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Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-08

Adiutant General Ballaine of the w.
 N. G. who gained a certain nnenviable prominence recently by bitter attack on the British and British institutions, was on the 24th ult. commissioned by Gov Rogers as first lieutenant of Go. l.. First Washington Volunteers. Bal laine has hair-trigger mouth, ready hand with the pen, and an abnormal appetite for gore. These qualifications, we predict, will earn him position in the rear ranks at the first engagement.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-08

The Great Northern Railway com pany. of which organization the astute Jim Hill ia president, has reached the interesting point of it's financial career which permits the issuance of a new block of preferred stock When a rail way corporation wishes to convince the country that it's affairs are in four ishing condition, it has the infallible recourse of proclaiming it through the issuance of additional stock, bait ca gerly snapped up by gudgeons, who gain profit solely by experience.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THE CATTLE QUARANTINE.

D reason of the injury done the grazing lands h of the State by the dry winter determined AO effort is being made to induce the Government to relax the quarantine regulations which prevent the shipping of cattle from California to other localities These efforts n respects the outcome of ne cessy for in many districts the cattle will perish un less arrangements are made for removing them to better pasturage. Thus the movers in the project are animated by the keenest seinerest and can be relied upon to work with zeal and energy to accom- plish the alteration of the quarantine laws.
 Ii the efforts are crowned with sufficient degree of success to bring about permanent reform i'll the quarantine we shall have derived from the drought a considerable benefit far the cattle industry IS concerned. The regulations restricting the ship ping of cattle from this State have long been burden upon those engaged in the industry and have se- rousy interfered with the profits of the business and its extension and increase in the districts that suitable to 1t.
 No one can object to just regulations for the pro lection of any of the great industries of the country Californians certainly have objections to make on that score. We impose stringent restrictions upon fruit trees imported into the State and we recog- nize not only the right but the duty of other States and of the National Government to provide similar laws for the protection of industrial interests gener ally.
 support of just regulations, however, does not imply willingness to submit to unjust ones and the cattle quarantine is clearly un just. It draws in dictment not against cattle which inspection has proven to be afflicted with disease but against all the cattle in wide area of country. There may be dis eased cattle in California but there certainly are thousands not diseased and it is unfair law which treats the good as if they were bad and makes no distinction between them.
 The cattle quarantine regulations were adopted at time when there was something like panic in the country on the subject The widest stories of dis eased cattle were in circulation, and good many people stopped eating beef for fear of instant death lurking in every steak. A reconsideration of the law would be timely and it is to be hoped it will be ob- tained Fortunately the outlook is promising. It is reported that Secretary Wilson has been impressed with the needs of the situation in California and is willing the quarantine line shall be drawn so far south to permit the removal of cattle from this State to Nevada provided the Nevada authorities willing Perhaps the fight is kept up the whole subject may be reopened and the law revised and made just in its terms The issue is certainly of su cent importance to make it worth while pushing the contest with vigor.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
OFFICIAL PRIVILEGE ABUSED.

- ROM Atlanta there comes by wire an interest | ing story. It relates that the son of the Mayor terminated a trifing dispute by killing the op- posing debater. Of course a Mayor has privileges, and these may in be shared by one close akin as son. Yet question naturally arises as to whether point is not being unduly stretched in this instance There are places in which the Mayor him. self attempting to homicidally reduce his consttu- ency, would be subject to disapproval and even to rcbuke In Atlanta different rule seems prevail
 A second paragraph in the story says that later this same impusive young approached negro, asked him for match, and, meeting with refusal, killed the negro. No explanation is given Of why the request was not compiled with Ii the coored citizen was so careless as not to have match of course he deserved lesson, yet the consensus of opinion will
 indubitably be that death was too severe penalty
 It will be thought by some that the son of the Mayor, having slain one, ought to have been satis fed for the day at least without making 1t two To others will the notion that the plan of dsar
 ing murderer, locking him up and even in extreme cases suspending him from limb has pleasing de effect Unfortunately the dispatch failed to state how the later shooting affected the nerves of the community if the fatal son picked off few more before twilight However, Atlanta is long way from here. They have their way of doing bus- ness down there and perhaps 1t is of con
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
REDRESS OR WAR.

\ ! HILE the report of the Naval Board of h. \N| quiry has not been fully announced enough
 information has been given to the press to disclose the salient features of the findings. The board reports that the destruction of the Maine due to an external explosion, probably caused by a powerful submarine mine, but does not attempt to fix the responsibility for firing the mine This state ment has been given out on such authority that 1t may be accepted true and 1t is likely that much further knowledge will be acquired when the whole document is sent to Congress and made public.
 It will be that the report confirms in every respect the news published by The Call concerning the disaster. Our correspondents at Havana weeks ago furnished evidence that the explosion was from the outside, and that it of such force as could have been given only by mine and not by mere floating torpedo which some irresponsible scoundre might have foated against the side of the ship The peace-atany-prce papers that have attempted to discredt the reports of The Call are therefore trted by the official report and compelled to publish the facts which The Call and its ally, the New York Herald made known to the people rapidly each step n the investigation of the disaster took place.
 The fact that the Naval Board does not fix the re- sponsbility of the explosion upon Spanish officials IS matter Of minor importance. It not ex- pected that any conclusion on that point would be reached. The board had no power to summon wit nesses on that branch of the inquiry Spain only do that, and unless she discovers and punishes the wretches guilty of the crime her Government will be held responsible by us and by the world for all the consequences Of that act of outrage and treachery
 Diplomacy under these circumstances has reached the limit of its usefulness Now is the time for an ultimatum. The people of the United States will not bear with patience any happlnp and Wranplinp over the question of direct responsibility They will not submit to evasons equvocations, postponements and delays controversy that appeals equally to national honor, to justice and to humanity. The ar gument has been exhausted. There must be redress or war.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THE SEMI-cENTENNIAL.

NI AYOR PHELAN, in behalf of San Francisco,
 ! has taken the first step to concrete the propo- sition that California celebrate lmposlngy her semi-centennial The committee appointed by the Mayor is strong and able, and when 1t has con suited and IS ready to propose in outline the plan on which the exposition shall be lad the State will appear with liberal and unanimous backing. In the event to follow California will appear as the hostess of her sister States and of nations well which con tribute to our and are seeking and offering markets It will be duty to especially solicit the presence of Australia Japan, China, the Straits Set dement's. Korea Cochin China, Siam, India and the growing governments of Africa. We will do this just as on a like occasion our Atlantic coast the managers would seek to attract Europe.
 We will also offer an opportunity to increase our acquaintance and strengthen our trade with the tions of Central and South America In the kaleidoscopic variety which all this will bring to an exposition we can offer attractions to sightseers and benefits to trade that will be matchless The good to our own people cannot be estimated. The sense of having done great things by community of effort IS a far-reachng benefit to any commonwealth. A few individuals and a few combinations may be pointed to as having wrought nightly in the materia- ties of California What is needed is the feeling that something of growing significance has been accom- plshed in which everybody had part. It will re- suit in stronger common ties, in better community spirit and more general prosperity and higher degree of civic pride
 Let it be remembered that should we let this an niversary opportunity pass unnoted no other will that appeals public spirit until generations have gone. Many yet with who recall the thrill of proud anticipation and the heart surges ot hope that were theirs when the came that Cali fornia State, member of the Union. Men are yet with who bore in the Mexican War which preceded and secured title to this land and their memory of Molino del Key, Resaca de la Palma and the storming of Chapultepec will radate i'll ustrous celebration of all that their arms ac- complshed.
 California has gded the highways of the con- tinent with the glitter from her mines. She has poured from her cornucopia bread and fruit and wine and oil the refreshment of far peoples, and has fostered by her majestic natural scenery the worlds enthusiasm for all that is grand and beautiful in mountain forest, valley and plain.
 Her light must not be hid under a bushe, and in 1000 she will set it upon hill to be seen of the world.
 It is not too early to consider the site ample enough to make wide setting for the coming ex- position It should be soon decided upon and cured The Legislature should liberally supply such means as are needed to do generously the States share of the work and individual generosity should early feel the impulse toward its needfu1 part. Pre- parations should begin in time in order that the housing of the great affair may be built and gar nshed and made ready.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THE KLONDIKE MAIL SERVICE.

HE history of the mail service in the Klondike
 country this winter may be written as briefly as
 Sternes famous chapter snakes in Ireland There snakes n Ireland There is no mail service to the Klondike. Thousands of letters have been written to the adventurous men and women who went to the Upper Yukon region in the rush of last fall and summer, but with the exception of a possible few that may have been carried in by private parties none have been received by those for whom they intended
 This condition of affairs reflects dscredit upon the postal authorities of either the United States or Can ada, and possibly upon both It will be remembered that last fall 1t announced that arrangements had been made between the two Governments by which mails would be carried from Alaskan ports to Dawson at least a month. These arrangements are evil dently still under consideration by diplomatists for they have not been entrusted yet anybody whose service is expected to result in anything more than talk
 According to the reports from Dawson mails have been received there since September Yet 1t is clear there is way by which mails could have been carried Men have come across the passes bringing letters from newspaper correspondents, and a con- siderable number of have gone into the region by the same route Where individual daring can go surely governmental energy ought to be able to find way and it would have found a way if there had been well-directed effort to do so
 To persons who have grown up in civilized coun- tries mail service Is of the necessities of life Governments have assumed to themselves the ex- elusive right to perform this service and thereby have taken upon themselves the responsibility of all evil that comes by of failure do so. The postal authorities at Washington will not be held bameless of the breakdown in the promised mail ia cilities to the northern gold regions. They could have provided for the delivery of letters at least had they tried, but they have done nothing.
 It is clear what has become of all the letters mailed i'll the United States for Dawson. The Gov ernment has accepted them at it's offices and has ceived pay for delivering them but has failed to do so and that about all that is known of them by the general public. The subject is that might be we'll made the occasion of a Congressional inquiry. That two of the most, ,enterprisng nations the globe have failed in simple task as that of carry ing letters from Juneau to Dawson for months is something in the nature of disgrace to both, and the representatives of the people should demand an explanation from the officials on whom the respon- sibity rests
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
MR. REA'S DEMURRER.
CC1n.

n CCORDING to a telegram from San Jose the / \ attorneys for James w. Req in the slander suit brought against him by ex-Councilman J. F. Jarman have filed demurrer ln which they ask to have the complaint dismissed on the ground that it does state of islander. In this demurrer MT. Req virtually takes the ground that when he al legged that Jarman accepted $4oo for his vote as Councilman he did not slander him. Or to put 1t in another way, he does not regard it wrong for a San Jose Councilman to accept bribes.
 It Is curious commentary the effect of politics on morals to consider that in invoking this view of the law to save himself from the penalty of his crt csms of Jarrnan Mir. Req has eagerly adopted the high ground that it is no slander to charge Coun- cman with accepting $4oo for his vote. The posi- ton taken by the Garden City politician gives us clear insight into the of his political troubles. Mir Req is evidently rapidly reaching stage in his existence when he no longer discern the differ ence between right and wrong.
 It is assumed of course, that Mr. Rea's lawyers would have filed this demurrer without his con- sent If they have adopted this defense in oppos- tion to his wishes two only open to him. He either get another quartet of lawyers and re- pudate the work of his present quartet or confess that he sandered Jarman and pay the damages.
 If he sticks his demurrer it is quite evident that his moral faculties have gone into eclipse. man who does not think 1t wrong for a Councilman to accept $4oo for his vote Is certainly in bad way It is but step from bribery of the character charged by Req to burglary pocket-picEing and highway rob bery. Does MT. Req think it wrong to stop stages? Would he consider it reprehensibe to pick Mir. Jar mans pocket? What does he think the subject of midnight burglary? Has association with politicians at San Jose bunted his perceptions that he con sders 1t less culpable accept bribe of $oo than to accept one for $4ooo? Would he regard it as wrong" to sell to both sides of steam roller con troversy and vote for neither? What are his views with respect to boodlers who will not stay bought? All this is important in view of the moral standard disclosed by MT. Rea's demurrer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
ADVANCING PRICES.
Minneapolis Tribune.

Recent statistics show that 30 out of no commodities in general use, chiefly agricultural, have risen in price within the last year, although there hasn't been a general shortage and in spite of the downward tendency of the price of silver If this means anything, then, it means that the consumers have increased their purchasing power by reason of having U wider distribution of employment and better wages.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

An English paper is of opinion that this country IS goadng Spain to war Really, now? What ship has been blown up in an American harbor? What act more hostile than the sending of ships laden with food has been performed? What Spanards have been assaed in the streets of our cities? What stain of innocent Castian blood mars the pages of American history? Where are our off sets for the Vrginus and the Black Eagle? When have we used our power to create reign of death and famine? What American De Lome has been sent to the court of Madrid? What of thousands of dollars spent in patrolling that Spain in its shameless brutality should be disturbed? And why should English paper desrous of ex- pressing opinion not hire somebody to do its thinking?
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

-Marteau-I4achume Concert Columba-'1492 Alcazar-"Uncle Dudley Morosco's- Upper Hand" Tivol-' Widow OBrien." Orpheum- by F. Marion Crawford Monday night.
 The Chues- The Zoo, Vaudeville and Lion Hunt. Olympia, corner Eddy strees-Specaltes Park-Basebal. Park-Baseball. Coursing-Ingleside Coursing Park, this morning. Coursing-AtU Union Coursing Park this afternoon Pacific Jockey Track-Races tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
AUCTION SALES.

By NJ German-Tuesday March 2s, Broad way clock.
 By G. H Umbsen-Monday, Real Estate, 4 Mont RoIue Stre
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

In discussing the railway problem presented to California an evening paper exclaims forcefully "Ods-bodkens." We were hardly prepared to go so far, but perhaps it is all right Still there is probability that good old "Adzooks" is nearer the popular heart, while "Sdeath" has never in emer- gency been known to fail
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

A young who only two years ago became heir to princey fortune is walking the streets of this city penness Perhaps he is not to blame. There is an old adage which makes clear that he and his money were bound to be parted without delay
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

Drs Bush & Son have removed to 2O6 Kearny st. Adams Building, rooms BIO. 309. sos. Dent istry in all its branches. Teeth without plates especiaIly Telephone Red 1926.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

Spain IS said to be angry at the prospect that the report concerning the Maine is to be submitted to Congress Perhaps Spain had an idea that the facts ill that report were being gathered for the purpose of being attached to brick and dropped into Havana harbor.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

It may be necessary yet to invade Cuba with a basket of provisions in one hand and rifle in the other. The world has grown weary of the spectacle of starvation there.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

The stories that $4o,oooooo will be brought out of Dawson this spring make pleasant reading. But in q region where cordwood sells at $6o and lots of if is needed this sum is less imposing than it looks to people in civilization Besides these millions largely theoretical and it must be remembered that some of the ablest liars-except those in the vicinity of Rev West-are now on duty in the Kiondike.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

The son of Chicago millionaire has had row with his father and gone to work a reporter at $I2 a week Now the lad can be millionaire on his own hook All he will have to do will be to save $Io each week for 100000 weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
THEY WILL RETIRE.
Denver Post

Where will those world-famed fighters. Fitzsimmons. Corbett, Mccoy ct al. be when the call to arms is sounded?
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

Choice present Eastern friends, Town sends Cal. Glace Fruits soc 10 Jap bskts.s
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

Friday two boy burglars were sentenced to the penitentiary and a girl burglar arrested. The old controversy as to the relative superiority of the sexes does not seem to be being cleared up very fast
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

This coast must not worry too much about the de parture of the Oregon. It still has the Marion and the naval reserve.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

An individual has written a letter, discreetly signing it "Verbum Sap," In which he asks that the infidel work ap- bearing in this column be suppressed
 He also charges me with denying the moral law and responsibility to God. To despise a coward Is the privilege of de- cency to resent an affront is natural, to expose falsehood, to rebuke malice, may sometimes be a duty. Therefore cannot as I would like to do. pass this
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
CASTLES IN SPAIN

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Spain is in better shape for an auction than for war.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

It is stated that Armour and Letter are at peace, but so were the lion and the lamb at stage of the game.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

E. H. Black. painter, i2o Eddy st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

Probably the public, too busy to take interest in the schools its children at tend, has not observed closely the row which eliminated in dismissal of Prin- cipal Fitzpatrick. For one, I neglected to follow it, but noting that the princi- pal had achieved the disesteem of such Directors as Waller, Drucker and Ra- gan, cannot avoid the conclusion that in all likelihood he is a good man.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27
WE SELL TICKETS

And the lowest DO safe Splendid
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

When the Examiner states that only twenty per cent of the murders com mitted in Europe and America are dis covered. I cannot help but wonder how it knows. If it is possessed of second sight to the extent this information would seem to indicate. it ought to clap on an extra pair of glasses and see with a particularly such as would enable it to give details.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

lead that he could only have been ere mated at smelter. For years he had led a useless and vicious life his hand against every neighbor. There was no doubt that he was deliberate in the assassination of Burke, that he intend ed the slaughter of others. Yet armed officers permitted him to stand in the open and take the pistol dropped by the relaxing fingers of his victim. Let 1t not be charged that the observers were scared. Perhaps they were sim ultaneously stricken with paralysis Now, because this creature was hauled away in the patrol instead of the and justice will in all likelihood be Swindled again. It will probably be proved through the potency of the old reprobate's gold that he has reached the stage of insanity which carries with it the blessed privilege of going on the warpath at will. It is for this reason am sorry he was not killed. h. sanity in instances where it is only a chronic state of meanness is not a good defense. If given my way I would abolish the plea altogether, ana hang anybody who wantonly slew a fellow man. If he happened to be crazy the process would not be objec- tionable to him, and if merely playing crazy the more objectionable the bet ter. Tn either case the homicidal tendency would be checked. I have never observed that man slain by a lunatic was any less dead than one carried off by the agency of uncloud- ed intelligence.