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Mail subßcribers In ordering change of address should be particular, to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS In order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. J - ._ i MR. CALHOUN'S SILENCE MR. PATRICK CALHOUN; complains of impertinence with some heat when he is asked a plain question concerning money paid- to the Supervisors as bribes for the overhead trolley franchise, and he adds that had he known that the franchise was corruptly secured he would not have accepted it. Mr. Calhoun's denial >of corrupt practices in the interest of the United Railroads is not convincing. It does not explain or meet the known fact that bribes were paid. In view of the evidence afforded by the confessions of the Supervisors Mr. Calhoun 'has lost the right to complain of impertinence when asked for an ex planation. The question is pertinent and must be answered. The time when Mr. Calhoun could stand on his dignity and solemnly point to a stainless name is past. The questions that Mr. Calhoun deems impertinent must be answered, even if the answers have to come from the prisoners' dock. * Mr. Calhoun treats the people of San Francisco as if he thought they were fools. He will not indicate the source of bribes paid to Supervisors, and apparently he expects people to believe that the money fell like manna from heaven. He would let us infer that a miracle was worked to help the United Railroads. The only refusal to explain that Mr. Calhoun can justify is on the ground that he might incriminate himself. The public will regard his silence in that light. Leaving the personal aspect out of the question, it seems that the time has come for a full reconsideration of the relations between the United Railroads and the city 'of San Francisco. That corpora tion is the beneficiary of franchises easily worth $20,000,000. They have been capitalized for a much greater sum, and were a free gift \ from the city to the corporation, costing, nothing but the compara tively trifling sums paid as bribes to corrupt officials. \u25a0 The plant and equipment of tHe United ' Railroads can be reconstructed for less than $20,000,000. The property is capitalized, in round figures, for about $80,000,000. It pays/ interest and | dividends on something like $50,000,000. The difference between' the cost of construction and the sum on which interest and dividends arc paid represents the value of the "municipal gift to the corporation. The valuation of the franchises at $20,000,000 is, there fore, moderate and reasonable. -,>"-. These franchises are public property, and must be paid for by the holder. This principle is recognized in the modern practice of all cities, but the payments are never adequate. The people usually get the worst of the bargain. . \._ . The United Railroads ought to pay 4 per cent on $20,000,000 to the city of San Francisco. Such. payment would still leave the corporation largely the gainer by the' valuable privileges that it holds. Transportation franchises should be made to pay enough to . take- care of the streets. . If Mr. Calhoun and the. United Railroads refuse to make; a reasonable settlement with the city they may be reminded' that some of their franchises are forfeited' for bribery and fraud. - A SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY CHARLES M. SCHWAB announces f that tho UnionUron Works ""will. never build; another, ship -for the \u25a0 GoVernmenti" as 'long as he has ; an3rthing to say about it. The announcement 'was made in Mr. Schwab's annual report to the' Bethlehem Steel. Corporation, which owns the Union Iron Works and some smaller shipbuilding plants. It has been no secret for years that the Gov ernment was an exacting and unprofitable customer. "I -never knew/ said Mr. Schwab, "any one to make money out of battleship con struction. We have conclusive evidence of this/ for we liave charged off altogether a $3,000,000 loss from the "shipbuilding^ companies. In the construction of the three battleships now, building at the^ Union Iron Works we have in the past-year charged off $1,725,000." Some of the loss in this city was,, of' course, due to v the fire and the increased. cost of labor and materials resulting. from that: calamity. But the greater part of the loss' is, due ;to the,. unreasonable delays • caused b)r red tape and the strange practice' of the Navy Department in changing plansVfor ships while they are building. "On account of the delays caused by inspectidnsj in -^specifications^ and so on," says Mr. Sch;vab, "the progress of ' Government;, work^ is slow and costly. I have sometimes; thought 'that it ;'was possible to turn out more tonnage in steel for aJpHvate^ cuistomer; .in- a month' than can be turned out under present conditions for the Government in fifteen years." . ...... "y , ;r C '\u25a0 . /That is an astonishing statement, but it is made by a responsible i . man, who knows his business. It.is public knowledge- that it takes ; five years in an American shipyard to; ouijdTaf battleship of • 1 6,000 *to 18,000 tons, while. an English yard. turned out the big Dreadnouglit b£ 22,000 tons in \ less than two yearV • - \u25a0- '- | It is an unfortnnate condition that . Mr.. Schwab describes, and San Francisco gets the worst of! it* ;The; policy! is^shorf sightedfat .; both. ends^.lt is ; a necessity of national ; def ense;t^at;plants like ithe 1 Union- Iron- AVorks" should receive encouragement 1 and not injury from Uncle Sam. \u25a0 r-rvNV- ;THE: AUDITOR'S ESTIMATES TllE A'uditqr/s t estimates • for the : forthcoming budget present v afrather"agreeable surprise by way?of;illustrati6nc of what'can still: be done within -the .dollar limit in a city that; iess .-than a year;=ago *vas ravaged:- by: fire. ' We assume;.that^the figures; are'; based on infor mation oj>taine(i; from -the Assessor to the effect tHatl the roll for taxation purposes- will-footupf something^ like EDITORIAL PAGE The Life os Schmitz, as Seen by Cartoonists Ewer and Goodrich. $450,000,000, which seems unexpectedly: good for- a city of which two-thfrds was swallowed up" in conflagratipn. .;. 'V \u25a0; * , ; The most striking items among, the appropriations recommended by the Auditor ; ' are $1,000,000 ' for c the ; restoration, of public buildings- and $l,O31;34O for : the Fire' Department. These estimates exceed' the corresponding appropriations for sueh 7 purposes before the fire, but no one: will dispute; their present expediency- and wisdom. The Fire Department .used to. cost the city somewhere between $800,000 and; $900,000 a year inthe period following the adoption . of^the charter, but in- view of present conditions; it will not be disputed", that. ;it is wise to; strengthen the fire-fighting 'force. _ We do not know how far $l;000,000'will. go in restorations of our public buildings,^: but it will at least remove the eyesores in the shape of municipal ruins that still remain as 'a. reproach to the city, and ,at : the same : time much can be done to stop the leaks that Schmitz and^Ruef and theirj bobdling. Supervisors pulled wide open under "pretext of paying rent for temporary quarters. The restoration, of accepted 'streets, is another matter, and it, is doubtful whether the budget can; provide for any adequate treat ment of prevailing, conditions. .The estimates include $653,000 for the Board of Works, but thi s sum > must > cover /expenditures v- on many oither ; things^besides the (streets. ':\u25a0: It ; would be well' if ;a; com petent engineerwereemployedby the city to estimate the pecuniary needs of. the city for rehabilitation of :'tn'e ; streets'^ arid i sewers. \ ';; ; INTIMATIONS are thrown out that jury fixers ; in the • interest of Ruef are at work seeking to reach' veniremen and bring them under one .kind of influence or another^. We can quite believe that something of this \u25a0 nature ; is : afoot, as the intimations come from many different sources.^We do not believe there is any real cause for alarm, because- the,, jury .fixers wil^ be attended to, and if •they are not rriore, careful' they will 4 find themselves on 'the way to the This phase of criminal activity is not new to the prosecution. Heney and Burns have been through it all in Oregon. Inthat State they" were confronted by an even .more powerful? organization than, that which surrounds ! Ruef and Schmitz. >They v were able to protect their jurors in Oregon, and they can do the same in San Francisco. , If' in tlie process : an assortment ;of : jury/ fixers is sent across the ;bay; that were a consummation^ well worth i thelmoneyv San Francisco -has long been infested by a gang' of professionals in this line; and ;tHey can , easily be spared. : '* r-|-'| HE Southern^ Railway, which ; has ' I . : - ; maintained a freight ' office In \ this I ,^ city : for the past ten years, • in \u25a0\u25a0': tends ;to abolish • the department, according to' t a report curren t, .and some curiosity is expressed whether Colonel peorge I J. b Bradley ._ will* continue | In \ the serviceof the company.; iThe'passenger department here will be retained as the Southern I Railway, in \ connection V.wlth other ; lines;; maintains the Washington Sunset , office.' . ->; '-..', ; . ::^:?-?.V;f-, - ;; .\u25a0: \u25a0.•.,/• ;;\u25a0 mj;- .';•;• / J,, \u25a0 '•: Frank • B.r Ladd. who • has : been in the Southern i Pacific freight! auditor's office for the past twenty, years,' has resigned to go; into] the real' estate business.- ! ..The transcontinental;', bureau ;. an-^ nounces a - new rate on plaster, carload lots,7^f rom ; Ruedi, r ] Colo.; ?to| Calif ornian terminals of i 35 'cents r; per; 100 ; pounds, minimum carload weight 40,000 pounds. :' -. :: .'\u25a0 "••'• v' •\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0-'- r •'; -: : •'• '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'..'-.-\u25a0-"•\u25a0.£-.;'• T^. \u25a0) D. O. Clarke, i superintendent .of coal service*. for. v the <Union^Paclflc,\who^has been' in". the^State Cforlsome timei'left yesterday forithe \ East. \u25a0"\u25a0:.\u25a0\u25a0/\u25a0) ;5; 5 • : V ; J. P.' ,Hedden,. ; general and passengeri; agent; of ;the'.Toohpah?a-nd Goldfleld f 'f Railway, •) In Ia • private^ letter to"a friend in"; the city;;denies^the'pub IhitKe&bke World •-'There's a fellow who is always look-, ing ahead."- '..;.;: - \u25a0. ..;.".':-- .'y'':': : '-.' r --' :: )\'-\ '•..-' \u25a0'-\u25a0 ; ; "He has! good cause." • ' ' ; <'\u0084. ; : "Goodi'cause?" " • \ -. ..' ../.,,. ; "Yes; his creditors are always follow?. Ing him."— -Cleveland s Plain; Dealer..; '•"* ; "Why," asked her, mother^ *'do you ai^ ways * play % those "V classical J tunes "when jve* have|company7^'"; ?'.-/<( ;* ; xT^-^;r>'::'. < v; ;; ? X"Solthat if lihappen now and: then to h J tjt t he \u25a0 wrong key." they'll « never < know the N difference." -"*.-.-;. .-j* r -'?;sr ;'"' '\u25a0".'\u25a0yK: i."i:Vv' "Have i you s got anything [ quiet In-, the way of i ties T.. asked?the- man in: the haberdashery."i ; i-^"^ : ; ; -"\;; ':y:^-I : '^^^J'-y-}f. "^•'Yes/i^j replied^- theV clerk.* /^here's som ething in -watered silk; exact 7 shade of , the Dead"; Sea/'r^-Yonkers . Statesman; "Mr. ; Borem is : in i the ; parlor^; miss." "Has be any \ flowers *or Vcandy ( *,witb. hirn?"J-; *,:' XX": s ".''\u25a0,,'''". _ -_ _ \ "No, : miss." \u0084. • s : \u25a0 -Tell "' him i I'm' ouCVrr-Loulirvilta I Cou rler-Journal.^ .-.7 "r'^-^'X^J^: \X'^>--J THE BUSY JURY FIXERS Gossip in Railway Circles. lished report that he had been in prison. It: appears that j the" lines'; in Nevada* are Having ;\u25a0 considerable '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 trouble" with": the new ; law, ythat 4 w as ; , passed ; • recen tly, 1 and *. Hedden 'v,was s told^- by i ai lawyer '-to produce'; all | the ':. company's I books.' : ''s He refused. j t Then, the story,, goes,'; the law yer, attempted \ to' have the railroad s man indicted for. 4 perjury,' but .the Grand 'Jury refused :<o' consider ;the;indlctmehtl "R'H :' . . ."\u25a0.••.'..;; '\u25a0"'\u25a0\u25a0• •j.'^v,! •'\u25a0\u25a0»- '• i ~~?. : '--' \u25a0,'-:\u25a0\u25a0'-'.'\u25a0 - Martin fßeasleyihas.ibeen ? promoted from the offlce^of the Gould lines : in this city^to .freight andlpassenger. agent' of' that' company; at*; Sacramento,' ; an'd*'his placej here? will *be^taken •.William Kirbji, .who ; has -been; stationed ati.Sae> ramentb.T" " ; "-'"\u25a0' ''• \u25a0 ••\u25a0 '. ' >•-•'.\u25a0?'\u25a0 )~"':. \u25a0' \u25a0 - ':. - ' •'! \u25a0• :.:'•''. "\ \u25a0:'"\u25a0\u25a0.. : ''.'\u25a0* "'".• :i The many ; friends ; . o f .^Captain N. /T. Smith,- jthe j? veteran? treasurer, of ithe SoUtheroS^paciflc,f wllti XbV-fi pleased ? to lj»rn i 'tnat ! * ills -'iJhystc'ia'n's * believe Ire | will •; recovery f rdm » his ? illnesß. j^He passed t?a"f comparatively,';-; comfortable night T- Thursday^ and : ; was much "\u25a0 better* yesterday.Vx*?s?v, : ." ' : • '. " . \u25a0 ": b^-^lc '_ \u25a0V . \u25a0,; < «.-';' \u25a0'{. \u25a0 *\u25a0"*;''; ,*.-'•. - \u25a0 '.\u25a0' >X'-ir.'; :^ V, W. iil-Bullen,*; Pacific ' Coast ; "agent -of the ;Grand ! iTfunk^ Railway,; ls..'ln^thls city/; -.The \ ma jorj makes i his "\u25a0', headquar. ters'inf Los r Angeles sand piston-fan l a ini jßftection'itripVof \u25a0- \u25a0.Ih'efaifferent'- agsncles in^the' State.;, V;,V 'i v/ : ',J' : '\u25a0\u25a0'* ' [ '\u25a0\u25a0''\u25a0"\u25a0 ;; "' '-' fed A: \u25a0 TWOifsTREETS^j/; S.\- !.'\u25a0.' 4 Battery street '; In' San \u25a0 Francisco I was ?bo • named becauseiofithejfactjthatiln^early^days of : w Ajbaer lcari "J, there $S*H)& erected" onttheUinei|"of; that; streeV near Broadway, fa;,battery.vOf /gunsVto "jpro-l ; tect ? the :* entrance^ to *Uhe '\u25a0}. bay.\"; v Mont-' ; gomery f street f, was i, named ' ] torX Com mander^ Mohtgomefyj-^ ILri S.^ N^ who" • landed subsequently 1 San f -FrahclscoVxand | raised^ the i'Amerli' j can flag: on i what^was > the .'>! plaza^now Portsmouth*. Square.' X .. * : .-, .::•:!> >%' INSBCTS-^-A i Dally 3 Subscriber, vClty; If . yo.u t will ;- address | a*:' communication to itbe ; State) Board fof i Horticulture %at Sacramento; you will i be; advised^ as to thjai^b'esttinsectlclde'lf or .f destroying:; tha insectslyou^cbmplain^of^ ?r? r - ; ' I V-- .. . ; v \u25a0", :- : ' •"•!"!• '>tCv*'' : '-'«*'.X''-.:- '-\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0' : , ; x"» "';-* I i-i REIjIEF--^S.' {fs.V>*J.Vj. Sacrament o, '-; Cai.' .The i proper^ part y|to Iwr I tel tojabout't re-" lief for. those ' aff ectedj by^the^conflagra tion %ot£ last^AprU^is ithej Relief / Com mittee, Geary. «nd-;Crough 'streets, *Saa I Francisco,; ,\u25a0' " •.. - •• Press of the East Discusses Topics of the Day SENATOR LA7FOL.L.ETTE, after an exhaustive study of the rail roads, their; genuine capitaliza - tion, the .money really invested, their fraudulent capitalization, their counterfeit s certificates :"' of . value, their dividends.- on - water and "wind listed ; as , actual capital, has estimated that to pay returns on railroad invest ments.; that are purely imaginative—^ like . putting ; fifty millions of ; bonds '. to gether with fifty 'millions of stocks and calling the. whole one hundred millions of .bonds, one hundred millions of pre ferred >' and " \u25a0 one r- hundred ,!,' millions * of common stock— Senator La Follette has calculated,', in cold mathematics, 'that to take returns \u25a0„ on - such' bogus ments ; the .'railroads : of this v country are ' the 'American people pay somewhere between a quarter of a bil lion and a half a billion: of; dollars a year,, more 'than a', reasonable \u25a0 return"- on actual -capital : Justifies.. 'S*~'y * r - • ' It the".railroads "were compelled to" pay only' that; reasonable return on -.'=- the actual .investment in their,, control of the ; public highways, Mt" would mean as much to the people of the United States as a giftfbf the anhual f income.'at the saving bank interest, on six billions of dollars.— New York Press. V There ; have been many assurances and: -z evidences \u25a0.;•; that the recent dis turbance of speculative} values ; .In /.Wall street' had ;\u25a0 no', effect" on'i business. The "most striking f proof of - this, ; however, comes, from : the directors' room" in the office of .; the United States Steel Cor poration;^ The .board had _ its , meeting day ' before < yesterday, and the .'reports bearing on the business \u25a0 of the corpora tion were v : of j, the •>• most " ••' encouraging character.*/ Orders for the first: twenty one days of the current month;;ran 10,000 tons a -day ; in .: excess of; the ; cor responding; period 1 of ! last; year.: Thus the : commercial " and ' Industrial , leaders of the ? country 'express ; ttieir;' deliberate Judgment that tno > trade; reaction \ is ; in sight. - This is J their \u25a0 opinion backed by money, < for J orders .would', not? be; placed at« the; present high; prices If business stability ': were not ) strongly assured. .The signs point : to 1 an; increase - rather than -a ' decrease of general commercial activity.'-^-Pittsburg Press. .: " i v The latest bulletin issued by the free employment -offices * maintained ', by > the State of Massachusetts presents a most Instructive {'contrast between I the^desire of hundreds of clerks,to"get new places and the dearth of laborers on the farms. It-; is I announced ' that •;; 1000,^ farm- hands are wanted. The; pay i offered -Is from $18 .to : $30 "a month," with .board -and lodging-V.' It is f also: ; stated 'that^ 500 clerks . of .various ' classes ; have' enrolled their; names as applicants ,for' situa tions^". It * is ; safe to jsay ). that many ; of these ; seekers for ; employment \u25a0 have no hope "of, getting :.the"i equivalent $30 •aJmontn' and' their .board, ! or>evenv $20 a I month/*? clear; 7 of Aboard \u25a0; and * lodging. .• i?r'^>in -States r.w^hichij have ..fewer cities and \u25a0 far. more land * under cultiva tion the contrast -between, the abundant supply of [clerks] and: the' lack of :. farm laborers'; is ; even ; more • striking ' than It -is* tn ? Massachusetts. ' The _ : call ; of ; : the : country g grows t louder, /every Pyear. It ']wlll 'yet be \u25a0 heard . above 3 the hum and roar of the machinery of trade and in dustry In the ' cities 'j so g clearly ' that there; willibe fan ; equalizing of ithe" conf dltions ; of -; employment. . IThere will be a i; better r supply^ oft; workers r: on /the farms . and ; less 1 press bre f or v places { to earn a living \u25a0, as \u25a0' clerks in - stores ~; and 'offioes. -i'i The rural .districts of America grow , steadily/ more ' attractive, ' always mor8 r . f avorabl a : ' for? f ull "t and | rounded lifeV 1 - The country* is 'coming slowly;but surely J into 1 its iown; for ; ; work I and * for residence.-7<:ieveland • Leader/.-', i ?.:;:' < A Once : more j an ~\ inventor ; comes sfor? ward I with ta* destructiveT device ; that ' is* to f make '\u25a0 war;,; more deadly. I ,o Hudson Maxim says -* he has, f after - ; ten ; yearp', «ffort;t perfected ? a' projectile ithatKwni. explode only after It i has penetrated to the f; desired % depth, i! thus % Insuring 5 th<f maximum . 'o f C destructlveness.^ For years \ the 'Vduel ) projectile and- the armor : plato makers | has gone onHvlctory X now f on ! this | ald*?i nowjj on thel other, :\ but 1 not Vfor J long.*;!;] In> fact,"' theik balance ;.was •so ?,well \>i maintained thatfonejneutraJlzedithe!other^;f • • But fwhile'^war v may?, not be ?. becoming more fdeadly,^ there I is /no Vdoubt {that ; It is : becoming decidedly more expensive." This ; In i the ; end may prove , a m ora ef f eotlyo "deterrent--^— Pittsburgh Dispatch!* 'v" Grovep Cleveland (was probably more touched f^by.', the fgit t '$ of 1 a * loving-cup from ;the undergraduates ; of than * by ' anyJ others testimonial he | has received ?durlngshis£caxeer.v* A) public man'f maygnot f deserve 1 ; all? his t fame-^-' that lls 'toTsay.i It J may | be I more" or,. 5 less" fortuitous • or; fictitious. .-.; But when the students *5 fof 5 Democratio '*g Princeton warm -to *"\u25a0 man : y ear - In : and ; year out and treat -him as. worthy to be one of them, he has stood the infallible test of character and must be of better stuff"! than the most tolerant of hla enemies and the fairest of his critics will admit. V* • • What the col legians like him beat for is the plain ness; and .kindliness of the man, 'his freedom from pose, his in difference to the gallery, the 'simplicity of * his comings and goings, his palpa ble honesty of faith and purpose and his detachment from any desire to be honored . by,, them conspicuously. . The loving-gup manifested Princeton's ap preciation of the man as distinguished from the* President that was. — New York Sun. . -. The defeat- in the Legislature of the attempt: to. give 'local option a trial in Pennsylvania was not . accomplished solely .by. the ( , liquor > selling interests and its frjends. They., fought against it; i strenuously, . fairly .deluging, .the Legislature _with; adverse petitions; but many leading.. prohibitionists, on the other hand. did. not support the meas ure." They looked coldly upon It, be cause local : option does not mean com plete outlawry, of the" traffic in intoxi cants. — Philadelphia North American. The" official reports on' the perform ances of the English * battleship Dread nought on her \u25a0 run from home waters to the West Indies have not been pub llshed,' but hints enough have .slipped through; the --hawser holes and escaped from. the ship's galley and out .of cabin airjports:to show, that' the expectations of her. friends have been exceeded. "In speed the record of all other, battle ships has, it- is said, been surpassed by more than \u25a0 ons . knot, both in continu ous** normal ; steaming and in* dashes, and her steadiness, seaworthiness and handlness :. are, ; like her battery effi ciency,, declared to. be exceptional. All this is of special interest to our navy, because from her virtues, which are many.', and ; her.. vices, said, to- be few, we 'ought to profit -in the two similar constructions .Congress 'has authorized. The • superiority* of \u25a0„ turbine over;recip rocating - engines ' seems to be \u25a0 accepted, as the outward trip ' was, 1 so far as boiler and machinery are concerned, made \u0084 under conditions ,: approaching those of war. ; Indeed, : it is. claimed that ' no other battleship has ever, been submitted to such exhaustive tests.- — New York Herald. Professor: Irving Fisher of Yale, after exhaustive 'experiments upon forty-nine students, professors and physicians, finds that the i non meat eaters .outclass the meat , eaters in such . tests 'of physical '"\u25a0 endurance \u0084as holding .the arms* out * horizontally against time, deep knee-bending and goose^BtepidrilL One* vegetarian held his -arms out more than three hours, while/a" meat-eating track athlete cried quits; in; nine minutes. •: • • Nature does :' things * wastefully. Meat - eating may not nourish ; an enduring body, but nature does not mind , that. 'lt Is noth ing to . her/* that :.- a 1a 1 few t thousand fat waisted men of affairs dig their graves with " their \' teeth 'in 'city >' restaurants: there ar&'plenty "of rosy-cheaked coun try^ lads to take their places. A super abundant j diet v - feeds ; the nerves ; llt im parts r the Itch \u25a0 for action: it ; rouses ' or sustains ..the; combative' instinct. • The grumbling ; Briton goes hated, perhaps, but respected for his .: fighting spirit, where 1 the -\u25a0\u25a0. philosophic Hindoo, whose religion. teaches \u25a0 the sacredness of ani mal' life, is ruled in millions by a cor poral's guard. '\u25a0'-, Meat^ makes its ; eaters quarrelsome, they say. Japanese school boys. 1 though 1 , brav©^ and sensitive ,to"j> point of honor, do not fight about trifles like J English >or .American lads.' And though vegetarian ; Japan; defeated car nivorous Russia in war. Japanese army physicians have" putmeatinto the mili tary'diet'to* cure berl-berL 4 It ;isprob able \u25a0 that meat is ; not' necessary -to - the contemplative j mind." to -a Kant"- or an Emerson." ] But could there have been a Washington without it? — New TorY ..World, r - V '\u25a0:\u25a0'\u25a0*\u25a0-: is no laggard In' England. A striking ; proof ;{of '.that was 'the -swift and stern determination of .the highly sensational lease" of the 'murder, of Wil liam : *Whltely.. the famous*London'mer chant-T.' '.The * trial $of\u25a0\u25a0 ;t the "murderer^ Rayner, % lasted a" single day. 1 -; Two hours were iConsumed>in*; getting '"a> Jury, and the} Jury was I out" nine minutes.- *• -• *• This; swift,'} literal : and 'unrelenting Jus tice > may .s savorJ of ; harshness or 3 inhu ' inanity. £ But \u25a0> tha * deterrent ; '- effect \u25a0 on crime , and ; the protection of \u25a0: society U 1 the Tend; sought;* and ; that ls;ajhumane end.v» Homicides * are a rare i in I England. I Probably the .„• homicidal 't Impulse rla no : rarer 4there than j here.";- but i there it is realized j that ; if \ a \'.- man I commits p »- r .-meditated^murder/the^ chances ; are -*a hundred to one that he will swing for iitTiSThat ? is |the I difference. "^"Justice J is swift and :*ur« r of ,\u25a0 foot: hence th ere ' are te-Wi homicides ; and \no ; lynchlngs^-Mll waukee* Sentinel. 43 r WO7 The Smart Set INVITATIONS hay» been recelve-1 from the officers and ladles of tha Twenty-second Infantry. U. S. A., for the dance at Alcatraz on Wednesday , evening. April 17. campll mentary to the officers of the Four teenth Cavalry, who arrived here re cently from the Presidio of Monterey. •-• . • The Colonial Dames assembled on April 6 for their annual breakfast, which 'always is an event of the year. The tables were decorated beautifully and were presided over *by the presi dent. Mrs. SeldenS.. Wright and othe.-* of the managers. . The first vice presi dent,, Mrs. C. Elwood Brown, was toast mistress and was very happy in her se lection; of the toasts, which were re sponded to cleverly by Mrs. Leigh Rich mond Smith of Santa Clara. Miss Lau rilla M. Hathaway of San Lorenzo and Mrs. Grace Goodyear Kirkham of Be necla. . Witty and entertaining speech es , also -were made by Rev. Dr. Clam-i I pett and Rev. W. A. Brewer of But->^ llngame. The committee in . charge or -the affair were: Mrs, C. Elwood Brown. Mrs. H. lv Van Winkle. Mrs. Walter D. Mansfield and Miss L. L. Maddux. Among those J present were: Mr*. William F. Nichols. Mrs. John F.'-Swift. Mrs. J. G. Clark, Rev. and Mrs. W. k: '\u25a0 Brewer,- Dr. and Mrs. Clampett. Mrs. Cyrus Walker, Mrs. E» W. Newhall. Mrs. E. B. Holladay. Mrs. George E. Whitney. Miss E. M. Jones, Mrs. S. VT. Holladay, Mrs. W. T. Baggett. Mr^. Mayhew. Miss Sarah L. Klmball, Mr% David G. Thayer. Mrs. George Hell mann. Mrs. John Mannen McClure ari Mrs. Alexander McCracken of Mara Island. • • • ,The next meeting of -the Monda7 Night Skating Club will take place at the Pavilion Rink on Monday evening next, ami as this is the last but one of the series of meetings, a large attend ance is anticipated. The last gathering will take place two weeks later. Mr. and Mrs. "Wlliam G. Irwin and Miss Helene Irwln will leave about the middle of May for Honolulu, where they will spend most of the summer at their beautiful country place. They will bo accompanied by Miss Margaret Hyda- Smlth. who was their guest there dur ing the summer two years ago. Mrs. \u25a0 George A. Moore arrived here on Thursday and is being gladly wel- / corned home by her many friends. Mrs. j Moore has been in the East since lastfcA fall, having spent several months wi*|ft t her daughter. Mrs. Arthur Gei3sler. fit Chicago, and since the latter*s recovery from her serious illness Mrs. Moore has been the guest of her sister. Miss Dv- Val. In Brooklyn- There tJ a possibility that Mrs. Geissler, who was a be!'. -i here as Miss Carol Moore, will return to California this summer , for a visit and 'there are many hopes that* such will be the case. Both Mr. and Mrs. Geissler are popular' here. Since their marriage two years ago they have lived in the East. . Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eastland went to Los Gatos yesterday, where they will remain over the week-end. return- Ing to town probably on Tuesday. • • • Mrs. James Potter Langhorne is spending some time in Santa Barbara. . \u25a0 • • • Mr. | and Mrs. George Gardiner, who arrived last week from Cleveland an 1 who are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Findley in Sausalito. have de cided to remain in California and wlll.^ come to town to live as soon as they "can find an apartment. . * Mrs. Sallie Stetson Winslow has r;^r turned from a sojourn of ten days in* Santa Barbara. . . ... Mrs. Thomas Selby and Miss Annie Selby, who left several days ago for the East, expect, to sail for England on April 20. where they will. travel for a time, going later to the Continent. \u25a0 . . " •- •• • • Mr. and Mrs. Selby Hanna will b* among: those who will leave town early in the season for the country and ex pect to spend most of the summer at Monterey. • •-• . • . '. Edward Howard and his bfother-tn law. Frederick 'Whltwell. went from San Mateo to Del Monte last week for a brief visit. ._-•\u25a0••\u25a0\u25a0• Mrs. Fred Pickering and Miss Rhoda Pickering, who have been in Southern California for several weeks, arrived a few days ago at the Hotel Potter in Santa Barbara. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dernham and Miss Dernham left for New York on Thursday and will make an extended trip through the East.' 1 • \u25a0•; \u25a0-••', • \ • f '/ \u25a0Mrs. Guy T. Scott. v formerly Miss Leila Voorhles^- will arrive this morn ing from the north, where" her. husband, Captain Scott of the artillery corps, has been stationed for some time. Mrs. Scott will be the guest of tt«r parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Voorhiea, for about ten days. She will then be Joined by Captain Scott and they will proceed to New York, where, he has been ordered for duty." Personal Mention Raymond Spear. U. S. N., is at tha Savoy." ;' I Charles, J. Wlllett of Pasadena Is at the Majestic. Captain J. B. Menerde and wife of ReTio are at the St. Francis. i '-Arm. A. L. Bryan of Napa arrived at the Baltimore yesterday. Tsuyoshl Ohta and family of Tokio have a suite at the Jefferson. Oscar J. Smith., a capitalist of Reno, 1 registered.at the Palace yesterday. G. D. Matthew, a wealth business man or Brooklyn, N.-T.'. is at the Hara lln. . '. E. W. Churchill, a banker of Xapa. accompanied by his wife, is at th»». Palace. * John Bartholomew, a wealthy linen weaver of New York, la registered at the St. Francis. : Mrs. D. M. Delmas and ', Miss Delmaa of Mountain View registered at the Dorchester yesterday. • - E. B. Yerlngton. one of the offlcJala of the Virginia City ' and Carson Rail road, is at the! Palace. '... VMigsL. Bruce and Miss J. Bruce, .well-known members of the New York social set. are at the Majestic F. Mj> Crehore. a Honolulu banker, accompanied by hU .wife,* took apart ments at 1 the - Jefferson yesterday. Tha couple 'will visit Boston. C. S. , Jackson, publisher of the Port land Journal, is in this city. - He will visit * thel southern : part -of the 3t.*te before - returning \u25a0" to Oregon. .:\u25a0; Captain : Cassefley .'of ."the British army. . stationed ' In " China.' reached this port from the Orient yesterday on hla way : to England. '* He is at the Palace. iMlss ,C. J./CartenC daughter of the jSovernor^of- the- Hawaiian Islands, ar rived in :* this . city lyesterday a.ccom panied-^by . Charle»^A.,:Hartwell and Miss '/Juliette *Hartw«ll Tha party has apartraants at the JeCfer, \u25a0on. \u25a0 They arm •en * route to , Washing^, ton. D. C and otherj Eastern citlftk .