The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, NET PROFITS OF THE ROADS Much Larger Than Had Been Admitted by the Companies A HEAVY BONDED DEBT. The Attorney-General Says That It Exceeds the Value of the Property. CAUSING EXORBITANT RATES. Remarkable Made in the United States Circuit Court in the Railroad Case. Showing zgerald spoke all Judge McKenna's court of figures and statis- e distracted an ordi- The figures were those of nd were quoted to show that tt isiness was yielding large profifs and that the bonded indebtedness e roads was greater than their value. n the morning he resumed his showing zainst the railroad company on its report 94, He sed jhat the report bad beea doctored to show a deficiency whe: in fact the net profits of the entire Pacific sunted to $384,000 in 1894, and alifornia system to $350,000, mak- nga total net profit from all sources of nore than one million dollars. He argued also from the comp: report that the railroad company | and bandled a n tics that would nary layman. the railroa own d used the cost of the betterments for the pur- sbowing a deficit, ana also for an added cost of construction above the actual cost. The at- torneys for the company bad filed the re- t as part of the evidence, only for which ct he would not bave been allowed to 1t in his argument. The Attorney-General spent considerable time 1n repiying 1o Mr. Herrin’s argument that the cost of the rodus exceeded their bonded indebtedness. Mr. Herrin, he said, had stated that there were additions g in the nature of TS Or mere operating expense 0 to 1874 amounting to $8.903,518 16. Included the bill of the complainant as operating expenses are these items, based upon the estimates of Engineer Stevens: | Southern i Jost of | constructior dditions, bet- rovements, $3,020,000; bonded indebted- Northern Railw: betterments, etc. 45 ) ler this question of be sand additions. He contended ‘ férnia "Railway Company as though it were its own property for the term of forty yearsat a nominal rental of therefore, the improvements ments must_be treated as an the value of its own property. i better- ddition to self of these for additions, improvements erments for the purnose of show- ing an ‘apparent increase in the cost of construction, anc W itself of them for the purpose of increasing the operating expenses so as to create an alleged deficit. The speaker next proceeded to show the values of the roads, as sworn to by the proper railway officials under oath in mak- ing their returns to the Assessors, and the value of the steamboats, etc., as made by the Assessors. Central Pacitic Railroad — Franchise, roadbed, etc., $8,702,671; Assessor’s valua- tion on steamboats, etc., $5, 898; total, $14,219,569. Eouthern Pacitic Railroad Company of California — Franchise, etc., $11,106,269; Assessor’s valuation, $5,012,973; total, $16,- 119 32. California Pacific R Franchise, - et valuation, $54 Northern Rail As: or’'s $3,620,652. The total valuation of all the roads was iven by the speaker at $47,695,728 and the nded indebtedness at $102,386,900, so that the value -of the property, according to Mr. Towne’s sworn statement to the Assessor, was less than one-half of the bonded indebtedness. Then the following statements were re. Central Pacitic (in California)—Bonded indebtedness, $35,420,000; excess of bonded indebtedness over value, $15,691,533; actual . ¥alue, $19,000,000, the bonded indebtedness being more than two-thirds greater than the value. ‘Southern Pacific Railroad Com Bonded 1ndebtedness, $43,652,400; actual $2. 195. Here value, $21,1 xcess, i S is more than twice the ilroad Company— $1,350,000; Assessor’s total, $1,404,9: ay Company valuation, $175,11 $3,445,542; 3 total, pany— the indebted acific Railroad Company— Indebtedness more than four and a half times the value of the road. The-excess of the bonded indebtedness over the actual value of the Northern Rail- way Company was $888,750. *‘These.are the valuations of the Asses- sor,” suggested Judge Garber. “They are the valuations as furnished by you ‘to the-Assessor; as furnished by Mr. Towne under oath,’’ replied the Attor- ney-General. The excess of the bonded indebtedness of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company over the valué was $4,127,048, continued the speaker. The aggregate bonded in- debtediiess of the roads in California was $102,386,900 and their actual value only ® $47,695,798. The bonded indebtedness of the roads to the Govérnment was not in- cluded ‘in_the -foregoing, and the annual interest of §5 5 is nearly 12 per cent oi the actual value or the roads. “The comnplairant asks,”’ continued the speaker, “that-the shivpers of California should be burdened with exorbitant rates in order that they:may make a profit upon this enormously “disproportionate bonded indebtedness. They say to the Assessor under oath that-this property is worth $47,000,000 and to the court in thiscase they say it is worth more than $102,000,000. They are acting in bad faith 1n this case, and thev are not entitled to anything in equity. While the valuation, as shown by the Assessor, is not evidence of its value in other cases, in this case the comp'ainant has furnished the court with a definite standard by which the real value of the property may be arrived at. It has shown that 1t 1s the custom of Assessors to assess property at 5C ver cent of its commercial value, Therefore the valuation doubled may be tiken as the actual commercial value.of the property assessed.” Tue Attorney-General argued that Mr, Herrin had omitted from his statement §27,000,000 of bonded indebtedness of the Central .Pacific Railroad Company to the Government and $18,000,000 of interest, which made the total bonded indebted- ness $102,024,000, or $29,000,000 more than seneral asked the court to | $1 per year; | t could not again avail | Mr. Herrin’s estimate. “ He added that it was manifest that the road was saddled with an indebtedness many millions of dollars in excess of its value !o-dng. The statement of Senator Stanford was quoted to the effect that the entire cost of the rond should not have been more than 70 per cent of what it actually did cost, by reason of its construction be- ing pushed forward in inordinate haste. Eungineer Heod’s report to Senator Stan- ford was also quoted, in which Mr. Hood said that if more time had been taken in the building of the road, the entire road could have been built for 75 per cent less than its actual cost. . The Southern Pacific of New Mexico ex- pended $567,387 26 for additions and bet- terments, and but for those additions the cost of the road would have fallen below its bonded inaebtedness. With reference to the sub ect of the net profits of the roads in California for the year 1804 the Attorney-General said that that year, by reason of the great railroad strike and the tieup of the road for several weeks in the busiest part of the green deciduous fruit season, was far below the average in business depression. He showed that notwithstanding the strike the California roads realized a net profit of §2,385,163, ; The hour of 4 o'clock haying arrived, the court took a recess until 11 o'clock this mormng. Aitorney-General Fitzgerald re marked that he expected to conclude his argument this morning. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The California tour of the Mormon Taber- nacle choir will cost that body the snug little sum of $15,000. It has a treasury in excellent shape, however, 1ts profits arising out of the prizes it has won in the big contests in which it has taken part and the concerts it givesin the mammoth Tabernacle at Salt Lake. The choir will give five grand concerts at Metropolitan Temple, April 15 to 19. Season tickets will be on sale on and after April 6 at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. NOT ON PLEASURE BENT, The Yacht Coronet Here Take a Party of Scientists to Japan. to SHE CAME AROUND THE HORN. Her Millionaire Owner and His Guests Expected Here in a Couple of Days. The American yacht Coronet arrived from New York yesterday after a fair passage of 118 days. Captain C. 8. Crosby brought ner around the Horn and is dis- appointed that he did not make the run in ‘at least three weeks’ better time. Arthur Curtis James, her millionaire owner, made a better guess than the man who has handled the handsome schooner from the day she was launched. Mr. James gave the yacht 120 days in which to reach San Francisco and laid his plans accordingly. Inside of forty-eight hours he and the party that is accompanying him may be expected here. In consequence the Coro- net’s anchor was barely down before the crew was hard at work getting things shipshape in expectation of the owner's arrival. 5 The Coronet is 152 tons register, 134 feet audience, between Deacon Morse, who sat in front, and Brother Nagle. who modestly occupied a chair in the rear, moved that the committee’s recommendation be adopted. + “You have heard the motion duly made and supported,” said Dr. Brown. “All you who are in favor hold up the hand.” The bands went up. “Contrary-minded, if any ?"” There being no contrary minds, the pas- tor added: *It is soordered. The clerk will so inform the person named of the action of this congregation.” And thus the name of the fair kisser or kissee, as the case might be, was stricken from the roll of membership. Letters were received trom other churches requesting that the following-named per- sons be received into membership in the First Congregational church: Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Adams, from the Grand-avenue Congregational Church of Milwaukee; Mrs. A. F. Jordan, from the church in National City, Ual., and Charles W. Heath of 8pokane, Wash. 2 The following applications for member- ship on profession of faith were referred to the standing committee: Mrs. L. V. Bux- ton, Mrs. ¥. Idenmuller, Miss B. Jacques, Tromas Jacques, Master Thomas Jacques, Master F. H. Idenmuller, Master William C. Idenmnuller, Mrs. M. F. Clayton and Mrs. I. T. McLeary. The lesson of the evening was on the humility of Paul and the humility of Christ. Deacon Dexter, in his prager, asked a blessing on the absent ones who had been accustomed to meet there and who were now elsewhere. Deacon Vascon- sellos prayed ‘‘that we may learn from day to day and from sad experience of things that have been to draw nearer to Thee."” Rev. Dr. Kimball made some comments on the lesson. He believed that there was in the churches and the Christians to- day a good dealof the humility of St. Paul and the Savior, but that more was needed. Those who wished to exemplify the true Christian spirit should give u big ambitions, he said, and be filled witg The Schooner Coronet of the New York Yacht Club That Will Take a Party of Scientists to Japan to Observe the Eclipse of the fua That Occurs Next August. VINING GETS A SCORING The Superintendent Hauled Over the Coals With No Gen- tle Hand. Lively Resolutions at the Meeting of the Point Lobos Avenue Im- provement Club. Enthusiasm was by no means lacking at last night’s meetiog of the Point Lobos- avenue Improvement Club. Crossthwaite's Hall on Fifth avenue was the scene of the gathering, which was presided over by George R. Fletcher, president of the club. Announcement was made that the Superintendent of Streets had issued a call for bids on the contract for clearing Twenty-fourth avenue of drifting sand in which it_is at present submerged; also that the grade of First avenue in the sec- tion now being paved would beredrvced to 8 per cent in order to render tie ascent of vehicles less difficuit. The committee on the Firstavenue boulevard having lost one of its members through the resignation of G. Frobman the vacant place was supplied by the election of P. I};lipnini. the other two members of the committee being Luke Battles and F. T. Newberry. The streetcar service in Richmond dis- trict was severely criticized. 3 R. M. Wood said he had seen motormen on the Sutro line allow cars to attain a speed of fully twenty miles an hour, and yet omit to ring the bell at the street crossings. “‘Eight miles, I believe,” remarked Mr. Fletcher, *‘is the legal maximum of speed, but sometimes it looks as though the gait were nearer eighty, I suppose the thing will be regulated after a jew women and children shall have been killed.” Daniel P. Fenton opined that it would be better to say nothingon the subject for the present as some o the offending mo- tormen bad been discharged and others warned that they would lose their posi- tions if they did not use some degree of care and prodence in running the cars. The club then proceeded to- pay its com- pliments to Mr. Vining of the Market- street Railway Compauy by adopting reso- lutions that were prefaced by a very sar- castic preamble in which Mr. Vining and his “peculiar transfer system’’ were handled without gloves albeit with a gooa deal of biting humor and satire. The res- olutions themselves were as foliows: Resolved, That this club and the people of the Richmond District pledge themselves to use their best endeavors to have inserted in the platiorms of the political parties & plank pledging the candidates to the Senate and As- sembiy 10 introduce and carry through the coming Legislature a bill that no streetcar shall carry more passengers than there are seats 1orin theé car, and that the price of asingie fare on any street railroad shall not excevs 3 cents, or shiall be two fares for 5 cents; and be it farther Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to forward a copy of this yrelmgle and resolution to every improvement club in this City and als0 to the Merchants’ Association, and that 5000 copies be printed for distribution asking the clubs and the public 10 co-operate with tnis club to bring this fmportant public ques- tion 1o a successiul issue. Mr. Fenton called attention to the con- dition_of the sidewalk in front of tke Sutro Primary School, on Twelfth avenue, the boards of which were in so rotten a state that in his opinion there was great danger of children tripping and fsiling. The executive committee was ordered to investigate the matter and report upon it to the Board of Education. “It’s the most villainous ness I ever saw,” added way of a commentary. Residents were reported as not being desirous of going about with lanterns by night, as many of them are said to have been doing hitherto. A petition is to be prepared calling the attention of the Su- perintendent of Streets to the matter. iece of busi- r. Fenton by | over all and 123 feet on the water line. She | | is 27 feet broad and 12 feet 6 inches deep. | | Her main boom is 75 feet long and her main gaff 45 feet. Her foreboom is 37 feet and foregaff 35 fect and her jibboom 20 | feet. She carries besides her mainsails a | jib, flying jib, jib-topsail and fore-topsail. She was built in 1885, and is now as stanch | as the day she was launched. There is | | nothing alow or aloft that is not in per- | fect proportion, and the Coronet can be ut down as oneof the prettiest yachts | that has been seen in the bay for a long time. Captain C. 8. Crosby’s chief officer is M. | C. Gilbert, and under him there is a sec- | ond mate, eight sailors, a cook and stew- | ard. In speaking about the trip the | skipper said: *“The Coronet belongs tq the | New York Yacht Club, and our run of 118 days was a long one, I think. We had | heada winds in the North Atlantic and no | trades in the South Atlantic. In rounding | the Horn we were only fifteen days in get- | ting from 53 to 53, and off the cape we did | not have as heavy weather as we hada | few days ago off the coast of California. The Coronet is a fast boat, but the ele- ments were against us. The year after she was built she raced the yacht Daunt- less from New York to Southampton and beat her thirty hours. Since that time she has made four trips to Europe and been once around the world. In 1888 she was | in San Diego, and on that occasion John D. Spreckels paid us a visit. Rufus Wood | was then owner of the yacht, and when he died Mr. James purchased her. “The Coronet is here to take a party of scientists to Jntpsn to make observations of the eclipse of the sun which takes place in August. The party will l‘? headed b Professor Todd of Amherst College, and, including Mr, James and his wife, there will be fifteen all told. We have all the instruments provided by the college on the yacht, so as soon as Mr. James ar- rives we will be ready for a start.” The Coronet has six large staterooms all magnificently furnished, a dining-room anfsmoking-room, so_the party of tifteen may have no fear of being crowded. At her fore she flies the colors of Ambherst Col- | lege—a star and crescent on a green ground. On_her aftermast she flies the colors of the New York Yacht Club. After their observations are completed the yacht will return to San Francisco and the party will go home overland. MRS, STOCKTON CAST OUT Unanimously Excommunicated From Dr. Brown’s Fold of the Church. Communion Postponed Until the First Sunday in May—Proceedings at the Prayer-Meeting. Mrs. Stockton’s name no longer adorns the roll of membership of the First Con- gregational Church of this City. She was excommunicated last night and cast into outer darkness, where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Ana when the church passes her by in the street the chureh will gather its skirts close lest they should brush those of the ex-member whom the pastor last night called a person. ‘When the business part of the prayer meeting arrived Brother Christianson of the standing committee read a brief re- vort indefinitely announcing that charges bad been preferred against Mrs. M. A, Stockton, that she had been cited to ap- pear before the committee, that she has failed to appear and that the committee recommended that she be excommunicated from the church. Dr. Brown, as calmly as though he were announcing a text, asked what should be done with the report. Some ome in the the wonderful simplicity, unselfishness and humility. Rev. A.R. Sherriff, R. S. Szanik and C. H. Williams were granted letters hdrawal. Announcement was made that the Eas- ter communion had been postponed until the first Sunday in May. The attendance last night was large, about two hundred people being present. ‘When Dr. Brown was asked after the meeting whether there was any truth in the report that he was going to resign he pointed to his audience and asked, ‘“Does that look as if I was going to resign?”’ He added that he had never said to any one that he intended offering his resignation. MATCHING BOXERS. Tommy Ryan Will Not Meet George Green—Corrigan and Van Buskirk. A young man named Corrigan visited Billy Kennedy, the superintendent of the Olympic Club, last evening and asked to be matched against Van Buskirk, the champion heavyweight boxer of the club, Neither Johnson, the boxing instructor of the Sacramento Athletic Club, nor ‘‘Soldier” Walker, also of Sacramento, will consent to a meeting with the Olympic champion, Johnson excuses himself by asking the club to hang up a purse which he is well aware will not be given. This is a pleas- ant way some pugilists have of avoiding a good whipping. Corrigan is said to be a hard puncher. He came to this country from Australia with George Dawson, and is very anxious that Buperintendent Kennedy 'pick out some good man from among the middle or heavy weight pugilists so that he (Corri- gan) may have an opportunity of roving to the amateur boxing-match maker that he can go a good race against the best tal- ent now Erocunhle. Kennedy will give him a “try-out’’ anc if Corrigan proves worthy of recognition he will be matched against Van Buskirk for six rounds, the contest to take place at the Pavilion in May. McGinley, the clever Australian light-weight boxer, will be asked for his opinion of Corrigan to-day. Tommy Ryan of Chicago telegraphed Kennedg last evening that it weuld be impossible for him to meet George Green in May a:s he is under the doctor’s care and will not be physically able to.settle down to a course of training for some months. Ryan received a severe beating from McCoy in their last engagement. Kennedy telegraphed Jack Everhardt, Billy Myers, Jack McAuliffe. and George Dawson last night that if either of the quartet would consent to a ten-round con- test with George Green, the winner woula receive $1000 and the loser $250. Kennedy says that the first man to answer in the rmative will be matched. He expects an answer to some of the dispatches to- day. I’t is said that the National Athletic Club wjll matecn Joe McAuliffe to box twenty rounds against Armstrong, a pro- tege of *‘Parson’’ Davies, the mill to come off at Colma in June. ————— The Name Ought to Be Known. An old colored man who wheels rubbish out of alleys in a Southside residence dis- trict, according’to the Chicago News, con- siders himself pretty well known among the people away from whose back doors he pushes ashes. “Yesterday morning one of the gentlemen who employs the African walked out in his back yard” and spoke fa- miliarly to the ashwheeler. “What is your name?” he asked, in ad- dressing the colored man. ‘“‘George Washington,” was the reply. “Washington — uinnuton," repeated the gentleman. “It seems to me I have heard that name before.” “‘Guess you have,” replied the African. “I bave been wheeling ashes out of these alleys for 'bout ten years.” oE Prcrures, frames, mirrors, tables, parlor easels, piano and banquetiam; Ik, . paparanadis.. il the Bowess chin:i'; clocks, onyx "lt bottom prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co; 1896. 10 SPEED THE PARTING Dinner and Reception in Honor of Departing Local Mu- sicians. THE COLLINS RECEPTION. Fashionable Wedding Tc-Day—Society Prepares for the Outing Season. Mrs. Birmingham, who leaves shortly for England, where she will complete her musical studies, was the guest of honor at a delightful dinner given by Mrs. Mar- riner-Campbell at her artistic home on Turk street on Sunday last. The dinner was served in the afternoon, between church hours, the guests being all members of fashionable church choirs. The menu was delicious and the decora- tions artistic and elaborate. Seated at table were Mr. and Mrs. Birmingham, Miss Birmingham, Miss Jeanette Wilcox, Mr. Perrier, Charles Hamilton Howe and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell. On Monday evening Mr. A. F. Schleicher gave a reception in homor of William Simonson, the popular local tenor, who leaves shortly to continue his musical studies with his sister, Mme. Saville, in Paris. % Fruit blossoms and shaded silk stream- ers made a most effective decoration. The guests, about thirty-five in number, were all musical people and ‘a most delightful evening was spent. Frank Coffin, Miss Van Blaek, Mrs. Alvina Heuer Willson, Dr. Seiberst and Professor Dellepiane con- tributed vocal selections to the evening’s enjoyment. At midnight an elaborate supper was served and many a4 bumper of champagne was drunk to the health and success of the degurling guest. n Ssturday evening Mr. and Mrs. D. Collins gave a delightful reception at their home, 1910 Leavenworth street, comIpliment- &ry to their son, Loring Alexander Collins. Games and dancing made the evening pass pleasantly, and all too quickly, till midnight, when an_elaborate Bn; delicious supper was served. The guests, all young people, num- bered about thirty-five. The wedaing of Miss Millie Viola Greene- baum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Greene- baum, and Dr. Herbert Hatch, will be married this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the residence of the bride’s parents on Van Ness avenue. Rob- ert Morrow wiil be best man. There are to be no bridesmaids nor maid of honor. A smail reception will follow the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tevis and Miss Florence Breckenridge leave the 18th of June for a two months’ stay at Santa Monica. Mrs. Monroe Salisbury has left for a short visit to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kruttschnitt and family will spend the summer season at Clear Lake. Mrs Laurence Pool is located at the Riche- iieu prior to leaving for Castle Crag, where she will pass the summer. Frank McCoppin is spending two weeks at Paso Robles. Mrs. Edward Stanley and Miss Garber leave en the 1st ot May for Napa Soda Springs for an oxtended visit. Mrs. Low ana Miss Flora Low were in Paris at last accounts, but.are expected home early in July. Mr. and Mrs. A. Carrigan have returned from their visit to Keswick. Frederick E. Wilson, construction engineer of the Mountamn Mines Limited, has returned to Iron Mountain after a short visit here. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Merrill and_family have taken cottage “Castle Crest” at Belvedere for the summer. Miss Rose Murdock has returned from a fort- night's outing in the Sants Cruz Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Head are occupying their new home, 1206 Masonic avenue. Mrs. M. B. Bianchard, cousin of Mrs, H. G. Seiberst, aiter an extensive tour through the South and California, has returned to Newark, Mrs. Nathan Levy will be pleased to see her friends at her residence, 1814 Post street, on Tuesday, April7, prior 10 her departure fof the East. Mr. and Mrs. Jul ius §. Morris have moved in theirown home at 214 Second avenue, Rich- mond district. The engagement is announced of Miss Alice E. Blake, daughter of the late Dr. James . Blake of this City, to John W. McAlpin of South Kensington, London, Eng., &t present living on his farm in San Luis Opispo County, Cal. The marriage will take place at the home of the bride about the middle of April, The Mispah Charity Club, through the gen- erosity of Major Hooper, wiil receive their friends at the Occidental Hotel Saturday even- ing, April1l, from 8 to 11 o’clock. A musical and literary programme will be the feature of the evening, with promenade music inter- spersed between the numbers by the Colum- bion Stringed Quartet. The names on the pro- gramme are Mrs. Alista Shedd Langstrotn, 3irs. Olive Reed, Miss Carolyn Boyan, John Housman, Dr. D.’A. Hodghead, Messs. Sancho and Lombardero and the Figaro Club. Tickets have been placed at 50 cents and are procur- able of Mispah members or at the door. The first yacht ride of the Marine Yacht Club took place Sunday, November 29. The party landed on Angel Island, where lunch wasserved. After a delightful fepast dancing was in order. At 2 o'clock the club sailed past the Union Iron Works and then set sail for home. The party landed at7 o'clack. Among those present were: Miss Herber, Miss Gud. manson, Miss Moyce, Miss Williams, Miss Me- Crosson, Miss Sheehan, Miss Garden, Miss White, Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Moyce, Mrs. Petty, Mrs. D. D. Lowney, Mrs. Waldo: Murray Messrs. Brooks, Petty, Pless, Morris, Lowney, Morse, Moyce, McCrosson. Williams, Seyden, Peirson, Retchless, Phillips, Buscelle, Guad. manson, Shechan and Terkelson. Large School Attendance. BERKELEY, Car., April L.—A meet- ing of the Board of Education was held last evening. The chief business trans- acted was the passage of salary warrants and other monthly bills. Principal Waterman’s report of attend- ance at the East Berkeley schools showed the following numbers of pupils at the various schools: Kellogg School— Enrollment 350, average attendance 332; Le Conte School — Enrollment 305, attendance 262; Whittier School, en- rolled 278, atiendance 267; Rose-street School, enrolled 278, attendance 267; Lorin School, enrolled 286, attendance 277; High School, enrolled 275, attendance 268; total enroliment, 1599; total average attend- ance, 1506, Principal Warneck of the West Berke- ley schools presented a report which showed that the number of pupils en- rolled during the month of March: was 474 and the average daily attendance 400, Love for Love. BERKELEY, CaL., April 1.—The stu- dents of the university who will present the travesty on Congreve’s ‘‘Love for Love’ at Shattuck Hall early in April, for the benefit of the Eastern athletic team and the English degnrtmem library, are racticing daily for the event. The train- ing of the actors is under the care of L. D. Syle of the £nglish department. A large number of tickets for the affair have already been sold. ———————— A Short Supply of Ink, At a banquet in Cleveland last week Billy Kountz told the following story, in his quick, characteristic way. He said: “‘Arriving in Pittsburg the other night on a late train, I dropped into Newell’s for a bite to eat. While waiting for my order, I heard two waiters conversing in barely audible undertones. The first speaker said: “Sandow came inlast night after the theater and had some blue points and a bottle of Bass. On getting his check he laid a $100 bill on the table, took out a stylographic pen and wrote Sandow across the face of the note. I asked, ‘Why did you do that, Mr. Sandow?’ ‘Oh,’ replied the strong man, ‘I always write my name on every $100 bill I break.” Then up spoke the other waiter, who hadn’t said a word et, ‘Do you know, 1 used to do that, too; ut I ran out of ink.’”—Pittsburg Dis- patch. ————— Joseph Winkelmaier, an Austrian who was born in 1865 and died in 1887, reached the reputed height of 8 feet 9 inches. In his case, at least, there is no question that the ::;um-emenu were properly authen- ticated. 3 NAPA SODA SPRINGS, California’s Famous HAVE You B Mountain Spa! X THERE LATELY? 1000 feet above Napa Valle: passed. Views magnificent. Hot_and cold Napa Soda water baths. Telephone and Postoffi Burros to ride. Bowling alleys, tennis, croquet. swings and bammocks. New improvements every year. Gas and running water in every room. Re- liet for asthmatics. WARM WATER SWIM- MING TANK. Au ideal summer resort. Chil dren’s paradise: mothers’ delight; husbands’ rest. P. 0. Address ANDREW JACKSON, Napa Soda Springs | Pacific Congress Spring-s Hotel. One of the Finest Hotels in California. OCATED IN THE CA OF THE SANTA Cruz Mountal enchanting scenery. 800 feet above the sea level, with a frontage of 450 feet south. With Private Large Double Rooms, Bathrooms. PURE SPRING of the famed CONGRESS SPR. MINERAL WATER of the kalo- chalybeate class: valuable for table use and dys- pepsia, liver and kidney troubles, rheumatism, gout and cutaneous affections. 2 HOTEL and COTTAGES. NEW NATATORIUM. ALL lighted with electric graph and telephone: good stabl RATES VERY R ABLE: only 215 Francisco. via S. P. to San Tess Springs via electric-cars. elgetric bells, tele- hours’ from San Jose, and to Coi ‘Write for particuiars, J.F. PEETCH, Proprietor. TAVERN OF CASTLE (RAG! Queen of All Mountain Resorts. The Tavern of Castle Crag, the most all mountain resorts, will open for the reception of guests June 1st, and close October 1st, 1896. GEORGE SCHONEWALD, Manager, Room 59, Union Trust Building, San Francisco. HARBIN HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Lake County, Cai. THE FAVORITE SUMMER AND WIN- LARGE AND TER RESORT. I large new dining-room ANDSOME NEW HOTE commodious rooms: everything newly furnished thronghout the hotel and cottages. Stage daily from Calistoga to spring: tickei at Southern Pacific office, $8. F and nunting. Address J. A. HAYS, Pro round-trip ne fishing rietor. EL BONITO HOTEL NOW_OPEN To TOURISTS FOL THE AN ‘season: salt and fresh water bathing, hunti fishing and boating: redwood grove, etc reasonable. G.W. MOR Duncavs Mills, Sonof term: s Co.,Cal. amile above Saratoga, amid beautiful, attractive and accéssible of | WA/ XXX OB X INT VD 2, | Ukiah, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, On the Border of Clear Lake, LAKE COUNTY, CAL. A SUPERB CLIMATE, nis. croguet, billiards? Do ¢ bathing, boating, hunting and fishing? D0 you need recuperation and rest afforded by over | thirty kinds of mineral springs? Shortest stage route into Lake Count, All this and more can be had at Highland Springs. hotel. Finest, diniug-room north of Sam b3 | co it costs only $8 for the and the hotel rates are 81 50 to 82 50 S per week. Take the S, F. | and > via Pieta, thence by a short de lightful stage ri CRA G, Manager. San Francisco office, 316 Montgomery st. * i | i L i Where Shall You Spend It ? | Go where monotony is impossible, | where you may mingle with the light hearted social throng, or bask in the sune shine by the surging sea, or stroll undee the shade of the majestic redwoods! THE SEA BEACH HOTEL, SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Now under the provrietorship of MR, JOHN R. CHACE, offers all these oppor- tunities. Itisthe ideal bealth and pleas« ure resort, nestling in a_very bower of loveliness. For further information ad- | dress J. R. CHACE, Proprietor Sea Beach Hotel. | | DUNCAN SPRINGS HOTEL, | Hopland, Mendocino County, Cal., aAaw1 | rou; HIS NEW 5-STORY, HARD- FINISHED HO- | Ltelis located 2 miles from Hopland station, on. | the line of S. ¥. & N. P. R. R. 'The hotel is built | on a knoll, 250 teet above thé vallay and 1000 feet above sea-ievel. There are seversl furnished cot- | tages; also fin 1a Baths. ectric and Magne Biiliards, Latvn-I Amusemen; reanis, Croquet, Shuffle-Boards.” Fine walks to Duncan Peak, 2200 feet. Beautiful view. 0. HOW Board, $10 to $1 SODA BAY HOTEL. ODA BAY, SITUAT ON CLEAR LAKE, | ©'is most victuresque, Soda Spring is famous for the vast volume of delicious soda water which it throws out daily. amounting to over 1,000,000 gallons. H hing, boating amd swimming are unsurpassed - any . A fine bar has just been opened. The table is supplied with the very best the market affords, and the comfort and wei- fare of all guests carefully looked after. -Frea camping grounds. A coach will connect with the 1, Proprietor. Veek. Free Bus. daily stage from Pieta and Highland Springs, dams, er, Blue Lakes and =aratoga. o from San Francisco, $5 50; round trip, $10. Spe- fal rat milies. B. WYATT, proprietor, | Soda Bay. K e County, Cal. | 2 | McNATH’S. F YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME 1N Tt Coust Range Mountains hunting and fishing it A. B. icNath's. S. F. and N. P. R. R. to Bessevhill stage to Potter and MoNath's stage to Hullville. Round trip ticket, $I2 75. | Gu des and borses furnished campers. - Thirty-five | miles of fishing. P. 0., iiullville, Lake County, Cal* ey ville, 1 s le. The largest p iece of D tobacco ever sold for iocents DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SCIENCE IN NEATNESS ? BE WISE AND USE SAPOLIO DR. LEPPER’S ELEGTRIC LIFE! Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bruises, Sprains, Stff Joints and Swellings. IT STOPS ALL PAIN. ALL DRUGGISTS BSELL IT. 50 CENTS AND $1 A BOTTLE. 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