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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11

Father Sheehy's rare stereopticon views
Of. Ireland at Metropolitan Temple to-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11

Probably the most expensive set of false
teeth known is that of the Nizam of
Hyderabad for which he has naid 1000
rupees TO a Madras dentist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11

was filed yesterday. Grallard Storey,
John T. Thornton and Charles Cohn find
that the estate is worth $1771 &C.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11

G Taylor. Spokane
II Bennington, Cal
Miss Whitney, ValSpgs
II Parker, Vallejo
j Howell, New York
T II Converse. Manila
IT Murphy. New York
j X Sutton. Davisville
p Murphy, Stockton
j G Doyle. Visalia
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11

Time-l. 25M: z. :51A 2 1l7; mile. l:45l9. Vim
Imp. Sardonic Poor start, Won easily. Second an
Under the conditions, Sardonic had easy thing Of
Lena had no speed Ping beat band of cheap one
Scratched-Doremus So, Fecite r.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-15

eherita was the daughter OF the king
Of SaXOny.
Queen Christina OF Spain IL an Aus
triau. but also the granddaughter or
a German princess.
The queen mother OF Holland was
Princess of Waldeck- -Pyrmont.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is
Coburg.
King Charles Of Roumania Is Ho-
hcnzolern, and his poetess spouse was
a Princess Won Wied.
The Princess Royal Of Greece IS the
sister Of the emperor OF Germany.
The king of Denmark is "a Sleswick-
Holstein- -Sonderburg- -Glucksburg.
Queen Sophia OF Sweden and Norway
is "a Princess OF Nassau, and Victoria,
her daughter-in-law and princess roy
m. is first cousin to the emperor OF
Germany.
The Duke Of Luxembourg Is a Duke OF
Nassau
And last and least. the sister OF the
Prince OF Monaco has married Ger
man Duke OF Urach. who would In
herit the tiny prlncipality. they say.
" Louise. the sole heir of Prince Al
bert. Were to die before his father
It remains TO be seen N Queen Eliz-
abeth Will have her way ana add
SeTVia to the liat,
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ut'ts oi Franc. and tho czar. Many az
lh"st ships have not set been finished
hut work has been rushed on an ar
aris. ana even al the present time the
"litelenl yards are scenes of ceaseles,,
ACTIVITY men working night and day In
ordei tha1i the new lighting machines
may bo turned out al the earliest nos
sble date. The great advantage which
tngland has over her rivals ~ that an
her n'W ships are of the most modern
ana The most powerful description. rem
deriHg obsolete the floating batteries
constructed at tremendous cost by 9th.
er different European powers
There is another point in which Great
Britain has taken advantage of her lit
Tie war in South Africa. That is the
creation OF an immense new naval base
not far from the Cape, which at any
other time would have excited the sus-
picion and, perhaps. even the opposl-
lion, ot the other powers This new
naval base is az Simons Town, where a
naturally good harbor has been arti.
hcially enlarged and improved and Sow
eral miles OF Wharfage and docks put
up. Simons Town is just a little over
20 miles from Cane Town. with which
II is connected by rail. This gives the
English an important new coaiing and
naval base In southern waters and -
Just what the admiralty has been look
ing for for some time. Ii is quite in
keeping with the tremendous expendi-
iure the English have been willing 10
make to III up Esquimault their pow
,rful new British North American naval
base on the Pacific. II also harmonizes
nicely with the great docks that have
been put up for the navy at Colombo
ma the improvements and projections
which may now be seen I'm the harbor
n Gibraltar. 10 say nothing OF the great
ioclyard and the immense new basin
Shich the naval authorities Of London
nave recently brought into"eNistence AZ
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ENGLAND AND HER ENEMIES

fairs in tho east. VA the present case
II n interesting 10 look into the differ
ent individual purposes which The nu-
merous powers would have In interfer.
ing with England during her present
campaign in Africa.
Germany, for instance. would like
very much To take advantage of Brft-
aims momcntary cnbarrassn.ent and
assume absolute control of The samoan
islands. besides an extension OF her
Chinese possessions at Shanghai and
Kiau Chou. She would also Ike 10
have slice OF Africa herself and
would not be averse To annexing a liz
tie territory east OF Albert Nyanza 70
she saw the coast was clear. .
Russia. who has been struggling 80
persistently and SO adroitly FOR nara
mount influence I'm northern china
would like 10 pour a few more thou
sand Cossack troopers into that part
OF Asia and establish herself a little
more firmly I'm the disintegrating king
dom of the dragon. She would also
not bee above quietly seizing a long
sighed for outlet on the Persian cur
on the Arabian sea, besides forcing Ger
tain concessions from Turkey which
would make Russian influence a little
more appreciated I'm the Mediterranean
1t IL well known that France has lorv
been looking for chance To extend her
possessions in east Africa She still
dreams OF regalnng some of her lost
prestige in Egypt and is only too anx-
ious In some way or other TO avenge the
Fashoda affair Austria Is not so ac
lively Interested in aggressive move.
ments, but II is a well known fact that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-15

II ran across a strange freak In a
remote town." said a traveller to his
chum as they slipped their whisky.
THE town was small and lacked many
Of the Improvements and things really
needed one afternoon ! had a violent
toothache and there was no dentist
about 10 offer me relief. The pain was
agonzing. 1t was new TO me. i war;
dered about and drifted to the only
chemists and asked for some cid pair
killer. The chemist gave sickly grir
and said ne hadn't thing in the shop
"I can stop the pain all right.
though he told me. and promptly Of
fered him 81 If he would.
The man took me TO a porch at the
ear OF the shop and called TO a boy for
hammer and nails. / got huffy at this
call. for | thought the man had gone
mad and was going to punch out my
painful grinder, but he assured me that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-15


penny nail. He gave fancy hits. When
the nail was driven, he gave the same
sickly grin and asked about the pain.
still there / said, and then he took
the nail and soon had the letter { COW
cred. BY that time the pain was disap-
pearing, though I would not admit ~.
The quack continued to hammer until
the last nail was gone, and. on my
word, the pain had disappeared l walt
ed few moments for it to return, but
It did not, and up to this day the tooth
is sound.
Talking TO the man afterward. he
told me that ne cured hundreds OF
cases OF toothache for people, as the
driven nails could show. the negroes
were the most frequent callers. and
none of them had to pay. IL all seems
strange and funny. but that man cured
my toothache by the simple remedy of
the hammer and nails"
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ed. second move was made against
this more or less imaginary coalition
when the entire British fleet was put
on a war footing. The irony OF the
situation arose from the fact that even
While such preparations were taking
place every political minister in Great
Britain was declaring that not power
IN existence would dare 20 raise a hand
against England i'm her African war
and that all talk of interference was
nu1T7prFr.
Mysterious indeed are the moves
made on the European chess board for
the sake of preserving the balance of
poweE-Just what this 4"ha4aaee- OF
power" consists of no one exactly seems
10 know 1t has apparently to deal
with, on the whole, the momentary ag-
gressiveness of any given power or
powers and is 4 phrase much tossed
about at the beginning of every war
fought in the last 20 years.
Today the balance of power seems to
be IA danger. The triple alliance has
nodded It's tTipartite head very sageiy
ard said that England is getting too
obstrcpcrous The dual alliance has
looked wise and said the same Uol-
land and Belgium have been shifting
about casily. In other words Pm
rope has her eye on England. and all
simply because this last mentioned
power is engaged la war with two
small South African republics and
seems to be carrying too much buck
shot FOR such a small fry enemy.
AS for England she has put the chin
on her shoulder AS usual. that means
calling out Of her reserves. a mob-
iization Of her feet and the hitting out
OF a hyinr squadron. IL is always a
part OF the game with England when
in doubt to play a dying squadron. She
nung one on the International board
when. fou" years ago. the Venezuelan
situation assumed rather q foreboding
complexion That dying squadron u
is true. did nothing but cruise up the
coast of ireland and back. but it was
obviously meant as a gentle hint that
John Bull was ready for business
should Uncle Sam Try 10 knock the
chip off his shoulder. It was not nee
ossary. however. 10 do any knocking
ia the case. as England herself quietly
slipped away her badge of belllgerency.
but today the situation Is different IL
IS no mere boundary dispute that is at
the bottom OF affairs. IL u q matter of /.
struggling for that mysterious aud con /
indefinite thing the balance |
OF power" and it is futile to deny that |
today all Europe Is willing and ready /
to strike al Great Britain. tho only
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question being, what power dare make
the first move?
The authorities at London il is said
are quite aware OF this condition OF
aHairH and have been acting according
~. They know, or seem TO know, that
Russia, Germany, France, Austria.
Italy, Holland and Belgium. each have
interests at stake and viii each be
more or less affected by the eventual
South African settlement Whether or
not display OF force on the part OF
Great Britain Will be sufficient 10 ward
on interference remains TO be seen.
Probably the only thing that intervenes
TO save the British empire from receiy-
ing its deathblow from it's European
enemies is the jealousy and enmity
which exist among those different pow
ers themselves. obviating all concerted
and harmonious action and allowing the
European soapegoat 10 go on with her
empire building as though she new
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-15

Honekong to guard against unforeseen
Continger cies in the far east
All this has been done, IL is claimed,
in order g, guard against the menaces
Of aggre--ive rivals. Whether or not
this IS absolutely true IL would be diff
cult 10 decide. with only that superficial
knowledge OF the facts which naval Off
clals allow TO exist. Certain II is that
England has tremendous foreign COM
mcrCe 10 protect. and I'm order 10 ss-
cure this protection more or less er
tensive navy * necessary. That navy
must be powerful i'm proportion TO tho
commerce which Il Is designed to nro-
tect, and 20 must also have coaling sta
tions. bases OF supply. drydocks and
friendly harbors into which its shirs
may put i'm time Of need. England
claims that her operations are protoct-
i've and not aggressive. and. thourb
there have been those home voices az
late which have been crying ont most
Justify against increased or even con
tinued naval expenditures. there seems
to be no falling of in the rate at which
Great Britain goes on adding 10 her
power on the ocean.
In the meantime. however The war
goes on and the martial and naval Acc
tyities OF Great Britain continue And
while these continue Europe sits up
nights worrying over the matter RI
mOrs are thick in the ah the story u
one day combating that OF the preced-
ing day And in TIE meantime. too. the
Representatives Of European countries
have been doing their best at WASH
inEton to End out the precise attitude
Of the United states in the situation.
What they have uno1icially learned has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-15

Ii0w rs England. in such circurn-
stances, preparing Cor the worst Need
She dread such a. contingency az En-
ropean Intervention, and ~ such should
come about, what would be her course
OF action?
In the first place. II must be rcmcmbcr.
ed that England in "A way has aIvavs
10 be prepared for trouble That ~ the
penalty she pays for being the possessor
OF many and widely separated coIopics
Ii has OF late years been the consto,.t
effort OF the British admiralty ~ nm,
"A navy which shall equal IN streng,h
the combined navies ~ Russia "a
France. This entire fleet OF Great mi,
ain has suddenly and with an,az,n,.
auickness been put on a war footin,,
flying squadron has been formed a,d
the channel squadron, the strongest fa
tachment Of all England's navy he's
been dispatched 10 tho Medterrop,a,
where il will watch the French a.,
lowering ominousiy about the T.eva,,
she has also a strong fleet i'm soutbor,
Pacific waters and even more mon'oe
war are on their way TO the Cane
Now neither the Orange Free sta.,
nor the Transvaal Is "A maritime no,,ar
Neither state possesses warshin no.
viii either state be in a position 10 is
sue letters of marque. SO England neo,
have no fears Of privateering ON bor
tremendous commerce going ana con,
ing throughout all parts OF the warlI
But even beyond the task Of pla,,n,,
sleuth hound on the heels OF foreign
ships suspected Of carrying contrabanJ
OF war 10 the Beers, England seems "a I
have an inexplicably immense naval /
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er had a dozen powers bris ling en-
viously about her heels.
1t is whispered about that botn Rus
sia and France have entered into Sc
cret understanding and have even de-
cided on plan OF action. These two
powers. lt is said, are both willing to
offer an Identical note OF Interrogation
TO England. asking just what is her
ultimate intention in South Africa and
suggesting mediation i'm her present
war with the Bocrs. They are most
anxious 10 learn officially IL England
proposes To wipe out the two republics
Of the Transvaal and the Orange Free
state and merge them and the remain
der OF the Cape country into one vast
British dominion, corresponding In AZ
rica to what Canada is in America.
III such is her intention. this. natural
~ means very grave and ominous
unsetting OF the balance OF power"
and such "A movement wouldsbe well
worth nipplng in the bud. If possible.
In fact, what is the use OF alliances"
n such things are not TO be looked
after?
IL such British empire were 10 be once
established I'm Africa. ~ would mean
that practically all Of the dark conti-
nent worth possessing would pass nm
der the union Jack. It IL. Therefore.
merely an act OF self protection on the
part os Europe 90 attempt TO prevent
any such aegrandizement OF the power
OF the Anglo-Saxon. IL was. bv the
way. deemed necessary BY the powors
To take the same sort OF precautionary
action during the Chino-Japanese war
at a time when the aggressive little Jan
threatened 10 disturb the state OF az
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she wishes TO share with Russia I'm any
concessions which might be wrung from
turkey when the British lion was not
looking in that direction. italy, too
sun hungers after san Nun bay and
mas forces i'm the ncighhorhood of that
district waiting for orders. Besides
tnis' italy is also watching for an op-
poFtunity TO get a foothold i'm the in
terror Of China.
~ VIII De seen. therefore. that it Is
case OF the mice playine when the
car away. Holland. OF course. has
ielioW feeling with her South African
sons and their descendants i'm their
struggle against g stronger power. and
Nou'u not be aversc 20 putting a finger
IN the pie II the chance should arise.
80 once again in her history Great
Britain finds herself in "A position cf
, splendid isolation" She finds herself
win half score OF great armed DOW
ers ready 10 spring al her throat. I'm
her hour OF trial she has Just one as.
sured friend, apparently. and there Is
every reason to believe that the bonds
or that friendship are made Up Of the
threads OF fraternal sentiment ana not
the chains OF diplomatic alliance. That
friend rs the United states OF America.
ana the attitude OF our republic may
broadly be called rcciprocattou uf the
good VIII displayed by the Salisbury
government when We ourselves. at the
beginning Of the Hispano-American
war, were In a position not unlike that
Of England today
liut Eugland's quarrel is not Amer
icas and so. 90 an intents ana pur.
poses the position of splendid isolation
remains.
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not been altoge,ger satisfactory. for,t
= pretty senerafly understood chat this
COUNTRY Mill participate Ia 10 effort A
".eulatloh- or De lurcd into any 9th r
violation OF diplomatic amenities. IN
''ct. the United States. on the whole.
N"u'd regard European Intervention as
T" menace 10 the wen being OF all ma
""nS. tending 20 disturb general COM
hiercial relations and protecting tbe
'hlhefr question, i'm which this republic
INV mas Ne'y important interests. into
Puarfel of which II is Fundamentally
10 part The extensive commercial in
u'ItsIS '. OF ~. United States i'm the east
", Mou,u '.i'i SuHef materially II a disturbance
~ ~ 'iliha should bring about closure Of
,sl,.''N'eIh treaty ports. and the au-
,'o. l,l'S al Washington would be ready
t1 take many steps before auiescently
WING such thing 10 happen.
CLAIMING A. BARTOW.
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lolce under steam today 70 Is worth
hotlhg' at the same time. that the naval
puuget or Great Britain for the year
1919 amounted To 1926, 600 600 and eX-
ceeued IN amount any ever before vot-
CO. IN peace or i'm war. Last year the
huihper OF officers, seamen and ma
rlheS amounted 10 over 100 OO0 showing
an increase Of considerably more than
oVVo over the preceding year. ~ the
peslnnlhs or last year the British navy
'uhSlsted OF 30 first class and : second
V'"sS pSttleships. IL included Il bat
l''Ships OF the third class. ~ coast de-
l'uae vessels and 2 armored cruisers.
III lhls latter line OF vessel she also
possessed first class and 60 smaller
cruisers 10 say nothing Of q torpedo
guhpoals' ~ destroyers and 70 torpedo
Boats 'of all classes
Al mat time there were already un-
der construction first class and IL
smaller protected cruisers and - de-
stfoyefs. But this can give but a
small IDEA OF the rate at which the
BRUSH navy has been increased and
even at the present time Is being I'M
creased
When sir Goschen OF the admiralty
announced the new shipbuilding pro-
gramme Of The government for 1889. ID
included three battleshlps. four armor.
ed cruisers anu Tour sloops II war. But
durlns July or the same year the al.
mlrslty oticials announced that 70 meet
the proposed additional naval conxtruc-
tons or Russia u would be necessary o.
build four more battleships. four cruls-
crs and T. destroycrs. In order that the
BRUSH navy might maintain ftg cue-
tonary superiority over the combined
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SAXON THRONE uoLDEns.

'arinen sylvia who never allows 4
III rest 10 her romantic mind.
i"'eIS taken a great fancy for the
D'"'i Use most uninteresting king of
Ia ana openly declares that the
"H'S 'hlhs which the youngster wants
=" become perfect Ia q suitable wife
ioNely' rich and well born Gratchen--
~ ~ al ms hearth and make things
'"Unu nun. 50 her majesty has
50 INTO her head that a certain
e"H9i" "i HeIs' Fraulein Won Rraun-
iels. OF noble blood and enormously
NtaitHy, should share with the SON ~
Miiah the precarious throne OF Servta
4 his new Whim OF his wife's is some
Mhat disturbing 20 King Charles who
~ man inclined 10 mind his own husi-
ness; Dut she has a miahty arv IN
Wiihelm ii. who loves TO see his hjgb
born countiymen occupy the hest
places everywhere.
Inc recent marriage of Prince Danuo
OF Montenegro has again added a Ger
man element 10 those already so mn
merous in the European courts. ana II
a German Hoheit goes 10 Belgrade
Turkey viii be the only country with
out Teutonic head In its royal pal
ace.
The emperor Of Austria had Ger
man mother, a Princess Of Wittelsbacb
and his i'll fated wife was Of the same
The czarina was a Princess Of Hessa.
Leopold III of Belgium is a Saxe-Co-
burg -Gotha; a Sake -Coburg- Gotha was
the father of our English princes and
princesses, and another was the hus-
band OF Queen Maria Of Portugal, the
mother Of King Louis.
King Humbert's mother was an Aus
trian, but daughter OF a German prin-
cess, and the mother Of Queen Mar
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Bogus Attempts
To Kill Rulers.

.Apfopos Of the farcioal attempt on tho
~ VI me opera boune King Milan.
nosuS attempts ON rulers have often
pteh coneocted by the secret police ana
~ government agents for the purpose
OF reNiFing waning popularity. some
tlnes these attempts are organized ~
'he agents of foreign governments. nor
WIN any idea OF endangerine Thai.
nNes' but solely for the purpose -,
iurthering some political design Th,s
II Is well known that Bismarck was
cognizant beforehand Of the intent,e,,
OF the Pole Berezowski 10 dra
shot at Alexander III OF Russia v,h.,'
driving back from the review AZ r.on,-'
champs in Paris, with Napoleon ITr
The French authorities are conv,nnaa
TO this day that Berczowsk wbo a.
now insane and convict In the neoaI
settlement of New Caledonia. WAS moi
ed to commit the deed by GERMAN
agents.
At any rate. 1t had the effect oe nra-
venting Russia's intervention on beba,,
OF France in the war OF 1870. the car