The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1897, Page 6

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Areyon going to the country ona vacation ® 1f £0, it 18 O trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Busipess Office will receive prompt attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifiy cents per month for summer months. — e The earthquake gave us a shake, but it didn’t agitate us. All the chappies will smile this morn- ing. Itis jubilee day in London. There is always more damage done by an Eastern cyclone than by a California temblor. The Queen made Austin a laureate, but she could not make him a poet, and the results are disastrous. Comptroller Bowler for once ta his life isto doa popular thing. He is going to send in his resignation. The jubiles ode of the new poet-laureate is calculated to sadden the festivities and set everybody weeping because Tennyson is dead. The rain in the interior has done a little | dsmage and much good, and we may couat it among the forces which tend to prosperity. Another electrician has seen the Keeley | motor and says it won’t work, but Keel:y "entinues to work it well enough to get a Living out of it. As Mr. Debs says “The free-silver move- ment has spent its force,”” we may inter that he regards Mr. Brvan’s movements | as being aciuated solely by the force of circumstances. 1t is a aifficult feat to drag a long tariff bill through the Senate without getting it into a snarl, but Allison and Aldrich can do it if anybody can and it looks now as if they would succeed. After all this is but a little world where 2il the people are neighbors and imitate one another. in Europe and Budapest municipal potato patches A Connecticut woman has iust cele- brated the hundredth anniversary of her birthday by riding a bicycle, thus showing that the old girl can be a new woman if she wishes and has a wheel bandy. has started The aristocrats from all parts of the world who have gone to London to see the Queen may be 10 sardines et home, but London has packed them as if they were 8nd charged them biz money for it. It is said there are no vacancies in the army for any of the graduates from West Poiat this year, but perhaps the boys can console themselves w the reflection that “‘they also serve who only stand and wait.” It was said a little while ago that the Kaiser dictated the movements of the Sul- tan, but we are now told that he is urging the evacuation of Thessaly. By and by we will be informed that he is praying for it. The old theory that the glory of agreat sctor perishes with his body and leaves nothing behind is not altogether true, for | nOW sixiy-six yearsaiter her death a nobie monument has just been unveiled to Mrs. Barah Siddons. July 1is expecied to mark something like the beginning of a new era in Paris, as on that day there will be started a ser- | ce of 500 motocycles for public use. They are to run throughout the city and the suburbs and the fare is to be one franc. The story that a Texas farmer found $4000 buried beneath the ground at a spot to which he was directed by the appari-| tion of a woman “‘with a zhastly wound in her right side” was evidently intended as a ghost story, but it sounds like a fairy | tale. There are about as many candidates for jubilee honors in Great Britain as there are for offices in America after a Presiden- tial election, and in the one case as in the other the number of pies is by no means | equal to the pumber of men with appe- tites. It is announced that as a result of plac- ing a heavy duty on Mexican onyx work has begun in the onyx mines of Arizona, and we have thus ope more illustration of how the new tariff wili help American industry in the development of American resources. The prospects sre that the phrase, “polariscope indications,” will remain in our language to signily signs of dublous transactions long after the sugar debate bhas been so far forgotten that curious people will wonder where the phrase came from. Mark Twain is not in need of pecuniary sistance, but he has announced that he would rather have a relief fund thana monument. So any one who has a relief fund on hand may as well send itto him and spare him the necessity of writing syndicate humor. 1t is reported that an effort has been made in Havana to restore peace betwesn the Spaniaras and the Cubans by getting them to unite in making war against the United BStates, and this may be one of those so-called Bpanish reforms we have been hearing 50 much about, They are talking of Pingree | THE CYOLONIO EAST. The shock of earthquake felt in Central California on Sunday may afford an ac- ceptable text for those of our Eastern brethren who, envious of this favored clime, may be eager to find a peg upon which to hang an exception to Oalifornia’s |innumerable merits. This seismic dis- | turbance was exceedingly miid in com- parison with that of Charleston, S. C., and in its very center it was attended by no loss of life. In fact such an exception | only directs attention to the rule of Eden- | like winters and summers in this land by | the sundown shore. | If we glance at the telegraphic columns | of our daily papers for the last six or | seven days we may discover a few rotable | contrasts between the countries east and | west of the Rockies in the matter of climate. Last Wednesday's dispatches, for instance, reported an appalling hot spell in Tllinois. Schools had to be closed | on account of the overpowering heat and | there were many sunstrokes. | On Thursday every building in Lexing- ton, Ky., was shaken to its founaation by an earthquake and one life was lost, while in other parts of that State structures | were badly damaged, chimneys topplea | over and dread consternation prevailed. Friday's telegrams informed us that an electrical storm had visited Iliinois, de- stroying five lives and a large amount of property. The storm-center was Chicago. On Saturday the wires brought news of the sweep of a_tornado over many Stales | of the East. The town of Rosel, Kans,, | was completely wiped out—two grain | eievators and every house in the place being blown to pieces. In the surround- ing country farmhouses and barns were blown down and the crops damaged. In parts of Nebraska the same cyclone de- molished small buildings, tore up side- walks and threw boxcars off the track. Atabout the same time, over in Indiana, trains were stopped by a cloudburst and many people were stunned by lightning {strokes. That was near Bloomington. | At Eaton, Ind., s hurricane wrecked a | paper-mill and killed two men, and serious | damage was done ,at Cloversport, Ind., whence two fatalities were reported, Near Lincoln, Iil., a barn collapsed in a storm, | killing 'four boys and injuring three others. . Sunday morning’s CALL related how the Towa State University had been struck by | lightning and burned to the ground. At | Quiney, Iil, a lightning flash killea two | farmers and set fire to their granaries. | Grain elevators and barns were wrecked | by a windstorm at Great Bead, Kans., | while from Lincoln, in Nebrasks, came the story of three deaths and many | prostrations from sunstroke. At Little | Rock, Ark., the heat was so great that all | outdoor work had to be suspended. Nor is that all, for yesterday’s paper showed that North Carolina, Virginia ana Florida had suffered from cyclones. At Gainesville, Fla., 1000 people in need of | aid had appealed to the Governor for as- sistance. At Newport News, Va., theshore | was strewn with wreckage and many fish- | ing parties were lost as the result of a ter- | rible storm. But such events are of common occur- rence in the East Here cyclones and | lightning storms and unbearably hot weather are unknown. If there is any- thing like paradise on earth it is here in Calitornia. Even paradise had its littie disturbance, | THE DAY OF THE JUBILEE To-aay, with glittering pageantry and | booming cannon, amid the plaudits of the | Tepresentatives of all the nations and thunders of applause from England’s mil- | lions, Queen Victoria celebrates her dia- mond jubilee and with it the longest and most glorious reign in British history. There have been four other royal jubilees in England. Edward III celebrated the fiftieth year of s birth in 1362, and the | iftieth year of his reign in the first | event marking the abolition of French as | the official language. The fiftieth year of | the reign of George I1I was observed by general demonstrations throughou: Great itain in 1819, Victoria’s first jubilee, in was a gplendid affair, but the second one will be without a parallel for grandeur and magnificencs, Victoria deserves all the honors thus paid her. Aside from her royalty, she is | a shining example of nobie womanhood. | She was a model wife; she is a model mother. Her shining virtues more than ber jeweled crown have made her ‘‘loved | at home, revered abroad.” The Victorian era may well be termed | the British Golden Age. Of statesmen | and scientists it has given Peeland Bright, Gladstone and Disraeli, Spencer and Dar- win, Joule and Faraday, Huxley and Tyn- dall, Dalton and Lister, Bessemer and Kelvin. In poetry Tennyson, Brown- ing, Swinburne and Arnold are s few of the illustrious names. Carlyle, Hallam, | Grote, Macaulay, Freeman, Iroude, | Napier, Green, Knight are some of the famous names of the historians of the reign. Itis the age of Ruskin, Morley and | Mill among eritics and essayists. In the | Tealm of fiction there are Thackeray, and | Dickens, ana Eliot and a host of others. In arc there are the pre-Raphaelites— | Millais, Rossetti, Hun: and Brown—and Watts, Cox, Turner, Burne-Jones, Land- seer, Leighton and many more. | We have referred in previous issue to the great territorial . mc- quirements of the British crown dur- ing the present reign, and to the many benefactions with which the Queen has blessed her subjects. Suffice it now to say tnat for achievements in all the aris of peace, in the extension and | aggrundizement of the empirs, and in every beneficent sphere of human action { Victoria’s reign stands alons supreme and unrivaied in the annals of English | rulers. Great Britain is Lonored in hon- oring 5o moble & Queen. The world will wish her a heartful of joy on nher diamond jubilee day. THE MAN WITH A REMEDY. ‘We are in receint of a pamphlet enti- tled, “How to Recover Our Stolen Gov- ernment,” by C. Orchardson of Chicago. These declarations in bold type on the cover arrest the attention at once: Enforced idleness brings more suffering and undeserved woe to the patient and industri- ous millions than all other evils. I know how to bring heaven on earth with the remedy. The man who will not read and acton the wisdom this pamphlet contains is his own ene emy and shacklesand enslaves himsell, Those who obstruct this reform will be exe- crated as the soulless mental monstrosities that curse the planet. Those who assist to spread tne light will be lovingly remembered as the sympathetic ss- viors of the world. It is evident tyat the gentleman with the fruitariun name is determined that bis pamphlet shall be read. The declara. tion in the first paragraph arouses inter- est. Then, again, nobody wants to be dubbed “his own enemy,” and no free man assuredly would crawl into ‘“‘shack- les and slavery” in preference to reading a little book of fifteen pazes. Nobody cares to be execrated as u ‘‘soulless men- tal monstrosity,” but, on the other hand, we are all hankering to be *lovingly re- | memberea,” boall we not read the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, pamphlet under these various considera- tions? Yea, even if i were sixteen pages. Almost as soon as you turn the initial page you discover Mr. Orchardson drop- ping into rhyme. He drops for about two pages before hestrikes bottom. Neverthe- less he seems to express himself better in rhyme. Some people are born that way, but Mr. Orchardson self-made. If tne reader will translate into Eoklish the few *‘drops’”’ which follow he will appreciate the Chicago man’s remedial scheme: The carrying of the U. 8. mall 1s the strong proot that cannot fafl; Iuisthe beacon we should hal With delight. To show the way our freight to send And nationalize il work in hand, And do this without dividend, Just and right. Lev's organize production grand And aiscribution through the land, And science wili, with magic wand, Banish fear 0f poverty of all men who Aze wiliing three hours' Work to do. You have my word that this is true And very clear. To avoid being “execrated” we shall take Mr. Orchardson’s word for it rather than enter into any dispute that may be regarded as an “obstruction” to ‘‘this re- form.” Poor Edward Bellamy! Little did be imagine that his Utopian dream would drive anybody to *‘drop” like that. Mr. Orchardson proposes these amend- ments to the constitutio The United States and State Senate shall be abolished because they are ‘saleguerds” against the will of the people being expressed in the Government. The Supreme Court sball be abolished be- cause it is another “safeguard.” The safeguard called the veto power shall bs taken from the Presidentand all servants of the people, because it makes of them the mas- ters of the people. The President shsl] have the power to have auy bill reconsidered if the reasons he gives for it recelve a majority vote of the represens tatives, The United States will then be on a strictly Orchardson basis, and the Govern- ment will so regulate affairs as to keep evervbody on an equal footing, socially and financially, while the hours of labor will be shortened until they are no more than gentle, healthful exercise. Fear of *‘execration” aeters us from expressing the opinion that Mr. Orchardson has pur- loined some of theideas of Commonwealth Coxey. The author of the pamphlet arraigns civilization for having stolen our Govern- ment, and thinks the savages have more enjoyment than we. His knowledge of savages was probably obtained in Chicago, where the natives are much given to vain boasting. Finally, Mr. Orchardson would use all diligence in establisbing an international court of equity, *‘where thres cosmopoli- tan philosophers from each nation shall meet to make justice reign in interna- tional affairs. Their decisions shsll be made final by all nations agreeing to com- bine to compel compliance on the part of a refractory one. This accomplished, hor- rible wars must end, navies and armies | be disbanded, and these millions of de- stroyers and legal murderers converted | into peaceful producers, the burdens of the people made nominal and the kingdom of heaven established on earth.”” | Having thus materially assisted to spread | the Orchardson light, we opine that we are entitled to be “iovingly remembered.” | 0TR PUBLIO BUILDINGS. Becretary of the Treasury Gage is re- | solved to obtain plans for public buildings | bereafter by competition. This will be welcome news to the architects of the country and welcome news to the | people ac large. The Becretary is | given such authority under the| Tarsney act, which, however, is lack- | ing in regard to any provision for defray- ing the expense to which unsuccessful | competitors will be put in making plans | and specifications. It is opined that Con- | gress will, nevertheless, reimbursa such competitors for their outlay of time and | money, and architects generally are wil {ing to take the risk. The next publ | building of importance will mark the in- auguration of the new system. 1tis a fact that very many of our public buildings are ugly and ill-adapted to the ! purposes that they were meant to serve. | The great trouble of late years has been that the supervising architect of the Treasury, while he might be a man of rank in his profession, has been absorbed in administrative details, while to his draughtsmen was intrusted of necessity the task of making new designs or work- ing out more or less unsuccessful varia- tions of old models. This is why the re- sults have been, as a rule, unsatisfactory. The new rule, it is believed, will not only improve the quality of the Government | buildings, but also diminish the cost and | expedite the process of construction. | The “‘American Architect” shows that there is an average difference in cost of more than 60 per cent in favor of private bulldings and from 300 to 500 per cent : time. Thus the country, by the new sys- | tem, will secure buildings of svperior quality in shorter time and at less cost FERSONAL. Stanley H. Pearce of Denver is in the City. Cyrus R. Sargent of Miniurn is at the Occi- dental. M. C. Ellisof New York 1s at the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel. R. P. Madden of Fresno isat the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel. Rober: 8. Dowd of Eureka is st the Cosmo- politan Hotel, L. F. Parsons and F. E. Parsons, London, registered at the Palace yesterdsy. Louis D. Reeb, & prominent insurance man of Bolinas, is at the Cosmopolitan. E. L. Godbe, mining man of Salt Lake, regis- tered at the Occidental yesterday. E. B. Willis, managing cditor of the Record- Union, Sacramento, is in the City, a guest at the Russ House. J. 1. Kench, a well-known mining man of Trinity, arrivea in the city yesterdsy. He is on his way East. A. M. Bergevin of Chicago registered at the Palace Hotel last evening. Mr. Bergevin is prominent merchant who deals very exten- sively in the wines of California. Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge, by the request of the residents of Vallejo, will deliver the Fourth of July oration at the celebration in that enterprising city. Special preparations have been made for the celebration there this year. Captain W. H. Whiting, U. 8. N., arrived from Port Orchard yesterday and put up at the Occidental Hotel. He has been assigned to the command of the monitor Monadnock. Commander Green takes charge of the Port Orchard dock. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 21—At the St. Cloua, C. B.Fisher; Holland, W. H. Allen, S. Kaight; Grand Union, J. Brown, E. I. Nich- ols; Astor, H. F. Graves, 1. F. Laborde; Ven- dome, A. O. Lundstrom, K. A. Lundstrom; Ashiand, J. A. McDouald; Grand, E. Saun- ders; Continental, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Smit Marlborough, Mr. and Mrs, R. Wildman; Man. hattan, Mrs. 1. 8. Boynton. i sey e nibiad Wife—I remember the ttme waen you thought the world of me. Husband—You mean you remember the time when I said 1 thought the world of you.— Boston Trauscript, i | years FHOTOGRAPHING SOUND WAVES The process of photographing sound waves and from the plates reproducing the original sounds has been successfully carried out by the Rev. A. C. Ferguson, & Baptist minister now liviog at 44 Hanson place, Brooklyn. Speaking of his invention Mr. Ferguson said to » Herald reporter: “About six years ago it struck me thatit would be possible to photograpn sound by manipulating a rey of light and reproducing the sounds recordea bysuch manipulation upon a sensitized plate. You see the result before you. The ‘lightophone,’ ad Icall this instrument, I have secured by patent both bere and in England. “1 am now working on a machine tonot only record sound, but to reproduce it in type- writing, and Iam confident that I can doso. The lightophone is wholly my own invention, produced without any outside assistance what- ever. Mauy scientific men here and in Europe have written to me about it, and in this city Professors Peckham and Seldner of the Adel- phi Coliege have seen it and have pronounced it an invention of marvelous interesi and pos- sibliities. ‘There are now but two_talking machines— the gramophone and the phonograph, or 1897. we huve the National Bank of Attios eported thus: Organized January 1 receiver appoinied April 14, 1865; unt redeemed or lost notes “‘outstandiaj vember, 1883, .63 per cent (sixty-three hun- dredths of 1 per cent), and we can see that the tank was in ‘operation one year and thres months, and this loss occurred in that short riod ‘of fifteen months. At last we are on s0lid ground and can now ascertain the rate per cent of annual losses, and this will be our Text subject for investiga'tion. JOSEPH ASBURY JOHNSO: June 21, 1867. 855 Marke street. {FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. The Order of Chosen Friends Has a Council at Which All the Members Attend. Last Tuesday Garden City Lodge of Ssn Jose of the Order of Chosen Friends initiated nineteen candidates in the presence of & large membership. of Grand Councilor Boehm, Grand Recorder Wallis and a delega- tion from the Council in Santa Clara. Five petitions were received, and at the next meeting ten or more caudidates will be ini- tiated. The following officers were elected THE RE . A. C. FERGUSON, Inventor of the Lightophone. graphophone—which will reproduce tone. The former is the invention of Berliner, the latier being the production of E of these the sound is recorded by a needle, or stylus, upon wax. rtiol The lightophone records upon a flat surface, and as there is no mechenical device, needle or stvius used, there can be mo distortion. ht produces no pressure or friction, and annot produce distortion. In the phomo- graph the wave lincs are perpendicuisr to the | Surface upon which they are recorded; in the lightophone they are parallel to the surface of glass plate on which they are produced. The horizontal line best rffords the condi- tions necessary to tone study. It is possible with these photographs to throw upon a large screen pictures of the sound waves produced by speaking, singing, instrumental musi any other sound whatever. “The possibility of using this {nstrument in laboratory work is very great for comparing wave sounds, inflectious, modulations, ecre- scendos and so on of the human voice.' Iam or | now construeting a diapbragm that will record perhaps even & whisper. ““There is no electricity empioyed in the production or recording tones in the lighto- phone. The sounds are produced by vibra- tion, or muore properly by puisation.” FORMING A CLUB, They talked of travel, art and books, Gave poliics some rubs, Of music spoke. and drifted last avaclubs o " she said with pri 0od a choice,” Y And ou the word he courage 100k His treasured hope L0 volce. “Oh, Phyllls, dear—forgive (he name— But will yon make it seven, And join a club I know about ?— 1ts charter comes from heaven— 1ts fees are drafis on Cupid’s bank, Its dues are kisses sweet, Its membership fs limited, But ot its times Lo meet. “Already half the number’s got— A single smile from you W L1 fill the list and found for aye is happy club of two. eet, 100k up—you think you'll joln? 33 that crowns my life! You suall be all the officers, And be, besides—my wife. —Harper's Bazar. LOSSES OF PAPER MONEY. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Eefore attempting 1o show the certain losses of paper money during the last thirty-three in the form of United States notes or greenbacks, National bank notes, silver cer- tificates, goid certificates, currency certificates and fractional currency, pethaps it will be well to remind the reader that money disap- pears in many ways and is seen no more in the bands of the people or in bank or treasury vaults, as for example some of it is Jostand destroyed in the fires great and small which are constantly occurring all over the country, and some of it is lost at sea and on the lakes and rivers, in the pockets of persons drowned, in the valises and trunks of passengers and in the strong boxes of lost ships and boats, and in other ways I need not enumerate. The loss 01 50 cents out of every $100 in the course of & vesr may seem a low estimate to many readers, but I shall be content with a much emaller percentage for present pur- poses, although in the case of fractional car- rency the loss of nearly $8,500,000 in sixteen years out of nearly $46,000,000 was recagnized and declared by sct ot Congress June 1, 1879, & loss of 18 par cent in sixieen years, of more than $1 outof every $100 in circulation, and there can be but Litile doubt that fully 2 per cent a year disappeared during those sixteen years. “But 1 do not compare the loss of green- backs and other forms of paper currency with that of the more constantly handled fractional currency. Through seventeen volumes of figures pared by the several Comptroliers of the Cur- rency I have laborious.y searchea in vain for any effort on the part of these able flnanciers 10 show the true percentage of loss Which oc- curs every year iu the paper currency of the couniry. ~ Hon. Jobn Knox, one of the ablest and shrewdest treasury officials this country has ever produced, iu his report for the year 1875, was the first that I can find who ever men tioned the subject, essential as it is to know how much money s aunually lost in order to come anywhere near being able « re- port how much money 1810 this country, and, therefore, how much ¢an possibly be in eircu: lation. On page 49 (xlix), report of 1875, Mr. Knox cites siatisiics of 286 New York State banks which went out of business in 1862, when greenbacks were Srst issued,showing that there Was a loss of §1,356,337 out of the $50,754, 515 in the notes issued by these banks, being 8 loss of 2.63 per cent. Healsogives statistics of other State banks showing a similar state of facts, and then he givesa list of fifteen Natlonal banks which had failed prior to 1870 and states that1.39 per centof thelrnotes were not yet redeemed in 1875; but, as in the case ol the State banks, he gives no dates 10 show how loug the notes of the several banks mentioned had been in circulation, and I can get nothing definite out of such {nformation as to the per- ceutage of loss year by yesr. kor example, iake ihe bank of Attica. N. Y., which went into the handsof o receiver April 14, 1865, and in 1875, ten years ater, the loss of notes is given as 1.10 per cent, but he does not state how long the bank was in existence. In 1883 Comptroller Knox again takes up the subject of losses of the National bank notes, and we now find more defiuile informa- fion as 10 the fifteen bank failures prior to 1870. We are now given the date of organiza- ton of each bank and the date when each on re- passed Luto the hands of & receiver, Kor e | ison. In both | This requires pressure, as a | | result of friction, which of necessity produces | for the ensuing term: Counetlor, Galv. A. Murray; insiructor, Sarah A. Whelpley; vice- | counciior, G. W. Kelley; secretary, A. E. | Weber; treasurer, E. Witkousky; prelate, Ida Pendergast; marshal, A. Herbert; warden, | Annte F. Monroe; guard, William F. Reiff; sentry, Mrs. Lois htmsnn; pianist, Maud Monroe; trustees—H. Dreisshmeyer, Irs Mil- ler and J. Jasquelotn. Last Thurscay Grand Recorder Wallis went | to San Pablo, and paid an official visit to the | councll there. There was present the entire | membership of the council—an unusual event. | | During the visit the grand recorder initiated | two candidates, and there will be three more | initiations at the next meeting. After the | ceremonies the lodge spread a fine lunch in | honor of the visitor. | . Last Tuesday America Conncil worked in the initiatory degree., | The initiatory team will initiate s number of candidates for Social Council on the 24th inst. { , Guardian Couneil of Los Angeles 1nitiated four candidates at the meeting held on the | | 12th fnst., and elected eight, who were ordered 10 appear last Friday to take the degrees. This council bas secured a lodgeroom in East Los Angeles. 1 | Toaccommodate a number of the members | | of the Executive Council, who desire to be in | this City at the time that William J. Bryan | |- will bo here, the uext meeting of the council will be held'on the 3d of July. Evans Couneil will publicly install its newly clected officors in its hail on the evening of | the 22d of July. Seven Pines Circle. Seven Pines Circle No. 3, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, has recently given number of donation parties st members’ | homes, and each person attending brought a donation in the shape of a pound of some kind of groceries, and these donations were placed in the relief burean for distribution to the nesdy who come under tha care of the | circie. Seven Pines has had so many demands | for assistance of Jate that the members have been kept busy devising ways to raise means with which tomeet all demands. Next Thurs- day the circle, which will be twelve years old, will celebrate'its anniversary by an entertain’ ment and dance in the lower hall of the Na- tive Sous’ building. A zood programme has been prepared, and after the literary and musical part shall have been ended there will be dancing and refreshments. This circle has been doing quite well or late in the matier of membersnip, adding new members at every meeting. Sons of Veterans. On Sunday, the 13th inst., Quartermaster | Ashenielter visited Redwood City on the inv:- | tation of several Sons of Veterans who are | anxious to organize a camp in that city. He reports the prospects for such an organization s very good. Last Wednesday Adjutant Frank R. Handley visited Farragut Camp in Vallejo and there instalied Judge E. M. Billings of Benicia as | judge-sdvoeate of that division. The adjutant | met with a flattering reception, and he reports | ihecamp in u flourisniug condition. During | the evening there wes a arge attendance, snd | all present took a lively interest in the pro- | ceedings. There were also present many mem- bers of the local G. A. R. post. There were four candidates jor muster—three from the United Stetes ship Concord and one from the Inde- pendence. Baker Camp of Oakland reports having mustered five recruiis on the 16th inst. Division Commander Charles L. Pierce at- | tended the openiug of the Bunker Hill Park on the 17th inst.and he was the guest of Vice- Commander W. G. Walker. The members of John A. Logan Camp and the local G. A. R. post acted as escort to the visitor and those who accompanied him. There were present a number of the members of Lincoin Camp of Santa Cruz. Last Tnursday James W. Edmonds Joseph §. Graham were added to the member- ship of Fair Oaks Camp of this City. Tne aunual officisl inspeciion will be held shoctly. Division Inspector ¥rank G. Hunt will inspect every camp in the jurisdiction. WITh YOUR COFFEE. Watts—Getting a little rest out your way since that piano girl took to the wheel, aren’t you? Potts—Naw. Her bicycle suit is louder than the pisno was.—Indisnapolis Journs “‘He said she was cruel to refuse him.” ana | going to marry him to show hlm his mistake.”—Detroit Journal *“What do you consider the greatest mistake of & men’s lite?” “His persistence in the delusion that he “T don’t get as zood food now as when I was singie,” sighed Mr. Bowersox. When you are able 10 hire s good & cook as your father hired you will have no fault to find with your food,” repled Mrs. Bowersox, in & decisive tone.—Louisville Courle: Journal. Clara—Idon’t think Grace cares very much for her husband. Jessle—Wny? . Clara—Well, he was detalned at his office until 8 o’clock one evening last week, and it never occurred to her that he might be killed. or something.—Puck. One may keep up witn the procession and notrun over the band-wagon.—New Orleans Picayune, PHELHN HVORS ISPHALT RODFS Vetoes the Order Recently Recommended by ths Committee. Says That the Present Ordinance Is Being Constantly Violated. Charles Parent Elected a Clerk to the Board—Larger Water Mains Asked. Mayor Phelan put his foot down firmly on the matter of fireproof roofs yesterday when he vetoed the ordinance recently recommended by Committee of the Board of Supervisors. The message transmitted was as fol- lows: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 16, 1897. To the Honorable Board of Supervi City and_County of San Francisc/—GENTLEN! Iherewith return to you order No. 30 end- atory of section 20, subdivision 1, of order No. 2927, providing for fireprool roofing, out my approval. 5 Upon investigation I find that Chief Sulll- van of the Fire Department is satisfied with the present order of the boara, and thet an ssphaltum 7oof, if properly colstructed, is sufficiently fireproof for all practical pur- poses. I also find that the insurance com- Danies, the architects and the proverty-own- ers approve of asphaitum roofs, and that the said roofs aré in general use everywhere; that asphaltum is & California product end that tin, which enters largely inio the metallic r00fs, is a foreizn and imported product. The present order of the board is being vio- Lated by the layiag of tar Foofs, which 18 in violation of tle City ordinance and has brought odium upon the legitimate business of the asphaltum-roofers. The amended order provides for asphaltum laid over felt on asheet of asbestos or other fireproof material, and this foundation is the principal difference between the proposed law and the law as it row exists. This require- ment mears the addition of more than $1a square foot to the cost of asphaltum roofing, and its apparent object is stmply to equalize the ccst between asphaltum and metal roofs. |In the absence of any sufficlent evidence against asphaltum roofs as now authorized such an object connot be considered s a le- gitimate reason ior legisiation. Every addi- tional cost to a building is a real injury to the building trades, because high cost discourages building and prevents improvements. Re- spectfully submitted, JAMES D, PRELAN, Mayor. Acting Mayor Rottanzi presided over the meeting. Charles Parent was elected an extra clerk of the board in spite of the opposi tion of Dr. Clinton, who wanted salaries in the office cut irom their present figure rather than increased, though Clerk Rus- sell had signified that the extra man was needed. The following communication from the Chief of the Fire Department was referred to the Fire Department Committee: Ta the Honorable Board of Supervisors—GEN- TLEM I respectiully recommend that the Spring Valley Water Works be requested to lay larger mains as follows: Minua street. trom First to Third. Harrison atreet. from Main to ~pear. Bryant street, from Beale to Main. Main street, from Bryant to Harrison. Also that new hydrants be placed as follows: Northeast corner of Mmna and Third streets North side Minna street, 180 feet east of Third. Northwest corner Minna and New Montgomery street Nortbeast corner Minna and New Montgomery et orthwest corner Minna and Seconc streo Norih side of Minna, 235 feet east of street. North side of Minna, street. Northwest corner Minna and First streets. North side of Mission, 260 feet west of Fourth street. Southeast corner Spear and Mission streets. Eas: side of Spear, 278 feet 50uth of Mission. Northeast corner Spear and Howard streetn. pear and Howard streets. 5 feet south of Howard. r, 187 feet south of Harrison. Northwest corner Harrison snd Spéar. Northeast corner Harrison and Main. outheas' corner Main and Harrison. 275 feet south of Harrison. ortheast corner Main and Bryant. Northwest corner Bryant and Main. Northeast'corner Bryant and Beale. Northeast corner Point Lobos avenue Parker avenue. Northwest corner Hayes and Stener. —_— STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work Acted On by the Board. The following is a complete record of the street improvements which passed the Board of Supervisors at yesterday’s ses- sion: at cond 187 feer west of First and AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. Precita avenue, Alabama to Army—Pips sewer, ete., to Pires. Alpive, Thirteenth to northerly termination— Grading,’ curbs, pipe sewers, etc.,10o McHugh & Sheerin. RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK. Clay and Walnut—Paving Washington, Laurel to- Locust—Curbs and pav- ing. Washington and Locust—Paving. Locnat, Washington to Jackson—Same, Spruce, Washington to Juckson—Pips sewers, ete. Maple, Clay to Washington—Same. Hermann, Fillmors to Steiner—Curbs and pav- 1ng. Sevenih and Berry—Curbs, paving, cesspools, curbs, etc. the Fire Department | rs of the | Seventh, Berry to Channel—Curbs, sidewalks | and paving. RECOMMENDED PASSED TO RESOLUTION ORDERING. Second avenue, Polnt Lobos to Clement—Re- srading. macadamizing, sidewalks. etc. Towa, Twenty-second 10 Twenty- hird—Grading. Bryant, Twenty-sixth (0 Army—Grading, mac- adam ziog, sewering. Twenty-ihird, Rhode Island to De Haro—Sewer- ing, ete. Clement, Seveuth to Eighth avenue—Same. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDER STREET WORK. Guerrero and Twenty-ihird—Bltumen. Guerrero, Twenty-s hird to Twents-foarth—Carbs | and paving. Guerrero and Twenty-fourth—Paving and storm- water inlot, etc., on northeasterly corner, Guerrero, Twenty-fourth to Twenty-sixth—Curbs and paving. Guerrero and Twenty Guerrero, Twenty-si paving. Guerrero and Army—Bitu uerrero, Army o Twenty- Ang. uerrero and Twenty-seventh—Sam Guerrero, Twenty-seventh to buncan—Same, Guerrero'and Duncan—Bi:umen. Guerrero, Duncan to Tweniy-elghth—Curbs and pavine. STREET WORK RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTEND- ENT OF STREETS. San Jose avenue and Twenty-ninth street— Paving. San Jose avenue, Twenty-ninth to Thirtieth— Curbs and paving. San Jose aveoue and Thirtieth street—Paving. Thirtleib, San Jose aveuue to Dolores—Curbds and paving’ Thirtieth and Dolores—Paving. Dolores (o Cburch—Curbs, paving, oo, etc. (ol Benery, Thistieth to Randall—Curbs and pas- ng. Chenwry and Randall—Paving. (aChenery, Randail io Falrmoust—Curbs and pav- Guerrero, Twenty-elghth to polat 213 feet south- ery—Cazbs and paving. ose. nue, nty-nin'h to point sixteen feet northeasteriy from northerly 1i ol g ly ly line of Valley Castro and Hill—-Cesspool, cal: 3 - ‘water inlets, g r T T 18, ete. Devisadero, Haizn: to Paga—Curbs and ty-second, Sanchez fh Noe—sSame. i Twenty-secoud and Noe—Sidewalks and curps. RESOLUTION OF FULIL ACOEPTANCE. Sixteenth and Sanchez— Bl Broderick and k\‘lfly—fllm:“m.l Alplnlnhnfll ‘Thirteenth—Basalt. , Devisadero to Broderick— Bits Vallejo, Webater to Filimore - ame "™ RESOLUTION OF CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Dolores and Nineteenth—Bitumen. Ser SCOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. 'venteent olsom to ] S e e Harrison—Bliumen, ‘entral avenue, es to Fell—Same. n"l"::nvq-tnunh. Valencia to San Jose avenue— ame.7fourth, £an Jose avenue 10 Guerrero— ixth—Bitumen. 10 Army—Curbs snd venth—Curbs and | sam Treat avenue, Tw. niy-first to I'wenty-second Same. RECOMMENDED FOR CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Fifteeth. Noe to Castro—Bitumen. EXTENSIONS OF TIME GRANTED. Railroad avenue. Thirtieth (0 Thirty-fifth aves nue—10 M. . Hogan, »inety days on grading. allrosd avemue. Thircy-Afih aveuus to Sam avenue—~ame. Cas:ro and Army—To O. S Carvill, thirty dayg on'gradivg. « cary, Kearoy to Powell-To Flyon & Tracey, thirty d yson paving. Vieksb nird to Twenty-fourth—To vs on sidewalss. Tucker, 8.xty EXTENSIONS OF TIME RECOMMENDED. California, Majle to Cherry—To Unioa Paving Compaiy, sixty davs on paving. Caiifornia, Cherry 10 First avenue—Same. First ave:'ue, Pont Lobos to Clemeat—To Clty Street Improvement Compady, ninety days on curbing. reviug, eic- First avenue. Clement to Ca'ifornia—Same. C street, Ninth to_Thirteeuth avenue—T0 War ren & Ma'ley, nine'y days n grading, etc. C street und Thirteenth aven.e—Same. Ton:h avenue, B t0 C street— ame. Eleventh ayenue, B 10 C street—Same. Twelith uvenue, B to C street—Same. I welfth avenue, U 10 Ful:on—Same. Thirteenth aveaue, U to Fulton—same. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTER. Meichants' A ssociation—1ha stieer-sweeping be not en.irely siayed for the remainder of ihe monta. teventh avenue, I street to_Balboa boule vard— San Francisco Boulevard and Driving Associa- tion. for estavlishment of grade. Larkim, Filbert 10 Green wich—Property-owners to retaln artificlal stoue curbs. York and iwenty-firsi—E. er fnlets. zlass. Twentieth to Twenty-first—W. A. an G. L. Bender. for postponement of gruaing. Wailer, Shrader to Stanyan— Property-owners for change of grades. } eavenworth and Sorth Polnt and Montgomery avenue— Proper.y-owners for modification of grades. Golcen Gate avenue and Tavlor—Same. Green and Leavenworth—G. Summerton to re- tain sidewalks. Llghteenth avenue south, Railroad avenue to N sireel south—Properiy-owners for change of grades. Nevada avenue, Cortland avenue to Powhattau street—Property-owners for removal of fence. Towa sir-et, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— | Southern Helghts Improvement Clab for grading. Jiinnesota, Nineieen:h Lo Twentleth—Same, PETITIONS BEFERRED TO STREET LIGHT COM- MITTER Sunnyside avenur, Baden to Edna street—Sun- P. ronoiag, for | nyside” Districe lmprovement Ciub for electric lights. PROTESTS REFEBRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. Fighteenth avenue, Califoruia to Lake—Prop- erty-owners agains: grading. sacific aveuue, Baker to:Lyon—G against laying of sidewalks. Twenty-second, Bryani to Potrero avenue— Eame against curbs and paving. “Twenty-third and Harri:on—Same Twenty-third, Harrison to Bryant—Same. Federal, kirst to point 41235 feet southerly— Same. Hickory avenue, Gough to Octavia—Same. Twenty-second, Harrison o Florida—Same. wen! T. Marye Jr., ~third, Potrero to Bryant—sam Goiden Gate avenue, Devisadero to Broderisk— Same. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON MATTERS SUBMITTED AT PEEVIOUS MEETING. Sickles avenue, a: Ocean View—Grading re- | ferred to City Engineer. San Bruno road and Army—Sewering referred to Superintendent of Streets. Mission sireet and Onoadaga avenue—Spring Valley Water Compaoy directed to erect bydrant 10 be furnisiied by Fire Department. £ddv, Hyde to Larkin, and Ellis, Leavenworth to Hyde—Sidewa'ks should be laid. 2 Fullon and Point Lobos avenue— Same for sewering. Jackson and Sulllvan aliey—Permission granted t0 construct sewer. Harrison, Spear to Main—Private contract for street work may be ma Hav, Monigomery ue to Leavenworth — Sidewalks and paving recommended. Stockion, Geary 10 ' Facrell—Private contract for street work may be made. Noe, Elizabeth to Twenty-fourth—Wooden side- walks on west side may be reiained. Harrison, Tweaty-fourih to Balmy-Sidewalks should be repaired. Halght and Cole—Contractor released. Other petlions and protests reported on ade versely or placed on file. MEN AND WOMEN. Carl Schurz has the last pair of sleeve but- tons worn by Jobn Quincy Adams. They were given to him by the late Charles Sumner. General Kostaro Kristos, the chief of the Cretan insurgents, Is 100 years of age, and is said to have the fireand enthusiasm of & youth of 20. One of the goatcars in which children drive in the Champs Etysees is now labeled: “Gift of the President.” The owner's goat was killed some months ago by one of M. Faure's dogs, and to make up for the loss Mme. Faure gave the woman her little grandson’s goat and cart. | _ Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker of the City Temple, London, recently met an Anglican curate who had heard him preach a day or two before. *I liked your sermon,” remarked the curate, pa- tronizingly. “I wonder you do not take holy | orders. You would be preaching at St. faul's ; in & month.” | While a marriage ceremony was being per- formed near Danville, Va., & kerosene lamp flamed up and was about to explode when the | bride seized it and hurled it through a win- dow. The groom then came out from under the table, where he had hidden, and the cere- mony proceeded, Mrs. Abigall Atwater Bradley, who died re- cently in Meriden, Conn.,at the age of 97 vears, was & true daugnter of the American Revolution, her father, Samuel Atwater, hay- ing enlisted in Captain Bunnelis company from Wallingiord, Conn., when he was 15 years old, and served through the Revolution- ary War. CALIFORNIA glace {ruits, 50c Ib. Townsend's Zrdsisle it E£rrcran nformation daily to manufasturers, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery, * ——————— “Madam, is your son_expecting to carry off any honors a college this year?” “No; poer fellow, he injured his kneecap in the first game of the season.”’—Detroit Free Press. 825 Rate to Chicago via the Greas santa Fe Route. The low rates made for Christien Endeavorers will be open to the public as well. An opporta Biiy (o Visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal- tornians. Pullman Palace Drawing-room Sleep- Ing-cars of the latest paitern. M odern upholstersd tourist sleeping-cara run daily tbrough from Uak- land pier 1o Chicago. See time-table in advertis- ing column. San Francisco ticketoftice 644 Market street, Chronicie tuiding. 7lelephone Mainl53L Vakland, 1118 Erosdway. 832 50 to St Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago. Tickets wiil be on sale Juiy 12 to the 17th. Good final limit, August 15: - stopover allowed. It'sa splendid opportanity 10 take a trip to Chicago and Stop off ay ihe famous Yellowstone Park. Send 6 cents in stamps for illustrated book, *‘Wonder- land,” 10 T. K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pacific Rallway, 638 Market street, San Frauciaco, —————— THERE'S a charm In beautiful hafr, and PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM excels In producing it. PABKER'S GINGER TONIC I8 new Iife to the nged Crgmars i din WHEN you feal “as cross as acat,” a dose ot Ayer's Pills wil make you as good-natured as a kitten. 1Try them for biliousness. —————— “There is no such thing as idie curiosity,” said The Manavunk Philosopher. It is al Royal makes the food pure, ‘wholesome and delictous. P4