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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
NEW YORK BEATS LONDON.

Q HAPPY coincidence has brought it about that / \ the year in which the United States first re- vealed themselves to other nations as a great world power of commanding naval and military pres tige should also be marked as the year when for the first time New York outranks London as a com mercial city. The commercial triumph is, in fact, the more surprising of the two. No doubted that could sweep the Spanish from the seas and drive them from the colonies they misgoverned but not at all expected that the honor of beingth worlds commercial metropolis would be shifted from London to New York before the year
 The figures and reports on which the claim of New York for supremacy are based official. Mir. Van derp Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is quoted having said recently that the annual report of the Commissioner of Navigation would show the total value of London's trade in 1895 was $I,I23,5os63o New York's showing for the period was $8o3,- 32I,Ioo. In the following year New York gained SI37o8o338, while London advanced only about $27, 100000 In 1897 the figures for New York $o7o,- So8,235, decrease from the preceding year, while London showed another slight gain. But 1898 has proved banner year. Exports of merchandise have advanced fully $45oooo,ooo, greater gain than has been shown by any preceding twelvemonth Imports of merchandise have not advanced but there have been heavy imports of gold to put the figures up. AL together New Works foreign trade for 1898 will not be less than ST BOO 100000 while that of London is computed at $I 2o2, ,2o7 847.
 Of course the contest will be close for some years to come, and the fortunes of trade will vary London will be ahead year, and New York another but in the end the advantage of New York will be SO great that mere temporary fluctuations and changes in the commercial world will not affect her supremacy She will be in the future what London has been for many years of the past, the commercial metropolis of the world
 It is safe to say that if New York loses the supremacy she has attained the loss will be due to the opening up of the Orient and the development of great commercial cities the Pacific San Fran cisco in this respect is the child of destiny The in- dustrial progress of the United States has brought the mercantile center of the earth our Atlantic coast, and the progress made in the Far East may bring it to this coast at time much earlier than is now expected.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF "A BLIZZARD.

nARELY has that vigorous and buoyant Ameri- H can optimism which with "frolic welcome takes the sunshine and the storm been better illustrated than in the comments of the New York Mail and Express the recent fearful. storm that swept the whole country from the Dakotas to the Atlantic coast Our contemporary not only saw a bright side to the blizzard but found it SO radiant that it burst into rhapsody of sparkling prose
 The storm, 1t will be remembered was one of the severest of recent years Upon land and sea the de- struction of property and the loss of life were great The Mail and Express itself describes it as "a grand a-star combination of cyclone and blizzardv 4One storm wind started from the south and the other from the far west The two united in New Jerseyt and from there made swift and terrible advance Way farers caught in the blizzard frozen on the high ways many destitute persons died of the cold in their unwarmed tenements, and on the sea the number of wrecks was appalling.
 After viewing and reviewing all these disasters the Man and Express cheerfuly advised its readers next morning after the storm to turn from these distress irg rectals to contemplate the beauty touches which the great cyclonic blizzard has given to the visible world" As an inducement to study of these beauty touches the genial and irrepressble optimist said
 "The storm king is scenic painter of surpassing genius With his airy brush and his wealth of white he has given the outlines of castles and palaces and
 fairy dwellings to the monotonous structures reared by The trees, decked with feathery plumes and glitterng iccles like giant flowers from some en- chanted cline and the distant hills loom skyward as if they were terraced banks of habitable clouds All of which means that 1t a royal storm, gorgeous ard beautiful fty heraldng the approach of the ex- harating delights of winter"
 Calfornans will not begrudge the East such win
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pleted on the stocks, inspected by Japa- nese officials. after which they were taken to pieces and boxed for shipment to Yoko- hama.
 At the Chatham dockyard the wages to workmen for the week ending November 12 was S250 900. This amount exceeded the average weeks. wages by $100, 900, and was due to the elaborate war preparations which have necessitated considerable overtime.
 A submarine boat, the invention of an engineer in Berlin, is shortly to be tried officially by the German. Admiralt-T in the .harbor Of Kiel. The boat carries only three men and 1t has already been tried te the extent of three hours continuous travelling under water at depth of nine feet.
 The Russian coast-defense ship Aprak- sin has passed through a continuous seven hours trial under full power. The contract called for 5OO0-horse power. but the trial developed 5757. On the first trial the engines fell short of the power and the contractors were fined s14. 400. which now is remitted. The ship made l5 5.07 knots over the measured mile course in four runs.
 An almost forgotten act of naval heroisn Is retold of Admiral Lyons of the British navy. Lyons, was a lieutenant. 2l wears of age,- on the seventy -four-g,ln shir Minden in the East Indies, fighting the Dutch. One Of the strongholds was For Marrack in. Java, which the British can. tam considered too strong to capture by his force of ;450 men. The fort mounted b4 guns and had a garrison of; 800 soldiers but Lyons conceived the idea that ht could capture 1t, and contrary to order, he, with three midshipmen and thirtv-on. sailors, erected a landing in two boats made dash against the fully preparef fort and drove the soldiers ont ,aTta, which he spiked the guns and returned to his ship with loss of only thre, wounded. His captain was furious anf i4yoils harrowly escaped court-martial put when the admiral of the fleet heard of the exploit he promptly promoted Lien tenant. Lyons and a few years later h, was made q captain.
 A serious state of affairs Is reported or board the British battleship Majestic ly, Ing at Gibraltar. Tn consequence of tn, snip's company having strewn on tn, decks orange peel and other fruit debri. the oroer was given that no fruit was [, De allowed on board and the hours oi smoking were also curtailed Tho crew teit agsrieved and on the night of No. vember matters came to crisis. Dur Ing one of the watches all the boat; Iails were, cut and many articles were thrown overheard. The captain mustered the crew and told them that the mischiel had been done by CUTS and towards. Tn, rinslcaders have not been discovered. ant all leave has been stopped. creating muct bad feeling on the ship as all mon ar, made to suffer for the acts of few. 4 similar Incident occurred in our navy or board thu Hartford in 1872 while on tn, south Atlantic station. Mayo was cap tain and Harrington executive officer one night some of tho guns and lot O boat gear were tempered with or destroye, by few of the dlseontented of the crew Tho riisls@derr were caught and the tw, l principals were tried, convicted and sen teneed to ten years In tho penitontiary.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

Fred L. Martin. U. s. N.. is at the Grand.
 Dr. W. D. Ward of Fortuna is at the Grand.
 J. F. Maxwell of Boston is a guest at the Palace.
 H. E. Barber of stockton is guest at the Grand.
 Thomas Darwin of Chicago is at the Occidental. W. A. Newton of Chicago is registered at the Palace. : Professor s. W. Young Of Stanford Is at the California.
 George Newman of Fl Paso Is regis tered at the Lick
 Mrs. Wyeson and daughter of Charles town are at the Lick. ~.5e
 Attorney P H. Griffin of Modesto. Is staying at the Lick 5a
 R. Bancroft, a merchant of Merced. is registered at the Lick.
 Captain s. O'Neill Murphy of London is staying at the Palace.
 H.sB. Blagrave and valet of New Hamp- shire are at the Palace. tnss1
 s.. Hartman, a merchant of Merced, Is registered at the Grand. s s5 , C.. B. Butt and B. B. Beirs, D. s. N. are staying at the Palace. e Charles T. Noack, a jeweler of Sacra- mento, is a guest at the Lick.
 George K Hoilitzelle and family, of St. Louis are guests at the Palace.
 Anthony Burdick and wife of Daven- port, Iowa. are at the Occidental.
 George Mainhart, a prominent miner from Grass Valley, Is at the Grand. F.. M Romain and wife and Miss Hixon, of Fresno, are at the Occidental.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

What Is a decadent?" ~
 "A decadent? Well, he is a man wh6 borrows money to pay his board while he writes morbid poetry that he can't sell."- Detroit Free Press.
 Won't you miss the news and hustle of war in the country?'
 p"SS,; "No; ang Tn going to to take Jimmy and drum between them. Detroit Free Press Mrs. Enpeck-The philosophers tell us that blessings often come to us in dis guise.
 MT. Enpeck with 2 sudden show of spirit)-Say Maria, when are you going to unmask?-Cleveland Leader. upon the floor of the kitchen)-Why in the world don't you get servant to SCOUT Mrs. Y-Because my dear, I'd have to SCOUT the town to get servant.-Life.
 Hattie--so you and Jack have quareled. did you?
 Eila-Yes; he said something that I didn't like. and told him we must. be strangers henceforth. s.
 Hattie-And did he fall on his knees and ask you to forgive him?
 Elia-Not he You see he-that is, his knees were occupied at the tfme.-Chicago News.
 'I understand she went to the theater while she was away, in spite, of the fact that she was in mourning, said the
 .'Yes: she did,' answered the friend of the absent one.
 And they say that, of all things. she went to see comic opera.
 "That's so, too; but ft's all right She explained 1t all to me very carefully. The piece was The Black Hussar.' "-Chicago Post.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
ENGLAND'S EDITORS IN DIRE DANGER.
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ter delights and if the people there find them ex- hilaratng, so much the better There is no accounting for tastes. We can hardly re- train from something of envy, however, for the cheerfulness of the happy liar who, after the passing of blizzard rise up and that he likes it. Every American has the nerve to boast of the prevailing weather of his locality and declare the climate to be unsurpassed. but they few indeed who survey the work of winter blizzard and shout with rapture, Tt a royal storm, gorgeous and beautiful"
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
ANUS EMENTA

California - "A Boy Fun" Columbia-'Gayest Manhattan" Alcazar-"The Private Secretary Tivo-"Cyrano Bergerac"
 Morosco's-' 'Blacklisted" ee Comedy Theater-"Ole Olson.'
 orpheurn-Vaudeville.
 The Chutes-Gorrilla vaudeville and the zoo OIympia-Corner Mason and Eddy streets specialties sutro's Baths-Swimming ' .' *t Mechanics Pavlion-Charity Bazaar. Columbia Club Entertainment. Thursday After December g. Sherman Clay Ha-Piano Recital Friday Evening, De- cember 2.
 Oakland Track-Races to-day
 Rosenthal-Coming December.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
cAL1FoRNIANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Senator Per kins arrived yesterday and Is at the AL bany Hotel. Representative De Vries and wife arrived tonight. Dr. Fred Clark and Captain Williams of Stockton are at the Hotel Johnson.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,

Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child seftens the gums allays Pain, cures Wind Colic reg ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Dlarrhoeas. whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. 26c bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
AUCTION SALES.

By Frank W ButterAeId-Ths Day. octava street at II a. m., Furniture.
 By Rillip & Co-Tuesday evening, December S. 7:oo o'clock Market and a Ness avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

DRINK A STEPPING OF MoKI TEA BE- fore retiring at night. and see how scundly you win sleep and how joyously you will
 blood while you sleep, produces a clear and
 beautiful complexion, cures constipation; and sick headache. At No Percentage Pharmacy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

The German Navy l onartment Is pre- pairing plans for making Danzig Bay n naval station. A tract of land has been acquired near Edingen and a torpedo boat station will be established at ple- mendorf near Danzig The greatest drawback to the successful carrying out of this scheme is the shallowness of the bay and the intended station Is probably only for torpedo craft and other light draught- vessels. ,s
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

HOTEL DEL CoRoNADo-Take advantages of the round-trip tickets. Now only ss0 by steamship. including fifteen days board at hotels longer stay g 90 per day, Apply at New Montgomery street, San Francisco,
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), BIO Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Much has. been said of late in regard Paris specialist says that women who want to have clear compilations ought to eat three or four apples day They act ha
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

The Shenandoah arrived in port with a story of meteor which had flashed flaming across the sky, and reporter reeounted the yarn as Hong fiery tale" Perhaps he did not mean to do this, but either the scribe or the type machine was peculiarly honest
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"THG srLuMnER ON THE Roor."-- Q, D.. 'vity. By the torm, The Plumber
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Two people have been found guilty of extorton. As to what the capitalist from whom they extorted was guilty of course the jury in position to declare
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Two Japanese torpedo boats built by Normand at Havre have Just been com. pIeted. They are l2o feet by la feet ana 2 feet draught. They were entirely com.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

When professionalism begins to invade football the grdron would better be planted to corn and the ar tifsial nose devoted to stage purposes alone {.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

General Kitchener is being severely criticized for having put thousands of dervishes to the sword When the critics suggest better use to which to employ dervshes their remarks will carry greater weight
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Some of the big non-6ghting fighters threaten to come West. If they wish they may come. There are some dreadful defects in the Quarantine laws
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Our store will be open evenings until Christmas Sanborn, Vail & Co.,, TAI Mar let street
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Whether woman has right to kill man who happens to have acquired her i'll will has come to be pressing question: and might as well be settled right may be imperfect and yet commit no capital offense, and as executioner is out of her element anyhow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

gentleman who was killed while on a hunting trip it is now suspected shot himself deliberately, since it is discovered that his life heavily insured Needless to say, the insurance companies do the pecting To the average judgment the good that money can do dead man is hardly worth reaching after.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
NEWS OF FOREIGN NANTES.

The French naval budget of 1899 Is s60,- S15,6S0 and provides for large increase of officers on the active list, it being in tended to bring up the several squadrons to their fullest strength.
 Two battleships of the Oslabya type arc to be laid down at the St. Petersburg navy yards. They will be of 12,374 tons dis placement, 434 feet in length, "A feet 6 inches beam. and. are to be built entirely of Russian material.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Physicians among the volunteers seem to have no remedy capable of curing nostalgia
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Cal. glace fru soc per ID at Townsenda..
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

Mrs. x Observing. her friend at work upon the floor of the Ntchen)-Why in the world don't you get servant to SCOUT your floors?
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

m inc roof" in connection with the. City Hall of San Francisco is meant some alleged jobbery with the tin roof Seon- tract of that building.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05

war in the country?
 NO; I'm going to take Jimmy and Bobby, and they have only one gun and drum between them. .''-Detroit Free Press
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

a dispatch from the Villa Ebers at
Tutzing. near Munich, Bavaria, an
nounces the death of George Maurice
Ebeds. the Egyptologist and novelist.
He was born in Berlin, in 1887.
Edward Butler, who thew a lighted
lamp at his wife at Lynn, Mass, Sat
urday evening, burning her and her
infant son seriously, was held in $l0-
900 in the police court, Monday for
trial, Aug. 13.
The seventh round of the international
chess tournament at Cologne was played
Monday. SteinitZ beat Janowski: Schif-
fers and Schlechter drew: Berger beat
Gottschall: Heinrichsen and Popiel drew
Burn beat Cohn; Charousek and Tschi-
gorin adjourned their games; Fritz los,
TO Showalter; Schallopp and Albin drew
A special term of the supreme judicial
court for Carroll county has been called
by Judge Blodgett of Manchester, n. H..
for Tuesday afternoon, at OSsipee, n. II.
for the definite purpose of imposing SEN
tence upon DIR. John Ralph Hatch. con-
A. Hatch, by poisoning at a trial held
at a special term of this court in May.
A Great Northen construc ton
train became derailed near Cass Lake,
Mimi, Sunday. Two laborers were
killed outright and Bridge Contractor
Tom Mathews had his right leg crush
ed. Brakeman Berry had his left foot
crushed and a number of others were
injured.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-09

The war being practically over, the
important question Of the size of our
standing army hereafter will have to
be considered. Chairman Hull of the
military committee of the House Of
Representatives thinks that 100000
men would be necessary after peace is
brought about. The status of the regu-
lar army will be one of the important
subjects to be determined by the next
session of Congress, and during the
recess Mr.. Hull will frame measure
for submission to his committee as
soon as it meets in December, SO that
early action may be had by the two
houses. He thought, when the army
organization bill passed last session,
that 10000 men would be the prope,
number for the standing army of the
future, but within the last three months
conditions had arisen which would
| put an entirely different face on the
situation. Troops would be needed in
| Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines
and he now doubted if $4,000 would
be enough. In his opinion 100000 regu-
lars will be needed for some time to
come That appears to be the opinior
which generally prevails.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-09
Eastern Steamboat (
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.

commencing June Is, 1913. "
Leave Bath daily dncludlng Sundays
S.3j A. NJ, landing at Westport Junct
Isle of Springs, Southport, Mouse, c
tol and Squirrel Islands, Spruce Peat
Ocean Point and Boothbay Harbor: on,
meets at Mouse Island for Christ pi-
Cove. Heron Is. andZPemaquid. at.
Returning. leave Bptbbay at go p m
dnciudinS Sundays), n1;ndng same lahas
ings.
Leave Boothhay Harbor at 7.15 A. n
Point, Capitol Island, Squirrel and Mouse
Islands, Riggsville, Westport Junction
and Westport. Mon. Wed, and Fri, at
Five Islands and Tue, Thu. and Sat. at
Isle of Springs and Sawyer's Is. Return
ing leave Bath at p. NJ.
Leave Bath at 80 A. NJ. on Tue, Thu.
and Sat. for Westport. Westport juno
tion, Riggsville, McMahan's and Five
Islands. Southport. Mouse, Capitol and
Squirrel Is. and Boothbay and Linnekn's
Bay route. Leave Boothbay at $50 a. NJ
on sun, Wed. and Fri, making same
landings. Sat. evening express COM
mences, July 2. Leave Bath at $50 2. NJ
Noon express commences July 18th.
Tue. Thu. and Sat, leave Bath at 1Ll9
A. NJ; Boothbay Harbor, at II A. NJ.
POPHAM BEACH
Steamer Gardiner leaves Popham Beach
daily at 7.15 \. NJ. and go p. NJ. leaves
Bath at 900 A. NJ. and p. NJ, landing
at Bay Point. Cox's Head, Parkers Head,
Hinckleys and Phippsburg Center.
JAS. B. DRAKE, Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
w. w. MASON, Agent, Bath.
r. a. LEWIS. Agent. Boothbay.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-09
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
The Features Of tho Days Dealings In All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. August S.-The stock
market, today, underwent one OF
the processes usual in strong
advance. Even when the genera
trend of prices is upward for loni
period the movement Is very rarely
uninterrupted. Halts and reactions
are normal processes even in a strong
market and are to be looked for ever
in the continuance of favorable con-
ditions. There was such a halt for a
time, today, and it looked as though
the reactionists had gained the up
per hand
Profit taking began from the start
in some of the recent favorites and
held them back even while the rest
of the market was rising bouyantly
on the outside orders which had come
into commission houses during the
Sunday interval. Later the earlier
gains were wiped out in practically
cases. the market falling below Sat
urlay's level. Al this point a very
large block of stocks began to be TAX
en- and before the close there was al
most a complete recovery. A number
or the lndustrials, notably tobacco.
Leather preferred, the mailing stocks
ard the stocks of some Of the iron and
steel companies showed conspicuous
advances.
The pressure of funds for invest
ment in securities paying a first rate
of interest and reasonably safe gave
continued strength to bonds, today.
The new government 3s when issued
showed a decline of Is in the bid
price. Otherwise there was no change
in government bonds.