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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentueky, open | until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore. open until ® p. m. | acquire such a water plant, and then we can deal with | engineers who will fix a just valuation and that we = { —XFC TRADE ACTIVE BUT FEATURELESS week was one of the most eventless for | Aside from the failure of the ncy bill to pass Congress, which to many financial interests nothing new of importance. had entered the ican bank paying 3 ars that although there is wide- ny there is rowers, ; per cent for epression Ge in P ¥ here, and as { are more or the former market. Speculation in and professional, with the | bullish. The market i », and will not vary much tinued g than the present controlling ¢'e- as reflected by the country’s ast week, d Minneapo rank th all showing cent corresponding week la slightly over $2,400.000,- ebruary, according to B: on record, amounting to the previous best record of | 1901 n number and liabilities | wed little change last week. There | i advance in sugar, but other provisions Dealings in woolens were Is were fully employed. | with heavier receipts than at | in 1902, with spinners chary | ; t undertaking distant orders, owing to the un- | t of the raw material later on. | The failures last ime e was shown in wearing apparel of al ing and footwear, with the retail es expanding. The demand for iron | tec ovement, with large ex- | the United States Steel Cor- ve, under | firm and uilding plan | I'he railway earnings in February showed large | n the gross earnings, and the foreign trade of | ry was reported heavy. Imports of iron and | ry were reported six times as large as month last year, and for the past iths they aggregate over 1,000,000 tons. 1 these imports in January was due to 1 and cars, which obliged manufac- or material which, under normal itions, could have been supplied e home market. g capacity of the country is still un- here is the same continuous-call for all | produce and merchandise, as has been the r the past four or five years. No line reports overproduction, the conditions being generally | The public still wants large quantities of | ods and wants them without delay. As long as this ous demand continues everybody in the country ing it. The steady advance wages also continues, and all the wage-earners the land seem to be like so many millions of Oliver ng for more. In most cases they are| getting it. Of course, this increases the cost of living, | b comes right back upon the wage-earners them- clves, but as long as they do not complain about it annot be considered a calamity. It is also hinder- 2 building and other constructive operations and t down profits in all sorts of lines, in the latter | ing the remuneration of employers and The latter can no longer say that the are reaping the lion's share of the returns from ents of capital. As far as this coast is concerned, trade conditions ain about the same. All three of the Pacific tates are flourishing as never before. California is particularly favored with the heaviest rush of immi- gration since the old gold days, thanks'to the mate- rial reductions in rail transportation from the East and West, and the best of it is that these newcomers all have some meney &nd are coming to stay and tablish homes. Crop prospects are more\th;n ex- xliem, as the season thus far is propitious, though backward, owing to the prolonged cold spell in Feb- ruary. As far as San Francisco and California are coneerned the outlook for a prosperous season could hardly be better. i T red e reverse Twists—a: ing pect equ: employes inve It is practically settled that the British eolonial ,system will be adopted by Uncle Sam in the Philip- pines. It is perfectly safe to infer that the Wash- -4ngton authorities never expect to secure a Boer con- tingent in any colonization scheme which may affect New York the latter sought to re- | ir THE ISSUE IN OAKLAND. OUT of the municipal campaign in Oakland there has come a clearly defined issue between the contending parties. The voters are to decide whether they will provide a satisfactory water supply under municipal control or enter upon nego- tiations with the Contra Costa Water Company for the purchase of the existing plant. The issue has been presented in the speeches of the opposing candidates for Mayor. In one of his ad- dresses Warren Olney, who in this contest has the honor of representing Republicans, Democrats and Municipal Leaguers alike, put the case thus: “Ever since the managers of the Contra Costa Water Com- pany have realized that they have raised the whirlwind and could not direct the storm, and saw that in this coming municipal election the people of Oakland would rise in their might, they have been giving out that the proper thing for Oakland to do is to buy the Contra Costa Water Company’s plant. Those of us who have kept our eyes open to see the indications of what that corporation intended to do have seen for more than a year that the plan would be to foist its works upon the city of Oakland. Why should we not acquire a water plant of our own, or take steps to the Contra Costa Water Company at arm’s length? If we want to buy we can then offer to pay the water company what its plant is worth' to us. If it chooses to sell, well and good. If it won't sell at that price, we are free to go ahead with our own water works.” On the other side E. L. Bair, who is leading the opposition to the non-partisan union of the people, presented his side of the case in this way: “The water question is the important question to be set- tled, and the people of this city demand reasonable water rates. I do not believe in entering into com- petition with the Contra Costa Water Company, be- cause that corporation has money and could even undersell the city for a long period of time. I say that we should buy the plant, that we should get should pay the corporation what it is worth and no more. We can do that and dispose of the: question, but we will not dispose of the Contra Costa Water Company if we try to undersell it.” Any proposition of buying out the Contra Costa Water Company raises of course the question of how much the city would have to pay for it. The company will be quite willing to sell at a good price. Some of the representatives cf the company have said as much. Thus Mr. Cadman, who has been one of the most faithful of the supporters of the water company in the City Council, has said: “If the city is bent upon the municipal ownership of its water supply, it had better think twice before building a supply inde- pendent of the present source.” Another upholder in the Council of the water company recently pre- sented a resolution declaring “if the city does not buy the Contra Costa plant it must install a com- | peting system. This will involve the city at the outset | a financial struggle with a corporation fighting for | . From those statements of champions of the wa!cr; company we may infer that the company is quite | willing to sell and will exert all its influence to pro- election of Mr. Bair. The question then arises as to the amount to be paid. On that point Mr. Bair has said: “I don’t care whether we buy the Contra Costa out at $7,000,000, $6,000,000, $3,000,000, $4.000,000, or any other sum.” It will be perceived that Mr. Bair has a large and noble scorn of money. The difference between. $7,- 000,000 and any other sum is nothing to him. To the | taxpayers of Oakland, however, the cost of the water supply, whether it be obtained from new sources or by | purchase of the Contra Costa plant, is a matter of | considerable importance, for they will have to pay it. In discussing the proposition from the standpoint | of a business man, B. C. Cuvellier pointed out that at present Oakland has a bonded debt of nearly $1,000,- 000, and therefore cannot bond itself for more than an additional $6,500,000. The Contra Costa Com- pany, however, demands $7,000,000 for its plant. It thus appears that Mr. Bair's indifference to the price is displayed in vain. Continuing his discussion of the proposition, Mr. | Cuvellier said: “There are miles and miles of one and one and one-half inch pipes laid by the Contra | Costa Water Company where six-inch mains should be. 1 was told by a man who knows all about the | plant that the cheapest order of construction material was used. If we buy the plant, as the pipes are npw old and rotten, we will be forced to meet the addi- tional expense of new six-inch mains where one and one-hali-inch pipe now is. In the course of time the present corporation will have to secure a supply of water from artesian wells anyhow.” It will be seen that the issue is not only distinctly drawn, but that it is being presented by Mr. Olney and his supporters as a business proposition, while Mr. Bair is presenting his purchase scheme as “a good thing” regardless of cost. cure the On such an issue there can be no question how the taxpayers of Oak- land will vote. It remains to be seen how many of them, through overconfidence or indifference, will who has any civic patriotism in his make up can af- Wellington of Maryland is out of luck. When he summoned from repose to answer to a suit for $16,00q GORMAN'S LEADERSHIP. G mediate benefit to the nation and probably to decided to adopt a definite policy of action with re- With that programme no one can find fault. It will while at the same time it will satisfy Republicans by The Democratic fight against the canal treaty will can control of the canal. Senator Gorman purposes upon it. He is reported as saying to his Democratic and that any party which opposes and defeats it will neglect to vote at all. A question of momentous im- ford to neg}ect to vote or refuse to vote right. lost his seat in the Senate he expected to retire to on a promissory note. It looks as if the statesman ORMAN'S leadership of the Democratic mi- his party. Reports from Washington announce that gard to the Panama and the Cuban treaties, but while satisfy Democrats because it will enable them to get assuring an early completion of the business which be based mainly upon Morgan’s contention that the to give his party the benefit of making that point, colleagues that the American people desire above all suffer. portance to the community is at stake, and no man ! e— a quiet life, but it is now announced that he has been out of a job would have to go to work again. nority in the Senate promises to result in im- the steering committee, of which he is the head, has supporting it vigorously will not filibuster. in all the objections they can to the two treaties, has made the extra session necessary. treaty is not clear upon the essential point of Ameri- but he does not intend to make a prolonged fight things a speedy completion of the isthmian canal, It is by no means certain that Democratic opposi- ition to the treaty will be wholly futile. for some of i tinguished chiefly for their the arguments made by Morgan have produced a strong impression upon Senators of both parties. Consequently it is quite likely the Senate may insist upon certain amendments before ratifying the treaty: The country will watch the progress of the session with great interest, for there have been so many dis- appointments with respect to the canal that no one will feel easy until the discussion is over and the work of construction begun. If Gorman can induce his turbulent followers to follow his programme as out- lined and thus clear the way for a speedy ratification of the treaty the whole country will feel pleased with his return to the Senate. — Washington is keenly watching the progress of af- fairs in Brazil and Bolivia over the controversy con- cerning Acre. It is highly encouraging to know that Washington anxiety is directed solely to prevent any nation except Brazil and Bolivia from interfering. One Venezuelan incident is enough. M preservation of her silver coinage from fur- ther depreciation have been so far misun- derstood that the Mexican commissioners in this country, Enrique C. Creel and Emeterio de la Garza Jr., recently gave a banquet to a number of bankers and business men of New York for the purpose of explaining the true nature and scope of the proposed changes. The explanation shows that it is not at all the object of the Mexican Government to bring about a fixed relation between silver and gold, but only to establish with other silver-using countries an agreé- ment by which silver coin can be kept in something like a stable relation to gold. In describing the aim of his Government, Commis- sioner Creel said: “The monetary proposition means MEXICO'S ' MONEY PLAN. EXICO'S plans for monetary reform and the the changing of our system from a silver bimetallic | system into the gold standard system, giving a fixed | value in gold to our new silver money at the relation of 1 to 32, or 30 cents gold for every new dollar of Mexican currency. As regards:the old dollar, we do not have any obligation of redeeming it—I mean the old dollar in circulation outside our own country. | The gold value will be protected by gold reserves, by making the new dollar a full tender and by reason | of our exports, which are sold for gold.” In carrying out the proposed reforms the Mexican Government has to deal with three important factorsfi‘ First, it must secure the rights and interests of for- eign capital invested in the country; second, it must obtain as far as it can the co-operation of other sil- ver-using nations; and thifd, it must conserve the in- terest of the silver mines of the country. At the present time upward of $500,000,000 of American capital and $200,000,000 of European capital is invested in Mexico, and it is, of course, the daty of the Government to see to it that no change in the monetary system endangers the rights of the in- vestors. It is believed that if the plans proposed can be successfully carried out foreign interests will not be disturbed. On the contrary, it is expected that by putting an end to the fluctuations of the cur- rency, business conditions will be so much improved that there will be a further investment of foreign cap- ital in the exploitation of the rich resources of the country. Upon the issue of a possible international agree- ment to protect the interests of all silver-using coun- tries, the Commissioner said: “International trade with silver-using countries is one of highest import- ance to gold countries. The silver countries are to- day buying from the gold countries about $600,000,000 worth of products; they were only buying $284,000,000 worth twenty years ago, and the prospect is they will buy over $1,000,000,000 worth in the next twenty years.” From the mutuality of interests arising from that vast trade it is argued it will be of advantage to the gold countries to exert themselves to assist the | silver-using nations in the maintenance of a stable currency. Finally as to the question of silver bullion, the Commissioner said: “We sh to deal with it on modern principles; that is, on the principle of supply and demand. We would like the demand for silver to be increased a little, not by legislation, not by ar- tificial méans, but as something to follow a general plan for increasing the stability of the silver coinage of the world.” It will be noted that no attempt is made to detail the means by which the various problems involved in the proposition are to be worked out. They have not yet been settled. When announced they will be spbject to general criticism, but it may be safely aszerted that with the intent and object of the pian the most earnest advocates of the gold standard can cordially sympa- thize. English governmental authorities now claim that the Ghilean and Argentina warships, which it was ru- mored England was seeking to purchase during the Venezuelan controversy, are not fitted for the pur- poses of the British navy. It would be interesting to know what purpose these battleships could have served then that they cannot serve now. The increasing use of music in hotels and restaur- ants has at last begun to stir up the wrath of the pub- lic. Recently a noted actress told a hotel keeper in Detroit that he must either silence his orchestra or she would quit the house. It was the first skirmish and the orchestra won, but there are other battles coming. i e o Emperor William has indicated very clearly his suspicion of the sincerity of the Czar of Russia in ai- fairs concerning the Balkan states. The Emperor is doubtless so familiar with European diplomacy and its methods that he does not intend to seek, in a use- less loss of time, a merit that hides itself. 4 N - A bill now before the Indiana Legislature provides that all measures be submitted to the Supreme Court for decision as to their constitutionality before they are enacted. The scheme would doubtless save trouble in the long run, but the Justices are not looking at it with any favor. * ————e Some concern is being expressed over a financial swindle, petty in its incidents but gigantic in its op- erations, which is being perpetrated upon the ex-slaves of the Southern States. There is nothing to indicate, however, that the swindlers received a tip from Wash- ington. 7 A Chicago Alderman has made a little fame for himself by asking the enactment of an ordinance re- quiring automobiles to be equipped with fenders like trolley cars; and now we may expect the autofel- lows to do their best to run him down. —_— American arms, as the herald of American civiliza- tion, have won another signal victory. According to late reports our public school system is thriving splen- didly on the island of Guam, where children are dis- JAPAN MAKING PREPARATION FOR THE NAVAL MANEUVERS MIKASA. BIGGEST BATTLESHIP AFLOAT IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS TO TAKE NAVAL MANEUVERS. THE VESSEL IS OF 15,20 TONS DISPLACEMENT, KNOTS SPEED, AND 40 FEET IN LENGTH. IN THE JAPANE HORSEPOWER, PART 15,000 Be | = APAN will have its annual naval maneuvers next month in the Inland { Sea. About sevepty vessels are to take part in the drill, after which | there is to be a review at Kobe at | which the Emperor will be present. PR ! The Russlan navy was increased during | 152 by the addition of thirty-one vessels of all types placed in commission. Of this | fleet three were battleships; five, protected crulsers; eighteen, torpedo-boat destroy- ers, and five torpedo boats. The vessels Under construction at the present time ers, elghteen torpedo-boat destroyers, cight torpedo boats and two torpedo transports. The programme for further increase includes three battleships, three | protected cruisers and five torpedo boats. The Russian fleet in the Pacific was composed on January 1, this year, of four battleships, three armored cruisers, five | protected cruisers, two armored gunboats, , four cruisers and twelve other vessels. At | the same time a squadron of relief and | Increase, conusisting of two battleships, | five protected cruisers, two cruisers and | four destroyers was on its way from the | Baltic. This squadgon consists entirely of recently completed vessels and the Rus- slan fleet in the Orient will exceed in ef- ficlency that of any other power. se The German naval maneuvers are con- ducted as thoroughly and earnestly as those of the army, which accounts for the ! serlous casualties during the drills. Evo- | lutions are carried out according to pro- | gramme regardless of consequences, fights | are made as realistic as the absence of ac- | tual shot, shell and small arms firing can make such combats and the results, while Gamaging and costly to ships, are on the whole beneficial to the service. Since 1901 ore vessel has been sunk and three bat- tleships have been seriously damaged through collisions during maneuvers, not because of recklessness or lack of skill ANSWERS TO QUERIES. AN ADDRESS—Subscriber, Oakland, Cal. A letter addressed to Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, New York City, N. Y., will reach her. NAMES—H. M., Dyerville, Cal. As near as typc can express it the pronunciation of Berezowiski is Bear-a-zow-skee, and Czolggz is Solgoz. RHODE ISLAND'S VOTE-S, City. The vote of Rhode Island for Governor in 1902 was: Garvin (D.), 32,297; Kimball (R.), 25,541; Brightman (P.), 1689; McDer- mott (S.), 1283. THE SEASONS—-A. O. 8., City. Ac- cording to the calendar makers spring in the current year commences March 21, summer June 22, autumn September 21 and winter December 22. HAWAIIAN LANDS-J. C., City. For such information as is desired as to crown and other lands in the Hawailan Islands address a communication to the General Land Office, Washington, D. C. HOLIDAYS — Subscriber, City. Con- gress has, on special occasions, declared a legal holiday, but the only continuous holiday declared by that body is Labor day, in the District of Columbia only. A LEASE-C. R, Berkeley, Cal' A lease may be for life, for years on at will, but always for a less time than the lessor has in the premises. As a rule a parole lease does not exceed three years. A lease beyond that period should be in writing. In some of the United States a parole lease is merely a lease at will. RED SUNSET—B. A., City. The cause of the unusually red sunsets observed re- cently in this city is still unexplained to the satisfaction of anybody. The theory 18 that it is due to the earth traveling through a nebulous cloud of cosmic dust thrown off by or constituting the vaporous part of some cometary body. ELECTRICITY—A. 8., City. There are schools where persons can take lessons in electric engineering, but as they are pri- vate institutions, this department cannot advertise them. Such questions should be accompanied with a self-addressed and stamped envelope for reply by mail. ILSLEY SHEEP FAIR—Enq., City. The Ilsley sheep fairs at East Ilsley, a emall but ancient market town of Berk- shire, England, fifty-six miles west of London, are held on alternate Wednesdays from the Wednesday fortnight before Easter till July. As many as 50,000 sheep have been penned up in that place for sale In one day. LETTERS TO A MISS—G. N, City. If there are three unmarried daughters in a family the eldest is always addressed as “Miss,” the others by their given names. If a letter should be addressed to the home of three such daughters, and thelr family name is Jones, if the en- velope bears the superscription, ‘‘Miss ) are seven battleships, six protected cruis-| Jones,” the eldest daughter is the one ‘who would be entitled to open it. | increases discipline on board-ship; on’ the part of the commanding officers, but simply because in carrying out orders a combination of circumstances made the accldents unavofdablé. Two important things are taught by these maneuvers Lesides those derived from the evolutions. One is that there is absolute necessity of baving everything about the ship in per- fect working order; the second is that it officers snd men alike being alive to the nec sity of prompt action when accidents do | occur. Sailors In the German navy were, until | & & few years ago, usually taken from the | seaboard districts, but since the N League started and made the navy popu- lar, no less than 3000 inland dwellers have joined the service. A remarkable fact is that out of these 3000 farmer sailors 17 are from the Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, territories taken from the | French at the close of the Franco-Ger- | man war in 1870. ... There are four types of submarine hoats | in the French navy, classified as follows: Actual under-water boats, driven solely | by electricity, numbering nine, including the Gymnote of thirty tons, built in 188, the Gustave Zede, of 210 tons; three of the Morse class and four of the Farfadet class of 155 tons. Second class type of 1%1 design, con- o sisting of twenty-two boats from to 200 tons, the motive power of which sieam for surface running and electric motors when submerged. Third class, also designed in 1%1, rep- resented in the Bertise of 240 tons, pro- pelled by petroleum motor under all con- ditions. Fourth class, denominated as submer- les, consisting of eighteen vessels, vary- ug in displacement from 116 to 175 driven by steam. Thirteen of the latter ~ize were buiit last year, making a total of fifty subma- rine boats of all classes buiit up to the | present time. An improved destroyer of the Durandel type has been completed for the French navy and named the Sagaie. The new boat | « 4—H+H4—H-FPF¥-H'H-iH4+I—FPH+H—I—rH-H—H—H-H+H-H-g_H..‘ PERSONAL MENTION. | A. S. Spitzer, a banker of Toledo, Ohio, and wife are at the Palace. F. S. Lusk, a rallroad contractor of Nevada, is registered at the Palace. W. B. Clark of Hartford, Conn., presi- dent of one of the big Eastern insurance companies, registered at the Palace yes. terday. Among the recent arrivals at the Pal- | ace are Mr. and Mrs. J. Flannagan of | Butte, Mont. Mr. Flannagan is the oldest | conductor on the Great Northern road, | and is enjoying his honeymoon trip. Dr. Leslie D. Ward, vice president of an | insurance company of Newark, N. J., and | V. H. McCarter, president of a trust com- | pany of the same city, arrived in a spe- clal car from Southern California yester- | day and are at the Palace. The gentle- | men are accompanied by Herbert E. Ward, F. W. Tasney and C. H. Lang, all Insurance men. They are on a pleasure trip. To-morrow night the local agents of the company which Dr. Ward represents will give him a banquet at the Palace. i ) is of 300 tons, 6300 horsepower and 28 knots speed. Its dimensions are 134 feet 9 inches length, 19 feet 4'% inches beam and 9 fee 4% inches draft The normal coal ca af pacity is calculated sufficient for 2300 miles at 10 knots and for 217 miles at the high- eat speed. The destroyers in the United tes navy are much larger boats, rang- ing from 408 to 433 t , with correspend- ing horsepowers 0 to 5300 and contract speeds of 28 to 30 knots. The latter, how- ever, has not been attained in any of the except in brief spurts and the aver- speed during the one hour run has n short from one to two knots of the contract & el Rear Admiral C; ninshield’s retire- ment is not likely use much grief in the navy ere he was one of the least | popular o Sailor folks have a habit of calling people and things by other than their right es, and Crowninshield's unoffic was that of “Pirate,” partly of his appearance, but chiefly because of his brusqueness toward subordinates and - civilians. He entered the navy in 1860 and took an wctive part in the Civil War during fts closing months, after which he was adopted by the Washington naval clique, and under its patronage and tutelage became a valu- able member of that organization. He has had all the most desirable sea duty and soft shore service, such as seven years in school ships, five years on the Mediterranean station, three years on lghthouse duty, eleven years in Washing- ton and two years at the New York navy yvard. As chief of the Bureau of Naviga- on for five years he made more enemies 1d fewer friends than any of his prede- cessors. While in command of school ships he was constantly in friction with e other officers, resulting in charges, counter-charges, courts of inquiry and frequent transfer: Lieutenant Henry H. Ward, whose res- ignation is on file in the Navy Depart- ment, is a promising young officer. He is serving as flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral Crowninshield. When war was declared against Spain Ward, then an ensign, was rving in, the Bureau of Navigation. He volunteered for secret service and ..s- guising himself proceeded to Cadiz, the principal naval station of Spain, and Kept the Navy Department at Washington in- formed of the enemy’s movements, Later on he went to Porto Rico on a simfiar hazardous duty and narrowly escaped the penalty of a spy. As a slight recognition of his services Ward was advanced ten numbers and stands No. 212 on the list of lieutenants. The liKe services in the na- vies of Europe would have received a much greater substantial recognition ang Jeutenant Ward has some reason to complain that *“republics are ungrate- ful.” —_—————————— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* e ee—— Notice—There is no sale for glasses in windy season; get glasses now: genuine spees, 20c to 50c. 81 4th st., front barber and grocer. © e e Townsend's California glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st.. 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