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AUCTION SALES.
By Frank W. Bntterfleld— This day, November 22, at 11
o'clock, at Mission and Twenty-third streets.
By Win G. Wednesday evening, November .3,
Thoroughbred Horses, at 721 Howard street.
THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION.
BY the vigor with which the contest has been
waged for the presidency of the California
Miners' Association evidence is given that the
convention i? to be something more than a per
functory meeting and that the importance of the
work of the association i? recognized by its members.
This evidence is gratifying. The association is one
of those industrial organizations from which the State
has a right to expect match. Despite the vast amount
of treasures that have been taken from her mines,
California is still a land whose mineral resources are
comparatively undeveloped. To hasten that develop
ment there is needed the co-operation of all who are
engaged in mining, and it is through the State Asso
ciation the co-operation can be best effected.
There are certainly strong reasons why the proceed- j
ing- of the convention should be marked by a spirit
of earnestness and 7eal. The time is propitious for a
gener.il revrval of mining in all parts of the State. I
The drought of the past year seriously interfered with
placer mining, and even quartz mining in some places
suffered from a lack of water. With the coming of |
the rainy season prospects brighten for both classes j
o ; miners, and accordingly mining enterprises are !
more favorably regarded by investors.
Moreover, in addition to the work which the asso
ciation has on hand in the direction of obtaining legis- j
ktion favorable to the mining industry from the
Government and the enactment of a satisfactory min
eral lands bill, there will be that required to prepare j
for a suitable exhibition of our mining industries and
resources at the Paris Exposition. That work cannot j
be longer delayed without entailing loss, for it will
not be possible to arrange a really comprehensive
exhibit if the task is put off to the last moment and
then undertaken in a flurry and carried on in haste.
It is to be hoped something may be accomplished
at the convention which will bring into the association
a fuller representation of the mining interests of the
south. That section of the State is rich in minerals,
and is even less developed than other sections. The
men who are interested in southern mines have there
fore strong reasons for co-operating with the State
Association in working for all measures that tend to
the benefit of the industry.
At this time the world is searching for gold more
vigorously than ever. Improved methods of treating
ores render it possible to work with profit mines that
a few years ago would have been worthless. Cali
fornia ought to reap a large profit from the new
impulse toward gold mining and the new processes of
working. She will do so if the value of her mines
is fully made known to the world and the Government
enacts legislation favorable to the industry. It is for
the Miners' Association to see to it that these things
are done.
Not long ago there was printed an article concern
ing the microbes roosting upon every coin, only
awaiting the chance to introduce themselves into the
human system. It was a well-written article, logical,
convincing. Vet such is the obstinacy of human j
nature that people have kept right on collecting
money, utterly regardless of the necessarily fatal ef
fect so clearly demonstrated. So long as they fail to
realize that the microbes are there perhaps they will !
escape harm. Coins have been in use for several
years now. and nobody has been known to die of
them.
Actions are governed by every variety of human
impulse. Here is a soldier, absenting himself from
camp so as to get married, knowing that he will be
sent to prison for it, and can only see the bride ]
through the bars. Others have enlisted because of i
having been married, and still others sailed with light
hearts to Manila, happy that the transport swung j
away from the dock before the arrival there of a
yearning lady with a Sheriff, a warrant and a license.
A gentleman who had an iron bar fall three stories
and alight upon his head declares that the experience
benefited his health. However, those who wish to
profit by a similar operation are counseled to begin
by letting the bar fall only two stories.
Spain is said to be ready for war. which is a sur
prising circumstance, as Spain did not seem to be par
ticularly ready when the emergency arose not so very
long ago.
A man who bet on the wrong horse has gone crazy.
If every man to have the same experience were to do
likewise this would be a community of lunatics.
There is a suspicion that some of the jurymen who
have been doing duty of late ought to be in court
again, but in another capacity.
Perhaps there is some prejudice against Becker and
Creegan, enough at least to knock out the presump
tion of innocence.
BLfHNE'S VIEWS OF CONQUEST.
ONE hears frequent references to Blame as au
thority for the proposition to hold tropical
possessions by right of conquest. The spirit
of what has come to be known as "Blame's Ameri
canism" is often referred to in order to bind the
countrymen oi that statesman to a policy which it is
attempted to force upon the administration by what
is made to appear as the preference of public opinion.
As a matter of fact, this proposed policy is in antag
j onism to the international policy for which Blame
i labored. His views first took shape in the call he
j issued as Secretary of State November 29, 1881, for
I a pan-American Peace Congress. In that call he
I said: "The sole aim of this peace congress shall be
j to seek a way of permanently averting the horrors of
! cruel and bloody combat between countries, oftenest
I of one blood and speech, or the even worse calamity
! of internal commotion and civil strife; that it shall
• regard the far-reaching consequences of such strug
i gles — exhausted finances, oppressive debt, onerous
taxation, ruined cities, paralyzed industries, devastated
fields, ruthless conscription, the slaughter of men,
the grief of widow and orphan, with a legacy of em
bittered resentments that long survive those who
provoked them and heavily afflict the innocent gen
i erations that may come after." When Blame left the
, Arthur Cabinet, his successor, Frelinghuysen, with
! drew the invitation to this peace congress, whereupon
j Blame, then a private citizen, addressed a letter to
President Arthur, protesting against the withdrawal,
and in his statement of the foreign policy of the Gar
field administration, which was his policy, said:
"Peace is essential to commerce, is the very life of
honest trade, is the solid basis of international pros
perity."
These pacific views of Blame were projected into
the Pan-American Congress which was promoted by
him as Secretary of State in President Harrison's
I Cabinet. Therein they took the formal shape of a
proposition on the part of the United States and all
of the countries represented to relinquish and aban
don the right of conquest.
It will be seen at once that this was Blame's real
Americanism. Devoted to the purpose and traditions
! of this Government and an earnest believer in our
very foundation statement that "governments derive
their just rights from the consent of the governed,"
i he could have nothing but aversion for replacing that
'■ by asserting the right of conquest as superior to the
1 consent of the governed.
It is plain that he believed that this could not be
come a conquesting nation without abandoning the
very principle of its' existence. The fact that a con
quered people might be incapable of expressing their
assent or dissent, that they might be so unlearned in
our methods and processes of government and so
dazed by the assertion of our authority among them
as to stand silent does not alter the situation at all.
In Elaine's view, the effect to be avoided was that
upon ourselves rather than upon a weak, ignorant
and alien people over whom we might assert the
right of conquest.
Nor is it a question of holding such a people by
force while we educate them up to the plane of con
sent. The condition in which consent may be indi
cated must precede our exercise of any permanent
authority over them at all.
France took the Palatinate by conquest and the
people by infusiop and contact after many genera
tions came to be French in feeling, and when they
were reconquested by Germany resented that as their
ancestors had resented the conquest by France. But
this Government cannot go into that kind of business.
There is no provision under our system for reducing
a people by conquest and incorporating them into
our system by force of arms.
In view of his record on that subject, if Blame
were alive he would be found opposing true Ameri
canism to the medieval doctrine of right of conquest.
His reason for putting forward in the Pan-American
Congress the denial and abjuration of the right of
conquest was not far to seek.
The Central and South American nations had upon
them the European spirit of conquest. Chile had
despoiled Peru of her provinces and people. The
j Central American nations were prone to convert
boundary disputes into wars of conquest. The right
of conquest has been in all ages the cause of war and
the afflicting train of miseries which follows it.
| Blame desired to put away this greedy and evil spirit
and to banish it from the Western Hemisphere for
ever.
It will not do to say that he would have reserved to
the United States the power to enter upon the con
quest of territory' belonging to any European power,
for that would have been not only a violation of the
principle he promoted but such a breach of faith as
! to forever lose to us the confidence of the Americas
i and of all nations.
WHEN PROMOTERS DISAGREE.
OF the Nicaragua canal enterprise it may be said
the President desires it, Congress favors it,
the people wish it, the nation needs it; and
yet it is doubtful if it will be even so much as under
taken for many a year to come. Certainly the out
look at present promises nothing more than discus
sion and debate ending as they began, with disagree
ment on the part of the debaters.
The difficulty in the way of the accomplishment of
the enterprise is that there are too many promoters,
and they have too many plans for promotion. There
is a strong faction which believes it would be better
tc buy out the Panama Company and complete that
canal rather than undertake one across Nicaragua
on any conditions. Among those who agree on the
Nicaragua route there are some who would have the
Government construct as well as control the canal,
and others who prefer that the Government should
back the Maritime Canal Company and have that cor
poration perform the work. Finally, among those
who agree that the Government should undertake the
enterprise there are some who would vote against it
unless it can be shown that the construction will not
entail a cost much in excess of $100,000,000.
All these differences of opinion might be settled
were it not for the fact that there is a strong and
powerful body of men who do not wish them settled.
Every shifting of the channels of trade, no matter
how much it benefits the community generally, in
jures somebody. There are interests that will suffer
by the opening of a shorter water route between our
Atlantic and our Pacific coast.
The men who control these interests are neither
blind nor weak. They perceive the situation clearly,
and they have organized for a tight. If they can keep
the friends of the measure divided they will do it.
They have sense enough to know that the best way
to defeat an enterprise favored by the people is to
suggest two or three different ways of doing it and
then stand aside while the argument goes on and
the factions get heated.
From the extent to which the Panama canal scheme
has been exploited in the United States ever since the
war made clear to our people the immense importance
o? a short route between the two oceans it is evident
that the policy of the opponents of the canal is to be
that of dividing public sentiment on the issue. If,
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, TTTESDAT, NOVEMBER 22, 1898.
therefore, the advocates of the canal are to fight on
I equal terms, they will have to adopt some bill and
appeal to the people upon it. Vague resolutions urg
! ing Congress to pass a canal bill will do no good now.
I Hereafter memorials to Congress on this subject to
I be of any value must request the enactment of some
1 definite bill. Where there are too many promoters
! an enterprise is never promoted.
THE PUBLIC POUND.
OXE of the first acts of the Republican Board of
Supervisors, which will take office on January
I, should be to dismiss the Poundkeeper ap
pointed by the present board and restore the control
of the Pound to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. Once before the institution
under Democratic rule became a disgrace to the city,
and a Republican Board of Supervisors gave it to the
Society. The present condition of affairs is due to the
desire of Democratic Supervisors to make places for
politicians.
Under the jurisdiction of the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals the Pound for several
years was conducted with humane regard for the
rights of dogs, goats, horses, cows and their owners.
Not a single scandal put in an appearance throughout
its regime. The moment, however, the Pound was
taken away from it and placed in the hands of a poli
tician it became a source of complaint and annoyance
all around. During the past year Pound outrages,
Police Court prosecutions and street affrays resulting
from the attempts of hoodlum deputies to capture
cstray dogs have been an almost every-day occur
rence.
Under the present law it will ever be difficult to take
the Pound out of politics, since the Supervisors may
at any time reverse any policy that may have been
adopted. The resolutions of one board are not bind
ing upon another, and, as we have already seen, Re
publican boards take the Pound away from the poli
ticians and Democratic boards give it back to them.
The latter usually resist to some extent, but as the
genius of Democracy in San Francisco is office-hold
ing and creating offices for the members of the "or
ganization." they finally succumb to the blandish
ments of the "push."
What should be done with the Pound is to abolish
the system of fees under which it is conducted. The
i new Board of Supervisors ought to pass an ordin-
a nce establishing the institution on a firm and en
1 during basis. This would have to go before the
Mayor, and a change of system could take place only
by the enactment of a repealing ordinance and the
; consent of the Mayor. Ordinarily, the Pound is sub
, verted by a combination of machine politicians who
possess few or no political resources, and if a barrier
of this kind were established the difficulty of over
: turning it would probably be for them insurmount
\ able.
At all events, the Pound should be taken out of
politics by the new Supervisors. There is not much
spirit in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals; had there been, the present Supervisors
would have hesitated before they inaugurated the pre
vailing Pound regime. But action by that organiza
tion need not be awaited. The new Supervisors owe
something to the women and children of the city, who
are always the victims of hoodlum Poundkeepers.
JESSIE A. SCHLEY asserts with a pleasing
confidence that she brought Spain to terms.
She tells how she presented the case over there
with a diplomacy more acute than a, mere statesman
could command, and how, before her unanswerable
argument, the monarchy trembled with apprehen
, sion and then took a tumble to itself. Had the
prowess of this young woman been understood in
! advance, her persuasive manner appreciated and the
i magnetism of her presence a matter of record, there
would have been none of the turmoil of war, and the
captains, instead of shouting, could have stayed at
home and talked in moderate tones through their
fatigue hats. Now that Miss Schley has told her
story opinions will have to be revised, and the
erroneous belief that the affair was brought to a
speedy close by Richard Harding Davis cast aside.
< This will be a blow to Richard, but in deference to
the lady he must take it.
We grab this opportunity to place upon certain
stories concerning Miss Schley the brand of disap
proval. It has been said that in going to Spain she
! was guilty of an impertinence, that she constituted
a pitiful display of assumption, and that in propelling
her across the border and in the direction of home
1 Spain performed the most fitting act of its entire
campaign. We felt sorry for. the woman, ashamed
of her and wondered why her family did not lock her
in the cellar and let her do her conversing into a
■ phonograph — later, of course, destroying the phono-
graph.
Such apology as is due Miss Schley is hereby ten
dered. She is no silly guy, chattering with the intel
ligence of a parrot. No, sir. She is great. She says
so herself and she ought to know. Now let her go
and hypnotize Aguinaldo.
There is something sweet in the sympathy France
is offering to Spain over what it is pleased to term
"American rapacity." France regrets that Spain is j
, likely to lose the possessions held and abused by it |
| for so many years, but never seems to think that
Spain has been in any measure to blame. As a matter
of fact, there is some question as to the wisdom of |
taking the Philippines, but it does not spring from j
, the circumstance that anybody in this country is
sorry for Spain. That country not only invited the
I fate which has come upon it but kept repeating the
invitation until there was no decent possibility of
longer refusal to accept. Now its kicking is more
spectacular than useful.
An Ohio court has accorded damages to a brake
man who had sued a company for having blacklisted
him. To "blacklist" a man is to so discredit him that
he cannot obtain employment. That no corporation
nor individual has a right to do this is plain enough,
! and as the matter reached the stage of being passed j
• upon judicially, no other decision could have been j
expected.
Few of the lowa soldiers before they sailed for
Manila had ever seen a larger body of water than ;
could be encompassed by a cowtrack on a rainy day.
No wonder some of them got sick.
Senator Allen of Nebraska has fallen out with
I Bryan; but as the voters of the country seem to have
i clone the same thing the Senator does not feel lone
some.
Perhaps there will be a grain of satisfaction for
Shafter in the fact that the dirty papers of England |
are throwing mud at Kitchener.
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There is considerable interest in the heavy-weight j
prize-fight, but a grave fear that neither principal will j
kill the other.
i Possibly the numerous peace jubilees arc a trifle I
, premature I
APPORTIONING THE GLORY.
GRANT SELECTED BY A SYNDICATE.
We are informed by the Examiner that there is a "tremendous row In
the Republican household over the Senatorial candidacy of Ulysses S. Grant
Jr." If there is any row in California over the candidacy of Mr. Ulysses S.
Grant Jr., the row is not in the Republican party. Mr. Grant must be
having the r >w all by himself.
There is in this country no law of primogeniture an t no law of entail.
A man may transmit to his son his goods and gear, his lands, titles and
hereditaments: he may transmit to him a sound mind in a sound body; he
may transmit to him his name; but he cannot transmit to him his fame.
Even in England, where landed estates may be entailed, fame cannot be.
Titles and foily can— many a belted earl is the tenth transmitter of a foolish
face. But fame cannot be. In Great Britain some of the bearers of great
and noble names are to-day the most ignoble. .In this country even landed
estates cannot be entailed, and fame least of all. Who wants fame must
win it for himself. After we have held our new possessions— Porto Rico,
Cuba and the Philippines— as military colonies for some generations, our
•governors-general may ha*e so far changed our republican form of govern
ment as to transmit their military and nobiliary titles to their sons. But
until that time comet the sons of generals in thes,- United States are as
the sons of other men.
Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. came to California— with a carpet-bag— and
settled in San Diego because k has a genial climate. He is welcome. We
hope that he will remain in this favored State, where every prospect pleases
and only drought is vile. But he must not expect that we shall at once
make him a Senator because his father was a President. We in California
are accustomed to give the highest gifts in our commonwealth to those who
have borne the heat and burden of the day, and not to those who come into
the vineyard at the eleventh hour — with a carpet-bag. We do not doubt
that Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. may possess many qualities of mind and heart
which would fit him to adorn the United States Senate. But there are
many worthy gentlemen in California possessing equally admirable quali
ties who have been here longer than Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr., and who
did not come here the day before yesterday— with a carpet-bag. We beg to
assure this ton of a distinguished father that their claims will receive con
sideration before his.
We are informed that Senator Elkins of West Virginia and National
Committeerm.n Ilerens of St. Louis "represent a syndicate which has de
cided to make .[r. Grant Senator from California." This is really Very good
of them. The East aoes a great deal for California. Eastern r ndicates
and trusts regulate our railroad rates, fix the price of our petroleum and
settle the cost of our breakfast-table sugar. Doubtless there are other
things which syndicates arrange for us. But we have not yet quite reached
the plane where we will allow Eastern syndicates to select our Senators in
California.
Mr. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. is the son of a great general, but it does not
need the son of a seventh son or the son of a prophet *o tell him that he has
no more chance of becoming United States Senator from California than
he has of becoming Mikado of Japan. — The Argonaut.
A NEW FACTOR IN REPUBLICANISM.
Since the election, which rolled up a larger Republican majority than
ever before in this State, many theories have been advanced to account for
the result. The Republican majority in the next House is put at 13. This
State by taking out three Democrat-Populists and replacing them with
three Republicans makes a change of six, and so is responsible for nearly
one-half the party majority in the next House. To have done this is no
small achievement and carries with it no slight distinction. It is accounted
for by fusionists by saying that it was a Avar year, and the war helped the
Republicans, therefore the result is transitory. It is strange that such su
perficial ideas take root and survive. It is highly probable that the war
did the Republicans more harm than good. The elections came after the
fighting was over, and the enthusiasm had evaportated and the people had
reached the stage of criticism and complaint about the war, the hospital
service, the rations furnished the sick, the camp sites and other matters
that had no tendency to increase the popularity of the administration.
History shows that war is not such a good thing for the party in
power when it occurs. The Democracy sustained a disastrous defeat im
mediately after the Mexican War and the Republicans lost the elections of
1862 in the midst of the Civil War. As far as California is concerned, the
partisan gains from the war were decidedly Democratic. A Democratic
Governor had the appointment of volunteer officers, and a Democratic ad
jutant general had the control and disposition of the regiments.
It is evident, therefore, that there were other influences than the war to
account for the result here. In our judgment the new factor was The San
Francisco Call. It made a clean campaign from the start, and when its
course is studied it is seen that it forced the fighting and attacked cease
lessly to the last day of the fight. Not a syllable of defense appeared in its
columns. With a rare conception of political strategy it forced Judge Ma
guire's views on land confiscation to the front and made them issues in
spite of his daily declaration that they were not. By this persistent attack
The Call, leading the fight, actually drove out of the public mind all other
issues except those which it made, and upon them the tickets went to judg
ment and the Republicans won.
Heretofore the Examiner, with its matchless effrontery, has had pretty
much its own way in campaigns, and if met at all by the Republican press
of San Francisco the opposition has been timid. But The Call adroitly drew
the Examiner into a defense of itself right In the midst of the fight, and
The Call had such perfect proof of Its case, the charge of blackmail of the
railroad, that the time taken from the party campaign by the Examiner
in defending itself was time lost, for its defense was inadequate.
The Call In fine has set a new pace for its party in this State and has
become a most valuable factor in political and all other affairs. Hereafter
it must be reckoned with in all things that effect the State.— Contra Costa
Gazette.
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS
W. H. Barnes of Ventura is in town.
W. S. Green, proprietor of the Colusa
Sun, is at the Grand.
F. C. Lusk, a prominent attorney of
Chico, is at the Palace.
A. McDonald, a prominent Sonora min
ing man. Is at the Lick.
S. H. Davis, a well-known Sacramento
attorney, is at the Grand.
W. W. Dimonel, a prominent Honolulu
merchant, is at the Occidental.
James A. Wilder, a prominent Honolulu
merchant, is at the California.
"Sheriff S. D. Ballou of San Luis Obispo
County is a guest at the Grand.
George W. Rohr, V. S. A., is back from
Manila and registered at the Occidental.
The wife and daughter of T'nited States
Senator S. M. White are registered at the
Palace.
William Gillette, the actor, and the
leading members of his company are at
the Palace.
Colonel R. P. Babbitt. U. S. A., accom
panied by his wife, is down from Benicia
and registered at the Occidental.
<8> Tho late argu
<s> ment between I'n
<S> clo Sam and Spain
<§> served to bring
<§> out the genuine
» article of heroism
in the theatrical
profusion. When
the bright Van-
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♦ PATRIOTISM.
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kee bayonets began to glisten throughout
the land the eloquent plea of the son of
Thespis was beard asking to exchange his
carefully creased trousers for the homely
leggings which distinguish the followers
of Old" Glory. That the footlight pet was
in earnest is evidenced by the muster rolls
of many Eastern regiments, and by that
direful "daily bulletin which flashed from
Santiago during those terrible weeks and
signed "Shafter."
Among the first of the brief but heart
breaking messages to pass the censor was
this: "Wounded at San Juan Hill— Mason
Mitchell, actor." "Dangerously ill at Si
boney Hospital, yellow fever— Burr Mc-
Intosh, actor."
The unique methods adopted to display
their patriotism by the actors who did not
take the field are varied and interesting,
but for genuine originality is Is probable
that first prize should be awarded John
M. Campbell, the young comedian who is
laugh producer in chief with the lively
musical farce, "At Gay Coney Island,"
now at the Columbia Theater. Campbell
is noted for his strong penchant for jew
elry, his fashionably attired person al
ways tastefully adorned with a varied as
sortment of precious stones.
Imagine then the sensation created yes
terday by the irrepressible Campbell par
ading up Market street vestless, and dis
playing in the top aperture of his immac
ulate shirt bosom a red ruby, in the next
a brilliant white diamond and completing
the patriotic picture was a sapphire as
blue as the blue Danube in the third but
ton hole.
J. M. Davis, a Virginia City merchant,
is in tov.'n for a few days.
1,. J. Maddux, a well-known Modesto
attorney, is at the Grand.
Charles Erickson, a prominent Martinez
contractor, is at the Grand.
G. T. Ames, the handwriting expert, oi
New York, is registered at the Palace.
He is here in connection with the Fair-
Craven and Botkin trials.
Hubert Howe Bancroft, the historian,
has returned to this city after four years'
absence in Cambridge, Mass. He will
i probably remain here during the winter.
The following well-known mining men
l*re registered at the Lick: Henry Lane,
William McKlnley, K. C. "Walrath, E.
McKinley and C. H. Mallen, all of Ne
vada City, and George C. Rolding of
Fresno.
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CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.— Congressman
! John A. Barham of Santa Rosa is at the
Ebbltt House. C. F. Wyman of San Jose
jis at Willard's. W. B. Treadwell of San
; Francisco is at the Arlington. James A.
Hunt of San Francisco is at the St.
! James.
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CALIFORNIANS IN NE**. r YORK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.— Albert Joseph
of San Francisco is at the Hoffman.
Mrs. Curran Clark of San Francisco is at
the Manhattan. Mrs. Margaret Hoobs of
Los Angeles is at the Savoy. C. A.
Hitchcock of San Francisco, S. C. Arnold
of Pasadena, Charles B. Page of Sacra
i mento and George B. Adee of Oakland are
■ at the Cosmopolitan.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
NOT OF GREAT VALUE— C. C, San
Jose, Cal. A nickel 5-cent piece with the
motto "E Pluribus Unum" under the
figure V is not a coin of great value.
Such can be had from the dealers for 15
cents.
RELIGION IN GERMANY— Steuart
street. City. The statistics of religion in
Germany, according to the latest census :
(1890), were: Protestants, 31,026,810; Roman !
Catholics, 17,674,921; Christian sectarians,
145,540; Jews, 567,884.
THE SHARKEY-JEFFRIES FIGHT—
A. S., Berryessa, Santa Clara County,
Cal. In the fight between Sharkey and
Jeffries, San Francisco, May 6, 1898, Jef
fries got the decision, after twenty
rounds, but he failed to stop the sailor.
JOE WOLCOTT— J. J. C. City. Joe
Wolcott knocked out George Green in
eighteen rounds in San Francisco August
26, 1897. Kid Laylgne knocked out Wol
cott in fifteen rounds at Mespeth, L. I.,
December 2, 1S95, and in twelve rounds in
San Francisco October 29, 1897.
A VOLUNTEER NURSE— F., Sacra
mento. Cal. A woman desiring to act as
a volunteer nurse at the military hospitals
should address a communication to the
Red Cross Society. Such a communica- i
tion may be addressed to Miss Clara Bar- !
ton, Washington. D. C, or to the Red \
Cross Society, San Francisco.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS— C. R., City. Elec
tric light apparatus of various kinds was
devised as early as 1802 by Sir Humphry i
Davy and improved on by later experi- I
ments. The first use of electricity for
public illumination was in 1858, in London,
England, when Watson's electric lights
were used on Westminster Bridge.
DEWEY— C. O.. City. Rear Admiral
Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vt., De
cember 26. 1837. His father was Julius
Yeamans Dewey, M. D., who was born In
Berlin, Vt., in 1801. In 1822 he settled in
Montpelier and there married Miss Mary
Perrin. a native of that State. The rear
admiral has never been known by the
name of De Wyre._
A SOLDIER AT MANILA— R. H. C,
City. If you wish to ascertain if a soldier
of a company of the Thirteenth Minnesota
(now at me Philippine Islands) was killed i
or wounded at the battle, of Manila, write [
a letter of inquiry to the Secretary of
War, Washington, D. C, givin<* full name,
letter of company, when last heard of and
where, and the department will furnish
the information.
FOR A WEDDING— J. T. B., City. Full
dress for a morning wedding is a frock
coat and preferably light-colored trou
sers. For an evening wedding a swal
low-tailed coat and three-button waist- i
coat; black trousers. For a simple, inex
pensive wedding that is not to De a full
; dress affair any sort of clothes that are
neat and respectable will do. Money. that I
might be spent at such a wedding just to !
be in style is better expended for house- |
hold and kitchen furniture with which to I
set up housekeeping than for a stylish
| dress suit. j J
AMERICANS
PROTECTED IN
GUATEMALA
Good Work of the Con
sular Service.
STANDS BY OUR CITIZENS
CONDITIONS BETTER THAN UN
DER DEMOCRACY.
A. P. French Tells of His Experience
in Attempting to Leave That
Benighted Free Silver
Country.
The American consular service unflef
the present administration in Guatemala
is affording protection to American citi
zens in that country in a highly satisfac
tory manner and this fact Is all the more
praiseworthy because of the lukewarm
interest taken in that regard by the con
sular officials during the last Democratic
I rule. There has been a marked improve
ment and the men appointed by President
McKinley are winning words of commend
ation from many Americans who require
their help. The service Includes Godfrey
W. Hunter of Kentucky. Consul General
M. C. Beaupre of Illinois and Consular
Agent G. Laurentz.
A. P. French, who was a captain or tn©
Fifth Minnesota Infantry in the War of
Rebellion, arrived here from Guatemala
on the City of Sydney and related an In
teresting story of his experience.
"Had it not been for the efforts made in
my behalf by the consular service there,
said he, "I would have had my silver tak
en away from me and most likely been in
carcerated in one of the vile prisons in
San Jose de Guatemala. As it was I was
put to considerable trouble. I was located
! in Guatemala and desiring to leave there
■ I gathered some *30<> in Peruvian silver
I money and several hundred in American
dollars, which latter I had exchanged for
Mexican coin at the rate of three to one.
No one is allowed to leave Guatemala
! without an order from the Supreme Oov-
I ernment, as it is called, and Minister
Hunter told me he would get it for me.
! He then gave me a letter of introduction
| to the comandante at San Jose explain
! ing the circumstances. When I reached
i there I presented the letter to the com
i andante, who said he had received no
dispatch from the Supreme Government,
but would wire for instructions. Ho
1 thought that everything would be all
■ right and I left him.
"That afternoon at 2 o'clock I was
i placed under arrest and taken to the
i chief clerk of the comandante, who took
i my silver away from me, counted it,
i placed it in his safe, and walked away. I
I sent word to Consular Agent L.aurentz,
who immediately came up and after some
forcible expostulation with the comand
ante I was allowed to go to n>y steamer
and my money was returned to me. I at
tribute the action? of the Guatemala offi
cials to the fact that the war has engen
dered a spirit of animosity against Ameri
cans, and that they hate to ace any silver
leave the country. Had I given them a
fee I probably would not have been both
ered. But as long as the present Repub
lican consular officials are in power Amer
icans will be afforded the best kind of pro
tection."
THE SENTINELS.
The Sentinels of the Universe gave their
first anniversary entertainment and dnnce
under the auspices of the Supreme Coun
cil In the Odd Fellows" Building- last Wed
nesday night. There was a Rood attend
ance of ladies and their escorts, and for
their pleasure there was offered a pleas
ing programme in which Ulas Phillips,
Mr*. H. j. Keegan, F. J. Hess, R. Flan
nagan, Judith Reusch, Sadie Brown, Pro
fessor J. Miller. Daniel E. Hanlon and
Miss Florence Donovan took part. Past
Supreme Sentinel Henry C. Gesford and
Supreme Sentinel John Lawrence Geary
Jr. delivered addresses explaining- the new
order. Then followed dancing until mid
night. The affair was conducted under
the direction of the entertainment com
mittee composed of H. C. Gesford, J. L.
Geary Jr.. F. J. Clausen, W. W. Bracketi
and Dr. C. E. Parent.
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KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR.
At a recent meeting of Aurora Lodge
Z. T. Whitten was apprised of the fact
that he had reached /the fiftieth anniver
sary of his birth when Grand Protector
Mrs. Wheelock, on behalf of Mrs. Whit
ten, presented him with a beautiful gold
emblem of the order. There was an ap%
propriate response and after that was
over there were congratulations and a
collation.
During her visit East the grand pro
tector was afforded an opportunity of ex
amining the books and the methods of
keeping the accounts of the order. She
speaks in high terms of the methods and
was gratified to find the financial condi
tion of affairs a most satisfactory one.
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COMPANIONS O.F THE FOREST.
During the past week Golden Circle In
itiated one candidate and received one
application. Eureka Circle initiated five.
Last week California Circle had a very
pleasant at home after the business of
the evening was over.
Sherwood Circle during the past quarter
initiated six candidates, arid at its meeting
last Monday night had six applications
awaiting the report of investigating com
mittees. The circle will elect its officers
at the first meeting in December. a On , the
first Thursday in that month the circle
will give a party. __
Townsend's plum pudding, best in the
world full of California glace fruits. 3
lbs $1. 627 Market st., Palace building. •
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Special information supplied dally to
business houses and public men by the
"Cyrano should have married."
'•lt' h mlght have improved his nose to
have it held down on the matrimonial
grindstone." .
nr Stegert's Angostura Bitters, the renowned
appetizer is used over the whole civilized
worid: i t 'i imported from South America.
"That monument to Hahnemann has
never been finished."
"No; the contributions were too homeo
pathic."
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