The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO ze WORLD " If a formed body of cavalry presents itself the Cassack ha it with his Night first line and tempts it to charge. Should the enemy charge in close for- mation the Cossacks break rankssand swarm about his flanks, watching for a chance to rally quickly and attack in | force. In all of their maneuvers they | depend upon their quickness in dis- | persing without “‘getting out of hand” | | 1and their extreme rapidity in rallying | l \ B i | LL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1904. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL) JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor + « « o « « « » » o Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager e o o SR B I S . G i PRSSUs SSSEIERRT T ey s e g "WEDNESDAY ........... ...JUNE 8, 1904 ivering a sudden attack. When | nded this lava | screen for the ad- pushing one or two | rch ahead of the army,| sombs the country as with a fine-tooth | comb. The Cossack never fires from horse- , i back except when scouting in the ad- DQUARTERS OF THE C. TTA STREET, COV ., LONDON, May sleased with the engagement which <+ vance guard or covering the retreat of his own army. When delaying an en- | emy's retreat, when cornered so that he cannot get away, or when needed to hold a portion of the line of battie til the slower infantry comes up, he | dismounts to fight on foot. Dismount- ing, his rifie and bayonet make him a | of- | s just been anncunced of Lady | formidable antagonist. By his | Isabel Innes-Ker, & sister of the Duke , ficers he is said to shoot well. That| —— - = . | 1 | | | | i i | | | | {1 | | L HE DUKE OF ROXBURGHE., AND | E EXCLUSIVE LONDON ' SET, WHO IS f IPBUILDER'S SON, 2 Uscatlonsex e 2 BT ghe, to ( remains to be demonstrated in the Wilson, second n of Warter ing rich . 1 dy Isabel, | coming campaign in Manchuria.—Re- { view of Reviews. | TR Munificent Pu Lun. | report in the Eastern pres | those daily reports. A FULL WEATHER REPORT. T is very satisfactory to Californians that the weather service is to supply to the press of this State a full re- port of the weather, covering all leading Eastern points. This will give our own people an opportunity to compare temperatures and some other conditions in all parts of the country with our own. One element, however, is lacking in these reports. With- out knowledge of the degree of humidity it is not possi- ble to estimate correctly the effects of temperature. For iustance, on last Monday the maximum temperature in Boston was 83, New York 88, Washington go, New Or- leans 00. In Fresno on the same day it was 100, but that heat was less felt in the San Joaquin Valley than the lower temperatures East, because in the valley there is low humidity, and heat and cold are less felt in a dry air. The minimum at Fresno was 66, which means a cool night and restiul sleep, while the sanfe temperature East means a swelter all night, because the air is full of mois- ture. That moisture is the means of retaining and diffus- ing heat. We all know how the heat declines in this State away from the moisture of the coast as the sun goes down and Californians are familiar with the coolness of the shade. When the air is full of moisture the heat is retained at night and even in the shade there is felt the effect of hot steam. : Eastern people are always astonished in San Francisco by seeing ladies, in midsummer, promenading on the | shady side of the street in fur garments, but they soon lcarn that the shade is cool. It is not well here, on the coast at least, to have shade around houses, while in the FLast it is sought for the slight protection from the heat which it furnishes. All of this means that mere reports of temperature from different California points do not tell the whole story of our climate. That climate differs with the different degrees of humidity and on the coast is quite different from the dry interior, where men work without inconvenience in a temperature exceeding 100 be- cause it is dry. That dryness has an important relation to health. Where the sun and dry air rapidly oxidize and consume waste matter there is less chance for germ cul- ture and less liability to disease. The cool nights give rest and recuperation from the fatigues of the day, and | there is none of that exhaustion which is the forerunner | of sunstroke, an ailment unknown in California. While the publication of a full weather report for the whole country here will be gratifying to Californians, after all they are much more interested in the official publication, by the weather service, of a full California Californians in the East are inexpressibly annoyed by the omission of this State from As a rule the daily report stops at Salt Lake City, and the weather service seems unaware that there is any country, climate or temperalMy farther west. Since General Chipman made it so plain that our cli- mate is a material asset of the greatest value our people are still more anxious that it be recognized officially by Eastern publication of reports from this State. People who visit us carry back individual reports of our sooth- ing and equable weather, and those who hear the tale naturally turn to the daily weather reports to confirm it and find them blank as far as we are concerned. Salt I.ake, Denver, and perhaps some Arizona and New Mex- ican points are reported, but California is apparently off the weather map entirely. This should be amended. The weather service is an important branch of the public service, and all parts of the country are entitled to the information it collects and distributes. As far as Eastern reports are concerned they are the daily record of daily distress and discomfort, of grilling fact of such protest being made is sufficient proof of the intention of those who make it to disobey the law and commit crime if they can be relieved of the presence of the officers. It is among the strangely illogical acts of such men that they profess a purpose to be law abiding, while com- plaining of the restraining presence of the police, whose | only duty is to make them do what they say they intend ' to do. This city is disgraced if only one man is assaulted | and injured on the public street while peacefully going about his work. When he is struck down by a thug who goes unpunished and defiant every man in the city is struck down, every citizen suffers from the same blow | and the same denial of protection in the enjoyment of | his lawful rights. The time to secure order is in the be- ginning of disorder by sternly punishing it. | | The Board of Health has made public avowal that if | the Supervisors persist in their plan to prune municipal for idleness, out of their snug berths in the, Health Office to the unfeeling streets. Let our worthy guardians of man even when he is forced to earn an honest living. GERMAN SHIP SUBSIDIES. I merce and Labor from United States Consul War- ner at Leipsic, Germany, in relation to the German | try can do in developing her sea trade, although badly handicapped by natural conditions. He says: Russia and Austria, is the one with the poorest natural means of communicating by sea with the outside world. able position in the world's carrying trade. She is ad- vancing in the science of traffic upon the high seas, under | effectively than any other power. The Germans con- sider that the paramount factor in developing a country’s it is just as necessary to foster foreign trade as to en- courage home industries.” has had. to make to maintain her position in the ocean carrying trade, yet, how in the face of it all she has had to pay toll to Denmark to enable her vessels to reach | their sea front on the Baltic. One of the curious reasons | “‘great development of the United States.” Thus the anomaly is presented of Germany’s merchant marine | with that evolution, our own merchant marine has de- teriorated. the economical and political confederations at present existing between her states, which has made concentra- great energy in trade has been shown and foreign com- ! merce has been encouraged by the granting of export ' within the last twenty years that she has fostered her | shipping on really scientific lines. { ments providing service to China, Japan, Australia and | and the Hamburg-American lines. Among her contracts | is one with the German East Africa line for a steamer expenses several employes will have.to walk the plank the public health reflect that there is always hope for a HE report received by the Department of Com- merchant marine, furnishes an example of what a coun- “Germany, of all world powers, with the¢ exception of However, in spite of this fact she holds to-day an envi- | difficulties of no small proportions, faster and more foreign trade is, perhaps, the merchant marine, and that The report further shows the up-hill fight Germany steadily forged ahead. Until recent years she has even given in the report for her success is because of the | growing because of the evolution of our industries, while, | Probably the greatest factor in Germany’s success is tion in trade matters possible. Under that arrangement | premiumseand subventions to steamship lines. It is only | a million dollars annually in subsidies and has agree- thesmore important ports with the North German Lloyd | sailing around the African continent. Another is with | ke She now pays over 3 Making Citizens. The evening before the recent closing of registration for the primary election a number of aliens who desired to be- come citizens, so as to enable them to exercise the right of suffrage, appeared before Superior Judge Kerrigan to se- cure final papers. An individual named John Toppiano, who had been a close observer of the manper in which Judge Kerrigan ex- amin applicants for naturalization paperk, had got the bunch of aliens together in some placg and had told them that the Judge #ould ask them a certain number of questions, and as | he always asked them in the same or- der they would have no difficulty in giving the answers, so he drilled them in response to the question, “Who is the President of the United States?” to say “Roosevelt”; to “Who is the| Mayor of San Francisco?’ to say| “Schmitz,” and “Do you know any one | who can vouch for you?” to say “Yes; | John Toppiano,” and so on. One after the other the aliens ap- peared before the Judge, and after ex- amining half a dozen he was struck o+ — “WHO 1S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?' ““JOHN TOP- PIANO,” HE ANSWERED. L i with the similarity of answer, correct of course, that each gave, so he con- cluded to transpose the questions, with the following result from the next ap- plicant “Who can vouch for you in this city The categorical answer ame out, “Roosevelt.”” Then he was ed 'Who interprets the Constitu- tion?” The alien, gupposing it was the second regular question, answered ichmitz” and the Judge then asked “Who ‘is President of the United States?’ The alien gave the regula- tion answer, “John Toppiano.” Judge Kerrigan smiled and after a few more efforts, in which the alien — are more women quacks than men Nearly 30 per cent of the men cited to appear at the police bureau have been in jail and of the women 15 per cent More than 100 samples of quack medi- { cines were analyzed by the police and over 80 per cent were of absolutely no medicinal value.—~New York Tribune. An Aged Pest. Matignon is the oldest park pest in Paris and is proud of the title “doyen des vagabonds,” or, according to the slang word, “doyen des pilons.” He has just been arrested in the Villette district for the 110th time, according to the London Telegraph. He started life as a pest at the age of 16 and he is now over 70. Matignon is also known among the broken down people of some education who are his associates In destitution as old Daddy Diogenes. When captured lately the vagabond made & short address to the police su- perintendent. He said: “I am sorry to trouble yqu so oftem, M. le Commis- saire, but then, you know, the police force is so very efficient. I remember the time when you were only a simple secretary In the police office at Saint Ouen. Since then I have often been in prison. It gives me great pleasure to see you again, M, le Commissaire. On revient toujours a ses premiers am- ours.” After this little speech the sen- jor vagabond of Paris was sent again to prisen. He states that he has thor- oughly enjoyed his irresponsible exist- ence. He has hardly ever slept in a proper bed and his best spells of noc- turnal repose have been obtained oa prison planks. In the summer weather | he sleeps on the grass near the forti- fications, wherd he runs the least risk of being interfered with by the police. Answers to Queries. “LITTLE LOTTA'S” AGE — Chag- lotte Crabtree, better known in the mimic world as “Little Lotta,” w born in New York on November 1847, STRAW HATS—K. H., City. It is said that straw h are cleaned by first brushing them with soap and water, then with a solution of oxalic acid. If a person has a valuable Pan- ama hat that has become soiled it is best to have it cleaned by a profes- sional. BY THE SKIN OF THE TEETH— ing a in her own the Jaluit Company to visit certain of the islands of the | floundered, summoned an interpreter, | Subscriber, City. The expression “By LR R T 71 * p 1t heat or dangerous cold, accordi 5 S = 5 4 2 . =1 eeth” is from the Bi- rich marriage with a eom- | There is no doubt in the minds of | g 2 4 ac‘ ding to the ALason, ot c¥- | pacific for a consideration of $283560 annually; and an- |who managed to make the applicant | the skin of his ¢ 20, there is the fol- es not deprive her, shares in |the attaches of the Washington Hotel | clones that rage like a pestilence and of untimely floods : . | understand what the Judge wanted to | ble. In Job, xix, 20, g ral impecupiosity of the |in St Louis that Prince Pu Lum is a | that sweep away crops and the soil in which th ., | other with the Woerman line between Cape Town and | xnow and, it appearing that he had a | lowing. which was the basis for the . T ke of - The tiene' oc-Shon | ¥ea) printe and Wiiwe How i Hohoi i faliiSmia ryepunpis Fo b ofld;il “&'l?c,! "" BrOW. | Swakopmund. The ships in the service of Germany must | fair knowledge of the country he had | expression quoted: “My bone cleaveti burghe. Her future husband, who is |the dlgnity of the offic. And Mr. | g€ 8 POMS TRON 2 RIOW OF SRy (€ CY, Of €4Ua | be built in her shipyards, of steel, with a stated minimum | been living In for five years, and of | to my skin and to my flesh and ¥ am only twenty-s has buckled down | Wong, the vice commissioner, is a | C\c chmate, of days full of glory and nights restful and { peed, and are to carry troops and supplies under certain | 115 §ficers, he was granted his second | escaped with the skin of my ¢ 10 business in his father’s office, how- | prince, too, if you ask the waiters, chefs | €lysian; of conditions that foster the constant fruitful- condifions papgrs. INSANE—J. E. D., City. There is ever, a s in a fair way to become or bellboys at the Washington about ' ness of our:fields and the beauty and perfume of our e d to the committing of E . S s ¥ . o 3 v s A In the report stated Ger aches Ini no cost attached to . @ very wealthy man some day. The |it. Whatever doubts the attaches might | fiowers. The contrast is sharp and impressive, and for P diGetmany tesches e Hinited Stgtes Unselfishness. an individual to an insane asylum in match therefore regarded as an (have had about the matter were glo- | . .. K 4 L e a lesson. If other countries can foster ocean lines by ctien California when adjudged insane by a equable one for much jhe same rea- | riously dissipated yesterday morning | What they pay in taxes to sustain the weather service our | gubsidy we can. At a time when railroads were needed | Ah. dearest, T am like a violin, court of competent jurisdiction. If sons that caused the marriage of the Duke of Roxburghe to Miss May Goe- let and her milions to be hailed with satiefaction. Money is becoming in- creasingly necessary to make a title count for anything in England. The portrait of Lady Isabel here €hown is reproduced from her latest photogreph. She was born in 1879 and is three years younger than the Duke. She has a prety face, framed in a pro- fusion of dark hair, graceful manners and always dresses in excellent taste. Her accomplishments include #nd painting. She is no stranger to America, baving “done” the United Ftates as well as the Continent. Two of her sisters are aiready married— lady Margaret Orr-Ewing, now a widow, and Lady Victoria Villiers. The youngest, Lady Evelyn Innes-Ker, is still single. Guy Wilson served with distinction in the South African war and was re- warded with the D. 8. O, but he has since retired from the army. His sis- ters, Lady Chesterfield, Lady Hartopp and Miss Gladys Wilson, are all noted beauties. His eldest brother, Wellesley Wilson, married a daughter of Lord Carrington. How Cossacks Fight. ™ Cossack tactics are modeled after those of the regular Russian cavalry. The sotnia is formed in two ranks, sixty-four files to the front. It is di- vided into four sections. The sotnia is maneuvered by sections and on the road travels by threes or sixes. The Cessacks still retain, from the days of their tribal wars, a formation called the “I In forming the lava, whether the force is a regiment or only a sotnia, one-half is deployed in 2 single line. Behind the center is a small group of experienced men and sergeants, and 300 yards behind this group follows the remainder of the force. Should a small body of the enemy be met the first line closes boot to boot and charges to brush away the enemy by the impetuosity of the at- tack. Should their opponents prove only a line of skirmishers or troops in retreat the line opens out to three or four yards' interval and charges. If the attack is unsuccessful the first line rallies on the supporting group and the third line charges in its solid two- rank formation while the first is re- forming. The first then follows the attacking line and supports it in any way needful. The Cossacks are not intended for shock action against heavy eavalry. n music | when the Prince and his retinue were ton the eve of taking their gdeparture for Chicago. The Prince, or Mr. Wong i for him, did not forget the people who | had looked after his wants so care- |fully for three weeks. There was ' “something doing” for every one of | them, and it wasn't silver, either, but | | bank notes. The money was turned | over to Manager Knapp by Mr. Wong | for distribution. Richard Vé6lk, the waiter who served the Prince through- | out his visit, drew the capital prize. It | vas a $100 bill. The chef and his as- ! sistants got as much more, and a still | larger amount was split up among the | bellboys, so that each one got $10. Then | came the head waiter and some of his functionaries for a neat sum; then the | porters, the chambermaids, and all the | rest who had even so much as looked into the royal apartments. Last, but not least, were the “hello” girls, who received $20 each. School for Canines. A school for dogs is the latest devel- opment of the educational movement. It has been established in Paris, with the object of teaching, not letters, but politeness. The schoolroom ™ is fur- nished with chairs, tables and rugs, to give the necessary “local color” to the surroundings. The dog pupils are trained to welcome visitors by jump- ing up, wagging the tail and giving a low bark. When the visitor leaves the dog accompanies him to the door and bows his farewell by bending his head to the floor. He is trained likewise to pick up a handkerchief, glove or fan that has been dropped and return it to the owner. He is taught further to walk with “proud and prancing steps” when out with his mistress. 3 Our Ancient Epic. The only manuscript of “Beowulf,” the great Anglo-Saxon epic, now ex- tant, i§ the one from the collection of Sir Robert Cotton, now in the British Museum. The poem dates from the j middle of the eighth century, and the | single existing manuscript is badly charred by a fire through which it passed in 1731l. A fac simile page is reproduced in the translation by Pro- fessor O. G. Child, whieh is published in the Riverside Literature Series. A Londomer gave up his sest in an omnibus to a woman and stood. Where- upon a policeman arrested him, and in due course he was fined for “over- crowding” the vehicle. \ | tion. people are entitled to the benefit of it by having Califor- nia put at large in the official reports published in the Eastern press. The vast number of Eastern people who are to visit us this year will back us in the request for this publica- When they return home to endure its climatic dis- comforts they will turn to the California weather reports as Dives turned to the cool quarters of Lazarus longing for even a drop of that water to wet his whistle. . Official. inquiry has developed the unfortunate fact that in several of the minor and practically private foundling asylums in this city/the waifs there in custody are shamefully and cruelly neglected. Surely no better opportunity could be asked than this for the active sym- pathies of public spirited citizens that give their energies to the reform of flagrant abuses. The private foundling asylum at best is a dangerous institution in any com- munity. T fiendish murder of non-union miners, has its lesson for other communities. This abhorrent crime is committed in a region where for years the officers of the law have winked at all kinds of minor transgressions against the rights of persons and property. It is the region where President Roosevelt was mobbed in 1900 while the public authorities looked on and some of them joined in the riot. Given immunity in assaulting indi- viduals, murdering men by stealth, deporting them from their homes and families, and in taking forcible posses- DISTURBED COLORADO. HE culmination of lawlessness in Colorado, in the _sion of mines whose owners and superintendents they had assassinated, these violators of the law naturally con- cluded that they were a law unto themselves and have planned and executed wholesale murder under circum- stances the most brutal and savage. The officers of thejlaw in San Francisco may take a lesson from those distant events. It is a daily occurrence in this city that men in the peaceful pursuit of their vo- cation are Xrnck down by cowardly thugs. The energy of the police is too often exerted against the victims or intended victims of these hideous offenses. Mobs are permitted to collect in front of the business places of citizens who are afforded no legal protection whatever. Is it. not plain that we are going through the same processes here that in Colorado have led to mighty crimes which are the odium of the whole country? It is surely an impressive thing when organized bodies pro- test against the presence of the police in districts where lawlessness and disorder may occur. The man who in- tends to obey the law has no objection to the presence of the police. They cannot hurt or hinder him, The very to develop the natural resources of this country the | Government was prodigal with its favors of money and land. Railroad building through that impetus, now un- | aided, keeps pace with our needs on land, while our water | trade is at a standstill. We have an immense sweep of | sea coast, with harbors adapted to the boat building: industry, and, generally speaking, all necessary timber within easy reach, with a production of over one-third ! of the world’s output of pig iron and steel, to build boats. In spite of these facts our shipbuilding is dormant and other countries are building boats in which to carry away our enormously increasing exports. A great factor in the question is the advantge in time of war a country has which possesses a merchant marine. We keep a navy sufficient for our needs for fighting ma- chines, but not for transport. It is in the nature of things unnecessary to keep in constant commission ships sufficient for carrying troops in event of war. With a | proper complement of ships flying the American flag, we i could readily turn to them in case of need. With ships built in foreign yards at a lower cost for labor and material, manned by cheaper labor and sub- sidized, there is no inducement or encouragement for the investment of American capital in that industry, and un- less something is done by Congress there can be no hope for the present condition in which our merchant marine finds itself. e — The Board of Health has in contemplation, as a meas- ure of reform in connection with the city’s milk supply, a plan to refuse or revoke licenses for the sale of milk to all persons that do not submit to the sanitary regula- tions that investigation has found imperative in San Francisco. Since we are careful to hedge with pro- tective ordinances our whisky traffic, how much more solicitation and concern should we display toward affairs that intimately affect our health. \ ———rin ) The counties of Califcrnia are already reaping a dis- tinct advantage from the displays which they have made at the St. Louis Exposition. News of the success of these splendid exhibits has reached us and in every part of the State is coming a report of new endeavor, greater energy for improvement and more complete organization for progress. Our triumph ‘the fair has given spur to our efforts at home. . 4 The ways of glle diplomat are devious and dark. After indicating all sorts of favoritism to Japan the wily statesmen of England are now coquetting with Russia for trade privileges and commercial advantages. It is shrewdly suspected that Britain belongs to that school of reciprocity where it is heads she wins and tails the other fellow loses. | ‘Which,-taken by some master, sounded parents or relatives of a person so false, committed have means they are re- back for want of lody. And my poor tones would only spoil your the patient. song. 5 So put me down, find some more perfect | CURRY—Subscriber, City. Curry viol, is a highly spiced condiment much Some instrument of sweeter, deeper | used throughout India and to some tone. extent in other countries for flavoring Though all the years I lie here silently, And though my heart strings cover thick with rust 'l still be glad, for just this onee T've known The soft, compelling - touch of master hands. —Hallett Abend, in Stanford Sequoia. A Whistler Anecdote. In his biography of “Whistler as I Knew Him,” just published by the Macmillan Company, Mortimer Menpes tells a curious story of the famous artist. At the little breakfasts which he used to give in Paris and in Lon- don he was sometimes forced to be ve:} economical. ““He often said to me: ‘Look here, Menpes, 1 wish you ‘would go and buy a bottle of 18-penny white wine from the Victorian Wine Company. We will decant it carefully, and, what with my brilliant conversa- tion and the refined atmosphere of the studio, these men will never know whether it is good or bad. Somehow men understand red wine. If you give them a cheap vintage they recognize vinegar, but with the qualities of white wine they are not so familiar.' So it always proved to be. This 18-penny white wine was produced at the fam- ous Whistler breakfasts, where it was pronounced to be perfect. ‘A very sound wine, very sound indeed,” I have heard men say as they held it up to the light, handling it carefully as though it were priceless—in exactly, the same way I have seen them caress a blue and white plate. I have heard | intelligent men dilate for hours upon the beauty and rarity of certain por- celain which I myself have seen ‘Whistler buy at a cheap shop round the corner, or which been pre- sented at our doors in company with a pound of Oriental tea.” Germany and Quackery. - The United States is not the only country to make war on quacks and quack medicines. The German police have begun a systematic campaign against them. They estimate that in ten years the population has increased 58 per cent, regular medical men 76 per cent and quacks 1567 per cent. There -~ food. The true Indian curry is said to be composed of coriander seed, tu- merie, fresh ginger, cummin seeds, black pepper, poppy seed, cinnamen, cardamom, cloves, chill pepper and grated cocoanut. CHINESE—J. R., City. A Chinesa or native of China has not the same right to vote In the United States that is guaranteed to a native born citizan for the reason that the law prohibits Chinese from becoming citizens of the United States, but the sons of Chi- nese parents, if born In the United States, when they attain majority have the same right to vote as any other native born. CHRISTMAS TO JIM—Subscriber, City. G. A. B. of Pacific Grove writes as follows: “I am glad to be able to furnish the desired information that one of your correspondents wants to have., The poem entitled ‘What Christmas Brought to Jim' appenred in the Christmas number of the Horseman in 1895. The paper is pub- lished in Chicago, Ill. If that issue cannot be obtained by tha correspond- ent at this late date I shall be pleased to furnish a copy of the poem, trans- cribing it from the one I have.” SUPPORT — Oakland * School Boy, Oakland, Cal. This correspondent wants to know if a Boy should neglect his oppertunity to educate himself in order to support his widowed mother. The answer to this is, that it is the duty of a boy who can earn something for the purpose of supporting his wid- owed mother to do so. There are night schools where he can obtain education. A great many illustrious Americans have done in their childhood far greater and harder work than is expected in childhood days at present in order to help the family along, and at the same time have obtained for themselves a mental and moral train- ing which fitted them in after life for the highest peositions in the nation. —_——— ‘Townsend's California Glace fruits a artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* —_— e e——— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by t Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cal- i street. Telephone Main 1043. *