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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
ENGLAND'S RESERVE
AND THE PART IT PLAYS
IN NTERRA TYORAL POLITICS.

What the mobilization of the British
naval reserve means was evidenced at
the time of the Transvaal trouble, when
within the course of a few hours the
famous flying squadron, one of
the most formidable fighting forces
ever gathered on the sea under one
flag, was fully commissioned and went
to sea ready for the most active sery-
ice in any quarter.
The naval reserve consists of both
ships and men, and constitutes a spe-
cial and separate department of the
Admiralty, which is presided over by
Vice-Admiral Edward Hobart Sey-
mour, to whose excellent administra-
ton much Of the credit for its present
efficiency is due
The ships of the navy are divided in
to five classes: First-Those fully man
ned and in active service. Second
Those partially manned Third-The
ships of the ''A'' division Of the fleet
reserve, ready for service. Fourth
The vessels of the fleet reserve under
going repair, but more or less ready;
and flfth-The mercantile auxiliaries.
The second and third classes include
the coast guard and port defense yes
sells, and vessels returned from foreign
stations, temporarily out of commits
sion. These two classes always en-
brace a large number of the best fight
ing ships in the British navy The fifth
class, the mercantile auxiliaries, com
prise. eleven large and swift ocean
greyhounds, such as the Campania.
Lucania and Majestic, on the Atlantic:
the Empress steamers on the Pacific.
and the Peninsular and Oriental steam
ers Australia and Victoria, running to
the far East via the Mediterranean.
Suez Canal and Indian Ocean, all re-
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strength the combined fleets of Russia
and Germany, Russia and France, or
France and Germany. Attached to the
China station at present are the fol-
lowing English warships:
le-ship-Centurion; one.
Armored characterization, Immor-
talite Narcissus, Powerful and I'm
daunted; five.
Protected cruisers-Iphigene, Pique
and Rainbow; three.
Cruisers-Algerine Archer, Daphne
Linnet. Peacock, Phoenix, Pigmy, Plo-
YER Rather and Redpole; ten.
Gunboat-Esk; one.
Dispatch vessel-Alacrity; one.
Storeship- Humber; one.
Receiving ship-Tamar; one.
Total effective strength-Twenty-
three.
Russia's force, which is now in
Asiatic waters, is as follows:
Armored cruisers-Admiral Vachim-
off. Dimitry Donskoy, Pamait Azora
and Ruis; four.
Protected cruiser-Admiral Koinic-
loft one.
Coast defense ironclads-Gremiasti
by, Novgorod, Otvajny; three.
Cruisers-Bobr. Koreyet1, Kreiscr,
Mandshur, Rynda, Sivootch and Zabi-
jaka; seven.
Torpedo vessels-Gaidamak, Vzad~
nidk and Haidamak; three.
-Silatch; one.
Total-Nineteen.
Germany's force consists of the bat
tle-ships Kaiser, Deutschland, Gefion,
the protected cruisers Prince Wilhelm,
Orene and Kormoran and the cruiser
Arcona.
~. Frances representatives are the bat
tle-ship Bayard, protected cruiser
Descartes, cruiser Eclaireur and gun
boats Comete and Surprise.
More than twenty Japanese vessels
are in Chinese water. the best known
of them being the Chen Yuen, cap
tured in the recent war; the Yashima
and the Full.
Regarding the story that the British
Government has decided to call into
active service her naval reserve fleet,
BRUCE Ismay, agent of the White Star
line, when seen to-day, said he had no
official or other information on the
subject.
At the office of the British Consul
surprise was expressed at the report,
inasmuch as Great Britain has a suffi
cient naval force to cope with any
emergency that might arise in the
East without calling to her aid the
services of the naval reserve. The Brit
ish Consul here has no official informa-
ton on the subject.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says that communications are con-
stantly passing between the British
and Japanese officers, and it is under
stood that tho japanese Ministers are
trying TO effect a re-approachment
with England on the basis of a joint
guarantee of reform in Chinese admin
istration.
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of Interest to the Coast.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Extensions
have been granted as follows: Califor-
mia: Original-James A Billion, San
Francisco, S.. Increase-Charles de la
Fontaine, San Francisco. IS to S12.
Oregon: Original-Joel B. Wilson.
Dayton, Sc.
Washington: Original widows, ETC.
Ellen Remington. Vancouver, $40.
A postoffice was to-day established
at Samaria, Lane County, Or, and D.
Lanham appointed postmaster
Army orders-Priyate Benni Gold
blatt, Company F, First Infantry, now
at the Preside, San Francisco; is trans
ferred to Light Battery F, Third Ar
tillery, stationed at the same post.
Austina Lord was to-day commits
stoned postmaster at Tracy, Cal.
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made upon it for the murder of two
German missionaries.
The officials also understand that in
stationing her fleet at Port Arthur,
Russia is simply acting in accordance
with secret treaty existing between
her and China which gives her the
right to maintain her naval squadron
in Chinese waters during winter, and
finally, 1 was told to-day that the
| massing of British and Japanese fleets
in the Gulf of Pechili meant nothing
ing, when it is known that the London
and Toxic governments secured sew
eral years ago the right to keep their
vessels in those waters
The above information throws new
light on the situation in the East, and
to the minds of officials shows that the
reports recently published have been
exaggerated.
The demand made by Germany con-
tanned, l understand, six provisions.
One requires the punishment of the
men Immediately concerned in the
murder Of the German missionaries
Another requires the degradation and
punishment of the Viceroy of Shan
Tung province.
The third demands the payment of
an indemnity of 5000 600 TO the families
of the murdered men.
The fourth requires China to take
measures for the proper protection of
Germans and their interests in China
in the future.
The fifth requires that railroad con-
cessiOns of the province of Shan Tung
be granted to the German Govern
ment.
The sixth announces that. pending
compliance with these demands, Ger
many will occupy Kiaochau.
The secret of the failure of Russia
Great Britain, Japan or France to
interfere in Germany's programme is
found, it is thought, in the fact that
the German forces will but temporarily
retain Kiaochau. What may grow
out of the situation is predetermined.
The United States Minister at Seoul
Korea, has informed the department of
the dismissal of McLeavy Brown, a
British citizen, who entered the Gus
toms service of Korea under a FIVE
year contract, the dismissal being
based on the ground, it is said, that
Mr.. Brown is incompetent.
The Chinese Minister, with whom I
talked tonight, said that while he had
received no information beyond the
first cablegram announcing the land
ing of the Germans at Kiaochau. he
had all along believed the reports pub
hshed had been greatly exaggerated
The advices of the State Department
showing that the occupation of the
Germans is temporary bear out his
belief. The Minister denied that he
had given any authorized statements
concerning the situation in the East
which have been credited to him during
the last few days. He has been quoted
as making statements which he de-
clares he never made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
RAYS OF LIGHT
ON A MYSTERY
Sonona Officials Tracing the
Antecedents Of Sydney N.
johnson.
Learned That the Stranger Who Conn
n1itted Suicide Had a Family
at San Pedro.
Special Dispatch to The Can.

Sb~N4"~4 OASPotCA W LAC OdiA'
SONOMA, Dec. 30.-The officials of
this place are still probing in darkness
endeavoring to learn the identity of the
man giving the name of Sydney N.
Johnson, who committed suicide here
yesterday morning. Little light has
been thrown on the mystery, but a.
clew in addition to his having a wife
and daughter at San Pedro has been
obtained, and it is hoped will lead to
his identity. During his spree, which
he entered upon when first coming to
Sonona last June, he was always reti-
cent about himself, but on one of his
meanderings he spoke to A. A Enke,
proprietor of the Union Hotel, about
having a wife and daughter in San Pc
dro and of being in the French Hos
pital in San Francisco.
On one occasion he was invited by
William Bowers, recently proprietor of
the Brooklyn Hotel, Petaluma, to visit
him in that place. It is thought, how
ever, that Bowers met Johnson for the
first time in Sonoma last June He
was evidently in this place in 1852. as
he often spoke of men living here at
that time, all of whom are now dead
He also took great interest in all pu-
gilistic sport and could relate the his
tories of all prominent prize-fighters.
Coroner Young is now at Santa Rosa
and is endeavoring to obtain some
knowledge on the case, but as yet no
word has been received from him The
body of the suicide is at the undertake
ing parlors and will not be inferred I'M
til an order is received from the Coro-
ner, which will probably be some time
tomorrow. Photographs have been
taken, and every endeavor will be
made to learn his identity. It is
thought by many that he had had fam
ilY troubles at some time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec 30. H. Morse If
King, Morse & Co., well-known canned
goods firm of San Francisco, is in the
city. Mr.. Morse will sail for Europe on
Saturday. He states that stocks IF
canned goods Of all descriptions on the
coast are closely cleaned up, and that
Senator White and Congressman Ma
CURE are in town, having run over from
Washington for n few DAYS
The Phoenix Insurance. Cononanx -
Brooklyn will re-enter the Pacific Coast
about February, 1885, and will ESTABLISH
an agency Tor San Francisco and its en-
Vironments at least Manager Harhec;-
OF the western department expects to
ieave ABOUT the middle OF next month 10
look over the field. ~
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
NATIONAL BANK TO BE
ESTABLISHED IN ALASKA.
S. p. Young Makes Application to the
Comptroller of the Currency for
the Necessary Papers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S0.-Applica-
ton has been made to the Comptroller
Of Currency by S. P. Young of San
Francisco, for necessary papers pre-
liminary to the establishment of a ma
tional bank in Alaska. The letter re-
eeived from Mr.. Young does not iudi-
cate in what town the new banking
institution is to be located Comm
troller Eckels says there is no legal
objection to granting the application.
and has forwarded blanks to Mr..
Young, on which the formal petition is
to be written. No national bank ex-
lists in Alaska at present, and Mr..
Eckels says that it Will be necessary
to assess the proposed bank for extra
large fees to cover the unusual ex-
pense of examination and supervision
caused by banks a great distance from
the central government.
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fight. Now, Corbett may wear himself
out talking about betting $4,000 that
he can whip Fitzsimmons.
Concerning Mccoy and Choynski
Julian said: Il am going to hold Nc
Coy to his promise that he would give
Choynski the next show at him. He
cannot get out of it by saying Choynski
must come down to 15S pounds, for he
knows Joe cannot do that
Julian admitted that If Mccoy in
sisted he wanted to fight no man out
side of the middle-weight limit, he
(Julian) might consent to name a
middle-weight.
But" he said, sit will not be WAL
colt, nor will it be Tommy Ryan
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
RAILROAD STATi0H-H HOUSE AT
PETERS BURGLARLZED
Money-Dr1Wer Looted and Stick of Ciu1t
Powder Left in the Place by the
Craftsman

STOCKTON, Dec 90.-A thief broke
into the station house at Peters, on
the Oakdale line east of this city. this
evening while Agent Case was at sup
per. A window was broken and the
money drawer pried open. A stick of
giant powder left in the place by the
man indicated a willingness to do
something even more desperate. Last
evening the section house was broken
into and $50 taken. Officers are out
with fair description of several sus-
poets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
GERMAN OCCUPATION
OF CHINESE TERRITORY
SAID TO BE TEMPORARY
Rather Disposition in Official Quarters
at Washington to Make Light of the
Situation in Asia,

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-The Herald,s
Washington correspondent sends the
following: Germanys occupation of
Kiaochau is but temporary, if the pro-
visions of her demand upon the Chi
nese Government are faithfully observ-
ed. Information received at the State
Department from Minister DENLY at
Picking announces that the occupation
of Chinese territory by the German
forces will end with compliance by the
Picking Government with the demands
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Winners on TIE New Orleans Track.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec 3O-Results:
First race, selling, one mile, What Next
won, Springtime second, Ardath third.
Time, 1:45&.
Second race, six and a half furlongs,
Dudley E won, Belle of Memphis second,
Chiffon third. Time, 1:24A.
Third race, one and an eighth miles,
over four hurdles, selling, Brakeman
Won, Repeater second, Uncle Jim third.
Time, 2:09.
Fourth race, six furlongs, Harry Duke
won, Sligo second, Hibernia Queen third.
Time, 1:l6s4. s.
Fifth race, selling, one and a sixteenth
miles, Viscount won Lamoore second,
Mount Washington third. Time, 1;35.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Dr.. Bergstein win Not Be ousted.

CARSON New, Dec. 30.-The State
Insane Asylum Board met to-day, and
on motion to call for the resignation
of DR.. Bergstein the vote was mega
tived, Treasurer Westerf1eld voting aye
and Governor Sadler and Controller
Lagrave no, which enables the doctor
to retain his place. Treasurer West
erfield filed a protest against his re-
naming as superintendent of the asv-
lum. and made a hot attack upon his
methods
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Chicago Banker Dying at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3d.. B.
Dewey, president of the Bankers Ma
tional Bank of Chicago, lies danger
ously i'll at his home in Pasadena. He
arrived from Chicago on Christmas
day, and has been confined ever since
with inflammation of the lining of the
heart. Little hope is entertained of
his recovery.
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Former city Official Dies at Hupu.

NAPA. Cal, Dec. 30.-A. II. Conklin.
aged 4S, and a native of New York.
died here to-day after a lingering ILL
ness. Deceased served as City Clerk
and Treasurer for two terms and was
a capable and efficient officer A wife
and three children survive him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
To Cure q cold In one nnu

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money it It fails to cure
Csc. The genuine has L. b. Q, on each tablet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
GIlSSm2l'S 2laGifi

With this remedy persons CO
without the least exposure.
change in application to bust
contains nothing that is of the
constitution Ask your drues
a bottle.
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Wdghtls Indian Vegetable RiII

Are acknowledged by thousands of persons
have used them for over forty years to =
SICK HEADACHE, GIDDINESS, @
TION, Torpid Liver, Weak Stopla
and purify the blood.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-20

'Macmillans Magazine" for Septem-
her macmillan & Company, London
and New York; is at hand and has these
leading features: The Surrender of
Napoleon" from unpublished letters by
Sir Humphrey Senhouse, r. N; The
Greeks and Their Lesson" by Arthur
Gage: Hats and Hat-WorshiD"; I'm
the Guardianship of God" by Mrs.
Steel; Some Notes on Chess by Geo.
II. Ely; The Craze of the -Colored
Print; AT the Convent of Yuste," by
Charles Edwardes: The Duel in
France; "A Chapter of Accidents" by
Mrs. Fraser.
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The Outlook for September 4th is
a full magazine. richly illustrated and
treating of current events. books and
affairs abroad and the religious
world. and. in addition, has papers on
and his family, on patchwork
preaching, the higher life in Rome,
working girls clubs, aids to devout life,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-20

only TO the artists but also to the
reader To most of US the mind-picture
of Pickwick is rather what Phiz drew
than what Dickens penned. In some
cases. indeed, the artist may even bet
ter the conception of the author. The
immense advantage of the modern pro-
cess is nowhere more apparent than in
the case of "Harper's Weekly" 1t has
enabled that periodical to reach level
of artistic excellence that would other
wise have been impossible. Frederic
Remington. for example. is a constant
contributor. Who does not klIow and
enjoy his brilliant drawings of West
ern life which he depicts with such
marvellous vividness because he has
lived among cowboys, greasers, Indians
and cavalrymen, and tasted the glOri-
Gus intoXication of the ''unappropri-
ated air" of the plains? Carlton T.
Chapman's sea scenes, again, are the
faithful work of a man who has known
and loved the ocean both in its slunber
and in its movement; while there are
few characteristics of our modern
ships and sailors which have escaped
the alert observation Of r. T. Zogbaum.
1t is just this close touch with life,
joined to technical skill, that makes
the artist illustrator such a power in
art to-day While attaining a prof.
cheney at least equal to that of his
brethren of the easel, he is a living
factor in the progress of the day, main
tanning it with a quick sympathy that
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-20

When the use Of the camera revolu-
tionized the process of reproducing
drawings. the calamity howlers raised
their lament that the profession OF the
artist would be ruined, and that the
mechanical treatment would destroy
the artistic value Of illustrations. AS
usual, there was a modicum OF truth
The wood and steel engravers have
found their occupation almost gone.
and the majority have had to turn 10
other lines of work The cheap pro-
cess. also. has flooded the daily press
and inferior periodicals with guam
tity Of poor illustrations, of which there
are already signs that public taste is
growing tired On the other hand,
there was never before so great field
for good illustrators. The economy or
the process reproductions has made It
possible for publishers to avail them
selves much more extensively of illus
trations, and by careful touching-up at
the hands of skillful artists the short
comings of the mechanical reproduc-
tions are largely counteracted. The net
result, therefore, is a distinct gain, not
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lifts his work high above mere illustra
ton. The student of the future who
seeks to learn what the men and wo-
men of our time We're, how they took
their pleasures and their pains. will
not be able to overlook the drawings
of w. T. Smedley. If he wishes to
learn the pathological condition of our
body-politic, w. A. Rogers, who, among
other subjects. keeps finger always
on the political pulse, may supply the
diagnosis Whether the drawings are
subjects of travel. as those of Edwin
Lord Weeks: delightful blossoms upon
an authors texts like the Illustrations
of w. II. Hyde. A. J. Keller, and Peter
Newell: such humors of the day as
sketches of H. M Wilder and W. Nc
Nair, or have the varied interest which
belongs TO the work of T. de Thulstrup,
G. ". Peters. and A. B. Frost, they
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WOOD AND COAL. Z 7

grain. Before buying elsewhere call and
get our prices. Orders for winter supply
measure guaranteed. Office and yard, SIC
and SIS L street, between Fifth and Sixth.
JAMES McCAW, Proprietor. Capital
Telephone 52S
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

DIR. GRUNDON, REMOVED TO South
west cor. 9Th and j. Phone 40, res. 52l
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-20

The mortgage of $4,000 which the
Iowa Union Telephone Company gave
TO the Illinois Trust Company has been
lost in the mails. The document has
Travelled through nearly every county
in Iowa where the Iowa Union Compa-
ny does business, to be recorded. 1t
has always been mailed in a tin tube.
When the mail reached Grundy Center
the tube was found, but the mortgage
was gone. 1t is not presumed that it
was stolen, as it would be of little value
TO any one but the rightful owners.
The opinion prevails that it became
separated from the covering and will
yet turn UP. If not, a duplicate mort
sage viii be made. and ii must be
recorded in all the counties the origi-
nal visited. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
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INCUBATOR, PP ef gfe1k A A2SIo
plies, including bone and clover cutters
grits remedies, lice killers Cap. phone
40 f. e. TOWNSEND & CO, 1925 J ST.
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MR.. EDWARD l. CALVIN OF THE
Mills-Galyin Co. has been appointed by
Governor Tanner of Illinois Commission
er OF Deeds for that State for four years.
He is prepared to take acknowled gments
to deeds, contracts, assignments or
transfers relating to property in Illinois !;
ing them and dispositions to be read in
the several courts. se19-7t
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Some of the North Carolina moon
sinners Rave embarked in the counter
felt .:'oney making business. Several
mounts ms districts are flooded with
spurious coin.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

GERMANIA BUILDING AND LOAN
Association-The monthly installments
and interest are due and payable to-
day tMonday), Sep goth. The Secre-
tary Will be ready to receive the same
at 1011 Fourth street, from 10 a. m. to
p. m, and in the evening from to s.
j. HAHN, President,
II. J. Goethe, Secretary. 1t*
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RAG CARPET WEAVING: OLD CAR
pet woven into rugs. Mrs Johnson, 1914
Eighth.
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CHEAPEST SOLING ON EARTH.
Gents 45c, ladies Csc, at 1011 street.
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WANTED.

ACTIVE AND EXPERT
enced grocery clerk; state age, whether
married or single, and what wages are
expected; also where previously en-
ployed Address No. 81, Record
Union office. se19-2t
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JAPANESE BOY WANTS SITUATION
TO do cooking and housework. Address
H. F." z. O. box $50. se19-3t*
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-20

THE Little Klondike Nugget" is the
title of new book. Beside being most
convenient. it claims to be an authen
tic guide for the prospectOr entering the
gold fields. It contains United States
and Canadian mining laws in full; Ca
madam customs duties, Land Office
rules. mining methods and processes,
the story of the discovery, who ought to
go, what to take, health and climate,
etc. 1t has a folding map of leading
routes and maps showing location of
rivers and creeks rich in gold Laird &
Lee, publishers, Chicago.
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office to 401 X street, over Hammers
> drug store. Hours-10 to II, to 4:30,
to $50. Sunset phone 991.
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LADY OF NEAT APPEAR
ance; salary 81 per day: apply at once
Address ANNA G. SMITH, Sacramento,
Cal, general delivery. Sel9-2t*