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More than two hundred bankers and men of money
from the Eastern; States ard coming soon'to visit us.
They have Qhosen' wisely. There is no other place on
earth which invites more advantageously, to -wise, in
vestment than California: -
Beginning with to-morrow, the South
ern Pacific Company will place "a- new
train on the central route between San
Francisco and Reno, Nev. It will leave
hero, at 7 o'clock In the evening and ar
rive at Reno at 7:50 the following morn
ing. The same train will leave there at
8 p. m. t arriving In this city at 7:55 the
next morning. The purpose of the new
service is to meet the requirements of the
traffic between here and Tonopah and to
anticipate the traffic to Lake Tahoe,
which, it Is expected, will be very heavy
this year.
Another Train to Reno.
The French have just named a cruiser "Ernest
Renan," and now if there be any virtue in names that
cruiser will take great delight in knocking to pieces
any ship in which any other nation'has faith, and fur
thermore will go a long; way just to get' a chance to
A clever feat* of a dru'nken man is reported from
Connecticut** He drove in the darkness of the night
out on a trestle which *in addition to the railway track
was traversed by a "plank path only two feet • wide.
In the middje of the trestle he unhitched his horse,
tied the animal to t a pole supporting an electric wire,
and then w-;'nt back to his wagon and went to sleep.
Jusfhov: he performed the Srat at night and while
drunk is not known, 'but next morning it took six :
sober men in broad'daylight an hour to get him and
his team off the trestle" in safety. • v
The men of brawn in Oxford and Cambridge,
stimulated probably by Sir Thomas Lipton's belief
that he has a fast yacht, want to compete with our
American college athletes. Let them come over or
we will go to them as they suggest. One or two vic
tories more will not spoil us by pride.
The report of the appraisers appointed
to value the separate property of the
late Mrs. Charles .Fair was filed yester
day. It shows that the deceased was
worth in her own right J271.372 50.
Mrs. Fair's estate, according to the re
port, consists of 106 first mortgage bonds
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
of Arizona, worth $116,600; 108 first mort
gage bonds of the Northern Railway Com
pany of California, worth $116,640; jewelry
worth $17,500. wearing apparel valued at
$2000, silverware worth $750, $382 50 in cash
and Improved property at the corner of
Devisadero and Sutter streets worth $17.
500. :..:^. ¦.¦ ¦;¦)'¦:•¦ '.-¦;;,:;; i ';..;-" '¦¦
Their Report Shows That Victim of
• Automobile Accident Was Worth .
'>X:'\- Z: 8271,372 50.
APPRAISERS FIX VALUE
. OF MRS. FAIR'S PROPERTY
The Commoner "chronicles with regret" the selec
tion of Gorm^f as Democratic leader in the Senate,
and says it "may be fairly considered the most impor
tant victory thus far scored by the reactionary ele
ment of the Democratic party." When it is recalled
that the Cleveland wing of the party has also ex
pressed discontent with the new leader it will- be
seen that Gorman's task of harmonizing the party is
going to be about as difficult as the old game of pigs
in the clover.
In setting aside a verdict for heavy damages given
to a woman in a suit against a railway company, the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts said: "The female
plaintiff is a good-looking young woman who stood
alone against almost all the witnesses, against all the
evidence, direct or circumstantial, and the jury must
have been carried off its feet by sympathy." Thus
the young woman loses her big money, but she has
the satisfaction of knowing that she has the only
beauty that has ever been judicially affirmed by a
Supreme Court, and perhaps that satisfies -her. •
In these statements, made up from careful compila
tions by the Bureau of Statistics, the point of most
interest to. Americans is that the cost of carrying in
ternational commerce is about one-twentieth of the
total value of imports and exports combined. The
carrying trade is almost wholly in the hands of for
eigners, and Great Britain has the largest share. Thus
of a total of $1,000,000,000 estimated to be expended
annually in carrying on international trade she re
ceives an enormous tribute from nations that have no
ships. We are the greatest of those tributary na
tions, and we will continue to hold that position until
we build up a merchant marine of our own. The
issue is becoming of more and more importance
every year, and it is time that jCongress enacted' the
EXPORTS.
(Millions of dollars.)
i Countries. ' < 1870. '' 1S80. 1890. 1901.
United States 376.6 > 823.9 845.2 1460.4
United Kingdom 971.2 1985.5 1282.4 1362.8
Germany 551.6 688.5 791.7 1054.6
France ._. 540.8 663.3 724.4 774.4
i IMPORTS.
(Millions of dollars.)
Countries. 1870. 1S80. 1590. 1901.
United Kingdom 1259.2 1692.9 1732.3 2210.1
Germany 775.1 670.9 988.6 1290.2
France 553.4 971.4 856.3 843.2
United States 435.9 667.9 789.3 823 1
EXPERTS of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
estimate that the total annual, international
trade of the world aggregates in value about
$21,000,000,000. The exports are declared at $10,000,
000,000, and the imports at $11,000,000,000. In them
selves the values of exports and imports would ex
actly balance, but the cost of shipping has to be
added to the value of products when they are re
ceived as imports, and hence the larger valuation
assigned to the latter. It thus appears that the cost
of the transportation of the world's commerce
amounts every year to about $1,000,000,000.
A series of tables published by the bureau in an ab
stract ; of the international commerce of the world
shows that the United States was in 1902 the largest
exporter of domestic merchandise, while in 1870 her
exports were exceeded by three countries— France,
Germany and the United Kingdom. In "favorable
balance of trade," or excess of exports over imports,
the United States also holds first rank among the na
tions, her excess of exports over imports being not
only greater than that of any other country, but ac
tually more, in 1901, than the total excess of exports
over imports of all other countries whose ex
ports exceeded imports.
The imports and exports of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Germany for a series of
years from 1870 to 1901 are thus given:
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.
Acting under Instructions of the Police
Commissioners, who received a communi
cation at their meeting Wednesday night
from Mayor Schmidt to the effect that
lottery playing was wide open in Chtna
town, Chief Wittman yesterday removed
Sergeant Coogan and squad and assigned
Sergeant C. F. Blank and a new squad
for -duty there. The new squad consists
of James Cullinane. F. de Grandcourt,
J. H. Helms, W. J. Mahoaey, George
Duffy and F. M. Black.
Judge Cabanlss took occasion yesterday
morning to deny that the fault of the
non-suppression of gambling and lottery
playing lay with the Police Judges In not
Imposing heavier sentences. He said that
in a great many Chinese cases the evi
dence was not legally sufficient and the
arresting officers would inform him that
the defendants would plead guilty if a
small fine was Imposed. That would be
done so as to put money in the city treas
ury.
Change Comes as Result of Mayor
Schmitz's Communication to
Police Commissioners.
NEW SQUAD ASSIGNED TO.
DUTY IN CHINATOWN
Somebody started a story that the clever men of
the Department of Agriculture at Washington had
propagated a grain known as "corn wheat," which
is as big as corn and as g.6od as wheat, and now the
department, being .overwhelmed with requests for
seed, is buaily explaining -that there is no such thing
as corn wheat and that it is not at all likely that such
a hybrid could ever be produced.
At the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion its Institute of Practical Education
Is about to open a new term. The growth
of the classes of this educational depart
ment with Its day and night schools em
bracing studies all along the ljne from,
the commercial through the Industrial,
technical and language courses has been
something remarkable.
It is an apparent solution of the prob
lem, of furnishing such instruction to
small bodies of men who wish to take
up studies not embraced In the curricu
lum of any of our regular institutions of
learning. It also plays a large part of.
supplying the deficiencies of men whose
early, education was not all that It should
have been. Particularly prosperous are
the recently established classes In steam
and electrical engineering.
Provision is also made for working boys,
one class being made up entirely of aash
boys from the White" House. The sec
ond year of the law school Is nearing its
completion with an enrollment of twenty
nine for the year. The full law course
covers four years.
To-night Dr. Frederick Burk, presi
dent of the State Normal School of
this city, will address a mass meeting of
young men interested in • the educational
advantages offered by the Institute, The
total enrollment of the institute Is at pres
ent 452. All men are welcome to this
meeting, which will begin at 8 o'clock in
the evening.
Young Men's Christian Association
Schools Will Open a New-
Term.
INSTITUTE OF PRACTICAL
EDUCATION TO RESUME
"Ethel,", he sajd, in 'that- soft', caolhg
tone whiqh sounds so foolish to the.dis
interested bystander, "1 th.-ik that- there
is no treasure to equal a tru© woman's
affection." ;¦ ' : ' ". "¦ :
"And I," she answered, "T)elleve that
no riches can compare to the Jove of an
honest man." * •¦ •
With all his sentiment he was a man of
business, and without hesitation he re-'
joined: • "
"Miss Smlthers, does it not occur 'to you"
that we have enough capital at our .dis
posal 'to organize a trust?"— Washington.
Star.
"I am sure of it, Harold. No young anaii >
that truly loves a girl would' step on- her
dress half a dozen, times in one evenhag. 1 *'
—Baltimore American. ' . • '.
"My angel!"
"Harold," ro'irmured the mild, "I don't'
believe you love, me half as much" as- you:
pretend you do." ... ' " ' . .- •'..''
"Xo, Indeed," answered -the. mUlfiier
made girl; "they stay .quietly in their
•trses. Th<-y. are' not. nearly. so bad a*.
caterpillars. "r- Washington SstaV. '.-•-.¦ ' •
"Do you think there !s anything sedpini
to be apprehended from seyenteen-i?ear
locusts?" . ' : • : • : " ."
"It seemed so at the time. He was the
.only young man at the hotel."— Cleveland
Plain. Dealer. •
I "Didn't I see you several times with;
the same young man at Cove Harbor?"
"Perhaps you did.-"
"Anything serious?" .
' "You bear It like a little man," said the
dentist, after he had pulled the tooth.
' .''Huh!'-*^ exclaimed. Tommy, "I'm a heap
jrrUtier than that. I bear it like a little
M'oiaan." " ; '" "..r>" ¦ ' •"'?".'¦ '.; "
For Tommy was an observant boy. — Chl
cl&a Tribune. "
' "Why, I'm trying to read up a few of
thenx^so as to know what to take away to
read when I leave for my summer vaca
tion."—Cleveland Dealer.
• ¦ . ¦ ¦
"Mercy! where did you get all. the
books?"
The honeymoon was waning.
"I can't help thinking." she remarked,
"that the clergyman looked very solemn
¦when he was marrying us." .
"Well," he answered, "he's a marled
man himself."— Chicago Post.
Harold— Pa!
Father— Oh, be quiet! ¦
Harold— Pa! " '
Father— Well, what is It? " • "
Harold— What did the Dead Sea die of?,
—Boston Herald.
A CHANCE TO SMILE.
which ¦ to build another- industry the matter would
not be .so .bad.. -But it leaves only a desert where
once was a meadow. #%
'. Jn" no other- matter-' of such vast importance has
/Congress ever seemed as indifferent or been as slow
?.o ; act,' -, Bi.rt>- that is sot the. fault of the President
.or the Secretary of Agriculture, who have amply in
;forir.ed Congress and the country of the intolerable
conditions lipdcr which a valuable domestic industry
.is .being rlcstroyed.
The rise in the price of meat, largely due to the
destruction .of ' the means of producing it most
economically;, \l bringing the consumers of the whole
country inte; line, and the strength recruited from
that source imay effect beneficent results before it
it too- lite, 'i *
. (asf "tto .yp'Jr> is fea-dy'fof renewal the coming season
. wkV*. *ri°TC 'viisa*mnis- -resells* to life, and property
: than; ever! | Eastern Oregoft is alrea.dy armed to re
; ;>isf'2ii inya-si:on(.of t-fie'puMic orange by a half million
rihe^p/taost M yyh'jch will be .-killed in v the fight Yet
the; s i heep-o-9ir.Vr«, um!?r. 'existing law> or- lack of
law. .feayc; jusr jrs 'mu.di right- to .the forage an that
rarige.'as. those- : 'M'bo..ivil-l .shoot- them and destroy
' ih.eif; property-., for. going' thV-re.
• ; Theclov'ing s>i i"he"'.Te>on! rese-rvation in Wyoming
lias; lira lied ihV grazing, area a.ij.d intensified the strug
gle, for its 'possession. , in; /thai 'State", and the removal
of drift fences .m ".Arizona. threatens to put" an end to'
the'caule business tfiere by suddenly ending the for
age: <?.ri.;he. 'plains, .upon -which livestock exist.
While, the :jstress. of. tlrese .conditions is extending
the. desert ©v<i\o'ur. own? grazing lands the' cattle in
dust.ry- is -migrating X'q ;Cana4a,-and :Mexioo. The
herds', are ': being- 'driven" from Idalio/and Montana.
"Washington. an-d Oregon', into" the fine, grazing coun
.ry; in -British Columbia, where, the Dominion Gov
• ern.rnerit"»s- leasing large Uracts on most liberal terms
ito^" ?t.ock met?.J arid 'not -even' requiring that they be
' come c.it'iz-ehs as a precedent. This means
: the .-final of bur vast meat "trade and its
; domestication -under the liberal laws of Mexico and
Canada. ¦ If it-s -..expulsion left anj-thing' behind oh
•*^nd ' r-epbrj "by /lir-il' was ready to be acted upon favor
4 ably- -win en. . jr.. a^nd. -a : large number of meritorious
. ;nea«u-re's.';*Tre : . iiopeles-sly -.sidetracked by the two
; great jfilibuVter?.im the House and Senate, which ob
..strtjifird ai? Jeg^laTipn- during -the last month of the
¦ Session, aiul conjp^ilej.the extra- session of the Sen
: sfjp !txi atf.cporf iW crshal -and Cuban treaties.
.It- was .notjceab'Ie- that the campaign of education
"\;i fried ..oS .by ibe grazing interest had made a great
ixnprffsisin. upon 'public opinion and*that Congress
. uz-s. -quire, wiilin-g. to acf upon the report of such a
c - onkniss5ar* :a<v the- Pre"sr-dcnt advised. During his
present tfeur.ih.e. President will traverse much of the
.. country;. t-hat ; is,'.having its' sole value destroyed by
i>e in- common;' for gjazing. arid will fee in contact
'A-i'th ihe-.grieytiiis conditions that have resulted, so
•l.nt ;-he will harv-e. ample .'material and reason for re
ncwicig; £is .fecomnk*ndation that some action be
.; TKe range jeraj- 4-liat fias reddened the history of the
f-HIwp'eopVt^ef. the' West are disappointed that
Congress -adjourned without, attempting a so
. "lUti in. r»f'.(Se. ' gracing land problem. The Presi
¦O'cnt'i..re£p?n:mendatj6n af a commission to examine
Ali;- ttN-gOLYED • PROBLEM.
NEW YORK, April 2. — The following Call-
fornlans are In New York: Ban Francisco — C.
B. Trescott. at the Grand; M. I. Calm. at. tha
Imperial, and B. Turner, at the Murray HilL
Californians in New York.
Former Governor N. O. Murphy of-Ari
zona, who has been visiting the city for
several days, left for home last evening. •
Winslow B. Ayer of Portland. Or., pres
ident of the Eastern and Northern Lum
ber Company and vice president of the
Portland National Bank, Is at the Palace.
George McGregor, manager of Lyon &
Healy's musical publishing house of Chi
cago, is at the Palace.
Solomon Lincoln of Boston, one of- the'
foremost Republican lawyers and leaders
of Massachusetts, who figured, prominent
ly In that State's opposition to the IJnited'
States acquiring the Philippines^ is at Ihe
Palace. .
Dr. R. Gross of Eureka is at the Lick.
H. Booksin, a banker of San Jose, is at
the Grand.
Dr. A. M. Atherton of Honolulu is at
the Occidental. ' i
Former Prison Director Don Ray of
Gait is at the Lick.
Fred Salisbury, a capitalist of Los An
geles, is at the Grand.
State Printer W. W. Shannon and wlfo
are at the California.
• Editor Sam 'Davis of the Carson City
Appeal is at the Occidental. .
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HAVING made his fight 'to a finish < against the
Panama, canal, Senator Morgan of Alabama
on his return home has turned his aged but
tireless brain to a consideration of .the problems that
confront the Democratic party.' Moreover, with his
usual energy he has at once converted -his thoughts
into words and -uttered, them- for' the enlightenment of
mankind. The Senator is a harmonizer. He declares
quite frankly that he is* willing to receive back the
bolters of 1896 without apology or explanation, and
will welcome any man who will come in and promise
to vote for the ticket next year, i
As a means of reaching harmony he advocates the
abandonment of the dominant issues of. 1896 and 1900
and the adoption of a new platform confined to old
principles. On that point he says: • "There are cer
tain cardinal tenets of Democracy which form a
creed, and what Democrats should do in building a
platform is to bear these tenets in mind, restate them
and treat the temporary issues of the day in con
formity with that creed. We are not men who fol
low leaders. Like members of a church, we do not
follow the pastor in all things, but the doctrines. If
I were drawing the next Democratic platform I
would put in it the provisions of the Democratic
platforms drawn before the Civil War and leave out
those which have been put in the platform since."
The plea for a return to the platform of the period
before the war will stagger most Americans, but of
course it would be nothing for Morgan. He was a
statesman in those far-off times and a fighter during
the war. Consequently his programme would mean
for him nothing more than a return to the days of
youthful vigor and might even afford him an oppor
tunity to start all over again. However, the Senator
is not altogether oblivious of existing problems and
asks no more than that their solution shall be sought
according to the old-time principles.
He says: "The payment of all obligations, includ
ing the national debt and the redemption of all con
tracts, public and private, should be on a specie basis.
That is the old Democratic doctrine." Of our insular
possessions he says: "The taxes of the United States,
whether internal or external, should apply to all
parts of the United States alike, whether they be
continental or insular. The tariff laws should apply
equally to Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines,
and trade with them should be as free as trade among
the States." He believes the tariff is all wrong and
says: "I am for a tariff that is designed to raise a
revenue for the Government and has no other pur
pose." For the regulation of trusts he. would have
a law providing punishment for all persons who un
dertook by combination to raise the price of any, ar
ticle purchased by the Government, and says that as
the Government is a consumer of nearly every kind
of article in the market the enforcement of such a
law would break up all combinations.
As to candidates the Senator has an open mind,
saying he does not care whether the nominee next
year be a regular or a bolter. In fact, he holds to the
doctrine that it matters very little what kind of man
is in the Presidential* chair so long as the people are
all right. In discussing the point he said: "We
have had one very great President lately, a man of
great ability as a President, as an administrator of the
nation,, thoroughly fitted for the position — William
McKinley. He has passed away. We don't hear his
name: mentioned any more. That ought to convince
us that the Presidency of a very great and wise man
is perhaps not "absolutely necessary for the existence
and continued prosperity of the Gpvernment. If the
people are right they will keep the President straight,
no matter how strenuous or slack.he is."
Such is the programme of action the Senator rec
ommends to his party and especially to that part of
it that holds the South solid and forms a nucleus
around which the discontented and discordant fac
tions of the North continue to rally for support. It
is a very good programme in its way, but if the ven
erable Senator deem it" a harmony platform he will
be surprised when he hears from Bryan.
MORGAN'S DEMOCRACY.
The forepeak they found a dark, chilly
f>nd somewhat smelly hiding place. The
food they took on board with them was
eocn eaten and In spite of the spare ward
robe coiled snugly around each body the
little chaps soon became cold and uncom
fortable. Hunger also troubled them and
as the night breeze rippled the waters of
the bay and rocked the brig there came
a spell of squeamishness which wiped
away the last dim speck of romance.
One of them whimpered. .A sharp
eared sailor heard the baby cry and in
five minutes the crestfallen four were
standing before Captain Pederson await
ing the skipper's Judgment.
He would not hang them to the yard
arm, he said, because they had commit
ted no act of piracy. Walking the plank
might meet the case, but they should be
at least 12 years of age and weigh not
less than fifty pounds apiece before they
could* tip any available plank aboard the
dashing brig. He might masthead them,
but the Harriet G had only two masts
and there were four stowaways.
"I know what I'll do," said the skip
per finally. He sent for the mate- and
while awaiting his arrival paced up and
down and between perambulations glared
savagely at the trembling stowaways and
in a deep bass voice threatened to "shiv
er his timbers."
"Take these boys to the galley," he said
to the mate in his sea-doggiest voice.
"Let the cook sharpen his' meat ax, let
him make a hot fire in the atove arkl
when everything is ready let him give
them a square feed. Then send ' them
ashore."
"Land us near Telegraph Hill," said
the oldest stowaway to one of Crowley's
launchmen. The last seen of the quartet
was very early yesterday morning, when
they jumped ashore from a launch and
started with a runup Vallejo street.
Around the body of each of the boys
was strapped his spare wardrobe, which
consisted in each case of a tiny suit of
overalls and a red fiannel shirt.
They boarded the brig before she pulled
cut in the stream and when they went
into hiding were prepared to fill any bil
let from powder monkey to admiral and
ready to engage In anything from plain,
ordinary cod-fishing to treasure hunting
and piracy.
Four juvenile stowaways were discov
ered on Wednesday night hidden away in
the- forepeak of the cod-fishing brig Har
riet G, which yesterday sailed on a fish
lngf cruise. The little fellows, ranging in
age from 7 to 10 years, . were located
through the • whimpering of one of the
youngest. They had been on board, they
taid, for fifteen hours.
On the ground that his bride, of two
weeks insisted on feeding him on cakes
and pastry instead of cornbeef and cab
bage, as he demanded, A. J. Wells, a
blacksmith of Allendale, brought suit to
day for divorce against his wife, Annie
N. Wells, on the ground of extreme
cruelty.
The couple were married on March 14
last, but ever since, the husband alleges
In his complaint, he has had to subsist on
a diet of pastry and love. The cause of
the domestic trouble seems to be that the
wife is a believer in Spiritualism and is
opposed to cooking meats and other solid
foods, whereas the husband's occupation
Is such as to require the most substantial
of food3.
The refusal of the wife to cook what
the husband deemed proper food culmi
nated in a quarrel on March 23 last and
since then the young couple have been
living apart.
Oakland Office 3an Francisco Call.
1118 Broadway. April 2.
An entctprislrrg economist in France is trying to
start a movement to organize an international league
of taxpayers in France, Germany and Great Britain
to prevent any further taxation for war purposes by
either country, but it looks like too wise a project
ever to reach success in a world of fools.
THE President has started upon a tour that in
volves 14,000 miles of travel and the traverse of
many States, and that will take him from the
tidewater of one ocean to that of the other.
This great journey, with its vast mileage and the
many States visited, serves as an object lesson in the
growth of the country." Washington, while he was
President, made tours through what was then the
United States. . He should have been inaugurated
President March 4, 1789, but the Congress did not
meet to canvass, the electoral vote and organize the
Government until the middle of April. New York
was then the national capital, and the roads were so
bad, and travel by' the rivers was so impeded by the
ice, that the members of Congress who started on the
trip to the seat of government in time to have ar
rived on March 4 were so delayed by frozen waters
and muddy roads that a quorum did not report until
more than a month after the date fixed in the con
stitution. . -.
Washington traveled partly on horseback and
partly by coach to the inauguration, and after Con
gress adjourned made a journeyinto New England,
which was the longest tour during his administra
tion. With only the same means of travel now that
existed then President Roosevelt could not complete
his trip' in time for the meeting of the next Congress
in December. He will pass through more States than
composed the Union of which Washington was
President, and, except Maryland and Pennsylvania,
all of them were in wilderness in 1789. He will stand
upon soil that was under the flag of Spain and of
France when the first President was- wheeling it
through the mud to organize his administration. He
will pass such points as Fort Wayne, where are still
marked the forts of France, England and the United
States, for the soil passed from France to England in
the war of 1762, and was taken possession of for the
republic by Anthony Wayne after the revolution.
He will go over some of the battle-fields like Tippe
canoe and Bad Ax, that were crimsoned in the last
desperate struggles of the Indians to hold their
hunting-grounds, and will visit a domain larger than
Continental Europe."
Whether Presidents travel or stay in Washington
thej r are criticized. But no harm has ever come to
any for following the example of Washington and
visiting the different parts of the Union. President
Roosevelt shows his fondness for the West by taking
this trip. His early career was in the West, and he
found that health and rugged physique which now
serve him so well in bearing the great burden of the
Presidency on the plains and mountains of Dakota
and Wyoming. It will be his first visit to the Pacific
Coast, and he has anticipated it with all the zest
of a boy free at last to realize a desire long cherished.
The people will be glad to see him. They have
faith in his courage and honesty as man and Presi
dent, and they enjoy thoroughly his abounding sense
of the goodness of life and are fond of his frankness
and sincerity. Wbat he likes fie likes with a whole
?oul, and what he dislikes is put away openly. He
is entirely unconventional, not in the sense of doing
things not sanctioned by the canon of good manners,
but because he is original and creates his own fo-m
and ritual. In Washington official life he is an unfail
ing fountain of good humor and cheer. His very
presence inspires hope and adds to the day's happi
ness. Those who see him often, even in stormy days,
on horseback in the company of his wife and children,
who all enjoy that fine exercise, get a pleasant inspi
ration that makes the day smoother.
This effect of his presence will be apparent among
the people who see 'him on this tour, and he will
study them and the places they inhabit and will re
turn to his post with a store of facts in hand that
will finally work out in the government for the ma
terial'benefit of the places he visits and of the people
who welcome him.
HUNGER CRUSHES
LURID HOPES OF
BOY STOWAWAYS
THE PRESIDENT'S TOUR.
DIME— A. D.. Bodega, Cal. If you wu
send a self addressed and stamped envel
ope this department will advise you of the
value of your dime.
HANGED FOR MURDER— Mrs. H. D..
City. A. Golderison. convicted of the mur.
d«T of a young girl in this city, was harm
ed in this city September 14. lt«*.
NEW DIVORCE . LAW— Subscriber.
City. The divorce law passed by the Leg
islature late tn the session, and approve i
by Governor Panlee, became a law as
soon as signed.
CIGARETTES— T. K.. City.. No munic
ipal license is required in San Francisco
to engage in the. business of manufactur
ing cigarettes, but the manufacturer must
obtain a Federal license..
LODGING-HOUSE— A. S-, City. ' Any
one wishing to engage in the business or
keeping a lodging-house rouat pay a mun
icipal license. ; The license office, when
shown the question asked, said: "There U
no exemption." • * <
RAII/WAY STATIONS— J. P- M., City.
The largest railway station In the Unlt.nl
States la that of the Boston and Albany
Railroad In Boston. The station operate*
634 trains a day. The unicn station la Chi
cago is said to be the second largest.
EXEMPT— B., Wadsworth, Nev. . In th*
State of Nevada "the tools of a mechanio
necessary to his trade" are exempt from
execution and in the State of Calif orni*
"the tools of a mechanic or artisan nec
e?sary to his trade" are exempt from ex
ecution. • . .'¦*•:/¦•.; :.•¦'
ENLISTM^EXT^-Subscriber.' City. Ap
plicants for first enlistment tri .the' Uniti 1
States army must* be-lS.-j-ears .and- over
and under. 33; of good character Q.nd iwn-'
peratehabitsr. able bodied," f cee jfrom dis
ease arid must, be abte tc>- speak; read an 1
write the English. language.' • '. ".'_• :'.¦
JTHE CRIME— N., '.Napa,, Cah '¦!£: iw <•>
persons appeared before- the 1 " proper officer
In a county In.this.State'-in the- month, o!
October artel » declared- tin'der. o&L.h when
applying fox- a inarrlage . license that
neither was divorced ' wJtnjn _a yf'air and in
was a fact' that each was.' divorced tha
preceding June eac"h : i3 g'uilty of -^wrjury.
. - j » •
' JAMESTOWN-^Subscriber. City.' ; Tha
three hundredth anniversary of the set
tlement of Jam.esto-wn.- *Va.-, will, occur
on. the 13th of -May. 1907. .It: wilt be com
memorated by ah international exposition
In that city, which, will be conducted un
der the direction- of the Jamestown Ex
position .Company, of which General Fits
hugh Lee Is the president. " • •
THE AMERICAN FLAG— «n..scriber,
•Oakland. Cal. ; The garrison flag of tha
United States army is thirty-six feet fly.
twenty feet hoist. Smaller flags are based
on theue proportions. The blue field i»
one-third the length of the flag and ex
fends from the top down to the lower
edge of the fourth red stripe from the top.
MARRIED NAME— A. H., City. It is
an unwritten law that a woman on mar
rying assumes the name of the man she
marries, but there is no statuate law that
requires her to do so. There are instances
of women who after marriage have re
tained the family name and in many cas.»s
women are known by their family nam<*
as well as by the name of the husbanil.
as, for Instance, a woman named Mary %
Jcnes marries a man named Smith, site
calls herself Mrs. Mary Jones-Smith.
DRESS SUITS AT FUXCTIONS-W.,
Virginia, Nev. An "at home" ta a* function
that is recognized as a family gathering
at which friends are invited to spend a
pleasant hour, and not regarded as a
swell society event, where the convention
alities are to be observed. At an at horn*
it would be proper for a gentleman, who
has been invited, to. wear either a Prince
Albert or a Tuxedo, or any other coat that
he -would wear in making a friendly call.
Tfcere- are some ,who hold that at any
social event a gentleman who expects to
rneef those' of tho'other "sex should wear
•a full dress sult.Hbut'these are not many.
" FACE 'BLACKIXO-B. A.. St. Helena,
vale. IX la said that. the following mix
ture "makes a farce :blackins that will
came otT easily'.' :by washing with vase
¦tli\6-. Best, lampblack, 1 grain; cacao but
•ter, 6 grains, arid oil of neroll, 5 drops.
jMelfthe butter, add the lampblack, mako
an Intimate mixture and add the perfume
toward the- last. .Another method is to>
beat . the " finest lampblack* into a stiff
paste with glycerine, 1 and apply the mix
ture'with a sponge, adding a little water
If : necessary. -It is said that this is" far
superior to the ,old fashioned burnt cork
and' beer mixture. Which- requires a lot
of rubbing, in arid almost skins one's faca
to remove: it. v This, it is said, can bo as
easily removed as it is applied. "
&t. fetrong hoarhound candy. Townsend'**
: Townsend's- California *s!ac»-. fruit antt
candies, 50c a pound, in artistic flre-etchedl
boxes. A nice present- f orv Eastern friends.
633 Market' st. ,. Palace; Hotel- building. *
* Special' information- supplied daily to
business houses aad* public 1 men by th«
Press Clipjjipg' Bureau (Allen's). 220 Cali
fornia street. Telephone, Main 1043. • •
CAKE AND LOVE
DIET LEADS TO
DIVORCE COURT
foreign markets.
legislation needed to .rid us" from that heavy drain
upon the revenues we derive from our exports to
SOME ANSWERS
TO QUERIES BY
CALL READERS
THE SAN FEAKCISCO CALL, 1 RID AY, APRIL 3, 1903.
The Municipal Non-Paritisan League, an
organization composed of dealers In sec
ond-hand goods,- filed a suit yesterday for
an Injunction restraining the city authori
ties from enforcing ordinance' 634, which
provides that proprietors of second-hand
stores shall render a dally report of their
transactions to the Police Department.
They base their claim on the ground that
the ordinance is a direct violation of their
constitutional rights and is special legis
lation.
Dealers Object to Ordinance.
San Francisco is the scene of an unusual contest
in which a full-grown, able-bodied son is suing his
mother for support. The fellow is probably , too
strong to work, and possibly needs an injection; of
self-respect. ¦ ¦
Oriental nations have appropriated something like
$2,000,000 to make a show -at St. Louis, and we .may
now. expect the createst muscle dance exhibition on
record.' ,.
It was reported a few days ago that a San Fran
ciscan proved fhrewd enough to win from an Eastern
sharp in a gambling game. This seems so unlike the
reality as to be almost incredible. The only element
of probability in the story is that while the victor
was a San Franciscan he was not in San Francisco,
Dr. Frederic Burk, president of the San Fran
cisco State -Normal School, is authority for the as
sertion i hat many of the textbooks now in' use in the
schools of the State -ar*e hopelessly unintelligible.
This surely suggests the desirability of securing the
services bf -somebody willing and able to make the
changes necessary tc. the arduous work of our
worthy educators. . ;
6
Most Absorbing of All- \ *
I THE THIRD INSTALLMENT* &F v . ,.' f
j The ThirtcchtK District
I Wherein the Hero Makes SomeAwEul Sacrifices f
I insHis Struggle for Something T-hgt "\ :
I Means More Than Life. • ' '.: ;; • ;
Next Sunday Call
Three Special Features Which Every Wo-
man Will Read.
THE ThV '"'"'* Letters : From
ETIQUETTE c*^.., a TaQor-
OF DIVORCE C °^ e «f h- made Mother
By Kate Maid _ .-- \
|Thy^ Marr|.By;^°5^c j J^
'* */ * * * * r T *»***-**» *r*«* * * * ! ! * |
And One of Jack London's Best Stories
...JAN, THE UNREPENTANT...