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Evening star., 1898-12-10
George Bartle is the Nestor of Our
Public Service.
IN OFFICE over HALF 4 CENTURY
Anecdotes of Public Men Who Are
Long Since Dead.
TED BY w EB STE r

We have long endured, humbly and with
out protest, tha scornful taunts of other
nations especially of the British, that our
country has ruins and our republic no
gratitude. 1t is notorious fact, they have
said, that Am rica is totally lacking in
monuments of a great and mighty past,
and that republics are ungrateful.
1t has been particularly urged against us
that our public service is unstable, owing
to its constantly shifting elements, and that
the tenure of office is so precarious that no
self-respecting person will accept position
unless moved thereto by stern necessity.
To rcfute this statement it will only be
necessary to take the Would-be defamer of
our institutions by the hand and conduct
him through one Of our great government
tai departments. He will there see the in
cumbents of various positions steadily at
work. apparently happy. contented. and
with a self-satsfaction irradiating their
couutenances, such as only an assured
prospect of life tenure can bestow. If he
will examine the records he will find that
many of these public servants have been
here since the time when the memory of
nan goeth no farther back. OF all
the departments, however, none bears SO
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ter Stagg. foot bali experts. published IN
the leading journals of America. During
losing two, and the defeats were only be-
cause of the fact that their opponents out
weighed them nearly two TO one. Their
success was phenomenal, and Captain Win
ter Graves is confident that during the sea-
son of 1899 they will surpass this year 8
record. The members of the team are as
follows: Paris. left end; Brewster, left
tackle: Kincaid, left guard; Dunlop, CEN
ter: yesterday. right guard, Graves, right
tackle: Huntington, right end; Gordon.
quarter back; Doyle. right half back: May
field, left half back; Radford, full back
with Miller Talent and Gibbs as substi-
tutes. Several Of these names will become
very familiar 10 the public when the play
ers have more years and weight for doubt
less they will figure prominently on some ot
the big college teams.
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One of the most prominent young teams
whose picture is presented today, is the
Cooke Parks" eleven made up of the
sons of prominent residents. of Georgetown,
most of whom during the summer were
members of the swimming club at the Po-
tomac boat house, under the care of Presi-
dent John Hadley Doyle of that organiza-
ton. This team played foot ball this year
as it should be played, clean cut and with
out the least semblance Of rough plays. Its
members had the fine points of the game
down TO perfection, and their best signals
were worked out by problems in algebra.
Most of the players were pupils in the public
schools, hence they thoroughly understood
each other and played splendid collective
game. They We're posted on every trick
known on the diamond, and their success
is due in great measure to the fact that
they read every article thai Walter Camp.
Casper Whitney, Bull, De Shields and Wal
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manque You take the other and play on
the even" She did not bet at all. He bet
on the even and won.
Il could not bet" she said: "the table
was SO crowded. You have the hundred
francs you risked and the hundred YOU
won. ] have my 200 still. That makes our
capital 400. 1 will go out and count the
pigeons on the roof"
She went out and counted. There were
twenty-seven. She came back and said:
We must put all our money now on red
and odd" He bet his 2OO francs upOn the
red and won. Sne refrained from betting
and put her 200 francs into her purse
II lost again. she sighed; but still we
are ahead, for you have the 400 francs YOU
just picked up. Give me half of II and we
will bet on red and odd again" He nut
200 francs on the red. She put 200 francs
on the black. He lost. She naturally
won. II have the 400 francs still" she said
to him cOnsolingIy. 'and now j think that
we had best divide. Here are your 200
francst"
This is another way to win at Monte
Carlo. STERLING HEILIG
Fred.-'That cigar YOU gave me did me
lots of good
smoke it?"
''Oh, l didn't smoke it. ] gave it to How
ard; | hate him. Harlem Life
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= IL 1 = LA ~ -
think they can bTibe
the cToupiers. Down
in the old town of
Monaco there is a
little circulating
library. faShionahly
paloDiZed. | enter
ei ii with a nice Chi
caEu widow. and OBJ
served her chat nIys-
tcriously with the
pdtTOlne after she
had changed Eer
books.
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rare ltlueidtiS DIe Gu
rio collectors. They
take more interest
and probably spend
more money in the
business than the Of
ticers of cruising
ships. As a rule, the
bluejackets m a k g
their collections to
give to their moth
el's, sisters or sweet
hpart. h1,t fh.a,,a So y,
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Il pays TO read the want columns Of The
S.ar. Hundreds OF situations are filed
through them.
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STICK TO SYSTEMS
Winners at Monte Carlo and How
They Manage 1t,
EFFORTS TO BRIBE TEE CR0UPIER
Believe the Game is FAIR, Yet Bet
on Its Crookedness.
y FEW WHO ARE LUCKY
7FORTO TO BRIBE TIE CROUPIER

Special Correspondence Of The Evening star
MONTE CARLO. November -. 1893.
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istc anecdotes which probably were never
in print before. Her was greatly impressed
by the dignified. Nnbenfiing attitude of
Gen. Jackson, and6 also with his evident
honesty. One of tfre generals pet antipa-
thies was debt, as Illustrated in his war on
the United States Bank and he despfsed a
debtor who would not pay his obligations,
as shown by the following story:
Evening star., 1898-12-10
A Business at Which Uncle Sans
Sailors Are Expert,
MANY FIND IT VERY PROFITABLE
Stories of Some Men Who Have
Made It Pay Well,
WITH OPIUM OR DIAMONDS
Written for The Evening Star.

~ AILORS IN THE
~ United States navy
A lare indefatiga Bile Gu
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-20
1848-CALIFORNlAS GOLDEN JUBILEE-189o
Headquarters Grand Marshal, Palace Hotel
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. g, 1898. ? the guidance of all participants

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 OFFICERS.  of  Chief Red silk sash, saddle hite silk
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eight remain suspended. The bylaws require that a vote on the question of suspension must be carried by two7 thirds majority of all the members on the roll, but Dunn ruled that tWo-th1rds vote of those present would be legal lie had blanks already prepared sand It went through. The men remain suspended AS a result, the rest of the twenty will re- sign from the San Francisco Commercial Travellers Association.
 Last night the Retail GrocerS' Asso- citation held its annual election of di- rectors at B'nai B'rith Hall. The fol- lowing were elected as directors for the ensuing year: F. I. Flieger, J. IL Haarge, E. H. Hanjes, A. Irvine, John Lackmann, John c. Nobmann, H. Rave, John Schloen, William Warnke and J. H. Witte.
 It was decided hereafter to affiliate with the California Commercial Trav- elers and to hold a picnic in June in conjunction with them. J. c. Nob- mann made a speech, in which he de- cared that the split was wholly owing to the machinations of Emmett Dunn
 Dunn is the man, declared Nob- mann, '-who is not content with the odium he has acquired in dealing so ar bitrarily with the California Travellers but must needs carry his methods into the grocers' camp. We will have none of him."
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-20
MIDWEEK THEATRICALS.
" The Girl From Paris Comes to tbe BoldWiD on
 Monday.

The success of Willie Collier in 'The Man From Mexico" continues unabated at the Baldwin. The attraction could easily crowd the house for another week but it must give way to Rice's big pro- duction of ''The Girl From Paris which commences q three-weeks' engagement Monday night. Rice himself accompa- nies the company and promises to give San Francisco as good a show as that which recently closed a record run at the Herald Square Theater, New York
 Marie Dressler and an excellent band of farce-comedians are giving the California a much-needed taste of prosperity and good nature in "Courted Into Court. ' Miss Dressler is scoring tremendous personal hit.
 The Tivoli's production of Brian Boru," the new Irish opera, will continue for several weeks.
 MT. Paulding's curtain-raiser, "A Mans Love-" Is making a strong appeal to the sympathies of the Alcazar's patrons. jovial antidote against the little pieces s
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Two Detectives Securing the Barbary Coast
 for Him.
Residents of the Mission Apply to the Police Authorities
 for Protection.
KNOWN A HARD CROOK
His Booty Derived From Life oi Crime Is Estimated at Many
 Hundred Dollars.

Two detectives from the Central sat- tion are securing Barbary Coast for a burglar who has been operating in the Mission. During the past few weeks he has entered a number of Italian vegetable gardens on San Bruno road and got away with valu- able property belonging to the owners of the gardens. His booty has amount ed to several hundred dollars.
 Several days ago the much wanted burglar entered the house of an Italian gardener on Mission road and asked for employment. He said he was from Sacramento, and was in need of work He was given a place to sleep in a cabin set apart for the hired help. While the other gardeners were asleep he went through their clothes, secur- ing several watches and a small amount of money. He immediately left the place and went to another veg etable garden several blocks distant. He told a sorrowful tale of being hun gry and asked for something to eat. He again worked the same scheme, robbing three of the hired help while they slept.
 From a description given of him, the police are convinced that he is the man
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Mining Company (employes New Alma den), S64 25; Cafe Zinkand, $50; O'Connor, Moffatt & Co.,. $50; Hibernia Savings and Loan Association. $50: Musicians Union. $50; Westerfeld's Bakery, $25: Tivoh Cafe, S25; Lebenbaum & Co.,, $25; Gruenhagen Bros, S25; Omaha Mining Company, 1925; Blake, Moffit & Towne, $25; Colonel John l.. Roster s25; Major Frank Mclaughlin, S25; Almshouse employees, SPA 50; Super visors' office. S21 50; George w. Gibbs & Co.,, $20; Cook Betting Company, s20; Cali fornia Electrical Company, S20; Pabst Cafe, s15; c. H. Evans & Co, s10; Cali fornia Boiler Works, S10; F. Smith & Co.,. S10; Majestic Steel Range Company, $10. NJ. A. c. Christesen. S10; The Burlingame, S10; Bennett & Wilson, s10; Cosmopolitan Hotel, S10; The Pleasanton, S10; G. Leip nitz & Co.,, $10; Ickelheim Bros. S10; San Francisco Laundry Association, S10; J. Baumgarten & Co.,. s10; Vanderslice & Co.,, $l0: Livingstone Bros, s10;. Sequoia Parlor, No. 160 N. s. c. w. s10 Repsolds Company, S7 50; janitors, City Hall. S6; smaller amounts, SlS6; total $16 ,303 55.
 The following letter has been sent to the Board of Education by the Commit tee on Rules:
 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. 1898.
 California Golden Jubilee Committee, Palace Hotel city-Gentlemen: I desire to call your attention to a violation of the rules of the Board of Education in requiring pupils of this department to contribute to provide uni forms for the celebration of the California golden jubilee.
 Many parents find 1t very difficult to provide the necessities of life. and 1t works hardship on them by requiring pupils to buy suits, leg
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gings, etc, to be used in the parade on the
 Permission for contributions and the pur- chase of suits leggings etc, Is herepy deIheu' Yours truly DIR. GEORGE I. DRUCkER,
 Chairman Committee on Rules.
 The programme for the grand Turner entertainment which will be given at Woodward's Pavilion next Thursday night, has been arranged. It promises to be one of the most interesting given m this city by the Turner's, as there IS q fierce competition among the Turner's or San Francisco and Oakland. Weather permitting there will be a grand parade, with lots of red fire preceding the. affair, and 1t is expected nearly 800 men will compete in the different events. The pro- gramme as arranged is as follows:
 Grand entree of all the performers; address; Dr. Max Magnus; fancy march and dumDpell drill, members of the San Francisco Turn Verein: parallel bar exercises, members Of the Mission Turn Verein fencing bouts, with foil, Steffens and Rertheau, Eintracht Turn Section; with rapier. Mueller. .and Rosenberg, San Fran, Hoffman, Deutscher Krieger Verein; hori rizontal bar, mixed class; wrestling contest, heavy weights, c. Hildebrand. San Francisco Turn Verein. and J. Will Oakland Turn Verein; midde-weights, H. Haustein and P. F1atop Eintracht Turner's, San Francisco; vaulting on the horse, mixed class; running high jump, mixed class; pyramids, members of the Fin der the direction of Professor Earth of San Francisco Turn Verein H. c. F. Stahl of Fin tracht Turn Section T. s. Fuhrberg of Mission Turn Verein and 9th of Oakland Turn Neretn. Musical director. Professor L. der Mehden.
 Dancing will commence at II o'clock.
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the old Woodward's Pavilion. and hurry and hustle tell of the preparations under way there. The place is full of decora- tors and the carpenters hammer plays a merry tune during the hours of daylight.
 The plans for the decorations are most elaborate. and when carried out they will have transformed the dingy, barn-like structure into a classic temple, golden hued and draped with flags and beauu- speakers stand with seats for the choral societies reaching down before 1t, and the remainder of the floor and galleries VIII be fitted up to accommodate over oOVO people.
 The choral children in front of the speakers stand will form one or the most attractive features of the exercises There will be nearly four hundred or them, and when seated they will form a by rows of girls with brilliant crimson capes, and the white with girls Tn white capes; the field will be formed by rows of boys with blue capes, and on the breast of each will shine silver star; The stand upon which the children Will be seated will slope gently from the speakers stand to the floor and the CT feet of the rows of color will De seen from every seat in the building.
 The children will take part in all the songs. and will be assisted by the older choral societies, which will sit just above them.
 The University students have re considered their decision not to parade next Monday and accordingly the bat talions will take part in the great jubilee celebration. President Kellogg, Protes- sor Jones. Regent Denicke and a number of senior students addressed the assem-
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PetltIons for Worden.

If numbers count for anything in the matter of petitions for executive elem ency, Salter D. Worden may count him. self comparatively safe. Ever since his conviction the labor unions have been striving by almost every known artifice to save the neck of their brother work man, and since the United States Su- preme Court refused to interfere in the matter have resorted to the last method- petitions to the Governor.
 The first move was made by the two central bodies-the Labor Council and the Building Trades Council. Besides Formulating petitions themselves, they instructed all subordinate unions to fol- low the same course, and these instruc- tions have been followed out to the letter. Each union which met last week form ulated its petition, which will be duly forwarded under the seal of the union to Governor Budd. Besides this, many of the independent unions which are not affiliated with either of the central bodies are taking the same course, and by Sat- urday night the Governor will have re- ceived in the neighborhood of fifty peti- tions from the trades unions alone.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-20
WHO SHOT GARDINER2
The Question Will Be Settled
 Sooner Tbon Expected.

The preliminary examination of Adam Stroh on the charge of burglary was continued before Judge Conlan yester- day and after Policemen Meagher and Floyd and Detectives Dillon and Crockett had given their evidence the prosecution rested. This brought Attorney J. N 2. Wilson to his feet and he demanded that the prosecution should place Frank Mur- phy. the patrol wagon driver. on the stand as his client had also been charged with assault to murder for shooting Gardiner. the stockbroker, when the po- lice knew that Murphy fired the shot.
 Prosecuting Attorney Mogan demurred to calling Murphy. as the assault to mur- der had nothing to do with the burglary charge. Besides they had a sure case without Murphy's evidence and he de- clined to have him subpenaed.
 Wilson insisted and the Judge ordered that a subpoena be issued for Murphy s appearance tomorrow, when 1t will be shown, who did fire the shot. By that means the defense expects to get the charge of assault to murder disposed of at once.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-20
INCAPACITATED
 FROM DUTY Policeman w Tells, Sick and Disabled, Asked
 to Resign. Chief Lees Determined to Change the Beats of the
 Various Sergeants.
Patrolrnan Peter Gillens Case Con- tinusd for Two
 Weeks.

At the regular meeting of the Po- lice Commissioners last night the case of Officer William Wells charged with being incapacitated was taken up. Wells had been on the force for many years and is held in high regard by his superior officers. Several months ago he was taken III and confined to his bed for some time Recently. however. he has been doing duty at the Central sta tion answering telephone calls. He fin- ally became so i'll that he was again forced to ask for a leave of absence. Learning from his attending physician that he would never be able to do po- lice duty again, Captain Whitman de- cided to call his case to the attention of the Police Commissioners.
 When he was summoned before them last night he feebly announced that he did not think that he would ever get we'll He is suffering from Bright's disease in a malignant form. It was the intention of the Commissioners to drop his name from the rolls, but after listening to his story they allowed him to resign. He promised to do so to- day.
 Wells Is one of the best known men in the department and has a host of friends. His sickness is regretted by his fellow officers and as he left the commissioners rooms he had many sympathizers. It is understood that a strong effort will be made to-day to have the commissioners not take for nal action until he is eligible for re- tirement, which will be in short time Police Officer Greenan was also be- fore the commissioners charged with appearing for duty in a slovenly condi- 1 tion. As it was his second offense he was fined s20 and told that a similar offense would lead to his being dis missed from the force.
 Officer Pete Gillen, charged with as- saulting a man whom he had under arrest on New Years morning, had his case continued for two weeks.
 l Notwithstanding the reticence of the
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one and one which each member recog- nizes, but fears to bring up until the last moment; 1t is not stopping preparations, however, and should the gods be un- propitious the celebration will not by any means succumb to the drenching from on high. The most feasible way out of the difficulty so far suggested comes from MT. Daniels of the parade committee. He thinks if 1t rains that every hall in the city within convenient distance and capa- ble of holding any kind of a crowd, should be hired for the noon hours of the day; then a speaker or two speakers, or if there is a sufficient amount of talent handy. three or even four speakers, could be sent to each hall escorted by brass band and from every quarter of the city the patriotism and enthusiasm which would have been typified by the parade and which no amount of water can dam pen. could be heard and participated in by the people, and the celebration could go along anyway until the exercises in the afternoon took up the tide of jubila- ton.
 The parade will be started by the ap pearance of an immense figure of Colum- bia, which will be outlined in fire five hundred feet in the air. It will be formed by the explosion of a bomb discharged from the corner of Market and Sansome streets As the line moves along its path will be marked by showers of gold and silver. serpents of flame. golden dragons and turtles and fish and birds and all the known beasts of the air and the sea and the field and others, too, not so well known, and seen only on occasions of great festivity and celebration, and even then only by a favored few of the most roistering celebrants.
 Day fireworks" will be responsible for this display, and it will be a safe wager that the procession will be quite as in teresting far above the housetops as II will be down on the street
 There is another fireworks project on foot but the question of funds is a more burning one than any fireworks can call up, and so the committee is only talking of it as yet. The idea is to have displays
 of fireworks from three of the mos
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prominent points of the city-Clay street cut-at which day fireworks" similar to those used in the parade can be set of. Such displays would be most effective and the cost for a display lasting over three hours would be but S200 for each station: but the $500 necessary Is not in sight and so the matter is awaiting its turn.
 There are several other attractive feat ures awaiting their turns and the tangt- ble assistance rendered by the people to the finance committee. Children's day. according to present appropriations must get along on $500. There will be games for which some little prizes must be of fered: there are entertainments to be planned and provided. and there is d small lunch to be set for the boys and girls who are at an age when such an en- tentainment will appeal to them most strongly. On $500 the prizes must be very cut down to almost nothing and the num- Der of hungry children who can be fed on the remainder could be slowed In the dining-room of a small fiat. The sub scriptions have so far been as good as could be expected, but there is a great deal more to be done to make the pre- vious subscriptions most effective, and | the fate of the general plan cannot be ] 1eOpardiZed for the want Of money to | provide the minor details.
 | But clouds and rain cannot interfere
 with the goings on beneath the roof of