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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
HERRIN WILL STAND
By THE MEXICAN

CALL HEADQUARTERS, sAChA-
MENTO, Feb. 3.-Mr. Herrin of the South
ern Pacific is in this Senatorial fight to
stay. For better or for worse he is we'd
ded, or betrothed, at least, to Dan Burns
and his well backed aspirations. OF this
he assured Dan Burns tonight by per-
sonal and private message.
The railroad magnates are just now
holding one of their periodical powwows
In New York City. Politics is not the
least of their discussion nor is California s
dictatorship the least of their politics.
Plainly, whether or not the Southern
Pacific is to continue in its active and
open espousal of Burns losing fight is to
be decided. But no matter what the de-
cision of his chief and his associates are
HerTin will not permit his loyalty to the
Mexican standard to flag.
Tonight the glad tidings were received
at Burns headquarters that If Uncle Col
lis shall throw up the sponge Herrin Will
still be true; his personal influence and
sympathy will remain with him for so
long as he shall be a candidate, and Her
rim personally will do his utmost to fur
Their his friends interests. His sympathy
IS to be of no passive quality. OF this Mr..
Herrin assured Mr.. Burns by special mes
senger, who arrived at this city this even
ing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
j. s. 5. JUSTIN
ARRIVES AHEAD
OF THE IOWA

The United States collier Justin arrived
from New York yesterday. She sailed in
company with the battle-ships Oregon
and Iowa and the refrigerating steamer
Celtic. The latter supplied the warships
with fresh meat and ice during the pas
sage around the Horn and the Justin kept
their bunkers filed. At Callao the Oregon
bade farewell to her consort and steamed
away for Honolulu. In Magdalena Bay
the Justin and Celtic put their last lot
to San Francisco. The Celtic arrived last
Thursday afternoon and went direct to
Mare Island and the Justin will follow
her tomorrow The Iowa may be ex-
pected Sunday night or Monday morning.
The officers of the Justin are: Com
mander, Wells S. Field; lieutenant, Mar
bury Johnston; passed assistant engineer,
NJ. S. Usina; ensigns-M. T. Coleman, e..
p. Jessot, f. e. Ridgely; assistant pay
master, ]. R. Stanford; and assistant
surgeon, ]. Stepp
The Mail Company's freight steamer
Aztec arrived from the Orient yesterday
with 32OS tons of merchandise, principally
rice, tea, silk and mating. She was
thirty-seven days from Hongkong, TWEEN
ty-three days from Yokohama ana nine
days four hours from Honolulu. She left
long before the 0. and o. Company
Coptic, and arrived in port one day after
her. The Aztec is a great carrier, now
pect speed from her.
The Honolulu courts are busy consid-
ering the demands of the owners of five
vessels for Hawaiian registry. The San
Francisco owned ships Star Of Russia,
Star of France, Euterpe, Willscott and
Falls of Clyde all want to fly the Ha-
Waiian flag and are determined to secure
the privilege. Although it is flag with
out country and there Is not spot of
land on the earth's surface over which 1t
can float as anything but memory or
pretty piece of bunting, yet property to
the value of hundreds of thousands of
dollars is fighting TO get under its shell
tering aegiS. Without a country on the
sea it still retains all the attributes of
sovereignty, and ships entitled to fly it
will in due time come under the stars and
stripes.
The Star of France, Star of Russia and
Euterpe were formerly British vessels,
but were purchased by J. ]. Moore of San
Francisco and others. The two Stars
went from here and the Euterpe from
Australia to Honolulu. The Willscott
was also a British vessel. While on her
way from Japan to oregon she was
caught in a typhoon and .dismasted. She
was brought in here under jury rig and
was later sold to Rosenfeld's Sons and
others. The Falls of Clyde came here
from London and was sold to Captain
MatSon and others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
To Protect Gas Consumers.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 3.-Assemblyman Jilson to-
day introduced in the Assembly two bills
that strike at two of the special privileges
which gas companies have arrogared to
themselves.
Bill 631 seeks to put a stop to the prac-
tice pursued by the San Francisco Gas
Company of charging a so-called deposit
on meters. BY making this arbitrary
charge the company has been for years
robbing the people of interest on hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to which
the company has no right whatever
The bill provides that ii shall be unlaw-
full for any corporation or company fur
nishing gas to consumers to require as a
condition before commencing to supply
such gas or the placing of meters that the
Inent of any kind whatever.
Bill 632 provides that upon application
in writing of the owner or occupant of
any building or premises distant not more
than 100 feet from any main and payment
by the applicant of all money due from
him, the company must supply gas to him
and cannot refuse on the ground of any
Indebtedness of any former owner or oc-
cupant. If for the space of ten DAYS the
company refuses to supply the gas re-
ouired. ii must pay to the applicant the
sum of $50 as liquidated damages and s.
q day as lquidated damages for every
day such refusal continues thereafter.
Both Bills were referred to the Com
mittee on Corporations.
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Work Of the Revision Committee.

PARIS, Feb. 3.-The revision committee
of the Chamber of Deputies held a five
hours informal sitting to-day. which was
attended by NJ. Dupuy, the Premier, and
M. Lebret, Minister of Justice No off,
cial note has been issued regarding what
occurred and nothing has leaked out, but
the fact that the two Ministers were pres
ent eXcites the keenest interest It is
asserted that the committee insists either
that NJ. Quesnay de Beaurepaire be prose-
cuted for his accusations against certain
magistrates or that the magistrates them
selves be arraigned before a superior
council of magistrates. For several days
members of the revision committee have
been receiving threatening letters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
W|THHOLDS CIVIL
SERVICE ORDER
President May Not Issue
Proclamation.
ON HIS DESK FOR MONTHS
so THE sPoILs SYSTEM rs NOT
YET RENEWED.
ON HIS DESK FOR MONTHS
The Election Of Internal Revenue
Commissioner Scott as a Senator
From West Virginia Has
Changed Plans.
Special Dispatch to Tho Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,
Washington. Feb. 3.

Call Office, Riggs House,
Washington, Feb. 3.
It will be gratifying to many Federal
office holders In California to learn
that President Mckinley may not issue
his long expected proclamation ex-
empting several thousand places from
the operation Of the civil service. This
order has been lying on Mr.. McKinley's
desk for several months. Most of the
positions affected by the order are in
the Internal Revenue Department, such
as deputy collectors, etc.
1t is understood that when Senator
elect Scott of West Virginia accepted
the position of Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue he stipulated that these
positions should be thrown. open to
spoilsmen. It was largely due to his
influence, it is said, that the order max
ing the change was prepared. But now
that Mr.. Scott has been elected to the
Senate and will shortly resign as Com
missioner of Internal Revenue he has
lost interest in the matter.
The decision of the President to pro-
mote Deputy Commissioner Wilson to
Mr. SCOTS place confirms the impress
sion that the civil service order will
never be promulgated. Wilson has
been in the service for about thirty
years and is a strong believer in civil
service reform. Hundreds of disap-
pointed office-seekers are swearing I'M
der their breath at the administration
for holding back the order.
There is great rejoicing among mem
bers of the Civil Service Commission.
President Proctor and every member of
the commission labored increasingly to
head off the raid on civil service A
Representative took President Proctor
to task for his stand on this matter re-
Gently.
IT do not see how you can advocate
the keeping of deputy collectors under
civil service protection said the Con-
gresham. IF you were appointed Col
lector and had to give heavy bond to
the Government would you not want
to have some voice in the selection of
your deputy-the man on whom you
must rely for the honest and successful
running of your Officer"
my dear sir" said Mr.. Proctor
chat is a stock argument of opponents
of the civil service law 1t amounts to
nothing Under the spoils system there
was not one Collector of Internal Rev
enue in a hundred that had anything to
say about the selection of his deputy
That matter was looked after by the
political boss of the district. The Col
lector was rarely If ever consulted. L
know this to be a fact. There were
more incompetent and dishonest depu-
ties in the service in the good old days
of the spoils system than there could
possibly be under the present arrange
ment. You will find that a majority of
the Collectors themselves are not howl
ing for the proposed change. That
ought to be conclusive in itself that
no change is needed or desired"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

appalling death that still threatens inno-
cent men. It is slow and lingering death
from consumption. One-sixth of the hui
man race die from this relentless enemy of
humanity. Probably no subject connected
with health is so important and so little
understood as the conservation of vital
force. The human organism is wonderful
machine, and rs so constructed that if ex-
haustive draughts are made upon the vital
forces during youth and middle life, the
mechanism responds for the time, but at the
expense of its'future usefulness. The man
who overworkS or exhausts himself day
after day is constantly overdrawing his
store of vital force Finally the nechan-
ism of supply breaks down and the man
becomes a physical bankrupt The me-
chanism of supply in man is his stomach.
There the food is transformed into vital
force. If the stomach is weak and the di-
gestion impaired, the body ceases to re-
ceive and store up vital force. If the
draught is continued, consumption or some
other equally fatal disease is the result.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a
great producer of vital force. 1t enables
man to daily store up energy to do almost
any amount of work or stand any amount
of exposure. 1t does its work through the
stomach. 1t makes the weak stomach
strong. 1t facilitates and increases the
flow of digestive juices. 1t promotes and
perfects the assimilation of all the life
giving elements of the food. 1t Is the
great blood-maker and flesh builder.
Mr.. F. NJ. Robinett, of Xenophon, Tenn,
writes: II can heartily recommend Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion and
torpid liver. Twas very bad off and tried diff
ferent doctors with but little benefit. decided
to give the Golden Medical Discovery trial
and soon began to improve. fit had not been
for Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery b.
Eeye would not be living to-day"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
FEAST OF ST. BLAISE
CELEBRATED YESTERDAY
SOLEMN SERVICES AT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
Many Hundreds Attend High Mass
and Are Blessed at the Altar
Rail

The feast of st. Blaise, the patron saint
Of the throat, was solemnly commemor-
ated yesterday in many of the Catholic
churches of the city. Hundreds of women
with babes in their arms, children and
men knelt to invoke the blessing of the
saint.
The principal ceremony in honor of the
event was solemnized at st. Ignatius
Church, where at least fifteen hundred
people knelt to receive the sacred bless
ing in the name of st. Blaise.
In Catholic countries it has ever been
the custom on the feast of st. Blaise for
the faithful, together with their children,
to present themselves at the altar rail
in order to have the throat blessed. The
candles which are used on the occasion
are blessed on the feast of the saint
During the ceremony the priest says the
following words: Through the interces-
sion of st. Blaise may the Lord deliver
thee from every ailment of the throat.
Amen"
The observance of this day and the in
vocation of the blessing attached to the
solemn ceremony originated in a story of
a Widows son, who was miraculously
cured by st. Blaise. The boy was slowly
dying of strangulation caused by a bone,
which was lodged in his throat, when the
mother implored the saint to save his
life Placing his hands upon the lad he
pronounced words of blessing and thus
effected an instant cure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
COL. w. C. SMITH PROMOTED.
Receives an Independent Command
and Is Transferred to Cavite.

Colonel William C, Smith of the Ten
nessee Regiment, who departed for Ma
Mia a few months ago, has been given
an Independent command and has been
transferred to Cavite. Under him is
battalion of his own regiment, battalion
from the Idaho Regiment, First Califor-
MIA Heavy Artillery, Wyoming Battery,
Nevada Cavalry and Utah Battery. He
has written a very interesting letter to
friends in this city concerning the con-
ditions In the Philippines, portion of
which is quoted. On the subject of self
government he says:
Spanish officers say the Filipinos are
incapable of government. We find
that the varied interests of the many
tribes that inhabit the island are inim-
ical We find that they are inimical to
the white race. generally; that they want
their own government under their own
administration and not under that of
either Spain or America. The insurgents
are very friendly, and our men visit and
enter their outposts with perfect free
dom and impunity, only 10 discover that
they are numerically strong, well armed
and drilling every day. Preparations are
going on as If they were getting ready to
verify the many reports that come to us
of their determination to drive Ameri-
cans off the island, just as they did with
the Spaniards, and that at certain time
they would strike decisive blow with
overwhelming numbers.
~ am glad to get reports of this, be-
cause it keeps our men always on the
alert, but when the time comes for the
contemplated decisive blow l doubt If
they will find the American troops so
easy to be overcome. Yet l am pro-
foundly impressed with the fact that If
the United States is to hold the Philip
pines as permanent possession 1t will
REQUIRE many years of labor, many thou
sands of troops and a judicious and skill
full administration of affairs to accom-
plish good results. The experience of the
United States with the American Indians
and the time required to push a white
civilization to points and sections west
Of the Rocky Mountains is familiar to
us all. So it may be in establishing per-
people of the Philippine Islands-semi-
barbaric, as the great majority of them
are-United States methods and repub-
Iina institutions -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
For a Soap Combination.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-The Record to-mor-
row will say: New York promoters are
interesting Eastern capitalists in a plan
Wnlch contemplates the formation of gil
gant1c combination to control the Amer
lean soap output With $50 900 900 capital.
of which $40,OOO,OOO will be in preferred
stock and $50,000,000 in common stock, ne
EQUATIONS are pending for the amalgama-
tlon OF all the important factories in the
United States. Requirement of the prop
critics of several companies will come by
outright purchase for cash or by distribu-
tlon OF preferred and common stock to
The new company, in addition to soap,
Will dominate the market for a number of
other products manufactured by the same
factories, including perfumes, cosmetics
and toilet preparations.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
COSTLY VIOLINS.
James c. Freeman Will Open a Rare
Exhibit of Instruments To-Day.

James c. Freeman of the Lord &
Thomas Agency of Chicago, who has
charge of the Lyon e. Healy collection of
rare and costly Italian violins, which are
to be placed on exhibition in this city,
arrived at the Palace last night on the
Overland. He brings with him $50, 900
worth of rare instruments. These violins
include Stradivarius, Amati, Guarnerius,
Guadaginni and Cremona makes. Mr..
Freeman has been connected with the
Lord e. Thomas Agency for fifteen years,
and created the violin department of that
firm. when seen last night and asked for
the reason of his visit, he said:
LAS you doubtless know, Lord &
Thomas are the largest music dealers in
the world. About fifteen years ago, at my
suggestion, they created the violin de-
sale of the instrument. In this city they
have succeeded, for they have never
spared money or time to collect genuine
violins. The immense financial strength
of the firm has enabled them to do this,
which is not the case with smaller deal
ers, and such reputation have they es-
tablished for themselves that any intsru-
ment purchased from them can be relied
on to be what it is represented. They
have taken up the sale of the violin as
other firms have that of costly paintings.
Our instruments cannot be handled by
the retail dealer, because of their great
cost. Every summer l have been to Eu-
rope for the firm, searching for these vio-
Inns. We have taken up the study of the
violin from the point of high art, and it
is from this standard that our business is
conducted Every violin that have with
me is genuine. Its tone and history
searching for the history of the violin; in
fact, we have dealt with the instrument
with something else in view besides the
profit that was to be made out of them.
The violins that bring with me range in
age from 70 to 450 years. l have no in
strument that has been made since 1926
These violins will be on exhibition at the
a venture on the part of Lord & Thomas
but we have sold so many violins in the
West that they deemed the field ready
for them to begin an annual exhibition
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
STANFORD'S DEBATING TEAM.

close alliance, and based his argu-
ment on this premise.
Next came Wilsee. M. Martin, who
proved himself a pleasing talker and a
logical and forceful debater He en-
deaVored to show that Italy alone was
the natural European ally of France.
He contended that the Franco Russian
alliance was unstable by reason of
racial differences and the distance and
barriers between the two countries
Carl Hayden of Stanford, the second
afnrmatlVe speaker, was possessed of
the faculty of marshaling his argu-
ments and presenting them with great
earnestness and energy. Disturbance
of the balance of power by detaching
Italy from the triple alliance, he con-
tended, would cause England to inter-
fere and involve France in q disastrous
war. By taking Frances naval strength
to defend her coasts Italy alone would
gain by the alliance.
Anthony H. SuzZallo was the speaker
In whom the majority of the Stanford
supporters put their faith. His speech
was not disappointing and when ne fin
1shed his students thought their
chances Of the best. They did not
reckon on the abilities of the last
speaker on the negative.
Carl NJ. Warner, the prize winner,
closed the debate He discussed the
question with an eye to the political,
commercial and colonial effects of an
alliance. By cleverly refuting the pre-
vious speakers arguments and showing
how little France could expect to gain
commercially, colonially or politically
by allying herself with a nation in the
deplorables condition of Italy he built a
structure that was almost impregnable
Rebuttal speeches followed. None of
the speakers had used up the fifteen
minutes allowed and the remaining
time was used to clinch former argu-
ments and break the threads of the
webs their opponents had woven.
After coming together the judges did
not leave the audience long in sus-
pense. Their decision was rendered by
Rev. J. X. Mclean less than five min
utes after they had repaired to the
anteroom.
The winner of the sixth Carnot de-
bate Is a senior at the University of
California and is taking work which
will fit him for the ministry. His home
is at Covina, Los Angeles County
The debate tonight was the fourth
consecutive Carnot contest that Stan
ford has lost Since the medal was pre-
scented by Baron de Coubertin 1t has
been at Stanford but one year, having
been won in 1895 by Sandwich, go.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
Pharmacy Bill Knocked Out.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 3.-Grove L. Johnson's bill,
which allows the public to be placed at
the mercy of ignorant porters and bottle
washers who by virtue of having been
employed by druggists for the period of
ten years are thereby qualified to admin
lister to the wants of the suffering public
and who by the slightest piece of igno-
rance might cause the death of those for
whom the prescriptions were to be filled,
was knocked out by the Committee on
Public Health and Quarantine last even
ing and was reported untaVorably to the
Assembly this morning.
A number of Sacramento pharmacists
appeared before the committee and spoke
in favor of the bill, claiming that they
were perfectly qualified to practice phar-
macy; but they incidently did not refer to
hundreds of Chinese and other porters
who have swept out drugstores for the
time stipulated in the bill, and were then
of necessity on a par with graduated
pharmacists. The bill would also entitle
any person, who might just before the
passage of the bill purchase a drugstore,
to becomea regular practicing pharmacist,
as the bill reads: "Practicing pharmacists
are persons who, at the passage, are con-
Quoting either as owners or employees,
pharmacies in this State for compromising
and dispensing of prescriptions OF medical
practitioners and for the sale of medicines
and Nelson's
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

PALO ALTO, Feb. 3.-The Carnot de-
bate tonight proved a repetition Of
those Of the last three years, and the
medal will remain, for another year at
least, with the supporters of the Blue
and Gold. The fortunate contestant is
Carl NJ Warner Of the University of
California. He was the closing speak
er on the negative, and 1t was his task
to disprove that close alliance with
Italy would be to the interest of
France. His characteristics in debate
were self-possession, directness and
power to analyze the subject and logi-
cally present arguments. The judges,
Rev. J. K Mclean of Oakland and Mr.
E. ]. McCutchen and Mr.. Vanderlynn
Stow of San Francisco were unanimous
in declaring Warner the best debater
of the six competitors.
An hour before the debate began stu
dents wearing colors either of blue and
gold or Stanford cardinal were in pos
session of all the seats in the chapel
Some of those who came later were for
tunate enough to obtain standing room
and others had to content themselves
with places in the crowd that overflow
ed onto the pavement and the quad
rangle space beyond II. ruby SUI were
contained in the chapel. OF these IT'S
were from Berkeley. They came with
their newest yells and started them lus-
tily to show their spirit and likewise
encourage their three speakers. The
Stanford collegians were not willing to
be outyelled on their own grounds and
returned as good as was sent.
At o'clock DR.. ]. c. Branner Of
Stanford, chairman of debate, an
nounced John E. Springer of Stanford
the first speaker on the affirmative. The
speaker contended that, as France
needed an ally, Italy was the proper
power with which to form a close ALI
ance. By detaching Italy from the
triple an attaching her to the dual
alliance she would greatly strengthen
her position among the European
powers. BY such a connection France,
he argued, could put 100000 more SOL
diers into the field than any other COM
bination possible in Europe. Springer's
speech was lucid and forcible.
He was followed by Archibald j.
Cloud, a representative of Berkeley.
Cloud, as the first speaker on the mega
tive, had to argue against alliance.
He chose to regard it possible to bring
about the same results by treaty as by