The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 6

CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier.$0.15 Tsily end Sunday CALI, one year, by mail... 6.00 six mont by mall 3.00 hree months, by mail 1.50 inday CALL. one month, by mail .65 11, one year, by mail. 1.50 2 1.50 £unday Ca BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street. Telephone.. +... Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 7 Clay Street. <+een.Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 650 Montgomery street, corner €lay; open until €:70 o'clock. £r0 Haves street: open until 9:30 o'clock. rkin street; open antil 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open 9 o'clock. 18 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. h street; open until 9 o'clock. Telephone OAKLAND OFFICE: ©08 Broadway. OFFICE: Facific States Advertising Bureau, Rhinelander tuilding, Rose and Duane streets, New York City. .AUGUST 31,1895 SATURDAY THE CALL EAKS FOR ALL. ——————————————————————— We must build competing roads. The best hope of the people is in their own enterprise. There may be evils here and there, but there is progress everywhere. The Valley road points to commercial independence and leads the way. Sania Clara County will see her ship scome in as soon as she opens the gate at Alviso. § Urder THE Suxpay CALL to-dav and make Rsure of good reading for your leisure to- morrow. There are too many new enterprises in California for the old monopoly to hold them all. Few people have been disappointed in the ilroad Commission, for few expected anythi The Railroad Commission is worth just about as much as a campaign pledge, but it costs more. There are more ways of Kkilling the monopoly dog than by choking it to death with commission butter. 1t is a proud boast of the monopoly that if it canmot cinch the shippers it can at least cinch the workingmen. Once more we remind you that the Mechanics’ Fair is one of the things yon must take in in order to be in it. When the Republican party points with pride in the next State convention it will ioner Clark. have its back to Commi Get all your business off your mind to- day, so that you can recreate yourself to-morrow without a thought of care. Monopoly may baffle and useless com- missions may hamper the progress of Cali- nia, but nothing can effectually stop it. It has taken twenty-nine days to ring up the curtain on the Durrant case, and when it rises on Monday there is no telling when it will fall again. The new woman has got far enough along in the East to have raised a consid- erable controve as to how she can most easily be domesticated. The interests of the shippers and the in- terests of the workingmen of the State are identical, and the attempt of the monopoly to divide them is futile; the wedge is too thin. The threat of the monopoly to make up for any reduction in freight rates by re- ducing the wages of its workingmen is another evidence of its determination to bleed the people at every turn. The Railroad Commission might reflect that the monopoly practice of skinning the Californian to clothe the Central African is at least open to the objection that the African does not want the clothes. Now that little Zerubabbel has been given to the Bay State Commandery, we trust if any trouble arises after he grows big and grisly the people of Massachusetts will not consider it a matter of our bruin. Harry Hayward, who is under sentence in Minnesota for the murder of Catherine Ging, has recently brought suit as a claim- ant for W@surance money, and now no one will deny that the Minnesota gall is the toughest in the country. The claim that the bicycle fad has re- duced the consumption of cigars in this country is not borne out by trade statis- tics, for the record shows that during the fiscal year ending June 30 there were man- ufactured in the United States 4,130,440,000 cigars, being an increase over the previous year of more than 63,500,000, 2 It is claimed by the Board of Health of Chicago that the sewer improvements of that city have reduced the death rate from consumption by 40 per cent, and the hint might be taken.by our Half-million Club. If better sewers in this City would not in- crease the population, they would at least save some of the people we have. The influence of Boston on the proceed- ings of the Knights Templar is shown in the proposed project for a grand Masonic university. If the conclave had metl in Chicago there would have been a project for a2 Masonic colosseum, while San Fran- cisco would have inclined their fancy to a grand parade boulevard across the conti- nent, with carnival stations for festal pur- poses every forty miles, Editors Dunn and Lemon of the Carson Tribune have been punished for alleged contempt of court for their comments on the cases of the meén suspécted of robbing the United States mint at Carson. The attorney for the newspaper men contended that the Judge of the court had no juris- diction, but this objection was brushed aside by a wave of the judicial hand, and the writers had to pay their fines and go 10 jail. The declaration of the Southern Pacific that it will meet every reduction in freight rates by a reduction in wages might be just as effectively used in compelling the State to forego the right of taxation by declaring that all taxes would be taken from wages; it might be used in court as an argument why damages should not be given against the road in any case whatever; itis,in fact, a kind of insane bluster that irritates ~but does not frighten. THE ALVISO OHANNEL. The San Jose Board of Trade has given another evidence of its superior enterprise by determining to increase the facilities of the Alviso Channel for traffic between Santa Clara County and San Francieco. It has inspected the channel and found that the waterway can be made of great value. Secretary Fay gives the surprising information that inadequate as is the channel in its present condition it saved San Jose merchants $91,000 in 1894 in the shape of reductions which the competition that it offered forced the Southern Pacific to make. This was in spite of the fact that the merchants had to haul their wares by wagon seven miles between Alviso and San Jose before being able to enjoy the benefits of bay competition. As an electrie freight and passenger road has been projected to run from San Jose to Alviso it will greatly reduce the cost of transportation and add correspondinely to the prosperity of the Santa Clara Valley. This is the largest and. richest- of all the coast valleys, and besides containing a dense population and handling a heavy traffic in merchandise it has an enormous tonnage of soil products. With the excep- tion of the very limited and inadequate competition found at Alviso the Southern Pacific has a complete monopoly of all this business. It is estimated that it will require only $50,000 to put Alviso Channel in perfect condition to accommodate the traffic. It is three miles long, running from San Francisco Bay to the town of Alviso,which was the embarcadero for the entire Santa Clara Valley and the contiguous region before the railroad was built. It has been a highway for more than half a century and its value has been great. The San Jose Board of Trade proposes to seek Gov- ernment aid. Surely the Government cannot imagine a reason for withholding it. This channel, in connection with the bay, is fully as important to the rich Santa Clara region as are the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers to their respective territories, and it is amazing that the ad- vantages which it offers have never before been strenuously insisted upon. The prospect which this proposition pre- sents is exceedingly bright for the splen- did section of which Ban Jose is the metropolis. With so active, earnest and intelligent a body of men as the San Jose Board of Trade to urge onward the devel- opment of the region we may be confident that the highest expectations will be realized. “THE CALL'S” QUERY DEPART- MENT. Few people realize the amount of labor and expense devoted by Tur Carw to the answering of questions propounded by subscribers and correspondents. Many inquiries involve the searching of records running back for years or the going over of old newspaper files yellowed by time and dust. Yet THE Carn is pleased to accommodate its readers to the fullest extent. That these efforts are appreciated is shown by the following letter that was recently received at this office: To the Editor of The Call—; Of the many inquiries sent out in searck a long-missing relative, covering a period of several years, the query editor of THE CALL was the first to fur- nish the desired information, arid that within a fortnight after the inquiry was mailed. I give my thanks to the editor for his kindness and to all who contributed information. The neme and address given by him were investi- gated and proved to be those of the person sought. This promptness s all the more re- markable when it is remembered that the in- quiry contained the information that said relative had been the object of search for many years (over a quarter of & century), and a photo of her had traveled over 12,000 miles in a fruit- less attempt at discovery. Respectiully, J. N. THOMPSON. Kern City, Cal., Aug. 17, 189 Another instance where important in- formation was desired occurred last Wednesday. A gentleman who was inter- ested in certain litigation desired to learn the date of the wreck of a vessel, and made application to THE CALL for the data needed. On Thursday morning all the facts were published on this page. The query department has grown to such an extent that it is no longer convenient to publish the answers all on Sundays, as was formerly the custom. Another plan bhas therefore been adopted. The replies to questions are given from day to day, as fast as- they are received, and in this way inquirers are never kept waiting more than a week for the information that they desire. A STRONG MAN DIES. As there have been few men who dis- played the energy which characterized the conduct of Isaac M. Hecht in assisting to- ward the creation of all the greatness which San Francisco possesses, so his death is a loss to the City, Siuce 1857, when he arrived here a poor young man till the day of his death he was controlled by that ar- dent admiration of California and his un- derstanding of its matchless wealth of resources that are essential to the making of a useful citizen and a splendid common- wealth. The life of the Hecht family illustrates in its brightest colors a striking ,phase of Jewish conduct so often’observable. This is the iniimate bond of affection and co- operation existing among the members of the family. There were five sonsin this ease. Isaac, as the eldest, came to Califor- nia, and when he saw that the future was assured he sent for his four brothers and associated them with hinf in the various large enterprises in which he engaged, the peculiarity of the relation being that al- though they all accumulated large wealth they never separated their interests. The student of human pature may find in this trait of the Jewish race both an example to all men and an explanation of much of the remarkable success that generally at- tends their business ventures. To bring into the world and rear a large family isa principle dear to the Jewish heart, and is rounded into bezutiful perfection by an unfailing strength of affection, sympathy and mutual support among its members, and finds its noblest expression in a tender solicitude for the comfort and happiness of aged parents. “THE SUNDAY OALL."” THE CALL to-morrow will have in addi- tion to its regular features a delightful melange of special matter prepared for the Sunday issue. The artistic pen of Joaquin Miller has, produced a strange study with the fascinating title, “The Body Found Floating in the Bay.” Madgg Morris Wagner will have an interesting and in- structive sketch entitled “‘Formosa,” the story of a California medical graduate in Foo Chow. “With a Little Old Woman on the Sands’’ is a quaint contribution by W. C. Morrow, being his account of aday’s outing on the Presidio beach, with a dra- matic incidsnt. ‘“Bertine” is a strong story by Adeline Knapp, showing that author in one of her best veins. Daniel 0’Connell gives a dramatic chapter of Cali- fornia history in “The Defense of Jolon.” The lunar eclipse of the 3d prox. is intelli- gently discussed by Rose O’Halloran., J. 0. Denny gives an interesting paper on “William Keith in the Redwoods."” Dr. Oliver Nixon makes a peppery re- joinder to Frances Fuller Victor's recently | | % » THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST #i, published paper on **How Whitman Saved Oregon,” and Robert Stevenscn gives the fifth of his papers on Kinetic. stability. *“‘At Monterey” is a breezy contribution on the sports and events which have enfhralled | society at the Hotel del Monte during this week. Society news, the drama, fashions, the children’s page, book reviews and many other special features contribute to | the excellence of the issue. INTEMPERANCE AND SUTCIDE. The other day a merchant tailor of this City killed himself. According to the ac- counts a steady loss of trade and heavy drinking produced the despondency which ended in snicide. No information is given as to whether the drinking habit caused or was the cause of a falling off of trade, but that is not a very important question. The rule is that the acquiring of the drink- ing habit precedes and causes a depression in business. In any event, drinking tends to produce despondency and this urges to suicide. : Dr. Prinzing of Ulm, Germany, has re- cenily published an important book on this subject as the result of his investiga- tion into the drinking habits of the Ger- man people. While there is no such thing as a prohibition sentiment in Germany, and while even thq advocates of temper- ance would not think of advocating prohi- bition, there has nevertheless grown up recently in that country, as in France, a strong movement against intemperange. In the case of France the Government proposes to put a check upon the ruinous extent to which absinthe and other dan- gerous spirituous liquors are consumed, as the morgue, the insane asylums and the prisons are furnishing eloquent proof of the dangers which invest the nation, but in Germany the movement for temperance is proceeding on the gentler Jines of edu- cation and moral influence. Dr. Prinzing has now come forward with a remarkable showing of the evils which intemperance is working in the Kaiser’s realm. He has shown that more than 30 per cent of all suicides committed by men in the prime of life are due to drunkenness. This is startling news from a nation so calm and self-contained and so little inclined to nervous excitement as the German. After quoting Aristotle’s famous declaration that “many men commit suicide during a drunken bout and others become nervous and melancholy,” he traces the connection between intemperance and suicide, and finds that it has always been closely inti- mate. He attacks the validity of statistics and declares that many of the suicides re- ported as being due to temporary insanity are really the outcome of physical or mental suffering from drunkenness. A pernicious effect of liquor is to inflame the imagination and exaggerate into a danger- ous hallucination the ills that bring suffer- ing to so many. Lombroso, the great authority on insan- ity, has already produced instances of men who attempted suicide while intoxicated, and who when resuscitated and sobered had no recollection of the attempt and cherished an intense repugnance for the act. It often happens in drunkenness and delirium tremens thatv the diseased imagi- nation conjures up frightful monsters, which cause the sufferers to kill themselves by leaping from a high window to escape them. In addition to thisis a long train of definite hallucinations which may ac- company drunkenness and lead to suicide, such as a wife’s unfaithfulness, insults and slights never intended and impending business disasters that have no existence. As a rule, however, the chronic drunkard commits suicide while sober, for it is then that he realizes the degradation into which he is falling, the loss of friends, business: and standing which bis conduct has ass sured, and a belief in the hopélessness of his condition and his lack of strength to shake off the habit. There is, besides, a long list of suicides induced by the drunk- enness and ensuing neglect or cruelty of some member of the family. Dr. Prinzing further shows that suicideis commoner in those parts of Germany where spirits are most freely used. His work has startled the people and given a great impetus to the temperance move- ment. OUR EXOHANGES. From the Seattle Times we learn there is. a pronounced sentiment in the State of Washington in faver of holding the next Repubiican National Convention in San Francisco. Governor McGraw heartily supports the project and may be reckoned on for what influence the administration of the State has to secure the convention for us. The Times is quite right in saying: “It would be a great educator for Eastern politicians and their scope of vision re- garding the West and its place in National politics would become very much broad- ened. A large percentage of the attend- ance would sweep around by way of the upper coast going or coming, and both Washington and Oregon would probably be benefited politically as in other ways.” Because we stated it is better for Cali- fornia to be at the Atlanta Exposition with one foot than not to be there at ail the Woodland Mail takes us to task and declares “California cannot afford to be anywhere with one foot.” In advancing this opinion the Mail overlooks the fact that when California has advanced one foot she can be counted on tg exert energy enough to bring up the other one before long. We agree with the Mail, however, that “the pessimistic silurianism, the penurious county eovernment policies that make this shortness of funds on the part of the State Board of Trade a stern reality at this time, is much to be re- gretted.” v Commenting upon the fact that the diminution in the white pine forests in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsifi has turned the attention of lumbermen to the forests of the Pacific Coast, the Ilwaco (Wash.) Journal makes a strong plea for better care of the forests of the State. “When the condition of affairsonly a few years ago is considered,” it says, “we cannot intelligently refer to our great tim- ber belt as inexhaustible, m#«chless though it is in quantity as well as quality. The demands that will be made upon it during the next decade will certainly demonstrate that this is not the case, and it is impera- tive that stringent measures shoutd be en- forced to prevent as far as possible the lav- ish waste of prospective avealth that is now going on in Washington’s great forests.” There can be no question of the sound- ness of this view, and however great: may be the cost of properly enforcing laws for the protection of forests, the people of all the timber regions of the Pacific Coast would find it profitable before ten years have passed. After deriding the efforts of what it calls the enthusiasts who undertook to starta movement for reform and improvement last spring, the Healdsburg Enterprise calls upon practical men to take up the work of public improvement and declares in favor of bonding the county for a sufficient sum to put not only the main road from Peta- luma to Cloverdale in a permanently good condition, but also important lateral roads. It is more than likely that the earnestness with which the improvement is urged will call down upon the Enterprise some of the derision it has pointed at others, and the charge of being an enthusiast will be sent home to roost. Nevertheless, the Enter- ought to win, for whatever one may say of ' its enthusiasm, no one acquainted with the condition of our country roads | generally can gainsay the statement, *The money that is wasted under the “present execrable system will “pay the in- terest on the bonds, while the increased population, superinduced by the improve- ment, will greatly enhance the value of all real property in the county.” The figures of land-holdings in Merced County submitted to the State Board of Equalization by Assessor Simonson have furnighed the Fresno Republican a text for a short sermon which will be greatly pleas- ing to the single-tax men and not unac- ceptable to many who are not in favor of that system of taxation. The figures are worth noting. There are in that county 1,146,184 acres of land, and six estates or individuals own 431,000 of these acres. The remainder isowned by 8079 persons, so that on an average each of the six ownsas much as 808 other citizens. ' The conclusion of the Republican is that ‘“radical enactments against large land- holdings are needed not only in California but also throughout the West and South.” Certainly the condition of affairs shownin Merced is not calculated to produce either a prosperous community or contented in- dividuals. The people of Mariposa are looking for- ward with hopefulness to a project for fur- nishing the town with water from a moun- tain reservoir in quantities sufficient to supply not only the needs of domestic use, but also ‘the irrigation of gardens. The Gazette heartily supports the enterprise and says: “It would allow the cultivation of fruits, vegetables and flowers, and give to property now lying idle a producing value, besides greatly beautifying the town. An- other important consideration would be the protectior afforded from fire, The pressure proposed would be sufficient to throw water overany building in town and this would reduce insurance rates.” Manufacturing industries ut Benicia are booming, according to the New Era, which declares: “Without exaggeration, Be- nicia is one of the liveliest, if not the live- liest, town in California to-day. An ob- serving person needs but to spend a few hours among this city’s great manufactur- ing industries to be convinced of this fact.” A column long review of the work now being done at the factories affords ample evidence to supnport the statement. /Itisa column that makes cheerful reading for any Californian. *‘Thousands of dollars,” says the New Era, “‘are being spent in en- larging this city’s manufacturing ‘stand- bys.” But this is not all. Theré is talk of new industries yet to come, and we' pre- dict that befpre another twelve months shall have rolled by the West End will see another industry established there and in full blast.” ¢ From the Marysville Democrat comes this mournful requiem over departed spirits: “While in San Francisco recently | one of the most striking signs of decay ob- served was the closing of the once famous Bush-street saloon, known as the Myers or Steiner place. This once popular re- sort, located only a few steps from Mont- gomery street, has made fortunes for a balf dozen or more men, yet to-day it is closed to the public.” Alas! it is too true. The place is closed. Our contemporary, however, in considering the closing of the saloon as a sign of decay has been mis- led by a sentimental sadness. Had he prospected further he would have found it asign of growth, for whenever one saloon closes'in San Francisco we open two new ones. The Democrat’ should give us an- other trial. . One of the larger projects 6f industrial development now under consideration is a scheme for making use of water-power in a canyon above Healdsburg to supply Santa Rosa with electric emergy sufficient for manufacturing purposes. TheSonoma Democrat in describing the plan says: “The plant, it is estimated, will generate from 2000 to 5000 horsepower, and it is ex- pected that with additional turbines and canals running out of the initial dam at least. 10,000 horsepower can be derived. The current will be sent to Santa Rosa via Healdsburg and Windsor over ten wires, five being used at one time.” There is naturally a good deal of enthusiasm in Santa Kosa over the project, and it might well be felt elsewhere also, for it is as sure as shooting that when once an enterprise of this kind has been successfully accom- plished in any locality in California, it will not be long before every community within reach of the water-power of the foothills will be either imitating the ex- ample or improving on it, ‘There was yesterday issued for the first time the Financial Letter, a weekly journat devoted to the interests of ,bond-buyers, bond-sellers, capitalists and speculators. The new journal is to be a weekly, and will appear every Thursday. It is neatly ar- ranged, well printed and covers the field of its operations in a satisfactory manner. It contains a page of financial news of & miscellaneous’ character. The editors are George Heazelton and Lionel Stagge, both known as able newspaper men. The possibilities of public profit to be derived from the good management of municipal franchises is shown in the fact that the streetcar lines of Toronto pay the city $800 a year for each mile of track, be- sides 8 per cent on the first million of gross receipts and 20 per cent on all re- ceipts above three millions. The Cana- dians haven’t as much enterprise as we have, but in some things they do seéem to have a little more sense. A specimen of a unique kind of fast- news service appears in this issue of THE Cary and has been made a permanent part of this paper's news-gathering facilities. Itis a homing-pigeon line between Cata- Iina Island and Los Angeles, by means of which news is quickly dispatched from the island to Los Angeles and telegraphed thence to S8an Francisco. “THE OALL” IN LOS ANGELES. Attention ‘to Southern Californian In- terests Appreclated. Los ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Corner of Broadway and Fourth. z Los ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 28, 1895.. Directors: W. C, Patterson, president; Charles Forman, first vice-president; T. D. Stimson, second vice-president; Andrew Mullen, treas- urer; D.Freeman, 0. T. Johnson, F. W. King, W. B. Cline, Louis F. Vetter, J. H. Davisson, E. F. C. Klokke, George W. Parsons, K. Cohn, J. A. Graves, Hancock Banning, M. L. Graff, §. Munson, J. 8. Slauson, A. W. Francisco, E. W. Jones. Secretary, C. D. Willard; superin- tendent of exhibit, Frank Wiggins. 3 C. M. Shortridge Esq., Editor and Proprietor of The Cali—~DEAR Sre: We have noted the ex- cellent article eoncerning the Atlanta Ex- position appearing in THE CALL of three days ago, and are very much gratified at the recog- nition given the work of Los Angeles in this undertaking, The article has excited much favorable com- ment among the members of the Chamber of Commerce, who are taking noteof the fact that THE CALL is givi cial attention to the in- terests of l!a- n‘gfiu City and Southern California. ‘We remember with pleasure your visit to this section of the State during Fiesta times, and hope soon to see you -Bs(n. - Yours traly, C. D. WILLARD, Secretary. George H. Appel, manager at Sacramento of the California Fruit Transportation Compsny, whiqh has been shipping fruit to England, was in town yesterday ana spoke of tne cable re- ports in yesterday’s CALL of the sale of the last shipmentin London the day before. “While some of the fruit arrived in a ripe condition,” he said, “as will be the case in such & large consignment, the average price for Beurre Hardy pears was 328 per box and 9s to 11s per half-box, and for peaches from 5s to 5s 9d. When the rate of $3 per hundred pounds is computea it will show for these sales s good or better net results than is being re- ceived in the domestic markets. W.N. White & Co., the consignees, and the largest receiv- ers in London, advise that for the balance of the season the trade should be good until Christmas for choice varieties of fall pears and peaches. Eight special train loads of fruit have been forwarded from California to London so far this season. Anotner will be forwarded next Monday, and these shipments will be continued weekly right throngh the season as long, as we can get desirable varieties of pears and peaches. We shall make a success of this venture to open the English market. This means utilizing California’s surplus supply of {ruit, thereby relieving the domestic markets, doingaway with gluts, and keeping up prices and encouraging an extended acreage.” B. Ribbentrop, Inspector-General of Forests ofIndia, came in on the Monowai yesterday. Speaking at the Occidental last night of the preservation of forests in India he said: “Itis now nineteen years since the first legislation looking toward the preservation of torests. They had been, particnlarly in the rainless dis- tricts,devastated so much that the timber supply had fallen short. Now we have between 80,000 and 95,000 square. miles of forests un- der control of the Government. The supply of timber is abundant and the Government re- ceives an income of about 70 lakhs of rupees per annum. Each lakh is about £10,000 in silver.” Mr. Ribbentrop is away on an eighteen months’ leave of absence. He has spent some time in examining the forests of Australia and will remain in California a month or more for the same purpose. He is accompanied by his family. Clifford Halle, son of Sir Charles Halle, the great musical director of Manchester, England, is in the city. Sir Charles Halle has made Manchester the leading musical center of Eng- land, and was knighted lately by the Queen for his services in behalf of his art. Clifford Halle went to South Africa five years ago with Remenyiandremained there under the patron- age of the High Commissioner, sir Henry Lock, and Lady Lock. From there he went w0 India and gave two seasons of concert in summer at Simla and three in winter at Calcutta. He is now on his way home. PERSONAL. W. W. Fitzgerald of Stocktoh is at the Grand. A. Levy, a merchant’ of Halfmoon Bay, is at the Lick. Ex-Judge C. O, Clarke of Suisun-is a guest at the Russ. J. A-Webster, an orcharaist of Solano, is at the Crand. B. F. Leete, a leading attorney of Reno, Nev., is at the California. \ p E. McGettigan, a contractor and politician of Vallejo, is at the Russ. A. Markham, a railroad man of Santa Rosa, registered yesterday at the Lick. Ex-Judge T.B. Bond, an attorney of Lake- port, Tegistered at the Russ yesterday. P. E. Platt, a fruit and commission merchant of Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand. W. J. Scrutton, a leading mining man of Laporte, registered at the Grand yesterday. Dr. John Thomson, & big jewelry and dia- mond merchant of Melbourne, is at the Palace. C. J. Sharon, a mining man of Virginia Cit¥, came down from the Comstock yesterday, and is staying at the Palace. Ed Kersey Cooper, & big mine-owner of New Zeanland, arrived by yesterday’'s steamer and registered at the Occidental. W. H. Warren, professor of engineering in the University of Sydney, arrived on yester- day’s steamer and is at the Palace. Dr. George F. Becker, chief of this division of the United States Geological Survey, has ar- rivea from ‘Alaskaand is staying at the Pal ace: 3 William Gibson, a big dry-goods merchant of } Melbourne, and William McNivin, his manager, arrived by the Monowai yesterday and are at the Palace. Henry Rickards, propristor of the Tivoli of Sydney and the Melbourne Opera-house, and his family, arrived by the Monowai from Aus- tralia yesterday. H. E. Tulford, who is in the British Consular service at Pekin, arrived here on the Monowal yesterday on his wey to England. He is stop- ping at the Palace. B. Ribbendrop, Inspector-General of Forests for India, and his family, arrived here yester- day on his way to England by the Monowai, and is staying at the Occidental. Thomas H. Russell, son of Hon. Thomas Rus- sell, a large owner in the Waitekauri Gold Mining Company of New Zealand, came in yesterday in the Monowai and registered at the Palace. Colonel Thomas E. Addis of New Haven, Conn., & big manufacturer of arms and ammu- nition, returned by the Monowai yesterday from & tour of the colonies, and is at the Palace. : Richard/ Schleusz-Muhlheimer, director of the great Ebglish carpet manufacturing firm of Brintons (limited) of Kidderminster, ar- rived here on the Australian steamer yester- day and is staying at the Palace, Clifford Halle, son of Sir Charles Halle, the distinguished musical director of Manchester, England, came in on the Monowal yesterday, and put up at the Occi¢ental. He has been giving concerts in South Africa, India and Australia for the past five years, and is now on his way home. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORE. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 30.—Californians registered at hotels to-day: San Francisco—W. H. Snedaker;, W.C.Sanborn, E. M. Hall, Hoff- man; J. H. Fann, G. M. Franks, G. . Herr, W. Marcey, Imperial; H. Babeock, St. James; J. G. McCall, Cosmopolitan; J. A. Moore, New York Hotel; J.'C. Lawson, Everett; O. P. Fitzgerald, St. Denis. San Diego—G. Hannales, Murray Hill. California—R. A. Picketts, Marlborough. CAumm SALT LAKE, UTAR, Aug. 30.—At the Temple- ton—Mr. anda Mrs. Frank W. Titus, San Fran- cisco. Atthe Walker—Mr. and Mrs. E. Moh- rig, San Francisco. At the Cullen—Miss Ida Cohen, Miss E. Crittenden, I M. Friedberg, San Francisco. OPINIONS OF EASTERN EDITORS. President Harper’s Silence. It is an ominous fact that no explanation of the foreing of Professor Bemis out of Chicago University has yet beeii made by the one man who is conversant with the facts, and who is in a position to refute the most serious charge that can be brought against an institution of lenrnlnf. The general inference from this silence is that Dr. E!nrer is not in a position to tell the truth, and by his reticence he is gflv(n' growing strength to the conviction that rofessor Bemis has been forced out for rea- sons which cannot be stated without hurting the university.—Boston Herald. Racing and Betting. The anti-betting law, which {s now strictly enforced in New York State, has effected the ruin of many a horse-racing association, the success of the meetings of which seems largeiy to depend on the existence of g;bnn & the end of this week the Buffalo Driving Park, the most famous of all the g‘m’l circult tracks, will shut its gates for an indefinite period and €. J. Hamlin, the virtual leader of the trotting- horse breeders, will retire, a sadder but wiser man.—Boston Journ Let Them Stay and Repent. There is more than one drawback to Euro- pean travel. About 20,000 tvely stands &:::m' of Grens figuratively standing on shores of B}imn wn{ln. shen'-m-m ul'::p “:: taki . home, overloaded steamers to take them k are having a taste of an inconvenie: which has not been very prominently men in the guide books up lodate.—Syracuse Standard. The Incubator Chick. A most excellent cartoon appeared recently. A number of chicks were called in by an anxious mother hen. One litfle fellow stand- 'ni."" stretches himself to his full height and remarks, rejoicingly, that he is glad he was hatched in an incibator and that there Was 1o one to call him in, 8o will be tife gen- s;‘l;lgln eo&f‘ yrg;mz ve%ple wl;o fu;lova -f‘tlexi éhe vorce has gal oothold.— Philadelphia Call, Ceggoiis The Vote in Ohio. Since 1891 the Republican vote of Ohio varied from 368,551 to 433,342 and the Demo- cratlc vote from 276,902 to 404,115. 1f we strike a general average we will find that the average is as follows: The Democratic vote averages 340,000 in round numbers and the Republican vote averages 400,000. This will give Bushnell & majority of 60,000, and that is about where he will land when the Camp- bells are going.—St. Louis Star-Sayings. The Hunter and the Fisherman. Benjamin Harrisen celebrated his sixty- second birthday up in the Adirondacks on Tues- day by going fishing in the morning and deer shooting in the afternoon. This seems to denote & vigorous physical condition, fitting him for almost any emergency to meet which his_countrymen may summon him. Mean- while President Cleveland continnes to go fish- ing at 58.—Boston Herald. The Peach Season in Boston. Yes, it is a great peach season, and the fruit was never more plentiful; butitcosts just as much to buy it as it does when there is not so much of it.—Boston Herald. IDEAS OF WESTERN DITORS. California. Don’t ask the editor to suppress any item of news. Some other paper will get it anyway. Next week something will happen to your neighbor, and if he asks to have it suppressed you will be the first to jump on the egn.or for not daring to ‘‘say his soul was his own.” Take your medicine when the items happen to fall your way, for you really have no more claim on the editor than has your neighbor.— Tres Pinos Tribune. Unlike the people of the Perris and Ales-, sandro irrigation districts (supplied by the Bear Valley system) those of Winchester, also in Riverside County, are anxious to have re- versed the decision of Judge Ross holding the Wright act unconstitutional. This is because they control their own water supply, which was the original intent of the Wright law.— | San Diego Sun. The secret of the success of THE CALL under its new management has been the liberality | and fairness with which it has treated the country sections of the State, and appreciation | is shown by increased subscriptions. The peo- ple of Redwood feel specially friendly because of the many articles it has contained concern- ing'the town and surroundings.—Redwood City Democrat. When the great ranch gives place to scores of small farms; the good roads question will be settled. As long as there is not much more than one residence along each mile of road in a country, not much will be done to improve the roads, Irrigation and the increase of rail- Toads will bring additions to the population, and good roads will follow.—Stockton Inde'- pendent. - The experience of the Free Labor Bureau has been such as to encourage the hope that eventually the curse of cooly labor wiil be effectually removed from California, and that white men and women that need employment will nolonger be subjeeted to the injustice of | being thrust aside, while employers extend a welcome - hand to _Chinese and Japanese | laborers—San Jose Mercury. The sflurian is.being crowded back into the Woods. A spirit of progression has taken hold of the citizens of Martinez and they have con- cluded to obliterate the cowpaths, trails, short cuts across lots, ete, in the city. First-glass concrete walks are being' laid and other im- yrovements are being considered.—Contra Costa ews. 1f leading Republicans in Maine are in favor of holding the next National Convention of the party in San Francisco, there certainly can be no valid objections from other States on ac- count of distance.—Millville Tidings. Nevada. 2 Bimetallism is not o new issue and it needs no new party. Still the played-out politicians ofour State, who compose the present leader- ship of the Silver party of Nevada, fondly im- agine that by joining forces with the National | Populist-Demo-Silverite contingent in 1896 they will have an opportunity to feast wiih the elect.—Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise. | Great Britain is the native lair of the gold- bug, ye!z John Bull is about fo' coin a silver dollar for use in Asia. Itis not yerylong ago that & prominent Eng]f;h’l:)\:filicuntn = asked what be thougnt the United :Siates ought to do on the money question. He an- swered: ‘‘Whatever the people think is for their best interests. Thatis what the people of England do.”—Carson City (Nev.) Appeal. One of these days we shall have good roads everywhere; machinery todoall the hard work; scientific methods of fertilization, culture and irvigation, and not only two, but two score Dlades of grass _mein: where only one has grown before. Then the farner’s life will be attractive, his work easy, his profits great and the other two causes of the cityward drift which we have mentioned will be so far over- come that a wholesome balance wili be se- cured” and_preserved between the city and the country.—Reno (Nev.) Gazette. Washington. The postoffice seems to have struck a new fancy in consolidating names of places. An- nouncement is made that hereafter it will be Muplev-llei’i In retallation we ought to write Newyork, Rhodelsland, Sanfrancisco, Saint- joseph, Terrehaute and iSouthcarolina. Walla Walla may expect to be partially decapitalized next.—Seattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer. The point is raised that Washington is not legally represented in Congress because the Legislature has failed to divide the State into Congressional districts. The constitution ' ex- g;es;ly directs such division, and it ought to made; but we doubt if Congress would hold that the omission of the Legislature disfran- chised the State.—Seattle (Wash.) Times. That the bloomer is neither beautiful nor graceful will go' without serious cantroversy, but that it is immodest or indecent even in faint degree has not appeared. It is the com- mon-sense.costume for the bicycle, and in this busy, utilitarian world grace and elegance must ottén give way to the practical affairs of life. Skirts cannot refine a coarse or vicious woman, and conversely, the bloomer will not detract in the slightest degree from the virtue and the refinement of a good and true woman. Character cannot be made or unmade with a pair of scissors.—Spokane Spokesman-Review. Oregon. This country is going to say through the ballot-box in 1896 that it doesn’t expect to reach and maintain prosperity through im- gurunon of foreign goods and neglect of pro- uction at home.—Portland Oregonian. A united effort is now about to be made to advertise Oregon in the East. This may be all right, but unless we have something to show the people when they come here this labor will [lrifly be in vain. A big creamery in Salem with skimming stations all over the country would be sure to anchor them in the Willam- ette Valley. Unless they see something where- b){ltlheii I:bol' "rvill be made remuner‘nnve v.dhey will not stay. We want Oregon people = stand tha! -y—sflem (Or.) Pogat. Deshipia WHoes Arizona. The only way the Democracy can hope to keep up with the times is to don the bloomers while riding on two sides of the silver ques- tion.—Pheenix (Ariz.) Republican. It is about time that Miss Columbia recog- nized Senorita Cuba and sent her a card to her dlalomlfic receptions. — Phenix (Ariz.) Ga- zette. Utah. Judge Dusenberry wants the State Demo- cratic Convention to nominate Senators. Itisa good scheme, for unless this is done the world Imay never know whom the party will want to send to.the Senate. Republicans are going to carry the next Legislature by an overwhelming majority.—Provo City (Utah) Enquirer. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Olga Nethersole will make her first appear- | anceas the heroine of “Denise’’ in the Grand Theater, Islington. The French vérsion is fol- lowed closely. At her recent residence at Windsor the Queen displayed her extreme fondness for out-of-doors | &ir by driving every morning when it was fine down to Frogmore, where she spent several hours in a tent, giving directions there about her letters and dispatches. ¢ The first man in England must be justly proud of his fourth son, the Right Hon. Herbert John Gladstone, M.P. He is & gradu- ate from Oxford in 1879, with the AM. de- gree, and immediately plunged -info politics, Where he has gradually climbed until he be- came the First Commissioner of Works under Lord Rosebery’s administration. | the whole. teenth and Nineteenth aves.: 100 fe from Polnt Lobos b ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. fogey WaisTLE S1GNALS—F. C. J., City. B weather when a . tug is free she blowshon: whistle, when she has a tow she blowsli l':o short blasts in rapid succession; there sm difference between the whistle of & free er.g‘l and that of a steamship in a fog. Swnhx;ll e that pass each other in the night use what = known as the Costigan light signal to ax pounce the name; the stenmers do not use nmy‘ special whistle signals in foggy weather 10 nounce what house they belong to. Rans—H. M, Alamedsa, Cal. The general law of this State says that it is unlawful to hunt or shoot rail between the 15th of Febru- ary and the 15th of October of each year in f{lllv county where an ordinance does not provide otherwise. The Supervisors have the right to extend the closed season, but not the open one. ‘Alameda County has extended the closed sea-_ son as to rail until the 15th of October, 1896, and according to the Attorney-General of the State that ordinance is valid. TEE WooDBINE—C., City. ‘‘Gome where th_a woodbine twineth” was brought into promi- nence by Jim Fisk of New York. He was belng examined as & witness in a court in the Em- pire City, and being asked as to the where- abouts of & certain inaividual, whose name was given, he replied: “I don’t know, but sup= se he has gone where the woodbine twineth.! hat was considered a good expression and at once became popula: 5 ELECTRIC PLANT—P. 0'C., East Oakland, Cal. What it would cost to “‘erect an electric plant to be used on & farm for churning, thrashing, sawing wood, heating and lighting purposes, supposing there is water power enough to work it” is a question that could be answered only by those who erect such after an examination of the premises and figuring the cost of trans- portation in addition to the cost of the appa- Tatus. Exexer FIREMEN—Vet., City. The bill that was passed Ly the last Legislature granting re- liet to exempt firemen is not one granting re- lief to ail the exempts of the volunteer depart- ment. It provides relief for exempt firemen who, by reasan of infirmity or sickness, are un- able to earn a livelihood. " It is not intended to reach those who are comparatively well to do. CoNCRETE—P. 0'C., East Oakland, Cal. The best concrete is made by mixing well together hydraulic mortar with sand and water suf- ficient. for complete hydration, and then adding screened rock and comvletely mixing An inferfor quality is made by placing the roek in the foundation or other place and then pouring” the hydraulic mortar upon it to filt the interstices between the pieces of rock. D. L, JOHNSTOWN FL0OD—J. Sonora, Cal. Johnstown, Pa., on the Conemaugh River at the junction of Stony and Conemaugh creeks and the Pennsylvania and a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroads, thirty-nine miles southwest of Alioona and seventy-nine miles east of Pittsburg, was almost totaliy de- stroyed, together with several neighboring villages, by a flood caused by the bursting of & dam on South Fork Creek, May 31, 1889. THE CALL—P. O’ ast Oakland. The name of the proprietor of THE uprenrs at the head of the firs editorial pay eo!ihe{»aymr. Clanss build the tallest building in San the corner of Third and Market streets and THE CALL will oecupy & portion of it. Frve-CENT PIECES—G. B., City. Silver five- cent pieces were to be seen in_this City in the early fifties, but they were not in_general use. The nickel five-cent pieces were first coined in 1866, and ihat year u number of them were ‘put in circulation in this City. SUPPOSED T(; BE HUMOROUS. Woman has been a boneof contention since she began as a rib of a man.—Galveston News. She—This is so sudden! mamma. He—Oh, that's all right! several hints already. You must ask She has given me True Hyperbole—He—What a lovely frock. Worth, I suppose? Worth is dead. it looksas if itcame from heaven.— First Tramp—He was & benevolent looking old party. I thought he'd do better than a miserly copper. Second Tramp—What are you lookin’ fer? Free silver?—Harper’s Bazar. Dudley—What lovely little fingers you have got, Miss Fauny. They are hardly larger than 2 baby’s fingers. Fanny—Yes, ma always said that it would hardiy cost anything at all to get afl éngage- ment ring to fit my finger. > PLAIN, broken mixed candies, 10¢, Townsend’s. R e ! CRrEAM mixed candies, 25¢ 1b. Townscnd’s - 'VERMONT maple sugar, 15¢ 1b. ‘townsend’s. — - MoLassES buttercups, 25¢ 1b. Townsends. — e Eacox Printing Company, 503 Clay strass. * e s S ROBERCS, 220 Sutter—“Cards by the million.”* S NICE present for Eastern friends—California Glace Fruits, 50¢ Ib., Jap. baskets. Townsend’s* he el ol i GENUINE specs, 15¢ to 50¢c. 81} Fourth st., nr. barber. Sundays, 738 Market (Kast's shoestore.)* Ocean Excursions. Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 P. M., due back Mon- dt‘r);:'z.a A. M. Ticket oftice, 4 New Montgomery % v T First New Woman—That Smith girl always was a dowdy. Second Ditto—One never sees her with a per- fect crease in her bloomers. CLEANSE the vitiated blood whenever you find its Impurities bursting through your skin in the form of pimples, eruptions and sores. Hood's Sarsaparilla s the best blood purifier. o gt an De. SrEGERT'S Angostura Bitters, the world renowned South American appetizer and invigo- rator, cures dyspepsia. diarrhea. fever and ague. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magea & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, UN:0¥ TRUST BUILDIIG, CORVER MARKET, FINE INVESTMENTS. Larkin st., cor. Geary: 2 corners 120x120, with 2 and 3 st uildings; stores below ; rents $497. Geary st., N. slde; 50-foot front: 137 :6 deep, and brick building; near Powell: $51,500. Ninth st., bet. Market and Mission: 50x100; 00, growing business property : $30.000. Sutter st., N. side, bet. Mason and Taylor; 22:6- foot front, and very good 3-story building; a very g00d fnvestment; reduced (o §16,000. Polk-st. corner; 50-foot fron ner; new building: g00d business cor- Cor. Howard and Hubbard sts.: 42:6 front: stores and dwellings; rents $135; $18,000. ‘Valencla st., near 20th; 24x90 and bow-window dwelling; good future for business: $6000. RESIDENCES AND HOUSKS AND LOTS. Vallejo and Octavia sts.: corner, 26x112:6, and good residence; owner must sell; make offer. Pierce st.: rents $60; reduced rent; 2 houses; 8 rooms and modern conveniences; lot 37:f loli; price reduced to $7500; owner anxious to sell. Residence; N. side Vallejo st.: fine view: lot 30x 137:6; house cost #8500; rented for $75; $10,250. Cheap—$! Post st.; 2 flats; large lot, 41:6x PoLrero ave 100, with buildings; corner 26 feet vacard; $4500; make offer. (: CHEAP PACIFIC MEIGHTS AND OTHER GOOD LOTS. Broadway, near Millmore st.; 26x127:8; $8125; or larger size; good vlew. ‘Sieiher ut.; hear Broadway; any size front by 18736 deep, at 8100 & fo0:. Troadway aud Stelver st., 27:6x110, 53110, $7500; good view: ide Vallgio st., near Steiner: good views alieio snd Sreim n einer sts.; x137:6: $4260; or larger fl“-n. g Green si.: hree lots left: 27:6x197:6. ouly $1500 u;)lz.ab:;.dl;uaore and Sul}l;%rvnl. 1 uchanan sts. ; . i 3; #1000 fine resitionce surionndings - oibL S 5. B0 o 15 fect by 187:6 feet deap; 1t ; s nd Fulton st Lots 25x120: $450 each; Seventeenth, Eigh- more 8W. cor. $4500; or Lots N. very easy terms. S >