The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1897. P s e e e e e b e e e Dl RV RIB d e e e T e MONDAY CHARLES M. SHORTRIDOE, SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALT, one week, by carrler..$0.18 | Datly and Sunday C Ceo0 Daily Six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily & -+ three months by mail 1.50 Ds & & 150 W EEKLY CALL, 08¢ 150 BUSIN Tan Oalif fan Fravcisco, California. Telephone S —— EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Etre . Maln-1874 OFF mery sireet, ¢ open wattl 5 street; open until 9:30 o'clock. open until 9:30 o'clock. teenth wnd Mission streets, open 19:80 o'clock. cond and Kentucky OAKLAND OFFICB 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 52, 34 Park Ko DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. a vacation ? THE CAL Are you going 1o the coi s now clear tl bill will never ammed through the Senate, but all same it will be preserved somehow. s does not hurry to the If Gene eat of war study when he gets there will be a ner’s inques! The most interesting point in the stern question now is to know whether is the Kaiser or the Czar who is acting referee in this fight. If the Senators do not hurry up a little bit with that tariff bill the country will soon have its attention aistracted to base- ball and forget all about it. Asupward of a thousand men ure said to have left Chicago to fight for Greece it appears t Chicago man now when be wishes to escape. It issaid th genial smile of mile is of surprising the rats as a leader witha cheerful as the is not ow him crity. The Boston Herald is right enough in is placed on hides we all have to foot the '* but it uld bave aaded that even in that case duty would not be a bootless pro- tection to the cattle industry. o people from other cities Who at- ed the Grant celebration in New are now asserting that while Grant “Let us have peace,” the New kers adopted the motto *‘Let us have and what is more they took it. 1 Several musical critics are engaged in | what seems a concerted attempt to shame glana because she hasn’t a national opera, but the chances are that if she pro- duced one it would be even more dis- eful than the lack of the thing. When Cleveland raised to office a man nemed Dink Botts he doubtless thought that in that respect he had passed be- yond the reach of rivalry, but McKinley has equaled if not eclipsed him by giving a postoffice position in Montanato Tank Smutchers. The statesmen out of office in Europe are making life very unpleasant for the statesmen in office and rightly so, for if evermen in power reaily required prod- ding with a sharp stick they are the of- ficials who could save Crete from Moslem rule and refuse to do so. By and by there will be a kinetoscope syndicate to send a battalion of men with machines to take battle scenes in a!l wars, and then the folks that stay at home will have a chance to eee the fights as they occurred, and war correspondents will no longer have a free hand in describing terrific slanghters every time there is a skirmish along the front. s eogeend It is announced that in response to an invitation from Philadelphia fifty or more representative business men from South and Central America and Mexico will visit the principal cities of this country during the summer to see what can be done in the way of trade, and it would be a good idea to bring them West for a time. There is a chance for them to find trade here as well as in the East. Petitions are pouring in upon Congress from all partsof the country requesting that the President be authorized to ap- point & currency commission for the set- tlement of the financial question, and as the Senate seems determined to take jts may yet get tired of sitting round doing nothing ana take the petition up for im- mediate action. New York has discovered that for the year ending September 30, 1896, it cost the Btate $353,204 to take care of the public buildings at Albany, while the National Government pays only about $200,000 for the maintenance of all the puolic build- ings at Washington, and now New York is wondering whether to consider herself bigger than the Nation or only a little more liberal with her money. Tke Indiana law fixing the streetcar fares at three cents in all cities having a population of more than 100,000 has been suspended by an order of an Indianapolis Judge until the question of its validity can be decided. It would seem that an act of the Legislature should be pre- sumed to be law until it was declared otherwise, but recently the conrts have acquired a habit of presuming the other way. The sponge industry off the coast of Florida has been found so profitable that a bill has been introduced into the Legis- lature of the State to encourage the ex- tension of it by artificial cultivation, ana the proposition seems to be cordially sup- ported by the people. is is another evidence of the eagerness ‘with which the Bouthern people are turning their atten- tion to new industries and a proof of their enterprise in developing every resource in sight, New York Clty. | he only proceeding he will be | at almost any excuse does a | ein dealing with the tariff the House | THE DAWN OF PROSPERITY. In spite of the occasional sneer of popo- | cratic philosopers that the dawn of pros- | perity is being strangely delayed, it can- | not be denied that the trade situation is brightening and that business is bet- ter than in 1896. The exports of produce from the United States thus far this year show an increase of $144,000,000 ove: the same period in 1896, which is a gain large enough to satisfy the most ex- | acting grumbler. If we look below the surface and study the Custom-house exhibits we will see | that the balance of trade has been in favor of the United States for a year, taking this period as a whole. Under a proper tariff we would not only enjoy the | profits arising from this large balance, but those derived from a greatly stimulated internal commerce as well. This fact is well understood by business men, hence their anxiety for the passage of a suitable } The local situation is pretty well fo- cused down to two features—the tariff and | the crop outlook. Taken as a whole, the | 1atter is brilliant. True, the cereal out- | look is somewhat dubious, owing to tne recent lack of rain, but the fruit outlook ix more than excellent. Up to last | Wednesday the fruit interests expected low prices to rule during the coming sea- | son, but on Thursday the whole prospects underwent a sudden change. Reports that the fruit crops of the Eastern States had been serious!y damaged by late frosts created an immediate revulsion of opinion. It will be remembered that six or seven rsago the failure of the Eastern fruit s put millions of additional profits ato the pockets of California fruit-grow- ing that could be shipped ast was sent there and brought large re- Itwas s banner year for the fruit The present year bids fair to be similar, though prices will probably not be as high as they were then. Values of all commodities are on a lower plane now, and the purchasing power of the cou |is not as large. Besides, the destruction in the East is not as widespread. It is se- | vere enough, however, to aimost insure men. gooa profits to growers of California fruit | this season. For the past several days TuE CALL has beea publishing a series of exclusive fruit | crop reports, both from the East and Cali- fornla. They tell the story. They show | that the home crop will not be heavy and the Eastern crop will be scanty. Good | prices will follow as a natural result, and | millions of Eastern money will probably |flow into California pockets later on. | And as prices for wheat bid fair to keep up to a profitable plane it is safe to say | that the California farmer will do better | this year than for some years back. When the farmer prospers the rest of the community flourishes; hence if pres- indications are realized we ought to increased mercantile activity during |e | the rest of the year. | | A COMING OPPORTUNITY. The merchants and manufacturers of the larger cities in the Eastare makingar- rangements for the reception this summer | of a number of men representing leading es of businessin South America, Cen- tral America and Mexico, who are to visit this country for the purpose of studying | our products and seeine to what extent | they can carry on = profitable trade with {us. | The visitors are to come to this country | on the invitation of the officialsof the Philadelphia Commercial Museam. It will be remembered that last year a num- r of American manufacturers made a tour of investigation through South Amer ican countries for trade purposes, and the urn visit from the merchants of those ies is an outcome of that tour. The cturers saw thata good field was open for them to the souih, and now they invited representative merchants rom the various countries to visit usin order that they may see what goods we can furnish to supply their demands. | Itisannounced that the visitors are ex- | pected to arrive next Jihe, but we have not seen any notice of the extent of the tour which tkey will make nor any state- ment of what cities they will visit. It | would seem, therefore, to be advisable for some oreanization in this City, either the State Board of Trade, the Chamber of | Commerce or the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ Association, to communicate with the officers of the Philadelphia Commer- cial Museum and if possible make ar- rangements for bringing the visitors to | San Francisco. | Iithetime of the visitors permits it, it would be a good plan to arrange for them | & general tour of the cities of the Pacific | Coast from Puget Sound to San Diego. There can be no question that much is | produced along this coast for which good markets can be found in Mexico, Central and South America and which the mer- chants of those countries could find it | profitable to handle. All of those coun- tries ought to consume a considerable quantity of California wine, and a large number of articles of our manufacture. At any rate, the visit of such men to this country for trade purposes is certainly an industrial and commercial opportunity | for us which we ought not to l2t pass with- | out employing. | The press of the leading Eastern cities is giving considerable space to the subject, and it is evident that each city will vie with the other in giving entertainment to the visitors, The total number expected will hardly exceed fifty, but they are said to be men who represent large interests and are capable of influencing a vast | amount of trade in their various countries. California could easily afford to give an entertainment to these men not inferior | to that provided for them in any other State in the Union, and it is worth our | while to undertake it. VENEZUELA'S GREAT RAILWAY. It was a 1avorite and plausible argu- ment of some Englishmen in regard to British rights in settling the Venezuelan boundary that to surrender any of the territory claimed by the English was sim- | ply to limit the bounds of civilization and give to an unprogressive state opportuni- ties which it would never properly utilize. Uncle S8am, basing his suthority on the Monroe doctrine, overruled that argu- ment, and a recent report to the State Department from our Consul, Plumacher, giving an account of the great railway in Venezuela shows that country is pro- gressing and has possibilities of future greatness to an extent which gives a com- plete refutation to the Britisher's logic. The road is one of the finest pieces of engineering skill in the world. It ha more obstacles to surmount than the fa famed Oroya Railroad of Peru and the trans-Andine line between Chile and Buenos Ayres. It connects the capital Caracas, with the thriving interior city of Valencia, which is tae metropolis of an immense section of fertile land. The road boldly strikes across a strip of country so frowning with precipitous mountain brows and shreatening with deep and seemingly impassable gorges that nature sppeared to bave placed her veto there to any pass- age that was not winged. The successful undertaking of this road | have has opened up vast picturesque and fer- tile valleys for immigration, whose only lack heretofore was the means of com- munication. The land, which is sparsely peopled with 2,000,000, is capable of sup- porting in bountitul plenty a population of 30,000,000. Itissaid there are no ex- tremes of heat and cold, and the region abounds with breezy highlandsand val- leys which are perfectly healthy. Sugar- cane, coffee, Indian corn and vegetables of all kinds flourish there. The Govern- ment realizes the need of immigration. Liberal concessions have been granted, and laws especially framed for this pur- pose have been passed. Mr. Plumacher adds that internal peace seems now tolerably assured, and that with the exception of a few professional revolutionists, who cannot comprehend that the people are yearly becoming more intelligent, scarcely any one thinks of civil war as a remedy for real or supposed grievances. If this proves to be true the future of Venezuela is assured, and we may yet have in that country a trade that will be vastly beneficial to our own. PARK PLANS. The rapidity with which the movement for park extension in this City goes for- ward affords ample grounds to justify the conclusion that it will shortly become one of ths dominant issues of municipal de- velopment. The proposal for the estab- lishmentof a park in the Mission has been warmly supported by the entire press of the City, and now some of the influential members of the Board of Supervisors have begun the consideration of a vaster scheme of the same kind, and have put it into a | shape that will attract public considera- tion and doubtless win & considerable decree of popular favor. The plan as proposed by Chairman Devany and other members of the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors is truly a magnificent one. It proposes the establishment of a series of parks within the City limits, one of which at least is to be of sufficient magnitude to rival Golden Gate Park, and the others are to consti- tute no inconsiderable additions to the general park plans. It is the desire of the promoters to hasten the accomplishment of this extension as rapidly as possible, as it is evident that the land required for the proposed parks can be obtained now much cheaper than at any future time. An undertaking of such an ambitious nature will be something of a surprise to the people of San Francisco. It 18 only in Chicago of all the progressive cities of America where such & chain of parks connected by stately boule- vards has been realized. The park sys tem of that city has been the admira tion and despair of her rivals in the East. It is the admiration of San Francisco also, but from the movement now begun it isevident that it may not be our de- spair. There are men among us who be- lieve that we cannot only rival it, but sur- pass it, and girdie San Francisco with a series of parks from the Presidio on the north round by the Golden Gate on the ocean, across the mountaio-tops, and so on, to the shores of the bay at the south- ern extremity of the City. The establishment of such a series of parks is possible, and if the subjectis kept well to the front and the plans are devised with ordinary wisdom, there isa prospect it may become probable. Atany rate an idea of this kind once put forward will never be wholiy lost sight of. Al- ways there will be more or less considera- tion given to the project, and in the grow- ing civic patriotism ot the people, the in- creasing municipal pride of citizens and the fuller understanding of the import- ance of parks to the community, it 18 not unlikely that a time will come when this ambitious scheme will be taken up practi- cally and accomplished to the satisfaction of our most sanguine hopes. COAST EXCHANGES. The Pomona Beacon Teports that & nursery- man of that town has received orders for 300,000 young olive trees. A glass factory at a cost of $50,000 is among the mew enterprises which the Herald dis- cerns anent Los Angeles prospects. The Palo Alto News says that work has been commenced on the new water system for that town. The water is to be obtained from welis. The Indez Tribune of Sonoma 1s pacified over the fact that & petition spproving the Dingley bill 18 being circulated and signed by every grape-grower in the Sonoma Valley. According to the News Santa Barbara is now considering a proposition from an Eastern ¥ t0 furnish it with & municipal elec- tric light plant ot a capacity of 162,000 candle power for the sum of $48,000. The Amador Record’s mining edition, issued Iast week, was remarkably well got up for « paper published in so sparsely seitled a community. It compares favorably with special editions issucd in cities ten times the size of Butter Creek. The White Telephone Company has com- pleted its line to Bakersfield, aud the locel lines will soon be completed, connecting the principal parts of the valley. The Visalia Delta says & connection with San Francisco will probably be made in & few months. The Independent observes that Santa Barbara is in the singular position of finding that she is destroying her sea beach by hauling it AWAY. the sand which is removed for filling in town lots with & result that the beach is being re- | duced 1o & rocky skeleton. The movement to have a free art gallery at the Hazelton Library ought to be successful, says the Stockton Independent. That city has & number of artists who should willingly con- tribute pictures tnat will be credit to them and to the city and a source of pleasure to those who visit the Iibrary. The Santa Rosa Republican 13 felicitating 1t= self upomthe circumstance that “‘good things continue to come t0 Santa Rosa.”” This cheer- ful remark is evokod by the promise of a visit from the Native Sons. Are we, then, to infer that the Rebublican regards the Native Sons as “good things,” and if so, in what light? The Banta Cruz Sentinel flatly declares that Santa Cruz will refuse to sccept all invi- tations to celebrate the Fourth of July with any neighboring town. Santa Cruz is going to have a celebration in her own yard, and Qoubtless the Sentine’s gifted editor will thereat recite a poem of his own composing. The Tone Echo is branching into double-col- umn editorials on the road bond question. No one who has ever ariven over the roaas of Amador County will feel the remotest inclina- tion to deny that they neea improving. The possibility of bonding the county for the pur- pose of bringing about this reform is at pres- ent under serious consideration by the Echo and its constituents. Banta Clars Journal is 30 years old. The first number was printed on May 1, 1867, under the name of the Santa Clara News. At the expiration of eleven years the name was changed to the Journal. In 1888 it rose from a weekly to & semi-weekly by which system of publication it has been regularly appearing ever since. Theso thirty years of experience makes the Joyrnal one of the landmarks of Santa Clara Valley. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES The ola Japanese training-ship Asama, built of wood about forty years ago, was re- cently sold at suction for $5340, and some of the journals assert that there was corruption iu the transaction. Ninety-five ships-of-war of 335,455 tons are in course of construction in the dockyara: The sad sea waves neglect to replace | | | and private yards in England. Of this num- ber 53 vessels of 121,375 tons are building in private yards for the British navy and 28 of 71,060 tons for toreign Governments. schneider’s worksat Le Creuzot are to build three torpedo-boats for the French navy. The boets are to have a speed of 24 knots and to cost 863,380 each. The contract price of boats in this country of 245 knot speed is $97,500, or 54 per cent higher than the French boats. China has decided to keep pace With Japan’s navy and will order fn the near future four more armored cruisers of about 8000 tons, tWo fast cruisers, or commerce-destroyers, and several torpedo-boat destrosers. The size of the larger vessels is limited by the absence of harbors and drydocks in China to accommo- date anything larger than 10,000 tons. A triple-screw battle-ship of 12,052 tons is | 10 be bogun shortly at Brest. The engines will | bo of 15,500 horsepower under forced draught, | 10 give a speed of 18 knots. The boilers will be adapted for the burnihg of either coal or | petroleum. The armanjent will consist of four 12-inch Canet guns, e‘ght 6}4-inch, eight 4-inch and sixteen six-pounders. All of the | guns except the four 12-inch will be quick- | firers. Japan is carrying out her naval programme with dispacch and orders for oneand possibly two battle-ships will be given to English ship- builders. The two ships will be 14,850 tons | displacement, and are to carry four 12-inch | wire-wound guns mounted at an elevation of twenty-five feet above water, enabling them 10 be foughtin the heaviestseas. Theother armament will include ten 6-inch and twenty six-pounders. Each ship will cost nearly $4,000,000, exclusive of guns. The turbine system of propulsion is likely to receive a trial on a largs scale warranted by its success in & small torpedo-boat. The Tur- biana, built at Newcasile-on-Tyne, developed & little over 30 knots speed on_ her first trial about three months ago, but with certain im- | provements has finally reached 323 knots. ( The boat is only 42 tons dispiacement and 100 | feot in length and is at least three-quarters of | 8 knot faster than any of the torpedo-boat de- stroyers which range from 220 to 250 tons and have a length of 180 to 220 feet. Olive green has been selected by the German Admiralty as the most suitable color for war | vessels as it renders ships least visible to the enemy. This color was chosen by our | Navy Department a couple of years ago, but having no war on hand, nor in prospect, our ships are still painted white, which is more conducive to the comfort on board ship then | any other color. During the Brazil rebellion in 1894 the loyal ships were painted clive green, which enabled the torpedo-boats to | approach the rehel flagship Aquidaban within 400 yards undetected and destroy her. A Russian naval commission, appointed to decide as to the most suitable fuel for large ships-of-war and torpedo-boats, has recom- mended that in consequence of the cost of liquid fuel, as compared with coal, the Baltic | fleet shall use coal, but that as an experiment halfof the boilersof the battle-ship Admiral Aprixaus shall be adapted for liquid fuel. As regards torpedo-boats these crafts are Lo use 1iquid fuel. Owing to the difficulty of estab- lishing naphtha tanks at stations not under Russia’s control all lerge cruisers and ar- mored ships will bave to continue to burn coal. PERSONAL. Dr. 8 H. Rantz of Placerville is at the Grand. W. F. Boothe of New York 1s at the Pleas- anton. Professor D. 8. Jordan of Palo Alto is at the Palace. Dr. W. C. Heussy of Seattle is a guest at the Lick House. J. Goldfish, a merchant of Hollister, 18 at the Grand Hotel. Ex-Mayor Barber of Santa Barbara is a guest at the Grand. W. A. H. Lewis of Salt Lake is stopping at the Baldwin. Charles S. Jones of Philadelphia isa guest at the Palace. J. Dickens of Stockton is at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. W. J. Curry, a capitalist of Erie, Pa., is at the Cosmopolitan. 8. A. Alexander, merchant of Fresno, is at the Lick House. Miss A. Stevens of Los Angeles is at the Cos- mopolitan Hotel. E. St. M. Smith, druggist of Coluss, is stop- plog at the Grand. Dr. C. A. Pepper of Los Angeles is stopping | at the Occidental Ford Harvey of Kansas City, Mo, is a guest at the Palace Hotel. &. H. Mclntire of Helens, Mont., registered | at the Palace yesterday. Mrs. F. E. Corbett of Butte, Mont., registered at the Palace yesterday. C. H. Ruddock of Chicago registered at the Palace Hotel yesterday. C.W. Hoffman of Sacramento is staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. R. A. Thompson of Santa Rosa registered at the Occidental yesterday. Judge A. P. Catlin of Bacramento registered at the Lick House yesterday. A. L. Black, anattorney of Seattle, registered at the Grand Hotel yesterday. F. 8. Wensinger, a dairyman of Freestone, Cal., is at the Occidental Hotel. Williem Knowlton, a tourist from Worcester, Mass., is at the Baldwin Hotel. John Gardner, a successful mining man of Angels, is a guest at the Grand. F. Churchill Williams of Philadelphia is so- journing at the Occidental Hotel. Oscar D. Stern, County Clerk of Humboldt County, 18 a guest at the Lick House, B. M Spencer, a merchant of Santa Rosa, registered at the Grand Hotel yesterday. C. K. Wardwell of Rome, N.Y, arrived in the City yesterday and putup at the Palace Hotel. Percy L.Sherman, managing owner of the Paragon group of gold mines, Calaveras County, is at the Palace Hotel. David N. Carvalho and David T. Amesof New York, experts in handwriting who were en- gaged by Charles Fair, arrived from the East Iast night and are registered st the Palace Hotel. Fred Harvey of Leavenworth, Kan., regis- tered at the Palace Hotel yesterday. Mr. Har- vey controls the excellent chain of eating- houses and hotels along the line of the Atchi- son, Toneka and Santa Fe Railway system, and has gained somewhat of a National reputa- tion for the good rendered to the traveling public. When the company sought to intro- duce the dining-car he directed the attention of the courts to his contract, and the innova- tion was checked. E. 0. Irvin of Philadelphis, president of the Fire Association of that city; W. H. Cunning- ham, manager of the same association in Chicago; J. M. Beck, sssistant manager, Chicago, and 0. J. Irvin, special agent of the ZEtna of Hartford in Philadelphis, are so- journing at the Palace Hotel. They will visit Monterey, Los Angeles and Pasadena during | the next fortnight and then return for a visit of several days in San Francisco. They are in- terested in improvements and measures for the prompt extinguishment of fires. In Philadel- phis and Chicago the departments have learned that the greatest success in fighting fire s atteined by throwing a large force into the field on the first alarm. Speed in getting down to work is regarded as essential. Mr. Irvin was gratified to learn that the fire un- derwritors of San Francisco had ceased fight- ing among themselves and re-established the eompact. Mr. Cunningham regards the Fire Department of Chicago as a great institution, and remarks that the system of giving the Chief the full power of appointment adds greatly to the efficiency of the service. WITH YOUR COFFEE, Crichton—What beautiful complexions the Mascher girls have. Amy—Yes; their father, you know, is & drug- gist.—North American. Professor—Please give an example of actions speaking louder than words. Adlet—When a man calls for sods water and accompanies his order with a wink, sir.—Har- lem Life. Official—We have caught the scoundrel who plotied against your Majesty’s life. The Sultan—Keep him safe until I decide what punishment befits & man who would | have made so many widows.—Puck. “So he praised my singing, did he?’ “Yes, he said it was heavenly.” “Did he really say that?” ‘Well, not exactly, but he probably meant that. He said it was uneartnly,”—London Tit- Bits. First Newspaper Man—I hear Poindexter has | been discharged. What was the trouble! Second Newspaper Man—He wrote an edito- rial paragraph about Governor Pingree and failed to work {n the word potato.~New York Press. “Hiram,” sald Mrs. Corntossel, “I'm airaid | our Congressman ain’t makin’ the impression at Washington thet we expected.’ Why, he's made some fine speeches.’” know that. ButIdon’t see the newspa- pers goin’ inter no conniptions about the kind o’ clothes he wears.'—Washington Star. Be: cess, Jess—Why, she seems to have plenty of ad- -You could hardly call her a social suc- Oh, yes, if you look et it 1n that way, but I don't believe she'son friendly terms with & siugle man she ever refected.—Chicago Journal. “Yesterday,” said Jabson, “I refused a poor woman a request for & small sum of money, and in consequence of my act I passed a sleep- lessnight. The tones of her voice were ring- ing in my ears the whole time.” “Your softness of heart does you credit,’” said Mabson. “Who was the woman?” “My wife.”—Detroit Free Press. IN {HE MORNING. In the mellow, hazy morning, When the gentle breezes vlay, And thie sun comes slyly peepiig At the sweetly sleeping da How inspiring ’tis to wander Where the dewdrops gem the grass- Where the dripping roses give you Pleasant greetings as you pass! Yes, 'tis sweet, but, ob, far sweeter Than Lo greet (he infaut day Is it, when the suu comes peeping, Just 1o lie aud snooze awny ! Cleveland Leader. MEN AND WOMEN Chess is said to be the latest found hobby of Count Tolstoi. Mrs. John Sherman is exceedingly well read and deeply interested in current events. Next year she and Secretary Sherman will be able t celeorate their golden wedding. Bir R. Menzies of Menzies, the hereditary chief of the Clan Menzies, is the oldest High- land chief of any clan now living. Heisin his eightieth year and wears a kilt winter and summer continuously. He stands 6 feet 3 inches in height. Prince Eugene of Bieden, the youngest son of King Oscar, who has been studying paint- ing for several years, will exhibit five or six plotures of large size in the annual exhibition ot Stockholm, £0 the Swedish papers say, and they apparently do not consider it worth while to0 add the proviso, if they are accepted.’” It seems that Ada Byrd, the little girl of 14, whose marriage and elopement with the young son of Governor Atkinson of Georgla has caused such a furor, only followed the ex- ample of her forbears. Her mother, the for- mer wife of Charles P. Byrd, married at13, while her maternal grandmother, a Bouthern poetess, married even younger. Mme. |Louise de Chapelain de Serrevlle de Crenay, Countess Doyalricre do Epaere, who has just died at the Chateau de Bruneite, Vaucluse, might possibly heve boen Empress of the French. When she lived as a girl near Arenenberg Queen Hortense tried to get up a matriage between her and Prince Louis Napo- leon. The young lady, luckily for her, pre- ferred the Danish Comte de Sparre, a godson of the Comte de Chambord. Statement of Crop of Sugar Beets Raised for the Western Beet-Sugar Company, Watsonville, in 1896, by Dethlefsen Brothers on the Ranch of P. Breen, Near San Juan, Cal. Watsonville Pajaronian. We give below a statement of the cost of raising and profits of beets farmed by the Dethlel- sen brothers, near San Juan. It will be noticed that a handsome saving was effected by work- ing beets by day labor instead of contracting them. The thinning, topping and loading of beets into wagons cost 53 cents per ton of beets, The Dethleisens here made a gain of $2225 50. beets to contract those operations. be stated that the profils to the Déthlefsens were wherens the neighbors paid $1 05 per ton of 1t shoula greater than shown by the statement, s all of their own work is charged for at full rates of wages. The hauling charge of 50 cents per ton for a three-mile haul is too high, and with cost less this year. Dbest. these useful for comparison. improved roads and sprinkling service will We will from time to time furnish our readers with similar accounts of the med beet-fields 10 the Pajaro, Salinas and San Benito valleys. Beet farmers will find T Cost | Cost EXPENSES. Total Cost.| Per | Per Acre. | Ton. Rent of 288 acres at §7 per acre. 7| $1,66600, 7005037 First plowlog Sectna piowiig 3398 es} 1,25666| 519| 28 Cultivating and 15500 00 s 3860} 1880 40| 03 Sowing—Use of $28 80 Seed—2830 pounas at 10 cenis | 28300/ 119/ os Thinning—1100 days at 81 . 110000 a8z 25 Coltiva ing and weed-cutting—One man ana two horses 30 days at §3. 90 60 8| o2 Plowing out—One man and team 95 days at §3 28500 119 08 Topping and loading into wagons—1835.5 days at $1. 1,89 30| 561 90 Hauling three miles to switch at 50 cents per ton 2u2580) 985 80 Freight on rajiroad Lo factor. 2,235 60| 9 80| Cost of knives and hoes Interest. Total expenses. . 4451.275 tons of beets at $4 Sale of beet tops Total Income. Net profit .|$17,817 22 200 00 -|818.017 22 32098 Cost of above labor done by farmers Nature of sofl—Deep sandy loam, on Previous crop—Pasture ot seven years. ersonally is estimated at current rates of wages. Emn of San Benito River, not subject to overfiow. First plowing—In November, six inches deep. Second plowing-In February and March, ten inches deep. Commenced sowing—May 1, 1896. Finished sowing—June 3, 1896. Commenced haryesi—September 8, 1896. Finished harvest—January 19, 18 Yield of beets—18.70 tons per acre. Raintall for 1895-86—22.05 Inch Average pounds of seed s0wn per acre—10, Number of ac Fertilizers uses REAL ESTATE MABKET REVIEW Agents Report Business Dull for the Past Week. Investors’ Attention at Present Directed Toward Smaller Priced Lots. Operations in the Building Line Still Continue Active—Som: Important Contracts Recorded. During the past week affairs in the real es- tate line have been quiet. The market, how- ever, is not in bad condition and prices re- main firm, notwithstanding the prevailing apathy. The tendency with investors just now is to- ward the smaller-priced lots for building pur- poses. The town is spreading out very rapidly inall directions, and centrally located res dence sites ata moderate figure will soon be at a premium. The extension of the street- car service to all of the outlying sections of the City and the butlding of cross-town roads has had a good effect upon small holdings. Money continues easy, the banks being filled with cotn, and theseveral building contracts which pass to record weekly show that opera- tions in this line are quite lively. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. There were ninety-eight deeds recorded dur- ing the past weex. The mortgages numbered sixty-one and were for a total of $111,315. Among them ywere the following: From Paul Barbiere to Iialian Swiss Mutual Loan Assoclation, $4500 for six years at 6 per cent per annum ou property on the south line of Clay street, 127:5 feet east of Leaven o 27:6x114 feet; by the Hibernia Bank to Giu- seppi and Eisie K. Ginocchio, $6500 for one year at 615 per cent on property in Mission Dlock 152, on the east line of Folsom street, 178 feet morth of Twenty-fourth, north 77, east 122:6, south 25, east 22:6, south 104, west 45, north 52, west 100; by Asea Perrons to the same, $6000 for ome year at 8 per cent on the same premises, and also on _ property in ' Sonoma county; by the Hibernia Bank to Alexander J. Wiison, $6000 for one year at 65 per cent on property in Western Addition block 355, on the south line of Pine street, 181:3 west of Fillmore, west 50 by south 127:6; by the Pro- gress Mutoal Loan Association to Emma and Isaac Trumbo, $10,000 for six years at 7 per cent on property in Western Addition block 157, on the southesst corner of Sutter and Octavia streets, east 23 by south 110. There were forty-two releases recorded during the past week, reaching & total of $111,391. Thé foilowing were among the principal ones: From the National Home and Loan As- sociation to Leopold Kutner, $5000 on prop- erty on the north line of Poat sirect, 86:4 feat east of Polk, 24:6x120; from the Germax Bank 10 John Cralg, $8000 on property in Horner's Addiion block 63, on the southwest corner of Cnattanooga and Twenty-fourth streets, south 64 by west 100, and $200 on property on the south line of Twenty-iourth street, 150 east of Church, east 100 by south 64; from the same to Michael C.Taylor, $7000 on property in Mission block 22, at'the intersection of the oust line of Guerrero and the southeast line of rket streets, south 52 :93¢, east76:414, north 15, nor: 78:4, southwest 83:61; 1tom the Hibernia Bank to Lulu F. Baldwin, $8000 on property in Western Addition block 9, on the north line of Ellis street, 95 west of Larkin, west 27:6, north 120, east 22:6, south 60, east 5, south 60; from Alice A. and Ezra Tompkins, David B. Maxwell and Andrew M. Maxwell to Isaac and Emma Trumbo, $30.000 on property in Western Addition block 157, on the southeast corner of Sutter and Octavia streets, east 20 by south 110. NEWS ITENS. At the northwest corner of Baker and Pine sireets a three-story frame building, arranged in flats, 18 to be erécted by A. Llark. The parishioners of St. Charles parish are contemplating the erection of a new church adjoining their present structure on Seven- teentn, near Shotwell street. A coltage house is to be bullt by Pater Lev- ensen on the north line of California stre between First and Second avenues, Sewall Dolliver has let contracts for the con- struction of a twe-story residence on the east line of Spruce street, 100 feet south of Wash- ington. F¥iity men are at work on the southern heights of the Potrero district preparing the foundation for a steel tank as & reservoir for the Spring Valley Water Company. P, Barry has had plans drawa for a two- story frame_buflding to be erected on Tenth street, near Harrison. M. §chupport is to construct & three-story brick building on the morth line of Jackson streot, 102:9 east of Stockton. The Ricimona District Improvement Club will petition the Supervisors to sell the tract of land in which the City Cemetery 15 located and use the proceeds to buy another tract more remote from the City for the indigent will be on the made by John Craig in thepremis west line of Chattanooga street, thirty feet south of Twenty-fourtn street. Mrs. Mary Sheppard is to erect & two-story trame building, arranged in flats, on the southeast corner of Seventeenth and’ Colling- wood streets. Frank Koch has let contracts for the erec- tion of a three-story frame building on the south line of Page street, 76:3 feet east of Scott. A_two-story {rame building is to be erected by P. Barry on the southeast line of Tenth street, 200 feet southeast of Harrison. Christian Warneke hds let contracts for a- large portion of the construction of & fourd story frame building, arranged in stores and flats, on the southesst corner of Haight an- Devisadero streets. A two-story frame residence 1s to be erected by Willlam Hanck on the southwest corner of Chenery and Groton avenue. P, J. Filzpairick is to build a two-story frame building on the south line of California street, 26 fect east of Lyon. A lntge number of contracts for the building of the new Catholic church on Fillmore street, near Fell, wore let during the week. J. D, Siemers has let contracts for the build- ing of & two-Btofy frame structure, arranged in flats, on the northeast corner of Guerrero and Twenty-second streets. Some alterations and additions are to be made in the building of Henrietta Lucas on the north line of Washington street, 92 feet west of Taylor. W. of. Lacey s to build a cottage house on the west line of Seventh avenue, 177:6 feet south of Clement street. 'Plans for a two-story building, arranged in flats, to be erected on the north side of Sacra- mento atreet, 137:6 feet west of Cherry, are being prepared for Frank H. Foot, who will commence the erection of the building at an early date. The renovations in the 0ld Cosmos Club, on Powell street, near Post, are nearing com ple- tion. Negotiations are now pending for the lease of the basement as a French restaurant, the first floor as physicians’ offices and pariors for & Indy 1atlor, and tho secoad floor for & fashionable lodging-house. On the north line of Sacramento_street, be- tween Jones and Leavenworth, Dr. Mahan will ehortly commence the construction of a three- Hat house. Plans are bewng prepared for a three-story building consisting of a store_and two flats, to 2 8t the southwest corner of Jackson and Buchanan streets. W. T, Talbot has purghased the residence of Caroline Howes Robinson near Redwood for $15,000. David Bush of the country cpertmentof G. H. Umben & Co. was the broker. The Norris ranch in Contra Costn County has been s0ld by the same firm to Ida Bella Deunis for $1600. Tie Market-street Railway Company are erecting electric power poles on H street. Several alterations aud additions are to be made in the dwelling of H. Goldsiein on the south side of Harrison street, between Second end Third. Easton, Eldridge & Co. will have a_miscelia. neous auetion sale on Tuesday, May 11. The following recent sales are reported by Shainwaid, Buckbee & Co.: Lot 40x127 814 on ine of Jackson sireel, west of Stei- , on the west line U between Sacramentoand Clay 120, on the south line of 1375 west of Gough, $8500 14 fla ot the nortinwest corner ol Twe, 5-first and Hampshire sroets, 25x93, $550 1ot 25x100 and improvements, on the east 1i of Michigan sireet, near Naps, and_adjoinin lot of same size on Georgla strect, $5000. On Saturday, May 15, Easton, Eldridge & Co. will offer at atetion 2200 acres of the Merrell ranch at Vacaville. The property will be sold in sundivisions of eighty acres each. G. H. Umbsen & Co. have added another im- portant subdivision fo the auction catalogue of property 1o be offered on the 10th inst. The subdivision in question i3 the row of flats at the southwest corner of Golden Gate avenuo and Steiner stieet and the handsome residence adjoining. The property has a frontage of fect on the avenue by a depth of 100 feet on Steiner street. Five hundred acres of the Bernal estate near Sunol has been subdivided and will be placed on the market, for sale in subdivisions of five to fifteen acres, Griffith, Clark & Co., the agents, to use mining parlance, believe they have struck a rich lead in view of the fact that the land, they sav, is some of the finest for fruit and vegetubic-raising in the Stace. £6000; 1ot Furreil streel CAL. glace fruit 50c per Ib., at Townsend's. * g=eos e £pEcTaL information deily to menufacturers, business houses and publicmen by the Press Clipping Burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * Skl Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. The spring exhibition is now open daily from 9 A, M. {05 P. M. and gracd concert every Thursday evening. > ————— “Who lost a dime?” yelled & newsboy. 1 did,” replied four or five. “Well, I didn’t find one.”—Louisvills Cou- rler-Journal, The Swiftest Train in the West— 314 Days to Chicago or St. Louls— 4} Days to New York. 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