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

THE SAN FRANCIS 0O CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899. _SEPTEMBER 22, 1809 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. [CCSET OSSN sulicisddiiiilotnsuliuy Al Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. | FPUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts. S. F | Telephone Main 1838. EDITORIAL ROOMS......... 2i7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Maln 1874 DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. | Single Coptes, O cents. | 25 by Mail, Including Postage: luding Sunday*Call), one ¥ luding Sunday Cal), § m £6.00 | 3.00 | 1.50 CAKLAND OFFICE.. ...908 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Menager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRES®ONDENT : €. C. CARLTON. ... .-Herald Square NE PERRY LUKENS dR... 28 Tribune Buliding | CHICAGO NEWS STANDS, Eherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; | Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS, Waldorf-Astoria Hotcl; A. Erentano, 3l Union Square; Murray Hiil Hotel. WASEINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE......... Wellington Hotel d. L. ENGLISH, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 200 Hayes street, open unti! §:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister street, open untll 9:29 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clogk. 1941 Mission street, open until I0 o'clock. 22C' Market etreet, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Valencia street,, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untll 9 o'clock. NW. corner Twemty- second and Kentucky streats, open untll 9 o'clock, AMUSEMENTS. g ‘Marie Antoinette,” Monday evening, Septem- ar—**Too Much Johnson.”" { e Drum. Major's Daughter.” | er—Vaudeville every afternoon and Olympia, corner Mason and Ellis streets—Specialties. Sutro Baths—Swimming Races, etc. Mechanles' Pavilion—Mechanics' Falr and Philippine Ex- m- streets, Saturday, Septém- | aber 23, AUCTION SALES. P, I This day at 2 o’clock, Chinaware, etc., THE DREYFUS FINALE. LOUBET and his Ministry h ve | he 1 i as probable ave ended ‘the o the general| hment of the un- testimony that : revolting ed on Devils Island ‘or' im-| s, Dreyius appealed to the gination of many peoples. But par-| the line we i ..__4 Ne e pardon of Dreyfus of the incident zed wor twice convicted o liberty, reunited with his family, becomes the object of a less pitying personal in- | ves out of the focus of furious g the days that fc 1 ce we Renges: It th, ts under the imputation | ug his lierly.honor,im: conviction | C lon as.a v since | ons in case of loubted trea ost-unknown. It is the highest crime rized by the state that can be committed against | 1 out of the rank of offenses committed | st each other. These the state | nd their punishment is often either com- | y by that means. But treason the life all who exist under its sov- | n treason is proved beyond doubt, the | judgment. Now, in view of this d of the high necessity which enjoins it, fecling that conviction of the crime should | strict rul there is a be upon’trial in which the accused is given every op- portunity of defense, and in which the case’ of the vinst him must rest upon direct evidence, 1e overt act which constitutes the offense. ]l involves merely the charge against state ria a vehement expression of the belief of wit- | es that he is guilty, without proof of an act, and | the state is not required to prove his guilt but de- t he prove his innocence, a conviction loses ds all moral force. These features in the trial of Dreyfus fixed the at- tention of the world, and outside of French army cir- cles there is no feeling that his conviction so pro- cured in any way tarnishes his honor. A pardon, following conviction and sentence so closely, greatly strengthens this confidence in his| mil y integrity and promotes the feeling that he was | selected as a victim, a scapegoat, for the offenses of | others. His plaintive declaration,. that- liberty is to him | nothing without honor, strikes a sympathetic chord, T cted by the feeling that | there res litt upon that honor which he s | credit France and President | ym in making the best exit from | d to Dreyfus himself is | sree of patriotic discretion t it is to his country and his | will- seek vindication that will | t its vibratic Loubet an emba to be ascribe when he declar it restores the good | just mind will look upon nce as a nation willing | to do its utmost to correct its errors and mistakes. 1 minority of Frenchmen chatter abou: . heing-lost by doing right. There is no wide | difference between the rules of conduct required of | an individual and of a nation. There is no community so sodden and sunk in grossness and-brutality as to withdraw its respect from a man brave enough to acknowledge his error and corregt it. The world offers.the tribute of its respect to a mnation brave enough to’ do likewise xR T ——— Stockton has the fair crowd this week, and the ex- | hibition both as to the show and as to the visitors promises to be a record-breaker, The success of the State Fair has given a-boom to all such expositions, and all will profit by it. The French music hall singer who has pursued Jim Jeffries across the ocean will probably give him more trouble than forty Sharkeys, and what is worse, he ean't get id of her by making a match with her. |as well as the int | an expressed doubt | tort the tax fr | Congress i | and providing { | the great corg | obtained it before the first inst | pany beg | and there is every reason to believ CONGRESS AND THE TAX-SHIRKERS. S se of Representatives from this State have, in response to an inquiry from The Call, de- clared themselves clearly and emphatically in favor of so amending the war revenue law as to remove from it any ambiguities by language which afford a pre- on the part of expréss compa- corporations. text for ta nies, telegraph companies or oth The issue has been forced upon Congress by the | success with which such corporations as the Wells- burden of ta rgo Company have shiited tl ation from themselves upon the public. The shirking has been carried on persistently, notwithstanding the plain intent of the law is that the companies shall affix revenue stamps to receipts or bills of lading, and anding the courts have repeatedly sustained n his reply to the inquiry of The Call Senator Per- know it was the intention of the Fi- te that had the war for consideration, ion of the Senate when the bill was passed, that the law should kims said: nance Committee oi the revenue bill before apply to express and telegraph companies as | well as railroad, steamship and other transportation companies giving receipts and bills of lading. There- fore if there i mbiguity in the language of the law which exempts express and telegraph companies from paying their taxes, I shall consider it my duty to vote for such an amendment as will remedy the any defect.” In that statement we have an expliciv declaration cnate in enacting the law and to any ambiguity of the law. of the intent of the As a matter of fact it who reads it can understand the plain meaning that express and telegraph companies should pay the stamp taxes, and the courts have again and again de- clared that mear Still, the law is not enforced. and teleg companies continue to ex- the public and to set at defiance the intent of Congress, the indignation of the people and the decisions of the courts, What is ired in a case of this kind is an act of sing -a heavy penalty for tax-shirking v means of bringing all dis- ns of taxation to a final decision by the It is well remembered that when yrations of the countrys wished a t of the disputed validity of .the in- obtained it within a few months. The liment of the tax w The expres: puted questi Supreme Court prompt settler come tax the collected. . Now the country demands that when the people desire a tax question settled they shall be able ent as promptly as did the cor- income tax irking of the war taxes by Wells-Fargo Com- to obtain the settl cases 1 by an offer to The Call, and presumably to other 1 patrons, that the company would con- { nive at f cheating the Government. It was proposec The Call send its packages to the ex- press company by the wagon-load, and the company would receipt for the whole load as one package, thus ng in that way by requiring but one stamp.. Beginr an effort to promote frauds, the abuses of the cor- poration’ have been carried to such an extent they a public scandal, reflecting dis- credit upon the Government itself. The w v will be revised at the next session of Congress. That much is certain. Tt re- mains to be seen whether in the revision the shirking corporations will have the power to still further de- feat the ends of law and justice. The California dele- nd firmly for the people. So far as this State is concerned ‘the issue have now Decc ir revenue gation we are now assured v against the extortionate companies has been won, an overwhelmi majority of both houses will stand with ys in the fight that is to come. “Fighting Bob”, Evans will direct the policing of the course over wh the great international yacht race will be sailed. If he needed.any assistance S: Franci 1 lind him the loan” of the only Michael Joseph Conboy, with the certainty that n co would glad there would be two good policemen on duty at the worst. The love of aged John Nicholl of Oakland for Miss Hodge of that same city appears, f all the testi- mony, to have died of heart failure. The breach of e suit that followed may be said to have car- pro | ried unpleasantness in its wake. SALISBURY’'S RESPONSIBILITY. HILE Lord Salisbur; id the *British dis- | patches of yesterday, “is.quietly at home at Hatfield House, Mr. Chamberla n is buried in work at the Colonial Office, and double forces at the Royal Arsenal and the dockyards are straining every nerve to equip and transport troops to the Cape.” In that statement we have another evidence of the extent to which the aged Premier of Great Britain has surrendered the direction of the empire in the crisis that conironts it to the aggressive and domi- neering Secretary oi State for the Colonies. The situation is not a good one for the empire, for, de- spite his defects and his age, Salisbury is a wiser statesman than Chamberlain, and could he rouse and exert himself would be much better fitted to con- duct the controversy with the Boers to a peaceable conclusion. Some of the more eminent Englishmen in depart- ments of effort having no connection with politi are aware of the danger which is threatened by Salis- bury’'s seeming retirement from control and have by | public appeals endeavored to rouse him to action. In a notable letter Frederic Harrison warns him that he will be held responsible for whatever consequences follow. “You are,” he said, “the chief of the Govern- ment and the accepted head of the most powerful party known to recent times. No other living states- man can pretend to such experience in international affairs, nor does any other possess in so eminent a degree the confidence of the nation. It seems an un- natural thing that our country should be on the verge of a formidable war while you are more or less in th | background. * * * Tt is not the business of the Colonial Office fo embark this empire in a foreign war. It is no duty of the Minister for the Colonies to make war, nor to render war inevitable.” Having emphasized the tesponsibility of the Pre- mier in the crisis, Mr. Harrison goes on to point out that Great Britain has no further claims upon the | Transvaal than those which have been conceded, and | that the recent demands of Chamberlain have been sc aggressive as to virtually amount to war. In the course of his appeal he says: i “Measured by the compromises with foreign na- tions which you may justly claim to have brought to .a successful issue, thé concessions already accepted by the republic-are indeed decisive. From nine years to seven years, from seven to five years, from onc demand of the Uitlanders to another, the Boers have given way. They have already:conceded the whole of the original demand made upon them, and have even added more. And at every fresh occasion Sir Alfred Milner is instructed to make further demands, NATOR PERKINS and members of the| is not ambiguous. Any man | until throughout the Transvaal, and we may well add at home, the impression prevails that it is not conces- sion of claims which is sought from the republic, but | submission, humiliation, and loss of independence. Is! | how negotiations have been carried on when you, | thi | my Lord, as head of the Foreign Office, have dealt with Russia, Turkey, France or the United States? This is not negotiation. It is war—war of naked ression—war wherein the Boers will not yield without a desperate struggle and after bloody com- | bats—a war which cannot be closed by a few vic- | tories nor the traces of it wiped out by a few prom- ises or proclamations—a war wherein many true and | patriotic Englishmen devoutly trust that the Boers | may not be ultimately crushed.” Salisbury is old and well nigh exhausted, but he can hardly be indifferent to such appeals if he be not wholly incapacitated for his high office. He has been all his life an advocate of peace, and his proudest boasts have been in the diplomatic skill with which he has avoided war. He may yet exert himself to stay the aggressions of the ambitious Chamberlain, and it is in that hope the conservative element and, juster portion of the British public are now watching to hear of his return to London and active resump- | tion of the duties of his office. Tt is asserted that in his appeal to Victoria for a peaceable settlement of the controversy between her Government and his own President Kruger ad- | dressed her Majesty as “Dear Queen,” and if the | story be true it is but another proof that the stern, | resolute old Boer cares little for the formalities of | etiquette in diplomacy, and is mainly concerned | about saying the right thing and having it understood | by the right person. | THE HEN @S a EONANZA. Institute at Princeton contained the statement that the number of chickens marketed in " the | United States last year amounted to 3,350,000,000, and | of eggs 13,000,000,000. The total value of chickens | and eggs produced was $290,000,000. ‘1 By way of showing the comparative importance of the poultry industry it was further stated that the value of our tobacco crop has rarely been as much as $43.000,000. The value of our potato crop is less than $80,000,000 on the average. The value of our barley | crop is not often as much as $30,000,000. An oat crop f ; OME time ago a paper read before a Farmers’ worth $200,000,000 is unusual. Our annual output of pigiron has rarely exceeded $130,000,000 in value. Coal, by far the most valuable of our mineral prod-| ucts, gives a total annual output of some $200,000,000. | While the authority for the high estimate of the | value of the poultry product was not given, the publi- ; cation of the figures directed a good deal of a!tcmiun‘\ to the subject. A careful study of the poultry business ] | | in Missouri by a writer for the St. Louis Globe- Democrat shows such a production in that State as to justify the large valuation put upon, the output of | the whole country. It is stated the poultry shipped | and sold in Missouri last year amounted to over 70,000,000 pounds. It realized the producers at first; price $4.000,000. The eggs shipped were 33,935,000 | dozens, and they brought to the people who gathered | them from the nests $3,393,000. Poultry and eggs to- | gether yielded to the farmers of Missouri, after their own tables had been supplied, $8,298 000, The writer notes that the two great items of live- tock prodyction in Missouri last year, cattle and hogs, yielded, respectively, $34.000,000 and $36,000,000 each, only about four times what the poultry did. And they consumed the corn crop of 190,000,000 bushels, and kept a considerable proportion of the farmers of | the State doing chores from daylight to dark all winter. | A curious fact is disclosed in the statement that in the egg trade a broken egg is not lost to the market. When in the course of the packing at the large houses an egg is broken it is frozen and offered for sale in | that way. The writer says: “Frozen eggs in grcslt’ masses are not bad to look upon. They are not al- lowed to thaw until the time comes for use. They are shipped in refrigerated cars, and such consign- ments as go to Alaska for the gold regions are put into cold storage on board of the steamships. The Klondike demand does not begin to take all of the frozen eggs. Missouri alone furnishes millions of | cracked eggs in the course of a year. Nine eggs will average a pound. The frozen egg product is sold by weight. With the large bakers and cracker makers in the cities the frozen eggs are in demand. Some | | restaurants also buy the big tin buckets of the frozen | article. Certain classes of restaurants serve scrambled | | eggs and omelets in winter made from the frozen | | eggs, and patrons are none the wiser.” Poultry production is one of the few rural indus- | tries of which California cannot boast a superiority over her sister States. So far from having eggs to sell we are importers of eggs and not infrequently of poultry. The amount of profit revealed by the stati tics quoted shows it would be ‘worth our while to give more attention to the hen. She is something of a | bonanza, and doesn’t cackle any more than she has a right to. k | Some notable instances lately have shown that | water is one of the most important factors in modern warfare. The Boers are only waiting until it descends !in the form of rain on the veldt until they begin hos- tile operations against Great Britain; General Otis will | ! not move against the Filipinos until it quits raining; | and the firemen of Paris have just shown what a pow- eriul agent it was in reducing Fort Chabrol. Guerin ! no sooner saw the hose turned in his direction than he quit. The latest speculator on the future of England pre- | dicts that after the Paris exposition is over France and Germany will unite in an alliance for promoting | expansion, the Germans to annex Holland and her | es while the French will annex Belgium and | the Congo country in Africa. Great Britain and | Russia are expected to remain passive while the | spoliation is going on for fear of one another. | —_—_ The first jury summoned to assist the provisional | court in Porto Rico has won the thanks of the Judge | | by convicting the defendant in the case, and it is now v.pmhablc a good many of the honest natives will be- | lieve that juries are called just for the purpose of con- | victing, myi will deem it a matter of etiquette fo return a verdict of guilty every time. | | | The Klondike gold yield for the year is now esti- mated at about $8,000,000, which is fully a third less than that of last year. The big developments that were expected have not been realized and it looks as if the country would have to diversify its indus- tries or lose nearly all of its present population. The assertion of Dreyfus that he will demand a re- hearing of his case is but natural under the circum- stances, but it is to be hoped he will have a second thought and think differently. The world has had as much of the case as it cares for. Since the sentiment of humanity has done so much for Dreyfus it ought to be able to accomplish some- | terday. | ist of Hanford, arrived in the city yes- | surgical work performed there by the | thing to stay the hand of Britain against the Boers, and incidentally, too, for the Filipinos: FAMOUS “ BLIND ADDRESS " READER hall. I believe her previous cruise had been along the sinful shoals of that border of our Eastern cities where she had done much good by bringing the light to the heathens of the New York tender- OF THE POSTOFFICE IS DEAD e iy oo stcmesee 5.« ‘W. STONE, known throughout the United States as the “blind ad- dress'” reader of the city Postoffice, died at his home, 502 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday from heart failure. plying deficiencies in addresses was wonderful. markable. Given the name of a small country postoffice in the United States, he could name the State in which it was located or how many of a similar name there were in the United Sta During his long service in the cit; ing handwriting which to others would have been illegible. ficlency he was promoted to be chiet clerk in the office of “directory searches.” He was originally appointed to a clerkship m the Postoffice on June 13, 1555, and / up to the time of his death. Mr, Stone first began the study of deciphering bad addresses while a general clerk. He carefully compiled a manuseript book of the names of all the streets He was several year s on the streets were indicated. office Department in 158 and coples sent to all Postmasters. tem worked: A letter was received from :d “Miss Maria Bellew, 10 Alphonso street, America.# By re- ferring to his handbook Mr. Stone found that in the United States there were two Alphonso streets, one in Charlottesville, Va., the other in Providence, R. T. He found, however, that the streets in Charlottesville, Va., were not numbered, | but there was a No. 10 in Providence. The letter was sent there and it proved to | will continu served continuous in the United States. numbers of the ho by the General Po This is an instance of how his Roumania addres s be ihe right addr: Some of the addresses submitted to him were worse than the Navy Depart- erted by uis fellow emplo Mr. Stone could correctly readdress 9. clerk in the office who can carry on the work, O. G. Manger, who will doubtless succeed Mr. Stone as chief clerk. He has been in the department for fifteén years and has been a close student of Mr. Stone's sys- ment’s cipher code. It supposed to bear illegible addresse: There is only one othe tem. Mr. Stone was 66 years of age. His success in sup- His memory was re- Postoffice he became an expert in decipher- Owing to this pro- completing this The book was recognized | Dbe. is placed fn the box of hay. < that out of 100 letters dance hall is a long run, but she was as good at the one thing as the other. She had saved her salary and bought a couple of claims. on which the taxes were due. Time and again ‘she had been notified by the surveyor to settle and finally she was informed that she must either pay up or lose her property. The day after re- ceiving this information she appeared at the office and planked down a couple of bags of dust, got her receipts and de- parted. “Two days afterward she sold out her claims and went down the river and out of the country. A few days after her departure the surveyor started to make up his package of treasure to ship to tne Stdtes. Among it was one of the old lady’s bags of dust. Something about the weight attracted the surveyor’s attention and he examined it. It was merely com- mon sand which the elderly female hii: gilded by washing it in a solution of giit paint. “That surveyor now has no use for elderly females of uncertain pasts. But.” and the captain raised his glass, “I liked her style, so, boys, here's to the first fe- male confidence artist of the Yukon.” —_—————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE GREAT EASTERN—E. D. ’ City. The Great Eastern left Southamp- ton on her first trip to New York on June 7, and reached the Empire City on h of the same month. the 2 NAVAL SCHOOL—M. G., City. Forin- formation concerning the United States al School address a communication to e commander of the United States hip Pensacola, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, Cal.’’ PHYSICIANS—Sukscriber, City. In the classified portion of the city directory, at the end of the volume, you will find a list of all physicians practicing in San Fran- cisco. There is no list “‘of authorized and iroputad;le physiclans who are speclal- sts.” SMALL SUMS—Palace, Vallejo, Cal. The simplest way to send small sums of money to a foreign country, such as 10 cents or 15 cents, is to_enclose that amount in coin in a letter. United States stamps cannot be used to prepay postage in a foreign country. HAY BOX—A correspondent has kindly furnished the following in reply to a ques- tion in' this department as to a hay box used by people in Sweden for keeping food warms: “The hay box is an ordinary pine box, any size from a cracker box up. It is half filled with meadow hay, and a gunny sack fijled with the same kind of hay is at hanfi. The utensil containing the food it is desired to keep warm or in a boiling condition or otherwise, as the case may in which there has been made a depression to re- the utensil, so that it may be well ded. The sack filled with hay is then placed on, top of the utensil, and that is all there is to it. The food contained in the uten will remain in exactly the | same condition that it was when placed I at, ept that if boiling it 1 to boil, and if left too long | will be overdone, but it will never burn.” S Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's. * e volume. The Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Fress Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ¢ e Suit on a Patent. Jend Our Billy Fome. A Georgia citizen who has a son fight- ing In the Philippines has addressed the ! followinig rhimed note to General Otis: ‘crost the foam, : néed field hands B here lands— We're wantin’ Billy home. “He's fit an’ fou't Fer nigh about Six months thar, 'crost the foam. We jest won't mention Any pension If you'll send Billy home.” Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta Consti- tution. AROQUND THE gues| Count Hooke is registered at the Palace | from Washington, D. C. Timothy Lee, ex-Inspector of Police of | Tone, is a guest at the Lick. Senator Thomas Flint Jr. is in the city, time and who had passed many a mid- watch dreaming of the day they should | Circuit Court by the National Cash Reg- I | reach port and again taste the toddies | iSter Company & | for which he is famous. “Just bring us a bowl of the regular dip, Teddy,” said McGregor as soon as the salutations had quieted a bit. “Leave it on the table and we'll do the rest. Old Garron here has, already, about as much | Has been used for fifty years by millions of as he can stand: but that makes no dif. | mothers for their children while Teething with It's our first day ashore and we perfect successs It soothes the child, softens want no water ballast until we haul out | the sums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regu- | again for Sound ports and orders.” The barkeeper departed and McGregor the story which the in- terruption had caused him to break off for a minute. “Well, ference. continued with when we reached St. Michaels | | T was told by the agent that it would be a full two months before I would receive | paul every Tuesday night. No change. This | my return cargo of missionaries and other | car is nicely upholstered in leather and ls e unfortunate creatures, so, leaving the old | tremely comfortable in every respect. Pullman in charge of the mate I took a | gleeping cars of the latest pattern on every the river. Of course there are| train. Tick all sorts and conditions of people along C. C. Dixon, a merchant of Dixon, is a | the Yukon and they have all sorts of ma- Etnacirands | chines rigged up to get the bone out of | | the fish when once they get it alongside, | CORRIDORS | hovker | but the best of the lot was the old woman | at Circle City of whom I was speaking. | “She was a funny old craft with plenty of beam, a blunt forefoot and a heavy | square prow, but she had the finest bit| geptember 20 to October 5 inclusive, the San- Suit was brought in the United States inst Willlam Mohr- mann for an injunction and an account- ing as user of a device claimed to be patented to the plaintiff. ———— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” 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. ———————— Northern Pacific Railway. Upholstered tourist sleeper through to St. sold at lowest rates to all points Fast. T. K. Stateler, Gen. Aat., 633 Market st., San Francisco. HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantage of the round-trip tickets. Now only $60 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at ho- tel; longer stay, §2 50 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery. street, San Francisco. ——————————— | and is among the guests at the Palace. | of top hamper that ever rested aloft. She | tq Fe Route will sell tickets to Chicago at very ‘W. R. Caruthers, a lnjmling business man | had been infas many different trades as| jow rates. Occasion, corner-stone laying of Santa Rosa, is registered at the Lick. | a Dutch brig and when I saw her she | Government bullding and fall festivities. Get T. I. Field, the Monterey banker, is at | Was playing a piano in an all-night dance | full particulars at 628 Market street. the Palace accompanied by his wife and | son. F. H. Sefavor, U. 8. N., is at the Occi- dental with his wife. They arrived yes- John F. Carrere of the Board of In- sanity Commissioners was 2 recent ar- rival at the California. R. Sir and Mr. and Mrs. P. Heroult, a party of travelers from Paris, are registered at the Occidental. D. R. Cameron, an oil man and capital- terday and went to the Lick. M. Biggs Jr., a big rancher and capital- ist of Oroville, is staying at the Gran- while on a visit of pleasure to the city J. S. White and S. C. Griffith, two lucky mining men of Anvil City, Alaska, were among the arrivals at the Grand yester- day. : ¥. 8. Cooley has come up to the city from his home in Menlo Park and-is staying at the Occidental. He is accom- panied by his wife. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Willilams have come up from theft Santa burbara home and are at the Palace, where they will remain for a short time. Ex-Senator Stephen M. White is con- fined to his bed in his apartments at the Palace, suffering from a slight indispost tlon, which a few days of rest and care- ful attention will cure. James B. Ferguson, the well-known horseman of Kentucky, arrived on_the [ 3 [ 3 [ delayed overland last night from New § i ° [ York and went to the Palace. He will act as starter for the California Jockey Club at its meeting this fall. Dr. George B. Somers, who is con- nected with the faculty of Cooper Medi- cal College, will leave on the Saturday night overland for an extended _trip abroad. En route he will visit the Johns Hopkins University and observe the celebrated Dr. Kelly of that institution. While in Europe he will visit Paris, Ber- 1in and Vienna, spending the greater part of his time at the latter place. 46————— o4 Gruff volces ® were heard in TGOLD BRICKS | the little back room attached to ON the bar when the gentleman who THE YUKON. attends to those consumed by an 46—+ afternoon thirst came on to take his watch. “Ancient Mariners got 'round again”? he inquired as he slowly adjusted his apron and selected a pink to ornament his button hole, from the floral pfece that adorned the center of the polished mahog- any. “‘Yes,” said his partner, lighting a cigar- ette as he moved toward the door“on his way to take a few hours’ vacation along the pave, “they are back again. There goes the bell, you'd better see what they Teddy entered the little room and was hailed with a shout of delight by the old tars. who had not seen him for some THE SECRET SOCIETY THE WOMEN OF THE DREYFUS CASE, FOUR DAYS ON A PILOT-BOAT, FATHER McKINNON, THE INDIAN . STORY OF THE OLDEST TUGROAT THRILLING EXPERIENCES THE WAR TELEGRAPHERS STEPHEN CRANE'S THRILLING SToRY | ° HOUSEREEPERS' DEPARTMENT IN NEXT SURDAY'S CALL That incited the insurrection in the Philippines—lIts inside history and secrets revealed. Who they are and the parts they played. The exciting life of the hardy men who guide ships into our harbor. The soldier-priest. Who claims Lake Tahoe as his heritage. On the Pacific Coast. Of an lrish regiment in a thunder- storm—One of the most remark- able incidents recorded in the English War Department. Meet and swap stories. “Active Service.” And a host of interesting Features §