The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1897, Page 6

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EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. It is reported that Olney will find a fine law practice awaiting him in Boston, and the country, of course, wiil be willing for him to stay with it. As it is now said that William Waldorf Astor has the gout it would seem his claims to be considered a British aristo- crat can no longer be disputed. Olney has publicly congratulated Sher- man on his coming succession to the State Department, and on the sly he is perhaps congratulating himself on getting out. Senator Hill says be wishes no political obituary, which is not only equivalent to saying he doesn't beliove he is dead, but is fairly good proof that he is live enongh to Kick. ‘Whether the Legislature is to make the session as a whole long or short is doub- ful, but cutting the daily sessions in both houses short enough to serve for plug cut. It is said that over 25 per cent of the registered voters of Connecticut are bi- cyclers, but this is not the only reason of the power of the machine in politics in that State. Sam Jones says he never in all his life saw a place where sin is so respectable as it is in Boston, and now Boston isin doubt whether to regard tae saying as a compli- ment or a siur. A Judge in Maine has declared the law of that State does not recognize hypno- tism, ana now it is a question for a debat- ing society whether Maine is ahead of the time or behind i Two years ago the Legislatures all over the Union were fighting the theater hat | and now they are fighting, the trusts. Anything goes that promises to give the world a show for its money. Victoria has reigned for s she is so much younger thaz Gladstone that she is afraid to abdicate less some one should cite the case as an evidence that woman is not the equal of man. It is now said that it cost Richard Croker nesrly $1,000,000 to race his borses in England and get acquainted with roy- | alty, so it seems that while Wales may have become common in some things he still keeps up the price. The new rule of -the State Department forbidding our Embassadors abroad from making speeches on questions that divide political parties at home is being generally commended, but the friends of Bayard go right along saying nothing. It is prosposed in England to make the celebration of the sixtieth year of the Queen’s reign a season of gifts to the poor | and of providing parks for small towns and villages so the people will have good reason to enjoy the occasion. The city assessor of New Haven has raised the assessment of Yale for taxation purposes from less than $60,000 to more than $400,000. Asa consequence culture and the Yale spirit have taken the war- path and a lawsuit is threatened. The Chicago Health Commissioners have declared the water supply of that city to be unfit for children to drink and have shut it off from the public schools, but as the children will have to drink it at home it is hard to see where the benefit comes in. Some prying investigator has discovered that the uniform of a colonel on the Gov- ernor’s staff costs $100 1n Massachusetts and twice as much in Vermont, and now there is a hubbubin the far East that would stifle the noise of any racket Kan- sas ever made, One of the notable features of the expo- sition to be held in Turin next year is to be an exhibition of the rise and progress of comic art, and if admission is permit- ted to the comic weeklies of this country the exposition can be made to include the cecline and fall as well. As aresuit of the construction of large ocean steamers, it has been found neces- sary to dredge the Thames to allow their entrance to the docks at London. By and by ships may be b big that they will have to do their docking on the ocean beach, and any town inside a harbor will be out- side the channels of trade. Since Governor Leedy of Kansas replied to Eastern attacks on his State by saying Kansas has room enough in her schools for all her children while the rich Eastern cities have not, the cultured critics have dropped the subject of education and re- turned to their solemn and serious dis- courses on Western whiskers. In default of any industry at which con- victs can be kept busy under the present law, New ~York officials are discussing the advisability of putting them through a military drill every day. The move- ment it will be seen has the possibility of proceeding so far eventually as to turn every penitentiary into a West Point. Among the measures before the Kansas Legislature is one todissolve the organiza- tion of several counties in the western part of the State. The claim is made that the counties were organized prematurely as some of them have less than 2000 inhab- itants and are not able to support their governments. [t is evident the West Kansas boom which came up like the grass has skipped out like the grasshop- per. ty years, but | THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The extraordinary letter from Senor Rodriguez, Minister of the Greater Re- public of Central America, whch was read in the Senate on Friday, seems to oppose an effectual bar to the passage of the Nicaragua canal bill at this session of Congress. The bar may be eventually overcome, but it will require diplomacy to do it, and the success of the measure therefore is now dependent not so much upon Congress as upon the incoming ad- ministration. In his letter Senor Rodriguez calls at- tention to the fact that the contract made between the Nicaraguan republic and the canal company stipulates that :the con- cession shall not be transferable to any | foreign power, and as he goes on to say | te bill now belore Congress effectually makes the Government of the United States the virtual controller of the canal. Therefore the contract would be violated | if the canal company should accept the | terms of the proposed bill, and the Greater Republic of Central America would not consent to the construction of the work. Other points are made by the Minister, but they are of less importance. The one which is vital to the project is the one we | have stated. The United States is not { likely to grant a large subsidy to the canal | or to guarantee the bonds of the company | unless it is well assured that it will have & virtual control over the canal both as a commercial enterprise and for purposes of | war. We cannot undertake to build a canal thatis to be leit in charge of a power 80 weak as caragua, and so unstable as the Greater Republic. The Nicaraguans could not defend the canal for a single | day against a British force in case of war, and the newly formed Greater Republic of Central America may vanisb from the face of the earth before the close of this year. It can be well understood that the read- ing of the letter caused a marked sensa- tion in the Senate and was a heavy blow to the advocates of the bill. Senator Mor- | gan, with his usual vehemence, declared | the letter to be an insult to the Govern- | ment. “With this threat flouted in our | faces,” he said, “the Uniled States Seaate | might as well surrender its functions, so | ar as dealing with foreign nations is con- | cerned.” He suggested that Great Britaln | or some other foreign power hostile to | American supremacy in the isthmus might have prompted the Greater Repub- Ic in interposing to prevent the action of | the United States. These assertions, however true they | may be,can have no effect upon the bill | as it stands to-day. The refusal of the Greater Republic to admita canal under | American control closes the subject for | the present. It does not, however, finally determine the issue. The constrzction of a canal across the isthmus is necessary to the commercial prosperity of the United States, and it will be the duty of the incoming administration to provide a | means whereby it may be accomplished. | AN UNFAIR FPROVISION. The bill introduced into the State Sen- | ate to regulate and govern the operation | of the rock-crushing piant at Folsom and | to provide for the sale of crushed rock | contains a provision which, on the face of it at least, seems to be altogether unfair to | the quarrymen of the State and should have a thorough investigation before it is | adopted. The provision in question occurs in sec- tion4 a ads thus: “The sale prics of all crusned rock sold for other than high- way purposes shall be the cost of produc- tion with 20 per centum added, delivered | on board cars or other vehicles of trans- portation at the rock-crushing plant, pro- vided that no crushed rock shall ‘be sold for other than highway purposes for a less | price than 30 cents a ton.” It will be seen that this fixed price for the sale of rock at Folsom is liable to work agrave injustice to the rock-quarrying indusiry of the State. It must be borne in mind thatthe plant a¢ Folsom is pro- vided by taxation upon the people; that | all its machinery and repairs are paid for by such taxation, that the laboremployed | is that of convicts, and as a consequence the cost of production cannot be great. If, therefore, tne sale of itis to be fixed ata 20 per cent advance upon that production it will in all probability ba far below any | possible competition by free labor. Public opinion has long been adverse to any competition of this kind between the State and its people. It is expedient to promote the industry of free men rather than to crush it out by the power of the State. 1t would seem that abundant work could be furnished to the convicts at Fol- som in providing crushed rock for our rural highways without setting them to the task of competing with the quarry- men who furnish rock for general build- ing purposes, and if 8o it would be better to confine convict labor mainly to that work. In the present demand for improved highways a large amount of crushed rock will be needed in all parts of the State, and more will be required tban Folsom can probably furnish. If rock for other purposes than those of the State and the counties 15 to be produced at Folsom and sold in the general market at all it should not be sold at a rate unfair. 1o free labor, This clause of the proposed act, we re- peat, should be thoroughly investigated, and if it is found to be in reality as unfair as it appears on the face it should be stricken out or else the whole bill should be rejected. CHANGES IN BANKING LAWS. Among the most interesting and im- portant subjects to be discussed and acted upon in the near future by Congress is reform in the National banking laws. It is improbable that any sweeping changes will, for the present, be more than dis- cussed; but it is almost certain that changes small in form though possibly large in their benefit to the public will be promptly made. Among the proposed measures of im- provement is the provision for the organ. | zation of banks with a capital of not less than $20,000 in small towns of not more than 4000 peovte. Thisitis believed will prove of advantage to the Western and Southern States in many places where banks at present are scarce by reason of lack of capital to get together the $50,000 necessary for a National bank by the old law. Another proposal is to permit National banks to increase their circulation to amount equal to the par value of their bonds deposited in the United BStates treasury to secure circulation. There would be no daneer in this, for the bonds are selling in the market for a premium, and the note-holder has an additional security by a first lien on the assets of the bank. The reform would saye banks from being compelled to tie up 10 per cent of their capital by the restriction which limits their notes to 90 per cent of the bonas they deposit. A more radical suggestiod is that banks snould be permitted to 1ssue nuotes based upon their reserve or assets and limited to such proportion of the same as is found reasonable by the statistics of failures. To make this plan secure tae banks throughout the country will be required to pay a tax of 2 per cent on such note issues to a fixed amount, the tax to be in- creased by a rapidly ascending scale for aaditional issues up to a maximum of safe circulation. The tax 1s to be held by the Government to redeem the notes of such banks as fail. The graduated tax, of course, would have a tendency to make currency flexible, as it would automati- cally force it in or out of circulation in accordance with the urgency of business demands. One of the main defects of our present currency system is its lack of elasticity. Secretary oi the Treasury Windom said in his report for 1890 that our crops bad grown to such enormous proportions that their movement to market in August and September annually caused a dangerous absorption of money. It is to remedy this defect the graduated tax plan is pro- posed. 1t 1s favored by many of the most experienced bankers of the country and will have strong support in Congress. The more sweeping changes proposed, such as the so-called “withdrawal of the Government from the banking bus and the retirement of all United States notes, will have litile chance of success at present. The people are well satisfied with the working of our system of greenbacks, and the issue of tneir retirement will bave to be fought out at the polls before Con- gress would think of veaturing upon it. BENEFITS OF FORESTS. Some years it was a common belief that forests were valuable on account of the influence which they had on the rain- fall of the region where they grew. Those who neld the belief supposed it had & scientific basis, and regarded those who did not agree to it asignorant and unread. The belief no longer finds universal favor, and has been attacked by the reasoning and observation of scientific men. The assaults upon this time-honored notion, however, do not alter the fact that forests are of great value in other ways besides their commonly understood utilities of lumber and firewood. At the recent meeting of the State Hort- icultural Society of Iowa Professor J. R. Sage read a paper, in which he explained the scientific conceptions of the great value of foresis to the country generally aside from their worth for timber and fuel. The professor is chief of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service, and he has a high repu- tation that gives his paper more than ordinary valve. After showing the fallacy of the long prevalent notion that forests affected rainfall, the professor stated that the converse of this idea was undoubtedly true. North America is the best watered of all the continents, and this is the cause of the immense forests with which the first settiers found it covered. This entire country, he says, never has been and never can be stricken by general drouth and famine. There never will be a season when the United States will fail to produce sufficient food for al! the people. The professor’s first statement was in- teresting and the second was consoling, but the most important point of his papsr was the instruction to preserve the rem- nants oi forests that are left with relizious care and to continue to plant trees per- sistently. Korests, he explains, while they do not bring down the rain are yet great conservators of water when it does fall, They cause an even distribution of the flows, thus prevénting the drying up of wells, springs and streams and clecking injurious floods. Groves of trees, more- over, form shelter belts which mitigate dry, hot winds and prevent rapid evapo- ration. Professor Sage concurs with the opinion that if a fiftn of the land was devoted to timber we could grow more crops on the remaiaing four-fifths and prophesies that in the coming era of intensive farming forests and woodlands will be imporiant factors. The lesson emphasized by this learned student of conditions in Iowa is not new, but it is one whieh will bear considerable iteration. The tem ptation to recklessly de- stroy forest growth, as well as the oppor- tunity to plant trees, are always with us, and reminders of the folly of yielding to the first and the wisdom of being betimes in the use of the latter should be kept con- stantly before the people. Iowa has to be educated up to the planting of forests. California has only to learn to preserve those which nature has given her. CO0AST EXCHANGES. San Joaquin Valley farmers are embarking in the tobacco-growing industry. Here is one result of an experiment, as reported by the Stockton Independent: Stark Smith, who re- sides about six miies east of Stockton on tne Milton road, was in the city a few days since, showing to some of his friends a sample bun- dle of tobacco raised on his place this fall. It was of excellent tissue, good color and pleas- ing aroma. Mr.Smith said that he had planted it as an experiment, but from what he had learned he saw no reason why the plant could not be grown profitably in the county. “This was planted last July and it had at- tained the present size of leaf before fall. It should have been planted in March, and would not only have grown to a larger size but we would have been able to cure it in the warm weather, which would be much better for the leaf. The tobaccoshould have been given & natural sweat, bt we did not have enough of it and so had to roll it up in a damp cloth and sweat it before the fire this winter. This par- ticular plant was raised from Havana seed and has dono well. 1have an idea thatan attempt on a larger scale would prove fully as success- ful, and next summer I will possibly make it. I am not particular about having the whole honor, and wish that others would make the sttempt at the same time.'” The people of Porterviile have & go-ahead way about them that s bound 10 win in the long run. They are determined to mako the best of their climatic advantages, and soon wo shall have fresh winter tomatoes from there. Says the Porterville Enterprise: *The experiment of Phil M. Bair, G.T. Frost and W. Wood to grow tomatoes for the winter markets has turned out successfully, and pick- ing and packing has now commenced st Ex- eter,on G. T. Frost’s land, where a few months ago thirty scres were pianted out. Itwasat first thought that in the event of any trost the vines, which are very tender, would be killed; pot chosen has proven itsel free from . The first carloads will be shibped to Los Angeles and San Francisco. There are a fow small favored localities in the State where tomatoes can bs grown in winter, but no in such large quantities as in Tulare County. The experiment proves that eventually carloads ef winter vegetables will be shipped from here, as there are thousands of acres suitably situ- ated for winter vegetable growing, and the Eastern markets will be enablea to supply the trade, whereas before it has been very difficalt 10 obtain & variety of vegetables.” A change has taken place in the editorship of the Pacific Ensign, the official organ of the W.C.T.U. Mrs. Ada H. Van Pelt has re- signed, after having for six years ably con- ducted the paper, and will enter the lecture fleld, while Mrs. Nellie Blessing Eysier, a woman of much force and cleverness, will succeed to the editorial chair of the Ensign. R. H. Magill Jr. of Alameda has purchased the Pleasanton Times and will endeavor to make it as live, bright and entertaining as any country paper in the State. The Yuma Sun gives details of an enterprise of the utmost importance 10 the Colorado Valley dwellers, it being designed to irrigate Ly means of a gravity ditch several thousaad acres of land adjoining Yuma. The Sun says: *“To any one who has not seen the lower por- tion of the valley, some fifteen O twenty miles from Yums, a trip there would be in- teresting. Thousands of acres of land, almost as level as need be for the application of water and covered in many piaces by huge, spreading mesquite, not close together, but giving the appearancs of a fine Eastern grove of walnut or chestaut where the undergrowth has been removed, or even of an 0id uncared jor orchard of apple trees. There is but little saltin the 1and, The soil appears to bs per- fect.” Tne specinl irrigation edition of the Escon dido Advacate wes a credit to the publishers and to the town and should be productive of much benetit to both. It describes the iniand metropolis of SanDiego County, its enter- prise and progress, and shows up the indus- tries of the country around it, with its citrus and deciduous truits, dairying, farming, etc. The Redlands Citrograph has started out on the latter halt of its teath year, volume 20, to-day. Sciplo Cralg has done well with the paper, which ranks high among the in- terior journals, In making comparisons of the Redlands of a decsdc »go with the Red- lands of to-day the Citrograph says: “But what a change in the town and surrounding couniryl Then a two-horse stage made six trips & week to San Bernardino; now mnearly thirty passenger trains on three roads enter and leave the tofvn daily. Then there were but a few scattering orchards; now Rediands will ship nearly 700 carloads or oranges this season, 10 say nothing of other fruits. Tuen there were not emough children to make a school district. [n fact those interested in the formation of the Redlands School District were compelled to wait a short time for the enlargement of the census by reason of the expected arrival of a littie stranger in one of the principal families of the settlement; Now there are more than 1000, and they are housed in five commodious and elegant buildings.” NEWS OF FOcEiGN NAVIES. Brazil has sold to Jopan the fine cruiser Almirante Barroza, recently built at Elswick. She 15 5450 tons displacement, has & speed of twenty knots and carries six 6-inch aud four 4.7-inch guns, ail quick firers. A cruiser of 1300 tons displacement has been built at Foochow. She will receive her armament of rapid-firing guns at Por. Arthur, and is o be used as a schooiship for the pupiis of the Chinese Naval Academy at Tientsin. The keel of the Canopus, battleship of 12,950 tons, was laid at Portsmouth dockyard on January 4. She and & sistership, Goliath, be- gun at about the same time at Chatham, are to be campleted in twenty months, and will be iaunched during the present year. A Russian cruiser called Swietland, the third of that name in the Russian navy since 1854, has just been launched atHavre. She 6 feet 8 inches by 43 feet 4 in beam and 8828 tons displacement, The horsepower is 8500, of which a spe=d of 20 knots is expected. Italisn naval estimates have been greatly reduced of late years, and shipbuilding has been practically suspended since 1891. The expenditures nave been cut down from $24,- 800,000 to $18,600,000, and all hope of exe- cuting the naval programme begun in 1887 appears to be at an end. At the Newski shipbuilding establishment, St. Petersburg, six torpedo-boats are to be built during the present year. The boilers are to be arrangea to burn either coal or oil. The stokers on boats burning oil have to wear colored glasses to protect their eyes irom the intense glare of the burning fluid. Two torpedo-boats, Furor and Terror, have just arrived in Spain from the yard of the builders, J. & G. Thomson, Glasgow. They are 220 feet by 22 feet and displace 380 tous. Their speed exceeds twenty-eight knots and their armament consists of two 14-pounders and two 37-millimeter Hotchkiss guns. The Naval Construction and Armements Company’s works at Barrow-in-Furness has been sold to Messrs. Vickers, Son & Co.at Sheffield, and henceforth both establishments willbe worked in connection. Tne firm will thus be eble to build, engine, and equip ships throughout, using armor plates and guns of their own construction. The gunboat Presidente of San Domingo has been refitted with new engines, and thor- oughly refitted by Frame, Alsion & Co., Lon- don. On her recent trial trip the boatmade 133 knots. She is armed with seven Hotch- kiss guns, and is fitted up to accommodate the President and suite of the Dominican Repub- | lic. The British dockyseds built nine ships during 1896, of 71,970 tons displacement and 89,600 horses, which exceeds by 1620 tons the output of 1895. Portsmouth took the lead, with three ships of 26,300 tons, of which one cruiser of 5800 tons was launched in ten months and seven days from the laying of the keel. The total value of the shins when com- pleted will be $21,438,820. In addition to new work the five dockyards expended $1,- 472,000 in repairs to ships. The cruiser Furious, 5800 tons, was launched | at the Devonport dockyard December 3, her keel having been laid June 10, 1893, and is to be completed next July. The Furious is 320 feot in length, 57 feet 6 inches breadth and has a meen draught of 21 feet. The speed un- der natural drauglt, with 10,000 horse power, is to be nineteen knots. She has eighteen Belleville boilers, placed in three water-tight compartments, and the normal cosl supply is 500 tons, which may be augmented to 1000 tons. TO ROBERT BURNS. Oh, Robbie, “ dear departed shade, Where hath thy pentle spirit rest 1" Hast thow a peaceful refuge found, From all the pangs that rent thy breast? Oh heart that beat too fast and free For rigid schoolmen’s measure, S0 quick to bleed for others’ pain, 0 flnely tuned to pleasure: That saw a grace in common things To sweeten lowly duty, ‘The wee sma’ moosie’s fraglle life, The daisy’s modest beauty; Have you, for all these hundred years, Known rest from toil and trouble, To you, fair Scotland’s dearest son, Meeted in measure double? Was thers for you a joy more sweet ‘Than found In earthiy loving? And would your songs, if sung anew, Be sull more deeply moving? ‘We ask, but never answer comes From out the darkness dreary— Aud never more a spoken word From lips wiih singing weary. Yet still the echo of your songs Rings on adown the ages, And Burns is still the brightest name That lights old Scotix’s fages. MEs, FRaNCES ELLA BCOTT. San Francisco, January 25, 1897. NEWSPAPER PLELSANTRY. Maud—What do you consider man’s greatest fault? Edith—His scarcity.- “I’m hungry enough to eat a horse. “Come along with me and we will have a couple of ponies.”—Indianapolis Journal, ‘The Coun tess—Do show me the coronet. The Earl—My dear, I'il show you the ticket for the coronet. It was hypothecated to pay for the engagement ring.—Puck. “A man is being tried in Boston for murder on the high seas.” «“I thought justice would overtake some of these tenors before long.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Now, Violet, can you give me auy reason why I should not punish you for being naughty 2 Violet—Yes, ma. The doctor said you weren’t to take any vi’lent ex’cise.”’—Boston Guardian, Fuddy—Yes, Iknow; but has Plodder really written anything of value? Duddy—Of value? Decidedly yes. He showed me one article alone upon which he bad spent at least §5 in posiage—Boston Transcript. Bhe (attempting to ride the bicycle for the first time)—I'm afraid I'I fall. He—Heve no fear; I will support you. She—Indeed, this is so sudden.—Yonkers Florida Times-Union. Statesman. MAJOR MKINLEY AND THE YOUNG REPORTER. President-elect McKinley is s man of admirable tact. In this respect he is a good deal shot struck him. He didn’t wince. puffed the cigar, looking off into illimitable space. A brief silence ensued. like Garfield, but even Garfield stumbled oc- casionally. McKinley improves upon Gar- field’s methods, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. There isn’t so much of the effusive ‘bout him, not so much of the arm-around- your-neck style, but he leaves fully as good an impression. But Garfield and McKin/ey would fast & week rather than have a caller leave them in anger. It was a kind of reiigion with them to make friends out of every sort of ma- terial. While the Major was {n town on his recent visit & young reporter connected with a local daily celled upon him for an interview. He was plea-antly received and had the distin- guished victim quite to himseif. The Major was as pleasant as the typical basket of chips, and the interviewer foraged in great style. Atlast, exhilarated by his success and lured on by the Major’s open manner, the reporter Dhurled this question square at the mark: “Major,” he smd. “this may be rather a blunt query, but have you decided yet on any single member of your Cabinet?” The Major was smoking when this center He didn’t flutter an eyelid. He leaned back and slowly His face was calm aud inscrutable. Then the Msjor leaned forward. He drew his bushy eyebrows down and looked almost eagerly at the young man. “Piltell you how it is,” he slowly sald, “this weather is certainly very remarkable for this time of the year.” Then he leaned back again and let a little curl of smoke circle above his head. The reporter smiled at him. “We'll Iet it drop, Major,” he said Then he smiled. Then the Major faintly smiled, too, and the conversation went right on again Irom where the leading question had derailed it. PERSONAL. N. E. de Yoe, & banker of Modesto, is at the Lick. F. M. West, a banker of Stockton, is at tke Grand. Charles De W. Brownell, U. 8. N., is at the Grand. H. W. Crabb, a vineyardist of Oskville, is at the Grand. . Louis Jacobs, & merchant of San Bernardino, isat the Palace. E C. Kelbourne, & Seattle lawyer, is regis- tered at the Lick. Lee Hawthorne of Petaluma is staying at the Cosmopolitan. P. Reichling, a hotel man of Jackson, Ama- dor County, is at the Grand. Dr. A. C. Henderson of Brooklyn, N. Y., ar- rived at the Pa.ace yesterday. L. Gerlach, a wholesale butcher of Stockton, is & late arrival at the Grand. F. D. Heffron, a jeweler of Malden Lane, New York City, is at the Palace. Joseph Schuster of Fresno is at the Cosmo- politan with his wife and family. Will Thomas of Stanford University regis- tered yesterday at the California. D. R. Cameron, & commission merchant of Hanford, is a late arrival at the Lick. A. C. Bequette, & mining man of Forest Hill, isin town. Heis visiting at the Lick. Dr. D. W. Riggs, a prominent physician of Allegheny, Pa., arrived at the Grand yester- day. Charles T. Lindsey, Southern Pacific agent at Visalia, is among the late arrivals at the Graud. W. W. Douglas of Sacramento came down from the capital yesterday sud is st the Grand. E.J. Lowrey, & Fresno insurance man, is among those registered yesterday at the Grand. K. Casker of Vallejo, who is establishing an electric-light plant at that place, 15a guestat the Lick. J. W. Wilson, one of the judges at Ingleside, is here from Sacramento and is registered at the Lick. A. B. Willis, editor of the Sacramento Record- Union, arrived here last night and registered at the Ruse. E. A. Sutter, one of the firm of Sutter Broth- ers, tobacco dealers of Chicago, is a guest at the California. E. B. Kittle, a railroad contractor of New York, arrived in town yesterday and registered at the Palace.. United States District Judge Erskine M.Ross of Los Angeles came up from the south yester- asy and is at the Palace. P. J. McHenry, proprietor and manager of the Commercial Hotel, San Luis Obispo, is a guest at the Cosmopolitan accompanied by his son. James H. Rees, one ©f the Ingleside race- track judges, returned to the Baldwin yester- day from Memphis, Tean., where he had been visiting. George S. Morrison of Chicago and William H. Burr of New York City, two of the members of the Deep Water Harbor Board recently in session in Los Angeles, arrived here yesterday from the southern part of the State on thelr way home. They took apartments at the Occi- dental. Professor Mary Roberts Smith of the depart- ment of economics of Stantord University, who is also the wife of the head of the depart- ment of elvil engineering, arrived at the Cali- fornia last night, accompanied by Mrs. T. D. ‘Wood, wite of Dr. Wood, the professor of hygiene. PARAGRAFPHS ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Jessie Ackerman, now in Baltimore, will soon enter upon her duties as assistant pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church of Chicago. Byron wrote his celebrated poem of “The Bride of Abydos'’ in one night, and without mending his pen. The pen isstiil preserved in the British Museum. Governor-elect Leedy of Kansas was 80 over- whelmed by Populist office-seekers that he was obliged to flee from Topeka. And now the officesscekers are sending him their pho- tographs. ) Susan B. Anthony began to make speeches for abolition as early as 1853. Her efforts to- ward woman’s rights began only after the War of the Rebellion, when the freedom of the slave had been secured. The Sultan of Turkey not only has s rigid censorship of the press but he has ordered that no newspaper be published until the after- noon, so that the censors will not have to forego their morning nap in order to supervise them. Rumor has it that the Emperor Nicholas will receive 8 succession of royal and imperial vis- itors this year. The series will begin with the monarch of Austria-Hungary, who is tolarrive at St. Petersburg1n February, Emperor William iollowing a few weeks later. Dean Hoffman of the Episcopal Theological Seminary, New York, has sent a check for $35,- 000 to the University of the Sonth atSuwanee, Tenn., and has given it property at Bridge- port, Ala., worth $15,000. He promised some time ago to make the gift in case of McKinley’s election. STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢. Townsend's* SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Pres: Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * May—I think Kate's refusal will have a good effect on Charley. Maude—I hope so, but hi <low. May—I know, but he told me it had cut him to the quick.—New York Press. so frightfully N *Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Fas been used over filty years by millions 5t ‘mothers for thelr chiidren while Teething withper- fect success. Jt soothesthe child, softens hegums. allays Pain, cares Wind Colic, regulates - he Bowely and 1s the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whetherars- ing 1Tom tee.hing or other causes. k or sale by drug- gisi5 in every part of the world. Be sure and asc sor Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25¢ & bosila —_——————— ComoNADO.—Atmosphere s perfactly dry. st #nd mild, being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north. Round-trip t:ckets, by steam- ebip, including fifteen days’ board a: the Kote: dal Coronado, $65: longer stay $2 5U per ddy. APy 4New Monigomery st., San Francisco. —_——————— No TOILET is complete without a bottle of Ayer's Halr Vigor—the best hairdressing. Ask your drugglst for Ayer's Almanac. . COL, GREENE'S SUCCESSOR It Is Probable That Major John A. Babcock Will B2 the A. A. G. for California. Ths Dance That Was a Brilliant Event at the Presidio Pest on Tu>s- day Evering. As has already been announced in THE Cavy, Colonel 0. D. Greene, A. A. G., will go on the retired list to-day. It was the talk in Washington a few days ago that Major Jotin A. Babcock of the adjutant- general’s department will succeed Colonel i M . F. A. Greenwood, E. M. Moo saisk Diperu, Mr, and Mrs. Greenway, Charles Fox Tay, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Boardman, Louis Masten, Miss Alice Masten, T. Danforth Boardman, Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss Bernice Drown, Mr. and Mrs. Rounseville Wildman, Miss Daisy Van Ness, Miss Ida Gibbons, Miss Ewmma Butiér, Miss Ethel Cohen, Mrs. Monroe Salisbury, Miss Kate Salisbury, Miss Jessie Hobart, Samuel Boardman, George de Long, Miss Saliie Maynard, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Carolan, Miss Jessie Glascock. —————— VERY REV. WNULTY HERE Venerable Catholic Pastor of New Jer= sey in Search of Health. Very Rev. W. McNulty, pastor the last thirty years and over of St. John’s Catho- lic Chureh at Paterson, N. J., arrived here yesterday by way of New Orleans and the Sunset route, and registered at the Lick House. He has come to California for a short vacation and for needed rest. As yet his plans are not formed, but Monterey wl_ll be one of his objective points during his visit here. Yesterday evening he hunted up and visited with the Paulist Fathers in old St. Mary’s Church on California street. Some of them he used to be acquainted with in New York a number of years ago. Other- wise he knows no one in San Francisco. His sojourn here will be one solely for bealth and pleasure. It is twelve days since he left his pulpit to begin the jour- ward. nely{:i?xtx venerable man, tall, with snow- white hair and a fringe of snow-white beard well under his chin. He wears the usual clerical coliar, and that alone indi- cates his calling more significantly than could his high shiny bat, his worldly aiz, his twinkling eyes and the kindly bumor of his conversation. ——————————— DON'T WANT LOWER OAR FARE. Ocean View Improvement Club Fears Losing the Transfer Privilege. The Ocean View Improvement Club met yesterday in Taylor's Hall. There was an attendance of about forty persons. The officers of the club are: President, Stephen Mangam; secretary, M. F. Tay- lor; treasurer, William Shepard; delegates to the Association of Improvement Clubs—M. F. Taylor, William Shepard, Jemes Irwin, M. Neubauer and W. W. McNulty. John "Maloney and J. Lozue were ap- pointed a committee to investigate the Greene. In the meantime the office will be filled temporarily. Captain W. H. Baldwin of the subsist- ence department arrived in this City on Friday and will be in charge of the sub- sistence department in this City. Captain Allan Smith had an exami- nation before the board for promotion last week. Lieutenant Milton F. Davis, Fourth Cavairy, has been ordered to appear be- fore the Board of Examiners for promo- tion. s Preparations are already being made for the next field day that will be held at the Presidio post. To-day there will be the annual review at the Presidio, commencing at.9:30 in the morning. The recent report of General Miles on the subject of coast defense at and,around San Francisco has excited a great deal of talk in various circles and it has been the subject of much comment. 1t is asserted thai Lime Point with the necessary arma- ment would make it, as General Miles says, the Gibraltar of the Pacific,” but only so far as San Francisco goes. Those who have given the subject of coast de- fense attention deciare that it is not only at San Francisco that there should be perfect defense, but that the defense must extend up and down the coast. The men stationed at the several posts around the bay are instructed daily, weather permitting, in ail the art of mod- ern gunnery and the handling of heavy cuns. It1s required that every man shail know just what to do at_the right mo- ment and how to do it. Not only must each man learn the art of doing what he is told to do, but he must familiarize him- self with a great deal that will make him competent to maneuver a gun in case of need. Modern gunnery requires intelli- gence and the men are bemg trained to the degree of intelligence required. The officers at the Presidio gave a recep- tion and ball in their pretty hoproom at the post Monday evening, Which proved to be one of the most brilliant events of this season. Gold buttons, clashing swords, hand- some men and elaborately gowned beauti- ful women moved through the mazy measures of the dance in the brilliantly lit batlroom and formed a picture long to be remembered by ticse fortunate enough to attend. Battle-scarred flags, shining sabers, stacked armsand the brilliant regi- mental colors were artistically utilized to make the hall beau:ifgl. The cosiest chairs, the prettiest hang- ingsand the daintiest of bric-a-brac were appropriated from the officers’ quarters to make the tete-a-tete nook inviting and comfortable. The men labored independently of the Iadies of the postand the excellent sup- per, the beautiiully waxed floor and the artistic decorations are all to their credit. Each officer was limited to three invita tions and about 250 gaesis were in attend- ance. The hours of the reception were from 8 till 10, After which dancing was in- augurated and continued tiil 2 A. i Colonel W. R. Shafter, assised by Colonel Wiilistun, Colonel 8. B. M. Young, Mrs. McKitrick, Mrs. O' Connell, Mts, Wile liston, Mrs. Potts, Miss Young and Mrs, Rodgers, received the guests. Colonel Young, Captuin Rodgers, Cap- tan Pouts, Captain Starr, Dr, Edie and Lieutenant Davis had charge of the de- tails of the reception and to their untiring efforts thesuccess cf the affair is due. In addition to the officers from head- qufirters and the various posts and the navy officers stationed around the arbor, and their families, there were present: Mrs. Wood, Miss Eleanor Wood, Mr. and Mrs, L Requa, Oscar Sewall, Mies Ethel Tompkins, Southard Hoff- man Jr., the Misses Mary and Alice Hoff- man, Mr. and Mrs, J. Kruttschnitt, Miss Rose Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crockett, Miss Cora Crockett, Milion Latham, Miss Anna Hobbs, Mr. and Mrs, J. K. Wilson, Miss Louise Crosby, Mrs, Breeze, Miss 'Breeze, Thomas Breeze, Mrs. . C. Kip, Miss Kip, Miss Mary Kip, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Miss May Thomas, Winfield Jones, Mr. and_Mrs. Walter 8. Hobart, Miss Juliette Williams, Miss Ethel Rodgers, Miss Eva Moody, Miss matter of fences and other obstructions on Sickles avenue so that the clubcan take steps to have them removed. Michael Neubauer and Thomas Mait- land were appointed a committee to iocate all the nuisances in Ocean View and re- gun at the next meeting of the club. here is considerable complaint in Ocean View against cesspools. The club discussed the Senate bill to reduce streetcar fare to 21§ cents between certain hours of the morning and evening. The sentiment of the club was against the reduction, as it was feared that the trans- fer privilege would be lost. A committee was appointed to see the proper committee of the Board of Super- visors this week about hydrants and elec- tric lights for Ocean View. ———— The Degree of Honor. The fourth annual entertainment and dance given by Ivy Lodge in Elite Hall, Oakland, last Wednesday was a great success and was attended by a very large number of people. Th Miss Nellio Sawyer took part in the affair and the event closed with the production of a farce. The proceeds wiil b used o purchase costumes for the rill team. The hall of Silver Spray Lodge was 1ast Tussday nieht on the 0CoasIOn of the thataiie: tion of the officers of the lodge by Deputy Miss Mary Pinkbam. There were present deiegates from the Oakland Lodge and the lodges of the Mis- sion District. There was after the ceremony & mausicale, in which W. Brown, H. Roberts, Evelyn Mayon, G. L. of H., Verdl Gilmore. the Misses Smith ‘snd Clark, Mrs. Linds Malloy, Miss Nina Young, Robert Brown, William Henry Barnes and Mrs. Eva Cogan took part. ———— Frogs, when cooked, taste very much like cbicken, NEW TO-DAY. Your cough, like a dog's bark, is a sign that there is something foreign around which shouldn’t be there. You can quiet the noise, but the danger may be there just the same. Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil is not a cough specific; it does not merely allay the symptoms but it does give such strength to the body that it is able to throw off the disease. You know the old prov- erb of “the ounce -of pre- vention?” Don’t neglect your cough. Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver OiL Putup in soc. and §r.00 sizes ter is one of COOKING:=: of our store, and attracts the attention of all passers-by. Monday- and Tuesday we sample and SERVE FREE Mamoca pudding, East India. Cream of Maiz Olives, best Los Angeles. Welsh Rarebir. Mountain Comb Honey. Pure Maple Sugar. Celery, Kalamazoo. Finest Coffee in town. Choice of 60 teas, And many other delicious articles, such as seldom find their way to the grocery coun- ters of this city. We pride ourseives on the quality of our goods. You help make the price at Cash Market- SMITH'S Seow, 32 Ferry. by electricity atthedemons« stration coun- v