The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1897, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1897. SEEKING FOR GOLD ON A MISER'S LOT Stockton Men Engaged in a Quest foi Treasure. Penurious William White Dies Without Revealing His Secret. “] Don’t Care Who Gsts the Money When I'm Gone,” His Death- bed Declaratton. 11.—Willi am STOCKTON, Ca White, an old Englishman, died yester- day at his home on Lower Sacramento road, five miles from this city. He was possessed of about §7000, which he had buried on his piace, and now a diligent search for the coin is being made. Three years ago White took the money out of one of the local banks. About a vear after that, while H. M. Rbodes was at work in a pig pen on the place, hecame across a bundle of money as lsrgeas a man’s head. Rhodes gave it to White and nothing further was heard of it until several months ago, when Rhodes found itagainin an old ash barrel, and again returned it. On Sunday Rhodes went to White, who ed him to tell where May you die and people know you had it, they might say I robbeda you, and 1 want to turn it over to.the proper author- ities in case of your death,’”” said Rbodes. “Never mind the mone, answered White. *“It is hid on the place, and 1 don'’t care who gets it when I'm gone. All I want is enough money in my pockets 10 pay for a good funeral.” Further efforts to get the old man to divulge the secret were unavailing. ——-—— STOCK10N HUTEL FAILURE. Landlord Bahn cf the Commercial Goes Into Insolvency. STOCKTON, Carn, May 1L—Surprise was expressed in business circles late this afternoon, when it became known that the Commercial Hotel had failed. Adolph Hahn, the proprietor, filed a petition in insolvency. His debts aggregate $26,500, and bhis assets 8 ircludes d $12,189 of property. Of the latier $400 worth empt from execution, leaving $13, the creditors. Mr. Hahn, curing the last six months, hss been confined to his room with iliness most of the time, and was unable to at- tend to business. He had been proprie tor of the resort for many years, and e joyea a large patronage. — Stookton 4 STOCKTON, Cav assin Convioted. May 11.—Louis Pes- chiera, who has been on trial in Judge | Jones’ department of the Super since last Thursday for the ki partner’ and feliow-countryman, G. De- noi, was this afternoon fourd guilty of manslaughter. The killing took place last December, when Peschiera went to the place where he and Denoi had been e gaged in raising vegetables ana demanded money whicn Denoi owed him. Denoi refused to pay, and Peschiera shot wiiile he was on his knees preparing v 1abies for the market. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CROPS. Grain Fields Suffer From the Continued Hot Weather and the Warm North Winds. STOCKTON, Car, May 1. — The farmers are beginning to grow anxious over the crop outlook. A month ago the fields pave much promise, but they are now beginning to suffer from the drou:h. Anorth wind prevailed to-day and had a very bad effect upon grain, and if it should continue without rain the yield will be smaller than now estimated. The now prevalent opinion is that the grain crop this year will be poor, and some think that not amount to 70 per cent of an average vield. The secason has advanced so for that rain would do on! limited smount of good now. It would n n, but injure the causing them to early sown loige. Some dealers believe that there will be a very fair crop notwithstanding the drouth, snd that there will be & hzavy output from this State during the coming season. Bruce Harrison, president of the Farmers’ Union and Miiligg Company, who has just returned from a trip up in Butte County, says that in that section of the State not more than two-thirds of a c-op wiil be barvested. In fact, in some instances the prospectiva crop there is so poor that it will not be harvested at all. THE BIG GUN PRACTICE Our Smooth Bores Can Be De- peaded On at Twenty-Fivs Hundred Yards. Five Out of Eight Shots in One Day Struck the Spac: That a Battle- 2 Ship Would Occupy at Sea The testing of the big smooth-bore guns at the Presidio fortificstions last week gnve considerable experience in heavy ar- tillery practice, and the results as a whole were very satisfactory from a military point of viey, if they were not to the mind of some inaividual who, not knowing much about military matters and artiliery in particular, wrote for a newspaper that “the shooting was very wild.” ‘The fact is thaton the second day an im- aginary, vessel the size cf a battle-ship was located on the platied crater at a distance i 2500 yards, and five out of eight shots struck the space tbe vessel would have occupied, a remarkable achievement with | smooth bores. | Yesterday there was commenced the | practice with the big rified guns. This will be | continuea during the week, and will inciude practicet with mortars. mitted 1o visii tue fortifications “except for military reasons’ { The Fresidio post will, after the departure of Lieutenani-Colonel Young of the Fourth Cav- alry. who will soou start for Yellowsione Park, e {n command of Licutenant-Colonel Edward B. Williston, Third Artiliery. Troop K, Fourth Cavairy, has started on its march 1o’ Yosemite Velley and_will occupy about ten davs in the journey. The troop will retorn to the Presidio sbout Thanksgiving dsy. Troop K will establish a camp in the vi- clalty of Wawona “t0 periorm theduty in par- ticalar of protecting the. Yosemite National Park from injury and depredstio Troop G wiii leave shortly on & in the Sequoia National Park. The next athletic and military coutest at the Prosidio post will be heid on the forenoon and #{16rnoon of thie 19th inst., and it will include & number of very interesting events. No one will be per- | imilar duty —————— French Opora Company Troubles. ¥, Charley, manager of the French Opera Compauy, weites 10 Tuk CALL {rom the City oi. T | Mexico relative to a little unpleasantness that | took place between himseli and several mom- bers of the company jusc prior to the depar- ture on this tour into Mexico. The trouble was published in tnese columns at the time. The disaffected of the troupe stated that Charley lei( for Mexico and refused to pay the comp ainants their dues. The impresario In his letter emphatically denies that situatlon was as his enemies represented. He says that three of the chorus and a dgncer were bound | under a contract to accompany him wherever | he choze to take thg company and thatin re. fusing to go to Mezjco they broke their agree- ment. One has si rejoined the company. | M. Charley de! that he has always been prompt in the payment of alldue to his artists. Sl cknnbidae ity Ceslon Tea-Growers Looking With Jealous Eyes on a Rossible Rival. R. Valentine Webster, inspecting direc- tor of the Mackaye Estate Company | { (iimited), Queensland, and manager of the Cevion Co-operative Tea Gardens | Company, Ceylon, is at the Occidental. | | He bas come here in the interest of the | tea-growers of Ceylon, who, as he ex- | plained, some time since levied a slight | import tax on teas to create a fund for the xpense of introducing Ceylon teas | | throughout the world. They have found | | it worked well, for they have been able to | root out Chinese and Japanese teas in many markels of Europe and America, though in this country, as Mr. Webster CONDUCTORS OWN ALL LOS ANGELES Visiting Throngs Given Full Possession of the City. Business Sessions Held by the Grand Body and Ladies’ Auxiliary. Officers’ Reports Show the Organi- zatlon to Be In a Prosperous Conditlon. LOS ANGELES, Can, May 11..—The members of the Order of Railway Con- | ductors and their relatives and frienas are in f ty, and apanese teas are used more than | mowi i ftull P tssaonEO! Khel Bl 'V Other. 2ag ' Mr. Webster is going on to London, bat | Nearly 3000 visitors have aiready arrived his great objective voint is the Caucasus | and nearly 1000 more will come to-morrow Ithey are having an enjoyable time. | | | | 15 | | | { of Russia. | “During the last few years they have got | to raising tea in the Caucasus,” said be, | “‘and the tea-growers of Ceylon now want | to know just how they are succeeding and | what opposition may be expected from the | | Caucasus in order to meetit. We want to furnish the tea for the world. I under- | stand the tea of the Caucasus is very good. | The soil, climate and other conditions are] said to be well adapted to tea. “The tea business of Ceylon has grown in recent vears and large for- tunes have been made out of it. In 1873 there were but twenty-three pounds ot rea exported from the entire country. Last| | year the amount exported was no less than 000 pounds—an atount by st almost paralyzing to con- | sider. “We have now started growing coffee | i | drawings. menced next month, on two belated trains, one from the Penn- sylvania road and one from the New York . E. Higeins of Columbus, Ohio Mrs. O. N. Marshall of Galesburg, Il ; Mrs. J. H. Moore of Toledo, Onio. ‘While the majority of the visitors will pass the next few days in having a good time, 379 delegates will attend closely to business, holding two or three sessions daily. Theirs being a secret organization, every effort is made to withhold details of what happens in the meetings. It does Dot now appear that there is any friction over the business affairs, but there isto be, according to present indications, a lively contest over the election of officers on Saturday. To-day’s programme ended with a con- cert at Hazard’s Pavilion, followed by a public Teception, with a variety of ad- dresses of welcome and replies thereto, To-morrow the visitors will be entertained with 8 Wila West snow at Fiesta Park, CHINESE CHEOKED. Secretary of the Treasury Gage Excludes All but Twenty-One of Two Hundred and Fifty-Six Applicants. The 261 Chinese who arrived here by the China last Monday on the way to the Nashville Exposition have been checked in their departure for the Sunny South until the Secretary of the Treasury shall bave been heard from. It appears that the Secretary was in- formed some time ago that only 200 Chi- nese wouid be needed underthe contracts made for the Chinese portion of the ex- position. With that understanding 179 Chinese laborers were admitted into the United States by way of North Dakota, | M. Sewell af Englewood, Iil. Directors— Mrs, W land. laborers employed in digging and build- ing the foundations for the Chinese part of the show, and that the 261 now here are artists, actors, acrobats and musicians. 1t is believed that the S:cretary of the Treasury is marveling greatly over the | number of laborers required to build a small foundation, and that this is why he bas intimated that perhaps iwenty-one additional Chinese would be enough for the purposes of the exposition. { In the meantime the 261, four of | whom are women, are in the custody of | the Federal officers. | _ WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 1L..-The | Collector of Customs at San Francisco tel- | leaving only 21 more persons entitled to : then the appropriation for that purpose 1t is now stated that these 179 were | | aliowance that will be sufficient for sub- NOTES FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD The Problem of Transporta- tion Cuts a Figure in Encampments. A National Guardsman Wants Some Information About Promised Reforms. Good Showing at the Inspection of the Fifth Infantry, S:cond Brigade. | The Cadets Drill. | From one end of the State to the other at this time the talk of tae men of the National Guard is camp. Every company is going to camp, but the great trouble is as to what kind of camps are there to be. If there are to be only regimental camps, will be ample, but if there are to be brigade camps, as is proposed by the First and Thud brigades, then the transporta- tion required for these will take up all the funds, and the others will bave only the sistence, and the individual members of the companies will have to go down deep into their pockets to obtain the money for transportation. _For instance, the officers of the Third Brigade want a brigade encampment, and they want to go to Santa Cruz. That means the assemblage of companies at that point from Chico, Colusa, Nevada City, Marys- ville, Sacramento, Woodland, Redding, Stock- | Infantry since the issuance of | 18 one of the finest of auy in the Stale at tnis the First” Regiment, Captain Edwards com- | manding, will turn out in full force at the Teeimental armory, 25 Page street, for an ex- hibition drill, for which it has been perfecting itself for some time. Itis expected that the | “soungsters” will make a fine snowing. Alter | the drill there will bea dance, and as the | members of the corps, who are all pupils of | the Lowell High School, are extremely popu- lar with the youngladiesof the Girls’ High | Ecnool it is probable that there will be meny | of the fair ones present anxious to whirl in | the mazes of the waliz wita the young men in | uniform. Private Henry C. Payson has been detailed from Company I as battalion trumpeter, First | Battation. ead There have bsen 55 discharges in the First | regimental or- | der 6. Of these 27 were on account of re- | moval, 13 for the good of the service, 12 for expiration of term of service, 2 on two-thirds voie and 1 exempt. 3 The inspections of the companies of the Fiith | were held last week, and from partial reports received it appears that s good showitg_was made. A Company nad 63 men out of 70 at | zollcall. B had 68 out of 71, F had 89 out 01 90 | and G had 67 outof 70. Captain Carrington, TU. 8 A., was present at the inspections, Campauies A and F and the band of the Fifth have secured as a new armory in Oak- | land the large, commodious rooms that were | formerly occupied by the Acme Club. There is & large drill-room, rooms for each company, | @ room for the band and rooms for beaaquar- | ters. In addition there are the bathrooms that were built for the club. The new armory . The members of the two companies are Yory much pleased witn the change. A featurs tnat is pleasant in this baud of the ¥ifth Regi- ment is the great harmony thatexists botween the members of the two companies. New regulation caps have been issued to | witness the inspeciion of Company D. {he 8ignal Corps of the Second Brigade. The members of 1his cOTps &r¢ &t Work now bur- nishing their sabers and brass trimmings to make & fine appearance on inspection night. Major Tilden has returned from his vacation down s uth. SANTA ROSA, CAL, May 9.—That ever member of Company E would be at his pos: should war’s alarms summon him we of San.n Rosa most verily believe. But that eve member of the company iS at his post wh the monthly social night rolls around, we of Santd Rosa cau solemuly swear. The musical and dramatic tsient brought to light by these entertainments is also some- thing that Santa Rosn is proud of. Atthe last social the Roso City Glee Club, the Rose City Mando.in Ciub aud many individual efforis nade up & programme of unususl merit, and the crenm of the city's social side Was in evi nce. O e ine real business of the organization 1s not neglected and two battalion drills have taken place in as many weeks. Colonel Fair- banks was the chier officer iu command at ths firstof these drills and Major Juillazrd st tie sacond. g A Captain C. E. Haven and Major L. W, Jull. | lard” went to San Rafael Thursday night to On Friday night they will be presentat tne in- tpection of Company C at Petaluma. Com pany E was also inspected Saturday night and on Wednecday evening %nm]p-ny}{ of Naps will undergo the same ordeal. A new shooting range is one of the things greatly desired by the boys just now and Squire £. T. Coulter has selected aspot (oot vet made known) which he declares to be perfect for such a purpose. The iollowing promotions have been recently made: Corporal 1. K. Mailer, to be sergeant: Corporal Paul Coulter, to be sergeant; Private G. M. Williams, to be corporal; Private E. R. Marble, to be corporal; Private J. W. Godman, to be corporal. Sergeant J. W. Claypool has | been promoted to be first sergeant, vice H. F. Blockford, resigned. Sergeant Blockford bas served eleven years in the company and will take a well-carned resi. New members are being enlisted {rom time to time, and it can THE NEW POSTOFFICE. | one making the top score three tim be truthfully said that Compsny E is flourish- 1ng 8s it never was before. = VIRGIL MOORE. POLICE RIFLE SHOTS. Result of the Fifth Competition for the Siebe Medal. The fifth rifle competition among the members of Captain Wittman’s division of the police force for the medal presented by Captain Siebe took place st Shell Mound Park yesterday, P. C. Peters was the top scorer, with 45 and the other scores were as follows: Carr 44, Nash 44, Phillips 43, Fleming 43, ‘Wilson 43, Mylar 42, Keys 41, Merrick 41, Atchison 41, Hook 40. The medal becomes the property of the succession, or failing that the one making the best score in the twelve competitions, The revised plans for the San Francisco Postoffice show towers diminished in height as compared with the lofty towers of the original design. The revised plans also present greater ornamentation of the exterior than was shown lp the first The changes are in a measure due to THE CALL, which directed the attention of the surervising architect to the lack of symmetry and proportion in the original plans. Work on the site at Seventh and Market streets will be com- as well as tea. Our office is in Queens- | land and it is the first there ana the first | in the entire Australian colonies.” | Mr. Webster says it is absurd to say, as was stated in one of the evening papers, ! that eny quarrel was caused aboard ship | | by the ing of the “Wearing of the | { Green” by Premier Sedden. Nothing was | thought ot it. | ——————— | { RICHMOND IN THE LEAD. | A General Progressive Movement Being | Central. Paso by & washout and the latter will comein from the north to-morrow. One train in two sections brought 600 from Chicago this afternoon, and the rush at headquarters has been exciting all day. The locat committees, whose duty it is to look out for ihe guests, have done their work well in receiving the crowds that have come to attend the international convention. Ths former is detained near El | egraphed Secreiary Gage to-day that 256 | | ton, Fresno, Modesto, Visalia, Bakersfield and Chninese who claimed to be employes of | Merced, and it has been estimated by those | the Chinese exhibit at the Tennessee Ex- | posted in such mattiers that after setting aside | position had arrived there. The Secretary | the sum allowed by law to each company for | directed that the Colleetor admit only | ecamp purposcs the remsinder wouid not be | twenty-one, which will fili the limit of | sufficlent to meet the transportation ex- | 250 fixed by the department as the zreat- | penses for that one brigade, to say nothing of est number needed at the exhibition. The | the expenses of transportation thac wcuhfbe | remainder_will be turned back. The |Tequired for the companies of the other bri- Treasury Department suspects wholesale zttempts to evade the exclusion law will be made, and is determined to stop it. tate of affairs shows that there is & lagk of systum in the management of the guard in fhis State. It is lefs to the officers in the vari- ous brigade limiis to determine what kiud of Kept Up Through the Valley. The local division headquarters in the Reports from standing and special com- | Nadeau Hotel, the National headquarters | mittees of the Point Lobos Improvement | at the Westminster and the headquarters Club were of & progressive character last | of the ladies’ auxiliary in the Van Nuys | Private Evans o1 | 84, Sabin 37, Moon 43, Lucey 39, Wormer 89, nignt. | President Fletcher reported that the | speed of the Suiro cars nad been redunced since the club’s objection had been filed. F. M. Flugger, chairman of the special committee on macadam streets, reported that the Supervisors had made an inspec- tion of the district end recommended the m]fronmcn\s contemplated by the ciab. . P. E. Troy offereu a resolution rec- ommending that the following streets be provided with five-foot wooden sidewalks: Josephine street, from Point Lobos avenue to Laurel Hill Cemetery; Eugenie street, between Josephine and Wood; Wood street, between Point Lobos and Central avenues; Collins street, between Pcint Lobos avenue and Laurel Hill Cemetery. To urge the performance of this work @ commitiee, consisting of E. P. Troy, Frank B. Gibson and President G. R. Fletcher, 'was appointed to wait on the Street Com- mittee of the Supervisors. - The Third Brigade. SACRAMENTO, CaL, May 6.—Last Sunday the members of Troop B were out in full force, the oceasion being oue of those iong-looked-for fleld days. Au early start was made and the location sougnt was Sutter's Fort. A short siop was made, and the boys received one of their ficst lessons in tent-pitching. The march was then resumed through the country bor- dering on Florin, aud the troop returned homa early in the evening. The men are taking great interest in their work and are co- | operating with Capiain Looke, 5o that the compauy may be classed with the best. They also hope t0 make an excelient showing at the coming inspection, which will be held some time this month. ‘A great many new appli- cants are seeking admisson 10 the iroop. ‘The following scores were made &t the pistol range: Sergeant Loden 42, Sergeant Ban- quier 31, Sergeant Morrison 43, Sergeant Lee 34, Sergeant Huut 31, Corporal Kruzberger Corporal Kelly 43, Corporal Zeigler 38, Corporal Gracis 26, Private Powell 44, Privets Byron 42, Private_Kirx 41, Private Hunt 87, 33, Private Hackman 382, Private Pollock 28, Private J. L. Suilivan 28, Private Clegg 23, Private Pendergxst 19. Notwithstanding the stiff north wind that blew across the ranges last Sunday some very creditable scores were made, a hown by the followin Captain ~Schoenmacker 42, Lieutenant Hughes 43, Sergeants Wamble 39, McMartin 41, Be 41, Guater 42, Corporals Ronan 41, Nutting 43, Messare 40, Pollard 37, Perking 43, Privates Gray 40, Garaner 40, Hughes 87, Cook 40, Torper 40, Tompeon 38, L\'Senh;m 41, Snowalier 40, Love 40, Nelson 32, Myers King 34 McCreary 38. Hanford 42, Holton 34, Korrell 34. Mayberry 30, Whittier 30, Poo! shooting—Koman 37, Cook 40, Thom- son 30, McMartin 42 Hynes 32, Hanford 41, Lucey 45. Topey 33, Measure 42, Neison 33 Perkins 42, King 41, Moon 43, Phil Cook 44, Ma, uilace 44, Whittier 43. First money | wentto Major Wallace, won on Creedmoor, second to Pail Cook of Company G, tnird to Mooa, RUTHERFORD. —————— Catching Flying Fish, A s:a captain tells of his sailing in southerz seas where flying fish abound. They would sometimes in their flight in the night comie aboard tiie ship and drop to the deck. He had three cats that, though they were lyin: asleep below. would hear the sound whenever a fish struck the deck, and would rush up to get it. They distinguished this from all other sounds. The crew tried to imitate it in various ways, but could not decelve the cats, ' Hotel have been thronged all day by strangers registering, donning the many large and brilliant badges and swapping visiting cards. Nothing is too good for them and they do not lack entertainment. The first business session of the conven- tion was held behind closed doors in Music Hall this afternoon. Nearly all of the delegates answered to the rollecall. Grand Chiet Conductor E. E. Clark pre- sided and Secretary Martin Clancy was at the desk. The first business of the meet- ing was the appointment of committees. That on credentials bad little difficuity in reporting on the right of delegates to their seats, there being only one contest and that not persisted in. The report of the grand chief conductor was presented but not read. The head of the order made a number of recommenda- tions for future government, and congratu. lated the organization on its growth, The grand secretary and treasurer, Mar- tin Clancy, presented a report that dealt with the financial conditions, and was full of interesting statisties. It showed that in 1895 $337,000 was paid out of the insur- ance fund on 161 policies. In 1896 there was paid oat $339,000 on 159 policies. Most of this went to the widows aad chil- dren of aeceased conductors. Eeveral thousand dollars of it was paid on acei- dent policies. ‘The membership of tize or- der now numbers about 21,000. The finances are in good condition, and the order has cause for congratulation for the manner in which they have been con- d ucted. William Durbin, chairman of the insur- ance committee, made a report in which be discussed the present laws of the order governing the insurance department and recommended some changes. The meeting of the local ladies’ auxil iary was held this afternoon in Turn Vi rein Hail, where a welcome wa: tended to the grand officers, the delegates and the visiting members of the auxiliary. The first session of the Grand Division of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors was tien called to order. The hall was beautifully decorated with smi- lax, roses and carnations. There are in America 103 auxiliary divi- sions, and each has & delegate. Although they are not ail here, it is expecied that nearly every division will be represented. These delegates and the grand officers make up the personnel of the Grand Divi- sion and transact the business of the so- ciety. » The officers of the Ladies” Auxiliary of 1897 are: Grand president, Mrs. J. H. Moore_of Toledo, Ohio; grand vice-presi- dent, Mrs. O. N. Marshall of Galesburg, IiL; grand secretary and treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Higgins ot Columbus, Ohio; grand senior sister, Mrs. B. F. Wiitse of Phila- delphia, Pa.; grand junior sister, Mrs. Z. Martin of Atlanta, Ga.; grand guarti, Mrs. John Sullivan of Danville, Ili. Executi committee—Mrs. J. M. Sewell of Engte- wood, 1il.; Mrs. W. C. Tarner of Cairo, Il; Mrs. k. J, Paimer of Spokane, Wash. Insurance committee—President, Mrs. W. C. Turner of Cairo, Iil.; secrotary, Mrs. J. i PR eSS S LRy ENOEAVORERS 10 DINE Preparations for a ’'97 Con- vention Dinner and Rally. Under the Auspices of the Young People’s Society of P ymouth Church. The ladies of Plymouth Church are actively engared in extensive preparations for a grand '97 convention dinner end rally to be given under the auspices of the Plymouth Young People’s Society of Christiun Endeavor in the church parlors, Post and Webster streets, next Tuesday evening at 6:30. For the past month the ladies’ auxilia. ries of Plymouth Church have been hold- ing meetings at stated periods, discussing the best methods to be pursued for this dinner. A committee of fourteen ladies representative of Plymouth Church has |bnn selected, and each with & corps of assistants Las been laying' plans for her branch of the grea: dinner. The arrangement of the tables on this occasion will be somewhat original, it being the desire ol the ladies to have it arranged so that all persone may be able to face the speakers while sitting at the table. Convention banners, “‘starsand stripes,” ‘“bear flags’’ and buniing, together with poppies, ferns, flowers and greens, will be used to transform the lecture-room of Plymouth Church into a perfect bower of beauty. That psrt of the dinner recelving the most attention s the menu, and it can be stated as an assured fact that it will equal anything of the kind ever held in the churches of San Francisco and vicinity. Invitations have been sent to all Chris- tian Endeavor societies of San Francisco, all Endeavorofficers of this City have been @sked to attend, and many churchies and societies from Oakland will be represented by those gathered at the dinner on Tues- dniy.' evening, May 18, . The young ladies of the Endeavor £o- clety, in white costume, trimmed with the convention colors (purple and gold), will wait upon the tables, and quickly and politely satisfy the wants of all whoat- tend. —————— 8T, BRIDGID'S FAIR OVER. A Successful Event Croses With All Happy. St. Bridgid’s fair closed Iast night after a successful run of a week, during which the parishioners and their friends vied with one another to make it a success, The fund raised will be used to be p defray the expenses of completing the new St. Bridgid’s. Luncheons were served during the week and there were many songs and vocal selections, so that aitogether the affair was verv enjoyable. The prize: won wiilbe announced to the congregation: l { & camp there should be, and that leads to s great deal of dissatisiaction, because there is always a lack of unanimity as to the division of the money appropriated for camp pur- poses. The Iaw says that ‘the commander-in- chiei may annually order an encampment for | discipline and drill, either by division, bri- gade, regiment, bat fon or unattached com- pans.” 1f the’ commander-in-chief took the | matter in his own hands, held & consultation | with the adjutant-general, considered the | amount of mouey avatiable, the cost of traus. | reports as to available sites for camps, be couid then, after a careful survey of the situ- ation, order such an encampment or encamp- | ments as the iaw says he may, thereby avoid- | ing a!l the friction that is likely to arise be- | fore the money now on hand or available is allotted. . A National Guardsman has written a letter | ot inquiry in which he asks, “What has be- come of the proposed reforms that the di- vision commander aanounced he would bring about when he took office? We of tne guara have been looking for them, and we are still leoking, butas we aré patient we can afford to wait, The divisfon staff was inspected Monday evening by Division insrector Lieutenant- Colonel Sumner. The Naval Reserve will be inspected some time in June. The Second Brigade. The Inspection of the companies in this City e being held this week. During the past week there was an informal meetipg of Brigadier-General Warfleld and Colonel Fairbanks of the Fifth Infantry and Colonel Smith of the First Infantry on the subject of camp, but no oconclusion was reached, as no announcsment asto funds to be allowed each regiment has yet been an- nounced. The First Regiment is considering sites all the way from Ukiah to Santa Monica. Santa Cruz has off:red the old camp ground north of the bathing-houses near the beach, but that is not considered as desirable a place as the one on which the far-tameed Tripe Hill looms up above the surrounding territory. There is some talk of a site at Santa Rosa, one at Ukiah and tnere are others that may loom up in the approaching future. Next Saturday the Corps attached to NEW TO-DAY. If your eyes are beginning to trouble and annoy you, if you suspect they need | attention, we will examine them free ct charge. 1f you need glasses we will tell you so frankly; if youdo not we will tell you 5o just as frankly. A. NORDMAN, " 1. NORDMAN, STANDARD OPTICAL Co. | portation, and made himself familiar through | A NICHIN Y 7P ), \ D4 = U CURIOUS CURK Have been made by tkis singular discovery. 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