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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
NEW ZEALAND AFTER
FAST MAIL SERVICE
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TO
GRANT SUBSIDIES.
Oceanic Company Offers to Put on
Fast Line of Steamers Under
Certain Conditions.

Secretary Scott of the Chamber of Com
merce is in receipt of communication
from the Hon. J. II. Witherford of New
Zealand showing that great efforts are
being made in that country to secure
Government aid in the matter of grant
ing subsidies to steamship companies to
carry fast mail across the Pacific. 1t is
very likely that the movement will be
taken up in the United States upon the
reassembling of Congress, many people
on this coast being deeply interested. In
New Zealand the business community is
alive to the Importance of improving the
interocean mail service, but the nigh o1n-
cials are either slow or favor the Suez
route, as shown by the following letter
from Mr.. Witherford to Secretary Scott:
AS active efforts have been made to improve
mail service which rivals the San Francisco
line I have during the past month been work
ing hard to get the service to your port estab-
lished first, as the premier route for liked
term of years, believing such in the future
will be mutually advantageous to New Zealand
and San Francisco. l viii send you a copy
of what 1 have done for your perusal. Owing
to strong conflicting interests. it has been diff
icult to get the Premier and members of the
House to consider the question in its true
light, being a necessary auxiliary TO the
extension OF commercial relations between
America and the Colonies.
In the letter Mr.. Witherford includes ex-
tracts from the Observer of New Zealand,
which in part says:
J. H Witherford who has been to great pains
to get things as 1ar forward as possible, mas
been so far successful that it only remains for
New Zealand to agree to the preliminaries and
the service can be in working order in time
for the Paris exhibition. John D. Spreckels,
whose ramifcations of trade are gradually
spreading over so many parts of this hemis-
phere, is at the head of the Oceanic Company
in San Francisco and his proposal. provided
he can get a subsidy from New Zealand and
Australia is TO put on line of fast mail
steamers fitted up In every way as luxuriously
the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient
liners
The service will be every twenty-one days
and the time of the passage will be reduced
to a minimum. If carried out, not only Auck-
land but all New Zealand will be immeasur-
ably benefited by the scheme. There is bound
TO be large increase of tourist traffic and
the commencement of the opening up of
great trade between this colony and the United
States
Mr.. Spreckels very naturally requires that
If the line be subsidized it shall be for
period of seven years It stands to reason
that company will go to the enormous ex-
pense of putting line of fast mail steam
ers without some guarantee as regards time.
and seven years is a comparatively short time
to ask for.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
BRYANlSM IN NEBRASKA.

II EPORTS from Nebraska to the effect that
- Bryan will begin this week to make elabor-
ate canvass, county by county and town by
town, are not surprising. The fusion party in that
State has made Organism the chief issue OF the cam
paign His political fortunes are therefore in d
measure bound up in the contest. A defeat in his
own home upon an issue OF his making, sup
ported with zeal by all the fused elements OF dis
content would seriously diminish his prestige and
might even deprive him OF denomination for the
Presidency.
The Republicans Of the State have not evaded the
issue They have been perfectly willing there as else
where to meet the Bryanites any ground the lat
ter might choose. They have had no objections to
the Introduction OF national politics into State cam
paign nor do they shrink from contest against the
Nebraska candidate for the Presidency. They have
entered upon vigorous campaign and have pushed
the iusionists hard that Bryan himself has found
it necessary to return from his campaigning in other
States to look after his home.
In the Nebraska election in 1897 the chief Office 70
be filed, that OF Justice OF the Supreme Court was
the same as that which is at stake this year. The
fusion vote Democratic and Populst) was 1o2 83S;
Republican, $1,000; Prohibition, 1925; and scattering
800 Last year on the vote for Governor the Re
pubcans lost the State by less than 5000 plurality
on total OF little less than 100000 1t is esti-
mated, however that there are 2z5o 900 voters in the
State The stay at home vote is, therefore the de
termining factor in the present contest If the Re
pubcans can bring ont fair proportion OF their dis
conented or indifferent voters OF last year while the
fusonists less successful they will easily over
come the slight superiority of the fusion vote of the
last two years. II, on the other hand the Bryanes
are the more successful ia rousing their voters the
victory will be with thenW
1t is for that reason Bryan has gone home He
has arranged for special train and will travel over
every line of railway in the State, having made en-
gagements for upward of hundred speeches in the
ninety counties OF the commonwealth 1t will be seen
the man does not lack energy He shrinks from no
fatigue and is apparently capable OF almost unlimited
talking. The task before him, however is one that
will probably prove too great for even his capacity
Tor speechmaking and spelbinding This is a year
Of prosperity The large Republican gains of las,
year the preceding show that prosperity
advances the calamity vote falls off The boy orator
may win out, but it is going to be close call for
him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
THE UNITED WORK MEN.

~ NE OF the noted events OF the week in San
Francisco will be the thirty-frst anniversary
~ and reunion OF the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, which is to occur Friday evening.
The occasion will serve to recall to public attention
the vast benefits to modern society which have re-
srted from the work OF those fraterna associations
OF which the A. o. U. w was the pioneer
The order has in California 267 lodges in addition
to the Grand Lodge, and ffty-three Degree of Honor
lodges, to which women admitted, and through
which they made sharers in the benefits of the
association. The membership in the State is about
2I ooo According to recently published statistics the
order had at the close of last year 36ooo6 members
and the total paid out up to that time to the
benefcaries of the society was $884oo,82o
SO vast sum paid out during the thirty-on years
of its history by single raterna association shows
in striking manner the immense benefit which can
be accomplished by mutual helpfulness. No one can
calculate the amount OF good that has resulted from
the work OF this and the kindred organizations which
have followed it. 1t must be borne in mind that the
various which go to make up the great total
have been in every case expended just where and
when they were needed to save the widow or the
orphan from suffering the privations and the dis
tresses of poverty Not cent of it has been given
in that kind of cold charity that humhates the re-
licipient 1t has been merited because it has been
ear1ed for his family by some member of the asso-
ciation who by helping others has won the right 10
have help for his own when he in his has been
taken from them
Il is gratifying to note the fourishng conditions OF
such associations in California 1t has been largely
through them that system of mutual helpulness on
vast scale has been built up among people who
coming not only from all parts of the Union but from
all parts of the world might otherwise have had but
little of that raterna spirit which is essential to the
welfare of acommunty. The Ancient Order of Unitel
Workmen can with just pride review the achieve
ments OF the past years and make their reunion an
occasion OF genuine rejoicing and mutual congratua-
tons.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

ciated Camera Clubs Of New Zealand, is
registered at the California, with his
wife. He is here on a vacation and will
return to his home about the first of the
month.
Surrounded by a number of relatives
and intimate friends Henry G. Hahmann
and Miss Elizabeth Saunders were made
husband and wife in the parlors of the
Grand yesterday afternoon. The bride is
a well-known society girl of this city and
the groom is one of the most prominent of
the younger business men of Santa Rosa.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
Bad Bows in the Potrero.

John Krahn, II years of age, and
Charles Hansen, 13 years of age, were ar
rested yesterday by Policeman Ennis and
taken to the City Prison, where they were
charged with burglary. They were ac-
cused of breaking into the fish camp Of
Giorina Ceruti Twenty-irst avenue and
D street, South San Francisco, and steal
ing So
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

fsanta Rosa Republican,


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a
the Railroad
Grafton that
Uos Angeles Times)
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OF
and not the honor
Sterling
to of
of
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

executioner to cut off her, head, but for for
fair neck in two" Three days she lin
gered aaE ngTh With II her neck bleeding preaching
Christ and Him crucifed all the w While He
IS R9IS mention tic of Of church dedicated to her
at Rome, and in S21, by order 70 9t +6el' 6Pope
Paschai. her bones were deposited me tnere; r.
the organ. and in the Roman Cathonc
church her festival day, November 2z Is
celebrated with splendid music: Zap Rapnael' ra5l
resented her in fine pictures.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

The British Colonial Office has received advices
from South Africa that the Basutos are listening to
overtures from the Beers. That being the case the
world will probably learn within very short time
whether not there is any truth in the saying that
music hath charms to soothe the savage breast
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
Taken Back to Nevada.

Victor Bouton, the cowboy accused of
cattle-stealing in Nevada, was taken from
the City Prison yesterday morning by
Sheriff C. w McDeid of Humboldt
County, Nevada, and escorted to the ferry
en- route for Nevada to stand his trial
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

Clinton R. Breckinridge, who is credited with a
knowledge OF statecraft, believes that the United
States should go Englands assistance in the
OF a Continental combination against the British.
People who know less about statecraft but possibly
more OF the eternal fitness OF things than Breckn-
ridge believe that Uncle Sam ought to mind his own
b1rcin
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.--w. L. Stewart of
Santa Paula is at the Holland; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Y. Melville Mr. and Mrs. r. S.
Chapman and Miss R. Chapman of San
Francisco are at the Marlborough; Paul
Haguennauer of San Francisco is at the
Martin
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

The enthusiastic supporters of Mayor Phelan are
now clubbing him "the little giant" of San Francisco.
His Honor's caqueurs evidently forget what hap
pened another Democratic little giant" in the last
State camDaion
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
Cal glace fruit soc per lb at Townsend's.. !.

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by t4e
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) $40 Mon
gomery street. Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

He and General Otis of Los Angeles can be staked
off together and then can all trust to the ability
of General Otis give that soft answer that turneth
away wrath to conquer any unruliness.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
COMMEMORATE INNOVATION
FOR A GREAT DAILY PAPER
Rev. William RAIDER Expresses Very High Opinion of The Calls
Home Study Circle"
San Francisco, Oct. is, 1899

OdII eItC ISCO, OCb. 10, 1888.
Edi tor OF the Call-Everybody
who believes in the disseminate on
Of know1 edge Will appreciate your
effort to bring the readers of The
Call into close personal touch
wi tn the leading educators Of the
country. am glad there is to be
a depar tment for the boys and
girls, and that the courses out
lined are for study, rather than
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

TO CRYSTAL sPRINGS-E. A, City.
Crystal Springs, in San Mateo County.
may be reached from San Francisco by
rail- twenty-one miles. and four miles by
team, or afoot. The road leading to that
place from San Mateo is in a westerly
direction.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

The wish OF Midas seems to have been granted in
the Alaskan gold fields. If the returning miners
could gold they might be able to live to tell the
story that death forces to remain untold.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

DRAMATIC sCHOOL-A. o. R., City.
An individual II years of age is not too
young to enter a dramatic school with a
view TO becoming an actor or actress
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

Physicians will tell you DR.. Siegert's Angos-
tura Bitters is the best Of all tonics and
stomach regulators. Druggists sell IL.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

Actual war has demonstrated the fact that the au-
tomobe will never wholly supersede the horse Just
think of a starving army eating its automobiles
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

CAPs-X., City. This department can
not advertise the name of any one dealing
in the class of caps named in the letter
of inquiry
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

II the people OF San Francisco could only see
Democratic candidates as they see themselves the
era of the truly good would begin.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
UNIQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CONSTANTINOPLE

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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

Crystal Springs, in San Mateo County.
may be reached from San Francisco by
ran, tWenty-one miles. and four miles by
team, or afoot. The road leading to that
place from San Mateo is in a westerly
direction.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE-E., Oak
land, Cal. The Crystal Palace in New York
City was chiefly of iron and glass In the
shape of a cross with large dome 1t
was commenced in October, 1852 and the
The building, with it's contents. as
exhibited by the American Institute. was
destroyed by fire in September, 1859
ELECTRICITY-N City. Electricity
was known to Thales 900 years before
Christ. Otto Won Guericke constructed
the first electrical machine in 1647. Frank
lin announced his theory of a single fluid
terning the viterous electricity, positive.
and the resinous, negative, in 1747 and
demonstrated the identity of the cleo
trio spark and lightning by drawing elee-
trlclty from cloud by means of a kite
In li52. Calvin, in $780, observed the CON
Vuislons OF the muscles of a dead frog
and after studying the phenomena in
vented the galvanic battery Volta. in
1899. announced his discovery of the
voltaic pile composed of discs of zinc and
silver and moistened cards.
SAINT CECILIA-A d. w. Oakland
Cal. st. Cecilia is the patroness of mn
sic 1t is recorded that she suffered
martyrdom In go. Her heather parents
who are said TO have belonged to a no.
BILE Roman family, betrothed their daugh-
ter, who had become converted to Christ
| ianity, to heather youth named Vale
rian. This youth and his brother THE
RUS became Christian converts and suf-
fered martyrdom also. Chaucer in sThe
Secunde Nonnes' Tale has il that one
day she told Valerian that an angel
whether she was awake or asleep. Was
ever beside her. Valerian requested 10
see this angel. and she said he must he
baptized first. Valerian was baptized and
suffered martyrdom. When Cecilia was
brought before the prefect Almachius and
was shut fast in a bath kept hot hoth
night and day with great fires" but .sfeIt
OF 1t no Woe" Almachius then sent an
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26

. NE OF the noted events of the week in San
Francisco will be the thirty-frst anniversary
- and reunion OF the Ancient Order OF United
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

TIE following trade lezter. issued ny q
p-,oz14z%zc warehouse company n taS
csty - us customers g.gss 3 ea1c-se ard
intelligent digest C the Ehea. coz1-t3o1
as s14s arza sees -
The w1e@s zsA-kes continues e the -u..
E4.--g a. - 20 - cents Tor export ard lie
1e-e4gI market continues dun Nth little
--ssfSs4ta0a 70 bay A-a1-1a-s rains n
G2Ef7rT-ta have rad : depressing effect
CT ca2s. markets. Lack q sllrs and
EGt - the markets fcr several weeks ard
-s1ezs hate tried 70 guage P-.eas o. ex-
E-a-f S-9s&E&orSs- bal no purchases - coz
sequence Ez4sS been -s5e-
TIE government report recently sen.
eur - decidedly SS4r-S1. SnG las been
.e4t TIRE Eo-s3 over. American farmers
have sev-se1 willing 20 lake ans price OF
eS-S1 for wheat, which, with heavy Sa.eS
- Argentina wheat has ksp- ne hears
e possession 60 re s.EGa-.2Ea. ard given
sze-a ne best q t1e argument The
graz bear raid ;ha. began ten months ago
Sill continues.
We are ro-. however. with the nh
t1<-ty wao 5elSeye@ there Is no coed n
wheat, and ~no profess 10 believe x is
gong lover. The situation : II The
a211s o. TIE American farmers FOre5yn
buyers have h-e2 asora surprised IN se-
Ing a&ae - b1y @t tAs r@44Ds l9x price
than cur fa<zn@-s e2ye 5eea ~ the low
srscss Trey sor. Il farmers continue 10
SCI a. present values foreign buyers VII
We ara e the opinion that the govern
r1ea: r@Es2rr q wheat fn the C-il-e2 states
IS srona sGa.a.e.r % 6esassa bushels too
large. Certainly this = trgze. = The re-
port fur other parts OF Ire country Is
10 nearer correc. than the oRs .er the
Pacific coast.
There i. 20 6o1b.. o good Supply Of
Saea. n the world foc immediate use,
o9t stocks o. wheat and b-sa6sZUEs =
tae hands OF manufacturers and 5ooor-s
Egrs never smaller. NoszLtassaEA53ng that
prices are unusually low. the nasaers q
the world are 1oR buying only from hand
~ roath. ard IN the event % established
a1lsSa features, they would 10 doubt at
tempt % lay II stocks. whgca would az
Fec sa.Eses-
winter WHEAT IN the United States iz
very serious, In some eavy-grcducing
districts ths damage - said To be from
- - - pr cent wirA plenty o. time
<o- u20-e damage. Reports also Indicate
t6at the acreage in spring wheat Will De
month lake IL these reports become IS
taoz-s1sG facts. as seems proEsahie. ihey
a.. logically. have great effect OF the
future values % wheat. Futures az pres
en- are ~ = discount which would ord.n-
aE47y discourage holders. tu; Il orr ad-
s@c@s ara correct futures should advance
beyond sp3t values and 81 active mar
kes xoulG he established
Altogether va Do rot beiieve any
alarm need he felix over The situation, and
While We never advise srecgsatfr in
wheat. we shall 10. 70 surprised Il those
VITO aye holding ge. their price. with an
abundance % money FOR business vur-
branch q trade. and with i PRADA lie
shortage o. wheat Il the near future ws
can see no reason why !. should NOT
share y 'Aa generally upward tendency"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

t'oa q Tire remains of the soldiers 10 tEis
country ~ government expense IN fse.
S'AFEaed ever 20 the relatives q the dead
heroes
On January - last writes Ma Long
fhrF@ were sent 81 Manila 3 ~effaY,14.
@hotrf2AeT 3Ts ass E;zuts sfth Saf.zfsfa
"a Asts provided - th@ government WITH
~tf}3cfssfrs UH8@~ tEe chief auarferr7saz-
tFr ~ fr&t p0lnt - tissrster TIRE rssfr.sfr<
e eeFP@se3 officers ans soldiers ard seai
thens ts ste FIRST returning transports -
ms Ecttutry- Percent cab3rgr@rr finn,
aTsia states that ewing r. ~ sting con
GtioUs tae alsfntersunnf - remains ss,r
TIE present has bear 9lssIsF.f tru~F All
possible srsrsf&un ssu4}s t,es com r-l,s
Gated IS tbs oTAce r. rfE IS - ar. w.~nsz
~ TIE families - The aseea sea officers
ai42 soldiers. 70 y hoEH notification anr
essF.~tgnra@ns of .@fTsstn4 shall D.. race
Df.@ arrival ar S&B ErNT}etscc' '
capt iial' -asorl Safi yesterday that -
s+~1cfte@s fer the disposition 81 the r.
snstns * ihe tere5c dead az Ms~3Ia might
er4fta Es1Es3y - ssrf - L.ssz~ts.rrYl-, z.s.~
Long tbFoegh hss ohlce. ia tha Halter
ha,4sNr
Fart Robinson ~ gladly Ia everything
'H als Dewer - faslatata this wo-k
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

oes>eured the Eor-zSn- There was a sgiz-
zArs ran. bat even that disappeared IA
TIE face - he fact that Il w2s the srss
Of Au-.L
Go2seQ uens.y. while The Oar was IGNORED
BY tEs sporting nen O. the town I. was
sAgsFly embraced ny tAe younger genera
;io1. Beats were hired On the bay ana On
is@ lake. Eo5t excursions were IN order
% CEDAR river and osaer neizhlarinE
s;reazaz launches were taken oaai a. day.
AsA-. and Trey failed - return 3. tai
light
TIE catch Of he day canro. be es.tna.-
81 = foE.s. e. eveE 81 pounds. K failed %
influence tie market 81 he slightest de-
gree.
An al fisherman yesterday SAL: This
soTt - Thing makes ne cAG.c Sie. an glad
= see Tie laws tGr the pr1seetio.. 81 oar
sasa. bat people have been fishing far weeks
411 nothing has been sad about K The
same tAlnx = tTae Of game. I knew OF
fne1 Eight aera II Seattle who zaxe eaten
Tenss1g steak within the past rronta How
do ! account fer ~ Why sus- oy ne
usual psrverss;v OF human nat4-e. esee-
e%aly American human nature Every
man e Is - theorss.lca..y Iaw-ab.4.rE
clssxen. When D. thinks hs can bag 4
pheasant ILL deer or catch traut with
oat tae kGoSaeslge ~ the officers q the
.aw. watca him stB & Tina. * Al havA
, alehe1 game laws from Arkansas 70
v as hlEsGCon- They are the same eyerv-
wl5gre. Perhaps hey are good 10 Aola hack
tbs naultltu3e- Bur the -nea n the bills
AID c1 the outskirts wia rexer pay any
tter.4on - them. They are really :he.r
oRa aFbl.ers lawmakers ard Judges wAa-l
* comes 20 3 matter ~ catching fist or
killing g4Ie.'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

sudden Death OF WelI-knowu Sc
attic Railroad Man


Dan Conahan. formerly Il Northern p
eiflc brakeman n the Seattle yards. was
killed al B2gstow. Cal. yesterday. The
telegram which Chiet - Police Reed re-
ceIvez4 yesterday afternoon frof. ". {
Woodland announcing the tragic deash o.
CoE2aan did not give particulars hut IL IS
SUPPOSED thar NJ VAS rua over 1y a train.
Ms. Conanan lives IT - F1ghya avenue
south with her TWO small children She
- IN poor circumstances. making her Mr-
ing ~ working ou: ~ tia day. Last No
ven ssr size secured 8ivorce from Coma
han On the ground ~ noa-support-
she has rot seen him for Two years. He
wen; - Alaska, ard according - 20
ports that reached Mrs Csnahau. made
some money aut al not pay any attention
to aeT request - send her enough to even
pay her reDt. When Be returned he went
% Tacoma. ous id rot come nea~ his
Aerue
Mrs CoraAan SAYS that +. she had the
means she would have tie body - Ae-
former husband brought - SEATTLE an1
Anrlel. bst tha1 81 hez circ,11nxt saef-z 81
ccuId n0t pay the experse. ar.f sra a.,
ros know what % - y - fsre1,sA lie tsa.
the body ISL te earie,! at Ba~stow.
teEosy va-ia vas C-ouaaan's native
STATE. f5e VS. aAcG, = years r}s Ss-a
years ago Re VS. married a. t'9~efca-z
Tx. @evtr years aSa he ca-ae % Sast4fa
vlIh hss wife 81. worked f7- .hs $a~41
eEn Pacific r. IS l@cr :i-rss as h~aszs.rr,ar,
hsf waS i3ie = year - 50 before - w@r,
yo A1aSka
1s.s father lsve< q, Eagle Gorge When
Ms fra~,asr .sst aea~i f~ara him - waS
fera1s sectio@ Aef1s~. ZEE Nas sister
NJ FH2r2 wao lives on Pike street.
re-