The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1901, Page 4

Che * 20kl - Cull. MONDAY....0virenssasssssasssessss JULY 1, 2901 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Propristor, Address All Communioations 4o W. 5. LEAKR, Menager. MANAGER’S OFFICE... Telephone Press 204 U PUBLICATION OFFICH...Market and Third, 8. F\ Telephone Press 201. i EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 231 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202, Delivered by Carriers, 15 Oents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents, Terms by Matil, Including Postage! DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year.. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), § months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months. All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be partioular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS fn order to insure & proipt and correct compliance with their request. OAXLAND OFFICE.. ++..1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Ohiesgo. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 2619.”') NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON...... vese..Herald Square NBW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: .. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. BRANCH OFFICES—$27 Montgomery, comer of Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 109 Valencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. corper Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. 2200 Filimore, open until § p. m. e ——————————————r AMUSEMENTS. Tivoli—Babes in the Wood." Orpheum—Vaudeville. Columbia—*"Under Two Flags.” 1 Alcazar—*‘Sapho.” Grand Opera-house—*‘The Only Way Central—'"Davy Crockett.” Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville. yuSixteenth and Folsom streets—Sclentific Boxing, Thursday, y 4 Sutro Baths—Swimming. | 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOR THE SUMMER. Call subscribers contemplating a change of #esidence during the summer months can have their paper forwarded by mail to their mew Sdaresses by notifying The Call Business Office, This paper will also on sale at all summer Pesorts and is represented by a local ageat im @ll tewns em the coast. CONDITION OF BUSINESS. HE feature in business last week was the failure i the Seventh National Bank of New York, but s it was due to carelessness in loaning on poor 2l it bore no especial significance and produced | it 2 momentary effect. It alarmed certain bbtors, however, and for a day or two there | increased demand for*loans to patch up inse- | ancial fences bhere and there, but Wall street long as usual, and in a few days, probably, the nt will be forgotten. Immediately prior to this bse a bank in Berlin went under, owing to similar lessness in accepting securities, but beyond these | two financial failures the different exchanges of the world were quiet and featureless. The general ten- dency in Wall street was toward a lower range of values, but the market was a professional one, as the public still hold aloof. ' Distributive trade, as a rule, continues good. Ex treme hot weather in most parts of the East and West has checked the demand for some goods and stimu- lated business in others. There-is a better call for ! woolens for fall delivery, and firmer quotafions for $ the finer grades are reported. Shipments of boots 3.41 shoes continue heavy, being much larger than at thi time last year, and the excess seems to be in- There is also 2 good export demand for The iron and steel trade remains very much creasin ! leather. as previously reported, and is away ahead of this time lagt year in point” of activity. Then many mills were le: now practically all are running and most of theni § 'hdave all the orders they can attend to, The demand for structural material and builders’ hardware is keen, showing extensive building operatihs throughout the sountry, while the railroads are continually ordering _more cars. These three lines—iron, woolen goods and boots and shoes—are at present leading all others, and outside of this there is nothing going on in gen- eral merchandise to call for especial comment. The condition of trade, as shown by the bank clear- ings, is 49.T per cent better than at this time last year, at least as far as the volume of business is concerned, and only three important points—Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha—show a decrease from last year. In spite of the inactivity in Wall street New York shows 2 gain of 70.9 per cent, and Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Louis.and Pittsburg all exhibit large gains. The country’s failures for the week were 204, against 207 during the corrssponding week in 1900. So, as far as these statistics go, the country seems to be in an exceptionally strong position’ commercially. The crop outlook, as a rule, is brilliant. While our crop of wheat will probably be very large, current estimates placing it at about 700,000,000 bushels, wggainst about 550,000,000 last year, ‘we will probably have an excellent customer in France, which reports a poor outlook and expects a heavy deficiency. The increase will probably find an outlet through this French channel. Local business shows little change. We are now harvesting heavy hay and grain crops, and. while the yield of fruit this year is rather under the average, there will be enough for a good shipping record later on, and prices are satisfactory, owing to the shortage. The wholesalers, almost without exception, report trade very good, though it has begun to slacken dur- ing the past week or so, as it always does during the midsummer holiday season. We are very free from failures, and the banks all report a plenitude of funds. As far as all indications go, the present year is a good as any of its successful predccess:ors, which is saying a good deal. We are surprised that an Oakland citizen named Bustabaldi has been knocked down and robbed. If B his assailant had known his name we belicve that Bustabaldi would stifl have his money. GWIN AS A BUILDER. HE notices of the death of Mrs. Gwin give Tproper prominence to her early influence upbn the destinies of California. Her close sympathy and association with her husband brought her into promi- nence in a part that she was able to sustain. The speeches made on Mr. Clay’s omnibus bill are full of the information secured by members of Congress from Senator and Mrs. Gwin. Webster's speech on that measure is notably indebted to the Gwins for the philosophical reference it makes to the institution of | slavery as unsuited to the physical conditions of this coast. Dr. Gwin was a Southern man and a slaveholder. If habit and prejudice could influence any one he would have insisted upon a scheme tp extend the Mis- souri compromise line across California, creating a slave State, whose ncrthern boundary would have divided the Territory on a line running east and west through Monterey and Fresno. But this would have been a mutilation and would have hindered the devel- opment of the free State north and the slave State south of that line. He desired, first of all, the geo- graphical symmetry and the prosperity of his State and so he wrought amongst the Southern members in behalf of free California. In that Congress they had the power to extend the line 36.30 and plant slav- ery on this coast, and that they were turned away from that purpose was due to the influence of Senator Gwin and his wife. When the issue came only a few incor- rigibles remained, led by Jefferson Davis. Dr. Gwin was a man of peculiar foresight in matters of material and national development. He found Russia desirous of parting with Alaska, and long before we finally acquired that American Siberia he demonstrated the possibility of our getting it for a trifle compared with the sum we finally paid. His study of the resources of that vast region had convinced him of its value to this country and he lived to see his views adopted by Mr. Seward and Alaska brought under our flag. He was a State builder. It is necessary to interpret his career in Mexico by his policy in regard to Cali- forfia and Alaska. His correspondence from Mexico shows that from the beginning he doubted the sta- bility of Maximilian’s empire. That Austrian Prince, the manliest and gentlest of the Hapsburgs, had no talent for rugged, practical administration. Gwin, by his influence with the Emperor Napoleon, had secured concessions and power which he proposed to use by creating an Anglo-Saxon State in Northern Mexico. His faith was in his own countrymen. He had no confidence in the pied and polyglot empire which must grow out of Maximilian’s venture. = He had all faith in the homogeneous State that would arise by the influx of Americans into Sonora. But, to the success of his great plan for the founding of a State, it was necessary that the empire should be adminis- tered in the spirit of practical government. His let- ters from the City of Mexico show a keen apprecia- tion of the difficulties which must be met and over- come under the most favorable circumstances, and they soon reveal his growing conviction that the em- pire would fail. With Maximilian interested in Mexi- can entomology and botany more than in the practi- cal details of government he foresaw the fall. His letters to his wife are the best extant history of the hope and despair and tragedy that make up the rapidly shifting scene between the crowning of an Emperor in the capital and the shooting of a prisoner at Queretaro. History that is may be hardly ‘more important and interesting than history that might have been. If Abd-er-Rahman instead of Charles Martel had won at Tours, and Mahometism had spread over Europe, as it would, in what corner of the earth would Christian- ity now be hiding, a fugitive? 1f Gwin had succeeded in his plans for Sonora and Northern Mexico the slow evolution of order in that country, which it owes to Diaz, would have been sub- stituted by a rapid transformation into an American community. The plan failed, but it was great and worthy of the great mind which conceived it. WAR TAX REDUCTIONS. Y act of Congress at the late session a consid- erable reduction will take place in the war reve- nue taxes to-day. Upon some articles the taxes have been lowered while those upon other articles have been repealed altogether. At the time the meas- ure was passed it was estimated that the total reduc- tion would amount to about $45,000,000. That sum, therefore, which was paid last year into the treasury of the Government, will remain in the hands of the people and the channels of trade. Among the articles on which taxes are reduced are beer, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, snuff, conveyances, bills of exchange, sales of products at exchanges and passage tickets. Those upon which the taxes have been repealed altogether are as follows: Bank checks, 2 cents. Bills of lading for export, 10 cents. Bond of obligation by guarantee company, one-half of 1 cent on each dollar. Certificates of damage, 25 cents. Certificates of deposit, 2 cents. Certificates not otherwise specified, 10 cents. Charter party, $3 fo $10, Chewing gum, 4 cents on each $1. Commercial brokers, $20. Drafts, sight, 2 cents. Express receipts, 1 cent. Insurance—Life, 8 -cents on each $100; marine, inland, fire, one-half cent on each $1; casualty, fidelity and guaranty, one-half cent on each $L Lease, 25 cents to $L ‘Manifest for Custom-house entry, $1 to $5. Mortgage of conveyance in trust, 25 cents for each Order for payment of money on sight or on demand. Perfumery and cosmetics, one-eighth cent for each 5 cents. Power of attorney to vote, 10 cents. Power of attorney to sell, 2 cents. Promissory notes, 2 cents for each §100. Proprietary medicines, one-eighth cent for each § cents. Protest, 25 cents. Telegraph messages, 1 cent. Telephone messages, 1 cent. B TUnited States money orders, 2 cents for each $100. Warehouse receipts, 2 cents. Taxes on legacies, of an educational, religious or charitable character were also repealed by the act, but the repeal awent into effect on March 1. There re- main of the war revenues, taxes on bankers’ capital and surplus, on the issue of stock, bonds and certifi- cates of indebtedness, on brokers, on transfers of stock, on proprieto?s of circuses, billiard rooms, thea- ters, etc., on sleeping and parlor car tickets, and on inland drafts and bills .of exchange. As it has long been known that the taxes were to be terminated to-day, it is not likely there are many tax stamps or stamped checks in the hands of the people. The Government, however, under certain conditions, will “redeem such as are outstanding. Documentary stamps, for example, must be presented in sums of $z’or more and within two years of the time of their purchase, and claims for recovery of money must be accompanied by the dealers and col- lectors’ certificate of the rdate and amount of sale. Claims for the redemption 'of stamps printed on checks and drafts, etc., will pass through the hands of the collector of the district in which the order for the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. MONDAY, JULY 1, 1901. printing of the stamps was purchased to Washington. Thus, while something of the war tax remains, the burden of it has been greatly lightened, and what will be more satisfactory to the people, the taxes which have been most irritating and annoying have been repealed altogether. e e PERCENTAGE CHARITY AGAIN. OHome, has in two successive numbers, those of June 22 and 29, commented adversely upon the action of The Call in exposing the schemes and the methods of the percentage charity entertainers who were recently at work in this city. In noting the results of the exposure The Call pointed out that the charitable institutions of the city would be benefited, inasmuch as they would hereaiter receive all sums that the liberality of our pcople intend for charitable pur- poses, and not be forced to content themselves with a mere percentage. With that claim the editor of Our Youth takes issue. ¥ After stating that “we, the charities,” have been struggling with many problems, are hampered by scarcity of money, have begged with letters and the best of solicitors but “have somehow failed to touch the heart of the big, warm-hearted San Francisco pub- lic,” he goes on to say: “To us comes an Eastern entertainer. He brings recommendations from the highest and best societies of the East. * * * We arrange an entertainment with this man. 'With a band of well trained workers he canvasses the city and brings our work to the notice of men we never could have reached. The entertainment is well advertised, well managed and successful, and we receive a larger amount as our share than has resulted from any three or four entertainments we have ever given ourselves.” Such is the plea made for percentage charity. It does not appear to have occurred to the editor of Qur Youth that the success achieved was in the nature of fraud, since it was not known to the patrons of the entertainment that the money obtained was to be given not to the charity named as the beneficiary, but to the promoters of the entertainment itseli. Such a plan could be worked several times with profit, but in the end the public would learn the nature of the scheme and then every charitable entertainment or undertak- ing would suffer. As soon as the public learned that charities were being used for private gain there would be a revulsion against them that would greatly dimin- ish the honor in which they are now held. The view which is now taken by Ougs Youth is largely colored by personal feeling. That is made evident by the fact that in commenting upon the e tertainment given for the Boys’ Home at Golden Gate Hall the editor says: “We can’t help feeling quite resentful toward the daily paper that made it a finan- cial failure.” Such a feeling is perhaps natural, but so long as it exists the editor cannot take a fair view of the subject. There is one feature of the issue, how- ever, which he may be able to_see clearly even in his present frame of mind. The Call did nothing more than publish the exact nature of the percentage enter- tainments. If they were good, why was it they col- lapsed as soon as the publication was made? The Call did not in any way misrepresent the schemes or the methods of the entertainers, and if the public refused to support their entertainments after the facts were known, it was only because popular judgment does not approve of that system of working for charity. Had The Call stood aside and permitted the practice to go on, the results might have involved the good names of many persons associated with our charities and some might have been suspected of shar- ing in the percentage that went to private gain. It was therefore for the interest of all that the exposure was made, and we repeat that among the beneficiaries none have had a larger share than our charitable asso- ciations. UR Youth, a weekly publication issued and In a recent address Kaiser William is reported to have said that as the supreme head of the empi.re he rejoices over every German who goes forth “seeking new points where we can drive in nails on which to | hang our armor.” The phrase is a pretty one, but it will be well for the Kaiser to take notice that while German commerce and emigration are driving a good many nails at various points in South America, he will never have the satisfaction of hanging his armor there. L ———— The Sunday girl of Pittsburg is in the slough of deepest distress and has just cause to believe that her best young man has started a conspiracy against her. Inspired by the “blue laws,” the police authorities of the Smoky City have-ordered all candy shops, soda fountains and icecream parlors closed on Sundays! — 5 A Chicago- preacher was arrested in New York the other day for persistently stealing bicycles. The reverend gentleman should be advised that if it is really necessary for him to have “wheels” he should have recourse only to his own. The Judge of the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis must have a grudge against the town and is determined to destroy its standing for respectability. He has decided that jurors, witnesses and attorneys may wear shirt waist<'in court. The Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided, after much deliberation, that no women may practice law within the State. This ought to supply the fe- male political equality clubs of the country a theme of discussion for a year. | A French corporal has received a gold medal from his Government for saving the lives of two American soldiers while in China. Perhaps the French Gov- ernment wants to show that even in its politeness | police :mlt saloons lfl;{ee and four times £ 1ot a day it is your privilege to make com- there is patriotisn. plaint to the Board of Police Commis- ~1 sloners. Much has been done recently to remove the sus- picion that the Filipinos are lacking in intelligence. Agoncillo, their representative ip Europe, has packed up his traps and intends to return home considering his .mission useless. Recent dispatches announce that the mechanics of England are now using tools of American manufac- ture. It would be safe to wager that however they use them it will not be to the same advantage as Americans. A French critic, Louis de Gramont, advises the adoption of English as a universal language on ac- count of its simple syntax, and now if some eminent German will second the motion we will make it unanimous. A The late Dr. Jessup, who was shot to death by the Rev. Dr. Adams, expressed an ante-mortem opinion very unfavorable to the clergy. But, under the cir- cumstances, he may have been prejudiced. Was it not a mistake to let that Ohio Republican convention be too unanimous? When an Ohio fac- tion has no chance to crack heads in its own party, it goes off and votes the other ticket. ITEMS OF INTEREST PERTAINING TO THE NAVIES OF THE POWERS E departure of the new armored 'ortsmouth for China has been delayed for several weeks owing to the breakdown of her steering gear. A court of inquiry found that the mishap was due to some cne having tampered with the steering & ship was at anchor. The damage is such as to necessitate con- sold for the benefit of the San Francisco Boys’ | siderable work, and it was proposed to fit the rudder of the Spartiate, another new but disabled cruiser, to the Cressy, but this has been found impracticable. et s took place last month. Their grievance not been paid for many months back. P markable part of the accident is the fact been actually reduced when the explosion e used in place of wo process by which it is made fi . A mutiny of sailor workmen at the Constantinople arsenal their time of service had expired a year ago they were forced to remain, and thelr meager pay—of about five cents a day— had fallen in arrears. About one hundred of these men made an effort to leave the arsenal in order to lay their grievance before the Sultan, but the guard with a few bayonet thrusts drove the mutineers back, severely wounding nine of the crowd. number of the men were also arrested. Similar outbreaks are threatened in other Government departments, where many of th workmen are said to be reduced to starvation, as they have An explosion occurred June 5 on board the British destroyer Daring, when one of the tubes in a Thornyeroft boiler blew out, killing one man and injuring four others severely. steaming at the low speed of six knots, and that steam had Fireproof wood is to be discarded in decks and joiner work below the protective deck in all vessels in the United States navy, excepting torp!go boats and destroyers. Metal will be wherever possible. the fireproof wood when exposed to the weather a short time loses 30 per cent of its fireproofing qualities and that the reproof makes the wood brittle. In the Tokio Museum of Arms there is an Armstrong breech- | loading rifle catalogued among ancient and obsolete guns. view of the fact that some of these guns are stil! found on British war vessels and that the Volunteer Artillery in many districts in England have no other guns, the sarcasm becomes very pointed and most humiliating to Great Britain. L e a a a B ONE LETTER ESPECIALLY CONSPICUOUS IN NAMES OF OFFICIALS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY Of the Twenty-Six Composing the Alphabet H Stands Out More Promi- cruiser Cressy from apparatus while the in the British army. was that although A utilize the Southery, A re- that the vessel was prisons. occurred. It is alleged that | French navy. The The Teal, one of In boat was to carry a nently Than Any Other. Commander Wadagaki of the suku committed suicide in his cabin on May 2 by cutting his throat with a sword. He graduated from the naval school in 1884, and attained the rank of commander two years ago. Tem- porary insanity caused the act of the promising officer. A novel suggestion for army and navy proposed by Major General Webber, a retired engineer officer Yarrow fomethe British navy, has h#d a successful trial. on a draught of two feet three inches. of the vessel are plated—proof against rifle fire. On the trial the boat drew two feet two and a quarter inches and averaged a speed of thirteen knots. battleship Hatsuse at Yoko- reform was recently In the paper which he read before the United Service Institution he proposes the establishment of a permanent Advisory Board, composed of officers from the navy and army, to be selected by the Crown, and to be as inde- pendent and as immovable as the members of the Judicial Bench. He would leave many details as they are now, to the administrations of the Admiralty and War Office, but the In- telligence departments of the two services should be trans- ferred to the Advisory Board. The growth of the United States navy of the last ten years in ships and men has outstripped many of the attending shore requirements, and the Navy Department finds itself cramped for prison accommodations. Mare Island have been enlarged and it is now decided to The naval prisons at Boston and a former collier, as a receiving ship at Norfolk for prisoners until they can be transferred to the shore There are now nearly three times as many men and boys in the navy as there were ten years ago, and while the proportion of offenses has largely diminished, owing to the greater care exercised in_enlisting, there is of course an in- creased number of offenders to be temporarily provided for until they are dismissed from the service for good. Ninety-five vessels are in course of construction for the list embraces four battleships, fourteen armored cruisers, one protected cruiser, twenty-five destroyers, three sea-going torpedo boats, twenty-four coast and harbor torpedo boats and twenty-four submarine boats. YR two shallow draught gunboats buflt by The load of fcrty tons in armament and coal All the vulnerable parts The vessels have twin screws. e T is interesting to note that the letter H is decldedly prominent in the names of the officials of the Southern Pacific Company, past, present and prospect- fve, First of all, it belonged to Collis P. Huntington, one of the “big four,” and president of the company, and it was also possessed by Mark Hopkins, who,. with Huntington, Crocker and Stanford, builc the Central Pacific Raflroad. It is also to be found in the names of many of the officlals of the great rallway system, among the more important ones being the following: f Henry BE. Huntington, nephew of the taken the census this year. THE HILL CASE-M. 8, City. The Sarah Althsa Hill case was tried in San Francisco bafore Judge J. F. Sullivan. SAFE INVESTMENT—P., Woodbridge, Cal. The department gf Answers to Cor- respondents does not advise any one how to invest money, consequently will not | say if the asscclation asked about “is a safe investment.” CHESS PROBLEM—C., Sacramento, {cal. In playing chess it is allowable to check king on first move where a mate is to be made in two or three moves, but to check king on the first move in a problem, while it is allowable, destroys the prob- lem. SINGER COMPANY—H. G. C, Vladivo- stok, Siberia. The Singer Sewing Machine Company of Berlin, Germany, s not an independent concern, but a branch of the American company. It is asserted that the United States manufactures and ex- ports the greatest number of sewing ma- chines. TO FLY THE FLAG—S., Ocean View, Cal. If an American company should purchase an English vessel the new own- ers could not sail her under the American colors unless she had been wrecked on an.| American coast and had had repairs equal to three-fourths of her original cost of construction. TWO COINS—A Reader of The Call, City. A quarter of a dollar, United States coinage, without arrowheads at the date or rays around the eagle commands a premium of from $1 25 to $3 25, but such coin with arrowheads and rays does not command a premium, nor does a quarter of 1854. MINT AND ART INSTITUTE—C. G. S. Oakland, Cal. The San Francisco branch mint {s open to visitors on any working day in the forenoon, and one day is as good as another to visit the place. The best time is between10 and 11 o’clock. The Hopkins Art Institute may be visited any day in the week. POLICE OFFICERS—M. B, City. The regulations of the Police Department say that police officers shall not visit liquor saloons while on duty, except it is in the exercise of police duty. If you have knowledge that members of the mounted CLAIM—H. W. G., City. In taking up a claim under the mining laws the locator should, say, within twenty days after the location . shall have been marked upon the ground, or such time as is allowed by the local laws file a notice thereof, accu- SRR Bt o 1o e J. M. Herbert Charles H. Tweed, chief counsel of the 2 company. E. H. Fitzhugh Edward H. Harriman, who is directing i 3 the affairg of the Southern Facific in con- Wl“]am “. Mllls A William F. Herri ANSWERS TO QUERIES. P oo S GOOD FRIDAY—A. 8. City. Good Fri- T. H. Goodman day in 1839 fell on the 29tn of March. oo SHAKERS—A. L., Clty.s'l'h;‘l;a u; no | William Hood i f Shakers in San ancisco. T Joseph Horsburgh Jr. | CENSUS—J. A. L. P., Crockett, Cal Nearly &'l the countries of the world have F_ “. DaViS + 1} Collis P. Huntington Mark Hopkins Henry E. Huntington Charles H. Tweed Edward H. Harriman Charles M. Hays I o & @ it e e @ PERSONAL MENTION. Judge Adair Wilson of Denver is at the Palace. G. W. Burton of the Los Angeles Times is at the Palace. 0. J. Woodward, a banker of Fresno, is | a guest at the Lick. | W. A. Erskine, a mining man of Ecua- dor, is at the California. Dr. F. Wesley Carpenter of Chicago is| registered at the Grand. C. H. Riege, a business man of Fresno, | is a late arrival at the Lick. | E. R. Gifford, a merciant of Auburn, is | a receat arrival at the California. G. D. Kimball, a merchant Bluft, is registered at the Palace. Bank Commissioner John Markley registered at the Lick from Geyserville. F. M. Romain, a frult grower of Fresno, is at the Occidental, ih compony with his | wife. H. L. Frank, a prominent mining man of Butte, Montana, is a guest &t the Palace. E. C. Merritt, an insurance man of San- ta Rosa, is one of the arrivals at the Cal- ifornia. J. Brillman, a retired merchant of Al- bany, N. Y., is at the Palace after a visit to the Southern resorts. Miss Mary Bard and Miss Anna Bard, | daughters of United States Senator Bard, | are guests at the Occidental. J. A. Brent, an Eastern capitalist, re- turned yesterday from a visit of inspec-| tion to his mines in Northern California | and registered at the Palace. | W. D. Cornish, vice president of the| Union Pacific, with headquarters at New York, is at the Palace. He is here to con- fer with President Burt of the same com- pany on railroad affairs. Judge Kelly, | general solicitor of the same company, also arrived yesterday, but went imme- diately to Los Angeles. —_———— Choice candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel* —_———— rl's band in Laurel, Kans., broke up on the eve of a public performance be- cause the members could not agree on a programme. % of Red is | ——————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend’s. —_———————— Statistics collected in Germany show that the death rate among widows is con- siderably higher than among wives. ————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * ———— A remarkably large meteor exploded and fell near Hyndman, Md., recently, il- rately describing the claim, for record with the proper recorder of the district, who will theréupon issue the usual certifi- cate’of location. THE CZAR'S SECRET-J. A. L. P, Crockett, Cal. This correspondent writes: “In the Palace of the Czar of Russia at Gatchina, history says there was In a lit- tle museum an iron trunk, the locks of which had been closed and sealed by Em- peror Paul 1., who wrote on the top of the trunk : ‘Do dot open this for one hun- dred years.’ The Czar died in 1801, and the trunk was to have been opened on the 6th of last May. What did it contain?" If the trunk was opened on the 6th of May no notice thereof has appeared in the pub- lic press. It may have been opened and the contents may have been such that those who did open it did not care to di- vulge the same. Up to date it is still the Czar's secret. . —_————— CORONADO TENT CITY, Coronado Beach, Cal, will be the popular summer resort this season. It became famous last year for com- fort, entertalnment and bealth. Its splendid cafe was a wonder, the fishing unexcelled, luminating the country for miles. Many of its fragments have been picked up. Official Route Christian Endeavorers to Cincinnati, Ohio. The Burlington Route via Denver has been selected as the official route. Through Puliman Tourist Sleeping Cars to Cincinnati will leave San Francisco July 1 at 6 p. m. Tickets on sale June 30 to July 1; rate, $76 50 for round trip. July 1-2 we will sell round-trip tickets to Detroit at $32 25; July 3-4 to Buffalo $87; July 20-21 to Chicago $72 50. For sleeping car berths call on or address W. D. Sanborn, Gen- ot e | wagon, imperturably. eral Agent, 631 Market street. i e ol <2 derkat Quickest Way to Yosemite. “The Santa Fe to Merced and stage thence via Merced Falls, Coulterville, Hazel Green Merced, Blg Trees, Cascade Falls and Erigal Vell Falls to Sentinel Hotel. This gets you in at 5 In the afternoon, which is ahead of sy other line and costs you less. Ask at 841 Yar- ket street for particulars.” / —_ Fourth of July rates to Stockton, +Visalla, Hanford, Bakersfield and all poj the Santa Fe Vailey line. Tickets on 3 and 4 at €41 Market st. and Office. / its on - junction with other railroads. Charles M. Hays, the new president of the great Western raflway system. J. M. Herbert, general superintendent of the St. Louls, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, who is reported to be slated to succeed Jerome A. Fillmore as manager of the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific. E. H. Fitzhugh, who may become assist- ant to President Hays, or an operative official. Willlam H. Mills, head of the company's land business. ‘William F. Herrin, chief counsel on the Pacific Coast and director of affairs polit- c: ns’l;nt H. Goodman, general passenger Joseph Horsburgh Jr., assistant general passenger agent. . H. Davis, assistant treasurer. @ it Fimieielelei i i @ A CHANCE TO SMILE. Ethel (aged 6)—What does “alphabeti- cal” order mean, Johnny? Johnny (aged T)—Oh, that’s when ma orders us to mind our p's and q’'s!—Judge. “A man can't travel very far in New York,” remarked the Observer of Events and Things, “without coming up with a bull, a bear, a Buffalo, an Elk or—a lob- ster.”—Yonkers Statesman. “Have you got any condensed milk?"s asked the man at the gate. “No, sir,” replied the driver of the milk “Nothin’ but the expanded kind.”—Chicago Tribune. In the bottom of a strawberry bex cpened at Hutchinson, Kan., the other day, this was found written: “I am Cora Marsh, aged 16, of Logan, Mo. Never been kissed."—New York Tribune. The same individual sent a present of some fruit to a friend, and in the bottom of the basket he placed 2 note, the pos seript to which read: “You will find this note in the bottom of the basket, but if you do not, let me know immediately.” “Did you hear the terrible storm night, Emil?" “No, not a sound. Did it thunder?” “Terribly."” “Why didn’t you wake me? I can't sleep when it gende Blatter. last You know thunders." " —Flie~ “Do you know,” said the West End lady to_her pastor, “that the man in the pew behind ours destroys all my devotionai feelings when he tries to sing. Couldnt you ask him to change his pew?” “Well, you see,” was the reply, “I have a little delicacy about doing that, espe- cially if I have to explain the reason. But—I might ask him to join the choir.”"— Montreal Star. A certain carelessness about proper names is a common quality with aristoe- racy and royalty, and this is said to be borne out by a story going the rounds about his Majesty the King. Some wecks ago he pointed out a picture to ome of the royal household, and said: “TI have promised to send that picture to Moscow; see that it goes.” “To Moscow, your Majescy! gentleman addressed. “Yes, Moscow,” said the King: “there’s an exhibition or somethisg of that sort on there just now."” “Moscow, your Majlesty!” said the off- cial again. “There’s no axhibition at Mos- cow. Your Majesty peshaps means Glas- " said thg go “Ah, Glasgow. Is it? said Edward VTI, reflectively; “I dare Ssay It is. Anyway, see that the picturs is sent.”—Glasgow News. Celebrate he 4th §T $ / California H §Firew0rks, Buy direct from the makers, CALIFORNIA FIREWORKS €O., 32 fmeag Open Evenings of July 1st, 2d and 3d.