The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1897, Page 20

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FOLTZ, Eastern THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. A year's work is ahead of us. Take another cinch on your good resolu- ions. In two months we can give Grover the ha ha. Subscribe for THE CArr this year and you will get all the news and no fakes. The country will be so full of politics to- morrow we will have to take the lid off. A good many people continue to write the date 96 and then try to swear it off, Next week the clearance sales begin and you will have big bargains for your money. It looks as if McKinley intended to con- struct his message first and then build his Cabinet around t seems a long time to wait for a new the people will remember who est complainers say it makes British tailo: of the bicy men careless of thei Among the prospects of the year the country will be pleased to note the rising brightness of the cause of bimetallisr. The stery that Cleveland has joined a conspiracy with Spain to cruch Cuba is bereath the level of even a sea serpent faker. Tt is no sure thing but what the bicycle {the horseless vehicle may make the streetcar an obsolete incumbrance within a few vears. There 1s no land with such a variety of winter sports as ours. We can equal Can- ada with toboggan slides and Italy with orange grove yet achieved the v York, but they the first Mayor of it At a recent meeting of woman suffra- gists in New York there was read a poem | entitled *“What Women Dou’t Want.” It is needless to say it was brief. Never have there been greater opportu- nities for good legis'ation than at present, and fortunately we have a Legislature that can be counted on to make good use of them. A Parisian company has begun running horseless vehicles ‘or hire in that city and once more her good pavements allow her people to get ahead of Americans in an important enterprise. The London correspondent of the New York Press says: “I have been struck by the popularity of California wine here. It is regarded more highly than in New York.” Score one for Londim‘ Blackburn says be will stay infthe fight for the Kentucky senatorship until the lsst vote is taken, but that depends, of course, on whether he can get anybody in the Legislature to stay with him. Some neighbors told a New York woman that kerosene oil would burn better if it were boiled before using. As she was nearly burned to death in trying the ex- periment it seems the neighbors were right. If Dwight L. Moody can do all be says hecan he has a chance to win greater fame as a journalist than he bas done as a revivalist. He recently said he could get outa Monday paper without working on Sunday. The Russians are said to have exported 1n 1895 over $10,000,000 worth of eges, and yet they have not half as good a chicken country as we have. Why shouldn’t Cali- fornia get in and rush their market a little bit? One of the notable developments of the commerce of last year was the increase 1n the foreign trade of Galveston. It has be- come a formidable competitor even to such cities as New York and Chicago and is handling large amounts of Western ex- ports and imports which were formerly shipped through those cities. By way of getting even with the top- lofty critics of New York and Chicago, who have been - sneering at them as hay- seeds and Populists, the people 0. Kansas are talking of sending a trainload of pro- visions to feed the starving poor of those cities. Such a revenge would be worthy of the mighty West. 5 It seems to be decided taat the McKin- ley administration will not hold the money question in abeyance until the tariff issue is settled, but wiil begin at once making preparations for an inter- national conference. Thus the work will be advanced as rapidly as possible and the people will have assurance that every pledge made in the campaign by the Re- publican party will be kept to the letter. The Depariment of Charities in New York has reported to the city zovernment that the number of paupers at the Alms- bouse has increased so rapidly during the past year that the appropriation is not sufficient to maintsin them. The increase is said to amount to 2s much as 25 per cent, and some kind of city extension will be necessary to enable New York to keep her self-supporting porulation on even terms with her paupers, OUR WINTER SPORTS. The celebration of New Year'sday by the Burlingame Club with a series of open-air sports strikingly illustrates the advantages of the California climate for all seekers of midwinter pleasure. The Burlingame Club was not the only assembly of men and women who enjoyed the festival of the opening year out of doors, but as from /) its wealth it has more prestige than others, 1t will be more widely noticed and there- fore serves best as an advertisement of the geniality of our climate. The dweller in San Francisco could take his choice on New Year's eve of almost any form of New Year's day celebration he desired. He could by a night’s ride on the train have transported himself to the mountains, where, amid snow and ice, he could have disported himself with skat- ing or sleigh-riding to his heart’s content. Had he chosen he might have gone to districts where orange groves are bending beneath the weight of golden fruit and where gardens are bright with the bloom of a thousand fiowers, If the fancy took him he could go aboard a yacht and sail over seas as lucent as any that everspread in the Mediterranean when the summer sun was brightest. Even if he aetermined to remain within the confines of the City, he would have found a variety of enjoyment greater than most aiford him even within the widest extent of their domin- ion. Here he could enjoy the bustle and excitement of the City, the grandeur of the ocean stretching away from the cliffs that are crowned with the beautiful Sutro Gardens, or ascend the higher hills and peaks of the peninsula and have therein Il the exercise of mountain climbing. 0 other area of exient similar to our State afforded such a variety of sport and enjoyment for the day and no other city tnis State equaled San Francisco. In the past California was famous as the land of go!d, to-day it is chiefly renowned as the region of fruits and flowers; but the time is mot far distant when it will be | known through all the world as the land of winter sports. We have aiready begun a series of winter festivals varying from | the ice palaces of Truckee to the rose fetes of Santa Barbara, which have attracted to us thousands of tourists and been the de- light of pleasure-seekers from all parts of the world. These festivals are only in their infancy. They improve with each succeeding year, and grow from more to more until in the course of time they will become world- famous. Then will the full charm of Calis fornia be made known, and among all en- zhtened people it will be recognized as | that portion of earth which is most con- genial to man and serves best for the development of every.faculty within him. It is beyond dispute that humanity at- tains its highest levels in countries where men and women can live most in the open air. It was the congeniality of climate which enabled the old [Greeks to advance in the ancient world, and made their ““halcyon days” as well as their genius a proverb even to our time. California can rightly expect to become to the world of to-day what Greece was of old, and in so becoming will owe as much 1o the gifts of ber climate as to any other advantage which nature or man has bestowed upon her. LOANS FOR SMALL CREDITORS. According to the London Chronicle the great increase of capital in recent times in England instead of facilitating the neco- ion of loans for general business has made it well nigh impossible for the men engaged in small enterprises to borrow at all. They are charged high rates of inter- e-t or refused credit, while tbe rich man | can get all he wants for next to nothing. As the Chronicle says: *“‘The great specu- | lator never had such chances of sweeping the board. But things are unaeniably hard for many smail men and for the| | more quiet-going, o'd-fashioned business | houses which may chance to find them- selves in a tight corner.” The reason given for this condition of affairs is that the small bank has practically been swallowed by the mammoth joint stock company. “The dealers in credit are big people, with rigid rules, and they will not | unbend as they used to do.” The conse- | quence 1s that 1f the small trader stays in | business he must be financed by his wholesale house, and this changed s¥stem a powerful part in the building up of immense fortunes. In the matter of remedies the Chronicle says it is not surprising *we hear o much of schemes for the estabiishment of agri- cultural credit banks.”” It seems, more- over, that the question of applying insur- ance to credit is coming up for discussivn. It is thought that if the great banks can- not spare the time 0 go into the circum- stances ana prospects of their smaller cus- tomers or run the risk of tiding them over difficulties there is a good opportunity for the organization of guarantee companies which would make careful inquiries and furnish the borrower with a credit policy, by virtue of w ich he could make his pur- chase or tide over an emergency. In our country similar difficulties in the way of enterprising men of small capital ae rapidly increasing. Here also the growth of large banks gives opportunities for overgrown fortunes to grow still fur- ther at the expense of the mass of men of smaller means 1o the menace of industrial liberty end general prosperity. This fact will be a prominent feature in the coming di-cussion of reform in our banking laws, and it would be winning policy to make a leading part of this reform the es- tablishment of banks which would grant smali loans at reasonable interest to per- sons of good character, business ability and bright prospects. There can be little question that in the Eastern States the conditions of banking are much more like those in Englana than with us. Large quantities of money are concentrated in the great banking centers of New York and Boston, while the agri- cultural States have hardly money enough toconduct their business, Whether any- thing can be gained by the estabiishment, of agricnltural credit banks or credit in- surance companies may be doubtful, but we azree with our London contemporary that “an experiment on these lines would at least be interesting and it might help to break down the barrier which exists at present between the would-be borrower and the bank.” INVENTION AND BUSINESS. No sadder sight is presented to the con- templation of the intellizence of the age than is that of the grave of unrewarded inventive genius. With the demand of the world for anything and everything that may add to its conveniences and comforts, it 1s very much in evidence that not more than one out of a thousard in- ventors reap pecuniary benefit from tbeir labors. The other 999 either live to see the fruits of their study and toil enjoyed with- out themselves participating in the feast, or else die without disclosing the secret of their discoveries. There are many dusty garrets into which are gathered the rubbish of curious mechanisms which cost the best thouehts | inventive and the best years of men now worn gray, e which but serve to mark the cold selfish- ness of the world, that emphasizes itself in the poverty stricken- evening of . the in- ventor. And yet among such ‘“rubbish’ have been fqund, too late to benefit the starved genius of its conception, some of the greatest inventions that have blessed mankind. America enjoys the repute of producing a greater percentage of practical inventors than any other nation, and the patent laws of the United States are often cited as a Nation's pride. It-s questionable, however, if the system is a perfect one. Some proper protection should undoubt- edly be given to the inventor, but whether or not this class of genius is best con- served and its reward best secured by the existing system is a question. It would appear that present codes of patent law may, by skillful interpretation, be distorted into a means whereby great cap- ital may ally itseif wlth legal shrewdness to exact tribute from the masses for the use of almost every piece of mechanism known to man. Colossal fortunes are thus aggregated, enormous revenues are reaped, but in the distribution of the golden harvest the poor inventor is too frequently only a gleaner. The birth of an inventive idea is often only the beginning of trouble. To clotbe the creation in presentable raiment re- quires large expenditure of money. Not one in a hundred thousand inventions finds its acceptance by the users in ex- actly the original form. It must be adapted to the demands and requirements of the times. Very rarely are found the faculty and business ability domiciled in the same person. Asa rule the natural inventor is the worst business man possible. Ifit happens that the un- businesslike inventor falls in with the really honest business man who recog- nizes the fact that the inventor is the “creator’” of the fortune, without whose genius the harvest were impossible, then it is well; but experience records a sadder history. If the impecunious genius ap- proaches the moneyed man for aid in the development of his invention he istoo often met with the demand that for the paltry sum required he shall convey to the promoter the great bulk of the right toenjoy the value of the discovery, and s¢ the fruit of his toil enriches all but its producer. If some arrangement could be made whereby public aid might, under proper regulations, be judiciously extended to needy inventors in cases where the germ of the invention promised to be practical, the aid so given to be repaid in making the perfected machine available to public use without the exaction of extravagant royalties, the world wou!d assurediy be- come ricief in many desirable things, in vention would be ’stimulated and this without unjust taxation. The opportu- nity for gizantic aggregation of wealth to control the necessary machines of trade and industry would not obtain, but both theinventor and the public would share the benefits. WOLCOTT'S MISSION. Senator Wolcott in an interview pub- lished in Tue CALL yesterday stated that he is going to Europe for the purpose of conferring with the lead- ers of European bimetallists in order to prepare the way for an inter- natiopal conference on the subject of the free coinage of silver. He express d him- self as being hopeful of good results, and in every word uttered gave evidence of a sanguine feeling that much will be accorn- plished in a time much shorter tban many people have supposed. In discussing the authority under which ke would act Senator Wolcott said: ITam going to Europe with the full knowl- edge and comsent of Major McKinley. It is not true that I am commissioned to act as the representative of the administration. The only euthority I seknowledge is derived from the Republican Senatoriai caucus committee, whose eavoy Tam. The Republican Senators who desire to keep the promises made in the i. Louis piatform want to know first what the feeling is abroall with regard to interna- tional bimetallism. and they have requested me to find out and revort to them. The statement of the Senator renders it certain that the administration will co- operate with Republican Senators in pro- moting an international monetary con- ference and will do all within its power to bring that conference to sume important conclusion. An assurance is thus given that the money question will not be held in abeyance until after the tariff question is sottled, but will be taken up at once as soon as the new administration comes into office, and that every effort will be made to solve it by a retarn to bimetal- lism under conditions which will be preju- dical to no interest of the country, Tt is reported that the committee ap- pointed to draft a measure providing for the cali of an international conference will submit a bill differing from the one adopted by the Fifty-third Congress, in- asmuch as it wili leave the selection of the American conferees entirely to tke President. This can be safely done since it is known that McKinley is favorable to bimetallism, which Clevelaud was not. Such a bill will probably be as acceptable to the House as to the Senate, and will be one of the measures which will be taken up as soon as a new Congress is called to- gether. 1t is reported that Senator Hoar, who is a member of the committee, has given the other members much valuable informa- tion which he collected while in Europe last summer. He has told them that France is eggressively in favor of the free coinage of silver, that public sentiment in Germany tends strongiy in the same di- rection, and that even in England there 1s a willingness to enter upon a reconsidera- tion of the question. Senator Wolcott goes to Europe to receive a confirmation of these reports and to make arrange- ments for an exercise of the full strength of the bimetallists in the coming confer- ence. His mission therefore is one of the utmost importance and will be watched with interest by all classes of our people. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. Madge—I was sorry to-day. There was @ poor woman that asked me for 10 cents tq by some milk for her baby. She said the little thing was starving, and I believe it was, Oh, aear, how it did look! Helen—And you didnu’t have any money with you. Too bad, wasn't it? Madge—I had only $1 and I wanted to buy Christmas cards with that. But I wasawful sorry for ‘hat poor woman and her baby.— Boston Transeript. Hamlet must have looked terribly mildewed to Ophella when she characterized bim as the “motd of form.”” Shs might as well have called him a frightful old fungus and have done with it.—Boston Tianscript. Fond Mother—My dear, are you feeling any better? Dolly—T dunno, Is the jelly all gone? Fond Mother—Yes, my dear. Doliy—Well, I think I am weil enovgh to get up now.—Comic Home Journal. ‘When self-righteousness gets up in the night to pray it doss it so loudly that nobody else can sieep.—Ram's Horn. Snipe—I'il never love another woman! Bangs—No? Why Snipe—Oue’s cnongh. Clara has accepted me,—Philadelphia Nortu American FRANCIS JO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1897, WATCHING OUT THE OLD YEAR AT CALLAHAN'S. Callahan Sent a big “Invite” to Dan Lanigan. He was told to keep it mum And be dumb: But Daniel’s long, unra'y tongue Became unstruvg, And he passed the word around THL it found Donovan. Soon It got to Jerry Ryan, Then O'Brien, Who at once told Pat McGlory. All the story, With additions And revisions Till the tale Grew In volume from s tadpole to & whale. Then the news Flew around to Ned McHughes; Then the Nolans . And the Dolans And the Murphys ook their turns - At the story—so did Burns; Then McGrane Got the matter to his brain; Soon the Fiynos Ana McGlynns And the cobbler, McElroy, Teard the yarn and howled with joy: Then the Regans, And the Keegans, And the Kellys, Kennys, Careys, All the Gallaghers and Gearys And the hundreds of the others With their cousins and thetr hrothers Toa man Were then “dead on” to Callahan. “Dear Dan, To-night,” wrote Callahan, “Your presence we require For McGuire And you and me— Mac’s our 5014 com-mit-tee Man ¥ ou mind that, Mr. Lanigan! We'll watch the old year off to sleep, But we will keep Ourseives from dreaming, Dan, Be mam And come, 3. CALLAHA; ‘When day had taken flight And the night Had gloomed the wintry street, Buld O’Connor on his beat Saw beneath the gleam Of the corner lamps a stream— A countless, noiseless throng, Flitung specter-like along, In and out across the ray And then fading quite away, (s the graveyard creatures do) From his view. Then each particular hair 0f 0'Connor rose in alr. In bis face He jammed his whistle, but no mote” From its throat Broke the silence of the place. He tried to yell But a spell Buckled down upon his scul. Black disaster seemed to roll Near and near. 4 He beard the banshee wall On the bleak December gale, And saw the hosts ©Of a pallid squad of ghosts Appear and disappear. Callahan bebind the bar Saw his front door spring ajary And Dan Floating in with Donovan. Then csme Ryan And O'Brien, Then McGlory, Who had caught the whispered story. Then McHughes ‘Whose . Tongue had swelled the tale From s tadpole to & whale. Then the Nol. And the Dolans, The Murphys and then Burns, ‘Wholn turas Had filled the lad McGrane ‘With the matter till his brain Was ncrazs; then the Fiynns And McGlynns, Then the cobbler McElroy, Who had heard and howled with joy, Then the Regans And the Keegans ‘And ihe Kel ys. Kennys, Carays, All the G;al aghers and Gearvs, And the hundreds of the others, With their cousins and (heir brothers, To & man Drifted down on Caliahan. Through the gloom Fied the old year 0 its doom, Bearing human hopes and fears, urs of sudness, j,ours of tears— Tears in bitier SOrrow wipt, Hours of promises un<ept; Hours of aughter, hours of song, Hours of erylng, hours of wrong, Speeding on wita flyin; feet, By the splendid palace door, By the hovel of the poor, By 0'Connor on his beat. Callahan, ‘With McGuire and Lanigan— When the first pure goldea ray Of the day Through its purple portals crepte Slept. Mear the dreaming Donovan Rested Ryan And O'Brien, Then In heavy slumber Was McGlory, and McHughes Whose Duc-basso snore Was like the stormy thunder Of the breakers on the shore; Then the Nolans And the Dolans, The Murphys—Burns—McGrane— (With his bram All awash), then the Flynns Aund McGiyans, McElroy and the Regans And the Keegans, All the Xell1 s, Kennys, Caress, And the Gallaghers and Gearys And the hundreds of the others, With their consins and their bro'hers, Dreaming—every man— The old year out with Callshan. Time has passed, and yet People read the words “To Let,” Written on the door by Callaha “For information call Upon elther one or all Cf the following loafers”—ran The notice: “Lanigan And bis crony, Donovan, Jerry iyan And O'Brien, Ned McHughes, the Nolans, McGlory ana the Dolans, i And the Murphys, whom Old Nick May poss-ss and welcome—quick, Burns, McGrane, the Fiynns And McGlynns, McElroy and the Regans And the Keegans And the Ke iys, Kennys, Careys, All the Galiaghers and the Gearys, And the hundreds of the others, With thelr cousins and_ thelr brothers— All the thirsty caravan ‘1 hat drank up Callshan.” January 1, 1897. TOM GREGORY. PARAGRAPH: AROUT PEOPLE. Yang Yu, Chinese Minister to Washington, hes become & yictim of the amatenr photog- raphy fad. 4 M. Nobel, the 1nventor of dynamite, who has just aled, was & singulerly gentie and mild- mannered man, Queen Victotia is said to be worth more than $100,000,000, which she has made by saving and interest out of her annual net revenue of $600,000. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Embas. sador, surprised the crowd. in the Senate restaurant the other day by making his lunch off half a dozen plates of plain crackers. The most beaut!fully appareled man in Germany is the Princs of Thurn and Taxis. Itis believed that he wears at leastone new sutt of clo aaily. Those who know and admire him say they baye counted more than 365 suits worn in one year. Chicago nay has & real Chinese paper, the Chinese News, published by Wong Chin Foo, who, according to the Fourth Estate, *is the most noted Chinaman in the country wheu it comes 10 fame as a writer, author and gener- ally progressive Celestial.” Henry Barnard of Hartford, Conp., referred to in atecent issue of the New England Maga- zine us “the Nestor of American education,” will be 86 years old on January 24, and the people of thet city sre preparing to celebrate the event in fitting manuer. A young woman has received the unusual honor of the freedom of a London guild. She is & daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney and, having written a “History of Gardening in England,” has just been thus honored by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Ex-Congressman Bingham, Lincoln’s Judge- Aavocate-General, is passing his declining years 1n Cadiz, Ohio, an eld man of 82. One of his chocest recollections is of shaking bands with Lafayette. He was a schoolboy in an Ohio village when the great Frenchman passed through the town. Letters From the People. PER CAPITA TAXATION. A Proposition That It Is Asserted Would Kender Taxes Uniform. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: The alarming tendency to increase taxation and thus add tothe burdens already 100 heayy is apparent in every direction. The taxpayer, with scanty purse, looks on with horror, and rearful for the future asks, “When will this legal robbery cease?” The answer comes in the shape of &n appropriation for more public buildings ana an additional staff of well-paid officials; more places for favorites, increase in the salaries of officers who have always been too liberally paid for the times even when the country was in the height of its prosperity. The eutire State is being covered with public institutions, conducted by a corps of high- salaried employes. The City of San Francisco, not to be outdone in this reckless policy to freely srend the money of others, is likewise making every endeavor to increase the num- ber of its- municipal buildings, as weli as the sularies of the political hire!ings upon whom their management depends. Tae whole scale of wages is far in excessof that paid to the best skiiled labor in the land, and, when cou- pled with the duties required and the steady employment of the incumbents, it is not sur- prising that protests should be heard from those who are fortunate if they should be em- ployed even two-thirds of the time at a lesser rate. There is not a department in either the State or CityGovernment that could not be conducted ior at least 30 per cent less money. The offic holders witl invariably tell you that they are hard worked and poorly paid, and as eaca year rolls around they demand still larger ap- propriations together with an increase in the | working force. The legislators the peopie elect are ever ready to prove false to their trust and to respond freely to the demands of the tax-eater. There is no pretension to any- thing like business management; in fact itis only & question of how much will the tax- payers stand without a revolution. The government of this City, with its un- blushing greed, reguiarly adas {o the burden of the taxpayer by ereating fat places for po- litical favorites, appropriating moneys for un- | necessary buildings and squandering the peo- ple’s funds without any consideration of the abllity of the property-holder to contribute to these extravegances. To partially cure these evils the writer begs leave 10 offer the follow- ingsuggestions: First, that taxation should be levied accord- ing to the population, as shown by the Federal census, Second, thats per capita tax of $3 (maxi- | mum) shouid be levied in each county for State purposes only. Third, that each County Tressurer should pay into the State treasury & maximum sum of $3 for each inhabitant in said county which sum should be in full for each county’s proportion for the support of the State Govern- ment. No greater amount than $3 per capita. should be collected in any year. Fourth, for county or city purposes, taxes should be levied in the same manner, that is, a per capita tax of a maximum amount, which amount should be levied on the property in the county, and be in addition to the sum levied for State purposes. Fifth, for this city government the maxi- mum amount of taxes levied should not ex- ceed $10 for eech inhabitant, and at every Federai census taxes should be regulated so that they would not exceed the amount of $3 per capiia for State use, and §10 per capita for the government of the city and county. By this method each county wouid know just what they would be calied upon to pay 1nto the State treasury each year, and every taxpryer would be assured of a uniform rate of taxation, thereby abolishing theabsurd and unjust method now in vogue, Under this plan the rate of taxation would be as follows on the Rasis of 300,000 population: For State purposes, at $3-per capita. ... £900.000 For City aud County purposes, av $10 per capi . 8,000.000 FOr fines aa licenses, say 500000 Total.. 4,400,000 This amount would therefore represent a | sum sufficiently large to support & much larger city than Sen Francisco. Under this method of yer capita taxation each county and each city and town in the severai counties would be compelled to esiab- lish & ratio or per capita tax tnat would be sufficient to pay the expenses of the various governments, and which ratio could not be changed until the nextFederal census an- | nounced the populatinn of the various coun- | ties and their towns. There would be no occa- sion_for the maintenance of & State Board of Equalization that never did equalize, and the taxpayer would have the satisiaction of know- ing that his taxes would e uniform, and that alimit had been placed upon the grab game of the tax-eater. A M, SPECK. — PERSONAL. Judson Brenner of De Kalb, IlL, is in town. D. McPhetres, a business man of Trackee, is in town. V. H. MacLymont of Fresno is a recent ar- rival here. George C. Salch of Chicsgo arrived here yesterday. E. C. Neufelder, a business man of Seattle, is at the Grand. . William G. Thompson of Napa is among the arrivals here. J. D. Langtry and wife of Niles are at the Cosmopolitan. Andy Platt of Long Branch 1s among the ar- rivalsin town. Senator H. A. Pedlar of Fresno is among the, arrivals at the Grand. Captain David Wallace and Mrs. Wallace of Seattle are in the City. 1. 8. Redmands, & business man of Spokane, Wash., is at the Grand. N. Neilson, a foundryman of Sacramento, is here on & business trip. J. Jerome Smith, the wealthy land-owner of Stockton, is at the Lick. { H.Williamson of the British ship Crown of England is at the Palace. H. J. Humphreys and Mrs. Humphreys of Nevada are at the Palace. Commander Watson of the United States navy is at the Occidental. C. W. Pendleton, a railroad man of Los Angeles, has arrived here. P. Sneed, the hotel-owner of Petaluma, is here on a short business trip. J. C. Paulsen and wife, old residents ot Salinas, are at the Cosmopolitan. Thomas E. Maguire, a business man of New | York City, is at the Cosmopolitan. A. C. Delux, a vineyardist of Napa County, has taken rooms at the Cosmopolitan. District Attorney Carl E. Lindsay of Santa Cruz registered at the Grand yesterday. C. Fontana of Copperopolis is one of the latest arrivals here. He is at the Grand. Marcus C. Hawley of New York, uncieof T. 8. Hawley of Santa Barbara, is at the Occidental. L. F. Brenner, a wealthy furniture and car- pet dealer of Sacramento, is here on a business trip. Lieutenant-Governor Jeter came up from Santa Cruz yesterday, and is at the Palace, on his way to Sacramento, William Jones, a wealthy resident of Walla Walla, Wash., and Mrs. Jones arrived here yesterday and are at the Occidental. H. J. Mabaur, a wealthy gentleman of Denver, isat the Palace, accompanied by his attorney, J. F. Richards of New York. Ex-Senator A. J. McCone of Virginia City, who owns important iron works in the big town of Nevada, is at the Occidental. Leverett Suttonstatt Muller, president of the St. Paul Midland Railroad, and very wealthy, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. Ernesto Theodore, a mine-owner and coffee- grower of Quezaltenango, Guatemala, is at the Occidental, accompanied by Mrs. Theodore. The Rev. W. D. P. Bliss, D.D., an Episcopal minister of Boston, arrived here yesterday He was the reciplent of many calls from the local clergy snd old friends outside of the church. Dr. W. M. Jordan has succeeded Dr. Rupert Blue as superintendent of the United States Quarantine Hospital on Angel Island. Dr. Blue has been transferred to the service at New York. . Frank Meagher, for many years secretary to Chief Justice Beatty of the State Supreme Court, has resigned and been succeeded by Thomas R. Knox, in whose favor he steps down. Mr.Knox is an autorney and has re- | cently been a member of the Board of Educa- | tion. Colonel H. B. Maxson of the United States survey, who is in charge of several parties surveying lands in the high mountains of Ne- | vada and Idaho, is at the Palace. Heisanold resident of Nevada and for some time was en- gaged in surveying lands & year or two ago in San Bernardino County. W. F. Detert, manager of the widely known Zeile gold mine, meir Jackson, Amador County, is among the arrivals here. The Zeile 1s an old mine and much money has been put into it-in the past, largely by impractical methods, but in recent months it has gained | the reputation of being one of the finest mines of that region, extensive bodies of ore having | been opened up. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. EW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 2.—At the Plaza, C. H. Herbert, J. C. Knapp; Holland, J. H. | Morse, I D. Orton; Gilsey, W. D. Inmason, J. H. Follis; Everett, Mrs. E. Price; Imperial, H. Duffield; Astor, H. Francis; St. Denis, T. J. Lamoreux. OH, LIBERTY, WHITHER ? Minneapolis Journal. It 1s queer, but it is a fact, that & man’s San Francisco, January 2, 1897. as he may choose. This is an idiosyncrasy of the law that is, like 50 many other laws, past finding out. But the law says it is a crime to shift one’s cogriomen, aud two men in an East. ern’ town who obtained employment under { @ifforent titles from those which came to them from their parents were fined $20 each in a city police court the other day. 1t is possible that & man mey be arres: some day for changing his hair or shaving off his mustache withontan sct of the Legislature. wASH PRETTY FOR FABRICS. The fashions for little folks are a reflection 6f those of their elders. No matter how your the girl may be the features of epaulettes, col. larette, full sleeves and extreme width of skirs are faithfully reproduced. The attrac- tive design shown here is gned fi g @ Taonths ko0 years o age o0 Lo Sirlaof A gingham of red and dark blue had a col Iarette of red edged with rows of blue. Red ribbons formed a bow with long ends depend- ing from the yoke. Dainty little dresses of wash fabrics are made_after this model. A pirk and white chambray had the coliarette in white lawn edged with Valenciennes lace. For dressy wear soft silk or liberty satins are made up with collarette of batiste or laws that may be mad= separate. Flowered chailies are much used for little tots, with ribbons to match the flowers. LONG FELT WANTS NOT YET FILLED. Philadelphia Press. There are & great many fortunes standing around just ready to fall into the hands of ‘whoever shall fill the needful conditions. One fortune awaits the man who shall invent a rfect fountain pen—a pen which shail de- iver just the amount of ink required, never less, never more, never in the wrong place. Another fortune stands holding itself out for the man who shall enab.e us to forget at will. Still another is shriexing aloud for the opportunity to deliver itseli into the palm of hfm who shall make virtue pleasant, who shall reverse the law according to which the wholesome foods are not neariy so good to eat as the indigestibles. E. H. BLACK, peanter, 120 Eddy street. * Lty MocHA, pistache & camelia cake. 905 Larkin.” pifziac el i whimaiy SEND your friends Townsend’s California glace fruits; 50¢ pound, in fire-etched boxes. * e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, bustness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * i e gl Bacon—Do you remember you prophesied that young Blowmen would be heard from when he got a little older? Egbert—Yes, I believe I do remember ssying something like that. “‘Well, your words have come true. He's moved next door to me, and has taken up the cornet.”—Yonkers Statesman. Phillips’ Rock Isiand Excursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Ris Grande and Rock Island Kallways. Throngh tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston, Man- ager and_porters accompany thess excursions ta Boston. For tickets. sleeping-car accommodations nd further information, address Clinton Jones, General Agent Kock Island Raflway, 30 Monw gomery street. Sau Franciseo P WiTH a botile of Ayer'sCherry Pectoral (the unrivaled cough cure) and Ayer's Almanac (the best calendar), we wish you a happy New Year. e Asthma cure guaranteed. Dr. Gordin’s Chocolate name 18 not his own to sell or swap for another | NEW TO.DAY. Emalsion,221 Davis,S. F,, Cal.§1a bot.6-$5. sam. 50 RErerameee RS S =S — 5% Our Great Cloak and Fur Sale BEGINS TO-MORROW. Jacket Elrgains. We will sell you Jackets at prices that will force you to buy. Remember, we are the largest exclusive Cloak House in Cali- fornia. We gnarantes our Jack= ets to be new, stylish and good, and our prices to be less than you are asked for the cloth. 200 LAST SEASON'S JACKETS, big sleeves. finest ail wool cloths, good styles, blacas and all colors, $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, $4. Cost $10 to $25 each. 75 ALL-WOOL BOUCLE JACKETS, sk faced, the bes: style of this season, sizes, blacks and blues; sold elsewhe: for $10. Our Sale Price, $4.50. 80 STYLISH TAN JACKETS, fine all- wool corded tan cloth, trimmed with tancy buttons, all sizes; sold always for #12 80. Our Sale Price, $5.00. 60 ELEGANT FINE K “RSEY JACKETS, all wool, lined ail through with heavy Taffeta silk, greens, tavs, blacks, ail sizes; sold everywhere for $25. Our Price, $12.50. 95 FINEST IMPORTED MODEL JACK- ETS, tans, greens and blues, all silk lined, elegant buttons and best’ styles; sold élgewhere for $35 0 $56. OUR SALE PRICE, $18.00 to $24.50. Every garment in the house marked in plain figures—only one price—a bargain price. KELLY & S E S Sr SIS SESE SISt IS s IEIrIr I Fur Cape Bargains. Cost cuts no figure IN THIS FUR SALE. We never carry goods over, and this is HOW WE MANAGE. The goods must go AT ANY PRICE. NOTE THESE PRICES : 2 T o Lo e ICSEAL COLLARETTES, m“nfirv? satin ined = 55.95 BALTIC SEAL FUR CAPES. 30 Inches long, heavy satin lined, biz sweep, trimmed, opos- sum fur collar and edze : always sold for 818, Qur Sale Price, $7.00. FINEST WOOL SEAL FUR CAPES, 28 inches long, very fuil sweep, heavy satin Jined, trim- med black marten coll ar and ed ge, sold every- where for $35. Qur Sale Price, $17.50. HEAVY CURLY ASTRAKAN CLOTH CAPE, 27 inches long, fine black Thib.t far=rimmed, heavy satin lined, very full sweep, always soid for $10. Our Sale Price, $5.00. VELOUR PLUSH CAPES, elegant quality, fine jot embroidered, heavy satin lined, fine Thibet sur_trimmed, qualities sold everywhere for #15. Our §ale Price, $6.50. Country orders promptly filled, Always send money with orders. Satisfaction guaranteed. [ 9 Cloak d Suit H o LIEBE ola an ui ouse g&wm&*&a&&%—. Waist & Skirt Bargains Taffeta Sitk Waists at Shirt Waist prices; Separate Skirts that hang even, are lined all through and velvet bound—at prices you usually pay for the materials alone. =S S =i==.==:= = ALL-WOOL LADIES' CLOTH WAISTS, Iined with white linen, separate collars, blacks andall colors. All Sizes, $1.35. WOOL AND SILK PLATD WAISTS, lined, With separate white collar, , Sale Price, $3.75. TAFFETA SILK WAIST, heav; 1 wich white linen collar. Y quality, All Sizes, $3.75. OUTSIDE SEPARATE SKIRTS, fine mo- hair brocade materials, lined throughout and velvet bound, all jensths. Sale Price, $2.50. SEPARATE SKIRTS, fn heavy all-wool checked mareriais, browns and greens, lined and bound, & regular $7 505 kirt. Sale Price, $3.95. FINEST QUALITY ALL-SILK BRO- CADE DAMASSE SKIKT. all lined with hea vy Tuffeta slik. 514 yards wide, velvet bound, a reguiar $30 skirt Our Sale Price, $22.50. =1 = 50 STY LISH DRESSES. In newest tailor- made materia's, jackets sils-ined. the very best styl:sof this seeson, ull_sizes; dresses LugL aiways $35. Our sale prices $12.50 to $22.50. Only one price. Ever)" garment m the house marked in plain figures. Every one a bargain. d from $20 10 20 Kearny St. 333 3IT=E i ' S ———