The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1596. e e @l } MR. DOYLE'S NEW POINT. John T. Doyle, a lawyer of recognized standing and ability, has raised the start- ling point that in a legal sense there is no first mortgage on the Central and Union Pacific roads, and hence that the Govern- ment’s so-called second mortgage can be foreclosed as the first mortgage if the Gov- | | ernment assert its rights. He explains CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. | given permission by Congress to issue bonds secured by mortgage, such bonds to v+ by maile 66 | to the Government bonds, and the mort 1.50 | zage securing them to take precedence 1.50 | over the Government's mortgage, and that the companies failed 1o comply with these | terms, and therefore did not create a debt | which can take precedence over the Gov- ernment’s claim. Although this point was raised some weeks ago, it does not seem to have at- tracted the attention which its importance deserves, assuming that it has anything e a foundation in fact or law. Mayor | R Bt e Soiag | Sutro is now reviving it and insisting that | 717 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. | it be acted upon. If there is anything in EW, corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open | it, a question would arise as to whether enttl 9 o'clock, ; | Congress or the courts should take cogni- S et nases will 9 o olock, | 7ance of 1t; if the latter, a fierce legal T onen By | battle would have to be fought. It has | been assumed all along that in foreclosing | its second mortgage the Government would | have to cover the first mortgage. Mr. Daily and Sunday CaLL, or WEEKLY Cavz, on r, by mall, year. by mafl.. San Francisco, Telephone... P ....Main-1874 BRANCH OFFICES 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untd | £:30 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : $08 Brondway. EASTERN OFFICE : Rooms 31 and 2, 84 Park Row, New York CIty. | Doyie’s view of the matter would seem, if DAVID N. FOLU eclal Agent. | correct, to have the effect of changing the | positions of the two mortgages, making "~ | the interest of the so-called first mortgage FOR ALL. | subsidiary to that of the Government. — | Theovershadowing issue before the peo- | ple now is the defeat of the funding bill. » but the | The moment we begin to befog that idea with discussions concerning the proper method of recovering the debt or the policy | of Government ownership, we begin to play into the hands of the great monopoly. .JANUAR bond bill is st Huntington 1s tak g no holidays nor is he giving us a rest. i | Congress cannot reassemble t0o emyJ If the funding bill is defeated we may Grover ne: watching. | then turn to the other matters which will it | arise. The first of these will necessarily Wherever John Buil es somebody | be the collection of the debt. Whether warns this be done by foreclosure and sale in the | open market; whether in such sale, if it | be decided on, the Government shall either | be a bidder or impose such restrictions as as well as other things in life. ingoes are talking too much when | call the Monroe doctrine sentiment — | Among the lessons included in our State | schoolbooks there should be one on eco- | nomical publishin, They have be; Presidential pol before long it w to whisper at Washington, and 1 be a roar. It seems cer sends the bond bill to C sent inclosed in a f the Senate ever | eland it will be | er box. Huntington is road in Mex | begin to fence man, but | ed himself | Cecil Rhodes is a far- he to and taken a t seems | | an invasion, but now s an escapade. The Pesthouse breed pests thax remedies i scems better fitted to | to cure them, and needs | more than the patients do. Santa Claus gave Ca the month of Dece little to f ) the de le a surplus for but it was too itin the stocking. Chamberlain’s message the recal Tran: British who inv unnecessary. The B meeting of the Teachers’ As- atened Oakland up with | festival and a carnival of g as discovered that she once | proposed arbitration on Venezuelan bound- | ary, and she 15 now willing to follow the | precedent. | s e shows abundant evi- denceof the way the Solid Eight paves a way for its own advantage at the cost of the public. European nations are wondering how | they can act in concert in Turkey and carry on & circus in So Africa at the same time. Three bond dicate men dined with Cleveland at his state dinner, and it goes | without saving they expected of him a | golden service hamber of Commerce | needs to be taught that it would be better to strain our commercial relations than to emash our Monroe doctrine. Es by | The net deficit of the first six months of | the fiscal year amounts to more than | $15,000,000, and yet Carlisle urges Congress | to give the Wilson bill a further trial. The New York Cbh | There isa fight over the street-cleaning contract in Los Angeles, but unfortunately the fighters are not mopping up the streets h one another while they are about it. As Cleveland appointed no statesman of National reputation on tke Venezuelan | commission, it looks as if he was trying 10 run the thing as an adjunct to his third- term boom. It becomes more evident every day that the silver men in Congress know their power, and intend to assert it in protect- | ing the interests of the people against the | Chiandler’s plan to have a representative of every State on the Interstate Commerce Commission would bave the effect of in- creasing the number of officers, but it is by no means certain it would increase the weight of the office. The scheme of Carl Schurz to get the Chambers of Commerce of New York and London to appoint a commission to settle the Venezuelan dispute has the merit of novelty, but just at this time novelties are g | on the bargain counter. Lord Aberdeen has informed the Cana- dian Parliament that it will be called on this winter to provide for strengthen- ing the defenses and increasing the mili- tary force of the Dominion, and perhaps he intends to make a bluff at somebody. Now that Congress is.in session and has | shown its willingn: to pass measures for the relief of the treasury Cleveland can have no excuse for making another loan, and if he does so 1t should be regarded as a misdemeanor,-subjecting him to imme- diate impeachment. The Los Angeles Times has achieved more than ordinary success this year in the publication of its annual midwinter number. Forty pages filled with hand- some illustrations and well-written articles concerning the southern portion of the State constitute a volume of information that will be of great value in attracting capital and settlers, and ‘it well deserves the liberal patronage which will be ac- corded it by the people. i | it is the duty of all patriotic Californians the great profits which the enterprise may | Mr. Schwatzweller is said to have made | operation it is proposed by a private com- | That incredible quantities of gojd have es- | of the Jower reaches of the river enabled | some of it to lodge is a question less im- | they are placed at $150 an acre. hall give it a large power in the manage- ment of the property; whether it be de- cided not to offer the property for sale at all, but that the Government take it and operate if in the interest of the public as a reguiator of overland traffic—these are considerations which if insisted on now will weaken the fight against the funding proposition. It is not difficult to imagine the Govern- ment having the power now to regulate this traflic in the absence of ownership, but we insist that none of these issues are presented in the funding measure and that to concentrate their fight against that proposition. 1t is only by defeating it that the other issues can be raised. If this measure is passed there will be no room for discussing collection or Government ownership. The funding bill is the one thing before us now. MINING THE SACRAMENTO. v A. Schwartzweller, who is said to be a mining expert of St. Louis. It isthe mining of the bed of the Sacramento River for gold. For this purpose he is trying to organize a company of St. Louis and San Francisco capitalists. As he estimates that only $50,000 will be required for the plant his scheme looks honest on its face, for that is a very small capital in view of yield. The plan is to secure from the California wislature a concession to dredge the ulate the dredgings for gold, and use the debris for raising the levees. It is hinted that the company is even will- ing to pay something for the privilege, as numerous analyses of the detritus in the river-bed and found it to carry gold in sufficient quantity to make the mining of the river profitable. Thus in a single pany to make a prefit for itself, to lower the river-bed, raise the levees, and so re- move dgnger of overflows from floods. The plan has a strong air of probability. caped the sluices of hydraulic mines is a matter of the widest notoriety. Much of this was float gold, which the sluices covld not trap. Whether the sluggish current portant than the discovery of abundant gold in the river. In any event the pro- moters of the idea claim to have an appa- ratus which surpasses all others in saving gold, and that it is this which will make the mining of the river possible. If they have such an apparatus they can make a fortune with itin the hydraulic mining re- gions of the State. As the people of California are moving very earnestly to secure Federal appropri- ations for the improvement of the rivers and their opening to navigation every scheme of this kind will have to be handled with a view to its possible effect on that effort, and on the workof the Government if the appropriation is secured. It would never do to tie up the Sacramento by State legislation so firmly that the State or the Government cannot at any time resume complete possession for the purpose of making improvements. At the same time all such efforts as the present should re- ceiveall reasonable encouragement, as in the end they may turn out to be the only way in which the improvement of the river can be accomplished. LOOSE ASSESSMENTS. The constitutional provisions intended to secure equality of assessments have notoriously failed of their purpose, and now the wise heads of the State are trying to devise more practical means for secur- ing a sensible adjustment of this import- ant matter. The absurdities of the present situation are in part shown by the Pacific Rural Press. It declares that in Colusa County orchards are assessed at $40 an acre, while across the-line in Glenn County In San Diego they are figured at $100 an acre, but in San Bernardino they are taxed at $225 an acre. Sacramento says $100. Santa Cruz fixes the figures at $60, while her neighbor, Monterey, says $15 an acre. San Joaquin fixes a valuation of $40 an acre, Santa Clara $50, Kings $20 and Kern $50. Sonoma fixes the value at §75, while Lake estimates the value at only $20. Shasta growers pay on $12 an acre and Lassen on $25, while in Los Angeles the value is fixed at $250 an acre. It is the duty of the State Board of Equalization to adjust these dis- crepancies, but its inability to do so has been demonstrated. The wrong of inequality resides in the fact that the County Assessor who conscientiously assesses land as required by law compels his county to pay more than its due share of State taxes. Hence arises a tremendous pressure upon all of them to make the as- sessments as low as possible, with the re- sult of a high rate of taxation. In the end the effect on: county revenues is the same, whether the assessment is made according | of Eastern people concerning California. 10law and the tax rate thereby kept down, or whether the assessment is low and the tax levy high. It is in the relations of the counties to the State that inequality of assessments does harm. ln addition to this is the injury done by a high tax rate, which strangers are too apt to regard asa fact by itself and as an indication of offi- cial extravagance. The only proper rule is a full-value assessment, under the defi- nition given by the law, and a correspond- ing low tax rate. It is now suggested that a law be enacted requiring County Assessors to meet annu- ally with the State Board of Equalization before the time for assessing property and adopt a valuation schedule which shall produce a uniform result. The idea seems to be an excellent one and might profitably be agitated. This certainly would be a better plan than the present one of having the State Board of Equali- zation summon the Supervisors of the va- rious counties to show cause in case of un- equal assessments after the assessments have been made. It is not exactly clear how the details of such a law should be framed, but the subject is worthy of con- sideration. “THE SUNDAY OALL.” Representative artists who have devel- oped a love for the beauties of California will give pittures in to-morrow’s CALL of scenes which they individually deem most truly typical of the beauties of the State. It is assumed that each artist has under- gone a struggle to determine so difficult a | choice, and it is likely that selections of | topics will invite discussion. It is suffi- cient ac present to know that painters are deeply interested in the matter, for that cives rise to the hope that the exquisite beauties of the State are in a way to receive the extraordinary artistic attention which they deserve, An article devoted to the wives of the Mayors of S8an Francisco will appear, with portraits. It will constitute one of the most interesting chapters in the history of ! the City. | *The Ghosts of the Pioneers’ is the title of & charming poem of considerable length by Howard V. Sutherland, one of the brightest of the young generation of Cali fornia songsters. He not only marsk the ghosts of the dead, but shows wherein these sad shades are grieved as they patrol our streets to observe a decadence of the stern pioneer spirit which made California a part of the Nation. The public will be astonished to read an article showing the progress in railroad construction which has been made recently in Arizona, Thisis a subject of so great importance that it 1s likely to receive inde- pendent treatment in these coiumns, | Another of the Persian tales which lately have been special features of the Sunday issue may be expected. Another contribution, furnished by W. C. Morrow, concerns the Monroe docirine and indi- cates the absurdity of any fears that Eng- land is eager to fight over the Venezuelan | boundary. Still another feature will be a thought- ful article by Captain John A. Miller v the National Guard concerning the advis- ability of giving the guard such military training in time of peace, particularly with regard to the handling of heavy ordnance, as will equip it for useful service in the event or war. These special features are additional to the regular departments which character- ize the Sunday issue, including fashions for men and women, the theaters, society, Bab’s letter, book reviews and literary news and other things, besides special telegrams from accredited correspondenis in various parts of the world, reviewing the situation in all its important aspects; and in addition to all these are a fuil tele- graphic and local news service and various other matters of interest. THE Suxpay Cavw is the ideal paper for the instruction ENGLAND AND THE OANAL. It 1s well remembered that during Presi- dent Arthur'sadministration he attempted to szcure from England a modification ot the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and that Lord Granville’s opposition forced him to aban- don the effort. This opposition put a stop to the intention of our Government at that time to lend its financial aid in the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Since that time this famous treaty, which gives the United States and England equal control of the pro- posed canal, has served as a bar to the development of commerce between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States and thrown the power into the hands of a few Americans to create a monopoly of overland and isthmian traffic to their own enormous enrichment and the corresponding bampering of our indus- trial development. The looseness of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is made all the more con- spicuous by the persistency with. which England insists on the observation of its terms. That treaty stands to-day as a far more serious threat to the integrity of this country than any aggressions which England may contemplate in Venezuela. It might not be so bad if England should prove willing as a government to co-operate with the United States in the construction of the canal. This it cannotdo without loosening its hold upon the Suez canal and assisting in building up American traffic. It is a pity that President Cleveland, who has won so much popular admiration by his position in the Venezuelan affair, dia not include the abrogation of the Clayton- Bulwer treaty in the scheme of Nicaraguan intervention which he presented to Con- gress and which Congress so cheerfully ac- cepted. However, no real gronnd has been lost. England is neither in the mood nor the position to quarrel with the United States, The equities of the Nicaragua canal are all on the side of the United States, and it is our auty as well as our privilege and op- vortunity to take the matter in our own handsand lend such Government aid as will not only insure the construction of the canal, but will virtually place our Gov- ernment in a position to regulate Ameri- can traffic between the Pacific and At- lantic coasts. The urgency of the step has been increased by the recent elimination of the Panama railway as a competitor in the matter and the consequent strengthen- ing of the overland monopoly, which has now the power to determine one of the most important matters that has ever arisen 1o affect the prosperity of the country. ——— Devoted to the State. Lodi Valley Review. The San Francisco CaLL issued a Christmas number of fifty-two pages devoted to the in- terests of the State at large. It contains a num- ber of able articles by prominent men on various subjects of finenl interest and amon; them an article on San Joaquin County whic is well handled and accurate in the informa- tion imparted. THE CALL, under the vigorous and successful management of Charles M. Shortridge, is taking & prominent position in modern journelism. Miss Frances Power Cobbe, who recently celebrated her seventy-third birthday, is said to heve been the first woman to do regular office work on the editorial staff of a London daily. When the Echo was established she was engaged to write leaders for it, CHIMMIE FADDEN'S SIRE. “Ned,” inquired the inquisitive man of Ed- ward W. Townsend, the gentleman who made a philosopher of a denizen of the Bowery in New York, *‘did it ever occur to you that you are responsible for the introduction into so- ciety of a great deal of slang that would not have otherwise been tolerated?” ‘Lt does,” answered the successful authorand playwright of “Chimmie Fadden” gnd “A “Daughter of the Tenement.” “Have you any defense?” “None whatever. Except that I was looking fortypes and found some at least that the public were ready to receive. Ifully realize that society has acquired the vernacular, crude in some cases, I admit, and that the conse- | quent surprises that arise are manifold. 1| have been confronted with a great many dis- tressing conditions that have arisen from read- | ing ‘Chimmie Fadden.” Picture to yourself a beautiful girl nestled closely to your arm. hardly duregllce at the head of its dispatches 0] the words “Copyrighted by the —,” unless such was a fact, for the law imposes a penalty of $100 upon any person who ha: t obtained copyright who shall use the words ‘Entered according to an act of Congress,” or “Copy- right, etc..” or words of the same import, in or upon ‘any book or other article. ALAsKA PAPERS—Prospector, Redding, Shasta County, Cal. The newspapers published in Alaska, and which devoted themselves to the interest of that Territory, ere the Mining Record, published at Juneau, and the Alaska Herald'and the Alaskan, published at Sitka. EXPERIMENTAL STATION —T. R., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cal. The central experi- mental agricultural station of California is at Eerkeley. There ere four outlying culture sta- tions as foliows: Sierra foothill station, near Jackson, Amedor Count. southern Coast Range station near Paso Robles, San Luis Obis- San Joaquin Velley station, near Tulare, Tulare County puthern Cahifornia station on Chino ranch, veen Chino and Pomone, Los AID EDWARD V. TOV 770 artist.] ““AND YOU WILL HEAR HER TAKE A LEMONAL 28 [Sketched by a “Co Let your mind wander back to the dreamy waltz, the scent of natural flowers, the lithe and graceful dancers whirling over the glisten- ing floor, the far-away echo of mirthful laugh- ter coming in from the veranda and the half } ethereal dream that swims before you when | eyes meet and tell that wordless tale of love. | My dear boy, go back to the. ever calming and | placid influence of hali-caught whispers that mean so much to you and me, and recall if you can the low pleading for some sweet girl’s sym- pathy and devotion. Stopa moment and you | will hear her say, ‘Oh, wot t'ell; let's go end take a femonade.’ “And Iam blamed for that condition of af- I am accused of such enervating situa- They are all laid at my door. “Do you not know that there is something in the Bowery or rather the east side of New York that is es far away from the things that are understood by the uninitiated as light is from darkness?” “What are they, Ned?” { “Pictures. Wonderful studies that men go | to Italy to see, magnificent and dramatic com- positions in real life that the student ig Naples thinks are around him and him only. On the Cast Side there is a little world of amazing and | startling human tablesux, and but tew artists | know of them. Go into the alleys at midnight | when a full moon is riding in & clear sky and | feast your eyes on the sights that pass before you like a prnorama. One may go into the | tenement courts and 100k upward into the | scenery that stands out in the pale light like | gigantic pictures with a wealth of stars for & beckground. The pathways are sprinkled | with drunken: siragglers who have fallen ! in the doorways and are sleeping with one hand on a stiletto while the other grasps the | arm of a brother in crime who fell into dreams | with his friend. Over on the other side the dim flicker of a tallow candle marks the win- | dow of a little room occupied by ® ‘sweate one of those unfortunate creatures who toil away the night working on piece work for some wholesale clothing-house. These women | labor until the fingers weary of the struggle and the mind and body give way to exhaus- tion. Sometimes they fall asleep until the cool ot the morning reminds them of their | poverty and the absence of warmta. | artist can pass by these courts without standing in wonder at the opportunity they offer for wonderful pictures. The studies in light and shadow, the glinting rays of moon- light that fall on the groups of men who sleep on the fire escapes from the ground to the top story, and the swarthy upturned fsces of the Italiens, all edd to the composition of the whole unususl scene. There printers can get atmospheres and color combined.. I have taken artists into these squalid courts and dark pathways who were amazed at the sights they witnessed. It is startling, fearful and sometimes inspiring. Ah, indeed, there is | something on the Bowery besides street gamins and newsboys. There s a great unsolved problem, a world of mystery and & study of humanity. Night and day the struggle goes on and tue denizens wander to and fro as though there was nothing beyond them—noth- ing but poverty, bad air and crime.”” Mr. Townsend crossed his legs, puffed at his cigarette and with considerable skill drifted away from the Eest Side, where Steve Brodie calls him “‘Ned’’ and the head barkeeper says “Hello, Townie."” RETALIATION. When Love came to me I said: “ Shall I give him of my bread? Nay ! the weary world 18 wide— Why should love with me abide?” ® - - * When to Love I knelt he said: # Comest thou to me for bread? Once I sought thee—knelt to thee, Asked thy heart 10 shelzer me; Lot the weary world is wide— ‘Why shouldst thou with me abide?" —Frank L. Stanton in Chicago Times-Herald, * . ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. IN DECEMBER, 1848—Nimrod, City. Decem- ber 24, 1848, fell on Sunday. DAIRY PRODUCE—T. R., Ferndale, Humboldt County, Cat. Marin County furnishes more dairy produce for the markeéts than any other county in the State. WeBsTER—H. R., Ci . Noah Webster of dic- tionary fame was born in Hartford, Conn., three miles from the centerof the city, Octo- ber 16, 1758. He died May 24, 1843. TArIFP—F. L 8, City. A new tariff bill, or an amendment to the existing one, has been ed by the House at the present session of ‘cngoren, and will probably be considered by the Senate next week. GOLDENSON—E. J., Wheatland, Yuba County, Cal. Alexander Goldenson murdered Mamis Kelly at Polk street aud Ash syenue in_this city on I.hei‘lmh of November, 1886, and for this crime he was hanged on the 14th of Sep- tember, 1888. COPYRIGHTED DIspATCHES—J. W. B., Salem, Or. News associations copyright their dis- patches, filing with the librarian of Congress each day a proof of all dispatches that are to be | Angeles County; two_forest | Neagle at Lathrop on the 4th of August, 1889. | man ana Phil H. Sherid | the ground that it would seriously interfere published. The association you name mmmA v _stations, one at County, and the and a viticul- an Jose, Al Sauta Moni other nea Los Angeles ico, Butte Count near Mission RY'S DEATH — Wheatland, Yuba Cal. David Terry was shot and killed by United States Deputy Marshal David Neagle was, in the United States on the 16th of Septem have been justified in reuit’ Court r following, held to Lling Terry. NATURALIZATION PAPERS—J. W., City. If you wish to become a citizen of the United States and of this State you can meke application at the United States court, where a fee is charged for papers, or to the Superior Court, where no fee s charged. In either court you will have 10 have two witnesses when you apply for your second papers. MILITARY RANE—J. W. T., City. The highest military rank in the United States army at this time is’ major-general. The grade of general is higher than that of lientcnant-general. Both of these grades are specially created by Congress. The grade of genersl has been held by George Washington, U. S. Grant, W. T. Sner- an SCHOOL HOURS—N., City. The reason that children in the public schools of this City are allowed but one hour for the noon recess is that experience shows that that is sufficient e for any child to eat lunch and rest before commencing the afternoon studies. A propo- sition to ailow the children two hours has been discussed by educators and rejected on with the work of the schoolroom. THE YOUNGEST SOLDI T. R., Stockton, Cal. In suswer to the question, “Who is the young- est soldier, a_member of the G. A. R., Depart- ment of Californin and Nevada?” the following has been received: SoLDIERS’ Ho: In reply to “Youngest born December, 1849; was 46 of December, 1 wenty- second Pennsyivania Cavairy February, 1864, and served in the Shenandoah Valley untl October 31, 1865, 50 you will see I was 14 years, 1 month and 21 days 0ld when 1 enlisted and was in the service about twenty-one months. I belicve that T am the | youngest in the home and I donot think there were many younger in the service, Yours very truly, JonN E. WATSON, Late Company H, Twenty-second Pennsylvania Cavalry and Company K, Third Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalir, THE CHRISTMAS “CALL.” It Is a Marvel. Coulterville Miner. The fifty-two-page Christmas edition of THE CALLis a marvel of newspaper enterprise. It is California clear through, and handles every detail concerning our wonderful State in & plain, truthiul end highly interesting manner. | It may well be termed a California encyclo- pedia, and people can do no beiter service for this section than to send a copy to their friends throughout the world. Of Value to California. ¥resno Republican. The Christmas number of the San Francisco CALL is one of the very best editions of the kind that have ever been issued on the Pacific Coast. The special contributions to its columns are not only by the ablest writers in the State, but in many instances by the men who repre- sent ell that is best and most substantial in the progress and development of'this coast in every particular. Such a paper as the Christmas CALL is of inestimable value to California, and its enterprise deserves the substantial en- couragement of every citizen. Itemphasizes the fact that THE CALL is one of the great news- papers of the great West. A Magnificent Paper. San Francisco Post. THE CALL’S Christmas edition, issued yester- day, was in every sense of the word a magni- ficent edition. With fifty-two pages filled to overflowing Wwith high-class literary matter, news, general information on all manner of Subjecis. excel- lent artistic work, etc., the issue was not more voluminous in quantity then its contents were excellent in quality. It was certainly » great paper dfl}]l Te was lbworldho! miscellany in the e lon—poems by such writers as I . Cool- brith and Dan 0'Cennell, R tories b; Vi W. C. Morrow, Roliin M. Daggett, &, A o Ernest . Stock Louis ot aaley, Glass and & host of writers, While every other hranch of anieoer. lany was also ably and iuily represented. The artistic features of the edition were also of a very high order, and, of course, nothing was wanting in the news department. Con. sidered as a whole, the Christmas CarLy Was a newspaper well worthy of being preserved as g most valuable specimen of ‘what modern journalistic enterprise is capable of . PERSONAL. A.J. Weiner of Fresno is in the City. Dr. E. Z. Hennessey of Napa is in town. D. Diller, 8 merchant of Chico, is in town. N. G. Wyatt of Salinas City is at the Baldwin. Ex-Congressman A. Caminetti of Amador is here. Senator E. C. Hert of Secramento is at the Grand. P. McRae, & wealthy contractor of Hanford, is at the Lick. Dr. F. W. Hatch of the State Asylum at Ag- news is at the Grand. A. W. Salmon, & mining man of Mexico, ar- rived here yesterday. George W. Chandler, the lumber-dealer, of Santa Cruz, is in the City. B. E. Edwards, & business man of Washing- ton, D. C., is at the Baldwin. J. G. Turner, an attorney of Los Angeles, was among yesterday’s arrivais. R. H. Brown, & wealthy land-owner of Pesca- dero, is among the late arrivals. C. F. Montgomery, editor and proprietor of the Antioch Ledger, is in the City. Thomas Hopper of Santa Rosa arrived here yesterday accompanied by his wife. Tom D. Lane, superintendent of the noted Utica mine at Angels, is in the City. J.J. Nunnan, one of the editors and pro- prietors of the Stockton Mail, is at the Lick. Senator J. Gleavesof Redding and Senator A. H. Rose of Colusa are here for a few days’ stay. Ex-Judge F.T. Baldwin, one of the Code Commissioners, is steadily recovering from his illness J. L. Giilis of Bacramento, assistant division superintendent of the Southern Pacific,is in the City. Matthew Gage, the banker, orange-grower and irrigation-ditch builder, of Riverside, is at the Occldental. C. H. Lewis, a wealthy business man of Port- land, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and several friends. C. H. Keyser of Carson and George Norton Noel of Virginia City, business men, respect- ively, are at the Russ. George A. Peltier, a general goods dealer of | Eastern Nevada, is at the Palace. His wife and her mother, Mrs. Fred Cox of Sacramento, are with him. R.T. Bailey, a mine owner of the Carlisle distriet Mex., and who was formerly in Lake Valley, in the same Territory,1s at the Russ. He is here on a businéss trip. A. Mitchell-Milne of Scotland, who for some months past has been living at Santa Rosa, is in the City accompanied by his wile. They have taken rooms at the Lick for the winter. G. M. Francis, editor of the Nape Register, and W. D. Pennycook of the Vallejo Chronicle, the latter secretary of the California Press As- sociation, are in the City. They come to at- tend a meeting of the executive committee to be held at the Press Club. W.C.Van Arnam, whose deeth took place recently, and who was buried from the family residence on Haight street yesterday, was the | menager of the Ensensads Land Company and a cousin of Secretary Van Arnam of Arizona. In early days he was a stage-driver. Congressman Francis G. Newlands of Nevade, who hes been attending the session of Con- gress at Washington for some time ps rived here vesterday and is at the Palace. On his way he stopped in Nevada, delivering a speech at Reno. He will be here several aays at lesst. Graham Coghlan, son of Commander J. B. Coghlan of the United States navy, will ship to-day 'fore the maston the ship St. Nicholas for New York, via Cape Horn. Coghlan was until recently a clerk in the Southern Pacific offices at Fourth and Townsend streets, and was 8130 a prominent member of Troop A, Na- tional Guard of California. It is his intention to fit himself for the merchant marine service. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. cent arrivals are: C F. Central Miss M. E. Jan. 3.—Among the re- W. Fleischer, Broadway Murdock, Gilsey; W. P. Scott, ott, Holland; J. Curran Jr., Gil- sey: G.F. Dyer, Astor; A.D. Martin, Mrs. P. Morgan, Miss T. Morgan, Holland. A MISS'S EVENING COSTUME. A more charmingly dainty gown for a young girl cannot be found, and for white materials is it specially adapted. A creamy China. silk, wit white satin, makes an idenl dress for evening parties and dances. The dainty crepes of silk are beautiful, and, though not so cheap as China silk, prove & wise investment, for they wear forever and dye beautifully in light shades. Lawn, India mull, silk mull and chiffon are exquisite for dnncin? gowns, and all develop well after this model. For evening dresses, the dainty Dresden silks of taffetas are exquisite, yith trimmings oflace or chiffon. One of the creamy tint with lines of blue, between which are interspersed pink blossoms, might be trimmed with blue or pink chiffon and ribbons. White challie with yellow blossoms sprinkled all over the surface is beautiful with yellow ribbon trimmings. Pink with black chiffon stylish. PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT Prince Nicholas of Greece is an accomplished ‘‘dra wing-room magician.” is exceedingly It is said that when Queen Victoria and the Empress Eugenia are together they spend all their spare time doing needlework for the poor. Keely of motor fame has abandoned all {des of patenting his invention, but will “‘adopt a system of royalties” for the commercial use of his discoveries. Princess Marie, wife of Prince Waldemar of Denmark, has just startled her relatives by having her photograph taken in a fireman's uniform, helmet ana all. May Yohe's husband, Lord Hope, has been discharged from bankruptey on the payment of 10 shillings onthe pound, his debts reach. ing the very neat figure of over £3,000,000. Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson is Te- covering, though slowly, from his recent so. Tious illness. He is still confined to his bed bat a few of his most intimate friends are now germitted to see him fora few minutes each ay. Political foes of Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- man charge that, in a recent Speech to his con- stituents, be defined the Radical Programme &s he.understood it, and then addedy “These, If you want a sure relief for limbs, use an tions is as good Allcock’s BEAR IN MIND—Not orie of the h i i i e ost of counterfeits acd imita- ~ains in the back, side, chest, or Porous Plaster lace yoke of the same tint laid over | ) [ fout a REA gentlemen, are our principles; if you don't like them they can be changed. Miss Anna E. Ticknor, a daughter of the late George Ticknor, has presented to the Boston Public Library the original autograph menu- script of one of Lope de Vega’s best-known plays, “El Castigo Sin Vengauza’ (“Punish- ment Without Reve , written in 1631 The manuscript is plain, legible and well pre- served. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. 1f the conceit was taken out of some people there wouldn't be enough of ‘em left to hang clothes on.—Texas Siftings. «“Have you seen the portrait of Miss Dawkins by Mai us Boran? Itlooks just like an old maste: “Do you think so? like an old maid. '~llsrp(ir'= Baz 1 thought it looked more r. First Tramp—1 tell yer, pardner, Tom Reed is the man fer me. i Second Tramp—How is that? First Tramp—Why, they say his policy do nothin.’—Puck. tone ouzht to mail a small pac common-sense” panacea to Lor w York Recorder. s to Mr. Glad age of hls Salisbury Crummer—That is the poet, Latherbrush. He is a great advocate of purity. A Gilleland—Indeed! I don’tremember seeing any of his work. Crummer—You certsinly must. He writes soap advertisements.—Chicago Record. —ee PURE mixed candies, 10¢ 1b. Townsend’ - ream, 15¢ pound. Townsend’ 30¢ b, RGIER) =TI ), 5 < nds to Townsend's California > Townsend's, 627 Mrkt.* AT vour f; Glace Fruits, 50¢ 1b., in Japanese baskets. .. - to manufactura: men by the P: 0 Monfgome: FPECIAL informat business house Clipping Burea u e Among illustrious personages With queer fads must be numbered Prince Luitpold of Bevaria. His collection of beetles is the most te in the world, and the versed ear- extensive and comp Prince is a skilled entomologfst, deep n the habits of ants, bees, moth wigs and the insect world general BLooD is Jife, bealth und heppiness, if it is pure, rich and full of vi: You may have pure blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, the one true blood purifier. Insist upon Hood’s. . CHICAGO LIMITED. VIA SANTA FE ROUTE. A new train throughout begins October 29, Pullman's finest sleeping-cars, vestibule recliniog- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Cb cago, via Kansas Clty, without change. Annex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St. Louis, Twenty-s hours qui than the quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has beoa put in fine physical condition and i3 now the bas: transcontinental reilwey. e nd to kill the hair and turn it gray ne color and baauty of your hair HAIR BALSAM. en Rave t00 early. by using PARKE .. ind, which seldom goes w by th- Siegert's SECURE a sound sound digestion, Angostura Bitters Dr. using T, caused by wn's Bronchiak For IRRITATION OF T Cold or use of the voice NEW TO-DAY. L ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sans, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” 4 Montgomery Street, LN TRUST BUILDINE, CORNER MARKET. INVESTMENTS NORTH OF MARKET STREET. v Hall lot, north side Market st., 25x100, and improvements bringing small reutal : $55,000. Washington st., near Battery: double front, 40< 120, with substaniisl brick building renting for $240; $35,000. | “Sacramento s | basement brick upper storie Rents 82 some: large lot and buildin Rents $400; $75.000 3-story and es and 15 rooms in 44x59:6; $25,000. Mason and. Taylor; story dwelling, 15 $17.000. 50 feet frout and st.: $51,500. kei, downtown; 20x65 and frame building; only $32,000; a fine Invest- $20,000 on it can remain at 614 per cent. corner, 28 feet front: rents $123; near 000. t. IN.\'LSTML.\TS SOUTH OF MARKET STREET. Third st., rents $385, $70,000; stores and room. solid building tn Ninth, bet. Market and Mission: 50x100; $30,- 000; frame buildings. Fourth-street corner, renting for $225; $35,000, Howard st., 45:1012X137:6: north side, close to Steaart; short block.from water front; oniy $18,000, A bargain; $1 ; rents $80; Main st., below Folsom; 48x137:6; covered with iwo-story build. ings. Seuart st.: very cheep; bet. Market and Mission; 35:1014x137:6. WESTERN ADDITION BUSINESS AND INCOME PROPERTY. $48650; corner Geary and Tarkin: ; 2 corners covered with stores and dwell- ings. diake offer: Elisst. corner; rents $274 50; $30.000; 90x125; covered with 6 2-story dw ings and 9 flats: bothstreets in good order; must be sold to close au estate. Polk-st. corner: 30 feet front; good store and business corner: new building; rents $160; 2 ten- ants; $28,000. Rents $18150: corner Fulton and Octavia; 50x75. and substantial, nearly new improvements: $-story building. PACIFIC HEIGHTS RESIDENCE LOTS Marine view unsurpassed: Brow: vet. Devisadero and Broderici foot. avia: elegant corner: unsur- 60x117; $25,000; or larger Jackson and pasged marine view lor. 50-varas on Pecific Heights; finest location; low price. Pacific ave., north side: any size, 25, 50 or 75 feet front; price reduced to $200 a 700t; marine view: Reduced to $9000; make offer corner Pacific ave. and Broderick; 35x127:8: a very sightly lot, with view of bay, and one block from the cars. N.W. Pacific and Baker, N.W. corner: 50x132:4 $14,000: one of the finest residence lots on Pacific Heights. CHEAP WESTERN ADDITION LOTS. VIEW OF . near Fillmore; or any size; good view. Steiner st., near Broadway deep, at $100 a foot. ts north side Valiejo st., bet. Fillmore and ::elne i 26x187:6; $2375; orany size; view ot BAY. 25x127:8; $3135; ; any size front by 26x13 y SW. corner Broadw $4500; or 55x110, order, E. corner Vallejo and Steines view: 37:6x137:6; $4250; or larger #3000—Steiner 8., west side, bef and Steiner; 27:6x110; 00: 200d view; streets in ze. Pacific and Broadway; 27:6x110; street work done; fine view, Broad north sid 34:6x137:6: . $7000; grand marine view ; bet. Fillmore and Steiner. Lo nion st., north side; magnificent view; 27:8x 127:6: only $2100; bet. Scoit and Devisadero, in Baldwin Park. fine view of the hur: Devisadero st.. west sl 84x100, or any size; bet. Green and Union; will sold cheap. Union st,, north side, het. Devisadero and Brod- erick; 27:6x137:6, $1850; bay view; cable-cars pass. PAINTED SHOES. Ours are not painted, they are genuine kid and light goat—mostly tipped. Price cut from 50 cents to 25 cents; es 1 to 5— FOR BABY. This week and next we’ll make a noise -. 4n the shoe trade. We have too many and must name selling prices. Ladies’ Sunday- ' shoes, $1 25 up; strong kangaroo or every- day styles, $1 50 up. SMITH'S, 414-418 Front st. (upstairs), is the place for shoes,