The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1903, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO > ALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1903, EBRUARY 28, 1903 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propriefor. { Lacress & C;"'vx;\c:'uor); to W. S. \.E;\KE.'M&negu. TELEPHONE. for for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. Ask Market and Third, S. F. 217 to 221 Ltevenson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. . Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. by Mail, Including Postage: i Terms $8.00 T30 130 e . 180 1.0 All Postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. s will be forwarded when requested. Mazager Foreign Adve (Leng Distance YORK ¥ STEPHEN B. SMITH NEW YORK C. C. CARLTON... NEW T Union Square: ftman House, Northern Hotel; Sl ¥ B EL 1406 G St.. <y : rrespondent. CRAN WASHINGTON (D MORTON E BRANCH OFFICES— TO CHEER THE EAST. ore they could the cities there here among the abodes of irred because of the ex- many p the e relief. The snow- s of hail and sleet. and_the country. We f deaths resulting from some of hness of the almost a2 summer warmth fol- sts will sweep ng the flowers and the I ng fatal cases ho carelessly expose sudden changes of temperature. g of summer will be another lamitous. We shall hea r of thun- ning and of sunstrokes. Cold < e aced by hot waves. The masses of welter in tiic streets and drop e fields iing work at midday because the heat We shall hear of great fac- rdiest workman cannot endure 1l learn of a dread mortality among th aged and of weak y sufficient to with- v-heat ‘that night the Eastern a vitali ng influences of a s ven by the approach ol f on to season record ner to-day and worse expected to- y reminder of the ) such a people a da sons of San Francisco ought to be in- nd profitable. There are thousands of peo- who are now in a position to seek hout making sacrifice of their prop- business interests. It will be well, there- oi the climatic attractions Here is a land” where all the year weather ministers to the comfort of man t The rd- of the temperature proves the fact, and a good move on e part of the promotion’ com- to make the record known where it nd them d; rnia t respect it is without a parallel on earth e will do An expert on language says the word “copper,” used to signify a policeman, is nct slang, but 2 good, old Saxon word of excellent lineage. He spoils his argument, however, by adding that the Saxons used it to signify a man “who pursues and captures.” Now a policeman rarely ever pursues and still more rarely captures. 1t looks as if this Congress would close up with a deadlock in the Senate and a grand explosion in the House. y associated with | astern climate. | HIGHWAY SHADE TREES. OWN in Santa Clara the people have revivified D and strengthened their appreciation of shaded | highways and a movement has been started for a genera] planting of trees. By way of launching | the movement with something of a celebration it has | been decided to set apart March 10 as Arbor day. On that day the Highway Improvement Club will | begin the work of planting shade trees along the | whole length of the route from Stanford University. on the extreme western border of the county, to Lick QObservatory, that crowns the highest peak of its castern boundary of inountains. Santa Clara does not need a movement of the kind <o much as some other counties, but it is perhaps for that very reason the movement has been started There are many rural sections of the State e are not enough trees along the high- The people pass r year along their bare roads without ever <nowing what they are missing. To talk to them of shaded avenues is to talk of something they do not der They believe a shaded road is a kind such as the poets write about a.nd‘ they do not deem such a| ere ways to serve as an cbject lesson. year lane, pai u g to be practical or good farm sense. h ignorance on the subject is to be found athong the people of Santa Clara. The padres who f ed the missions in that valley were tree plant- ers and the pioneers who came after them learned the lesson and practiced Far back in the early ore the Gringo came, travelers to California | noted between Mission Santa Clara and Pueblo San se the Alameda with its triple row of trees among the distinguished features of the country. The beauty and the shade of the trees along that ipon the American pioneers with spiration became : San Jose and Santa 1 a veritable network of embow- lanes, shz the men and women of th ters picture, as in whose ng trees were pioneer days. | of those avenues now present vistas of a| Several are - not surpassed in the world atures of exceptional interest. Dr. Bas- | f the early settlers of the valley, planted Clara an avenue containing every kind of | the Bible. All of them found the ate and they flourished. | fig and olive and pomegranate— as named in Holy Writ are there ata Clara has every natural giit promised land of Palestine in the freshest verdure and unblighted fruitfulness. | ned propitio ting on a less| He projected a to west | t nb ross the county from ea: tious scale. 1 one end to the other by the state- | h of his great plan has much remains to be accom- n of a shaded avenue from ersity to Lick Observatory will be an completion of Naglee’s idea. The | terminals will be changed, but for a large part of the | runs along avenues where many | the county under the inspiration of | st tand road d by Naglee 1 stic tzstes of the men of his genmeration and { a monument to the| an | one other counties can do, will be a at Santa Clara has which she has now undertaken to try them { way Improvement Club there should go a| e part of the Supervisors. | sti the Hig ful co-oper: | has been reported that at times the trees along | nu Along with the work of ation on t in some parts of the county have /been | 1 by the careless burning of orchard brush on | Such practices should be stopped by the | Where public opinion is favorable o enforce regulations of that kind and in | the would be well nigh| una | It is to be hoped the movement will be carried out | with a degree of energy that will give it a reputation and an influence as wide as the State that will flow from such an example is needed inj‘ many localities and some of them are near enough | Santa Clara to be directly affected by it. In fact, n that county has made the roadway from Stan-| ford to Lick attractive by its beauty, San Mateo may | take up the work at the boundary line and extend the | shaded way to San Francisco. Then it will be our | turn to complete the “greater alameda” from the | ocean to the heights of Mount Hamilton. — nighways road authorities is easy ra support The stimulus | Disgusted with the number of bills for the con- struction of new buildings and with the blunders committed by architects, Mr. Cannon stated in the House the other day that he would be willing to sub- scribe to a million-dollar fund to exterminate (hcm!; all. It is now up to the architects to raise a fund for ! the suppression of Cannon. ASKING ANNEXATION. UBA desires annexation to the United States, ‘ not as a relief from trouble, but because she has found so much prosperity resulting from | American enterprise within -her borders that she wishes more of it. Such is the report brought back | by a delegation of the Philadelphia Builders' Ex- change that has just returned from a three weeks' tour of inspection throughout the island The members of the delegation report that they found everywhere ‘evidences of a remarkable prosper- | ity. American and British investors have undertaken | | the exploitation of the resources of the country and | are pushing the work forward with abundant capital | | and tireless energy. Railways are being ronstructed; in the country and trolley lines in the cities and sub- urban districts. New buildings are being erected. Even skyscrapers are becoming common, and it is said Havana is beginning to look like an American city. The Cubans are highly pleased with the new capi- | tal and activity infused into their business, and are !not at all backward in expressing a conviction that the best way to preserve their new prosperity is by becoming a part and parcel of our political i In commenting upon the situation John S. Stevens, { president of the National Builders’ Associatios, stated in an address at a recent banquet: . “The Cu- | bans are beginning to look upon the Americans as their redeemers, and all over the island they are be- ginning to clamor for annexation. The most promi- nent men told us that the sentiment is growing into a general one that Cuba must be a part of the United States, in which event it will become one of = the wealthiest islands in the world. The men who fought for independence of the island are the strongest champions of annexation, and T was informed that a representative body of Cubans would shortly visit Washington to propose that this Government con- sider this matter seriously.” while ago we were informed by the advocates | by Mr. Thayer that the essential principles | the restored Union. | enabling wool, cloth, leather and other fabrics to be annexations, coronatior, island confirmed the statement of Mr. Stevens as to the trend of sentiment among the business men of the island. One of them said: “The planters and mer- chants there realize that once a part and parcel of the United States Cuba would become one of the wealth- iest islands in the world. It would instantly increase the value of the sugar and tobacco plantations (hre:} and four fold, they argue, and of late the great major- | ity of the natives are joining them in the movement for annexation.” Such reports are doubtless significant of a new scheme of getting Cuban products into the Ameri- can market free of customs duties. It is but a little of reciprocity that Cuba was about the most distressful country ever that her planters were threat- ened with bankruptcy and her people with destitu tion. We were told that nothing less than the free admission of Cuban sugar to the American market would save the suffering islanders from starvation. Now we get the other side of the story. Cuba is not suffering. Cuba is getting rich and wishes to be richer. She sees a veritable bonanza in the Ameri can market and will come to Congress with a new | proposal. This time it will not be reciprocity, but | annexation Truly the vision for the Cubans is,a golden one, but while we will fully appreciate the compliment of | an offet to unite with us, the people of the United | States will not accept it without a very full and care- | ful consideration. seen: A HOLIDAY SUGGESTION. CAMBRIDGE philosopher has come to the conclusion that we would improve ourselyes as Aa nation and add to-the patriotic inspirations of our holidays if we would abandon the use of the | given to some of them and adopt others | ssive and more fit. It is a suggestion not | names more expr without merit and we cordially give the author, Wi m Roscoe Thayer, the benefit of our assistance in explaining his ideas to the public. Mr. Thayer urges that holidays should be used as a means of educating the popular consciousness of the great things achieved in our history. He says: “A moment’s glance at the system of festivals and | fasts in the Roman or the Greek church will show | how effective such a system is in impressing on even | the most ignorant the few events connected with the | no | history or doctrines of these churches which are held to be essential. Advent, Christmas, Good Friday, | Easter, Ascension—the annual celebration with ap- | | propriate service of these holy days brings concretely before the masses the chief passages in the gospel | | i \ 'ADOPTS THE WASHINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL PLAN — 2 INEW Wasming 7on GrArsrTAR KOCIAN EAGER 10 SEE CITY'S | FAMOUS PARK e Jaroslav Kocian, the much famed Austro-Hungarian violinist, who has al- ready captured London, Paris and ulti- mately won equal victories over the musi- | cal enthuslasts of New York, New Or- leans, Chicago and others of the citles of the United States, has arrived. He came into the city of San Francisco yesterday | NEW WASHINGTON SCHOOL story. Is there any reason to suppose that the few | morning after traveling five f‘?{‘\’ ;{""1 BUILDING AS IT WILL LOOK vital facts in our national development could not be | [0UT ni&hts Rl SR reacant S v S WHEN COMPLETED. popularized in the same way?"” Procecding with his argument it is pointed out | embodied ates down in the origin and growth of the United to this time are liberty, independence and union. These principles, he says, “striven for and attained separately, one leading to the next and all divisibly welded together, should be perpetually cele- brated so that every American might realize that any policy that tended to abridge liberty or independence or destroy union threatened the very life of the re- 9 = now in- lic. At present we commemorate in our holidays only | one of the three principles, that of independence. | { which is celebrated on July 4 As a means of provid- ing for the proper observance of the others it is sug- gested that April 10, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, be made a national holiday for the com-! memoration of liberty, while Memorial day be | changed from a day of commemoration of the heroic dead into a day of commemoration of the restored and established Union. In support of the latter plea it is said the majority of the people no longer observe Memorial day as a day of mourning for the dead but as a day of genuine enjoyment and that as the years pass the festive fea- tures of the celebration will necessarily increase. It is then added: “Does not everything point to the conversion of Memorial day into Union day, through the gradual subordination of the sense of personal loss to the recognition of national gain? Time itself s hastening this change, which will fix our attention not on the deaths of individual soldiers, but on the great cause for which many of them died and on the | great fact of union which blesses all who survive. For | the vital outcome of the Civil War was the preserva- | tion of the Union, and since we are once more a| united people, rejoicing to declare union essentiil to | our national life, this fact ought to be celebrated among our historic festivals.” i It will be seen the scheme involves very little in| the way of innovation beyond the change in the! meaning and the name of Memorial day. To most | people, however, there will appear little reason for | making even that change. Virtually the observance of Memorial day has already become a celebration of | The present name and the pres- ent method of observing it do not in any way de- tract from the general recognition of that significance. ! Still the suggestion of Mr. Thayer is of interest, since | t recalls the importance of giving to our holidays | a truly national interpretation and of using them as a means of inculcating loyalty to liberty, independence and union. A collection of colors and of chemicals used in | making colors was recently made up in London for use at an exhibition in Sydney and over 2000 samples were obtained..without using duplicates. The col- lection is said to be a striking proof of the service which science has rendered to industry by the dis- covery of new methods of obtaining dye stuffs and | tinted with innumerable shades. A temperance lecturer in London astonished his audience the other day by saying that it is high time for the British public to swear off, for during a long | series of years they bave been mainly engaged in | “jubilee demonstrations, celebrations, exterminations, glorifications and jollifica- tions.” After all that it is surely fime to have a little sobriety by way of a change. It is announced that the Lincoln Post, a daily start- ed by Bryan and some of his friends during the cam- paign of 1896, has suspended because of a strike brought about by non-payment of wages. The loss is not much. Lincoln can get along without the Post and Bryan still has the, Commoner as a medium for howling. A novelty in the way of bazaar attractions is offered by the ladies of Watertown, New York, who are sell- ing tickets entitling the holder to a kiss at $1 each. The names of the girls who are to redeem the tickets i Other members of the delegation who visited the | in the scheme that makes it all the more lively. are not published so there is something of a lottery | of California than of his triumphs. tmpresario, Rudolph Aronson, found his | distinguished star not one whit disturbed . architect, Louls S. Stome, for the over a twenty-hour delay in his arrival. new Washington Grammar School, Kocian is a very ycung man, but an artist much older than his years. He was to be iocated on the southwest corner of Mason and Washington streets, The born in 1884 and began his violin actice at the early age of three and a half years. building will be two stories in height and | will be a model of its kind. The erection At the age of 12 he entered the Prague Conservatory of Music and his progress of the building depends on the legality of the T3 cent special levy, which will be has been phenomenal. He has lived in tested soon in the courts. a musical atmosphere. He looks it. Deli- ‘The board has already arranged to rent HE Board of Education has adopted the plans prepared by its consulting cate of features, he glves one the impres- sion of being exceedingly strong of will. There is no mistaking Kocian's artistic temperament. He is natural and would sooner talk of his delight on beholding the valleys and mountains and blue skies He had come through several kinds of cli- mates on his way from New Orleans and when he beheld the green fields and the great hills and wild flora and sniffed the balmy air of this State his first utterance accommodate the pupils while the new building fs in course of construction. The main floor contains seven class- rooms, principal's offices and rcoms. The top floor contains eight c! rcoms and emergency hospital room: that when puplls are taken il or mee ss- t was, “Ah, we have here the beloved Ri-| oy gn gecident they may be taken care viera. How sweet the air. Your people | ¢ properly. All the classrooms are light- in this State must surely be among the | o on belentific principies. most contented on earth. Your trees, The staircases are to be fireproof and vour flowers, your valleys, your dream) sylvan surroundings are in harmo Here nature seems to me to sing a lul- laby. 1 would like to play my music these fields, at the foot of those beautiful hills, amid the flower-perfumed air. On his arrival at the Palace Hotel Ko- cian paced restlessly about Impresario Aronson’s rooms. He seemed anxious. At last he gave vent to his desire. He had heard of the Golden Gate Park, and had listened to stories of the Cliff during his travel to San Francisco and, with all the exuberance of youth, paced and paced the room until his desire to pay them a visit was made known. Impresario Ar- onson then promptly ordered @ carriage that Kocian might have his wish to see two of San Francisco's most famed lo- calities gratified. The young violinist looks forward with impatient interest to his appearance here next week. ————————— PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. A. G. Brower and family of Utica, N. Y., are at the Palace. zre inclosed within brick walls and so dis- pesed as to give the best possible oppor- tunity for protection in case of fire. The exterior of the building is to be finished in stone to the main floor level, end above in buff pressed bricks. Th: roof i3 to be in red tile. The design is in French renaissance. The architect has taken special care to combine beauti- fui with the practical. and the best ideas i modern school architecture are incor- porated in the plans. There will be a large gymnasium in the attic, and an | auditorium seating 5 people in the base ment. Must Appoint From Civil Service. The Civil Service Commission yesterday notified the Fire Commission that the po- sition of timekeeper at the corporation jard, from which Sammy Kahlman re- signed, should be filled from the eligible | list of ordinary clerks or the of book- keepers. The commission will three names from efther list for the place and will withhold further approval of the | temporary appointment of a non-civil ser- | vice man in the place, although it permit- Dr. L. Lewis of Stanford Is at the| teq Kahlman to hold the position for sev- Grand. | eral months. The commission will notify J. M. P. Thomas, an attorney of l‘kiahv_ the various commissions that the list of is at the Grand. their employes must be filed in the early C. T. Brown, a wealthy resident of Troy, | part of the month. Ohio, is at the California. | H. H. C. Miller, a lawyer of Chicago, and wife are guests of the Palace. J. M. Jones, who owns several large tracts of land near Colusa, is at the Grand. W. Cameron Forbes and A. Stuart | | Pratt, two wealthy residents of Boston, Allan Pollack, manager of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, who is to manage the new Crocker Hotel, has returned from the East, whither he | went eral weeks ago to select the fur- | niture for the new establishment. premises in the vicinity of the school to | teachers’ | certity | 'ARTHUR BRAND ' WILL MARRY A PORTLAND GIRL The Misses Si Portland, Or,, gave a tea at th Tuesday in honor of Mrs. (nee Brown) and Mrs. Frank B. y of San F) A fea the oecas nouncement of the engageme Katha lar young Franc A suspended Cupid plerced by a golde: peared the names couple, was the way he surprising n of the charmir ire of m was th K. Vanderbilt The departure of the W. for the East last evening puts an end the round of entertainment arranged for them. The presence of this popular couple was the only spot of activity on the sc tapis carried over into the Lenten seasor and for a few weeks to come there will be an absolute lull in society. Mrs. Raoual Duval gave a riding part compiimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Vander- bilt at Burlingame on Thursday. The several guests were on horseback and after their ride dined at Mrs. Duval's home. Mrs. Frank Carolan is entertaining Miss Annle Ide and Miss Margery Ide at Bur- lingame, prior to their departure for the East. Mrs. Jack Johnston was guest of honor at a luncheon given yesterday by Mrs. George Whitney at her home in Oakland. o« -» Mr. and Mrs. John Bermingaa~ have returned to their home at Pinole. —_—————— Will Hold Lenten Services. | The lenten services under the auspices of the Calvarian Soclety will be Inaugu w afternoon at 3 o'clock y's Cathedral. Most Rev. George Montgomery will deliver the ser- mon. “The Way of the Cross” wiil com- mence the devotions of the occasiom, the benediction following the sermon. —————— Jr. | EX strong hoarhound candy. Towngend" —_——— Townsend's California glace fruit and candles, 50c a pound, In artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern frieads. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * | ————— | Spectal information supplied dally to | business houses and public men by the | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Ca. fornia street. Telephone Main 142 * —_—— An ofl painting of General Benjamin F | Butler has been hung in the gallery the Senate reception room at the Mas | chusetts Statehouse. — Age tends to kill the halr and turn it gray Parker's Hair Balsam renews color and life. Hindercorns, the best cure for corms. 1Scts are ai the Palace. | P. M. Musser, a big sash and door man- | ufacturer of Muscatine, Iowa, and wife, are at the Palace. | Dr. H. Wohlgemuth of Springfleld, IIL, | arrived from the south yesterday and reg- | istered at the Palace. | Randolph Hurry, a prominent club man | of New York, is visiting the city and is registered at the Palace. C. H. Jones, a lumberman of Tacoma, is | in the city on his way to Gray's Harbor | to inspect some timber lands. C. D. Dunnann, general passenger agent of the Pacific Coast Stcamship Company, returned yesterday from a two months’ visit in the East. Capfuin B. Blanke of Bremen, chief in- | specting officer of the North German | Lloyd Steamship Company, is due to ar- rive from the Orient on the next steamer. | Robert Stephenson, traveling passenger |agent of the Santa Fe road for nine | vears, has resigned to accept a position in | one of the big Eastern insurance com- | | panies. | | Arthur Hill of Saginaw, Mich., president | | of ‘the Saginaw Steamship Company, which-has been operating a number of | | vessels on the coast, is at the Palace. The | | company which Mr. Hill represents is withdrawing its vessels from this coast and putting them on the route between Gaiveston and New York in the ol trade. —_—eeee | | | 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, IN THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED DAYS Powdered Wigs Formed an Important Adjunct to a Gentleman’s Apparel. It is safe to say that the majority of bald men of to-day would fladly revive the old, dignified custom if they could. But they can do the next best thing to it; that is, to revive the growth of the Lair nature gave them. In cases where the hair root or hair blub ‘has not been completely destroyed by parasites that infest it, Newbro's Her- picide will do wonders in the way of stimulating the growth of lifeless and falling hair. Destroy the cause, you re- move the rmlflc‘fiu That is the successful mission of He: e. v leadin; druggists. Send 10c in stamps for umE vle to The Hervicide Co.. Detroit. Mich. RBE CONTINUVED LEOPARD’S By THOMAS DIXON'JR. BEGAN FEBRUARY 22 AND WILL ..Next Sunday’s Call.. The Tenderest, Most Dramatic Book of the Age. Read the Shorl Story Series. Read The “Colonel Kate” Papers.