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SATURDAY FEBRUARY ?fi, i«3 0 S
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BRANCH OFFICES— S2T Montgomery street. corner c«ay ;
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930 o'clock 62! MoAlllster street; open until 9:33
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AMUSEMENTS.
Baldwin— The Bostonlans.
California— Biaeu Pattl Troubadours.
Columbia— "Shall We Forgive Her." '
Alcazar— •■Charley 'k Aunt'
Noroseo's-'The Last Stroke."
Tlroll— "The Vice-Admirai."
Orpheum— Vaudeville.
Bush— Tlialia firman-Hebrew Opera Co., Sunday night
Olympla. corner Mason and Eddy streets— Specialties.
The Chutes— Chiqulta and Vaudeville.
Mechanic*' Pavilion— Mining Fair and Klondike Exposition.
Pacific Co.-.st Jockey Club— Urc^s at Insrleslde to-day.
Coursing — At Union Courßlnu I'ark. tola morning'
Cour6lng — In?leside Coursini* Park, to-morrow morning.
AUCTION SALES.
By Vincent & Gallagher— Monday, February 23, Furniture, at
5*3 Bush street, at 11 o'clock.
By Madison & Burke-Thursday March 3, Real Estate, at 628
Market Htreet. at 12 o'clock.
TURN THE RASCALS OUT.
THE attempt of the Phelan Democracy at its
meeting on Thursday evening to cast upon Boss
Rainey the entire blame for the corrupt local
government of the past year is quite certain to prove
futile. The Democratic party as an entirety must be
held accountable for the "Shifty Eight" in the Board
of Supervisors, the "Solid Nine" in the Board of
Education and the general demoralization which has
resulted all around from putting Democrats "on
guard." Otherwise there is an end of party respon
sibility. Rainey can no more be held accountable for
the corruption than Boss Phelan, Boss Sullivan or
any other of the numerous bosses who sport tire
Democratic label.
The truth of the matter is the Democratic party of :
this city, as at present organized, is incapable of i
giving us good government. The sign by which it ;
conquers is "the offices." In this respect Mayor
Phelan is no better than his followers. Upon the
platform he talks statesmanship and reform glibly,
but in the filthy pool he is nothing more nor less than :
a patronage grubber who would load down the muni- I
cipal payroll with his friends, supporters and rela
tives, and perhaps sell his soul for an office. If Mayor
Phelan were as much of a statesman in politics as he '
is an intelligent gentleman in private life he would i
recognize his system as utterly destructive of good j
government and reform. No man who spends his j
time creating and filling offices can ever do anything
for the people.
It is true that the Phelan Democracy, which now
endeavors to make out that Rainey is responsible for
all the boodling which has lately taken place at the
City Hall, has generally opposed the policy of the
"Solid Eight" and the "Solid Nine." But it may be
questioned whether this opposition has been due to
its inherent virtue. The fact probably is that Colonel
Sullivan and his politicians are now howling for
"good government" mainly because Boss Rainey has
had the offices for two years. Had they controlled
the places dispensed by him they might now be apol
ogizing for "Cappun" Delany's combine and de
nouncing the Grand Jury for taking an unfair advan
tage of the angelic Waller.
Among Democrats the offices are the source of all
virtue. If Mayor Phelan's friends were drawing
down the salaries paid kt the City Hall undoubtedly
this, in his eyes, would t>e a model government. The
conclusion to be drawn, as we have already remarked,
is that the Democrats are incompetent. What the
people should do next autumn is not to appeal from
Phillip drunk to Phillip sober by dismissing Rainey
Democrats and placing Phelan Democrats "on
guard," but they should fire the whole crowd for
cause.
What the city wants is a clean Republican admin
istration throughout. A respectable Board of Super
visors, a decent Board of Education and a Republican
Mayor would soon straighten things out. A change
from Democrats to Democrats will simply add to the
■ agony of misgovernment.
There is no more reliable paper in the South than
the Richmond Times. In a recent issue it remarks
that the city of Richmond is making money by selling
gas at $i. The gas is said to be of a quality pro
ducing light, visible to the naked eye. The statement
is quoted not to cause anybody distress, but to assure
local concerns that at $i 75 they can, -by encouraging
their agile meters, keep out of the poorhouse.
There will be no objection to the bill of Boutelle to
pay to the families of the men who died as the Maine
went down the salaries 1 which would have been
earned during a year of service. It is really a much
better idea than to erect a/ monument, although there
would be no objection to /this either if the funds were
to be collected by clean hands.
The proposition to tax bachelors in -New. Jersey
excited some interest until the public realized that it
was only a new way for Charlotte Smith to make a
fool of herself. The lacly is under no obligation to
thus exert the peculiar faculties which have won her
fame. She is already made.
A cowboy regiment would make a great impression
in Cuba. A lot of horses of the untamed variety
cowboys ride were sent to that island once and suc
ceeded in making a lot of impressions just about the
" size of a soldier in repose.' I
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There may be no danger of war. but all the same it
is pleasing to observe that the Government is over
hauling the powder magazines throughout the coun
try and getting ready for the unexpected.
The gentleman who proposes to erect a fence 150
feet high should be firmly told that if he do so he
will deserve to be kicked over it and football teams
hired to practice on him. >
It is strange that the representatives of Spain in
this, country should have so i generally consisted of a
»o ; ce and a gaudy, uniform. ; - ';---. ,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF-
PATRIOTIC sentiment and popular sympathy
for the families of the brave sailors who per
ished at Havana with the destruction of the
Maine will have in San Francisco an opportunity to
manifest themselves in a form of practical charity
next Monday evening at the entertainment arranged
by the directors of the Mining Fair for the purpose
of raising a fund for the relief of the stricken house
holds.
The public will bear in mind that the money raised
at the fair will be applied for the immediate relief of
those for whom it is intended. Moreover, the entire
net proceeds will go to the families of the dead sea
men of the Maine. There will be no 10 per cent
rake-off for "wealthy men" who will agree for that
consideration to undertake the collection of the
money. Nor will the fund be kept indefinitely "in
trust" until the persons designed by the public to be
the beneficiaries of their charity are forced to sue the
trustees "for accounting and distribution.
At a meeting of the committee appointed by Mr.
Denicke to take full charge of the work of relief it
was decided that the money raised should be given
without delay to those for whom it was designed
and for whose sake the people have been invited to
contribute. This decision was reached after
an effort had been made to have the fund, or at least
a portion of it, turned over to a self-constituted trus
tee for a monument enterprise or for some other pur
pose that would leave the money in trust for a long
time. The determination of the committee was,
therefore, well considered and is final. All the money
raised will be devoted to the relief of the families of
the noble dead, and the relief will be immediate.
The people of San Francisco can hardly need urg
ing to attend the fair on Monday evening and help
to swell the fund designed for a purpose that appeals
at once to the sentiment of patriotism and the in
stincts of humanity. The families of the heroic dead
need help. Their strong support has been taken from
them. The men who by their service on the Maine
earned the honorable wages that maintained their
loved ones at home have perished. The savings
which a sailor's family can store away are at best
but small. To them, therefore, relief should be gen
erous and immediate. San Francisco leads the way
in the performance of this public duty and her people
arc counted on to see to it that the sum raised will
be worthy of the cause and the city.
Let the date be remembered. Let the people get
ready. All minor engagements should be put aside
on Monday evening in order that the attendance may
be large enough to fill Mechanics' Pavilion to over
flowing with generous, loyal, charitable, patriotic
people. True hearts should prompt willing hands to
show the sympathy of action and liberality on an oc
casion of this kind. The appeal is for the immediate
relief of the families of the American sailors who died
at the post of duty. The response will show the ardor
of our patriotism and the fervor of our sympathy.
GOOD RAINS fIT LAST.
AT last the rains have come, and, what is more,
they have come, it seems, in season for the
greater portion of the crops throughout the
State. The fears of drought have vanished and every
prospect now justifies the hope that the farmers and
orthardists of the State will have good harvests to
profit by the advancing prices caused by the general
revival of industry in the manufacturing centers and
the increased consuming power of the people.
It would have been a calamity indeed to have
a diy spring in California this year. After an almost
rainless fall and winter a lack of rains between this
time and the coming of summer would deprive
the State of almost every advantage it has expected
fr.m the return of better times. As it is we can
look to the future with sanguine expectation. The
augmented demand for wheat, wool, cattle, hops,
truit, taiMns, wine and oil will find Californians in
the market with a bountiful supply.
The benefits resulting from the rains will accru«»,
not to the rural districts only, but to the whole State.
The stimulating effects of the refreshing showers will
be felt in business as well as in the fields. The throngs
of Eastern people on their way to Alaska in passing
through the State for the purpose of outfitting in San
Francisco will see the whole Commonwealth flourish
ing in the possession of present good and buoyant
with expectations of the future.
Words of cheer come froim all sections of the
State where the rains have fallen, and the area has
been a wide one. Santa Clara County reports: "The
rain came in the nick of time. Orchardists are de
lighted, as well as ranchers and stock-growers."
From the San Joaquin Valley comes the statement:
"The crops are in splendid condition, and should two
or three inches of rain result from this precipitation
the harvest of grain will be immense." From Napa,
Woodland and Santa Cruz come similar reports, and
only in the southern counties are there still to be
heard expressions of doubt and anxiety concerning
the crops in districts which lack the advantages of
irrigation.
As a whole the outlook for the State at present is
decidedly bright. The long dry spell is broken and
the rains promise to be ample to make sure the pros
perity of the people by harvests of a bountiful char
acter. (
There has arisen a strange and unjustifiable habit of
ridiculing the naval reserve. It would be fair to per
mit this organization at least to have a trial. The
local organization makes a fine showing in times of
peace, and when boats are to be manned a volunteer
who has cultivated a pair of sea legs is certainly as
valuable as one who has never smelt salt water, and
in all probability more so.'
Actor Ratcliffe is finding the way of the trans
gressor so hard that it must make him wish he had
traveled some other. He is now being sued by two
women for divorce and alimony and lias to face the
public opinion that each deserves more than she
asks.
Spain's claim that the court of inquiry is discrim
inating against the accident theory is hardly borne
out by reports reaching this country. And, strange
as the fact may seem to Spain, this country is also in
terested.
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While there is so much talk of Spain's buying
battleships there appears no good reason why the
United States should not go into the market if ne
cessity arise and do a little bidding herself.
It is said that Lee has not advised Americans to
leave Cuba, and yet a really prudent American find
ing himself there would be apt to act as though he
had received advice of this kind.
The fact that England and Russia are so notably
at peace that correspondents make a memorandum
of it shows that each is yet uncertain whether it can
lick the other.
De Lome is said to be bitter. He left that sort of
impression,
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1898.
THE OUTBREAK IN OAKLAND.
IT was natural and perhaps inevitable that the out
rageous water job perpetrated by the shameless
six of the Oakland City Council should have re
sulted in an outburst of public indignation that threat
ened the summary punishment of one of the betrayers
of public trust. Official corruption tends to popular
violence, as ex-President Harrison pointed out on
Washington's birthday, and the only way to surely
guard against the one is to remove the other.
Popular outbreaks undoubtedly have an effect
tending to check governmental wrongs. They
frighten the perpetrators of corrupt acts and serve as
a warning against repetitions of the offense. Not
infrequently base men in office, who have been indif
ferent to the law, to reason, to justice, to honor and
to decency, have halted in their course, retreated and
yielded when confronted by an enraged community
threatening personal punishment and showing an in
clination to inflict it sternly and swiftly.
Notwithstanding these things, however, a commun
ity loses more than it gains by such demonstrations
of violence. In a country where government is of
the people, for the people, by the people, there should
oe in the law itself sufficient redress for any and all
forms of wrong that may be committed. The people
of Oakland should not forget that it was by their
votes five of the shameless six were elected to office,
and the remaining offender, appointed to office, would
have been powerless for harm without the support of
the elected gang.
There seems a fair chance for Oakland to obtain
redress for the wrong done her citizens by an appeal
to law. If the result prove that the schemers have
been cunning enough to carry out their outrage
within the forms of law, then Oakland will have had
an impressive lesson on the importance of electing
honest men to office, and if her people profit by it the
increased water rates of this year will be none too high
a price to have paid for the benefits that will result.
In the meantime the directors of the water com
panies and their tools in municipal offices would do
well to give heed to the meaning of the popular out
burst in Oakland on Thursday night. Official cor
ruption in the interest of corporate greed has become
a sore point with the American people. When so
eminent a man as an ex-President of the United
States, on an occasion so solemn as that of the anni
versary of the birth of the founder of the republic,
makes that offense the subject of his speech and ad
dresses a stern warning to the offenders of the con
sequences of their offensive acts, it is time for even
the most reckless wrongdoers to pause and consider.
Water companies have been serious offenders
against public morals in California, hven at the
present time the water company of Los Angeles is
threatening an act of spoliation wnre, if possible,
than that attempted at Oakland. The people have been
irritated to the limit of endurance with respect to
these offenses, and the significance of the outbreak
of Thursday is a warning to all concerned to beware
lest worse befall them.
SHfILL WOMEN PAY TAXES?
A PROPOSITION is before the Illinois Legisla
ture to exempt from taxation all property
owned by women until woman suffrage is se
cured by an amendment to the constitution. It is
put forward by the suffragists in the expectation that
it it pass their prayer for the ballot will be speedily
granted. A powerful movement is already behind it
and an outsider can easily wish that it may become
the law for the sake of the instruction that would be
in the subsequent events. It is shown that in Chicago
alone there are ten of millions of dollars in property
standing in the names of women, and it is estimated
that in the whole State such ownership of property
is so large that the exemption will greatly reduce the
amount derived from taxation and will make it ne
cessary to largely increase the assessment and levy
upon all property that is in male ownership. It is
expected, of course, that under this spur the men of
the State will be positively tumultuous for woman
suffrage.
We leave out of the question whether exemption of
property, not by it 3 use but by its ownership, will
stand the judicial test, for we prefer to consider the
movement as intended by its advocates, to advance
the cause of woman suffrage.
Is it true that it will incline all men to that cause?
Obviously it will not. Experience proves that
where there is an exemption of property from taxa
tion, based on its ownership, the tendency is for prop
erty to flow to the point of exemption. If church
and ecclesiastical property is exempt the church and
ecclesiastical organization begin immediately the ac
quisition of property until its accumulation in their
ownership becomes a menace to the State. They
accumulate because exemption from taxation enables
them to pay a higher price than buyers whose own
ership is without such advantage. Therefore in Illi
nois the exempt class would finally absorb all the
property. Not only has our sister woman specula
tion in her eyes, but our brother man would imme
diately proceed to confer his estate upon her in a
trust partnership profitable to both, and he would
never vote for woman suffrage because it would de
stroy the profits of the trust. Nor would our wise
sister woman care for the shadow of suffrage when
she enjoyed the substance of ownership exempt from
taxation. Therefore, instead of a step toward suffrage
this exemption would set against it the impassable
barrier of self-interest and the pride and profit of
possessions. The State would find itself impoverished
by holding on and at the same time be unable to let
go, for men, being exempted by the new law, which
enabled them to tie all property to the family apron
string, would refuse to vote for its repeal. The State
would be driven to support itself by occupation taxes,
licenses, excises and those means of revenue which
arise in the use of property and not in its ownership.
This Illinois experiment is so original and interest
ing that those who are not to be affected by it should
desire it tried for the sake of the lesson that is in it.
When the Vizcaya started from New York her course
was not toward the bottom of the bay. The atten
tion of £pain is respectfully called to the fact. It
illustrates the difference between being civilized and
being something else.
By means of a newly designed apparatus all the
cows In a dairy can be milked at once, a vacuum
tank being connected by pipes with air-tight pails
near each animal, with flexible rubber tubes for at
tachment to the teats to draw the milk into the pails
as soon as -the valves in the pipes are opened to ap
ply the suction of the vacuum tank.
Express and mail cars are to be fitted with a new
safeguard to prevent robbery, consisting of a trian
gular compartment set In the side of the car. with
one end pivoted to allow the opposite side to swing
outward a short distance and open the loop and
sight holes through which a gun has a range along
the side of the car.
To do away with the rudders of ships a new steer
ing apparatus is being used, which will turn the
boat around without the use of its propellers, a shaft
being set across each end of the ship's hull with
small propellers at each end and power aplied to the
center to revolve them and turn the boat
EAD NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL, and you'll get a very good Idea of
— i^^ how the perennial revolutions are started in the Central American
I Republics.
|)^J President Gutierrez has written toafriendinthis city that one is
I "1 ripening in his capital. A "professional revolutionist" is in this
j| % city looking after the business interests of the forthcoming revolu
% tion, and indirectly he tells how it was born and how it is being
developed.
That's only one of the features in NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL.
There's a rattling good story about the rush of several compa
nies of United States troops to suppress what was reported to be a
threatened Zuni uprising. It proved to be a Zuni "witch chase," and a good
deal of feeling has been aroused over it.
What the reputed witch did, how she was punished by the high priests
of the tribe and daringly rescued by a white woman is told in detail In
NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL.
The description of voice pictures and how to make them will more than
repay you for the cost of the paper— s cents. It's a fad that will interest
you from a scientific and a good many other points of view.
Then there's a chance given you at the same time to see what a beauti
ful picture is made when Jessie Bartlett Davis of the Bostonians sings "O,
Promise Me." As a contrast is the rugged picture made by the voice of Eu
gene Cowles when his great bass shakes the instrument in one of his
famous songs.
Of course, you're taking a great deal of interest in the Maine disaster,
and, like everybody else, you're eyes are centered on the wrecked vessel lying
in the bay before Havana. If the wreck affects people way off here so tre
mendously, how do you suppose it affects the everyday people engaged In
everyday life in Havana? Red-handed revolution has stalked through the
island for several years now, and Havana and its people have been threat
ened time and again.
How do those same people employ themselves during all this excite
ment?
How do they amuse themselves?
Read NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL, and you'll find a graphic description of
life in Havana as it is in the midst of all this hubbub, worry, excitement and
death.
Ice farming as conducted on the Truckee is an exceedingly lively and
busy life while it lasts. NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL tells all about the inter
esting life of the hustling mountain ice farmer, his terrors of a snowstorm
and the very slick way in which he harvests his crop -while the summer
boarder is hibernating in ease and high hopes.
The law recently proposed in Ohio by Assemblyman Parker to regulate
marriage by physical examination has caused a great deal o-f discussion
East and West. Read in NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL how some San Francis
cans regard the problem.
The disaster to the Maine has started people to talking about torpedoes.
How they're used and the difficulties of using them, and a whole lot more
about torpedoes, big and little, is fully set forth in NEXT SUNDAY'S
CALL.
Pages of graphic pictures and columns of interesting stories Ij
NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL.
BUY IT! FIVE CENTS READ IT!
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
The Cuban Government I found to be
working with just the same routine as
any well-recognized government. Major-
General Bartolome Maso, the President of
the Cuban republic, impressed me as be
ing a very conscientious, energetic and in
telligent man, and, above all things, a
great patriot, and one who has the repu
tation of being one of the most honest
men on the island. He was born in
Manzanillo in ]834. and took part in the
insurrection of 1868. On the 24th of Feb
ruary, 1895, he left Manzanillo, and has
been in the field ever since. He was
elected Vice-President of the Cuban re
public on September 18. 1895, and elected
President October 20, 1597.
The Vice-President, Mendez Capote, is
also an exceedingly bright and clever
man, and is a great diplomat. He has
the rank of brigadier-general, and was
born in Cardenas, in the province of Ma
tanzas. He holds the degrees of LL. D.
and Ph. D. from the University of Ha
vana, and is secretary of the Spanish-
American Light and Power Company,
Consolidated, and was counsel for the
railroads of Havana.
The members of the cabinet are also
very competent and intelligent men, be
longing to some of the best families in
Cuba. The Secretary of War, Brigadier
Jose B. Aleman, is a native of Santa
Clara, and is 34 years old. He is not
only a planter, but the editor and owner
of La Defensa, a Liberal newspaper pub
lished In Santa Clara, and has served
as Alderman of the Santa Clara Munici
pal Council.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Colonel
Ernesto P'ons Sterling, was born in Ha
vana. He is 28 years old and belongs to
one of the best families on the Island
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Colonel Andres Moreno de la Torre, was
born in Cardenas, in the province of Ma
tanzas. He is 38 years old and holds the
degree of LL.D. He is the owner of a
sugar plantation nnd Is a well known law
yer of Havana and Cardenas.
The Secretary of the Interior, Lieuten
ant-Colonel Manuel Raymond Silva was
born in Puerto Principe. He is 30 years
old and holds the degree of doctor of
medicine and Is a well known physician
in Puerto Principe.— Harper's Weekly
THE SECRET OF THE WATERS.
Dead, down there In that tepid sea
Where the sharks hold high their revelry.
Some sailors have found a sailor's grave,
Beneath the turmoil of wind and wave.
Away from the battle Of free and slave.
Dead, and their ship is their winding sheet,
Its folds of Iron around them meet
And hold them close in a cold embrace.
That the hungry sharks may not displace.
Dead are they, and the great white ship
Has gone with them on their final trip;
Together they rest down in the deep—
Ah, me! will the waters the secret keep
Which clasps In its hand the sunken Maine
And Cuba's to-morrow, and the fate of Spain?
\V. J. L. In New York Sun.
LAW AND MATRIMONY.
A correspondent has requested Law
Notes to advise him how many women a
man may marry at once without violat
ing any law. This being a mixed question
of law and love, and our specialty being
law, we feel some hesitation in express-
Ing our opinion. There seems to be no
reason why he may not marry as many
as will have hirfi, provided the ceremony
be not performed "In a Territory or other
place over which the United States has
exclusive jurisdiction."
The curliest statute on the subject of
polygamy (I. Jac. 1, c. 11) enacted "that
if any person or persons within England
and Wales, being married, or hereafter
shall marry, do marry any person or per
sons the form«r husband or wife being
alive, each offense shall be felony." The
statutes 35 George 111, c 67. and 4 George
I c 11, have merely changed the punish
ment (1 East P. C. 464). The statutes of
the several States go no further, in
terms, than to provide that no person
"who has a former husband or wife liv
ing shall marry another." Under these
statutes It would seem that it wna not
unlawful for a single man to marry as
many single women simultaneously as
can place themselves within reach of his
voice and the voice of the preacher or
officer performing the ceremony.
It may be that a court to whom a ques
tion were presented would, by some re
finements and subtleties, and by "consid
ering the intent of the Legislature," and
construction of the statute "according *o
its spirit," etc., devise some means by
which to interrupt the wild career of con
jugal felicity which our correspondent
proposes and send him to jail, but Law
Notes, construing the statutes as all penal
statutes should be construed, strictly, sees
no offense in the multifarious marriage
which he has in mind. We feel indisposed
to extend the language of the Legisla
ture so as to make It include cases not
embraced in its terms. It is not unrea
sonable to presume that Hie Legislature
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Intended merely to protect Innocent and
unwary persons from marrying others al
ready married, In Ignorance of the pre
vious marriage, and to prevent wives and
husbands from deserting their consorts
for others. We do not know that the
Legislature Intended to prevent a man
from marrying more than one woman
simultaneously, when it could so easily
and in such few words have said so.
This position finds strength in the fact
that the Edmunds act (act Con. March
22, 1882,), declares expressly. In addition
to the usual provision, that "any man
who hereafter simultaneously, or on the
same day, marries more than one woman.
In a Territory or other place over which
the United States has exclusive jurisdic
tion, is guilty of polygamy," thereby rec
ognizing that the usual provision does
not meet the case in question.— Law
Notes.
SIGSBEE'S GREATEST GLORY.
The Army and Navy Journal in its
last issue, commenting upon the Maine
disaster, says of Captain Sigsbee:
"Again has the country received proof
of the character of the men who com
mand our navy. Could there be a more
severe test of a man's quality than that
to which Captain Sigsbee was subjected?
How well he met it is shown by his first
dispatch, in which he counseled a sus
pension of judgment as to the cause of
the calamity. It is those who suffer most
from this disaster — who are best able to
Judge of its full extent and appalling sig
nificance — who have been the most calm
and collected, and who have done the
most to restrain hysterical utterances and
to prove to the world that Americans may
always be depended upon to show In the
presence of a great emergency the calm
ness of true courage; the reservation of
an Invincible resolution which can wait
until the proper time comes for its ac
tion.
"It is a gallant action to blow up the
enemy's warship in time of war as did
William T. Cushing. It is an equally
gallant action to stay by your own ship
after she had been blown up, amid dead
ly peril of more explosions, until your
men are off; and It argues even a higher
and nobler gallantry to stand between
this awful experience and an imminent
outbreak of popular frenzy and by cool,
brave counsel avert the greater calam
ity. This did Charles D. Sigsbee. No
man ever better earned the thanks of
Congress. His country already thanks
him and is proud of him."
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ST. MICHAEL— S., F. and others.
There are a number of companies that
are or shortly will be engaged in the
carrying of passengers from this city to
St. Michael and other points north. The
announcements of such companies will
be found in The Call in the advertising
department.
No mail will leave for St. Michael until
the latter part of March or the early part
of April.
SECOND PAPERS— J. S. D., City. If
at the time you made your declaration to
become a citizen of the I'nlted States
you said that your name was John Doe
and were known as such at that time,
you will have, on applying for your sec
ond papers, to obtain them under that
name and be Identified as the party
named In the first paper, and the identi
fication will be necessary, as, since you
made the declaration, you have parted
your name in the middle by the use of the
initial S. If the officers who Issue Bec
ond or final papers are sticklers you will
probably have to file a new declaration
and then wait the allotted time before the
second papers can be issued.
RIVERS— O. O. 8., City. It la Impos
sible to give the exact measurement of
the great rivers of the world, for the rea
son that no measurements have been
taken and all figures ar'« estimates.
"Which is the longest singlf river In the
world?" Is a question that cannot be an
swered, for there Is not a river that at
some point or another is not fed by a
tributary; but if by the question is meant.
"Which is the longest river in the world
having one name?" then the Amazon is
entitled to that claim. It is estimated
thut its length is 3750 miles*. There are
some who set up the claim for the Mis
sissippi; but upon examination it appears
that the Mississippi proper from fts
source to where it Joins the Missouri is
it is estimated. 3200 miles; from there to
the ocean is about 1200 miles. The Mis
souri, from its confluence with the Yel
lowstone to Its confluence with the Mis
sissippi, is about 2100 miles. The Yellow
stone is about 1000 miles long, and then
from the confluence of the Mississippi and
the Missouri to the ocean being about irxx>
miles, that would make a grand total of
421)0 miles. But that is not a single river
The next longest in the world are: The
Congo, 3500 miles; the Yeneaei, 3400 miles
Nile is 3000 miles long.
COLLECTED IN.
THE CORRIDORS
I. P. Ware, U. S. A., is at the Cali
fornia.
J. H. la HoJcome, U. S. N., is at the Oc
cidental.
A. L. Foster is at the Palace froth Hart
ford, Conn.
S. E. Holden, the Napa banker, is at
the Grand.
Lieutenant J. J. Bradley, U. S. A., is at
the Occidental.
C. L. Ruggles of the Stockton Independ
ent is at the Grand.
W. S. Patter, a Colorado mining man, is
a guest at the Lick.
W. E. Richards is registered at the
Lick from Nevada City.
A. O. Petersorff. the Bakersfield wine
grower, is at the California.
C. H. Burs of Chicago is registered at
the Occidental with his wife.
J. Warren Green of Brooklyn, N. V., ar
rived at the Palace yesterday.
David M. Ellis arrived at the Occidental
last evening from Philadelphia.
P "W Murphy, the millionaire rancher
of San Luis Ob'ispo, Ifl at the Palace.
Jessie Bartlett
Davis, at pres
ent playing with
the Bostonians,
was the recip
ient of a very
pretty compli-
WON A
CHILDISH
HEART.
merit last Thur9-
I day night from one of her juve
nile admirers In Los Angeles. Mrs.
Davis seems to have the faculty of mak
ing children her friends, so when Mr.
Morgenstern, the cashier of the Bald
win, received the following letter with
a twenty-dollar bill inclosed he was not
as astonished as he would have been
were he not acquainted with the unusual
Influence the pretty singer exercises over
the little people:
Los Angeles, Feb. 21. IS9B-
Friend Louis: When the Bostonians
were here ray little daughter, Helen, went
to the matinee and fell head over heels
in love with Mrs. Davis, and will glva
me no rest until I have some flowers sent
to her. If you will have the inclosed
money Invested in some nice flowers ana
sent to Mrs. Davis (Jessie Bartlett Davis)
with the inclosed card you will greatly
oblige me. She will know who they are
from. Yours truly. A. C. JONES.
Mr. Morgenstern did as requested and
the floral piece that went over the foot
lights was one of the finest that have
been received since the company has been
on the coast.
F. A. Oray is registered at the Grand
from his country home at Ben Lbmond.
Frank Brown. ex-Governor of Mary
land, Is registered at the Palace from
Baltimore.
Colonel Forsyth has come down to the
city from his home in Fresno and is at
the Occidental.
Sheriff W. B. Johnson of Riverside and
Rev. W. D. Nichols of Palo Alto are both
guests at the Grand.
"William F. Holden has gone East on a
business trip that will keep him in Chi
cago for the better part of March.
Mr. Charles A. Plllsbury. a large wheat
man of Minneapolis, is at the Palace,
where he will remain for the next two
weeks.
Judge C. C. Bush of Redding is at the
Palace. The Judge, who has always been
one of the strongest supporters of the Re
publican party in his section of the coun
try, did most effective work in the nom
ination of Blalne in ISS<. He will remain
here for some Hays.
The following
sequenca of
events that took
place, yesterday
are Illustrative
of the old adage,
"a small begin
ning often makes
A
DOG-GONE
GOOD TIME.
a great ending.
A dog was sitting on the sidewalk In
front of the Lick, when a cigar butt
thrown from one of the windows of the
hotel fell, striking him on the head. Ho
started up with a mad yelp of affright
and ran full tilt into the legs of a stout
old gentleman who was coming hurried
ly along, upsetting him completely. Tlie
old gentleman used violent language and
picking himself up grabbed a small boy,
who was standing by laughing rt his
discomfiture, and proceeded to box hfs
ears while reading him a lecture on the
respect due from youth to age. Two
express wagons stopped to see the fun
and when it was over and they started
to drive away their wheels became en
tangled. The drivers, after abusing each
other like a couple of drunken pirates,
climbed down off their wagons, in re
sponse to mutual invitations, and a rough
and tumble was soon In' full swing. An
immense crowd gathered, two policemen
appeared on the scene and took charge
of the belligerent drivers, while a wo
man, who got mixed up In the crowd
and who had fainted with fright and ex
citement, was taken into a neighboring
drug store and treated for hysteria.
The dog was the only one connected
with the whole performance which did not
suffer in some way or other. He dis
appeared at the inception of the trou
ble and was not seen again until every
thing had quieted down, when he was
noticed standing on the corner and quiet
ly smiling to himself as if he had some
good joke that was all his own.
Salted Almonds, 50c lb; Townsend's. •
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Horehound Candy, 15c lb; Townsend's. •
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The most nutritious food for Alaska Is
Townsend's Cal. Glace Fruits; will keep
in any climate; 50c !b. 627 Palace Hotel. •
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Special Information supplied daily to
business houses : and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. • ,
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Mrs. Bradley Martin has the finest col
lection of diamonds in America. She has
whole ropes of them, each stone almost as
large as a filbert and as clear as a dew
drop. Mrs. August Belmont, however,
owns the finest collection of ..emeralds,
surpassing those owned by Mrs. Sloane
and Mrs. Stevens. : .
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Get a home; $1000 cash and $40 per month for
a few years will buy . the prettiest house In
the prettiest suburb of San Francisco. Call on
R. E. McGtll. 18 Post st.
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" Brown's Bronchial Troches " ■ are unri
valled for relieving Coughs, Hoarseness and all
Throat Troubles. Sold only in boxes.
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Angostura Bitters are endorsed by all the.
loading physicians and c lemlsts for purity and
wholesomeness. Get the penulne.— Dr Siegert's.
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Ex-Minister Robert Lincoln's daughter,
whose marriage with Warren Beckwlth
disturbed Mr. Lincoln's serenity and filled
the public ' prints ' recently, has arrived in
"Aloka, I. T. , with her ' husband, who is
trying to', buy a sheep ranch. They seem
contented with their lot. Beckwith is an
enthusiastic fox hunter, and is pointed
Out upon the street as the man who wears
I a turkey ■ red sweater. .
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