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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

OF Dan Burns disclosed which ratified by him
self on January 1899. For nine weeks in the face
OF unanimous public sentiment among representative
and patriotic citizens within and without the Repub-
hcan party this malignant purpose to substitute a
corporation tool and disgraced and incompetent
politician for Federal Senator has been obstnatey
pressed, and rule ruin has been the alternative
presented by the railroad through its Democratic
leader aided surreptitiously by the Examiner, the
Republican majority in the Legislature.
The existence of this situation in itself is shameful
But far, in the face OF such pressure has been
rarely brought to bear in similar emergency, the in
tegrty of the Republican party has been maintained
Twenty legislators, including members who for
years have fathered and advocated vicious and cncl-
ing legislation have denied the representative prnc-
pie and violated their obligations to their constituents,
while fifty eight legislators, however divided in their
preferences far have refused to bow their knees to
Baal and to become parties to the conspiracy, Of
which Dan Burns is the igurehead to California
to the Democracy in 1000 1t is upon these gen
tlemen that the people must depend to prevent the
contamination of this GROWING railroad outrage.
Even though consciously worthy and fit, Dan Burns
had possessed scintia of craftsmanship political
manhood he would long ago have realized that the
election of any particular to Federal Senatorship
can never be necessity to million and half of
Americans, who in possession of the elective
franchise and with no backing except from detesed
monopoly, he would have yielded to the popular will
and have sacrificed his personal ambition for the sake
of the party and for the common good. But from
him disinterestedness, appreciation Of the TRUTH
| allegiance except to himself and to the corrupt
power that dominates him need be anticipated. Al
though unqualified and disqualified although rejected
by the solid of Republicans, he will stick and
hang, and he and his emssaries will continue to bawl
that the great State Of California has only man
who has lien upon the Senaorshp and that his name
is Burns Reliance must therefore still be placed upon
the ffty-eight legislators who have far saved the
day and who if they defeat the railroad project, even
though the seat of Senator White remain vacant for
years, will nrehch the political organization to
which they belong in public confidence and esteem by
proving that it maintain its integrity and full
fill its obligations against any corrupt and selfish
combination that corporate presumption and political
antagonism can devise. Senator Perkins is respect
able in intellect in attanmens in experience in indus
try and in character but the election Of Dan Burns
would reduce him to the position OF a detective for
his State while locally the Republican party would
be anathema maranatha. This outcome of the dead
lock can only be prevented either by adjournment
without a choice or, effectualy, by the prompt
election of Republican statesman and gentleman
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

F. G. Berry of Fresno is a guest at the
Palace. .o-..-...,
Albert Laws, U. S. A, is staying at the
Palace. -.
O. J. smith of Nevada is registered at
! Churchill and wife of Yreka are at
the Occidental.
n HirshfeId, a merchant from Bakers
field, is at the Lick
DIR. G. A. Ruggles of Stockton is regis
tered at the Grand.
lanes w. Abbott of Salt Lake City IS
guest at the Grand
Attorney L. ]. Maddox Of Modest is
staying at the Grand
George L. Alexander and wife OF Port
land are at the California
Jessie Bartlett Davis of the Boston
ians'' arrived at the Palace yesterday
Mrs. Mary Judhe and her daughter
Kathryne of Salt Lake City are at the
Palace.
d. w semple, editor of the Klondike
Nugget. which is published at Dawson
CITY, is a guest at the Lick.
]. r. Fairchild and family are among
the guests at the California Mr. Fair
child is a prominent citizen of New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

s+oe1 will be 7 inches maximum thickness
a,Ia5aads and barbettes will be IL inches,
the casemate 6 inches and the gun shields
from to 10 inches thick: me pI~ t, VIII
De lut 4bicl[ The propelling machinery
l nlsi ba two sets of four inverted cylin-
T %lri tr pg engines to each pro
ger .iip mitb cylinders of SS1a, 4411, So and
pei.ea, md q stroke of 48 inches. There
% ~ - be twentv-four Belleville boilers
with 1873 square feet CRATE surface and
baafing surface of 2S,360 square feet IN the
boilers and IA 900 square rect III Tue econ
omizers. John Penn & sons az, az H4 Zee VIC"
az FOR the machinery, which is to de-
v " slor IS 600 horsepower and give speed
IF 1S knots.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
Cal. glace fruit soc per ID at Townsend's.'

Look out for 81 Fourth St. near cent barber.
Best eyeglasses, specs. 10c 10 40c.
Special information supplied daily TO
business houses and public men ty the
Press Clipping Bureau (AlIen's). 5lO Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main lO42.
Mrs. Elizabeth Skeats, who recently
died in London at the age of 81 years,
policemen. She was pensioned by the
Queen in 1889, and her Majesty person,
ally interested herself in Mrs. Skeats
welfare
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
California Limited.

Santa BE Route Leaves Sundays Tuesdays
and Fridays. Elegant service Vesti6ted
sleepers, observation cars. Harveys DiHius
Cars through from California to Chicago WIN
out change Get full particulars at company
office. 62S Market St
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

Jack Chnn has been indicted down in Kentucky
There is feeling Of disgust there because he threat
.ned to shoot and didn't.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
ADJUSTMENTS.

Columbia-'Fedora'
Tivo-'The Pretty Poacher.'
lAlcazar-'.A Social Hghwayman,"
ny Vaudeville.
Dewey. Of Manila.
Grand Opera House-Elis Opera Co., in Faust"
Chutes Observation-Disclosures afternoon
Olympia-Corner Ellis specialties
Central Park-The Steepechase.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

Porto Rico is bowling for liberty, and the people
OF the island would not know what to do with it if
they had it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
THE SEASON OF GRAND OPERA.

TOR the grand opera company, for its brilliant
stars for the nebulous lesser lights of chorus and
orchestra that surround them for all parts OF the
galaxy Of music and song San Francisco has the most
cordial welcome in her heart. She will manifest it
again and again during the season by the capping of
hands, by rapturous recalls, by gifts of flowers and
indeed by every form of delighted approval the COR
ventonates of civilization permits
The fashion OF great capitals and imperial courts
has made attendance upon grand opera high social
function which all people Of pretensons have to at
tend whether they like it or can afford it or not
Furthermore, there is always in every community
considerable class who have dominating desire to
see and to hear whatever is talked of, and that
class is always ready pay high price for novelties
of any kind whether they be prizehghters artists or
state dignitaries
Both the social swels and the curiosity seekers will
be we'll represented every performance of the opera
but they will not be sufficiently strong give the
to the audiences materially affect the spirit with
which the music and its gifted interpreters will be
ceved San Francisco is essentially a musical city
cosmopolitan in its culture and its taste in that di
rection capable of drawing from its population a
host OF devotees to the French, the German the
Italian, or even the Russian school Of music but all
united in genuine appreciation of whatsoever is high
ana noble in the art.
The liberal support which will be given to the grand
opera even at the hgh prices nXed or cnalrS stalls
and boxes cannot be regarded other than an evil
dence that the people have profound longing for
what is truly graceful sweet and marked with the
dignity OF lofty endeavor Schiller has told us wit
wars with beauty everlastingy" It's lambent flame of
nockery, varying from pleasant jest to offensive
sheer, blazes continually around every temple where
Beauty is enslrned but never succeeds in destroy
ing it.
Men in their mistaken conceptions of their own
nature may say they like fun and froc and farces and
something that makes them laugh better than they
like the fair ideals great artists fashion for us, bit
when the test and a noble form of beauty ap-
pcas to them they yield ready homage to its power
SO now when the brilliant stars of the opera sing for
the sweetest strains OF music to which mortal ears
are attuned all of us who have the opportunity will
turn aside gladly from coarser joys and live for a
season in the delight of their enhancing art
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

HOTEL DEL CORoNADO-Take adyantass
OF the round-trip tickets. Now only s'y
steamship. including fifteen days board q.
motel; longer stay, So per day. Apply at new
montgomery ST.. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

An Eastern authority declares that the bodest oper-
ators on Wall street keep half drunk all the time. We
inclined to question this. Russell Sage has al
ways been pictured as a model Of sobriety.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

Admiral Dewey should come home if he feels like
it. There are enough Special commissioners of yell
low sheets in Manila now to run his lob
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
AUCTION SALES.

BY Easton Eldridge s. Co.-Tuesday. March Il, at u
m Estate a Market
Rhe & Thursday, March g. at u Real
5l3 California
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
MRS. Winslow's Soothing Syrup

Has been used for fifty years by millions Of
mothers for their children while Teething VITA
perfect success. 1t soothes the child soit-ns
the gums, allays Pain. cures Wind Collie veg
ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy ior
Diarfhoeas, whether arising from teethi"s or
other causes For sale by Druggists in every
part of the world. BE sure and ask for MIS-
Winalows Soothing syrup 25c n bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

Porto Ricos glad acclaim the arrival Of tn
Americans seems to have been delivered through tn
Porto Rican hat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

Perhaps one reason everybody refuses to pull chest
nuts out OF the fire for Burns is that they have
scrutnized the Goals and ascertaned that there is
nothing there but the chance of getting burned
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

naval officer has declined promotion because he
did not think he had earned it. While there is sup
posed to be nothing under the sun, occasionally
some citizen does manage to establish precedent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

According to a Pittsburg paper an Alderman of
Chicago has fined resident of that city SIS for lying
The statement has every air of probabity. In the
first place Alderman has no authority for doing
such thing, and in the second place he would not
recognize lie offense. 1t must be remembered
that Chicago is the of the embalmed beef in
dtistry.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

France has fired correspondent for failing to main
tain reserve, but had he maintained it his paper would
have fred him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

NATURALIZATION Fer. D.. City.
In the State of California there is no
charge in the Superior Court to any for
eigner who desires to obtain his first or
application is made to any of the Federal
courts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

HOTEL-Subscriber City. The hotel
INQUIRED about is owned by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. That com
pany will furnish all information desired.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

A CENTURY-R. D., City. A century
commences with the first year thereof
and runs from one to 100 inclusive, con-
secutiveIy. This department is not aware
that ANY nation commences to reckon
a century from So to $50, or, say from
1750 to 1850
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

PRISONERS AT SAN QUENTIN-A. S.
T. N. w. c., Lowell Hill, Cal. On the 18th
of February, 1899, there were in the pene.
which S76 were born in California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

SMITH AND VEST. X, City.
'sMvsterjous'' Billy Smith and Tommy
west fought in Bridgeport, Conn, about
two months ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

NS-SHARKEY-O. c. s.
Vallejo. Cal. The latest fight between
Fitzsimmons and Sharkey was for twenty
rounds or over.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

ED LEONARDO, City. The pugillstic
record for the years 1890 to 1895, inclusive,
do not disclose the name of Ed Leonard
as a prize-fighter. If there ever was
man by that name who figured in the
prize-ring in that period he has been over
looked by the record-makers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

LANGUAGE OF STAMPS-Mazie and
Ethel, City. In Answers to Correspond
ents in The Call of the 28th of January
of this year you will find the language of
stamps as explained to another CORE
spondent under the heading of Stamp
Filtration"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

STATE FLOWER-W. K, Vallejo, Cal.
In number of States, by vote of the
public school children, certain flowers
but the Legislature of Michigan is the
only one that has adopted State flower.
The flower of that State is the apDle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

THE MAINE-T. c., Oakland, Cal. The
testimony taken upon the inquiry as to
the cause of the destruction of the Maine
in the harbor of Havana does not show
that any officer of that vessel was at the
time of the explosion in conversation with
Blaneo, the Captain General of the island.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

~ Inc TWO oattleships to be built a. -.
, lnhines iron Works, London fop 60 the
t'rltish navy will be 4O5 feet in lenr., the
- eoo inches beam and displace 80 ~, %
inob IONS go, on mean draught of % feat :
inehes' The armor belt, Of Harve reet o
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

The Austrian frst-class torpedo-boat
Kigyo has been launched from the Var
row yard. She is 152 feet s inches in
length and 10 feet inches beam. and is
similar in all respects to the Cobra and
two other boats which have proved I'M
uualifiedIy successful.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

PUBLIC LANDS-S. K, City. A per-
son desiring information about public
lands, agricultural or mineral, should
make application at the land office of the
district in which he lives. A resident Of
this city should apply to the United
between Kearny and Montgomery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

drifts and. 100 tons of ore on the dump
which the owner will not sell just now
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13

nth voices of righteous indignation the pastors
~ OF the city yesterday united in denouncing the
Ingleside gamblers and the far reaching evil
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-07
SISTER RAPHAELLA.
She Was of Service to the Missouri Boy
at Two Important Periods.

She Was of Service to the Missouri Boy
at Two Important Periods.
From the Washington Star.
when l was small and not par
ticularly responsible boy" said an Off
GER of the regular army, now on leave
here, who was wounded in the San
Juan fight, II was one of the pupils of
parochial school in a small town in
Western Missouri. | fear l was pref
ty hard nut of a kid as boys go. I was
caned more than any boy in the school,
but the canings never had much effect,
upon me. ! was under the immediate
instruction of a sister of charity, but
when I was due for thrashng for
some bit of devilment or other-and I
was due, on an average, about four
times a Week-the sister would reluct-
antly turn me over to the principal of
the school, a clever and muscular
young fellow, who was also organist
of the Catholic church and instructor
of the choir. He always busted and
polished me off artistically on these
occasions, but, as / say, thrashings
didn't stick with me very long. 1t got
SO that l used to be called up by the
principal whenever any of the boys had
been up to mischief, and I took many
a welting that didn't properly belong to
| me. No matter whether I was doing a
little long-eared boy act and behaving
the kids got into a mess l was sum-
moned first and hammered with the
half of broom handle cut down fiat
just for luck. I at length ceased to
extract amusement from this sort of a
game and took to the nlan of playing
hockey for a month or so at stretch,
hiding my books under a plank side
walk in the morning and picking them
up again when l went home in the
afternoon. When I finally turned up
at school again, with clumsily forged
excuse for. Sister Raphaella, I was al
ways fool boy enough to fancy that I
had succeeded in pulling the wool over
her eyes; to imagine that she accepted
the penciled, big lettered misspelt 'ex-
cuse as the legitimate article and the
real thing.
II know now, of course that she saw
through me like a book, and l blush
now at the remembrance of my bland
impudence However, Sister Raphaella
always accepted these excuses. She
never gave me away to my people at
home. She knew that my father was
big boned and husky, and she didn't
want to bring calamity upon me. She
certainly was good to me in the face
of difficulties that little, quiet soft
voiced Sister Of Charity when I gave
her even half a show. She used to Oft
en- to forbear to report me to the princi-
pal when I became involved in thrash
able affairs, and it was never her fault
when | got licked. This Sister Ra-
phaella was then a woman of about
25 and thoroughbred to her fingers
ends-a genuinely accomplished woman.
She was pale and exceedingly lovely
face, and 'gentlewoman' was inscribed
all over her. By the time l was ready
to leave school to take a job as bum
die carrier for a dry goods store at
the salary of $3.50 week she had made
pretty decided hit with me, and
changed me a heap from the ruffian
/ had been when / first came under her
gentle, non-coercive, high grade guild
ance. l had a little talk with her on
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-07
JAMES LACEY ON TRIAL
One of the Men Charged With
the Reception Hold-Up.
WILBUR TRAVIS EVIDENCE
Said He Saw Lacey Take Stolen
Watch From Beneath Rock.
Also Saw Him With q
Tell-Ta1e Gun.

James Lacey, one of the three rob-
bers who held up the Reception and
Fountain roadhouses on the 9th OF last
July, was on trial in Judge Clancy s
court yesterday before a jury compos-
ed of Dennis M. Smith, John F. Foley,
Arthur Mcfarland, A. J. Wicks H. M.
Edwards, William Hill, w. Q. Roberts,
w. r. Rocheleau. William Busch, Will
liam T. Tonkin and Mike Jennings.
County Attorney Connolly prosecuted
the case. and George w. Taylor ap-
peared for Lacey. When the trial open
ed, the defendants attorney made a
motion to dismiss the case because the
trial was not had within six months
after the information was filed. The
motion was promptly overruled for the
reason that the delay in bringing the
defendant to trial was because he him
self had secured several continuances
The same witnesses who testified
against Mason, Lacey's partnerin crime.
were called by the state. but a great
deal of testimony introduced against
Mason was objected to and will prob
ably be ruled out The court has the
objections under advisement. The
strongest evidence against Mason was
that given by Wilbur Travis in depos-
ition to the effect that he had seen Ma
son get stolen watch which he had
hidden under a rock in the western part
OF the city, and also as to certain adj
missions made by Mason. Lacey,s at
torney objected on the ground that the
watch incident and the declarations of
Mason could not be used against Lacey.
Other testimony. however, shows that
Lacey and Mason were companions and
were always together before and after
the robbery, and Travis also told about
Lacey having gone to a Chinese res
taurant and secured a gun which he
had said had history connected with
it, and that he would not want to be
caught with it in his possession.
Miss Etoile Harper, who was at the
Reception when it was held up testi-
fed that she was there with a friend
from Salt Lake, and that one of the
masked robbers ordered her friend to
throw, up his hands and told her to keep
her seat. She refused to keep her seat,
however, but jumped up and pulled the
mask off his face and dared him to
shoot her. He did not shoot. She had
a good look at the mans face, and posi-
lively identified him as Lyons one of
the three men afterwards arrested, but
who was released at the preliminary
hearing through the assistance Of an
alibi gang. Miss Harper said she did
not identify the other two robbers, but
their general descriptions answered
those of Lacey and Mason.
Court was compelled to adjourn about
4 o'clock, because Police Captain Daw-
son, one of the states witnesses, could
not be found. He had been subpenaed
but did not appear in court and bench
warrant was issued for him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-07
MARK TWAIN'S DAUGHTER.
Pretty Miss Clemens Inherits He
Fathers Witty Genius

faInerS WHY VENUS.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
The family of famous man is al
ways interesting to the worlds admir-
ers of the mans books or paintings or
whatever else he has accomplished for
good.
Clara Clemens the pretty daughter of
Samuel L. Clemens (.'Mark Twain"), is
a deserved favorite in Viennese socie-
tv where the family of Mr.. Clemens
are spendin" their second winter.
Miss Clemens is beautiful girl, and
inherits her fathers ready wit and his
love of pleasant company. In Florence,
when she was still a slender miss in
short dresses, she was known along the
Arno quays as La Belle Signorina -
and was one of the celebrities of the
town almost equally with her distin-
guished looking pana, who was as great
a lion in Italy as he is now in Austria
When Miss Clemens went to Vienna
she began taking singing lessons under
the best masters. as SO many girls in
society do, simply as an added accom-
plishment.
This year, however, she is devoting
herself seriously to the study of music,
having learned that she is the possessor
of a voice of singular sweetness and
power. 1t is expected that she will de-
vote her talent to the concert stage.
Mark Twain himself is supposed to be
writing book about Vienna. Certain
ly few foreigners ever become so thor
oughly acquainted with the city as he
has. He likes the Vienna people, and
spends much time STUDYING their life
and manners.