The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1897, Page 6

~— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897. ¢all 5, 1867 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDUE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dail v CALL, one weelk, by carrier. .§0.15 Daily and Sunday CALL, one year, by mail Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, 5.00 1.50 Daily and Sunday CAL, three months by m il Daily and Sunday CaL1, one month, by mall. 65 Bunday CaLy, one year, 1.50 WKLY CaLL, BUSINESS OFFICE: 310 Market Street, Fan Francisco, California. Telephone...... - Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: Clay Srees. Telephone., BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery s.reet, coraer Ciay; open gntfl £:80 o'clock. 50 Hayes sireet; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:50 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteentn and Mission sireels, Open until 9 o'cloc 8 Mission street, open untll § o'clock. Ninth street, open unti! 8 o'clock. 1505 Polk : open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second sed Keatucky streets; open till § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broad way. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 81 ana 52, 34 Park Row. New York Cltye DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. INE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL- THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyou going to the country ona vacation? If ¥0, 1t 18 1o troubie for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for yon will miss Orders given 10 the Ccarrier or left at will recelve prompt attention. KA CHARGE Santa Rosa is wholly roses this morning. The Eunropean concert is looking very grave, while the Turk goes marching on. Leave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL to- day and you will have good reading to- morrow. Jerry Simpson may be nothing more than 8 gnat to Speaker Keed, but, all the same, he sting The outlook 1s that the McKinley ad- ministration will be sufficiently American to make the anti-jingoes howl. Let us complete the Balboa avenue with a flourish, and then whirl in and whoop- up the Mission perk and the “z0o.” To-day Philadelphia does honor to the memory of Washington and the Nation will do honor to the patriotism of Phila- delpnia. The tariff debate will not begin on Mon- day, as was expected, but we shall have it in due time, and it will be hot stuff when it comes. The showers of Thursday night were acceptable as samples, and if the Weather Bureau can fill orders for more it may send them on. It begins to look as if Uncle Sam might furnish the answer to the Cuban question in a few days by pronouncing the wor independence, wil there is no suggestion of political pipe- laying about it. Every section of the State has been praying for rain, probably get it, for she has arranged for an open-air festivalto-d Once more the Senators are accused speculating in s tion which would touch bottom. It 1s the opinion of Senator Morrill that the Cuban cause has only a decumentary exislence, but even he does not deny that the docuinents are more valid than the Weyler dispatches. The officials at Washington should be vromptly informed that California can furnish all the stone needed for the new Federal building in this City, and counts on the right to do it. The Grass Valley Tidings asserts that there is a prebability of a short crop of Bartlett pears in California this year. The norih wind is accused of having done too much blowing about them. The latest experiment with the airship at the Nashville exposition proves It to be nothing more than a balloon with a few frills on 1t. It drifted with the wind despite all the aeronaut could do and therefore doesn’t count as an airship at all. The Valley road will soon be running trains to Hanford, and another large dis- trict of the San Joaquin will have the benefit of competition In freight rates when the time comes to ship the crops. It will be seen that enterprise is rapidly extending itself and prosperity is surely coming. The Bos'on Journal galls attention to the fact that the Senate tariff bill omits the provision made in the Dingley biil for 2 30 per cent duty on foreign yvachts im- ported into the United States, and rightly insists that the original duty should be restored before the bill is adopted. There is no reason why we should have free trade in yachts any more than in other Xinds of ships. Some successful experiments are said to have been madein New York in the manu- facture of a water-proof paper, and it is believed a new industry will result, as the paper can be made in quality fine enough for letter writing and at prices cheap enough for general use. By and by we may hear of the new article being em- ployed for clothes and after that it will be passed off on an unsuspecting world for shoe leather. In its jubilant review of the progress made on the construction of the new railzoad from Sissons to Fall River, the Tidings takes occasion to declare that its correspondent was ‘‘permitted toenjoy a ride on the first train that went out over the new road by the courtesy of the su- perintendent.” Probably the Tidings is in error. If anybody ever enjoyed the first ride over a new 10ad it must have been by the courtesy of a benign Provi- dence. The Los Angeles Voice lifts itself to re- mark that “it seems quite fashionable just now in California to sue newspapers for libel.” It may be quite fashionable, butas compared with wearing sealskins and diamonds it has nothing to recom- mend it in the way of cheapness. In fact, the deplorable cost of the ‘‘fashion, added to the discomfort of invariably hav- ing the “libelous” utterance against you pronounced justifiable and appropriate by a jury of tweive unprejudiced men, is rapidly carrying it out of style. The plan to put ali wires under ground | be pleasing to the public, provided | ana Santa Rosa will | ugar stocks and once more | the people would like to see an investiga- | | WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN. The event of the day so far as the pzo- ple of the United Statesare concerned will | be the dedication of the grand monu- ment to Washington at Pailadelphia. The interest excited by the ceremouny on that | occasion will have its influence on all the | people of the country and indirectly al | fect the enterprise of erecting a moau- ment to Lincoln in this City. Patriotism, | aroused by the memories of Washington | and the inspiration drawn from the noole | monument at Philadelphis, will tend to | promote-the erection of similar memori- | als to great men in all the principal cities | of the country, and we cannot fail to ben- | efit by the success which has been achieved | elsewhere. | It is altogether right and fitting that such monuments should be raised to those men who by their services have adyanced | the welfare of the people and augmented the grandeur of the Nation. Such monu- ments appeal to two stroag instincts of the buman heart, the instinct of hero and the instinct of artistic expres- | slon. Itisinevitable, therefore, that monu- | ments whieh are at once patriotic and artistic should be raised in all civilized | countrizs, and as a matter of fact we not | infrequently judge ihe civilization of a community less by its works of purely | material good than by what it has accom- | plished in the iine of monumental art. | The development of tha artistic instinct | of the American people has been one of | the most notable features of our National life during the last quarter of a century. This development shows itself in every di- Tection. 1t is to be seen in all branches of | our architecture, from homes to office buildings, and in all departments of civic energy, from the laying out of parks to | the construction of municipal edifices. | We have become an artistic people, and | while we have not as yet attained to the | leveln of some of the great nations of | Eurove, we are advancing with a rapidity | which assures that we shall not long be | behind even the foremost in the race. | In monumental work in this country | the commeimoration of Washington, Lin- coln and Grant naturally holds the first | place. The great mausoleum on Riverside | drive will probably remain the most | important monument to Grant for all time | to come, while the noble monument | which Philadelphia dedicates to-day wili | add another to our artistic memorials to Washington. Thers remains to be erected a monument to Lincoin which will be worthy of his great fame and not unequally classed with the monuments to Wasuington and Grant. It is perhaps too much to hope that Lin- | coln’s finest monument will be raised on this coast, but it is not beyond the reach | of our patriotism and our State pride to | attempt to make it so. In our efforts to raise a fitting memorial to the martyred President we ought to bs able to count on assistance from all parts of the Union, and will probably receive help in proportion to tie work which we do ourselves. Itistobe trusted, therefore, tnat tne influence exerted by ihe creat monuments raised in New Yors and Philagelphia will have a potent effect in California, and that sub- scriptions to the Lincoln monument to be | erected in Golden Gate Park will be liberally and speedily forthcoming. UNDERGROUND WIRES. The conference heid on Thursday be- | tween Mayor Phelan and a committee of the Board of Supervisors with citizens representing the various 1nterests in- | velved, concerning the feastbility of hav- | ing all electric wires removed from poles | and builaings and placed in underground ‘conduils. resuitsd in an agreement as to the advisalility of the plan and was thus far in every respect satisfactory. | Ttisparticu'arly pleasing to note that the | telegrapn, light and power and other com- | paniesoperating wires showed no opposi- tion to the plan. This gives us reason to be lieve that it will be easy 10 devise means for carrying it out which will be satistactory | 1o all concerned, and the City will be thus | enabled ai a comparatively small cost and within a comparative'y short time to ac- complis 1 this much desired municipal im- provement. It was the opinion of members of the conference that nothing should be under- taken in the work, nor any attempt made to fix a plan for carrying it out, until the subject has been thoroughly considered by a competent expert. This of course was altogether richtand proper. While many cities in the East and in Europe have all wires of this kind laid unaer- ground it would be inadvisable for us to follow the exact methods of either of them, inasmuch asthe circumstances here | are not the same as they are in any other locality. The work of an expert is there- fore necessary, and the first qusstion to | arise in the undertaking is thatof select- |ing a'man who will be satisfactory not | only to the Supervisors and fo the various companies, but will have the full confi- dence of the people. The movement for this great improve- ment to the City has been so well started that the people will beinclined to support itaimost umversally. It is to be hoped the problem will not be complicated by factional antaconism, or by an opposition that is either selfish in disposition or silu- rian in nature. The best laid plans for pub- lic work can be easily made to go awry by stirring up dissensions through appeals to jealousies or false economy. This danger the public should endeavor to guard | ngainst as far as possible. The work has | been well begun, and it ought to be possible to find an expert who will do his share with credit and provide a way by which we can get all these obstructing wires off the streets where they now constitute a menace to life and property well asa disfigurement of the City. | LIGHT AT LAST. TUnless all reports from Washington are unfounded we are likely tc have light at last given from official sources upon the situation in Caba. It is probable that the recognition of the independence of the island will soon be taken up as an imme- diate issue by the administration and by Congress, and all prospects point to the conclusion that the decision of the Gov- ernment will be favorable to the patriots. The stories which have long been in cir- culation that dispatches irom General Lee were smothered in the State Office during the Cleveland administration seem to be well foundel. It is now asserted that these reports farnish to our Government sufficient grounds for interference in the | war, even to the extent of taking part in it ourselves, if that shonid b> necessary to | compel the Spaniards to treat the Cubans in accord with the principles of civilized warfare, Jt will be remembered taat in his last message to Congress Cleveland s'ated that Spain mdst not expect the United Btates to remain always indifferent to the condition of sffairs in Cuba, and it now appears that he had more than suffi- cient reason for giving the warning. Under the lead of S:nator Foraker the Committee on Foreign Relations has re- cently gone over all the reports from Cuba and has discovered therein a most deplora- ble e of affairs regarding not only the | sat:a for the ) conduct of the Spaciards toward the Cu- bans, but their unjust oppression of American citizens in the island. The liyes and property of Americans have been repeatedly threatened and not infre- quently sacrificed. Destruction is declared to have been carried on everywhere, and murders, outrages and starvation are said to be matters of daily occurrence. Asaresult of these investizations there have been earnest conferences between the members of the Committee on Foreign Relations ana the Becretary of State and. also with the President. These confer- ences constituted the chief political events of the day in Washington on Thursday, and while they were, of course, of a secret nature enough has been made known to encourage the most sanguine hopes of those who have iong desired the active in- terference of the United States Govern- ment to put an end to the wasteful and cruel hostilities in the island. T e Morgan resolution on Cuba is o be taken up next Tuesday and in the debate on it it is more than likely that the public will be fully informed of the whole situa- iion as it is seen by our official representa- tive in Cuba. It is also probable that some definite conclusion will then be reached by the Senate and the adminis- tration will be authorized to deal with the issue with force and effectiveness. Day- Jight seems about to dawn for the strug- gling patriots who have fousht so long for the independence of their country. Spain has now exhauasted all her resources in a vain attempt to conquer the island, and if the United States should now in- tervene to prevent u useless and cruel con- tinuance of the war it seems clear that peace and independence will be attained by the Cubans in a t.me much speedier than once seemed pos-ible. PRESIDENTIAL TOURS. President McKinley is said to be aimost overwhelmed with invitations from all pars of the country to attend celebra- tions, expositions and various other oc- currences of locai importance. So num- erous are these requests for his presence at some time during the coming summer that if be should undertake to comply with them all his time would be wholly occupied in traveling from one place to another. 12 a country so large as this, and among a people so given to grand gatherings of various kinds, 1t would of course be im- possible for the President to accept all the iLvitations givan to bim. He cannot show himself at dozens o places from Muine to California and from Minnesota 1o Texas in a single summer. Ncverthe- less 1t will be well for him to attend as many of these great local assembiies as possible, for a President of the United Btutes can never too frequently meet the people nor come inio too close touch with them. When Washington began his first term as President of the United States it was a matter of grave discussion in nis Cabinet whether a President should undertake a tour of the country at times when Con- gress is not in session. It was concluded that he should, and notwithstanding all the disadvantages of travel in those days Washington did undertake extensive visits throughout the whole length of the Union as it was at that time. The example set by the first President ought to be followed by every President. If the country is larger now than it was in Washingion's iime the im . roved facili ties for travel have more than compen- increased distances. It would be easier for McKinley to come to the Pacific Coast than it was for Washing- ton to go to Boston. Presidential tours should therefore Le counted among the duties of the office. Tt adds to the argu- ment that in fuliowing the example of ‘Washingion McKinley would depart from that of Cleveland. AN INFURmAL Px.YER. “The proper way for a maa to pray,” Suli Deacon Lemuei Keyes, # Ana the ouly piope attitude Jsdown upon is Knees.” N0, I should say tue way to pray,” wid Reverend Dr. Wise, 15 stunding 3. Faight with cutstretched arms ‘and rapt aud upturaed eyes.” « Oh, 10, 10, no.” saia Elder Slow; 'h posture is 100 proud A mau shou!d pray with eyes fast closed And bead contricely buwod. “ It seems to me Lis hands should ba Austerely ciasped in frout, With both thumbs poloiing towsrd the ground,” Sata Keverend Dr. Hunt. “ Las' year I a1l in Hodgkins well Head first.” said Cyrus Brown, With both my heeis a-s ickiu’ up, My head a-p'tatin’ down: rayed a prayer right then an’ there— yer I ever said— ‘est praver 1 ever prayel, ’ on my head.” SaM WALTER 0ss In Boston Globe. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “Will your new picture be something un- couventionai?” “No," said the artist who made a specialty of uriginality, “unconventionality has become the conventional thing.”—Indianap lis Jour- nat. m not enthusiasiic about sending mis- slonaries aboa “Well, I think we ought to send some to Scotland to induce those unfortunate people 10 get rid of their dialect.’’—Puck. «Is Dawson of the Times-Scorpion & man of influence in your community ?* “:Yes, I think so. He certanly beat me when 1 ran for Mayo “Why, I thought he supported you!" es. Thats what did it.”’—Harper's Bazar. “I am in s quandary about naming my dear little cherub,” said & Boston mamma to a caller. “What names have you thought of?"* “‘His paps and I can't make up our minds whether t0 call him Emerson Insen or Ibsen Emerson.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Jack—That man has many prominent people on his visiting list. Kitty—ls he & soclety leader? Jnck—No; he’s a collector of bad debs. to-Date. MEN ANu WOMSEN Colonel P. S Rucker of Okishoms weighs 497 pounds and has taken the premium as the iat man at every Territorial fair, The St. Paul Globe says: “A picturesque figare in the lobby of the Ryan Hotel recently was Miss Carrie Bacon, who is out in the wild West in the interest of a mammoth chewing- gum establishment.” Mme. Meissonier has supervised personaily ali the work upon the handsome volume to the memory of her husbaud, giving to the letter press and to every plate and reproduc- tion her closest attention. Dr. Nansen’s proposed visit to Rome, where h2 was to deliver a lecture, has been aban- doned becaute his terms were such that the Geographical Society of the Eternal City found itself unable to meet them. The Crown Princess of Bweden, who for many yesrs has been an invalid and has been obliged to spend the winterin the south, wiil leave Italy this month for the north, and after visiting her parents at Baden-Baden she will join her husband and sons at Kreutznach and Teturn with them to Stockhoim for the summer. The Marchioness of Breadalbane while in Hydersbad went on & shooting expedition 0 had the good fortune to bag & tigress. A message was sent to friends saying, “The Marchioness Breadalbane shot a fine tigress When it was received Jt read, *The foness Bread and Boues shot five tigers to-day.” IF TURKEY HAD LOST? Had the present war in Europe gone against Turkey another Sullan would probably have risen to the Ottoman throne. There is “another Sultan” all ready to take the seat of power at & moment’s notice. This is Murad, the brother of the present ruler’s father. He was Sultan of Turkey for s few rapid montns twenty years ago. Then, as the result of a conspiracy hatched against him by his brother and the latter’s followers, he was deposed and thrust fnto jail, where he has languished ever since. During all the years of his incarceration ne has been a reconspirator In the game, which at present has been on the under side of the wheel, Nor has he been conspiring alone or with certain futility, His favorite wife volunteered to share his cell with him in the long ago. She was more ingenious than he and the more readily contrived with her mother Wit to hold communication with and insure the co-operation of a league of confederates on the outside. Fuses have been made, trains of powder laid with infinite caution, and as the years go by the schemes of reconstruction and ultimate explosion into flery lile are approaching nearer and nearer to perfection. The thread of this slow but pertinacious weaving of a new robe of power for the imprisoned Sultan has been treated with the profoundest admiration and faith by John Bonner, who wiil present the story as he views it in to-morrow’s CALL. The old countries still have the advantage over the new in the matter ot inter- esting landmarks. What natural wonder excites the awe of man as much as does the evidence of a human achievement in the prehistoric ages which cou'd not be duplicated by all the ingenuity and knowledge of modern science or modern mechan.cal strength? Take the old monolithic churches in Abyssinia, for example. They are buildings cut out of a single piece of rock. Ther roofs are on a level with the suzface of the ground, which is to say that the buildings are carved out of the rock below the ground, leaving a trench all around each one of them as deep as the building is tall. Some more of these marvelous churches have recently been found, and a long deseription of them, together with drawings from photographs taken on the spot, has been prepared for THE SUNDAY CALL from letters and data sent to La Nature, a French journsl of contemporary informa tion. The modern idenl of a building, of course, inclines to tallness. The higher the structure the more wonderful itseems. And, indeed, it the aucients did beat us on churches, as in the case of the monoiiths, wo can beat them on tail office buildings. We put up astructure almost as high as the pyramia themselves—which are not offico buildings—on a foundation of infinitely smaller area. Just how we do this is described With close atiention to details in to-morrow's CALL. A picture of the five tallest business structures in the world will accompany the article. Nor is the new world without its historic odditles. Mexico {s rich with relics prehistoric and otherwise, and 1o the latter order a valuable additlon has just been made {n the discovery of the long-lost death cast of Napoleon L There were five of these casts made from the original mask taken in plaster at St. Helena, where the Little Corporal died and hitherto the where- abouts of but four of them nas been known. Tne fifth unaccountably disappeared soon after it had been made, A few weeke ago it was discovered in Mexico under rather odd circum. stances, the details of which, combined with a photographic reproduction of the cast itself, will iorm one of the féatures of THE CALL to-morrow. Returning acrcss the Atlantic for out-of-the-way objects of interest s happy thought leads us to0 cxplore after :he famous suicides’graveyard atMonte tarlo. Many travelers have positively denfed that such an institution existed, having missed it in their sight-seeing tours; but it does exist nevertheless. A CALL writer has been inside of it and has conversed with Old Gilbert, the nondescript individual who takes cars of it. Sketches of the ground and of the oid man, with some clear descriptions oi both, will be published in the coming Sunday CALL. Two other European wonders are Salisbury Cathedral and the temple of the Druids, both of which are described and sketched for to-morrow’s CALL by the clever San Francisco girl, Miss Heineman, who is now studying art in London. Personsges, as well as inanimate objects, are interesting. Walt Whitman, Charlotie Cushman, Stephen A. Douglas, J. T. Trowbridge, Artemus Ward and other celebrities of their dsy were and are sill subjects for more than ordinsry remark. But & great accession of interest is derived from the fact of & little girl doing the talking sbout them. The dsughter of Eiizabeth Akers Allen, author of the well-known “Rock Me to Sleep, Mother,” is now a woman grown in San Franci:co. In those days she was the little girl friend of the celebrities above mentioned, and this week she has preparec a review of them as they appeared to her as a child. THE CALL will print these impressions to-morrow. Muriel Baily went out last week to discover who does the washing for the soldiers at the Presidio. There is no laundry there, and very litile “washing” is sent to the City laundries. What remarkable system for doing the work our contributor discovered will be related in & graphic pen-picture in THE CALL of to-morrow. Besides the foregoing there will be in the same richly stocked Sunday supplement a story by Dan De Quill, a long review of Professor Holden's uew work on observatories (illusirated), a humorous account of a CALL correspondent’s journey to the Los Angeles fiesta, “By Horse and Waeel” (illustrated), Adeline Knapp's studies of tne fieid, the Childnood’s Realm, filled 10 overfiowing with new illustrations and bright pratile for the little oues, the social, theatri- cal, fraternal and mining departmeats, the latest deals {n whist, and a letter of personal and m!scellaneous gossip from Greater New York. PERSON 4L. George Opens of London is in the City, Paul Masson of San Jose Is at the Palace. John H. Mitchell of Salinas is at the Russ. J. Francis, s business man of Omaha, s here. Dr. J. B. 8. Egan of New Jersey is in the City. J.H. Smith of Alasks arrived here yester- FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. California Lodge #'ne 8'rith Visited by the Grand ficers—The B. B. Library Discussed, California Lodge, Independent Order B'ne B'rith, was visited last Thursday might by Grand President Stein and other grand officers day. and aiter the formal work had been done there H. M. Blunt of Wawona is registered at the | was a gathering in the banquet hall, where an Russ. | excellent menu was served. After the dianer John J. Donovan of Houston, Tex., is at the | there were enthusiasiic addresses by the grand [T )‘r‘re!iicnl, the Eev. Jacob Voorssager, Bev. Mr. vy and others. Grl:nl}ii PRl R by L“{’he lu}»)eabo[ codn‘nnulng the B'me B'rith rary las been discussed in the different Colonel D. B. Fairbanks of Petalums is1n | oqges o this City and the feeling is that it the City. should be continued and its usefulness ex- J. B. Norton and wife of Pacific Grove are in | tended. Onecomplaint against the library has the Caty. been that there are too many works of fiction Professor J. M. Wood of New Mexico isat | on the shelves and not enough works of refer- the Russ, | ence. The trustec: hove in time to increase ¢ £ of works for whi Johin A.Stevens arrived here from New York | {a® Rmber o] works lor which there is now & last nigtt. the shelves. George F. Buck, an attorney of Stockton, 1s | The following is the programme that has Feschad el been prepared for the literary end musical en- tertainment 1o be given nexi Tuesday evening iu B. B. Hall under the auspices of the com- mittee on intelleciual impruvement and the Past Grand Presidents’ Association of district No. 4. The debate on “is a_University Educa- tion Necessary to & Successful Business Career?” which was previously announced, has been deferred and the subject substituted is “That the City Should Own and Control Its Water Supply”’: : Overture “Orphens,” Fungarlan orchestra: opening remarks, Edmund Tausky, chairm «ommiitee on iniel ectual Improvement: cornet | solo, “Trumpeter of Saec.ingen,” Mr Keil ad- dress, Lucius L. Xolomons, grand orator district No. 4, L O. B. James Brown of Grass Valley is here ona business trip. J. 3. McCartney of Fresno is registered at the Cosmopolitan. E. F. Rathbun of Alturas is one of the ar- rivals in the City. James Detrick, & miniog superintendent of Sierra, is in the Ciy. Dr. €. 8. White of the United States navy and Mrs. White are in the City. D. McCube, State Librarian, is a visitor to this City from Sacramento. F. M. Jennings, Under Saeriff of San Diego, guest at the Cosmopolizan. J. F. Cummings, a mining superintendent of Quincy, 18 8 visitor to the City. Dr. L E. Claggett, a well-known resident of Ballimore, is & late arrival here. Chief Engineer J. H. Bartonof the United States navy is at the Occidental. J. H. Martin, a farmer and livestock-grower of Gardnersville, Nev., is In town. Sig Wormser, a general business man of Kingsburg, arrived here yesterday. W.D. Hamilton, & business man of Rose- | burg, Or., is here, accompanied by his wife. W. R Spalding, a lumber manufacturer and mill-owner of Trackes, arrived here yesterday. Hon. John F. Davis of Jackson, Amador County, is in the City on important legal Abramoff: musi- men,” orchestra; debate, ques- That the Cliy shoud Own and wier Suppiy,” affirmative—H. Gut- stadi, Hugo K. Asber: uegative—I. 1. Bro . D. Peixoito; musical selectio alleria Rusticans,” oich Mary Giubous: mandolin or. hestr: Warren, K. Geddes: mandolins. Laschman, E. Lachman, 8. Abrams, K. Keuna E. Constantine; cello, Gua Widder, selected: musical selvc.lon, “Ei Capitan March,” orchestra. The Ben Hur Entertainment, On Thursday evening Mizpah Court of the Order of Ben Hur gave an eutertainment and dance 10 its friends io Golden West Hall, Red Men’s building, on Pos: street. There was a good attendance and there was presented a pleasing programme. Among the numbers were the following: Piano solo, Mme. Tully, who during the evening acted as accompanist for the singers; vocal solo, “Only a Rosebud,” Miss Gussie Hobe; recitation, Miss Annie ‘business. Mewney; basso solo, ~Charles A Hogan: - . e recitation, a German’s version of ‘Romeo Sheriff C. A. I1. Warfield, the widely known | [C6j(at(h », German's wersion of “Romeo official of Merced, was among yesterday's ar- rivals at the Lick. Thomas II. Jenkins, & business man ot Cor- vallls, Or.. is here for & stay of some two weeks and is at the Lick. Commander I Tirpits of the German naval squadron on the Japan coast has arrived here, and s at the Palace. Y. 0'Kans, a merchant of New York, who is on his way to Japan, is among the recent ar- rivals at the Cosmopolitan. W. D. Plants, a leading business and mining | man of Spokane, Mrs. Plauts and Kenneth Piants are at the Oceident L. J. Maddox, at attorney of Modesto and one of the directors of the Preston State School of Indusiry, is at the Grand. The Baron Du Teel of Germany, who arrived here a few days ago from the Orient, will ke probably to-day on his return to Berlin. Ben Wehriretz, a business man, land-owner and coffec-grower of Le n, Nicaragus, has ar- rived here for a visit of & few weeks. Re isat the Palace. Hugh Hume, editor and proprietor of the Evening Post, left on Thursday on a trip to Chicago and New York. He will probably be gone two or three weeks. Elwin J. Crane add Mrs. Crane, who for some months past have been at Los Angeles and other places ir. Southern California, have returned here and are at the Palace, Dr. F. D. Tyrrell of Sacramento, E. Carl Bank and others of the Preston Home of Industry at Ione. are at the Grand, and will meet with the directors of the home at the Grand to-day. Frank Dellum, the well-known Portland capitalist, owner of the Dellum block and solo, “Ma 'Caro ine,” Miss Leola Stune; vocal solo, Mme. Tuily. After the programme Daniel L. Sweeney, who acted as master of ceremones, invited all present to the banquet hall, which for the time being was converted intoa dauce hall, and there for several hours the guests of the court enjoyed themselves. Social Council, Chosen Friends. Social Council No. 46 of the Order of Chosen Friends had a large altendance of members and guests at the entertainment given last Thursday in its hall in the Red Men’s build- ing under the direction of Mrs. K. A. Adams, chairman of the committee of arrangements, and the other members, Mrs. Baccus, Mrs. Gar- barino, Mesars. Baker, Goodell, Uphuse and Douglas White. The programme was made up in great part of fancy dances, a number of these by juveniles, and they were weli re- ceived, showing thet there was an apprecia- e | tion of the judgment of the committee in its selection of walent for the evening. There i a recitation by L. Schiessinger; tambourine dance by Hez:l Bowen, whose performance was the embodiment of the poetry of motion; song and aance by Grace Rothholtz; Spanish dance by Gertie thholiz; fancy dauce b Tillie Emboff; recitation by Miss Pearl; reci- tation by Miss Buckland; plano solo by Mis: Slaven, and a skirt dance by liitle Alm Bowen, who for an encore gave an exhibition of contortions. This littie one, ke her s:ster Haz), 18 n very graceful daocer and won the plaudits of theaudience. After the entertain- ment there was an informal programme of dancing, which continued until midnight, Among the visitors were Past Grand Councilor Arnold ana Grand Counetlor Boehum. Native Daughters’ Memorial Day. To-day is Memorial day of the Order of the Native Daughters of the Golden West. During the day the members of tho several parlors throughout the State wiil visit and decorate § with beautifui flowers the greves of members muoh other property; Jordan Zan, Mrs, W. F. | Wth besutltuf 6owerd the kfeves 6 memicrs Crosby, Mrs. H. C. Prieden and Miss Prieden, it iate to the occa- all of Portland, are at the Palace. AL P PE Charles Lehman’s Body Found. The body of Charles Lehman, the young clerk in the Gorman Savings and Loan So- clety Bank who was drowned in the bay on April 28 while yachting, was found at 2 o'clock vesterday afternoon by Captain P. H. Sommers. n Somers was on_his way to Stockion in his scow schooner and saw the body flosting near Angel Island in the vicin- ity of th Ince where the drowning took place. 7The body was taken to the Morgue. CALIFORNIZN> IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 14.—At the Plaza— E.J. Price; Astor—W, E. Graves, W. H. Hart, Mr. and Mre. C. E. Hawkes; Windsor—Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Howard; Marlborough—Dr. G. M. Terrill; Sturievant—G. W. Demmon. Dramatic Reading for Charity. The Eureka Soclety for the Protection of Children is arranging banefit to take place at the Mapic Hail of the Palace Hotel on May 27. Ms: Hattle Nathan, the wellknown dramatic reader, will be the star of tne ooca- sion aud wi i contribute selections from Bun- ner, Riley Field, Nors Perry and Shakespeare, besides rendering her new idea of song- reciting. Miss Nathan will be assisted by the Knickerbocker quartet and Mrs. Eva Tenny, 80prang, Maria Kip Orphanage Sued. Jacob C. Johnson, administrator ot the es- tate of Ellen Vinsonbaler, deceased, has sued the Maria Kip Orphansge and Willlam F. Nichols and W. B. Hooper, trustees of the Good Samaritan Mission. for the possession of fifty shares of capital stock of the Pacific Gas Improvement Company, now in.the possession of the deiondants and claimed by the plainiiff. TRIUMPH OF A FREE PRESS Editor Marriott’s Acquittal Warmly Greeted by a Contemporary. Judge Hebbard’s Recourse to the Secret Tribunal of the Grand Jury Fruitless. Twelve Cit zens Braved Judicial Wrath and Declared for the Cause of Justice. Editor Fred Marriott of the News Letter was triumphantly acquitted by a jury of his peers Isst night, says the Bulletin of last night, of a charge of libeling Superior Judge Hebbard, atter a trial lasting over four weeks. After | only three baliots the young editor’s conduct was vindicated. As is generally well known, the case was | based on an indictment of Marriott for the publication in the News Letter of an editorial criticism of Judge Hebbard's course in the People’s Bank cases and declaring that the Judge was the “creature and tool’” of design- | ing persons and, consequently, a “disgrace to | the bench,” ‘‘unfair’ and “incompetent.” It was purely a campaign article, such as any | Dewspaper may publish, such es all the voters in the City desire shall be publisbed. It pur- ported to teil the truth about a preminent candidate for election to political honors. To some extent it missed its mark, for the object of the criticism was elected by a large vote. Yet months after day of triumph the Judge presumed to press a criminal charge against the man who had criticized him. To the credit of the people, to the glory of liberty and free speech, the attempt ignominiously fafled. For four solid weeks Judge Hebbard un- necessarily neglected his duties to watch the proceedings before Judge Daingerfield and a jury. Forall that time his courtroom doors were closed, and Judge, clerk and shorthand reporter were to be found in a body eagerly watching the turns of the case. Judge Heb- bard even acted as associate counsel ior the prosecution, and suggested points to Julius Kahn or to Walter Hinkle, the one his private counsel, the otner the assistant District Attor- ney, representing the State. All his friends neglected their business to attend the trial, including General John F. Sheehan, the one- | time receiver of the People’s Bank,and James M. Watt, his attorney. Marriott sat alone, save for his counsel. The trial has been described from day to day. The prosecution’s case resied upon the fact that Fred Marriott was the proprietor of the News Letter, and that on such and such a date the article compiained of appeared in his paper, published and authorized to be pub- lished by him. It took but a short while to present the facts claimed. The defente, how- ever, wes not content with & sipgle denial or plea'in justification, With the greatest care and patience Attorney §. M. Shortridge, whose handling of MarriotUs case was brilliaut, had collected all the facts ana circumstances con- nected with the management, or rather mis- management, of the bank’s affairs for the time the defunct concern passed iuto Receiver | Sheehan’s hands to the day when he received his discharge. Several facts were shown despite the per- sistent adverse rulings of the court. It wa: shown that Judge Hebbard had in the first instance appointed Sheehan as receiver of the bank; that the sppointment was subsequently declared illegal; that some weeks afterward a second suit was brought' and Sheehan again appointed receiver, this time legally; that during the term of s illegal appointment | Sheehan received his salary of $500 a montb. | 1t was shown that when Sheehan took charge | the majority of all the old board of directors were willing to resign i permitied to meet for | that purpose, and that Sheehan and Watt, by tbelr machinations, prevented the meeting and also controlled the voting of the stock. It | was also shown that Judge Hebbard at one | time agreed to allow the directors to meet for | the purpose of resigning and when catled upon 16 do 50 went back upon his promise. All the workings of the bank were gone into 1 minute detail. Hebbard’s employment of | John Gamage, the private detective, who failed to materfalize when called upon, was | inquired into. The mass-meeting of angry depositors at the Bush-sireet Theater, where Judge Hebbard, Sheehan and company forced | thelr way in with the aid of a policeman, | received due cousideration. Lastly the course taken by Judge Hebbard in going before the Grand Jury and securing the indictment of | seven depositors who had been rash enough to | send a circniar rouud to the voters warning them as to what kind of man they were asked | to cast their ballots. With all the acts of Receiver Sheshan, with all the acts of Attorney Watt, Mr. Shortridge | claimed, Hebbard must have been familia The court had the power of appointment; itg was the court’s duty 0 see that its appointees id thelr duty faithfully and well. Had the court done that? Therewssno suggestion in Mariiott’s article, there was no suggestion made by Mr. Shortridge that Hebbard was dis- | homest; it was merely claimed that he had been careless and weak; that he had been & | creature and a tool of others, and for that ree- | son was a person unfit for the position he sought to occupy. Judge Hebbard, it was expected, would take tho stand in rebuttal and explain what mi ters looked doubtful. But he dfa not do so. He aid not face the ordeal. To the astonish- ment of all the case was permitted to close witnout a word from the man who was really on trial, although, technically speaking, an- other man sat for the time being in the de- fendant's chair. So the case went to the jury, after a plea from Walter Hinkle, a scathing denunciation of arbitrary misuse of judicial | power and of unheard-of attempts to deprive the American citizen of what he was most proud oi—liverty of speech—by M-, Short- ridge, and & somewnat lame repiy by Jullus Kahn, in which tho latter sought & verdict of the jury sending Marriott to prison on the ground that the prosecutiug witness, Heb- Dbard, was “an honest man.’” 1t took longer to arrive at a conclusion than 1t would have done had not Judge Dainger- fleld elected to g0'to the theater. Two ballots were taken before dinner. The first showed ten jurors for acquittal, two for conviction. Immediately after dinner the last man came over, but Judge Daingerfield wasat tne the- ater. Returning therefrom at 11:30 P. . the crowded courtroom heard the welcome words, “Not gullty.” Justico hed triumphed. Judge Hebbard Tushed out of the courtroom and was no more seen. Fred Marriott received the congratuls- tions of his friends. The twelve men who braved judicial wrath and declared for the freedom of the press were D. Farquharson, Thomes G. Taylor, Adsm Wagner, A. M. Law- yer, K. Gambitz, R. Kayser, D. B. Collins, William Deeney, Willard Perkins, W. C. Kra- mer, Joseph Simon and Henry Levy. AIRSHIP OF ThE FUIURE 8t. Louis Repub'ie. Thoughtful persons saw more in the recent airship excitement than the delusions of the credulous and the jests of the practical jokers. Itbronght out the fact that many miuds are thinking of the probiem of | navigation and many practical inventors are trying ex- periments in that direction. Great tnventions which revolutionize the methods of the world are gradually discov- ered. The work of one man is improved npon by others. New l'ght is gained with regard 10 the conditions to be metand the necessary Steps 10 be iaken to meet them, until the so- lution flashes upon an inventor and the task is accomplished. There has been abundant evidence within | Mondays ana Thursdays, connection is mad: lization of_the dream of the flying ma- chine. Scientists have mede progress in study- ing conditions of &ir and mechauism, and inventors heye been gradually ccrrecting errors and achieving better resuits, Toe pub- lic mind has been brought to the belief that the problem can beso.ve !, and the expc ctation Das stimulated icvesiigation and invention. Alihough there may not yet bean airship which fulfilis the demands of aerial naviga- tion in the actual atmosph re, yet there is an airship in the inteliectual atmosphere, which is assuming the shape and taxing on the necessary parts which will make the real air- ship of the future. Many minds are contrib- uti'ig to 1ts construction and are pushing it to completion. Itis not unreasonabie to expect that the opening of the next ceniury will find the world in possession of a crude but prace ticable structure, which will be the progeni- tor of the aerial greyhounds of the {uture. HO, FOR EL OAMPO! To-Day the St. Andrew’s Society Will Hold Its Games. Special attractions in the form of games will be held at El Campo to-day under the auspices of the St. Audrew’s Society. The occasion witl be the thirty-fourth grana annual excursion and family reunion of that orgamization, and every one knows that the society always gives worth for time and money. T'he programme includes all manner of contests, for w hich appropriate prizes will be offered. There wiil be dancing, balloon ascension, gate prizes, picnickin boatraces, bagpipes and jun galore. Round-trip tickets, incinding admission to the grounds, for adults 50 cents, for children half that sum. Boats leave the Tiburon ferry at 9:30 A and 1 P. ., and Presid nt Andrew Wilkie advises all who desire an ideal, cheap and congenial holiday to ‘'get aboard.” The executive committee consists of Wiiliam Watson (chairman), R. D. Col- uhoun, James Rolph Jr., William Nicol, ohn,D. Robertson, Joseph Gray. Donald Ross, james McLea, John Reid, P. L. Dunn, W. C. Cook and Andrew McNaic (-ecretaries), Y. C. Lawson (treasurer). e Sunday Resorts. As elsewhere advertised the steamer Ukiah will make four round trips Sunday between the City and El Campo for the accommodation of pariies desiring an outing without the necessity of going a long distance. The place has now become so widely known and generaily popular that nearly all the leading social organiza- tions select it for their annual picnics. These do not, however, interfere with the regular Sunday patronage, as there is abundant room for all. The San’ Fran- cisco and North Pacific Railroad Company has made a generous out'ay in fitting EI Campo as a desirable resort for the best classes, and its efforts have met with grati- tying appreciation. —————— Damage by Yesterday’s Fire. About 300 men and women will be thrown out of employment by the fire which broke out at541 Market street al 12:30 yesierday morn- ing. 8 N.Wood & Co, occupied the basement and ground floor. The second and third storfes were occupied by J.C. Nolan & Co.’s shoe factory. Nolan’s lo<s is estimated at $15,000, Wood & Co.’s $5000, witn $2000 loss on the bullding. ——————— CAL. glace fruit 50c per Ib., at Townsend's. * —————————— Mrs. James M. Kinney of Port Huron has been appointed a member of the Board of Di- rectors of the Michigan State Insane Asylum. —————— €prcrAL information daily to manufacturers. business houses and publicmen by the Presi Ciipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. P o u Bishop A. Grant and a number of other col- ored men are talking of an Afro-American fair and intersiate exposition, to be held in Houston, Tex., next year. e Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. The spring exhibition is now opea dafly from 9 A. M. t0 5 P. M. and grand concert every Thursday evening. Open Sundays. * —_——— Mr. Labouchere is gratified at being able to put an end to skepticism about his Twicke: ham house being builton the site of Pope's villa. Inmaking repairs recently a stone was found on which was carved the inscription: “On this spot stoca until 1809 the hotise of The grotto that formed the 1847.” Alexander Pope. basement still remains. Excursion to the Eust and Yellowstone Park. A party s now being formed to make the tour of the Yellowstone Park, leaving here abont the 28th of May. Ttwili be in charze of ProfessorJ. C. Branner of Stanford University. Rates will be ver - reasonable and accommodations first class. The Yellowstone Park can justiy lay claim to ha 1ng more natural wonders and maguificent scen- erv within its bounds than any other spot in the worid, and a trip there s one that will never be forgotien. 1t you would lie to join the party communicate as once wi:h J. E. McDowell, Sta: ford University, or I K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pacific Railway, 638 Market st, §. F. —_————— The Swiftest Train In the West— 31 Days to Chicago or St. Louls- 415 Days to New York. The Santa Fe Limited has dining-car, buffet smoking-car and Pullman palace drawing-room sleeping-cars. Leaving San Francisco at b p. . Berstow with this hendsome train. Throagh cars to Chicago, both Pullman palace drawing-room and modern uphoistered tourist sleepers, run daily. Tickets also sold via Portland, Ogden, Los Angeles, Demlng or KL Paso to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico or Europe. Sea time table in advertising column. San Francisco ticket office 644 Market streei, Chronicle bulid- ing. Telephone Main 1531 Oaklsnd, 1118 Broadway. —— Railroad lickets to the East via Rio Grande Western and Denver aund Rlo Grande Railways, At Towest po rates, with through Polimat buffet and tourist sleeping car service every day. Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permiutiag stop-over at Salt Lake Clty on all classes of tickazs Detalied information and tickets furnished #: +b Montgomery street, or 314 Callfornia 3iresx e e MANY causes induce gray hair, but PARKER'S HATR BALsAX brings back the youthful color. PABKER'S GINGER TONIC cures lnward pains. ———————— ALz who use Ayers Huir Vigor pronounce it the best hair-dressing in the market. Certainly, 10 other I n such constant demand. —_—————— Miss Lavina Dempsey, Queen of the Society of Holland Dames of the New Netherlands, wiil be recrowned in New York on the anni- versary day next winter. Almost royal state will be attempted, Miss Dempsey riding on coronation day irom her home to the Wal- dorf in & stately carriage, drawn by six white horses bedecked with crange-colored ribbons and flowers. NEW TO-DAY. The Royal—White and Pure asthe Driven Snow. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. GROVE L. JOHNSON HASREMOVED HIS LAW OFFICES FROX Sacramento to San Francisco and formed & the past few years thalwe areapproaching partoership with Walter H. Linfo:th 9 B \vnu-.xgr. With oftices at 310 Plnu:.“ g 4 N A <