The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1902, Page 6

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STATEMENT COF CIRCULATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Morth of April, 1902 -61,68G0 -60,430 -61,370 OF SAN FRAN(‘!S{‘,O,%" 1902, personally appeared before Public in and for the city and who being sworn according manager of The San shed in the city and ornfa, and that there month-of April, 1902, y-five thousand seven hun- ) coples of the said newspaper, which the number of days of issue) gives ion of G1,857 copies. W. J. MARTIN. scribed and eworn to before me this 12th day of May, W. T. HESS, for the City and County of San Fran. room 1015 Claus Spreckels build- SEAL Public in » State of ec ng -_— 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAYING TOWN FOB THE SUMMER Call subscribers contemplaiing a ckange of residence during the summer months ean have thelr paper forwarded by mall to their mew ®ddresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is representsd uy = loeal agent in nll towns om the coa HEADLESS TAMMANY. HE sudden resignation of the leadership of ammany by Mr. Nixon adds to the complica- that distract the national Democracy. When Croker selected Mr. Shepard as his candidate for Mayor ag Mr. Low it became evident that the role of respectability then assumed was not fitted to the Tammany organization. That wonderful body has intained itself for a long time by control- ling elements that are not recognized as respectable in t A had to be under- d recognized as willing to stand as a figure- head, while the chiei of Tammany was the actual power in the government of the city. In Tweed's time Mr. Oakey Hall, a man of re- spectable character, was Tammany’s Mayor, but with the express understanding that his respectability was to be personal and not official. To this he consented, and his character served as an ambush behind which Tweed ruled and robbed the city with a generosity of So it has been with a nominee, to succeed, at was almost royal. ammany Mayor who has served under Tweed, Kelly and Croker down to Van Wyck. But it was suspected that Shepard would be officially respec- table, and the rank and file, the gangs that live on the festering vices of the great city, the touts and heelers, were languid in their support and Low won. It may be that Croker knew that the end had come and made a virtue of necessity by stepping down in favor of Nixon, careless of what might follow, or it may be that he really sought to cleanse the robes of Tamn.any and make it a respectable organization. Whatever may have been his motive, the suspicion that Nixon would cleanse the party and compel both political and personal respectability has caused his downifall and will probably put Tammany perma- It has had de- a nently in a2 minority in New York. fenders heretofore who affected to see in it merely a finely drilled and ably led political body, with no more indirection in its methods or dirt on its hands than 1.as to be expected of a political body in a great These defenders have treated its offenses as idents only, impinging upon a general uprightness of purpose. The resignation of Nixon has reversed all this. Tammany zppears now with indirection and shady politics as its purpose, and the few tatters of virtue it displays as mere incidents, while the whole body of its purpose is wrong, a partnership with vice and a means of controlling the lowest social elements, not for their uplifting, but to recruit their ranks. Heretofore men of good character have not been altogether 2shamed to train with Tammany, though none such has been suspected of dictating its meth- ng in its spoils coming from crime and Hereaiter it may be doubted whether any such men will be found in its ranks. Nixon's resignation is a distinct political sensation. Taken in connection with Mr. Bryan's weekly as- sault upon every man in the party who seems likely to city. iny ods or sha vice become minent as 2 nominee in 1904, it increases difficulties of the reorganizers and defers stili further the time hoped for when the party would be restored to popular confidence. That hope was largely founded upon Nixon's supposed ability to THE SAN FRANOISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902. SEATTLE AND THE BULGE. AN FRANCISCO has not indicated any fear or S jealousy of Seattle and her growing trade. The frequent statement of its percentage of increase has caused no disquict here, because starting at zero {any trade must be stated at once in hundreds of per cent increase. But Scattle pays this city the compliment of con- stantly attacking its primacy in commerce, showing its mislocation, lack of facilities and its forlorn situ- ation generaliy. i The last demonstration of this kind is rather in- teresting. The Post-Intelligencer graces its pages with 2 map of the globe, embracing the hemisphere from about Winnemucca to Borneo. Across this is drawn Hogarth’s line of beauty, a curve that starts at the Anaconda copper mine, crosses the Siskiyou Mountains, plunges irto. the Pacific hali way be- tween Seattle and San Francisco, and goes whizzing zcross the ocean to New Guinea. This is called “The Great Circle dividing the globe into trade hemi- spheres.” All the trade north of it belongs to: Seattle. That city has filed a caveat on it. The trade south of it is given to San Francisco, and consists of the commerce of the Society Islands, Hawaii, a small piece of New Guinea znd a few miles of the coast of Australia. { It is a most depressing circle and is quite enough to cause a fall in real estate in this city. It is intro- duced with the statement that “the bulge of the earth | favors Puget Sound,” and gives Seattle the bulge on { San Francisco. Looking at the féormidable and ad- our enterprising neighbor. While inventing trade circles and stringing them around the planet like | seams on a baseball this portentous line might as { well have been thrown over San Francisco with the statement that it compels us to go to Seattle to do our shopping. After ali it is not worthy the commercial dignity of that enterprising «ity. If a circle artist should draw his pencil through the Atlantic Ocean the same sort of a line would locate all the trade of the { Atlantic seaboard with Europe at Portland, Me., leaving New York a small speck made by a small fly in an idle moment. It is that sort of theoretical greatness which has been used by the boom cities. Fort Scott, Kans., tried to alarm the world by publishing a map showing that town to be in the center of the earth. But im- | mediately the town cf Hutchinson issued a map | proving that it was the center of the planet. Then many other towns made the discovery that the hori- zon is a perfect circle around any given point of the globe and that every place is the center of the earth. Then everybody breathed easier, and as the town of Hutchinson had extensive and profitable salt wells it immediately proceeded to outrun and outgrow Fort Scott, and the latter has only a few miles of lot stakes to show for the advantages of its central | position. Trade depends upon something besides geography and imaginary commercial circles. The trade cen- | ters of Europe have shifted many times and may shift again. Wisby, in the far and frozen north, once con- trolled the trade of that hemisphere, and so did Ven- ice, and after her Genoa, in the soft and clement south. Then it passed the pillars of Hercules to the Low Countries, and finally crossed the channel to the British Isles. The immediate presence of production “and con- sumption is a factor in centering ‘trade. The fric- tion of exchange deposits the profit of commerce. The enormous and varied production of California is the stable quality in the commerce of San Fran- cisco. Trade that merely passes through a place from a distant point of production to a distant point of exchange deposits no profit in transit. .The ad- vantage claimed for Seattle, and proved by a great circle that has no more substantial existence and in- fluence than the witch circles that used to terrify the superstitious, is an advantage shared equally by Bitter Creek, Medicine Bow, Puyallup, Walla Walla and every station on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern through which trains pass carrying freight to a far away point of exchange. Of course the exchange made on Puget Sound will increase with local population and production, and they will contribute to local profit.and to the growth of Seattle. But San Francisco, in the lush-abun- dance of production in California, from resources that are cnly scratched superficially, feels no fear of her own future and no jealousy of the future of Seattle. One would suppose that some principle of ethics or high purpose in municipal politics were at stake in the frantic efforts of contestants to become the Clerk of the local Justices’ courts. It is only, how- ever, another exhibition of what men will do for the crumbs of office. THE METRIC “FORCE” BILL. FRESH effort has been made by the advo- A cates of the adoption by this country of the metric system of measurements to carry their plan through Congress at this session, and the result {is they have obtained from the House Committee on | Coinage, Weights and Measures a favorable report | upon the Shafroth bill, As the bill imposes the metric system upon every department of the United States Government and makes it the legal standard of the j country after July 1, 1904, in all unofficial work and | trade, it has become known among the opponents of the system as the “metric force bill,” and a good deal of opposition has been arrayed against it. It is quite probable that an attempt to bring about the general use of the inetric system in this country by a drastic measure of compulsion would be unpop- ular and would rouse a discontent that would go far to defeat the desired object, but still it is not easy to sce how the improvemert can be brought about by any other means. The way to adopt the system is to adopt it, and that can be effected only by gov- ernmental action, for it is only through the Govern- ment that there can be brought -about that wide- monitory chart, one wonders at the self-denial of, compel the replacing of all the machinery in navy- yards ande military construction shops and cause a heavy loss. 2 Objections made on the score of cost are valid and merit consideration even from the scientists who are most eager to put into effect the metric measure- ments. To many persons they appear as insuperable afguments against the system. On the other hand, when attention is given to the fact that there are in different countries and localities sixty different “inches,” 135 different lengths of the “foot,” 235 dif- ferent weights for the “pound,” it will be evident that it would be/better for industry and commerce, as well as for science, to have a common aniform sys- tem of weights and measurements arranged on the decimal plan and based upon scientific principles, even if we do have to pay a big price to get it in operation. < S —————— King, the preacher convict, seems determined to hazard his opportunities to gain some more experi- ences in the penitentiary. ‘He tried to brain one of Liis pals the other day, but he should have 2 care-that deal with murder. Besides, Mr. King should not rob himself of the chances of imposing again at some Iremote time upon the public. e —— THE GERMAN METHOD. N \ ONSULAR REPORTS for May contains an ‘ article by Consul Ozman of Stuttgart on , “The Practical Application of Scientific Education in Germany,” which goes far to explain the enormous successes achieved by the Germans in industry and commerce. These successes have been in recent years one of the marvels of our time. Some authorities have attributed them to the stimulus given to German enterprise by the establishment of the empire and the huge indemnity exacted fr#sn France. Others have sought to find their origin in the aid and subsidies granted to various industries by the Government. Each of those factions doubtless counts for much in the problem, but Consul Oz- man'’s report affords good reason for believing that scientific training applied to business has done more for Germany than Government aid and the French indemnity combined. 4 The Consul points cut in the first place that tech- nical education had its beginning in Germany long be- fore the Franco-Prussian war and that its good results we~: soon observable. Sixty years ago Liebig had fifty students working in his factory, and to-day there are in German factories 4300 thoroughly trained chemists, with more than 5000 assistants whose brains are continually at work .upon problems of im- proving processes of industry and lessening the cost of production. : £ The development-of the sugar industry is cited as an example of the profits derived from applying science to industry. In 1840 the Germans were able to extract from their beets only 5% per cent of raw sugar. In 1860 they were able to extract 8 per cent. Last year the percentage of sugar obtained was raised” to 13 per cent. The advance was entirely due to scientific research, and the increase of wealth ob- tained from it is to be attributed to education and not to state aid. Another illustration of the same truth is found in the growth of the industry engaged in the production of dry colors, chemicals and dyes. In 1874 the total output of such products in Ger- . mahy was but $6,000,000, while.in 1898, notwithstand- ing a large decrease in the price of the articles, the output. was valued at $30,000,000. By the application of science to industry the Ger- mans have not only.improved old industries but de- vised new ones. The invention of a process of manu- facturing artificial indigo started an industry which now gives employment to 6ooo men and a staff of 148 skilled chemists. The German scientists have also discovered a method of obtaining ground slag from steel processes which is used. as a fertilizer, and Great Britain, although she produces as much steel as Germany, has become a good customer for the article. Reviewing the course of instruction in the em- pire the Consul says the young German is called upon to decide early in life whether he will take a classical or scientific course. If he chooses the lat- ter he is traine.d for the Polytechnicum, or institute ties. The faculties of thgse institutions keep in touch with the manufacturers, and when capable young men graduate they easily find situations. By way of applying his report to the American people the Consul says: “Have we sufficient scien- tific education of the best grade, and are our educa- tional institutions in close enough touch with the manufacturers to supply their needs? If not we are | hampered in comperition with our great commercial rival, which enjoys this complete co-operation.” That the United States needs some stimulus, toward the establishment of a higher technical train- ing to fit young men'to improve our industrial meth- cds is probably true, although we are doing a great deal in that way. Some of our technical institutes are attracting students from Europe itself. ' Still we are behind Germany, and it behooves us to catch up. We must not rely too much upon native energy and natural resources. Having the richest possibilities ir: the world, we must fit ourselves to make the best use of them. S —— Professor Birkeland, whose electro-magnetic gun was recently tested at Berlin with results which have led some experts to believe that electro-magnetism will take the place of explosives as a propelling power for projectiles, is said to have discovered the principle of his gun while studying borealis in Norway. It is an interesting story, but who would ever have supposed the aufora would fur- nish the world with a war weapon? Chancellor, of the Exchequer Sir Michael Hicks- Beach has made the extraordinary assertion that it is mecessary to impose additional taxation on the masses that they shall be made to realize what war and its preparations involve. This is- one way cer- the hangman, not the Warden, is the last official to of technology, Which is separate from the universi- | the aurora | NEW YORKERS GIVE GREETING TO GOV. ODELL A pleasant little reunion occurred yes- terday afternoon at the Palace Hotel, When Governor Odell of New York was tendered an informal reception by the members of the New York Society of Cali- fornia. This assoclation is formed by res- idents of California who claim the Em- plre State as their birthplace. The reception began at 3 o’clock, and at that time about twenty members of the New York Soclety were present, waiting to be preSented to Governor Odell. Col- onel H. P. Bush and Colonel C. Mason Kinne were delegated as a committee to escort the guest into the room. Upon the arrival of the distinguished guest General W. H. L. Barnes in a brief speech notified him that he had been elected an honorary member of the New Yorkers, and on behalf of the organiza- tion presented him with a handsome blue and gold button of the order. General Barnes said: Governor Odell: The gentlemen you see be- fore you are here to represent the organization of the New Yorkers. That there are not more present {llustrates the fact we all lead & strenu- ous life out here- and many are denied the pleasure of meeting you here to-day owing to business demands. ELECTED A MEMBER. ‘We are here, Governor, to welcome the exec- utive head of our native State and we most cordially greet you. We also wish to inform you that you are elected a member of the New Yorkers. Governor Odell replied in accepting the button: It is with great gratification that I learn I have been elected a member of your order. I can readily understand that the forming of the soclety was actuated through love for the old spot of your birth. I am mot surprised to hear that you natives of New York lead a strenuous life—they are always noted for active interests in business affairs. It Is with great pleasure that I am here in this empire of the ‘West, and I feel assured that the New York- ers will do their share to build up and help to_improve this great country. 1 have on my tour visited the South, as well as the West, and am proud of the sentiment expressed and the good feeling shown to New York. This is quite a novelty, after the ex- perlence we have had dealing with Congress, which has been anything but pleasant. INTRODUCED TO GUEST. T understand that the New York Soclety was formed at the time of the Spanish war, and one of its purposes was to welcome back the soldiers from the Philippines. I can readily understand this. New York has from the ear- liest history of this country shown itself ready to help in every way possible the national Government. When I look at you all here, gath- ered around me, I can certainly understand Wwhy you left your nativé State. I can't blame you—T have experfenced many of the delights of California—and vet I know in your hearts that many times your memories go back to yeur boyhood days in the Emplre State. Thank .you for the button. I will always wear it and remember under what pleasant cir- cumstances jt came to my hand. At the close of Governor Odell's speech the assembled members one by one were introduced to him by General Barnes. For each one of them the Governor had a hearty handshake and a pleasant word. Among those present were: General W. H. L. Barnes, Willlam Alvord, Colonel H. P. Bush, Colonel Willlam R. Smed- berg, Colonel Thomas Sperry, ex-Chief of Police Patrick Crowley, E. M. Greene, Colonel C. Mason Kinne, B. Pike, Wijtam Fisher, L. A. Saalfield, P. H. Smith, M. Schloss, B. Schloss, E. P. Ely, W, J. Adams, W. M, Weil, P. 1. Fisher, W, B. Latham, J. H. Gates, G. 8. Graham, W. J. Tuska, Phil 1. Manson and J. Mendel- son. . Governor Odell and party will leave to- day for Del Monte on a special train at 10 o'clock. He will leave there for a trip through the Yosemite next Tuesday. POET FORETOLD DESTRUCTION OF ST. PIERRE —————— They seem to say and seem to teach That in the land where beauty lingers long, Where plants the highest stages reach Of growth luxuriant and fragrance strong, There, too, there most abounds immortal death, Lives n each glare and dwells in every breath. This prophecy, written two years ago in St. Pierre by Dr. Louis Smirnow of New Haven and published In his book of poems, “A Candle Light,” has come true. The writer, under the spell of the beau- tiful town, begirt with majestic moun- tains, had written in his happlest vein of the charming city. “I little thought when I wrote that prophecy that it would be so soon ful- filled,” said Dr. Smirnow. “The images of the Virgin Mary and the innumerable crosses posted on every mountain top did rot avall to stay the fury of the moun- tain. “For picturesqueness and uniqueness St. Pierre was unequaled by any eity in the ‘West Indles. I was particularly impréssed by the gayety of the inhabitants. The creole has ever a jest for the stranger. They are hospitable, friendly, jolly and light-hearted. Waked every morning at 5 o'cleck by the Angelus, they lived what seemed a charmed life. ““The harbor was a busy scgne. hundred hands unpacked American canned goods and shipped wines to France. The traders moved to and fro on the water front, and the women carriers with their loads on their heads went busily along the streets, “St. Pierre had few troubles. Once, in- deed, it had a terrible epidemic of small- rox, but that was long ago. It was | spared the tropical hurricanes by the pros tection afforded by giant Mont Pelee.” ———— CITY’S MUSICAL ELECT IS GIVEN RARE TREAT The matinee musicale given to Senor Pablo Casals at Stelnway Hall yesterday , afternoon proved to be possibly the most i interesting musical function «of the sea- son. Senor Casals was heard in a de- lightful programme, ably assisted in its interpretation by Otto Bendix and Fred Maurer. A large number of musicians welcomed the artists and applauded the i programme in thunderous fashion. All i the ’cellists in town were among the au- | dience, and all concurred in the opinion that Senor Casals is by much the greatest that has ever been heard here. He is ab- solute master of his instrument, his tech- nique perfection, his readings marvelous " and every phase of the artist seems in ; him to be developed to its utmost. ; The programme, intended for the musi- Thres GYMNASIUM AT STANFORD TO BE THE BEST Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 15— The plans drawn by Resident Architect C. E. Hodges for the magnificent stone gymnasium, soon to be erected on the campus, were made public yestefrday and the huge structure will surpass in beauty and equipment any gymnasium at pres- ent in existence. The main building, which is to be three stories in height and constructed of stone, will be second to but one structure on the campus so far as architectural beauty goes, and that is the Memorial Church. The new structure will have a frontage of 812 and a depth of 150 feet, in order that it may correspond in size and shape with the museum, of which it is the architec- tural counterpart. A frame bullding, 100x 200 feet in dimensions, will be joined at.the rear to the one of stone. and in it are to be placed an indoor athletie eight or ten lap track and an indoor baseball dia- mond. The frame annex will provide a -long felt want at Stanford—that s, a place where the varsity athletes may keep in practice and training when bad weather interferes with outdoor - work. This will eliminate the unfavorable conditions un- der which the Stanford track teams have 14bored, for the trainers have often found it necessary to suspend work for a fort- night at a time because of the condition of the track. The frame structure will be large enough to permit of batting and infleld practice for the varsity baseball nine; it will afford an excellent place for signal practice for the football eleven and pro- vision will be made for jumping and pole vaulting accommodations, in addition to the track. . The first floor of the stone building will be devoted to baths, lockers, handball courts, bowling -alleys, athletic training quarters and the student body treasur- er’s office and supply rooms. Locker ac- commodations will be provided for 2000 students and near to them shower, needle, steam and tub baths will be arranged, with a plunge 30x72 feet in dlmensions. Four bowling alleys will be constructed and six bandball courts, with galleries over them, where spectators may witness the handball tournaments. The drill hall, with an agea of 10,000 square feet for gymnastic maneuvers and drill, ,will be located on the second floor. On three sides of the drill hall, at an elevation of twenty feet, galleries will be constructed twenty feet in width, giving an available floor space of 6000 square feet. Here will be placed all the station- ary apparatus, so that the drill hall may be entirely unimpeded. To the rear of the galleriés rooms will be constructed for the use of students interested in boxing, wrestling and fencing. In addition offices will be provided for the gymansium in- structors and assistants on the second floor, laboratories for anthropomentic and other experimental work, a -library of ‘'standard gymnasties and athletic publica- tions and a temporary committee-room for the board of trustees of the univer- sity. ‘The third floor will be devoted to a large ballroom and banquet-rooms. An ade- quate piace for the college and class so- clal functions, particularly . the class dances, is an urgent necessity, which the new gymnasium will provide for. The ballroom will be 100 feet square. Work on the big structure will be com- menced during the summer vacation and will be rushed to completion as fast as possible, Every one at the university is rejolcing over the prospeect. It is believed that Mrs. Stanford will, in addition, order the construction of athletie grounds and grand“stinds In' the immediate vieinity of the gymnastum. P WOODWARD'S PAVILION LEASED BY LOCAL MEN Messrs. Belasco and Thall Intend Converting Present Structure Into a Madison Squars Garden. Belasco & Thall, managers of the Alca- zar and Central theaters, gained posses- sion yesterday of the Woodward's Pa- villon property on Valencia street, near Fourteenth, and intend’ converting the building into a veritable Madison Square Garden. They secured a lease of fifteen years on the building. Improvements will be made and the present structure con- verted into a place where prizefights, the- atrical performances, athletic contests and shows can be held. Many thousands of dollars will be spent in improving the property. ‘Woodward's Pavilion fs well known to local residents. It is in this structure that all the prizefights of note have been fought. The lot on which the present property stands is 205 feet long on Valen- cia street and 180 feet on Stevenson treet. The stockholders in the new ven- ture are Frederick Belasco, Sam Thall, D.'R. McNeil and Jacob Green. ™. Humane Society Gets $10,000. B. F. Brisac, executor of the estate of Mary A. Henarle, paid $10,000 to the offi- cials of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to’ Animals yesterday In accord- ance with the terms of the will of the deceased. DOWIE PRAYS WHILE DAUGHTER IS IN AGONY CHICAGO, May 15.—Esther ~Dowie, daughter of “Dr.” Alexander Dowle, pro- prietor of Zion, died last night of burnms, having suffered for hours without medical attendance, while “Elijah II" prayed for her. Miss Dowie was 23 years of age and a student at the University of ~Chicago. Yesterday morning her hair caught fire from a gas jet and her head and face were horribly burned. Nurses placed salve on the patient's wounds, as the Dowle doctrine allows of the use of medi- cine externally. Meanwhile the “divine healer” was hurrying to.the bedside from his new city of Zion, at.Waukegan. Upon his arrival the attendants were excluded trom the room and. Dowi¢ sank to His knees in prayer. His supplications lasted all day. He refused to cease even to take the nourishment which his followers pressed upon him. The patlent was un- consclous most of the time, but even this did not move the father to break from nis doctrine and send for medical aid. The patient died at 9 o'clock In great agovy, having returned to consciousness a short time before. News of the death did not come out until to-day, when the Coromer was notified. At the inquest “Dr.” Dowie frequently broke down under his grief. He declared that his daughter’s night robe had been burned from her body, and that vaseline had been rubbed on her by Deacon Speicher’s orders. Speicher has a licenss to practice mediciné. He declared that during the afternoon the patient's condi- tion had becomie very serious and that Dr. Campbell, a medical practitioner, had been sent for to consult with Dr. Speich- er. Campbell, the witness sald, had said there was little hope. Dowle declared that when Esther regained consciousness she asked him to pray for her. At ne time, he said, had she asked for medical attendance. The jury then returned a verdict that death was due to burns acel- dentally received. —_——— PERSONAL MENTION. P. Martin of Sacramento fs at the Lick. A. E. Eisin, an extensive fruit grower of Fresno, is a guest at the Grand. John Niven, a business man of San Diego, is a guest at the Occidental. George E. Gard, a United States Mar- shal at Los Angeles, is at the Grand. George F. Jones, a well-known resident of Oroville, is registered at the Palace. J. Lindeberg, president of the Plomeer Mining Company of Nome, is at the Pal- ace. D. C. Demarest, a mining man of An- gels Camp, is among the arrivals at the Lick. C. D. Haggard, a mining man of Plu- mas County, is registered at the Occl- dental. Charles Gall of the Crown Milling Com-~ pany, Stockton, is among the visitors to this city. . Hawley, connected with States revenue cutter sefvice, R. the United is at the California. » C. H. Riege, a merchant of Fresno, is here on a short business trip. He has made his headquarters at the Liek. —— it Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, May 15.—The following Californians registered at the hotels to- day: At the Metropolitan—F. A. Jaccary and wife of San Francisco. At the Arling- ton—F. 8. Wallace and wife of- Pasadena. At the Shoreham—Charles H. Kellogg of Oakland. At the Ebbitt—Chariles A. Murs dcck of San Francisco. At the National— J. Roche, J. Dies, A. B. Broyer and J. McElroy of San Francisco, and Miss Jes- sie Snead and Miss Helen Snead of Los Angeles. At the St. James—H. P. Lin- coln of Santa Barbara. At the Willard— L. H. Hurst and wife, E. H. Merrill and H. L. Paddeck of San Francisco. e Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* — e Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_—————— Note 81 4th (front barber and grocery), gen. cyeglasses, spees, l0c to 40c 9 to 5. * e — Special informatien supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Fress Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Call. fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. * e Townsend’s California glace fruit, S0c & pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap, bask< ets. A nice present for Eastern friends. 99 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * e In an average year San Francisco ex- ports wine to the value of $500,000 to the varfous parts of the Union and ‘g 1 rorn to the'vahlxe of nfim.wo. % h of the atter export going to Hawaii; Chi: an and Central America. v e — ?? Going to Thunder Mountain PP The Northern Pacific Rallway is the best, cheapest and quickest route. From Lewiston and Stites, Idaho, there are good wagon roads to either Warrens or Dixle, from which points the trails into this district are most accessible. For rates, etc., address T. K. STATELER. G. A., 847 Market st., S. F. —_—— Burnett’s Vanilla Extract Is the fixed stand- ard of excellence. Has outlived criticism. Is the finest, purest vanill We announce for two days (and for Monday if left) there is a sale’ of laundered bosom shirts at a price that makes i § f 4 s - _ f : 3 b : 'S it possible for purge Tammany of the evil reputation left by Tweed, | spread, simultaneous acceptance of the change which | tainly of demonstrating to the English people the, gf,'c;‘le‘,fi' !’o"::‘t‘f:“ :f;‘:“‘:fg; QB:;‘“F"‘:: )'0'1_{% bflfi'i l_g\m ahm;d Ior‘ the price of one. » % Kelly and Croker. That done, with a renewal of the lts essential to its success. It required a legislative A A AS HRds of waven madess cloth horror of the gigantic crime which has been com- | modern French things, and in all Senor and Garner’s best old alliance between Tammany and the South, there seemed to be some hope of putting the Democracy in Jine for success. But the plan has failed. Bryan quarreled with Nixon, has abused Hill, Lamont and Watterson, and the situation looks a good deal like a fgud over probating the estate of a deceased bank- rupt The situation is not without admonition to the Re- publican party. Being practically without opposi- tion it will need wisdom and self-control to keep it out of the excesses which are natural to a party under such circumstances. Without such self-denial its misfortune will come, probably not from the existing discordant and weak Democracy, but from some new movement, conjured out of many fragments, as was the Republican party in 1856 act to reform the calendar, to establish a decimal Sys- tem of currency and to make other improvements of a similar kind. The objection to the so-called “force bill” on this subject is therefore invalid. If the met- ric system be good enough to be adopted at al] it should be adopted by law. While visiting Washingtort Lord Kelvin appeared before the House committee and gave a strong in- dorsement to the bill, saying he has frequently urged the British Government to adopt the system. LAs a rule all men of science have favored the measure, but the manufacturers of the country oppose it on the ground that a very heavy loss would be incurred in making the change from one standard of measure- ment to another. Military and naval officers also de- clare that to make the change compulsory would mitted by their rulers. —_— China is at last showing the most encouraging social death of national stagnation. An effort was made the other day to assassinate the Emperor, and ‘publicists feel that other indications will surely fol- low and warrant the belief that the Flowery King- dom will soon join the concert of nations. Some of the firebrand clacquers of our glorious navy are of the opinion that we should try to give Italy a thrashing because she resented what appears to have been the blackguardism of a few of Uncle ‘Sam’s naval representatives. If Italy was right we ! should be careful to select men who cannot give an !insult and are not in the category of blackguards. signs that she is emerging from the blackness and | Casals seemed to be equally at home. The Beethoven, with Mr. Bendix at the " plano, was purely delightful, and the Bach (unaccom ) was given in the most exquisitely classic fashion. The picturesque Socatelll sonata, the piano part ably hendled by Mr. Maurer, was another gem, its every significance brought out with the most brilliant intei- ' ligence by the 'cellist. '} | The Jean Hure “Air,” dedicated | Senor Casals, showed the depth of sym- ! pathy and tenderness at the player's com- ' mand, and the splendid “Elegle” of Ga- briel Faure his wonderful breadth. The accompaniments were notable, everything about the p ‘was purely enjoy- ablo and the ARalr one to be marked With a white stone in the memorie fortunate enouih to be presnt. 8 of those | . Senor Casals for Paris and n who hv: :Mflm% s ~wonder to hear of any f. reach, B percale; the colors are absolutely fast; the workmanship i e o 5 tely fast; WO D is i!hat {:und in custom-made shirts; each shirt is cut full size ¥ Tfhey comprise ‘2 broken assortment in si. sizes from 14 to 1774 are represented in the shi mot in any one pattern. But likely you vrills l'i::l aswhaat wyh:':e,-:n:; when you consider that the shirts originally sold for $1.00 and $1.5 and they are now to be had for : o I5c. Out-of-town orders filled—write us. - SNWoobDs 0 : 718 Market Street like and izes and patterns; all -