The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1900, Page 6

THE EXAMINER SLANDER. Call FEBRUARY 8, 1900 THURSDAY.. LL men not in politics, and all men in politics, in California, know that no election of a Senator was ever as free and stainless of bargain, bribery, barter and indirec- roprietor. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, tion as Bard’s. s The Examiner began its course of slander of him by saying that he is “rich but Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. | sgEEseai : S < b 5 - ~—~ | respectable.” Did it lie about his respectability or is its code of respectability consist- Market and Third, S. F. 3 & Ly . . . Main 1868, { ent with the commission of the crime of bribery to get a great office, or with becoming Address PUBLICATION OFF Telep EDITORIAL ROOMS. Telepho Deltvered by Carriers, 1 OAKLAND OFFICE NEW YORK CORR CARLTON.... PONDENT: Herald Square C. C. NEW YORK RE PERRY LUKENS JR. Sherm ern Hote 217 to 221 Stevemson St. ‘: the conscious beneficiary of bribery by others? i Senator Bard is in comfortable circumstances, thanks to his own exertions as boy and man, and the slanders of the Examiner will not tarnish his respectability. Califor- DAILY CALL (acluding Sund one year..88.00 nia.has had rich Senatgrs. Severfll of thenj. have been Democrats. The Call has no DAILY CALL Gacluding Sunday). 3 months.. 150 desire to go beyond epitaphs to discuss their respectability, or add to existing public SUNDAY CALL One Year........ :--. 180 knowledge O,f the means by whiclf they reached the Senate. But personal reputation AN ‘poctssheters iSbw authorined i roseive does not wait for death to make it dear to the friends and the family of a public man, Sample coples will be forwarded when reguested and that of Senator Bard is as precious to his household, his partisans and his compan- 7 +......1118 Bromdway jons, now while he is alive, as that of some of his not remote predecessors is, though they ing. Chicago. The Examiner is the last paper that should discuss such a subject offensively, and the last that should wildly and wickedly lie to defame an honest man, who has won IR a Senatorship by honest means, for between him and others there is a contrast that in- 29 Tribune Dutlding stinctively occurs to every man who is familiar with the history of California politics for Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. Assuming that its readers are fools, the Examiner proceeds to enlarge upon its Bl Tt e o™ 00 Hawenr | SiNgle count against Senator Bard, that he is rich, and represents him as the choice and e L O o s S v’ open minion and puppet of Mr. C. P. Huntington, and then in the same issue charges that el et oo Siomenin: open | N€ Was elected by the expenditure of $100,000 by the Sugar Trust. S e . T Do S S As a study in the evolution of a lie the Examiner’s defamatory attack is a model. DU, exrner SWINSHELSSNE Sl Wenteaky. | Hts Stveral steps are as follears: P .ttt LR PR WO Sy “The Sugar Trust did it.” [ “If the current story is true it cost about $100,000.” | “The flying trip to Sacramento of W. F. Herrin had nothing to do with the dis- tribution of the $100,000, if those who claim to know can be believed.” “After he heard that $100,000 of Sugar Trust money was to be used to elect him (Bard).” “Now it is all over everybody is looking about to find out the agent who handled the sack.” “Reputed friends of the Sugar Trust had wads of $1000 bills that would balk a hurdle jumper.” AMUSEMENTS. The Idol's Aladdin Jr.” of Badayez.” eater—Vaudeville every afternoon and er Mason and Ellis streets—Speciaities. Race Track—Races AUCTION SALES. ary 8, at 12 o'clock, Now, all and singular, we denounce these statements and insinuations as lies, de- | liberately coined and printed, not only to the intended injury of the good name of Sena ; tor Bard, but greatiy to the injury of California. There were no such stories current,| except as they were current between and among the “special commissioner” liars in the employ of the Examiner, compelled to shamelessly debauch their consciences down to| . the level of their employer. If there be any one “who claims to know” that money stained | ¢ | the result or passed to accomplish it, outside the lying drabs who are scarlet with the sins | c”“ trade ““‘“’jl:r‘j committed by command of their master, let him be produced. If Mr. Herrin heard that Produce that witness. THE CHRONICLE'S IDEAS. propo ects to s $100,000 had been passed, he must have heard it from some one. t e would be no dif- | If the Examiner know that Mr. Herrin “heard” any such thing, it must have that infor- b ‘ '»v:‘: ::;fl;"\:r:;. lhmb: mation from Herrm.himsclf,-for no other could tell what he heard. We challenge it % ate. | to produce Mr. Herrin as a witness that he heard such a thing, and told the Examiner. We challenge the proof that any Examiner “special commissioner” saw wads of contmental | §1000 bills, or saw a single $1000 bill exposed in betting or otherwise in the contest. g : . (m;:j"‘_““'»‘ni:e;; We do not propose to permit this slander of California and attack on an honor- es the same scale and the stan- | able man to pass unchallenged. From the time the Examiner exchanged the lilies and conditions - throughout the ' Janguors of virtue for the roses and raptures of vice, and ceased to be respectable as it e to.x | WRS under the editorship of Pen Johnston and Phil Roach, it has ceaselessly de- tropical coun- graded the standard of politics in this State. The only candidate in its own party who f iF i has reached the Senatorship since then without the payment of a dollar in bribery was| weges ¥ Hon. Stephen M. White, and it opposed and fought and defamed him throughout his he e g the cli 1ce between t In our co = mogen ecause American labor g <h wages, which campaign. It hds never failed to support Democratic candidates for the Senate who e nearest not paid anywhere in the were able and willing to buy the office, and has opposed those who were either unable tropical posses s of the empire, because English or unwillin workmen cannot live there. The British Isles 4o g i with the tsopscs, becanse they It ill becomes a political lattice tapper and painted Jezebel, a debauched de- petition with the tropics. | baucher of others like the Examiner, to pin the garments of virtue on its reputation that no cotton, nor sugar, nor citrus | ; e B - 1 1 1 o rie s ke Wi o vt | 120 diseased that all the medicinal waters of the Hot Springs cannnot sweeten it again, Free trade with regions that pro- and by echoing its own lies weave a poison slander around the fair fame of an honestly advantage to Great Britain. | elected and high-minded Senator. 1 at home. We can produce r . . : : g e atsbRlis of wolicy atrs We challenge it again to present the proof of its charges, or stand with one tment. In Eastern Texas, in MoOre brand added to the marks of sin that already deface it. and in Alabama, Georgia ina we can produce a surplus of rice d for consumption. In Mis- and California we can raise all the %he tobacco lands of North Caro- < | any protectionist that Republican identification with their schemes is a good thing to avoid, from the standpoint of party principle and policy. B T —— over our ow souri, Kentucky hemp we reqr KASSON IS ANGRY. T is reported that Mr. Kasson, American Com- l the v of the Housatonic and the Con- missioner of Reciprocity, is angry at the opposi- 2 in o, Wisconsin and California tion to his Jamaican and French treaties. This is | Pufi'er{ up Pglmmans who profess not to care a rap can produce all the grades of tobacto below K sad. Has proposed to trade off the interests of Cali- | oF public opinion would do well to take a reef in their P sail. Even the Dowager Empress of China, accord- ing to the Shanghai correspondent of the London Mail, has been compelled to bow to the popular will and change her mind about deposing the Emperor. iriou fornia in order to open a French market for American kerosene. The profit on that market under his ar- rangement is to be taken out of California producers of fruit, and wine, and brandy. It strikes a reason- able man that California should be angry, and Mr. Kasson should be apologetic. His Jamaican treaty is taken as the measure of freedom to be given in our markets to the products of Cuba and Porto Rico. He is just now reinforced by General Roy Stone, whose professional specialty has been regarded to be the construction of good roads, but who now appears as a specialist in re- ciprocity, second only to Commissioner Kasson him- s brand that is a climatic monopoly of We supply two-thirds of the world’s con- California has a fruit pro- ducing capacity that can supply our home market and a surplus for export with citrus fruits, raisins, and the whole range of dried and tinned products of the orchard. All of this vast and varied production is the result of American labor, paid on the American scale of wages. Free trade with the tropics means of it with a permanently lower scale The iron law of wages is their approxi- mation to the cost of living. Where the standard of life is high, wages rise to it. Where it is low, they sumption of raw cottc General Buller has at last struck another road to Ladysmith. His significant silence in reterence to the probability of turning back is reasonably good evidence that he now entertains an opinion that boasting is not one of the elements of good general- ship. competition in all of wages. —_— The Democratic orchestra, which is expected to reach some sort of harmony in the next campaign, seli. We fear that the General is also angry. He an- nounces that heretofore he has stood by protection to American labor through thick and thin, and, ad- mitting that one-half of the people in the West In- dian islands live on 5 cents a day, declares that fact is urged as an objection to Mr. Kasson's reciprocal arrangements only by stupid people! The California orange-grower, who, from San Diego to Shasta, can go into the market with his splendid product nearly every day in the year, and who has made oranges as cheap as apples used to be, may be stupid, but when his labor costs from a dol- lar to a dollar and a half a day, he is just stupid enough to remark that he cannot compete with labor that fattens on 5 cents a day. fall to it. In the tropics the necessities of existence are few, they are supplied with little labor, and the multiplication of human wants is impossible, since they are all measured by physical and social neces- sity. It is well that before plunging into a policy there be preceding knowledge of the conditions to which it is applied. This is why The Call has advised that Congress pause for study before launching out upon Jegislation for these Spanish islands in the tropics. The idea of the Chronicle is manifestly erroneous and is based upon a comparison of conditions that are incomparable. Things equal have no analogy with things unequal. Towa and Minnesota, Califor- nia and Florida, have equality of physical conditions 2nd approximate equality of wages and life The General Stone says that he wants the American equal operation of public law enforced by the con- | workman to have an orange. If he will study the stitution can be between them with good effect. | American workman and be wise he will find him al- When that equality is extended to the tropics Ameri- | ready in possession of several oranges, cheaper than can labor will suffer and all American interests will he ever had them before, and able to get them by re- suffer with it, since the condition of labor fixes all ceiving wages held up to the American standard by conditions in this country. protection against labor that lives on 5 cents a day. We are anxious only that the people shall not be We have assumed that the Kasson treaties would be deceived—that they shall not even be permitted to beaten. They should be defeated as an economic deceive themselves. Tf we permanently retain these proposition. The California members of Congress Spanish islands our labor will need just as much pro- should devote themselves to their defeat. Turning tection against their competitive production as it did from economics to politics, and in this issue the two when they were the property of Spain. We cannot | are inseparable, we wish to ask Republican leaders assimilate their people. The flag will not automati- | what argument they can make for protection if these cally raise the wages of labor, nor the standard of life, ' treaties are ratified, and General Stone's airy remarks por multiply the wants of man. It is a practical and | about 5 cents a day labor are used in the campaign? not a sentimental question. The doctrine of protec- | As Mr. Kasson has treated the Dingley bill as a tion to American labor is not only vital. but the tests | measure passed for the sole purpose of forting other ought to be informed if Bryan is to lead the Populist band or the Democratic. Some attention certainly ought to be paid to the tune of dolorous woe. Observers have always suspected that the expan- sionists had some secret reason for their enthusiasm and now the secret is out. They say that the powers of God are unlimited, and the Philippines cannot pos- sibly suggest a problem. Representative Sibley is inclined to believe that American troops are “carrying the story of the cross ta the Filipinos.” Everybody has been trying to find out whether Mr. Sibley intended to be sarcastic or was stupidly serious, It is seldom that death becomes an ally against him- self, but in the fight of the people of the Mission against the horror of Southern Pacific Company tracks in the district death has made the struggle a determined one. The British generals in South Africa are extending mutual congratulations that they discovered, in the fighting on Spion Kop, several weak places in the Boer position. They seem also to have struck a few strong ones. The edict has gone forth. Hanna says Roosevelt is too light a weight for the Vice Presidency. It seems a Fhame, too, before Teddy even received an opportunity to weigh in. Russia is rapidly earning the title of the pawn- broker of nations. Her latest acquisition, won by a it will be called upon to bear in the future promise to | nations into reciprocal free trade, and General Stone loan of many millions, is Persi hom the oth o be greater than those of the past admires cheap labor in the tropics, it will occur to syl tions seem very anxious now to take out of pawn J THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1900. THE NEW ROUTE. B Y B B A i e e L S S R SRR SRR S SO SR SR SN B R o e i e L e e e R S R et ] “ That’s aTempting Position, but—!” —Post-Dispatch. Ced2 600006080000 +0 i A DAILY HINT FROM PARIS, E R e e e e e e e e e o ] e o e e e e B e R e I T R SRS SRR SRR SRy ‘—0—04—9—0—04—0—0—04—0—0—0—0—2 TAILOR-MADE CLOTH COSTUME. The costume represented, which |is suited for a girl, is of beige cloth or cord- ed velveteen. The bolero is trimmed with sable and the lapels are faced with white liberty satin, with stitched pleats, and waistcoat to match. The skirt, from the edges of the apron, is in flat pleats and has two bands of sable down the front. PRETTY GIRLS AT LUNCHEON Ladies of the Forum Club Prepare to Entertain the Gentlemen. SR The Misses Spreckels gave a delightful luncheon yesterday afternoon at the resi- dence of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Spreckels, on Howard street. The af- fair was a most dainty one, menu service and decorations all being in perfect har- mony. Covers were iaid for sixteen. Seated at table were: Miss Georgina Hopkins, Miss Edna Hopkins, Miss Carrie Taylor, Miss Allce Schussler, Miss Maud Wood, Miss Mary Josselyn, Miss Ruth McNutt, Miss Margaret Salisbury, Miss Ella Morgan, Miss Caro Crockett, Miss Cordelia O’Connor, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Josephine Loughborouxh and Miss Fannie Luughboroui‘ 3 The ladies of the Forum Club are mak- ing elaborate preparations for ‘‘gentle- men’s night,” which will be held on Thursday evening, February 22. This will be the first time the Forum Club has en- tertained its admirers of the sterner sex. A splendid programme is being arranged, which will constitute one of the many leasant surprises of the evemnfi. The adies have secured Golden Gate Hall for their entertainment. The wedding of Miss Elsie Hazel Liebes and Fred L. Lezinsky will take place on Sunday, February 11, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Hannah Liebes. —_—e————— LEADER IN COMMERCIAL CIRCLES OF JAPAN HERE Kohe Otani the Guest of Local Busi- ness Men, Who Are Showing Him the Sights. The register of the Palace Hotel bears the signature of Kohe Otani, one of the foremost men of the Japanese commercial world, who is in the city en route to his native land after having completed a tour of all the principal cities and points of interest throughout the United States. Mr. Otani is the president of the Yoko- hama Chamber of Commerce, president of the Central Board of the Tea Traders Guild of Japan, a member of the High Council of Japan for the promotion of agriculture, commerce and industry, and he is prominently identified with about every great commercial organization in his own country, besides being an hon- orary member of any number of similar organizations in other lands. he object of Mr. Otani’s visit to this country and to Europe, where his travels took him also, was to study the commer- cial conditions of the world and to %:her data_and information which may of benefit to the mercantile community of Japan. He rays that he has been much impressed with the advanced theories and methods in use in the United States, most of which can be used with equal advan- mfia b3 his count: en. r. Otani looks forward to an Immense commerce between this coast and Japan, and considers the Increase in the volume of bmlnl ess th;} the o gy merely a promise o e sl ter things that the future holds in n‘:arr‘:. Yesterday Mr. Otani was taken in hand by Vice President Newhall and Secretary Scott of the 1 of Commerce Excl were visite Ao ittt 20 thorcughly study the worl those matters in which he s so deeply interested. In the evening Mr. Otani was given a dinner at the Pacific Union Club, after which he became the guest of Mr. Newhall at a theater party. Accompanying Mr. Otan{ in the caq’wty of secretaries are T. Mizutany of Tokio and K. Wani of Yokohama. It is thought by those interested in the establishment of a local commercial mu- seum that the artival of Mr. Otanl s most opportune, as his Influence, if exerted in the interests of the project, will have great weight in the fent and will do much toward facilitating the plans of the museum. Mr. Otani will remain in the city but a few dsys, as it is his intention to take the next trans-Pacific steamer for Japan. AROUND THE CORRIDORS Major George G. Arthur, U. 8. A, Is at the Palace. James Spinney, the Fresno politician, is at the Grand. Mrs. Frank McLaughlin of Santa Cruz is at the Palace. C. M. Hartley, a well-known orchardist of Vacaville, is the Grand. J. Daulton, a wealthy rancher Madera, is staying at the Lick. C. F. Perry, the Los Angeles mill owner, 1s at the Lick, accompanied by his wife. R. A. Graham, a prominent business man of Oregon, is a guest at the Palace. Dr. D. Smith of the Napa Insane Asylum is at the California for a few days. W. Splers, a mining man and stage owner of Guadalupe, is registered at the Lick. O. G. Sage has come down from his home in Sacramento and is registered at the Palace. Theo B. Wilcox, a millionaire business man of Portland, Or., and his wife are at the Palace. Dr. A. M. F. McColough, one of the leading physicians of Los Angeles, is reg- istered at the Grand. Willis Pike, a wealthy fruit grower and packer of Fresno, 1s one of yesterday's arrivals at the Grand. D. W. Murphy and James Hardy, promi- nent business men of TPoledo, Ohio, are among the arrivals of last night at the Occidental. B. F. Hutchinson, Albert Gaw and Henry Minett, U. S. N., arrived on the transport Sherman yesterday and are at the Occidental. , Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Pope arrived on the transport Sherman yesterday from the Philippines. He is now at the Occl- dental with his wife and family. —_————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. UNITED STATES LANDS—B., Occi- dental, Cal. On the payment of a fee of $1 any United States Land Office will fur- nish a plat of Government land In its dis- trict that has not been taken up. CIGAR BRANDS— . D., City. This department has not been able to find a record of the number of brands of cigars that are manufactured in the republic of Mexico, nor how many have bands around them. LYDDITE SHELLS—S,, City. “Lyddite shells” are shells that are filled with a v%ry high explosive, the com; which 1s kept a clou\y guarded secret. It is belleved that the principal ingredient in this explosive is picric acd. TO BECOME A CITIZEN-F. 8., City. For Information about a minor becoming a citizen of the United States see answer to another correspondent in Answers 1o Correspondents, under the head of “Nat- ;1916%[|ntlon," in The Call of February 7, PARIS EXPOSITION —O'8., City. If you are anxlous to obtain a position at the Paris Exposition this year this depart- ment knows of no better way than for you to advertise fn the “want” depart- ment of the San Francisco Call your de- sire and the fact that you speak French and five other languages. GAS—H. H., City. This department fs at a loss to understand what the corre- spondent means by the question, “Why is it that gas will not go through pipes a very great distance?”” When gas is let into a pipe it will fill the pipe, no matter how long it may be. It forces out ordinary air that may in the pipe, providing there is an opening in the al Vad o 1o tnto 1t Pipe at the time the DIME AND STAMPS—Subseriber, Oak- land, Cal. There is no special value for a dime coined in 18%4 unless it is one of the twenty-four coined in San Francisco in that year. Under the rule of this depart- ment that no business of any kind 1s ad- vertised, it cannot Inform the corre- spondent ‘“the name of a reliable firm in San Francisco doin; ey g business in trading of THE SIXTH CALIFORNIA—B. P. M. Marcuse, Cal. The medals for the Call- fornia volunteers are being distributed by representauves of the Native Sons’ mittee as rapidly as ble, and the men who served in ‘the California Sixth will :‘bru.n!:ntg;m in a short time. If e e an applicatio should send your -pnllcztlto‘::r t-: GEI ey Lunstedt, office of the d secreta i the N. §. G. W. ason street, San the N 8. , 414 street, REQUEST BY LETTER—F., Center- ville, Cal. A writer on etiquet : “Never send a letter of ——— a personal answer without inclosing & tlon of | stamp to pay the postage upon the reply. If you do not you have no reason to com- | plain if you are not answered. It is quite enough to ask any one to take the time to give you the desired information with- out expecting the individual to supply pa- | per, envelope and postage in order (o oblige you in what is not to the Indi- | vidual of the least moment. It may be a little thing in itself tnat you ask done, involving but the penning of a few lines, but even this, to a busy persom, is often a tax, and it is no breach of etiquette if vour letter is tossed in the waste basket, | when you not only ask the individual to | give you something for nothing, but ask the Individual to pay for lhe_?flvllege of sending you the information. The rule of the department of Answers to Correspondents is that the correspond- ent who desires information that cannot be given through the department shall inclose in letter of inquiry a seif-ad- dressed and stamped envelope. MIDWEEK NOTES AT THE THEATERS Ptk HE Bostonians are doing well with | “The Smugslers of Badayesz,” by | Minkowsky. the local composer. | Next Monday night they will pro- duce for the first time on any stage Smith |and Herbert's “The Viceroy.” The ad- vance sale of seats begins to-day. “The Cuckoo™ will continue at the Cali- fornia until Sunday night, when “An Un- conventional Honeymoon™ will be pre- sented. Miss Keith Wakeman will make her first appearance with the Frawleys in this piece. The Alcazar Stock Company is presenc- ing “Friends” at present, with Mary Hampton in the cast. Next week, “Oh, Susannah!™ “Aladdin Jr.” with specialties, is the bill at the Grand, and t nnouncement is made that the extra continued until further notice. There seems to be no lunit to the suc- cess of “The Idol's Eye’ at the Tivoll It will be continued next week. Ezra Kendall's sketch, “The Half-Way House” {s a success at the Orpheum in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher. The bill for next week is almost entirely new and includes: Cushman, Holcomb and Curtis in_a musical comedy, “The New Teacher”; Monroe and Mack. talking comedians; Deets and Don, Ro- malo Brothers, Frank Coffin and the bio- raph. = & he Alhambra 1s giving & week of melo- drama_ with “London Life.” Next Sun- day aftermoon the vitoscope pictures of the Jeffries-Sharkey contest will be ex- hibited and thereafter every afternoon and evening. The Olympa bill this week 1s good. Ml!e.e Th:lmpa and Will H, Hill are still popular, and Cad Wilson is entering on er last week. An amateur lawn party will Do the at- tion at the Chutes to-night. s afternoon Mile. Trevelli will giva a farewell concert at the Grand Opera- house. The programme will include the gems of her recent concerts, among them fhe “Laughing Song,” which has proved | lar. o Frida; the Minett! Quartet On Friday evenin o rte will concertize at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s Hall. Mrs. Alice Bacon Washington will {anist. b';rff;'ufixe of seats for the third concert of the symphony series will begin on Saturday at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. The programme will include a symphony com- posed by Henry Holmes. ————————— THE HOLMES QUARTET AND MRS. LLOYD-SMITH The first of the fortnightly popular con- certs of the Henry Holmes quartet took place yesterday afternoon at the Califor- nia Theater. Cecile Hardy was the vocal soloist and Fred Maurer the accom- panist. The instrumental numbers con- sisted of Schubert's posthumous quartet in D minor, Haydn's variations on “God, Preserve the Emperor” and the E flat quintet of Schumann. The quartet, which {s composed of Henry Holmes, first violin; Hothar Wis- mer, second violin; Armand Solomon, viola, and Theodore Mansfeldt, violon- cello, played without emotional quality and aid not succeed in giving the music any interest beyond that which is to be found in mere accuracy. Mr. Holmes’ tone is quite full, but his bowing is fre- quently feeble, and he seemed at times to infect the whole quartet with imsecur- ty. z‘odl. Hardy sang “Elsa’s Dream,” from “Lohengrin,” and “Since First I Met Thee,” by Rubinstein. She has an in- equable volce, limited in compass, and in the Wagner item was not adequate to the task. e best music was contributed, strangely enough, by the accompanist, Fred Mauer, who In spite of an artificial style plays with unusual taste and ex- pression. PR g On ‘Tuesday evening Mrs. Adelaide Lloyd-Smith fitva a concert at Sherman. Clay & Co.’s Hall, assisted by the Minett! quartet and Cantor E. J. Stark. Mendels- sohn’s quartet in E flat major and the Romanze from a Grieg quartet were ad- mirably rendered by Mr. Minetti and his confreres. The music that is furnished us by these artists is of a high order of merl{. and they always succeed in rous- ing their audience to a respectable show of enthusiasm. Cantor Stark _sang “Erl Tu" from Verdl's “Un_ Ballo” and Schumann's “Two Grenadiers.” His immense voice is not lacking in musical quality and his use of tone color is altogether admirable. Mrs. Lloyd-Smith made a bad selection for her first number, a waltz song by Ardite, but it really makes little differ- ence what she might sing, for her ability is slender and her voice anything but pleasant. BShe sang off the pitch almost continuzally, and at times the dissonance was excruciating. The anxiety of some singers to appear In public i3 often as great as their merit is small. Sunnyside Needs Fire Protection. The Fire Commissioners received a pe- tition yesterday from the Sunnyside Im- provement Club for the erection of an engine house in that locality so as to provide householders with suitable firs protection. It was pointed out that the nearest engine house was about a mile and a half away. The petition was placed on file, it being stated there were no furds. The question of a uniform, which has been bothering the board for some time, was settled yesterday by the adop- | tion of that at present in use. —_———————— Burned in an Ice-House. 8. Allabron, fireman in the factory of the Consumers’ Ice Company, 420 Eighth street, was severely burned about the face and hands early yesterday morning by a gust of flame caused by a forced draught. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. —_————— Orange water ice. Townsend's 735 Mkt. ¢ —_————————— Icecream at Townsend's, 735. Market. ¢ —_————————— Guillet's lce Cream and Cakes. %5 Larkin st.* —_———————— Do- March styles Standard Patterns. . mestic office, 1021 Market street. —_————————— Trunks, valises, pocketbooks and travel- ing sets. Immense assortment at Sanborn & Vall's. . —_—— Special Information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the tpping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- mrsllzl?t‘et- Telephone Main 1042. ¢ e et Tax on Charter Party. The Internal Revenue Department has decided that where more than one vessel is chartered under one charter party the tax accrues on the basis of the net regis- tered tonnage of each vessel. This is an increase of expense to that branch of commerce. ————————— Personally Conducted Excursions In tmproved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions to look after the welfare of passengers, To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, Wedresday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louis every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, A28 Market street. ———— e The use of Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bitters ex- cites the appetits and keeps the digestive or- gans in order. ——————— The Fastest Train Across the Con- tinent. The California Limited, Santa Fe Routs. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. equipped train and best track of any Hne to the East. Ticket office, 625 Market stoasa