The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1898. .DECEMBER 22, r THURSDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. jress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE . Telephone Main 1868. | EDITORIAL ROOMS. 21T to 221 Stevenson Street | | Telephone Main 1§74. THE SAN 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 montb 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. OAKLAND OFFICE NEW YORK OFFICE ...Room 188, World Building | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative, WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE | C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. | CHICAGO OFFICE.......... ....Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. One year, by mall, $1.50 908 Broadway e | BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street. open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS Columbia—*A Parlor Match. California—""0'Brien, the Contractor.” Alcazar—"Humbug." Tivoli—*"The Yellow Dwarf."” Morosco's—"‘Uncle Tom's Cabin." eville and the Zoo. and Eddy streets, Specialties. | Olympla — Corner Mas Ingleside Race Track—Races To-day. Market and Third Sts., S. F. | | people and our trade with something that has proved | | pines, each, an army and a navy equal to the force re- | stations and must keep a thousand battleships to de- | periority to ours. THE COALING STATION ARGUMENT. N commercial circles, and through them among the | l people, the idea has been propagated that expan- sion by annexation and conquest is necessary to get coaling stations. It has been argued that to ex- tend onr commerce we must have such stations. Yet | our foreign commerce has grown to immense pro- portions, and we have overtaken the trade of Great Britain and passed it, with no coaling stations, and without the disturbance of their acquisition or cost cf their maintenance and defense. "Why load our entirely unnecessary to our commerce? England has coaling stations all around the world, but they have not influenced her trade to a volume superior to ours. When foreign trade has been talked about, in times past, it has been customary to assign her ownership of these stations as the cause of Eng- land’s trade. But without them we have passed her, and yet the idea remains and is made the most of to fortify the argument for imperialism. In time of peace every seaport is a coaling station. Trade grows in peace, and not in war. If we own numerous coaling stations and are involved in war each one must be defended; each one is the United States, and each will require the same force to protect it that would adequately defend our entire continental pos- sessions. If we have war, and it is brought nearer and made more probable by each extension of our sovereignty to distant islands, each colony and coaling station must be defended by a fleet and an army. This means for Porto Rico, the Ladrones, Hawaii and the Philip- quired for domestic defense. England has coaling end them, and yet her trade has not held its su- The idea is fallacious that we increase our safety at | home by acquisitions abroad which must be defended. It is an equal failacy that we are to depend upon the Metropolitan Hall—Rosenthal Piano Recital, Tuesday even- | 3. ing, Janua COUNSEL FOR MR. BALDWIN. F E. J. Baldwin, owner of the lot at the corner of | Powell and Market streets recently covered by the | Baldwin Hotel and theater, has been correctly re- | be | ported in the newspapers, measures ought to and | taken to change the current of his thoughts | bring him back to a realizing sense of his duty to posterity and the public. Doubtless Mr. Baldwin has | been subjected to a great deal of unkind criticism | since the Baldwin fire. Instead of sympathy having been extended to him, abuse and detraction of various kinds have been heaped upon him. to the usual custom in civilized communities, and not This is contrary | we | do blame him for fccling some resentment in consequence. ! But his determination to erect a lot of shanties | upon the hotel site, and open a choice collection of | dives in the cellar, for the purpose of getting even on the people, is certainly short-sighted and con- | temptible. With such improvements he might, per- | haps. he says, make his interest and taxes, but the | corner established in consequence would become a cancer spot which would require elimination. I Mr. Baldwin yearns to get even on his detractors he should hunt them up and engage them in vocal an: In that w he might obtain the | satisfaction he To visit his spitefulness upon | the people of the city, however, substantially all of | whom are innocent of offending him, is uncivilized | and barbarous, and he may be sure that if he attempt | to do it they will unite and make him a great deal of | trouble. What he should do with the Baldwin Hotel site is | te either erect upon it a new structure devoted to | commerce or sell it to some one who will do so. The corner is too valuable to be devoted to beer saloons, | cheapjohn clothing stores, cigar-stands, barber-shops | and dives. | If Mr. Baldwin care anything for the opinion of | posterity—he says he cares nothing for the opinion of | will proceed on lines in this matter without reference to the criticiems of thoughtless people who have abused him without e. Ii he take any other course he will suffer| financially. Millionaires may bid defiance to their individual detractors, but even they can be brought to time by united public opinion and the indignation of | an entire community. | fistic gymnastics {esires bis contemporaries—he business DISCIPLINE FOR A MONOPOLY. | HILE the Gas Company acknowledges, when | cornered, that it has no right to exact a de- posit from customers, and while it will place meters without exercising this imposition when the | customer knows his legal status and refuses to yield, it nevertheless takes a deposit every time per- mitted to do so. It frightens the timid and cajoles the | uninitiated, the result being that its strong-box is | heavy with money derived from forced loans. On | these loans it pays no interest, but the handsome ag- gregate must bring to the corporation enough to | materially fatten its dividends. As to the quality of light furnished, the accuracy of | measurement, the scant courtesy with which just | protests are met, there is no need here to treat. Per- | haps with the prospect of compeiition these matters | will regulate themselves. However, there are means | by which the public can be in a measure protected against the wrong it suffers by reason of the illegal deposit. True, there is statutory remedy, but the law is often slow, and an appeal to it costly. The specific method of correction rests with the Legislature. | By the time the Legislature meets there should | have been prepared a bill defining the demand and | enforcement of a demand for a deposit a felony. This | would solve the whole problem. Such a bill could | not be defeated, because the justice of it would meet | with instant and general recognition. Too many out- | rages have been committed in the name of the gas | monopoly, too many have felt the sting of its arro»i gance, for it to be able to muster a sufhcient oppo-] sition. As an absolute tyrant, domineering over the | people from whom it draws sustenance, its reignl should be 2bout at an end. — Probably when General Shaiter comes he will be met by a broadside of abuse from the Examiner, and | t will comfort him to know that for days after he had | curned the rag-tag of that journal out of Cuba, his | picture, -adorned with laurel, was above the entrance | to the Examiner’s office. | A murderer named Cheeseman has been taken from 1 the. asylum where he had pretended to be a lunatic | and brought back to Oakland for trial. Probably he | is to be congratulated. Inmates of an asylum are not | permitted to be at large. I A Texan who stayed in jail twenty-two months on: a charge of contempt of court is out at last, but | tion and had confidence in their patriotic love of the probably were he to speak his real feelings he would | Union. go back for life. ‘Since the war has been begun on consumption, and the Prince of Wales has enlisted in the ranks, doubt- less the bacillus tuberculosis will take to the woods. proposed colonies and coaling stations for an increase in trade. The statistics of British trade prove this. England sends to her colonies a less percentage of their im- ports than they get from other countries, with the single exception of British Guiana. The proportion they take from her is: The Straits Settlements. cent Mauritius cent British Guia cent The Bermudas cent British Hondur cent British West Indi cent New South Wale: cent Queensland cent Victoria ... .37 per cept 1t is also a fallacy that colonies recoup the country that owns them for the expense of their govcrnmenti out of the public revenues of their total trade, or by | other taxes laid upon their people. The cost to England of the above colonies is an- nually 23,704,035 pounds sterling. Their revenues to her treasury are 23,113,642 pounds sterling. There is an annual outgo of $118,974.675 and $115,568,210 in- come, and a deficit of $3,406,465. Yet England has the best managed colonial system that has ever ex- isted. Already our navy is asking for $60,000,000 in the | next fiscal year to build battleships to patrol our coal- ing stations and colonies; and our army is asking for 50,000 regulars for the Philippines and 235,000 each for Cuba and Porto Rico. This is 100,000 soldiers, and the pay of the privates alone will require $19,200,- 000 per annum, their rations certainly as much more, and their equipment and medical and hospital ser- vice as much more, making nearly $80,000,000 a year, exclusive of the pay and commutations of the staff. | Rismarck said: “I do not want any colonies at all. | Their only use is to provide sinecures. That is all | England at present gets out of her colonies, and Spain, too. And as for us Germans, colonies would be exactly like the silks and sables of the Polish | nobleman who had no shirt to wear under them.” It is easy to see that the building, manning and operation of our new navy and the maintenance of a standing army of 100,000 men, the support of Military Governors, the transport service required in moving such an army to distant stations by sea, and the trans- | portation of rations and equipments, and the shipping of coal to coaling stations, will bring our military | expenses, made necessary by this new policy, up to | $125,000,000 a year. We will not get this out of our tropical colonies. It must come out of our home tax- payers, with the effect of doubling their public bur- — dens. It will be spent on a fallacy, a chimera, a sen- timent of ignorant enthusiasm mistaken for pa- triotism. Another disgusting feature is the probability that voluntary enlistment will not give.us the men needed tc fill the ranks of an army to stand guard in the tropics. Captain Mahan, author of “Sea Power,” is often quoted by the imperialists, but he says, “Our race | cannot thrive in our new colonies.” Has any one heard of a returned private soldier from the East or West Indian tropics who wants to go back? We appear to have acquired coaling sta- tions and colonies the defense of which will require a resort to conscription to secure the garrisons neces- sary to hold them McKINLEY IN THE SOUTH. RESIDENT McKINLEY’S journey through the South has been something like a grand tour in celebration of a restored Union. It has been marked at every stage by demonstrations of Southern loyalty and Northern confidence. All classes' of Southern people have taken part in the welcome. Old veterans of the Confederate army and young men born since the war ended, Bourbon Dem- ocrats of the deepest dye and negroes engaged in the arduous task of advancing their race against Bourbon prejudices, have all united and vied with one another in doing honor to the chief magistrate of the nation. These jubilant demonstrations were not caused wholly by the fact that McKinley is President of the United States. Much of the cordiality of them was due to the personality of the man. By his speeches, so frank and sincere in word and tone, the hearts of the Southern people were won even more than by the zugust dignity of his high office. Other Présidents m~de tours through the South. Hayes, Cleveland and Harrison visited that section, but none of them made anything like the impression that McKinley has made. Undoubtedly one of the potent factors in the suc- cess of the President’s conciliation was the manner in which he had recognized Southern valor and loyalty during the war with Spain. The appointment of Southern generals to high command in the army proved to the South that McKinley held no feeling of animosity against the men who wore the gray, but, on the contrary, regarded their military skill with admira- A striking illustration of Southern sentiment on the subject was given in a recent statement of Henry Watterson, who in an interview at Washington said: “I probably shall never vote again. The signing of the commissions of those two ex-Confederate vet- (cnly nominal. | spoliation. erans, Fighting Joe Wheeler and Fitzhfigh Lee, marked the certain dawn of that era for which I have labored. I am satisfied now.” It was noted at the time that McKinley made more speeches during the campaign of 1896 than were made by any other candidate who was ever elected, and that all of them were appropriate to the occasion and to the audience—terse, pointed and animated by a lofty sentiment. This felicity of speech, so marked during the canvass, has been strikingly displayed in the Southern tour. He has addressed Southern audiences on the delicate subject of the Civil War in words that won their rapturous applause, but without saying a word that offended the most patriotic veteran of the North. He has spoken to negroes of their advance- ment both in social and in political life in a way that aroused them to enthusiasm, but without offend- ing the Southern whites. When all things are taken into consideration the tour is one of the most notable in history. It was a genuine triumph won by a strong and winning per- sonality over old-time antagonisms of North against South and white against black, and entitles McKinley to a high rank among the great constructive states- men who have conciliated ancient foes and restored to their country not only prosperity, but harmony and patriotic love. COURT FAVORITES. HE court favorite has always been a well-known Tclmmc!er in history. He had the ear of the ruler, and generally used the position for his own advantage. His influence was sought by those who had private ends to gain. We also have our modern favorites, but they bask under the sunshine of the judicial instead of the ruling power. They carry on their operations in the halls of justice in- stead. of the royal palace. They take an active part in the nomination and election of some Judges, per- haps loan them money when in need, and look to gather the nice plums which may be dispensed by the judicial hand. Sometimes this favorite takes the form of an official reporter, at others of a receiver or a favored attorney. It is notorious that in some cases the fees received by the reporter are greater than those paid to the attorneys. The Judge may | order arguments to be written up which gives the reporter an increased harvest. Lawyers are timid and reluctant to complain against these practices, as it might incur the displeasure of the court. The fa- vored attorney is often employed for his supposed in- fluence with a particular Judge, and is paid greater fees than his associates who do the labor. The receiver usually comes in for a handsome al- lcwance in return for services which are frequently A recent illustration of the easy way in which a receiver and his attorney may earn money is afforded by the Hale & Norcross case. A fund of $300,000 was to be distributed under the judgment of the court. A receiver was appointed to disburse this money. Scarcely was the ink dry on his bond— which, by the way, was given by a banker in whose bank the money was deposited—when Judge Hebbard made an order allowing $5000 to this receiver and $3000 more for his attorney, which sums were promptly drawn out. When all the parties interested had agreed to the manner of distributing the residue of this fund, the receiver and his attorney got another whack at it, through the action of the same Judge, to the extent of an additional $5000. Besides this, the bank in which the money was deposited demanded and received a compensation for keeping and dis- bursing it. It is a fact, much to be regretted, that the general public has, to a considerable extent, lost confidence in our courts. Abuses in the administration of the law have crept into some of them, and on this ac- count their general influence and standing have been Icwered. People hesitate for this reason to invoke their aid. In many of our cities the business men have ar- ranged upon a method for the settlement of their | disputes out of court, by arbitration. This shows that there is something wrong in the operation of our | | jvdicial system, which should be speedily remedied. | No government is safe when there is a distrust of the courts. The great bulwark of England is the confi- | dence of her people that every subject has equal | rights before the law, and that the courts will admin- ister that law impartially. It is the duty of the pressi of this land to uncover all abuses in the conduct of the courts. The Call will not hesitate to do this whenever the occasion arises. It also takes pleasure in approving the manner in which’ Judge Coffey guards the interests of estates and prevepts their While some attorneys and legal repre- sentatives may carp at the scrutiny exercised by this Judge in fixing their fees and regulating the general expenses of administration, he is justly entitled to the commendation of the community for the strict dis- charge of his official duties. A FREAK OF JUSTICE. INCE the truth concerning Dunning was first S dragged into the light his character has ap- peared so black that no redeeming traits have been discerned. He has been guilty of the crime of meanness, untrue to friends and family, unblushing in the face of exposure. Without flinching, he has portrayed himself. There was a general conclusion that no good was in Dunning, and yet at last he has created for him-f self a gleam of sympathy. The human heart is kind | and quick to perceive good. It seems that in certain | of Dunning’s orgies he had the companiouship of women who to the cause on trial bear no possible re- lation. Nevertheless, he was asked to reveal their names. He refused to do so. It was proper and manly that he should have refused. ~Uncomplain- ingly he went to jail for contempt rather than betray and disgrace those to whom he was asked to be a despicable traitor. It was the first outward indi- cation of decency in the composition of Dunning; and the court ordered him to jail for it. There is something anomalous in such a circum- stance. He can day after day detail his shameless acts and go unscathed, save, perhaps, in a conscience of which there is no visible token. An inclination to be honorable seizes him, and a cell is the penalty. The lawyer, perhaps, did well to withdraw the ques- tion. He would perhaps have done better never to have propounded it. A. H. Ingersoll of Oakland took an ax and with it drove his wife and daughter out into the night and the rain. Now and then something happens to revive belief in the utility of the whipping-post. Carnegie and Bryan will make a queer team, and each will be too much surprised at finding himself in harness with the other to get down to steady pulling for a while. Perhaps in the future some antique statesman will be able to point with pride to the circumstance of having been in McKinley's Cabinet from start to finish. It is a pity that some of the morbid and chronic at- tendants at the Botkin trial cannot be sent to the garbage crematory. RANCH AND RURAL LIFE. That California can successtully stand a dry season was demonstrated this year. Our export of green fruit is only 9 per cent short of that of 1897. It is true that a large acreage of orchard was fruitless, owing to lack of rain and non-irrigable location, but it is also true that the Sierra foot- hill orchards and vineyards supplied 91 per cent of the usual export aund brought to the State as much money from that source as comes in an aver- age year. Not only this, but the trees and vines put out their usual growth of new wood and will bear an equally large crop next year. This experience goes somewhat farther than one derived from a diversi- fication of crops. It proves the existence of a safeguard to the State's pros- perity by diversification of location also. Formerly, before there was an planting in the foothills, a drought implied general disaster, for it struci down the live stock, wheat and fruit interests in the valleys and mining in the mountains, and there was nothing to replace them. But now the foot- hill orchards and vineyards, which are planted up to an altitude of 3000 feet, have proved their capacity to sustain our commercial structure through a dry year without fatal impairment. The Spanish war has practically left the American market to California raisins. It is mot easy to find considerable lots of high class raisins in the hands of the producer or even of the jobber. This does not mean just one year of good prices and good demand. ‘Where even war, pestilence or famine has kept away from a market a pro- duct to which the consumers are accustomed,'and it is replaced from a new source of supply, that source can hold it in the future even against the reappearance of the former product. The California raisin has many points of superiority to the Spanish fruit. It is dried on trays and not on the ground, and while the skin is thin and tender, at the same time it holds better than the skin of the Spanish grape. The latter exudes the grape sugar, which crystallizes on the skin, and not being sufficiently saccharine to resist decay, it rots and destroys the raisin. The California grape holds all the sugar within the skin and therefore is a good keeper, a most de- sirable quality in any dried fruit. Northern California oranges are a good crop this year and of fine qual- ity. -Time was that the only orange tree known in the northern part of the State was at Bidwells Bar, and it stood there a long time silently sug- gesting that where it flourished orchards of its kind would be profitable. Now there is a large acreage in Butte and Yuba counties. Sutter and Co- lusa are also planting and the foothills of Placer County are every year in- creasing their export of excellent fruit: STATE NOTES. At Santa Ana the decortication of century plant fiber has been success- fully accomplished, producing a substitute for sisal grass in the manu- facture of cordage. Biggs Notes says the cannery at Marysville this year expended $36,000 for labor and $158,550 for fruit cans and fruit. year. A good showing for a dry Mr.! Stone, at Thermalito, experimented with fertilizers on his olive trees and reports a great increasc in the crop and improvement More barnyard manure goes to waste in California than any- quality. in the where else in the Uniony where it might be used with greater benefit than anywhere else. The Galt Gazette editor planted an apple orchard, and along came the borers and bored the trees, killing many of them and nearly killing more. As a preventive he drove some rusty nails into the trees near the ground; since then not a borer has attacked them. This is worth knowing, as the orchardist has a hard headed enemy in the borer. W. A. Rogers of Thermalito observed many barren trees in his orange orchard. They bloomed profusely, but set no fruit. He used barnyard ma- nure plentifully around them and they became reliably fruitful. The Cloverdale Reveille says that on the recent marriage there of Mr. Martin and Miss Tarwater, the groom’s mother presented the bride with 160 acres of fine land. a check. That is a sensible dowry, much better than diamonds or The Fountain Grove vineyard, Sonoma County, has just shipped two car- loads of wine to Japan. The Cloverdale Citrus Fair Association is preparing to hold its fifth annual exhibition. This annual fair has so promoted the planting of orange orchards that Sonoma County will soon be in the field as an ex- porter of that fruit. John Rapp of Colgrove, Los Angeles County, cessfully in growing pineapples. has experimented suc- He procured plants from Florida, and it took them three years after planting to get acclimated. Then they bore a satisfactory crop and produced acclimated suckers for replanting, which he has distributed to favorable loc: by setting out plants as early ies in Southern California. the spring as possible the fruit will ripen He says that at a season when imported pines are out of the market. Kelly Brothers, the great bee ranchers of the Santa Ynez Mountains, re- port that dry weather has so affecied the honey blooms on which they de- pend for the supply secured by their bees that there is not enough in the hives to feed the bees through the winter, and they expect to feed them twenty tons of extracted honey frum their stock on hand. Hay and honey are valuable where the drought struck. The Long Beach Press says that Mr. Norman, on the Alamitos tract, has introduced a new fruit from Africa called the roselle, which thrives even in arid situations. It makes a delicious jelly and pickle, and in hot weather makes an agreeable drink. Mr. Norman wishes to distribute the seeds. The Chino Champion estimates the highest output of beet sugar next Salinas, 3000; the Los Alamitos 700. ear in the history of that California industry. ria will use 1000 tons of beets per day; the Hueneme 1000; the Spreckels, at The factory at Santa Ma- The raisin crop this year nets 33 cents a pound in the sweat box, against 1% cents last year. The walnut crop of Fullerton this year is eighty-four carloads. New fruit canneries are projected at Newcastle, Santa Ana and Ven- tura. The increased orchard area and output of fruit will require them. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Dr. . S. Bogle of Santa Rosa is at the Lick. Judge J. M. Mannon-of Ukiah is at the Lick. Sheriff A. Bush of Downleville is at the Russ. C. 8. Jacobson of Portland is at the Palace. H. S. Allen, a miner from Sonora, is at the Grand. Lyman Green of Petaluma is a guest at | the Grand. William G. Platt of Detroit is a guest at the Palace. T. B. Walker of Minneapolls is a guest at the Occidental. ‘W. M. Thornton of Anaconda, Montana, is at the Palace. Attorney W. F. George of Sacramento is at the Grand. Attorney Francis A. Fee of Madera is a guest at the Lick, Frank R. Nugent of Winnepeg, Canada, is at the Occidental. Edward Crozer of Philadelphia guest at the Palace. G. R. Putnam of Washington, D. C., is registered at the Palace. J. G. McWilliams and H. E. . S. A, are at the Occidental. State Controller E. P. Colgan of Sacra- mento is registered at the Lick. Carroll Johnson, the well known min- strel, is a guest at the Occidental. Ex-State Senator Elwood Bruner of Sac- ramento is registered at the Lick. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCarthy and daughter of Stockton are at the Grand. O R K KKK K XS is a Nichols, U. Frank M. Cum- * % mings, the well- | * MR. CUMMINGS 5 known chief clerk . at the Palace 2 Ll % Hotel, was made « THE RING. « the vietim of a practical joke the other day that momentarily caused his heart to cease beating and that made his patent protected smile look like 30 cents in a fog. Mr. Cummings has a fondness for jewelry, and he is the pos- sessor of a rare collection of gems. Lat- terly he has developed a penchant for diamond rings, and to satisfy this crav- ing, and at the same time try his luck, he has been investing in tickets, ranging in price from 5 cents to $2, which he holds as chances on a very fine and costly dia- mond ring which is to be raffied off. Mr. Cummings has about fifty of these tickets of the §2 kind, for he does nothing on a cheap basis. He has made it a rule to In- vest in these tickets whenever the idea occurred to him, and the idea has bobbed up in his mind several times a day. Last week two of his friends walked care- lessly up to the counter in the hotel, and pretending not to notice Mr. Cummings, who was studying the register, they began to comment on the fact that it was a shame that the person who had the ring in his possession had skipped the town with over $1000, the proceeds from tickets sold, and the ring as well. Mr. Cum- mings, as soon as he caught the drift of the conversation, immediately lost four pounds in weight, had a nervous chill and swore at a bell boy. Visions of fifty tickets worth just fifty snaps of his deli- cate fingers filtered through Mr. Cum- mings’ mind. His dreams of the beautiful solitaire vanished, but he did not lose his wits. Oh, no, on the contrary he began to look out for number one with a great degree of alacrity. Presently Mr. Cum- mings was seen to go up to a friend who also desires to win the aforesaid ring. He had his fifty tickets with him, and these he quietly offered for sale at § cents on the dollar. He explained his desire to dis- Ok % % % L * % %0 L pose of the tickets by saying that he had recently joined the church, and that he | did not believe in the Iottery system; | that it was a wicked, pernicious habit, and that he had decided to turn over a new leaf; in fact, he stated that he was going to turn over several new leaves. He was just about to consummate the deal with his friend when the joke was sprung on him. Yesterday he was seen to buy another ticket. W. H. West of the Thatcher and Prim- rose minstrels, with his wife, is at the Grand. Mrs. J. A. Brown, Miss Arnold and Miss L. E. Burns of Portland are at the Occi- dental. ‘Willlam H. Buckeley, James Campbell and John R. Mills of Hartford, Conn., are at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. T. Regan of Boise City are at the Lick. Mr. Regan is a promi- nent capitaliste Commander George C. Reiter, United States navy, who is the lighthouse in- Spector at Portland, is at the Occidental for a few days, Thomas Hill, the artist, whose paint- ings adorn many of the best art collec- tions of the world, is in the clty, sojourn- ing at the Palace. He passed the sum- mer at his Wawona studio, and will soon leave for winter solace at Coronado Beach. ———e——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—T. Downey, wife and daughter, of San Francisco, are at the Holland; Wililam E. Gunn of San Francisco is at the Hoffman; Dr. Wil- liam E. Hopkins of San Francisco is at the Manhattan; S. E. Simons of Sacra- mento is at the Windsor; W. 1. Doyle of San Francisco is at the Grand. ————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.—Judge Ma- guire arrived in Washington to-day. He will leave for New York to-morrow to spend the holidays. George Gregg of San Francisco Is registered at the Riggs House. —_—— WITH ACTORS AND MUSICIANS Already the coming of Rosenthal, the great pianist, is attracting the attention of the concert-goers. He will give three recitals in the Metropolitan Temple Tues- day and Thursday evenings, January 3 and 5, and the following Saturday ofter- noon. The prices range from $1 to $3 and the sale of seats opens next Tuesda Sherman & Clay's. A “A Parlor Match” finishes the Colum- bia Theater engagement with the Sunday night __performance. West's minstrels open Monday with Carroll Johnson, Tom Lewis, Charles Ernest and Jose, the counter tenor, in the company. : Daniel Sully in e Contractor” closes at the California Saturday night, giving Way to the return engagement of Nance O'Neil and the Rankin Company. Miss O'Neil will osen' the week with Suder- mann's “‘M. continuing that power- ful play for the first four n%ghts and de- votlnfi the next three to “‘Guy Manner- n her first ap- “Ingomar’ is d the Sunday wm!“.q' farewell will be given to “Oliver “The Yellow Dwarf"” is a strong holi- day spectacle at the Tivoll. Scenery, cos- tumes and livel, 5 Diefe,and lively specialties are theé nota. A Bunch of Keys” plays all this week at the Comedy, retiring M fav of “A Romance of ogn }?3335:."'" e Golden, the monolo, card at bill s gist, is still a strong the Orpheu up to thae mnm and the rest of the “"gu‘zflgx." ‘A farce that Roland Reed ay, is making out a good week at the Alcazar. Next week's holiday at- traction will be Hoyt's “A Midnight Bell.” The “Uncle Tom's Cabin” revival at Morosco’s is attracting the usual crowds. e ——— Keep Golden Gate Open. The Merchants’ Association has sent to the Board of Supervisors a protest against a proposition now pending before the Street Committee to curtail the boule- vard of Golden Gate avenue by opening to heavy traffic two blocks between Van Ness avenue and Gough street. The a clation contends that this is unneces for heavy traffic is permitted on Elm nue, half a block north. The protest con- cludes: “We fully believe that the best interests ¢ San Francisco require at least one di- fect main thoroughfare to Golden Gate Park that should be kept in good condi- tion and free from heavy traffic. The bou- levard of Golden Gate avenue from Van Ness avenue to Devisadero street should be preserved for this purpose, and we earnestly request that your honorable committee will report unfavorably upon ! this objectionable resolution. —_——ee———— Best French candy, 25¢ per poung. Stearns’ Candy Kitchen, moved to 1148 Market street. ——————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR-G. X. M. As Christmas and New Year's day will fall on Sunday, the legal holid: will be observed on the following Monda THE FIFTY-FIRST IOWA—A. H., City. The roster of the Fifty-first Towa Volu teers was published as a private ente prise, consequently it cannot be adver- tised in this department. CHRISTMAS FPRESENTS — Stenogra- pher, Oakland, Cal. The matter of giv- ing Christmas presents is one of individ- ual taste. A stenographer is at liberty to give presents to her employer and those who are her companions in the office if she feels so inclined, but if she does not it would not be considered “a breach of eti- quette.”” It is not customary, but some- times employers are moved to make a present to employes in appreciation of services in addition to the salary paid. 1f the firm or others in the office should offer the stenographer one or more gifts at the glad Christmastide she would be very rude if she did not accept such. —_————— Townsend's, 627, Palace. Closed Sundys.® —_ e e—————— Popcorn, 3 quarts 10c. Townsend’s. e e 1 and 2 canes in box, 10c box. Townsend's — 11b chewing candy in box, 2ic. Townsend.® —_— e 31% 1bs in han Our famous broken can 3! 2 fc. Townsend's. * some Japanese basket, The best Xmas present: Townsend’s Cal- ifornia Glace Fruits, 50c, in_ fire etched boxes or Japanese baskets. €27 Market st., Palace Hotel building. = Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mm:h gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. e Thousands of packages in 15, 1, 2, and 10 pounds of Townsend’'s Califor: glace fruits, 50 cents a pound; all ready for shipping. Send your orders and w can ship for you at reduced rates. & Market street, Palace Hotel. > 3 Sanborn, Vail & C ecial holiday display this week is attracting universal attention. Itis a grand display of mod- erate priced goods, every article of which is suitable for a Christmas present. The store decorations are also unusually bril- liant and especially appropriate to the occasion. d Little Brother—I don’t think I care much for that book. Little Sister—Why not? Little Brother—Grandma says_it's in- structive as well as amusing.—Puck. R e No Christmas Table should be without a bot- tle of Dr. Slegert's Angostura Biiters, the fin- est appetizer, imported from South America. —_————— The Customer—What! Ten dollars that vase? The Clerk—Oh, no, mum. the tag we leave on when we Real price, fifty cents, mum.—Judge. or That's just nd it ADVERTISEMENTS. A useful gift is the most sensible gift to make, and if it is lasting, too, it’s all the better. Furniture ! What’s more elegant than deep, rich, gorgeous carving —the carved chair above, for instance ? For hall or for any nook or corner you want to enrich and beautify. Or, for some friend you want to make very happy on Christmas. A pretty bit of upholstery | (good upholstery) makes a Christmas gift mosg pleasing. Our upholstery is our own make, the frames are of our own finishing—that mirror- | like polish, you know. | There’s a worldful to pick :from and more a-making— but come early, for you know the most-wanted things go first. Open Evenings. California Furniture Company . (N. P. COLE & CO)) Sl 117-123 Geary St. Mattings