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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-01

tance by the second route by. way .of Honolulu and Jamestown Harbor, in the Caroline Islands, to Hongkong and thence to Manila is 75sS miles At s2 per mile the compensation would be. $15, ,136. There would be about four trips per year, for which the compensation would be s60,544
 The vessels of the O. and o. line avail able for this purpose are the Alameda and the Mariposa, each of 315S gross ton mage and of the third class.
 The act provides that all vessels of the three classes shall be constructed With particular reference to conversion into auxiliary naval cruisers, and that they shall be of sufficient strength and stabil-- ity to carry and sustain the working and operation of at least four effective riied cannon of a caliber of not les than six inches.
 All of the above mentioned vessels full fill the requirements of the act.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-01
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

ceived letter from MT. Slamberg wherein he clearly promised to repay her, but she had voluntarily destroyed this business epistle.
 It was here that Slamberg's attorney moved for a non-suit, and as grounds cited section 1700 of the Civil Code, which precludes all claim where evidence or an indebtedness has been voluntarily de stroyed. Here an interesting controversy suddenlv hitched, and Judge Hall al- lowed until next Saturday to listen to arguments and further citations on that point.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-01
ARRIVED.

:; WedneSCay, NOVemDer oU, stmr Leelanaw. storrs, 1Ol hours from se- attic.
 Stmr Dora. Johansen, 30 days from Kodiak, via Seattle days stmr Fulton, Levinson. Sla days from Port land.
 schr La Chilena, Matsen, hours from Fort Ross.
 DOMESTIC PORT. FORT BRAGG-Sailed Nov 30-Stmr Coquilie River, for San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-01

THE California Debris Commission, having re- ceived applications to mine by the hydraulic process from the Wintz Mining and Improve. ment Company, in it's mine near Pleasant Valley, Fl Dorado County, to deposit tailings on a flat below the mine; from Joel Bean in the Cleveland mine No. 2. near Scales Sierra County, to deposit tailings in Rock Creek; from J. B. Jones, in the Haskell Valley mine, Bucks Ranch. Plumas County. to de posit tailngs on a flat below the miae from Thomas Gomez, in the Snowy Side mine, near Bucks Ranch, Plumas County, to de- Friis. in the New York mine. near Bucks Ranch. Plumas County. to deposit tailngs in Willow Creek; from J. C. (Horner. in. the County. to deposit tailings in Willow Creek; from. Llewelyn A. Hoefiich. in the Rocky Bar mine. near Nelson Point Plumas County, from C. W. Ayers. in the Oriole gravel mine. near Jamestown, Tuolumne County to deposit tailings a fiat below the mine, gives mo- tice that a meeting will be held at room 59 Flood building. San Francisco, Cal. on De- cember 12, 1898, at 1:S0 p. m.
 ANNUAL Meeting-The regular annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Mutual Elec- tric Light Company will be he'd at the office of the company, 617 Howard st.. San Fran cisco, California, MONDAY, the 9th day of December. 1898, at the hour of 1030 O clock a. m., for the purpose of eecting board of directors to serve for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting
 JAMES FISHER. Secretary
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-01


 THEY are closing out underwear, hosiery gloves corsets, yelling, yarns faces. curtains, bedspreads, calico, muslins. Things aprons, towels, fannels, etc. very cheap at the Pio- neer Dry Goods Store, 105 Fifth st. BAD tenants elected for s4; collections made; city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION ROOMS papered from 8; whtened s1 up; painting done. Hartmann Paint Co. 343 Sd st
The herald., 1898-03-21
STATE NOTES

The man found drowned in the river ten
miles below Sacramento yesterday Is be-
lieved to be r. Christensen, a receipt for
articles purchased being found in the cloth
ing of deceased. and a man of that name
used to work for the railroad.
The five-mile bicycle race between ]. u.
Wing of the Olympics and George Wyman
of the Reliance club at Oakland yesterday
resulted in a victory for the former. His
time, 11:31 As was good, considering the
strong wind which prevailed. The Olympic
baseball nine defeated the Reliance players
3 to H.
Nelly Bray, the 23-year-old daughter of
Patrick Bray, laborer, who lives at 1893
Filbert street, San Francisco, took her life
last night by stabbing herself in the left
breast with knife. Her father was pres
ent at the time, and medical assistance was
Immediately summoned, but without avail.
She died few minutes later in her fathers
arms. She was afflicted with consumption,
and had become addicted to the use of NOR
phine.
In view of the reported distress Of herds
in various parts of the state, a statement
by j. Walter Smith, register of the United
States land office at Stockton, is OF gen.
eral interest. He says: considering the
dry season and the lack of food for stock,
1t might be well for owners of cattle to
remember that under an order issued in
1894 the government allows the pasturing
of any stock, except sheep. on the public
reservations, including parks" There are
about 100000 acres of land in these res
ervations in California.
The herald., 1898-03-21
The London Markets

LONDON, March 2O.-The money mar
ket is somewhat easier, on improved politi-
cal prospects. but it is improbable that
rates will fall much while the American
demand for gold continues The stock ex-
change Is keen, and became steadier tow
ards the end Of the week. In many cases
prices improved. The situation in the far
east is considerably more reassurng, and
the sale of high-class stocks owing to the
demand for gold has ceased. A more OPP
timstic feeling in Spanish-Amerlcan re.
lations also prevails. Home railways show
fairly general improvement, and AWeri-
can railways have recovered materially
on quiet buying here and in Wall street.
The herald., 1898-03-21

"San Gabriel Mission" is the self-ex-
planatory title of a neat little brochure
just issued from the office Of the Tidings,
the organ of the Catholics of Southern
California. 1t is from the pen of John j.
Bodkin, editor of the Tidings, and was
prepared mainly for the convenience of
visitors to the mission, most of whom
desire to know the principal facts in its
history. Mr.. Bodkin possesses the fac
ulty of condensation to an admirable de-
gree. and has compressed into twenty
five small pages all the salient facts and
dates connected with the historic old
mission. There are several we'll exc
cuted, faithful illustrations.
The herald., 1898-03-21
GAVE HIM A CHASE
officer Arguello Has Hard Run After
Two Men

Officer Arguello, the sprinter Of the po-
lice department, nearly met his match
last evening on Main street, but finally
managed to win out in the stretch. Tom
Murphy and Jim Nolan, couple of chain
gang habitues, were seen on South Main
street yesterday afternoon, making a
house, toulouse begging tour. They evil
IDENTIFY were not desirous of securing food,
for as soon as they got any they would
throw it away. They acted so suspiciously
that citizen watched and followed them.
At Pico and Main streets they met Officer
Arguello and started to run. The officer
gave chase, but failed to overhaul them, as
he ordinarily would have DONE Some time
ago his right hip was dislocated while he
was horseback riding, and he has cOnse-
quently been lame ever since.
The beggars ran north on Main street
until they reached the Childs place at
Tenth street, when one of them sprang
over the hedge, while the other kept on
until he reached Tenth street. The officer
had overhauled him at this point, but the
man escaped by lodging about and doub-
ling back to Eleventh street, where OffNo
Arguello came up to him. The man drew
back as If to strike the officer but Arguello
was too quick for him and knocked him
down with a blow of his fist on the neck.
In spite of the fact that several men on
bicycles refused to assist the officer, he
pluckily handcuffed his man and then went
and got the other, who was hiding in the
Childs place. Both men are hard custom
ers and ought to be locked up for long
terms.
The herald., 1898-03-21

Herald has already pointed out 1t Is
an artificial parsonage. representing
special interests. which may be. but
which generally are not. favorable to
the interests Of the people. This refers
of course, not to the corporation by
itself considered, but to the corporation
in politics.
The corporation has no vote. 1t has
no principle except that Of its own busi-
ness interests. 1t is neither Democratic
nor Republican, nor Populist. 1t con-
tributes indifferently to the campaign
fund of that party which it thinks will
best serve it's purpose in any particular
election. The weapons Of the corpora
tion in politics are of necessity money
and coercion.
This new danger to the republic has
crept upon it slowly and insidiously
during the past thirty years. In the be-
ginning, nobody, not even the corporate
interests, dreamed what was coming.
The American system Of protection so
called, put the weapon into their
|,hands. The evil grew and grew.
until whatever vestige Of tenn
porary merit the system might have had,
making all due allowances for it. has
been swallowed up, and the whole thing
turned into a powerful weapon in the
hands of monopoly and the trusts.
Another ramifcation of the corpora
tion in politics has been into the field of
state and municipal politics, where con-
troll of offices has been secured and
made the means of perpetuating the evil
influence. From its very nature the
corporation in politics cannot represent
the people, because it profits from what
it gains from the people.
The Star is in very bad business when
it defends the corporation in politics.
The herald., 1898-03-21
A SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE

The Herald has a special and exclusive
telegraph service that is unequaled by
any paper west OF Chicago with the
single exception of tho San Francisco
Examiner.
Not only is to be found in these pages
the full report of tho Ass Ociated Press.
the greatest newsgathering agency in
the world, but an exclusive service from
special correspondents at San Franeisco,
Chicago, New York, and Washington,
who have exceptional advantages by
their connection with the greatest news
papers fin those cities.
The full reports ofthe Associated Press,
day and night, amount in all to an aver
age of $4,000 words. These are daily
supplement ID in The Herald by exclusive
dispatches, which vary from 500 to 1000
words per day,
The herald., 1898-03-21

not closed to the free coinage Of silver
for twenty years after Germany had
adopted q single gold standard, and
where the shrinkage in the value Of
silver ornaments, the only savings Of
the peasantry, has been estimated by
Sir Lepel Griffin at $94,000,000. II India
can be transformed into gold country
with a single standard and subsidiary
silver coinage. bimetallism will become
a lost cause.
Fourth-England is confronted with
crisis of extraordinary difficulty and
gravity. Having rejected the overtures
of the United States and France for in
ternational action, and having given as
a reason for refusal the assumption that
the adoption of the proposed ratio would
send up the exchange value of the rupee
to % pence and paralyze industry and
trade, Lord Elgin and his advisers are
now compelled to face situation OF In
dustrial exhaustion and monetary strin-
gency which is pronounced intolerable
by all competent observers. They can
not stand still, but are compelled to take
decisive action in the direction of gold
standard; and they are at their wits end
to know how to set about it.
Fifth-The battle of the standards is
to be fought out in India to speedy
issue, under conditions of unexampled
difficulty and perplexity; and Ameri-
cans are in a position to look on COM
placently and to profit by the expert
ence, whatever it may be.
The fact should not be lost sight of
that Indian finances are still in a tenta-
tive condition; that nothing but make
shift measures have been adopted from
time to time since the mints were closed.
and that each successive attempt to bet
ter conditions has only resulted in max
ing them worse, the industrial exhaus-
ton and monetary stringency having
become, as conceded by the writer above
quoted, simply "intolerable." 1t is per-
haps the better knowledge of these con-
ditions, and realization of the
fact that something must soon
be done by the government 10
relieve the tension, that inspires
the bimetallist contingent in the house
to demand official confirmation of what
is already widely known and recognized.
They propose to demand the raising of
a royal commission to examine into the
whole question again, and report their
findings.
The last word regarding the silver
spoken.
The herald., 1898-03-21
CORPORATIONS IN POLITICS

The Pasadena Star comes manfully to
that corporation has the same right as
an individual to go into politics, and in
attempting to answer the criticism of
The Herald, it goes further and declares
politics is no worse than that of the in
dividual. The Star sums up it's po-
sition on the question in the following
paragraph:
The fact is, the business of politics
which is only another name for the sci
ence of government, is a free fight and
no one person has any more right than
another to engage in it. The general
public, too, has notice of the fact, and
If anybody allows anybody else to get
away with him it is his own fault. 1t
only shows that the other fellow has
used superior diligence or had more
justice on his side.
That is very dangerous ground to take.
1t assumes that might is right and in
vites an evil which in another form the
fathers, in forming the republic, were
most anxious to guard against. No gov
ernment. local, state or municipal, which
is controlled by corporations, or by in
dividuals representing and subject to
corporations, can be government of the
people, for the people or by the people.
The corporation is not citizen, as The
The herald., 1898-03-21

The San Bernardino Free Press copies
from this paper an editorial on the excess
sive freight rates charged by the rail-
roads on citrus fruits, and then accuses
The Herald of failing to get at the root
of the evil. through not citing the pro-
tective tariff and combinations as the
causes. AS matter of fact, The Her
aid did call attention to those things in
an editorial printed day or two before
the one in question appeared. Surely
the Free Press will not undertake to say
that The Herald has not stoutly opposed
the twin evils. There are many phases
of the tariff, and the railroad monopoly
and it is not always wise to attempt to
handle them all in quarter-column edi-
torial.
The herald., 1898-03-21

It is proposed to raise fund of 100000
to erect a monument to the late Carter
H. Harrison, who was assassinated dur
ing the closing days of the Worlds fair,
and who was mayor Of Chicago at the
time of his death. A handsome bronze
medal of which one side Is an excellent
likeness of Mr.. Harrison as he appeared
in his prime, is given to each subscriber
who contributes 81 to the monument
fund. Contributions may be sent to the
Carter H. Harrison Memorial assoca-
ton, John ]. Mitchell, treasurer, 254 Mon
roe street, Chicago.
The herald., 1898-03-21
A WRONG IMPRESSION

The Times yesterday took occasion to
ridicule the movement for a new city
charter and denounced it's beginning as
wrong, because number of representa-
tive organizations were invited to par
ticipate in the preliminary arrange
ments. The Times says:
The board of freeholders, upon whom
will devolve the duty of drafting a new
charter, should represent, so far as pos
sible, all legitimate shades of intelli-
gent opinion. But its members should
be selected and should serve in their
capacity as citizens of Los Angeles,
and not as the special agents and repre-
sentatives of this or that political party,
or of this or that secret organization,
clique, or faction. We require, and must
have, a charter based upon the broad
principle of "the greatest good to the
greatest number" No special leeisla-
tion should be embedded in the organic
law Of this vigorous and progressive
municipality.
AS The Herald understands it, that
is just what is being done. The various
organizations will not formulate the new
charter, although their representatives
may have a hand in the work. Each
organization will be represented upon
the committee of fifteen by one mem
Der, and if there are any vacancies they
will be selected at large by the delegate
convention. The names selected will be
submitted to the city council and voted
upon by the people. There will be ample
opportunity to reject any Objectionable
person. The people are the final arbi-
ters.
The organizations that have been in
vited to take part in the preliminary
work are broadly representative Of the
citizenship of Los Angeles. They repre-
sent nearly all classes and occupations.
The Times says it wants a charter dawn
on broad, conservative lines, but it sug
gests no plan of action-it has nothing to
offer in the place Of that which it con-
demns
The last attempt at chartermaking g
was failure because-rightly or wrong
ly-the impression prevailed that it was
formulated in a special interest. The
present plan represents the people.
The Herald believes the charter-mak-
ers have begun right.
The herald., 1898-03-21
The New York Wreck

HALF MOON BAY, Cal. March 2o.-The
cargo of the wrecked ship New York,
which has been purchased by syndicate
for $500, is being taken ashore as rapidly
as possible, and the purchasers expect to
realize a handsome profit. The vessel. to
all appearances, is in as good condition to-
day as when she was beached, except for
the fact that the swelling of the cargo
from water has bulged her decks to some
extent. Her hull, however, is apparently IN
perfect order, and some hopes are yet en-
tertained that she may be floated again
when lighteued.
The herald., 1898-03-21
Police N Totes

Officer Robbins found an old man named
named David Water wandering on Beacon
street yesterday morning about o'clock,
and as he could not give an account of him.
self, the officer took him to the police sta
ton. The Old man was out pf his mind.
and had left his home on Hunter street.
His family called at the station later In the
day and took him away.
John Null, who has been out on fifty
day foater, got into an alteration with
bootblack on East First street, near Los
Angeles yesterday, and proceeded to curse
him. Officer Walker escorted the obscene
voiced Null to the police station, whVre he
will be null and void on the chain gang for
the next fifty days, as he will have to serve
his 1Oater.
The herald., 1898-03-21
Charged With Libel

LAREDO, Tex, March Dob. d. Dick
inson, the American correspondent, ar
rested while on his way to health re-
sort near Monterey. charged with libel,
is still in Monterey, and. by order of the
court there, was yesterday sent to the hos
pital on account of illness. 1t seems. upon
an examination of the papers in the case
and a comparison by the judge and attor-
neys of the telegram Dickinson sent with
the article actually published, a wide dis
crepancy is shown. The attorneys for
Dickinson claim this will make the war
rant fatally defective, and they expect to
have him released within few days.
The herald., 1898-03-21
NOW PUTTING ON THE ARMOR
For the Battle Soon to BeginThe Most Ardent Peace Ad
voca.es Are Forced to Admit that War
Cannot Be Averted

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-(Special to The Herad) The
gave today of grding its ons for
the FRAY that will although
degree will one is prepared to
Information that the
of inquiry Wetlast night Wheteit
comes by mail by special messenger is question.
dent extremely considering
the Maine report which, safely
be received the department. lit
tie attempt disguise the
gravey their heads
declare they trouble Every
conservatives who have steadfasty
disaster and the Cuban question
diplomatic commercial issue, has proved futile.
providing the handling of the countrys
forbarance have fallen
adjournment
fore the pending difficulty is adjusted
There will forcing Of Spanish autonomy by
the United will be purchasing of Cuba by
county there bonds either
~ the Cuban the becomes
independent
All projects detracking the Maine disaster
making general question paramount have failed
All of Spans the States through
the wles of diplomacy have been unsuccessful
The United the Of crisis
unmistakabe and the
stry believed conced what
demand Alger consistently held less amcable
Long is not
associate the department. he is described having
reached the same conclusion. MAX
The herald., 1898-03-21
The FRENCH DEMANDS
NOT YET FULLY UNDERSTOOD BY
ENGLAND
For Fear It Will Be Excessive Great
Britain Is Massing Fleet in
Chinese Waters

LONDON, March 21.-The Chinese am
bassador visited the foreign office Satur-
day evening by special invitation. 1t is
supposed that the French demands in
China were the subject of discussion. There
are some doubts as to the extent of the de-
mands.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from La
Gazalli, Japan, mentions a report that the
Yang Use valley is included, which tends to
confirm the report from Pekin that France
has demanded that China shall not cede
any portion Of the province of Kwer Chau,
this province being within the Galley.
The Times has dispatch from Pek'n,
however. which explains that the demands
apply only to the three provinces, Kwang
Tung, ,Kwang 81 and Yung Nan.
Discussing the matter editorially, the
Times suggests as an explanation of these
discrepancies that NJ. Dubail. the Frbncn
charge d 'affaires at Pekin, has demanded
more than he was authorized to usmand,
and that NJ. Hanotaux, In consequence, has
disavowed him In the statement issued yes
terday, saying there was no connection be-
tween the demands of the French govern
ment in China and the Chinese loan.
The Paris Correspondence of the Times
reports passages of a conversation with
diplomat in the course of which M. Hano-
taux repudiated the idea that he desired
to join any shceme for the disintegration
Of China.
MASSING THE FLEET
TACOMA, Wash. March o0.-Officers of
the Northern Pacific steamship Victoria
which arrived last night from China and
Japan, report that the British government
is massing a very powerful fleet of war
ships In Chinese waters, and that the Brit
ish are buying all the coal coming to those
waters for their men-of- war, and so anx-
ious are they to get 1t that they send ves-
sells to sea. and there halt golfers anu bar
gain for their cargoes, paying gilt-edge
prices If necessary. The British are said to
be buying all the available coal from the
Suez canal to the northern coast of ST.
IBERIA, as they do not want to use Japanese
coal.
Purser Mcdonald says there are now 35 or
40 British warships on the China station
and the fleet has been considerably aug
mented during the last few weeks. Among
the latest arrivals was the big marine
fighter Powerful, one of the most de-
structive vessels afioa:.
THE WAR IN AFRICA
KUNAR CAMP, Nubia, March 2O.-A bat
tie is imminent between the Anglo-Egyp-
tian column and the Dervishes. The COM
bined forces have started to meet the en-
emy, who are also advancing, but who it
is believed, are not aware of the proximity
of the British.
Atbara Camp.-Later.-The whole force
has arrived at the Hudi forts after splen-
did march of five hours from Kunar, partly
through a dust storm. There is no sign
of the enemy. The Anglo-Egyptian army
has not formed for the night. All the forts
on the Atbara are held by the cavalry and
the camel corps.