The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1899, Page 6

ISCO CALL ATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899 THE SAN FRA : SATURDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications t: o W. S. L OFFICE ......Market and Third Sts, S. F Telephone Main 1%63. EDITORIAL RCOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone EAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION Terms by i 1 DAILY CALL (including S:nda DAILY CALL (inc! day Call), DAILY CALL cincludf lay Call), 3 DAILY CALL—By § Month SUNDAY CALL O WEEKLY CALL On All postmasters Sample copies OAKLAND OFFICE... C. GEORG Manager Forcign Ad rized to receive rivarded when reques ted. ..908 Broadway KROGNESS, o sing, Marquette Building, cago. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS. Sherman House; P. O. News ( Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: o PERRY LUKENS JR ...29 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS. Bre: 31 Union Square; Waldorf-Astor Hotel; A tano, Murray Hotel. o WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE Wellington Hotel c C. CARLTON. Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—£27 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street. open until 9:30 c'clock. 615 Larkin street. open until 9:30 o'clock 1241 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 8 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty- second and Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. —— AMUSEMENTS. Mason e O and fact that, mp law, me can be no_dot Wherever, under precisely s conditions, two men for identical services are charged erent rates common carrier, that is illegal law as well as under n o different States, y principle applicable to the subject is alike. Therefore, ii Wells, Fargo & Co. compels some of its patrons ps and relieves others, it exercises to pay be true that, under the law, wherever d wherever there i a right there is a remedy, is a wrong it can be redressed. As the Sou ern Pacific Company of Kentucky erride the constitution and the laws of was organized to « this State, so We go & Co., essentially a C nian organization, for the same purpose was incor- porated under the constitution and the laws of Colo- rado. It has long been the opinion of manx <=cellent llenged before a th cha lawyers that, whe . oughly cc lirectly and upright tribu tent this mod ing domes importing foreign law and virtu tic law would be thoroughly nd, but for the majority of the present Railroad Commission, this result might heen accomplished in the grain case before Judge Morrow Without presuming to decide leg, 1 questions, how of W ests in the ca ever, The Call sug e & Co., ap from any private remedies viduals ma ess, that it would be prop Attorney Gi of the State to take up the d nations to whi whether they ca 1 allusion has been made and asce: not be used as the basis of a would appear th tify such action. of a corporate t ground for tak- ing aw The constitution of 1879, man- datory in its provisions, is unusually stringent in the protection it seeks at least to extend to the public. By article XII. section organized outside the limits of this franchise in its char State shall be al- State on more 1 by law lowed to transact business within th fayorable conditions than are prescribec similar corporations organized under the 1 State transportation co! common carriers and subject to legislative Section 17 of the same article declares all without exception, to be control. Section 20 of the same article, invalidating monopoli tic combinations among common carriers, is followed by section 21, which absolutely prohibits all discrimi- nation in charges. Therefore, in reference to its business within this State of all kinds, but especially and definitely in re- lation to so much of its business as begins and ends within the State limits, Wells, Fargo & Co. is a for- eign corporation, held strictly within the provisions of our constitution. [t is prohibited from the discrim- ination and the favoritism of which it is daily guilty so clearly that “‘he who runs may read.” Now, is there no prompt and efficacious remedy that the Attorney General can apply? The ordinary processes of civil litigation by and on behalf of indi and too cumbersome. The mischief does not merely affect the persons, firms or corporations with which Wells, Fargo & Co. deals. It constitutes a deep- rooted and an expensive evil, by which the public, es- pecially the representatives of the solid business in- terests of the State, are daily affected. There is not and there never has been assigned a single plausible reason for the unpatriotic imposition of the Federal stamp tax upon so much of the community as order to secure delay and to carry the question over the war necessities has not been specially exempted. There is every reason that cotld appeal to a high- minded State official to impel the Attorney General, of whose fidelity to his trust no one has yet complained, to test the question. whether, in California, equality before the law is a reality or a sham and a pretense, e s BT anies, The “Dewey torpedo” has proved its worth against the enemy, but that is no reason why young San Francisco should monkey with it on the Fourth of July. — Attorney General Ford's opinion that it is the duty of the State Board of Equalization to leyy assessments on reirigerator cars looks like another blow at the iceman. mination, for which it is liable to some | ~ | they it provides that “no corporation | s of this | iduals are too slow | in | THE BOARD OF HEALTH. HYSIC is a learned profession. It ranks with law and divinity in its ‘dignity; and young men D of culture, désirous of filling an honorable place in the world, choose bétweeri the three, accord- Thereare notw mples of gentlemen who have a high standin Dr. | ‘lor of this city has ‘the highest training in both law and medicine; and is a scholar of repute and a‘ tizen to whom the city turns always with confidence. In Oakland the senior-Df. Wythe had a high reputa- | tion in the pulpit and oiie of peculiar strength as a ind a:specialist: iir microscopy. | is a. profession- that “especially develops | 1anly giality; becduse its possession is ab- te ima man who enters families at mo- | ighest apprehension, and who of ne-| must have. confidential' knowledge of the most. rns of life. - This:character in -the phys cian-is so well understood.- to be necessary that the law backs it up by locking 'his lips upon those personal the practice of his profession. $a systéin of:fon owth, intended to foster and:preserve good. character in the. physi- and keép the body of the profession unspotted. who takes the oath of Aesculapius binds to the upholding.of ethics, and his con- | Jath in-which gentlemen must walk. y in the United States the physicians are uild’of genflemen,.and the respect paid | s of:thé. firs This long developed and tained element of high personal character in esston -has impréssed-gentlé and simple alike. hadfrontiers, and when mining camps and ng ex in two.of these professions. physician, AMedicine geritle iely requ ents “of tl ity ich he learns “ethics i his consci duet.to: the In re rank.’ the-prc When we cowbay=rende: <" were as rough and reckless and vild as unrestrained. man-can make them, the physi- cian was always $afe to.gé and.come, day or night. Men who sould - not hesitate:to rob or kill another would make up the escort ‘of. the doctor and defend it lives,’if need‘were.. It is incumbent on f medicine to do everything to main- him with tl | every "doctar ¢ of his profe AT estim: h it s are being won by physic, in the human-body a and thé final cause of many ills that end | i tain and justify this popt 1d do nothingto tar he secrets of na- e being one by one revea life untimely is being exposed;-rergedied and removed. Now the wrong.timé, if’ there .could ‘ever be a right time, for any physician to desert his professional 1d character. Tt is, ‘thérefore, peculiarly pain- to honorable physicians but te'thought- ful laymen, to see the membess of-this learned, dig- n who have:been.ap- { and honorable prof rinted to the Board of Health in this and make admin- fice that wouid de- | | to obey the dictates of a party bo ative appointments in theif: ¢ ra0d name of a tripe factory. ey submitted unwillingly is-evident,.but that | ed at all That they feel ir position is deplorable. pair greater their cons 1 they had to accept their office subject to the mortgage of the bos nd that had they not done so others 1. We dislike to believe t Every man in the ion should stand united in the.pledge not to woul 1 of families would exercise a wholesome restraint upon | @ too exuberant and thoughtless youth, and the city | authorities impose due restrictions upon the offend- | ers of larger growth, we might have a celebration of | Independence day that would be a festival of rejoicing [nr)t diminished by loss to any one. It will be worth | A little extra watchfulness may mean preservation from serious loss or disaster in many a household. i THE COMING AUTOMOBILE. ROM the office of the Herald in New York there will start this morning an automobile for a journey across the continent to The Call office in San Francisco. Among the people who will form | the thrbng to greet it on its arrival here will be some ! who crossed the plains in ox teams because there was no other means of transportation. Such has been the development of facilities for travel in the course of fifty years. To the great mass of people the automobile is as yet hardly more than a sort of costly scientific toy. A few years ago it was considered as something almost in the same class with the airship. Many helieved it would be invented in the course of time, but compara- tively few expected to see it in operation on ordinary roads as a machine of practical value before the close of the century. And now it is coming, not as a toy to be exhibited at expositions, not as a novelty for rich men to amuse themselves with in racing, nor as a vehicle for use only on well paved streets, but as a means of travel and transportation suitable for nearly all localities and available for long distance as well as for short trips. In Europe and in the East it is noted that automo- biles are comihg into use so rapidly that predictions are made they will soon be almost as common on the streets as bicycles. - At the present time there is a good deal of objection to them in some quarters because they frighten horses. That objection, however, will pass away when the frequency with which the machine is seen will render horses familiar with it as they are their passage will cause no more disturbance than that of any other form of vehicle. The forerunner of the coming revolution in trans- portation is the automobile which The Call and the Herald have engaged to make the grand journey across the continent and which begins to-day. As it passes along the nighways of the nation in its west ward course it will be to thousands of people the sen- sation of the season.” To most of them it will be the first machine of the kind they have ever seen, and to of something of which they had never heard. It is certainly a wonderful age of scientific research and mechanical invention which has brought about a trip across the continent in a self-propelling vehicle within the lifetime of persons who traversed more than from those of ‘49, but in their way will be hardly less interesting. The record-of them will constitute an important feature of the news.from this time on until the wonderful .sip is journey will be vastly different ing to their taste and the promptings of inclination. | while for all to give heed to the subject at this time. | sion | now with electric cars. In time even the country roads | In these latter days new | will show almost as many automobiles as wagons, and | city-compelled | a considerable number it may even be a revelation | compliment to | half the distance in ox teams because no other means | ience than to their courage.- It is said that | of travel were available. The experiences of the new | accept any place to which the profession may- aspire | compléted, and the value of the automobile for long kinds of | | unless it may be had and held under conditions which rm to the code of ethics and -permit the main- tenance unsullied of the character and contacts which are the pride of the good physician. If this esprit de | corps were kept up the politicians and the bosses’| would be powerless. To appoint the unspeakable | Dennery, and the other unthinkable creatures forced upon them, to places where honorable men must meet nd associate with them is a sad degradation of | co! them 2 the medical character. = members of the hoard are men of honor and Not one of them, if left to the s own knowledge of the fitness of 1d have obeyed the boss's orders in mak- A gentleman deserves to as and he greatly if he freely seek such official associations as that of Dennery who reek with the feculence of the political gutter. when the illness and the sorrows of the sick room 1 stand promptir things, we ing their appointments. e with his own kind, wrongs himself and the other selections of the bo The homes into which physicians enter, emerg close them to all others, will shrink from even this T ¢ contact with the uncleanness of crooked wives and mothers whom the members of | visits ask why the = Board of Health meet in their dai they made these appointments, can they answer that > | merit controlled, or dare they answer that Dennery | his kind are their friends and associates whom ¢ felt bound to favor? What answer can they make and that will leave the | | cutcheon unstained? We join all right-thinking people in deploring that refined profession have been compeiled to do, and the shame and pity of it should confirm all honest men in their hatred of boss | politics that shovels filth into clean places with no more conscience than a dredger. /\/\ joyous and jubilant in every respect and in every city, village and countryside through- out the republic. Let the patriotic ardor of youth be | everywhere vigorous and exultant in its manifestations | of pride in the greatness of the nation, but let there} be also a certain reason and discretion in it all, that the joy of the day be not marred by fires or accidents. | ' With the cagerness characteristic of young America | the celebration of the Fourth has been to some extent | | anticipated. The rattle of crackers and other juvenile | | fireworks is to be heard toward evening in nearly a]lg | parts of the city. The menace of Fourth. of July fires | is therefore already upon us, and from now on until | the close of the celebration all citizens should be on | guard. | One of the evils of our popular methods of cele- brating the Fourth on the streets is that of employing large bombs instead of the comparatively harmless firecracker. The tendency to use as large a bomb as the law will permit is natural. Each boy desires to make 2s much noise as he can, and feels his own size and importance increase in proportion to the size and detonating power of the firework he expiodes. Could the youngsters have their way they would shoot off whole kegs of powder on the streets and think it great | fun. The great évil of the bomb, however, does not come | from the small boy, but from the hoodlum or the | practical joker who takes advantage of the freedom of the Fourth to throw crackers or even bombs under | the feet of persons passing along the sidewalk., Not even women are spared from such attacks, and fre- | quently serious accidents result from them, All such practices should of course be suppressed as far as pos- sible, and to that end public sentiment should co- operate to aid and encourage the police in preventing them, There is no reason why the Fourth of July should | not be celebrated with ample freedom by all classes | of citizens, young or old, but at the same time with entire safety to property and to person, If the heads r personal and professional es- which these members of a | | A WORD AY the celebration of the Glorious Fourth be IN SEASON. | | | | | | | journeys over .all roads has demonstrated. been amply NEGLECT OF POLITICAL DUTIES. . po man makes the corruption disclosed in New York by the Mazet Committee the foundation in the United States.” The Tammany administration in New York, he maintains, is no worse than that of 1 | | CORRESPONDENT of the Edinburgh Scots- | “ S X £ | gible to -the for a sermon on “The failure of municipal government | other large American cities, and perhaps not so bad | as that in Chicago, where the citizens were recentl compelled to bring the city authorities to terms t threatening to lynch ‘them. While the argument is not altogether fair, and the b conclusions are such as could be drawn from the evi-- dence only by a foreigner, and will not receive the sanction of Americans, there is much in the article that merits consideration. It is worth while to see- ourselves as others see us, and that is particularly true with respect to municipal politic department of our public life in which every intelli- gent man recognizes that reform is necessary. The correspondent of the Scotsman attributes the evils of municipal government in the United States not to our form of -administration, 1ot to'universal | suffrage, not to a corrupt condition of society, but to | the neglect of the larger portion of the people to pay due attention to municipal affairs. To that extent his conclusions will be indorsed by most themselves: We may not admit that our ¢ ministered much, if any, worse than those of lands where there is not so much in the way of criticism, but all will agree there would be improvement if all taxpayers performed their full share of political duties In commenting on this phase of the subject the critic says there are four classes of people in. American cities, so distinct as to almost constitute - separate worlds—“one living on public plunder, another la- boriously devoting itself to altruism, a third attending exclusively to business, and 2 fourth, as everywhere, floating through life on the wings of pleasure.. But it is only at election times that the philanthropists, the men of business, and the people of culture and sometimes a leisure take a hand in the game of politics, and then | they prove themselves such novices that the bosses | and their myrmidons lead them whither they will. Over and over again they have tried independent movement, but the result has always been either dire failure or a temporary success followed by a relapse into still lower depths of municipal depravity. Nor is the cause of this far to seek. It is to be found in the complicated machinery which has grown up in connection with the administration of public affairs, and particularly in connection with the choice of pub- lic representatives. The result is to make indepen- dent action next to impossible.” However prone we may be to resent foreign criti- cism, the essential soundness of that statement is not to be denied. It is, moreover, of timely interest to the people of San Francisco by reason of its perti- nence to the approaching municipal campaign. Here, as elsewhere, independent movements haye been tried and have failed, A good goyernment can be obtained only through an organized party, and in the condi- tions now prevailing it can be obtained only through the Republican party. It therefore behooves our citi- zens to bestir themselves at once and make sure of good nominations on the Republican ticket. The bosses can be beaten and will be beaten if the tax- payers of San Francisco attend to their political duty with vigor and promptness. A Korean mob has wrecked an electric railroad, the cars of which crushed several children to death, It is fortupate for C, P, Huntington that human lives are of less value in San Francisco than they are in Korea, During the thick of the carnival at Milwaukee the other night an Alderman was pelted with flour and soused with water, He was not out for the dough, either, | sic-hall dittie: Americans | s are ad- | HERE Is very little activity in the | real estate market. are in sight, | claims of a certain class of brokers that tapis. They always talk that way, but very few of these more or less mythical transactions ever materialize. However, there is really no cause for apprehension | &s to the future,-as it is conceded by all responsible brokers that this is the dull | season and until people begin to return to town from their summer vacations | there is not likely to be much doing. There is a general feellng among realty | men that the electric road along Sansome street, which is included in the corkscrew | franchise, now practically assured, will | mark the'dawn of a new era in the whole- | sale district of the city. The Market- | street Railway Company, in anticipation | of the granting of the franchise, has al- ready begun to lay tracks on that thor- oughfare, and the work will be pushed to completion with all possible dispatch. The fact is that this road means practi- cally the rehabilitation of the old whole- sale district. The North Central Im- provement Club, which has taken an ac- tive interest in the franchise proposition, | has been encouraged to continue its ef- | forts toward building up this section of | | the city. By the first of September the | work of repaving forty-six blocks in this | district_will be begun, and other im- | provements of a substantial charactér | are being contemplated or are already planned by the property-owners. It is ar- gued, and with good reason, that ~when the trade with our new possessions in the | Orient fairly sets in San Francisco will | experience a wonderful impetus in busi- | ness of all kinds, and the wholesale | triet will undoubtedly be principaily bene- | fited. 2 The building trade is in a falrly healthy condition, many contracts having been let | store buildings in various sections of the No sales of mag- nitude are being made and none such notwithstanding the they have a number of good things on the | during the past week for residences and | NEWS OF THE REALTY WORLD. city. Ground will be broken this morn- ing for the fine seven-story, fireproof bullding to be erected by Mrs. Charlotte Clarke on the lot recently gurclmsed by her, through A. M. Speck & Co the southeast corner of Mason and O'Farrell streets, The building will be constructed of brick and iron and will be fitted up as a hotel and store building. The plans are Dby Albert Sutton and the style of archi- tecture is very attractive, showing an unusual amount of originality-in its con- ception. The site, which cost’ 360,000, is 5587 feet and the building will cost $20.000. Work has also been begun on the new music stand.in Golden Gate Park and it is expected to be comp! fall. o 8 H. P. 'Sonntag has purchased a lot on the south. side- of Gelden Gate avenue, west of Lga\'enwurth. za;:m. for from _the Henneberry estate. A M Speck & Co, have sofd & iot on van Ness avenue, forty-five feet north of Green street, for G. W. Haight to Chris- topher Heinz, who has begun the erec- tion of_two flats thereon which will cost 38! The same firm- has also closed the Sale of the property on the south side of O'Farrell street, near Leavenworth, men- tion of which was made in these columns last week, for $20,000. A. M. Speck & Co. report the following recent sales: Three flats at 2715 Folsom street to ) Marguerite D. Harrigan, $4500; ot 25x137:6 and seven-room house, 2513 Octavia street, Joseph Russell " to | C.7H. Westphal, $000; lot 62, irregular. | depth of 100 feet, and two frame buildings, | 128 and 130 Second street, Mary F. Bran- leted early in the | | nan_estate to H. E. Bothin, $17.5 lot 27x100 feet and twelve-room residence, 25 Baker street, Andrew -Young to Mrs. Jen- | hie C. McCatley, $10.000: lot on south line | of Turk street. 46x137:6 feet, being 160 feet east of Leavenworth street, Father D= O. | Crowley ‘to H. E. Law, $21,000; lot 25x70 | feet on'south line of Green stréet, 140 feet east of Van - Ness avenue, George W. Haight to Robert Kelly: also six and a half actes highly cultivated near Hay- wards, Ada B. Oakes to Bernard Smith and wife. g SHAMOS O'BRIEN S HE APPEARS AT THE TIVOLI ORE than a year ago our bet- ters wrote paragraphs of un- qualified praise anent “Sha- mus O'Brien’’ as written by the librettist, developed by the com- poser and sung by Denis O’'Sullivan. But evervthing depends upon the point of view. There is no castiron law as to outlook, and this is a record of individual opinion in the interest of a great mass of intelligent, are not musicians. The libretto is a . development of Le Fanuw's stirring old ballad name, and thus the structure is not build- ed upon sand—rather upon the granite of | | | | a mighty Irish rebel character. Agitation runs not in a tiny current, but in a | mighty torrent, rushing through three acts of riotous energy ebbs for a wider flow. The dialogue generally good and the atmosphere sentially Irish, though this latter is, we suspect, due as much to clever stage man- agement as to the intention of the libret- tist. He manages his entrances and exits with an eye for the picturesque, and cos- tumes his people, most of them, in true Irish eccentricity. The sullen mutterings of his trades-union crowds makes us hope for a handy policeman. We stand a some- what .wondering spectator at the edge of the fray and give to the two old folks it the right a special sanction to fight while there’s life. The character work in pantomime done by these two people, Fred Kavanaugh and Christie Stock- meyer, is worthy of special mention. They are reminiscent of nothing unless it be the real thing. No hidebound timid conservatism has actuated the musical composition, but in his desire to get away from tradition the composer has rendered himself unintelli- cast majority. Nothing is ¢ or-a desire to dazzie. 1t soriorous brilliancy, but does not im- the lay sister. as either a rythmical ion or one of lyrical beauty. It is not melodious—it is not companionable. It and color, but no swing. Its c, as are its anger and its ré is nothing shy or diffident its intentions, and yet it fails to make itself understood. Tike unto the old border ballads, hark back, it has tragedy and fierce ac- tion, but it does not stir the biood. The perfume of femininity exhales from the tones he puts into the throats of his women,- The musical phases they sing are beautifnl but are in most instances foreign to the demeanor of the charac- ters. The passages of love and coquetry seem to have been written by a_muscular male who must kneel at the foot of woman awhile and hearken to her teachings if done for disp he would make a Kitty sing her coquet- ries true. The music was not written for the shallow nor yet for the lover of mu- and hence will not appeal to the unlettéred. Even realizing this, we confess that 1t sits a littie heavily upon our unprotected head and is bewil- dering in its Brahmlike skips,.its heavy and crowded harmonies. In piaces it at- tracts by a certain rough ugliness and lack of connection and mixed rhythm. It seems to promise and not fulfill. It all Seems more potential than real and leaves one rather cold and unemotional. In a . it is. chaotic; and may we be for- our heresies! s is a splendid character, and he leaps boidly into the middle of dull things with a sureness of purpose and con: Mr. O'Sullivan sings well, in the field of roma tic opera he probahly has a_good future, but in the field of romantic drama he has a great one. We like his voice, but why worship the qualities, however good, that are fatal to a man's best future interests? We are free to choose our own profes- sional diet, and perhaps Mr. O'Sullivan will say that he knows what he wants, and it is not advice. The cast Is excellent, Rhys Thomas, Phii Branson, Anna Lich- ter and Anna Myers being especially good. The beautiful distance effect and sug- him at once. but he acts better. fn the wail of the banshee are to be highly commended. The second act is the mosf appealing, musically considered, and the firet one a trilumph for the drama. Neither Kitty nor Nora understands the nature of Irish children, No bOi' with spirit would allow himself to be led around by the head and smothered in capes and gen- erally made a puppet of for three weary hours. If there must be a child, let him be natural. The opera will no doubt draw crowdeqd houses, for it is a most meri- torious ‘production, CHARLOTTE THOMPSON., —————— LUTZ'S FUNNY STORY. Judge Conlan Wanted to Hear It in Court But Was Unsuccessful. Ernest Grooty, a teamster, was arrested by Policeman Farley on Market street Thursday for fast driving over a ctreet crossing. He appeared In Judge Conlan’s court yesterday and Farley testified that the horse was being driven at a rapld gult and Grooty falled fo stop when ordered. Grooty testified that as he approached the crossing his friend, Herman Lutz, who was with him in the buggy, was teiling him o funny story, which occupfed his whole attention, and the horse shied when the officer ordered a halt and nearly jumped out of the harness. The Judge asked Lutz to take the stand and wanted Him to tell the funny story so that he would be able to judge as to whether 1t was so good as to occup, Grooty’s whole attention, Lutz declined, but the Judge was urgent, and fnally Lutz said it was about his wife and he could not gratify the Judge's curiosity. The Judge _thereupon convicted Grooty and ordered him to appear for sentence July 7. —_—— Cheapest Fee on Record. Chris Schneider, the sailor charged with battery, who declared Thursday that he had been held up in the deck in Judge Conlan’s court by an attorney who prom- ised to defend him for two bits, pointed out Attorney Whalen yesterday as the man, The Judge dismissed the case against Schneider, as he had acted in self-defense, and told him that if he would ‘fo outside and lick Whalen he would dismiss the case. Whalen wanted to speak, but the Judge curtly told him to leave the courtroom. Schneider did not stop to square matters with - torney. but hurried away, o ot music-loving people who yet | of the same | with_occasional | is to which it seems to | = | dence of approval that clear a space about | Seeking health for his wife, who has been gestion of the intangible that come to us | AROUND THE CCRRIDORS W. W. Greer, a Sacramento capitalist, is a guest at the Grand: Fred. Dodd, proprietor of ‘the Hughes | Hotel at Fresno. isia guest at the Lick. Thomas D, Wood of Santa Barbara is at the California with his wife and fam- ily. S. F. Hull, a merchant of ‘Melhourne, Australia, IS registered at the Occiden- tal. : George C. Reiter, U. 8. 'N., official light- | house inspector,- is a. guest.at the Occi- | dental. Dr. W. L. Bell and W. H. Reynolds, | two naval officers; are registered at the| | Palace. | Governor Gage came down on the local | from Sacramento last evening and regis- | tered at the Palace. : Dr. F. Rose, who was German Consul at Apia at the time of the Samoan trou- ble. is a guest at the Palace. W. H. Hatton, an attorney, and Charles | Maze, a prominent politician, are both registered at the Lick from Modesto. E. H. Adams, a wealthy jeweler of New York, is at the Lick. He, with his wife, is on the way home from a month spent in the Hawalian Islands. | Cariton €. Crane, Pacific Coast passer- | ger agent of the New York Central lines | has returned to his office after a month | spent in visiting Eastern cities. C. E. Norman, a capitalist of Mel- bourne, is at the Occidental with hig wife. W. C. Peacock, a merchant of Honolulu, is also registered at the same hostelry. Dr. J. 1. Stevens of Petaluma, Dr. F. K. Ainsworth of Los Angeles and Dr. H. D. Lawhead of Woodland, three prominent physicians, are registered at the Grand. L. A. Thurston, formerly Minister to Hawall and Special Commissioner to the | Queen’s Jubilee under the Dole adminis- | tration, is among those of the Mariposa’s passengers who went to the Occidental. Ex-Congressman F. W. Mondell of Wy- oming is at the Occidental. He has been | spending several weeks on a pleasure trip | through the Hawalian Islands and is now on his way home. C. H. B. Corbett, a capitalist of Syd- ney, Australia, is at the California, as is also D. Logan, special correspondent of The Cail at Honolulu, who is return- ing to the United States on a short pleas- ure trip. Rev. P. O'Leary, dean of the Catholic Seminary of Maynooth, Ireland, is at the Occidental on a trip around the world. | He came in on the Mariposa yesterday | from Australia. Rev. J. A. Rogers of | Ballarat accompanies him. . Henry Townsend, Superintendent of Public Schools in Honolulu, arrived on the Mariposa yesterday and went to the Occidental. T. B. Richards and W. C. Grigg, two other residents of Honolulu, are staying at the same hotel. Among the arrivals on the Mariposa vesterday were Chief Justice and Mrs. | Chambers of Samoa. Mr. Chambers is on | his way to Washington to take up the question of the late troubles at Apia. He | declines to discuss the matter for publi- | cation. | Ernest G. B. Maxse, British Consul at Arpia, Is a guest at the Occidental. He is on his wav home on leave of absence, | | | considerably run down by her long so- Journ in a climate to which she was not | accustomed. | Fge = g Genial Frank | Cummings, th FRANK CUMMINGS, | susve and gen- | tlemanly Beau | | PHILANTHROPIST | B'rummel who trols the desk || ANDIOKER. | of'tne Palace, is @ generally consid- ered a - pretty { smooth article and, in truth, he is. But even the best and smartest of us will, once in a while, slip up, and Wednesday | evening was the time selected by Fate to send Cummings down the toboggan. It happened this wise. At about 7 o’clock Cummings was | standing behind his desk admiring the ‘whiteness of his small and beautifully formed hands when a stranger, attired: in the height of fashion, approached and, leaning over the aesk, said: “Aw, I say, Cummings, would you mind sending up to the Columbia and getting four tickets for me?"” “‘Certainly not,” answered Cummings. “Where do you want them?" *“Get the best they have in the house and I will return for them as soon as I finish my dinner,” and the elegante | | sauntered off in the direction of the grill room. Cummings scratched his head, trying to remember the name of the guest, who | was evidently a gentleman of importance | and distinction, but it was no use. He then rang for a messenger, and, fearing the joshing he would get from the other clerks should he discover to them the lapse of memory on which he so highly prides himself, he dug down in his own pocket for the money and sent the boy after the tickets. Shartly beiore § he saw the guest returning, and, getting the tickets out of the drawer, he waited for him to approach, “Aw, have you my tickets, Cummings?" “Yes, sir, Here they are.” ‘“Are they the best you could get in the house? “‘Yes, sir, I was at one time an actor of prominence myself, and when I send a personal note to any of the theaters, as I did in this instance, they always give me the best they have in the house.” “Thanks awfully, Just put them down on my bill, will you?" “Certainly, What name, please?"” “Haw! haw! Cummings, what an in- corrigible joker you are! I suppose if your own brother were to come in here you would ask him the same question.” *“Te, he! Yes, sir, the boys do say I will have my joke despite of anything. But, upon my soul, it's on me this time. . For a moment I did forget your name. Well, good night. Hope you have a pleasant time. They say the show is ex- cellent.” The elegante passed out and the joke was on Cummings to the extent of $ 25, for he never came back. —————— | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 30.—G. L. Rathbone of San Francisco Is at the Holland. L. G. Rollins of Los Angeles is at the Hoff- man. B —— THE ANCIENT DRUIDS. Committees and Deputies Named by the Noble Grand Arch. J. F. Martinoni, noble grand arch of the United Ancient Order of Druids of Cali- fornia; has appointed the following com- mittees for the current Druidic year: & Credentials—J. H. L. Gerckens, P. N. G. ‘A.;: ‘M. Mayer, G. Allegretti. Finances—F. Cavagnaro, P. Charles: Lester, J, C. R.; J. L. Valente, J. G. Johnson. Charters and petitions—A. M. Giubi- otti, 'N. E. Wretman, C. D. Evers, H. ©O. Hess, B. Pelligrini. On laws and subordinates—John Hut- ton, John F. Rossi, N. Dimmes, J. L. Contat, L. T. Costa. Legislation—L. G. Sch P. 8. A ry Meyer, Dr. C. ©O'Donnell, Joseph Alhérti, James Hagan. Appeals and Grievances—J. A. De- . G. Al Bernstein, A. S. ord, € voto, P. N. G. A.; George H. Buck, .°N. G.:A.; L. F. D\u)nfid. P. N.'G. © A.; George H Bahrs, P. N. G. A.; H. J. Goller, P. N. G. A. ‘Printing—Henry A. Chase, P. N. G. A.;: John M. Graves, G. S.; C. Gugliei- moni. Jurisprudence—G. W.- Lovie, P. N. G homas Renison, Dr. E. N. T\ rello, John Naffziger, M. 1. Correspondence—Johin M. S.; ‘G. H. Bertram, A. §. R.; Thomas Linton, Supplies—J. S." Godeau, G. 8.; 5 i Dunand, P, P. G. A G. Mitchel, Frank Roux. Druids’ Magazine—L. F. F. Cavagnaro, stein, A: S. R .; John B. Hes has ‘also appointed the following deputies for the current He named as his term: M. Mayer, Placervile, for Grove No. s = Charles He 4 and it Frang cisco. 5; Charles . Grove 16; D. co, Grove 108 Francisco, Gro William San Mount, Mayfield, Groves 45 and 52; S. Poska, Sacramento, Grove Fallandy, lLos Anpgeles, Grove J. S. Bonita, Santa Cruz, Grove §1; Lazzari, Sacramento, Grove 112; W. F. Dougherty, n Rafael, Grove 58; fred Orton, Oakland, Grove 2 tana, San Francisco, Grove 1 Kane, Modes! Grove dano, San Francisco, Grove 37; Mar- cus Federson, Petaluma, Grove 38; E. P. Hansen, Petaluma, Grove 51; J. S. Depauli, Kern City, Grove e Costa, San Francisco, Grove 8: Dr. M. Siiva, Sacramento, Grove $6; E. R. Samuels, Novato, Grove 113; George Wolf, Stockton, G 9: D. Ferrari, Santa Cruz, Grove 21; A. M. Giubotti, Groves 23 and 76; Dean, Bolinas, Grove %: L. Wegner, Merced, Grove 36; Eugene Piaggl, Placerville, G Joseph F. Bertrand, Tocoloma sta- tion, Grove 39; M. R. Garner, St. He- lena, Grove 4l J. Bower, Santa Rosa, Grove 4. V. Angeli Healdsburg, Grove No. 109; George W. Heason, Guerneville, Grove No. 69; Sauli Gori, Guerneville, Grove No. 103; C. Clivio, Oakland, Grove No. . Anderson, Fairfield, Grove No. Giovanni Derosa, San Jose, Grove 74; Giovanni Fiora, Sisson, Grove 77; T. Olivieri, Sonoma, Grove No. Frank Lewis, Pleasanton, Grove N 82; Mads Jensen, Tomales, Grove N 83; L. A. Frati, Occidental, oves 84 and %; F. Gilambastiani, Los Ange- les, Grove No. 78; J. Johnson, San Luis Obispo, Grove No. §; George S. Fitz- gerald, Livermore, Grove No. 83; A. Ferrari, Eureka, Grove No. & F. Rowell, Eureka, Groves No. 92 and %: G. Giovanotti, Guadalupe, Grove No. 100; P. L. Taglio, Salinas, Grove No. 101: G. Mazzel, Stockton, Grove No. 98; R. Tonini, Cayucos, Grove No. L. Mariani, Fort Bragg, Grove No. 105; E. J. Beason, Healdsburg, Grove No. 111; Dr. E. V. Lonigo, Jackson, Grove No. 114 — ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A DRAW—A. SV V(:lt)fl ‘When a fight is declared a draw all bets are off. AT BURLINGAME—A. §., City. The festivities at Burlingame on Monday will be open, free to all. SEATING CAPACITY—S. C., Salinas City. The Orpheum in San Francisco has a larger seating capacity than the Grand Opera House. ONE PREMIUM COIN—S. I., San Jose, Cal. A $3 piece of 1856 commands a pre- mium of from 2 cents to $1 according to its state of preservation. 1:h0 selling price of such a coin is from $4 50 to $5 50. GOAT TRLAND—H. F., City. The cir- cumference of Goat Island in the Bay of San Francisco, on the shore line. is about 12,000 feet, or about two an. a quar- ter miles. SONS OF HAN—S., City. The Chinese are called sons of Han from Han, the founder of the twenty-sixth Chinese dynasty, with which modern Chinese ais- tory commences (206-220). TWO HEIGHTS—E. L. M., City. The height of the Claus Spreckels building at th ecorner of Third and_Market streets is 327 feet. That of the City Hall tower to the base of the wingless angel is 302:2 feet. RAISING THE RENT-0. M., City. Unless a tenant has a lease the landlord, on giving timely notice, can increasc the rent to any amount he desires. That is one way of giving a tenant a notice to quit. R S R CITIZENSHIP—A. F. M., City. The children of persons who have been duly naturalized in the United States being under the age of 21 at the time of the nat- uralization of their arents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be consid- ered as citizens thereo CYCLING TO STOCKTON-O. B. S., City. The best road for cycling from San Francisco to Stockton, a distance of about ninety miles. is to take boat to Alameda, thence to San Leandro, Haywards, Niles, Sunol, Livermore, then to Lathrop to Stockton, keeping the county roads. ROSENTHAL'S PAINTING—S., San Mateo, Cal. The painting by Toby Rosen- thal of a monk watching butterflies at a window filled with flowers was suggested by two lines from a German poem by Lenau, a free translation of which is “Re- mind me mot that I alone am shut out from the pleasures of spring. TICKET—A. R., Stockton, Cal. If an individual buys a round-trip ticket to New York, and when he reaches that city he finds 'that he cannot return to San Fran- cisco, he will ind men there who wiu buy the ticket for the return trip, but the in- dividual who buys such a ticket will find difficulty in using it over the Southern Pacific or Central Pacific lines. B e = Fourth of July decorations, flags, pic- tures, etc., wholesale and retail, in quan- Hres, Stomit - Sanborn. Vall &:Co. 8 —— e Cal.glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.s —_—— Bpecial information supplied dally to business houses and public men b‘( the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ R The Dewey Torpedoes. As requested by Fire Marshal Towe, Chief Lees yesterday sent a communica- tion to each of his captains instructing them to notify their men to arrest any person selling or giving away ‘“Dewey mr(rsdoe:," as they were a menace to lifs and property. They were also instructed to arrest any person firing them off and charge them with violating order No. 2027 of the Board of Supervisors. The torpe- does contain sulphur and phosphorus. On July 13 and 14 the Santa Fe route will sell tickets to Indianapglis and return at the very low rate of $76. fon—annual meeting of the Epworth League. Get full particulars at the Santa Fe office, 628 Market street. e PARKER'S HATR BALSAM keeps the hair soft and plentiful and restores the color when gray. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns. 13 ots. Physiclans will tell you Dr. Siegert's Angos- tura Bitters s the best of all tonics and stomach regulators. Druggists sell it