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

THE SAN FERANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, ‘DECEMBER 19, 1902. 6 a“ o OIL AS FUEL %« Y reason of the explosion of the oil tanks of the | B ship Progreso public interest has been di- FRIDAY_. -DECEMBER 19, 1902 | rected to the growing use of oil as fucl and JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. R R i B L ! fadress All Communications to W. S LEAKE. Manager mxrxon Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish, PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. | EDITORIAL ROOMS. 217 to 221 Stevemson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. $6.00 DAILY CALL (ncluding Sundey), ¢ months. 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month 05c EUNDAY CALL, One Year. 1.80 WEEELY CALL, One Year. 1.00 ANl Postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change of eddress should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE.. +++.1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, ¥ansger Yoreign Advertising, Marguette Building, Ohieage. (hong Distance Telephone “Central 2619.") NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. FErentano, 31 Unfon Square; Murray Hill Hotel; Fifth-avenue Hotel and Hoffman House. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Tyemont House; Auditorfum Hotel; Palmer House. X (D. C) OFFICE...1406 G St. N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. ERANCH OFFICES—3527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open ‘until 8:30 o'clock. 800 Hayes, open until 8:80 o'clock. 633 ; open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. mnlmmutfl!p.m THE STATEHOOD FIGHT. klu some of the dangers which may attend the careless use of it. The cause of that explosion is now under investigation by United States inspectors, and The Call has no desire to prejudge the case. It is safe to assert, however, that the explosion was due to some improper management in sthe use of the oil, for with proper care oil is by no means a dangerous fuel either on shipboard or elsewhere. The use of liquid oil i5 no longer in the experi- mental stage. It‘is true that such fuel has not long been in use in California, and.that our petroleum trade is still in its infancy; but in other parts of the world oil has been long in use and is no longer | looked upon either as 2 danger or a novelty. In Russia the use of oil for fuel began as far. back as 1870, and so successful and profitable has its use been found that to-day there is not a steamer on the Caspian Sea, nor on the Volga; not a locoiotive run- ning on the entire Southern Russia railway system, nor ‘hardly a boiler in that section of Russia, which is not operated by the use of liquid fuel. In fact, the use of such fuel is so rapidly extending throughout Rus- sia and has been found to so materially benefit the in- dustries of the country that according to late reports the consumption of oil for fuel now amounts to something like 9,000,000 tons per annum. Nor is Russia the only country where the advan- tages of the new fuel have been recognized. The Hamburg-American Steamship Company has fitted four steamers for liquid fuel, and the North German Lloyd two. Dutch mail and cargo steamers in the Far East are now employing liquid fuel regularly. The Shell Transport and Trading Company have no less than twenty large steamers using oil fuel, and some of them are of 10,000 tons net carrying capacity. The Kensington, of the Red Star Line, has been the first passenger ship to cross the Atlantic with oil fuel, but many steamers running out of San Francisco have been using it for some time past. Finally, the Ad- miralties of all the great nations have been experi- menting with it on an extensive scale. When that extensive use of oil for fuel is taken into consideration it will be seen that the number of accidents resulting from the use of it have been com- paratively infrequent. In fact, where the oil is of a proper. “flashing point” there have been virtually no serious accidents, notwithstanding its widespread and long continued use. TATEHOOD was- promised - Arizona, New‘ S Mexico and Oklzhoma by the Republican:party. | The majont) report of the Semate Commmcc; on Territories denies statehood to New Mexico. be- | cause a majority: of the ‘people spea‘k Spamsh and to Arizona because her thinihg lcdges may’ pmch out. | The right to self-government ‘is a iconstitutional right.. The constituticn does not say: that only those | who speak English shall have. it, or that the immor- tality of mineral ledges only can qualify a Territory | for admission to ‘the Union. ' New. Mexico asked | statehood fifty-two years ago, ‘At that time Califor- | nia had s great a preponderance of Spanish-speaking | people as New Mexico. That language did not keep New Mexico out, but ‘the ‘slavery question. She | was south of the Missouri compromise line of 36| degrees 30 minutes, and therefore was slave ter- ritory according to the ‘compromise of 1820. Thel more timid Southern statesmen.and the Northern| leaders of public opinion felt that the bonds of na- tional union could stand no furthér strain arising in discussion of the slavery question,” So Cahforma’ was admitted as a free State, with all her Spanish habits, population, practices and even jurisprudence upon her, and New Mexico was left. to stew in her| territorial juice. Then came the .death and birth of» parties. The Whig party wrote its obituary and the Republican party issued its prospectus, and the im- petus of events was so rapidly toward civil-war that nobody had time to stop and let down the bars to new States. Now all those events are far behind us. New Mex-' ico has shown self-supporting capacity. She has great resources, is traversed by railways, has a uni- versity, normal school, high schools, and public edu- cation is in full headway. She has towns with every modern adjunct of cities, and her people are as fit now for seli-government as they will be fifty-two. years from now—as fit as California was when she was admitted without passinga territorial novitiate at all. As for Arizona, she has not only mines but timber, manufactures, agriculture, = horticulture, stock-raising and a full catalogub of resources upon which to nurture an increasing population. Given seli-government she and New Mexico will do just what all American communities have done when en- | franchised with statehood. They will fill up with an American population and go forward in development and enlightenment. Seli-government is dear to the American spirit. Every immigrant who goes to a Territory goes ex- pecting statehood and because of that asplrahon_‘ With one exception the history of new States proves‘ the vivifying effect of self-government. When Idaho and the Dakotas were admitted they were backward, and that was pleaded agaifist them as a reason for prolonging their novitiate. But there were enlight- ened men, like S. S. Cox, to deal with the matter then, who insisted that self-government was a cure for their backwardness, and it was. Neither of those States has any advantage in natural resources over New Mexico and Arizona, and yet under the {~ impulse of seli-government they have gone forward until their surplus products are sought as a prize in tonnage by the transportation companies, and a steady stream of immigration has flowed into them until they have the stable aspect of the oldest States. Let this prolonged wrangle over Arizona and New Mexico cease. Give them self-government with all its honors and muniments and leave them to work out their American destiny. Arizona is the hinter- land of “Southern California. Through that part of our State she has access to deep water. Her devel- opment intimately concerns us. The good offices will be mutual. This State wants another State on her southeastern border. We want that State de- “1 yeloped up to all of its possibilities and its Tesources. T‘herdore California stands for the.application to. the mnmg Territories- of that germinal- pnncmn v'of self-government in which our own progress. hxd,us radix. The detectives of Japan are .to have: resorted | mum flashing point of 150 degrees Fahrenheit. The question of the flashing point of the oil whose use is permitted for fuel is of prime importance, and since it is essential to the development of the oil in- dustries of .California it should be carefully consid- |ered. In Russia the law prohibits the use and the exportatioh of liquid fuel of low flashing point, and | no oil which flashes belpw 150 degrees is permitted. In the United Kingdom Lloyd’'s Register originally | required a flashing point of 200 degrees Fahrenheit, which has since been reduced to 150 degrees, while | the German authorities have accepted as safe a mini- The Governments of India and of Ceylon permit the impor- tation of oil for liquid fuel purposes which has a | flashing point of over 150 degrees Fahrenheit, and | fuel of 120 degrees flashing point has been in con- stant use for four to five years in a large number of the Shell Company’s steamers as well as in many Dutch steamers in the East Indies,. with complete immunity from accident. While it is not desirable to fix a flashing point higher than is really necessary for safety, so as not to unnecessarily increase the cost of the product to the consumer by reason of the additional refining pro- cess, it is still of the greatest importance, in the in- | terest of both the consumer and of those who have | the future of the petroleum trade at heart, that the minimum flashing ppint of liquid fuel should be fixed say at 150 degrees Fahrenheit. If that be done its | use in the future will be as immune from accidents as it has been in the past, and the development of the trade, which has made such rapid strides, will pro- ceed at an even greater rate, to the benefit of the industry and of all interested. D — Our Police Judges are making themselves tribunes of patriotism in punishing severely the drunken sol- diers of Uncle Sam who persist in dishonoring the uniforms while among_us. Some of our military friends should teach themselves a few lessons in so- I:;ne!y. F gramme of improvement to be undertaken by the New York. Central Company which will give the road and the city the most commodious pas- senger traffic facilities to be found anywhere in the world. The programrhe includes making a new grade for the railway through the city by establish- RAILWAYS I[N CITIES. ROM New York comes a report of a pro- | ing the line below the level of some streets and above the level of others, while at the same time putting its terntinals in direct connection with the street railway system, so that virtually a man may take a street car almost anywhere in the city and transfer to the Cen- tral depot without inconvenience. The alteration in the grade of the tracks will of it- self be an immense benefit to' the upper part of the city, for it will give the people full and safe use of many streets which are now more or less hazardous by reason of railway crossings. In describing that phase of the improvement the New York Commer- cial says the improvements will constitute “one of thg most remarkable undertakings or rather series of un- dertakings recorded in the history of this city, the cost of which will run up to many millions of dol- lars—$10,000,000 is the estimate by conservative per- sons acquainted with the character and scope of the improvements contemplated of the cost-of the ter- minal changes alone. Not only will the tracks of the railroad be depressed/below the surface from Fiity- seventh street south to the terminal, but grade cross- ings will be eliminated at Highbridge, Morris Heights and' Fordham By overhead bridges over the tracks, with new stations on the higher level with stairways leading from the platforms to the tracks, thus avoiding the necessity for passengers to cross the tracks at grade for access to the stations.” . In addition to changing the grade the company will increase its f{cififies by laying six new tracks from Fiity-seventh street south to, the yard, thus giving a total of ten tracks over that distance. The streets that cross. the depressed tracks- will have gmdes not “ex- 10 the use o(flteXnytofiild out if 2 suspected thief bad swallowed a stolen’coin; ‘so it would seem that thesflrciw‘natsflh!fl!heneededhuuftu Get your Christmas shopping done this week; and d\mnm'eekmmmadonmeomndeaflden- A h&cmdu ~M-eew. # ceedmg four feet in the hundred, while Forty-fifth street is to have an even fnghter grade. To i improve the depot facilities elevated driveways will be con- ;structed under ‘the trainshed connecting the new Forty-fifth street viaduct with a plaza of ample width over the tracks, terminating just north of the con- | } walk for access to carriages, a wide carriage drive- way and a stand for public carriages, all under the main trainshed and protected from the weather. All of these imiprovements are to be carried out in harmony and in co-operation with the elevated roads, the street roads and the subway roads. Naturally the people of New York are highly pleased with the pro- gramme, and the Commercial says: “It means, if it mean anything at all, that the Central’s management have at last risen to the full possibilities of the devel- opment of their suburban and urban divisions as.a complete local rapid transit system.” San Francisco congratulates New York on promise of such a magnificent New Year's gift. Meanwhile we indulge the hope that when the New York managers of the Southern Pacific Company pérceive how much credit goes to those who improve railway terminal facilities they will be inclined to make some improvement in the terminal facilities of their roads in San Francisco. Probably it is too much to expect just now a regrading of the line through the city, but an improved depot ought to be promptly forthcoming. [ U One of the murderous thugs who took the life of Police Officer Robinson and is now seeking to es- cape -punishment for }\is crime claims to be insane. He probably did not think that he was submitting a double reason why society should be protected against him, A in the contest between L. H. Brown and W, H. Alford for a seat on the State Board of Equalization has been dismissed by Judge Cook on the ground that the statute covering election contests does not apply to State offices, but only to city and county offices, The decision will not surprise any one, nor as a matter of fact, beyond the immediate friends of the candidate who desires the recount, will there be much dissatisfaction. ‘As a rule a_recount is of but little benefit even to the successful petitioner when an of- fice of any importance is at stake. Over and over the MORE BALLOT LAW. PETITION asking for a recount of the votes | again it has happened that a recount would show errors in the original count sufficient to unseat the candidate reported to have been elected, and yet the proceedings of the courts would be so prolonged that the term of the contested office would expire be- fore the “successful” competitor would get final judg- ment in his favor. Not long ago the people of Pennsylvania were amused by a decision in a contested election involv- ing a county office. The decision was given two years after the contested term of office had expired and something like a year after the sucCessful litigant had departed from this world to a better one. The case .brought more than a hundred witnesses from their | homes to testify, and cost - something like $20,000. That case was an extreme one, it is true, but it pointed the proper moral just the same. ‘We do not need more facilities for contesting elec- tions, but we do need an election law that can be understood by plain people and consistently inter- preted by election officers. Should the statute pro- vide for a recount in contested State elections there is no telling when we would ever see the end of such contests. It is pretty safe to say that those arising out of one election would not be settled be- fore a new set would arise out of a succeeding elec- tion, and the courts:would be jammed with them. Perhaps the 'voting mathine ‘is the only sure re- lief from a bad situation, but something can be done to simplify the existing law. It is up to the legis- lators-elect to begin to consider some plan for re- form. Under the existing law things are in a bad way, and they will be worse before they are better unless the law be amended. e e —— There is a manifest indisposition on the part of the British and the Germans to arbitrate with Venezuela, but after a little coyness and .some straight talk from Uncle Sam they will get good and give The Hague court another chance to do business. MAN AND HIS CLOTHES, ARVARD UNIVERSITY, it is said, proposes H to take a step in advance and lead all other American -colleges along the path of proper academic dress, It is announced that the corpora- tion of the university has taken action making it “permissive for all holders of degrees to wear special academic costumes,” and it is believed that all who have that gracious permission will profit by it. No information has been given as to what moved the corporation to take such action, but it is probable some of the members, if not all of them, have seen the recently published photographs of the coal strike arbitrators as they appeared when clothed in the garb of miners preparing to descend a mine. That picture clearly illustrates the value to man of his proper adornments. The members of the arbitration board are dignitaries of no mean rank, but they looked in their unwonted clothes like a pack of tramps rounded up by a village constable and about to be photo- graphed at a rogues’ gallery. It is further interesting to néte that just at this time the trial of a lawsuit in Paris between the mem- bers of a firm of corset manufacturers discloses the fact that the firm makes annually a large number of corsets for the officers of various armies. The Ger- mans do not buy male corsets from France because there is a German factory for the @oods. Thus it ap- pears that much of the trim alertness and the dis- tinguished dignity of carriage that mark the military man are due not so much to his martial vigor as to his corset. There have been critics of the action of the Har- vard corporation. They say it will tend to give an- other impetus to the idea of scholastic formalism and to create aristocratic distinctions’ which are out of place in a democratic country. There is of course some virtue in such criticisms, but they are not suf- ficient to make Harvard pause, nor indeed would the critic himself assert them very vigorously if he would make a thorough study of the photograph of the arbitration board in democratic clothes. Let Har- vard go ahead in academic dress reform. She is all right, and need not pause to answer if some amazed citizen gazing for the first time on the academic cap should ask of President Eliot, “Where did you get that hat?” According to reports of cold waves and coal prices in the East it would seem to be cheaper for a con- siderable number of the people to come West than to buy coal, and it is probable a good many of the wiser and more enterprising among them will do it. Another assault upon the privileged pleasantries of the fair sex has been made in this city. A husband is suing his wife for divorce because she occasionally tw_o[ l&mw course and. conuected -therewith by stairways eight, threw a hatchet at him. He ought to congratulate - ,_'fiélght:’"Oh fins phz: wxfl be1ocated a foot- i hxmself that the lady did not-use an ax. SILVERTOWN LEAVES THE STORM HE officials of the Postal Telegraph passed safely through the storm. land miles. L e e e o o S e B CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICTS ARE ORGANIZED The Civil Service Commission has or- ganized the Civil Service District of San Francisco, comprising all the classifled services in San Francisco and within an area of 100 miles of this city. At present there are included in this district San | Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Ban Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, Vallejo, San Rafael, Petaluma and Santa Rosa. The dutles pertaining to the offices com- prising the district, including examina- tlons, have been placed under the super- vision of a board of examiners, composed, of seven members selected by the com- mission from the Federal service in San Francisco. J. W. Erwin, assistant super- intendent of the free delivery system, has been designated as chairman and secre- tary of the board; Herpert F. Ward of the customs service, assistant secretary, and the five additional members are Belle C. Lewald and A. E. Nathanson of the postal service, Ellis A. Holmes of the customs service, Thomas P. Burns of the subtreasury service, and Frank A. Pedlar of the Mint and Assay service. The for- mer boards of examiners in San Francis- co for the customs service, Postoffice, Mint and Assay and Subtreasury services have been discontinued. In each of the postoffices within the dis- trict, outside of San Francisco, an auxik iary secretary and auxiliary member of the consolidated board have been desig- nated, they being under the supervision of tbe consolidated board. An examination room and offices for the use of the new board of examiners have been fitted up in the Postoffice building at No. 301 Jackson street, where the assist- ant secretary is on duty during business hours. All inquirles regarding United States Civil Service examinations or mat- ters pertaining’ thereto should be ad- dressed to the secretary of the Consoli- dated Board of Examiners, 301 Jackson street, San Francisco. Examinations for the postal service of San Francisco, Alameda, Berkeley and | Oakland will be held . San Franeisco, while examinations for the other offices of the postal service comprising this dis- trict will be held in the city or town for which the examination is called. Exam- inations for the postal service of San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento and San Jose will be held annually, and applica- tions for examination for these offices will be received at all times, both by the con- solidated board and the auxiliary secre- tary, in citles outside of San Francisco. Examinations for the customs service will be held annually and application forms will be received by the consolidated board ol examiners at all times. Exami- nations for the mint and assay service, subtreasury service, San Francisco, and postal service of Alameda, Berkeley, Napa, Petaluma, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Stockton and Vallejo will be held when eligibles are required, and applications will not be distributed or aceepted until after a special examination has been an- nounced. Similar consolidated boards of examin- ers have been in successful operation in a few of the larger Bastern cities for some time past and the organization of the San Francisco board is in furtherance of the commission’s plans to simplify and consolidate this important work. All Men Need Diaries, So bear that in mind when buying his Christmas gift. Memorandum books, wal- lets, cigar cases, match boxes, inkstands are what men want. All lettered in gold free of charge at Sanborn, Vail & Co.’s, u Market street. Open evenings. ———————— HOT RIVETS DRIVEN 5 NEXT THE FUEL TANK Steamboat Inspectors Obtain More Evidence Regarding the Pro- greso Disaster. More evidence was taken yesterday in the Progreso explosion case by Captains O. F. Bolles and John K. Bulger, a new witness, J. McKendrick, a riveter, having been found. He testified that 'where he was working in the vessel a right-hand riveter was standing on the outside of the ship and the rivet holder, John Kane, was standing inside on top of the fuel tank. The man on the outside was blewn into thé®bay when the explosion took place, while the man on the inside lost a leg and is now in the military hospital at the Presidio. McKendrick escaped by the merest chance, he having left the place a few seconds before ‘the explosion oc- curred. The inspectors will visit this patient at the Presidio to-day to take his deposition. This will end the case so far as the tak- ing of testimony is concerned. —_———— Four Precincts Counted. Four precincts were counted in Judge Hebbard's court yesterday, where the ‘Webster-Langdon contest is being heard. They were the Fourth of the Thirty-first, the Second of the Forty-second and the Sixteenth and Ninth of the Twenty-ninth. Twenty-twb ballots were reserved for de- cision and 1583 were thrown out. As these precincts were carried by Langdon, his loss In the recount was greater than Web- ster’s, who lost twenty-seven, while Lang- don lost forty-one. Livernash lost. the four votes he gained the day before. —————— Renounces Citizenship. OAXLAND, Dec. 18.—Religious scruples is the reason assigned by Olaf Mathison, a native of Norway, for giving up his in- tention of becoming a citizen of the United States, In a letter received by the County Clerk, Mathison states that he will prepare the people for the hereafter instead of swearing allegiance to any state. He took out his first papers in e Senator Pettus of Alabama, who is 81 years old, has been enjoying his vacation in Moblle and has astonished every one , by his sprightliness. He says he Is good for many years of public service. —— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A WOMAN TO BE PRETTY Must Have Luxuriant and Glossy Hair, No Matter What Color. The finest.contour of, a female face, the sweetest smile of a female mouth loses something if the head is crowned with scant hair. Scant and falling hair, it is now known, is caused by a parasité that burrows into the scalp to the root of the _hair, where it saps the vitality. The little white scales the germ throws up in bur- rowing are called dandruff. To cure dan- druff permanently, then,-and to stop_fali- ing hair that germ must be killed. ' New. bro’s Herpicide, an entirely new result of the chemical laboratory, destroys the danumfl erm and, of course, stops the falling r and cures baldness, Sold at ludlns tflmg m}re::’ m 10 Izl d:' O;‘n stamps for lmp e e Herpici { Detroit, Mich. 7 much pleased yesterday to learn that the Silvertown had Chief Weather Bureau Official McAdle is of the opinion that the vessel will not ‘meet any very heavy winds for several days at least. yesterday the length of cable reeled off equaled 71 statute or The Silvertown has also gained one hour on her Company were very | trip thus. far. At noon CONCESSIONS TO BRANDY MAKERS OF CALIFORNIA Recent Bunng Ope:ns the Way for Trade Between Here and the East. The question was submitted recently to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as to wether a sweet-wine maker, who was not a distiller of brandy, was entitled un- der the sweet-wine law to purchase brandy from & regular licensed distiller, free from tax, far the purpose of fortify- ing, and a ruling has been received hold= ing that “under section 4 of the act of October 1, 189, the privilege is accorded wine-growers, who are not distillers, of withdrawing brandy free of tax from spe- clal bonded warehouses, provided they are ‘wlne growers within the meaning of the aw. This declsion s of great value to the California distillers, as large quantities of grape brandy are sold to the Eastern ‘would have ruined this trade. —_——— CATHOLIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS ENRICHED Bernard Classen’s Will Contains Be- quests to Clergy, Asylums and Schools. The will of the late Bernard Classen, capitalist, was flled for probate yester- day. His estate, which is worth $30,000, is_disposed of as follows: To each of the following named clergy- men and charitied $200: To the Roman Catholic Seminary of Menlo Park, St. Francls' Technical School, St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum of South San Francisco, Catholic Orphan Asylum of San Rafael, Sisters of the Holy Family, Archbishop P. W. Riordan and Vicar General J. J. Prendergast. The residue of the estate is bequeathed to brothers and sisters of the deceased residingsin Germany. —_———— Town Talk’s Fine Xmas Number. The Christmas edition of Town Talk is cut and from beginning to end it ‘is a lit- erary treat. Some of the star features are poems by Herman Sheffauer and Ell- wyn Hoffman. Among. the short stories contributed is a clever little bit of fiction by Helen M. Bonnet, entitled ‘Plastic Circumstance.” Sarah Williamson, whose literary genius is well established, is an- other contributor. The *‘Saunterer” col- umn is as bright and breezy as ever and the editorials give the reader a chance for sober reflection. The front cover has a pretty design appropriate for the holi- day season. Town Talk’s Christmas num- ber is a suitable sample of California Journalism to mail to Eastern friends. o e = New Acting Chinese Consul. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury in- structed Customs Collector Stratton yes- terday to recognize Chow Lee Kwan a; acting Consul General of China at th port. KNOWS IT ALL”’ those pictures. ever created. winemakers to be used in the fortification | of sweet wines and an adverse decision | And look out, too, for the full-page of Christmas brides, which will display for you some of the most striking costumes BEHIND ON JOURNEY WESTWARD. ON BOARD SILVERTOWN, LATITUDE 33.14 NORTH, LONGITUDE WEST, NOON—Total cable paid out, 662 miles. Weather fine. She is a long distance ahead of her schedule ahd at the present rate of progress will reach the end of her journey early @hristmas morning. yesterday noon she had traveled 181 miles. that the average daily rate would be 160 miles. erything has progressed in a highly satisfactory manner. 133-30 BENEST. From Wednesday noor tor, It was calculated® Thus far ev~ it @ SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS THE GOLDEN AGE—Subscriber, City. The steamer Golden Age was wrecked April 29, 1855, 217 miles above Panama. BERSAGLIERI-E. W., Oakiand, Cai. The term bersaglieri was first applied to the sharpshooters in the Sardinian army, | who were employed for the first time in 1848, CASINO—Player, City. In the game of casino if in qutting to the dealer or in re- uniting the separated cards a card Be ex- pesed, or if there be ady confusion of the cards, there must be a fresh cut. PROMISSORY NOTE—Eng., City. A promissory note to be negotiable must be for a sum certain and payable, without cordition, at some future fime to some person therein named, or his order or (o hearer. BLUESTOCKING—L. G., City. The fol- lowing quotation asked about is a trans- lation from the French of Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778: “Every literary girl will remain a maid all her life as long as there shall be sensible men on the earth.” TWENTY-ONE POINTS-A. Q. P.. City. In the game of casino called “twen- ty-one point casino” the first player who sccres the requisite number wins. No one point takes precedence over another, but points are scored by each player as soon as made, and the one who first scores twenty-one is the winner. CIVIL SERVICE—M. L. T., City. The first bill to bring about eivil service re- form was Introduced by Thomas A. Jencks of Rhode Island in 1365. In 1871 an act was passed giving the President authority to prescribe rules for admission into the civil service. A commission was appointed with George Willlam Curtis as its head to introduce tests of fitness for office, in place of political influence. In 1573 Congress discontinued the appropria- tiongor the commission and in 1874 Presi- dent Grant abandoned the system. The present act regulating the service was in- troduced by Pendleton of, Ohio in 1582 and passed. Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* —_——— Townsend's California glace fruit and candies, c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxel A nice present for Eastern friends. Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —_——— Special information supplied daily te business houses and public men by “the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 20 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 —_———— Touches Your Appreciation. The good goods at a price littleness in the gilt clocks, candlesticks, trays, shades and candelabra at Sanborn, Vail & Co,’s, 741 Market street. Open evenings. COLONEL KATE Tells of the DisagreeaBle Woman in Next Sunday’s Call. AVE you solved the mystery of the COLONEL KATE PAPERS? Do you know who Colonel Kate really is or what has impelled her to reveal the secrets of the geniler. sex, heretofore kept.so sacred unto themselves? In the great CHRISTMAS EDITION of the SUNDAY CALL last Sun- day the first ‘paper in the brilliant series from the pen of this mysterious personage, who iswriting ot lovely woman as she has never been written about before, came as a huge surprise. Colonel Kate held forth deliciously about the ways of “THE BEAUTIFUL CONFIDANTE WHO THINKS SHE { In NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL, which- will be a bright, newsy number, full of the Yuletide spirit now grown so merry, the second of the COLONEL KATE PAPERS will appear. It is entitled “THE DISAGREEABLE WOMAN,” and is one of, the wittiest, cleverest and wmost daringly acurate articles ever. written about the women of the West. While we are in the realm of the personal and the exiremes y unusual there might be mentioned the full-page article telling all about Charlie Fair's strange country home, upon which this unfortunate millionaire spent a fortune and was killed automobile before he ever saw it. with odd canals and quaintly contrived lakes. P is own The grounds are fairlycovered Just watch for And with Christmas Eve only a few nights off, you cannat fail to be interested in two full pages that will be just full of ideas for you to copy if you want to interest or amuse your friends. One is “HOW TO MAKE UP FOR AMATEUR THEAT- RICALS,” while the other is “MY FUNNIEST CHRIST- MAS,” by members of the theatrical profession who have had strange experiences in all quarters of the globe. To interest the children, and the grown folks as well, there are the COMICS and the PUZZLES—two full pages of them— which are even more interesting this week than ever; and be- sides this, a brand new game, “THE PIONEER’S ROAD,” which is one of the simplest and cleverest things in years. Then there is the second installment of “THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS ISCARIOT,” which began in the CHRISTMAS CALL LAST SUNDAY, and which has created a bigger sen- sation than was expected, even from the tremendous literary and religious vogue it is mow having in both the East and Europe. You can have no real conception of the emotions, the ambitions, the sufferings of this, the most despised man in either biblical or profane history, until you read his own story of his » own life and W relation to the Savior. But this is not all, by any means. FREE WITH NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL CARW {N COLOR— “4\FAIR\MASQUERAD£&”_ ” ’: