The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1895, Page 16

16 The Cofor Rose England’s lion ramp't In gold.—Scott. The color of California is the color of old gold, the richest, softest, the most subdued | and unobtrusive of all colors on the globe. It is more than old gold, it is quiet clay, clay to which God laid hand in the first fashioning of man, the patient, silent brown of earth, the mother of all colors, into which all others melt, as man melts back into the clay from whica he came. ‘Che color of Mexico is red, the dominant color, as if in testimony of the blood that has been shed there so continually from the time when Cortez burned his shipsat Vera Cruz. The color of Oregon is emer- ald, the dairy maid’s green. But Califor- nia, troe to her story and traditions, is solid old gold, the tawny lion’s gold. A savage prefers new brass, because it is brighter. We read now and thep of some new rich man or woman buying some rus- set old bronze abroad and having it pot- ished up to animpudent brightness, soas,to make it challenge admiration in his or her hall; destroying what nature hasspent centuries in softening and makinfv restful and quiet. Colors have sense, a language all their own. You can hear the common- est counter-jumper taiking of “loud” col- ors as you cortemplate his wares, No loud color ever vet had a friend among cultivated people. True, nature is the mother of all colors, even the loudest and liveliest, but she is such a harmonious mother that she never even arrays a geranium in red or & porry in yellow without a garmenting of green to soften its gaudy tones. Cluna must have adopted her hideous yellow flag far back in the dawn of bistory, and then before she had developed a civil- ized sense of color the blight of ar- rested development must have fallen upon her. But be all this as it may, she will never paint a picture or write a poem while that brazen flag flaunts so contin- ually from her battlements. There is a huge, lazy old lion in the Lon- don Zoo, so tawny and so Californian in his unasserted majesty that I used to go and gaze at him by the hali-hour through tae yellow fog when homesick and lone- some. He looked so like as if & brother of California. His tawny flank had life in it, like the life you see in the flank or hollow of sore sunburned California hill of grasses when the embers of the year glow low and fervid, quivering with color, heat, life. Go ont where our great, tawny hills with their tumbled manes have pushed out their long, strong paws into the plain, and the hills lie there resting a huge nose on the Fusned out paws, and see the | flanks of the hills guivering, glowing, breathing under the heat, the colors hid- ing, shifting, sifting through the grasses every second—colors that are alive —and there you can see, a million times magni- fied, my old London lion, and compre- hend if you care to why I loved him so. This soft and restful color that is alive— i that listens, pulses and so entirely per- | vades our tawny California in season—is | peculiarly our own. True, you can see this life, this living, quivering color, in Nevada and Utah and Arizona, especially the latter, but it has not the old-gold rich- ness, not the lion’s strength in it, in those Flaces: for the soil beneath is more alka- ine and lighter in tone. This color which is so alive, so guietly and yet so intensely | alive, and so rich “in its lion hue and strength, is not born of a day. It is the flower of the full, fervid year. You see it only perfectly as the season winds to its close and song of the grashopper is heard in the land. And it is only out of the long ardent season, the glowing crucible of the California year, that this lion’s gold is melted. It1sno more to be found on the other side of the Rocky Mountains than is gold dust in the ground. The “autumnal tints” and the “‘majestic march of the sea- son” of which they sing and speak so much on the Atlantic side is an imperti- nence in comparison as new brass to old gold. But down in Virginia on the Pied- mont side in the region of Jefferson’s grave there is to be found some very rich and quiet color, especially when the sassa- | fras takes fire from the sunset of tne year. The leaves of thistree take on a russet,not loud but rich, ripe, restful, almost akin to | old gold, so quiet and strong and steady as the tree flames up out of the und that you might fancy Elijah ascending to heaven in his chariot of fire. Last week three migrato; ‘women walked panting up tomy open door. They were from Boston, New York, or some other remote and colorless region the other side the Rockies. For, although they had walked a glorious mile over and amid my tawny living and breathing lions, they had not seen even so much as the tossing mane and tail-of a single one of them. And, horrors of all horrors! one of | these foreign women had a red parasol! Fancy a war-paint, gory, bull-fighting, roar- ing red parasol rightin the midst of all this universal and harmonious quiet of old gold. It was as if she had run a dagger to the heart of my old lion and gloated to see the blood. wanted to scream, to run out and yell fire! ! fire! fire! They wanted to see me, they | said; wanted to see me with their mouths, | for their mouths were all and ail at once wide open. And all this sea of gold and glory of silent, living color right under their feet! Shut your mouth and open your eyes in California’s October. “For God’s sake, madam, shut up—shut | up that frightful old parasol. You will | set the old gold grasses afire with it!” And I reckon they thought me rude, for they at once began a chorus of complaints about the distance and the drought and the dust, especially the dust—God's rest- ful, quiet dust of old gold. But for all I said to them, that bloody and belligerent r‘rml in the hands of that blind Amazon rom far-off, colorless Boston or New York moved defiantly about the grounds for a full hour. It almost literally burned a hole in one of the prettiest autumn days I ever saw, a day garmented in gold and imperial purple. And I now give notice that the very next time I see such an ex- rating red parasol coming up my rest- ful hills of old gold Iam going to turn my bull loose and head him in that direction. Now do not fancy that I claim to be any sort of Columbus in this discovery of liv- ing and breathing color in California. It is nothing new to our painters—let me say “to our great painters. For we have great mters. the very greatest in possibilities, use we have the very greatest light, ground color. But I do not know. that any one of them has yet dared to paint this color—I will not say riot of color, or convention of color, or symphony of color, but rather, in the -Emnco of a better word, this silence of color, on canvas. And itmay be next to impossi- ble to do it. You may iueu how hard it is to do b& my own feeble, although most earnest effort to do it justice on paper. But I have dared to say we have the light, the motive, and that is the best I can do. ‘We all fall far short of the stars, aim high as we may; but no one will say we are the worse for alming to reach them, fail as we may, but are vastly better for our higher 1 of CariFg aim and loftier efforts. No, our painters did not make the color of California. The color of Culifornia— this color *‘as a lion, as a lion ’'roused’’— | this fervid color of California made our painters, and to & man they will probably tell you so. Some of us little piping poets may claim that we have done a lot for California, but in our hearts we know better—that California has done a lot for us. And we know —we instinctively know—as we little jackals of to-day yelp and whine and snarl out our primitive songs, that the great lion is coming close after. And the great lion is coming, not because we little jackals are heard on the hills to-night, but the little jackals are heard on the hills to-night because the lion, in ail the glory of his old-gold color and terrible !trengti). will be heard in the land to-morrow morning. JoaquiNy MILLER. The Heights, Cal., Oct., 1895. WHD WILL BE BSHOP? Now Comes a Question for Episcopalians in South-~ ern California. Promlinent Pastorates of the State May Be Looked To—San Fran- cisco’s Chances. A question that will naturally command the consideration of the Episcopalians of California now is, Who will be the Bishop of the new diocese? The House of Deputies of the General Convention, in session in Minneapolis, unanimously passed a resolution yester- day dividing the present California dio- cese. This action is not, however, conclu- sive, as the question must pass the House of Bishops before the division can be made. Six years ago the Bishops opposed divi- sion, although the lower house had favored it, so there is no certainty that the meas- ure wil not be defeated at the triennial convention. There is a very general feel- ing, though, that this time a new diocese will be favored, particularly as Bishop Nichols is at the convention and will bim- self speak in support of the division of his field. Bishop Kip was too infirm to at- tend the convention at New York six years ago when the Bishops killed the measure, Everything having been made subser- vient to the main issue, that of securinga separate diocese, the Episcopalians of Southern California have not entered into any discussion of the possibilities of a man to fill the bishopric. On the advisability of division they could all agree, and they refrained from prematurely raising issues that would have many sides. So far there has been no talk of the possibilities of a Bishop for the prospective diocese. Three representative Episcopa- lians from different parts of Southern California_in conversation with a clergy- man of thisCity a few days ago said in reply to his inguiry that they had heard no mention of the subject in the south. 1t has been the custom to elect a Bispop from the clergy outside the diccese, the diocesan clergy and lay representatives— one from each parish—having the nower to choose their Bishop. Bishop Nichols was & Philadelphia clergyman when he was elected assistant Bishop of California six years ago, and he has already refused the assistant bishopric of Ohio. He was nominated by Dr. Foute of this City, who had never even seen bim. The average age of the seventy or more Episcopal Bishops of the United States is about sixty-five years, and very few men have ever been elected under the age of forty, Bishop Nichols having been, at the time of his election, one of the youngest Bishops ever elected. As the office is for life, the probabilities are that no very old man will be chosen. In California there are a few over a hun- dred Episcopal rectors and missionaries, thirty-six of them being in the territory embraced by the proposed new diocese, all south of San Luis Obispo County. Prob- ably 10 per cent of these men are very eyi- dently untit for service because of the in- firmities of age. Prominent Episcopalians of this City, when approached yesterday for en expres- sion on the possibilities of the identity of the new Bishop, were uniformly of the impression that there is not yet any opinion that has more than its individual holder. The most tangible opinions seemed to be these: If an Eastern man_ be chosen it will probably be because the Rev. Or. True of Los Angeles and the Rev. Mr. Restarick of San Diego, the clerical delegates now in Minneapolis, will_have become impressed with the ability of some of the ministers in attendance upon the convention, and it will be their business to keep a lookout for a likelier man. But if a California clergy- man be chosen the possibilities may prop- erly be narrowed down to the pastors of the most prominent and important par- ishes. There are severalsuch in San Fran- cisco, where about a third of the Episco- palians of the State are found. There are a few_such parishes in Oakland, and San Jose, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Pas- adena probably exhaust the list. The salary decided upon for the new Bishop is $3000 a year, which is the same as that received by each of the fifteen mis- sionary jurisdiction Bishops in the United States. The smaliness of the salary would not, it is believed, deter any one from giv- ing up a larger salary as a pastor to accept a bishopric. INSURANCE POLICY LAW. A Supreme Court Decision That Bene- ficlarles Cannot Be Changed by Will. In the case of Manuel and Mary de Silva against the Supreme Council of the Portu. guese Union, the Supreme Court declared yesterday that the holder of an insurance policy has no right to change the bene- ficiaries by will. A man named-Flores had made the Silvas the beneficiaries in obtain- ing an_insurance policy from the Portu- guese Union, but in his will he declared that the money should go to his son. The Supreme Court says, in the opinion: As long as any living person was named in the certificate as a beneficiary, no revocation baving taken place, the testator had no proj erty in the certificato and no interest thereln with which & will might deal. If the testator hed a property right in this certificate or its proceeds, which he could con- trol by will, then, if he had died intestate, the same ' property right would have passed to his creditors or heirs. Yet it cannot be questioned but that, if in this case the insured had left no will, the certificate, with the proceeds thereof, would have passed to the benefic: o 1aries named WILL PROVE AN ALIBL Henry Oppenheimer, a Salesman, Charged With Manslaug! Henry Oppenheimer, a salesman for the Union Brewing Company, was arrested yesterday morning and booked at the City 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO' CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1895. Prison on the charge of manslaughter. He was released on his own recognizarce by Judge Joachimsen. According to_the police Oppenheimer is the man who drove the buggy that knocked Gown and ran over James%oung of 1149 Stevenson street, at West Mission and Ridley streets, about 7 o’clock on Snturda%night, September 28. Young died at the Receiving Hospital the following day. A young girl who witnessed the accident identified Oppenheimer as the driver of the buggy. e says she is mistaken, as he can prove an alibi. Saturday week was a Jewish holiday, and in the afternoon he attended service in the Temple Emanu-ElL He spentthe evening at home with Judge Thompson., PRESBYTERIAN ALLIANCE, Secesslon of Disaffected Mem- bers From the Minis- terial Union. Some of the Older and Welghtler Members Oblect to Undig- nified Proceedings. It is an open secret that the Presbyte- rian Ministerial Union is not a harmoni- ous body. Until recently efforts have been made to placate offended or dis- affected members and to bring about an appearance of unity in the organization. Of late, however, the disaffection has be- come so strong that it was found a heroic remedy was necessary to correct it, and this has been provided in the organization of the Presbyterian Alliance. ‘‘We hayve taken in some boys whose hot-headedness has made us an object of ridicule,” said one of the most influential members of the union. *‘One of my par- ishioners told me the other day we were making monkeys of ourselves every Mon- day morning, and I quite agreed with him. We want to put a stop to it. We are tired of the bickerings of & few inconsequential members, and propose to organize a strong body that will behave with the digni e public has a right to expect from an aggre- gation of Presbyterian ministers and lay- men. “The new organization will hold monthly meetings, at which there will be dignified discussions, to which, mark you, reporters will be admitted. We will prob- aply hold our first meeting soon after the meeting of the synod, which takes place next week.” The speaker saia it was not designed to break up the Ministerial Union; that its members might attend the union’s meet- ings if they chose; but there was a peculiar emphasis on the words, “if they chose,” that showed the conjecture of the speaker as to that choice. Dr. Robert Mackenzie favors the plan. So does Dr. Jobn Hemphill. Dr. Minton is with it, and the younver contingent of the body is represented by Rev. Herbert Bevier, Rev. J. Cumming Smith and Rev. F. R. Farrand. If the movement is successful, and its promoters are determined it shall be, “‘Requiescat in pace’ will soon be written on the minute-buok of the Presbyterian Ministerial Union. AT GRACE CHURCH. A Special Service to Be Given To-Night ‘With the Aid of the Surplice Choir. The second monthly festival service at Grace Episcopal Church will be held this evening. It will consist chiefly of the beautiful cantata “The Holy City.” The surplice choir is under the direction of William H, Holt, who has done efficient service as organist and director of musicat Grace Church for the past six montha, Prior to_that time he was organist af St. John’s Episcopal Church, this City, for {hree years. He was the organist at Dr. Vande- water’s church, St. Andrew’s, New York, for four years before coming to San Fran- cisco. The excellence of the choir since it came under his direction has been the sub- ject of much fayorable comment. The choir is composed of Frank Coflin, J.B.Ladd, A. J. Purnell and Peter La. mar, first tenors; Algernon Ashland, James G. Simonton, Leonard E. McLelian and Charles M. Elliott, second tenors; D. M. Warde, F. G. B. Mills, A. Homer Hen- ley, first bassos, and Hugh Williamson and W. McDonald second bassos. ‘There will be solos this evening by Frank Coffin, J. B. Ladd, F. G. B. Mills, 8. Homer Henley and W. McDonald. —————— The highest point ever attained by man was that reached by Cox and Glaisher, in 1862, 37,000 feet above the sea. WHAT T WOULD DO FOR SAN FRANCISCO WERE [ A MILLIONAIRE : - BN MORROW. The millionaire has so delicious a seli- satisfaction and, if he is a really good fellow at heart, looks down upon the hopes, aims, ambitions, suggestions and opinions of ordinary mortals with so patient a benignancy, that I have no hope, even should I cherish the desire, of disturbing his serenity with the remarks which I am here to make. Possibly if I were a millionaire I should be like most other millionatres, and would' think that my mere possession of great wealth gavemeall the eminence in the commun- ity that it should be the aim of a proud man to wish for. Like the others, I likely would invest my wealth in the hope of in- creasing it indefinitely, if not infinitely, and in such ways that the handling of ny business would increase my natural sordid- ness, whet the cannibal teeth which 1 in- berited from ancient and most respectable | ancestors, and so completely swallow, digest and assimilate me that I should have neither time nor inclination for any- thing that might bring me different pleas- ure and eminence, But as L am not a millionaire I can in- dulge in that pastime common with poor men—TI can delude myself with the belief i that T would like to be rich solely that I “ might be better. Believing that the more | conspicuous a man is the larger should be his bump of approbativeness, I should feel | that the brighter light in which I walked made my conduct so much more open to serutiny and criticism than a poor man’s, ; I would feel the more keenly my responsi- | bility to my own dignity. Love of whole- some approbation is one of the finest ele- mentsof pride, and the rich man who is not proud in every drop of his blood is a beggar. As I should be proud of myself, of my wealth and of my opportunity, I should be { proud also of my home, and the larger | part of my home is my city and the greater part of my household are its people. I | take tnat to be a certain kind of patriotism, | an admirable thing. If the city wherein I |lived suffered any incompleteness or | wronz or shame that it might be in | the power of wealth to remedy I | would use the enormous power of my | fortune in the process of correction. For I | know that money is a wonderful thing. It | is more powerful than the bluest blood or | the proudest title in the world. Its pur- | suit is universal, its possession longed for | by all. Tt the intelligence and humanity | of its possessors were equalato its power | there would be an absolute millenzium on | earth. The moral responsibility resting jupon a man of many millions is greater than that which burdens the conscience of a king. If T could accomplizh the seemingly im- possible and retain as a millionaire the humanity and sense of responsibility that | perhaps poverty has lent to my concep- | tion of manhood and citizenship, I would | doall within the power of my wealth to | make my city worthy of the residence of | me and my family. I would call upon | other millionaires to associate themselves | with me (provided we were not all trying | to gouge and rob one another) in an or- | ganization combining social and business | phases. I would constitute myselt one of :s class, and announce the fact from | the housetops. I would say to my as- | sociates in the Millionaires’ Club: “Gentlemen, we hold ourselves aloof | from ordinary humanity, as we properly | should; but we are not doing what is re- | quired to justify our assumption of su- | periority. We are the slaves of our wealth instead of its masters. Associated in a | closely bound body, we shall be able to | exercise a power against which nothing | but death could prevail. As such an as- | sociation, we could direct the making and | execution of the laws, and could de- | termine the welfare of all local commercial | and industrial interests.”” | “Several matters are demanding our at- | rumors that our City government is under the direction of unscrupulous men, and that they are exercising the power which our indifference enabled them to acquire by imposing burdensome taxes, conniving with some of us to defraud the public of its rights—to defraud us of our rights, if you please—and with proceeding gener- erally ina course which brings disgrace and material harm to this home of ours. these rascals to the penitentiary, and with another take the government into our own hands. “Having swept this Augeian stable we will next turn our attention to the making of the external aspects of this noble City into a home werthy of Us and our power. It has been charged by the rabble of poor men (for whose opinion we care nothing) that many of us are ‘silurians,’ that we have neither personal nor civic pride, and that we are not employing the power of our enormous wealth to the public good. While we care nothing, as I have said, for the opinion of the poor, we have our pride as a taskmaster over our actions, and it is exacting and re- lentless. If we need education, let us seek to acquire it. If our taste is bad, let us try to improve it. In short, let us strive to be worthy of our wealth. For our wealth is the overshadowing quantity, and its power, rather than the mere fact of its possession oreven of ite expenditure,is the over- whelming consideration. “Are we satisfied to drive our carriages over wretched streets, when it would be so eagy for ys to have better ones? For, bear always in mind the proposition that asan organized and harmonious body of mul- lionaires we have practically unlimited power, and can require ali the members of our great family to do their duty as citi- zens; and as we are first to cleanse the City government of wrongdoing on the part of its officers, and as public funds are to he expended hereafter honestly and intelli- gently, the streets can be made passable for our carriages without imposing a heavy burden on poor members of our family. We should all reflect that it would be vastly cheaper for us to control all these matters, even if we pay our rightful share of the public expense according to our means, because under the present system you are all painfully aware of the larze amount of money which it costs yon to secure official protection. After our streets have been made passable for our carriages, we might profitably turn to the task of ornamenting our splendid home (by which I mean our City) in divers ways that the intelligence of wealth and the power of its exercise can conceive. “If your mental habit requires you to ask what return you might be able to se- cure from such improvements and adorn- ments, you have set the simplest of prob- lems. I hate to diseuss the matter from that point of view, but it seems necessary when I reflect upon the histories of many millionaires in San Francisco. If by tak- ing that ground I may be accused of charging you with being sordid and selfish I beg the pardon of each andall. My whole aim now is to regard you as men of anovershadowing pride—proud lessof your wealth than of its power, opportunities and responsibilities; proud of your home and family ; proud to show to yourself (not to the poor people who jeer at you and would ad- vise you) that you know your power and have the manhood and courage and intelli- gence to exercise it. Even regarding these matters in the light of an investment on which you would expect a profitable return, can you not see that it would pe judicious? All of you who own land and houses, would not their value be greatly increased ? All of you who buy and sell, and all of you who manufacture and produce, would not your business increase with the increase of population and prosperity? Does not the profit-earning phase of the subject tention and control. There are abundant } (and all the while 1 am begging your par- ——————————————————————————————————————————— don for putting it on so mean a ground) seem to you to contain a large element of business wisdom ? *But how can we bring all these things to pass without paying attention to the necessities of the poor among us? Very likely many of those who are suffering hanger and many of those who cannot find employment are .responsible for their ex tremity, but it is best for us to see that this should not be so. The enormous power which we are to exercise might be em- ployed even to cure some ‘of the evils of heredity. Being so far superior to the weaknesses which beset: ordinary men, we have the strengtn to ameliorate the ills which = infirmities produce. We can. minimize temptation, infuse hope, by securing employment for the worthy, encourage pride by banishing de- spair and impair a tendency to folly by the force of our example. It is in the prosperity and contentment of poor men | that our security as millionaires resides. ‘With one snap of the finger we can send | Even though we are organized into an organization of millionaires and thus ex- ercise an almost invincible power, the starving man may become a fanatic, and— but you have read the stories of Ravaillac and Massaniello. No millionaire ever liv- ing or who ever lived that did his duty by the power of his wealth ever had his whiskers singed by the powder of an assassin’s bullet. Bear in mind that I am not suggesting a threat of per- sonal harm. Under the plan which we are to pursue that would be inconceivable. 1 aim merely to call your attention to the fact that the wealth, power and persons of millionaires are in danger only when poor men are idle and hungry and desperate, and only when, while they are in this condition, we millionaires merely flaunt our wealth and fail wisely to exercise its power. Mr. Huntington, we should be glad to hear from you next.” RARE COURSE OF LECTURES Joaquin Miller and Other Well-Known Literary People Will Talk for the Channing Society. Encouraged by the success of their out- door presentation of “As You Like It,” the ladies of the Channing Society have arranged an elaborate course of Saturday evening lectures by well-known literary people.. The course will be inaugurated in the parlors of the First Unitarian Church next Saturday night. The first lecture will be “London Folk Comparatively,” by Joaquin Miller, who will speak of his personal experiences with Tennyson, Swinburne, Rossetti, Lord Houghton and other celebrities. Joaquin Miller as a lecturer is quaint, humorous and eloquent. His manner is quick, nerv- ous, almost irritable. He never attempts a flight of oratory and his sentences are like poems. These lectures will be delivered every Baturday night until the course is com- pleted. "The second celebrity on the list is Margaret Collier Graham, who has been designated the Mary Wilkinsof the Pacific Coast by no less a critic than Jeanetts L. Gilder. Her subjeet is “Impedimenta,” which is said to be a masterful effort. She has attracted favorable notice throughout the East and South. The third lecture | F' will be on the evening of the 26th, by Professor William H. ngdson of Stanford University, author of an introduction to the philosophy of Herbert Spencer, whose private secretary he was for many years. rofessor Hudson's subject will be *‘The | Evolution of the Moral Sanction.”” Thefourth of these entertaining addresses will be “An Evening With King Henry IV,” by Hannibal A, %Vi]liams, the Shakes- pearian reader, whose appearance always | creates a new interest in the bard of Avon. His enunciation isdistinct and his gestures are few, but wonderfully expressive, His facial expressions make up for a company of star actors. His analysis of his play and his ability to exhibit the points of wit and other expressions of genius are always brilliantly presented. The last lecture of the course, on Novem- ber 9, will be by Lieutenant Robert H. Fletcher of the Bohemian Club, author of ‘“Marjorie and Her Papa” and other short stories. . He is a most charming speaker. The lectures will all conclude with con- versazioni and the audience will be intro- duced to the speakers and invited to par- ticipate in the discussion of the evening. These features are noyel and interesting. The funds raised from the lectures will be devoted to charitable uses, and the pros- pect is that the attendance will be very large. ——————— Dr. Jordan to Lecture. At the meeting of the Academy ofScienceson Monday next Dr. David Starr Jordan, presi- dent of the Leland Stanford Jr. Universty, will lecture on *‘The Value of Faunal Studies.” THE PARIS FIRE CHIEF Colonel Varigault of the “Sa- peurs et Pompiers” Arrives Here. ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION, The French Capltal Pays Less for Its Flre Department Than San Francisco. Colonel Varigault, Chief of the Fire De- partment of Paris, and two of his assist- ants arrived here yesterday. They were sent out by the city of Paris to examine and report upon the fire departments of the United States and Canada, and have been in this country some time, having visited the principal Eastern cities. Colonel Varigault is officially known as commandant of the regiment. of ‘‘sappers and’ pumpers” of Paris, who, although composing a regiment belonging to the War Department, are the firemen of Paris. The gentlemen accompanying the Chief are Major Krebs and Captain Cordier. It is their intention to remain here about a week and make an examination of the San Francisco Fire Department. On Tues- day they will, with the French Consul, call on Mayor Sutro and then on the Fire Com- missioners and Chief Sullivan. “The sappers and pumpers are organized and belong to the War Department,” said the colonel last evening at the Grand. “They are loaned to the city of Paris and compose the whole fire department, and number about 1700 men and 50 officers. The cost of mainten?nce and equipment is all paid by the city.” 3 Asked uybmu the points of difference he had noticed between the fire departments of this country and that of Paris, he said: “The main cause for the differences is the reater height of buildings in this country. is a consequence a larger system and higher and more powerful apparatus are required. In the main the engines, ladders, hose and other machinery Bm‘i organization are much the same. Two things made use of here that we do not have are_the water-tower and chemical engine. We do not require the chemical engines, for most of our fires are small and confined to single rooms and are easily put out. There is much less opportunity for fires to spread with us on account of the regulations requiring all the floors and walls to be so well built. “Bo far as I can see your fire depart- ments are admirably orfanized wherever I bave been, and very well equipped. “The regnlations in Paris as to the put- ting up of buildings are much more strict., You know the city is all powerful, and there is exercised a very strict supervision of all buildings oeing gnt up. The houses in Paris are better built to prevent fire from spreading. In nine cases out of ten | a tire will be confined to a single room. | As a consequence there is less need of | flooding a whole house with water, and | much less damage is incurred by fire. ires are confined to mucb smaller space. ‘No factories are allowed to be built in | dangerous proximity to houses, and every | means is' adopted to prevent fires. All | architects’ plans are examined and if not | satisfactory must be changed.” Asked as to the speed with which the | machines were turned oat the colonel said that from the time an alarm was turned in | not more than a minnte at the outside | would elapse before everything was under 1v\my, In most cases it fook considerable ess. ‘‘The total costof the Fire Department of Paris,” he said, ‘‘is about 3,000,000 francs per year, or $600,000.” One of the gentle- men present told the Chief that the cost of the Ban Francisco Fire Department was a third more than that, “and that with a population about a sixth of that of Paris.” MRS. SHANG ELOPED. And Now Her Husband, a Chinese Den- tist, Wants a Divorce. A Chinese divorce suit instituted yester- day is that of Dr. Fong Fook 8hangagainst Fong Suey Yee. The husband is engaged in dentistry and he and his wife came here from Portland about six yearsago. He charges that his wiie elo) with another Chinaman two years ago, going back to China and that she took $1¢ belonging to the dentist. The elopers, it is_alleged, started away on the steamer New York the day that it was wrecked at Point Bonita, but another start was made a few weeks later and nothing has since been heard of | the woman. AS To the oveS Goodyear Inside bottom of a shoe, half made Goodyear Welt, half machine-sewed. Goodyear Welt part smooth, no nails, no tacks, no hard threads. All of these in machine-sewed half. Which will you wear? The following named are some of the dealers in this city who sell W. H. NOLAN & CO. (Man salers), 10 and 12 Sutter Street. J. M. SWEENEY, 37 Sixth Street. -MOORE & SONS, 138 Sixth Street. RYAN & RYAN, 8 and 10 Montgomery Street. D. DONAVAN, 1412 Stockton Street and 423 Mont~ gomery Avenue. J. B. RUSSELL’S FAMILY SHOE STORE, 04 and 706 Market St. and B. H. LUCKE'S, 24 Geary Street. PHILADELPHIA SHOE STORE, 10 Third Street. THE COLUMBIA SHOE STORE, 1380 Market Strect. P. PETERS, 1315 and 1403 Stockton Street. KAST & CO., 738 and 740 Market Street. ROSENTHAL’S, 107-111 Kearny Street. 5 and 7 Geary St. ufacturers and Whole- Montgomery Avenue, 719 _@___fi_@ Welt Shoes No Tacks, No Hard Thread, No Stiff Soles, Nothing to Hurt. Wearers of Goodyear Welts find in them rest from the discomfort and pain caused by wearing machine-sewe d or nailed shoes. They keep are just as easy, just as flexi the feet free from disease, ble, just as comfortable as hand-made ; but they cost less. When next you buy, try a pair of Goodyear Welt Shoes. Goodyear Welts are leather shoes—not rubber. Goodyear Welts :— F. KOENIG, 122 Kearny Street. DEASY BROS., 875 Market Street, near Fifth, F. L. HEIM, 121 Grant Avenue. MILLER & CO., 2149 Mission Street, Cor. 18th. E/I. SHEEHAN, 360 Third Street. M. COHN & CO. Battery Stree (Manufacturers and Jo bbers), 108