The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1895, Page 18

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Telephone. . . ...Maln—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: reet, corner Clay: open until 19:30 o'clock. 39 o'clock. open EASTERN OFFICE: tising Bu 5 claim a victory, but the The poolselle fight isn’t ov: You will find every page of THE CALL in- teresting this mor In the fornia architecture the new CALL building will set the standard high. s of Non-Partisans, New sympathy of San Fran- In her wearin York has the ful The Sutro site for the Affiliated Colleges ng for the City to Abont the only 1 wn to Americans that tne courts cannot get away with is law, v and Denby is slow, and er get a move on or else v be the noblest work a man eligible for s the scarcest. iss Democracy may not like to walk with Grover for a third term, but what will she do if she cannot get another beau? An honest man m: of God in this Ci the Durrant 1t is said that cycling in the East has seriously affected the sale ot pianos, and there is ne longer so much music in the air. fwe are going to make laws as fast as the courts declare them null and void, we shall be compelled to have a Legislature every thirty d Sooner or later the United States will be the recognized leader of the nations, and she might turn to bir There are more different kinds of climate around the bay of San Francisco than there are on the whole Atlantic Coast from Cepe May to Bar F The quickes! Club to increase population in this City i itate the example of Chjcago and is to Minneapolis and take a City census. Up to date the vigorous policy in tke State Department has been devoted more to the collection of a private claim than the enforcement of Monroe doctrine. Ther: a rumor in the East that the bicycle oing to make horses so cheap that no one will herd them, and they will ove; the West like rabbits in Aus- tralia. As both the Defender and the Valkyrie bave been built and, rigged as light- weather boats, it will be just like the New York weather to make a big blow when- ever they r In- appointing Lin, who originated the Cheng-Tu riots, to investigate them, the Chinese Government has at least the jus- tification of selecting the man who knows most about them. The Spanish troops in Cuba are finding yellow fever:iin emp about as deadly as the red right hand of waron the battle- field, and they are sighing mightily for their castles in § 1f Judge Wallace is right in holding that the ordinance against poolselling in the City is insufficient for the purpose in- tended, the Supervisors should immedi- ately supply one that will be sufficient. The “ Hospitable State” is the latest name for California in the East, and we beg them to remember that the state of our hospitality is wide enough to welcome both the great National conventions in 1836. The claim of Philadelphia that Wana- maker makes a profit of $4,000,000 a year has been offset by the claim of Chicago that Marshall Field makes $7,000,000. It is scarcely necessary to point out that both of them are great advertisers. Those persons in Happy Valley who showed their objection to Chinese labor by setiing fire to the property of orchardists bave not helped their cause any. The Chinese must be expelled from this coun- try by law and riot by lawlessness. A New York firm has made a midsum- mer ten-strike in business by advertising sleighs for sale at a sacrifice. The novelty of the idea struck the public fancy as being pleasantly cool, and everybody who can afford it has bought a sleigh in August. v A new novelist, Mr. Shepard M. Duggar, in describing his heroine says: ‘ Her mouth was set with pearls and tuned with minstrel lays, while her nose gracefully concealed its own umbrage, and her eyes imparted a radiant glow to the azure of the sky.” This must be the new woman. The Los Angeles Herald is a Southern California advocate that knows an oppor- tunity when it sees one, and which seizes and makes the most of it. On'the morning that the special car of the Knights Templar passed through Los Angeles en route to Boston the Herald issued a twelve-page speéial illustrated edition, descriptive of Los Angeles interests, and sent a great quantity of the papers East with the Knights. for the Half-million | I A MESSAGE TFOR MR. OLARK. Railroad Commissioner Clark, the peo- ple of the State of California have a mes- sage for you to-day. It is delivered through these columns this morning in order that you may have time for its perusal, leisure to reflect upon its meaning and opportunity to act uponits sugges- tions when the board of which youare a member meets again. This message em- braces four propositions which are sub- mitted to your sense of reason and of honor. They are these: First—You are the Republican member of the State Board of Railroad Commis- sioners. You were elected as such by the majority of the voters of the district you represent. You have taken no specific party pledge for the reduction or regula- tion of railroad rates. Your duties and obligations are defined by the constitu- tion of the State, and they could be neither increased nor lessened by a party pledge. You are bound by your oath of office to regulate transportation charges in Qalifornia in accordance with what is right and just as be- tween the people and the transportation companies. In the acceptance of this trust you undertook to maintain not only your own 1integrity as an officer and as a man, but you also engaged to maintain the honor of the party to which you be- Jong. Itis more than seven months since you took your oath of office and entered upon your duties of Railroad Commis- sioner. What have you done in the per- formance of your duty during that period ? What preparations have you made for the intelligent execution of yourtrust? How well have you equipped yourself for the action which will be required of you at the meeting of the Railroad Commission on next Wednesday? You are aware that the accusation is being widely made and very generally believed that you are a creature and tool of the Southern Pacific Company, and that you will act as such whenever the issue of a reductiom in the freight rates of this corporation comes be- fore the commission. What have you to say to these accusations, and what do you intend to do to check the spread of this suspicion ? Second—The term of office of Railroad Commissioner is four years, and tha salary thereof is $4000 a year. This is the amount of salary received by the Superior Judges of the State. The law provides that courts of justice shall be always open for the transaction of business, and requires that Superior Judges shall give their whole time to the duties of their office. The duties of the office of Railroad Commis- sioner are either small or great, and require either a very little or a very large amount of time for their proper perform- ance. If the duties of your office are slight, why have you not performed them during the time which has expired since your election? If the duties of your office are great, why should you not equally with the Superior Judges devote your whole time to mastering the details and perform- ing the duties of your office? How much of vour salary have you received since .your term of office began? How much time have you devoted to the performance of your official duties during that period? How much in the way of an equivalent have you given to the taxpayers of Califor- nia for the salary you have thusfar re- ceived? How far do you intend to go on next Wednesday toward making up what- ever deficit there may be in the account between yourself and the people of the State? Third—Tt is a rule of law that the burden of proof in any issue shall rest upon the party which possesses exclusively and in a peculiar sense the knowledge of the fact to be proven. In the issue between the rail- road companies and the people of the State of California the ability to establish what ratesare reasonable, considering the actual cost of the construction and operation of the roads, rests with the railroad com- panies in an exclusive and peculiar sense. In view of this admitted truth what application will you make of the above- named ruleof evidence in reaching your conclusions as to the reasonableness of railroad rates? Is it not clearly your duty to require the railroad company, out of the fullness and exclusiveness of its knowl- edge of the cost, expense and earnings of its roads, to establish that their present rates are reasonable, instead of requiring the people of California, out of their meagerness of knowledze of railroad finances, to prove that they are not? Fourth—At the next meeting of the Railroad Commission Mr. La Rue will move the adoption of the schedule of transportation charges upon grain which at the last meeting of the board he pre- sented. Do you intend, Mr. Clark, to adopt or to ovpose the adoption of this schedule? If you intend to oppose it, what will you have to offer as a substitnte for it? What will you have to show as the reason for your opposition? It will not do to do nothing in this matter. It will not suffice to plead ignorance as to whether the schedule of Mr. La Rue is just or unjust. It will not constitute a performance of your official duty to urge delay in the adoption of this or of some other schedule. The grain product of the State is now being moved, and it is imperative that the freight rates upon this commodity should be adjusted at once if the producers are to receive any benefit from their reduction during the present year. You must, therefore, be prepared to act next Wednesday. The eyes of the people are on you. The enemies of your party are asserting that you are a railroad tool and that in this emergency you will be true to it and false to your trust and to your party. Mr. Railroad Commissioner Clark, the people of the State of California ask you plainly, What do you intend todo? BEAUTY IN ARCHITEOTURE. The design of THE CarL’s fifteen-story building is that of a very graceful and handsome tower, otherwise the tall house would be merely a chimney. Asa tower it embodies all the architectural features of that idea and wholly eliminates all the disagreeable hardness of the “sky-scraper.” Besides being in itself an exceedingly beau- tiful pile it will be the most conspicuous feature of the City, a landmark of so im- posing magnitude that it will dominate the swhole town and serve as a starting point upon which will be based every de- scription of the location of other buildings. Every stranger in 8an Francisco will visit the cafe in the lofty dome, and every trav- eling writer will adopt that as his point of view. It will be the architectural wonder of the West. Its presence will have a great value in other ways. Asan inspiration to further ar- chitectural effects it will serve a useful pur- pose, and by reason of its beauty and popu- larity will in a measure compel builders to erect other handsome structures. Its glit- tering dome of copver, marble and glass will be as eagerly looked for on approach- ing the City as is the great nickel dome of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. Occupants of the splendid tower will take pride in the fact. In short,if this splendid building does not work a revolution in S8an Francisco the experience of time goes for nothing. This education in architecture will be welcome, and out of it may grow a larger understanding of the effects which might be secured from a proper appreciation of the ' remarkable opportunities for fine architectural effects which abound throughout the City. In deploring the lack of taste in the older business houses of the downtown region, we must reflect that they are far handsomer than the pri- vate houses of the rich, with & very few exceptions, In the peculiar and strikine design which he adopted for the Stanford University, Leland Stanford set the first noble example of architectural beauty on a large scale in California. Had he been a man of smaller means it might have seemed almost criminal to expend so vast a sum of money in the construction of low buildings, when the same amount of room, from the same material, might have been secured at a much lower cost had the buildings contained several stories. But the result is an exceedingly picturesque group—the handsomest college buildings 1n the world—and built to endure till the end of time. Its beauty and picturesque- ness are elements of great material value in establishing its fame and promoting its usefulness. . As yet private builders have not learned to value and take advantage of the pic- turesque topography of the City. Their villas and chateaus, modeled after master- pieces of the Old World, are set down in crowded streets, where, instead of being surrounded with the parks, groves and winding roads of their European proto- types, they stand bald and naked, without even an attempt at the glowing floral and arboreal effects which the climate invites. This seems strange, because at Sausalito and Belvedere these same persons take wise advantage of the hilly topography, and, as a consequence, have produced set- tlements of great beauty and picturesque- ness. Instead of utilizing our wonderful hilltops and slopes for striking architec- tural effects, we are actually regarding the hills as obstructions, and are cutting them down with reckless haste. A PITIFUL STORY. The heartbreaking story of the attempts made by Arthur Dodge and his mother to kill themselves will touch many a sym- pathetic soul in California. The young man was uncommonly bright, had no bad habits, had an earnest and faithful regard for the good of his race and time, was gentle and unselfish, and in all ways was estimable and deserving. Bad luck, or what he deemed bad luck, had pursued and ruined him after he made the fight with all the strength and courage and manliness that he possessed. At last hun- ger, which his pride permitted him to see no way of curing, came upon him and his mother. Then his strong heart broke, and he and his mother calmly took poison and 1ay down to die. Even in that simple undertaking he failed, as he had failed in all other things. The mother’s account of the affair con- tains this pitiful passage: ‘‘Whenever Arthur spoke of death I urged him against it and tried to convince him—almost con- trary to my own judgment—that such a course would be cowardly. Finally hesaid to me one day last week: ‘Mother, I will go off into the woods some day and kill myself and you will know nothing about it till they find my body.” "I could not bear the thought of that—of him lying there in the woods dead. Perhaps they would not find his body for many days. Ratherthan have him do this I told him I would die with him. I had nothing to live for and I thought what a great relief death would be to both of us.” Of course the neighbors were inexpres- sibly shocked to learn of the effort and of the reasons behind it, and of course any one of them would have furnished the food needed to keep them alive., There are probably some who will declare that the Dodges were entirely.too proud and that they should have made their condi- tion known. But pride is one of those heaven-sent attributes that needs be re- spected when it is found in these days of its rarity. Had Dodge been less proud he might have been more successful and wounld not have needed the assistance which his pride restrained him from asking. It would be useless either to blame him or praise him for a temperament which was as vital to him as the beating of his heart. 1t is not & question of blame for anything but of pity for everything. § There are a great many Dodges in the world, and we elbow them on the street and meet them as friends. And yet we never realize their strange character until they do something startling and unex- pected, either through desperation or an exalted sense of duty. If there is any- thing which might be done for those of them who are in distress it must be framed on a plan which will not bring them humil- iation. Mr. Dodge and his mother might have secured relief from the Board of Su- pervisors, from some charitable society, or from some one able to assist them. This would have required something of them which they could not agree to—a certain publicity. It would be idle and unjust to call this feeling false pride or oversensi- tivenesy, or charge that it deserves the hardships which it suffers. It is in the blood, and that is the end of the matter. When we observe that the best rewards which the world bestows are given to aggressiveness and selfishness, the pitiful- ness of such a case as that of poor Dodge and his mother becomes all the more poignant. THE INEVITABLE ARRIVES The outbreak of a mob in Happy Valley, Bhasta County, Thursday night, brings no surprise to observing persons. Because a large fruit-grower disposed of his crop to Chinese, a body of masked men set fire to the stored fruit and destroyed it, at the eame time firing on and driving away the Chinese who were trying to save themr property. It was not the simple fact of selling the crop to Chinese that produced the ont- break. That was only one of a number of circumnstances of a_similar or worse kind which have been happening lately. The investigations recently held by the State Labor Commissioner aroused public con- sternation and anger' over the discovery that Chinese and Japanese were furnishing a great deal of the labor required in the hop fields and orchards, while thousands of white men and women were sorely in need of work. It was found that in order to supply this cooly labor the United States laws prohibiting the importation of con- tract labor were being violated. The most degrading discovery of all was that many white women and girls were so desperately eager fot work that they hired themselves to Chinese who had secured control of orchards. Only a féw days ago Fresno developed a distressing condition of affairs. Every year there is a large demand in that county for labor to pick the grapes. This year an unususlly large number of needy white men flocked into the county, inspired by a desperate hope of being able to find work for a few weeks. The disappointment of bundreds of them would not have been so keen had they not discovered that wagon- loads of Chinese pickers were leaving Fresno City every morning for the orchards and vineyards, and that large numbers of Chinese were given employment in preference to white men. A riot might have ensued had not the authorities been so firm'and watchful. The trouble there isnot over yet, and the Happy Valle incident may inspire desperate men to destructive activity. The precipitation of a series of riots at this time would complete the hardships imposed by the burdens which the State has already to bear. They should be averted if it isin the power of the people todo so. There are two agencies which may be employed to that purpose. One is that the orchardists and vineyard- ists give no employment to and have no dealings with Chinese. The temper of the white laboring classes is not patient just now and trifling with. it might prove dangerous. And they have rights as citizens and people of our own blood. It is preposterous that any necessity for such an argument or such a plea for common humanity should ever have arisen 1in California. The other way 18 to lessen the temptation of farmers to seek cheap labor by assisting them to more generous profits from their labors. Times have been hard with them, and their own needs demand considera- tion. So long as they are required to yield up all their profits to some railroad com- pany in freight charges their condition is deplorable and their prospects dishearten- ing. A reduction of freight charges by putting in operation the laws framed for that purpose would bring much good, but the encouragement of competing lines would bring mofe. There are still other ways in which the desired geod might be accomplished, the consumption of home products being one of the best. The road to better times is not difficult, but unless it is sought soon and earnestly the incident of Happy Valley may prove only the beginning of a series of terrible disasters from which it would be extremely difficult for the State to rally. COMING OUR WAY. ‘Whatever may be the outcome of the contest of San Francisco for the next Re- publican National Convention, it caunot be questioned that the prospects of success are brightening every day, and are even now more favorable than they have ever been in any previous contest. The justice of San Francisco’s claim to the honor is not denied in any quarter. It is conceded that the weather that prevails here and the hotel accommodations are ideal for convention purposes. In no other city in the Union could the delegates, alternates and sightseers be more comfort- ably lodged or perform their work under such pleasant conditions. These facts are well understood by men of great influence in the party, and only recently two of them—Cannon of Illinois and Manley of Maine — have expressed themcelves as favoring the selection of this City. The situation of San Francisco on the western shore of the continent, which has heretofore been urged as an objection to calling the convention here, is likely to prove in the end to be an argument for us instead of against us. Manley gave ex- pression to a growing sentiment in tae party when he said the other day, “The effect of a National campaign starting on the Pacific and moving majestically east- ward toward the Atlantic would be some- thing superb in politics.” That is exactly the idea. The more it is considered the more it brightens the imagination and stimulates the mind. The delegates on their way westward across the continent would excite- the people with great expec- tations and the return would be amid an almost universal enthusiasm. The Ameri- can people like big ideas as well as big things, and in the greatness of effect spoken of by Mr. Manley they find a potent influence inclining them to come our way. A DEPLORABLE PRAQTICE. In reversing the decision of the Police Court finding a poolroom agent guilty of violating the ordinance prohibiting pool- selling on races except at the racetrack, Superior Judge Wallace has given another evidence of a remarkable tendency on the part of Judges to nullify laws which the people have enacted with a full under- standing of their necessity. Judge Wal- lace decides that the ordinance was not violated, that it is insufficient for the ob- ject for which it was framed, and that “if the people want to close the poolrooms they will have to do it by passing an ordi- nance prohibiting the commission busi- ness.”” This is extraordinary language. Equally as bad as Judge Wallace’s seem- ingly unnecessary readiness to declarea useful ordinance worthless is his remark placing poolrooms and the' commission business on the same level. The Judge who can see no distinction between un- questioned gambling, of a form thatap- peals to boys and servant-girls and en- courages among them vices of the worst order, and an old and respectable business rule which recognizes the necessity of middlemen in trade, who act for legitimate buyers and sellers and are decent, law- abiding and useful citizens, displays a lack of knowledge that tends to deprive such a decision of. the value and respect that might otherwise commend it. —_— The forty-page midsummer nmumber of the Los Angeles Times, recently issued, is an exceedingly praiseworthy result of an enterprising effort of its management to convey to non-residents of the State an adequate imvpression of the charms and advantages of Southern California as a dwelling-place for summer. Tourists and writers have made Southern California famous as a winter resort, but compara- tively little notice has been paid to the fact that at no season of the year is that section of the State more nearly at its best than in summertime. The 7Times is par- ticular to correct an erroneous impression thiat has gone abroad to some extent, that because the winters are so mild, the sum- mers must be excessively hot, and the editor points out, by a series of well- written articles on the subject, the pl ures of summer. life in California, Xs out-of-door season sports and pastimes. The number is profusely illustrated, de- picting, besides the attractions of the region for summering, the advantages it offers for home building, manufacturing, and for investments of all kinds. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “This reminds me of my school days,” re- marked Fogg as he dropped into his new easy- chair. “Caned seat, you know.” — Boston Transeript. “Doesn’t Jim imbibe freely " “Yes. Never paid for adrink in hislife.”— Life. A Choice.—“T have finished your portrait, Mrs. de Fash.” said the artist. “All butthe coloring of the face.” “And why do you not finish that ?” = “I wanted to hear from you as to whether | you preferred me to haye you look healthy or merely interesting.”—Harper’s Bazar. ‘1 once read,” began the boarder at the foot of the table, helplessly laying down his knife and fork and gloomily eying the fragment of meat on his plate, ‘of & man who took his own life, and under an ancient law they drovea stake through his heart.” “That was tough,” murmured the boarder, ‘with & hollow cough. Then they noticed the glitter in the land. wfl eye, and the meal proceeded insilence.— asp. ‘ e N FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1895.. ST. LOUIS BEAR STAMPS. Eastern philatelic circles have not been so exercised in years as they are at present over the recent discovery ir the Louisville (Ky.) Courthouse of & number of St. Louis ‘“‘bear” postage stamps of the 5,10 and 30 cent de- nominations. While Janitors Bush and Dier- sen are mentally cudgeling themselves for their failure to reap as much profit from their lucky find as they might have done had they been more cautious, the philatelists and stamp- dealers are speculating as to the price which Wwill eventually be secured for the rare stamps by tae {)relent holders. It will be remembered that Jail Turnkey John Brown decided to hold 8t _$1000 each of the ten stamps, of which he still has possession, already haying disposed of several at $500 apiece. However, of the forty “bear” stamps which have already been brought to light from among the rubbish of the Louisville Courthouse & majority were sold by the finders at unwit- tingly fow figures, and the total sales so far have accrued but : But the remainder kidnaped, M. Hitrovo, the Russian Embassador at Bucharest, said to the French Embassador: +I do not understana the scruples of the di; maey of to-day. Itisa misfortune that dip] mats are not allowed a free hand any longer, a8 in the fifteenth century, when everything ‘was permitted—the poniard or poison:” After- ward, according to the Vossische Zeftung, when the Asiatic depgrtmentof the Russian Government wished to’'get rid of Prince Ferdi- nand, half & million francs were sent to M. Hitrovo, who also furnished the explostves to | blow the Prince up on the railroad from Rust~ chuk to Varna, in 1888. Stambuloff saved the Prince’s life on both oceasions. Bavorgnan de Brazza, the explorer, having withstood for years ihe climate of Africa, gave way at once to the changeable character of Paris weather anad is now sick abed. Twelve members of Lord Salisbury’s Cabinet are directors in from one to four commercial companies each, according to the Investors’ 4 ST. LOUIS ‘“BEAR” STAMPS. of the find will probably be held for top-noteh ces. ¥ Herewlth are presentea illustrationsof speci- men ‘‘bear” stamps, such as were found in the Louisville Courthouse. These stamps were issued by St. Louis as a medium of payment for Efllll\ service until the year 1847, when the ‘ederal Government commenced the issuance of postage duty receipts. Other cities—Baltl- more, Md.; Brattleboro, Vt.; Milbury, Mass New Haven, Conn., and Providence, R. I. issued somewhat similar stamps during the same period, but philatelists have manifested & peculiar preference for St. Lonis ‘“bears,” chiletfly, no doubt, because of their more marked rarity. Tnz weomgmylnl illustrations, while not vortraying the most minute features of the rare originals, are fairly accurate and faithful. It appears that the ‘“‘bears’” were printed at various times, on three different kinds of per of varying texture, while the color wasalso unfixed, gray, however, predominating. Age and buffeting about have considerably—and sometimes almost entirely—effaced the imprint of the die, while there remain but few good 1ikenesses of the stamps. The value of St. Louis ““bears” ranges in value from $75 to $1500. This extensive range in value resulds from the fact that while only three genuine dies were cast for the impression of these stamps, the figures became worn and were mended. Thus, though there were only three original issues, the ‘‘bears’ differ in ap- pearance in more than a score of ways. PERSONAL. J. H. Hartzwell of Stockton is registered at the Lick. 'W. 8. Morrison, banker, of Ban Jose, is at the California Hotel. A. H. Burbridge, 8 prominent citizen of S8an Diego, is in the City. A. A.Spence of San Jose was & guest at the Occidental yesterday. < Dr. H. N. Holmes of Adams, Mass., registered at the Grand yesterday. V.Courtnious, a well-known wine-grower of Sants Rosa, is at the Grand. John Tully, a well-known attorney of Stock- ton, is & guest at the Grand Hotel. Ivor Bevan of London arrived from Asia yes- terday and registered at the Palace. James Woodburn, a well-known merchant of Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand. John J. Doyle, lawyer, of Santa Clara County, registered at the Occidental yesterday. John C. Gray, Judge of the Superior Court of Butte County, is sojourning in the City. A. W. Barrett, adjutant-general of California, registered at the California Hotel yesterday. De L. Thomes of*Paris arrived yesterday from the Orient and is a guest at the Palace. George H. Wheaton Lias returned from High- land Springs a gainer in health and strength. E.S. de Golyer, a prominent mining man of Salt Lake, Utgh, isregistered at the Occidental. D. D. Whitbeck of Boca, president of the Boca Ice Company, is registered at the Grand. P. A. Buell, a well-known lumber-dealer of Stockton, is in the City sojourning at the Grand. Captain E. W, Holmes of Seattle, who com- manded the Washtinaw on her last voyage, is registered at the Lick House. William Selover, who has large interests in the smelting works of Portland, Or.,is in the City, a guest at the Grand Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Haldridge and Miss Hal- dridge of St. Paul are at the California Hotel. Mr. Haldridge is a Minnesota capitalist. C. F. Roberts of Eureka, Cal., is stopping at the Grand. He is actively identified with lumber industries of Humboldt County. M. R. Bischoffsheim, a celebrated banker of Paris, arrived on the steamship Peru from China yesterday and registered at the Palace. State Senator Seawell, a leading lawyer of Mendocino County and one of the directors of the Asylum for the Insane at Ukiah, isin the City. ‘W. A. Mackinder of St. Helena, a member of the Republican State Central Committee from Napa County, has been in town for several days. A party of tourists consisting of Mrs. E. M. Kenyon, Mrs. Elizabeth Northup and Jameson Northup arrived from Portland by steamer yes- terday and registered at the California Hotel. State Senator John L. Beard of Centerville came to the Oty yesterday in search of his blankets, which were lost somewhere between the redwoods of Russian River and the orchards of Alameda County after the close of the Bohemian Club mlduumme_r jinks. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 24.—The homeward tide from Europe, which has now set in in full force, is naturally bringing & number of Cali- fornians with it. Chief among the recent ar- rivals is Archbishop P.J. Riordan, who came on the Campania last nigt, and left for the Pacific Coast this morning. Mme. Helen Mod- jeska, who arriyed earlier in the week, started ‘westward yesterday. Although her theatrical engagements will keep her in the East more or less, she still claims allegiance to California, In ¢peaking of her virtual expulsion from Russia she said that she was glad her Los An- geles ranch still furnished her a refuge and Emmn from such experiences. John B. ggin, who has not been at Long Branch since the Monmouth Park track was elosed. has gone to that resort for the rest of the 'season. He is accompanied h{ his niece, Miss Voorhees. Two other Californians, ~ who are also there, are . Smith and Charles A. Marriner of Los Angeies. Julian Rix, the well-known artist, has gone to Canada on a skeching faunt with & party of Patiérson friends, and Theodore Wores, the exploiter in paint of the San Francisco Chinese quarter, is at Larchmont for & few weeks. The Rev. Dr. Hansen of San Francisco sailed on the steamer Furnessia for thiow this week with a party of missionaries who are pound for the east. Dr. Hansen’s station isto ve at the Persian mission at Mosul, Turkey. Californi; regisiered at the New York hotels to-day: San Francisco—E. E. Caldwell, Everett; Mr. and Mrs. W. Steel, M Miss K. Farrell, ynrny Hill; J. W, J. W, Ke&gwna r., Grand Unfon; G. A, Mar- tin, Mrs. W. H. Martin, Holland; L. M. Pearl- man, Vendome; Mrs. b. Pogm J. Ve . Pear/man, Miss'J. Lewis, Savoy; L. M. Barrots, San' Diego—G. W. Marston, St. Denls; H. K: Saunders, Grand Union. Los Angeles—W. B. Ross, Morton ; E. G. Bhaw, Broadway Central. CALIFORNIANS AT SALT LAKE, SBALT LAKE, UtaH, Aug. 24.—At Templeton, W. P. Mansfield, Los Angeles; E. A. Magill, H. G. Brockman, 8an Francisco. At the Walker— D. C. Henny, San Francisco. PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT. When Prince Alexander of Battenberg was Review, while seven are free from entangle- ment. Mr. Arthur Balfour is one of the latter, but his brother, Gerald, the new Chief Secre- tary for Ireland, is director in no less than seven companies of & speculative character. John Dunn is dead agamn. He was the white man who had lived for twenty years among the Zulus when the British attacked Cetewayo, and who was made Governor of Zululand by Sir Garnet Wolseley after the war was over. His death has been reported a number of times. Two American artists, Jules Stewart, the painter, and Paul Wayland Bartlett, the sculp- tor, were made chevaliers of the Legion of Honor on the occasion of the French national fete, July 14. Mlle. Clairon, who a century and a half ago as its star tragedian ruled the Comedie Fran- caise for twenty years, s to have astatue at Conde, ner birthplace. FROM EASTERN EDITORS. Handbills Barred. It is now & misdemeanor in the State of New York for any person to ring a doorbell or arouse the inhabitants of & house when leay- ing a handbill or advertisement sheet. Bill- posters are prohibited from posting bills on the rocks or trees adjoining the highway or on buildings without the consent of the owners. There are penalties attached to the offenses. 1t will be gratifying to the public that the laws now provide punishment for the impudence of the bill-distributor, who rouses the family to greet a circular which they do not wish to see, and also for the man who ruins the scenery along the countr; highw-{ by advertising- signs that are neither beautiful nor artistic.— Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel. Makes the Ol1d World Smile. The “sound money” position of the Presi- dent and his friends must make the financiers of the Old World smile. A thousand millions of inferior money, all to be redeemed in gold. A thousand millions of Government bonds, all to be redeemed in fold. At least 160,000,000 in interest and dividends to be sent abroad an- nually in gold, and a balance of trade of $150,- ,000 annus sg‘%mnu. to be met in goid, and only $101,000,000 in gold in the treasury to meet all these obligations. Suppose a mer- chant were doing business on the same plan, how long would he be called “sound” ?—Salt Lake Tribune. A Marine Journal. The Ocean Wave is a breezy little paper pub- lished by and for jolly Jack Tars on the United States eruiser New York. On the staff are: Editor, Michsel Quinlan; John Hall Morgan, foreign correspondent; A. H. Buell, out-of- town correspondent; 'Neil, spardeck re- porter; R. J. McCormick, gundeck reporter, and J. D. Fagan, berthdeck reporter. There is another member of the staff, known as Wil- liam Goat, poetical editor, who dlgyoluof copy that isn’t needed bg the Ocean Wave or any other paper on earth. The Ocean Wave prints his picture in a neat border of red ink.—Na- tional Advertiser. v Breezy Advertising. On one of the recent hot days a large depart- ment-store in New York advertised stylish sleighs for $35 each, offering to keep them for delivery until the buyers should wish to use them; and the advertisement, illustrated with 3 ricmre ofa lhlpeli’ cutter, was go exception- ally effective that it made the whole page cool, and must have helped other advertisers to sell their goods. Time was when midsum- mer adveriising—what there was of it—wasa weariness to the flesh. Breezy modern methods make it a refreshment to the spirit.— Philadelphia Record. Bicycles in the West. The bicycle is supplanting the horse on the Western plains as a means of locomotion, with the resnlt that the animals are multiplying faster than they can be sold, even at $12 apiece, and are overrunning the country asthe rabbits overrun Australis. A newly engaged shepherd fi the East persuaded his em- plaierwbuy im & wheel instead of & horse with which to make his rounds, and in the ful- fillment of his duties he is able to run down and kill coyotes that a horse could not over- take.—Chicago Herald. How Letters Are Lost. 1t is stated by the postoffice authorities that open circulars frequently ‘‘swaliow,” in the mail-box, many letters which can never after- ward be traced. It may also be said that newspapers do the same thing, but, in the case of newspapers, missing letters usually come to light after & brief delay, whereat en ‘“‘swal- lowad"b{u!mhru there is always the prob- ability of their being thrown away and de- stroyed without discovery. Inventions are in order for & new shape of envelope which will prevent this,—New York National Advertiser. A Chinese Railroad. One of the first results of the recently dem- onstrated friendship between Russia and China is the projected railway between the two countries. Russia has offered the Chinese Government the choice between three routes. The Chinese Government, however, has ob- jected to all three, xince each would necessitate the great Chinese wall being penetrated. A new line has recently been agreed upon, and it is reported that the work of surveying the Toute i8 soon to be commenced.—Information. Invidious Protection, The present tariff law protects the manu. lu:t:ran of woolens, but it refuses protection to the growers of wool. Judge William Law- rence ome, resident ot me‘;lluonu Wtu;- growers’ Assoclation, ;mtly calls this a dis- crimination in favor of the manufacturer and against the farmer. If wool must be free then Woolens must be free also. He says, justly EEvialoua. it s nfemoas oty minaes i s infamous.” Bo ectiv prte The Wilson-GOrman law—_Jows Hlate Rog- The Farmer Knows. The American farmer and wool-grower does not t:rel;d to’ bnol:n how he has been harmed reform. His empty pocket-book has ready told him that ggo eloquently than words could. But it isa good :ofing 10 keep the veople informed regarding the pro; the “reform” which was inaugura with the election of Grover Cleveland and a Demo- cratic Congress in 1892.—Cleveland Leader. The Grocers and the Trust. The sugar trust proposed to the wholesale grocers of Chicago that if they would let the refining combination fix the retail price of its products a certain rebate would be allowed on ReoRrstane bade e g , the rs declaring that they preferred to "“ll;m at & loss ugar rather than 1 surrender to the WL—Clavulund ss of Not the Kind Wanted. The St. Loms ublie wrif uarters of a column ‘.pto m" tmmu of Jowa that they h: Saatty bat s ey have a great moral oppor- t has failed to excite any enthusi- rtuni- asm among the Democrats. Moral o] ties are not the kind of things whicl them. Try them on someihing else. Btate Register. 3 R i Eentucky Colonels. ‘What is poetry? Whatis wit? What makes 8 man a colonel in Kentucky? These are old questions, and po conclusive mswe§;;§rs llzl:a been made to any one of them.—New AROUND. THE CORRIDORS. Charles E. Wilson, department commander of the Grand Armyof the Republic, will leave San Francisco September 15 for the National encampment of the order a¢ Louisville. Speaking of the proposed trip yesterday he said: “It would not surprise me if a large ex- cursion party went from California. T have been advised that s twelve deys’ trip from C eago in Pullman cars will be given for & This includes fare on the rail as well s the sleeping-car charge. The tourists will go to Louisville, Temain there two days, then visit Nashville and Knoxville and go to Atlnm};_ for the opening of the exposition. Then they wilire- turn to Chattanooga in time to attend the cere. monies of dedicating the National parkson the battlefields of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. There are many veterans in California who _served in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia who would not care pnrlxcullrlynho:xz attending the encampment, but who would be delighted to pay & visit to the country over which they marched and view agein the battle grounds of Lookout Mountain, Knoxville, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw and Atlanta.” Next Wednesday A. W. Barrett, adjutant- general of the State of California, and R. H. Warfield, brigadier-general of the Second Brigade, National Guerd of California, will Jeave San Francisco for an Eastern trip, They are entitled to seats in the National encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Republic, but will not go to Louisville this trip. General ‘Warfield goes East on business connected with the National Guard and to visit a near relative, whose health is failing. General Barrett goes to attend to some aflairs connected with the Na- tional Home for Disabled Volunteers atSanta Monica. According to military regulations, the honor and responsibility of commanding the Second Brigade during General Warfield’s absence will devolve upon Colonel Macdonald, Second Artillery Regiment. William Greer Harrison goes East to-day. He will be in New York when the great yacht race for the cup which was won by the Amer- ica takes place and will: be a spectator of the contest. Mr. Harrison also expects to visit Champion James Corbett and possibly spara few rounds as a reminder of days in the Olym- pic Club when Corbett was the sparring teacher. E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. * RENTS collected. Ashton, 411 Montgomery.* - GEO. W. MONTEITH, law offices, Crocker bldg.* ————————— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay straat. * e e Pineapple and cherries, 50c 1b, Townsend's.* g e GA8 CONSUMERS’ ASSOCIATION, 316 Post street. Established 1878.—Reduces gas bills from 20 10 40 per cent. Furnishes new tips and burn- ers. Controls the pressure automatically, thus preventing the breakage of giobes. Attendsto all gas complaints, and also all complaints connected with electric bells and gas-lighting apparatus. * —————— Téresa Brambilla,the original Gilda in “Rigo- letto,” died recently in Milan at the age of 82. She was one of five sisters, all noted singers, of whom she and her sister Marietta were the most celebrated. ———— PURE blood and a vigorous organism offer no foothold to disease germs, the seeds of the giant evil. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla to parity the blood and give you new life and vigor. —————— THE bost reguiator of (he digestive organs and the best appetizer known is Dr. Siegert’s Angos- tura Bitters. Try it. Ir afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp- son’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it at 25 cents. 1220-1222-1224 Market St. SILKS, Drapery dilks. We have received our first inveice of Drapery Silks, very handsome desigas. They are now on display ‘MPm%Mm@flMMMM" DRAPERY SILK. Bt i, §0¢ Yard, BRAPERY SILES. BLACK DRESS SIIE. Bt T8¢ Yard. BLACK DRESS STE. gros grain, all new patterns, N $1 Yflrd. COLORED DRESS SILES. st s The Yard COLORED DRESS SILKS. S e o 000 Tard, CUSHION TOPS. SPECIALI TAPESTRY TOPS. At 156, 20¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢ to $1.50 Each. New Line of Plash Tops, Yery Handsome and Exclusive Desigos. 24 inches wide, Extra heavy figured, We have still a very handsome Our new cadtalogne nov}_ reigdy. mailed to any address on application. “e;;rcellu ydelivered free }Dn this and neigh- boring cities and towns. Country orders solicited. Samples on application. KOHLBERG, STRAUSS & FROHMAN, 107 AND 109 POST STREET. AND—— 1220~ 1222- 1224 MARKET ST. University of California—$10,000 to Loan. LANK APPLICATIONS WILL BE SENT uj !lqgm N tion for I ha .'.l-"p::wm m: application for less than it o California st., 8. F. J, H. C. BONTE, Secty. Berkeley: Cal, Avgust 35, 1805, ! oo A x‘kfl lons must be M."D bert Miller, 532 -