The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1899, Page 6

; { : THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1899. —— RSDAY THUF JANU. ARY 26, 1809 V‘VJOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propnetor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Teiephone Main 1865. | EDITORIAL ROOMS..........217 to 92| Stevenson Street | Telephone Main 181, | 15 CENTS PER WEEK. | & cents Including Postage: ay Call), one yea: Call), € months. 11), 3 month: DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Coples, y Mail, DAILY CAL coples will be forwarded when requested. AMUSEMENTS Planka, the “‘Lady of Lions.” er Mason and Ellis streets, Speclalties. -day Concert Friday evening, January 27. le—Piano Kecltal Monday evening, Feb- AUCTION SALES, day, January 27, at 13% Market . Rugs, etc. n & Co—Monday, January 30, at 12| . at 14 Montgomery street. | GAS LEGISLATION. ATOR HALL has introduced a bill in the e gas companies. The to discipline d for gas ot been tested t ed through meters which have | meter inspectors appointed by the | iorities ot cities. It further fixes the | as at $1 per thousand cubic | igh this provision does not apply to any but e first class, which means San Francisco. or Hall ectec price for cities o | Se < bill in providing for the supervision | y be heartily commended, and sornc{ E 1 be framed; but it is useless for him | to try to fix the price of gas by legislation. Ex- trated that compet: is the | that will in the long run regulate the as well as other corporations. | Senator Hall's bill should pass the gas com- | i uid place themselves in the | 1 occupied by the railroads, which in no event | nds. Should a test case be brought before the Judges wor say that regulation must | and if a corporation does not pay ges cannot be regulated, because I without dividends is unreason- of gas g such 1 nce has demorn ion immediately ver, in connection with gas enator Hall might very prop- | It is the custom of the cor- | co, at least, to exact deposits not authorize any such it inferentially discoun- and threatening the able to get their de- | s, they take advantage of the | nce of their patrons to cinch them. This thing | have no xact security for their bills than the es, railroad companies or street car the consumers of gas do not pay, off. Thus a complete consumers. to abandon this ure and substitute for it a bill for- rge for setting, up would be constitutional besides meet- rge numbers of people who led to disgorge by the gas word t to be stopped. The gas compa THE STANFORD UNIVERS]TY BILL. SITY asks of the State TANFORD UNIVE < d of a ional amendment the founding of the university and h it was endowed, the grant of powers to the trustees, and incidentally n of the university grounds and buildings | X ion. ill be with surprise the people learn that this | s borately provided for -by Stanford ntenance of the university is at this late day supposed to be defective. It is said that good orities are of the opinion the trust is of doubtful legality because it goes beyond the provi- ons of the constitution and in some respects does; not conform to the enabling acts of 1885 and 188;7. It is added that in the judgment of these authorities the | 1 to avoid trouble and make secure to the | the great property with which it has been | endowed is to adopt the proposed constitutional | amendment. | In addition to the confirmation of the trust as it ds, Stanford asks that further powers be conferred | upon her trustees so that they may accept donations | of property wherever situated. That is of importance | because it is believed Stanford’s brother, who re- | sides in Australia, may devote a considerable portion | of his large estate to the endowment of the great | university which will stand for all time as a monu- | ment of the Stanford family. | That fa- all is well enough. Whatever defect there may be in the act creating the trust under which the | niversity is maintained should be remedied. Itsj legality and validity should be placed beyond a doubt. | The request for the exemption of grounds and build- ings from taxation, however, raises another question | altogether. Stanford is not a State institution. It was founded for the purpose of perpetuating a colos- sal private fortune, and is so devised that its huge | landed estates can never be sold. It is conducted, moreover, like any private school | for the benefit of its trustees and faculty. That the | benefit is no greater than they merit is true, but| there is no reason why the property on which the benefit rests should be exempt from taxation any more than any other school, college or institute that | is conducted for individuals or corporations and not for the whole public under State control. | There are a good many institutions of merit in California fully as much entitled to exemption from taxation as Stanford University, Moreover, they are not so rich as that institution and not so able to pay. Neither do they hold in the dead hand of a trust any | of those large estates in land the existence of which is adverse to the general welfare. The grant of the pro- posed exemption to Stanford, therefore, will open the door for similar requests from all sorts of institutions, many of which may be just, but it will be difficult to shut the door again before gross abuses come in. lega Jf Quay wants sincere condolences forwarded by wire he has only to request Burns for them. Call | and its screams when its own fingers were hit. | denly that noise ceased, and, for a ‘considerable time, | been long excluded, and which | parently to force his recognition. | United States a man, twice President, who has passed THE EXAMINER'S ST. VITUS DANCE. HE Examiner started its “national policy” by demanding the election of W. J. Bryan to the Presidency in 1806. It was soundly beaten. In 1808, during our war with Spain, it ‘“expanded” quite rapidly, but the next definite phase of its “na- tional policy” was the advocacy of the fusion ticket on the fusion platform, the object of which was to deliver this State over to the socialistic element in the Democratic party. It was again thoroughly beaten. Aiter the election it resumed the expansion business, | and has passed through the successive phases, with intervals betweeen them, of hysteria and epilepsy. During its epileptic condition the only sound the community heard from the Examiner for weeks was its hammer driving nails through the American flag Sud- the “national policy” subsided. We had begun to hope that, under the treatment of The Call, which in other directions had proved so efficacious, the Ex- aminer was being restored to health, or at least that its principal disease had been arrested. But appear- ances were deceitful, as they oiten are in that class of disorders which are accompanied by mental aberration. On Tuesday last the “national policy” burst loose with all the previous symptoms, to which was added a new complication that resembled St. Vitus dance. We fear that the latest devel- opment presents a hopeless case. “We now de- mand,” says the Examiner, in the blackest of black type, of the largest size, “the government of our new | territories as integral parts of the country, according to the American idea.” It seems, therefore, that we are now to take the Philippines, as American terri- tory, to be converted into States. This “American idea” that has aroused the Examiner to an insane fanaticism, only equaled by the Mohammedans in a holy war, is the most convincing proof of its mania that we have yet discerned. There is not an expan- | sionist in Congress who has dared to suggest the ab- sorption of 0,000,000 or 10,000,000 of Filipinos, 300,000 of whom are nominal Christians and the remainder pagans and polygamists of various Asiatic types, into the American nation. Still less has the | dream of the State of Manila filled the diseased imagi- nation of any advocate of annexation, however ex- treme. The Examiner alone has reached a condi- tion so acute that it burns to include the Chinese, the Malays, the Mohammedans and all the various sub- divisions of Asiatic barbarism that composs the popu- lation of the Philippines, in the strong embrace of | American nationality. The immediate occasion of this last frenzy was a letter sent by W. J. Bryan to an anti-expansion meet- ing in New York that was addressed by Bourke Cochran-and received a sympathetic communication from Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Bryan lately has kicked | over the “national policy” traces by trying to sub- stitute anti-expansion for free silver at 16 to I as an issue in 1000. ~ Naturally he has temporarily found himself in some good company, from which he had would doubtless exact from him sincere penitence and a period of total abstinence from political ambition before he would be restored to complete fellowship. But the Examiner. having modestly characterized Senator | | Hoar of Massachusetts and some other leading Amer- ican statesmen who oppose imperialism as “old rannies,” is now driven into an ecstacy of blended madness and terror by the “delectable companions,” as it terms them, upon whom Mr. Bryan desires ap- If there is in the into history as the foremost modern exponent of American Democracy, that man is Grover Cleveland, whose name and whose character are respected, even while his political ideas are opposed, by the Repub- lican party. This gentleman, together with Senator Hoar, Professor Sumner, Carl Schurz, Edward At- kinson, Andrew Carnegie, all of whom are named by the Examiner, and a host of other orators, statesmen, thinkers and scholars, who maintain Americanism and resist imperialism to the death, would undoubtedly, in a true sense, prove to be “delectable companions” for Mr. Bryan or any other persons whom they might honor by their society. But they are spitefully re- pudiated and ostracized by the Examiner, which, having worn out the nailing process, is now deter- mined, to re-employ an expression of Oliver Wen- dell Holmes we used a few days ago, that its exclu- sive “national policy” “shall go clattering down the corridors of time like a tinkettle to a dog’s tail.” Clearly the Examiner is past aid from any Ameri- can physician, and is unable to retain upon its stom- ach even broken doses of the constitution. We ex- pect soon to write the epitaph of its “national policy.” A QUESTION FOR THE PEOPLE. ENATOR BRAUNHART has done well in S presenting to the Legislature a joint resolution directing the Governor to insert in his next general election proclamation a clause calling upon the electors to declare their wishes upon the ques- tion of so amending the State constitution as to pro- de for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. The issue has been long discussed, and it is full time to submit it in a definite form to the supreme authority in the State. The evil results of contests iu the Legislatures over the election of Senators have been noted for a considerable period, and they are increasing in extent and magnitude. At the present time there are grave scandals over these contests in such widely separated States as Delaware, Montana, Pennsylvania and Nevada. It is hardly necessary to review what is going on at Sacramento. The evils of these contests, as The Call has already pointed out, include not only bribery by money in some cases, and by the debauchery of the public ser- vice by the promise of political patronage to un- | worthy persons in others, but also the trading of votes on appropriation measures for the sake of win- ning support for candidates. Indirectly there is in- volved the delay in the transaction of legislative business, which never fails to result in the neglect of important work that ought to be undertaken. Out of these scandals there has come a demand for a change in the mode of electing Senators which is as widespread as the Union itseli. An amendment to the national constitution has been strongly urged as the only possible remedy for the evil. It is, how- ever, a difficult task to accomplish an amendment of that kind. California need not wait until the whole Union is prepared for the reform before she under- taies it for her own relief. 1i the people of California desire to work out their own salvation in the matter a method could be de- vised by which the electors would vote directly for Senatorial candidates, and then the Legislature on assembling would have nothing to do except to ratify the popular choice and proceed at once to a consideration of State affairs. The reform would begin its good work by eliminating the Senatorial issue from the contests for seats in the Legislature, and candidates in the various districts would not be chosen because they are for or against a particular aspirant for the Senate, The whole elaborate system of bribing or bullylng legis- lators to espouse the cause of a candidate for the Senate would be at once destroyed. The argument upon the subject is virtually hansted, for it has long been discussed and every phase of it fully presented. No good reason can be assigned, therefore, for any further delay in submit- ting it to the people. It must be left to them in the end, and the next general election will be a good time to take a preliminary vote on it. IMPERIALISM. ex- THE SHADOWS OF ONGRESS in its declaration of war against C "Spain last year said: “The people of Cuba are and ought to be free and independent.” The news dispatches from Havana January 24 say: “Gen- eral Rabi, with 1500 insurgents, has taken to the hills in Santa Clara in defiance of American authority. They will be followed by a force of United States cavalry and persistently pursued. Rabi is a full- blooded Guantanamo Indian and a hard fighter. The same general method will be observed by the Ameri- can forces as has been followed in dealing with the Indians on the plains and mountains of the West.” The Manila dispatch of the same day said: “Aguin- aldo’s authority is generally recognized. Every available male is being recruited, and arms depots are being established at large towns. There are 30,000 Filipinos under arms.” A Washington dispatch of the same date says: “There are three factors in the Philippine situation which are forcing the President to action. First, Aguinaldo’s hostile attitude and the constant growth of his army; second, the danger of smallpox on board the transports, which are the prisons of Miller’s expedition to Iloilo; third, the danger of recogni- tion of the Philippine republic by foreign Gowvern- ments, especially Germany and Spain.” In the local new columns of the San Francisco press of the same date appeared the petition of six hundred parents of volunteers in the First California Regiment, now in the Philippines, asking the President to send them home, which declares: “And whereas, long detention in a tropical climate is undermining the health 'and spirits of many of our best young men who gave their services to their country when hostilities were actually pending, to be called home is the most ardent wish of almost every enlisted man in said regi- ment.” The purpose for which war was declared was com- pleted with the Spanish surrender. The above news of one day is an exhibit of what has followed our abandonment of that purpose to enter upon a career of conquest. The object of the Cuban revolution was indepen- dence of the Cubans. The object of the Philippine revolution was independence of the Filipinos. The Porto Ricans did not revolt and had no desire to change from Spanish sovereignty. We have assumed to them all the attitude of a con- queror and not that of a deliverer. Perhaps at this moment our troops are in the mountains of Santa Clara province slaughtering the patriot band of Rabi, or being slaughtered. We have stepped into Spain’s shoes in Havana and Manila and have taken up her fight against the aspirations of the people for inde- pendence and nationality. Rabi has done in Cuba just what Maceo and Gomez did, has adopted the same military tactics which he and they used against Spain. When Spain was the victim of their methods patriotic passion was torn to tatters in Congress and in the press of this country in ascribing to their acts the highest motives that can actuate the lovers of liberty, and they were ranked with Washington. Now Rabi’s resort to the mountains is called, in the dispatch, “brigandage,” and it is added that we propose “to show what United States soldiers can do to suppress it.” The Cubans seem to have exchanged King Log for King Stork. Over all hovers the declaration that “the President feels he cannot wait much longer upon the Senate. Instructions will be sent to Admiral Dewey and Gen- eral Otis to either withdraw Miller's expedition or to assert the supremacy of the United States, peace- ably if possible, forcibly if necessary.” The constitution says: “The Congress shall have power to declare war.” Has it declared war against the Cubans and Filipinos? They each have organ- ized governments and a military force equipped with arms. What right has the President to declare war against either? Going to the speeches made by Platt and other imperialists, his authority is discovered in their declaration that the constitution of the United States applies only to the States of the United States. This misapplication of a dictum of Mr. Webster is used by the imperialists to cover the use of autocratic power by the President outside of the States of the United States. That is to say, within the Union he is a con- stitutional President; outside, under a policy of con- quest and imperialism, he is an Oriental despot. He is President at home, but Emperor in Cuba and the Philippines. If Rabi is followed into the mountains of Santa Clara, and force is used in the Philippines, we will have crossed the Rubicon, and in that dark future that stretches from the further shore are the sighs and tears of many times six hundred parents praying that their sons be saved from the destruction wrought by a tropical climate. A citizen of Massachusetts before death made the request that he be buried sitting upright in a chair, and his wishes have been carried out. There is nothing unique in this. The Speaker of the Assembly is dead, and buried under a load of disgrace. Mose Gunst, Commissioner of Police for Burns and by Gage, testified that he had only sent one mes- sage to the Mexican, and this in relation to the ill- ness of Mr. Tobin. It was simply a subordinate’s re- port to his superior. . . s Wardell, a Democrat, was seated by a Republican Assembly without dissent. Mr. Wardell had the ad- vantage of having been elected, but this is not always sufficient to overcome the partisan favor of a ma- jority. ool Mr. Wooten of Texas wants to secede, and there does not seem to be anything to hinder, but he must never get the idea that he can take Texas with him. An English scientist thinks that the earth is not round, but has four faces, or two more than some of the politicians operating at Sacramento. Assemblyman Merrill thinks newspaper men are fools. So far as developed this one thought repre- sents the limit of his mental capacity. From a Grant point of view, Governor Gage is guilty of ingratitude, and Grant seems to be proving his case. A bill of moral good health, issued by Burns for Burns, and O Ked by Mose Gunst, is chiefly valuable as a curio. Eagan is hardly consistent. He says that he did it, and yet isn't guilty, Patti ls now engaged in a farewell bridal tour. paying for the horse. Justice Hill's court. P®OPO0P0P0 P0P090P0®0P0®0O days.—Truckee Republican. .00000000000000000000000000000000090000000009000?0005 o @ WRIGHT WRONG AGAIN H x @ o 8 Howard E. Wright, Speaker of the Assembly, who has gained so g much unenviable notoriety by his peculiar political methods, recently had b o Last summer he was sojourning at Lake Tahoe for a time. He hired g a horse from the Truckee and Tahoe Stage and Livery Company which g he kept for some time and returned in such a condition that its use o He then left without g The company brought suit against him for $6¢ in g He made no answer to the action and judgment O This occurred in the past few g 3 @ M&0904#0 9040 $0& 090900 OOOODOOOO@O@O@O@O@OOO@O@O@O@O@i | his name in the Truckee Justice Court. for the rest of the season was much impaired. was entered against him for the amount. WHAT DOES MR. CRAIG REPRESENT? To the Editor of The San Francisco Call: The.irrepressible Hugh Craig, ex- president of the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce and president of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, has addressed a memorial to the Con- gress of the United States, urging that the proposed Hanna-Payne shipping bill be amended to include protection for agriculture by a bounty on exports. Hugh Craig states that he is glad to note that an effort is being made for the protection of shipping. In this he intimates the necessity for such pro- tection, but he then proceeds to petition Congress to kill the efforts for shipping protection by tacking on an agricul- tural bounty feature, which itself was killed during the past two years by an absolutely irrefutable proof that our agricultural products do not need a bounty, as witnessed by the enormous prices realized for farm products dur- ing the past two years. During a sea- son of low prices for grain it seemed to some that it would be advisable, as a possible solution for bringing the farmer out of his rut and to enable him to lift his mortgages, to grant him an export bounty. However, before the public could be educated up to such a radical measure one good season came along and wiped out over 50 per cent of the mortgages, and they are gradu- ally being wiped out ever since. Does not this prove to any sane man that Providence aids the farmer without the necessity for legislation granting boun- ties? Does Providence work in such a direct manner in behalf of shipping? Not at all. Shipping can only be ob- tained by legislation, but nature, which fortunately is not controlled by poli- ticians, regulates the crops of the world and each year creates many millions of new mouths to feed. New markets also are constantly forming, and the rise of the farmer is inevitable; nothing but a holocaust can stop it. He did not need a bounty in 1897; nor in 1898; nor will he need it in 1899. But where does our shipping stand? On the ped- estal of disgrace. In everything have we progressed but in this. Has not our recent war taught us a lesson—not enough vessels to move a few thousand soldiers without disrupting our trade; and, while those who have the sense to see the folly of our lack of shipping have framed a bill to enable us to take our place on the ocean, there is no lack selfish minds de- of of those short-sighted, who would defeat the object by manding legislation the absurdity which has been amply demonstrated. Mr. Hugh Craig quotes Mr. Cramp. | the eminent shipbuilder, as advocating the policy of a bounty on foreign ex- ports. This occurred in 1895, when the granger element was conspicuous, and | for the ship-owner it appeared to be a question of part hog or none. What sense is there in the argument that it would be better for the American farm- er to pay tens of millions of dollars an- nually to foreigners products to market? Mr. Hugh Craig claims that if Americans are helped to | build and operate vessels it will cause the farmer to pay higher freight rates. Did protection to steel rails make the railroads pay more for their tracks? Possibly it did for a short while. but how did it soon result, and what is the outcome to-day? Will not protection to American shipping eventually result in | the same lessening of the cost of trans- portation? Let American ships obtain a grasp | on the ocean carrying trade; they will | not always require a bounty in order to hold it, and they will not now. or at any time, if granted protection, in- crease the cost one iota in the carriage of farm products. The farmer prosperous, for that neighbor's pros- perity is essential to his own. Let us have ships. Let us have to spend in this country the millions which we now lavishly pay out to foreigners. Is it asking too much? We have thousands upon thousands of unemployed. Will a bounty to farm- ers on grain help these people? Not at all. What is needed is the upbuilding of new industries that will furnish work for the idle, and there is no grander achievement to be praved for than the restoration of the United States to its former position in the ocean carrying trade. Absolutely es- sential to the prosperity of the farmer | are consumers, and the more consumers there are the better for the farmer: but these consumers must have new in- dustries created for them, and the ag- riculturist should not be jealous of legislation for such purposes, It is pertinent here to ask Mr. Hugh Cralg whom he represents in memori- alizing Congress. Is he authorized by the Trans-Mississippi Congress to re- vive the old issue of bounty on exports, or does he use the title of president to make more effective his own particular views? F. S. SAMUELS. REAL ESTATE 15 STEADILY - PROGRESSING Big Sale of the F. A. Schwartz Property. MOST IMPORTANT OF THEYEAR IT INVOLVES THE ESTIMATED PRICE OF $100,000. A Complete Review of Realty Rec- ords, New Building Contracts, Recent Sales and Gen- eral Notes. Rapid development still characterizes the world of realty. Everywhere, both in the city and thgpughout the State, a marked improtement is reported in real estate. In addition to the increase of sales property is recelving a better price than formerly, which fact alone conclu- slvely proves that the period of business stagnation that has characterized the market for many months has been sub- stituted by a healthty condition of pro- gression. In the local market the present week was commenced with the negotiation of one of the largest sales that have been recorded for nearly a year. The sale con- sists of the property on the northerly line of Ellis street, fifty-five feet west of Jones. It comprises an area of 52:6 feet by 120 feet. Erected upon it is a five- story brick building which runs the full length of the lot, terminating at the small street that runs directly in the rear. The property was bought through the agency of A. M. Speck & Co. by L. H. Sly from its former owner, F. A. Schwartz. The estimated price paid for it is $100,000, which was given partly in cash and the exchange of other bulldings owned by Sly. The interest on the investment is said to be far greater than that usually paid on property of this kind. Building operations during the past week were greater both in number and value than those recorded during the pre- ceding seven days. Many contracts were let for the erection of buildings in nearly every section of the city, which indicates a genernl improvement and dissipates the old theory that building is destined to be restricted to but a few favored districts. Mortgages for the week were fewer in number and value than those recorded during the entire last quarter of the past year. During the week there were fifty-nine mongu‘fes and trust deeds recorded, amounting to an aggregate value of $158,~ 771. For the same period fifty-two re- leases and reconveyances passed to record in the total sum of $184,470. The principal mortgages and trust deeds are as follows: By the Mutual Savings Bank to A. 8. Baldwin, $3000, for one year at 63 per cent, on property in Western Addition Block 238, situated on the south- erly line of Washington street, 70:10 feat east of Buchanan, east 33:4 by south 100; Richard M. Hotaling to. J{an de an aria de L. de Steyes, Louis D. and An- el(Sle de L. de Poleniere and Romaine . e Boon, $16,000 for two_vears at 7 per cent on property in the 5-vara block 69, situated on the northerly line of Clay street, 97:6 east of Kearny, east 70 by north 108:9; by Ferdinand Reis to Robert D. Cunningham, $6500 on eroperty in the 50-vara block 241, situated on the south- east corner of ashington and Reed streets; by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to Julla McSweeney, 38690 for one year at er cent, on property in Misslon Block 100, situated on the southwest corner of Thirteenth and San- chez streets, west 80 by south 100. The princlpal releases and reconvey- ances PI to record follow: From the Mutual Savings Bank to A. S. Bald- ‘win, ?10,500 on property in the Western Addition’ Block 238, situated on the south- erly line of Washington street, 70:10 feet east of Buchanan, north 33:4 by south 100; from the Humboldt Savings and Loan So- ciety to Mary Fletcher %)er, $25. property in the 50-vara block 140, on the northerly line of Bush st feet east of Powell, east 70 b, :6; from N. Dusenbery and L. Dusenbery to Samuel and Bertha Brodek, $24,000 on property in the 50-vara block 311, situated on the easterly line of Larkin street, 43:0 feet north of O'Farrell street; from the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society (o Da- vid Woerner, $23,000 on property in the Mission Block 47, situated on the soutn- west corner of Fourteenth and Harrison streets, west 300 by south 264. NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS. Southerly line of Oak street, :1 feet south 1 west of Lyon, west 2 by south 100; all work for a two-story frame building; owner, Louis Friedlander; contractors, Wilson & Long; cost, $33%5 Northeast corner of Polk and Eddy streets, east 55 by north 120; all work ex- cept plumbing, painting, concrete, cement, mantels, etc., for a three-story frame bufldln%; owner, O. D. Baldwin; architect, E. J. Vogel; contractors, Petterson & Persson; cost, 316, Southwest corner Third and Howard streets, south 23:3 by west 75; all work except plumbing, gasfitting and sewer- ing for the changing of a two-story brick and frame b\uldin§ into a_ three-story structure; owner, John F. Boyd; arc! tects, McDougall Brothers; contractor, John H. McKay; cost, No. 814 Market and 11 Ellis streets; all work for alterations and additions and repairs; owner, S. B. Korn; architect, A. J. Barnett; contractor, W. Paterson; cost, $5254. g Southwest corner of Steiner street and Broadwaj all work except plumbing, brick work, etc., for a two-story frame residence; owner, J. Swigert; architects, Wolfe & McKenzie; contractor, Charles L. Williams; cost, 5. Easterly line of Powell street, 85 feet south of Geary, south 52:6 by east 77:6; lathing, plastering and cement work for additions and alterations to a five-story frame building; owner, M. A. Dorn; architects, - Shea & Shea; contractors, Floodberg & McCaffery; cost, $1430. Tenth avenue, between I and J streets; all work for a two-story fire engine house owner, city and county of San Francisco architect, C. R. Wilson; contractor, C. F. Sherbley; cost, $5750. Southwest corner of McAllister and Fillmore streets, south 62:6 by west 8§7:6; all work for alterations and additions to three two-story buildings; owners, Geore H. and Emma Wellbrock; con- tractor, Andrew Christensen; cost, $8440. UNDER THE HAMMER. The following property was sold and disposed of by the firm of Easton & Ei- dridge vesterday noon at public auction Residences at 1935 Clay and 2321 Jackson streets; flats at 30 Bernard, 112 and 114 Welch and 1419 and 1410% Sanchez streets; investments on Church street, near Twen- ty-fifth, and on Hunt street,' near Third; a Richmond cottage; a house in the M sion and five building lots on Dev street, near Fillmore. : Many auctions are announced by the va- rious firms for the near future, among the most important of which will be the | disposal of a number of good realty bar- gains by the firm of G. H. Umbsen & Co. on Monday, January 30. RANDOM NOTES. It has been rumored that Reid Bros. the architects have beenemployed by W liam G. Irwin to prepare plans for the stone mansion to be erected by him on | Pacific Heights. The cost of the building is as yet unknown. The realty firm of A. M. Speck & Co will remove to the Hearst building on the first of next month, The Sleigh Hotel, in the town of Dixon, | has been sold to Mrs. L. B. Jelmini the estimated price of $15,000. Mrs. Dr. J. ¥. Morse has let plans for a building fo cost $10,000 on the southerly ine of California street, between Pierce and Scott. Mrs. H. C. Junge has made a declara- tion of a homestead on the property on the southeast side of Folsom street, 150 feet southwest of Fifth, and Mrs. N. Wil- lard one of $5000 on the property on the south line of Post street, 137:6 west of Franklin. A grain ranch of 308 acres, well im- groved. near Plymouth, Amador County, as been purchased by Mrs, A. C. Sleigh from Mrs. L. B. Jelmini for $15,000. Bovee, Toy & Sonntag were the brokers in the transdction. The trustees of the Free Public Library are looking for a building in the vicinity of South Park for the accommodation of a branch library. for 0000000000000 000¢ The Sunday Call, 82 pagdes. delivered at your home by mail or carrier for 8150 a year. Sub- seribe for it, b4 L 4 L & R 4 ® ® ® ® 9000000000000 0000 0 9000000 rather than to| Americans for the transportation of his | has | nothing to fear in seeing his neighbor | . | nila. AROUND THE CORRIDORS J. E. Richmond of Hanford is at the Lick. F. G. Baker of San Jose Is at the Cali- | | fornia. § | Attorney A. E. White of Stockton Is at the Grand. R. von Gember of Berlin is 2 guest at the Palace. A. Coblentz and wife of Seattle are at the Palace. J. Holeman of Spoka the Palace. G. A. Batsford of Visalia Is registered at the Grand. Banker E. McLaughlin of San Jose at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. James Swan of Pasadena are guests at the Occidental. Rev. Charles Hitcheock and wife of San | Rafael are at the Occidental. J. A. Chanslor, a prominent miner of | Los Angeles, is at the Palace. Colonel J. H. Hardin, with his wife and daughters, is at the California. E. K. Sheldon and wife of Colfax are guests at the Grand. attee, a merchant of Valley is a guest at the Grand. roprietor of the Highland istered at the Grand. ne is registered at | | | | | | § | is CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | NEW YORK, Jan. 2%.—M. R. Higgins ot | san Francisco is at the Imperial. Miss J. McCormick of San Francisco is at the | Gilsey. —————————— | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | WAGES—M. M., City. This department does not answer questions in arithmetio, As to how much money a man would b entitied to within a stated time is ona o | simple addition. PACKAGES FOR SOLDIERS-R.F., City, and Mrs. C. D., Petaluma, Cal. If packages of moderate size are sent to the quartermaster, U. S. A, corner of Jessie and New Montgomery streets, San Fran- | cisco, they will be conveyed to soldiers at | Manila by the first transport that leaves. | Address a communication to the official | named before sending the package. PAY TO SOLDIERS—F. and others, An= | gel Island, Cal. There never has been | an order authorizing any one in the Nae tional Guard of the State of California | to say to members of the National Guard | when asked to volunteer into the ser- | vice of the United States that the men | so voiunteering would be pald $2 a day | by the State until mustered into the ser- | vice of Uncle Sam. ~There never has been | an appropriation for such purpose. There | 1s_some talk of the Legislature being { asked to make an appropriation to cover { Just such cases, 1 — | STEELHEAD TROUT-N. C. Northk | san Juan, Cal. The Board of Fish Com- | missioners have issued bulletins from which the following is taken in regard to the ‘*steelhead trou “Certain fish found in Eel River, in salt water, during | the month of September, ranging from | one-third of a pound to one pound, were | sent by the commission to Professor ! David S, Jordan, president of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. He pronounces the young trout — ‘steelheads,’ salmo | gairdmeri, Richardsons.” In another bulle- tin there is: ‘‘They correspond more | nearly to the salmon trout than any other of our American species, The name sal- | mon trout is promiscuously used for all sorts of large trout or small salmon, but if any fish on this west coast is entitled | to this name it is the ‘steelhead.’” The | term steel head is applied to a species of large trout or small salmon that is dis- |fingul=hed by the fact that its head has | the appearance of bright, shining steel. | WEDDING ETIQUETTE—H. U., City. This correspondent asks in her letter of | inquiry: “I am going to attend a wedding very soon—very private. There will not ! be any one present but the two principals | and witnesses, two in number, the mar- riage to take place out of town. What I want to know i¢: Is it proper on an occa~ | sion of that kind for the groom to wear white gloves while going from the car- | riage to the parlor of the minister who is | to perform the ceremo or to the church in which the ceremo shall be per- formed? Should. the bridesmaid remove | the glove from the hand of the bride in order that the ring may he piaced on it, | or should the bride elf remove the glove? Should the bride appear without jewelry other than the engagement ring? {7 On an occasion of that kind the groom | should wear gloves, the color under the | circumstances g a matter of taste. | The bridesmaid is not called on to re- | move the glove from the hand of the | bride. The bride usually has the ring finger | of the left hand glove cut off, and slips it on the ring finger, after having put on the glove, so that at the proper time she can take the glove finger off to allow the ring to be placed on the finger. The bride { should always wear the engagement ring. { The bride should not make a display of jewelry at a wedding, private or public. — ee———— | Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsends.® ! —_———————————— | _ Special informaticn | business houses and public men b; | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. | supplied daily to the ont- &) ey Your name stamped in gold letters fres | of charge on any of our fine leather goods. | We are leaders in pocket-books, trunks | and valises. Sanborn, Vail & Co., T Market street. . e e | 0dd Fellows’ Jubilee. 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