The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1902, Page 6

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THE BIG TREES. s jocund over ent that outh grove of Calaveras big s reported to be included in the sale of “alaveras ospect our he s to be subjected to lumbering, and that | this leaves only the s y-one trees in the north grove that be res from destruction. The Pros- | pect says e 1400 big trees, heretofore known as the grove, are in Tuolumne County, and that it has not heard of any immediate danger to them statement the Prospect pleases all who hope tk both groves may be saved from destruc- yaper ventures into neurotic pathology, ark that The Call’s recent article on these ysteri »s those who are distant from such stfiking 1 objects as the California big trees are more impressed by them than those in whom familiarity Visitors to the lumbering field of | breeds contempt the Sanger Company, where giant sequoias are being reduced to boards, report that during their stay they surrender to a feeling of sadness and dejection at witnessing the slaughter of these noble trees, that does not seem at all shared by the men engaged in the work. There is no evidence that the woodman who was implored to spare that tree was impressed by the appeal In the periected big trees California had a peculiar endowment. Among them no doubt were the largest trees on the planet, height and diameter both con- But there is about them an attraction be- yond mere dimensions. Their dendrological history 1ajesty of poise and proportion, the bril- sidered and their liant color of their bark and their great age and their | vigor, though they have seen thousands of years, all give to a charm that stimulates the imagina- tion. We must be permitted to believe that they have a value 10 the State so much greater than the return they bring as lum ake it poor economy to destroy th their preservation concerns all the people who compose the commonwealth, while their destru ber as to m n for immediate profit concerns only everybody’s business is nobody’s s of lumber- ve an immediate interest, which is attended to. ng th but m: tcti ut the few who make bu: mg th being industrious trees se in their v be permitted to lament, that other days and generations to come are not considered and the m for wisdom We are not cens day and g sed of hysterics, ved. Their very destruction may have in arousing public opinion to the t This does not t suspension of the economic use big trees pres one useful e great mean of the forests for timber and lumber, but the perma- nent reproduction of the forests, by protecting the forest lands from the barrenness which is the work of fire and the soil erosion and drought that follow destruction of the trees. We acknowledge the Prospect’s admission of grat- itude of The Call “for its efforts toward forest pres- ervation,” though our San Andreas contemporary We will thank it for the information it can doubtless impart, if it will, which we will take pains to disseminate, preservation. laments the insufficiency of our information A curious story comes from Nebraska to the effect that the managers of one of the railways in the State recently put a number of Sioux Indians to work on the road to take the place of a gang of strikers, and now we may hear of some Sitting Bull of the future organizing a labor on or a railway syndicate and trying to run the count The Colorado Democratic platform in indorsing Senatcr Teller says: ises.” If Teller were a modest man he would sit down on such a declaration as that, but as it is he will 2ccept the platform and ask the State to stand by it An Jowa millionaire recently married a telephone girl because she always answered his calls courte- | ously and never failed to give the right number. The telephone companies of San Francisco should get handsome photographs of the bride and the groom and hang one of them in every “hello” office in town. President Kruger has not been spending all his time mourning over the loss of the Transvaal. He has written a book during his European leisure and is now prepared to iive on the proceeds, which are sure to be large, > “He gave Cuba her freedom | and compelled the nation to redeem its sacred prom- | -~ jfinding a substitute. Experiments were made and | | | | | | PREYING ON THE SCHOOL FUND- HE CALL has now exposed three transactions Tby which the State school fund has been made the prey of speculators, through letting them get between the State and the counties in the pur- chase of county bonds, which should have been bid on and bought for the benefit of the school fund directly by the Board of Examiners, who are the custodians of that fund and agents for its invest- ment. We have already explained how the legislation of 1893 and 1895 changed the constitution of the Board of Examiners, so as to make it unnecessary for the ’Go\'ernor and Attorney General to be present at its | meetings. The act of 1803 made the secretary of the board a member thereof, ex-officio, to serve when any two members were absent. The Governor was em- powered to appoint such secretary, who was given certain extraordinary powers, executive in their na- ture and within the legal prerogatives of the Gov- ernor himself. These powers and others conferred by Governor Gage upon his appointee Kevane, by power of attor- ney, have made of Kevane a sort of deputy Governor for the State of California. The act of 1895 extended the plan of making the Board of Examiners a proxy body by giving the Attorney General authority to appoint an assistant to be his proxy on the board. | These two acts relieved the Governor and the Attor- ney General of all responsibility for the acts of the board, and completely tied the hands of its third member, the Secretary of State. Some members of the Legislature must have seen the situation and been suspicious of what might hap- pen to the school fund, through its control by the proxy board, and so, in the session of 1gor, a bill was introduced in the Senate and passed by both houses providing that the State Treasurer, by and with the advice and approval of the Board of Ex- aminers, should invest the school fund. It will be observed that this bill returned the fund to the over- sight of the State Treasurer, elected by the people and a bonded officer. It was a proper, and as the revelations show, a much needed precaution. There is no legal provision in the acts of 1893 and 1895 for bonding the proxies of the Governor and of the At- | torney General. Therefore the handling of millions {was put in the hands of appointed, proxy officials, unknown to the constitution, without bonds or re- sponsibility of any kind. After the act of 1901 passed, it was vetoed by Gov- ernor Gage, who seems to have been entirely insen- sible to the risk of putting the school fund in the | control of unbonded proxies. In his veto Governor | Gage objected to the provisions of the bill authorizing investment of the fund in municipal and school di | trict bonds, saying it would be difficult to become ac- quainted with these securities, and that | might in the future enter as a factor in the negotia- tion and sale of such municipal and ‘schoo! bonds, thus imperiling the safety of the fund.” The bill also authorized investment of the fund in Federal, State and county bonds, and it is apparent that the Gov- ernor was feeling around for an excuse for his veto when he trembled for fear that politics might affect the negotiation of municipal and school bonds. It is not a sinister suggestion that the motive of his veto was far away from the one stated. The real peril of the school fund proves to be in leaving it in the custody of Mr. Dan Kevane and his associate | proxy. The results are in part before the people in | The Call’s exposure of the transactions of these prox- |ies in the bonds of Kern, Riverside and Mendocino counties. In each of these cases the proxies bought the bonds of speculators, paying a premium for them running as high as 20 per cent. The Mendocino case is the latest that we have found. In that case the Board of Supervisors did not advertise for bids on the bond issue, but on the same day that it canvassed the vote to authorize the issue sold the bonds to a brother of one of the | Supervisors for a premium of $1000, received his cer- tified check for that premium, and ordered the de- livery of the bonds to him delayed till June 26, in order to examine the legality of the issue. Just six days after that date, the proxy Board of Examiners paid the Supervisor's brother a premium of $10,231 50 for the bonds! { Nothing can make such a transaction straight. It can be explained only by admitting its corruption, {or by proving that the officials connected with it were ignorant of their duty. | three transactions were worth the premium paid by l(hc proxies it should have gone into the treasuries | of Kern, Riverside and Mendocino counties, with }\\]\ich the State should have dealt directly. No | one believes that the bonds appreciated in value as | rapidly as is represented by the difference between | the low premium paid by the go-between and the | high premium paid by the proxy Examiners. The | school fund in these three transactions has lost about | $40,000 and the taxpayers of the counties issuing the | bonds have not gained it, as they should if the bonds were worth the premium paid, In the Mendocino case the bonds, according to the action of the Board of Supervisors, could have been in the hands of the go-between only six days, ; vet in that brief time they increased in value $9231 50! | Who believes that? No one. There is no sorcery | in ascertaining the present value of such a bond issue. | The Mendocino bonds were supposed to be ready, |for issue only twenty-cight days before the Kevane proxy board paid a premium of $10,231 50. They were delivered to the go-between for a premium of $1000, | only six days before the proxies bought them at an advance of $9231 50 on what he paid. Within twenty- cight days he made a profit of $923150 on an in- | vestment of $1000! Aladdin’s lamp never did better. | The next Legislature should investigate this startling | business, and it should put the investment of the | school fund in the hands of a bonded and responsi- : ble officer. We may never have another Kevane, but lthe school fund needs safeguarding. A FUEL EXPERIMENT. EPORTS from Washington are to the effect ‘R that the Commissioners of the District of | Columbia are of the opinion they have found | 2 means of avoiding one of the evils of the miners’ strike in the anthracite coal districts. Experiments made with a mixture of coke and bituminous coal promise to give a fuel supply that will be satisfactory wherever anthracite cannot be obtained at reasonable rates. It has been the custom of the great departments of the Government at Washington and of the District of Columbia to make contracts in July for the coal supply of the coming year. This year, however, it was found impossible to obtain bids for anthracite and the Commissioners of the District thereupon “politics | Ii the bonds in these | | lick ever since. | Treasury, | the House. | condition and has all of the elements to make a was discovered that by firing the furnaces first with a layer of coke, then a layer of bituminous coal, then a top layer of coke, a fine slow-burning fire can be obtained which emits 4 minimum of smoke. In the report to the District Commissioners on the subject the superintendent under whose direction the experiments were made says: “In compliance with your recent order, an experiment has been made in two of the public school buildings of fuel consisting of alternate layers of bituminous coal and coke. The fuel was tried in a steam-heated plant in the Webster School and in a Smead furnace in the Douglas Schook Attention is invited to the inclosed report of the superintendent of janitors, forwarded through the secretary of the Beard of Education, which gives © a detailed statement of the experiments and of the different arrangements made of - the layers of fuel with a view to obtaining the most desirable results. T visited the buildings during the time the experi- ments were being made, and I am of the opinion that the most satisfactory results are obtained by spreading first a layer of coke, then a layer of coal, and then a top layer of coke, as by the burning of the fuel arranged in the manner stated there was only a minimum amount of smoke observable, and satisfac- tory heating qualities were produced.” It is probable the results of the experiment may prove to be valuable in the East, where winters are long and severely cold, even after the strike in the anthracite region is settled. The tests seem to assure the possibility of getting good fires free from heavy black smoke at a cost much less than that entailed by the use of anthracite, and should that expectation be realized the strike will have resulted in an economic discovery of considerable advantage to many parts of the country. Carnegie gave a library to a Pennsylvania town on condition that the town expend $1800 a year to maintain it. The offer was accepted and the build- ing erected, but a citizen objected to the vote of money for maintenance and took the case into the courts. It has now been decided that the city authorities had no constitutional right to make the agreement, and the people are wondering whether they have a right to keep the library or whether Car- negie can take it away again. THE NEXT SPEAKER. ENDERSON'S retirement from the contest H for re-election opens the way for a new man to attain the Speakership, and at once the can- vassing for the place begins. Some people, it is true, continue to mourn the departure of the former leader, but most have already turned their eyes to the east to catch the first glimpse of the rising sun. There s no lack of candidates already in sight and more are coming within the line of vision. Up to this time but one man has formally an- nounced himself as a candidate for the office, and very naturally that man is the exuberant youngster from Maine, Mr. Littlefield. He has not been very long in Congress, but he managed to make a ten- strike during his first session and he has kept up the He is a close friend of the President and has been chosen to prepare an administration bill for the regulation of trusts. Furthermore, he has the backing of a large number of the younger Republicans of the House, who, like him, have been weary of the rule of the old warhorses of many terms, and is no doubt a formidable competitor for the position. Other candidates have been put into the field by their friends. Ohio, of course, has a candidate. She always has. When any office is vacant Ohio is prepared to fill it Her candidate for the Speakership is General Grosvenor, a vet- eran of the House and one of the most exper- ienced parliamentary tacticians in public life. He was the spokesman for McKinley as Littlefield is the spokesman for Roosevelt. He, too, has a strong corps of supporters and is within measurable dis- tance of victory. Illinois presents the venerable old watchdog of the the Hon. Joseph Cannon, for the place. In presenting his claims one of the Illinois delegation says: “He is deservedly popular with the members from all sections of the country and has had a service that makes him really the ‘Father of He is in superb physical and mental great Speaker. The lllinois delegation will be unan- imous for him, and I think, from my knowledge of his popularity in the House, the chances are that there will be no candidate against him.” While these and other States are busily pressing the claims of their favorite sons, Massachusetts sits | lamenting that Mr. Moody retired from the House to accept a place in the Cabinet. Massachusetts is certain that if her man had not got himself out of the race he would be the only man in it. The mis- | fortune of Moody in accepting promotion at the wrong time is but another illustration of the way in which chance plays smash with the destinies of states- men. Had McKinley been elected Speaker at the time when he contested that office with Tom Reed he would not have given his name to the McKinley tariff and he might never have been President. Mr. Moody has missed the luck that might have been his had he not been so eager to grasp at the first promotion that offered itself. In this division of the Republicans among so many candidates it is worth while for California to - take note that in Mr. Loud she has a member of the House who is well within the Speakership class. He has had ample experience and is known as a capable parliamentarian as well as an independent and sa- gacious statesman. It is not altogether improbable that he may attain the office. At any rate the voters of the Fifth District would better make sure of his re-election. It is within the chances of politics that they will have the honor of furnishing the Speaker of the next House. Chicago has no boodle scandal to rival that of St. Louis, but she boasts of a supply of water so bad that children of the public schools have to carry their drinking water with them from home, and there is an intimation that if the management of the water- works were investigated there wdlild be found in Chi- cago something almost as rotten as anything in St. Louis. —_— It has been so long since the country has heard from James K. Jones, the Bryanite chairman of the Democratic national committee, that it is a pleasure to have him talking again even though he has noth- ing to say except to predict that the Democrats will carry the House of Representatives this fall. Perhaps Henry Watterson woeuld like to make the Smart Set a leading issue in the next campaign and set about seeing what could be done in the way of |force the Democratic donkey to run up against a it | Newport automobile e L BILLS PROVIDE SOME NOVELTIES FOR PAT - T is fun of the best to hear Gabriel, the pocket Dockstadter, at the Or- pheum this week, telling how he has ‘“been married just a year, and has now the cutest, prettiest, dearest lit- tle—oil stove to bless his home.” But it's @ deal funnier to hear the tiny gentleman recount his own experiences. The grave wisdom and sound common sense that sit ordinarily enough on the lips of 40 come comically indeed from the mouth of Mr. Gabriel, who counts 19 years of age, with a weight of thirty-eight pounds and a hexxht of forty-two inches. Gabriel is & midg in physical size, but there is nothing of the midget in his mental make- up. His falner is a tailor in Providence, R. I “He cut me rather short, didn’t he?” says Gabriel. Both parents are French, and at the age of one the little Weigel—that is his name—went to Paris. Six years of Paris and parental associa- tion gave him a thorough French train- ing and an American public school edu- cation from 7 to 16 brought him out with an honorable graduation at the latter age. “1 have always liked to dance and sing,” he sald the other day, ‘‘ever since I was so high”—indicating an impossible array of inches on his tiny knee. “It hap- pened that I recited a piece at a little entertainment just after I got my diplo- ma, and the manager of a traveling comic opera company heard me and gave me an engagement to do specialties. After that 1 went with Lamar, my partner here, to New York. We had a hard time at first. Did a little here and there in Vaudeville, but nothing much. Then came Oscar Hammerstein with ‘Sweet Marie." Hammersteln engaged me to do a part that he fitted up for me. It was a sort of tramp, a gentlemanly tramp, some- thing like Marks in ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’” you know—a grafter, still a gentleman in a way, and an all around rubberneck. Since then it has been all plain sailing. ‘Sweet Marie’ failed, but we haven't had a week of enforced idleness since. I bought a big house at Wickford, and we took six weeks’ rest there, but that is all. “Am I going to do anything but vaude- ville? Vaudeville is where the money lies, you know. A big firm was after us for the legitimate, but they seemed to think we could live on their name. That’s where we disagree. So I don't know. “How do'I feel about being small? Just the same as anybody else. I don’t mind. My height doesn't interfere with my hap- piness, and I've never been sick a day in my life. I've always associated with fellows of my own age. No, there aren't any boys’ clothes that fit me. Have to bave 'em made. I wear a No. 3 shoe. lMydl'mt’.‘ Well, I haven’t got the swelled head vet.” Other good things besides the clever lit- tle comedian at the Orpheum are Ned Wayburn’'s Jockey Club of fifteen girls, headed by the Countess Olga von Hatz- feldt; Lena Merville, Sidney Booth and Marion Elmore in their hilarious _skit, “The Two Juliets,” and Robert Fulgora, the wonderful transfigurator. e e A performance of utmost dramatic beauty and value is the Lachlan Camp- bell of J. H. Stoddart in ‘The Bonnie Brier Bush” at the Columbia this week. As exponent of a sound, sincere school, its every expression marked by a noble genuineness and an art so natural that all mechanism is lost sigh of, Mr. Stod- dart is hardly equaled by any of his con- temporaries. He is thoroughly identified with- the dour Scot that Dr. Watson has so cleverly drawn. The difficult tender= ness of Campbell, the hard righteousness, the occasional nipping humor, the grad- ual softening are all depicted with an instinct and judgment of rarely truthful sort. “Mr. Stoddart is well supported al- most entirely throughout the large cast. In particular must be mentioned Reuben Fax, who as Posty shows a brilliant ap- preciation of the part. It is truly ex- cellent comedy and a needed relief to the other characters. Katherine Mulkins is sympathetic and graceful as Flora. The play is staged with charming taste and big houses are the rule. It will go for next week. B e A very enjoyable performance of ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer” is being given at the Grand Opera-house this week. Wilfred Clarke as Tony Lumpkin carries off chicf honors for his excellent portrayal of the character, and the members of the stock company are doing good work in support of the star. Next week Mr. Clarke will be seen in J. Stirling Coyne's charming play, “A Widow Hunt.” ~The charactar of Major Wellington de Boots is one of Mr. Clarke’s favorite roles, he having played it for five consecutive seasons with large success. & . The Tivoli has . “Faust” and “Il Bar- biers di Siviglia” as programme this week. Much interest has been created by the casting of Collamarini for the role of Don Basilio in “The Barber,” that goes very merrily throughout this time. D’Albore has made a hit as Figaro, in which part he does work as good as in ‘“La Boheme” as Marcel. Russo reap- pears successfully as Count Almaviva, @ et e e @ PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. T. M. Todd of Auburn is a guest at the Lick. J. B. Chinn, a merchant of Porterville, is at the California. P. P. Austin, a merctant of San Jose, is among the arrivals at the Grand. Marion Biggs, an exteisive landowner of Oroville, is a guest at the Grand. 'T. B. Hughes, a newspaper proprietor of Los Gatos, is registered at the Grand.. John N. Woods of Stockton, a well- known attorney, is at the Occidental. Bank Commissioner A. W. Barrett, with headquarters at Los Angeles, is at the California. Murray M. Harris, the well-known organ builder of Los Angeles, is regis- tered at the Grand. Gus Holmes, proprietor of the Hotel Knuttsford at Salt Lake and the Angelus at Los Angeles, is at the Palace. J. J. White, a Deputy Sheriff of Fresno, is at the Lick with his bride. They will spend their honeymoon in San Francisco. J. F. Hackfeld, a prominent merchant of Honolulu, who has been to Europe on a business trip, is registered at the Qcci- dental. gl Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 24—The following Californians have arrived: San Francis- co—A. Eliason, at the Continental; H. J. Friedlander, at the Earlington; R. B. Hale, at the Gilsey; G. Hood and wife, at the Herald Square; H. R. Young and wife, at the Navarre; A. B. Broyet, J. H. Rouche, at the Morton; W. E. Conlin, at the Victoria; W. R. Douglas, at the Grand Union; H. Gales, J. L. Gray, at the Imperial; J. B. McNerhy, at the Sinclair; C. Hunter, at the Broadway Central. Los Angeles—J. Tapslin, at the Grand Union; C. C. Parker, O. Kaiser, at the Imperial; A. C. Pittsburg, at the Victoria; Miss G. Clark, at the Criterion; Mrs. E. 7. Dorman, at the Vendome; S. Mackay, at the Cadillac. —————— ANSWERS 10 QUERIES. BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM—W. P, H., City. The song called “The Battle Cry of Freedom” was composed by George W. Root of Chicago. He also wrote the music for it. DESERT LAND—L. T., Fresno, Cal The only biil that was passed in Congress during the last held session relating to desert lands was one extending the time for making flnal proof one year, in Yakina. If you are in doubt ‘as to your rights in certain desert land claims ad- dress a communication to the General Land Office, at Washington, D, C. OIL CLAIM—Locator, Orland, Cal. “Is the locator of an oil claim entitled to the pasturage thereo: Land that is staked out as oil land is not supposed to be much in the way of pasture land, but if there is pasturage u%on it the locator could use the snme(i as there would not be any one icterested in the matter except the Gov- ernment, and it is not likely that it woul. l!ayc to the pasturage of an oil loca- on. — g 'S RONS OF THE PLAYHOUSES > | | TALENTED COMEDIAN WHO HEADS THE CONTINGENT OF FUN- MAKERS COMING WITH WEST'S MINSTREL JUBILEE AND ACTOR ‘WHO CARRIES OFF CHIEF HONORS THIS WEEK AT THE GRAND. R B o o e | and De Spada is a tuneful Rosina. Col- lamarini is, however, the particular hit of the opera, and makes up excellently as | the somber pedant. It is providentially likely that some of the effervéscence of the first performance will be worn off to- night, the dpera rather suffering from the vagaries of the singers on Tuesday evening. “Faust” 1{s conspicuous for Dado’s splendid Mephisto, and the Faust of Sig- nor Agostinl. “Norma” and the favorite double bill of ‘‘Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I Pagliacel” will be given next week. & e Billy Van, who heads the contingent of fun-makers coming with West's big min- strel jubilee to the California next weel, is one of the best on the minstrel stage. For the last three years he has been the leading feature of West's minstrels and this season he is said to be funnier than ever. John King, who made such a hit here last season with his “Go Way Back and Sit Down,” has a new hit this year. An entirely new mistrel feast has been prepared this season, made brilliant with hundreds of electric 'lights and gorgeous costumes. A strong olio follows. The minstrels will doubtless attract thelr his- toric crowds to the California Sunday night and next week. ““The Convict's Daughter,” which is the bill this week, closes with a matinee and night performance Saturday. T Florence Roberts and “Zaza' are draw- ing crowded houses at the Alcazar. Miss Roberts will conclude her engagement with this play on Sunday evening. Mon- day night the new stock season of the Alcazar commences, with a fine produc- tion of John Oliver Hobbes' London and New York comedy success, "The Ambas- sedor,” which is entirely new to this city. The cast contains sixteen female and twelve male roles. Among the new peo- Flc to appear in it will be Suzanne Santje, eading lady, recently in that capacity with Richard Mansfield; Charles A. Mili- ward, leading man, recently of Drury Lane, the Princess, Lyric and Adelphi theaters, and Willlam Lamp, a clever and bandsome juvenile actor, who_last sea- son successfully supported James K. Hackett. ST . “Down Yonder,” Lee Arthur’s charming play of rural Southern life, is doing a splendid business at the Central. “The Police Inspector,” a drama dealing with the adventures of the celebrated Inspec- tor Byrnes and the workings of the New York Police Department, will follow, and be produced in the Central's best manner. e “Hurly-Burly” and “Zaza" are in their last weeks at Fischer's Theater, the man- agement having decided to take off the two very funny burlesques in a fortaight to make room for the next of the Weber & Fleld successful plays, “Whirl-1-Gig" and a travesty on ‘“The Only Way” en- titled “The Other Way.” These two bur- lesques had a run of over a year in New York and were among the best of all the plays presented by these popular man- agers. There will be several new peopie in the coming bill, who have been re- hearsing with the company for the past mcrth, e e Lew Wells, the musical comedian; Court Edwards, unicyclist; the Farblanus, international dancers, and an array.of high-class specialty artists are to ctowd the Chutes this week. To-night, after the regular performance, the ama- teurs wiil hold forth. The electric foun- tain, just completed, will be operated for the first time Saturday night. e f Frunes‘stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* ————— Townsend's California Glace fruit and candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —_———— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. * Some of the Novels to be Published in the Sunday Call. “ THE LEOPARD’S SPOTS.” By Thomas Dixon Jr. Most discussed problem novel of the year. 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