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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-24
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~ L CHI. sacto
I J Dalton, Fresno
T Maynard. Bakersfid
iG A Barmerman, Cal
] G Clements, Oakdale
A ] Merritt. Manila
HOTEL
II Nelson. Australia
f w Saunders. Aus
tralia
Mrs J c Drake, L Ang
] A Chanslor. Coalinga
J NJ Washburn. No
L e Washburn, Mo
MISE T Washburn. Mo
Miss e B Van Brunt,
kansas City
J I Kelly, Mass
Mrs II C Guiteau, L A
J r Martin, Los Ang
v B Stewart. Los Ang
lC Jones, Los Angeles
A Z Burns, Ariz
/ L Lyon. Redlands
J F Carter. y 8 n
T K Mullen. U S A
D w Denneth. VT
Mr. Krumhauer. Ger
Mrs Krumhauer. Ger
J F Hallinanan, n Y
Mrs J r Halllnan, NY
A Knab. Cincinnati
II Kind. New York
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Mrs NJ Cole, New York
Miss G Cole. New York
Mrs Armstrong, Or
J NJ Geroge az W, Or
" E Reavis, San Jose
D W Church, Pocatello
c AckerTnan g. I'm, Cal
PALACE
L Rosenberg. n 7
J H Rohrbacher, USA
Z 2 Weed. Boston
J T Knight. U s A
r A Trimble, Cal
r W Jones. Salt Lake
G. Lavagnino. 8 Lake
F Sturtevant. Paris
Baron de BatZ. Paris
A N Godfrey, Menlo
J H Codgaardt. y Y
II HenOcR. chicago
] r Farraher. Yreka
D Biers. n Y
r II Miner, Los Ang
Mrs r II Miner, L A
It NJ Schumacher. Chic
J McKenna. Wash DC
V de Crosse. Russia
J P heather. Chicago
r ] Burdette. Cal
Mrs r J Burdette. Cal
X W Brown. Coalinga
r NJ Fletcher, Ind
Mrs R NJ Fletcher. Ind
@ G. Sichel. Portland
Mrs H Meyer. N 7
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JAMES NICHOLS, President
T q RICHARDS, Secretary.
S,ihsnrfbed and sworn to before me, this z2d
""' - FRED B. SEYMOUR
Notary Public.
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Net amount Of Risks
written during the
wear ..r-. ........s'
Net. amount of Risks
expired during the
year ..........'-..-'.-
Net amount in force
Decern Der 81, lS9s..-..
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A w. DAMON. President
g. J. HALL, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st
day Of January, 1889. P. 8. BAILEY,
Notary Public,
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Net amount OF Risks
written during the
year -...-....-...- .s.....
Net amount of Risks
expired during the
year ..............-.
Net amount in force
December 81, 1893.
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LEADING AMERICAN COMPANIES
INSURANCE COMPANY

OF SPRINGFIELD. IN THE STATE OF
~ Massachusetts. the 3ist day Of Decem-
Der. A. D. 1898. and for the year ending on that
day, made to the Insurance Commissioner Of
the State OF California, pursuant to the provi-
sions OF sections 610 and GIL OF the Political
Code. condensed as per blank furnished by the
Commissioner.
CAPITAL
Amount Of Capital Stock, paid Up
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
PROTEST AGAINST EXAMINATIONS.

A a o
the public
and besknown
cho IN the of all who
schools
1t happens of
time
he of
our
er the grammar
pupils promoted
the records monthly the
h year is OF ar about
record that he return or hones
"orK perhaps n9) 90 per questions
with There
to
cun @
0
reality
As mother children
both boys through
to
tey t are n aq 5o and which after their year of study belongs them "
being promoted who should not be place
in the of
The trouble When Webster shall
suppl hgoodte add
burdens the children and their well the
# to these inevitable
e ''A"D 90 D r III"
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THE TEACHERS SIDE.


While
their
and
tc not municipal
1
OF
sired
book force Besides
high
paayz when this
SECOND revision had be made later and this later the about
an
which
all day arithmetic alone she could
could certainly not have made the little pint before her hold the gozd
of
They required study the earth
habtants the different and different
OF tomonne
The desk took up the Burden and faithfully did her best
pousy examined them this Improbable
Then teacher little tmewhat
educational ladder the thundbt
that had dTopped
h
Of her pupils For thing she the teacher is
mott mot ho g ape ever @ S % % with @s @ te G are of her Hn No Mo-
children from the little up--not from the
be to
Faihn % neiigent n
work thankless task
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TWO KINDS OF TREASON.

To the Editor of The Call There good food for thought reflection
of all
the
of
to stf
o
OF to the
i 0
of treaso dndco
in
is be
of of men
a al
he
to men of Ito liberty
backin
to lis
s
implica ha q
thin,
San Francis La
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AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

Judge T. c. Law of Merced is at the
Lick. a
General f. c. Humphreys of Denver a
at the Lick.
Lieutenant C. A. McAllister is at the
Occidental
Lieutenant Jack Parsons, Z. S. A, is at
the Grand.
f. Liddeke merchant of Centerville,
is at the Lick.
Lieutenant D. C. Hanrahan, L. s. N. is
at the Occidental.
]. F. Devendorf. a real estate man of
San Jose. is at the Grand.
Fred A Hines prominent undertaken
of Los Angeles, is stopping at the Palace.
Samuel Newman formerly secretary Of
the Railroad Commissioners under the
last regime. and Michael Welch, returned
from Chicago yesterday, where they at
tended the meeting of the American
Ticket Brokers Association, of which
they were elected members.
James C. Talmage, representative of the
Grand Trunk Railway system, in charge
of the Pacific Coast Agency at Los An
geles, is in the city, Mr. Talmage has
come TO look over the territory in the in
terest of his road. He is the son Of A
A. Talmage, recently deceased, who was
one of the big railroad men of his day,
having been first vice president and gem
eral manager of the Wabash system for
years and holding a similar position with
the Missouri Pacific
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pontmen took it out OF the category of the uniform
precedents was outspoken, as is usual with him. in
ranking himself with the minority The Congress
sona Record shows that, on February 2S, 1898, the
| Senate Committee Privileges and Elections re
ported the resolution declaring that Corbett not
entitled to admission This resolution was adopted
by the vote already stated Senators Morgan and
Quay were paired and neither actually voted which
was legally and fully equivalent to by Senator
Quay against Corbett
On March g. 1890, the regular terms OF Senators
White, Quay, Gray and Cannon, respectively OF Calf
forna OF Pennsylvania, of Delaware and OF Utah, ex
pred and in each OF these States, the Legislature in
Joint convention then voting for Senator, and
a deadlock existed which remained unbroken until
adjournment. On the authority OF the Delaware
case, as the OF each of these four Senators
pired by limitation il the several Legislatures
had not been in session. there could have been no
vacancy that it within gubernatoral authority
to fill But, as there was no recess" and the four
Legislatures simply failed to elect within the distinct
provisions OF the constitution appointment could
be made without palpablc usurpation and such ap
pointment could be indorsed without dshonor 1t is
true that the Senate of the United States resembles
every other legislative body in the fact that it is the
sole judge OF the qualifications of its members
but it has been understood that because pos
sessed the power, it justified in violating con-
stitutional obligations 1t is possible that it might
seat subject OF Great Britain or of Russia, or
Tagal, who had never even declared intention to
be naturazed, and without one of the qualifications
prescribed in by the constitution Any of these
acts would be and possibly less unprincpled
and injurious than the ratification of the gubernatoria
appointment OF Matt Quay or Dan Burns
Matt Quay at least possesses ability and experience
and he has evidently laid up social capital with his fe
low members Dan Burns is paragon OF incapacity
and OF saturated political corruption whose record
alone amounts to positive disqualification for any
office. But, without reference to the distinctions be-
tween the two men, to seat either through the as
sumption of legislative powers by State executive
would be revolutionary proceeding that presump
tively is impossible in the Federal Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
Poker Cases Continued.

When the cases of the poker players in
the Metropole Club were called in acting
Police Judge Groezinger's court yester-
day they were by consent continued till
June 2. The suggestion was made last
Wednesday that the defendants should
plead guilty and nominal fine be imposed.
The cases of the players in the Palace
saloon were called in Judge Graham $
court, and at the request of Attorney Ach,
for the defendants, they were continued
till next Saturday, to be set.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.


ac9n and pride the extensive that are being made
York
hppdf
'front.' city not
w. Sixth stree
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THE BOERS AND THE BRITISH.

I JERE not public interest in foreign affairs so
\Nl distracted from one quarter of the globe to
another by mbroglios in China, Samoa, the
Philippines and Central Africa, there would be much
both OF amusement and instruction to be gained by
studying, at least closely observing and following
the course of events in the Transvaal. The mutual
relations of the British and the Beers when the char
actersties and the comparative strength of the
people are considered about interesting as any
thing OF the sort be found in all the pages of his
tory
1t was with jealous willingness to take up "the
white mans burden the British went to the land OF
the Beers They found there a people who not
developing the rich resources OF their SOIL people
so barbarous they would rather take life easy in the
herding OF cattle than to work hard in digging gold
By wayof bearing their burdens for them the British
got possession OF the gold mines and then tried to
get possession of the country also Just there they
struck snag The Boer preferred to carry his own
burden and showed readiness to fight and fight
hard before he would let himself be relieved OF it.
! AS the case stands now the Boer has the burden
He runs the government and the Brtsher has moth
ing do except to work. He is relieved OF all
and responsibility in the Transvaal The Boer prac
tices upon him policy OF benevolent assimilation"
as soon as he comes into the country. He is allowed
encouraged and even gently enforced to pay taxes
His children are paternally compelled to learn the
Boer language H is himself educated in Boer Gus
toms, given the wholesome discipline OF Boer laws
and in every way carefully guarded, nursed and
trained to be fit take part in the government when
the Boer in his wisdom sees fit to grant it.
! British settlers in the Transvaal getting, in
fact, just what the British in other lands dealing
out the natives. Yet they do like it. They are
eager to help bear the burden They desire to under
take OF the aborious responsibilities OF holding
office and administering public affairs. They cannot
see how we'll off they in a region where every
thing done for them, and where they have nothing
to do except pay and learn to speak South Al
rican Dutch.
/ OF course the situation cannot long endure The
Beers but a feeble folk in comparison with the
race whom they have undertaken to hold in leading
strings Their little primitive republic has been sur
rounded by the swelling and advancing tide of British
aggression, and sooner later it must be submerged
It's doom is plainly written as was that of the pas
toral Spanish Californans in the old days when the
first American adventurers crossed the mountains
and discovered the richness of their land.
No amount OF courage, patriotism or dogged stub
bornness protect people in this generation who
stand against civilization The Beers must either
swim with the current perish That much is sure
but, nevertheless, they making good fight and
giving the world its interesting lesson on the
subject OF burden bearing that is now being taught
in any part OF the world.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
Marine Firemen's Funds.

Two additional charges of felony en-
bezzlement were booked against Patrick
Rogers, ex-financial secretary of the Ma
rine Firemen's Association, yesterday
The allegation, is that he embezzled the
sums of $500 and $500. The charge of en-
bezzling $50 was reduced to misdemeanor
embezzlement in Judge Mogan's. court
defendant asked that all charges should
be embodied in one complaint but the
Judge said he was not in a position to so
<rdar-
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Rock Island Route Excursions.

Leave San Francisco every Wednesday. via
Rio Grande and Rock Island railways. ThrougL<
tourist sleeping ears to Chicago and Boston.
Manager and porter accompany these excur-
sions through to Boston. For tickets sleeping
car accommodations and further information
address CLINTON JONES, General Agent
Rock Island Railway. ga Market ST.. 9. 5a
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, May pa. Goodman of
San Francisco is at the Vendome; -
Brett of San Francisco is at the mpeT
rial Reginald White of San Francisco is
at the Hoffman; A. W. Merrill of San
Francisco is at the Fifth Avenue; J. B.
Stetson of San Francisco is at the Abe
marie; DR.. C. C. Kenyon of San Fran
cisco is at the Manhattan. Henry A But
ters. wife and daughter, are passengers
on the Umbria, sailing for Liverpool to-
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
A Work of Art.

The new book. wonderland" just issued bys
the Northern Pacific Railway Company. is the
prettiest publication issued by any railway
company this year It is full of beautiful half
tone Illustrations and contains besides a we'll
written description of a trip taken over this
finely equipped line, including a tour through
the wonderful Yellowstone Park. Send &c in
stamps and it will be mailed to you. T. X
stateler, Gen. Agt., 6SS Market ST. San Fran
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
Jananese Shoemaker Missing.

7. Hoshimo, SCI Larkin street, reported
TO the police yesterday the disappearance
of Teisuke Okamote, a shoemaker at 1l01
buchanan street, who left his home Fri
dav afternoon. leaving note that he was
going to commit suicide. He is about 50
wears of age
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 80 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main lO4Z.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Columbia-''The Moth Flame
Grand Opera House-'The Gypsy Baron
Orrheuu-Vaudeville.
Alcazar-'In Mzzoura-"
Tivol-"The Mandarin"
and evening.
Olv1npia-Corner Mason Ellis streets-Specalties
Interstate Panorama Co. street near Eighth-at-
al Manila Bay.
Sutro Baths-Swimming Races. etc
Ice Toboggan Grounds Dolores and Twentyfttn streets
Glen Park Mission and Circus to-day
Sherman-Clay Hall-Kneisel Concert This Afternoon
Recreation ParB-Basebal to-day
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

CZAR OF RUSSIA-S., City. 1t is es-
timated that the yearly revenue OF the
car of Russia is $12,0OO,OOO
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

The best gift for your Eastern friends,
Townsend's California Glace Fruits, SOC 10
in fire-etched boxes or Jap baskets. 6ZI
Market street, Palace Hotel building.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

FANNY DAVENPORT-J. I. S. City.
Fanny Davenport, the actress, was born
in London, England, July s, 1929, and died
in Canton, Pa, July 20, 1891.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

What godsend it would be to California if its
Legislatures could be made up OF members from the
Cuban army! Uncle Sam has been trying hard re-
Gently to give each OF them his share of $3oooooo but
not SENS to be out for the stuff
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

CENSUS MARsHAL-A G., City. When
the Census Marshal for California is
named the announcement will be made IN
the news columns Of The Call
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

The three Judges of the criminal division of the
Superior Court have announced that, unless the Su-
pervsors furnish the wherewithal to feed men en-
gagged in jury duty, they will hear no more criminal
cases. Next thing we know relief committees for the
succor of starving jurors will be all the go in San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

Dom Paul desires reform in the Transvaal and the
British in that republic desire reform also Such being
the case, it is pity that the reform which each de-
sres is law providing means for running the
other out OF the country
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

The direction of the fence that Coils P Hunting
ton is trying to build around the earth will have to
be changed again. The Supreme Court has Just de-
cded that there several very valuable sections of
land in Los Angeles County that the Southern Pa
cifc Railway will have to yield up.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

I AN-KILRAIN-Daily Subscri-
bers. City. The fight between John L. Sui
livan and Jake Kilrain took place at Rlch-
burg Miss. July S, 1889. Sullivan won in
| seventy-fiYe rounds.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

The dispatches announce that Nicaragua is ami
mated by intense hatred OF Americans There
have been instances where fear proved be the only
highway to popularity, and Nicaragua seems to
have been looking for sound thrashing for some
time
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

PAWNBROKER'S CHARGEs-E.. NJ,
Citv. Pawnbrokers are not allowed to
charge any more on small loan than on
a large one The law says that the in
terest that may be charged shall not Do
more than . per cent month.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

TAX C6LLECTION-A. W. H, Gala
veras. Cal A settler upon United States
land does not pay taxes TO the. State or
county on his land so long as the patent
has not been issued to him. but he is LA
Bile to the State or county for taxes on
improvements.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

MEDALS FOR SOLDIERS = A Sub
scriber. City Every Californian who en-
listed in the service Of the United States,
in whatever branch, during the war. with
tive Sons committee on medals for the
brave.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

POLLTAX-O. S, Oakland, Cal. The
fact that a man is employed on a river
steamer in any capacity Except he is a
Federal ofIicer) does not in California eX-
empt him from the payment OF polltax
unless he is under u or over SO years OF
age an untaXed Indian, an idiot, pau
per or an insane person.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

LAND TO. sOLDIERS-A. S, Oakland,
Cal. A soldier who served in the war with
Spain is entitled to take up Government
land, but the only benefit he derives is
that he may have the time he served in
the war deducted from the time of resi-
dence required on the land. He must take,
the. same steps TO secure the land that
any other citizen would have 10 take in
has no authority to sell his right TO take
| IN land.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

IS OR ARE-W O.. City. As in the
sentence written, ''tons of water is the
prime object. it is grammatical to say
five hundred tons of water are evap-
grated" If water was the prime object,
it would be proper to say, water TO the
amount of 500 tons is evaporated.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
THE CONFERENCE A Failure.

THE Peace Conference will be abortlve' Mr..
White has already sufficiently admitted Its
failure
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

REVENUE STAMPS-S. G., Oakland
Cal The following is d complete list OF
the denomination of stamps issued under
the war tax law: DocumentarXsmall l. 2
g. A. 5 TO- 25 40 50, 50 cents, 81, So, 50, SO
$50, $50: proprietary-1s, a, g, Is, i, IA,
rs. 2, 21s, S34, and cents.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

TRANSPORTS FROM MANILA-E. H.
CITY. No one in San Francisco can tell
when the transports that are to bring
back the volunteers will r~1ch port. They
will make the trip from Manila to san
Francisco in about thirty days You viii
have to watch The Gail for the announce
ment of departure and the vessel will
reach the port of destination in from
tMentY-siX to thirtN-tWO daEs.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

I COUNT IN CASIN0-J H K and ].
NJ. City. In game OF casino if two.play-
ers on the last play have each an equal
number of points to make to go out and in
that play each should score an equal
number of points, he one holding cards
would be entitled to count first and that
being the case would go out.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

PEOPLEs-H S, City. People" il
used when the more exact term, race
nation or language. would be misleading
as the people of England or in tn
plural the Bantu peoples. Iennyson
in Locksley Hall. has: with the stand
ards of the peoples plunging thro' tn
Thunderstorm" In Revelation, x:2, is
"And ne said unto me. Thou mus
prophesy again before many peoples ant
nations and tongues and kings.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

THE HEAVY BATTERY-L. c. $,
City. There is no advice at this time in
this city as TO when the First California
Heavy Artillery L. :. V. will return to
San Francisco nor that it Will come with
the First California Volunteers. When
that artillery leaves for San Francisco
the fact will be made known by telegraph
The Call
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
PRESSURE OF A CAR.

MAR c. P HUNTINGTON displays bravado
to degree unequaled by any other AHeri-
can capitalist He has the courage not merely
OF his convictions, but of his interests He has ar
rived in San francisco with his vestbule train and
with his retinue OF ten servants and has instantly
assumed tone OF arrogance that conqueror OF
ancient times or Oriental despot OF the present cen
turv could have excelled He stgnlatzes the people
OF the State who resisted and defeated his proposal
to fund the Central Pacific debt for hundred years.
at the rate of per cent per annum, turbulent,
and dehanty announces in relation to the debt itself
that 1T is from the patrons of the road, largely Cali
fornians, that the money must come as the road has
no other means OF earning it" The fact antici-
pated but not that it would be presented in the form
of an edct or a ukase.
The funding bill, as originally proposed,
beaten not by small faction, but by the almost
unanimous action of the people OF California. There
was strong DESIRE which still exists, for peace and
cooperation with the railroad If consistent with the
preservation of our liberty and our independence,
and but for the treacheries of the last campaign and
of the closed legislative session an era of harmony
might have been already inaugurated. There is STILL
as there has always been among citizens who repre-
sent industry, enterprise and capital, inclination
to prolong the strife that unquestionably does play
into the hands OF demagogues. But the dogmatsm
and the dictatoria expressions of Mr. Huntington
appear to indicate that he longer recognizes the
right OF the inhabitants of California even to call their
souls their own.
1t is pity that this venerable railroad capitalist,
who has impressed his individuality upon every en-
terprise with which he is connected should abso-
utely fail in ordinary respect for his fellow citizens
and should seriously regard himself as the Gar OF
California if not OF the Union. 1t may be true that
the patrons OF the Central Pacific will have to pay
its debt but it is also that the collateral proper
ties and the private fortunes that the railroad people
have extracted from the toll and sweat OF our citizens
and that, 100, by diversions of revenue and appro-
prations OF capital and income that would not be
sanctioned in any honest court of equity would
cover at least six or eight times its amount It is
barely possible though not probable that this coun-
try may drift into imperialism and that Mr.. Hunt
ington and those who act with him may acquire in
law the position they usurp in fact. But unless
this deplorable transformation OF institutions oc-
the time is at hand when effective ways and
means of resisting railroad exactons and railroad
tyranny will be devised The successors OF Nh
Huntington at least likely to pay some attention
to the voices of American communities