The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1901, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1901. English — A GLIMPSE OF OLD Comedy NOT ON THE STAGE. BY L. cannot be claimed that the eixty| years (or, to be exact, sixty-one) | hich elapsed between the appear. Farquhar's “The e of Beaux’ | ), and of Goldsmith's | A d Man™ ), are the story of E h comedy; otk and, are they the 7 infelicity may safely | rst sixty years of Xht‘l1 , for during that period | turned out a comedy | r of the second—and | roduced of the third comedy h»iwn)cni a blank is a at can be held never investi- o Congreve and | n this period, | n one comedy ank whose dialogue lied his Congreve | howed that he Among these | ed Husband” | rgh’s) long Beggars’ | its line, by of our own r" (found- well been painter by an eminent whose “Suspicious his Moiiere “Provoki eas for a score ng with the theme Garrick, who, in | f the period un- stine Mar- a4 wish to see these old on the stage exactly as ar v be given in every large cit rero. The pre d be preceded | specialist eluci- the theme and the students of the drama would thus ob! a me vivid and accurate knowledge of what t drama means and be it is than ever e reading of the fon written to ted, 1t can nev- | such representations | theater of the Unit- | hopeless. *The only one fn this line in | e full effs hope for any the commerci. Harvard has DU PONT SYLE. he dramatic academies | ; o= given two Elizabethan plays and last year Yale gave a mystery play. The Uni- ¢ of California, I am happy to say, has not been backward in this work. In 1896 some of the students presented, under my direction, an adaptation of Congreve’s “Love for Love”; in 1899 Goldsmith's “The Good-patured in 190 we took & flight abroad and presented Sandeau and Regnier's “Mademoiselle de la Seigliere,” the only performance ever given in Call- fornia, I think, of that beautiful comedy; | next Saturday evening we purpose to pre- sent at the Macdoncugh Theater an adap- tation of “The Clandestine Marriage"” of Garrick and Colman, whereof I spoke at the beginning ¢ this article. The circumstances under which this play was written are briefly as folio According to the editor of Cumberland’'s Eritish Theater, its origin is to be found in a farce by the Rev. James Townley, entitled “False Concord,” acted at Co- vent Garden March 20, 1764 “In this * says the editor, “were three capi- | nder, a vaih, su- Mr. Sudley, a ated soap and a pert valet. with the dialogue of some of the nearly verbatim, were transferred 'he Clandestine * fe of Garrick, his. As was never printed, rs incapable either of 1se Conco! nce to the cha me in Garric farce of “Lethe,” and to doubt the truth of he conception was Sug- to him by observation of *“a humor- ld gentleman down in Norfolk.” Mrs. the tempestuous, ~strong- of the play, who rules her with the rod of money, seems to been more Garrick’s creation than this on the authority of Can- who copied out the parts for the production. Mr. Sterling, the , purse-proud city merchant, who to show the aristocracy how to ] off gold, must probably be to Colman, whose rougher oarser nature seem to find natural expression in this part. he three striking characters of The others, though easily and drawn, do not vary much from 1 and serve chiefly to give n to those glready indl ir After Garrick’s death a furious contro- versy broke out as to the relative shares and Garrick in the composition ®Into this it were unprofitable nter here. More inte: ing it is to that by decli to play the part rtly on account of ill- X from fear of a failure—Gar- rick missed one of the greatest chances When the play was brought ruary 20, 1766; the part of Ogleby sted to King, who eleven years to originate Sir Peter Teazle. Some unpopular political allusions in the ing of the second act came near to ng the piece then and there, but Ogleby proved irresistible; anger soon turned to laughter and the plece went forward, with but one slight hitch, to a successful conclusion. Many distin- guished actors—among them Farren—have sinice attempted the role, but the almost iniversal testimony is that mone have equaled King. s Those interested in this study should consult the “Life of Garrick” above men- tioned, my indebtedness to which is here- by acknowledged. . The denouement of the play as original- Iy written is amusing but unpresentable. version to be given next Saturday. e therefore been obliged to cur this denouement and to write in ot yet one that logically follows, 1 hope, the lines of the story. 'ER S TO CORRESPONDENTS. | City. The record of 4 iseo was published Sunday, March 10, ROCKS—-H. C. H, Porterville, tance from the CHff House of the Seal Rocks is nearly BEAL FHOMESTEAD-P. J. B, City. In Cali- fes entitled to do so may set cad not to exceed in value d undation of the Call ng at Market and Third streets was a1 Torned on the th of September, 185. HIGHEST PEAK-R. J. M,| The highest mountain peak | in_the 4,890 Cal rnia is Mount Whitney evadas. Its altitude 1s COPPER—H. §. G., Bridgeville, Cal. If the report of an assay of ore ‘:'eads 10 er cent copper that means that one-| irmfu-. part rr:f the metal obtained from the ore was COpDer. STRAITS OF MAGELLAN—J. R. W. | City. A few of the sailing vessels that | a ngaged In the passenger traffic Tme the California gold fever passed | pugh the Btraits of Magellan on the | vage to California. THE LAYOR—A. M., Chittenden, Cal. new charter for San Francisco went effect on the first day of January, James D. Phelan, the first Mayor | er the charter, was elected at the yvember election in 1899 | COPYRIGHT-T. A. B.. City. It costs | Aty cents to have an article that may be copyrighted secured by copyright. Send to the Librarian of Congress, Washington, 1. 'C" and he will mail you a blank and circular of information. POSTAL CARDS-X. Y. Z, City. It wyou have had & thousand postal cards e 4 and find that you cannot use Them take them to a printer who will obliterate the printing by bronzing and then have them printed anew. — | A HALF DOLLAR—K. M. D., City. A| half dollar of 1553 does mot command a | premium unless it is one that is without arrow heads at the date or without rays | around the eagle. Such a_one commands | & premlum of from $20 to $20. THAT LIST-G. H. W, Palo Alto, Cal. The list of wrecks recently published in The Call embraced only the vessels that belonged to the Pacific Mail The Pacific, which was lost November 4, 1875, @id not belong to that company. TO WRITE A BOOK—G. F., City. The oft used quotation, “Oh! that mine enemy would write a book,” is incorrect. The quotation is from Job xxxi:35, “Oh! that one wpuld hear me! behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.” WRANGELL LAND—R., Vallambrosa, Cal. Wrangell Island or tract in the Arctic 15 north of the eastern extremity of the Asiatic coast, intersected by the meridian of 180 degrees east longitude. It was discovered in 157 by Captain Long of the United States and named after the Russian explorer, Baron von Wrangell (179%6-1570), who sought to reach it. THE YANKEE BLADE-R. J. M., Company. tain Randle, her master, was held re- e for her loss, for sailing so dan- v close to shore. S—Mrs. M. N., Stockton, Cal. rs in coins do not offer a premium 1f-dimes of 3839, 1853 or 1858, nor for cuarters of 1553, uniess for the issue that has no arrows at date mor rays around the eagle. There is no premium for half- dollars of 1842. Premiums are offered cnly for coins that are rare. MANILA—M. MeV., City. There are no exact figungs of the population of Manila, P. I, at this time. It is estimated at about 170,000, not including American ps. The Pasig River is twelve miles . _Los Banos is about thirty miles from Manila. The climate of that place is like that of Luzon Island, healthy for those who 'are accustomed to it. TO OBTAIN A PATENT-S., City. If a man purchases a homestead from the settler who has lived on the same for four years- and then lives on the land for the remainder of the unexpired five vears he cannot obtain a patent to the land. The patent vests only in the lo- cator after a five years' residence upon the land, and in the case of his death before the expiration of the five years iu his widow or children, or if there be neither widow nor children in his legal heirs, providing each of the class named shall live upon the land, cultivate it and carry out the purpose of the original gettler so far as complying with the homestead law is concerned. The fees for homestead entry vary in different States. SMASHING—C. R. 0. C, City. A con- stitutional provision of the State of Kan- sas makes the sale of liquor illegal. Tf a party sells liquor in that State he fis cngaged in an illegal act, and the fact that he is doing business under a United States license to sell liquors does mot, it ie claimed, give the party the color of right to carry on the business. A sa- loon-keeper doing business in Kansas would not have the right to appeal to Federal troops to defend his property in case he was warned that his pl would be attacked by joint smashers. It iz only the Governor of a State who has the right to call for Federal help, and that only after all other powers at his command have failed. —_—— AMUSEMENTS. Grand_Opera-house—*‘Around the World in Eighty Days.” Grand_ Opera-house—Sembrich Opera Com- pany, Monday night. Alcazar—"The Last Word.” eniral—Benefit performance Thursday night, arch 21, California—'"The Telephone Girl" Orpheum—Vaudeville. Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets— Specialties. Chutes, Zoo end Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. e Fischer’ s—Vaudeville. Mechanics' Pavilion—Trained Animal Show. Sherman-Clay Hall-Plano Recl| Friday evening, March 22. it Californta Jockey Club (Oakland)—] morrow. e s e Tanforan Park—Races to-morrow. ——— Cholce candies, Townsend’s, Palace Hotel * Lompoc, Cal. The steamer Yankee Blade 'was driven upon the rocks at Point Ar- a lo, Santa Barbara nty, d in November, 1868 was a wheeler, valued at $500,000, and was al- most new. No lives were lost, but Cap- ———————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* —_——— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public.. the Press Ci g oy eatses S o T i » | | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager Publication Offic Market and Third, S. F. CHINA BASIN. HE passage by the Legislature of the bills to ratify the lease of China Basin was one of the most important events of the session which has just closed. No serious objection was ever raised to this lease, which is generally conceded to have been drawn im a way to amply pro- tect the interests of the State, but the “push” seemed to consider that it would be a bad precedent to permit a railroad corporation to secure any favorable legislation without “putting up,” and they made their fight against the lease upon this time-honored theory. Y The vote in the Senate against the bill, commencing with “Jim” Byrnes and ending +with “Eddie” Wolfe, dispels any possible suspicion of the use of improper means by the parties inter- ested in the measure. As Senator Davis well put it, the result demonstrates that in this State “a railroad company can obtain just consideration of its rights without going into politics,” and he might have added “without going into its pockets.” This is certainly true if the people will con- tinue to send to the Legislature such men as Senator Davis and his associates who supported the lease. The feature of the proceeding most to be regretted is the fact that not one-half of the Sena- tors elected to represent the city of San Francisco voted for the bill, though at the same time all credit and honor should be accorded to Ashe, Bettman, Nelsor: and Plunkett, the four who stood by the city. Here was a measure of greater importance to this city than any which has arisen in vears, and it was only saved {rom the attacks of its alleged representatives by the integrity of the members of both houses who wete elected from other localities. This should be a lesson to all those who are interested in the weifare of the place to take better care in the future about the selection and election of those who are to be its legislative servants. The city members in the Assembly, led by such men as Sutro and Bauer, made a better showing on the final vote, although some of them were rather slow in declar- ing their position. The Governor of the State is.to be commended in this connection for lending his influence in favor of the city, and our business men will not forget it. The Speaker of the As- sembly should also come in for their grateful remembrance and consideration. ~ Another gratify- ing circumstance is found in the position taken by the president of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, who, we are credibly informed, gave imperative orders to all employes of that corporation not to interfere with this legislation. Such conduct indicates a disposition to conduct the business of his company upon broad and liberal principles, which the people of this State will not fail to ap- preciate and admire. : The Call has supported this project of leasing China® Basin from the beginning because it was a proper and necessary step on the part of the State. A transcontinental rail- road was at the gates of the city and there were no facilities at hand for the transaction of its busi- ness. If the former authorities of the State and city had been more vigilant and farseeing the means would have been provided in advance to attract such a railroad. Finding that no such pro- vision had been made, the Santa Fe Company offered to expend more than $1,000,000 upon the property of the State for the purpose of securing terminal privileges, of which it was in urgent need. The wisdom and policy of granting the company the use of this property were apparent to all. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners promptly met the situation to the extent of their powers. Everything in connection with the business was open and well known to the public. The Mayor of the city and the Board of Supervisors, after the fullest investigation, gave the project their un- qualified approval and support. The Legislature should have followed in their footsteps, and would have done so but for an effort by some of its members to extort tribute from the railroad. The efforts of the “gang” in this direction were encouraged by the publications of the Examiner, which, having largely antagonized the decent elements of the Dem- ocratic party in San Francisco, seemed to find satisfaction in Acting as their organ. Among other misstateinents in this connection that paper stated that the defeat of. the measure would work “a saving to the State of many thousands of dollars in dockage fees which otherwise would never reach the treasury,” svhen the lease contains an express stipulation that all merchandise passing over the China Basin retaining wall shall pay to the State the same dockage and tolls which are collected on other parts of the water front, and the railroad company thereby bound itself not to collect or take any dues or tolls whatever on account of the use of such wall These matters were discussed and agreed on at public meetings of the Board of Harbor Commis- sioners, at which representatives of the press were ptesent, and this circumstance precludes any ex- cuse or extenuation on the plea of ignorance by the Examiner, which seems in this instance to have found a pleasing affiliation with a combination of “strikers” of which Martin Kelly is a bright and shining specimen. Z d THE ARMY CANTEEN. S a means of defending the enlisted men in the regular army against the pitfalls and dead- falls that abound around every army post, the canteen, or post club, for enlisted men, was devised. In it only beer and wine and light food refr§shments and tobacco were sold, and it housed a post library, was a reading-room, and furnished facilities for playing chess, whist and other entertaining games. Its institution produced an immediate improvenient in the habits and conduct of the men. Each man could draw a certain number of checks against his coming pay for use in the canteen, and had no disposition to spend money in debauchery. The profits of the canteen belonged to the men as a company fund for the replenishment of the library and other meritorious purposes. The unanimous testimony of the officers favored the plan and praised its results. At first the only com- plaint came from the rumhole keepers around the posts, whose profit had come from the debauch- ery and brutalizing of the men. But these unworthies soon found allies in the great company of foolish but well-meaning people who are victims of the maggot of fanaticism and the tapeworm of intolerance. These joined the rheumy-eyed and blearfaged keepers of the disused soakholes in de- nouncing the canteen. They attacked President McKinley about it all through the last campaign. Their candidate for the Presidency, who himself fell upstairs in Chicago under circumstances that might have set him nailing a campaign lie about himself, made all his fight against the President as the sponsor of the canteen. When the army bill was before Congress the clan that believes men can be made moral and abstinent by statute gathered in Washington and overran the Capitol. Members weakly yielded and voted to close the canteen and reopen the rumhole. Then the rig- idly righteous prayed for joy, the rumseller blasphemed for joy, and the devil laughed. Results appeared at first payday. The men in Fort Sheridan, Chicago, had been always sober and contented in the canteen. But March payday found the canteen closed as a triumph of temper- ance and to save the soldier from a drunkard’s grave. The men made a bee line from the pay clerk to the saloon, got drunk by companies and battalions, fought each other, nearly killing sev- eral, and wrecking the wretched holes in which they squandered their pay, their brains and their manhood. At every army post in the country drunkenness and bestiality prevailed, discipline was injured, the health of the men impaired, and civilians were scandalized. While this was going on a ministers’ meeting in New Jersey was dividing its time singing hymns of victory over the canteen and hissing Attorney General Griggs because in a decision he had sustained the canteen. No more pitiful exhibition of fanatical folly has ever been seen, nor has there been an alliance productive of more evil than this between the prohibitionist and the rum- . seller. : The long-suffering, abuse-enduring Sausalito commuters have won a signal victory. They are to be granted conveniences in the ferry depot at the expense of a museum. Perhaps the pow- ers that be thought that the space was not misapplied in its new allptment. The State Legislature has adopted a measure to prevent.: the sale but not the killing of deer and quail. Perhaps our lawmakers are convinced that the amateur hunters are sufficiently harmless as destructive agents not to be taken seriously into consideration. " Pk B A e TR A Klondike millionaire says it cost him $150,000 to learn that the variety actress whom he made his wife was worse than worthless. These latter day instructions in the expensive schooi ot experience appear to come somewhat high, st U ! The local Board of Education has placed the seal of ifs disapproval upon the schoolteachers. This should be a reasonably clear indication that Sy SRR RN e : Both houses of the Legislature have accepted a proposed primary law. The only dition to its successful establishment is to secure the indorsement of the political bosses. The Chinese of San Jose have gone to war among themselves. dications for which the people of the i marriage of it is proper for teachers to other con- ) ar among thems This is one of the spring in- Garden City are sincerely to be congratulated. o+ OBJECT LESSON IN Godowsky and RECITALS. CARRENO BY BLANCHE B — T s but seldém that we of the Far West have opportunity of hearing ‘within one short month artists so op- positely attractive and so attractively opposite as the two famous plan- ists who have come our way with- in the last four weeks, Mme. Teresa Carreno and Leopold Godow- sky. As a revelation of the possibili- ties of the plano, of the almost incredible varlety of effect that can be obtained at | the commana of opposing temperaments from this inherently most irresponsive of instruments, the Carreno and Godowsky recitals have been an object lesson, the worth of which it 1s not easy to over- estimate and the moral of which, writ in letters of gold, is: “Be yourself, to the last note, word, thread of you. {1 That is the supreme value and unique characteristic of the work of the great artist, the last faithfulness to the indi- vidual ideal, the personal note, the pos- ; and herein lles the rare harm of the world-gift of Car- reno and Godowsky. The truth as they see it, with the clear, wide eyes of genius, they give to us, and it is impossible to imagine a broader outlook on ‘the truth musical than is afforded us by these two so vitally different masters of the art of enchantment. Technically, temperament- ally, physically, psychically, between them they run the whole gamut of differ- ence, and when the pianist in the courts of heaven is appointed it shall be he who has sipped honey at Hybla with Car- reno, and sorrowed in the strange, subtle, odorous twilights of Godowsky's genius. In all but the magnificent climaxes, in which Carreno by right of the splendid physical vigor that is hers, excels, the advantage, technically, is all on Godow- sky's side. In clarity and evenness of ex- ecution, in absolute mastery of the me- chanics of the instrument and the subtler mysteries of tone, the latter must be acknowledged master. But what's the dif- ference when the prevailing mood of an audience subjugated by the Carmen of the instrument -is thus expressed: ‘‘Hang technie!”* Carreno sings the joys of living. the Weltschmerz find no answering voice In her exultant makeup. “Life is worth liv- Ing,” says every note that she plays, sin- cere, wholesome and joyous. She is the spirit of sunlight, as Godowsky is the apostle of moonlight and mystery. She has the imperious splendor of the rose, he the elfin delicacy of the orchid. As his genlus is remote, fastidious, spiritual, so is hers brilliant,. passionate, all-compell- ing, a majestic and herolc volce in the kingdom of the pianoforte. That these two meet on the great common ground that genlus holds, goes without saying, but thank the gods that be for the differ- ences! e . Sherman-Clay Hall is too small for Car- reno to be heard there to advantage. She who can fill the largest halls devoted to concert purposes is there cribbed, cabined and confined. At the Thursday evening recital at the close of the colossal finale of the “Etudes Symphoniques,” given with an electrifying energy, this was par- ticularly felt. A pleasing feature of the recitals has been the numhgr of Beethoven's works that have been given. Mme. Carreno in- terprets this master with a peculiar, warm sympathy. The three sonatas, op. 31, No. 3, op. 53, and op. 109, have already been given, besides the ‘*Andante Favori” and the charming rondo, op. 51, No. 2. Chopin has also been as well represented on programmes, with the B minor sonata and a couple of etudes, nocturnes and polonaises, with 3 B minor scherzo, which was given with splendid sweep and color. In response to a large demand a week’s northern engagements have been can- celed by Carreno and she will be heard here in three extra recitals during the coming week at dates later to be an- nounced. “The quartet choir is an American In- stitution, and it is perhaps the cause of more trouble in the church than any other thing. I would not advise Ameri- cans to be proud of it. Not that we do not have excellent quagtets, but the more excellent they are the less fit they are to be in the church. The solution to the quartet difficulty is the chorus. Choral musie, to my mind, is the only music that is fit for the church, in that it sinks the individuality - of the performer in the mass.” The above quotation, culled from the New York press, is an expression of opinion by Frank Damrosch in an address made before the Methodist Soctal Union of New York. It has naturally aroused wide and somewhat severe commeng. Father McLoughlin, the ‘“singing priest,” whose illustrated talks on song literature have been so pleasant a fea- PARTINGTON. ture of the Catholic Truth Soclety’s en- tertainments this winter, in a lecture last week on the “Songs of Mother Church” had something to say on this subject. “Shall we have the quartet in church?” he asked. “Yes, sometimes. The chorus? Yes, certainl But let there be congre- gational singing always and all the time.” And the reverend father then il- lustrated some of the idiosyncrasies of the average choir and organist in a fash- fon both useful and entertaining. His lec- ture all through was one of the most pol- ished efforts that it has ever been my pleasure to hear, at once simple, concisa and elegant. He sings also in a charm- Ingly sympathetic voice, and from the Quaint old. plain chants of Gregory In the sixth ¢entury to the modern “Hosanna™ of Granier his musical illustrations wers rendered with much simple grace. o - . The offictal programme of the twelfth annual meeting of the New York State Music Teachers' Association, held at Saratoga Springs N. Y., in June of last year, has just been published in. its en- tirety fn the March 2 number of The Con- cert Goer, including a report in full of the interesting papers deltvered during the proceedings. For vocalist, violinist, organist and pianist allke the report pos- sesses much interest. Among the more useful worthy papers delivered during the session are: ‘Fads and Fallacles in Volce Culture,” by F. X. Arens: “Organ Trans- criptions,” G. M. Chadw! ““The Proper Size of Church Organs,” Gerritt Smith; “The Teaching of English In Song,” Anna Laura Johnson: “The Evils of Chorus Singing In Schools,” Julia E. Cran “Pre- paring Pupils for Public Playing,” Frank J. McDonough: “The Plano—Its Develop- ments, ‘Defects, Virtues and Probable Future,” N. Irving Hyatt. The various reports of speclalist committees on “Re- cent Musfeal Literature,” “Modern Organ Construction,” “Plano Tuning” and sa on, are also of much Interest. Ky Undeterred by the thankless experfences of the Minett! string quartet, another quartet of candidates for chamber muslc favor will shortly take the fleld. Tho Zech string quartet will give thefr first concert on Friday afternoon next at Sher- man-Clay Hall-an invitation affair—and will play the Schumann quartet in A minor and a quartet in B flat major, by Mr. Zech himself. The members of the Quartet are: W. F. Zech, first violin; E. B. Lada, second violin; W. G. Callinan, viola, and A. M. Lada, ‘cello. 5 619 Four hundred and ninety-one fres organ recitals have been given in Carnegie Musi- cal Institute, Allegheny, Pa., within the past twelve years. The first fifty wera given by Leonard Wales, after which H. P. Ecker assumed the position which ha has successfully occupled until the pres- ent time.—The Choir Journal. Ly e The day’s programme for the half-hour organ recital, given by Dr. H. J. Stewart at the close of the afternoon service at Trinity Church, will be: Concert overture in C minor (Hollins), “Vision” (Parker), “Canzonetta” (Nicode) and “Coronation March” (Kretschmar). e & Dubols’ “Seven Words of Christ Upon the Cross™ will be sung for the first time in San Francisco this evening at St. Dom- inic’'s Church, under the direction of Franklin Palmer. The solofsts will be Miss Lilly Roeder, soprano; Miss E. V. McCloskey, contralto: J. ¥. Veaco, tenor, and Walton Webb, bass. €. e It appears from the following note in the Organist and Choirmaster that the English organ pupil is confronted by the same difficulties in regard to practice aa the would-be organist meets with hers in our own State, in San Francfsco mora particularly. The following sensible and kindly appeal is made to organists and other church authorities by Miss M. L. ‘Wood, herself a prominent English organ- ist. She says: “The idea that practicing upon an organ can possibly hurt it is now quite exploded, Eminent authorities, such as Dr. Turpin and others, scout the notion, and I have heard a clever organ builder say that it does an organ good to be well played on. It s sald that evil is wrought by want of thought, and I am sure if organists re- membered that they were once young students themselves and indebted to the kindness of other organists for practice, they would not refuse to afford similar facilities to those to whom access to a good organ is of the utmost importance. I should like, therefore, to appeal to tha kindness and good feeling of all persons having charge of an organ, whether clergy, organists, churchwardens or chapel trustees, to facilitate the access of romising students to their instrument y whom, I feel sure, such kindness wi" be warmly appreciated and certainly nos abused.” —_— } PERSONAL MENTION, George B. Sperry of Stockton is at the Occidental. W. Lawson, a cattleman of Alvarado, s at the Grand. Colonel W. 1. Boyle of Milwaukee is guest at the Palace. W. H. Devlin, an attorney or Sacra- mento, is at the Lick. Joseph Weissbien, a banker of Grass Valley, is a guest at the Lick. E.-E. Bush, an oil man of Hanford, is staying for a few days at the Lick. H. C. Swain, a dry goods merchant of Red Bluff, is registered at the Grand. H. J. Small, connected with the South- ern Pacific Rallroad at Sacramento, is at the Palace. Frank G. Noyes, connected with the Goodman Bank at Napa, is registered at the Palace. Colonel Z. 8. Spalding. formerly Attor- ney General to the late King Kalakaua of Honoluly, is at the Palace. John J. Byrne of the Santa Fe Rallroad Company 1s in the city and attending to his duties after being sick in bed for sev- eral weeks, # F. A. Miller, general passenger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ralil- road, arrived in the city yesterday and Is registered at the Palace. Captain W. A. Overton arrived from China yesterday and Is on his way back to New York. He pald a business trip to the Orient in behalf of the New York Un- derwriters’ Assoclatis CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 16.—The following Californians are In New York: From San Francisco—E. F. Fleming, at Grand Un- who arrived to-day 13 -Congress- ms ,mafl-nm Premiums on the King’s Life. firm, wishing to cover its loss of say £20,« 000 in case of the death of the King, has to'nllly £1600 per annum.—Pittsburg Dis« patch. ADVERTISEMENTS. B. KATSCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO, 10 THIRD ST., San Francisco. Nothing adds more to the ap- pearance of a child than stylish , and to be strictly up-to- date they must be RED. We have the best selected stock in this city, and we offer the following special