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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

Presentation by individual of an admirars flag to Dewey, advertised to take place. will be coarse and disgusting impertinence The individual in ques- ton misses opportunity to put himself on display and here is too good to be overlooked The same spirit actuates the offer inspired an offer from the same source of $5oooo reward for the discovery of the wretch who sunk the Maine It is to be assumed that the Government will supply Admiral Dewey with the flag beftting his rank Still if presentation were to be made by some representative body of men, proud of the patriotism and valor of the admiral it would be gracious act. Under the circumstances the best thing the recipient of the flag can do is drop the gift in the waters of Manila No honor can attach to the accepting of it. but the acr would surely be bazoned to the world with the name of Dewey in small type and that of Hearst in billboard size
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
THE DEMOCRATIC DEAL.

TIC the first time in its history the local Denoc- racy has been placed under the exclusive control of appointed organization. The Democratic State Committee has often in the interest of 'har- mony, interered III San Francisco politics but such action has always been taken with great caution The citys patronage standing temptation to the State bosses, but it has tempted them go any fur ther than the appointment o committee for the pur- pose of conducting fair primary election. With the result of such election the State authorities have considered their obligation discharged In short the Democratic principle has always been et the people rule and interference has never been justified any other ground than that the rule of the people was | endangered.
 On the present occasion, however, the State bosses have absolutely wrested the party organization from the warning factions and placed in charge a committee of their selection It is the point that the members of this committee are mostly good citizens and lifelong Democrats 1t is well known that men of their character often neglect their civic duties and quite frequently, through inattenton become the willing instruments in politics of cunning politicians The programme outlined for them is the main thing This programme IS at once un-D Democratic and amaz ing It is said that the committee will under the leadership of those who appointed them select dele gates to the State convention and appoint county committee to conduct the local campaign The justi-
 
 city of irreconcable factions.
 If this be true-if the local Democrats have become incapable of self-government and must whenever they split call in appointed committee of high joints to exercise their functions-the effect on the munich pal and State campaigns cannot fail to be disastrous Surely if the party cannot itself it is unfit govern either city State How can even the com mittee of hundred, composed though 1t is of the flower of the unwashed, ask the people to trust party with the conduct of public affairs, which is afraid to call primary election for the selection of delegations to its conventions?
 Probably the adopted by the State bosses in this matter will result in the utter rout of the Democ- racy this year. The Republicans sometimes submit to autocratic methods in party management but the Democrats be persuaded to do SO. The very life and strength of Democracy is bossism and with out popular party government bossism in the machine must perish
 There is of course job behind the action of the Democratic State Committee in this matter Later on le public will discover the details and ascertain the name of the beneficiary In the mean time it is well consider the availability of Republican candidates for office. The people-even Democratic people-wi1l never trust the sngle-taxers Popusts agrarians bosses and schemers of the Democratic State Com mittee to this city and the commonwealth Prep arations should be made to sweep them all from power Their struggle to obtain control of the party machine may be rendered futile by the nomination of first-cass Republican ticket
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS.

J. H. Martin of Los Angeles is at the Baldwin.
 l. A. Robie, a well-known resident of Sacramento, Is registered at the Cali fornia
 W. W. Middlecoff, a prominent attorney of Stockton, is one of the arrivals at the Grand.
 Morgan Hill and wife of Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County, are guests at the Palace.
 Captain F. R. Rufer, U S. A., and Cap tain P. F. Straub, U. s. A, are at the Occidental.
 Edward P. Phelps of Chico and M. W. Muller of Fresno are registered at the California
 Alexander of New York registered at the Baldwin yesterday.
 Paul H. Blades, editor of the Los An geles Record, Is at the Occidental, accom- panied by his wife.
 Among the guests at the Palace are Captain Morini and wife, Miss Hinckley and Master E. Witherby of Irvington.
 F. Beaudry, wife and niece, of Weaver vile, Trinity County, who have been vis- iting Paris, are among the guests at the Palace.
 Clio L. Lloyd. manager of the Santa Barbara Morning Press, and William Niles. breeder of fancy stock in Los Angeles, are staying at the Occidental.
 Colonel Charles L. Jewett, judge advo- cate of the Department of the Pacific. is a guest at the Palace. He will probably be assigned to duty on General Merritts s staff.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
A THIRD CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

' HY should not Chief Lees issue call for vol IA unteers? He needs some for his own The
 exigency of the times cries aloud that he be furnished with drum corps. To be he rides in unwonted spendor at the head of every process son but the prancing steed he bestrides has step the sound of borrowed music. This fact IS an actual grief to the Chief He wants his drum corps; he yearns for an individual martial strain.
 There are thousands of brave volunteers in the city Some have uniforms If they did have the uni forms would be plain blue and with never glitter of gold braid. Yet the volunteers have music till you can't muster fife and drum. It's too bad
 Information has leaked out that one policeman on the force can play the fife He suspects that his serv ices are in demand, and is doing what is known in police circles as laying low He is certain that if caught he will be dragged to the Hanks of the Chiefs snorting bay and made to bust into melody whether he feel like 1t or not His hope of escape is that nobody among the Chiefs valiant patrolmen may be able to beat drum. Detectives his track, and fl he get into the middle of the in broad daylight and there shrill tune perhaps he will be caught Then he could be fandcufed to lamppost while the detectives skrmished for drummer.
 These circumstances make plain the necessity for volunteers enough to make drum corps as trailer for the Chief They would be where the beams of his gilded glory would fall upon them. It Is embarrassing to contemplate that players may have to be caught and made to play under forced draft.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
ADJUSTMENTS.

Columbia" The New Dominion" California-Hopkins Trans-Oceanic Star Specially Co, Alcazar-'The Master of Ceremonies Red Society Thursday after 
 Morosco s-"The Bottom of the Sea Tlvoli'The Poster" Orpheum-Vaudev1le The Chues Zoo Vaudeville. and "visions of Art Ulympia-Corner Mason and Eddy streets, SpecialueS Sutro Baths-Swimming Fl CampoMusic dancing, boating fishing Sunday
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

''The street sprinkler" says a Vermont naner "has started, and looks as gay as 2 young girl in yellow paint. with black stripes on her ribs" Young girls in Yer mont apparently indulge in queer artistic fancieS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
Excursion to Grand Canyon of the
 Colorado

select party of educators and scientists will leave San Francisco Monday, June S. for the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, in charge of Professor Emory Smith of Palo Alto Very low rates have been made and a pleasant and profitable trip is assured. Full particulars at Santa Fe Office 644 Market street
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
Cut Rates via Santa Fe Route.

On and after June 5, until further notice second-class rates will be as follows: Kansas City and Omaha. s31; St. Louis. s37; Chicago. s32 50. Through palace and tourist sleeping cars every day. Full particulars at Santa Fe Ticket Office, 644 Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER Use Acker's English Remedy in any. case of coughs colds croup. should It rail to give Immediate relief money refunded At No Per centage Pharmacy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

ANGosrURA BITrERs are endorsed by all the leading physicians and c1emists for purity and wholesomeness. Get the genuine.-Dr Siegerts
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

having observed a lady in one of the proscenium boxes who appeared to be in tensely interested in the romantic actor and while he was delivering his most i'm passioned passages she appeared to be obvious to all surroundings, and finally she manifested her undisguised adrnira- tion by throwing a beautiful bouquet of American beauties at the feet of the his trionic artist The roses were gracefully gathered by the recipient, who bowed hls acknowledgements with tender glances to the fair occupant of the box.
 The next night the same little scene was reproduced in all its details, with the exception that 1t was not the same lady, though she bore such @ strong resem- blance to the other that even Mantell himself was deceived, and when he re- tired behind the scenes with the usual tender glances to the dispenser of floral favors he was heard to remark, By George she is a sumner. Such a lovely face, and two nights she has sent me flowers She is evidently in love with yours truly" and Mantell's chest ex- banded at the pleasant thought.
 Then it was that a dark scheme was planned by the stage hands to jolly" the self-opinionated actor, and on the next night a lady, dressed entirely In black and heavily yelled occupied the box and watched every move the artist made. She seemed to hang on his words and was well-nigh falling out of the box in her exaggerated attention. When the climax came the lady threw single red rose at the object of her admiration, which rose was eagerly gathered up. This panto- mime went on for three or four nights. The lady was always dressed in black and no one, not even Mantell himself could discover her identity. Presently the managers took hand in the affair and found out that it was put-up job by the stage attaches and the iady was re- fused admittance to the theater. It all leaked out, and Mantell has been unmer- cifuIly twitted about the lady in black who fell in love with him, favorite mode of torture being to sing in his presence: .'She could look so innocent and cute; She had charms which no one could dis
 pute;
 But the color of her dress kept Mantell
 on the guess;
 And she's always dressed in black
 Sheriff Frank T. Johnson of Sacramen- to, Edouardo de la Cuesta, the Santa Bar bara cattle-raiser and Superior Judge E. c. Hart of Sacramento are staying at the Grand.
 Among the arrivals at the Lick are s. T. Black of Sacramento, State Supertn-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

From all accounts 1t would appear that the nerves of Captain Sigsbee did not receive anything like a fatal shock when the Maine went down. He acts much as man whose courage had been heathfully stimulated by experience.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

THE SHENANDOAH-R. M, City. The ship Shenandoah left this port for Europe on the 2d of last January. She carried 103,717 centals of wheat and 1725 centals of barley, the whole valued at s79,50O. The net tonnage of the ship is 3154.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

Children and grandchildren may each have the sword presented to Admiral Dewey and yet the museum of the future will be full of it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

PATENTED ARTICLES-E.. City. Pat ented articles must bear some kind of mo- tice that they are patented and the date of patent
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

The young widow who obtained a u- cense for a third matrimonial venture took the precaution of finding out where divorces were granted. Evidently she does not regard marriage as permanent blockade.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

GRANT IN SAN FRANCISCO-A. C.. R., San Jose, Cal. Ex-President U. s. Grant, while on his tour of the world. arrived in San Francisco from China on the 20th of September, 1879.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

POET LAUREATE D. R., Angels Camp, Cal Alfred Austin is the poet laureate of England
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

TWO SHIPS-H. D.. City. The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is 64s feet long, 66 beam and 3e depth, Her gross tonnage is 13, 800 and her horsepower 2,- 0OO The Lucania is 620 feet long, 65.3 beam and 43 depth. Her gross tonnage Is F $50 and her Horsepower 30 ,000.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

Red Cross ladies proved Sunday that all soldiers look alike to them. The regulars were welcomed as heartily and fed as well the volunteers And per- haps they appreciated this attention more
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
Cal. glace fruit 5Oc per lb at Townsends'

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., 1898-05-31
Northern Pacific Railway.

Cut rates to all points East. Call on T. Stateler, General Agent s3S Market st., s. l
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

SPANISH NAMES-M V. B., Westmin- ster, Orange County, Cal "Balsa chica" is Spanish and means little lake or pool; 'la mirada," also Spanish, means tran sient view, and "las lomaS, also Span ish. means rising gro"nd on g plain, lit- tle hills or hillOckS
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

The tax-ridden people of Germany will
 be made to pay little over S11S.00000O during the next seven years toward build ing up the navy. This Is for shipbuild- ing. armament and torpedoes, and the total expenditures are estimated at Sl99,- 45O OO0 for the septennial period. The shipbuilding programme Is distributed as
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

To term correspondent Special commissioner" Is simply piece of silly afectation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

The first-night- CTS who attended the opening per formance of Rob- ert Mantell in "A Secret Warrant" at the Columbia
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
AUCTION SALES.

AUCTION SALES. W. May 51, Furniture, at 579 California street, at Il o'clock By Kip CoThursday June Horses at San Mateo StocK m,
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
Total shipbuilding. ..... .sio2. .62S ,s2o

Considering the fact that the entire German navy Is of comparatively recent origin the item of s51 .642, ,270 to replace old vessels would indicate that the admiralty must think that the greater part of the navy now existing is of little account.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

.'El Solitario" (the one only) Is what the Spaniards commonly call the Pelayo, as Spain has only one battleship.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

Russia Is about to build a giant torpedo boat at St. Petersburg. It Is alleged to be of 1500 tons, or about four times the disbursement of the largest torpedo boat destroyerS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

MACHINISTS-M. City. For informa- tion about machinists to be sent to Ma nila to work on ships there personal ap plication must be made to the Bureau of Employment at Mare Island The ap- plicant must file his application, and if there Is need for his services he will be notified.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

TO ENLIST-F. s., Oakland, Cal. If you desire to enlist in the service of Uncle Sam and serve your country during the war with Spain you should present your self to the recruiting officer at the Pre- Sidio, and if you are qualified, physical ly and mentally you will be accepted. If rejected you cannot enter the service as an individual
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31

THE JOHN JAY-T., Alameda, Cal. There cannot have been any historical event connecting Benjamin Franklin with the ship John Jay, broken up in the Oak land estuary several years ago, for the reason that Franklin died in 1790, and the vessel named was not built until 1889, at Staten Island.
Evening star., 1898-10-12
VOLUNTEERS MUST REMAIN.
Only Sickness or Disability VIII Per-
nit Mustering Out.

The War Department is constantly in re-
ceipt of requests from soldiers to be mus
tered out, stating that the war has closed
and they wish to go home. This is the ex-
cuse made by nearly all those now seeking
discharge. The War Department officials
say that the war will not be over until the
treaty of peace is ratified by the United
States Senate, and that the soldiers are all
needed for further duty. No discharges
will be granted except for sickness and dis
ability, and the requests in these cases
must be approved by the colonels and
higher commanding officers.
1t is not probable that there will be a
muster out of staff officers to correspond
with the number Of general officers dis
charged a few days ago. The department
finds that in view of the demand for staff
officers in different places 1t is almost i'm
possible to dispense with the services of
many more at present. General Otis has
asked for additional Quartermasters, as
has General Wood at Santiago. More sub
sistence and other staff officers are needed
at nearly every place occupied by United
States troops. Subsistence officers and
quartermasters have been ordered to ports
in Cuba in anticipation of the occupation
of the island by the United States forces.
A number of staff officers are on the sick
list and their places have to be supplied
by others. 1t is, therefore, thought that
only few more discharges will be made.
Evening star., 1898-10-12

renee of the house of deputies will be nee
essary to final action, and effort was
made to obtain it today, but without result,
when the noon recess came.
A meeting of all the delegations from the
dioceses west of the Rockies and from thu
state of Texas was held in the house of
bishops at l O'Clock.
The Genuine Letter.
The letter written by the presiding bishop,
the Rt. Rev. John Williams of Connecticut,
to the bishop of Albany, chairman of the
house of bishops, on the canon of marriage
and divorce, is given below. This is the
communication for which a letter from
Rev. John Williams of Omaha was err
rcneously substituted end printed. The
genuine Litter. dated at Middletown, Conn.
Sc ptember 26, 1885, and made public by
consent of the writer, Bishcp Williams, Is
as follows:
My Dear Bishop of Albany: After most
careful considera ton and research, 1t seems
to me that a canon, drawn on the following
lines, would avoid the confusion which has
sometimes been made between two very
different things, namely, the marriage of
Evening star., 1898-10-12

divorced persons by a clergyman of this
church, and the penalties to be imposed
upon those who have contracted such mar
riageS.
90 Forbid any clergyman of this church
to marry any persons divorced, for any
cause whatever.
"(2) In the case of divorce for adultery,
deprive the guilty party of the sacraments,
with the provision concerning administra-
ton in extremis.
"C) Allow the sacramentS to the innocent
party, provided (a) that adultery has been
alleged in the application to the court; (b)
that the adultery has bean proved to the
satisfaction of the court; and c) that it is
stated as the ground of the divorce in the
decree of the court.
40 Make some provision in regard to
marriages duly declared null and void from
the beginning.
Faithfully, your brother,
John VILLA MS"
Evening star., 1898-10-12
Archbishop Chappelle as Apostolic
Delegate to the Antilles.
A CABLEGRAM RECEIVED FROM ROME
Meeting Today Of the Catholic
Irchbishops at the University
NJ TIERS CONSIDERED

The archbishops of the Roman Catholic
Church convened in annual session this
morning at the Catholic University Prior
to the meeting Cardinal Gibbons. who is
the presiding officer, received a cable dis
patch from Archbishop Chappele of New
Orleans, who is now in Rome announcing
that the pope had appointed him as apos-
tolic delegate to Cuba. This was the first
official act of the Vatican toward meeting
the new church conditions in the Antilles
arising out of the war.
The cablegram merely stated the fact
and gave no details. No reference was
made to Porto Rico, so that the scope of
the special mission is confined to Cuba.
Archbishop ChappeIle will retain his pres
ent position at the head of the New Or
lsans diocese, the mission to Cuba being
in addition to his other duties.
Favorable Comment.
Archbishop Chappele speaks both Span
ish and French and the popes selection for
this post was commented upon favorably
today both by Cardinal Gibbons and many
of the archbishops He has been in charge
of the New Orleans diocese only a short
time, and previously he was at the head
of the diocese of Santa Fe, N. NJ. He will
be pleasantly remembered in this city as
pastor of St Matthew's Church.
AT present the Catholic churches in Cuba
and Porto Rico belong to one diocese with
headquarters at Santiago. The archbishop
of Santiago has under him the bishops of
Havana and of Porto Rico. Archbishop
Chappelie will, no doubt, be called upon in
the discharge of his new duties to deter
mine the settlement of questions relating to
church estates and to the future conduct
of the church affairs.
Those present at the annual meeting Of
the archbishops, which began this morning
al 10 o'clock. were Cardinal Gibbons, Arch
bishops Williams of Boston, Corrigan of
New York Ryan of Philadelphia, Feahan
of Chicago, Elder of Cincinnati, Kain of
of Milwaukee.
Those absent were Archbishops Chappelle
of New Orleans, Gross of oregon, Riordan
of California and Ireland of St. Paul. Rou-
tine matters, il was stated, were considered,
and at noon a recess was taken for lunc n.
Evening star., 1898-10-12
WILL MEET HERE NOVEMBER 1.
EN-Secretary Foster Discusses the
Work of the Canadian Commissions

EX-Secretary John w. Foster of the COM
MISSION appointed to confer with the Can
aGian commissioners respecting various is
sues between the United States and Cam
ada has returned to Washington from
Quebec. Mr.. Foster today spoke in tina
highest terms of the extremely hospitable
treatment accorded to the American com
missioners, not only by the Canadian Of
hclals, but by the people of Quebec as well.
lrdeed, he said, so many courtesies and at
tentions We're showered upon them that 1t
was sometimes difficult for the Americans
to " ork.
Touching the progress made by the COM
mission, Mr.. Foster expressed himself as
very well satisfied, and conveyed the i'm
preston that while it might not be reason
able to expect the commission to reach
complete and satisfactory agreement upon
every one of the propositions which were
originally laid down for conSidarati ton, it
would nevertheless be able to report agree
nent upon some of them, although he
could not indicate just which they would
be.
The next meeting of the joint commission
viii be held in this city on the first of next
month
Mr. Foster, after reporting to Secretary
Hay what had been done by the commits
sioners of the last session, started out to
ma suitable accommodations Tor the SSS-
sions. 1t is feared that these cannot be
found in the State Department. owing 10
the lack of sufficient space. Indeed, it is
probable that in view of the several in
stances of late years wherein the State De-
partmem has found itself in the humiliat-
ing position of hiring temporary and total
ly unfit quarters for the accommodation of
international commissions, Secretary Hay
will take occasion to recommend to Con-
sress the provision of additional room for
State department. DerhaDS
ton of new and separate building for its
accommoda ton.