The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1899, Page 6

6 THE SAN Che FRIDAY. seesssersen..... JANUARY w7, 1809 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e S L T s Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. R e et i PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868 | EDITORIAL ROOMS..........2IT to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Sirgle Coples, B cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year. $6.00 DA CALL (including Sunday Call), § months 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 3 months 1.50 SEUNDAY CALL, one year 150 KLY CALL, one v < 1.00 sters are auth ceive subscriptions. ples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE. +rererees--.908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.........Room 188, World Bullding DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE... C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE..... vuss Marquette Ballding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Represcntative. SRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clcy‘ | open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until | ©:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. €15 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 iisslon street. open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1506 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. A LOAFER GOVERNMENT. 'N OTHING is more suggestive than the low dudgeon of the Examiner at the suggestion of “Irving M. Scott for the Senatorship. The Examiner is appalled and views with alarm in advance the possibility of a great ship-builder hav- ing a seat in Congress, because that body legislates in matters affecting his business and provides for con- tracts on which his firm may bid. This is a bald proposition to exclude from Congress everybody who has any near or remote interest in the processes of government. Every statute is liable to go before a court for construction, and out of the incident litigation a lawyer gets a fee. | Therefore, lawyers in practice must be excluded from Congress. Manufacturers are directly in- | terested in revenue legislation, and are, there- fore, ineligible. Merchants have a stake in the same legislation, and are outlawed by the Examiner theory. Physicians have a remote interest in legisla- tion affecting their profession and must not sit in Congress. If ship-builders must stay out, so must ship-owners, and a farmer is ineligible because he is concerned also in revenue legislation. Since the in- terstate commerce law was declared constitutional no one interested in transportation can legislate. A news- paper owner cannot go to Congress because the Gov- ernment contracts for advertising in the press. It will be seen, therefore, that the new rule of the Examiner excludes everybody except loafers who are not manufacturing anything, nor producing, nor buy- ing or selling. It turns government over to the idle, who have no stake in the property, business or indus- tries of the country. ENTS e's Pardger.” >lanka, the “Lady of L r Mason and Ellis streets, Speciaities. | s To-day ! ert Friday evening, January 27. le—Piano Recital Monday evening, Feb- 1323 Market ry 28, at 1l & m.; “January 3, at 1| gomery ' street. Hon. William Alvord e of Mayor of the city he jevoted a notable f of his closing address i Supervisors to a statement concern- n in process of construction, and declarations which to-day | r t has been fulfilled. ting the progress made in the work on the ring that year Mr. Alvord said: “I feel 1d that it will be a lasting disgrace to the nd splendid a pile in the small the o large ally grow up around it. The lots fronting the hall on Market street was I 10uld sible, be corrected by re- before any improvements are made > whole space between the hall and Mar- eet should belong to the city and be converted ns and gardens, thus making a beautiful es- y edificce now being t cities of Europe power and money ved in our time to remove unsightly and clear the way for fine views of and other architectural monuments. It is le defiance of experience and taste for young city to build up obstructions and to hide s public hall as if ashamed of it. v in this, as in all other particu- hould look to the future—should be calculated se the beauty and spaciousness of a metropo- destined to be the second in America.” The warning of that statement has been fulfilled. f inferior buildings hiding the view of the 1l from Market street have been constructed. e to the city has been accomplished. It ins to be seen whether we will be content 1 that disgrace or to remedy it. There never 1 time when the desired lots can be repur- d more cheaply than now. This, therefore, is The City Hall park is needed and should be provided without delay. No other muni- cipal improvement is more important or more press- ing than this. fl Call of the frauds by which the Pacific Bank was wrecked, a suit has been brought in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to recover from Moses H. Sherman a large sum of money alleged to belong of right to the bank and its de- positors. As set forth in the report from Los Angeles, the complaint of the plaintiff asks for an accounting of 25,500 shares of stock in the Los Angeles Consoli- dated Railw and alleges that in 1889 the bank and Sherman. were equal owners of the stock in question, which was of a par value of $2,550,000, and constituted 51 per cent of the capital stock of the corporation. The complaint continues that in November, 1892, Sherman represented that the road was in financial distre s authorized to borrow $150,000 and ,500 shares of stock as security for the st pretentio to act. @ SUIT TO RECOVER. S an outcome of the exposures made by The loan The bank now alleges that this transaction was not undertaken by Sherman in good faith, but in order to gain personal control of the stock, which was in 1804 exchanged by Sherman for other stock and bonds worth $500,000. The bank now claims half of this sum on the ground that Sherman holds it as trus- tee. Representatives of the bank regard this sum as the proceeds of the half interest of the original block of stock. Judgment for $275,000 is asked for. Since the case is now in the courts for determina- tion, The Call has no desire to comment further upon the evidence which was brought out in the startling i es made of the wrecking of the bank. These s were made by The Call, however, mainly for pose of bringing to light facts upon which just uits as the one instituted could be safely based. the desire of The Call that the depositors 1 be able to recover something from the wreck of their fortunes by the spoliators of the bank, and the ction undertaken in the Los Angeles court promises to aid the fulfiliment of that desire. B — Judge Treadwell seems to have about the correct idea as to the nickei-in-the-slot device which does so much gorging and so little in the way of dividends to the investor. Hangman Lunt may console himself with the thought that while he has lost his job, it was not a particularly pleasant job, anyhow. For a long time the Examiner labored to prove that Mr. Scott could not build a seaworthy ship. It smuggled reporters on warships built in his yards, to come back from trial trips and write them up as death- traps that would fall into a heap of jackstraws in a middle wind or rip apart from the jar of firing one of their own guns. This defamation of his work went to every ship-builder in Europe, to hamper Mr. Scott in his business and give his rivals an advantage. This was to his injury and to the harm of San Francisco. If it had been true Mr. Scott might have become eligible to the Senatorship under the Examiner rule, for he could not have been awarded any more Gov- ernment contracts. When the Oregon steamed 16,000 miles and appeared in the Atlantic as fresh as a jolly- boat, ready for a fight, without heating a journal, starting a seam or missing a turn of her screw, the lying of the Examiner about Scott’s skill was filed away in the same pigeonhole with the assessment of the estate of the late Mr. Ananias. Being no longer able to misrepresent his ability as a ship-builder, the Examiner proposes now that Cali- fornia shall declare Irving M. Scott ineligible to the Senate because he has built the best ship that floats and because he is a man of culture, position and honor, a credit to his State and country. The Call is not making Mr. Scott’s fight, nor any- body’s fight, for the Senate. We simply want what the Examiner does not want, a creditable representative cof California to be elected. The Examiner is doing its best to get a discreditable representative chosen. California Republicans will do well to avoid adopting the Examiner’s theory that no man doing business or practicing a profession in the United States is eligible to the Senatorship, for it means a government of Joafers, or of men who are doing business outside this country—mining in Mexico, for instance. THE PURE WINE BILL. HETHER the bill of Senator La Rue, de- W signed for the prevention of wine adulteration, is wisely ordered in all its details is a matter which can be determined only by experts, and per- haps not even by them until it has been tested in operation. The subject is a complex one, and only the results of experience can show whether in its pro- visions the measure falls short of its object in any respect or overreaches the mark. The enactment of some such measure, however, is not only desirable but necessary for the protection of the interests of honest dealers and producers in one of the greatest industries of the State. It is another step in the direction of a comprehensive system of legislation against the various forms of adulterated or sophisticated foods, luxuries and medicines which have now become so common throughout the civilized world as to be a serious menace not only to legitimate business, but to life itself. A short time ago The Call directed attention to th= seizure and condemnation by the Mexican authori- ties of a large quantity of Californian wine shipped tc that country for sale. The condemnation was based upon the charge that the winé was adulterated with salicylic acid, and the merchants in whose hands it was seized, after making tests of their own, conceded that the charge was well founded. The result of the case was that the repute of our wines was injured in the Mexican market, and honest dealers in pure wines suffered because of the action of the dishonest dealer. Senator La Rue’s bill, after declaring in detail what shall constitute pure wines and the processes by which they may be fermented and clarified, provides that every manufacturer or dealer in wines as defined shall mark on every cask, package or bottle, in plain letters, the name of the firm; further, that any wine which upon analysis shows the presence of any in- gredient deleterious to the health of the consumer shall be subject to seizure and confiscation; and, finally, the violation of the law is declared a misde- meanor, for which an adequate penalty is imposed. * It would be a benefit to honest producers and deal- ers if the law requiring the labeling of packages with the name of the manufacturer were enacted by Con- gress and made applicable to all classes of goods. One of the heavy handicaps upon the industries of California is the frequency with which inferior fruit and wine products put up in the East are branded with California labels and put upon the market as the products of this State. The evil, moreover, is an in- creasing one, and constitutes one of the strongest ar- guments for the adoption of a comprehensive pure food law for the country at large. SENATORS ATHIRST FOR GORE. ENATOR DICKINSON has introduced a bill defining conditions under which the taking of S human life may be lawful. The real purpose is shown in the last clause. We quote it as a choice specimen of locoed statesman- ship: Homicide shall be justifizble * * * ‘“when committed in the heat of passion (aroused) by the willful and malicious publication of libelous matter of and concerhing the slayer by the party slain.” The bill is hardly necessary. There have been so many precedents as to have clearly established the bounds. Nobody is denied the right of self-defense, or the defense of honor, whether that of himself or of one under his protection. If there is occasion for emphasizing the limitations it arises from the practice of lawyers, who for a fee will try to make any murder justifiable and endeavor to turn any murderer loose on the community. Sen- ator Dickinson himself has been known to defend an cssassin and to keep it up long after the question of FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, guilt had been absolutely settled. Yet in the list of circumstances he submits as bases for the innocent shedding of blood there is none explaining how with- out fault one may lure a girl into a lonely church and there strangle her. We respectfully suggest that the omission be corrected. Several Senators have been touched on raw spots. Some of them have been accused of wrongdoing. A few have had their pictures published in a style of art not designed to flatter, but rather to mildly correct and uplift, to make plain the error of the Senatorial way. Dickinson would give to each of these the privi- lege of going forth and slaughtering editors and car- toonists on the highway. It is too much to ask. The thought that a Senator reading his morning paper may rush to the reporters’ stand and there establish an abattoir, thereafter resuming his seat, wiping his dripping blade or reloading his pistol, while the wheels of legislation begin to move again and the sergeant-at-arms mops up the gore, is not a pleasing one. A far better way is for the Senator to so de- mean himself as to be above hostile criticism, and an excellent start in this direction would be in refraining from the introduction of fool bills. ———— e AN EXCELLENT BILL. F Assemblyman Atherton of Marin County will l force his bill for the suppression of poolrooms upon the Legislature with sufficient energy to se- cure its passage he will earn the gratitude of large numbers of people, who will keep his memory green notwithstanding the efforts of the caricaturists to thrust fame upon him. We believe that it is only necessary to get this subject before the Legislature to procure the enactment of a law, for unless the mem- bers are lost to all sense of their duty to the public they could not fail to vote right. The sale of pools upon horse races ought to be suppressed everywhere. The business demoralizes all who engage in it; it corrupts the young and debases the aged. It is illegitimate in every sense of the word and can be defended on only one ground, which is that it perhaps aids to encourage the breed- ing and development of fine horses. But even this argument fails when urged in support of general pool- rooms, As carried on in California this part of the business is entirely indefensible. Mr. Atherton’s bill proposes to prohibit the sale of pools in all places outside of racetracks, his object being to break up the dens located in his own county. This is 2 compromise on a general prohibitory law which ought to be accepted by the Legislature. Among the people of San Francisco, where the evils of miscellaneous pool-selling are ever present, we ven- ture to say not a dissentient will be found to the measure. Certainly the frequent fates of the messen- ger boys, clerks and bookkeepers who are led to gamble upon horse races by the presence of these places upon the public streets is a daily object lesson which needs no amplification. Heretofore it has been found difficult to convict outside pool-sellers owing to the disposition of Judges and juries to be lenient and to respond to the “pulls” of the politicians interested in the dens. Under a State law, however, there is every reason to believe that the result would be different. Mr. Atherton’s bill not only makes it a misdemeanor to sell pools outside of racetracks, but the same penalty is directed at the owners of buildings in which the business is carried on. The Police Courts of this city would find it difficult to evade the provisions of such a statute, unless it were full of holes, which is ap- parently not the case with the bill under discussion. Mr. Atherton should see that his bill is not smothered in committee—which is the usual method adopted by the pool-sellers for defeating legislation of this char- acter—but brought before the Senate and Assembly for action. Once up for consideration, its passage ought to be easy. t CECIL RHODES IN HIS GLORY. EPORTS from London concerning the recep- R tion given Cecil Rhodes on his recent arrival there show that the once discredited backer of the Transvaal raid has now regained all his former prestige and even augmented it. In some respects his welcome has been even greater than that accorded Lord Kitchener, and he now seems to be regarded as the foremost man in the empire. It is not strange that this should be so. Kitchener represents victory and the military glory of Great Britain, and was of course received with all the en- thusiasm that such heroes excite among the masses. Rhodes represents industrial conquest, the extension of trade, the building of railroads, the opening of new lands to civilization and the creation of new oppor- tunities for labor and capital to acquire wealth. In fact, what Kitchener accomplished has simply opened a way for the undertaking of the great schemes which Cecil Rhodes proposes to carry out. All that Kitchener could do in London was to ask the financial magnates to subscribe money to build a school at Omdurman. Rhodes asks them to take stock in.an enterprise that will return them big profits and firmly bind to the empire nearly the whole of Africa. He visits Great Britain to take advantage of the situation caused by Kitchener's victory, for the purpose of advancing his long cherished ambition of constructing a railroad from Cape Colony to Cairo. The project which a few years ago seemed like a dream of a visionary rather than the plan of a con- structive statesman is now feasible. Rhodes’ railways already extend from Capetown northward as far as Buluwayo. He now desires funds to push the line from that point to Khartoum, where it will meet the military railway that Kitchener constructed as an ex- tension of the Egyptian system. If the gap can be completed there will be a British railroad from the Cape to Cairo, and Rhodes will take his place as one of the greatest empire builders in the history of the world. 4 Without the work of Rhodes the victory of Kitchener would profit Great Britain very little. With the supplement of that work, however, it will prob- ably prove to be the event which determined the vir- tual sovereignty of Africa, for with such a road in her possession Britain would soon dominate the conti- nent and bring all the tribes of the interior into vas- salage. The enterprise, however, is not going to be one of casy performance. The gap to be filled from Bulu- wayo to Khartoum is something like 3000 miles, and the whole region is wild and inhabited by the fiercest savages now in existence. Rhodes is said to have estimated the cost of the work at $50,000,000. Labor of course is cheap and abundant. The British Gov- ernment is expected to subscribe liberally or to guar- antee the stock. It is to obtain that assistance that Rhodes is now in London, and from the reports it appears he will succeed. Merrill of San Francisco, who introduced into the Assembly the bill providing for the imprisonment of debtors, is the gentleman at whose request Dan Burns paid for two railroad tickets across the con- tinent, but who refuses to vote for the Mexican. Possibly Burns thinks that Merrill is a little slow in paying debts himself, however anxious he may be on behalf of the worthy butcher and baker. JANUARY 27, 1899, SKYSCRAPER ON THE SITE OF THE RICHELIEY Newman Wins the Leasehold Suit. MAY SELL FOR A LARGE PRICE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING. If the Scheme Does Not Miscarry the Structure Will Cover One of the Blythe Estate Lots. Another skyscraper, to look down on the Lotta Fountain, is one of the probabili- ties of the near future. The location is the site of the old Adams & Kibbe build- ing, on the gore of Geary and Market streets, more familiarly known as the Richelieu saloon, of which Charles New- man is proprietor. It was announced fn The Call several weeks ago that the improvement of the corner was contemplated and that the building would become the home of one | of the leading insurance companies of the East, supposed to be the New York Life. The publication of this news led to a law- suit between Newman and George Carroll of Carroll & Carroll, wholesale liquor dealers, to decide who owned the lease. Incidentally. the lease, which runs about five years, was worth fighting for, as the company that desired to build on the lot offered $40,000 and other considerations in order to make it possible to carry out | their plans. George Carroll thought he had a good chance to get at least a share of that fat | plum, but the court found that he had no equity in the matter and decided in New- | man’s favor. This decision removes the main obstacle to the enterprise, and it is expected that it will soon begin to take definite shape. Lucky Newman appears | to cut a very important figure in the Fropfisltlon‘ His leasehold on the Riche- leu property, on account of its term and for business reasons, is _exceptionally valuable. This is made plain by the fact that he is to receive $40,000 for the transfer thereof. Another part of the agreement that will be of particular interest to that portion of the community that goes ‘“‘up and down the line” s the fact that the old Richelleu is to give place to a ‘gen- tlemen's cafe,” which it Is said will be un- | surpassed by anything of the kind on the | continent. This will occupy the Richelieu quarters, with an extension of fifteen feet up Market and Geary streets. It is stated that the insurance corpora- tion will secure the adjoining lot, now a part of the old Blythe estate, upon which to build. This will give a fairly good frontage on both streets and allow of the erection of a modern architectural slice of cheese among the other strfldng tall structures of the city. The principal con- dition of the deal is that the building must be completed within eighteen months of the time of the transfer of the leasehold, and that Newman is to have a ten years' lease of the cafe portion. Fall- ing to complete the building within the specified time the corporation is bound to pay n"subatn.punl forfeit for each month over time. 233 ‘The Richelieu is the successor of a fam- ous old saloon. The present edifice was erected by Adam & Kibbe many years and has long been the property of flr. Kibbe. Upon the passing of the founders of the place it went into the hands of John Farley, backed by Carroll & Carroll, who gave it its present name. The ventu;f was n%t nhsuccgsez.ha.ng tge lace rapidly passed throug! e hands 5t Pacheeo ot Ban Jose, Ned Foster and J. Loomis, who for a short time repre- sented the énteresu of Carroll, and until the busineSs passed into the hands of Newman. GRAND JURY REPORTS ON THE BRANCH JAIL BROADWAY INSTITUTION IN UNSANITARY CONDITION. After Due Consideration of Many Cases the Inquisitorial Body Finds an Indictment. The Grand Jury held a protracted ses- sion yesterday. Many witnesses were ex- amined on several cases, resulting in the finding of one indictment. This was gainst J. P. Turner, who has been the central figure in a number of criminal suits in recent years. Late in the after- noon the jury filed into Judge Carroll Cook's court and presented the indict- ment. It was placed on the secret file. A bench warrant was issued for Turner, his bail being fixed at $2500. Ex-Deputy Superintendent of Schools Charles B. Stone, who has been retained by the inquisitorial body as an expert, was in attendance upon the jury, but was not called to testify. He supplied the members with some data which they dis- cussed. If the courts decide that the one- twelfth act is constitutional it i{s possi- ble the jury will proceed against the bondsmen of the last School Directors, They will be llable for the large amount of money spent and bills gontracted in ex- cess of the amount allowed by law. The major portion of the afternoon was taken up in a discussion of the condition o the jail on Broadway. One hundred and ninety-five prisoners are confined there, some cells containing elght men. Owing to defective plumbing the place is in an unsanitary condition and a menace to the health of all who enter it. The jury determined to send a commu- nication” to the Building’ Committee of the Board of Supervisors, asking them to present the matter to their associates for their consideration. e Poverty Stays a Youthful Union. Two youthful country maldens—one, Laura Walker, aged 13 years, and the other Josie Fell, aged 15 years—ran away from their homes In Watsonville several days ago. It was the iIntention of Miss Fell to become the bride of Cail Sodbe, who is employed on the United States training ghip Adams at Mare Island. She said that the young man had written her to come to the city, where he would meet her, and all would go well. When she ar- rived here, in company with her friend, they took lodgln%: at a house 1 Fifth street and waited her lover's coming. He did not materialize, however, and for want of funds she could not make the trip to Mare Island to him. Yesterda the police heard of the case and bot! rls will be returned to their homes to- ay by Detective Anthony. —e————— Dogs Being Poisoned. Lieutenant Anderson of the Potrero re- ported at police headquarters yesterday that a dog polsoner was playing havoc among the canines in his district. Within the past_three days dogs helogfln to J. Butler, 523 Potrero avenue; A 11, 446 Utah street; J. Hillens, 321 Potrero avenue, and J. Grant, Kansas street, had been poisoned, and the work was stili going on. 2 Fire in a Josshouse. A fire in a Chinese josshouse yesterday afternoon on the corner of Clay street and Waverly place brought out the depart- ment, but the flames were extinguished the Underwriters’ fire patrol and the fio:’emm engine. About $300 damage was — e Hall Caine expresses his opinion of American journalism in next Sun- dey’s Call. 2 HONORS FOR THE MEMORY OF AN EX-GOVERNOR Romualdo Pacheco’s ; Funeral. MILITARY ESCORT GENERAL SHAFTER ACTS AS A PALL-BEARER. FULL Solemn Services in St. Paul’s Church. Richard P. Toler Is In- ' terred at St. = YN Mary’s. Ex-Governor Pacheco and Willlam P. Toler, two men who figured prominently in the early American history of Cali- fornia, were buried in Oakland yester- day. Ex-Governor Pacheco's remalns were escorted by the signal corps of the Na- tional Guard of California in regulation mourning. The funeral services were held in St. Paul's Church, and were con- ducted by Rev. Dr. Ritchie according to the rites of the Episcopal church. The procession from the late residence of Romualdo Pacheco was the most im- posing seen in Oakland for many years. The signal corps led the way, followed by Company A of the National Guard in full uniform. After the hearse Oakland Lodge of Masons marched, followed by many carriages containing prominent citi- | zens and officials from all parts of the State. Adjutant General R. L. Peeler and Lieu- | tenant Colonel Frank A. Vail represented the Governor of California. The pall bearers in carriages represented the Pio- neers and the Native Sons. In addition to these, the honorary pall bearers were: QGeneral *_Shafter, Lloyd Tevis, Temple Taylor, M. Blanding, N. W. Spaulding, William E. Hale, Mark Sheridan and udge McCenery. JAI,K the entrance to St. Paul's Church the soldiers formed a guard, } which the casket, covered with a rich violet pall, was carried to the front of the altar, The chancel and altar rail were rendered beautiful by the number- less offerings of organizations and friends. At the grave the Masons conducted the ceremonies. . G. Smith and Major Sherman deliv- ered eulogies and referred to the many traits in the character of the deceased that succeeding generations might follow to the advantage and upbuilding of the State and nation. The major made spe- cial reference to Romualdo Pacheco’s fidelity to the grand truths and principles of Masonry. The interment was at Mountain View Cemetery. Willlam P. Toler, who hoisted the United States flag for the first time in this State, was buried yesterday morn- ing. The funeral services were held in the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion. The pall bearers were: . G Palmanteer, Charles Palmer, Major E. A. Sherman, Clinton Westover, M. J. Lay- mance, John Russ, Major Bromley, Wil- liam W. Hoags and John F. Pinkham. The venerable Father King officiated at the church and the remains were in- terred in St. Mary’s Cemetery. DULLEST SYMPHONY OF THE SEASON. HE symphony concert in the Orphe- um yesterday afternoon was re- markable for nothing, except per- haps A. Weiss’' handling of the cello solo in the serenade for string or- chestra by Volkmann. I arrived too late for the “Midsummer Night's Dream,” and was, together with a hun- dred belated others, locked out on the sidewalk during the performance of that number. I hope that it was well played, but at the same time I will wager that it was not. Never before in San Francisco did Mr. Scheel direct a concert as unin- teresting as this one was, The symphony, for some unexplained reason, was Gold- mark’s “Rustic Wedding,” a llvelr and unique piece of music, but certainly not one that deserves three performances by the same band in little more than a sea- son, while so many important works are not being heard even once. It was played without Scheel's usual delicacy and ab- solutely without enthusiasm; it was, in fact, the dullest s mphonr performance of the year. The closing plece was Sven- selen’'s “‘Carnival a Paris,” a freakish firecracker that would sound as silly by any other name—say, “Carnival of Pare- sis.” STEVENS. ———————— OLD TIME FIREMEN. Veterans of the Volunteer Fire De- partment at the Banquet Table. The Veteran Assoclation of the Volun- teer Fire Department had a banquet for members only last Wednesday night in the Central dining-rooms, and around the tables there were seated 100 members. Stephen Bunner, an exempt from Knick- erbocker Five of the Volunteer Depart- ment, presided as toastmaster. After the excellent menu provided had been dis- posed of there was a programme of song, recitations and responses to toasts. Charles A. Sumner responded to ‘“The Volunteer Assoclation of California”; John Willlams gave a recitation; E. B. | Vreeland responded to ‘“The Volunteer Fireman’'; Gus Pohlman sang ‘“Running Wid de Masheen”; Jack McGreevey fol- lowed with “The Engine on the Hill”; Daniel Sewell responded to "The Experi- ences of the Firemen in the Days of 0Old”; B. T. Anthony responded to ‘‘The Ladies and Lillie H. Colt”; Tom Sawyer sang “On the Bockg Road to Dublin™; John Green of San Rafael gave Chinese imitations; J. C. Hubbachek amuséed with a recitation in German; F. P. Desmond gave a vocal solo; Colenel J. B. Moore re- sponded to “The Old Boys”; J. Williams gave a recitation; Captain Robert Cleary responded to ‘“The Old and the New De- artment.” A letter of regret from Mayor 'helan at inability to be present was read. The old boys standing drarg]vs the toast of “Our Departed Members,” and adjourned after having spent several léasant hours by singlng “Auld Lang yne.”" —_—————— Black Badly Battered. George W. Black, 26 Montgomery street, swore to a complaint in Judge Mogan's court yesterday for the arrest of William Ingles on a charge of battery. Black and his wife and danghter were in a restau- rant on January 20, when Ingles and some women entered and sat down at a_table adjoining the one occupied by Black. Ingles attempted to make frlends with Black's little girl. and Black told him to cease annoying her. As they were leav- ing the restaurant Ingles knocked Black down and gave him an unmerciful beat- ing. ————— Woman’s work in the war by the leaders, in next Sunday’s Call. ——————————— Will Go Up for Life. John E. Lynch, one of the hardest characters that ever graced a cell, and a man with six “priors” against him, was convicted of robbery in Judge Cook's court yesterday and he will now go to DiiSory that s such cases & torg ‘of ife ulsol at in s cases Enprl:gnment shall be imposed, and e sequently Lynch's career as a law- breaker is at an end. Lynch, with Ar- mand Gillett, who has seven priors against his name, was charged with hav- ing robbed Frank Nones of $150 ile Nones was walking uoni Montgomery avenue on his 'fl home. Lynch has been convicted, and Monday his pal will be placed on trial, through | AROUND THE CORRIDORS. H. A. Clark of Eureka is at the Grand. J. T. Pardee of Monterey is a guest at the Palace. L. Galinger, a Portland merchant, is at the Palace. D. C..Du Val, a New York merchant, is at the Palace. Mrs. R. A. Wells of Kansas City is at the Occidental. John H. Rother and Joe Gray of Sonora are at the Lick. George H. Clark of Chicago is register- ed at the Palace. H. F. Anderson of Ben Lomond is a guest at the Occidental. W. E. Duncan Jr., a miner from Orr- ville, is a guest at the Lick. L. Gerlach, a large cattle man of Stock- ion, and wife are at the Grand. A. A. Van Voorhies, a prominent citi- zen of Sacramento, is at the Grand. Dr. T. B. Maore, a prominent physiclan of Montana, is registered at the Palace. J. T. Pardee, a prominent merchant of Butte, Mont., is registered at the Palace. Arthur L. Levinsky, the well known Stockton lawyer, is in the city on legal business and is at the Palace. L. Gerlinger and wife of Portland are at the Palace. Mr. Gerlinger is the pro- prietor of a large brewery in Portland. Dr. T. A. Kesbles of the Veterans’ Home, accompanied by his wife, arrived last evening and registered at the Grand. C. A. Celene, a New York merchant, and George H. Vickery, a well known merchant of Philadelphia, are at the Pal- ace. A. A. Moore Jr., who is a deputy under Attorney General Tirey L. Ford, eame down from Sacramento last evening and is at the Occidental. De Witt B. Lowe, one of Salt Lake's leading bankers, accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Wilson, arrived on the overland and registered at the Palace. M. W. Mather of Plumbago and Frank B. Hill of Occidental, two well known mining men, arrived on the overland and are registered at the Occidental. C. Nigel Stewart of London, G. Wilson and T. Nickel of Edinburgh, Scotland, | and James Edwards of New York, have | returned from the southern part of the State, where they went some time ago to inspect some mines with a view of pur- chasing them from Mr. Edwards, who is representing the Eastern owners of the mines, The part at the Grand. —_———————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Louis J. Meaney of San Francisco js at the Hoffman. | Knight Thomas of® San Francisco is at | the Cosmopolitan. —_—————————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A CONSTABLE'S RIGHT—N. C., North San Juan, Cal. There i{s no law in Cali- fornia which declares that @ Constable may not swear to a complaint and then make arrest by virtue of the warrant is- sued on the complaint he swore to. GOVERNMENT MINERAL LANDS— J. S. Y., Oakland, Cal. This department is not the one to which the questtions asked in regard to Government mineral lands should be directed, and for that reason the answyer asked for cannot be furnished. SULLIVAN-CORBETT—S. B. R., City. The fight between Corbett and Sullivan at New Orleans, September 7, 1892, for a $20,000 purse, $25,000 stake and the cham- plonship of the world lasted one hour and twenty-three minutes, twenty-one rounds being fought. SAN FRANCISCO POLICEMEN—N North San Juan, Cal. The numerical force of the police of San Francisco is Chiet of Police, clerk to Chief, property clerk, 6 captains, 5 lieutenants, 5 detec- tives, 43 sergeants, 12 corporals, 47 pa- trolmen—in all 5 VARIOUS HEIGHTS—J. H. W., Santa Cruz, Cal. The height of Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, is 412 feet above the park water works, lo- cated to the south of the hill. The high- est grade on Telegraph Hill is at Sansome and Union streets, 220 feet above high water mark. The height of Mount Tamal- pais is 2506 feet at the eastern peak, which is the highest. B Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsends.® b e P S el i, Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ Husband's Calcined Magnesia. Four first premium medals awarded. More agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than other mag- nesia. For sale only in bottles with registered trade-mark label. . —_————— Stanford University Lecture. At 8 0’clock this evening Professor Julius Gobel, head of the German department at Stanford University, will deliver a lec- ture under the auspices of the Y. M, C. A. in German Hall, corner Mason and Bliis :‘zrfg'ts. Subject, ‘‘Lessing as a Drama- st. —_—— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used over fifty -ears by millions of mothers for thelr children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Paln, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whetber arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and sk for Mre. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 2%c a bottle. HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only 380 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at botel; longer stay $250 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. —_—— Arrested for Fast Driving. “White Hat” McCarthy was arrested yesterday morning by Policeman Farley on Market street and booked at the City Prison a charge of fast driving. He was released on his own recognizance by Judge Graham. AMUSEMENTS. It’s the only way under the sun you’ll ever stop. 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