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The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
SIDE ISSUES OF THE BEEF SCANDAL

n ISCLOSURES made concerning the nature OF
] the meat supplied to the army have been more
- distressing to Chicago than to any other city
in the nation The Chicago citizens feel as hurt at
heart over the outrage done the soldiers as do any
other class of people, but they feel also hurt IN their
pockebooks, and consequently while the country at
large is moved by straightout indignation, chicago
is the victim of what is known as conflicting emo
tons She would like to hang the corrupt contract
ors and then take the officials who have exposed the
wrong and club them to death.
In default of having anything to say defensive OF
the objectionable iniquity OF canning rotten beet
Chicago takes up the minor issue OF false labelling,
and while admitting that is not Christian or Wash
inqtonian to print lie label and sell boiled soup
meat under the name of canned roast beef, she as
serts that she is not the only offender on the market
There are Others
According to the Chicago men not only do traders
in the country generally give good name to bad
stuff but even in Boston and Philadelphia, the two
ceners of selfasserted righteousness, there are I'M
portant industries carried on under titles as bogus as
those which half the so-called foreign nobemen bear
when they swagger across the summer resorts where
the daughters of American m1lllonalres spend their
holidays and the paternal coin.
The Phiadelphians it is said do thrifty trade in
buyng UP plums in the Middle West, where they are
cheap and after cartng them to the city OF brothery
love pack them in neat boxes and label them Cator-
MIA prunes The Boston trick is neater They catch
small fry herring, in the early days OF their aress
lives before they half grown, and, after putting
them into attractive cans sell them to epcures under
the very appetizing name of brook trout.
Such practices as these do not in any way Offset
the atrocious crime OF the Chicago beef-packers,
whose output was not only falsely labeled but has
been shown to be in many instances positively dan
gerous to health Nevertheless, all false labelling IS
reprehensible and the cited worth noting.
They furnish new illustrations OF the need of law
recurring all articles be correctly labeled to the
nature of their and the place OF production
1t is an insult to the mountain trout to bestow :
aristocratic upon callow offspring OF the com
mon seas while to call acid Nebraska plum by the
honored name OF so luscious food the California
prune is something like basphenly. Each is down
right imposition upon the appetite and the credu-
ty the purse and the stomach OF the great body OF
the American people. Bad as they are, however,
they are not the worst of such oenses and is high
time for the enactment of legislation to prevent them.
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and it will be recited hereafter phenomenal at
tempt to disrupt party and to degrade common
wealth
We invite the railroad gentlemen to avail them
selves OF the coming opportunity, with Mr.. Hunting
ton in their midst to bring their united intelligence
to bear Upon the political situation and TO determine
whether it is worth their while to continue
the apsed controversy OF the closed legislative ses-
sion The Call speaking for itself and it believes
for the Republicans OF the State, will aim to extend
to them all legitimate protection and to maintain with
them proper and honorable relations that tend to pro-
mote industry, commerce, trade, manufacture, the
vital and extending forces of American enterprise and
of American civilization, but it will also stand for the
Republican party, its principles and its pledges,
ir the spirit as we'll as in the letter, and
it will resent and antagonze to the last extremity
every attempt to its history, to poute its ma
chinery prostitute its Objects to lower its influence
and to disgrace its name. The time has come when
railroad corporations attend to railroad business
and leave government, in all its departments, to the
exclusive control of intelligent educated honest and
DatrOtic citizens
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REPUBLICAN VOTERS SAVED

Hence, we say that the outcome OF
the last fiasco, if we may call it sucn,
is not an entire defeat. The fact that
there has been no election is enough TO
prove that with all the glaring attempts
at buying men, as disclosed in the
Green investigation, and the subse-
ouent action of the Burns push to pro-
cure the withdrawal of Barnes, the peo..
pie, yes, even the Republican voters or OF
the State of California, are saved, by
the result as announced, from the
t,unoiIiation of having any man OF a
nharacter they do not approve to rep
resent them in the highest body OF
legislation in this Union. Thus the re
suit, while it is humiliating to those
who honestly fought for new Senator
to help sustain the present adnlnlstra-
are some things that are won when lost
HanfOrd Sentinel.
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Board Only Pretended
to Fix Them.
SUCH is HIS ALLEGATION
FURTHER INVESTIGATION is
NECESSARY.
The Petitioner Says That the Corpor-
alton Is Only Entitled to Inter
est on About S1o,ooo,ooo
Investment.

w. J, FifeId, through his attorney,
BENJAMIN Morgan, will endeavor to COM
pei the Board of Supervisors to make
further investigation into the a1alrs OF
the Spring Valley Water Works and again
fix the water rates. Yesterday AFTERNOON
FifieId ION his own behalf and that OF
the water-rate payers of the city and
coun+v" applied for a writ of mandate
directed against the Board of Supervisors
to compel them to investigate and deter
mine the actual value of the plant OF the
Spring Valley Water Works, to be USED IN
supplying the inhabitants or THIS city
with water for the fiscal year oeglnn1ng
July /, 1899, and ending June 80, lSVV. II
is averred by the petitioner that IN pur-
suance of the constitution the Board OF
Supervisors ''pretended'' to fix the water
rates
"the board met and passed resolution
calling on the Spring Valley Water Works
law. Then the board adjourned Febru-
ary s the board met, received tne reso4qoo
ton and then adjourned: EeOTHd[g EEad,,, ~ ~
the board met and adjourned FeDruary
16 the board met and heard the state
ments Of Herman Schussler, cnieI en-
gineer of the corporauon' ana ana tne4 o4 sr5 au5
heard the testimony of G. T. Alardt and
then adjourned, and on February q the
board met and adopted the rate 1or the
oV5ttI- on February 6 %, the petition continues.
during the meeting of the board Benla-
min Morgan appeared and informed the
board as to the mode OF procedure
which should be adhered to in hx1ng tne
rate. The board was also requested to
call George H Mendel and Charles W.
Howard, but neglected to do So, II IS
stated On these few dates mentloned,
and these only, it is further contenQed,
the board investigated the corporatlon
and then fixed the water rate without
due knowledge of the financial condltlon
and outlay on which the corporation was
entitled to interest. -, 49,
The petitioner further AYERS that the
corporation's statement that the actual
value of its plant to be used IN supply
ing the residents of this city during the
coming fiscal year is $25 100000 is faise.
This Statement contains vast properUes'
including the Calaveras reservoir, sears
Vile reservoir, water sheds OF Pescaaer9
and San Gregorio creeks ana CrYStal
SnTings dam. which will not be used IN
slIppIVing the residents of this city; MI;
FifRieeld ifRelId Contends. The actual plant to o be
used. he says, is not worth more than
$40 600 O0O on which a proht OF soOO.OvO
wear would be ample. For these reasons
he asks that the board be compelled 70
further investigate the matter ana act
TT0on the filing of the petition Presiding
Jrdge Daingerfeld issued an alternate
writ returnable before Judge Hunt Fri
dav April IA at 10 O'Clock.
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WAS WELL DON II.

We believe the great majority Oh oui
people will say that the RepuoliC0i Il
opponents of Burns did well IN preVell17
ing an opportunity for that lndlVlouaI
or his tools to buy impecunlous leslsia-
tors. The experience of Barnes WIN
Steinman shows to what depths OIL III.
fanny they might have been capaDle neop UL
plunging the party had that a. UppUId ppYJid
seem seem that it was not alone the man
Burn Burns they had to contend against. but
an INSCRIPTIONS corporation, bent on
attaining it's own ends and beneht; re.
pardless of the interests OF the otdIe
or nation.-PIacer County Leader
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Rroker Thomas Ill

w. Ford Thomas, the well-known Gus
toms broker. is lying seriously i'll at his
residence on Baker street in this city.
He submitted several months ago to an
operation on the mastoid bone and recov-
cred and went about his duties as usual
experiencing no i'll effects from the opera,
ton.
Last Sunday he was taken down with
a fever and since then has been asIeep
with the exception of a few hours K
change for the better was noted yester-
day and 1t is hoped that in spite of his
advanced ages years-he viii pull
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Not Satisfied.

At the gate of the Hampshire farm
house stood Sam Rodgers, holding pony,
while it's owner paid her visit within. The
monotonous task had lasted two hours
ere the visitor came out, and. gathering
her reins, drove away, leaving Sam gaz-
ing at his open palm. 'Weil! he said
aloud as he looked after the carriage,
''Td ha lent We a ha'pny to ha' made it
tuppence!'-The Academy.
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PuNY MINDED RAscALs.

The Morehouse bill is a law by the
Governors signature. Hereafter news
paper men will have to sign their ar
ticles or be subject to all kinds of at
tacks from puny minded rascals who
imagine they have q grievance. Par
ticularly will the country press suffer
in this respect.-Grass Valley Union.
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SAVED FROM RUIN.

While all Republicans will undeniaOly
regret the failure of the Legislature 20
elect a senator, yet for one the Herald
ann1auds the action of these repreSenta.
ives fiyes il in refusing to select either Burns
or Grant. who would be oonoHlI1ddS o'1d ,of c4
the people and whose success coat" +be tioa
mean mean ei9T Ssonga oi5+ii County Herald.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Cou7nba-"Rob Roy
Opera House-"Lucia' and 'Pagliaec this after
noon.
Tivoli-"The Bikado''
Crpheurn-Vaudeville.
Ahambra-"La Belle Marie"
Chues Theater-YaudeviNe every afternoon
and evening.
OIynpia-Corner Ellis streets specialties
I-nLar Parlk--nlrsing to-day.
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WE ARE BETTER OFF.

Colonel Dan NJ. Burns is not success
as a political prophet when torecastIls
for himself. He was not elected C1ilt5a Il t6a
States Senator, and the maJoIIly - tisend sla
wifb George C. Perkins as the only
Senator r from California than they
would be with Dan Burns as ms as as
sociate Senator at Westinghouse
10
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UNCENSORED EDITORIALS.

The law against the publishing Of
portraits in California newspapers ex-
cepts office holders and criminals. This
does not leave a great number of men
to whom the measure is applicable.
The ladies and the men out of prison or
out of office have a right of action
against the newspapers that publish
their pictures-Santa Rosa Republican
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Conceded

''I see that distilled water is really poi
sonous." said the major. THAT is what
comes. sab, of interfering with nature
Right, sah.'' assented the colonel. Ma
tuah nevah intended the distillery, sab.
to be idling it's time away on watah,
sab. indianapolis Journal.
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sLoGGING EDITOR NEEDED.

Anticipating the Morehouse law re-
quiring every libelous article in news
! papers to bear the signature of the
writer, there is said to be quite a
i scramble among the San Francisco pa
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
ALL ON A LEVEL.

The anti-cartoon law places convicts,
county and State officials on the same
plane.-RedWood City Democrat.
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THAT'S DEAD EASY.

Sign our articles? Why, of course!
That's dead easy. Any damphooI can
sign an article. Gage signed the BILL
Oroville Mercury.
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pers to engage John L. Sullivan as "a a
staff member. All John will have TO
do is to sign articles and attend Coro-
ner's inouests.- s.-Stockton Record
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HAVE PERMANENT JOBS.

The statesmen who voted for Dan
Burns can now return to private life
serenely confident that they have per-
manent jobs.-Los Angeles Times.
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FOR THE NAVY-P. A. B., City. APP
plica tions for enlistments in the United
States navy in this vicinity must be made
at Mare Island. A minor will not be ac-
cepted in the navy without the consent
of parents or guardian.
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HONESTY IN THE CONCRETE.

q impulsive gentleman once said that all men
\ were liars but upon reflection he took 1t back.
He was of such prominence that his views be-
came of record. Many others have declared in an
unofficial way that every has his price, but these
also have erred without the grace to acknowledge It
Recently sum of money amounting almost to
$4,000 was picked up in the streets OF this city To
the man who found it this represented fortune To
the man who had lost it the losing had been sudden
reduction to penury The finder could easily have
tanned it. and if person of ordinary discretion have
kent the fact concealed However, he did nothing
of the kind AS soon he advertisement an
nouncing the ownership he sought out the owner and
restored the property, refusing even to accept re-
ward
OF course he did nothing but his duty, yet to de-
cline reasonable reward will be reckoned over
nicely of sentiment 1t would not have been pay for
being honest, for with an impulse to be hon
est would expect this. 1t would have been more in
the nature of a commission. With full power to ruin
another for selfish motives and yet refraining from
doing so the finder could have viewed the transaction
as somewhat analogous to that between broker and
his principal Circumstances had constituted him
todian of funds, and for handling them to the best adj
vantage Of the principal he was surely entitled to
recompense, putting the affair a business basis
People who save abandoned ships do not do so on
charity plan yet the courts do hesitate to up
hold claims which to the layman grossly
orbtant.
However, it is refreshing to observe demonstra-
ton that there honest in practice in
theory Such man is Mr. Thomas and as to the
taking of reward, that is his personal concern.
Gw@mn@Eara@zzuzEzz3
Despite the fact that Gilligan observed to
cut the throat of another man, who thereupon died.
Coroners jury has brought in verdict of death from
wound inflicted by person unknown" The in
teligent jurors should have secured an introduction
to Gligan.
The Conla officer who deliberately killed an inno-
cent boy says that he is sorry The prospects that
he will be far sorrer before circumstance stiles his
power OF expressing emotion also cheering.
Editor Reid says that China is waking up from a
sleep OF thousand years. and might be added that
if China is possessed of keen perception she will be
sorry not to have remained dreaming
Ager wants it distinctly understood that he is re-
sponsbe for the conduct of the War Department but
whether this feeling antedates the era of embamed
bovine has not been announced
Another Ingleside victim has had view of the in
terror of JAIL experience the baiters of the trap
have miraculously escaped.
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If you suffer from looseness of bowels DR..
Siegert's Angostura Bitters will cure you. Be
sure you get DR.. Siegerts.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

PROTESTANTS-W c., City. For an
swer to question in the form asked by you
in relation to Protestants and Catholics,
see answer to another correspondent pub
ushed in this department March s, 1899
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BOoKS-A. s., City. The San Francis
co Call does not handle any dictionaries
or other books" not being in the book
selling business. You can obtain the in
formation in relation to dictionaries by
inquiry at any first-class BOOKSELLER
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

PRECIPITATION-F s.. City. The
amount of precipitation in San Francisco
between l a. m. Tuesday, March z, and
Thursday, March 9. 1899. u p. m, was
two hundredths of an inch.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

THE charm of beauty is beautiful hair. Secure
il with PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
A1NDEkcoRNs, the best cure Tor corns Is Cts
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Since Sampson has the approval of the President,
is possible the aspersions Of critics who have no more
influence than yellow journalist out OF job can be
endured
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COOUELIN -HADING-The last time
that Coquelin and Hading appeared in
San Francisco it was at the Granq opera
House under the management Of Al Hay
man.
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Unfortunately there is no way of determining just
what proportion of the soldiers who died of disease
ACQUIRED their fatal malady from rotten beef
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AUCTION SALES.

By G. H. & Co.-Monday March 2T, at u O'Clock
Montgomery street Real Estate
Easton, Edridge CoTuesday, March, Is. at u rn
at street Real Estate.
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Quay of Pennsylvania will divert the influence he
used with the Legislature and what effect it will
have upon jury
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NATIONAL, HOLIDAYS-F. s., City
There are no national holidays in the
United States. The Fourth OF July is not
even a national holiday
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Special information supplied daily TO
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES-A- o. s.,
C,itv1 Senate bill No. 4S7. relative to en-
nIoyment agencies, is still in the hands OF
the Governor.
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A profane opinion is growing that this thing Of
praying for rain can be overdone
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

Another Ingleside victim has had view of the in
terror of JAIL experience the baiters of the trap
have miraculously escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

Alger wants it distinctly understood that he is re-
sponsble for the conduct of the War Department but
whether this feeling antedates the era of embaned
bovine has not been announced
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

The Colna officer who deliberately killed inno-
cent boy says that he is The prospects that
he will be far sorrer before circumstance STILES his
power of expressing emotion also cheering.
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Cal glace fruit soc per ID at Townsend'A'
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Editor Reid says that China is waking up from a
sleep OF thousand years. and might be added that
If China is possessed of keen perception she will be
sorry not to have remained dreaming
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Despite the fact that Gilligan observed to
the throat of another man, who thereupon died,
Coroners jury has brought in verdict of death from
wound inflicted by person unknown" The in
tellgent jurors should have secured introduction
to C1illipan
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-13
Taxes and Titles.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
If, by sinister purpose and secretive
machination, one secures claim TO the land
on another adjoining his own, and out
side Of the limits of his deed, and upon
which taxes have been paid by the owner
deprived and his predecessors, can the
adverse possessor give legal title to that
which he has thus possessed himself or
without the payment of taxes thereon,
and whilst the party deprived also con-
tinues TO pay taxes on the same?
y. Y. Y.
A person cannot obtain and hold pos
session Of land except by fair, open
means. The holding would be fraudulent,
and the courts would Dust him. unless he
had been holding for fifteen years or
more-the other party claiming, but not
asserting his claim-that is, if he had
been holding in adversary possession.
The taxes or the payment of them in
no way affect the title to land. Tax
bills are often introduced as evidence 10
show who has held the land and for other
purposes, but they in no way give title.
And a man does not lose title 20 his land
by a failure TO pay taxes, except to the
State. But If 4 pays BIS taxes for him,
either inadvertently or Intentionally he
has claim on him for the money so
paid.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-13
cooa-Roads Movement Spreading.
Now York TrIbuneD

New YORK lIlDuUc.J
General Roy Stone. director Of road
inquiry of the Department Of Agriculture,
at Washington, was at the Albemdrle
Hotel Yesterday General stone said that
more activity is being displayed In :oad
Improvement than has been shown for
years. not only in the construction OF
new roads, but in the general agitation
for their construction.
"All the road-machine manufacturers, y
he said. "are driven with orders and the
Office Of road inquiry is oyerrun with APP
plcations for advice on road legislation
and assistance in road construction. There
are. perahps, forty ROAD conventions stated
for this autumn-mOstly in the Norm
west-under the auspices OF the Inter
state Road Improvement Association. CD
iect-lesson roads are 10 be butt al a
number OF agricultural colleges IN me
West and South. For this purpose ma
chlnery is loaned by the manufacturers
through the office of road inquiry. The
use OF convict labor on road Improvement
is spreading rapidly through the southern
state In one locality, near Charlotte, n
c., seventy miles of good stone ROADS
have been buiit In this manner. / nope
To interest the great concerns manufdc-
turing automobiles In the improvent OF
highways. The misfortunes Of the party
now making the automobile trip -cross
the country shows the necessity for bet
ter roads for this class or vehicles. Inc
League OF American Wheelmen has beer
a potent factor In road Improvement, and
tho Bicycle Trust should be able 10 do
even more in this direction"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-13
Census Appointments.
o the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Kindly answer in your next Sunday
issue when and at what place will the
examination be held for departmental
clerks I'm the census for 1900? Also what
branches will be covered by the examina-
ton? / refer especially to The clerks
from Virginia. A READER.
Farmville Va.
All applicants that have BEEN properly
endorsed by Representatives or Senator'S
from Virginia will be examined in Wash
ington. An examination is being held
every Monday, Wednesday. and Friday.
The examinations in Washington will
continue until September 18th, when the
Examining Board will leave for the cities
in the South and West that have been de-
signated as examining points by the di-
rector Of the census The examinations in
Washington Will be resumed early next
year.
You can send to the Census Bureau and
get a circular describing the character
Of the examinations
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-13
"LOXE NOTp'


Love not! Love mott Ye hapless sons Of
clay,
Hopes gayest wreaths are made of
earthly flowers;
Things that are made TO fade and fall
away,
Ere they have blossomed for a few short
hours
Ere they have blossomed for few short
hours.
Love not! Love not!
Love not! Love not! The thing yen love
May perish from the gay and gladstone
earth; -.
The silent stars, the blue and smiling sky,
Beams on its grave, as once upon us
birth.
Love not! Love not! The thing you love
may change, go.
The ROSY lin may cease to smile on you;
The kindly beaming eye grow cola ana
The heart still warmly beat, yet not be
true.
Love mott Love mott
Love mott Love not! oh, warning vainiy
In present hours, as in years gone by;
Love filings a halo round the dear ones
head, - -.
Fauitiess. immortal. till they change or
die.
Love mott Love notl