The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1896, Page 6

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EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and 32, 34 Park Row, DAVID THE CALL Cieveland is said to be worrying about Cuba, but up to date he has lost no tlesh over it. The Sixth-street festival bn Saturday | night will. be big enough to give the whole | City a share in it. The McKinley Cabinetis like a-kaleido- | scope—evV: ‘time you look at it you see | a new. combination. | | = | McKerna's decision is another reason for.fightipg the funding bi ‘We must | win.that fight or lose everyt 8. The fruit-growers are as sanguine as the they knew what they were do- ted for protection. ing when the A''few years ago there were plenty of people who said that pugilism was dead, bu't you cannot find any of them now. zn the Democratic as not an issue | During the campa organs declared the tariff and mow they are writing of nothing else. | The .Railroad Commission may not be able to reduce the rate of the monopoly freights, but the competing road can and | has. According to Judge Sanderson there is | such a thing in law as a stop-over right, but all the same if you try it you will get left. One way to broaden the market for Cali- forfia fruit is for every Californian to send choice specimens of it East for Christmas If Clevelana Las made his message as | 1oaz.as his former ones he had beiter put the finishing touches on it with an ink eraser. Winter has struck the East in one fell | woop, and the only recoiirse of the people | is to cume to California or pray for an early spring. The rush line of Eastern tourists may | sa‘ely speed on to the California gosl. They will find nothing to kick at when | they get here. Bryan is to get cne electoral vote in alifornia, but as the chances are McKin- v will get one in Virginia, the gams stands as it was. Ca If McKenna’s decision is to stand the Reilroad Commission might as well re- tire.- The State is not big enough to sup- | port both of them. | e i The Railroad Commission might as well | continue the fizht, for that isall thst isleft them to0do. If they drop that they will be out ol a job altogether. Mr. Richard Croker of New York has declared the Democratic party of that city does not need harmonizing, but he prob- ably meant it is not worth it. It.is about time 10 call attention to the disappearance of Banker Morgan from the horizon since the election. He is gone, but he doesn’t seem to be missed. The report that Weyler has entered upon a war of extermination is undoubt- edly an exaggeration. He can hardly be said to be making warof any kind. The report that Cleveland’s message will say something about Cuba that will startle the country does not do justice to the country. We are used to Grover now. According to Marquis di Rudini Italy has not yet decided what to do with her African possessions, but she will not under- take to carry war into them again in a hurry. Jameson’s term of imprisonment is over and assoon as he gets well he will leave jail, but it is safe to say he will not iackle old man Kruger again no matter what induce- ments are offered. ‘ There is a big market in the United States for California fruit provided foreign fruit1s kept out and fortunately the next Congress can be counted on to fix & cus- toms duty which will do that. As a result of the defeat at football Berkeley has entered apon an agitation for dormitory buildings, the argument be- ing that students cannot be wide awake on tre field unless they sleep on the campus. The treasury statement for November | shows an increase of public debt for the month of over $8,000,000, so tbat our Na- tional Thanksgiving must have been dve almost wholly to the iact that Cleveland’s | term of office is rapidly diminishing. | The Indianapolis monetary conference bas resulted in a call for a commercial convention to assemble in thatcity in Jan- uarg, and while the work of the conven- tion will be largely directed to subjects which Congress wiil attend to of its own motion, it will nevertheless be well for California to have a strong delegation in the body just to look after our interest; and show that we are in it with the rest the country on every proposition. The contraet- for the long projected bridge over the Hudson to connect New York City with the Jersey shore has been let at last and America wili soon have an- other engineering triumph to be proud of. The estimated cost is about $25,000,000, and the structure will be big enough to en- courage San Francisco in the hope that she may some day have a bridge to Goat | certainly | importations.” .THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1896. THE FRUIT-GROWERS. The annual convention of the State FTu-grcwan' Association has given an- otfler illustration of the sanguine and hopeful spirit which now animates the people of California. While it was ad- mitted that the past few years have pot been prosperous ones to the growers of fruit, there were evident in the addresses { made and in all the proceclings of the body an assurance of better times to come and a determination to make the best usée of them. In his opening address, President El- wood Cooper pointed out that one of the immediate duties before the fruit-growers of the State was that of providing means for taking a fuller advantage of the Ameri- can market. After referring to the de- pression in the industry in Jate years, he said: “To remedy any and all these con- ditions we have just one thing to do, and that is to unite and sell no frait that does not give a fair profit to the producer. If we increase the production we must in- crease the distribution. There are a great many places that would take quantities of fruit if an effort was made to reach them. Each grower has been increasing his product and selling it as he could or ship- ping it and trusting to luck until 2I1 are well nigh ruined. Shall this mode be continued ?’’ ‘Whether it is possible to bring about that complete co-operation which Mr., Cooper favors is questionable. The fruit industry is very large, and it will be diffi- cult to get so many men to combine and work “harmoniously together. There is one point of his plan, however, which is feasible. Mr. Cooper pointed out that even if we had combination among thé home growers it would be im- possible to prevent competition with fruits imported from foreign countries. “‘Therefore,” he said, ‘“‘we should insist upon a higher tariff duty, so as to prevent the market from being flooded with such To that extent at any rate it would seem that combination is easy, and an earnest effort should be be- gun at once by the fruit men to obtain this needed protection for their industry. The address of General Chipman was even miore encouraging than that of President Cooper. He showed by statis- tics that the amount of fruit produced in Calitornia is so far below the limis of con- sumption in this country that up to the present time the peopie of the United States can hardly be said to have tasted it. A striking illustration of how far we fall short of reach:ng the market that is open for us was given in the statemert that while there are many cities and con- siderable townsin the United States in | which California fruit is not to be had, there is not a village in the Union too small 0 be supplied with beer. Takeu as a whole, the proceedings of the convention were decidedly encouraging to the frujt industry. Whatever draw- backs exist at present can be removed by energy and sagacity on the part of the growers. We are still on the safe side of the danger line of overproduction. Cali- fornia can go forward with the assurance that in this asin all other of her indus- tries there is room yet for a large and proiitable deveiopment. A PACIFIC CABLE. According to reports from Washington, it is expected an effort will be made at the comiug session of Congress to procura the passage of the Hawaiian cab.e bili, which was favorably reported by the Committee on Commerce of both the Senate and of the House of Representatives at .he last session. The bill is entitled ‘‘An act to facilitate the construction and maintenance of tele- graphic communication beiween the United States, the Hawaian Islands, | Japan and China, and to promote com- merce.” Much interest was shown in the project during the last session of Con- ¢ress, but it came up too late for any ac- tion to be taken on it at that time. By the provisions of the bill reported to the House of Representatives the Post- | master-General is authorized to enter into acontract with the Pacific Cabie Company for the payment thereto of $100,000 a year for twenty years, for tue construction and operation of an electric submarine cable from San Francisco to Honolulu, and such places on the coasts of China and Japan as the company with his approval may select. These provisions are subject, of course, to conditions -which will guard the Gov- ernment from lossin case the company should fail to fulfill any part of its con- tract. Itis probable that eitaer thisor a bill of a similar nature will be taken up as | soon as Congress meets and pushed for- ward as rapidly as possible. Public inter- | est in the subject has grown steadily ever since the proposal to annex the islands to the United Siates was first brought for- ward. It hes been increased of late by the growing desire for an expansion of American commerce, and has, therefore, a | stronger support than ever before. In its reportin faver of the passage of the bill the House committee cailed ai- tention to the fact that within the last few years the United States Government has been at great expense in maintaining men of war for purposes of communicaiion be- tween California and the Hawaiian Islands owing to the lack of means of ca- ble communication, ana went on to say: “As far as Japan, China and other por- | tions of the Asiatic continent are con- cerned, the present rates charged for mes- sages between the United States and those countries are so high as to be practically probibitive except where matters of the highest importance are involved.” These considerations have lost none of their weight since the time they were first submitted, and will have no little effect in determining Congress to take some action this winter. The cable, it is needless to say, will be of great advantage to San Francisco, and will have a tendency to promote our commerce with the islands and the Orient. We can therefore regard with satisfaction the prospects of an im- mediate passage of the bill and give it cordial support when it comes up before Congress. THE PUBLIO DEBT. The official statement for the month just issued by the Treasury Department shows the public debt, less cash in the treasury, now amounts to $995,769,159, be- ing an increase for the month of Novem- ber of $8,270,283. Thus another large amount is added to the increasing deficit, and the situation of the treasury is as gloomy as it has been at any time during the Cleveland administration. These monthly statements, showing a steady increase in the public debt, consti- tute a strong argument in favor of some kind of tariff legislation during the com- ing winter. Many members of Congress believe that it is the first duty to provide the Government with a revenue adequate to its expenditure, leaving the broader subject of a thorough restoration of the protective system to the next Congress. That there are good reasons for this po- Island and rapid transit to Oakland for the benefit of the people on the other side of the bay. sition is beyona question. It is to some extent disgraceful that a Nation so rich as ours should be runming further info debt every month in a time of profound peace and under circumstances when there is seemingly required only the exercise of common sense on the part of the admin- imon and Congress 10 provide the Gov- ernment with an income not only suffi- cient to pay current expenses but to leave a handsome surplus for the steady reduc- tion of National indebtedness. These reasons in favor of tariff legisla- tion during the winter are met, however, by reasons of great force in opposition to such action. Nothing can be done at the coming session except the passage of some form of compromise measure. Any tariff duties adopted this winter, therefore, would be very short lived, for it is certain the McKinley administration will call an extra session for the purpose of re-estabe lishing a thorough system of protection for the promotion of the industries of the country as speedily as possible. 1t seems clear, therefore, that the country might well wait for a few months rather than to disturb business by altering the tariff now, when it is foreseen that other alterations will be made within six months. Dispatches from Washington yesterday state thav the administration wil en- deavor *o procure the passage of a tax on beer for the purpose of providing addi- tional revenue. This and other measures of the kind will probably be brought for- ward as soon as Congress meets. It is doubtful, however, whether even such measures as these will find any strong support in either House. The determina- tion of the poliey to be pursued will be for the Republican caucus to decide as soon as Congress meets, and fortunately for the country this time the subject is in the hands of practical statesmen, and not in those of the free-trade theorists and polit- ical bunglers who have brought the de- ficits upon us. A GALA NIGHT. The progressive merchants of Sixth streef, between Market and Folsom. are making arrangements to give the City a festival next Saturday night in celebration of the work which they have accomplished in the way of improving that thorough- fare. Itisto be hoped that the occasion will be successful in every respect, for the improvement is one of which the promo- ters may be justly proud, and in which they may rightly rejoice. The celebration very appropriately will, be one of illumination. It ought to serve to throw light not only upon the improve- ments of that street, but upon the whole subj-ct of street improvements. It should be bright enough to attract the atiention of merchants and property-owners in every district of the City and awakein them a spirit of earnest emulation. Street improveme<nts of all kinds are needed in San Francisco. We need bet- ter paving, better sweeping, better light- ing anc better sewers. It matters not in which of these features of our streets the improvement takes place, it wiil be worthy of a celebration wuenever it is ac- complished. It is in the highest degree satisfactery that at this iime merchants and property-owners in so many sections of the City are working with energy for nearly all forms of these improvements, for their work gives a reasonabple hope that it will not be long before great re- sults will be attained. The men of Sixth street will have plenty of commendations to inspire them to a true rejoicing when they hold their gala night on Saturday. They will be the re- cipients of congratulations from all sides, and will no doubt have a large concourse of people from all other sections of the City to help them make the festival com- mensurate with the occasion and worthy of the bard work and genuine public spirit which were involved in the task they have accomplished. LROUNU THE CORKIDORS. Frank Ross of Tacoma is in the City direct from New York,in company with other cap- italists, negotiating for the construction of an electric railway line from Tacoma to Seattle. Mr. Ross is one of the most progressive men in the Northwest. During the active times in the Puget Sound country, from 1887 to 1892, he was a leader in enterprise. He built and equipped the Tacoma and Olympia Railroad and subsequently sold it to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Heacquired aremarkable influence among the Puyallup tribe of Indians, whose reservation touches the eastern line of the city of Tacoma and extends along the eastern shore of Commencement Bay, on Prget Sound—the western shore being the water front of Tacoma. Some years ago Mr. Ross, with the consent and the aid, as laborers, of the Indians, began the building of a railroad through the reserva- tion toward Seattle. He was ordered by the War Department to cease, but continued rieht along, claiming that the Indians themselves were building the road through their own ervation, aud that they had a right to do so. A company of infantry was ordered from Vancouver to the piace, and for a time things looked warlike. The matter went into the court. and Ross, if not defeating the Govern- ment itself, still maintained his footuold, and has now a clear rightof way, and with the signs of returning prosperity, is about to un- dertake the building of the road again. Ross has been traveling in the South and East for some months, and is accompanied here by several Chicago and New York men who are interested in.his enterprise. TO MEASUXE DiSIANCES. Avery ingenious instrument for measuring distances has recently been patented. Upon a handle placed as to about balance the two ends of the insirument is an arm three feet long, exfended at right angles 1o a tele- scope, the end of the arm nearest the telescope having a graduation scale for either angles or distances. Rigidly mounted on the arm, coin. The Telemeter, cident with the lower half of the field of the teleseope, is & horizon giass, which is shown as a right-angle prism, and pivoted to the outer end of the arm is a lever which extends under the horizon glass, and hasan adjustable vernier coacting with the adjacent graduation on the arm. An index glass, shown in the illustration asa right-angle prism, is rigidly connected to the pivoted end of the lever, its reflecting surface belnf at an anxle of 45 de- gress to the axis of the lever. On looking through the telescope and hori- zon glass at an object whose distance is to be measured the lever is moved to cause the in- dex glass to receive the image and reflect it to the norizon glass ata point coineident with the line of collimation. The angie will be de- term:ned by the vernier, and the base line be- ing known the distance of the object may be readily computed or ascertained from pre- pared tebles. If desired the scale may be marked empirically for certain distances, which ean then be read.at once. The condition of the celeb d Hungarian painter Munkacsy, whose health had been failing for some time, has suddenly become worse and is causing most serious anxiety to his friends. M. Munkacsy is at Constance. MUSIC AND For thelast four years Hugo R. Herold, son ot the pioneer California musician, the late Ru- dolph Herold, has been one of the most pop- ular drawing-room vocalists in the smart set in'London. Not that his efforts have been limited to the dra wing-room, for he has sung {requently before Jarge audiences in ooncert, notably at the People’s Palace, in a series of concerts, but on the whole he is quoted as one of the few Western artists whom it has become the “fad,” 50 to speak, for swell hostesses to secure for their guests’ detectation, and draw- ing-room singing in the Ola World is & dis- tinetly profitable as weli as & pleasurable oc- cupation. Mr. Herold has won distinction in Brussels, too, both as a teacher and a vocalist. One of the best known Belgian dilettanti, MUSICIANS, his new opers “Iride,” which will not be ter- minated till next year. Letters from Milan state that the perform- ances of “Manon” at the Lyric Theater con- tinue to be veritable triumphs for Miss Sibyl Sanderson and for the tenor, Pandofini. The California prima donna is soon to sing “Phryne” in Milan, Egypt must be becoming indeed civilized, for the first number has just been issued of & musical and dramatic paper in Alexandria devoted to the interests of Egyptian lyric and dramatic art. It is called the Egyptian Stage. And now Cad Wilson is starring at the Tro- HUGO R. HEROLD, the California Barytone Who Has Won Distinction in London. Count de V—, recently studied the role of Lohengrin with him, en smateur. Haying covered Limself with distinction abroad, the California barytone is on his way to pay a " brief visit to his mother and brothers in this City. He went away nine years ago and has never come home since. His first studies abroad were in Paris, mainly under Warot, of the Conservatoire, and while in the French capital he was present at a number of re- markable musical events, notably the five hundredth performance of “Faust’ at the Grand Opera, where Charles Gounod con- ducted. After acquainting himself well with the works of the French school the young Californian went to Italy, where hestudied un- der jhe maestro Francesco Lamperti. Now that he has acquired a solid position for himself in London Mr. Herold feels that he can givehim- self the long promised treat of a Christmas in San Fraucisco, and his many friends here are preparing to give him a welcome. The distinguished barytone, Victor Maurel, has the reputation of being of a fault-finding and cantankerous dispesition, a peculiarity to wuich his non-appearance with the Metro- politan Opera Company this season is lergely due. Quite recently Mozart's “Don Juan” was revived at the Paris Grand Opera, and Maurel 100k occasion to pick & quarrel with the di- rector, M. Gailhard, on the subject, because he declared that the dimensions oi the stage were far too vast for Mozart’s chef d’ceuvre. Seeing that the papers were airing Maure.’s criticism pretty extensively, M. Bertrand, the manager of the Grand Opers, Fad himseli interviewed on the subject and remarked, *'I do not know whether the stage of i(he Opera is too vast for | *Don Juan’, but what 1 do know is that the auditorium of the Opera is too small for 1l the | people who come to epplaud Mozart’s opera, for we are turning people away atevery per- formance.” “What is your answer to that, Maurel?” asks Le Figaro. Discusring the late William Steinway, Man- ager 8. Fricalander, who knew him weil, re- marked yesterday: ‘Neither Abbey nor any other impresario backed so many great artists as Stelnway did. Christine Nilsson, Patti, Sem- brich, Scalchi, Joseph Hoffman, Frieda Simon- son and a host of others were heiped on con- cert tours by Willam Sieinway, indeed, I may say that there are numbers of great artists who would never have been heard in ‘this couniry if Steinway had not brought them over. He wasone of the most charming men 10 meet personally, and his love for music and efforts to popularize & taste for good music were constant and unremitting.” A great success has been obtained at the Mercadante Theater of Naples by & new opera in three acts entitled ‘La Collana di Pasqua.” The libretto is by Luigi Illica and the musicby G. Luporina. The work is: said to be very touching and dramatic, and the music pro- duced the most profound impression. The composer was called nineteen times before the curtain. ~La Collana di Pasqua” is aboulto be played in Milan at the Dal Verme, and will probably recéive an almost immediate produc- tion in other Italian towns, Van Dyck, the principal tenor of the Paris Grand Opera and at the Vienna Opera-house, has been engaged by Grau for a couple of seasons at Covent Garden, beginning next spring. Itis notstated whether the contract includes a winter season in America, but Pprobably it does not, as Vienna will claim him for part of each winter. A grand concert will be given on December 19 in Golden Gate Hall, for the purpose of raising $400 to pay the rent of the French Reformed Church. Efforts are being made to oceasion, but till negotiations are finally com- pleted the name of the singer will not be divulged. poser, has just celebrated his fiftieth birthday, and received on the occasion the felicitations of his confreres, Brahms, Goldmark and Johanu Strauss. The Viennese papers give long paragraphs to praising him, for Bruil has never advanced himself by way of in- trigue, and has always placed his great talent as a planist at the disposition of his friends and of charity. Frau Adelheid Wette, the sister of Humper- dinek, who wrote his libretto for “Ha: Gretel,” is just about to have an ope: same kind played at the Municipal Theater of Cologne. She has written both the words and the libretto of the new work, which is called “The King of the Frogs. It would not be Mapleson if he did not guar- rel with his artists on the subject of “‘making the ghost walk,” as they say in theatrical par- lance. Two of the distinguished impresario’s company have already left for Europe in high dudgeon because their salaries were not forth- coming. ' The European musical papers announce that Mascagni bas renounced the ideaot an im- | works, as he 1s too much occupied in writing Ignace Brull, the well-known Viennese com- | -{ Slocumb.” mediate tour in America to conduet his own | cadero in New York as ‘‘The Yvette Gullbert of the West.”” Some of the French papers bring Bryan home to their readers by saying “if ‘La Car- magnole’ bad been American the boy orator would have sung it.” CREATION’S MASTERPIECE In mists and darkness grew that wondrous plan— The rock-ribbed frame, the blue of dome and deep; The shining spheres that patient vigils keep; And gorgeous blooms, and growing things that spain This whir.ing ball. When quick’ning life began To thrill the myriad forms that blindly creep Through moistened depths, or poise a-wing, or leap, Or walk—then in his image made he man. Now silence reigned o'er all the virgin land! Hushed were the new-made voices—hushed the breeze: Awed nature stilled the whisp'ring of the trees, And learxened. Then he spake. At bis com: mand, Lo! from the sleeping mage at his feet A woman rose. ~ Creation was complete. HuLpa T. HOLLANDS in Detroit Tribune, LADY'S LR4P:D WAIST. A design much liked for silk or light-weight woolens. The fronts lap atthe waist line, ex- tends around the figure and hooks in the center back, forming a wrinkled belt, A smooth V-shaped {ront, invisiole above the dnged {front, the edges of which are trimmed with full rufilcs of lace, but are extremely Eretly untrimmed. A waist of figured silk in rowa hed the V-front of lace over yellow satin, with a collar of the satin, the small plain collar beiug of the iace, bound with nar- row satin ribbon to mateh. A very light wire rgn through the ribbon kept the coliar in shape. LAST SHOT OF THE WAR. Was Fired From the United States Steamer Metacomet in Mobile Bay. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The New Orieans Picayune in its story of an 8-inch Columbiad at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, having fired the last shot, is slightly off, even in a rebel point of view, as you will see by reading pages 54 to 58 inclusive of “My Roving Lite,” volume 2. The iort was cap- tured at 3 A.M.. Sunday, April 9, 1865, by General Canby (the same day surren- dered). The gun, being at the water battery, could have been rolled into the marsh only before that time, and while they were evacu- ating. On Monday afiernoon the | Morgan and another rebel gunboat came out and took glrt with the marsh batteries Gregg and racy in exchanging shots with our fleet and the captured water battery. On Wednesday, April 12, 1865, the Meta- comet’s forward 100-pounder rifle sent a shell into the garden of a man named Ferguson, where a sand battery had been, on the Western shore, but was not, as 1t wes already on the way to Mobile. The troops of General Canby then landed and found Mobile evacuated. We Metacomets have aiways claimed that our forward pivotgun, Granger's 6.inch Par- rott, fired the last shell of the war, by the navy ai least. We are certain it fired the last one at Mobile, and had ever done most efficient service, It deserved to be labeled and non- ored as such rather than the resurrected '‘Lady JOSEPH A. STUART. Auburn, Cal., Nov. 26, 1896, HORSES FOR McKINLEY. ‘Washington Post. President-elect McKinley will probably have two of the handsomest horses ever seen in Washington. The late General Joseph T. Tor- rence of Chicago possessed as fine a stable of horses as was owned in the Windy City. Tt was the general’s intention before his death that two magnificent brown horses, the best matched pair in ris stables. should be pre- sented to Mr. McKinley to ride behind to the Capitol on inauguration day, in the event of his election. The General Ieft no written wiil o‘g !.hhleflee!, Iml: nh!u said tnl-: his daughter, rs, Magoun, who has come into possession of the estate, will probably carry out her fathers wish, and present the lorsesto the President- elect, and that they will take their place in the White House stables on the 4th of March. PERSONAL E. J. Dubois of Paris is here. F. H. Land of Salinas isa late arrival here, C.T. Bliss of Carson, Nevada, isat the Pal- ace. Charles T. Noacke of Sacramento is on a visit here. Attorney Nicholas Bowden of Bnyou 15in town. George Eckert, a business man of Fresno, is in tne City. The Rev. P. J. Farrelly of Pasadenaisat the Occidental. @. W. Cook of Boston, the excursion agent, is at the Palace. W. H. Pyburn, Recorder of Salinas, is at the Baldwin Hotel. W. M. Vanderburst, 8 business man of Sa- linas, is in town. The Rev. Alexander Eakin of Santa Cruz is at the Grand Hotel. o W. F. Knox Jr., a lumber-dealer of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. ‘R. C. Terry, the widely known wine-grower of Clayton, is at the Lick. P. Wheeler of Eldridge, Cal,, a farmer, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Shefiff John L. Mathews of Salinas is among the arrivals at the Baldwin. G. Budlene, proprietor of a large livery stable at Salinas, is in the City. P. H. Gohn, an old-time banker of Virginia City, is among the arrivals here. The Rev. E. Graham of Chico is here ona brief visit. He came yesterday. - Dr. P. A .Lovering of the new and fleet war- ship Oregon is at the Occidental. H. P. C. Barnhardt came up from Santa Cruz yesterday and is at the Occidental. Raleigh Barcar, the attorney and newspaper proprietor, of Vacaville, is at the Lick. Dr. M. E. Gonzales and Mrs. Gonzales re- turned here yesterday and are at the Palace. Major J. R. Houghton of Chico, who is interested in many enterprises there, isin the City. Louis Gundelfinger, & pioneer business man of Fresno, arrived in the Bay City yester- day. 8id Lewellen and wife, of Stockton, are among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopolitan Hotajes E. W. Hale of the well-known business firm of Hale Brothers, Sacramento, is here on a brief visit. George F. Hooper, the prominent grape- grower and raisin-maker of Sonoma, is on visit to the City. . Buperior Judge W. M. Conley of Madera, the youngest Judge on the Superior bench in Cali- fornia, is in the City. P. P. Chamberlain of Redwood City, Treas- urer of San Mateo County, was among yester- day’s arrivals at the Lick. Wharton Barker, a banker of Philadelphia, has arrived here. He will probably remain several weeks in the State. F. A. Hihn, the millionaire land and city property owner of Santa Cruz, is among re- cent arrivals at the Occidental. C. G. White, manager of the new and great racetrack at Monterey, and of the Hotel del Monte stables, is at the Baldwin. 1. W. Heffner, a prominent business man of Snohomish, Wash., is in the City snd regis- tered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. L. M. La Salle, proprietor of a large general store at Martinez, and one ot the oldest resi- dents there, is here on a business trip. W. Geddes came dowu from Stockton to wit- ness the fight between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey. He is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. L B. Curtin, the rising young attorney of Sonora, Tuolumne County, is in the City on business and registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. G. L. Fisher, & business man of Central America, was one of the arrivals here by the steamer San Jose and left yesterday on & visit to Stockton. J. B. Castle, the wealthy merchant of Hono- Tulu who has for years been prominent in the affairs of the Hawailan Government, arrived here yesterday. W. A. Plunkett, an attorney who has been engaged in a good deal ot imvortant litigation in this City, is confined to his home by serfous illness. His friends have hopes of his re- covery. Librarian A, M. Jellison of the Mechanics’ Institute Library will start.for the Eist next Sunday on a four weeks’ tour of inspection of the larger cities and will at the same time be enjoying his first vacation in a long time, F. M. Galbraith, a wealthy business man of Louisville, Ky., who arrived in California some time since accompanied by Mrs. Gal- braith, and who has been quite ill at the Grand Hotel for the last three or four weeks, was yesterday slightly improved. Edwin Stewart, paymaster-general of the United States Navy, Washington, D. C., was among the arrivals yesterday at the Palace. He says his trip to the coast is for pleasure and recreation only. He will visit Los Ange- les and also Oregon and Washington before re- turning. Judge George H. Bahrs of Department 12 of the Superior Court appeared on the bench yesterday morning for the first time since his recent iliness, which kept hin at home for a fortnight. He was congratulated on his re- covery by many friends, who are giad to see him restored to health. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N.Y,, Dee. 2.—At'the Windsor— J. M. Brazous; Albert—M. Plarring; Grand Union—J. E. Cary; Metropole—W. Bachman. Mr. and Mrs. Fraucisco Rossi arrived from Italy on the Werra. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. He—How do you know they are married? Sne—I sat opposite to them coming home in tne streetcar the other night and he only spoke to her once all the way out.—Somerville Journal. Bambury—I hear that Stimpton is dead. Did he leave his widow much? Mishap—I suppose so. He always lett her as much as he could while he was alive.—Boston Transcript. Tommy (inquiringly)—Mamma, is this hair- oil in this bott.e? Mamma—No; that’s glue. Tommy (nonchalantly)—That's why I can’t get my hat off. Bobby—Mamma, do the streets of heaven flow with milk and honey? Mother—So the Bibie says, dear. Bobby—And is that why the angels have ‘wings, 'cause the walking’s so bad? * Little Elsie (looking at the giraffe at the Z50)—Oh, mamma! They have made that poor thing stand in the sun, haven’t they? Mamma—Why do you say that, my dear? Little Elsie—Look ot all his ireckles, Teacher—Who was the wisest man? Tommy—Noah. Teacher—Noah? Tommy—Yes'm. He was the only man who knew enougn to come in when it rained. —_— PARAGRAPH> .BUUT PEOPLE A widow of 90 regularly attends a Sunday afternoon class at Birmingham, England. Governor Hogg denies the statement that he has children named Ima, Ura and Shes He has a daughter who is named Ima, and three boys named respectively William, Michael anda Thomas. Sir Henty Irving, in laying the foundation- stoue of the new Passmore Edwards Dulwich Public Library recently, spoke briefly of the incalculable value of free libraries as & me- dium of good. By the will of the late John Hoffman Colla- more of Boston, $500 is given to each of the charity funds of seventeen different Masonic bodies, and $50,000 to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. A coutributor to an English magazine say: “Even Mr, Gladstone, the greatest of all stick- lers for official reticence, held thata Cabinet Miuister might impart secrets to his wife and his private secretary. At Rome City, Ind., a Pittsburg traveling man became acquainted with a girl on Mon- day, wired her an offer of marriage on the fol- | lowing Wednesday, was accepted by return dispatch, and the marriage took place on Thursday. Whistler, the painter, was once a cadet at West Point. His old drawing instructor, now 8 well-known artist, was asked not long age if he could recall the ability of his pupils, the Ccadets, and -particularly if he remembered Whistler. “Whistier,” sald he, “at gnce showed his predilection for art. He had to be & painter. Mr. Grant—General Grant?—why, . sir, he was the ver; 0; d an in b i i Y poorest draughtsm T 8 S G S 3 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. C‘;AunD!AyncolF 1845—V. M. B, Marshalls Sounty. Cal. The 34 ot Novewber, 18 No PREMIUN—A. 0. 8, City. No premium s offered for a $5 gold piece T 5 bearing date ““g” n})ue-crfi?!l;.ne alen Boes farin . , fell WOMAN'S HOSPITAL—L, J., Cit; ; « J., City. The hospital for women in San Francisco known ay the “Californin Woman’s Hospital” is located on . Sacramento street, near Baker, e BROADWAY AND MARKET STREET—L, G., City. No; Broadway, New Yorx City, is not widoe " than Market street in San Francisco, ihe - width of Broadway is 80 feet, that of Marke stoeet is 120 feet. Foor SQUARE—Subscriber, Portland, Og, .° There is no difference between s foot square and a square foot, but there is a difference when the number is increased, as for instance;* -ten feet square contains 100 square feét, = . FeMME SoLE—A. A., City. If & ‘marriéd - woman goes into business on her:own de-- . count—that is, takes out papers as.a ‘sole. trader and uses her own money—her goods are not subject to attachment for her .husband’s debts unless she became surety for him. = SToRIES—Subscriber, Valley Ford, Cal. As your question is une o purely persoral inte: est, and you neglected (0 sign your, name,. cannot be answered in this department. Ha you inclosed a self-addressed and stamped-e Velope an answer by mail would havé bec sent you. COOKING 8CHOOL—G. 8., Ross Station; Mariii" , County, Cal. There is no institution in San. Francisco that is specially devoted to instruct- ing men in the art of cooking, but there are; chefs in hoteis and restaurants who no_do; would, for a consideration, teach an anxiou individual the art of cooking. * SILVER DoLLARS—J. H. C., City. The amount : : of standard silver dollars that & person may offer in payment of a'bill is uniimited, uiless there is a stipulation in the contract.as to how- =~ the paymeant shalt be med.; in whaf kind of coin. The standard doliar of the United Strates is & legal tender for any amount. NavGHT—C. F. L., City. In numeration the ° proper expression for zero is naught. Some-’ times nought is used, but there is no grourd for distinction. The latest dictionaries give “Zero—the figure 0, which stands for naught in the Arabic notation for aumbers.” Aught 18 not used to designate zero; if it isitisim- . properly so. . < DEFEATED THREE Trmis—A. S., City., Pater - Maher has been deteated three times in the United States. March 2, 1891, a{ New Or- leans, in a twelve-round match, by Fitzsim- mons; December 8, 1892, by Joe Goddard, in three rounds, at Coney Island, and recently in Dallas, Tex,, by Fitzsimmons, who knocked - him out in one round and a half; time, thirty - * seconds. . ExpPANsION—E. V. A., City. There is no way. - to give a general answer to the question; \“What is the amount of expansion and shrink- age in a ninety-six-pound railroad rail in win- ter and summer?” Raiis are laid, according to a rule, to admit of expansion by ceat. To ' find the increase in the length of a bar of any material due to an incresse of temperature multiply the number of degrees of increased . temperatare by the coefficient for 100 degrees Ly the length of the bar and divide by 100. The coeflicient of a railroad rail for 100° de- grees Fahrenheit is .0007. S CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c ib. Townsend's* EPECTAT information daily to manufacturars, business houses .and public men by the Prass Ciipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Monigomery - R — Smith—I read so many cases of people being buried alive. Is there no remedy tor it? Jones—The only remedy I know is for the Legislature to pass a law compelling dog tors to finish their. work properly.—Texas Sifter. —_— Phillips’ Rock Island Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Ry Grande and Rock Island Kailways. Throug tourist sleeplng-cars to Chicago and Boston. Man- ager and poriers accompany thess excursions to Boston. For tickets. sleeping-car accommodations and further information, address Ciinton Jones, General agent Kock Island Railway, 80 Mont- gomery street, San Franciseo. il Through Car to St. Paul and Minneapolla An elegantly upiolstered tourist-car leayes Oak- land every Tuesdey evening at 7 o'clock for all points in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Nochange of cars. Dining-cars on all trains. Come d get our ratesif you expeci to makes trip to any Esstern point. T. K. S ateler, General Agent Northern, Pacific Ry. Co., 638 Market street, 5. £ — MER. STATELEE, General Agent North Pacific Rai'way, has received a message from Portland staiing his line s open and 1n good condition from Portiand to St. Pauland all trains are running on time. ———— Dr. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters, the most effi- cacious stimulant to excite the appetite, keeps the digestive organs in order. RS AP LTS FADED hawr recovers its youthful color and softness by the use of PARKER'S HATR BA1sAM. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC cures inward pains. SRS “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES” are asimple ané convenient remedy for Bronchlal Affections and Coughs. Carry them in your pocket. - DON'T let your child strangle with whooplng cough, when a botile of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral - can be had for a doliar. ‘T've giv’ up the idee of makin’atrip to New York this fall.” - 5 “How’s that?” “Why, the papers say McKinley’s election hez restored confidence; and I was took in by them last time I went there, fellers the ». Sifiings. 5 as There are Poisons which have great leaven- ing strength. What raises cake “beauti- fully” mayraise trouble with your digestion. “Trephy? is PURE .as well‘y as STRONG.. Tillmann & Beudel, Mfray