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The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
WHY JURY TRIALS ARE TEDIOUS,

There is very general objection
 among business men to serving on jur-
 les in civil or criminal cases," observed
 a well-known business man to a Star reporter; mot altogether because it oc- cupies time which a business man can hardly spare, but because of the meth ods pursued by lawyers in trying cases.
 They waste too much time in words, words, and nothing but words. An or dinary business man will develop and absorb all the material facts in a given case in less than half the time it takes a lawyer to do so. He applies business methods, direct and positive while the ordinary lawyer applies legal methods, which are covered up with time -honored cobwebs. The lawyers don't use direct questions or leading questions. because it is against courthouse practices to dol so, while a business man always uses them in preference to going about it in a roundabout way. . It is very tiresome for a business man to have to sit in a courtroom all day long listening to lawyers splitting legal hairs as to how questions should be put to witnesses or answered by them. I had two sieges of that kind in the Circuit Court be- fore I got on the jury I am now on, and if I can help it will never serve. on another. It is bad enough to have to listen for hours and hours to unneces- sary evidence, but when ones Judgment is further insulted by the arguments of counsel on both sides. the theory being
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
WOMEN IN SMOKING CARS

While sitting in a Long Island Rail- road train 1 saw a woman take out of her pocket a cigarette case and walk into the smoking car A few moments later saw her calmly light @ cigarette, toss the match away and lean back lazily, putting the tobacco smoke and watching bits of autumn landscape framed by the window.
 She was a we'll groomed woman of thirty perhaps. with brown hair and a face bearing the unmistakable stamp of refinement.
 One cigarette finished she lighted an- other in the same matter -of-fact way, while thirty pairs of masculine eyes looked on with. interest
 The conductor told me it was not in- frequent for women passengers to in- dulge in smoke while en route from town to country. They did it, he said. in the selfsame spirit that a man does, and so far as he could see they had Just as good a right.
 How do the men seem to take it?" I inquired.
 Well. they never have objected so far. After their first interested stare they go right on reading their papers"
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
AMERICAN COMPOSERS.

Let the American study the music of all nations and enrich his resources from their achievements, and then write from his own heart; for, after all, in the arts, individuality is absolutely necessary to triumph and it is far better to be one s self than to be merely the citizen of a little province; better to stamp ones work with an individuality than with the dia- lect of district. Particularly is this true in this ago of civilization, when travel and electricity are slowly making the world one great unit. The American, being the composite of many races, should have the widest field to choose from; he should write from the most en- larged Individuality.
 The peculiar resources of the citizen of the United States can be seen from the fact that among the best compositions written by native composers are sym phony descriptive of negro emotions, writ ten by Henry Schoenfeld before Dvorak ever advanced his theories: an Indian suite, written by E. A. MacDowell; a Chinese Suite, written by Edgar Stillman Kelley from researches made in San Francisco: a Greek tragedy set to music by Profes- sor J. K. Paine. and equaling Mendels- sohns best work in this line: a religious cantata based on an old Latin hymn by Horatio W. Parker: the fiery songs set to German, French and English words by Ethelbert Nevin. and the musical back ground to Longfeilow's poem Sandal phon," by Harvey Worthington Loomis.- Self Culture.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
GREAT SHOOTERS IN EUROPE


 In Europe. where the question Of game supply does not enter into consideration, killing for count is recognized as legitimate and sports manlike. He is considered to have made a record of honor who has bagged the largest numbers of birds or other game. Thus we read of one Trauttmansdorff- Prince Carl Trauttsmansdorff-w has to his credit for a single days shoot ing the slaughter of S62 head of game, with the best bag of pheasants 303. of partridg-s 632, of hares 416, of rabbits 63S, of roebuck 12, of fallow deer 20. and of black cock 14, and a best years count of 10,S33 head of assorted game Another record smasher is Earl de Gray, whose exploits have been duly tabulated for series of years, from 1867 to 1895. His pheasant score was 111.119, with ssS9,4 ,401 cartridges, 47,46S grouse, 2s,747@rabbits, and as many hares, 2735 snipe, 2077 woodcock, 1893 wild duck. 567 deer, 12 buffaloes, II tigers, couple of rhinoceros and 5000 assorted; making a total of 316,699 for the entire period, or about il, 900 an- nually. This is a record which the most industrious market shooter in this coun- try would needs work hard to equal. In very truth the noble sportsman must have been a monomaniac in the field. Yet for all his slaughter the game sup ply where he shot has not been per manently diminished.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
INDEPENDENCE HALL G1JARD1ANs

Councils Committee on City Property agreed to report favorably to the Finance Committee the ordinance to provide for. the reorganization of the staff of Inde- pendence Hall upon the following mag nif1cent salary basis: Superintendent 5000; Assistant Superintendent, $500; spe- cial officer, $500; eight ushers, at $500 each; three cleaners at $500 each; one engineer at s9o0; one fireman at s34O. and three night watchmen at $500 each-total. s13.- $40. By some strange freak of parsfmony the committee omitted to provide for a custodian of the Liberty Bell but that neglect will doubtless be rectified later
 Fifty years ago one janitor and a watchman took care of the hail. and they took such good care of 1t during theft in cumbency that it did not need to be re- stored until the new era of prosperity set in. Now the visitors to the hali have to run the gauntlet of a whole phalanx of public servants. whose new uniforms will make the Revolutionary heroes upon the walls so shabby by comparison that the restoration of the dingX patriots In buff will probably soon be called for.-Phiia- delphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
SOME INCIDENTS OF
 A QUIET ELECTION
Few Arrests Marked the Progress of the Voting Throughout
 the City.

From the opening to the closing of the polls yesterday there were fewer arrests made than on any previous election day in the history of the city. The first arrest was that of Dan Sweeney. bartender In a saloon at Natoma and Second streets. for selling liquor on election day. It was the only arrest of the kind. He was re- leased on $50 cash bail.
 Jerry Jones. a pattern-maker. raised a disturbance in the polling booth of the First Precinct of the Thirty-ninth District by objecting to voter registering his bal lot. Some one shouted that he had re- Yolver, and Policeman Rankin placed him under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon, which was found upon him. Jones declared he had permit but could not show 1t. He was released on his own recognizance by Judge Low.
 John J. Grady. an expressman. while under the influence of liquor made him. self a nuisance at the polling booth of the Third Precinct of the Thirty-ninth Dis- trict by shouting for Brown. the candi- date for County Clerk. He was thrown
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
AN EYE TO BUSINESS.

She was elderly. with the indisputable appearance of the we'll bred. Her black gown was unpretentious, yet it had an air of neatness about it which would have distinguished 1t among any sur roundings.
 The North Clark street man recog- nized all this, and as the woman crossed the street his eyes followed her with look of vague wonderment.
 The opposite pavement was wet, and when the woman reached it she hesi- tated, made false step and fell.
 The young man was at her side in an instant and bent nervously over her as she lay unconscious.
 The crowd gathered quickly, but when he shouted Stand back!' it real ized his earnestness and obeyed. He carried her into neighboring drug store and called for water.
 Quick he said. The clerk stood be- hind the counter excitedly twirling his fingers.
 'sBring me water!" the young man demanded again.
 sodawater?"
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
COMMENTS ON OUR "BUTcHER,s
 BILL.0

Lord Wolseley has special aversion to sanitation, which he has described In the Soldiers Pocketbook" as a fad laying down at the same time that sanitary of. fleers have no business at the front. The utterly irrational nature of this doctrine one might point to the statistics that have just been published of the Ameri- can losses in the war with Spain.
 total killed in both army and navy amounted to. 279. and the total wounded to 1423, while there actually died of disea se in camp 20s6, and the total number treated in hospital was something like 40 GOO. In other words, twenty men were killed or disabled by disease for every man killed or disabled in action. There Is only one name for the man who in the face of figures like these could question the inn portance of an efficient army medical Truth.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
After mer-

Kent and opened a store. After mer- chandising for a short time he bought pretty little home near the village of Po- mona and started a sawmin. Finally the old sailor conceived the idea of build ing his yacht. The keel was laid, the ribs slowly assumed position, and winter and summer the work dragged on. Years passed. The first timbers began to de cay, and before the completion of one part the timbers were of necessity re- placed by new, and yet the pet scheme was not abandoned, and now the dry land ship is nearing completion.
 The yacht is to be 75 feet in length, Il feet beam and S feet hold. She will be propelled by steam, and, the captain says, will turn off twenty miles an nour. A cabin forty-five feet in length will be built and fitted up fer a long cruise, the intention of the captain beino to revisit many scenes of his early sailor life. The puzZling question to the casual observer is: How is this craft to be got to the Chester River, more than two miles away? The captain says, that with one horse the launch will be quickly and easily made. The boat now has the deck on, and it Is expected that the launch will be made next summer. The launch ing day will be made memorable, and the sponsor for the novel craft has already been choSen.-BaltimOre Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
TRAJAN's ARCH.

To the student of sculpture this great series of reliefs has come like revela- tion. It was not supposed that Roman art was capable of producing a work of such breadth of conception. of such an artistic combination of beauty and strength. The skill and picturesQueness of composition, the dramatic quality of single figures, and especially what we can only term their life, are beyond anything done in sculpture since the altar at Pergamon. What we have from the times of Augustus Claudius and Titus seems lifelesS and monoton- ous in comparison.
 With the uncertainty that reigns in regard to the history of Roman sculp- ture, any work of assured date Is well come.
 It is amusing to see how many theo- ries are overturned by the arch. For example, the best authorities have been dating Roman busts from the style of head dress, assigning a special kind of style to the reign of Nero, another to Titus, another to the Antonines, etc. There Is now consternation In this camp because all these manners Of head dress are found together on our arch, and this convenient aid to dating has vanished While I am referring to portraituFe let me call attention to the supeeb portraits of great Romans on the arch.
 There is, of course, collection or fine heads of Trajan himself, which will at least double the number of his known portraits; there Is more than one of Hadrian, Trajan's nephew and aide e-camp: of Licinius Sura, his oldest and most intimate friend, secretary and chief of staff, and of other men who were the Emperor's companions and lieutenants in his wars. The arch Is a mine of wealth of many kinds, and for every one 1t is a beautiful work of art. whcih may we'll serve as an inspiration to modern artists as the most perfect work of its kind that antiquity has pro- duced.-Century.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
PATTON PROBABLY
 GETS 4 MAJORITY
Continued From Third Page.

Twenty-eighth. so the tidings that Gage was leading Mcguire in that quarter of the city were received with enthusiasm.
 While Major Mclaughlin and Colonel over this unexpected advantage, Judge Elijah Hart began to receive messages from Sacramento showing immense Re publican gains in that county. Toward g o'clock the messages giving assurances of great victory were coming in so rapidly from all quarters of the State that Jacob Steppacher could not get them posted up for display as rapidly as they came in.
 The joy was increased when news came by wire and special messengers that Ala meda County would give Gage 5000 ma 1ority. The glad tidings was wired to Governor-elect Henry T. Gage by many of his personal friends and supporters.
 At F o'clock. when 900 ballots in San Francisco had been counted and the mar he would carry San Francisco by a ma jority of nearly 5000, there were shouts of joy in the committee rooms. About the same time Judge Hart secured additional accounts from Sacramento indicating that the Republican majority in that county would exceed the estimates based came the news as the night wore on. The suggestion that San Francisco would win that banner which Los Angeles and Ala meda counties had alternately won for many years caused much merriment.
 From San Diego, Los Angeles, San Der nardino, Placer, Nevada, Glenn Monte Tey. Riverside. S1ShlyCu ana freSnO cOuu- ties came messages reporting Republican gains.
 Assurance came by wire also that Waters. Republican, was winner in the Sixth Congressional District. Reports from the city al the same time indicated that Julius Kahn had downed Barry for Congress in the Fourth District. There was glory for the committee in the gain of two Congressman in California
 The committee rooms were densely packed with leading Republicans of the rTf nYy1tG MnGnG brought in the cigars and Chief Lees was privileged to smoke them. Everybody was happy, and Major Mclaughlin and Colonel Burns were serenely tpbilant.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
LONGEVITY OF BALLET DANGERS.

A statistician has been devoting him self to a study of the eminent in this particular art, and his investigations seem to establish the fact that they are an unusually long lived lot. The famous Carlotta Grisi is living now at the aga of seventy seven. and one of the hal let dancers at the opera in Paris sev- enty; but he is man. Amalia Ferraris is still teaching at the age of seventy eight in Paris, and seems likely to con tinue that work for some time to come. Fanny Essler was seventy-four whe n she died, and Taglioni has passed her eightieth year. Rosita Mauri. the pop- ular premiere at the opera in Paris. is over fifty and has begun to talk of re- tiring
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09

The count on the State ballot was very slow last night, and so complete returns could not be obtained.
 Of the 303 precincts complete re- turns were received from 139. incom- plete returns from 151, and none at all could be obtained from 13.
 Incomplete as they are, however. they show a plurality for Gage of 26ST, and all the indications point to double this when all returns are in. Neff Is following him bravely.
 Thompson leads for Secretary of State by over 4OOO, and Johnson has a slight lead over Woodman.
 Conley and Van Dyke are in the lead for the Supreme Court, Edwards is 1000 to the good for the Board of Equaliza- tion and Hinton is 200o ahead for the Railroad Commission.
 For Surveyor General Wright has a lead that seems invincible.
 In the Congressional fight Kahn has a lead of over 2000 over Barry and Loud leads Craig by about 1000
 Asemblymen have so far gone as fol- lows: Twenty-eighth, Graham R9; Twenty-ninth. Kennedy (R); Thirtieth. Devote (R-); Thirty-flrst, O'Brien DD: Thirty-second. Hanley D.); Thfrty-thfrd Sullivan DO; Thirty-fourth. Crowly (DD: Thirty-ifth. Cobb (R.): Thirty-sixth, Mer- Till (R.); Thirty-seventh, White DD: Thirty eighth. Rickard R.): Thirty ninth, Jones CR.); Fortieth, Miller (R): Forty first, Dibble (R.); Forty-second. Henry nTfX }r1 I fourth, Barry (R); Forty-fifth, Sullivan R.).
 The Senators are: Eighteenth District, Twigg D); Twentieth, Burnett (R.); Twenty-secohd, Bettman (R.); Twenty fourth Ashe (D.).
 The count on the municipal ticket had not progressed far enough to give any returns.
 In the returns following these party designations are used to denote the polit- ical complexions of the candidates: R., Republican; D, Democrat; Pro-, Prohibit
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
ordinarily people cannot understand

ordinarily people cannot understand | ingly try case without their elucida- tfons and explanations of the testi- ! aony. I cannot honestly say that I
 have ever got the slightest information
 or idea from any lawyers argument I have ever assisted in trying, and other
 Jurors have said the same to me time
 and time again. The Judges are tarred with the same stick, too, for many
 of their charges do more to complicate
 the cases than to straighten them out,
 for the charge is nothing more or less than a condensation of the arguments in the cases, and in many instances even as tiresome as the arguments" Washington Star
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
MARYLAND's MODERN NOAH.

A steam launch seventy-five feet long being built two and a half miles from water is the unusual sight which may be seen on the road from Pomona to Quaker Neck, Kent County. The boat is building within a few feet of the public road, and many of the original timbers have routed away during the tedious continuance of the work.
 About fifteen years ago Captain A. Jud- son. a man who had gone down to the sea in ships" for many years, came to
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
BOUND TO OBLIGE.

A lawyer noted for his laconic style of expression sent the following terse and witty note to a refractory client. who paid no attention to reiterated demands for the payment of his bill:
 sir: If you pay the inciosed bill you will oblige me. If you don't, shall obiige you."-Boston Journal
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
SEEING GLASS" OR LOOKING
 GLASS

The following is an extract from the will of Lincolnshire farmer, dated August 1, 1796:
 Item I also give to my wife the bed she now lieth on, one ovel [sicl table, one tea table, one Round table, three round backed chairs, one spindle chair, my chiney [sic] and Tea table, Silver spoons, one Baril [sicl warming pan, and a Seeing Glass and Tongs.''
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world; to take in everything and part of nothing.-Soutf.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-09
GAGE HAS SWEPT THE CITY
Result of the Canvass of the State Ticket Among the Local
 Precincts No Municipal Returns

ton: P. P, Peoples party; s. L., Social ist Labor; U. L., United Labor; 5. R.' Silver Republican; c. R., Citizens Re- san; l., Independent.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-17
THE EVERETT
s. MONTE CRISTO
RAILWAY

TIE culy routs 20 the popular and active
rnsrlnx districts ce Gosd nas.D Gordon
Greek. Martin Creek. sigerton. user
Greex. Goat Lake and Monte Crtsto.
Tee SCENTS route Tor tourists, fishing and
taE.sax parties
For rates ara e'hsr Information address
EeAEesi iccai agent. or
4. -. BAIRD
Gen TIT 4 Rzxr. AxL-. Evsret, wash
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29
STRIKE ON GREAT NORTHERN
EMPLOYEES ON CASCADE TUNNEL
DEMAND MORE PAY.
Out-They Require an Average In
crease of 80 Cents Per Day-L0w-
est Wages Ever 0Hered On Coast.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiiigencer.
CASCADE TUNNEL, Wash. May 2.-
TWO hundred and fifty men az the east
portal and as many On the west end OF the
tunnel being constructed through the Cas-
cads mountains by the Great Northern
Railway Company walked out at Il o'clock
tonight, demanding an advance N wages
approximatfng an average or about 80
cents per diem TO the man.
Muekers now receive $50 and ask s.:
machine men. SIS. ask Tor S. machine
helpers. s., ask for s. ID.
Superintendent Andrews has wired the
Great Northern management at st. Paul
for instructions.
The general impression is tina. the con-
eessions demanded will be made. From
the ineipiency OF the tunnel the local au-
thorities have encountered some Difficult
ties In the matter OF keeping competent
men, on account OF the low wages prevail
ing.
1t IS pointed out by the strikers that a
tunnel has never been driven on the Coast
AZ the wages now being paid.
Willis the strikers are firm, they ara
quiet and peaceahle, no demonstrations
having yet been made.
Superintendent Andrews and Engineer
Smith have nothing TO say concerning
the probable outcome OF the strike, under
their advices from headquarters
President J. J. HIS special train leaves
Spokane az a. n. Sunday for the West.
No doubt some effort Will be made TO ad-
just the difficulty.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29
RAILROAD ron poHr ANGELES.
Pennsylvania Men Apply for Fran
chises and Terminal Grounds.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-InteIligencer.
PORT ANGELES. May Civilian
Marteil and John Schman, of Erie, Pa
through their attorney. George Clement
son. have made an application for rail-
road franchise to the city council. They
promise TO begin construction within forty
days after securing the right-of-way of A
road TO he designated The Port Angeles
and Eastern Railroad, and will extend the
line in an easterly direction from this
place.
MIR. Lehman is at Erie, PI-, at present
but Will join Mr.. Martell here Immediate
~ upon securing the franchise. They ask
the city for permission to use Railroad
avenue from the head OF the bay TO the
eastern limits OF the city: that they be
granted the privilege OF erecting wharves
at Liberty, Lincoln and Oak streets; that
the city petition congress for a strip OF
ground on the eastern side OF the spit
forming the haTbor, running northwardiy
distance Of one mile. preserving a width
OF sixty feet throughout, with the right
10 use the water front for wharves, eleva-
tors and other uses pertaining 10 railroad
business
They also ask the city council to assist
In getting a parcel of land at the head of
the bay. which was left out at the time Of
the government survey OF the TOWNSHIP the
same 70 be- used for turn tables round
houses ana railroad shops
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29
WHAT WILL CERyERAS DO.
French Critics Undertake 10 ExpIafn
the situation.

PARIS. May 2s-The Gaulois says: II
IL quite probable that Schley or Sampson
VIII try to force the bay OF Santiago
rlsking all on the attempt. The passage
Is most dangerous operation on account
or the narrowness OF the channel and the
torpedoes that protect the entrance This
hypothesis is confirmed by a dispatch
from Havana announcing that the Amer
lean ships will be concentrated in front
OF Guantanamo and other ports near San
dago. as well as before Santiago itself
The attack OF the American fleet upon
the Spanish squadron Is the only way of
Fastening the conclusion of the war Ii
Is useless expecting the Spanish ships
Will leave the bay. They have adopted
the only tactics that can be favorable for
them. namely. to avoid q combat In the
hope that fortune may assist them
Nevertheless II Sampson does not try
to cut out the Spanish squadron in the
Day OF Santiago. he may adopt a pan,
perhaps. more disastrous for Spain. He
might leave Schley's cruisers before San.
tiago. and go with his monitors to bonn
bard the principal Cuban ports. What
would Cerveras do in that case?