The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, ‘JUNE 23, 1900. WONEY TO CASH POSTAL SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS One Million Dollars to Hawaii on the Steamer China. e R Forms Portion of Debt of 01d Repub- “ lic, Which Has Been Assumed ; by the Umited i ft yes- sicamer China gs Bank. He of Seligman & Co. of asury under con- cfariane will be accom- of the | United the nstallment | nal debt | tors must Dole nd_vised by that the money business com- cash is very per cent | and Ha: ner.t was passed the rush of dopted, | over until | ) Department | to secure the > of the SANCTION TO SELL RECREATION GROUNDS Institute Members Au- e Directors to Dispose of perty in Their Discretion. Pro; o g of the Mechanic: g the pur- the Folsom- te known as good When ¥ sale would te in good had taken the jon was out of been called only sale of the Fol- r some discus- r Lewis was who CREATES AN OFFICE AND | GIVES HIMSELF A JOB| though he had | nggan of ad- tant Unitea yesterday need that he had purpose of > Port, ad ass ed. + foreigner and had mno | Oscar Falk tive of his war capt f a six-pound t at Nashvilie mbardment of Staff Appointments. ol William Bdw , chief of stafl My 2% W marshal of the = on, has anncu nced . W. McKenzie, ¥rank W. Mar- en, George 8. An- er, 8. J. Hendy, McKay, C. N. L. Turpin, Colo- Armstrong, A H. J. Owens, Thompson, H. , Daniel T. Don- POSTUM CEREAL. | PARALYSIS AND COFFEE. | ymptoms Disappear When Drug Is Abandoned. ol o were forbidden by 1 had symptoms of | in that the cof- trouble. I be- m Food Coffee and am isement for Postum. paralysis disap- brief time after I be- um and quit the use e my name pub- lea , Morrow, ove name can be given b, Cereal Co., Ltd., Batt!: Coffee is suc f direct poison to the nerve centers of many highly organized | at it produces all sorts of dis-! from stomach and bowel trou- | ation of the heart, kidney etc., up to more intri 1e- ne-vous troubles, such as paralysis. | p well is to leave off cof- | rve destroyer of that sort, | p n Food Coffee, which is 2 ect rebuilder of the nerve centers | Sure and well defined improvement in | health will follow this course, as can be proven by any person who will make the trigl e R R R I S R E TR S S SRS SRCSY SPCRE S0 SR S R R I = = S SRy S JEE 3 ! Richard Doyle and Mr. Bryan of Wash ACTORS PLAY BURLESQUE PARTS ON THE DIAMOND Beooieietesee - IERRILL ,AD: ON HIS wan © FIRSTes TH ot MERRILL. » T S S I e e e e o S e I BURLESQUE on baseball was R S provised street theaters, the Orpheum and Alcazar. Actors, doorkeepers, stage carpenters, irers and a few other specles of the genus met in deadly combat mond and all the honors and fell to the sout of-the-street The Alcazar contingent was glory Orpheum hands tripping around the sacks to eight of the ememy. This was the tragic catastrophe f Alcazar. The dramatis personae lined up as fol- pheum—Ed Plume, gallery door keep- bat; B. Stanfleld, pro- in” front of the bat; trick wheelman, on first ton Merrill, his brother, sack arles Grapewin did a tragedy HarRY ORNDORFF JOSHED THE ACTORS os- a crisp in seven acts, fourteen | ~ w HULLY GEE! ANOTHER. SCENES FROM THE BASEBALL COMEDY AT RECREATION PARK. | sketch on_third and the rnes and John Pieri of the QuaKer City quartet chirped to one another in th fieid and J. Brandelin, who is a biograp! | dperator by occupation, used untrimmed | wicks and was out of place at right. Alc —Dennis Mullen, complexion light. occupation catcher—at times; Carl Ta electrician withk _bad eyes and | worse mits, on the slab; Pauli, the usher, | ornament at first; George Hernandez, | triple-dyed villain, at the middle station; | Scene Painter Williams, third baseman | in glowing colors; Romer, the carpenter, | short—of everything but errors; Shay, an- other usher: ‘Jamase, who counts the | mons, another stage car- ing the patches of the | th fallen spheroids. | | Sharply at 1:30 these eighteen fish out of | | water went at it after an_announcement | by Spieler Harry Orndorff, who bet as | much as 3) cents on the game and was | stricken with chills and fever because he | | couldn’t cash in. Seven innings of bur- | | lesque, melodramatic, comic and tragie | B e B S O NS @4’4@—0— G000 OG- e S ULLEN D FoR- SAPHO" CURNE® CARNES, THE £5T ek SiER e REACHED Fom. =7 THE.FLIES v | Admission day the most memorable that Cali- | with this office and its publication in the press | ARRANGING FOR CELEBRATION O AISSION DAY An Appeal From the Grand Marshal to the Fraternal Organizations. ———— The Finance Committee Considering Names—Official Colors Adopted by the General Committee. Reports Presented. —_— Grand Marshal 8. V. Costello has pre- | pared the following circular, which will be sent to all organizations in this city: Office of the Grand Marshal The semi-centennial anniversary of the ad- mission of California to statehood is rapidly approaching, and the Order of Natlve Sons of the Golden West, as has been its custom for the past thirty years, has taken it upon itself | to see that this event is fittingly celebrated. With this end in view the various parlors of this Order of Native Sons of the Golden West have appointed a foint 9th of September com- mittee and have perfected arrangements for the grandest celebration ever held in our his- | tory. The parlors of the Native BSons of the Golden West throughout the State will partiei- pate in the celcbration and the parade. It is not our desire, however, and the Native Sons of the Golden West do not claum the right, dents of the State of California, and_adopted, should unite and co-operate with us in making the forthcoming celebration of | fornia_has ever known, a celebration worthy in every way of such a historical occasion. We therefore ask the assistance and co-operation of all organizations, fraternai and otherwiss | in this clly and State to ald us In our en- | deavor. | It is the earnest endeavor of the Order of | Native Sons of the Golden Wi and it should that the parade should not only eclipse in bri liancy and splendor all former parades, but | that it should be an exposition of the industrial | and commercial progress of the State during the half century now drawing to a close and a demonstration to our guests from sister States and the world at large of the unlimited ca- pacity, versatility and weaith of the resources and industries of Cailfornia. In addition to a participation in the parade I would respectfully suggest that each organ- ization arrange some speclal feature, or float, that will be symbolical of the purpose and ob- ject of such organization. In this connection it is earnestly desired that each organization if possible should adopt and use in the parade some appropriate costume or uniform, and by filing a description of the same immediately | | | | * S 3 3 . ® . ® . 4 long _ Mr. | baseball, all boiled into an essence, then | O'Rourke, his partner, was short; B. D. | held the thirteen spectators in the big | stands, rapt and mute. Whenever the half of the quartet got on the bags at the same time there was a duet of out- of-tune base running until George Her- nandez lald them low with a couple of counter plots. - In the sixth Levy, who took offe a riot. inning Michael se at the umpire and provoked Then “Dutch Hennery,” ths mas- | cot, acting as a_bouncer and not wishing | to see a disturbance in his own house, ejected the festive Mike and the game Owing to a change in the bill v reason of the non-appearance of G. Lindsay Campbell, who is nursing him- self for sunstroke, Stage Manager Orn- doff recited vaudeville personal history to himself. The climax came unexpectedly in the seventh, the supply of balls having given out, and the grounds were emptied of the stick-wielding Thespians, all of whom were dressed in ragtime costumes. The Alcazar is looking for a return game. LAND TITLES AT BELVEDERE T0 BF ATTACKED Rumored That the Navy Department Wants the . Island. S A May Have the Effect of Restoring FProperty Taken Up Under Gov- ernment Patents to Old Settlers. ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 22.—The title to the Rancho Corte Madera del Presidio is about to be attacked again before the authori- ties at Washington. The most tmportant part of the land in question is that occu- pled by the present town of Belvedere. J. 8. McCue, who has been in Washing- ton making arrangements for the coming battle, said to-Gay: “The title to the so-called Reed grant | will be tested again, and this time we bave every hope that the early settlers will get the land they located as the Gov- ernment’s. “The last time we lost our case before the United States courts on a technical- ity and it was dismissed without, preju- dice, which means that we have 4 right to come again. The United States Govern- ment will this time, through the War De- partmept, self felt. “The War Depariment wants the island of Belvedere for military purposes. It is the intention of the department to get ssion of the isiand by having the present patent set aside on the ground that it was obtained through fraud; that the land, as an island, belongs to the Government. This practically means‘that the Government will fight the_early loca- tion battle. The Reed grant was for one square league of land, but through jug- gling it was made into a rubber blanket and was made to cover marshes and isl- ands and land away beyond the original boundaries of the grant. “I have enlisted the services of the I-l(on_ ng- ates o ovE €altol the bactie: & It contended that no Sr}z‘amuh grant was ever made to cover marsh land or isl- ands. Mr. McCue has been busy since his return getting the signatures of the re- maining original locators to papers and vits that will authorize action on their behalf. Louis Denos, who is now in great financial distress. has given McCue the necessary papers tc present his claim. Denos, who is now an old man, originally located the Boyle ranch, in Mill Valley, Government jand. He was subsequent- 1y ejected as a squatter. ) There are a great number of old lo- ton to | cators in this county who have taken new heart in the matter of -recovering their old homes. They all earnestly hope that the paten: issued against their interests may be set aside. It is understood that the titles to the homes in Belvedere are insured by a title insurance cempany, and £0 in the event of the Government gaining possession of the island the householders will lose nothing. Amonfi the people who Jost their land by the Valentine-Forbes patent are Judge Bdward Gardiner of this city, Peter Gardiner of Mill Valley, Louls Denos, Louls Fransun, James S. McCue and many others who are now scattered through the county. ‘Will Travel Abroad. &pecial Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, June 22.—~Dr. M. W. Ward and wife will jeave Woodland about the 1st of July for @ tour of the United States and Europe. They will be joined in New York by Dr. Yates, and the party will | take passage for Glasgow on the 18th of ‘August. They will visit_all the principal | cities of Scotland and England, France, | Germany . Switzerland, Italy and Bavaria. and spend about a month at the Paris Ex. | position. The whole trip is expected to consume about a year. i - | DRAKE’S WILD DREAM OF BOLD HIGHWAYMEN Vallejo Boatmen’s Yarn Accepted as Truth and Made the Basis for a Sensational Story. Special Dispatch to The Call. VALLEJO, June 22.—John Drake, who makes daily trips from Vallejo to Benicia with a party of shipwrights who live in Vallejo and work in Turner’s shipyard at Benicla, was stopped Wednesday oy three tramps about two miles from Valljo ard forced to give them a lift. When Drake ! returned to Vallejo with his party of pas- sengers he told a wild and exciting tale of being held up by a band of highway- men. He reported it to the police and spread it about town till it reached the ears of the overzealous representative of a San Francisco paper, who immediately re- ported it to his paper as a most flagrant jece .of highway robbery, whereas the acts of the case show that the man was not molested any more than being forced to give the hobos a ride. Drake is a drinker and was partly under the influ- ence of liquor when he made the trip. e s UNIVERSITY SCANDAL IN CUBAN CAPITAL Numerous Professors Drawing Sala- ries Without Having Classes to Instruct. HAVANA, June 22.—The postal frauds have rather swamped the scandal exist- ing in the university, which has been the milking ground for some of the best- known men in Cuba, who, as under-pro- fessors_received $2400 a year each. There were seventy-two of these professors ana twenty-four assistants, some of them hav- ing no classes at ail and others oniy one or two students. Many of the professors drew other Govefnment salaries. ‘When this was called to General Wood's attention he immediately instituted re- forms which resulted in cutting down the list to forty-six, including assistants, which_is enough, considering there are only 450 students. For instance, instruc- tion in Greek was divided into three parts —history, grammar and literature. It is now combined wunder one professor of Greek. Insane From Worry. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 22.—Mrs. Julia Claudianis of this city some days ago went insane. It was thought at the time that she might recover, but it was decided to- day to send her, to the Ukiah Asylum. Mrs. Claudianis is an old and respected resident of this county. Her mind is sup- posed to haye become unbalanced by wor- rying over her financial troubles, she be- ing unable to pay off the mortgage which incumbered her property. il <3 Growers and Packers Confer. SAN JOSE, June 22.—A conference of packers and the executive committee of the Cured Fruit Association was held this evening and the general terms of the con- tract discussed. The association has solved to have printed in the newspapers a list of the prune growers who have not signed the contract. All growers who have signed will be urged to sell their apricots and peaches to the association in order to discourage outsiders. Woodmen Choose a Delegate. Speclal Dispatch to The Cell. WOODLAND, Junec 22.—Charles L. Rich- mond has been eclected a delegate to the f Woodmen of the World, which Balt Lake on the 15th of Ag- ust. Mr, Richmond will represent the eighth disyict. FLAMES PAGE IN THE HEART OF PITTSBURG Six-Story Eichbaum Block Burned and Others Damaged. Fifty Students of Duff’s College on the Fifth Floor of the Struc- ture Narrowly Escape Death. PRI PITTSBURG, Pa., June 22.—Firé in one of the prineipal downtown business blocks to-day caused a loss of $250,000, involving | elght buildings containing many office tenants. The aggregate insurance will more than cover this amount. The fire broke out in the rear of the Eichbaum Company’s printing establishment, and supposedly was gaused by spontafleotm‘I combustion. The Eichbaum bullding, fronting on Fifth avenue, a few doors be- low Wood street, was six stories high and was tenanted by many officeholders, among them being Duff's College, occu- pying the upper two floors, and the ’}’lnlmes Electric Company on the third oor. Before the firemen could do much ef- fective work the fire had communicated to the Exchange National Bank building, next door below, and from there to the Hussey building’ adjoining. . Simultane- ously the fire extended to James Piatt's salcon and restaurant and A. M. Mur- dock’s flower store on the uvger side, For a time the entire biock bounded by Fifth avenue, Wood street, Diamond and Mar- ket streets seemed doomed to destruction. Immense fir» brands were carried by the: wind to buildings in all directions. he greatest excitement prevalied in the rooms of Duff’s Business College, where fifty or more students were at work. The extens sion of the flames was so rapid that these persons had to run for their lives, not aving time to gather their belongings to- gether. Reports were rife that several students had Per!shed. but it is known to- nifiht that all escaped unhurt. he Eichbaum building was destroyed and in the Hussey building the three up- ger stories were burned and the lower oors flooded with water. When the! Eichbaum building had been gutted the wall of the L portion which ran in back | of Pir and Murdock’s buildings_fell, | crushis, : the rear portions of the Wo street bundings, occupied by the Ameri- can Express Company, Paulson Bros., A, M. Buhl and Juriz, Langbein & Swarta. Several firemen were caught in the debris of this wall, but none were hurt so badly lk{xe{ could not centinue their work, e principal losses are: The Eichbaum bullding. owned by Whitney, Stephenson & Ca.. §i5,000; the Hussey bullding, owned by Mrs. Emma AlscF. ,000; Jurtz, Lang- bein & Swartz, artists’ supply company, $2000; Duff’s College, $15,000;" Piatt's sa- loon, $5000; Paulson Bros., hatters, ! of uniforms will be avoided. | Angelo | the Cerebus of the Orpheum, | of this city a great uniformity in the matter | 1 would also like to be advised of the esti- mated number of members to act as alds to the grand marshal, who will thereupon be | appointed by me. “ould I not also ask, in view of the sho: of the time intervening between the pr date and September 9, be given immediate and cheerful consideration | I trust that all theMresidents of California, | whether native or addfited. shall feel it a mat- ter of personal inte; and concern that its fittieth birthday is coMmemorated in a manner s ? {hat will be worthy of I8 glorlous past and prophetiq of ts still more glorious future. | Relying upon your cordial n. Fra- < ’:‘, 2 S, OSTELLO, i { ternally you | Grand Marshal. | The executive committee of the finance | committee was in session yesterday after- | noon_ selecting the names of those who are to solicit subscriptions.. The names will be announced early next week. | The general committee of the Native | Sons of the Golden West having charge | of arranging for the semi-centennial cele- | bration of the admission of California to | statehood met last night in Native Sons’ | Hall, President Phelan presiding. The committee on excursion, J. J. Hand- ley chairman, reported that it intends to | | have ferry-bcats tour San Francisco, San | Pablo and Sng;‘\llh bays and have light re- freshments sérved on board. The route Iis to be as far south as Hunters Point, | viewing the great drydock, then along hé | city front, passing close to Aleatraz Isl- | and to a point midway between Fort Ma- son and Fort Winfield Scott, from there run past Fort Baker, Sausalito, Tiburon, through Raccoon Straits, Angel Island, then along the Marin County shore to Point Pedro and Into San Pablo Bay through Carquinez Straits. The commitiee expects to obtain permission to visit the Navy | Yard and to have permission to visit the Union Iron Works. It is also expected the boats will be able to go to Benicia and re- | turn via the Contra Costa shore, passing | Martinez, Crockett, Port Costa and the Santa Fe terminal. The committee on conference with fra- ternal organizations, Percy V. Long chair- man, reported that it had declded to unite | in conjunction with the grand marshal the | varfous fraternal organizations in this! city. The committee will work with the parade committee. on bulletins, L. B. The committee Mayer, reported in favor of issuing a more elaborate bulletin than was issued in_1890. The committee on hotels, William M. Brown chairman, reported that it desired all persons having accommodations to fur- nish the committee with information as to what accommodations they ecan give. The entertainment committee presented | a progressive report. This includes a branch postoffice at general headquarters; that a map of the city be furnished to visitors; that a_band ~be furnished to escort visiting delegations to headquar- ters; that information be furnished when the Mint, Hopkins Art Institute, the Academy of Sciences and other places can be visited. This committes. will confer with the scope committee. The committee appointed to confer with the Governor on the subject of an ad- ditional holiday reported, as has already been announced in The Call, that it had called on the Governor, who had looked favorably on the Propos!uon. and that upon his suggestion a written request had been forwarded to mgn.ld 2 dier General Warfield of the Sec- on%“ge'igflde. N. G. C., entered the room and the courtesy of the meeting was given him to enable him to extend an invitation to the Native Sons to participate in the Fourth of July parade. It was the sense of those present that the Native Sons take part in the parade. It was subse- quenth decided that the joint committee of the Native Sons participate in the pa- rade and request the parlors to join with the committee. Arrangements for this pa- rade wer; left to |3|e grand marshal and e committee. th'le‘l'l‘emért;.mmlttee on grand ball, F. H. Ker- rigan chairman, reported that it would be guided by the conducting of the grand ball in 189, but tbat it would be better able to furnish a report at a future date. ommittee on general information, J.TI‘?!? chc burgh chairman, rerqrtad that it would secure and distribute information as rapidly as possible. The committee on decoration was in- structed to decorate the exterior of the headquarters in the Palace Hotel. On recommendation of the decoration com- mittes the official colors were declared to be red, white, blue and gold., The committee pn naval parade present- ed a report, which has already been pub- lished in The Call. The parade committee, John H. Grady chairman, reported that it had been decid- ed to send invitations to all public and private schools as well as to the Board of Education, to foreign Consuls, the Gogernor of Hawall and other persons. This was in addition to what has already been published. The report of the regat- ta committee, published in The Call last Thursday, was presented. The parade committee was authorized to employ a her. 2 R . comiies poogmittt 5| minority and majority report. The latter | was in faver of a book containing photo- graphs of those who would be willing to pay for the same; also a Dro;rmme. but without advertising matter. The minority opposed any paid photos and recommend- $8°hat it be'only a book of information. Teport w e T and marshal reported that the A e e e o e e e e o o e e R = L as $5000; American ' Express Company, $5000, and Holmes' Electric Company, ) The _other losscs are distributed amo: the office tenants, none of whom suffes to the extent of more than $2000. Donovan Residence Burned. Spectal Dispateh to TheCall. : HOLLISTER, June 22.—The house on the Thomas Donovan piace one mile west K gran Iud;::;:.flo'\nzlI t.uf that the celebration will at of 3 “I?vnv.n.a resolved that no one will be au- el R R R ti exc F 'le{ that no one will be au- thorized to solicit advertisements for sou- e " \oe on Fuls and contract mu tee s was appa?;te' Tt consists of Lewis F. Bying- ton, Percy V. Long and James L. Gaila- & e . Newhall, chalrman of the | his ety was destroyed by fire to- S S o mehbors o e famity bt at home f the 1s un- d the origin o o loss is fi’n; ‘Wae save money for amateurs. We loan you a known. Insurance, $4000, George ymmittee, was made an actlve | Temmber of the general comimittea. = R L Br,in,%e e gral Tamets. Colonsi. Victor Dubooe: el val kodals, Backus Studlo, 11 Geary st,; supplies, *| George C. Perkius, Juljus Jahn, Eugene COL. HIGGINSON'S TALK ABOUT LONGFELLOW. b e Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. LITERARY TALKS AND REMINISCENCES., IS TR SR S L I always remember with delight the oc-{ casion, a quarter of a century ago, when I | walked down the heights of the Corner Grat above Zerma with a party of young English girls and their chaperon, who: confidence was at once commanded when I happened to mention that I bad been a pupil of Longfellow; and they crowded round me with eager questions about his home and domestic life. This then was that fame of which he dreamed when he wrote to his father at the age of 17: “The fact is, I most eagerly aspire after future eminence in literature; my whole soul burns ardently for it and every earthly thought centers in it.”” Yet he always had that modesty which'ls, as his friend Haw- thorne maintained, the natural result of success. He tbought much more of the laurels of others than of his own, and we meet in his journals the most delightfully tranquil expressions of serenity; as under the attacks of FPoe, for instance, the author of which undoubtedly imagined him as writing in torture. Unfortunately his friends were not always equally placid in his behalf, and Lowell in particular was fond oi picking up the fallen arrows of criticlsm from Margaret Fuller's quiver, | for instance, and sending them back, a Ii tle sharpened, as if with Longfellow's compliments, p The truth is that both Longfellow's books and his personality belong to that class whose members should be designated | | authorl into perhaps undue prominence. Few things help an author more in the direc- tion of posthumous fame than to require personal vindication. This has been strik- mgly visible in' the of By and Shelley in Eagland, as also with Poe and Whitman fa America. Lowell plaintively points out. however, in “Fable for Critics™ that a man is certs made no worse by the fact that his friends love him. Longfellow’'s characterist! cers tainly did not weaken him, for he showed invariable independence of character and Wrote anti-slavery poems of his own mae tion which reached an audience more con- servative than those of Whittier or Low- ell. Reference to the Harvard College manuscripts shows him. moreover, as sometimes placing himseif quite in oppo- sition to prevalent opinion of the faculty and yet holding his own. In dealing with the students he was distinctly a ploneer, although his pioneership took the form of a courtesy and suavity of manner then less prevalent than now; the tradition be- ing that he was the first professor who addressed the young men as “Mister,” a practice which now generally prevails. I can testify that during an abortiv lion in 1841, when a mob of s 3 assembled in the college yard and had re« fused to listen to any other instructo: even requesting one of the older profe: sors to “'go home an : o to bed. old Dosy Prosy,” the leaders turned with respect to Longfellow when he appeared and said: “We'll hear Professor Longfellow. He always treats us like gentlemen.” This is not the kind of deference won by a weak man, but by one who meets his stu- dents on higher ground than that of mere life, _though , was not free from the de seemingly per i O 400-04-99040400-04090409000 454500000500 LONGFELLOW, D T S S S % 0-+00% 0040400404000 0040004600005000000e@ according to Emerson’s analysis as “fa-| vorites.” The law of impartial distribu- | tion goes far mn the universe, and proba- | bly there never yet was a favorite whose fame had not to undergo a reaction. This has been emphatically the case with Long- fellow. No one would now attribute to him the fame, once readily conceded the world over, of the most popular among those who 'wrote verses in the Engiish tongue. It is quite certain that no coi temporary English or American poet was so widely translated. The list given by his brother includes thirty-two translations into German, eight into French, flve into Swedish, nine into Italian, four into| Dutch, three each into Danish, Portuguese | and Polish, and others into Spanish, Rus- | sian, Latin, Hebrew, Marathi, Chinese and | Sanskrit—fifteen in all. All other Ameri- | ut together did not equal these, nor had Browning or Tennyson put to- gether quite so many. His writings were also printed by twenty-two different pub- lishers in London. More conclusive in my imagination than even these statistics was a little book of selected poems I once found in an Erglish lodging-house, in which more than half the poems icame | from the muse of Longfellow alone. It is yet too early to award to this poet his exact proportion of final fame, but the uniform tes(lmnn;; of all who know him will admit that he possessed something better than fame in the uniform sweetness and generosity of his nature. It is possi- ble tfiat those who disarm criticism dur- | ing life by their winning qualities may gs%n a little more than their share of con- | (empnrar{ pralse, and may thus prepare the way for a greater reaction after they are gone. On the other hand, the men who call down antagonism often find a | renewed charity after death, that which | was criticised being forgotten and thel qualities hitherto neglected being brought can poets { and the things which tragedies of existence in the deaths of his two wives. I have in my possession the minute account by a traveling companion of the illness and death of his fl i and of his_demeanor under it; wrote in 1867 to the German poet, ath: “Of what I have been through during the last six years I dare not ven- ture to write even to you. It is al much for any man to bear and I the ordinary affairs of life he many trials by leaving criticisms but his literary p tried by the standard of to-day. w ever highly lucrative, the highest pe record of income from this source being 32500, an amount doubtless exceeded by shat of other authors now forgotten, as, for in stance, Willls. On the other hand, he had his fuil share of the vexations of fame, being called upon one d for example, to write 100 autographs for a fair at Chat- tanooga in behalf of C ers, about which request like fighting the battle over did it.” It i not infrequent for him to record in his diary the appearance of four- teen or fifteen callers in an afternoon, or the arrival of twenty or more lerters lady in Ohio once sent him 100 blan with a request to write his name on each, to be distributed at a party she was to give on his birthday. Some forty or mors schools in the Western States celebrated- his seventy-fourth birthday. all writing him letters and requesting replies. He sent to each school a stanza, with signa- ture and good wishes. I went once to eall on him on one of these birthday occasions and saw a pile of sixty or-seventy letters from a single Western high s These things are the reverse fame’s medal hi make one envy the solitary freedom of Thereau. T. W. HIGGINSON. - was again. but I Cambridge, Mas F. Loud, Ema Gett, Niles Searls, Charles . Tilden, M. H. de Young, John D. Spreckels, Hugh Hume, R. A. Crothers, | W. R. Hearst and General Warfield werel made honorary members of the general | committee. - SEVERAL CITY FUNDS HAVE BEEN OVERDRAWN Reason Why There Is No Money fo Satisfy Demands on St. Mary's Park Fundi The statement published in yesterday's Call that the St. Mary's Park fund has no existence is substantiated by the fol- lowing figures, showing by how much cer- tain funds have been overdrawn up to May 31, 1900: finlth department, $24,997 48; election expenses, $68,222 74; stenographers’ fees, 17,745 70; - miscellaneous court orders, 502 17: © printing transeripts on appeal. $1772; maintenance of feeble-minded chil- dren, $2150. These, with other minor funds, | would bring the total up to $125,000. The Auditer was compelled to audit them by mandate, by statute and by de- cisions of the Supreme Court. The fact that there are not sufficient funds to pay the just obligations of the municipal government shows that the tax rate o? $1.029 levied last year was insuf- ficlent to meet all the municipal expenses. >———— Seaside Wife and Overworked Hus- band. Mr. Reginald Schuyler contributes to to- day’'s News Letter an interesting essay entitied “When His Wife's Away From Home.” What husbands do and don't when their wives are out of town is dealt i ith in Mr. Schuyler's usual candld, sim- Die way. Tha Looke r On tells about clubs and clubmén, newspapers and newspaper men in a sharp, chatty fashion, a the rhymes on local topigs have the fu'l e e ayer, Good News for Teachers. Auditor Wells has directed his clerks to prepare the salary demands of the school teachers so they will be ready for pay- ment either next Monday or Tuesday. The usual date for receiving the demands ia on the 5th of the month, but Mr. W - lieves that as the teachers may desire to spend their vacation in the country the re. | ceipt of their salaries ten days ahead will not come amiss. AUDITOR MAY WITHHOLD Commissioner’s Neglect to File His Official Bond Properly Leads to Complications. There is trouble ahead for Police Com- missioner Mahoney, who neglected to file his official bond with Auditor Wells, as required by the charter. The deputies in the Auditor’s office are logking up the law on the subject, and there is a strong Iike- lihood that Mahoney may be obliged to surrender some $400 as salary from Febru- ary 13, the day he assumed office, to June 2, when it was discovered that his bond had not been approved by the Auditor. The action of the Auditor will depend upon the legal interpratation of the char- ter provision which says that officers of the city and county, before enterigg on the discharge of their official dutles, shall rhspectively it and execute to the city and county such officlal bonds as may be re?ulred by law, ordinance or the charter. All bonds excepting those of the Mayor and Auditor must be adpproved by the Mayor and Auditor. The bonds of all of- ficers shall be filed and kept in the office of the Auditor after having been record- ed in the Recorder’s office. Auditor Wells is of the opiniog that Ma- honey’s bond was not legal ufitil it was filed in his office and after his approval. Mahoney had the bond et}rm‘oved y the Mayor and it was recotded in the Récord- er's office on February 13, where it lay until resurrected on June 2. Unless the disputed point is satislactorily settled the Auditor may withhold Mahoney's June salary demand uitil he has pald back the salary already drawn by him. The Supervisors’ Finance Committee has directed Expert Williams to investiga all bonds of city officials, with a view to def whether the provisions of the charter have been complied with,