The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dafly and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. $0.15 Daily and Sunday CALI, one year, by mail... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, DPafly and Sunday CALL, three months, by mail 1.:: Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail sunday CALL, one year, by mail.. WEEKLY CALL, one year, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: 0 Market Street. Talephone. .. EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Main—1874 Telephone... BRANCH OFFICES: Montgomery street, corner Clay: open until ) o'clock. 830 Hayes street: open unti o'clock. 417 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until © o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 8 o'clock. 116 Ninth street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Pacific States Advertising Bure ding, Rose and Duane streets, Ni Rhinelander w York Ci AUGUST 26, 1895 FOR ALL. THE CALL SPEAKS 1f pool-selling isnot gambling then there is no gambling. Presidential conventions should follow the star of empire and come West. The Republican ship in California needs nothing ept the scraping off of a few barnacles. Mr. Railroad Commissioner Clark, the people of the State of California have their eyes on you. So long as the vacancy on the Supreme bench remains Cleveland will not be with- out a pull on his party. The meeting of the Railroad Commis- fon on Wednesday will engage most of attention this week. Do not forget that the Mechanics’ Fair is‘not only worthy of a visit, but the home exhibits deserve a careful study. The campeign in Utah is the most inter- esting of the year, and it opens upina way that promises to be lively. When Utah comes into the Union as a young State she should add some young blood to the United States Senate. To enact an ordinance against poolroom gambling that will stick in the courts is one of the first duties of the Supervisors. — In the motto of Kentucky this year «United we stand” is for the Republicans and “Divided we fall’’ is for the Democrats. SRR e Ty 1i another juror in the Durrant case is found before Saturday night it will prob- ably be regarded as a successful week in the courts. The Nation has a rignt to expect from TUtah two Senators to maintain the Ameri- can policy of protection, reciprocity and bimetallism. The burden of proof ison the railroads to show why in the general reduction of prices transportation rates should not be reduced also. If the law does not know the difference between pool-selling and the commission business, it is hign time for Justice to take the bandage off her eyes. It seems that Judge Ross’ decision against the Wright act is more displeasing to those who have not yet achieved an irri- gation system than to those who have. The Golden Gate Commandery may have won great glory by the speedy race across the continent, but it would have had more fun if it had gone slower and stopped oftener. — The folly of the civil service rules in England is shown by the fact that in the examinations Greek and Latin count for 750 marks each, while English counts for only 500 3 —— As Kier Hardie announces he has come to this country to study our conditions and to lecture on labor topics, let us in- dulge the hope that he will complete his studies before he begins his lectures. The Colorado showmen who got away with a bull-fight by advertising it as a fake and then giving the real thing were certainly guilty of unprofessional con- duct in violating ali the precedents of the trade. 1f Kaiser William really desires ‘‘a quiet legislative period devoted to minor re- forms” he had better practice keeping his mouth shut, though, perhaps, that would hardly be regarded in Europe as a minor reform. We do not know whether killing in- sured persons for the sake of getting the insurance money is regarded by the East- ern people as their forte, their foible or their fad, but it 1s getting to be a sort of every-day affair with them. Buffalo’s bid for the Democratic National Convention has not been favorably re- ceived. It seems to be the prevailing opinion of the party that Democracy has had enough of Buffalo and Buffalo candi- dates for the rest of this generation. If there is any such man as Dr. Heine Marks of St. Louis, and if he made any such stataments about bicycle riding as were attributed to him in the reports of yesterday, then the Missouri fool-killer knows exactly where to strike the next lick. The report that Russia proposes to act es a mediator. between ' England and France and settle all their disputes by di- viding up Turkey between them may be taken as a eonvincing proof that -there is asilly season in politics over there as well as over here. Fol i e The large majorities given in Napa and Hollister in favor of the erection of high MR. LA RUE'S PLEDGE. Tt is to be hoped that Railroad Commis- sioner La Rue is not engaged in nursing the delusion that he has performed_his whole duty to the State of California or fulfilled his pledge to the Democratic party by the simple act of making a motion to reduce transportation rates upon grain. it may be well to remind Mr. La Rue of the exact measure of his duty as defined by his pledze. The pledge was: *“Thatthe charge for the transportation of freight in California by the Southern Pacific Com- pany should be subjected to an average reduction of at least 25 per cent, and we pledge our nominees for Railroad Com- missioners to make this reduction so justly demanded by the people.” It is to be observed that the above pledge which Mr. La Rue has taken is not con- fined to grain rates. It extends to every commodity upon which freight is over- charged by the Southern Pacific Company. Of these the item of grain is not by any means the only important one, nor is it the only class of ireight upon which is laid a grevious burden of exces- sive rates. The orchardists, the truck farmers and the retail dealers in general merchandise have an equal right to relief with the farmers. During his seven months of arduous labor in the prepara- tion of his proposed grain schedule Mr. La Rue does not seem to have considered these equally outraged shippers at all, nor has there been thus far at least any intima- tion on his part that he intends to bear them in mind. There is another remark which might be made at this point of time for the benefit of Mr. La Rue. The grain schedule which he has offered is, in form at least, not a very ponderous or intricate affair. In fact, far from consuming seven long months in its preparation it could have been, every word and figure, conceived, prepared and filed within half a day by any one who had the present grain schedule of the Southern Pacific Company before him. Tt is the work of a clerk rather than of a Commissioner. If Mr. La Rue has spent seven months on his grain schedule the remainder of the schedule. It may be remarked also that this grain schedule comes along rather late in the season to be of much benefit to the farmers this year, for the major portion of their grain will be shipped at the old rate before the new one can by any possibility go into effect. | In view of these facts we hope that Mr. | La Rue will not begin just yet to pose as the only Simon-pure rate-reformer and anti-monopolist in California, nor yet awhile hang out his banner (for Governor) on the outer wall. In truth he has thus far done very little fo either earn his salary, justify an effusion of eulogy or warrant a very great outlay of public confidence. He deserves some credit for having made arather tardy move toward doing something, We accord him that measure of praise, no more. The meeting of next Wednesday ought to give the public an object lesson as to the utility of the commission and the fidelity to duty of its members, not excluding Mr. La Rue. He has not yet been relieved of the suspicion awakened by the masterly inactivity of himself and his associates in the past, and along with the rest he is still subject in a large degree to the indictment of official incompetence and neglept. THE UTAH CAMPAIGN. The political campaign in Utah was opened at Salt Lake on Saturday night by a grand Republican parade under the di- rection of a club organized for the express purpose of harmonizing all the factions of the party. This fact confirms the sanguine expectations of Republican success at the polls, for to begin with harmony isthe surest way to end with victory. The campaign will be sure to engagea large part of public attention in all parts of the Nation, for it is the most important to take place this fall. On it depends the adoption of a constitution which will give Ttah the rank of a State in the Union and consequently the election of two United States Senators, whose presence will go far toward deciding which party shall have the dominant influence in that body. In the progress of the campaign, theretore, great interest will be felt by both the great parties, and it is in the highest degree | gratifying to know that all prospects point td a complete victory for the party of pro- tection, reciprocity and bimetallism. It seems to be conceded that there is no question about the adoption of the consti- tution, and we may count upbn the en- trance of the State intg the Union. Itis, therefore, a matter of concern to the Na- tion at large what manner of men the new State will séend to the Senate. Thereis needed in that body an infusion of young blood. The Senate is overloaded with old men who are living on reputations achieved in the past. To bring it into harmony with the country there is needed a fuller repre- sentation of the vitality, the vigor and the enterprise of the country. The Republicans of Utah can find in their ranks young men who are in the full- est sense representatives of the energy and the policy of the growing West. It is from among these the new State should choose the men whom it sends to the National Senate. The interests of the West have long been ignored by the General Govern- ment, and this will continue so long as the West ignores her own interests and sends to Congress men who lack the vigor, independence and aggressiveness to stand up for Western policies against the indiffer- ence, the ignorance and the conservatism of Eastern statesmen on all subjects of ‘Western development. It is in the expectations of seeing such men elected to the Senate that the people of the Pacific Coast will watch the course of the campaign in Utah. Adl the circum- stances of the contest are’ propitious to good results. We look forward, therefore, to a sweeping Republican victory and the election to the Senate of two men who will fitly serve in that body to champion the cause of Utah and all her sister States of the Greater West. GUARDING A REPUTATION. Excepting New York and Chicago San Francisco is the most famous of all the cities of America. And yet there are eight larger cities in the country. 1t will be in- teresting to inquire why this is so, what responsibilities it imposes and what is the future which it indicas The causes of its being so conspicuous may be quickly told. It was the center and principal scene of the strangest and school buildings afford further evidences that the depression is over and the people -are once more ready to undertake im- provements of all kinds that are needed for the public welfare. According to the reports from London yesterday Balfour’s objection to an inter- national monetary conference ‘‘destroyed at a touch the whole fabric of the German cheap money party,” but the reports from most thrilling events that have occurred in America, wars excepted. It is in- vested with all the romsnce attaching to the greatest gold discovery of mod- ern times, was the rallying point in the fierce struggle which brought the great West under civilization, has a local stir- ring history that surpasses the imagina- tive efforts of the boldest writers of ro- mantic fiction, is the center of industrial Berlin stated the bimetallic leaders of | activities that have no likeness in any that country refuse to accept it as final and are going on with the work with more energy than ever. It appears from this contradiction that English ideas on - finance are not so dominant in the world as English writers think they are. other part af the New World and that are reproductions of the conditions in which the great nations of ancient times were cradled, rules the noblest harbor of the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean, and sits at the gateway between the Occident it will take seventeen years to re-form | and the Orient, and has a climate and a topography singularly charming and wholly unlike those in any other city of the Union. Thus, both in history and natural conditions, it is unique, pictur- esque and spectacular. These things have given it the wide fame which it enjoys, but it is easily to be seen from a study of them that these condi- tions have not been produced by the en- ergy and taste of the residents. More than that, it is evident that whatever the ad- vantages which the City enjoys and what- ever prosperity has grown out of their pos- session have been independent of the ef- forts of the citizens to produce them. Still more, it can easily be believed that if all the advantages which the City enjoys had been developed to the highest pussible point by the exercise of such wisdom and energy as have made Chicago great, we might by this time have had a modern Babylon at the Golden Gate. The City has grown and prospered in spite of this neglect, and something worse than that—an unsavory reputation for corruption in its municipal government. It has thrived in spite of fearful material burdens which might have ruined any other city. By reason of the fact that the incomparably fertile plains and valleys of the State, where the choicest products ot the world are found, and where mere exist- ence is blessed with pleasures denied to residents of other parts of the country, are still held from proper settlement and de- velopment by the hard hand of a great railroad company whose charges consume the profits and discourage efforts, San Francisco has not had an opportunity to grow through the denser settlement of the interior. To overcome the drawbacks which ham- ver the growth of the State isasimpor- tant a duty as guarding the reputation which the City already enjoys on the score of its history and natural charms. The world soon forgets that which passes out of its view, and if we wounld be remem- bered we should deserve remembrance. There are abundant gratifying indications that we are emerging from the indolence and inaifference of the past, and that we are awaking to a realization of our duty as citizens; that our pride as men and women is being roused, and that we are developing an appreciation of the bounties which nature has lavished upon us. The awakening is only in its beginning, how- ever, and it should be the self-imposed duty of all to urge the movement onward to the brilliant results that would inevit- ably ensue. OUR TFOREIGN TRADE. The last batch of Consular reports sent to the State Department contains more than the average number of valuable sug- gestions concerning the extension of Amer- ican trade. Ome of the most interesting disclosures is made by Consul Kemmler at Horgen, Switzerland. He says: “Per- sonal solicitation by members of firms or their authorized agents is more likely to result in establishing permanent connec- tions and effecting substantial and satis- factory transactions than any other method that might be employed.” Curiously enough a similar opinion comes from Con- sul Germain at Zurich, and from many other American Consuls stationed in va- rious paris of Europe. Germany is ahead the cellar as tightly as possible, so that the alcoholic vapor cannot escape. The cellar used by M. Petit was cemented. At theefld of two months the grapes with which he was experimenting had lost but from two to four berries to the bunch; the others were perfectly preserved in form, texture, color and flavor, and the stems were plump and green as though they had been freshly cut. The idea certainly seems rational. We are all familiar with the fact that alcohol is a perfect preserving agency, but that if fruit is immersed in it the freshness is gone and a complete modification effected. That the vapor of alcohol is equally as efficient constitutes the newness of the use of alcohol. Itis obvious that the vapor prohibits decay by destroying the at- mosphere germs which produce it; hence the necessity for keeping the fruit so treated in a hermetically sealed recep- tacle. It isevidentalso that the quantity of alcohol employed in the vaporous state is so small that it is hardly to be con- sidered as an item of expense. The applicability of the discovery to fruit kept for consumption in the vicinity of its production’ is evidently a simple matter. Its utility in the case of fruits sent to a great distance may become a subject for experiment. While no way of employing it in transcontinental ship- ments suggests itself without the expensive use of ice there is no reason why it could not be brought into play at the other end of the line and thus be made to abolish the necessity for the immediate disposition of fruit on arrival without reference to prices procurable, BELIEVES IN ADVERTISING. NATE SALISBURY’S SUCCESS DUE TO LIBERAL USE OF NEWSPAPER SPACE. It is & well-established fact that the success which has attended Nate Salisbury as manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other en- tertainments is largely due to the extensive and complete methods of advertising used. Newspapers are the principal mediums and space is used generously. The result has been successful ventures. When Black America was announced this spring the public was prepared to patronize because it was under the same management as other good exhibitious. The season in New York, which closed last week, has been marked with success, and it is antici- pated that the same will follow it in_Boston, where the entertainment is now. The same methods of advertising will be pursued, and the same results will of course 1ollow, as Bos- ton has & number of first-class newspapers.— New York Newspaper Maker. PERSONAL. E. F. Peart, a merchant of Maxwell, is at the Grand. E. Reinheart, a merchant of Nevada, is at the Grand. E. W. Ward, a Los Angeles mining man, is at the Grand. P. B. Frazer, the Stockton banker, isat the Occidental. Major Foster of England yesterday registered at the California. S. H. Callen of the Williams Farmer is a guest at the Grand. J. D. Carr, capitalist and politician of Salinas, is at the Occidental, H. A.Smith, a Los Angeles real estate man, is registered at the Grend. F. D. Nicol, a prominent attorney of Stock- ton, is staying at the Lick. R. H. Brown, a large landowner of Pesca- dero, is staying at the Lick. Charles L. Bent and J. C. Gregg, of the army, are at the California. Isaac Copeland, a prominent mining man of of us in this respect, for by the employ- ] Vallecito, Cal., is at the Lick. ment of skillful salesmen she is crowding England in South America, China and Japan, while America is practically out of the fight, making hardly any effort apart from the excellence of her products. It seems strange that the United States, which enjoys a domestic trade almost wholly dependent on the labors of commer- cial travelers, has never thought to push these wonderfuliy shrewd and active men into foreign countries. In every- thing else American manufacturers . dis- play a commendable understanding of the factors which contribute to the success of foreign trade. They are particularly apt in adapticg their wares to the needs and tastes of the various foreign countries which they supply, and they have developed the salesman into an instrumentality of indispensable useful- ness. Why not send him abroad? Chicago has demonstrated the superior- ity of its commercial sense over that of New York by capturing the trade of Mex- ico, which California should have secured, and California has demonstrated the wis- dom of pushing out for a market in the great success which has rewarded its efforts in the Eastern States. For all practical trade purposes Chicago and New York are foreign countries to California, for the span of the continent is a more formidable barrier between California and the East than is the Atlantic Ocean be- tween New York and Earope. California is the peculiar center of a world of its own. It is accessible by regular lines of trans- portation to nearly every country in the world, and is far distant from all of them, including the one of which it is a part. Its products, however, are as peculiar as its geographical position, and the com- petition which it would encounter in a struggle for an extension of its consuming area is exceedingly small in comparison with that which must exist between the Eastern States and Europe. The rewards of efforts to secure such extension would be correspondingly great. There appears to be no better opening for sharp, shrewd and energetic American salesmen than is afforded by the oppor- tunity for building up a foreign demand for such California products as will bear long periods of time consumed in trans- portation. It would be difficult to imagine these indefatigable and courageous gen- tlemen dismayed by any of the difficulties which the encountering of strange con« ditions might creat PRESERVING FRUIT. In view of the encrmous difficulties en- countered by California shippers of fresh fruits to distant markets, the discovery of some plan for preserving them is one of the greatest of our needs. Refrigeration and ventilation are the only methods ac- cessible at present. The first is necessarily very expensive and the second hasonly a limited application. Any method of pres- ervation must be one that does not im- pair the color, texture, weight or flavor of the fruit. The principle of any plan must be the arrest or retardation of decay. This involves an understanding of the causes which produce decay, but that knowledge is accessible to every student. Whether or not a recent important’ dis- covery made in France would be applica- ble to the needs of California cannot be de- termined at present, but it is at least in- teresting to know what it is. It was made by A. Petit, chief of the laboratory of hor- ticultural researches at the National Hor- ticultural Bchool at Versailles. It is based on the fact that the vapor of alcohol is an absolute preventive of mold. M. Petit kept pears, apples and grapes for sevgral monthsin an atmosphere saturated with the vapors of water and alcohol, while fruits gncuy similar but not protected in this manner passed into mold and decay. The ‘process supposes the maintenance of a low temperature, such as that which a deep and very damp cellar affords. The pro- cess, where a cool, damp cellar is em- ployed, is to store the fruit therein, placean open bottle of alcohol on the floor and close 1. Bird, an attorney of Mereed, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. State Senator R. Linder of Tulare came In yesterday and put up at the Lick. C. H. Phillips, a capitalist of San Luis Obispo, registered at the Palace yes ¥ 5 George A. Steinway, one of the”big piano ‘manufacturers of that pame from New York, is staying at the Paiace. J. D. Culp, a landowner of San Felipe and the leading tobacco-grower of the State, registered at the Lick yesterday. Fred Townsend, United States Bank Exami- ner, arrived from Portland yesterday and registered at the Palace, Mrs. L. A, Thurston, wife of Minister Thurs- ton of Honoluly, is at the Occidental, en route to her home at the islands, after a visit of sev~ eral months in the Eastern States. 'G. W. Smith, a member of Congress from Il1i- nois, and his wife and niece and D. W. Mercer, a member of Congress from Nebraska, and his wife are at the St. Nicholas. They arrived here yesterday from a trip to Alaska, where they went on the Queen, on which was Vice-Presi- dent Stevenson and his party. CALIFORNIANS IN UTAH. SALT LAKE, Uran, Aug. 25.—At the Walker —L. Rice, J. V. Keeley, San Francisco. At the Cullen—George Manley, San Francisco, OPINIONS OF EDITORS. Mrs. Ann Bloomer introduced her novel cos- tume into America in 1849. It was not popular and provably never would have been had it not been for the bicycle.—Exchange. Bourke Cockran says he will no longer affili- ate with Tammany. Does this mean that he is going to forget the past and begin to deliber- ately buck the tiger?—Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer. A Californian won a bride by giving a young lady his lower berth in a sleeping-car. It is not the first time that love has stooped to one of lower birth,—Northwest Tribune Rural. He fought in nearly every battle during the Rebellion and was married four times, This is what yesterday’s dispatches told of & Con- federate veteran who has just answered the last rolicall. Death could have had no terrors for such & man.—Seattle Times. The man who advocates the enforcement of blue laws has one particular blue law that he doesn’t think ought to be enforced.—Los An- geles Express. There is only one proposed motor line that will pay as well and do as much good as the one from Salem to Silyerton and Scotts Mills, and that is the one ffom Salem to Independ- ence, Monmouth and Dallas. Who will be our local Spreckels?—Salem (Or.) Statesman. If there was plenty of money in circulation 80 that the laboring man could buy something more than bacon and potatoes for his family, there would be no need of Californians feeding their raisins to the hogs. The trouble is that the other hogs, who are cornering the money market, prefer French brandies to domestic fruits.—Escondido Advocate. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. _ Willle—An® what did Clawence do when Bob B1lugard kicked him? Algy—He simply said: sensitive to cwiticism, away.—London Tit-Bits. “Gweat men are niot and walked swiftly ‘Wife—George, didn’t you say you were the heaviest batter in the nine last summer? Husband—Yes, deer. ‘Wife—Well, would you mind beating a carpet for me about half an hour?—Texas Siftings, 0ld Lady (to motorman on trolley ear)— Ain’t you afraid of the electricity, Mr. Motor- man? Motorman—No, ma’am, I ain’t got no cali to be afraid. I ain’t a conmductor.—Philadelphia Record. “Will anything induce you to cease your at- tentions to me?” “Perhaps, Suppose we try matrimony?’— Truth. ‘“Weren’t you dreadfully bored with callers at your summer cottage?” 3 “No, indeed. You see, I gave them rustic chairs to sit in.” Lawyer for the Defense—I charge the prose- cution with attempting to intimidate our wit- ness, Mr. Enpec. & u.v;yer for the Prosecution—What have we lone 7 Lawyer for the Defense—Allowed his wife to visit him.—Life, AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Jose 1. Barillas, nephew of ex-President Barillas, is now in the City, and discussed Guatemala with a party of friends at the Occi- dental yesterday. “Yes,” said Mr. Barillas in answer to a ques- tion, “Guatemala is a great country and an excellent field for American enterprise. In- deed, there are many Americans, Germans, English, Italians and French there now, and they have possession of valuable plantations and factories. Money is easily made in Guate- mala and living 1s cheap. The climate, gener- ally speaking, is healthy and invigorating. The Indians and lower classes are friendly to the Americans, and trouble rarely occurs when the right treatment is given the natives. ‘“Are there many Chinese and Japanese in JOSE L. BARILLAS GIVES HIS VIEWS UPON THE SITUA- TION IN GUATEMALA. Guatemala? No. There are a few Japanese, and the Government is offering inducements for more to come, The Chinese, however, are very scarce. They cannot get along with the Indians and there is constant trouble between them. “The Indians and natives are Catholics, but the Government is tolerant and all religions are respected. The natives are quite civilized and are taught in the public schools. They work the plantations and ate paid according to their labor. On the coffee plantations they are paid 124 cents for each box of coffee picked. Some make as high as 50 cents a day. This is good wages for them, as they subsist mainly on corn, torifllas and bananas. They do not work on Sundays, but usually go on pleasure trips to the nearest towns. “Quezaleenango, my native town, and the second city of Guatemala, has just built a new theater, which is the finest in Central America. Here the people enjoy the latest Spanish and Italian operas. “How many railroads have we? There are three at present, one of which connects the two oceans, and two more are in course of construc- tion. Guatemala City has a system of horse- cars, neither the cable nor trolley being intro- dugced as yet. 7 5 “The population is about 1,471,000, includ- ing the Indians, and the standing army numbers about 15,000 men. In time of war a force of 80,000 men can be raised. The higher class favor education and the boys and young men are usually sent to the United States or Europe for collegiate training.” WHA:I‘ IT MAY COME TO. The recent discussion in many of the larger cities of the world regarding the advisability of imposing a tax upon cycles suggests to a correspondent of the London Daily Graphic a rather humorous condition of things. He insists that it would be about as equitable to THE UNCURBED CYCLIST—WHAT IT MAY COME TO. tax the numble but necessary perambulator. Recent actions at law haveshown that without a badge the bicycle has less responsibility than the baby-carriage, for it is illegal as well as inconvenient to arrest a rider while in motion. The writer adds a satirical sketch showing a proposed cyclists’ badge, much the same as is ?lwed in the ordinary London hack or ‘growler.”” This, he thinks, would be useful for purposes of identifieation. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Geronimo, the captive Indian Chief, acts asa police magistrate for his tribe. He has been & prisoner for ten years. Rossini’s “‘Barber of Seville” was first per- formed 2ighty years ago, but the copyright will not expire until 1908, forty years after the composer’s death. M. Deibler, the executioner, is agitating for the abolition of capital punishment in France, or for some change in methods by which it may be rendered less terrible. Maurice Trubert, who has just been ap- pointed first secretary of the French legation at Washington, is a poet and author.of a vol- ume called “Reeves et Realities.” During his lifetime State Councilor Verma- hoff of Russia is said to have given $5,000,000 to charity, His funeral at Moscow wes at- tended by more than 50,000 people. Herr Schwabach, head of the banking house of Bleichroeder in Berlin, ie trying to have his sou made a ward in chancery in order to pre- vent him from squandering his fortune. Tord and Ledy William Beresford (the latter formerly the Dowager Duchess of Marlbor- ough) have been fishing for salmon in Norway. They paid $4000 for a salmon stream and caught two fish. v Miss Helen A. Freret of New Orleans, young, beautiful, accomplished and & great facorite in society, is also distinguished as the first woman architect in that city. Miss Freret is the daughter of a well-known architect and has ‘much natural talent. She began the study of architectural designing alone and without her father’s knowledge. He accidently came across some of her work, which he pronounced better than that done by the young men iz his office, and he agreed to give her a therough training. She has become his most valued assistant, and :u ‘made the plans for seyeral handsome resi- lences. A MONTH OF WEDDINES A Number of Marriages That Will Take Place During September. THE SYLVAIN WEILL DINNER. What Soclety Is Doing Across the Bay—The Unitarlan Fete In Alameda. The wedding of Miss Clara Bates and Kar! Knight will take place on the 2d of September at the home of the bride’s parents on Market street, Oakland. The wedding of Miss Emily Hanlon and Arthur Banks takes place on Wednesday next at high noon, at 1627 Jackson street. The wedding of George Grant Laws and Miss Elizabeth McKenna will take place at the home of the bride on Saturday, Sep- tember 28. The wedding of H. J. Preyton and Miss Blanche Ward, which will take place shortly, will be a very quiet affair, owing to the recent bereavement in the family of the groom. The engagement is announced of the Rev. John Peterson, pastor of the Scandi- navian Gospel Hall, and Miss Sophia Ekii- son of Green street. The engagement has been announced of Charles Derby and Miss Leoline Hopkins, both of New Almaden Mines. The wedding of Frank Ellsworth Cham- berlain and Miss Josephine Meyers took place at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs, J. G. Meyers, in North Berke- ley last Wednesday, Rey. Davis McClure .D. officiating. ~ Miss Doran was the bridesmaid and L. D. McKissick the groom’s best man.” A wedding feast was served tothe guests after the ceremony. The young couple have gone to Portland, Or., where the groom is connected with the Bank of British Columbia. : George D. Greenwood %ave a dinner at the University Club last Thursday to his brother, F. A. Greenwood, who left for a two months’ trip to the East last Saturday. Mr. Greenwood's guests were Thomas Driscoll, E. M. Greenway, Southard Hoff- man, Lawrence Van Winkle and Milton S. Latham. . i 2 Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain Weill gave a din- ner on last Monday night at their residence, 92202 California street, to a party of twelve friends, The guests were entertained at the Columbia Theater the remainder of the evening. 3 5 The concert given at Mill anlefi on Fri- day night for the benefit of the Church of Our Lady was a complete success both so- cially and financially. Those who assisted in the programme were Miss Rose Adler, L. Levinson, Frank Coffin, the Plymouth uartet, Mrs. C. A, Wainright and Mrs. D. . Kelly. Soclety Across the Bay. Mrs. Henry Wetherbee left Scotland for home last Friday. Miss Mary M. McLean, daughter of Rev. and Mis. J. K. McLean, left last evening for Cambridge, where she will enter Rad- cliffe College, formerly the ladies’ annex to Harvard. Miss McLean has just gradu- ated from the University of California and will spend at least a year at Cambridge. Mrs. Clapp, the wife of the professor of Greek at the State University, gave a churming tea last Thursday, to which some ninety people were invited. < A reunion of the Oaklanders who spent their summer vacation at Bweet Briar Camp near Mount Shasta was held at the home of C. W. Kellogg, at Fifteenth and Grove streets, on Tuesday. The evening was very enjoyably passed in recalling the pleasant incidents of camp life. There were present: Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J, K. McLean, Mr. and Mrs, W. E, Hale and Miss Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Page, the Misses Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Snow and daughter, Mrs, Briggs, Miss Annie Briggs, Rev. G. B. Hatch of Berkeley, Miss Georgie Lor- ing, Mrs. E. P. Flint, Miss Alice Flint and Mrs. Vrooman and daughters. The Unitarian ladies of Alameda held a novel fete at the corner of Oakand Central avenues last week. Fifteen tents were erected on the grounds. The affair was altogether a success socially and finan- cially. The managers were: Mrs. E. D. Rue and Mrs, H. Baurhyte. The lunch tables were under the supervision of Mrs. J. Browning, Miss L. S. Bennett and Mrs. N. Culver. The following ladies had charge of the various booths: Mrs. C. A. Grant, Mrs. George Plummer, Mrs. W. O. Henn, Mrs. Adam Heberer, Miss Blanche Frost, Mrs. Fred Nixon, Mrs. T. P. Frost, Miss Soule, Mrs. Dooley, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Holt, Mrs. Giddings, Mrs, H. F. Van Sicklen, Mrs, H. Laley and Miss Maud Tyler. Personal Notes. Code Commissioner Frank T. Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin have returned to the Palace from & trip to the southern part of the State and Arizona. Lieutenant and Mrs. Richardson Clover are entertaining a large house party at their coun- try place in Napa. Among the guests are Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Nicholson. Mrs. Nicholson isa cousin of Mrs. Clover. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels (nee Jolliffe) have returned from their honeymoon and are now living at the corner of Gough and Clay streets, the former residence of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Webster Jones, Mrs. John P. Jones and Miss Jones, who have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. George Bucknall, have returned to Santa Monica. Dr. Adolph Kahn of this City is about to locate permanently in Napa City. Asthmatic difficulty, to which the doctor has for some time been subject. necessitates the change of climate. Mrs, Kahn is a daughter of the late R. F. Bunker. H. Bancroft and family were registered in Paris on the 8th inst. Mrs. Frauk Cooke of Sacramento, accompan- ied by Mrs. Tessie M. Cottrey, spent the week in San Jose at the residence of Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Dr. Hitchcock and Mrs. Lillie Coit are on their way out from New York and are ex- pected daily. Major and Mrs. O. C. Miller and family of The iineu, Sausalito, are spending some weeks with Lieutenant-Commander ana Mrs. Rich- ardson Clover at their country seat, Lavergne, Nmm County. . and_Mrs. Sidney H. Brake and Miss Florence Macdery, all of this City,with Mr. and Mrs. Clem Brake and their daughter Constance of San Jose, have been spending a fortnight in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Dr. John Gallwey has returned from the springs in Mendocino County. 5 ‘Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leon and family have re- moved from 1582 O'Farrell street to their new home, 2112 Sutter street. Recéptlons. A surprise party was given to Frank H. Sullivan at his residence, 4 Bowie avenue, Saturday evening, August 17, in honor of his birthday. The parlors were prettily decorated for the occasion. The evening was spent with music and dancing, fol- lowed by a supper. Among those present were: Mr.and Mrs. J. Wierck, Mr. and Mrs. C. Sul- livan, Mrs.G. Manley Jr., Miss Mary Burns, the Misses May and Ads Manley, Miss Mamie sliss Lottie Feeney, Miss Mary Ryau, Miss Anna Sullivan, Miss Mamie Shine, Miss Ella 8ayers, the Misses May and Alice Haley, Miss Celia O’Brien, Miss Kate r, Miss Mamie Deasy, Miss Lena Wierck; Messrs. Elmo Harvey, Louis Cornelius, Tim Flynn, Frank Sullivan, Lawrence Fisher, C. L. Sullivau Jr., D. Creedon, James Burns, Charles King, John Shine, Leo Sullivan. A L and musical entertainment was given in' the auditorium of Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church last Friday evening. The platform was beauti- fully decorat for the occasion. A large and appreciative audience listened to the following proj me, all of which was de- lightfully rendered : 4 0 solo, *“March Religieuse,” Professor H. Bretherick; reading, select Hirst; dialogue in song, “ the rfé." Hazel Batkin and_ Genevieve Isaacs: reelitation, “Elizabeth Arm,” May Filben; vocal Solo, * Reuben and Rachsel,” Freddie Batkin and Dora Van Der Naillen; soprano £olo, “One Sprmg Morning,”” Miss Florence Wyman ; Orgait solo, “* Offertoire st. Cecelia,” op. 9, Protessor, H. Bretherick: tenor, folo, J. A. Owens; recita; } tion, Miss Esther C. Macomber; instrumental duet, violin and guitar, William Brockhoff and Alexander Brockhoff; contralto solo, Miss ! ‘Addie Mahan; piano solo, Miss Lulu Lewis. An enjoyable surprise par}y was given | to Professor Walter G. O'Brien Saturday i evening, August 17, at the hall on the cor- ner of Grove and Laguna streets, by the Misses May and Josie Simon, Miss Annie Herman, Miss Minnie Blas, Daniel G. Coleman, Professor William Dingle, Walter Atkinson, William Reid and William Poole. The evening was pleasantly spent with sin§ing, dancing, games and recita- tions, followed by a supper. Company G, First Regiment, League of the Cross Cadets, will give an entertain- ment and drill at National Hall next Fri- day evening. Aqua Pura Social Club will give a paper dress ball at Alcazar building next Friday evening. FROM EASTERN EDITORS. Gutta Percha From Leaves. Gutta percha for insulating has been the mainstay of the electric engineer, but disquiet- ing rumors have been for some time prevalent as to the coming failure of the supply. Good news now comes from Sarawak. L. Hourant, & French cutch merchant in that city, has dis- covered that gutta percha can be ext from the dfleg lexvtg)s of the gutta treefuchflz old native plan, which threatened to ruin the industry, was to cut down the tree to obtain the sap. A tree thirty years old would give only one “catty” of pure dry gutta, and the same quantity is now obtained from two pluck- ings of the leaves. These pluckings are said not to injure the tree, which goes on seeding and reproducing its species. The millions of trees a.rcnd;‘ cut down and apparently de- stroyed by the native gutta hunters will now come into service, as their stumps have spronted out, much as an osier does, and although the shoots are too small to produce gutta, their leaves are as good _for the purpose as those of an adult tree.—Information. Is Electrocution a Failure? An opinion from Nicola Tesla upon electro. cution is entitled to consideration. Especially when the electrical wizard mekes a positive statement that he has tested, upon his own Tson, currents many times stronger than those used in the alléged execution of crimi- nals. Mr. Tesla does not believe any of the victims of the death chair are killed by the electric current, sud in this opinion the ex- Eert agrees with the medical gentlemen who ave been exposing the system. It probably does not matter whether murderers are killed by electricity, drugs, the surgeon’s knife or the rope as long as they must be killed, but they ~ should not be subjected to torture nur killed in any manner not duly provided by law.—Pitts- burg Dispateh, Chicago’s Poor Credit. Chicago’s credit appears to be at least as bad as its worst enemy could wish. The attempt of the Comptroller to raise a paltry $500,000 in the city wherewithal to_ pay the salaries of employes by the issue of bonds bearing the high rate of interest of 5 per cent has failed completely. Application to the banks in which the city deposits, when it has anything to de- posit, was met with a flat refusal, and a public offer of sale produced not a single bid.—New York Commercial Advertis Colonel Waring a Nuisance. Colonel Waring has certainly given New York City cleaner streets than we have had heretofore. But his quarrels with the heads of the various departments, his insane desire to see his name in print anda his pettifogging methods have made him & nuisance to the sen- sible New Yorker. Colonel Waring seems likely to take the throne left vacant by the lamented Count Johannes. The militant Com- missioner should subdue himself. He is a nuisance.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Army Flags—New Regulations. The question as to what colors should be car« ried by the United States army has just been settled by the authoritics. Some high officers favored abolishing all flags that distinguished the various branches of the army and using only the regulation National flag; others depre- cated giving up the distinguishing colors. By the decision the infantry will carry the blue , the "““‘f.’g the. red and the cavalry the yellow, and in addition each branch will carry the National flag. The corps flags with the National emblem are to be carried only in bat- tle.—Information. The Puritan Influence. The vital force which the Puritans imparted to English character has not been lost, and the men who wrote “The Pilgrim’s Progress” and “Paradise Lost” have their successors im the strongest and best writers of to-day in England and America. The Puritan still survives, and the element which he imparted to American character is the best inheritance which has come to us from our English forefathers.—Bog- ton Herald. The Growing Public Debt. The interest-bearing debt of the United States at the close of President Harrison’s term of office was $585,037,000. According to the treasury statement just issued the amount of this debtis now $747,360,000. Itthus appears that under the present administration the in- terest-bearing debt of the Government has increased $162,323,000.—Omaha Bee. —_—————— BACON Printing Company, 508 Clay streat. * ——————— PLAIN mixed candies, 10c1b. Townsend's* —————— “CARDS by the million.” Roberts, 220 Sutter.* ———— Ocean Excursions. 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