The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1895 CHARLES-M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTEON RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ yer wee 2 ] ‘Where are-the reformers? The octopus is hauling in its tentacles and taking to'the mud. 1t looks as if the'monopoly had begun a deathbed. repéntance. The lottery ticket is- big enough to write a sermon on that will draw. a job.is even tones. The paving ordi worse than the cobble The ring ay be made of triple brassand steel, but the people can break it. The Grand Jury has 4 chance to. make a record on the trac he boodlers. At-first it -was called Burlingame, thent Burlingeny; and 1iow:it is Bling Now is the ‘fime for the Grand Jury to get power buzz-say movement on it. ‘A good use'te which the cobblestones.on the streets could- be put would be to fillin the: water front with them. ical improve- The first step toward. p ment-invd on the ras The Ezamii visors' tom but neglects to $ 1o the Super- rie'as the “affiliated eight,” v who did the filling. s .never more beautiful ra and Los Angeles will ments during the fiesta. bers in a lotte greatest-swi As'all be progressive men are ashamed to led silurians, they can avoid ma by working for the good of the of generusity, but there is no absence t quality in her efforts.to secure the street ¢ isaco like sq ton. and ow their to-invest ¥Ernm heir pledges and g metis. & | aff and boasting of “my @ greatest Shakespearean d indebtedness which | r. San Frangisco to | we are leaving the | sacies to our children. become: & great most valuable of .1 The ledges himself to patroni ad “shows that he Joves prosperity and that of the advice to poor young early and go in debt fora ce. of ‘wisdom .upon the property, mient.in valuesaccruing from the im- emments for which the debt was created would offset:the increased tax fourfold. Béar- in- mind, that the business office of - the Cavri has been removed to 710 Market street, and that the former business office at 525 Montgomery stréet is now used asa ‘branch office. It is not-conceivable that Mayor Sutro, whatever ‘length of time he may want for investigation, ‘will compress so much stulfification into one act as to approve an ordinance that would both aid the octopus and.injurethe Ci The development of a market for Ameri- ‘can friitin Europe has been - particularly noticeable in the apple trade, and' since - last fall the New York fruit. men have shipped 1,443,592, barrels of apples to Europe, as against 168,706 barrels in' the winter of 1893-84: Ii there is-any connection between the _Valley road projectand Mr. Huntington’s . expressed intention to make California his home, it could bardly’ be regarded as a AEN AFPEAL T0 OLERGYMEN, lin Cleveland’s Cabinet. When thus ar- "Many ‘of the leading ministefs of San | Francisco - recently exhibited a praise- worthy zeal in attempts to purify the City of its more flagrant evils. In these efforts they co-operated with the Civic Federa- tion; a body of patriotic men who.earnestly desire a clean City and an honest munici- pal government.. The reform movement was begun by the disclosures of rotten- ness in New York made by the Lexow Committee. Its influence was strongly felt in our last municipal election, when a majority of the voters thought that they were electing honest men to office. In that election the clergymen of this City arrayed themselves on the side of purity and reform. All this was eminently commendable, and shows that our ministers have a proper civic pride as well as a high moral sense. Indeed, the responsibility resting upon them is so grave that their slightest shortcoming in its discharge must be not only productive of great harm, but is sure to draw down uncharitable criticism upon them. Knowing them to be men of so high character, and aware that their courage has been tested, we respectfully ask them if they have knowledge of the great harm which lottery companies are working in this City? Do they know that lottery tickets by the thousands are sold in this City every month; that where these lot- teries are not shameless swindles their expenses of running, of advertising and of keeping on friendly terms with the officers of the law are so heavy that only an insig- nificant proportion of what they receive from the sale of tickets can be given out in prizes;.that both the laws of the United States and of California, as well as of San Francisco; make lotteries and all dealings in connection with them criminal; that a large -majority of the persons who buy tickets are those who can least afford to be thus robbed of their money; that lotteries demoralize the people by cultivating a gambling spirit in them, and lead them to hope for money secured dishonestly rather than work for it? Have the ministers ever thought to in- quire why lottery companies are permitted to do business in this City openly and without any fear of molestation? And if the only possible explanation is the brib- ery of the officers charged with the en- forcement of the laws, have we not a very serious matter to deal with? So far as the CALL is aware, it is the only daily paper in this City that refuses to publish lottery advertisements. The law does not prohibit the publication of the list of winning numbers in lottery draw- ings, and this is a great misfortune, for that is really the only advertisement that the lottery companies care to publish. If we regarded the list as legitimate news, we certainly should publish it, for the com- panies would not only be very glad to fur- nish it, but would pay handsomely for its publication, as it pays the other dailies of this City which do publish it. But we have refused to do so on any terms, for the reason that it is aiding and abetting one of the meanest forms of swindling. While we do not profess to have sounder morals than the clergymen of San Fran- | cisco, we are certainly arraying the CaLL against a powerful ndle, and that at a considerable financial cost, and the minis- ters have not yet made a crusade against But we have a confidence in | flicient to make us believe that ,since the matter has been called to their attention, they will .at once begin earnestand united work against this in- idious enemy of morality and thrift. We therefore ask that they open a crusade by preaching sermons against the evil, and that they follow it up with determinea action. ! In a like spirit we appeal to our contem- poraries in all friendliness, not only to cease advertising the lotteries, but to add their tremendous moral weight to the forces that should be arrayed to suppress this outlawed and criminal evil. Similarly, we appeal to all good citizens to take the side of right and assistin en- forcing' the laws and in protecting the people. It is a shame to be spending money so recklessly. If every one who buys lottery tickets should invest’ the money in shares of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, he would . be securing property that would be sure to bring him a hand- some profit on the investment. To the Ezaminer particularly, which is receiving sabscriptions to these shares, we suggest that great good might be done by its ad- vocacy of this course. A TRAITOR STRIPPED. Secretary Gresham is the apotheosis of mugwumpery. The time was when he stood for all the noble principles of which tias Republican party was the embodiment. His history illustrates afresh the old but ever-new fact that though a man may bg clean in his private relations, and may always have been true to the ideals which constitute the basis of his public life, when ambition usurps the place of patriot- ism the deathknell of honor is sounded. An honest mugwump is conceivable. ‘We can easily imagine that any man of lofty and independent character, be he Re- publican or Democrat, may decide for him- self that his party has drifted from its traditions and betrayed its principles. We could have a high admiration for a man ‘who, rational and intelligent, should have the courage to come forth like a man and give a reason for the faith that isin him. ‘We could even make a generous allowance Jor the loosening of tradition’s hold and have pity for all the suffering and sacri- fice which it means to a man when he an- nounces that the things to which he has compliment to thie. fighting abilities of the other ‘mémbers of the Bouthern Pacific ‘Company. i An-: assumption that a man’s oppor- “tunities for enlirging his operations and increasing--his' prosperity are destroyed by 4 debt which' he creatés for those purposes _is sufficient to make Whately and Adam Smith turn over in their, graves and ask ‘how Jong it has been since the schools were - closed. oA T Sanguime .people in Florida believe the recent blizzards will prove a‘benefit to the -.‘Sfate by ‘turning ‘the ‘attention of culti- .. vators fo'market gardens instead of orange - .groves, and ‘there can be no doubt that . many people whose orchards were killed i ¢'winter will not replant them, Although the'calla does not happen to be 2 lily,in-spite- of -the fact that some Los ngélencs so designate it, the. shipment of **:80,000 ¢ailas from Los' Angeles to decorate Chicago. churchés on' Easter Sunday will set the. Chicagoese wondering why they. don't bring their churches to Cali- _fornia, where there is a great deal more to * praise God for than in Chicago. 3 n-Oscar, Wilde stated in court that -'he deesn’t . believe what he writes and ‘doesn’t care what people think about his ooks, he intended to give the impression - "that he i§ a inique specimen of humanity, bat he failed in the effort. There are-a -. wholg-lot ‘of officials in. this, country who practice; politics on ‘exactly those princi- . -ples; the ‘only difference being that what “Wilde’ calls a pursuit of besuty is known over liers as.a pursuit-of booty. - clung for a lifetime as sacred have been degraded and dragged in the mud, and that he must stand aside to maintain his self-esteem. For it must be a terrible thing to realize, and it must so burden a good man with grief that he surely has extraordinary strength-and ¢ourage to pro- claim the shame of the family of which he is a member. : ‘We might have imagined Mr. Gresham to be such a man, and we might have felt sympathy for his suffering and respect for his courage. But we cannot forget his his- tory. . It is impossible to cast out of the account his pleading for the Presidential nomination, while still he was a good Re- publican. Itis too painfully remembered that he went before the Republican National Convention and was defeated for the nomination by Harrison. There may be inflicted upon any man’s love of his fellow- men and upon any man’s admiration of in- dependent manhood a wound so sore that it cannot be easily healed. Itis too fresh in the mindsof all of us that Mr. Gres- ham’s change of heart toward the great principles of his party began at once to uk: root in the rank chagrin of that de- fea Had he kept aloof from his party—had he even denounced it—there might have been some reason still to have a kindly feeling for him. But here were the three steps by which he mounted to the glory in which he now shines: First, he was de- feated for the Presidential nomination; second, he became not only a radical mug- wump, but a vociferous claquer of the noble and mighty Cleveland; third, he not only was offered, but had the immeas- rayed, his conduct seems incredible. It seems astonishing that a man whose con- duct was so clearly a mixture of pique, ambition and a desire for revenge, has still the respect of any considerable number of self-respecting men. That a man of the President’s caliber and character should have found in this Ishmael a congenial companion and profitable adviser, is no subject for wonder whatever. It would be surprising if a black crow should show a fondness for the society of a white dove. President Cleveland, in being forced to father Secretary Gresham's recent policy, is reaping his just reward. The combatant who adopts into his own army a traitor who deserted from the enemy, may well expect to be himself betrayed in turn. But it is not possible to imagine that the President of the United States, from what- ever source he sprang and however unpat- riotic his policy, can have the smallest respect for such a traitor as Gresham. ‘The principle is old, but true ss fate— Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. OOME FORWARD, REFORMERS. There is work on hand for the reformers. Highton and Menzies and their associates; the Civic Federation and all reform organi- zations have a chance now for action as well as for talk. They have a free field before them, big game ahead and an ex- pectant public waiting to see them begin. In the revelations made by “Young Dutehy,” in the effort of the Supervisors’ ring to carry through the street-paving job, in the tearing up of the streets by cor- porations in violation of law,in the fre- quent use of revolvers and the threats of hired bullies to shoot down peaceable workingmen at their work, there is scope enough for the broadest investigation and work enough to rouse the energies of all the reformers. 11 is more than probable that the Grand Jury will turn its attention to these sub- jects, and if it does the reform associations shonld be prepared to give it a cordial and helpful support. The Grand Jury can do much, but it cannot do everything. Itcan do very little if the general mass of citizens is apathetic. Some of the civic and reform- ing energy engendered by the mass-meet- ings of last winter would be most valuable now, and would probably result in action instead of ending as it did then, in oratory. No citizen can doubt that great evils are now confronting us. The attempt to give the exclusive right of furnishing asphalt for street paving to a monopoly is too patent a fraud on the public for its nature to be mistaken. The carrying of concealed weapons and assaults with the intention to ntimidate or murder have become too com- mon an offense to be overlooked, and the story of legislative corruption told by Hanstead is sufficiently confirmed by cir- cumstances to make an investigation in the highest degree desirable. We look to the reformers, therefore, to come forward promptly at this juncture. ‘The occasion furnishes them the oppor- tunity to prove their usefulness. to the community. Here isa chance for service that will give them a prestige in the City commensuraie with their zeal. S8an Fran- cisco demands an honest government, and her people look to the reform organiza- tions as well as to the Grand Jury and in- dependent press to take part in the work of securing it. AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. Ever since the panic of 1893 statistics have been against us. Month after month all comparative exhibits pointed to the wrong side of the book. Our exports and imports were less, the bank clearings showed a monotonous decrease, Custom-hounse and internal reve- nue collections fell off with undeviating regularity. In fact we lost all along the line. But a change has taken place. A counter current is setting in. Instead of a falling off the monthly statistics now show a gain. For instance: The exports of produce from this port in March amounted to $2,807,700 against $2,415,500 in March, 1894. For the first quarter of 1895 they were $6,538,700 against $6,423,800 during the first quarter of 1894. Again, take the revenue collections in this district. They were $129,801 in March, 1805, against $121,200 in March, 1894, For the first quarter of the year they were $358,777 against $327,800 for the same quar- ter in 1894, Then there are the specie shipments from San Francisco. They were only $1,918,600 in March, 1895, against $2,910,850 in March, 1894. For the first quarter of the year they were $7,114,500, against $11,146,000 during the corresponding quar- ter in 1894. An increase in the local goid coin circu- lation is not to be sneezed at, either. The local Mint coined in March (gold) $1,950,- 000. There was $331,900 exported and $593,600 paid in duties, which left $1,024,500 to be added to the local circula- tion. The total gain in gold circulation locally during the first quarter of 1895 was $953,000. To summarize thesituation: During the first quarter of 1895 we exported more goods, collected more revenue, sent less money out of the State and increased our local circulation an even million of dol- lars. If this showing does not indicate at least an approach of good times, what does? MENDOCINO ENTERPRISE. It is not in the San Joaquin and in Santa Clara valleys only that new railway pro- jects are taking definite form and coming before the people as business propositions. Mendocino County in the north isshowing a zeal and energy in railway matters hardly inferior if any to that of the cen- tral counties, and there is reason to believe that her projects, as well as the others, may reach a speedy realization. The Mendocino project is for a road from Ukiah through what is called the Low Gap to the head of the Upper Na- varro. The Ukiah Republican Press says the idea of the promotors of the enterprise is to tap the immense redwood belt in that section of the country, and thereby de- velop a local industry which up to the present time has lain dormant. It is esti- mated that the 100,000 acres of timber land which would be adjacent to the road will yield 4,000,000,000 feet of the finest red- wood. Even as building material this would be a valuable output, and if the bet- ter grades of the timber were worked up into furniture in San Francisco it would be one of the most profitable products of the State. = According to the Mendocino Dispatch, the indications of an immediate construc- tion of the road are not only good but are brightening every day. Itis said the pro- moters of the enterprise, after long and persistent efforts, are meeting with en- couragement from those of whom moder- ate inducements are asked, and there is a good prospect for the successful undertak- ing of the work. The proposed road is not a great one, as American railroads are measured, but it will be an important link in the chain of roads that will give San Francisco a competing line to the north, and assuch its construction will be watched here with interest. Whatever benefits any part of California will benefit San Fran: cisco, and our ts and capitalists can well afford to give some assistance to urablé hardihood to accept a high position | the Mendocino en AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “There is as good a hearted man as I ever knew,” said a former youth from Nevads, as H. M. Yerington, superintendent of the Vir- ginia and Truckee Railroad, bought the CALL of & newsboy and sat down in the cortel of the Palace Hotel to read the current news. “In what way?” asked & reporter. “In most every way. I will tell you of a par- ticular instance. When I was a boy in Carson, about fifteen years ago, I was pretty well ac- quainted with his three sons, Ed, Hume and Jim. We were all nearly of an age, or just about that period of a boy’s life when he thinks the earth belongs to him, with the full- ness thereof. You know what I mcan. Well, Jim got it into his head one day that the proper thing to do was to get up a minstrel show, con- taining all the boys in the neighborhood, for which it would be proper to charge & dime ad- mission. Several hundred tickets were printed and, as I remember, D. O. Mills, who hap- porter in him. Last year, at the time of the big railroad strike, when about all the lines in the West were tied up, he had an experience which was about as disagreeable at the time as it is now pleasant to relate. Mr. Lannon ownsa ranch up in Idaho, and at the time of the trouble he happened to be up on his property. Business of & pressing nature demanded his presence in Salt Lake, but as mo trains were running it looked for a time as though it would be impossible for him to get through. But Mr. Lannon argued that the track was clear, and it a handear could be procured he would under- take to get through. The railway officials gave him a permit to use one of the cars mentioned, and securing the aid of four able-bodied men he made the journey of 150 miles to Salt Lake without accident. The court in the Palace presented an ani- mated appearance yesterday morning when Talbot Clifton’s .coach and four bowled away on its initial trip to Burlingame. There wasa H. M. YERINGTON, WHO IS NO LONGER IN FAVOR OF AMATEUR MINSTRELSY. (Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] pened to be in town, took twenty dollars’ worth, We got ourselves together and had a long session, which had for {ts chief topic the question as to who should be treasurer. The president of the company wanted to resign on the spot and take the treasurership. But we blocked that game by dividing the money as fast as it came in, and you can rest assured that most of the tickets were sold in advance of the show. When everything was in readi- ness and the night of the affair was drawing near, some hoodlums of the town gave it out that there would be no show, not if they knew it. Now, this is where the old gentleman comes in. We had converted his barn into a theater and turned the horses ont into his lawn, all of which he accepted as unavoidable. The report reached him that the tough boys were forming s syndicate to burst up the show, and he straightwey went to the Sheriffs office with the request that an officer be sent up on the night of the performance. “A man by the name of Joe Cowan appeared, but as he was too good natured to take strin- gent measures to preserve the peace we took the extra precavtion of loading a small can- non, borrowed for the oceasion, with nails, broken pieces of iron and screws, intending to touch it off when the gang got toe boisterous and scare them away. At 8o'clock the curtain went up and the barn was filled to the main doors, the stalls being converted into mez- zanine boxes. Nearly every man on the stage hed either a pair of bones or & tamborine. “Just as the interlocutor was in the midst of his request, ‘Gentlemen, be seated,’ there was & wild racket outside. Bricks and stones fell on the rooi and yells of derision and howls of scorn rent the air, It was impossible to proceed and a halt was calied. The spokes- man attempted to make & few remarks on what ‘was best to be done, but had hardly begun | When & report was heard like the bursting of & powder magazine, followed by & most horrible yell from some one across the street. Inan in- stant the stage was vacant and all made a rush for the doors. “There stood Jim Yerington in the midst of a cloud of smoke. He had touched off the can- non and it had scattered a portion of its junk into the leg of one William Musgrove, a well- to-do and highly respected farmer who was quietly wending his way homeward early in the evening. “The explosion ignited the dry grass, and in another moment the fence was on fire. The entire minstrel eompany ran across the gar- den toward the hose while the outside element headed for the volunteer fire department. In half an hour the barn, scenery and general surroundings were in a state of wreck, and the neighborhood was up in arms against amateur minstrel combinations. Bill Musgrove, the son of the man who got shet, was one of the end men, and we helped him carry his father home. “H. M. Yerington heard about it, and the next day made the rounds of the city and paid the damage we had executed. It musthave cost him, including doctor bills, gardening, rebuilding fences and replacing borrowed scenery, a considerable sum, but he never whimpered. Of course we never had any more minstrel shows in hisbarn. He was heard to remark that he preferred to pay his way intoa regular professional show instead of having a private amateur snap in his barn.” Professor George C. Edwards of the State University does not join in the chorus of lamentations over the killing of California ‘meadow larks. In fact, he claims that the lark, like Bret Harte's heathen Chinee, “for tricks that are dark and ways that are vain, is pe- culiar.” Besides being the pride of the Berkeley boys as a mathematician, Professor Edwards has ‘won their affection as an athlete and sports- man. Inaddition to all these qualificationshe is a farmer—one of those farmers who till the soil for the love of it—and as a result he raises great quantities of -‘garden truck” on his place near Livermore. “The pride of my heart, two years ago,” he said in telling of his farm, “was my water- melon patch. I toiled much and schemed more to make that patch a success, and it was. Every vine thrived and was loaded with great melons, the marvelous growth of which was a source of great pride and joy to me. “But my delight was short lived. No sooner did a melon ripen than it began to rot. Upon opening one I would find the interior spoiled. In nearly every case there was a little round hole in the side that admitted the air and caused the melon to spoil. “Imade up my mind that some miscreant ‘was meking me the victim of his spite. So I watched that patch s & cat would a mouse. One melon in particular I guarded with the greatest care. It and assumed a most glorious size and color. One dayI went tolook at 1t to see it it was ripe enough to pick. “It was well I @id. As I neared it a lark sprang from the shady side, its bill dripping with juice. And there,in my biggest melon, close to the ground, was a hole that bird had made in the rind. I suppose the lark wanted ‘water or perhaps it liked melon. At any rate, I had discovered the miscreant guilty of destroying my crop and Yam no longer s friend of the lark, at least, not during the watermelon season.” P. Lannon, one of the owners of the Sait Lake Tribune, and who is about as well known as any man in Utah, is at the Palace. Mr. Lan- non has made Utah his home for many years, and the growth of Salt Lake and the develop- 'ment of the State have found an active sup- sore disappointment in store for Mr. Clifton when it became known that the ladies, who, it had been expected, would form a part of the pleturesque outfit, failed to materialize, it being explained that the chaperon had sud- denly fallen ill and that without such an ad- junct it would be impossible for the other ladies to go along. Only four gentlemen were included in the party, they being Harold Wheeler, the lawyer; William Oothout Jr. of Santa Barbara, Dan Murphy and a Mr. Lieb. The coach is & gorgeously upholstered affair, and the horses with cropped manes and tails present a natty appearance. Clifton was on the box and a sedate footman held an elevated seat in the rear as the outfit puled out of the Palace and started on its journey. “April Fools’ day never comes around,” said ex-Senator Tim McCarthy to a select circle of friends yesterday, after relating how he had been taken in himself the day before, “but what I think of old John Moore of Tuolumne, and his experience on a certain’ first of April in either 1864 or 1865. John had been mining in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties for years, and had gathered together quite a pile. Itwas his ambition to return to his home in Massa- chusetts with pockets bulging out with wealth, and show his people what & man could do in California in a few years. He had got together sbout $40,000, and that was considered a pretty tidy sum in those days. ‘At any rate John considered that 1t was enough to astonish the folks with, and he came to town with the intention of going home on the old mail steamer Uncle Sam. He spent little money around town, but he was guard- ing his capital very closely. He deposited his stuff in the old Bank of California, then on the corner of Washington and Battery streets, and got bills of exchange on New York. « “By the advice of a friend, though, he in- vested $5000 in greenbacks, which were then selling very low—40 or 50 cents on the .dollar. The-exchange bills and the greenbacks he stuffed into a large shabby wallet which he had carried for years. “It was the 1st of April that he started up Montgomery street with the intention of going to the office of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- peny, which was on the corner of Sacramento and Leidesdorff streets. A. B. Forbes, who now represents the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company here, was the agent for the company. hen John reached the office he felt for his wallet to get the money to pay for his ticket, but it was gone. He gasped, turned pale, and then, to the astonishment of the clerk, dashed out of the place on the back trail. “All this time his shabby wallet with a for- tune inside was lying on the sidewalk on Montgomery street, between Clay and Com- mercial, ana was being eyed by a score or more of men who were ranged on the curb and against the buildings waiting for some sucker to come along and pick it up, in order that they might yell ‘April fool, April fool,’ at him. “At that time the day was observed gener- ally. Stuffed pocket-books, enticing-looking bundles, and coins with threads attached to them were to be seen lying everywhere. If a sucker was caught and he was anyways known the drinks for the crowd were usually on him. “So the throng hung around that precious pocket-book when old John Moore came dash- ing along. He had- no eyes for anything ex- cept the book, and the eager way in which he grabbed it only caused the crowd to add zest to their cry of ‘April fool’ as they crowded around him. \ “01d John feverishly opened the book,saw that all was right, and then the situation dawned on him. He exposed the contents of the walilet, and then drawled out: ‘Well, I dunno, boys, whether I'm the fool or not, but seein’ as how none of you took my money I guess I'll treat,’ and he did. John made money on his greenbacks, and he died in his old home about ten years ago, but I'll bet that he never forgot that April Fools’ day experience. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Prince Kung, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, is an opium fiend whose indulgence has made him a physical wreck. Leopold Sacher Masoch, the novelist, who died the other day at Frankiort-on-the-Main, ‘was born at Lemberg and studied at Prague and Gratz. Among his works are “The Emis- sary,” “A Testament” and “The Prussians of To-day.” The student Royama,’ who shot Li Hung Chang, is not known personally to the Japan- ese in this city, but they sey that the name is quite & common one in Japan, and that cer- tain branches of the family are prominent there.—New York World. A women, Mrs. Henry D. Cram of Boston, will furnish the Paris Exposition of 1900 with seventy-five derricks, to be used in the con- struction of all the buildings that are to be of durable stone. Mrs. Cram will personally su- perintend the placing of these derricks. ‘The Rev.Dr. J.Q. A. Henry, the new pastor of the Lasalle-avenue Baptist Church, Chicago, is less than 40 years of age, and issaid tobea direct descendant of Patrick Henry. During the last five years he has been pastor of the First Baptist Church of San Francisco, and at- tained great prominence in an “anti-dive” ‘movement in this city. Miss Meredith, the mlhih‘rfilt‘,.who has made such wonderful success in India as a por- trait-painter, finds she must use adroit flattery to induce the ladies of Zenanas to wear their exquisite native costumes. Their request is invariably, “Paint me A light complex- jon is a sign of many generations of indoor se- clusion, and evidence, therefore, of high cast and pedigree. PERSONAL. C. G. Yatesof Ventura arrived at the Lick yesterday. J. M. Stilwell of Los Angeles wasat the Palace yesterday. Professor D, C.Clark of Santa Cruz is now at the Grand. A. C. Bingham of Marysville is registered at the Palace. R. G. Walrath, & mining man of Nevada City, isat the Lick. V. 8. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee is at the California. F. W. Johnson of Marysville is registered.at the California. B. D. Sinclair of Placerville registered at the Lick yesterday. 0. C. Perkins of Angels Camp was &t the Grand yesterday. -« F. H. Kennedy of San Jose was at the Ocei- dental last night. . J.W. Searles, a rancher of Mojave, is regis- tered at the Russ. L. M.Lasell,a merchant of Martinez,is & guest at the Grand. B. B. Berry, a wealthy cattleman of Mountain View, is at the Russ. W. N. Breckenridge, a mining man of Tucson, Ariz., is at the Grand. John Tully, a real estate man ot Stockton, is registered at the Grand. P. Lannon, one of the proprietors of the Salt Lake Tribune, is at the Palace. W. A. Driscoll of Fresno was among the arrivals at the Grand yesterday. Captain H. D. Colson, the owner of a fine vineyard neer Fresno, is at the Grand. Hugh E. Keough, the popular Chicago turf writer whose work on the Chronicle has been so0 well appreciated during the winter racing, departed last evening for Memphis, Tenn., ac- companied by his wife, to attend the Southern race meeting. At the conclusion of that meet Mr. Keough will journey to Chicago, there o resume his duties as press agent at Hawthorne track. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Jess—The first thing Mrs: Cleeker did was to break her husband of all his bad habits. Bess—What then? Jess—He became so insipid that she had to sue for a separation.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Citizen—What ward do you live in? Lodging-house Jerry—I dunno; but I knows what ward Ivotes in.—Chicago Record. “This century,” said the cornfed philosopher, “will be remembered chiefly as the era of the bloomer and the boomer.”—Indianapolis Jour- nal. 3 Mamma—I'm airaid you have headache, haven'’t you, Tommy? Tommy—No, ma’am, not unless this is Thurs- dey night instead of Friday.—Chicago Inter “I have been feeliug all run down, and my doctor advised me to get a bicycle.” “So you could run down other people, eh ?”’—Cincinnati Tribune. As long as the devil can handle our money he don’t care how much noise we make in church.—Ram'’s Horn. Ethel—Have you got any very expensive tastes, Charley. Cherley—Well, I don’t know; 'm very fond of you.—London Judy. “I hear your engagement is off.” “Yes; as the dramatic papers would express it,Iam at liberty.”—Philadelphia Record. IN ACTUAL OPERATION. What Is to Be the Chief Feature of the Coming Mechanics’ Fair. SN T . Messrs. Hallidie and Cummings of the board of directors of the Mechanics’ Insti- tute are putting forth the most strenuous | efforts to make the coming Mechanics’ fair at the Pavilion a telling exhibition of home industry. The fair will open August 13 and close September 14. “We wish to spread this movement of patronizing home industries, and therefore the chief object of the fair will be to show HARDSHIPS OF PIONEERS, A Unique. 'Lectu:re_ 'befiyergd " by ‘Professor Elisha Brooks. It Is Graphically Illustrated by a Series of Tableaux: Vivants. An enjoyabie entertainment. was pro- vided for those who attended the lecture of Professor Elisha Brooks, principal of fhe Girls’ High Scheol, in the parlors of ‘the Plymouth Congregationgl Church- last evening. The lecture was for the beneiit of the church and was entitled-* With the Emigrants on the Plains in the -Early Days.” . = It was illustrated with tableaux vivants and related the exciting experiences and the hardships suffered by the faraily of the lecturer in making the overland trip to California in 1852, when the speaker was but 11 years of age. The family consisted of the mother and six children. Mr. Brooks, the father, had gone to California in 1850, and had sent word to his family to join him. T started from St. Joseph County, Micl “We joined a company that had orgaunized to go to California and hire teamster,” said the speaker. “At Cou: Bluffs all the rest of the party backed and our teamster deserted us, leavir mother and the six children to get along as bess they could. She ‘confinued the journey, nevertheless, the children-dtiving the team.” 2 He then described the dangers they had tohencoumler from ldhd{lan's, ¢holera and other pestilences;, and the hardships an privations they-snifered, starvation Ix]xearl;‘ overcoming them in the desert. "Among other things their stock Was' driven off by Indians. i‘hey‘ avoided moléstation - by traveling with strong companies throngh thé sections’ where the Indians- were reported to be most dangerous.. In several cases they camped where immigrarits had beerni massacred only the day.before by the redskins. Y1 It took them' six months to make the journey to Bidwell's Bat.” The fatirér had received notice of their coming and tnet them in the sink of the ‘Humboldt just. as their provisions gave out.” - i The lecture was divided : into three parts and was preceded by and interspersed with the tableaux and ‘songs, the 'entire pro- ramme being as follows: Tableau, “Ho! or California’ ; tableau, “In- Camp Two Months Later’”; song by - Mt. Brem‘leni first part of lecture; tableau, “Danger;” showing Indians skulking about the cam: tableau, “‘Indian Massacre” ;-song by Mr. Bremlen; lecture continued; -tableau, “Indian Scene”; lecture concluded. - FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND: The Exempt Fire Company Takes Steps to Benefit by it. § Assembly bill 391 was the theme of discussion at the meeting of the Exemps Fire Company recently held. This bill-was passed by the last Legislature and provides that the legislative body, of " any <ity, county or city and county' may set aside not more than $12000 as a_relief -fund-for exempt firemen, and that the head.of the executive department shall appoint a board of trustees consisting ef ‘five ‘veteran fire- men to attend to the disbursement of t! fund and determine who-shall be its bene- ficiaries. & L that. George T. A motion was carried- 2 Bowman, presidént of ‘the- Exempt Fire Company, Godfrey Fisher and Charles M. Plum act as an ihtroducing -committee to present to Mayor Sutro-the. following names as those of suitablé mén from which to choose the five trustees: Juhn'Fay, Joseph Figel, Washin; Irving; James O’Donnell, George C. Parkison, Jeseph S. Marshall and R.D: Blauvelt. " Z Dr. Voorsanger's Divine service will commence .this evening. at the Temple Emanu-El £t 7:45- o’clotk: Voorsanger will deliver ‘s leettird on_ Evils of & Great City and How to Treat The public is cordially invited to atten: in a practical way what_manufacturers are doing here,” said Mr. Hallidie yesterday afternoon. He explained that the dominant feature would be to exhibit machinery and local industries in actual operation. Among other things there will be demonstrations of chair-making, nail-making, drilling, painting and glazing, that is the actnal g:ocess of these and other industries will placed before the visitor’s eyes from be- ginning to end of the fair. The electrical exhibits are to be very extensive and elaborate. “It is to be hoped,” added Mr. Hallidie, “that every manufacturer who has an in- terest in this community will be prepared to make an exhibit and send in his appli- cation to Secretary Culver as early as pos- sible. The earlier they make their appli- cation the surer they are of securing space.” The prospectus for the fair is now being prepared, and the various committees are fast gettmfi down to work. The Mer- chants’ and manufacturers’ Association and the Half-million Club have all prom- 10 co-operate heartily, and commit- tees are to be ngpomted by those bodies to confer with the commitiees of the Me- chanics’ Institute. - FROEBEL'S BIRTHDAY. Aun Effort Being Made to Have It Re- membered in Several Pulpits. An earnest effort is being made by the Silver-street Kindergarten Association to have the birthday of Froebel celebrated in some manner in this city. The great apostle of the kindergarten system of edu- cation, Friedrich Froebel, was born in the parsonage of Oberweisbach, in the Thur- ingian Forest, April 21,1782, As the 21st inst. will fall on Sunday this year it is the urpose to interest a number of pastors of the city churches, and have pulpit refer- ences made to Froevel’s life and work. So far Rector William Hall Moreland of St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Van Ness avenue and Clay street, and Rev. Charles | 0. Brown, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church at Post and Mason streets, have promised to devote a portion of their time on that day. The various training schools of the Golden Gate and other associations in this city will have aporopriate exercises, com- memorative of Froebel, on the Friday pre- ceding the 21st inst. — e BacoX Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * ———-— 'VERMONT maple sugar, 15¢ Ib, Townsend's.* —————-— GENUINE specs, 15¢., 81}4 Fourth st., nr. bar- ber. 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