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The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
STAEF0RD'S "QUAD" ron ,s6.
Novel Features Contained in the Fourth
Volume of the Students
Publication

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, April
15.-By rushing matters the 9S annual
board will be ple to get out the fourth
volume of the Stanford Quad two weeks
before the regular time. The work is now
IN press and will be issued on April 80
which is the day set apart for junior
promenade. Proof of the subject matter
contained in the book is in the hands of
the board of editors.
The book will have $50 pages, including
the advertisements at the end. Special
attention has been paid to the typographi-
been used, which shows off engravings to
the best advantage.
A feature has been made Of both the art
and literary apartments. The excellence
of the prize poem and the prize story
the former written by Wallace Irwin 100,
the latter by his brother. w. H. Irwin
'9S-has been commented on by the faculty
the story, "The Professor, the Soph and
the Phantom" have both been illustrated
by Miss Hyde, the staff artist,
DR.. o. l.. Elliott has contributed an ex-
cellent article on "The History of the
University" IL is much the same as will
appear in forthcoming number OF
Harper's Monthly.
Besides the prize story there is one con-
tributed by Merle Johnson '97 and Miss
Mary Meyrick '9S. A number of poems
will appear.
While the "joshes" this year are all
good-natured, there is snap to some of
them that makes them unusually inter-
esting No one is safe from attack and
the editor of this department was ex-
tremely active in originating the Jokes on
his fellow-sfudents
Frank Keesling, the energetic editor-1n-
chief OF the Annual, graduated from the
San Jose High School, and since his en-
trance at Stanford has taken a prominent
part in university affairs. He was the
first president of the class of '95 and has
been president and treasurer of the Philo-
lexian Debating Society, of which he was
a charter member. Keesling is member
of the Sigma M Fraternity, the Skull and
Snakes Junior and Senior Society, the re-
Gently organized Phi Delta Phi legal fra
ternity and the Stanford Press Club.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
UNITED STATES AAMi CHANGES.
Secerdt Transfers of Q"arterm asters
Ordered oN Secretarx II1er.

OroeTea oV secretary 5fgeT.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15.-Tne
following changes in stations and duties
of officers of the quartermaster's depart
ment are ordered by the Secretary OF War:
Lieutenant Colonel James NJ. Marshall,
deputy auartermaster-g general, will trans
fer his duties and responsibilities at Van
couver Barracks, Wash, TO Captain Theo-
dore E. True, assistant quartermaster,
and then proceed to Omaha, Nebr., and
report in person to the commanding gen.
erai, Department of the Platte, for assign
ment TO duty as chief quartermaster of
that department.
Major John L. Glenn, quartermaster,
will transfer his duties and RESPONSE bill
ties at Atlanta, Ga, to Lieutenant Colonel
James w. Scully, deputy quartermaster-
general, depot and disbursing quarter
master at New Orleans, La. ana then pro-
ceed 10 Portland. Or, and relieve Major
Joshua w. Jacobs, auarte-master of mis-
duties at that place. He will report by
letter TO the commanding general of the
Department of the Columbia. Major
Jacobs upon being relieved by Major Glenn
will proceed to Vancouver barracks, Wash
ingion, and report in person to the COM
manding general, Department of the
Columbia, for assignment to duty as chief
quartermaster Of that department.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
UNDER RO0SEHEL7S SUPERVISION.
There IS Likely to Be More Thorough
Enforcement of Girl Service Rules
in f6a Novv


Enforcement of Girl Service Rules
in the Navy.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15.-Sec-
retary of the Navy Long has assigned to
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Roosevelt
the duty OF looking after the several navy
yards and stations = that part OF their
administration which pertains to the sys.
tenn now in vogue of the EN- mploymenr OF
labor. skilled and unskilled, and the car
rying out Of the civil service law pertain
ing to the clerical force.
A blank called digest of Record" has
been forwarded to every clerk now en-
ployed under cognizance of the Navy De-
partment which, when com pIeted, will
show the age of each clerk. place of nativ-
ity, State from which appointed, date OF
appointment, previous occupation prior
TO appointment, previous experience as a
clerk, detailed account of present duties
and whether such duties fully occupy
hours OF service. This paper will be
supplemented by a report from each
clerks superior officer setting forth the
qualifications and abilities OF the persons
under their control. When inefficiency is
reported discharges will result, and the
conduct of clerks, both in and out OF
Office. will be taken undsr consideration.
After the reports have all been tabu-
lated Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will
visit every navy-yard and station in the
United States, looking after matters In
person, paying especial attention to the
administration of the different boards of
labor employ ment.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16

this country by the new administration.
The action taken by the Senate regarding
the expected execution of Rivera, though
not formally presented to the Spanish
Government, was brought to its attention
by the Spanish Minister here and pro-
duced its effect, supplementing as 1t did
some very strong statements made ver-
bally by Secretary Sherman.
As soon as Rivera had been captured
this Government proposed vigorous re-
monstrance against sunni mary execution,
expressing friendliness with Spain, but at
the same time intimating very strongly
that the insurgents of Cuba should be
treated as soldiers when captured and not
as felons. Instead of formally presenting
this to Spain, as had at frst been in
tended, it was decided to verbally COM
municate its contents to the Spanish
Minjster
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
An ARTIST coLoNEL,s COMPLAINT
u. II. Battersb by Sues a Publisher for Al.
leoed Libel of q Picture.

y. Il. Battersby Sues a Publisher for Al.
leoed Libel of q Picture.
NEW YORK, N. Y. April ia Christ
m as story by Edith Sessions Tupper. pub
lished in Once A Week. is the subject of
an action brought by Colonel Jenyns E.
Battersby, West Point graduate, to re-
cover $25. 600 damages from the publisher,
Peter Collier. The name of Colonel Bat
tersby is not mentioned, but he contends
the story referred to HIM enthusiastically,
and to his large painting, Surrender of
General Lee at Appomattox," which hs
intended to exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
The picture was not exhibited there, and
it is now claimed that the story affected
the chances of its success.
The story pictured the colonel's ply.
siaue unaatteringly and spoke of the pic
ture most disparagingly. At the trial to-
day rigadier-General SerrelI testified
that the coloneps was a better picture
than "The Surrender of Corvallis" now
in the Capitol at Washington. DR.. julius
Skiiton, former Consul General to
Mexico, and two artists, testified to the
same effect. The cause was adjourned to
permit the jury to view the painting.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
Office-SeekerS Camp in
the White House
Corridors.
Mckinley Asks for Time to
Attend to Correspondence,
But 1t Is Refused.
Statesmen and Others Force Their
Way Into the Presence of
the Chief Executive,

WASHINGTON. d. c., April 15.-Presi-
dent McKinley's patience and endurance
were subjected to a severe test to-day.
The big corridor on the outside of the
Presidents room was so crowded at 10
o'clock this morning it was almost i'm
possible to pass from one end to the other.
People lined the walls, sat on the tables
and leaned on the statues of Lincoln and
Johnson, there being absolutely no at
tempt to keep the crowd in line. Senators
and Representatives touched elbows with
off ice-seekers, and all waited their turn 10
pass the watchful eye of the colored door.
keeper.
Being in arrears with correspondence
the President directed the porter to send
out word he would like to be excused.
This information was conveyed to the
crowd and many left. Several members
of Congress, however, managed to i'm
press upon the porter the necessity for
seeing the President. 1t was finally
agreed to let the crowd enter. From 10
o'clock until 1, three successive hours. the
President listened to claimants for office.
Senator Wellington of Maryland intro
duced Colonel S. B. Hege district passenger
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio, candi-
date for Railroad Commissioner, to sue
ceed Wade Hampton. 1t is not likely that
a successor 10 General Hampton will be
named until he recovers from his present
illness.
Representative Ellis of Oregon saw the
President about local offices. Knute
Nelson of Minnesota also called.
Senator Carter of Montana and National
Comm tteeman Leonard wanted 10 talk
with the President. but the crowd ahead
was too great.
Allan Arthur, son OF the late President,
filed additional papers with his applica-
ton for the Netherlands mission.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
More Popular in the
FOrecaStle Than in
the Wardroom.
A Naval Officer Who Is Thor
Oughiy Democratic in
His Ways.
How the Commander Saved His
Ship at Samoa and the Thanks
He Got For 1t.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15.-The
charges against Commander Mullan have
created no end of gossip in naval circles,
and there is likely to be a very lively
battle between the friends and enemies of
that officer. Just now that he is in
trouble, numerous incidents in his career
are being rehearsed, some 10 his credit
and others directly the reverse.
Commander MuiIan, or plain Denny"
Mulian, as he is Familiarity known fore
and aft in the navy, is not nearly so pop.
uiar in the wardroom as be Is in the fore
castle. He is reported to have an unofi-
cerliKe way Of going among his crew and
forgetting his rank sufficiently to culti-
vate their acquaintance He is also said
to be Indifferent as to the effect of his
uniform upon bluejacket, and is demo-
cratic enough to believe that the high ef-
ticiency Of the service does not wholly de-
pend on the severe military manners of
the enlisted men in the presence of their
superiors.
Denny" MulIan first came into actual
conflict with naval authority ut Samoa in
March, 1889, after the awful hurricane had
piled all the shipping in the basin OF Apia
upon the reef. When the wind went down
two American and three German war
vessels were ashore and hundreds Of sailors
were dead under the blue water. Mullan' 8
ship, the NipsIc, alone was afioat. She
had backed on 10 the peach, where she
bumped her keel on and the blades OF her
propeller had curled up like autumn
leaves. Admiral Kimberly swan ashore
when his flagship, the Trenton. went down
alongside of the sunken Vandaiia, and
from his headquarters on the beach
ordered the Nipsic away TO Auckland for
relief. A mail steamer would soon touch
at Apia and it was suggested that the
survivors quietly await her coming, but
the admiral, apparently animated by the
same spirit that had kept him and his
three ships in an unsafe harbor, with the
barometer sinking to hurricane depth,
started the shattered and disabled Nipsic
out to sea in the most stormy season of
the year. Mullan crawled back to Apia a
few days afterward, having found it dam
gerous to proceed with the crippled Nipsic
Then the admiral relieved the man who
had saved his ship from the command Of
her.
When the two officers met in Washing
ton some months afterward the ad miral
preferred charges of insubordination
against the commander. The charges
went into department pigeon hole. Later
the admiral went on the retired list and
the Hero of Samoa went down to the
pansacola Navy-vard
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
Indemnity for Lymohea Italians.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15.-After
months of diplomatic negotiations the
Department OF State has decided to recon-
mend an appropriation as indemnity for
the families of the three Italians lynched
near Hahnville, La, last August. The
Presid ent has concurred. The department
enoeavored TO evade the responsibility by
the contention that the men had forfeited
their rights as Italian subjects by exercis-
ing the rights OF citizens IN Louisiana, but
the Italian Government insisted and
Sherman was obliged 10 give in.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
Pacific Coast Pensions,

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 15.-The
following Pacific Coast pensions have
been issued: California: Original-Thomas
Bales, National Military Home, Los An
geles; Frank Mcdonald, Veterans Home,
Napa; Michael C. Hogan, San Francisco !;
Allen Cunning ham, Pasadena; JON T.
Campbell, Lorin; Stephen Lever. Soldiers
Home, Los Angeles; J ohm Nugent, Yreka !;
Frederick Lime. San Jose; Charles E.
Adams. Los Angeles; Martin r. Gore,
Durham. Reissue, special, April 6-Wil-
liam l.. Henderson, National City. Orig
inal widows, etc.-Antoinette NJ. Fowler,
San Francisco.
Oregon: Original-James Rees, SCOTS
Mills; John w. Kitchen, Goshen. Orig
inal widows, etc.-Belle Flaugher, Baker
City. Mexican War survivors-Robert
Rowark.
Washington: Original-Levi Sargent.
Aberdeen; George W. Beardsley, Orting ;
Patrick Coady, dead. Original widows.
etc.-Margaret Coady, Susan Kassell,
PomerOV.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
DWARF sR00Mc0RN or KANSAS.
largest Single Shipment Ever Made
From Any Point in the World
Goes From SteTf1o,

WICHITA, KANs., April 15.-An event
of unusual importance to Central Kansas
is the shipment from Sterling, Rice
County, of an entire trainload OF dwarf
broomcorn, consisting of twenty heavily
laden freightcars, to the Onondaga Whisk-
broom Works of Syracuse, N. Y. 1t is the
largest single shipment of broomcorn ever
made from any point in the world and
was shipped by Robert Findlay & Co.,
broomcorn com mmissiop merchants of
Sterling. The route of the train will be
over the Missouri Pacific ST. Louis and
thence by Red Line fast freight to Syra-
cuse.
The brush was grown around Sterling
in 1896. and is part of crop of 1900 tons
which was raised within a radius of
twenty miles of that point. Nowhere in
this country, except in the three Kansas
counties for which the city of Sterling is
the central market, has the dwarf variety
OF broomcorn been grown successfully on
large scale, and it is there that manu-
tacturers come annually to buy their
years stock. The standard broomcorn
grows very tall, frequently reaching a
height OF ten or twelve feet, and bears a
brush twelve to twenty-four inches long.
The dwarf variety only grows as high as a
mans shoulder. 1t has brush much
shorter and of very fine, silky fiber, and Is
Al SiC0tCSs uClnduO cy ldCLOIASS udhluS
whisk or clothes brushes.
During 1896 there were $50 cars of dwarf
broomcorn shipped from Sterling to vari-
Gus parts of the world, some of them even
going to foreign ports. There were prob.
ABLY 200 additional cars shipped from that
district, nearly all of which was handled
by the mmission men OF Sterling. The
crop of 1896 was not a large one. having
been scarcely half as big as that of 1895,
when there was an enormous yield. Be-
tween 500 and 800 cars were shipped from
Sterling that year.
The train is gayly decorated with flags
and banners and unique designs wrought
in broomcorn, and when it was side
tracked in the Missouri Pacific yards it
attracted unusual interest. There was no
oratory as when the famous Mckinley
decorated train was sent on its way to the
National Republican Convention at 81.
Louis, but the inscriptions on the banners
that adorned it and the great shipment IT.
self spoke volumes for the wonderful
natural resources of this much maligned
Stats.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
COLONEL BUtk ON JAPAN.
indications That the Japanese Intend to
CoIonis- Haacati,

Indications That the Jnpnnsss Intend to
Coionise Hascati.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15-
Colonel Buck OF Georgia, who captured
the mission to Toxic last week, had a talk
to-day about affairs in Japan with Toru
Hoshi. the Japanese Minister. The con-
versation touched on the action OF the Ha-
waiian Government in prohibiting Japan.
ess immigration. which was followed by
sending japanese warships and the
United States cruiser Philadelphia to
Honolaiu.
Colonel Buck carried away the i'm.
preston thar the situation was not Sc
rious. He said this afternoon that he dio
not SEQ how the United States could in.
teriere between Japan and Hawaii in the
present circumstances, as the immigra-
ton had been of peaceful character
The report recently made to the State
Department by Ellis Mills, Consul Gem
eral of this Government to Honolulu, con-
tains some significant fg4res about the
influx Of Japanese, which the Hawaiian
authorities are seeking TO check. Mills
gives summary of the Hawaiian census,
just completed ct the time Of his report,
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
EJEo1xNG THE PASS ENG ERs.
Streetcar Companies of indianapolis Re.
ftkse to Obeu Tie LGtC.

Streetcur Companies of Indianapolis Re-
fuse to Obey TIE LGsc.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, April 15.-The
city is excited over the election of many
people from the streetcars to-day for re-
fusing to pay illegal fares. At the recent
session of the Legislature law was
passed reducing carfares from 5 to cents.
The act went into effect to-day. 1t pro-
vides for the recovery of civil damages for
a refusal to accept the fare. and all en-
ployes collecting in excess of cents for a
single ride are subject 20 a fine. This
morning the passengers began to offer
legal fare, but the conductors srefused 10
accept it, demanding cents. In all cases
where this was not paid the passengers
were elected. One case is now pending in
the Federal court In which ex-Presiden.
Harrison appears for the com pany. asking
for an injunction against the enforce ment
of the Scent law
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
COULD NOT GET TIME FOR A vorE.

Actfn0 Chairman Dacis Of the Sen ate
and the arbitration Treaty.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 15.-When
the Senate took up the arbitration treaty
in executive session to-day, Acting Chair
man Davis made another attempt to ar
range by unanimous consent the time for
a vote.
He failed. however, owing to thu objec-
tions raised by Morgan, Mills and Carter.
Morgan would not consent to a vote until
the return of Daniels of Virginia, who
had expressed a desire to speak against
the treaty. Carter objected 10 vote until
the pairs had been arranged.
The matter OF pairs is purely personal
one, and the rules of the Senate do not
cover it. Each Senator opposed to the
treaty must be paired against two in its
favor. There is difficulty in finding
Senators willing to act as "halves." As
this state of affairs has existed almost two
weeks it would appear the friends of the
treaty are not over-exerting themselves
IN trying to bring the matter to a final
vote. However, Davis gave notice to-day
he would on Monday renew his endeavors
to have a specified time fixed.
There was practically no debate to-day
upon the treaty itself. Mantle provoked
desultory discussion by proposing that
Davis speech in favor and Morgan's
against the treaty be printed. 1t was
finally agreed to defer action until the
treaty is disposed of.
The presence of an official reporter who
had been called in to make shorthand
record OF an agreement for a vote if such
should be reached. was made the occasion
of point of order by Chandler, who
claimed the reporter was not there by di-
rection of the Senate. The point was sus-
tanned and the stenographer withdrew.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
BIG BELL FOR GOLDEN GATE.
HtU Het0h $500 Pounds and Can Be
Hard len Miles.


Hard len Miles.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April ia
monster bell is soon to be put in position
at Mile Rocks in the Pacific Ocean, near
the Golden Gate 1t will weigh $500
pounds and will be heard for distance of
ten miles.
Congressman Loud of California called
on the secretary of the Lighthouse Board,
Commander George F. Wild, to-day in re-
gard to the bell. The one now at Mile
Rocks is small affair, weighing only
about $50 pounds. and cannot be heard at
great distance above the roar of the sea.
The Lighthouse Board has been expert
menting with one of the new monster
bells at Vineyard Haven, Mass. These
bells are designed to take the place of fog
horns, as the sound is not only more pen
etratng, but often there is not room
enough on ocean rocks for foghorns. Be-
sides. the bells are worked automatically
by ccean waves and do not require an at
tendant The experiments, at Vineyard
Haven have been very satisfactory, and
Mr.. Loud has received assurances from
the Lighthouse Board that the bell at
Mile Rocks will soon be hoisted into posi-.
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
TO ADHEKs 10 home RULE.
Mckinley WiH Not Go OutsSds of Terri
tories to Select Officials

Mckinley WitI Not Go Outside of Terri
tories to Select officials.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15.-Rep.
resentative Young of Philadelphia to-day
asked President Mckinley to appoint
Francis Tracy Tobin, Philadelphia law.
yer, Governor of New Mexico. The Presi-
dent stated he intended to appoint resi-.
dent of the Territory to the position.
Young asked the President whether in
the event of a failure on the part of the
New Mexico Republicans to agree on q
candidate he would appoint an outsider.
Most emphatically not" replied the
President. Under no conditions will
go outside the Territories or the District
OF Columbia to fill an Office which rightly
belongs to the residents of those places.
l intend to strictly adhere to the home
rule plank in the Republican platform"
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
Captain Bnrk-r is Not to Blame.

WAS sHINGTON, D. c., April 15-Cap-
tain Barker of the Oregon telegra phed
to Secretary Long to-day. disclaiming all
responsibility for the accident to the
vessel at the Puget Sound station. He
says the piles and boulders hao been left
unknown to him beneath the surface of
the water in the entrance Of the channel
leading TO the drydock, and falling tide
allowed the Oregon to settle on these.
Her great weight was sufficient cause for
disarrangement of plates and other
damage. Captain Barker says if the
entrance of the channel had been free the
Oregon would have had two feet of water
10 spare.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
lieutenant Peorv,s Order

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 15.-The
Navy Department is much exercised over
the order for Lieutenant Peary. the Arct C
explorer, to leave the New York Navy.
yard and go to Mare Island. Peary's
friends are raising fund to defray the ex-
pense OF another expedition ceducted by
Peary into the far North. 1t is asserted
his detachment from New York now will
cause failure of the enterprise.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
Chfne,e Bound for f,vbo.

MONTREAL. QUEBEC, April ia party
of ninety-one Cinnamon are here bound
for New York, where they will take
the steamer for Havana. They will work
on the sugar plantations of Cuba, neg.
lected during the past two years. They
say they are going at the instance of the
Spanish Govern ment, which sent agents
TO China to induce immigration to Cuba.
guaranteeing steady em ployment and pay
ing part of their travelling expenses.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
M-sienn Railroad Es,ens,ou.

SIERRA MOJADA, MEXICO, April 15.-
Survey for the extension of the Mexican
Northern Railroad from this place to the
rich mining camp Of Bouquilas del
Carmen, on the Rio Grande border, has
been completed and submitted to the
Federal Government for approval. 1t is
the intention of the comp pany to continue
the road TO Marathon, Texas. where con-
nection will be made with the Southern
Pacific road.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16

showing that "a. 407 Japanese reside in the
islands, and that they lead the list of for
eign nationaities. Hawaiians exceed
japanese by 6612 only.
That the Japanese intend to colonize
Hawaii is indicated by the number OF
women they have brought with them.
Their female population is 5l95. while OF
Chinese, who rank next in point of num-
r at 81, ,616 persons of both sexes, 2449
only are women and girls.