The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1895, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 18Y5. ¢ IRONGS, Rqmasmiss. THEOLD TIMER ~ ConTinues HisREMINISCEN CES OF SAN FRANCISCO MEN AND EVENTS INTHE FIFTIES. - BY RIS 0K “T have noticed,” remarked Colonel Reu- ben D. Strong, ‘‘since my return, that THE Cavry has been and still is making a vigor- ous fight against lottery schemes, and from what I have read I should say that they are about as plentiful and corrupt as were in the early days of the City. In those days we had these swindling con- cerns on every street, and those who ran them took in so much money from those who thought they would win a fortune on a comparatively small investment that the gambling-houses, which were crowded by day ard by night, were not in it. were agencies for ‘lotteries in the Eastern States’ that never existed, except in the minds of the swindlers who conducted the There was the Great California agencies. There | row of flats between Mason and Powell marks the site of Warner’s house and the shanties that were west of it. It alco covers what was the southern end of the wharf.” “It rather hurts my feelings to have you call the old houses of these parts ‘shan- ties,’ ” said the colonel, with a tone of sadness in his voice, ““but as we say to-day, ‘we'll let it go at that.” So there is not a vestige of Meiggs wharf left. That was a retty good-sized structure in its time. Harry A. Meiggs, who was a very pro- gressive man in his time, started a sawmill almost opposite where he built the wharf and went Into the lJumber business, but he needed a place to land thelogshe intended tocut up and which were brought from the Marin County shore, so he built the wharf early in the fifties. It started from this street, then a road dusty in summer and muddy ankle deep in winter, and ran out some 1600 feet by a width of 40, and then it formed an L toward the east about 260 feet in length by a width of 70 or 75 feet. There his and other vessels landed their cargoes of logs, which were run_up to the mill and converted into lumber that was piled up in the lumber- vard at the head of the wharf, to remain there but a short time until haaled away to build houses in the rapidly growing city. Many of the earliest houses were Lottery and a dozen more that I cannot | puilt from lumber that was cut here. name now, all frauds, and not to forget the ' Meiggs was a man who was full D = = & THE OLD STATION ON TELEGRAPH HILL. Grand Chinese Lottery that was run by Joe Duncan, he who, after my time, started | the Pioneer Bank, and failed, as I have | been informed, ruining thousands of poor people. He used to haye his establishment on what was known as Long wharf, so called by the community at large, but offi- cially known as Central wharf. By the way, I should tell you that what was Long wharf is now Commercial street, below Montgomery. Well, as I was telling you, the wharf, and it ran through to Sacra- mento street, just below Leidesdorff. went by there a few days ago and noticed that on the site where he kept his lottery- shop there is a building that has over the door, ‘Blake, Moffit & Towne, Paper Ware- house.” Joe's place was filled with all sorts of goods from the Orient, which, in those days, were looked upon as a great curiosity. He had temptingly arranged china-ware, lacquered ware, silks and crepe shawls. These shawls were marked: ‘At private sale $500'; but they were also on the list of pos- sible prizes. That caught the eye of the women, who were all anxious to wina 14 { depth half w: | it had for next-door neighbor the Happy Joe had his store or ‘Chinese bazaar’ on | e of enterprise, and if he had not been unfortunate in some of his business affairs he would have done a great deal of good for San Francisco. He was the one who built the first large music hall in this City. That building, which was calledMusicHall.stood on the southeast cor- nerof Montgomery and Bush streets, where the Occidental Hotel now stands. It was built in 53 and had a frontage of some eighty feet on the main street, with a v down Bush street, where Valley District School that was presided over by James Denman, who, I note, has recently been appointed an Election Com- missioner. I have given vou the size of this hall to let you know that more than mere shanties were built in the "50’s. “Meiggs, who had his office on Mont- gomery street, near Sacramento, and his residence in the fashionable part of the City, Broadway and Montgomery street, became involved in financial difficuities, was pressed by Fis creditors and had to leave the countr,, but he went to South America, where he builta railroad, became very rich, and, be it said to his credit, set- tled every debt he left behind when he left. He was a man of great push, and I might say was to the early San Fran- ciscans what I should judge, from what I >R oF TS BB L V7N THE STATION AT POINT LOBOS, WITH SIGNAL ANNOUNCING A SIDE - WHEELER. [From an old engraving.] crepe shawl with silk fringe. Joe took in the dollars and_the buyers got—the tickets they purchased, that is the majority of them, to be held by them as a keepsake of a bad investment. ~The other ‘Peter Funk’ shops, as they were called, were reaping goltfen harvests in their offices on Mont- gomery, California and Sacramento streets, where their tickets were openly displayed in the windows, with an invitation to ‘Come in and try your luck.’ These be- came s0 numerous and. the dishonesty of them so apparent that the police took offi- cial notice of these places, and inside of a ‘week there was not a lottery-shop in the City. Don’t you think your police of to- day could clean all the lottery-shops in a week "’ “Possibly the force could, if the courts would back them up by dealing promptly with offenders and imposing the full pen- alty in each case, instead of allowing trials and appeals to drag along in the hope of finding some technicality to allow the ac- cused to escape.”’ “Wearedigressing,”’ observed the colonel. “I want to confine myself to recollections of North Beach fora while. Let me see, this is Francisco street that we are on now. It has been built up on since I went_away. It has been paved, and there has been a great deal of filling in to the north, and streets have been laia out. But where is Meiggs wharf apd old Abe Warner's sa- loon and the bears and the monkeys and the parmu‘l" . “Gone,’”” I replied, “and that two-story have read, Ralston was toa later date com- munity. “This wharf was a grand promenade. Evenings after the day’s work was over and Sundays it was crowded, and then when the signal was given that a mail steamer was bound in crowds would rush down here to watch her passing in in the hope of seeing some familiar face on board. I have not teld you about the old style of signaling the_coming of vessels, have 1? No, well then I will. This was in the days before the telegraph was used for that pur- pose, as it is now. The Merchants’ Ex- change, which was started in 1849 by Sweeny & Baugh, marine news reporters, had to get the latest news about the movement of vessels and the most important was that of the mail steamers. These were the carriers that were watched for most anxiously, for they brought news from home, or as’ we used to say after ‘50, ‘from the States,’ignoring the fact that California was a part of the Union, and although that news was from twenty-five to thirty days old it was always welcome. To put every one in the City in posses- sion of the knowledge that the steamer was coming in was the firm’s purpose, and to do this it erected three stations, one on the top and center of Telegraph Hill, a second one on the Presidio road, just this side of the eastern line of the military reservation, and the third at Point Lobos. There were lookouts at these points and a code of signals was used to designate the class of vessels that were nearing the Golden Gate. That for a mail steamer or sidewheeler (the ocean steamers were all sidewheelers at that time) was the Amer- ican flag and underneath two large black arms stretching outward and slightly u; ward from the flagstaff. When the ol server at_the outer station sighted a side- wheeler he would hoist his signal, that was_ repeated by the man at the Presidio station, and then when the man on the hill station caught sight of it he ran the Na- tional colors to the masthead and then set the big black arms. That signal, which could be seen from every part of the then City set people almost wild. ‘The steamer is coming’ passed from one to another, and every one who could absent himself from business rushed down here or to any point along the water front to wait until the vessel dropped anchor. When she passed the wharf she was met by Sweeny & Baufn’s boatman and he received the mat- ter for his firm, generally contained in a small carpetsack. The boat was then rowed with all possible haste to the end of the wharf, where stood in waiting a mounted messenger, who, the moment he received the sack, put spurs to his horse, one of those hardy, fleet California mus- tangs, and rode the pace that terrifies down to the exchange on Sacramento street, near Montgomery, and threw his sack into the exchange withcut dismount- ing. There was always a crowd at the ex- change, for the sack contained a summary of the newsof the world, and every one was anxious to know what had occurred since the previous arrival. ““This style of announcing vessels was kept up until the month of September, 1852, when the firm opened telegraphic communication between its office on Sac- ramento street and the outer station at Point Lobos. This was in the time of telegraphic infancy, and that line was the first in this City, the first one put in ser- vice in the State, and the first west of the Rocky Mountains. The event was marked by a celebration, as the construction of the line, which was only eight miles long, was considered a most extraordinary enter- prise, and so it was. This line was followed shortly thereafter by the California State Telegraph Company, which had its officeon Clay street on the south side just above Wells building, which is on the' southwest corner of Montgomery street. It opened lines to Sacramento, Stockton, Marysville and San Jose. The tariff then to San Jose was $1 for ten words and 40 cents for five additional words; while to Sacramento, Stockton and Marysville it was $2 for the first ten words and 75 cents for each ad- ditional five words. Messages were high, but money was plenty.” “How_about press dispatches at that time?” I asked. The colonel looked at me for a moment and replied, “They simply didn’t have them.’" *“This spot, right in front of old Abe’s I\I:\ce. was the terminus of the omnibus ine—the old People’s line, that wasowned | | by Bowman & Gardener. If I am not mis- taken a man named Grim was in some way connected with the organization of the line. The route wasalong Third, Kearny, ‘Washington and Powell to Francisco street, and to this place. The people used to en- joy a jolting ride over the rough pave- ment, and pay at the rate of 10 cents for a single ride, or three tickets for a quarter. That was the method of traversing the City from South Park to North Beach un- til the streetcar system was introduced. I recall to mind that in 1861 the Legislature granted to John Gardener, Michael Skelly and J. M. Donohuea franchise tolay rails on certain streets of 8an Francisco and operate thereon cars drawn by horses. There was a provision that the rate of fare should not be more than 5 cents, if more than one fare was tendered, but if a single fare only was collected the tariff should be 10 cents. The original route was along Third street to Howard, to Second, across Market to Sansome, along Sansome to Jackson, up Jackson to Stockton, to Union, to Powell, thence to the northern extrem- ity. It was also granted the right of way on Washington street, from Stockton down to Sansome.” “That road was built after you went away,”” I added, by way of information, to the colonel. ‘“And Chris Buckley, who was once boss of the San Francisco Democ- racy, was one of the first conductors on the new line.” “‘As you interrupted me,” continued the colonel, “I was telling you of the com- pany’s franchise. It had another clause and that was thatthe company might sub- stitute Montgomery for Sansome street, provided it could get the consent of the majority of owners of property fronting on that thoroughfare. There was a very bitter fight to keep the railroad off that street, for all believed that it would be the ruination of it. I have observed that the cars did get thereand that the street’s retail business is ruined. Wonder if the cars did itor the desire to go west and out Market street?’’ I told him that the fact that Montgom- ery street was no longer a prominent busi- ness street was due to the fact that when one large retail firm moved up to Kearny street others followed. “When I was East,” continued the colonel, ““I read an account of the inten- tion to tear down old Abe Warner’s place and move his monkeys and birds and bears, and as that was a pretty full account and as you and_ everybody in town no doubt read it I don’t think I could add much to that, except to say that before the old man went into_the saloon business at this corner he used to keep a butcher-shop at Lombard and Stockton streets, “I notice that the seawall is extending in the direction of Black Point, and that the space between it and the mainland has been, to a great extent, filled in, that the streets bave been laid out and many buildings erected on the made land, and that a new wharf has taken the place of the old one demolished. Here on the northeast corner of Francisco and Powell streets, where there is a brewing company, once stood the flouring-mill” of Isaac Friedlander, who in_his time was the Erulu king of the West. I remember im well—a tall, well-built man, at least 6 feet 2 inches. He was always attired in a suit of black, wore a wide brimmed black hat that shaded his some- what swarthy complexion, which was made to appear a little darker by a heavy, full, black beard, not long. Behind a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles, shone dark, piercing eyes. He was a keen operator and a great plunger in the wheat market. On more than one occasion he cornered the entire wheat product of the State.” At the corner of Francisco and Stockton streets, the colonel balted to take a retro- spective view of the territory, then he asked as he pointed to the vacant lot next to the Home for the Incurables, and on which there is a pile of broken bricks and a broken-down hosecart, lettered S. F. P. F. D., “What has become of the house that used to stand here, a large brick house?” “You mean the old county hospital, that has been down for some time. After it was discontinued as a hospital it was for a time used as a branch jail, was then abandoned and finally torn down, and some day the City will ‘convert thisinto a corporation-yard for the Fire Depart- ment.” “That building,” said the colonel, “was erected after the consolidation of the City and County of San Francisco under the rovisions of the Horace Hawesact of 1856 or the purpose of diminishing the expense that previous to that time had been in- curred to maintain the sick who were friendless, homeless and without a soul to care whether they died or lived. In the earliest days the sick poor were treated in a hospital at the head of Clay street that was run by Dr. Peter Smith, then the; were treated in the State Marine Bospitnr. ‘It was located on Filbert street, between Stockton nngi Powell, and was in charge ef Dr. A: B. Mill, who was the resident phy- sician. Neither of the arrangements made with these institutions was satisfactory, therefore an arrangement was made to have the patients treated in St. Mary’s Hospital ‘on Stockton street, between Broadway and Vallejo street, which was in cbgn"ige of the Sisters of Charity. Itwas a building that at one time had been a hotel, once called the Kremlin and then the American, and thebuilding I noticed to-day is still standing. ¥ . “To give you an idea of the cost of keep- ing the sick alive, let me tell you that the sum paid for this purpose for ten months from May, 1850, was over ,000, and the City wasn’t very large either. ‘ell, when this building w. nished and used for hospital purposes the expenses were NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. 74 (INCORPORATED) 987, 939, 941 NARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. This Advertisement Contains Fifty new Clearance Sale prices—none so low west of Chicago, and— The story of a Great Qulit Sale to be held this week as a very SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE CLEARANCE SALE. PICKINGS FROM THE SILK BARGAINS. FANCY SILK MIXED CHECKS, 18 inches wide, in the small\ high- colored checks so fashi onc waists, & heavy qualif p9) effects, only.. Yard JAPANESE SILKS, 20 inches wide, in 40 brilliant colors, also black )= C and _ white, an unusuaily pas) quality... Yard SWIVEL WASH SILK wide, a siik warp with cozton fill- ing, fast colors and unshrinkable, the’ patterns (woven) are dainty and_especially suied for -chil- 5O dren's dresses, reduced from 50c COLORED FA[LLE SILK, 20 and 22 inches wide, the colors left are garnet, olive, two or three shades of blue, cardinal, etc., toclose out, reduced from $1 and $1 25 to..... COLORED SATIN DUCHESS, 22 inches wide, regular $1 50 qual- 1ty, the color assortment is brok- en,'if we can please you in this take it for. % 50° Yard 50° Yard PICKINGS FROM THE DRESS GOODS BARGAINS, ALL WOOL CREPONS, 38 and 45 inches, cardinals, tans, browns, myrde, blues, pink, nile, liac, ©)50 ect., in this season's designs, re- duced from 90c and $1 to. Yard FANCY TWO-TONED CREPONS, 10 suit lengths left, all wool or slik_and wool, bought to sell for $125 and $175 & yard, t0 be closed Out this Week 8b...... ... -50° Yard W shall you. ALL-WOOL NOVELTY SUITINGS, 50 and 56 inches wide, light and medium colors, worth ¥1 and 8125, but summer goods must €0, 50 we say to close.. COLORED SERGES, WHIPCORDS, CASAMERES and CHEVIOTS, 38 inches and guaranteed all wool, 50° Yard 25° regular at 50c. Yard PRINTED CHALLIES, 30 inches [ride, your cholce of our 28¢ chal- ] ()C lies, all newest styles, dark col- ors, navy and black grounds...... Yard PICKINGS FROM THE LINEN BARGAINS. 54INCH UNBLEACHED DAM- ASK, almost white, bowever, and , every thread linen, good patterns and regular at 33c, special price.. - FINE DAMASK TOWELS, 20x42 inches. 2li linen, borders in red, blue or orange, splendid value at $3 a dozen, now $2 25 a dozen or 20° Each ONBLEACHED TURKISH TOW- ELS, 24x56 inches, the thick, fufty kind that fairly drink up water, only..... 20° Each L BLEACHED TWILL CRASH, 19 inches wide, good heavy quality.. ALL-LINEN TEA SETS, handsome fringed sets, with colored borders, a dozen 16-inch Doylles 10 match,' two sizes, 8x10 and 8x12. $a22 Set PICKINGS FROM THE DOMESTIC BARGAINS. CASHMERE FLANNELETTES, 100 pieces on sale Monday, prob- ably 50 nice patterns to 'choose from, these have been sold at 10c 5° and 12V4c, very special indeed at Yard BORDERED LAWN APRONS, a ]()C only to be Each FANCY GINGHAMS, 100 patterns tochoose from in the fine 121pc grade, we bought too many this year, sacrifice price. . 7%° Yard FIGURED SATEENS, the best 25¢c quality, the patterbs that “didn’t sell well,” we will close out at just 12:° one-haif price... Yard COTTON COVERT CLOTH, all dark Q1C patterns and just the thing for 3 wrappers. .. . Yard 9-4 BLEACHED SHEETING, one of 710 the first-class makes, regular at 2 25c a yard, no dressing, special... Yard UNBLEACHED CANTON, o heavy 770 123j¢ quality, on sale this week at. s Yand i « HEMMED ' @rea (R Special Sale White Bedspreads. E BOUGHT 50 CASES OF QUILTS FOR SPOT CASH FROM A MANUFAC- turer anxious to sell. but the price was too low to pass them by. We will place on sale this week 3000 at the following prices : CROCHET SPREADS, « W There were more quilt 72x81 inches, worth 75x85 £ s 81x90 81x90 81x90 80x84 “ “ “ “ o “ “ “ “ “ We got a great big bargain—so $1 sin the lot than we needed, g5¢... .2 PICKINGS FROM THE HOUSE-FURNISHING BARGAINS BED COMFORTERS, full size, heavy robe. print covering, white i ] .23 cotton filling, lined with ch — cloth, and the price only. Each NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, white and ccru, 335 vards by 58 @] .50 inches, full taped, pretty patterns, gD 1 — $2 value, and only . Bl NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAIN! 75° white and ecru, 3 yards by 4f inches, were $1, now.. Pair 44 CHENILLE COVERS, new_pat- terns and brilliant color effects, regular price 75¢ each, sale price, = HEAVY TAPESTRY for furniture covering, color line broken, now only terra-cotta, red and tan, red and gold and brown left, so marked.... 40° Yard PICKINGS FROM THE FANCY GOODS BARGAINS. EMBROIDERY EDGE, white or colored, 1 to 3 inches wide, fine o quality, instead of 8sc and 10c < & yard, now.. AR FANCY MESH VEILING, plain or ] (O dotted, brown, mavy and black, regular at 25¢, now. D Yard STOCKINET DRESS SHIELDS, (O large size, worth 16¢ per palr,uow ¢ alr REALTORCHON LACE 2% inches £C ‘wide, was 85 and 10c, but sale price only Yard NO. 1 SILK-FACED GROS GRAIN, £C ‘fine assortment colors,was 1214¢, ¢ DOWDSSy 2 aese il N Bl BLACK SILK MITTS, with gaunt- ] 50 leis, regular at 25¢ and sale P) PrICE. ..v.ne R SILK TAFFETA GLOVES, Mon: 20° taire style, black, tans and br all sizes, were 35¢, sale price. Pair LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, Swiss embroidered, colored or white, scalloped edge, were 2 and 25¢, reduced to. 123° Each LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, 5% hemstitched, colored bordered, sale price Each WHITE PEARL BUTTONS, lines 5¢ 18, 20 and 22, vaiue 10c to 15¢ card of 2 dozen, sale price........ Card PICKINGS FROM THE BAZAAR BARGAINS. THREE GIFT BOOKS—“Opening of a Chestnut Burr,” “The Bow of Orange Ribbon,” “Barriers Burned Away”—cloth bound, white and blue and goid, only.... 23° Each PENCIL BOXES for school use, 5o slate and lead pencils and sponge 3 Each DAISY CARTS, e little two ] ()C wheelers that small children like 50 well Each GARDEN SETS, spude, hoe and R0 rake; hardware-stores charge at B) least $2 for these. 2 Set Small sizes for children, 15¢, 20¢ and 25c. SATIN-FINISHED XOTE PAPER. ] ()C 24 sheets and envelopes to match, worth 20c, Special price........... BOX PICKINGS FROM THE HOSIERY BARGAINS. CRILDREN’S AND MISSES HOSE, fast black cotton, dogble ] 50 heels. knees and toes, were 25¢, B) sale price. . Pair CHILDREN'S COTTON HOSE, the | (@2C Hermsdor? black dye, narrow rib, 3 extra quality, sizes 5 0 9.... .... Palr LADIES' BLACK HOSE, French make, “Richelien ribbed, fine 930 quality, Hermsdort dye, real 2 value 50c, sale price.. Pair LADIES' GRAY MERINO HOSE, Englisn’ Derby ribbed, heavy RO quality, doubie heels and toes, O good value at 50¢ pair. R L TWO PICKINGS FROI1 MEN’S FURNISHINGS. MEN'S FRENCH BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR, jersey ribbed, heavy quality, siik finishe: and drawers to match, 59° now ... Garment MEN'S AND YOUTHS' EGYP- TIANCOTTON UNDERWEAR, 950 shirts and drawers, ribbed, well D) made, sale price. ... Garment FOUR BARGAINS PICKED FROILADIES’ UNDERWEAR WHITE EGYPTIAN COTTON VESTS, fine quality Swissibbed, 350 low neck and Do sleeves, were O 50c, DOW....... ARy S LADIES' SILK VESTS, creamcolor, 95C L.N. N.'S., Swiss ribbed, were o 75c each, sale price only. .. Each LADIES' MUSLIN GOWXNS, good heavy muslin, tucked embroidery 7750 and insertion trimmed yoke, neck ) and sleeves, reduced from $1to.. Each LADIES’ CALICO WAISTS, light and dark colors, good sleeves and front, well made, sale price....... 25° Each $90,000 for the first year, while for two years before, ‘when the patients were kept in the State Marine Hospital—that is, in 1854 and 1855—the cost was oyer $210,000 for 1854 and over $275,000 for the following year. In time the new hospital became so crowded that it became necessary to find a place for the chronic cases. ““An old, deserted, corrugated-iron ware- house that stood at the head of a little wharf at the foot of Stockton street, which, by the way,'I no longer see—gone, too, I suppose—waus secured and there was more room 1n the main building.’” “The frame building'in whieh the King's Daughters are now located,”’ 1 said, *‘was afterward added to provide additional room, and used until the hospital on Potrero avenue was opened.” “Well, in the fifties .medicine was high, professional service was not to be had for the mere asking, and it cost ‘a small for- tune for a burial, so it was, chea live than to get sick and die. Why, I have in my mind a case where the legislative body of the City: allowed Dr. Brent :the sum of $450 in 1850 for making a post-mor- tem examination, and-in_the same year the same body appointed, Billy Newell, a member of the police force, Public Under- taker, and allowed him $35 for the purpose of buyinfl a coffin ana burying a pauver. I mean he was allowed that amount in every case. Of course there was no chance for mnkinfi money a ithat rate. It was something like the prosperous days of the Coroner’s office. “If I recollect rignt the sum_of $50 was allowed for each inquest held, and in order to make business, bodies that nobody. claimed were taken to the place from whic they were to be prepared for buriai, or sugposed to be, an inquest was_held; then the bo&y was, /in the dead of night, carried to the bay, dumped in,fished out the next morning and a second inquest was held over the remains of ‘an unknown man,’ and after that the boa. was buried or thrown out in the sand- danes and_a_few days afterward ‘found’ and a third inquest held, so that a body was worth-at least $150. Of course, you must understand that each time the ap- parel was changed and the appearance of the facealtered by shaving a part of the whiskers or taking off the mustaches. This, however, was not practiced very long, for the trick was discovered and measures taken to put an end to the scheme.” Bishop Warren to Preach. Bishop H. W. Warren of Denver, Colo., one of the most popular orators in the Methodist church will preach at 11 A. M. next Sunday, July 28, in the California-street Methodist Churcen, corner of Broderick and California streets. Bishop Warren will hold the Metho- ane coming reeted a Methodists on".he gnut.. P —_————— A Family Jar. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.S Stores are selling MASON FRUIT JARS At greatly reduced prices. 1 dozen jars, pints, in bex . 50c 1 dozen jars, quarts, in box T 10 | 1 dozen jars, halt gallons, in box. --80¢, Inspect our Improved Jelly Glasses, 35¢ per do~ WORK FOR THE DESERVINC. A Splendid Showing for the New State’s Free Labor Bureau. The Unemployed Men Are More Anxlous Than the Women to Secure Positlons. Since the opening of the State’s Free Labor Bureau last Wednesday a peculiar condition of affairs has been brought to light. Despite all the recent hard times and scarcity of work the women of this City and probably of the State have been well provided for. It is the men who need work. The two or three hundred women who have called upon the bureau for employment hold their heads high, figuratively speaking. They will not accept any positions unless the places are in accord with their tastes and the wages offered are the best. There is a good demand for female help for the City and country, but the women are very | particular and exacting in the matter of work, wages and privileges. There are orders in the bureau for many hundred women and girls to work in can- neries that at present appear hard to fill; and also many orderson file for housekeep- ers, cooks and domestics that have been refused by the female applicants because the wages offered were not high enough. ' With the men the case is different. There are but few who refused any work that was offered and they have given good reasons for so doing. In most cases the men did not consider the matter of wages, seeming to be only too glad to secure work, although all expressed the hope that the ositions offered would lead to something tter. Commissioner Fitzgerald said: “The easiest people to satisfy are men who have beld ,good positions as clerks, salesmen, etc. They are sick of their enforced idle- ness and snap at any chance to go to work, no maiter how hard their tasks };romim 1o be or how low the wages of- ered. It isa pleasure to secure work for such men, as it shows that the State’s free bureau is a benefit to a very worthy class of men who are deserving of assistance.” Though the burean has been open only three and a half days, 150 persons have ab- tained positions through it. Yesterday before 12 o’clock itions were obtained for nine men. About 200 men and 15 women applied for work, making 2700 reg- istrations since Wednesday. ¥ Mexican Independence. Alexander K. Coney, Consul-General of Mex- ico, celled a meeting of prominent Mexican citizens last evening at Universal Hall, 812 Pa- cific street, for the purpose of appointing o committee to take charge of the ceiebration of the anniversary of the independence of Mexico September 16. The committee Was selected from members of the three Mexican societies of this City. Following is the committee: Consul A. K. Coney, honorary president; A. Montero, president; F. Romo, vice-president; secretary, Anthony de la Torre Jr.; assistant secretary, Mrs. M. G. Romo; treasurer, Miss Esther Silver; executive committee—Mrs. Ybarra, Miss F. Mondragan, Miss M. Villa, Miss B. Soto, Miss B. Gallardo, Miss T. Erezuma, Al- exander Rojo, C. Sisneros, J. Green, J. Menesses, Francisco Catranzs, F. Glilespie, C. Jimenez. FOR THE ATLANTA FAIR. A Large Gathering of Supervisors Prom- ised for the Coming Convention. Secretary Filcher of the State Board of Trade is confident that the coming conven- tion of the Supervisors of the State, which will be held in the Chamber of Commerce on the 24th inst,, will be largely attended. The object of the gathering is to secure means for sending a spiendid exhibit of California gmducts to the Cotton Exposi- tion that will be held in Atlanta, Ga., this fall. Under the State law _each county is al- lowed to use money for advertising its resources and inducing desirable immigra- tion. This year the countiescan npgropn— ate a total of $61,500 if they desire, but no where near this sum will be required for the purpose in view. . Glenn and Santa Clara counties have through their Supervisors signified their intention of coming to the convention in full force and in fullaccord with the move- ment. Many encouraging letters from the inte- rior have beenreceived in response to the Governor’s call for the convention. eSS« OLERICAL CHANGES MADE. Father McKinnon of St. Bridget’s Ap- pointed Pastor of Spanishtown. Rev. Bernard McKinnon, who has been assistant pastor at St. Bridget’s Church at Broadway and Van Ness avenue for some timegnst, received his appointment some few days ago as pastor_of the Catholic parish of Spanishtown. He will leave for his new pastorate this week. Rev. Father Kiefer of Spanishtown has left the ranks of the secular clergy and joined the Society of Jesus. He is getting ready to go East immediately to enter on the duties of his chosen career. Rev. J. Giles has been appointed to the vacancy at St. Bridget’s Church. - Father Cottle, pastor of St. Brideet’s, who was dangerously ill with typhoid fever, is out of all danger and may now be regarded as convalescent. . Sued by a Stevedore. Thomas McCall has begun suit against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and Henry Bingham & Co. for injuries sustained on March 23 while working as a stevedore on the steam- ship China. . The Survival of the Fittest. By retaining your baggage checks until you reach San Francisco and leaving same at any of our offices you will save money in the transfer of your baggage. Trunks, 35 cents each. Morton Special Delivery, 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Oakland Ferry Depot. b FURNITURE 4 Rgg)fls Parlor—Silk Brocatelle, 5-plece sult, plush trimmed. Bedroom-—7-piece Solid Oak Suit, French Beval Plate Glass, bed, bureau, washstand. twochalrs, Tocker and tablé; pillows, woven-wire and top mattress. Dining-Room—6-foot Extension Table, four Solid Osk Chairs. Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two chairs. EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, city or country, any- where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free picking and deliver: the bay. Each and every pair of Royal Worcester Corae! Bave the full name stamped ‘nside on the Tinen tape at the waist. If the full name is not thers they are not geunine Royal Worcesters. The place to buy them is at the fitting-rooms, 10 Geary st., up stairs, corner of Kearny, where they aro fitted . We can fit any form at any price and war- rant every pair. If you have not worn them you should try a pair. CHESTER F. WRIGHT, 10 Geary st., cor. Kearny. Interior merchants please addr esale Tooms, 35 New Mvnt(on‘x’ery 8ty a...fi'..;‘éi‘é‘..