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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.

Matters of Interest to Mariners and
Shipping Merchants.
The ship Henry p. Failing, which arrived
on Friday from Newcastle, was rechartered
prior to arrival for lumber from Puget Sound
to Sydney at 29s 3D.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
APRTyEp

Saturday February 25
Br stmr wellington. Cutler, 81 hours from
T<dNewnffh
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

ToNOPAH MINING EXCHANGE
Following the sales on the San Fran
cisco and Tonopah Mining Exchange yesterday:
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
sun. Moon and Tide

Sun. Moon and Tide.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height Of High and Low Waters
at Fort Point. entrance to San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority of the
Superintendent
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front fMssion street wharf) about 25
minutes later than at Fort Point; the height
Of tide IL the same at both places
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 2s.

NOTE-In the above exposition Of the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides OF the
fourth time column gives the last tide Of the
day except when there are but three tides as
sometimes occurs. The heights given are in
addition to the soundings of the United States
Coast Survey Charts except when minus (--)
sign precedes the height, and then the number
given is subtracted from the depth given by
the charts The plane of reference 10 the mean
q Cha lower low waters.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
Mennoranda,

TOXIC. Feb 25.--The Ger etmr Severus.
bound for vladivostok with cargo of Cardiff
coal was captured yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

Branch Hydrographic Office. u s. N. Mer-
chants Exchange. San Francisco, Cal
February %. 1908.
The time ball on the tower Of the Ferry
building was dropped exactly at noon to-day
/. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8
o. M. Greenwich time. j. c. BURNETT.
Lieutenant. u. g. NJ. in charge.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
Movements OF Steamers.

TO ARRIVE.
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Electricity in Japan.

Electricity is generally used for power
throughout the Orient-particularly in ia
pan, where the electrical development has
been just as rapid as in the United States.
Near the city of Kioto is tunnel through
the base of a mountain, several miles in
length. 1t is occupied by canal. and
enormous quantities of freight daily pass
to and fro in barges At the mouth of the
some thirty or forty feet within quarter
OF mile--and the boats are carried up this
rise through locks operated by electric cur
rent in a successful and economical man
ner The arrangement Is so clever and
novel that electricians from all parts of the
world come to inspect it. 1t Is more inter-
esting because the scheme was first pro-
posed several years ago in the graduating
thesis of young student in the institute
of technology at Kioto. The government
was so impressed with his proposition that
they adopted 1t and employed him to carry.
1t out. He is still in charge of the work
There are several other remarkable cleo
Burma and the tin mines of the Malay
Federation are all worked with American
electrical machinery.
The use of electricity in war was never
carried into so many departments by
the Japanese In Manchuria. Every picket
had a telephone in. his pocket, and could
communicate instantly with the main body
of troops. Every outpost of the Japanese
army had a wire to headquarters, and even
in battle the movement of troops d.
rected by the ommander-in-c hief over a
telephone, instead of by orders carried by
atrs-de-camp and orderlies, Electricity
was used to a similar extent in other
branches of the service, particularly in
gunnery. The Russians were very far be-
hind
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Farmers Not So Progressive.

The peop.e of tie east are very SLOW in
adopting modern farming implements, how
ever. The peasant class is extremely con-
sentative and resists all innovations In
the construction of the Suez canal the
Egyptian laborers refused to use wheeibar-
rows even spades and shove.s; and the
greater part of the earth was taken from
that great ditch with the bare hands and
carried to the dumping ground in mats
woven of grasses. The same is true of the
great irrigation projects in India. The con-
tractors have never been able to persuade
the Hindus to use labor-saving implements,
either in railway construction or in build
ing irriga ting bitches in any similar I'M
dertaking.
Perhaps the chief reasons for the oppos1-
ton to labor-saving agricultural machinery
are the over-abundance of labor and the
size of the farms. Throughout the entire
east the agricultural lands cut up into
very small tracts, and machinery would
really be useless, even if the farmer could
afford to buy it. In India this is one of the
causes of the periodical famines. All farm
ing is done by the labor of the hands IN
most primitive manner, and every family
depends upon a little piece of ground for
sustenance The same labor, IL applied ac
cording to our modern methods and with
our machinery. would cultivate fifteen or
twenty times the amount of land and pro-
duce much greater results; but as the popu-
lation increased century after century the
land was divided among the successive gen
erations. until now the allowance for each
family is too small to properly support 1t.
When the crop fails there is no alternative
but starvation.
The same remarks Apply to China. where
the population is equally dense; and to a
certain degree to Japan.
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Modern Ideas In the Orient.

Miss Emma Pott asks for information as
to the use of modern inventions in the
orient. Speaking generally. it may be said
that, outside of Turkey people of the far
east are very quick to adopt modern ideas,
excepting labor-saving machinery. They
prefer 10 work with their hands. Every
city of any size In the east-from Cairo to
Yokohama-is lighted with electricity. and
you will find a lighting plant even In the
combs of the Pharoahs. among the ruins of
Thebes on the banks of the Nile. Down in
the depths of the earth, in vault chiselled
with unknown tools, In the bosom of a
granite mountain, lies King Amenhetep
pharoah OF the twenty-eighth dynasty (B.
{. 1l00), In a carved and painted coffin
with q sixteen-candie power bulb suspended
within few inches of his royal nose. The
ruins of Luxor and Karnak are lighted by
electric lamps. SO that tourists may see the
startling effects of light and shade among
the great columns
There are no electric lights, no telephones
no trolley cars. no automobiles In Turkey
The sultan Will not permit them. His OBJ
jections are based upon superstition-some
fear of the mysteries of the electric current
Several years ago, when he was on his way
to the seraglio to perform his annual devo-
lions before The mantle of Mahomet, he re-
fused to pass under a telegraph line that
had been stretched acSoss the streets for
years. 1t is probable that he had never
noticed ii before, although he had gone
that way several times He has a telegraph
instrument in his own Office. b. which he
communicates with his governors and milf
The wires are stretched across the palace
grounds. but he has. never allowed q teie-
phone to be put in The palace. and has re-
peatedly refused concessions to seleThene
electric light and electric street car COM
pan.es in Constantinople and other cities
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of the Ottoman empire. There are three
private telephone lines In Conssantinople.
One OF them belongs to the Imperial Otto
man Bank, and communicates with its yari-
Gus branches in the city. another connects
the signal station on the Bosphoyous with
the headquarters of the maritime assocsa-
ton in Constantin0pla. and is used TO give
notice of the approach of steamers.
third is between one of the hotels and its
stables There are three private electric
light plants-ons at the principal hotel. an
other at the palace of Hass I'M Pasha. min
lister of marine, and the other at the palace
of the mother of the Khediye Of Egypt. on
the Bosphorous
Constantinople is the only city of airy inn
portance In the east. in the world for
that matter, without electric lights and
trolley cars.
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The Recommendation.
reservation be changed to THE Yosemite
National Park" and that 1t include the
valley proper, the park which surrounds 1t
and the forest reserve which girdles both;
altogether somewhat more than l. 750, 600
acres which at present is divided into three
distinct sections and is under three differ
emf jurisdictions. The valley proper is un-
der the state OF California the national
park under the Interior Department. and
the Sierra forest reserve under the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
1t was further recommended that the
park be made symmetrical and complete by
the purchase from private owners of tracts
which project into the government reser-
walton and contain several OF the most in
tereSting natural features, as well as some
of the grandest forests in the world These
private interests were acquired years ago.
under the homestead and presumption laws
at a nominal cost, but the government, in
justice to the owners, will have to pay
their full value. The commission recon-
mends the appropriation Of 100000 for that
purpose.
1t also recommended that the laws. rules
and regulations governing the park be re-
vlsed because they are ambiguous CONTRA
dictory and ineffective, and that new
ccGe similar to that enforced in the yell
lowstone Park, be adopted. The efficient
administration of the park is judged i'm
possible without such change
The final recommendation is that a ma
cadsmized road up the MERGED canyon be
built at once from the edge of the forest
reserve to the Sentinel Hotel in the valley
and that other roads be constructed as rap
idly as possible.
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THE YOSEMITE PARK
Its improvement Urged by
the President.
NEW ROADS NEEDED
SCENERY EQUAL TO THAT OF
SWITZERLAND.
Sublime Natural Pictures, Which
Should Be Made More Accessible to
the Tourist of Our Own Country.
By WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
The President, in his message to Con-
gress, and Secretary Hitchcock In his re-
port, take high ground in favor of the I'M
provement of the Yosemite valley, and 1t Is
to be hoped that the appropriations COM
mittee will furnish them the money they
ask for to make 1t great national play
ground, like the Yellowstone Park. Mill
lions of people-and at least o0,o00 Ameri-
cans-go to Switzerland every year for the
scenery and mountain air, whereas We nave
better opportunities in our own country
and more sublime natural pictures. which
might afford great pleasure and profit to
the public if they were more accessible.
Under the administration of the state OF
California the Yosemite valley has been
practically closed to the public. The roads
are so bad that the journey Is an ordeal
instead of pleasure, and not more thah
10000 people have ever gone into the val
ley in any one year. More than half OF
those have been camperS-farmerS ana
toWnSpeople from the immediate neishbor-
hood, who have driven their own teams,
carried their own supplies and equipment,
and camped out in the groves and on the
mountain sides.
When the state of California receded the
Yosemite valley to the federal government
a year ago Secrtary Hitchcock sent
commission out there to report upon the
condition of affairs and to recommend any
improvements they found necessary. 1t
consisted of Major Chittenden of the En-
gineer Corps, who has made the Yellow
stone Park what it is, and has built sew
eral hundred miles of road there; MIR. X.
b. Marshall, topogra pher of the geologi-
cal survey, who is now engaged In making
a typographical map of the Yosemite coun-
try, and Mr.. Frank Bond of the general
land office in Washington. These gentle
men made a thorough investigation and a
valuable report, full of practical sugges-
tiors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-12

Jere F. Mccarthy. and Mr.. Robert @. NJ.
Ross. chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. were In charge of the fune-
ton President Mccarthy made the open
ing address in his happiest vein after which.
he introduced Representative J j. Jenkins
of Wisconsin, who explained that he had
spent his early years as a laboring man,
bur growing tired of work he got a Job
as congressman
The conflict between capital and labor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-12

was humorouslg compared to a game OF
foot ball by Rev. Father Kirby In an adj
dress on economics. Prof. Willis Moore,
chief OF the weather bureau. discouraged on
conditions in Russia. and Mr.. Terrence v
Powderly talked on labor topics.
Other numbers on the program were.
Song. THE Little Side Door, by John ).
Stofrei; recitation, Frank A. McHugh. vsa-
lin solo. n. w. McHugh; coon songs, Jo-
seph H. Hamlin, and other musical features.
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.[M]A[DAM][E YALE S
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GO Nj ? l. + \ 10 N
CIR r. M
Greatest Toilet
Luxury Made.

Nine Yale says: A little Almond Bios
som Complexion Cream should be applied
every time the face and hands are washed
IL removes the dust SCOT, CRIME smut and
smudge from the interstices of the skin
aad makes the surface smooth velvet
daily necessity at home and abroad, a treasure
when travelling by land or water, when an
outing Of any kind and particularly priced at the
seaside or mountain resort. Protects the skin from
cutting Winds burning rays of the<'sun and every
injurious effect of the elements. Prevents and
cures abnormal redness Of the any part
of the face also ehapping. chatting. cold sores,
fever blisters and all rristions of the skin 1t is
fire out more quickly than anything else soothes
heals and prevents scars and suppuration. Indise
pensable for uss Of infants and every member Of
the household. An exquisite natural beau.lner A
grateful application after shaving. Excellent for
massage purposes. Nine. Yale's Almond Blossom
Complexion Cream comes in two sizes, at special
prices OF roc for the large 81 90 size e9c for
the Zoe size.
Ask fer free copy Of Nine. Ya1e's 9s-page sou.
venir book at our Toilet Goods Department, given
away free Also mailed free to those living out of
town. Write for copy.
We are Madame Yale's Washington agents and
have permanently placed her entire line in our
Toilet Goods section. where ladies at all
times obtain any OF these well known preparations,
We sell the entire line at Special Cut Prices.
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LABOR UNION AT SMOKER.
Central Body Holds Eocial Session at
Typographical Temple.

In lieu Of the regular Monday night bust
ness session of the Central Labor Union. a
smoker was given last night by that or
ganization at Typographical Temple. a
program was presented In which were in
termingIed addresses, music, refreshments
and Rotations.
The president OF the central body, Mr..
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Catch That SWindler

Reward: SIS for arrest and conviction.
The man who offers you silver set, dishes,
pictures or any kind Of a premium with years
subscription to The LADIES HOME JOURNAL
is swindler.
Don't you know that THE LADIES HOME
JOURNAL ne0er gives premium to sub
scriber, and that it has spent thousands of
dollars for twenty years past in advertising the
fact that any one offering premium Of any
sort with THE JOURNAL may be regarded
as swindler? And yet it goes on year after
year, and we keep falling them. Why are
women SO easily fooled with a bargain offer?
Isn't it absurd on the face of it to offer
THE JOURNAL for year and a set Of dishes,
or some other preposterous gift, all for
dollar and quarter, the regular subscription
price? We offer standing reward for arrest
and conviction of these sWindlers.
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Purchase of Private Roads.

The commission does not recommend the
purchase of all the private roads now used
through the park, but only portions of
them There are now $50 miles of private
highways, valued a. $20S, 75o-an average of
81 $50 per mile-and an attempt has been
made TO get the government to buy them
all. The legislature of California has
passed resolution calling upon its repre-
sentatiYes in Congress to secure an aDpro-
rrlatien for this purpose.
Some OF these are toll roads, built under
franchises given many years before the
park was created, and so far as they lie
within the boundaries these rights must
be respected and the roads cannot be in
tcrfered with But there Is no reason why
the government should purchase them I'M
less they are needed, and the commission
does not consider it necessary at present.
Franchises for private roads or ferries
says the report, unless otherwise express
~ stipulated, are given subject to the right
of the public at any time to provide itself
with better facilities for travel To pay
the price asked for these roads would
cost considerably more than to build In
comparably better roads along routes that
have every possible advantage over any of
them, and the government will have moth
ing to show for it's expenditure The
commission recommends that the govern
roads as il can utilize in well-considered
road system for the park, and that 1t pay
for such portions only what 1t would cost
today to replace them
Secretary Hitchcock has asked Congress
to adopt the recommendations of the COM
mission and appropriate $1S1,0O0 to carry
them into effect. This fund will be used
TO purchase private grants of land, which
should become parts of the park and such
portions of the toll roads as are needed
The 10000 appropriated last year for the
same purpose remains unspent and is still
available, and $3.50 is requested 10 meet
the expenses of administration. Both the
President and Secretary Hitchcock are
very much interested in this subject. You
will remember that the President made
trip through the park with John Muir two
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-12

The Jamestown Exposition Company has
received from the state of Virginia a check
for $4,000. the company having received
from its subscribers the amount prescr. bed
by the state to insure the payment OF the
drst installment OF its appropriation,
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Refreshments were served by corps orr
walters and the festivities continued until
a late hour.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
WRIGHT TELLS HOW
THEY LOST TROPHY
Ward Made Hard Smash, His Racquet
Touched Net and English
man Won.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-With ten cups
earned in matches. w. A. Larned, s. c.
Wright, Holcombe Ward, and w. c.
CIothier, comprising the American ten
mis- team, which has been competing
abroad in the international matches. are
home again.
Although disappointed in not winning
the Davis Challenge Cup. the players
were we'll pleased with their success
abroad.
1--WE have no excuse to make" said
Wright, but we had pretty hard luck
all. five all. and thirty all, and we
thought we had them. Ward made a
hard smash and his racquet just touch
ed the net. That practically lost US the
match"
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
CALVARY LOST OUT
ON ITS LAST CHANCE
Defeat by Fourth Makes
Pennant Impossible.
MANY BRILLIANT PLAYS
Splendid Struggle Which Kept Crowd
on Tiptoes All the Time-Bielaski
and McKenpy Batters.

Calvary Methodist Episcopal and
Fourth, of the Church League. met yes
terday in one of the best games of the
season before the largest crowd that
has etsr filed into the Mt. Pleasant
grounds. Fourth won by TO 6. This de-
feat takes away all of Calvary's chances
for the championship.
Clean, fast ball. interspersed with
many brilliant plays, kept the crowd on
tiptoe the whole nine innings. BieIasd
and McKenny carried off the batting
honors for Fourth
Neal McKenny's catch of McCauley's 3
long fly in the eighth, with two men
racing home, was the fielding feature Of
the fray"
The Score.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
QUALIFYING ROUND
PAIRlNGS ARE MADE

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The executive
committee of the United States Golf As
scciation have made the pairings today
for the qualifying round of the national
amateur championship which begins
Tuesday morning on the Chicago Golf
Club links, Wheaton, III.
Nine additional entries We're received
in time for the draw. making the total
number 136. They include practically all
the topnotch amateurs Of the country.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

First base by error-St Vincent's. /
Left on bases-St. Vincent's, 4; St.
Patrick s, 6. First base on balls-Off
Wheatley, l: off Callan, I. Struck out
BY Wheatley, 8; by CaIlan, 3. Home
run-Meister. Three-base hits-Wheat-
ley, Marceron, Merrilet. G. Zanneni.
and H. ZanneIH Two-base hits-Rea-
gan. Johnson, and Mof1t Sacrifice hits
--a.spaaulding, z stolen bases-Johnson
(2J, Turner. Fuse, Chafiot, Lombardy,
and Merrilet. Hit by pitcher-By Cal
Ian. /. Wild pitches-Wheatley o. and
CaIlan %. Passed balls-Beckett 2.
Cmpire-Mr Hanford. Time OF game
hour and 26 minutes.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
CARROLL WAS EASY
FOR COLUMBIA CLUB

The patched-up Carroll Institute
team was easy for the Columbia Ath-
letic Club at the Coliseum yesterday.
Score to ,
Several of the Institute players were
missing when noses were counted, and
it WAS necessary to shift the whole out
fit around. and the new combination
would not work Score.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

Earned runs-CaTrOU, !. COIumDla, 5.
Left on bases-Columbia. 4 Carroll. 2.
First base on baIls-On Smith, g; off
stone ,; of WesterveIt, 9. Innings
pitched-By Smith. !: by Westervelt. s.
Hits-On Smith. 3; off Westervelt. 3.
Struck out-By Stone, 3; by Smith, 2; by
Westervelt. 5. Home run-Forsythe.
Stolen bases-Hoffman, Torney. WapIc.
Mullen (3). Stone ~, GIotzbaclS. Double
IIays-W Westeryelt 10 Smith to Kraft;
Stanley 10 Mullen. Hit by pitCher-By
Smith. 1. Wild pitch-Smith. Umpire
Hardy. Time of game hour and 18
minutes.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
MATCH FOR JACKSON.

BALTIMORE. Aug. S,-Maurice Her
ford has received a letter from a Detroit
club offering to match Tommy Burns
and Young Peter Jackson tor a fifteen
round battle August Is. Manager Mau-
rice says the match will be made
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

J. D. Windsor, formerly of Pennsyl-
vania, who holds the college high jump
record, is in company with Howed
Weeks, the great Columbia athlete.
knocking for entrance to the New York
Stock Exchange
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
ST. PATRICK PULLED
UP ON ST. VINCENT

st. Patrick pulled up on ST. Vincent.
ir the Marquette League, yesterday, by
winning by TO L.
Up to the seventh St Vincent had the
lead, but in that round the Tenth
Streeters landed on WheatIey and got
fhraa rtlns acrner fhc Ma u IT. .n-,....
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

Dick Woodward, the Central High
School catcher. is doing the backstop
work for the Winchester, Va. team.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

Jimmy Britt is coming in for any num-
Der OF knocks on the Coast because of
his unwillingness to fight Battling Mel
son.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

Fred Tenny, the Boston National man
ager, says there will be nothing to it
but the Giants in the pennant tight in
the National League.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03
SPORTING COMMENT.
BASEBALL.

town athlete, is pitching for the Cations
vile Country Club, OF Baltimore
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

Kid Sullivan never looked better than
since his return from his fight with
Britt at San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1905-08-03

e, 5. First base by errors-Fourth, 8;
Calvary NJ. E, 8. Left on bases
Fourth, Q; Calvary NJ. E.. 8. First base
Struck out-By Clark. 4; by Wahler, g.
Home run-Bielaski Three-base hit
Rielaski. Two-base hits-Wahler, Sy-
manosk, Burroughs. Sacrifice hit
Bishop. Stolen bases-Lord. McCauIey,
Wahler, Bishop, Clark. Double plays
Wahler to Quantrelle to McCauley. UNI
pire-Mr. Belts. Time of game-I hour
and i minutes