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

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(Long Dietance Te ome “‘Central 2619.”") 'RESENTATIVE: 80 Trirune Building XEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON.... NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: s Hotel; A. Bremtamo, 31 Uniom Square: 1 Fifth-avenoe Hotel and Hoffman House Waldore-A Murrsy Hill H CHICAGO NEWS STANDE P. O. News Co.: Great Northern Hotel; Anditorium Hotel: Palme: House. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ..1406 G St., K. W. | MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. | omery. corner of Clay, open j 300 Hayes, cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 633 | Larkin, open uatni | 10 c'clock. 2261 | pen untsl 9 o'clock. 1003 Va- | 100 Eleventh, open until 9 | ond end Kentucky, cpen | | | | | DEMOCRATIC COMEDY. ‘ ng like the neatness of a well whirligig of time is bring- | revenges in the Democratic se who went down in 1896 are now ipward and watching with glee the | ITH hou fcllows. When the Bryanites carried the national conven- | ey swept the old leaders of the | 1 Committee and from every or prestige. Political experts | memories are recalling how Senator from the N place of pow ho hav ones, newly chosen chairman of the National Com- | S % : | ee, met Senator Gorman by appointment 2t the | Hotel in New York in August, 1896, and told him the Bryanites would not permit him to | ave wce on the Democratic executive commit- | advice, g in the counsel or assistance would | the ¢ Senator Jones is to lose National Committee. Senator | ned his seat and has been chosen Democratic caucus. Should the two paign Senate and the | the the ifth-avenue Hotel the conversa- pretty contrast to that which took of | | the grea nd stormy year the bygone time is recalled defeated for the Senate | a banquet at present b of Washington gave Gorman were Gorman | t speakers of the evening, and in ¢ | ess made an indirect plea to the harmony by describing the organization in all political | an was ed upon he praised | did not accept the olive branch | contrary, he ventured | nd went so far as R s 5 - | 1 has joined the greatest of of the exes.” man recalls the taunt and smiles ontrast between his position He Commoner that the election of | Bryan, however, does not smile 1ip of the Democratic caucus ctory for the reactionary element He does not pretend to be pleased orebodes that when the next Demo- finishes its work and adjourns it to join the great organization of the | d Gorman insist upon dealing with the s they d alt with him o be virtually settled that the next chair- e Democratic National Committee will be r Newlands of Nevada, Senator Clark or James M. Guffey of Pennsylvania. | ee is a millionaire and has close re- ons with other millionaires. It is reason the Democratic leaders favor the election of one of them for the chairmanship, for have become convinced that the party cannot org ely red nor the machine made to operate ei- without considerable lubrication with the kind of oil that only millionaires can furnish. Gorman will go to the Democratic convention next year at the head oi the Maryland delegation and | will have a strong backing from the Solid South to help him carry out any programme he may arrange. Mr. Bryan may go from Nebraska, and should he do so, there will be some livelier oratory than that which entertained the Gridiron Club at that once famous banguet. Gorman, of course, will not say much, for he is not a talker, but Bryan may venture to try to repeat the famous oratorical success of 1806 when he carried the convention off its feet. Should he do so, there will be music in the air and a war dance among the tribes. It is notable that very little is said about Bryan in the higher councils of the Democratic party, either East or West, and in the South he appears 1o be ignored utterly. Only when a few of the still faithful ones give him a banquet does he have a chance to show himseli on the political stage. In the Commoner he devotes himself wholly to de- nouncing every man who is suggested as a possible candidate and shows any considerable strength. In short, the whirligig of time has brought about a complete revenge for the discarded ones of 1896, and gay victors of that year are now struggling frantic- _ally to keep their heads for a little while longer above the waters of oblivion. At last the scientists have discovered a use for bac- teria. A clever man of Vienna is said to have devised a means of making them serve as the illuminating power of a safety lamp (% | Germ. { An able seaman on a German ship gets § A COMMERCIAL PROBLEM. ECRETARY SHAW, speaking at the annual S banquet of the New Orleans Board of Trade, presented to the merchants of that city a clear statement of what is now the most serious problem of our commercial future—that of providing ships to carry the products of our industries to the markets of the world. Speaking to men whose city fronts the Gulf of Mexico and looks outward to the south, his address turned mainly upon our trade relations with Central and South America. Of the vast trade of those coun- tries we get but a small percentage, notwithstanding we are the largest customers of their products.’ The cause of the comparative failure of our commerce in that direction is the lack of ships with which to carry our products to their ports. The Secretary said: “The marvel is that, being compelled to send our goods there in foreign ships and generally first to Europe and thence to ports of destination, we are not so far discriminated against as to make it impossible to export anything to South American countries. Of course, we can always buy of South America. Foreign ships will ever be will- ing to bring us imports. American exports are what they discriminate against. We buy of South Ameri- can countries $110,000000 per annum and sell the same countries $35,000,000 per annum. In ten years | the balance of trade against us has been $730,000,000. We buy of Brazil $75,000,000 per annum and sell her $13,000,000. We buy of the West Indies $78,000,000 per annum and we sell them $29,000,000, an annual balance against us in those islands alone of practically | It should not be difficult for an intelligent Ameri- can to find the right solution of the trade problem thus presented. It is clear that we can attain better trade with the countries south of us only by provid- ing ourselves with ships to carry it on. We have an abundance of goods of well nigh every variety for export. Our farmers produce more food than can be consumed at home and our manufacturers pro- duce an excess of manufactured goods. There is, therefore, no question of our ability to supply the demands of the South American markets fully as well, and doubtless better, than they can be supplied | from Europe. It happens, however, that European governments foster the 'building of ships, so that they have ample merchant fieets for transporting the products of industry to the far-off market. Our Gov- ernment does nothing of the kind, and very naturally and justly, we do not get the trade, for it goes to those who work for it. In referring to that phase of the problem, Secre- tary Shaw put the case in this way: “Our farms produce more than the farms of any other country in the world; we mine more coal and more iron than | any other people; we grow three-fourths of the cot- ton of the world and we manufacture more than all the shops and all the factories of any other two coun- tries on the map. We transport all of this from port to port along our coast, under our flag, and in our own ships, and more cheaply than any other country. We carry it over our railroads, as I have said, at one- third of what it costs in other countries; but when we have produced it and transported it to our own shores we have reached our limit and are compelled | to cry aloud for help. So we ask England and Ger- many and France and Italy and Spain and Japan to | come and help us, and they respond as willingly, but we pay them for this service $200,000,000 per annum.” It is unreasomable to expect to compete with foreign rivals under the existing order things. cannot match the energies of a mighty nation like our shipowners of American enterprise can do much, but it cting as one mass directed by one mind and will to the attainment of commercial supremacy. Even if we could build ships in competition with the subsidized yards of the German empire, we could | not operate them on the ocean and pay American wages in the face of the state-supported lines of our | riv: Evidence recently collected on the subject shows that the officers and men on German ships are paid much lower rates than American sailors ought to be expected to work for. official report show that captain of a German liner is paid about $67 a- month, while a captain of an American ship of similar grade receives $120 a month. 5 a mont while on an American ship he is paid $25 a month. German shipbuilding is advancing rapidly, while The figures as given in an the | our ocean tonnage is far from keeping pace with our growth. In 1881 the German flag covered only 1,- 243,285 tons of merchant shipping, but in 1902 it fioated over merchant ships representing 2,966,- gs0 tons. As for the American record, Secre- tary Shaw said: “In forty years the foreign | commerce of the United Stat has increased 400 per ceat, but foreign commerce in Ameri- can bottoms has decreased 65 per cent. In| other words, we now have four times as many tons of freight to carry across the sea as we had forty years ago, but actually carry in American bottoms only one-third as many tons as we carried forty years ago.” Such are the terms of the commercial problem that conironts the American people. We have products of farm and mipe and factory to sell and in other parts of the world are markets eager to obtain them. Between the home supply and the foreign demand lies the sea. To cross it there are needed ships, and it is for us to decide whether we shall build ships of cur own or pay tribute to foreigners. — German measles has closed a prominent women’s school at Hamilton, Ohio, and the afflicted young ladies are wondering if this is another covert attack on the cherished institutions of our country by Em- perer William. MUDDLED POLITICS. D iven to the Irish land bill and the feebleness of the Liberal opposition in the Commons, reports from London concerning the political sit- uation are by no means reassuring. The friends of the Ministry are doing most of the talking and the Irish Nationalists are giving them support, but there is an undercurrent of public sentiment that is run- ning ‘strongly against the Government and threaten- ing to overthrow it. In recent elections held to fill vacancies in the Commons the Conservatives have been badly beaten: Even some constituencies that were regarded as Con- servative strongholds have been carried by the op- position. So repeatedly have such instances occurred of late that some experts estimate that if a general election were to be held at this time the Government would be defeated. The drift of public sentiment is the more remarkable because the leaders of the op- position are not in harmony with one another and are making but a perfunctory show of antagonizing the Ministry. Like the Democratic factions in this country, the different wings of the Liberals are ESPITE the many expressions of approval THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, !fight‘mg one another much more vehemently than cither of them fights the foe. It has been noted, moreover, that Chamberlain has made no earnest” effort to come to the assistance of his colleagues in dealing with the reform of the army and the Irish questions, and tlrere is a report that he would actually turn against them and break up the Cabinet were it not that he is so eager to get his South African bills enacted into law that he will consent to stand with the Ministerial programme as a whole for the sake of the African measures. The Irish Nationalists appear to be the only faction in Parliament that has a definite policy to uphold and is satisfied with the situation. They believe they hold the balance of:power in their hands and could turn out the Ministers if they choose. In that belief they will demand a larger Irish programme than that embodied in the land bill. One of them is quoted as saying recently: “With dwindling , ma- | jorities in the House, crushing defeats in the bye- elections 2nd virulent attacks from the fourth party, | it really would not-be so much out of the way if Mr. zBaIfour did bring in a home rule bill, though, of | course, he will call it ‘extension of local govern- ment. Thus while the current of Ministerial work flows along smoothly enough through the Commons, it is evident there are now in process of generation a num- ber of forces that may sadly disturb it before the session closes. It is even probable that when once the land bill is passed and the South African meas- ures are out of the way there will be such dissen- sions in the Cabinet itself that Balfour will have to go out of office and leave the Premiership to be | struggled for by Chamberlain and Rosebery. There is some reason to believe that Mrs. Maybrick is soon to be released from the English prison which has so long been her tomb. If this woman be innocent the horror of her life, the sublimity of agony, makes the martyrdom of saints seem common- place. ' MACEDONIAN METHODS. WHEN the Macedonian Committee an. nounced last winter that an uprising of the people of that country would take place in | the spring the manifesto was accompanied by the statement that the leaders of the movement had no expectation that Macedonia alone would be able to throw off the Turkish yoke, and that the sole object of the insyrrection would be that of compelling Ep- rope to give attention to the situation and take steps to .compel redress for Macedonian wrongs. | The manifesto did all that “was expected of the insurrection. Europe took note of the situation at |once. There was a thrill of energy in diplomatic | new harmony. The resuit has been not altogether {what the Macedonian Committee desired. | Britain and Russia for once managed to come to a | prompt agreement as to the policy to be pursued, and | one by one the other powers joined with them. From St. Petersburg there went a message to Macedonian Committee that if an insurrection were to fight it out alone 6 and take the consequences. | Russia is not yet ready to settle with the Ottoman empire. Neither is Great Britain. There is just now | a unanimous desire for peace, and any set of men | who precipitate a Turkish trouble this spring will be left to fry in their own fat when the Turk gets them. Under such circumstances it has béen for some time !past a foregone conclusion that the Macedonians | would not venture upon rising, and accordingly no | surprise was felt when it was announced a few days | ago that the committee had decided to “postpone” it for a year. Later advices from Vienna, however, are to the effect that the committee has re- solved upon keeping Macedonia “disturbed” during the summer for the double purpose of maintaining the | excitement and discrediting all efforts on the part of | the Sultan to carry out the reforms insisted upon by the powers. This gives a new phase to the situa- | tion, and suggests the probability that as a step | toward permanent reform in that part of Europe it | may be necessary to suppress the committee and per- haps hang a few of its leaders as banditti. | the rey leader of the Macedonian revolutionary party, is re- | ported as describing the new programme by saying |in effect that the revolutionists will compel Europe to interiere, even if they have to resort to wholesale lawlessness and violence. The report says: “Liapoff would not admit it, but it is often stated here that the revolutionists would go farther. They clearly in- tend to make travel by the citizens of any important nation extremely dangerous in Macedonia, thereby hoping to bring about reprisals and embroil one power or another with Turkey. This threat is no doubt feared by the Turks, for no stranger is allowed to cross Macedonia even by rail if he can be sent to Salonica by way of Constantinople. The foreign consulates in all parts of Macedonia have been threatened and are protected by . heavy guards of troops.” 1 The programme thus outlined may have the effect of forcing Europe to take action by revealing an in- ability on the ;‘)art of the Turkish Government to en- force order and protect the lives of travelers in Macedonia, but it will also tend to discredit the Mace- donian movement throughout the civilized world and lose to the revolutionists all popular sympathy. Men whose sympathies are worth having are not going to support banditti even when they proclaim they are acting in the name of independence. Reports from the South are to the effect that the speech of Senator Money on the race question dur- ing the extra session of the Senate, and which was marked by a bitter attack on Roosevelt for appointing negroes to office, was made primarily to help out Money's fight for re-election. Governor Longino is a candidate for the seat, and Money had to do some- thing to make a reputation before the next Legisla- ture meets, That famous statesman, “Golden Rule Jones” of Toledo, is to add a new variety to his political record this year. He made his first race for Mayor as a Republican, the second as an independent, the third as a Democrat. He is now to run on petition. The next time we hear of him he will doubtless be run- ning on his own initiative and referendum. "It is announced that a large number of ‘patriotic gentlemen have notified the President that they* are quite willing to serve on the Panama Canal Commis- sion, and when he comes West the President may find here and there on his route a few more of the same kind. r 3 S e W A few days ‘ago hurdreds of students in a Russian town were assaulted and severely beaten by the po- lice. -The Czar is evidently determined that freedom of faith shall not under any cir’cumluyce be con- strued t.o] mean freedom of intellect. = circles, and the concert of Europe began to practice a | Great | the | undertaken this spring the Macedonians would have | Dimitri Liapoff, one of the agents of Sarafoff, the | | er and R. MARCH 28, 1903, CANDIDATES IN MARIN MAKE A HARD BATTLE Parties Divided “on the Question of the Liquor License Rate Strive Desperately to Obtain All Power in San Rafael I ' 1 | e AN RAFAEL, March 27.—The mu- nicipal election in San Rafael this year promises to be the most stub- bornly contested in the political history of Marin County. Already the Good Government Club has thrown down the gauntlet, has nominated candi- dates for City Trustees and in every way possible is fortified for a strenuous fight. The Good Government Club advocates a high license for saloons, desiring that the city liquor license in San Rafael shall be raised from $80 per year to $600. There are forty-five business houses paying liquor license at the present time in this city and each of the proprietors has joined the Low License League, which has arranged for ways and means to de- feat the high license advocates. There are three Trustees to be elected and there are twelve citizens who desire a position that would afford them in com- pensation from the city treasury the mu- nificent sum of §1 a year. The full mu- nicipal ticket will be voted on, but the big fight is for Councilmen. The Good Government Club’s candidates are George T. Page, Robert H. Trumbull and Major Charles Christiensen. The Low License League as yet has not openly announced a choice, but it is generally conceded that H. C. Gieske, the incumbent, A. N. Boy- ee Duncan are the ones who will recefve the low license patronage. Other candidates are J. F. Schotler, Da- vid Duncan, Fred G. Wright, Louis Smith, Henry Schlutter, H. Schlosser, E. C. Lund, W. 8. Dreypolcher. Candidates for other municipal positions are: City Attorney, Hugh Mclsaac, Jo- seph K. Hawkins; Board of Education, T. S. Malone, P. Cochrane and E. B. Strong; Tax Collector and City Marshal, John Healey, incumbent, and Peter O'Brien; for Assessor, T. C. King, H. P. Wood, Willlam Vanderbilt, T. Hock and W. B. Studley; for City Clerk, E. W. Smith and ‘W. J. O'Brien. L e e e o e S e ) WORKS BOARD PLANS TO WIDEN MISSION STREET The Board of Public Works has uncer consideration the widening of the roadway of Mission street from East to Seventh streets, and will in all likelihood recom- mend that the improvement be ordered by the Board of Supervisors. The inten- ticn of the board is to reduce the width of the sidewalks on each side by five feet, thus adding ten feet to the roadway. By 8o doing the congested traffic of teams on Market street will be diverted to Mission street. The improvement contemplates the repaving of the widened street with basalt blocks on a concrete foundation, and would cost in the neighborhood of $150,000. The United Railroads has agreed to lay grooved rails should the impreve- ment be made. The Board of Works yesterday appoint- ed J. C. Stut consulting engineer to re- port upon a scheme for the conversion of the Geary-street Rallway into an over- head electric trolley system, with the power to be furnished by outside power companies. Stut is to be paid the sum of $250 for his service. The contract for the ‘construction of gutterways along Kearny street was awarded to J. J. Dowling for $741 91. The board also adopted the assessment of benefits and damages to lots within a certain district for grade changes on De Haro street, Carolina, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets, Bids for the repaving of Third street Have been called for and will be opened om April 8. The width of the sidewalks will be reduced by five feet, and the United Railroads will lay grooved girder rails for their system from Mission to Berry streets. B e SCHLEY PARTY WILL GO NORTH TO-NIGHT Southern ?ncfl?(}ompnny Has a Hard Time Getting the Ad- miral a Special Car. For a time yesterday it looked as if Admiral Schley and his party, who are prepared to start for the north this evening, would have to delay their trip unless they were willing to join the ordi- nary traveler in the common coach which the Southern Pacific furnishes its north-bound patrons. The heavy traffic westward this year has creatéd a scarcity of private cars that the railroads have been unable to overcome, and no exception was made in the experience of the admiral's party, which has been recelving special atten. tion from the transportation companies on its Western journey. When the di tinguished naval warrior arrived here his private car was abandoned, with the un- derstanding that he should have a new and clean one when he was ready to re- sume this trip toward the north. Thurs- day afternoon, however, it suddenly dawned upon the railroad officials that they were without the requisite car and a lively scurry was begun to meet the admiral's order. For a while all kinds of embarrassment confronted the company, but late yesterday one of the railroad em- ployes discovered that a car belonging to one of the officials was standing idle in the company's yards and it was promptly released for the use of the ad- miral, much to the relief of the latter, as well as the passenger department of. the Southern Pacific Company. Yesterday Admiral Schley was the guest of honor at a luncheon given at the Merchants’ Club, at which he was warm- Iy welcomed. He spoke of the pleasures of his Western trip and of the greatness of the coast in a commercial sense, a fact, which he said, was being appre- clated in the East and attracting much capital and attention. % | PROMINENT CITIZENS OF SAN RAFAEL WHO ARE ASPI- RANTS FOR, OFFICE. &+ GUATEMALA’S - COFFEE CROP WILL BE SMALL e “Touis Hirsch of the firm of Castle Bros. returned yesterday from Guatemala on the steamship City of Para. His planta- tion, sifuated near Santa Maria, was de- stroyed during the recent activity of that voleano, and his visit to Guatemala was t> survey the -damage and see what he cculd save from the wreck. The accounts of the cost to Guatemala of Santa Maria's outbreak were not ex- aggerated, according to Hirsch, and it will take a couple of years and perhaps longer for the coffee industry to recover from the blow. “This year's crop will be pretty fair. said Mr. Hirsch yesterday, ‘“although much of the coffee is damaged, some of it badly. Next year's crop will be poor. T my opinion. It will probably no: product will make people suspect some ulterior motive and take what I say with a grain of salt. For that reason I do aot care to offer any prediction for publica- tion, but if you want to know what I think—there you have it. “The labor released from situation, but, unfortunately, these labor- ers and others, for whom theve is plenty tary service of the republic. It will be from that volcanic blast, and some of her plantations will never be anything but barren wastes.” Delivers Last Lecture of Season. season at Temple Emanu-El last evening. His subject was “The Influence of Re- ligion on the Formation of Character.” The rabbi held that while everything may change religion must not make changes. —_———————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. - , | that all lovers of nature a carry much weight, as my interest in the | the ruined | fincas would have done much to save the | work walting, are at present in the muli- | several years before Guatemala recovers | Rabbi Voorsanger gave the last of the | Friday night series of lectures for the | RAISING FUNDS FOR CATHEDRAL IN LONDON Among the more notable passengers the steamer City of Para, which arri yesterday from Panama and wa?' ports, was the Rev. Father Kennelm Vaughan of the Brotherhood of ExD“'{"‘n and brother of Cardinal Vaughan of Engla Father Vaughan has spent the last six years traveling through the Spanish- ‘American countries collecting funds for the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament « the new Metropolitan Cathedral in Lou- don, which is being built under the pervision of his brother. It is to contain twelve chapels, one of which is to be erected by the Spanish races of the world at a cost of £13,000, and to be designated as the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. “The idea of reserving one of the chap- els for the Spanish races,” explained Father Vaughan yesterday, “originated with the Cardinal and was prompted by two reasons—first, because he is united by natural bonds to the Spanish race, and secondly, because he desires to strengthen the unity between those races and the Anglo-Saxon. “I was designated by the Cardinal to undertake the collection of subscriptions and began my travels in Spain, finally crossing to South America and visiting all the countries there from Uruguay to Peru, which I only recently left. I su ceeded In collecting £14,000, of which the various Presidents and political notables each contributed £50. “I have come to San Francisco to have printed a new prospectus of our project preparatory to visiting the City of Mex- ico, where I expect to crown my several years’ labor in this cause by raising the remainder of the fund.” Father Vaughan is an exceedingly in- teresting character. He is more than & years of age, but has the rugged appear- ance of a man much younger. Over tw ty-five years ago he visited San Francisco and he recalls the fact as it it had been | but an Incldent of only a few months passed. Some years ago he attracted much attention from both continents by making a trip overland from Panama to Buenos Ayres on muleback, a journey that consumed nearly three years and was fraught with the greatest of hardships and most exciting of experlences. Shortly after his arrival here yesterday Father Vaughan paid his respects Archbishop Riordan, who warmly wel- comed the jovial and sturdy English priest. DESCRIBES TALL TREES AT BIG BASIN PARK | Charles W. Reed Gives Graphic Ac- count of Some of California’s Forest Wonders. Charles W. Reed delivered a lecture last night at the Academy of Sciences titled, “The Coast Redwood of the B Basin.” The lecture, which was profuse- ly illustrated with slides from photo- sraphs by Andrew P. Hill of San Jose, was under the auspices of the Semper- virens Club. The lecturer graphically told | of the scenes and wonderful trees around | and in the Big Basin Park, Santa Cruz | County. Owing to the immense size of the | trees they are called by the lumbermen | “Swelled butts.” One of the trees, said Mr. Reed, has a circumference of 107 feet. The same tree tapers, he sald, to a | dlameter of twenty-two feet. Hill's illu | trations of trees and plcturesque locali- | ties in the forest park were enthus'= astically applauded for their excellence One interesting item in the lecture was the telling of the discovery of some fern | caverns by Hill about three weeks ago. | Speaking of the caverns Mr. Hill said | that they are one great mass &¢ ferns on the qutside. A profusion of 'them ham over and are continuously drfpping, but within the cavern it is perfectly dry ana lined with bottle-moss. The caverns a | in the viciniky of Fern Gien Falls and | not far from tWe west fork.of the Wac | dell or Berry Creek. It was announced 1 défenders of California’s beautiful trees are invited | to join the Sempervirens Club. All par- | tieulars may be obtained by applying Mrs. Lovell White, State president, Clay street. —_———————— May Use Voting Machines. Registrar Walsh recefved word yester- day that the Governor had signed the b | authorizing the use of voting machines | elections. The bill provides that the ernor, Secretary of State and Attor General shall constitute a commissfon t select the best voting machine obtair able. Walsh will ask the Supervisors to appropriate $10,000 for the purchase of ti machines to be used at the next election. —_————— Invitation on Silver Plate. Mayor Schmitz vesterday received 15 > an | invitation inscribed on a silver plate attend a banquet and reception to ¥ given by Branch Neo. 22, Glass Bottie Blowers’ Assoclation of the United S and Cmnada, to their grand preside Denis A. Hayes, at Eintracht Hall, Twelfth street, on next Saturday eve —_———— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's * —_—————— Townsend’s California glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound. in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotei bullding. * THE The second A DRIGHT, SNAPDY, DRILLIANT MAGAZINE. -.SUNDAY CALL Contains Arlicles Everybody Will Be Talking About. The Clever Woman By KATE THYSON MARR. THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT Shows a strong man’s struggle against a beautiivl ‘woman, The Brunettc Tragedies By COLONEL KATE . The Prince ana| NEXT instaliment of MARVELOUS DEAF