The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1899, Page 6

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1899. Che £ WEDNESDAY. MARCH 22, 1899 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propriefor. Address Ail Comm PUBLICATION OFFICE cations to W. S. LEAKE, Manager, Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1S68. EDITORIAL RCOMS. ..2IT to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, | | cuthorized to receive subscriptions. coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFKE.... veeee...-908 Broadway | NEW YORK OFFICE... ..Room 188, World Baliding | DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representatlve. | WASHINGTON (D. C.) O E ‘Wellington Hotel | @BOUT PARTY PAPERS. INCE the Legislature adjourned the Post and Bulletin have indulged in jeremiads because a Senator was not elected, and, affecting high | tone on the subject, gird at members of the Legisla- | ture for putting personal considerations above party. | Whether these two Burns organs are in crape over i the party prospects or for a lost contingent does not kmatter. They both threaten The Call and Chronicle and use high words about the future punishment in | store for all who opposed Burns. It is a bad habit to write from the standpoint of an | unmaterialized profit in a political event. The two | evening organs of Mr. Burns were not shut out of the mails, and they had the right of way in street sales. Oné of them put in much time and space ridiculing Senator Perkins and decrying and belittling him, with the purpose of showing his unfitness for the Senator- ship, and devoted the rest of its space and time to lauding the genius, talents, statesmanship, culture, honesty, honor, piety and fitness of Dan Burns for the C. C. CARLTON Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE .. ..Marquctte Bulldin C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 920 o'clock. 621 McAlllster street, open untll 930 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'cloa 1941 Mission street, open uptll 0 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2318 Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. 1605 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ang Kentucky streets. open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. Co.—Thursday, March 23, at 13 m., Real a street. | onday, March 27, at 13 o'clock . Real Estate. By Von Rhein Estate at & By G. H at 14 Montgom m., g NEW BALLOT LAWS. ANY of the law chise enacted affecting the electoral fran- v the Legislature which ad- y last drifted in the direction establishing the regular poli- -ffort was plainly to provide criminate against non- and so-called independent The Stratton primary law is distinctly a m s character. It sets up a system of secur- 1 which practically discredits all po- snable to control a complete city will ow” which ties. ure of t combinations organization. author, is designed to effect the same purpose. This u was passed on the rday before adjourn- ment and is now in the han the Governor. It is ection law al- y with the Aus- primary ctl Is dire: designations the name of a can- one place upon that place is to be a column yolitical party to which he The grouping of the party 11 be rendered necessary by this rule plication of designations. A can- e, who appears in the column set show” ticket. He must choose to be voted can or a Democrat, or as the candi- | y which runs a regular ticket. t no names shall be printed , but that each one shall appear under e for ‘which the owner stands as a | candidate. Under the Stratton primary law and Mr. Rickard’s | bill it will be po le to again build up in }his State | party organizations. The Australian ballot introduced of voting which has resulted in the multipli- | of independent movements, “side shows” and | “piece” clubs.. Instead of giving the people a freer | chance to select their rulers, the system has simply | confused political issues and put a premium upon | pluralities. The Stratton and Rickard laws Gif the | latter shall be signed by the Governor) will practi- | cally restore the old ballot system, except that the | nar of all party candidates will appear upon a single sheet, which will be placed in the hands of the voters for such selection as they shall choose to make. E to show that'she is a woman of large heart, | generous impulses, and quick to extend aid lo; the needy and suffering, with a modesty that never | fails she grasps the opportunity. | It was owing to the thoughtiulness of Miss Gould ‘ that the Red Cross people were able to do so much | for the soldiers in Cuba. So marked were her efforts and the success of them that Congress gave her a vote of thanks and a medal. This vote entitles her to | the privilege of the floor, and while it is not likely she | will avail herseli of this, the honor is as notable as it | is deserved. | Now Miss Gould is to be given another medal, a | badge which will permit her to pass the fire lines in | New York. There is hardly a likelihood that she will | put this to practical use either, but still the receipt of | doubtless pleasing. Miss Gould is perhaps the | cnly one among the rich women of the East who by | practical good work have found a way to the hearts of ‘the people. She is charitable, unassuming and | ever ready to sacrifice personal comfort for the bene- | fit of the distressed. Of course Miss Gould can afford to be liberal, but this detracts nothing from the beauty of her chari- | ties—rather, indeed, enhancing it | HONORS FOR MISS GOULD. | VERY time Helen Gould gets an opportunity | | Despite the fact that yellow correspondents wcref barred from the execution of Mrs. Place, they wrote | detailed accounts of it. Probably these.accounts were better than if the correspondents had been on the | scene. There is to some people a disadvantage in | being hampered by facts. A man who many years ago borrowed $1000 is now. looking for the people to whom to repay it with inter- 1 est. Here is an instance of casting bread on the! waters and getting it back again, and such instances .are rare enough to be worth noting. AL S, An ex-convict who was caught stealing-the carcass of a sheep explains that he did it as a joke. When he receives kis sentence he may comfort himself with the thought that that is also a joke. While Creelman perhaps still holds the banner, we | siderable part of the sandlot ticket and did its best | matters of fact, even Senate. The Post did these two things and asked the Legislature and the people to believe in its sincerity and soundness. It had its way. No one stopped it. Surely The Call had no occasion to feel its influence k: | and the need of counteracting it. It abused Perkins, | attacked him with ridicule and sarcasm, and wanted Burns for Senator to take the taste of Perkins out of its mouth.” The Republican party and its majority in the Legislature did not agree with the Post. Be- cause they did not the Post is now of the opinion that | the party has gone to the bow-wows, and that The Call is responsible for the disaster. The Post should not mourn as those without hope. It is not the first doctor who has seen his patient get wrnoon | Well after refusing to take his medicine. There are but | few Republicans who will agree with the Post that the way to future party success lay in denouncing Perkins and glorifying Burns. As for the Bulletin, it is to the party bzlmed beef was to the army. When opened it smells | like carrion, and when taken it kills. Last fall it bolted in the midst of the campaign, supported a con- what em- to so demoralize the party in this city as to put the whole State and Congressional ticket in jeopardy. Perhaps it did this for a consideration. We don’t| The motives that know the measure of its necessities. urge a newspaper to bolt a good party ticket to sup- apparent, but.the price it demands is estimated in many wi It may be based entirely on the loss of the bolting paper to the party it bolts from, or on the gain to the party to which it bolts. Measured by either or both, the reward of the Bulletin would be very small indeed. That it rushed from its party bolt straight into the Burns camp and took up the duty of daily predicting his election and extolling his many virtues and talents would seem to indicate that the drought in its affairs was unbroken. But why should it complain of The Call? The Bul- letin had ample opportunity to convince the Legisla- ture that Senator Simpson used the language of truth } and soberness when he said Burns was “the grandest Republican that ever lived.” True, that was a little rough on Lincoln, Seward Greeley, Grant, McKinley and a few others, but The Call is not to blame that the Legislature refused to believe it. Finally, we have to say to our lightning bug con- temporaries, which flicker in the evening hours, that PP Republican ticket cannot appear again | Tyo Ca)1 is and will be a Republican paper, and will | do its duty to the people, fighting against crime and indecency whether found within or without the party. 1i the two ephemera of the twilight desire to support indecent and unnatural politics and to debauch the party to such vile ambitions as that of Burns it is their privilege. But before they can succeed they must con- vince the people that they are right. A /RHETORICAL BLUNDER. R. CHOATE, our Embassador at the Court /\/\ of St. James, has been sharply criticized throughout the United States for his excess of politeness in disparaging his own country at the dinner of the London Chamber of Commerce. Much may be condoned in the sentiments expressed upon convivial occasion. Mr. Choate, however, is a lawyer of eminence and of great experience. He should not, therefore, have fallen into errors in his allusions to in a banquet-room. Among other things he said in substance that the business of this republic in subduing the North American conti- | nent and turning the wilderness into a smiling and wealthy garden is now “pretty well finished,” and that, for this reason, Brother Jonathan had donned his seven-hundred league boots and strided first to Hawaii and then to Manila. The suggestion, however grotesque or humorous, is so inaccurate that it could be corrected by any Cazlifornia schoolboy. It was also injurious, because it lent plausibility to the pelicy of expansion, which, unless checked, would arrest our internal development and destroy the American experiment of self-govern- ment. The fact is that our resources have been hardly scratched, and that, with our present terri- torial area, they are capable of supporting ten times our existing population. ' Mr. Choate spoke of the capital of Great Britain and Ireland, in a country the entire extent of which is 115840 square miles, ex- ceeded by California, with 188,081 square miles, as es- timated, and not one-half as large as Texas, with 274,356 square miles. The republic he unintention- ally misrepresented, with its present States and Ter- ritories, covers 3,603,880 square miles, or 96,120 square miles less than all Europe combined. The States of | New York and Pennsylyania are each more than one-third the size of Great Britain and Ireland, and, although among the oldest and most densely popu- lated members of the Federal Union, possess agricul- tural, mineral and commercial resources that would sustain in comfort, under our American institutions, as many inhabitants, proportionately, as the British Isles. Passing to the Middle States and taking the State of Ohio, with 39,064 square miles, as an ex- ample, its present rate of increase can be maintained for more than a century without discomfort or over- crowding. The Middle West, including such States a3 Minnesota, Wyoming, the two Dakotas and Colo- rado, are actually in their infancy. The Great Salt | Lake Basin and the surrounding mountains, the Val- ley of the Colorado, the undulating plains and mesas of New Mexico and Arizona, are filled with untouched wealth. The State of Nevada, which in nineteen years produced $448,545,000 in gold and in silver, is a store- house of valuable mineral deposits, and requires only fuel and water, both of which are accessible, for its sagebrush land to be converted into fine pastures and fertile fields and orchards. California, Oregon and are obliged to confess there are others. a nation great, and are soliciting Caucasian immigra- tion, without stint or limit, while rejecting the de- based Asiatic, and presenting an unbroken array against the plutocratic demand for cheap labor. These isolated facts are a complete refutation of the inaccuracies that marked the rhetoric of Mr. Choate, and reveal the underlying delusion that sup- ports the monstrous fallacy of Asiatic expansion. Our constitution, our Union, our resources and our peo- ple are more than sufficient to utilize all our energy, intelligence and capital, and should be consecrated to the fulfillment of the trust we hold for the benefit of ourselves, our posterity and the world at large. PREPARING FOR CURRENCY REFORM. W late Congress from undertaking the important work of currency reform, the leaders in that body did not wholly neglect the subject. In fact, the Republicans both of the Senate and of the House took steps to advance the reform and to prepare the way for its prompt accomplishment when the next Con- gress assembles. e The Finance Committee of the Senate was author- ized to sit during recess, to consider currency and other questions, with power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths and to employ needed as- sistance. The Republicans of the House appointed a special committee of eleven to investigate the whole subject of banking and currency, with the object of devising a bill which .can be supported as a party measure at the coming session. Acting under the power given by the Senate, the Republican members of the Finance Committee will of course confer with the committee representing the Republicans of the House, and the chances are that when Congress meets next fall there will be ready for submission a bill having the. full strength of the party to support it. In such a case the prompt enact- ment of the measure can hardly be doubted. While the delay in settling this long discussed problem has been to a certain extent injurious to busi- ness, it is not without compensations. No currency. reform bill could have been enacted by the late Con- gress except in the form of a compromise. © The House was strongly Republican, but the Senate was | not, and the silver men would have fought a reform in the currency almost as vigorously as they fought the gold standard itself. The Senate when it assembles again will be over- whelmingly Republican. It will be in full accord with | the administration, and ready to act with the House in fulfilling all'the great pledges made by the Repub- | lican party to the people in 1896. What shape the | proposed bill may take seems at present doubtful. It | is safe to say, however, that it will proceed along the lines laid down by the Indianapolis convention, though it may not at once accomplish all the reforms embodied in the comprehensive scheme supported | and recommended by the members of that comference. | The very fact that such wide differences of opinion exist on the subject adds to the value of the arrange- | ment that has been made by the' Republicaps in Con- | gress to devise a measure which the party can| unitedly uphold. During the spring and summer all the | various plans proposed can be sifted and tht¢ way cleared fora better understanding of the essentials of | a safe monetary system. When that has been achieved the rest of the work will be comparatively | easy, and we may confidently count upon a measure of currency reform as one of the earliest important | acts of the next Congress. THE AUTOTRUCK MOVEMENT.. LTHOUGH at the present time Paris leads the f\ world in the use of the horseless carriage as a | means of transportation, it is probable I\':wi York will soon surpass her both in the number and | in the effectiveness of such vehicles. For some time past there has existed in New York an autotruck company which has been constructing vehicles on a large scale, and now a rival company has been formed to compete with it for the trade. The new organization bears the title cf the New York Vehicle Transportation Company, and has been incorporated with an authorized capital of $25,000,- | o0o. It proposes to operate on a somewhat different | plan from that of its rival, for whereas the old organi- zation has announced that it will sell no vehicles but | will operate them itself exclusively, the new company proposes to sell vehicles of all kinds in all parts of the | country. | It is worth noting that while the French call the horseless vehicle “automobile,” the New Yorkers seem to have settled down on the name “autotruck,” and as that city is to be the center of their manufac- | ture in this country, the name used there will prob- | ably prevail throughout the United States. From the reports given out it appears it has not yet been de- termined what form of power is best suited to the | rew carriage, and the New York companies will con- | struct them for operation by electric storage batteries, | gas, oil or compressed air, as desired. The work of construction has been already under- taken on a large scale. The Providence Journal re- cently noted that a contract had been let to a New England manufacturing company to furnish 1000 | autotrucks, and stated the manufacture of that num- | ber of the new vehicles involves the sum of about | $2,000,000. The statement shows the magnitude reached by the industry, and demonstrates the confi- dence capitalists have in its development. It is said the cost of operating the trucks designed | for passenger traffic in New Ycrk will be so small | that persons will be permitted to ride for any distance on the public lines for 5-cent fares, and that the | speed will be as rapid as the municipal law will per- mit. It is probable both companies will operate trucks for freight traffic as well as for passengers, and the promoters are sanguine they will be able to handle all the freighting and draying of the city at a much less rate than can be done by horses. From these statements it appears the era. of the horseless vehicle is about to open. When New York leads the way other American cities will soon follow. The large amount of capital invested in the manufac- ture of the machines will enable them to be con- structed under the most favorable conditions, and therefore at the lowest possible cost. Thus it is probable that even when the inevitable trust controls them they will soon be sold cheaply enough to come into general use. E HILE the rush of war legislation prevented the | SRIR+RNIReRIReRoRNeRNeRNINeN ¢ R+ N+ 8208808?0&0&0&%&058032 SR EBeRetIReReRNeRNRNIRNINeN ¢ N+ % P 8 ettt e i et e et e ti 2 ¢ S ¢ eI eI 0 B30 If the Governor of Pennsylvania goes through the fcrm of appointing Quay Senator, the fact that he is | not playing for re-election as Governor will be under- stood. Bryan seems to have gone on the warpath a little rashly. There are many good Democrats ambushed along that path, each with a tomahawk whetted for him. 3 The rate at which insurgents are being slain is not particularly encouraging to civilization. . There are enough insurgents to last many years. China is now reported to be in a more pliant mood. China has evidently grasped the truth that it ‘Washington are rich in every element that can make | has to bend or break. ! HUNTINGTON IS IN THE SADDLE Members of the New Railroad Commission His Programme. Resolve to Abandon All Litiga.tion in Reference to Freight : Rates. OLLIS P. HUNTINGTON has again | succeeded in withholding from pub- | lic investigation the books of the | corporation of which he.is the head. This was accomplished yesterday through the medium of the members of the Railroad Commission. The action of that body bore all the {ndications of a well oiled plece of machinery. There was not a hitch to the proceedings, and the entire sessfon of the board did not last much more than fifteen’ minutes. It was decided to abandon a.l htigation in connection with the attempt of the pre- vious board to make freight rate reduc- tions, and to put in a reduction of 8 per cent on grain rates on the 10th of April. This Is the substance of the qompromise offered by the Southern Pacific Company to the old commission, and shuts the door of inquiry into the affairs of the corpora- tion. It also places in the hands of the railroad a powerful club to be used against all future commissions - which may en- deavor to come to the assistance of the shipping public. Action adverse.to the railroad will be met with the threat to re- sort to Injunction proceedings, and the present outcome will be held up as a warning.” Such are the views of those who know the wiles of the corporation and who favored the carrying on of the litigation to the court of last resort, if necessary, in the interests.of the people. At the meeting of the board held Mon- day Commissioner Blackstock presented a report of his investigation of the litigation pendihg between the commission and the railroad, and followed it with the submis- sion of a resolution providing for the abandonment of all litigation and for the rescindment of the rate reduction resolu- tions adopted by the former board. The resolutions passed by the old board, and which were the cause of the pending lit- igation, called for a reduction of 8 per cent in grain rates throughout the State and for 25 per cent reduction on all freight charges of the Southern Pacific Company in_California. Blackstock's resolution introduced Mon- day was as follows: Now, by reason of the premises, it | is by the said board deemed expedient | and for the best interests of the peo- ple of the State that said litigation be not further maintained or carried AROUND THE CORRIDCRS John Clark, a Portland merchant, is a guest at the Grand. D. C. Van Norden of Sacramento Is a late arrival at the Lick. Dr. C. 8. Van Riper of Paterson, N. J., is staying at the Grand. A. T. Hastings, a Merced merchant, is making his headquarters at the Lick. A. Willlamson 6f London, England, is at ‘the Occidental with his wife and three | ehtidren. E. B. Willis, editor of the Sacramento Record-Union, will be at the Russ for a few days. W. H. Post, a successful business man of Stockton, is registered at the Califor- nia with his wife. H. S. Howe, a mining man of Texas, | and Frank Hunt, a fruit-grower of Davis- | ville, are registered at the Russ. Colonel C. Durland and wife are here on a pleasure trip from Honesdale, Pa., and have registered at the Occidental. J. H. Gossier, a wool merchant of New | York, and Willlam H. Hanson, a Ta- coma lumber dealer, are registered at the ace. R. S. Raw, a Placerville mine-owner; | 3. B. Sanford, a Ukiah publisher, and W. C. Swain, a Marysville architect, are | at the Grand. E. H. Kilham, a business man of Port- land, Or., and J. C. Campbell, a Marys- ville mining man, are two of the arrivals Carry Out on, but the same be discontinued; and the board being advised and of | hs Grant the opinion that the best and only | &t the Grand. 5 o | 0. R. Runyon, a fruit-grower of Court- method of stopping said litigation is |, 4. Frank Baird, a_banker of Palo by removing the cause thereof, | Alto, and W. H. Goucher, a Los Angeles Now, therefore, it is by the Board | politician, are some of the recent arrivals of Railroad Commissioners of the 3‘“"‘5 }';“k}'{ e V. . urlburt, nel ::i’::d?h Ct““:;’;‘““ ‘1’"1:“" l""‘d Te- | agent of the Oregon Railway and Naviga- at s resolution above re-| tion Company at Portland, who has been ferred to and set forth be and. the |here for some time on business, will leave for home to-day. same is hereby rescinded, annulled, | | now being a press of work, his position | was declared vacant, and, on motion of vacated, set aside and repealed. On the plea that they were not prepared to act upon it, made by Commissioners Edson and Laumeister, consideration of it was deferred until yesterday. As soon as | the meeting was called to order by Chair- man Edson. Commissioner. Laumeister of- fered the following addition to the Black stock resolution: Provided, however, that the boarrl‘ shall at the regular meeting in April, } 1899, to wit, on the 10th day of said | month, pass and adopt a resolution | fixing and promulgating a schedule | of grain rates at least equal to an av-| erage reduction of 8 per cent as of | date, September 14, 1895. Blackstock moved the adoption of the | proviso, and it was carried. He moved | the adoption of the entire resolution as | amended, and that also went through | without argument or objection. And the Southern Pacific was again in safety. | When the suit next comes up in thé Fed- | eral court no appearance will be made on behalf of the Railroad Commission. The Southern Paclfic will ask for its dismissal, | and there being no longer any ground of | action the rallroad’s request will be grant- | Between now and the 10th of April Sec- | retary Sesnon of the Railroad Commission | will be engaged in preparing the schedule | of grain rates, which will be put into ef- 1lec( kéy the commission on the date men- tioned. Owing to the inability of Stenographe Brown to be in every ay attendance at the office of the commission, and there Commissioner Blackstock, Miss Alice S. | Houston was elected to fill the place. | Adjournment was taken until April 10. goziofiozi‘go e R+ RN THEY WOU Two Adventurous Lads Who Rob- bed That They Might Follow the Chase. HE spirit of adventure entered the minds of Henry Ernst and Adolph Luna, two small boys”® attending the Hancock Gram- mar School, Monday. They played “hookey” and between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon they were passing the Oberon, when it struck them to enter and see if they could pick up any money to equip them for their expedition. They saw the door of one of the kineto- scope machines open, and while one kept watch the other stole the Te- ceptacle for the nickels. Adolph car- ried it outside under his coat, and when they reached the Louvre lane they emptied the box, which con- tained about a dollar in nickels and ten slugs. They left the box in the lane and went to Ladd’'s gun store, where they purchased an airgun for 75 cents. . For ammunition they purchased two small bags of shot. They were in need of provisions, and after wandering around for some hours they mustered up cour- age to steal a tin of sardines from a lot outside a grocery on Sigth ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SNOW IN SAN FRANCISCO—C. A. W. and A. O. 8, City. Snow to the depth of four inches and more in some places fell in San Francisco on the 31st of December, 1882, not January 1, 1881, nor January 1, THE BENATB;BHIP—W. E., City. ‘When there is a legal vacancy in the of- ) HUNTING GO WefReReNeNe R+ N+ RNeRNIRNeReNe B eReRNeRIRe R+ R+ ’890830!9*890‘ el N+ NN ININ NG NeW | T +2etiel, street. They thought that would keep them from starving until they could bring down some game. They continued ~ their wanderings, and about 1 o'clock yvesterday morning started for the country by way of Valencia street. As they walked along the street they came to a trench and around it were lanterns showinfi red lights. It occurred to them that a lantern would be_very useful and Adolph appropriated one, taking the precaution to blow out the light. About an hour later Po- liceman E. C. Robinson noticed the two youngsters and stopped them. To his inquiries as to why they were out so late they said they had been visiting an aunt on Cortland avenue and had missed the last car. Robinson took them to the Seven- teenth street police station. and the airgun, bags of shot and the tin of sardines aroused suspicion, but they stuck to their story. They were placed in separate cells and interro- gated, and Henry finally told the truth, and said they were going on a hunting expedition and intended to live on the game they would kill with the alrgun. Robinson ac- companied them to the Louvre lane, ‘where the kinetoscope box was re- covered. The boys were then taken to the City Prison, and yesterday were charged with petty larceny. Adolph’s parents live at 8131 Greenwich street, and his father {s’ .a printer. Henry’s father is a tailor and lives at 18293 Lombard street. They said they never stole anything before, except an ‘apple or orange from a fruitstand. When asked how they intended to open the box of sardines, Henry said he would have to put it on the ground and fire at it until he blew a hole in it large enough to force it open. They w%ll likely be sent to the Boys' and Girls" Aid Soclety, as they are only 11 years of age. 234530 234 224030550030 200254200000 254 00 534 230 ReRERERNERNRNERERIRS K+ 2+ 0+ RNIRNENERNERNINENNEREN+ 0+ 0+ RN RERIRIRNIRER R R4 R Reie e, fice of United States Senator, between ses- :;‘on; flft u;\e Legislature, the Governor of e State has the power to appoint a Sen- ator until the l:neetlnf of theD succeeding Legislature. When the Legislature fails to elect, the United States Senate has in a number of instances held that there is no legal vacancy and that the people of the State did not want a Senator. When a Governor appointed a_ Senator after the Legislature failed to elect the Senate re- fused to seat the appointee, J Dr. William Martin, a_prominent mem- | ber of the Bohemian Club and retired naval surgeon, has left for Hermosillo, Mexico, to be gone about six weeks, on business and pleasure. State Treasurer J. E. Wiles and State Transportation Manager Lester B. Smith of the California Christian Endeavor Union will leave this evening for Los An- geles and other southern points to ar- range for the State convention of the or- ganization to be held at Oakland in May. A party of tourists from Guatemala ar- rived on the Colon yesterday afternoon | and took apartments at the Grand. It in- cluded Enrico Weissenberg, an importer, and his family; E. F. Lacour, proprietor of an extensive plant of ice machines; Juan Enriques and Jacinto Pacheco, own- ers of extensive coffee plantations in Guatemala; and Daniel Rosal and wife. They will all go'to Europe on pleasure bent. G. W. Kilpatrick, who lately retired from the business of manufacturing ag- ricultural implements at Macedon, New York, is at the Occidental with his wife. They are making a pleasure trip through- out the United States, and will go to Monterey shortly. Mr. Kilpatrick re- cently desired to make some investments in this State, but was dissuaded from so doing by reason of the probability of two successive dry seasons. Now that plenty of rain has fallen he will invest consid- erable capital, and says that many other capitalists, both American and foreign, will do likewise. ———————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 21.—Dr. D. Cohn and wife of San Francisco are at the Netherlands; Mrs. W. H. Lemon of San Francisco is at the Normandie; G. B. Johnson of Los Angeles 1s at the Gilsey; M. H. Heyneman of San Francisco is at the Plaza; Miss Campbell, Miss Caulkins and Miss Palmer of San Francisco, chap- eroned by Mrs. C. K. Palmer, of New London, are at the Vendome. THEY DID NOT PRAY FOR RAIN Editor The Call: I saw in your in- teresting paper an article calling the Honorable Board of ‘Health’s attention to the condition of the Grand Opera House, complaining that it was draughty as a sieve. What has the Board of Health got tosdo with opera houses or theater-goers? It would better look to the Pesthouse, a hospital that is a disgrace to the world. The patients are incarcerated, for no fault of their own, yet are housed worse than convicts. Talk about cruelty to ani- mals. Perhaps they look on lepers as animals. The city clergy prayed for rain. The patients in the Pesthouse prayed for ne rain, as there is a leak in every bedroom. I know the Bible says the rain falls on the just and un- just. I hope the next time they pray for rain they will pray for it not to fall on the Pesthouse. PATIENT. The Pesthouse, March 21, 1899. — ee————— A Russian “Friend.” Ivan de Malchin, who says he is a Rus- slan reporter, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea and booked at the City Prison on a charge of petty larceny. He was'a friend of Robert Granger, 401 Minna street, and is char%ed with 'stemmii several articles from his room.during his absence. Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men the nt- . Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mo gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 The Island of Key West has 25000 in- habitants on a surface of only 2000 acres. The fastest flowing river in the world is the Sutlej, in British India, with a de- scent of 12,000 feet in 180 miles. —————————— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, including fifteen days’ board at hotel; longer stay, $3 per day. 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