The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1899, Page 6

..JANUARY 12, 1899 THURSDAY.. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS...... .. 2I7 to 231 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1§74 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is | served by carrlers In this ety and surrounding towns for I5 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per montb | 65 cents. 1 THE WEEKLY CALL, 18 pages ..One year. by mail. $I | OAKLAND OFFICE 908 Broadway | NEW YORK OFFICE .. ..Room 188, World Buildin, DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (. €.) OFFICE... Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE........... Marguette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcatative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o%Tlock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2201 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 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 Man From Mexic nhead Wilson." Columbia - Calitornia— i Dwarf. Mornsco's iry Minstrels, Orpheum eville, “omedsy Tom's Cabin.' orilla Man, Vaudevilie and the Zoo, Corner Mason and Ellis streets, Speclalties. Racetrack—Races To-day. | | y Hali-Gerome Helmont, Violinist, 'ruendny“ AUCTION SALES, { 3 | Madison & Burke sday, January at 12 o'clock, ate, at 626 Market st THE BLACK LIST GROWS. HEN The Call published y 4 list of the men who had so far forgotten Burns for | | sterday morning | W Adgress Ali Communicahiony W;. | at first a doubt, but Gage reiterated the statement, nor tc keep down fires, even in the driest seasons.” | | to be fair; | poration, every organized enemy of the people. GAGE PERSONALLY AFFRONTED. HE new Governor of the State may not realize Tthat he has placed himself in a position which to any other man would be embarrassing. He had declared that a vote cast for Grant for Senator would be regarded by him as a personal affront. It was not a proper thing for a Governor to say, and there was seemed to know that he had violated any canon of | good taste. Now the Governor has been affronted. He has been affronted by twenty-eight Republicans. They have dared to vote for the man for whom, with an ar- rogance unparalleled, he had forbidden them to cast a ballot. True, Jilson recanted and went over to Gage's man Burns, but the executive will had been defied, the executive temper ruifled, and whether Jilson will be able to find his way into the sunshine of executive approval remains to be decided. The value of bask- ing there is a problem, anyhow. If to secure the benediction of the Governor one must be a Burns man, and receive the condemnation of the honest peo- ple of the State, the happiness can hardly be worth the price. Twenty-eight personal affronts constitute a con- siderable dose. As an antidote is the comforting fact that twenty-five members of the Senate and Assembly have indorsed Burns, the man who is backed by every corrupt influence of the State, from the gam- blers, headed by Gunst, down to the railroad com- pany, which draws its inspiration from Huntington through the instrumentality of Herrin. He has on his side the telephone company, every swinish cor- Let him be consoled. Those who fear the wrath of the Governor are naturally trembling. Those who re- | gard his blows as the taps from a distended bladder are watching with interest to observe the fall of his vengeance. Can it reach beyond the haughty stare and the portentous frown? Are honest legislators to be swept from public life by a scowl or chased into seclusion by the hostile squeak of the gubernatorial boot? Because the Governor entertained a distaste for one member of the Associated Press he had caused every paper in California great inconvenience. It is not im- proper to remark that this distaste was mutual and that there is a cheering prospect of its remaining so. Nevertheless the retaliation was too comprehensive it was on the Chinese system of punish- ing not alone the offender, but all his relatives and themselves as to vote for Dan a United States Senator, there was reason to suppose | associates. If he carry the same scheme into effect the black array complete. | among the legislators none will escape. He will de- Nobody dreamed that any other member of either | vastate both houses as a malady, and the tombstones House would so far forget his honor, his duty to his | erected over political ambitions will gleam white and | : as to voluntarily sign the | terrible under the searchlights of history, a warning ituents and to society con rolt of dishonor, Yet Jilson of Shasta has done this. | to the indiscreet statesman not to monkey with the He has bartered his reputation for a vain hope, and | has joined the forces of Burns. There is not much The only necessity is to publish the black Here is the | to say. list again, adding to it this new name. list as it now appears: SENATORS. - Bettman, San Francisco. Burnett, San Francisco. Hoey, San Francisco. Laird, Shasta. Leavitt, Alameda. Shortridge, Santa Clara. Wolfe, San Francisco. ASSEMBLYMEN. Arnerich, Santa Clara. Barry, San Francisco. Beecher, Shasta. Cobb, San Francisco. Devoto, San Francisco. Dibble, San Francisco. Henry, San Francisco. JILSON, Siskiyou. Johnson, Sacramento. Kelley, Alameda. Kelsey, Santa Clara. Kenneally, San Francisco. Lundquist, San Francisco. McKeen, Alameda. Miller, San Francisco. Pierce, Yolo. Rickard, San Francisco. Eugene Sulllvan, San Francisco. There is no pleasure in adding to the catalogue of political infamy. What may have been the induce- ment to Jilson to annex himself to the number al- ready branded matters not. The fact appears that he has done so, and no explahation will in any measure shield him. ple of the State. peradoes of politics. He can expect no forgiveness, and he has cut himself off from the possibility of favors. Perhaps the list will grow, but space is ample. ery man who joins the Burns forces shall have ad- vertising free. It has been said from the beginning that whoever switched to the tenderloin gang after the first vote would be regarded as’'worse than the Jilson is first. " Next! original lot. STILL DRIVING N@ILS. HE Examiner is in a bad way. It has osten- T atiously ceased to publish the news. On Tues- day it omitted Senator Hoar’s great speech. Yesterday it catered to domestic taste in two pages on Sharkey’s victory, and deciared editorially that it was “first not only in news, but in fiction,” from the Just clause of which assertion there will be no dis- sent. It failed, however, to print any portion of Sen- ator Mason's splendid argument against imperialism, which, even in the Senate Chamber, excited the ap- plausé of spectators and received the congratulations of the Senators. By this time the world has read the ance of that argument, but not in the columns of the Examiner. Young Mr. Hearst is evidently very busy driving nails, which he supposes to be pass ing through the American flag, but which in reality are:tightly closing up his own journalistic coffin. The Examiner still continues to call attention to the. claim of being the only paper in a position to give all the Sacramento news, but neglects to back ithis up by giving the news. There ought to be an understanding with the next Arctic explorer that the relief business had been played out. He ought to provide himself with a self- rescuing apparatus. .According to a dispatch Mrs. Charlotte Smith is again on the warpath in behalf of the “sex to which she. belongs.” Which sex is that? 1f Grant is to be beaten, a“tégrettable feature of the case will be the chance it will give Gage to crow. He has defied the warnings of the peo- | He has cast his lot with the des- | I buzzsaw, a silent and lasting testimonial to the awful- ness of the implacable wrath of a Governor in war paint. Gage has twenty-eight marked for slaughter, but it | is to be hoped that he will spare the twenty-five inno- cent lambkins gamboling and bleating at his heels, himself their guiding star, and Burns the gentle shepherd with more than onhe crook. THE SOLANO MURDER MYSTERY. HILE our contemporaries are seemingly in- Wcapable of doing more than report the Sena- torial contest at Sacramento or prize-fights in New York, The Call, without neglecting either of these things, and while giving them all the space their news value requires, carries on extensive work in other fields and gathers for its readers all the news of the day. A striking illustration of this was shown yesterday when The Call scored an important scoop by giving a full account of the arrest of William J. Miller, charged with the murder of Daniel H. Wilson, an | aged rancher of Solano County, whose tragic death constituted one of the most mysterious crimes that have puzzled detectives. With the report of the ar- rest was given a full account of the crime, together | with the testimony which directs suspicion toward the arrested man. The crime was committed in October, 1896, and for two years the authorities worked in vain to discover the assassin. Step by step, however, the trail was fol- lowed, and one by one facts were discovered which when taken together form a strong chain of evidence against Miller. The Call, in its wide search for news, Jearned of this evidence, and was therefore prepared tc give the whole story to the public as soon as the climax was reached by the arrest of the suspected man. The story was unquestionably the most important | Californian news item of the day. It throws light upon one of the most mysterious crimes of recent years and discloses facts which promise to bring to justice the perpetrators of the deed. Its publication by The Call, while no other morning paper had it, is another of the many illustrations given of late of the superiority of The Call's news service over that of all of its competitors. THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS. Y the appointment of a committee to urge upon [ ') the faculties of the State University and of Stanford the establishment of a chair of for- estry in each of these institutions the State Board of | Trade has taken action upon a subject of vast and in- creasing importance to the people of California. The time has come for us to do something for the | protection of our forests, and one of the important steps in that direction is to provide for scientific edu- cation on the subject. A liberal provision has been made for such study in New York at Cornell Uni- versity, and a large area of forest land has been placed at the disposal of the faculty so that the experiments may be carried out upon an extensive scale. Califor- nia has an even greater need than New York to pro- | tect her forests, and ought, therefore, to be at least equally vigilant in preparing to do so. In the current number of the Atlantic Monthly President Eliot of Harvard, in an article on the “De- structive and Constructive Energies of our Govern- ment,” after pointing out how much more money is expended for war purposes than for the development, mprovement and protection of our industrial re- sources, makes a strong plea for a comprehensive system of forest preservation, and notes that the ex- i perience of other nations has already demonstrated that well managed national forest reserves not only pay their expenses but yield a revenue. “Any one,” says President Eliot, “who has trav- eled through the comparatively treeless countries around the Mediterranean, such as Spain, Sicily, Northern Africa and large portions of Italy, must fervently pray that our own country may be pre- served from so dismal a fate. Tt is not the loss of the forests only that is to be dreaded, but the loss of agricultural regions now fertile and populous, which may be desolated by the floods that rush down from bare hills and mountains, bringing with them vast quantities of sand and gravel to be spread over the lowlands.” The experience of all lands shows that the protec- | tion of forests is one of the most important charges THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY JANUARY 12, 1899 krest'mg upon the governments of civilized people. In | our own country very little has been done either by the nation or by States to fulfill the duty this respon- | sibility imposes. We have not even protected the forests from wasteful fires, though, as President Eliot says, “the experience of Canada has proved, under conditions analogous to those which exist in our own territory, that forest guards and patrols can do much In the meantime, while the importance of forest | protection is being urged upon the States and upon | the nation, it will be well for our universities to be- gin to give scientific education upon the subject. Sooner or later the work of forestry will have to be | undertaken on a large scale, and there will then be needed men who understand it. When that time comes it should not be necessary for us to have to send abroad for experts to take charge of the work. | We should have the men at home. Berkeley and Stan- | ford, therefore, should begin the training as promptly as possible. Tporfing Burns for Senator are perhaps in that hardened condition that makes them insensible to the greatness of the trust which their action be- trays. | It is the practice of some of them to say that Burns | must be “vindicated” against the abuse of the press. | This is idle talk. It would be far better to point out | anything untrue that is said by the press. Every word | published in The Call about Burns is taken directly from the public records. His default as County Clerk of Yolo County and as Secretary of State is a matter of public and judicial record. His arrest and convic- tion of crime in Mexico are of judicial record there. Who will arise in the Legislature to deny these records or explain them away? The legislators who feel no aversion for such a| record, and who propose to send to the United States | Senate the man who made it, are assuming the gravest | | of responsibilities. The safety of the public funds,} the money of the people, depends upon the honor | and honesty of a large number of fiduciary officers. When the duplex infidelity of Burns to a like trust is | condoned by sending him to the Senate, the safety of every dollar in public custody is imperiled. If the people of California treat the embezzlement of public funds as so light a thing as not to bar the officer re- | sponsible for it from election to the United States Senate, any latent germ of dishonesty in every such | officer is quickened into life. The honest man in an office of financial trust feels that the line between him and the dishonest man has not merely been sponged out, but that whatever high reward is in prospect is easier within the dishonest man’s reach. The guar- dians of public morality feel keenly the consequences | A TRUST BETRAYED. HE members of—Exe Legislature who are sup- | | | i {of such action as the support of Burns. They feel | | that it is a distinct discouragement of personal and | | official honor and honesty, and encouragement of de- } | falcation, embezzlement and theit in public station. | It is not abuse of a candidate for the Scnatorshipj | to publish his record. But it is abuse of the legisla- tive office to brazenly support a man whose record Iiwhen so published reveals a career of official and ‘ | business dishonesty. Will the list of such legislative | [ betrayers of a trust grow longer or shorter as the bal- | loting progresses? Will the ranks of those who pro- | pose to glorify the embezzlement of public money and | approve the rank betrayal of official trust increase or | diminish? Will those who propose to put the Repub- | lican party in a position which it cannot defend, ! and which will defeat it until the foul act is forgotten, | stand by the position they have taken, or will they :sa\'c the honor of their State, the credit of their party | and their own names from infamy by retreating while there is yet time? EVASIVE BEEF CONTRACTORS. S was to have been expected, the testimony of fl army officers concerning the vile nature of the refrigerated beef furnished to the army during the Cuban campaign has roused all the great meat- | packing houses of Chicago, and they are now busy in | putting before the country a vast amount of evidence | tending to prove that their meat is altogether whole- }some, and that even when it looks bad it is really | good. One of these gentlemen, in referring to the report of the army inspectors that much of the meat fur- nished the troops had “a green beard” on it, said that | the wholesalers who supplied the best hotels in Chi- cago received an advance price for “aged” beef after it had accumulated the “beard,” and that beef was | better in every respect after being aged. The state- | ment will no doubt be something of a surprise to the | patrons of the Chicago hotels, and is calculated to | increase the consumption of bacon and other forms of meat that do not grow a beard before being served. It is further asserted that the Secretary of Agricul- ture, in order to relieve the strain on the trade, pro- poses to make an investigation of various brands of refrigerated beef sold in the American market or pre- pared for export. The object of his investigation is to prevent as far as possible any injury to the meat trade, honestly conducted, by exposing that which is bad. | That some action of the kind is necessary is not to | be denied, for already the disclosures made concern- |ing the “embalmed beef” have seriously affected the | demand for refrigerated beef, and officials connected | with the Department of Agriculture are quoted as 1saying: “The attacks made on the beef, even if not | sustained, will cost the meat interests of the country |an amount equal to the entire war, and furnish ma- | terial in the future for the opposition of those coun- | tries which have been all along fighting the admission of American beef products.” All of these investigations tending to relieve our | | b will have the approval of all classes of the American people. It must be borne in mind, however, that they do not affect the issue raised by the reports from the army. It has not been stated that all refrigerated beef is bad, but that the beef furnished for the troops was bad, and that issue is not to be met by evidence | showing that Chicago hotels prefer to have beef with a beard on it, nor by further evidence that as a rule the beef is good. The testimony of General Miles and his officers is that the contractors supplied the troops at Tampa #nd at Santiago with beef that smelled like an em- balmed body, that it tasted bitter and foul, that when | boiling it emitted a sickening odor, that the troops cotld not eat it, and that large quantities of it were dumped into the sea because it was worse than no food at all. That outrage against the army is one the American people will not condone merely for the sake of hush- ing up a scandal against the beef trade. We are a commercial people, it is true, but we are also a pa- triotic people, and are not going to permit a white- wash of contractors who in their greed and reckless- nese were willing to poison hundreds of soldiers by supplying them with vile beef when these same con- tractors were being paid high prices by the Govern- ment for good meat. —————— All that the people of this country can learn about Dreyfus is that they cannot learn anything about him. eef trade of suspicion are excellent in their way, and | 1 | a | interest, INPROVEMENT IN THE WORLD OF REALTY Records Show Advancement. an MANY SALES ARE NEGOTIATED ADVENT OF RAIN BRINGS UNI- VERSAL ENCOURAGEMENT. A Glance at the Records, New Build- ing Contracts, Recent Sales and General Random Notes. Realty during the past week has shown perceptible signs of improvement. Sales, although not unusually large, are becom ing more numerous and are showing a tendency toward greater values. Probably the greatest encouragement that could possibly come to both city and country property-owners is the recent rainstorm. It has revivified the crops, which means a prosperous year to farm- ers and the ultimate payment of mort- gages. Although the real estate interests | in the city will not experience, to the same extent, the beneficial results, still it cannot possibly help showing an im- provement. According to.the monthly real estate cireular of Thomas Magee & Sons the total number of mortgages for this city during the year of 1898 was 2602, with an | aggregate value of $10,154,734. The savings | banks, according to the same authority, | loaned $,325,281 on city real estate during the year and released morigages thereon amounting to $6,229,618; the net amount loaned by them over the releases was therefore only $2,09,663, or, if what the three banks loaned is counted, it amounts to about 340,000 each per month only of new money. As quoted from the circular the number and value of the real estate sales made in the city and county of San Francisco in the year 1568 only with a total value of $10,747,104, against 3215 sales of the | value of $12,993, REVIEW During the mortgages and in 1897. OF THE RECORDS. past week there were fifty-three trust deeds recorded, amount- ing to an aggregate value of $207,020. For the same period thirty-two releases and reconvey- inces Dassed to record in the total sum of 78,017 The principal trust deeds and mortgages are as follows: By the Hibernia Savings an: Loan Society to Ellen W. Nichols, $3000 for obe year at 6l per cent on property in the Western ‘Addition block 353, 37:6 by north 127:8 by the German Savings % and Loan Society to John and Ada M. Hinkel, | $40,000 for one vear at 7 per cent on property in the 0-vara block 244, situated on the south- east corner of Leavenworth and Jackson streets, south 37:6 by east by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to Christian, Christlan H. Westphal, §: 613 per cent on property Catarina and ,000 for one year at in g0-vara block —, the 100 block 3§% and the Western Addition | block situated, respectively on the south- easterly line of City Hall avenue, 200 feet southwest of City Hall square, on the south- westerly line of Bixth street, 75 feet southeast of Brannan, southeast 100 by southwest 80, and the southerly line of Fell street, feet east of Plerce, east 5 by south 137:3; by the Hibernia_Savings and Loan Soclety to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, $30,000 for one year at 6% per cent on property line of Eddy, 76:3 situated on the northerly feet west of Scott. The principa) rele; recorded as follow: es and reconveyances were Fram_the Hibernia S situated on the northeast | corner of Pacific avenue and Pierce street, east | !4;"\:‘0. and will be reappointed again to- | da | Mr. Bldwell & one of the Blx Four, which quartet Includes ex-Mayor Swift, | | George R. Davis and Mr. Lamar, For | | elght years Commissioner Bidwell was a | member of the City Council as an Alder- | man, and he served continuously oa the | Finance Committee, At present he is here | | for his health. He will leave on Sunday for the south. Mr. Bidwell is at present engaged in the coal buginess in Chicago, where he Is at the head of one of the largest wholesale houses In that eity. On his arrival here he was entertained at the residence of his brother. He pleasant conversation and excep! | ably well informed on all subjects. | —_—————— | AIDED HELPLESS CHILDREN. | Splendid Record of the California Humane Society Last Year. The annual meeting of the California | Saciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to | Children was held yesterday and the foi- lowing trustees and vice presidents were | elected: Trustees—Charies Sonntag, B. P. Flint, George A. Newhall, A. Roman, C. | E. Worden, John A. Shoobert, John F. | Merrill, L. F. Monteagle, Francis H. Pit- man and G. Palache. | A. B. McCreery, Lloyd Tevis, James B. | Hogan, Alvinza Hayward, D. O. Miils, Ol- exander Boyd, Levi Strauss, John D. Thompson, Thomas Magee, L. H. Swee- ney, W. B. Burrell, William M. Plerson and' John R. Spring. The report of Secretary Parnell showed convictlons, 93; children nlaced in institutions, 322; placed in families, 197; cases referred to charitable institutions, 67. To-day the trustees will meet and eleet the officers prosecutions " | relfeved, 1429; | ing year. 'STANFORD PARLOR EVOLVES A NEW IDEA |JOHN J. LERMEN AT A BANQUET | TALKS OF THE FUTURE. | Pleasant Gathering of Natives That | Followed the Installation of Officers. Stanford Parlor No. 76, Native Sons of the Golden West, has evolved a new idea | with a view to bring itself and the other Natlve Sons into deserved prominence, and that idea was publicly announced last Tuesday night at a banquet given after the Installation of the following officers for the present term by District Deputy Grand President L. W. Cobble- dick, assisted by Henry Lansing, D. D. G. P., as marshal: John J. McCarthy, past president; D. A, Curtin, president; Will- | lam A. Deane, first vice president; Will- | iam H. Dick, second vice president; Will- iam F. Humphreys, third vice presiden | Fred H. Jung, recording secretary; Joseph G. Cox, financial secretary; Frank Ecken- roth, treasurer; Willlam D. Hynes, mar- shal; E. H. Hammer, outside sentinel; T. | F. Noonan, outside sentinel; Judge Frank | H. Kerrigan, J. J. Lermen and A. F.| Schleicher, trust ; Dr. A. H. Glannini, Dr. A. R. Bryant, Dr. Charles Clark, Dr, | H. Kugler, Dr. Alfred McLaughlin and Dr. Fred B. Sutherland, surgeons. At the banquet there were present about : 150, including several specially invited guests. Dr. A. H. Glannin! was introduced | by President Curtin as toastmaster, and | after a few well-chosen words by way of | introduction proceeded at once to call upon those who had been selected to re- | spond to sentiments, giving the members and guests an opportunity to partake of the good things laid before them and at the same time listen to oratory, for within | its membership Stanford Parlor has a number of ‘“natural born speakers.” Occupying seats of honor near the toastmaster were Sheriff H. Martin, grand treasurer of the order and a prom- inent member of the parlor, physically and fraternally; GTEH(? Secretary Lun- Vice presidents— | ‘h'er Eldridge, Willlam F. Whittier, P. B. cornwall, H. L. Dodge, F. A Hihn, | George C. Perkins, John P. Jackson, Al- the following business was attended to last vear: Complaints received, 1011; in-| vestigated, 972; children Involved, 2071; and attaches of the society for the cnsu- | | AROUND THE CORRIDORS. F. H. Grant of Singapore s registered at the Palace. F. A. West, a wine man from Stockton, is at the Palace. W. R. Carithers, a merchant of Santa Rosa, isat the Lick. Attorney A. C. Huston of Woodland is | staying at the Grand. | William B. Trowbridge of New York is ! a guest at the Palace. ‘ R. M. Mestress of Monterey 1s regis- | tered at the Occidental. H. A. Morrow and wife of Sydney guests at the Occidental. Mrs. C. D. Edinberg and child of Syd- are at the Occidental. W. K. Parsons and C. T. Lake are at the Occidental. State Senator S.,N. Androus of Pasa- dena Is staying at the Palace. Ex-State Senator C. C. Voorhels of Sut- ter Creek is a guest at the Palace. H. Praed and James Paterson, both of London, are guests at the California. Mrs. Spencer Ashlin and Miss Isabel Ashlin, of London, are at the California. Douglas S. Cone, a banker and large | land-owner of Red Bluff, is at the Pal- | ace. F. C. Berry, E. E. Bush and Frank Keller, miners from Selma, are staying at the Lick. E. D. Olmsted and wife of Spokane are at the Lick. Mr. Olmsted is the Mayor of Spokane. E. S. Moulton of Riverside, who deals extensively In oranges, is registered at the Palace. James A. Kennedy, a business man of Honolulu, was among the arrivals yester- day at the Occldental. W. C. Heffelfinger of Los Angeles and W. J. Heffelfinger of Stockton are among the guests at the Grand. Lieutenant Colonel A. N. Sandilands, of the British army, who has been sta- tioned for some time in India, arrived at the Palace yesterday. He is merely tour- ing for pleasure and will shortly return to India. Corporal Norman Lewis of Company C, First New York Regiment, returned yes- terday from Honolulu on the Mariposa with thirty-three men of the regiment. They will at once proceed to their homes in the East. Signor Roma, Minister from Guatemala to the United States, arrived yesterday on the Colon from Panama. He was ex- tended the courtesies of the port. Minis- ter Roma will at once proceed to Wash- ington to assume his duties. Captain Hooper of the United States revenue cutter Hugh MtCulloch, brings the disappointing news that when Admi- ral Dewey returns to this country it will be by the way of the Suez canal. The admiral wishes to avoid the long sea voy- age that he would have to take if he re- turned via this city. Lieutenant Horace S. Rumsey, Company L, First Missouri Regiment, is a guest at the California. Lieutenant Rumsey is no longer in the service. He has served in the National Guard of Missouri for seven vears. During the last war he was on the staff of Colonel Edwin Batdorf. He was in camp at Chickamauga and from what he has to say it is evident that the men at Chickamauga were subject to the same trials that aroused so much comment re- garding Camp Merritt. —————— are | n Tuttle of Salt | | | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—James A. Pearce of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. J. Irving Crowell of Los Angeles is at the Imperial. ————— e ANCIENT ORDER FORESTERS. On Wednesday, January 4, Court Twin Peaks installed the following officers for the current term in Twin Peak's Hall: E. | McDonough, P. C. R.; W. B. C, Carpen- ings and Loan Soclety to Isidore Merle, §8500 stedt, Judge J. E. Barry, John J. Lermen, | ter, C. R.; A. Cairns, S. C. R,; A. Smith, on property in Mission block 2, situated on the | secretary of the Yosemite Commission: | F. S.; W. T. Pelvin, R. §.; W. T. Ham- westerly vn;‘ngr % bhnlm{\};’x‘ “("25- }—.Ie\'emh | President Curtin, District Deputy Cobble- | mond, T. J._Clinton, 8. W,; F. A. Ir- Hivernia, Savings and Loan Soviety to Mary b, | Gick, Past President McCarthy, District | vine, 'J.” Wi 'W. M. 'Tench, 8. B. L. Taylor, $§100 on property in Western Addition | Deputy Hy Lansing, Past President J. | Fletcher, J. B.; P. Koppen, F. W. Duifer, blocks ‘830 and S44, situated respectively on the = W. Lewls, C. H. Stanyan and Dr. W. H. | W. L. Marden, F. Heigel and D. H, Wul- northwest corner 'of Clay and Locust streets, west 68:9 by north 127:8%, and the southerly Iine of Clay street, 105:4 feet west of Cherry; from Robert W. W. Crvan by Henry Matthew, attorney to Emma F. and Frank L. Parker, $14,500 on property situated on the southeast corner of California and Powell streets. NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS. Westerly line of Taylor street, 137:6 feet south of Turk, west §2:5 by south 45:6—All work for an electric elevator, except studding, lastering and metallic lathing; owner, Michaei Heffernan; architect, T, J. Welsh; contractor, | W. L. Holman; cost, $2i5. Northerly line of Green street. 12) feet east of Buchanan, east 25:4% by north 100—All work for a two-story frame building (flats); owner, Nathan Corinson; architect, Henry Geilfus: contractor, W. Horstmeyer & Co.; cost $3145. MERCHANTS DENOUNCE EXAMINER METHODS SCORCHING RESOLUTIONS BY THE GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION. The Yellow Sheet’s Position on a Certain Bill Scored as Dis- honest and Contrary to Public Welfare. Long and emphatic were the denuncia- tions of “Examiner methods” indulged in by the members of the Retall Grocers' Association at their annual meeting held last night at B'nai B'rith Hall. Over a hundred of the leading grocers of the city were present, and each man had a com- plaint at the way in which the Examiner had lied about the purport of the bill the | Grocers’ Assoclation, together with the Butchers' Board of Trade, intends to pre- sent to the present Legislature. The general .opinion, as expressed by many members, seemed to be that the Examiner was seeking to gain a little fake prestige by working on the symps thies of ill-informed people with fals statements as to what wished. The followin mously adopte Whereas, the Examiner has that the Retall Grocers' Assoclation and the Butchers' Board of Trade are working for the passage of a bill to revive the infamous prac- tice of imprisonment for debt; and, both as good and loyal citizens and from self- we would be the first to oppose a resolutions were unani- falsely stated measure that would tend to brand & man as a | criminal because of poverty and that would | take away the wage-earning capacity of the | poor man; and whereas, a man unable to pay his_bills' through misfortune or otherwise could not be imprisoned and would not be a fected in the least by our bill; and wherea: the bill we are urging would only tend to e force payment from those who can pay but will not, and is now working to great ad- vantage in the State of Massachusetts; and whereas, the Examiner, by Its false and will- ful misstatements of what we ask in our bill has inflamed the minds of many unthinking | and {ll-informed people with the result that our labor in securing ‘the passage of this bill will be made greater; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Retall Grocers' Assocla- tion condemns the position of the Examiner as being: First—Dishonest, in that it true purpose of the law. Second—Contrary to the public welfare in that it champions the cause of dishonest peo- misstates the | ple who use the present lax laws to escape the payment of their bills; and be it further Resolved, That the retail merchants ali ower the State be urged to withdraw their support from this sensational “paper which, to gain temporary prestige with ill-informed people, denounces us for. attempting to do an evil act we never contemplated and loudly boasts of its friendship fo rthe people in herolcally defend- ing them from a peril that does not exist; be it_turther That while we favor advertising, we. protest against the methods of this mal dorous example of the ‘‘new journalism, which seeks to gain some little advantage for itself by sacrificing the welfare of the mer- chants of the entire State. Commissioner Bidwell Here. J. E. Bidwell and wife of Chicago are at the Palace. Mr. Bldwell, who is a brother of Police Sergeant Bidwell of this city, is one of the most prominent citi- zens of Chicago. He is one of the three Commissioners of Rallroads and Ware- | Hobart Estate Company and against houses. He was appointed two years ago | Evan Williams for 000 and interest, bv Gavernor Tanner to this important | being on a note issued on June 14, 1895, the merchants | whereas, | Seiberst. i After an overture of popular airs by the | orchestra W. W, Finney favored with | vocal selections, winding up with “Just | One Girl,” all_present joining in the | chorus; Past President McCarthy re- | | sponded to *‘Our Coming Celebration | and called attention to the fact that the members of the parlor had subscribed to a fund to make a first-class showing dur- ing the celebration in 1900; that the mem- bers were paying their subscriptions in installments, and that he felt sure that Stanford Parlor would be a shining mark in the grandest demonstration ever | planned in California. A quartet composed of W. J. O'Brien, C. Hanley, Ben Tarbox |and F. K. Thompson rendered several | choice selections, after which Mr. Lermen rxp'lvalned “The Future of Stanfoyd Par- or. . It was in substance that the parlor has appointed a_committee consisting of the | speaker as chairman, Rudolph Herold and | Henry 8. Martin to arrange for the re- ception in the future of persons promi- nent in art, science and literature by the parlor so as to give them an idea of what the Native SBons are as an organization, and in that way place the parlor on a high plane and at the same time extend the fame of the order beyond the con- fines of the State. The speaker said that Leland Stanford, from whom the parlor took its name, had, by his interest in the cause of education, established a world wide fame and that there was no reason why the parlor in branching out into a | high field should not become famous. Then followed responses to toasts bg' District Deputy Cobbledick, Henry S. Martin, Judge Barry, Grand Secretary Lunstedt and W. J. Demartini, the pres- | entation of a handsome diamond-set | badge to retiring Past President Lewis, | a clever skit in verse by W. | who supplemented with™ stories, and a bright quarter of an hour with Judge Kerrigan, who, called upon to respond to “he Ladies,” told many witty things, but never once referred to the toast sug- gested by the toastmaster. iGOOD NEWS FROM THE PLAYHOUSES| The coming week promises a great deal | | in the way of comic opera attractions. At | | the Columbia our old friend, Frank Dan- | tels, whom we have yet to greet as a| comic opera star, opens a season, during | | which he will produce “The Idol's Eye” | and “The Wizard of the Nile,” both com- posed by Victor Herbert and both East- ern successes of the first rank. Not to be | | behind hand, the Tivoli will open the | new week with “The Wedding Day,” a | comic opera by Jullan Edwards, com- | poser of “Brian Boru,” that was played | for two seasons in the East by the Liillan Russell-Della Fox-Jeff de Angelis | Company. In the meantime Willie Col- | lier in “The Man from Mexico” is crowd- | ing the Columbla, and ‘“The Yellow Dwarf” is furnishing a good run at the Tivoll. One of the best of the American plays of local color is “Pudd'n-Head Wilson," which I8 receiving a careful production in the California at the hands of Edwin Mayo and_his_excellent company. The | original “Yon Yonson" comes next week. “The Magistrate” is doing well at the Alcazar, and will give way M“ndzrl‘: to | the long-’melsed production of *“A Tem- perance Town.” The Comedy Theater is offering “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” with the John F. Stowe Company. Gottlob and Marx have the | house next week and offer ‘‘Tennessee’s Pardner,” an attraction originally billed for the California, but now unavoidably side-tracked on account of the Baldwin fire. The Hi Henry Miunstrels finish a fort- night's run with the Sunday night per- formance, after which Morosco's closes for repairs. Papinta, in her dazzling dances, and | Barton Hill and other legitimate players in a one-act farce are the stellar features of a good Orpheum bill. | Big Judgment Entered. A default judgment was ordered en- tered by Judge Belcher in favor of the | son, C.; Hynes, | 0. S. | an zen, trustees; and W. C. Jamison, auditors; Soper, physician. ‘ourt Oak Grove on the night of the election of its officers initiated three can- didates and recelved two applications. This court will give its anniversary ban- quet in February. The officers of Court Sherwood Forest were installed last week by the board of deputies. The same night the officers of Court Star of the Misslon were installed by the same officers. & The board of deputies, assisted by the high chief ranger. Max Boehm, installed the officers of Court Mazzini, and after the ceremony there was a banquet. This court has 135 members, and $1000 its treasury. Tahhe ri{i h Court officers installed the officers of Court America last Friday night in Mission Masonic Hall. —_———————— THE JUNIORS. California Commandery will hold high jinks on the 17th inst. when the third de- gree will be conferred. A committee is making arrangements for the comman- dery jubilee in February. Monroe and Yosemite councils have ap- pointed committees to arrange for a vale entine perty to be given in February. Gran(f Lecturer Squires of San Jose will lecture on ‘“‘An American and Hig Coun- try"’ before Logan Council on ‘the 20th m(s}teorge A. Custer Council at {ts meeting last Tuesday received two_applications, after which the following officers were in- stalled for the ensuing term: Gilbert- son, C.; P. Thomas, V. : O. M. Bul- lock, A. R. 8.; Ray Felton, W.; H. Rem- : E. M. Feiton, L. S.; B. F. Rowe, . A letter from a member of the council named Waters now at Manila was read and listened to with interest. S e Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsends.* J. Ernest, W. D. Marden Dr. J. H. in (e} ———— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 * ———————— Witcherly—They say Mrs. Dick- become very economical. Larrison—Yes, she's carrying it to Xtreme, it scems to me. I hear that ohe's even trying to get her husband to whiskers grow, so as to save bills.—Chicago News. 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