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COMMITTEES APPOINTED
They Will Be Completely Organ
ized Within a Week's
Time.
ALL ARE REPRESENTATIVE MEN
Work Bearing Upon the Convention
Will Soon Be Under Way All
Over the State.
Now that the committee to push the
great convention sdieme is appointed and
our strength is still swelling in the East,
the people of the State have renewed hope
in the prospect of winning the good will
of the Republican National Committee so
that this City will be selected as the next
place from which to nominate a Repub
lican President.
The mass-meeting held Monday in the
Chamber of Commerce was one of the best
propositions that has been advanced for
the furtherance of tlie scheme to get the
convention for San Francisco. A great
many men who were disposed to question
the sincerity of the promoters of the plan
are now pretty thoroughly convinced that
all who offered to assist from the start
meant what they said.
The selection of Senator Williams as
chairman of the meeting gave it the stamp
of popular approval, and the committee
men named are of such varied political
creed? thr.t the people are convinced that
it is thoroughly a non-partisan movement.
Republicans, Democrats, silver men and
Prohibitionists are found amonir the lists,
and no confusion is likely to arise over the
assortment, as ail have the same purpose
in view— to get the convention for San
Francisco.
Following upon the heels of the mass
meeting of Monday Chairman Williams
yesterday called to confer with him T. T.
Williams of the Examiner, M. H. de
Young of the Chronicle, Charles M. Stiort
ridee of The Cam., Colonel Stone, Alfred
Bonvier, A. Q. Booth, R. A. Friedrich and
several others, whose assistance was re
quired in the selection of proper com mi t
teemen. The result of the conference was
the naming of representative men to make
up the committee authorized by the mass
meeting to be appointed by the chair.
They are as follows:
Executive committee— Wendell Easton,
John D. Siebe, James D. Phelan, Raphael
Weill, I. J. Truman, R. A. Friedrich, Al
fred Buuvier, F. A. Dohrmann, A. G.
Booth, A. W. Foster, Henry J. Crocker, 0.
M. Welbura, E. R. Lilienthal, George T.
Marye, Leon Sloss.
Committee on transportation —H. E.
Huntington, C. 11. Spears, D. Hitchcock,
T. K. Statler, Edwin Goodail.
Committee on finance —E. B. Pond,
Alvinza Hayward, E. G. Murphy, Louis
Ho-s Jr., J. K. Wilson, Colonel George
Stone, C. de Guigne,.!. L. Flood, J. Dalzell
Brown, Homer «. King, William Haos,
P. N. Lilienthal. William Alvoid, Jarues
Spear, Colonel William Macdonald, Wil
liam H. Crocker. J. M. Litchfield, Albert
Tohin, I. W. llellman Jr., Wendell Easton.
Committee of one hundred— Adolph Btt
tro, Mayor; A. A. Watkins, president
Boaid of Trade: W. H. Himond, president
Chamber of Commerce; P. W. Dohrmann,
President Merchants' Association; W. A.
Harrington, president Merchants' Club;
W. A. Holcomb, president of Merchants'
Exchange and Produce Exchange; A. S.
Hallidie, president Mechanics' Institute;
Robert G. Homer, president Pacific Stock
Exchange; George I. Ives, president San
Francisco Stock Exchange; Giuseppe
Calejraris, president Italian Chamber
of Commerce; B. F. Dunham, pres
ident Traffic Association; I. S. Worui
ser, president Wholesale Grocers' As
sociation; M. McGlynn, president
Labor Council ; George C. Hickox. secre
tary Manufacturers' Association; Albert
E. Castle, Half-million Club; W.C.Bur
nett, Veterans' Home Association; W. B.
Smeuberg, Colonel C. Mason Kinne,
Charles E. Wilson, C. Carpy, M. Green
blatt, Hugh Hume. R. A. Crothers, G. F.
Cavali, A. Chaigneau, William Bunker,
J. Kirkpatrick, William B. Hooper, R. H.
Warfield, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Baldwin; Mr.
Soule, Lick Hotel; Charles B. Stone,
president of the United Breweries; Rob
ert Watt, Herman Bendell, C. F.
A. TalDott, P. (r. Mcßean. Adam
Grant. Ciaus Spreckels, Mark Sheldon,
Charles Webb Howard, J. J. Gottlob,
Gustave Walter, Ernestine Kneling,
Henry Miller, J. J. O'Brien, Levi Strauss;
A. B. Lemmon, Santa Rosa; G. M.
Francis, Napa; J. T. Harrington, Colusa;
Abe Hackheimer, Willows; N. P. Chip
ttan, Red Bluff; C. C. Bush, Redding;
Frank McGowan, Eureka; J. M. Manor,
Ukiah; E. M. Preston, Nevada City; Jacob
H. Ncff, Colfax; E. C. Voorhees, Sutter
Creek; C. D. Lane, Augels Camp; Edwin
T. Smith, Sacramento; William Beck
man, Sacramento; Benjamin Langford,
Lodi; George B. Sperry, Stockton; A. B.
Butler, Fresno; Fulton G. Berry, Fresno;
.1. W. Davis, Tulare; George F. Weeks,
Bakersfield; Frank Rader, Los Angeles;
H. Z. Osborne, Los Angeles ;3J. J. Gosper,
Los Angeles; James Lachlan, Los An
geles; Charles E. Day. Los Angeles: J. R.
Matthews, Los Angeles; Scipio Craig, San
Bernardino; S. C. Evans, Riverside; E.
S. Babcock, San Diego; Mr. Gardner, San
Diego; Charles Bonnesbee, Ventura; P.
J. Barber, Santa Barbara; R. E. Jack,
San Luis ObisDo; Dr. Thomas Fiint Br.,
San Juan South; John T. Sullivan, Santa
Cruz; O. E. Hall. San Jose; Samuel N.
Rucker, San Jose; Frank McLaughlin,
Oroville; John Bidwell, Chico; D. E.
Knight, Marysville; C. M. Belshaw, An
tioch; H. H. Pitcher, Livermore; J. L.
Beard, Warm Springs; Warren English,
Oakland; John P. Irish, Oakland; L. L.
Bromwell, Oakland ; A. C. Henry, Oakland ;
J. L. Davie, Mayor of Oakland; James A.
Wnymire, AJameda.
M*. H. de Young has very generousl3*
tendered the use of room 100 in the
Chronicle for the use of the committee for
a temporary place of meeting. The ex
ecutive committee will organize to-morrow
at 3 o'clock. The finance committee will
organize Friday at the same hour, and the
committee ot 100 will organize one week
from to-morrow. The seeming delay is
caused by the fact that a great many of
them live out of San Francisco, and it will
require a week's time to get notice of meet
ing to these members. They have all been
notified of their selection and at the ap
pointed time it is assured that v majority
will be on hand to proceed with the
work assigned them by the executive com
mittee.
The committee on transportation will
organize as soon as possible and the rail
roads will be waited upon for the lowest
possible rates to California for the delegates
and the attaches.
All of the wheels of the convention ma
chinery are moving and the whole State is
beginning to help push it along.
.Nothing will be left undone to gain the
desired end, and if bains, money and
unity. can win the prize California will suc
ceed in this case.
Daily the subscription list increases, yet
the work of concluding the ceremony of
getting what we are after has not yet
begun.
CONVENTION ITJND TO DATE.
The subscription still goes on increasing,
and there are many sources to be heard
from yet. To-day it stands: '/*„%'
PREVIOUS SUBSCRIPTIONS...
Sew Subscriptions.
T. B. 815H0P..... 5250
&.KIXXKB 350
J. J. O'BKIKN & CO JJOO
I!LAKE, Bf & TOWNE. . 100
BUCKINGHAM * HKCHT....i... 100
,J. r. CKOWLKY /..I. 100
MCAISON TOIITOXI 100
OTTO NORMAN'S CAFE 5O
AKPAD IIAIt.VSZTHY 50
K AST ft CO 25
■FKANK'S' BILLIARD PAIiLOK. 25
TOTAL 575.770
OVlt STROM Cr A T.T.I ES.
State Papers Miehind San trancisco in a
Solid Body.
Now that everybody is agreed on the impor
tance of inducing the convention to California
everybody should assist Southern California in
raising a respectable share of the convention
fund.
San Francisco is raising the fund now: she
may have it completed by this time next week.
Ten thousand dollars subscribed by Southern
California in the next few days will receive
more notice, make a deeper impression and
give us more influence timn $100,000 sub
scribed after all the money required has been
secured.
Do not stand back and wait for the next fel
low to put his name down for something, but
subscribe what you can afford and subscribe
it at once without reference to others.
One-hundrcd-do'.lar subscriptions are good,
thousand-dollar subscriptions are better, but
all subscriptions, whether they be forifl or
$1000, are good and will be appreciated by all
loyal Californians for the spirit that inspires
them.
It is not expected that a few people will carry
the burden, but that many will take it up and
thus mate it lighter for each.— Los Angeles
Herald.
Why cannot proceedings of a convention be
telegraphed East from the West as well as vice
versa? When General Grant landed safely ut
San Francisco from the Orient the world knew
it an hour afterward. The Republican Na
tional Convention should be held in San Fran
cisco for the pood of the party and the West.
If the Pacific Coast is to be ignored in all pub
lic matters much longer it won't be long before
it will cut no tigure where conventions are
held. Chicngo is jealous of San Francisco, and
suggests holding the Republican National Con
vention in Alaska. Pacific States delegates
might prefer Esquimaux hospitality in SHka
to those chilling zephyrs off the lake, alter
nated with Chicago gall and torrid sunrays.—
Wheatland Four Corners.
There seeias to be a good chance for San
Francisco to get Uie Republican National Con
vention. The guarantee fund is growing
rapidly, and the light for the coast looks favor
able. Editor Shortndse of The Call has just
returned from the East, and says we are bound
to get it. This is good news, and it is to be
hoped his prophecy will prove correct.—Cali
fornian, Bakurstield.
It is safo to predict that this coast will have
the National Republican Convention In 180(>.
i-'rom a financial standpoint, and that is what
talks, San Francisco's competitors are out of
the light, and the prize must come to the
West. Is there any good reason why it should
not'.'— Bcnicia New Era.
Nearly $70,000 lifts been subscribed by San
Francisco toward bringing the big convention
to the metropolis of the great West. She is
doing honor to herself, and on the 10th of next
month we hope to see her rewarded, as on that
dale the place for holding the convention will
be decided.— lirentwood Enterprise.
OTHER EXCO IK A OEMEXT.
What the Eastern I'apers Think of San
i Francisco. '■' *
A i to location Chicago, Pittsburg and San
Francisco are the only cities that have received
serious consideration, although St. Louis,
Cleveland and Cincinnati are expected to oiler
bids also. The San Francisco people have thus
far made the most earnest efforts to secure the
convention, and have been sending persuasive
agents to all the members of the National Com
mittee and others who have influence, en
deavoring to secure their support. They have
also carried on an active correspondence, and
claim to have already obtained pledges from
nearly a majority. The argument they Use is
that the far West has always given a loyal sup
port to the Republican ticket, but has never
received any compensation. It has never had
a candidate, and only once the presiding
officer of a Republican convention, anil just
now, when there is so much dissatisfaction in
the mountain States and on the Pacific Slope
with the financial policy of the party, some
thing ought to be done to stimulate interest
and awaken enthusiasm.
The matter most tully discussed at the New
York dinner was the place of the next Repub
lican National Convention. Senator Quay
spoke warmly in behalf of l'ittsburg, and told
how much the people there would do in the
way of bearing the expenses of the convention.
Mr. Filley was equally set upon having the
convention come to St. Louis, as neutral
ground, so far as candidates are concerned.
Tanner, naturally, was for Chicago, but the
man listened to with most interest was Short
ridge, from California, who expatiated upon
the claims and attractions of Sftn Francisco,
which promises to make the expenses of delft
gates no more burdensome than would be the
cost in any other city, save only in the way of
time. It would make a three weeks 1 journey
for the Eastern and Southern delegates. This,
however, would be largely compensated by the
great political gain of a solid Republican Pa
cific Coast.— Philadelphia Times.
The Union League Club of Pan Francisco has
offered to subscribe $'^5,000 for the entertain
ment of the Republicau convention, the San
Francisco Chronicle has offered to put up $7500,
The Call $5000, and the- Examiner $1000.
The Palace Hotel will chip in $'<:000. It must
be admitted that the San Francisco people arc
using the right sort of argument.— Enquirer
Buffalo.
San Francisco had the advantage of having
secured direct pledges from seventeen or
eighteen of the members of the committee, and
besides that was raising money with a layish
hand.— Chicago Tribune.
The shouting for San Francisco as the next
convention city is still heard.— Times, Rich
mond.
Ax EkqLXSH Gunpowder Factory.— The
royal gunpowder factory at Waltham,
England, bears more of the appearance of
a pleasure resort than of the prosaic plant
that such a purpose involves. The fac
tory covers in all its branches a beautiful
stretch of wooded land, some 409 acres in
extent, intersected by four miles of run
ning streams. Electric launches ply be
tween the different buildings, while car
goes of explosives are conveyed by sail
barges, so as to reduce the liability to
danger to a minimum. The threshold of
the "danger building" is barred with
a board, which not even the in
spector may step over without hav
ing a special pair of large overboots
put on his foot to keep his shoes from
taking grit from outside upon the felt
carpet. Once every week there is an ex
plosion within the grounds, which is heard
lor many miles along the country side. In
one part of the grounds is a pond into
which the water from the nitro-glycerine
factory is drained. This, extraordinary
lake is exploded every Saturday with a
dynamite cartridge to prevent too great an
accumulation of waste nitroglycerine.
Sometimes there is already so much in the
water that holes twenty feet deep are made
and tbe water is all blown away.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER <3, 1895.
TO CARRY STORM WATERS
Practical Hints for Constructing
•New and Improving Old
Sewers.
OPINIONS OF AN EXPERT.
Civil Engineer William P. Humphreys
Suggests Some -Apropos Muni
cipal Reforms.
Coming from such an expert as William
P. Humphreye, civil engineer, the follow
ing opinions on the City sewer system,
both us regards its ordinary and storm
water carrying service, would aeem par
ticularly apropos at thi6 season and will
doubtless be read with special interest:
Our sewers have been tmd are still being
constructed to carry both tiie storm waters and
the house sewerage. As we have little or no
rain for at least seven months of the year, and
as there is not' a sufficient amount cf house
seweraee during the dry season to create a cur
rent in the large rawen.it generally remains
to accumulate with the dirt and sand passing
into the same from the street, thus making ati
elongated cesspool of the sewer, chOKing the
same and breeding disease and pestilence.
To obviate all this, and at the same time
provide an efficient and economical system of |
sewerage during the entire year, I propose, in !
districts which are not yet sewered, that a de- ■
parture from the usual custom be adopted on
the following, plan, which may bo modified or
not. as circumstances may require, and which
can also be applied for the relief of (sewers
already constructed. Of this 1 shall speak
hereafter.
When a body of storm waters have to be |
taken pare of I would construct a storm-water :
sewer of concrete, or of one course of brick uml
the remainder of concrete and connect nil cul
verts with it. In the bottom of this sewer 1
would lay a pipe sewer of sufficient size, con- I
neet the house pipes with the same, and cover j
with a thick coat of concrete conforming? to
said large sewer, but leaving openings In the
pipe sewer at convenient distances to examine !
and ckan said Dipe sewer when necessary, the
openings being closed except when used.
By the above plan I can build p. better and
stronger sewer for thirty-three (33) percent!
less cost than under the present system. I
give by this method an effective t-yßtem of ;
house sewerage at all periods of the year and
in all conditions.
The main sewer may during the dry season
become choked, and In the wet season may
overflow from said choking, but the house sys
tem being separate continues to be effective j
under all conditions.
The closing ot the otorm sewer, above al
luded to, can be prevented, as the catch basins
throughout the dry season can. in nearly all
seasons, be closed and thus the dirt and veire- !
table matter which accumulates therein dur- '
ing the summer months is kept from entering;
the storm sewer, which Is veutillated through
the perforated manhole coverts, and many ot
the bad odors which now arise from the
sewers and render the crossings objectionable j
would no longer exist and the sewer would be ;
clean and ready /or the winter rains.
Again by the above method I connect the
house sewer pipes lower down than those un
der the present system— thus allowing for
deeper cellars where desired and giving greater
velocity in the pipes.
When it may t>e deemed objectionable to dis-
charge the storm waters and the house sewer
age at the seme point I can divert either of
the sewers so that their outlets will be at differ
ent places. This may be desirable In certain
districts.
For the improvement of the old sewers of this
City, I would introducea pipe-sewerof suitable
size in the bottom of the large brick sewers,
and on a true grade connect the house
with the smaller sewer, and ihevi have an
efficient service for the houses at all times— the
storm water being allowed to pass oil' through
the larger sewer.
If this plan were adopted and carried out in
the large brick sewers of this City, it wonid be
of great value and give permanent relief to
cellars and basements, especially to those in
the low-lying districts along the water-front
and east of Montgomery street. It would cor
rect faulty housepipe connections and give
deeper cellars at a minimum cost. If necessary,
the lower partoi the storm-water sewer, from
the houee inlet down and over the sewer-pipe
can be lined with six Inches of concrete, con
forming to the main sewer at a cost, including
sewer-pipe, house connections and concrete, of
not more than 60 cents per front foot of each
lot.
To more fully illustrate my plans, I hereto
append sketches No. 1 and No. 2.
William I*. Humphreys, C. E.
San Francisco, Nov. 5, 1895.
BACES AT S&N JOSE.
Handicap Events at the Garden City
Cyclers' National Meet.
R. A. Smyth, the official handicapper of
the League of American Wheelmen for this
State, has arranged the following handi
caps and heats for the two handicap events
to be run at the first day's meet of the Gar
den City Cyclers at San Jose next Friday:
Two-thirds of a mile, handicap, class B : Heat
one— E. C. Bald, P. C. C, scratch; U. M. Mur
phy, Ji. C. XV., "io yards; T.W. Cooper, C. C. XV.,
i:5 yards; XV. I\ Foster, 0. C. XV., 30 yards; E.
H. Ki.ser, B. C. W., 35 yards; C. S. Wells, B. C.
W.,4oynrds; R. Gushing, G. C. C, 60 yards;
R. P. A yl ward, Acme, 65 yards : R. ft, Dow, G.
C. C... 70 yards.
Heat two— XV. A. Terrlll, B. C.W.,50 yards; G.
A, Nixeen, Acme, and J. M. Campbell, P. A. A.,
65 yards; J. P. Stayer, M. A. A.C., T. Delmas,
G. C. C, arid William Schefski, unattached, 70
yards; E. A. Moody, G. C. C, and T. S. Hall, B.
C.W.. 75 yards. '
First four in each heat to ride in final.
One mile handicap, class A: Heat one— F.
M. Byrne, I. c. C, Hasten; J. E. Win*, S. J. R.
C , and E. Chapman, O. C. W., 25 yards; ,T. E.
AYilloughby, P. V \V ,45; H. S. Sessions, I. C.
('., 70; G. \V. Tantau, (). 0. w., 85; G. D. Seisr,
G. C. C, 100; A. Smith, C. C. C.,110; R, R.
Shearman, unattached. 125; T. A. Smith, un
attached. 135.
Heat two— H. Downing. G. C. C, scratch; J.
E. Edwards, o. 0. W.. 15 yards: L. S. Leavitt,
8. F. R. C.. 30; V. R. Mott, % A. C, 40; A. S.
McDougall, Acme, 45; V. A. Benson, G. C. C,
70; Charles Birdsall, C.C. C 80; R.H. Ham
mondo, B. J. R. C..90; R. Hogc, 8. J. R. C, and
T. W. Boyd, C. C. C , 100; R. E. Walter, G.C. C,
120.
Heat three— F. A McFarland, S. J. R. C,
scratch ; N. Ackerman, P. V.W., 10 yards; 11. B.
Freeman, B. C. \V. 25: £. B. Vincent, B. C. \V..
35; C. F. Lemmon, O. C. W., 50; P. M. Lefevre,
Acme, B5; P. Metcalf I. C. C.,75; R. B. I rones,
O. C. \V., 80; F. L. Sevboldt. G. C. C, 95: W. F.
Putnam, P. .V. \V , 110; J. J. Borree, H. R. C,
125.
First three in each heat and fourth in fastest
h<?at to ride in final. The above is the arrance
rnent of heats as sugeested by the otneial
handicapper.
The entries for the t*vo scratch events to
be run on that day have already been pub
lished.
The handicaps for Saturday's races will
not be announced till next Friday after
that day's racing. The present rain will
not postpone the races, as the track at San
Jose is of cement and dries thoroughly
within half an hour after a shower. All
the entrants are now in active training at
the track and the Eastern riders are show
ing remarkable speed. Their presence will
draw an immense crowd, and the racing
promises to be the best ever seen in this
State. A large crowd of enthusiasts will
go to San Jose from here Friday morning,
and those who cannot leave then will go
down Saturday.
ForJVcw worfc doth. Circular ancO,
: Efjg shape Sewers earobe used.
Culverts- not . Shoivri.
Will Knippenbertr has returned to Los
Angeles and will follow the racing circuit
all over the southern part of the State.
The California Cycling Club elected the
following officers at its regular meeting
last Monday evening:
J. W. Harvey, present; G. W. Burr;ett, vice
president; H. F. Wynne, secretary : Adam Karl,
treasurer; 11. Mayo, captain; 11. I. Kpeberg,
first lieutenant: K. Struven, (second lieutenant;
K. Erbe, bugler; C. liinlsall, color-bearer : 1\
1 >. limn, E. Wiiberg aud R. 3. Allen, house com
mittee.
The election was close and exciting,
there being several candidates in the held
for nearly every oifice. In the race for sec
ond lieutenant the vote was a tie four
tinios between P. Struven and William
Reid. On the last ballot one of Reid's
supporters went out and he lost by one
vote. The club's road race, postponed
from last- Rundnv on account of rain, will
be run off on November 17. Secretary
Wynne ie quite ill at his home. President
Harvey la away on a vacation.
TRUTHS ABOUT CHINA.
ilargherita Arlinn llumm Tells lVhnt
She Knows of the Missionaries.
Maruherita Arlina Hum in of New York
was honored last week by the Writers'
Club of London with the office of honorary
vice-president, in company with Mrs.
Humphry Ward, Marie Correlli and Lady
Colin Campbell, for her labors as a war
correspondent in the late Korean-Japa
nese-Chinese war. Miss Hamm made
many wonderful trips through China and
understanda the people and the language
probably better that any other Ameri-
can woman. She has been greatly in
terested in the recent riots in Ku-Cheng,
as slie visited that city while exploring
the southern provinces, and made some
careful analyzatlon of the laws, habits and
doings of the people. The position of the
missionaries she considers very dangerous.
She said anent the late riots and massa
cres: "The massacre at Kuchow is one
of those frightful events which can only
in China. Ku-Cheng is a pretty city
within 100 miles from Foo-Choo, and has
long been a favorite station for the Ameri
can, English and other missionary so
cieties. They have done good work there
and are said to have several hundred con
verts. On several occasions they have
been threatened by 'the mob, as mission
aries in that land often are, but nothing
particularly bad or cruel has occurred in
that locality for many years. In the imme
diate neighborhood, however, there have
been many outrages from time to time.
"1 am familiar with that part of China,"
said Miss Hamm. "and had a good oppor
tunity to study these people of Fokien
province. Those around Amoy are very
quiet and peaceable, but those in the
neighborhood of Foochow have lone been
noted for their turbulencv and cruelty. It
is only a few years ago that they started a
not on account of an objectionable Salt
Commissioner, in which they seized the
official's only son, who ha-i sust graduated
with the highest honors in the imperial
examinations, nailed him to a door alive,
quartered him and plastered him with salt
from his father's storehouse. In another
district, at the same time, they burled a
number of men alive up to their" neck, and
then painted their heads with molasses to
attract the flies and ants, which ate the
miserable wretches to death.
"Strangely enough, women have had
more success in converting these people
than men. So much so that the mission
ary body in that district is to-day more
feminine than masculine. Of the different
leading societies the Americans have about
twenty male missionaries and twenty-five
females. The English have about twenty
male and fifty female. The larcest body
is the Church of England Zenona Mission,
which has in the neighborhood of about
tony devout and industrious young Eng
lish women there at work. Xo less than
four of th^se, who have been several years
laboring in that neighborhood, have* paid
the penalty. Two others— the Misses Saun
ders, if I remember right— were bright and
pretty Australian girls, who had only been
there a short time trying to spread the
gospel among the heathen. Sometimes I
fancy it is wrong to send our women out
there. While the Chinese are peaceable
and orderly as a rule, the Chinese mob
once excited is the vilest and most blood
thirsty thing in the world. The terrible
fate which these women have suffered—
dishonor and torture and death— is what is
liable to all women missionaries in that
land.
"What is needed in the present case is a
demonstration by the great powers that
wil compel the Chinese Government to
make a rigid example of every human
being who took part in the massacre at
Ku-Uieng. The only thing there is to do
is to behead every person who took part in
the ontrage. Criminal law in China is
very simple. Every minor offense can be
expiated by a hue, or a bribe, or both.
Kvery larger offense is punishable with
death. >o other course has the slightest
etiect upon the popular imagination.
Uecper than all this, and one of the queer
est things in the world, is the extraordi
nary fact that the Chinese people use the
not as the political agency of great po
"In their system of government, to use
American terms, the Governor of a State
is responsible for all that happens in that
Mate, the Mayor of a city for all in the city,
the Alderman of a ward for all in his ward
and the captain of an election district for
all in his district.
"if a serious riot breaks out in his dis
trict the captain is degraded, disgraced or
beheaded; break out in a ward, the Alder
man; if in the city, the Mayor, and if in a
State, the Governor. This being the law,
whenever any official becomes too tyran
nical or corrupt the people get up a riot.
This is done cold-bloodedly, and nearly
every detail is arranged beforehand. Very
often the houses that are to be burned are
marked one week in advance, and a simi
lar programme is put on foot in regard to
the people to be killed.
"The present riot probably is of this
clans in addition to it? being anti-Christian
and anti-foreign in character. This hav
ing been a larger riot than usual, and hav
ing; been directed against foreigners, who
are 100 times more important than a Chi
nese subject, it is fair to presume that Ku-
Cheng is suffering from the malgovern
ment of a Tai-Tai, a Tao-Tai, a Hai-Fang-
Fing or a Fan-Tai, these foui officials
corresponding to a district commander-in
chief, a prefect, a county judge and a
county treasurer.
"Such is the civilization which these
heroic women are endeavoring to reform
and Christianize. They have a larger tasK
than had the disciples 2000 years ago, and
like the disciples they are suffering the
stripes, the tortures and the ignominious
death which were awarded the founders of
our faith."— New York Recorder.
For nearly forty years there has been a
dog's burying-ground at the north end of
Hyde Park, London. Her<» people have
been allowed to bury their canine favor
ites, and many of the dead doggies have
been honored with small tombstones.
New, the cemetery being full, the Duke of
ram bridge, in his capacity as the ranger of
Hyde Park, hag closed it and pet-lovers are
seeking a new cemetery for their dumb
friends.
Henry Miller and Charles Lux, natives
of the Rhenish provinces of Germany, and
now cattlemen of the Pacific Coast, own
more than 14,000,000 acres of land in the
United States. Their property is four times
the area <>f Alsace-Lorraine and twice as
large as Belgium.
By the Queen's wish the room in Ken
sington palace where her Majesty was
born and which was closed for years has
been renovated so as to present the exact
appearance it did in 1819.
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TOOK AN OATH OF OFFICE
C. S. Young Installed as Super
intendent of Common
Schools.
WILL ASK AN INJUNCTION.
The Auditor to Be Restrained From
Issuing Babcock a Salary
Warrant.
Hon. C. S. Young, who was appointed to
the office of Superintendent of Common
Schools by the Board of Supervisors last
Monday, took the oath of office yesterday,
and will within the next few days file the
necessary honds and enter into the official
duties which accompany his office.
"A demand will be made upon Mr. Bab
cock for the office within a day or so," said
Mr. Young last evening, "and if he de
clines to surrender quo warrnnto proceed
ings will be instituted against him, and the
mutter will thus be taken into the courts.
"Before the end of the month proceed
ings will be commenced for the issuance of
a writ of mandate restraining the Auditor
from issuing a warrant for the salary
which accompanies the office until the
question of who is legally entitled to the
office, Mr. Eabcock or myself, has been de
termined.
"As to any proposed changes in the per
sonnel of the offices in the event that my
appointment is sustained by the courts,"
continued Mr. Young, "I can say that one
thing is certain, and that is that my deputy
will not be without experience as a teacher.
"As everybody knows, the Superinten
dent outlines a school policy, and his
deputy carries it out. Of course I have
never had the supervising of the work of a
thousand teachers, but I have had to
supervise the work of from fifty to 100
teachers at one time, and consequently
have some idea of what is required.
•'lt will be most gratifying to enter the
office imtrammeled by promises. Not
even the suggestion of a promise of a po
sition to any person has been made on my
part. I was appointed by no faction of a
party, no one party, no sectarian clique,
not even by the Republican party alone,
but by Republicans and Democrats, with
out reference to party politics, religion nor
anything eJse except the beat interests of
the schools.
"Of course I feel pleased and highly
complimented over such expression of
Confidence on the part of representatives
of all classes and now feel that I owe alle
giance to no one person, but to the whole
people. I now feel it my duty to make the
best battle possible to secure the position
for which I was indorsed by the thousands
of votes at the last election and by the only
legislative body in this City and County
on last Monday."
"In reganl "to the appointment of Mr.
C. 8. Young," suid Mr, Babcock, con
testant for the office of Superintendent of
Common Schools, "I will say that I have
not as yet received any notification from
the Board of Supervisors, and all the in
formation I have received has been through
the Board of Education and the press.
"I have not yet determined what action
I shall take in the matter, and probably
shall take none, as I consider that it is
merely a lt»i:al technically between the
Board of Education and the Board of Su
pervisors.
•'The School Department is in charge of
the Board of Education, and it seems to
me that, as the whole City government is
running under the charter known as the
consolidation act, and not under the
county government cct, the validity of
Mr. Young's appointment can be easily
questioned.
"[ am not versed in the law,"
continued Mr. JBabcock, "but at
the same time I am cognizant of the
fact that the county government act would
give the power to appoint a Superinten
dent of Schools to the Board of Education,
but it seems to me tfiat the consolidation
act creates both boards, and that if the act
does not pertain to this matter neither
board is legally constituted.
'•It is a conflict between two legislative
bodies of the City government, and also a
question which shall manage the schools—
the Board of Education or the Board of Su
pervisors — and it is a technicality which
sets right at the very foundation of prin
ciples in educational affairs."
HE SHAVES HIMSELF.
The Man Who Doe* That Brags on Hit
Baxor.
Atlanta Constitution.
The man who shaves himself is a rather
annoying individual.
He persists in talking about it. He re
gards it as a cardinal virtue. He thinks
that it is the very basis of economy. He
expects great returns from it, not only in
this world, but in the one to com?. Each of
the several million seif-shavers in the world
is the possesbor of the best razor that was
ever made.
'•Yes, sir, I shave myself," said one of
these proud men yesterday, speaking to a
group of gentlemen in the Kirn ball; "shave
myself. I've got the linest razor in the
world — I make no exceptions— and I can
shave myself in two minutes by the watch.
I can shave myself in the dark and you
wouldn't know but that the smoothest
barber in town did the job.
"Long time ago, before I was civilized, I
used to let a barber shave me. He hacked
my face all up, pinched me, put all sorts of
foul water on my head, chalked my face,
lathered it with big, coarse soap and shaved
me with a razor thut you could sit on
without discomfort.
"I decided that it was all idiocy, my
getting a barber to shave me. I went into
a hardware-store and told the clerk 1
wanted a razor. He brought down a frail
looking little thing and asked me $1 for it.
I bought it. It was the only one he
showed me. Well, sir, that's the best razor
ever made. You could not duplicate it for
$1500. I'm almost as deeply devoted to it
as to my wife. I shave every morning — do
it in two minutes — save 15 cents every pop.
It's waste — inexcusable waste and extrava
gance — for a man to have himself shaved
at a barber-shop. No wonder so many
men are poor."
He walked off proudly.
"I remember when that fellow toofc up
shaving," said a bystander. "He was so
proud, of his new economy that he took up
cigars and the habit of" taking his lunch
downtown. I'll bet that shaving fad of his
has cost him not less than $10 a month
since he took it up."
Died With Hi- (.'ln
In the reminiscences of General Sir Eve
lyn Wood, himself a brave English soldier,
a touching instance of courage and self
sacrifice is given. One June day in 1855 a
detachment of p]nglish marines were cross
ing the Woronzow road under tire from the
Russian batteries. All of the men reached
shelter in the trenches except a seaman,
John Blewitt. As he was running a ter
rilic roar was heard. His mates knew the
voice of a huge cannon, the terror of the
army, and yelled :
"Look out! It is Whistling Dick!"
But at the moment Blewitt was struck
by the enormous mass of iron on the knees
and thrown to the ground. He called to
his especial chum :
•'0 Welch ! save me !"
The fuse was hissing, but Stephen Welch
ran out of the trenches and seizing the
great shell tried to roll it off his comrade.
It exploded with such terrific force that
not an atom of the bodies of Blewitt or
Welch was found. Even in that time,
when each hour had its excitement, this
deed of heroism stirred the whole English
army. One of the officers searched out
Welch's old mother in her poor home and
undertook her support while she live<i,
and the story of his death helped his com
rades to nobler conceptions of a soldier*
duty.— Youth's Companion.