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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
Gorha,n 70 Chairn an.

WASHINGTON. Q. c., July 21.--The
executive committee of the Union Republi-
can Club has elected the following officers:
Chairman. George G. Gorham. OF Califor-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
Race Through the Surf.

SANTA MONICA, CAL, July 21.-In the
half-mile swimming race through the surf
here to-day Arthur Splittstoesser of Los
Angeles won. Time, 16 minutes; J. N.
Rice was second, 1705; William Rapp
third 1745
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
Won bv BotteritI,s Els,corth.

LONDON, ENG, July 21-The National
Breeders produce stakes of 5000 sovereigns
at Sandowne to-day was won by R. Bot
terill's Ellsworth. Douglas Baird's Santa
Maura was second and Sir ]. Blumdell
Naples Barndance third.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
VIGILANf AND DEFENDER.
The Tivo Stoops to Test Their Speed on a
Triangular Course.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 21.-The
yacht Defender passed down the East
River at about 6 80 o'clock this evening in
tow from City Island. She was bound for
the anchorage at Bay Ridge, where she
will remain until the morning, when she
will again meet the Vigilant in another
contest. The contest tomorrow will be a
triangular one, ten miles on each leg. The
start will. probably be made. from the
Sandy Hook lightship.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
Won bv Comedian Rifen,en.

LONDON, Enc, July 21.--The Canadian
rifemen won f120 in the shooting
at Bisley for the City Of London prize. OF
this Hay hurst got ELS and Skeddon Els.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22

mia; Vice-chairman, General W. w. Dud-
ley, of Indiana; Secretary, George ).
Emory, of Vermont.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
DENVER GETS 4 BALL CLUB.
Inc v"sd"d Nine to BE Transferred to
the Colorado Gin

70 17o 1TUUSJ eFT6U 70
the Colorado city.
OMAHA, NEBR., July 21.-The Omaha
Baseball Club has been transferred and
when 1t returns from its Eastern trip,
which begins tomorrow at Des Moines, it
will on August begin its work at Dem
yer.
Manager David Rowe was in Denver la
week and made the contracts. which were
to-day ratified by President Kent of the
ASSOCIATION, who is here for that purpose.
1t is said that Denver people are very
anxious to have the club and have made
very good terms to get it. The guarantee
is to be raised to $50 game to the visiting
club and the club is to be directly bene-
flied financially. The cause of the removal
is poor patronage and inaccessible
prOundS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22

IN the Field sculling contest at Putney was
rowed to-day, and was won by the Hon.
Mr.. Guinness will row Vivian Nickalls next
and, II successful, will row his third heat
with u. A. Thompson of Toronto. Lord
lyeagh, the father of Mr.. Guinness, wit
messed the race
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22

Canal Commissioners Returns.
NEW YORK, N. Y, July 21.-The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
ON THE DIAMoND.

Winners of Yesterdays Baseball Games
an the East.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22

ing her heavy British ordnance, as it
proved less handy working than the Ger
man guns. The Chinese envoy has OBJ
tanned the consent of the War Office to en-
gage 100 German officers to drill the reor-
ganized Chinese army.
DR.. Haas, who is member of the Reich
stag for Metz, hiss fixed his residence in
Nancy with the object of establishing the
practice of medicine there. In consequence
of this change OF residence, he has been
informed that he will not be allowed to sit
in the Reichstag. The doctor is noto-
riously favorable to France, and this has
much to do with this decision.
The Anarchist Zeitung of Berlin has sus-
pended publication, and it is announced
that the Vienna paper will become the
chief organ of the Anarchists.
Rector Ahlwardt presided over an anti
Thursday, the money paid for admission
to which was to have been given to the
families in Bremerhaven whose heads had
lost their lives by shipwreck. When the
was over it was discovered that
comrade of Ahlwardt had taken his de-
parture for Berlin with the money. No
BODY blames Ahlwardt, however.
The notorious Silesian brigand, Soberick,
who was being hunted by gendarmes in
the forests after killing three persons, has
been betrayed by one of his friends, named
Rumpelt. The latter promised Soberick
that he would give him money to enable
him and his wife to emigrate to America
and would also place in his hands some
valuable papers if he would meet him at
certain place to arrange matters. Soberick
kept his appointment and while they were
talking over glass of wine Rumpelt
drugged the brigand's drink and he soon
fell into a stupor. Rumpelt then brought
the police and Soberick is now in prison OF
Beuthen.
Berlin is almost deserted, verybody that
could get away having gone on holidays.
The Royal Opera, SchilIer's, Krelrs and
most of the theaters are closed. The
Volks Theater is running inns popular
spectacular and national comedy entitled
"Geheimniss der Kalten Mamsell,n the
scene of which is laid ir- Chicago. The
Flora Theater has successfully produced
latest co2se opera, "Der
Waffenschmied,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

From Good Government.

From Good Government
For some years Mr.. Roosevelt has stood,
in the public eye, substantially for the
whole commission. He TO sooner became
identified with it in 1889 than his aggressive
traits began to manifest themselves. He
merely receptive and mechanical body,
combining its operations to the holding of
examinations and the publication OF re-
ports He notified President Harrison
promptly of the extensions and improve
ments in the classified service which he
deemed it important to make, and he never
lost an oppoEt unity of pressing these sug-
gestions afresh, both privately and publicly.
Recognizing the especial responsibility OF
a party man With nigh ideals to hold his
own fellow partsans up to the mark, he
spared not the best of his friends when he
found them derelict in their observance of
both letter and spirit of the civil service
law. His first resort in these cases. of
course, was to the President, before whom
he would lay full statement of the facts
brought out by the most searching inquiry
the commission had power to make. But
he did not step there. After waiting as
long official courtesy required, and fall
ing in his effort to procure the correction
of the wrong and the punishment of the
wrcrgdoer, he would turn all the facts
over to the press, that the public might
draw its own conclusions. The result of
this policy of candor was that the COM
mission acquired the confidence and respect
always believe that concealment means
something bad to conceal, learned to feel
that here was one branch of the govern
rnent establishment which performed its
functions in a glass house, and therefore
evidently had nothing to be ashamed of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

An Ansonia, Conn, bridal couple deter
mined to outwit the rice and shoe throw
ing friends who were lying in wait for
them at the front door of the parental
mansion on the night of the wedding, and
escaped from an upper window to their
coach by means of a long ladder, surrep-
titiousiy provided for that purpose. When
their escape was discovered there was some
indignation among the guests, who felt
that they had been cheated out of their
natural ard legitimate fun of starting the
young people off on their matrimonial
venture with shower of undesirable mis-
siles. The identity of the protector of the
scheme to escape running the gauntlet of
good-natured bombardment is not known
but whichever of the couple conceived the
project deserves the thanks of a long-suf-
fering community and should be immortal
lied by all the bridal couples who may fol-
low them along the path of nuptial hap
piness. There is a limit at which super
stition should stop, and if there is an occa-
sion IN the life of man or woman when
superstition and foolish credulity should be
put aside it is when man and woman are
welded. The idea of casting good luck
after the newly married people In the form
of shoes and rice has largely died out, and
d
less custom, the meaning of which is sell
dom apparent to any of those participant
ing The occasion is seized by those with
roEpish tendencies as a good opportunity
Tor a frolic. The disadvantages of rice
promiscuously thrown into the hair, ears
and clothing of departing bridal couples
frequently become painfully apparent on
various occasions during the succeeding
tour, when their identity as freshly mar
ried folks has been thereby disclosed to
fellow travellers and wicked hotel clerks.
The best thing in the world for a married
couple to start off with is good temper,
and there is no doubt that many man has
begun his marital experience with his blood
boiling at the indignities that are being
heaped upon his defenseess head. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that the Ansonia
young man and young woman will succeed
as husband and wife. Their plucky eva
sion OF the silly old custom shows that
they have good sense. enterprise and cour-
age. Those qualities will stand them in far
better stead than all the fictitious good
fortune that could ever have been thrown
at them in the form of rice and discarded
foot-gear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
in the program of Russian ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

in the program of Russian aggrandizement
sketched by the semi-oficial organs of the
Russian government. 1t will be remem-
bered that not SO many years ago the
powers interfered to prevent Russia from
taking advantage of Russ:a's victory over
Turkey, to the extent of insisting that
Russia should not take possession of even
one of the coveted ports owned by the de-
feated nation: Constantinople rules the
Black Sea. For long time the czars have
sought steadily to lay their hands on at
least one seaport that would be open all
the year round AS things have been and
as they still are, Russia possesses no har-
Dor that Is not blocked with ice for almost
half the year. There Is, therefore, nothing
extremely unreasonable in the proposition
that the Car would. if he dared, seize upon
some of the irst-class ports in Corea; but
IN view of the fact that Japan went to war
with China because there was Japanese
msistence upon something Ike a Japanese
protectorate over the Hermit Kingdom it
does not Seem likely that-even if the
powers of Europe should consent-Japan
would sit still with folded hands while
Russia gobbled up a country that China
was not permitted to have. Great Britain
surely will not permit it's most aggressive
rival in Asia to secure such tremendous
advantages as would accrue from the &C.
cupation of Corea. Any extension Of Rus
sian power in the China seas will be likely
to hasten the day when Russia and Great
Britain shall endeavor to settle for some
time the supremacy Of the one or the other
south of the Himalayas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

Observation-Disclosures highly-cultured. i'm
maculate Boston-is to be "Lexowed." To
many Americans this announcement will
come with all the force of a heavy blow,
but, whether we like 1t or not, the fact re-
mains that the Massachusetts senate has
adopted an order which provides for the
appointment of a recess committee of the
legislature-three members of each branch
Ito sit during the recess and investigate,
to such extent as shall be deemed neces-
sary by said committee. the condition of
affairs as they exist or have existed in the
police. street, fire. architects and water
departments, and the general business meth
DDS employed in connection with the affairs
of the departments" No one imagined
when Dr. Parkhurst opened up his fight on
blinded law and wide-staring vice in New
York city that there would follow as direct
consequences of his wholesome activity
arousings of the public conscience in many
of the more prominent centers of American
population. but it has been plain for some
time past that the general tendency of the
American people is toward municipal re-
form, and reform of the most drastic sort.
The Lexow committee, whether not it
went far enough, turned New York upside
down and worked wonders in spite of the
powerful opposition of the leading spirits
among machine politicians Of all stripes
and all degrees of wickedness. Never will
ing to play second to New York, Chicago
promptly declared itself in favor of some
thing better than 1t has of late been en-
Joying in the way of local government, and
there, in a short space of time. honestly
energetic men have uncovered conditions
that Mortified the average citizen. Then
Philadelphia sedate. rng-ridden. boss-gov-
erned Philadelphia-made up it's mind that
its public affairs needed looking into. if
only to dlsprove the frequently-made state
ment that Phiadelphia's republican adj
ministrations had been quite crooked as
Tammany's control of New York. Other
cities. too, are getting ready to examine
their books and call upon suspected stew
ards to give an account of their steward
ships, but it was not expected that Boston
would so soon be scrutinized. OF course.
there will be precise grammatical protest
by a few who somehow or other have come
to regard Boston as being the summit of
earthly perfection and there will be vehe-
ment defense of Boston's integrity by
illiterate ringsters who have, oddly enough,
been prominent and predominant features
in Bostons city council, but the influences
set in motion by the investigation will be
extremely helpful even should it be de-
veloped that Boston Is the possessor of I'M
sullied municipal character. There will
probably be no "Lexowing' in Washington.
Such safeguards are by law thrown about
the conduct of the city's municipal affairs
under its peculiar form of government that
Its financial administration is perforce clean
and honest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

Good Government attributes much of the
success achieved by Theodore Roosevelt as
Civil Service Commissioner to his belief in
the press as medium of establishing pub
lie confidence in that organization. 1t says
with convincing truth: The people at
large, who always believe that conceal
ment means something bad to conceal
learned to feel that there was one branch
of the government establishment which
performed its functions in glass house,
and therefore evidently had nothing to be
ashamed Of" What a sermon in these few
words; what lesson in the experience of
this one man for the District Commission
ers, with their absurd and antiquated no.
means sagacty, end mystery means eff
cheney! The people have that perhaps I'M
fortunate but natural tendency to suspect
anything which they do not thoroughly
understand They always respect that
which is fully, freely and frankly ex-
planned to them They may hold different
opinions upon the subject but they do not
ascribe improper motives to any official
who states his whole case, and who, in the
words of Good Government, performs his
functions in a glass house. There may be
occasions, few and far between, when a
certain amount of reserve is necessary to
the perfect performance of a delicate duty
but mystery cannot be continuously and
Systematically thrown over the conduct of
public office without the creation in the
public mind of the suspicion that there is
something to conceal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

The possibilities of serious international
trouble resulting directly or indirectly from
what seems TO be a peaceful condition in
Japan and Chira are materially increased
by St. Petersburg newspaper declara ton
that Russia has practically determined to
take possession of Corea. European trade
with that unfortunate little kingdom may
not amount to great deal, but-unless all
the great powers have agreed among them
selves to let Russia have its own way-it is
likely to be sufficient to stir up protest or
two and thus develop unfriendly feeling
such as has frequently threat tened the entire
peace of Europe. and which will some of
these days result in a genuine row. There
Is, however, a good deal of improbability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

For the first time since the commence
ment of the labor troubles that have re-
suited in the establishment of armed camps
in the vicinity OF Pocahontas, Va, some of
the strikers have gone to the extreme of
announcing that they propose to act ad-
Versely to the entrance of new men, even if
in so doing they are compelled to fight the
state troops. Communicl tens from state
officials resident in the disturbed region in
dictate more serious condition of affairs
than any that has yet existed in that neigh
borhood. There has been tampering with
car-couplings and other evidence of intent
to do otherwise than merely talk. It is to
be hoped that TIE strikers will succeed IN
restraining those of their number who con-
template appealing to the force of arms
In suca a struggle that threatened by
these thcuGhtiess men, victory must Ill
timately be on the side of the law Whether
all the strikers. if they combined harmo-
niously, could get away with the state
troops is not to be decided at this distance,
but it is certain that were every tire 1T
made by the movable men carried into ex-
ecution the law would have sanguinary re-
venSe. If the strikers are wise they will
avoid lawlessness, and thus avert collision
that would ultimately be disastrous to
every violator of the statutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
Good Times Coming.
From the Baltimore American.


Reports Of increases of wages have be-
come numerous. The news columns every
day have additions to the list, which has
fifteen Thousand coke workers of western
Pennsylvania have been given Is per cent
advance. Three firms of New Hampshire
Pennsylvania and Ohio have made the
same increase. and thousands of employees
are affected. The four thousand employees
of the Washington mills of Lawrence,
Mass, are getting more pay. The eighteen
hundred employees of a FAN River factory
are 10 per cent better off, and an advance
in all the mills of the city is expected. A
dozen more cases are reported, and the
total shows that better times are surely
close at hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

The iron frames for the top stories of the
city post-oitice building are being received
i'll driblets. A few frames arrive at time,
and so scattered are they in their ultimate
destinations that none of them can be
erected as yet. This is delaying the work
once more, and the masors are waiting
Meanwhile little stone-setting is being
done on the walls, and for this purpose 11S
men were employed today. These men will
do little &c shake public faith in the be-
lief that the building Will not be ready for
occupancy before August II, 1906.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
An Objection.

Yes" said Mrs. Hunnimune, "she SEEM
ed like very good-natured and capable
servant. But 1 couldn't keep her.
WAS the work too hard for her?'
mo. She said the place was just to her
liking in most respects. There was only
one objection"
what was that?"
my clothes wouldn't fit her."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
The TroIIey's Bloody Record.


From the Baltimore American.
In Brooklyn the trolley record is los
killed and more than 800 MANNED. No
wonder great mass meetings are protesting
against the slaughter. No wonder petitions
are being signed by thousands of people
But what city it must be not to be able
to move its board of aldermen to actioni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
Why She Was Jubiinnt.

There was vivacious smile on her face
which was most winsome.
"Oh, dear me-" she murmured happily,
I've just gotten such a bargain!''
'How, dear?" inquired her friend.
81 sent telegram only a quarter for ten
words, and at least six of them were
words of more than three syllables!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

If, as has been intimated, the water
meter program of the Commissioners in
cludes tse eventual foisting of meters upon
all OF the local water consumers, small
and great, the community will not be
alphabetically disturbed over the diff
cuities which the Commissioners think
they find in enforcing the restricted water
meter law now on the statute books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

In the complaints about the practice OF
pulling horses which has become one of
the scandals across the river there is a
disposition TO make the political pull a
matter OF especial disapprovaL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

Mr. Addicks will probably never again
undertake to control a senatorial boom
without owning a substantial majority OF
the stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

Now doth the fly sit calmly by
The neighborhood to sean;
Nor finds by search a better perch
Than the electric fan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
Easily Arranged.

'Td like to go to the races" said Willie
Washington, but 1 don't know anything
about them. I'm afraid I'd seem unsophs-
ticated.'
THAT needn't bother you"
as there any particular style of costume
that's appropriated"
Yes. You just wear a worried look and
trousers that have fringe at the bottom,
and everybody will think that you're an
old frequenter OF the place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

Having made a banquet a feature of their
proceedings the silver conference in Utah
can retire feeling that it has omitted moth
ing which ought to characterize a great
political occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

General Maceo furnishes new and i'm
portant testimony to the fact that it is
entirely possible for man TO survive his
obituary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

She had been putting away the winter
clothing for the summer. She spent some
time examining her sealskin sacque, and
firally remarked to her husband:
Henry, we've been cheated"
Howl"
This is not genuine seal fur. I'm sure
of it, You told me that you paid the very
highest figure for it. Now, how do you &C
count for the deception
''Why, my dear, 1 can't account for it
unless" and his face frightened with in
spiration-'unless the seals have gotten
into the way of wearing false hair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
4 Theory Indorsed.

What the Indian needs said the emin-
ent sociologist "is a rational system of
supervision"
That's right" replied the man who mas
lived in the far west; what the Indian
needs is gettn' his rations to i'm reg lar
an enough of EN-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

The Jackson City protest committee roars
as gently as any sucking dove. \ hand
shaka instead of a protest Is rendered to
Governor O'FerralI.