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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-21
AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

n CCORDING to dispatches from Washington | / \ the officials of the administration are much worried over possible trouble with the native insurgents in the Philippines than with the Germans This throws strong side light upon the situation Manila and helps to better understand ing of the meaning of the recent action of the Ger man warships there.
 When a short time ago the received that the German gunboat Irene had interfered to prevent attack of the insurgents island in Subic Bay, and had immediately retired upon the appearance of American vessel, the story at seized upon by many people proof that Germany was hostile to the United States, but did dare to face feet The sensational jingo press that seems de- sirous of fighting the Germans we'll as the Span
 ards made the country ring with indignant con- ments, and the whole incident was misrepresented and distorted from beginning to end.
 The commander of the Irene made an explanation to Admiral Dewey at the time, stating that his inter
 ference against the insurgents had been solely in the
 interests of humanity He had acted simply to pre- vent island on which hundreds of Europeans, men and women, had taken refuge from being cap tured, footed and pundered by who little bet ter than savages. As American se arrived accept the surrender of the island and protect the property and lives of the refugees the Ger mans gladly stood aside.
 In this action, as explained by the Germans, there was nothing for to complain of. The fact that our officials fearing an outbreak of the
 nsurgent natives is itself proof that the commander of the Irene acted with discretion as well as with humanity in staying the attack at Subic Bay until our ships up. We do not need the aid of savages to defeat the Spaniards, and certainly do not wish them to take advantage of the of arms at Manila to carry the torch and the sword among the homes of European residents.
 With the arrival of endorsements for Dewey there will be no longer any for anxiety among Europeans in the Philippines, will the German any other foreign warshps at Manila have excuse for interfering in any way whatever. Our own force there will then be sufficient to compel the surrender of all Spanish garrisons and to maintain peace and order in all places where European residents live That will put end to all possibility of complica- tions with Germany and, accordingly, at Washing ton no further fear is felt that score.
 The insurgents of the interior however, remain to be dealt with. Our experience in Cuba has not given us any exalted idea of the general character of the insurgents there who claim us as allies, and the Gu bans far superior to the mongrel of the Philippines Reports from all sources show that good deal of friction has arisen already between Gen. eral Shater and the Cuban leaders camorng for con- trol of Santiago Something of the same nature but to greater extent and of a degree is very sure to occur at Manila when we capture the city and bak the insurgents of their expected booty In that direction lies possible trouble, and not with anything the Germans have done are likely to do.
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LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN.

K ECESSITY for investigation of the manage
 NJ of Agnews Asylum becomes more apparent Not only have scandaous acts been broadly charged but there seems to be a tendency the part of the board to override the law. That the bers do not desire investigation is excellent why there should be without delay, sparing who may be guilty, and clearing all who may have been unjustly accused The latter will be glad to have the truth known. The wishes of the former are not to be considered
 Frank H. Gould, by his official conduct has won the title Car of Agnews." The law does not ap- pear to have made provision for such parsonage, and the law carries weight MT. Gould does not seem to have realized this until recently but he does now and the thought gives him pain. He has right to retain employees people of improper character. to expe those who do not conform to his personal opinions There is more to be looked into than the sensational allegations according to which the asy- lum reeks with immortality; the superintendent is unfit, and some of the attaches wantonly gross in their conduct yet protected by superiors.
 The State Board of Lunacy formulates rules under which asylums supposed to be governed. Ap- parenty the plan at Agnews has been to set aside these rules whenever they interfered with the amb- ton of favorte to position. An investiga- ton will afford opportunity for explanations. By all let the trustees have the sweeping inquiry
 they profess to desire and if it sweep the institution clean so much the better
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THE VALLEY ROAD.

kA ALTERS for congratulatlon among the peo- / pie of San Francisco and the San Joaquin, and indeed throughout California, to be found in the report of the affairs of the Valley Road, made at the annual meeting on Tuesday. It is port of steady progress in the past and programme of future progress, and therefore carries with that kind of encouragement which rests upon the sure basis of work performed.
 It IS two years since the Valley Road began operating, and the financial report shows for the year just closed large increase of profits over those of the preceding one Notwithstanding the heavy ex- penditures entailed by the extensive construction work carried on during the year, there is still, according to the report, sufficient amount Of money on hand to push forward the build ing Of the road from Stockton to Point Rich mond and to carry on various other contemplated inn provements.
 The construction of the road southward has been continuous from the start. In September last year the line opened for operation to Visalia and in January following it had reached Bakersfield. Work is in progress on the line from Hanford to Bakersfield and nearly all the buildings required for the business of the road along that part of the completed
 The most important work before the directors of the road at present is the completion of the line from Stockton to Point Richmond and the opening of di- rect communication with San Francisco Of this work it is reported that the heavier portions have been completed Satisfactory progress has been made at both ends of the Franklin tunnel and con- tracts let for road work six miles at each end so that the line will be practically ready for operation as soon as the tunnel is completed.
 So is the opening of the line that the con- struction of two steel errybo is considera ton and the work them is expected to begin in the future. When these are completed San Fran cisco will have that direct competitive communication with the rich and growing country of the San Joa- quin for which her merchants and her manufacturers have long waited while bearing as best they could the grinding exactions of the Southern Pacific mo- nopoly.
 While the reports for the year show the brghtening prospects of the road itself it should not be over looked that the greater benefits resulting from the construction are not to be found in the report These benefits are not in the profits derived by the stockholders but in those that have accrued to the people of the San Joaquin and of San Francisco They manifest in the reduction of freight rates not only by the Valley Road, but by its rival, the old time monopoly. By these reductions vast saw ing has been made to all producers and shippers in the valley. Every city, town and village along the
 line has felt the good effects of the saving thus made and the whole country and all its people are more prosperous than they
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crests reared about them. Lava tore tne leather from their feet. They drank from springs that gushed thousan9s oI feet above the valleys They Wanue,gth WIIn7itTt, the narrow ribbon Of Whlte lar 11 aDoEc them the stars were seen at nliuuiay. .ic., They lived upon animals no wilder aiI tntn the men they were pursuing ana scarcely more wild than they. Now ana tnen' from a forest of pines far above tneIl, en- a shred of blue smoke drifted on the bullets wild singing. The horses long S,1! since had been left behind. The caVairy- men were on foot with Lawton at tdIr tne1r head, his teeth harq 4a1d bis Set' sergeant when the mountains were reached. He was walking them down.
 Six weeks afterward an lnolan, MhISe Iei homes seemed ready to start through HIS skin came to the camp ana salu lndI Geronimo was ready to surrender. Law ion went alone to the lair of the starV- ino wolves and received their Subm1sSlon- C1ayernous eyes glared at him. Lips black from thirst and hunger were drawn pack over discolored teeth. Skeleton hngers pointed at him. From ,rss sSeIei1n 3iUnd Wifh wrath. The poison of bitter racial hatred was in every glance. Even the rocks smelled like mad Indian, he told me with a laugh long afterward. He Iounse1 among them their master by virtue OF sunerior courage and strength and harol- hood. and they followed him like snesP to food and 1mpTlSOIlIllcul- story in outline of the capture of Geroni- mo, physician, wizard, conjurer' orator and murderer. +ba Mogallons, and the man of the MogalioiiIs is the reincarnation of some shining, 4ei t meted giant warrior who fell upon tio sands of Palestine in the first crusaoe' with the red blood yelling over ms vord eUrSed shivered to the hilt. The race-type per sists unehanged in eye, in in Pr0n1Ie't aI the b nentnr,es +he Valkyrs have waited from the war decks, have hailed from the holm-gangs or helmet-strewn moorianaIs the whfte-skinned race, which, orun5 with the liquor of battle, reeled arGnht1 arGninti the dragon standard at senIac' which which broke the Old Guard at Waterloo Which Wicn rode up the slope at bd Balakdyal c1mberland %in in Hampton Roads. which charged with Pickett at Gettysburg--the race Of the the trader, the financier, the statesman the inventor the colonizer, the creator put' before all, the fighter.
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GENERAL LAWToN's ONE MISS
 ING MAN.

To the Editor of the Sun@Sir' FerHlis ma to call vour attention to 8 most re- markable report made from our army be- fore Santiago.
 Major General H. W. Lawton, com manding the Second Division, Fifth Army Corps. reports casualties, 40 killed ana wounded, with only one man missing.
 To one who has seen battles thls tens tens perfect discipline and constant looking after the men by the officers. It entities every officer in the command to more than ordinary credit, and shows what can be done by American troops when organ ized, disciplined and led by men of such superior character as Henry w. Lawton. It is only what was expected or hlm py his old comrades of Grants army, and some of us think the attention of the American people should be called to him by ONE WHO KNOWS HIM.
 New York, July Il.
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THE DAYS THAT WERE.

The lovely twilight fingers like a spirit
 round the place; The sweetheart roses at the gate are me
 mores of her face; The lilies lean and listen-the ghosts of The sunfiower like golden star signals the
 silent night. This Is the place met her-there, in the
 rosy years, When fife was all of hope and all its ways
 too sweet for tears; This is the place 1 met her-this is the
 dear, sweet place, And all the world is wondrous with mem
 ories of her face. Oh, 1t may be that not for me another
 light shall shine Like the last light-like the past light
 that made sweet this life of mine It may be shall never see, for all life's
 grief and grace, The beam, the gleam, the stream-the
 dream, and over all, that face! Strange ways, strange days and lands and
 hands, and what we think is fate; But over all some crimson bands that
 bind twilight late With rare Star-sprinkled roses, with all
 their youth time grace, And those sweet lips that kissed me, and
 ever more that face. Let us forget! and yet-and yet-we will
 remember still The blood that made the rose so red-the
 ripple of the rill- The hills that climbed to heaven, and each
 remembered place That made the whole world sweeter for
 one dear woman's face! Dear face! I may not meet thee-I may
 not ever sight The phantom ship that bears thee from
 the watchfires of my night; But still the beam, the gleam. the dream,
 and evermore I see A face that makes life beautiful-the one
 sweet face for mel F. L. STANTON in Atlanta Constitution
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pleted at Schichau. Elbing. and are said to be vastly superior to the best built for the British navy. They are 1886 feet in length, 300 tons displacement and with twin screw engines of $500 horsepower and will develop a speed of 32 knots There Is not boat built yet for any other navy that has come up to that speed although it is estimated to be reached in the Albatross and Gypsy of 360 tons and 800 tons each with horse powers of 7500 and 7700. These boats are building at Chiswick and Gowan for the British navy.
 The recent book of Vice Admiral s. J. Makaroff of the Russian navy has been translated by Lieutenant John B. Berna- dou of the United States navy and ap- pears in the General Information series, No. XVII, issued by the Office of Naval Intelligence. Vice Admiral Makaroff treats the subject of naval tactics" in all its bearings and his thoroughness and manner of explaining all that pertains to naval warfare is so lucid and interesting as to commend itself even to readers who may not be familiar with the technic of warships, ordnance, electricity and tor pedoeS.
 Foreign naval powers are directing their chief attention to quick-hring guns and their adequate protection. In the German navy all guns up to and includ- ing 9.45 inch caliber are henceforth to be quick-firers. In the French navy the old style 145-inch breech-loaders are be- ing displaced by 9.45-inch and 6.47-inch quick-frers. In the British navy no larger caliber than 6-inch is yet in use, but the number of guns carried Is on the in- crease. Japan still holds on to 12-inch breech-loaders for the battleships, but Is mounting 8-inch quick-1rers on the armored cruisers under construction, and the remainder of the batteries are com posed entirely of quick-firers. The largest quick-frers in the Russian navy are of G. inch caliber and the ordinary breech- loaders are slowly being supplanted. The South American republics navy vessels, chiefly built at Elswick, have batteries entirely composed of quick-frers, rang ing from inches down to one pounders, and within a year the ships of the United States navy will have discarded ordinary breech-loaders of less than S-inch caliber.
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NAMES.

Lord Beresford recently called the at- tention of Parliament to the insufficient pensions paid to men in the navy by which a continuous service man only re- ceived 29 cents day pension after thirty two years service, and he advocated a small increase as asked for by the pen sioners. In the course of his remarks upon this subject he referred to the fact that the Chatham Chest" established in 159O, had been despoiled in 1874 and s25.- 900 900 to s35, 900 900 had mysteriouslv dis appeared and had not been made good The Chatham Chest" fund was com posed partly of per cent of the prize money paid voluntarily by officers and men and partly of the accumulations of 12 cents per month of wages for 200 years. the fund being intended to give pensions for wounds and other injuries received in the service. The sum total for this pur- pose was now only $6,7S0,00O, the interest on which gave but an insignificant sum toward the object intended.
 The battleship Koenig Wilhelm, of ii .oOo tons, building at the Germania Works, Kiel, for the German navy, is to be com pleted and ready for trial in thirty-four months. The estimated cost is s3, ,36O, ,560, exclusive of armament and torpedo out fit. The ship will have triple screws, en- zines of 13,000 horsepower and speed of IS knots.
 Austria is recognizing the value of economy in coal and has built cruiser, called the Zenta, of 2326 tons, to have a maximum speed of 20 knots. She has two masts with auxiliary sail power spread ing $500 square feet of canvas or only about one-half the sail area required for full sail power. It is sufficient, however, for use when the state of weather war rants substitution of sail for steam and thus saves much coal.
 Germany is getting the lions share of shipbuilding for the new navy of China. No orders are on hand at Elswick since the Hai-Chi and Hai-Tien, cruisers of 430O tons and "A knots speed, were de- liyered. The 'Hai-Shen, Hai-Shew and Hai-Yung, cruisers of 2950 tons and 1915 knots, have been completed at Vulcan works, Stettin, and it Is rumored that more orders to that firm will follow as soon as the Chinese finances are in con- dition to warrant additional increase of the navy. Four torpedo-boat destroyers named Hai-Lung, Hai-Nju, Hai-Ching and Hai-Hoha have likewise been com
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AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

Judge D. R. Prince of Fresno Is a guest at the Grand.
 J. l.. Durham, an attorney of Red Bluff. Is at the Grand
 B. c. Sawyer and wife of Hollister are staying at the Russ.
 William Curtis and wife of Nogales are stopping at the Russ.
 pr. Ferguson and wife of Bakersfield are stopping at the Palace
 J J. kemb1e, merchant of Red Bluff, is registered at the Palace.
 F. A. Him, a capitalist of Santa Cruz. IS staying at the Occidental.
 h. Y. B. Chase and wife of San Diego are staying at tho Occidental.
 B. U. Steinman, ex-Mayor of Sacra- mento. Is stopping at the Palace.
 c. A. Storke. an attorney of Santa Bar para, is registered at the Grand.
 State Senator w. F. Prisk of Grass Val ley is stopping at the Occidental
 B. M. Matthews, a prominent business man of Gilroy, is staying at the Russ. s. D. Marjoribanks and Newman Smith Of London are stopping at the Palace.
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COLONEL KOWALSKY TOOK A NAP.
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 moments in the days of yore. He now holds one eye open when in his maps and this method of obtaining the ''balm to hurt minds" is changing the angelic dis position of the colonel to one packed with moroseness and peevish impatience. One of Howard Taylor's supposedly humorous but certainly risque stories was the nov Ing cause. The colonel has been spending few days at Mill Valley to get away from the winds, fogs and dust of this glorious climate, the discovery of which Is credited to Francis Drake of historic fame The colonel found none of these undesirable elements of weather in Mill Valley, but something else found him. Just as Howard Taylor reached the point of his story Colonel Kowalsky dozed, and with that dozing came his undoing. Jer- sey claims the palm for mosquitoes, but It Is parading under false presumptions as the colonel will attest. The Mill Val ley product is sword-hourishing affair, and 1t raises Jumps faster than anything on this earth Taylor's story would have enshrouded the colonel In oblivious slum- bers earlier in the game had it not been for the swarm of mosquitoes that had been lowering over his head and which he kept at distance by much acrobatic effort.
 
 caught him in the act of crunching a mosquito on his neck. The snoring that followed told the insects of the feast prospective. For some ten minutes MT. Morpheus sat upon the pent-up lids of MT. Kowalsky and the mosquitoes took aggressive possession of all exposed parts Of his body. When the victim awoke he had lost his identity. His face was lumpy and his nose was twice its normal size Of course, several sweet things were said by Colonel Kowalsky, but what did the mosquitoes care? Quick, hurried orders were given at once for the packing of the colonel's baggage. It was noticed when returning to the city that the colo nel held one eye open, and he was asked what was the reason thereof He re- piled: "Never again will sleep with both my eyes. I have been reckless to my un- doing all my life, and now shall be eau tious. I need lotion"
 G. J. Hamilton, a prominent capitalist and land owner of Hollister, is staying at the Russ.
 H. A. Jastro of Bakersfield, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of that place, is stopping at the Grand.
 M. Blackstock and wife of Ventura, where MT. Blackstock has large business interests, are registered at the Grand.
 J. J. Gotlobb of the Columbia Theater management has returned from the East after an absence of several weeks. He has booked attractions for the Califor- mia, Columbia and Baldwin theaters for the coming season, and is said to have many fine attractions to present.
 L. T. Moore, retired merchant of Kan sas City, Mo-, and family are camping near Oakland. They have just returned from the Yosemite, where they spent an camping paraphernalia comprises three teams and great quantity of luggage. Three servants were brought with him from Missouri, and they are in attendance during the trip.
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cAL1FoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, July 20.-Carroll Johnson of San Francisco is at the Sturtevant w. H. Holabird of Los Angeles Is at the Manhattan. R. D. Davis of Sacramento Is at the Imperial.
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ADVICE FOR POPULISTS.

THE Populsts who at Sacramento the other day
 nominated Judge Mcguire for Governor are not
 likely to derive much comfort from the pro- ceedlngs on Tuesday evening of the local Demo- cratic Committee of One Hundred This committee was appointed by Whispering" McNab, Frank Hood Gould and "Hallucination" Afford of the State committee to take charge of the Democracy of this city, and its members mostly hail from Republican districts. Yet 1t is fairly representative Democratic body. The test of committees democracy in this region is the number of its members who want office An overwhelming majority of the Committee of One Hundred want an office
 At its meeting Tuesday evening the committee adopted resolution indorsing Mcguire for Gov ernor This action opposed by Democrat named McKinne, who thought it would njure the Judges prospects complicating him, we infer with his friends the Popuists. In short, McKinne made it plain that his theory of Maguires campaign is the true Democratic theory namely addition division and silence. In McKinne's judgment it will be fatal to let the Populists know that the Democracy is unanimous for Mcguire, as in such "a contingency they may suspect that in the of his election he will put, the gentleman tersey expressed it. none but Democrats on guard"
 However, the Committee of One Hundred differed from McKinne entirely The resolution was adopted with only dissenting vote (IcKnnes), and thus, far as the Democracy of San Francisco is repre- sented by the committee, it is pledged the little Populst "giant" for Governor
 It is quite probable that any advice may tender the Popuists at this juncture will be spurned The leaders of the bewhiskered party do take kindly to advice under any circumstances, and good advice they always disregard But if they will listen mo- ment they will hear of something to their advantage Common prudence should teach them that the great necessity of the present is understanding with Mcguire to what he will do about patronage if elected Governor It ought to be apparent to the Popusts that the Democratic rank and fle through out the State declaring themselves in on Mcguire without reference to their rights If Mcguire is sue cessfu these Democrats will certainly capture him. This is evidently the Democratic plan of campaign What the oiee-seekng members of the hirsute party should now do is to demand pledge from Mcguire or take him off their ticket Otherwise, in the event of his election, they will not get an office.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-21
CALIFoRNIANs INWAsHINGToN

WASHINGTON, July 2o.-J. A. Scott of San Francisco is at the Raleigh; Mrs.
 and the Misses Hilborn, wife and daugh- ters of Representative Hilborn, arrived in Washington to-day from the Maine coast; Representative Mcguire and family will leave for San Francisco on Monday.