The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY (2, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. ~— = SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ per week. 8 ¥ CALL—#1.30 per year. W, Y CATA—41.50 per vear. The Fastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you golng to the country on a vacation? Tt 80, it 18 no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss yon for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Busipess Office, 710 Market street, will recelve prompt attention. JULY 2,1895 He who fights error defends right. ‘We must get the lottery out of Ameri- can life. One day more and then the eagle streams. —_— Pop your firecrackers with joy, but watch svhere the fire falls. Every day of the fight against lotteries saves money for somebody. Genius without stability is like a steam- eagine without a governor. There.will be no trundle-bed politics in the next National campaign. There are several ways of dying, but only one way of going to heaven. John P. Young's treatise on bimetallism will set the goldbugs buzzing again. Overhaul your hosepipe and see that your fire extinguishers are in order. More money has been earned by wishing dor it than by buying lottery tickets. The Japanese Jingo talks of taking in St. Petersburg on his next war picnic. Where the fire made a clean sweepis a good place for improvements to begin. The European war cloud seems to be hopelessly mixed up with the Asiatic sky. A person who buys a lottery ticket loves money more than the way of acquiring it. San Francisco always showsup well in matters of hospitality, generosity or char- ity. Fourth -of July orators are advised to make the Monroe doctrine a specialty this vear. The further a we are from the actunal “enjoyment of life” the more alluring it seems. se man will not complain of a en tooth so long as he has a sausage etbook. en an iron constitution will rust un- we take an outing in the mountainsor at the springs Iy missionary work should be first ore we consign silurians to the r Incurables. The British Cabinet that was pledged to 1 the House of Lords concluded to As adviser of the Burean of Highways, Professor Davidson might serve the State to its incalculable bene: It appears we are to have this year the most thorough celebration of the Fourth of y ever seen in California. Some of the chaps who think that they were born to stir the world with their ora- tory have a better mouth for pie. The merchant who makes a big showing oi home-made goods displays a local patriotism that deserves support. As we are wil President to the East, the nominating con- vention should be conceded to us. It seems that every community in the State intends to bring its festal spirit to a patriotie culmination on the Fourth. Not even literature can withstand the seductions of the bicycle. for both Zola and Daudet have taken to the wheel. The girls of the Newport aristocracy may make the bloomer costume fashion- abie, but it was California girls who gave it style. Not less interesting than the wonderful views from the hilltops of San Francisco is THE SALINAS VALLEY. One of the most instructive illustrations of the great disparity existing in Califor- nia between abundance of resources and meagerness of development is to be found in that wonderfully fertile region known as the Salinas Valley. The truth of this declaration may be better understood when it is added that this valley alone has resources within itself capable of support- ing in comfort more than the whole pres- ent population of California; and yet, in comparison with the San Joaquin or the Sacramento Valley, it is insignificant. It is one of the very few vaileys in Cali- fornia that open directly upon the ocean, and excepting the Pajaro Valley is the only one the leading ‘feature of whose cli- mate is the effect of the ocean trade winds. To what extent this explains the remark- able size and quality of the soil products it would be more interesting than profitable to inquire. Although it isin growing wheat of a quality which no other part of the country can equal that the fame of the val- ley consists, its soil of inexhaustible fertil- ity, being the washing of mold from the heavy vegetation of the mountains on either side of the valley, and its bland cli- mate make possible the production of all the rare products for which the various sections of the State have developed special aptitudes. Like most of the other rich sections of the State the Salinas Valley is covered in considerable part with vast land-holdings which are a heritage of the days when the Spanish Government in order to secnre the settlement of the State made grants of enormous tracts of the most fertile land in the world. Most of these grants have descended intact to the present owners, who are generally Americans, and one of the reasons for the slow development of the State has been ascribed to the unwill- ingness of these owners to subdivide their holdings and offer them on reasonable terms to settlers. So long as the proaue- tion of wheat was encouraged by the gen- erous prices which this staple received until recently there was as much reason for the complaint against the refusal of owners to subdivide as for the continuance of a more profitable course. Since wheat- growing is no longer so renumerative and since' the organizations of fruit-growers have solved the problem of an Eastern market the ownersof the immense wheat fields are more than willing to sell. This is particularly true with regard to the Salinas Valley, where the largest profits to-day are to be made in growing fruit and sugar beets. Along with this opportunity to buy farms of a size suitable for orchards are some other conditions which affect the Salinas Valley with peculiar force. The first step toward better times for the valley was made by Claus Spreckels and other progressive men in the running of a rail- road up the valley from Moss Landing, on the bay of Monterey, to Salinas City. This opposition to the Southern Pacific, which had a line running to the head of the valley, reduced freight rates materially, as vessels at the bay received the wheat of the valley and distributed it over the world., The next opportunity is that pre- sented by the extension of the Southern Pacific to Santa Barbara, with a short cut thence to Los Angeles, in order to make the line by way of the Salinas Valley and San Jose the southern overland line for passengers. Salinas City is to have special consideration in the shape of workshops and a roundhouse. The enterprising spiris of the residents and tbeir cheerfal- ness in giving substantial help to any en- terprise which will bring them benefit were shown in the readiness with which they purchased and gave to this rich cor- poration a large acreage within the city for its purpos: The peovle there are now hoping that the Monterey and Fresno Railroad, which recently eollapsed, will be taken up and pushed through from Monterey to Fresno by way of Salinas, as part of the scheme of the San Joaquin Valley road. In all ways, therefore, the future of this wonderful valley is most encouraging. HIS SERVIOER NEEDED. The outery which has been raised throughout California by the summary dismissal of Professor George Davidson is the most #Hattering compliment that a ngto concede the next | Western scientist ever received, and it doubtless goes a long way toward healing the wound of chagrin and bumiliation which the Cleveland administration has inflicted. To Professor Davidson the greatest value of this popular demonstra- tion is a recognition by those in a position best able to judge of his high and useful abilities. While this spirit on the partof Califor- nia is most commendable, a more substan- tial appreciation of this able man’s worth might be exhibited by the people them- selves employing him, either through the machinery of the State Government or by some other means. Inthe University the State has an institution which is doing an immense amount of good in directing and the marveicusly varied shipping along the | educating the energies of the people in water front. The British syndicate that talks of buy- ing the street railways of St. Louis can hardly be accused of going into any rapid speculation. making the most of the extraordinary nat- ural advantages with which the State has been blessed. Necessarily, however, this work must be subsidiary to a regular func- tion as a group of schools and colleges de- voted to the education of the young. Itis There must be an expression of the in- remarkable that the University hgs accom- stinct of seli-preservation in the neglect of | plished so much for the industries of the Governments to compel all fols to wear | people outside its main purpose. the cap and bells. The abilities of such a man as Professor Davidson could be turned to an account of Why should Garner return to Central | far more practical and immediate value to Africa to study monkeys, when he might | the people of the State than that in which come to this country and watch the Demo- | they were exercised for the United States crats and the buzz saw? Every manufacturer should keep cons stantly in mind at this time the import- ance of making preparations for a good exhibit at the State Fair. In opposing State” supervision the elec- tric road companies run the dangerous risk of being deemed self-confessedly una- ble to compete with.steam roads. Government. These would be mostly of an exploratory kind, as the University is fully equipped for all the analytical work brought to it by inquiring residents of the State. That treasures of many kinds and of great value are hidden all over the State, especially in the less accessible regions, we are compelled to believe. Whatever scientific explorations of such regions have been made were undertaken for limited specific purposes of a kind very By a queer ‘coincidence which we shall | different from that which we here contem- not attempt to explain, the bicycle has plate and vghmh should be thoroughly created a heavy demand for breadstuifs | comprehensive. and diminished the cail for woven fabrics. The time for considering some matter of this kind is ripe now while the entire A State that produces the biggest trees | State is throbbing with an eagerness for and finest fruits in the world is expected | progress such as has never been observed to turn out citizens with minds, souls and | here before, and while it is more than aspirations big enough to fit the environ- ment. g It will be'a mistake if our people do not reflect in the force of our political influ- ever essential that we have a better understanding of our resources than the slower methods which contentment in the past made it necessary for us to acquire. A epecial bureau with Professor Davidson as ence on the country & power of which | e rujding epirit could work to excellent their superior industrial achievements are purpose in forwarding the great work a brilliant example. In a war with Japan Russia would have to fight in addition to the ordinary ele- ments of warfare a peculiar combination of vanity, pride and victory which has a large bore, a short twist and a long range. upon which the people have entered. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. Reports from all parts of the Srate afford evidence that the Fourth of July will be celebrated this year more generally Such a destruetive fire as Chicago suf- [and more thoroughly in California than fered, and out of which its present great- | ever before. The spirit of the people, ness was born, might produce a similar re- | aroused by reviving prosperity, rendered sult for San Francisco, R e e ways of bujlding a great ci an y and of keeping off a load of debt such as Chicago incurred by berrowing Eastern money with which to rebuild. ’ 13 i but there are better | alert and “active by the ovening of new enterprises on every side and brightened by the fiestas of the spring, has become glowing with patriotic fervor, and is pre- paring in almost every community to make a display at once of activity, fes- tivity and patriotism on the ‘National birthday. The excellence of the local celebrations will of course keep at home many people who would otherwise have come to San Francisco to keep the Fourth with us. To a certain extent, therefore, these cele- brations areadverse to the greatness of ours. There is nothing in this, however, forus to regret. We could hardly claim the Fourth of July as a special civie holi- day and expect to have the claim allowed. If we wish to hold a fete to which we can invite the whole State and serve up in the metropolis all the glories of the festal cities, we must select some other date than that of a National holiday. In the pres- ent case we can dono more than to lead in a general celebration, and by reason of our superior wealth and population make this the spot where the birthday of the Republic will be most brilliantly observed on the Pacific Coast. In this appearance of renewed interest in the Fourth and of increased activity and zeal in celebrating it, there is much cause for gratification. Patriotism is the soul of national destiny. It is the vital flame which energizes the body of the nation and gives force to popular aspira- tions. Its manifestation excites confidence in the public mind and awakensenterprise. A widespread jubilation on the Fourth will put everybody in good humor. It will give vigor to everything, and the money expended in fireworks and decora- tions will be more than repaid by the benefits radiating from their flashing splen~ dors and fleeting glory. REGULATING ELEOTRIO ROADS. An onlooker cannot help but wonder why an electric road should be so opposed to being placed under the regulation of the State authorities, Here is the Oakland and Haywards road, for instance, that is running trains of passenger cars with an- other car containing the machinery and mails and express. The State claims that the road has placed itself under the con- struction of our laws passed to govern the conduct of railroads, and the company is combating the idea with a fierceness that seems to give excellent cause to wonder. The Haywards road declares that because it does not haul freights it does not come within the operation of the State laws regulating transportation, and that, there- fore, it is merely a street railway; and that although it carries express matter and the mails these are not freight. Whether or not this may be regarded as quibbling it is clear, as the San Mateo electric line,on this side of the bay, has alreadyshown, that electric roads have some very strong reason for not desiring to be brought under State regulation. This is all the more difticult for an ordinary observer to under- stand, when he reflects that as a rule electric roads carry passengers at a much lower rate than steam roads, and that, presumably, they will give freight trans- portation a similar advantage as the service develops a capacity and opportunity for engaging in that sort of traffic. The matter is-a very important one in view of the fact that electric lines in vari- ous parts of the State are under construc- tion and formation for the transportation of freight, and in view of the further fact that they are profitable enterprises as a rule and perform swift and satisfactory service ata cost of operation much less than that of steam roads. In fact,in some parts of the State, particularly in the Napa and Sonoma valleys, they are projected with a view to ease the burdens which the steam roads have levied on the profits of industry. In most other cases, however, they are being undertaken to tap regions not penetrated by steam lines. Certainly, therefore, these lines will have to be oper- ated under State regulation, unless the law receive some unexpected construction. 1t is difficult to see why even the regular streetcar lines of San Francisco do not in- stitute a freight service that might take the place, to a large extent, of the system of wagon delivery, which the merchants maintain at a heavy expense. Much more is it a clear proposition that electric lines, which are comparatively cheap in con- struction and operation, and which, there- fore, run far out into the suburbs and penetrate the producing areas, shoald find one of their most profitable employments in the forwarding of freight. Can there be some peculiar fear that railroad commis- gions are institutions to be shunned, and that electric-road companies would rather lose business than come in contact with them? THE DEAD TEACHER. By the death of Professor Huxley science loses a student and the world a teacher. The loss of the student is great, but that of the teacher is much greater. There are many men in the iaboratories who are making researches into the hidden tmths of nature with as much devotlon and scarcely less skill than Huxley, but nowhere among the English speaking people is there any one left having an ability equal to his of not only advancing science but of teaching it to the general public in a way that instructs, entertains and arouses enthusiasm. ¥ It would be hard to overrate the influ- ence exerted by Huxley and Tyndall in making scientific studies popular among non-scientific peovle. They were fitted for that work by special gifts rare among men. They had a rare capacity for down- right hard work and a sufficient integrity of purpose to be honest in all they did. In making researches they were thoroughly imbued with that spirit of sience which doubts everything until it has been tested. To these high faculties of investigation were joined a keen delight in controversy, an irrepressible desire for utterance and a mastery of written and spoken eloguence that had the world to listen willingly to whatsoever they said. Darwin launched the theory of evolution by his investigations into the origin of species, Herbert Spencer expanded it into a philosophy, but neither of them could have made the new doetrine widely popu- lar and accepted as an established truth in the lifetime of a single generation. Neither of them had the talent to make abstruse problems clear to the common understand- ing and perhaps neither of them had a de- sire for it. Tyndall and Huxley were needed to speak among the people the doctrines that the greater masters taught to a few. They made a crusade for Dar- winism. They wrote pamphlets for it. They took the stump for it. They pro- voked disputation about it. They were the knights errant of science, going up and down England and America hunting for somebody with whom they could break a lance in favor of the new philosopny. The world has great need of such teach- ersas these. As a rule men of scientific attainments live too much to themselves and are too indifferent to public opinion. Most scientists seek the approval and praise of other scientists, but pay little at- tention to the general mass of men. As a consequence they do very little in the way of popular education. They do not arouse those loud contentions and hot. contro- versies that compel the attention of the people to the cause af issue and thus lead to the s of knowledge. Many of them now living may be as able or perhaps abler than Huxley to discover new truths, but they have not his aggressive desire to force the new ideas on the world. They are students, but not teachers, and therefore the world has weighty cause to mourn the loss of the gifted and pugnacious Irishman who has just gone to his grave. P antGesdrsii e AN ABLE TREATISE. The elaborate treatise of John P. Young on “Bimetallism and Monometallism,” published in the Sunday Chronicle, will take rank among the most important con- tributions to the popular discussion of c.he subject in this country. It isa weightier and more reliable work than ‘* Coin’s Financial School,” but is equally clear, vigorous and interesting. It occupies somewhat of a middle ground between the learned essays of the professors of finan- cial science and the popular orator; and while it exhibits the fairness and wide knowledge of the schools it has the earnest- ness and directness of statement that are pleasing to the people. In the widespread discussion of the problems involved in the choice between bimetallism and monometallism, there has been so much of misrepresentation and misstatement on both sides that the treat- 1se of Mr. Young is of no little value to the public. It bears evidence of having been written in haste and conld be improved in many particulars by careful revision, as some of the points in the general argument are repeated two or three times, while others equally important are not suffi- ciently elaborated or emphasized. Never- theless it furnishes the roader with a fairly comprehensive presentation of the general principles underlying tha controversy and the effect of the demonetization of silver upon the world at large and this country in particular. Eastern writers have furnished so many books and pamphlets on the subject that it is gratifying to see a California author coming forward to take a leading place among them. Mr. Young has made an able argument for bimetal- lism and the monometallists will find it harder to refute than Coin's work, against which they have directed sygh a multitude of replies. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. T. M. Brown, or “Mac” Brown, as he is known all over the northern counties of the State, the perpetual Sheriff of Humboldt County, is in town. “Mac” Brown has the longest of all records as a Sheriff. Away back in 1861 he was elected Sheriff of Klamath County, at the same time that Jchn P. Jones, the Nevada Senator, was elected Sheriff of Trinity County. Although a Demo- crat, his popularity kept him in office all through the war, and he held the office, term after term, until August, 1874, when, by an aci of the Legislature, Klamath County ceased to exist, and its territory was divided among the neighbors. This brought *“Mac" Brown’s slice of the county into Humboldtand he had to wait until the next election for his old office. In 1877 he became Sheriff of Hum- boldt County and has remained in the office ever since. “Humboldt is strongly Republican and you are & Democrat, are you not?” he was asked yesterday at the Russ, “Yes, but we have very good Republicans up there. 1. a man will observe two things he can get along with the people well enough; those are, never to hurt a man’s feelings about his religion or his politics and to try to treat every one he comes in contact with fairly.” Asked about erime in Humboldt he said: “While I was in office in Klamath there was only one hanging. That wes of an Indian who had killed a white boy. In Humboldt there have been but two men hanged. There i8 very little rowdyism in the county. We have a very good and peaceable class of people. There are people, too, from all over the world, except Chinamen. At least there are very few of them. Up in the northeast corner of the county there are some fifteen or twenty min- ing on the bars, who have been there a great many years, and one at Camp Gaston and one at Redwood.” The Chinese in Eureka some eight or nine years ago were all sent away. They gotto fighting among themselves and a stray bullet one day killed a member of the Council. It happened that both the San Francisco steam- ers were bar-bound in the harbor at _the time. 8o without any violence all the ChTnese were put aboard with their effects, one faction in each steamer, and sent away. PERSONAL. 0. L. Adams, a large land-owner of San Jose, 1s at the Lick. W. H. McKenzie, & banker of Fresno, is stay- ing at the Lick. E.D. Ham, Superfor Judge of Napa County, is at the Grand. . ‘W. Blaisdell, a sugar planter from the Islands, is a guest at the Occidental. Professor Earl Barnes of Stanford University and Mrs. Barnes are guests at the Grand. H. de Vries van Danburgh, a. vineyardist of Bt. Helena, registered yesterday at the Lick. B. C. Holly, & big stockmen of Vallejo, was was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. D. E. Knight, s leading capitalist of Marys- ville, was one of yesterday’s arrivals' at the Lick. Jesse D. Cerr, a big land-owner and well known politician of Salinas, is ai the Occi- dental. General T, H. Bheehan of the Sacramento Record-Union came down yesterday and regis- tered at the Occidental. William Beckman, an ex-Railroad Commis- sioner, came down from Bacramenty yesterday and put up at the Grand. Francis} E. Storm, chief bookkeeper to the United States Commissioner of Railroads at ‘Washington, is at the Grand. Edward B. Whitney, First Assistant Attorney- General of the United Statss, came up from Monterey yesterday and is at the Palace. C.J. Johnson, & big commission merchant of Chicago, dealing principally in California canned goods, registered yesterday at the Grand, Captain C. J. Campbell, Superintendent of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company of Honolulu, came in on the Australia yesterday and is stopping at the Occidental. Dr. Wright, one of the oldest sugar planters of the Hawaiian Islands and a resident of Ko- loha, and his wife and two children, were among the passengers on the Australia. They are up here on a short visit and are domiciled et the Occidental, PROMINENT PERSONAGES. Jerry Simpson is about to starton a wagon tour through Kansas, combining potato ped. dling with populism, Bismarck has fought twenty duels and was only wounded once, his adversary’s sword fly- ing from its handle and cutting his face. Frank Stockton still receives an average of a letter & week on the solution of “The Lady or the Tiger” puzzle, and says he is as uncertain about it himself aswhen he wrote that mar- velous conceit. Thomas Butler, an Englishman who was the companion of * nese” Gordon during many of his adventures, says that there is no reliable evidence that Gordon was killed at Khartoum, and inclines to the belief that the old hero is a captive in the wilds of the Soudan. 8ir John Tenniel of “Punch,” the prince of political cartoonists, is now well advanced in years—tall, erect, vigorous and soldierly in ap- pearance. His famous drawings have been executed with the aid of one eye only, he hav- ing lost the other in early youth by the misdi- rection of & foil in & friendly fencing bout. He 1s & great crony of Irving and Toole. / * Matthew Boulton and James Watt's Soho foundry st Birmingham, where Watt worked out his idea of the steam engine, after an ex- istence of 133 years . is now idle and will soon be broken up and dismantied. At one time it employed 4000 men, but its died away, and when it closed its it had only 400. Charles C. Harrison has given $500,000 to the University of Pennsylvania in honor of his father, the late George Leo Harrison, LL.D. Mr. Harrlson stipulates that the fund shall be known as “The George L. Harrison Foundation for the Encouragement of Liberal Studies and the Advencement of Knowledge.” Mr. Wanamaker hes increased his life in- surance to the remarkable aggregate of $2,000,- 000. He is certainly the most heavily insured man in America, and possibly in the world. John B. Stetson of Philadelphia has policies on his life for $750,000, and Hamilton Disston for $600,000. Chauncey M, Depew is said to be insured for $500,000. UP TO DATE JOKES. “You are engaged, I hear, Harkaway?"' “Yes, To Miss Boston.”” “Indeed. Charming woman. Isuppose, like all Buston girls, she can converse in Greek?” ‘I suppese 50.” “Suppose so?” ertainly.” Don’t you know?” do not, my dear fellow, for, candidly, I don’t know Greek when I hear ‘it.”"—Harper's Bazar. Cora—Isn’t the Vatican the largest residence in the world? Merritt—I once thought 8o, but judging from all the personal relics now on sale, the largest must have been the place where Napoleon lved.—Judge. “How does Miss Blissly like you?' said one young man. “‘Not very well, I'm afraid.” “She hasn't been rude to you, has she?” “No. But wbenever I call she gets her little brother to recite ‘Little Drops of Water,’ and then plays ‘Home, Sweet Home’ on the piano.” Washington Star, Justice—You say that the prisoner leveleda pistol at your head? = Complainant—Yes, your Honor. And the prisoner is only alittle over 5 feet in height, while you are mpre than 6 feet; the thing is manifestly impossible. The prisoner is discharged. Call the next case.—Boston Transcript. Mrs. Hiram Daly—And have you any refer- ences? Applicant—No, mum. Oi tored 'em up. Mrs. Hiram Daly (in surprise)—Tore them up? How foolish! Applicant—Yez wudn’t think so, mum, it yez had seen 'em.—Chicago Tribune. Fuddy—What a fellow to brag Gale is! Heis all the time blowing about the persons be has saved from drowning. Duddy—That's all right. A life preserver, you know, is full of wind.—Boston Transcript. “Father,” said the boy, ““what is insolvent?” “Ingolvent,” was the reply, “is simply a long word to describe & short condition.”—House- hold Words. 01d-Timer—You say Jones and Smith sepa- rated before they got their financiel discussion finished? Becond Old-Timer—Yes, Jones died of old age !—Detroit Free Press, Friend—And do you belong to the realistic school of writers? Author (despondently)—I guess not. I have never been able to realize on any of the stuff I've written.—Indianapolis Journal. POET A LA NODE, BY JOSSOT. [From La Plume.] THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY, Episcopal Church Helpers Re- port the Result of a Month’s Work. Preparations for Future Services. The Art of Pyrography Revived, The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church held its regular monthly meeting at Grace Church yesterday afternoon. After the disposal of routine duties of the meeting the secre- tary, Mrs. Lawder, called attention of the members to the several funds and spoke particularly of the privilege of self-denial for the woman’s offering to be made at the general convention to be held at Minne- apolis next October, An interesting fea- ture of the California Auxiliary that was also considered is the altar fund, consist- g of contributions from the Altar So- ciety, which has charge of the chancels in the diocese, and from which fund one or more altars are erected each year in the mri‘axi‘onu. These ?lu&u‘ga.v: revivec‘l: tt: art of pyrogra n lornment. lettar:is r‘uz? gm Miss Kate Hampton of Cashier Valley, N. C., thanking Golden Gate Circle of the King's Daughters, through the auxiliary, for a generous gift of altar linen. The suxiliary accepted the invitation of Rev. John A, Emory of the Ohurch of the Advent ta hold its corporate union in that church on Tran tion day, Au, 6, when Bishop Nichols will celebrate, for the auxil] and for the King’s Daughters, to which all other chapters of the order are also invited. The collection yesterday organ fund for the mission at San Ardo. The ladies present were urged to seek for an organ that may be in present disuse and report to Mrs. Lawder at 2805 Wask- ington street, u entertaining feature of the meedni% e goes to the at ‘was the report of the secretary of her visi to Los Angeles, where she ‘gtcn led the ldignrmd annual meeting of the auxiliary held in St. Paul's Church, The services opened with the celebration of the hol communion, partaken of by 200 comm cants. Rev. E. J. Ifiyou of St. Stephen’s Church, this City, delivered the sermon. In the afternoon a very large and en- thusiastic missionary meeting was held and_encouraging reports were heard from the Woman’s Auxiliary, the junior depart- ment, the babies’ branch and the Church Periodical Club. Bishop Nichols addreseed the gathering, fi:d Mrs. J. D. Browne read & paper on ‘‘How Best to Interest in the ‘Work of the Auxiliary.” The mission work in the church of 8t. Paul's was commended to the auxiliary by Mrs. Lawder as a fit object for its united efforts. She said this mission work had been wonderfully successful in securing positions for young women. Mrs. Lawder also reported pleasant meet- ings at the Church of the Ascension, East Los Angeles, and auxiliary branches in Pomona, Pasadena and San Gabriel. T::z meeting adjourned to Monday. Au- gus! Sudden Death o H. F. 8herburne, & cook, aged found dead in his bed at 219 Golden Gate ave- n ”fialtl was N ok lue t0 natural causes, butan &lom will be held. BANKS AND ~ DIVIDENDS, Interest Reductions, but the Significance Considered Favorable. LARGE BALANCES ON HAND. The Financial and Business Outlook Promlising and Real Estate lmpr.ovlng. Dividends on term and ordinary deposits became payable yesterday at several banks in the City for the six months ending June 30. 4 ] In two or three instances it was notice- able the rate of interest had been reduced, but on inquiry it is learned the significance attached theceto is favorable in a general way, rather than the reverse. The depositors, however, are the ones to suffer, though the causes leading to the reduction have a favorable bearm_g on the local world of finance and the business out- look in general. The banks have so far recovered from the baby panic of two years ago (though an unususlly healthy infant it was) as to hold large balances on their hands. This is one of the causes operating in the matter of the reduced rate of interest in the cases cited hereinafter. Another cause is that the country banks were slower in recovering from the panic of two years ago and the City banks find themselves compelled to give time on tbeir collections therefrom. The third cause has its origin in the antici- pation of an appreciable increase in the rate of City taxation. Be this as it may, the bankers offera consensus of opinion to the effect that the outlook financially, commercially and for real estate is better than for along time ast. Real estate is on a firmer basis and is improving steadily. The truth of this fi?y e judged from the opinions quoted oW ! - F. M. Belgrano, secretary of the Colum- bus Saving and Toan Society, said: “Our rate of interest is the same this year as last. The outlook is most favorable, Real estate is on a better foundation than for some time past. We could loan all the money we have on_good security and at satisfactory rates. Isuppose the probable increased rate of taxation hassomething to do with the reduction in interest rates on the part of some of the banks. I think everything promises well.” : s “Our_rate is the same as before,” said Lbvell White, cashier of the San Francisco Savings Union. “Of course it takes time for the banks to recover from such a siege as_they had two years ago. The cg olitic is like the indjvidual in that respect. ne may be taken sick in aday, but it takes thirty or sixty days to recuperate. The banks and big financial institutions have recovered and the outlook generally is good. Business is on a solid and satis- factory basis.” “#Qur reduction of 2-10 per cent on term deposits, from 5 to 48-10 per cent,” said Cashier Schmidt of the German éavmgs and Loan Society, “is due principally fo the large balance on hand. But finances are improving and I look for a much greater advance.” 2 Secretary Abbott of the Security Savings Bank said: ““Our reduction from 4 8-10 and 4 to 4} and 3¥ is the result of the antici- pated increase in the rate of taxation and to the increased daily balance on hand. I think, however, the outlook is encouraging and that business of all kinds is about to. take an upward turn,” . *‘We have made no reduction in our in- terest rates,” remarked S.C. Bigelow of the Savings and Loan Society, “but I sup- ?ose where such reductions have occurred hey are due chiefly to_the difficulty ex- perienced by the banks in collecting coun- try loans. Asfar as the outlook con- cerned, I feel well content to await the issue of the next few months. Affajrs financial are on an upward trend.” ‘‘We bhave made no reduction,” said Cashier Brand of the Humboldt Bavings and Loan Society. ‘‘The business outloo! I regard as being quite encouraging, though I cannot say as much for real estate. Be- ing a land and house owner myself, I have somereason to think different! Zh" George A. Story, cashier of the Mutual Savings Bank of San Francisco, replied to & question concerning interest uctions by saying: ‘“There has been no reduction in our rates of interest on deposits, but T suppose with the banks which have re- duced their interest the cause was that of a decrease in their earnings and difficulties experienced in placing loans on secure in- vestments, Business generally, I think, is improving.” Infected Fe Destroyed. ‘When the steamer Australia arrived yester- day from Honolulu, @uarantine Officer Craw of the State Board of JMorticulture was at hand to see that no infectfd plants were permitted to be landed. Atgthis time of e year but few nts received, but neverthe- less Cr, found a dozen infected ferns apd ims on the steamer. These were covel with a black scale called Lecomi’ It resembles the black scale, and t is & new to this State. The infected plants wglfe thrown overboard. The Ax Has Fallen. na. Revenue Agent B, L. Cromwell yes. terdsy appoii~d D, C. Dixon to £1l the posir tion of clerk in ..>affice made vacant by Temoval of . GilChrist. The lacter is & Repurs lican and Dixon is a Democrat and 1d Tesi- dent of this City. S A ——————— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * ———————— ‘WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. M. &, K. wines, B¢ & glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach. 29 Mkt* Wt e CATARRE cured and mo pay until enkd. Treatment at office free. 925 Howard street, * . FOURTH OF JULY Candies cheaper than beef- steak; Broken and Mixed Candies, perfectly ure, 10¢1b.; Cream Mixed. in Japanese bas- ots, 25¢ 1. ; Cal'a Glace Fruits, iv Jap. baskets, 50c Ib. Reduction in large lots. Townsend's.* ———— OVERWORK, worry and nervons excitement are ruining the health of thousands. By its pecullar curative power Hood’s Sarsaparilla makes pure blood and steady nerves. —————— Ir your corplaint is want o appetite try hal? & wine glass of Dr. Siegert’s Angestu: fore meals. R e e e T In Italy self-destrnction is i the denouement of a love «ii.r::x:':g:::: in France out of an average of 6500 suicides a year there are not more than about 300 | bely that can be as suicides of passion. LA BELLE CREOLE ~ CIGARS MANUFACTURED BY S. HERNSHEIM BROS. & CO., - NEW ORLEANS, LA. RINALDO BROS. & 0., PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, 800-802 BATTERY ST., S. F. * Branch Store—29-31-83 South First st., San Jose, Cal. NEW TO-DAY. SWORN STATEMENT Of the Condition and Value on June 30, 1895, of the ASSETS AND LIABILITIES —OF THE— San Francisco Savings Union A Corporation doing business at 532 CALIFORNIA STREET. NE, Corner of Webb Street, City and County of San Franclsco, State of California. ASSETS. 1—Promissory notes, secured by flr‘n genrym" hun\ ‘m.‘:c ;lm:)n this State, the actui which notes is. . .$19,210,260 11 2—Bonds of munici i- public corporations, the actual value of which Is......... . Part of these are kept in the vanits of this corporation and part in a box rented from the National Bafe Deposit Company, in the city of New York. $—Bank premises................. Situated at the northeast corper of California and Webb streats, in the clty ot San Francisco. 4—Other real estate. Situated in the State of part of it {s productive, and it s of the actual value s stated. 5—Temporary investments. Tonds, evidences of indebtedness and shares of capital stock of municipal, quasi-public and in- dustrial corporations, other than mining, upon which this corporation has advauced....... All said bonds, evidences of in- ‘debtedness and stock certificates are kept in the vaults of this cor- ration. 8—Sates and furniture in the office of the bank of the value of...... 7—Cash in United States gold and silver cofn...... - $449,038 59 668,076 46 eeeaeenn$26,101,208 45 LIABILITIES, 1-To deposttors co‘rponmun do':;! deposits amounting to, ant e acrual Value of Whith 18, .. . 324,308,872 51 ‘The condition of fligl fl'fln)lllu l: that they are payable o out of said assets and are !nll; Bse- 1,491,106 33 467,880 86 1,274,756 46 2,533.610 48 15,564 18 1,108,015 05 1,186,841 04 94 8l is.. The condition of said hability to stockholders is that no part of the amount can be paid to them, or in any way withdrawn except Reserve fun The actual value of which in payment of losses, during the existence of the corporation, nor until all depositors shall have been paid in full the smount of their deposits and deciared 3 Cortiogen fund, teluding th ntingen including the L el g lected interest on investment: 4—General accounts, balanc ‘These accounts embrace 508,404 84 8,054 64 beld for purposes of guarantee and sums, the final application of which has not been deter- mined. 5—State, county and city taxes. Balanc ce undisbursed. . 145,134 52 $26,101,208 45 Total Uabilities.. San Francisco, July 1, 1895. SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION, By (Signed) ALBERT MILLER, President, (Signed) LOVELL WHITE, Cashier and Secretary. State of Callfornia, City and Utmw of San Francisco, ss.—Albert Millerand Lovell W hite being each separately end duly sworn, each for himsel?, said Albert White s President and said s: That Lovell White is Cashier of the San Francisco e ‘Union, the corporation above mentioned, and that the foregoing statement is true. Signed) ALBERT MILLER, Slg!letlged LOVELL WHITE. ubscri and sworn to before me this 1st day of July, A. D, 1895, (Signed) THOS, E. HAVEN, (Sealy Notary Pubile. n ELEVENTH SEHL-ANNUAL STATEMENT —OF THErm HUTUAL SAVINGS BANK Of San Francisco, 88 POST STREET. Capital Stock subseribed.....81,000,000 Of which has been paid in 8014 00iN.....corrreirriieeres 300,000 STATEMENT Of the condition and value of the assets and labill- ties of the Mutual Savings Bank of San Francisco, a co?ol'ulnn doing business at 33 Post st., clty of San Krancisco, State of California, and where said assets were situated on June 30, 1895, v ASSETS. Promissory Notes, secured by first mortgage on Real Estate, within this State and Oregon. The ;l‘:)llfw:l“vllla ot said promisso: 31,699, 1n Real Estate ' 22813 09 Miscellageous Bonds. 715,042 29 Bonds, Evidences of Indebtedness Corporations upan which: i ations upon. w Cnrponuunh;lmnnoad.... rom 489,083 30 Dess an kept in the yaults of this corpora- tion and in Deposit boxes in the Deposit Vault Department of the First National Bank.) Cash in Gold, Siiverand Currency, the sctual value of which is: 438,168 27 146 Furniture and Fixtures. 2,646 21 42042 Taxes pald in advance. Total assetsu. ... LIABILITIES. ’| To Depositors this Corporation owes Deposits amounting to, and the actual cash value of which is.....$2,987,688 65 To Stockholders the anronnt of Capi- tal in, the actnal value of whichis.............. . (The condition of said to Stockholders is that no part of the amount can be paid to them, or in any way withdrawn, except I ent of during the exigtence of the Corporation, nor untfl Depositors shall have paid in foll the amount of their Deposits and declared dividends.) Congingent fund............ . Tncluding the amount of accrued but uncollected interest on in- Vestments. Total Uabilities......... +e0...$3,366,718 68" UTUAL SAVINGS BANK OF SAN FRAN- » Lo CI8CO. By JAMES D. PHELAN, President. s oF CAbTpER 4 STORY, Cashter, STA A, County of San Francisco. ' §5% We do solemnly swear that we have (and each of us has) & personal knowledge of the matters con- tained in the foregoing report, and that every gation, statement, maiter, and thing therein con- tained. is true to’the best of our knowledge 300,000 06 79,032 03 ef. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day et July, 1895. JAMES D. PHELAN, President, GEO. A. STORY, Cashier. R. D. MoELgoY, Notary Public. 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