The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1897. T the recent meeting of the Democratic State Committee in New York there was read a letter from Senator Jones, National Committee of the party, 1 T‘ DROPPING THE SILVER ISSUE. The MONDAY... . SEPTEMBER : chairman of the JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE 710 Market street, San Francisco Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROGMS.. ...517 Clay street Telephone Main 1874. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL...... .....Omne year, by mail, $1.30 OAKLAND OFFICE........ 908 Broadway Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. NEW YORK OFFICE. ....... BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o’clock. Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 613 Larkin street; opan until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open untit 9 o'clock. 2318 Mission street; open until9 o’clock. 1243 Mission street; open until 9 o’clock. 1505 Yolk street; open unti: 9:30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second snd Kentucky sireets; open till 9 o'clock. THE PINNACLE OF PROSPERITY. HE balance of trade still lies in favor of the United States and is likely to stay there, for some time at least. The ex- ports of merchandise from New York during the first three weeks of September were 15.3 per cent greater than during the same period in 1896, while the imports were 13.7 per cent less. Gold is flowing into the country from Europe, as is usual at this time of the year. The iron industry is so busy that some branches are no longer able to keep up witL their orders, ana others are engaged for months ahead, with a constantly in- creasing demand. The exports of wheat continue very larg?, those from Atlantic ports during the past three weeks being 12,500,000 bushels, against 6,185,000 bushels during the same time last year, an increase for this year of over 100 per cent. Tho bank clearings of the whole country last week were 60.6 per cent larger than for the corresponding week in 1896, and the gain in New York was 28 per cent. Cooler weather has stimu- lated the demand for textile fabrics and the mills are generally running on full time. Wool continues to sell in immense quantities, the sales being more than double those of the most prosperous vears. Industrial siatistics report many more wage- workers employed than at this time last year, and the opportu- nities for employment are enlarging daily. The tendency in wages on the Atlantic coast is also upward. The failures througbout the country last week were 237, against 321 during the corresponding week in 1596, The increasing cash wealih of the country is well shown by ths recent statements of the national banks, which show indi- vidual deposits to the amount of $1,770,480,000, the largest since the financial panic of 1893. Noris this all. These indi- vidual deposits are the largest in the history of the national banks, and, what is best of all, they are in cold cash. The Americans are evidently fond of piling up money in banks, and it is not a bad habit. As far as the export trade of the country is concerned, it could hardly be in better coadition. The Government report, just at hand, shows that in August the exports of merchandise exceeded the imports by $45,000,000, or aliowing for a net import of $2,300,000 of gold, by $43,000,000. For the same period of 1896 the excess of exports was only $22,000,000; and in 1895 the im- ports exceeded the exports by $13,000,000. The amount of stocks returned from London during last month is estimated to have amounted to a value of about $8,000,00), which, deducted from the trade balance above stated, would leave about $35,000,000 to our credit from abroad at the end of August. Itseems more than likely that this, together with the subsequent large excess of exports over imports, must produce a liberal influx of goid at an early day. The exports of breadstuffs from the United Sates in August were valued at $25500,000, a gain of $11,091,000 over the same month last year. The exports for the first eight months of the year amount to 1,000, against $is4¢ ,000 for the same pericd last year. These figures giveeven the uninitiat ed a goed idea of the size of the trade balance at present in our favor. d it all comes from the tariff. Under the low tariff, or prac- tical free trade of the Democratic administration, the figures were reversed, and that is what kept the country poor. Cenditions on this coast show no material change from last week. Wheat is still unsettled, going up one day and down the next. Provisions continue to sell off well at steady prices. The great farm staples are 1n good shape as a rule. Wool is active, of course, ana dealers say that every pound that arrives sellsalmost as soon as it gets to town. Dried fruit and raisins are still dull, as the first rush to buy is over, but the demand is bound to pick up againshortly. Even now it is estimazed that half of the output of the State for 1897 has been sold. There is always a lull in these goods sometime in the fall. The hop- growers are encouraged by a fair demand for their product at prices which range about 100 per cent over the costof produc- tion. Cattle-raisers are getting 614 cents per pound for their pest beef, and are consequently in clover. The wine season is now opening, and prices for grapes have not vet been fully established, but from present indications the vineyardists will obtain a fair return on their investment. The above points cover, in brief, the commercial situation. Itis a cheerful one. The farmer is getting living prices for almost everything he raises; the wageworker is finding work easier 10 obtain; the merchant is doing more business than for several years; the capitalist is enjoying wider fields for the investment of his hitherto idle funds, and all classes are reap- ing the beneficent results of the Repubiican tariff. That party, when it came before the country last fall, promised to create a marked improvement in business. It has more than fulfilled its promises, and even the freetraders themselves are forced to admit that the tariff has liited the country from the depths of commercial stagnation to the pinnacle of prosperity, Enough ado is being made about the Merode woman to lead to an erroneous conclusion thav this country is short on her particular brand, It is a fact, however, that females charming of feature and devoid of character bave not been unknown heretofore. Still, she seems to have captured yeliow journalists, and their scalps dangling at her belt form a pleas- ing spectacle to which the scalped call attention voc iferously, an exhibition, to say the least, of bad taste. The effort to keep Louise Michel from this conntry is giving to a garrulous old woman an importance she does not merit. Louise would not have a particle of influence now. In the days when she was known as the Red Virgin of the Com- mune she had a considerable pull, but it vanished with her teeth, and she can gum her rage at the world now without hurt- ing the world a bit. X S B Considerable fuss is being made about the Marlborough infant “muiing and puking in its nurse’s arms,” and yet the kid is of very little importance. It is handicapped by the presence in its mounth of a silver spoon of large proportions, and if 1t survive croup, scarlet fever, mumps, chicken-pox and otherilis, can never forget that its father had to swap a title for its mother. As seven deaths have resulted from squabbles over the ownership of a certain tract in Washington the feasibility of securing that land for cemetery purposes suggests itse!f. The Chief of Polics of the QOity of Mexico went too far when he permitted himseif not only to lynch & would-be assassin, but to get caught at Starvation in Cuba could be regarded with more equanimity by the outside world if there were some assurance that Weyler was missing an occasional moal. The proposed change of the 2-cent stamp from carmine to green is only important from an esthetic standpoint. The back will taste just the same. Several people have been driven from Dawson City for taking in whisky, but countless others for that very reason wili stay right there. which clearly expressed a willingness on his part to help the New York Democrats get rid of the Chicago platfarm, and im- plied an equal readiness to unload it for the party at large if that were possible. The 1:sue in the State Committee arose from an attempt on the part of the free-silver men to force the committee to reaffirm the Chicago platform. This was opposed on the ground that it is not the province of the committee to adopt platforms, and consequentiv that it could not be expected to reaffirm them. The non-committal policy was urged by Hill and others of hie following, but their action caused no surprise, as it was known they are antagonists of Bryanisw, and the silver men continued to hope for victory until the letter from the national chairman was laid before the committee. Senator Jones cordially indorsed the proposition that the New York men should not indorse the platform. “There could be nothing,’” he said, “more indiscreet or impolitic than for the State Central Committee to assume authority it did not pos- sess.” He went on to point.out that the committee was not authorized *“to frame a platform, or to either indorse or con- demn the action of the State convention or any national con- vention.”” His advice was followed, and in the language of the New York Herald, “*‘Senator Murphy rolled the machine over the tilver men.”’ The incident is mainly interesting because it shows the older leaders of the Democratic party represented by Senator Jones are by no means as ardent for Bryanism and free silver as they were, or pretended they were, last year. They are willing to throw over the Cbicago platform for the sake ol regaining their lost voters in New York. Bryan is doing tha talking, but David Bennett Hill is doing the organizing, and in this first contest batween the two the honors have gone to the organizer. Whether anything will be gained for New York Democracy by the policy of ignoring the Bryanite platform remains to be seen. It is an attempt to harmonize the silver with the gold wing of the party for this campaign, not by adopting an harmonious platform, but by ignoring all platforms. It is easy enough to understand why the New York leaders should take part in the movement, for their political future !s largely dependent upon it, but it is not so easy to under- stand the action of the chairman of the National Committee. It was not his fight. He has no fortune at stake in it, and his concession to the gold men can hardily have sprung from anything else than a desire to prepare the way for an aban- donment of the Chicago platform as far as possible by the party at large before the opening of the nexu Presidential campaign, The request of Superintendent of Streets Ambrose for more money is wholly natural. He would not be a Street Superin- tendent else. In the history of American cities there has never been a person in the position of Ambrose who would not stand on the wreckage of pavements, lift his face to aeaven and bawl for cash. And there has never been one who, given enough $20 pieces to cover the thorough fares with minted gold, would not still attest hisdevotion to the people by shouting for more; and the streets would not be fit to wheel on, ride on, walk on, or to anything on but wonder why somebody did not repair them. The Hearstlings of Mission street are 1n the turkey business now. They have heretofore essayed various businesses with to'erable profit and there appears no reason why they should not go into poultry. ~Turkeys handled judiciousiy just before Thanksgiving do not constitute a bad investment. Butwhen the turkeys are actually donated and the Hearstlings have the handling thereof, the profits, payable in cash or glory, ought to be considerable, but when it is all over we would like to see the balance-sheet. In the interests of peace people are counseled not to talk turkey to a Hearstling. On this subject the Mission-street show people are extremely tender. They do not understand why the old privilege of playing confidence games has been curtailed. THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO. IVE sets of candidates are soliciting the votes of the people of Ohio this fall, and while the success of the Republican ticket is not in doubt there are enough side issues of an uncertain character involved in the contest to render it by far the most iuteresting State canvass of the year. The Onio voter, having his choice of five tickets, can vote exacily according to his choice. He will not have to accept a fusion or a compromise candidate. Whether he is a Republi- can, a Bryanite, a Gold Democrat, a Populist or a Prohibitionist, he has a full ticket of his party to support, and may reasonably be expectea to vote it straight. It is this freedom of choice that gives an interest to the contest. The vote in Ohio this year onght to determine very accurately the comparative strength of the four factions that are opposing the Republican party. The Prohibition vote of course will not show much change from what it has been in vears past, but what will be the showing of the other factions? Will any considerable number of those who have hitherto acted with the Populists abandon their former affiliations to vote with the Bryanites this year? Will any considerable nam- ber of Democrats vote for the ticket of the gold wing of the party ? These are the questions that are to be answered by the voters themselves on election day, and it is because ot the important issues involved in them that the campaign is so widely interesting. It is believed thatif the vote of the Populists and the Gold Democrats is small in Ohio this year there will be a virtual end to those organizations. Populism wiil be merged into Brvanism and the conservative Democrats wil unite completely with Re- publicans. This will leave our politics once more divided into two great parties, as it ought to be under normal conditions, and will put an end to much of the political confusion of late vears. Although the divisions which exist in the ranks of the oppo- sition give the Republicans somsthing like a walkover, the leaders of the party are not taking chanoces of surprise. In fact, the vigor and aggressiveness of the Republican canvass is one of the notable features of the contest, and all the more eminent Republicans of the State, including both Senators, are taking an active part in the work. The old stories of antagonism between Foraker and Hanna have been effectually refuted by the appearance of both of them on the stump, working cordially together for a victory that will manifest the confidence of the people in the McKinley administration and go far toward putting an end to further agitations of the tariff or of the financial policy of the country. This campaign, in fact, will have a potent influence upon that to come in the general elections next year. A triumph for McKinley and the Republican policies on the tariff and the financial questions in this instance will virtuaily remove those questions from our politics for the time being. No candidate for Congress next year will avow himself a free-trader or a free- silverite if Onio rolls up the right kind of majority tnis fall. We shall have a rest from the threats of change that disturb vusiness and time to reap the fuil profit of the prosperity that is coming so rapidly under the new tariff. Speaking of turkeys, why is it that the Hursfilnn have not vet exposed the fieures relating to the charity baseball busi- ness? Before launching them upon a new scheme, the public would hike to know what charity got, and if the Hearstlings, with yellow palms extended, are really fit objects for the excit- ing of the benevolent to the bestowal of alms. (AR I It may be surprising to learn that the Sultan wants Eng- land ousted from Egypt so that he may assert his vwn benign rule there. The Sultan 1s not always a gentleman, he is some- times so under the weather as to be known as sick, but he has demonstrated that he is greater than the powers of Europe combined. So England would be wise to go. E \ Too much must not be said against the Phelan fountain be- cause it haypens to be as dry as the Sahara. At least the be- holder has the privil:ge of looking at it and of drinking in great rivers of artistic satisfaction. A common, vulgar thirst can easily be assuaged on steam bee: THE COAST PRESS. The Winters Ezpress, enlarged and improved in form, has arrayed itself in a bright, new dress, and is as pretty as a picture and more interesting thau ever. i. R. Steele has been succeeded by Jacob Blumer as editor of the Tracy Times, and Thomas Kemp bas resigned the editorial chair ot the Palo Alto Times to A. C. Stephehs. The San-Diego Sun has adopted typesetting machines and simultaneously introduced sev- eral new and interesting departmental feat- ures, which tend to make that pubiication strictly up to date in every particular. The Lod! Review-Budget has changed its date of publication from Thursdays to Saturdays, and is bent on presenting its readers with a more newsy paper than ever. While maaking numerous improvements to augment its value asa news-medium, the Review-Budget has cut down i1s subscription rate from $1 to 50 cents wyear. The Woodland Mail has issued a very cred- itable special edition devoted to a description of Yolo County’s advantages to home-seekers and investors. Thatpartof the country is now famous for its broad acres of wheat, orchards and vineyards, and ifs rich natural resources are attracting & steady stream of desirable set- tlers. Farmers in the vicinity of Pleasanton, Ala® meda County, are jubilantover their prospects of boom prices for sugar beets. Rival best-sugar compantes are bidding sgaiust each other for next year’s crop, and already the price hes advanced 50 cents on the ton. The Pleasanton Times declares that at thisrate beet-growing wilt be the most profitable industry in all Liv- ermore Valley. The Redding Searchlight estimates, from data secured on & trip through Shasta Couuty. that nearly 500 tons of prunes will be gathered and about 45 much more of peaches, pears, nuts, ete. This will easily distribute £100,000 among the frnit-growers and emp.oyes for the season, & sum that will grow larger as the ad- ditional acreage already planted comes into bearing and the trees reach thelr prime. The Cathlamet (Or.) Gazelte reports that the lumbe: business in the Webtoot State is show. ing signs of revival which are indeed gratify. ing. While the price of logs has not advanced on the Columbia River, the demand is excel- lent, and the export trade is very good. All the Portland mills are running centinuously, and in some cases night and day. and still are unable to supply the demand for export orders. No man who is willing to work need go idle these days. There is a demand for Iaborers ia the fruit districts. The Watsonville Pajaro- nian observes that the only snortage in that locality is in the matter 6f fruit-pickers. In all branches of work in the Pajaro Valley there has basn an unusuily heavy call for la- borers this season, and the supply has not reached the demand. The fruit-packers could find work for nearly twice &s mauy men as they now have. The special edition of the Palo Alto Live Oak, issued Wednesday last, representing the varied interests of that towm and its environs, is & superb piece of work from an artistic stand- point, and a vaiuable paper for the informa- tion it contains. Palo Alto, the seat of Stan- ford University, is located fn one of Califor- nia’s garden spots, and its proximily to San Francisco makes it a favorabie piace for subur- ban residence. The Live Oak predicts that by the close of the century the town will have & population of 5000. That Sutter Creek is on the top wave of pros- perity is shown by the Amador Reco-d. which avers that people who have not been in that foothill city for the past two or three years would now find astonishing changes in the place. New buildings adorn the main streets; an electric plant furnishes light and power; a big laundry does business for a large part of two counties; a well-equipped foundry firm is kept rushing with orders; scores of new dwellings have sprung up in the resi- dence district, and a consarvative estimate to- day puts the population of Sutter Creek at 2000, as against 1300, according to the census of 1890. The Big Butte Quartz Mining Company is about to utilize the flow of water from Shep- herd Ditch to operate a iarge electric plant, from which 1t is proposed to supply the city of Chico with light and power. The Chico Enterprisc states that the same company is about to mine a'ong Butte Creek. “It isa well-known fact that by taking the water out of the creek rich deposits of goid can be se- cured. The company will flume about one mile, and by placing a strong dam at the lower end of the flume lay bare the bed of this creek. As high as 12 to the pan has been se- cured in this way,and a number of miners living mear Centerville have taken outcon siderable gold.” The Ontario Record is urging upon the p2o- ple of that charming town the necessity of or- ganizing a Board of Trade, in order that the best interests of the place may be properly ad- vanced. Itdeclares, very sensibly, that *‘indi- vidual efiortis commendable and of great bene- fit, but of necessity the best results can only be obtained through an organized body,” and adds: “What we lost directly from not adver- tising Ontario when the Christian Endeavor- ers were here this summer would pay the en- tire expense of & first-class Board of Trade for vears tocome. We lost in the past through in- activity: now let’s getin and get everything there is in eight.” The Seattle Press-Times reports & peculiar gricvance from the farmers of St. John in Washington State. Their story is to the effect that the covoles are eating all the water- melons. It is claimed that these pests have never been so numerous and bad as this sea- so0n. This is occasioned by the good condition of horses and all other vegetable feeding ani- mals. These are well fed and able to keep out of the coyotes’ reach, which leaves but little for the vesis to live upon, During the day they steal chickens, butat night, when these are safely housed, the coyotes dine on water- melons. As unireasonable as this story may seem, it1s verified by some very honest and veracious farmers of the St. John distriet. Sacramento wants a sugar factory. William R. Gird of Chino declares that there is not an acre of ground between Secramento and Wil ‘iam Johnsten’s ranch, fifteen miles down the river, that willnol grow beets of good size and quality. The Bee ndvises tie people of Sacra- mento County to take steps at once to procure a beet-sugar factory, and it believes that if the matter is gone about in the right way there js no reason why, in another year, a site fora factory should not be selected and work com- menced. “Such an enterprise would mean much to the city and county of Sacramento, It would mean increased population, increased wealth acd a b'g boom in all lines of trade. What is more, the impetus given to commer- cial and industrial life in our midst would be lasting in itsnature. A new future is opening to California that promises ere long to make her the most prosperous State in the Union. The peopleof Sacramento should be alive to this, and get inon the rising tide, for no see- tion of the State promises greater things than that section knowan es Sacramento County.” San Diego’s progressiva sirides during the past six months are the subject of acompre- hensive article in the Tribuné of that eity. Besides the erection of numerous brick blocks, the extensive coast defense work at Bailast Point, and the building of the irriga. tion system, involving the investment of large capital and assuring an immense water sup- vly i addition to the present service, the sur- vey of the extension of the Cuyamaca Rail- road from the present terminus at Fosters on into the fruitful Santa Maria Valley for twenty- twomiles nas just been completed, and the construction of the road in the near future is confidently expected. Other improvements include the establishment of a long-distance telephone line to Ban Francisco, the building of many handsome residences, street-railway extensions, enlargement of the eapatity of the brawery, owing to the enormous demand forits product throughout the entire South- west, together with minor public street beiter- men ‘‘Added to these prosperous conditions,” says the Tribune, ‘‘are the favorable returns from the large crops of grain and other prod- uce throughout the county, with the prospect of the most abundant citrus fruit crop during the comiug six months that this county hag ever koown. The marketing of this crop, under the benign influence of & tariff which, in some measure, protects our ranchers againsi the cheap labor of Europe,is another factor in the industrial outlook hereabouts which is stimulating enterprise. All in all, San Diego has reason 1o be proud of her record for the past six months, and the prospect ahead is | such as points to an increased good feeling.” 'NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. Ashipyard backed byFrencn capital and guar- anteed by the Russian Government is to be established on the Neva near the Baltie ship - yard at St. Petersburg. It is (o be used chiefly for the construction of torpedo-boats. Russia is negotiating with Korea for the use of Getsubi Istand, Chemu'po harbor, for a coal depot, but as this particular island is said to have been leased to an American, who is using it for a coal supply station, Russia will probably have to select another less desirable locality. The French naval estimates for 1897- ceed those of the prior fiscal year by $5,000,- 000 and are about $56,000,000. Itiscontem- piated to lay down fourteen vessels, two of which are battle-ships. The agitation for a betier navy, started by M. Lockroy, is making good headway and is very popular throughout the country. There are thirty ships in course of comstruc- tion for the British navy, fourteen of 133,020 tons at the dockyards and sixteen of 119,375 tons in private yards. This number does not include smeller craft, of which thirty torpedo- boat destroyers, each of 350 tons, and eight shallow-draught steamers, are all being built in private yards, Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. of Elswick have instructions from the Italian Govern- ment to extend the capacity of the firm’s yard at Pozzouli, on the Bay of Naples, and an armor plant is now being added to the gun factory. Itisthe intention of the Italian Gov- ernment to make the Bay of Naples the chief ship-building center of the navy. The general rosults of thejhoming pigeon servvice during the recent Italian naval man- ivers have been made public ana are on the whole satis'actory. The principal centers were established aboard the Sicilia and aboard the Savoya. Four flights were made, of which one from the sicilia at Maddalena, fifteen hours from Rome, and the speed of the five birds in each flight averaged 47.8 mile an hour. The Marine Engineer, London, commenting on the United States battle-ship Indiana being docked at Halifax, says: It can only be the extreme confidence of tte United States as to its immunity from foreiga attacks, or their re- liance upon retaining the friendship of Great Britain under any circumstances, that would permit her statesmen to so neglect the prim- ary conditions of safety, as regarded from a Eritish or Continental point of view, that they would bs dependent upon us for dock accom- modations for the repairs of their battle- ships.”” Up to August 17 the three battle-ships build- ing at Devonport, Pembroke and Chatham had worked up the following weights in their hulls: Canopus 3460 toas, Goliath 3176 tons and Ocean 8277 tons. The first two named had their keels laid January 4 last, and the Ocean was begun on February 15. The rivalry of the three yards in the matter of speed of work and economic results has very greatly reduced the cost of dockyard work during the past year, and at Pembroke, where the cruiser Hannibal is under construction, it is ciaimed that up to the present time the cost par ton is #5 75 less than of the Andromeda, also built at that yard, at the same state of completion two years ago. The small fleet of Germany is kept very active, and the naval maneuvers and exer- cises which extended from August to Septem- ber 14 consisted of 12 batile and coast-defense | shivs, 2 protected eruisers, 4 training ships, 19 torpedo-boats and 3 other vessels. The en- tire fleet passed tarough the Kaiser Wilhelm caual from the North Sea to the Baltic. The battle-ships maae the trip in ten and a half hours at a speed of five knots an hour, and the torpedo-boats consumed about six and a half hours for the passage. There were thirty-six men-of-war at one time in the canal, but their presence dia not interfere with the ordinary traflic, and merchant ships passed both ways with slight interruptions. The greatest draught of any of the ships of war was that of the Koenig Wilhelm, 26 feet 7 inches, and the successiul pass:ge demonstrates the strategic | importance of the canal to Germany, although it yet remains to be proved whether the North Sea approaches are available at all times and under all conditions of s2a and wind. PERSONAL. D. E. Knight of Marysville is at the Lick. Rev. Samue! Hirst of Vallejo is at the Grand. Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah is at the Lick. Dr. J. J. Hogan of Vallejo is at the Baldwin. R. Robertson of Paraiso Springs isat the Grand. F. D. Johnson of Chicago is at the Cosmo- politan. R. M. Shackelford of Paso Robles is at the Occidental. Sam A, Alexander, s merchant of Fresno, is at the Lick. Lieuterant F. W. Kellogg, U. §. N., s at the | Occidental. J. J. Conner, & lawyer of Salinas, is & guest at the Lick. J.T. Doyle of Stockton is registered at the Cosmopolitan. W. J. Tannenill, a mining man of Murphys, is at the Grand. Ex-State Senafor A.E.Berry of Lindsay is aguest at the Lick. J. H. Johuston, a capitalist of Napa Valley, | is visiting this eity. George H. Clark, Coroner of Sacramento, is a guest at the Baldwin. W. C.Goldsmith of Lower Lake, Lake County, 1s at the Cosmopolitan. E. L. Reese, a mining man from Bodie, is registered at the Grand. W. 8. Devin and 1amily of Los Angeies are staying at the Cosmopolitan, J. A. Lewis and C. N. Mace, merchants of Modesto, are guests at the Grand. L. J. Rose Jr. of El Rio, Ventura County, son of the horseman, is at the Baldwin. A.J. Binney of Marysville, a former railroad contractor, arrived last night at the Lick. J. A. Mauley, pressman of the Record-Union, Sacramento, is visiting the city for a week. Among the arrivals at the Palace last night were B. Douglas Jr. and J. B. Juvenal of New York. C. M. Coglan, secretary at Sacramento of the State Board of Equalization, is at tae Lick, ac- companied by his wife, Escipion Canal, Colombian Consul at New Orleans, arrived at the Palace yesterday, ac- companied by his secretary. John Caster of Downieville, mining man and owner of two hotels and two butcher- shops, isa late arrival at the Lick. United States District Judge FErskine M. Ross of Los Angeles arrived at the Palace yes- terday, accompanied by Mrs. Ross. 8. D. Freshman, the capitalist, interested with Prince Poniatowski in road buildingin some of the mining counties of :he interior, is at the Palace. Professor Mary Roberts Smith. Ph.D., wife of Professor A. W. Smith, head of the department of mechanical engineering in Stanford, and herself a teacher in the department of econo- mics at Palo Alto, is a guest at the California. John B. Caldwell, the well-known Kentucky turfman, who has just completed a success- ful season on Eastern tracks, arrived iu the State last night on his way to this city and the racing season at Ingieside. He got off the train at Boca, where he was met by a party of Eastern sports, with whom he will hunt and fish in the mountains until the racing season opens here. GOD’S GARDEN, There is a fenceless garden overgrown With buls and blossoms and all sorts of leaves, And once among the roses and Lne sheaves The Gardener and I were there alone. He led me to the plat where I had thrown ‘The feanel of my days on wasted ground, And in the riot of s d weeds I tound The fruitage of a lifs that was my own. My lifel Ab, yes, there was my life, indeed ! Ana there were alt the lives 0f humankind; And they were like a book that [ could read, Whos6 every leaf, miraculousiy signed, Controlied itself from thought's eternal seed, Love-rooted in « 0d’s garden of the mind. ~Globe Quarterly Review. { Glorification is much del. MONUMENT TO RAPHAEL. 0On August 29 there was delicated at Urbino the monument raised by his compatriots to the memory of Raphrel. This monument 1s the work of a sculptor of Turin, Luigl Belli, who obtained the first Pprize in a competition open to the sculpters of Italy. The celebrated painter s represented as standing erect, clothed in the dress of the studio, the palette in one hand and the brush in the other; the head raised, it seems, after the stcp backward, so common to artists, to view at & distance the true effect of one of his masterful compositions, The statue is in bronze, as are the two sym- bolical figures seated at the base of the pedes- tal. The one on the right represents the genius of art in the form of a young man, viewed from the back, the body at three-quar- ters, and the head in profile, as one stands at the front of the monument; by his form, hisattitude, and his physiognomy he recalls the *Jonas” of Raphael as St. Marie-du- Peuple. The figure on the left personifies the “‘Renaissance’’; a young woman half nude, of asevere type of beauty, who, with a natural gesture draws from behind, to yeil her head, the drapery from the piiant folds that cover ber limbs. The arm sustaining this drapery assumes & graceful curve, while the other arm Testson & seat ornamented with small coi- umps. Her look is lost in space as if she saw in & magnificent dream an apotheosis of chefs d’ceuvre; ner fres hand, nearly opeu, expresses admiration and pride. ‘The bas-relief on the front shows Raphael at the pontifical court executing the famous por- trait of Leo X for the gallery. Another bas- reiief on the rear side represents the master tracing the plan of the loges of the Vatican, for Raphael, like most of the great painters of his epoch, understood and practiced in addition the art of architecture, The monument reaches & height of eleven metres (about thirty-five feet); the under base measuring 6.3 by 8.8 metres, 15 of rea granite of the Alps, and tne pedestal of Carrara mar- ble. othing, that one can see, has been neg- lected to worthily glorify the “‘divine” Sanz.o. yed, Raphael hav- ing died in 1520. To-day we take much less time to erect statues to persous much less illustrious and whose names are often more perishable then the bronze and marble in- tended toimmortalize them. The work which Raphael has marked with his name is, to follow the classic phrase, more durable then prass. The painter of Urbino has been able to pass into & monumenial image, without dumage to his aame, and for posterity curious to know his features, it is sufficient 1o look upon the canvas upoh which his own brush has fixed them. From that without doubt comes the litile haste that has been showu to accord an honor which can add noth- ing to his fame.—Edmond ¥rank in “L'Illus- tration.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PETER JACKSON—P. E., City. Peter Jackson’s first fight in San Francisco was with George Godfrey August 24, 1885, COUNTERFEITING—F. E£. B, City. This de- partment is unable to furnish the date of the articie ulluded 10 in the communication. SuLPHUR—A Constant Reader, City. Sulphur isnot onme of the ingredients prescribed for the promotion of the growih of hair on the human head. Lowest TipES—W. J. A, City. The question in regard to the lowest tide in San Francisco in 1897 was answered July 21. The dates are Jauuary 1, May 18 and L 3 THE BuistaYs—N. N, City. More than one member of the Buislay family leit Woodward’s Gardens swinging on a irajezehung to a gas balloon. A trapeze was used when the balloon- 1St went on & snort journey. OCEAN GREYHOUNDS—J. M. H., Los Gatos, Cal Such ocean greyhounds as the St. Louis, Cam- pania and Lucania, in making the trips across the Atlantic, consume beiween 450 and 500 tons of coal every twenty-four hours, SPRING VALLEY WATER—Many readers, City. The Spring Valley Water Company went into business in the latter part of the year 1860, wud became the successor of the City Water | Works that introduced water iu this cityin 1856. Frsco 10 WINNIPEG—R. J. D., City. Frisco is & ratiroad station in Beaver County, in the State of Utah, and is distant by rail from Win- nipeg, Manitoba, via Ogden, Omaha and Chicago, about 2700 miles, according 10 the route chosen. Farvrgs—T. B., City. The failures in 1896 in tne United States amounted to, in round numbers, 15,000, and tee amount involved was ¥225,000,000. This was cxceeded ouly iu 1893, wuen nere were 15,560 1ailures, involy- 1y $402,427,518. KNABEN KAPPELLE—E. P., Onklend, Cal. The Knaben Kappelie was not specially organized, but is the pick of the best juveniie musicians of & school in Bille, Hungary, wherc boys are taught music so thaiatthe proper age they may enter military bands. CONSULAR SERVICE—P. J., Bandon, Or. Those who are engaged 10 the consular service of the Uuited Staies are exempt irom cxamination under tue civi: service rules. The salaries of Consuls range frow 1500 to $5000, accoraing to the station to whicn sppointed. JAcK Por—Reader, Pleasanton, Cal. It in & game of joker five persons playing, E being the dealer, all puss, including the dealer, and the dealer calls a juck pot and antes, all the piayers must ante. There is no rule of jack pot that says that the dealer only antes. “LAY-DowN RoBINSON'—J. H., City. The mau who stood up before John L. Sullivan at the Mechanies’ Pavilion, Marcu 6, 1884, put who laid down on every occasion .o avoid punishment, was George M. Robinson. Sullic van was deciured the victor in four rounds. A GAME OF CRIBBAGE—A. B C. D, City. If, in a game of cribbage, A piays jack, Ba 3, Ca 2,Da4, Dhasarun of 3; A then plays 5, he gets & run of4; Bpuys 1and getsarun of 5, and if C plays # 3 he 8.50 geis & run of 5, us there is a clear sequence uiter the fiist Luree played. ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR—J. L. D., City. the iast neld eicction for Goveruor of the State of California, J. H. Budd, Democrat, received 111,944 votes; M. M. Estee, Republican, 110,- 7387 3. V. Webster, People's purty, 57,304 Henry French, Probibition, 10,561. Budd’s majority over Estee, 1206, be annuiled on the gronnd that either pery wes of unsound mind, unless such party afier coming to reason freely cohabit with the other as husband and wife. In such case the nction may be commenc:d by the parfy injured, or relative or guardian of the party ot unsound mind at any time before the death of either party. . CALIFORNTA glace fruits, 50¢Ib. Townssnd's® s g g €pECIAL information daiiy to mnnntnl:m;rars, business houses and public men by the Presy Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. e ———— Tenant—I demand & rebate on my rent Your darned old water-pipe burst, flsofied my ceilar and my chickens were drowned. Landlord—But, my dear sir, why dido’t you keep ducks?—Philadelphia North American. “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fiity years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It zoothes the child. softens the sums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhweas, whethec arising from teething or other causes. - For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ‘ask t0r Mrs. W inslow's Soothing Syrup. 25€abottls SR i CoroxADO.—Atmosphere s perfectly dry. sots and mild. being entirely free from the mists com- mon further north, Hound-trip tickets, by steam- ship, including fifteen days board a: the Hoteldal Coronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 pecday. APPY v Montgomery s'reet, Sun Francisco. NEW TO-DAY. The fall parlor furniture is here. The frames came in last week and we had them made right up. New shapes—different from any we’ve had before. On some of the broad polished backs, beautiful designs are etched Y in the wood. Don’t know how it’s done, but no matter, it’s as pretty as you can imagine—and inexpen- sive! Our own good upholstery —home made—home indus- The divan the girl in the sketch is sitting on is one of another new lot. Dark frame, silk cover, $14.50. Arm Chairs to match, §9.50. We've the frame you want and the cover you want. [f it isn’t made up we can soon make it up. The fall lace curtains are in, too. Prettier than ever ! One window is hung full of them this week—so keep clear of Geary street unless you’re willing to be made a customer of. California Furniture Company N P Cole & Co) Carpeis (m Gelrye Street Ioss STATEMENT ——0F THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ————0F THE=—— Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and INSURANCE COMPANY (OF HARTFORD, IN THE £TATE OF CONNEC- ticut, on the 31st day of December, A. D. 1896, and for the year ending on that dav, gs miadg to the Insurance Commissfoner of the’State o California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner, CAPITAL. ount of Capital Stock, paid up in g 3 et P 450000000 ASSETS, Real Estate owned by Company. Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. .. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company... 2 Casn m Company’s Office. Mortgages S tistaTt vy Premiums in due Course of Collection Total Assets.. LIABILITIES, Tgsses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense.... R Gross Premiums 10885 07 5o per cont: Gross Premiums on ‘more than one year, insurance pro rata nges Received for interes Bonds, Stocks, Loans and trom al other sources. 2 Received for pro Received 10r special m ice Total Income.... EXPENDITURES Ne Ry 53049 20 {‘)fiaam:oun& Daid for Losses... 55040 28 aid _or allow Brok: 198,228 93 Pald for N chirges foc ofi.cers, elerks, e 39,790 00 Pind for State, Nations a1 16417 16 89,108 63 Bt BRG Total Expenditures J. M. ALLEN, President. - 3 AR Beorviany: Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 1897, HENRY E. TAINTOR, Notary Public. MANN & WILSON, GENERAL AGENTS, OF UNsoUND MIND-Z. B. D. 0., Benlci, cal. | NE, Cor. California and Sansome Sts. The law of this State is that a marriage muy SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.