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ENGLISH, Corrcspondent. AMUSEMENTS. Californja—"'A Bachelor's Honeymoon." Columbia—""A Southern Gentleman.' Orphe Vaudevilie. Tivoli—*‘Cavalleria Rusticana” and *I'Pagliacct.” Alcazar— Grand Opera-t ise—*‘Clover.” Alhambra—Our Heroes' Fund Benefit, to-night, Chutes, Zoo and Free Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon mnd evening. Olympia, corner Macon and Ellis streets—Spectalties. Butro Baths—Swimming Races, etc. Alhambra Theater—Benefit to John W. Slade, Saturday evening, September 2. California State Fair, Sacramento—September 4 to 16. THE DECORATION OF THE CITY. HILE the decorations of the streets along the line of march fixed for the grand parade of the returning volunteers will be the most artistic s city, the people should accomplishment of that ch. The whole city should be adorned with streaming colors, flying flags and banners bearing legends of welcome to the heroes. Of course the committee cannot undertake the gen- It must be left to the patriotic im- W and elaborate ever seen in t not rest content with the decoration . pu and the artistic taste of the householders. During the outburst of popular patriotism t lowed the declaration of war nearly every well-to-do family in the city made a national flag a part of its household ornaments and treasures. In the early days the war the city was radiant with banners from worning to night. When the volunteers from the er States arrived here they found the streets not n the residence distr s and bunting that the who! downtown but ¥ cts SO pro- adorned with fla fusely city appeared in festal a Now the time has conte to make use of all those | fl and to add to their number. From every office, stel and home throughout the city the starry banners should be flung to the breeze. Wher- ever the boys go on the way to their homes after dis should find the streets made bright th 1 beautiful by the glow of the national colors, and bandment e should meet their eyes on all sides. the for the niost manifestations of of volunteers war was he ardent roism and love for their loyalty nied L their in be made as glorious as let their home-coming THE MUNICIPAL give close attention to the political work carried on CONVENTIONS. OTWITHSTANDING the prevailing interest in the preparations for the reception of the home- coming volunteers, it is the duty of citizens 1o during the week by the county conventions of the two parties. 1e Democratic convention assembled lust night, and the Republican convention meets this evening. The issues with which they will deal are of importance to every citizen, and a close watch should be ’cpt upon_every step of the proceedings in both bodies. In the Democratic convention it is a foregone con- clusion the self-appointed committee of one hundred trustees and guardi directors of San Francisco Democracy will have their own way and nominate | whom they please. The result will doubtless be a ticket something like that which gave San Francisco in the Board of Supervisors preceding the present one a municipal and county government of so outrageou a kind that Mayor Phelan undertook to remove the Supervisors by main force and did on one occasion have them hauled out of the council chamber in the City Hall by the police. These things being so, it is to the Republican con- vention the better element of the city now looks for a ticket whose election will assure good government. The outlook promises well. the party—Kelly, Crimmins and Burns push—were defeated at the primaries, with all their and the rank and file of the party representing true Republicanism achieved a sweeping triumph. how far the delegates will fulfill the expectations of those who voted for them. The combined forces which will be arrayed against the Republicans in this contest cannot be beaten by a weak ticket, nor even by a strong ticket unless it he supported by a strong and energetic county commit- | tee, made up of men in whom not only Republicans but independent voters have confidence.. The selec- tion of good candidates and good committeenien is therefore the duty imposed upon the convention by the responsibilities of the situation as well as by the expectations of the party. - Up to this point every step taken in the campaign | has been in the direction of a triumph for honest Re- publicans. The attempts of the bosses to hold the primary elections by a blanket ticket were beaten. Their efforts to win out at the primaries under the district system of electing candidates to the conven- tion were beaten. It remains now defeat any schemes they may devise in the convention to pl;! their representatives as candidates on the ticket or as members of the committee. Having thus purified it- self of boss control, the Republican party can com- plete the good work by defeating the Democratic bosses at the polls and redeeming the city from boss domination altogether. Such a consummation is well worth working for in earnest and with tireless energy e e .. e Farmers throughout California are reported to be suffering from a sudden jump in rope. Judge Lynch has had nothing to do with it, either. to ...... v.0s....908 Broadway, | 29 Tribune Building | Wellington Houytrip across the Roc | This I did find in California. The would-be bosses of | It is now to be seen | CALIFORNIA TEA. HE people of this State have long known its possibilities and the variety of its resources. Nature favors the production of many things t here. We are so situated that we may draw upon two | zones and gather, from the northward and the south- 1 ward, plants that produce what man needs to supply his necessities and comforts and luxuries. The ques- tion of labor enters into the economic production of | much that nature favors. Give us the labor fitted to | {it, in cost and application to detail, and we can pro- duce siik without limit. The mulberry flourishes here, But the industry and the silkworm reduces it to fiber. requires a surplus of domestic labor or of hired labor | at a low wage. The care of the moth and worm and the winding of cocoons, the primary processes in pro- duction, stand in the way of immediate development. It is probable that when California has about triple [ her present population the surplus of domestic labor will enable silk culture on a significant scale. Then | ' may be found in a majority of country homes the time and skil! required to produce and fit the raw silk for the manufacturer, and it may then become as com- mon as wool is now. After his recent visit here the Secretary of Agricul- | ture is quoted as saying: “One of my pet schemes | has been tea culture in the United States. This | project I have nursed in my own mind for many The department has been = developing tea | plants at Washington in great quantities, and it pro- poses to distribute in favorable localities some four- | teen million shrubs. One of the chief purposes of my y Mountains was to find soil and | climate that would be favorable to the culture of tea. Just where I cannot tell you at present. However, I am satisfied Califor- | nia has the right soil and climate in abundance. The | Agricultural Department will push its experiments at | | once.” | The Secretary is right. 1f he had confided his pur- | pose to our people while here he could have been shown tea plants, long growing and thriity, in the western foothills of the Sierra, and could have prob- ably been furnished a cup of California tea. The shrub was experimented with long ago, and the | capacity of our soil and climate to produce it is as well established as their friendliness to silk culture. At present the obstructing element is the same as in silk. It is a question of the lack of abundant and cheap labor. Rural families in the foothills have pro- duced tea for their own use, though its quality would be improved by more knowledge of the processes of | picking, drying and preparing the leaf. Tea-planting has also been tried successfully in South Carolina, and in that State appears no natural | obstacle to its development. Before the abolition of | slavery it had come to be regarded as a possible in- dustry of great value. Since the substitution of free for slave labor it is subjected to the same conditions as in California. It is to be hoped that the Secretary will send 2 generous portion of his tea plants here. If a few ranchers in the foothills, who will treat them intelli- gently, can get them and get proper instruction in picking and curing the leaf, there will be laid the foundation for production in commercial quantities. It is not to be expected that any one will devote the land and the capital required to put out at once 2 large commercial plantation of tea. But when a large number of ranchers have by the use of an acre or two shown the merit and profit of the industry, its enlarge- ment may be expected. | Tea grows in our latitudes in China and Japan, and it is noteworthy that the industry began there by the production of tea for domestic use by the producer. | and never became of commercial importance until | its use had been domesticated in Europe. The next visit we have from the progressive Secre- | tary of Agriculture he must be shown the fea shrubs of California, which have long stood as witnesses to our capacity to supply a cup of American tea. e e s years. The Evening Post of this city outdid itself last | night. It gave a thrilling account of the arrival in the \bay of the transport Sherman and the California Vol- | unteers, not only sixteen hours ahead of the morning for similar achieve- | ments, but forty hours ahead of the actual occurrence. No such feat has ever before been recorded, not eve in evening journalism. Can it be possible that the | Post has been trafficking again with mediums? papers, as is its wont to claim Now that Maitre Labori has resumed his place in | | the Dreyius court-martial his troubles are just begun. | For the next two weeks he will be kept busy thwart- | ing the efforts of fool friends to pat him on the back in the region of that sore spot. The wedded life of Lady Randolph Churchill and Lieutenant L. G. M. Cornwallis-West surely should be one of happiness. Their friends are unanimous that | the marriage will be a failure. GOVERNMENT IN EUSINESS. HE Democracy is no doubt just now under the | T heavy thumb of two national bosses, Governor | Altgeld and Colonel Bryan. When the Ken- tucky bolters gathered in their convention they wired Altgeld for orders and he responded with his com- mands, adding, “If you don't do this you would bet- ter adjourn.” In the convention Mr. Cato Sells was the leading candidate for Governor. His | nomination was believeld to be the only thing neces- | sary to unite the two factions of the party by cutting ! loose from the Populists. Colonel Bryan appeared in Des Moines, made two speeches, put orders on the delegates, and Mr. Selis withdrew from the contest, id’c(‘k\\'i'lg that it was by Colonel Bryan's dictation. Such a situation never before appeared in a national | party. It is evident that under this duplicate dictator- | ship the platform of 1896 will be readopted and with | additions that will be novel. Altgeld, in his Chicago interview, said that it must have a plank in favor of Government ownership of | all the leading business activities, He declared th:\t{ the growing tendency to municipal ownership was the | | entering wedge to Federal ownership, and that mu- | nicipal ownership, wherever tried, had proved the wisdom of the scheme. It is well, in view of this surely impending policy, to go back to the argument first used in this country in favor of the Government going into business. It began with the experience of the city of Glas- | gow. It was widely published and is still current that the people of Glasgow pay no taxes, and that the \\xhole government is supported by the income of the street railways and of the water and gas plants. Recently Mr. Robert Watt of this city, one of the l-known promoters of the Valley road, inquired of a friend in Glasgow as to the facts touching the freedcm from taxation of the people of that city. The Oakland Enquirer has published the response. The facts are found to be, first, that the basis of muni- cipal taxation in Glasgow, as in all other municipali- i ties in the British isles, is the rental value of property. Property is taxed upon a certain rate per pound ster- ling of its leasable value. Property with a reutal value of more than $50 per annum is taxed two Towa | | to the interest of the statement if their amount were | | ment says that the story that the income of the street | | war that will enable France to recover her lost prov- shillings and twopence per pound sterling, or 52 cents per pound, or eleven per cent of the income, and property of a less rental value is taxed one shilling and sixpence' per pound, or seven and one hali per cent of its rental value. The Enquirer, comparing this with taxation in Oakland, finds that in the latter city the rate runs from ten to fiiteen per cent of the rental value of property, or an average but slightly in excess of the average property tax for municipal purposes paid by property in Glasgow. So far t]\ci facts settle ghe question of the levy and collection of city taxes in Glasgow, and the very slight difference Letween their amount and the taxes paid in Oakland. Now, as to municipal ownership. Glasgow has a population of 800,000, in round numbers. Before that | city took ownership of the street railw: they paid | te it an annual rental of $13,000 for use of the streets. | The profit to the city of operating the roads is now $45.000 per year, or a gain in income over the former street rentals of only $32,000. As the city issued in- | terest bearing bonds to buy the roads, it would add known and the annual interest charge and whether the latter is first taken out before the net profit of $32,000 is made to appear. Of course the presump- tion is that this is done, though it is not stated. The wages paid to employes on the Glasgow street rail- ways average $5 25 per week of sixty hours. Here, again, it would be interesting to know if this wage is more or less under municipal than under corporate ownership. The charge for city gas in Glasgow is a fraction above 30 cents per thousand cubic feet, but the gas coal costs only $1 50 per ton, and the local market takes the by-products of gas-making at a handsome profit. The water rates do not seem to pay the cost of supply, for there is a general levy of 12 cents on every $5 of property value for water. The Glasgow gentleman who furnishes the state- railways supported the whole cost of the city govern- ment probably rose out of the fact that these railways are able to maintain themselves without an annual deficiency to be met by the taxpayers. While the facts as shown are of the greatest inter- est, they are by no means complete. In addition to the lack already mentioned it would be interesting to | know how much taxable property was lost to the city when it became owner of the roads. Its income from | such taxation should be set against its profit of $32,000, and would probably show an actual deficit of a large amount as the result of the change. As the question of municipal ownership, originally set in mo- tion in this country by the mistake about Glasgow's freedom from tax, is in agitation in this city, the ex- perience which bears upon it is of very great interest | tc our people. THE KAISER @ND THE FRENCH: /IAISER WILLIAM has given the world another [\ -evidence of his desire to win the: favor of the French. He has followed his visit to a French naval training ship and his complimentary address on that occasion by unveiling on the battle-field of St. | Privat, near Metz, a statue designed to commemorate the valor of the men of both armies. His words were notably strong and clear. He is reported to have said: “I desire that the meaning of this figure be generally known. It stands on this field as a guardian of all the brave soldiers of both armies, French and German, who fell. The French soldiers who found a glorious grave at St. Privat also fought bravely and heroically for their Emperor and father- land. When our flags are lowered in greeting before this bronze statue and flutter mournfully over the graves of our dear comrades may they wave over the tombs of our foes and whisper that we think sorrow- ingly of their brave dead. With deep thanks and an upward glance to the Lord of Hosts for the guidance he so mercifully vouchsafed to our great Emperor, we will recall that the countless souls of all who once stood face to face in hot encounter will look down upon us this day from where they stand around the | throne of the Supreme Judge, united in eternal | There is in our language a mocking proverb which | declares, “Soit words butter no parsnips,” but frnmi the wisdom of the ancients there comes a fuller truth in the saying, “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” The course of the powerful Emperor of Germény in | persistently speaking conciliatory words is bound to | have its effect upon the minds of the French. He may not lead them to put away the dream of a victorious | Fokk ok ok kK k kK Aok ok ok ke k kA ok inces, but he will certainly allay irritation and antag- onism and thus check any desire on the part of the French to hasten the coming of that war. According to a story which has been going the | rounds for some time, the Kaiser is very eager to at- tend the expositfon in Paris next year, and it has been said all his kind speeches are designed merely to enable him to accomplish that purpose. It hardly likely, however, that the Kaiser has been moved by so slight a motive. It is more probable he desires to visit Paris for the purpose of conciliating the French than that he desires to conciliate the French for the purpose of going to Paris. All the great statesmen of Europe are impressed | with the conviction that the balance of power on that continent is in a state of instable equilibrium. An outbreak in the Balkan States or in the Turkish em- pire may involve the Continent in a general war and lead to a reconstruction of the political map. More- over, the whole structure of society is insecure. The oppressive burden of immense standing armies is felt everywhere, and socialism in one direction and anarchy in another tend equally to undermine the fabric of government. Under such conditions it is not strange a wise ruler should seek to allay old enmities and make friends with his neighbors. There are reasons for be- lieving Russia, a power that is as much Asiatic as European, has been playing fast and loose with Euro- pean alliances for a long time. The German Emperor may not have much fear of a Russian alliance with France, but he can have as little confidence in Rus- sian friendship for Germany. In any casq it is better | for Germany to have the friendship of France, and the Emperor is doing all he can to attain it. The Colorado boys could have taken no prettier niethod of showing their appreciation of San Fran- cisco than by turning out as they did to help decor- ate the streets for the home-coming of thg California Volunteers. —_— A Santa Barbara rancher was struck the other day by an ice wagon. An impression has been gaining ground that the southern part of the State was getting to be altogether too swiit, anyway. " Titania and Bottom would never have gained im- mortality from the pen of Shakespeare had the Bard of Avon ever suspected that two such characters Gage and Seamans were to exist. . Since a sneakthicf attempted to steal a jeweled scarfpin last Sunday at Recreation Park the baseball magnates have been driving spikes into their dia- mond . | den “STEVE” BRODIE, LATE OF THE BOWERY, HAS MOVED TO TUXEDO BH444444 44444444 44444440 STEVE BRODIE, t Tuxedo. z + + G444+ 44444 44444444448 UCH is the card Stephen Brodie, Esq., some time of the Bowery, will here- after distribute by way of fixing him- self in the minds of his friends. He tells the story: “It's on de level. No, I'm not kiddin’, for kiddin’ don’t fit in at Tuxedo, and 's where I'll hang out from now on. “It's like di 1 flew de coop on Harle v brownstone front for six teen t'ousand—half lon’ green, half I'll see you later. “Den I gets out me roll from me Bowery safe, makes good up to fourteen t'ousand, chores around to me friend, Herman Rin- aldo, who runs a real estate joint on Grand street, and plays de whole wad down for a deed to de Tuexdo, and I've “Say, me new graft is a good ting fer fair. It has fourteen rooms and two bat'- rooms by way of entertaining mugs wat | visits me. “1 can stand for it. all right, for T've trained up to it gradually, as you might CPP00O00000660606006000 : COMMUNICATIONS * CPO0POPOCPPPPIOOOIOOP WAR CORRESPONDENTS. Editor of The Call: The San Francisco Chronicle of July 27, 1899, contained an editorial alleging the following fact 1. That the war correspondents at Ma- nila were misleading the American peo- ple and attempting to punish .General Otis. / 2. That censorships, such as General Otis was enforcing, had been maintained ever since war correspondence was in- 3. That “during the Civil War General Sherman_threatened fo hang Whitelaw Reid, correspondent of the New York Tribune.” 4. “That he (General Sherman) turned Murat Halstead out of the army in the most summary fashion.” “That General Grant also made an another famous _correspon- .7 “In each case where the presence of a newspaper writer was tolerated his letters and telegrams were rigidly super- My ation published in The Call August 589, pronounced these state- ments to be untrue. The Chronicle of August 6 had an edi- torial reviewing my article in The Call o the day before and disingenuously as serting” by implication editorial without p example of | say. Foist I lived on Cherry Hill, den on | Hester street, den de Bowery. next on One | Hundred and Sixth street and now I'm folleying de push to Tuxedo and am fit to | do_meself proud. | “Will de swells, me neighbors in de park | | near by, kick? | “Say, what t'ell? I'm a actor, and Tux- entertained Curley Beloo, whose s longer dan mine, but as a actor | he is 30 cents alongside of me. Did Cur-| ley Beloo ever jump from 4 bridge or sing | a song on de stage? What? | “But I'll hit it off ali right wid de real | tings down dere. I hear dere church is in | debt. I'll pay it out. and give some boodle | to de Catholic church—not to play no fa-| v'rites—and if dat don’t do 'em proper I'll | | give a dinner to 'em what'll put dere eyes | out for de real wine I'll tap. | “T hasn’t got me golf goods bought vet, but dere’s to be a punchin’ bag in me | house dat’ll be at de service of any willie | boy who needs settin’ up. “Oh, 1 don’t know, dere’s woise dan me arrived all right, and it's no hundred-to- | one shot I'm not a club director down dere | before de Bowery goes dry. | “Will me old pals be weicome? Say, dey | | gets de glad hand and de merry eve when- cver dey telegraphs dere baby to send a | riage to de station, for ‘em. | Well, s'long.” Brodie's home will be in Tuxedo village, | | not in exclusive Tuxedo Park. where none | | but members of the Tuxedo Club can have | | residences.—New York World. LATEST STORIE { of the | FUNNY MAN. “The case of Dewey,” said Witherby, “indicated perhaps better than any other | illustration the character and temper of the American people. I declare, when I| think of it all, I am almost ashagmed of | my own country.” “To what do you refer?” friend Von Blumer. ‘T refer,’ said Witherby, “to the ab- surd and ' advanced species of hysteria which seems to possess my fellow-coun- | trymen when even the name of this naval | officer is mentioned. No one, I assure | you, can more fully estimate and appre- ciate the services of this man more than | I do; but to slop over in the way we are now doing is nothing short of a national X asked his | disgrace, On one side are the yellow | journals, lh!nkluF. of course, of nothing but their own interest, and raising a | Dewey howl, and even ‘the most sober- | What? | . i‘ Dorie yeste: ’ AROQUND _ CORRIDORS Dr. G. A. Marvin of Blue Lakes is reg- istered at the Grand. 5 B. Younger Jr. is registered at the Lick from Santa Cruz. T. W. Marfarlane of Honolulu is a guest at the California. Frank Barrett, a weaithy banker of Palo Alto, is at the Lick. R. Berg. a traveler from Moscow, Rus- sia, is a guest at the Palace. W. D. Keyser, a stage owner of Hop- s a guest at the Russ. A. M. Gardner of the Napa Insane Asylum is a guest at the Lic C. E. Shaw eof Los Angeles is at the Oceidental, accompanied by his family. Dr. P.,D. Carper has returned from his trip to Dawson and a guest at the Palace. T. W. Wilson. a well-known and [‘rn_ml- sanville, is an arrival land, D . A, Watt are registered tneir home in at the Occident from Cambridge, Mass. James L. Flood and wife have returned co from the East and are to San Fr | staving at the Palace. A. B. C. Dowdell of St. Helena and T. R. Jones of Sacramento are among last night’s arrivals at the Grand. Warren Saxton, a big fruit man and prominent attorney of Oroville, is one of the recent arrivals at the Grand. Morrls Ansel and F. Bruce, two English globetrotter: came to the city on the iay and went to the Palace. H. Goldsmith, a merchant of Stockton, and H. A. Jastrow, a Supervisor of Bak- ersfield, are both registered at the Grand. George W. Reinhart has returned to Oakland after several months’ sojourn in Montana and several of the Northwestern States. Mrs. W. H. White and family of Oak- | Jand will spend several weeks at her sum- mer home, Longwood farm, in Sonoma County. Rev. A. Clark and fami city from Los Angeles 3 welcome our boys home. Occidental. State Senator H. V. Morehouse is at the Lick, where he arrived last evening for the purpose of seeing the return of the volunteers. James H. Prather, a wealthy fruit grower of Sulsun, is a guest at the Russ. Lieutenant B. K. McMorris is registered at the Occidental. v came up to the sterday to help They are at the minded people on the other side seem to | e ci he infection. When the poor | £ L 2 5 }r]r:lt:: Cc':u‘x'rfi!‘s[ e ik of what awaits |at the Occidental, where they arrived | him! It is awful to contemplate. Brass yesterday by the Doric. Mr. Nagasaki is bands, dinners, mass-meetings, adulatior 2 prominent banker of Toklo. It is all sickening. Thank heaven that 1| paris Commissioner Benjamin C. Tru- Mr. and Mrs. Nagasaki and family are ¥ £ | is a e Occidental, accompanied by “Then you are not going to celebrate | man is at the Dewey’s homecoming b inquired Von | his wife and daughter. He has come to Blumer. witness the parade, and will return to his Witherby brought his hand jlown ot the | pume in Los Angeles as soon as the cele- table with a resounding whack. of | bration is over “No. sir!” he shouted. “I have, course, written for his autograph and | Prince David, the nephew of ex-Queen photograph and asked him up to a quiet| pjjjyokalani, is a guest at the Palace, last editorial prudently omits any refer- |little meal at the club, and I shall also | .*NEMBEHEBEREEERHMHRNHHR!E*.; | grams that the is |, K ence to Sherman's threats against Reid and refers me to the files of the New York Independent for proof: concéerning Sherma 1 hs statement against to de- are false and Sherman specific proof of their truthfulne It matters not what the Independent m General man have published. I am safe in saying Sher- man never threatened in any public man- ner to hang Reid, nor did he run Halstead out of the army for articles written by him as a war correspondent. When any responsible person will furnish reason- able proof over his own signature that her is true I will apologize to all con- rned or traverse the statement to the isfaction of all concerned. Certainly neither Reid nor Halstead has ever made such statements. The Chronicle a eral Horace Porter’ refers me to Gen- articles in the Cen- tury Magazine for proof of General Grant's_attitude toward war correspon- dents. I do not need this reference, for I m also safe in ing that Porter never made any such statements as the Chroni- cle contained. Will the Chronicle please produc: them? The Chronicle s triumphantly that “it was expressly stated in recent tele- denial of a chance to make names at the front in the Philip- pines was one of the grievances of the signers of the round robin.” Probably recent telegrams did so state, but these were Otis’ telegrams, The correspondents complained that they were not allowed to send the facts becaunse General Otis did not want the people at home to be in possession of them. These correspondents need no defense from me, The people will decide between their well tempered complaints and Gen- eral Otis’ censorship. Nor do I w ta_be misunderstood con- cerning General Sherman. He was the irreconcilable enemy of all war corre- spondents and never attempted conceal- ment of the fact. General Grant treated all war corre- spondents fairly. The Chronicle’'s charges against him in this regard are absolutely untrue. antedates that of any person now living so far as I know and was ciently intimate to make me final authority in some particulars. General Porter and General James Harrison Wilson, now commanding_the Departments of Ma- tanzas and Santa Clara, Cuba. will vouch for this S. CADWALLADER. Fall River Mills, Aug. 22. — e DEATH IN A COLLISION. Erminia Tommasinifll{'illed by a Train in San Mateo County. A fatal accident, in which Erminia Tommasini, aged 24 years, was the vic-| tim, occurred on the Southern Pacific line a short distance north of the Spring Val- ley Water Company’s pumplng station at Belmont, San Mateo County, at 9 o’clock yesterday morning. Tommasini was driving a delivery wagon and started to cross the track, when the northbound train dashed into the vehicle. It was broken into bits by the impact of the engine and the unfortunaie driver was thrown thirty feet from the track. The train was stopped, Tommasini was taken aboard and started for San Mateo for medical aid, but before he arrived there he breathed his last. The responsibility for the accident has not yet been deter- mined. Tommasini had been working in San Mateo about two weeks and but little is known of him, but from letters found on his person it is thought that he has relatives residing in Fresno. == e “Brick” Wanted a Free Lunch. A. W. McPherson, better known as “Brick,” who recently came .into promi- nence over the opium conspiracy, went into the Majestic saloon on Market street vesterday afternoon and partook of a plate of soup. Just then Milo Waldron, one of the proprietors, came up to him and ordered the waiter not to walt upon him. “Brick” was told to quit, as his presence was not desired, but he refused and was arrdted for wisturbing the peace. —_———— Result of an Old Man's Fooling. Peter McKay, an old man living at 46 Bruce place, was fooling with a friend vesterday afternoon at Seventh and Fol- som streets when he slipped and fell. He was picked up and sent in the ambulance to the Raceiving Hospital, where it was fowund that his left thizh was fractured. WATCH THE DOME OF THE CALL BUILDING EEP your eye on the dome of the tallest structure in town. If you do so, you will know exactly when the transport Sher- man has reached the homestretch and is about to enter the harbor. Immediately after the ship is sighted by the Merchants’ Exchange The Call will send up from the dome of its building a box kite, the same as used by the United States Weather Bureau. Attached to this kite will be a sixteen-foot flag, which will be sent to a point 300 feet above the dome, thus making it 615 feet from the ground. This will be of sufficient height to be seen not only by the resi- dents of San Francisco, but also by those of the neighboring towns. Every one will thus have the promptest kind of notification, and can make his or her preparations accordingly for participating in the welcome to “the boys.” Be sure to keep your eye on the dome. x * © % W I M N P N em Y T e P P P P P P e P e P R PR K @ | My army acquaintance with him | | | | | | —_— ee———— | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. * * * * * * »* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * let off about one hundred dollars’ worth | of fireworks and present him with a little_scrapbook of the war 1 have had. bound for him, but aside from this I shall | | do absolutely nothing.”"—Puck. e | Short, Sharp and to the Point. The late Duc de Sagan used to relate this story: King Frederick William IIT was ve | known, but one day he was told there was | at Toplitz, where he was then drinking the waters, a Hungarian magnate still less talkative than the King. An oppor- unity for a meeting was soon’ managed, /fand the following conversation took place, the King beginning: “Bathing?" “Drinking."” “Millionaire.” “Good.” “King. “Compliments.”"—Boston Beacon. ey The Baby's Profession. | A Paristan flaneur relates that the fol | lowing conversation took place in an em gration office. The father of the family | presents himself and asks for tickets. “How many are you?" asked the agent. | “Three—], my wife and my child.” | “Good; your age, your profession?” “Thirty years, carpenter; my wife, 24, needlewoman “The boy? “Seven months asks the agent. grily “We have fio time to lose.” | he fat eflects, and at last replies, “milkman xchange. | e e | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ‘ The ship T. d’s as an iron agent, an T. F. OAKES- F. Oakes is clas ship. F. GOAD—-H. A. R, City. W. F.| was never elected Mayor of San BROOKLYN BRIDGE—E. A. T., Stege, Cal. Brooklyn Bridge is 135 feet zbove | highwater mark. THE ZEALANDIA-S. J. S., City. No time has vet been fixed for the departure of the Zealandia for San Franecisco. 1 THE YACHT METEOR-E. F., (‘Hy,‘ The vacht Meteor. owned by the Emperor of Germany, was built In 18% and has | never sailed under any other name. | CLAIMS—J. P. C., City. If this corre-" spondent will send a seif-addressed and | stamped envelope this departmen | furnish the desired information. el AFTERNOON AT HOME-M. 8., City. When one attends an afternoon at home the guest should make a party call on the hostess within ten days affer the ay C. & D,, City. A other correspondent as to of a dishonorable discharge answered the effect from the National Guard was in this department August §. 1506, ONCE MORE—A. City. comes the question, 1'When twentieth century begin?" mediately upon the terminatioes ng i ninetecnth century, which is on the Jast day of the year 1800, consequently the new century commences with 1901, TO SAN JOSE—E. L. S.. City. It a wheelman wishes to go to San Jose from San Francisco by the San Bruno turnpike he will have to wheel a distance of fifty- two miles: if he takes the ferry-boat and starts from Oakland he will have 1o wheel about. forty-six miles, and if he goes by oat and train to Fruitval h to go but forty-two miles. BrLaiaG THE IRISH SEA—Q., City. The Irish Sea is a continuation northward of St George's Channel, separating the north of Ireland from the central districts of the United Kingdom. Between the coasts of Louth and Lancaster the Irish Sea has a width of 120 miles; its greatest length be. ;:ger:hgt.N(z:ggec‘; Channel on the south and the Nodt m“e:nnel on the north is Once more | does the | which still have some Troo0 v sparing of words, as is well | ci | been | etched boxes. erday from Hono- where he arrived ve: luiu. He is on the w; to Washington to smee his aunt, who is reported to be dying from the effects of a cancer. The hotels are beginning to fill up with those who are arriving in the city for the purpese of witnessing the home-coming festivities of the California Regiment. Most of the hostelries are already crowd- ed to their utmost pa and thos vacant are holding them for people who have en- gaged them in advance and will arrive to- day or to-morrow. NEW YORK, Aug. C. Salch and G. E. Dalton of San Francisco are at the Imperial. Owen Downing of San Jose is at the Bartholdi. J. E. Parish of Los Angeles is at the Manhattan. Among the passengers on the American line steamer New York for Europe. to- merrow are the following San Francis- s: Mrs. Emily Boysen, Mrs. Deming Smith and Miss Hilda Van Sicklen. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON. A William Sherman and wife of rancisco hington and will sail for Europe in F. C. Drew of San Fran- Al CAKEWALK MUSIC. Policeman Duane Proves a Failure as an Expert in Judge Conlan’s Court. E Policeman Duane was put on the stand as an expert in cakewalk music in a case in Judge Conlan’s court vesterday, but ha proved an absolute failuse, much to the surprise of Prosecuting Attorney Low, who had been notified of his proficiency in that particular line. The case was that of J. Dalacucca, pro- prietor of a saloon and dance hall at 32§ Montgomery avenue. He was accused of permitting music to be played in his olaca after the hours regulated by law. Ser- | geant Christiansen and Policeman Duans made the arrest and testified that when they entered the place about 2:30 o'clock Monday morning they found several doing a cakewalk to the music of the piano. Dalacucca testified in his own behait “Se { that several couples came to his place His professio i | after he had locked up for the night, say- The father's eyes formed Gothic arches | ing they had come over on the last bout on his forehead W | from Oaklangl, and they wanted to show ‘His profession, I say,”” repeated the|him some new tricks in cakewaiking. They were making no noise and simply enjoying themseives. Duane was called walk music. dancing and he replied “No.” The Judge then asked what was the character of the music and Duane replied, “It must have the plano.”” The Judge, althouch balked, returned to fhe charge and asked “What time were ' they keeping?” and Duane, innocently replied, “About 2:13 o’clock.”” The Judge concluded that Duane was not a competent witness, but Pro: cuting Attorney Low begged to give him another chance and asked persuasively igtime, ragtime, or ane replied, “"Well, ‘emed to be a hard time.” He was sed and the Judge continued the case to-day. e Peanut taffy: best in world. Townsend's.¢ an expert on cake- if he saw any “Were they doing a what was it?” and I it Flags, pictures and decorations for sale in quantities to suit at Sanborn & Vail's, ¢ e e Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. daily from 9 a. m. to 5. p. m. —_——————— Treat vour friends to Townsend's Cali- fornia glace fruits, 50c per Ib, in fire. 627 Market, Palace Hotel.* Open . Special information supplied dafly : 0 business houses and public men St D, | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 glo'nh: gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ————— Hearst Plans to Be Admitted Free. Customs Collector Jackson received a telegram vesterday from the Secretary of the Treasury to the effect that the Hearst competitive plans for the university at Berkeley would be exempted from "the payment of duty under paragraph the regulation: R0 8. o ———— « Wi ? § Mrs. inslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fitty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colle, regu- lates the "Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, %c a bottle, —————— Very Low Rates East. On August 290 and 30, the popular Sants Fa route wiil sell tickets to Philadelphia and re- turn at the very Jow rate of $83%. Occa- sion, Natioral Encampment, G. A. R. Call at 628 Market st. for full particulars. —————— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantags of the round trop tickets. Now only $0 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay, $2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. Vi