The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1900, Page 6

e THE S TV RNCig, THE PZOPLE AND THE CENSUS provinces return to normal conditions; the Deccan G‘h¢ N M ¢all, e : is in the same case; in Guzerat and Rajputana the in- it a2 > “3ROM the Census Burean there has been issued | terval will be even longer.” . : 5 a circular directing attention to the fact tliat the SATURDAY. MAY 26, 1900 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communica ions to W. S, LEAKE, Mara PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third. ‘elepl Main 1868, EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone ISTH. Cents Per Week. 5 Centn. Delivered by Carriers Single Copie Terms by Mail. incinding Postage: (including Sundar). one 3 600 L (including Sunday), § month 3.00 ng Sunda 3 months.. i :1" DAILY CALL-By Single Mo & B:; SUNDAY CALL One Ye 1 WEEKLY CALL One Year..... essoone . . 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May 25, at 11 o'clock, Horses, tion as to admit Privy Coun i on the part < Austr. to the has promis titute th he much dis jong be seen, affects Canada, India a as well as Australia, and thereiore the of those colonies will have to be consulted he pecple of statesmen 1ave little or no ment of their affairs, the desires of course be acceded to in that s not in a situation a. I 1e people will Government does, and already colony a voice of protest me. es from no less a per- son that Sir Tupper, lea ¢ Canadian contain a larger population than When that day comes, if the federal d Great Britain will find herseli issues by the representatives nies lying far from Europe and but slightly tions on that continent which might erest of Great Britain itself. Federa- 1 circumstances would be injurious to and in the meantime so long as z enough to control the empire ould suffer by the federation ntry are stro Sir Charles pointed out that in the existing Canada’$ military and naval expenses, aug- ¢ have been by contributions to the . amount to about $46,000,000. smaller population than Can- pay upward of $70,000,000, and he the belief that very few intelligent Cana- dians would be willing to change the present status of C for that of Scotland in the empire. expresse nada Speaking for himself, he is quoted as saying: “So far as my life and my opinion go I would never con- sent that England herself or any other country in the world should ever be empowered to impose a dollar of | taxation on the people of Canada. We are a free coun- o y and we have conceded to us the entire manage- ment of our own affairs. At the same time, whenever the interests of the British empire should be at stake sada would be found ready in the future, as she 1< been in the p: to do her duty without any com- Ision whatever. It is fair to assume the sentiments of the statesman o leads the Conservative party of his fellow coun- en are widely shared. and therefore if the Aus- ns stand out against the Chamberlain plan they will have a strong support among the Canadians. . that imperial federation will have to wait. B T — The failure of the big firm of Price, McCormick & Co. in an effort to bull cotton beyond the point to which the general prosperity of the country carried 1t is another warning to the sanguine not to overdo things. This is a bull country and a bull year, but 1 the same there zre limits beyond which a bull cannot toss a bear even when he has both horns under the bruin. Some of the Supervisors are of the opinion that if the officers of the telephone company were arrested for violating the local license law the city i1l not get its dues. Somebody must have been revealing that business principle of the monop- oly that it is better to be in jail and not pay you debts rather than out of jail and be honest. lar has been issued, ur | aw g at the question from a Canadian point of Such being the feeling in the two colonies, it is clear | enumeration of the people is to be made during the month of June, and that within the cities it is in- | tended the count of population shall be made within | two weeks, beginning with the first of the month. | As the people are to be counted at their place of resi- | dence, and as many city people leave home in June for the summer vacation, there is danger a good many b ing all persons who are going y from home to take precautions to have their s enrolled. cans ch the of their names in the population of the city absentees may assure re thus se 1 in the circular: “In of contemplated absence the head of the family is requested by the Census Office to com municate with the Supervisor of the district in which He is also requested to leave information which are to he lives. regarding his answers to the guestions be asked with some responsible neighbor who will agree to see t it reaches the enumerator on hi Such inf, tion might better be leit orandum in writing, as in that case it is less which rounds. nfor likely to be overlooked. The questions to answers are desired apply primarily to the population, but also to all farms and manufacturing establish- ents hed from time to time By taking this trouble locality and his s Office in the They are being publi n the press of the country the absent citizen will do justice to 3 and materially aid the Cen eriormance of its duties.” It is to be hoped the request will be complied with Francisco v be lost the count is complete. The matter is one of impor- tance to the community in many ways. In the first place, since repr tion is based for ten years upon the rec: of the census, the political prestige of the s upon the accuracy of the count. In the ce, since capitalists seek growing and vig- communities ch to invest capital, and men choose such places when prising young sel 1z a home for life, it is evident the prosperity of the community will be largely dependent upon the ! showing made by the census of growth during the t decade. As The Call pointed out some time ago, the peopl2 of the were prompt in taking steps to Zastern citi full count of the population of their com- munities, and we may be sure that hardly a single ed in are our rivals for rank in the Union. assure : 1e count of those cities which It behooves our name will be nri people, therefore, to be equally vigilant and public spirited cials to get a full California is a holiday land, and perhaps a larger proportion of the inhabitants of go to the woods or seashore for vacation - other community of similar size It is cert isting the census o rancisco. count in San F han of Union in the in that a very large number of our be o ne, and the d people will town during the first two weeks ger of a much smaller showing in the census than we are entitled to is consequently imminent. The Census Bureau has provided a way rd against the danger, and it now rests with bsentees themselves follow the and assure the counting of their names. to instructions Kaiser William's contribution to the bazaar in London was characteristic. relief fund It consisted of photographs of himself adorned with his signature and a brief sentence in German written with his 6wn hand. . Such a donation cost the thr Kaiser nothing, but at the same time ad- vertised him to the British and brought in lots of r folks arge number ney for the ba THE FAMINE IN INDIQ. JITH each succ report from India the \\/ story of the great famine becomes more and more appalling. It is by far the greatest calam- has befallen that country since the beginning cent In August, 1877, just before the drought of that year troke up, the total area affected was 230,000 square miles, with a population of 58,000,- Nesive the 000. The famine of ten years later, when at its worst, blighted a district of 303,000 square miles, with a population of 62,000000. The drought of this year is not expected to break before August, 2 yet it I already affected a region containing 445,000 square miles, containing a population of 90,000,000. Lord George Hamilton stated in Parliament last Thursday that slight showe: had fallen in some pz ts of the affected district, but that nothing but the monsoons could benefit the country, so parched is it at present. Thus the suffering must increase rather than diminish for | some time to come, znd it is impossible as yet to set the bounds the calamity will reach. It is to be noted, moreover, that the figures cited do not give the full measure of the horror of the situation. They show the extent but not the intensity of the famine. The London Chronicle says: “The great feature which distinguishes the present famins from all which preceded it is not the unprecedented area and number of people brought under its in- { fluence, but the circumstance that it follows hot upon the footsteps of a period of unequaled scarcity. This has shaken the self-reliance of the peasantry, and broken down the feeling of repugnarce to accept Gov- ernment aid to an alarming extent. Formerly the sturdy ryot, or petty land-owner, regarded the relief works with much the same kind of dislike that the #ritish poor entertain for the workhouse, but this prejudice has given away under the severity of the strain. Familiarity with famine has brought in its train familiarity with the idea of state aid; the relief works in some centers are crowded with a class of | landowners who have never previously sought aid.” The monetary loss caused by the drought is enor- ! mous. The net cost to the Government, counting | the diminution in the revenues and the increase in ' expenses for relief, has already exceeded $350,000,000. It is estimated the people have lost $75.000,000 on their food crops and $35.000,000 on their cotton crop. Even more serious, however, is the loss of cattle, for that means not only the loss of the value of the cattle themselves, but a loss of ability to plow and sow the fields when the rains come. Millions of oxen have perished, and in wide stretches of country it is said upward of 00 per cent of the cattle have been swept out of existence. Summing up the conditions and prospects of the ! famine districts the correspondent of the London | Chronicle says: “Given fair season the Indian peasantry recover from the effects of famine with a i rapidity Tittle short of marvelous, but two conditions i will this vear test their recuperative power to an un- | usual degree. The first of these. a fact which cannot be too often insisted vpon, is the occurrence of a sec- | ond drought before the traces of the previous one | had been eliminated; the second, the unprecedented { mortality among the cattle. Millions of acres in i Guzerat and Rajputana will lie fallow next season { from the lack of means to plow the soil. On a san 1guine estimate six years must elapse before the centra] ] be overlooked. To guard against that the circu- ! ersally, and that not a single inhabitant of San | from the enumeration when | Southside citizens have emphatically protested against the transformation of Columbia square into a children’s playground. The smali boy individually is fearfully and wonderfully made, but in numbers, ir\I one locality, he is competent to put an army to flight. KANSAS CiTY ON HER METTLE. | J/?ANSAS CITY did not add anything to her pres- | l& tige or to the repute of her people for good | | sound sense when she and they pledged $50,000 | to the Democratic National Convention in return for | the honor and profits of entertaining it. Therefore, when the hill in which it was intended the convention should assemble burned down there was no particular attention given to the subject outside of the city her- self, except in Minneapolis, where a prompt offer was made to take the convention off the hands of Kansas City and thus save her people from embarrassment. | Just now, however, Kansas City is winning praise | from all parts of the Union, and deserving it, too, for | the vim and vigor with which her people have gone to work to have a hall ready for the convention show | characteristics which we are fond of regarding as | typically American, and which certainly are not equaled by any other people on the globe. | To the offer of Minneapolis to take the convention | a prompt reply was sent that Kansas City had no con- ventions to spare. Before the flames which destroyed | the big hall died away amid the ashes money had been subscribed to erect another and a better edifice (in its place. Plans were drawn for a structure de- signed especially for convention purposes, and it is now said the Democratic gathering will be better | provided for than any other national assembly of the kind in the history of the country. The expense of course has been great. At the time the bid was made for the convention it was believed $100,000 would cover all the expenses assumed by the city, including the $50,000 guaranteed to the national committee. It is now said to be evident, however, hat the city will have to stand an expense of $250,000 ' to have things in readiness in July, and, furthermore, that sum includes only the direct outlay. The work has been carried on under serious ob- stacles, for the labor troubles and strikes in St. Louis and Chicago have had more or less effect in Kansas City, and it is said a number of agitators have tried to induce the workingmen there to profit by the emergency to strike for favors. Moreover, the high- | est prices have had to be paid for all material used | ir the construction of the new edifice. A recent re- port says: “The convention hall commirttee to se- { cure the structural stcel for the hall was forced to pay about $30,000 more than it cost in the original | building, owing to the fact that the market was at the highest notch just at the time the contract was made. It has gone down considerably since then, but all material was bought at the high figure. In addition to this a bonus of $9000 had to be paid ‘to the Car- | negie Company to have the roof trusses ready in | time.” The enterprise displayed by the people of Kansas City in this emergency is of a kind that our people delight to honor. It is one of the chief factors in our industrial and commercial successes. American bridges were furnished to the British army in the Soudan because the Americans contracted to get them to the place where they were wanted at the | time they were wanted, while British and other con- | tractors would not undertake to do so. It is a little curious that the Bryanite hosts when they meet to denounce American manufacturers and capitalists and to how! calamity will have in the hall itself an evi- dence of the value of the things they condemn. If | they seek a monument of American prosperity they have only to look around them. [ — A grand bazaar opened in London for the purpose of raising money for the relief of British sufferers by the war in South Africa netted $50,000 on the first day: but in the meantime the relief fund for the starving people of India languishes at a mark far below what is needed. Evidently the spirit of war relaxes the purse strings a good deal quicker than | humanity can do it. S an offer of homes and fortunes for the Boers. From that section of the Union there has been issued a cordial invitation to all the valiant men and | women of Dutch or Huguenot blood in South Africa | to come to the Southern States and find refuge from British tyranny. The offer was made originally, we believe, by an immigration agent, but the Atlanta Constitution has taken it up and extended it in the name of all Geor- | gians. Our contemporary declares the Boers are oi the same kind of men “who in the Salzburgers formed one of the sturdiest and strongest strains of original Georgia colonization,” and that being now sur- rounded by forces “which doom them either to immi- gration or to subjugation to a race which has proved their enemy from the first, thousands of them have declared that rather than accept the alternative they { will pack up their household goods and seck mew homes under happier auspices.” Having thus explained the situation the Constitu- tion, with a glow of enthusiasm worthy of the gifted Grady, says: “Here's a chance for Governor Nor- then and for the railroad companies of Georgia. Will they send at once a delegation to Pretoria and make known the claims of Georgia, that she offers them freedom, liberty of conscience and land which will yield to them every return for their labor? Send upon this commission a couple of our sturdy Salz- burger citizens, who, standing eye to eye with their brethren across the sea, can assure them of a welcome which has some heart in it. The suggestion is one which should be taken up by those who are inter- ested in the development of business resources. There will be money in it for the railroads, as well as pa- triotism in it on the part of the State.” There you have it in a nutshell. Generosity for the Boers, patriotism for Georgia and money for the rail- roads. What more can be expected of hospitality? The Boer Commissioners should go to Atlanta and spy out the land. It is too late for "possums and too carly for sweet potatoes, but rice birds are ripe and watermelons are about due. They will find any- where from the Cheroket Ridge to the swampy isl- ands of the coast fruitful sites for the location of happy homes, and old Oom Paul could not do better than remove his mighty family there and teach his great-grandchildren how to run for office. AR e AT r—— The footpad and burglar who pleaded guilty the other day had at least one saving grace. He was thor- oughly convinced of his own worthlessness and had the sympathy of the public in his conviction. A WELCOME FOR THE BOERS. OUTHERN hospitality comes to the front with The delay of Roberts on the banks of the unford- able Rhenoster has given the Boers time to fortify themselves and say their prayers, while the British are singirig “One more river to cross.” N FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1900. CLAIM THEY HAVE BEEN OUSTED FROM THEIR HOMES | [ i of so Pieee = e e Mendocino Settlers Who Are Suffering Under the Land Surveys De:cribed by The Cail The Call ddes not hold {tself responsible for presents them for whatever value they may To the Honorable State Board of Trade—Gentlemen: the opinfons published in this column, but have as communications of general interest. The attention of the un- dersigned was directed to an editorial in the San Francisco Call under date of May 14 or 15 in relation to unsurveyed lands in California. The article referred to is timely and a step in the right direction, and it asks that citizens who are cognizant of facts relative to the subject make them known. We are deeply interested in the subject and beg to present the following facts: In the redwood belt in Mendoeino County there are seven and one-half sections of land, all in tawnship 13 north, range 16 west, that were surveyved a number of years ago, but the survey was rejected. Immediately after the survey we, the un- dersigned, and a number of others located claims, built houses and in some in- stances set out orchards, bullt fences. made roads and other improvements neces- sary for a permanent residence. The survey being rejected, we ware debarred from cutting timber, peeling bark or engaging in any business on our places whereby we could earn a living, conse- quently could not keep our families thereon, We have complied with the require- ments of the law relative to claims, and have visited ours at least once a month and remained one or two nights each time. A short time ago we learned that a party named F. M. .Hyde of San Francisco had plastered a serip (obtained in exchange for land In Nevada, which Congress had converted Into a reservation of some kind having been given that the land had kind) upen our land, no notice of any been put on the market. Another singular fact in connection with filing or plastering the scrip on our claims is that our cabins have been burned, fences destroyed and many of the im- provements demolished. A few weeks ago six houses and cabins were burned within a period of a few days. We have forwarded a petition to Hon. J. A. Bar- ham, member of Congress, at Washington, detailing the facts and asking his ad- vice and asslstance in dealing with this glaring fraud. We are citizens and taxpayers of Mendocino County and can substantiate ail of the assertions made. and we will gladly furnish any and all details. Trusting that you may do something toward assisting us and others in getting our legal rights, we remain, vours very respectfully, F. W. SLACK, J. M. BROWN, PHIL LOBREE, ‘W. R. GAINE, San Francisco, May 25, 1900, CH. B. KLAMBT, A. ANDRAE, CROSBY CURETON. JOSEPH BISHOP, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. First Lieutenant John J. Haisch of the Thirty-sixth Infantry, having tendered his resignation, has been honorably dis- charged from the service, ! First Lieutenant Campbell E. Babcock of the Seventh Infantry has been ordered | to proceed from San Francisco to take station at Vancouver Barracks, where his command, Company C of the Seventh, Is located. Captain Harry F. Jackson, acting judge advocate (first lleutenant of the Second | Artillery), will be relieved as judge advo- cate of the Department of Havana and Pinar del Rio, to take effect when Major George M. Drum, judge advocate, U. S. V., reports for that duty. Captain George L. Baker of the Forty- first Infantry, having tendered his resig- nation, has been honorably dischargea | from the service, i Captain Frank U. Robinson of the Sec- ond Cavalry has been granted a leave of | absence for two months, with permission | t go beyond the sea. His place on re- | cruiting service in New York City will bs taken by First Lieutenant Walter H. | Bean, commissary, Second Cavalry. | Captain John T.' Thompson of the ord- | | nance department has been granted leave of absence for two months and a half, | with permission to go beyond the sea.. | Major Charles A. Willlams of the Sev- enteenth Infantry upon the expiration of | his leave of absence will report to the | headquarters of the Department of Cali- fornia. Major Theodore E. True, quartermaster, has been ordered to proceed from Wash- ington to the Fredericksburg Natlonal Cemetery on business of the quartermas. | ter's department. | An ordinary leave of absence for one month, to take effect upon the expiration of his present leave, has been granted to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Jackson of the Fifth Cavalry. Leave of absence for one month and a | half has been granted to First Lieutenant | Spencer Crosby of the Corps of Engineers. | So much of the sentence of Second Lieu- tenant Arthur F. Cassels of the Seventh | Artillery as reduces him in rank has been | remitted by the President and he has been | restored to his old place in the line. He! was court-martialed for being intoxicated while on duty with his platoon in Ma- nila. Second Lieutenant Fred Van 8. Cham- berlain_of the Second Infantry has been | detailed as collector of customs at the port of Trinidad, Cuba, vice Captain John | Conklin of the Fifth Artillery, who will | be relieved at his own request. Captain | Conklin, after being relieved, will have a month’s leave and will then Join his bat- | tery at Fort Hancock, : i Second Lieutenant F. M. Jones of the | Signal Corps, U. 8. V., has been ordered | to perform the duties of signal officer of | the Department of Porto Rico, acting | assistant quartermaster, acting commis- sary of subsistence and officer in charge of telegraph lines, during the absence of Major William A. Glassford. First Lieu- tenant F. B. Bamford of the Fifteenth | Infantry. after proceeding to New York on the transport Crook in charge of pub- lic mnmg's, has orders to report to the | commanding general of the Department of the East. Leave of absence for one month has been granted to Acting Assistant Surgeon M. E. Hughes, stationed in Porto Rico. First Lieutenant Robert M. Brookfleld of the Eleventh Infantry, stationed at Porto Rico, has been granted a leave of absence of one month, with permission to visit the United States and apply for an extension. Acting Assistant Surgeon James A. Alexander has been ordered to duty in the Department of Matanzas and Santa Clara. Acting _ Assistant Surgeon Molineaux Turner_has been ordered home from Sagua Barracks, Sagua la Grande, Cuba, for annullment of contract. Dr. M. Suarez has been apgolmed assistant superintendent of the Depart- ment cf Charities and Hospitals in the Jdivision of Cuba. —————————— Bids Opened for Sprinkling Streeta. Bids were opened yesterday by the Board of Public Works for the sprinkling of streets in various sections of the city. Bids ranging from 26% cents to 50 cents per each 1000 feet were submitted, but as the sprinkling will not be done till the next hcal vear, if at all, the board de- cided to postpone acceptance. -9-0-9-0-0—0—0—0—0—0—0-, FASHION HINT FROM PARIS, f R et e ] B B R SO Y R R R AR I SCS ‘0—&4—0»-9—0—9+0+M&. PARMA COLORED SATIN DRESS. The dress represented is in Parma vio- let colored liberty satin, made entirely in narrow pleats and cut horizontally by bands of yellow guipure. The scarf is of black tulle and the hat of mauve straw, with black feathers. — e — ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PHOTOGRAPHY-C., City. One who desires to become a first-class photog- rapher should apprentice himself to a first-class photographer. PREMIUM DIMES—C., City. Dimes coined in the following yvears are the only ones for which dealers offer premiums: 1796, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1901. 1302, 1808, 1805, 1807 1809, 1811, 1822, 1828 with large date, 1846 and 13%4 with the letter S. FREIGHT ON DRYGOODS—H. C. M., Bodega, Cal. The rate of freight on dry- goods from Chicago to San Francisco is as follows, per 100 pounds: Calicoes, $1 50; blankets, $1350; comforters, $150; cotton sheeting, §1 25; canvas, $1 9: drygoods not otherwise specified. In cases $2 8. In bales 33, released or in cases 32 60. All rates are on less than carload shipments, in bales, released or {n cases. FUNERALS — Subscriber, Middletown, Cal. The section of the California code which exempts from payment of toll per- sons going to and from a funeral and funeral processions is still in full force. Under that law a tollgate keeper has no right to demand toll. In regard to the case cited in the letter of inquiry. you should lay the matter before the District Attorney of the county. COIN VALUES—F. A. C., City. A dol- lar of 179 commands a premium of from 25 to 50 cents; If it is one of that date with five stars facing to the rlilht it commands a premium of from $1 to $1 50. A half-dol- lar of 1815 commands a premium of from 75 cents to $2. There {s no premium for half-dollars of 1813, 1821, 1826, 1527 or 182, nor for a dollar of 1841 or dime of 1823 and 1825. A dime of 1814 has a premium of 15 cents. PRIVATE CORPORATION—F. 8§, City. A private corporation is an asso- ciation of Individuals united for some common purpose and permitted by law to use a common name and to change its members without a dissolution of the as- sociation. In other words. if there is a simple copartnership and one partner wishes to draw out, there must be a dis- solution of that partnership. In a pri- vate corporation an individual who holds stock In it may dispose of it without dis- arranging the affairs of the corporation MIRACLES OF MEMORY. NE of the most extraordinary feats of memory ever known was that of Henry Nelson Pillsbury, recently the American champion chess player, when he played twenty simultaneous games without seeing any of the boards. a hundred chess players, but Mr. of remembering for several hours bits of wood. One blindfold game is far bevond the power of ninety-nine out of Pillsbury succeeded in the colossal task the constantly changing positions of 640 Not only did he win fourteen, draw five and lose but one of these twenty games, but at the close also remembered the details of every play and corrected several mistakes which had been made in recording them. Wonderful as this is it need not alarm Mr. Pillsbury’s friends with fears of a mental breakdown. He has merely given the world one of the most remarkable examples of what we call visualism—a peculiar and rarely cultivated function of memory. There is nothing abrormal in a feat of this kind, and it need not be regarded as an enormous strain upon the mind. Abnormality only appears when one fac- ulty stultifies all the others. The probable fact is that Pillsbury has discovered a better method of playing chess than others, which makes a hitherto impossible task comparatively easy for him. I am certaln that he could against 1wenty tables by the ald of any artificial memory system. These systems are like crutches—they more apt to hinder. Visualizing is simply not have played help up to a certain point and then are a matter of concentration and develop- ment of a certain pictorfal quality of memory. Those who are most likely to excel are those who devote themsclves entirely to one mental pursuit, velop the faculty of becoming oblivious of all that takes place around t They de- hem. I once knew a minister Who memorized his sermon by this method of visual- 1zing. He would reproduce iIn his mind ten, so that wherever it was blotted he it. Most of us have this power to some slight degree, One of the simplest methods of strengthening the me: deavor to recall what we have seen during a walk thr Soms people seem f0 be. -mu'-ely without this and the following story is sometimes used in classrooms as 0 fates that when Napoleon was visiting one of th, e stopped by the bedside of an old soldier The old soldier in an ecstacy of loyalty sword cut off with a single blow his one If Pillsbury were to be told this story he woul a person who has no power of representing ideas be a possible occurrence. We hear frequently of the marveious who commits to memory several hundred tho is not done by visualizfng. but by sequence. and the memory often fails, Memory is an exceedingly complex function, and it is noticeable that this of abstract thought grows. thing. 1t is not th Power of visuallsing Gerans the manuscript just it had & would have bisgicrtboi difficulty in remembering and it may be cuitivated. ‘mory in this line is to en- ough the streets. power of mental photography, The story re- e military hospitals in Paris he :ph:s ‘h‘ng lost :nth an arm and a les. rom the faricy il bed, and drawing his d see its absurdity at once, but as pictures would believe it to achievement of some actor or actress usand words In a single season. This Change the sequence of the speeches type of mentas as the power A- I Plilsbury, the Tulare editor, is at the Grand. Rev. Horatio Stebbt East June 18. Dr. C. L. Guild of Palo Alto is registered at the Occidental. B. A. Tapscott, 2 mining man of Red- ding, is at the Russ. 0. P. Widaman, an attorney of Los An geles, is at the Liek. J. A. Johnsou, an attorney of Cres City, is at the Grand. Dr. G. A. Lung of the United Star. navy is at the California. Willlam Thomas, a well known ra of Chico, is at the Grand. Rev. R. Neale, accompanied by his is a guest at the Occidental. Dr. F. W. Steddon and Dr. ¢ of Los Angeles are at the Lick H. W. Ramsey, .a mining Phoentx, is registered at the Ru will leave for the % Xorsa Tickets in a Bun. A theater party at the Alcazar duced a new wrinkle last night Doorkeeper Henry Belasco so bad tled for a few minutes that some boys managed to slip past him before could recover himself. There were a twenty young folks in the par arrived just when the crowd wa k floating out of a bunch of alighting upon Belasco like a deafening rustle of silk s aling display of glistenin fronts. The leader of the a biscuit inte the outstret the ticket-taker and brushed the theater. Before the astc taker could recover from surp ciently to speak he had a wh of biscuits and buns. e armful “B—b—b—but where's the tickets?" he finally managed to stammer “Why, inside of the buns.” was the laughing reply .of the % 5 Be slipped into the door. The crowd that had en keeper’'s discomfiture ha side and wait until Belas open all the buns and extrac them the tickets. “Anyhow,” said Belasco afterward, “I'l have a nice feed in the morning for my chickens."” McCormiek Has a Sore Throat. It 1s a much observed fact that man's general speech is colored particularly by the profession or occupation in which he 1s engaged. The following is a conversa- tion which adds its instance of proof to the general law: E. O. McCormick, passenger traffic marager of the Southern Pacific, and G. M. Richardson, master of transportation of the same beneficert family, meet on the steps of the yellow building. McCormick (hand extended)—Hello, Rich, how are you? Richardson—Oh, pretty weil. you, Mac? McCormick (still grasping)—Not seo good. My throat is sore. Need a drink, 1 guess. Not enough traffic for the road. Richardson—Reverse throttle, Mac. You mean that there has been more traffic than the road would bear. Then there was a parting of the ways. R — How are CALIFOPNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, May 2%5.—H. M. Avery of San Francisco of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Company is at the Raleigh. ———— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 25.—Fred A. Whit- mere of San Jose is at the Netherland; John Marsh of San Francisco is at the Savoy. ——— Buena Vista’s Memorial. Buena Vista Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, held services last Thursday in memory of the eight members of the parior who have entered etermal rest since its organization. Mrs. Lucia Neubarth, the president, delivered a touching address. 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