The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 1897. VEDNEDAY ... CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: nday CALL, one year, by mail nday CALL, six months, by m W EXKLY CALL, one year, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Street, San Francisco, California. Telepnone. ..Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone. ..Maln—1874 open untll 11 9:30 o'clock. aatil 9:30 0' 1 Mission stre lock. ts; open OAKLAND OFFICE: 808 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Jiooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York City: DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. There is fun in the mountains. See Trackee and rejuvenate yourself, wckworth won’t do it Chief Clerk The we must have it caragua Stanford University should be relieved from taxation instanter. ee holds her festiv the fun 1 hot. Ak ace, bu Ik peop! e Legislature presents bills, but the have to mee 3 eua canal comes to the front with good ba Queen’s speech to Parliament is than usual, but it says as little as The Nica in Congre The lon ever. gislators who desire to undertake junketing trips should be made to pay the ireight. The Cubans continue to ask for arms, while the Spaniards seem content to rely on their 1 The stuffed payroll has given the Legis- lature an object lesson which the State | may profit There are lots of extravagant bills be- fore the I > for the members to practice economy on. It is evident that irrigation has a ten- dency to excite men almost a3 much asif it were done with whi Now that old man Salisbury hes Parlia- rent on his hands, Grover should send m a letter of condolenc: The people of evary county should re- member that lezislative economy, like arity, must begin at home. The clamor against th sion seems intended to b the grinding of a politica h Park Commis- e the noise of ax. It is reported from Wask arrison refunding Lill wi eath, so that affair looks all Since the Cuban guerril ave bezun 10 at: Spanish warships Wevler won't feel safe even when he takes water, inston that the be talked to right. When economy gets a good broom in | and -he will sweep out a lot of com- ions, as well as other useless things. Economy is the watchword to this ex- n tent at least that it is the word in the Legisiature, and the people have a watch on it. The wave of economy which has struck the Legislature may be regarded by a few people as 8 cold wave, but most folks will like it. A menument to Baker would not be an extravagance, but the payment of a debt long due to genius, valor, eloquence and patriotism. The Delaware Democrats are talking of sending a si.ver man to the Senate, and Bayara might as weil make up his mind to stay in England. B Bliss of New York was supposed to be good Cabinet timber, but as he has re- fused to accept it is evident there was a knot in him somewhere. Very few appropriations asked of the Lecislature so far are at all appropriate to the season. Some need pruning and some need chopping off at the roots. Senator Hill seceived the nomination of the Democratic legislative caucus at Al- vany for Senator, but it was a long way more perfunctory than complimentary. Cecil Rhodes’ reference to the ‘““‘unctuous rectitnde” of his critics in England has raised a row in that country, but the clamor is strictiy confined to the unctuons. The establishment of a Secretary of Mines and Mining would help McKinley out in his hard task of fitting all bis Cabi- nettimber into harmonious adjustment. The movement toward procuring the appointment of a Secretary of Mines is taking shape at Washincton and plenty of strong men are getting ready to push it along. Irish affairs will occupy a large part of the attention of the British Parliament, and, as a matter of fact, will continue to do s0 until juslicelxs done and home rule is granted. 2 In nominating Altgeld for the Senate the Democrats of 1llinois neither compli- mented him nor did credit to themselves, but fortunately the nomination meant little and is worth les: he proposed construction of a water- | way from the ocean to the great lakes is | good in itself, but as it will benefit only a quarter of the Union it should not be given preference over the construction of the Nicaragua canal, which will benefit the whole. Miss Helen Varick Boswell has been tell- ing the women of New York they can never obtain suffrage by acting as non- partisans—that they must join one side or the other in the next campaign and make a party fight of it; wherefore it is safe to say that in the next election in New York there is going (o be in the field such a thing as a surprise party, State of California. by the Legisiature, so that it may not fail | tering justice in California. | in the final decision of appealed cases have of litigants to whom such delay meant nothing less than a denial of justice, The in- | creasing volume of appeals, which has doubtless made these delays compulsory, is Another ground of dissatisfaction has been the cost of | trials, new trials and appeals arising out of the increased use of court reporters ana typewriters and the consequent expanding of transcripts and briefs beyond all of the | also & cause of complaint. | | usages of former days. If the Le its virtues. with a v reform. | | | i | | N " | definite ideas. | ! | defects in the present system. y of some of its most vital parts. | sever: of much litigation. posed. There is another point which it will amending t constitution is that which is most general the National judicial | subsequent action of la bility to it which our present s | sion, | fects beneath the cathode ray of criticism. JUDICIAL REFORM. There are several resolutions at present before the Legislature embracing amend- ments to the sections of the constitution which relate to the judicial system of the It seems more than probable that some such measure wiil re- | ceive the necessary voteto cause its submission to the people at the next geueral election. It is important, therefore, that the best possible amendment may be framed that, being adopted and put into practical effect, it may be found an improve- ment upon the existing judicial system of the State. It cannot be dented that for the past several years there has been a growing opinion that something is radically wrong with our present systém of adminis- The finger of blame has been often 1aid upon this or that apparent defect. The n- volyed and cumbersome construction of the Supreme Courtand the consequent delays ature shall find that these objections to our present judicial system | constitute sufficient reason for a present attempt at reform it thould nevertheless 20 sbout such a proposed charge cautioasly, and with a firm anchorage to three ! First, the Legislature shoula give the existing system due credit for w 1o their earetul pr Second, the Legislature should weigh with care the importance of alleged Third, in any proposed remedy the Legislature should | not venture far beyond the report of clearly defined defects. | It should be borne in mind that the present Supreme Court inherited 'a legacy of | delayed caces from its predecessor under the old constitution. 1 It must also be remembered that the first decade after the adoption of the new | constitution was rife with disputes as to its construction and over the constitution- It should be further' recalled years such important subjects as the election laws, the statutes regulating i ation and water rights, the scctions of the codes bearing upon estates, adoption, and domestic re'ations have been made the subject of frequent amendmentand | These things have contributed to clog the wheels of our judicial | system temporarily, but whether permanently or not should be wisely weighed by the Legislature before permanent and extensive changes in the system itself are pro- at portion of the constitution which pertains to the jndiciary. beware of legislating too much with a comparatively inflexible organic law. | The Federal constitution is a model for our Legislature in this respect. It provides vstem, but leaves to Congress the working out of the details and their change to suit the changing conditions of the time. It will be well, there- | | fore, in any change of our present machinery for the administration of justice to leave out of the constitution everything but a sufficient outline of the system to limit the v-makers to definite lines, and thus give the merit of flexi- stem does not possess, These general principles are advanced for the guidance of the members of the Legislature in this important subject of judicial reform. As yet no single suggested | amendment has sufficiently emerzed from the flood of bills to require specific discus- When any such system reaches the point of consideration in committee or upon the floor of either House it will be time to place its particular merits and de- | of popular approval, and aiso in order frequently aroused the impatient protest rvation in any adopted measure for its that for the past be well for the Legislature to consider in It should The best in its provisions and simple in its terms. THE DUTY OF ECONOMY. | The first duty imposed upon Republi- | | cans, who being in the majority of the | ate Legislature are responsible for the | conduct of legislative busines: strict, business-like economy. | of the State have long clamored against | | the useless expenditure of money, and the | | Republican party now being in power has | an opportunity to show its fitness to con- | trol the affairs ot the State by responding | to these universal and well-founded de- mands on the part of their constituents. The session began badly. The scandal of the stuffed payroll did not augur well | for the future. ~Tuat, however, is a matter for which the Republican party cannot be held responsible, inasmuch as the wrong is divided between the chief clerk of the Assembly and members of all parties in that body. The steps which were taken to probe the scandal are, moreover, dis. inctly encouraging, and give reason for | believing that the Legislature will profit by the lesson and be more prudent and careful in dealing with all questions of appropriating public money herealter. The Legisiature should dispense with those needless junketing trips, which cost | so much money and effect so little of any | value. It should weigh and consider weil | ull bills for appropriations of whatever | kind, and while bearing in mind that parsimony is not economy should make no appropriations that are not really | | needed to maintain the usefulness and | | efficiency of the various State institutions. | People ore not opposed to progress, bu | they are opposed to those forms of ex- | | pendiiure which so far from being pro- | | gressive really tend to retard the develop- | ‘i ment of prosperity. In addition to practicing economies | confined in their nature to the appropria- | tions of this session it is the duty of the i Legislature to provide for permanent | cconomies which will save money, not | only for the next two fiscal years, but vir- | taally for all time to come. Some of these | | economies can be obizined by abolishing | | useless commis ions which now consume | | so much public money without making | | any adeauate return. The people can | well afford to dispense with several of the | existing commissions, and their abolition | would injure no indusiry or interest of | any portion o the Slate. We repeat, an opportunity is now before | the Republicans of the Legislature 10 ao important work for the State in the di- rection of the lon-desired “economy, re- | trenchment and reform.”” This oppor- | tunity should be tuken advantage of by the party leaders in the Legislature. Party interest calls for it, the pub.ic wel- fare demands it, and it is the duty of the Legislature to attend to it. STANFORD UANIVERSITY. | The plea of President Jordan for the re- | liet of Sianford University irom taxation, | which was published in THE CALL yester- | day, was in a brief space s thoroughly | convincing argument in favor of the pro- posed measure. It was not long, but | every word of it bad weight, and it is hardly likely that any one will attempt to refute either iis statements or its conclu- | sions. President Jordan say There is no other State in the Union that re- | ceives outside giits in 50 cold & spirit as Cali- forniu, and for tbat reason there isno large State which has received so few gifis. This | is not because the State is really unfriena:y, but because ihe coustilution and statuies were fruméd beiore tnese matters came 10 ba con- | sidered. For instance, when Mr. Rockefeller | founded the University ot Chicago it Was ex- empted from taxation and the citizens of Chi- cugo furnished all the buildings. duplicating { dollar for dollar the millions which Rocketel- | ler gave. Mr. Stanford in making a larger | giit than Mr. Rockefeller exactea nothing in | retarn and hus received nothing. 1t would be fitting as a graceful act of recognition for the State, which has wiready sent upward of 3000 students to Stanford University for their | 1o relieve the eudowment from | | taxation. Already through the generous way jin which Mr. Rockefeller's gift has been | treated the University of Chicago is uble to | expend twice as much each year as Stanford, though the original gift was less. The contrast between the way in which Califarnia treats this munificent endow- | ment and the way in which it wounld have | been treated in any large Eastern city or | in any city in Europe is certainly not to | the credit of the State. While in other { communities such endowments have been added to and encouraged in every way, California has deliberately lessened the | | | | education, | the State. | providing for a commission o Cabinet of | newspaper would continue to edit iiself ‘endowment by imposing upon it onerous and needless taxes. According to the| statement of President Jordan, out of the | present income of $150,000 of Stanferd Uni- versity, more than $30,000 each year is taken for State and county taxes, nd the balance of the $200,000 representing its annual cost of maintenance is taken from Mrs. Stanford’s private means — pin money which she had saved up for the building of kindergartens and for addi- ions to the museur.” This showing is certainly not creditable either to the wisdom or the gratitude of It is not grateful to Senator Stanford ard to Mrs. Stanford o thus tax | the benefits which they have desired to confer upon the people. Neither is 1t the vart of wisdom to take money from & uni- versity, where it serves the highest use, and apply it to a lower one. The relief asked for should bs granted at once. THE OOMMIS:ION BILL. According to reports from Washington there is iittle danger of the passage at this session of Congress of the Harrison bil cers to arrange a settiement of the Pacific | roads debts. Itseems probable, therefore, | that the people will have abundant time | to consider well the meaning of the bill | and determine what course of action to take regarding it. It is sa:d the bill will be reported by the House committee and stands a fair chance of passing that body, though it will be trenuously opposed. An amendment will be cifered by the opponents of the meas- ure requiring that the commission to be appointed sball not report or adopt any plan which contemplates refunding. If | this amendment should carry the bill would be largeiy deprived of any dangers that may lurk in it and, as there is a/| strong sentiment in favor of the amend- ment, there is much of hope in the virtual defeat of the bill, even in the House. It is in the Senate, however, ihe battle is expected to be won. It is claimed that the bill will not be introduced into ihe Senate until after 1t has been accepted by the House. This will, of course, bring up the measure very late in the session, and it will be a comparatively easy task for earnest and re<olute men to either p pone its consideration by dilatory tactics orelse ‘‘talk 1t to death.” Both Senators from California are reported to be con- fident of their ability to prevent the passage of the bill in that body, and, as they will have strong support, their con- fidence seems to be well justified. Under these circumstances, the fight against the roads is virtually won so far as this Congress is concerned. We are now assured of a sufficient time to con- sider the changed aspect of the situation and organize for such further contest as may be necessary to guard all theinterests of the State. The outlook is certainly a promising one, but the promises contained in it should encourage us to new efforts and new zeal, and not incline us to luy aside vigilance and resolution. The resources of the monopoly are many. It has not yet abandoned the cont-st, and will not do 80 as long as there is the slightest chance of winning. A new session of Congress will assemble early in the spring, and we must be prepared to fight before that body as we have fought in the past.« What we have gained so far issimply a breathing spell, and the main issue is still before us (o be settle: A farm of 200 acres picturesquely located at the head of Chester Valley, within an hour's ride of Philadelphis, was recently sold for $8300, which is estimated to be less than the cost of the buildings on it. As an illustration of the heavy shrinkage of farm values in the East, the sale has been the occasion of no little discussion, and while some take a gloomy view of the situktion the Philadelphia Inquirer points out that one conspicuous American, whose fortune is counted in millions, made a good deal of it by buying farms at such times as these When Editor McCuliagzh was alive all the sparkle, snap and vim of the para- yraphs of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat were attributed to him, but now he has gone to the land of no paragravhing and still those of the Globe-Demacrat are as good as ever. From this we may draw the conclusion that a bright American with force and fluency even if all the writers in the world had gone glimmering. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. County Assessor L. A. Spitzer of Santa Clara is among the arrivals at the Grand, Mr. Spitzer, whose home since he was first elected as As- sessor some years ago, has been at San Jose, was formerly engaged in grain-growing in Santa Clars County. He settled there thirty- seven years ago, and has for a long time been among the best-known men in that part of the State, Mr. Spitzer has recently been at Sacramento in conuection with an important bill drafted by Assessors of various counties for the pur- COUNTY ASSESSOR L. A. SPITZER of Santa Clara, Onc of Many Assessors Now Here. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.) pose of simplifying and reducing the expenses of their work. This bill, as Mr. Spitzer and other Assessors say, will benefit both the offi- cials and the people. W. M. Nuner, Assessor of Cataveras County, and G. 0. King, Assessor of San Luls Obispo, who are also at the Grand, say with Mr. Spitzer that the bill is a useful one. They and many other Assessors of ihe State have been doing what they could to get the measure passed. Mr. Sputzer is here for a brief sty only. He will return to hishome in a day or two. He | continues to maintain a strong. interest in grain and fruit growing, notwithstanding his retirement from the life of a farmer. “It seems tome,” he said, *‘that the valley 1and of Santa Clara County is unsurpassed in richness by any other land in all California. Itssoil is enduring, and the farmer who pos- sesses it has something that will always afford him asteady revenue. Ionly wish there was more of the valley land. It isof a kind that 15 satisfying to those who hold it.” E. D. Goodrich of New York is at the Lick. The Rev. C. Tillotson of Santa Cruz is here. Dr. J. Osborne of El Dorado ison & visit here. J. H. Davis of Seattle is among the arrivals here. Sherift George H. Hilbert of Placerville is in town. George D. Robinson of Elko arrived here'ves- terday. Benjamin P. Moore of Alaska is at the Palace. C. W. Ayres, a mining man of Sonors, isin the city. J. D. Biddle, a ranch owner of Hanford, is at the Grand. George T. Porter of Eiko, Nev., arrived here yesterday. L. T. Hatfield, an attorney of Sacramento, is at the Lick. G. M. Langumier, an attorney of Salem, Or., is in the City. E. & Churchill, the banker, of Napa, arrived here yesterday. W. E. Dougherty of the United Ststes army is at the Occidental. Professor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford Univer- sity is at the Palace. P. Riley, owner of mining property in Trin- ity County, is in town. . Waldo of Portland, one of the pioneers of Oregon, is at the Russ. J.M. Lathrop, & general store owner of New- man, is here for a brief st W. L. Washington and Mrs. Washington of New York are on a visit here. The Rev. William Lucas of Fresno is among the arrivals at the Occidental. J. M. Tully, a well-known citizen of Fresno, is stuying at the Cosmopolitan. Dr. G. Burdell, a wealthy resident of Marin is regisiered at the Lick. George Blake, a mining superintendent of | Banning, arrived here yesterday. Sheriff George S. McKenzie and Dr. E. Z. Hennessey of Nupa are at the Grand. Lieutenant Francis M. Dunwoody of the United States navy is at the Occidental. E. L. Sargent, general freight agent of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, is at the Palace. C. Winderson, & business man of Sacra- ‘mento, is & late arrival at the Cosmopolitan. E. F. Parker, owner of & store at Stockton and interested in horse-raising, is at the Russ. The Rev. W. E. Smith, a Presbyterian minis- ter at Menlo Park, is among the visitors to the City. Jomes F. Woodman, s manufacturer of New York, 1s at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. E. E. Apperson, superintendent of a large cattle ranch nesr Santa Clara, is on a visit here. Dr. W. A. Phillips of Reno, who was yester- aay morried to a young lady of this City, isat the Lick. J. C. Duchow, wife and son arrived from Sonora yesterday and are registered at the Cosmopolitan. F. D. Russell, general agent at St Louls of the St. Louls ana San Francisco Railroad, is'a Iate arrival here. J. D. Dougls who is engaged in the lumber business at Tacoms, is at the Russ, accom- vanied by his wife. H. J. Finger, a druggist of Santa Barbara, who is a member of the California Bogrd of Pharmacists, is at the Lick. Wililam Vanderhurst, the old-time ana wealthy resident of Salinas, is among those registered at the Occidental. i W. H. Clay, the wealthy mining man of Stockton, one of whose properties is at Sheep Ranch, is here for a few days. 3. H. Aldrich, & weeaithy business man of New York, who has for some time past been in Southeru California, is at the Palace. W. F. Herrin, chief counsel of the law de- partment of the Southern Pucific Railroad,who has been ill several duys, is improving. John Murphy, who has for a number of years been a resident of Phcenix and whois in- terested there in different enterprises, arrived here yesterday. James P. McCarthy, a well-known real estate owner and operator of this City, has gone to Randsburg and Johannesburg, the new min- ing towns on the Mojave, to look over the ground. A. M. Bergerin of Chicago, an extensive dealer in California wines, is at the Palace. He formerly lived here. Mr. Bergerin’s father- inlaw is L G. Wickersham, the banker, of Petoluma. A prominent party, consisting of Morris Trumbuli apd Miss Florence Trumbull of Chicago, Miss Lowan Hyde of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Trumbull of New York, arrived bere last night and are at the Palace. Simuel Jackson, for several years past an at- torney of Fresno, was in the City yesterday, accompanied by Mrs, Jackson., He says busi- Dess is improving in that part of the Sau Jo quin Valley and that future prospects in dif- ferent lines are good. Ira D. Wines, who is the owner of grazing lands near Eiko, Nev., and of stage lines cen- tering in that town, is at the Russ. He is down on & business trip. weorge H. Hallett, the oldest guest at the Palace Hotel, on Monday celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his experlences at that big caravansary. He antedates and over- tops all the other guests in that he bas not been there longer than anybody else, but that he has maintained his residence there. Sev- eral friends joined him in celebrating the event and the Palace sent him & colossal cake in commemoration of the event. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 19.—At the St. Cloud: P. E. Benmer, J. P. Eisenbach: astor: E. Greeneway; Manhattan: J. A. Ledden; Ev- erett: W. F. Morley; Albemarle: Miss B. C. and Miss E, Nichols; Park Avenue: J.C. Bull. PARAGRAPH> ABOUT PEOPLE. The French Minister of the Interior, M. Bar- thou, is receiving much praise for having re- fused to fight & duel With & man'who atro- clously standered him. President Winston of the University of Texas, has been visiting tne University o Michigan to learn something of its methods, and it is rumored that he may try to get one or two of its professors for his own institution. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, when she was first married, made, washed, ironed sna sold shirts to a neighbor’s stableman in order that she might earn some money to entertain cer- tain delegates in a manner befitting her rising young husband. Henry Barnard of Hartford, Conn., referred toin & recent issue of “The New England Megazine” as the Nestor of American Educa- tion,” will be 86 years old on Jenuary 24, and OWNS THE NOTED oL [TTLE JORNNY" Arrival of Bonanza Miner J. J Brown After See- ing Randsburg. He Says the Surface Indications of That D.strict Are the Best He Has Ever Known. Mr. Brown and Mr. Shinn Will Proba- bly Visit the Mother Lode—Operat- ing Great Proparties. J. J. Brown, one of the largest owners of the famous Little Johnny gold mine, the richest at Leadville, and James A. Shinn, lessee of the Cleveland and White Cap mines in the same camp, arrived here yesterday from Randsburg and are at the Lick. They are among the biggest mining men in Colorado. Mr. Brown was superinten- dent of Dave Moffait’s crackerjack mines for eleven years. Among them were the James A. Shinn, Manager of the Cleveland ani Whi 2cap Proper- ties, and J. J. Brown, Leading Owner of the Little Johnny Mine. [Sketched from life by a “ Call” artist.] the people of that city are preparing to cele- brate the event in a fitting manner, The wardrobe of the Prince of Walesrequires the uriceasing attention of two men to keep it in order. When the Prince requires new clothes a letter issent or his valet calls, re- questing the taflor to be in attendance at Marlborough House, generally at 11 A, M. King Humbert, 1n compliance with the sug gestion of the celebrated Italian traveler, Count Gubernatis, who has recently returned to Rome from a tour through the United States, has decreed the foundstiod of a per- manent museum of American industrial and patural products in the Eternal City, the ob- jectof which is to foster the trade between Italy and this country. The English papers are telling an amusing story about Lord Carrington, to the effect that at the last drawing-room held by the Queen he, in aunouncing the namesof the ladies Dre- sentad, according to his duty as Lord Cham- beriain, got “mixed,” and announced a cer. toin Mrs. M. Lady M.” Thereupon the Queen bent forward to greet her with the kiss on the cheek that is always given to wives and daughters of peers. As she bent, Lord Car- rington found out his mistake, turned ex- tremely pale, and gasped out: ‘‘Don’t kiss Dper ma'am—don’t kiss her! She’s not a lady at alll” BEWITCHED. 'Twas a dismal day, an | a dour-looking lot That crowded the Car, when a dear little dot Of a woman came in and laughed: And, presto! the dark was with sunshine shot, For she was & witch, though she Knew it Eot— Ea.h face told a tale of her craft. Her rippling Iaughter, that ran in quest Of victims, found never cne Lo con. st 1ts con:ugion. The whole crowd feil. n the crossest : nd o dest aud craobedest By respousive similes Lo the witch, confessed "That they’d yie ded to uer spell The cynic, who'd sworn his heart bankrupt quite— Not a’'sign of & sentlment lefi—on sight, X’er e kuew it, houored & draft; Like the rest, his face fairly beamed in spite Of himself. They were all bewliched by ihat mite 0f 8 bedy, who came in wnd .aughed. MARY NoRTON BRADYORD in Boston Globe, preialchplest e sobidndimiiersy NEWSPAFER PLEASANTRY. Mama—Johnnie, when you feel angry, you should always count ten before you say any- thing or do any thing. Johnnie—But it akes too long.—Puck. “The Crime of Bobby—Pappa, what was 73 Papa—Oh, that's when your grandmother came to live with us.—Atlanta Constitution, «“¥here did you learn that style of intense concentration in your drawing?’ asked the would-be critic of arising artist. “From & mustard plaster,” replied the flippant genius.—Cleve and Plsin Dealer. «I'm tired of the men of to-day,” declared Miss Elderiy. It was very different in the good oid days of chivalry. Do teli me about it, dear,” answered Deeply; *it was before my time, you know. Detroit Freo Press. Conductor—D.d you see the man with the child? Driver—No. Conductor—He's the proudest father 1 ever met. Insisted on paying full fare for the six- month-old boy.—0dds and Ends. «Yes,” exclaimeda the elephant, bitterly, “they have gone and educated my wife to almost human intelligence, and now she doesn’t know how 10 get along with one trank any more.” There were times, possibly, when education was not the blessing it was cracked up to be.— Detroit Journal, “There,” said the managing editor, “goes the queerest man I ever saw.” “How’s that?” the city editor asked. “He came in here 1o submit an article for publication, and didn’t say that he bad always Deen u steady reader of our paper.”—Cleveland Leader. Music Hall Manager—I tell you I can't give you an engagement. Artistc—But I am the cleverest mimic in the world. Mention any ore you like, ana I will show you how I can take them off. M. H. M.—Thanks, very much. I will men- tion yourself.—Illustrated Bits. celebrated Maid of Erin and the Hen- rietta. The Little Johnny, in which he has a big interest, is the greatest mine that has been developed in Leadville in recent years. Mr. Brown owns many other interests be- sides this, Besides mining in different parts of Colorado_he is pushing work on properties in Utah and Arizona, and was till lately also developing property in Montana. He went to Colorado in 1880 from the Black Hills. Mr. Shinn owns a great deal of prospective property, be- sides carrying on the profitable leases of the Cleveland and Whitecap, of tne latter of which he is the active superintendent. The gentlemen have put in three weeks at Randsburg and think well of the new camp. A good many men from Colorado, old friends of ours, are there," said Mr. Brown, “and we bought in with some of them. We didn’t put in much money, but we want to put in enough one way and an- other {o test the claims and see what they will do. If the veins go down all right it will be a big camp. “I have visited a great many mining camps hitherto, but I never saw any be- fore with such good surface indications. When the quantity of gold found is con- sidered 1t 18 very reassuring. It looks to me as though it would be a very good district. “One trouble about its development, however, is that there is very little money there. There is nothing as vet to do any- thing with. But the veins outcrop right on the desert. Porphyry dykes outcropin places from five to twenty feet above the surface, and parallel with these are veins of guartz. Jrhe population is I think shghtly on the increase. It consists now of about 2000 people, but it is not concentrated. It is scattered to three towns, Randsourg, Johannesburg and Garlock, or Cow Wells, Where there are four to five two and five stamp milis, with a 10-stamp mill’ almost completed. “1 think very well of the district in- deed and if we get anything down there one of us will come out and take charge of it. I have been in California before, but Mr. Shinn has not. Neither of us, nowever, has ever been on the mother lode. We have met several old friends who are interested in mining there and they have been telling us we ought to ex- amine the lode. “It isour intention, if we can find the time, to do so.” Mr. Brown says it is pretty quiet all over Colorado now. He attaches, how- ever, little importance to the pulliog up of the pumps from the mines at Leaaville, as recounted in recent dispatches. He says this will really make small difference in the mining development there. TO AID ST, MARY'S. The Catholic Ladies Will Get Book Subscriptions to Raise the Debt of the Cathedral. At a meeting of the Catholic ladies of this City, whose object was to take measures to aid St. Mary’s Cathedral, the plan adonted was to take book subscrip- tions, to be made during the coming year, to be handed over to the cathedrai next g:crr‘:::;”;henfl t?tia fmeuus H is hoped to A : R of the church, which Many of the ladies present undertook to be responsible at the close of the year for various large subscriptions. ltis hoped many others will soon give their co-opera- tion and thatat the end of the vear the mother church of this City will be mate- rially relieved. The Archbishop presided st the meeting. . . HYDRANTS ARE NEEDED. Factories on Sixth Avenue South Seek- ing Protection Against Fire. Sixth avenue south may have the ad- vantage of protection against fire soon. Not long ago the glue works were de- stroyed causing loss of life and a money loss of §50,000. The street is eight feet be- low grade,and this has been one reasonwhy a water main has not been laid through it. There are tanneries and other establish- ments in which large sums of money are mvested and in which large manufactur- ing interests are centerad in the district, all practically without protection against fire. The owners of property are surring ihemselves to haye this condition of af- fairs done away with. Yesterday a representative of the prop: erty interests appeared before the Fire Department Committee of the Board of Supervisors and asked that hydrants might be placed on the avenue. The com- m ttee saw the need of hydrants and fally understood the danger in which valuable property is placed by reason of their ab- sence. Nevertheless, unless there is a water main the hydrants would be less. After talking the maiter over an agreement was reacned that if the prop- erty-owners would secure a water supply in & main to be no: less than eight inches in diameter the committee would recom- mend to the Board of Supervisors to pro- vide the necessary hydrants. The main will probably be -ecured COLONELGREENETOLEAVE, The Adjutant-General of the Depart- ment of California to Go on the Retired List. Colonel Oliver D. Greene, A. A. G., adjutant-general of the department of Cali- fornia, a position he has filled for some time with credit to himself and the de- partment, will be retired next Monday on ccount of age, having attained the num- ber of years when the law says officers of the army must 2o on the retired list. Colonel Greene has a brilliant military record. He was born in New York in 1833. January 25, 1849, he was appointea to the United States Military Academy at West Point from his native State and en- tered there Juiy 1, 1840. He graduated in July, 1854; became active brevet lieuten- ant of the Third Ariillery July 1, 1854 second lientenant, Second Artillery, vember 25, 1854; was appointed captain August 3, 1861; major, A. A. G., July 17, {1862; lieutenant-colonel, A. A. G., volun- y teers, August 20, 1862; captain Second Ar- tillery, October 1, 1563; Jieutenant-colouel, A. A. G. (United States army), Feb- ruary 2 1887. His brevet _rank is as follows: Brevet captain United States army, July 21, 1861, for gal- lant and meritorious service at- the battle of Bull Run, Va.; brevetlieutenant- colonel March 13, 1865, for meritorious and gallant conduct at the battle of Cramp- tons Gap, Md.; brevet colonel, U. 8. A., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Antietam, Md.; brevet brigadier-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious ser- vice during the War of the Rebellion. At army headquarters it has not yet been ascertained who will succeed Colonel Greene in the position he now so ably fills. It was expected that the late Major Wilson, whose death occurred at Van- couver Barracks a few days since, would have been his successor. Now there is some talk that the position may go to Colonel Sheridan, brother of *Gallant Phil Sheridan.” 1t is not known whether the remains of the late Albert 8. Willis, United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands, will, upon reaching this City, be accorded mili- tary honors, no order to that effect having been received from the War Department at Washington. i LS DRSS CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c Ib. Townsead's” ———————— MocHA, pistache & camelia cake. 905 Larkin.* A7 e A e SPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Pres; Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * Bt it “Idon’t know,” cried the excited feminine voice in the darkness, “whether you are my husband or a burglar, but I'm going to be on the safe side and shoot.”—Tit-Bits. Phillips’ Kock Island Kxcursions Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Ris Grande and Rock Island Hailways. Through tourist sleeping-cars to Chicago and Boston, Man. ager and porcers accompany thess excursions ta Boston. For tickets. sleeping-car accommodations ‘ and furtber information, address Clinton Jones, General Agent Kock Island Rallway, 80 Monw gomery street. San Franciseo —————————— «Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Fas been used over fitty years by millions mothers for their children while Teething with; fect success. Jt soothesthe child, softens thegums, allays Pain, cures Wind Collc, regulates the Bowels and 1 the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether aris- ing. {rom tee-hing gr other causes. For sale by drug- gists in every part of the world. Be sure and asc tor Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrnp. 25¢ & bottla . CoroxADO.—Atmosphere 1s perfactly ary, sat and mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip tickets. by stear ship, including fifteen days’ board at the Hotel del Coronado, $65: longer stay §2 50 per day. APp 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco — e ALwAYS keep In the house abottle of Aver's Cherry Pectoral, for throat and lung troubles. Your druggist has Ayer's Almanac. B A Potice Justice of St. Louis recently refused toallow & policeman to testify in his court. «“There has not been a policeman in St Louis for ten years who has seen anything,” said he in explanation. NEW TO-DAY! You think of Scott’s Emulsion as only for those who have consumption or who have inherited a ten- dency to it. Almost its greatest use is for those whose condition is so im- paired as not to be able to get the good they should out of their ordinary food. In nearly every case with these,} Scott’s Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil bringsback appetite, stimulates digestion, restores color and' plumpness, and controls the diseases of thin- ness. Book about it, free, 50 cts. and $1.00, at all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. on the coast. No wonder, as some things are being sold almost at kindling price. CLOSING: Little Boys’ Wagons, %inch body. Little Boys’ Carts, 9-ineb body Bigger Boys’ Wagons, l4-inch body Wheelbarrows ior little ciaps..8¢, 15¢, 20 Clothes Ba<kets used in moving. 10, 25¢, 35 Crockery from ‘‘as is”’ counter.....}4 French Castile Soap, Virgin brand. .. 61b Buk Sarch......... 2214 1bs Bes: Granulated Sugar. 35 [os Fi.ne German Pears. .. 17 1b5 TapiOCE OF BAEO...-seerseerners CASH SM”H’S STORE/ New place, on Market st., near the ferry. COSMOPOLITAIN. Opposite U. S. Mint, 100 and 102 Fitth st a3 Francisco, Cal.—The mos: select family hotel 12 theclty. 'Board and room $1, $1 25 and $1 50 por , according to room. Meals 25¢. Rooms s0a snd'76¢ a day. Free coach t0 and from the hoel 100K fof the Coach bearing the name of the Uow Wi FAHEY, Proprieies Our prices and our . methods are kindling quite a blaze among cash- |