The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1902 HE Eastern press continues an apparently concerted assault on. San Francisco TELEPHONE, Ask for THE CALL. The Operator 1/ill Connect You Witk t_e Department You 'Wi_sh_ PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. . .Market and Third, 8. F. 217 to 221 Stevemson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cen here since March 7, 1901. month. There died here oi Chinese in: as a plague-infested city, and the proposition of a general quarantine against Cali- fornia threatens vast damage to the whole State. Were it true that plague is here no measure could be too severe and no sacrifice too great to effect its extirpation. But eradication of the disease diagnosed mistakenly as the plague can fio more be ef- fected than death can be abolished, for it is the concurrent presence of a quite ordinary fever and a certain sinister constitutional disease. The statement is published broadcast that 2333 Chinese have died of the plague To show how false this is we give the statistics of Chinese deaths every fiscal year since and including 1897-98, and down to the first of the present o By M, Sastating Pestapeh 1897-08 ..... SN A o e B i s R U AR G DAILY CALL Gncluding Sunday), one year. ol 1898-99 1% FR s i g o duies s RODERGOT02] |, Lk Uiy RIS Mo RS v DAILY CALL (includi Sunda: L th a c e BAIr s iy ' Taetus ] IBOO-$Q00, . v:o e aiv's 5 7o - welads s 6o 526| 10025 July- to November 10,0, .. .... 157 Ry This, o e 1.50 During the fiscal year ending the 3oth of last June the Board of Health reported WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 10 All Postmasters are wuthorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order 10 insure a prompt and correct/ compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. .1118 Broadway STATEME;T OF CIRCULATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Month of October, 1902. October 1 61,400/0ctober October 2 60.130(0October October 3. 60.910/0October October 4 60.020/0ctober October & 71,550/0ctober October 6. 60,420 October October 7 60,930/ 0ctober October = 61,930 October 2 October 9 61,900(0ctober October 60,750/ October October 60.040/0ctober October 70,340/ October Oetober 60,870/ October October 60,110/0ctober October 61,480 October 61,970 | an average monthly death rate of only 37 plus. October 61,350| ............................. 1,931,365 ETATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO—ss. On this 18th day of November, 1902, personally eppeared be- fore me, William T. Hess, a Notary Public in anfl for the City and County aforesaid, W. J. MARTIN, who being sworn ac- cording to law declares that he is the Business Manager of San Francisco Call, a_Gaily newspaper published in the y and County of San Francisco, State of California, and that there were printed and distributed during the month of ober, 1902, one million nine hundred and thirty-one thou- ad three hundred and sixty-five (1,881,365) coples of the paper, which number divided by thirty-one (the num- ays of issue) gives an average dally circulation of 2 copies. W. J. MARTIN. bscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of Novem- ber, 1902 W. T. HESS. Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State of Californie. e — SENATORIAL DEADLOCKS. F e the need of a change in the method of elect- ing United States Senators. ROM all appearances we are to have this winter The forces which produce the dead- locks are evidently in operation over the whole coun- try the Atlantic to the Pacific, and show no nution. become chronic. some of those that startled the country in the past, but that a matter of accident merely. At any time under our present method of election there may arise 2 scandazl that will pass from a State Legislature to the United States Senate itself and result in a na- tional disgrace. Of the deadlocks now impending that in Delaware is the most notorious. Factional fights in that State have been so far prolonged that the State is now without zny representation at all in the Senate. As there ¢ mnow two Senators to be chosen there is a tempting opportunity for trading, and rumors of trade arrangements are rife. If the Addicks men can get the vote of the Demo- crats ‘in the Legislature they can elect their man, and it is said they are willing to give a Demo- cratic Senator in exchange. Another report is that the two Republican factions will compromise by elect- ing Addicks and some member of the opposition. Such trading is incompatible with the dignity of the office, but there appears no other way of breaking a deadlock that has been steadfast for years. It seems to be a clear case of bargain and sale or no Senator. Other deadlocks are expected to occur in Colo- rado, Oregon and ldaho. fusionists have the Senate and the Republicans the House. On the face of the returns the Republican majority in the House is not sufficient to give a ma- jority on'a joint ballot, and it is reported that some of the Democrats returned as elected will be unseated on the ground of fraud. On their side the Demo- crats are said to have determined that if their men are unseated in the House they will prevent the Sen- ate from meceting in joint ballot. In Oregon the Re- publicans have an overwhelming majority, but there are two factions in the State, and a tie-up cn the Senatorship is expected, so that the situation there | is mot much better than that in Delaware. The evils that will result from the deadlocks are numerous. The bargzins and corruptions sure to de- velop out of them are by no means the only bad fea- tures of the situation. The struggles will occupy the time and the attention of the legislators. The inter- ests of the State and the people will be neglected be- cause of the intense partisan excitement caused by the personal antagonisms engendered among the fol- lowers of the rival candidates. How far the bad ef- fects will reach it is impossible to say, but it is a fore- gone conclusion that the four States having these Senatorial fights on their hands are going to get more evil than good from their Legislatures this winter. One of the important phases of the subject is that ihe evil now affecting Delaware, Colorado, Idaho and Oregon may affect almost any other State in some fu- ture year. As the struggles for Senatorships become fiercer the danger of deadlocks becomes greater. We have had them already in a great, solidly Republican State like Pennsylvania, and we have had them in California. The danger is imminent everywhere, and as the New York Press recently said: “Candidates who could not carry their own counties for the ex- alted office of garbage inspector will be sent to the national council by Legislatures purchased outright or ‘influenced’ in some indirect but commercial man- ner, With rare exceptions every State which does not have its Billy Clark will have its Tom Platt, or if it has no Wellington or Pettigrew saddled upon it it will send either 2 Mason or a Chauncey to give us charlatanism instead of constructive legislation and knavish buffoonery in place of patriotic statesman- ship.” While the election of Senators by Legislatures may have been an excellent plan in times past, it has out- lived its usefulness. At the present time the system is fruitful of frauds and scandals and leads to the sac- rifice of State interésts to persomal fights. It is time o change the method. The evil seems to have | It is true the deadlocks of this | year are uot likely to produce such grave scandals as | In the first State the | tober, 1902, inclusive were only 2697. | concurrently with a decreasing death rate? has appeared. plea to their authors. ence of the plague in this port. 48 deaths from bubonic plague, leaving 431 from other causes, so that the excess of the death rate over previous years cannot be charged to the plague. report shows that its cause was tuberculosis, races is responsible for more deaths than any other cause. Aswill beseen by theabove statistics, our total Chinese deaths between 1897 and Oc- The deaths for the alleged plague years, covering the last half of 1900-01 and all of 1901-02, were less than in the two preceding years. The local Board of Health, which has missed no opportunity. to make it appear that plague is here, assigns 48 deaths last year to that cause. fiscal years ending June 30, 1901, and June 30, 1902, respectively, and for the first four months of the present fiscal year, are only 1054. Where then do the envious critics of San Francisco find the alleged 2333 deaths from plague since March, 1901, when the total | | deaths from all causes, including alleged plague, in those years and up to the first of this | month were only 1034, while in the two fiscal years preceding the alleged plague period | the Chinese deaths were 1032 for 24 months, Going to the monthly average, the 24 months when there was no plague had an | average death rate of 43 per month, while the 28 months of alleged plague epidemic had As a matter of fact, the which aniong the Chinese as well as other ’ But the total Chinese deaths for the full as against 1054 for 28 months? Therefore, it will be seen that accord- ling to all the figures and information furnished by the Board of Health, that has cease- lessly sought to make it appear that plague is here, the plague months show an average death rate of six less per month than in the preceding period when no plague was alleged to be here. Again we ask, where are the 2333 Chinese deaths from plague, in a period when only 1054 Chinese died from all causes? And where can be found evidences of the | existence of the plague in the monthly decrease of deaths of Chinese? In the face of this evidence that the Chinese are healthier and their death rate less than ever, the New York Commercial, World and other Eastern papers are demanding that the Chinese quarter be laid in ashes, and are indulging in every sort of expression to incite fear and cause desperate measures against us in the East. where did ever bubonic plague exist among the Chinese or contagion among any racg} We ask them when and The statistics we give for this city irom the reports of the Board of Health may be f extended to the whole State and be made inclusive of our rapidly increasing Japanese | | population, who are included in the figures for the city given above, and the result will be é the same, a decreasing death rate concurrent with the false reports of the existence of i | | another series of Senatorial deadlocks t ha- | : . 2 A ¥ another serics of Senatorial deadiocss 10 CMP1" | plague, when there could not be plague without its effect being reflected in the death rate. | To show in another manner the impossibility of plague being here, if the deaths by | | alleged plague reported by the Board of Heabth are subtracted from the total of deaths,| the death rate at once becomes abnormally low, showing that no new cause of death| If the attacks made upon this city in the East are purely malicious, we make no But if they result from misinformation, we invite attention to the foregoing vital statistics, and ask how they can be explained consistently with the exist- MINORITY LEADERSHIP. HEREVER the Republicans have a sub- W stance the Democrats have a shadow. Thus while there is now a contest among Repub- lican leaders in the House for'the succession to the Speakership there is 2 fight among Democrats for the shadowy honor of minority leader. At the present time the position is held by Richardson of Tennes- see, but there are others who would like it, and as a consequence when news is dull and there is little else to tell we learn from Washington that it is quite probable the next Congress will see a new man at | the head of the minority. It was frequently noted during the last session that Richardson did nothing for his party that was of any use to them during the campaign. Although there was an urgent demand from Democracy all over the Union that the Democrats of the House should for- | mulate an issue for the Congressional elections in the fall, Richardson did not succeed in making a single point., Where he did anything hé blundered, and some of his blunders weré farcical. For example, | hardly anything in recent politics was sillier than his | attempt to make capital out of the story that there had been bribery in the promotion of the plan to pur- chase the Danish West Indian Islands. The story as told by its inventor was so palpably false it did not excite even the yellow journals to much more than a three days’ sensation, but Richardson gravely asked for an investigation and spent many days trying to find evidence on which to ‘charge the Republican party with fraud and corruption. It is not strange that the Democrats of the House should desire to get rid of so incompetent a leader. Richardson won the honor by his skill in parliament- ary law, his knowledge of the customs of the House | and his personal attractions as a man. He has, how- ever, shown himself to be no more than a parlia- mentarian. He has no statesmanship, no capacity for large leadership, no fitness for handling big questions. | Thus it happened that even while he was recognized as the leader of the Democrats of the House last winter, he was completely overshadowed by other men in the party and lost prestige steadily as the ses- siog went on. THere are now three aspirants in the field to con- test against him the leadership of the minority in the next Congress. These are David A. DeArmond of Missouri, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, and Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama. Something , of vigor is given to the fight by the hope of the Demo- crats that they will carry the House in 1904, and should they do so the minority leader of the next Congress would be in.line for the Speakership. There is a further feeling among the more aggressive Democrats that the minority leader should be some- thing more than a parliamentarian. Thus Mr. Rich- ardson is to have a fight on his hands, and while the Republicans are settling the succession to the Speak- ership the Democrats will get in and settle who is to be the next Speaker “if” the country goes Democratic in 1904. % e p— Lord Charles Beresford, the irrepressible orator of the British navy, says if the United States would en- ter into an offensive and defensive alliance with Great Britain they could keep peace on the seas and put an end to fears for the future. The statement isidoubtless correct, but the “if” takes it out of the domain of practical politics, and Uncle Sam will have to main- tain a navy strong enough to look out for himself, while Dame Britannia does the same. OUR PUBLIC K LANDS. CCORDING to the recent report of the Fed- A eral Land Office the entries of public lands by homesteaders, railroads and States during the last fiscal year amounted to an aggregate of 17,614,- 792 acres, and in addition there were sold outright for cash to intending settlers 1,757,503 acres. It will be seen, therefore, that despite the diminution in the ex- tent of our public domain Uncle Sam has still land enough to continue doing a rushing land office busi- ness. There now remain in the hands of the Government about 300,000,000 acres of surveyed land which are deemed available for settlement. It is noted, how- ever, that much of that area is semi-arid and will re- quire irrigation, the estimate being that upward of 70,000,000 acres are in that condition. The area of unsurveyed lands is calculated in round numbers at 600,000,000 acres, but most of it is in Alaska and a good deal of the remainder is in remote parts of the Rocky Mountains, so that the present rate of dispos- ing of Government lands cannot be maintained much longer. In fact, it is estimated that if the current rate of absorption continue about all the available arable land in the Government domains will have been taken up within fifteen years. The time, then, is approaching when the old song, “Uncle Sam has land enough to give us all a farm,” will have to be relegated to the shades of the chest- nut tree. There will always be land enough in this country to provide homes and farms for the indus- trious and the thrifty, but it will not be given away to settlers. The man who wishes it will have to buy it. The irrigation of the arid States and Territories has therefore become one of the necessities of the time, and it is gratifying to know that Congress has already provided for beginning the work. Along with the land question there comes the problem of preserving from destruction such forests as are needed to protect the mountain slopes and the headwaters of important streams. A good deal of the land reported as available for settlement will doubt- less have to be withdrawn on account of the forests that cover it. Such steps as have been taken toward forest protection have had good results. The Govern- ment has established fifty-four forest reservations, embracing an aggregate ' of something more than 60,000,000 acres, and as a result there has been a notable decrease in forest fires both in number and in the area of their devastation. From that fact en- couragement can be drawn of even better results in the future. We have,in fact, reached the end of one phase of our land business. Hitherto we have been encour- aging the settlement and the clearing of land. Every- thing has been subordinated to those ends.” From this time on the energies of the Government will be largely directed to restraining the waste of forests, and to the reforestation of areas that have been de- nuded of their trees. The old policy was good in its day, and abundant blessings have followed its adop- tion, but now a new policy is needed lest the old way should result in harm and threaten ruin. b J e —— The entire delegation from Boston in the mext Congress will be Democratic, and as it is noted that such a thing has never before occurred in the history of the city, let us hope it will never occur again. Now that Molineux has been acquitted his wife is applying for a divorce. Does that mean we are to have both on the stage next season? TEA GIVEN FOR BY ALUMNAE ASSOC MRS. MILLS IATION — A e | — kN L GUEST OF HONOR AND TWO OF THE YOUNG WOMEN WHO ASSIST- ED AT THE RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE ALUMNAE OF MILLS COLLEGE YESTERDAY AT SOROSIS HALL. - HE Mills Alumnae Association tea | Breezé, Mrs, Smedberg, Mrs. Cutter, Mrs. yesterday afternoon, compliment- | Kane and Mrs. Middleton. | ary to Mrs. C. T Mills, president | Mifs Ethel Keéeney's marriage is now of Mills College, was a delightful | set for December 17. It will take place at affair. Despite the bad tweather, fl;e home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Keeney. Miss Charlotte El- Sorosis Hall was thronged i |linwood ‘will bé maid of honor and John 8 o, ety ERLIIINEY Tcmlinson Jr. of New York will be best ceived. The decorations were pretty |man, and artistic, the college colors, white a’liig T and gold, prevailing. Chrysanthemums were arranged with profusion and many American Beauties were used. A good orchestra was in attendance and dainty refreshments were served. Those who received the guests were: Mrs, C, T. Mills, president of Mills Coilege; Mrs, Charles J. Youngberg, president of Mills Alumnae Assocfation; Mrs, Wendell Easton, Mrs. C. M. Richter. Mrs.' J. Homer ¥ritch, Miss C. K. Wittenmyer, Mrs. Louis L. Blake Miss Mabel Gray, Miss Persis Coleman, Miss Mabel E, Phillips, Mrs. J. F, McGanley, Mrs. John P. Wallace, Mrs, Walier H. Byington, Mrs. James M. Goewey, Mrs. A. A. d"Ancona, Mrs, W. Miller, Miss Alice B. Wythe, Miss Grace Unger, Miss Sophia Faull, Mrs. I H. Morse, Miss 'Jeanette Ellison, Miss Julia Lee and Miss Adelaide Samuels, TSR The spaéious home of Mr. and Mrs. Ru- dolph Spreckels at Gough street and Pa- cific avenue was the scene of a brilliant dinner dance last evening, complimentary to Miss Gertrude Joliffe, youngest sister of the hostess, and Miss Lurline Spreck- els, who made her debut last summer at Newport. The decorations were elabor- ate and artistic. Pink was the color scheme, hundreds of roses being effect- ively arranged with palms and other foli- age. The appointed dinner hour was 7:30, and covers were laid for thirty-eight. The elaborately gowneds guests seated about the pink table, made a pretty pic- ture. The two sguests of honor were gowned in white, Miss Joliffe was charm- ing in a Paris gown of white lace, richly embroidered in pink chiffon roses. Miss Spreckels wore a becoming and exquisite ‘Worth gown of white satin. Dinner was followed by dancing until a late hour. The invited guests were: Miss Gertrude Joliffe, Miss Lurline Spreck- els, Miss Emily Wilson, the Misses King, Miss Maude Bourn, Miss Helen Dean, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Eilzabeth Allen, Miss Daisy Parrott, Miss Marje Loulse Parrot, Miss- Ger- trude Eells, Miss Catherine Herrin, Miss Vir- ginia_Joliffe, Miss Helen Wagner, Miss Leon- tine Blakeman, Miss Ardella Mills, Miss Eliza- beth Mills, Miss Charlotte Ellthwood, Miss Frénces Jolifte, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss O'Con- nor, Miss Josselyn, Miss Gertrude Josselyn, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Spreckeis, Mr. Edward Greenway, Mr. Knox Maddox, Mr, Reddick M., Duperu, Mr. Frank Goad, Mr. Joseph Tobin, Mr. Clarence Follis, Mr. Harry Scott and Mr. Percy King. o e eow Mrs. Leonard Cheney was hostess at a delightful tea yesterday afternoon at her home. The drawing-rooms were made at- tractive with flowers and follage and a large number of guests enjoyed the hos- pitality offered. Those who assisted in receiving were: Mrs, Pomeroy, Mrs, Miss Ella Ben- der, Mrs, Worthington Ames. Miss Alice Find- ley, Mrs Frank Findley, Mrs. Wakefleld Ba- ker, Miss Lila Berry and Miss Gaylord. O T Mrs. Robert Foute gave a card party yesterday and the afternoon was pleas- antly spent at cards by the twenty-four invited guests. Among those present were: Mrs,_Gibbs, Mrs, Forbes, Mrs. McAfee, Mrs, &"l‘gfl%}gflfi% NEW ADVERTISEMENTA. MRS. MARY GREGOVICH. Of Philipsburg, Montana, Tells Bn’ She Was Cured of Dandruff. Mrs. Mary Gregovich of Philipsburg, Montana, under date of November 26, 1899, writes: “I had typhoid fever this sum- mer, consequently was losing my hair ter- ribly, and my head in places was perfect- ly bald. Newbro’'s Herpicide had just come into use in Philipsburg, and the docter strongly recommended it to me, | After three or four applications my hair stopped tamnfc out, and is comin, again quite thick. I used to be troubled greatly with dandruff, of which I am now uite cured.” Kill the dandruff germ with oS s & e R o s for sample to e - cide Co., Detroit, Mich, » § b Noble, Mrs. Worthington Ames gave a lunch- eon yesterday in honor of Miss Gertrude Jesselyn. Among the guests were: Miss Josselyn, Miss Allen, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Ruth MoNutt, Miss Bessie Ames, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Willard Drown and Miss Bernie Drown. R A Miss Anita Feder, 1224 Golden Gate ave- nue, gives her last at home to-day prior to her departure for a visit'to her sister, Mrs. Jacques Meyer of Berlin. Civil Service for Firemen. The Civil Service Commission has asked the Fire Commissioners to attend a conference for the purpose of arrang- ing for examinations for prometions in the Fire Department and for the creation of an eligible list for pesitions as firemen. The meeting will be held to-day and after a thorough discussion plans for the »x- aminations will be decided upon. The man with the fewest expectations meets with the fewest disappointments. \ \ PROBING BIG MERGER SEAL OF RAILWAYS NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—When the hear- ing was resumed to-day in the case of Minnesota against the Nqrthern Securi- ties Company, E. T. Nichols, secretary and treasurer of the Northern Securities Company, was called to the stand. He said that Abraham H. Wyatt, Richard Tremble and George F. Baker Jr. organ- ized the company. He did not know whether J. P. Morgan & Co. were em- ployed by the securities company to pur chase the Harriman interests in Northern Pacific Company, but he said the securities company borrowed about $9,000,000 from Morgan & Co. “We acquired $41,085,000 of Northern Pa- cific preferred stock,” said Nichols, “and $37,000,000 of common stock by giving 491,371 in Northern Securties stock $8,955,629 in cash.” “Did not the Northern Securities Com- pany receive nearly $0,000,000 of Great Northern stock in its own name before you discussed the advisability of receiv- ing any further deliveries in the names of trustees?” “I den’t remember the amount. I sug- gested that some of the stock should stand in the name of trustees in case I needed any of it for collateral.” Nichols said he selected the trustees. Most of them are clerks in his office. Ho promised to send the rames to the ex- aminer for the record. His company owns in all between 500,000 and 600.000 shares of the Great Northern Rallway Company. - Three or four hundred of those shares are in the names of the “trustees” of whom he spoke. Replying to other questions, Nichols sald no annual statement of the Northern Securities Company has been cqmplete\l and no financial statement is being pre- pared. DEATH MAKES FOR NOTED CLESIASTIC Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson Dies After Conspicuous Career in Church Work. > JACKSON, Miss.,, Nov. 18. — Bishop Hugh Thompson of the Episcopal church died this morning at 5 o'clock of can- cer of the throat. Since his arrival here from New York a week ago he had been sinking rapidly and had made all preparations for the end, which came peacefully, and while surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1830 and came to America with his parents when a child. He was admitted to the ministry when 22 years old and filled several prominen: pulpits in Chi- cago, New York and elsewhere. He was appointed Bishop of the diocese of Mis- sissippl in 1865. Bishop Thompson was a profound scholar and one of the most able ministers in the South. Ay 43 ST FRUIT FROM CALIFORNIA CROWDS FOREIGN STORES Delectable Products of fhe Golden State Amaze the People in Britain. LONDON, Nov. 18.—The ingenuity and determination with which California fruit is pushing itself in the English market is causing attention here. The markets are full of figs, plums and prunes at low prices and during October California success fully flooded this market with thousands of tons of choice black plums, while the farmers of Kent left their plums to rot on the trees and ground, saying that it was not worth while to pick them. The success of the Californians is at- tributed to their skill in packing, wheréby the frult travels here intact. The Gar- dener’'s Magazine says ‘California ship- ments of piums in October aggregated 5000 tons over the previous record years. B sz, Prospective Fishing for Veterans. YOUNTVILLE, Nov. 18.—The State Fish Commission has presented a colony of fifty black bass to the Veterans’ Home. The large dam in Overholt Canyon west of the home, which impounds ten millicu gallons of water drained from 400 acres of hillside, constitutes a fitting home for the finny tribe. Here, after the fish have had time to grow and multiply, the old veterans will find employment and amuse- ment for many idle hours. and Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_———————— Townsend's California glace fruit and candies, ¢ a pound, in artistic fire-etened boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 102 . -Good News On good writing paper is hard to beat. 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