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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29
CHARLES L. PATTON FOR MAYOR

| HAT in nominating Charles L. Patton for
Mayor the Republicans have done the wisest
thing possible there will be question. That
Mr.. Patton is the strongest who could have
been named events have made clear. That he will be
the Mayor OF San Francisco the party has con-
fdence
The nominee of the Republicans is a man against
whom nothing be said He is high type OF the
young, vigorous, progressive American. Enjoying
an excellent practice at law, having standing in the
social and commercial world, he has before
entered into politics beyond the exercise of his rights
a private citizen He only enters now at the
earnest solicitation of the party whose principles he
upholds, in whose policy he firmly believes
His handling OF his extensive business shows him
to have fine executive mind The multitude OF his
friends demonstrates that he has the qualities of
leader. Even his personal appearance is in his
favor. Physically much above the average he has
an excellent presence, dignihed bearing. He i'm
presses sight and improves on acquaintance That
he has heretofore kept out OF municipal affairs is a
distinct advantage to him. He is not entangled with
any faction, he be accused of having a boss
or;of being one. He is simply citizen who has at
heart the welfare of the community where he has ac-
CURED substantial interests, who consents the soil
citation of those who, knowing him best best know
his worth, to stand publicly for that which he has
sustained in private. He is not ambitious. The
honor of nomination unsought At first he
shrank from the responsibility, but when convinced
that none other could we'll perform the required
duty he laid aside his objections. The Republicans
recognized in him the OF the hour
The campaign in which Patton is now central
figure will be waged for victory. His success will
mean much for San Francisco. The city needs a
man, big and broad intellectually, unwarped by per
sonal ambitions, above intrigue, honest honorable
and energetic. Charles L. Patton is such man.
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AROUND THE
CORRIDORS.

Marion Biggs Jr, of Oroville is at the
Grand.
Marion De vries Of Stockton is at the
California.
Professor o. Jenkins of Stanford is at
the Palace.
Louis Dean, cattle man of Reno. is
D. H. Arnold, rancher of Colusa, is at
the Occidental.
John Finnel j., grain raiser of Tehama
County, is at the Lick.
z. p Earle, a fruit grower Of Sacra-
mento,, is at the Palace.
Lewis A. Sage. proprietor of the Con-
gress Springs, Is at the Lick.
Mrs. Franklin Raney, J. w. Morrison
and J. s. Merritt of Dawson are registered
at the Russ.
r. M. Powers Of the San Diego Gas
Works arrived yesterday. accompanied by
his wife and daughter.
Clarence Berry, H. F. Berry and w. P.
Berry arrived from the Klondike yster-
day and are at the Grand.
Rev. Daniel G.. MacKinnon and wife ar
rived from Stockton yesterday and are
stopping at the Occidental.
John j. Burne, the general passenger
agent Of the Santa Fe, arrived from Los
Angeles yesterday and is at the Palace.
Louis Sloss Jr. has just returned from
lengthy trip in the Northwest Territory
having spent most Of the time in looking
out for the interests Of the Alaska Com
mercial Company. He came down over
the pass.
The Bertha, from st. Michael, brought
a number of Klondikers to this city yes
terday. At the Commercial Hotel are l..
N. McQuesten and family. McQuesten has
been in the employ of the Alaska Com
mercial Company for number of years
and has also a number of fine mining
properties in the Klondike. His wealth
Is estimated at about $500 900. P. ]. Nc
Donald, who has also large pile and
some very good properties: Tom Ashley
Joseph P. Staley, r.. E. Peacock, F. FL
hot, George w. Oliver, B. A. Oliver OF
Belait, Wis; A. ]. Schaff. chief engineer
Of the Alaska Commercial Company on
the river, and r. E. Lathand. are others
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ANSWERS no CORRESPONDENTS.

AGRICULTURAL PAMPHLETS-W
B. K, Kern, Cal. You can procure pam
phlets relating to agriculture and Vini-
culture of this State by addressing
communication to the Experimental sta
ton of the University of California You
can obtain pamphlets on agriculture from
the Department of Agriculture at w ASH
ington, D. c., by addressing letter 10
that department..
RINCON HILL-W. H, City. Rineon
Hill received it's name from la punta del
Rincon, a name that was given in the
very early days to point of land which
projected into the bay and on part OF
which stands the old Marine Hospital or
the United States and now used as the
Sailors Home. Rincon is Spanish, ana
means INSIDE corner" and the whole
name ''punta del Rincon' is the point I,o Oh
the inside corner" Rincon School was
so named because of its location on Rim
con Hill.
TATTOO MARKS Subscriber, Monte
rey, Cal Inquiry is frequently made for
methods for the successful removal or
tattoo marks in the skin. Whlle these
are generally asserted to be lndellofe II
produced by the insertion of SOME car
bonaceous matter, the Chemical News says
that the marks will disappear by pe1ng
first well rubbed with salye Of pure
luton Of potash, and finally with hydro,
chloric, acid. To one not acc aacqualnt ed
the advice is given that physician
should first be consulted.
POROUS GLASS;. A N, City. This
correspondent asks: us it true that if d
sealed bottle is forced down into the sea
certain distance it will be found to con-
tain water if taken up after certain
timer Ordinary glass is declared to be i'm
permeable to air and water, even under
any kind of pressure. Boatmen on the
Lake of Como are in the habit Of per-
forming an experiment for the amuse-
ment of visitors. An empty bottle wen
corked and sealed is let down into the,
being hauled up short time after 1T IS
found to contain a glassful of water. BY
this one is led to suppose that glass must
be porous. But such is not the case. I'm
der the pressure of four atmospheres the
sealing wax and cork become impregnat-
ed, and the water filters through the bot
tie This has been proved. The neck or
a bottle has been closed by melting it by
means of a blow pipe and the bottle i'm
mersed at similar and greater depth than
in the lake named, and when taken up
there was no water in the bottle i
SOLDIERS HOMEs-Many Veterans.
Napa, Cal There are State homes for
soldiers in the following named States of
the Union: California. Colorado, Con
necticut, Idaho, Illinois; Indiana. iowa,
sofa, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
South Dakota, Vermont, Washington,
No portion of the pensions received by
the inmates is retained in the homes of
California, Colorado, Connecticut. Illinois.
sey, New York, North Dakota, South Da-
kota and Washington. The following
shows the amount of pensions in the ag-
gregate paid to pensioners in the several
homes and the amount retained for the
home:
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The New Haven News says that a Con-
necticut clergyman on recent SIM
day gave out the following notice. "rTbe
regular session of the Donkey CIuh will
be held, as usual, at the close of this
service. Members will line up just out
side the church door, make remarks and
stare at the women who pass, as Is their
custom. Any member known to escort
young woman to a church like a man
and sit with her like a gentleman will
be promptly expelled from membership"
Mrs Unsofist-They say that the Min
neapolis can steam twenty-four knots an
hour.
Mr.. Unsofist-That's what she can do.
Mrs Unsofist-I suppose that thew
steam them so that the poor sailors can
unite them more easily.-Brooklyn Life
The real author of "a Hot Time in tho
Old Town tonight which has been da-
scribed since the Santiago fight as the
new national anthem, is, according to
dispatch from Denver, an old negro
woman named Amanda Green. who sane
1t for. years before it was finally picked
up by travelling actor. The latter got
the tune and fixed up the words tn s,it
himself, retaining, however, the title and
the main idea.
man." protested the wretched creature
they were getting ready to hang.
The chairman of the vigilantes was
clearly assailed with misgivings.
'Hurry!' he exclaimed, addressing
those coming with the rope. TT NAV
prove that the fellow speaks truly after
all!'-Detroit Journal
AS an appropriate means for celehrat-
Ing the end of the century the WESLEYAN
Methodists of England propose to raise
million guineas as a, twentieth century
fund. OF this total 81 100000 would be de-
voted to church extension, 81 900 900 to
education, s5ooooo each to the home and
foreign missionary societies, and Al 25o :
600 to the erection of a denominationsI
house In London. The Roman CathoIic
church will probably celebrate the same
event by pilgrimages to holy places. such
as Lourdes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

T HERE is sometimes decent pleasure in saw
ing Il told you So" This can only be the case
when the allegation is fact
Months ago this paper became convinced that the
erection OF the ferry building from street level to
the top OF the tower, process colored by fraud
An investigation was made carefully, laborousy and
without passion. 1t proved that the suspicion was
well grounded that the officials who had been en-
trusted with the important work had proved careless
deliberately unaithfu that they had BETRAYED the
taxpayers, and that they had connived with unscru-
pulous contractors to skmp the work, ignore spec-
fcatons and to pay for inferior material and work
manshlp more than should have been paid for first
class
there is no need now to analyze the inquity then
laid bare. The files of The Call set it forth in elab
crate detail. The report of the Grand Jury contains
1t in condensed form. The swindling began when
cheap stone used at the price OF a superior or
at least more expensive article 1t continued in every
department When pine was substituted for oak the
contractors were actually permitted to charge more
than they had agreed to accept for the oak although
by the scheme they saved to themselves thousands of
dollars. When floor costing thousands less than
the one the contractor had given bond to put in was
adopted by the Harbor Commissioners, not one cent
was saved to the State Contractors got it all. If
they divided with their friends the matter is vet one
OF suspicion merely There was fraud in every de-
partment above the foundation Specifications we're
ignored, and extra paid for changes on which the
State should have had substantial rebate
Inc coliated facts were put into the hands of one
Grand jury, but while it dallied with them it was
dismissed for an incompetency which had become
painfully evident The present Grand jury is diff
ferer. 1t realizes and frankly makes declaration that
the public has been robbed. No indictment has been
returned this being explained by lack of knowledge
on the part OF the jury as to its rights Neverthe-
less the jobbers, whom The Call made uncon,fort
able, have again been held up to scorn This is GER
tanly better than that they should have been
by. Moreover, there is nothing to show that the
jobbers may not yet be indicted and forced to make
restitution pay penalty. To officials so shame
less simple exposure is far from being adequate pun
shment.
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HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.

HE State Highway Commissioners reported
to have drafted bill which they think will find
favor with the coming Legislature and result in
establishing comprehensive and satisfactory system
of highway improvement and maintenance through
out the State.
According to the reports the plan provides that
onehalf Of all moneys collected in the counties for
road Improvements be placed in separate fund, to
be expended on roads indicated as State highways,
the contracts for the work to be let by the Super
visors on plans and specifications be approved by
the Commissioners. The Legislature will also be
urged pass bill to the effect that when any county
completes five miles of road in accordance with the
proposed amendment the shall petition to the
Highway Commission and with the approval of the
Governor be accepted by the State as State high
way and maintained such.
Whether the plan as outlined will be acceptable
to the Legislature is questionable for there is GER
tain be strong opposition to it. 1t is to be hoped,
however that, should it be rejected, will
be devised by which the work of roadway improve
ment in the State can be undertaken Systematically
and carried continuously until Our highways are
equal the needs of the traffic that passes them
At the present time, in the greater part of the State
the highways far below the general level of our
civilization. In the cultivation of the soil, in the
schools, churches, houses and mode of living, the
residents of the rural districts OF California are
abreast of those OF the foremost nations OF the world
but in the matter of roads most of country dis
tricts are hardly better off than backwoods settle
ments.
If we had only backwoods civilization to maintain
we could get along with bad roads Our energy in
all forms of industrial life, however, compels an in
cessant of roadways, and a consequence the
lack of well graded, we'll ballasted and carefully
maintained highways entails heavy cost upon the
community No good road is so costly as
bad road in district where there is much traffic
going on 1t is that fact which renders highway inn
provement imperative necessity of the situation
AS of Our counties such Santa Clara, have
most excellent highways Of their own, built up and
maintained under local supervision, they are averse
to State action in the matter partly because they
fear they might be compelled to contribute something
in the way of revenues to the improvement of roads
elsewhere This and other forms of local self-nterest
have prevented the progress. that might otherwise
have been made by this time in the accomplishment
of road improvement. The present law moreover
he: been found defective in some important respects
The proposed bill under consideration by the
Highway Commission, it is to be hoped will prove
satisfactory in every way The urgency of road work
is not to be disputed, and cannot too early adopt
comprehensive system for carrying it on
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ARRIVAL OF TROOPS-F. C. J.. CITY.
The following are the dates of arrival in
this city of troops that were modified ct
this point during, the late war with Spain:
May 7. First California Infantry; Z, Sew
enth California; z, Cooks Heavy Artillery
from Sacramento; 10, a battalion of the
Fourteenth United States Regulars; IL
two battalions Sixth California Voiun-
teers; ID, battalion Second Oregon Volun-
teers; 49, three battalionS Oregon Volun-
teers; 10. three battalions First Nebraska;
10, Wyoming Volunteers; 20 battalion Ne
vada Volunteers; 90 Twentieth Kansas
Volunteers; 81, Thirteenth Minnesota Vol
unteers; q, battalion Kansas Volunteers;
81, First Colorado Volunteers; %, two bat
talions Idaho Volunteers; o. battery Titan
Artillery; %, Washington Volunteers; %,
Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers; q, Utah
Cavalry; rs, Montana Volunteers; %,
Twenty-third and Eighteenth Infantry
(regulars); June 1, North Dakota Volun-
teers; 9, First Regiment South Dakota
Volunteers; 5, band of the Fourth Cav
airy; 6, Troop e, Fourth Cavalry; 10. Fiji
ty-hrst Iowa; 10, S4S recruits for Eigh-
teenth and Twenty-third Infantry Regf,-
lars; Is. sixty-five men for the Nevada
Cavalry; 16, First Tennessee; 20. Aston
Battery; 20, twenty-five men for the Third
Artillery; July IS. New York Volunteers.
There is no official record made up at this
time of the arrival of troops and the dates
given are from the files of The Call and
It includes nearly all of the troops. There
were in addition the Engineer Corps and
the Signal Corps, but the dates of their
arrival at Camp Merritt was not noted
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

The Boston Transcript says: 1.-THE
New England coaches that have been put
through the shop Near the name of New
York, New Haven and Hartford. while
the locomotives come forth bearing no
name at ALL This seems to indicate that
change in the name of the railroad has
been determined upon but it will not be
made just at present.
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and national His given in the following
GFrom the San Francisco Bulletin Friday January
JUDGE MAGUIRE ABANDoNs THE DEMOCRACY
Suitable to His Fancy, Etc
California State Demo-
aic Club create something of a political breeze:
% thanks n past
extended during long and
the members whom my
and with which policy of the Democratic party
resignation
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that frankly which have moved
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the
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to
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him and euogd him for his to the during
it is Unnecessary ANU ~ rA " ' D 'DA 'spus al n@'Sea4' 0
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and upon shs have ali n
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land which he does not want to use that no
the privilege using the ngra nS nds4nope
belongs
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To the party founded upon these principles Which
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

The arrest of Santa Maria attorney on the charge
of subornation of perjury is serious and peculiar
matter. He is accused of having hired a character
less woman to away the character of man
against whom action for divorce had been instituted
There never be palation for perjury, and in a
divorce suit there is seldom any for it. To
get the matrimonial bond severed one party or the
other has usually only to express the conviction that
the bonds have become irksome
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

Absolute quiet, unlimited view and fine
French cooking. make dining at the
Spreckels Rotisserie a real pleasure. Fiji
teenth floor Call building
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There is something cruel about the courts. Here
they have gone and decided that Russell Sage must
pay his taxes just like man with fewer millions
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

Professor Crookes of the British Museum when he
declares that the worlds supply of food is in danger of
giving out, is simply making bid to be placed on ex
hibon as one of the freaks of the institution to which
he now lends the illumination of his intelligence
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

If you lack appetite try half wine glass o.
Angostura Btters before dinner. DIR. SiegertA
the genuine, imported from South America.
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When DR.. de Freye died abroad leaving no visible
heirs to considerable fortune fear arose that none
would appear The fear is groundless There will be
heirs to burn, and most of them will probably deserve
the process.
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Cal. glace fruit Soc per lib at rownsends..

Special information supplied daily TO
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) $40 Mont
gomery Gtreet. Telephone Main 1872
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ANUS EMENTS

Baldwin-"An Enemy TO the King"
Columba-"Oliver Twist"
Alcazar-"l In Mizzoura."
&orosco's-"Trilby
Tivoli-" Romeo and Juliet"
Crpheum- Vaudeville
New Comedy Theater-" What Happened to Jones'"
Alhsmbra, Eddy and Jones streets-Vaudevile
The Chutes-Pietro Marine, Vaudeville and the Zoo
GlympiaLCorner Mason and Eddy streets-Specialttea
kntro's Baths-Swimming
Rosenthal-Coming In February.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

Germany to have offered to help Agunaldo,
and if Dewey had only kept out of the way and
American troops had RETAINED from landing, might
have done
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

No lady should undertake to burn her house with
out consideration of the fact that the act is NOT re-
garded proper, and is calculated cause unpleas
ing remarks If found out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-29

Affairs have progressed far enough to show that
Dreyfus may receive justice if France can't prevent it.
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from the Klondike. All of them brought
down dust in varying quantities.
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NOT. GOOD ENOUGH FOR MAGUIRE.
How and Whu He Turned His Back On the Dem0C-
rdCu in 1887,

In 1887 Judge Mcguire formally and forever withdrew from the Demo
following
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AUCTION SALES.

By Frank w ButterheldThs Furniture
at 40 Geary street, at IL o clock.
By Richard l. Whelan-Thjs September LiverJ
Stable at Sl4 Geary street 10 o CLOCK.
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These figures are from the latest annual
report ending June 81. In the homes in
Idaho and in Ohio the pensioners execute
their own warrants.
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m Too Much for Him-Socalism OF a Certain Sort
Suitable to His Fancy, Etc.
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Bulletin Friday January @ lSs7I
JUDGE MAGUIRE ABANDONS THE DEMOCRACY.
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FRAUD AT THE FERRY.

HERE is sometimes decent pleasure in say
ing Il told you So" This only be the case
when the allegation is fact
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-31

cruisers cruisers Reina. Christiana, Castillo.
E EIia1co' Dor Don . Juan de Austria, Ullo,
the liz, LEO and Marquee Del Duero;
ana the gunboat Paraguay. ''
and Set I'VE en- Jolo, Rio Mindanao. Mismais
division. are the gunboats Samar Mr.
a ars MIndoro, Manileno, Pampanga.
Arayet and Paray and the launches
oTuarota, Vasco and Gardoqui.
IN the Lanao lagoon are the launch
es Gen. Blanco, Lanoa Corcuero and
according to the latest advices the
gunboats Albany and Callao patrol the
faragua isle and the gunboat CaIam-
lens is at Balabaca.
, me gunboat Bulusan is at Subci. the
Leyte in the Taal lagoon and the
Otsiora In the bay lagoon.
FINALLY at lilo, Cebua, Ponane Van
and both groups of the Caroline ISL
ands are respectively guarded by the
9 cruisers Isla de Cuba, Isla
Ge Luzon and the gunboats Ouiros and
Ruy Lope de Villaobos