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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
TRAGEDY AND DESTINY.

\ I ESTERDAY flags were: flying hait-nasfea IN :,
honor~of. the men who year ago perlShed
as the&AIaire went dowr.: They had been muir
dered by treachery most foul but far as IS per
1nitted human agency TO avenge wrong the score
has been more than evened For life, life has been
exacted and for the destruction of ship fleets
have been swept from the sea
But great as was the horror at the deed OF unPro~
voked slaughter, keen was the thirst tor gus
tce it is hardly probable that anybody could pierce
the future so as to discern that which since has hap
pened. The tragedy OF ship has become the tragedy
al a nation and it may be that the very life OF
another and greater nation will some day go. out
because OF the policy inaugurated when America
quvering with holy wrath, arose IN her awful mght
to remember the Maine
Because one ship was destroyed, and the brave
men who were sleeping, unsuspicious and unatrald
were coined in her shattered hulk, to-day SPAN Is
without navy her valiant soldiers rest in unnamed
graves her possessions have been taken from her,
and there IS LETT to her nothing but the memory OF
glory deDarted But we have not been unscathed.
On alien shores IS heard the tread OF armies.
Under the heights Of Santiago and the walls OF
Manila our dead are at peace We think OF them
with heartache and with tears, as OF those above
whom affection strewed flowers yesterday at Havana
The Maine has been remembered, and forever it
will be remembered, for when those who live now and
know its story shall have been called, there will still
remain consciousness that even in war with a
weaker power Americans displayed courage and
achieved fame And there will remain problems the
blowing up OF the Maine made possible, questions OF
policy, rayhap the chance of fatal error.
For the time let all this pass, Let us honor the
bravery that went to death and the bravery which IS
ready to go. nor dwell upon the somber problems
which patriotism and diplomacy must face.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
Telegraph Rates Reduced.

The Western Union Telegraph Company
announces the following reduction IN
rates to Cuba and Porto Rico: On and az
ter February 10. 1899. the rate from all
Western Union offices on the Pacific Coast
will be reduced as follows:
To Havana, Cuba, 50 cents per word, in
stead of the present rate of 80 cents per
Word. to Cienfuegos, Casilda and Tunos,
C,1ba % cents per word beyond Havana;
TO Jucaro. Santa Cruz. Manzanillo and
Santiago, Cuba. % cents per word beyond
Havana: to all offices in Porto Rico the
rate will be So cents per word, instead IF
81 q per word as at present. Correspond
ing reductions to inland places in Cuba
have been made, a full list of which will
be published shortly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
MILLIONS HANG ON
THE LAWYERS WORDS
AN APPEAL TO THE SUPREME
COURT INVOLVING MUCH.
Argument in the Case
of Fox VS.. Mackay, Jones
and Flood.

The argument on appeal from the judg-
ment rendered by Judge Seawel IN the
Superior Court of this city in the case or
Theodore Fox vs.. John w. Mackay, Sen
ator John P Jones and the Comstock
Mining Company was had yesterday In
Department of the Supreme Court H.
G.. Sieberst and S. II. Regensburger APP
peared for the plaintiff, while the &c
PENDANTS interests were looked after by
W u r. Deal and Edmund Tauszky.
The case which involves several mil
lions of dollars presents many or me
features of the celebrated Hale q MOI
cross suit Flood Mackay and Jones
constituted the milling company Whlch
secured the contract to mill the ore from
the Consolidated California and virginia
Mining Company. Of which company foA
is q stockholder. : ~
mining company, in which concern ne
owned the controlling interest. FOX. tne
plaintiff, alleged that the mining cGIlpdh hS
was. through a conspiracy, controlled by
Mackay, Flood and Jones. charged an eA-
orbitant price by the milling company Ior
its service and that the conspiracy was
made possible and the extortion alloWeo
through the influence of Mackay, VINO
controlled the mining company, WhiIe
being part owner in the mill; he
therefore brought suit to compel Ma Ma,
to account for moneys received ana 10
make restitution of all gains resulting
from the alleged fraud.
THE case was heard by Judge SeaWell
In the Superior Court, and on December
& 1895, a judgment was rendered by MIN
in favor of the defendant, he holding tnat
as for over three years all the stockhQ 9lCl,
ers of the mining company had full
knowledge of the contract with the mill
company, and as they acquiesced IN all
the material points 1T contained they by
such acquiescence ratlned them ana lost
BY their Iaches the right to demand 1t be
aside.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS.

Mrs. A. c. Broyles and son of Chico are
guests at the Lick.
Charles B. Younger, an attorney of
Santa Cruz, is at the Lick
w. c. d. Easton Of Chichester, Eng,
is registered at the Palace.
M. Schauer and wife of Chicago are
among the guests at the California
J. L. Barham of Red Bluff put his name
on the Grand register last evening
James G. Kline of Philadelphia is at
the Lick and is accompanied by his wife.
F. D. Blodgett, NJ. D., a prominent ply
stefan of Tulare, is staying at the Grand
NJ. ]. Wright. State Surveyor General,
came up from Sacramento yesterday and
is making the Grand his headuarters.
Louis Dean, cattleman of Reno, and
Assemblyman P. H. Mack of Inyo Coun-
tv are two of the arrivals at the Russ.
E. w. Runyon, a Red Bluff banker; H.
B. Vercoe and wife of London and j. A.
Kunkel and wife of New York are guests
at the Palace.
First Lieutenant Fred NJ. Yale of the
First Nebraska Volunteers has returned
from the Philippines and is at the Occi-
dental en- route to his home.
Albert c. Larpenteur of Minneapolis,
Mimi, travelling representative of Field
and Stream, a magazine for sportsmen, is
a guest at the Brooklyn Hotel.
E. S. Churchill, a Napa banker; Frank
lin Balou of Leadville, Colo; and Pro-
fessor o. P. Jenkins of Stanford Univers-
ity are registered at the Palace.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
QUALIFICATIONS
OF HORSES1OERS

Editor of The Call: There appeared in
your valuable paper of February an ar
ticle under the head of "Paternalism Gone
Mad" If you will kindly grant space for
a reply will endeavor to cast some light
on the subject. You claim to never before
have heard OF a State establishing a
board to pass upon the qualifications of
horseshoers, and you venture to say that
the annals of legislation will be searched
in vain for an instance in which a
State has actually interfered with the
feet Of its beasts of burden. Now, let us
look at the facts in the case. In 1895,
when the first measure to regulate the
practice of horseshoeing was introduced
into the Legislatures Of Illinois and New
York some people were wont to take n
surprise at the suggestion that horse
shoers would demand the passage of such
a law as they had proposed. Little by
little the reasonableness of the PROPOSE
ton became apparent, and when it was
shown that in the almost unknown prov
inces of Western Europe similar laws to
those we were seeking were in force, and
that after all, it was but a measure of
an educational character that we sought,
opposition faded away and the open-eyed
legislators acQuiesced in many instances
to the wishes of the craft as we'll as to
those of a horse-loving community, whose
support of the proposed law was strong
and earnest.
Legislation for horseshoers may still be
said to be in its infancy, but it is a
healthy infant, and its kind. throughout
the, States and Canada is being willingly
fostered. This is solely due to the Master
Horseshoers' National Protective Associa-
ton whose interchangeable workers for the
betterment of the craft were instrumental
in pushing legislation that was of a ben
eficial as well as of a protective nature.
Once being recognized, it was seized upon
by all associations interested. Now we
have enacted laws in the States of New
York, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and
Maryland.
bills are framed for a number Of States
which will be enacted into laws ere the
1st of March, 1899 That legislation is
necessary for the craft and the public is
apparent The horseshoer wants pay for
his work and the public wants a man
to do it's work who knows the mechanism
and construction of the animal to be shod
and who has the ability to do the work
right. The restrictive laws cover all this
and should be enacted where a spark of
humanity turks in the breast of horse
owners and members of the craft. With
general all-round assistance the work can
be crowned with success.
In the cities in ,.s recent ee It'd years re-
indestructible material. while in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

it IS subjected intense heat the meat presents
repusiye appearance at first Furthermore, 1t u@n
spires that occasionally inferior article is 1ouid
But the records of the army prove that cahneu oeei
has been used for many years
1t is not likely that the controversy can De closeu
with such report that. 1t has never Deen eai
that all the canned meat was bad that all the resn
beef embamed The country expects an iise'
tigation of the specific charges made by Oenerai '
and not vague review of this kind. For that reason
therefore, the report of the commission VIII not DC
accepted as final The issue remains open
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
THAT TOBACCO RULING.
Leaf Dealers Will Hold Meeting
This Morninr to Consider 1t.

W OOAAS@NN~
All leaf tobacco dealers were yesterday
served with the following notice by the
local collectors of internal revenue:
Offce G. w Wilson Acting Commissioner IN
ternal Revenue. -, -
This office notes with some concern the pup
lication from the correspondent OF one OF tne
tobacco papers that leaf dealers in san fLaH
cisco have agreed among themselves TO sell al
retail not less than five pounds OF SuInatra 70
hacc6 ten pounds of Havana or tWenty-nVe
bounds of any variety of seed tobacco, TINS To-
bacco 10 he put UP in cases and 1t is presumed
10 he taken from the original package II 50
II would be in violation of the statute OF resu-
ia+ion and such action cannot be tolerated
The troubles of the small manufacturers
IF cigars have already been told. a re-
cent ruling has forbidden leaf dealers 70
sell less than a bale of any KING OF rear
tobacco, and the small manufacturers
mich AT one time. The law has been vloss
iated nending an appeal. The result OF
The appeaI is told in the foregoing letter:
Yesterday afternoon a meeting or lear
dealers was held and the matter gener-
allv discussed out no definite plan OF &C
ton could be agreed upon. An0 0
meeting will be held in Chamber OF com
merce Hall at 10 o'clock this morning
and i'm the meanwhile the law Will be rig
idly obeyed. .44,o., e
paid to the law in any part OF the yco unI5
trv hut San Francisco, but this is denied
nv the collectors of internal revenue, VINO
saw San Francisco merchants are tne
only people who have made any oOJec-
tionS to it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
FUNERAL OF JOHN CROWLEY
He Had Been a Postofice Employe
for Thirty-Four Years.

The funeral of john Crowley. one OF
the oldest clerks in the Postoftlce Depart
rnent, took place yesterday morning from
ST. Joseph's Church. The pall-bearers
were from the general PostoTnce Oh
washington street, as follows:
B. F. Mckinley, w. L. Stowell, II. A
Martin. A. w. Perry, A. j. Vining and II.
Schuck-
An elegant floral piece was donated by
the fellow clerks of the deceased. The
remains were inferred in Calvary Gem
Mr.. Crowley entered the postal service
thirty-four years ago in this city as box
clerk and made an excellent record. In
1S7a he became stamp clerk and continued
in that position up to few months ago,
when he became so feeble that ne was
taken from the window and given ughter
work to do in another department A III,
tie less than a month ago he went TO ped
sick. -. 80
leaves a daughter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
WITH
THE BOYS in
MANILA.


they now are. Most of them could speak
nothing at all in the elegant and courtly
tongue of CASTLE, and they all understood
even less than they spoke.
But they were anxious to learn d
whenever they caught a word or phrase
it was sure to find a Judgment in their
brains, whence It could easily be brought
forth when occasion demanded.
The trouble was that the bright stu
dent did not always wait for the occasion
to appear of its own accord. Often he
would be so proud of his new COM
plishment that he would attempt TO create
the occasion which would give him an or
portunity to display it. The creating ~ It
of the business was not always success
and sometimes resulted in the vain one
meeting with discontinue.
One day sentry was standing at his
post, when his colonel approached and
proceeded to put him through his PAGES.
do you know your general orders?' in
quired the colonel
81 do" responded the sentry.
''Recite them"
The sentry did so.
what would you do in case of FREQ
next asked the colonel.
discharge my piece. try to put the con-
fagration OUT call the guard and give TIE
general alarm replied the man.
Every good,'' said the colonel. Now, ny
boy, you are supposed to keep an eye IN
the Puente Colgante and to notice eveS-
thing passing up and down stream Are
you not?''
Eyes, sir" replied the attentive seftry.
"Well, then" and the colonefs tosom
swelled with gratifed anticipation Il the
effect his learning would have on tie SOL
der well, then, what would you do
if you saw a steam launch ffllh with
armed FiIipinos come blowing itsfway up
the Escolta?''
Drop dead" replied the sentIy.
The name of the river is Fasig. Es-
Gotta is the name of the prirsipal bust
ness street in the city.
When the colonel now spsaks to his
men he uses English; just plain every
day English: words of tso syllables.
Nothing more.
Mrs. S. o. L. Potter. wig left here two
months ago to join her husband, Major
Potter, brigade surgeon fof the Eighth
Army Corps, in Manila, Ias returned and
is now at the OccidentI
Charles w. Strine, assistant manager of
the Ellis Opera Company, which will APP
pear in this city nex3 month, is at the
Palace with his WIFE This is Mr.. strine's
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
REGULATE THE SHYLOCKS.

THERE are in this city, and probably IN all
other cities, a set OF men who lend money on
terms burglar would blush to exact. They
demand triple security extortonae interest payable
II advance. and as rule after having received in
interest much more than the face OF the loan,
take advantage OF the first lapse and foreclose They
are simply pawnbrokers who do not pay license, and
they should be made, not only to do this. but to so
transact their business that would not be robbery,
as now often is. person once in the clutches OF
one Of these financers is a helpless serf, tong to
fatten a master, and unhappily the law permits it,
When necessity forces man to mortgage his humble
possessions, and pay 10 per cent month interest.
that man IS being as cruelty despoied as though held
up at the point of pistol
The class of brokers who shave warrants seem also
Il need attention If a teacher hypothecate his salary
warrant for certain MONTH and the city having
ceptcd his services refuse to pay for them upon the
broker should be the discomfort. He can better at
ford 10 wait than the teacher, and if not willing
70 take the chance OF waiting has business to
enter upon the contract. II he buy a November
salary. and there happen to be no November salary,
the fault not resting with the teacher the loaner has
no moral right to take the salary OF succeeding
month The trouble IS, however, that these note
shavers do as they please and do not whether it
is right or not
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
REFORM THE POUND.

THE other day Acting Police Judge Barry is
sued warrants for the arrest of three deputy
poundkeepers on a charge OF stealing horse
from John Brennan, who resides at 2622 Cough
street Brennans story that the deputies broke into
an inclosed lot at the corner OF Green and Cough
streets and deliberately drove his horse out into the
street When he protested against the outrage the
deputies gathered around him and threatened to give
him good licking if he did not Immediately go
about his business.
Reference is made to this matter at the present time
for the purpose Of calling attention the
necessity OF reforming the public pound. The late
Board of Supervisors took the institution away from
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals
and placed it in charge of politician In spite OF
the numerous charges and complaints presented to
them these Supervisors refused to restore the pound
to its original managers. In other words, they con-
sidered politics paramount to the public interest
and they turned deaf ear to all exhortatons by
press and people.
The lawlessness to which we call attention may
very properly be considered by the present Board of
Supervisors the members of which are showing
MANY signs of desire to improve municipal condi-
tons We know of no department of the govern
1,ient in which the board could strike effective
blow for reform than in the department OF the public
pound What should be done is to dismiss the
poundkeeper and restore the institution to the con-
troll of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Whether this is done or not, the pound
should be taken out of politics.
Impounding estray animals is not an agreeable
business but there who will undertake it and
manifest some regard for the interests and feelings OF
the people At all events, it is unnecessary for the
poundkeeper to employ hoodlums and lawbreakers.
Throughout the long period during which the pound
was in charge of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals scandals appeared IN connec-
ton with it. Since it has become political attach
nient however the Police Court is constantly oc-
cuped with complaints against its managers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
The Steamers Collided.

?. NJ. Partridge has sued the Southern
Facific COMPANY to recover $4,000 damages
or personal injuries. Partridge was a
passenger on the Garden City on Feb
ruary 5. 1898, and on the trip to Oakland
that boat collided with the PIEDMONT.
Partridge was severely injured IN the ac-
cident. Hence his suit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
AMI ENIENTA

C6lamhia-.'lIacbeth.'
cafornia-''BIack Patti Troubadours"
Alcazar-'.A Gold Mine -..-.
Tivoii-' .siadeIeine or the Magic kiss.
Urpheurl--Vaudevile.
Comedy Spider ANA FIy.'...... ~
Mechanics, Payilon-six-day Cycle Race to-1ight. .
-hutes ana Zoo-Pianha. the Lady of Lions -:
Olympia Corner and Ellis streets speciates
Central Park-The Steeplechase. =. -
Jnglesi6e Race Track-Racss to-day. -.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
cA11FoRN1ANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia. Roullier OF
San Francisco is at the Imperial. A. l..
Mcleod of San Francisco is at the MARI
borough. Charles Woods Oh san FRAN
cisco is at the Cosmopolitan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

LURLINE-A correspondent of this de-
partment is very anxious to know the
origin of the word 'Lurline.' Can any
reader of this department furnish the de-
sired information?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

PROPERTY IN BOsTON-B.. City. For
the purpose of disposing of a piece Of
property in Boston, Mass, you had bet
ter consult some notary public who is a
commissioners for Massachusetts and he
will give you al the advice you may re-
Quire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

When the Amer
lean army of oc-
cupation first en-
tered Manila its
officers and men
were not quite as
well up in Span
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
Cal. glace fruit soc per lb at TownsendA'

Special Information supplied daily to
business noises and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen' 81, 80 Mont
gonery street. Telephone Main 1912.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

COURS DE CASSATION-P.. City. A
cours de cessation in the French Judiciary
is a court of appeal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

There is no occasion for surprise that the Chinese
are Staying the missionaries It must be remembered
that these good men and women are representatives
OF the cody nations which are even scheming
to steal China and discussing the project with all the
candor OF band of burglars
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

DEWEY AS REAR ADMIRABLE.
Citv George S. Dewey was created rear
admiral of the United States navy May
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

For tonic for the nervous and dyspeptic
nothing equals little Angostura Bltters. Inc
yenr.rle. Dr. Slegert's, in port or sherry
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
n the Div rec Courts.

Elise hansen filed suit for divorce from
Marcus NJ. Hansen yesterday. alleging
or,,aI+1. as cause of action. Helen z.
S Srn7l i{as sued George C. Grey for a di-
VorSa alleging failure to provide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

France is said to be preparing for war with Eng
land The nature of the preparations is not declared
but it is probably analogous that Of the boy who
anticipated hostile meeting with his father and for
tilted his rear elevation by secfeting there dried
Goldfish
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

Advocates OF horse meat for the table do not realize
the character OF the prejudice they have combat
II is not that the flesh is uncleany, but that ordinary
people think too much OF horse to want him
slaughtered, The idea strikes them move in the
direction OF cannibalism.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

An interesting feature of the story that Gomez has
offered his sword to Porto Rico is the nerve of the
person promulgating it Porto Rico is not in need
OF swords.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

According to the press, the DAILY temperature froze
the soul" OF Miss Bates. Probably misprint for
sole" and delicate hint at cold feet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

AS to regulars and volunteers the safest is
not to monkey with either one of them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16

The Dreyfus scandal and own embalmed bee
episode ought to pair.