to an ad- vertisement of any business or firm mail would have been sent. hould Inclose a self-addressed and stamped envelope. DENTAL COLLEGES—E. C. O, City. This department has time and again an- nounced that it does not vouch for the responsibility of individuals or firms and that it does not advertise any private business. For these reasons it cannot| tate the standing or reliability of the nor give the names of institutions that will attend to teeth at a very small cost. | s i | A DRIVER—G. M., Alameda, Cal. “The | man was driving the car” is a common expression and is generally understood, | | but technically it is not correct. The man | does not drive the car, but he drives the | horses or other animals that draw the vehicle. As it is machinery that drives an automobile, the man or woman who | handles the machinery that propels the | DESERTION—W. S. A., Oakland, Cal. The law relative to desertion from the United States army is that “No person | shall be tried or punished by a court- | martial for desertion in time of peace and not in the face of the enemy, committed more than two years before the arraign- | ment of such person for such offense, un- less he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States, in which | case the time of his absence shall be ex- | cluded in computing the period of limita- tion, provided that such limitation shall | not begin until the end of the term for service.” PORTUGUESE WARSHIPS-M. J. G., East Oakland, Cal. The statistics of the | Portuguese cruiser Adamator are as fol- lows: Length, 250 feet; beam,. 35 feet; draught, 14 feet; displacement, 1933 metric tons; indicated horsepower, 4000; speed, 13 knots. Her armament is two five-inch and four machine guns. The measurements of the armored ship | Vasco da Gama are: Displacement, 2422 metric_tons; length, 20¢ feet; beam, 40 feet; draught, 18 feet; indicated horse- power, 3600; speed, 13.2 knots. Her arma- ment is two 10.2-inch eighteen-ton Krupp guns, one 5.9-inch gun, two 2.2-inch quick- fire guns and two machine guns. THE BLACK SEA—P. B, City. The article of the treaty of Paris by which the Black Sea was opened to the com- merce of all nations and interdicted to | any ships of war and the erection of military maritime arsenals forbidden, was repudiated during the Franco-Prussian war by Russia in a circular dated Octo- ber 81, 1870. After some correspondence on the subject a meeting of a conference was held in London on the 17th of Jan- uary, 1871, and a treaty was signed by which the neutralization of the sea was abrogated; but it was agreed by special rotocol that no nation should liberate tself from the obligation of a treaty without the consent of the others who signed it. That was signed on the 13th of March, 1§71 THREE TARS TURN PIRATES AND ARE JAILED VICTORIA, B. C.. Sept. 17.—Advices were brought from Shanghai by the E: pres of India, detailing kow three beach- combers stole a schooner belonging to a member of the United States Consulate staff and started to sea ith a view to becoming bold buccaneers. Two British subjec med Brown and Smith, and an American named Plant, a of whom are seamen of the beachcomber class, gave orders to various compradores of Shanghal for a quantity of prov aggregating in value $200, to be delivered aboard the schconer Agnes, the property of George A. Derby of the United States Consulate, and which previously had bee in service as a pilot schooner. The p visions, sufficient for a month, were d placed on the Agnes and at nightfall three men boarded her, one seizing the Chinese watchman by the throat and choking him into submission, while others raised the anchors and set sail for the sea. They got a little past Woo Sung, when, for some cause at present unexp perhaps through the agency of the nese—the schooner went aground anc one passing by who knew the craf veyed the information to Mr. Derby. latter immediately chartered a launch, engaged the assistance of several friends, and, armed with a rifle, w pursuit of the miscreants. Arriv the place he found the two Brit jects aboard, and, at the muzzle rifle, arrested them. Taking the schc in tow, he took his prisoners to Shang- hai, where they were handed over to th police. Plant, the American, escaped when the schooner went ashore, but was arrested by Detective Sergeant McDowell after- ward and all three will be charged with piracy before their respective Consuls. It is surmised that the men had booty of some kind with which they wished to get clear of the port and perhaps intended to capture native junks, some of -vhich carry considerable treasure. PERSONAL MENTION. W. S. Tevis and wife are at the Palace. Judge J. K. Law of Merced is at the | Lick. Dr. E. W. Biddle of Healdsburg is at the Lick. C. J. Cox, a merchant of Hollister, is at the California. T. R. Fleming, a merchant of Guerne- ville, is at the Grand. W. W. Douglas, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. W. F. Knox, a lumberman of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand: F. H. Kennedy, an attorney of Stock- ton, is at the California. Charles E. Seymour, a well-known min- ing engineer, is at the Grand. A. W. Simpson, a lumber dealer of Stockton, is at the Occidental. J. W. Travers, a mining man from the Tonopah district, is at the Lick. A. J. Geis, an army contractor of Man- ila, is at the Occidental with his bride. Edward Chambers, freight manager of the Santa Fe, in Los Angeles, is at the Palace. E. Downing, who is connected with the Visalia Lumber Company, is at the Cali- fornia. Alexander M. Barnum, Pacific Coast passenger agent of the Pledmont Air Line road. is seriously ill at his home in this city. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—The following Californians” have arrived: San Francisco —A. W. Bradbury, J. Baer and wife, at the Herald Square; J. Dubois, at the St. Denis; B. M. Greene, at the Navarre; Mrs. W. J. Morse, S. Weil and wife, at the Imperial; H. A. Yuzuk, D. B. Bentley. W. H. Harrison, at the Marlborough; W. B. Allen and wife, at the Gilsey; W. E. Smith, at_the Earlington; A. Dyean and wife, at the Park Avenue; R. M. Eberle. at the Westminster; L. H. Handy, at the Sturtevant; F. D. Reandors, at the Con- tinental; A. A. Stinfeld and wife, at the Netherlands. Santa Barbara—J. P. Chamberlain, Chamberlain, at_the Imperial. Los Angeles—Mrs. Hammond, Grand Union. Santa Ros: S. at the -G. Pohlman, at the Astor. Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_——— Townsend's California Glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. 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