The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1895, Page 14

14 3 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895. FIXING THE BLAME FOR THE PARK RUINS Southern Pacific Tracks Are There Without Authority. WAS SUFFICIENT MONEY. Executive Committee Respon- sible for the Shameful State of Affairs. McLAREN MAKES A PROMISE. One Good Result of The Call’s Expose—The Tracks Are to Be Removed. Who is ¢ blame for the shameful condi- tion of things at Golden Gate Park, as ex- posed by THE CALL yesteraay morning? Primarily, the dir eneral of the late Midwinter Fair. ris is not THE CaLL’s answer, e only answer that comes after a deal of and investi- gation. The responsi r the shame- ful exhibition of debris now littering the site occupied by the Midwinter Fair rests 1pon the executive committee. *And, of course, that ans on Mr. de g,” said Alex: r Bac 1, who was v of the com ., ““for De Young ran things to and never told ody what ng to do or why Mr. de Young is in Europe, but he has 2 representative behind him—Colonel aseball fame. to clear the htly and in- hiencing accumul: of debri Robinson is derelict in his work. as though the park oritie: ave to step in and clear 1nds themselves if they want them It is Colonel Rob old fair ground cleaned. “And we most certainly do want them cleaned,” says Superintendent McLaren. #In the end, I suppose, we will have to clear up the grounds. According to our contract with the executive committee of the Midwinter r the gro should have been restored to us in perfect condi- tion month d months Yes, we are getting very tired of waiting. There was no contract signed, but there was a verbal jerstanding between gentlemen which pposed would hold as good as any writin It is a shame, of course, and we keep prodding up the responsible persons as much as possible, but all to no av You see the piles of ruins and rubbish strewed all about, you see parts of the buildings standing yet, and you don’t really know how hard it is to find anybody who is responsible for it all.” But if it is hard to fix the responsibility for the suameful condition of the old site of the Midwinter Fair, it is not so difficult a matter to place the responsibility for the existence of the spur railroad tracks that now disfigure the park and mar one of the favorite drives. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company is responsible for that. Since the end of December they have been operating these spur tracks without a semblance of author- ity from the Supervisors. On the last day of last year the temporary franchise under which the park branch operated expired. This temporary franchise was in the form of a resolution of authorization passed by the Board of Supervisors—or rather two of them, the first passed July 31, 1893, and the second passed November 10, 1894. It was not without creating a good deal of suspicion that the Southern Pacific Rail- road finally forced its way into the park in spite of the opposition of a good many people who feared that once a tentacle of the octopus should be fastened on the park nothing could remove it. So it was not without a good deal of ap- prehension, and only after a very careful consideration of all the limitations that could possibly be engrafted en the fran- chise that Mayor Ellert finally signed the doc®ment that opened the doors of Golden Gate Park to the Southern Pacific Com- pany. This document, with all its restrictive clauses and the conditions it imposed upon the railroad company, was known as Resolution 9111 (third series). It readsas follows: WHEREAS, It has been decided by tne eiti- zens' committee of fifty, called by his Honor, the Mayor, to hold an exposition in this City from and after January 1,1894, to be known as the California Midwinter International Exposi- tion; and whereas, the executive committee created by the general plangof said citizens’ committee has organized and has obtained from the Board of Park Commissioners a site in Golden Gste Park for the location of said expo- sition; and whereas, it will be necessary to have the railroad track of the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company extended from the spur of the track of said company as now located at & point at or near Lakeville in the City and County of San Francisco, to & point on the line of the Park and Ocean Railroad track, as now operated be- tween Tenth and Thirteenth avenues, where said proposed track can enter Golden Gate Park for the purpose of carrying the lumber and other materials to be used in the erection of the proposed buildings on said site, as well as the carrying of exhibits to be placed in said buildings; Now, therefore, the special privilege is here- by granted the Southern Pacific Railroad Com- pany, a railroad corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of California, its successors and assigns, to at once constructa railroad track, and to maintain the same for the period of one year from and after the st day of September; 1893, from a point ator near Lakeville in this City and County, and connect- ing the same with tne spur track of said com- pany now at that point, to a point on the line of the Park and Ocean Railroad Company's track between Tenth and Thirteenth avenues, to be designated by the Board of Park Commis- sioners of Golden Gate Park,and thence into the park, subject to the rules, regulations and requirements of said Board of Park Commis- sioners, and to that end said Southern Pacific Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, is hereby permitted to use such parts and pércelsof the streets intersecting the Out- side Land blocks of the City and County of San Francisco as may afford to said company the most convenient line for the location of such proposed track, and are hereby accorded the previlege of using for the period herein men- tioned the great highway, if the same should prove convenient and suitable for such pur- pose, for such distance as it may be necessary to traverse the same between said Lakeville and the present track of the Park and Ocean Railroad Company. This privilege is granted upon the express condition that so far as said railroad route may lie upon premises within the jurisdiction of said Board of Park Commis- sioners it shall not be used or occupied until said company, its sussessors or assigns, shall be thereunto authorized and empowereda by order of the Board of Park Commissioners. The cars to be run on said proposed track shall be propelled by locomotive steam engines, and the cars shall be used only for the purpose of carrying freight to the proposed site of said California Midwinter International Exposi- tion. Neither the company, its graniees or inds assignees shall be entitled to charge for the carriage of passengers, and this privilege is accorded to and accepted bysaid graniees upon such express condition. At the end of the term for which this privilege is granted said 1 company, its successors or assigns shall take up and remove said railroad tracks.” On the Ist of September, 1894, the priv- ilege granted to the Southern Pacific Com- pany by the foregoing resolution, which was duly signed by Mayor Ellert, came to an end. It lacks now but two months of a full year since the expiration of the privilege, that expressly stipulated: “At the end of the term for which this privilege is granted, said company, its successors or assigns, shall take up and remove said rail- road tracks.” And the tracks are still there. They have had authority for being there some of thistime. In November of 1894, two months after the tracks should have been removed according to the provisions of the resolution, the Supervisors forgave them the trespass, and hecause the tracks were still there permitted them to remain forty days longer. It is rather a curiously concocted resolu- tion, It reads: WHEREAS, the Southern Pacific has not heeded its terms of contract with us, there- fore do we reward the Southern Pacific by enabling it to make a still further profit out of its tracks in the park (which it promised to re- move two months ago). At least thisis the spirit of the resolu- tion. It was passed by a majority vote November 10, 1894, and its literal wording is as follows: WHEREAS, This board, by resolution No.9111 (third series), granted permission to the South- ern Pacific Company to lay a spur track along and upon certain streets and public property for one year from September 1, 1893; and whereas, the said period has expired and the tracks of said company so laid have not been removed; therefore Resolved, That the time in which sald tracks shall be mainteined and operated is hereby extended for a period of forty working days from November 1, 1894, the said tracks being used for the purpose of conveying loam to and for the improvement of Golden Gate Park. If the Southern Pacific had been honest and straightforward and removed its tracks when it agreed to do so, it would not have been quite so rich as it is now, but the peo- ple would have had a pleasure ground free from Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. But ever since the tracks should have been torn up and removed, even under the terms of the last resolution of reward for ishonest policy, the Southem Paciftic in the park have been earning money for the Southern Pacific stock- holders. And now it would appear that these tracks have come to stay. If they can stay a year or six months without au- thority, why cannot they remain perma- nently? This is a problem that the South- ern Pacific is going to answer in the affirmative if they can. If the people, or the people’s servants, continte 'to sit pas- sively and see the Southern Pacific tracks | grow into Golden Gate Park and become a | very part or the people’s pleasure ground, the Southern Pacific will be pleased. Its tracks have been there illegally for half a vear now, and they have been making money for their owners all that time. If the people will only keep quiet a little longer—say another year—why, the South- ern Pacific tracks may become an institu- tior: of Golden Gate Park. It is a case that calls for immediate ac- tion of the Board of Supervisors and Park Commisioners. Without the passive con- sent of both of these bodies these tracks could not remain the obstruction and dan- ger that they are now. Either one of these bodies could, if it woutd, tear up the tracks and remove them at the expense of the Southern Pacific Company. When questioned about the matter last evening Superintendent McLaren admit- ted that THE CALL’s attitude was correct. Moreover, the superintendent promised that the tracks should be removed. “Within ten days,” he said, “I will have those tracks out of the park. You can be sure of this.” The date of this promiseis July 5. On the 15th the time for its performance will expire. On the 16th TaE CaLL will photo- graph that part of the grounds. Doubt- less it will displease the Southern Pacific Company to be forced to remove its tracks in Golden Gate Park within the next ten days, but it will please the whole people immensely. And if Mr. McLaren has the frowns of the Southern Pacific to bear he will have won golden opinions from the public, which is better. TrE CALL's expose of the generally dil- apidated condition of things at the oid Midwinter Fair site awakened a good deal of interest in the matter yesterday. Those whodonot go to the park often had al- most forgotten the ruinsand debris that have disfigured it for nearly a year now. “‘Surely, the executive committee could not plead poverty in the matter,”” said Mathias Johnson, one of the committee of fifty to which the executive committee of the fair was supposed to be responsible. “They had money enough left over to have cleared up the grounds many times over. And that was one of the stipulations en- tered into between the executive commit- tee and the Park Commissioners, that in a couple of months or so after the fair was closed, the site should be turned over to the park in as good a condition as when it was taken by the fair managers. “I remember that in every contract en- tered into between the fair management and the concessionaires there was a clause providing for the removal of all structures immediately upon the close of the exposi- tion. And each contractor on the main buildings was to receive his last payment in the building itself, which was to be re- moved at once. “Now, of course, if these contractors and concessionaires have proved irresponsible, that is nothing to the public—or it ought not to be. The responsibility, in the end, must rest with the executive committee, and when you admit that you might as welljmention De Young in name. He was the executive committee and ran things to suit themselves. “And, as I say, I can’t understand why he has not had the grounds cleared long before this. He surely can’t plead a lack of funds for this purpose, because the funds at his disposal were ample. Iam speak- ing of the profits of the fair, of course. “‘There must have been a surplus of from $200,000 to a quarter of a million. There ought to have been enough out of this sum to enable the Director-General to have the grounds put into good shape again, even after deducting the $20,000 or more he gen- erously spent on medals and things. It would only have cost a very little more to have put the grounds in good condition. “It isn’t a wild estimate, that quarter of a million I spoke of, as you can see by the figures. I got the figures from the books, being one of a committee of five appointed to examine them. The fair was clearing a net profit of $2800 a day then, and there were yet 70 days of the regular term to run. Anybody can figure that out. And this profit was taken on a basis of $2000 a day expenses. These expenses were about cut in balf toward the last, you know, while the receipts kept coming in heavier all the time, and even for several weeks after the date of formal closing. Of course, all this is public property now, and I am not even stating something new, only I instance it to show that there must have been money enough left over when the fair closed to have paid for clearing up things and have bought the Napoleon medals also.” But money or no money, that portion of Golden Gate Park out of which an irre- sponsible executive committee was privi- leged to make something like a quarter of a million profit in a year is now in a shameful condition, and THE CALL means to keep on calling attention to that fact until something is done to better it. Golden Gate Park is the people’s pleasure ground. It is the one great public institu- tion of the City. San Franciscans are proud of it, for it ranks high with the parks of the world. And all the rubbish and ruins of the Midwinter Fair must be cleaned up. And the Southern Pacific must remove its tracks from the fair grounds. TuE CALL means to watch the people’s park with a jealous eye, for that is one of the public duties every newspaper owes to the public by whose favor and patronage it thrives. Let Golden Gate Park be the park that it was intended to be. Let the tracksofa private corporation be taken out of it, and let the debris and rubbish left there by the executive committee be cleared away speedily—not at public expense, but at the cost of those who have reaped the great profit. SAMUEL EWING RETIRED. The Southern Pacific’s Assis- tant Claims Attorney Out of Office. Business of the Department Had Fallen Off—Half the Staff Was Dismissed. Samuel M. Ewing, the assistant claims attorney of the Southern Pacific Company, is no longer connected with the office pre- sided over by Attorney Byron Waters in the railroad building at Market and Mont- gomery streets. His connection was severed on July 1, since when the depart- ment has been trying to get along without his assistance, which for some years had been regarded by the high officials as valu- able to the company. The fact that Ewing bhad retired, or was retired, was not mentioned in the railroad offices until it leaked out yesterday to the intense surprise of his numerous friends. His removal was known to the heads of various departments, but they elected not to speak upon the subject, which for that very reason was observed as a secret. When it did become known it gave rise to many conflicting rumers about questions of policy, economy and possible trouble in the department that only quite recently as highly productive of scandals when M 1llspaug¥| was dismissed from the posi- tion of its manager and attorney. Again the possibility of difficulties growing out of the Millspaugh episode were seriously mentioned, though it was well known that Ewing passed through the severe examina- tion of the office then untouched even by suspicion, and maintained the same good regard of the railroad officials as before. From a reliable source in the railroad office it was learned that Ewing was dis- missed, ostensibly because his services were not needed, and Byron Waters, the present head of the department, was cut- ting down his staff. But Ewing was very popular with the railway management, and it was argued that if he was not actu- ally wanted in one office_they would read- ily find a place for him in another depart- ment, where his special knowledge and ability might be used to advantage. In- stead of such a change, however, he was dropped without much ceremony. Byron Waters said it was simply a mat- ter of reducing expenses that caused Ewing to lose his position. “Mr. Ewing resigned on the 1st of July, when he left this office,” said he. ‘The only reason was that business in the office fell off to a considerable extent, and there was really not enough for us all to do. When I took charge there were ten men here including myself. Now there are but five, and we are well able to keep up with the work, which had been allowed to aecu- mulate and become a tangled mass. My policy is to take up every case singly as it comes in and get it off my hands and be done with it. “I desire to_impress upon you that Mr. Ewing went through the Milispaugh affair without taint. That had nothing, abso- lntelfl nothing, to do with his feavinz. Nor had angthing that occurred since in the office the least bearing upon the case. He left with all our best wishes.”” Ewing himself stated last night that while he left on the 1st of this month he had not tendered his resignation. *‘I have been_thinking of resigning for some time past,” he said. “The cause of your leaving is said to be the reduction of the office staff.” “Well, it is not that exactly,” he an- swered with some hesitation, *‘but I cannot yet speak about the matter.” Ewing was a prominent newspaper man in this City for years before he took the position of assistant claims attorney of the Bouthern Pacific Company. A PRACTICE SHIP. Governor Budd to Confer With the Naval Officers for the Repair of the Swatara. Governor Budd will visit Mare Island next Tuesday to confer with the com- mandant regarding the old sloop-of-war Swatara, now lying condemned in the stream off the navy-yard. It will takea Jarge sum of money to fit her out, as shé is ];lrantically a worthless old hulk, and with the depleted condition of the navy finances it 1s doubtful, unless the State foots some of the bills, whether the Gov- ernment will spend money on her repairs. With the Swatara moored in the harbor or at a suitable place in a dock the young amateur sailors will have excellent oppore tunities for practice in sail and gun drill, ———— THE LABOR OOUNOIL. It Adopts a Resolution Denouncing the Celebration of the Fourth. At the meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council last night the following resolution was adopted: WHEREAS, The Fourth of July as a cele- bration is commemorative of & growth in civil- ization, human equality and brotherly regard from man to man; and whereas, the celebra- tion of the day just held in San Francisco was a combination of military display, repugnant to all but the most brutal instinets; and to be interpreted only as an affront to the laboring people and as an advertising display wholly out of YI‘“ in & demonstration in honor of great principles; and whereas, the celebration was even further un-Americanized by the presence in_ the procession of & Mongolian band, hired because it would underbid white American labor; therefore be it Resolved, That the San Francisco Labor Coun- cil regards the celebration as an affront to real manhood and resl Americanism, ——————— Secretary Lamont Returns Home. The Secretary of War, Daniel Lamont, who was to have come on here, has been compelled to return East with his party from Osden, where he had come from the Yellowstone Park. 8o much time was spent at the park that California trip had to be abandoned. the —————— Crumbs From the Feast. Roos Brothers sent a wagon-load of provisions left from their free dinner to the poor of the City on Independence day to the Yor Woman's cmmm&nymm. tio FARMERS' ALLIANCE SCOPE Its Work Now Being Extended in the Direction of Co-Operation. POLITICS STRICTLY TABOOED. Remarkable Progress Made on the New Lines During the Past Year. Since the last annual meeting of the Farmers’ AJliance and Industrial Union of California, held on January 1 of this year, there has been a most remarkable revival in its work. At that meeting it was determined to keep the alliance en- tirely out of politics and devote the power of the organization directly to its an- nounced plan of operation, mutual protec- tion and co-operation. The experiences of the last campaign showed that its support of the People’s party, while it had failed to carry that party to victory, had resulted in demoral- izing the membership of the alliance. It was led to support that ticket, as the prin- ciples of the ailiance were nearest in ac- cord with those of the Populists, as ex- pressed in what is known as the Omaha platform. The alliance favors Govern- J. M. Moore, State Business Manager of the California Farmers’ Alliance. ment ownership of railroads, telegraphs, telephones and other enterprises that per- form semi-public functions; abolition of National banks, direct issue of all currency by the Government, free coinage of silver, the sub-treasury plan of loaning money on lands and their products, and the reduc- tion of the rate of interest to 2 per cent. . Itisclaimed by alliance men that sta- tistics show that the average profit from horticultural and agricultural pursuits in the United States is not _in excess of 2 per cent, and that during off years it is much less. Arguing from this, it is further claimed that the maintenance of a rate of interest above 2 per cent will unfailingly result in periodical seasons of depression similar to that which has just been experi- enced, as the farmer must ineyitably be- come insolvent in cases where his property is mortgaged, which is the prevailing rule. ‘When the last annual meeting of the State alliance was held, many of the branches thronghout the State were in a moribund condition, and it looked as if the State organization was in danger of going to pieces. Prompt and energetic action, however, on the lines previously men- tioned, resulted in reviving the interest of old members and in largely increasing the number of new ones. so that now there are 500 subordinate alliances in active oper- ation within the State, with an aggregate membership of nearly 20,000. “Co-operation”’ was the magic watch- word all along the line; political matters were entirely ignored. When the new J. 8. Barbee, Secretary and Treasurer of the California Farmers’ Alliance. policy was determined upon at the begin- ning of the present year, the only co-oper- ative institutions, under the auspices of the alliance, were two flouring mills; one at Gilroy and another at San Miguel. Now the organization has no less than seven co-operative stores in active ogeration in various parts of the State, and also a co- operative tannery, and several more stores are now in contemplation. The stores are located at the following places: Los An- geleu, San Jose, Santa Paula, Santa Bar- ara County ; Compton, Los Angeles Coun- t‘.y; Bachelor Alle{, Lake County; Poplar, Tulare Coun- g" he tannery is at Adelaide, Ban Luis bispo County. Their co-operative methods are based on those of the Rochdale system in vogue with the great co-operative organization of England and Scotland, which in 1892 did a business which reached the enormous sum of $50,000,000, and operations of which are eandmghnnnunlly. At present this organization has seven lines of steamers, which reach all parts of the world. It also has resident agents in every market center of the globe. The present board of officers of the Cali- fornia alliance is as follows: President, J. V. Webster of Paso Robles; vice-president, J. F. Grigsby of St. Helena; secretary and treasurer, J. 8. Barbee of Los Angeles; State business agent, J. M. Moore of San Fran- cisco; State lecturer, Burdette Cornell of Oakland. A . Mr. Moore's duties are to make pur- chases in this City for all the co-operative establishments of the alliance and also for the individual members. The next annual meeting of the State .“%n:oe b:iu be held on the third Tuesday c! T. ~ SAFE-ORAOKERS IN TOWN. They Made a Failure in Their First Effort in the City. The police authorities are busily en- gaged just now in endeavoring to discover whethera party of Eastern safe-crackers have arrived in town or not. On Wednes- day night the carriage factory of H. M. Black & Co., 126 New Mentgomery street, Orange, Riverside Coun%; : u was entered by burglars, and the safe was | operated upon in a most expert manner. | Fortunately the bookkeeper had taken away all the money that was in the safe, and the operators got nothing for their pains. It was the manner in which the work of opening the safe was performed which convinced the pelice that some new hands in the safe-cracking line had arrived in town. THE ALCAZAR'S NEW MANAGER. ‘W. R. Daily Will Run the Theater With Alfred Dampier. ‘W. R. Daily became lessee and manager of the Alcazar Theater yesterday. The business management of the Daily Stock Company during its present engagement has hitherto been in the hands of Messrs. Wallenrod & Rich. It is Mr. Daly’s intention to run the theater with Alfred Dampier in star roles till the end of that actor’s engagement. The stock company will then present comedy for some weeks, after which an entirely new sensational play will be pro- duced, with a cast especially selected for the occasion. LAMONT NOT OOMING. He Has Changed Mind About Visiting This City. At the eleventh hour Secretary of War Dan Lamont, who had telegraphed that he would visit this City. changed his mind, and went direct from Yellowstone Park to Seattle, where he will receive sug- gestions as to the location of a military post in the Puget Sound country, as ex- clusively stated in THE CALL yesterday. From information receivea at army headquarters, it appears that from Seattle Lamont will return direct to Washington, and will not visit this City. FROM A CHINESE PITOL A Bullet Sent Through a Win- dow of the Methodist Mission. Supposed Relation of the Shooting to the Rescue of a Slave Girl. On the evening of July 3, and while the celebration of the Fourth of July wasal- ready well under way, that is the noisy firecracker feature of it, a bullet from a pistol was sent crashing through a window of the Methodist Episcopal Chinese Mis- sion, 916 Washington street. Apparently connected with the circum- stance of the pistol shot is the fact that only two gfghts previously a Chinese slave girl, Ah Soo, had been rescued by Miss Williams (acting matron of the mis- sion during Mrs. Ida Hull’s absence), President McComb of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Special Officers Frank Holbrook and H. McMurray from a den on Church alley just in time to prevent her from being sold to a life of Mongolian immorality. A rather big hole was made in the pane of glass, and a bullet of about a 38-caliber size was found lying harmlessly on the carpet of the room. Near the window stood a sewing-machine. The bullet had struck the machine-cover, but it did not tation and partially shattered it. This in- dicates that the force of the missile was well nigh spent when it entered the window. The location of the hole in the window- pane and the indentation on the machine- cover indicate that the direction of the bullet was downward and to the leftward. The window is one of the second story and on the east side looking toward Trenton street, and there is a new three-story brick building, with flat and accessible roof, over on Trenton street just in the direction whence the bullet seemed to have come and perhaps far enough away to have allowed its force to be nearly spent. The room where the bullet struck is oc- cupied by Mrs. Chan Hon Fan and her two little girls, the wife and children re- spectively of the assistant pastor of the mission, a well-known Chinese preacher. The little girls were in bed at the time, but Mrs. Chan happened fortunately to be downstairs attending the prayer-meeting then in progress. This was the only room on that floor and on that side which had any light in it. A heavy blind was pulied down cver it, so that nobody could see into the room from the outside. The question which bothers Miss Wil- liams and the other occupants of the mis- sion is, Was this pistol-shot an attempt to kill some one connected with the institu- tion out of revenge for the rescue of the girl Ah Soo? “I would like to think it was only a Fourth of July accident,” said Miss Wil- liams last night, ‘‘but I do not know what to think. Ido wish some one could ex- plain it. The girl is not on that side of the house, at all. As for the people living in that three-stor( building on Trenton street, they are all good respectable per- sons, and some of them are Christians.’ The opinion of the police is that the pistol-shot was an accident, which is an easy solution of the mystery. The girl, Ah Soo, is very much pleased with her change of quarters. She is be- lieved to have no parents, and yet there are no less than three Chinese women al- ready who are ready to swear to being the child’s mother. B AN ACOTIVE OCTOGENARIAN. Family Reunion in Celebration of Mrs. Delia B. Shattuck’s Birthday. A family reunion in which four genera- tions were represented was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Case, 1723 Clay street, last evening. The oecasion was the eighty-sixth birthday of Mrs: Delia P. Shattuck, the mother of Mrs. Case. The venerable lady is the mother of nine children, the eldest of whom, B. D. Shat- tuck, a retired commission merchant of this City, is 65 Fesrs of age. She has eigh- teen grandchildren and seventeen great- grandchildren. About forty of her family were present to wish her “many happy returns of the day.” Mrs. Shattuck is a hale old lady, and her black hair has but few silver threads in it. She is still active and insists upon taking a share of the household duties. She Isa native of New Hampshire, and lived there until a year ago. Her husband died four weeks after the celebration of their golden wedding seventeen years ago. —_——————— The Wave. In the Wave this week there are tobe read some pointed editorials on American labar, the Board of Education and the Stanford deci- sion. They are written in atone of vigor and earnestness and possess distinctive literary merit, and are certainly in formed by a strongly patriotic feeling. The other departments of the paper are exceedingly newsy and readable —Governor Budd and the Fair case, Mrs. Charley Fair's wealth, Charlotte Stetson’s poetry, the parade, the arch, Count Fiddle- ticks by Dan 0’ Connell are a few of the topics chatted about. Society is in the country and the department is given over to narrating the doings of ‘‘the swim” at D¢l Monte, the Crags nd San Rafael. The new beauty at Monterey s described, the pretty girls at Sausalito are chatted over. The tournament at San Rafael comes in for some pertinent paragraphs. John Benner's “Causerie” is readable and amusing. The literary department is up to date and offers the i ntelligent reader an authoritative resume of what to skip. There are also stories, bicycle gossip. medical discoveries and many mote topics, all skilifully handled, that go to making the Wave the most readable of the weeklies. —_—————— Says She Lost Fifty Dollars. A warrant was sworn out yesterday for the arrest of William Fitzmaurice, a Police Court attorney, for misdemeanor embezzlement. The complainant is Theresa de Quinones, a w2althy Guatemalan lady who is stopping at the Marech: iel Hotel on Ellis street, and she alleges that she gave Fitzmaurice $50 with which to pay her board bill. Instead of doing 50 he disappeared and appropriated the money 0 his own use. penetrate the wood—it left a slight inden= | | | NEW TO-DAY—DRl Keep American Workmen Goods whenever it is possible. Lo Rt SR Employed by Buying American least ninety-nine points out WE HAVE SCORED A BULLSEYE THIS WEEK. We have made at of a possible one hundred. We an< nounced a novel idea in up-to-date store-keeping—the idea that America could; if it were not for a prejudice in favor of foreign goods, pro= vide every necessary thing its citizens require, and for a week we have en= deavored, by a special exposition of, Am=rican Manufactures in our line, to show how much better, at the same prices, our own products are than those of other countries. The Store has been thronged with shoppers every business day, who evinced much interest in our special displays, and who bought most liberally. It has been a banner week for this season of the year, and proves to us conclusively that American women appreciate the qualities, beauty and money=saving possibilities of American products. LADIES’ SILK VESTS. The counters running entire depth of store, on right center, are devoted to underwear and hosiery departments. American made silk vests, LADIES' very good qualls; in cream, pink or blue LADIES’ SPUN SILK VESTS, L. N. N. edge or: neck and armlets. pink, blue, cr: LADIEY' SILK VESTS, very heavy qi i lack edge, pink, blue and bl LADIES’ SILK VESTS, extra heavy, high nec: blue, cream an! black...... Ladies’ Hosiery. Black and Tan Shades, American made and guaranteed stainless and of superior wearing qualities, at prices like these. LADIES' TAN COTTON HOSE, light or dark shades, plain or Richelieu-ribbed, double heels, soles and toes, and a goo« quality... LADIES’' TAN COTTON HOSE, light or dark shades, made of fine Macco yarn, high-spliced heels, double soles an toes, extra fine quality LADIES' TAN LISLE HOSE, Richelien- ribbed, fine quality, high-spliced heels and double toes. A LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, extra fine quality, Hermsdorf dye, all black or with white feet, high-spliced heels, double soles and toes. 5 MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON HOSE, narrow ribbed, fine Macco yarn, high-spliced heels, double toes, sizes 6 to 9, superior quality...... A Pair, | MALV | CAMELLI There is no berter stock in the city, and we believe none upon which such low prices have been placed. Here are some SPUN SILK VESTS, low neck, no sleeves, lace effect, straps on shoulders, a 6‘)() 'b Each , heavy quality, Richelieu ribbed, silk ercchet 7'0 m'and biacs. . th 1ty, V-shaped necks, no sleeves, deep fanc; croc‘xen$1.50 Each long sleeves, Swiss: ribbed, colors pink, @] .83 §1:53 Each Toilet Articles. Cheaper than even the ‘‘cut-rate’” druggists sell them. BAY RUM, 4 sizes.......16¢, 25¢, 45¢ and 900 FLORIDA WATER, 8 sizes .::c. 200 and 450 9 LABLACHE FA| v CREAM, 50csize. . £ POWDER, b0c siz 8 LA VALLIERE TOOTH PASTE, collaps- : .25¢ Statio_rlery. Each box mentioned below contains 24 sheets and 25 squure envelopes to match. ISHED, fair quality... ..5ec box TIN FINISHED, regular 20c quality..10¢ box ANTIQUE LINEN, plain or ruled. 12¢ box IRISH LINEN, plain or ruled .. ., an extra fine qu; ATE. plain or ruled MISS ANTHONY HAS GONE, And With Her Rev. Miss Anna H. Shaw Went Home to the East. WIll Spend the Summer In Recrea- tion—Plans for the Suffrage Campalgn. Miss Susan B. Anthony and xev. Anna H. Shaw left yesterday for the East. They will go direct to their homes—Miss Anthony to Rochester and Miss Shaw to her summer residence at Cape Cod. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, Miss Cooper, Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn. Miss Elizabeth Sargent and other of their enthusiastic admirers as- sembled at the ferry to say farewell and bid them godspeed. Miss Anthony and Miss Shaw arrived here May 20, and their acuve part in the ‘Woman’s Congress, their lecture tour of Southern California, their visit to Yo- semite, and their share in the celebration of Independence day in this City have all been chronicled by the press. They have made_ friends and enemies during their stay, but there is no doubt that the friends are greatly in the majority. 2 Not the least of the résults of their visit is the amicable adjustment of the differ- ences that have rent the ranks of the' suf- fragists. On Wednesday morning, and again yesterday, the officers of the State ‘Woman Suffrage Association and the Cali- fornia constitutional amendment cam- paign committee held a joint meeting at the home of Mrs. A. A. Sargent for the purpose of discussing plans for the suffrage campaign. Mrs. Hester A. Harland was elected organizer of county committees and associations for one month, and dur- ing that time she will visit as many coun- ties as possible and organize the suffrage forces she finds therein. The ladies propose to vigorously prose- cute the campaign in every one of Califor- nia’s fifty-seven counties and thorough or- ganization will be their most effective means. 1t was further decided thatan advisory board, consisting of gentlemen fayorable to the movement should be formed. The number will not be limited, and it is prob- able that all gentlemen who have taken sides for woman suffrage will be invited to become members of the board. The counsels of Miss Anthony and Miss Shaw were deemed* invaluable in these as in all matters pertaining to the campaign, and their new friends were loth to %et them depart. Neither of the ladies has made any definite plans for the autumn, both being much in need of the summer rest. ———— A Salvadoran Asphyxiated. Antonio 8ol, a young Salvadoran stopping at the Occidental Hotel, retiring at 1 o’clock Thursday morning, leit the gas turned on after putting out the light and came very near Josing hislife. The young man lay asphyx- iated for twelve hours before he was discovered. Physicians who were called in could not re- store him to consciousness for nearly twelve hours. Yesterdar he was getting on very well and will be outin a day or two. He is a son of Dr. Manuel Sol, & prominent physician of San Salvador. ———————— Lees and Drugstore Whisky.] Licefse Collector Lees threatens trouble to the drugstores selling whisky at retail if he can discover a way to bring it about. He complains that many of them sell whisky as freely and at the same Tetail rates as the regularly licensed saloon to those who know the proper wink, but that they only take out a United States internal revenue license. He says this indicates a fear of the Federal Government that does not hold ‘with regard to the City. Morrison’s Tivoli Benefit. Every seat at the Tivoli was occupied last night for Howard Morrison's benefit. “Tar and Tartar'’’ was presented, and between the acts Nellie Young, Henry Norman, lda Valerga, Kate Marchi, Marcel Perron, ice Nielson, Thomas C. Lgug and Irene Cook appeared in songs, duets and specialties. Can’t We? Can’t we, if we choose, sell shoes at re- tail much cheaper than the ordinary re- tailer ? We, the wholesale manufacturers with an immense wholesale trade ? Can’t we, if we choose, sell at retail at same prices as we do to dealers and stiil come out more than even ? Well, we choose—for reasons often men- tioned—choose to sell our shoes at one . price; retail here in the city—wholesale elsewhere. Now it’s your turn to choose—we have shoes for YOU—for EVERYBODY. ROSENTHAL, FEDER & CO,, ‘Wholesale Shoe Manufacturers, 581-583 MARKET, NEAR SECOND. Open Till 8, Saturdays Till 10, WALL |£ £ WINDOW PAPER % Z| SHADES Largest Stock and Lowest Prices: G.W.CLARK co. 653 Market Street. SAMPLES SENT. 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