The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 11, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1897. Call ...OCTOBER 11, 1897 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. MONDAY.... PUBLICATION OFFICE 710 Market street, San Francisco Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS. vess 017 Clay street Main 1574, lep! 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....... .....One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE..... 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. ..Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:80 o'clock. 339 Hayes sireet; open until 9:30 o'clock, 613 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o’clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o’clock. 1243 Misslon street; openuntil ® o’clock. 1503 Polk sireet; open until 9:30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets; open till 9 o'clock. ON SOLID FOUNDATIONS. HERE are no striking features in trade to note this week. Business is going along smoothly and the tendency in gen- eral merchandise is toward a still higher plane of values. The bank clearings of the whole country last week showed a gain of 32 per cent over the corresponding week in 1896, and the only loss worthy of note was at New Orleans, which fell off 25 per cent, owing to the stoppage of business on account of the vellow fever. The gain at San Francisco was 33 1-3 per cent. Taking the country through, the commercial failures were the smullest of any guarter since 1892, and the business payments through the banks were $68,000,000 greater than ever before known in September. Shrewd observers among the financiers and merchants of New York predict that this exhibit, flattering as it is, will be exceeded later on. Were it not for the fever in the South and the prolonged drought in the Western States, where six weeks have passed without rain, the record woula be even higher. The West and South continue to lead the upward march, in spite of the drawbacks just mentioned. Manufacturing in the W est continues remarkably active and thereis an increas- ing tendency among merchants to remit promptly. It is now generally agreed among the majority of grain operators that the wheat yield will te about 900,000,000 bushels, which will Jeave 200,000,000 bushels for export. At the present profitable vrices, the amourt of foreign gold that will be drawn to this country in payment for this immense quantity of wheat may easily be estimated. Fluctuations in the leading staples on the Atlantic coast during the past week were higher prices for cotton, coal, cloth- ing, the finer kinds of wool, wheat, flour and eggs, and lower prices for print cloths, beef, lard and sugar. The iion markets continue active and in firm tone as a rule, though Bessemer vig went off 50 cents per ton under heavy speculative offerings_ The wool market at Boston is reported quieter, as the enormous purchases of the past few months have stocked up buyers, T here is no decline, however, and in fact the finer gradesare still advancing. The sales at this point to date show an in- crease of 100,897,000 pounds of domestic and 116 900,000 pounds foreign over the same time iast year, while the receipts to date show an increase of 118,144 bales domestic and 332,176 bales for- eign. How is this for a tariff record? In spite of the large in” crease in receipts there has been an even larger increase in sales, while prices are 8 cents higher than a year sgo. The movement cf gold is now firmly toward this country as usual during the fall months, and liberal imports are being, received from Europe and Australia. Funds are ;in more than ample supply for all commercial purposes and new enterprises are continually being undertaken in consequence. On this coast conditions continue flattering. During the past week wheat has shown an upward tendency, though the rise has not been pronounced, and well-posted men in the trade rather look for a better market than we have had of late. Wool continues lively and tne country markets are reported well cleaned up. The outlook for this important staple wes never brighter than at present. The hop-growers are getting 14 cents for their finest hops, which is 100 per cent over the cost of pro- auction, and it is reported that 15 cents is being bid in the fields, though this price cannot be reaiized in this market. Hides have advanced during the week and are reported active and firm at the rise. Hay is steady at the good prices, and if wheat rises dealers expect still better quotations for bay later on. The dried fruit market, too, which has been stagnant for several weeks, is showing signs of a revival, and as at least half of the crop of 1897 has already been sold the outlook for this ind ustry is first class. Provisions are quiet, and while there has been no real decline dealers are shading the quotations to effect sales. Beef is steady at the recent advance. The local! money marxet is amply supplied with funds and commercial borrowers find no difficulty in securing loans at normal rates of interest. Collections are good in some lines and slow in others, as is always the case. The State is now feeling the effects of the good prices for farm products in the increased ebility of farmers to meet their obligations and country credits are accordingly much higher than for some time. It will be seen, therefore, that taking the situation ail in all, the State and country at large are on a first-class bu siness footing. From indications Police Chief Lees and Commissioner Gunst will bave a bad quarter of an hour when they meet. Both being gentlemen of force and enterprise, it wili be inter- esting to observe which shall get the greater share of minutes during the gloomy period in prospect. The capitalist who kicked a piano-tuner was fined only $100, aside from the fine said to have been assessed by the kicked person individually. Yeta man with plenty of money ought to be able to have more fun than this for $100, Rumors of scandal at the Agnews Asylumn point to the conclusion that tome of the patients have had a hand in run- ning affairs, THE GOODROADS LEAGUE. 00D roads are of such advantage to a community, the arguments for them are so readily understood and appeal 8o directly to the personal interest of every person who lives in the neighborhcod where they exist, that the California Goodroads League should not have much difficulty in arousing a popular sentiment favorable to their construction in every well settled section of the State. The campaign of education on the partof the league ought in fact to be comparatively easy, but when the time comes to induce communities to put into practice the gospel of good rosds it will find itself con. fronted with a task that will require patience, energy and a never-failing tact to accomplish. It is just because of the magnitude and d flicuity of the task undertaken by the league that it should receive from e very enterprising and progressive man in California as much en ccuragement, support and aid as be can afford to pive. It iseasy to find men who will agree with eny vroject for the public good, but it is a long search to find workexs. ¢ Few men will to attain that which they desire. In the gen. eral mass of humanity there is but a siisht and little usea con nection between thought and action. The men who when they Lave decided a thing to be desirable at once set about gaining it are rare. Thote who are endowed with the faculty of willing strongly that which they wish and have sufficient vigor to infuse thought with g0 much energy that it becomes an action are the men needed in this issue. The Goodroads Lesgue is now appealing to these men o action to upite with the lesgue and co-operate in the work o: vroviding ell portions of California with the much-needed highway improvement. The csuse is one which can justly claim a part of the energles of all who have ny energy at all 1o ute for the public good. Califernia should hrve as good roads as any in the Union, but she will never have them until ghe has citizens who in the attainment of their desires are as energetic ny in the Union. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. OSTMASTER-GENERAL GARY in an interview with our special correspondent at Washington announces that he is earnestly studying the postal savings bank system with a view to its adoption in this country, and will make a report upon it to Congress at the coming session. This will bring to an issue a problem that has long been under consideraticn by a large number of our people, and it is probable a solution of all difficulties connected with it will be found 1n time to make the establishment of such banks one of the important features of the present administration. The experience of other countries with such banks has been all 1n their tavor, but we cannot blindly follow any of them with safety, because of tne wide difference in the conditions which prevail here. The Postmasier-General believes, however, that he can devise a sytem that will be suitable to our needs. He says: *I have no doubt that before Congress assembles I will have vrepared a plan that will be feasible and certain of suc- cess.” The greatest difficulty in the way of such banks in the United States is that of providing means for paying a fair rate of interest on deposits. At present it would be easy enough to effect that by investing the savings in United States bonds, but, as the Postmaster-General points out, these bonds will not al- ways be available, owing to the rapid diminution of the na- tional debt, and it would be well before beginning on such an undertaking to provide a way for interest payments after the bonded debt of the nation has ceased to afford a means for in- vesting derosits. The method that will be proposed for avoiding this diffi- cuity is hinted at in the interview in the sugeestion that State and city bonds known to be secure might be substituted for Government bonds, but the Postmaster-General has the sub- ject still under consideration and it is possible he may have other plans to propote when he makes his exhaustive report to Congress, While he reserves his decision on these and other matters of detail the Postmaster-General speaks firmly and clearly on the advisability of establishing such banks in the United States. | He points out that by providing the people with a secure and convenient place for the deposit of their savings, habits of thrift would be inculcated among them, they would be bound by stronger ties of self-interest to the maintenance of order and conservative government, and moreover, a large amount of money now withdrawn from trade would bs restored to the channels of finance and thus made available for the use of commerce and industry. These benefits are of sufficient importance to make it worth while to endeavor to find a means of adopting here a system which has proven so successful in other lands. Many sparsely settled portions of the United States ate now without the ad- vantages of savings banks of any kind. There is, therefore, an imperative need for the postal banks in many communities. The difficulties in the way of providing for them under our system of government and our methods of:finance may be great, but, as the Postmaster-General says, “‘none of the ob- stacles which have so far presented themselves are insurt mountable,” and it is quite likely the present administration will give our people the benefits of this secure system of con- serving the savings of the people as another illustration of the constrective statesmanship of the Republican party. For some reason yet to be explained the mourning friends of the monkey-ranch scheme have gone to the grave thereof, kicked away the tombstone, dragged out the remains, placed | them on exhibition and are gayly spieling 10 the passers-by to look and be instructed and edified. This is neither consistent nor seemly. San Francisco does not want a zoo jusc now, the Mission does not want it, and nobody not interested in realty sales does want it. Take the remains away, or as Twain hap- pily suggested, trot out a fresh corpse. An agitator of considerable prominence has promised Mr., Worden, now awaiting the ordeal of hangmng, his moral sup- | port, but no cash. Valuable as moral support may be, it is not | of the sort that meakes an appeal to the Supreme Court easy, | nor drags forth the saving technicality. Moral support to a man at the end of a rope is thinner even than atmosphere, There could not well be anything more touching than the speech of Depew at the unveiling of a monument to Vancer- bilt. Mr. Depew hasa fountain of words, easily unlocked and with difficulty shut off, and to him the name of Vanderbilt is more than an inspiration. 1t recalls tender memories and a | job notable for fatness. ! There are frequent revivals of the story that the Un[led} States Government intends to do something in behalf of Cuba. | The story is a cheering one and worth keeping alive. In the | meantime Cuba is looking out for herself, and Uncle Sam | doesn’t seem to care just what happens to her. One of Durrant's witnesses has been arrested for larceny, but if the eminent assassin is grateful he will exercise a pull for his distressed friend such as will rob an unpleasant situa- tion of its discomfort. It jealous ex-tiusbands would contrive to change their gov- erning impulses from homicidal to suicidal, they would be far less objectionable that at present. PROSPECTS FOR COUNTY FAIRS. CCORDING to all reports that come to us the annual A county fairs of the State are deriving considerable tene- fits {rom the improved conditions.of industry and trade. The encouraging outlock has had the effect of reviving the spirits of the farmers and fruit-growers, and they are taking more than ordinary interest in these local exbibitions which do so much to show what can be accomplished in rural industry, and to attract the attention of outside buyers, It may be now accounted as fairly certain that this will be one of the best seasons for county fairs that we have known in a long time. It is probable that most of them will break the record in their localities and set up new standards of excel- lence by which to judge the accomplishments of the future. A revelation of the spirit of the rew era is now to be seen in these enterprises as well as in other departmenis of industry, and the results will be surprising to those who have not taken ncte of the change that has come over the country since the depression gave Way to the revival o! prosperity. A well managed fair is one of the most beneficial undertak- ings of arural community. In these exhibitions where are to be seen the best results of careful cultivation of all sorts of crops, tle farmer of the neighborhood who may be somewhat despondent over his own products can see enough to convines bim that all that is needed is better judgment, more industry, or improved methods of cultivation, to make his work more re- munerative than it has been. The success of one farmer or orchardist in & neighborhood stimulates others and shows them moreover the means by which they can attain success. In the wide differences of opinion that exist among the cul- tivators of the soil of any particular locality as to the best seed to plantand the best processes of cultivation, the only way to reach a right conclusion is to bring the results of these divers ideas to the test of a public exhibition. The county fair shows clearly waich farmer is pursuing the wiser course, and to those who are capable of lewrning from observation there is no better schoo! than tnat afforded by tle object lessons of such exhibits. There is a further advantage iu such fairs flowing from the attendance of prospective buyers from tbe outside. Many a man who thinks of purchasing a rural home visits the county fair to see what class of products he can expect to raise if he should settle in that locality, and also to note the amount of enterprise and skill in cultivation the people of the county manifest. Fi- nally there is the profit drawn from the advertising given to the THE COA-T PRESS. A clean, bright weekly newspaper is the Berkeley Herald, which has just celebrated its eleventh bjrihday. It isedited with admira- ble taste and discretion. The Stockton Daily Record is mow fn its sixth volume. It has made remarkable prog- Tess in the three years of its existence, and ranks to-day as one of the prosperous and in- lfiuanuu newspapers of the San Joaquin Val- ey. Long Beach has lost its Eye. The publisher found that the patronage of the town was in- suflicient to maintain a daily paper. Long Beach is still pretty well supplied with news- papers, the Brcaker and Press now dividing the local field. The San Leandro Standard is booming the projectola fruit cannery for that place and the prospects are good for the establishment of an eoterprise on the co-operative plan— & cannery of sufficient capacity to han- dle all of the fruit i that section that cannot be disposed of at remunerative figures in its fresh state. The Western Watchman, published at Eureks, bas entered its fourteenth year. It claims that 10 its persistent work is due largely the credit of the Humboldt bar improvement and the wagon road to Oregon, ana his planned a campaign for the immediate future for the agitation of a system of wagon-roads reaching into the interior, and particularly into the mining sections of Siskiyou snd Trinity counties. The Hanford Sentinel is convinced that King County cught to hold a fair,and makes the boast that at such an exhibition would be shownthe best and finest herd of short-horned cattle, the best draft horses and as good fruit, grain and poultry as in any county in the State. “A county fair would bring producers to- gether, would lead toa closer acquaintance, a knowledge of neighborhool effort, and would certainly lead to better efforts all along the line.”” The San Jose Mercury observes that the suc- cessful experiment of free rural mail delivery at Campbell in Santa Clara County, and & few otner places where it has been tried, hss so favorably impressed tne Postal Department with the value of this service that it wiil be generally introduced in rural districts that are quite thickly populated. But the department will find it necessary to pay the carriers better salaries than those at Campbell are now receiving. The Fresnor Fzpositor is desirous of seeing a mountain summer colony established over near the raisin center. Such a colony, it argues, would mean the retention there of the very large sums of money tuat are annually carried out to the sea coast. *The suppiies for such a colony would be bought in Fresno and would not cripple the town as the absentees now do every summer. It would mean the creating of business for and among our own people, rather than for ancther community. Let us work for the establishment of aseries of resorts along the high Sierras, and keep our people and our money at home. The agricultural resources of the country around Chico are discussed in the lest issue of the Chico Enterprise. That region rarely knows either drought or cold. *A fair crop is the resuit under the most unfavorable circum- nces. Its proximity to mountains on either side and the many streams which meander through the valley into the Sacramento, render the soil moist aud fertile. The crops of this year—cereal and fruit—have been good, and the prospects of a remunerative price gives the farmer a strong faith and confidence in the future of this section, which should fur- nish sbundent inducement to others to cast their 1ot with us.” The Elko (Nev.) Independent maintains that we e Nevada considered equeally with other States her so-culled deserts would be deserts nolonger. “Were her natural irrigation re- sources husbanded by proper methods; were her share of Federal appropriations set aside to her 1o be expended for her bene fit, her sup- posedly desert lands would smile forth in their abundance and furnish a bome for & mil lion people with an independent li g a tached to the home. Like the Riverside of California it would disappear from the map as a desertspot and reappear as a paradise re- generate.” The village of Analy, Sonoma County, hasa weekly paper, the Standard, wnich will inform the worid at large of the beauty and fertility of that seciion of California, and labor to at- tract homeseekers to the favored locality. It opines thet not many years will passuntil every acre of ground, from the summit of the Occidental ana Freestone hills to the Laguna, from Forestvilie and Vire Hill to Sebastopol, and from English Hill to Blucher Valley northward will be under cultivation, and the whole of Analy township one vast and con- tinuous acreage of orchard, vineyard, farm and garden, The live, brainy young business men of As- toria, Or., have decided that the growth of that city can be greatly acceierated by the formation of an industrial ciub, whose object will be to promote and stimuliate every uew enterprise that would be beneficial alike to the promoters and the city. To this end, says the Cathlamat Gazette, a suitable building has been secured, where an exhibit of the proa- ucts of the entire Columbia River, on both sides, will bo mads. The club will be the clearing-house of ideas, tending not only to bring about & closer and more harmonious action on all matters ealcuiated to advance the common good, but to collect and aissemi- nate suitable advertising matter pertaining 10 the many varied industries of that section. Substantiel improvements are being made in San Luis Obispo harbor, the last Congres- sional sppropriation of $45,000 being avail- able for the construction of the much-needed breakwater at Port Harford. The Breezestates that ebout 23,000 tons of rock will be dumped into the ocean under the coniract now being carried out, and about four months will be required for the work, which “will extend the breakwater line 500 fcet beyond its present outer terminal. Some 24-foot water has to be worked in on the present line. The top of the breal ter is 20 feet wide and six feet out of water at high tide. The width of the base will depend upon the depth of the water, as the outside wall will slant one foot in three of | depth, while the iuside wall will slant ove 1ot iu one of depth. NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES, The Japanese Red Cross Society is to buila two vessels of 2600 tous to be used as hospital ships for the Japanese navy. The first of the three cruisers building for Chiag at Valcan snip-builaing yard, Stettin, was launched Septemb:r 15 and was named Hui Yong. These three cruisers are each of 2050 tons and 19}4 knots speed. The French battle-ship Massens, begun in THE NEW PAYMASTER OF THE California Hotel. ness men. duty he was detached on Septembe 20. ately, Mrs. Bellows remaining in this city. Pay Inspector Edward Bellows, U. 8 N., who was recently detailed by the Secretary of the Navs as fleet paymaster of the United Staies sieamship Baltimore, now fitting out at Mare | Island, arrived from the East on Wednesday last and has quarters along with his family at tie He was appointed an assistant paymaster in the navy on June 11, 186: from New Hampshire, his commission being signed by Abrakam Lineoln. On February 1866, he was promoted to paymaster, and on July 3, 1889 inspector, his present rating, in which he stands number three on the list. years, or until November, 1896, he was the purchasing paymaster in charge of the United S:ates navy pay office in this city. The large wholesale business houses here with whom he came in contact speak in the highest terms of the manner in which he conducted the affairs of this office, while in charge of it, and his leaying was a matter of general regret among by After leaving here he was on waiting orders until March 3 signed to be paymaster of the training-ship and torpedo station at Newport, R. L, from which | He will go to Mare Island and join his ship immedi- PLEEE 0, . he received his commission as pay For over three ). , 1897, when he was as- the offense was committed with a view of be- | ing dismissed from the service, which has be- | come distasteful to many of the sailors, especi- | ally young men. Th: punishment—thatoi a year or so 1a prison aud a coup.e of dozen cuts with the birch, supplemented with dismissal— is apparently entirely inadequate and a few doses of American navaldiscipline would soon cure the sailors of the habit of striking officers in order 1o get out of the service. The firm of Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. at Newcestie 1s evidently a very prosperous | establishment and illustrates what profits are made in building vessels for foreign navie The dividends declared anuually since 1883 have ranged from 73 to 13l5 per cent. the | latier being far the present yvear. As the | amalgamation of Armstrong & Whitworth took | place last year and the siockholders were | credited with a certain number of shares at £50 each the dividend jast deciared is said to really represent 25 per cent. It should also be taken in consideration that the vast outiay | for tools of all kinds and various other im- provements have been paid for out of tl earnings of the company and represent in the aggregate an exceedingly valuabie property. The Sims-Dudley powder pneumatic gun, an American invention, was recently tested on the range of Armstronz-Whitworth with satis- factory results. This gun is claimed to be the only one in exisience by which high exp.o- sives can be fired by the use of powder. It has a bore of 2} inches and consists of three tubes laid side by side, the main barrelin the center. The air pressure is 6000 pounds to the square inch and only two men are re- | quired to work the gun. The projectile weighs eleven pounds, in whicn is placed four pounds of expiosive gelatine in the front and | six ounces dry gun-cotton and thirty grains | fulminate of mercury in the rear part of the suell. Ignition is effecied by a mechanical | fuse, and whea the shell strikes the object | fired at @ steel ball within the shell {s driven | { forward and, striking a percussion eap, ex- plodes the misstle. Its longest range was 1750 yords, at wanich the exploding sheil duga hole six to eight feet in dinmeter and four feet deep in soft, wet sand. The gun next gocs to France and from there to Turkey for {urther trials. Pl:’R&VONAL. Thomas J. Kirk of Fresno is at the Lick. E. Meyben, & jeweler of Chico, is at the | Grand. | D. R. Cameron, » Hanford merchant, is at the Lick. John C. Nourse, a merchant oi Fresno, is at the Grand. Lieutenant Frank W. Kellogg, U. 8. N,, is at the Occidental. & Alexander, a merchant of Arroyo Grande, is at the Gran J. Ralston Bell, a mining man of Placerville, is at the Palace. T. B. Dillon, a mining man of Jackson, is a guest at the Grand. Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Bentley of Stockton are guests at the Grand. Dr. F. N, Martio of San Luis Obispo isamong the guests at the Russ. D. J. Bousfield, a mine superintendent from Nevada, is at the California. J. F. Jacobs, an extensive rancher of Nevada, isat the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Congressman James McLachlan of Pasadena is & late arrival at the Palace. William M. Petrie, one of the old merchants of Sacramento, is at the Palace. J. Crocker, a merchant of San Luis Obispo, is at the Baidwin, accompaniod hp Mrs. Crocker. Eenator J. H. Shine of Sonora is dowa on a business trip and is & guest of the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel. State Senator Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan is in town again and has headquarters as usual, at the Grand. C. E. Stone, a prominent hotel proprietor ot Stent, Tuolumne County, is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. F. Erickson and his brother, Charles Erick- son, railroad contractors from Jamestown, are guests at the Grand. May, 1892, had her trial under natural draught last month and developed 12,500 horsepower and a speed of 16.8 knots. The ship threw up an enormous wave, Owing to faulty lines, and it is not at all likely that the speed of 17.5 knots, for which she weas de- signed, can be attained. The Massena is of 11,994 tons displacement and her estimated cost, including guus, was $5,502,000. The Russian canal between Riga, on the Baltic, and Charson, on the river Duieper, near the Black Sea, will be 1000 miles in length, 213 feet 3 inches wide at tue top, 115 feet wide at the base and a depth of 27 feet 11 inches. This will accommodate the largest battle-ships and enable Russia to send her fleets of the Baltic end the Black Sea to either statlon without troubling itself further about the passage past the Daraanelles. The largest floating docks in the worid are the docks owned by Blohm & Voss. Hamburg, and the dock just completed in Eugland for products on exhibition, and this is often the most immediate benefit, for it not infrequently happens that an exhibitor has an opportunity at once to place his product with some buyer who would never have beard ol it had it not been for the fair. For all these reasons itis gratilying to read the reports of the bright prospects of the fuirs this season. Itiid pleasing to learn that the counties are waking up from the comparative torpor of the long depression and are now coming to the front once more with thelr banners flying and their rich products displayed for all the world to see. The new era is to open ave- nues of prosperity for everybedy, and it is but right the farmer should lead the van. Havana. Their aimensions and otner data are as follows: DaTA. Hamburg. Havana ngth, feet. . 1 4! Kreactu, feet 8% 82 Dejth ov-r sill, fee 80 27.6 Draught, ieet . 47 42.6 Liftiug power, tons 17600 0,000 Time 10 dock, hours. 1 P Last month there were five cases of assault by seamen upon officers aboard British naval vessels in home waters. It has transpired that these assaults were not prompted by any dislike toward the individusl officers, but that State Senator E. M. Preston of Nevada City, trustee of the (Preston) Ione Industrial School, | is registered at the Grand. Captain John W. MeMullin, the Fresno cap- italist and banker, is at the Occidental, accom- panied by Mrs. McMullin, Wiies Wallace, one of the Yosemite Commis- sioners, is in town, a guestat the Grand, and registered from Yosemite. Young Horace Pillsbury, who has been criti- cally iil at the Palnce, has so far recovered that yesterday he was taken out for & carriage ride. John W. Hepburn of Chicago, who owns a mine in Calaveras County, arrived at the P: ace yesterday from Chicago, accompanied by Mrs. Hepburn. Charies 8. Fay of S8anta Barbara, son-in-] of Mr. Douglass, the aged millionaire at that place, whose recent marriage created a social stir, is a late arrival at the Palace, accom- panied by Mrs. Fay. Mr. Fay has relatives in this city, whom he has come to visit. E. J. Lewis of San Diego, & member of tne Board of Education, came here 1o attend the Grand Lodge of Masons. He will, while here, examine ious high scuools, as San Diego contemplates issulng bonds for ti:e erection of & new high-sehool buildin, He is signifi- cantly registercd irom “Bi and “Climate.” Dr. and Mrs. Ocland Oronhyatekha of To- ronto, Canada, arrived yesterday at the Occi- dental. This Dr. Oronhyatekha is a son of the physical giant aud full-blooded Onselda In- dian, Dr. Oronhyatekha, president of the Or- der of Foresters, now here on official business and intending to make California his future home. When the father took charge of the Order of Foresters it had only 8000 members | and was in debt $200,000; it now has 120,000 members and $2,000,000 in bank, while the president receives for his valuable services an annual salary of $10,000. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10.—E. B. Liggett of San Francisco and Edward J. Kelly of Cali- fornia are at the Riggs House. LITTLE ALFIE INGLES. To-day there crept into my ears Some note of children’s playing That brought a thriil of buricd years ‘Which frost is overlayiu Again Ismelied the tields Inswamp and wood. in school and play, With littie Alfie Ingles. The years lie thick and deep since then, Yor time can tarry never, And most of us are bearded mea W hile son.e are children ever. You went before my heart grew cold With a'l the snows tife mingles, You missed the path of growing old— Dear little Alfie Inges. The qusk is falling as T dream— Ihe dUsK of memory’s closes. And these faint scents of childhood seem The dust of long-dead roses. A iittie stoue, gras«grown in fall— These jarriog lit-le jingles— My pipe-smoks and my thoughts are all On, littie Aifie Ing el PoST WHEELE ew York Press. FLASHES OF FUN. “He knows much that knows enough to | know that he knows nothing.” True; but he knows more that knows enough to look as if he knew everytning.—Brookiyn Life. Canvasser—You are the head of the house, I | presume ? Dixmoth—Your presumption 1s quite natu- ral, but you've got another guess coming. Canvasser—Beg pardon, but I don’t quite catch yourdrift. Dixmyth—Well, I have to foot the bills, and | asmy wifesays I'm alw kicking, you can draw your own conclusions.—Chicago Daily News. ©No, T can make you no contribution. I don’t believe iu sending out foreign mission- aries.” “‘But the Scriptures command us to feed the hungry.” 'he man of wealth shrugged his shoulders. “Well, I'd feed them sometbing cheaper than missionaries,” he rejoined, with the brusquerie that characterizes his class.—De- troit Journal. “The trouble with you, Briggs, is that you're so terribly narrow.” “Nonsense! I'm always most careful to give the other side credit for evesy decent thing they do.” ““Wel!, I never heard you say a good word about their merits.” “That's simply because they haven’t any merits to say & good word about.”—Brooklyn Life, REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. When a woman tells you to get off the earth, | jump. To guess a woman’s tact compliment her; to guess her breeding lie to her. If you want to test a girl’s temper tell her you don't think she can wear the color you know she likes best. Every girl has a foolish idea that she can mend a hole in the finger of Ler glove by past- ing some court-plaster under it. The sweetest girl in the world will hate a | man for the first five minutes after she has found that he has lost one of her gloves. You can tell a lot more about a girl’s taste by the pattern of her coat buttons than you can by what music s he has scattered over the piano. —— e A WORD OF COMMENDATION. Oakland Saturday Press. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL is doing the State a service in its vigorous onsiaught upon yeliow journalism. The development of Califorma has been greatly retarded by the industrious efforts made by one San Francieco paper to | convince the world that Californians a; chiefly criminals; that local life is made up Sef scandals and ail grades of wickedness, and that the man who achieves success in any line of legitimate business may count with cer- tainty upon the fact that he will at once be made a target for mud-throwing. WORLD'S TELEGRAPH SYSTEM. The total length of the world’s telegraph system has now reached 4,908,921 miles, ex- clustve of 180,440 miles of submarine cabl Of this Europe has 1,764,790 miles; Asia, 310,685 miles; Africa, 99,419 miles; Aus. tralis, 217.479 miles and America 2 516 548 | miles. Uunitcd States Consul Germain, who | sends these figures to the State Department from Zurien, says ihey show that, notwith- standing the great increase in the building of telegraph lines all over Europe, America leads the world and has almost doubl sl e the Euro- WHAT THE JUDGE HAS MISSED. Minnespolis Journal, The anti-cigareite law of Tennessee has been declared unconstitutional by Judge Lurton of the United States Cireuit Judge Lur- 01, We tear, e tetd behind the woodshed caused Dy his flfl‘lp‘;‘l‘l}o; furnishing suction to the little air polluters, — “DAILY BREAD"” NOT UNIVERSAL Bread s a dai 1y article of food i by about one-thi o used onl; ird of the 1,500, . 000,000 peo- | vessel had gone. THE MASCOT OF TR OREGON How a Y. .dg Deer Became a Pet on the Battle- Ship. He Develops a Wonderful Ap- petite for the Jacqueminot Rose. Presented to the Park and Was Put With the Others Yester- day. Prior to the departure of the battleship Oregon from Acapuleco to join the Ad- miral’s squadron, a supply of provisions was purchaszd. Amony tie supplies was a young deer, which was to be used as food when other fresh meat was unavailable. When two or three days out it wad de- cided to kill the deer, butthe pleadin eyes of the animal made the sailors hesi- tate, and permission was asked to allow the animal to live. The request wag granted and the deer was chnslen-‘ “Billy” and soon became a vet, and in a few days devaloped good sailing qualitie At 6 o’clock in the morning he alway took his coffee with the men, and after- wards took nis cigarette. They tried to teach him to smoke 1t, but no amount of persuasion could make him do that. He preferred to chew it. = When at the drydock at Port Orchard the deer was allowed ‘'shore leave,’” .b“f when the gong sounded for supper “"Biliy was first on board. One aay, however, he failed to appear, and the captain ordercd a searchiny party to be sent out for him. | The men succeeded in finding bim in the woods, but as soon as he saw them ap- proach he ran to the docks, but found the Word was sent back to the ship that ne was found, but would not surrender, and immediately raore men were sent out. This time he was captured and brought back to the ship. Billy’s fondness for roses almost caused the loss of an elegant dismond pin. A young lady visi the Orezon wore a magnificent bunch of Jacqueminot fas- tened by a diamond brooch. It was re- marked that “Billy’’ had taken a great fancy to the lady and cmulated Mary'’s lamb, for no matter where she went, the deer was sure 10 go. 2 Soon, however, the cause of his sudden fancy was seen, for at his first oppor- tunity “Billy”” jumped up and gracefully removed the bunch of flowers, and had it not been for a bystander the pin would have gone too. X The Oregon was at Tacoma during the time of the rose festival and the ladies of that town, hearing of “Billy’s” peculiar appetite, sent him a basket of roses every dav. When the ship reached this city it was decide! that they would have to part with the deer, for his hools, unused 10 the decks, were becoming sore; so the officers communicated with the Park Commis- sioners and offered “'Billy” as a gift to ths par L3 k. illy”” was placed in a part by himself, but becoming ionesome they gave him a kangaroo as a companion, but, alas for the Iatter, he was almost killed by the sailor deer. Sty So now they intend to place ““Biily” in with all the rest of his kind, from which he will be distinguished by a silver coilar on his neck bearing the inscription: *“To Billy, from the Orezon.” Large families are the rule rather than the exceptivn among the Dutch, but a certain Susanna Joubert of Klipfontein, in the Orange Free State, has broken all records in that line. 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