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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
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Oakland Office San Francisco Call

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 90S Broadway, March '.
 The obnoxious water ordinance was passed tonight, but before the job was perpetrated Chief of Police Lloyd thought it wise to clear the City Hall. The vote was taken while six officers stood on guard in the Council cham Der, and a score kept back the mob at the approach to the City Hall
 No sooner was the vote taken than Mayor Thomas very dramatically ap- preached the clerks desk with his veto message all prepared and it was at once read.
 A moment later Councilman Henne- berry handed in a resolution citing that the Mayors veto be not considered, and not even spread upon the minutes, as he had no business to interfere with the water rate ordinance. MT. Henne- berry surprised all by quoting the State constitution in support of his conten- tion.
 Everybody wondered at the rapidity of the whole business, and at the clever manner in which Henneberry had anticipated the Mayors action, even to the extent of fortifying himself with a typewriter resolution before he came to the meeting.
 The crowd was on hand-bigger than ever before Chief Lloyd had nearly all his force there, and they were all needed.
 Had serious results followed the po- lice would have been largely to blame, for many of them acted so excitedly that they did far more to provoke than to quell.
 When the Council met the chamber and the railways and the ap- breaches to the hall were damned with people They made a few attempts to cheer and jeer, but the presence of so many officers quickly suppressed all attempts at expressing their feelings. For half an hour the crowd jostled and tried to force the police, and it became very apparent that order could not be maintained. Chief Lloyd then mustered his men and they beat the crowd back, down the stairs and into the street.
 The crowd resolved itself into an in- dignation meeting, and some orators
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Arrest of a Burglar.

William Walsh, a sailor on the United States steamer Mohican, was arrested last night by Policeman O'Rourke and charged with burglary. Several days ago Walsh visited the residence of Mrs. R. A. Evans at 1929 Oak street, and drawing a knife compelled her to go from room to room and point out her valuables. threatening to kill her if she made an outcry. He secured several hundred dol lars worth of jewelry and then left. From the description given of him by Mrs. Evans, O'Rourke last night recog- nized Walsh as he was walking along Fourth street and at once placed him under arrest. Subsequently Mrs. Evans visited the City Prison and positively identified him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

5ourning in the Midway. MT. Levy was recalled and identified them as genuine. Homan was also recalled and explained that he had taken this course for his own protection.
 Sergeant Donovan, Patrolmen Harri- son and Freyer all testified that the association of Davis with the Perry woman was a matter of common noto- rlety. Harrison had thought it his duty to report to his superior and had done so. Freyer had gone into the Midway With Davis often, and in many in- stances had left the sergeant there. The weakness of Davis for the Perry wo- man was well-known to officers as well as to the boys along the line''
 captain Spillane told of having tried 10 catch Davis in the Midway and hav- ing failed because warning was always given.
 Florence Perry came in. After talk ing the oath she said her name was Florence Hunt She said her husband had mistreated her, and that she had appealed to Davis for protection. He had been in the box with her, but only when this subject was under conSidera- ton. Oh. yes, Davis had taken her out to dinner one day, but this was by her request. She had been lonely and asked him to take her.
 J. J. Dunne offered in evidence cer- tam official reports which he said would controvert the evidence given before. Nobody else could see that they would have this effect In his ardor to keep out matter damaging to his client MT. Dunne experienced the unhappiness of a hard call down from MT. Tobin who informed him frankly that the testimony showed Davis to have been frequenter of an unsavory resort, where he associated with woman less than good. If this was true Davis was not fit to be on the force; his presence there was a scan dal.
 MT. Dunne saw something had to be done and he put Davis on the stand. The story Davis told was pitifully weak. It was @ general denial of any corruption. He could not deny having been with the woman at the Midway, but 1t was for the purpose of getting information from her. Pressed as to the character of this information he said she had told him about a crap game and that he had captured the game. He could think of no other spe- ctfic instance of her value to the de- partment. His relations with her had always been proper. He had never visited her outside the place where she worked, never been to her dressing rooms or her lodgings. To be sure, he had taken her out to dinner, but he felt that she merited this courtesy for the aid she had been to him.
 J. D. Spreckels, who had been instru- mental in bringing the charges, con ducted cross examination. under which Davis simply went to pieces. He even had to acknowledge that he had left the theater by the back door so that people in the cafe would not see him, and that once she was with him. In fact, his own words rounded out the case of the people completely.
 Wednesday the people will know if man reckoned unfit for duty in the business part of town, man dfscredit- ed by his own acts, will be retained for the residence districts, where women and children need protection and where the burglar and the footpad find their finest field.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
MANUFACTURERS JUB1LANT.
The Contract for the Affiliated Col
 leges Will Remain Here.

The Marble Polishers' Union, which has been fighting to have the contracts for the interior marble work of the Affiliated Colleges and Mission High School build ings kept in this city and distributed among firms employing union labor have won half the battle. Last week the Board of Regents let the contract for the Affiliated Colleges to local firm which has always been friendly to union labor, although an Eastern firm had slightly lower bid in.
 It is said the agents of the Eastern houses which threatened to play such havoc with San Francisco interests are about to leave the city in disgust. They have put in bids time and again at fig ures which allowed little or no margin for profits, and each time the contracts have been awarded to San Francisco firms. whose prices were somewhat in ad- vance of those of the Eastern houses
 At the meeting of the union last night an arbitration committee was appointed to interview employers regarding an ad- vance in wages. Work is fairly good just at present, and the men anticipate little difficulty in securing a slight increase. They wish to learn the sentiment of the proprietors, however, before making a demand. and will act accordingly.
 Stop that cough with Lows Horehound l=CT-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Money Lying Unclaimed.

Attorney Thomas B. Kase claims to have discovered s5OO0 belonging to the es- tate of Henry Giddings in the vaults of a local savings bank. The attorney ap- peared before Judge Coffey and stated that he had not only diScoveredd the funds but had discovered new heirs who are entitled to the amount left in the bank by GiddingS prior to his death Ow- ing to these statements the estate may again be taken up by the courts and the finds distributed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Divorce Suits Filed.

Mamie Tessier has commenced suit against John P. Tessier for divorce on the ground of cruelty. Thomas J. Aver son has applied for divorce from Eliza Alverson on the ground of desertion. Mabel Maud Bruce has filed suit for di- vorce against Walter w. Bruce on the ground of failure to provide Hannah Edwardson is the last on the list of ap- plicants for divorce. She asks the court to annul her marriage to Alexander Ed wardson, alleging cruelty as cause of action.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
A Few Thousand Short.

The directors of the late Mining Fair met last night and after figuring up ac- counts discovered a deficit of $3614 25. The cost of maintaining the fair was $39 ,461 9. The receipts were $25. SAT. The old print ing press and several valuable exhibits were turned over to the park and the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
The First Baby Lions.

Juno, the lioness at the Chutes. is a proud and happy beast of prey to-day. The event happened last night. and now there are at least three lion cubs in Cal ifornia, the first, the management saws, to be born in captivity in California At a late hour mother and litter were report ed as doing well.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
In the Divorce Courts.

William M Slower was granted a di- vorce from Ella M. Stover by Judge Sea- well yesterday on the ground of deser- tion. Frank Voltolini was ordered to pay his wife alimony in the sum of $15 a month pending the settlement of suit between them which is now before the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
FOR NATIONAL
 CUARDSMEN The Inspection of Companies Will Not Be Merely
 Perfunctory.

As the division commander intends to be division commander in the same manner that he was brigadier general. he will sur round himself by men on his staff who are practical national guardsmen. and in
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

Stop that cough with Lows Horehound Cough Syrup; price 1oc. A7 Sansome st.
Evening star., 1898-05-16
Superiority of Earthworks.

Reports of the fighting at San Juan the
other day show that the Notifications on
the shore Were reduced without any ma
terial difficulty by the American feet ma
neuvering in the harbor. This accomplish
ment bears interestingly upon a phase of
modern warfare that may yet become an
important factor in the pending campaign
The fire from the large caliber guns of the
battleships appears to have had an i'm
mediately destructive effect on the anti
quated fortifcations. The stone ramparts
were no protection to the guns and the
gunners. The modern verdict is decidedly
against such construction. Earthworks
have supDianted masonry in battery
construction and the tendency is away
from the concentration of many guns
within enclosures, called forts. At Car
denas. in the engagement that cost our side
the first lives lost in the war, the effective
firing was done by the land batteries. so
masked on the shore with undistinguisha-
BILE earth ramparts and possibly with veg
etable growths that they could not be dis
cerned from the harbor. The Spaniards,
too, used smokeless powder, which pre-
vented the Americans from quickly and ex-
acuy locating the source Of the danger.
Evening star., 1898-05-16
venezueIa's Friend hip.

If any developments in connection with
the maneuvering of the Spanish fleet in the
Caribbean Sea should involve the Vene-
zueian government it is by no means likely
that the interests of the United States will
suffer in the least The firm intervention
by this government to prevent agyressions
by Great Britain on Venezuela only a short
time ago has served to create a bond of
hearty sympathy between this nation and
the little republic to the south. and this is
the first opportunity that has offered for
the latter to extend more than a mere
verbal expression of gratitude. 1t Is a
strange spectacle, indeed, that is thus pre-
sented- The mediator is highly esteemed
by both sides to the boundary quarrel. The
acute stage of that difficulty was passed
long ago. and the adjustments bstween
Great Britain and NeneZuela are in salts
factory progress.
Evening star., 1898-05-16
Striking BiindIy and VIciously.

Spain still cherishes the hope of embroil-
ing the whole world on her account. She
has no prospect of success in her struggle
against the United States. Her cause is
bad her resources are small and rapidly
dwinding. Her whole play is a vicious one
II she in some way induce Europe TO
take d hand she will rejoice. Realizing that
she has made shipwreck of her own affairs.
her only desire is to see inaugUrated an era
of general smash.
She has been pleading with the powers for
months To come to her aid The Queen Re
gent by personal letters and the ministry
by representations of one kind another
to the European chanceileries, have insist
ed that the United States has become
public enemy. 1t aims at conquest. II
strikes Spain first because Spain is near at
hand. Ii not checked it Will continue in it's
new course until the whole map has been
reconstructed Come, says Spain to the
powers. Rouse yourselves. The enemy is
afOot. and will soon be at your gates also.
MIR Chamberlain's speech is being used to
fortify this argument. Spain sees in 1t
fullest confirmation of her contention. The
United States is to have an ally in its
marauding- England is to help. and with
her powerful fleet will back up the Ameri-
can pretensions. The combination is to as
and to possess. and if it can make a sue
cessful campaign the Stars and Stripes and
the Union Jack will soon be flying over
much valuable new territory.
Spain's outcry will hardly avail The
world is not to be alarmed by such a voice
Affairs in general ticklish enough but
not as the result of anything that Spain
has said general engagement is not i'm
possible. but should it come Spain will not
have provoked it, nor will she profit by the
result She is dying power. Her race
is run To assume that Spain could profit
by a general revolution would be to assume
that the revolution would go backward
something for which revolutions are not
famous.
Failing as coIonizer. Spain is viciously
trying TO hold her colonies against their
good and the general good. Failing to
rouse sympathy for herself she is trying
now To frighten the world with a bugaboo
OF her own fantastic construction
Evening star., 1898-05-16
The Naval Movements,

The situation today with regard to the
chances of battle with the Spanish fleet
In the near future is about the same as
tfat with which last week closed. The
spanish T1eet is at or near Curacao. 1t has
been reported that government pressure
was brought to bear to compel the Spanish
vessels to leave that port after few hours
ana that they have withdrawn to an un-
known point, at which they are expected to
coal from the collierS that have met Them
lhere Is some doubt about their exact
WhereaDcuts, but they can not be very far
from curacao. Nor is anything known that
throws light On their probable destination.
There Is as much reason as ever to believe
that they are headed for Cienfuegus or pos
sibly Havana. They may be seeking San
iago de Cuba, frcm which the only re-
n.itiiIing cable connecting Blanco with the
outside world, save through American
hands. proceeds from Cuba to jamaica
The American fleets are steadily drawing
closer to the scene of possible conflict
SIMPSONS ships moving westward along
the shores of San Domingo, presumably for
run through the Windward passage
which would enable them to command the
approach to the eastern end of the island
Schley has reached and left Charleston, S.
c.. and is now well along on his course to-
ward Key West, which is probably to be
his next stopping point. 1t seems to be the
Present policy of the government to present
4 formidable front to the enemy at each end
Of the is;aad. Meanwhile it is probable that
further news of the Spanish feet will be
ohtaIHed, which may cradle one or the
ether OF the American fleets to proceed to
engage the enemy.
Mach haa IL
Eerior strategy of the Spaniard in entering
the West Indian waters. 1t is suggested
that he sent his torpedo boat destroyers to
Martinique as rear guard instead of as an
advance guard, thus giving him an sdvan-
tage of several hours in the run TO Curacao
This is possibly true, but if SO it was un-
ayoidable. The stretch of the waters to be
covered by the patrol is scarcely appre-
Ciated by the casual observer of the cam
paign. The number of islands IS enormous.
The possible points of harboring are beyond
easy calculation The chances of evading
notice are consequently increased. 1t was
good fortune that the presence of the
Sraniaris in these waters vas made posi-
lively known al all. There was no superior
strategy about the matter. 1t was a mere
case of good luck, such luck as the enemy
is not likely to continue to enjoy through
out the war If his policy be one of avoid
ance and delay he may proiong the hunt
somewhat and incidentally stretch out the
period of hostilties. But that eventually
he will be met and conquered by an Amer-
can feet Is only to he questioned the
assumption tnat after cruising around
tricky in the Caribbean for a few days
he will turn tail and run for home. Any
sort of offensive campaign on his part is
almost certain to result in a battle the out
como of which can not be doubted.
Evening star., 1898-05-16
france and the United STATES

Inc S.ar gave space on Saturday 20 an in
teres;ing comm unication from Mr.. 4 G. w
benjamin on the subject of the United
tacleS, and with especial reference IN tb.
attitude Of this government in the war
with Spain Taking for his text The Stars
expression of confidence in the continued
friendship of the French people, notwith-
standing the scurrilous deliVerances of Ger
tam corrupt Paris newspapers, Mr. Ben
1amin counScled against the assumption
ana held moreover that what is true of
France is equally true Of other European
powers He laid down the proposition that
TIE foreign policies Of governments are
dictated by an enlightened selfshness
rather than by gratitude or sentiment. and
Ihat IN pursuance of such policies the
Trend ard ally Of today may become the
enemy OF tomorrow ecause France came
to our assistance in the days of the reyo-
luton, and Russia in the days of the civil
war, is no reason for counting those powers
on our side IN the divisions of this day.
Each was playing us against England at
the time Of its manifestation of friendship.
and each to serve its own purposes would
as promptly play another power against US
now.
A discussion of motives is always at
tended with difficulty. An unmixed motive
is the rarest thing in the world. The
timent. We did not take the field against
Spain entirely because she was starving
1e< ReaQla to death at our very doors. but
Evening star., 1898-05-16

This once more illustrates the superiority
Of the individual battery. The fire does not
signalize itself as markedly as does that
from a centralized defense and here lies
the strength of the new empIacements in
the neighborhood of the large coast cities
Of this country. Part of those near Wash
tngton are Of the masked" type while
others are located on or near the stone
ramparts OF Fort Washington. At New
York the chief reliance is upon the modern
batteries of high power guns operated
from behind earthworks of such dimensions
that the guns and gunners are thought to
be secure from any shot that may reach
the spot The perfection of the disappear
ing carriage. too. gives the land defender
a material ADVANTAGE
Evening star., 1898-05-16
The District Regiments New Orders

1t is gratifying to the 1st Regiment of
District volunteers TO learn that il is to he
sent N once - the encanpment at Ciicka-
mauga, and probably thence to the front
FOR whatever active operations the future
may fold in store tor the American SOL
diery. 1t indicates that the military au-
tkCrities recognize the value of this or-
sanization and will utilize ii Iii the active
operations soon to DE undertaken. OF
course this change will remove the regi-
ment from the neighborhood of home,
where it was first intended to quarter it,
ard where ii might have been well within
the reach OF the friends and families of
the members. But it is more than likely
that in this grim business of war better
results are to be obtained by putting the
regiment in camp at a distance from the
familiar scenes that appeal to the hearts
os the soldier boys The business in hand
requires resolution and determination 1t
IS no light task that confronts these COM
panies Of young men. They are going
forth on the nations errand. The advan-
tages of training in the tented field are
somewhat offset if the soldier is encamped
near his hcme. from which ne may re-
ceive attentions that will modify the con-
GitiOns Of his new life. and will thus undo
much of tie work of training that is un-
der way II men must go into camp prepa-
ratory to going into war itself it is better
that the place of their first discipline he
at a distance from their family associa-
uons. 1t is the cruelty of real Kindness
that thus separates them from all home
ties The separations must take place
sooner or later. and if fighting is to be
done it were better approached with a
spirit of frmness based upon a thorough
training in all the duties of a soldier, en-
tirely apart from the possibly weakening
influences of the home circle.
The Star will see that the news of the
District volunteers is fully reported and it
will spare no effort in seeking to keep the
home folks thoroughly apprised of the for
tunes OF the nine hundred gallant fellows
who have offered their services to the
government in its emergency. From Camp
Thomas. from the front. from wherever
the District boys may be. reports of their
dcinSs and their fortunes will be noted as
events occur Of interest to the anxious ones
a the capital Good wishes go with these
brave men to their Tennessee camp. and
thence to whatever duty may be assigned
tC them.
Evening star., 1898-05-16

also because she had destroyed valuable
trade we had established with Cuba, and
had treacherously sunk the Maine and
doomed two hundred and sixty-six Of our
sailors in the harbor of Havana
But sentiment did move US very mater
fally in the premises. We did look upon
the Cubans with all the greater favor be-
cause they were fighting for liberty, and
had declared their desire to enjoy that form
of govern ment of which we had our
selves demonstrated the value and desira-
bieness- And as we know that senti-
ment has weight with us. is it fair to as
sumo that we are alone in that regard
among the people of the earth? Why may
not France feel it also? Not what sur
wives of the France of the two NapoIeons-
neither of whom was ever sincere friend
OF anybody-but what survives of the
France of Lafayette and Gambetta. The
France of today-not without faults, of
course-is very far from the bloody France
OF the First Empire, or the sodden France
OF the Second.
But we are not living on, or slavishy
guiding by. sentiment in this country We
need not choose between a pronounced op-
timism or a pronounced pessimism We
shall lose nothing by keeping our faith in
old friends until they prove themselves no
longer worthy of it. Our eyes and ears
are open Our prestige as a nation is at
stake We are asking assistance of no.
body. We feel amply able to paddle our
own canoe. But we shall note all devel-
opments, and remember them. If old
friends desert US, We shall know it. If old
enemies come to our side We shall know
that And of one thing there is this posi-
tive assurance: We shall emerge from this
war more To be desired as friend, and
more to be respected as an enemy, than
ever before in our history.
Evening star., 1898-05-16
A National Emblem for Spain.
From the Minneapolis Times.

A Spanish newspaper thinks that the
proper emblem for the United States flag
should be the pig. The Times has already
suggested that the true Spanish symbol
is the hycna, a word which comes from the
Greek. and originally meant SOW. 1t would
be Impossible to find an apter symbol for
Spain than the hyena-an animal which
has nocturnal habits and feeds on dead
bodies, and is the most sneaking and con-
temptible of the animal creation His
cruelty, treachery and many other auali-
ties, make him in every way an approp-
riate embodiment of Spanish character.
The SDaniard has been for centuries the
hyena of Europe. He was long the hyena
of America. But he is now confined to
two islands off our coast, and from them he
Is about to be driven forever.