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6 fie THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, 'OC‘TdBER - 28,- 1902. v \ ______—__——‘———*__————M The— somlun- Call. TUESDAY....................OCTOBER 28, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprielor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. T tELEFHORE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. .Market and Third, 8. F. 217 to 221 Stevemsom St. PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. . Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. ..$6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months. 8.00 DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 3 months. .. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month 65c SUNDAY CALL, One Year. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.00 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. 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BRANCH OFFICES—U527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, opeh until $:30 o'clock. 638 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open untl #:80-0'clock. . 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, cormer Bixteenth, open urtil 9 o'clock. 1098 Va- lencia, open until ® o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m. CALIFORNIA’S ROM the Eastern States DUTY. come reports that P of a good working majority of Republicans to the next Congress there is danger of Democratic gains in some districts by reason of the apparent apathy of the Republican masses. Probably the apathy will pass away during the closing days of the | It | | canvass, but it will not pay to be too sanguine. is the duty of every Republican to-rouse himself to the issues of the campaign and do what he can to bring about the. full party vote. It is not to be supposed that the reported apathy among Republicans c2n be due to any feeling of in- difference as to the results of the campaign. The election of 2 Democratic House would tie the hands of the Roosevelt administration for two years. Im- portant measures now pending would be blocked and the welfare of the country would be sacrificed to the exigencies of party politics. Instead of attending to needed legislation the Democratic majority would pass the time in trying to form an issue- for the Presidential election of 1904 and in making speeches to be used as campaign documents. The evils that would result from such a blocking of business in the lower House would be many,/and surely the intelli- gent voters of the country can hardly regard with indifference the possibility of such an interference. In the emergency caused by the oversanguine feel- ing among Eastern Republicans California is expected to make sure of returning an unbroken Republican delegation to the House. That expectation should not be disappointed. Whatever may be done else- where, the Republicans and independents of Califor- nia ought to make sure of victory in every Congres- sional district in the State. From this time on the canvass should occupy some part at least of the thoughts and the energies of every citizen who under- stands the importance of maintaining the protective tariff in undiminished vigor and sustaining the present administration in its-various policies for the advance- ment of the welfare of the country. Along with the fight for Congressmen there should g0 an equally earnest fight for.the State ticket. It is all well enough for the Democratic spellbinders and candidates to go about the country assuring the peo- - ple that national politics has no bearing upon State contests. That is one of the pleas they have been forced to put forward because they dare not defend the free trade planks in their platform, but they are using it under the coercion of circumstances. : Should the Democratic State ticket be elected; the Demo- cratic roosters would soon be crowing from the Pa- cific to the Atlantic and exulting that California had repudiated Republicanism. 4 The argument madefor Mr. Lane by Mr. Furuseth, that he wishes Mr. Lane elected Governor because Mr. Lane may then have a chance to appoint a United States Senator, shows how clearly some of the mem- bers of the opposition understand not only the direct relations of national to State politics, but even the indirect relations. Let Mr. Lane be elected Governor of California and the people would soon see that the influence and the patronage of the State government would'be used up to the limit to turn the State over to the Democrats in 1904. The Republican ticket presented to the people in this contest merits support from top to bottom. Whatever excuse there may be for the reported apathy of Republicans in some Eastern States, no ex- cuse can be found here. - California is now safely in the Republican column, with a‘Republican State gov- ernment and 2 solid Republican delegation in Con- gress. Every energetic Republican should feel it a part of his duty to help keep it so. The campaign will soon be over. Election day is not far off. In these closing days of the fight let every earnest man take : a part and help to win an overwhelming victory .for protection and prosperity. Y A rumor comes from Paris that the milliners of that city are trying to devise a feminine hat that “‘doesn’t have to be ‘put on straight, and now our women may look forward to a real nice time, It is rumored that J. Pierpont Morgan will head the syndicate to build a yacht to compete with’ Lip- ton, and now Sir Thomas might as well get ready to gracefully accept defeat once more. New York has been reforming herself a little by ‘giving straw bail men long sentences, and it would : be 2 bad idea for other American communities to while there is a bright prospect for the election | | | { LIVERNASHINGS. HE Examiner’s candidate for Congress in Mr. - Kahn's distriet thinks in wages and prices. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he dreams in the same. He asks for votes because if elected to Congress he will secure “a return to the old-time concern of the republic for the well-being of the masses,” - Z If Mr. Livernash’s campaign have not passed per- manently out of the argumentative and into the alter- cation stage we would like from him a statement of that old-time concern, and of the material ways - in which it was shown in the wages of labor and thie welfare of the masses. When economists speak of the right of labor to its product they mean the amdunt of the necessaries of life, produced by labor, for which the wageés of labor will exchange. Taking cloth, one of the necessaries of life, for-illustration, Edward Atkinson says that sixty years ago laborers employed in thaking. cloth in this country received 20 cents a day, or $60 a year, flat. One workman at that time produced one and rhr:e-fifths yards of cloth per day. In cotton, cal- ico and sheetings and shirtings, that was his average | production and such goods sold ‘then at 50 cents per yard, and it required two and a half days’ wages to buy one yard of the product. A ‘dress pattern in calico cost $6, or one tenth of a year’s wages. % In the year 1888, when Atkinson made these cal- culations, the wages per year in the cloth manufacture had advanced to an average of $287 per hand, and the price of the cotton product )xad declined to 15 cents a yard. So that whereas in those dbys of old-time concern for the welfare of the masses a day’s wage bought only two-fifths of a yard of its cotton prod- uct in 1888 a day’s wage bought six and one-fifth yards, and the labor had command of that greater proportion of its product. In the good old days which Mr. Livernash promises to bring back a year’s wages would exchange for 120 yards of cotton cloth, but in 1888 a man's wages exchanged for nearly 2000 yards of the same cloth. In the good and old days of which Mr. Livernash dfeams uneagily sugar and other necessaries were in price in proportion.to the price of cloth.. Brown sugar was to be had for six pounds for a doéllar, and “loaf sugar” was an infrequent luxury. Now the best granulated sugar is less than four and, a half cents a pound, and a dollar buys nearly twenty-five pounds. Shoes, boots and all leatherware are lower now in the same or a greate: proportion. In the time seen backward by Mr. Livernash, when the republic was showing its concern for the welfare of the masses, which he desires to bring again, a day’s wage would buy a littie more than one pound of brown sugar. At present price and the wage at the date of Mr. Atkin- son’s comparison a day’s wage would buy nearly twenty pounds of white granulated sugar, Mr. Livernash says that to-day the average work- man in the United Stztes receives a smaller propor- tion of the product of his toil than he received in the earlier period of our natiorfal life. In 1850 the average product per hand of American manufactures was $1064 per year. In 1888 it was $1965 per hand. It requires but a simple comparison of wages and prices for the two peridds to show that wages in 1888 commanded a far larger proportion of the products of lzbor in the necessaries of life than in 1850. . We are not saying: that wages commanded as much as they ought’ But the figures prove beyond cavil that the proportion had increased, and that wages, measured by their purchasing power, had in- creased far beyond their nominal increase. It has been said, and not infrequently, by dema- gogues who delight in misrepresenting their own country, that labor here is worse off and more op- pressed than in any of the monarchies of Europe. In a study of wages and immigration, made in 1886 by Carroll D. Wright, United States Labor Com- missioner, appears this comparison of wages of adults here and in Europe: Average daily wage in cotton manufacture—United States, $1 26; France, 69 cents; Germany, 60 cents; Italy, 46 cents. Woolen goods— United States, $1 49; Great Britain, 88 cents. Since this comparison was made, sixteen years ago, nominal and actual wages have increased in this country, while both are practically at a standstill in Continental Europe. There the geod old time conditions longed | for by Livernash are still in existence, and if he de- | spair of leading this country back to them he should be consistent and advise his supporters to migrate to Europe, where all the ancient blessings of low wages and high prices may be enjoyed. Then, again, more things are luxuries in Europe than here. Things that are easily within reach of the | wages of American Jabor, and are enjoyed among its 'daily domestic comforts, are luxuries impossible to European labor. Perhaps this is the ideal condition of which Livernash dreams, on the principle that un- satisfied anticipation is better than actual and satis- fied posession. That ‘portion-of-the Arlington estate near Wash- ington not used ‘as’a national cemetery is to be con- verted into a model farm, and Uncle' Sam will teach his boys how to grow hayseed at the cost of gold bricks. P sovereigns of the British and German empires to send over their heirs apparent as tourists in this country and visitors to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. It is believed that the invitation will be ac- cepted and that the heirs to the two crowns, and rep- resenting the two empires, will come. Immed/iatcly appears the certainty that if they do a great tide of European sight-seeing tourist travel will turn this way. That is very desirable and should be encouraged. Heretofore the tourist tide has been running the other way. Tens of thousands of Ameri- cans, travelers, students, health-seekers and idlers, go annually from this country to Europe. They transfer tens of millions of American gold for expenditure in the old country. We get in return only the pittance per head required of immigrants as a condition to landing them. METHOD [N MANNERS, RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has invited the Americans are attracted to Europe by history, by~ the old records and evidence of what man did there, They go to the shrines of literature, to ancient battle- fields, to the seats of former power, to the moss- grown temples, to stand in the footprints of Greek and Roman, of Alexander and Caesar. All this is sentiment, with which no one has a quarrel. But in |/, these modern days the United States has an equal in- terest for the world. We cannot show the evidences of what man did in ages that are buried in the mists of time. Our battle-ficléls are grand, but not old, and we are still paying pensions for the earliest of\ our wars. We have no interesting ruins. Our architec- ture is new. But we can make a better showing of what man is doing now than any other country in the world. : " Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman were well enough in their day, and we ofwe our share of the world’s debt to them for what they did. But we could scare Alexander.and Caesar till their hair would raise their helmets with one broadside from our big guns. We could pulp 2 Greek phalanx- or 2 Roman cohort with one of our batteries. - We could make Archimedes feel like thirty cents by showing the crane in the Union Iron Works, and he would think twice about his™tever and fulcrum. We are not on history, but we are prepared to make it, of as/good an article as ever Herodotus wrote, and to furnish material for biography that would make the fingers of Plutarch itch to get at the writing of it. It is time we had our innings and a return visit from all Europe, and if these- Crown Princes come we will send them back with things to tell that will make them passenger agents for European travel this way. FRANK C. JORDAN. | There is a strong Protective Tariff League in this country and-also a formidable Free Trade League, and now some restless fellows in the East have organ- ized a Reciprocity League, so there will be something to suit all tastes the next time we have a tariff fight, e TARIFF AGITATION. HILE the Democratic party, or what is left W of it in California, is busily engaged in dodg- ing the tariff issue to the best of its lanfe ability, the stronger ard more resolute Democracy,of New York is shaping a clear course for another free trade agitation. . The speeches made at the recent gathering at the Tilden Club to greet Mr. Coler, the nominee of the. party for Governor, emphasized the growing demand of the Democracy in that State for a return to the old battle-field and clearly foreshad- owed the coming platform of New York Democracy in 1904. 2 In their reports of the Tilden Club meeting the New York papers note that men of all shades of Demo- cratic opinion and representing all factions of the party were present. There were seen in the crowd men who had been conspicuous as followers of Cleve- land and others who are now known as Hill' Demo- crats, Tammany. Democrats, McLaughlin Demo- crats, Greater New York Democrats, and even some old-time veterans. who in bygone fights were known as leaders of “the County Democracy.” It appeared from the proceedings that all the old- time antagonists are willing .to harmonize on a plat- form for free trade, though some of them may in- sist mpon calling it -by another name. Mr. Stanch- field, who notified the candidate of his nominatjon, | began by saying, “A Democratic President coined the political aphorism, a public office is a_public trust,” and immediately a great cheer went up for Cleveland. It has beep a long time since such a thing as that happened in New York, and the significance of it is not to be mistaken when it is recalled that only a few days ago Mr. Cleveland issued a manifesto to the party calling for a rally around the old flag of tariff reférm. A Mr. Coler had carefully prepared his speech of ac-* ceptance and read it from the manuscript in his hand. In the course of it he said: ‘“In many spheres of in- dustry ‘the “tariff has made competition impossible, rendered great combinations of capital easy, caused extravagant increases in the prices of the necessaries of life, and reduced labor-to a state bordering on serf- dom. For these evils, traceable directly to the Re- publican policy of public taxation for private benefit, the remedy is simple and-obvious. The tariff must be removed from every article in the production and sale of which a-monopoly has been established. I con- cur with ex-President Cleveland in ' the belief that tariff revision is the leading national issue of the | hour.” Statements of that kind, when greeted, as those were, by loud cheers, are ominous of a coming storm of tariff agitation that will again threaten our fiscal system. and disturb every industry and every trade. It is to_be borne in mind, moreover, that it is not in New York only°that the foes of protection are lining up for the fray. The men who are now engaged in reorganizing Democracy throughout the Union are united for the new crasade. Even those who do not fayor it on its merits are willing to accept it as a means of escape from Bryanism. The ‘country, therefore, has to face the impending struggle, and it would be foolish to ignore its portent. In the face of these declarations from the national leaders of Democracy the efforts of the nondescripts who are posing as representatives. of Democracy in California to dodge the tariff issue are futile. ‘Should they be elected to Congress they would have to ally themselves with one party or the other. Elected as Democrats they could not without self-stultification vote with Republicans, and they would be compelled to vote with the free traders. Such is the situation. It behooves the voters of California to take.note of it and put none but protectionists on guard. EPORTS from all péns of the State give as- R surance of the election of Frank C. Jordan, Republican candidate for Clerk of = the Su- preme Court. Mr. Jordan is making a canvass that will be notable in our political annals, and he is mak- ing it not for himself alone but for the whole ticket. No man ever sought the office of Clerk of the Su- preme Court better qualified to fill it than Mr. Jordan. For two terms he has held the office of Clerk of Ala- meda County, and in that position has demonstrated his capacity for the performance of clerical work. His record of official service is clear and cléan. It stands as a guarantee that in the higher office to which he now aspires he will render faithful and effi- defl? service to the ccmmonwealth, anfl is in itself a sufficient argument why he should be elected. Mr. Jordan is not an unknown man to California. Born in the State, he has taken a prominent part in the order of the Native Sons, and is one of the rising young men of the State. Even in that association of young, energetic, public-spirited. men he has distin- guished himself for zeal on behalf of Californian inter- ests and is recognized as a genuine representative of the order, a type of the public man whom the Golden West is proud to recognize as a native of her soil and a master of her opportunities, - \ Before entering politics Mr. Jordan was a printer, 2nd has therefore the experiences and the sympathies of the workingmen of the State. He is one of those who have risen from the ranks and who have fitted | ghgm;e!ves for public service by first demonstrating capacity and integrity in the field of private enter- prise. He goes before the people in this contest thoroughly equipped for the work of the office for which he has been nominated, and he merits the sup- port of independents as well as of Republicans. That support appears even at this time to be virtually as- sured. The people will make no mistake in electing Frnak C. Jordan. As Clerk of the Supreme Court he 1 will be the right man ir the right place, uch™| DOLE SUBMITS FIGURES FOR L 4 RISCAE YEAR ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The affairs of Hawaii during the last fiscal year are re- -viewed in the annual report of Governor Dole of that Territory, which has just been submitted to the Interior Depart= ment, The report shows that the total cash on hand in the Territorial treasury on June 30, 1902, was $287,131. The total amount of property subject to ad valorem taxes according to assessment appraisements was $110,388,578. An income tax imposed by the Legislature of 1801 realized $257,366 during the fiscal year. The report submits the estimates for appropriations by Congress for the next fiscal year, aggregating $1,106,000, of which $750,000 is for the construction of a break- water at Hilo harbor; $250,000 for widen- ing the channel of Honolulu harbor and dredging the channel entrance and har- bor to a depth of thirty feet at low water, $22,000 for a postoffice and custom-house at Hilo and §78,000 for the erection and maintenange of lighthouses at Honolulu harbor, o&m; Makapuk Point, Oahu; Kahului, Maui; Ouna, Hawaii; Kailua, Hawall; Kawaihae, Hawali; Mahukona, Hawail, and Kalanekalau, Molokai. The Governor makes the following rec- ommendations: That the Federal Govern- ment assume the management of all Hawaiian lighthouses and other harbor improvements; the maintenance of a for- ster to establish a forestry system; that the payment of the full amount of the awards made by the Fire Awards Com- mission, aggregating $1,473,173, as indem- nity, for damages to property caused by the Board of Health in 1898, be asspmed by the United States Government, or, as an alternative, that the customs receipts collected at Hawaliian ports be paid to the treasury of the Territory; provision for a Federal building at Honolulu; the ‘receipt of Hawaiian silver coins in ex- change for United States silver coins of like denominations; authority for a limit- ed immigration of Chinese laborers, sub- Jject to deportation at their own expense if they cease hiring out in agricultural work; authority for the Governor to dis- pose, by lease or license, of the waters belonging to the public lands, and au- thority for the Governor to suspend cer- tain officers arfd appoint their successors until the succeeding session of the Ha- wallan Senate. e number of pupils in all schools in Hawaii is now 17518, an increase of 72 per cent over ten years ago. The death rate from leprosy has shown a marked decrease for the last decade, largely due to better sanitary conditions at the Molo- there June ¥ last was 915. The shipments of merchandise, not in- cluding specie, for the past year are less in value than the previous fiscal year by $3,260,695. All of this except $6887 is charge- able to the one item of sugar and is sole- {1y due to a decrease in the market value of that article, and not to a diminished production. Sugar shipped the past year amounted to 72,553,257 pounds, an increase of 29,674,123 pounds. ‘ Of the total value of shipments, not in- cluding specie, from the Territory during the past year of $24,793,736, $38,813 repre- sents the value of fereign merchandise shipped, as against a value of $24,754,022 of domestic merchandise shipped. Of this total value the shipments to foreign coun- tries were worth $63,547, and those to the mainland were worth $24,730,188. SHARE IN THE ASSETS IS DENIED PETITIONER Justice McKenna Decides Pennsylva- nia Co-Operative Society Suit . in Favor of Defendant. WASHINGTON, Oct. "27.—Justice Me- “Kenna to-day delivered the opinion of the 'Supreme Court “in ‘the casé of* Christian Schwartz ond others vs. John S. Duss; involving the ‘property held by the Co- Operative Society ~ of Pennsylvania. Schwartz and his associates claim to be descendants of former members of the society and brought the suit for the pur- pose of securing a distribution of the soclety’s property, alleging that the or- ganization has ceased to exist; that there are now only eight persons who pretend to be members of the.soclety and that they are either old men or women and that the r-jnagement of the property, which amo. its in the aggregate to about $4,000,000_in value, is in the hands of Mr. Duss, the senior trustee, and that he is rapidly wrecking the property. The court decided that Schwartz and his associates have not such a proprietary interest in the property as would entitle them, upon a dissolution of the society, to share in the assets. Duss, the defendant, is the well-known bandmaster. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT BUYS RAILROAD BONDS Secures Dontmlli;; Interest in the Inter-Oceanic Line to Prevent Discriminations. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The Mexican Government, according to a report to the State Department of J. G. Pages, Unit- ed States Vice Consul at Vera Cruz, has purchased the major portion of the re- cent issue of the Inter-Oceanic Railroad Company’s bonds, thus®obtaining a con- trolling interest in the rgad. The Mexican officials in’making the pur- chase were nof actnated so.much by the desire to seek a profitable: investment of Goyernment .funds as by a determination to prevent if, possible thé formation of “pools” and “trusts” and with a view of controlling the import and export traffic of the republ ‘With the control of an important railr like the Inter-Oceanic, the Mexican Go ment will' be able, the report says, to prevent freight dis- criminations to the injury of native man- ufacturing and commercial interests. L R AMERICANS ESTABLISH COPPER PLANTS IN PERU Price of Production Is Reduced by Them to a Very Low Figure. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Minister Irv- ing B. Dudley, at Lima, Peru, in a re- port to the State Department under date of September 17, presents some facts with respect to the copper industry of Peru and American participation therein. Ow- ing to the fall in the price of copper the entire industry has undergone ‘“‘a certain paralysis,” but it is expected that the cnergetic and ampitious Americans who have established some of the largest plants in Peru will contribute to the high- est prosperity of the copper industry. The introduction of American methods of exploitation and of American machin- ery already have reduced the price of production to “an incredibly low figure” and the building of hew railroads has en- abled even the native miners to find a rew and wider sphere for their industry. e vy Smelter Is Likely to Remain Closed. DENVER, Oct. 2.—The conferences of the executive board of the American | Smelting and Refining Company came to a close to-day and the members left the city to-night. They will visit Mexico be- fore returning to Denver. Members of the board wene questioned to-day as to the prospect of the Argentine smelter at Kansas City being reopened, but were non-committal on the subject. It is un- derstood the. prbspects for reopening the | Argentine are not very bright. B ok gt ‘Will Msttend the Dedication. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Secretary and | Mrs; Hay, with Rev. Tunis Hamlin of this city, will go to Simsbury, Conn., Saturday to attend the dedication of the ' Hay memorial chapel in memory of the late Adelbert Hay, S e kal settlement. The number of patlents | KING REVIEWS - TROOPS FROM SOUTH AFRICA LONDON, Oct. 27.—King Edward re- have recently returned from South Af- t’ca. The King afterward addressed the troops, welcoming them home. He praised the work whieh they had done in the field, saying: “You have upheld the great name which has made everybody who has served in the Guards a proud man. I myself feel proud to have as a young man served in your ranks, though I regret I never had the opportunity, like my brother, of seeing active service. A figer body of men { it is impossible to wish to see. It is 2 proud day for me to have inspected the Guards Brigade.” In spite of their arduous duties in South Africa, the King remarked the men had not forgotten their drill, and the march past to-day was as well done, if not bet- ter, than ever befere. The Queen and other ladies of the royal family drove past in carriages. At the | conclusion of the ceremony the troops gave hearty cheers for the King. PERSONAL MENTION. S. Mitchell, a banker of Visalia, is at the California. J. R. Pardee, a hotel proprietor of Eure- ka, is at the Russ. C. 0. A. Wall; a surveyor of Honolulu, is at the Occidental. - W. H. Bray, a mining man of Nevada City, is at the Grand. F. Gaylord, a wealthy mine owner of Nome, is at the Russ. Barry Gallaway, a merchant of Walnut Grove, is at the Russ. ‘W. F. Chandler of Selma, a well-known oil man, is at the Palace. H. W. Goldstern, a merchant of Oro- ville, is at the California. J. D. Grant, a well-known land owner o] Healdsburg, is at the Lick. i F. Conn, a capitalist of Santa Ana, is among the arrivals at the Russ. | The Rev. Dr. Jerner, an Episcopal min- ister of Honolulu, is at the Occidental. Peter Musto, the well-known merchant of Stockton, is registered at the Grand. T. J. Field, a capitalist of Monterey, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. A. G.\M. Robertson, a well-known at- torney of Honoluly, Is a guest at the Oc- cidental. ‘W. H. Mclnerney, who conducts a large shoe store at Honolulu, is among the ar- | rivals at the Occidental. Colonel Burton, who is connected with | the military forces at Auckland, N. Z., is at the California, accompanied by his ald de camp, A. McCosh Clark. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—The following Californians are in New York from San Francisco—(. Bandmann and E. W. Lin- { forth, at the Imperial; W. F. Powers, ‘W. Burd and Miss M. Wilson, at the Man- hattan; C. J. Welner znd 8. Ackerman, at the Hoffman; J. Barneson., G. Fred- ericks, J. W. Hamilton and S. Knight- son, at the Astor; F. D. Bovard and J. Warde, at the St. Denis; J. J. Brown and L. S. Lawton and wife, at the Park Avenue; A Carrigan and wife and Miss B. Keeley, at the Holland; R. N. Colby, J. A. Foster, L. C. Grove and wife and | E. M Regan, at the Broadway Central; W L. Hughson and W. J. Sternberg, at the Herald Square; H E. Huntington, at the Netherland; D. H. Irvin, at the Metropolitan; A. C. Lester, at the Cosmo- politan; J. A. Robinson, at the Everett; J. S. Schweizer, at the Sturtevant; M. G. ‘Smith, at the Cadiflac,’ and :G+F.. Stone, at the Westminster. From Los Angeles—R. D. Bronson, at the Imperial; 8. J. Ballard, at the Astor; J. E. Betzold and wife, at the Albert; G. F. Bovard, at the St. Denis, and J. K. Newton, at the Manhatian. From Pasadena—Mrs O. K Barry and J. B. Johnson, at the Hoffman, and C. E. Mann and wife, at the Park Avenue. Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2T.—The following Californians registered at the hotels to- day: At the Ebitt—W. Hale of San Fran- cisco. At the National—R. H. Lincoln of San Francisco and H. C. Ratcliff of Los Angeles. At the St. James—Albert Gal- latin, Mrs. Albert Gallatin, Miss Leta Gallatin and W. A. Robinson of San Francisco and Charles J. Payne, wife and daughters of Los Angeles. At the Raleigh —H. S. Sheldon, J. H. Einberg and J. V. Kimball of San Franeisco. —_————— .Lodge Favors Reciprocity Treaty. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The statement that the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty with New Foundland has been abandoned on account or the opposition of Senator Lodge is declared here to be without foundation. Senator Lodge is in favor of a reciprocity treaty if the in- terests of Gloucester are, in his opinion, protected. It b%der!tuod that the ne- gotiations between the two countries have not been interrunted. ‘Will Benefit South African Commerce. LONDON, Oct. 27.—The African trade section of the Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce has sent a telegraphic message to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain convey- ing assurances that his visit to South Africa will result in the greatest benefit | to the commerce of that country and im- provement of. the relations existing be- tween it and Great Britain. viewed to-day nearly 4000 Guardsmen who. COMING \VISIT OF THE BRITISH - ROYAL COUPLE LONDON, Oct. 27.—The report cabled -om the United States that the Prince and Princess of Wales| probably would visit the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 oc- cupied a prominent place in all the after- noon newspapers. Surprise was expressed in official circles at the .|ue¢llinubflfl¢ cublicly discussed at all. At York House, the residence of the Prince and Princess ¢f Wales, a representative of the Asso~ ciated Press was informed that nothing was officially known on the subject. l:'rmn inquiries in other quarters, however; the Assoclated ‘Press learned that while no cfiicial invitation had been extended, the matter had been unofficially presented to the, King, who returned a polite non-com= mittals reply. It is pointed out that the question of acceptance or declination must of course walt the transmittal of an offi- cial invitation from the United States Government. - e L, ANSWERS TO QUERIES. HONOLULU—Subscriber, City, Letters intended for Honolulu should be directed to Honolulu, Hawalian Islands. SURFACE CARS—A. 8., City. The surss face cars of New York City are run by cable and under trolley system. The lat- ter is superseding the former. . COINS+A. S., Belvedere. Questions re~ lating to coins and their value will be an- swered if a self-addressed and stamped envelope accompanies the query. MARIE WAINWRIGHT—M. 8, City. Marie Wainwright played an engagement at the Orpheum within three years. She appeared at that place of amusement last year. MOUNT WHITNEY—H. C., Willows, Cal. The height of Mount Whitney I8 given as 14,898 feet, and is on the border line of Inyo and Tulare counties, part in one and part in the other., MOLINEUX—S$., City. The Call's index shows that Roland B. Molineux, convicted in New York of the killing of Mrs. Cath- erine J. Adams, was granted a new trial October 15, 1901, but there is no index of the case having, up to the early part of this month, been called for triak VOTER'S QUALIFICATION—Subserib- er, Pleasanton, Cal. The constitution of California says: ‘“No person who shall not be able to re: the constitution in the English language shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in this State.” In other words, a.man who cannot read the constitution is not permitted to vote. TATTOO MARKS—A., City. The oblit- eration of tattoo marks from the human body depends upon how deep-seated the same are. It is said that such as are not deep-seated may be removed by the use of the following, according to the Chem- ical News: “First well rub the marks with a salve of pure acetic acid and lard, then with a solution of potash and finally with. hydrochloric_acid.” DEBATE—H. 8, Vallejo, Cal. The pagty that told you that the department of answers to correspondents would fur- nish you material for debates has mis- informed you, for this department has, on many occasions, announced'that it will pot furnish such material on the ground that an individual who takes the affirm- ative or the negative side of a debate should give his own impression, and not, parrot-like, repeat the ideas of another person. . WATERVLIET ARSENAL~O.C.; City. EThe army gun factory at the Waterviiet arsenal, New York, was begun in 1889 and completed in 1892. The building is 95 feet | in length, 75 in height, with a width of 153 feet in the south and .13 feet in the north wing. The shops are capable of an output of about fifty eight, ten and twelve inch guns per annum, made from forgings furnished by steel manufactur- ers. A smaller shop capable of an output of about the same number of fleld and siege guns and a projectile foundry and machine shop are also connected with the gun factory. . MARIA LOUISE PIKE-E. M., City. Maria Louise Pike, naturalist, was a na- tive of England. She died March 23, 1892 She was a daughter of Benjamin Hadley, British Commissioner to South Africa. She studied, sketched and painted the flora of that section of the world. In 1870- 74 she assisted Nicholas Pike, United States Consul at Mauritius, in making his collection. of natural' history ‘ spectmens for the Agassiz collection at Cambridge. In 1875 she came to the United States and married Mr. Pike. She subsequently wrote on natural history for leading American and foreign publications. She assisted her husband in classifying more than %00 different specimens of Indian Ocean fish, of which she made colored drawings, made similar illustrations of his large cellection of spiders and made pen and ink . drawings of nearly every smake in the United States. Sheé was a member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sei- ences. . —_————— ‘Prunes stuffed with apricots. 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