The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1898. WEDNESDAY... JANUARY 26, 1898 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE. .Market and Third Sts., S. F. ‘Telephone Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS.... ...217 to 221 Stevenson strze Telephone Main 1874. THE S8AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year. per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. .One year, by mal, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFKCE .. 908 Broadway Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE... Room 188, World Bullding ‘WASHINGTON (D. C. OFFICE . Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES--527 Montgomery street. eorner Clay: cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 339 Hayes street: open untll ©:30 o'clock. 621 MoAllister street; open until 9:30 c'clock. 615 Larkin street: open untll 9:30 o'clock £W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets: open untii €o'clock. 2518 Misslon street: open untll 9 o'clock 106 Eleventh st open until9 o’clock, 1505 Polk street cpen until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets: open until 9 o’clock. AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin—* The Girl From Paris."” California—"Courted Into Court.” Alcazar—"The Arabian Nights Moroeco's—"Brother for Brother.” Tivoli—“Brian Boru.” Tivoli—Concert Lo-morrow afternoon. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Bush—Thalla German-Hebrew Opera Company. Olympla, cor. Mason and Eddy streets.—Kirchner's Ladies’ Orchestra. The Chutes—Chiquita and Vaudeville Lybeck Cycle Skating Rink—Optical Illusions. Pacific Coast Jockey Club, Ingleside Racetrack—Races to-day. Pttt e it e e S AUCTION SALES. By Frank W. Butterficld—This day, January 2, Furniture, | 1200 Franklin street, at 11 o'clock. By G.H. Umbsen, Monday, January 81, Real Estate, at 14 Montgomery street, at 12 o' 5 | TRYING TO BREAK IN. 7\ T last the Examiner displays interest in the fight /—\ of the Los Angeles people against the water company. After The Call had opened battle in behalf of the rights of citizens and had made a full | exposition of the plans of the corporation to set aside the contract by which it has been governed, yellow journalism awakened to the fact that something was | going on. Accordingly it prepared a set of questions for residents of Los Angeles to answer. These ques- tions had already been fully replied to in The Call. Upon the answers received by it the yellow outfit is sure to base one of two things. Either 1t will take the side of the people and endeavor to shine as a re- former, or it will take the other side and make an effort to get on the payroll where three papers of the southern metropolis now find sustenance and would | like to find comfort. | present. LOOK TO THE_ FUTURE. LUSHED with the success of the celebration of Jubilee day by a street pageant the most splen- did in our annals and looking forward to new triumphs in the Mining Fair, the people of San Fran- | cisco are liable to become over sanguine of the con- tinuance of the prosperity that surrounds them and neglect to take the steps necessary to assure it. An evidence of the over sanguine tendency is found in the report that the Alaskan trade committee is not receiving the support from the public which the im- portance of its work justifies it in expecting. Con- tributions to the fund for advertising the advantages of San Francisco as an outfitting point for Alaskan miners are by no means what they should be. Our merchants and manufacturers, it is said, are so well | satisfied with the way trade is coming now that they feel no need of efforts to increase or maintain it. It may be conceded that the Alaskan trade of the season is encouraging. The demand for all kinds of | outfitting supplies is large, that for transportation is about equal to the shipping facilities of our coast- | ing fleet, and the work of constructing new vessels is keeping busy all the shipyards around the bay. Granting all these things, there remains the question of the future. We have the bulk of the Alaskan trade | this season. Will we have it next year? It is no ionger doubtiul that Alaska and the Yukon district of British Columbia are about to receive an | extraordinary industrial and commercial development. The Klondike strike has not been a mere pocket. | Every ship that comes down from the north brings | a new company of returning miners, new sacks of | gold nuggets, new stories of wealth and new proofs‘k The ex-| of the wonderful richness of the placers. ploration of the widespread gold districts will be a matter of years, and the business of the region will involve millions of dollars taken into the country as | well as millions taken out. It is a vast commerce and not a petty trade that we must prepare for in Alaska. We must, therefore, make preparations for the future as well as for the We have done well this year. The Alaskan committee traveling in the East and the opening of the Mining Fair here added to the fame of San Fran- cisco as the metropolis of the Pacific Coast have won for us the great bulk of this season’s trade, but they will not hold it for next year. The efforts thus far put forth must be increased and multiplied instead of diminished. This is no time to relax either vigi- lance or energy. W should join the Mission street Boodler in its loud demand for a weak and inefficient admin- istration of the criminal law in this city. The Even- ing Bunko is in the same fix as its morning com- patriot. Its proprietor and chief editor are up in one, of the police courts for criminal libel, and it is now TWO COMICAL BOODLERS. E are not surprised that the Evening Bunko | A VISIT FROM THE PRESIDENT. ASHINGTON dispatches announce that W President McKinley is making plans to visit Yellowstone Park during the coming summer, and if possible will extend his visit to this coast. The reports are based on good authority, and while the proposed visit will of course be dependent upon the circumstances that will surround the President after the adjournment of Congress, the prospects for the accomplishment of the plan are at present con- sidered excelient. It is well known that McKinley has long desired to make a trip through the West and see with his own eyes this magnificent portion of the broad repub- lic he has so faithiully served and that has honored him with its highest office. He had such a visit under consideration last summer, but was compelled to forego it. His new plans, therefore, are in line with a long cherished wish, and unless something unfore- seen happens will be carried out. Whatever San Francisco and Calitornia can do to bring about the visit should be done. This is a jubilee year with us, and we are in the mood to receive the President with honors that will make his visit a fes- tival from the time he enters the State until he leaves | it. He will not see California at its best if he comes | in midsummer, but even at that season he will see how | much Hetter it is in climate, soil and products than | any other State in the Union, and with what patriotic | loyalty its people honor the chief magistrate of thci nation. } The announcement of the President’s plan to come West will of course be the signal for a thousand in- | vitations to be sent him to visit States, cities and | towns along the route of his journey. It is right that | | this should be so, and San Francisco should promptly send her invitation along with the rest. It is a far cry from Washington to this coast. We do not often see a President. We have, therefore, the more rea- | son for urging any one to come who shows any in- | clination to do so. | In particular should we be cordial iu our invita- tion to McKinley. The champion of protection and prosperity ought to see the State where prosperity is most abundant and his policy most completely justi- fied by results. 000000000 ————— |COOLIE COMPETITION IN REFINED SUGARS. OME one asks why refined sugar does not come | S from Hawaii, and it has been said that as ouri beet sugars are refined, the raw sugar from the islands does not compete. The reason that Hawaiian sugar does not come | here refined is because it would then have to pay a | tariff of $39 per ton, while raw it comes in free. | It is a mistake, however, to say that because the | | island sugar comes raw it does not compete with our beet product. The beet itself is the raw material of | beet sugar, and the island cane plantations, operated 0000000000000 00000000000000000000002 MARSHALL, THE GOLD-FINDER. RS. GRACE M. GIBBONS, wife of Dr. Clifford H. Gibbons »f Jackson, Amador County, is, 8o far as known, the only liv- ing relative of James Wilson Marshall in California. Mrs. Gibbons was born in Cordova, Il and from her mother, Mrs. Flora Marshall Willett, now of Camanche, Iowa, and her grandfather, Willlam Marshall of Dav- enport, Iowa, who was first cousin, boyhood chum and intimate companion of James Wilson Marshall, she has often heard stories of the man who made the wealth of California known to the world. The Marshalls came to this country from Germany in the early part of the eighteenth century, and were among the first settlers of New Jersey. The struggles and hardships of the pioneers formed the school from which gradu- ated the sturdy self reliance that was the mainstay of the conquerors of the wilderness. The family possessed the characteristic elements of leadership. The grandfather of James W. and ‘William Marshall was one of the first to advocate resistance to English ranny, and by his example inspired hi neighbors with the same heroic pur- Personal Anecdotes of That Famous Pioneer Told by His Only Surviving Relative in California, Mrs. Grace M. Gibbons of Amador County. 20000C00000C0000C00000000000CC0C000 00000000 Lambertsville, New Jersey, October §, 1810. He was the only son in a fam- ily of five children. A daughter of one of the sisters still lives in the native town. When a boy Marshall was ap- prenticed to a wheelwright. This pro- saic calling did not suit his restless dispostion, so, after prudently and faithfully learning all the details of the art of making wheels, he ran away from his home in the quiet village on the Jersey Flats and was not heard from by his family for many years. ‘William Marshall moved West with the tide of emigration and settled In Illinois near the present site of Rock Island. While there he received a let- ter from the wanderer, then in the southern part of the State, saying he was doing well and asking his friends not to worry about him, as he was able to take care of himself. He was next heard from in Omaha, engaged in his old trade of making wheels. The American Fur Company was then doing a flourishing business, and Marshall closed up his business and entered their employ. As their agent he crossed the plains and mountains and came to California. Of his career on the coast it is not the purpose of this article to treat. About the year 1872, James W. Mar- shall returned to his boyhood home in geance and his opportunity to get square kicked the bottom box and disap- peared in the crowd, leaving to others the task of restoring Jones to conscious- ness and taking him to his home, where he will remain until his broken arm and contused face are healed. 'Tis a foolish man who monkeys with the small boy in a crowd. William Rank, formerly president of the Alameda and Oakland Railway Com- pany, returned from the Klondike yes- terday, together with E. Stauff,the broth- er of the well-known stock broker, and George G. Apple, both of whom have been in Alaska ever since the first excitement broke out, and who have succeeded in doing very well. Mr. Stauff in particulz has managed to get in in the right m ner and is now a part owner in several very valuable claims with the much- talked-of La Rue and Berry. “Since ‘The Girl § From Parls was THE ¢ four weeks old Messrs. Hal- ROME stead, Blaisdell, CAME HIGH. ¢ wariowe and ool Hermsen have been playing all sorts of practical jokes on one another and on other members of the company. Mr. Blaisdell hasmanagedto get the laugh on his three confreres several times, but their attempts to make him a butt for their humor have all failed—failed sig- nally—all but one, and that’'s the one I'm going to tell you about,” said a member of the company. “Like most men, Blaisdell has a birth- day, which event took place yesterday. Halstead, Marlowe and Hermsen learned this fact, and made their preparations ac- cordingly. Last night they all congratu- lated Blaisdell very heartily and invited him to sup with them after the perform- ance at the Baldwin. “Of course, Blaisdell accepted and the supper was a grand success from soup to nuts, and the quartet passed a very en- joyable evening. “At last coffee and cognac were served and then Messrs. Halstead, Marlowe and Hermsen fell to arguing who would settle the bill. ‘“ ‘Well,’ remarked Halstzad, finally, ‘I'll tell you what we'll do—we’ll run a race around the block and the one who ets back last must foot the check. Blais- ell:mcld man, you'll be referee, won't Yo \Why, certainly,’ replted Blalsdell, “go ahead.’ “So off the comedians started and—well, Blaisdell paid for the supper, but he waited for an hour before he realized that the joke was on him. “N. B.—This story is told especially for Mrs. Blaisdell’s (Clara Lavine) benefit. You know she—well, of course, she won- ders what kept her husband out so late that night.””] IR E SRR R R R R R RS 2 * * * * * * * * * OPINION OF A LEADING EDUCATOR. WOODLAND, Jan. 23. Editor of The Call—DEAR SIR : After a brief examination of the Golden Jubilee edition of the San Francisco Call 1 am inclined to consider it one of the finest %K KKK KK | 5 7 ever published on the Pacific Ex- | naturally in favor of any plan by which they may be | with servile coolie labor, compete directly with the % Coast. H. B. PENDEGAST, As a reformer or as the agent of decency the Ex- | , Pt . : aminer would be harmful to any object it might in- | etabled to slip through the meshes of the law. | beet farms of California operated by white labor at * Superintendznt of Schools, Yolo Z E . | The Evening Bunko, however, should be given the | white wages. The island output of sugar is about six * County. * dorse. It could, by supporting the most just and | 2 7 > A 5 & P o 5 holy cause, throw about that cause the shadow of sus- | credit of sincerity. Unlike its colaborer in the field | times as great as the beet sugar output of the whole XEEEFX XX L XXX X R RR R R picion. In its usual character as the undisguised wolf | ©f Pure and undefiled journalism it has never advo- | United States. This shows plainly that beet sugar * el St the Examiner is fully as much respected as when it | fated a sharp and prompt administration of the crim- ' production is in its infancy and that its growth is re- Is %’é‘é"s‘lANT it drapes itself in sheepskin and turns its customary ‘l inal code. 'A“ylhms in the shape of l.aw has never | tarded by the free entry into our market of six times i e g * howl into a bogus baa. There is no reason to suppose | Se¢med satisfactory to the Bunko. All it has desired, | jts volume of alien sugar grown by coolie labor. 7& o _ SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23. * that there is a good purpose behind the present at- | f one may judge fromints gen:ml policy since thc! But this is not all. If the islands are annexed their '/ f = * Editor of The Call—DEAR SIR: ’; titude of that paper. Judged by its record, the Ex- | SPirit of the lamented Pickering departed from it, has | refined sugars will also come into our market free, | ¢ £ > s lhheam.lly.congmtulate BOL NP - aminer is trying to get into the wate: war for no | been to _bc let alone. A“°_w°d to pursue the even | and the cheap labor which now so disastrously com- | MRS. GRACE M. GIBBONS. * thld b”J"T.; su;c;ss 0,; ;’o.ur * other reason than to grace with its presence the pay- | thOF of its course in bunkoing merchants out of ad- | petes in the production of raw sugar will then be | 5 - * inom "; izi;;ct; lt]:n": t“z Is, o g % | vertisements, it has never questioned the right of | turned itido T Fekndd. snpaital = pose. When hostilities commenced he New Jersey. His eccentricities were | x y opinion, the greatest paper . roll of the corporation as it once graced the Southern . 3 | to competition sugar also, and not | entered the patriot army and soon be- a- constant source of distress to his | ever published on the coast. Tts Pacific payroll. We do not wish the water concern | €Very other bunkoc.r to follow its example. It is only | only our beet sugar farmers and their labor but our | came one of Washington's most trust- staid and sober-minded relatives. He | + pages are filled with reliable in- any ill beyond that which it has properly earned, and | ¥hen its personal interests are concerned that the | ket sugar refiners and their labor will feel the double ifi,,‘;';“‘iif,; ,fl‘;{;z‘g,‘“"f ‘},‘:{,.,’,‘;fif; e;‘s: ?:Cl&':dhgu;o“;g ;To‘t,:f‘:,;x":a?es’?flg 5 formation worthy of our great therefore feel it a duty to warn it that though the Dunko becomes obstreperous. competition most disastrously. bravery -and devotion to the cause. blankets and make his bed in the door- | % State. Every resident should & Examiner be bought it is fickle. To purchase it is | Not so with the Mission street Boodler. That| Thousands of people are already employed in re- offi:‘;‘?fi;flz;‘;‘? 2;:’;1522:{5:%-{ ?:e yarg.d lOnmvinedocfiasu;:v; \?et wush per- | 4 help it on in its mission of telling . ?, H - e S 2ets, . . . = suades o end church, but as he was 54 3. 3. deemed possible, but to receive an assurance that it | sheet's policy is distinctively monopolistic. In the | fning in the beet sugar plants of this State, and thou- dependence. In succeeding generatlons asked to remove his hat he never re- | * the worlddof California’s genial i i i > waii and give her refined sugar t e | = 4 liberal bidder. litics all id A i e PR SO & gl - € SRS tree | spiri. Phillp Marshall, the father of . ;4 contractor hi Missourt he attend-|+: 'ihe fold States of the East. Sin- * politics all candi ate_s ar.c thieves and rascals save | entry to our markets now enjoyed by the raw sugar | !h:aI d!sdco“ere;:' o‘fI iolg Sbullt th; first ed a mass-meeting, the.object of Which | % cerely yours. R. H. BEAMER 5 CURRENCY REFORM PROSPECTS. | those to whom it gives its support. In short, the | and a shadow will fall upon every community now | atween Baliinoms and """‘;:;m,:g(‘?n“ was to discuss the subject, “Gold iIn |, l{wy 2 e Stats Boind 2 Sl is a fri elfishness in jour- | i i . g i A 5 At by * Californfa.”” A man wearing a flannel ember of the State Board of * Boodler is a frightful example of s SS in jour- | hrightened by the hopes invested in the sugar beets | and was operated by horse-power. Be- izati EPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON of Indiana, a | nali N % dois it inie it o LT ETIENER Ay 5 & S| fore its completion he dled at his home Ehirt, with trousers tucked in his boot|* Equalization. * - & - a nalism. ot only does it mSI_stA on maintaining its | of California and other States. Ity iTe N Sersey. tops, was the chief speaker, and Wil- | % = member of the Banking and Currency Commit- | privilege of extorting “advertising” contracts from| Dg the beet farmers and the labor employed in re-| William Marshall o liam was astonished and delighted to | % 3 % % % % % ¥ % # % % % % % % % tee, is reported to have stated recently that the | Republicans on the committee would before long | submit a bill for currency reform, which he and they | were quite sanguine would be passed by the House | at this session. The proposed bill will be drawn on lines simi]ari to those suggested by Secretary Gage. It will pro- vide—first, a reaffirmation of the present gold stand- ard; second, the retirement of the demand obligations of the Government; third, the abandonment by the treasury of the functions of a bank of issue; and fourth, the substitution for retired demand obligations | of a circulating medium of bank notes to avoid a | contraction of the currency. According to Mr. Johnson, it is assured that a| measure of the kind outlined will receive the support | of nearly every Republican in the House. Its pas- | sage by that body is therefore feasible, and the only question that confronts the advocates of the bill is that of the expediency of bringing in at this session a measure which apparently has little chance of passage in the Senate. Early in the session the probability of a currency reform bill this winter was slight. It was known that the Senate was hostile and it was believed the House was lukewarm. Every week, however, since the as- sembling of Congress has increased the confidence of the advocates of immediate action. The antagonism in the Senate is weakening, and the ardor of the House is increasing. The sound money press of the country, backed by the business sentiment of all sec- tions of the Union, has had its influence in both branches of Congress, and in place of the vacillation of a few weeks ago there is now a growing spirit of resolution to bring the question to an issue at once. There is, in fact, no good reason why there should be any delay in presenting a currency reform bill and pressing it to a vote. It is full time to let the people know what Senators are opposed to legislation so essential to all the industries and commercial interests of the country. The House will render an important service to the nation by passing a bill of the kind pro- posed even if the Senate rejects it. It will be worth something to put the artful dodgers among the Sen- ators on record so that the public may know where they stand. i ——— The murderer of Actor Terriss in London was sent to an asylum “at the pleasure of the Queen,” which means until he shall die out of his predicament. Now the people of England are dissatisfied, deeming the penalty too light and fearing that others by it will he encouraged to commit crime. Sometimes Americans find fault with the British, but the most radical critic will never accuse the British of being maudlin, Perhaps even Morgan's effrontery never arose above its present pitch of maintaining that Cleveland is in favor of annexation. The statement that Lin- coln issued the emancipation proclamation for the purpose of perpetuating slavery would not be more whsird. corporations, but it is determined that its mon- opoly shall not be interfered with by other boodlers. To the credit of the Evening Bunko it must be said that its policy is at least generous. It does not claim | an exclusive right to the bunko advertising busi- ness. But, seriously, the attitude of these two sheets is | uproariously funny. If Dickens were alive he would find in the solemn effrontery with which they are now discussing police court prosecutions the material for a living volume. We venture the assertion that the annals of journalism furnish nothing so humorous as the unanimity with which these libelers agree that the employment of special counsel in criminal cases is subversive of human liberty and calculated to under- minc the foundations of the republic. Such nerve- less things as they are rarely seen. To their affright- | ed visions a jail seems to be a horrid specter. remind us of nothing so much as the African ostrich, which is said to thrust its head into the sand and | imagine that its entire body is concealed. Do the Mission street Boodler and the Evening Bunko think for a moment that the public does not understand the purpose of the honeyed words they are now address- ing to the Prosecuting Attorney of Judge Campbell’s court? : The question is, however, will that official let them slip through the meshes of the law? We shall watch the result with interest. Farmer Brown, who won fame by being robbed of $400 at San Jose, is to be congratulated. The rob- ber beat him nearly to death, but was caught and the money recovered. Then the police who had chased the miscreant, the doctor who sewed up the victim’s injuries, the landlady upon whose linen the Brown gore had thoughtlessly permitted itself to be spilled, all made such demands for recompense that there seemed no particular advantage to the farmer in the fact that the cash had been taken from the thief. Now these people have become ashamed of them- selves and withdrawn the suits, which, save for the lack of evidence, to the unbiased observer did not seem to liave much better moral standing than the original theft. For a time it seemed likely that Brown might be arrested as accessory to a disturb- ance. Denver department stores have received a lesson in business and manners. They demanded a 30 per cent reduction in advertising rates, and pending a de- cision withdrew their patronage from the papers. Then with one accord customers withdrew their patronage from the stores, and the stores had to drop the boycott, finding themselves to be at the muzzle end of the weapon. RS e AN The water organettes of the Los Angeles monopoly seem to wish the public to forget the exposure of their crcoked methods. However, there are others who will endeavor to prevent this consummation, though the pipes of the organettes fairly burst with They | fining beet sugar in Nebraska and Jowa expect that | | they can provide against the austerities of their | | climate and furnish themselves with food and shelter | while competing in the profits and wages with Asiatic coolies in tropical Hawaii? The demands of their dict are alone greater than the requirements of the | Hawaiian coolie in food, clothing and housing. In- deed it is probably true that a coolie in the islands will feed himself for a year for what our American | farmer or laborer in a sugar refinery has to spend for school books for his children. Mr. Holman, in a recent issue of the Pacific Rural Press, speaks of the favorable effect upon ‘community life of the beet sugar industry wherever it has been domesticated in California. The farmers have ad- vanced in agricultural skill and grown in thrift. The | whole community has been raised and its every ex- | pression of comfort and refinement emphasized. Con- trast this with the effect upon community life in Hawaii by increase in the sugar industry, where the civilization and gentleness of the native race have been displaced by the barbarism of Asiatic coolie life and the community morality and refinement have been overgrown. 1f we take Hawaii we take all this into our system | to compete with the American foundation of the beet sugar industry, which is upon lines that lighten and make life better. The proposition is intolerable, and its calm con- sideration by our people means its crushing defeat under the weight of public opinion. —_— This talic about our friendly relations with Spain tends to produce the justly celebrated tired feeling. We have not the slightest reason for feeling friendly toward that country, and the mere fact that the United States is not fighting and not likely to fight can hardly be construed into an eviaence of affection. For some reason the New York Journal hastens to disclaim responsibility for signed articles it prints expressing opinion. This act can only be accounted for on the theory that the Journal thinks somebody cares what its opinions, signed or unsigned, may be on any topic under the sun; in truth a very peculiar illusion. Tdison has had to make public announcement that the various “interviews” with him in the yellow pa- pers are bogus. It could hardly have been otherwise. People were slow to believe that the mind of the great inventor was crossed by a broad, silly streak. In the closing paragraph detailing by rounds the progress of a pie-eating match at New York there is a bit of information sufficient to cause a pang of re- gret. This is that both men survived. One of the lessons of the great parade was that people who march miles along the streets ought to have some decent pavement to march on. 1 was for many years identified with the foremost en- terprises of Illinois, to which State he emigrated when a young man. He was one of the chief promoters of the Hen- nepin Canal and a prominent railroad contractor. The late Dr. Larisson Marshall of Illinois, noted for his schol- arship; Charles Marshall of Rock Isl- and, a lawyer of eminence; Dr. N. B. Marshall of Clinton, Iowa; Dr. Annie Marshall Rae of Denver, Col.; Tom Marshall of Kiethsburg, Tll., the cham- pion marksman of the State, and Mrs. Ellie Marshall Dillon of Visalia, Cal., who was killed in a runaway accident a few months ago, were all relatives of the famous miner. James Wilson Marshall was born in recognize his boyhood chum and rela- tive, James Wilson Marshall. A pleas- ant reunion was the result and the cou- sins spent several days together. No amount of persuasion,”however, could induce the famous discoverer to fore- go the delights of a miner’s life. For him the luxuries of the East had no charms equal to the fascination of “the diggings.” The happy-go-lucky life he had so long enjoyed, with its ups and downs, its times of privation and} festivals .of lavish prodigality, had wholly destroyed the steady, prudent | traits, so carefully inculcated by his| early training, and he soon returned to the life he loved among the glittering slopes of the Sierras. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS L. E. Wood, a big rancher of Los Banos, is at the Baldwin. D. Maher, a mining man of Dutch Flat, 1s at the Baldwin. W. H. Martin, a capitalist of Nevada City, is at the Lick. J. W. Short of the Fresno Republican 1s a guest at the California. B. F. McCullough, a large stock raiser of Crows Landing, is at the Grand. J. Salsbury, a millionaire of Salt Lake,is at the Palace with his daughter. Charles King, a cattleman of Hanford, is staying at the Lick, accompanied by his wife. W. 8. Law, a hotel man of Sonora, is one of those who registered at the Grand yesterday. Rev. Frank Thompson, U. S. N., chap- lain of the Mohican, can be found at the California. B. E. Craft, one of the most prominent business men of Boston, is staying at the Occidental. M. McPherson, a well known and prom- inent business man of Portland, is reg- istered at the Baldwin. oo eseseseseeses’ Hushed is the ¢ 1 hts f th + DAN POLK } tonderion and : A 4. Stilled is the BENEDICT. + discussion of ar- t tistic circles, while in the sa- cred precincts of soclety tears are falling like raindrops in an autumn shower from eyes that should know only smiles. The matron of the classes and the maiden of the masses for once have a subject of common interest and trade lan- guishes at the bargain counter, while saleslady and woman customer lose them- selves in the earnestness of a mutual misfortune. And who shall say they have not cause for commiseration? Dan Polk, exquisite of soclety, light of bohemia, the beloved of many and second only to the charm- ing and justly celebrated Willis in the regard of all womankind, has gone and got married. ‘Whom he martied, why he married or when he married no one knows. All that is known is that on Christmas day Mrs. Polk the elder received the following telegram, dated in Philadelphia: “Many happy returns of the day from vour loving children, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Polk."” Hence uncertainty is added to the other horrors of the situation. State Controller E. P. Colgan and Sec- retary C. M. Colgan of the State Board of Equalization are at the Lick. Varney W. Gaskill, former secretary of | the Railway Commission, is at the Grand from his home in Amador County. K. Kishinouye, Imperial Commissioner from Japan to the International Congress of Fish Commissioners, is at the Palace. Hon. A. Caminett!, ex-member of Con. | gress, has come down to the city from | his home in Jackson and is at the Lick. Louis Eppinger, the proprietor of the Grand Hotel at Yokohama, arrived yes- terday on the Coptic and went to the Palace. Gurney Binford of Japan and A. P. Par- ker and wife of Shanghai are three trav- elers who arrived on the Coptic and werit to the Occidental. Captain Thomas Connolly, U. S. A., who has been passing a six months' fur- lough with his family in China and Japan, got back yesterday and went to the Cali- fornia. Y. de Murrielly, R. de Sumacsloe, A. | Mesedo and Carlos Hroft, four members | of the Brazilian legation at Toklo, arrived on the Coptic yesterday from the Orient, | on thelr way back to their homes. They | put up at the Palace. *eeeeeessesseses Frank F. Jones, * the barkeeper of JONES the O ccidental, AND THE wanted to seethe procession last SMALL BOY. * Monday Without eeosesesessees laving to stand wedged In among | the perspiring crowds of humahity that thronged the sidewalks along the line of | march. As stands, presided over by en- | terprising merchants du pave, came too | high for one of his modest means Mr. Jones decided to erect one of his own, | composed of boxes from the cellars of the | hotel. He brought the boxes up, and af- | ter removing a small boy from the con- templated site of his structure, soon had | something very much resembling the‘ Leaning Tower of Pisa, rearing its dome about eight feet into the atmosphere. Upon this pedestal Jones proudly took his stand and proceeded to gaze upon the | martial herces slowly passing by. The view was perfect and Jones was getting along first rate, when the small boy whose place he had usurped and who had been hanging around looking for ven- CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. 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