The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 19, 1895, Page 6

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Tt #0. 3t i o trouble for us 1o forward THE CALL to youraddress. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders ‘given to the carrier, or left at Business Oftice, 710 Market street, will receive Frompt attention. MONDAY- T}iE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. Welcome silver men. Free silver deserves the freedom of the City. After thé convention don’t forget the ex- position. The Golden Gate is always open to the silver sea. with us and we are The convention i with the convention. Wherever there is a Democratic conven- tion in these days there is a faction fight and a bolt. The silver convention is to be called non- partisan, but it will speak for all parties of the Greater West. The London market will be a bonanza for our fruit men if they can get their fruit there in the right shape. Thete is a safer and broader standing room for bimetallists in the Republican party than anywhere else. A convention for free silver and an expo- sition of home products do us proud this week, and besides we have a circus. If the silver Democrats of Ohio have their way, Mr. Brice will be kicked out of the party before he has a chance to retire. There is still a chance that the Railroad Commission will do something for all the shippers of the State as well as the grain- growers. In place of “Four More Years of Grover” the Democrats will now substitute asa campaign song “Oh, No; We Never-Men- tion Him.” Mark Twain’s jokes will probably be strictly honest hereafter, as he is now lec- turing to pay his debts, and not for the fun of the thing. ‘Whenever you wish to see a good move- ment for the State just cast your eye over the San Joaquin and watch the Valley Railroad grow. As Corbett got married on the day after Fitzsimmons applied for admission to citi- zenship, the advertising honors are even at the close of the round. The feeling in the Cleveland Democratic .convention toward the fisherman of Gray Gables was too deep for words; the resolu- tiornis never mentioned him. No matter how long Kaiser William’s presence may have been expected any- where, he always makes his visit a sur- prise party before he leaves. According to Acting Attorney-General Conrad, unless our Minister to Mexico can provide some ransom for his salary there will be no salary for Ransom. 1f Kier Hardie, the defeated English la- bor leader, comes to this country to lec- ture, we ought to even up things by send- ing Coxey to lecture in England. R e Japan seems to be having about as much trouble in annexing Formosa as Spain has in holding Cuba, and she ought to have made China pay the cost of delivering the goods. The Fresno mass-meeting called to ask for a reduction of freight rates on grain, should go- beyond the call and ask fora reduction of all freight charges to reason- able rates. e R The anti-railroad mass-meeting did well in forming public sentiment, but the main thing in fighting the monopoly is to en- force the law against the ‘commission oif specific wrengs. _.Military celebrations in Germany are about as common as carnivals in Cali- fornia, and it is proposed to keep them "up until January if they do not bringona war in the meantime. S AT S It is now said thatif Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Miilard does not come back to a yearning people inside of six days he will have to drop his office and return as a pri- vate citizen, if he ever returns at all. If either Lord Wolseley or General Rob- erts is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British army, another long step will have been taken in getting the high offices of that country free from the rubbish of royalty. In the retirement of J. F. Thompson of the Ban Jose Herald, California journalism loses one of its ablest, most independent and most successful men. The loss will be strongly felt in the journalism of Santa Clara County, and indeed by the people at large, for he has long been one of the most zealous promoters of the interests of the * community, and through the medium of the Herald was at all times an efficient fac- tor in advancing both the moral and the material welfare of the city and the county. .. It will'be difficult for the Herald to find an editorial writer fitted to fill hie place, but the people of the county have the satisfac- tion'of knowing that he will continue to make his home among them, and that his ndividusl influence will be hardly less potent than that which he wielded so well s the editor of one of the foremost »0 the interior of the State, PGP“'I THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1895 ONE TRUE REMEDY. The mass-meeting held at Metropolitan Hall Saturday evening appears to be the beginning of a sequel to the agitation which ended with the adoption of the con- stitution of 1879. That agitation was pro- duced principally by the conduct of the Southern Pacific Company, and out of it grew a constitution and laws intended to effect a fair adjustment of the relations between the company and the public. The principal purpose of the present agitation is to put those lawsin force. That is to say, after observing that the laws have been ignored and perverted for sixteen years California is beginning to think of enforcing them. The situation is bristling with invita- tions to the commission of error. How- ever generous and fair may be the inten- tions of the movers in the present agita- tion, there is danger of its taking on a character which will tena to unite all capi- talists and so bring to the Southern Pacific a greater power of resistance than it now enjoys. That was the error in expediency committed by the former agitation, and it largely explains the failure of the remedial measures which sprang from it. Itis true that there are certain powerful corporate interests outside the railroad, some in which it is interested and others with which it has no financial connection, and that these uphold it. The policy now should be not to strengthen this combina- tion, but on the contrary to weaken it. By the very nature of things a certain sympathy exists among capitalists, just as there does among laborers. Now and then a capitalist rises superior to this general condition. Invariably such men will be found independent and public-spirited, cherishing no fear of antagonizing other capitalists and lending their capital and energies to the development of the com- munity. It is in upholding such men as these and securing their sympathy and co- operation, rather than by presenting an antagonistic front to capitalists in general, that one of the best opportunities for relief can be seized. For instance, the construction of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad would effect more in bringing the Southern Pacific under the operation of the laws and in proper relation to the ma- terial needs of the people than any phi- lippics aimed at its practices. If the exten- sive dissatisfaction felt for the Southern Pacific should be concentrated on the Valley road many difticulties would disap- pear as by magic. This is a workaday, business age. The most successful cru- sades are those which bring material re- lief. That accounts for the wonderful success of the Salyation Army, and ex- plains the reformation effected by the Merchants’ Association in purging the street-sweeping contract system of crook- edness. TItisa hard, shrewd, selfish, prac- tical age, and its morality depends largely on the wise application of business prin- ciples to the needs of the race. As it is so much easier to talk than to act, the leading spirits of the present agitation run the risk which attends upon all re- formers, that of being charged with a greater fondness for precept than example. The movement, wisely conducted on sound business principles, might effect all the good which it has at heart, and its course will determine whether it receive or repel the sympathy and co-operation of the strong, free and public-spirited capitalists of the State. PLEASURE IN PROSPECT. Should success attend the efforts which 8an Jose is making to secure the next an- nual convention of the National Associa- tion of Letter-carriers of America, the visitors will be introduced to scenes, beau- ties and activities utterly strange to their experience and immeasurably delightful. ‘Whether they come frem Florida, with its romantic history, crystalline rivers and mystical forests of pine; or from Maine, with its high breast of rock opposed to tfie turbulent sea and its hills and mountains of dark northern verdure; or from one of the Middle or Western States, with their noble rivers, broad fields of grain, splendid cities working out their destiny with ag- gressive energy; or from that wild tangle of natural and artificial conditions lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, they will find many things at San Jose and elsewhere in California that will enchant while bewildering them. They will understand what Bayard Tay- lor meant when he declared that “the Santa Clara Valley is one of the three most beautiful valleys on earth,”” and they will discover there many beauties which were not in existence when Taylor wrote. Itself a pearl, San Jose is merely the exquisite adornment of infinitely graceful charms which nature has provided. Down to its very streets extend the broad miles of or- chard and vineyard which carpet the val- ley and roll onward over the hills which lie at the feet of the bordering mountains, From one of these lofty elevations—even from Los Gatos, in the lower mountains eight milesaway—the visitor may behold such a scene as that which the vision of the Promised Land revealed to the leader of the homesick wanderers in the desert. The floor of the valley, looking so wide while it is being traversed, narrows in per- spective, and its square arrangement of many colors becomes broad lines of bril- liant hues. Along the east stretch the dun slopes of the Coast Ranzey Gominated by Mt. Hamilton, on the summit of which glitters the nickel dome of the great Lick Observatory. The northern horizon, a shimmering blaze of silver, discloses the Bay of San Francisco, which in itself and in its splendid environment constitutes one of the wonders of the world. At San Jose the visitors will be feasted on fruits and wines more delicious and wholesome than any their imagination had conceived outside the revelations of the ‘“Arabian Nights” and the ministrations of Aladdin’s genii. They will find all na- ture luxuriating in semi-tropical condi- tions, and a genial sun and bland breezes that bring vigor and ambition to all living things. And better than all these, they will find a peopie in whom the finest and warmest instincts of the race have been developed by the influences of a rich nat- ural envirenment into their noblest form. A SCHOOL OF ART. The annual opening of the School of De- sign last week is accompanied with indica- tions of a popular growth of appreciation. The classes are uncommonly large, and although teachers are substantially the same as last year the work has been dis- tributed among them so as to secure even better results than before. And they are all excellent teachers. It1s highly grati- {ying to observe the zeal which they dis- play and their determination to make a fame for the institution. It is only out of such a spirit as this that a high reputation can grow. ‘Why should not this become the most famous art school in the country? It isat. tached to the State University, which ha: built up a reputation based on excellence, which no longer makes it necessary for young men and women to be sent to East- ern and European colleges and universities for a high education. Through the admir- able generosity of Mr. Searles it is more splendidly housed than apy other art school in the country. The teachers are able and successful artists—for the most part graduates of the leading art schoolsof Europe. Above all that, they have the vigor, health and ambition of young Cali- fornians, and the most natural environ- ment that an artist could wish. Although the scenery of California has furnished subjects for a long list of great paintings, its possibilities and beauties have been hardly touched. Considering the short time in which the school has been conducted, under the present conditions, it has accomplished re- markable results. The more its varied ex- cellencies are appreciated by our people the higher its efliciency will become. It has forced its way to recognition against heavy odds, and this success makes it safe to predict that the institution will before long be regarded as the greatest in the country. When that time arrives we shall see an influx of students from all parts of the United States. EARNING A SALARY. Thereis one phase of the Railroad Com- mission matter that there is some danger of overlooking. Itismnot so important as that which means the virtual determina- tion of the question as to whether the prosperity of the State shall be secured by a wise adjustment of rail transportation charges, but it comes equally as close to the matter of personal honesty. That is, have the members of the Railroad Com- mission earned their salaries since they assumed office? They receive $4000 each a year, which is the salary paid to Superior Judges. We know that the office of Superior Judge re- quires all the time of the incumbent and that he gives it all his time. To imagine a Buperior Judge a farmer, physician or what not, and giving his private business first consideration, bestowing a casual day now and then upon his judicial duties, is to imagine the most ridiculous of absurd- ities. The duties of a Railroad Commissioner are no less exacting than those of a Su- perior Judge. If he attends properly to them he will have no time for carrying on any other business thav requires a con- siderable part of his time and thought. The office requires a mastery of innumer- able details, besides an understanding of some of the broadest principles that affect the welfare of a people. Men elected to the position should be of a high order of intelligence and integrity, and they cannot honestly accept and hold the office if they do not comply with, all its requirements. The giving of their entire time to the office is one of them. The Democratic State Convention clearly understood these matters, and therefore pledged itself and its candidates that they would give all their time to the office and that they would not permit any private business to interfere. The Democratic members of the board have made no pre- tense of keeping ‘hat pledge or of acknowl- edging the wisdom of the plain business proposition which it proclaims. ‘Worse than that, in spite of the fact that the Commissioners have numerous assist- ants, one member has complained that they have not time to comvile the figures needed for an understanding of their duties and has declared that another as- sistant is needed. 1t would be difficult to imagine anything more absurd than this. Having already failed to do their duty in giving all their time to the office, the Com- missioners shamelessly declare that more assistance is required, when they already have at least three subordinates. This neglect of the plainest duty is per- petuating the grievous burdens under which the industries of the State are stag- gering; is taking the money out of the pockets of men who are striving earnestly and as good and useful citizens to secure their prosperity and that of the State; is strengthening the power of 2 great mo- nopoly in all the injurious and shameful ways of its exercise; is preventing the influx of settlers and capital and prohibit- ing the progress of the State, and is put- ting us under the stigma of being unable to elect to office men with a proper con- ception of business, with personal pride and independence, or with a loyal regard for the welfare of the people. MEXICAN INDIGNATION. The determination of the Mexican Gov- ernment to regulate the deck loading of American steamers which touch at Mexi- can ports is the most pointed rebuke that we have received in many a day from a foreign country. President Diaz has issued orders that hereafter no vessel shall be given clearance papers at Mexican ports until her condition has been thoroughly approved. Further news is to the effect that the indignation of our Mexican and Central American neighbors, by reason of the Colima’s wrecking, is so acute that should suits be brought there on account of that disaster the Pacific Mail Company would lose. However amusing this situation and however ridiculous the light in which it places us, we must still be thankful to know that American passengers on these steamers are guaranteed protection by the President of Mexico. Thisismerely an in- cident of the desire on the part of our southern neighbors to protect the lives of their own people, but we should be glad that in the absence of precautions on our own part to secure a similar safety for our people there are wise and humane foreign countries which come unexpectedly to the rescue. This is all the more welcome in view of the fact that the laws under which we per- mit our ocean traffic to be conducted prac- tically declare that American travelers must assume all the risk and take their lives in their own hands if they desire to do so foolhardy a thing as to travel in an American vessel, and in view of the further fact our port authorities are gen- erally more concerned over the wishes of the steamship companies than on account of the lives of passengers. Although 1t would be difficult to make a majority of the people believe but that the Colima might have been saved had it not been for the overloading of her deck, no change in the custom has been made. On the contrary, the newspapers only recently published accounts of equally dangerous overloading, presenting photographs as proof. Yet nothing is done to stop it. President Diaz may feel assured ihat Americans appreciate his courage, patriot- ism and humane instincts, and that they are grateful to him for securing to our people a protection which our laws and their administrators do not vouchsa fe. “ A Revolt in Bohemia.’” The following letter is self-explanatory: Editor Call-Sir: In an article which ap- red in Em“ issue of Monday entitled “A evolt in Bohemia,” I was surprised to find my own name included 1in the list of members of the “Bohemian Palette Club,” and still more surprised to find that my mother, Mrs. R. L. Stevenson, had been electéd an honorary mem- ber of that body. It isan ungraclous part to repudiate a compliment, ‘especially when it is honestly and kindly meant, yet under the eir- cumstances I feel constrained to disavow, both AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Edgar B. Haymond, one of San Francisco’s barristers, has been & close student of natural history and has succeeded in gathering some very interesting information regarding the birds of the air, the beasts of the land, the fishes of the sea. Incidentally, he has been able to collect a few snake statisties. “I once knew of a case,” said Mr. Haymond to some ready listeners in the Occidental Hotel last night, “wherein a snake displayed not only an unusual affection, buta great deal of courage. It appears that some years ago a pro- fessor of natural history from an Eastern uni- versity was sent to the southern partof Yuea- tan to investigate the snakes of that sectiog. I might state that he was a very humane man and frequently displayed it..One afternoon while walking over a desert, t§inking of little but the time he would arriVe at camp, he neard a peculiar rattling sound that seemed to come from under a pile of rocks. He at once EDGAR B, HAYWARD HAS COLLECTED SOME SNAKE STATISTICS. made an investigation and was rewarded by the discovery of a mastodon rattlesnake, which he was on the point of dispatching so as to put it out of misery as the rocks had so fallen that & portion of the snake’s body was badly man- gled and torn. In the matter of taking the reptile’s life he hesitated owing to the pathetic and pleading expression in the wounded creature's eyes. It quite unnerved him to commit murder, so he rolled the rocks off and awaited results, which came in the shape of very pronounced gratitude. The delighted and thankful creature wriggled over to him and rubbed his leg with & grateful air that was bound to last. The professor was moved by this exhibition, and, having some cotton in his valise, he bound up the wounded part and left the snake as comfortable as possible. The next day he left Yucatan for Guatemala and was gone over five years. O his return to Yuca- tan he again had occasion to pass over the desert, and, greatly to his surprise, encoun- tered the same reptile & few miles from where the previous incident had occurred. The recognition was mutual and the joyful rattler coiled around his leg, licked his hand witha friendly tongue and showed marked and indus- trious appreciation. When the professor took up his line of march again the snake followed him and even insisted upon getting in the wagon and becoming a regular vecupant.’” “Look here, Edgar, ain’t you goinga little too far with that yarn ?”’ inquired a friend. “Not as far as the snake is going. To con- tinue. He finally got back East and had for a traveling companion the snake, which was ac- corded special privileges in the shape of a glass case, from which he was allowed to wander at will. Asa natural consequence the professor and his dumb friend became the best of chums and it was a common thing to see the natural- ist walking out in the road with his snake gliding along beside him. Well—now here comes the real point of the story—one night after the professor had retired and left the snake downstairs in the dining-room he was suddenly awakened by the crash of glass fol- lowed by the falling of a heavy body. He rose up in his bed only to hear a groan and the crushing of bones. In a flash he bounded into his dressing-gown and repaired to the room whence came the sounds of strife. Imagine his horror upon striking a light to see his pet snake coiled around a man's bleeding body, which it had lashed to the stove and was hugging violently. On the floor was & burglar's dark lantern and a kit of tools, while the snake, in order to display his presence of mind, had his tail out of the window—"" “What for?” inquired a listener in breathless excitement. “Rattling for a policeman.” [Personal—Mr. Edgar Haymond is visiting ‘Webber Lake, where he is recuperating from a fall received while passing out of the main en- trance to the Occidental Hotel recently. Both arms are not broken, as was at first reported, but his limbs were violently strained.] Colonel Richard Henry Savage, the author of “My Officiat Wife,” while at the Palace on his last trip explained how an experience of his furnished the plot of that novel and made him™ litterateur. “Never shall I try to help a pretty woman in distress, for my last attempt sent me to a dun- geon, though it made me a novelist. I was at Berlin with my own wife, and had arranged a trip to St. Petersburg to surprise our daughter there, who is married to an official of the em- pire. I secured a passport in Berlin for my- self and wife to enter Russia. At the last mo- ment she declined to go, fearing the St. Peters- burg winter. For safety’s sake I hastily secured another passport for myself alone, and de- parted with the two on my person. “I boarded the train, and all went well till ‘we approached the Russian frontier. Near me ‘was & pretty French girl, froma whose remarks to the guard I discovered that she was trying to immigrate without a passport—a penal of- fense in Russia. ‘Alas, monsieur,’ said she to the guard, ‘my husband is sick in St. Peters- burg and I must see him.’ “‘As the customs officials were about to enter 1 said to her, ‘Here is a passport for myself and wife. You may call yourself my wife and easily reach the capital’ She thanked me rapturously, and after & few anxious moments we were speeding over the Czar’s domain, cracking jokes at the hoodwinked: Rus- sians, Unfortunately for this affair, my wife had spent several summers in St. Petersburg, and had quite a circle of acquaintances, while I was personally unknown. The police telegraphed & list of those coming, including Colonel and Madame Savage. My daughter and family were out of town, but all their set rallied to meet the colo- nel, whom none of them knew, but more par- ticularly madame, whom they all adored. The 8t. Petersburg police have the unheard-of cus- tom of approving each rt before the pas- unierun leave the train. ‘e were ready to alight when in marched a police officer with several ladies. ‘Here is Madame Savage,’ said he. “No, no, no, no, that is not madame,’ shrieked a feminine chorus. In vaindid I ex- postulate; the police conveyed the girl and in my mother's name and my own, ln;‘ con- | myself to prison, cast her into one cell and me nection with the new club. Asa guest Bohemian Club, I should not care to {ohco my- self in €0 ambiguous a position as to join a into another, where we languished for three days. At last an old comrade of the dij omatic service identified and released me, while the seceding section, nor can I think that the un- E,us:ty adventuress, poor thing, was deported authorized use of Mrs. Stevenson's name was either right or becoming. I remain, sir. your obedient servant, L1oYD OSBOURNE. August, 1895, ¢ “Oh, it was a nice introduction to my rela- tives, with a bogus wife and a rescue from jail. “But what had this to do with my becoming ‘lowing are at the Occidental: & mnovelist? Well, soon afterward I was in New York and wrote a shor story founded on this incident, which I showed to Archie Gun- ther. ‘That's clever,’ said he. ‘Write it asa novel and I'll publish it’ I had written sketches for the San Francisco papers when I was & boy. This, however, was new. But I ground away for thirty days, published the novel, which has been translated into fifteen languages; and thus I was an author. The Russian episode made my fortune, but spoiled my gallantry.” PERSONAL. Dr. C. H. Burleigh of Forest Hill is a guest at the Grand. C. C. Wright, a leading attorney of Modesto, isa guest at the Lick. D. E. Knight, the Marysville capitalist, is registered at the Lick. Ex-Judge E. 0. Larkins and C. L. Adams o Visalia are at the Lick. P. A. Buell, a big lumber-dealer of Stockton is & guest at the Grand. D. 8. Rosenbaum, & well-known merchant of Stockton, is at the Palace. H. Hirschfeld, a retired merchant of Bakers- fleld, is a guest at the Lick. J. R. Gondalfo and J. F. Troy of Cripple Creek, Colo., are at the Lick. 5 Colonel C. Dorsey and Dr. J. Goodwin Thomp- son of Oakdale are at the Grand. Major J.C. Post, U.S. A.,and Mrs. Post of Portland are guests at the Palace. John €. Mogk, a merchant of Colusa, came down yesterday and registered at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. Severance of Los Angeles were among yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. Sidney Clementson, a large wool-dealer of Boston, is at the Palace with his wife, en route to Honolulu. Dr. W. B. Wall and Thomas E. Walsh of Santa Ana, delegates to the Silver convention, are at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dennis of Reno are at the Palace. Mr. Dennis is a delegate to the Silver convention. Miss Pheebe Couzens came up from San Jose yesterday to attend the Silver convention and is staying at the Occidental. C. C. Powning of the Reno Gazette and Dr. H. Bergstein, superintendent of the State In- sane Asylum of Nevada, came down yesterday from Reno to attend the Silver convention and are guests at the Palace. Of the silver delegates from Nevada the fol- Sam Davis of the Carson Appeal, W. J. Westerfield, State Treasurer; L. O. Henderson, Warden of the State Prison, and C. B. Henderson of Elko. J. E. Locke, president of the Cross-Country Club, went up to Ukiah Saturday night. One of the effects of his trip was to perfect all the arrangements for the entertainment of the club’s guests on the occasion of the excursion to Ukiab next Sunday. Fred Siebe, brother of Assessor John D.Siebe, who has been seriously ill for the past week at Vichy Springs, near Ukiah, is much improved and is now ina fair way to rapid recovery. William Wiehe and H. Herzer went up to the springs Saturdey to stay with Mr. Siebe until he is able to return home. EASTERN EDITORS. An Improvement on Steam. Even though it be granted that a speed of 150 miles an hour is greater than is practica- ble, oreven desirable, yet it is all but certain that steam shortly will be displaced by elec- tricity as & motive power on thegreat railways. Much will be geined by the people when the change is made, The hideous noise of escap- ing steam and of ihe laboring engines in freight yards will be done away with. Night will not be made terrible to sick or nervous persons by the engines that run through the city. The nuisance of smoke and cinders no longer will annoy the traveler. A higher rate of speed will be attained; fifty or seventy miles an hour will be: common instead of excep- tional. Ultimately the cost of travel will be reduced.—Inter Ocean. Free Trade and Slavery. No fact in all American history is more im- pressive to the studious observer than the close connection which he everywhere finds between the cause of free trade and the -cause of negro slavery. From 1832 down to_the out- break of the war, the political party which was the conspicnous champion of the one was the ardent partisan of the other. Nor was this any mere accident. The one sought the degreda- tion of the white, the other of the black labor- ing man,and as such they were almost equally the fces of National unity and National pro- gress.—Boston Journal. Sunday Plety in New York. New York's Sunday shaving law has been declered constitutional, notwithstanding its discrimination in favor of New York City and Saratoga as places where the prohibition does not apply. That is to say, the State may de- clare that it is against good morals to permit a thing to be done in certain cities which may be done in one or twe cities withoutdetriment to morality. General Hancock’s famous ob- servation concerning the tariff as a local issue seems to apply to Sunday piety in New York.— Boston Herald. Mark Twaln’s High Prices. Mark Twain isn’t so cleaned out financially as not to feel able to decline some very hand- some offers for his work. They say that while he was planning his lecture tour around the world he was asked to furnish twenty letters of about 4000 words each for a lump sum of $10,000, or $500 a letter. Some years ago _he accepted a proposition to writé twelve Eu- ropean letters for which he received $1000 apiece, and that is believed to be high-water mark for such correspondence.—Boston Herald. A Southern Vice-President. The nomination of a Southern candidate for Vice-President would be an earnest of Republi- can plans for a strong Southern Republican party. It woula show, too, that the Republican Elrly was determined tobe sectional no longer. uch a nomination would not be unpopular in the North, and it should be po‘fulu— in the South, which, it must be confessed, has not yet seen the Democratic party venture since the war to nominate a Southerner for President or Vice-President.—New York Sun. \ Tllinois Getting Rich. Illinois under Governor Altgeld is not bank- rupt yetif it goes right ahead and collects the fines for ‘‘violation of the game laws” of the State. . C. Merritt has confessed to having 27,000 game birds in cold nonge. while he has been fined only $185,300, yet his full fine $676 The rest of the fellows ve not been heard from. Let Altgeld proceed to collect the fines and pay off the State debt and not worry over any ‘(;enormmls surplus” left in the treasury.—Inter cean. ¢ New Names for Old Factions. The names of Cleveland and Hill, that di- vided the last Nationai Democratic Convention and made it one of the most turbulent and dis- graceful gatherings of pnxtilenderu held in re- cent years, may not be heard in the next National Democratic Convention. But the fac- tional influence of these two names is destined to make its appearance again,and whatever the names presented as candidates. they will Erobnbly be designated as Cleveland men and ill men.—Inter Ocean. A HEAVY OABLE 0O0IL Causes a Blockade on the McAllister- Street Line. At the power-house of the McAllister- street cable line a blockade occurred yes- terday afternoon, lasting nearly two hours. A mountainous reel of cable-wire stood on the tracks at the entrance of the yards, its wide wheels half way to the hub in the sandy ground. Eight horses strained without any effect and fifteen men hurried to and fro, ad- justing and readjusting ropes. A final supreme effort succeeded only in breaking 'tilgblcwodnnh steel hook fastened to the . By this time fifteen cars had halted on the Market-street side, and to wear a serious and discouragin; when a bright idea of some trans- ferred the ropes from the truck to the eoil. This was soon rolled away and the cleared. Around the reel was wound 30,700 feet of wire. The combined weight of wire, truck and reel aggregated sixty-five tons. Eight hours were consumed in moving it from the Pacific Wire Works to its destination, and fourteen four-horse teams were neces- sary to transport it. Soldiers Coming Home. 4 General Shafter and his crowd of soldiers will leave Monterey, where they have been camping the last four weeks, to-morrow for home, Angel Island. They will come by way of San Jose, o aspect, ings began | MIDSUMMER BETROTHALS The Engagement of Miss Vir- ginia Duisenberg and Mr. Isenberg. THE LORING CLUB'S RECITAL. Society Gayety in Oakland—Wedding of Professor Colby and Miss Landstrom. Captain and Mrs. A. M. Burns have sent out cards for the wedding of their daugh- ter, Miss Ermentine Poole, to Louis H. Long, which will take place at their resi- dence, 1506 Washington street, on Wednes- day evening, September 4. The engagement is announced of Jerome Case Bull, the associate editor of Munsey’s Magazine, and Miss Kathryne Jarboe, daughter of the late John R. Jarboe, the eminent lawyer of San Francisco. The groom spent last summer on this coast, where he met his intended bride. Miss Jarboe has been a prominent society lady, and lately has entered the field of litera- ture. The wedding will take place this winter. The intended bride is studying singing in Paris, and is said to be one of Marchesi's most promising pupils. The engagement has been announced of Miss Virginia R. Duisenberg, daughter of the late Charles A. C. Duisenberg, formerly German Consul, to H. Alexander Isenberg of Honolulu, son of Paul Isenberg of Bre- men. The engagement has been announced of Jabbish Clement, the talented violinist, of Oakland and Miss Jessie Anderson, at resent attending the State University. 0 54 Clement graduated from Berkeley in Cards have been sent out for the wedding of Miss Olara Bates and Karl Knight, ]whidch will take place September 2 in Oak- and. The engagement is announced of Miss Laura W. i‘ice, ~daughter of Thomas Vice, foreman boatbuilder of the Mare Island navy-yard, to Frank F. Titus of East Oakland. The wedding will take place next Thursday evening at St. Ste- phen’s Church, Fulton street, near Fill- more, at 8:30. The Loring Ciub wiil hold the first re- cital of the nineteenth season at Odd Fel- lows’ Hall on Thursday evening next, and it will be the first given since the departure of D. W. Loring, who left California for Japan some months ago, to make his per- manent residence there. D. P. Hughes was recently elected to fill the post of con- ductor and will wield the baton at the in- itial concert on the 22d inst. Weddings. The wedding of Miss L. May Hudson and J. Ellicott George, formerly of Sau- salito, now a merchant in Guatemala, took place in Oakland last Monday after- noon at St. Julius Church. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Edna Hudson, as bridesmaid. Robert George, brother of the groom, was best man. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Floyd J. Mynard, rector of the church. Later the bridal party and intimate friends repaired to the home of the bride, 970 West street, wherea wedding breakfast was served. Mr. and Mrs. George have now departed on a wed- ding tour. Professor George E. Colby of the State University and Miss Eugenie Landstrom, a graduate of that institution, class of '92, were quietly wedded at the home of Rev. . B. Payne, pastor.of the Unitarian Church of Berkeley, on Thursday last. The ceremony was witnessed by only the immediate relatives of the interested par- ties. The groom is well known in Univer- sity circles, being connected with the viti- cultural department at that place. The bride since graduation has been engaged as an instructor in the night schools of this City. Professor and Mrs. Colby will reside at Claremont. There was a charminf home wedding at 1024 Myrtle street, Oakland, last Thursday evening, when Miss Ada Larkey was mar- ried to John B. Tregloan of Amador City. The house was decorated throughout with pink and white sweec peas. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Trefern of Sacra- mento. The wedding procession wasled by Misses Ida and Edith Larkey, garbed alike in white silk mulle. They were followed by Miss Helen Carter, the [ittle flower-girl, also gowned in_ white. Lester Morse o! Santa Clara acted as best man. After the ceremony areception was held. The bride and groom will reside in Amador City. Oakland Gossip. ‘Warren Olney Jr. is to be appointed an assistant instructor to Judge Slack at Hastings Law College, from which he was graduated a year ago. Mr. Olney isalso a graduate of the State University at Ber- keley (class of '91), and later finished a course at Harvard. Judge and Mrs. J. H. Boalt have re- turned to this city after enjoying an ex- tended outing at their country home near Cloverdale. 2 ‘Will Gorrill, whp graduated with high honors from the University of California this year, will enter Harvard Law College this coming term. His sisters, the Misses Addie and Carrie Gorrill, will attend Smith college. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McGlaufflin of Ala- meda have gone to Los Angeles, to remain a fortnight. i Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith and famil; and Miss Violet Ransome have reache New York City and are stopping at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. \e All arrangements have been made for the phantasma to be given by Oakland society leaders next Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoon for the benefit of the Woman’s Exchange at the Qagland Theater. All the orpbans from the West Oakland, Thirty-fourth Street and Chabot Home will be admitted to the Saturday matinee. There is no trouble in finding plenty of people to take part and an interesting show is promised. Mrs. Charles Webb Howard gave a re- ception Saturday afternoon in honor of her youngest son, Harold Howard, who is home from the East on his vacation. On Wednesday afternoon Miss Mamie Barker gave a reception at her home on Castro street. in honor of Miss Ethel Hornick. It wasa very delightful affair. The halls, drawing and dining rooms were tastefully decorated with flowers and graceful vines. A number of small tables were exquisitely laid in the dining-room and a delightful menu gerved. Miss Barker was assisted in receiving by her fiozhgr,kflfis. T.K{..BBfirkierl.‘ Mfiu fithsl A. ornick, Mrs. . Haight, Mrs, English and Miss Foote. P 5 Soclety Personals. J. B, Casserly arrived from the East on Thursday and left immediately for Del Monte. d..lohn Doyle arrived from the East on Thurs- y. __ Mrs. W. 8. Duval, accompanied by her two ughters, Miss Catherine Duval and Miss Robson, are at present domiciled at the Grande Hotel de Londres in Paris. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Thompson and Colonel and Mrs. J. D. V. Middleton are visit- ing Yellowstone Park, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery 8. Currey and Miss Frances Currey will leave Castle Crag this k for Del Monte. aud Mrs. John J. Crooks have returned {from their trip to Alaska and are now st the g:‘t:l Rafael, where they will remain some The Misses Juliet and Hannah Williams will return from Del Monte on Tuesday next. “:xn An(‘c:“mh{»nlee s‘:;x.d nfl%’.’:‘ Dibblee are rel ives 8. Mrs. J, H. Condit-Smith and the Misses Con- d!‘wmw th left Thursday afterncon for Del Miss Hoffman, Miss Alice Hoffman. Mr Southard Hoffman, George de Long and George, F. and R. N. Whitney returned yesterday from Del Monte, where they went to play at the tour- nament. Colin M. Smith is the guest of Mr.and l_’m 'W. H. Crocker on their gx"’ip to Northern Cali- ia. lo;rl:d- e smliMMln Belle McKenna leave this 'k for Del Monte. ';;r. and Mrs. Theodore Lunstedt leave oh Monday torhw ‘Angeles and Catalina, 10 ‘be one a month. . B re. Frank C. Havens of Oakland, Miss Ida A. Harper and Miss Winnifred Harper of Chicago, have been at Sea Beach Hotel. Santa Cruz ?gr the past fortnight. They will go to Del Monte in & Jfew days, and intend remain- ing there some time. - fii:s Martha Ososke returned on Friday from . & visit to Mr. and Mrs. Indig in Redwood Uity. Mrs. H. B. Sinclair of this City is in Portland, . Or., visiting relltlives nLnd friends. She will be \bseut for several weeks. 5 Mrs, Ide E. Neal with her niece, Miss Ida Ruckdeschel, and Master George H. Neal hiave return%d llroml:{(:n'\ilem(a Springs and are located at the Palace Hotel, TR Mrs. Lulupt\'ervleze, Miss Mawmie Bolfon grd William McClelland, who have been the guests of Miss May Beston, have returned to their home in San Jose, 3 5 Receptions. A surprise party was given to Miss Etta Sandman at her residence on Ridley street last Wednesday on her return from a so- journ in Portland, Or., where she has been visiting relatives the past few weeks. The rooms were prettily decorated with flowers and evergreens. The guests enjoyed them- selves with dancing and games, followed by a supper. Among the guests were: Mrs. Rich and son of Portland, Or., Miss G. Warshawski, Miss R. Silver, Miss H. Tsaacs, Miss Sarah Harris, Miss Hattie Cohn, Miss Pauline Sandman, Miss Pauline Harris, Miss Jennie Cohn, Mrs. Warshawski. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Kaminski, Mrs. Sandman, Mrs. McCord, Mark Warshaivski, Abe Silverstone Mr. Strauss, Mr. Steinart, Mr. Sandman, Mr. Silver, Edward Isaacs. : Mission Parlor, No. 38, N. 8. G. W., will celebrate its eleventh anniversary next Wednesday evening at Mission ~ Parlor Hall, Seventeenth street, above Valencia, with a dance. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Mark Twain is not so cleaned out financially as not to feel able to decline some very hand- some offers for his work. They say that while he was planning his lecture tour arounc the world he was asked to furnish twenty letters of about 4000 words each foralump sum 6t $10,000 or $500 a letter. Some years ago he accepted a proposition to write twelye Euro- pean letters tor which he received $1000 apiece, and that is believed to be high-water mark for such correspondence. The fact that the Privy Council of Holland is beginning to negotiate for the marriage of 15- vear-old Queen Wilhemina recalls the fact that Tsabella of Spain was married at 16, Victoria of England at 20, while Maria of Portugal mar- ried at 15, was widowed at 16, and mmarried’ again the following year. President Diaz of Mexico is described by a recent eyewitness as purely Aztec in appear- ance. *‘His color is almost that of the Indian. His hair is black and straight and falls a little over his temples. His strength liesin his chin as clearly as Samson's strength lay in his hair.” One of Milton’s biographers says that nearly twenty years elapsed between the sketching out of the plan of ‘Paradise Lost,” and the completion of that work. The actual labor of composition was condensed into twoor three years. In regard to Beatrice Harraden’s complaingt that she only received $650 for “‘Ships That Pass in the Night” isrecalled that the royalties on John Hay’s ‘‘Castilian Days,” his best book, amounted to only $4 50 a year. Alexandre Dumas fils remained a widower a very short time, He bas just married Mme, Regnier, widow of the actor. Sardou and Ernest Legouve were witnesses to the mar- riage. . “It’s an outrage!” exclaimed the public man; “‘an outrage, sir, that such charges should be brought against me.” “Then why don’t you demand .an investiga- tion?” % “Lintend to, but, you see—"" “Well?” “Why, I'm afraid they might really investi- gate.” “And are you the ‘Liviug Skeleton? “Yes, sir.” ) «“Poor fellow!" And how did you manage to get £o thin—you're nothing but ‘skin and ‘bones!” “8ir,” replied the Living Skeleton, *“I was once an author, but I wrote for the magazines that pay on publication!” She had fidgeted in her chair for & good hour until she could stand it no longer. She said, in accents which told how she had suffered: “George McStayer, you are not indifferent to me. I will be your wife if you will only ask me,and if you don't want me say so. But there is one thing you must understand once for all: This is not a continuous-performance house.”—Boston Transeript. A little girl whose parents recently moved to another city, and who is now enjoying her first experience in living in a block, thus described 1t in a letter to another child: “This is a very queer place. Next door is fastened on our house.”—Evangelist. Dr. Bowless—In the first place, you want to take six or seven meals a day—light ones, yon know—instead of eating only three times. Mudge—That is going to be an awful lot of bother. Dr. Bowless—And take a glass of whisky straight before each meal Mudge—I guess I can find time to attend to it somehow. PICTURE cards. Roberts, 220 Sutter. . ——————— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strast. ————— ArmicoT Buttercups, 25¢ & 1b. 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Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrap. 250 & bottle. * “FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL" A STORY OF MINING LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. By THE Rev. J. H. WYTHE JR. Tue CALv has secured the right to pub- lish this charming story in serial form, and the first part appeared Sltllrdlz, Aug. 11 Readers of THE CaLL declare the story to be oneof unusual interest, The next in- stallment wiil be g,flnted next Saturday, Aug. 24. 1t is cus mnrx to eg\lblish such contributions in the Sunday edition of Tz CaLi, but the author has conscientious scruples lFIi'nlt having any of his produc- tions published in the Sunday tion of any paper and in deference to his convie- tions THE CaALL has agreed to print this story in the Saturday issues only. Tue Caus devotes a great deal of attention toexcellent articles on Western Themes by ‘Western men and Western women,