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

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OAKLAND OFFICE. 1118 Broadway...........Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY OFFICE. £148 Cemter Street. Telephone North 77 C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Adver- tising, Marguette Duilding, Chicago. Qong Distance Telephone “Central 2619.”) WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: MORTON E. CRANE........1406 G Street, N. W, NEW YORK REPRFSENTATIVE: CTEPHEN B. SMITH. .. .30 Trihune Bullding NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON...... ..Herald Square BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open wot!) 9:80 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 | MeAllieter. open until 9:30 c'clock. G15 Lerkin, open untit $:30 o'clock. 1841 Miesion, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corver S.xteesth, open uamtil 9 o'clock. 1006 Va- Jemcia. ©pes uoti 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 ceiock NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, epen | et © o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until ® p. m. ! metal trade in house fittings. | Last December a strike was ordered. Upon | quiry of their workmen none of them knew why the THE WALKING DELEGATE. S men are constituted it is to be expected that A all organizations will be used for selfish and sometimes for corrupt purposes. It is not | surprising that the labor unions have proved no ex- ception to the rule. Indeed, they offer a peculiarly | inviting field for the play of selfish motives. They are voluntary organizations, not incorporated and with I no legal responsibility. They can neither sue nor be sued, and so have been the prey of men who were sufficiently ingenious and’ unscrupulous to see and use their opportunity. The revelations in New York have brought the courts into action. Already one walking delegate is |in stripes in Sing Sing for “fining” an employer $10,000 and pocketing the money, which was really | his price, as a bribe, for ordering off a strike which | he had ordered on to give him the chance to extort the money. This case, when on trial, brought out | very startling revelations. It was disclosed that the | money extorted in that way from employers ’amounted to millions, and not a dollar of it was {’.raceablc to the union treasuries. Building and | other contractors hubitually added to the prices of their work a sum sufficient to pay these bribes, which were the price of the walking delegate’s per- mission to go oi. with their contracts. The union | workmen must quit when ordered, under penalty of iappears they have not looked upon him as an officer |a fine, which they must pay for permission to work | of the law, but as a frieng. and more or less one of at all. So the system meant a higher price paid for work by the public, and was maintained by threaten- | ing the laborer with starvation unless he made him- | Pass as one of the amusing things of life having no | self the patient instrument of extortion for the bene- fit of the walking delegate, who ruled him with a rod of iron. Another walking delegate is now on trial in New York. He was the delegate of the Housesmiths’ and Bridgemen’s Union. The testimony shows that he extorted enormous sums and pocketed them as the price of his permission for employersito go on with their work. The respectable firm of Tiffany’s tells a typical story of this walking delegate’s methods. The firm started about a year ago in the heavy Their plant was unionized and an agreement signed to that effect. n- horror on the subway railroad in Paris | dded to the aversion of the people to 1 | roads Subterranean provided with means to be used in case of fire or other ac- bway tly is er entirely lacking, or, as | Alps tunnels between France and hinery, so that travelers are diver who depends on the alive and dies instantly if it fail o I T p to kee; kly passed. But tunnels more e proved to be highly dangerous, of two engine crews in the long tunnel he Northern Pacific and of the 1do tunnel on the Southern each case the men died because the air 1 was vitiated by the sulphurous smoke of engines. These accidents made it plain that if nt occur those tunnels, or a pas- senger train is stopped by any accident, the passen- While it is la- Cascades on he San Ferna a gers would be killed by asphyxiation. mentable that such notice should be needed, it is still true t the subway deaths and horrors in Ore- gon, Califo and Paris have called attention to the impolicy of railroads in this country attempting to get easier grades by making long tunnels. The people would rather pay the slight additional cost of a haul on a stiff grade than be subjected to the risk of an awful death, in the dark, far under- | ground. Californians are interested in it vitally. No railroad can get out of this State or enter it without | That this can be | overcoming the mountain range. done with a surface track and by the use of short tunnels is shown by experience. True, the grades heavy, but full trains climb them. The present owners of the Southérn Pacific are said to be planning a tunnel under the Sierra Ne- vada Range that is to be eight miles long. Such a tunnel should not be built. Its comstruction may appeal to the professional pride of engineers and even to the constructive ambition of capitalists, but the public should be everywhere notified of the dangers of its use, and every means should be taken, by the press and by societies for the public safety, to induce travelers not to patronize the line that uses it. To the other risks of its use earthquakes are added, which by shattering its arch may at any moment hopelessly imprison or crush trains. Even if it were not dangerous to a degree warranting legal injunc- tion of its construction, the same as any work that is dangerous to human life may be enjoined, its use cancels the traveler's view of our rare and inspiring mountain scenery. Instead of permitting the construction of more and longer and more dangerous tunnels the overland roads should be compelled to reconstruct the tun- nels in which people have already been killed by lack of wentilation. They should be made higher and pierced by frequent ventilating shafts, better lighted by electricity and the air changed by a forced draft, actuated by duplicate machinery, so as to make sure the constancy of such means for purifying the air. The dangers and risks of travel are already suffi- ciently numerous without adding to them the horror of long and far underground tunnels. are Oregon has settled for itself 2 problem that inter- ests men and women the world over. A Federal Judge has decided that $22,500 is at least more than enough to pay for a woman's broken heart and femi- nine feelings lacerated by cruel man’s broken prom- While it is, of course, consoling to know what the maximum of damages can be in these affairs, the courts of the Webfoot State must set their wheels in motion and tell us what is the minimum. ises. Missouri seems determined to keep in the world's eye at jeast until the opening of the great St. Louis Exposition. She is rounding up her boodlers in every part of the State and meting out to them the punishment they deserve. The administration of implacable, uncompromising justice for big and little alike is perhaps the most worthy advertisement the State can receive. Men sell their liberty cheaply in these days of ex- alted freedom. A fool possessed himself the other day of one dollar and fifty cents that was not his own and he will now serve a term in the penitentiary for his offense. It seems almost a pity in such in- stances as this that the offender could not be incar- cerated in some institution for the care of the feeble- minded. i strike was ordered. There was no issue of hours | or wages. No non-union men had been employed, |and the workmen admitted that the firm had kept | rts union agreement in every particular. The firm sent a clerk to the walking delegate to find out what was the matter. That high official | said to the clerk: “You tell Tiffany he can go to | hell. I'm not doing business with any peanuts. If | they send some responsible person here I'll do busi- Iness.” The firm obeyed the great man and sent the superintendent, who was told that the firm was fined $300. Asked what the fine was for he said, “It’s just | your initiation fee.” Asked if the money went to the | union, he answered: “The union be ——. It goes to me.” He then said that he tied up the Hecla Iron | Works for eighteen months, and would do the same ;with Tiffany. He refused to take a check, and de- | manded cash. When asked why the workmen them- | selves knew of no reason for striking, he said: “I | muzzle 'em. Any man that talked would be fined $50, lose his job and never get another as long as I'm in New York.” The money was paid and the | strike was ordered off, though the delegate said he was sorry he did not make the fine $1000. It is in evidence that the Hecla Iron Works, after losing cighteen months’ work, paid the same man $10,000 | and were permitted to resume business. | The startling part of this remarkable case is that | after all this exposure the union re-elected this same | man walking delegate. | Perhaps these experiences will do something to {remove the objections of the unions.to incorpora- | tion, which will make their walking delegates legally | responsible and remove the muzzle from the members themselves. The members of the Senate of the United States of Colombia have justified every opinion which we have entertained of their intelligence and of their fidelity to | their country. With an idiocy which possesses only | the single merit of calmness and with a reckless dis- regard of their country’s welfare, which can have no | excuse, they have refused to ratify the Panama canal treaty. This is nothing more nor less than the Amer- ican people expected. . POSTAL EDUCATION. | T the recent convention of the National Associ- | A ation of Postmasters at Boston there were dis- | cussed quite a number of propositions for the improvement of the service and it is probable that | most of them will be submitted to Congress for adop- | tion. Of course, the members of the association know jlhe ngeds of the service better than any outsider, and |as a consequence the recommendations of the con- | vention ought to have great weight in determining the course of postal legislation in the immediate fu- | ture. | Among the more important improvements sug- gested by the convention are the adoption of a simple | form for sending small remittances through the mails, | <0 as to avoid the inclosure of postage stamps; more | rapid transit in large cities between the main office |and the sub-stations and the railway depots, and in- | creased facilities for the special delivery service. | One of the salient features of the convention was a | discussion of the need of educating the public with | respect to postal matters. There is no branch of the Government that is closer to the people or is so much in use by the great masses as is the postal service, and as a consequence it is important that well-nigh every one should know how to make right use of it. Post- master Tucker of Toledo recommended that the in- struction begin in the public schools and that all chil- dren be taught how to address a letter properly, how to get a postal order and how to get a letter for- warded by special delivery. By way of making a beginning in the work of general education on the subject the secretary of the convention was ordered to prepare suitable explanations of the various services of the office so that the public can learn how to avail themselves of them without pefmitting errors that puzzle the officials and sometimes render it impossi- | ble for a letter to be carried to the person for whom | it was intended. Whether or not it would be advisable to introduce a course of postal service instruction into the public schools is for public schoo! teachers to decide. The schools are pretty heavily overloaded with studies as itis. We can hardly hope to teach a child everything | at once and make him a master of all the intricacies | of government, science, industry and art while he is | struggling with. the rules of reading, writing and arithmetic. Still, it might be possible to give the ' youth of the lanc a sufficient amount of knowledge 10 enzble them to understand the importance of ad- dressing a letter legibly and correctfy. )I( that were i THE SAN FRANCISCO "ALL, FRIDAY done a good deal would be gained, for it seems that Ictters that go astray are almost invariably found to | be either iliegibly or faultily directed There is something deeply significant in the energy with which Russia is displaying her avenging wrath toward Turkey. The spirit with which nations are | quick or slow to enter a quarrel depends altogether Eupon the character of the other fellow. Japan has | been saucy to the bear for many months, but the un- ruffied dignity of diplomatic deceit has not been and probably will not be disturbed between them. ——— AGUIRRE AND HIS FRIENDS. OR the first time in the history of San Quen- Ftin prison Jhe convicts as a body have in due form given an expression of regret at the depar- | ture from office of a Warden of the institution. The incident is noteworthy, for there is in it something | | of appropriateness and something of incongruity that renders it both instructive and amusing. The incongruity is apparent on the face of it. It |is an old saying that “No rogue e'er felt the halter | | draw with good opinion of the law,” and it is a plain ‘inference that had the convicts been restrained in ithei: vicious tendencies by the Warden they would | inot have entertained a good opinion of him. It ’!heir own kind. This incongruity raises a smile, and | were there nothing back of it the incident would | special significance. | It happens, however, that there is a certain appro- | priateness in the expression of friendship on the part | Eof the convicts for the Warden. His relations to | | some of them at least have been very close and of | a familiar nature. It is well known that during his | administration the rules of the prison havg,been vio- |lated, its records distorted and falsified, illegal work | has been done and rank forgeries committed. All those things have been proven in court. Warden Aguirre and some of his outside friends have been | the beneficiaries of the offenses, and it is but rea- sonable to suppose that he has permitted some of the convicts also to profit by them. Such being the AUGUST 21, 1903. RURAL TRAINING FOR HOMELESS BOYS AND GIRLS Thirteen of the State’s leading charita- ble associations and orphan asylums bave effected an organization for the purpose of finding homes for children who have become public charges. All of the iocal charitable institutions are crowded to the limit with homeless boys and girls, and with the rapid increase of population in San Francisco the problem has' become steadily more difficult of solution. The system of home-finding for orphans and abandoned children has been in prac- tice in the East for several years and has proved very successful. Notbing of the kind has ever been attempted on broad lines in this part of the country before. The institutions which have joined the organization are the Ladies’ Protection and Relief Soclety, Boys and Girls' Aid Soclety, San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children, Associated Charities of San Prancisco, Assoclated Charities of Oakland, Florence Crittenton Home of San Francisco, California Girls' Train- ing Home of Alameda, California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, West Oakland Home, San Francisco Foundling Asylum, Youths' Directory, Juvenile Court of San Francisco and Church Home for Boys. All of these institutions are in receipt \ ! continually of applications for children, but it has been difficult heretofore to get satisfactory information regarding the character of the applicants. It is frequently the case that persons residing in remote sections of the State send requests that they be given an or- phan for adoption, and sometimes inves- tigation has shown that the applicants are unable to provide properly for the little ones. Nowhan agency has been es- | tablished at 606 Montgomery street and the work formerly handled by the thir- teen institutions separately will be con- ducted through one office. Mrs. Isabel H. Raymcnd, at present probation officer of the San I'rancisco Ju- venile Court, has been selected as the agent. She will travel through the State investigating applications and finding homes for orphans. In this manner the children will be well provided for and the congestion in the local institutions will be relieved. She will leave for the southern part of the State September 1 to begin her labors in the new fleld. H. W. Lewis has been chosen president case, the resolution of regret at his departure is ap- | propriate, and most certainly ought not to raise a | laugh. Having received the expressions of regret, it is now in order for the retiring Warden to assure the con- victs that he values their esteem above that of any one else in the State, and to set forth his obligations to those of them to whom he is specidlly indebted for friendship of the men who aided him in violating the | rules of the prison and breaking the laws of the manifestations of the entire body of convicts. Such declarations on his part would fitly round out the he could then close the affair by the customary for- mula of assurance that the commendation of the in- memory and the incident be regarded as the proud- est moment of his life Our aristocratic families and our distinguished rep- resentatives of refined leisure should take hegd and citis, that dread affliction of those who can afford to pay more than is necessary to cure an attack of and is reported to be doing well. We are always in danger from such a daring example of royalty. OMMENTING upon action taken by the Legislature of Georgia to mitigate to some working convicts, The Call stated yesterday that un- der the new law all convicts sentenced to confine- ployed on public roads instead of being leased to private parties. It appears that the dispatch on copy of the Atlanta Constitution now at hand states that it is the short term and not the long term con- long termers are still to be subject to the leasing sys- tem, while the lesser sentence men will have the ben- public supervision, where they will be less liable to brutal treatment. prison system, it is still a movement toward reform and will induce the taking of further steps later on. counties in the State have made application for all the short term convicts from their courts and will at goes on to say: “Of the 2200 convicts, in round numbers, one-third, or fully 750 of them, are under enable half the counties in the State to have profit- able road-working gangs, and the results would be be employed.” That, it seems, is the best Georgia can do at pres- public roads will become as offensive to public sen- timent as the outrages that have just stirred popular prison reform is a long one, and with the exception of Mississippi the progress of the Southetn States flogging of a woman on a convict farm has set the i on the subject, and that in itself is a gain of great | importance, for when people begin to think it will assistance in falsifying the records. A tribute to the State would be a proper response to the friendly incident and make it a perfect thing of the kind, and mates of San Quentin will ever remain a precious | O S T prepare accordingly against an epidemic of appendi- cramps. A Princess of Bavaria has had appendicitis CONVICTS IN GEORGIA. C extent of the evils of the lease system of ment and work for five years or more are to be em- which that statement was based was erroneous. \A victs who are to be employed in public work. The efit of serving time in their own localities and ander Short as is this step in the direction of a correct The Constitution announces that already several once put them to work on the public roads. It sentences of less than five years. This is enough to speedily manifest in every county where they would ent. In the end, however, chain gangs working on indignation against the lease system. The road of i¢ slow. However, the movement has begun. The better elements of the people of Georgia to thinking i not be long before they begin to reform. —— While a Wydming gonvict was attempting to escape the other day he was killed by a turnkey. The fact is interesting simply to illustrate that under practically all conditions California stands against the world as a preferred place of habitation for persons of all classes. We have no such bloodthirsty turnkeys in California, as our Folsom episode proves. . The war lords of France tried a peculiar experiment the other day when they ordered that live shells be fired at the turret of a French man-of-war. The bat- tleship, it is reported, stood the test, but there is nothing in the reports to indicate that the Govern- ment is willing to permit any but French shells to fire at such a target. There is sufficient reason to believe that duelling in Germany is distinctly improving in method and results. In a recent affair of honor one of the antag- | onists was fatally wounded. A few more instances | like this and the sport of fighting one another will | come out of the character of opera bouffe in the | Fatherland. A 3 s of the new organization, which has been named the Children's Agency of San Francisco and Vicinity, and Miss Cathe- rine C‘. Felton has been chosen secretary. —_———————— Shakespeare and the Bible. Shakespeare's indebtedness to the Bible has been made the subject of an exhaus- tive inquiry by William Burgess. The ndthor Informs us that when he began s studies he had no idea of publication, but was led solely by personal interest, as the result of certain utterances ton< cerning the “‘so-called absence of religion in Shakespeare.” The evidence against this assumption, the author found, is so abundant and conclusive that it “amounts to a revelation.” Consequently we have “The Bible in Shakespeare,” a bulky vol- ume, which has just been published. At the outset Mr. Burgess admits that Shakespeare is still “the poet of secular humanity.” His contention is that the poet drew largely from the Bible for his that he employed “Scripture teachings, facts, poetry, philosophy and language in s writings,” and that he was a sincere believer and accepted the orthodox views current in his day. That some of these contentions are open to question is fairly obvious, but that Shakespeare was familiar with the Scrip- tures and, consciously or unconsclously, made abundant use of his knowledge is indisputable. For, as Mr. Burgess points out, in Shakespeare's time the Bible was common property. The time had gone by when to read it was heresy. It was not only no longer a forbidden book, but al- most the only book within reach of the common people. Mr. Burgess would go further and hold that “if Shakespeare had the advantage of any book in his early home, that book was probably the Bible. Indeed,” he maintains, “it is prob- able that no other books were available to him quring his early days, except, per- haps, Plutarch and such glimpses of his- tory and the classics as he could obtain in his lessons in school.” Again, we are reminded that the King James version of the Bible took shape between 1604 and 1311, and that these vears, together with the five following, were the greatest of Shakespeare’s life. That he should not, under such circum- stances, have become saturated with the thought and language of the Bible our author considers inconcelvable. Still, lit- tle was quoted verbatim. But the “use of biblical characters, facts, figures, doc- trines and laws in the author's (Shake- speare’s) own language is so common as to constitute one of the most remarkable of the many marvels of Shakespeare.” So much for the author's general con- tentions, For the rest—and this doubtless constitutes the valuable part of the book —he has gone laboriously through the plays and given us a chapter of refer- ences to lines in which the word God ap- pears, another in which biblical charac- ters are mentioned and several devoted to Scriptural and Shakespearian parallels. On the whole, it is a curlous and, inter- esting book. e BIGGEST GORILLA EVER KILLED Shot in the Cameroon Country—Was Almost Seven Feet in Height. There has just been placed on exhibition in the Umlauff Museum at Hamburg the biggest known specimen of gorilla. It was ghot in the Cameroon territory in West Africa. After much difficulty it was re- moved to Hamburg, stuffed, mounted and placed on exhibition. It measured 6§ feet 10% inches from the crown of the head to the middle toe, and across from middle finger to middle finger 9 feet 3% inches. It was largely a matter of chance that the commercial traveler, Herr Paschen of Schwerin, shot this gigantic gorilla. When the natives came to the agency at Cameroon with stories of the “big monkey” Herr Paschen did not take much stock in their yarns, but when the native troops started out on a hunt for the gorilla the German traveler took his car- bine and went along. After some hours’ travel they came to the patch of bush where the gorilla was supposed to be hid- ing. The natives surrounded the bush, and suddenly the beast's head appeared. Herr Paschen made a path through the bush with his bush knife and when with- in range took aim and fired. It was ;lncky shot, for the beast at once fell with a bullet through his head. He fell with a crash and was almost in- stagtly dead. It was not an easy matter to rbmove the gorilla to the coast, thence to Hamburg, bug there it is now, almost lifelike in appearance, so carefully was the mounting and stuffing done. Along- side is the gigantic skeleton. Since the gotilla was -placed on exhibition the crowds at the museum have been enor- mous, and the comments upon its marked resemblance to the human species have been general.—Chicago Record-Herald. ——— O rs—— Reserved Seat ons._ Every Sunday (until further notice) at 8 a. m. for Cazadero Gilant Redwoods and the Russian River district. $150 round trip, including reserved seat. Magnifi -ns varied scenery. Ticket affice l::l;f ket street, San Francisco. Phone private exchange 166. s —————— THE LOVE CHASE—T. G., City. The drama called “The Love Chase,” by Sher- idan Knowles was written by him in 1837, ———e————— After Venice Berlin has more bridges than any other town in Europe ~ loftiest thoughts and noblest inspirations; | COFFEE CLUBS FRAUD IN GAS WIN APPROVAL | STOCK DEAL SAYS AT SAN JOSE SAN JOSE, Aug. 20.—The coffee ciubs in San Jose, Petaluma, Santa Clara and San Diego are to be incorporated into a] State association. Other clubs are belnz formed and they will be included in the | organization. The aim of the coffee clubs is to furnish places of entertainment for young men and boys, 2o keep them from visiting saloons. Cofffe, light meals, ice | cream and soft drinks are sold. Reading- rooms are conducted in connection with the places. San Jose has thrée of the clubs—one for men, one for boys and an- other for women. Ernest Fox of this city has formed the clubs in this State and elsewhere. They are a success and have proved profitable. | Fox now proposes to form a State asso- clation, and the articles of incorporation have been prepared. San Jose is to be the headquarters of the assoclation. Fox, whose movement has the sanction | of the churches, will raise'$60,000 to erect a headquarters building In this city. An attempt will also be made to have the| i'clubs In Santa.Clara, Petaluma and San | Diego and those about to be organized j erect their own bulldings. The profits of | these clubs will go Into the State asso- clation. Fox contemplates establishing roadside coffee clubs. Attractive places with gar- dens will be fitted up near the ordinary roadhouses and saloons. Light meals and all temperance drinks will be served. He believes that people will patronize the coffee clubs instead of saloons and that in time the roadside saloon will disappear. | The experiment of establishing coffee | clubs along the road will be tried figst in Santa Clara County. ANSWERS TO QUERIES MILK BILL—Constant Reader, City. In making out a bill for milk delivered it | would be proper to write, ‘For milk de- Hvered during July, 1903." ! HOME—Marguerite, City. Your request for information about a ‘“home industry institute” in California was published In | this department August z ADVERTISING ON FLAG—Tt is unlaw- ful in the States of Pennsylvania, Min- nesota and Dakota to use the American flag for advertising purposes. SEEDS—M. A. G., Fresno, Cal. Appli- cation for seeds that are distributed by the United States Government should be | forwarded to the Department of Agricul-| ture, Washington, D. C. | NAVAL APPRENTICE—Mother, City. | For information about taking on appren- | tices in the United States navy address a communication to the Naval Training | Station, Goat Island, San Francisco. COMMUNITY PROPERTY-E., Orland, Cal. The husband in the State of Califor- | nia cannot dispose of the community property by gift or for a valuable consid- | eratlon without the consent of the wife, given in writing. AN OLD-TIME FIRE—E. F_, City. The| Harpending block on tne south side of Market street, between First and Sec- ond, was destroved by fire September 23, 1871 David Scannmell was chief engineer at that time, but was absent on a vaea- | | tion, and the department was in charge of Assistant Engineer Con Mooney. THE KING—B., Veterans’ Home, Cal.| The King of England is not paid a salary, as is the President of the United States. He 1is allowed annually a civil list amounting to £470,000, of which £110,000 is for the privy purse of the King and Queen. The remainder is for the salaries of the royal household, household ex- penses, etc. B COWARDICE—Subseriber, City. “To tell one’s name to the enemy,” to tell| | it 'to one who is about to be challenged | to combat, was deemed by the anclent | | Scotch heroes a mark of cowardice: be- | cause if the predecessors of the combat- ants had shown hospitality no combat could ensue. Hence to tell one’s name to an enemy was an ignominous synonym of craven or coward. IN MASSACHUSETTS-N. N, City. The laws of Massachusetts do not pre- scribe that distribution of an estate, whether real property or cash in bank, shall be made within a stated period after the will has been filed or proceedings in case of no will have been instituted. The time when distribution can properly be | made must depend upon the circumstances of each case. If all the persons entitled to shares are known the distribution may be made at any time after the debts are paid. P —— Paris and the Trolley. With regard to trolley extension in Paris it is stated that the controversy over the matter has brought out many harsh criticlsms about the way the au- thorities are gradually but surely “uglify- ing” la ville lumiere. One interview in the Figaro which has attracted consider- able attention is with Victor Binet, the well-known decorator. He asks what is the use of bothering with overhead wires —for trolleys must be endured whether they are ugly or not—when so many other misdeeds, against art are being commit- ted. The so-called new art has so stulti- fied the public that no trace of taste re- mains in France. These new art people have been working for years to make Paris ugly. They were allowed to devas- tate the Esplanade des Invalides and the Champs Elysees. The new monuments and ornaments In the squares and parks are ridiculous—gingerbread and cardboard ‘monstrosities altogether devold of decora- tive effect. The new houses are hideous with thelr absurdly unornamental fa- cades, which will harmonize well with the trolley wires, the gibbets stuck all over the city and the yellow asparagus stalks fixed up over the entrances to the stations of the underground railway, called for brevity th etro.” “Let us pray,” says M. Binet, “for power to stand all this mercantilelsm, Americanism and utter ugliness.” But why ‘““Americanism”? New art is decidedly a European production, French or German, perhaps both. O In speaking of the recent work of the Anglia in laying the Commercial Pacific Cable the Honolulu correspondent ,of the New York Herald says: “In the actual work of laying the final section of cable the Anglia had a very remarkable trip. She started soon after noon on June 2 to pay out the section from Midway to Hon- olulu, and came right along without the slightest hitch or delay, taking the courgses surveyed by the Hero several years ago. The deep sea cable ended about ten miles south of the island of Oahu, about eighteen miles from the place where the shore end was landed. The Anglia laid exactly 1315 knots of cable from Midway to this point, and with the additional elghteen miles of shére end the | actual amount of cable laid is 1333 knots. There was about 8 per cent of slackage. The cable force was very proud of the making of a new record for continuous use of the wire log, which registers the distance traveléd. This log is on reels of 140 knots each, which have to be renewed as fast as they are run off. Heretofore the transfer of the reels has necessitated ves- sels slacking. The greatest run ever made before without a stop was 840 knots. The Anglia ran the entire distance of 1221 miles without a single break or stoppage or slacking of speed. The greatest depth encountered on the trip from Midway was about 2700 fathoms.™ Fine views of the Grand Army parade | the Wasp to-day, .h: THE RECEIVER WILMINGTON, Del. Aug. 20.— United States Circuit Court to-day Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, re of the Bay State Gas Company of D ware, filed a bill of complaint ag: Edward Addicks, United States Senator J. Frank Allee and others, aileging fra in connection with a transaction lavolv- ing the stock of the company, said to be valued at $75,000,000. The bill charges the defendants as rectors, except Addicks, with ente into an unlawful combination to- iss Addicks 1,500.000 shares of stock of t Bay Stcte Gas Company without comsid- eration. The bill further asks that Addicks ordered to deliver to the receiver the can- cellation certificates for the 1,500,000 shares of stock, and that an accounting be made | of the damages and loss sustained by the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware in consequence of the alleged fraudulent and unlawful issue of stock, and that the de- fendants be ordered to pay an amount equivalent to the alleged damage and loss. The defendants are required to ap- pear and make answer on the first Mon- day. of November. The stock is alleged to have been trans- ferred on July 3, 1%2. The bill alleged that the stock was not issued direct to Addicks, but to another man, presumably on the order of Addicks. The allegation is made that the stock was issued to Ed- win M. Poul, a New York broker, who is alleged to have been in the employ of Addicks to sell the stock. It is further set forth that of the 375,000,000 of stock Addicks is believed to still control a large portion. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Yes, he lald the foundation for his great fortune in a circus side show. He was a professor of palmistry, you know.™ “Was he? Then I should think he’'d he a little sensitive about the location he has chosen for a summer home.” “Where Is that?" “Palm Beach.”—Clevelahd Plain Dealer. Blobbs—My friend the poet subscribes to a clipping bureau. Slobbs—Then why doesn’t he take ad- vantage of it to have his hair cut?—Phil- adelphia Record. Mrs. Work—Has your husband improved any since you married him? Mrs. Shirk—Oh, yes; before we were married he used to fasten his suspenders with a nafl. .Since our marriage I have taught him to sew on a button.—Yonkers Statesman. Mr. Fudge (sampiing a new dish)—Yes, my dear, it looks all right: but, do you | know, I don’t think it tastes very nice. Mrs. Fudge—I got it out of the house- keeping column of “The Married Wom- | an’s Vade Mecum.” Mr. Fudge—Oh, that accounts for it.— Boston Transeript. “Sir, you look like an optimist. You have a happy countenance. Lend me a dollar.” ’ “My friend, do you know why I look happy? It's because I haven't any wealth to bother me.”"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Teacher—Tommy, where was the Declaration of Indépendence signed? The Tad—At the bottom.—Kansas Inde- pendent. 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