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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUG ST 4, 1903, ..AUGUST 4&, 1903 TUESDAY. OHN D. SPRECKELS, Praprictor. ¢ cmmunications lo‘W s LEAKE. Managc{ TELEPHONE. cres Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. Third, §. F. i Stevemson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE EDITORIAL ROOMS. . « . Market ..217 to 2 Delivered by Carriers, 2¢ Cts. Per Week, 75 Ct=. Per Month. Single Copies 5 Cents. Terms by Mall, Including Postage (Cash With Order): DAILY CALL ¢nclufing Sundey) one year... £8.00 DAILY CALL (incluging Sunday), 6 monmths . 400 DAILY CALL—By Slogle Month . : 6o FUNDAY CALL. One Year . 2350 WEEKLY CALL. Ope Year . 1.00 f Y ... BN .{ Sunday.. 4.15 Ver Year Extra | Weekly.. 1.00 Per Year Extra FOREIGN POSTAGE..... Al Postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be' forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change ‘of acGress should be ygrticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order | 10 inéure & prompt and correct compliance with their request OAKLAND OFFICE. ..Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY OFFICE. 2148 Cemter Street... ++.Telephone Korth 77 < GEQRGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Adver- ° tising, Marquette Building, Chicago. (larg Distance Telephome “Central 2619. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: MORTON E. CRANE. NEW TORK REPRESENTATIVE: »TEPHEN B. SMITH. . 30 Trihune Buil TORK CORRESPONDENT: .Herald Square NEW €. €. CARLTON XEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astorfa Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murrey Jill Hotel; Fifth-averue Hotel and Hoffman House. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. O. News Co.: Great Northern Hotel, Tremont House; Auditorium Hotel; Palmer House. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corger of Clay, open unti] 9:80 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open untjl #:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open.until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corper Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1096 Vi jencla, cpen until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, cpen until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open untn) 9 o'seck. 2200 Fillmore, open until ® p. m. GOOD WORK WELL DONE. the annual report of Tax ake a good showing for the d 2 able one for the Collector. wing is the more notable because the work y heavy, owing partly to 4000 taxpayers filed protests of the levy ior hospital and school was exceptionall T ne partly to the increase of the tax rate the previous year, which necessitated and mailing some 34,000 extra tax bills e extra tax bills sent out the Collector ob- gaifed payments of upward of 24.000, ranging from | one cent upward. Of these the Collector says that if eollected they “would have entailed great expense mpom the city by reason of tHe fact that they would have to have beéen advertised in the delinquent tax Of the the report 3 The entire amount charged against the Tax Col- Irst,” total collections says: jector was $6,124.€ which the actual amount 415 defingquent Wwas the sum oi $31.013 45. or a trifle over fifty-two hundredths of cent. The amopnt collected from licenses was $485.682 35, as one one per against. $493,001 30 for the fiscal year 1901-02, making a deficit of $9720 8; Police Commission chines.”- The smaliness of the percentage taxes it ohe of the notable featares of the report owing to the action taken by the against mnickel-in-the-slot ma- of delinquent It is the smallest delinguency in the history of the city and bears witness to the fidelity and the earnestness | It | with which the work of the office was performed is to be noted, further, that notwithstanding the in- creasing work of the office and the thorough man- mer in which it is being performed, Tax Collector Smith will reduce the cost of operating it this year by upward of $6000 In the general confusion existing in so many de- partments of the present municipal administration, a confusion which in some departments, like that of the Board of Public Works, amounts to weritable scandals, it is gratifving to note the excellent work that has been done by Tax Collector Smith and also by Auditor Bachr and Treasurer McDougall. Their offices have been cfficiently and economically man- aged. The work has been well and promptly done, and -the records can be studied with satisfaction by 2ll who are sincerely desirous of good municipal gov- ernment. The duty incumbent upon the press and upon the public to see to it that public administration is care- fully and honestly periormed carries with it not only an obligation to condemn the inefficient and untrust- worthy, but also that -of giving proper and public gecognition 1o those officials who have deserved well of the people by reason of the excellence oi their work. In this case the fact that Tax Collector Smith, Treasurer McDougall and Auditor Baehr are all Re- publicans will of course be gratifying to other Re- publicans from a partisan point of view, but the issue is larger than that of partisanship. Municipal ad- ministration is mainly a matter of business that af- fects the immediate interests of all members of the community, and consequently the commendation of the good work done by the Tax Collector, the Auditor and the Treasurer should come from their constit- ments generally regardless of party ties. Having made up the record of the past fiscal year with a2 smaller delinquent tax list than ever before, despite the increase in the tax rate, San Francisco can face the immediate future with good cheer and with an assurance of public prosperity, subject only to the provision that good citizens do their duty in the coming municipal clection and put the administration | of all city and county affairs in safe hands. That js the issue beiore the people go-day. It runs directly to every man who has a “to vote and has an interest in the general good. Whether we are to have good government or bad government depends pri- marily upon the voters, and for that reason it be- hooves all good citizens to take careful note of the recerds made by men now in office in every depart- ment of the municipal administration in order that they may vote intelligently when the time comes. local police officer has taken tbe) preliminary steps mecessary to make him an insolvent before the faw. To an ordinary observer this seems to be a wiolent method of discrediting the gossip which gen- erally clings to the men of thj star and club. > ...1408 G Street, B W. | I TILLMAN AND THE RACE PROBLEM | ENATORS: Tillman of South Carolina and S Burtosi of Kansas have arringed a discussion of the negro problem before the different Chau- Maugua assemblies during the summer. It seems to havé been 2 mistake to add Tillman to the torrid | conditions of the Eastern summer. In his fist | speech he advocated “‘shootin’ niggers who don't keep | their place,” and beiched vocal brimstone like an- { other Pelec. ! It is a mistake in the South to put this person for- ward as an exponent of her views upon this serious Granting all that is charged against the ne- gro’s capacity for seli-government, and all that is ! charged against his bad habits, thrift, temperance and issue. morals, if we add to that denial that he is a human-| being and refusal to grant himiany rights superior to those of the beasts that perish, a situation is cre- ated that projects to the present generation of white people in the South, in intensified form, the evils “that worked upen them when the negroes were slaves {and as a result of that condition. { In fact, according to the programme of Tillman, the negroes now are to be denied rights which they enjoyed in common with the domestic animals whose subjection they shared. The slave’s status as prop- erty was a protection, since slave-holders would neither destroy their own property nor- seriously impair its productive power by ill-usage. Men in the South continue to so protect their animal chat- tels, but that protection is withdrawn from the negro by Tillman’s proposition, and he may be shot for not place among the beasts, though denied | the safeguards that are around his four-footed fel- lows. Of course philosophy and philanthropy point to the duty, not of elevating the negro, but of teach- ing him to elevate himseli'out of a condition of im- morality, bad sanitary and other habits, thriftlessness and wastefulness, to a state in which he may enjoy the natural rights of humanity. There is no use gird- ing at the North on the subject of the negro’s past condition of slavery. When Jefferson wrote the { original draft of the Declaration of Independence he | put among its clauses damnatory of the English King an accusation for introducing slavery into the colo- nies and importing negroes from Africa to that con- | dition in the new country. If that had been leit in | the completed document we would have had an earlier |and a peaceful abolition of slavery in this country, | but it would have left with us the precise problem | which Tillman is discussing so unwisely. Tillman seems to derive his feroci ! lation of statistics, and to get thérefrom a desire for | extermination of the black race. The vital statistics ! of Charleston, in his own State, disclose conditions ! which may well excite apprehension. In 1902 the local census showed in that city 24,285 whites and | 31,522 negroes. In that year the deaths | whites and 1153 negroes. Only 1 in 52 while the negro mortality was 1 in 27. were of 461 whites died, At such a rate of mortality the negro would soon disappear. | But the aspect is changed by the birth rate. In the year 731 negroes were born to 354 whites. Of the whites 107 more died than were born; of the blacks Referring to the causes of negro mortality and {in infancy, of preventable causes, under the age of 15 Between 5 and 10 the death rate is small, but it {rises again at 20, the age of fubercular and allied | diseases. O the 1154 deaths of negroes 178 were caused by consumption and 95 by pneumonia, so that chronic and acute-respiratory diseases claimed 253. S Bright's disease took 128 enteric and allied mala- | | rial diseases of filth called 136. Here we have, | grouped, deaths”ffom preventable causes amounting ilo 537 diréctly referable to the immoral habits and | bad sanitation prevalent among the- blacks. "mu'ght Degter, last year's negro death rate would | have: been reduced tc 617, or to 160 less than the | birth " rate!. Tt is 10 be supposed that the whites of | €harleston - live. under more | moral “conditions, for; their death rate per 1000 is { only 1808, which is.about -normal for such a popu- | lation on the South: Atlantic coast. i From these statistics it is evident, given equal | physical conditions, the, negro population- will soon .‘\:le outnumber the white through superior fecun- dity alone. That is the true Southern problem and the national problem as well. It is the reason for | Tillman's barbaric revolt against every proposition | to cleanse and humanize the negro, to lead him out of the conditions in which his revolting crimes are committed. but to slaughter him like a beast for not “keepin’ his place.” The problem is one that may attract and appall the most heroic philosophy, but its solution is not helped by insisting that the whites in contact with it shall abandon themselves to the mur- der of human beings merely because they do not | keep their place in conditions in spite of which they make a steady gain upon the white population. | In the Northern States the blacks gained 177,012 in the decade 1890-1900. The problem is upon us all and cannot be treated as sectional. So far, the best ' mind of the North sees a solution in moral elevation and progress in the civilized arts of self-support. Is there any other alternative but the fee-faw-fumming of the fire-eating Tillman? Two girls were arrested the other day on a charge Let us earnestly hope that the incident will never be recorded as one of the illustrations of child life in California. | IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Y the call issued for the assembling of the B eleventh National Irrigation Congress at Ogden on” September 15 provision is made for a large and thoroughly ' representative gather- |ing. It is announced that each Board of County Commissioners, the Mayor of each city not over 25,000 population, each' Chamber of Commerce, ir- rigation association, agricultural society, livestock, | association, society of engineers and agricultural col- |lege is entitled to send two delegates. Mayors of cities over 25,000 population four delegates, and the Governor of each State twenty delegates, The proceedings of the ‘congress will be largely directed to practical ends. ' The United States Gov- ernment has now in the treasury upward of $10,000,- 000, which has been appropriated for reclaiming the arid lands of the West. To that sum there will be added all money derived in future from ‘the sale of lands in the sixteen arid-States and Territories, for under the law the money thus obtained can be used only for the storage of waters, the construction of artesian wells or other ‘works designed for the con- servation. of water and the irrigation of the arid lands. It was largely through the influence of irri- gation congresses in the past that the passage of the irrigation act was brought about, and it is now the intention of the coming congress to make recom- y irom the reve- | | the age of greatest loss, it is found that one-third die | If | sanitary and better | This gain of the negro is not confined to the South. | of hiving attempted to wreck a train near Merced. | mendations to the Secretary of the Interior as to ‘the manner in which the available money shall be expended. California of course has large interests in the sub- |ject and should be well represented at the congress. Public interest in 1t in the East is manifested by the fact that the Union Pacific Railway will run a firee excursion train from Washington to Ogden for the | benefit of newspaper correspondents who will be sent ' to report the proceedings. President Roosevelt has already manifested great interest in the meeting, and %on his recent tour through the West he said in‘an address at Ogden: “I hope most earnestly that you and all the other States in interest will push forward ' | success {of the Union. | cess; ar | I want to see that congress a stc- T want to see the work of irrigation made the Perhaps the completest fummary of the despicable | methods of the yellow journals of the United States | ever given was promulgated by Cardinal Gibbons, | who on entering the great ¢onclave at Rome author- ized the Associated Press to deny any, purported in- terview with him, at any time, on any subject, with any person after he entered Rome. This blow cer- tainly ought to silence the saffron sheets. ACCIDENTS TO WARSHIPS. CCIDENTS to our naval vessels, even when A waters, have been so frequent as to have occa- | sioned no little surprise among people who give any | heed to them at all. It is announced that since the ‘[beginning of the present year they have been so nu- | merous and of such serious nature as to have entailed ‘:he expenditure of upward of $1,000,000 for repairs. | As a result of their frequency there has been a gcod | deal of curiosity concerning the causes, and efforts | have been repeatedly made to find out where the responsibility for them rests. | As a rule the naval officers have placed the blame | upon the contractors who built the ships, while the contractors on their side have laid the blame on the | naval authorities. It will be remembered that not I long ago one of the largest of our shipbuilders when | asked to explain the breaking down of a warship | constructed by him, stated that he had built the ves- sel according fo specifications to carry guns of a | given weight, but that when she was armed the naval | authorities placed heavier guns upon her, and thus subjected her to a greater strain than had been cal- culated A new view of the subject is presented in a recent issue of the American Syren and Shipping. That | paper, which holds a high rank as an authority on shipping” matters of all kinds, places the whole re- sponsibility upon the naval department, but not in \’the way stated by the shipbuilder. After referring to | naval vessels “which broke down after a few days | of practice on home stations,” it says: ‘“As these ships were put into the best possible condition prior to | the orders to assemble for sea practice, it is as plain las a pikestaff that there is something radically | wrong with the manner in which these vessels are handled at sea.” Reviewing the reports of accidents to ships that were disabled during the work performed under Ad- | miral Dewey in the Caribbean Sea, our New -York contemporary goes on to say the disasters. were. due partly to the incompetency of the crews employed in working their machinery and partly to the inefficiency of some of the machine fittings with which they were equipped. To one of those two causes it is said every | accident reported is primarily due. | In dealing with the first of these causes, Syren and | Shipping says:, “Four naval vessels under repair at {the present time ‘show by their burned . boilers, | broken cylinders, leaky valves and other defects in machinery the results from handling by ignorant and incompetent stokers and mechanics.” Of the second cause it says: “A number of officers of our navy { have told us that the breakdowns of certain sorts of steam fittings in naval vessels on which they sail is due to the purchase from favored contractors of in- ferior pipe, fittings, valves and packing. Flimsy stuff of this sort made especially for use in cheap excur- sion boats which are built to sell for low prices are put on board naval vessels ‘where the naval officers have specified heavy goods of the best grades.” Charges of that kind made on such authority ought not to be ignored at Washington. If it be true that we are fitting our costly warships with cheap ma- chinery, and manning them with incompetent stokers and machine men, we are likely to some day have a disaster that will cost us dear. The charges are made the more serious because Syren and Shipping hints | that the worthless machinery and fittings are accepted | “probably in accordance with an agreeable and con- | fidential understanding with persons who know the three degrees of perfection—addition, division and silence.” Recent dispatches chronicle an American inter- | state exodus of a most extraordinary character. It is reported that many of the negroes of Indiana are | moving in haste to the Southern States to escape assault, torture and abuse. This proceeding seems | very Jike jumping from the frying pan into the Jfire. The Southerners certainly need no new fuel to feed the fire of their rage against the negro. The guards at Folsom penitentiary are now taking no chances with their desperate prisoners and are enfnrcing a rigorous -and almost cruel discipline. This course recommends itseli as commendable. It is always well to close the stable door after the horse is stolen so as not to create unnecessary comment. Perhaps also a change in discipline may relieve the monotony of life for the convicts. The Fire Commissioners fear that the department over which they exercise government must face a deficit. The crisis is a financial one. There is every- thing to indicate that it will be many.years before some of the members of the Fire Department will ever suffer from a deficit in audacity or political scheming prohibited by law. In its recent and final report the Grand Jury cen- sured the Board of Education for various offenses which have been subjects of public protest and’ con- demnation. - There is nothing to' indicate that the Grand Jury, any more than the rest of us, hoins for a reform in the methods of the School Board. A British ship named California recently entered the harbor. That a British vessel should be so named argues well for the famie of the State abroad, and we can say no more than to hope that the ship will bear the name honorably and fare well in her life upon i the seas. \ i . i | position Stockton occupies as & manufacturl cruising or going through maneuvers in home | ng SAN JOAQUIN - PLANS EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR STOCKTON, Aug. 3.—At a meeting of { the directors of the Chamber of Com- { merce this afternoon the matter of mak-| ing an exhibit at the State Fair was dis- cussed, and it was dedided to make a spe- ial showing at the coming event. The resolution setting forth such intention and urglng uvon manufacturers the desira- | Pility of making individual exhibits was | passed. Secretary Brown will go to Sac- | ramento in the morning to make prelim- inary’ arrangements. It is probable that considerable of the exhibit which is to appear later at St. Louis will be taken to Sacramento. It is believed “that the county and the local business men will make a very favorable showing. The resolutions are as follows: Whereas, “The California State Fair is a public enterprise instituted by the State of | California_for. the purpose of promoting agri- | cultural, ' ‘horticultural, manufacturing and stock raising by means of competitive exhibits of the products of such industries, and, Whereas, A special effort is being made. this | year to obtain a representative exhibit of prode ucts from the different counties of the State, Where the producers may view the best prod- | d will in every way endeavor to make the meeting | of the Trrigation Congress here in Ogden a thorough And I say that not merely in the interest of | Ogden. not merely in the interest of the States which | are to be benefited by irrigation, but in the interest | RETURNS HOME FROM ABROAD . WITH HONORS X3 ucts of farm. fleld and factory, thereby being educated and stimulated to a Higher effort to- | ward advanced and scientific production, now, | therefore, be it £ i Resolved, That the ‘Stockton Chamber of | Commerce 'Instruct its secretary to make such | an oxhibit of the products of San Joaquin * County at the approaching State Fair as will | be a credit to the county and an inspiration jo | other agricultural communities In our Stafe; | and be it further i Resolved, 'That the manufacturers of the | Clty of Stockton be urged to make individual exbibits of thelr wares at the approaching | State Fair, so that the people of this com- monwealth' may be informed of the advanced ! i center. We urge this in the belief that our | manufactrers will profit by the advertising re- | ccived, and realize that upon the prdsperity of the individual depends the prosperity of the community. e PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. Nat Green of Watsonville is at the | Grand. N Dr. L. A. Pierce of Long Beach is stop- ping at the Lick. i O. McHenry, a banker of Modesto, is at the Occidental. E. H. Wilson, a mining attorney of New York, is at the Palace. Dr. A. H. Tickell and wife of Nevada City are guests at the Grand. Dr. John V. Littig and wife of Los An- geles are registered at the Palace. F."H. Kennedy, dealer in agricultural implements at Stockton, is at the Cali- fornia. | John Daggett, former superintendent of | the United States Branch Mint, is in the | city for a few days and is stopping at the Palace. | W. J. Gick, steel expert for the British naval department at its repair station at Wei-hai-wei, China, is at the Palace, en route to London. Professor David Starr Jordan of Stan- | ford University, Mrs. Jordan and their | son were in the city vesterday and reg- | istered at the Occidental. | Lieutenant J. A. Woodruff of the| United States engineer corps and a son | of General Woodruff, arrived from West | Point yesterday and is at the Qccidental. | Major W. W. Screws and wife and Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Hanson of Montgomery, Ala., are among the latest arrivals at the | Occidental. The gentlemen are connected | with the Montgomery Advertiser. | Clarence Ravlin, treasurer and manager | of the California Theater, and George and | Frank Fuller returned yesterday from a two weeks' hunt in Northeastern Mendo- | cino County. They killed several deer, Mr. Ravlin dropping three of the animals. —————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The _following Californians have arrlved: From, San Francisco—Mrs. L Pierce, J. Sahl,' Miss K. L. Young, at_the Manhattan; G. M., Baker and wife, W. M. Ginn, at:the Im- perial; J. Coleman, at the Netherlands; H. S. Fleming, at the Gregorian; J. L. Flood and ‘wife, F. S. Kelly and wife, M. | Koehler, Miss 8. Maynard, at_the Hol- | land; A. W. Hoffman, A. Hoffman, A. McD. Riddle, C. T. Zacharias, at the | Herald-square; J. H. Jacobs, P. F. Ko- | huke and wife, at the St. Denis; D. | Leonhart, at the Victoria; H. Rennets, | at the Grand Union: J. A.'Smith, at the | Everett; L. A. Teshan, R. J. Teshan, at the Astor; F. E. Ware, at the Grand. | From Los Angeles—C. A. Duncommun, | at the Manhattan; G. Larrabee. at the | Hoffman; N. Pease, at the Imperfal. | From San Jose—E. A. Wilcox, at the | Cadillac. | ——— s Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 3.—The following Californians registered at the hotels to-day: At the Metropolitan— M. L. Ward_'of ‘San Diego. At the ller a Shoreham—W. F. Cronesm)| nd wife ———————— of Los Angeles. H Male Stenographers Wanted. | The United States Civil Service Commis- | sion announces an examination for male stenographers and typewriters in this city on August 12 to fill existing vacancies at salaries ranging from $840 to $1200 per annum, and in the Philippine service at -from $1200 to $1400 per annum. Minimum | age limit for the United States, 20 vears; | limit for the Philippines, 18 to 40 years. The extraordinary request is made that applicants should telegraph at once to the United States Civil Service Commissien at Washington, D. C., for permission to take the examination. For firther infor- mation apply to the secretary of the Con- | solidated Board of Examiners, 301 Jackson street, this city. —_——— Conference of Principals. The principals of the various public schools throughout the city met in con- ference yesterday afternoon with Super- intendent of Schools Langdon at the City Hall. The meeting was well attended and the discussion interesting. Superintend- ent Langdon delivered an address out- lining a policy for the betterment of the school system of San Francisco, in which he gdvocated the direction of every effort to the enlightenment of the public on the needs of the public school, to the end that assistance may be given in the way of educational finance. Informal discus- sion was indulged in among those pres- ent. e———— Saloon Entered by a Burglar. Several policemen were attracted to the corner of Mason and Jackson streets about 4 o'clock yesterday morning by the blowing of a police whistle. They found that the glass in the front door of Ernest Gardner’s saloon at 1224 Mason street had. been broken and an entrance effected. The cash register had been relieved of $6 60. Palmer Gordon was arrested and booked on a charge of burglary and was instructed before Police Judge Conlan | yesterday. 'Gordon wanted to be tried at once, but the case was continued till Thursday.. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, ‘MISS ROSA McAHAN OF BUTTE. How After Two Years She Found a Remedy for Dandruff. = , Miss Rosa McAhan of 211 West street, %l‘l;ui :“-ne'i' ':ya.vl: ‘‘He thoro cieanse scalp of swith which K i!t'l:‘d“ oy di .Ill_l‘y tnmt many dif nt, ns i, 0 ta0k uartz has 1 have past two years, in the cept Newbro's Gisease, and B fle destroyer Of the gorm cause, you remove effect.” dandruff germ. Ask your Taye ltching, makes the Ralt oft ja) » soy‘a el al e hair soft as silk. for sample to .__Send 10c in D:Lmu.'m SIS Con l » : DISTINGUISHED YOUNG AR- TIST WHO HAS JUST RE- || | TURNED FROM EUROPE. | | %3 ERTRUDE PARTINGTON, one of the best-known artists of the| West, returned from Paris yes- terday after an absence of four years. Her welcome home was a joyous one. Miss Partington has returned with con- siderable. faime as an artist. One of her paintings was hung in the last Salon and | received hjgh praise from the erities. | During her stay abroad she studied un- der Prinet, who professes himself very proud of his pupil. The distinguished Parisian has great hope for the young artist’s future and believes she will at- tain a high reputation as a painter before many years have passed. Before leaving for Paris Miss Parting- ton illustrated for newspapers of this eity. Her black and white drawings attracted wide attention both liere and in the East, and her originals were always in demand. She has also illustrated for the Century and other magazines. Miss Partington, however, had other ambitions. She wished to paint and went among strangers to study, and by her talents won recognition and success. Prinet took a deep interest in his pupil and gave her the benefit of his knowledge and experience. She visited all the lead- ing galleries of Europe and studied the masters. Miss Partington comes of a family of artists. Her father was the late J. H. E. Partington, whose name is well known in England and this country. Her brother Richard is conceded to be one of the best illustrators in the country She is also a sister of Miss Blanche Partington, the dramatic critic. Miss Partington will open a studio in this city. She intends to remain here for a short time. —————————— A CHANCE TO SMILE. First Citizen—What do you think of this WAR VESSELS PREPARE FOR “MIMIC BATTLE BAR HARPBOR, Me., Aug. 3—The war maneuvers actually began to-day, when the so-called hostile squadron withdrew from the combined North Atlantic fleet | and departed from the harbor. The squad- ron was in command of Rear Admiral Sands and consisted of the battleships Texas, Indlana and Massachusetts and the torpedo-boat destroyers Lawrence | and Whipple. The vessels when last seen { were heading in a south-southeasterly «i- rection. Wednesday at noon the re- mainder of the fleet, under Rear Admiral Barker, will assume the defensive. Each vessel will hurry to a point assigned by secret instructions. Some time between Wednesday noon and next Monday the hostile squadron must make whatever demonstration is to bé made or secure an anchorage in order to win. An attack | may be attempted at any point between Eastport and Cape Ann. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. NOT DISBANDED=A. O. S., City. Com- pany H, League of tlie Cross Cadets, was never disbanded. THE SAN JUAN—A. S., Antioch, Cal The steamer San Juan was not wrecked, and she is still afloat. The San Blas was wrecked December 17, 1901, off La Liber- tad. Captain Cattarinich was in command at that time. LEAGUE OF THE- CROSS—Sub., Vet- erans’ Home, Cal. Any one not a Catholic may become a member of the League of the Cross Cadets. It is not a prerequisite that to join that organization the appli- cant be a native of California. AMERICAN REGISTER—M. L., Ocean View, Cal. In order to obtain American register on a forelgn built vessel such must be repaired and altered to three- fourths its' value at the time it is pro- posed to obtain such register. ' THE MISSOURI—-A. & F. O. T. P. The records do not show that any United States steamer called the Missouri was ever lost. The Missouri when purchased by the United States Government was named the Egbert, and was then sold to the Dollar Steamship Company, which changed her name to Stanley Dollar. KRAG-JORGENSEN RIFLE — Reader, City. The Krag-Jorgensen rifle, modified, adopted for use in the United States army September 15, 1892. The first organi- zation to use the same in target practice was the Third Infantry, during the season of 1897. The entire army was supplied with the rifle before the summer of 13%. NATURALIZATION- . E., City. The wife of a foreigner who becomes a citizen of the United States by naturalization be- comes a citizen of her fiusband’s adopted country, provided she herseif would be eligible to naturalization. For Instance, a foreigner entitled to be naturalized s married to a Chinese woman: the fact that he was naturalized would not confer the right of citizenship upon her because by the law of 1882 the naturalization of Chinese is strictly prohibited. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT—Subscriber, City. In many of the German states capital punishment has been abolished, in Coburg, in Brunswick, Nassau in 1849; Oldenberg: and in Saxe Meiningen and Saxe Weimar in 132; in Baden in 133, and in Saxony in 1868. But it was restored by the Imperial Criminal Code in 1572 in the case of the life of the Emperor or of the sovereign of any federal state in_which the offender happened to be, and for de- Iiberate homicide. The various states are allowed to choose their own instruments of death. In the old provinces of Prus- sia 1t is the ax. In Rhenish Prussia and in the kingdom of Saxony the guillotine is used: Executions were public until 1851, but they are now conducted privately within prison walls in the presence of specified persons. DIAMOND—A. O. 8, City. For many years the Koh-i-noor held the rank of be. ing the most famous diamond in the world. In the rough it weighed %00 carats, idea of an army of the unemployed marching to Washington? Second Citizen—That's nothing new. It happens every four years.—New York Weekly. . Exit the Editor.—“You have no use for the papers, you say,” remarked the tour- st. : “No," replied the Wild Westerner, “they git too personal sometimes. I did sub- scribe to a paper once, but I stopped it.” “What paper is it you refer’”— but now after various cuttings it weighs but 106 carats. It Is said that a diamond discovered by Captain Ed Jorgensen i South Africa, and which was sent to Am- sterdam to be cut and polished, weighed in the rough 971 carats. It has been named the Excelsior. The largest prior to the finding of the Exceisior was the one in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, weigh- ing 367 carats. It Is not known what the Excelsior will weigh when cut. The price of diamonds varies according to the sup- ply and change of fashions, but the gen- eral rule to ascertain the value of a gem “You mean what paper ‘was' it. AIn't| g o square the number of carats the dia- 1 just told vou I stopped it? Dome it in | ,nd weighs and then to multiply by the one shot, too.”—Philadelphia Press. “Hello!" “Hello!"” “Is that you, mamma?’ “Yes.” “This is Bella. Say, mamma, I'm in an awful trouble. You know this is cook's day off. When George went down fown this morning he told me he'd like some | broiled lobster for dinner this evening. price of a single carat: thus, a diamond of 12 carats. A single carat is worth, say, $10; the diamond would be valued at 13 times 12 times 10, equaling $1440. ————— Townsend's California glace fruits and candles, 50c a pound, In artistic fire- etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends, 715 Market st., above Call bidg. * —_—— Special " information supplied daily to T've got the lobster, but I can't ind any | pusiness houses and public men by the way to get it open. How do you do it, mamma?”’—Chicago Tribune. Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 230 Cali- fornia street. 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