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It is taid that Mascagni has taken to the Martini
cocktail to console himself for his troubles in New
Vork, and before long we shall, hear that he de
ipises the Manhattans.
While the Czar and the Ministry,are equally agreed
that something must be done to appease the/discon
tents of the masses, a story comes from St. Petersburg
to the effect that there is a radical- difference of
opinion as to the means to be tiken to that end. The
Czar is . reported to be so discontented with the
bureaucratic government that controls the country
that he is seeking the assistance of the rural aris
tocracy in an effort to throw it off. It is stated that
instead ot relying on" the officials of the provinces to
do the work he desires, he has appointed a large num
ber of the. resident nobles to serve on 'local' commis
sions, which under his personal supervision are' to in-
OUT of the strikes, riots and insurrections that
have disturbed Russia: for a long series of
years and which were especially violent and
widespread during the last, twelve, months, it is said
there has come to the Czar and to his Ministers a
conviction that something in the way of a consti
tutional government: will have to be granted to the
people. The conviction is reported to be due to 'the
fact that the striking workmen do not content them
selves with asking shorter hours of labor and better
pay, but virtually, make the same demands as the
students for trials by jury, free speech, free press and
the right of association and organization for mutual
benefit.
The World's almanac and encyclopedia
for 1903,. issued by the New York World,
surpasses its predecessors in excellence of
selection and arrangement of ; the, vast
amount of useful and interesting informa
tion: which "it contains. It is. simply a
marvel of comprehensive condensation.
Its D43 pages doubtless contain more facts
and figures entering into the everyday so
"cial and business life of our people, and
which are in continual question, than any
other, book of • its : size ever published,
while the eight-page index in front, ar
ranged in most expert fashion, facilitates
with v pleasing- readiness prompt and full
answer thereto. It is a book no live man
can well do without. "
A Useful Almanac.
REFORM IN RUSSIA.
"we shall be able to achieve things which cannot be
explained at this moment, but which the people will
approve when they see the results." It is believed
the King has aims on China, but Parliament has
iiot yet consented to the scheme.
The King of Belgium has taken his Parliament
into confidence by asking. that he be intrusted with
the expenditure of large sums of money without ex
planation, and he went on to say that by so doing
After, making a great ' splutter about prohibiting
betting on horse races the British commission ap
pointed to inquire into the matter has come to the
conclusion that if the law prevent schoolboys from
indulging in the practice it is about -as much as
can be expected. i
' There ought to be some commanding voice in the
nations that could be heard by the conscience of Gov
ernments compelling them to do simple justice to the
human beings who are driven to such desperate
straits. What good can Christian missionaries do in
that land when the Christian Governments they rep
resent are 50 unchristian in their policy?
Not a nation to which indemnity- is due Is in need
of the money exacted, and stilTiws is any in need of
it in gold. When The Hague tribunal made the pious
fund award against Mexico it stipulated that the
money should be paid in' the currency of Mexico. Yet
Mexico is prosperous and could afford to pay gold,
while China is prostrate, forlorn, poor, and her peo
ple fleeing into slavery to escape " death by starva
tion. The Christianity of Christendom is getting too
smug for recognition as the real article.
CHINA'S PLIGHT.
IT is not pleasant to read that the Western na
tions,, except ours, are demanding the pound of
flesh from China by requiring the payment of the
enormous Boxer indemnity in gold, regardless of the
oppressive taxation of the people, and at the same
time the news from that distressed empire that the
people are selling their families into slavery, as a re
sult of famine, largely brought about by- the de
struction left in the wake of the Western armies.
A member of the council of Tammany Hall recently
resigned on the ground that he wishes to devote
hi*-"' energies to making money, and. naturally the
city is excited. It : has always been the belief that
Tammany is a mint.
SALT[ IN CALIFORXrA-Subscriber,
Oakland, Cal. The latest published fig
ures in regard to the production of salt in
California are in the compilation for 1901.
The following shows the production for
that year in tons and the value: Alameda
County, 114,450 to\is, value $324,136; River
side County, 4000. -512,000; San Diego, 1060,»
$9C20; Colusa, 13. $270; unapportloned coun
ties. 40, $400. Total, 126,215 tonsVnd value
$3C6,376. Since 1887 there has been pro
duced in this State S09.0S0 tons of salt,
valued at $2,225,576. The counties of the
State in which salt has been developed
in* greater or less degree are: Alameda,'
Colusa, Inyo, Kern," Lis Angeles, Mono,
Riverside, San Bernarnino, San Diego,
Calaveras, Contra f ost», Humboldt,
Lake. Mendocino. Napa, Placer, San Ben
ito. Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo. Shasta,
SIskiyuu, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama.
CHARLEY ROSS— M. P., Coronado, Cal.
Charley^Ross, the son of Benjamin K.
Ross of Germantown, Pa., was a little
more than 4 years old at the time he was
kidnaped. July 1, 1S74. He and his 6-year
'olc 1 . brotlrer were playing in the street of
the city named when two men drove up
in a buggy and by promising them can
dies and toys induced them to get into
the buggy j and ride with them. After
driving around for some time they gave
Walter, the elder brother,. 25 cents to go
into a store to buy candies and torpe
does for himself and brother, and, while
he was In the store making the purchase
they, drove off with 'Charley.' The missing
child never was found."
INTRODUCTIONS— S. D. F.. City The
rule in the matter of introduction of
members of a family is the name should
always be mentioned. Do not Introduce
a parent as^"My father," but, for in
stance, "My father, Mr. White"; My
daughter. Miss White." A husband should
introduce his wife simply as, for instance,
"Mrs. White." A gentleman should al
ways be introduced to a lady, except !n
the case of a young lady and an old gen
tleman, the lady may be introduced to the
gentleman, youth and beauty thus paying"
tribute to age. - v.\; ';^;
Californians in New York.
• NEW YORK, Jan 13.-The following
Californians are in New York from San
Francisco — O. Foss. at the Grand Union:
J. Gaynor and A. Price, at the Navarre;
B. S. Taylor, at the Manhattan; R. D.
Berry and W. Berry, at the St. Denis;
J. de la Montanya and wife, at the Hol
land, and M. Haines, at the Herald
Square. From. Los Angeles— J. R. Scott,
at the Hoffman, anfl P. Wiseman, at the
Normandie. From Santa Barbara— W. L.
Mason at the Albert. •
Referee's Confirmed.
The final degree of Commissioner E. H.
Heacock. special referee in the case of
M. R. Morgan versus the California Na
tional Bank, v/as confirmed yesterday by
Judge de Haven In the United States Dis
trict Court.- Out of the fund of $11,823 35
now In the .hands of T. K. Stateler the
claims of the complainants were ordered
to be paid.
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS— Subscriber.
Alameda, Onl.'The Bridge of Sighs', made
famous by Byron in "Chllde Harrold,"
derives its jjame from the fact that crim
inals were conveyed across it to hear
their sentence and from there led to their
cjiccutlon. The structure Is one of no
merit, and the sighing- company that
crossed it was probably made up. of mur
dcrers, housebreakers and other violators
of the law of the land.
The Lobbyist— Thirteen battles, of which
eight were clean knockouts, three wln$
and two draws.— Puck. "S •"
The Lobbyist— Yes: I believe he expecta
to be the next Senator for South Caro
lina, and. to tell the truth, his chances
do look bright.
The Congressman— H'mph! What's hi*
record?
"Say, pa, how do the astronomers al
ways know when there is going to be an
eclipse?"
"Why, you stupid! Don't you supposa
they read the papers, the same aa any
body else?" — Washington Star.
Mrs. Chugsey— I -notice, dear, that th»
rapers say the Thanksgiving turkey crop
will be almost a total failure.
Mr. Chugsey— Thank goodness, that lets
me out on the carving. — Cleveland Plain
Dealer. \^.
First English Lord— Did you proptose to
Miss Porkpacker?
Second English Lord— No. Ta.ber fath
er. I hat*; to have any business dealings
vs-Jth a woman.— Plttsburgr DlspatchT^
"What causes heat and cold, pa?"
"The janitor, my son." — Town Topics.
A CHANCE TO SMILE.
vices rendered to the league by General
Barnes.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, WHO WAS RE-ELECTED
YESTERDAY, AND FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF CALI
FORNIA, WHO TOOK A DEEP INTEREST IN THE CONTEST.
\
This case seems to make it clear that Oakland can
not safely undertake the acquisition of a water sup
ply the adequacy of which may soon depend upon
depiction of the Spring Valley supply. It is a legal
question that can hardly go 'upon the opinion of law
yers, but can be settled only by judicial decree.
We intend no opposition to the aspirations of Oak
land in the matter of water supply. But the public
policy of that city in regard to water has -so far
been characterized by so -many blunders and mistakes
due to proceeding upon prejudice and passion that it
is a friendly act to .point out the difficulties, legal or
physical, in any new policy that is proposed. *
The Oakland committee puts the city of Brooklyn,
X. Y., in the list of American cities which take their
water supply from wells. It is our recollection that
Brooklyn vi-as party to a suit involving exactly the
issue that will arise between Oakland and the Spring
Valley Company. A private corporation was pump
ing from the same ground source as the city of
Brooklyn and using the water so obtained as a public
supply, as does the Spring Valley. That private
corporation brought suit against Brooklyn for ex
ccssive pumping, to the depletion of its supply
needed for its customers. Brooklyn answered that
the increased rate of pumping was made necessary
by the increased demand. The issue was joined and
tried, and Brooklyn lost and was restrained from de
pleting the supply of the corporation.
That is the neighborly view of it, but it is not a
" question of letting the Spring Valley Water Com
pany do anything. That company furnishes a supply
of water for the people of this city, and its rights
on Alameda Creek are the creature of that legal
function which it has undertaken. So the issue will
be seen to be not between the people of Oakland
jtnd the Spring Valley, a corporation, but between
the people of Oakland and the people of San Fran
cisco. The people of Oakland will see at once that
it is not j-afe to build their future water supply upon
the grace and mercy of the present generation of peo
ple in San Francisco. Such supply must be, in the
first instance, upon the solid foundation of legal right,
judicially affirmed.
water."
"That portion of it treating of the conflicting claims
of Oakland and the Spring Valley Water Works to
the waters of Alameda Creek ought to be of special i
interest to the people of San Francisco. Alameda
Creek is the only adequate source of water supply for
Oakland. Berkeley and Alameda, cities tributary to
San Francisco, and I beg to suggest to you that, ir
lefpective of ethical principle involved, it is greatly
to the* interest of San Francisco that the Spring Val
ley Water Works be not permitted to take from the
cities across the bay their only sufficient supply of
A VERY able and public spirited member of the
Oakland water committee, writing to The
Call, says of the report of the committee:
OAKLAND'S HOT "WATER.
The Secretaryi'recommends an appropriation of not
less than $3,000,000 fcr the relief. of the stricken peo
ple. It goes without saying that the country would
cordially support Congress in almost any action
taken to that end. We have assumed the white
man's burden in the Philippines and we must bear it
worthily. We have given abundant.aid to Russia, to
India and to many another country for whose dis
tress we were in no wise responsible, and we ought
therefore to be prompt in relieving distress where we
have a very plain responsibility. We have deprived
the Filipinos of self-government, and it is now our
duty to give them a sound currency and the help
needed to put their agriculture once more on a safe
basis.
The report of.the Philippine Commission on the;
subject has been approved by Secretary Root, who,
in submitting it to the President, recommends gov
ernmental aid for the people. In the course of his
recommendation the Secretary says: ''It seems to
me that the conditions resulting from the Idestruc
tion by rinderpest of 90 per cent of the carabaos, the"
draught animals of the' islands, and the consequent
failure of the rice crop, followed' by an epidemic of
cholera, are so. serious' and distressing as to call for
action by Congress beyond that for which the com
mission specifically asks. * * * At the same time
the decline in the price of silver, the evils of a fluc
tuating currency, and the impoverishment of the peo
ple have reduced the government revenues when they
are most needed for relief of the people. I think
the occasion for relief in the Philippines is now
greater than it was in Cuba when Congress appro*
priated $3,000,000 for the payment of the Cuban sol
diers out of the treasury of the United States."
The reports of distress in the islands come from
official sources and cannot be regarded as exaggera
tions. The effects of the fighting and the devasta
tion \which were found necessary to put down the
natives who desired independence have been so dis
astrous that Governor Taft reports that "want and
famine are staring the people in the face." It is es
timated that nearly 90 per cent of the domestic ani
mals used as beasts of burden in the agriculture 'of
the Filipinos have been destroyed either by war or by
pestilence, and in addition to those evils a further
loss is brought upon the people by a fluctuating cur
rency of such. uncertain value that it hinders enter
prises needed to revive agriculture and industry.
DESPITE the good reports of peace and or
der in the Philippines it appears the condi
tion of the Filipinos isvby no means pros
perous. On the contrary there prevails throughout
the islands an amount of. distress so great that no
adequate remedy can be provided by any power less
than that of Congress. Such being the case, Philippine
legislation ought to be looked upon at this session
as a matter of emergency and promptly attended to.
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
j
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14, 1903
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Germany appears to be dissatisfied with the con
duct of its distinguished diplomat at Washington,
Baron von Holleben, in connection 'with the Ven
ezuelan row. Germany should take unto herself the
deepest congratulation for every error of omission on
her part regarding that interesting affair.
teiday on a tour of inspection. He ex
pects to be away two weeks.
Talbot Clifton, the wealthy Englishman
who paid a visit to San Francisco several
years ago, is expected to arrive In San
Francisco in about two weeks.
PERSONAL MENTION.
James E. Fenton of Nome Is at the Oc
cidental. '*¦':
J. M. Oilman, a cattle man of Newman,
is at the Lick.
I* Chandler, a lumber dealer of^fesca
dero, Is at the Russ.
James Toughey, a horse dealer of Sac
ramento, Is at the Lick.
H. B. Muir,/an attorney of Willits, Is
registered at the Grand. - ¦
Thams Barray, a cattle man and ranch
er of Napa, is at the Russ.
"W. C. Anderson, a ¦well-known resident
of San Jose, is at the California.
Sheriff E. C. Ivins of San Luis Obispo
County is registered at the Grand.
Ij. C. Bell, a dairyman of Arroyo
Grande, is at the Russ, accompanied by
his wife.
James - Agler, manager of the Pacific
system of the Southern Pacific, left yes-
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
. DATE OF BIRTH— J.H. R.. Oakland.
Cal." To discover the date, of . birth of a.
person born in the city of New York ad
dress a communication to the Register of
Records, Health Department, New York
City.t This department cannot. . inform
you if the records go back as far as the
date given In letter, of inquiry.
GOLONKX, GEORGE H. PIPPY
was re-elected president of the
.Union League Club yesterday.
He was at the head of the regu
lar ticket and received 324 votes.
I'D. E. McKlnlay, whose name was at the
I top of the members'; or opposition ticket.
received DC votes. Tr^e balloting began at
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and closed
at 8:30 o'clock in the evening. Two hun
j dred and twenty-one votes were polled,
I the largest number. ever_cast. in the club.
j The only successful candidate on the
j members' ticket was Colonel Jesse B.
Fuller, who received 114 votes for secre
tary against 10S for his opponent on the
regular ticket. E. J. Smith, candidate for
[ director on. the members' ticket, was <le
j feated by only two v Votes. The oulcers
j Gforge II Tippy, president: F J. H'.-ndy.
j fim vice pr^sidf-nt: HJ O, W. Uink«!s<plfi». eee
! onrt . vice prestilM-.t: J. B Fuller, pecretary: I.
: W Hellrnan Jr.. treasurer: C. H. Garoatte.
'I'VE, Berk C. L. Field. E. E. Gates, .John
I Rothschild. E. D. rase, directors. ,
j The reception room of the league was
; crowded with members when the votinff
j began. Seventy votes were cast before, 2
o'clock. Members who were familiar, with
contests in the club predicted that the to
tal • vote would.- approximate 150. When
the number reached 221 there was general
surprise. "The. money paid i" by deiln
qui-nts to qualify themselves for the fran
chise exceeded $700. \ The officers of elec-.
tlon were Thoma.s Kirkpatrick, Thomas
V. Catof and Frank Mars ton. Each ticket
was sustained by a corps of active work
ers. The fight was vigorous, but not'acrl
monious. Among well known citizens who
exorcised their right to vote we're:
Stephen T Gage. A B. Spreckel». Lou's
Slops. I>>on Slors. K. F\ Preston. A. E. Castle.
I W. Hellman Jr. ¦ Dr. M. Rrgensburger. A. .
W. . Spear. Thomas D. Riordan. X." P. Chip
innn. A W. "Scott. F. M. Angellotti, O. A.
Hale. Thomas B. Bishop. A. G. Booth. Victor
H. Woods, Frank D. Ryan. Truman Reeves, .1.
C Brusie X. S. Bangliam George Stone. P. X.
Lilienthal. E. R. Lillehthal. E. W. Runyon,
I Edward Colpman, Isaac Trumbo. EdRar Pelx
otto, K. K. Beck. WV C. Van Fleet Dr. .W. V.
I McXutt. Joseph Spear- Jr.- G. H. Bahr* J C.
B Hebbard, J. E. Doollttle. Carroll Cook. Fred
W. Lees Thomas V Cator A. B. Hunt. Frank
A. Vail. Frank II. Burke. Farla Kilburn.
George D. Clark. James 'Wilklns. E. E. Gates,
Thomas Kirkputrhk, Jacob H. Net!. J. 6«rm
ingham Jr.. Frank Mclaughlin, Milton J.
Oreen, W. J. Herrin» Tff. H. Selvage, James A.
Knook. R. E. Steole. O. S. Laumeister. Charles
BaBsett. Frank' Matteson." A. P. ' Williams. J.
H. Jewett, Frank Jordan. C. H. Garoutte.
¦Wendell Kaston. N. J. Brittan. Charles Xelson
M. H, de Young, \V. n\'. Montague. William
Macdonald, Tlrey L. Ford William Abbott and
A. Rucf. : « ... »'.•:«,? •
The annual meeting of the club was
held in the reception room immediately
after the. election. The reports of -the
president, s^retary and treasurer clearly
established the fact that the league is in
a" prosperous condition.
President Pippy read a letter from Col
onel A. D. Cutler, wherein it was sug
gested that the Union League should take
the Initiative In an enterprise for the
erection of a monument to the memory of
General W. II. L. Barnes. The topic was
discussed and the league resolved to con-
Instead of sending public agents to Washington to
demand vacation^! the reservations the counties con
cerned should send them there to advise a change in
the method of administering the reserves, by which
the damaging and unnecessary isolation of towns and
private property would cease and every reserve come
finally to be penetrated by useful and necessary elec
tric roads, which would really increase the safety of
the forests,- and by furnishing quick communication
cheapen the cost of their administration. A little
bit of common sense Would remove all this" opposi
tion and preserve the forests of this State to perform
their great natural function as the conservators of
moisture and fertilizers of our soil.
In our opinion the department has not sufficiently
considered that these reserves saddle the Sierra, and,
as administered, practically cut the State in two, for
bidding access and communication between its east
and west sides. It is this that is regarded as a "curse"
by thousands of our people, who are led by it to join
the entirely unreasonable opposition to the reserva
tion policy. This is the "gloomy" feature that ,1s
made the most of by that opposition.
But this raises an entirely different question from
the main one that he is discussing. It is a question
of administration entirely. So far the Interior De
partment has rigidly prevented access to and transit
across these forest reserves by electric roads, which
would use for power the water of mountain streams
without in the least depleting it, and which would
not expose the forests to fire or other means of
In one view of the subject taken by Judge Spen
cer there^is general and justifiable sympathy. -Within
these reservations there are numerous improved pri
vate tracts and a number of established towns, which
are unnecessarily isolated by-the reservation, to the
great injury of a large number of citizens. The Judge
says, with heat and force, that the forest reserve, com
pelling this isolation, is "a continuing, perpetual
blight and curse upon the district which is so unfor
tunate as to be included within its gloomy borders."
It is true, as Judge Spencer says, that, the snow
lies longest above the timber line, but between it
and the valley is the receptive soil protected by the
forest, which receives the water sent by the melt
ing snow on the heights above and delivers it slowly
to the streams. Take off the forests, and the soil,
no longer held in place, goes down the mountain
with the water, and its natural agency is destroyed.
Now, in the first place, the destructive floods were
caused and continue to be caused by the filling of
the stream channels with slickens from the hydraulic
mines. When the fiver beds were raised by this de
posit a volume of water that had before been carried
within their banks was spread over the country with
disastrous effect. Speaking generally, however, it
is too late in the experience of the world to deny the
torrential effect upon streams of stripping the land
of its forests. Forests hold back the rainfall; they
hold a soil and keep it porous, so that the water soaks'
in and its passage to the streams is thereby impeded
and restrained, .so that its delivery to the drainage
channel is slow and* steady, maintaining the flow of
the stream.
When the land is stripped of trees this process dis
appears, in whole or in part. The water rushes rap
idly to the channel, carrying with it the soil that is
no longer held by the roots of trees. The rapid de
liver)' into the streams turns them into torrents, cuts
out their channels, tears their banks, destroys their
meander which aided the deliberate flow -of the
water and when the torrent is past, there being but
little water in the soil for slow delivery, the stream
declines, and its flow in some cases ceases entirely.
This is the result of too much interference with the
natural equilibrium. Stripping vast watersheds of
timber is the prime cause of the floods in the Ohio
and the Mississippi, and the Federal Government has
to spend millions annually in levees and other arti
ficial works to prevent destruction of vast tracts
of farming lands in the valleys of those streams.
We do not intend to traverse entirely Judge Spen
cer's statements. But he is greatly in error in as
cribing the floods in the Sacramento River and other
streamsin the Sacramento Valley to the standing for
ests. The Sacramento Valley Improvement Associa
tion petitioned for the Shasta reservation, to protect
the sources and headwaters of the streams. Judge
Spencer points to the annual floods and the levees
of Sutter, Yuba, Yolo and Sacramento counties,
raised to protect cities and ranches against them, as
evidence that the forests cause the floods. He" claims
the snow meks quickly in the timber, while it lies
all summer on the mountains above the timber line.
THE Supervisors of Trinity County have, ap
pointed an agent to go to Washington and
work to procure the vacation of. the forest re
serve made in that county, on the ground that it is
inimical to the interests, of the people, and have ap
propriated a large sum of money to cover the cost of
his mission. The Shasta reservation is also meeting
with trie most bitter opposition. Judge Spencer has
written a long and lively indictment of the Shasta
reserve, which evidently is generally supported by
the mountain people, and utters their Irreconcilable
opposition to the policy which it attacks. .
BATTLE IN THE UNION LEAGUE
RESULTS IN FAVOR OF PIPPY
The Ministers on the other hand are quoted as de
claring that the grant of a constitutional government
is inevitable. While no one has been bold enough to
say so outright, there are intimations of a- conviction
on their part that neither bureaucracy nor the direct
government by the Czar can effectively answer the
demands of the people. No one, however, has de
clared for an immediate concession of a constitution.
One and all seem inclined to postpone it to ajuture
time. Thus the Minister of the Interior, Von Plehve,
is quoted as saying: "I am convinced that a constitu
tion is necessary in Russia, but th'ere is a great deal
of preliminary work to be done first." Finance Min T
ister Witte uses similar language and is reported to
have said recently: "I "am. willing to advocate con
stitutional reforms in Russia as* soon as the country
is ripe for them."
In the meantime, while the Czar is relying upon the
rural nobles and the Ministers are hesitating about
venturing upon reform, the discontented elements are
increasing in numbers every, day and are. growing in
boldness as each new outbreak demonstrates their
augmenting power. It is quite likely the. Czar and
his Ministers may wait too long before making up
their minds to act and that the constitutional reform
when it comes in Russia will be due not to a conces
sion from the sovereign, but to a revolution on the
part of the people. :":.
vestigate the causes cf the existing discontents and
&eek to devise a remedy. . ¦ \ /. .
OPPOSED TO FOREST RESERVES:
THE SAN FBANC1SCO CALL, WEDNESDAY^ JANUARY 14, 1903.
It is said the royalties on, "Cyrano de Bergerac"
are still paying^.ostand something like $73,000 a year,
but where does the Chicago 'author of the: ;7 play
get off? - '¦'¦* V
It is announced that, Bret Harte's estate amounts
to only $1800,' and now we know that the difference
between a successful author and'an impecunious. cuss
is not great. .
Concerning the two-year college course President
Woodrdw of Princeton says, "No one who ever saw
a sophomore would ever think of graduating him in
that condition"; and now we may regard the ques
:ion as settled.
Dr. Lorenz is reported to have spoken of Boston
and Chicago as prbvinfial towns and it may be he is
right," for we notice lie has always spqken respectfully
of San Francisco. '
San Francisco may have a chance of securing from
the Legislature now in session certain indispensable
improvements in the water front. If this state of
things keeps up we may yet have a city that is worth
looking at not as a curiosity in American municipali
ties. ' •
The National Senate indicates indisputable signs of
being after the coal barons hammer and tongs.
When the Senate has finished its labors it will have
rendered to the nation an inestimable service if it
leaves these same coal barons utterly without shelter
against the contempt of society.
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Oscar Holliday ... Banghart's
work is warmly "admired by
Phil May,' the famous English
artist who succeeded George
Du Maurier on London
"Punch." Mr. May has many
of Banghart's originals, and
values them very highlyv This
opinion "by^ the way is shared!
by the thousands who have ]
been fortunate ' enough to pos-
sess the series' •which The* San
¦Francisco", Call; is > giving' its
readers. v They'; are all taken
from: Mr; J Banghart's • famous
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