. Review of reviews and world's work. ENT EMPLOYEES AT ARMYTRANSPORT DOCKS, SAN FRANCISCO. HON. JAMES D. PHELAN. (Reelected mayor ol San Francisco.) the value of a franchise for taxation, deductfrom the market price of the stock and bondstlie assessed value of the tangible property, andthe difference will be the value of the franchise. Last year, under Mayor Phelajis encour-agement, the assessor adopted this rule and add-ed $19,000,000 to the as-sessment roll on this scorealone. This assessor hasnow been reelected on thesame ticket with Mr. Phe:-|.%iAn r Ian by a majority of two- Mni^ ^ ^^ ^^^
. Review of reviews and world's work. ENT EMPLOYEES AT ARMYTRANSPORT DOCKS, SAN FRANCISCO. HON. JAMES D. PHELAN. (Reelected mayor ol San Francisco.) the value of a franchise for taxation, deductfrom the market price of the stock and bondstlie assessed value of the tangible property, andthe difference will be the value of the franchise. Last year, under Mayor Phelajis encour-agement, the assessor adopted this rule and add-ed $19,000,000 to the as-sessment roll on this scorealone. This assessor hasnow been reelected on thesame ticket with Mr. Phe:-|.%iAn r Ian by a majority of two- Mni^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^ -^^ ^^ ^ practic- ing physician, Dr. Washing-ton Dodge by name. Un-der that feature of the newcharter which requires thesubmission to the voters ofpropositions for the incur-ring of bonded indebted-ness, two special electionswere to be held, on Decem-ber 27 and 29. One of thesewas to act upon the questionof extending the park sys-tem, the other upon thebuilding of school-houses,a large liospital, and a much-needed drainage BRITISH WARSHIPS LYING OUTSIDE DELAGOA BAY TO INTERCEPT SUPPLIES FOR THE TRANSVAAL. (A correspondent in Delagoa Bay writes: We are practically cut oflf from everywhere here, and the Philomel, Widgenn,and Magicienne watch day and night to see that nothing in the way of arms, ammunition, or foodstuffs come into theharbor for the Transvaal. The vessels lie just outside the three-mile radius, and examine the manifest of each ship thatarrives iu the bay. Our illustration is from a slcetch by F. Jeffrey Hill.—From the Oiaijhic, December 9,1899.) RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. {From November 21 to Decemhcr 19, isoo.) PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. December 4.—The Fifty-sixth Congress holds its first session David B. Pleiiderson (Rep.), of Iowa, is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives ; Brigham (Dem.), of Utah, is refused permission to takethe oath of office pending a decision on the question of his eligibility Both branches adjourn as a mar
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