The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1902, Page 4

4 J ! The e Call L] MONDAY................~...OCTOBER 20, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprielor. R L S SO SUSS P Addml All communications to W. S. LEAKE, Munagcr. TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CAI.L The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE. ..Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DAZLY CALL (including Sunday). one year... DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 6 months. . DAILY CALL (including Sundey), 3 months. “DAILY CALL—By Single Month. TUNDAY CALL, One Year.. VEEKLY CALL, One Year. STATEMENT CF CIRCULATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Month of September. 1902. September 1.. 60,420/ September 14.. 60,680 September 2.. 61,340| September 17.. 60,140 September 3.. €0,560 September 18.. 60,510 | September 4.. 60,300 September 19.. 60,170 | September 5.. 60,520 September 20.. = 60,150 September 6.. 60,410 September 21.. 71790 September 7.. 72,090 September 22.. 60,305 September S.. 60,900 September 23.. 60,610 September 9.. 61,130 September 24.. 60,050 September 10.. 60,110 September 25 60,250 September 11.. 60,180 September 26 60,730 September 12.. 60,870 September 27.. 60,470 September 13.. 61,180 September 28.. 72,250 September 14.. .71,130 September 20.. 60,400 September 15.. 60,360 September 30.. 61,430 BB S 5 gehs sS v dinds o iR abns e r s DB STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO—ss. On this 18th of October, 1902, personally appeared be- fore me, William T. Hess, a Notary Public in and for the City end County aforesaid, W. J. MARTIN, who being sworn ac- cording to )aw declarcs that he is the Business Manager of the San Francisco Call, & @aily newspaper pubiishcd in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, and that there were printed and distributed during the month of September, 1902, one million eight hundred and sixty-one thou- | sand eight hundred and thirty-five (1,861,835) copies of the | said newspaper, which number divided by thirty (the number | of days of issue) gives an average daily circulation of 62,061 coples, W. J. MARTIN. Subscribed amd sworn to before me this 18th day of Octo- ber, 1902 W. T. HESS, Notery Public in and for the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State of California, - WALL STREET SMILES AGAIN. HE close of last week was much more cheer- T ful than its opening, and was characterized by an almost complete reversal in conditions in Wall street, which for the past few weeks has been the center to which all financial and commercial eyes in the country—and in Europe, for that matter— have been directed. The practical settlement of the coal strike lifted a vast load off the market, which immediately responded by a substantial advance all along the line, with 2 pronounced buoyant tone. Supplemental to this improvement was that occa- sioned by the announcement of Secretary Shaw that he would purchase more bonds, thus releasing about $20,000,000 for circulation, which is considered ample to carry the country through the critical period of moving the crops. Under this additional amelioration rates for money, both time and call. eased off, and funds again became available in quantities to suit-and at reasonable rates of ingerest. A further bullish fea- ture was the announcément that the very large crops of wheat, oats and corn would put some $1,795,000,- 000 into the pockets of the American farmers this fall, to say nothing of sundry other important farm staples, such as hay, flax, barley, potatoes, dairy products, which will swell this immense sum by about §$360,- 000,000. Of course such figures iean continued pros- perity, especially as the country’s bank clearings still show a marked gain over the corresponding’ time: last year, the increase last week being 19.3"per.‘cent, and the railroad earnings an increase of 3.9 per cent over 1901 and 10.9 per cent over 1900. The failures, too, in spite of the stormy period in Wall street, were only 206, against 229 for the same week .m 190: With these figures in their hats it is no ‘wénder that ‘the operators and speculators in Wall street should turn bulls. The public resumed buying, and sev- cral syndicates, which had had their heads in the sand for several weeks, ventured to withdraw- them and look about once more. These syndicates, it is under- stood, will now go ahead and develop; some large business. Prospective ‘pools, which were held back until the money market became more settied, are being reorganized for 2 bull campaign, and altogether the tone of the street has very much improved, during the past week. Conservative interests, how- ever, which are now in control of the street, are not disposed to lose their heads because the situation is | clearer, and while advising caation to others are practicing it themselves and restraining the over- | sanguine from again rushing in too heavily. But there is 2’ general feeling all along the line that the shake-up has cleared the market of a good deal of superfiuous and dead matter which has been a handi- cap to business, and placed the stock and money markets on 2 much sounder and safer basis. As far as the staples are concerned, there is little | new to report. Prices as a rule are firm, and with the exception of cotton, hides and leather,” .there are no declines worthy of note. . The tendency in cereals has been distinctly upward, and provisions have more than held their own, stocks of all cured meats being remarkably scarce all over the countly Wool _is still quoted firm, with 2 good buying demand from manufacturers, while clothing and boots and shoes are reported in good condition, with liberal orders booked ahead. The iron trade is showing more tone in consequence of, the settlement of the coal strike though 2 good many Eastern furnaces are still banked up. The jobbers and retailers all over the country - are gendmg in reports of an increasing fall trade, with fine prospects for the holidays, the best reports. coming in from west of the Alleghanies. In fact, the 1 trade situation to-day is as good as it has ever been in the United States, as far as visible indications g0. The Pacific Coast situation remains about as it was last week. The feature at the moment is ‘the femarkable stréngth in farm products, almost every- thing in this line being on the up grade, with a lzrge demand. "It seldom happens that so many kinds of farm produce are advancing as at present. There seems to be mo satisfying the, demand for wheat, barléy, oats, corn, rye, beans, hops.and sundry other ficld products, while the markets for canned fruits and vegetables and dried fruits are in excellent shape for growers and sellers. -This is 2 fine year for farmers. The reason is that the State was largely | overfigured last spring and crops are not as immense as anticipated at that time, while the consumptive demand is turning out larger. . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1902. HISTORIC FACTS A 'THE FRIGATES PRCTECTION AND LABOR. b ONGRESSMAN METCALF opened his ‘ * canvass by:a speech at Alamada on:Saturday night which skillfully blended a discussion of national issues with the controversy the Democrats are trying to raise between capital and labor. Within a brief space by a rapid review of some of the sahent facts of American legislation the speaker showed the- relations which Republican policies' bear ' to labor p}nblems and how completely every important thing that has been done for workingmen in this country is due to Republican statesmanship. Referring to the records of the two parties on labor questions Mr. Metcalf said: “If it is a question of comparison between the Republican and the Demo- cratic parties the laboring man will find that twenty Republican States to ten Democratic States have enacted laws creating labor bureaus. He' can learn that there are twenty-one Republican States to three Democratic States that have passed laws requiring inspection of factories. There have been: sixteen Re- publican States to 'six Democratic ‘States that have made laws,creating an eight-hour day. And there is the record of eleven Republican States to three Dem- ocratic States that have enacted legislation to pro- hibit the sale of convict-made goods. And above all the Republican party has advocated and passed nearly every national measure which has had the in- terest’ of labor at hcart The Republican party stopped the coolie trade. The Republican party caused the inspection of steam vessels. The Republican party abrogated involuntary servitude. In March, 1886, every vote opposed to the alien contract labor law was Democratic. Every vote against the bill to prohibit the contract employment of United States convicts was Democratic.” In addition to what the Republican party has done especially for workiagmen there remains the great policy of protection, which, designed for the benefit of the whole mass of the people, has carried prosper- ity to workingmen as well as to capitalists. . Mr. Metcalf pointed out that during the low tariff period, from 1893 to 1897, more than 3,000,000 men were thrown Jout of :mplcyment The distress of those vears is still remembered in many a household. The first effort: of the Republican party when it was re- turned to power by the election of McKinley was to revive industry by the restoration of the protective system, and the results are now manifest in the pros- perity which prevails in every section of the Union. Were there, then, no_other question at stake than that of the wages of labor the Republican party could rightly claim an indorsement from the people. The Democratic party certzinly has never done anything in the interests of labor. that is at all commensurate with what has been done by the¢ Republican party, In fact, the dominant principle of Republicanism is the advancement of American industry, and the cause of American industry is naturally and inevit- ably the cause of American labor. Dealing with the problems of the campaign in a large way, Mr." Metcalf did not say much of him- self, nor was it at all necessary that he should. His tecord in' Congress is known to all of his'constituents who take a sufficient interest in public affairs to fol- low intelligently the career of their Representative in Congress. He has served two terms in the House and has achieved there already so much influence as to receive an appointment to the Ways and Means Committee, a position to which the ablest men in the House aspire. He has succeeded in maintaining all the special interests of his: disttict and in procuring for it appropriations for important work. The people of the Third District have learned by experience the folly of changing their Representa- tive in the House simply for the sake of change. They have learned also the wisdom of keeping at his post a man of tried fidelity and known efficiency. Mr. Metcalf's influence among the members of the House will increase with the lengthening of his ser- vice. He will be a more potent factor in the next Congress than. in the present one. His position on the Ways and Means Committee not only gives him power to serve his district and the State with'a greater advantage than any new mar could have, but it also puts him in line for further promohon He has tiow a place 'where he commands the atten- tion of the leaders of the House, and, being a man of marked strength of character, with a_notablé ca- pacity: for making and retaining fneudsmps, he is cer- tzin to become in the near future one of the most | eminent authorities in the House. Such a Represen- tative will be of distirguished service to the nation and to the State, and the Third District will have a prestige in Congress of which it may be justly proud. There is no question in the district of Mr. Met- calf’s re-election, but his constituents should not be satisfied’ with that. They should see to it that he gets 4 majority that will do justice to the intelligence of the district. They should try to make it unani- mous, or at least resolve to make it so big thatMthe minority will not signify anything more than the ex- istence in that district. as elsewhere, of the normal | number of habitual kickers who are as much dis- posed to find fault with prosperity as with adversity. B e — The strike of the coal miners in France threatens to become international, for the leader of the Miners’ Federation has called for assistance from the miners of Germany, Belgium and Great Britain. If the for- eign miners refuse to mine coal for shipment to France it is going to be pretty cold in Paris this winter. i e — THAT UNITED STATES SENATOR HE people had not considered a duality of re- sponsibility in electing a Governor until they I were reminded of it by Mr. Andrew Furuseth. He asked votes for Mr. Lane on one ground only, , | and that was the possibility that he might have the appointment of a United States Senator. What put that into Mr. Furuseth’s head? On the face of it it looks as if he had consulted with Mr. Lane in the matter. What Mr. Furuseth’ says to laboring men is of weight. No one can justly mini- mize his influence with them. He is a well seasoned and thoroughly weathered adviser, in whom they put deserved confidence. It is not thinkable that when he reminded them that in voting for Lane they were possibly voting directly for a United States Senator, and possibly for two Senators, so that the vote for Lane was really for three men instead of for one only, he did it in excitement, for he is unexcitable. No man in public life in San Francisco is more miethodical in all he does than he. He never uses means that are nct adapted to the end he seeks. His - cvery word is weighed, and he is an excellent judge of human nature and is a past master in reading the men whom he sways. Did Lane promise to appoint him Senatqr’ There vwould be propriety in such an appointment irom Mr. i Lane’s campaign standpoint. If he did not promise to appomt Furuseth did he 1 promise not to appoint Phelan? The people who are asked to elect Lane ‘because of his potency in appointing a: Senator want information. Mr. Furuseth raised this issue, and voters look to him ard Lane to satisfy the curiosity that has been excited. Looked at from' the standpoint of natural politics Lane will go with his party and will appoint Phelan, if that duty fall to him. If thé State go Democratic now and Lane have nc appointment during his term | the holdover Democratic Senators will be for Phelan. The ex-Mayor is the only candidate of his party for the first vacancy in the Senate. - If Lane ' become ‘Governor and. .have a Senator to x}ppmnt we say without hesi- tation that he will appoint Phelan. = We do not be- lieve that he will dare deny this. . Nor do we believe that Mr, Furuseth will dare to say that Lane has promised him not to appoint Phelan. The people want to know what is going on.. F\mx- seth’s declaration is easily the most interesting' that | has come from that side since Lane was nominated. The gnashing of his cnemies’ liver by Livernash and | the dimpled and amiable platitudes of - Mr. Lane hlmsclf are nothing" to’ it. As the sailors say of their | meat, it “has chaw in it.” "It is solid and substan- tial, and it was not told in a dream nor in a fit of stage fright or oratorical buck fever. Mf. Furuseth | i rattled. He speaks always for'a purpose. If he handles the tongue of a ready talker and never gets i know ‘Lare’s Senatorial intentions will he teli what | MACEDONIAN, THE'LAST OF THE FRIGATES BEARING THAT NAME, WHICH SERVED AS ‘A TRAINING SHIP® DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE FIRST MACEDONIAN WAS A BRITISH VESSEL CAPTURED BY AMER- ICANS DUB!NG THE WAR WITH ENGLAND. J x it A N interesting story was published recently in New York City, stating that the deck-house of the former British frigate Macedonian is being utilized as a hotel at City Island. This relic, the article stated, consists of about forty'feet of the spar deck, upen which stands the deck- 3d . ers, at Birmingham, have declared a dividend of 10 peF cent, an improvement on the previous year, when no dividend could be paid, as the total profits amounted to only $1700. Unprofit- able navy contracts, due to accidents and other causes, accofint for- the bad showing of the previous year. Shipbujlding combi. Stephen Decatur. It served for a number serviceable. and the first Macedonian was broken up in active service until 1852, when she was .until the outbreak of the Civil War, when 1874 and broken up. It is evident from the tention. ‘would have been expended in labor on the . . . nominated *“Effective Fighting Ships, house, .and was brought there in 1874. This story, however, is based on erroneous.assumptions, for it is not borme out by facts. The original Macedonfan was captured October 25, 1812, - by the American frigate United States, under the command of ship ‘and Jater as a receiving ship at Norfolk until no longar In 1832 the ship was condemned and the keel of & new Mae¢donlan was laid. This frigate was launched in 1836 frigate sailed on her first cruise October 11, 1837, and continued into a sloop of twenty-two guns, a reduction of fourteen guns. [This change necessitated ihe removal of her poop-deck. Under ‘her changed conditions the ship served in various capacities to the Naval Academy as a practice ship and finally sold in the official records that the Macedonian Hotel at City Island is a very doubtful relic of the British frigate Macedonian. It is, however, an error easily to fall into and largély due to the practice of continuing names of ships that have become fa- mous frem which succeading namesakes receive unmerited at- The Havana floating dnck recently sefiou:lfidlmued will be taken to the Pensacola navy yard for repairs. first intended to have the work done at Havana, but the Cu- bans were annoyed at the presence of this symbol of United States authority in Havana harbor, and in deference to this feeling the dock will be taken away and with it a large sum of money will be lost to the sensitive Cubans which otherwise Brassey’s Annual contains itemized lists of what are de- Built: and Building,” of system of giving out of years as a store- in 1835. The second razed and converted she was turned over foregoing resume of battleships, 10 large It was at island. ly in hand. ships that are far from effective. years ago, and the same criticism applies called torpedo gunboats. strong Company at Elswick, in addition to ANSWERS 10 QUERI:S he knows about them? Wiil he say whether Phelan’s zppointment is in the wind and whether it would be Iagreeab!e to him? Mr. Phelan has friends and they | are concerned in this. They are guarding for him every avenue to the Senate, and as Mr. Furuseth in- sists that Lane is an ayenue they want to treat him as a fairway if they can. e ——— About the saddest,story on record comes from' a village in New York.to the effect that the. villagers mistook a carload of - criished storte for | coal,and passed a good part of one mght in filling sacks with the stones and packing them in the darkness to their homes under the impression they were laying in a winter supply of chestnut coal. e —— NATIONAL PROBLEMS, HANCELLOR ANDREWS of the Univer- ‘ sity of Nebraska has been’so frequent a de- claimer against many of the tendencies of American life that he has been widely looked upon as a pessimist. Indeed, fears have been felt in some quarters that heé” would degenerate into a common | scold and lose all: influence with intelligent men. Much of this bad repute is- undeserved. - In his re- cent address to the students of the. university on the opening of the ‘fall term he declared himself em- phatically among the most sanguine optimists of the country, and while he did not deny . that” scrious: problems conifront the people he asscned an un- shaken conviction that the common sense of the ma- jority would duly solve them all and solve them right. The croaker and calamity howler said Dr. Andrews is quite right in saying that evils exist and that they are grave, but he is wrong when he~intimates a fear that there is no remedy for them. “Unless the sun rises to-morrow we shall be dead men, but it will rise. If the summer does not succeed winter we shall starve, but it will succeed. If Mammon goes on gaining worshipers, if legislation waxes more and [more corrupt, if disregard for constitutional guaran- tees increases; if these -and similar wrongs grow in rankne<s. then in that case no doubt the republic as we ‘have known it and loved it will cease to exist. If patriotism, courage and common sense have left the American people our Government cannot re- main free, but those qualities have not left us.” Summing up this portion of his address the chan- ‘cellor said: “When you know thoroughly one of these abuses, its nature and bearing, separating evil from good, then dencunce it as vehemently as you will. Truest patriots will echo your tirade, unless you put a tone of despair into it; but if you do that vou and your coterie will have to how} alone. Pro. claim if you care to that the body politic is ill with a complication of dangerous diseases. We agree. But if you call the body politic a corpse, we shall' make of you another.” Perhaps these words may make that distinguished | Nebraskan, Mr. Bryan, squirm, but we may be sure | they met a warm response from the ardent youtl® of the university, and that they more truly represent the sentiment of Nebraska than do ‘the frequent utter- ances of the State’s perennial candidate for the Democratic nomination to the Presidency. One of the notable features of the address was the statement that the evils of the country are due not to the existence of too large a class of rich men, but because the number of wealthy men is not large enough. “The remedy for this state of things lies not in extirpating trusts; which I deem an impossibility, | but in letting them, under due oversight, go on mul- | tiplying ‘wealth. The domineering power now pos- sessed by wealth in this country arises not from its abundance but from its paucity. The, independently wealthy are too few for the public good, not too many. They are so few that they form a clique, easily acting in common, as they have been tempted and almost forced to do by the perverse disposition of many to treat every man of considerable wealth as a blackguard or a criminal. Multiply wealth and they will break into different camps. * * * Opinion and action cannot be free in any community till it contains great numbers of citizens independently well off, so that they can champion unpopular ideas and causes without fear of the poorhouse.”’ It is, then, in the democratic play of competition and free rivalry that Dr. Andrews expects to find the solution of every evil that now seems to threaten the welfare of the people. Increase of wealth does not imply that the American people are going to fall into vassalage under a plutocracy, but that there is to be fuller freedom of speech and'action than ever before. Or, as the chancellor put it: “The nation’s past, great as it is, will be surpassed in splendor by the nation’s future. Let patriots look up and renew their oath -of allegiance.” Richard Harding Davis has bought 200 acses of land in Connecticut, and it is said he will convert it into a model farm. He has already planted a golf | links and purposes'to set out various other agncul- tural novelties derived from his prolonged study in the way of cultivating historical romances. - At the coming agricultural fairs in Connecticut we may ex- pect to hear that the crops of hu farm have taken '.he prize for daisies. No one has ever tried to estimate how many, poets. there are in Great Britain, but one authority says London :luna Eas upward of 3000 dramatists and they send m to thg “theater ma.nageru nearly | #f 10,000 plays every year TROLLEY—F. P. A,, City. The voltage of an electric car trulley wire is usually five hundred. 'COKRECT EXPRESSION—A. R. B, ity. The correct expression is ‘‘between not “between you and L™ € you and me,” ETIQUETTE—L. M. A, Virginia City, Nev. If a lady gives a reception to her friends it is their duty to call on the host- ess after that event, and not for. the hostess to call on those who were her guests. FREEZE OUT—T. H. C., City. Ifina game of freeze out A bets after the draw, B calls him and A throws down his hand, saying it is dead and B shows two pairs, B has the right to have A show his hand. ARMY AND NAVY—Subscriber, City. If you will g0 to the reference room of the free public library and consult the ‘World almanac for the current year that will give you the standing of the army and navy of each of the nations asked about. THE CANAL-J. 8., City. McCloud, Cal. This department has no mehns of ascertaining what the United States Gov. ernment would do if it favored elther of the isthmian canal routes, but if it does, tb% work will be started without' delay rushed to completion. COLUBA CHILDREN—S.. City. The first white child born in the county of Colusa, Cal., was the daughter of U. P. Monroe, who lived at Monroeville, at the mouth of Stony Creek. The first white boy born in that county was Frank Vin- cent, who was born in Colusa. FRUIT AND VEGETAfiLE—A. R. M., City. Vegetable in the fullest sense in- cludes everything that is produced by seed. In a limited sense it is used to des- ignate those products of the earth, plant or tree, that are used for culinary pur- poses. Fruit is the vegetable product in eral that is fit to be used by men and animals. The line of .demarkation be- tween fruit and vegetables as these terms ‘'are generally employed is a- very fine one, as it has never been fully defined. For instance, there is a diversity of epin- fon as to whether the tomato and the melon are fruit or -vegetable. Possibly some reader of this department may be le tc tell the correspondent how to dis- ish fruit from vegetable. FLOUR P'ASTE—E. G. 8., Liven Cal. The best paste for genera limly wheat flour beaten into ¢ to perfect smoothness and the brought to a boil, while | The ships are rated in three classes, and, faulty as this sys- tem is, it is still further deceptive in that the list contains This is especlally apparent in the battleships of the third class, which Include’ coast-defense ships. Eight of the English ships under this classification were built thirty-two to thirty-five years ago; six French ships, while not so far advanced In years, are known to e useless for any fighting purposes, and three Russian coast-defenders, including the two' circular ironclads, are only fit for the scrap-iron pile. Among the cruisers:there are numerous vessels unfit for sea, yet they are rated at the trials speeds of twenty to twenty-five A aividend of 15 per cent has been declared by the Arm- is being carrted-over from the last year's profits as a surplus o be utilized for improveménts if found necessary. Laird’s Broth- 2 e e France twelve years is of 7020 t« fine ships, the latter as much as they are to a number of so- rines. which about $200,000 of two to ten years. acid, will prevent insects from attacking it and preserve it (if kept in covered ves- sels) for years. Should it get too hard it may be softened with water. FLEAS—A, B, City. If the house in ‘which you live is Infested with fleas it is suggested that yqu sprinkle the with a mixture of the following, aplied with an atomizer. irass and four. ounces of alcohol, well shaken before used. It is said that the leaves of the eucalyptus strewn over the ficors will drive away fleas. ‘WATER—Enq., City. The human body contains about 3% per cent in its struc- ture and a iarge additional amount of the elements of water in its . ultimate composition, nearly 73 per cent altogether. ‘This plentiful fluid is the great menstruum and solvent of nature, and is absolutely essential to the processes of organic life. A healthy average man takes directly into his system, either by drinking or in its natural combination with food, about six pounds of water daily, vhlch réplaces an equal amount excreted from the system in that time. When the waste floors | Two ounces of ofl of | pennyroyal, two ounces of oll of sassa-! is excessive, as in profuse perspiration, the supply must be correspondingly great, and the physical sensation of thirst is a warning that waste is exceeding the supply. A man may live for many days without food, but five days: is set down by authorities as the limit of possible existence without water. Warning to Voters. The Petaluma Argus, issue of October 16, publishes an address reproduced below, under the caption: “Warning to Voters— |- Reasons Why Assembly Copstitutional Amendment No. 28 Should be Defeated by the Electors of California’: To the Eelectors of Petaluma and Vieinity— Greeting: The Board of Trustees of the city of Petaluma, at the request of the League of California Municipalities and the lmeh.l com- mittee of the San Francisco r ada their voice to the ot _Super- voters in an ap- lfld.lhoufllth‘ ition. e Svmise ot ites r-tw- Rallroad Founl—-?imdutrvn “municipal mu, of nuh—n interferes with local self-govern- muxm-'m — "‘l"‘" in the now p-vt.d' gluu blic pul :m—u takes away from local "'m_ ] 1-.3”‘—3; is an mflpflu can be secured by nations are not likely to develop in .ureat Britaln to any alarming extent so as to hamper the British admirailty, as the contracts virtually precludes a combination to raise prices. The admiralty estimates what it will cost,to build certain ships and then selects from its list such firms. as are qualified to build the-various types of war craft. or engine builders seleéted are them-invited to accept comtracts for Hull and machinery, or both, at the Admiraity’s figures, modified to meet conditions of the several sections of the eoun- try; and by this system ruinous competition is avoided. In the event of a declination of builders, or a combination to ebtain higher prices, the Governmeént can resort, as a4 counter-remedy, to the construction of ships in its own' dockyards. The ship * "The German naval programme -of 1900 is being carried out more rapidly than anticipated, and according to the progress made up to the present time, may be completed by. 1919, or six years in advance of the original plan. consist of 38 battleships, 20 large cruisers; 45 small cruisers and sixteen divisions of torpedo boats—§1 of the latter. al ships, 11 battleships, 8 lurge cruisers, 16 small-cruisers and 23 torpedo boats werg to be buflt, and during the same perfod 17 By 191§ the navy was to Of addition- cruisers, 29 small cruisers and 68 torpédo boats were to be replaced with new vessels. Taking the in- crease and replacing of the several classes of vessels as con- templated in comparison with what will have been done up to 1903, the resuits are as follows: Battleships to build, 4; actually begun, 7; large cruisers to build, 2; begun, 3; small cruisers to be bullt, 4; laid down, This shows an increase over the programme of 3 battleships, 1 large cruiser, 4 small cruisers and 4 torpedo boats. - The actlvity in battleship building is.especially One-fourth of the total number will be disposed of during the 8; terpedo boats; 12 to bulld and 1§ actual- significant. e ¢ the programme, leaving 2L to the seven principal naval powers, The battleships and cruisers g:"- Pr;:f", ed“:;: d‘:. o me"‘ R . folbstaeh” eews, are given in three ciasses, summarized as follows: R e e i D aaiiicmal’ bt { Tor- taleships. will, be allowed mnext year, thus’ making it 2 Battleships. Cruleers.. (pedo} o . possible to complete the programme by 1910. The progress i (]2 |3 Towl.| 1] 2|8 Tow, haun! BN made In bulldng of ships is followed with a correspondtig in- ‘ - —. —- crease of the personnel, of which 200 commissioned officérs'have e (0w “ e [735 | 20 been added since 1900, and the total force, which was 2K in A1 NS % | 3 190, now numbers nearly 33,509. g § lb A 25 Jl 2 3 h A 1 - i “ 1 glila Japan Is said to have purchased from Chile the battleship 2| 16 5| ll 21 17 o4 2 8 fii 10 8| 24 2 3+ Capitan Prat and the armored crulser Esmeralda. The Capi- tan Prat is only 6900 tons displacement, and was built In ago at a cost of $1,955,000. The Esmerulda and was Luilt in 189 at Elswick. They are both having a trial speed of 22.8 knots, but the reported price to be paid for them is undoubtedly largely exas- gerated, as the Prat’s purchase price is given at 33,125,000 that of the Esmeralda at $2,500,000, which would be about twice 1 worth. . It is stated in high naval circles in Madrid that within the next eight years Spain will bufld twelve armored ships, elght speedy cruisers, seventy-seven torpedo boats and ten subma- The present navy consists of one battleship, four.ar- mored cruisers, nine cruisers, seventeen gunboats and eleven, torpedo craft. The larger number of the fighting ships preper are either obsolete or in course of completion, covering perfods PERSONAL MENTION: Judge T. C. Law of Merced is a guest at the Lick. James Lee, a cattie dealer or Los Gatos, is.at the Russ..: F. E. Poole, a railroad man of mo. i3 registered at the Russ. A. J. T. Reynolds, a fruit grower of ‘Walnut Grove, is at the Lick. - Rev. H. A. Ramsey of Sacramento Is at the Russ, accompanied by his bride. W. N. Goodwin, an attorney of Susan- ville, is a recent arrival at the Occidental. C. P. 'Bratnober, who has large lumber interests in Waterloo, !own. is registered at the Palace. James H. Kinkead, a mlnln‘ superin- tendent of Virginia City, Nev., is at the Palace with his wife, George S. Patton, a prominent Demo- cratic politiclan of Los Angeles, is at the Palace for a brief stay. Mrs. Loftus Thackwell, wife of an Eng- Lsh army officer, is at the Occidental en route to Hongkong fo join her husband. —_—— Amuo:'ronm.x. 'Visitor (n wuhmnon)—"sut don’t you have any holidays?” Government Officer—*“Only the legal ones.. A public servant is not like other servants. We don't even get our Thurs- day afternoons.”—Baltimore Herald. “Senator Hoar took a simile from the crater of Mont Pelee.” “Those Massachusetts men wouldn't hesitate to snatch tlu'l.lnch Dl!lv from the chariot of the sun!'—Clev _ Plam Dealer. “Do.you think,” he asked, “that you could learn to love me?” “I-don’t know,” she answered; “I might, but if T were a man I'd hate to think that 1 was an acquired taste. "—Chlca.o Rec- ord-Herald. “It's fine weather we're having,” said 1he cheery citizen to a chance aequaint- ance. “Excuse m¢, but I never wl M" he replied. - “Eh? How's that?” “I'm a Government forecaster.”—Judge. ——————————— Pflllflmdfith apricots. Townsend's.* e