The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corer Twenty-second and Kentucky, ¢.::n 9 o'clock. 2200 Fillmcre, open umtfl 9 p. m. 10 SUBECRIBERS LEAYING TO¥N FOB THE SUMMER. | Call subreribers contemplating a chanze of residence during the summer months ean have their psper forwarded by mall to thelr mnew sddresses by notifying The Call Business Office. This paper will also be or sale at all summer resorts and is represented by a loeal agent in a1l towns on the coast. <= PHILIPPINE LANWD VALUES. EPORTS from Rome concerning the negoti- R ations with the Vatican for the purpose of purchasing the lands now held by the friars in the Philippines are encouraging, but vague. It is announced that the Cardinals appointed by the Pope for the church < | 1o 'act are in agreement with | Governor Taft on zll" essential points, but that | there are wide differences on matters of detail. | Neither side has given out any intimation of the na- ture of the issues-on which the differences occur, but it is probable the question of the amount to be paid for the lands constitutes one of the subjects of | disagreement, as a report from Washington some time ago announced that our Government estimates the value of the lands at about $7,000,000, while the church estimate is not less than $10,000,000. { Another cause of difficulty in reaching an agree- | ment is probably to be found in the character of the credentials given to Governor Tait. He has not gone to Rome as an accredited Minister from this country, but simply as an agent to negotiate a busi- ness maiter. In the instructions given to the Gov- ernor it is expressly stated: “Your errand will not be in any sense diplomatic in its nature, but will be purely a business matter of negotiation by you as Governor of the Philippines for the purchase of property from the owners thereof, and the settlement of land titles in such a manner as to contribute to the best interests of the people of the islands.” Even in the restricted sense of a business agent the Governor has not full liberty of action, for whatever he does must be subject to action by Congress. Thus the Governor is instructed “fo take up the subject tentatively with the ecclesiastical superiors, 4vho must ultimately determine the friars’ course of con- duct, and endeavor to reach at least a basis of nego- tiation along Jines which will be satisfactory to them and to the Philippine government, accompanied by a full uriderstanding on both sides of the facts and | the views and purposes of the parties to the negotia- tion, so that when Congress shall have acted the business may proceed to conclusion without delay.” The measure is one of the highest importance to the people of the Philippines and to ourselves. In a recent statement as to the provisions of the Philifi- pine bill on the subject Senator Lodge said: “It provides adequate and comprehensive land laws, which have been wofully lacking during and since the time Spain lost supremacy there. Under the laws of Spain there was no such thing as a title to jand. The occupants of the land exercised no owner- ship of it, and as a result they were constantly in a state of turmoil. Of the 72,000,000 acres of land there only 5.000,000 2cres were held by private indi- | viduals. The remaining 68,000,000 acres were held by Spain. Under this bill homesteads of forty acres each are to be given to the natives, and .they will have a clear title to the land. The 450,000 acres of land which the friars hold, which is the best agricul- tural land on the islands, is to be purchased, and this is to be disposed of to those who now occupy these lands. This must necessarily bring about better con- gitions in the way of wages to the Filipinos and in other important respects.” There is little doubt that Congress will agree to terms that may be foind satisfactory to the church and to the Philippine government. Hardly any- thing we could do will more potently conduce to the welfare of the islands than settling land titles and | the people of California. giving the industrious and thriity among the people a chance tc establish komes of their own upon lands that are theirs in fee simple. It is also in the interest of the friars to get rid of the lands, which they can- not profitably use under present conditions. Such being the case, it can be readily believed that the two parties are already agreed upon the essential points of the negotiation. The land will be sold, thes United States will guarantee the payment, and the old strife between the Filipinos and the friars will end wmicably and in a manner beneficial to all concerned. T ——— The five Texan cowboys who went looking for trouble the other day and met death certainly had no reason to object to the cordiality with which they were received. They must have met a gentleman ac- commodating to a fault THE ISSUE MADE UP. NCE more the proprietor and the manag&' of The Call have been arrested _upon a charge of publishing a criminal libel against Governor Gage in connec- tion with the exposure of frauds committed in the administration of the San Quentin prison. “This time the complaint is sworn out in this city and the de- fendants are held for trial here. They are ready. It remains to be seen whether the Gov- ernor is ready. i “Surely it is high time to bring this case to a hearing. Two arrests with no trial would be something in the nature of a farce. If Gage really beligve he can benefit his reputation or improve his political chances by having a judicial inquiry into the truth ot falseness of the statements published by The Call in connection with the violations of law at San Quentin, he has now an opportunity to obtain that benefit without delay. He can give to the public no satisfactory reason for shirking the issue raised by the latest arrest of the defendants, nor for seeking to evade a trial in San Francisco. He may select any court he chooses to hear the case. The defendants will interpose no ob- jection. evidence. They ask for nothing but a prompt trial and a fair and full hearing of all the J The second arrest is annoying, but is not without compensating advantages. It brings the suit at a place where there will be no difficulty in proceeding at once to trial. The defendants are here, the witnesses are here and the prison records and ‘documents can be readily brought here. There is but one doubtful phase in the case and that is involved in the question whether Gage will come to the front and make a straight fight, or whether he will anew shift, shirk, dodge and try to fly to a court where a speedy ! trial is not obtainable. The sentimental eonsiderations that led the Governor to seek at San Pedro a bath for his reputation, which he alleges to have been soiled, should now givé way to consider- ations of another kind. He asserts that he has been libeled, maligned and injured by the defendants; he declares he cannot be satisfied by a civil suit, but desires to have them punished as criminals; he avows that he wishes the trial to be held promptly so that he can get a vindication in court in time to submit it to the Republican State Convention, before which he is to go as a candidate for a remomination. Upon such assertions, declarations and avowals the defendants offer him the opportunity he éays he so much desires. They are ready to go forward with the trial at once. Governor Gage must bear in mind that his is not the only reputation that is at stake in this issue. The charges made in his complaint against the proprietor and the manager of The Call are false and malicious. Had they emanated from any other than a discredited man, or been published in any other form than a court document, they would constitute a valid basis for criminal libel against himself. meet the issue. charges he is called upon to Having made such If he now shirk a trial he will not only exhibit a consciousness of the falseness of his charges, but reveal in his make-up a yellow strain of cowardice as well. There is another phase of the issue that is not to be overlooked. So far as the statements concerning the frauds at San Quentin affect Gage at all, they-affect him in his official capacity as Governor of California. Even upon his own allegations, it is not his private but his official reputation that is at stake. It istherefore a strange proceeding on { his'part to run away from his official residence at Sacramento, where the prison re~ ports are on file, and endeavor to get the case heard in a remote town, where it is doubtful if all the witnesses and documents in the case could be brought until after months of waiting. Finally, it is to be borne in mind that the issue transcends private interests and affects the politics and the property of the State. The frauds at San Quentin, whose exposure the Governor asserts has affected his reputation, are matters that concern all The public, therefore, has a right to demand that a full inves-, tigation be made and a full hearing be had before a judicial tribunal. Moreover, the voters have a right to demand that the inquiry be made before the'approaching gubernatorial campaign opens. The defendants in the case recognize the right of the public to a full knowledge of all the facts. from the start. They are eager for an investigation. They urged the State Board of Prison Directors to make one; and in They have sought to obtain one E:? hope that such would be the case they suspended for a time further publication in he Call of the facts in the case. It was not until the board showed Signs of evading an inquiry, and the Governor was detected removing public documents and making an in- quiry of his own, secretly, that The Call resumed the task of exposing the frauds. Now again the defendants come forward asking and demanding a trial. 3 We repeat then: the issue has been made up, the defendants are ready. Is AIRSHIP DEVELOPMENT. Gage ready? CCORDING to Santos Dumont the problem A of aerial voyaging is much nearer solution than most people imagine. He says men talk about aerial navigation now as they talked of auto- mobile locomotion ten - years ago, “believing they were predicting the future without suspecting that they spoke of the present.”. He asserts that the practical use of airships will not be delayed until the coming of some future generation, but will be at- tained within a time comparatively short. As to the merits of airships formed of balloons as compared with flying machines or aeroplanes he de- clares himself in favor of the former, but points out | that his own airship is a combination of the two. It has a balloon structre, but is nevertheless heavier than air. It rises only because of the force supplied by the propeller, and when the propeller ceases the ship descends to the earth by its own weight. In the current number of the North American Re- view he gives an elaborate presentation of the sub- ject and argues that with a little further improve- ment in the way of diminished weight and increased power of propulsion the flying-ship will be accom- plished. He says: “I am persuaded that the airship, thanks to the hydrogen (carried in the balloon), will always have an advantage over the aeroplane in being able to carry a great quantity of combustible material for long journeys, a number of travelers and a consid- crable weight of merchandise—an advantage that will give it a practical utility unquestionably’ superior in commerce and in war. On the other hand, the flying machine will without doubt attain for ~short distances an incomparable/speed, the advantages of which will be in certain cases very appreciable. * % * But when I think that an airship of the length of the trans“Atlantic steamer Deutschland, constructed with the proportions of my No. 6, would transport a thousand voyagers of my own weight with a sufficiently powerful motor and the necessary amount of petroleum, from New York to Havre in two days, 1 cannot help finding the dirigible balloon more interesting than the aeroplane from an economic point’ of view, which is the dominant one in the world to-day.”” With the spirit of a true enthusiast Santos Dumont declares that aerial voyaging will soon be accom- plished 3f oaly mankind would take more interest in it. He says he knows of a dozen petroleum balloons owned by men rich enough to make aerial experi- ments, and yet they will not enter competitions and thus help to excite public,interest. He announces an intention to appeal to the world through maga- zines and books, and says: “I shall not be content till every person is an aeronaut, either in airships or in aeroplanes.” It is a big undertaking, but not necessarily a vain one. Meantime the advocates of the aeroplane are working as diligently to perfect a flying machine as Santos Dumont is to perfect an airship. He has therefore enough competition to keep his enthusiasm at fever heat, and the' world waits expectantly ready to applaud the winner. O THE EAST AND THE TRUST. WING <o the high price of beef and the gen- eral clamor against the meat trust more at- tention has been given than would other- wise have been accorded to a report of W. H. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, on the relative values of various kinds of foods. There is nothing particularly novel in his statements. The world has been told over and over that there are lots of foods better than beef as well as cheaper. In times past, however, the average American has given little heed to such statements. Things are different now. Chief Wiley does not speak more eloquently nor more authoritatively than some other folks on the subject, but the ears of the people are more attentive, becatise this time the pocket as well as the stomach is interested. We have not seen a complete copy of the Teport of the chief, but a summary is given out, for the press quotes him as saying that only 25 per cent of the total weight of meat purchased is of any nutritive value; that even if it were all nutritive and a man got his money’s worth out of all meat he pays for, its use would still be inexpedient, at breakfast, at any rate, and might be profitably dispensed with at lunch. The chief is quoted as saying: “In so far as actual nourishment is concerned the very cheapest and best that can be secured is presented by the cereals, viz, Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye, rice, etc. These bodies contain all the nourishment necessary to supply the waste of the body and the energy and heat necessary to all animal functions and hard labor, in a form well suited to digestion and capable not only of maintain- ing the body in a perfect condition, but also of fur- nishing the energy necessary to the hardest kind of manual labor. The waste material in cereals is very | small, and, as compared with that in meats, practi- cally none at all. In fact, the ordinary wastes, such as the bran and germ, are among the most nutritive components of the cereals, and both health and economy would be conserved as a rule by their con- sumption, instead of rejecting them, as in the ordin- ary processes of milling.” : The world has heard that wisdom before, but this time it is doubly valuable. It affords a means of bringing the proud beef barons to terms. Let the Eastern people as one man take to cornstarch and vegetables. Things will then be healthy for them and very unhealthy for the trust. The experiment is worth trying, and now that the East is so earnestly discussing the cereal philosophy it is to be hoped her people will live up to it. e ——— The three rival undertaking firmsof this city | which fought not long since for the privilege of bury- ing a man who had money and no friends should have remembered that the public needs no indecent exposure to be reminded of certain elements. of com- munity life which are necessary but not ornamental. e iR The Des Moines “hello girls” have gone on strike, Thus must be a tremendous relief to a public which undoubtedly have suffered severely from the antics of this peculiar species of American girl THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1902. RING AROUND THE SUN NOT PORTENTOUS e n e “What does it mean?’ “Is it a sign of a cyclone or an thquake?” “I never saw anything like that before.” Such and other similar expressions were on the lips of every one when the great solar halo appeared in the skies early yesterday afternoon. In appearance it was an im- mense ring surrounding the sun and seemed to have a circumference about fif- teen times greater than that of the source of light. No two persons could agree on its color. Some said brown, others black, and still others declared it was exactly like a rainbow. The phenomenon was first observed at about noon. Its effect ‘was most pronounced at a quarter after one o'clock. During the afternoon it fad- ed gradually and was barely perceptible toward sundown. Solar halos are not very unusual. So perfect a one as that observable here yes- terday is, however, remarkable. The phe- nomenon is frequently seen in the tropics and in the southern hemisphere, but or- dinarily rather indistinctly. Such appear- ances are considered-by savage races and /the superstitious portion of civilized peo- ‘ples as portents of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, terrible storms, or some other great disaster. Science and history both furnish the warrant for the idea that solar influences occasion terrestrial disturbances. Lyttox, in the “Last Days of Pompeii,” tells of the peculiar appearance of the sun before the -eruption of Vesuvius, as do also the letters of Pliny. It is related that the sun appeared dull and heavy and was sur- rounded with a ring just before the Mar- tinique disaster. It is a legend in Sicily that the sun caused terror to people in the vicinity a few days prior to the time when Stromboli of the Lipari Islands reared its head above the Mediterranean. The followers of Zoroaster direct the courses of their lives by the appearance of the sun and moon. Throughout all history it has been customary to take warning from solar phenomena. Scl.enusts attributed the extraordinary heat in the Eastern States a few years ago to disturbances on the sun's surface. A similar appearance to that witnessed here vesterday and one which was ob- servable all over the world in the summer of 1889 was said to be due to the fact that the earth was passing through a haze oc- casioned by infinitesimal particles of mat- ter left in space as a result of the de- struction of the asteroids. Forecaster McAdie of the Weather Bu- reau declines to think that the phenome- non was a celestial warning of impend- ing calamity. He says that it is very un- usual to see so perfect a halo, but that there are records of many less striking spectacles. of a similar character. The halo had a radius of 22 degrees. It is saild to have been caused by the refrac- tion of light by ice crystals in the vale of cirro-stratus clouds—a combination of the light fleecy and the layer-like clouds. —_— PELEE'S ASHES IN THE AIR. TUniversity Professors Give -Reason for Ring Around Sun. BERKELEY, June 23.—Considerable comment was caused to-day by the phe- nomenon of a large circle appearing around the sun when it had reached its meridian at noontime to-day, and much speculation has been indulged in as to the cause of the occurrence. The opinion of university professors, who are calcu- iated to know about such appearances, is that the spectacle is due to the pres- ence in the air of fine voleanic dust from the volecano of Mont Pelee. ‘Dr. Tracy Crawford, fellow in astron- omy and assistant at the students’ ob- servatory, had the following explanation to give concerning the phenomenon: “Only two things could bring about this appearance of a circle about the sun— either the presence of moistere in the higher strata of air or the presence of some very fing material, such as voltanic dust or ash, During the present dry con- dition of the atmosphere it~ is scarcely credible that there can be much moisture in the air, hence it is doubtless the ashes which are producing the ring about the sun. The same cause olso would bring about a very fiery red sunset. We have been expecting such sunsets for some time. The trade winds, which have been blowing steadily from east to west during the last month, together with the revoiu- tion of the earth, would bring fis within the zone of the volcanic ash.” Professor J. C. Merriam of the depart- ment of geology said that he did not care 10 go on record as stating positively that the phenomenon was due to Pelee's ashes, but asserted that such was very possible. “In such violent eruptions as the recent one in Martinique,” said he, “the vol- canic dust or scoria rises to an enormous height, so high, in fact, as to be above the air currents of the lower air strata. 'This ash; being of very light weight, is not influenced much by gravity, and re- mains suspended high in the air for long periods of time.” Professor Merriam cited the instance of the eruption of Mount Krakatoa, in Sumatra, when the volcanic ash was car- | ried completely around the earth and re- mained suspended in the air for more than a year. —_——————— RATHBONE SISTERS WILL VISIT WITH PYTHIANS Report of Number of Uniform Knights Who Will Be Here in 5 Auagust. , Accompanying the Knights of Pythias who are to be here during the month of August to attend the session of the su- preme body will be, in addition to the su- preme body of the uniform rank of the order, and the highest body of the Knights of the Dramatic Order of Khor- assan, the officdrs and representatives of the Rathbone Sisters, the ladies’ auxil- fary of the order, of which Nrs. Dell Phillips Glazier is the supreme chief. Mrs. Glazier is a resident of Fort Madison, Towa, and is said to be an unusually able executive officer, remarkably well versed in parliamentary law. The ladies of this branch of Pythianism have already out- lined a plan to be carried out during their stay in this city. Committees will en- tertain the ladies who shall accompany the Knights, and thede have arranged for receptions, parties, balls, excursions, and the distribution of flowers and fruit to be furnished them from a number of the counties. * Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal R. L. C. White, who recently visited this city in connection with the approaching gession of the Supreme Lodge, in a let- ter to a member of the general committee in this city writes that the Knights all over the United States are particularly interested in the trip to San Francisco next August; that more than 12,000 mem- bers of the Uniform Rank have already registered for the California trip and that every one of them will appear in the mon- ster parade. He is of the odpinion that 3000 more will be registered before the end of July. It is expected that at the lowest esti= mate there will be 100,000 strangers in San Francisco during the Pythian week and it has been calculated that each will spend on an average $ per day, which will make $200,000 a day, and at the rate for seven days the total amount of money that the strangers will leave in this city -will be $2,100,000. —_————— Life is a race—not for a silver cup, but for character—that is the goal. The prize is heaven, but the race must always be ‘run, and life, to many, is outward defeat, and to a larger number, inward defeat.—. Ladies’ Home Journal. \ t NEARS CENTURY MILE-POST HALE AND KEEN-EYED Special Dispatch to The Call. OLUSA, June 23.—James C_Oll, who resides in the famous quicksilver mining town of Sulphur Creek, will celebrate his one hundredth birthday on the 16th of next Janu- ary. Coil was born in Warrea Count)’i Tennessee, in 1503. His father was o Irish and his mother of German descent. Coil came to California in 1819 by o= team across the plains, and the encoun- ters with Indians and narrow escapes of his party would make an interesting story. He returned to his family at Fay- etteville, Ark., in 1852 and remained there until 188, when he again came to the Golden State, determined to make a stake and prepare a home for his family. Luck was against him, and since that day of parting in 1858 he has never seen any member of his family, nor has he heard from any of them since the war closed in 1865. By occupation Coil was a trader in livestock in the East. He owncd many stages in the early days and at.one time conducted a large hotel in Jeffersen City, Mo. When he came to California he en- gaged in mining with more or iess suc- cess. The old gentleman has traveled over the greater part of the United States and has seen and conversed with several American Presidents, among them Jefferson and Jackson. Coil's grandfather died at the age of 104 years. The old gentleman says he has chewed tobacco ever since he was 10 years old, but rarely smoked. He has never been sick a day in his life; {s en- joying good health at present; his eye- sight is almost perfect and his hearing is excellent; he is able to get around ‘well; he never had the toothache, and would to-day havea full set of teeth but for the fact that the withering of the gums allowed several of them to drop out. Coil says he sleeps a great deal. He attributes his longevity and exeellent health to the fact that he has always been regular in his habits. @ ittt eied @ SOCIETY FOLK GOING INTO THE COUNTRY Society is making its annual pilgrimage into the country for rest and recreation after a season of social pleasures. Prep- arations are being made by the smart set to entertain extensively in the coun- try during the summer months. The resi- dents of Burlingame have many fetes in view and intend to invite many down from the city. Lo A party consisting of Mrs. Henry Weth- erbee, Mrs. Farnham, Mrs. Martin, Mias Bessie Martin, Mrs. Sanborn, Miss Grace and Miss Laura Sanborn, Dr. and Mrs. Meed of New York, Joseph Rosborough and Mr. Thompson of San Rafael left yesterday for the Yosemite. iy R Mrs. John Morrisey and Mrs. Josephine Walter left yesterday afternoon for Yo- semite Valley for a two weeks’' sojourn. They will spend a few-days at Wawona and the Mariposa grove of big trees. e e Mr. and Mrs. Harwood Morgan of 433 North Broadway, Seattle, have issued in- Vitations for the marriage of their daugh- ter, Miss Adeline Starring Morgan, to Percy Howard O'Brien of San Francisco. The wedding will take place to-day at St. Mark’s Church, the Rev. J. P. D, Liloyd officiating. The maid of honor will be Miss Sadie A. Morgan, twin sister of the bride, and | Miss Jessie Dallard and Miss Elise Brooks will be bridesmaids. Bruce Fitz- gerald Morgan, a cousin of the bride, will be the best man and Harry 8. Gullixon and Dr. Frank I. Shaw will be the ushers. Mies Morgan is the daughter of Har- wood Morgan, a prominent business man of Seattle. The young lady is one of the popular social favorites of Seattle. She was educated abroad. Mr. O'Brien is a lawyer practicing in San Francisco. . The young couple will be at home in Belvedere after July 1 for the summer, and in San Francisco during the winter. —————— Criticizes Action of Gage. Oakland Enquirer. ‘Where was Governor Gage libeled and where should he be most anxious to se- cure a vindication? The Call, which was the head libeler, is published and largely circulated in San Francisco. It is not be- lieved that it has a large circulation in San Pedro, Los Angeles County, for none of the San Francisco papers have. The Chronicle, the chief assistant libeler, is also a San Francisco paper, and the Times is published in Los Angeles. It might be logical to prosecute the Times in San Pedro, but we can see neither logic nor wit in the decision of the Gov- ernor to seek his vindication from San Francisco slander in the little seaside town on the southern coast. As we un- derstand it, the Governor's object in prosecuting is to prove to all the peopls that he has been falsely vilified, ana we should suppose he would seek to do this in the largest forum in the Stage, g:( in a hole or a corner. Qx other words, n Francisco, where the" offense was committed, and where there are more people than in any other town to wit- ness the refutation, is the place of ail places where the refuting should be_done, ———— Workmen’s Supreme Master Coming. ‘Webb McNall of Gaylord, Kan., recent- ly elected supreme master workman of the United Ancient Order of Workmen, at the session held in Portland, Or., will ar. rive in this city to-day in the company of the other supreme officers, and to. morrow night he will be tendered a re- ception by the fifteen local lodges anq the members of the Degree of Honor in the Odd Fellows’ Hall. There will be an address af welcome by Grand Master Workman Freeman of the jurisdiction of California, a response by the supreme mastef workman, short addresses by the other supreme officers, and a musical pro- gramme, after which there will be a bal) The ladles of the Degree of Honor will tender the ladies of the party a reception in the parlors of the Odd Fellows' Hayj, Nero was near-sighted. fle had a t; parent gem which enabled him to wr:{.:h the sports of the gladiators. It was be. lieved to have a magic property, but is {mw supposed to have been an accidental ens. SECURES LARGE COAL CONTRACT FROM THE NAVY Major Devol, general superintendent ot the transport service, ammounced yester- cay the result of his request for bh‘li< for 10,000 tons of coal to be used by the Gov- ernment at Honolulu, The contract was awarded to J. J. Moore & Co. of San Francisco. Their Dbid was as follows: \varatah, Bast Greta or Wallsend, trim- med in bunkers at Honolulu, $870 per ton: same, ex-ship, $5 9% per ton. Rhond- da, Scahan, West ‘Wallsend or Ducken- field, trimmed in bunkers at Ho}’mlulu, $8 40 per ton; same, ex-ship, %65 per tor. Globe Navigation Company, P. W. Rg':estn agent, made the following bids on Washington coal: Montezuma, 530 per ton; Franklin, $7 65 per ton; )lnrx;fn Slope, Green River, $7 15 per ton. The coal was to be delivered at Honoluly, trimmed i unkers. lDT;e Interisland Steam Navigation Com- pany (limited) of Honolulu made the hfl» lowing bids: Greta, Duckentfield, Pad.fc Co-operative or ‘Vflrlllah, trimmed n bunkers at Honolulu, $10 50. The bid of the Globe Navigation Company was thrown out, as a forty days’ limit had been placed on the acceptance of the contract. i Bids for repairing the transport Kil- patrick also were recefved yesterday. The Risdon Iron Works offered to comply with specifications as to drydoc!fmg. engine, boiler and hull work for $3569. A'rm- bu: was accepted. Other bids were: Union fron Works, $3780; Fulton Iron Works, 5500, and the United Engineering Com- pany, $3800. The Union Iron Works secur- ed the contract for the carpenter and Jjoiner work with a bid of $1503. The West- ern Repair and Supply Company will do the plumbing and galley work for $iSa. The bid accepted In each case was the lowest. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. E. J. Hennessey of Napa is at the GE“%. Bush, an ofl man of Hanford, at the Lick. H. Radin, a fruit grower of Fresno, is at the Grand. J. H. Yancy, a lumber dealer of New- man, is at the Lick. . H. B. Howard, a mining man of Tono- pah, is at the Lick. B. Davis, a prominent resident of Lo Angeles, is at the California. James McNeil, a well-known capitalist of Santa Cruz, is at the Palace. E. J. Russell, a Standard Oil represent~ ative in Australia, is at the Palace. Dr. D. J. Mercer of Mountain View 1is at the California, accompanied by his wife. E. W. Hale of Sacramento, a membcr of the firm of Hale Bros, Incorporated, is at the Palace. Gus Simons, a prominent merchant of Rossland, B. C., is at the California with his wife and family. General J. B. Frisble, who owns valu- able mining claims in Mexico, Is regis- tered at the Occidental. A. L. Dearlove, connected with the Trans-Pacific Cable Company, is regis- tered at the California. Tracy Robinson, a_ resident of Holly- wood, who was in business at Panama for forty years, Is at the Occidental. Frederick Ayer, a wealthy resident of Philadelphia, who is, touring the coast with his wife and fammly, is at the Pal- ace. J. F. Hough of Hongkong, who ren- dered great service to the British Govern- ment during the war in China, is at the Palace, en route to England. - Edward L. Head has returned from an extended tour of the East. He was a delegate from a local gerie of Eagles to the Grand Aerie at Minneapolis and then attended the annual conventfon of the American Water Works' Association at Chicago. ——————————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, June fl.—Tkl’le following lifornians are in New York: C;‘!‘om San Francisco—Dr. H. C. Moffatt and wife, Miss Jolliffe, W. P. Scott, H. J) Scott, C. H. Scott, W. 8. Thatcher and F. M. Zeile, at the Holland; J. Grim, at the Belvidere; L. Long, at the Ashland; J. McDonnell_ at the Marlborough; Dr. S. Kobicke and Dr. Cameron, at the Hoff- man; F. M. Chadbourne, E. M. Chad- bourne, H. §. King and F. B. King, at the Manhattan; J. L. E. Firmin, at the Sinclair; J. F. Gayner and wife, at the Navarre; Mrs. E. A. Heydenfeld, at the Park Avenue; A. F. King and Miss King, at the Imperial; Dr. T. B. W. Leland and wife, at the Broadway Central; Mrs. R. Liescomb, at the Bartholdi; S. N. Rodda, at the Cadillac; Dr. M. E. Van Meter, at the St. George. From Los Angeles—A. Deleur and wifa, at the Sinclair; 'G. P. Drew, at the Im~ perfal; W. W. Howard, at the Broadway Central. Sacramento—W. B. at the Hoffman. From San Diego—L. R. Kirby, at the Navarre. * From Santa Barbara—G. McGuire, st the Ashland. Jennings, Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* ———————————— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* ————————— Townsend's California glace fruit, e a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nics sent for Eastern friends. 639 Marl : street, Palace Hotel building. . ———————— Spectal information supplied dailly to business houses and public_men by tha Press Clipping Bureau (Allei¥s), 230 Calle fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, ® —_——————— The Detroit River is the outlet of the greatest bodies of fresh water in the world, aggregating 82,000 square miles of lake surface, which, in turn, drains 125,20 square miles of land. Cheap Rates to Minneapolis, Minn. N. E. A, Convention, $34 50, San Francisco to Minneapolis and return, going direct lines, returning Northern Pacific Railway. On sale July 1 and 2, good sixty days. Only requires six days for entire trip through Yellowstone National Park. Just the season to visit ‘“Na- ture’s Greatest Wonderland.” The Northern Pacific train ‘“North Coast Limited,” is unex- celled by any other. Seeing is believing. T. K. Stateler, general agent, 647 Market st., S. ¥, PR —— Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator, Best Liver Medicine, Vegetable Cure for Liver lils, Biliousness, Indigestion, Constipation, Malaria.® Bridal couples have thronged the na- tional capital in such hordes this spring that the doorkeepers of the White House, whose self-imposed task it is to keep count of the visiting brides, have lost their reckoning. Seventy-five newly wed rs were counted in a single day recent- and then ti rman gave up the record as hopeless. » T Established 1823. 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