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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Owing to- Filibustering the Oakland
and Stockton Public Build
ing Bills Are DELAYED.

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-The Oakland
and Stockton public buildings bills did not
pass to-day nor did any other bill ap-
propriating money for public buildings ex-
cept that for Newport News, Va. Dock
cry, Payne and others made strong fight
and filbustered the entire afternoon. 1t
is believed that Speaker Reed instigated
their opposition, for 1t Is well known that
he has never favored extravagant appro-
priations for those or any other purpose.
In the last Congress and first session of
this he refused to grant time for consid-
Grafton of public building bills reported
by committee. Finally, however the
Committee on Rules granted two days
yesterday and to-day for their consid-
Grafton. Most of this time was consumed
in passing these measures through COM
mittee of the whole-forty-fou yesterday
and fifteen to-day. The remaining time
that passed the House was that urged by
c. p. Huntington for Newport News.
The failure to pass the Oakland and
Stockton bills was great disappointment
but they hope that an omnibus bill
carrying all these appropriations will yet
be passed. Chairman Mercer of the Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds Committee be-
lieves he can get another day for the con-
sideratfon of such an omnibus measure
Senator Perkins and Representative
Barlow will appear before the Senate
Committee on Commerce tomorrow and
urge an appropriation of 1892 900 for the
inner harbor at San Pedro. The river and
harbor bill as passed by the House only
provides an appropriation for the outer
harbor
The Postoffice Department has accepted
the proposition of Jacob Weissbein and
has leased room in the Cabinet build
ing. Grass Valley. Cal. for q postoffice at
that place for the next fiscal year, at a
rental of 500.
The Postoffice Department has detailed
a postal inspector to investigate the mat
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09

that the membership is probably not
now much more than one-quarter what
it was a few years ago. Members have
been dropping out because they saw
how things were going, and did not
care to risk their savings in the hands
of those who had charge of the funds
of the association under conditions as
they existed. The shareholders have
elected a new board of directors, and
they will, l am satisfied, soon place
the association on its feet. The $4,000
which the association had on deposit
in the Union Savings Bank when it
failed had no right to be there. 1t
should have been in the hands of the
treasurer"
The new board of directors referred
to was elected at the annual meeting
of the shareholders last night, when
all but three of the old board were
dropped. Frank Wright expected to
control the election as he had others
in the past, but he was out-maneu-
vered. At this meeting several mem
bers complained of their inability to get
money due on matured shares, and de-
manded the reason, but they could get
no satisfactory answer
The adjourned meeting of the depoS-
itors of the Union Savings Bank was
held in Turn Verein Hall this morning.
The steering committee appointed at
yesterdays meeting reported in favor
of perfecting a permanent oTganiza-
tion and also recommended the en-
ployment of attorneys to look after
their interests. The report was taken
up by sections and adopted so far as
it referred to organization. A perma-
nent organization was then effected by
the election Of the following officers:
President, c. w. Childs; secretary, z.
c. Rodrick treasurer, San Jose Safe
Deposit of Savings Bank
1t was provided that only such funds
as are collected shall be paid out by
the treasurer on the order of the
finance committee. The finance COM
mittee consists of the permanent of
ficers and F. n. Britton, F. w. Porter
D. G. Hurlburt, E. T. Petit and A. E.
Holmes. The committee was instruct
ed to obtain all necessary. facts in re-
lation to attorneys fees and the mode
of procedure which may be necessary
to secure the claims of the depositors
and report on Saturday morning, to
which time the meeting adjourned
1t is not thought by those familiar
with the methods of winding up the
affairs of a defunct bank that the
movement inaugurated by the deposit
ors will have the success expected. but
that better results will be obtained by
awaiting the action of properly con-
stituted authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
FITZPATRICK A CHAMPION.
His stanch Stand Against Corruption
Now Bearing Fruit.

In the light of the lately uncovered VII
Isinies of the old Board of Education, Mr.
Kilpatrick's war with that pody Is
weighted with interest. AS princlpal OF
the Business Evening School ne was
called upon soon after that. poard went
into office to receive sixteen newly electea
teachers-iust one extra teacher for each
of his classes. This was the beginning OF
the cold-blooded work that has well nlgh
wrecked the School Department of this
city. .,
Principal Fitzpatrick expostuated with
Secretary Welch but was forcibly told to
see DR. Ragan. He was further told In
the office of, the Board OF Educaaon IA! tnat
condition now known to be one OF tndu-
bitable honor. He saw Ragan ana was
further told to mind his own d 6usi-
ness and that places must be found for
the new teachers then pouring into the
fitzpatrick proved stubborn. and the
hoard tried more gentle methods He was
asked to stand in with the boys.
Charges were made out against him, but
hurriedly withdrawn when he threatened
to tell the Grand Jury some f STRONG is srutns. i
tion-"sent to Hunters Point phrase
known in the department for summar1ly
discharging teacher. y. n. fouihs was
appointed to the pr1nclpaIsIhp oL the
Business School.
The board had threatened to run Kill
patrick not only out of his school but out
of town. but did not succeed in the latter
lob. He won his case in the Superior
Court and the board appealed to the su-
preme tribunal One of the first matters
trance into Office was this case, still pend
ing. with a view of withdrawing the ap,,
peal. The new Judiciary Committee held
several sessions for investigation, Inc
most active and vehement objector to the
proposed withdrawal is G. II. Foulks. the
successor of Fitzpatrick. So earnest has has
might reinstate Fitzpatrick that the mat
ter has apparently become contest be-
tween the two teachers.
Last Monday afternoon at the last meet
and his attorney appeared and fought
tooth and toenail against the question of
withdrawing the appeal. Instead OF Kill
patrick vs. the Board Of Education 1t
changed to Foulks VS.. Fitzpatrick, and the
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09

Dupont to Stockton and on Dupont from
Washington to Clay booths of canvas and
wood have been erected in the street,
where the choicest and most tempting
things of the season are exposed for sale.
China lilies in great profusion scent the
air with their delicate perfume, mingling
With the more pungent odor of burning
sandalwood, while every few yards the
air glows with golden yellow from wagon
loads of California oranges, most of which
are frost-bitten and unripe. Red camelias
blooming in pots and little goldfish swim
ming in glass bowls appeal to the love OF
the beautiful, while the sweet-toothed are
tempted with the display of candied fruits
and preserves unknown to the Caucasian
palate Here are candied lines with a
flavor delicate and seductive, the llchee
nut. best known of all the sweet palm tree
fruits; the bamboo shoot, the melon rind
and seeds, the betel nut, the sliced cocoa
nut, the preserved ginger root and a dozen
other varieties of tropical fruits unknown
in American and European markets
The Joss temples have been treated to
new coats of red and green paint and gild-'
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09

ing, and the awnings of stores, dwellings
and gambling houses are brilliant with
paper lanterns blushing a crimson well
come upon the heads of the crowds on the
sidewalk below them.
To-day Kong He Faw Choy" will be
the watchword of welcome and good
cheer, and the kowtow will bob up serene
ly with queue al one end of it every few
steps Ducks, geese, chickens and pigs
are being slaughtered by the hundred for
this is a festival which brings bad luck
to the parsimonious and the choicest
blessings of the gods upon the liberal.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
COLD SNAP IN FLORIDA.
Weather Conditions That Greatly
Worrv the Orange growers.

NEW YORK, Feb. Sa--A Jacksonville
FIa.) special to the Herald says: Fruit
growers throughout the State are worry
ing tonight over weather conditions, a
heavy freeze throughout the interior of
the State being predicted tonight. This
morning the thermometer was 36. tonight
wind is high and clustering. Warnings
have been sent out, as only portion Of
the orange crop amounting to a million
boxes this year has yet been picked
Early vegetables will be hurt, and much
II ocyad
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
Billboard License.

License Collector Bonnet secured
warrent yesterday for the arrest of
representative of Siebe & Green the bill
posters, for maintaining a board fence
over twelve feet high without paying the
license required by Order $50, fourth
series, of the Board of Supervisors The
ordinance imposes license of cents per
square foot on every fence over twelve
feet high, and the present case is to be
made test
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
"HOODOov ORGAN RELOCATED.
San Rafael Methodists Want No
More Strife in Church.

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 8.-The famous
"hoodoo" organ of the First Methodist
Church. which has caused endless dissen-
sion among the members for over year,
has at last been consigned to idleness
The organ was locked up yesterday and
last night and tonight ii was not used
at service. 1t is probable that new or
gan will be purchased to destroy the
.'hoOdoo"
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
An Insulting Beggar.

Peter Carlson a professional beggar.
was sent to the County Jail for twelve
months yesterday. Carlson was in the
habit of standing front of the Occidental
Hotel and soliciting aims, and when re-
fused made use of profane and insulting
language.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
sISPIDER" KELLY MATCHED.
Will Box Twenty Rounds With "Kid'
Parker at Denver.

DENVER. Feb. S.-The agreement was
signed to-day for twenty-round fight be-
tween kid" Parker of Denver and
Spider Kelly of San Francisco before
the Denver Athletic Club, March 90
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09

steps and facings for the Mission High
School was awarded to the Union Paving
and Contracting Company for $i2, $50 So Ihe
appropriation for this work is Sl5,OO0
Miss McCue was reassigned to the !rv-
ing Scott School. Miss L. Ewald asked
to be reinstated as regular teacher. n Sne
entered the department December Ia, 1873
The following resolution, offered py
President Bergerot, was adopted;
Whereas, The teachers salaries Tor ,66o 6ne
months of November and DecemBer, 1855:
have never been allowed by the Board or
Education, and, whereas, the same are
still due and unpaid. Be it
Resolved. That such salaries for G the
months of November and December, 1898,
be and the same are hereby allowed. and
that the proper warrants therefor pc
forthwith issued and that the same be
paid out of any moneys TO the creolt Oh
that portion of the common school 1und
available under the provisions of.the one
twelfth act for the first six months of the
present fiscal year"
The following was received from Au-
ditor Wells and placed on file:
AUDITORS OFFICE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s, 1899.
Chairman Finance Committee Board OF LOU
cation-Sir: 1 am in receipt of letter from
you notifying me that you consider the slX-
twelfths Of the current fiscal years allowance
for the support of your department were avail
ahle and subject to your demands upon it. In
this I agree with you in the following modifi-
CATIONS: I am advised that the law requires
the one-twelfth of the amount available for
the fiscal year to be subject to your demands
for each month. and that the demands Tor 'tnat
month can only be paid out of that amount
In other words each month must take care OF
itself both to the demands and as 10 tne
money available.
Thin being the case. I am prepared to 2, pro- pro,
ceed ynd act upon demands properly allowed
hv your hoard not against what may remain
of the six-twelfths as lump sum- but the
demand for each month of the six as against
the one-twelfth available for the month IN
witch the demand accrued. If there is any
balance left in any one or more OF the SIX
nf Snnervisors to make any such balance avail
ebIe for any subsequent month. This is the
la n as laid down in section OF the Consolloa-
ton Act.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
To Captain Athletic Co-Eds.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. s.
Miss Frances Tucker, s9. was to-day
elected captain of the girls basket ball
team. Arrangements will .e made for in
terclass matches. If possible, games will
be played with outside teams.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09

committee was relegated to the status of
a sort of court commissioner. Fitzpatrick
and Foulks were formerly close friends,
the latter owing his entrance as a teacher
in the department to Fitzpatrick.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09

Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal. J. Noonan. 1o17-1o2s Mission.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
CAREFUL HANDLING OF
LINEN

Is the rule in all the departments of
the United States Laundry. and our
customers have the qualification OF
knowing that their shirts, collars.
cuffs, ETC., will be laundered in an ex-
ceptional manner, and with consum-
mate skill, and that they will not be re-
turned torn or frayed on the edges.
We excel in fine laundry work.
The United States Laundry, otfIcs
1904 Market street Telephons
South 420
The times., 1899-02-19

er he stopped In Washington and visited
the White House. having an interview
with the President and Mrs. Mckinley. He
paid his fare from Philadelphia to New
York. and worked his way across the At
lantic by washing dishes on freight
steamer. In England he succeeded, ac-
cording to his own account, In having a
talk with the Queen, Gladstone, the Mayor,
and several other great people; and in
France he met President Faure, and in
Germany he talked with the Emperor. His
chief stock in trade seems to have been
assurance and a crop OF blazing red hair.
The hair brought him attention and the
assurance taught him how to make the
most OF it. One cannot help admiring the
pluck of this youth in enduring some OF
the hardships which came in his way. but
it does seem a little too bad that he should
have found no better use for it than TO
force his way into the presence of dignita-
ries who never did him any harm, and
writing them up afterward. All the same,
the little book is entertaining in its own
way, and there is no affectat;on about II.
1t is written in very much the style in
which such boy would probably talk;
and there is good. sturdy American patri
otism, fun. and cheeriness in every page
of it. (New York: Frederick a. Stokes
COmDany)
The times., 1899-02-19
A Veteran Vunquished.

Since come back from bloody war in Eighteen
Shot up up in quite annoyin' way, but glad to be
It's been the pleasure of my life to set my fisky
Jaw
A-wagsin' bout the dangers an pri,ations that
loved to fight the battles DER, and felt hon
In teliin' Of the part TUX upon the Union side;
In grim recitals tendin' 10 most any ear appai'
But since that boy OF mine got DdeA stahu no
show at all.
guess fur most thousand times, an mebbhe
more. I've sot
daddy fought.
An when the neighbor.'d eonc in my martial
Until j know they'd wish to gosh the c,lssed
I'd tell 'fm OF the tented camps. the marches,
an the fights
The fun aroun' the campfire in the bivouacs o
nights
An all the dire privations that 4 soldier could
But since that boy o mine got back stand no
show at all.
marched with Billy Sherman from Atlanty to
Swung round to Old yirginny tor j shy at Bobby
Lee:
went through more than twenty fights where
shells and bullets few.
An stained the soil of Dixie with my blood
time two:
An ever since the greatest JOY o life has bin
To set
An fight them bloody scraps ag'in with some old
comrade vet.
Or get the children round me like a eager, lis
- min wall.
But Since that hoy o. mine got hack stand No
show at all.
OF course. as veteran soldiers will, some warns
I'd of'n spin
If given an assay for truthd pan out mighty
thin.
An had some old reliable prevarications
Had come TO think was gospel truth myself an
that's lie.
saw some rocky sarvice, an fought right up
to date.
But if I'd done the fghtin my yarns'd indi-
I'd he the biggest warhor=e in the hull rebellion
stall.
But since that boy o mine got back stand no
show at all.
He sets an laughs when l begin to boastiusly
recite
The same old stories he has heard since fust he
the light,
An says If US old eatacombs had been in Cuby,
woald never mention fight as'in to heroes such
as he
An then he'll turn his talker loose with stories
that'd make
The devil want to grab his hand fur fc.,tcrna
shake
I used to think that could lie with purity nersy
gall
Blu, Since that boy o mine got back stand no
show at all.
-Dcnvcr Post
The times., 1899-02-19

What queer thing is our soldier hat!
Who ever dreamed OF a tile like that
To deck the head of soldier boy
The battles hero and artists Joy?
Where are the feathers, buttons and braid
Wherein forces were once arrayed-
The gay KEPT, the bearskin cap
The fancy helmet and jingling stIlp2
Gone where the woodbne used to twiHc-
Gone like the trout that broke the line
Like the Spanish feetS-or last wears SHOWS
Gone where all the rubbish goes.
For the Yankee today is practical man.
Who goes to practical plan
The militant Yankees plain felt hat
Looks odd; but IT docsnt roof fiat!
Do YOU remember, in sixtv-onc.
When the late unnteasantness was begun.
The togs that worn? What a masquerade
4 Target Excursion on parade
Big Zouave breecheS, giIt-tasseled boots,
silk-frogged jackets. rainbow suits.
But those lads lighting --bled and died.
And learned to put fuss and feathers aside.
There's something rather busness-like
In that dull gray sluuch without spike;
It's warm against the winters SHOWS;
1t keeps the sun from eyes and nose;
And. wet or dry. it is dcyilmly-carc.
With very taking bulldog air
You make poke ii up, tiatten it out.
Roll it, stretch it, or throw it about;
In fact, it's a rouglr-and-ready hat.
The Yankee himself, for the matter Of that
Is much the same when II comes TO style,
As his simple, useful, capable tile.
He marches and fights in n git thar" way.
And where he lights he's safe TO stay.
Rifle shooting's his national game
On land or SEA, it's all the same
And German helmet, or Russian cap
Or French contraption with fancy strap,
Or any other foreign faker
viii fnd, il it runs against this Quaker,
That the slouch hats built to stand fight
Goes nicely back Of rife sight,
And is lust the size for Freedoms brat
The Yankee lad In his gray felt hat,
Tudor jerks, in Criterion.
The times., 1899-02-19
A Winter Twilight.

The silent snowaakcs glance and CLEAN
Adown the chilly Northern air;
The West has thrown its dying beam
Athwart the forest gray and bare.
And now gradual dimness wells
The wintry landscape near and far,
And while the windy daylight pales
Out glimmers clear single star.
Lulled by the sound Of tinkiing strings
Where nimble fingers weave their spell,
i quite forget the North that stings
Without the coy oriel.
And on the wings OF music borne,
Aglow with foods of gold, | see
The blue of skies that rarely mourn
Arch DER the slopes OF Italy.
The melody seems waited down
From lalircled heights where roses blow,
That simmer like an emerald crown
Above embowered Bellaggio.
A molten sapphire Como lies,
An opal sails across its skim;
Green stair on stair the mountains rise,
And cut the calm horizons rim.
All dims as dies the rapturing strain;
Once more the deepening dusk / see;
Then strike the silent chords again,
That / may dream Of Italy!
Clinton Scollard.
The times., 1899-02-19
A Psychological Novel.

"Windyhaugh" is a new novel by Graham
Travers, author Of Mona Maclean, Medi-
cal Student" The real name of this writ
er is Margaret C. Todd, and she Is a Lon
don physician. To people who have stud
led human nature of the modern variety
the two letters IN. D." after the name OF
this author insure certain qualities in her
book AS a rule, woman physician does
not write novel unless she has considera-
BILE talent for the work; and her observa-
tions of life and character are apt to be
scientifically accurate. She has frequently
been obliged TO combat public opinion in
way which gives her independence of
thought. and she writes for a purpose
though her book may not be what is often
called purpose novel" With these
good qualities there is one rather serious
fault; amateurishness from a literary point
of view. 1t takes either genius or special
training to evolve good plots and handle
| them well, and 1t is practically impossible
TO master two professions so arduous and
absorbing as those of the physician and
| the novelist. Oliver Wendell Holmes did
| something Of the kind, but he wrote only
one novel which really deserves to live,
The times., 1899-02-19
CURRENT VERSE.


To wear out heart. and nerves, and BRAIN.
And give ones self world Of pain;
Be eager, angry, fierce, and hot,
Impcrious, supple-God knows what,
For what's all one to have or not;
o false, unwise. absurd. and vain!
For 'tis not joy, 1t is not gain,
II is not in itself a bliss,
Only it is precisely. this 49, =, $780,
That keeps US all alive.
To say we truly feel the pain,
And quite are sinking with the strain
Entirely, simply, undeceived,
Believe. and say we ne'er believed.
The object, cen were it achieved,
A thing We e'er had cared to keep;
With heart and soul to hold 1t cheap,
And then to go and try it again;
q false, unwisc, absurd, and vaini
o. it's not JOY. and it's not bliss.
Only it is precisely this
That keeps us still alive.
Arthur Hugh Clough.
The times., 1899-02-19
The Trolley ON the Nile.

Whizzing o'er the desert
Ny! What heaps o. sand!
Gracious, there's camel.
See the Dervish bandl
Isn't this delightful
Glad we came so far
ScOoiin' down from Cairo
On trolley car.
Here is tn conductor
Looks frst-Tate in blue;
Glory, he's Yankee!
Sos the motor, too!
See that dirty 'Gyptian,
With III water jar;
Glad we came from Cairo
In a trolley car!
Think of poor Ce'patry,
Playin' her high inks,
Don't forget tn transfer
Mustn't miss the Sphinx.
Guess that's a Be-doO~Sn,
Smokin' his cigar.
Here We come from Cairo
In trolley car!
Say, tn car Is slowin'-
Wonder where it stops!
Yes. the journeys over
There is old Chee-ops!
Makes you feel real creepy,
Thinkin' where you are!
Hustled down from Cairo
IL a trolley car,
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The times., 1899-02-19

that in short NJ. Hoche has mistaken Ie-
suit for cause. The fact is that Bismarck
was an anachronism, and had his person
aiity been less powerful and picturesque
or had the period been less chaotic and full
of cross currents. he would probably have
shared the fate CT other mediaeval charac-
tiers born after their time and remained
in his little German province, absolute
ruler there and Of small account to the
outer world, His character in Itself was
in no way new; there were hundreds OF
men of that same type in the days of the
Crusades The iron will, the steadfast
loyalty to monarch and TO wife. the simple
tastes and devotion TO the Fatherland, we're
all developed in mediaeval times. Bis
marck had a treble portion of all these
qualities. and happening on time when
few men knew their own minds, his deter
mination and straiGhforwardness made an
epoch in the history of Europe. That, in
all probability is the true reason OF his
greatness. New York: r. F. FenEo d
Co SOL
The times., 1899-02-19

Mr.. Lecky the other day recounted an
amusing little item about Carlyle as a
reader. When in his reading the Chelsea
Sage came upon a passage OF high-hown
eloquence he would sometimes put a mark
against it-a pair CT small but well-drawn
dOnkey's ears
The times., 1899-02-19

The Tanning of the Jungle, by DR..
Q. W. Doyle, is promised this month DR..
Doyle was born at Landour in the hills of
the Himalayas. He lived in India for some
years and then went to England to study
medicine. His father was killed in the
Sepoy war of 1S57-'5s, at the head of a
regiment of native cavalry