The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1902, Page 6

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SMITH. ++.30 Tribun =Illlllll NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: B C CARLTON.:.ccsvesacessees.Herald Iqllll g NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astorts Hotel; A. Brentano, $1 Union Square; Morrey Bl Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS; Shermar House; P. O. News Co.; Great lNorthern Hotel; ‘House; Auditorium Hotel. N (D. C.) OFFICE .1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, ‘RANE, Correspomdent. ERANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, mm-p-ums.nrdoa. tii A FRIEND OF THE SEA LIONS. HE CALL is in receipt of a letter from Cap- Tuiu Rideout, claiming to represent the navi- gators who run from the Bay of San Francisco through the Straits of Carquinez'to the river trade. He indorses Fish Commissioner Bowers in protest- ing against the extermination of the great seals we czll sea fions, and files a2 complaint against the fisher- men. He declares that the latter stretch ‘their nets so mearly acioss the Straits of Carquinez as to com- pel steamers and szil vessels to go dangerpusly near the shere and the rocks to get through at all. He says that when the officers of such craft protest ®gainst this obstruction of the channel they are an- swered by the fishermen with abuse, a show of arms, and sometimes with shots. .. Such investment of the entire channel with nets is d‘lcged to work extermination of the salmon, in- asmuch as they have no chance to get through to acach their spawning places in the rivers, and the de- crease in the run is attributed to this too close fish- ing - ather than to the’amount of fish taken by the sea lions. He does not state that this investment of the swhole channel is a mew thing, but we are leit ‘to assume that it is, when taken in connection with the report from the canneries that this season’s catch kas been the greatest known. This fact algne is a plea for the sea lions. Ii there be-an actual increase in the salmon run it is rather difficult to indict the seals for extermina- | tion of the fish. But it is easy to see, the spawning habit of the salmon being known, that such close net- ting of their only waterway to the spawning bottoms will soon cause a great decrease in their numbers. That such netting of the straits is an obstruction to mavigation. also seems reasonable, and it would.ap- pear that Captain Rideout and his fellow navigaters should put their case to some competent authonty tnd make proof of their charges The waters involved are under Federal control. The fishermen are under the jurisdiction of the State " Commission of Fish and Game. An application to the Federal courts for a restraining order on' the fishermen, compelling them to leave sufficient fairway. ier river craft, would settle that part of the issue. “But a court proceeding is expensive, and it may be that an application to the State Fish Commissionets . would secure such a regulation of net setting as' would answer the purpose. We learn from- other sources that in the absence of some authoritative megulation 2 conflict may .occur any day and a regu- 'hx marine battle be jought, causing damage to. prop- erty and maybe loss of life. The settlement of these issues will give -the sea Jions a respite and permit more time for an exami-- nation of the piscatory crimes, for which they have been condemned to death. If they are found not guilty of exterminating salmon every lover of nature will rejoice that suck a plcturesque feature of our eoast ‘waters will be spared. S ————— . \The London Times says that when the British" empire is dead, the historians of the future wili write upon ‘its tombstone this epitaph:* “Here lies a peo- ple whose rare gifts of energy, good sense and integ- ity raised them above all other pecples when these qualities were all in all. But they lacked mtelugmcc and despised it; and, lacking intelligence, they . fell from their began to be awarded only to those who brought a trained and disciplined - intelligence to the under- standing of its laws, moral, economic and physical.” et A Jamaica statesman, disgusted over the refusal of - Great Britain to give Jamaican sugar the benefit of 2 bounty or a preferential market, now proposes:that. @ll the Britisk: colonies shall, under ‘the leadership of- Canada, organize an-cmpire of itself, leaving Great Britain out, and framing a joint tariff - for | ! mutual benefit. The name of the proponent.of the scheme is Solomon, and it ig for the public to judge whether his wisdem is equal to that which his name ‘suggests. " The Chicago police have recently raided the prem- ises and suppressed the business of an enterpnsmg firm that was carrying on a*matrimonia! bureau, seli- ing tips on the races and cm:uhnng advertiseinents of patent pills. Over 200,000 arc said to favq _been found in the office, and it many of the writers desired a were Jookirg for'a tip or a pill. onial ‘mate as PEURLE Sl Wonders will néver chase. The focal Schooi Board s actmally discussing with 2 semblance of sincerity” the proposition of increasing the salaries of th: tflc!x- ©rs:in the department, high estate ‘as ‘soon as the world’s pnzesi that nearly as” THE LYNCHING AND THE JEWS. E are taken to task for supporting Secre- tary Hay's note to the signatories of the N U Berlin treaty on tlie subject of the persecu- tion of Roumanian Jews. A correspondent tells :us that the United States Government has no right of “I'protest, because in this country negroes are burned at the stake. 5 The error in this reasoning i not uncommon. It is prevalent in Europe, ‘where our complex system of government is a puzzle even to publicists. The Gov- ernment of the United States is powerléss to prevent or punish the burning of negroes. Its constitutional functions stop short of such authority. The ‘Fed- eral Government may do only what the Federal con- stitution permits; the States may do all that it does not forbid. Upon_them is the burden of preventing and punishing the crime of lynchmg, by burning at the stake or ‘other means less brutal. The stain is upon the States that permit such crimes by letting them go unpunished. When com- mitted they are not the act of government, Federal or State. They are not in pursuance of the delib- erately planned public policy of government. They -are ‘the ‘mad’ acts of infuriated individuals, in whom passion “for the moment has extinguished humanity and regard for law. Between such acts and the pub- lic policy of Roumania ther€ is no analogy. One cannot be offset against the other. To be analogous it would be necessary for our Federal Government, by its .statutes, to ‘provide for burning negroes at the stake without trial, and through its executive of- | ficers to administer that inhuman punishment. Neither the Federal nor State government does this. I As governments they aré no more responsxble, morally nor legally, for the burning of negroes than they are for the crime committed by the negroes who are burned. The mistaken view to which the fore- going is a complete answer is not surprising when held by Europeans. But it is a surprise when ex- pressed by our own people. All' American law classes lynching with the felonies. That is the expression of the sober and moral sentiment of the people cry- stallized into law. To take the life of a human being without due process of law is murder, and every lynching is, by American law, murder, the capital felony." With this explanation we turn to the Roumanian Jews; who are the direct objects of Government, offi- cial; authoritative outrage and persecution. They are by’ public_authority, by act of government, deprived of ‘thre- common-rights -of humanity. They are pau- perized, ~degraded, . brutalized and oppressed, de- humanized and smitten at every point vital to human- ity, as a public, official governmental policy. People starve to death in American cities, but the Government does not do it. The Government does not persecute them to starvation as a pelicy of racial forlorn-victims of personal misfortune. We have in this country illiteracy, degradation, want and.crime. ~ But it is our public policy, the in- | tention and purpose of our Government, to prevent { these and not to cause them. It is this that makes this republic the refuge and asylum of the oppressed of all mations. On thie other hand, it is the public policy and gov- ernmental purpose of Roumania to degrade, oppress, starve, make illiterate and dehumanize the Jew by denying to him.the primordial rights of man. This is"donie in spite of the prohibitions of the treaty ‘of Beglin. Its effect is to cast upon our shores the for- lorn refugees from vile public, governmental perse- cution. They come” unfit for Amerfcan citizenship. They are an increment in our body politic, not: de- sirable of assimilation. They have been purposely unfitted for reception here by the Roumanian Govern- i ment before it cast them upon us, +If it obey the Berlin treaty and accord to them human rights they will either stay where they are or they. will réach us in a physical and mental state fit for their part in our national life, and capable of digestion by our institutions. They are the sfibjects and victims of Government degradation not for any crime. They are persecuted not for their vices, but | for those virtues of thrift and love of family which | are‘the nctorious endowment of the Jew everywhere. | They are, in effect, lynched by the Roumanian Goy- erriment, having committed no crime to excuse the punishment. As for the American negro, while members of his 1ace are for crime unlawfully punished by lynching by 'individuals who commit a crime in doing it, he is protected in.his life, liberty and pursuit of happi- ness better than the white peasantry in any part of Northern Europe. - He earns better wages, makes a better living, has unlimited opportunity for education, and has no lawful-limi{ upon the advancement he may make.. The Roumanian Jew would rejoice to change places with him and receive the same governmental care of his material progress and fortunes. ' In none of this is it intended to minimize the ap- palling .crime of burning negroes at the stake, but to emphasize the fact that under all American law that is a crife; while the offenses against the Roumanian Jews are'not crimes in Roumanian law, but are ef- fected by public authority. A D Sir Thomas Lipton’s recent manifestations of in- ‘terest-in airships may be taken as premonitory symp- toms that he would liké to put up a balloon-instead of a yacht as a competitor for the Ameri¢ca’s cup. — { © BRYAN FINDS A SPOOK U NDER the title,;“Beginning-to Think,” Wil- SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ! thought of; | hatred or religious bigotry. They are the rare and 4 | handled by the Demeccrats, who in seeking for WEDNESDA that those who would not protect their rights by the ballot need never expect to have them protected by force, and I had no difficulty in agree- ing with him that the Republican party is Ampotent to supply-a remedy.” It would seem that at that po:nt Bryan and the stranger embraced one another and swore eternal friendship. Of that, however, the Commoner says nothing, and. Bryan' goes on- to explain why the Re- publican party cannot save the nation. He says many of its best men left it in 1872, when it became cor- rupted by power; other good men left it to join ti greenback and Populist movements; still other he- roic souls left in 1896 and 1900. Then he adds: “The party, thus weakened by constant erosion; was further injured by the accession of a considerable number of gold, corporation and monopoly Democrats.” That concept of the Republican party “weakened by erosion” is one of the ep}grams Bryan will not have to copyright. No man will ever use it without quoting him as authority.- All Northern election re- turns, and even those of many of the Southern States, show that the Republican party has been in- creasing in strength almost like a rolling snowball ever since Bryan captured the Democratic machine and its attendant donkey At the present time the Republican party controls every Northern State, and would control many of the South were it not for the Bourbonism that keeps the people -of those States in the Democratic ranks, although thousands of them believe in protection and sound money and send to Congress men who are as eager to support the pro- tective tariff as are any of the Northern members. Mr. Bryan says h‘s, {riend told him there are many rich Republicans who are beginning to be, Bryan- ites, and he adds as a final touch: “It is gratifying to see that men of independent fortune are awaken- ing to the seriousness of the situation and beginning to search for a remedy for present ills.” Who could' have been the mysterious stranger who gave Mr. Bryan that “fll”? Was it a jesting drummer posing as a millionaire and talking for a josh? Was it a dream? Was'it a spook? We can- not undertake to decide, but one thing is certain: When Mr. Bryan reads the election returns in No- vember he will find that his thought of a' Republican party weakened by erosion was very far from*being in accord with the facts. l Amid all our prosperity it appears there is one place under the flag that has a right to kick. It is said the administration in Guam is bankrupt and the officials can’t get their salaries. The trouble is due to the fact that Congress forgot to appropriate $300,- 000'to Tun the works. J nection with ths Republican National Comit- tee has made him one of the best known politi- cal experts in the country, has recently given out a forecast of the results of the Congressional elections. His calculations are based upon information re- ceived up to October 1, and consequently are more reliable than the estimates made at the opening of the campaign. While the estimate deals with each State in de- tail, ‘it is not necessary to review the whole of it. Suffice it to say he concedes that in New England the Democrats may get as many as four Congress- men, while the Republicans will get twenty-five. New York ‘will elect twenty-five Republicans, and the Democrats ‘tiyelve. One district ‘in ‘the * State is doubtful; so Democrats may win thirteen. 'The Ohio delegation, seventeen Republicans and four Demo-. crats, will not be changed. - Illinois has now in _ the’ House cleven Democrats and eleven ~Republicans; the next House will have nine Démocrats and six- teen Republicans, the State having gained three Rep- resentatives- under the new apportionment. He esti- mates that California may elect one .Democrat, but not more.than one. Summing up the whole review he concludes the Republicans will have a majority in the next House of thirty-eight, and says: “The election not occurring until November, there may be various changes, but it does not seem possible the Republicans can be deprived of control of the next House. A very careful examination into every dis- trict, corresponding with prominent: men there, leads me to the firm conclusion that-the next House is surely Republican.” The fact that as a rule the opposition party wins in an off year does not disturb Manley. He notes that the Republicans are everywhere full of hope, courage and faith, while the Democratic party, out- side the South, is divided, fighting for a leader, and in many States is absolutely: demoralized.- Organi-, zations and harmony would under any circumstances have a big advantage in a contest with a dispirited and faction disturbed party, but this year all the ele- ments that dominate the political situation are on the side of the Republicans. - The country is prosper- ous, the people are content: They are not going to follow agitators who clamor for a change. Of the issues before the country he says: “The . Philippine question has ,been eliminated *rom the campaign. The trust question has been bunglingly a remedy for some abuses have picked out one that would destroy not orly every trust but every buysi- ness interest as well.”” Of the tariff he says: “The MANLEY’'S FORECAST. > OSEPH MANLEY of Maine, whose long con- ! people of the United States are firmly convinced that the protective tariff is the best possible measure for prosperity for the laboring man, the wage-earner and the capitalist, whether he be small or large, that can possibly be devised by man., The history of our country proves this beyond any question, for our periods of depression have-always taken place when ligm' Jentiings Bryan in a recent number of the Commoner tells in his leading article how he ‘founfi a mysterious friend on a 'railroad train, The friend was but a stranger when Mr. Bryan met him, but'he at once made himself known by saying he had been brought up in‘a Republican family. any has always voted the Republican ticket, but is now convinced that - Bryamsm is the sole hope of the country. The stranger may have ‘given <his_name,put Mr. Bryan doesn’t. ] a his income for a number .f years lfii anged” 'om‘ $10,000 to $30,000 per anmum, and 'that‘ he is cot yinced' that men of. hrge Ioflunes nc-h as J. B ‘pont Morgan; have: ‘acquired such ‘domination ovtr the people that there are but three ,omble'remed:es “First, the reiorm of nonopphsts, <o that ‘they would cease to {yrannize over their fellow ,men; second, restraining legislation; and third, revolution.” The stranger did not have faith in the reformation _of ‘monopotlists, he did not like to think of revolution, and sc he turns to Eiyan as a friend of man and a ‘sayior of the comntry. . Mr. Bryan says: “He asked"me"jf 1 could think of any other remedies and I'told him that he had' cov- ercd the ground. I agreed with Lim that while an .appeal to the conscience of the monopolist is proper and desirable, ‘it would not e fair 1o make the peo- ple rely for their safety upen the success of such an “appeal. ‘T assured him that revolutio.wis ot to bnma,zh <cotintry,” and the words, we we have bad free trade or a very low tariff, while our periods of prosperity and thrift and ‘energy and push -bave all been under high protective tariff. 'The peo- ple know this and understand it thoroughly, and they ‘will not consent to see it changed.”. While these estimates are not as high as some san- guine Republicans have made, they_ are none the less reassuring: frox their wvery - maier House will be Rewibfim The ]noplc»au ‘not’ going. to send to Congrcu a set of men whoc; ‘only policy iy ongg of de;tmymg American’ mduxtry in an’ efiort to hit an American trust: - !."Far away in the,good borough !-'Igrlnm in the city of Iww York, hves a Mtlaunof means who ination for Con- gress, and accordmgl} boight—agm rooms, intend- ing to have them carried in a parade of hms ‘sapport- ers as an gvidence that he would tha of the field. 'He did not get the nomination, and now brooms are so cheap in Har&m _that the _thrifty housewives are thinking of buyingf&am for gfil A striking evidence of the' fact that good times have brought good ieehng throughout the country is. afforded by, the fact that a candidate for Congress re- cently told a Kansas audience that anm &god Mi ) | last Monday night e a'clean sweep | ‘OCTOBER 8, 1902. OUR-RIGHT TO DEFEND JEWS OF ROUMANIA| ————— Sah Francisco, Oct. 3. Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: I am a regular reader of The Call and appreciate often its -editorials, but the one entitled in to-day’s paper ‘The Roumanian Jews" appears to me ridiculous. .The description of the so much abused Jews is exagger- ated and the wrongs done to the negroes are minimized. Just imagine a so-called reformer of inhumanity, as the United States poses: befoye the world, who allows human beings to be burnt alive. Great heaven! Where is there among the civ- ilized nations such an existing barbarous practice? We would have to go back to darkest Africa to find such brutal prac- tice. And you think that European cout- tries are wrong to cast Mr. Hay's gnote in the waste basket—as the Bible says we see a speck In ouf brothet's eye and wé do not see a moat in ours. I wonder one thing, that the civilized countries have not brought the United States to the bar -of their court for allow- ing the burning of human beings or their extermination because they are negroes ¢r Indian criminals and sometimes inno- cents \gf the inferfor races. Yours truly, - C. M. ARLINGSON. Palact Hotel. i GRAND MATRON PAYS HER LAST OFFICIAL VISIT Pleasant Gutherlng of Eastern Star Members in‘Hall of San Fran- cisco Chapter. Mrs. Clara Abbott Giberson, grand ma- tron of the Order of the “Eastern Star, raid the ‘last official visit of her term to San Francisco Chapter in Elks’ Hall. A large number of members of the order, representing all the chapters in this city, were present, as were also some from across the bay. The beautiful initiation ceremony of the organization was performed in a faultless and very impressive manner by the corps of officers, presided over by the worthy matron, Mrs. Charlotte E. Marais. Those upon whom degrees were conferred werc: W. O. Banks, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Shan- asy, Dr. Frank Shanasy, Mrs. Douglass Lindsey and Miss E. Cooper. Dr. and Mis. Walworth were admitted as mem- bers of the chapter by affiliation., 1t was annour.ced that on the night of the 20th inst. the chapter will give a social func- ticn in Golden Gate Hall. The pro- gramme will include selections by Thomas Kelly, barytone, by permission of John Mcrrisey of the Orpheum; Miss Mill Cor- rine Wildes, contralto; George Reid, ten- or; Al Hazzard, in double voice, and Charles Oliver and Ed Jewell in rag time stunts. The worthy grand matron complimented the chapter \on its rapid growth and praised the work of the officers. She also spoke of the advancement of the ordar during the Eastern Star year, which will close in a few days, and expressed the hope that the Star will continue to shine as brightly in the east as it has in the past, The other speakers of the evening were Past Grand [Patrons John H. Gray and George L. Darling, also Mrs. Dohr- man, after which C. L. P. Marais, the patron of the chapter, presented to the grand matron a gold-lined silver bonbon- niere as a souvenir of thelast but yery pieasant meetlng of her term. . PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS ELECT THEIR OFFICERS | Rev. Arthur Hicks, Sunday-School Missionary, Tells of His Work in This State. The Presbyterian Ministerial Union met vesterday - morning and- elected the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing year: Rev. H. N. Bevier, president; 'Rev.. James Hunter, vice- president, ‘and the Rev. James Woodworth, secrétary @nd treas- urer. The Rev. Arthur Hicks, Sunday school missiorary of the synod of California, which also embraces the State of Ne- vada, reported to the members that dur- int the last year he had traveled 8833 miles, made 1168 visits, delivered. 157 ad- dresses and had distributed 15,190 pages of reading matter, besides having dis- tributed many Bibles and Testaments. He fourd that in twenty counties in Cal- ifornia no religious work of any kind was being done by Presbyterians. He saw, however, that the Methodists were very active in their work at all points. ‘The Rev. Dr..John Werry, speaking of missionary work in China, told of the en- thusiasm ~of the native converts, not- withstanding the greatest persecutions. e To Safeguard Live Wires. The Supervisors' Joint Committee on | Police and Fife met yesterday to consider | the preposed ordinance regulating the | stringing of live wires. so as to reduce | the danger to the lives of linemen to a| minimum. Action was postponed until| Thursday afternoon, October 23, when 'hel report of a join: conference of linemen and interested -electrical companies will! be received. The conference will b2 held | in the office of Chief' Hewitt of the De- partment .of Electricity on a ‘date yet to be selected. ——————————— Kodak Developing. Our new process of developing kodak films is gaining patrons for us every day. Twenty-five r cent more good pictures than By the old methad. No increased cost. We retouch portraits for amateurs, make enlargements and finish pictures in every style and manner. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Kirk, Geary & Co. 112-Geary street. % —_——————— Fire Chief Sullivan on a Vacation. Chief Engineer D. T. Sullivan of the Fire Department, acting under the advice of his physician, has gone to Seigler's Springs in Lake County. Chlef Sullivan | has not been enjoying good health since | i he had an attack of pneumonia about one | year ago. During Sullivan's absence As- sistant Chief John Dougherty will take | command. He will be asststed by Battal- | jon Chief John Wills of Engine Company No. 2. AT T DU St S 5 File Thornton’s Will. The will of former Supreme Court Jus- tlce J. D. Thornton was filed for probate yesterday. It was made in May, 1888. He leaves his entire estate, which consists of $2500 in cash, a house'and lot on Jackson street and Broadway, a lot on Seven- teenth and Market streets and realty in Oakland and Fremo to his widow, Sarah F. Thornton, ——-——*———— Appointed Administratrix. Mary Cuneo, widow of Joseph Cu mo, the pioneer merchant who died -Septem-~| ber 21, leaving an estate valued at more than $1,000,000, was-appointed administra- trix of the deceased’'s estate by Judge Troutt yesterday. Her bond was fixed at $50,000. An order was also made giving | borough; U. | sis. AND THE LAW’S San Francisco, Oct. ‘ To the Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: In this morning’s issue of The Call I noticed an article headed ‘‘Concerning the Law as to the Sale of Poisons,” by one “R. F.” I wpuld like to call R. F.'s attention to the fact that he is misin- formed as to the sale of carbolic acid. There is no law in this State requiring the registration of carbolic acid. law covering poisons is found in “An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and the sale of poisons in the State of Cal- ifornia,” approved March 1 and is classified in schedules A and B All pojsons named in schedule A require proper registration, while those in sched- ule B only require the usual care in their sale—such as proper labels, inquiry as to their uses, responsibility of parties pur- chasing, ete. Carbolle acid is named in schedule B. Some druggists register carbolic acid for their own satisfaction, and T deem It wise to do so, as it was undoubtedly an oversight on the part of the framers of the pharmaey act in not placing it in schedule A, where it properly belongs. Carbolic acid is a household necessity, both for medicinal and disinfecting pur- peses and is purchased daily by thousands of persons, but no pharmacist will sell it to minors or irresponsible persons..So far as R. F. ig concerned, the District Attor- ney apd Police Judges cannot enforce a Jaw tfat does not exist. But the above named officials could be of material service to the public if they would enforce the Jaw in reference to wood alcohol, which has its place in schedule A and requires registration ac- cording to law. Still the article is, sold by grocers and palnt stores indiscrimin- ately without registration, and is as dead- Iy as carbolic acld. Very respectfully, = . HUBACHEK, Ti Third street. PERSONAL MENTION. 7T. C. Gorrie, a mining man of James- town, is at the Lick. J. D. Wadsworth, a merchant of Santa Rosa, is at the Russ. D. S. Rosenbaum, a banker of Stock- ton, is registered at the Palace. J. M. Vance, a well known lumberman of Eureka, is registered at the Lick. ‘W. H. Clary of Stockton is in this city on business and is staying at the Lick. D. H. McKewen, a prominent mining man of Tuolumne, is stopping at the Russ. Harry D. C. Richards, a well known mining man of New York, is at the Ocei- dental. M. H. de Young, wife and four daugh- ters returned from an extended tour of Europe yesterday. ‘W. J. Nelson, a mining man of Los An- geles, is in town for a few days and is stopping at the Grand. V. W: Van Arnsdale, a well known lumberman of McCloud, is heré on busi- ness and is registered at the Palace. A. A. Phelps, a well known business man of Watertown, N. Y., is here on a business trip and is stopping at the Russ. D. H. Burnham, who was supervising architect and director of works at the Chicago World's Fair, is touring the coast and has made his headquarters at the Palace. e BT L L e Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—The following Cal- ifornians have arrived: From San Fran- cisco—Mrs. J. Garten, at the Grand Union; W. Hanson and wife, at the Albe- marle; Mrs. A. Ashborne, at the Murray Hill; M. A. Champlin, at the Bartholdi; J. Dickie, at the Grand; Mrs. H. V. Lans- dale, at the Holland; J. Thompson, at the Hoff- man; G, P. Curtis, M. B. Stortzman. at the Imperial; W. E. Lester, at the Savoy; K. B. Lichtenstein and wife, at the Plaza; A. L. Young, at the Herald Square. San Diego—J. L. Clarke, at the Marl- 8. Grant, at the Manhattan; M. Halcomb, at the Park Avenue. Los Angeles—F. W. King, at the Man- hattan; G. F. Valiant and wife, at the Continental. z ol e i . Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: ‘Willard—R. A. Wise and wife, San Fran- cisco; Dr. M. M. Lewis and wife, Los An- geles. e Draftsmen and Engineers Wanted. The United States Civil Service Com- missior invites attention to the scientific and technical examinations to be held on October 21, as a result of which it is ex- pected . that certificates will be made to fill positions in the departmental and Philippine services. A request has been réceived from the Philippine Civil Service Board for ' architectural draftsmen for positions paying $1400 to $1600 per annpm, and for electrical engineers at the s salaries. On November 11, 12 and 13 an- other examination will be held for the po- sition of deck officer, Coast and Geodetic Survey, in which position there are at present three vacancies. Persons who de- sire to compete should apply to the United States Civil Service Commission, ‘Washington, D. C., for nécessary appli- cation forms, which should be filed with the commission. ————————— Deputy Tax Collector Tuttle Dies. O. L. Tuttle, a deputy in the Tax Col- lector’s office, died yesterday morning at his home, 53 Hayes street, from paraly- Tuttle had been ill for some time the result of injuries received in an acei- dent. He leaves a wife and child. —_————— Bookkeeper Leavy IIl. Leonard 'S. Leavy, hookkeeper in the Board of Public Works, Is lying seriously ill at his home. The attending physicians have been unable to diagnose the disease, but entertain small hopes for Leavy's re¢ covery. ;. The | A. S. Tubbs and wife, J. D. Harvey, | [FISHERMEN ARE ARRAIGNED BY A NAVIGATOR Editor of The San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: Exterminafe the seals? Never! I heartily concyr with the Hon George M. Bowgrs of West Virginia, United States Fisk Commissioner, when he makes the above forceful statement. But exter- minate the fishermen? Yes. They who block the only entrance to the rivers ¢raining the great valleys of the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin. . With their nets reaching from shore to shore, the whole length of the Straits of Carquinez, how is it possible for a salmon to escape to feed the seals. Navigation is continually blocked during the fishing season at this place and an illustration is no exaggera- tion, where is shows. the numerous fish- ing boats and nets blocking the entire channel. All vessels are compelled to run dangerously close to the shore and warehouses to avoid these nets, and when captains of sailing and steam ves- selz request these grasping fishermen to make room for navigation they are an- swered with curses and sometimes shots, accompanied with flourishing revolvers. I'say no, do not exterminate the seals, but compel the fishermen to comply with the laws in regard to leaving the channel open and give the seals a chanceé to get an cceasional salmon. Respectfully yours. CAPTAIN EUGENE P. RIDEOUT. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The Postoffice Department to-day ammounced: Postof- fices established: Washington—Summer- side, Snohomish County. Send mail fo# Deer Creek, Placer County, California (summer pcstoffice now closed), to True- kee, Cal., instead of Tahoe, as heretofore announced. Postmasters commissioned: ‘Washington—John H. Kelly, Summerside. Fourth-class Postmaster appointed: ‘Washington—Charles H. Campbell, AlKki, Whitman County, vice William M. Pin- ney, resigned. These pensions were granted to-day: California: Original—Napoleon 3. Kirt- ley, Ukiah, $8. Widows, minors and de- pendent relatives—Peter Chappell, San Franciseo, $10; Benigo Pico, San Fernan- do. $12; E. O. Carson, Sisson, $10; Wil- liam S. Smith, Soldiers” Home, Los An- geles, $12 (Mexican War); Charles E. Craig, San Diego, $0 (war with Spain). Oregon: Original—Thomas T. Struble, Portland, $6; John W. Henricks, Hood River, $6. Washington: Increase, reissue, etc.— John Glaspey, Pullman, $12; Francis M. Cox, Cleelum, $12; Gilbert M. Ward, Shel- ton, $8; Albert Calidd, Fishers, 38 (war with Spain). A navy order announces that Lieuten- ant W. W. Bush is detached from the Union Iron Works to the Wyoming. Army orders announce that Captain Ed- ward D. Sinks, assistant surgeon, now in San Francisco, will go to the General ‘Hospital, Fort Bayard, New Mexico, for treatment. These patents were issued to-day: Cal- ifornia—George E. Allen, San Francisco, coat and hat lock; John A. Brines, Fres- no, sawing apparatus; Dora 8. Daily, San Francisco, hook and eye; Albert J. Far- mer, assignor of two-thirds to J. P. Hal ler and C. P, Hale, San Francisco, Lsh splitting and cleaning machin2; Fergus Ferguson, Santa Resa, garment sup- porter; W. N. Best, Los Angeles, and Robert W. Gibson, Palestine, Tex., as- signors of one-half to J. Fb. and E. Best, Quincyy Hl., preumatic sand flue and net- ting cléaner; George G. and A. G. Guen- ther, Los Angeles, locking deviee for mo- tor eontrollers: Andrew Haug, -assignor to A. R. Clary, San Franeisco, separable fastener; White W. M. Hickey, San Fran- cisco, massaging machine: same, gold separator; Charles J. Holmes, San Fran- cisco, manufacturing artificial fuel; Joel Lund, assignor of onme-half to F. C. H. Miller, San Francisco, boring implement; Maxwell McNutt, San Francisco, safety carriage pole and neck yoke; Johm P. Murdock, San Diego, fountain .attachment for pens; Robert Scott, San Jose, quick- silver furnace: John J. Seeman, assignor of one-half to L. E. Porter, Barstow, chain wrench; Edward J. Sharp, Alham- bra, oil burner; Charles W. Sievert, Los Angeles, ofl burner; Ferdinand A. Smith, Los Angeles, lawn rake; Henry A. Smith, Los Angeles, padlock; John W. Staneart, San Frandisco, apparatus for exposing beds of water courses and copveymg ma- terial therefrom; Elliot Steinhauser, Wat- sonville, assignor to Armour & Co., Chi- cago, advertising device. ‘Washington—Theodore Johnson and C Jacobson, assignors of one-third to O. J. Sund, Chinook, apparatus for use in rais- ing wrecks; Louis J. Sticklin, Chehalis, lid controlling device. Collarbone Broken by a Fall. Samuel Mc€ullough, = butcher residing at 388 Capp street, was thrown out of a cart_at the cormer of Twenty-fourth and Howard streets yesterday .forenoon and sustained a fracture of the collarbone. ——e et Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* { Townsend’s California Glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, In artistic fire-etched hoxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. €39 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * | Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230’ Cali- fernia street. Telephone Main 1042 f Geol“h fruit-growers are claiming that the peach. crop of their State ylelds more money to the producers than does the cot- ton crop. e ——— The favorite for restoring life and color to the hair is Parker's Hair Balsam. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. 1jcts. her $:000 a month as a family allowance. oo o ADVERTISEMENTS. ————— e e DANDFUYF CAUSED BY A GERM ‘Arnhmmyrmmu-mqem d and Prevents Baldness. ! Putt n all the hair preparations drfl%v home merit in allaying s el i only one uses dan- falling and hulneu and that fie:}{rg; gt: cfiufi. rm—c.nq that its W sea.ir down to e:é: fi?fl. white ess 1t Is des ml stopping of evb roa Eeppicids kilts oo troy the cause, you remove \ “When Knighthood on m&mfiy Call’s fiction list. Standard Novcls oithe Day Pree With the Sunday Call. i “'!he Autocrats,” by Charles K. Lush, completed in next Sun- ! 'day’s Call, is the strongest novel of the political and social life of to- day that has ever been published. By purchasing last Sunday’s Call and next Sunday’s Call you have this story free. ““Alice of Old Vincennes,” by Maurice Thompson, begins in the Sunday Call on October 19. The most charming heroine of modern fiction. The strongest story of love and war, hatred, frhmhhip and revenge that has appeared for many a day. “The Gentleman From Indiana,” by Booth Tarkington, wfl! be published later. This is the story that made the name of its author ‘Was in Flower,” by Charles Major, is also i “The Leopard’s Spots,” by Thomas Dixon Jr., is a study of the racial problem that has awakened more discussion than any other similar work of fiction. “The Gospel of Judas Iscariot,” bymmhtm'u,a a book of religious flavor that is proving one of the sensations of the day. Allolthen.ndnny-m equally good, to be announced - later, will be published under the Sunday Cail’s I new literary policy. known as one of the best writers of fiction in this generation.