The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN V4 Z FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1895. M CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 46 per year by mail; by carrler, 16c 41.50 per yea: EEKLY CALI The Eastern office FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Buresu, Rulpelander bullding, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country on a vacatlon? If &0, it is n0 trouble for us to forward THE CALL to rouraddress. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Oflice, 710 Market street, will receive prompt atte tion is beginning to pick a bone with Turkey. Some Oakland ladies insist that queens are born, not made. The railroad of the future will do less bribing and more business. Buy home-made goods and keep your ey within home reach. Some men fancy they can get out of the world by retiring into themselves. There is a chance for a mystery story on what Grover does with all his fish. roon was only a side m at Santa Cruz. The carnival la; show to the reai The Cornell crew’s decollete rowing-suits have made the Thames blush crimson. ‘Were it not for the conceit of the foolish the modesty of the wise would seem com- monplace. Some of the laws against lottery adver- tising might be found to stick if they were applied forcibly The small boy and the firecracker are already engaged in a destructive raid on peace and quiet. It should not be expected of the manu- facturer that he be the only consumer of home-made goods. ‘We ought to show in the Fourth of July celebration how much we have profited by the fiestas of the seas The unspeakable Turk is beginning to sober u; m too deep indulgence in the sublimity of his own Porte. Factories increuse the price of real estate, and benefit the merchant and neighboring farmers by putting money in circulation. The women of Los Gatos have taken the Sfmprovement broom in hand and are going to make their town a picture of loveliness. In the Democratic rumpus in Kentucky it appe: that Carlisle is the parrot and Blackburn is trying to monkey with him. There seems to be a profit for California in everything that happens, and even the gold stringency has caused a revival of mining. it be true that Olney’s practice was worth $50,000a year, we may put him down asa man whose practice is much better than his talk. ent Zelaya of Nicaragua fail to nsolidate the Central American States, Le might try hishand on the consolidation aragua. The lo t peddler can hardly be blamed for trying to sell tickets at every house where a newspaper that advertises lotteries is taken. The Santa Clara County Floral Society proposes to hold a fiower carnival next year that will fairly mop the earth with flowers and Los Angeles. Forging lottery tickets is a mean kind of rascality, but the employer who induces his employe to b from him is en- gaged in a meaner kind still. As the Baltimore Sun concedes that things are looking blue for the Democrats in Maryland, we may add another feature to ihe bright prospects ahead. As the pioneers of California athletes in the East, the Berkeley lads displayed the gort of grit that enabled their fathers to win California for civilization. The Salvation Army camp-meeting 8cross the bayv proves that people can be thoroughly earnest religionists, and at the same time be as happy and jolly as school- children at a picni In the sweltering heat of Cleveland the delegates to the Repablican League Con- vention will be easily persuaded that the National Convention of the party should be held in San Francisco. Our own manufacturers are able to meet eny demands made upon them, and if they received the full support of the people of the State, several thousand more working- men and mechanics would find employ- ment. It is surmised that the thrifty beaux of Oakland are appalled at the prospect of baving to vay 10 cents a vote if there should be an election of Goddess of Lib- erty, and are inspiring the sentiment ad- verse to such a contest. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald is now unearthing contract Japanese coolies in Vaca Valley, and showing generally and further that in skill in evading American laws the Orientals display a superiority that staggers the rascals of Europe. Old Bismarck planned the canal from the Baltic to the North Sea and the Ger- man people paid ior it, but now both Bismarck and the people will have to give the glory to the Kaiser and bow down in doing it, for such is life in a monarchy. The rich consumer should order the pur- veyors to his household to deliver him only California-made articles, and thereby learn how much easier his rents wounld be collected and how rapidly his empty kouses would fill up with prosperous ten- ants. As Fritz Scheel was the director of the concert at the park last Sunday, we sup- pose that he is responsible for this way of announcing the first number on the pro- gramme: * ‘Star-spangled Banaer,’ Sir Francis Key.” We must infer from this either that Francis Scott Key had been knighted at some time (in which event the ““Bart.” should not have been omiited) or that the ghost of that delightful pirate, Eir Francis Drake, is haunting Conserva- tory Valley. FIGHT THE LOTTERIES. Public opinion is ready for the active prosecution of the anti-lottery crusade. There is no need for further argument upon the subject. In the lotteries are con- densed a dozen evils in one. All lotteries are immoral and iliegal. Many of them are fakes and dowuright swindles. One- half the tickets sold in the City are rank forgeries. The published lists of awarded prizes are frauds. There is wrong and ras- cality in the game on every side. The judgment of all right thinking people con- demns it. The laws of the State and Nation make ita crime. To strive diligently for the suppression of lotteries is therefore at once the duty of the official and the honor of the citizen. In the performance of this difficalt work, the Civic Federation, and those allied with it, can render valuable service to the police in detecting violators of the law and form- ing a popular sentiment favorable to a striet prosecution, a speedy conviction and a severe punishment of every guilty per- son. If good citizens to whom the ticket peddlers offer their wares would reporta few of them to the police some of the worst and boldest features of the evil would be checked at once. Such a course would put an end to the practice of making a house to house canvass in the interest of lotteries and would save for the homes of the peo- ple many a dollar that now goes to swin- dlers. Of course no one desires to see the heavy hand of the law fall upon the poor ticket- peddler while the big sharpers go free. The big operators, however, are so hidden, secret and concealed that it will be almost impossible to reach them unless some of the small agents who sell the tickets can be induced to give evidence against those who employ them. This is more likely to be accomplished when the business of the peddlers has been made hazardous and unprofitable and they see themselves sui- fering the penalties of the law while the richer and more guilty parties are appar- ently out of the reach of justice. One of the first things to be accomplished in the way of suppressing the evil is to put an end to the newspaper publication of lottery notices. The Grand Jury in its report, District Attorney Barnes and Chief Crowley in interviews with the Cavz, have all stated as a result of their investigations that if the newspapers of the City would refuse to publish these notices the evil would be much restricted and it would be much easier to enforce the law. All men of standing, influence and good character should unite with us, therefore, in urging our contemporaries to abandon a practice which is so pernicious in its effect and leads so directly to a violation of law. Sooner or later such publications will surely be stopped, for if the present laws do not suffice new laws will be made, but we have a right to expect that the press of Calfornia will not wait to feel the keen edge of a prosecution for crime before they cut loose from lotteries and cease to advertise a nefarious and illegal trade. THEE PREVAILING SPIRIT. Los Gatos has fallen into line with the other progressive towns of the interior, for its leading men and women have organized an improvement club. Although we are not yet fully informed concerning the scope of the club’s intention, the names of those organizing the movement are suf- ficient to show not only that the club can achieve whatever it undertakes, but that it will undertake those things which will add all that intelligence can to the remarkable natural charms which compose the envir- onment of the town. It is particulariy interesting to observe that both men and women constitute the club. The introduction of women into these movements adds a strong element of grace and pertinacity, and the example set by Los Gatos may be profitably adopted by every other town and city in the State. It is the natural slovenliness of men that accounts in greater part for the barren, dreary and ill-kept condition of the towns. ‘We may be sure that if women would take a greater interest in town improvements there would be no littered streers, no dirty and ill-kept sidewalks, no dust in winter or mud in summer; that the streets would be lined with shade trees, that attractive parks would appear and that the residents would be persnaded to cultivate flowers and keep their premises in a condition that would not menace the health of the people. Los Gatos lies in a cul-de-sac in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and rolis gracefully from the Santa Clara Valley almost to the summits of the mountains. The view over the broad valley is as enchanting as a mirage of the Nile. Eight miles to the northward rise the spires of San Jose, and if the air is clear the broad shining surface of San Francisco Bay is scen gleaming in the sunshine twenty miles away. Toward the east, across the valley, stretch the mountains of the Coast Range, the glitter- ing dome of the Lick Observatory shining like a blazing star on the summit of Mount Hamilton, while stretching northward on the west are the dark purple Santa Cruz Mountains reposing in the shade of their own forests. Of greater value than this superb scenery is a climate that permits the extensive cul- tivation of oranges, for this is above the level of frosts, and fuchsias and scented geranimms grow to be trees. It is the par- adise of invalids and of sportsmen as well, for the hunting and fishing in these mountains are superb. Having so many remarkable and peculiar attractions it is wonderful that the fame of Los Gatos is not wider than it is; but now that its own citizens have taken in hand the task of making it as attractive as possible we may expect early and generous returns. A NOBLE SHOWING. According to a compilation made by the Chicago Tribune, the rich people of the United States bave by gifts or legacies en- riched our institutions for the public good by $10,434,150 since the beginning of the year. That sum represents a part of what the public spirit, generosity and philan- thropy of American millionaires have done for the people in the space of five months. It is certainly a noble showing—one that cannot be equaled in any other age than this nor in any other country than ours. As an illustration of the objects which engage the support of our millionaires and an evidence of the comparative support given to different classes of institutions, it is worth noting that of the total amount stated colleges and universities got $4,075,- 750, hospitals $1,593,000, churches $789,000, libraries $208,000, and museums, art gal- ieries and other institutions $3,768,400. The splendid showing made by these figures is the more notable because the country has barely emerged from two dreary years of industrial depression and money is scarce, and because, with the ex- ception of $1,000,000 given to Columbia College by Professor Low and $500,000 to the University of Pennsylvania by Provost Harrison, there have been no very large or exceptional gifts or bequests made thus far during the year. The sum therefore repre- sents what may be considered the normal donations of American wealth to American education, culture and charity. They amount to about $2,000,000 a month and afford conclusive evidence that, taken as a | cal qualities, they nevertheless cut a wide body, our millionaires are thoroughly American at heart and form a class of citizens of whom the Republic has a right to be proud. A TREE-TRADERY' FIGHT. While the Democrats of Kentucky are sore distressed, divided and demoralized by the silver question, those of Maryland are equally disturbed by the tariff issue. It will be remembered the two Maryland Senators refused to support the free-trade policy of Cleveland to the extent of voting for the Wilson bili as it came from the House, and were among those whom the President denounced as traitors to the party. One of them, Senator Gibson, will be a candidate for re-election by the Legis- lature to be chosen this fall, and a bitter fight is now going on in the State asto whether the party shall indorse his course by re-electing him or indorse the President by defeating him. According ' to the Baltimore Sun, the party is divided on this issue from one end of the State to the other, and the divison is regarded not as a factional one between the partisans of rival leaders which will end with the primaries, but is one of prin- ciples which cannot be compromised. It is a contest to determine whether the Moaryland Democracy will support Gorman and Gibson in repudiating free trade, or whether it will sustain the free-traders in denouncing the two Senators for refusing to abide by and fulfill the pledges of the Democratic platform and opposing the efforts of the Democratic majority in the House and the policy of the Democratic President. The fact that this issue dominates the politics of Maryland ata time when the rest of the country is absorbed in discuss- ing the money question, is a proof that the tariff is not so wholly out of politics as many Democrats would have us believe. The free-traders have not abandoned their efforts to get complete control of the Demo- cratic party, and drive out of it every leader who is opposed to their fatyous pol- icy. Should they succeed in defeating Gibson it would be a declaration to the country that moderate tariff reformers were to have no furiher honors from Democracy, and that the party intends, if it ever obtains power again, to strike down every American industry and open our ports to the cheap goods of all the pauper labor of the world. In this respect therefore the Maryland contest is of interest to the Nation at large. It is as certain as any future event can be, that if the free-traders should not only de- feat Gibson’s friends in the primaries but carry the State for a Senatorial candidate pledged to support Cleveland, the tariff issue would be the most important one be- fore the people in 1896. We can turn our attention to the money question in a Presidential campaign only upon the as- sumption that our industries are to have at least the protection which the Senate obtained for them by amendments to the Wilson bill. If there be any evidence that the free-traders intend to make still fur- ther steps in the direction of unrestricted foreign imports, then, come silver or come gold, the people must rally to the protec- tion of their industries, their wages and their homes, and vote for the one party which can be relied on under all circum- stances to defend American labor from foreign competition as well as American soil from foreign aggression. AMERICAN RAILWAYS From the meager details of the seventh statistical report of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, telegraphed to this City, the following summary and conclu- sions may be made: 1. One-fourth of the total railway cap- italization is in the hands of receivers, and last year sixteen roads were abandoned and seventy-seven were not operated. 2. Construction decreased heavily. 3. There was an unusually heavy move- ment in consolidations. 4. The decrease in the number of em- ployes was 10.76 per cent, and the amount of stock paying no dividends was 63.43 of the whole. On its face this is a discouraging show- ing, but a little explanation will change the aspect. The year was an exceptionally hard one, the strikes of last summer and the general business depression affecting the roads with peculiar severity. With regard to the large percentage of roads in the hands of receivers, they are largely the long overland lines, such as the Santa Fe and the Union Pacific. Had these been managed with the shrewdness character- izing the conduct of the Southern Pacific they might possibly have thrived as well. It is quite clear that the terrible strain of last year will bring a permanent good result to the soundness of American rail- way operations. The old slap-dash way of borrowing to an extent out of all propor- tion to legitimate estimates of a steady earning capacity has been destroyed, and no longer may railway managers violate accepted business canons in any particular. The very abuses which they practiced have brought them severe punishment, and have invited the operation of those legal and ethical pressures which are subdu- ing them to discipline. Thus the past year has worked one of the most needed revolu- tions that this country has ever seen, and we have taken one more step out of chaos. When all the bewildering entanglements resulting from the year’s overturning have been properly adjusted, the railway busi- ness of the country will brighten and settle itself into its proper place in the ma- terial concerns of the Nation. In new enterprises it will be the rule henceforth that railways will be con- structea on straight business lines, in which an economical administration and reasonable profits will govern. There is almost unlimited room for further con- struction, especially in the development of new agricultural areas; and as the new roads will carry a very much smaller bur- den of debt than the old, their profits will be larger. THE BERKELEY BOYS. It is only natural that the severe setback which the Berkeley teams veceived at Chi- cago on Saturday should make the lads feel more or less dispirited, but that is only because they had been hitherto so remark- ably victorious. Considering the fact that they plunged into these contests in a hot and debilitating climate to which they were utterly unaccustomed, immediately after a fatiguing trip of 8000 miles, and that they acquired their prowess and conducted their campaign without the help of trainers and attendants, and that they have rushed out of one contest into another with the bravest teams that the East can produce, without taking time for rest and recuperation, and that they have traveled more than any other team in the history of athletics, the record which they have made, even inclnding the disaster at Chicago, is the most brilliant of modern times. The strength, endurance and pluck which they.have displayed are unequaled and in- credible. Suffering every possible extra- neous disadvantage, including the won- derful stimulus which the presence of friends imparts, and supported only by their phenomenal grit and heroic physi- swath of victory, the flower of Eastern athletes falling before them. They can well bear a closing defeat at Chicago, and they will return to us on the 27th inst. the most heroic little band of battle-scarred veterans that ever crossed the plains. — PERSONAL. Dr. L. K. Riley of Elk is & guest at the Grand. Frank L. Coombs of Napa is & guest at the Grand. W. 5. Gregory, Sheriff of Amador, is at the Grand. M. F. Sanders, a horseman of Sacramento, is staying at the Grand. James T. Dennis, a mining man of Reno, is staving at the Palace. F.G. Gould,a mining man of Amador, is staying at the Grand. H. M. Yerington, s railroad and lumberman of Carson, is at the Palace. Colonel William Forsyth, a vineyardist of Fresno, is at the Occidental. Charles Ericson, a railway contractor of San Luis Obispo, is at the Grand. T. L. Reed, a wheat-grower of Reedly, regis- tered yesterday at the Grand. N George E.Goodmen, a banker of Naps, and Mrs. Goodman, are at the Palace. L. J. Maddox, an attorney of Modesto, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. J. J. Hebbron, a cattleman of Salinas, was emong yesterday's arrivals at the Grand. Ex-Harbor Commissioner C. F. Bassett has gone lo the Sierra Nevadas for an outing. W. D. Tobey and T. B. Rickey, mining men of Carson, registered yesterday at the Palace. W. D. Grady, a leading attoruey of Fresno, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. Captain A.J. Hutchinson, who started the great Lindsey orange groves in Tulare, is in town. Judson Brusie of Sacramento, attorney, play- wright 2nd member of the Assembly, was one of yesterday's arrivals at the California. Among the arrivals at the Hotel Pixley, Santa Cruz, are H. C. Cutting, Mrs. George T. Mills, Mrs. George Cogwin and Horace Dorsey. Hugh M. La Rue, president of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, came down from Sac- ramento yesterday and put up at the Occi- dental. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Grand juries used to be considered bulwarks of the people’s liberties. Now they are more like engines of vengeance. They are com- posed, generally, of one or two alert wire- pullers, most generally with political axes to grind or grudges to satisfy; & fair sprinkling of good citizens who are too busy and too indif- ferent to psy much attention to public mat- ters; and for the rest, dullards who are puffed up with the importance of sitting in secret on the doings of their neighbors. The result is just what might be expected. Nothing tangi- ble ever comes of the jury’s report, yet it suc- eceds in smirching men’s reputations and nearly always in making spurious political capital forsomebody, Thatisthe way Alameda County has known grand juries to be for years. That is the way, too, with the Grand Jury that has just adjourned in San Francisco,—Alameda Argus, This is & year of education. Education upon not only the silver question but also the ques- tion of protection. Itisa good sign that the people are investigating both questions. Ad- versity sets people to thinking, to studying, and the Times is open to the results of thought and study. The only way to get right is to learn the right and profit thereby. Hidebound people mever progress. ‘“Live and learn” should be the motto.—Oakland Times. Cheap labor, carried to its logical conclusion, means ruin to half the industriesin the State and the fruit industry cannot expect to escape. Already Chinese coolics have leased several of the largest orchards in California, and they also operate several cannerfes. It is needless to state that the Japanese coolies, who are far keener than the Chinese and equally frugal, will not be slow to follow their example.—San Jose Mercury. It is not only good policy, but it is actually seli-preservation to support our own industries and our own people, especially where it can be done without the slightest sacrifice. Demand California goods in making your purchases. Remember every dollar you spend for supplies and necessities manufactured or put up within thisState helps to support a Californian.—Peta- lumian. Each day reports the gathering of conven- tions at some point in the country to discuss the money question. Did it ever strike you that this is & most remarkable thing? Think of it. Fourteen millions of voters are studying an abstract and extremely difficult problem in finance, with the view of acting upon it. There never was anything like this before in the history of the world.—Seattle Times. Through the power of the pen more than any other influence new communities are formed, latent resources are developed and capital brought face to face with opportunity. The newspaper s the forerunner of wealth, though unfortunately wealth seldom ruus after a newspaper unless it has an ax to grind ora grievance to ventilate.—Phcenix (Ariz.) Herald. “The ladies, formerly our superiors, now our ecquals,” is the way a Colorado statesman pro- posed a toast at & banquet held in honor of the passage of the equal suffrage bill in that State. That very tersely expresses an idea that is worthy of the prayerful consideration of the new woman and all her charming sisters.— Fresno Republican. Do you want a recipe for hard times? Here it is: Three parte apathy, two parts silurian- ism, two and a half parts ornery, cussed miserli- ness and two and a half parts sreedy, grasping, gouging avarice.—Santa Cruz Record. The small farmer whose few acres are un- mortgeged and whose industry supplies his family with the most of theirliving is just now the most independent, contented man among us.—Woodland Mail. PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Lady Randolph Churchill is coming to America on a visit. Hieronymus Lorm, the famous poet, philoso- pher and eritic of Germany, is totally blind. Queen Victoria’s Scotch journeys cost her about §25,000 o year for iraveling expenses. Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis has just finished 4 novel which will appear serially. She has been engaged with it six years. It cost Sir Henry Irving $500 to answer the first day’s dispatches of congratulations from Europe and America on his elevation to knight- hood. Edison comes of a long-lived family. His great-grandfather lived to the age of 102; his grandfather, 103; one of his aunts, 108; while Edison’s father is still living at 90. When Mme. Rachael saw her stout sister dressed for the part of a shepherdess her com- ment was: “Sarah, dear, you look like a shep- herdess who has just dined on the flock.” Dr. Max Nordau gives his professional ser- vices free to the poor in his neighborhood, in Paris,and likewise to the needy members of the Austro-Hungarian colony in the French capital. Postmaster-General Wilson’s wife has never taken any interest in her husband’s public career. She has lived year in and year out at Charleston, W. Va., never appearing in Wash- ington for more than a week at the longest, and then not going out at all. Herbert Gladstone, unlike his distingnished father, who has always been the pink of perfec- tion in dress, wears ill-fitting clothes. Heisa hard student, has no sense of humorand is greatly trusted by the Liberal leaders for his directness and scrupulous honor. M. Alphonse Daudet has returned to Paris much improved in health by his trip across the channel and his stay in England. In some fragmentary notes of his journey which have seen the light the novelist expresses much gratitude at the warmth of his reception in England. 3 The health authorities of a number of States have recensly made exhaustive ex- aminations of the baking powders with the uniform result of finding the Royal superior to all others. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “One of the most interesting characters of my neighborhood is the Hon. Dwight Burnett, said Thomas F. Conklin, who lives at the corner of Evatt and Visitacion avenue, last night. “Dwight Burnett, as you know, is the eldestson of the late Ex-Governor Peter H. Burnett, and came to California in 1849. He resides in Visitacion Valley, near the county line, about two miles beyond South San Fran- cisco, in a palatial residence that graces & valuable demesne. He is as popular as his father, the ex-Governor ever was, with the old time pioneers. He has filled several respon- sible offices, being at one time Associate Judge in Santa Ciara County,and he was Tax Col- lector in that county for four years. He started and owned the first horse-car line between San Joseand Santa Clars, and was one of the founders of the San Jose Savings Bank. He is 65 years of age, and, having wearied of the vexations of everyday business, he seeks to Pass the remainder of his life in the peace and Tepose of his elegant suburban home.” “I was noticing to-day that Judge has illus- trated that story about the frontier under- taker,” said Colonel K. B. Brown, in the corri- dor of the New Western Hotel, last night. “I happen to know the originator of that sign of the coffin-dealer, which reads, ‘You kick the bucket, we do the rest.” The author of that Wild and Woolly West business announcement was Chris Zabriske, who lives in this City and buys and sells real estate in Oakland. He was Wells-Fargo’s agent in Candelaria, Nev., sev- eral years ago, and as business was for a time rather dull in the express line, he thought to eke out his salary by selling coffins. A boom struck the camp soon afterward,and asthe natural result of the good times was to increase the death rate he resigned his appointment with the company to devote his attention to furnishing graveyard outfits. The grim humor of the sign caught the paragraphers and funny artists of the effete East, and they have never got tired of ringing the changes on the sub- ject.” George W. McNear Jr. was at the Grand last evening looking up some big wheat-growers who are in town, and was asked about the starting up of the Starr flourmills at Vallejo. “We have leased the milis and will shut up the smaller one, with a capacity of about 700 Dbarrels a day, next week. Ii the trade justifies it we shall run toth mills before the end of the season, with an output of from 1800 to 2000 barrels a day. The price of Eastern wheat has got so high that we expect to make gquite an export trade with California flour. The trade from here in flour is to Ching, Japan and Central American ports, and to ports in Ireland. Very little ever goes to Liverpool, Liverpool is, of course, the largest market for wheat, but they have mills there and it is hard to compete with them. In Ire- land we can compete with the English millers on account of the heavy freights to Ireland from there. “During the past year and until very lately the Oregon and Washington flourmills have been competing with our own mills here in our own local markets and cutting into our trade in Central American ports. The cause of this was that the basis of all our calcula- tions is the price of wheat in Liverpool, and the price of California wheat has been from $1 to $1 50 a ton higher in Liverpool than that from Oregon and Washington. However, they are getting better prices for their wheat ana cannot afford to cut ip on our local trade now. We are now taking the bulk of the trade of China and Japan and a large part of the Cen- tral American trade.” SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Adam was profoundly conscious that he never made & mistake in his boyhood.—Tammany Times. “Papa, do lawyers tell the truth?” “Certainly, my boy; they will do anything to win their case.”—Danville Breeze. The just collapsea Formosa republic couldn’t have bad the Chinese back of it. It didn’t ru long enough.—Philadelphia Times. Inventors of college yells can find a mine of inspiration in sitting around listening to wo- men talk baby talk to their bal ~—Atchison Globe. An uptown man named Damm recently be- came the father of a bouncing girl. In a fit of mental aberration he had her christened Hebe, —Philadelphia Record. Cobwigger—You seemed rather amused over the idea of your wife's wearing bloomers. Smith—You'd be amused yourself if you could see her when she tried to find something in her work-basket and emptied it into her lap.—Judge. s Father—I saw you kiss my daughter last night, sir, and— ‘Young Man—I beg your pardon, you did not. Father—But I say I did. Young Man—And I insist you did not. We had the gas turned off.—Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Caller—Have you made up your mind where you are going this summer? Mrs. Minks—Not yet; Iam awsaiting John’s preference in the matter. Mrs. Caller—Do you always defer to his choice? Mrs. Minks—Not exactly; I wait until he de- cideson a place and then I insist on going somewhere else.—Richmond Despatch. Darkeytown Captain (interested financially in the association)—See heah, Mistah Empiah, delaws ob dis assocyashun 'low yo' toe fine a playah one hundred dollahs fo’ drawin’ a raz- zer. Wha'd yo’ mean, den, by ouly finin’ dat fitin’ coon sixty ceints? Umpire Jefferson—Well, de 'socyashun’s got & fitin' chance of gittin’ de sixty. Dat’s whatl means.—Judge. “I believe you call yourself a good Chris- tian, do you not?” asked the inquisitive per- son. try to be one,” answered the meek man. “So you really believe that the loafer in the slums who never does any good at all, is your brother, and as worthy as you, eh?”’ “Er—why—I believe it every Sunday, at least,”—Indianapolis Journal FEAT OF FAST TRAINS. California Fruits on Eastern Tables Five Days After Being Picked in the Valleys. The third train of ventilated fruit cars carrying California fruits to Eastern mar- kets arrived yesterday at Chicago after a run of 120 hours from Sacramento. The schedule time was maintained all the way through, so the fruit arrived on time and in excellent condition. The fruits sent to Chicago on the two preceding trains sold for good prices that gladdened the hearts of many an_orchardist, and as the third lot is in good condition equally satisfactory prices may be realized. By the new system and its improved time schedule fruits picked from the trees in orchards of the Sacramento Valley by day can be forwarded to the capital city before night, or at least in time to make connection with the special fast fruit train leaving that place at midnight. Then they are whirled away at a speed greater than that made by former mail trains. The_ vesult is striking. For these same luscious fruits can have passed across the continent and then through Eastern mar- kets and be upon dinner tables within five days after they were picked from the trees in California. Three companies, the Cen- tral Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern, have made this possi- ble by their united efforts, which give them a profitable bum'n.egaA Shoot for State Decorations. Members of Company G, First Regiment, N, G.C., have been ordered to attend the first semi-annual shoot for State decorations at Shell Mound Park on next Saturday. This is in sccordance with a recent order that mno more shoots by the National Guaerd shall be held on Sundays. The members of the com- Jaty will be allowed to report at the range in atigue uniform at any time during the day be- tween the hours of B'A. . and 7 P. M. and they :lflgae dismissed as soon as their score is com- eted. ———————————— Plymouth Church. Rey. Henry Varley, who has preached in nearly all the large cities of the English-speak- ing world, is conducting services. this week only, in 8t. John’s Presbyterian Church every afternoon” and in Plymouth Church every evening, except sum&.y. FOR [RELAND'S FREEDOM. Lcocal Sons of Erin Favor the | New Movement to Reach the End. WOULD CONTRIEUTE FUNDS. | Consolidation of Irish-American Military Organizations Con- sldered. An active and co-operative interest is being taken by the prominent Irish resi- dents of this City in the general move- ment throughout the Eastern and Middle States, which culminated in part at t{h(e Convention of the Irish-American Mili- tary Union, held in New York Sunday. That convention was called for the pur- pose of adopting measures for th_e affilia- tion of all Irish-American military or- ganizations with the union in VlCW‘Of probahle exigencies in connection with the question of Ireland’s independence. Strong resolutions were passed. Whether that sentiment is reflected here will be shown inthe expressions of the following-named representative Irish gen- tlemen who were interviewed yesterday : Dr. M. C. O’Toole said: There is nothing definite to be said as yet. But there are to-day one million Irishmen who are ready to benr arms without any are willing to take all chances ¢ battle for Ireland’s independence. is ever serionsly involved with any European powers then will be thé time to strike. Aiuch money has been contributed to the cause thus far from this country and_there is much more ready to be contributed if there is any prospect of suceess. The greatest oppor- | tanity would be offered if England ever be- came involved in a war with the United States, but that is a prospect that can hardly be looked forward to with any certainty, as Eng- land is too wary to come in direct conflict with this Government. Judge M. Cooney, who is connected with the order of the Knights of the Red Branch, but in what capacity he declined to say, spoke freely and at length. Said he: I know there is a movement in all Irish na- tional circles thronghout the country as well as in this City. Among the organizations in this City are the Knights of the Red Branch and the Geraldine societies. There isa branch of the first nawed order in Oakland, as well as the “Wolf Tone” societies. I do not think,and never have thought, that Irish independence will come about save by arms. The parlia- mentary and constitutional agitation of the last twelve years have had the tendency to paralyze the patriotic elements everywhere. It was generally expected that the Brifish Parlia- ment would pass some substantial home-rule measure, allowing Ireland to have a Pari ment in Ireland ior the purpose of regulating her own internal affairs. Much was exr\ecled of Mr. Gladstone and the Liberal party in England, backed by the Irish members in Parliament. But the Irish people have been entirely disappointed. The division in the Irish Parliamentary party and the bad faith of the Liberals resulted in gaining noth- ing for Ireland. If the House of Lords were abolished some measure of home rule would be established. But such as can ever pass the British Parliameut, either with or without the House of Lords, will never do justice to Ire- land. Any measure that will pass even the House ‘of Commons will be accompanied by such conditions and limitations as to make it inoperative and useless as a home-rule meas- ure. In other words, England will never con- sent to give Ireland any form of government or home-rule measure that will make Ireland a free country. The interest in the present movement will heve the effect of making the Irish national people more aggressive and more patriotic. As to the talk about ecclesias- tical interference that is all nonsense. James Gilleran, proprietor of the Wind- sor Hotel, said: While I am heart and soul in favor of Ire- land’s emancipation, I do not have much faith in the success of the present movement. Ithink the majority of all the Irishmen in this City, as well &s of the country, are in full sympathy with this new movement. History tells us that 2o country or nation ever accom. plished its independence or freedom through parliamentary movement. It has ever and al- ways been through and by the force of arms. Millions of dollars have been contributed to the Irish cause from this country, and we stand ready to do more, but want to see more effective action. There are upward of 500 members of the Knights of the Red Branch in this City, and I am safe in saying the organization as o whole is heartily in sympathy with the move- ment. I think the effect of the movement will be for ultimate good. But we must wait till England becomes involved in war, then strike her. We are t00 Weak to cope with her other- wise. EXHIBIT AT ATLANTA, The Governor Is to Call a Convention of the County Super- visors. At a meeting of the State Board of Trade on the 11th inst. a committee was appointed to wait upon Governor Budd, and suggest to him the advisability of 1 Manufacturers’ and Producers Associa. tion of California yesterday sent the fo. lowing letter to that body: JUNE 17, 1895 » To the Homorable Board of Supervisor City and County of San Francisco, City—Gy M The attention of this assoclation i een drawn to the fact that your body is about to award contracts for | pariment supplies for the next two years, Instructed by the board of dircctors t your sattention to the fact that m Supplies required are manufactured State, and to ask that your honorable awarding the contracts, give articles of _California - manu lity and price are egual. quality a P! 1 S GENERAL J. M. SCHOFIELD, Ho Will Review the Troops at the Pre. sidio To-day. The troops from Aneel Island, Alcatr,, Fort Mason and the Presidio will 2 ble on the Presidio parade grounds at 11 . 3. and passin review before tenant-General J. M. Schofield, comma ing the army of the United States. General Forsyth will com troops, and the review will be w General Schofield and party, which sists of Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. &, Lieutenant-Colonel C. B. S general’s brother, Lieutenant Schofield and Mr. William el general’s sons, Mrs. Schofield an Miss Kilbourne, and Captain the First Caval from a structed for the oceasion. General Schofield dinance and Forti is inspecting the defe also the principal military posts coast. He will retire from active se tember 29, 1895, and this is the will give this coast in the ca: mander of the United States A SHALL CRISTANS DA Rev. F. D. Baker Has Received a Letter Dealing With the Subject. The King’s Daughters’ Entertain- ment Again Under Discussion. A Woman’s View. Rev. F. D. Baker’s remarks at a Meth dist preackers’ meeting recently in reg to closing a King's Daughters’ entertai ment with dancing aroused co: interest and provoked some dis private circles. The entertainment referred to was giver at Beethoven Hall in the Hotel Savoy. The King’s Daughters gave a literary and musical programme for t T Home of Incurables, and it was a at the close of the formal exercises that those who desired might enjoy the pleas- ures of the dance. Mr. Baker said he did not know whether there was any dancing or not, but the announcement was suf- ficient. It was rumored that he had received a peculiar letter from Los Angeles in refer- ence to his position on the subject, and yesterday he gave the letter for publica- tion, but with reluctance, as he considered that in itself trifling. He would be glad, he said, if its publication might lead to a iscussion of dancing as an amusement for i hat the churches as a whole, no matter what stand indi- vidual congregations may take, are op- posed to it. The letter is as follows: Los ES. To Mr. Baker—DEAR S1r: I have just read a paragraph in the Los Angeles Times emanating rom one of your red seives, headed, “‘Danced in His Name."” This master of teachers, Jesus of Nazareth, said. in speaking of the self-righte strain ata gnat, and swallow a camel. They bina heavy burdens upon men's backs, but they themselves will not touch themr with one of thelr fingers.” Has Mr. Baker or his wife been reared in cultured society? Did his red self ever realize the essence of poetry—poetry of thought, of manner, of feeling, of song, and, lastly but not leastly, the poetry of motion? It is to be greatly regretted when men are chosen as teachers that are too uneducated and ignor- ant to understand these fine instincts, and men who seat themselyes on pedeatals of ‘their own building aud treat others as animals ouly it to guzzle tea, say prayers and support teach- ers in supreme idleness. What does Mr. B. mean when he repeats “‘in his name” 5o oiten? Does he mean the great Almighty Ruler of the universe or, concluding we are all idolators, does he mesn the poor, murdered Judean peasant of 1900 years’ record who could not seve himself from a cruel death. We could assnredly advise Mr. B. and his con- ireres of the Methodist ilk to read up and do & little better, instead of airing their ignorance, Mr. B. has never learned to dence, or probably any other refined accomplishments. “Pluck out the bean in thine own eye: Copy the Master, Mr. B., and try to follow the pre- cepts that e taught. Christ never spoke & word against dancing. His denunciation was gnly against sin and hypocrisy. Yours in friendship, ULIA H. PERRY. ————— CALIFORNIA BUSTS. sidera nnounced <4 calling a State convention of all county | Rupert Schmid Is Working in Marble Supervisors and have them appropriate money from their respective treasuries for the purpose of sending a creditable exhibit to the Cotton Exposition at Atlanta. The magnitude of this exposition did not dawn upon the people until after the ad- journment of the Legislature, and conse- auently it was too late to receive succor through that source, and the matter of callinga convention of the county Super- visors and asking their co-operation is the only feasible plan now open for raising the desired funds for the exhibit, if one is to be made. The executive committee of the Cali- fornia Press Association, which represents about 175 papers in the interior of the State. has indorsed the action of the Board of Trade, and resolutions were passed at a meeting of that association last Saturday and a copy will be sent to the Governor and to all of the members and editors of papers in the interior, asking them to as- sist in this undertaking. Following are the resolutions: WHEREAS, The executive committee of the California Press Association has been advised thet the State Board of Trade has passed reso- lutions in favor of a State convention of county Superyisors for the purpose of con- sidering the advisability of lpgrupril{lng funds for meking a creditable display of Cailfornia products st the great Cotton States and Inter- national Exposition to open in Atlanta, Ga., on the 18th of September, 1865; and understand- ing further that the said State Board of Trade has appointed & committee to wait upon the Governor of the State for the purpose of asking him to issue a call for the said State conven- tion, now therefore be it Resolved, That in view of the fact that the said Cotton Statesand International Exposition is assuming proportions vastly more important than was et first anticipated, and promises as an exposition of indusi sources to be sec- ond only to the great World's feir; and in view of the further fact that other States and many foreign countries. including Mexicoand a num- ber of South American Republics, are preparing to meke exhibits of their resources atsaid ex- Sos_ilinn,_ we, the executive committee of the alifornia Press Association, believe that Cali- fornia should pe represented in creditable manner at said exposition, and we further be- lieve that the best method of raising means to thet end will be, as suggested, through the Supervisors of the various counties acting to- gether in State convention. Be it further Resolved, That we most heartily indorse the gmponmon for a State convention of county upervisors to consider the subject of making anexhibitat Atlanta, and ady sing on other matters for the advaricement of their several localities and the upbuilding of California, and We hereby ana herein petition to the Governor to issue a call therefor, in accordance with the fuggestion of the State Board of Trade, at as early a date as possible, promising him and the a‘fl. ‘:D" ei:d L}?u\;:n:iundout !ngst hearty sup- efforts aimed at the cons tion of the desired end. - o5 FIRE DE}‘ARTMENT SUPPLIES. The Manufacturers’ Association Asks Preference for Home Products. The Board of Supervisors have adver- tised for bids for suppliesjfor the Fire De- partment for the next two years, and con- tracts will probably be let to-day. The [ Adam Smith, Miss Marguerite Wall at Carrara. Rupert Schmid, who has been in Europe since November, is coming home next month with a large store of marbles, which he has made during his sojourn abroad. At present he is working at Carrara, in italy, putting ‘the finishing touches to a number of busts. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Donahue, a bust of Gov- ernor Downey, which will be placed in Holy Cross Cemetery, and busts of Mr. and Mrs. Barron, Alexander Montgomer: and James D. Phelan. Many of these busts are being duplicated. = For some time Rupert Schmid’s work at Carrara was interrupted by the severe strikes in the district, when the military had to be called out to quell the riot, and when blocks of marble were hurled at the soldiers. All, howeyver, is quiet there now. In Munich, where the California seulptor stayed previous to going to Italy, he saw a Freat deal of Toby Rosenthal, of whose wh atest paintings he speaks very enthusi- astically. It is expected that Mr. Schmid will be back in San Francisco at the end of July. SisHRod bl EXTENDING THE CABLE. The Sutter-Street Company to Push Inte Richmond. The Sutter-street Railroad Company has decided to extend the Pacific-avenue cable road from itspresent terminus at Devisa- dero street out Pacific avenue to Walnut street. From Walnut an electric road will be built through the Richmond district to D street and the park. Robert F. Morrow, president of the road, says the extension to Walnut street will E-ohably be completed within sixty day: e could not say how soon the road would be extended west from Walnut street through the Richmond district. The route has not yet been definitely determined, This decision on the part of the railroad company will be ‘focd news to the resi- dents of Richmond and will materially aid its already healthy growth. ——————— BacoN Printing Company, 503 Clay street. * ————-— Pineapple and cherries, 50c 1b, Townsend’s.* —————— GEo. W. 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