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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-29

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 TO-DAY'S RACES
 First race 2:22 class. trotting, dash, one rnile purse s200-James OKane's Carrie C, E. " Jacobs Dr. J. D. E. Knights Daymont, A. C. Gurnett's Melva. John Curleys Little Miss, E. Topham's Ned Thorne Rosedale Farms Diana, H. c. Barton's Cameo l., D. r. Heald's Pilot Prince.
 Second race, 2:26 class. pacing, dash. one mile; purse s200-Edw. A FaIveys Resort, D.. Stewards Dandy Pat, J. o'Kane's Peanuts. A. H. Cohen's Blackstone Walnut Grove Stock lTarm's Matella. E. c; Gabriel,s Mark ark H. George Gray's William Harold, James Thomp- gon's Primrose C. c. Crippin's Roderck, J. B. Iversons Dictatress, W. S. Maben's Rex Alto.
 Third race special for members of Golden Gate Driving Club, mile heats, in 3; purse s10O-G W. Berry,s Chloe, E. Stewards Butcher Boy, A. F Patricks Ashton, p. Cerciat s Bishop Hero James OKane's Carrie c. John O O'Kanes Peanuts.
 Fourth race 2:27 class, trotting, dash, one mile; purse s2Oo-James Sullivan's Maud F, J. M Moorhead's Anna Belle, F. J. Vetter's Lou C. A Owens Nelly By, c: L. Griffiths J W. Albert George E. Shaw's Winela, Will liam L. Spoor's Mabel Mckinney E. P. Heald's Pilot Mcclellan.
 Fifth race, special 2:4o class, pacing, dash one mile: purse $200-J. O'Kane's Peanuts, D. P Heald's Charles David. G. E. Shaw's Lindo, .. A. Owens Harry Ramon w. s. Maben' s ToolO
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would have called Finder a peach. If he were to apply himself to city affairs as diligently as he did to his own when in the Senate he ought to be equal to the task of running the city upon 50- cent limit and have money to devote to charity at the. end of the fiscal year
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-29

Celebrate the Fourth with California fireworks Buy direct from makers Cal fnrnia Fireworks Co.,, 219 Front st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-29
rn-nAYS RACES.

Riley 2: Dexter D., 20; Joe Selby. 10; Favor, $; Brice McNeil, 15. Auctions-Mamie Riley 6ald
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

other sixteen voting are recorded in favor
of it. That is, it was a genuine 1G-to-I af-
fair and the only genuine one some Of the
leaders in the transaction were ever in. 1t
should be added that Mr. Allen protested
against the hasty passage, declaring that
the Council, in passing it, would vote to
pay twice as much as the lands would bring
in the open market and that such was the
Judgment generally of men who were famii-
lar with real-estate values. To this charge
no member attempted to make any answer.
The ordinance was not to be discussed and
1t was matter of no consequence whether
two or dozen prices were paid for the park
lands. In view of this fact the Journal
emphasizes its previous statement that the
sixteen members of the Council voting to
rush the ordinance to enactment are as re-
sponsible for the act Of pillage as are the
officials who devised It.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20
PENSION ABUSE AND JUSTICE.

There are phases of the pension system
which can IL improved in the interest of
justice. One of these is the special pension.
which is often a wrong and sometimes an
unjust discrimination. The larger part of
special pensions are granted to men who
have defective records or who seek larger
pensions than the most liberal laws and
rules make it possible for them to obtain.
The claimants have failed in the Pension
Bureau and they come to Congress and in
duce some member to present and urge spe-
cial bills. During the last session the
widow of a captain who died a few years
ago was voted a pension of $50 month.
Six captains in the same regiment were
killed. but in all these years they and the
widows of nearly one hundred enlisted men
who were killed had to be content with the
pension allowed by the rules under the law.
The favored widow had friends in Congress,
the others had not. Tens of thousands
know of the few hundreds of exceptions,
and for that reason are urging members of
Congress to get special pensions for them.
1t is demoralzing and unjust. Congress
men deplore il, and pension agent said,
rev DAYS dSO, ludl IL WdS the NuiSl dbNoS
of the system. The Grand Army has de-
clared against this abuse several times.
The bill which Representative Overstreet
piloted through the House the last session
is one for which the Grand Army has asked
since the raid of the Cleveland administra-
ton upon the pension rolls. The bill makes
the pension certificate the equivalent of
property, which cannot be annulled until it
has been proved that the holder has no
right to it. AS the laws now stand, the pen
sion is sort of gratuity, instead of being
in the nature of vested right, as it should
be. The pension commissioner or others
delegated by him can strike name from
the roll, as a commission of examiners did
in 1898. The Overstreet bill makes that ar
bitrary proceeding impossible, it should
be. Why does not Senator Galiinger,
chairman of the pension committee in the
Senate, cause this important measure to be
reported for passage? 1t would not take
half hour unless some Vest should object.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

The first biennial report of the Indiana
Reformatory at Jeffersonville deals with
the experimental period of a radical change
in the corrective system of the State made
by the last Legislature. AS is well known,
the prison south was made a reforma tory,
to which those convicted for the first time
and under a certain age are sent. The di-
rectors in their report say that the re-
formatory system has succeeded beyond ex-
pectation. This success is largely due to
the indetermnate sentence and the parole
law The prisoners conduct. his past life,
the crime for which he has been convicted
determine the matter of parole. Petitions
or appeals do not avail When the directors
are satisfied that a prisoner will become a
good citizen hA is paroled, but not before
employment has been procured for him.
That such a system is superior to that un-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20
MRS. BOTKIN'S TRIAL.
Testimony Of Miss LOvernash, Re-
porter, and John +. Cunning.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. flowing to the
death of jurors sister there was no morn
ing session in the Botkin case to-day The
taking of evidence at the afternoon session
commenced with Miss Lizzie Lovernash,
reporter, on the stand. Miss Lovernash ex-
planned that she was detailed to interview
Mrs. Botkin at Healdsburg, where the ac-
cused was in secusion at the time of the
murder. Miss Lovernash told the story or
Mra Botkin's acquaintance with Cunning
a.. MRS. Botkn had told it to her. When
told that she was suspected, the accused be-
came hysterical and said: why should
be suspected? 1t would have been better TO
have killed the man and spared the mother
to her child" Witness said the prisoner
spoke of some letters i'm connection with the
case, and asked witness 4 handwrltlng exs
perts would be able TO identify writing OF
a person laboring under great excitement.
Mrs. Botkin also spoke OF the anonymous
letters sent to Mrs Dunning, and said they
were sent by woman in san Francisco.
On another occasion. while Miss l4oVernash
was with Mrs. BotKin in Stockton, Mrs.
BGtkin's son Beverly entered the house in
a state of intoxication and made remarks
concerning his mothers relations with Dun
ming. Mrs Botkin turned to Miss Lovernash
appealdngiy, saying: What shall l do?
My son has the insoenee to damn me"
Late this afternoon John Z. Dunning. hus-
was called to the stand. He testified as to
his relations with Mrs. Botkin, and described
with some degree Of detail their affairs up TO
he was TO do newspaper work. He said that
ne had received many letters from Mrs. Bot
kin. but had destroyed them as fast as they
came.
On his return from Salt Lake City, in Au--
gust 1897, Mrs. Botkin said she had obtained
a divorce from her husband and for long
time he believed this to be true. He had told
Mrs. Botkin on one occasion that his wife
passiOnately fond of candy. He ident-
fled the anonymous letters, the address on
the box of candy and the inclosed note as
being in the handwriting of Mrs. Botkin.
On examination, Attorney knight
other women. On replying I'm the affirma-
tive he was asked to name them. This he
refused to do Knight insisted on a reply.
and Judge Cook instructed him to answer.
He again refused, whereupon the judge
committed him for contempt He was then
arrested and court adjourned until to-mor-
row.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

There are limitations that the bill pro-
viding for an increase of the regular army
will meet with considerable opposition One
correspondent in Washington has discovered
combination of Democrats and Popuists
in the House to prevent the passage of such
q measure. The demagogic assertion that
standing army is menace to the liberties
of the people seems to be revivng just as if
the country had forgotten the spendid valor
and saving discipline of the regulars at
Santiago. IT needs no prophet to assert that
the American people have not forgotten the
events of last June and July and that no
sane man can name an occasion where a de-
tachment Of the regular army interfered
with citizen in the exercise of his lawful
rights.
The differences of army officers in recent
statements before committees of Congress
relative to the number of men needed for
the occupation of Cuba and the Philippines
may tend to embarrass an army bill by af-
fording its opponents the advantage of un-
certainty but the experience Of the past ten
months cannot go for nothing. We know
that we would have suffered severely in the
first months of the war had Spain been
vigorous foe, because we had not an ade-
quate regular army. We were shown then
that the regulars are necessary to stand the
first shock of war and to hold off an
enemy two months or more while volunteers
are mustered, equipped and disciplined.
Whatever may be our needs elsewhere most
thoughtful men must be of opinion that we
need a standing army twice large we
had when the war with Spain began, to re-
main in this country. In addition to that
number we must have as many men as are
needed to enable the government to main
tain its authority in Cuba and the Philip
pines 1t may need 100000 men for service at
home and abroad or it may not. If the
maximum is put at 100000 it need not be
reached if fewer men are needed abroad
than some officers have estimated.
1t seems that the army bill is the most
important that is or will be before Con-
gress, since regulars are needed to take the
place of volunteers, who were not raised
with view of being kept in the service in
time of peace to do garrison and patrol
duty. 1t may require time to consider the
details of the proposed law, but when the
measure shall be perfected its passage
should not be delayed simply that a few
would-be leaders may have an opportunity
to make political capital by hostile demon
STATIONS.
The reorganization OF the National Guard,
so far as Congress is concerned, should not
be pressed until provision shall be made for
the regular army. When the forces are
Eeeded Congress can proceed to legislate to
put the National Guard upon the same foot
ing in the States as the reserve of the reg
ular army But differences of opinion as to
numbers, and the repetition of the indif-
ference and the demagogy which caused the
army to be neglected for years should not
be allowed to interfere with prompt action.
The people favor a regular army that shall
be a constant defense for the country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20
The Case of Roberts.
Washington Post.

Judge G. w. Bartch is an associate justice
of the Supreme Court of Utah. BY the early
retirement of the present chief Justice JUS
tice Bartch Will succeed to that position He
was hrSt appointed to the bench in Utah
by President Harrison and was afterWard
elected by the people.
To reporter of the Post, who inter-
rogated him concerning the celebrated
Roberts case, and the Mormon question in
general, Justice Bartch said: Mr. Roberts
was elected to Congress as Democrat but
! do not think his election can be ascribed
to the active efforts of the leading men in
the Mormon Church; that is to say, the
Mormon Church such did not take up his
battle nor was the religious influence po-
tential in securing the defeat of his RepIb-
ncan opponent Gentiles helped i'm Mr.
Roberts's election perhaps quite as much as
did Mormons. On the other hand thousands
of Republican voters Staid away from the
polls, for they looked on the nominee of
their party as opposed to the free coinage
of silver and free silver is yet pretty strong
in Utah.
AS far as the proposed contest over Mr..
RobertsS seat is concerned know nothing
/ do not believe that it will be contested nv
either of his opponents. He was regularly
and legally elected, and if once sworn i'm as
a member of the House, what ground of
contest could there be? 1t is true that Con-
gress is a Judge of the qualifications of its
members, and what the House might see
ut to do is merely matter of speculation
The EdmundS law fOrbiddng polyRamv
a state statute to the same effect The law
Is not perfectly Obeyed, of course, but there
Is lnfraction of law everywhere. Men in all
parts or our country commit the graVest
crimes against laws that have been i'm force
Tor centuries. / do not believe that the
Mormon Church is now celebrating plural
marriages, and therefore 1t cannot be held
responsible for individual offenses.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

business Inconvenience. 1t is evident that
the date line should not pass through any
continents. 1t is practically a necessity that
such line had to be fixed somewhere, but
II obviously had to run through an ocean.
1t should not pass through the Atlantic
ocean, because, in that case, when 1t was
Monday in London, Paris and Hamburg II
would be Tuesday in the United States; and
this would be inconvenent in regions that
and are so closely united by telegraphs and
cables. The best place for the date line
was In the Pacific ocean. If We follow the
line through the Pacific we shall observe
that the ideas above expressed have had
due weight in marking its course.
Passing through the middle of Bering
strait the line suddenly turns to the south
west till IL reaches 40 degrees east longl-
tGde. In this way Boring island and the
entire Aleutian chain all part of North
America, are kept on the American side OF
the line When it is Monday in New York
it is also Monday in Attu, our most western
American possession.
Then the line sweeps eastward again ana
follows the ndred-and-eightieth me-
ridian far south till ii reaches the neigh
borhood of the Fiji islands. AS this group
and other islands round about belong 70
Great Britain. and are closely united in
business relations with New Zealand and
Australia the line takes a wide sweep to the
east so as to give them all the same CAL
endar day 1t then returns to the one-hun-
dred-and-eightieth meridian, which 1t FOL
lows to the Antarctic.
The annexation of the Philippines, when
lie sixty degrees beyond the one-hundred-
and-eghtieth meridian going west, makes
it incumbent on all Americans TO know
everything about the date line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

The Christmas dinner to be given by the
Salvation Army next Monday to those who
need 1t is an undertaking that should meet
with general approval and this approval can
best be shown by liberal contributions of
food or money. The objection is raised In
certain quarters that such dinners encourage
of the Associated Charities, but this is a
poses of the Salvation Army are in entire
harmony with other benevolent organZa-
lions of the city, though its methods of work
are different. 1t reaches the class sought 10
be benefited in a way that neither the
churches nor the charity society can do.
The proposed dinner is but means to an
end Through it the army workers expect
to come in touch with those who need aid
and to follow up the acquaintance, securing
employment for those who will work and
offering relief to the suffering. The ultimate
purpose, of course, is to look after the re-
ligious interests of the people, but it is a
most practical body, and its leaders know
that the physical needs must be supplied
before the soul can be reached And even
if no good were to come of IL save the tenn
porary comfort of a few hundred hungry
people, is not that strong enough reason
for helping to provide the feast? On Christ
mas day, of all days in the year, no one
should so hungry, even though he be ''un-
worthy" Even in the penitentiaries a
special repast is given to the inmates on
that day The people who sit down to their
own loaded tables will feel the better to
know that they have helped to furnish food
to the other dinner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20
ELI SHAW's SWEETHEART.
She Remained True During His Trial,
hut Now Refuses to Marry Him.

WOODBURY., N. j., Dec. i9.-Pretty May
belle Nelson, who remained constant to her
hance, young Eli Shaw, during his trials for
the murder of his grandmother and mother,
in both of which be was acquitted, has now
broken her engagement and says she never
wants to see him again, During young
Shaw's term OF imprisonment in Camden
Miss Nelson was the young mans steadfast
friend and almost constant visitor. Since
his release. some months ago, young Shaw
has been making his home at the Nell
son mansion here, but many persons dur
ing the trials and since predicted the
marriage would never take place. That
Miss Nelson's statement. You may tell
the world" she said. that / have broken
of my engagement with Eli Shaw. / told
him few days ago-in fact. on a num-
Der of occasions~-that ! could never mar
~ him. Mother and felt an interest In the
our house. / realized that all my former
friends were cutting my acquaintance be-
cause of my association with ELI, and / de-
cided long ago that l could never marry
him. But we stlll harbored him. My sister
would not sleep under the same roof with
him, and | gave him my final decision yes-
terday, when l notified him he must leave
our home, never TO return. as ] never want
ed 10 see him again. Shaw left Friday night,
taking with him all his belongings Now /
time. We took great deal of interest In
the unfortunate young man and did all we
could to free him of the horrible charge
that hung over him, but our interest ended
with his acquittal. Al least that Is the
way we feel now. My associations with him
IN Woodbury. have made eyerything un-
pleasant for me. Friends would not visit
the house"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

along with other lost causes, and that the
best thing in the world TO do was to accept
the existing monetary standard. raise crops,
carry on business, and consider that the
period of good times had made it's advent.
All this was true enough two years ago, al
though many people denied it, There VIII
not be so many to deny it now. We are
more likely in this country to turn the re-
public into monarchy inside the next half
oozen years than change the gold standard
for the monetary system advocated in the
Chicago platform Of 1856. This is merely an
observation touching things as they are and
without the slightest reference to what one
might prefer. For the present and for some
ears to come the cause Of free silver In the
United States is thoroughly and hopelessly
defeated Surely there can be no tran
scendent virtue in stubbornly denying fact
that IS as patent as the rising of the sun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20

der which a man is turned out into the
world without employment does not need
demonstration
A few of the statistics of the reformatory
are interesting. OF the $40 men i'm the in
stitution, 213 are under sentence for petit
larceny and 17S for grand larceny, while
154 are under sentence for the usually
greater offense of burglary. The a under
conviction of forgery and other offenses for
gain make total Of nearly 575 who are in
the reformatory for the commission of Of
lenses against property rather than per-
sons. The age of 24O of the prisoners is be-
tween sixteen and twenty-one years: that
OF 352 from twenty-one to twenty-five years.
Less than half of the prisoners, 4O5, were
born in Indiana Kentucky contributed JOG,
Ohio 60 and Illinois IS. Only Sc are foreign
born.
More interesting are the statistics in re-
gard to education. The number who can
read and write is 679, which, with the num-
Der who read and not write, makes
total of 6S7 who are not illiterates. The
number that can neither read nor write is
162. At first it may appear that these fig
ures do not furnish an argument in favor
of popular education, about 81 per cent. of
the inmates being able to read. When,
however, it is remembered that only 6.22
per cent. of the population of Indiana can
not read, while nearly 10 per cent. Of those
in the reformatory are illiterates, it appears
that the illiterates furnish larger proper
ton of their class to represent them in that
institution than do those who can read and
write. 1t further appears that only 80 of
the prisoners had a high school education
or better. Passing to the employments of
the prisoners before convicted, it appears
that 359 were common laborers and 157 are
reported as farmers. There are none who
reported to have been simply idlers and
loafers. If the facts had been carefully col
lected it would probably appear that a large
part of 359 WHO represented themselves as
common laborers were common loafers,
and that most of those reported as farmers
were idlers. In fact, at least four-fifths of
those who get into reformatories and pris-
ons are those who will lot work when they
can avoid it.