The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1903, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1903. _MAY 21 THURSDAY /ceress All Communicetions to W. S. LEAKE, Manager | TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. 7The‘0penter Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFIC] LOITORIAL ROOMS, Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. " Terms by Mail, Including Postage: PAILY. CALL (inc) ), one year.. I"ATLY CALL On DAILY CALL ¢nclud DAILY CALL—B; EUNDAY CALL, One Year WEEKLY CALL, One Year All Postmasters sre authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. jering change of address should be NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order srrect compliance with their request. i Me and OAKLAND OFFICE. 1118 Broadway..... ..Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY OFFICE. 214% Center Street... ...Telephone North 77 C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Forelign Adver- tising, Warguette Building, Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone “Centyal 2619.”") NEW YOF STEPHEN B. SMITH. REPRESENTATIVE: 30 Tribune Bullding NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. CARLTON Herald Square NEW YORK,NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Union Square: Murrey Hill Hotel; Fifth-avenue Hotel and Hoffmen House. = CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Eherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hi t House; Auditorium Hotel: Palmer House. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner cf Clay. open unt!] 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open untfl 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open unti; 9:80 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Maerket, ‘corner Sixteenth, open until o'clock. 1086 Va- jencie, open until ® o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 k. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open 2200 Fillmore, Sopen untfl ® p. m. < THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC. NNSYLVANIA newspapers are justly con- demning the signature by Governor Penny Te- ker of a mew law providing further upon the press. The bill provides that civil be brought against proprietors, pub- ors of newspapers to recover damages igence in the ascertainment of facts and in blications affecting the character, reputa- ss of citizens, and if it can be shown b tion complained of resulted from neg- gence in the ascertainment of facts or in the publica- compensatory damages may be recovered person injured. e law will of course give rise to an immense f litigation before the courts determine fully itutes negligence. In effect, therefore, the law be described as an act to promote litigation at the expense of newspapers, and to encourage the bringing of libel suits. In the end it will probably be found to have no other result, and, like so many other foolish laws against newspapers, prove of no value whatever to the public. We have had ampie rience with such laws in California, and have d that the more drastic they scemed the more ile they were. The enactment of such a law in a conservative State like Pennsylvania, coming as it does at a time inconsiderate criticisms are made inst the press as a whole by reason of the ex- cesses of yellow journals, gives importance to recent declarations on the press by Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court. He describes the “the unorganized court of public opinion,” and says it is a court “of increasing power and wis- tion thereof when so many press g some of the benefits conferred upon the by the American press Justice Brewer notes t it has taught the American people of all to know one another and has so far effaced e animosities that “the North eulogizes Lee, h venerates Lincoln; New York respects »uth Carolina honors Senator Hoar.” Next, ays the Justice, the press has helped potently to im- prove social conditions and to aid in the struggle against poverty, ignorance, disease and crime. Fur- thermore, it has helped to bring about a better un- dersgending between labor and capital, and has ma- terially aided workingmen in their efforts to better their conditions. These benefits and many others of a similar na- ture have been wrought out-by the press because of the publicity ves to every phase of American life, or industrial. In the course of its daily revelations of everything that is going on the ! press necessarily publishes much of vice and crime, that does detract from its value. On that int the Justice quotes and commends to the critics the press the saying of John Milton: “This is t the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance er chould arise in the commonwealth; that let no an i this world expect; but when complaints are ireely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, that. is the utmost bound of civil liberty that wise men look for.” ' The wiolations of taste and decency by yellow jour- nalism are condemmned vigorously by legitimate newspapers as by the intelligent public, but they must be accepted as a part of the price we pay for liberty. No man need support such a paper unless he’choose. It ic folly to deny the enormous benefits conferred by the press as a whole because of the few self-seekers who misuse its powers for base pur- poses Justice Brewer summed up the i¢sue in all its bear- ings by saying: “In the evolution of the court of public opinion, the court mightier than any organ- ized tribunal, at whose bar are judged all men, events and purposes—here the press does mighty work. It connects the universal opinion, announces its conclu- sions, and whirls them against all for gloom or glory. These facts speak most for the uplift of the nation, and in each the press has been one, if not the great factor. May it continue its work, promioting national unity, hastening the solution of the great social problems, and bringing all matters before the court of public opinion—a court of increasing wisdom and power. not —————— Thieves entered the Hall of Justice the other night and made something of a valuable haul. It is not reported that in this very citadel of the police the robbers walked away with any reputations, cither valuable or carelessly disposed, in the building. 1903 ! THE PRESIDENT.IN NEVADA. | RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has earned the P title of the Grand Young Man. His Western { tour, which will close after a visit to Oregon, | Washington, Montana, Idaho and Utah, has been a :l:'mmphal march into the affection and good will of ! his countrymen. He has had the felicity of obliterat- ing party lines. Wherever he goes he meets a people, | not members of rival political parties. What he says, like what he does, is for all the people, and is void of partisanship. While ambition for power may | maintain party opposition to him, it is merely per- functory. The country satisfied with him, his | views, his ways,. his philosophy, and whatever antag- onism may appear next year will be formal to a de- | gree not known in American politics since the time of Monroe. This view of the President and of his among his countrymen was emphasized by his visit to Nevada, the sole Western State that gave a Demo- cratic majority last year for the general and legisla- tive ticket. Nevada has been the scene of intense is spread of his influence. What a change there is in this respect was demonstrated by the President's it. He was welcomed to the capital by Democratic | Governor John Sparks, who uttered the heartfelt | sentiment of his people when he said: “We have, I | think, the second Andrew Jackson with us to-day. | In time of war he, too, was a soldier. In time of peace he is a peacemaker, a hard worker and a leader. There is not money enough in the world to influence him or buy one hair of his head. He is | leading us to prosperity, and under his administra- | tion we will continue to enjoy prosperity.” That uttered the sentiment of Nevada and of the whole West. It means that the people are not to | be led away from certain to uncertain things by the | dim light of past partisanship. The Grand Young | Man of the United States cares nothing for the Presi- dency except its opportunity to do well country and his countrymen. | of Republicans seems merged into something higher permanent than parties. This something American character and genius and energy and hu- | manity and kindliness. prosperous future. | aim of all parties. “There is little benefit to the country to balance the damage done by the man who wants to destroy the | revenues to pay foreign ship-owners is not exag- :X'urcit for three years' profit and leave a waste be- | gerated. 3 {hind from which the home-maker gets no benefit.;‘ The condition is the more curious because it lies | | There is little benefit from the man who in any | in the power of Congress to provide employment not ! way exhausts the soil and then moves off, instead of so using it as to bring him the maximum of good partisanship ever since the rise of Mr. Bryan and the | | people are theimselves responsible for the devastation that is sweeping their woods and fields, for of course they could not have guarded aéainst the long drought which has made the fires possible; and yet they are partially responsible, since they have neglected to properly patrol their forests and make provision for cxtingun’shing fires before they attain such headway as to get beyond control. $100,000 instead of $10,000 for fighting fires she m%gl}' nave saved the million she has now lost, while as it 1s son has but begun. The master plumbers of the nation’are among us accepting our hospitality, enjoying themselves and the plumbers—they are never small in anything, par- | ticularly their bills, But perhaps it isn’t just to talk ot e e AMERICAN SHIPPING. shop. REAT complaint is made along the Atlantic G coast that so many American sailing ves- sels which might be used for foreign trade are lying idle. 1t appears there is not sufficient em- ployment for them in the coasting trade, and as !I-my i cannot compete with the subsidized ships of foreign nations they have been tied up at various ports and their crews discharged. | The Baltimore American speaks of this phase of | the commercial situation as a “curious condition.” | The facts as presented are certainly curious. We are enjoying the highest and most widespread prosperity ever known. Our industries are advancing rapidly, our surplus output is increasing, our foreign com- merce is expanding and both exports and imports are growing in magnitude and value. The demand for transportation was never greater, and yet we learn that a considerable number of large American by his | ness because it is impossible to use them in foreign Even the partisanship | trade and pay American wages. | | in his presence, and is forgotten in the conviction that | public mind the importance of providing some ade- he incarnates something higher and better and more | quate protection to our ocean Shippmg.. Estimates is the | of the amount of tribute we pay to foreign In speaking to Nevada the President plainly put |year will doubtless be the largest in our history, and the conditions upon which that State may achieve a |as our foreign commerce increases the tribute will in- Those conditions do not depend | crease. upon partisanship and political power, but upon such | paid out directly for freights to foreign vessels we character in public administration as should be the | must now add the losses to American shipping result- Treating of forestry and irriga- | ing from the enforced idleness of the large number of | | tion as the subjects most vital to the State, he said: | ships tied up in the ports. | | compatible with leaving it as a valuable heritage to | | those who come after him. We must preserve the | forests and use the waters, not merely that the Nevada | of to-day shall be benefited, but that our children and children’s children shall be benefited.” | Now. that simple statement from the President in- E ;futur: happiness and prosperity than ten thousand | warmly eloquent declarations of partisanship “point- | ing with pride and viewing with alarm” things in the { air. | The President is peculiarly the voice of American home life and character, and with the genius of keen intelligence sees through all, clear to the material foundation of things, and declares that it can be laid only by the manhood and womanhood of all the people, and “there’s not money enough in all the world to buy him or to buy a single hair on his head.” By the time this is read he will have crossed our State line and will be in the mountains that wall about Southern Oregon. There and on his continued jour- ney he will leave the same impression which is em- bossed upon the memory of California, that he is the typical American of his time, reflecting all the virtues of our far ancestry and applying them to make plain the complex problems and make straight the sinuous things that are incident to our more intense modern life and its harder conflicts. P e e— This is the season when fraternal, social and bene- ficial organizations are meeting to recount what of good they have done for a year. It is well to note resident of California may take just pride and extend congratulations to those who have done much to help not hurt their fellows. DROUGHT AND FIRE M it has been dryer still in the East, and as a result there have been in that section of the country a scries of forest fires of a magnitude un- precedented at this season of the year. In a single week when the fires first broke out the losses in New England amounted to $500,000, in New York to $1,000,000, and in Pennsylvania to a sum even greater than that of the loss in New York. Since that time there have been in the New England States fires even more extensive than those first re- ported. Maine appears to have been the chief suf- ferer, but not a single New England State has es- caped. It is noted that the summer holiday districts have been especially unfortunate, and one report says: “Not only are the valuable crops of timber de- stroyed and the greater part of the value of the land itsell wiped out; but in many sections the natural beauty of the landscape has been so completely ruined by the ravages of fire that one of the great attractions of summer visitors has been entirely re- moved.” The last Legislature of Maine voted $10,000 as an emergency fund for the use of the Forest Commis- sioner in fighting fires, and accordingly the Commis- sioner has been able to make vigorous efforts to meet the danger that has come, but despite all that his men, aided by volunteers, could do, the fires have swept unchecked over wide regions. The Bos- ton Transcript in describing the situation said in a recent issue: “Never in the memory of the oldest inhabitant has so dry 4 spring prevailed in Maine; the sun ar . moon are red in many sections of the State from the smoke of burned woods and brush. Only a few days ago the male population of that strange city of mushroom growth, Millinocket, had to turn out to conquer flames only half a mile from town; and Greenville, known to all sportsmen and tourists at Moosehead, was threatened with extinc- tion by forest fires. At the present time a fire, still beyond control, is raging in Washington County, and the telephone bells at Augusta are ringing through- AY has been a dry month in California, but | | spires more right thought and more right policy for | the reports and observe the records, in which every | freighters fitted for ocean traffic are tied up in idle- The situation serves to once more recall to the ship- owners run from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 annually. The amount paid for such purposes during the current It is evident, moreover, that to the sums It would appear, there- fore, that the highest estimate of the drain upon our only for the American shipping now idle, but for an increased number of ships. The reason why foreign vessels carry our exports and our imports is because | foreign Governments have adopted the wise and [ profitable policy of promoting the merchant marine. When our Government follows the example we shall | get back our ocean carrying trade and keep at home [ the money now expended in paying for transportation 1 by foreigners. The big ships lying idle in the East-; ern ports constitute, then, an important political ob- | ject lesson, and it is to be hoped that the moral will' not be overlooked by either Congress or the people. ! Two Colorado editors, evidently verging on paresis, | decided to fight one another the other day. Theyf fired thirteen shots, did not hit anybody in the neighborhood and inflicted not even superficial in- jury upon themselves. An indulgent public will for-| give them everything except their marksmanship. | THE COLOMBIAN FERMENT. HE canal treaty is buried deep in the idiotic T revolutionary politics ofr Colombia. Seen from | any sane and civilized standpoint the construc- tion and operation of the canal would be hailed as| the dawn of an era of permanent prosperity to that | Central American country. But that is not among the thoughts of Colombian cutthroats and politicians. They think only of getting hold of a de facto admin- istration for the chance of handling the millions of American gold which the United States will pay for the privilege of doing them good if they had the sense to accept the benefit and wisely use it. Sundry “generals” are on the warpath ready to attack Presi- dent Marroquin, and after his overthrow to slay each other. Dr. Calderon, Colombian Consul General to London, declares that whether these ragamuffin gen- erals win or lose, either will greatly benefit, as it will cause a dictatorship, “which is what Colombia needs.” This after nearly a century of independence, under a free constitution! Colombia and her neighbors, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Salvador and Guatemala, are all alike. They are no more republics than Afghanistan or Turkey, and have spent nearly a century in constant degeneration from the position in which Simon Bolivar, the Liberator, left them. They are indifferent alike to the decencies of inter- nal administration and the obligations of interna- tional law. They are not influenced by the example of republican stability in the United States or the enlightened policy of Diaz in Mexico. Perhaps the best that could happen to them would be a renewal of the policy of the Conquistadors, which would extend Mexico to the Venezuelan bor- der. With the whole isthmus, from the Rio Grande to the head of the Rio Negro, under one government, and that laid &n the lines of the policy of Diaz, there would be stability and uniformity of policy. Then, even if it were ruled by a dictatorship, it would be big enough to be above petty larceny and assassina- tion, and the dictator would be something more than a bandit. It is a serious question how long the United States should permit the canal to wait upon the marching and running away of these revolutionary squads. We have undertaken a work by the assent of Colombia. The treaty is merely to cffectuate that assent. If it have to wait until every swashbuckler has had his try at capturing the government that he may steal the price of the concession the canal will never be built. e — San Franciscans are beginning to stir themselves in preparation to receive worthily the Grand Army of the Republic. It will be a double mission which this people of this city will be called upon to perform —a welcome and a farewell, for we will never again see the old soldiers who fought so valiantly for the nation and its unity. One of our gorgeously gowned colonels refuses to pay for a josh upon himself, which, it is alleged, he out each day, calling for State help against the | contracted for, and is now being sued. It does seem flames.” It would be unfair to assert that the New England}rilh[fidly( his own. hard to ask a man to pay for something which is ‘., ATTRACTIONS AT THE LOCAL PLAYHOUSES Mary Mannering's engagement at the Had Maine appropriated | Columbia Theater is a most pronounced | States Telephone and Telegraph Company | sticcess, and the announcement that the | yesterday made a statement in explana- star will continue to appear in “The Stub- | tion of the large reduction in the force | SABIN PLAN FOR TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS President John I. Sabin of the Pacific bornness.af Geraldine” for a third week | which has been made since his return the fund is already nearly exhausted and th:\ fire S€a-| 1a0g heen met with many marks of de- | from Chicago. In this statement light on the part of theater-goers Who;he shows that discharges have been have been unable to secure choice seats | made Seats for | any next week, the last of Miss Mannering’s | tem. during the first two weeks. in the way of expansion, not contraction, of the sys- In other words, he says that it is engagement, are now on sale and a steady | the intention of the company to increase “Wang" {s doing a great business at the Tivoll, and it fully merits all the Stevens is | in better form than ever and invests the Hart- | man is funny as the negro, Pepat, and Cunningham is of great assistance in the pleasant things sa.. about it. name part with no end of hushor. comedy as the colonel. Annie Myers, Bertha Davis and Caro Roma sustain the principal female parts in fetching style and the choruses and ensembles go with remarkable snap. ey “Fiddle Dee Dee” has certainly again struck the popular fancy and continues to be very much in vogue at Fischer's Theater, with its witty dialogue pretty songs and dances. s e ‘White Whittlesey has scored a triumph in ““Heartsease,”” which is playing to big houses at the Alcazar this week. This splendid play, which Henry Miller made popular, is put on’in faultless style by the local management. The Alcazar stock company appears to advantage in the production. To-day there wiil be a spe- clal matinee. and . . James J. Corbett is the star performer at the Orpheum this week. Jim tells a lot of new stories and they are greatly | enjoyed. The Brothers Freydo do an ac- robatic turn that is sensational. . . . “Romany Rye,” a sensational melo- drama, is doing good business at lhe'.:en- tral Theater this week. It has nol ap- peared at the local playhouses for many years and its revival was a good stroke on the part of the management. Next week Jimmy Britt, the crack lightweight pugilist, will appear in Jim Corbeti's great success, “A Naval Cadet.” Jimmy is studying his lines with great diligence and finds it harder than training for a championship bout. $9- 4 e Walter E. Perkins is making a big hit at the Grand Opera-house this week in Willie Collier's great success, “On the Quiet.” Wbl The Augustin Daly Musical Comedy Company, direct from Daly's Theater, New York, will present the tuneful opera, “A Runaway Girl,” next week at the California. Rt The Chutes continues to present high- class specialties, both afternoon and evening. —_——— JOLLY CONDUCTORS WILL RIDE AS PASSENGERS Members of Division No. 115 Have Arranged for an Outing at Camp Taylor. That jolly organization known as the Order of Railway Conductors will have an outing to Camp Taylor on Saturday next and the several committees in chagge give assurance that they will run the train over the North Shore line from Sausalito to destination without a gloomy moment from start to finish. Each mem- ber of the committee will be subject to severe punishment after trial befote Divi- sion No. 115 it there is any let up in the fun. There is to be a beautiful ride over a portion of the country that is bright and green and games and dancing for all who | enjoy those amusements when grounds are reached. The affair is to be undemthe direction of the following named committees: Arrangements—F. W. Salter, F. E. Farley, H. B. Spegkin, T. L. Lawrence, J. G. Saxon, George L. Colegroe and T. Billingiea. Reception—E. H: Schumacher, W. J. Hunt- er, George S. Smith, R. H. Plant, J. K. Smith, D. McLaughlin, A." B. Murray, S. Davis and E. Engwicht, Floor manager—A. H. Hartwig. Floor committee—J. D. Hoover, J. L. Haley, D. F. Murphy, H. S. Gable, J. W. Francis, W. W. Brown, Leo Desella, Thomas J. Cummings, P. F. Cutting. The excursionists will depart from this city at 9 in the morning and will leave the picnic grounds at 5 in the afternoon. the As conductors are always required to run | on schedule time there will be no delay in starting or leaving. —————————— POPULAR SINGER WEDS THE MAN OF HER CHOICE Miss Bertha Campe and David Dor- ward Are Married by Rev. Dr. Nelander. The wedding of Miss Bertha B. E. Campe and David Dorward was cele- brated last evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dorward, parents of the groom, 635 Guerrero street. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. Dr. Nelander, pas- tor of the English Lutheran Church. John Dorward, brother of the groom, acted as best man and Miss Emma Sam- my was maid of honor. The bride was attired in a white crepe de chine gown with silk applique and chiffon trimmings. The maid of honor wore pink silk crepe, trimmed with chiffon roses. The bride is popular in a large circle of friends and is an accomplished vocalist, having been foprano at the English Lu- theran Chyreh for several years past. The .groom is. a well-known engineer. After a honeymoon trip, the newly married couple will go to housekeeping in this city. S e ELECT BAHRS PRESIDENT OF CIVIL SERVICE BOARD Commissioners Disapprove of the Ap- pointment of R. 0. Burnett as Assistant Pharmacist. The Civil Service Commission held a special meeting yesterday and ex-Judge Bahrs, the new Commissioner, was in- stalled in office and elected president of the commission for the year ending Jan- vary 8, 1904. The commission decided to disapprove the further employment of R. O. Bur- nett as assistant pharmacist at the City and County Hospital for the reason that Burnett is not a registered pharmacist and under the State law, the commission holds, he may not have complete charge of the drug store during continued ab- sence of Pharmacist William Stanton. The attention of the Health Board will be called to the alleged infraction of the law. Two hundred applicants will take the examination for ordinary clerks next Saturday. ————————— Townsend's Cal. glace fruits. 715 Mkt.* ——————— Notice—Best eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ to 50c look out 81 4th, front barber and grocer. * ——— e Special information supplied :daily to business houses and public nux” the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's Cal iforna ltr’a’ep Telephone Main 1042, * ——————————— . Townsend's California glace fruits and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched ‘boxes. A nice present for Eastern Moved from Palace Hotel building to 715 Market st., two doors above Call building* planning for the future. We have great reverence for | demand is being made at the box office, | greatly the capacity of the San Francisco j office, and to that end it has been deter- | mined to cease making any additions to the present plant, as the installation of the new system will entirely revolution- ize the present method. Speaking of the matter yesterday he said: “It is my policy to lay out a telephone plant in this city that will carry 100,000 subscribers’ stations, as again 40,000 now in service. - “The machinery that we now have in |our exchanges, while adequate for our j present needs, will not permit of much extension, nor have we space enough in |-our old buildings for the installation of | the large piants contemplated. “'Our engineers are now engaged in mak- ing plans, which inciude buildings, for the Main, West, East and Mission exchanges, land having been purchased for each one of these new exchanges and work actu- ally commenced on some of them; exten- sions to the present Park and South ex- changes will be made. The plans also in- clude the installation of entirely new switchboards of the most modern type, discontinuing the use of batteries at the subscribers’ stations, which will necessi- tate changing ail of the transmitting tele- phones. | _“These improvements will cost over $1,- £00,000—that is to say, the expense of transferring our present 40,000 subscribers from the old switchboards in the old buildings to the new switchboards in the new buildings will be $1,500,000. We shall not be ready to commence the proposed | expansion looking toward an exchange of 100,000 stations until this preliminary work ‘has been accomplished. | “As a natural consequence we have dis- | continued all extension work on our pres- ent boards—that Is, we have practically | ‘closed down,’ for if we add apparatus to our old plant now it would simply have | to be thrown away very shortly.” PERSONAL MENTION. T. Monahan, a merchant of Needles, is at the Palace. | B. M. Sheridan, a merchant of Lompoc, % is at the Palace. | C. L. Loud, a fruit shipper of Pomona, | Is at the Grand. P. Harvey, a merchant of Salt Lake, is | at the Occidental. T. W. Leonard, a produce man of Den- [\'Pr. is at the Grand. | T. L. Reed, an oil man of Reedley, is reistered at the Grand. Victor H. Woods, Surveyor General of | the State, is at the Occidental. Clarence Eddy, the organist, arrived vesterday from Paris and is at the Pal- ace. Charles Keilus, accompanied by his daughter, leaves to-night for New York on a five weeks' business trip. M. H. Flint, inspector of the railway | mail service, with headquarters in Los | Angeles, is at the Occidental. | Edwin 8. Gill, United States Commis- | sloner for Hawall, is visiting this city for a few days. Mr. Gill was formerly con- | | nected with the daily newspapers in this | city. | John H. Converse, president and géneral | manager of the Baldwin Locomotive ‘Works and president of the Manufact- urers’ Association of Philadelphia, is stopping at the Palace. He has just re- | turned from a tour of Japan and China. | Judge E. Finlay Johnson of Manila, who has made quite a remarkable record in the handling of cases since he assumed his position on the Philippine bench, ar- rived yesterday on the transport Sher- man and is registered at the Palace. He | is returning to his Ohio Lome on a leave of absence. M. M. Velose, a wealthy Philippine law- yer, who was the first native Judge ap- | pointed in Manila under the military | government by General Otis, arrived here yesterday. He is accompanied by his two young sons, whom he purposes to have | educated in this country, and he is seri- ously thinking of entering them at Berke- ley. Alfred Moe, American Consul at Tegu- | cigalpa, Honduras, arrived from the | south on yesterday’s steamer and is stop- | ping at the Occidental. He {is returning | to his home in New Jersey on a vaca-| tion. Consul Moe says when he left Hon- duras President Bonilla had restored peace and the people of Honduras were returning to their ordinary occupations. Dr. Valentine Mott of New York is at | the Palace. e — Californians in New York. NEW YORK, May 20.—The (Dua'lntl Californians are in New York: From San | Francisco—G. A. Burns and E. H. Kin- ney, at the Astor; F. W. Hall, at the | Manhattan; W. C. Pratt and wife, at the Marlborough; Mrs. Coleman, at the Ven- | dome; Mrs. T. A. Deulin, at the Kensing- | ton; D. S. Iseman, at the Herald Square; | E. A. Platt, Miss Branna and F. Macdon- ald and wife, at the Grand Union; Mrs. | W. G. Dodd and C. C. Lacey, at the St. | | | OFFICIALS FOR COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST The Supreme Grand Circle of the Cqm- | panions of the Forest, F. of A., concluded Its sessions last evening. During the foje- noon session Mrs. Florence N. Corwin, the supreme secretary, was created a pist supreme grand chief companion in recig- nition of seven years' continuous apd faithful service in the office of secretary Motions te increase the salary of retary and to increase the contingent fur of the head of the order were defeatea. The per capita tax was fixed at 6 cents A resolution was adopted by which nd vinous, malt or spirituous Mquors w hereafter be permitted at any func of any branch of the order, and no branch shall be permitted to organize as a club in order to evade the effect @f the reso- lution. The balance of the se: was taken up in the election of officers. The following was the result Mrs. M. J. Vale supreme grand chief ¢ | companion; Mrs. George J. Berger, sub- chief; Mrs. F. N. Corwin, secretary; Mrs | L. Schueren, treasurer; Mrs. A. Cum- | mins, herald; Mrs. M. Castle, right guide; { Mrs. J. Lopez, left guide; Mrs. L. Pritch- ard, inner guz s. A. Asman, outer guard; Miss L. organ Mrs. M | Asher, Mrs. R. Peters and Mrs. Howard, auditors. In the evening the new officers were installed by the retiring supreme grand chief companion, Mrs. A. Boehm, assisted by a number of the past supreme grand chiefs, and after the installation thers was a banquet at which Past Supreme irand Chief Companion John Falconer was the toastmaster. After the dessert the new supreme grand chief, Mrs. Va- lente, responded to “What We Expect to Do During the Current Term.” Then there was the presentation of a diamond ring to the junfor supreme grand chief, Mrs. Boehm, on behalf of the circle; also a handsome silver tea service by these who were her deputies during the past term. “The Subordinate Circles” was re- ‘sponded to by Mrs. Berger, sub-chief: “Our Order,” by Mrs. Corwin, secretary; | “The Finances of the Order,” by Mrs. | Schueren, treasurer; “The Order in the | Interior,” by Mrs. Castle right guide: “The Fraternal Pres Max Boehm; “The { Future of the Order,” O. M. Goldaracena. i b bos | SCHOOLTEACHER RESIGNS FROM THE DEPARTMENT Board of Education Authorizes Ex- penditure for Blectrical Wiring of Noe Valley Schoolhouse. The Board of Education received and accepted yesterday the resignation of Miss Alice Marchebout, a teacher in the Girls' High School. The resignation is to take effect on June 5, 1903. The board refused at its last meeting to grant Miss Marchebout a leave of absence, it being understood that the lady is about to be married and did not intend to return to her duties as teacher. The request of the graduating classes of the Richmond and Was ton evening schools for permission to hold their ¢ ing exercises outside of the schools was | granted. The Board of Works was authorized to expend $30 for the electrieml wiring of the Noe Valley School. —_———— News in Army Circles. Captain P. W. West states that General MacArthur was much pleased with the | administration of military affairs at Point Bonita and Fort Baker, which were of- fictally inspected Tuesday. Captain Charles Roscoe Howland, Twen. ty-first Infantry, reported as aid to the department commander yesterday. Cap- tain F. J. Kerman, the third aid, will ar- rive in this city on June 6 from the De- partment of the Lakes. —_——— Lord Curzon {is the twenty-seventh Governor of India, AJ | | | i ADVERTISEMENTS. B. KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Would It Hurt Your Dignity to Save Money? Denis, and P. K. Rauch, at the Navarre. From Los Angcles—W. M. Boyle, Mrs. C. A. Boyle, E. E. Chapman, D. T. Kru- | dop and O. §. Rogers, at the Imperial; Dr. McLean and Mrs. B. Roth, at the Em- pire. From San Jose—W. H. Alexander, at the : ‘Vendome. From San Jacinto—M. Goldstein, at the Belvidere. B ey 5 i ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION COMMISSION WORKING Secretary Willis Arrives and Is In- stalled as Chief of Pub- licity Bureau. The commissioners to the St. Louls ex- position are now transacting business reg- ularly at the headquarters In the rooms of the State Board of Trade in this city Secretary WIllis has been duly in- stalled and is now actively engaged in the duties of his position. The commission takes no extra room at the ferry build- ing, but utilizes a small space jointly with the State Board of Trade. Commissioner Filcher explains that the purpose of the commission is to expend as little money as possible for purely clerical work.and the present indications carry out that as- sertion. Secretary Willls, who is also serving as the whole bureau of publicity, has no stenographer and personally works the typewriting machine. The first step toward persuading the management of the big show at St. Louis to permit Californid to make an exhibi- tion of its products in its reception buijd- ing to be constructed on the exposition grounds has been taken by the Sacra- mento Valley Development Association, which has adopted resolution setting forth that the assocfation favors and urges the management “to a modification of its-policy to permit California to make a collective exhibit at St. Louis.” Will Give Away Plants. Next Saturday between 9 and 4 o'clock the Park Commission will give away the surplus plants at the M}( Nursery. { | l The best is always the cReapest in the end and we wish our custom- ers to know that we carry the fin- est shoes made in this country. The latest styles made by such well known firms as Laird, Schober & Co., John Foster, Wichert & Gardi- ner, Edwin Clapp & Son and J. 8. ‘Turner are carried in siock and WE SELL THEM AT $5.00 A PAIR. We don't have to pay exorbitant Market or Kearny street rents, and that is why we save you from $1.00 to $3.00 on every pair. Every one acknowledges that our $3.50 and $4 shoes are the best sold in this eity and that they give as good service and look as swell as shoes costing $5.00 elsewhere. Now if we can_sell the best $3.3) shoes, why can't we sell the best $5.00 shoes? Give us a trial. Look us over and examine our stvies AND DON'T PAY $6.00 AND $7.00 elsewhere when you can buy THE SAME HERE FOR $%.00. Our new illustrated catalogue just out. Send for on COUNTRY ORDERS SOLICITED. B. KATSCHINSKI, Philadelphia Shoe Co. 10 THIRD ST, San Franaiseo.